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24 Adar I 5760 - March 1, 2000 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Pekudei
5760

Sunday, 28 I Adar - Shabbos, 4 II Adar
(Mar. 5-11, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Yevomos 96-102
Yerushalmi:
Nedorim, 11-17

MISHNA YOMIS
Eiruvin, 5:9-7:3

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 259:3-263:7

Rosh Chodesh II Adar falls on Tuesday, March 7, and Wednesday, March 8.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Vayakhel (Shekolim)
Yerushalayim:
5:03 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:18 P.M.

Parshas Pekudei
Yerushalayim:
5:08 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:23 P.M.

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by Mordechai Plaut

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Aguda: Yeshivos and Kehillos Deserve Part of Swiss Bank Settlement
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In a hefty brief to the Special Master in charge of making recommendations for the distribution of $1.25 billion Swiss Bank Settlement Fund, the Agudath Israel World Organization showed that traditional Jewish educational institutions and religious communities should be included among the beneficiaries of the Fund.

Letter from HaRav Shmuel Wosner About Smoking

People have asked me what is my humble opinion, daas Torah, about smoking cigars, cigarettes, and the like, which are well known to be exceptionally damaging to one's health. I will comply with their wish and answer in brief.


Letter of the Rabbonim on the Subject of Wedding Expenses

Besiyato deShmaya we have witnessed the building of many homes of bnei Torah whose parents have made monumental efforts to help their children establish themselves. However, the burden of providing housing for their children and other marriage obligations is too difficult to bear.

Knesset Approves UTJ Law for Torah Study in State Schools
by Eliezer Rauchberger

For the first time since the announcement of their resignation from the government, UTJ's Knesset representatives participated in a confidence vote on the Prime Minister. This occurred during the vote on the State Education Law, and the approval of Rabbi Shmuel Halpert's amendment to it.


OPINION & COMMENT

Our Corruption is in the Eye of the Beholders

One of our feature articles this week discusses the reality behind the sensational charge by a leading Israeli daily newspaper that an "average" kollel family gets NIS 17,000 per month in public support.


HOME & FAMILY

Parnossa, Emuna and Living in Eretz Yisroel
by C. L

Today I found out that my current job will soon be coming to an end. I wasn't particularly surprised and, oddly enough, not really upset either. I know that somehow, another job will come along. Living here in Eretz Yisroel, parnossa and emuna are totally intertwined.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

What Chareidim Give & Take From the Israeli Economy
by A. Porat


The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- II Adar

The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world begins on Wednesday night, the eve of 2 II Adar (Mar. 8), at 8:00 P.M., in Eretz Yisroel. It is, however, impossible to make a berochoh on Kiddush Levonoh in Eretz Yisroel at all that night because the moon sets before the earliest time, and their actual time is from the beginning of the next night, the eve of 3 II Adar. In Europe one can make Kiddush Levonoh on that night according to the difference in time zones in comparison to Eretz Yisroel. In America one can make a berochoh from the beginning of that night.

The astronomical new moon follows the molad this month by approximately eleven and a half hours and is at 5:17 A.M., Tuesday morning, 30 I Adar (Mar. 7). Those who act according to the Chazon Ish and do not make a berochoh on the moon until it is big and high in the sky, should not make Kiddush Levonoh on the eve of 2 II Adar even in America and especially not in Europe where the moon will be particularly low. They should wait until Thursday night, the eve of 3 II Adar, and will be able to make Kiddush Levonoh from the beginning of the night.

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