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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. 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 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. 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. Parnossa, Emuna and Living in
Eretz Yisroel 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. What Chareidim Give & Take
From the Israeli Economy
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
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