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"UTJ representatives must fight for what other citizens receive automatically. As a result of this, over the years people have begun to view us as extortionists. The image of a party which exploits chance political configurations [to "extort" the public] pursues us all the time. According to Kol Ha'ir: Barak to Mrs. Clinton: Lapid Can Teach You How to Handle Chareidim
On Monday 25 Teves (January 3), Rabbi Moshe Gafni questioned Minister Chaim Ramon, who was speaking in the name of the Government, about the report that Prime Minster Barak had recommended that Mrs. Clinton learn "how to handle the chareidim"... Knesset Presidium Allows Law Declared Racist by its Own Attorney For the first time in the history of the Knesset, its presidium has decided to reject a legal opinion of its own legal advisory office. By a majority vote, it was decided to enable the representatives of the Arab party Chadash to table a proposal in the Knesset regarding the equality of the country's Arab sector. Missionaries Distribute Material in Chareidi Neighborhoods Last week, missionaries disseminated highly destructive missionary material in English throughout Jerusalem's chareidi neighborhoods. All necessary preparations for the baking of hand matzos have
been completed in the Yad Binyomin matzo factory, and the
actual baking will begin soon. The rabbonim of the Badatz
Shearis Yisroel, HaRav Tzvi Friedman and HaRav Arye Halevi
Dunner, visited the bakery and personally witnessed its
strict adherence to halachic guidelines.
They Celebrate New Year; We Keep Shabbos
Even in Israel, it was hard to escape the worldwide
celebration of the Christian New Year. The fact that it took
place on Shabbos made it less present than it would otherwise
have been,... Everyday Miracles A Tehillim rally recently held in the
Tamir Hotel was attended by hundreds of women. Aside from
being inspired by the speeches delivered, we were deeply
moved to be part of some fifty rounds of the complete Sefer
Tehillim jointly said by the audience, rather, the
participants -- for we did not only come to `hear' but to `be
heard'.
The Second Millennium
Opened With The Crusades
The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Shevat
The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world
begins on Sunday night, the eve of 3 Shevat (Jan. 9, 2000),
at 6:26 P.M., in Eretz Yisroel. In most of Europe the
beginning time is at 5:26 P.M. but in northern Europe it is
impossible to make a berochoh on Kiddush
Levonoh 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 4 Shevat. In America
one can start making Kiddush Levonoh from the
beginning of the night, the eve of 3 Shevat.
The astronomical new moon follows the molad this month
by approximately two hours. Moreover, since during the three
days after the molad the moon approaches its apogee
(its highest point) and advances slowly, an additional
regression in the moon's appearance takes place. 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 3
Shevat neither in Eretz Yisroel, most of Europe, nor in
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