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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, rejecting pressure from the
Right to initiate harsher military action, said that he is
"sticking to the Mitchell plan," for a cease-fire followed
by a renewal of the peace process. The plan "has not been
exploited," Sharon said, adding that every effort must be
made to reach a cease-fire.
While compensation from Germany's Remembrance,
Responsibility and Future fund to former slave laborers
during the Holocaust is being held up due to last minute
complications, a scandal has arisen regarding fees charged
for help in filling out the applications.
Chareidim not Represented in Ramot Administration On 19 Tammuz, the chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs
Committee, Rabbi Moshe Gafni, gave Jerusalem mayor Ehud
Olmert two weeks in which to report his intentions
concerning the holding of elections for the Ramot Community
Administration.
The Rabbinical Court Administration of the Chief Rabbinate
is continuing to cooperate and to channel funds to the Joint
Conversion Institutes, in which Conservative and Reform are
allowed to participate along with the Orthodox, which have
been prohibited by all gedolei harabonim.
Israel Interest Rates Cut Again by 2 Percent The Bank of Israel's key lending rate will go down to 6.3
percent, the lowest nominal rate since the Bank of Israel
was set up in the early 1950s, announced the Governor of the
Bank of Israel David Klein, in reducing the August interest
rate by 0.2 percent. French Yom HaTorah in Israel In light of the success of the Torah Day held every two
years in France for French Jewry and the success of a
similar event held last year in Jerusalem, a special daylong
event will also be held this year for French speakers living
in Israel. The events were organized at the initiative of
HaRav Yosef Sitruk, the chief rabbi of France. Large Catskills Gathering Pleads for Divine Mercy, Safety of
Fellow Jews
When the Jewish people in Moshe Rabbeinu's time went out to
war, the Torah teaches, they blew the chatzotzros.
"Today we don't have the chatzotzros, but we have
our tefillos." The Three Weeks in the U.S. As the month of July rolls around in America, with the
Fourth of July fireworks lighting up the sky in celebration
of American Independence Day and many enjoying their
extended summer break, the Jewish community observes the sad
days of the Bein Hametzorim. Observations: The True Face of the "National Poet," Chaim
Nachman Bialik On the anniversary of the death of the "national poet,"
Chaim Nachman Bialik, Ha'aretz decided to continue
debunking the myths that have been circulating in Israel
during recent years, and revealed problematic aspects of the
character of this national hero. The Lower Mikdosh and the Upper Mikdosh
The physical destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh that took place on Tisha B'Av is not the only expression of churban. It is not even the main expression nor is it the first expression of the destruction. It all started from the spiritual churban, as the Shechina was exiled from the Jewish heart. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE Learning should be an ongoing activity of pleasure. Bein Hazemanim is not the time to go altogether lax, only to relax. Vacation has its place for us all. This article may not apply to us women directly, but certainly indirectly, expanded to other areas, and certainly, as mothers of budding Torah scholars! IN-DEPTH FEATURES Reclaiming Jewish Children after the Holocaust Additional Luach Information The Shabbos after Tishah B'Av is called Shabbos Nachamu because of the haftorah in Yeshaya 40, "Console, console My people," that is said on that Shabbos. This haftoroh starts a series of shivah denechemosah (seven haftoros of consolation). END OF FAST - TISHAH B'AV Yerushalayim: 8:08 P.M. Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and the entire Dan area: 8:10 P.M. Haifa: 8:11 P.M. New York: 8:48 P.M. London: 9:39 P.M., forty-six minutes after sunset. According to the Chazon Ish, the end of Tishah B'Av in most of Eretz Yisroel is approximately two-thirds of an hour after sunset (sheki'as hamishur and not on the mountain), but in Yerushalayim the end of the fast is earlier. (Birur Halocho Tinyana, Orach Chaim 562, and Yoreh Dei'ah 262) The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- Av One can say Kiddush Levonoh in the entire world until Shabbos parshas Voeschanan, 15 Av (Aug. 4), at 3:23 P.M., according to the Summer Clock, Israeli time. The final time is therefore, in most of the world, the entire leil Shabbos. In the extreme eastern countries, it is possible to make a berochoh also on Motzei Shabbos until the time according to the difference in times zones in comparison to Eretz Yisroel. If one did not make a berochoh until leil Shabbos it is preferable to make Kiddush Levonoh on leil Shabbos so not to forfeit the mitzvah altogether. In eastern countries it is much more preferable to make Kiddush Levonoh on Motzei Shabbos and not on leil Shabbos, but lechatchilah he should make the berochoh on leil Shabbos and not rely on the little time on Motzei Shabbos when the sky might be cloudy, and he will altogether forfeit the berochoh. The astronomical full moon is at 8:56 A.M., six hours and twenty-four minutes earlier than the nigud emtzo'i. Although the time of a full fifteen days from the molad is even later than the nigud emtzo'i, in such a case when the astronomical full moon is earlier than the nigud emtzo'i we cannot rely even bedi'eved on that time. See Birur Halocho Orach Chaim 4:426 (pg. 300).
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