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On Monday, Israel imposed a complete blockade of Ramallah, a
city just north of Yerushalayim with a population of 60,000
that is the commercial capital of the Palestinian Authority
areas in Shomron and Yehuda. History was made last week when the Conference of European
Rabbis (CER) held its Standing Committee meeting in Germany
for the first time. It was attended by twenty- six Chief
Rabbis and Rabbis from eleven countries. Coalition Negotiations With UTJ Continue On Monday night (18 Adar), UTJ's representatives in the
Knesset were still involved in coalition negotiations
regarding the party's joining the unity government. They
were following the guidelines of maranan verabonon,
the gedolei haTorah. The Knesset approved a law on 12 Adar to continue the
existing arrangement for yeshiva student draft deferrals for
the next two years. The unceasing efforts of the UTJ
representatives at the instruction of maranan
verabonon to do away with the decree that loomed over
the yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel has borne fruit.
Attempts to Prevent Desecration of Ancient Graves in
Beersheva Chareidi activists in the Negev are ardently trying to
prevent the desecration of ancient graves discovered during
digging for the installation of new water lines in
Beersheva's old city. Jewish Leaders Meet With President Bush On March 7, approximately 15 American Jewish leaders,
including Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel
Executive Vice President for Government and Public Affairs,
met at the White House with President George W. Bush and
discussed a number of issues at the top of the President's
agenda and of special concern to many American Jews. Non-Jewish Soldier Buried Among Jews in Military Cemetery
in Netanya The Chief Rabbinate of the IDF is incensed over a new policy
enabling the burial of non-Jewish soldiers alongside Jewish
ones in military cemeteries.
Lecture Cancelled Because of Stone Throwing On a visit to Lebanon last July, Columbia University
professor Edward Said, a famous literary critic and champion
of the Palestinian cause, was photographed throwing stones
at Israeli army positions in Lebanon. Now his acts have
resulted in the cancellation of a lecture that he was due to
give in Vienna. Sculpture in Front of Beersheva Prison Removed Due to the efforts of Rabbi Benzion Shetreet, rav of the
Beersheva prison, the prison administration issued an order
to destroy part of a sculpture that had been placed in front
of the prison's gates. The sculpture aroused sharp
opposition from visitors and prisoners. Home Water Prices to Rise The price for water used in excess of the basic allocation
of 60 cubic meters per person will rise sharply in an effort
to cut home consumption according to an agreement between
the Water Commission, the Treasury, the Interior Ministry
and Union of Local Authorities. Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik in Melbourne The world renowned Ovos Ubonim learning program, where
fathers and sons come together to study Torah, has now
arrived Down-Under in Australia. It also enjoyed
considerable success elsewhere. The Arab Vision and the Jewish Reply
A new government has taken office in Israel and on our side
there are new hopes for improvements. Yet the Arab side has
remained constant and it is interesting, to say the least,
to hear what it has to say. LINGUISTICS Many people reading Hebrew feel frustrated. They can zoom
through English, yet when they try to read Hebrew, they feel
clumsy and handicapped. Not only people new to Torah, but
also many who have been through cheder and gone on to
yeshiva feel that their performance when reading Hebrew is
very inferior to their English reading. The Shoel Umeishiv -- R' Yosef Shaul Natansohn The Roots of Settlement:
Additional Luach Information
The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Nissan
The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world
begins when it is Tuesday afternoon, 3 Nissan (March 27). In
most of the world the beginning time is therefore from
Tuesday night, the eve of 4 Nissan, from the beginning of
the night. In eastern countries one can make Kiddush
Levonoh on that night according to the difference in
time zones in comparison to Eretz Yisroel. In extreme
eastern countries it is altogether impossible to make a
berochoh on that night since the beginning time in
those countries is after the moon sets. Their beginning time
is actually on Wednesday night, the eve of 5 Nissan (March
28), from the beginning of the night.
The astronomical new moon follows the molad this
month by ten hours, and during the days after the
molad an additional regression takes in effect. On
Tuesday night, the eve of 4 Nissan, the moon will be small
and low, and those who follow the Chazon Ish cannot make a
berochoh on it since it is not large and high in the
sky.
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