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12 Tishrei 5761 - October 11, 2000 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Simchas Torah, 5761

Sunday, 16 Tishrei - Shabbos, 22 Tishrei
(Oct. 15-21, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Nedorim, 88 - Nozir 4
Yerushalmi:
Bova Kamma, 44 - Bova Metzia 6

MISHNA YOMIS
Megillah 4:8 - Mo'ed Koton 2:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 326:13-328:16

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

The Week Ending In Sukkos
Yerushalayim:
4:43 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:48 P.M.

London:
5:55 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:56 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:15 P.M.

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

GRAVES

LIVING JUDAISM

WOMEN IN
JUDAISM

GIYUR
LEGAL ISSUES
YESHIVA DRAFT
CULTURE WARS
-MISCELLANEOUS
CULTURE WARS
-MONEY
CULTURE WARS
-SHABBOS
SHMITTA
Chag Someach to all our readers. May there be only good news from now on. Our next scheduled issue is to be dated 26 Tishrei - October 25.

NEWS


Worst civil disturbances in Israel since 1948
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

In the worst civil unrest within the Green Line since 1948, there were clashes all over the country including Israeli Arabs and residents of the occupied territories beginning just before Rosh Hashana. There were various reports of cease fires, but so far none has held. The violence may be over later rather than sooner.


Farmers Declaration on Erev Rosh Hashonoh
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

On erev Rosh Hashonoh, many shmitta observant farmers adopted the custom whereby they declare that they are mafkir their fields, lands and produce. The declaration, done at the suggestion of the Nationwide Center for Shmitta Observing Farmers, is one that is made although the hefker situation is afkaata deMalka meaning that it comes from Above and takes effect even when no explicit statement has been made on the part of the farmer.

A Heartfelt Call

The following statement was issued by the Moetzes Gedolei Torah of the Agudath Israel of America:


The Right Mix: Creativity, Determination and Emunas Chachomim Help Lev L'Achim Enroll Thousands of Children Into Religious Schools
By Moshe Schapiro

Everyone knows Lev L'Achim is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to enroll children in religious schools. But when residents of Yerushalayim's secular Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood heard that local workers had approached Ahmad Jabr to register his children in a Jewish school, they thought the organization may have gone just a bit too far.

Poskim Call for Careful Driving
by Betzalel Kahn

Poskim and morei halocho have issued a call to drivers not to exceed the speed limit and to slow down in residential areas. The call was issued as part of an government-sponsored campaign against reckless driving.


A Crowded Country
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Population density in Israel is among the highest in the world, having reached an average of 278 people per square kilometer in 1999 according to the new Statistical Yearbook of Israel of the Central Bureau of Statistics.

People of Oriental Descent Susceptible to Mutation Causing Skin Cancer
by N. Katzin

According to a new Israeli study, many non-Ashkenazi Jews carry a mutation exposing its bearers to a hereditary risk of contracting melanoma, one of the most fatal types of skin cancer. The mutation is found in up to 50 percent of the families with histories of melanoma.


1000 Students Enrolled in Schools in Tel Tzion
by Betzalel Kahn

The schools of the Grosswardein Institutions of the new Tel Tzion neighborhood in Jerusalem's north have opened their doors in time for the Elul zman and the school year.

Gedolei Yisroel Send Blessings to Chanukas Habayis of Yated Ne'eman's New Building
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Yated Ne'eman's new Bnei Brak building was dedicated at a festive event on 24 Elul in the presence of rabbonim of the Yated Vaada Ruchanis, the editors and employees. At a modest but stirring ceremony, mezuzas were affixed to the main entrance and on doors to the rooms of the spacious building. Blessings sent by maranan verabonon the gedolei Yisroel, in honor of the occasion, were read.


OPINION & COMMENT

Succos on Shabbos in Shmitta

One of the main thrusts of the modern effort is to tame nature, to bring it under control and to make everything predictable. We can light the night, warm the winter and cool the summer. We can hedge and insure against financial risks. We can even discover higher order in seemingly random events through statistics. We can build ourselves homes that can withstand shocks and quakes.


HOME & FAMILY


To Gaze Beyond
by Rifca Goldberg, Tzefas

My grandmother's eyes are aqua-speckled ponds of gentle calmness. And when she smiles, her eyes become two happy smiles themselves in her finely etched face. She's slowed down by arthritis and she's lost part of her hearing, but her eyes... How I love those eyes! Their altering color flickers with wisdom, experience and patience.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

The Laws of Shevi'is
by Degel Yerushalayim and Yated Ne'eman Staff

"For He Will Shelter Me in His Succah"
By M. Berkowitz


Additional Luach Information

Hoshana Rabba falls on Friday, 21 Tishrei (Oct. 20). At Shacharis we add the pesukei dezimrah of Shabbos except for nishmas, all of the hoashana prayers, and afterwards we beat the hoshanos on the floor.

In Eretz Yisroel, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah fall on Shabbos, 22 Tishrei (Oct. 21). In Chutz Le'aretz, Shmini Atzeres falls on Shabbos, and Simchas Torah falls on Sunday, 23 Tishrei (Oct. 22).

Yizkor is said on Shmini Atzeres.

In Shemoneh Esrei we add Morid HaGeshem during Mussaf of Simchas Torah.

The Achronim write that even after Sukkos we should not step on the sechach since it is tashmishei mitzvah like tzitzis and a lulav (Mishnah Berurah 638:24).

The final permitted time to eat Erev Sukkos

"A person should not eat from chatzos (noon) so that he will be able to eat with an appetite in the Sukkah similar to eating Matzah" (Ramo, Shulchan Oruch, Orach Chaim, 639, quoting the Maharil. Also the Chaiyeh Odom, Mateh Ephrayim, and other commentaries were stringent when possible concerning eating bread).

The Achronim agreed that eating is only prohibited from the beginning of the fourth hour (sho'oh zemanis) after noon (the sho'oh asiris) as the Shulchan Oruch rules (471). One should study well all the detailed dinim in that siman about what prevents a person from eating at night with appetite since they pertain to Erev Sukkos too.

The final time: Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv and the neighboring cities is exactly at 2:19 P.M.; all other cities in Eretz Yisroel are approximately the same time. This was calculated both according to the sha'os zemaniyos from the netz haChamah until sunset, and according to the alos haShachar of 90 minutes before the netz until the tzes hakochovim of 30 minutes after sunset. One should not be lenient to calculate according to a later tzes haKochovim since this issur is like a dina deGemora (Birur Halocho Teliso'oh, Orach Chaim, 639).

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