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3 Shevat 5762 - January 16, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Beshalach (Shirah), 5762

Sunday,7 Shevat - Shabbos, 13 Shevat
(Jan. 20-26, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Metzia, 59-65
Yerushalmi:
Shevi'is 7 - Terumos, 2

MISHNA YOMIS
Sanhedrin, 6:2-7:9

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 571:3-575:11

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Bo
Yerushalayim:
4:25 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:39P.M.

London:
4:09 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:25 P.M.

Parshas Beshalach
Yerushalayim:
4:31 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:45 P.M.

London:
4:21 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:21 P.M.

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

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NEWS


Opposition To Initiatives For Religious-Secular Dialogue and to the Idea Of a Covenant Stressing Common Values
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Strong protests have been voiced and unequivocal dissociation has been expressed in all chareidi circles, from initiatives to hold "dialogues" and to identify "common values" that chareidim and secular Israelis share. All chareidi groups have likewise distanced themselves from a recently publicized "Joint Covenant," that is totally opposed to our community's outlook.

Zinni's Return may be Delayed
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

US special envoy Anthony Zinni had been tentatively scheduled to return at the end of this week for more consultations with Israel and the Palestinian Authority. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that no decision had yet been taken regarding his return.


After Killing "Ticking Bomb": Public Relations is not Always the Main Goal
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

On Monday Raed Mahmoud Raef Karmi, a Tanzim operative, born in 1974, died in an explosion near his home in Tulkarm. Last week Israel demolished Palestinian houses along the border between Gaza and Egypt.


Ministry to Monitor Foreign Yeshiva Students
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

The Ministry of Religious Affairs recently agreed on new procedures intended to verify that all students reported as studying are actually attending yeshiva. More than NIS 120 million in state funds is allocated annually to yeshivos for students from abroad studying in Israel.

HaRav Dessler's Yahrtzeit Observed in Gateshead
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Sixty years ago it was clear that hundreds of Jewish communities and almost all organized Torah learning on the European continent came to virtual extinction. The great centers of Torah in America and Eretz Yisroel had yet to emerge and the few gedolim who survived were desperately concerned for the future of Klal Yisroel.


OPINION & COMMENT

We Have No Part in the Kinneret Covenant

HaRav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch once wrote that Sholom is a goal of the utmost importance, and we would no doubt sacrifice everything that is ours in order to achieve it. But Truth is not ours and we may not abandon it in order to achieve peace.


OBSERVATIONS

Observations: U.S. Olympics After September 11 Will Have War-Planes and Patrols

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Indicative of how things have changed over the last six months, when the Olympic Games open in Utah in a month, commercial air traffic at Salt Lake City International Airport will be at a standstill. Surveillance planes will be flying miles overhead as F-16 fighter jets remain on constant alert nearby. Thousands of military troops will patrol the streets. The security measures to be taken are unprecedented.


HOME & FAMILY

On Shidduchim -- Caring and Daring
by L.M.W.n

"To make matches, you have to be caring and daring."

This is straight from the shadchan's mouth. Caring, because if you really care for someone, you try to help him/her, rather than discuss him, pity him and go on with your life. Daring, because many a matchmaker has to ignore superficial impressions and stereotypes before he dares to suggest a match that others would have questioned, ridiculed or scorned.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

The Rebbe Yehoshua ben Gamla of Our Times
by D. Tzfatman


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