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15 Adar 5762 - February 27, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Vayakel-Pekudei (Hachodesh), 5762

Sunday,19 Adar - Shabbos, 25 Adar
(Mar. 3-9, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Metzia, 101-107
Yerushalmi:
Terumos, 38-44

MISHNA YOMIS
Shevu'os, 2:3-3:11

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 591:7-601:2

<Molad: Thursday, Mar. 14, 2:30 A.M.

Parshas Hachodesh is read on Shabbos.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Ki Siso (Poroh)
Yerushalayim:
5:01 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:16 P.M.

London:
5:25 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:43 P.M.

Parshas Vayakel-Pekudei (Hachodesh)
Yerushalayim:
5:06 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:21 P.M.

London:
5:37 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:32 P.M.

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We regard it as a spiritual necessity for us to publicly express our opposition to the various types of photograph albums that have been distributed in the past and are currently being distributed.


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Five weeks ago an immediate relative of mine became critically ill. I was devastated, pained and bewildered. A deep sense of despondency overtook me. "Why me? Why doesn't Hashem send this nisoyon to someone else?" It seemed overwhelming in every sense of the word -- technically, financially and emotionally. Almost like slaying a dragon.


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