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7 Cheshvan 5762 - October 24, 2001 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Vayeiro, 5762

Sunday, 11 Cheshvan - Shabbos, 17 Cheshvan
(Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2001)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Kamma, 93-99
Yerushalmi:
Dmai 21-27

MISHNA YOMIS
Bova Metzia 5:8-7:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 534:2-537:12

Ta'anis Sheini Basra falls on Monday, 12 Cheshvan (Oct. 29).

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Lech Lecha
Yerushalayim:
4:20 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:34 P.M.

London:
5:29 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:03 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:30 P.M.

Parshas Vayeiro
Yerushalayim:
4:13 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:28 P.M.

London:
4:16 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:07 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:38 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


Israel Determined to Achieve its Objectives in Incursion
by Mordecai Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Israel explained that its incursions into Palestinian- controlled areas (area A) are a specific response to numerous warnings about upcoming terror attacks, and it will not withdraw until it has dealt with those warnings -- but it plans to withdraw then.

A SAD SERMON: Reform Leader Equates Chareidim and Islamic Terrorists
by Rabbi Avi Shafran

It was too good to last. The post-attack-on-America spirit of unity and good will, the inspiring altruism and powerful heroism, were all real and are still apparent. But we have now, sadly, seen some very different things as well.


MK Lapid Reprimanded by Knesset Ethics Committee Following a Complaint by MK Gafni
by Eliezer Rauchberger

The Knesset Ethics Committee decided to register an official complaint against MK Yosef (Tomy) Lapid, the chairman of Shinui, following a complaint lodged against him to the Committee by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni concerning an article by Lapid published in Ma'ariv about one-and-a- half years ago, in which he wrote that the internal threat from the chareidim was much more serious than the threat Israel faced from its external enemies. The article contained severe statements besmirching the chareidi population.


Australian Jewish Orthodox Schools Struggle for Funding
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Australian government funding of private schools has become a campaign issue in the upcoming Australian federal elections scheduled for November 10. As such, Jewish schools were visited by candidates, including current Education Minister Dr. David Kemp who visited Adass Israel to announce an extension of a funding guarantee given by his Liberal party.

Lev L'Achim Enrollment Drives Meet With Resistance from Secular School Officials
by Moshe Schapiro

Until now, the secular school system in Eretz Yisroel has not shown any signs of concern over the fact that it is consistently losing several thousand students each year to the religious school system. Media reports to this effect are heard occasionally, but besides evoking some vapid statements by a handful of anti-religious politicians, nothing much ever comes of them.

Appeal Against Jerusalem's Highway 9: Environmental Hazard
by S. Fried

The Ramot Environmental Forum has joined with the Forum for Public Transportation in an appeal to the Jerusalem Regional Court to put a temporary work stoppage order on the projected paving of Highway number 9 between Motza on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and Derech Alon, the "Ramot Road." The new road would relieve the congestion at the entrance to Jerusalem, since traffic for the northern neighborhoods could bypass the current bottleneck near Givat Shaul.

Finance Subcommittee to Discuss the Crisis Facing Chareidi Organizations
by Eliezer Rauchberger

There was a sharp confrontation last week in the Knesset Finance Committee between the chareidi representatives and deputy Attorney General Amnon de Hertoch regarding the major cutbacks in the Education Ministry's support of chareidi cultural institutions.

Modi'in Will Receive the Status of a City
by Betzalel Kahn

This past Tuesday (29 Tishrei), Minister of Interior Affairs Eli Yishai adopted the recommendations of the committee for the granting of the status of a city to Modi'in. Yishai signed the orders which canceled the local council of Modi'in and declared the place a city.

Jews Buy Up Land Around Shimon Hatzadik Neighborhood
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A group of Jewish investors from Israel and abroad is set to sign a deal to purchase 18 dunam of land near the Sheikh Jarah neighborhood, close to the Green Line in East Jerusalem according to a report by Nadav Shragai in Ha'aretz.

The move will ensure Jewish control over the area around the nearby Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood.


OPINION & COMMENT

How to Defeat Terror

In the six weeks that have passed since the spectacular terrorist attack on America, fear has gripped the citizens of the world's only superpower. People go about their business but they are cutting down on their discretionary activities.


OBSERVATIONS

Observations: This is no Altalena

By Yated Ne'eman Staff and Moshe Arens

Although more than fifty years have passed since the distressing Altalena affair when Jews killed fellow Jews on the boat called "Altalena," the subject refuses to disappear from the news.


HOME & FAMILY

UREI BETUV
Judging Favorably
based on a true story

by Raizel Foner

The days before Succos were some of his favorite days in the year. As he walked down the busy streets, enjoying the perfect-for-Succos weather, he smiled at the sight of the makeshift booths that had sprung up selling pictures of rabbonim and sparkling Succa decorations, and at the festive music blaring from tape recorders.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Rabbi Mordechai Miller: He Changed the Face of Torah Jewry
by M. Samsonowitz


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