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22 Av 5762 - July 31, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Shoftim, 5762

Sunday, 26 Av - Shabbos, 2 Ellul
(Aug. 4-10, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Basra, 137-143
Yerushalmi:
Shabbos, 12-18

MISHNA YOMIS
Zevochim, 1:4-4:2

HALACHA YOMIS
Kitzur Shulchan Oruch 11:6-27:3

Ovos:1

Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Thursday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 9.

From the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul the shofar is blown after Shacharis, and LeDovid Hashem Ori Veyishi is said twice a day.

Selichos are said the entire Elul by the Sephardim.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Re'ei
Yerushalayim:
7:00 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:15 P.M.

London:
8:32 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:24 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:14 P.M.

Parshas Shoftim
Yerushalayim:
6:53 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:09 P.M.

London:
8:20 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:248 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:20 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
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-SHABBOS
SHMITTA
OBITUARIES
FEATURES

NEWS


Budget Opposition Mounts
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

There was widespread opposition to the latest round of cuts announced by the Finance Ministry for next year's budget. The Labor Party is threatening to vote against it, and one newly- installed minister already resigned in protest.


Arson and Vandalism in Degel HaTorah's Yerushalayim Offices
by Betzalel Kahn

Reactions of outrage and shock were heard from all strata of chareidi Jewry in Eretz Yisroel and abroad, in reaction to the arson perpetrated against the Degel HaTorah offices in Jerusalem this past Friday morning, 17 Av. A group of thugs who seek to force their malevolent outlooks down the throats of the entire chareidi community, which displays total loyalty to the Torah leaders of the generation shlita, set a blaze in the Degel Hatorah movement's offices that destroyed most of the contents.


The Evolution of the Deferred Induction Law
by Eliezer Rauchberger

The bill for deferred induction of talmidei yeshivos, known as the "Tal Law," was approved last week in the Knesset plenum, including a key paragraph that allows the Defense Minister to postpone, with no time limitations, restrictions or quotas, the military service of any talmid yeshiva or avreich for whom Toraso umnoso.

Half of Israel's Work Force is not Working
by M. Plaut

About 2.2 million of those of working age in Israel -- between ages 15 and 64 -- are not working nor are they seeking work. According to recent figures of the Vaad Hayeshivos, 37,000 men (who may not work at all) received draft deferrals under the old arrangements, so that all of these constitute less than 2 percent of all those not working. Other chareidi men generally work at a rate similar to all other Israelis.

Security Cameras in Old City to Comply with Directives of Gedolei HaPoskim
by Betzalel Kahn

Israel Police plan to operate security cameras in the passageways of the Old City in accordance with halachic directives issued by gedolei haposkim, Major General David Tzur, staff director of the Internal Security Ministry, told Interior Committee Chairman Rabbi Moshe Gafni.

Hundreds of Yated Subscribers Win Prizes
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Hundreds of Yated Ne'eman readers have already won prizes, including household appliances and furniture sets, in Yated LeBayis drawings.


OPINION & COMMENT

Legal and Moral Responsibility for "Collateral Damage"

Salah Shehadeh, head of the Izzadin Al Kassem Brigades of the Hamas, was killed by a one-ton bomb dropped on the building in which he was staying in Gaza. None of the surrounding buildings was seriously damaged and none of the residents in those buildings was killed.


OBSERVATIONS


HOME & FAMILY

Stewardess Without Wings
by C.L.

As I walk into the hotel lobby, I have the feeling of deja vu. Dozens of people mill about with small suitcases. Young Israeli families, singles, a handful of older people are all busy organizing themselves for a four-day odyssey into their collective past. Registration at the seminar. Expectations weigh thick in the air with a good sprinkling of tension. "Will they convince me of something that perhaps I'm not ready for?"


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

With Their Body and Soul -- and Their Money -- or -- What Goes Around Comes Around
by Arnon Tzitron


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