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24 Cheshvan 5763 - October 30, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Toldos, 5763

Sunday, 28 Cheshvan - Shabbos, 4 Kislev
(Nov. 3-9, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Sanhedrin 53-59
Yerushalmi:
Eiruvin 10-16

MISHNA YOMIS
Menochos, 13:3 - Chulin 1:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Kitzur Shulchan Oruch, 150:11- 153:4

Rosh Chodesh Kislev falls on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and Wednesday, Nov. 6.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Chayei Soroh
Yerushalayim:
4:14 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:29 P.M.

London:
4:18 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:07 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:36 P.M.

Parshas Toldos
Yerushalayim:
4:09 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:23 P.M.

London:
4:06 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:12 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:44 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
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FEATURES

NEWS


Elections Are in the Air
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

The 2003 State budget is scheduled to come up for its first vote on Wednesday. Labor, one of the major partners in the government, is threatening to withhold support. If they do not vote for the budget, Prime Minister Sharon has said that he will throw them out of the government.


Interest Rates Held Steady
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

The Bank of Israel held key lending rates for November unchanged at a rate of 9.1 percent, governor David Klein announced on Monday. Rates have been at this level now for five months. The last change was a two percent hike in July.


Euro-Asian Rabbinical Conference Held in Kazakhstan
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Last week the founding conference of the Congress of Euro- Asian Rabbis was held in Alma-Ata, capital of Kazakhstan. The Congress' general secretary, Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, said all of the rabbonim and kehillos in Eurasia would now benefit from assistance and guidance in all areas of Jewish life and would be well represented in the Congress.

Chiraq Receives Hizbullah Head at Francophone Conference in Beirut
by Arnon Yaffa, Reporting from Paris

The appearance of Hizbullah head Nassarle on the dignitaries' platform at the Conference of French- Speaking Nations in Beirut while French President Jacques Chiraq was delivering a speech against terrorism, has given rise to renewed tension among French Jews. French newspapers glossed over Nassarle's presence among the heads of state as if they had received orders from above.

Thousands Attend Gatherings Throughout Europe Marking the Yahrtzeit of HaRav Shach
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Thousands of Jews from every stream of Judaism attended dozens of gatherings held at heichalei Torah and kehillos kedoshos throughout the Europe to mark one year since the histalkus of Maran HaRav Elozor Menachem Mann Shach, zt'l, last week.

Tenafly Eruv Decision Hailed by U.S. Aguda
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Third Circuit Court of Appeal's decision in favor of the Tenafly Eruv Association's quest to maintain an eruv in Tenafly, New Jersey was heartily welcomed by Agudath Israel of America.


OPINION & COMMENT

Terror Must be Defeated

Terror is an approach that is very effective against a weak adversary. It is most successful when used against someone who reacts quickly, without careful thought, and from an overpowering and immediate desire to be saved from its ravages: Give the terrorist what he is asking for, and get on with life. However, it will never end there. Satisfying one demand of a terrorist will only lead to his making more and bigger demands.


OBSERVATIONS


HOME & FAMILY

Flowers for Ima
by A. G.

Friday afternoon. Sima stood there exhausted - her legs were swollen and her back was hurting again. After two full days of preparing for Shabbos, there were still things to be done: to fold some laundry, prepare the rooms for the guests and make another trip to the grocery.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Burial in Jerusalem: The Har Menuchos Cemetery
by M. Samsonowitz

The Jews of Bukhara
by C. Ofek


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