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The U.S. seems to be planning to move ahead with its Road Map
to peace in the Middle East whether Israel is ready or not.
Israel has asked for it to be put in hold until after its
elections, scheduled for January 28. Instead, the United
States wants to complete the draft and bring it to a Quartet
meeting -- composed of the United States, the United Nations,
the European Union and Russia -- on December 20. When a long-debated tax reform goes into effect in Israel on
Jan. 1, some immigrants will have much higher tax bills.
Many immigrants, especially those retiring to Israel, came
with the understanding that they would not have to pay
Israeli taxes on income from their overseas assets. American
immigrants generally pay U.S. taxes on that money. The Israeli army said its soldiers fired on the walled UN
compound inside the refugee camp killing British senior
manager Ian Hook, because Palestinian gunmen were shooting at
them from inside and Hook's cellphone appeared to them to be
a grenade. The United Nations vigorously denied that
Palestinian gunmen shot from their building.
Ukraine Investigates Beating of Charedim A month ago there was a clash between residents of the
central Ukrainian city of Uman, the burial place of Rabbi
Nachman of Breslav, and a group of young chasidim from
Israel. Three Breslaver chasidim involved, all approximately
16 years old, were allegedly beaten up. IDF Unit Said to be in Western Iraq Members of an Israeli reconnaissance unit have been operating
in western Iraq for several weeks in an attempt to locate
Iraqi Scud missile bunkers, Time Magazine reported this
week. There are vast open areas in western Iraq where such
missiles could be hidden. Also that part of Iraq is closest
to Israel. Former French Ambassador Defames Religious French
Jews
Eli Barnaby, former Israeli ambassador to France, who has
just finished his term in office, has defamed orthodox Jews
in an interview in Le Monde, saying: "[They are] like
peripheral factions, living their Jewish religion as
separatists." In France the term "separatist" has overtones
of terrorism and political violence. Such a serious
accusation feeds the incitement against the Jews in
France. Tehilla Maoz, Hy'd, Library Dedicated in Moreshes
Batya The Tehilla Maoz Library, for Moreshes Batya, was officially
dedicated to honor the memory of a young girl who was
brutally murdered at the Sbarro massacre in Yerushalayim 16
months ago.
One time there was a fatal accident on Shabbos, and Maran the
Brisker Rov zt"l remarked that Shabbos was collecting
its debt. His talmidim asked: Aren't there traffic
accidents all week? To which the Rov replied: There are many
causes for traffic accidents. But when one happens on
Shabbos, there is no need to search for the cause of that
accident, for its cause is clear and evident to all.
The Other Side of the Coin A young husband comes home on Motzaei Shabbos and not
surprisingly, sees his wife in the kitchen. "Let's go and
visit my parents," he suggests.
"And who's going to clean up here?" IN-DEPTH FEATURES In Tempestuous Times: The Life And Achievements Of HaRav
Avrohom Kalmanovitz, zt'l Until the End of Time
Additional Luach Information
In chutz le'aretz from Wednesday night, the eve of 30
Kislev (the night of Dec. 4-Dec. 5, 2001) vesen tal u-
motor levrocho is now added in Shemoneh Esrieh
until Pesach. See Kitzur Shulchan Oruch 19:5.
"Some are accustomed to pray Yom Kippur Koton (on
erev Rosh Chodesh)...The Maharom of Korduviro would
call it Kippur Koton since on it would be atoned the
sins of the whole month...The seforim write that even
if someone doesn't fast, he should do teshuvah on this
day and remedy the sins of the whole month since this is the
last day of each month just like erev Rosh HaShanah is
the last day of the whole year" (Mishnah Berurah
417:4).
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