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For our Pesach issue we received a very nice article on quinoa. For some years, it was widely believed that quinoa is permissible on Pesach. However in fact it is not to be used on Pesach, according to the Vaad Hakashrus of the Eida HaChareidis.
Twenty-two years ago, a little girl approached Rabbi
Kestenbaum and she wept. "I will be bas mitzvah in a
few years and I won't be able to fulfill the mitzvah of
eating matzo." Several years ago the RJ Reynolds Company was forced by the
US Congress to disclose all of the additives that it puts
into cigarettes. There are over 500! These additives are put
in to give each brand its distinctive taste, so they are all
significant — or at least are so considered by the
company.
This week Trans-Israel Highway workers continued to damage the ancient graves along the planned route near Binyamina, and burial caves were also discovered along another section near Yokneam. Company security guards beat dozens of protesters at the site and wounded one with a knife.
Notice and Warning
A. MIRS has met all of the demands of the rabbonim as agreed
upon in the contract, which required the company to provide
cell phones without content services and an agreement that
the level of blocking would be increased at the end of three
month in such a way that it would no longer be possible to
alter the device.
Recently, rumors have been circulating with regard to the
effectiveness of cleaning strawberries to remove infestation
by soaking them in soapy water and rinsing under a strong
stream of water.
Magen David Adom is warning the public to exercise caution in eating fish and matzoh, both of which are very common on Pesach, offering advice on how to avoid health problems due to excessive matzoh consumption and/or choking on fish bones hidden in fish.
Travelers Beware when Taking Packages All travellers are well-advised to be extremely careful and
to check the parcels that they have accepted to take for
other people. It is recommended that they not take anything
from people they do not know personally, and in any case they
should be sure of the contents of the package.
Most of the Jewish day schools in the former Soviet Union
register exclusively or mostly children who are Jewish
according to halochoh, at least according to their policy.
However, there is hardly a school that doesn't have at least
some non-Jewish students, not to mention children of mixed
families who aren't Jewish at all because their mothers are
not Jewish.
At the Seder We Experience Geulah
Nisan is the month of Redemption. In Nisan they were redeemed, and in Nisan they will be redeemed (Rosh Hashonoh 11a). This is our history and this is the promise of the future. Tell Your Son On That Day: Some of HaRav Eliashiv's
Teachings on Educating Children Parents' Accomplishments Help Their Children To the extent that parents sacrifice themselves for Torah, they blaze a trail for their children to follow and it becomes easier for future generations to take the path of life — "Torah will return to a place where it previously found lodging."
Tell Your Son on that Day: Thoughts on Chinuch for Our
Generation Chinuch Means Getting Results There are mitzvos which must be done even without us seeing any results. This specific act is what the Torah tells us to do, so it makes no difference whether or not something good will come of it, the mitzvah must always be done nonetheless. In the case of chinuch the result is also important. One's child has to emerge educated.
How to Prevent Teenage Dropouts from the Torah Community During HaRav Steinman's visit to the Torah communities of the United States last fall, over five hundred educators gathered in the beis hamedrash of Yeshivas Torah Vodaas in Flatbush to discuss topical chinuch issues.
Reading the Divine Book of Nature It seems fair to say that an area of Western knowledge that has always seemed to hold especially great promise for benefit to Torah is the physical sciences.
Observations: The Cadaver Business in the US — Why Not
to Leave one's Body to Science The Torah teaches us that even after the soul leaves, it is not through with its body and what happens to its Earthly remains is of ongoing concern to the departed soul even in its new abode. Because of this it is vital to ensure that all of the remains are buried together, and as soon as possible. This is one of the major chessed functions of Zaka: to gather up absolutely all of the remains of those murdered by terrorists in order to bring them to kever Yisroel. This is very important to the departed soul. More Observations . . .
Parents, Children, and the Seder Table Innovative ideas for capturing and sustaining children's attention: building a pyramid from 100 disposable cups . . .
Remembering Pesach in the Lower East Side On Pesach, we went to Zeida Duvid for the Seder. The long hall that led into the narrow dining-room looked somewhat less severe in candlelight. and in the dark, we couldn't see the gloomy backyard, with sagging lines of faded laundry, rusting fire-escapes and hunch-backed alley-cats screeching and bellowing like mourning women. ASK THE SHADCHAN Question: " . . . Although I do have single friends my age that came from typical backgrounds, mine is more complicated. My parents got divorced after many difficult years with serious sholom bayis problems . . . I would like to ask you for advice . . . and encouragement." More Home & Family . . .
The Vilna Gaon: A Man of Piety An Uplifting of the Soul in the Shadow of Maran, the
Chazon Ish — "Immersion" in the Waters of Wisdom
Touring Safely: Bein Hazmanim Perils
Moscow: The Cheder, the Yeshiva, the Kollel — and
the Kehilloh
The Sefas Emes
Doing Something
A Detailed Halachic Guide Including Practical Advice for
Erev Pesach Shechal Lihiyos BeShabbos
Additional Luach Information Pesach falls on Sunday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 24), in Eretz Yisroel, and on Sunday and Monday (Apr. 25) in Chutz Le'aretz. The days until Shevi'i shel Pesach are Chol HaMo'ed. From Mussaf of Yom Tov Pesach in Eretz Yisroel we say morid hatal in Shemoneh Esreih instead of vesen tal u-motor livrocho. From Sunday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel Pesach, we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos. The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the sixteenth of Nissan to remember the se'udas Esther that she made when Homon was hung (Mishnah Berurah, 490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom). Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Shabbos, 21 Nissan (April 30) and in Chutz Le'aretz on Sunday, 22 Nissan (May 1) is Yom Tov Sheini shel Goliyos - Shmini Shel Pesach.
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