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Sunday, 20 Shevat - Shabbos, 26 Shevat
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DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Niddah 43-49
Yerushalmi:
Bova Metzia 6-12
MISHNA YOMIS
Kilayim 6:8-8:4
HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 317:7-319:1
Molad: Wednesday 4:56 A.M.
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in Eretz Yisroel:
Parshas Yisro
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4:55 P.M.
London: 4:40 P.M.
Johannesburg: 6:15 P.M.
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NEWS
Religious Council Fires Rabbinical Head of Jerusalem
Kashrus Department
By Betzalel Kahn
Gedolei Yisroel expressed shock and resentment over
the decision by Jerusalem Religious Council Chairman Moshe
Ausditcher to dismiss HaRav Binyomin Adler from his post as
rov posek of the Jerusalem Rabbinate's Kashrus
Department. It is unprecedented for a politician-lay person
to assert control over the rabbinical functions of a kashrus
department.
Quiet in Gaza — For How Long?
by M Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff
It has been a quiet week so far in southwest Israel as the
deployment of Palestinian Authority police, with the
intensive negotiation efforts of Palestinian Authority
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas — with great rachamei
Shomayim — have produced several days of calm.
After beginning patrols in the north of the Gaza Strip, the
PA deployed its forces in the southern Gaza Strip near Rafah
and Khan Younis on Tuesday.
Antisemitic Attacks in London's Stamford Hill
by Arnon Yaffeh, Paris
The chareidi community in North London's Stamford Hill has
been forced to organize a special neighborhood watch program
following a series of antisemitic attacks in the chareidi
neighborhood while at the same time ceremonies are held
throughout Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz.
Jerusalem Chareidi Education Budget to Increase by Over
NIS 9 Million in 2005
By Betzalel Kahn
The Jerusalem City Council approved the 2005 budget submitted
by Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky. The budget contains happy
tidings: an increase of NIS 9 million ($2 million) in funding
for chareidi education and an increase of NIS 1 million
($440,000) in funding for Torah culture.
Festive Meeting of New Modi'in Illit Local Council
By A. Cohen
The Modi'in Illit Local Council held a festive meeting after
its recent formation. All of the speakers noted the
prevailing unity and the privilege of being able to
participate in such an event. The meeting, held at the
community center in Achuzat Brachfeld, was attended by the
moro de'asra of the city HaRav Meir Kessler, local
rabbonim, roshei kollelim, MKs, principals of local
educational institutions and other public figures.
Dozens of Demonstrators Prevent Street Repairs on Shabbos
in Bnei Brak
By A. Cohen
The City of Bnei Brak has asked the Dan District Police to
refrain from summoning contractors to repair interurban
streets on Shabbos and chagim within the city
limits.
Chareidi Education System will Not be Required to Employ
Teachers With Academic Degrees
By Eliezer Rauchberger
The Knesset Education Committee decided not to include
teachers in the chareidi education system in a law that
requires teachers to have a college degree.
Three No-Confidence Motions Rejected
By Eliezer Rauchberger
Three no-confidence motions submitted by HaIchud HaLeumi and
the NRP, Shas and Shinui were rejected last week by a large
majority of the Knesset plenum.
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COMMENT
An Inauspicious Beginning
Last week George W. Bush was inaugurated as President of the
United States. His 20 minute speech was short enough so that
it was heard very well around the world.
Tu BeShvat
By Rav Zev Leff
Rav Eliezer and Rav Yehoshua argue whether the world was
created in Tishrei or in Nisan (Rosh Hashonoh 10b).
Tosafos explains (Rosh Hashonoh 27a) that both
opinions are in fact valid as the world was created on the
plane of thought in Tishrei and on the plane of action, in
actuality, it was created in Nisan.
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Why So Sad, Today?
By Aharon Grossnass
"Why are your faces so sad today?"
"Do you know what those words mean?" asks the man sitting
next to me at a bar mitzva.
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