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HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zt'l
In the Lap of Greatness
One of the elder contemporary roshei hayeshivos, HaRav Moshe
Shmuel Shapira ztvk'l was born in Minsk, Russia, on
the nineteenth of Av, 5677 (1917). His father was the
gaon HaRav Aryeh Shapira, the dayan of
Bialystok, Poland, a son of HaRav Refoel Shapira zt'l
of Volozhin who was the author of Toras Refoel and a
grandson of the Netziv of Volozhin zt'l (who was Rav
Refoel's father-in-law) and of Rav Leibele Kovner
zt'l.
A pallor of mourning descended on chareidi Jewry with the
news of the sudden histalkus of HaRav Moshe
Halberstam, a member of the Eida Chareidis Beis Din and rosh
yeshiva of Yeshivas Tshakawe. One of the great Torah figures
of our generation, he passed away last Wednesday afternoon,
26 Nisan, at the age of 74.
An enormous crowd took part in the levaya last week of
the Admor of Satmar HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, the nephew of Rav
Yoelish and the author of Derech Moshe.
Israeli security services said that the attempted attack last
week on Wednesday April 26th 2006 at the Karni Crossing
between Gaza and Israel was carried out by the Popular
Resistance Committees in the Gaza Strip under the direction
of Hamas. The incident shows that Israel was justified in
closing the Karni Crossing repeatedly over the past
months.
The Jerusalem Municipality, in cooperation with Misgav
Lekashish and the chareidi extension of the Amcha
organization, is operating an information center for
Holocaust survivors to raise awareness of survivors' rights
in the chareidi sector.
Elad's new Degel HaTorah neighborhood, organized by Binyan
Shalem, is now being populated with its first residents.
Based on preliminary summaries of bus service on Erev Pesach
and Chol Hamoed, Egged operated thousands of buses. Jerusalem
was the most popular destination for interurban travel and on
the company's urban lines the Kosel Hama'arovi was the most
popular destination, posting a record number of riders.
Egged's training center in Jerusalem has opened a second
training course for observant bus drivers. Eleven candidates
are enrolled in the course after passing a screening process
conducted by Egged and the Transportation Ministry. The Joint
Distribution Committee and the Industry and Trade Ministry
are partners in the project.
We Have Lost a Living Example of Closeness to Torah
It has been a difficult week for the Torah community with the
loss of three great rabbonim: HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, HaRav
Moshe Halberstam, and HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zichronom
livrochoh. Our remarks in this small space are not
intended to fulfill the obligation of hesped
tzaddikim. The Necessity of Suffering: Perfecting an Individual Jew's
Soul and Bringing Tikkun Ho'Olom
Part II
In the first part, HaRav Taub explained that
yissurim are a kindness from Hashem, to cleanse us of
our sins in Olom Hazeh. This is a kindness because the
cleansing of the neshomoh in Olom Hazeh is
immeasurably easier than the purification of the
neshomoh in Gehennom.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 19: The Amazon, October 2001 — Part 2
Daniel's parents, Fay and Eli, have been managing in the
Amazon. They have been living off of the land, and in their
isolation have also been drawing closer to their youthful
Judaism. Lately their Brazilian companion, Pedro, has been
disappearing and acting strangely.
Going Crazy over Diets
"Do you hate yourself because you are overweight?
"If our feelings about ourselves are too tied up with how we
look, then we need help to see ourselves in a positive light
before we add the extra stress of the diet."
"We Moved During Bava Kama" — HaRav Abba Berman
zt"l How The Maskilim Struggled to Destroy Volozhin
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On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nissan (Apr. 11) is the
search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the
chometz is burnt the next morning, Erev Pesach,
Wednesday, 14 Nissan (Apr. 12) until the end of the zman
sreifas chometz. On erev Pesach the firstborn
fast— Ta'anis Bechoros.
Yov Tov Pesach falls on Thursday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 14), in
Eretz Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday (Apr. 14-15) 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 Thursday 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 hanged (Mishnah Berurah,
490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom).
Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Wednesday, 21 Nissan
(April 19) and in Chutz Le'aretz also on Thursday, 22
Nissan (April 20) which is Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyos -
Shmini Shel Pesach.
Many are accustomed to read Pirkei Ovos after
Minchah of Shabbos, from Pesach until Rosh
HaShanah.
Our minhag is not to pray Yom Kippur Koton and
surely not to fast during the month of Nissan.
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