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Israeli Water is Bug-Free Summer 5764 (2004) A Jew residing in New York bought Chasalat-brand lettuce from Eretz Yisroel and, following the instructions, washed the leaves well. As an extra precaution, after washing them he held the leaves up to the light by a window to examine them and saw that small insects remained on the leaves. He washed them again, and again found the same phenomenon — and even after a third washing.
The dire shortage of lulavim in the Daled Minim market
continues despite permission by the Ministry of Agriculture
to import 600,000 lulavim from Egypt and Jordan. Half
of these shipments have yet to arrive and the 300,000
lulavim brought into Eretz Yisroel are being
controlled by a cartel trying to monopolize the Daled Minim
market.
Here, to encourage readers of Dei'ah Vedibur to become
subscribers to Yated Ne'eman - Bnei Brak, is a listing
of what appears in the Succos print edition that is not
online.
The Conversion Department at the Prime Minister's Office issued an alarming press release boasting about 5765 "figures indicating a large rise in the number of converts."
According to state security figures since the Intifadah began
five years ago, 5765 was the quietest year, with six suicide
attacks compared to 13 in 5764.
For the first time, al Qaeda's grand plan to take over the world and turn it into one big Muslim country has been exposed by a Jordanian journalist named Fouad Hussein who recently published a book on al Qaeda and its machinations. The book is based on a series of interviews with ranking members of the organization.
Another anti-religious scandal rocked the IDF when the commander of a training course forced a religious soldier to tread on a tallis during a lesson on "values." The soldier suffered from shock and sought psychological assistance. In another serious incident a commander in a military jail shaved the beard off a chareidi bochur inducted against his will.
The Recent Wedding on Allenby Bridge Twelve Jews. Twelve followed by no zeros. That's the total Jewish population in the Muslim country they call home, a country that has very little love for the State of Israel. The kehilloh is dying. The entire young generation consists of one young man and one young woman who decided to get married.
Members of Degel HaTorah's Vaad HaRabbonim, who were
appointed by Maran HaRav Eliashiv, shlita, to keep
watch over the purity of chareidi education in Eretz
Hakodesh, met in Bnei Brak to discuss a series of topical
issues.
"I Translated the Kitzur Shulchan Oruch into Russian" A few weeks ago the Jewish world was up in arms when the
Moscow State Prosecutor announced that he was opening an
investigation of the Kitzur Shulchan Oruch. The
scandal made headlines in the Israeli media and abroad, and
even nonobservant Jews came out against the announcement. Prefab Structure Brought in to Serve as Beis Knesses
Chanichei Hayeshivos in Ramot Beit A new beis knesses was started in Jerusalem's Ramot
Beit for the Chanichei Hayeshivos kehilloh when a
temporary prefab structure arrived recently. The congregants
recently made a round of visits to gedolei Yisroel
shlita, including Maran HaRav Eliashiv, HaRav Aharon Leib
Shteinman and HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, to receive their
blessings for success in expanding the bounds of
kedushoh in the neighborhood.
When some non-Jewish people enjoy someone else's company, they express their approval by suggesting that the person would make a good drinking buddy, and they would like to go out for a night on the town and hit the bars with them sometime. Sukkos, Time for Splendor Succos is unique among yomim tovim in the degree of simchah that Hashem expects us to achieve. The Rambam at the end of Hilchos Lulav writes about the Simchas Beis Hashoevoh: "Although it is a mitzva to rejoice on all the moadim, on chag haSuccos in the Beis Hamikdosh there was an additional simchah, as it says `You shall rejoice before Hashem, your G-d for seven days.' "
Observations: A Man Who Champions Assimilation is Chosen to Set
Immigration Policy in Israel Former Meretz Chairman Prof. Amnon Rubinstein will head the Advisory Committee for the assessment of the State of Israel's policy on immigration. The committee was appointed by Interior Minister Ophir Pines to propose an immigration policy and to assess the relevant legislation, including the Law of Return, the Citizenship Law and the Entry to Israel Law. More Observations . . .
A Real Balabusta Dina checked the oven timer, peeked under the lid of the simmering soup, untied her apron and dashed out to the living room. Avrumi was waiting patiently, right where she'd left him, strapped into his stroller and ready for the quick trip to the neighborhood grocery store. ASK THE SHADCHAN "The worst you can do for an older single is to treat her like a nebech, claiming to be the all powerful that has just the right solution or segula to her predicament" Fay Prepares for a Visit to Brazil (New York, May
2000) Editor's Note: With this issue we are beginning a new serial story by the author of South African Journeys. It is a story of returning to roots, an estranged family coming back to its Jewish sources. We are sure that you will not want to miss any installments. More Home & Family . . .
Giving the World an Idea of What a Genuine Mussar Scholar
Is . . .(from the Introduction to Ho'odom Biyekor) Seeing Hashem in His Creation
Dayan Dr. Yishai I. Grunfeld, zt"l
Kelm And Mir — A Single Approach to Torah Excellence
and Mussar Training, As Demonstrated by a Loyal And Devoted
Talmid, the Gaon and Tzaddik HaRav Shmuel Halevi Shechter
Zt'l
Spectacular Ancient Jewish Findings in Ir Dovid —
the Lower Hill of Jerusalem
In the Proximity of Maran R' Yitzchok Zeev of Brisk,
Ztvk'l
May-July, 2005
The Message of an Earthquake A Mission to Spread Daas Torah Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
Additional Luach Information Yom Tov Succos falls on Tuesday, 15 Tishrei (Oct. 17) in Eretz Yisroel, and in Chutz Le'Aretz on both Tuesday and Wednesday, 15 and 16 Tishrei (Oct. 17-18). We are obligated to eat lechatchilah more than a beitzah of bread on that night while sitting in a succah with kavonoh to fulfill this mitzvah. In addition, we must have kavonoh that we are doing so in memory of yetzias Mitzrayim and the anonei kovod that protected us in the midbar from the sun and the rain. Hoshana Rabba falls on Monday, 21 Tishrei (Oct. 24). At Shacharis we add the pesukei dezimrah of Shabbos except for nishmas, all of the hoshana prayers, and afterwards we beat the hoshanos on the floor. In Eretz Yisroel, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah fall on Tuesday, 22 Tishrei (Oct. 25). In Chutz Le'Aretz, Shmini Atzeres falls on Tuesday, and Simchas Torah falls on Wednesday, 23 Tishrei (Oct. 25- 26). Yizkor is said on Shmini Atzeres. In Shemoneh Esrei we add Morid HaGeshem from Mussaf of Simchas Torah. The achronim write that even after Succos we should not step on the sechach since it is tashmishei mitzvah like tzitzis and a lulav (Mishnah Berurah 638:24). On the Shabbos that we read about the ma'aseh bereishis we start saying Borchi Nafshi (Tehillim 104) every Shabbos until Shabbos HaGodol. Before Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, we do not say Yom Kippur Koton because it is then the month of Tishrei. Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan falls on Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Thursday Oct. 3. On Shabbos parshas Noach, we say a Mi Sheberach for those fasting Behab.
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