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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.
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.
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
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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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