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Gaza is Already in Trouble
The residents of Gaza are under severe stress due to the aid
cutoff and due to the decision of its own leaders not to
allow goods to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing while
the Karni crossing is closed due to terror warnings. United
Nations aid organizations claim that the Gaza Strip is on the
verge of a humanitarian disaster that could be as bad as the
one in Kosovo.
Based on the final vote count, including crosschecking of
ballots cast by soldiers and voters who cast their vote at
handicapped polling places, UTJ won a total of 146,958 votes
from supporters who responded to calls by gedolei
Yisroel to make every effort to vote. The showing
represents an increase of 12,032 votes compared to the
previous elections.
Election Coverage:
Shearis Yisroel has issued the 5766 edition of Glatt,
a Pesach guide that covers a variety of issues related to
halochoh, kashrus and communal affairs.
With all government employees on vacation for Chol Hamoed the
Population Administration of the Interior Ministry (Misrad
Hapnim) will provide only limited services, such as
arranging passports and travel documents in the event of
emergency.
Work will soon be underway on the new chareidi city of
Charish on land reserves located near Highway 6 in the Hadera
area, following exerted efforts by the heads of Binyan Sholem
to obtain government approval.
The first chareidi community center of its kind, which will
operate under the close supervision of neighborhood rabbonim,
is nearing completion in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo
neighborhood.
For many years it was "common knowledge" that quinoa was
permissible on Pesach based on an old psak by a member
of the Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis.
Prime Minister's Office Director-General Ilan Cohen convened
the Directors-General Forum on dealing with bird flu on
Monday, April 3, 2006. The Agriculture and Rural Development
Ministry Director-General, the Health Ministry Director-
General, Veterinary Services and Finance Ministry
representatives, regional council chairmen, and poultry
farmers' representatives attended the meeting.
A Bank of Israel report for 2005 reveals that in 2004 Israel
ranked at the bottom of a survey of social security
entitlements in developed nations. In old-age benefits Israel
ranked 19th of 23 countries and in child allowances it was
second to last, with only Spain falling further behind.
Annual Report of the Bank of Israel Issued In 2005, Israel's economic recovery continued and became even
more firmly based. GDP grew rapidly by 5.2 percent, led by
the business sector which expanded by 6.6 percent. The
integration of the Israeli economy into the global economy
continued.
Pesach in a Jewish Home — Holy Activity in a Holy
Environment
A Jewish family is not just a convenient social structure
that can be altered or discarded. Rather it is an essential
part of life itself as envisioned by the Torah. Nothing makes
this more clear than the yom tov of Pesach. HaRav Yitzchok Hutner's Mesibos Chasal — Bidding Yom
Tov Farewell
Reb Leibel wrote us that the Mesibos Chasal always took
place in the dark — lights out, lasting some two hours
after Yom Tov. Following each piece, niggunim of
deveikus or of Shiras HaYam were sung. "These
gatherings were lessons in holding on to the Yom Tov as one
returned to normal life that have not left me to this
day."
Telolei Oros: Parents and Children, Day and Night —
A Selection of Thoughts for the Seder Table
Each Son Has Potential
In the Torah, the questions and answers of the four sons do
not appear in the same order as they do in the
Haggodoh. In response to the question of the rosho
(Shemos 12:26), the posuk gives an answer that is
suited to the chochom. The she'eino yodei'a
lish'ol receives the answer that is given in the
Haggodoh to the rosho, (Shemos 13:8), while the
question of the chochom, (Devorim 6:20) gets an answer
that is suited for the tam.
Observations: China May Soon Surpass the USA The United States has been a world power for almost a
century, was one of two superpowers for over 40 years after
World War II, and for the past 15 years or so has been alone
in its class. However this looks likely to change before
long, as China is growing by leaps and bounds and is
beginning to flex its muscles. Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 18: The Next Meeting in Jerusalem (October
2001)
Esther and Daniel have met, and they are to meet
again.
First Day at School
I always wanted to be a teacher.
I actually began teaching even before attending school. When
I was three years old, my elder brother informed me that his
teacher used a cane to chastise her students. That was in
Belfast, Ireland, over sixty years ago. How it is today, I do
not know.
He Was a Father — A Conversation with HaRav Reuven
Feinstein Glimpses of the Mashgiach, HaRav Shlomo Wolbe zt'l, the
Eighteenth of Nisan 5766, his First Yahrtzeit
A Novardoker Rebbetzin — Rebbetzin Menucha Ettel
Nekritz o"h
An Interview in the home of the Bostoner Rebbe Shlita
The Vilna Gaon: No Secret Escaped Him
Memories of HaRav Shach, zt"l
Biyur Chometz of One Jew in Jaffa
A Head in the Heavenly Domain and a Heart of Gold The Former Mormon Bishop Who Teaches Torah Today Bi'ur Chometz
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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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