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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Mishpotim (Shekolim), 5766

Sunday, 21 Shevat - Shabbos, 29 Shevat 5766 (Feb. 19-25, 2006)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Pesochim 33-39
Yerushalmi:
Demai 34 - Kilayim 6

MISHNA YOMIS
Shekolim 4:6-6:4

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 514:3-516:2

Molad: Tuesday 2:38 A.M.

On Shabbos parshas Mishpotim we read Parshas Shekolim for maftir. This parshah commemorates the collecting of the shekolim in the Beis HaMikdash. At Shacharis and Mussaf, yotzros are said in many kehilos.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Yisro
Yerushalayim:
4:52 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:06 P.M.

London:
5:03 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:01 P.M.

Parshas Mishpotim (Shekolim)
Yerushalayim:
4:58 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:12 P.M.

London:
5:16 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:52 P.M.

 

 

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At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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NEWS

German Foreign Minister Promises to Implement Ghetto Work Law

Passed four years ago, almost all of the applicants have been turned down
By G. Kleiman

"I turn to you as acting Welfare Minister and as one who sees himself as the representative of thousands of Jews rescued from the fires. The manner of implementation and the legal interpretation of the Ghetto Work Law [Gesetz zur Zahlbarmachung von Renten aus Beschaftigungen in einem Ghetto, known by the German initials ZRBG — Ed] in Germany are defined very strictly.


U.S. and Israelis Are Said to Talk of New PA Elections
by M Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

On Tuesday the New York Times reported that United States and Israel were considering a campaign to starve the Palestinian Authority of cash so that Palestinians would grow disillusioned with Hamas and bring down the Hamas government.


United Torah Jewry and Shabbos — Agudas Yisroel- Degel HaTorah Submits Joint Knesset List
By B. Kahn, Y. Ariel and A. Zissman

Degel HaTorah and Agudas Yisroel again submitted a joint Knesset list to the Central Election Committee at the last minute, and once again chose to use the letter "Gimmel" on ballot slips. The list for the joint party, known as United Torah Jewry and Shabbos-Agudas Yisroel Degel HaTorah, was submitted by Rabbi Avrohom Weber and Rabbi Moshe Shiffman of Degel HaTorah and Rabbi Shlomo Vidslavsky and Rabbi Yosef Deutsch of Agudas Yisroel.


High Court Forces Housing Ministry to Sell Lots in Ramat Beit Shemesh to Chareidim
By Betzalel Kahn

Following a legal battle stretching nearly five years, the High Court determined that the decision by the Housing Ministry's Tenders Committee to annul the tender for build it yourself plots of land in the Shachar neighborhood located in Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel merely because the winners were chareidi, was illegal.


Shinui's Wayward Path to Self-Destruction
By Betzalel Kahn

Nobody needs to be reminded of the sour grapes produced by the Likud-Shinui-NRP government. All of us suffer from them to this day. In hindsight, some might say Sharon wanted Shinui in the coalition only because of his desire to effect far-reaching changes, particularly in economics, and he was well aware that the chareidi parties would not support these moves.


Jerusalem Opens Special Kindergarten Enrollment Center
By Betzalel Kahn

The Jerusalem Municipality's Department of Chareidi Education will operate a special enrollment center in addition to the one at Safra Square, to allow parents of kindergartners to enroll their children for the upcoming 5767 school year. Designed to save parents time, the enrollment center will be open this week from Sunday to Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Beit Malka, Rechov Brandeis 2.


Daf Yomi Shiurim on Commuter Buses
By G. Kleiman

As part of the Bar Bei Rav De Chad Yomo worldwide program started and presided over by the Admor of Kaliv, Daf Yomi shiurim for commuters were begun two years ago. HaRav Chaim Binyomin Kirshenbaum delivers a regular Daf Yomi shiur on Line 402 between Yerushalayim and Bnei Brak. The program has received blessings from HaRav Shteinman and HaRav Kanievsky.



Degel HaTorah Representatives Hold Reception Hours at Botei Knesses and Kollelim in Beit Shemesh
by Betzalel Kahn

Degel HaTorah representatives in Beit Shemesh held reception hours at several locations in Beit Shemesh's chareidi neighborhoods to assist avreichim submitting requests for property tax (arnona) discounts.


Egged Boosts Frequency of Jerusalem Bus Lines
by Tzvi Sofer

Egged has introduced a series of innovations and improvements designed to serve Jerusalem's chareidi residents.

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OPINION & COMMENT

Not with Physical Might — But with My Spirit

In the streets of Beirut, Damascus, Islamabad and elsewhere, as chanting mobs torched Danish and other Western offices, including embassies of other European countries and representative offices of the European Commission, we think that we heard a clash of civilizations.

On the Ways of the Holy Ones: Remembering the Holocaust
by Yisroel Spiegel

Part I

Last year marked sixty years since the Holocaust. The liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in which one and a half million people, the majority of them Jews, were brutally put to death is now marked in many places as a day of remembering the entire Holocaust. Rallies and memorial services are held yearly on the premises themselves, and in many places throughout the world.

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OBSERVATIONS


Return
by Gita Gordon

Serializing a new novel.

Chapter 13: Mir Yeshiva (April 2001)

Dean-Daniel has been accepted by Rav Dov into the Mir Yeshiva if he agrees to learn with a young man who needs a supportive chavrusa. He has made remarkable progress while living with Rav Dov's brother-in-law who suffered a stroke.


HOME & FAMILY

LIFE JOURNEYS
TRUE STORIES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE
Never Give Up

by Sara Gutfreund

Nechama had always been a dreamer. She used to sit in the back of the class staring out the window at the branches of the trees arching towards the sky. Due to her frequent daydreaming, she had a hard time following her schoolwork. Nevertheless, she brought home average grades, and she was blessed with parents who never pushed her to snap out of her reveries.

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IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Protecting Sifrei Torah from Theft
by T. Katz

Ari's Odyssey
by Rabbi Yechezkel Spanglet


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