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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Voeiro

Yerushalayim:
4:26 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:40 P.M.

London:
4:11 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:49 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:27 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Bo, 5767

Sunday, 2 Shevat - Shabbos, 8 Shevat 5767 (Jan. 21-27, 2007)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Ta'anis 13-19
Yerushalmi:
Shabbos, 80-86

MISHNA YOMIS
Nozir 2:1-3:4

HALACHA YOMIS
Kitzur Shulchon Oruch 32:4-33:11

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Bo

Yerushalayim:
4:32 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:46 P.M.

London:
4:23 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:47 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:23 P.M.

 

 


 

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

Dedication
The News section this week, parshas Vo'eiro, is sponsored by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, le'illui nishmas R' Yaakov ben Rav Peretz. T.N.T.B.H.

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NEWS

MK Rabbi Ravitz Proposes Law to Limit High Court's Power
By Eliezer Rauchberger

The Knesset took a first step toward reining in the High Court this week when the House Committee unanimously exempted MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz from having to table a bill he drafted that would forbid the High Court from annulling laws legislated in the Knesset.


Agudas Yisroel Yarchei Kallah in Jerusalem This Week — HaRav Shteinman Speaks
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Agudas Yisroel of America is holding its seventh Yarchei Kallah at the Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem this week.

On Monday night the Admor of Novominsk, Rosh of Agudas Yisroel of America, delivered the opening shiur of the five-day event.


UTJ No-Confidence Motion Over Shabbos Desecration by Israel Railways Defeated
By Eliezer Rauchberger

With a majority of 57 MKs from the coalition, including Shas MKs, against 21 MKs from the opposition and 14 abstentions from the Arab parties and Meretz, a joint no-confidence motion sponsored by UTJ and HaIchud HaLeumi-NRP over the large-scale Shabbos desecration by Israel Railways and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority was defeated last Monday.


Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Giyur to Expand
By Betzalel Kahn

Following the increase in the number of fictitious conversions performed around the world by rabbis who consider themselves Orthodox, the Vaad Haolami LeInyonei Giyur founded by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth zt"l has decided to expand its rabbinical board. In many cases conversion candidates do not fully accept the yoke of mitzvas at the time of conversion, making the conversion invalid even bedi'eved.


Jewish Cemetery in Harbin Renovated But Olmert's Visit Cancelled
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Shortly before PM Ehud Olmert's visit to China last week local news agencies reported that the Chinese government spent $385,000 to renovate the Jewish cemetery in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province in Manchuria, now part of China.



City of Jerusalem Launches Life Centers
By Betzalel Kahn

The City of Jerusalem is set to launch Life Centers, a project initiated by Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky to develop special public spaces designed to serve various functions and equipped with sophisticated equipment and safety features.


Gathering in Beitar Illit to Strengthen Modesty Issues
By Yechiel Sever

HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, local rabbonim and roshei yeshivos were on hand at a gathering for hundreds of avreichim and bnei Torah in Beitar Illit last Thursday, 21 Teves, to strengthen standards of modesty. The event followed a number of similar gatherings in other locations in Eretz Yisroel.

Hidden Driving Instructor for Ambulance Drivers
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

To maintain high standards of professionalism Ezra Lemarpeh frequently sends its ambulance drivers to advanced emergency care and driving courses.


Holocaust Education in Bnei Brak
By A. Cohen

"We stand in awe before the spiritual strength of the survivors who, despite undergoing the horrors of the Holocaust personally, went on to build lives full of the splendor of keeping Torah and mitzvas," said HaRav Menachem Stein, a ram at Yeshivas Nachalas Dovid in Petach Tikva during a fascinating lecture during a conference at the Center for the Elderly on Rechov Achiya Hashiloni in Bnei Brak.

Hundreds Take Part in Annual Agudas Yisroel Conference in Florida
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Hundreds of Agudas Yisroel members took part in the annual conference in Florida, which was headed by gedolei Torah and roshei yeshivos and addressed practical issues in halochoh.

Pampers Ends Fourth Annual Fundraising Campaign
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Pampers Chessed campaign, held for the fourth consecutive year, ended recently with unprecedented success. Chasdei Naomi volunteers were happy to see that the public responded positively to requests to take part in the campaign, sending thousands of proofs of purchase of Pampers diapers to Chasdei Naomi offices and collection booths.


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