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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Behaalosecha

Yerushalayim:
7:11 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:26 P.M.

London:
9:03 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:08 P.M.
Melbourne:
4:52 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Shelach, 5768

Sunday, 12 Sivan - Shabbos, 18 Sivan, 5768 (June 15-21, 2008)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Sotah 22-28
Yerushalmi:
Kesuvos 30-36

MISHNA YOMIS
Zevochim, 14:5 - Menochos 2:4

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 153:15-154:13

Pirkei Ovos: 2

Shavuos falls on Monday, 6 Sivan (June 9) and in Chutz La'aretz also on Tuesday, 7 Sivan (June 10).

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Shelach

Yerushalayim:
7:13 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:28 P.M.

London:
9:06 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:09 P.M.
Melbourne:
4:52 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 Behaalosecho, is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

To dedicate a section, this or another, of Dei'ah Vedibur, please contact editor at shemayisrael dot com.

NEWS

120,000 Yeshiva and Kollel Students in Eretz Yisroel
By Yechiel Sever

A total of 120,000 students are learning at 1,860 yeshivas and kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, which amounts to at least 19 million hours per month based on the standard schedule. The statistics were gathered by Yated Ne'eman with the help of the Union of Yeshiva Directors.


EJF: Rabbonim Must Ensure Conversions Performed Only If Candidate Commits to Keep Mitzvas
By Yechiel Sever

Following a ruling by the Beis Din Hagodol in Jerusalem that effectively called into question the status of Israel's special conversion courts by invalidating an old conversion, Eternal Jewish Family held a gathering in Jerusalem for rabbonim and dayonim during the first week in June.


High Court Decides Not to Intervene in Jewish Studies Budget at Yeshivos Ketanos
By Yechiel Sever

Following deliberations the High Court decided against hearing an appeal on the issue of boosting funding for Jewish studies at the yeshivos ketanos because it was not the subject the Reform Movement's suit regarding the regular funding of the yeshivos ketanos. The Israeli Reform movement has been aggressively trying to challenge government funding of chareidi education at all levels.


Joint Siyum for Shmittah-Observant Farmers from Negev Communities
By Yechiel Sever

An uplifting event to mark the completion of maseches Pesochim and maseches Moed Koton was held at the beis knesses of Moshav Talmei Eliyahu in the Negev's Eshkol District. The two masechtos were learned be'iyun by dozens of farmers since the start of the Shmittah year at special kollelim set up by Keren Shevi'is for the farmers who let their fields lie fallow and want to spend the year learning Torah and elevating themselves spiritually.


OPINION & COMMENT

"I Presumed to Become Wise"

by Rabbi Arye Geffen

The Abused Wisdom of the Unfortunate

"There is a small city with few inhabitants; a great king came to it and encircled it and built mighty structures for siege. He found in it a wise but poor man who saved the city in his wisdom, but no one remembered this poor wise man" (Koheles 9:14).


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