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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Massei

Yerushalayim:
7:00 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:15 P.M.

London:
8:33 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:26 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:17 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Devorim (Chazon), 5768

Sunday, 2 Menachem - Shabbos, 8 Menachem Av, 5768 (Aug. 3-10, 2008)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Gittin, 23-29
Yerushalmi:
Sotah 7-13

MISHNA YOMIS
Menochos 13:1 - Chulin 2:6

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 170:12-173:3

Pirkei Ovos: No Pirkei Ovos is said today. See Mishnah Berurah end of Siman 553

Ta'anis Tishah B'Av falls on Motzei Shabbos, Aug. 9 until Sunday night, Aug. 10. It is now 1939 years after the churban of the second Beis Hamikdosh.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Devorim (Chazon)

Yerushalayim:
6:53 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:09 P.M.

London:
8:21 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:30 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:23 P.M.

 


 

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

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