HALACHA OF THE WEEK: A FEATURE OF THE BJSZ DAILY HALACHA SHIUR
Hearing the reading of the Megillah
The obligation to hear the reading of the Megillah, both on Purim night and during the day, applies equally to men and women. The Megillah must be heard or read by the individual in its original sequence and [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore  – An open letter by the Managing Director of NCSY calls on all of us to realize the danger of drinking on Purim.

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JewishByte Baltimore  – No preparation for Purim, including costuming and make up, may begin before Shabbos is over, i.e. not before 6:45 pm at the earliest.

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Wishing all of our readers a Good Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom
This week is Shabbos Zachor & Parshas Tetzave – February 27th
Candle Lighting Time for the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area:
Friday, February 26th 2010 Light Candles: 5:38pm
Shabbat, February 27th 2010 ends after : 6:38 pm or 7:10 (72 Minutes)
Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom and Happy Purim [...]

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Please send in your pictures of your shul Purim party. JewishByte would like to have a round up of all the wonderful Purim parties from accross our neighborhoods and shuls. [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – Significant police activity was taking place at 70oo block of Park Heights Ave in the Samester Apartment Buildings complex on Park Heights Avenue shortly after 10 am this Friday morning.

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JewishByte Baltimore – The West Virginia state police captured Raymond Taylor, a man accidentally sprung from a downtown Baltimore prison yesterday. He was apprehended in Martinsburg, West Virginia at approximately 9:20 this morning.

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JewishByte Baltimore – A dangerous criminal Raymond Taylor was erroneously released from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center in Baltimore, MD. Yesterday afternoon on 2-25-2010 at approximately 2:02 pm inmate Raymond Thomas Taylor, DOC # 328705 was mistakenly released from prison.

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JewishByte Baltimore – Once again JewishByte is at the forefront of innovation on the Jewish Baltimore scene. We are constantly searching for ways to improve our functionality as a community website.

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JewishByte Baltimore – On a recent rainy Monday night there was a vehicle accident that involved a rollover. Baltimore County Fire Dept. including Pikesville Volunteer were on the scene within minutes as well as Hatzalah, Cert and Chaverim to assist in traffic redirection.

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JewishByte Baltimore – The audio for the Gift of Shabbos event is available below and divided into two parts. The wonderful event was well attended and undoubtedly left an impression on everyone in attendance. If you were unable to attend or would like to get chizuk by listening to the divrei chizuk again please feel [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore  – PSA- This Purim give life! There will be a  Gift of Life Drive in Baltimore, Saturday Night, Feb. 27th, right after Megillah reading in Rabbi Arieh’s shul, Ohr Hamizrach 6813 Park Heights Ave.
We are trying to help a young man who is Persian find his life saving match.
In addition, If you are [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – The gift of Shabbos was intended to inspire a deeper insight into the observance of Shabbos and inspiring it was indeed. Rabbi’s Feldman, Silber, Spero and Porter spoke eloquently to a standing room only crowd, this past Sunday night at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion.

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JewishByte Baltimore – As some people may have already heard, February is North America’s National Inclusion Month. But what is inclusion and what does it mean to you?

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JewishByte Baltimore – Firefighters worked an early morning fire at a building in the Clipper Mill Industrial Park in North Baltimore on Sunday Morning. The 5 Alarm fire was at the old Schenuit Tire Building near Union and Clipper Mill.

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JewishByte Baltimore -In light of the upcoming Chag – Purim on which many people mistakenly believe it is a “Mitzvah to get drunk, we present here a very important video on the dangerous consequences of drinking especially by those under the age of 21 at any time especially on Purim.

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JewishByte Baltimore – With serious and plain talk about budgetary decisions in the months ahead, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her first State of the City Address as Mayor.  The address focused on her plans to confront an historic $120 million budget deficit and usher in a new era of ethics and transparency in government. Just [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – “It is an Aveira to Get Drunk on Purim” (Reb Shmuel Kaminetsky, Shlit”a). This was a direct quote from Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetsky Shlit’a who took precious time from his busy schedule and shared his da’as Torah with our listeners on Thursday night during the Project YES conference call titled, “Purim Parenting: Keeping [...]

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JewishByte Baltimore – A Holocaust survivor who possibly has 2,000 living descendents was profiled yesterday by the New York Times…

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HALACHA OF THE WEEK: INSULATING HOT FOOD ON SHABBOS
There is another method of keeping food warm for Shabbos known as Hatmana. This occurs when an item or a pot of food is completely and snugly enveloped inside another item for the purpose of making or keeping it hot.

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JewishByte Baltimore – On February 16, 2010, Martin Grossman was executed by the State of Florida.
In the weeks preceding the execution, there was a remarkable outpouring of support from Jews around the world. Jewish people of every ‘label’ and stripe participated in the struggle to save Martin’s life.

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JewishByte would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Mikki Rosenbluth (Baltimore MD) and Rafi Wassner (New York , NY)on their engagement.
A very hearty Mazel Tov to parents Ronnie and Sandy Rosenbluth (Vice-President of Shomrim, Owner of Tov Pizza and a valued contributor to JewishByte). Mazel Tov as well to Judah & Shiffy [...]

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