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BS"D

Dear Chaim,

What is your opinion on July 4, 1776 being The 17th of Tammuz? Also, when The Jews were expelled from Spain, Columbus left for America which paved the way for a new home for Jews after the expulsion. Both events were on Tisha B'Av. So good events in American History which benefited humanity, happened on bad days on The Jewish Calendar. America has been a haven for Jews since then. Do you think part of the reason why Jews should not celebrate The Fourth of July is because July 4, 1776 was The 17th of Tammuz?

This is a fact I found out by checking Chabad.org's online calendar which stretches back a few hundred years and lasts thousands of years into the future, not taking into account that The Mashiach will have already come by then so we won't have a set calendar anymore. If we keep our set calendar, the current calendar drift will continue. This drift is that the earliest Passover can fall in the solar year has moved up 7.5 days since we got the set calendar. So it can no longer fall on The Vernal Equinox and can end as late as May now which will be a regular occurrence in a few hundred years. The calendar drifts by one day every 231 years.

Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.

Chaim, Jr.:
Chaim:  Can you explain what distinguishes a modern orthodox, a Charedi non-Hasidic Orthodox and a Hasidic Jew in philosophy, tradition and clothing?  Can you go through the main differences between major Hasidic movements, especially  Lubavitcher, Satmar and Bobov?

jsullivan:
I'm posting this on behalf of Yacov Menashe and Take Back Our Temple. Plesae read and answer the whole question. If you don't have time past the first paragraph, at least look over the rest which is a letter from Libby Kahane which appeared on Yekutiel's forum.

Are you in contact with Mrs. Kahane? Does she live in Kfar Tapuach with Rav Binyamin's orphans? Yacov heard that Rav Binyamin's orphans live in Tapuach and when he went to Tapuch with Yekutiel and Nahum, someone pointed and told him "That's Meir David Kahane." (The grandson of HaRav Meir David Kahane, ZT"L, HY"D.). Take Back Our Temple wanted to know: "How well did you know Libby Kahane and Talya Kahane? How did they contribute to the works of their great husbands and to The Land of Israel?".

The following appeared on Yekutiel's forum.

From The Jewish Press:
http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/20125/Letters_To_The_Editor.html

I am looking for Arthur Kurtz, whose photograph of my late husband, Rabbi Meir Kahane, zt”l, appeared in a Brooklyn College newspaper in 1974. I’d appreciate hearing from him, or anyone knowing his whereabouts, to request permission to use the photo in a book about Rabbi Kahane. I may be contacted at [email protected].

Libby Kahane
(Via E-Mail)

kahaneloyalist:
Dear Chaim,
       I will be meeting with Aryeh Eldad once I get to Israel, I'd like to try to get him involved in your Aliyah case. If you are interested in me doing this please send me the relevant information about your case and any contact info for your people in Israel you think I should speak with who can assist me in gaining Dr. Eldad's help.

Nic Brookes:
Salman Rushdie (the author of "The Satanic Verses") has been knighted in the UK. I think it is fantastic that there is no discrmination againt people who are anti-islam. The muzzies have been burning effegies of the queen and been violently protesting (what a surprise). They have also issued a fatwa against Rushdie. What is your opinion on this?

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