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Daily Quote
The foot will more readily enter a tub of hot water than will the head. Therein lies the supremacy of the simple Jew over the learned scholar -- in his greater readiness for self-sacrifice.
Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
Halachic Times
Johannesburg, South Africa
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5:20 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
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5:51 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir)
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6:34 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah)
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9:17 AM
Latest Shema
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10:13 AM
Latest Shacharit
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12:04 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom)
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12:33 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah)
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3:20 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”)
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4:29 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”)
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5:35 PM
Sunset (Shkiah)
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5:59 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim)
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12:04 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah)
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55:36 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour)









