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Daily Quote
In a mature tree, a gash here or a torn branch there is of little or no consequence. But the smallest scratch in the seed, the slightest nick in the sapling, results in a flaw which the decades to come will deepen rather than erase.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe on education
Halachic Times
Johannesburg, South Africa
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5:20 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
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5:52 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir)
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6:35 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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3:19 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”)
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4:29 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”)
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5:34 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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55:30 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour)









