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Daily Quote
A person should really know the pathways of Heaven, but actually this is not crucial. One needs only the main thing - to help another wholeheartedly, with sensitivity, to take pleasure in...
Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (1834-1882)
Halachic Times
Johannesburg, South Africa
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5:25 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar)
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5:57 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir)
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6:41 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah)
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9:21 AM
Latest Shema
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10:15 AM
Latest Shacharit
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12:04 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom)
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12:32 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah)
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3:15 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”)
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4:24 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”)
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5:27 PM
Sunset (Shkiah)
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5:53 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim)
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12:04 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah)
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54:27 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour)









