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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Calendar for: Lubavitch of Bucks County 25 North State Street, Newtown, PA 18940-2026   |   Contact Info
Halachic Times (Zmanim)
Times for Newtown, PA 18940
4:44 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar):
5:25 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir):
6:17 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah):
9:37 AM
Latest Shema:
10:45 AM
Latest Shacharit:
1:02 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom):
1:37 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah):
5:02 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”):
6:27 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”):
7:48 PM
Sunset (Shkiah):
8:17 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim):
1:03 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah):
68:15 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour):
Jewish History

R. Yehoshua was one of the leading Polish scholars of his day, and was held in great reverence by his contemporaries. He led a Talmudic academy in Cracow which attracted many noteworthy disciples (such as R. Shabtai HaKohen, the Shach).

R. Yehoshua authored Maginei Shlomo, devoted to answering the difficulties raised by the Tosafist scholars against Rashi in his Talmud commentary. He also authored a collection of halachic responsa titled Pnei Yehoshua (not to be confused with the Talmudic commentary of the same name authored by his great-grandson, R. Yaakov Yehoshua [see entry for 14 Shevat]).

Daily Thought

Life is fire. It can burn with the angst of survival in a hostile world. Or it can be harnessed to consume all fear.

Stop, contemplate, meditate and pray. Fan a fire of love and awe for the One that transcends this world.

One fire swallows another and you are set free. Liberated from your fears, you face the world no longer as its slave, but as its master.

Tanya, chapter 3. Bati Legani 5710:2.