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a)Yet Another Plane Load Of Jew Are Going Home ! Yet another plane filled with North American Jews immigrating to Israel landed this morning in Ben Gurion International Airport. Hundreds greeted the families - each with its own story, some more remarkable than others - with joyous singing.  Yet another plane filled with North American Jews immigrating to Israel landed this morning in Ben Gurion International Airport, after embarking yesterday from New York. This is the second such flight within a month, bringing the total number of immigrants sponsored by the Nefesh b'Nefesh (Jewish Souls United) organization this year to close to 650 - and more are expected. (Coverage of the arrival was broadcasted on Arutz-7's English broadcasts at "http://www.israelnationalnews.com/english/radio/live/Flive.htm".) The new Israelis faced an excited and emotional welcoming ceremony from some 700 relatives, officials - such as Shimon Peres and other MKs - and other well-wishers. Although many of the Jewish Agency officials and Nefesh B'Nefesh staff members had attended a similar welcoming ceremony just two weeks ago, their enthusiasm did not wane. Arutz-7's Tamar Yonah reports that the olim were flanked by two rows of soldiers standing at attention as they disembarked and walked into a special hangar, where the crowds broke out into song and cries of joy upon seeing them...

b) Leviticus 25:8-10, 13, 39-41, 47-55; there are many "views" out in regard to the precise year of the 70th Jubilee: some calculated the Jubilee cycle to end with the 70th in 1995/1996, with the Millennium beginning in 1996/1997 [see http://www.testimony-magazine.org/back/apr2001/benson1.pdf; see also  http://goodnewschristianministry.org/clockchapter4.htm].This has not proven correct. Others postulated 1999 to be the beginning of the 70th Jubilee, the year 2000 being the actual Jubilee year [see http://www.kenraggio.com/KRPN-ThirdTemple.htm]. However, many of these calculations rely either on the Roman - Julian - calendar, or on an uninterrupted sequence of a Jewish year of 360 days. Yet, there are several "leap years" in Israel's LUNAR calendar in order to get back on track with the divinely commanded dates of festivals to be observed. Alas, it would seem that neither the Christian nor Jewish calendar hits the mark of G-d's "appointed time;" the Jewish calendar places the end more than 230 years hence (present events involving the dividing up of the Land of Israel indidicate that the end is not that far off), and the Christian calendar varies in dates by several years and even decades.          While I do not go so far as to call myself a "scholar" (and personally treat time lines with utmost caution, including my own), I dare say that the actual year of the 70th Jubilee might be very difficult to establish. The reason for giving Yom Kippur 2003 as the beginning of the 70th Jubilee is what I believe I heard from the Lord, just as I felt moved to begin with 1993 (Rosh Hashanah) the count down toward the end [see http://www.orttzion.org/countdown@1.hml].