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OPINION
& COMMENT
What is Wrong with the Internet?
The American gedolim warned of its dangers some two
years ago. Now the rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel, a broad
spectrum including Roshei Yeshiva -- both Ashkenazic and
Sephardic -- Admorim and rabbonim, have warned that one
should not use the Internet privately, nor watch CD-Roms or
videos on the computer.
Avoid Chinuch Pitfalls
by HaRav Binyomin Sharansky
Because I realize the chinuch and educational
achievements of our children are of primary concern to our
readers, I feel it essential to underscore several pressing
topics some of which even carry a "kosher" label -- and
precisely because of this the required alertness pertaining
their dangers is lacking.
A Warped Way of Following
Tradition
by Rabbi Nosson Zeev Grossman
Two stories not long ago printed in the newspapers show a
widespread distortion of values. Ever since the Reform,
Zionist, and Haskalah leaders began to prevent Torah leaders
from guiding the Jewish Nation, these anti-religious elements
have uprooted hundreds of thousands from Torah observance.
There are others who, though perhaps partially observant,
have adopted a form of warped behavior, according to their
own notions of what the Jewish tradition is. By many, such a
way of life has created radical internal contradictions.
Pull Unto Yourself and Take
by L. Jungerman
"Pull unto yourself sheep and take -- and slaughter the
Pesach sacrifice." Says the Midrash -- pull your hands
to you and separate yourselves from idol worship.
All that is necessary for a Jew wallowing in the forty-nine
gates of defilement is for him to pull out one hand, to
remove it. Sanctity is within hand's reach. All one need do
is stretch out one's hand [away from the impurity and towards
the purity].
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