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OPINION
& COMMENT
The Bubble Has Burst
Only a year since the American stock markets were at record
highs, they have fallen hard and fast, back to the levels of
almost two-and-a-half years ago. The NASDAQ stock average,
until recently the leader with huge yearly gains, has so far
lost some 60 percent of the value it had only so
recently.
Honoring Others While Doing a Mitzvah
by A. Avrohom
"R' Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of talmidim from
Geves until Antifras, and they all died in one period of
time because they did not honor each other" (Yevomos
62b).
For Not Having Shown Respect for One Another
by HaRav Eliezer Lopian
We are taught that R' Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of
disciples, from Gevas to Antiparas, all of whom died in one
period because they did not show the proper respect for one
another. The world was desolate and Torah was being
forgotten, explains Rashi, until R' Akiva came to the Sages
in the south and taught it to them: R' Meir, R' Yehuda and
three others. They resurrected the Torah from near oblivion
and reestablished it.
On Sheva Brochos Speeches
By Rabbi Yisroel Nulman
"A Man has Joy in the Answer of his Mouth; and a Word in Due
Season, how good is it!" (Mishlei 15:23). Perhaps now
when there are no weddings is a good time to reflect on the
speeches we make at such simchas.
Politica
Afraid of Burg
by E. Rauchberger
Knesset chairman Avraham Burg has the heads of the Labor
Party scared. According to all of the forecasts, Avraham
Burg will win the primary elections scheduled to be held in
another four months, making him the party's candidate for
prime minister. This has all of the other candidates and
those who see themselves as potential candidates--Haim
Ramon, Shlomo Ben Ami and Binyamin Ben Eliezer--
understandably anxious, and keeps them awake at night.
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