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OPINION
& COMMENT
Understanding these Yemei Rotzon
The time is almost up. We have had a month already, since the
beginning of Elul, to prepare ourselves for the upcoming
judgment. We have not waited placidly for the time to pass,
but have taken an active role in exploiting the days to try
to reach the goals of these yemei rotzon.
Imagination and Reality on Yom HaKippurim
by HaRav Y. D. Rosenberg
"If only Yom Kippur's influence on us would last until we
walk out of shul on motzei Yom Kippur!" This
saying, this clear-cut diagnosis, by Maran HaRav Yisroel of
Salant ztvk'l, the founder of the mussar
movement, about the extent to which Yom Kippur changes our
daily behavior, seems to indicate that its influence is
insignificant.
The Torah Universe: Bigfoot In The Mir
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin
My chavrusa and I in the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem were
puzzling over the first mishnah in chapter four of
Shabbos. It states that one may not on Shabbos
insulate a cooked food with straw, dung, and the like,
"because they increase the heat of the food." My chavrusa
and I were trying to understand how that is possible.
There is No Injustice
by L. Jungerman
"A G-d of truth and without iniquity, just and right is
He."
This is the mitzva of this week's parsha, Ha'azinu. To
see everything that happens about us and to believe that
there is no iniquity, no bias. That Hashem is right and just.
"Righteous are You, Hashem, and straightforward are Your
judgments."
A Period in Time Viewed in the Mirror of the Torah
by L. Jungerman
In a letter to a disciple, Maran HaGaon R' Elchonon
Wassermann Hy'd wrote: It is very worthwhile to gather
all the holy writings and sayings from Chazal and the sources
in Chumash, like Parshiyos Nitzovim and
Ha'azinu, and to organize and register them just
according to their obvious meaning, and then afterwards to
review them in the light of historical events of the present
day to see how they were fulfilled, indeed, to the letter.
The Maharil Never Heard of Potatoes
To The Editor:
With regard to "Meoros Daf Hayomi - 15 Elul":
When the Maharil wrote about tapuchei adomo he did not
mean potatoes.
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