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Eternal Independence

The influence and lessons of Pesach are supposed to last and even be further developed in the seven weeks leading up to Shavuos. On Pesach we achieve the basic geulah at the seder on the first night, and thereafter we work to consolidate and follow through with that until it climaxes in Matan Torah on Shavuos.

Ridiculing Our Torah Leaders
by HaRav Mordechai HaMeiri

Part I

We must first make clear that what we write here is only intended for those who accept the daas Torah of Maran HaRav Elazar M. Shach shlita.

Between Pesach and Atzeres
by HaRav Shmuel Auerbach

The interval between Pesach and Atzeres is a unique time, a time essentially different from others. Just as, during the year, each season has its weather changes, surely this is true about the primary part of Hashem's creation -- the spiritual. Undoubtedly not all periods are equal; no day in the year is the same as any other.

"And You Shall Become Defiled Through Them"
by L. Jungerman

"You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them that you should be defiled by them" (Vayikro 11:43).

Correction about the Shloh's Dates

To The Editor:

I found the article on the Shloh HaKodosh very interesting, but I think the dates were out by 100 years. The article in Yated had his birth as being about 1470 / 5230. He was born about 1570 / 5330.

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