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How to Avoid the Path of Bloodshed

In this week's parsha Yaakov, the father of us all, gave us, on his deathbed, guideposts for all history. In his remarks to Yehudah, in the middle of several pesukim that most commentaries take as referring to Moshiach, Yaakov says (11): "He washes his garments in wine, and his clothing (susoh) in the blood of grapes."

They Don't Stop at Red Lights
by Chaim Walder

The fact that Ariel Sharon is running for prime minister has opened a new bone of contention between the Left and the Right, a game which, in essence, has never been locked.

ENDING THE ASSAULT ON HISTORY
by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Among the casualties of the ongoing Arab uprising against Israel has been something very dear to all cultivated people, and to cultivated Jews in particular: History.

Our Joint Responsibility
by HaRav Moshe Man

Part I

We have merited to see the Torah world grow and expand throughout many spheres. This growth includes Torah schools for children, yeshivos ketanos, yeshivos gedolos and kollelim as well as shiurim in gemora and mussar for those who do not study Torah the whole day.

The Torah Universe: The Amazing Ant
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin

In Perek Shirah, the ancient Midrash that lists the philosophical and ethical lessons to be learned from the natural world, one of the songs reads: "The ant is saying, `Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise' (Mishlei 6:6)."

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM AN ORTHODOX JEWISH LEADER

January 3, 2001

Dear President-Elect Bush:

As close as the election was, it wasn't much of a contest in the Jewish community; polls suggest that an overwhelming majority of American Jews supported the Gore-Lieberman ticket. This would appear to confirm some long- and widely- held perceptions about the political proclivities and policy preferences of Jews in the United States.

The Waters of a Sotoh
by Yochanan Dovid

We celebrated a siyum masechta this past motzei Shabbos. We learned the last lines of the tractate and the first few lines of the succeeding one, recited the customary prayers for our continued success in Torah study and then partook of a meal that was both a siyum and a melave malka.

Politica
by E. Rauchberger

Emergency Exit

Article 12 of the Basic Law about the Prime Minister has been the subject of extensive review by top Labor Party officials lately, more than any campaign slogan or propaganda piece. They learn it by heart, subject it to legal analysis and consult with various legal experts to clarify fine points on the clause.


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