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Palestinian Incitement Must Stop

Now that the nature of Arafat and the Palestinian society that he built has become exposed to the world, the importance of many of the neglected paragraphs of the original Oslo agreements becomes painfully evident. Even many elements of the Israeli Left -- apparently the last to cling to the hopes raised in Norway almost nine years ago -- are beginning to admit that the constant, vicious incitement against Israelis and Jews that is practiced throughout the Palestinian Authority is a key factor in the constant tension and now escalating violence against us.

Our Torah, Our Prayers And Our Tears: Our Prayers
by HaRav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg

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The gemora (Nedorim 81a) quotes the question of the posuk in Yirmiyahu (9:11) that asks: "For what reason did the Land perish and become parched like a desert . . .?" What was the reason for such a harsh punishment? The gemora explains that this question was put to the Sages and the Prophets and the angels. None could give the reason, until Hashem Himself answered: "Because they have forsaken my Torah that I set before them they did not heed My voice nor follow it."

Shemiras Haloshon: Standing Guard
by Rabbi Yosef Levinson

As important as ahavas Yisroel and shemiras haloshon are throughout the year, watching our speech during the Three Weeks is imperative, for we are taught that the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed because of sinas chinom (Yoma 9b).

"To the Conductor: A Psalm"
by Yochonon Dovid

"I have something interesting to show you," said the doctor, and withdrew a large photograph from his briefcase. "Do you know what this is? It is a photo of an original cell from which a living creature develops. It was taken by a very delicate instrument capable of a forty-thousand-to-one enlargement. Can you note here, on the side of the cell, a certain swelling that is divided by a split of sorts?


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