OPINION & COMMENT

Torah Will Not Be Forgotten

It is clear that the scope of the cuts in programs that affect the chareidi community are focused and goal-oriented. They are an exercise in social engineering whose intent is to bring about sweeping changes in the lifestyle of the chareidi community in Eretz Yisroel.

What the Economic Decrees are Really Supposed to Achieve
by Rabbi N. Z. Grossman

In the first part, Rabbi Grossman noted that the current economic program proposed and implemented by the Israeli Government has all the indications of including significant ideological elements. It is not purely economic necessity. For example, the cuts in the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) payments could have achieved the same savings with an across-the- board cut of just 7 percent.

Time for Pleasure: The Mitzvah of Oneg Shabbos
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis

There was once a couple that shared such deep emotional ties, that others would use them as an example when wanting to describe an extremely intimate relationship. One day, much to their dismay, the ruling authorities assigned the husband to work in a distant land, forcing him to be separated from his beloved. Their only consolation was that once a week they would have the opportunity to be reunited.

To Learn and to Teach
by R' Yerachmiel Kram