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. . . And the Pursuit of Happiness

America was built on the premise that all people have an "inalienable right" to pursue happiness, as well as the rights to life and liberty as recorded in the American Declaration of Independence whose anniversary is this week.

Leitzonus Against Us and For Us
by Rabbi Nosson Zeev Grossman

Part II

In the first part, Rabbi Grossman explained how devastating leitzonus can be. He says that of all the means the anti-religious have used against Torah observance, leitzonus may well have been the most dreadfully effective. The person using it need not explain his ideas and merely destroys the truth. Leitzonus is not grappling with a problem but evading it.

The Rapid Rise and Fall of the Reshoim
by Y. Wurtzel

In the world of illusions in which we live, we often see reshoim succeed. Every so often along comes the next libertine hater of religion on the roster, declaring war against everything we hold holy and dear, spewing forth crude remarks against the legitimacy of living a life of Torah and mitzvos in Israel and provoking the masses against the Torah- true public and . . . presto!

A Life of Truth
by Yochonon Dovid

Among the titles and accolades which are used to praise a person is the distinguished phrase of "A man of truth," or "An honest man."

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