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OPINION
& COMMENT
Searching for Our Roots
This was the time when our forefathers who lived during the
great Churban felt their world collapsing. On 17 Tammuz the
walls of the city were breached. After years of strife, both
internal and external, the final defenses were crumbling. For
many who were slaughtered in the terrible final destruction,
their own end was drawing near.
Chareidim and Geirim and the Jewish People
by Mordecai Plaut
There are a number of topics about which chareidim are
criticized, even by their friends. This article is intended
to give an exposition of the chareidi position and attitudes
in several areas that seem to invite criticism that is based
largely on misunderstanding of what we believe and false
impressions of what we do (see box).
Testing our Own Reading Comprehension
by Rabbi Eliezer Sorotzkin
The shock that seized the public and political establishment
in Israel recently was real and genuine. The report on the
international study conducted by UNESCO, which revealed the
low level of education in Israel, seriously upset the entire
society.
A Thought for the Three Weeks
By HaRav Avrohom Baharan zt"l
We are now in the Three Weeks when we mourn the destruction
and loss of the Beis Hamikdash. The more we understand
the value of what was lost, the stronger is our longing for
our redemption. There are many facets of this loss, but I
want to focus on one aspect, and to demonstrate how we are
attempting to replace our loss until the rebuilding of the
Beis Hamikdosh, let it be bimheiroh veyomeinu,
speedily, in our times.
Eating Lamb, Thinking It's Pork
by R' Yerachmiel Kram
Her husband has made them void and Hashem shall forgive her"
(Bamidbar 30:130.
Eating Lamb, Thinking It's Pork
If her husband has made her vow void, why does she require
forgiveness from Hashem?
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