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An Effective Proposal for Klapping Homon Ben Hamedoso Ho'Agogi

In many shuls, many of the worshipers, both young and old, suffer from the extended Homon-klapping during the reading of the Megilla by over-enthusiastic children.

Research Shows: Smoking Shortens Life by Ten Years

A recent Australian study shows that smoking shortens a life span by an average of ten years, the difference between smokers and nonsmokers. Moreover, two out of three smokers are expected to die from smoking-related diseases.

Israel Election News

The Torah world, and chareidi Jewry in general, find themselves under the poignant impression made by the emergency gathering which took place this past Friday afternoon in Bnei Brak. Participating in it were over a hundred roshei yeshiva of Eretz Yisroel, disseminators of Torah and Mussar, answering to the urgent call of our gedolei Yisroel, headed by HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, to rally to the aid of the critical and decisive battle for all that is sacred to us, and for the sake of kvod Shomayim, which is at stake in the imminent elections.

Rain and Kinneret Watch

Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret.


The Admor Rabbi Elozor Mendel Biderman, zt"l of Lelov


In honor of his yahrtzeit, 16 Adar 5643

"And his name shall be called in Yisroel . . . " Chassidim and family waited to hear the name that Reb Moshe of Lelov would call his son at his bris. Many had guessed one illustrious grandfather or another, but they were all in for a surprise.

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Nature Proclaims Hashem's Existence

by Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Aryeh Cohen

"These days of Purim will never pass from among the Jews, and their remembrance will not cease from their children" (Esther 9:28). Chazal expound from this posuk that although in the times of Moshiach all holidays will be annulled, Purim will remain. Furthermore, the Vilna Gaon points out that even after the ruling of Chazal that each yom tov must be "half for Hashem and half for you" (Pesochim 68b) Yom Kippur is an exception, and is "entirely for Hashem." The Gaon goes on to say that Purim complements Yom Kippur (according to what the seforim hakedoshim write, that Kippurim means "ke- purim, like Purim") since it is "entirely for you," the whole day being intended for a person's enjoyment.


Opinion & Comment


Let Us Rededicate Our Lives

by Mordecai Plaut

One of the main themes of Purim is commitment. Kiyemu vekiblu, the Jews of those days ratified a commitment made many years previously. They accepted of their own free will what their forefathers had accepted out of a less-than-free will: to keep the Torah.


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Accepting Torah Willingly

by HaRav Dovid Povarsky zt"l

In the first part, HaRav Povarsky explained the important principle that one's ma'asim have fruits that benefit the doer himself, namely that the feedback from his good deeds, in turn, causes him to become a better person. His deeds are his fruits, and then these fruits have further fruits from which he himself benefits. In this way, HaRav Povarsky explained how the Jews in the generation of Purim accepted the Torah willingly when the great Dor Hamidbar did not. In the time of Mordechai and Esther, the acceptance was the fruit of deeds: "fasting, crying, and lamenting." The feedback of these acts made the doers great and led them to fully and willingly accept the Torah.




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