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Wielding the Tool of our Trade

President Weizman asked the chareidi organizers to postpone the rally to "avoid bloodshed." The only thing about the upcoming rally that they discussed in the media was its potential for violence.

Evolution is Merely an Excuse for Atheism
by R' Zvi Inbal

I read with interest the articles about arguments for evolution, entitled "Monkeys and Typewriters" by Joshua Josephson, presented in recent issues of Yated.

Gaining and Giving: A Shmuess for Parshas Terumo
By HaRav Sholom Schwadron zt'l

Help Me, Help Yourselves!

Why are there Differences of Opinion In Judaism?
by Rav Yehuda Greenwald

We have already written that the differences of opinion between gedolei Yisroel concerning schools of thought and the right way to direct Klal Yisroel is really a machlokes about how to understand the Torah and the will of Hashem in the world.

Common Sense and Common Ground
by Rabbi Avi Shafran

If one didn't know better (and many, unfortunately, don't), one might have thought that the new millennium had dawned 11 months early, and heralded an entirely unexpected second coming in Israel: that of Jim Crow, with non-Orthodox Jews as his victims.

Already Thinking About Elul

On Av 29, 5759 (August 11, 1999), there will be a total eclipse of the sun, visible over Jerusalem. This is just two days before the beginning of the month of Elul, when we begin a 40 day period of repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur.


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