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OPINION
& COMMENT
They're Willing to Give Up Everything
As we go to press, the diplomatic position of Israel could
hardly be more opaque. Talks were held in Washington, with no
official word as to their contents.
Chanuka in the Shadow of the Olympics
by Rabbi Yisroel Greenwald
After the athletes have walked away with the gold; the
financiers, the green; the losers, the black and the blue; the
Olympics 2000 have all but been forgotten. For many, even
amongst those who view sports as being crassly commercialized,
this international sporting event has become a venerable icon
surpassed only by the likes of Coca Cola and several animated
Disney characters.
Politica
by E. Rauchberger
Winners, Losers and Plans for the Future
Several winners emerged two weeks ago, and the biggest of them
all, of course, were Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Likud
Chairman Ariel Sharon. In fact, both of them beat the same man,
Binyamin Netanyahu.
"When I Sit in Darkness, Hashem is My Light"
by Maran HaRav Chaim Shmuelevitz zt'l,
Rosh Yeshivas Mir
Concerning the descent of Yosef to Egypt, it is written, "And
lo, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilad, and their
camels bore gum, balm and laudanum, going to carry it down to
Egypt." Chazal ask: But it is not customary for Arabs to trade
with wares other than animal skins and pitch. Yet, come and see
what Hashem prepared for that tzaddik at the time --
sacks filled with spices whose fragrance the wind wafts to
overcome the odor of the Arabs (Yalkut Shimoni Bereishis
247 142).
Ani Hu -- I am He
By HaRav Aharon Yeshaya Roter
Part I
There can be no doubt that the Jewish people is going through a
very trying period at the moment. We are being attacked from
all sides, and the only neighbor giving us no trouble is the
Mediterranean ocean which, despite its stormy waves, is still
our calmest and most pleasant neighbor, compared to all the
others.
The Torah Universe: The Loyalty of the Dove
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin
In Perek Shirah, the ancient Midrash that lists
the philosophical and ethical lessons to be learned from the
natural world, one of the songs reads: "The dove is saying,
`Like a swift or crane, so do I chatter; I moan like a dove; my
eyes fail with looking upward; Hashem, I am oppressed, be my
security' (Yeshayah 38:14).
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