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Trying to See Ahead

Prime Minister Sharon definitely deserves credit for finally taking the battle with the Palestinians to the field which has the most crucial action: the international press. His first action in that area seems to have been moderately successful.

The Fiendish Aim in Feigning Traditional Values
by Rabbi Nosson Zeev Grossman

Lately the Chief Justice of the High Court of Israel, Mr. Aharon Barak, has been acting quite out of the ordinary, not the least like a judge is expected to act. Barak has been making enormous efforts to influence those behind the levers of power in the government and the Knesset to accept his beliefs. Just as any politician he has been busy trying to recruit the newspapers, television, and radio to sway public opinion.

The Bond Of Intimacy
by HaRav Shimshon Dovid Pincus zt'l

Part II

The following is a translation of the introduction to the sefer Tifferes Torah by HaRav Shimshon Dovid Pincus. It was recently published separately as a pamphlet, upon the advice of HaRav Yisroel Elia Weintraub, to call attention to the important message that it contains.

An Air of Foolishness
by L. Jungerman

"Ki sisteh -- if she goes astray: This teaches that a person only sins when a spirit of foolishness (shtus) seizes him" (Maseches Sotah 3).

Politica
by E. Rauchberger

Sharon Sticks With the Right

The unity government has been running smoothly so far, but clearly it was only a matter of time before the wheels began to squeak, and last week the first time came. Some expected this to happen earlier, others predicted Sharon would keep the peace longer, but no one expected him to remain completely silent through the end of his term in office. In the complex, chaotic world of Israeli politics one thing is certain: peace and harmony will not last for long.


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