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"Hashem will not proclaim the Redemption to Yisroel until there is peace amongst them" (Devorim Rabba 5).

Almost thirty years ago, in 1973, several women got together in Kiryat Mattersdorf to study the classic work of the Chofetz Chaim about guarding one's tongue from slander, gossip and all forms of negative speech.

The Lost Leg
a story by Y. Bogatz

At the giving of the Torah, all the handicapped were healed, but later, their handicaps returned. In a non- utopian world, handicaps are, apparently, necessary in the overall scheme of things... May we be spared them, anyway...

The Song of the Morning
Written by R. Arel
Painted by N. Wertheimer
Translated by Sheindel Weinbach

A Child's Perek Shirah, published about two decades ago and probably unavailable anywhere, either in the Hebrew or the English versions:

BOOK REVIEW
Nature's Song
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin

A beautiful book dealing with all the aspects of the natural world in the Torah perspective of "How great are Your works, Hashem," accompanied with poignant black-and-white illustrations, Nature's Song is authoritative, factual, poetic, profound, comprehensive, a brilliant work of art-and- science. A book to have and to give, to read repeatedly and to cherish.

CREATIVITY CORNER
Shavuos Light and Sound Show
by Devora Piha

No child actually thinks that these simulated shapes and sounds are the `real thing,' and it is important that we tell them that this is just to stimulate their imagination for that historic experience that surpasses description.

Helpful Hints
by Rifca Goldberg

We presented the first nine helpful hints and hope you have incorporated them by now. Keep on going.

Your Medical Questions Answered!
by Joseph B. Leibman, MD

I wanted to continue on my series concerning what occurs in an emergency, but the mail is piling up and I must answer it. Also, some important news items must be discussed. From Jerusalem, we are asked two separate questions. First, what can you tell us about the winter scourges: influenza, URI, bronchitis, strep and pneumonia. Influenza, URI and bronchitis can be indistinguishable, and are caused by viruses.

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