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European Antisemitism

Europeans believe that Israel is the greatest threat to world peace. A sample of the population of each of the countries in the European Union was given a list of countries and asked: "Tell me if in your opinion it presents or not a threat to peace in the world."

In Awe of HaRav Shach, zt"l
by Y. D. Halevy

This piece is in honor of the second yahrtzeit of Maran HaRav Shach, zt"l, on 16 Marcheshvon. Short, but very powerful, it certainly makes us painfully aware of what we lost.

Lech Lecho -- The Ongoing Command for the Eternal Jew
by Yisroel Spiegel

"And Hashem said to Avrom: Lech lecho, go, you, from your land and from your birthplace and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you" (Bereishis 12:1). Rashi: "He did not reveal the land to him immediately."

The Old-New Campaign
by Rabbi N. Z. Grossman

Part II

The first part noted that from time immemorial, the goal of every chareidi family has been that its sons should grow up to become Torah scholars. Those who were compelled to earn a livelihood, never viewed what they had to do as the fulfillment of an ideal. In recent years however, proposals to arrange professional training have been surfacing, whose true goal is to idealize leaving the beis hamedrash and involvement in external studies.


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