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OPINION & COMMENT

Don't Count on It

If someone tells you something about a third party that may be loshon hora you should not believe him fully but you may and even should allow for the possibility that the information is in fact correct -- lemeichash mibo'i.

Why People Should Study Bovo Kammo
by Rabbi Nosson Zeev Grossman

Part I

Eilu Hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem -- the laws of torts come right after the Ten Commandments. This two-part article explains why this is so.

A Middos Workshop: The Simcha of Adar
Based on the shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

Part I

Mishenichnas Adar, marbim besimchah. When Adar comes, we increase our joy.

We are all familiar with this famous Chazal. With a cheerful melody, it has become Purim's theme song. But this saying holds more meaning than a simple ditty. What joy is Chazal referring to here? Is this simchah merely the festivity associated with Purim? Chazal are surely alluding to something more profound than hamantashen and costumes. Let's take a deeper look at the joy of Adar.

Shaken-Up: A Torah Outlook On Earthquakes
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis

Yisro's Brochoh

Upon hearing about the miraculous redemption of the Jewish people from Mitzrayim and seeing the miracles of the mon and the be'er, Yisro exclaimed, "Boruch Hashem asher hitzil eschem miyad Mitzrayim umiyad Pharaoh" (Blessed is Hashem who saved you from the hands of the Egyptians and the hands of Pharaoh, Shemos 18,10 according to the Mahrosho, Brochos 54a).

The Enormity of Earthquakes
by S. Cashman

When the world looked on in horror at the enormous damage wreaked by the earthquake in Iran and the catastrophic scenes of the rescue and burial work, the orthodox Jewish community around the world wondered how to react to this latest "natural disaster."

Politica
Referendum or Democracy

by E. Rauchberger

Knesset Constitutional Committee Chairman Michael Eitan recently tabled a bill that would require a referendum on every significant policy move, such as the removal of settlements and the return of territory, both of which the State of Israel has carried out in the past based on decisions by the government and the Knesset alone.

ZERO-SUM GAME
by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Anyone entertaining the notion that the advancement of the "marriage redefinition" agenda needn't adversely affect those with moral objections to the normalization of immoral behavior should pay close attention to what happened to Christopher Kempling.


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