OPINION & COMMENT

Are Chareidim to Blame for the Disengagement Plan?

Last Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz visited Maran HaRav Eliashiv, at the Defense Minister's request, at his home. In the course of the conversation, the Defense Minister asked HaRav Eliashiv several questions about evacuating the batei knesset and the private homes in Gush Katif. He also asked several questions about risks to soldiers involved in the evacuation process. Maran shlita responded to the questions as asked.

Educating Children to Listen
by HaRav Nachum Diamant

We all are familiar with the type of child that "just does not listen." Although we explain what we meant so lucidly, so many times, he remains the same. Nothing penetrates! We do not even try to force him; we only clarify what we mean, repeatedly — but alas, without any headway. It sometimes seems that to review our expectations with him a hundred times helps as much as the first time. Once is not enough for that child, but then, neither is a hundred times sufficient.

Stories and Anecdotes Extracted from Sorosecho Sha'ashu'oi: Stories of our Great Teacher the Rosh Yeshiva, ztvk'l
Arranged According to the Weekly Parsha
by Rabbi O. Bergman

In the Tents of the Shepherds
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Someone once approached HaRav Moshe Soloveitchik zt'l and asked: "How could Chazal have stated, `Talmidei chachomim increase peace on earth'? Doesn't reality prove the very opposite? Don't we often see Torah scholars maintaining differences of opinion and even fomenting dissension?"

Politica
The Rise and Fall of Natan Sharansky
By E. Rauchberger