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Kosher Cell Phones

The months-long effort of gedolei Yisroel led by Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita bore fruit last week as an agreement was signed between the Vaadat Rabbonim LeInyonei Tikshoret and the MIRS company to supply special cell phones for the chareidi community. The new phones actually have a kashrus emblem engraved on their front that indicates that they are certified.

Accepting Torah Willingly
by HaRav Dovid Povarsky zt"l

Part I

"`They stood at the foot of the mountain' (Shemos 19:17). R' Avdimi bar Chama bar Chasa said: `This teaches us that HaKodosh Boruch Hu held the mountain on top of them like a barrel and told them, "It is preferable you accept the Torah upon yourselves, for if not you will be buried there" ' (Shabbos 88a)."

Never Forget: Understanding Parshas Zochor
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis

Suicide Mission

After the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt, the nations of the world were too terrified to take up arms against them. G-d had just inflicted ten plagues on Egypt, split the Red Sea, and then drowned the Egyptian army. As the waters returned to their natural state, who would dare to contemplate war against Israel? Only one nation undertook this kamikaze mission, sending "suicide bombers" to attack us — Amolek.

"And His Talmud Knowledge at his Fingertips"
by Rav Yerachmiel Kram

At the end of Menochos (110a) we find, "Said R' Yitzchok: Why is it written, `This is the law of the sin offering, and this is the law of the guilt offering'? [To teach us that] Whoever delves into the laws of the sin offering is considered to have sacrificed a sin offering, and whoever delves into the laws of the guilt offering is considered to have sacrificed a guilt offering."

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