OPINION & COMMENT

The Knesset — Barak's Natural Forum

Aron Barak, Chief Justice of the High Court of Israel and a member of the court for 28 years, will retire in a few months.

From Sinai Until Now: Moshe Rabbenu's Torah
A Shmuess Delivered by HaRav Yitzchok Hutner zt'l, Shavuos 5740
Excerpts from Reshimos Lev written by Reb Leibel Rutta

In retrospect, it is striking that on the last Shavuos of his life he dwelt on the fact that, "Every generation loses a Moshe Rabbenu, with whom three thousand halachos are also lost" (they were forgotten during the mourning period of Moshe Rabbenu). However, we also received a special gift from Moshe that retrieves forgotten teachings — pilpul. Besides the actual Torah that Moshe taught Yisroel, he generously shared this means of preservation of Torah.

Who Chooses His People, Israel, With Love
An explanation of the blessing Ahavoh Rabboh, from a talk given by HaRav Moshe Aharon Braverman

In order for a person to be worthy of Torah, he must know the value of and the reverence due to Torah. Without this, it is impossible for one to absorb Torah. Chazal encapsulated all of those advantages in one single place, and that is in the text of the Ahavoh Rabboh and Ahavas Olom prayers and blessings preceding Krias Shema.

The First of Sivan 5766
By HaRav Yehoshua Shklar, one of the first talmidim of Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov, his disciple-son

Politica: Once Again Olmert and Peretz Fight and Make Up
By E. Rauchberger