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Fighting Words

On Friday, seven members of a Palestinian family picnicking on a beach (according to Palestinian reports) were killed by an explosion. The Palestinians reported that Israel was at fault (as they always do) but refused to show any evidence that this was so.

Age of the Universe
by R' Dovid Kornreich

Why is everybody else so sure?

It is an unquestioned ikkar of science that the universe is billions of years old. To deny it in scientific and academic circles is tantamount to denying the law of gravity.

Aspaklariah — Light on Contemporary Issues
The Obligation to Separate from the Irreligious

HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira ztvk'l

Part I

The Midrash says on the verse: "A new king arose over Egypt" (Shemos 1:8): "The Rabbis opened with this verse: `They betrayed Hashem for they begot strange children; now a month shall consume them with their fields' (Hoshea 5:7).

The Rebate that Wasn't: Funding for Chareidi Education or Tax Rebates
by Rabbi Nosson Grossman

Imagine two families — one chareidi, the other secular — living in the State of Israel. For our purposes we'll call the head of the chareidi family Rav Israeli and the head of the other family Mr. Israeli.

Meaningful Prayer
by Dovid Leitner

Part 13

Adon Olom

Adon Olom has been chosen as the opening song of our Shacharis tefilloh, since it contains a total of seventy-two words, the same numerical value as the word chessed. Avrohom Ovinu who represents this attribute of chessed, instigated the Shacharis tefilloh, and it is therefore appropriate to begin our tefilloh with Adon Olom.


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