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Challenges of the Modern World: Diabetes and Obesity are Immoral

The incidence of diabetes is soaring in the United States. The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) calls it an epidemic. Seven percent of all Americans are now known to have the disease. In New York City the figures are even higher: almost thirteen percent of all New Yorkers now have diabetes.

The Sweetness of a Svora
Excerpts from a recent book about HaRav Boruch Ber Leibowitz

The Value of an Answer Said with Toil

HaRav Dovid Magnes told of the time he joined Rabbenu R' Boruch Ber Leibowitz at his Friday night table. In the course of the meal he showed his host a difficult Rambam which was being dealt with in the yeshiva and posed his question. Rabbenu provided a brilliant answer on the spot. At the end of the meal, Rabbenu went out to the yard and paced its length for a long time, sefer in hand, mulling over the question.

Ashrecho Vetov Loch! A Good and Fortunate Life
by HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, shlita

Yaakov Ovinu spent the last seventeen years of his life in Egypt. At the end, before he passed from this world, he blessed his sons. Yissochor's blessing was, "Yissochor is a strong-boned donkey. He rests between the borders; he saw that rest was good, and that the land was pleasant. Still, he bent his shoulder to the burden and became an indentured servant" (Bereishis 49:14-15).

Talmidim Are Sons, Teachers Are Fathers
by Rav Yehoshua Sklar

Rashi in parshas Voeschanon (6:6) teaches us a wonderful idea. The posuk says, "And you shall teach them to your sons." Talmidim are always referred to as "sons" — the posuk says, "you are Hashem's . . . sons" (Devorim 14:1) [which in terms of our relationship with Hashem can only mean disciples].

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