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Not with Physical Might — But with My Spirit

In the streets of Beirut, Damascus, Islamabad and elsewhere, as chanting mobs torched Danish and other Western offices, including embassies of other European countries and representative offices of the European Commission, we think that we heard a clash of civilizations.

On the Ways of the Holy Ones: Remembering the Holocaust
by Yisroel Spiegel

Part I

Last year marked sixty years since the Holocaust. The liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in which one and a half million people, the majority of them Jews, were brutally put to death is now marked in many places as a day of remembering the entire Holocaust. Rallies and memorial services are held yearly on the premises themselves, and in many places throughout the world.

Meaningful Prayer
by Dovid Leitner

Part 8

Hashem ohavti me'on beisecho umekom Mishkan Kevodecho

The third posuk that is said upon entering shul is taken from Tehillim 26:8, and translates as, "Hashem I love the House where You dwell, and the place where Your glory resides." This posuk immediately follows the final phrase of the second posuk that reads, "eshtachaveh el Heichal Kodshecho beyirosecho" - - prostrating myself towards Your Holy Sanctuary in Your awe.

Alei Vrodim — a Treasure Trove
by G. Yisroeli

peirushim, collectible phrases and commentary on maseches Brochos are found in Alei Vrodim, which was published last year when the Daf Hayomi study began that masechta. Its several hundred pages were compiled and arranged by HaRav Shlomo Levinstein, who is well known for his shiurim and droshos, together with his colleague, HaRav Tzvi Kreiser.

Politica: A Problem of Leadership
By E. Rauchberger

Both Labor and the Likud claim that the in-depth opinion surveys they have been conducting indicate growing dissatisfaction with Kadima, with increasing lack of faith in Vice PM Ehud Olmert. Spokesmen for the respective parties say Kadima is starting to get nervous, realizing there is still a long way to go until the elections and that their mandate haul could fall as low as 30.


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