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Atomic Technology is Threatening the World North Korea exploded one nuclear device and is reportedly working on a second test. Iran is working furiously to construct an atomic bomb. Mohammed El Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that as many as 30 countries may have technology that would let them produce atomic weapons "in a very short time."
Philanthropists and askonim from the U.S., England, Canada and Israel joined hosts Melach Lehman of Jerusalem and Kurt Rothschild of Toronto on Wednesday of Chol Hamoed Succos at a Simchas Beis Hashoeva sponsored by the Mesila organization in recognition of its supporters and friends.
The Shema Beni Educational Counselling Center will begin
operating a English language hotline. The hotline will
operate three times a week during evening hours, and will
provide counselling on educational issues. The educators
manning the hotline are specially trained in the unique needs
of English-speakers.
During Chol Hamoed, the City of Jerusalem held hundreds of activities for the chareidi public, including Simchas Beis Hashoevoh events in numerous locations.
The City of Haifa gave notice that it permitted the building
of succas after avreichim representing the local
kehilloh asked the municipality to issue a written
notice of its approval in accordance with the halachic ruling
by Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita, who says one needs
prior permission to build a succah on public property.
Fear of Islam has reached the schools and cultural institutions of Europe. Jewish-French intellectuals accused French authorities of refusing to protect a philosophy teacher who fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats from the Algerian branch of al- Qaida.
The North Korean Threat to World Peace
North Korea is a reminder of what much of the world was once like. Extensive information about conditions there is hard to come by, but it manages to feed itself only because of the charity of the rest of the world. It is a hungry nation of about 23 million people. The Achilles Heel of the Yetzer Hora We find a curious pattern in the Torah: Hashem first promises victory to Klal Yisroel and then cautions them not to panic. For instance he assures us (Devorim 20:2): ""When you go out to war against your enemy and you see horse and chariot, a great multitude of people who outnumber you, do not fear them because Hashem, your G-d, is with you — Who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
More Observations . . . ASK THE SHADCHAN Question: Dear Shadchente, Although I am not the little boy standing with his finger in the hole in the dam, I wonder how we can plug up some of the "leaks" when it comes to keeping info confidential in shidduchim.
To See the Light 10:30 p.m. Lights out in the dormitory. What an annoying hour! What annoying counselors. Until 10:00, the counselors are nice. Gila gathers everyone together with an enchanting story about a talented cheder boy. More Home & Family . . .
Who Okayed Participation in Herzl's Reinterment? HaRav Pesach Kokis zt'l Moishele
Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
EARLIER EDITORIALS A Mission to Spread Daas Torah Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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