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Bringing Bais Yaakov Teachers' Studies Under Rabbinical Control

None of the rabbonim or askonim has a good explanation for why things in the higher levels of Bais Yaakov were left as they were for so long. But from now on things will definitely be different, be"H.

The Persistent Battle for Proper Chinuch and Tznius
by HaRav Binyomin Scharansky

Some people live with the illusion that things in life can, by nature, run of themselves. Such feelings are actually educational sleeping pills, and those addicted to them are, choliloh, liable to wake up one day and find themselves headed for disaster. Through their indifference they have lost the chance to halt their children's degeneration.

Antisemitism — Everlasting Hatred of the Eternal People
Eisov Hates Yaakov — It Is a Halochoh

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

"And behold, he is coming towards us" (Bereishis 32:7).

The days of Jew-hatred upon this world parallel the number of days of Jewish existence. Wherever there have been Jews — there, also, has antisemitism existed, at all times and in all places. It is an irrational, inexplicable animosity and antipathy.

Understanding the Alef Beis
by Dovid Leitner

Part 3

In the previous articles we have explained the importance of the ascending and descending order of the Alef Beis, and the significance of the At Bash alphabetic structure.

Anger of the Atheists
by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Responses to an essay say much to a writer. Sometimes they reveal flaws in the essayist's original assumptions or reasoning, provide a different perspective, or are otherwise enlightening. Other times they reveal something more about the responders.

Politica: The Esrog Speech
By E. Rauchberger

The media ate up Ehud Olmert's speech at Kibbutz Sdeh Boker, referring to it as "the reconciliation speech." Hope has returned, others gushed. Only the Palestinians were less than enthralled over the speech. They continued their age-old ways and the Kassam rockets continued to fall, though fewer and farther in between.


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