HaGaon Reb Leib Gurwicz, zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Gateshead ztvk"l
His 20th yahrtzeit

A crisp autumn wind blows through the tiny train station in the town of Molota. People turn their collars up and pull their coats around them as they anticipate the incoming train.

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Opinion and Comment Criminals are Criminals by Mordecai Plaut The Palestinians and their worldwide friends -- especially their friends -- try to paint Palestinian murder as a political struggle motivated by higher motives. Yet if there is anything that more than 3,000 years of moral thought must have taught mankind, it is that truly high motives cannot really drive such despicable activities.

Opinion and Comment Rephrase It! by Yochonon Dovid "Please excuse me for coming late to your shiur," Yossi said apologetically to R' Yitzchok. "My employers invited a representative from the National Insurance to speak to us workers about their rights. His talk took longer than I expected, which is the reason for my lateness. What he said was very important, but he succeeded in getting me all upset."

Don't Play Games at Your Child's Expense by Chaim Walder Those involved in the area of emotional and mental problems are exposed to all kinds of disturbances and difficulties with which people must cope. Most problems may be completely resolved, or at least to a significant degree. But the most serious problem, according to all opinions, is manifested by a person who either does not recognize his problems or is unwilling to treat them under any circumstances.

Portraying The Past And Ensuring The Future: HaRav Yitzchok Isaac Halevi Rabinowitz, zt'l, Author Of Doros Horishonim by Moshe Musman and Yated Ne'eman Staff, Based on a Biographical Account by Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Rabinowitz, z'l Part Three: His Two Bequests to Klal Yisroel Introduction: Heaven directed Rav Halevi's footsteps from Eastern to Western Europe, where he settled for the last twelve years of his life. In retrospect, he was clearly entrusted with a mission in his enforced relocation and not merely made to suffer the pain of exile. His transplantation to the hub of German Orthodoxy made two achievements possible. First the completion of his work Doros Horishonim and the strengthening of its influence, and second, the founding of Agudas Yisroel.