Rosh Hashonoh for the trees. The expression initially refers to the reckoning of years in relation to the laws pertaining to terumos and ma'asros for trees.

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Opinion and Comment "They want to dictate to us what to teach and how to educate. We must fight this with all our might!" HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman With regard to Avrohom Ovinu it is written, "Because I know him, for he commands his sons and his household to follow him and to guard the way of Hashem." The Torah tells us that the main reason that Hashem loves Avrohom Ovinu (which is denoted by the words `because I know him') is because he commands his household to follow his example of keeping the word of Hashem.

Opinion and Comment Life Will Prevail Over Death By Mordecai Plaut Even the Americans have learned something from their experience in Iraq. "This is a negative insurgency," Brig. Gen. Erwin Lessel, deputy director of operations for the multinational forces, told a reporter for the New York Times. "Unlike a classical insurgency, these groups don't offer anything."

Opinion and Comment "The study of Mesillas Yeshorim Prevents Dissension" by Rav Eliezer Rivlin One of our readers drew our attention to a letter from R' Yosef Zundel of Salant zt'l written to R' Eliyohu Dov Levinson of Kartinga who, aside from his greatness in Torah and his piety, was also a wealthy and very generous man. R' Dov did much for the sake of the Yishuv settlement in Eretz Yisroel.