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A Moving Gathering Commemorating the Shloshim of the Sasson Children

Our hearts still refuse to digest the terrible calamity of the tragic death of the seven Sasson children which took place in Brooklyn several weeks ago. Alongside our aching hearts, Jews throughout the world cannot help but be awed by the sublime spirit displayed by the bereaved father, R' Gavriel Sasson, who rises up from the ashes and sanctifies Hashem's Name with his messages replete with emunah, and in his steadfast, heroic stand in the face of his awful loss.

Old Shabbos Arrangements do not Work for New Refrigerators

In their recent Shabbos Hagodol droshos, Halachic authorities and rabbonim throughout the country have aroused public awareness regarding Shabbos violations in the use of new refrigerators. Each opening and closing of the doors, they noted, causes electrical changes and digital registrations.

`Big' Company Tramples Shabbos

Rabbonim of Ashdod convened this past Monday to protest the severe ongoing violation of Shabbos in their city being carried on by the `Big' company which maintains its activities in its shopping and recreation mall. A chain of decisions was arrived at in the battle for Shabbos sanctity being trampled so blatantly and publicly.


HaAdmor Reb Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk zt"l


In honor of his yahrtzeit - 1 Iyar 5548/1788

Rabbeinu was born in the year 5490 (1730). His father Rabbi Moshe was a close disciple of the holy Baal Sheim Tov, and took the young Mendele to his Rebbe.

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The Vilna Gaon: A Man of Piety

by Rav Dov Eliach
Part II

In his three-volume work, HaGaon, (that was put together under the supervision of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky) Rav Dov Eliach brought together an enormous amount of material, to try to give us some concept of what the Vilna Gaon was. The Gaon was outstanding in many aspects of human development. Our concepts do not do justice to what the Gaon really was. The section printed here is taken from Chapter Six, and is centered around the piety of the Gaon. When reading it, one should keep in mind that this is just one of many areas in which the Gaon lived at a such an outstanding level.


Opinion and Comment
Educating Children to Listen

by HaRav Nachum Diamant


Part I

Maybe the Four Walls Understand Better than He Does?

We all are familiar with the type of child that "just does not listen." Although we explain what we meant so lucidly, so many times, he remains the same. Nothing penetrates! We do not even try to force him; we only clarify what we mean, repeatedly - but alas, without any headway. It sometimes seems that to review our expectations with him a hundred times helps as much as the first time. Once is not enough for that child, but then, neither is a hundred times sufficient.


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Stories and Anecdotes Extracted from Sorosecho Sha'ashu'oi: Stories of our Great Teacher the Rosh Yeshiva, ztvk'l

Arranged According to the Weekly Parsha

by Rabbi O. Bergman

These are various stories that are related to the yom tovim, some of them related to pesukim in this week's parsha.




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