A melamed of small children. This was the avodas hakodesh that the tzaddik nistar Rabbi Moshe chose to camouflage his true greatness, until the Gra instructed him to reveal his holy ways.

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Opinion and Comment Torah Min HaShomayim: Messages from Hashem to Man by Mordecai Plaut In preparation for the parsha of matan Torah in Yisro. The Rambam takes almost 2,000 Hebrew words to discuss the 13 Yesodos of our Religion. Only two of those words are "emes," and only one instance is applied to the Torah as the last of a list of attributes: Vehakol Toras Hashem temimoh, tehoroh, ukedoshoh, emes - it is all the Torah of Hashem that is perfect, pure, holy and true.

IN-DEPTH FEATURES A Letter About Torah Chinuch By HaRav Mordechai Gifter zt'l - 23 Teves 5766, His Fifth Yahrtzeit HaRav Gifter zt'l, was always an articulate and forceful spokesman for authentic Torah hashkofoh. Whether writing an essay or a letter, delivering a talk in the yeshiva, or an address at an Agudah convention, he always conveyed a pure Torah outlook on contemporary issues and affairs in the Jewish world, with sharpness and clarity.

Opinion & Comment The Maharsham: Daas Torah by M. Lavi Once, when the Chofetz Chaim was asked a very serious question which required a swift response, he said: "I can't answer it immediately, but have to delve into the sugya and clarify the halacha in depth. There is one man though, who is familiar with every aspect of the Shas, R' Sholom Mordechai Hacohen Schwadron. Only he is capable of answering such a question immediately."