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The next scheduled issue is for Parshas Shofteim.
This Google Custom Search looks only in this website. HaRav Don Segal Comments on the Tragedies of Bein Hazmanim This period of bein hazmanim, when Torah study is decreased alongside with a lessening of merit, is a dangerous one, as the Rosh Hayeshiva HaRav Edelstein warned in his letter. These are times when the Measure of Judgment was activated and Yerushalayim raised its wail over the loss of members of the finest families as sacrifices for the public, bikrovai Ekodesh, times when tragic misfortunes befall the Jewish people. We asked the Mashgiach, HaRav Don Segal, what Heaven seeks to arouse in us in these troubled times. We begged him to show us how to knock upon the chambers of the heart and hear words to show us the proper way so that we can fortify ourselves spiritually in light of the terrible misfortunes and tragedies which claimed the lives of the elite sons and daughters of the Torah world. This is what he replied:
OPINION The Illowitz couple, Netanyahu's co-defendants in Case 4000, presented a plea to the court on the grounds of 'protection for justice', arguing that the entire indictment of Case 4000 which includes them as well, is altogether invalid to begin with. In a long document which details the 'central inaccuracies,' according to them, in the procedure during the course of the investigation and the accusation itself. They claim, among other things, that the inquiry of Case 4000 "was conducted in a scandalous and intolerable manner, contrary to the basic principles of decency, justice and a search to reveal the truth." That investigation, claims the document, was initially characterized with an "exaggerated fervor which led to the "tunnel vision testimony" and thus was privy to a harsh desire to indict. Consequently, "certain intrinsic aspects which are critical to arriving at the truth in subjects involving basic arguments were not presented or examined." The Illowitz's also claim that the interrogation was initially set up according to "a preconceived claim of illegal actions." ...
From Baranovitch To Mir: HaRav Leib Baron Recalls His Youth In Eastern Europe Part III This series of recollections of HaRav Arye Leib Baron was first published by us in 1995. HaRav Baron was niftar in 2011. He had a remarkable memory for detail, and these memoirs of his are a fount of information on life in Europe. HaRav Arye Leib Baron (shlita,) was born in Horodok, which is near Volozhin. In his youth, he learned in the yeshivos of Baranovitch and Mir. Today he is the rosh yeshiva of Mercaz HaTalmud in Montreal, Canada and is known for his shiurim in both halacha and aggada, some of which have been published in his seforim: Bircas Reuven, Bircas Yehuda, Yishrei Lev, Nesivos Lev, Mesamchei Lev and Yismach Chaim, to give just a partial listing. We have published several of his essays on machshovo and hashkofo in these pages. In the following essays, based on an extended interview with HaRav Baron, he discusses the prewar European yeshiva world, upon whose approach to learning and to character development, today's yeshivos are patterned. Thanks to the magnificent memory with which he is gifted, HaRav Baron was able to describe his experiences in perfect detail, thus evoking living images of the life inside the great yeshivos of Baranovitch and Mir and of their roshei yeshiva and mashgichim.
In the last part, we read about the Mir Yeshiva, its mashgiach, HaRav Yeruchom Levovitz, zt'l. In this part we read about the early part of the war as the yeshiva began its wandering under pressure of the Germans from the west and the Russians from the east. The Outbreak Of War In the meantime, signs of impending evil had begun to appear. In Elul 5699 (1939), the war broke out in Poland in its full fury, as Germany attacked from the west and Russia from the east. The country was overrun in sixteen days and was partitioned between Germany and Russia. There is an interesting anecdote concerning those sixteen days.
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