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"A sigh of relief in the government." These were the opening remarks in the report from De Marcure business magazine after, contrary to expectations of the Left, the companies of credit evaluation did not change the forefront of the Israeli grade. According to it, the Standard and Poor company decided not to change the credit grade or the forecast for the immediate future, "in spite of the judicial revolution being promoted by the present government." They maintain that "the decision is based upon the assumption that some kind of agreement will eventually be arrived at."
Ongoing are the attempts of Leftist politicians, together with the media people who identify with the protests against the judicial reform, to connect the price inflation and the present Israeli economic situation and the judicial reform.
Thomas Koktes, Mayor of Telz, Lithuania, found a propitious time to visit Israel. Yeshivas Telz is beginning construction of a yeshiva ketana (high school) in Ramat Shlomo whose building will be a replicate of the yeshiva which once graced the Lithuanian city and still houses its ruins. The visiting mayor asked to be given a tour of the present Telzer yeshiva and was duly impressed by this Torah center which is a direct extension of its parent yeshiva in Europe which existed until the rise of the Nazi regime.
In the course of his tour in Jerusalem, the visiting mayor asked to meet with his Jerusalem counterpart, Moshe Leon, and met him in his office, accompanied by HaRav Sorotzkin who is building the new yeshiva. He was given a special gift which included the signature of the Jerusalem mayor.
This very interesting interview with a genuine talmid of Novardok yeshiva was first published thirty years ago.
Part I
What message did Novardok spread? Mesiras nefesh? To disdain everything worldly? Constant seeking?
In this interview, HaRav Chaim Zeitchik zt'l, who was a talmid of Novardok yeshivos, describes his youth, the conditions under which he and many others learned and the levels they reached despite—and perhaps because of—their circumstances. In reliving his early years, he paints a picture for us of an era that was savagely cut off and a of world that has ceased to exist. HaRav Zeitchik is also author of Sparks of Mussar, English translation published by Feldheim.
OPINION
"The Movement for Quality in Government" is the very same movement which took a long break during the tenure of the previous government of deceit and disappointment. Now it has returned with renewed energy against the present elected government.
On its current agenda is the biennial budget which was recently approved and passed. The movement has appealed to the High Court demanding that it halt its implementation on the grounds of it being anti-democratic, irresponsible and illegal. It wants "to restore the power of criticism to the Knesset. This is the first step in obfuscating the division of the powers in Israel."
The same scenery, same scenario. They publicized a ceremonious, joyful announcement in the previous government when it passed their biennial budget in which they wrote, "After years of budgetary asphyxiation which paralyzed the activities of the various government offices out of submission to personal interests of certain elected public officials, the Knesset approved a budget for 21-22, and the country is now able to continue to stride forward. Congratulations to the MKs who displayed accountability and cooperated as necessary to free the country from the budgetary suffocation."
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Outstanding Articles From Our Archives
Home and Family
by Rebbetzin Nomi Travis
Question:
". . . I'm the mother of a lovely daughter finishing Seminary. I have many married children, so shidduchim is not a foreign subject to me, but she is older than all my other daughters were when they married, and girls in her class are becoming engaged at a breathtaking rate, leaving her feeling more than a little insecure. We've had a few suggestions from friends/acquaintances, but it seems like most of them become engaged shortly after we hear the idea. Could you please give me some ideas/guidance for helping her cope with the peer pressure and her personal feelings at this time? Of course we've talked about bitochon and "hashgacha pratis", but... well, it's hard to translate theory into peace of mind. She's not the youngest, and financially we can't come anywhere near "half" of a settlement (a third, hopefully) - and as soon as prospective shadchanim hear we can't give 2/3 or 3/4, their interest wanes. I reassure her (us) that it just means her bashert is not among the ones with the financial demands, and I admire her for the real effort she's putting in to strengthen her own faith and to feel joy for her friends' simchahs, along with her hishtadlus (e.g. saying Tehillim). I'm sure I'm not the only mother in the "twilight zone," so perhaps you could share some of your advice on this "normal phenomenon" in your Yated column. I can't help worrying that if the pressure she's under now is so heavy; it may influence her when she meets someone, leading her subconsciously to overlook real incompatibilities because of her need to keep up with her class. Is my worry realistic? Should I just trust that Hashem will protect her from poor judgment and that whatever happens is so destined?"
IN-DEPTH FEATURES
by B. Rom
This is fiction, but based on a true story. The names, of course, have been changed.
It was a gorgeous spring day at the beginning of Nisan. Although the early morning hours were still chilly, the sun came out in the afternoon and you could feel the fresh spring air challenging the remnants of winter.
Malka Baron walked slowly up the street to the bus stop. Her hands were filled with packages, since she had just finished the bulk of her pre-Pesach, non-food shopping. She went over the list in her head to be sure she hadn't forgotten anything: stockings, kippot, hair ornaments, tsitsiyot, and a few dishes to complete the Pesach set.
Her eyes glanced at the posters tacked to the side of the bus shelter. Clothing sales, apartments for sale. . .holiday rentals. . .
One poster stood out from the rest:
"The body of a 25-year-old man has been found in Nachal David. Description: Tall, broad-shouldered, dark hair. Found with a butterfly net and a guide to insects.
Anyone with information about a missing person fitting this description please call Magen David Adom immediately at. . . ."
Malka read the poster a second time, more carefully. "Anyone with information about a missing person fitting this description. . . tall, broad-shouldered, dark hair. . . with a butterfly net. . . ."
The bus screeched to a stop, bringing her out of her reverie. She cautiously picked up all her packages and made her way onto the crowded bus. But the poster came along with her. "Tall, broad-shouldered. . .butterfly net. . . guide to insects. . .anyone with information. . . ."
"Doesn't that sound like Danny?" she said to herself. "But actually. . . ." she admonished herself. "How can we say that Danny is missing? Maybe he's home already? Why should I have such thoughts about Danny? Why should I think that he's dead, G-d forbid? And in such a horrible way. . . how terrible of me to even think such things!" she reproached herself.
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