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Legal and Moral Responsibility for "Collateral Damage"

Salah Shehadeh, head of the Izzadin Al Kassem Brigades of the Hamas, was killed by a one-ton bomb dropped on the building in which he was staying in Gaza. None of the surrounding buildings was seriously damaged and none of the residents in those buildings was killed.

"Omol Hatorah vs. Outreach; Sayings and Stories
by Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Bergman

Part II

The following is a translation of an article that appeared in the Hebrew edition of Yated Ne'eman on erev Yom Kippur last year. The ninth full month since the passing of Maran HaRav Shach was last week.

Is a Shofar Blown in the City and the People are Unafraid?
by HaRav Moshe Man

Part I

From Rosh Chodesh Elul until Erev Rosh Hashanah, according to the Tur Orach Chaim (571) the custom is to blow the shofar every day after davening in order to exhort Am Yisroel to do teshuvoh, as it says, "If a shofar is blown in the city, and the people do not fear" (Amos 3:6).

Prepared for Mutual Destruction?
by Nosson Zeev Grossman

Since the two World Wars and the nuclear threat that developed in their aftermath, the world has been in a constant state of fear. Stockpiles of hundreds of missiles armed with atomic warheads could cause an unprecedented catastrophe in the event of a buildup of mutual tension between powerful nations that possess the deadly weapons in their arsenals.


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