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Let's Reduce the Bloodshed that We Control

According to official Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) statistics, in the sixteen months since the start of the current Palestinian wave of attacks, there were a total of 10967 attacks (including shootings, bombings, assaults, stabbings and hit-and-run by vehicles) with 265 dead.

The Importance of Maintaining the Traditional Approach to Torah Education
by Rabbi N. Z. Grossman

The Danger of Changes

The shock that was expressed recently in the Torah world, primarily by its leaders with HaRav Eliashiv at their forefront, over governmental attempts to introduce changes into the Bais Yaakov school system, is an indication of the profound sense of responsibility that every Heaven fearing Jew has for his children's Torah education.

The Path To Chizuk
by HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman

I have heard that everybody here has experienced a great elevation. Everyone has risen higher! I do not know how much people have managed to rise, for one cannot become a gaon in the space of a few days, but the very fact that people feel elevated is itself enough. If people feel that they have risen higher, this in itself is a great thing.

Train the Child
by L. Jungerman

"`And you shall make two cherubs of gold' -- the keruvim had the face of a baby" (Rashi).

The keruvim bore the likeness of the face of a baby. We can also say that babies have the face of keruvim. Therefore, if we wish to envision how a baby should look and what are the characteristics it must have, all we need do is look at the keruvim and see their holiness.


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