OPINION & COMMENT

Our Perspective on the Election Campaign, 5763

The Israeli political system is centered around the Knesset, which is made up of political parties. Every citizen who votes will cast a ballot for one of the parties that registered to run for election last month. (This time there will be only a ballot for a party and not a separate ballot for prime minister, a return to the system that was in force until about ten years ago.)

Mitzvos, Miracles and Prayers
Compiled from the lectures of HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, shlita

"Remember His wonders that He has wrought, His marvels and the decrees of His mouth . . ." (Pesukei Dezimroh; Tehillim 105:5)

Tu BeShevat: Man as a Tree
by HaRav Arye Leib Shapira

With this idea we can understand the custom of eating fruit of Eretz Yisroel on Tu Bishvat (see Moed Lekol Chai), for Chazal tell us that since Eretz Yisroel is a special place where the Shechinoh finds a home, its residents merit a special insight into the Torah: "'The beginning (or "head") of the dust of the world' (tevel) (Mishlei 8:26) -- this is Eretz Yisroel, the most beloved of all countries and the one created first."

Dishonest Reporting Awards of 2002
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

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