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OPINION
& COMMENT
Bnei Yisroel Were Fruitful . . .
The first mitzvah given to Odom Horishon was: "Peru urevu
umil'u es ho'oretz" -- be fruitful and multiply and fill
up the land. In parshas Shemos the first fact about
Israel in Mitzrayim that we are told, right at the beginning,
is that they fulfilled this Divine commandment: "And Bnei
Yisroel were fruitful and gave birth and increased and became
a very mighty throng, so that the land was full of them"
(Shemos 1:7).
Kelm Humor
by A. Lessin
Kelm. The very name invokes an image of intense devotion to
Torah and mussar, ignoring worldly pleasures and
striving for self-perfection. For those privileged to have
had contact with alumni of the renowned Talmud Torah in Kelm,
the memories include pictures of towering personalities who
reached unbelievable heights in ruchniyus. What place
is there for humor in such a picture? The words simply do not
belong on the same page, let alone one following the
other.
Sharing Pain: Visiting the Sick and Mourners on
Shabbos
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis
Feeling for Others
I once had to discuss a very distressful situation with HaRav
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l. With a heavy heart, I
entered his small office, and poured out my problem to him.
When I asked him what he thought I should do he said he had
absolutely no idea, but with tears in his eyes he remarked
that he felt for my situation tremendously.
The Eventual Lesson: Good Intentions
by D. Makover
The parsha tells us how Moshe's good intentions led
him to find the means to redeem our people, although this
came in stages. Apparently, he got off to a good start.
Sharon Still Has More Cards to Play
by E. Rauchberger
Right-wing circles are praying the investigations against
Sharon and his sons will end as quickly as possible, one way
or the other. Not out of great concern for the Prime Minister
or a sense of pity for the legalistic torment he and his sons
are undergoing, but out of ideological concerns, i.e. Eretz
Yisroel and Judea and Samaria.
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