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OPINION & COMMENT

Good, Falsehood and Self-Interest

One can go a long way with just an apparently simple desire to do good. Even deciding merely to "do good," will get one started in the right direction. Of course, the achievements will remain limited and far from their ultimate potential unless they are supplemented with all the Divine guidance that is contained in the Torah, but the aspiration to do good is an important and essential first step, as Rav Leff has so eloquently explained in the last issue and in this issue.

How to Approach Torah Learning — and Interruptions in Torah Learning
by HaRav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, zt'l

The following is an excerpt from a sefer called Leket Reshimos Be'Inyonei Tefilloh (Notes About Prayer)

Today's Matan Torah
by HaRav Yehoshua Shklar

A piece specifically for "the day after" Shavuos.

The Toras Chaim has a wonderful secret to reveal to us: each and every one of us can have his own personal Matan Torah! The secret has been right there all along in the Torah itself, hidden in two little words.

Why it is Important for a Torah Jew to Learn about the Human Body

To The Editor:

"HaRav Wolbe's Attitude to Torah and to Torah Im Derech Eretz" (1 Sivan) referred to the necessity of every Jew to have some understanding of the human body.

Politica
Netanyahu's Plan

By E. Rauchberger

In the Prime Minister's Office, Ariel Sharon is beginning to worry that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may really plan to resign from the government shortly before the disengagement plan is implemented, according to a report in the mainstream press. Netanyahu's staff firmly denied the report, saying that he intends to remain finance minister until the next elections, which are currently scheduled for November 2006.


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