OPINION & COMMENT

Holocaust Claims and Moral Obligations

HaRav Abba Berman zt"l, one of the great talmidim of Mirrer Yeshiva, who was niftar this past week, explained that there are two bases for making a claim against another person: you can ask for your own money or property that the other person is holding, or you can ask the other person to fulfill his obligation to pay some money — that happens to be owed to you.

To Be Like Everybody Else
by HaRav Reuven Elitzur

Educating Children to Listen
by HaRav Nachum Diamant

In the first part, HaRav Diamant discussed the importance in chinuch of repetition and review. Sometimes it seems as if a child is not listening and it may be that he is not paying attention and therefore does not absorb what we are saying. However if we say it over and over again, the words eventually penetrate.

Jewish Values: Unusual Cases of Erechin
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis

Sam is an enterprising businessman, who heads one of the biggest corporations in America. Whoever meets him is immediately taken by his charm and grace, and drawn to be his friend. Everybody sees Sam as Mr. Success Story.

Politica: Disengaging the Finance Committee
By E. Rauchberger