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OPINION & COMMENT

Who is Counted in Klal Yisroel?

When a group comes together to do something — whether it is a neighborhood committee, or a sports team, or a business organization, or an army — they are united by a common goal but the individuals may be sharply divided in their individual motives.

Remembrance of the Exodus in Yeshiva

In the Shadow of Rabbenu, the Mashgiach HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein ztvk'l, whose yahrtzeit is 18 Adar. HaRav Levenstein was Mashgiach in Mir Yeshiva in Europe and Shanghai and later in Ponovezh Yeshiva, Bnei Brak.

A Yom Tov for Scholars: Celebrating a Siyum Maseches
by B. Re'eim

Why is the completion of a maseches such a joyful occasion? What do the words hadran aloch mean? Should a festive meal be prepared for the completion of a maseches? Why is it customary for a hadran to be delivered? The completion of a maseches is an auspicious time for prayer.

Lehagdil Torah Uleha'adiroh: To Make the Torah Great and Glorious
by HaRav Avrohom Tzvi Margolis

Part II

In the first part HaRav Margolis noted that Dovid Hamelech was punished because he called Torah a "song." The Maharsha explains that "a song is in man's mouth for only a short time, but divrei Torah are forever.

Politica
Promises Meant to be Broken?

By E. Rauchberger

When the government was asked to approve the disengagement plan over six months ago, a compromise, which came to be known as the Livni Compromise, was reached between Sharon and three of his ministers, Netanyahu, Livnat and Shalom.


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