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Why Study Half-True Science When You Can Learn True Torah?

C. Sidney Burwell, the dean of Harvard Medical School from 1935 to 1949, is reported to have told his students, "Half of what you are taught as medical students will in ten years have been shown to be wrong, and the trouble is, none of your teachers knows which half."

In Your Mouth and in Your Heart
by HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zt"l, Rosh Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov

A Hope that Is Close at Hand

In just a few days, the great day will arrive when we all stand in judgment before Hashem. The sages of the generations discovered that one of the ways of obtaining acquittal in this trial is through acceptance.

"And Its Memory Shall Be for You a Revival of the Soul" — This is the Month of Elul
A talk in the home of HaRav Chaim Walkin

by B. Re'eim

Part I

"In the days gone by, which I knew, every person would be seized with dread at the sound of the holy cry of `Elul!' This fear bore fruit by intensifying a person's service to Hashem, each one according to his level . . . In these Days of Awe, we must prepare ourselves for the upcoming judgment of Rosh Hashonoh, by establishing a study schedule in works conducive to G-d-fear," writes Maran HaGaon R' Yisroel Salanter ztvk'l in his letter.

Understanding Tefilloh — Boruch Sheomar
by R' Dovid Leitner

Part 2

As Boruch Sheomar introduces the section of davening commonly known as Pesukei Dezimroh, we need to understand the importance of this section.

Politica: Waiting Period
By E. Rauchberger

The political establishment has not been so bewildered and unsure of itself and where it's headed for many years. The confusion crosses party lines, but is primarily found on the Left. Although elections were held just six months ago and the coalition was formed just four months ago, the possibility of new elections or a new coalition is already hanging in the air.


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