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Advice from HaRav Edelstein about Our Response to Increases in Terror

The following are excerpts from remarks made by Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva HaRav Gershon Edelstein at a talk in his home:

Recently there have been more attacks from the sons of Yishmael. We must know that nothing happens by chance, but rather everything is under Heavenly Providence. As the Rambam writes in his commentary at the end of parshas Bo, everything is the result of a decree from Above. If there are merits, there is reward and there is success. If there are no merits then the opposite happens.

Rain and Kinneret Watch

Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret.


The Tchechnover Rebbe, Ha'Admor Rabbi Simcha Yissochor Ber Halbershtam zt"l


In honor of his yahrtzeit 20th Teves, 5674/1914

At the time of the Tchechnover's birth his father, the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova, was in Eretz Yisroel. His mother took her newborn son to her father-in-law, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, who promised that this baby would in time illuminate the world.

His father the Divrei Yechezkel would often comment of his son, "Er iz mein ganze chiyus! (He is my whole life.)"

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Back to Aggodoh

by R' Refoel Berelsohn

Part II A talk with HaRav Michel Zilber, rosh yeshivas Zevihl and Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel in Jerusalem, about the approach to learning Aggadeta, subsequent to the publication of his work, Bayom Derech last year, dealing with topics in aggodoh which were delivered in public addresses by the author every Shabbos.

Last week he noted that there are several approaches to the study of aggodoh, one of which is that of the earlier generations who approached aggodoh in the same way they studied halochoh.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Gems of Torah and Daas from Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch

Based on Conversations with Rabbi T. Lasdun by Rabbi Dov Eliach

In the course of one of our conversations, Rav Lasdun repeated a wonderful idea that he'd heard from Rav Eliyahu Meir about Akeidas Yitzchok - an idea that Rav Eliyahu Meir himself exemplified.


Opinion & Comment

Eruvin: In Praise of Positive Innovations, Not Chumras

by Mordecai Plaut

As we celebrated the completion of maseches Eruvin in the Daf Yomi, we reflected on how people see the laws that it discusses: as a big "chumrah," a "burden" placed upon our Shabbos observance by Chazal. A specific example is that the rabbonim prohibited us from carrying from one private domain to another private domain, even though as far as the Torah was originally concerned, this was freely permitted. The only related Torah-based prohibition is to carry from a public domain (reshus horabbim) to a private domain (reshus hayochid) or vice versa.




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