This past Monday, a group of foremost rabbonim and poskim gathered in the home of HaRav Dov Landau to express their halachic stand on the subject of buying company stocks and securities, and to call upon the public to be alert and informed about the related halachic problems and the ways to avoid the severe prohibitions of interest thereof.

Rain and Kinneret Watch

by Dei'ah Vedibur Staff

Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret - 5778.

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From Our Archives

Facing and Overcoming Learning Disabilities in Cheder Children by M. Samsonowitz Attempting to Overcome the Apathy and the Stigma The recent outpouring of articles about how to deal with an errant child fails to sufficiently emphasize that in the majority of cases, signs of warning were apparent years before. The late mashgiach of Yeshivas Kamenitz, HaRav Moshe Aaron Stern zt"l, used to say this in his own way, "People say, `Little children, little problems; big children, big problems,' but I say that if one takes care of the problems when they are little, they won't become big."

What is a Ben Torah? By HaRav Shimon Moshe Diskin zt"l Part II In the first part, HaRav Diskin developed several important yesodos. The Torah is the blueprint of the world and what it determines, is what happens and how things work. If the Torah says that the color of techeiles brings one to think of Hashem, then the similar color of kolo ilan will not do, and anyone who tries to substitute the latter is denying the full Divine aspect of the Torah. Similarly, when Hashem said that the makkas bechoros would force Pharaoh to release Bnei Yisroel, it acquired the power to do so, and only it. Thus it was Hashem's ability to determine exactly who was a bechor that ensured that the makkas bechoros actually was what it was supposed to be and therefore that ability forced Pharaoh to release Bnei Yisroel. Also a ben soreir umoreh only becomes hopeless when he completely loses his connection to Torah. A ben Torah is someone who follows these principles and is completely formed by the Torah. "Anyone for whom the Torah is his only guide in all he does is a ben Torah."

Principles of Education by HaRav Nosson Einfeld More insights and thoughts on various aspects of chinuch from a veteran Torah educator.

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