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HOME & FAMILY The Benefactorby Sudy Rosengarten The following is the last installment of a true story of moral courage, of the uncompromise of values that has become the hallmark of the Bais Yaakov model of the Jewish Daughter. Names have been changed.
A 'Holey' Mission: Piercing Ears "Bechol levovcha -- with both your good and evil inclinations." There are lessons to be learned from the alacrity we sometimes exhibit for whims -- to adapt them to the activities that are really meaningful. Or to seize the right opportunity when it is ripe, before it slips out of our hands and becomes stale.
Chiropractic Self Care "For two years I had this pain on and off on the left side of my neck and shoulder which was annoying, but you could live with it. Although I worked for Dr. Medwed, I never thought to mention it to him. While he was abroad on a trip, I woke up one morning with an intensely painful stiff neck. I really needed a chiropractor now and my boss was away!..."
Pay On Delivery Sometimes you have to be hit over the head until a new idea takes hold. One of the oldies was: shidduchim is such a great chessed that no money can ever repay the favor. The problem is that according to Halacha, this does not hold true.
Graduating....Gradually "Mommy, can I go back to gan?"
I can't say these words came as a shock. She's an
intelligent little girl who has been doing fine in first
grade, but her highly sensitive nature was bound to affect
her classroom experience. She takes things to heart so that
one cross look from a teacher means infinitely more than the
teacher implied. A slightly critical remark hurts as if her
entire being has been accursed.
Not Just Sheitels You're all familiar with bazaars -- your Yeshiva bazaar, the Shul sale, or the Ladies Auxiliary of "you name it" organization's bargain opportunity. However, the semi-annual Yerusholayim Sheitel Sale held in the Tamir hotel is the greatest bazaar of all, or as Sadaam would say, it is the Mother of all Sales. That is not only because it is attended by mothers of all ages, sizes, and group affiliations -- it's the sheer magnitude of the undertaking!
Your Medical Questions Answered! Sometimes the lungs are affected by diseases that have little to do with them. One of the most feared diseases is pulmonary embolism. Embolism is a medical word describing the sending of a clot or other solid material from one place in the body to another, where it could cause havoc. We have described such a case with the heart and atrial fibrillation where clots in the heart can reach the brain and cause a stroke.
Meshech Chochmoh HaSholem: Shemos "A few days before his petirah, Rabbenu Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (the Ohr Somayach) held up the manuscript of his sefer, Meshech Chochmoh, and said to all those around him: `I want you all to know something. I did not come to this world because of the Ohr Somayach; the world could have continued to exist without it. What the world needs now is the Meshech Chochmoh." We read this in the introduction to Emes LiYaakov by HaRav Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt"l.
"Meoros HaDaf HaYomi" Insights into the Week's Learning Contents of this Issue of Meoros: * A parrot or a polygraph as a "witness" in court * The "lie detector" of Shlomo HaMelech * The believability of personal ID issued by goyim * Can she remarry on the basis of hearsay evidence? * The city of Shechem -- its history and lessons * Chinese tourists in Russia saying Shema in Chinese * The preference for saying Shema in lashon hakodesh * Telling a prospective ger he can't yet learn Torah * Did Hillel teach Torah to a non-Jew? * What `hon' would Yosef have lost?
Poet's Corner
VESSEL
We welcome a new poet to our ranks with two of her
offerings. Note her `trellis' style, succinct, climbing to
fine point.
It's not coming out
Watching
BEDTIME
by Rina Trellis
Why do I dread
(I wonder now
And if I'm weak
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