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Cornering Arafat

For a long time Israel and its foreign policy seemed to be drifting, essentially swept along by current events in America and Europe. Now it seems that Prime Minister Sharon has maneuvered PA head Yasser Arafat into a corner and a very weak position.

See that I am He -- Hashem is the Cause and the Goal
by HaRav Aharon Yeshaya Roter

Neither the present prime minister nor the government are the cause of our woes. Rather, they are merely a vehicle of a Main Cause. If the Nation would remove them through elections, HaKodosh Boruch Hu would not lack ways of punishing us. The prophet Yeshaya implied this when he said: "And the Nation shall not return until it gets punished." (Yeshaya 9)

Heart's Desires
by Yochanan David

The Rov's daily shiur in the beis haknesses was over. The participants laid their gemoras back on the designated shelf and dispersed. Some, however, lingered behind to discuss a particular aspect of the material that had been covered that day.

The Four Leshonos of Geulah
by HaRav Shammai Zahn, zt"l

"Therefore, say to the Bnei Yisroel, I am Hashem, and I shall take you out shall take you out from under the burdens of Mitzrayim, and I shall rescue you from their slavery, and I shall redeem you with an outstretched Arm and with great judgments, and I shall take you to Me as a Nation." (Shemos 6:6)

The High Court Causes Democratic Dysfunction
by Jonathan Rosenblum

I share the "ethical concerns" that led the Israeli Supreme Court last week to reject Prime Minister Sharon's appointment of Ehud Yatom as his anti-terrorism advisor.


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