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A Prosecutor who Breaks the Law should be Prosecuted

How should you feel if one of those in charge of enforcing the law of the land takes the law into her own hands? Very worried, it would seem.

Swallowed Up Alive
by B. Hoffman

What do the Arabs want?

This is the question uppermost in those hearts shaken up by the events of this past year. The sharpest political minds and the most knowledgeable media commentators are wracking their brains to enter the heads of the Arabs and fathom their mentality. What do they want? What are they striving for? War? Peace? Further concessions? Or perhaps, this whole business was a sorry mistake to begin with. Perhaps all they want is blood. They're simply thirsty for blood.

The Patient's Right to Avail Himself of Medical Service
by R' Yerachmiel Kram

Verapo yerapeh (Shemos 21:19) -- From here we learn that doctors are permitted to heal."

One who injures another person is required to pay the medical expenses of his victim. "And he shall indeed heal him." Chazal derived from here the Torah's sanction for medical practice (Bovo Kama 85a).

Twice Adar: Understanding the Halochos of Adar Rishon and Sheni
by Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis

Rising to the Occasion

"When Adar arrives we increase our level of happiness" (Ta'anis 29a). All year long Jews are meant to feel the tremendous sense of joy that accompanies the opportunity of serving the King of kings. As we draw closer to this unique time we are expected to raise our spirits to an even higher level. What is the reason for this change?


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