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We Must Protest

The letter from gedolei Yisroel led by Maran HaRav Y. S. Eliashiv shlita is a beacon of Torah truth that pierces the darkness of our times to show us where we stand and in which direction we should proceed.

A Middos Workshop: Ta'avah-The Thirst for Salty Water (Part 1)
Based on shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

Chocolate cake. Crembos. Corn chips. Potato chips. Orange soda. Ice pops. Sports cars. Swivel chairs. Fast food. Automatic ice dispensers. The last century has introduced new concepts -- a whole new vocabulary -- of luxuries designed to pamper us. Temptation has reached new levels unheard of in the past, attacking us at every turn, with every billboard, continuously inventing new angles to pull us under its spell.

"I Shall Be Sanctified Through Those Near Me"
by R' Yerachmiel Kram

"And a fire went forth from before Hashem and it consumed them, and they died before Hashem" (Vayikra 10:2).

The Three-Pronged Strategy
by Chaim Walder

The winds of war are blowing outside. No, not the war with Iraq, but the war against Hashem, against His Torah and against shomrei mitzvos. Now a remark made by one of our gedolei hador has acquired new dimensions: "The elections are more cause for alarm than the Iraqi threat." Everything is now clear as day.

Problematic Shemittah Wine

Letter to the Editor

I am writing to bring to the public's attention and remind it- -particularly following Purim--to take note of the bottles of wine received in the mishloach manos. Personally I received several bottles of wine with a Badatz Eida Chareidis hechsher including the words "yivul nochri" in small print. Some just say "yivul n." Unfortunately one of these bottles was also opened through a lack of attentiveness


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