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Learning from a Community Calamity

There was a terrible tragedy in Hebron last leil Shabbos, when 12 soldiers and security men were murdered, and everyone sees in it what he is looking for.

The Lesson of The Flask of Oil:
A Shmuess For Chanukah

by HaRav Sholom Schwadron zt'l

22 Kislev 5763, His Fifth Yahrtzeit

Introduction: Centrality of the Flask of Oil

The gemora (Shabbos 21) asks, "What is Chanukah?" Rashi explains, "On account of which miracle was it instituted?" for there were two of them. A small handful of Chashmono'im were victorious in battle against thousands of Greeks, and a flask with just one day's supply of oil lasted for eight days. According to Rashi, the gemora is asking which of the two was the main reason for the festival.

Drug Treatment for ADHD
by Chaim Walder

A book published many, many years ago describes in detail how eyeglasses came into the world. People have always had problems with their eyesight, and when convex or concave lenses were first used to improve vision, neither the nearsighted nor the farsighted leaped at the invention as anticipated. They were embarrassed.

Parshas Vayishlach: Lessons In Solving Dilemmas
by Rabbi D. Makover

Desire for Peace

Yaakov's attempt, recounted at the beginning of the parsha, to achieve reconciliation with his wicked twin brother, contains many lessons about dealing with difficult, harrowing dilemmas such as we are often faced with.


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