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By Dovid Hoffman
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
The Israeli government’s plot to oppress the Torah world through enlistment of Yeshiva students and change to its chinuch system is gathering steam. Torah leaders from Eretz Yisroel and the United States have declared a special day of tefillah on erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan to beg Hashem to save us from these decrees. Army and Economical Decrees Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri, who chairs the Ministerial Committee in charge of reforming enlistment policy, announced the completion of the draft proposal for recruiting chareidim into the military. Beginning in 2017, those who avoid military or national service will be slapped with sanctions both upon themselves and the institutions they learn. |
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By Dovid Hoffman
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Based on a d'var torah of Rav Yosef Sholom ElyashivWhy was the Torah given with heart stopping thunder and lightning? To indicate that the Torah is not only intellectual, but the means of drawing us to knowing and fearing Hashem. This too is why there was absolute silence when Hashem said the Asseres Hadibros. The medrash says: “When the Holy One gave the Torah, no bird chirped, no bird flew, no bull bellowed, the ofanim did not fly, the serofim did not say kodosh kodosh, the sea did not tremor, people did not speak. Instead, the world was silent and quiet, and the voice went out, I am Hashem your G-d. Thus, the verse says, These words Hashem spoke to all your congregation, a great voice and it did not add.” |
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By Dovid Hoffman
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Born in Bnei Brak in 1952, MK Moshe Gafni studied in the Slabodka and Grodno yeshivos. After helping to found the Torah kehillah in the Negev town of Ofakim, he served as a rosh kollel and member of the town council there. Rabbi Gafni joined the Knesset in 1988 and was appointed Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs in Yitzchak Shamir’s 1990 government. Presently, he is chairman of the Degel Hatorah faction of the United Torah Judaism party and one of its most active members, constantly involved in the Knesset’s lawmaking process. He is a fierce fighter for the rights of the Torah public, particularly during his candidacy as head of the previous Knesset’s Monetary Committee. |
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By Rabbi Moshe Boylan
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
An Interview with Rav Moshe MeiselmanRosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Moshe, Yerushalayim The chareidi community is currently grappling with the plans of the recently elected Israeli government, particularly the efforts to draft bnei hayeshivos into the Israeli army. As rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Moshe in Yerushalayim, Rav Moshe Meiselman is directly affected by the situation. His insight and perspective can help us understand the root causes of the current reality and the mindset we must have in standing strong against the proposed legislation of the government coalition. |
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By Rabbi Yitzchok Tzvi Schwarz
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013
After the devastation of Churban Europe, the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, settled on these shores and began to rebuild his community. This was a most daunting task. First of all, he was in a totally new country that he wasn’t accustomed to. His followers at the time were few and scattered, broken souls who struggled to put the pieces of their lives together. At the time, they didn’t have the wherewithal to build shuls and mosdos. The Rebbe served as a listening ear for the groans of pain of his constituents and a shoulder to cry on. Resources or no resources, there was a lot of work to be done. Mosdos had to be built and the community had to take form. They started from scratch, but with great toil and mesirus nefesh things were taking shape.
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