העורך Editor

The end of Parshas Ki Tisa (Shemos 34:34-35):

ובבא משה לפני השם לדבר אתו יסיר את המסוה עד צאתו ויצא ודבר אל בני ישראל את אשר יצוה. וראו בני ישראל את פני משה כי קרן עור פני משה והשיב משה את המסוה על פניו עד באו לדבר אתו.

In other words, Moshe would teach immediately after learning himself, so there was no need to return the mask at all. The words “עד צאתו” are there because the reason for leaving the mask off had changed, per Rashi 34:33: ובצאתו יצא בלא מסוה.

Some Medrash likely says this already…

Probably.

We asked our readers a question a few days ago. No, not that one. A sin incurring the death penalty was about to commence. The local rabbi said to ignore it. The question was whether the rabbi in the story acted correctly, in your opinion.

Now all together, I received… zero responses. This must mean our readers’ opinion is unanimous. That’s good!

I just wish I knew if that was for or against. So, can anyone represent his peers and inform me of the verdict?

If you’re reading this in your inbox, just hit reply.

Thanks.

“The” Gedolim, Rabbi Shach especially, were against this so-called התגרות באומות, while most everyone else was strongly for it, and until today the debate rages on: Who was right?

In a footnote on p. 337 of “Rav Avigdor Miller – His Life And His Revolution”, by Rabbi Yaakov Y. Hamburger, the editor quotes Dr. Luchin’s “The Underground Press” (Judaica Press, 2014) who quotes Kissinger saying the protests only delayed the solution. Sounds to me like diplomatic grandstanding by an unreliable man.

On the other hand, Rabbi Meir Kahane’s columns in The Jewish Press reproduced letters received from Jews actually behind the Iron Curtain at the time claiming this strategy was best (they would know!).

Still, I think the jury is out.

להלן הפרטים:

שימו לב: הפעם יש הגרלה גם לאלה שהולכות תמיד עם מטפחת!!!

ההגרלה מטעם ארגון “בראש ובראשונה” המנהל קווי צניעות מרתקים לגברים ולנשים.

My internet filter(s) won’t allow me to see it, but there is a reportedly-modest investigative series discussing the problem on YouTube produced by “Kan” TV called “פדופילים בחסות הדת”.

Apparently one can glean from the evidence presented that… it’s the state’s fault, of course.