Overlawyered.com explores an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its participants at the public’s expense, and resists even modest efforts at reform and accountability.
הנה המאמר של הרב צוריאל בנושא.
אגב, בהערה האחרונה שמחתי לראות אישוש דעתי מאז, שרש”י על פרק חלק אינו ממנו כולו (אף שקרוב לדורו היד רמה על סנהדרין לא הרגיש בכך).
Jews are customarily stringent in the standards for their Arba Minim. Since there are Rishonim who hold Aravos must be grown by the river to be kosher at all, why aren’t we zealous about this? Outside of Israel, it was often harder to obtain this kind of Aravos. Indeed, more and more Jews have begun to use only riverside Aravos. Sadly, they don’t last longer than the regular Aravos, so you still may need a few extra branches.