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April 16, 2008 • 11 Nisan 5768Mishpacha Issue 205
If a person is making the Pesach Seder all alone, he must ask himself the questions before giving the answer. This may seem rather artificial on the surface, like a game of “let’s pretend.” But Chazal teach us that this isn’t the case
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More Than Four Questions- Exploring Klal Yisrael’s “Family Dynamics”
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Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, who has witnessed close to a century of history, grew up in America, lived through the European Torah world of the Chofetz Chaim, and prewar Mir, and nurtured two generations of scholars in Israel. In an exculsive talk with Mishpacha, the Rosh Yeshivah discusses yeshivos and learning methods and recalls some highlights of his own past
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Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu, the Av Beis Din of London and the CER discusses challenges to shechitah, the recent passing of philanthropist Reb Benzion Dunner, ztz”l, and dining with the Queen.
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From their meeting as teenagers, Ari Greenspan and Ari Zivotofsky developed a friendship based on exploring halachah and mesorah hands-on. They speak with Mishpacha about their adventures.
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50Discovery of the Lost Letter's: A soon- to- be- published collection of letters from the Yerachmiel Abramowitz
His escape from Europe, upheaval in the Torah world, and his aspirations for his children are just some of the topics discovered in a rare collection of personal letters by Rav Yitzchak Zev HaLevi Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav.
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58Press Conferences: A Round- table Discussion on the Issues Confronting Chareidi Media Toda Yisroel Besser
The chareidi media is an unusual entity that must maintain a balance between offering news and ollowing daas Torah. How goes it? Mishpacha spoke with well-known publishers, editors, and columnists, with some surprising results. As Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, shlita, was once quoted in our pages, “ The chareidi press is not free.” As believing Jews, we are acutely aware of the power of the written word. As publishers and journalists, how much more so must we be when we print thousands of publications weekly, which are read by even more thousands? In every generation, the Jewish press has served its purposes. What is its role in our times? Mishpacha assembled a panel of leading media personalities and discussed the role, challenges, and future of Torah media. Joining us are: Rabbi Moshe Grylak, editor- in- chief of Mishpacha Magazine; Rabbi Mattis Greenblatt, literary editor of Jewish Action; Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, editor of the Jewish Observer; Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz, editor and publisher of Yated Ne’eman; Rabbi Pesach Lemberger, American editor of Hamachane Hachareidi; and prominent columnist Rabbi Yonoson Rosenblum*
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The 10th of Nisan marks the Jews’ entry into the Land of Israel via the area of Gilgal which led to the felling of the walls of Jericho. What’s the area like today?
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Matzos for Everyone
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The little-known story of Reb Nisan Just, Hy”d. The songs and niggunim of this gabbai, singer, and composer of the Vizhnitzer court — who was martyred in Auschwitz — are sung to this day in Vizhnitzer homes and shuls.
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“Wanted: families or singles to resettle ancient city of Hebron. For details, contact Rabbi M. Levinger.” This unassuming 1968 newspaper ad changed the face of Israel. It’s been forty years since that first Pesach sit-in at Hebron’s Park Hotel, and some families have never left.
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CHAPTER ONE: MANY MEETINGS
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CHAPTER 29: A GOOD QUESTION
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Revolving Doors: She began to live, whereas for many years she had merely survived. From being terribly lonely she became a member of a large and loving family