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On the Chofetz Chaim's 56th Yahrzeit, join thousands of concerned men and women in a nationwide effort to combat Loshon Horah. It's Elul - and almost in which loshon horah has time to bring your case to no place. court. Every Rosh Hashana, Be part of the momen you stand before Hashem, tum. You will leave with a plead guilty, and hope for deeper understanding of the best. But this year, you how Shmiras Haloshon acts can do more than hope. You as a potent force to improve can join in a nationwide ef your life, your relationship fort to promote Shmiras with Hashem and with Haloshon. others. By learning more Few mitzvahs carry about this mitzvah from well with them such dramatic re known authorities and by wards, literally guaranteed. joining forces with like The Chofetz Chaim tells us minded Jews, you will gain that Shmiras Haloshon is the strength and resolve to one of the primary means of meet the challenge. A net attaining Divine Mercy. The work of follow-up programs Vilna Gaon says that careful to support your efforts dur speech, more than any other ing the year will be intro mitzvah, earns entrance into duced. Olam Habah. Even the That way; this Rosh malochim, says the Midrash, Hashana, when you take will speak well before your case to court, you'll Hashem of one who speaks have better options tl-~n just well of his fellow man. hoping for the best. You'll But Shmiras Haloshon have the malochim on your is not an easy mitzvah to side. tackle alone. That is why, for Sponsored by the first time ever, men and The Torah Projects Division of women in fifteen cities throughout the U.S. and Canada will partake in a Yorn Iyun on this theme. In gatherings across the coun try, participants will pour their combined energy into forging a new atmosphere in For further information call (212) 797-9000 Ext. 59 This advertisement is being funded by the Jewish community - one the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation 7kf~o~ YOM IYUN ON SHMIRAS HALoSHON Sunday, 24th of Elul, 5749 I September 24, 1989 On the 56th Yahrzeit of the Chofetz Chaim. In Memory of the 6,000,000 Kedoshim of the Holocaust. SEE UPCOMING ADS AND POSTERS IN YOUR CITY FOR DETAILS. An emergency meeting of the American Presidium of Kolel America was convened at the request of the illustrious co-chairmen of the Israel Board of Directors, the Gaonim Horav Yitzchok Scheiner, Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kamenetz and Horav Hillel Zaks, Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron. The situation in our Holy Land today is disasterous. Arab unrest, widespread unemploy ment and soaring inflation are causing economic chaos. The cost of living is rising at a record rate. The plight of our fellow Americans living in Israel is especially grim. Re strained by their American sense of pride and independence from seeking out sources of aid, they and their families often suffer poverty. As it has since 1896, Kolel America offers year-round succor and emergency aid with compassion and dignity to Americans and Canadians in our Holy Land. The constantly increasing number of families forced to apply for help has wreaked havoc with our already overtaxed budget. Greatly increased sums are crucial if we are to stand by our fellow Americans in their time of need. With the Holy Days approaching. we appeal most fervently to each and every American Jew to respond most generously so that we can continue to provide for our needy Ameri· can brethren in Israel We invoke the merit of the miracle-working Thlmudic sage, Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, and the blessing penned by our illustrious founder, Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin, ZT'L; "The upholders of Kole! America will surely be inscribed and sealed in the Book ofLife and wit ness the rebuilding ofZion and Jerusalem." THE AMERICAN PRESIDIUM Rabbi Avrohom Pam Grand Rabbi Menachem M. Rubin Rabbi Elya Svei Rosh Yeshiva Torah Vodaath of Muzsay·Ropshitz Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia Our brethren in Israel are depending ... Our sages are pleading ... We Must Not Let Them Down! Here is my Rosh Hashanah-Succos donation to I 0 $1000 0 $500 0 $250 0 $120 0 $50 0 $25 0 $18 0 $ ___ Feed Large Family Feed Small Family Support A Couple Sustain A Widow Help A Student Aid A Child Chai For Life Every Amount Helps I 0 Please send me a Charity Pushka I 0 Please send me a FREE Rosh I Hashanah Food For Life Guide Address---------------- City _______ State ____ Zip ___ I Donations to Kolel America are tax deductible. I I KOLEL AMERICA • The American Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity In Israel I I ___132 Nas.:'.'.:' Stree~~Yo~ N.:'.'..!0~ • (212~2_3~6~5422 S.'.:'.'._e".'.'.'.'.1 Aven'.'.'.'...: ~oklyn,.::::: 1~4.:'.:718) 87~11- _ _J ATR EDY IS ABOUT HAPPEN! But you can help avert it.. One of the most innovative Torah projects of the 20th century is threatened with extinction. For 13 years, one philanthropic Jew supported Mechon Hahoyroa-now, due to overwhelming financial setbacks, this funding has ceased. This is what may come to a halt: • 50 Kolle! fellows, studying from early • A daily Bais Din in which the Dayonim, to morning to late at night assure impartiality, receive no recompense • Completion of the entire Shulchan Aruch • Deeds, contracts, wills, Pruzbel and Heter (including Choshen Mishpot and Even /ska, all prepared Halachically and legally Ha'ezer) Listen to what the Gedolim have said about Mechon Hahoyroa ... Nm p 1Y.l'IJ:> "nwnn? )1:>r.i" ... nNim? )Y.:l~)! O'Y.:l'?'IJY.:ln O':>i:lN ... 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Sunday, Sept. 24, 1989/"""l!ln '1'1< 'T":> 'I< tn• Guests of Honor: D'l::11i"I 1U1 Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Nussen Guest Speaker Rabbi Berel Wein With the participation of Gedolei Hadar, such as VAAD HARABONIM OF MECHON HAHOYROA Rabbinical Court & Adjudication and Institute for Halachlc Research Rabbi Moshe Stern, Debretziner Rav, Shlita, P.O. Box 782, Monsey, N.Y. 10952 (914) 425-9565 Rabbi Avrohom Pam, Shlita, and N"l)'?'IJ i)!:l'11) ?N'il)! :lin Rabbi Naftali Friedler, Shlita iU'>'>)'.) N""'''l' i)!:l'1" ?N'n' '; l"n;n '("1J.1 1"J.Ni"I ,771'.'n 'ONi R 6 A Rosh Hashana Experience Rabbi Berel Berknvits THE JEWISH OBSERVER (ISSN) 0021-6615 Is published monthly except July and August, by the Agudath Israel of America, 84 William 11 Street, New York, NY 10038. Second class postage paid In New York, N.Y. and at additional malling A Time to Cry office. Subscription $22.00 per year; two years, AviShafran $36.00; three years, $48.00. 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Second Looks on the Jewish Scene ©Copyright 1989 42 The Opening of a Cheder: A National Alarm? 44 Who Is A Jew-Continued SEPTEMBER 1989 VOLUME XXll/NUMBER (;, 46 Honey For Rosh Hashana, Dovid Goldwasser A Rosh Hashana COURAGE TO MARRY . .. some courage to get married in but there was an occupation. There those days. Of course, no one could were curfews, there was forced labor, have imagined the horrors that were uring the Second World War, there was uncertainty. What would in store: no one could have dreamt the future bring?" Michutz teshakel my parents lived in a little of the Final Solution.