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Jewish Observer, January 2004 Teves 5764 • January 2004 U.S.A. $3.50/Foreign $4.50 • VOL XXXVII/NO. 1 CLICK HERE FOR TABLE OF CONTENTS THEJJewishewish Teves 5764 • January 2004 OOBSERBSERVERVER U.S.A.$3.50/Foreign $4.50 • VOL XXXVII/NO. 1 THE JEWISH OBSERVER (ISSN) 0021- 6615 is published monthly except July and August by the Agudath Israel of This is the full Table of Contents of the print edition of the America, 42 Broadway, New York, NY10004. Periodicals postage paid in Jewish Observer. The web edition contains only a selection of New York, NY. Subscription $24.00 per articles (indicated in color). Click on the title to go to the year; two years, $44.00; three years, $60.00. Outside of the United States beginning of that article. Navigate using your browser’s menu (US funds drawn on a US bank only) $12.00 surcharge per year. Single and other options. copy $3.50; foreign $4.50. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Jewish Observer, 42 Broadway, NY, NY 10004. Tel: 212-797-9000, Fax: 646-254-1600. Printed in the U.S.A. 6 A Separation Between Light and Darkness, RABBI NISSON WOLPIN, EDITOR Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon EDITORIAL BOARD RABBI JOSEPH ELIAS 10 The Enduring Impact of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler l”xz: Chairman RABBI ABBA BRUDNY On His Fiftieth Yahrzeit, Yonoson Rosenblum JOSEPH FRIEDENSON RABBI YISROEL MEIR KIRZNER 16 Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Kaplan l”xz, Rabbi Hershel Waxman, RABBI NOSSON SCHERMAN PROF. AARON TWERSKI with Rabbi Israel Flam DR. ERNST L. BODENHEIMER Z”L RABBI MOSHE SHERER Z”L Founders INSIGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS MANAGEMENT BOARD AVI FISHOF, NAFTOLI HIRSCH ISAAC KIRZNER, RABBI SHLOMO LESIN l”xz NACHUM STEIN 21 An Encounter With the Chofetz Chaim , Mrs.Anon RABBI YOSEF C. GOLDING Managing Editor Published by 23 Simcha… True Joy, Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg Agudath Israel of America U.S. TRADE DISTRIBUTOR ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVE Feldheim Publishers Intnl. 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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman A Separation Between &Darknesslight Based on an address by Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon, Mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, NJ, at the recent National Convention of Agudath Israel of America. Adapted for publication by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman. HAVDALA:SAYING IT… MAKING IT there, whether we establish it for our- selves or whether others force it upon very week, when the magnificent us. It is inescapable. spiritual experience we call Shab- The challenge of our generation is Ebos comes to an end, we greet the to enjoy the blessings the Ribbono Shel new week with a solemn statement. We Olam has granted us without losing sight bless and express our gratitude to the Rib- of that critical line of separation. It is far bono Shel Olam Who “separates the holy better that we establish it ourselves on from the secular, the light from the dark- our own terms than to have other nations ness, the Jewish people from nations of do it for us, not so gently. the world.” We know that to keep our- The Chovos Halevavos says that just selves pure and holy, we must make a as it is impossible for water and fire to clear separation between our own soci- coexist in one vessel, so, too, is it ety and the decadent cultures prevalent impossible for the love of Olam Hazeh, among other nations. this world, and the love of Olam Habba, The Beis Halevi draws a comparison the next world, to coexist in the heart among these three separations. We can of a faithful person. Put water and fire see plainly that the separation between together in one vessel, and one of them light and darkness is demarcated by twi- will displace the other. Either the water light, which is the closest light and dark- will extinguish the fire or the fire will ness can ever come to each other. evaporate the water. But they cannot There are also similar lines of demar- remain together in peaceful coexistence. cation between the holy and the secu- In the same way, a person cannot have lar, between the Jewish people and the a passionate love for both this world and cultures of other nations. Just as it is the next. Of course, he can love and enjoy impossible to bring light and darkness many aspects and experiences in this fully together, so too is it impossible to world and use its benefits to help him bring the holy and the secular, the Jew- of demarcation, the Beis Halevi con- prepare for the next. But to love this ish people and the secular world, fully cludes, and try to come close to other world with a fierce passion? To yearn for together. There is a line, a margin that nations and participate fully in their cul- it for its own sake? That is impossible simply cannot be crossed. That is how ture, the nations themselves will push for a person that passionately cares about, the Ribbono Shel Olam designed the him away. The space of separation is loves and yearns for Olam Habba. world. unbridgeable. Should anyone try to cross these lines From painful knowledge, we know THE LITMUS TEST that this is true. Our history has shown Rabbi Reinman,a Talmudic scholar, author and very clearly that the separation between ow do we know where we are? historian, lives in Lakewood, NJ. His most light and darkness, between the Jewish What litmus test can we apply recent appearance in these pages was “Don’t Judge the Book by Its Cover” (Feb. ’03). people and alien cultures is always Hto determine our true atti- 6 The Jewish Observer, January 2004 tudes? There is a beautiful piece in the ing to them? How have we used the great Someone showed me an advertise- Sefer Chareidim that gives us an answer. blessings of prosperity and opportuni- ment in the Chareidi papers that states He writes, “Shuls and batei midrash are ty the Ribbono Shel Olam has given us? in large, bold type,“This Pesach inspire like an orchard for the tzaddik and a Have we used these blessing to encour- your soul − and the rest of your senses prison for the rasha.” Two people go into age the love of our children for the time- as well.” What does that mean? Is this the same beis midrash.For one of less rewards of Olam Habba? Or have we what the holy Yom Tov has come to mean them, it is like an orchard, a wonderfully perhaps allowed indulgences and temp- to us? I understand that some people pleasant spot to spend a morning. For tations to enter our homes that can only need to go to a hotel for Pesach, and I’m another, it is like a prison, a place from inspire love for Olam Hazeh? not taking them to task for it. But how which to escape. One of them is davening Have we clearly marked for our chil- about the rest of us? Because we can with concentration and intensity, and dren out the havdala bein kodesh lechol, afford to go to hotels, should we use the enjoying every minute as he draws clos- the boundaries between the holy and the Yom Tov as an opportunity to indulge er to the Ribbono Shel Olam; he feels he secular? Let me mention just a few some- “the rest of our senses”? Where is the is in a fragrant orchard. The other is look- what unusual examples to highlight the focus on vehigadeta levincha, passing on ing at his watch impatiently, thinking, almost unconscious blurring of the our traditions and memories to the chil- “So when do we finish already?” This is our litmus test. When do we look at our watches in the beis midrash? When do we feel that time is dragging on interminably? Is it when we are wait- ing for a chavrusa to arrive or for the shiur t is our responsibility to pray for our to begin? Or is it when we have had enough and cannot wait to escape? I Some people may become impatient children constantly, and any parent who and look at their watches simply because they do not have the ability to concentrate so hard for such a long peri- does not do so is irresponsible. od of time. They go strong for perhaps half an hour, and then they get tired and restless. I am not talking about these peo- ple. Everyone has to find a subject they enjoy, a chavrusa they like and a shiur they find stimulating. That takes some boundaries. dren? Where is the focus on family time? doing, but the effort is eventually Recently I saw a child with a balloon Where is the focus on the purity and holi- rewarded.
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