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Moshe and his wife Tzipporah, the daughter of Yisro, had two sons. The names of the children tell the story of his wandering before he returned to Egypt as Hashem s messenger to redeem the Jewish people (Shemos 18:3-4). The name of the first was Gershom, because he said, I was a stranger in a strange land. The name of the other was Eliezer, because the Lord of my father helped me and rescued me from Pharaoh s sword. The origin of Eliezer s name is given directly, because the Lord of my father helped me and rescued me from Pharaoh s sword. But the origin of Gershom s name - because he said, I was a stranger in a strange land - features the seemingly extraneous words he said. Why couldn t the Torah have simply stated because I was a stranger in a strange land ? ....
A Dangerous Attitude (Inbox / Issue 725) “Mother of a Hurt Son” responded to a recent Words Unspoken column, “Dear Bochur,” that a woman wrote when the boy her daughter was dating ended their relationship after learning that she had gone to therapy and was taking medication to deal with mild depression. Mother of a Hurt Son professed the need for her son to start a relationship with a “clean slate” and lamented the end of a “relationship that should never have started in the first place.” It is true that there are some gray areas between legitimate disqualifications and concerns that may be overlooked. However, it seems that the letter writer either missed the point of the original piece or is staking out a position in strong opposition to it. ....
Why the Agudah took Cuomo to court: The story behind the scenes Photos: Itzik Roytman, Mishpacha archives Amid all the personal tragedy and economic hardship the coronavirus pandemic has wrought, it has been difficult to discern points of light and hope in the communal darkness. But they’re there: The emergence with unprecedented speed of several effective vaccines was one such ray of light. And another light has recently shone forth, this time not from laboratories but from the highest courts in the land, lifting the spirits of frum Jews throughout America. Two legal rulings first by the United States Supreme Court and a month later, by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the New York region’s top federal court resoundingly affirmed the rights of Americans of faith to practice their religions free of severe, ostensibly health-related restrictions targeting them, even amid the pandemic. ....