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Even a superpower monarch like Achashverosh couldn’t spread messages faster than the horsepower… of actual horses. And if something in the message needed clarification, too bad. You had to figure it out as well as you could and hope for the best.
Even as close friends grappled with the temptation [to smoke], I was untroubled, having been immunized by this great teacher of our generation who doubled as a surrogate grandfather for the children of his students.
I doubted myself: Was I the crazy one? Why am I alone in a wilderness of torment while everyone else laughs all the way to the bank?
Can everyone please take a deep breath and absorb the staggering fact that the current administration has put much of practical Israel policy in OUR hands? That is, Shomer Shabbos hands. And we are making peace treaties?! This is a moment of exhilarating pride and redemption for every Orthodox Jew, every Ben Torah.
Perhaps I idealized Agudas Yisroel too much and as such have consistently been let down by reality.
Rabbi Avigdor Miller paskened that it was not enough to vote; every ben Torah had to wear a Reagan button.


