9

Letters to the Editor

Community

15

Who Will Support the State of Israel?

Heshey Zelcer

Talmud Torah

29

Further Reflections on Classification of Mishneh Torah: Real Answers to Real Problems

Lawrence Kaplan

71

Pikuach Nefesh for a Ger Toshav

Asher Benzion Buchman

History of Halakhah

91

The Intersection of Halakhah and Science in Medical Ethics: The Approach of Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg

Alan Jotkowitz

117

A Controversy in the Amsterdam Community in 1650: Can a Ger Tzedek be Appointed Parnass?

Jeremy I. Pfeffer

145

Beyond the Written Word: Some Aspects of Originality in the Responsa of R. Simeon Duran

Samuel Morell

Jewish Law

185

Mourning the Ḥurban in a Rebuilt Jerusalem: Qeria, a Case Study
Shimshon HaKohen Nadel

195

Acknowledging a Miracle with a Berachah: Can It Be Done in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem?

Ari Z. Zivotofsky

207

The Silk Screen Sefer Torah
Yisrael Kleinhendler

Torah and Science

225

A Statistical Analysis of the Conjunction of Tishrei: The Sin of ADU

Sheldon Epstein, Yonah Wilamowsky, Bernard Dickman, Mayer Weiss

Minhag

237

“Our Own Joy is Lessened and Incomplete”: The History of an Interpretation of Sixteen Drops of Wine at the Seder
Zvi Ron

Jewish Thought

257

Divine Providence and Natural Forces: Conflict or Harmony?
Micah Segelman

הלכה

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לדרכו של השופט המנוח פרופ' מנחם אלון בהעצמת המשפט העברי: יחסי הורים וילדים כמשל

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השקפה

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רדיקאליות פילוסופית בעולם הישיבות: הרב יצחק הוטנר על השואה

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