המעין
English Contents
HAMA`YAN 247
Table of Contents:
Admonishments and Blessings / Editor’s Remark 4
The Standing Prayer [amida] for Weekdays According to the
Italian Rite / Rav Aharon Gabbai 5
Appealing to Angels in the Penitential Poems [selichot] – Halakha
and Custom, Belief and Emotion / Rav Netanel Arye 24
Commemoration of Sounding [zikhron teru`a] / Avraham Fraenkel 38
‘The Wood of the Sukkah is Prohibited All Seven’ /
Rav Yehuda Zoldan 53
Comments on the Directive to Assemble [hakhel] According to the
Approaches of Rav Saadia Gaon and Maimonides /
Prof. Avraham Feintuch 67
The Sphere Revolves and the Constellations are Fixed or The
Sphere is Fixed and the Constellations Revolve – The
Debate of the Sages of Israel and the Nations of the
World and the Manuscript Text of Rashi / Rav Yaakov Laufer 74
Synonyms of Joy / Rav Yehuda Linchner 97
“Like a Girls’ Ball”: On the Importance of Cooperation Between
Authors and Editors / Rav Amichai Kinarti 105
Fifty Years Since the Yom Kippur War
Chavurata Kadishta – Members of Yeshivot Hesder in the Yom
Kippur War / Rav Haim Sabato 109
Thanksgiving for the Yom Kippur War – Personal Story and
Halakhic Clarification / Rav Zeev Weitman 113
An Evening of Thanks for Deliverance in the Yom Kippur War /
Rav Prof. Yoel Elitzur 126
Rav Yitzchak Hutner Z.T.L. and the Yom Kippur War /
Rav Uriel Banner 130
Reminiscences and Halakhic Clarifications Around the Yom
Kippur War / Rav (Lt. Col. Res.) Yehoshua ben-Meir 136
Halakhic Discussions from the Time of the Yom Kippur War /
Rav Dr. (Lt. Col. Res.) Mordechai Halperin 167
Identifying Fallen Soldiers in the IDF / Col. (Res.) Shimon
Perchik (‘Shefer’) 187
Is a Fallen Soldier Who Became Concealed in the Ground by a
Sandstorm Considered ‘Buried’ for All Rules of Mourning /
Rav Yaakov Ruza 224
The Time of the Onset of Mourning for Fallen Soldiers Who Were
Not Yet Interred / Rav Yoel Amital 238
Using Synagogues for Security Needs / Dr. Moshe Ehrenwald 245
Avenging Blood in Our Time / Rav Dr. Itamar Warhaftig 259
Deferment from the Ranks of the Military – Permission or
Obligation? / Rav Aryeh Katz 269
‘Judges and Officers’ – Matters of Judgement and Enforcement /
Rav Shlomo Daichovsky 276
Principles of the Modern Regime – Reality and Halakha /
Rav Yitzchak Sheilat 284
Responses and Comments
A. Letter of Rav Abraham Isaac haCohen Kook to the Memorial of Aaron Aaronsohn – Additions from His Holy Hand; B. In the Matter of Using Willow Branches from Trees Growing in Jerusalem / Dr. Yehoram Leshem; Considerations for Leniency in Ruling for a Traditional Community / Rav Shaul Bar-Ilan, Response: Rav Asher Sebbag; Is it Possible to Depend upon Artificial Vision in Evaluating Appearances [of Blood] / Rav Eitan Kupietzky; Who is the Great Person That Rav Abraham Isaac haCohen Kook Z.T.L. Admired, and Who is the Student Whom He Endorsed? / Rav Dr. Ari Shvat; The Explanation of the Verse, “My Heart Said Unto Thee…” According to Maimonides’ Responsum / Rav Avraham Menachem Horowitz 296
Received by the Editorial Board / Rav Yoel Catane 306