The Vilna Gaon on Shir Hashirim 1:3 explains.
See the exact page on HebrewBooks, here:
By the way, this slightly relates to Sefer Hamiddos (Breslov, Mamon 1:11) who says the power of non-Jews to loot us comes from their study of our Scripture.
Here is the list of articles our readers enjoyed most recently. Since I have not listed our popular posts for a few months, this list is longer than usual.
Note: I don’t mention which authors’ pages are frequented most.
“He who has mercy on the cruel will ultimately be cruel to the merciful”
אשרי הדור שהגדולים נשמעים לקטנים
ספר ‘מענה לאגרות’ נגד שו”ת אגרות משה
Rabbi Shach’s False Bitachon and Poor Leadership
Rabbi Elyashiv’s Mesirah: It Didn’t Even Pay
Against Da’as Torah – Jewish Clericalism
Mendacious Messianic Modalities
There is Something Fishy About the State
ויגזל את החנית מיד המצרי ויהרגהו בחניתו.
ראו את דף הפייסבוק של ארגון “בצלמו”…
And why aren’t there any latter-day Ford Model Ts?
Read all about it at Eric Peters Autos, here.
What is Washington Monument syndrome?
You won’t get the real answer on Wikipedia. Try this:
The “Washington Monument Syndrome” refers to the tactic used by politicians and bureucrats to extort tax increases from the public. Whenever they are threatened with a tiny slowdown in the growth rate of government spending, borrowing, or taxation, the first thing they do is threaten to cancel whatever will inconvenience the public the most — school buses, ambulance services, garbage collection, police, etc.
In Seattle recently (actually, Oregon but reported by CBS Seattle) a woman who was about to be raped (or worse) called 911 and was told by the dispatcher that the cops were not available to help her because of “budget cuts.” Dial 911 and die. As Ron Paul once said, you are safe in your home not because the cops are driving around in circles in your town, but because of the Second Amendment.
From Lewrockwell.com, here.