<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV>
<DIV>Much discussion has been had here re :</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bris
Avos and Bris Sinai</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>WADR, RYBS never suggested that Bris Avos was more important a
consideration than Bris Sinai, but rather a factor that was a very important
bulwark against assimiliation in the post Holocaust Jewish world. In fact,
in Chamesh Drashos and elsewhere, RYBS emphasized that we should never come to
the mistaken conclusion that Medinas Yisrael is a more important value than
Elokei Yisrael. In another shiur on the Aseres HaDibros, RYBS emphasized in the
aftermath and as a critique of the resolution of the Langer case by R Goren ZTL
and the role of Mizrachi in Israeli politics at the time , that Melech Elyon is
always superior to Melech Evyon and that Knesset Yisrael should never view
Medinas Yisrael as taking precedence over Elokei Yisrael. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Steve Brizel</DIV>
<DIV>Zeliglaw@aol.com</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>