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“The idea that struck most profoundly was the recitation in that paragraph of the two names side by side…” PG. 4

It is not yet three months, though it seems like the tragedy that abbreviated the lives of Elisheva Kaplan and Yisroel Levin, a’h, is something that we have been living with for a very long time.

The event that ended their lives took place on the morning of April 4, chol ha’moed Pesach, and as the news became known, it rapidly devel-oped into one of those things that was seared into your psyche, and in all likelihood, you will always remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard about it.

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to sit for an hour or so with Elisheva’s parents, Leah and Joel Kaplan, and

To be truly wise, a person fi rst needs to know what he doesn’t know.

But that would probably make Facebook really boring!Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg, but we could all use a break from that

kind of behavior on social media. When every debate becomes an excuse to shame people who may disagree with you, Jews and ev-eryone else could really use a strong dose of rabbinic wisdom and patience instead.

But this week, we saw too many of those rabbis wade right into the debate over our government’s policy of

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ALL IN A NAMEOn Monday, I had the privi-

lege in shul to name a second grandchild for my mom, Sora

Rosa. This is the second grandchild born since her passing 15 months ago. Until just the other day, I thought this was mostly a private event, and while it was deeply meaningful, there real-ly wasn’t a compelling importance to share it in this space.

But as you can see, I’ve since changed my mind and there are now a few reasons why. But first, as long as I am free-associating, let me say that there are a number of things on my mind. Firstly, once again, baruch Hashem, summer is approaching. I

like that—after all, what is not to like about summer? It is arguably the best and greatest season of all. And it has been an especially long winter with the outdoor temperature seemingly stuck somewhere between the 40- and 50-degree range until fairly recently.

In addition to that, I am currently in the midst of redding a shidduch that I’m not free to expound on here—and I don’t know if I will ever be able to say any more about it—but it will have to be sufficient for now to say that it is very fascinating in the twists and turns it is presenting to a shidduch novice like myself. I’m not exactly sure where it is going, though I think

it will end in a positive way, and I do hope at some point over the summer to report on the experience, but only, of course, with the consent of the par-ticipants. If they do not agree, then dancing around the subject like I am doing now will have to satisfy the in-formation seekers out there.

Then there is the matter of my son and daughter-in-law who, as you may

recall, got married during the week that I was sitting shivah for my mother just about 15 months ago. I will always reflect upon those days with bemuse-ment, still unable to fully grasp the uniqueness and specialness of those conflicting emotions playing them-selves out almost simultaneously on a dance floor and a low-to-the-ground leather shivah chair on the same day.

So this past Shabbos afternoon, at about 5:00 p.m., this couple produced a baby girl who, on Monday, as I stat-ed above, was named for my mother. And no, it wasn’t a surprise, because as it turns out, of the four of us—my daughter-in-law’s parents, my wife, and me—I’m the only one without a mom. Tradition being what it is, it was pretty clear that this child was going

to carry my mother’s name, though it is our personal practice not to insert ourselves into these things and to al-low the young people to figure it out and do as they please.

Now, even though it was somewhat obvious how this was going to turn out, for me it was still an event laden with intense emotion that I cannot say I was expecting.

I was just explaining what was tak-ing place the other day to a friend and how the matter rushed me as I was standing at the bimah on Monday morning, having been given the op-portunity to formally name the child. The rabbi in the shul pointed to the rather simple paragraph I would re-cite that officially assigns a name to the newborn. My son, who was born in 1992, was named after my father, Nison, a’h. And now his child, his first, would carry my mother’s name, Sora Rosa. The idea that struck most profoundly was the recitation in that paragraph of the two names side by side; in this instance, it was Sora Rosa bas Nison. And all this was tak-ing place a day after what would have been their 74th wedding anniversary.

It was a beautiful sunny and already warm Monday morning here in New York. About an hour after we named the child in shul I received an unex-pected call from two of my cousins, Moshe and Kraindy, who were in Is-rael. They said that they were heading back to Jerusalem from up north, saw the sign to Bet Shemesh, and thought about stopping by to visit the kevarim of my parents high up on that moun-tain overlooking the impressive ter-rain of the Judean Hills.

Moshe said to me over the phone that he was going to tell my mother that there was a new child carrying her name. I said to him that I appre-ciated that, but I had a feeling that she already knew in whatever realm that information is communicated from here to there. His response was that it is our obligation to transfer the infor-mation in the conventional fashion, the way we do those types of things here in this world.

I heard what he had to say and I was intrigued by the idea. I felt particu-larly fortunate that they took it upon themselves to turn off the road and head for the cemetery in Bet Shemesh.

On the matter of the new baby’s name, let me explain one more thing. About a half-year ago, my daughter,

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They are a combination of the past and future.

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Malkie, gave birth to a baby girl who is named for my mom. At the time though, my son-in-law, Moshe, had a grandmother who had half of my mom’s name—Sora. So they named the baby Rosa (or Roza, depending on the pro-nunciation you prefer). The fact is that this was the name that my mom was known by through all her years—Rozy or, more formally, Rosalind. That was a great and satisfy-ing day as it came just a few months after my mother’s passing at the age of 95.

For a father and grand-father, the arrival of a new child, a representative of what will no doubt be a great and glorious future, the nam-ing of the child for a person who preceded us by perhaps as much as a century, is the connection or the creation of a circuit that links our per-sonal as well as national his-tory with the present and the future.

Our sages say that the nam-ing of a child contains within it elements of Divine inspi-ration as the assignation of a name is not just for the pur-poses of identity but some-thing that speaks volumes about the nature and char-acter of the person. Knowing my Mom the way I did—all my life—I can attest that these kids have a lot to live up to and aspire to. They are a combination of the past and future, of what was and what will be, and for the now five-day-old baby, Sora Rosa bas Nison, a full-circle route that only a grandparent can fully understand or appreciate. We wish mazal tov and overflow-ing nachas to all.

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WILL IT BECOME THE NEW NORM AT WEDDINGS?

Some weddings have bars. Some weddings have a Mitzvah Tantze.

And some weddings have Shid-duchim Rooms. At least the Genack/Wilheim wedding did.

Last Tuesday, at the Rye Town Hilton, a wedding took place with a twist. In the time period right after the chup-pah and before the fi rst dance, friends of the chassan and friends of the kallah were seat-ed in a separate room.

At a typical wedding, every-one is dressed their very best. It is grabbing hold of a fantastic opportunity to make shiddu-chim. It is also a way in which the parents of the chassan and kallah can fulfi ll over 100 mitz-vos. The mitzvah under discus-sion is v’ahavta l’rayacha ka-mocha—loving one’s neighbor like oneself.

From the manner in which inquiries are being made, it may soon become the new norm at Jewish weddings. The Genacks shared the exact details about how to go about doing this at one’s own future weddings.

How To Do ItHere is what they did. Sin-

gle friends of both the chassan and kallah and their parents were contacted and asked to submit their résumés. The parents then invited the chas-san’s friends and the kallah’s friends to a side room. They then packed the rooms with circulating shadchanim and in-structed them as to what to do. They had received the résumés in advance. It was all done in a very tzniyus manner.

The prospective shidduchim got to meet each other then and there. The Rye Town Hilton has numerous lobbies, walkways, and other venues to make for a perfect venue for the couples to meet and talk. The shadchanim worked hard; they worked both sides of the mechitzah.

And they were successful beyond anyone’s imagination. Numerous couples met. Some spoke for 30 minutes. Some spoke for an hour. A number of dates were set up that very night.

One of the caterers at Beth Shalom of Lawrence, Chateau De Glatt, got a phone call: “Can this be done at Beth Shalom as well?” The caterer responded that it could, as Beth Shalom has an extra room that can ac-commodate 90 more people.

At the outset, some of the rabbanim were very concerned.

Will this turn the wedding into a disastrous breach of tzniyus? The kallah’s father assured the rabbanim that the shadchanim, who were bnei Torah, would make sure that things went well. Most of the rabbanim who heard of it were for it. One or two, however, still had some hesitations.

The Talmudic Proof From Rav Masna’s Reason For Tu B'Av

What follows is an analysis of the Gemara in Bava Basra (121a and b) proving that the

idea behind this innovative move in shidduchim is a true davar sheb’kdushah.

Tu B’Av is a special day in the Jewish calendar. Traditionally, Tu B’Av was a day when single young ladies would wear spe-cial gowns of white. They did so in order to woo a groom. The white indicated that they were free from sin. The young men and young women gathered separately in one venue in or-der to meet.

The Braisah in Taanis (31a) states that the custom was


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for everyone to borrow white clothing from others so that the poorer girls who lacked the fi nancial means to clothe themselves properly would not be em-barrassed that they did not have some-thing to wear. Indeed, even the king’s daughter and the Kohein Gadol’s daugh-ter exchanged clothing.

The Six ReasonsFor Tu B'Av

So now we know what occurred on this day. But why was Tu B’Av estab-lished initially? The Gemara provides a number of diff erent reasons:

Rav Yehuda in the name of Shmuel: A law existed while we were in the des-ert on account of the Bnos Tzlafchad. This law banned the tribes from mar-rying one another where it would cause changes in an inheritance. This law was rescinded in the 40th year on the 15th of Av. The joy inherent in rescinding this law caused the day to become very spe-cial and joyous.

Rabba Bar Bar Chana in the name of Rav Yochanan: The Tribe of Binyomin was allowed to remarry into K'lal Yisrael after the incident of Pilegesh B’Givah (see Shoftim 19-21). This oc-curred on the 15th and signified once

again the unity of Israel.Rav Dimi Bar Yosef in the name of

Rav Nachman: The people in the desert stopped dying on this day.

Ullah: It was the day that Hoshea Ben Ellah undid the orchards that Yeravam placed to block passage of those who wished to visit the Beis HaMikdash. Yer-avam had blocked them because he was concerned that seeing the real kings of Israel would undermine his legitimacy. Undoing the blockage contributed to Jewish unity.

Rav Masna: It was the day that the Romans allowed the victims of Beitar to be buried, and it was revealed that their bodies had miraculously shown no de-composure. It is upon this answer that we will focus.

It was the day that the cutting of the wood for the main altar in the Beis Ha-Mikdash was fi nished because sunset was now earlier and the woods could no longer dry, so we celebrated the fact that this day now allowed them to learn.

Serious Historical Problem

There is a serious historical question, however, with reason number fi ve, pro-posed by Rav Masna.

The sources quoted in the Gemara in-dicate that Tu B’Av was observed during the time of the Beis HaMikdash. This is

borne out from the Braisah having men-tioned above that the king’s daughter and the Kohein Gadol’s daughter also partook in the exchange of clothing.

Beitar, however, was later! Beitar only fell after the Roman Emperor Hadrian came to power! This was many years af-ter the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed. Hadrian was emperor from 117 CE to 138 CE. The Beis HaMikdash was destroyed in 70 CE. There was no Kohein Gadol during the time of Beitar! The Braisah tells us that the daughter of the Kohein Gadol also observed Tu B’Av. How could

Rav Masna explain the reason for its es-tablishment after it was observed?

One possible answer may be that each of these opinions listed subscribes to a multiplicity of reasons why Tu B’Av was actually observed. Perhaps they actual-ly do not argue with each other, and all these reasons existed. Indeed, this is what the Rashbam on 121a (“Yom She-hutar”) seems to imply.

Another possible response to this problem is found in the Gvuras Ari (Ta-anis 31a). He seems to disagree with the aforementioned Rashbam and writes

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that the Braisah in Taanis only actually refers to Yom Kippur and not to Tu B'Av. [See statement of Rabbi Shimon Ben Gamliel in the Mishnah in Taanis (26b): Israel never had grander days than Yom Kippur and Tu B’Av.]

There are diffi culties, however, with both answers. Rav Masna seems to say that the reason it was established was because of his reason. While he may agree that the other things happened on that day, that was not the reason it was established, in his view. The Rashbam’s answer would thus require some further understanding.

The Gvuras Ari’s response is diffi cult to say, as well, because the intent of the Braisah in Taanis seems to be applying the idea to Tu B’Av as well. While one could say that it is lav davka, that it does not mean what the words imply, this is diffi cult to propose. There is no symme-try that is generally associated with an answer of lav davka.

Diff erent Answer That Supports Our Rye Town Wedding Idea

Perhaps a diff erent answer might be that the joy of Tu B’Av was initiated in two separate stages. Stage one was prior to the destruction of Beitar. Tu B’Av was instituted during the time of the Beis HaMikdash as a special day of chesed for shidduchim. It did not have a partic-ularly joyous signifi cance; rather, it was a propitious time to get people married. This “Shidduch Day” was replete with

chessed. But its primary purpose was not to commemorate any of the other inci-dents.

Much later, it also happened to be that on this day the fallen of Beitar were al-lowed to be buried.

Coincidence? No, not at all. There is no coincidence from the Torah’s per-spective. According to Rav Masna, the rabbis reevaluated the days mentioned in Megilas Taanis and knew that some-thing extraordinary happened here.

The special chesed of that day allowed for and enabled another chesed—that the fallen of Beitar could be buried, and, to the delight of their brethren, their bod-ies did not decompose. A recognition of this chessed caused a renewal in the 15th of Av. It would be fi lled with renewed purpose. This was stage two of Tu B’Av.

The point is that, in our analysis, ac-cording to Rav Masna there was a spe-cial day of shidduchim where young women and men were to meet for the sole purpose of making shidduchim. It happened in an en masse manner, just as at our Rye Town Hilton wedding.

ConclusionThe idea of having a special room

for singles, with a mechitzah and shad-chanim working the room, is an excel-lent idea. Aside from the possible shid-duchim that could come out of it, the parents have fulfi lled over 100 mitzvos assei d’oraisah.

Kudos to the kallah’s mother for mak-ing it happen.

The author can be reached at Yairhoff [email protected].

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talk about what happened and how they are dealing with this life-altering matter at this point in time. Over the past few weeks, I have also been in touch with Shaya Levin to discuss the aftermath in his life and how he and his family are managing to pick up the pieces and deal with the reality of what has occurred.

First, it needs to be stated that re-gardless of the passage of time, and, as many commented in the immediate af-termath of the tragedy, there are really no words that can be strung together in any fashion that can capture the enor-mity of what occurred and the impact it will always have on these families and so many others as well.

As many of the readers know, the story of Elisheva and Yisroel, a’h, is a modern-day yeshivish love story. Let me digress and say for a moment here that those are my words, not any of the family members’, though I feel that after speaking with Leah and Joel there is no need to circumvent that reality.

Leah said it, and I heard it before, that Yisroel told Rabbi Yaakov Bender of Ye-shiva Darchei Torah that he was going to marry Elisheva; he said that almost three years ago. At the time that they passed away in a horrifi c motor-vehicle accident, Elisheva and Yisroel, though they knew each other for years (but did not date), were engaged for 10 days.

Now in memory of Elisheva, the Ka-plan family along with their friends and neighbors and the many friends of their

daughter have launched “Simchas El-isheva” in her memory. The idea, Joel says, is to assist young brides by helping to defray some of the expenses that are associated with getting engaged, being a kallah, and getting married.

“We believe two things,” says Joel Ka-plan. “Elisheva and Yisroel are in a bet-ter place, and they are together.” Sitting opposite the Kaplans, I see that Leah manages to maintain her composure while Joel, when he speaks about what they have endured, is more prone to tears, stopping himself halfway through talking about an idea that would be too much for any parent to handle.

“It has strengthened our emunah and bitachon,” says Leah Kaplan. “We feel that we are sending Elisheva and Yis-roel packages to a diff erent realm by the good that we are able to do for others down here in our everyday, mundane world.”

For Shaya Levin and his family, the project in memory of their son and his kallah is through a program called “10K Batay Yisroel.” The object here is the facilitation of 10,000 shidduchim at a time when there is a mounting crisis of sorts in our community with a back-log of young men and women in some-what of a struggle to fi nd their intended match.

The interesting part of the Elisheva and Yisroel story is that their relation-ship transcended the shidduch crisis, as the fact that they seemed intended for one another was clear when they were still teenagers.

Leah and Joel say that despite the tragedy that has occurred in their lives,

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they feel that the way it all unfolded on the fateful morning of chol ha’moed Pe-sach was wrought with care and chesed from above. “Listen, we could have easily received a call from the police saying that our daughter had died in an accident and asking us to come down to identify the body,” Joel says. He ex-plains how those around him, and es-pecially Baruch Ber Bender of Achiezer, made a painstaking eff ort to shield the Kaplans from some of the more sensi-tive and diffi cult aspects of what had occurred.

As that fateful morning unfolded, neither Joel nor Leah suspected any-thing untoward. Joel was in shul earli-er in the morning and heard about a car accident on Route 878 but did not think much of it. When he arrived home he checked Elisheva’s room and saw that her bed was not slept in, or perhaps it had been and she made it up neatly be-fore going to work. But then Joel could not reach her on her cellphone and he also received a call asking if he knew where Yisroel was.

Joel and Leah decided that it might be best to take a ride along the route that the couple was supposed to be traveling the night before—the trip from Monsey back to Far Rockaway where Yisroel would have dropped El-isheva off before going home to Flat-bush. “We thought that maybe they got stuck in a ditch on the side or some-thing like that,” Joel explains.

By that time the young Rabbi Bend-er of Achiezer was working with offi -cials to identify the occupants of the car that was hit head on by one of two cars drag-racing in the opposite direc-tion. “When Baruch Ber told me over the phone that a police offi cial needed about an hour to get him information that could identify the vehicle,” Joel says, “I knew that something was ter-ribly wrong because that kind of in-formation can be retrieved almost in-stantly these days.”

When they arrived back in Far Rock-away at about 2:30 p.m., their rav, Rab-bi Moshe Brown of the Agudas Yisroel

of West Lawrence, his wife, and their son, Zev, who is a psychologist, were there waiting for them. That’s when it hit them and they realized what had occurred.

Both Joel and Leah cannot heap enough praise on the role Achiezer played throughout this most trying time for the families involved. “During the shivah, we were visited by a num-ber of elected offi cials and all of them asked the same question—is there any-

thing we can do for you?” Joel says. He adds that his response was always the same—that is, to make sure Achiezer is properly funded so that Achiezer can help others the way they helped his family during those stressful times.

And then there is the matter of deal-ing with the prosecution of the two peo-ple who were drag-racing on Route 878 that night under the infl uence of drugs and alcohol. The perpetrator’s car was traveling in the opposite direction of the car in which Miss Kaplan and Mr. Levin were riding. The car that made direct impact on the Levin auto was a BMW traveling at a speed of close to 100 MPH when it made impact.

The two, Zakiyyah Steward, 25, and Rahmel Watkins, 21, have been indict-ed with charges of manslaughter. Con-sidering their prior criminal records, a conviction could result in sentences of as much as 25 years behind bars.

I asked Leah and Joel whether this pursuit of justice by the authorities is a source of comfort or assuages their emotional pain in any way. They are both silent for a moment and then Joel says that this level of involvement is just something that needs to be done.

“The DA wants to prosecute them; it is certainly the right thing to do and it re-quires our involvement,” he says.

What that means, he says, is that if and when they choose to go to tri-al, they and perhaps other members of their family will have to attend the trial. They are willing to do so as it is a matter of making certain that the two perpetrators do not infl ict this kind of damage or pain on anyone else in the future.

As many here in the Five Towns know, Joel is the chazzan at Congrega-tion Beth Sholom in Lawrence. As he was dealing with this crisis over yom tov, and considering that the shivah for his daughter would not begin until af-ter the holiday, he did not lead the ser-vices in the shul over the second days of the chag. Eventually, he did resume leading the services in the shul, but

there are aspects of the liturgy that he still fi nds challenging. He refers spe-cifi cally to the part of the prayer on the blessing of the new month that refers to “chaim aruchim,” the blessing for long life.

The Kaplan and Levin families are dealing with the loss of children un-der extremely unique circumstances. Their neighbors and friends and even strangers they may encounter are sup-portive, and that means a great deal to them.

At a gathering at Beth Sholom to mark the shloshim for Elisheva and Yisroel, Joel spoke with deep emotion, from the heart. At that time he said that each day when he awakens he feels like there is a heavy weight lying on his chest and he just desperately wants that feeling to go away.

Now almost three months down the line, I ask Joel if that feeling that he de-scribed as a stone or weight, a crushing feeling that is bearing down on him, has dissipated or been lifted. “No, it hasn’t, not yet,” he says.

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STEWARD AND WATKINS INDICTED FOR APRIL CRASH THAT KILLED ENGAGED COUPLEN assau County District At-

torney Madeline Singas an-nounced that two people

have been arraigned on grand jury indictment charges for the fatal In-wood crash that killed a 21-year-old man and his 20-year-old fiancé in April.

Zakiyyah Steward, 25, Brooklyn was arraigned today before Judge Francis Ricigliano on charges of:

• Three counts of Aggravated ve-hicular homicide (a B felony)

• Two counts of Manslaughter in the Second Degree (a C felony)

• Four counts of Assault in the Sec-ond Degree (a D felony)

• Vehicular Manslaughter in the

first degree (a C felony)• Two counts of Vehicular man-

slaughter in the second degree (a D felony)

• Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree (an A misdemeanor)

• Reckless Driving (an unclassified misdemeanor)

• Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (an unclassified misdemeanor)

• Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs (an un-classified misdemeanor)

• Driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs (an un-classified misdemeanor)

Rahmel Watkins, 35, of Brooklyn was arraigned today before Judge Francis Ricigliano on charges of:

• Two counts of Manslaughter in the Second Degree (a C felony)

• Four counts of Assault in the Sec-ond Degree (a D felony)

• Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree (an A misdemeanor)

• Reckless Driving (an unclassified misdemeanor)

Bail was set at $1 million bond or $500,000 cash for Watkins and $500,000 bond or $250,000 cash for Steward. The defendants are due back in court on July 18. If convicted of the top counts, Steward faces eight and a third to 25 years in prison and Wat-kins faces five to 15 years in prison.

“This indictment alleges that Yis-roel and Elisheva’s lives were stolen, just as their lives were about to begin as a married couple, by the defen-dants who recklessly drove too fast in bad weather and while one of them was intoxicated,” DA Singas said. “Nassau County will not tolerate this kind of unconscionable disregard for life. My heart goes out to the Levin and Kaplan families.”

DA Singas said that on April 4, 2018, at approximately 1:40 a.m., de-fendants Rahmel Watkins and Zaki-yyah Steward were allegedly part of a group of cars traveling in the north-bound lanes of the Nassau Express-way in Inwood from Far Rockaway to a Queens casino. Defendant Watkins was allegedly operating a 2010 BMW 550 GT recklessly and at a high rate of speed when his vehicle crossed over the double yellow lines and struck a 2017 Nissan Altima head-on being driven by 21-year-old, Yisroel Levin, with his 20-year-old fiancé, Elisheva Kaplan, in the passenger seat. They were returning home from a Passover gathering and were to be married this month.

The Altima burst into flames, was pushed backward and continued to burn, killing Mr. Levin and Ms. Ka-plan. Watkins then struck a silver In-finiti being driven by James Hamil-ton, fracturing his spine and causing injuries to his ankle and knee.

At the same time, Defendant Stew-ard was allegedly driving a 2016 Hyundai Genesis next to Watkins while allegedly driving at a high rate of speed, while intoxicated and im-paired by marijuana. Steward’s ve-hicle also struck Mr. Levin’s Altima. The defendants suffered minor inju-ries in the crash.

Deputy Chief Michael Bushwack and Senior Assistant District Attor-ney Diana Hedayati of DA Singas’ Ve-hicular Crimes Bureau are prosecut-ing this case. Watkins is represented by Dennis O’Brien, Esq. and Steward is represented by the Legal Aid Soci-ety.

The charges are merely accusa-tions and the defendants are pre-sumed innocent until and unless found guilty.

To the residents of the Village of Lawrence:I am moved and deeply grateful

by the confidence that you have expressed in my leadership

with the resounding victory we scored on Tuesday.

I congratulate trustees Michael Fragin, Uri Kaufman, and Syma Diamond

on hard-fought campaigns.

I look forward to continue serving with them for the betterment of life in our pristine village.

Rahmel Watkins Zakiyyah Steward

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separating illegal immigrant chil-dren from the adults who bring them to the U.S. border illegally. In so do-ing, they became outspoken about an issue probably none of them truly understands.

For rabbis from the less tradition-al Jewish movements, who long ago became much more about liberal pol-itics than Torah, this is nothing new. But now we’re seeing more Orthodox rabbis suddenly jumping into the po-litical and culture wars. Many saw fit to denounce President Donald Trump and this immigration policy, and quoted the Torah and Talmud to make their cases.

I’m not a rabbi and I don’t play one on TV or in editorial columns. So it’s not ever going to be my intention to name any of the offenders or impugn any rabbi’s Judaic knowledge.

Here’s the problem: I am lucky enough to know many rabbinic scholars. I’m also lucky enough to

know many people who are experts about immigration and the situation at our southern border. The problem is, not one of those rabbis was also one of those immigration experts and not one of those immigration ex-perts was also a rabbi.

It’s time for those rabbis speaking out so loudly to consider a few things before they choose to browbeat this government. They can do that by an-swering the following questions:

Have you ever visited a border town in Texas, Arizona, or Califor-nia?

Did you know a large amount of the adults who bring children to the bor-der aren’t their parents, but are hu-man traffickers?

Are your children attending a pub-lic school that is now mostly attend-ed by the children of illegal immi-grants?

Has crime increased in your neigh-borhood because of sanctuary city policies?

Is your job endangered by cheaper illegal immigrant labor?

Do you know anyone who has been adversely affected by illegal immi-gration?

Have you studied the effects of illegal immigration for years and stayed on top of the news on this top-ic for at least 10 years?

If you answered “no” to more than two of the above questions, you re-ally should leave the moralizing and shaming to someone else.

Also, our Torah, Talmud, and oth-er sacred texts are not to be brought down to the base level of the political issues of the day. Yes, Jewish texts should often inform our political theory. But that is an overall belief system, not a cheat sheet for decid-ing whom to vote for in presidential races or what side to join.

Thankfully, we do have many rab-bis who dedicate their lives to show-ing how relevant our teachings are when it comes to any issue at any time. But they do so by carefully studying the texts and those issues for years. That includes the precious handful of rabbis with medical de-

grees who offer learned decisions on questions of life and death. But these rabbis and other Jewish scholars with great secular knowledge don’t tend to go on Facebook or CNN to take cheap shots.

Those who ignore this need for true expertise and a separation of Jewish teaching from partisanship make a terrible mistake that damag-es them personally and the commu-nity as a whole. Rabbis and Jewish scholars appear to be joining a par-tisan side when taking a public posi-tion on any current issue. From that point on, those rabbis and scholars risk losing their status as “above-the-fray” religious leaders, and every decision and comment they make going forward is eyed with po-litical suspicion.

Does that mean we can’t speak out about political issues? Of course not. It’s even fine to do so while public-ly identifying yourself as a Jew. But the key is to avoid using the Torah and Talmud and other key texts as a weapon or “proofs” in that public debate.

Still confused?Here are some other rudimentary

“dos and don’ts” to follow:1) Candidate endorsements both

from the pulpit and anywhere in public are an obvious no-no.

2) Feel free to weigh in on any is-sue, but go easy on the Talmudic and Torah quotes to back your argument. If you find yourself parroting the rhetoric of a political party platform or the dominant news media tropes, tear everything up and start over.

3) When it comes to advocating for Israel or Jewish communities throughout the world, engagement with political leaders is essential. But when praising or attacking a politician or party, keep it to their records on those Jewish and Israeli issues.

American history is riddled with examples of rabbis who got too close to a politician or political party, only to see that relationship back-fire. Reform Jewish leader Rabbi Stephen Wise was famously misled into believing President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a stalwart friend of the Jews during the Holocaust. Several rabbis were similarly taken in by Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Obama, all of whom either turned out to have a personal animus for the Jewish community or betrayed America’s relationship with Israel at one time or another. The list goes on.

It’s time for us to say a special kind of Havdallah. We need to separate the chol of our base political pas-sions from the kodesh of our higher calling as Jews. When more of our rabbis make this commitment, it will become easier for the rest of us.

Jake Novak has been a TV news producer and editorial columnist for more than 25 years, with expertise in political, economic, religious, and cultural issues. He has produced shows at CNBC, CNN, FOX, and several local stations across the country. Novak is a graduate of the Yeshivah of Flatbush, has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, and a master’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Follow him on Twitter @jakejakeny and watch out for future columns on 5TJT.com.

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9 Tammuz

Friday, June 22

Daf yomi: Zevachim 70

Zmanim:*

Earliest tallis/tefi llin: 4:22 am

Sunrise: 5:25 am

Latest Shema:

M. Av. 8:16 am

Gr’a 9:10 am

P’lag ha’minchah: 6:55 pm

Candle Lighting 8:11 pm

10 Tammuz – Shabbos

Saturday, June 23

Parashas Chukas

Shabbos ends:**

9:26 pm

72 min. 9:47 pm

16 Tammuz

Friday, June 29

Daf yomi: Zevachim 77

Zmanim:*

Earliest tallis/tefi llin: 4:25 am

Sunrise: 5:27 am

Latest Shema:

M. Av. 8:18 am

Gr’a 9:12 am

P’lag ha’minchah: 6:55 pm

Candle Lighting 8:11 pm

17 Tammuz – Shabbos

Saturday, June 30

Parashas Balak

Shabbos ends:**

9:25 pm

72 min. 9:47 pm

18 Tammuz

Sunday, July 1

Fast of the 17th of Tammuz observed

*Zmanim are based on Cedarhurst – 11516

** Five minutes added for Tosefes Shabbos

There is a custom practiced by some to fast

on erev Shabbos Parashas Chukas. In the year

1242, on erev Parashas Chukas, 20 wagonloads

fi lled with Gemaros and Talmudic literature were

burned in Paris by agents of the Church and King

Louis IX. The impact and signifi cance of this loss

was tremendous. Keep in mind that this occurred

over 200 years before the printing press was

invented, and each of these volumes was a

priceless, handwritten manuscript. The great

rabbis at the time, at a loss to fathom the extent

of the tragedy, inquired of Heaven by means of a

dream (known as a she’eilas chalom) to discover

whether this terrible event had been so decreed

by Hashem. The Heavenly reply was a succinct

three words: “Da Gezeiras Oraysa.” This is the

Aramaic translation (see Targum Onkelus) of the

opening verses of Parashas Chukas, “Zos Chukas

HaTorah—These are the decrees of the Torah”

(Bamidbar 19:2). As opposed to every other

fast on the Jewish calendar, instead of having a

specifi c calendar date established as a fast day,

this one was set annually on the erev Shabbos

preceding Parashas Chukas.

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I Won’t Stand For ThisDear Editor,With all due respect for my good

friend Avi Goldstein, and I totally re-spect Avi, his uncompromising view of Israel’s most staunch supporters’ actions at the U.S. Embassy’s opening ceremonies in Jerusalem are misguided (“Letters To The Editor,” June 1).

Israel has far too few friends in the world—and even fewer without the clout of American Evangelicals. Getting in the face of Pastor Jeff ress or refusing to stand when requested to by Pastor Hagee at the ceremony would be a di-saster. Any student of Navi remembers the consequences when Yoshiyahu er-roneously believed the people of Israel to be suffi ciently righteous as to prevent Pharaoh Necho from marching through the land. True, Yoshiyahu did not heed Yirmiyahu, who told him the people

were not quite as righteous as Yoshiya-hu believed—but we really don’t need a navi to tell us that today, do we?

In short, it’s very beautiful to trust in Hashem, but history has shown the Jewish people that, to slightly change Mayor Koch’s standard rejoinder, one must be frum with seichel.

Justin Cohen

Chillul HashemDear Editor,This letter is in reference to your edi-

torial regarding the chillul Hashem that the Satmar chassidim caused a couple weeks ago (“Heard In The Bagel Store: Not A Smart Move,” June 8). This group is known to have caused a chillul Hash-em on several occasions.

Many years ago, the views of the Sat-mar Rebbe, zt’l, and the Munkatcher Rebbe, zt’l, planted seeds regarding

Eretz Yisrael. As Pirkei Avos states, “Chachamim hizaharu b’divreichem.” Unfortunately, these seeds blossomed into an uncontrollable, wild, spreading weed. Everything that occurs to Klal Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael is orchestrat-ed and manipulated by the Ribbono shel Olam. Demonstrating against Eretz Yisrael and stating that its current exis-tence is contrary to the Torah is in eff ect denying Hashem. In addition to causing a chillul Hashem, the greatest desecra-tion in Yahadus, these individuals may also be giving up their respective por-tions in Olam Ha’ba.

I do have a question: Where are all the leaders who should be denouncing their actions and possibly doing more?

Charles Meisels

Satmar GatheringDear Editor,Your editorial (“Heard In The Bagel

Store: Not A Smart Move,” June 8) was an excellent news article that was not widely disseminated in the community. What Satmar chassidim and the anti-Is-rael protesters at the parade did is truly damaging to Jews.

But the Satmars and like-minded people don’t care what anybody else thinks, only what the leader says to do. That is very sad. Reb Yoel probably would not support this in today’s time.

All you have to do is visit a Holocaust museum and see what Jews went through in order to appreciate that we have Israel. Can you imagine if you told your grand-father in the concentration camps to just hold on a few years because soon there will be an Israeli army to protect you? They could not imagine something like that. Yet today, when we have a strong Israeli Jewish state, misguided individuals, including lib-eral U.S. Jews, want to take it down. Do they think they would really be better off if they were ruled by Arabs?

Let’s all work towards better mental health for the misguided among us.

Mendi Scharf(originally from Satmar, Romania) now Flatbush

Perpetuating Anti-Semitism

Dear Editor,I was extremely disturbed about your

publication of a rather detailed article in the June 8 edition (“Heard In The Bagel Store: Not A Smart Move”) regarding the Satmar gathering at the Nassau Coliseum. The Satmar views against the Israeli gov-ernment have been well-known for years. While we may disagree with their views, they have every right to express them in whatever means and forum they wish.

Your major focus for your being against their gathering is that it provides more sup-port for all the anti-Semites who already hate Israel. Thus, they can claim that even Jews hate Israel. I could argue whether mak-ing such a deduction is credible. However, even if this were true, your publicizing the gathering certainly adds to the problem. I’m willing to bet that many Jews did not know about this gathering. Among gentiles, they more certainly were unaware of this gather-ing. Your publishing the matter now makes this known to some of the very people who hate us. Your publication added more fuel to the hatred! What was your point?

A related problem is that people general-ly fail to be able to separate a person’s gen-eral behavior from a single or a few actions. As a child, I was told that Satmars are an-ti-Zionists. Therefore, I “hated” all Satmar chassidim. What made me change my mind was when I saw how their bikur cholim di-vision lovingly stocks hospital refrigerators with fresh food delivered daily. This is a tremendous act of chesed that provides a vi-tal, kind service that benefi ts thousands of people daily. I know a number of wonderful friendly Satmar chassidim personally. I can appreciate them as people even if we have drastically diff erent opinions on Israel as well as numerous other matters.

Your article encourages anti-Semites as well as many of your Jewish readers to think of Satmar people as despised or, per-haps, evil people just because they are an-ti-Zionists. I fail to see the purpose of pub-lishing your story at all. To me it seems to be another example of lashon ha’ra that, per-haps, is evaluated as permissible because you feel that your readers need to know and react to a possible “danger.” In fact, not ev-ery story needs to be told. This was one of them. I hope that in the future, you will use better discretion at withholding publishing a story that derides any Jewish individual or group.

Daniel Feldman

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Rabbi Meyer Weitman, Torah Academy for Girls, Dean

“A summer vacation can either make or break a child. The correct environment can do as much as is possible in ten months of school. TCSF has been enabling and continues to enable so many of our children to spend their summers in an environment of growth.

The beauty of this is that it is all accomplished by young volunteers who have dedicated hours and hours of their time to ensure the viability of this program. We are so proud of each and every one of them.”

Dr. Zev Ash, Pediatrician

Psychological, physical and mental rejuvenation are important throughout the summer season. This organization teaches the mature concept of responsibility through events like Bake Sales, Color Runs and Tehilim-A-Thons. The result of all this leads to the kids going to camp. The balance between routine and unstructured time in camp optimizes the child’s psychological development. Most importantly, all the kids are having a great time.

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“The SKA girls were so happy to be involved in a project that went beyond themselves, and affording them the opportunity to have a wonderful summer experience.”

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THE ELECTION NO ONE WANTEDBY LARRY GORDON

That is what it was, the election that most hoped would not have to take place. As we’ve

written here in the past, the tradition in the 121-year-old Village of Law-rence has always been that the may-or runs unopposed as a courtesy and consideration to the volunteer service to the community.

But that was not the case this year as long-time trustee, Michael Fragin, be-lieved that there was a deal that would clear the way for him to run unopposed and be elected mayor of Lawrence.

Whether it was a misunderstand-ing or a change in the conditions at-tached to the proposed arrangement, Mayor Edelman decided that it was important for him to seek reelection and a significant number of village residents apparently agreed by giving the mayor a margin of victory of 158 votes prior to the counting of the ab-

sentee ballots, which only totaled 125 and which might have tightened the race but would not have impacted the outcome.

In a sense, an otherwise harmonious and similar type thinking community was having a wedge inserted between different parts of the village and many people just found that unnecessary and disturbing.

The good thing, however, is that it is over. Alex Edelman will continue to serve as mayor for at least the next two years and Mr. Fragin will continue to serve as a trustee along with trust-ees Syma Diamond and Uri Kaufman who were reelected and trustee Dan-ny Goldstein who is up for reelection next year.

Now all involved want to put this behind us and continue to work to-gether in the spirit of unity for which this part of Long Island is known.

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?

E-MAIL US [email protected]

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This power smoothie is easy to make and is full of healthful ingredients. Check out the recipe at JamieGeller.com.

Veggie Rice Wraps With Almond Dipping Sauce

For a picnic, you can pack these deli-cious summer rolls in a tempered glass container with a slightly damp cloth to help keep the rice wraps moist and pack the sauce in a small mason jar.

See JamieGeller.com for the recipe.

Turkey And Carrot Sushi Wraps

This lunch concept also makes for an incredible addition to any picnic.

Prep Time: 5 minutesServings: 1

Ingredients:1 tablespoon mayonnaisePinch of fresh grated ginger1 teaspoon soy sauce1 large whole wheat tortilla or several

nori sheets

Leftover cold rice3 thin slices roasted turkey, roast beef, or

favorite sandwich meatGrated carrots

Preparation:1. Whisk mayonnaise, ginger, and

soy sauce together.2. Spread rice over tortilla or nori.

Shmear with seasoned mayon-naise and spread turkey and car-rots over rice.

3. Roll away from you and as tightly as possible.

4. Slice into 1-inch “sushi” pieces.

Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffi n Top Cookies

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1 cup sugar1 cup mashed overripe bananas (about

2–3 bananas)1 egg1 teaspoon vanilla extract2½ cups quick-cooking or old-fash-

ioned oats1 cup whole wheat flour½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon baking soda1 tablespoon ground cinnamon⅛ teaspoon nutmeg1 cup chocolate chips

Preparation:1. Preheat oven to 350°F.2. Line cookie sheets with parch-

ment paper.3. In the bowl of an electric stand

mixer, mix the butter, sugar, and banana until combined.

4. Add in the egg and vanilla ex-tract.

5. Once combined, add in the dry ingredients: oats, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix in chocolate chips.

6. Using a cookie scoop, drop cookies onto lined cookie sheets, making sure they are about 2 inches apart.

7. Bake for 10–12 minutes until edges are light brown. Cool.

Jamie Geller is the only best-selling cookbook author who wants to get you out of the kitchen—not because she doesn’t love food—but because she has tons to do. As “The Bride Who Knew Nothing,” Jamie found her niche specializing in fast, fresh, family recipes. Now the “Queen of Kosher” (CBS) and the “Jewish Rachael Ray” (The New York Times), she’s the creative force behind JamieGeller.com Jamie and her hubby live in Israel with their six super kids who give her plenty of reasons to get out of the kitchen—quickly. Check out her new book, Brisket 101, and her new family meal plan “Fresh Families” at FreshFamilies.us.

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HEADSHOTS: MEANINGFUL OR MINDLESSIn this article, I want to talk about

headshots. How much of the pho-tographer’s time do headshots

take? How much should they cost?Headshots can be a funny topic.

Often, results look funny, too. And all kinds of humorous titles come to mind, such as heads-up, putting on a good face, facing the future, facing your fears, not losing face, using your head to find your best face—the op-tions seem endless, including some-thing I once wrote called “mindless headshots.”

But I know that most people do care how they look and take the im-portance of a headshot seriously. The

exception, it seems, is when they are shopping for a photographer to do the shoot! How they will look is often not their prime concern or, as I might say, uppermost on their minds right then. Right then, what the headshots will cost is often the paramount concern. So, what should they cost?

I’ve always liked doing headshots, because I have always appreciated the opportunity of meeting new faces, and their unique universe of potential that they bring to the artist’s canvas. So I keep headshot prices very reasonable and have a sliding scale of investment for those who want more than the ba-sic. Often, people who come to me for

headshots have been unhappy with their past photographers. They care how they look and they do want to put their best face forward.

It is important to understand that a headshot and a passport photo are two very different things.

Passport photos are meant to show the physical only, and involve a re-laxed, rather blank expression that is not intended to show any personality or create any emotional impression. It is also devoid of any lighting pattern

to enhance, augment, or minimize any feature.

On the other hand, headshots are portraits which, in a practical sense, introduce you to the viewer. They

should be of help in getting the view-ers to feel like they know something about the subject. A headshot can be considered like the packaging of a product. Manufacturers and market-ers spend much time and attention carefully crafting the face of their product. The photographers who are then tasked with photographing both fancy and plain packaging can vary widely.

Catalog photographers will just drop a product onto their already set

tabletop and with a simple push of a button make the photo, utilizing the exact same light configuration and complete setup that made countless previous photos of similarly sized and packaged products. Companies that understand how much more effective better photography can be in making their product more desirable will in-vest in more skilled, customized pho-tography to make the item so much more desirable and interesting. Head-shots vary in the same way.

There is a huge difference in price between an approach that involves dropping your product into a scene that’s already all set and an approach that from scratch introduces one lighting component at a time to cus-tom-build a set intended to present this special product most appropri-ately to the potential customer by paying close attention to all the de-tails that will make the product ap-pear as special as it can be.

If you value your face as being an important part of how you present yourself to others, you might value what a real photographer can do. I of-ten see very terrible headshots online and on business cards that certainly are not doing the subject any favor. They no doubt seemed like a bargain but turned out to be really costly. Rarely do people feel like doing a sec-ond shoot with a different photogra-pher. They don’t have the time or the emotional courage! Sometimes they may just be unaware of their head-shot’s shortcomings.

The photographer who replaces one product with another on a table-top setup and then pushes the button may not have any photographic skill, training, or awareness. And if you are OK having such a person package your best face for presentation to the pub-lic, you might be happy with what is a mass-produced approach to a person-alized result.

So how much should you pay for a headshot? What investment do you think compensates the photographer for the time involved? In an age when you can make your own headshots, it is easy to imagine that a photographer might make your headshot in a few minutes and figure it should cost only

PHOTO PROSEBy Gary Rabenko


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a few dollars. But not so. Here is how I do it. I don’t see how or where I can reduce the time it takes.

People come to me for the tech-niques that make my work special. I am not doing a repetitive task, not dropping your face into a preexisting lighting and lens setup, and not doing the same shot I just did. The follow-ing breakdown of time begins with an introductory call and calls to an-swer questions and schedule a visit, which is usually an initial in-person consultation to observe the subject’s mannerisms, hear her concerns, and learn from any possible past experi-ence with other photographers, and discuss the goals of the headshot.

It takes about 20 minutes for sub-jects to forget they are being pho-tographed, so my photo session is generally an hour. I have no preset ap-proach, and I tailor gear and technique towards each individual client. Often, people are either late or they need some time to groom/dress before the

shoot. The images are then upload-ed, selected, adjusted, and tweaked, backed up, and processed for the cli-ent’s pending in-person review, or up-loaded for viewing. Depending on the number of shots, that can take an hour or two. Next, the client will generally spend close to an hour reviewing all the images with me, selecting her fa-vorites and discussing what can be adjusted for maximum effect.

After the client leaves, her selection is then pulled from the source files, further customized and retouched, and then output in a useable file for her purposes and either e-mailed or uploaded. Even a single image can easily take 30 minutes. Sure it can be rushed, but rushing often leads to overlooking some stray hair, facial line, or other detail, which then would leave the client disappointed and re-quire more time to reload the source file and rework the needed change, so it is not a good idea to rush. We do a customized product. It takes time and I figure the above can easily take more than three hours! For this I charge $250. Occasionally for a student or a shadchan I will lower the price.

But the fact is that no studio is go-ing to make money on headshots at these numbers. Headshots are an in-terruption of the photographer’s oth-er projects. I care that the client is thrilled, and I will redo a shoot if she is not. This is not a mass-produced or automated approach. Sometimes we are able to schedule several back-to-back sessions, but as most clients only need a few photos, it is very hard to evaluate if they are even worth the effort to do. I feel good helping a cli-ent feel good about herself—that is a wonderful feeling. It does sadden me when callers find the price off-put-ting. Those callers do not realize why a good headshot cannot be an auto-mated cookie-cutter task. It is a per-sonalized and customized product, and the process is time-consuming, so finding experienced and concerned photographers is becoming more and more difficult. Those who think that a good headshot is pricey cannot know how much work is involved, what a good deal it is, or how costly alterna-tives can be.

Rabenko Photography & Video Arts is located at 1053 Broadway in Woodmere. To learn more, contact [email protected], 1-888-RABENKO, 888-722-3656, or visit Rabenko.com.

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Rochel ImeinuBY SHOSHANA RENA FRIDMAN, AGE 14

I painted the picture in honor of my mother, whose name is Rachel, and who feels a special connection with Rochel Imeinu.

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SLOW CONESIt’s fi nally summer. Time to get out

and hit the open road—and fi nd out that the open road is closed.

Because unfortunately, road crews also hit the road in the summer. That’s the easiest time to get those potholes fi xed. Also, I guess the heat helps them work. They don’t have to turn on the steam roller as high.

We all want them to get rid of the potholes, but we don’t want to see them working.

Though actually, we don’t see them working. Mostly we see them taking breaks. We just come across a huge sign that says something like, “Lane closed for no reason,” and we see machines ev-erywhere and guys in hard hats drinking coff ee.

And cones. And if there are cones, we’ll use other lanes. We always believe the cones, even if we don’t see the workers. We never call them on it. Sometimes, we will also trust detour signs that take us onto various side streets that we don’t recognize and hope that whoever put them up didn’t get sidetracked before bringing them back to the original road. Or didn’t just decide, “Who cares if they

make it back to the original road? We want them off it anyway.”

At most, we see that guy who drives super-slow, with a blinking arrow on the back of his truck, pointing left, like a senior citizen with a large-print blinker that he forgot to turn off since he left the house. And maybe two guys using bull-dozers to play tic-tac-toe in the dirt. And of course the guy with the signs telling us to go around.

I recently passed some road con-struction, by which I mean one person standing next to a bunch of construc-tion equipment, and he was holding a huge sign that said “SLOW.” And my son asked me, “Is that his whole job?” And I was like, “Yeah, maybe.”

(I don’t know. But as a parent, I get to make things up.)

So my son asked, “How come he has to do the boring job?”

And I said, “Because he didn’t pay at-tention in school.” In construction class. Because I don’t actually know if the sign means that we should drive slow or that the guy is slow and that we should be

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aware of that and not make any sudden moves to confuse him. Maybe he’s one of those slow children the schools are always advertising about. Why are they so proud of this? I bet in Japan there are no signs that say “Slow children.” They just teach them how to cross streets. It’s a school.

Anyway, to be honest, I spend more time nervously monitoring my speed-ometer in school zones than I do watching for children.

And it’s not like they have to fi x the roads. There’s a cheaper option. In-stead of doing construction, they could just label all the potholed roads “his-toric routes.”

“Why are you late?”“We took the historic route. Then we

got ambushed by Native Americans, somebody claimed us in the name of Spain, and our horse died of chicken pox.”

We have lots of historic roads in Passaic; it’s a very historic communi-

ty. But, baruch Hashem, they’ve been fi xing some of the roads lately, which leads to a lot of detours, but it’s a nice change from how they’d been fi xing the potholes before. Case in point: One Sunday, a few months back, I noticed on the way to taking my kids to yeshi-va that there was a pothole about a block from the school. Now, in general, it happens to be that having potholes near a school is great, because people will drive slowly on their own, and you don’t have to advertise your lousy edu-cational system. But this was under a train bridge, in the dark, so it was hard to see in the fi rst place. I only noticed it myself when the car in front of me sud-denly swerved, and I saw, at the very last second, the top half of a traffi c cone sticking out of a pothole. There were also a few hubcaps lying around that should have given it away.

It wasn’t very visible. I know this because my wife mentioned that she barely saw it later when she was taking our younger son to school, and that the car behind her actually hit it and got a fl at tire.

So I said, “What about the traffi c cone?”

And she said, “What traffi c cone?”The cone had mysteriously disap-

peared. Well, not mysteriously. It was down the road, in pieces.

So my wife called the police, who were like, “But it’s a Sunday!”

OK, they didn’t say that. But they didn’t immediately turn on their sirens either.

So my wife said, “Yeah, but it’s a pot-hole. People are getting fl ats. At least put up some kind of warning that peo-ple can see.” Like maybe at least a traf-fi c cone big enough to sit on top of the pothole. Or a sign hanging overhead that pointed down and said “Pothole.”

So the dispatch offi cer said, “OK, maybe we’ll send someone out there to see if he can do some kind of temporary fi x.”

And when my wife and I came by later, on the way to parent–teacher conferences, we saw that someone had indeed been by. There was a new

cone! Halfway in the hole. And lest you say that a second orange cone would be just as invisible as the fi rst, to this one someone had tied a bouquet of bal-loons. Like “Surprise! It’s a pothole!”

They were just regular balloons, I think. They didn’t say like, “It’s a boy!” or “Mazal Tov!” or “Get well soon!” I don’t remember what the balloons said. I think they were stolen off some-one’s “Open House” sign.

My thought was that someone from the school probably did it. My wife thought it was defi nitely some police offi cer who came by and said, “These should hold until tomorrow!”

Actually, my fi rst reaction was, “Those balloons are going to end up in someone’s fender.”

When we came by again after confer-ences, this cone was gone as well, and the balloons were 50 feet up the block.

Point is, tying up roads and pre-tending to work is 100% better than balloons, because if we’re not using that road for the six or seven weeks it’s

Instead of doing construction, they could just label all the potholed roads “historic routes.”

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blocked off , that’s six or seven weeks we’re not hitting that pothole.

And the truth is that most of the time, we’re not really upset at the road crews; we’re upset at the other drivers. The road crews are working. This is their job. No one is ever upset to see people showing up to do their job, except for students. And we can’t really be up-set when the crews aren’t working ei-ther. You know how it is when you’re working and you stop for a second to do something, and just then someone important happens to walk by? Well, road crews are the same way—just as people drive by, they’re not working. It just happens to be that people are driv-ing by all day. It’s not their fault; it’s just Murphy’s law—“A body at rest remains at rest whenever someone drives by.” (Murphy’s second law is, “I can’t write my second law with you guys standing over me.”)

In fact, the workers are annoyed by us. Their whole life is about trying to work where people want to drive. And imagine you were at your desk, trying to pretend to work, and people kept coming by to slow down and look over your shoulder to make comments, like, “You can put the 6 on the 7.” I’m think-ing of putting up traffi c cones in my liv-ing room.

Because everyone slows down. Ev-eryone in front of you, at least. They’re fully stopped, they have their lunch out … like they got front-row seats and everyone behind them should have gotten there earlier if they wanted to see so badly. You can go when they’re done looking. It’s like they’re at the zoo, where they want to see the animals, but the animals are not that easy to see.

“Where are the construction work-ers? Oh, they’re in the back, sleeping in a large concrete pipe.”

“Where?”“Follow my fi nger.”I personally think they should nev-

er bring a highway down to one lane. It should be two lanes—the “I want to see” lane and the “I just want to go, be-cause I’ve seen construction workers before” lane. And if you stop to look in the “I just want to go” lane, you should be forced to get out of the car and help. Perhaps by holding up the sign that says “SLOW.”

We judge the workers, but it’s a hard job. They have to lift heavy things all day. Ever lift heavy things at a gym? You need a spotter to just stand there and pretend to be about to grab it. And one other guy behind him, in case he has to grab that guy by the back of his belt. For every guy working, you need at least 2–3 other guys just standing there.

We can’t really complain about how long roadwork takes. I doubt any of us can do it faster. I can’t even be one of those guys. Two days in, I’d be driving one of those arrow trucks in the left lane and sending people into traffi c.

You know what might make their jobs easier, maybe cheer them up? Bal-loons!

Mordechai Schmutter is a weekly humor columnist for Hamodia and is the author of fi ve books, published by Israel Book Shop. He also does freelance writing for hire. You can send any questions, comments, or ideas to [email protected]. Read more of Mordechai Schmutter’s articles at 5TJT.com.

PUSHING MY BUTTONSThere are certain expressions

that most of us would probably not use. It is unlikely that many

folks would say, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” It may be perfect English, but people just don’t talk like that. So those ads for call buttons, the ones that are meant to be used to summon help, are somewhat off the mark. Despite the fact that the words “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” are now so familiar to me, I don’t speak that way. The ex-pression is grammatically correct, but, in times of trouble, grammar would not be my main concern.

Unfortunately, I cannot say that I have never fallen. On two occasions, I

have had the unpleasant and humiliat-ing experience of having done just that. The fi rst time I fell I was in my house, but, as embarrassed as I was, I was lucky to have friends who were in the room when it happened. We were play-ing mah-jongg at the time and when it was my turn to get up from the table, I stood up, but I turned too quickly and—boom—down I went. Serious mah-jongg players are never thrilled with interruptions, but the girls did leave the table—albeit reluctantly—and put the game on hold in order to help me up.

The second time I fell it didn’t go quite so smoothly. It was a few years

later and it happened as I was walking on the sidewalk of Peninsula Boule-vard, the main street in my Woodmere neighborhood. I tripped over a side-walk crack and, once again, down I went. My fi rst move was to look around to be sure that nobody had seen me. At fi rst, I was thrilled when I determined that nobody had witnessed my fall. But sanity quickly returned and I realized that this was not a good thing; if nobody had seen me, nobody was going to help me!

I was blocked from the view of cars whizzing by because of the many parked cars, and it was nearly 20 min-utes before help fi nally arrived. As soon as I fell, I reached for my cellphone—only to discover that it had fl own clear out of my hand and landed several feet away. Initially, I thought I would crawl to get to it, but as soon as I got on my knees, I realized the futility of that plan. The pain of my knees pressing on tiny pebbles on an already rough ce-ment sidewalk prevented me from go-ing too far. I managed only three small


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Chapter 11Part I

“H ey, there’s someone new!” Rachel said in surprise and hurried

over to the baby’s crib. She put down her large bag on the floor, skirted the intravenous pole, and leaned over the high railing, peering into the crib. “He’s cute…” she said thoughtfully. “What does he have, Elsie?”

“A serious heart problem,” Elsie the nurse said from behind a tower of folded sheets. “It’s affecting his entire development. Please open this cabinet, Rachel.”

The fourteen-year-old raised her eyes. “Is his life in danger?”

“Not at this moment—otherwise he’d be in intensive care, not here. He’s recovering from his second sur-gery, and we are praying that he grow up to be healthy.”

“A second surgery! Poor thing… How old is he?”

“Eight months.”“And when he gets healthy, where

will he go?”“We’ll see,” Elsie said. “But Rachel,

if you’ve already come for Shabbos, I prefer you help me with Sarit. She’s bigger and needs your attention. She actually just ran out into the hall-way, and I can’t run after her all day. This little one, on the other hand, rests quietly, and I’m not sure that he even realizes what is going on around him—who is with him and who isn’t.”

Rachel gazed into the crib at the baby who lay there with closed eyes, unresponsive to her stroking. “He’s not so little,” she said quietly. “And I’m worried. When you send me from one baby to another, it’s usually be-cause you don’t want me to get too connected to that baby, because then my heart will break if something happens to him, chalilah.”

“If you understand so many things,” Elsie replied sharply, “then I expect you to understand the simple instruction that I gave you nearly 50 seconds ago and open this cabinet for me. My hands hurt.”

“Oh, I’m really sorry.” The girl hastened to the cabinet. A moment after she opened it, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl entered the room. She hurried over to Rachel, babbling incoherently, and Rachel picked her up and hugged her tightly. “Right we love each other, Sarit?” The little girl gurgled.

“I saw another baby with Down’s syndrome in the ward as I came here,” Rachel remarked as she sat down. “But she had parents. They are really chareidi. Is it true that charei-dim will never leave their babies in the hospital?”

“Usually.”“Too bad I’m not your daughter,”

Rachel said from her chair. “Then I would be able to say that my name is Rachel after my real grandmother, and not for the ‘mother of the nurse in the pediatric ward who raised me from when I was born.’ Right?”

NIGHT FLOWERBy Esther Rapaportcrawling movements before realizing

that I had to stop. So I decided to wait and hope to be spotted somehow.

That did eventually happen when somebody decided to park in the one open spot that was available. A man got out of his car and discovered me lying on the sidewalk. But the bright sun had been blinding me, so I had shut my eyes for a moment, and the fellow stopped in his tracks. He hesitated because, as he later explained, he wasn’t sure if I was unconscious—or worse. I knew his ex-planation was sincere because when I sensed someone nearby, I opened my eyes and asked for his help, and the poor fellow got so frightened at the sound of my voice that he looked like he had seen a ghost. It was the only humorous moment in the entire experience, and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. He eventually recovered from his shock and managed to help me to my feet.

Things are diff erent when I am at home. At a minimal yearly cost, I al-ways wear a call button. The button

hangs from a string that I wear around my neck. It isn’t the most glorious necklace I own, but it does the trick. I keep it on while I shower and when I go to sleep. Nobody ever sees it because I take it off when I leave the house. The plan that I devised is as follows: just before I go out, I hang it from the doorknob of my front hall closet so that I will see it as soon as I return home and immediately put it on. As I see it, there is no need to wear it when I am out of the house because it is my phi-losophy that if I fall in a store, someone will surely see me and come to my as-sistance, and if I fall while crossing the street, chances are that, as I am not a small person, some motorist will spot me and come to my aid before an inat-tentive driver (and there are plenty of those) runs over me. And as previously mentioned, if I fall while walking on a sidewalk, it might take time but I will eventually be spotted.

When I am alone in my house, the call button gives me a sense of security. Fortunately, as of this writing, I have never had to use it, but I know exactly what I would likely say if I did. After

pressing the button and getting a re-sponse, my fi rst inclination would be to shout the following: “Help me, quick; I fell down and there’s no way I can get up!” I tend to be verbose on most occa-sions but never more so than when I’m in trouble. Or I might say something like, “Help, I’m alone in my house and I’m on the fl oor. Please send somebody, fast!”

The ads for call buttons annoy me because I like things to be “real,” so my personal preference would be to hear speech as most people would be like-ly to use it. It makes little diff erence how one phrases the request for help because anyone who wears a button and presses it to call for help will get the same prompt attention regardless of how he or she phrases it. Hopefully, I will never have to use the button, but life is uncertain, so, when at home, I have it on my person at all times. That’s just the way it is!

Hannah Berman lives in Woodmere and gives private small-group lessons in mah-jongg and canasta. She can be reached at [email protected] or 516-295-4435. Read more of Hannah Berman’s articles on 5TJT.com.

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“You know that I love you anyway,” Elsie said, glancing into the girl’s eyes.

“And if you were my mother, you for sure wouldn’t have left me in the hospital, right? First of all, because you’re also very religious.”

“Okay, I think that’s enough talking for now, Rachel.” Elsie loved the girl she had raised, but she liked her di-rect topics of conversation less. “Now come to the kitchen so we can get some supper together.”

“How did you know that I was on supper duty in the dorm this month?” Rachel cried excitedly. “You have no idea what yummy things I made! The girls celebrated every evening. And don’t think I had any special ingredi-ents to work with. The housemother said that the school is really in debt and can’t afford anything too major. So we only had hummus and toma-toes and eggs and all the other sim-plest things to use, but still, I helped the cook make the most delicious meals. She said that now she can re-lax, because even if she doesn’t feel well one day or something, I’ll be able to take her place. But I told her I hope she feels well every day, because I didn’t always manage with the peel-ing and all that.” Her voice grew a bit sad. “My paralyzed hand can get pretty annoying sometimes.”

“One thing is for sure, and that is that your mouth is not paralyzed, thank G-d,” Elsie said. “Let’s go, Ra-chel. Now that you’ve come, help me and we’ll see what you can do. You’ve really grown up, my girl.”

Esther Rapaport is a prolifi c author whose novels include Diamond in the Rough, Divided Attention, Behind the Scenes, Without a Trace, Dance of the Puppet, Blood Brothers, and The Kenya Conspiracy. She resides in Israel. Stay tuned for the next installment in next week’s Five Towns Jewish Times or visit 5tjt.com for more.



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BUILDING MORE BATAY NE’EMAN B’YISRAEL!“Ten thousand shidduchim,

10,000 refuos, and 10,000 bursts of siyatta d’Shma-

ya in emunah for Klal Yisrael!” This was R’ Shaya Levin’s plea to Hashem that reverberated through the over-flowing crowd at the levayah of his son and daughter-in-law-to-be.

Mere hours earlier, an unfathom-able tragedy not only befell two fami-lies, but impacted the entire Klal Yis-rael and the world at large. A young, happy, newly engaged couple, Yisroel Levin and Elisheva Kaplan, z’l, were tragically taken in a car accident on chol ha’moed Pesach. Yet, at such a devastating and trying time, R’ Levin chose to do and say what was beyond the average person’s level of emunah and selflessness. He begged Hashem to help Klal Yisrael.

The afikoman presents that R’ Sha-ya pleaded for were all requested as a gift from Heaven. However, hearing

the request for 10,000 shidduchim brought to mind a mashal. It is told of a man who davened all his life to win the lottery. When the man passed away, Hashem told him that had he only bought a lottery ticket, he would have won. While only Hashem can send 10,000 shidduchim, it is incum-bent upon us to do our part in trying to facilitate the yeshuah and then daven to see the Yad Hashem.

Thus, 10K Batay Yisroel was formed, an initiative to make, and confiden-tially record, 10,000 shidduch sugges-tions. The name 10K Batay Yisroel literally translates as “10,000 Jewish homes,” as the goal is to build thou-sands of Jewish homes. It can also be written as ' , in memory of the home we lost, the home of

and .The goal of this project is to encour-

age and empower every single Jew to make shidduch suggestions for the

singles in their lives, as they know them better than any shadchan can. Often, people are hesitant to suggest a shidduch as they are not “profession-al” shadchanim and therefore think that they shouldn’t get involved. Iron-ically, many singles feel that the best shidduch ideas, more often than not, are presented to them by friends and relatives rather than “professional” shadchanim. If we overcome the bar-riers preventing the average Jew from redding shidduchim, and go beyond our “comfort zone,” if each person takes just a few minutes to think of the other, together we can change lives, improve the shidduch system at large, and ultimately make the world a better place!

R’ Shaya Levin recently wrote: “When you think about it, the 10K project is changing history in Klal Yisrael. Until now, everybody relied primarily on professional shadchanim to come up with all of the suggestions to take care of all the shidduchim in Klal Yisrael. With this project, we are

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changing the mindset of everyone—it is up to us to think of shidduchim for our fellow Yidden. There are simply not enough professional and non-professional shadchanim to alleviate the backlog of older singles that has accumulated or even to deal with the current crop of new younger singles entering the parashah. We know from the midrash in Bereishis that Hashem is sitting and making shidduchim up-stairs. But now, thanks to this project, we have incentivized, k’v’yachol, to make even more shidduchim because He sees all of Klal Yisrael voluntari-ly getting involved (sometimes out of their comfort zone) just to help out a fellow Yid. In essence, you are tap-ping into Hashem’s rachmanus on us

because He desires so much to see us acting ‘k'ish echad b’lev echad.’ Kol ha’kavod!”

Within the first 24 hours after launching the project, 250 sugges-tions were made. However, beyond the numbers, the feedback was incredibly inspiring. Some comments included: “Beautiful! After seeing this, we sat as a family and brainstormed. We just redd a shidduch and it’s looking good!”; “I had this idea a while ago but this made me pick up the phone and call to-day.”; “Even though it’s uncomfortable to suggest someone, I’m doing it for Yisroel and Eli—and for Klal Yisrael.”

These comments are but a few of the encouraging and beautiful responses of everyday Jews going out of their way for the next person.

There clearly is a major motivator and burning desire in Klal Yisrael to

do something l’ilui nishmas Yisroel and Elisheva, and this project very much resonated with the hearts of the klal. Perhaps it’s the painful loss we feel of not seeing the chassan and kallah walk down the aisle that moti-vated so many to try and help others down to the chuppah and build homes in their z’chus. Or perhaps most peo-ple already had suggestions in mind that they were uncomfortable actually making a push for, but this initiative encouraged them to leave their com-fort zone for the next person.

The initiative began on a simple Google form. Individuals would check a box indicating that they made a sug-gestion, leave a comment if they de-sired, and submit the form. When the initiative reached 700 suggestions in less than two weeks, it became clear that there was potential to take this project to the next level. While lacking outside funding, a lot of motivation by an incredible team facilitated a beau-tiful website: 10KBatayYisroel.org.

The website is now not only count-ing how many suggestions are made, but also how many first dates are facil-itated. (B’ezras Hashem, engagements and weddings are to follow!) There is now also a form asking for some ba-sic (confidential) information about the suggestions, which most people are happy to fill out. The information on this form is displayed on the web-site on the “Impact” page. One can see there how the project has impact-ed singles of various ages and back-grounds. In particular, a great many suggestions have been made on behalf

of singles in their mid-twenties and above, which is what R’ Shaya con-tinuously highlights to be his greatest wish.

The project is currently holding at over 1,650 shidduch suggestions logged on the website! Together, we can keep the momentum going and not only make this project a success, but create an entire movement.

The newest feature to be added to the project is the 10K–BY Group. This is focusing primarily on those who plan to spend their summer at a bungalow colony. As so many agree, there is no better time or place to collaborate on shidduch suggestions than during the summer upstate. We are looking for individuals to host a 10K–BY group at their bungalow colo-ny, and of course all will be invited to attend! Please sign up on the website to host, or e-mail [email protected]. To receive a listing of the locations and times, please sign up for updates on the 10K project via the website homepage.

Through this project, it is our fer-vent hope that Yisroel and Elisheva will, b’ezras Hashem, be in the foun-dation of thousands of homes in Klal Yisrael.

You can make a difference by go-ing beyond your comfort zone to par-take in the 10K initiative and redd a shidduch today! Remember, just one suggestion can help build a beautiful home and homes for generations to come.

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Dear Esther,When I began to date, I was

looking for a woman who, aside from having the obvious import-ant qualities, came from a large family with lots of siblings. As an only child, I felt lonely grow-ing up. I missed all the fun I as-sumed my friends were having with their brothers and sisters. But more importantly, I wanted my children, one day, to have plenty of cousins to be close to. I knew I would never be the one to provide them with cousins, so it was up to my future wife to pro-vide that opportunity.

When I met Etty, I was hap-py to see that in addition to her many amazing qualities, she had four sisters and one brother. Perfect, I thought—nice big fam-ily and the potential for plenty of cousins. We’ve now been mar-ried for almost two years.

The problem that I didn’t an-ticipate is that Etty is so close to her sisters and even to her brother that I often fi nd myself feeling lonely and left out. For instance, when I come home from work, more often than not, Etty is on the phone with one of her sisters. She greets me nicely, but then she goes right back to her conversation, even though I haven’t seen her all day. We don’t get to have a decent conversation until she fi nally hangs up, which can be fi ve minutes later or, if they’re in the middle of some import-ant conversation, half an hour later.

When her entire family gets together to celebrate some-thing, whether it’s a yom tov or a simcha, ultimately Etty will fi nd some cozy corner to hang out in with one or several of her siblings. I’m usually left to fi nd someone to talk to and keep myself busy, because I know that Etty will fi nd it hard to pull herself away from these people with whom she is so very con-nected. They can’t seem to get enough of one another.

When Etty and I are alone with each other, we do have a very good relationship. We get along well and have fun together and it’s all good. But I do think that her immediate family is probably more important to her than I am. Of course, I’ve never asked her if that’s true. Maybe because I’m afraid to hear the answer! But I can’t help thinking about the old saying: “Be careful what you wish for.” For years, I wished to be part of a large, close family. So now I’m part of it, and while I happen to get along with everyone and they are all nice

enough, I’m not really “one of them.”

Where do I go from here? I know that I could never try to get in the way of her very close fami-ly ties, and even if I tried, I doubt that I would ever be successful. And I don’t think I even have a right to try and break up some-thing so meaningful to all of them. But I am feeling lonely much of the time and would like things to change. Any ideas for me?

Lonely

Dear Lonely,As I read your question and

empathize over how hard it must be for you to feel like the odd man out, I am struck by your gentle tone, your understanding of Etty’s needs, and your uncer-tainty over whether you even have a right to expect more from Etty. I get the impression that you haven’t confronted her or discussed your feelings with Etty, not wanting to rock the boat or compromise any of her close family time.

Very often, we fail to just ask for what we want. Whether it's because we feel it might seem too aggressive or self-involved, whether it’s not our nature to assume we are deserving, or

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whether it’s a matter of fear, people of-ten settle for so much less than what they want and deserve—for all the wrong reasons. And sometimes, we just assume that others can read our minds and know innately what we crave. That is usually not the case.

First and foremost, you need to have a respectful conversation with Etty and explain to her what your experience is like as it pertains to her involvement with her family. You can describe, example by example, what it feels like to be the recip-ient of her actions. This shouldn’t sound like an attack, but rather a sharing of feel-ings and information. For instance, I hap-pen to agree with you that when a man (or woman) comes home from a day at work, the loving, respectful thing for the spouse to do is to get off the phone ASAP and show one’s spouse the courtesy and dignity that a loving marriage should re-fl ect. Additionally, it shows good manners and loyalty. Because at the end of the day, though enjoying close ties with siblings and friends is a necessary and wonderful thing, one’s spouse should always come fi rst.

It is possible that Etty doesn’t even re-alize that this is an issue for you. Maybe she comes from a home where this type of behavior has never been modeled, and so she naturally assumes that it’s no big deal and she’s not aware that you are actually hoping for attention when you get home. You need to share this information with her in a kind manner. Based on the won-derful relationship that you claim you

have, I’m guessing that Etty will appreci-ate knowing how you feel.

The same thing goes for your discom-fort at celebrations and in all the other nu-merous scenarios you can probably point to. As she’s busy talking to her sisters, it’s possible she’s never even considered how you’re spending your time and who you are talking to. Not everyone takes the time to consider others in such a way. That doesn’t make Etty a bad person, just someone caught up in her own good times. It’s your job to clue her in and enable her to show more consideration toward you.

I do wonder what stops you from taking the initiative and just walking over to Etty and her sisters and joining the conver-sation. Surely, they don’t hang a “Do Not Disturb” sign in front of them. You don’t need an invitation to walk over and join in. As an only child, perhaps you’re feel-ing uncertain about the rules that exist between siblings, and you worry about in-fringing on their own little world. Let me assure you that there are no rules. Yes, it sounds like they are super-close, which is a nice thing, but I encourage you to fear-lessly join the club. For all you know, Etty and her sisters will be thrilled to have you on board and welcome your contribu-tions to their discussions.

So remember—when we just ask for what we want, we’re sometimes amazed at how easily we get it. Start asking!

Esther

Esther Mann, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in Hewlett. Esther works with individuals and couples. Together with Jennifer Mann, she also runs the “Navidaters.” She can be reached at [email protected] or 516-314-2295. Read more of Esther Mann’s articles at 5TJT.com.

STRIKING OUTAuthor’s Note: For the past three

years, I have been sending my articles to my father-in-law, Sol

Genuth, for proofreading. He is current-ly in need of our tefi llos. Please have him in mind: Shlomo Notto ben Chaya Sara. Thank you!

Q. I know that you are involved with a local baseball league, and we have a question about that. Our fi fth-grade son is currently in a similar league and is a horrible player. He can’t make any plays in the fi eld, and he strikes out pretty much every time he comes to the plate. He begs us not to sign him up, but we have no other options. Baseball requires the least talent of all the sports, and we want him to have at least one sport he can play. In case you think his team-mates pick on him, they really don’t. They always tell him “Nice try,” and they encourage him. We think he should stick this out, but he wants to quit. What’s the best play?

Lauren Kew Gardens

A. I am impressed that you under-stand your son is a weak player. In our local league, many parents with sons

who are extremely weak players still give them strong ratings. This hurts our rating system since those teams end up mismatched, and then these same parents complain that the teams aren’t fair. Some of the ratings were actually quite funny. We had a moth-er rate her child (who is an extremely weak player) a 10 out of 10. She ex-plained later, “He has such wonderful middos—I couldn’t give him a lower number!”

You make a few valid points. First of all, baseball requires the least amount of talent to play at a basic skill lev-el. Almost any child can be taught to catch a ball, stop a grounder, and hit a baseball. When parents tell me, “My son is just clueless and can’t really play,” I always disagree. Almost every child can be taught baseball at an ele-mentary level.

There are two ways to foster these basic skills. The obvious way is to spend time playing with him. This in-cludes having friends come over and play, having a catch, or even watching

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a game together. Alternatively, you can hire someone to work with him on these skills. If he’s not athletic, he probably won’t become an all-star, but he will develop basic fundamentals and enjoy playing the game.

Most important is his attitude. If he refuses to play and just stands in the field doing nothing, you have a prob-lem. You can’t force a child to play ball if you know he won’t actively partici-pate. If your son wants to play, spends time practicing, and isn’t a good play-er, kids will understand. If, however, he doesn’t care about the game, the other kids will be a lot less tolerant.

This brings us to a question that has been debated for many years in Little Leagues across the U.S. At what age should children who aren’t able to make even basic plays be exclud-ed from the team? Certainly in first through third grades all kids should play. I’ve noticed that once the boys hit fourth grade, there is a large discrep-ancy between the boys who can and

cannot play. Here’s an example. I was watching a fourth-grade game where there was a pop fly to right field. The fielder got completely confused, didn’t come close to catching it, and then threw to first when the runner was al-ready on the way to third.

Even though his teammates were tolerant and sweet (they lost the game), the coach told me that they were frustrated with this boy. Therein lies the problem. While you’re correct that the boys are being nice to your son, they are probably a bit frustrated. It’s somewhat understandable if your son is a weak player but is trying hard to win. It’s not so simple if your son just wants to be on a winning team and doesn’t take the game seriously.

A few people have e-mailed our league asking why we have playoffs and why we keep scores. “Let the kids just play friendly matchups!” is a com-mon request. As sweet as that sounds, it’s not baseball. We’ve had other peo-ple ask us why there are strikeouts. When does it end? Are we at the point that we’re so worried about children’s feelings that we need to stop all com-

petitive sports? I dislike when games end in a tie. Kids need to learn how to lose and even how to win. We’re not preparing our children very well for the future if we’re always “protecting” them.

I’m sure that many people will dis-agree with this, and I’m OK with that. My personal feelings are that if your son shows no interest in playing base-ball, perhaps it isn’t the right sport. Leagues in baseball are inherently somewhat competitive. If your son has no interest in playing, I would agree that he should not have to play.

What he should be doing to get exer-cise is something to discuss in a differ-ent article. You shouldn’t call it quit-ting, though. Rather, tell him that if he really feels strongly that he doesn’t want to play, he should come up with a different activity. Alternatively, he should at least agree to play baseball with your husband in the backyard.

Rabbi Yitzie Ross is a well-known rebbe and parenting adviser. To sign up for the weekly e-mails and read the comments, visit YidParenting.com. Read more of Rabbi Ross’s articles at 5TJT.com.

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QuestionI’ve been divorced for about five

years, and I feel like I may be missing something when it comes to dating the second time around.

I’ve been on singles websites for a majority of this time but rarely get any suggestions. I’ve also switched match-makers a few times. Then there are the singles events where the age and type don’t match the criteria advertised, and I ended up leaving those events saddened, mostly because the crowd was much older than I was or on a dif-ferent level religiously.

Then there are the dating apps. Not so great. The men I match with are ei-ther too young or do not want a serious relationship.

I have my profile circulating in the Jewish world with several shad-chanim, but I rarely hear from them. I don’t get set up by friends or family. And I’ve been getting comments from friends and even my parents that may-be I should loosen up a bit, relax my standards. For example, friends have told me to dress less conservatively (a bit more revealing), or not to be so strict on my kashrus. I don’t believe in this, and I won’t feel comfortable do-ing this. It’s against my nature.

I recently broke up with a man I was seeing on and off since Septem-ber. He was younger than I am, but mature. I love him, but it didn’t work out. My family was really against our relationship, and this put obstacles in my path and caused anxiety. He is a ger, and recently finalized his pro-cess right around the time we met. He was perfect for me in so many ways but it didn’t work out, as he needed time to sort things out in his person-al life. I believe if we are meant to be, Hashem will make that happen. In the meantime, I need to continue with my hishtadlus.

I frequently get comments about how great I am as a person and how I shouldn’t be single and it shouldn’t be so difficult. But it is! It makes me sad.

Am I missing something? Is there anything you can suggest, or have I “covered all bases” and the rest is up to Hashem? I may sound desperate but I truly believe that Hashem does not want me or anyone to live a life alone. It just doesn’t make sense.

I know you don’t have all the an-swers, but if you have any advice or words of encouragement I would real-ly appreciate it.

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ResponseYour letter articulates the unspoken

words of those who are suff ering silent-ly. I will fi rst address the issues that di-rectly aff ect you. You say that you were dating a man you loved, and you contin-ue to love him even though you broke up with him. You write, “He was perfect for me in so many ways.” While you do not elaborate on that, the fact that you view him in such a way is the answer to your dilemma. You may have found the man of your dreams. Hashem may have already helped you. So what is the prob-lem? Why aren’t the two of you riding off into the sunset together to live happily ever after?

According to what you say, your fami-ly disapproved of your relationship with this man. That obstacle, and the anxiety it caused you, prompted you to break up with him. So, in essence, it was your de-cision to end a relationship with a man who was otherwise perfect for you. The issue may not be the websites, apps, sin-gles events, or shadchanim who don’t have any suggestions for you. Your prob-

lem might be the choice that you have made—the choice to renounce personal joy to make your family happy.

Let’s talk about family, especially closely related members, such as par-ents and siblings. They love you and care about your welfare, and that’s nor-mal and healthy. However, if they use their love to manipulate you for the sake of their honor, that is abnormal and un-healthy. And that is what I believe may have happened to you.

There are parents who are ecstati-cally happy when their child fi nds love, regardless of who the person is and where the person comes from. Singles who are brought up in such homes typ-ically make wise choices when choosing their spouses, because their focus is on the chief elements that make the person who he or she is. Such people also deal with fewer obstacles when placed in the position of making the choice to marry someone or not. Conversely, those who are raised in homes where there is much rating and ranking of people, specifi cal-ly about individuals who may be from diverse backgrounds, will typically fi nd choosing a marriage partner almost im-possible.

It’s hard enough to fi nd love, some-thing almost everyone yearns for. And having it reciprocated is nothing short of a miracle. But to also have that love blessed and celebrated by narrow-mind-ed family members is impossible. Peo-ple in situations similar to yours will either go against their family’s wishes or end the relationship. The latter is not only a guarantee for unhappiness, but is not what Torah law expects. On the con-trary, one is permitted to marry the per-son of one's choice as long as the person follows halachah.

You are an intelligent adult woman. If the man you have dated was megayer by an Orthodox rabbi, then your family has zero case for preventing your relation-ship from running its natural course. You also mention that there are things he needs to sort out. However, if all can work out with the exception of your family’s approval, my unswerving ad-vice is for you to follow your heart.

The other issue I want to address is the advice you’re receiving about “loosening up,” specifi cally as it relates to wearing revealing clothing. I prom-ise you that in most cases, no good can possibly result from that change. Pre-tending to be someone you are not is not only fooling others, but yourself. For if you can’t feel true to yourself, you will lose all respect for your own identity. And bad as that is, there is even worse that can result from such radical mod-ifi cations. Although kashrus is import-ant from a halachic perspective, dress-ing less conservatively will convey the opposite message of who you really are, particularly to men.

There are countless women who did as you are being advised to do, and they suffered serious, non-reversible set-backs in their dating life. And here’s why. When an emotionally sound and sincere marriage-minded man is ready to get married, he is seeking a woman he can be proud to bring home to intro-duce to his family. A woman dressed in a manner that leaves little to the imagination is not someone a man will be proud to show off to “mama.” More-over, the woman that a man chooses to marry is meant to be his partner in life. When one chooses a partner in any transaction, he seeks someone who is serious-minded and able to success-fully carry the role. Men might date “loosened-up-looking” women and have fun with them, but they rarely marry them. Worse still is that there are men who may promise marriage to such a woman, but they will leave her when they are done. Please do not ever entertain any thought of changing who you are.

And finally, I will give you my candid response regarding the websites, sin-gles events, apps, or any other method you have utilized where the first re-quirement involves a fee. You have to understand that the singles dilemma has created a major industry—the sin-gles business. And just like any other industry, marketing strategies are em-ployed to gain customers. Why? Be-cause it’s about simple mathematics. Customers equal profits gained. And since this industry has strengthened due to the sheer desperation and vul-nerability of clients, there is always a new entrepreneur joining the ranks.


If you can’t feel true to yourself, you will lose all respect for your own identity.

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The frum world is not that big. Therefore, competitors are competing in a small market. So what does a smart business-person in any market typically do in the face of competition? He adjusts the prices accord-ingly while promising more bang for the buck by pretend-ing that his product is better than his competitors’. And it is no diff erent in the singles mar-ket with regard to the sites and apps. Anyone who has access to social media will see ongo-ing competitive wars between event promotors right before major weekends. Sadly, some of those online fi ghts are nothing short of chillul Hashem. If you have signed up for an opportu-nity to meet compatible singles, but the event is also someone’s business venture, then it be-comes a hit-or-miss outcome

for you, the consumer. The oth-er issue with why you may be dissatisfi ed with singles events is that in the best of circum-stances, where the promoter is honorable, unfortunately not all the attendees are. There are singles who are dishonest about their age or hashkafah just to get into a particular event.

This does not mean that sin-gles should give up their search using all resources available, in the same way you wouldn’t give up shopping in stores for some-thing you need. But you need to carefully research before your purchase and speak to others who have made previous pur-chases in the same area.

Regarding shadchanim who have not proven to demon-strate results for you, you need to bear the following in mind. If they charge money upfront, that does not guarantee they can fi nd you a date, no matter how hard they try. It depends

on what you are looking for and whether or not that type of per-son is looking for a woman like you (regardless of all your won-derful attributes). That creates much frustration for the single person who feels that he or she has thrown away hard-earned money. Additionally, there is no way you could know if the shadchan even made attempts on your behalf. So here, too, one must be an educated consumer and do his utmost to fi nd out if the person he is dealing with is reputable. Or you can opt to deal with shadchanim who practice shadchanus as a chesed.

You are right that Hashem does not want you to be alone. Yet, there is no one-size-fi ts-all remedy for fi nding one’s bash-ert. For some it comes easily, and others endure long, painful challenges throughout their journey. However, armed with information and courage, iy’H, you will soon stand under the chuppah with your soulmate.

Baila Sebrow is president of Neshoma Advocates, communications and recruitment liaison for Sovri-Beth Israel, executive director of Teach Our Children, and a shadchanis and shidduch consultant. She can be reached at [email protected]. Questions and comments for the Dating Forum can be submitted to [email protected]. Read more of Baila Sebrow’s articles at 5TJT.com.

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KEEPING THE FOCUS ON UNITYWhen Henry

Kissinger became secretary of state,

Golda Meir, then prime minis-ter of Israel, wrote him a con-gratulatory letter, expressing hope for a solid relationship between the two countries. Suspecting she might think he would let his Jewish back-ground increase his sympathy for the Jewish State, he quick-ly wrote to remind her that he was “fi rst American, then Sec-retary of State, and last of all a Jew.” Golda Meir shot back an answer, reminding him that in Israel they always read from right to left.

Cute story, but isn’t it in-credible that in so many as-pects of our lives just a little adjustment of perspective can go a long way to make a major change in how we see our-selves and the world around us?

Look at the world. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed by the diversity of values people espouse to the point of it ap-pearing that they are totally incompatible. We wonder how we can create oneness and unity out of such chaos and separation. We easily assume that aspects of the world we live in are irreconcilable and that people of diff erent view-points are inherently apart. Our sages teach, “Just like their faces are not the same, so their opinions are not the same.” Just as every human being has the right to a unique face, and nobody complains about that right, so it is that we all have a right to diff erent opinions.

This is the “beis” view of life, after the fi rst letter of the word Bereishis. This second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (with a numerical value of two) is

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the fi rst in the Torah, but represents the creation of a world of duality.

Then there is the “alef” view, that the universe, with all its complexities, is really part of a total unity, created by a Power of One. The alef is the fi rst letter of the alphabet (with a numerical value of one, representing G-d and Oneness).

It is also the fi rst letter of “Anochi,” the fi rst word of the Ten Commandments.

An easy example of the alef view at work would be a quick look at the hu-man body beneath the surface level. The body is a complicated composite of millions of cells, electrical conduits, organs, bones, water, minerals, and miles of veins, arteries, and capillaries. However, as much as we learn about the body and its incredible complexi-ties, we still look at a person and refer to him as one body, not the parts that make up the whole.

The Torah states that man was cre-ated in the image of G-d, and the sag-es comment that our total makeup is really a “small world” that is refl ective of the “big world”—the universe we live in. With both “worlds,” the more we look beneath the surface, the more we see both complexity and unity.

But even as we understand the in-herent oneness of nature, we are still

overwhelmed at times with the great lack of oneness amongst human be-ings. How do we bring unity into a realm that appears so disparate? The obvious question that jumps out at us is: “Why?” Why is there so much diver-sity amongst people? Why did Hashem create the world so that left and right,

good and evil, light and darkness, can sometimes be so extreme? Why is it sometimes easier to hate than to love, to destroy than to build, to not believe than to believe? Why is it so diffi cult to see this unity?

The Chassidic Masters explain that the word for “world” (olam) has the same root in Hebrew as the word for “hiddenness” (helem). G-d created the world deliberately in such a way that the truth of this inherent unity would be well-hidden in order that we should choose to look beneath the surface and fi nd the unity on our own. This unity is found in the spark of G-d in each per-son, the soul of their being. If this uni-ty were easily apparent, we would not have free choice and our accomplish-ments would be minimized.

G-d gave human beings the chal-lenge—and the basic tools—to bring this unity closer to the surface. This role makes us “partners” with the

Creator in the process of uniting the spiritual realm, a place of unity, with the physical realm, a place of apparent diversity, in order to show the inher-ent Oneness of both. Our challenge is simply to see how we can bring that in-herent oneness that is part and parcel of the universe’s makeup closer to the surface.

In other words, we are meant to bring the alef into the beis. Every time we do a mitzvah, or a good deed, every opportunity we use to choose light over darkness or create peace between op-posing forces, we are creating a greater level of Oneness.

The goal is to work towards a world in which oneness and unity will be a reality, when the alef and the beis will be united, and we will not have even a thought that diversity could in any way be a cause of confl ict. “On that day

Hashem will be One and His Name will be One.”

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Agudath Israel Of Bayswater Annual Dinner

The annual dinner of the Agudath Israel of Bayswater was held at Congregation Kneseth Israel (the White Shul) in Far Rockaway on Wednesday, June 13. The dinner was held in memory of Rabbi Yehuda Harbater, zt’l, and the Otzar Seforim dedication was in memory of Rabbi Shimon Ludmir, zt’l. The guest speak-er was Rabbi Yaakov Bender, rosh ha’yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway.

Pictured: Meyer Simcha and Sora Schwartz, Mrs. Shira Harbater and Nissan Harbater; Rabbi Menachem Feifer, mara d’asra of Agu-dath Israel of Bayswater, and Rabbi Yaakov Bender.

Meyer Simcha and Sora Schwartz, Mrs. Shira Harbater and Nissan Harbater Rabbi Menachem Feifer, mara d’Asra of Agudath Israel of Bayswater, and Rabbi Yaakov Bender

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A review of some of this week’s daf yomi key concepts (Parashas Chu-kas – Zevachim)

Q. Is it possible to transform a bird Olah into a Chatas?

A. We explored this intriguing ques-tion on 67b–68a in the daf this week. The possibility for such a unique sacri-fi cial transformation is raised according to the view of R’ Yehoshua of the Mish-nah there (bottom of 66b). The Mishnah discusses a case where the kohen took an Olah bird off ering and brought it fol-lowing the exact procedures of a Chatas bird off ering. R’ Eliezer there rules that the slaughtered bird (which of course is deemed an invalid sacrifi ce) fully re-tains the special prohibited status called meilah, which applies to any sacrifi ce

that has not been rendered permitted for human consumption.

R’ Yehoshua asserts, however, that this sacrifi ce is no longer prohibited as meilah. But why should that be? Sure-ly this bird didn’t become permitted for anyone. R’ Yehoshua’s opinion is all the more diffi cult to fathom when we consider the fact that even when the Olah bird is brought properly, it re-mains meilah (since none of the Olah becomes permitted for consumption; rather, the whole thing is burned on the Mizbeiach). So certainly an improperly brought Olah should remain prohibited as meilah!

In the Gemara on 67a, R’ Adda bar Ahava reveals the concept behind R’ Ye-hoshua’s ruling. When the kohen takes

this Olah bird and brings it as a Chatas that has the eff ect of actually transform-ing the Olah into a Chatas! Since the meilah status of a Chatas is lifted once it has been off ered, the meilah status of this bird dissipates. To be sure, this kind of transformation cannot occur by an animal sacrifi ce. As Tosfos explains, it is only by the more fl uid consecration of a bird sacrifi ce (the fl uidity of bird sacrifi ces is demonstrated by the fact that a person may decline consecrating the bird at all, leaving it to the sacrifi cial procedures actually carried out by the kohen to determine the designation of the sacrifi ce) that we have this possibili-ty of reassigning the bird to a completely diff erent sacrifi ce.

In an attempt to refute this newfan-gled korban-morphing idea, the Gemara takes us through some exceedingly com-plex Mishnayos in the masechta Kinnim (the masechta about mix-ups of bird sacrifi ces and the often complicated ordeal of determining the correct pro-cedure of making up the possibly failed sacrifi cial obligations in a way that ac-curately accounts for all possibilities),

demonstrating that some of the rulings there don’t make sense if R’ Yehosh-ua’s bird-morphing idea is really true; though, until the last proof, the Gemara manages to defl ect these attempted dis-proofs. With its fi nal proof, the Gemara does succeed in proving that it’s neces-sary to water down the idea that R’ Ye-hoshua is actually suggesting. That is, the Gemara concludes that R’ Yehoshua isn’t saying that an Olah bird brought as a Chatas morphs into a Chatas that can actually be credited to the owner as a valid Chatas (if, for instance, the owner happens to owe a Chatas as well). Rath-er, R’ Yehoshua is only saying that the Olah changes into a Chatas regarding the laws of meilah.

Tosfos fi nds this to be an even more perplexing notion. Did it become a Cha-tas, or did it not become a Chatas?! I think, in order to fully appreciate the diffi culty here, it must be noted that the consequence of this halfway transfor-mation is to issue a leniency on the mei-lah issue (it would be easier to explain a rabbinically decreed halfway transfor-mation if it was for the purpose of being more stringent, but not less).

But maybe the understanding is this: Conceptually, this bird transforms 100% into a Chatas. Nonetheless, a per-son can’t actually count this bird to ful-fi ll a Chatas obligation because this bird still cannot be considered a valid Chatas sacrifi ce. For just as a person complete-ly disqualifi es a Chatas by merely think-ing while it’s being off ered for the sake of a diff erent type of sacrifi ce, all the more so if the bird in question actually possessed a status of Olah—this factor surely distorts the proper designation of the korban! My assumption here is that the prior Olah status isn’t erased like it never was upon the transformation into a Chatas; rather, a vestige of that origi-nal Olah status continues to factor into the designation of this sacrifi ce.

If you have your own thoughts on this, I’d love to hear them.

Rabbi Wise is maggid shiur of Real Clear Daf (realcleardaf.com), a website and mobile app that off ers free audio shiurim and other resources to assist your journey through Shas. He is also the director of Tehillim Together (tehillimtogether.com), a mobile app (for iOS and Android) that off ers a translated sefer Tehillim and facilitates Tehillim groups. To be a sponsor or to reach Rabbi Wise, please write to [email protected] or call 855-ASK-RCD-1 (275-7231). Read more of Rabbi Wise’s articles at 5TJT.com.

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Crossword: Summer Vacations

Across1. What Netanyahu is trying to help the Ira-

nian people with6. As far as10. Wound covering14. Like the tale of the Golem15. Chatzot, ideally16. Georgetown hoopster17. 1964 Kubrick classic19. “You are,” in Spain20. Pepsi One, for one21. Wang of fashion22. Asher’s daughter in Tanach23. Rages25. Mango alternative26. ___gail29. Holocaust hero32. McDowall of Planet of the Apes34. She played Thor’s mom35. Nickname for Bulgaria’s capital?36. Israeli’ town with an amphitheater38. Desert near Beijing42. “Johnny B. ___”44. Davidic song45. Was doomed to lose, like Jordan in 196750. Suggestion51. Actress Brie whose real last name is

Schermerhorn52. Excellent, in modern slang54. Dillon and Groening55. Electrical (rock) letters57. Ancient Peruvian61. Hebrew name meaning “with me”62. Alice Cooper’s biggest hit….or a hint to

solving 17, 29, 36, and 45-Across64. Former Knicks star Anthony, to fans65. Multivitamin supplement66. Busybody67. Starting point?68. Synagogue seats69. Grandson of Adam

Down1. Dampens2. Dynamic start?

3. Many a Jewish custom: Abbr.4. Esa ___5. Gas pump abbr.6. Except possibly7. Like Robin Hood’s benefi ciaries8. Good girl’s name?9. Undivided10. They might help with the herd11. O.K. location for a gunfi ght?12. “Got it, captain”13. Infamous al-Assad18. “Don’t ___ change”22. Word in many a font name24. With 36-Down, “priestly” McCar-

thy-era counsel25. Leaning locale26. Ramat Hadar borders?27. Bleacher bum’s shout28. Pride of Israel: Abbr.30. 2015 Rocky sequel31. Artist’s shade33. Gut reaction?36. See 24-Down37. Toothpaste tube letters39. Bran source40. ___ neder41. Dennis Mitchell, often43. Spanish golds44. Cheerleader’s trait45. “___ ___ all of Israel’s Prime Minis-

ters” (trivia question)46. Thrilled47. Basketball Hall of Fame sportscaster

Dick48. Extra charges49. Chanel, of cosmetics53. Jewish surname that means “iron”

in German55. Farm division56. Eat up, with “down”58. Cake, while on Atkins59. Budget reductions60. Baruch follower62. Drink slowly63. Caustic chemical

Solution To Previous Crossword: A Clean Finish

Puzzle appeared on Page 50 of the June 15 issue.

Jewish Spelling BeeHow many common words of

5 or more letters can you spell using the letters in the hive? Ev-ery answer must use the center letter at least once. Letters may be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7 letters and have a direct Jewish con-nection. Proper names and hy-phenated words are not allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points for a Jewish-relat-ed word that uses all 7 letters.

Rating: 7=Good; 10=Excel-lent; 14=Genius

Common solutions to last week’s Spelling Bee: Peticha. Achat, apathetic, attach, cache, catch, cheetah, cheap, cheat, chitchat, hectic, hatch, hippie, hitch, patch, pathetic, peach, pitch, teach, teeth, teethe, techie, tithe.

PUZZLESBy Yoni Glatt

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CHUKAS: CONDUCT UNBECOMINGFrom Where I Stand

BY RABBI YOSSY GOLDMAN

A life sentence for jay-walking? Twenty years for chewing gum

in public?! Singapore notwith-standing, surely that’s over the top.

Well, was it so diff erent for Moses, who, in this week’s reading, is punished and de-nied entrance to the Promised Land for the seemingly minor infraction of hitting the rock instead of speaking to it?

The people are clamoring for water in the wilderness. Hash-em tells Moshe to speak to a certain rock (he was meant to ask nicely) and promises that, miraculously, water will fl ow from the rock. Commentary enlightens us as to the behind-the-scenes reasons for Moshe actually striking the rock, but in the end the miracle happens anyway, and the people’s thirst is quenched.

So if your average rabbi to-day would make a rock pro-duce water, even if the rock needed more than mere gentle persuasion, surely it would be hailed as the greatest miracle of the century, and the rabbi would win the Nobel Prize for chemistry! But for Moses it is a problem? Even if it would have been a greater sanctifi cation of the Divine had he only spo-ken to the rock, still, for such a minor infraction such a severe penalty?

The answer, we are told, is that responsibility is commen-surate with the individual. If a child messes up, it is entirely forgivable. For an adult who should know better, we are less likely to be as forgiving. Like-wise, among adults, from a per-son of stature we expect more than from an ordinary fellow. A blemish on a coarse garment is not nearly as bad as it is on a piece of fi ne material. A stain on a pair of denims is not only acceptable, it is absolutely de-sirable. In fact, some people pay a premium for pre-stained jeans. Put the same stain on a silk tie, and it’s simply unwear-able.

Moshe was like the fi nest silk, and therefore even the smallest, subtle hint of sin was considered a serious breach of conduct, and the repercussions were severe.

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I recall reading in one of Rabbi Dr. A. J. Twerski's early books an exposition on the well-known Yiddish expression es past nisht—it is unbecoming. When he was a child and his father would admon-ish him for doing the wrong thing, he would say es past nisht, that is, for you, this sort of behavior is unbecoming. Not only did such a rebuke not shatter the child’s self-image; it reinforced it. A wise father was telling his child, “You are spe-cial; you are important; for someone like you, this sort of conduct is unbecoming.” There are behavior patterns that are not necessarily criminal or sinful. Yet for someone from an esteemed family back-ground, es past nisht, it is unbecoming. This was the kind of criticism that could actually build a child’s self-esteem. How beautiful, that even in chastisement one can fi nd validation and praise.

As I write these lines, I think of the chuppah ceremony when I offi ciate at a marriage. After reading the ketubah in the original Aramaic, I usually read an abstract in English. There in the text one fi nds the antiquated expression, “even as it beseemeth a Jewish husband to do.” The groom’s obligations to his bride are refl ected in that old, quaint turn of phrase reminding him that he will be expected to conduct himself appropri-ately—as it beseems a Jewish husband to do. Yes, we Jews do expect more from our husbands. There is a historical eth-ic and a sacred tradition we are all held to. No matter what the rest of the world may get up to, for a Jewish husband, es past nisht, it may be unbecoming.

Moshe was the greatest prophet that ever lived. For him, the standard could be no higher. Luckily for us mere mor-tals, we will not be held to that exalted benchmark. But we will be held to our own standard. The standard of Jews who were called upon by G-d to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

Rabbi Yossy Goldman was born in Brooklyn and was sent in 1976 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as an emissary to serve the Jewish community of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Shul and president of the South African Rabbinical Association. His sefer “From Where I Stand: Life Messages from the Weekly Torah Reading” was published by Ktav and is available at Jewish book shops or online at www.ktav.com.

BRINGING THEM HOME: REIGNITING THE SPARK OF YIDDISHKEIT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

While there are many of us who take the joys of a Torah life-style for granted, thousands of

Jewish families overseas have been living in a spiritual wasteland, their lack of reli-gious education further exacerbated by a climate of anti-Semitism, threatening their very existence as vital links in the chain of the Jewish nation.

Understanding the crucial nature of Jewish survival, Project ReJEWvenate was born last year, taking up the de-cades-old mandate of Isaac Shalom, Rabbi Solomon D. Sassoon, Joseph Shamah, Zev Wolfson, Edmond Safra, and Paul Reich-man to reinvigorate France’s Sephardic Jewish community with a strong com-mitment to Jewish education. Under the auspices of Ozar Hatorah International, Project ReJEWvenate has breathed new life into Jewish schools that were fl ounder-

ing as waves of anti-Semitism had many relocating to Israel, leaving countless edu-cational institutions in danger of having to forever close their doors due to declining enrollments. By bolstering schools’ infra-structures, running a national Jewish pride outreach program, and providing fi nancial support, scholarships, and transportation, Project ReJEWvenate has been able to successfully attract Jewish public-school students to French Jewish day schools of-fering an academically superior program, a safe environment, and a religious educa-tion.

The results have been extremely encour-aging. Under the Choose Jewish marketing campaign, nearly 700 children made the switch to Jewish day schools for the 2017–2018 academic year, with many more ex-pected to follow suit for the upcoming year. Project ReJEWvenate hopes to expand its reach, targeting thousands of Jewish children in public and Catholic schools by aggressively marketing the advantages of

Jewish day schools, a move that will ulti-mately stem the tide of intermarriage and rekindle the spark of Judaism in thousands of children and their families throughout France.

Similar eff orts in the former Soviet Union have been similarly encouraging. Vaad L’Hatzalas Nidchei Yisroel is current-ly running two Jewish day schools, one lo-cated in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku and another in the Georgian capital of Tblisi, with a current enrollment of 200 students. Both schools hope to double the size of their student body during this coming year.

Tremendous strides have been taken over the past year to further the cause of Jewish education, but with nearly 90,000 Jewish children in France and the former Soviet Union currently attending public and Catholic schools, it is clear that even greater eff orts are needed to further recruit Jewish children into Jewish day schools and thereby protect the future of the Jew-ish nation.


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A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDSRemembering A Founder Of The Adelphia Yeshiva In NJ; A Talmid Of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin In Poland, Rabbi Eli Fishman, zt’l

BY YOSSI FISHMANCollaborators: Rebbetzin Eileen and Yechiel, Akiva, and Rebecca Fishman

On Sunday, June 3, at the 47th an-nual reception, the Talmudical Academy of Adelphia, NJ, dedi-

cated a plaque in the beit midrash of the yeshiva, posthumously honoring Rabbi Eli Fishman, zt’l, as its founder.

Rabbi Fishman was one of the ev-er-smaller groups of Jewish leaders from the prewar period. He was sum-moned to his eternal reward on the 26th of Tevet 5777 (24 Jan 2017). Eulogies were delivered in New York the next day (https://youtu.be/AjfNmLFVMvs), and at Eretz HaChaim cemetery in Beit Shemesh, Israel, where he was laid to rest on January 26, 2017.

Rabbi Fishman was the author of On the Wings of Faith (Gefen Publishing, Jerusalem, Israel, 2016), an amazing chronicle of his experiences in the pre-war Torah world, his miraculous sur-vival in the Nazi death camps, and his illustrious rabbinic career after the war, available currently from Amazon.com or the publisher.

In 1938–39, Rabbi Fishman was a young talmid at the famed Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin in Poland. He was torn from his studies by the outbreak of WWII and the German invasion of Po-land in September 1939.

Rabbi Fishman survived the Nazi death camps, including Budzyn-Ma-jdanek and Auschwitz, as well as the death march from Auschwitz in Janu-ary 1945 and the Dachau concentration camp. He was the lone survivor of an en-tire family of nearly 70 souls under Nazi occupation, who perished al kiddush Hashem during the Shoah.

A recently uncovered amazing photo has preserved an incredible moment of pure emunah and kiddush Hashem that speaks to the kind of man Rabbi Eli Fish-

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12:50 pm @ Cedarhurst Center – Ground Floor Conf. Room – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Lichtenstein

8:00 pm @ Agudah of L.I. – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Nochum Katz

@ Aish Kodesh – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Simcha Weingott

@ Y.I. of Far Rockaway – Magid Shiur: R’ Daniel Martin and R’ Avraham Bachrach

8:15 pm @ Cong. Beis Medrash of Cedarhurst – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Dovid Spiegel

8:30 pm @ Y.I. of Oceanside

@ Congregation Heichal Dovid

8:45 pm @ Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Dovid Metz

@ Rabbi Blumenkrantz – Magid Shiur: Rabbi Yosef Friedler

9:00 pm @ Agudah of L.I. – Magid Shiurim: Rabbi Lichtenstein/Rotating Chaburah

@ Agudah of West Lawrence – Rabbi Brown’s Shul

@ Agudah of Bayswater

@ Beis Tefilah – (Tues.– Thurs.) Maggid Shiur: Rabbi Ephraim Edelstein

Rabbi Eli Fishman

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man was. Immediately following his lib-eration from Dachau, while recovering and emaciated from starvation, with only the tattered striped concentration camp garb to his name, a young Eli Fish-man had only one desire—to study To-rah with the great gaon and sage, Rabbi Shmuel Abba Snieg, zt’l, a leading rabbi from Kovno, who had also miraculous-ly survived. Rav Fishman was later or-dained by Rav Snieg, and became the assistant to the chief rabbi, serving in that capacity for fi ve years after the war. Rabbi Snieg became the chief rabbi of

the Agudas HaRabbanim in Germany, in the American Zone, after the war.

The men in this photo are all penni-less orphans. All those they loved and all who loved them had been murdered. But despite all their suff ering, and de-spite all their nisyonos, these broken physical bodies only desired to be closer to Hashem.

While many emerged from the death camps with their faith shattered, there were some, like Eli Fishman, who clung to their faith with a miraculous love that can only be described as above-human. These

Jews emerged from the inferno of the Shoah, like angelic Seraphim, their faith still burning strongly within them. And it was men such as these who sat down to learn Torah immediately upon liberation.

In 1950, Rabbi Fishman immigrated to the United States, under the auspic-es of Yeshiva University, at the behest of Dean Samuel Sar, zt’l. In the United States, Rabbi Fishman served in various pulpits in the tri-state area.

Rabbi Fishman’s illustrious rabbinic career spanned over 50 years in the rab-binate, and he brought many closer to Torah and Yiddishkeit. As a Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Fishman felt impelled to dedicate himself especially to Torah outreach and saving young neshamos.

Rabbi Fishman knew that innova-tive Torah education was the key to this outreach. As rabbi in his new congre-gation in New Jersey, together with his

wife, Rebbetzin Eileen, he revamped the Hebrew school elementary system, and created a unique high-school level “Midrasha” program taught by Rebbetz-in Eileen, and supplemented by varied youth programming, including NCSY.

He believed it was important to pro-vide the children with proper examples, and sought out Hebrew school teachers who were only shomrei mitzvot. Many of the teachers Rabbi Fishman hired for his Hebrew school were the wives of scholars studying in the Lakewood yeshiva’s kollel. As a result, Rabbi Fish-man’s eff orts quickly became known to the Lakewood rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Shneur Kotler, zt’l.

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or to build a full time yeshi-va high school in the area, as well.

The idea resonated with Rabbi Fishman because his own parents, R’ Yosef and Ruda Fishman, zt’l, had been instru-mental in founding a yeshiva in their own shtetl of Rachov-An-nopol, near Lublin. The school became known as the “Mechina of Yachal.” It served as a prepa-ratory school for boys of high-school age who dreamed to one day enter the parent yeshiva, the renowned rabbinical semi-nary of Yeshivas Chachmei Lu-blin (“Yachal”), the brainchild of its rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Meir Shapiro, zt’l.

Soon, in a rural area of New Jersey, which was once home to chicken farms, the Talmu-dical Academy of Adelphia, NJ, was born and has educated many hundreds of bnei Torah in the 46 years since its incep-tion in 1971.

There is no doubt that founding the Adelphia yeshiva was one of Rabbi Fishman’s crowning achievements in the fi eld of Jewish education, and a lasting memorial to the legacy of his martyred parents, z’l.

In the last year before his passing, at the age of 90, Rab-bi Fishman was honored as

“Founder” by the Talmudical Academy of Adelphia, NJ at the 45th annual yeshiva dinner on March 6, 2016. The success of the Adelphia Yeshiva is a legacy that has bridged the pre-war Torah world of Rabbi Fish-man’s youth like the Mechina founded by his parents, and Ye-

shivas Chachmei Lublin that he attended, to the present-day Talmudical Academy of Adel-phia, NJ—and that bridge is Rabbi Eli Fishman.

Rabbi Fishman left behind his beloved wife of over 60 years, Rebbetzin Eileen Fish-man, his adoring children,

Yosef, Yechiel, Akiva, and Rivka, his cherished grand-children Talia, Ariel, Daniel, Lauren, Josh, Amanda, Jo-nah, Jesse, and Joelle, and great-grandchildren Bracha, Aliza, Aharon, and Eli, the last a great-grandson born after his passing, and the fi rst to be named after him.

Rabbi Fishman was loved by all who knew him for his con-stant optimism, gentle charm, huge smile, generous and sweet personality, sharp Torah mind, and irrepressible sense of humor.

He embodied a deep sense of morality, amazing inner spiritual strength, and yirat Shamayim. He was a revered rabbinic leader and an adored father. His inspiration and bottomless reservoir of love moved many closer to Hashem, Torah, and mitzvot.

“I shall always see in my mind’s eye the image of my fa-ther donning his tefi llin, and winding its straps over the numbers tattooed into the fl esh of his left forearm at Aus-chwitz,” said his son, Yosef, at the levayah. “This says it all. He was a Jew of unshakeable faith, despite the unspeakable horrors he endured during the Shoah. He had the strongest love for every Jew; they were all precious to him. He devot-ed all the strivings of his life to

bringing people closer to To-rah, and to love of Hashem and the Jewish People.”

“My father’s image is always with me,” said his son Yechiel (Yale). “I recall vividly as a child that when the unfortu-nate poor would come to our home for assistance, not only would my father help them fi -nancially, but he would typical-ly invite them in to eat, saying they must be hungry. Our home was typically fi lled with guests for Shabbos and holidays. Of the many guests who came, they usually left with increased faith and a deeper connection to Yiddishkeit, and some even were inspired to study and be-come leaders and rabbis them-selves. For example, Rabbi Yo-sef Brown was just one such a guest as a boy, who went on to become a great Torah teacher educating thousands of young people in Israel.”

“The legacy of my father,” said his youngest son, Akiva, “in addition to infl uencing so many people over his amazing career in the rabbinate, is how he taught all of us to always ap-proach life with a positive out-look and always have faith and trust that Hashem will guide us to our own destiny. He demon-strated that no matter what test Hashem places before you, with emunah, we can carve our own destiny.”

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Rabbi Fishman’s legacy of Torah teaching continues with his progeny. Of note, his grandson, Daniel Fishman,

from Beth Medrash Govoha in Lake-wood, recently published Birkas Eli-yahu, a treatise of in-depth Talmudic

analysis on Tractate Nedarim that is currently being studied in the yeshi-vos, which has won widespread praise amongst the roshei yeshiva and was ded-icated by the author to be l’ilui nishmat his grandfather, Rabbi Eliyahu Fish-man.

Beit Eliyahu, a beit midrash in Mekor Chaim in Jerusalem, where Torah is learned daily, was built and dedicated l’ilui nishmato by Yechiel and Chagit Fishman, Rabbi Fishman’s son.

Rabbi Fishman and his wife, Eileen, merited to live in Netanya, Israel, a life-long dream. Eileen Fishman, together with her children, Joseph, Akiva, Re-becca, and Yechiel, are dedicating a li-brary in Rabbi Fishman’s memory at the House of Hope orphanage for girls, a worthy Orthodox institution which provides for every need of young girls who have no home. The Fishmans are also dedicating a sponsorship for the housing needs of the girls after gradu-ating high school, as they have no family to return to after graduation. Rebbetzin Fishman said in respect to their support of this orphanage, “What better way to honor my husband than to help young orphans who are alone, just as my hus-band Rabbi Fishman was alone and or-phaned in the Holocaust.”

During the terrible war, in October 1942, young Eli Fishman had just been imprisoned in a labor camp near his town, when he saw his mother and sib-lings through the fence as they were being marched on the road to the train station for “resettlement.” (He later learned they were taken to Belzec for extermination.) Defying the guards, he

ran out to his mother and wanted to go with his family to help them in what they might face. His mother’s last words to him were: “Dearest Elinke. You must remain here, and the Master of the Uni-verse will help, that in the merit of our ancestors, you will remain alive to be a remembrance of the entire family. Elin-ke, dearest, this you must remember al-ways.”

He honored his mother’s last wish. Not only did Rabbi Fishman always re-member, but he raised children, grand-children and great-grandchildren, who continue his path in Torah, and will nev-er forget.

Rav Fishman sitting with Chief Rabbi Snieg


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WHAT RABBI WEINBERGER REALLY WANTSBY BEN YISSACHAR DOV

The chareidi intelligentsia’s atten-tion has been riveted, in recent weeks, to an ongoing debate be-

tween Woodmere’s Rabbi Moshe Wein-berger and his chevrah of “neo-Chassi-dim” versus “old-guard” roshei yeshivaregarding the appropriate Torah curric-ulum for teenage boys and beyond. Rabbi Weinberger allegedly proposes to dra-matically alter the yeshivas’ time-hon-ored learning schedule to include gener-ous helpings of sifrei chassidus, as well as obligatory trips to visit Uman and Lishzensk, while his detractors say we’re okay with our old-time religion. Having been ignited by a laudatory article about his colleagues and followers in Mishpa-cha magazine, the debate has spread to all corners of cyberspace, with both attack-ers and defenders kicking up tons of dust that reportedly may soon reach as high as the Kisei HaKavod.

As both a former talmid of the kind of yeshiva supposedly subject to his at-tack, as well as a long-time follower of Rav Weinberger, I believe that many are completely missing Rabbi Weinberger’s essential point. His message has consis-tently been that we must frontally and tightly embrace our neshamos, and by ex-tension, G-d, with complete honesty. Put diff erently, he has constantly stressed how our greatest joy occurs only when

talking and transacting both candidly and lovingly, with ourselves, our family, our friends, and ultimately, with Hashem. He recognizes that while some accomplish this through brutal self-examination, others through selfl ess Torah learning, and even more of us from sifrei mussaror chassidus, any path is worthwhile if it reminds us Who our true Friend really is, and directly assaults the things that ob-scure us from Him: excessive physicality; narcissism; and yes, superfi cial Torah, te-fi llah, and mitzvah observance.

Superfi ciality is what Rav Weinberger has been attacking for decades, in all its forms, with love, humor, and fury. And the obligation to be real—honestly ac-knowledging one’s self-deceptions, ask-ing the diffi cult questions, rejecting con-venient but false answers, ripping off the band aids when necessary—this has been the prime directive behind everything he has taught us (witness, for example, his ongoing, searing campaign to raise con-sciousness about the massively uncom-fortable subject of shmiras habris).

Unsurprisingly, his personal inspira-tion has come from sifrei chassidus. Was this not the basic imperative of the origi-nal derech haBaal Shem, and all his subse-quent chassidim? But I am confi dent that if we all found a way to serve G-d with

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Kollel Of Flatbush Kesivas Osiyos Event

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YESHIVA LEGENDS FACE OFF ON THE COURT IN “OUR PLACE” FUNDRAISING TOURNAMENT

F rom the moment the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. for play-

er check in, until the end of the second evening gourmet banquet more than 14 hours later, it was a day of intense competition and family fun at Our Place’s second annu-al Yeshiva League Legends basketball tournament.

Held on Sunday, June 10, at Basketball City on the Lower East Side’s Pier 36, the day featured 34 teams competing for high seed-ing in opening round-robin games and ultimately, cul-minating in three separate play-off brackets and cham-pionship games. The event included separate full court men’s and women’s tourna-ments and, all new this year, a half court tournament for men ages 35 and up.

Schools from the tri-state area and beyond hit the hardwood in competitions that were fast and furious. In the full court men’s divi-sion, the Magen David Ye-shiva Warriors triumphed over the JEC Thunder in a nail-biter championship game, winning 40-39. The Frisch Cougars won the Tier II tournament champion-ship, with teams from DRS, Fasman Skokie Yeshiva, Yeshiva of Flatbush, HAF-TR, HANC, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, MTA, North Shore Hebrew Academy, Ramaz, Rambam, SAR, TABC, Val-ley Torah High School, and YULA also participating in heated match-ups through-out the day.

In a series of afternoon games, the 35 and up group took to the courts, with the MTA Lions taking home the trophy in a field that in-cluded teams from Seattle’s Northwest Yeshiva High School, Rambam, JEC, and HAFTR. The women’s di-vision had teams from Bru-riah, Central, Yeshiva of Flatbush, Frisch, HAFTR, HANC, Hillel, Magen David Yeshiva, Ramaz, SAR, SKA, and Shalhevet all engaging in an intense competition that started at 5:30 p.m. and lasted late into the night,

with the Ramaz Rams beat-ing the HANC Hurricanes in the championship game and the SKA Sonics winning the Tier II consolation bracket.

Referees named five ath-letes to the All-Tournament Team including MVP Morris Dweck of Magen David Yeshi-va (2013), Dennis Dweck of Yeshiva of Flatbush (2014), Gabriel Leifer of DRS (2016), Ariel Sokol of YULA (2014), and Shaje Weiss of JEC (2012). Also recognized for his performance was Dani Zoldan (1999), captain of the MTA Lions who won the MVP award in the 35 and up divi-sion. In the women’s division, the All-Tournament Team included MVP Tova Laufer of Ramaz (2005), Celia Co-hen of Hillel (2017), Victoria Gindi of Yeshiva of Flatbush (2016), Stephanie Greenberg of HAFTR (2011), and Rachel Stahler of HANC (2006).

Billed as an opportunity to “relive old rivalries” and “create new memories,” the tournament also featured Yeshiva League Legends giveaways and a massive carnival. Several hundred fans came to cheer on the more than 230 athletes in their custom made Legends jerseys throughout the day and the plentiful edibles included an afternoon piz-za lunch from Bravo’s and a pair of gourmet post-cham-pionship banquets featuring an extensive barbecue with smoked meats, tantalizing beef jerky from Graze, and a never ending sushi bar from Eden Wok.

The event was co-chaired by Rachelle Rosenberg and Elliot Steinmetz of Rosen-berg and Steinmetz PC, the event’s Main Event Sponsor, with warmup gear, pants, and sweatshirts provided by Maurice Levy (Magen David player) of High Life LLC. The main banquet, as well as the duffle bags and wa-ter bottles were sponsored by Josh Sasouness (Frisch player) of Dwight Capital. Other sponsors included The Orlo Fund, Arbor, GFI Realty Services, Inc., Ellkay Healthcare Data Plumbers,

Gourmet Glatt, Eden Wok, Avid Fitness, Hercman Prop-erties, Klipped, Alan and Judy Eisenman, Theryon, Hilltop Equities, MJ Prop-erty Group, the Five Towns Jewish Times, and The Jew-ish Link of New Jersey.

More than just a highly anticipated event that drew participants from all over the greater New York City area and far beyond for a day of excitement and off the charts energy, the Leg-ends tournament raised much needed funds for Our Place which will be used to continue operating its judg-ment-free drop in centers for at risk Jewish youth who

struggle with issues of ad-diction and abuse.

“In addition to providing hot meals, placing troubled young adults in therapy and rehab, and helping many go back to school or fi nd meaningful em-ployment, Our Place provides 24/7 around the clock care, providing a lifeline to those who feel lost or hopeless,” ex-plained Our Place director Rabbi Aryeh Young. “Our staff is on the frontlines every day of the year and have played a crucial role in helping so many fi nd their way back onto the path to a healthy, productive and meaningful life.”

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Men’s 35+ Champs MTA Legends, led by Tournament MVP Dani Zoldan (center)

Men’s Tier II Champion Frisch Legends, with Lior Hod

Men’s Tier I Champion MDY Warriors, with team coaches and OurPlace Executive Director Rabbi Aryeh Young (left) and Tournament Chairman Elliot Steinmetz (right)


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THE LIFE OF OLGA ELEK, PART 6 Olga fi nished high school with the

fi rst graduating class of 1929–30, as one of the brightest stu-

dents in the class. Her test scores were always exemplary, scoring near perfect. Her friends often approached her for help explaining the lessons. She began to tutor them to help them improve their scores. But as one of the few Jewish stu-dents, especially a girl, she tried to be discreet and low-key. Her mother, Karo-la, would not have it any other way. Their lifestyle was a cultured and refi ned one; showing off or calling attention to one-self was not done. But excelling in her studies was another matter. Olga was raised strictly and with an emphasis on striving for excellence. To bring home

less than an A in any subject was not acceptable and would result in a severe rebuke from Karola. “What have you to say about this poor eff ort?” she would ask when the grade was anything less than an A. Olga was very sensitive and she took her mother’s disapproval and scolding to heart.

As graduation approached, it was time to think about the future and to make concrete plans. From her early child-hood she had focused on a career in med-icine, encouraged by her father, a frus-trated doctor wannabe. Olga was content to pursue a medical career even if her heart was not really set on it. While it was not her fi rst choice, she was a dutiful daughter who would do as she was told. She knew what was expected of her and she complied. She took the entrance ex-amination to the Faculty of Medicine for admission to medical school and passed.

But fate intervened in the guise of the anti-Semitic numerus clausus regula-tion, limiting Jews to six percent of any university class in medicine, law, or en-gineering. A friend of her father’s agreed to sponsor her application to university, without which she would not have been admitted. But his sponsorship was only on condition that she would not pursue medicine. It was agreed that she would study education.

She recalled that this turn of events was not only disappointing but that it hurt. After all, she had passed the en-trance exam. However, while disappoint-ed that she could not become a doctor as her father so desired, she quickly rec-onciled herself to a career in education. While in high school, she had gained some experience tutoring her friends. As she got a taste of it, she realized she enjoyed teaching and was even good at it. So off she went to Pécs, a nearby town that boasted one of the fi nest universi-ties in Hungary.

It was 1931, and Olga was living in the university in Pécs, on her own for the fi rst time. She was 21. In the past, she was never allowed to walk with a boy alone; she was always in large groups of several boys and girls. Her new freedom was strange. Growing up, she always chose her friends based on their char-acter and not based on their religion, so fi nding herself among strangers was not terribly frightening. Still, adjusting to life as a university student in the big city of Pécs took some getting used to. She traveled home as often as her schedule and fi nances allowed, visiting her par-ents and friends.

On such occasions, a visit to the syn-agogue to share her experiences with the rebbetzin, Rab Erzsebet, was a must. They would discuss the latest books and plays, and Olga would describe the lectures she attended, presented by the famous intellectual fi gures of Pécs. She also visited her friends from gimnazi-um, most of whom did not go on to study in university. Among her close friends

the simchah and ahavah that comes from complete honesty, without once opening Likutei Moharan or Rav Kook, he would dance with joy.

Rav Weinberger is certainly not promoting any radical change; anyone who listens carefully to his shiurim, whether online or in person (and es-pecially in person), understands how conservative and mesorah-oriented he is. He is unwilling to accept any sort of radical change to our Yiddish-keit, whether in thought or in practice, versus what we have received from our parents and rebbeim. Nor does he have any issue with classic yeshiva learning—he has made clear countless times that it is essential to our avodah,

that we base ourselves in all of Shas and revealed Torah. A cursory look at Aish Kodesh’s weekly schedule will also confirm this.

In all, I believe that, sadly, this debate about “neo-Chassidus” has, for many, obscured the Rav’s most important mes-sage. While some may have honestly mis-understood the ideas expressed in the Mishpacha article, I suspect that others, in a diversionary, self-defensive tactic, have shifted the discussion from the dif-fi cult avodah he has always advocated, to a superfi cial debate about whether or not we should dramatically revise our Gema-ra curriculum. Not taking Rav Weinberg-er’s message to heart would be a missed opportunity, resulting in business as usu-al and leaving some of our children with-out what they really need: Honesty with themselves and G-d.

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was a neighbor, Katalin Gelencser, the daughter of a simple but respectable peasant (farmer). Katalin, or Kato, as Olga called her, was a devout Catholic girl who worked on her father’s farm. Olga and her family became good friends with the Gelencser family, a friendship that would last a lifetime. Olga natural-ly visited the Gelencser farm to spend some time with Kato as well. Then it was time to board the train and return to her studies in the university.

Called the interwar years, the early 1930s were a turbulent time in Hun-garian society. Hungary and her youth experienced a devastating loss in the First World War and with it the humil-iation of being on the losing side again. The Trianon Treaty signed in 1920 that offi cially signaled the end of the war also devastated the morale of the country.

Ten million Hungarian citizens sudden-ly found themselves becoming citizens of Ukraine, Romania, and parts of Yugo-slavia as the treaty stripped Hungary of two-thirds of her territory as a punish-ment for starting the war. It was a bitter pill for the uber-nationalist Hungarians to swallow, something that stuck in their throats for years to come. The mood in the country became bitter and melan-choly. As par for the course, anti-Semi-tism rose, especially among the youth.

Many turned toward the Church and found solace for their frustration by focusing on their Christian heritage. Christian advocacy groups were on the rise, urging the nation to support Chris-tian institutions and vote for Christian candidates. It was in this political cli-mate that the anti-Semitic regulation limiting Jewish acceptance in univer-sities, the numerus clausus, came into existence. One of the most nationalistic, right-wing Christian fraternal student movements that came into existence was the Turul Society. The turul was a mythological bird (falcon or vulture) in the Hungarian legends that led the peo-ple in the Carpathian basin. The Turul Society established chapters through-out the country and advocated a strict interpretation of the numerus clausus law. Turul was especially active on the Pécs University campus where Olga was a student. The activities of the Turul so-ciety included checking the ethnic and religious status of the students to make sure that the numerus clausus laws were strictly enforced.

By the late 1920s and early '30s, the anti-Semitic demonstrations on cam-

pus were a frequent occurrence. An-ti-Jewish actions and incidents were staged in the same way in every univer-sity town (Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs, and Szeged). At the beginning of the ac-ademic year, the “Christian” students prevented the Jews from entering uni-versity buildings or the classrooms. They organized demonstrations in the streets and held great assemblies where they accepted memorandums to demand the restoration of the original numerus clausus scheme or the aggra-vation of anti-Jewish restrictions, go-ing as far as the numerus nullus (total admission ban for Jews), and at the end of 1930s, even the stigmatization of their Jewish classmates with yellow stars. During the incidents, the Jewish students were systematically harassed in a well-organized way. For example, the Turulist law students “visited” the Faculty of Arts and attacked Jews there

so that they could not be recognized as aggressors. A most serious aspect of these attacks was that Jewish women were assaulted as well as the men.

Now, perhaps for the fi rst time in her life, Olga came face to face with the ugly face of Hungarian anti-Semitism. As an educated and sophisticated young wom-an facing such primitive attitudes, Olga understood that such manifestation of hatred was something to be aware of—and perhaps even to fear.

Dr. Alex Sternberg authored the forthcoming book “Recipes from Auschwitz–My Parents’ Story of the Murder of Hungarian Jewry.” He is a lifelong student of Jewish history, focusing on development of Zionism and the Holocaust. He is presently teaching graduate studies and is active in several pro-Israel organizations. He is a retired research doctor in children’s pulmonary health and a master karate instructor. Read more of Dr. Sternberg’s articles at 5TJT.com.

Olga Elek during her college days in the early 1930s

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NCYI BASKETBALL LEAGUE CROWNS TWO CHAMPIONSThe 2018 National Council of

Young Israel Basketball League season came to a close with 2

exciting and competitive championship games.

In the intermediate division, the heavily favored Heichal Hatorah Hor-nets from Teaneck, NJ faced off against the underdog Darchei Torah Peli-cans at the Hebrew Academy of Long

Beach’s beautiful new gym. Heichal fi nished the regular season at 9–1. By coming in second place in the division, they had a fi rst round bye. In the next round they defeated the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst. Darchei To-rah had a longer trip to the fi nals. They fi nished the regular season in fourth

place. In the fi rst round of the playoff s, they soundly defeated the Pruzdor Ye-shiva from Woodmere. In the semifi -nals, Darchei upset the top seed and previously undefeated Young Israel of Woodmere and advanced to the cham-pionship game.

There was an overfl ow crowd for both teams as the game began. In the fi rst quarter, Darchei raced out to an early 5–0 lead, but Heichal stormed right back with a 7–0 run of their own to take a 7–5 lead. The Hornets followed up with two 3 pointers and held a 13–7 lead after one quarter.

At the start of the second quarter, Heichal opened with another 3-point-er and built a 16–7 advantage. Led by Halbertol, Darchei Torah cut the lead to 16–12. Again, Heichal pushed the lead to 19–12 only to see the Pelicans climb back to within 19–17. The teams then traded baskets back and forth and the half ended with Heichal holding a 25–24 lead.

At halftime there was a huge minyanfor Ma’ariv that took place in the brand new HALB beit midrash.

Each team came out in the second half determined to claim victory and the league championship. The third quarter started as the fi rst half ended with the game moving at a frantic pace. At the end of the third quarter, the Pelicans held a 31–29 lead.

The fourth quarter was a classic. Ev-eryone in the gym was anticipating a dramatic conclusion and the teams did not disappoint. With fi ve minutes left in regulation time, Darchei Torah held a 39–37 lead. Levinger for Heichal hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 40. With 2:34 left, another 3-pointer by Heichal’s Levinger gave the Hornets a 43–40 lead. The Hornets’ Beren tied the game at 43 with a rainbow 3. Heichal scored and held a 45–43 lead with 52 seconds left. Both teams committed costly turnovers on the ensuing possessions. Finally, Heichal put the game away with two clutch free throws and secured the vic-tory and the 2018 National Council of Young Israel intermediate champion-ship.

Both teams played their hearts out and left everything they had on the court. They shook hands after the game to congratulate each other for a true classic championship game. Members of the Heichal Hatorah Hornets team were presented with individual player championship trophies as well as a team championship trophy.

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Intermediate division championship game

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The senior division featured a ter-rific matchup between MAY, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, of Lawrence, and the Mashadi Magic of Great Neck. The game was played in JMF Sports Arena in Westbury in front of a full-capacity crowd. The game started out in a back and forth contest with teams trading baskets and concluded with Mashadi holding an 8–7 lead after one quarter.

The second quarter was more of a wide open game. After Mashadi took a 10–9 lead, Rudansky for MAY hit the first three-point shot of the game that gave MAY a 12–10 lead, which they extended to a 16–10 lead. Mashadi climbed back with two quick baskets including a perfect feed from Levian

to Hajibai to make it 16–14. MAY then went on a 12–4 run which included a couple of more threes by Rudansky. MAY held a 28–18 advantage at half-time.

After a stirring halftime speech by Mac Aziz, coach of Mashadi, Ma-shadi was determined to get back in the game, and they did. Their defense clamped down and closed the gap to 32–29 with four minutes left in the third quarter. A three-pointer by Le-vian tied the game at 32. Mashadi finished off the quarter by holding a 39–34 lead.

The first few possessions of the fourth quarter, both teams traded three-point field goals, with MAY clos-

ing to 42–40 with five minutes left. Hajibai and Haj both hit baskets to ex-tend their lead to 48–42, with less than four minutes to go. Mashadi started to slow the game down, which led to a Le-

vian layup. With two minutes left to go Mashadi led 51–44. Another three by Rudansky closed the gap to 51–47. The

Heichal Hatorah Hornets, 2018 intermediate division champions

Senior division championship game


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last minute and a half fea-tured turnovers and missed shots by both teams. Rudan-sky hit another three to close the gap to 51–50. With 16 seconds left, MAY fouled Haj, who made both free throws, and Mashadi led 53–50 with 14 seconds left. MAY came down court looking for a good shot and they found Singer in the corner who nailed a three-point field goal that tied the score and sent the game into overtime.

The overtime period start-ed off with both teams making their foul shots. Mashadi fi-nally scored a basket to take a 59–57 lead, only to see MAY’s Peretz sink another two foul shots to even the score. Ma-shadi hit another basket for a 61–59 lead. On the ensuing possession, MAY knocked down another three-point shot to take a 62–61 lead. Rudansky made another foul shot to extend the lead to 63–61. A last attempt by Mashadi was off the mark and MAY secured the senior division 2018 championship.

Congratulations and mazal tov to all the teams for an ex-citing season. The 2018 sea-son featured teams from the following shuls/schools:

Intermediates (9th and 10th grades): Young Israel of Woodmere, Heichal Hatorah, Harborview, Darchei Torah, Pruzdor Yeshiva, Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst, Me-sivta Ateres Yaakov, Young Is-rael of Jamaica Estates, Be’er Hagolah, Ivdu, Lev Torah, Yam Hatorah, Mesivta Tiferes Torah, and Jewish Institute of Queens

Seniors (11th and 12th grades): Mesivta Ateres Yaa-kov, Mashadi, Tribeca, Aha-vat Shalom, Tiferes Shmuel, Heichal Hatorah, Darchei To-

rah, Harborview, and Young Israel of Manhattan

Many thanks to all the play-ers, coaches, athletic direc-tors, refs, parents, and fans who participated in the 2018 NCYI Basketball League.

For the past ten years, the National Council of Young Is-rael Basketball League, under the direction of Irv Bader and Judah Rhine, has given hun-dreds of boys an opportunity to play basketball in a com-petitive setting. The league is open to high school boys from different schools and shuls in

the NY-NJ metropolitan area. The season runs from the end of January until June, culmi-nating in playoffs and league championship games.

NCYI is excited to announce that for the 2019 season, the league will be expanding to include middle school-aged boys in 6th–8th grades from shuls and schools throughout the NY-NJ metropolitan area. The league is looking to in-crease the amount of teams in the current boys’ high school intermediate and senior divi-sions.

In addition, NCYI is excited to announce that there will be a separate girls’ basketball league with three divisions—middle division (6th–8th grades), intermediate divi-sion (9th and 10th grades), and senior division (11th and 12th grades).

For more information please e-mail Judah Rhine [email protected] or call 516-707-2638.

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tors: Please send in all your sports happenings through-out the summer so they can be included in the 5TJT Sportscenter.

Judah Rhine, who has been coaching youth basketball for more than 35 years, is co-director of MVP Boys Basketball Camp and MVP Girls Basketball Camp and co-commissioner of the National Council of Young Israel basketball league. He can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected]. Read more of Judah Rhine’s articles at 5TJT.com.

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TOURO GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK HONORS CLASS OF 2018Touro College Graduate School

of Social Work honored the 120 members of the Class of

2018 with an awards celebration at the 92nd Street Y, bringing together the graduates, their families, and friends with faculty and staff to recognize the students’ achievements. Emotions ran high as class members were congratu-lated individually and collectively for their leadership, tireless commitment and service to those in need, and aca-demic accomplishments.

“Welcome to the profession!” said Founding Dean Steven Huberman, Ph.D. “Touro will always remain your academic home. We appreciate your hard work and achievements.”

The afternoon’s festivities began with a luncheon in honor of a cohort of 58 MSW students who have been able to pursue their MSWs because of a $2.5 million federal grant that is providing scholarships to economically disad-vantaged students. The grant is funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Dean Huberman announced that the government would continue to fund the “Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students” next year, making it possi-

ble for current recipients to continue receiving aid and for new applicants to apply.

“These students have defi ed every odd. It’s a myth that if you come from diffi cult circumstances you cannot succeed,” he said while proudly reveal-ing that the Class of 2018 scholarship recipients are graduating with an aver-age GPA of 3.7.

‘Change Agents To The Nth Degree’

Darla Spence Coff ey, Ph.D., MSW, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the national association of accredit-ed social work programs and the sole accrediting agency for social work in the United States, addressed the small cohort: “The HRSA grant is not a gift. You have earned it. The world greatly needs you now more than ever. You are change agents to the nth degree.”

Two recipients, Christian Rodriguez, class of 2018, and Keren Blum, class of 2019, spoke movingly, expressing their gratitude for the support of Touro and its senior administration, the dean, and Dr. Coff ey and CSWE for help in obtain-ing and sustaining the funding. They also thanked eight-term former U.S. congressman Steven Rothman, who re-

cently joined the GSSW’s Profession-al Advisory Board. In brief remarks, Rothman, a former mayor, judge, and a lawyer, congratulated the students and urged them to always remain involved in their communities.

Said Rodriguez: “The HRSA grant appeared at just the right time and provided me with the hope I needed to keep moving forward.” Class valedic-torian with a 4.0 GPA, Rodriguez was chosen by his classmates and the fac-ulty to be the school’s student speak-er at the Division of Graduate Studies commencement on June 14 at Lincoln

Center. While earning his MSW, he was part of the school’s Military Social Work Education Fellowship program, which provided enrichment seminars that developed his clinical skills in helping veterans as well as a presti-gious fi eld placement at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at NYU Langone Health.

‘A Leader’s Leader’Dr. Coff ey was the keynote speaker

at the annual Academic Recognition Program that followed, which attract-ed approximately 400 students, fac-

Tzipora Langner receiving the Ohel Leadership Award from David Mandel, CEO of Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services

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ulty, staff , family members, and other well-wishers. Dean Huberman called Dr. Coff ey a “leader’s leader” as he pre-sented her with the school’s National Distinguished Social Work Leader-ship Award and a shofar as a symbol of self-awareness and social justice.

David Raab, executive vice president of the Touro College and University System, greeted the soon-to-be gradu-ates on behalf of Touro President Alan Kadish, M.D., and Touro leadership. Raab quoted an adage from Ethics of the Fathers that is meaningful to so-cial workers. “In a place where there is no person, you try to be a person…” He provided examples: an elderly par-ent without children available to help; a child unable to cope whose parents are at a loss what to do; or a communi-ty lacking in services and no one is do-ing anything about it. “This is the role in life you have selected … to step into situations where there is no one else capable or willing to step up,” he said. “In a place where there is no person, you have chosen to be the person. We at Touro salute you for your choice.”

Numerous awards were given out. Outstanding Community Service and Leadership Awards were given to Ve-ronique Green, who is running for a seat on her local community board in Brooklyn, and Anita Szalontai, a native of Hungary, who was a leader in the stu-dents’ partnering with their peers from the University of Michigan Flint cam-pus on a virtual Town Hall meeting on water as a human right. A third award winner, Sheryl Frishman, was not able to attend.

David Greene and Benjamin Heisler received the Student Award from the National Association of Social Work-ers-New York City Chapter for serv-ing as liaisons to the organization, ar-ranging workshops and providing the students’ perspective to NASW-NYC. Heisler also served as student-body president for two years, during which he organized events such as a blood drive and a career-development semi-nar.

Twenty-one students received Dean’s Academic Honors with Distinc-tion for cumulative GPAs of 3.9–4.0. “You’re works in progress,” said Asso-ciate Professor of Clinical Social Work Steven Krantz, D.S.W., LC.S.W, who himself was recently honored with the 2018 Presidential Award for Excel-lence in the teaching category. “Go out there open to the learning. It will never end for you—embrace it.”

Tikun Olam AwardRaquel Samet received the Dr. Ber-

nard and Sarah Lander Distinguished Social Work Tikun Olam Award, which memorializes the legacies of Touro’s founder and his wife, and pays tribute to a graduate student who has over-come tremendous personal obstacles and is making a diff erence in the com-munity. Despite multiple challenges, Samet “turned pain into purpose,” maintaining perfect attendance, com-pleting her studies with a “near per-fect” GPA, and earning the respect of her peers and professors alike, who view her as a strong and infl uential leader in the MSW program, said Di-

rector of Student Advancement Allison Bobick, MSW, LMSW. “Raquel models the key features of an individual with resilience…particularly the ability to go beyond one’s own ordeal and direct one’s energy to the wellbeing of others.”

Tzipora Langner received the Ohel Leadership Award from David Man-del, CEO of Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services. Jhavon Kornegay re-ceived the Research Award for her ex-amination of how working conditions and job stress impact the health of the child welfare workforce. She presented her research at the New York Academy of Medicine’s 12th annual Social Work Night. Leidy DeLeon received the Lati-no Leadership Scholar Award.

Director of Social Work Alumni En-gagement and Financial Resource De-velopment Eric Levine, DSW, LCSW, presented Deborah Marchuk, LCSW, Class of 2012, with the Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award for her com-mitment to professional excellence, devotion to community service, and commitment to nurturing colleagues and future social-work practitioners. Marchuck currently provides psycho-therapy to children, teens, and adults as a social worker at Long Island Counsel-ing and Anxiety Center in Cedarhurst, NY. Also receiving the Distinguished Alumni of the Year award but not pres-ent was president of the Alumni Asso-ciation Bobby Staley, Class of 2008.

Numerous students in the school’s fellowship programs were recognized: Farrah Denis, Veronique Green, Lind-say Ingenito, and Edwin Taveras in the Aging Education Fellowship; Benja-

min Heisler, Ludean Maitland, Chris-tian Rodriguez, and Lea Wersan in the Military Social Work Education Fel-lowship; and Christina Arnao, Ashley Cohen, and Jhavon Kornegay in the Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health Fellowship. Fifteen students received recognition for Excellence in Field Education, and nine students were honored for Excellence in Field Education with Distinction.


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BUILDING CASTLES IN THE SKY

A s I brainstormed for this week’s article, my mind went back in time and I wondered about real

estate and construction in medieval times. It occurred to me to do some research about what life was like for the elite 1,000 years ago, living in a castle. Did those huge edifi ces have anything in common with the large houses being built today?

The great age of castles began almost 1,000 years ago and lasted for nearly 500 years. The fi rst proper castles built in En-gland were introduced by William the Conqueror when he invaded England from his homeland in France. William needed to show his authority and protect his new kingdom. The early years of Norman occu-

pation saw a frenzy of castle building.The original stone castles consisted of

rectangular towers surrounded by high stone walls. These towers, also called “keeps,” were built with a number of levels within the keep, depending on its size and the wealth of its owner, but the ground fl oor would make up the castle’s main hall (also known as the Great Hall). This Great Hall was the equivalent of a combination of our modern-day living room, dining room, and den—with a little kitchen tossed in—with 40- or 50-foot vaulted ceilings. Burning in the center of the room would have been a large fi re, its smoke turning the air ac-rid. The only natural light fi ltered through narrow lancet windows. Here the nobility

ate, drank, and even slept. On special oc-casions, magnifi cent banquets were held here. The nobleman, his family, and im-portant guests sat at the high table, which was raised above the other diners and cov-ered with a tablecloth of fi ne linen. (I won-der if it’s from here that we get our dais set-up for formal aff airs?) The great hall was the heart of castle life.

Inside the castle walls, besides a mag-nifi cent hall, there would also be com-fortable chambers and a chapel. These chapels were extravagantly customized with stained-glass windows and gold ev-erywhere. A chapel seems to have been on the must-have list of castle-builders back then, much as a beautiful kosher kitchen is on the must-have list for houses built today.

Castles did not have bathrooms; in-stead, they had a garderobe, a large room (or chamber) containing wood or stone benches with built-in holes above a very long chute. Waste fell down the chute into the moat. (That moat was defi nitely not the kind of place any of us would want to picnic next to on a nice day.) The garderobes (to “guard” the “robes”) were so called because people also stored their clothes in them. The foul smell kept the moths away.

Obviously, there were no tubs and show-ers with running hot and cold water. Baths were taken in transportable wooden tubs, so that the summer sun could warm the water and the bather, but the tub could be moved inside when the weather worsened.

For fresh-water purposes, almost all cas-tles had a well within their walls. This was essential as a source of water if someone were to lay siege to the castle and everyone had to stay within the castle walls (what a life).

Early castle life was far from comfort-able. The wind blew through the wooden shutters on the windows and most people slept on benches or on rough mattresses in the great hall on top of hay or straw on the fl oors, which would be replaced on a daily basis (just like in a barn); insulation as we have today was unknown. By the 1200s, castle amenities got better and people slept in well-furnished bed chambers and living rooms that were built within the castle, usually above the main hall and in sur-rounding wing additions, heated by large open fi res and lit by candles.

Ironically, many people today, when building large homes, fantasize about living in a castle. We dream about the ultimate life of luxury, never having to fend for our-selves, having our every whim taken care of, adorned with jewels or swathed in silk. But despite all the glamour we see in mov-ies and conjure up in our imaginations, me-dieval castle life was not easy.

Hardships were plenty, and even the wealthiest individuals often found them-selves living in less-than-adequate quar-ters. There was no central heating, except for the central hearth or fi replace, which had to be tended to in order to be effi cient. Of course, that heat was usually saved for the nobleman and his family. Servants, soldiers, and others made due with tiny lamps and shivered a lot during the cold medieval nights. The nobleman, his family, and guests would also have had the added comfort of heavy blankets, feather mat-tresses, fur covers, and tapestries hanging on the walls—at least in later years when castle life became more developed after the 1200s—to block the damp and breezes; res-idents of lesser status usually slept in the towers, made due with lighter bedclothes, and just got used to being cold most of the time.

Even during the warmest months of the year, the castle retained a cool damp-ness and was very dark because in order to keep out the wind and cold in the harsher months, very few windows were included in the structuring of a castle. Most resi-dents spent as much time as possible out-doors.

All in all, the only thing I found appealing after having researched actual castle con-struction and the accompanying lifestyle were the large rooms with the high ceil-ings, and the use of stone. Everything else, although beautiful when in a picture or as part of a museum castle tour, is just that—a beautiful picture totally removed from life. So remind me again why we dream about owning our own castles?

Anessa Cohen lives in Cedarhurst and is a licensed real-estate broker (Anessa V Cohen Realty) and a licensed N.Y.S. loan offi cer (FM Home Loans) with over 20 years of experience off ering full-service residential, commercial, and management real-estate services as well as mortgage services. She can be reached at 516-569-5007 or via her website, www.AVCrealty.com. Readers are encouraged to send questions or comments to [email protected]. Read more of Anessa Cohen’s articles at 5TJT.com.

REAL ESTATEBy Anessa V. Cohen

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Shimon Lichtman, a'hBy Mayer LichtmanIt is hard to believe that two years have

passed since our brother Shimon, z’l, has been niftar. Whenever he is thought of, his beautiful character traits, to-gether with his wit and humor, come to mind. A number of months ago I stopped into my brother’s home for a short visit. The same warmth and care that one felt entering the Lichtman home on Mador Court came fl ooding back. This doesn’t come as a surprise, because Shimon, z’l, together with his eishes chayil, Rochel, shetichye, built and designed this Mik-dash m’at. Everyone and anyone was made to feel welcome and part of their family. As siblings we looked up to our eldest brother in building a home true to chesed and emes.

Even though Shimon was not one to heap accolades of praise on others, one was able to sense his feeling of joy for another’s achievements and accom-plishments. We always hoped we im-pressed him when we spoke at simchas. This was because every drasha that Shimon said at family events was full of chochma and relevance. He knew how to weave through the parashah in his own unique penetrating way and in turn re-late the message over to the individual event. His divrei Torah were careful-ly worded so as to give over his unique thought. It was truly a treat to have the zechus of reaching the same conclusion on a diffi cult sugya. Shimon inherited this penchant for chiddush and clarity from Daddy, zt'l. In turn Shimon showed and demonstrated for us, his siblings and children, the chashivus for limud HaTorah with geshmak.

Shimon forged strong ties with his rebbeim and rabbonim. In turn, his ro-shei yeshiva and chavrusos developed a strong bond and love for Shimon. All his friends and chavrusos from Lake-wood recall his hasmada, depth, and lomdus that he displayed in yeshiva. These qualities never left him and he maintained a strong desire to relive those years of shteiging. He was zocheh to give shiurim in shul that everyone remembers fondly. From those expe-riences he realized the importance of maintaining strong ties and an alle-giance to rabbonim. He taught this in-valuable middah of mokir rabbonim to his children and siblings.

I’m sure that from Shomayim Shi-mon is having nachas from his family— children and grandchildren—who are following his ways of chochma, Torah, tefi llah, and chesed. Shimon never al-lowed us to openly thank him or praise him, but on his yahrtzeit we can openly be thankful for all he has taught us. We are proud to have had the zechus of hav-ing Shimon as our role model. Shimon still remains with us in our lives through emulating him.

Tzadikim b’misasam k’ruyim chay-im. May the entire mishpacha—Mom-my, and Rochel, shetichyu, and all his offspring—see only simcha in good health ad bias hagoel. Yehi zichro boruch.

HALB State Fair

The fifth-grade state fair was a huge success! Students walked

through the room throughout the day to visit booths and learn about the different states. The children did an amazing job “selling their state”! They presented trifold boards and travel brochures. Students were

able to taste some cuisine, and they learned interesting facts about the United States in an interesting way. Great job!


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Shalhevet Student Receives YU Book Award

MSH junior Eliana Hirsch was awarded the Yeshiva Uni-versity Book Award for rising seniors who have demon-strated outstanding academic achievement, leadership qual-ities, community service, and a commitment to the values and ideals of Yeshiva Univer-sity. She was presented the award by Menahelet Mrs. Es-

ther Eisenman and Director of College Guidance Mrs. Rena Hirsch.

PSEG Gets Bird's-Eye View Of Power Lines

From June 18 through June 22, PSEG Long Island used a blue-and-yellow Bell Jet Ranger helicopter to conduct aerial equipment inspections. The inspection helicopter hovered above structures on Long Island and the Rockaways for a short duration. Area res-idents and motorists saw the helicopter hovering near power lines and right of ways (ROWs) and follow-ing a flight path along elec-tric transmission ROWs. From the helicopter, a utility worker surveyed wires and vegetation around ROWs and power lines. PSEG Long Island is committed to pro-viding safe and reliable ser-vice for customers. Survey-ing by helicopter enables better visibility of equip-ment that poses a challenge to survey from the ground.

Gan Chamesh Garden Graduation Parade

Gan Chamesh ended off the year with a magnificent garden-themed graduation parade down Maple Avenue. The young graduates excit-edly marched out, wearing their brightly colored school shirts and holding banners with their own self-portraits up high.

The theme revolved around a garden and drew a comparison between the process a seed and a child undergoes. The child is sim-ilar to the seed, which has a tremendous amount of po-tential within and blooms, flourishes, and bears fruit when tended to with warm, loving care.

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Shalhevet student Eliana Hirsch receives Yeshiva University Book Award

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Gan Chamesh staff members work daily to plant a love of Yiddishkeit in their students, and believe that the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.

Thank you to the Village of Ce-darhurst and the auxiliary police for their assistance in closing off Maple Avenue. Thank you to Mr. Gary Wal-lin for the amazing musical accompa-niment. Thank you to Jerusalem Flo-rist for supplying materials for the garden display. Thank you to Ronen

Riskovich from Action Studios for the beautiful photographs. Thank you to the incredible teachers and staff at Gan Chamesh for a wonderful year of growth. Wishing the parents contin-ued nachas from their seedlings.

For information on Gan Chamesh, Chabad’s Early Childhood Center, please contact Susy Adler or Su-zanne Wallin, the program directors, at 516-295-2479.


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Gan Chamesh Garden Graduation Parade

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YOSS Celebrates Middos Tovos

Yeshiva of South Shore’s Bachurei Chemed–Yedidei Hashem program culminated a year of middos tovos and derech eretz. Established by Rav Binyam-

in Kamenetzky, zt’l, the society inspires talmidim in fi rst through eighth grades to fulfi ll mitzvos, act like bnei Torah, and grow in their love for Yiddishkeit.

The yeshiva honored the special talmidim to mark their achievements. All the boys in fi rst through third grades received certifi cates that recognized their completion of 12 cycles of basic middos corresponding to the 12 Sheva-tim. In fourth through eighth grades, the rebbeim selected 34 talmidim who exhibited exemplary middos and derech eretz throughout the year. The older boys visited Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, where they had the z’chus to meet with and hear divrei chizuk from the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yechiel Perr, shlita. Rav Perr inspired them with stories about the Alter of Kelm, Rav Shalom Schwadron, and other tzaddikim. The stories carried the over-riding theme of treating people properly.

“I am so proud of all of our talmidim,” said Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, rosh yeshiva. “It is a great honor to my father’s memory that our students are continuing his love of mitzvos and fol-lowing his example of middos tovos and treating everyone with respect.”

Shulamith Memoir NightDressed in their Shabbat best, the bud-

ding young authors of Shulamith School for Girls gathered with their parents, grandparents, and some great-grand-parents on Wednesday evening, June 6, at the Hewlett East Rockaway Jewish Center for the 11th annual fi fth-grade Meet the Author Night and Publishing Party. This was a culminating event for the young ladies who began writing their memoirs in December. The students pub-lished beautiful scrapbooks that included eight entries they had written about their lives. The girls learned a lot about writing and will surely treasure this keepsake for many years to come.

When the authors were asked to write about their experience of writ-ing, one noted that she liked being able to share her feelings in her scrapbook. Another author wrote that it was fun to write because “it is all about you and no one else.” She concluded, “Memoirs


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can show people who you are.” Many authors commented that the best thing about memoirs is that they will “have their scrapbooks for a really long time” and they will be able “to look back and see what they thought in fi fth grade.” As one enthusiastic author concluded, “Memoir writing is overall the most fun thing in the world!”

The evening was enjoyed by all those who attended as we shared nachat while celebrating the writing accomplish-ments of these fi ne students.

HALB End-Of-Year Chopped Honoring Mrs. Sambursky

The HALB staff along with parent Naomi Nachman ended the year with a Chopped cooking competition that left

everyone laughing and full! The staff was presented with a mystery bowl which consisted of chicken, marsh-mallow fl uff , spicy chili, and popcorn and had 30 minutes on the clock to create a masterpiece. The judges had a great time eating the delicious (and the not-so-delicious!) dishes.


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As the competition concluded, the HALB family watched a tribute video to Mrs. Sambursky, a dedicated and de-voted fi rst-grade teacher who has been teaching at HALB for over 30 years. Mrs. Sambursky has been a staple at HALB, and the students, parents, teachers, and administration wish her all the best on her retirement.

NY Yachad Gala Dinner

On Monday, June 11, NY Yachad held their fi rst gala dinner at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence. An overfl ow crowd of community leaders, rabbis, donors, and Yachad families joined in support of Yachad’s work and raised critical funds to help promote the goal of inclusion of individuals with dis-abilities within the Jewish community. Tribute was paid to three unique people who have been a guiding force for many years in Yachad’s mission. Rabbi Abie Wahrhaftig, z’l, who was a pioneer in


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the camping world, brought inclusion to Camp Morasha at a time when that concept did not yet exist. Today, Yachad has 27 diff erent inclusive summer pro-grams. Adira Katlowitz was presented with the Young Leadership Award for her longstanding eff orts and involve-ment with Yachad, which began more than 15 years ago when she was in high school. She continues to remain in-volved with Yachad through her partic-ipation in many Miami and Jerusalem marathons and her leadership of the Friends of Yachad Alumni association.

A moving video tribute was shown extolling the impact of Caryn Pollak, a’h, a dynamic and beloved young lady from West Hempstead and founding member of Yachad programs who was both a member of Yachad’s nascent pro-gramming over 30 years ago and later a Yachad employee, working in the OU offi ces in downtown Manhattan. Rabbis Yehuda Kelemer and Josh Goller of the Young Israel of West Hempstead joined the many families from the West Hemp-stead community who were present in support of the Pollak family as they ac-cepted Caryn’s award and naming of the West Hempstead Yachad chapter in her memory.

Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal, director of NY Yachad, refl ected on the great growth of Yachad across New York, specifi cally the expansion of Yachad’s many services in Brooklyn, Riverdale, and the Five Towns, with a community center having been opened there a year ago. Yachad’s vocational program was showcased in a short video touring the

job sites and establishments at which Yachad members have been trained to work in. UPS, Judaica stores, Carlos and Gabby’s, supermarkets, and many oth-er job sites were highlighted as places

where Yachad’s vocational program has been able to provide meaningful em-ployment to its members.


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Dr. Jeff rey Lichtman, Yachad’s inter-national director, closed the evening with a moving charge to the attendees, urging participants to view this evening as just the tip of the iceberg of what NY Yachad can accomplish with their in-volvement and support.

The gala dinner was a beautiful eve-ning that aff orded all those present a glimpse into the impactful work that Yachad does across the broad Jewish community, promoting the inclusion of all individuals, no matter the abili-ties, into all areas of Jewish life. Many

thanks to the dinner chairs: Blima and Yossel Druker, Leora and Yaakov Hauptman, Chani and Daniel Herr-mann, Tobey Karpel, Hannah Kelsen, and Joy Glicker Lieber for helping to make the evening the success that it was.

For more information and to fi nd out how you can get involved and support the eff orts of NY Yachad, please con-tact Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal, director, Yachad NY, at [email protected] or 212-613-8266.

White Shul End-Of-Year Carnival

On Sunday, June 17, the White Shul Youth Department celebrated the close of another successful season with a family barbecue, Rita’s ices, car-nival rides, raffles, and embroidered sweatshirts. The White Shul crew al-ready can’t wait to see what’s in store for next year!

KAY Shul Dinner By The Bay

By Yehuda RaskinOn June 5, the members and friends

of Kehillas Ahavas Yisrael (otherwise known as the KAY shul) celebrated their dinner on the waterfront, the shul’s eighth annual dinner. For the second consecutive year, the Jacobs family hosted the event at their picturesque Lawrence home on the bay, creating a casual and inviting atmosphere for all to enjoy.


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The feeling of enthusiasm was palpable as the shul prepares for the next stage of their growth—moving into their new home, currently under construction, on the corner of Penin-sula Boulevard and Arbuckle Avenue. The dinner was organized by dinner Chairmen Kuti Roberg, Mordechai Jacobs, and Shui Mintz. The commit-tee worked hard and organized a fun and exciting evening for all.

Dinner was catered by Meisner’s Gourmet Catering along with Stop Chop & Roll, and featured a colossal barbecue and sushi station as well as a smoothie stand and a semi-open bar. The delicious steaks and other high-quality meats were graciously provided by the friends of the shul at Gourmet Glatt. Casual musical enter-tainment was provided by Mordechai Levovitz, Aryeh Kunstler, and Adir Farbman who set a wonderful mood that was fun and relaxed. KAY’s dy-namic rav, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein, shared some inspiring words about the importance of a strong and sup-portive community. The evening end-ed off with the shul’s charity raffle, which offered some amazing prizes including $1,000 towards Gourmet Glatt, and the final prize of the night was a brand new shaitel courtesy of Erin Friedman.

“This year was another very suc-cessful shul dinner, with a substan-tial amount of money raised towards the shul’s operations and, more im-portantly, an uplifting and fun-filled evening with members of our shul able to connect with each other in

a different setting than usual,” said dinner ambassador Mr. Daniel Re-faelovitz. “We owe a lot of hakaras ha’tov to the Jacobs family for allow-

ing us to use their beautiful home to host the event.”


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Priority-1 31st Anniversary Dinner

Priority-1 would like to thank the community for the incredible outpour-ing of support this past Tuesday at the Priority-1 31st anniversary dinner. With 300+ attendees, the event was an astounding success and highlighted the incredible role that Priority-1 and Ye-shiva Zichron Aryeh have in the com-munity.

“In all my years of giving time, money, and energy to the yeshiva, I have always felt that I have gained exponentially more than I gave,” Avraham Burger, Guest of Honor, said.

Bud Shawel, recipient of the Young Leadership Award, related his 14-year journey of growth with the yeshiva, starting as a young man in Dallas, Texas,

getting into his car and driving to New York to join Yeshivas Zichron Aryeh, to now smoking brisket as a community leader in preparation for the shiur he hosts every week. He gave a passion-ate plea to all attendees to reach out to someone with whom they’ve had a pos-itive learning experience in the past to begin a daily seder for 10–20 minutes. Speaking from personal experience, he guaranteed that the infusion of Torah learning would enhance their lives sig-nifi cantly.

Meir Nitekman, the recipient of the Alumnus of the Year award, shared his perspective on accepting the role of fundraiser for Priority-1. “Hakaras ha’tov is something one should share publicly,” Meir said. “I view being hon-ored and helping to fundraise as a small way of giving back for the incredible amount that the yeshiva has done for me over the previous 20+ years. The Chofetz Chaim says that the purpose of life is not to become the greatest person; it is to become the greatest you can be-come. That is the mission of Priority-1, to bring out the individual greatness of each person.”

Set in a massive tent on the yeshiva campus and catered by Sharmel Cater-ers, the dinner featured a short program


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Meir Nitekman receives award at Priority-1

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followed by an inspiring kumzits led by Yehuda Green.

Additionally, all attendees received an advance copy of Rabbi Shaya Co-hen’s new book, Raising Amazing Chil-dren: A Torah Approach to Parenting.” To receive your own copy, please e-mail [email protected] or call 516-295-5700, ext. 108.

HALB Class of 2018Mazal tov to the 34 girls and 49 boys

who graduated the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach on Tuesday, June 12. The

Middle School principal, Rabbi Uriel Lubetski, commented, “We will miss this talented, creative, and outspoken group of young men and women and wish them much hatzlachah in high school!”

HANC GraduationOn Monday evening, June 11, the 28th

of Sivan, HANC high-school seniors graduated before an audience of several hundred proud family members, guests, administration, and faculty members. The ceremony took place at The Space in Westbury, New York.

The program opened with a poignant video presentation fi lmed by faculty honoring the graduating class. The vid-

eo featured administrators and teach-ers refl ecting on their most meaningful memories with the graduates. Follow-ing the processional and the anthems, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, principal of the high school, welcomed guests and graduates and introduced salutatorian Zackary Plutzer who delivered the in-vocation. Mrs. Marie Palaia, associate principal, greeted the graduates with a heartfelt congratulatory message.

In his outstanding valedictory ad-dress, Josh Weinstein encouraged his classmates to continue making positive choices based on the foundations each student received while at HANC. Ad-



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ditionally, Josh expressed his hakarat ha’tov to his beloved school, family, and friends.

Alumnus Dylan Hamapour (‘15) and chazzan Yosef Kar-avani, a father of HANC stu-dents, riveted the audience with their heartwarming per-

formance of “Al Kol Eleh”—a Tribute to Israel at 70.

Ms. Tziporah Zucker, assis-tant principal, addressed the graduates, reminding them of the unique qualities of HANC and how it has impacted each individual throughout their high-school career. She then introduced the class speaker,

Michali Betesh, who refl ect-ed on her four years of high school.

A special Keter Shem Tov award was presented to Moshe Khalili in memory of Rabbi Jack V. Zucker, father of assis-tant principal Ms. Tziporah Zucker. This award is in rec-ognition of the recipient’s out-standing distinguished charac-ter and a strong commitment to leading a life of high ethical and moral standards consis-tent with Torah ideals and val-ues.

Prior to the distribution of the diplomas, the graduates performed their alma mater, “A Million Memories,” writ-ten together by HANC’s music teacher, Mr. Dovid Klaver, and members of the graduating class.

Rabbi Adelman, Mrs. Palaia, and Ms. Zucker distributed the diplomas to the graduates who were also greeted by dean of students Rabbi Etan Ehren-feld and director of student life Rabbi Daniel Mezei. Gifts to the graduates were distributed by the chairman of the board of education, Mrs. Loren Daitch,


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and the chairman of the board of directors, Mr. Duvy Maryles.

HANC’s menahel, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, in his charge to the graduates, recognized his special bond with the grad-uates and encouraged students to always stay close to Hashem.

Salutatorian Batsheva Moskowitz administered the benediction, reminded fel-low graduates to “keep their uniqueness,” and thanked Hashem for bringing the stu-dents to this milestone.

Closing out the ceremo-ny was a moving rendition of “Birkat Kohanim” performed

by Chazan Karavani. After the proceedings, graduates and guests enjoyed an elaborate collation sponsored by the Bender and Kreinik families.

Mazal tov to all the graduates and their families!

A New Home For Bais Tefi la Of Inwood

A large crowd turned out for the Bais Tefi la of Inwood build-ing launch event. The gather-ing took place at the spacious


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VFW building on Doughty Blvd, which will soon be con-verted into a magnifi cent new shul for the community.

Stay tuned for more infor-mation about the exciting cam-paign!

The 2018 Annual RNSP Public Safety Event

On Sunday, June 3, the Rock-away Nassau Safety Patrol pre-sented the community with a world-class public safety event that was thoroughly enjoyed

by scores of children and their families. Children got to enjoy infl atable rides and other fun carnival-like activities. How-ever, the theme of public safety was evident through the many

engaging, hands-on, safety-re-lated activities.

Families were treated to a fi re-safety demonstration. They had the opportunity to put that knowledge to the test in the FDNY’s smokehouse. The smokehouse is a simula-tion of a real house fi re. Those inside needed to employ their knowledge of fi re safety and practically apply taught pro-

cedures as a means by which to remove themselves from the simulated danger.

The families at the event were also treated to self-de-fense training courtesy of War-ren Levi Mixed Martial Arts. Participants got to learn im-portant self-defense strategies, and many also had the oppor-tunity to win free sessions at Warren Levi.

Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County generously made an ambulance available for educational purposes. Fam-ilies got an inside peek at the lifesaving tools and practices

that Hatzalah volunteers put to use each and every day.

As always, the NYPD came through in full force! The fam-ilies at the RNSP Public Safety Event had a lot of fun engaging with the NYPD offi cers. The NYPD’s highway division had a motorcycle on hand. Children got to sit on the motorcycle and hang out in police cars. As if that wasn’t enough, they even got to see and handle the tools used by the NYPD’s elite ESU force. They learned that the work of the NYPD is way more


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intensive than what appears on the sur-face.

RNSP patrol units were on hand to meet and greet the community members they serve and to etch hundreds of bikes, scooters, and electronic devices. For as long as the RNSP has been collaborating with the 101st Precinct etching and reg-istering bikes, scooters, and electronic devices, this free service has proven to reunite rightful owners with their lost and stolen property dozens of times over. RNSP graciously thanks its sister organization, Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol, for their generosity in providing their command center. Their command center was the primary source of power and also served as the event headquar-ters. Much thanks to FSSP’s coordina-tor, Bob Moskovitz, and to FSSP’s and Flatbush Hatzalah’s Akiva Klein.

The active engagement with all of these public-safety personnel and their lifesaving vehicles and tools left the families of our community with a pro-found appreciation for what they do each and every day.

The RNSP thanks the commanding offi cer of the NYPD’s 101st Precinct, Captain Vincent Tavalaro, for his devo-tion to the Far Rockaway community. Much thanks also go out to crime-pre-vention offi cer Michael Depace for edu-cating the families in attendance of the various ways to avoid falling victim to crime. An untold amount of planning, coordination, and work made this event possible. Without devoted communi-ty-aff airs offi cers Kevin Campell and Lynn Blanchette, the event would not have happened. They spent many hours diligently working to make sure this event was a success.

We thank NYPD all for all the work they do for our community every single day. Most of the work they do goes unno-ticed by the general public, but they play a huge and important role in ensuring the safety and well-being of the citizens of our community and beyond.

Councilman Donovan Richards Jr. of the 31st New York City Council Dis-trict was also in attendance. His steady support and interest in the work of the RNSP is always appreciated. He reg-

ularly meets with the leadership and members of the RNSP to off er support and recognition.

Much thanks is also due to Carlos and Gabby’s, who for the last few years has provided food for all of the RNSP mem-bers and staff while they work this im-portant community-wide event.

Last but not least, we are so blessed and thankful to have so many devoted members, most of whom were on hand at this public-safety event and for all that they do to make the Far Rockaway and Five Towns community a better place to live and do business. In partic-ular, much gratitude is due to Shmuel Russell, Nussen Bornfreund, Dov Klein, and Channa Leah Siegel for all of the work that they put into planning and ar-ranging what turned out to be a spectac-ular public safety event that benefi ted thousands in a most meaningful way.

Chaverim In The Community

On Sunday, June 10, Chaverim of the Five Towns and Rockaways held its sec-ond annual carseat safety inspection. This was done in conjunction with the Kulanu Fair, held in Andrew J. Parise Park, and the NY State Police. Over 1,000 people were in attendance at the fair.

Chaverim checked many carseats and was pleased to have the following cer-tifi ed inspectors from the NYS Police: SGT James Walters, TPR Upton Walk-er, and TPR Ron Gallo.

While in general, over 75% of caregiv-ers feel confi dent that they know how to use their seats correctly, Chaverim found a 91.6% misuse rate among the seats checked—seats that were either


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installed improperly or being used in-correctly. Chaverim was so proud to have been able to give over lifesaving

education to all those who participated!Over 20 people came by without cars

and took information to sign up for the next carseat event (stay tuned by follow-ing Chaverim on social media).

Chaverim would like to thank Bubble Bum for sponsoring three travel inflat-able car booster seats and for Tech613

for sponsoring the carseat for the raf-fl e. Congratulations to the raffl e win-ners—grand prize carseat: Dovid Pinter;


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BubbleBum travel inflatable car booster seats: Mr. and Mrs. Shmaryahu Ryback, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gettinger, and the Handler family; and two Chaverim pow-er banks: Dovid Pinter and Menashe Friedman.

Chaverim would like to thank Deputy Inspector Daniel Gluck, commanding offi cer, and the rest of the Nassau Coun-ty Auxiliary Police Fourth Unit for their tireless eff orts in helping with anything and everything that our community needs. Thanks go to Mayor Ben Wein-stock of Cedarhurst, Mayor Alex Edel-man of Lawrence, and Village Adminis-trator of Lawrence Ronald Goldman for stopping by and giving their support.

Chaverim of the Five Towns and Rockaways would like to thank dedicat-ed members Avi Bulka, Avrohom Yaakov Ely, Naftoli Feitman, Shlomo Feldman, Aaron Kagan, Efrat Kagan, Shlomo Ka-plan, Samuel Kopolovitz, and Binyamin Lipsky for stopping by and helping on a hot day.

Special thanks go to sponsors Cross River Bank, Tech613, Gourmet Glatt, Luxury Connections, Hotel Rooms.com, Westwood Realty, Miller Realty, FTAds, the Jewish Home, and the Five Towns Jewish Times.

Chaverim invites the community to come to the parlor event breakfast this Sunday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m at the home of David and Adena Muchnik, 517 Cedar Hill Road in Far Rockaway.

Please feel free to sign up for Chaver-im’s next offi cial defensive-driving class, scheduled for Monday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. at the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC located at 207 Grove Avenue in Ce-darhurst. Pre-registration is required as there are space constraints. Course is approved by the NYS-DMV, and rec-ognized by all NYS auto insurance com-panies. Get a 10% discount off your lia-bility, PIP, and collision insurance on all your vehicles for up to three full years. Get up to four violation points off your record. Easy class with no tests!

For more information or to sign up, please visit chaverim5t.org/defensive-driving-class-sign-up-2018/, facebook.com/chaverim.fi vetowns.3, https://twit-ter.com/chaverim5T, instagram.com/

chaverim5t, or by contacting [email protected] or at info line 516-331-1460.

Chaverim of the Five Towns and Rockaways is ready to assist for any car trouble! Call the helpline at 718-337-1800.

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Hatzalah Meets With NYS Government Offi cials In Albany

By The Friedlander GroupChevra Hatzalah (https://hatzalah.

org/) is the largest all-volunteer am-bulance service in the United States, providing premium-quality pre-hospi-tal emergency medical treatment and transportation at no cost to all who need it, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic-ity.

On June 13, Hatzalah representatives met offi cials in Albany to develop a close working relationship with members of the state legislature. State senators and assembly members were briefed regard-ing the scope of Hatzalah’s reach into the communities that they represent and acquired a deeper understanding for any future issues that may arise.

Private meetings were held with Sen-ator Marisol Alcantara of Manhattan (who represents the neighborhoods of Chelsea, Clinton, Upper West Side, In-wood, Harlem, Washington Heights), Susan Grelick, counsel and legislative director to NYS Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and NYS Sen-ate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan, Senators Simcha Felder, Martin Gold-en, Andrew Lanza, Elaine Phillips, and Avi Fertig, special assistant to the Ma-jority Leader.

A productive meet-and-greet was hosted by Assemblymember Helene Weinstein who chairs the powerful Ways and Means Committee that was attended by Assemblymembers Bobby Carroll, Steven Cymbrowitz,


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Harvey Epstein, Dov Hikind, Charles D. Lavine, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Daniel Rosenthal, Nily Rozic, Latrice

Walker, Helene E. Weinstein, Da-vid Weprin, and NYS Senator Leroy Comrie.

“On behalf of my colleagues Zelig Gitelis, Issac Unger, Yomtov Malik, and Abe Wurzberger, I want to ex-press our sincere appreciation for the productive conversations that

took place up in Albany. Everyone understands the vital and humanitar-ian role of every Hatzalah volunteer; we therefore look forward to close collaborative relationships with our government officials so that we can

enhance the effectiveness of our ser-vice to every New Yorker who avails themselves of Hatzalah’s emergency services should the need arise,” said Isaac Stern, an executive board mem-ber of Chevrah Hatzalah.

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Simcha Felder, NYS Senator Martin Golden, Zelig Gitelis, Isaac Stern, NYS Senator Andrew J Lanza, NYS Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan

Yomtov Malik, Zelig Gitelis, Isaac Stern, NYS Senator Marisol Alcantara, Abe Wurzberger, Issac Unger

Abe Wurzberger, Issac Unger, Zelig Gitelis, NYS Senator Elaine Phillips, Isaac Stern, Yomtov Malik, and Avi Fertig

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S Aleh Opens Israel’s First Hydrotherapy Pool With Communication System For Nonverbal Children

In March, the Jerusalem fa-cility of Aleh, Israel’s network of care for children with severe complex disabilities, inaugu-rated a state-of-the-art hy-drotherapy pool, providing its residents with easy access to the water-based therapies that allow them to build muscle mass, improve mobility, and move freely and without pain.

The new hydrotherapy cen-ter is the fi rst of its kind in Isra-el to use an augmentative alter-native communication (AAC) system, enhancing the experi-ence for Aleh’s nonverbal res-idents by allowing them to ex-press their feelings, wishes and emotions to caregivers, support staff , attending therapists, and the lifeguard via special com-munication boards placed stra-tegically around the pool.

“With a fully-equipped pool on premises, Aleh residents can now receive all of the ben-efi ts of hydrotherapy without the hassle of having to travel elsewhere,” said Shlomit Gra-yevsky, director of Aleh Je-rusalem. “And thanks to the AAC system, every child can communicate their fears and feelings, as well as their pref-erences for the temperature of the water. This simple but brilliant system is sure to set the standard for all other hy-drotherapy pools serving the disability community across the country.”

At Aleh’s new hydrothera-py pool, residents work on the development of their emotion-al, sensory, motor, and media skills. The warm water causes their muscles to relax, creat-ing the optimal environment for listening, cooperating, and learning. Because the resi-dents enter the water without their supportive aids, they also experience the therapeutic sensation of moving with max-imum freedom.

Over the last several years, Aleh staff and volunteers have been utilizing the AAC system in classrooms and treatment

areas, enabling nonverbal res-idents to accurately express their feelings, desires, and experiences by simply point-ing at cards that match their moods or requests. During active hours, Aleh personnel wear lanyards that include a full deck of AAC cards to help them communicate with the residents during workshops, meals, and outdoor activities. By building the AAC system into the hydrotherapy experi-ence, Aleh has added another layer to its rehabilitative care.

“Hydrotherapy off ers chil-dren with severe complex dis-abilities freedom from their everyday constraints, and strengthens and enhances their physical abilities, respi-ratory and pulmonary systems, coordination, and sensory awareness. Equally important is the fact that their pool ex-periences enhance their qual-ity of life and help them build self-esteem,” added Grayevsky. “Adding the AAC system into the hydrotherapy program not only improves communica-tion in the pool’s relaxed and freeing environment, but also helps the residents become more comfortable with using the system outside the pool, improving communication in every other instance. These kinds of innovative practices are what set Aleh apart and help us continue to raise the bar for the care of the Israel’s most vulnerable children.”

Aleh’s new hydrotherapy center in Jerusalem was made possible thanks to the gener-ous support of the Aleh Jeru-salem Women’s Committee, Natan Hetz from Israel, the Doris Pacey Charitable Foun-dation in the United Kingdom, the Irving Moskowitz Founda-tion in the United States, and Israel’s national lottery (Toto) and national social security agency (Bituach Leumi).

Parker Jewish President Michael N. Rosenblut Honored By New York Board Of Rabbis

Michael N. Rosenblut, president and CEO of Parker Jewish Institute for Health

Care and Rehabilitation, re-ceived the 2018 Humanitar-ian Award at the New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR) An-nual Humanitarian Awards reception on Monday, June 11, at The Hotel Edison, New York City. Since 1882, the NYBR has worked to bring together and honor diverse Jewish and other religious leaders from the metropoli-tan New York City area and beyond, building solidarity, promoting interfaith dia-logue, and supporting rabbis

in all their pastoral duties.This year’s honorees were

Michael N. Rosenblut, presi-dent and CEO of Parker Jew-ish Institute; Larry Fishelson, co-founder of Dynalink Com-munications; and Alan Phil-lips, CEO of Phillips Holdings. “The outstanding leadership, community service, and hu-manitarian achievements of our three honorees are tru-ly worthy of recognition,” according to Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, NYBR executive vice president.

Michael N. Rosenblut is president and CEO of Park-er Jewish Institute, one of the nation’s leading health care and rehabilitation cen-ters for adults; founder and chairman of AgeWell New York, a managed long-term-care plan and Medicare Ad-vantage Plan; president and CEO of Queens-Long Island Renal Institute; president and CEO of Lakeville Am-bulette Transportation, a seven-county-wide medical transportation service. He



The new hydrotherapy pool at Aleh’s Jerusalem residential facilityA therapist works with an Aleh resident at Aleh’s

new hydrotherapy pool in Jerusalem

Michael N. Rosenblut, M.B.A., LNHA, CASP, president and CEO,

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North Woodmere — New Listing — Lovely, Spacious & Immaculate 4BR Splanch Located On Quiet Street In SD#14, Beautiful New Wood/Granite Eat-In-Kitchen W/SS Appliances, Formal DR W/Bay Windows, Great Yard, Finished Basement, Near All . . . . . . . . . . . . $949Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — New Listing — Large & Spacious First Floor 3BR, 2Bth Apt W/Dining Area, Lg LR, Enclosed Terrace Facing Central Ave, Washer & Dryer, Storage &Parking Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Woodmere — New Price — Updated Ranch Home In SD#15, 4BR, 2 Full Baths, EIK, LR, Formal DR, Enclosed Terrace, Washer/Dryer, Gas Heat, Move Right In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $775Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Woodmere — 1BR, 1Bth Co-op, Bright & Sunny, LG Living Rm/Dining Rm, Close To All . . . . . . . . . . . . $109Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Far Rockaway — Price Reduced — Lovely Junior 4 Apartment W/24HR Doorman, Shabbos Elevator Bldg, Laundry In Bldg, Large LR/DR, Close To All . . $219Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000


Woodsburgh — Magnifi cent Totally Renovated 7+ BR Classic Colonial On 1+ Acre. Lush Grounds With Guest House And Pool. Every Amenity. Must See. Walk To IP Minyan. Call For Appointment & PriceSouth Shore Estates, call Susan: 516-569-4980

Cedarhurst — Located b/w Penisula & W. Broadway. Still time to customize! Call for details. Call for price.South Shore Estates, call Susan: 516-569-4980

FOR RENT

Cedarhurst — Furnished Studio apt. separate entrance, near all. All new appliances, A/C, cable included, perfect for one mature adult. No smoking, no pets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,050/mo.Call 516-792-5652

North Woodmere — Large 5BR, 4 Full Bath Colonial, Formal LR/DR, EIK, Den, patio, washer/dryer, SD#15. Beautiful block. Serious inquiries only. Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,650email: [email protected]

East Rockaway —House Rental — Great House, 3BR, Large Front Porch, Huge Backyard,Near All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,195/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Atlantic Beach — Summer Rental — Move Right In, All Renovated, 4BR, 4Bth, IG-Pool, Mini Basketball Ct, Outdoor Patio W/Wet Bar, Hot Tub, Bay & Ocean Views, Fin Bsmt, Private Beach. Memorial-Labor Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,500/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Atlantic Beach — Summer Rental – Charming 2BR, Near Beach, EIK, LR/DR, On Lovely Quiet Street, Close To All, August–Labor Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000


Island Park — Condo — New Listing — Spacious 3BR, 2.5Bths W/Porch & Terrace In Gated & Exclusive Resort Like Community, 24HR Security, Salt Water Pool, Pier & Boat Slips, 2 Tennis Court & Basket Ball Court, Close TO LIRR & Beaches, Corner Unit W/EIK, Lr W/Fplc,Private Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $625Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — Price Reduced — Luxuriously Built 3+BR Elegant CH Colonial W/3.5 Beautiful Bathrooms, X-Lg Wood & Granite Kitchen, LG Formal DR, X-LG Formal LR, Full Fin Basement, Prime Lawrence Cul-De-Sac . . . . . $PORwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — Price Reduced — Magnifi cent 6BR, 5.5Bth Home On Approx 1 Acre In The Back Of Lawrence, Over 6700 Sq Ft Of Living Space, Basement & Attic, Vaulted Ceilings, Gourmet Kitchen, Master BR Suite W/Steam Shower & Custom Closets, Breathtaking Property Plus So Much More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.875Mwww.pugatch.com. 516-295-3000

Lawrence — Price Reduced — Beautifully Updated CH Colonial, 6BR, 5 Full Baths, Formal LR & Formal DR, X-LG EIK W/Island & Open Den, Finished Bsmt W/ Playroom, Kitchen & Full Bathroom, Close To All . . . . . . . . . .$1.795Mwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Woodmere — Price Reduced — Move Right In, Lovely 3BR Split In SD#15, EIK, HW Floors, CAC, Vaulted Ceilings, Close To All, SD#15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $759Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

North Woodmere — Colonial, by Owner 4BR’s, 2.5 Updated, Bths. New wood/granite kit, hardwood fl rs, alarm, I/G pool w/cabana & full bth, I/G sprinkler. SD#14. Fin bsmt. Must have preapproved mortgage to schedule showing .Won’t last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $975K786-530-6440

North Woodmere — New Listing — Fabulous 4BR, 3Bth Colonial, Large Formal DR & Formal LR, Lg Den W/Custom Marble Fireplace, Top Of The Line Eat-In-Kitchen, Full Fin Basement, Lot Size 65 x 131, Must See . . . $1.199Mwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Far Rockaway — Price Reduced — Spacious & Updated 2BR, 2Bth Apt On 1st Floor W/Terrace In Elevator Bldg, Parking, Doorman & Laundry Room On Premise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — New Listing — Updated 5+BR Colonial, 5Bths, EIK W/4 Sinks, Lr W/Fplc, Formal DR, Den, Offi ce & Attic, Full Fin Basement, Master BR Suite W/Jacuzzi Tub & Shower, Detached Garage, Deck Off Kitchen, Front Porch, Circular Driveway, Over 1/2 Acre . . . . . $2.450Mwww.pugatch.com

Cedarhurst — 3 Family Home, 5BR, 3.5Bth, 2 Car Garage, Great Investment, Close To All . . . . . . $699Kwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — New Listing - 2BR, 2 Full Baths, Apt W/Terrace, 6 Closets, Bright & Sunny, Close To RR, Shopping & Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $279Kwww.Pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Woodsburgh — Beautifully Renovated 5BR, 5.5Bths, CH Colonial In Esteemed Village Of Woodsburgh W/Beautiful Formal DR & Butler’s Pantry, EIK W/Granite Counters, Lg Mahogany Library W/Pvt Sept Entrance, Finished Bsmt, SD#14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.350MCall Avigaiel Bernstein For More Details 631-578-7527

Woodmere — Unique 1st Floor Co-op In Pet Friendly Bldg, 2BR, Lr, Formal DR, Near LIRR . . . . . . . . . . . $199KBroker 516-792-6698

Hewlett Bay Park — New Price — Spectacular Waterfront Colonial On 2+Acres, Bulkhead & Dock, 6BR, 6.5Bth, Grand LR, Den W/Fplc, EIK W/Gas BBQ, Formal DR, IG-Heat Pool, Wood & Marble Floors Throughout, Separate Carriage House, 4 Car Garage & Much More . $1.995Mwww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Quality new construction between Peninsula Blvd and West Bway, Classic 5+ BR Colonial with full basement, Huge Kosher Kitchen. South Shore Estates, Call Susan: 516-569-4980

Multi –family 2 Family house on large lot, 3BR + 3BR, apartments. South Shore Estates Call Susan: 516-569-4980

Woodmere Waterfront — Absolutely mint 5 level split. 5BR, 3Bth, FLR, oversized FDR, top-of-the-line Euro EIK, 2 family rooms, fi nished basement, lots of storage space. Magnifi cent waterfront views w/ two decks. Price Reduced, Call for details.Must see! Too much to mention. Call for private viewing, Open House by Appointment. South Shore Estates, Call Susan 516-569-4980

FOR RENT

Hewlett — No Fee — Totally Renovated 2BR Apt, Quartz Countertops, SS Appliances, Washer/Dryer In Apt, HW Floors, Heat & Water Included, Near All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,500/mowww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — Exclusive — The Regency — For Rent By Private Owner — Please Call Irene! Magnifi cent, Large and Sunny 2BR, 2.5Bth Luxury Apartment, With Wood & Granite Kitchen W/Granite Island And Stainless Steel Appliances And Beautiful Terrace, In Luxurious, Doorman Condominium With 5 Star Hotel Amenities. Parking, Storage, Heated, All Year Round In Ground Pool, Party Room, Gym & Wine Cellar All Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,300/moIrene Steiner Direct—516-652-7099 Pugatch Realty Corp Email—[email protected]

Lawrence — For Rent — New Listing — Updated 1BR, 1Bth, First Floor Apartment In Private Home. EIK, LR/DR, Washer & Dryer Included. 2 Car Driveway and Use Of Backyard Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,850/moIrene Steiner Direct—516-652-7099 Pugatch Realty Corp Email—[email protected]

Atlantic Beach — House Rental – Charming 2BR, Near Beach, EIK, LR/DR, On Lovely Quiet Street,Close To All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,595/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Cedarhurst — 3BR, 1Bth, apartment near Monroe/Oceanpoint, fi rst fl oor of private house. Recently renovated, updated everything. Negotiable with lease. . . . . .$2500 Call/txt 917-733-3869

North Miami Beach — House for Rent — Fully furnished, Upgraded 4/2. Marble fl oors. Stainless appliances, granite tops, Pool Jacuzzi. Available July 4th--October 4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000/weekOr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3750/monthBenny 305-761-5234

Cedarhurst — New Listing — Large 1BR In Elevator Bldg, Totally Renovated Lg Lr/Dr, EIK,Close To All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,895/Mowww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000


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Far Rockaway — near TAG, Newly renovated 4BR, 2Bth, new kitchen, walk in master closet, washer dryer in apt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2750Helene 516-410-5525 Associate broker Milky Forst Realty

Woodmere — House Rental — Magnifi cent 6BR Home W/Formal DR, Eik, Large LR & Den, IG-Pool, 3 Car Attached Garage, Lot Size 189 x 291, 5 Bedrooms On One Level, Hardwood Floors, SD#14 . . . . . . . . . .$7,500/mowww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Lawrence — House Rental – Charming 4BR House In Meadowmere Park, Close To All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,300/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Woodmere — No Fee & One Month Free — Totally Renovated 1BR Apt, Quartz Countertops, SS Appliances, New Cabinetry, HW Floors, New Windows, Close To Railroad, Heat & Water Included.From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,895/mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Bayswater — New to Market — Upper two family house, modern 3BR, 1.5Bths, LR, FDR, EIK, terrace, in prime location. Heat and water included . . $2,250/moCall Joan 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

Brooklyn — Marine Park area — Ours alone — House rental — East 35th St — Renovated, Beautiful 3BR, 1.5Bths, LR, DR, Kosher Kitchen, parking, prime location on quiet tree lined street, back yard and W/D hookup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2700/moCall Joan for details, 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

Woodmere — House rental — New to market — First Show — Ours Alone — Spacious Colonial in Prime prime location, 5BR, 3Bths, LR, formal dr, huge den, Granite Kosher EIK. Main level has 1BR, suite with bath, full fi nished basement, freshly painted, great for large family, walking distance to all shulsCall Joan For details 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

Cedarhurst — New to market — 1 and 2 Bedroom apartments for Rent, Prime location,Walk all.Call Joan for details 516-319-4482Five towns Homes 516-569-5710

Far Rockaway — New to market. Renovated Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4BR rentals, great location.Call Joan for details, 516-319-4482FiveTowns Homes Realty 516-569-5710

Far Rockaway — New to Market — Open House By Appt — Totally renovated, spacious, beautiful 4BR’s, 2.5Bths, Duplex in Prime location.Call Joan for details, 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

FOR RENT

Cedarhurst — House Rental — Open House by Appt — Spacious, Colonial, with granite EIK, Lr with fi replace, Formal Dr, 2 Dens, 4+ BR’s, basement, in prime location, walking distance to all .$4,200/moCall Joan for details and appointment 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

Far Rockaway — Apartment in Bldg, — New to market — Totally renovated, Spacious 1BR, LR, DR, Granite Kosher EIK, W/D, Prime location, walk all. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,750/moIncludes heat and water. Call Joan for details and appointment516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

Far Rockaway — Newly Renovated 3BR, 2Bth, Apartment in a beautifully enclosed complex on Neilson Street. —Move in condition, First Floor—one off Street parking spot—Close to all Shuls—option to add additional rooms with a separate Pesach Kitchen and additional bathroom.Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363

Far Rockaway — Newly Renovated offi ce/storage space available in a beautifully enclosed complexon Neilson Street. Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363

Far Rockaway — 2 Partially Finished basement storage spaces available, Individually or together. Bathroom in each; each approximately 850 square feet.Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363

Far Rockaway — Brand new fully equipped Shul on Neilson Street, Available Immediately. Seats 75-100 People, Heating/Air conditioning—Sidduirm, Sforim, Gemorrahs. Bima, Aron Kodesh, Tables, chairs, and Shabbos Oven, Refrigerator, and Coff ee Station. Separate Men and Womens’ entrances—Mechitza in place—Main Entrance, Weather protected, 2 Bathrooms, Storage Cubbies.Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363

Far Rockaway — New 2BR, Apartment for Rent, central location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,200includes utilities & parking space.Call 718-337-2345 and please leave message

Hewlett — Totally Renovated 1BR Apt In Bldg, Kitchen W/Ss Appliances, Hw Floors, EIK, Close To All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100/Mo.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Kew Gardens Hills — 2 Family House 5BR 2.5Bth, For Rent. For Info,Call Eduard @ 917-403-5720

FOR RENT

Cedarhurst — Totally renovated split level. 3 Bedroom, 3.5 New Bath. Euro EIK w/ granite countertops. Walk to all. Absolutely mint, Must See! For rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500/MoCall for details. Available Immediately. South Shore Estates, call Susan: 516-569-4980

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Cedarhurst — Investment Property or Owner/User Legal 3 Family House, Upside Potential, For Sale, Call Randy for More Detailswww.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

East Rockaway — Multiple Use Retail Building; Two 1800SF Retail Stores & 1200SF Apartment Attached, High Traffi c Corner Location, On-Site Parking, Convenient to All , For Sale, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Valley Stream — Investor’s Delight!! 6500+/-SF Two-Story Building with Elevator & 18 Car On-Site Private Parking, Beautiful Building with Storage & Loads of Windows, Great Location Near LIRR Station, Major Highways & the City Line. For Sale, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Woodmere — 1,300+/-SF Over 1,300SF + Basement, Free Standing Building, Medical/Offi ce Space, Near LIRR Station, For Sale, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Woodmere — Follow the Leader to Woodmere, Now is the Time to Act!!! No Meters - Free Parking, Various Spaces Available, For Sale/Lease…Call For More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Freeport — Investment Opportunity!! 12,000+/-SF Multi Tenanted Professional Building with 21 Car On-Site Parking, Good Upside Potential, Lot Size 24,570SF, For Sale. Call Alan for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Lynbrook — Perfect for Commercial Use, but Can be Converted Back to a Residential Home. 1,800SF Two Story Building with Basement & 2,000SF Offi ce Building in Rear, Bldg has Kitchenette on 2nd Floor, Full Bath & 2 Half Baths on 1st Floor, 12 Car Parking, Gas Heat, HVAC. For Sale Call Arthur for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Inwood — New to market, Ours Alone, 21,000+SF Property with offi ces, warehouse/garage and loads of parking, in prime locationCall Joan for details 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Turn Key, School/Daycare Property Rental — Share This Building With B’Above. New Exclusive, Far Rockaway, Renovated 8,600 sq ft Lower Level For Rent. School/Daycare With Classrooms, Offi ces, Handicap Access, Elevator, Roof Top Playground. Call Irene For Details!Irene Steiner Direct—516-652-7099 Pugatch Realty Corp Email—[email protected]

Cedarhurst — New to market — Commercial Co-op for rent in prime location, good for part time professional, close to all. Call for details. Call Joan 516-319-4482Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710


Far Rockaway — Retail For Lease 700 Sq Ft with Full Basement. Steps to A Train and LIRR. Great For Any Business/Medical/Offi ce. Owner 917-359-9776

Hewlett — Various Sized Offi ce Space In Beautiful Suites With Plenty Of On-Site Parking In The Rear Of Building. Available Immediately. Tenant Pays Own Utilities Directly. Can Be Combined For Up To ATotal Of 6050Sf, For Lease , Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Inwood — Reasonable prices, Multiple options available:250 sq ft offi ce space800 sq ft offi ce space3650 sq ft beautiful fi nished offi ce space, parking included in all spaces and Micha Minyan.Call or Text Sam 516-567-0100

Cedarhurst — Multiple options available:3050 sq ft newly renovated, beautiful space with Kitchenette and Conference room and private bathrooms.Call or Text Sam 516-567-0100

Cedarhurst — Executive Offi ce Suites furnished and non-furnished starting at . . . . . . . . . . . . . $895 a month and up. Large stizes available. Includes all utilities, internet, conference room, Mincha Minyan and amenities inbeautiful buiding.Call or Text Sam 516-567-0100

Hewlett — Various Sized Suites in the Finest Bldg in the 5 Towns, Medical or Non-Medical Use, 16 Parking Spots, For Lease ,Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Rockville Centre — Beautiful Professional Spaces in Historic Building Available, Great Location, Municipal Lot in Rear & Steps from the LIRR Station, For Lease. Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Valley Stream — 750+/-SF Offi ce Space in Elevator Building with 2 Bathrooms, On-Site Parking & Handicap Accessible, For Lease, Call Randy for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Valley Stream — Various Sized Offi ce Space in Professional Building, Elevator, Beautiful Lobby, Ample On-Site Parking Lot, For Lease. Call Arthur for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Hewlett — 450+/-SF Offi ce Space in Professional Building, On-Site & Municipal Parking, Heat Included, Electric & A/C Metered Separately, Close to All, For Lease... Call for More Details.www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000

Cedarhurst — 4,600+/-SF Plus Basement, Most High Profi le Corner in the Market, Triple Mint Condition, Many Built-in’s, Very Reasonable Rent, For Lease Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Cedarhurst —Coming Soon — Don’t Miss This Opportunity!!! High Tech Executive Suites W/Parking & Storage, Various Sizes Available, All New!!! 24 Hour Access, All Utilities Included Plus Many Amenities, For Lease, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

East Rockaway — 1,500+/- SF Professional Suite in Free Standing Bldg W/Full Basement & Parking, Three Private Offi ces, Conference Room, Bullpen, Reception Area, Close to LIRR, For Lease Call For More DetailsBroker 516-792-6698

East Rockaway — Various Sized Retail Stores on Corner by Stop Light, High Traffi c Location, On-Site Parking, For Lease, Call for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

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Far Rockaway — 8,600+/-SF School in Great Condition. Various Classrooms, Offi ces, Multi-Purpose Room, Kitchenette, Storage, & Bathrooms, Close to Public Transportation For Lease, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Hewlett — 850+/-SF Offi ce Space on 2nd Floor, Great Location, Close to Public Transportation, For Lease, Call for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Hewlett — 600+/- SF Retail Store on Broadway, Great High Traffi c Location, Municipal Lot in Rear, Close to Public Transportation & Major Highways, For Lease, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Inwood — Various Sized Spaces Available, Industrial Buildings W/Ample Parking, Near LIRR Station, Overhead Door, 14-20’ Ceilings, Offi ce Space, Bathroom, For Lease, Call Randy for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Island Park — 1400+/-SF Storefront with Offi ce Space and Kitchen in Rear, 3 Parking Spots + Municipal Lot, Great Location, For Lease, Call for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Lawrence — 985+/-SF Professional Offi ce Suite in Co-Op Building, Good Parking, HVAC, Close to Public Transportation & Major Highways, For Lease, Call for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Lynbrook — 750SF or 1500SF Retail/Offi ce Spaces, Street Parking in Great Location, For Lease,Call Alan for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Oceanside — Various Sized Warehouses with Ample Parking, Overhead Door, 14’ Ceilings, At Intersection with Traffi c Light, For Lease, Call Randy for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Oceanside —8,000+/-SF Warehouse with Loading Dock & Overhead Door, 15’ Ceilings, Abundant On-Site Parking, For Lease, Call Randy for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Oceanside — Up to 4,600SF Retail Space Available with Rear Door & Parking, Former Restaurant. For Lease, Call Alan for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Rosedale — 750+/-SF Retail Store W/4 Parking Spots in Rear, 10’ Ceilings, Great High-Traffi c Location, For Lease, Call Randy for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Valley Stream — 900+/-SF Retail Space, Busy Shopping Strip with Plenty of Parking. Can be Divided. Great for Any Retail or Professional Offi ce Use. For Lease, Call Ian for More Details. [email protected], 516-295-3000

Woodmere —All New!! High Tech Executive Offi ce Suites, Owner Suite Available!!! State of the Art, Conference Room, Kitchenette, & Much More, Utilities Included, Great Location, Near LIRR & Public Transportation, For Lease, Call Ian for More [email protected], 516-295-3000

Baldwin — 6,311+-SF Medical Offi ce Bldg. Ground Lease for Sale. Good Condition. 100% occupied. Excellent Parking. Call 516-334-2146 ext. 305 or [email protected]

Rockville Centre — Newly Renovated Two Story Retail/Professional Bldg with Elevator, Granite Lobby, & Handicap Ramp, 5000+/- SF Retail W/Full Usable Basement Over 5000+/- SF Offi ce Space. For Sale/Lease…Call for More Details. Broker 516-792-6698

Woodmere — 4,600+/- SF Brand New Offi ce Building With 24 Car Parking For Lease or For Sale. Call for More details.Broker 516-792-6698

Woodmere — Price Reduced!! — 750+/-SF Retail Store W/4 Parking Spots in Rear, 10’ Ceilings, Great High-Traffi c Location, For Lease Call Randy for More Details, [email protected], 516-295-3000

Cedarhurst — 4,000+/-Sf Retail Store with 2,000SF Mezzanine, Street & Municipal Parking, Great Location, Near LIRR Station, For Lease Call for More Details, [email protected], 516-295-3000

Hewlett — 1,500+/-SF Retail Store with Parking, Renovated Space with 2 Bathrooms – 1 Handicap, For Lease Call for More Details, [email protected], 516-295-3000

Woodmere — 1,000+/-SF Retail Store in Great Location, Close to LIRR Station, For Lease Call Arthur for More Details, [email protected], 516-295-3000

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTYUS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR CMSI REMIC SERIES 2005-07-REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-07, Plaintiff againstMONTGOMERY DOUGLAS A/K/A MONTGOMERY DOUGLAS M.D., et al DefendantsAttorney for Plaintiff (s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered May 9, 2018 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 SupremeCourt Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on July 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 1351 Auerbach Ave., Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557. Sec 42 Block 196 Lot 63. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.Approximate Amount of Judgment is $989,154.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index No 9331/2014. Cash will not be accepted at the sale.George Esernio, Esq., Referee 2154-000789

Notice of formation of Samzil Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) 12/27/2017. Location: Nassau County. SSNY desig.agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 92, Cedarhurst, NY 11516. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGSTHE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NA, SUCCESSOR TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, NA, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE CHASE MORTGAGE FINANCE TRUST MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-S4,Plaintiff , AgainstIndex No.: 508707/2015FITZROY FRASER; ET AL., Defendant(s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered on 4/24/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in Room 224 of the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, on 7/19/2018 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 74-16 Ave U, Brooklyn, NY 11234, and described as follows:ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York; Block 8434 and Lot 42.The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $945,269.19 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 508707/2015.Jacob Gelfand, Esq., Referee.SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570Dated: 6/8/2018 File Number: 32650 PB

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Althea Clement; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 23, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on July 19, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 316 East 56th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 4727 Lot 127 FKA 27. Approximate amount of judgment $1,041,225.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index# 500288/2016. Jack Segal, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: April 26, 2018 53932

Notice of formation of Lighthouse International Development LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) 5/24/2018. Location: Nassau County. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail copy of process served against the LLC to Registered Agent: c/o Lighthouse International Devlopment LLC., 145 Finucane Pl. Woodmere, NY 11598. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-8AR, Plaintiff AGAINST ITOHAN HOLMES, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 07, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on July 12, 2018 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1181 EAST 92ND STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11236. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 8200, LOT 35. Approximate amount of judgment $972,998.59 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment for Index# 4538/13. Jeff rey R. Miller, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 54343


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serves on the boards of LeadingAge New York (chair-elect), Association of Jewish Aging Services, Continu-ing Care Leadership Coalition, and League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York. Mr. Rosenblut resides with his family in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York.

NYBR has close relations with leaders of New York’s various faith traditions. When prejudice harms any member of a community, all are harmed. Such common concerns re-quire collaborative efforts in seeking solutions to challenges confronting society, including prejudice, mental health, affordable housing, adequate health insurance, poverty, and home-lessness. NYBR’s work in this area allows different faith traditions to be there for each other in times of crisis, as well as times of celebration.

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation is located at 271-11 76th Avenue in New Hyde Park. For information, call 718-289-2212.

The Chesed Club For Volunteer-Minded Women Who Are Holocaust Survivors

Bikur Cholim Chesed Organization and Club Nissim at the Boro Park Y would like to invite female community members who are Holocaust survivors to partici-pate in a great mitzvah! Once a month, on a Wednesday afternoon, a small group of women gather to create 120 craft pack-ages for children in local hospitals. Each arts-and-crafts kit includes crayons, coloring paper, stickers, and an activity guaranteed to bring a smile to a kid’s face. Cake and coff ee are served at the end, as the ladies relax together over a job well done. For more information, please con-tact Shlomis at 718-438-2020, ext. 7432. Transportation is available.

“Afternoon Chevra” For Retired Men Who Are Holocaust Survivors

Retirees: Looking to make good use of your Thursday afternoons? How about a geshmake vort, lively Torah discussions, and getting together with other heimishe men for the “Afternoon

Chevra!” Centrally located at the Boro Park Y, at 4912 14th Avenue, the “Af-ternoon Chevra” is a satisfying way to spend time with friends. An exercise group is led by physical therapist Alex-ander Mandel, an engaging derashah is given by well-known maggid shiur Rab-bi Asher Israel, and current-events dis-cussions and live musical performances are held. Hot potato kugel, fresh fruit, and coff ee are served before davening Minchah together.

The enjoyable program gives the “Af-ternoon Chevra” true Yiddishe ta’am—come every Thursday at 2:00 p.m.! For more information, please contact Mr. Yossi Wiener at 917-744-1794. Door-to-door transportation is available at no charge. This program is sponsored by “Project for Holocaust Survivors” at Bikur Cholim Chesed Organization and the Boro Park Y.

Great Neck Comedian Talia Reese Performing Off -Broadway

Great Neck comedian Talia Reese has been engaged to open for the remainder of the UK’s only strictly Orthodox Jew-

ish stand-up comedian Ashley Blaker’s Off -Broadway show Strictly Unortho-dox (the fi rst-ever stand-up show about life as a chareidi/strictly Orthodox Jew). The show is playing until June 28 in the Jerry Orbach Theater at the Theater Center, 1627 Broadway.

Talia Reese is an accomplished co-median who has been featured as a ‘Hot Ticket’ in the New York Post. In addition to opening for Caroline Rhea and Nick DiPaolo on the road, Talia is a regular “comedic” legal contributor to the An-thony Cumia Network. Her aff able stage presence and sharp wit have also gar-nered her appearances on The Wendy Williams Show, Spike TV, and Lifetime Network. Newsday Long Island has also taken notice, calling her a “rising star,” and she has recently completed a six-day residency at The Borgata in Atlan-tic City and continues to be a constant presence in New York’s top clubs, as well as being sought after for Jewish and corporate events. She is also a modern Orthodox Jew who avoids working on the Sabbath and spends Friday nights and Saturdays with her husband and two daughters instead of performing.

Ashley Blaker’s Strictly Unorthodox has already been a smash-hit in New York with the New York Times calling it “A slickly funny stand-up show” and calling Ashley “a skilled joke-teller. He is proof that even the most reverent en-joy a little irreverence.” The New York Post recently described him by saying, “Imagine John Oliver in a yarmulke.” He has previously performed two sell-out tours of the UK to great acclaim and toured his comedy across Israel and South Africa. He started performing in USA with a sold-out show at New York’s Gramercy Theatre.

Ashley Blaker said: “I am such a big fan of Talia Reese so I was delighted when she agreed to open for me in New York. I have worked with a who’s who of comedy from John Oliver to James Corden and Russell Brand to Graham Norton, and I know Talia can be up there with all of them. She has a huge future ahead of her.”

Performances of Strictly Unorthodox are on Sundays through Thursdays, with matinees on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. The fi nal show is Thursday, June 28.

Tickets are $45 and can be purchased either online at https://www.ticketmas-ter.com/artist/2414965?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search or by calling the Jerry Orbach Theater box offi ce at 212-921-7862.

36 Orphans Treated To Bat Mitzvah Celebration In Jerusalem

On behalf of 36 orphan girls and their families, Colel Chabad hosted the seventh annual bat mitzvah celebra-tion in Jerusalem this week. Dressed


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in their finest and surrounded by fam-ily and close friends, the bat mitzvah girls were able to celebrate in style at the newly renovated Gutnik Hall in Jerusalem with all the arrangements and costs handled by Colel Chabad.

The oldest continuously running social welfare organization in Israel since 1788, Colel Chabad helps needy families throughout the year with a wide variety of programs and ser-vices, including educational support and guidance, enrichment programs, financial support and planning, and extra support for the holidays.

The joy-filled celebration was mixed with bittersweet emotion as all of these young women had suffered the loss of a parent, often felt most acutely during momentous occasions. Inspirational speaker Rabbanit Yemi-ma Mizrachi presented a message of strength and hope to the girls and their mothers before the group en-joyed a four-course, fully catered meal alongside music and dancing.

“All of these preparations—from the

beautiful design of the room to the smiles on everyone’s faces and the per-sonal attention that we each received as family and not just guests—nothing was left out,” said one of the mothers. “While the mothers and daughters were dancing, I had to move to the side to cry. I thought about my husband, the father of my beautiful daughter, look-ing down on us from heaven, and I felt alone. But now, looking upon all these other mothers, I see the power we all have together. It doesn’t take away the pain, but it gives me strength.”

“We know how hard it can be to cele-brate an important milestone without the head of the family,” said Rabbi Itzik Marton of Colel Chabad. “We make every effort to give support in every way to these families throughout the year but give it our all to make these momentous occasions even more special. Being together in celebration with others in similar situations gives these mothers and daughters a sense of community and support to help them get through tougher times.”

Colel Chabad bat mitzvah celebration

Livi ng water (Bamidbar 19:17)

Water from an ever-flowing spring. “False” springs which run dry even once in seven years are disqualified.

(Sifri; Talmud, Parah 8:9)

In other words, a spring which runs dry once in seven years is considered “false” even when there is water flowing in it.

This is lesson in the meaning of truth: something which exists under certain circumstances but ceases under other circumstances is not “true,” even when it does exist

(The Chassidic Masters)

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We are back from our short trip to Is-rael. Sandwiched in between two yahr-zeits—my mother’s and my mother-in-law’s—was a wedding and time with our son, daughter-in-law, and grandchil-dren. It is never long enough no matter how long we stay and as my son-in-law said this past Shabbos, “What’s App, Facetime, and phone calls don’t make up for spending real time in person.” But we work with what we have and we are proud of them that they have the zechus to live in Yerushalayim.

Our son, Rabbi Dov Teitz, teach-es at Mikdash Melech and at Mercaz HaTorah and our daughter-in-law is a mechaneches at Darchei Bina. So, all you Queens and Five Towns graduates, look up Rabbi and Mrs. Teitz if you are going to any of these schools.

One granddaughter, their oldest, is graduating high school and the other grandchildren are growing fast. The old-er girls were studying for exams, so we didn’t take them out as much as when we go during school vacation times. But they all enjoyed visiting us in our hotel, the Rimonim Shalom in Bayit V’Gan, especially since they could get there by themselves. And a soda tastes so much better sitting at the soda fountain on a high bar stool in a hotel lobby.

While we were there we drove to the new U.S. Embassy, revisited Ir David, and saw two 3-D videos about Yerusha-layim. We also visited an archaeological park at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel that is in Yerushalayim near the new embassy, but once on the grounds of the kibbutz, the city seems very far away. There is a look-out spot in the archaeological park that gives you a panoramic view of the city, but the quiet and pastoral sur-roundings make you feel you are in the countryside.

The kibbutz was founded in 1926 be-tween Yerushalayim and Beit Lechem and the settlers fought hard to keep it in Jewish hands in 1948. For 19 years it sat on the border with Jordan until the Six Day War when the borders opened and it now sits at the southern-most tip of Yerushalayim.

The kibbutz has a thriving hotel and sports complex, including an indoor and outdoor pool and a very nice kiddie pool. The archaeological park was founded in 1954 when digging uncovered arti-facts dating back to the time when the kingdoms of Yehuda and Yisrael sepa-rated. A palace belonging to either King Yehoyachin or Chizkiyahu was found there. During our exile, other conquer-ors lived there and Assyrian and Byzan-tine artifacts have also been discovered.

We made our regular trip to the Dead Sea, driving down that long winding hot road through the Judean desert. I went exploring one day with my granddaugh-ter to Katamon. I enjoy seeing new neighborhoods where I don’t usually visit, and we stopped by a paper goods/party store owned by the son of former KGH friends, Charna and Bob Duchan-ov.

Talking about new neighborhoods, we inadvertently drove a few feet into Beit Safafa, an Arab neighborhood bor-dering Talpiot. Waze confused us on a turn and we took the wrong one. As soon as I saw the sign, I told Akiva to stop, make a U-turn and get out. In fact, while we were in Israel and fi res raged along the Gaza border, Arabs in another Arab town, also adjoining Talpiot, start-ed some fi res. I read that Talpiot was smoke-fi lled for a while.

Why are they doing this? They live well in these Arab neighborhoods and they have good jobs in Yerushalayim and elsewhere. The hotel industry is fi lled with Arab employees. Hadassah Hos-pital and other hospitals employs Arab doctors, nurses, and technicians. Sitting in Mamilla one day we saw many Arab couples and families strolling through the mall. No apartheid there. It’s their rabble-rousing Hamas and Hezbollah leaders who get bored youth to fl y fi re kites and balloon bombs destroying acres of crops and potentially able to cause harm to Israeli citizens. And their leaders don’t care. They use these kids as their own propaganda machine while pocketing the funds that the U.S., the EU, and the UN give them.

As my husband observed when we arrived in Israel, everything is familiar and you feel that you never left. Once back here it’s the same feeling. Every-thing is the same and you feel that you were never away. We’ve become the traveling grandparents. Next trip will be a little closer, to visit our grandchil-dren in Waterbury, Connecticut. My lit-tle granddaughter asked me today when we’re coming to visit.

So enjoy yourself wherever you are and keep your family close—if not phys-ically, then in your heart.

Mazal tov to my high-school grad-uates—Rachelli Teitz and Shani Her-skowitz. Zaidie and I are very proud of your achievements. I wish a hearty mazal tov to all the neighborhood grad-uates!

Shevach Students And Mothers Inspired At Special Event

Shevach’s annual Mother-Daughter Reception was held at the Young Israel of Hillcrest on Sunday May 27. In spite of the driving rain, a large crowd turned out and an inspirational and enjoyable morning was had by all.

Rebbetzin Rochelle Hirtz, principal of Shevach High School, welcomed the audience warmly. She then introduced Mrs. Rivka Herman, who spoke to the attendees about her journey from a sec-ular upbringing to the Orthodox woman she is today. She took pride in her strug-gles, both large and small. The success-es of those struggles were readily ap-parent. She spoke with poise, maturity, and insight. The students, in particular, were able to connect in a very real way.

Mrs. Herman’s parents raised her with no Jewish commitment to Torah

and mitzvos. Although they were a warm and close family, she and her brother did not know what it meant to be Jewish. A small seed was planted when her fa-ther insisted that only kosher meat was allowed in their house, even though it was fi ne out of the house. This contra-diction bothered young Rivka and was the catalyst for searching for meaning in Judaism and growth, both for Mrs. Herman and her brother. With poignant examples from her growing up years, Mrs. Herman gave over the strength she had in making choices along the way to keep mitzvos. Her parents, fortunately, accommodated her wishes, but it was not easy.

Today, she is married and living a frum life in Brooklyn, New York. “We often take our opportunities for grant-ed,” Mrs. Herman pointed out, “but you girls are so lucky to have those opportu-nities given to you without the struggle.” She expressed gratitude to all those who inspired her along the way, including Rebbetzin Yael Marcus, a Shevach par-ent who was sitting in the audience. We never know what infl uence we have on others, or what aff ect others have on us.

Students and mothers left proud, in-spired, and grateful for who we are and what we stand for.

Shevach Students Prepare For The Future With Financial Literacy Course

The buzz in the hallways of Shevach High School is about the fi nancial lit-eracy mini-course that was introduced this year for 11th-graders. Taught by Assistant Principal Mrs. Miriam Kro-hn, the course prepared its students for the world of personal fi nances. Students

learned about managing their money wisely, both as students, and for their future roles as women running a house-hold and /or in the workforce.

Included in the lessons were such top-ics as checking and savings accounts, investments, insurance, and taxes. The Shevach girls learned the power—and risks—of credit, debit, and ATM cards. They learned how to budget, making room for items such as shopping and tzedakah, while setting aside for savings. The students were given a sense of what lies ahead for them as they graduate and enter the next stages of their lives.

Students were taught about overdraft privileges, bounced checks, money mar-ket accounts, social security deductions, student loans, and mortgages. Mrs. Kro-hn made a clear delineation between what one wants and what one needs. Using a pie chart to teach budgeting, she showed the girls that some expenses are unavoidable. Others are occasional and still others are frivolous. And then, of course, there are always the expenses from left fi eld. Think mechanic and den-tist. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a rainy day envelope for that?

As an added bonus, Gregory Binkiewicz, CPA, a practicing accoun-tant, addressed the students on the top-ic of insurance, taxes, and money scams. Questions and answers were fl ying back and forth as the girls were challenged to rethink ideas that they previously had, and to realize that the money world is a complicated place that requires naviga-tion.

Students left feeling more knowl-edgeable, prepared, and empowered. Seeing how popular and important this course was, it will be incorporated into Shevach’s curriculum.

NEWS FROM THE HILLSBy Chanita Teitz

A large crowd gathered to enjoy a remarkable performance by the Twins from France

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Chazaq And The Twins From France Rekindle The Forest Park Jewish Center

Chazaq helped breathe fresh life into the Forest Park Jewish Center this past Sunday morning, June 17, when hundreds gathered to enjoy a wonderful spectacular starring the Twins from France in a truly remarkable performance. The children present were amazed at the brilliant ar-ray of tricks and juggling acts the twins executed. Most notable was the fi re show specially saved for the fi nale.

Chazaq extends a special note of ap-preciation to former Councilwoman Liz Crowley for providing the necessary funding for this communal event in Glen-dale.

Launched in 1953, the Forest Park Jew-ish Center was once a beacon of Torah, boasting over 300 members showcasing programs for both youth and later seniors. Today, under the leadership of Rabbi Meir Glazer and with the assistance of the Rab-binical Seminary of America, the syna-gogue maintains a minyan every Shabbos morning.

Longtime member Allen Wolf was ab-solutely astonished at the overfl ow crowd, saying, “the building has not housed this many people in years” and remains hope-ful for the future.

For more information regarding future Chazaq events and programs please call 718-285-9132 or e-mail [email protected].

Upcoming EventsA Wedding Lasts an Evening, A

Marriage Lasts a Lifetime, Sun-day, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Young Is-

rael of Forest Hills, 7100 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills. Presented by Chazaq and Sholom Task Force, this one ses-sion event is for engaged and married couples. For more information and to RSVP, contact Chazaq at 718-285-9132 or [email protected].

A Community-Wide Jewish Fam-ily Cultural Extravaganza, Sunday, June 24, at 1:00–4:00 p.m. at Congre-gation Beit Eliyahu, 71-52 172nd Street, Fresh Meadows. Presented by Council-man Rory Lancman in conjunction with Chazaq and QJCC. Free admission. In-fl atable bouncers, rides, games, prizes, entertainment, balloon animals, DJ/ music, cotton candy, snow cones, and much more! Need more information? Call us at 718-285-9132 or e-mail us at [email protected].

Chanita Teitz is a real-estate broker at Astor Brokerage in Kew Gardens Hills, serving the entire Queens vicinity. For all your real-estate needs, call her at 718-263-4500 or e-mail [email protected]. Read more of Chanita Teitz’s articles at 5TJT.com.

North Woodmere’s 3rd Annual ‘Rock

The Block’ Basketball TournamentNorth Woodmere’s

3rd annual Rock the Block Basketball Tournament—where your block is your team—took over North Woodmere Park the fi rst week in June and brought to-gether over 100 play-ers (of all ages and fi t-ness levels) from the community. It was a great opportunity for neighbors to compete and enjoy the start of spring, but most of all to meet each other as the community is constantly growing and expanding. Team Mulberry took the ti-tle for the second year in a row. Congratula-tion to all who came out!

Pictured: yel-low-bordered picture inset, left to right: Asher Pollak, Sam Fireworker, Shmuel “Sal” Saloman, Duvi Taub, Simcha Mikhli, and Jonathan Taub.

Community-wide carnival presented by Chazaq, Councilman Rory Lancman,

and QJCC

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Kaminsky Commemorates Israeli Independence In Senate

Senator Todd Kaminsky recently hosted Israeli Deputy Consul General Amir Sagie in the NYS Capitol in cel-ebration of Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Senate passed a resolution (J4160), sponsored by Senator Kaminsky on March 15, 2018, honoring Israel and reaffi rming New York’s bond with the Jewish state, and Senator Kaminsky presented Deputy Consul General Sagie with the signed resolution at a meeting with several other state senators.

“Israel is a world leader in technology, medicine, and innovation, a stronghold of democracy in the face of constant ter-ror, and shares an unbreakable friendship with New York State and its citizens,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky. “I was honored to introduce this resolution reaffi rming New York’s integral alliance with Israel and its citizens, and congratulating Isra-el on 70 years of independence, freedom, and advancements. I look forward to con-tinuing to work to strengthen the inte-gral strategic, economic, and cultural ties between our great State and the Jewish homeland.”

Senator Kaminsky has been a staunch supporter of Israel and sponsored legisla-tion to defund groups on college campus-es that promote the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, in-cluding Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). He also sponsored measures to pre-vent state contracts and investments from going to companies that support BDS, dealing this hateful, anti-Israel movement a powerful blow. This past summer, Ka-minsky secured a $350,000 grant to create an Israeli business incubator at Yeshiva University to further strengthen econom-ic ties between Israel and New York. “Is-rael is one of our nation’s closest allies and I look forward to doing all I can to ensure that our state’s alliance with the Jewish homeland stays strong for years to come,” Kaminsky concluded.

Kaminsky Conservation Bill Passes Senate

The State Senate recently passed leg-islation introduced by Senator Todd Ka-minsky (S.260A) to arm Long Islanders

with the knowledge of how much water they are actually using, a measure that could safeguard our aquifers for future generations. Currently, water bills re-port to customers how much water they have used in cubic feet, an amount that no one really understands. The legisla-tion would require water companies to report water usage in gallons. The fi rst step to curbing the out-of-control wa-ter usage on Long Island is for people to truly understand how much water they are actually using. The bill would also provide customers with a seasonal com-parison and yearly water usage.

The bill will now head to the Assem-bly, where it is sponsored by Assembly-woman Pellegrino, for consideration.

“We have a duty to protect our aqui-fers here on Long Island,” said Sena-tor Todd Kaminsky, ranking member of the Senate Environmental Conser-vation Committee. “Providing resi-dents with a more user-friendly way to measure water usage gives every-one the opportunity to manage their consumption and ultimately conserve our natural resources. It is critical for us to do all we can to preserve our en-vironment, and this bill does exactly that.”

“Educating the public is our fi rst line of defense in preserving groundwater. It’s a small technical change that could have a big public impact. Thank you to Senator Kaminsky in being a leader to address water quantity issues, as well as water quality issues,” stated Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the En-vironment.

Currently, Long Island residents are provided with water usage in cubic feet, which leads to a lack of understanding, and ultimately increased water usage. This bill aims to increase awareness of water consumption by providing plain-language information to assist customers who wish to take steps to-ward conserving one of our planet’s most precious natural resources. The measure will also protect consumers by allowing them to review their water bills more easily.

As ranking member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Commit-tee, Senator Kaminsky has been at the

forefront of initiatives to protect and preserve air, water, soil, and other natu-ral resources on Long Island and across New York State. He led the fi ght to nix the Port Ambrose Liquifi ed Natural Gas proposal off the coast of Long Island and has advocated to have the carcinogenic chemical 1,4-dioxane regulated in our drinking water. He received a perfect score from the New York League of Conservation Voters in 2017 and was named a “bipartisan leader” for his hav-ing “collaborated with his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work on behalf of Long Islanders.”

Kaminsky Honored by MET Council with Holocaust Survivor Advocacy Award

On June 3, Senator Todd Kaminsky was honored by the MET Council at its Legislative Breakfast. Senator Ka-minsky was awarded the Holocaust Survivor Advocacy Award at The Yale Club. The breakfast was in tribute to the memory of Assemblyman Michael Si-manowitz.

OU Advocacy Hosts 22nd Annual Leadership Mission To Washington, DC

A delegation of 100 Orthodox rabbis and communal leaders from across the country—from California and Kentucky to New York, Pennsylvania, and Flori-da—converged on the nation’s capital on June 13 for the Orthodox Union Advo-cacy Center’s 22nd annual Leadership Mission to Washington, D.C.

During the day-long event, the par-ticipants met with top administration offi cials at the White House, heard from several U.S. senators, and met with U.S. representatives and their staff to ad-vocate for the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (H.R. 1697/S.720) and to increase fund-ing for the federal Nonprofi t Security Grant Program (NSGP), which awards religious schools, synagogues, and oth-er houses of worship grants of up to $150,000 apiece to improve building se-curity. (The OU Advocacy Center spear-headed the NSGP in 2005 together with the Jewish Federations of North Amer-ica and other coalition partners and bi-partisan leaders in Congress.)

Starting their day at the White House, OU delegates met with U.S. Special Representative for International Ne-

gotiations Jason Greenblatt and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss U.S. policy toward Israel; Do-mestic Policy Council Director Andrew Bremberg to discuss school choice and other key issues; and Homeland Secu-rity Adviser Rear Adm. Douglas Fears to discuss programs to keep synagogues and schools safe.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) kicked off a lunch event on Capitol Hill where he and Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford

(R-Okla.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) delivered impassioned speeches in sup-port of legislation such as the Israel An-ti-Boycott Act; expanded NSGP fund-ing; and the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem last month. The senators also spoke in support of other policies to protect Israel, such as the Taylor Force

POLITICAL ROUNDUP

Senator Todd Kaminsky hosted Israeli Deputy Consul General Amir Sagie in the NYS Capitol

Met Council board member Robert Morris, Senator Todd Kaminsky, and David G. Greenfi eld (Met Council CEO)

OU Advocacy Center Chairman Jerry Wolasky, OU Board of Directors Chairman Howard Tzvi Friedman, OU Advocacy Center Executive Director Nathan Diament, and OU President Moshe

Bane present award to U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) for his work to pass legislation to make disaster-stricken shuls and other houses of worship eligible for FEMA funding

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KASHRUS YOU CAN TRUST AT WALDORF-ASTORIA JERUSALEMIt is comforting to know there is a

trusted rabbinical authority at the Waldorf-Astoria Jerusalem. Marking

four years since the offi cial opening cere-mony of the Waldorf-Astoria Jerusalem, 5TJT met one of the hotel’s veterans who is in charge of one of the most import-ant tasks—the kashrut in the kitchens, 39-year-old Rabi Eliashiv Nafcha.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.I was born in Rehovot to an ultra-Or-

thodox family, to a father who was a commissioner in the Ministry of Educa-tion and was very close to some chareidi known authorities, like the Abu Chatzera family. Loving the Torah and a wish to be a gadol baTorah are virtues I got from my parents since childhood. I studied in Ohr Israel Yeshiva and later on in the Je-rusalem’s Bayit V’gan Kol Torah yeshiva with respected rabbis like Rabbi Yehuda Schlesinger and Rabbi Shmuel Deutsch. I got married to Hadassah Falkivich of a most respected chassidic family from Romema, Jerusalem, and we have seven children.

How did you get into the hotel industry?When I graduated the yeshiva, the Je-

rusalem Rabbinical council approached me and urged me to be involved in the new “Novotel” hotel, just opened in the city. I worked there for eight years as the hotel’s rabbi. When the new Waldorf-Astoria was built, I had a dream to work in this luxu-ry hotel. When it was opened, I guess the council wanted the most qualifi ed and trusted man for the job, and I accepted the challenge.

How does it work? How are the stan-dards set?

Once I met the hotel management and the hotel owners, I set the appropriate standards. I was in charge of the hash-gachah with my seven mashgichim. My standards are very strict. We are present in the hotel kitchens since 4:00 a.m. until they close all kitchens, after midnight. I am confi dent that the kashrut is strictly kept with devotion and hard work.

Give us examples how strict the hash-gachah is in the Waldorf-Astoria Jerusalem.

Since the opening till this very day, the hashgachah is of glatt quality. The meat we use is supervised by Badatz Rubin, Badatz Kehilot, and Badatz Mehadrin Yerushalay-im. No food and beverages are accepted in the hotel without my team’s authority. We set a separate room to wash all vegetables with a special liquid to make sure all is with-in glatt standards. We keep Shabbat and yom tov with mehadrin standards. Food for the relevant meals are stored in heating ov-ens and locked by my team. We do not heat food during Shabbat and yom tov.

Is this policy relevant till today?Absolutely. These standards are kept.

Hotel owners, a general manager, and management have changed over the years, but this glatt quality hashgachah is still valid and will continue for years to come.

What is the guests’ feedback?Just before this interview, I met a re-

turning guest who encouraged me for the great supervision in the hotel and congrat-ulated my team and me. “There is no hotel like the Waldorf-Astoria Jerusalem, with such a combination of luxury and glatt quality supervision. It is our home in Isra-el,” he just said to me. Can there be a better satisfaction than this?

Act to stop U.S. aid from being used as reward money for terrorists and their families.

U.S. representatives who met with groups of OU delegates included Carlos Curbelo, Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Ron De-Santis (R-Fl.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.); Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.); Jamie Raskin (D-Md.); and Albio Sires (D-N.J.).

The mission’s closing session fea-tured an award presentation to Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) for his lead spon-sorship of legislation passed in Febru-ary that codifi es a new era of fairness for disaster-stricken synagogues, churches, and other houses of worship by making them eligible for federal disaster relief through the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency (FEMA). The Ortho-dox Union Advocacy Center spearhead-ed the coalition pressing for the bill’s FEMA provision.

The OU delegates were then ad-dressed by U.S. Attorney General Jeff

Sessions, who announced the creation of the Justice Department’s “Place to Worship Initiative,” a religious liberty proposal focusing on protecting houses of worship and other religious institu-tions' rights to “build, expand, buy, or rent facilities” under the provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institution-alized Persons Act, or RLUIPA.

Sessions also announced that the Justice Department had fi led a lawsuit against the borough of Woodcliff Lake, N.J. for violating RLUIPA by preventing an Orthodox Jewish congregation from expanding its facility.

Said OU President Mark (Moishe) Bane: “Our elected leaders, by taking the time to meet with us, demonstrated that they heard and understand our con-cerns. We are truly appreciative of their support for policies that help strength-en our synagogues and shuls and the values we stand for as Orthodox Jews.”

Said OU Advocacy Center Director Nathan Diament: “It is absolutely crit-ical that so many of our community’s leaders come to Washington year after year to engage with legislators at the highest levels about policies such as stopping boycotts against Israel and augmenting funding for our most im-portant facilities amid a time of esca-lating anti-Semitism. We appreciate the work of the Justice Department on behalf of religious freedom and the new initiative announced at our mission to help ensure fair treatment for syna-gogues and other houses of worship.”

Senator Ben Cardin speaking for OU Advocacy Delegation

Senator Ted Cruz speaking for OU Advocacy

Senator Chuck Schumer speaking for OU Advocacy Delegation

OU President Moshe Bane, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, OU Advocacy Center Executive

Director Nathan Diament, OU Board of Directors Chairman Howard Tzvi Friedman, and OU Advocacy Center Chairman Jerry Wolasky

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HOT OUTSIDE, COOL IN THE GLASSBY GABRIEL GELLER

After a fairly long winter and a rather short spring, summer is here. We are only in the middle

of June and it is already 96° F outside! In the quest for ways to cool ourselves down, some of us just sit at home or at work in the air conditioning, while the luckier ones get to chill by the pool or, even better, travel to places where the weather is more moderate.

An easier, aff ordable, and quite en-joyable method to refresh oneself is to drink some delicious, well-chilled wines. There is an amazing selection out there of very fi ne rosé, whites, sparkling, and even some light red wines that drink nicely on their own, but can superbly complement salads, fruits, barbecued meats, and even ice cream, as well.

Oftentimes, we hear that rosé wines are confusing, that they are neither white nor red. So let’s address those concerns. Rosé wines are pink. Rosé is simply the word in French for “pink-col-ored.” While it is true that blending a bit of red wine in white wine would result in pink wine, that is not usually how rosé wines are made. Basically there are two main methods to produce rosé wine, and in both cases they are made of grape varieties that have a dark skin:

1. Skin maceration. 2. Saignée, which means “bleeding” in

French.With the skin maceration method, the

grapes are pressed and then the must, the juice, macerates with skins from anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours, until the desired color, which comes from the skins, is obtained. With this method, the skins not only release color but also phenols which add fl a-vor, concentration, and tannins. Rosé wines made with this method will usu-ally feature a fuller body and a darker color than those made with the bleeding method. The bleeding method is simply a byproduct of red winemaking. When the grapes are pressed with the skins, slightly pink-colored juice comes out of them. It is this grape juice that will be fermented into wine and will become a

rosé. Most of the time, it will have a pale, bright pink color and a light body. Rosé wines can be fruity, a bit sweet, or really dry, lean, and austere.

The Herzog Lineage Rosé 2017 is an interesting wine made with the saignée method. Made with no less than 12 grape varieties originating in Herzog’s family estate-owned Prince Vineyard in Clarksburg, CA, it features a slightly darker color than most saignée-method rosés. With aromas and fl avors of ripe strawberries, papaya, and pomegranate seeds, it is unique and should be served very cold, with a fruit salad or even a tuna tartar.

The Tabor Adama Barbera Rosé 2017 is another nice rosé, this one made with the skin maceration process. Barbera is a grape variety that originally comes from Italy. It is characterized by red berry and cherry aromas and has nat-ural high acidity. Tabor in Israel has been making over the past few years a really nice rosé which fully extracts and showcases the aforementioned attri-butes of the Barbera variety. It is light and almost fl uff y in both body and tex-ture yet fl avorful, with a nice balance between the fruity notes and the acidity. Perfect to sip while relaxing by the pool on a hot day.

If you are looking instead for a wine that is more substantial, complex, and can even evolve in the bottle for a few years, look no further than the Pacifi -ca Riesling 2017. Pacifi ca is a gorgeous estate winery nestled in its vineyards overlooking the Columbia Gorge and Mt. Hood, on the border between the states of Washington and Oregon. The newly released Riesling is a homerun, featuring the perfect, harmonious bal-ance between lush fruit, earthy miner-als, and mouth-watering acidity. It can accompany a wide array of foods, from fi sh & chips, spicy Thai red curry, hot chicken wings, and veal schnitzel to apple strudel. It’s a brilliant wine, and quite aff ordable, as well.

One specifi c type of wine that goes great with most foods, and is as nice to look at as it is to drink, is dry sparkling wine. The best sparkling wines are argu-ably those hailing from the Champagne region in France. They are made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, or a blend of two or all three varieties. The Drappier Brut Nature is made sole-ly from Pinot Noir, and is a zero dosage champagne, meaning no liquide de dos-age, sweet wine from the original wine the champagne is made from, was added to adjust the sweetness when the cham-pagne was disgorged during the second-ary fermentation process. The result is a very dry, sharp, yet elegant and classy

champagne. Medium-bodied, with vi-brant, tight mousse and focused medi-um bubbles, it has a harmonious texture with notes of apple, pear, roasted hazel-nuts, crushed rocks, lime zest with high acidity and a touch of crème fraîche lin-gering on the long and classy fi nish. This is one remarkable champagne.

Bordeaux wines often are thought of as elitists, expensive, complicated wines made for people for whom mon-ey is no object. That is a very inaccu-rate generalization. Sure, some of the world’s best and rarest wines come from Bordeaux, and they sometimes carry a really hefty price tag. There are, however, many Bordeaux wines that provide great pleasure yet are aff ord-able. Château Trijet 2017 is one of those wines, retailing under $15. It is light to medium in body, off ering the typical, re-strained fruity and earthy profi le gener-ally associated with the wines from that mythical French wine-growing region. It even has the potential to develop some tertiary aromas with a few years of aging in the bottle but is nonethe-less eminently enjoyable now. It is also made with organically grown grapes, meaning little to no pesticides were used in the vineyards. It would be per-fect with a nice fl at iron steak or grilled chicken breast.

Have a cool summer with refreshing and delightful wines! L’chaim!

DEAR BASYA: MIDNIGHT MUNCHIESI was told that I would never be

hungry on this plan. However, I do find that I am hungry, espe-

cially at night. Can you tell me if I am doing something wrong? Or is this just the normal part of dieting?

Signed,Hungry at Night

Dear Hungry,I often find that when clients are

hungry at night it can be traced back to earlier that day or even the day be-fore. Here are some areas that I like

to investigate:1. Did you eat breakfast within

two hours of waking up or did you wait too long?

2. Did you go longer than three hours without eating at any point throughout the day?

3. Did your meals incorporate enough vegetables to fill you up and to give your brain time to process that it is full?

4. Did you drink all your water or are you somewhat dehydrated?

5. Did you choose the most filling proteins or just the most convenient ones? For example, tuna tends to keep people more full than an ounce or two of reduced-fat cheese.

6. Are you sure you are hun-gry? Maybe you are having a crav-ing, which will pass. Maybe you are stressed or exhausted, and need to find some form of stress relief. May-be you are so habituated to eating at night that it just feels like hunger!

7. Are you experiencing any hor-monal changes or medication chang-es that can affect your hunger?

If after investigating all of the above, you are sure that you are still hungry, discuss it with your nutri-tion counselor. A client who is losing well may be encouraged to add more food to his or her day to alleviate the hunger, and will still be able to lose weight.

Best,Basya

Basya Kovacs is a nutrition counselor at Nutrition by Tanya, and is a co-manager of the Five Towns location. Nutrition by Tanya off ers personalized and practical weight management and nutrition counseling for men, women, and children. Nutrition by Tanya has locations in Boro Park, Flatbush, Williamsburg, Monsey, Lakewood, Crown Heights, Five Towns, Monroe, Queens, and Monticello. The offi ce can be reached at 844-TANYA DIET.

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THE P’EYLIM / LEV L’ACHIM PHENOMENON CHANGING THE FACE OF ISRAELThe term “Kiruv Rechokim” evokes

an image of a college student from Kansas. While on a Birth-

right tour in Israel, the pintele Yid that had been dormant within him is sudden-ly ignited and he becomes attracted to the truths of the ancient religion that neither he nor his father or grandfather deemed relevant to their lives. Following this ex-perience is a long and arduous journey fi lled with challenges and years of toil, as he painstakingly tackles the basics of kriyah, then even more years attempting to absorb some halachah as well as a bit of Chumash. While navigating the path of his journey of faith, the young man must make life-altering decisions, separating from family and friends, forgoing college and/or a lucrative career, and relocating to a new community to be shomer Torah u’mitzvos. It’s not an easy road and the challenges (shidduchim, fi tting in social-ly, etc.) are daunting to say the least.

These ba’alei teshuvah are true heroes of the spirit, whose courage and deter-mination are breathtaking. Those devot-ed individuals who work with them are heroes as well, for they need to expend countless hours and unlimited funds un-til they reach the point where they can enjoy some much-deserved nachas. This is the story of kiruv rechokim.

In Israel, there exists a Sephardic pop-ulation who are not shomer Shabbat and know little of Torah. But they are not an-ti-religion. They fondly recall the chagim in their grandparents’ homes. They often

will join in reciting the time-honored selichot during the month of Elul. When you hear that over 90% of the Israeli pop-ulation fasts on Yom Kippur, it’s because these Sephardic Jews have a warmth for Judaism. They just have fallen out of practice due to a lack of a Torah educa-tion.

“Lev L’Achim is privileged to be help-ing these people fi nd their way back home,” says Yanky Arem, board chairman of P’eylim/Lev L’Achim. “The basics are there: the language, the background, and even the basic knowledge of the holidays. All that is needed is to start learning with them. Halachah, hashkafah, and even Ge-mara. Soon they are reconnected. They cannot quench their thirst for Yiddish-keit fast enough! Within weeks they are keeping Shabbat and looking into Torah schools for their children. The process of kiruv rechokim described above doesn’t apply to them. They are experiencing a ki-ruv kerovim and that is why Lev L’Achim is accomplishing so much at such a mod-est cost. This is why Lev L’Achim is trans-forming a country by leaps and bounds.”

Once upon a time, the kollel men who volunteered to work with Lev L’Achim approached their noble mission of reach-ing out to their brethren with a sense of trepidation. They would hesitate prior to the initial knock on a door, fearful of what the ensuing response will be.

Today, they are like soldiers waging battle. With a confi dence born of success, they converge after second seder in vari-

ous venues in Eretz Yisrael. Determined to reach their respective destinations with alacrity, these thousands of dedicat-ed kollel yungeleit are headed to commu-nities in Lod, Ramla, Modiin, and scores of other areas throughout the country where they will learn Torah with the local residents.

Truly the unsung heroes of our gener-ation, these yungeleit are part of an elite Torah corps who volunteer regularly for Lev L’Achim’s Project Door-To-Door. For these ambassadors of Torah, it matters not that their dinner will consist of the few rugelech and the warm soda available to them on the bus ride and that they will not return home till after midnight. Pas-sionate in their mission to be marbitz Torah to the community residents who eagerly anticipate their arrival, they are undeterred by hunger, inclement weath-er, or nightfall.

Each of these scholars speaks to doz-ens of people, every one of whom is highly receptive to learning more about Yid-dishkeit. Despite their initial apprehen-sion and tentative fi rst knocks, what the young heroes accomplished in those ear-ly years was to infuse the local residents with a yearning for Torah learning. That unquenchable thirst for learning has re-sulted in a long list of requests for more bnei Torah to come and learn with them in the hope of gleaning pearls of Torah wisdom and hashkafah as they continue their journey to Torah observance.

Since its inception in 1996, P’eylim / Lev L’Achim has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis, daring to tread where no one has before. With more than 1,300 people on payroll and over 4,500 individuals volunteering on a regular basis, Lev L’Achim has emerged

as a world-renowned organization, unit-ing gedolei Torah from all across the spec-trum—Litvish, Sephardi, Chassidic—in a tremendous display of support and lead-ership and has become an integral part of the fabric of Torah life in Eretz Yisrael.

It takes an amazing movement like Lev L’Achim to bring thousands of Is-raeli children to Torah schools each year through their nationwide Project Rishum enrollment drive. Working in tandem with the regional enrollment offi ce, the Lev L’Achim nationwide enrollment offi -cers work in this division fi lling the Torah schools in every region to capacity and beyond. The tele-enrollment computer-ized calling system reaches millions of homes annually, suggesting to parents a Torah alternative for their children in public schools. Every positive response is followed up by Lev L’Achim’s enrollment offi cers. Truly, one of Lev L’Achim’s major operations, it is a success story that has enrolled tens of thousands of precious Jewish children in frum schools and im-bued them with a love for Torah learning. And as their children have grown in Yid-dishkeit, the parents have been inspired as well to taste the sweetness of Torah and ultimately embrace a lifestyle of mitzvah observance.

At fi rst, the idea of approaching secular parents and asking them to enroll their children in Torah schools seemed chal-lenging. The journey to Torah observance involves a long process; indeed, for many years, parents of children at many of the Torani schools initiated by Lev L’Achim to accommodate the Rishum children still clung tenaciously to their chiloni life-style. But with siyatta d’Shmaya, under-

FIRE AT MIKE’S BURGERSBY 5TJT STAFF

A fire started early Wednesday morning at Mike’s Burgers, a

popular restaurant on Cen-tral Avenue in Cedarhurst, resulting in fire, smoke, and water damage. According to Chief David Campbell, a call came in to the Lawrence-Ce-darhurst Fire Department at 4:32 a.m., and firefighters were on the scene two min-utes later. The firefighters broke through the front door and ventilated the roof, and the fire was under control af-ter four minutes. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire is under routine in-vestigation. Graze Smoke-house, the restaurant next door, sustained smoke and water damage.

ROCHELLE'S REVIEWSBy Rochelle Miller

At one of the Midrashot “Shalhevet” of Lev L’Achim

Kollel volunteers learning Torah with as-yet secular Israelis at a Lev L’Achim event


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standing and patience, a transformation occurred as children blossomed in Yid-dishkeit together with their parents. Ba-ruch Hashem, most of the parent body of the Chinuch Atzmai and Nesivos Moshe schools are fully observant. Of their own volition, they register their younger chil-dren in these schools when they are of school age.

Chances are, if you have visited Israel and davened at the Kotel, you have seen the amazing volunteers of Lev HaKotel—the Kotel Project—in action. In the few years since its inception, this initiative has become one of the premier programs of Lev L’Achim.

We all remember Rabbi Meir Shuster, zt’l, would stand at the Kotel, seeking American college students and back-packers. Gently approaching them, he would engage them in conversation and convince them to stop by Aish HaTorah for a taste of Torah. For hundreds of these students, this encounter proved to be a life-altering experience.

Based upon Rabbi Schuster’s success-ful approach with Americans, Rabbi Uri Zohar decided it could be implemented when approaching secular Israelis. They come to the Kotel and don paper yar-mulkas, and at that moment their soul is open to the suggestion of more. Thus was the concept for Lev HaKotel created. Op-erating on both the men’s and women’s sides of the Kotel, the Lev HaKotel team spots a prospective candidate, and then they will tap him or her on the shoulder and initiate a conversation: “Hey, I see you are inspired today by your visit to the Kotel. Do you want to learn more about Yahadut? Just give me your cell phone number and when you get back, someone from our team will call you.”

Remarkably, most are amenable to the request. Devoid of pressure and re-sponding to an off er made at their own convenience, more than 17,000 contacts responded positively at the Kotel in one year and as a result, a staff of 20 operators has been hired to facilitate follow-up.

Acclaimed the world over, P’eylim/Lev L’Achim is an extraordinary movement that has enhanced the lives of tens of thousands of Israeli families by infusing their homes with kedushah through the above-men-tioned programs and a host of other divi-sions servicing young and old alike.

Baruch Hashem, it is with the support of the American Torah community that P’eylim/Lev L’Achim can expand its ini-tiatives and enhance the spiritual land-scape of Israel. Exemplars of chesed, the

Lawrence/Far Rockaway community has taken a leading role in providing this sup-port. Please join our Lawrence/Far Rock-away rabbanim this Sunday, June 24, at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Ari and Daphna Biderman, 130 Rand Place in Lawrence, for a breakfast reception to benefi t Lev L’Achim. Chaired by Ari Biderman and Avi Lazar, the program will feature spe-cial guest speaker, noted lecturer and au-thor Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson.

An amazing video presentation: “Bringing Them to the Bais Medrash” will be aired at the event which and will be graced by the esteemed rabbanim of the community.

Please show your support for P’eylim / Lev L’Achim and the gedolei Yisrael who lead it.

Rochelle Maruch Miller is a contributing editor for the Five Towns Jewish Times. She is a journalist, creative media consultant, lecturer, and educator, and writes for magazines, newspapers, websites, and private clients. She welcomes your comments at [email protected]. Read more of Rochelle Miller’s articles at 5TJT.com.

An agent of Lev L’Achim’s “Lev HaKotel” program approaching secular visitors to the Kotel

Rav Uri Zohar with children newly enrolled by Lev L’Achim’s “Project Rishum” in a Torah school for the current school year

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OBLIGATIONS OF YESHIVA STUDENTS DURING BEIN HAZMANIM FROM MOREINU RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY, SHLITA

Leading up to the Pesach break this year, Rav Chaim Kanievsky penned a letter to yeshiva stu-

dents regarding bein ha'zemanim. In it, he delineates four obligations of yeshiva students. Below is a translation of the letter made by the Five Towns Jewish Times.

Motzai Shabbos Kodesh, Parashas Mishpatim and Shekalim 5778

I would almost have suggested to abolish bein ha'zemanim and outings and other such things altogether.

Bein ha'zemanim was established solely for the purpose of relaxing the mind which had studied strenuously throughout the zman, as the Rambam has written. All this is almost impossi-ble, however, in modern times.

Nonetheless, all those who do go on vacation are obligated to be very careful not to lose all they have gained during the zman (all the lofty levels that they have achieved through toiling in their Torah studies). Therefore, they are ob-ligated to:

• Be most careful in establishing set times to study Torah each day. This must be chok velo yaavor, not a negotia-ble issue at all, as it is stated in Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 155 and Mishnah

Berurah there.• They must also be careful to guard

their eyes which are the brokers of grave sins as is brought down in the Yerushal-mi in Berachos (1:5). They should also make sure not to make their eyes hefk er.

• They should be careful not to be in any room that contains impure devices (it must be exactly as one is careful to do during the zman).

• They should further make sure to be careful in all matters of tefi llah and its halachic details that are explained in Shulchan Aruch OC 90. For exam-ple, to daven with a minyan davka, and that there be Birkas Kohanim (in Eretz Yisroel) and Krias HaTorah from a ko-sher Sefer Torah and to read the hafto-rah from a Navi and from a parchment scroll.

Therefore, it is a good thing that the rabbanim, shlita, are arranging an event to correct the aforementioned matters. Through this, may we merit to increase kavod Shamayim, and may we merit the complete redemption speedily in our days! Amein.

Chaim Kanievsky

The author can be reached at Yairhoff [email protected].

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