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Who by Water?1,200 dead through flooding in Mumbai.

Over 50 dead in Houston from Hurricane Harvey. Islands in the Caribbean obliterated, and 8 million without power in Florida from Hurricane Irma. The frightening list goes on and on.

As we approach Rosh Hashana, we can’t help but think of that frightening phrase in U’nesaneh Tokef – “Mi Ba’Mayim?” As we say that haunting melody and wonder who will live and who will die, this year we wonder why so much death and destruction by water, and if there is chas v’sholom more to come. Rarely have so many hurricanes coincided to destroy so much.

We know that these powerful storms are not just nature, rather “ruach s’orah oseh devoro” – Hashem’s powerful winds doing His word. We seem to live in such abnormal times, with devastation and suffering almost a common occurrence - to the extent that an 8.0 devastating earthquake in Mexico last week went almost unnoticed.

In a speech last week, Rabbi Yissocher Frand referred to a now famous satellite photo projecting Hurricane Irma’s track into Florida, clearly shaped like a giant Shofer. If nothing else, he said, it reminds us of the message of Elul – “Uru Yeshainim Mishinaschem” – “wake up sleepy ones from your slumber.”

We can never figure out the ways of Hashem, nor are we meant to. We read in this week’s Parsha: “Hanistoros L’Hashem Elokeinu, V’haniglo’os Lanu U’levoneinu” – can be undertood to mean - The hidden meaning is only known to Hashem, but the obvious signs are for us and our children. We are learning now more than ever that life is shaky and

perilous. We must focus on what’s important, and appreciate the important things in life. We must respect and care for one another, as the Jewish community of Atlanta did last Shabbos when they hosted over 1,500 Jewish Floridians escaping Hurricane Irma. And we who were zoche to be so far removed from these devastating hurricanes, should not be far removed from feeling the pain of our fellow Jews and aiding them in any way we can.

It is vital that we do not think for a moment that these hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes

do not directly relate to us. Close to a century ago, when devastating earthquakes killed tens of thousands in Japan, the Chofetz Chaim, zt”l, undertook a partial fast and urged Klal Yisroel to do Teshuva. A few years later, when a powerful earthquake hit Russia,

killing many and destroying entire cities, the Chofetz Chaim wrote a historic letter, including the following sentences:

“Certainly, any thinking person should be gripped by fear and trembling as to what Hashem has done... The understanding person will realize that Hashem is urging us to do Teshuva and is showing us all that He has the power to do as He pleases…. Because, with our evil deeds, we have no prophets or divine messengers in our times, He is urging us through other messengers to do Teshuva…”

These words of the Chofetz Chaim say it all, and are like hurricanes that should urge us to be better and do better. May we be zoche to heed his words and earn a new year filled with nachas, good health, and only good news for Klal Yisroel, culminating with the coming of Moshiach, speedily in our times.

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Yeshayahu 61:10-63:9 /

This haftarah is the seventh and final of the Seven Haftaros of Consolation that are read between the Shabbos after Tishah B’Av and the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah. In the inspiring words of Yeshayahu, we hear how much Hashem loves His people and protects them from their

enemies and will take revenge from those who try to harm them.

I will proclaim Hashem’s kindnesses as the praises of Hashem, in accordance with all that Hashem has bestowed upon us and the abun-dant goodness to the House of Israel that He has bestowed upon them in His compassion and in His abundant kindnesses (63:7).

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יחיאל בן ציון בן מיכליוסף אליהו בן בילא

ליבה יהודית בת יוכבדנחמי' בן מלכה גיטל

רינה חי' בת לאהיונה מאיר בן שרה רייזל

גיטל רינה בת יאלתמר עדי נה בת קינא שולמית

אברהם בן לאהחיים שרגא פיבל בן רחל

מרדכי דוד שמחה בן מרים משא טובהמשה זאב בן רחל

רפאל בצלאל מרדכי בן חנה רייזלשמואל בן רבקה

שרה מלכה בת פייגא פרדילגולדה בת מרים

הינדא שרה בת יענטילר' שלמה חנן בן חנה זיסליצחק שמואל בן פשע שרה

צירל בת אלתר רבקהיואל בן יטל

רפאל חיים ישעי בן חיהר' שמעון בן ליזה לוסיה

רבקה לאה בת חנה מנוחהמשולם נתן יהודה בן טשארנה

יצחק בן דבורהאפרים בן רבקה

רפאל חיים צבי בן לאהחיה אסתר בת פייגא יענטא

ר' ישראל אברהם בן שיינא רחל ר' ישעי' יעקב בן רייזעל

ר' יגל בן יעלאליעזר בן רחל

שמחה בת מריםמנחם מנדל בן פערל דינה

אסתר הינדה בת שפרהדב ישעיה בן אסתר

ר' משה יצחק בן סירלצבי מנחם בן אסתראסתר בת חנה ריבה

ברוך הלל בן רבקהזיסל בת רחל

אשר ישעי' בן הינדא נאכהישראל פייול בן חנה ביילה

אהרן צבי בן זלדהרחל חי' בת אסתר

ר' יצחק שמואל בן פעשא שרהדוד רפאל חיים בן סופי'ה

ראובן בן הענאיוסף מלך בן שרה שפרה

שרה בת רבקה רחלשרה לאה בת חנה בילאחנה בילא בת שרה לאה

A Parent’s Job is Never OverSo everybody is calm and relaxed now

that our kids have le� and gone o� to Israel to “shteig” in school, seminary, yeshiva, joint, whatever…

In order to keep up with this questionable, shidduch mandatory, fashion, many of us work lots of extra hours and even take out another mortgage to a� ord this mandatory luxury. � e prices for the seminaries are generally not negotiable because, a� er all, it’s a luxury and you can’t negotiate for luxuries.

Yet when it comes to Shabbosos, these places of higher education have no hesitation to tell the students to � nd a place to spend the Shabbos. When, and if the students are queried, for control purposes, where in fact they will be spending Shabbos, o� en times, there may be a student amongst the group which may have the luxury of the use of an unsupervised absentee relative’s apartment. When they are asked where they’re going to spend the Shabbos, or any other free time, their response is that they’re going to this or that relative, when they in fact are going to the relative’s vacant and unsupervised apartment. But they seem to fail in inquiring further to � nd out whether the benevolent relative is actually going to be present, where this student is going while bringing along a handful or so of her friend’s, tag alongs, hmm... whomever else, to spend time.

I’m not comfortable with this... Is this what we want for our children? Is this what we pay the big bucks for and expect responsible chinuch?

How sad it is for us to get treated to such negligent chinuch by the people who we pay lots of money to, and expect them

to have responsibility of our precious children who are so impressionable in such a holy place. Demand more and better!

Equally lacking in responsibility are those absentee relatives who make their unsupervised apartments available to the young lads.

Suckered By the Same M’shigasz

Caring For Our InfantsMy letter “Caring for our Infants”

received letters in response, from which I quote:

“Mothers ... have no choice but to work to help support their families”;

“Mothers are forced almost unwillingly to hand over our little babies daily so we can bring bread to the table”;

“Moms ... have no choice but to work out of the home to make ends meet”;

“Mothers work because they have to provide for their children”.

Basically these loving mothers agree that they should and would rather be home but understandably have no choice.

One letter writer (because I used the word “careers”?) got the erroneous impressionthat I am of the opinion that mothers are more interested in their “careers” than c”v the well- being of their children, which is totally and completely not the case. I do not believe, nor did it ever cross my mind that a Bas Yisroel would ever think this way.

If my letter encourages a future Mom to be home full time with her baby, it will have been worth all the negative feedback I received. Relying on child care must not be considered a priority as a perfectly normal and acceptable option.

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I’m All EarsIt is the season of listening. We listen to the shofar. � e

bracha we make is lishmo’ah kol shofar. Even our kabolas haTorah was through listening –

Na-aseh v’nishmah. Our chazal teach us that the essential value of listening is so that we may hear tochacha – rebuke. But the days when people o� er friendly, constructive rebuke seem to have gone the way of the postage stamp. Rarely seen. So if your pre Rosh Hashana prep might get a boost from some good old fashioned tochacha, don’t waste your time in the waiting room. Go get some! Ask your very best friend (your spouse perhaps?) what frequent � aw he/she notices in you. A� er all, everyone one of us needs some character work. Take yours seriously and THANK your friend for caring so much.

OK folks. I’m listening.

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As we approach the Yomim Noraim, we need to examine the right approach to these awesome days. On one hand, they are truly fearful and awesome. As we say in the “Unesaneh tokef . . .ki hu ayom venorah … mi yichyeh umi yamus.” Hashem judges us on this day. On the other hand, Chazal tell us “Imru lifanai malchios kedai shetamli-chuni alaichem” – say before me pesukim of Malchiyos in order to coronate me as your King. We always perceive the inauguration

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� e Rambam in Hilchos Chanukah says the reason we don’t say Hallel on Rosh Ha-shana is “Le� shehem yemei teshuva veyirah vafachad lo yemei simcha yesaira” – they are days of teshuva and trepidation, not days of unbridled simcha. How do we understand that the Rambam only says that there is no

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סדר הבאת ביכורים

כשאדם יורד לשדהו ורואה אחד משבעת המינים שבכר, קושרו בגמי, ואומר "הרי אלו בכורים."

מביאים את הבכורים בסל, העשירים בשל כסף ושל זהב, והעניים בשל ערבה.

כשמעלין את הבכורים, המביאים מתכנסים לאחת מ־כ"ד "עיירות של מעמד", ולנים שם ברחובה של

עיר. בבוקר היה הממנה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציון אל ה' אלהינו", ועולים ברוב עם. לפניהם הולך

מנגן בחליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה של זית בראשו.

בדרכם לירושלים אומרים פסוקים ומזמורי תהילים.כשהגיעו קרוב לירושלים חשובי העיר יצאו

לקראתם, ובדרכם להר הבית היו כל בעלי אומניות עומדים לפניהם ושואלין בשלומם.

כשהגיעו להר הבית, כל אחד נוטל סלו על כתפו ונכנס, עד שמגיע לעזרה.

בשעת הבאת הביכורים, הלוים שרים "ארוממך יי כי דליתני ולא שמחת איבי לי".

המביא עומד לפני הכהן ואומר "הגדתי היום לה' אלהיך כי באתי אל הארץ אשר נשבע ה' לאבתינ

המביא מוריד הסל מעל כתפו ואוחזו בשפתותיו. הכהן מניח ידו תחת הסל ושניהם מניפים

אותו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע רוחות - ומניחים אותו ליד קרן דרומית מערבית של המזבח, בדר

המביא נוטל הסל ואוחזו בידו כשהוא קורא "ארמי אבד אבי…ועתה הנה הבאתי את ראשית פרי

האדמה אשר נתתה לי ה'."המביא מניף הסל בעצמו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע

רוחות - ומניחו ליד קרן דרומית מערבית של המזבח, בדרומה של הקרן, ומשתחוה ויוצא.

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כשאדם יורד לשדהו ורואה אחד משבעת המינים שבכר, קושרו בגמי, ואומר "הרי אלו בכורים."



ה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציונה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציונה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציו בוקר היה הממבבוקר היה הממבבוקר היה הממ עיר. ן אל ה' אלהינו", ועולים ברוב עם. לפניהם הולך

חליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה בחליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה בחליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה מנגן של זית בראשו.

בדרכם לירושלים אומרים פסוקים ומזמורי תהיכשהגיעו קרוב לירושלים חשובי העיר יצאו

לקראתם, ובדרכם להר הבית היו כל בעלי אומניות עומדים לפניהם ושואלין בשלומם.

יעו להר הבית, כל אחד נוטל סגיעו להר הבית, כל אחד נוטל סגיעו להר הבית, כל אחד נוטל ס כשהיע לעזרה.גיע לעזרה.גיע לעזרה. ונכנס, עד שמ

בשעת הבאת הביכורים, הלוים שרים "ארוממךכי דליתני ולא שמחת איבי לי".

ביא עומד לפני הכהן ואומר "המביא עומד לפני הכהן ואומר "המביא עומד לפני הכהן ואומר "ה האלהיךאלהיך כי באתי אל הארץ אשר נשבע ה' לאבתינ

ביא מוריד הסל מעל כתפו ואוחזו בשפתומביא מוריד הסל מעל כתפו ואוחזו בשפתומביא מוריד הסל מעל כתפו ואוחזו בשפתו היח ידו תחת הניח ידו תחת הניח ידו תחת ה תיו. הכהן מ

אותו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע רוחות - ומניחים אותו ליד קרן דרומית מערבית של המזבח, בדר

ל ואוחזו בידו כשהוא קורא "ארמי סל ואוחזו בידו כשהוא קורא "ארמי סל ואוחזו בידו כשהוא קורא "ארמי ביא נוטל המביא נוטל המביא נוטל ה הה הבאתי את ראשית פרי נה הבאתי את ראשית פרי נה הבאתי את ראשית פרי אבד אבי…ועתה ה

האדמה אשר נתתה לי ה'."ל בעצמו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע סל בעצמו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע סל בעצמו - למעלה, למטה ולארבע ביא מניף המביא מניף המביא מניף ה ה

רוחות - ומניחו ליד קרן דרומית מערבית של המזבח, בדרומה של הקרן, ומשתחוה ויוצא.

סדר הבאת ביכוריםסדר הבאת ביכורים

כשאדם יורד לשדהו ורואה אחד משבעת המינים שרו בגמי, ואומר "הרי אלו בכורים."



ה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציו ן אל ה' אלהינו", ועולים ברוב עם. לפניהם הולך

חליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה

בדרכם לירושלים אומרים פסוקים ומזמורי תהיכשהגיעו קרוב לירושלים חשובי העיר יצאו

בדרכם להר הבית היו כל בעלי אומניות עומדים לפניהם ושואלין בשלומם.

יעו להר הבית, כל אחד נוטל סלו על כתפו יע לעזרה.

רים, הלוים שרים "ארוממךכי דליתני ולא שמחת איבי לי".

דתי היום לה' גדתי היום לה' גדתי היום לה' ביא עומד לפני הכהן ואומר "ה כי באתי אל הארץ אשר נשבע ה' לאבתינ

ביא מוריד הסל מעל כתפו ואוחזו בשפתו ל ושניהם מניפים סל ושניהם מניפים סל ושניהם מניפים יח ידו תחת ה

- למעלה, למטה ולארבע רוחות - ומניחים אותו ליד קרן דרומית מערבית של המזבח, בדר

ל ואוחזו בידו כשהוא קורא "ארמי ה הבאתי את ראשית פרי

האדמה אשר נתתה לי ה'."

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כשאדם יורד לשדהו ורואה אחד משבעת המינים שרו בגמי, ואומר "הרי אלו בכורים."

מביאים את הבכורים בסל, העשירים בשל כסף


ה אומר, "קומו ונעלה ציו ן אל ה' אלהינו", ועולים ברוב עם. לפניהם הולךן אל ה' אלהינו", ועולים ברוב עם. לפניהם הולך

חליל ושור שקרנותיו מצופות זהב עם עטרה

בדרכם לירושלים אומרים פסוקים ומזמורי תהילכשהגיעו קרוב לירושלים חשובי העיר יצאו

בדרכם להר הבית היו כל בעלי אומניות

ו על כתפו

רים, הלוים שרים "ארוממךרים, הלוים שרים "ארוממך

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Dark Chicken Cutlets (Family Pack) ............................................$4.99LbDark Ground Chicken ...................................................................$5.99LbDark Chicken Roast ...................................................................... $5.99Lb Turkey Necks ...........................................................................$2.99Lb

Brick French Roast Grain Finished ....................................................$8.99Lb Chuck Eye Roast Grain Finished ..................................................$5.99LbDelmonico Club Roast Grain Finished...............................................$7.99Lb Shabbos Meat (Middle Chuck) Grain Finished .................................$5.99LbClub Steak (Family Pack) Grain Finished ...............................................$7.99Lb 1st Cut Brisket Natural Pasture ....................................................$6.99LbBlack Angus Minute Steak.................................................................$8.99LbBlack Angus Minute Roast .................................................................$8.99LbOrganic Delmonico Club Roast .......................................................$9.99LbOrganic Delmonico Club Steak .......................................................$9.99Lb

Pickled Corned Beef (1st Cut Brisket) .............................................$7.49LbPastrami (1st Cut Brisket) ................................................................$8.49Lb Pepper Or Herb Crusted Delmonico Club Roast .....................$6.99Lb Pickled Chicken Roast (Dark Meat) ..............................................$5.99Lb Baby Chicken Shawarma ..........................................................$6.99LbPastrami Dark Chicken Roast ...................................................$6.99Lb

Pickled Corned Beef (Deckle) ..........................................................$8.99Lb Pastrami (Deckle) .............................................................................$9.99LbTop Of The Rib Roast ....................................................................$8.99Lb

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*WE NOW CARRY A FULL LINE OF BYL GOURMET SYRIAN SEPHARDIC FOODS FROZEN,

& WILL CARRY FRESH COOKED @ THE MEAT DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY.*

Fresh Kibbe Torpedos (Wed - Fri only) ................................................................$9.99 P/Pkg (1 Dozen)

GRO

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Roll

$5.25

Tuna LiteRoll

$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

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EVERY DAY LOW PRICES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Chicken Legs Family Pack .......................................................... $1.99LbChicken Cutlets 2.5lb tray ......................................................... $3.99LbRib Eye Roast Natural Pasture .................................................... $7.99Lb Rib Eye Steak (Family Pack) Natural Pasture.................................. $7.99LbGround Beef (Family pack) ........................................................................... $3.99LbBeef Patties (Value Pack) ........................................................... $4.99LbBeef Sliders (Value Pack) ........................................................... $5.99LbPickled Corned Beef (small-medium top of the rib) .................................. $5.99Lb Pastrami (small-medium top of the rib) ................................................. $6.99LbFreshly Frozen Corned Beef or Pastrami Beef Patties ................... $5.99Lb

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MOISHAS.COM

ONLINE ORDERS

Wed.: until 8pm

Thursday: until 8pm

Friday: until 12pm

Sunday: until 8pm

Monday: until 8pm

Tuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS

Liebers Premium Chocolate

Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6

$1.59

Blooms Huggy Bears Honey, Choc Chip,

Choc . 10oz

limit

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$1.49lim

it 2

cs o

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Shwartz Kettle

Popcorn Sweet & Salty or

Caramel . 1oz

Gedilla Fruit Bars

Strawberry, Raspberry or Apricot

limit

6 of

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$1.89

Gefen Apple Juice Box Drinks

limit

2 ca

ses

$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz

Duncan Hines Yellow or

Devils Food Cake 15.25oz

4/$5.00

limit

6 of

eac

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Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag

Regular or Mini $1.99

limit

6 of

eac

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Haddar Spices

Cinnamon, Garlic Pwdr, Onion Pwdr,

Black Pepper, Paprika Approx 1.23oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

89¢

Dee Best Dessert Sauce

All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.99 89¢

Hadar Tirosh Biscuits

7oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99

Chewzy Peanut Chews 20pc Clear Container

limit

6 of

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FRO

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$14.99

limit

2

Heavy Duty Aluminum 9x13 Pans

Made in usaCase of 100

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Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89

Amnon Hagalil Tilapia

14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00

A&B Gefilte Fish

20oz . Original only

limit

10

$4.99

Gefen Crushed Garlic

limit

6

$1.79 $10.99lim

it 2

Aluminum 9x13 Lids Made in USA

FRID

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$1.59

limit

4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct

HOUS

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MozzarellaCheese

Regular or Slims or Muenster

Regular, Sandwich or Slims (reg or oven smoked)

limit

6 of

eac

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$1.99

Mr Dipz Onion Dips All varieties . 7oz

limit

6 of

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$2.69

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢

Meal Mart Sliced

Pastrami or Corned Beef

1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

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$9.99 $1.29

limit

6

Aluminum 8" Deep Round

Pan 10pk

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢lim

it 6

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Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6

Paskesz Lady Fingers

7oz

$1.59

limit

6

Gefen Chunk Lite

Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

Goodmans Onion Soup

Mix (Excluding Low Sodium)

2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢TAKEOUT

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb

Tri Color Pasta Salad

15.5oz$3.49ea

Grilled Baby Chicken

$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

OliveDip7.5oz

$2.89eaUNDER HASHGACHA OF RABBI WEISSMANDEL

MADE ON PREMISESKEMACH YOSHON

WE NOW CARRY A FULL LINE OF FRESH VACUUM PACKED SBD DELI

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limit

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2/$2.19$51.99 Case of 48

5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

$5.79

Ohr Shabbos Candles 72ct - 3hr

2/$5.00

limit

6

Simcha Collection 7oz Tumblers

20ct

69¢

limit

36 (1

cs)

Clear Cutlery

100ct - All varieties

99¢

limit

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CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie

Shufra Chocolate Jelly Rings

$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb

King Medjool Dates $4.99lb

GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

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2/$5.00

General Mills Honey Nut

Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

KEMACH

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KEMACH

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KEMACH

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$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs

Classic, American, Mexican, Viennese

limit

6 of

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$1.99

Schmerling Chocolate

Bars All Varieties

(Excluding Sugar Free)

limit

10 o

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Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

4pk

SALE PRICES VALID FROM 9/13/17 - 9/18/17

CANDLE LIGHTING:פרשת נצבים-וילך

Friday, September 15

6:46pm

Extended Hours

Mon9.18.177am-

midnight

Tues9.19.177am-1am

Wed9.13.177am-

midnightWed

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Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm

מוצש"ק9.16.179pm-

midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

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limit

6

Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

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$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99

9" / 7" Plates40 Pack

(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

BAKERY

Oberlander Honey Loaf 13oz

$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

WE NOW CARRY A LARGE VARIETY

OF GLUTEN FREE BAKERY

PRODUCTS

Open this Motzei Shabbos 9pm to midnight

315 AVE M ○ BROOKLYN NY ○ 718.336.7563

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PRODUCE

BlackPlums

79¢ Lb


$1.59 Lb


$1.99

Pineapplesize 7

2/$3


69¢ Lb

Eggplant

69¢ Lb

Pomegranatesize 36

89¢ ea

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Roll

$5.25

Tuna LiteRoll

$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

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ONLINE ORDERS

Wed.: until 8pm

Thursday: until 8pm

Friday: until 12pm

Sunday: until 8pm

Monday: until 8pm

Tuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS


Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6

$1.59


Choc . 10oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.49

limit

2 cs

of e

a.

Shwartz Kettle


Caramel . 1oz

Gedilla Fruit Bars


limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.89


limit

2 ca

ses

$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz



4/$5.00

limit

6 of

eac

h

Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag


limit

6 of

eac

h

Haddar Spices



limit

6 of

eac

h

89¢


All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.99 89¢


7oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99


limit

6 of

eac

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FRO

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$14.99

limit

2



BUY T

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Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89


14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00

A&B Gefilte Fish


limit

10

$4.99


limit

6

$1.79 $10.99

limit

2


FRID

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$1.59

limit

4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct

HOUS

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MozzarellaCheese



limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.69

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢

Meal Mart Sliced


1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99 $1.29

limit

6


Pan 10pk

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢

limit

6 of

eac

h

Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6


7oz

$1.59

limit

6

Gefen Chunk Lite

Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

Goodmans Onion Soup


2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢TAKEOUT

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb


15.5oz$3.49ea


$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

OliveDip7.5oz




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limit

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2/$2.19$51.99 Case of 48

5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

$5.79


2/$5.00

limit

6


20ct

69¢

limit

36 (1

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Clear Cutlery


99¢

limit

10 o

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CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie


$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb


GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

2/$5.00


Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs


limit

6 of

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$1.99


Bars All Varieties


limit

10 o

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Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

4pk




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Extended Hours

Mon9.18.177am-

midnight

Tues9.19.177am-1am

Wed9.13.177am-

midnightWed

9.20.177am-3pm

Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm


midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

YOSHON

limit

6

Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

f ea.

$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99


(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

BAKERY


$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON



PRODUCTS


315 AVE M ○ BROOKLYN NY ○ 718.336.7563

M

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TPRODUCE

BlackPlums

79¢ Lb


$1.59 Lb


$1.99

Pineapplesize 7

2/$3


69¢ Lb

Eggplant

69¢ Lb

Pomegranatesize 36

89¢ ea

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SUSHIAlaska

Roll

$5.25

Tuna LiteRoll

$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

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Place your order at

MOISHAS.COM

ONLINE ORDERS

Wed.: until 8pm

Thursday: until 8pm

Friday: until 12pm

Sunday: until 8pm

Monday: until 8pm

Tuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS


Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6

$1.59


Choc . 10oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.49

limit

2 cs

of e

a.

Shwartz Kettle


Caramel . 1oz

Gedilla Fruit Bars


limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.89


limit

2 ca

ses

$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz



4/$5.00

limit

6 of

eac

h

Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag


limit

6 of

eac

h

Haddar Spices



limit

6 of

eac

h

89¢


All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.99 89¢


7oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99


limit

6 of

eac

h

FRO

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$14.99

limit

2



BUY T

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Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89


14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00

A&B Gefilte Fish


limit

10

$4.99


limit

6

$1.79 $10.99

limit

2


FRID

GE

$1.59

limit

4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct

HOUS

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MozzarellaCheese



limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.69

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢

Meal Mart Sliced


1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99 $1.29

limit

6


Pan 10pk

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢

limit

6 of

eac

h

Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6


7oz

$1.59

limit

6

Gefen Chunk Lite

Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

Goodmans Onion Soup


2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢TAKEOUT

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb


15.5oz$3.49ea


$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

OliveDip7.5oz




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2/$2.19$51.99 Case of 48

5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

$5.79


2/$5.00

limit

6Simcha Collection

7oz Tumblers 20ct

69¢

limit

36 (1

cs)

Clear Cutlery


99¢

limit

10 o

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KEMACH

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KEMACH

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CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie


$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb


GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

2/$5.00


Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs


limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99


Bars All Varieties


limit

10 o

f eac

h

Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

4pk




6:46pm

Extended Hours

Mon9.18.177am-

midnight

Tues9.19.177am-1am

Wed9.13.177am-

midnightWed

9.20.177am-3pm

Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm


midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

YOSHON

limit

6

Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

f ea.

$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99


(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

BAKERY


$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON



PRODUCTS


315 AVE M ○ BROOKLYN NY ○ 718.336.7563

MEA

T DEP

ARTM

ENT

PRODUCE

BlackPlums

79¢ Lb


$1.59 Lb


$1.99

Pineapplesize 7

2/$3


69¢ Lb

Eggplant

69¢ Lb

Pomegranatesize 36

89¢ ea

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SUSHIAlaska

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$5.25

Tuna LiteRoll

$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

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ONLINE ORDERS

Wed.: until 8pm

Thursday: until 8pm

Friday: until 12pm

Sunday: until 8pm

Monday: until 8pm

Tuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS


Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6$1.59


Choc . 10oz

limit

6 of

eac

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$1.49

limit

2 cs

of e

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Shwartz Kettle


Caramel . 1oz

Gedilla Fruit Bars


limit

6 of

eac

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$1.89


limit

2 ca

ses

$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz



4/$5.00

limit

6 of

eac

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Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag


limit

6 of

eac

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Haddar Spices



limit

6 of

eac

h

89¢


All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

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$2.99 89¢


7oz

limit

6 of

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$9.99


limit

6 of

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FRO

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$14.99

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2



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Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89


14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00

A&B Gefilte Fish


limit

10

$4.99


limit

6

$1.79 $10.99

limit

2


FRID

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$1.59lim

it 4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct

HOUS

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MozzarellaCheese



limit

6 of

eac

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$1.99


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.69

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢

Meal Mart Sliced


1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

eac

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$9.99 $1.29

limit

6


Pan 10pk

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢

limit

6 of

eac

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Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6


7oz

$1.59

limit

6

Gefen Chunk Lite

Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

Goodmans Onion Soup


2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢TAKEOUT

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb


15.5oz$3.49ea


$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

OliveDip7.5oz




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5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

$5.79


2/$5.00

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69¢

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99¢

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KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

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YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie


$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb


GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

2/$5.00


Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs


limit

6 of

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$1.99


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limit

10 o

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Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

4pk




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Wed9.13.177am-

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Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm


midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

YOSHON

limit

6

Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

f ea.

$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99


(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

BAKERY


$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

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BlackPlums

79¢ Lb


$1.59 Lb


$1.99

Pineapplesize 7

2/$3


69¢ Lb

Eggplant

69¢ Lb

Pomegranatesize 36

89¢ ea

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$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

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Wed.: until 8pm

Thursday: until 8pm

Friday: until 12pm

Sunday: until 8pm

Monday: until 8pm

Tuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS


Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6

$1.59


Choc . 10oz

limit

6 of

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$1.49

limit

2 cs

of e

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Shwartz Kettle


Caramel . 1oz

Gedilla Fruit Bars


limit

6 of

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$1.89


limit

2 ca

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$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz



4/$5.00

limit

6 of

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Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag


limit

6 of

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Haddar Spices



limit

6 of

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89¢


All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

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$2.99 89¢


7oz

limit

6 of

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$9.99


limit

6 of

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FRO

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$14.99

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Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89


14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00

A&B Gefilte Fish


limit

10

$4.99


limit

6

$1.79 $10.99

limit

2


FRID

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$1.59lim

it 4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct

HOUS

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MozzarellaCheese



limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.69

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢

Meal Mart Sliced


1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99 $1.29

limit

6


Pan 10pk

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢

limit

6 of

eac

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Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6


7oz

$1.59

limit

6Gefen

Chunk Lite Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

Goodmans Onion Soup


2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢TAKEOUT

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb


15.5oz$3.49ea


$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

OliveDip7.5oz




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5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

$5.79


2/$5.00

limit

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20ct

69¢

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36 (1

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Clear Cutlery


99¢

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KEMACH

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KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie


$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb


GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

2/$5.00


Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs


limit

6 of

eac

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$1.99


Bars All Varieties


limit

10 o

f eac

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Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

4pk




6:46pm

Extended Hours

Mon9.18.177am-

midnight

Tues9.19.177am-1am

Wed9.13.177am-

midnightWed

9.20.177am-3pm

Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm


midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

YOSHON

limit

6

Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

f ea.

$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99


(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

BAKERY


$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON



PRODUCTS


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UNDER HASHGACHA OF RABBI WEISSMANDEL • ALL FOOD MADE ON PREMISES • ALL ITEMS IN OUR TAKEOUT ARE KEMACH YOSHON


Wed.: until 8pmThursday: until 8pmFriday: until 12pmSunday: until 8pmMonday: until 8pmTuesday: until 8pm

DELIVERY HOURS




6:46pm

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Mon9.18.177am-

midnight

Tues9.19.177am-1am

Wed9.13.177am-

midnightWed

9.20.177am-3pm

Thurs9.14.177am-

12:30am

Fri9.15.177am-4pm


midnightSun

9.17.177am-11pm

We are open

Motzei Shabbos!

FRO

ZEN

FRID

GE

limit

2 cs

Blooms Pop'mms

1oz

5/89¢ $17.99 Case of 100

KEMACH

YOSHON

Bodek Cauliflower

Florets 24oz

limit

6

$3.89


limit

6$1.79

A&B Gefilte Fish


limit

10

$4.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

Haolam Sliced

MozzarellaCheese



limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99

Meal Mart Sliced


1lb Family Pack

limit

6 of

eac

h

$9.99

Migdal Margarine

16oz

limit

6

99¢


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.69

Mr Dipz

limit

6 of

eac

h

limit

2 cs

of e

a.

Shwartz Kettle


Caramel . 1oz

5/$1 $10.99 Case of 60


14oz

limit

6

2/$5.00


Choc . 10oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.49

KEMACH

YOSHON

Gedilla Fruit Bars


limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.89

Gefen Chunk Lite

Tuna in Water

limit

2 ca

ses

2/$2.19$51.99 Case of 48

Goodmans Onion Soup


2.75oz Bonus

limit

6

85¢89¢


7oz

limit

6 of

eac

hKEMACH

YOSHON

Liebers Baby Corn

Whole Or Cut 15oz

79¢lim

it 6

of e

ach


Chip Cookies 16oz

limit

6

$1.59

KEMACH

YOSHON

99¢

Liebers Honey Wheat

Braided Pretzels

9.5oz

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON

Mikee Brisket Sauce

25oz$3.49

limit

6


7oz

$1.59

limit

6

KEMACH

YOSHON


limit

2 ca

ses

$1.19 $10.99 Case of 40

10x4pk4pk

$9.99


limit

6 of

eac

h


All Flavors . 14oz

limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.99



4/$5.00

limit

6 of

eac

hKEMACH

YOSHON

2/$5.00


Cheerios 17oz

limit

6

Haddar Olive Oil


limit

6 of

eac

h

$5.79

Haddar Spices



limit

6 of

eac

h

89¢

Paskesz Chocolate

Chips10oz Bag


limit

6 of

eac

h

$2.29

Pereg Bread Crumbs


limit

6 of

eac

h

$1.99


Bars All Varieties


limit

10 o

f eac

h

Shwartz Honey

2Lb

limit

6

$3.49

Gefen Couscous

8oz

2/$1.00

KEMACH

YOSHON

limit

6

BUY T

HE C

ASE

HOUS

EHO

LD

$1.29

limit

6


Pan 10pk

$10.99

limit

2


$14.99

limit

2



$1.59

limit

4

Elegant Lunch

Napkins 500ct


2/$5.00

limit

6


20ct

69¢lim

it 36

(1cs

)

Clear Cutlery


99¢

limit

10 o

f eac

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Dinner Soft Clear

Plastic Plates 40ct

limit

12 (1

cs) o

f ea.

$1.79 $3.49 9"7"

Royalty Collection

$9.99 $2.99 $1.99


(20 + 20)

12oz Soup Bowls

10ct

5oz Dessert Bowls

10ct

SUSHIAlaska

Roll

$5.25

Tuna LiteRoll

$7.95

Krunchy Dragon Roll

$8.95

FancyRoll

$9.95

FISHSalmon Fillet

$8.99lb

SlicedKarp

$6.99lb

Sliced White Fish

$7.99lb

Ground Pike &

White Fish$10.99lb

Ground Salmon

$9.99lb

CANDY

FRESH PIZZA

$9.99

MADE ON PREMISES

Large Regular

Pie


$4.99lb

Kleins Honey Glazed

Almonds$5.79lb


GedillaJelly Fish

$1.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

BAKERY


$2.19

Oberlander Honey

Cookies18oz

$2.99

Yossi's Wraps

$1.99

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON

KEMACH

YOSHON


$1.59 Lb

Pineapplesize 7

2/$3

BlackPlums

79¢ Lb


69¢ Lb


$1.99

Eggplant

69¢ Lb

Pomegranatesize 36

89¢ ea


15.5oz$3.49ea


$10.99lb

Candied Yams

$4.99lb

Honey Glazed

Chicken Legs$5.49lb

OliveDip7.5oz

$2.89ea

Sesame Chicken

$9.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

Shlishkes

$4.99lb

KEMACH

YOSHON

We have a large variety

of שהחינו fruits



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Rebbetzin Rochie Pinson shares the experiences and

insights she has gleaned during decades spent

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BROOKLYN • 5 TOWNS • DEAL

Seared Salmon and Sea Bass Crudo With Avocado

Serves 69 ounces (280 g) absolutely fresh sushi-grade salmon fillet, skin removed

9 ounces (280 g) absolutely fresh sushi-grade sea bass � llet, skin removed

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra if searing the � sh

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, lemon juice or good-quality Champagne vinegar

Fine sea salt

Freshly ground black pepper

3 ripe but slightly � rm Hass-style avocados

1 tablespoon minced fresh chives or tarragon

3 lemons, thinly sliced, seeds removed If you plan to sear the fish, first

heat a nonstick skillet large enough to hold both pieces of � sh over high heat. Drizzle in a very thin coating of olive oil and, when the oil is hot enough to � ow freely in the pan and just beginning to give o� the slightly wisps of smoke, add

the 2 � sh � llets and cook them on both large sides for about 1 minute per side, just until seared brown, turn them care-fully with tongs.

Transfer the fish fillets, whether seared or raw, to a clean cutting board. With a very sharp chef ’s knife, cut each � llet diagonally at a 45-degree angle into 6 paper-thin slices, as you would slice smoked salmon.

Arrange the � sh slices without over-lapping on a large platter.

In a bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, salt and pepper. Drizzle this dressing over the fish. Loosely cover the platter and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Halve and pit the avocados. With a large metal spoon, keeping its edge against the inside of an avocado half ’s skin, carefully scoop out the � esh in a single piece from each avocado half. Place the avocado halves cut side down on a clean cutting board. Use a sharp knife to cut each half lengthwise into 8 thin, crescent-shaped wedges.

Arrange 4 avocado slices on each of 4 chilled serving plates. Drape a slice each of salmon and sea bass on top of the avocado on each plate. Sprinkle with chives or tarragon, garnish with lemon slices, and serve immediately.

(C) 2017 Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. Distributed By Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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MEATBIG FLEISHIG’S EXPRESS . Rabbi Yechiel Babad 5508 16th Ave. | 718-435-2779

CHINA GLATT . Rabbi Roth/Tatrikov Bais Din 4413 13th Ave. | 718-438-2576

DELI 52 . Rabbi Beger/Mishkoltz 5120 13th Ave. | 718-436-4830

GLATT-A-LA’CARTE . Rabbi Yechiel Babad5123 18th Ave. | 718-438-6675

THE LOFT STEAKHOUSE . Rabbi Babad/Tartikov1306 40th Street | 718-475-5600

VIP GRILL . Rabbi Beger/Mishkoltz3715 13th Ave. | 718-847-3000

DAIRYBLUE DISH CAFÉ . Rabbi Eckstein4905 13th Ave. | 718-437-1932

CAFÉ K . Udvary/Star K4110 18th Ave. | 718-438-1859

CAFÉ PARIS . Rabbi Gornish4424 16th Ave. | 718-853-2353

CAFÉ SHALVA . Rabbi Yechiel Babad1305 53rd Street | 718-851-1970

CORNER CAFÉ . Tatrikov Bais Din

2 Ditmas Ave. | 718-435-2233

DAVINCI CONES2215 65th Street | 347-462-4415

GOBO’S5425 New Utrecht Ave. | 718-854-6267

MILK ‘N HONEY . Rabbi Eckstein

5013 10th Ave. | 718-871-4319

NU CAFÉ 47 . Rabbi Gornish

4709 New Utrecht Ave. | 718-871-4747

ORCHIDEA . Rabbi Beck/ Rabbi Roth

4815 12th Ave. | 718-686-7500

PERIZIA PIZZA . Kehilla Kashrus

1626 E. 16th St. | 718-513-4900

SPOONS . Rabbi Roth

5001 13th Ave. | 718-633-5555

URBANA . Tarnopol

1305 53rd Street | 718-438-4448

Boro Park Restaurant Directory

MEATBROOKLN DELIGHT CHINESE & AMERICAN . Vaad Hakashrus of Flatbush1676 Coney Island Ave | 718-484-8881

BURGERS PLUS . Vaad Harabonim of Flatbush1878 East 4th Street | 718-339-1055

CARLOS & GABBYS . Kehilah Kashrus1376 Coney Island Ave | 718-337-8226

CHAGALL BISTRO . OK Park SlopeCorner 5th st & 5th Ave | 718-832-9777

CRISP . Kehilah Kashrus3004 Nostrand Avenue | 718-758-4785

DOUGIE'S BARBECUE 1316 Avenue J

ESSEN NY DELI . Kehilah Kashrus1359 Coney Island Ave | 718-253-1002

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Talmidim of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn remember how Rav Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz zt”l used to give many shmuessen every Ellul Zeman. The heartfelt Devarim HaYotzim Min HaLeiv had a great impact on those who heard them.

The following article includes some of the words he spoke to the Yeshiva. It is based upon the Sefer “Zichron Moshe”, which was published after his petirah.

The Rambam writes in Hilchos Teshuva (2:4): It is from the path of Teshuva for the Shav (the repentant person) to always cry out in front of Hashem with crying and supplications and to do Tzedakah, charity with all of his power. He should go far away from the thing he sinned with, and change his name so as to say that I am some-one else and am not the same person that has done these actions. He should change all of his actions for good and to a good path. He should also go on Galus (exile) from his place, as Galus causes sins to be forgiven. The reason for this is that Galus causes a person to be more humble and have Hachnaah.

It is explained in the Rambam that the intent of Teshuva is not Besser Veren, Frumer Veren (to be better or more religious). Rather, Teshuva is in-tended to make a person into a Briah Chadasha, a new creation. This is as the Rambam writes that the sinner should change his name, to show he is not the same person that has done the sins. The explanation is that he is not the same person that could do these sins at all. He is not the same person that stands to do such aveiros. He stands in a total-ly different situation in life and is on a totally different Madreigah, level com-pletely. Even going on Galus (that the Rambam includes in things that change a persons Mahus, essence) is related to changing the very Mahus of the situa-tion of a person, as he has changed the place he is dwelling in. This is Teshuva! {Not merely to change a persons ac-tions, but to change his essence so that he is on a different spiritual level that he would not have anything to do with the aveiros he did previously.}

Now we come to the million dol-lar question. How can a person come to get the power to change himself to the extent that he feels that he is a Brias Acheres, a totally different creation?

The Rosh Yeshiva zt”l mentions that the Pasuk (which many say during these weeks) said LeDovid Hashem Ori VeYishi. Chazal tell us that Ori

Zu Rosh HaShanah and Yishi Zu Yom HaKippurim. Rosh HaShanah is the light that lights up a persons eyes that he can find the path to do teshuva. This is not the Yeshua, redemption. The Ye-shua will only come with the Mechilah, forgiveness and the Tikun that takes place on Yom HaKippurim.

The velt, world asks in the name of Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l that in truth it should be just exactly the opposite. First, Hashem should give us Yom HaKippurim as a day of Selicha and Mechilah, as this is a day that Hash-em forgives every individual. Only after Yom HaKippurim, that provides a person with Mechilah and Kaparah, is a person Zakai, innocent and with merits. Now he can come to the Yom HaDin of Rosh HaShanah as a Zakai. Why then did Hashem do the exact op-posite, establishing that Rosh HaSha-nah comes first and only then comes Yom HaKippurim?

The answer is that since Yom HaKippurim causes a person to get a Kaparah only with Teshuva, how then can a person Zich A Rir Tuhn, cause himself to change and do Teshuva? Teshuva, as we have explained previ-ously, is to change a persons complete Matzav, situation. He must move from his previous place to become totally different. Not only this, but we must ponder to which new place must a per-son move himself when he does teshu-va? Chazal tell us that when a person has a thought of Teshuva, this thought goes straight up to the Kisei HaKavod. This means that a person must elevate himself from his lower status (prior to teshuva) to the extent that he can now reach the Kisei HaKavod. Now we must ask ourselves how it is possible to reach such a high level, and to a true thought of Teshuva that will go straight up to the Kisei HaKavod?

Therefore, we now understand why we must have a Yom HaDin such as Rosh HaShanah prior to Yom HaKip-purim. Rosh HaShanah enables a per-son to have Hisbonenus, introspection that he has to go through Din, judg-ment, and there is no option to remove oneself from having to go through with judgment.

We must realize that the Din of Rosh HaShanah is Kevakaras Roeh Edro (as a shepherd herds his flock). This means that each and every one of us has to go through Din on every-thing. He goes through a Din on his life, health, success, and on all that is in the creation. He is judged about his physical existence and also his Ruchni-

yus, spirituality. Al HaKol, Al HaKol (on everything, on everything). Who will not go in front of you on this day? There is nobody that will not have to go in front of Hashem on this awesome day of Rosh HaShanah. The heilige Sar-ah Imenu only merited to have a son (i.e. to be judged to have a son in the upcoming year) on the day of Rosh HaShanah. We see that even a person with great zechusim still needs to come onto Rosh Hashanah to merit having a son. Without Rosh HaShanah, even a Tzadekes like Sarah Imenu couldn’t be zoche to have Yitzchok Avinu.

We should not think that all a per-son has to do on the Yom HaDin is to determine if he deserves a punishment or not. This is a big mistake. We say in Nesaneh Tokef, “Mi Yichyeh U’Mi Yamus”, who will live and who will die. We see that there is not merely a judgment whether a person will get a punishment or not. Rather, there is a judgment as to life and death!

We can ask, why do we have to say “Mi Yichyeh”, who will live? Isn’t it only a question as to whether there will be a Din of Misah, R”L, and if the person is not judged for death then au-tomatically he will live? We see from here that this is not so. What is the ex-planation of this? Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l explains that a person receives things in two manners from Hashem, Kiveyachol. The first thing is that a person receives reward for his actions. He receives based upon what Hashem invests in him Kiveyachol. Rav Yisroel calls this Hakafah. {This will be ex-plained later.}

When a person is born, he has no zechusim, merits. Nonetheless, Hash-em gives him power, gezunt, health and causes him to grow until he is a fully grown human being. This is like an investment of Hashem, that He invests in us, relying that we will do mitzvos with the body and health He gives us. {As a mashal, a wealthy per-son invests in a building. At first he puts in millions of dollars into build-ing the building, and afterwards he hopes that he can later sell it or rent it. In the long run he hopes he will make money, even though in the short run he is losing money. The nimshal is that first Hashem invests in a person, giving him health and maturity. Only years later will it be clear if this invest-ment was worthwhile. If the person will use their health and intelligence properly to learn Torah and do mitz-vos, then retroactively the whole in-vestment was worth it.}

Let us continue the mashal further. The rich person, after some time will evaluate if his whole investment was worthwhile. He will see if the building he built is making money, or maybe just the opposite. If his investment is not doing well, he may sell it or destroy it, as it is not helping him anyway. The nimshal is that on Rosh HaShanah, Hashem evaluates if the investment he made in the human being was worth it. Hashem judges the person as to how he used his mind, how he used his abili-ties, how he davened, how he learned, what he did with his heart, and how he dealt with other people (Bein Adam LeChaveiro), and on everything else.

Now we understand why the Ne-saneh Tokef refers to Mi Yichyeh, be-sides Mi Yamus. Hashem doesn’t just see if the person deserves to be pun-ished. Rather, Hashem sees if the entire investment he has been putting into every human being has been Kedai, worthwhile. Thus, there is a Din on Mi Yichyeh, not just if the person should die, but also if he deserves to live!

Now we understand why Rosh Ha-Shanah must come before Yom HaKip-purim. If we would have Yom HaKip-purim first, we wouldn’t be able to do Teshuva, and therefore we would be in grave danger. We must therefore first have Rosh HaShanah. This Yom Tov enables us to do Teshuva, as we realize the importance of our actions, and how they play a role in whether we deserve to live or the opposite, R”L. Only after Rosh HaShanah, with the Teshuva that this Yom Tov enables, can we go into Yom HaKippurim properly and IY”H be zoche BeDin.

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Staying at Home with the Kids on Rosh Hashanah While My Husband Prays in ShulExamining our patriarchal assumptions about which work is important.CHAYI HANFLING / AISH.COM

� e High Holidays are approach-ing and once again the men will con-gregate in synagogues, wrapped in shawls, deep in prayer and immersed in holy fervor. � e women, or at least the mothers, will stay at home with the children – probably chained to the stove, pregnant, and barefoot. At least that’s the narrative I’m told by those who so sincerely ask me if I mind that my husband goes to synagogue to pray while I have to stay home with the kids.

� e implication of the question is: do you mind being relegated to the unholy and unimportant? How do you deal with being so unvalued by your religion that you are “forced” into meaningless and empty labor while your husband gets to do the im-portant stu� ?

It’s a loaded question but when you start to unpack it things take an inter-esting twist. I like to turn the question around. Why would you ask if I mind being “forced” to stay home and not if my husband minds being “forced” to go to synagogue? True or not, if your perspective is that both of us are

compelled to our respective positions without regard for personal choice then why question my satisfaction over his?

At this point I am usually treated to a blank stare because it becomes obvious that although the question was meant to be about feminism, it is based on patriarchal assumptions. � e only reason that one would as-sume that the act of going to syna-gogue is intrinsically more valuable than taking care of children is because the former has been associated with the masculine and the latter with the feminine.

Society has presumed that work to be lesser simply because it has tradi-tionally been performed by women.

Women have not been “assigned” the lesser work. Society has presumed that work to be lesser simply because it has traditionally been performed by women. � e question with its in-herent assumption is misogyny at its � nest, albeit with good intentions. � e premise of radical feminism, on the other hand, is that the existing political and social organizations are

inherently tied to the patriarchy and in order to truly dismantle patriarchal oppression one would need to chal-lenge the very basis of societal norms and get to the core issues. Asking why women can’t be doing what the men are doing may seem like a feminist question but asking yourself why you think that the work that men are do-ing is intrinsically more important is, perhaps, the more radical question that needs to be asked if female em-powerment is the goal.

� is is not to say that staying at home long hours to take care of children is easy and that many women don’t struggle to connect to the lo� iness of the day amidst the mundane routine. Although admit-tedly, amidst diaper changes, tan-trums and reading Dr. Seuss for the one millionth time I have, at times, enviously thought of my husband in synagogue, I have never once ques-tioned the intrinsic value and im-portance of the job I was doing. It is clear to me that raising children and instilling Jewish values is at least as important as prayer.

� is isn’t just my own bias or 21st century apologetics. Let’s examine what the Torah says about the inherent value of these two types of work and their di� ering nature.

Which domain is superior for spir-itual cultivation: the synagogue or the home?

In one of the most powerful stories about our � rst patriarch, Abraham, G-d commanded him to circumcise himself when he was 99 years old. � is was a di� cult test for obvi-ous reasons and it also required Abraham to mark himself as being fundamentally di� erent than the rest of mankind. � is went against his nature and his dominant trait of kindness, chesed. A� er this experi-ence Abraham rose to new spiritual heights and merited prophecy that surpassed anything he had previously experienced.

In the midst of Abraham com-muning with G-d he sees three no-mads traveling through the desert. He immediately asks G-d if He could “hold on” while Abraham tends to the guests. Abraham then proceeds to engage in the most mundane tasks, from washing o� his guests’ feet to slaughtering and serving meat. At a

super� cial glance, this seems ridic-ulous. How could Abraham pause mid-conversation with the Almighty, stop intense prophetic ecstasy, to care for three passers-by in the most basic and menial way?

Perhaps Abraham did not con-sider this decision to be so illogical and irreverent because he realized a profound truth that we are still strug-gling with. It is certainly holy to speak to G-d but it is the ultimate holiness to be like G-d, and the way that we imitate G-d is not through prayer, meditation or some other lo� y spir-itual activity but rather through the messy, di� cult, painstaking work of nurturing, giving and caring for oth-ers. To be G-dly is to practice sel� ess-ness and patience. Which domain is superior for spiritual cultivation: the

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best what each person needs for his or her spiritual development in each unique stage of life. If your life stage and circumstances guide you towards the synagogue then do take advantage and tune into the unique bene� ts and joys of communal prayer. But if life guides you towards the home and the mundane then do not despair. Jump on the opportunity you have been given and the unique privilege to be emulating G-d in a profound way. So do I mind staying home with the kids while my husband goes to synagogue? I’ll let you be the judge.

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The following article is based upon the Hakdamah, introduction, of the Sefer, “Veatah Berachamecha HaR-abim” on Inyanei Teshuva, from Rav Eliezer Ginsburg Shlita. Rav Ginsburg is the Rosh Kollel of the Mirrer Yeshiva, the Mora Deasra of Agudas Yisroel Snif Zichron Shmuel and a prolific speaker and author. Brackets are additions from the author of this article.

Dovid HaMelech Chay Vekayam, Neim Zemiros Yisroel, is the person who was Maikim the Ol of Teshuva. {Chazal tell us, cf. Maseches Avodah Zarah 4B, that when Dovid HaMelech did teshuva (after the Maaseh involv-ing Bas Sheva), this showed that an in-dividual could do teshuva. Being such a tzadik, he personally should not have been involved in such a maaseh, and normally Hashem would have guard-ed him from such a thing happening. The reason Hashem allowed it to hap-pen was in order to show others how they could also do teshuva, even after doing something wrong.}

In Dovid HaMelech’s Kapitel (chapter) with regards to Teshu-va (Tehillim Kapitel 51), he writes (ibid, Pasuk Yud), “Chanani Elokim Kechasdecha Kerov Rachamecha Mechay Peshaaya” (show grace to me G-d, according to your loving kind-ness, with your great mercy destroy my sins). Dovid HaMelech taught the generations the power of doing teshuva, and how it can erase and cause a sin to be forgiven as if it was not committed. He also taught us that this ability to do teshuva (and for it to be accepted) is only from the Mi-dah of Chaninah of Hashem and is like a Matnas Chinam (a present that we don’t really deserve). This is what Hashem revealed to Moshe Rabbe-inu in the aftermath of Klal Yisroel doing the Chet HaEgel: “Vechanosi Es Asher Achon Verichamti Ais Ash-er Arachem” (Shemos 31.19). {As an aside, this Pasuk is quoted as part of Selichos.} Chazal tell us that this Pasuk teaches us that Hashem will mochel us for our aveiros even if we are Aino Hagun (fitting and deserving). This is in sync with “Veatah Berachamecha Harabim”. {We see how the middah of accepting the teshuva of Klal Yisroel, as occurred after the Chet HaEgel, was only a Chaninah from Hashem, using Hashem’s Midas HaRachamim, and was not completely with Shuras HaDin. It should be emphasized that the Mesilas Yesharim said that even though teshuva is a chesed and ra-chamim from Hashem, it still must

have at least some connection with Din. This works with the concept of Akiras Ratzon KeAkiras Maaseh. This means that since a person uproots his connection and desire for having done the sin, therefore it is as if one has up-rooted the action he did.}

It appears that from the power of this understanding, that Dovid HaMelech was zoche to establish the Ulah Shel Teshuva due to the fact that he understood that Teshuva is a Chesed and Chaninah from Hashem.

The GR”A zt"l said Ulah Shel Te-shuva is related to the word Aliyah, elevation. This means that Dovid HaMelech established the fact that Teshuva elevates a person. What ex-actly does this mean? Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt"l explained (cf. Pachad Yitz-chok Yom HaKippurim Maamar 11) that Adam HaRishon did the aveirah of eating from the Eitz HaDaas, and afterwards did teshuva for 130 years. Despite this, he was not returned to Gan Eden. Likewise Bnai Yisroel did the Chet HaEgel, and afterwards did teshuva. This enabled them to get the Luchos Shenios, but nonetheless, they didn’t merit getting the same Madreigah of Luchos they got orig-inally (the Luchos Rishonos). Shaul HaMelech did an aveirah and said, “Chatasi”, but nonetheless, the Mal-chus, Kingdom, was taken away from him never to be returned.

In contrast, Dovid HaMelech, af-ter his teshuva, merited retaining his original madreigah and position, with-out losing anything. This represented the Aliyah of Teshuva, meaning that his teshuva did not only save him from destruction and death while still having terrible ramifications (as hap-pened in the previous cases). Instead, his teshuva was on such a level that he merited not losing the position and stature he had previously.

Dovid HaMelech merited that his teshuva should show all other individ-uals that they could likewise do teshu-va, and the gates of Matnas Chinam were opened for all of Klal Yisroel, from the strength of his Hachnaah (self abnegation), realizing that Leis Lay Migarmay Kelum (he has nothing, and everything he has is a gift from Hashem). Through this he merited re-ceiving the great Rachamim of Hash-em, and having his teshuva accepted on the highest level possible, enabling him to retain his stature.

{According to the above, we can understand why the Minhag Yisroel is that starting on Rosh Chodesh Elul, we say a Kapitel which starts, “LeDovid

Hashem Ori Veyishi”. Chazal tell us that Ori is Rosh Hashanah and Yishi is Yom HaKippurim. This can mean that with the power of Dovid HaMel-ech, we can merit to use Rosh HaSha-nah and Yom HaKippurim properly, and merit doing Teshuva and getting a Kesivah VaChasimah Tovah.

A hint to this is that the Roshei Taivos BeGematria of Hashem Ori Veyishi is equal to Dovid (with the Minyan Haosios).}

The Sefas Emes (Parshas Vayigash 5648) discusses the famous Gemara which refers to Dovid HaMelech as the person whom his Master (Hash-em) helped him, as Shaul HaMelech did one aveirah and lost the Melucha (kingdom) because of this, whereas Dovid HaMelech did two aveiros and nonetheless did not lose the Melucha for this.

What was the reason that Dovid HaMelech merited special Siya-ta Dishmaya, whereas even Shaul HaMelech, who was also a very special person, did not merit this? The Sefas Emes explained that Dovid HaMelech merited Siyata Dishmaya because his Midah was Leis Lay Migarmay Kelum (this means that he realized that he had no power inherently, and only Hashem was the One who helped him to accomplish whatever he was able to accomplish). Dovid HaMel-ech’s entire power was in the fact that he was a Keli, utensil to accept (from Hashem) and was always ready with his Hachnaah (self-abnegation) to the Master, Hashem Yisbarach, to know and to make known that Ki LaHash-em HaMelucha. He merited with this midah to open up the gates of Matnas Chinam (gifts for nothing) for Klal Yisroel, which is the gate and greatest storage place, and is greater than all the gates, as numerous people need it.

The Sefas Emes also writes that he heard from his grandfather, the Chi-dushei HaRim zt"l that the reason that Yidden are called Yehudim, is due to the fact that they give Hodaah (thanks) to Hashem on every small and big thing, and realize that ev-erything is from Hashem Yisbarach. Through this middah, they can ap-proach, come close and have Devaikus with Hashem.

This is an advice for every time that there is an Eis Tzarah or Hastaras Panim from Hashem towards any person. The advice is that in this time one should be Mevateil oneself to the will of Hashem. A person can do this through making clear to himself that even in the time of Hester Panim,

there is great Chiyus, life, from the will of Hashem. This is again related to “Veatah Berachamecha Harabim”.

{Perhaps with the above under-standing, one can understand why we say as an introduction to Birchas Kohanim, Ana Rachum BeRacha-mecha Haarabim, Hasheiv Shechi-nasecha Letzion Irecha Veseder Haavodah LiYerushalayim”. It could be explained that with Hashem’s Mi-das HaRachamim (and the realization that one needs to come on to the Mi-das HaRachamim of Hashem), one can merit that our teshuva should be accepted. Through this we will merit that Moshiach Tzidkenu should come, breaking through all the Hester Panim and Eis Tzaros that Galus has brought over the last thousands of years.}

It said in the Kadmonim, that the Chesed of Teshuva was given spe-cifically to Klal Yisroel, because Klal Yisroel has a great Chavivus (status of being beloved) to Hashem, as we are called Banim, sons, to Hashem (as opposed to the other Umos HaOlam, cf. Avos 3:14). A father and mother are willing to clean up their son when he is dirty (unlike a stranger, who would not be willing to do this). So too, Hashem, who is like our father, is willing to clean Klal Yisroel up from the Lichluch, dirt, of our sins, through helping us to do teshuva and accepting it.

Chazal tell us that Rav Shimon Bar Yochai said that I can Patur (cause the world to be absolved) from judgment. If my son would be with me, I could Patur the world from judgment from the time I was created until now. If Yo-sam Ben Uziyahu would be with me, the entire world would be absolved




from Din, judgment, from the time of creation until the end of time.

What was the great midah of Yo-sam Ben Uziyahu that his zechus could cause the world to be absolved from judgment for so many years? Rashi explains that Yosam Ben Uziyahu was a Tzadik and more of an Anav, hum-ble person, than all the Melachim, kings. He merited to have great Kibud Av, and on him is fulfilled the Pasuk, “Bein Yechabed Av”. All the days that his father (Uziyahu) was a Metzora, he was a Shofet (judge) Am Haaretz (ignorant person). He did not accept upon himself the Keser Malchus when his father was alive, and all the judg-

ment he would judge, he would say in the name of his father. We see from this that included in the mitzvah of Kibud Av is to ascribe everything to his father.

What was so special about the mi-dos shown by Yosam Ben Uziyahu that he merited removing the Midas HaDin from Klal Yisroel for so many years? We can explain that according to the shiur (amount) that a person is willing to fulfill Tein Lo Mishelo (give to Him from His own), and re-alizes that Atah Veshelcha Shelo, you and yours is His (as Dovid HaMelech said, “Ki Mimecha Hakol U’miyade-cha Nasuna Lecha) a person merits to be called a Bein, son to Hashem, and

Hashem, Kiveyachol, is called a father to him. Through this middah a per-son can merit to the Shelaimus, com-pletion, of Teshuva, and to Kaparas Avonos, forgiveness for sins. This is true, as Teshuva is a special Matanah, present, which only a father gives to his son.

{To summarize, a father is willing to clean up his son, and so too if one becomes like a son to Hashem, he will merit to get cleaned up by Hashem, and having his teshuva being accepted. Dovid HaMelech ascribed everything to Hashem, and thus merited being a son to Hashem, Kiveyachol, thus hav-ing his teshuva being accepted to the highest level, and even allowing his

position and stature to be retained, even after his sin. Similarly, Yosam Ben Uziyahu, ascribed everything to his father, and became a true son to him. This enabled him to likewise have a connection to being a son to Hashem, thus enabling him to have the strength to help remove the Mi-das HaDin for many years from Klal Yisroel.

We are mispallel that in the zechus of realizing that everything is from Hashem, we should merit doing Te-shuva Shelaimah, and Hashem in his great Rachamanus should accept our teshuva and bring us the long waited Geulah Shelaimah Bimehayra Beyam-einu Amen.}

Thoughts on Teshuva Based Upon the Writings of Rav Eliezer Ginsburg shlita

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Selichos

The Time for Selichos We all are familiar with the cus-

tom of reciting Selichos from before Rosh Hashanah until Erev Yom Kippur (and some communities even from Rosh Chodesh Elul). The question arises each year when the Selichos period is upon us as to when Selichos should be recited. At this time, we try to fit the Selichos into our busy schedules.

Many places have a practice to say Selichos at 10:00 p.m., some at 1:00 a.m., and others before Shacharis in the morning. When is the oppor-tune time to recite Selichos? Why do the Ashkenazim start after chatzos on Motza’ei Shabbos?

The Best Time The Rambam says that during

the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah we get up “at night” and say words of tachanunim. The Shulchan Aruch mentions as well that we awake in “ashmores haboker” to say Selichos, which is understood to mean night. Many authorities quote this and rule that one should say Selichos at night before alos hashachar.

The reason for saying it at night is because that time is a time of ratzon.

ChatzosThere are those who have the

custom to recite Selichos at chatzos, since that is also a time of ratzon.

Before ChatzosThere are those who have a min-

yan for Selichos and Yud-Gimmel Middos before chatzos; however, this practice is frowned upon by the poskim. In fact, Harav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l mentions that he is not sure what the heter is for it.

Although we do recite Selichos on Yom Kippur night before chat-zos, this should not serve as any proof that doing so is permitted, since Yom Kippur is a day of mercy.

Some people might be tempted to daven at the 10:00 p.m. minyan in order to get up to go to work in the morning without waking up earlier to say Selichos. In addition, some may be scared to go out early in the morning and would rather do it at night. Furthermore, people are tired from working all day, and do not want to sacrifice their sleep.

Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l dealt with this question in Igros Moshe. He maintains that since the Gemara never actually forbids saying Selichos before chatzos, we cannot prohibit this practice. If the option is to recite Selichos before chatzos or not to recite them at all in the morn-ing, one should recite them at night with the early minyan. However, he adds that this should not be done on a regular basis, and cannot be done year after year. Some suggest that the source for saying Selichos before

chatzos, usually about 10:00 p.m., is because in Eretz Yisrael it is after chatzos. Therefore, it is permitted even though it is before chatzos in other parts of the world.

One who wishes may recite Selichos at Minchah (although this practice is not common), since we recite vidui (nusach Sephard) during Minchah.

Those who say Selichos before chatzos do not recite the Yud-Gimmel Middos, Ashrei, Kaddish af-ter Ashrei, and the Lecha Hashem...

Motza’ei ShabbosAshkenazim begin reciting

Selichos on Motza’ei Shabbos after chatzos. On this day, they are partic-ular to recite Selichos at night, since we say in the portion of the Selichos, “B’motza’ei yom menuchah,” which is referring to Shabbos. Therefore, it cannot be said on Sunday.

Some hold that one should change to weekday clothing be-fore reciting Selichos on Motza’ei Shabbos.

We all need as much mercy as possible during these days, and we should make sure to recite Selichos in the most opportune time frame, and try not to rely on leniencies.

Selichos at Night or Early Morning

Whether one is saying Selichos at night or early in the morning,

he may say it loud even if he may be a nuisance to some neighbors. However, one should still try to en-sure that the windows are closed to avoid disturbing the neighbors.

Sunrise and SelichosWe have mentioned above that

the opportune time for Selichos is at alos hashachar. Even after sun-rise, which is the opportune time for Shacharis, one should still recite Selichos first. This is true despite the concept that whatever is more com-mon comes first. It is possible that since reciting Selichos is a custom, it takes precedence over davening.

Why Selichos before DaveningOn fast days, we say Selichos

during davening. Why do we say them before davening during Elul?

It is possible that we need the ex-tra merits, so we say Selichos earlier to add to our merits. On fast days, the Selichos are added as an extra aspect to tefillah, so we say them after Shemoneh Esrei. In addition, Selichos before davening can help us prepare ourselves to daven with more concentration, and be a merit for us during the days of Elul.

If one comes to shul and they have already started davening, he can daven with them and then say Selichos later at another minyan.


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I have always felt Rosh Hashana to be somewhat confusing. Solemn, yet celebratory. Stirring, yet scary. Inspiring, but rather intimidating.

But there is one facet of this holy day that is as clear as the clarion call of the shofar itself - it is a day of opportu-nity for closeness to the Ribbono Shel Olam. Some find it through intro-spection, others through contempla-tion. For some, tefila is the medium of choice, while for others it is the shofar blasts that pierce through the curtains of the mundane. But sadly, for most of us, the closeness never really comes. The opportunity gets squandered and the disappointment is palpable.

My Rabbeim have always taught me that the key to getting the most out of any experience is preparation before the event. You cannot expect to leap from the shower to the shul and instantly feel holy. It just doesn’t work that way.

With that in mind, several years ago, I decided that I would need to do something practical to get “in the

mood.” Mere reflection and medita-tion were just not cutting it.

Being a native of the asphalt jungle called, “Manhattan,” I always felt that I was perhaps too easily impressed by anything that grew and was any shade of green. Show me an impres-sive patch of artificial turf and you just might catch me extolling some kind of sacred bracha. I needed to raise the bar.

So I made plans to visit the pictur-esque Pocono Mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania. I had been there before and always appreciated the incredi-ble scenery and Heavenly wonders. Perhaps that would do the trick. Maybe by witnessing His wonders of nature, that special closeness would be within reach.

It was thankfully a glorious Tuesday when my wife and I em-barked on our VTBI (Voyage to be Inspired), otherwise known as Bushkill Falls. The Chamber of Commerce of this fine State has seen it fit to describe this attraction as, The Niagara of Pennsylvania. Hmm...

We parked, searched for the cam-era that my wife (not me...never me) forgot, purchased two bottles of water for about $150, and prepared to get “connected.”

Our first task was choosing which trail to traverse. They ranged from Blue (the shortest walk), to Red (the longest). We chose yellow and began. This not being a travelogue, I’ll spare you the unnecessary details. Bushkill actually contains eight different “falls.” Most of them are small, so we concen-trated on the main one. It is actually quite pretty. You see the falls from a distance, early on the trail, and you walk down a series of winding stairs and bridges, getting closer and closer to the falls.

Temperature in the area of the gorge is quite cool and the whoosh-ing sound of the rushing water adds a soothing element to the serene ambiance.

“Isn’t this…er… nice?” I said to Temmy.

“I guess.” she said.

When we reached the bottom and were at the closest possible distance to the falling water, I thought I detected a faint spray in the air. Maid of the Mist it wasn’t.

“Well...” I commented. There was no reply.We lingered there about as long as

we could and began our ascent toward the eventual exit. I didn’t need to be genius to figure out what Temmy was thinking, because I was thinking the same thing. After all, this was a VTBI.

“This is a very nice place, but THE NIAGARA OF PENNSYLVANIA???”

I wasn’t sure if the ad exec who created that line should be fired or promoted, but I sure did want to meet him. Scenic? Yes. Calming? I guess. But inspiring? Not exactly.

We climbed our way back to-ward the top of the falls and spoke about various topics. Needless to say, the words Rosh Hashana were not mentioned.

The trail ends at the top of the Falls. I had already written off the

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Healthier-Friendly Baking Tips for Yom TovRochelle Rothman

I have received some emails relat-ing to questions from people who are pre-diabetic, or have Type 2 Diabetes. They wanted to know if my tips will cover their food restrictions. I asked my nutritionist about it, and I am now sharing with you these tips which can certainly benefit everyone who wants to eat a healthier food plan. There’s no question that many people are border-line diabetic and aren’t even aware of it, according to medical reports.

With our Yom Tovim fast approach-ing it would very prudent to follow stricter food guidelines, in order to present healthier menus at your Yom Tov meals. Remember, there are many people around us who can be sensitive to heavy calorie-laden meals. So, why not be smart and equip yourself with this information now? It’s not just the sugar and carbohydrates some need to be wary of, but many people have digestive issues, liver issues etc. There’s an article being shared now online, re-garding research with mice, showing how too much sugar and carbohy-drates feed cancer cells!

(These tips were shared by Vanessa Caceres and medically reviewed by Niya Jones, MD, MPH.)

Having type 2 diabetes doesn’t mean you have to completely swear off desserts, even those made with some sugar. In fact, if you make some diabetes-friendly substitutes and follow certain strategies, you can still enjoy the occasional baked sweet treat.

Many people use the simanim on Rosh Hashanah to create elaborate desserts or side dishes full of carbohy-drates and sugar. With a little plan-ning and research, you can easily sub-stitute these ingredients and lighten up your foods to accommodate every-one. Personally, I‘ve done this for many years with no one being the wiser!

“The important thing is to keep it healthy and carb-controlled,” says Cher Pastore, RD, CDE, owner of Cher Nutrition in New York City and author of The 28-Day Blood Sugar Miracle: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Get Your Diabetes Under Control in Under a Month.

Simple Strategies for Baking With Diabetes

Here’s how to tweak the ingredients of nearly any recipe in order to make it healthier and diabetes-friendly:

1. Use an equal amount of avoca-do in place of butter. Avocado will not only give your baked goods a creamy texture, but it will also provide fiber and heart-healthy fats. Just expect that

using avocado instead of butter will change the taste slightly, says Alison Massey, RD, CDE, a certified diabe-tes educator and director of diabetes education at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

2. Swap unsweetened applesauce for half the butter and sugar. It can act as a thickener as well as add sweetness without the fat and calories of butter and the refined carbs of sugar. I have done this for many years and it works perfectly. I even do it on Pesach!

3. Experiment with less sugar and sugar substitutes. There are various kinds of artificial sweeteners that can work great in recipes without adding any calories. The ratio you’ll want to use compared with regular sugar var-ies, so go to the brand’s website to find recipes, measurements, and adjusted baking times, suggests the American Diabetes Association. The size of the finished product may be smaller be-cause the concentrated amounts of typical artificial sweeteners don’t give baked goods the same bulk as regular sugar. You may also notice more of an aftertaste when you use some artificial sweeteners.

Both Massey and Pastore recom-mend trying stevia, a plant-based sugar alternative. You might also try simply cutting out one-third to half of the sugar in the recipe, accord-ing to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Most recipes can work with cutting sugar, without any loss of taste or appearance.

4. Try nut flours in place of white flour. Almond flour and hazelnut flour contain a little bit more fat, but they have less impact on blood sugar than white flour, Pastore says. If you can’t find nut flour or you find the transition is too hard to make, Massey suggests making baked goods with half white flour and half whole-wheat flour, and see if you can gradually move toward using more whole-wheat flour over time. Massey’s favorite ingredient to use when baking is whole-wheat pas-try flour. According to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center, all these alternatives also have the benefit of adding fiber, which helps regulate blood sugar.

5. Use cacao nibs in place of choc-olate. When a recipe calls for choco-late, cacao nibs are better to use than milk chocolate, Pastore says. They don’t contain the sugar that milk choc-olate does. Other alternatives to try include dark chocolate made with 70 percent or more cocoa, unsweetened

cocoa powder, or simply using less chocolate than the recipe requires. All our local supermarkets carry these chocolates.

6. Add in veggies like carrots, zuc-chini, and spinach. You’d be surprised how often you can add ½ to 1 cup of shredded or chopped vegetables for a nutrient boost without changing the taste of baked goods like muffins, Pastore says. For example, Pastore adds two cups of chopped spinach and one-third of an avocado to her banana muffins along with bananas, strawberries, an egg, artificial sweet-ener, and almond flour. Most baking recipes suggest that spinach be frozen and chopped, although some call for rinsed, firmly packed fresh spinach.

7. Try an open-faced pie. You can cut down on the amount of carbs, sugar, and butter in a pie simply by leaving the top crust off. Make it even healthier by using ground nuts instead of flour for the crust.

8. Limit portion sizes. Use mini-muffin and cupcake tins to create smaller portions. Or, set aside one serving of your baked treat and freeze the rest. That way, you won’t be tempted to overeat. Thanks to my Tupperware Freeze-it containers, I al-ways freeze half my recipes!

9. Think about the overall meal. If you know you’re going to indulge

in something sweet for dessert, plan ahead by cutting back on the carbohydrates you consume in your main course, the American Diabetes Association suggests.

By following the above guidelines, you will I”H have an enjoyable healthy, Yom Tov with your family and friends!

(My delicious Honey Cake recipe can be found in the FJJ Archives, Sept. 22, 2016 issue.)

On behalf of my husband, Yisroel and myself, I would like to wish all my family, friends, customers and readers, a Chasiva, V’chasima Tovah! A year full of Yiddishe nachas, with Gezunt, Parnassa, and Arichas Yomim for all our respective families! AMEN!

I baked this delicious Lemon Zucchini Bread recipe I found on-line. I substituted half the sugar with Truvia, and also used half white flour and half whole wheat flour. It still came out delicious! Become your own food tester and you will find most of your recipes can be lightened up to suit your families’ needs! It’s also a GREAT way to sneak in extra veggies, too. I made this at first using my elec-tric mixer, but found when I made it by hand, and used no electric mixer, it came out twice the size and more fluffy! The original recipe is listed, so play around with the ingredients to your liking. ENJOY!

Lemon Zucchini BreadPREP TIME 10 mins; COOK

TIME 50 mins; TOTAL TIME 1 hour. Serves:1 loaf

Ingredients1½ cup all-purpose flour ½ tsp. baking soda¼ tsp. baking powder¼ tsp. salt¾ cup sugar1 cup finely shredded, unpeeled

zucchini¼ cup cooking oil1 egg2 Tbsp. lemon juice2 Tbsp. finely shredded lemon peel

Glaze½ cup powdered sugar1 Tbsp. lemon juice1 tsp. lemon zest*glaze can be doubled if desired

Instructions:In a medium mixing bowl com-

bine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.

In a separate mixing bowl com-bine sugar, zucchini, cooking oil, egg, lemon juice, and lemon peel. Stir to combine.

Add dry ingredients to zucchini mixture; stir just until combined.

Spoon batter into greased bread pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until golden brown and set.

Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 min, then remove from pan and cool completely.

Once cool, combine ingredients for glaze and drizzle over bread.

Over 550 recipes and tips are featured in Rochelle’s humorous and entertaining cookbook, NOT JUST A COOKBOOK. It also features many “multi-ethnic” recipes that were adapted for the Kosher cook. Rochelle’s

book examines food around the year by month. Call 718-258-0415 for more information. Rochelle has been a Custom Kitchen Planning expert using Tupperware containers, for over 41 years. She is available

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Heart Notes from ArgentinaBY MORAH LUNI

Hello, my dear mums. How are you? We are very close to the main date in our lives. All dates are import-ant but this is special and very par-ticular. The most important because we are to be judged for sure! Please remember we have just left Tishah Ve Av, when the Bet Ha Mikdash was de-stroyed only due to a spiritual reason, like the Rabbi Akiva’s students event. The greatest and highest effort we must make this Rosh Ha Shannah, is to love each other just the way we are! Hold our books of Tefillah with our heart, as I usually say in my Shiurim, and before taking the book in our hands we should say that we receive on us the Mitzvah of Veahavta Le Reach Ha Kamochah. We must do this in order to clean our hearts. You will see how this world could be different. We must avoid Machloket. Machloket is compared to an electric plug in water! If you do not cut it off, it goes off! We should cut off every argument with others even though the others

are right. This is the beginning of the article to have the necessary strength for Rosh Ha Shannah.

I am telling you a real story so as to see how things are when you have Emunah. Emunah is an attitude held inside the heart.

Long time ago there was a young girl whose father was seriously ill. As there was no telephone at that time, she had to walk a long way to look for a Doctor who was very bright. She went running at night until she got to his house. When she knocked at his door the Doctor asked her in surprise what the matter was, as it was so late.

-“Please come home with me! My dad is very ill and he needs you soon!”, she asked him.

And the Doctor, in a very quiet way, began to change the tie he was

wearing for a new one, and then put on another hat while the girl was urg-ing him to hurry up as they could not waste more time. Then he changed his socks and shoes slowly. The doctor was doing things with such patience and calmness which was not normal. She noticed there was a situation she could not handle any longer and burst into tears saying:

-“Please Bore Olam, help me and bring this doctor home in order to cure my dad soon. Please!”

So, the doctor ran out to get to her house and Baruch Hashem he was able to save her dad. The moment she begged Bore Olam to help her, he decided to hurry up and go with her. He told her he did not want her to depend only on him. He wanted her to know that he was just a Shaliach of Bore Olam to cure her dad. And so it was! Mamash, Afiluh when we have to go to the doctor with our children or grandchildren, we must always ask the doctor to be Shaliach of Bore Olam to be able to cure them. We should never trust only the doctor! I remem-ber when I was operated on, Chacham Tawil (may he live 120 years, Amen!), told me: “Rafaenu, the Mallah, is with the best doctor”. I will never forget those words. And while I was getting into the operating room I told the doctor before I was put to sleep:

”Dear Doctor, may G-d manage your hands”. And he and everyone around said “Amen!” Nobody will laugh at us if we know that everything is in the hands of Hakadosh Baruch Hu! So, let’s start with this Emunah getting to the month of Elul. Best wishes for all of you and remember to avoid and definitely kill Sinat Chinam!

Morah Luni

“PLEASE BORE OLAM, HELP ME AND BRING THIS DOCTOR HOME IN ORDER TO CURE MY DAD SOON. PLEASE!”

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56718.692.1144 | thefjj.comSeptember 14, 2017 HURRICANE IRMAIrma Destroyed About 25% of Houses in Florida Keys, FEMA SaysCNN

Only now are we seeing how bad-ly Hurricane Irma decimated the Florida Keys.

Two days after Irma made land-fall there, authorities and residents were finally able to reach some of the islands.

What they found was devastat-ing: An estimated 25% of the houses on the chain of islands have been destroyed, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. Another 65% suffered major damage.

"Basically, every house in the Keys was impacted some way," FEMA Administrator Brock Long said.

Darwin Tabacco, who stayed on Big Pine Key during Irma, is one of the luckiest residents. Both he and his house survived.

"A lot of people lost everything," he said. "There's homes blown off the stilts. There's power lines down all over the place. Trees completely uprooted. People's businesses flood-ed. Septic fields flooding. It's just terrible."

William Rose told CNN his family in the Keys is unreachable. He's not

sure whether his mother, stepdad, grandmother and aunt survived.

"I have no idea, but I'm trying to stay positive," Rose said.

Before the Keys lost cell phone service, he received a text from his mother, who chose not to evacuate.

"This is terrible. I will never do this again," the text read. "I'm so glad you got out."

Nine States ImpactedIrma, a mammoth that stretched

650 miles from east to west, has pummeled at least nine states -- turning streets into rivers, ripping down power lines, uprooting trees and cutting off coastal communities.

Irma was downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depres-sion, but is still expected to bring torrential rainfall as far north as North Carolina.

Georgia: Three deaths reported. A 62-year-old man who was on his roof was killed in Worth County, which experienced wind gusts of 69 mph, according to Kannetha Clem, a spokeswoman for the Worth County

Sheriff 's Office. Another man was killed in Sandy Springs, an Atlanta suburb, when a tree fell and "literally cut the home in half," said Sharon Kraun, the city's communications director. A woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle in Cumming, north of Atlanta, as the car sat in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff 's Office.

Florida: Two deaths: A driver died in a car accident on State Road 417, said Orange County Fire Rescue Chief Otto Drozd. Another person died in Miami-Dade County from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a generator indoors, according to the Miami-Dade mayor's office.

South Carolina: A 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally hit by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told CNN.

Alabama: 20,000 customers were without power, according to Alabama Power.

Florida: 6.2 million customers, according to Floridadisaster.org. This represents over 59% of all pow-er company accounts in the state, the Florida Division of Emergency Management said.

Georgia: More than 1.3 million customers, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC.

North Carolina: More than 62,000 customers, according to Duke Energy

South Carolina: 161,000 custom-ers, according to Duke Energy and SCE&G.

Beyond the Keys, Floridians were anxious to return and see how their homes weathered the storm. But of-ficials urged patience.

"Check with local officials before returning home to make sure you can safely do so," said Gov. Rick Scott.

"Don't think just because this thing passed, you can run home. We've got downed power lines all across the state. We've got roads that are impassible still across the state. We've got debris all over the state."

Flights, hospitals will be back online

While the Keys have an exhaus-tive recovery ahead, signs of normal-cy will pop up elsewhere in Florida.

Many of Florida's airports are scheduled to re-open with limited operations.

And Florida Hospital, a health provider in the state, said it plans to reopen many of its impacted facilities.

Mammoth FloodingEven a weakened Irma engulfed

cities as far north as Charleston, South Carolina.

"I really didn't expect it to become this bad here," Charleston resident Mike Stusnick said. "It came in really fast last night. ... We were just pray-ing that it didn't come all the way into the house, and it didn't."

Jacksonville, Florida -- the larg-est city by area in the contiguous US -- is still trying to recover from record-breaking storm surge and flooding.

Irma's Deadly TrailBefore slamming into the United

States, Irma hit Cuba as a Category 5 hurricane. Cuban state TV an-nounced 10 hurricane related deaths -- meaning Irma killed a total of 36 people in the Caribbean before heading to the US.

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.

Last month, Hurricane Harvey devastated much of coastal Texas and killed more than 70 people.

57718.692.1144 | thefjj.comSeptember 14, 2017 HURRICANE IRMAHurricane Irma and Living in the Cone of UncertaintyRabbi EfREm GoldbERG /aish.com

Praying Our Hearts Out in South Florida

If you live in South Florida, when you hear the word cone this time of year, you don’t think of ice cream, but hurricane highway. When a new storm develops and begins heading towards making landfall, the experts offer their best projections of where it is going and when it will get there. The “cone of uncertainty” is formed, and with each periodic update the communi-ties and people in its path desperately look to see if they are still projected to sustain a hit. As long as one remains in the cone of uncertainty, there is an unavoidable angst and the tortuous process of waiting and anticipating what is to come.

Just a week after Harvey devastat-ed Houston, Irma threatens our Boca Raton and South Florida communities. Larger than the country of France, this massive and powerful storm has elic-ited and inspired a sense of urgency and a tremendous response. Gas lines are endless, many stores have sold out of supplies, and people are panicking and legitimately afraid. A sizeable seg-ment of our community has left. Some

flew, others took the Auto Train, and many have just gotten in the car and driven north. The Jewish community of Atlanta, led by Rabbi Adam Starr and Rabbi Ilan Feldman, has been absolutely incredible and has taken in several hundred families. They mobi-lized rapidly and extended themselves to us generously and we couldn’t be more grateful to them.

Shortly after creation, G-d told Adam to multiply and to conquer His world. Indeed, He has given us the keys to understanding His universe and with each scientific, medical or technological breakthrough, we come closer to conquering it. But there are three keys that G-d kept on His key ring and refused to share with us: the Key of Rain, the Key of Childbirth, and the Key of the Revival of the Dead (Talmud, Ta’anis 2a). In truth, the three exceptions are really one. G-d has held onto the ability to provide, sustain and resurrect life.

With all that we can master, manip-ulate and control, the weather remains an enigma and a mystery. We identify that a catastrophic storm has formed, but not only do we lack the capacity to dissolve, disrupt or redirect it, we cannot even predict where it will go

with any true sense of accuracy or precision.

There is a whole lot we can and should do to prepare for the storm – buy batteries, water, flashlights, take in outdoor furniture, put up shutters – but we are powerless from direct-ly influencing the storm. The key to the strength and trajectory of hurri-cane Irma belongs exclusively to the Almighty and nobody else.

When it comes to other crises or emergencies, there is effort and initia-tive we can take to solve and resolve the challenge. The effort and impact we make fool us into thinking that the doctor alone healed the patient or the shadchan deserves the full credit for making the match. With a hurricane, because the only initiative anyone can take is to protect themselves, not to direct the storm, it should be easier to recognize the importance and need to turn to the Key Master and beseech Him to send the storm elsewhere, in a way nobody is threatened or hurt.

On all the checklists and prepara-tion charts provided by agencies and organizations, prayer never appears. Nevertheless, it should be at the top of our list, not in place of other prepara-tions but certainly in addition to them. I urge everyone to do what should come naturally at this critical time – ask G-d from the bottom of our hearts to turn the storm out to the ocean and spare us, our community, and all humanity.

Psalm 27 that we recite in the morning and evening from the begin-ning of Elul until Simchat Torah ends with the sentence “put your hope in G-d, strengthen yourself and get the courage to put your hope and faith in G-d.” Why the redundancy? If we have placed our hope in G-d, why does the verse call on us to do it a second time? Our sages (Berachos 32b) explain: “If a person sees that they prayed but they were not answered, let them return and pray again.”

Rav Asher Weiss explains that we learn from this verse that when our prayer doesn’t immediately yield the results we want, it doesn’t mean we received a no; it means we need to go back and pray again, with more fervor and greater concentration. One must never give up on prayer, never con-cede that it wasn’t answered, or stop believing that there is someone worth praying to.

Rav Asher Weiss writes: “Prayer and faith depend on each other. Prayer is the highest expression of faith and faith obligates prayer, for if in fact a person believes that there is nothing in the world but G-d, and that He is all powerful and all knowing, that person will put his faith in Him and will feel compelled to pray to Him with all his heart.”

As we in South Florida prepare for Hurricane Irma, it occurs to me that in truth, we aren’t the only ones in a cone of uncertainty. True, if you don’t live on the East Coast or in the gulf area, you can be confident you won’t be hit by this hurricane. But who knows what could hit you personally or collectively with little warning or projection. We all live in a cone of uncertainty at all times and should channel our sense of vulnerability and mortality into turn-ing towards G-d, the only certain in this world.

While Irma is unwanted and should go elsewhere, the renewed intensity of prayer that she is inspiring is most wel-come, especially this time of year as we gear up for sitting before the Almighty in judgment.

We put our hope in G-d and then we check the next advisory and when we see ourselves still sitting in Irma’s path, we strengthen ourselves and find the courage to once again, put our faith and hope in G-d.

We pray that in the merit of our turning towards G-d at this urgent time, the next advisory will show Irma turning away from us.

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Israeli Charities Report No Change in Donations Amid Western Wall Dispute JNS

Israeli charities are seeing no change in donations from American Jewry following the public dispute between the Israeli government and American Jewish organizations over prayer arrangements at the Western Wall, a new survey has found.

Jgive.com, an Israeli crowd-funding platform, analyzed more than 400 Israeli charities represented on its website. The organizations reported there has been no change in donations compared to previous years.

Most of the donors said they viewed their commitment to Israeli causes as “unconditional” and that Israeli government decision-making “does not mean we will punish those in need of our donations,” according to Jgive.com.

“We are pleased to see that the political debate between Israel and American Jewry has had no effect on donations, but we are not surprised by this” said Ori Ben Shlomo, founder and CEO of Jgive.com.

“People committed to a cause or a charity do so out of concern and gen-erosity,” the group said. “These values do not change because of politics. We created Jgive.com to help Jews in the Diaspora be actively involved in the shaping of Israeli society. We know that American Jews care deeply about Israel and as we see, that commitment will not waver.”

Agudath Israel to U.S. Supreme Court: Stop Erosion of Religious Liberty

Agudath Israel of America has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in one of the Court’s most closely watched religious liberty cases in recent years.

The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, involves the rights of a Christian baker who was punished by the State of Colorado for refusing on religious grounds to bake and design a wedding cake for the “marriage” of two men.

Agudath Israel’s brief, authored by Washington-based attorney Jeffrey Zuckerman, points out that Orthodox Jews have a direct stake in the outcome of the case. A religiously observant Jew, who is halachically prohibited from aiding and abetting another’s sinful practices, would likely refuse to provide catering service, or other services, to a halachically forbidden marriage.

Yet, argues the Agudath Israel brief, if Colorado’s position – that general anti-discrimination laws trump an individual’s constitutional right to free exercise of religion – is upheld, not only would such religiously observant service providers be in jeopardy if they refuse to service the “marriage,” the state could even penalize an Orthodox rabbi who refuses to preside over the “wedding.”

Agudath Israel’s brief takes note of numerous recent instances in other liberal democracies across the globe where the rights of Orthodox Jews to live their lives in accordance with their religious beliefs and values have come under severe attack – for example, the banning of shechita in a number of countries around the world; the recent case of a chasidic girls elementary school in the United Kingdom that was threatened with closure for failing to teach tolerance for religiously prohibited lifestyles; efforts in Western Europe to ban circumcision of infant children.

“None of these jurisdictions has a Free Exercise Clause.” But the United States does, the brief continues, and “this makes all the difference in the world.”

Or at least it should.In recent years, however, the constitutional protection for free exercise

of religion has been diluted by a number of court rulings that have severely limited its scope. Indeed, says the brief, if Colorado is allowed “to punish a religious believer because he adhered to his core religious beliefs by refusing to do something that was anathema to him,” then “the foreign bans and pro-posed bans on ritual circumcision and shechita indicate where we might be going” here in the United States.

Allowing for such further erosion in free exercise protection, the Agudath Israel brief cautioned, would be a betrayal of the core value of religious lib-erty that stands as one of the bedrock principles upon which America was founded.

Agudath Israel also participated in a broader Orthodox Jewish amicus curiae brief, authored by legendary attorney Nathan Lewin on behalf of the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) and joined in by a number of Orthodox organizations.

“The importance of this case cannot be overstated,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s executive vice president. “We have presented the Supreme Court with some food for thought about the high stakes involved. Now it is up to the Justices to determine the future of free exercise protection – and the future of the United States as a haven for religious liberty.”

Netanyahu Slated to Meet Trump in New York JNS

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will meet with President Donald Trump in late September during his visit to New York to address the U.N. General Assembly.

Netanyahu is slated to address the world body Sept. 26. He commented on his planned meeting with Trump before de-parting on his historic visit to Latin America.

During his trip — the first visit to the region by a sitting Israeli prime minister — Netanyahu will visit Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, and will also meet with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes in Buenos Aires.

“From Mexico I will go to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly and there I will meet my friend, President Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said to reporters before boarding his plane at Ben Gurion Airport.

The White House has not commented on the potential meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, Reuters reported.

The last time the two leaders met in person was during Trump’s first visit to the Mideast region as president in May.

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Israeli Rescue Teams Deployed to South Florida JNS

Israeli emergency rescue teams departed Saturday night for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma’s arrival in Florida.

The delegation, coordinated by the umbrella organization Israel Rescue Coalition (IRC), includes Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency response group. They will deploy search-and-rescue teams, as well as EMS and psychotrauma units in South Florida where the hurricane hit hard.

“Our job as volunteers will be to help the community and deal with the situation as best we can in the absence of American officials, until they arrive,” said Moti Elmaliah, a spokesman for the IRC, reported Yediot Ahronot.

Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida Sunday as a Category 3 storm near Naples. It was downgraded to tropical storm as of Monday morning and has left millions without power. It comes on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, which wreaked havoc in

Texas, including severe flooding for Jewish families and institutions in Houston.

Florida is home to the third-larg-est Jewish community—an estimated 655,000 people—in the U.S. Many Jewish residents evacuated in ad-vance of the storm.

Ahead of Irma’s arrival, Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a warning to Israelis residing in areas expected to be hit by the hurricane, and evac-uated its diplomats from the region,

as the massive storm approached the Florida Keys and the entire state of Florida. Irma’s path is expected to cause heavy storm surges in Georgia and South Carolina as well.

Additionally, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it would send aid to Mexico after an 8.2-magnitude earth-quake—the strongest to hit Mexico in a century—struck 75 miles off the country’s Pacific Coast last Thursday, causing tremendous damage and kill-ing at least 90 people.

Mengele, Charlottesville and the Lessons of History JoNathaN S. tobiN/JNS.org

What can the hunt for Josef Mengele teach us about the challenges facing Jews today? With a debate stirring about whether left-wing or right-wing Jew-haters pose the greater threat, a new account of the decisions made by Israel’s leaders regarding the evil doctor of Auschwitz should give us some food for thought.

Author Ronen Bergman has written a new book about Israeli intelligence and contributed an op-ed in The New York Times concerning an enduring mystery of the Mossad: Why wasn’t Mengele brought to justice like Adolf Eichmann?

Israel made the capture of Eichmann—the man responsible for organizing the Nazi industrialization of murder—a priority mission for its in-telligence operatives. After he was run to ground in Argentina and brought to Israel for trial and eventual execution, Mengele was the logical next target. Yet he evaded capture and died a free man in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1979.

Was he just too clever or lucky? No. As Bergman reports, Mengele was spot-ted in Sao Paulo in 1962 by a Mossad team. Had their commanders and their political masters ordered an operation to snatch him, he would have gotten the same just deserts Eichmann re-ceived. But they didn’t, and their reason

provides an insight both into Israeli his-tory and the choices that are often posed to the Jewish people.

As Bergman explains, the same day that the news about Mengele’s spotting arrived on Mossad chief Isser Harel’s desk, he learned Egypt was recruiting German scientists to build missiles. Harel oversaw the operation to get Eichmann but thought the threat from Egypt was more important than justice for Mengele. Had the Nasser regime—which was then using chemical weapons in its military adventure in Yemen—ac-quired missile technology, that raised the prospect of Jews being gassed the next time Egypt attacked Israel.

With limited personnel at his dispos-al, Harel ordered the Mossad to stand down in Brazil and to concentrate on a campaign of intimidation and mur-der of Germans helping Egypt. Harel’s successor Meir Amit went further. He ordered his agents, “Stop chasing after ghosts from the past and devote all our manpower and resources to threats against the security of the state.” In other words, forget about old Nazis and concentrate on those Arabs and their allies trying to murder Jews now. Every Israeli prime minister concurred with Amit until Menachem Begin was elected in 1977. But Mengele died long before the Mossad was able to track him down again.

Yet the question lingers as to wheth-er the Mossad’s decision to de-prioritize the hunt for Nazis was correct. Perhaps it might have been possible to do both, but it is not unreasonable to argue that a choice had to be made. Getting Mengele would have been just and emotionally satisfying, yet addressing its scarce re-sources to the more potent threat was probably the rational option.

Today, Jews face another portentous choice.

Thanks to what happened in Charlottesville, Va., last month, neo-Nazis are much on our minds. The imagery of a torchlight march of American racists chanting anti-Semitic slogans evoked the tragic past in a way that few events have done. With a small but noisy alt-right movement spreading Jew-hatred on the internet and social media, it’s also no longer possible to claim the anti-Semitic right is dead, as many of us had thought.

Yet while Charlottesville has refo-cused us on neo-Nazis, the growing forces of the anti-Semitic left may be a far more potent contemporary threat. President Donald Trump’s inconsistent statements about Charlottesville were outrageous and have encouraged hate groups. But although we are right to worry about the alt-right, the ability of left-wing Israel-haters and their Islamist allies to mobilize far larger numbers of

supporters in Europe and on American college campuses is a more serious problem. They can also influence pop-ular culture and mainstream politics via the anti-Trump “resistance.” That presents a clear and present danger to Jewish communities and students that the marginal figures that assembled in Virginia do not.

Jews are capable of opposing both threats. Yet if, due to the antipathy Trump generates among many Jews, we ignore the left-wing anti-Semites in or-der to concentrate on the less dangerous rightwing haters, that would be mistake. The Jews have more than one enemy, but the one that is still actively plotting the destruction of the Jewish state and the murder of Jews should remain the default priority. The lesson of Jewish history is not just “never again.” Meir Amit’s warning about chasing ghosts should also not be forgotten.

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Israel Approves $1M in Aid to Rebuild Jewish Community Infrastructure in Houston JNS

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry has ap-proved a plan to send $1 million in emergency aid to Houston’s Jewish community following the extensive flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey.

� e aid approval follows reports that the min-istry was “advancing” an initiative to help rebuild critical infrastructure for Houston’s Jewish commu-nity including synagogues, the Jewish Community Center and schools, which were all badly damaged during the deadly hurricane — the strongest to hit Texas in decades.

“� is is a time for the Jewish state to help our Diaspora brothers at their time of need,” said Education and Diaspora Aff airs Minister Na� ali Bennett. “� ey helped us when we needed it, it is our turn to help them.”

The forthcoming funds will be transferred through the local Israeli Consulate in Houston.

Additionally, Israel has also sent emergency aid to other communities aff ected by natural disasters recently. Israeli emergency rescue teams departed for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma’s arrival in Florida.

Also, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it would send aid to Mexico, a� er an 8.2-magnitude earthquake—the strongest to hit Mexico in a century—struck 75 miles off the country’s Pacifi c coast, causing tre-mendous damage and killing at least 90 people.

New York State Court of Appeals Rejects Attempt to Legalize Assisted SuicideAgudath Israel Hails Decision as a “Major Victory” for the Preservation of Life

In an important case that attracted a friend of the court brief from Agudath Israel of America, the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has rejected an attempt to legal-ize physician-assisted suicide and to declare a constitutional right to “aid in dying”.

� e Court, in a unanimous deci-sion, held that New York’s current statute, which makes “assisted suicide” illegal, must be interpreted according to the plain meaning of the words, and applied to any eff orts by a physician to assist a patient in ending his or her life. � e plaintiff s in the case—several terminally ill patients, some individual medical providers, and an organiza-tion called “End of Life Choices”—had argued that the statute should not be interpreted to include what it called “aid in dying.”

� e Court also rejected the plain-tiff s’ argument that New York’s as-sisted suicide statute violates the rights of patients under the Equal Protection Clause of the New York State Constitution, because some

patients can direct the withdrawal of life-sustaining medical assistance while those who wish to take medication that will end their lives cannot. � e Court made clear that there was no Equal Protection violation: as the Court put it, “everyone . . . is . . . entitled to refuse unwanted . . . medical treatment; no one is permitted to assist a suicide.”

The Court further rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that under the Due Process Clause of the New York Constitution, patients have a right to self-determination that includes the right to die or to obtain assistance from another to end one’s life. � e Court thus held that there is no such thing as a “fundamental” right to suicide, that the state has a “signifi cant interest in preserving life and preventing suicide”, which includes “maintaining physi-cians’ role as their patients’ healers; protecting vulnerable people from . . . psychological and fi nancial pressure to end their lives; and avoiding a possible slide towards euthanasia.”

Agudath Israel of America submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”)

brief in the case, urging that assisted suicide not be legalized. Agudath Israel’s brief, authored by Agudath Israel's Special Counsel Mordechai Biser, with assistance from law student Reuven Rosen and Agudath Israel attorney Avrohom Weinstock, advanced virtually all of the same arguments that the Court of Appeals stated in its fi nal decision.

A particularly noteworthy part of the Agudath Israel brief drew on the experience of Chayim Aruchim, the division of Agudath Israel designed to help individuals and families in end-of-life situations:

“As an organization whose Chayim Aruchim division o� en gets calls from patients or their families in end-of-life situations, Agudath Israel is aware of many cases in which health care facil-ities put intense pressure on families to ‘end the suff ering’ of terminally ill patients by allowing the facility to take steps to hasten their deaths. Allowing physicians to directly provide lethal medication to their patients would give doctors the ability to not only pres-sure patients into declining medical

treatment, but toward actually choos-ing to end their lives.”

Mordechai Biser hailed the New York Court of Appeals decision. “We are pleased that the Court has rejected this attempt to overturn current law and legalize physician-assisted suicide, and that the Court, as our brief had ar-gued, found no constitutional right to commit suicide or allow assisted sui-cide. � is is a major victory for those committed to the preservation of life. It should also serve notice on doctors and health care facilities that attempts to pressure patients and their families into taking steps to end their lives could well run afoul of the state’s ban on assisted suicide.”

Hillary Clinton Claims Trump is ‘A Clear Danger to America’ARUTZ SHEVA

Failed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is “convinced” that associates of US President Donald Trump’s campaigns worked secretly with Russia to defeat her bid for presidency.

Speaking to Pod Save America, Clinton said she thinks “Trump, le� to his own devices, unchecked, would become even more authoritarian than he has tried to be... He likes the idea of unaccountable, un-checked power.”

Seeing “the threats that Trump posed to the country,” Clinton tried to combat them with her own policies.

“I still believe...he’s a clear and present danger to America,” she added.

Clinton recently published a 495-page book ti-tled “What Happened,” focusing on the election campaign and the perceived dangers in America’s chosen president.

In it, she wrote that Trump is “hateful” and “a fraud and a liar,” and presenting “a clear danger to the country and the world,” Trump makes her skin crawl.

Claiming Trump is waging a “war on truth,” Clinton wrote that, “Attempting to defi ne reality is a core feature of authoritarianism. � is is what the Soviets did when they erased political dissi-dents from historical photos. � is is what happens in George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, when a torturer...delivers electric shocks... If he stood up tomorrow and declared that the Earth is fl at, his counselor Kellyanne Conway might just go on Fox News and defend it as an ‘alternative fact’ and too many people would believe it.”

Regarding the election cam-paign and the investigation surrounding Russia’s possible interference, Clinton said she has “no doubt” the claims are true.

“� ere certainly was communication and there certainly was an understanding of some sort,” she wrote of Russia’s “aid” to Trump. “I’m convinced of it.”

“� ere’s no doubt in my mind that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wanted me to lose and wanted Trump to win... I wasn’t just running against Donald Trump. I was up against the Russian intel-ligence apparatus... � is was, there’s no other word for it, war.

“� ere’s no doubt in my mind that there are a tangle of fi nancial relationships between Trump and his operation with Russian money. And there’s no doubt in my mind that the Trump campaign and other associates have worked really hard to hide their connections with Russians.”

Regarding her own unresolved email scandal, Clinton said, “� ere were all of these outside forces coming at me right until the very end.”

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Clinton’s obsession is “sad” and it was a shame she had chosen to waste time making “fake and reckless attacks to prop up book sales.”

Trump responded to her book on Twitter, saying it is “fascinating to watch people writing books and major articles about me and yet they know nothing about me and have zero access. FAKE NEWS!”

61718.692.1144 | thefjj.comSeptember 14, 2017 ISRAEL NEWSForeign Investment in Israel Up Seven Percent JNS

Foreign investment in Israel amounted to $12.6 billion in 2016, a 7-percent increase from the previous year, according to the Foreign Investments Authority at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry.

Some 320 international companies have operations in the Jewish state, and the rate at which multinational companies are doing business in Israel has tri-pled during the last decade. Overseas companies account for 50 percent of re-search and development spending within Israel and have approximately 50,000 Israeli employees, the Foreign Investments Authority said.

The figures were unveiled at the Foreign Investment Authority’s first-ever conference for international companies.

In 2016, Israel’s central bank noted in its annual report that the coun-try’s gross domestic product hit a record 1.22 trillion shekels ($337 billion). Additionally, the Israeli unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent last year.

Netanyahu Tells Red Cross Head of ‘Unbelievable Cruelty’ of Hamas JNS

In a meeting with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem spoke of the “unbelievable cruel-ty” of Hamas for holding Israelis captive.

“We are concerned about this unbelievable cruelty,” Netanyahu told Red Cross President Peter Maurer. “We have bodies of our slain soldiers that are kept [by Hamas] and even information about them is kept. And no less important, we have innocent, defenseless Israeli civilians held in Gaza.”

“[They are] kept in a very closed and cruel way,” he added.

Prior to meeting with Netanyahu, Maurer visited the Gaza Strip, requesting a meeting with the Israeli civilians held by the terror group. But a senior Hamas official told Israel Hayom, “Israel knows very well what the price is for any in-formation about the Israelis in Gaza,” adding Maurer “heard the movement’s firm position” on the issue.

It’s believed that Hamas is holding three Israeli civilians—Avraham Abera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed and Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima—all of whom entered Gaza voluntarily. Hamas is also holding the bodies of two Israeli sol-diers—Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin—who were killed during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Netanyahu’s Latin American Tour to Highlight Israeli Tech Sector JNS

Latin America is “hungry for Israeli technology,” a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official said ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to the region.

Netanyahu’s trip be the first of its kind by a sitting Israeli prime minister. He will visit Colombia, Argentina and Mexico during his tour. Apart from meeting the leaders of those four countries, he will also meet Paraguay’s president.

Modi Ephraim, deputy director general at the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Latin America and Caribbean Division, noted that the Jewish state has dip-lomatic relations with all Latin American countries except Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia.

Ephraim said that although Netanyahu will not meet Brazilian President Michel Temer, Israel’s “crisis with Brazil is over and the bilateral dialogue between the two countries is to be resumed in November.” Ephraim was re-ferring to Brazil’s refusal to accept the ambassadorial credentials of former Israeli settlement movement leader Dani Dayan two years ago.

Netanyahu will discuss Hezbollah, Iran and the fight against terror-ism during his visit, as well as the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) activity in the region. Mexico, Colombia and other countries have not recognized a Palestinian state despite the PA’s diplomatic maneuvers on the matter.

Netanyahu will also honor the 114 people who were killed in the bombings in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, which targeted the city’s Israeli embassy and the Jewish community center known as AMIA. Four Israelis were killed in the embassy bombing.

The prime minister will be accompanied by Israeli business leaders from various fields, including agriculture, communications, water and security.

Netanyahu Lauds Shin Bet for Foiling 70 Terror Operations in July and AugustJNS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Israel’s Shin Bet (ISA) secu-rity agency for thwarting more than 70 planned terror operations against sol-diers and civilians in the Jewish state during the months of July and August.

Netanyahu expressed “deep gratitude” to the Shin Bet’s personnel “and to all those involved in this important work on behalf of the security of Israel.”

The prime minister’s comments follow mid-August reports that the Shin Bet had exposed a complex money-transferring scheme run by the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas, whose operatives in Gaza used the network to send funds to families of Palestinian terrorists residing in eastern Jerusalem.

Earlier that month, the Shin Bet also announced that it had uncovered an intricate money-laundering scheme run by Hamas, in which some $200,000 was illegally transferred to the terror group from Turkey.

Further, the IDF and Shin Bet together arrested 29 Hamas members in July after a Palestinian terrorist fatally stabbed an Israeli father and two of his adult children in the Samaria community of Halamish. Several of the arrests included some of the terror group’s senior officials based in the dis-puted territories.

62718.692.1144 | the� j.comSEPTEMBER 14, 2017 ISRAEL NEWSNetanyahu: Ties With Arab World ‘Stronger Than Ever’WIN NEWS

Netanyahu looked forward to the Jewish New Year while praising Israel’s recent diplomatic successes and break-throughs particularly with the Arab world.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel’s current ties with the Arab world are unprece-dented in its history, and its diplomatic eff orts around the globe are constantly breaking new ground.

Speaking at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to Israeli diplomats during the traditional toast ahead of the up-coming Rosh Hashanah holiday, Netanyahu stated that Israel today is “in a diff erent place; the alliance with the United States – with North America as a whole – is stronger than ever, as are ties with Europe, including developing ties with Eastern Europe. � e great break-through is to all continents.”

As for the Middle East, “what is actually happening with them has not happened in our history even when we signed the agreements,” Netanyahu said. “� ere is cooperation in various ways, on various levels, but is not yet out in the open. But what is not yet out in the open is much greater than in any other period in Israeli history. � is

is a major change. � e entire world is changing.”

Regarding Israel’s “return to Africa” and its developing ties with several African countries, the Jewish state is “expanding the scope of technology as-sistance and it is leading to great interest across the continent,” Netanyahu, who also serves as Israel’s foreign minister, added.

Breakthroughs have also been achieved through major efforts in Asia. “There had not been any real contact with China or significant contact with India and Japan, to say nothing of the Muslim countries, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. This changed at a stroke in the past two years.” Netanyahu recently returned from an historic visit to the two Muslim-majority countries.

He also pointed to “a great change with Russia, … regarding both joining economic and cultural interests and, of course, to achieve – as much as possi-ble – a coordination of expectations and intentions on a strategic level … . � e link is being fostered and strengthened by us and by Russia itself.”

Israel and Russia have established a line of cooperation with the Russian army to avoid collisions in Syria.

Netanyahu visited Russian premier Vladimir Putin recently.

“These are great changes, a sea change that is happening now, and we will not forget Australia which we visit-ed,” Netanyahu underscored.

Looking Ahead to Latin America� e annual toast was moved up by

a week due to what Netanyahu called “success.” He is slated to embark on an historic visit to Latin America, the fi rst by a sitting Israeli prime minister. “� is is a gigantic bloc that we have not yet visited,” Netanyahu highlighted.

He is slated to take part in a ceremo-ny to mark the terrorist attacks at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992 and at the AMIA Jewish Community Center in the city in 1994. � e two ter-ror attacks killed 115 people. He will also visit Colombia and Mexico and will meet with regional leaders.

“It is a great market in a large bloc of important countries. � ere is a break-through here…the fundamental as-sumption was that if we made an agree-ment with the Palestinians, which we have wanted and still want, it will open the world to us. � ere is no doubt that it will help, but the world has opened even without it, and it does not detract from the importance of considering

tracks and the diplomatic process and normalization,” he explained.

“What there is here is a great change and it is happening despite the fact that, to our regret, the Palestinians have not changed the conditions for a diplomatic agreement which are unacceptable to a large portion of the public, and it is still happening,” Netanyahu expanded.

He said that Israel is succeeding in the diplomatic realm because it is “cul-tivating two kinds of strength, which together are bringing a third. We are cultivating as policy, economic-tech-nological strength which allows us to cultivate Israel’s military-intelligence strength and their combination gives diplomatic strength and this is a diff er-ent concept.”

Israel Hosting Prestigious Life Sciences Conference JNS

Some 1,600 molecular life scientists from more than 34 countries gathered in Jerusalem Sept. 10-14 for the 2017 Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Congress.

� e conference, brought to Israel by Prof. Azem Abdussalam and the Israeli Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ISBMB), covered the entire spectrum of molecular life sciences with lectures on topics such as cancer biology, chromatin structure and epigenetic mod-ifi cations, among various other subjects.

“� e aim of the FEBS conference was to bring leading researchers from all aspects of molecular life sciences together, and were very excited to host this year event in Jerusalem,” said Prof. Michal Sharon, a vice president of ISBMB and a member of the FEBS organizing committee.

“We hoped to off er unique opportunities for scientifi c interactions, which will facilitate the initiation of friendships, collaborations and joint projects,” Sharon said.

Some of the fi eld’s leading experts who are addressed the conference in-clude Nobel laureate Robert J. Le� owitz (Duke University), Patrick Cramer (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen), Carol Robinson (University of Oxford), Marcelo Rubinstein (University of Buenos Aires), Jonathan Weissman (University of California) and Feng Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

“Some of the most brilliant minds in the fi eld of molecular life sciences were in Jerusalem to learn, share expertise, network and collaborate,” said Ilanit Melchior, director of tourism for the Jerusalem Development Authority, which assisted in coordinating the convention.

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Israel’s Intelligence Minister Urges Netanyahu to Lobby Trump on New Iran Deal JNS

Israel’s Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lobby President Donald Trump to change or cancel the Iran nuclear deal at his upcoming meeting with the U.S. leader in late September.

“Iran needs to be forced to sign a new agreement, one that will never let it advance to nuclear weapons, as President Trump promised, and which will also include the issues of missiles and Iran’s support of terror,” Katz said in a speech at a IDC Herzliya’s annual Counter-Terrorism conference.

Katz, who also serves as transportation minister, said the deal “protects Iran’s ability to get nuclear capabilities in the future.”

Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Trump during his Sept. 26 visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the Iran nuclear deal and had pressed former President Barack Obama against it. During the 2016 campaign, Trump repeatedly called the deal “disastrous” and promised to “rip it up.”

While Trump has yet to make any changes to the deal, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley suggested recently that Trump may not certify the Iran deal and let Congress decide its fate.

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Alleged Israeli Strike Destroys Syrian Chemical Weapons Facility JNS

An Israeli airstrike destroyed a chemical weapons facility belonging to Syria’s regime, a Syrian government agency claimed.

Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center said the alleged Israeli strike occurred near the city of Hama. The Syrian army proceeded to warn Israel of “serious consequences” for its “aggressive activities,” which it argued desta-bilize the region and “raise the Islamic State’s morale.”

The strike purportedly was initiated from Lebanese air space and killed two Syrian regime soldiers. The IDF has not confirmed nor denied its role in the strike.

Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin tweeted that the strike was “not routine,” and that the destroyed facility was involved with the produc-tion of barrel bombs dropped on Syrian civilians.

“Israel intends to enforce its red lines, despite the fact that the great powers are ignoring them,” and “the presence of Russian air defense does not prevent airstrikes attributed to Israel,” Yadlin wrote.

The alleged Israeli airstrike comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in late August with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, to dis-cuss how Iran’s “accelerated” presence in Syria threatens the Jewish state and the Middle East.

Since becoming actively involved in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, Russia has worked closely with Iran in support of the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Russia has also reportedly worked behind the scenes to pro-tect Hezbollah at the United Nations.

Former IDF Intelligence Chief: Trump Must Strike North KoreaWIN NeWS

Former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said that the US should launch a preemptive strike on North Korea if capable of doing so. The intelligence expert’s comments came after North Korea claimed to have conducted its sixth nuclear test, purportedly detonating a hydrogen bomb and prompting a warn-ing from the US of a “massive military response.”

In an interview with Israel Radio, Yadlin recom-mended that President Donald Trump “make a preemptive strike” to inhibit North Korea’s ability to further develop its nuclear weapons capability. Yadlin, who now serves as the director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), added that such a “complex” strike would depend entirely upon “excellent intelligence.”

“If, after such an attack, a missile is launched against him (Trump), then there is no point in attacking,” he said. “The question is whether the United States has the intelligence to allow it to carry out a preemptive strike that will destroy North Korea’s capabilities.”

Israel Closely Monitoring CrisisIsrael’s Foreign Ministry condemned Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, saying

the move “constitutes yet another example of North Korea’s aggressive pattern of behavior.”

In mid-August, several top Israeli and American experts on nuclear proliferation warned in interviews with JNS.org that the failure to successfully deal with North Korea’s nuclear weapons program sets a precedent for a similar scenario with Iran.

“The aspect of the North Korean case that needs to be taken into account with regard to Iran is the fact that despite all the differences between the two states, they share a determination to acquire nuclear weapons in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commitment they took upon themselves to remain non-nuclear,” said Emily Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at the INSS.

Israel is closely monitoring the developing crisis between North Korea and the US and its allies, as its outcome can affect Israel’s security challenges.

The failed nuclear deal between the US and North Korea was perceived as a model of successful diplomacy after which the nuclear deal with Iran was modeled.

The international community’s response to Pyongyang’s will significantly affect how Tehran conducts itself in the future, as Israel fears that it is attempting to se-cretly develop nuclear weapons while outwardly abiding by the terms of the nuclear accord.

Israel also fears that a weak response against North Korea will embolden Iran to pursue its quest for weapons of mass destruction.

Rivlin Condemns Palestinians for Praising 1972 Munich Olympics Terror AttackJNS

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party for consistently praising the Palestinian terrorist group Black September’s kill-ing of 11 Israeli team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

“There are still those who see in the murder of sportsmen a heroic deed,” Rivlin said in Germany at the unveiling of a memorial for the slain Israeli athletes.

“Just last year, Fatah marked the massacre of the sportsmen as an ‘act of heroism,’” he said. “Terror must be unequivocally condemned, everywhere.”

Rivlin also noted that Israel has waited almost 50 years for the Olympics to host an official moment of silence to memorialize the slain Israeli team members.

“They were the Olympic family’s sons—a family which for many years aban-doned its commitment to them,” he said.

In 2012, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an impromptu minute of silence in the London Olympic village to mark the 40th anniversary of the Palestinian terrorist group’s killing of the Israelis. In 2016, the widows of two of the Israeli team members participated in a ceremony and minute of silence at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic village. The IOC, however, has refused continued requests for an official moment of silence for the slain Israelis at the Olympics.

Israel, Switzerland to Boost Bilateral Financial Services Activity JNS

Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and his Swiss counterpart Ueli Maurer signed a memorandum of understanding to increase bilateral cooperation in the financial services industry. As part of the agreement, Israel and Switzerland plan to boost collaboration on a wide range of issues, including regulatory and supervisory cooperation, financial technology innovation, and cooperation between financial institutions that set international standards in financial services.

“The Swiss economy is one of the strongest in the world, and the great interest they are showing in the Israeli economy and in the high-tech industry and our fintech testifies as to Israel’s strength in these fields,” Kahlon said during the signing ceremony.

Israel’s chief economist, Yoel Naveh, noted that officials from the Israeli and Swiss finance ministries plan to hold annual meetings to further develop financial ties.

Israel and Switzerland, “being small and developed economies, share many com-mon themes,” he said.

“I’m sure the annual meetings will foster mutual learning and strengthen the financial ties between the nations,” said Naveh.

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Hamas Leader Visits Cairo for Talks with Egyptian Security Officials JNS

Ismail Haniyeh, the top leader of Gaza-ruling Hamas, traveled to Egypt in his first trip outside of the coastal territory since being elected to his new post for the Palestinian terrorist organization in May.

During his visit to Cairo, Haniyeh reportedly took part in various meetings with Egyptian se-curity officials. Senior Hamas mem-bers based outside of Gaza were also part of the terror group’s delegation, including Moussa Abu Marzouk and arch-terrorist Saleh al-Arouri.

Haniyeh’s visit to Cairo follows reports in July of a Hamas delegation led by terrorist Marwan Issa being sent to Egypt to discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange deal with Israel. It is unclear whether the issue of three Israeli citizens held captive by the terror group was addressed during the meeting with Egyptian officials.

In late July, Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan claimed the Hamas-ruled territory could expect to see the easing of its electricity crisis due to the opening of its border with Egypt. The Palestinian Authority recently reduced its payments to Israel for Gaza’s electricity, leading the Jewish state to cut the power supply to territory by almost a third, precipitating Gaza’s current energy shortage.

Israel Aids Quake-Stricken Mexico Ahead of Netanyahu’s Historic Latin America Visit AdAm AbrAmS/JNS.org

Ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to Latin America, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced it would send aid to earth-quake-stricken Mexico.

“Mexico and Israel enjoy close and friendly relations. Naturally, this finds its expression in moments of need, such as the terrible earthquake in Mexico,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told JNS.org. “Our embassy will coordinate the assistance distribution with the local authorities.”

The 8.2-magnitude earthquake—the strongest to hit Mexico in a centu-ry—struck 75 miles off the country’s Pacific coast around midnight last week, causing tremendous damage in southern Mexico and prompting officials to issue a tsunami warn-ing along the Central and North American coastline. Tens of millions of Mexicans, and others in neighbor-ing Guatemala, were rocked by trem-ors from the powerful earthquake.

“As you know, Mexico experienced a severe earthquake over the weekend. Israel sends condolences to the fami-lies of the victims,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting.

“We understand that these are difficult days for this country, for the Mexican people. In my talks with the president of Mexico, we will offer aid in reconstruction or any other assistance that we can give,” he said.

The Israeli Embassy in Mexico and the Foreign Ministry’s center for international cooperation will coordi-nate the delivery of aid to the southern Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas,

two of the areas most severely affect-ed by the deadly earthquake. Among the 90 people confirmed dead in the quake’s aftermath, 71 were from Oaxaca.

A diplomatic team from the Israeli embassy, headed by Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Yoni Peled, will distribute aid packages to the governors of the affected states in the coming days, ac-cording to the Foreign Ministry.

In addition to the state assistance, the Israeli humanitarian organization iAID (formerly known as IsraAID) is

sending a 12-member delegation to earthquake-affected areas in south-ern Mexico; iAID recently assisted Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Netanyahu travels to Mexico, in the first visit to the region by a sitting Israeli prime minister. He will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as well as leaders of the local Jewish community.

During his trip, Netanyahu will also visit Argentina and Colombia, and will meet with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes in Buenos Aires.

In Argentina and Mexico, the prime minister will be accompanied by a large business delegation comprised of representatives from several Israeli

companies in the fields of agriculture, water, communications and energy, in a move expected to enhance reciprocal economic relations between Israel and those countries.

Israel is Mexico’s largest trade part-ner in the Middle East, with bilateral trade amounting to $700 million in 2016.

“This visit will strengthen our eco-nomic, security and technological ties with Latin America and it constitutes a continuation of the strengthening of Israel’s international position, a sys-tematic process that we are successfully leading,” said Netanyahu.

The prime minister’s trip to Latin America is part of a broader effort to improve ties with non-traditional al-lies, such as African and Asian coun-tries. The Israeli leader’s arrival in the region is also deeply significant for Latin American Jews.

“Netanyahu’s visit is an import-ant instance in the strengthening of bilateral relations between Israel and Latin American countries,” Claudio Epelman, executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, told JNS.org.

“In Latin America there are many Jewish communities, all very different from each other, big and small, but they all share a great affection for the state of Israel,” Epelman said. “This is without a doubt an incredible oppor-tunity for dialogue.”

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Palestinians Attempt to Gain Full Membership in Second UN Agency JNS

� e Palestinians are reportedly preparing to gain full membership in the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a U.N. agency, at the group’s upcoming meeting.

According to The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Tourism ap-plied for membership for “Palestine” into the or-ganization last year, and the item is on the agen-da for UNWTO’s general assembly in China. A fi nal Palestinian decision on whether to go ahead with the bid or withdraw is expected soon.

To gain membership, the Palestinians must secure two-thirds approval in a vote at the UNWTO assembly.

“Israel has taken all diplomatic measures to block the request,” an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told � e Jerusalem Post. “We are not expecting any negative impact on Israel or its continued activity in the organization—the expected damage will be to the organization itself.”

If the Palestinian bid is successful, UNWTO would be the second U.N. organization in which the Palestinians have gained membership; the fi rst was UNESCO. During the last year, UNESCO has passed several anti-Israel resolutions that have denied Israeli sovereignty and Jewish ties to Jerusalem and Hebron, two of Judaism’s holiest cities.

European Jewish Group Calls on French Authorities for Stronger Anti-Semitic Action JNS

� e European Jewish Congress (EJC) is calling on French authorities to take strong action against anti-Semitism in the wake of a recent attack on a Jewish leader. Last week, three attackers entered the home of Roger Pinto, president of Siona, a group that represents French Sephardic Jews, in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan. � e attackers cut the electricity and confi ned three members of the family - Pinto, his wife and son - beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them man-aged to escape and alert the po-lice, said anti-Semitism watchdog BNVCA. � e attackers eventually fl ed a� er they were told police were on their way.

Following the Pinto attack, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the French government is determined “to do everything to combat every form of racism and an-ti-Semitism, which have no place in the French Republic.”

Prior to the attack, a former principal at a Marseille preparatory school, Bernard Ravet, told France’s L’Express newspaper, that he actively en-couraged Jews not to apply to his school out of fear they would “get beat to a pulp.”

“Unfortunately, we see these two incidents, and many others, as inter-twined, where parts of French society are becoming increasingly anti-Se-mitic on the one hand, and this hate towards Jews is being accepted and tolerated by other parts,” Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the EJC, said in a statement. “We call on French authorities to fi rmly root out societal anti-Semitism and its passive acceptance.

“We appreciated the important words of the French government in try-ing to make Jews feel safe in their country,” Kantor continued. “However, it doesn’t appear that much has changed on the ground for French Jews who are still regularly attacked.”

“If in a society where free education as a basic right for all citizens is being denied some Jews because of safety matters it is clear that the central principals of the Republic is failing them.”

Satellite Images Show Damage from Alleged Israeli Strike in Syria JNS

Recent satellite images published have exposed the damage caused by an airstrike, attributed to Israel, on a military facility in northwest Syria. A statement from the Syrian army said that the recent strike took place near the town of Masyaf, about 25 miles north of the Lebanon border, while warning against the “dangerous repercus-sions of this aggressive action to the security and stability of the region.”

“Israeli warplanes at 2:42 a.m. today fi red a number of missiles from Lebanese airspace, targeting one of our military positions near Masyaf, which led to material damage and the deaths of two members of the site,” the Syrian statement said.

Israel has refrained from commenting on the strike. A military spokeswoman de-clined to discuss Syrian media reports, saying the IDF does not comment on opera-tional matters.

The images, taken by a satellite operated by the Israeli company ImageSat International, show the strike, which took place overnight Sept. 6. � e pictures also show the proximity of last week’s target to the Russian S-400 missile defense battery, as well as its proximity to an Iranian factory under construction. � e images show heavy damage to the structures targeted, including buildings used for manufacturing and storage.

Israeli Foreign Ministry: Historic Africa-Israel Summit in Togo Postponed JNS

Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to Africa, for an Israel-Africa Summit in Togo in October, has been post-poned. Following the request of the President of Togo and a� er mutual consultations with the Prime Minister, it has been decided to postpone the holding of the Africa-Israel summit, which was due to take place in Lomé in October, to a mutually agreed upon date,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

While the exact reasons for the postponement was unclear, the Togolese govern-ment suggested that it would need more time to prepare for the event. � e landmark visit to Africa by the Israeli leader would have followed Netanyahu’s recent visit to western Africa in June to expand the Jewish state’s ties on that continent, and his historic trip to eastern Africa last year — the fi rst such visit by a sitting Israeli prime minister in 29 years. � e now-delayed conference was slated to include leaders from 25-30 African nations.

“Israel is fully committed to continue its eff orts vis-à-vis the African continent,” said the Foreign Ministry’s statement.

Netanyahu was formally invited to the summit during a meeting in January with Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey, and in August, Netanyahu hosted Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe for dinner at his Jerusalem residence.

“I dream of Israel’s return to Africa and Africa’s return to Israel,” remarked Gnassingbe at the time.

Several African countries—including Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda— reportedly expressed strong support for the conference, which was expected to focus on security, counter-terrorism, economics and collaboration in the fi elds of agriculture, health, education and technology.


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The amount you can borrow de-pends on several factors, including the age of the youngest borrower, the current interest rate, the ap-praised value of your home and whether the rate is fixed or adjust-able. The more valuable your home is, the older you are and the lower the interest rate, the more you can borrow. A reverse mortgage can help retirees convert an illiquid as-set - a house - into a liquid one that can help supplement retirement income while allowing them to re-main in the home.

When the home is sold or no longer used as a primary residence, the cash, interest and other HECM finance charges must be repaid. All proceeds beyond the amount owed belong to your spouse or estate. This means any remaining equi-ty can be transferred to heirs. No debt is passed along to the estate or heirs.

If all of this sounds too good to be true, it can be, according to reverse mortgage suitability and abuse expert Sandy Jolley. Jolley’s

passion for the topic is personal: After her parents saw commercials for reverse mortgages, they con-tacted a reverse mortgage compa-ny. A salesman came to the house and sold them a reverse mortgage “that was totally unneeded,” Jolley says. At the time, her father was in the last month of his life with terminal cancer and her mother had Alzheimer’s disease, which prompted Jolley and her sister to litigate the matter.

“All of these commercials talk about features of the reverse mort-gage, but don’t talk about whether or not it benefits the borrower,” Jolley says.

After losing the case, Jolley im-mersed herself in reverse mortgag-es, became an expert and now ed-ucates others through her website, ElderFinancialTerrorism.com. Like many other financial products, a reverse mortgage can be useful, but Jolley notes that the HUD certified counselor or financial salesperson’s role is to inform you of the process and various reverse mortgage pro-grams available to you - and is “not permitted or qualified to give you any legal and/or financial advice to determine if a reverse mortgage is right or harmful for your circum-stance. The lender has no respon-sibility or fiduciary duty to the borrower. You are responsible for determining if a reverse mortgage is right for you or will financially harm you over the long term.”

She also noted that while re-verse mortgages are part of a fed-erally insured program, “HUD is a big bureaucracy and does not have the structure or system in place to audit, regulate or enforce any con-sumer protections.”

Jolley advises those considering a reverse mortgage to incorporate it into a comprehensive financial plan. If you and your fiduciary adviser determine that a reverse mortgage meets your needs, go for it. Otherwise, skip it!

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It is customary to say the 27th Psalm, “L’Dovid Hashem Ori V’Yishi”, both in the morning and in the evening, during the month of Elul until the last day of Sukkos. The earliest source for this custom, dating back to the year 5466, is the sefer “Shem Tov Katan”, authored by the Baal Shem Tov of Kratchin, Rav Binyomin Beinush HaCohen zt”l. He states, “I offer you a great Kabbalistic secret. Whoever says the 27th Psalm from Rosh Chodesh Elul until the end of Sukkos, even if an evil Heavenly edict was pro-nounced upon them, this Psalm will negate it. It has the power to annul and remove all accusers and demonic forces, all evil and difficult decrees, and the individ-ual will merit acquittal from the judgment of the Heavenly court.” Although this custom is not men-tioned in the Shulchan Aruch or in the writings of the Arizal, its rec-itation is supported by many holy and ancient works, such as Sefer Zechira, Rav Chaim Cohen’s sefer Shaarei Ratzon, and Rav Mordechai Vilakosht’s Shaar Hamelech.

There are a number of reasons attributed to the recitation of this Psalm and the efficacy of its words.

1) The name of Hashem is men-tioned thirteen times in this Psalm, corresponding to the thirteen attri-butes of mercy. We, thus, evoke the power of Hashem’s mercy through the reading of this Psalm. (The Haphlaah in his sefer Panim Yafos on Chumash.)

2) The 27th Psalm features the word “Lulei” (Had I not), which are the same Hebrew letters of Elul, in reverse formation. This alludes to the significance of its recitation during the month of Elul. The sefer, Divrei Yosef, poignantly explains the message of this reverse letter-ing. “The nature of the deer is to run aimlessly and then, later, turn its head around to assess its posi-tion. Similarly, Man endeavors in his pursuits all year, pursuing his illusions. He, too, must reflect and turn his head back during the last month of the year (Elul) to properly assess his path.” Thus, the month of Elul is written in reverse to stress the necessity of looking back and

reflecting on the validity of the past year’s pursuits.

3) During this time of year, we turn to the Almighty with a pletho-ra of requests, such as good health, wealth, children etc. The Gemara in Taanis 8b, however, exhorts us not to make two requests at once, for this might put in jeopardy even a single positive response. We, there-fore, declare the words of the 27th Psalm, “One thing I ask of Hashem, that shall I seek”. Our multitude of desires are really aimed at one thing, “That I dwell in the House of Hashem all the days of my life”.

The purpose of our abundant re-quests is to give us the ability to achieve that one lofty goal, to serve Hashem, thus redefining our many requests as only one. (Sefer Shearis Menachem).

4) The Midrash, Shochar Tov, in-terprets the beginning words of this Psalm as an allusion to the Yomim Noraim. “Hashem is my light” re-fers to Rosh Hashana, “and my sal-vation” refers to Yom Kippur. The author of the sefer Matei Ephraim suggests that the words “He will hide me in His shelter” refers to Sukkos. Thus, the psalm serves as a vehicle to connect the solemn days of teshuva to the joyous days of Sukkos. This emphasizes that only those who make the effort to “sow with tears” will eventually merit to “reap with joy”.

On a deeper level, the connec-tion between the Yomim Noraim and Sukkos demonstrates that an essential element of the Teshuvah

process is Simcha. Rav Yitzchack Hutner zt”l taught that simcha is an integral part of the Mitzvah of Teshuva above and beyond the generic need to perform all of our Mitzvos with Simcha (Pachad Yitzchak, Rosh Hashana 10:9). The following examples support his contention. A) The Trumas Hadeshen maintains that the reason we begin the recitation of Selichos on Motzai Shabbos is to incorpo-rate the simcha of Shabbos with our supplication of forgiveness. B) The Rabbainu Yona explains (Sharai Teshuva 4:8) that our Erev Yom Kippur feast is actually an expres-sion of Simcha and a celebration of our impending teshuva and cathar-sis. C) When we recite the viduy (confession) on Yom Kippur ironi-cally we sing it with an upbeat tune this demonstrates our elation and joy as we engage in cleansing our souls from the impurities of sin.

Our forefather Yitzchak was the foundation of fear of heav-en, yet his name Yitzchak means laughter, highlighting the neces-sity to amalgamate fear of G-d with simcha. As the pasuk relates, “The fear of Hashem will increase days” (Mishlai 10:27) because Yiras Hashem is constructive, positive and imbues an individual with tre-mendous happiness and equanimi-ty. The failure of Eisav was that he possessed Yirah (fear) without the simcha component. This led him to declare that death and destruction were in store for those who dedi-cate their lives to serve Hashem, “Look, I am going to die, so of what use to me is a birthright?” (To-dos 25:32). The amalgamation of fear and joy is referred to by the sweet singer of Israel as “V’gilu Biradah” i.e. joyously fearful (Tehilim 2:11). The Lakewood Mashgiach Rav Nassan Wachfogel zt”l boldly main-tained that if an individual is only capable of achieving one of the two components, fear or joy, he would be better off possessing joy. This is evident from the fact that Yishmael who possessed joy without fear eventually did Teshuva, while Eisav who possessed fear without joy, left the world without repenting.

The simcha component in the teshuva process not only guards

against falling into counterpro-ductive depression but serves as a key motivator for change. In order to motivate change in individuals who are suicidal or suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder, an intervention called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is em-ployed. The term “dialectical” means a synthesis or integration of opposites, as DBT integrates opposite strategies of acceptance and change in order to motivate a healthy transformation. Strangely enough when we learn to accept and believe in ourselves, despite all our faults, this serves as the great-est motivator for change and im-provement. Simcha is the product of believing in one’s pure essence and intrinsic value. Only then is an individual interested in building on that healthy foundation and finds motivation to cleanse his outer veneer.

During the Yomim Noraim we contritely are “makeh”(pound) on our hearts. In contrast during the festive days of the Simchas Bais Hashoaiva, when describing the playing of the musical instruments, the terminology used is that we are “makeh”(pound) on the flute (Rambam Hilchos Lulov 8:13). We must always ensure that both poundings inspire the sweet music and joyous melodies of our souls.

May you and your loved ones experience the exhilaration of Simchas Hatshuva.

Rabbi Akiva Stolper is the former Rav of Congregation Ohr Chaim in Miami Beach and is currently a licensed clinical social worker in pri-vate practice in Flatbush. He may be reached at [email protected].

THE SIMCHA COMPONENT IN THE TESHUVA PROCESS NOT ONLY GUARDS AGAINST FALLING INTO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE DEPRESSION BUT SERVES AS A KEY MOTIVATOR FOR CHANGE.


said that this is like a tailor that cuts the size of the garment based upon the person in front of him. If the person is bigger, he will cut a bigger garment, and if the person is smaller, he will cut the garment smaller. The nimshal is that if a person is holding by Gad-lus, then Hashem will give him a life

with opportunities for Gadlus. Chas Veshalom, if a person is not holding by greatness, then the life Hashem will give him will not have the opportunity for Gadlus.

This means that in addition to striv-ing for life, we also strive that Hashem should write us into a life of Gadlus, which will give us opportunities for

reaching greatness in our service of Hashem.

{Perhaps this is the reason that we say Zachreinu Lechayim Mel-ech Chafeitz BaChaim VeKasveinu BeSefer HaChayim Lemaancha Elokim Chayim. Why do we have to say that we are asking for life for the sake of Hashem? Maybe this is in

order that Hashem should not only write us into the book of Life, but also give us a life that will enable us to come closer to Hashem and give us opportunities for Gadlus.]

May Hashem Yisbarach grant us a life of Gadlus BeTorah, Avodas Hash-em and we should be zoche to see the Geulah Shelaimah speedily.

Thoughts on Rosh HaShanah and Teshuva Based Upon a Shmuess From Rav Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz zt”l – Rosh Yeshiva of Mirrer Yeshiva – BrooklynCONTINUED FROM PAGE 32

Divrei Hisorerus From The Ben Ish Chai Likras Yomim HaNoraim – Part IRabbi Moshe boylan

The following is based upon the Peninai Ben Ish Chai, which is a compi-lation of various thoughts from the Ben Ish Chai. These thoughts are especially appropriate as we approach the Yomim Noraim. Brackets are additions from the author.

“Hakheil Es Haam Haanashim Vehanashim Vehataf Vegairecha Asher Bisharecha Lemaan Yishmeu U’Lemaan Yilmedu…” {Chazal ask why women and children have to come to Hakheil. They answer that women come to listen and the children are brought to give reward to those that bring them. The Ben Ish Chai will give another answer to this question.}

Why do we have to bring women, children and Gairim to Hakheil? We can explain that through their pres-ence we can learn an important mussar haskel which can help us to fulfill the end of the Pasuk, telling us to learn and fear Hashem. We all know how much a person wants the members of his household, such as his wife and children, to listen to what he said and show respect to him. He is also quite upset if they do the opposite of what he wants (or show him disrespect). We must learn a mussar haskel from them to how we should act towards Hashem Yisbarach. {We are like a wife to Hashem, as Klal Yisroel are fre-quently compared to a wife relative to Hashem, who is compared Kiveyachol to a husband. Likewise, we are com-pared to a child to Hashem, as we are “Banim Atem LaHashem Elokeichem”. Throughout the Aseres Yemei Teshuva we say “Avinu Malkeinu” which shows how we are Hashem’s children and He is our father. Just like a person wants his wife and children to listen to him and treat him with respect, so too we must listen to Hashem and have Kavod to Hashem. This is the Tachlis, purpose of having women and children at the Hakheil, as they serve as a reminder to the men to treat Hashem respectfully,

just as they want from their wives and children.

The Geirecha Asher Bisharecha are the people hired to serve in ones house. These people have great Mora, fear from the owner of the house, as he is their employer. If we see such people who have such Mora (and which we expect to act to us with such Mora), then how much more so should we have Mora toHashem. Thus, through the presence of our wives, children and Gairim, we will come to hear, listen and fear Hashem.}

We can say another peshat that ex-plains our above question. Each one of the groups above (women, chil-dren and Gairim) have properties and qualities that we can all learn from. Women are people whose main role is Hemshech HaDoros, continuing on the generations. Despite the difficul-ties involved in Hairoyon (carrying children), Laidah (giving birth to chil-dren) and raising them, they continue on their holy Avodah of continuing on the Doros. Men can learn from this that as they are involved in Devarim Shebikedusha, and particularly in Limud HaTorah, they should do their best that these holy things should stand Lenaitzach, eternally. All the pain and difficulties involved should not prevent them from ensuring that their holy Avodah should not be continued on for Nitzchiyus. {Let us give some me-shalim, examples. If someone ensures that a Yeshiva or Kollel has enough money to continue, he can be ensuring Torah for generations. If he sets us a shiur, Makom Torah and/or Makom Tefilah, he can try his best that it should be one that will continue on for Doros. Years later, perhaps after he is no lon-ger in Olam Hazeh, the fruits of his labor are continuing on in the Devarim Shebikedusah he helped establish or support.}

What can we learn from children? Children usually live with honesty and don’t know enough to do “shtiklach”

and dishonest tricks. In addition, they usually aren’t embarrassed to ask what-ever they want, and aren’t embarrassed to do things (even private things) in public. Another thing they are known for is the happiness and pleasure that can be seen on their face, and the way they dance and run around in whichever way makes them happy. We can learn from the children to likewise live with honesty and avoid doing Shticklack that are dishonest. Just as children are not embarrassed to do what they want, we should not be embar-rassed to do whatever Hashem wants us to do. {Similarly, the Shulchan Aruch writes in the first Siman that one should not be embarrassed from people that make fun of us when we serve Hashem.}We also find that Chazal tell us that we should be impudent like a leopard to serve Hashem.

Based upon the above we under-stand why it said that “Ki Naar Yisroel Vaohaveihu”. Hashem loves us because we are like young people, in the proper manners described above.

Similarly, we find that Dovid HaMelech embarrassed himself over the words of Torah. He used to sit in Yeshiva on top of the ground, without any fancy coverings and learn Torah (Moed Katan 16A). When he had difficult shailos, including ones that required him to get his hands dirty with blood, he still dealt with them and didn’t say it was beneath his dignity. When his wife felt his actions were in-correct given his elevated position, he told her that his actions were correct, as he had to act like a Naar in serving Hashem without any embarrassment. {We have children at the Hakheil so we can learn from the good traits of chil-dren, which are a mussar haskel for us.}

Why do we have Gairecha Asher Bisharecha at the Hakheil? The answer is that we can learn a lot from Gairim, converts. The converts came from the Umos HaOlam and overcame great difficulties in order to come close to Hashem. We can likewise learn from

these Gairim to likewise over-come difficulties to serve

Hashem. {Nowadays we can likewise learn

a mussar haskel from the Baalei Teshuva nowadays that have overcome unbeliev-able nisyonos in or-der to come closer to Hashem.}

We see the above from a Midrash that

tells us the follow-ing mashal: There was

a Roeh, a shepherd that showed much love, respect

and care to a deer, even more than the sheep in his flock. People asked him about this, and he explained that I spent much time and effort to raise all the other sheep from when they were born. In contrast, this deer had nothing to do with this flock, and still came close to the flock all by itself. The nimshal is that Klal Yisroel were raised by Hashem, Kiveyachol to serve Him. In contrast, those who started like the Umos HaOlam, were removed from Hashem and Klal Yisroel. If they decid-ed of their own volition to come close to Hashem, this shows something spe-cial about them, and they therefore de-serve reward for this. {Thus, the Gairim are special due to their mesirus nefesh to Hashem. We learn from this mesirus nefesh to likewise serve Hashem with Mesirus Nefesh.}

As we approach the Yomim Noraim, may we be zoche to learn from all these middos tovos to serve Hashem proper-ly and come close to Him. This should help us all to be zoche to a Kesivah Vachasimah Tovah.


A Summer of Growth at BJXBy: DoviD Stein

The Brooklyn Jewish Xperience (BJX) has increased Torah learning and brought great honor to Hashem in the community. The transformative work of the Rav and his broth-er, Rabbi Moshe, co-founders of BJX, were met with a well-received honor by the May-or of New York City, Bill de Blasio for their outstanding myriad undertakings on behalf of others. Mayor de Blasio thanked them for their incredible devotion to so many in the Jewish community and for their rabbinic lead-ership. It was a busy summer at BJX. Here are some highlights.

Mishmar- Level 2The weekly mishmar program at the BJX

Avenue K center attracted unaffiliated college students and young professionals who grap-pled with complex sugyos in Gemara and Ris-honim for the first time in their lives. Chaburos according to background and education level were led by BJX faculty members as well as volunteer mentors and subjects such as Hala-chos of Har Habayis, Ascending the Temple Mount; Taste infusion-Taam k’Ikar; Aveilus & Mourning the Beis HaMikdash; were tackled and deciphered. Students enjoyed their choice of sushi or cholent and relished decoding rele-vant and contemporary Torah topics.

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BJX hosted the only Brooklyn ap-pearance of the ac-claimed Israeli band Shtar. The band is comprised of highly inspiring individuals who are baalei Teshu-vah. The band leader was a renowned rap star in Seattle before he changed course and now learns in Kollel in Yerushalay-im. The students were regaled with songs of many flavors, stories and inspirational life lessons.

On the MoveBJX students spent their summer grow-

ing in Yiddishkeit in different locales. Several students went to Eretz Yisroel. Others stayed more local to advance their learning. Rav Fin-gerer traveled to Warrensburg, NY to accom-pany several students to Sinai Retreats where they would be ensconced in a 12 day Yeshiva environment. The Rav spent the next Shabbos giving shiurim at Oorah’s camp, The Zone in Jefferson, NY. He gave a Shabbos afternoon shiur for the rebbitzens and addressed the Dis-cover U (post high school division) on Shab-bos morning as well as the Teen division on Sunday morning.

Tisha B’AvBJX was packed on Tisha B’Av with a

standing room only crowd. People came from all over Flatbush and beyond. The Rav started the program with an inspirational shiur on astounding Torah prophecies related to Tisha B’Av and then introduced Holocaust survivor and the oldest Hatzolah member, Mr. Linden-blatt. He riveted the crowd with his account of what it was like to live through Nazism and Communism. Mr. Lindenblatt spoke about the martyrdom of his grandfather who sought to save Jewish lives and demonstrated the awesome power of Tefillah, which saved the life of his family. The Rav then led the Kehil-la and students in slow Kumzits style singing of Shifchi KaMayim and Ani Maamin before beginning Eicha. The atmosphere in the shul was emotionally charged. Community mem-bers left deeply soulful over the churban but also incredibly inspired. One student brought his unaffiliated mother who was visiting from

out of town. “I have never before experienced people sitting on the floor and mourning over the temples. I’m happy that I was able to par-ticipate. It was sad but also uplifting,” she said. BJX also featured an inspiring Tisha B’Av vid-eo shiur that attracted over 13,000 views!

Community inreachRav Moshe and the Rav worked feverishly

to ensure that young men from the communi-ty -who may have been on the streets through-out the summer- were either employed in ko-sher job environments or were registered in camp. Strengthening the frum community has always been a strong focus of BJX.

ShabbatonsEach and every Shabbos during the sum-

mer, BJX hosted students for Shabbos, ensur-ing that everyone had the ability to keep Shab-bos. Gracious hosts offered delicious meals and lodging. No matter how difficult the lo-gistics were, with so many people away, Rav Moshe Fingerer worked diligently all summer long to keep the momentum strong and pro-vide a meaningful and beautiful Shabbos ex-perience for all.

BJX this Week & NextBJX is bringing Torah learning, Torah

teaching and Torah living to our Brooklyn neighbors acheinu bnei Yisroel. The BJX Beis Midrash is having musical Selichos this Mot-zei Shabbos at 12:30am for men and women. Many pine all year to hear the Rav’s trade-mark, impactful Shabbos Shuva drasha. One group walks all the way from Mill Basin! His heartfelt and erudite drasha is open to men and women, next Shabbos, 5:15pm.

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Voice RecognitionAccording to tradition, the

Baal Shem Tov told of a King who sent his beloved son far away to become educated and cultured. Eventually, the boy ran out of re-sources and was forced to return to his father’s house.

Arriving at the buttressed gate, he was not recognized; seen as a pauper, he was denied entry. The prince begged and pleaded to be granted an audience with his father the King, in every way he knew how, but the years of sepa-ration had taken their toll. Having forgot the royal language and the palace code, his pleas fell on deaf ears. In complete desperation, the prince let out a primal sound.

Hearing the young man’s cry, one of the ministers recognized his voice. Rushing to the gates, he identified the Prince and ush-ered him straight in to his father. This, said the Chassidic Master, is what happens every year on Rosh HaShana. We are looking for a way back to our Father in Heaven but, over thousands of years, we have lost track of the deep kava-nos and the language of prayer. We do our best to say the words of the Machzor with diligence and try our utmost to pray with devotion, but no matter how learned and skilled, we fall woefully short.

On Rosh HaShana day, we of-fer one unique wordless prayer. It is not poetic, it is not profound. We simply sound a Shofar, a plain and desperate cry. It is a universal prayer that transcends language. It is our ancient voice.

The Shofar is a wail of desper-ation. Somehow, it hearkens back to the Akeidas Yitzchak and, we are told, it is recognized in heav-en. It is how we are noticed and it returns us to our identities with Teshuva.

All year long, we layer our-selves with externals that form a superficial identity: Doctor,

Rabbi, lawyer, teacher, student; socialite, fitness guru, academic genius, medical marvel, baala-busta, lamdan, fashionista, health nut. All admirable, but do they truly define us? Or is it when we finally drop the titles that we are truly who we were meant to be?

Whether it is a black hat, busi-ness suit or styled hair, we each have an image that we are trying to portray. As infants, we formed our identity through interaction with the outside world. As older children, we continued to look to our environment for clues about who we were – we formed our self-perception from there. Socially-aware, we take feedback from what we see, create mental schemas - or maps - of how we view ourselves and how we hope to be seen by others. We pursue the things that are most likely to win their approval.

As long as we derive our identi-ty from our surroundings, who we are remains dependent on exter-nal factors, not intrinsically ours and over which we have little - or no - control. A strong sense of self, however, stems from the recogni-tion of our true essence, where we came from, and knowledge of our purposefulness and worth.

On Rosh HaShana, the sound of the Shofar brings us there. We leave go of our titles, intelligence and machinations to return to the humble, primal voice of truth. This communication transcends language, it is more intimate, it emanates from our breath, our life source, from who we truly are.

It reminds all that we are chil-dren of the King, regardless of our “accomplishments,” abilities, titles or descriptions. It is our voice, despite our language, that makes us who we are. It is what renders every one important.

And that will never change.

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What Do You Really Want?RABBI ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI M.D., WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH

AN UPBEAT AND UPLIFTING LIFE CAN BE YOURS

A desire that will generate motiva-tion must be your own desire, and not what others want of you. Of course, your parents and teachers can edu-cate you so that you should develop the proper desires, and those then be-come your own authentic desires. But being motivated only to please others is not an enduring motivation. It is subject to change according to what others want.

An authentic desire serves an es-sential human need, just as the desire for food serves the need for nutrition. One of the essential human needs is to feel that one is important. � is is not ga’avah, i.e., the feeling that one is superior to others. Rather, it is the awareness that one was created by G-d for a speci� c purpose, and that one has a mission in the world that only he or she can accomplish. No one else, regardless how great, and not even the totality of all Jews from Avraham Avinu (the Patriarch Abraham) to the end of time, can accomplish your par-ticular assignment in the world.

� e Talmud states that the world is judged according to the majority. If the majority of people are tzaddi-kim (righteous), the world receives a favorable judgment. If the majority of people are reshaim (wicked), the world receives an unfavorable judg-ment. Similarly, if a person has more mitzvos than aveiros, he is considered to be a tzaddik. If he has more aveiros than mitzvos, he is considered to be a rasha.

� erefore, a person should assume that the world is comprised of exact-ly equal numbers of tzaddikim and reshaim, and that one has an exactly equal number of mitzvos and aveiros. If the very next act one will do is a mitzvah, one will have more mitzvos than aveiros, and will be adjudged a tzaddik. � is will then result in there being more tzaddikim than reshaim, and the world will be given a favor-able judgment. In other words, “I hold the fate of the world in my hands. I am a very important person, upon whom the fate of the entire world may depend” (Kiddushin 40b). � is is a healthy sense of importance. A per-son who feels that he is insigni� cant and that whatever he does makes no di� erence may not be able to become motivated.

One of the major distinctions be-tween man and animals is that ani-mals have no sense of purpose. � ey

live according to their instincts, and their only desire and motivation is to gratify their physical needs. A human being should develop desires that be� t a person and that are in accord with his sense of purpose in life.

In Mesillas Yesharim Ramchal ad-dresses the middos that are essential for avodas Hashem, yet many of the principles he discusses can be applied in all areas of our lives. Of course, in-asmuch as we are instructed that ev-erything in our lives should be direct-ed toward avodas Hashem, we can see why we should adopt these principles in everything we do.

Ramchal points out that the natu-ral state of a person is to do nothing. Formed from earth, man is, by nature, lazy. Indeed, the natural state of allmatter is to do nothing. � e Midrash states that on every blade of grass there is an angel that whips it and commands, “Grow!” Why is that nec-essary? � e grass seed has water, oxy-gen, and the nutrients in the soil. Is it not natural for it to grow? Why must it be forced to grow? � e answer is be-cause without pressure, the grass seed would just lie there and do nothing.

King Solomon devotes a dispro-portionate quantity of his writings to the subject of indolence, and Ramchal elaborates. A lazy person will give many reasons to explain why he is not doing anything, but they are all rationalizations, excuses he gives to himself as well as to others.

Of all the pitfalls that a person is subject to, Ramchal makes the remarkable statement that “there is no danger as great as the danger of procrastination.” A person who simply says, “I don’t want to do it,” is being honest, and perhaps he can be convinced that he should do it. � e

procrastinator deceives himself. “Of course, I’ll do it, but just not right now.” He cannot be argued with, because he agrees he should do it. King Solomon states it emphatically: “A lazy person thinks himself wiser than seven wise men.” � e excuses he gives may sound so logical that he deceives himself to think they are true.

One stimulant that leads to activ-ity may be the need to provide the necessities of life for oneself and one’s family. But in those areas where this motivation does not apply, what is it that will make a person overcome his natural laziness? It can only be a strong desire, and in avodas Hashem it must be the desire, as expressed by King David, “My soul thirsts for You; my � esh pines for You.” Our praise-worthy desires for avodas Hashem should come from Torah study and from emulating the lives of our great tzaddikim and tzidkanios (righteous women).

In the chapter on zerizus (alac-rity) in Mesillas Yesharim, Ramchal

points out that there are two kinds of zerizus: one is before the act and the other is a� er the act has begun. It is not unusual to be all � red up when one has been motivated to do some-thing and one goes at it with great gusto, but a bit later, the enthusiasm may wear o� and one may drop the whole thing. � is shows that the mo-tivation and desire were very super� -cial and lacked sincerity.

Psychologists suggest that the way to form and increase a desire is by calculating both the pleasure that will come from action and the pain that will result from inaction. Over 2000 years ago, our Sages told us that to achieve proper behavior, “Calculate the cost of a mitzvah against its re-ward, and the reward of a sin against its cost” (Ethics of the Fathers 2:1). � is also applies to other actions that are not readily identi� able as either mitzvos or sins.

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It’s back-to-school season, which also means a� er school activities are also getting ready to begin. Is your child going to be overscheduled or under scheduled? It is sometimes di� cult to � nd a happy medium.

I am still a big believer in the “one sport” per season rule, plus one other activity; maybe two if the third activity does not require a weekend game or practice. So, what does this look like for a child in el-ementary school? Soccer, baseball, football, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, debate team, chess team, piano les-sons, � ute lessons? You can change that up in any way and substitute dance, gymnastics, volleyball, a foreign language class, but you get the picture. In this way your child should have several days a week

with “NOTHING” to do after school, except go outside and play! � is gives the parent or caregiver

a break, as well, from driving all around to transport to the venue for the practice or game.

I hear so many complaints from parents who are in a constant state of stress from trying to � gure out

transportation for their child to the soccer practice that con� icts with the football practice and the lacrosse

practice. � is also requires trying to juggle multiple games on the week-end that go on for hours, one a� er the next, and even on Sunday morn-ings. When I hear parents complain about this ridiculous schedule I am

also seeing children who are over-tired, burnt out and may even have stomach aches and headaches due to the stress of being overscheduled.

While every parent is well in-tended and wants their child to have as many opportunities as possible in both athletic and other extracurric-ular activities, a parent also needs to sometimes say “no.” Discussing the logistics as well as the time commitment for each activity, in an age appropriate manner, may help a family decide which activity stays and which one is “punted.”

So sit down with your child be-fore you are both overwhelmed and pick the activities that you will do this fall. But leave some room for being bored. Boredom is a noun that we need to hear more o� en.

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A: � ere are quite a few choices available if you want to whiten your teeth. � e approved products - both those you can buy at drugstores and those available from your dentist - are safe. Just make sure you fol-low the directions carefully. Many teeth whiteners are quite e� ective, particularly if you use them for an extended period of time. If cost is a concern, try the over-the-counter options � rst. If those don’t give you

the results you want, then talk to your dentist about other choices he or she o� ers.

One of the simplest options is whitening toothpaste. It whitens teeth by removing surface stains, such as those caused by drinking co� ee or smoking. Some whiten-ing toothpastes contain the chem-ical blue covarine. It stays on the surface of the teeth and makes them appear less yellow.

When used twice a day, whit-ening toothpaste takes about two to six weeks to make teeth appear whiter. Whitening toothpaste that contains blue covarine can have an immediate e� ect. � e e� ects of whitening toothpaste usually are not dramatic, however. It can’t change the natural color of your teeth or lighten a stain that goes deeper than a tooth’s surface.

Many of the other products you can buy without a prescription, such as whitening strips, involve bleaching your teeth. � ey are gen-erally safe and o� en provide better results than just using whitening toothpaste.

If you’d like your teeth to be whiter than can be achieved with these products, several choices are available from a dentist. � ese whitening methods tend to be more e� ective and last longer than nonprescription products, but they are more expensive.

One possibility many dentists o� er is an at-home treatment. � e dentist makes an impression of your teeth and uses it to create a tray in which you place a solution that contains a bleaching agent called carbamide peroxide. You wear the tray on your teeth at night. A� er about two weeks, many peo-ple see a signi� cant di� erence in the whiteness of their teeth. � e results usually last about two years.

� e other choice is a treatment performed in the dentist’s o� ce. � is typically involves using a solu-tion that contains hydrogen perox-ide to bleach your teeth. � e whit-ening can o� en be accomplished in a series of about four visits to your dentist, with the appoint-ments usually lasting less than 30 minutes. One drawback is that

the solution can burn your gums, so your dentist needs to carefully protect your gums with a barrier during the procedure.

Another risk associated with all bleaching options is that they can make your teeth more sensitive. Many manufacturers have tried to minimize this problem, though, by adding substances such as potas-sium nitrate and � uoride to their products that help minimize tooth sensitivity.

It’s important to understand that none of the teeth-whitening options currently available are permanent. Over time, food and drink, along with the natural pro-cess of aging, will cause your teeth to darken again. � at means what-ever whitening method you choose, eventually you’ll need to repeat the process if you want to maintain the whiteness of your teeth long-term.

(Dr. Sue Hubbard is an award-winning pedia-trician, medical editor and media host. Submit questions at http://www.kidsdr.com.) (c) 2017, kidsdr.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. www.kidsdr.com

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There are so many things you want your child to learn. So many possible places to begin to help him grow. There are numerous skills, ideas, ideals, and virtues you want to teach him. Where do you start?

Here’s a suggestion from Gems from The Nesivos Sholom on Pirkei Avos (page 369):

“In a fairly well-known dissertation, Rav Chaim Vital (Shaarei Kedusha 1:2) makes the following observation. The importance of middos is known to all; yet, we do not find a specific command-ment in the Torah regarding the culti-vation of proper character traits! Why is that? Rav Chaim explains that this in itself underscores the importance of middos revealing just what a vital role they play in avodas Hashem. Middos cannot be listed in the form of an in-dividual mitzvah in the Torah because they serve as the foundation and basis for the Torah. That is, for the Torah to rest within an individual, that individual must first fashion himself into a worthy receptacle by purifying his character.”

Given that middos are the founda-tion and basis for Torah, it would seem that we should begin working with our children on middos. The question is, how do you do that? How do you in-troduce your child to middos and teach them to him?

I think the best formula for teaching middos is 10% lecture and 90% demon-stration. Children learn the most by observation and emulation. As you demonstrate, over the course of the day, how you have integrated good middos, your child will observe and eventually emulate your way of being.

Unless he doesn’t. That’s where the lecture comes in. Sometimes, because of temperament or other influences in his life (not always peer pressure; other adults may display poor middos which your child has acquired), your child may need your explicit guidance.

Let’s look at some examples.How do you explain the middah

of Humility? Telling your child to be humble doesn’t help. What should he say to himself in various situations that will help him become humble?

Teach your child that humility is founded upon acceptance and gratitude

for what you have already learned and accomplished, and the desire to build upon your accomplishments. If you believe that nothing you’ve done is worthwhile, you leave yourself nothing to build upon.

Teach him that when you notice only your failures, you may come to think of yourself as a failure and feel ashamed. Shame makes it hard to accept help. You would have to admit to someone else that you think you are a failure. That may be too painful, and then you can’t grow.

When you notice what you are al-ready doing well, and seek to do even better, you are experiencing humility.

Your humility will prevent you from succumbing to anger and despair when something is hard.

Children who believe deep down inside that they are incompetent re-sist change and growth. They fear that learning and applying any new skill will confirm that what they had been doing until now was wrong. Humility is the beginning of growth because it gives you the confidence to seek additional knowledge. You believe in your good-ness even when you want to do better. You think of yourself as seeking to grow even better, rather than thinking you are never good enough.

With humility, you realize that you have been competent many times in many situations and look forward to expanding your competence by learn-ing more.

Here’s another middah to consider. Let’s look at how you teach your child the middah of savlanus.

The word savlanus is sometimes translated as “patience,” but that’s not what it really means. Savlanus does not mean to patiently, calmly wait for something to change. It means to be sovel, to tolerate something that isn’t pleasant, something that might be painful and difficult.

Think of it this way: When you are sitting in the doctor’s

waiting room, you wait patiently to see the doctor. When you are getting stitch-es, you are tolerating the discomfort. In the waiting room, you’re able to wait your turn and don’t go up to the desk to ask how soon will you will be seen, but while you are getting the stitches, you

may want to ask, “How much longer is this going to take?”

When you are comfortably waiting for something, you are patient. When you are uncomfortable and you are waiting for relief or improvement, you are tolerant.

When you say no to your child, help your child be sovel her disappointment. Children who never learn how to han-dle frustration can grow into adults who react to frustration and disappointment in negative ways. That doesn’t mean they will have a tantrum. Adults seldom throw a tantrum in the usual sense of the word. Adults have learned that kicking, flailing, and screaming are unbecom-ing, maladaptive, and unproductive. So what do adults who are very frustrated with a situation and who have outgrown having a tantrum do instead?

It varies. Some get drunk; that’s un-becoming. Some look around for some-one to blame; that’s maladaptive. Some do as little as possible to get through the situation as quickly as possible; that’s unproductive. Others work at adapting to the situation; they work at being sovel something that is truly unpleasant.

This is what you teach your child: to be sovel a situation when it is difficult for her so that she will know how to be sovel unpleasantness as an adult.

This doesn’t necessarily mean forc-ing your child to be happy when you say no. Even if it is clear to you that no is a fair and appropriate answer to a request, that doesn’t make your child any happier about it. Don’t tell her why she shouldn’t be unhappy. Help her cope with her unhappiness. Help her express her thoughts and feelings in a way that you consider acceptable, rather than labeling her thoughts and feelings unacceptable. Teach her how to successfully tolerate frustration and re-sentment rather than making her think that there’s something wrong with her for feeling that way.

Teaching your child these middos and others, such as integrity and gener-osity, will serve as the foundation and basis for their Torah and your nachas.

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Full carpools, brand new briefcas-es, fresh uniforms…there is no doubt about it – the school year has started. But amidst all the excitement there is one word that elicits intense anxiety in many parents and students alike: homework. Last week Harav Yaakov Bender shlita, master mechanech and Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, shook the community with a powerful article on the effects of homework. The title of his article was “Homework or Home Invasion?” His conclusion: Homework is import-ant, but it should be brief. Too much homework is an onerous burden on the parents as well as the students.

Understanding the gravity of this topic, the Voice sat down with Rabbi Zvi Bender, menahel of Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda to discuss his father’s, as well as his own, approach to homework.

A team effort Chinuch is a team effort; it requires

the parents, rebbeim, teachers, and child to work together to succeed. Too much homework can derail the school year for both the parents and the chil-dren. When children come home from school, they are wiped. Most children, even young ones, are busy getting ready for school by 7:30 a.m. and don’t get off the bus home until 5:15 p.m.

That is a 10-hour day! Imagine being approached by your

boss at the end of a full day and be-ing handed a pile of forms that need to be handed in by the next morning. As geshmak as we try to make school, it is still a structured and rigid envi-ronment. Even recess is experienced in the context of this structure. When children come home, they need to air out. Giving them the space to exist in an unrestricted environment is critical

for their mental health. Sure, home-work might help them retain what they learned, but too much homework is stifling and detrimental to a healthy child’s development.

Another element that is affected by a deluge of homework is the parents. Even if each child is given a moderate workload, a mother can easily spend over an hour doing homework with three children. That is draining and can eventually take a toll on even the best parent, and efforts must be made to ease this burden. Often, even a little foresight can go a long way. For exam-ple, our rebbeim rarely give out home-work Thursday night. (One of our rebbeim gives out a single assignment to his boys: to call Bubby and Zaidy to wish them a good Shabbos.) This is done as a basic courtesy to the parents.

We all have families and know how stressful preparing for Shabbos can be; there is no reason a mother should have to struggle through a mountain of homework in addition to juggling a full household at the end of the week. Before Yamim Tovim our teachers also cut down on home-work. Parents have their plates full during these times of year and it is absurd to expect them to sit with their children and plow through reams of homework.

How bad is the homework situa-tion in our community? Pretty bad. Girls have it harder than boys, with large amounts of homework piled onto their schedules as they enter their junior-high-school years and rarely tapering off during high school itself.

How did we get into this situation? That is a hard question to answer. All the mosdos in this town are run by stellar mechanchim; however, it is pos-sible that much of the issue stems from pressure from parents. We all like to feel that our child is in an elite school. This message is sent subtly, and not so subtly, from the parents to the han-halah. Rebbeim feel a crushing pres-sure to pad their curriculum with ex-tra material to enhance the elite status and credibility of the school. Once the first mosad caves into this pressure, the other schools feel enormous pressure to match the pace, launching a terrible cycle of pain and frustration. Before long, everything becomes rushed and frenzied.

It is possible that mechanchim would be happy to cut down their curriculum, giving the children less homework and learning at a more steady and productive pace. All that is missing is consent from the parents. If the parent body of a school would

unify and tell the hanhalah that they love the school and would all be happy with a more sensible curriculum, the mosdos would be thrilled to comply.

In conclusion, let me say one im-portant qualifier. When discussing homework, everything must be put in perspective. We have witnessed a remarkable revolution in the efficacy and strength of our chinuch system. Our rebbeim are trained to pick up de-velopmental and learning issues early on and get the child the help he or she needs. Classes are designed with great insight to maximize every child’s po-tential. Teachers and parents interact far more than they ever did, and over-all the chinuch system is healthy and vibrant. Yes, too much homework is a problem, but I am hopeful that with enough awareness we can find ways to balance our children’s chinuch and work together to create an enduring and workable solution.

A sensible approach to homeworkLess is more. As a menahel, I have learned the

truth of this principle countless times. Less is more. In our mosad we start with no homework for the younger children, ramping up to 5-7 minutes for first through fifth grade, with a few more minutes added as the children begin learning Gemara.

The most important part of homework for younger boys is kriah. Mastering lashon hakodesh is hard, and children need to spend time at home chazering, but moderation is critical. Making a child spend 45 minutes stumbling over a kriah sheet is counterproductive and downright harmful. Consistency is far more im-portant than time. Five minutes spent every night practicing reading will ac-complish far more then beating a child down with huge assignments.

Pick your battles. We always advise parents not to

make a fuss over homework. Chazarah is important, but there is little point in winning the battle and losing the war. If every night turns into a fight over homework, you will damage your relationship with your child as well as cause him to develop a negative attitude toward schoolwork. Children want to succeed, and if your child is resisting homework you have to find and address the source of the problem.

We cannot stress enough that if your child is struggling with his home-work, don’t push him. A parent recent-ly called me complaining that they had spent 10 minutes with their child who was struggling to read. The child kept stuttering over words and every time

they gently prodded the child to do better, his situation worsened.

I told the parent that they were making a big mistake. Why would they subject their child to a full 10 minutes of struggle and frustration? Pushing children like that is stressful, humiliat-ing, and defeating for the child. If your child is not having a good time – stop. Don’t keep pushing. Call your child’s rebbi and figure out a proper action plan. Motivating a child to succeed needs wisdom, not brute force.

Tips for Surviving HomeworkLearning GemaraFathers are not always the best

chavrusos. Fathers often want to learn Gemara

with their growing children, but this is not always advisable. The dynamics of a father-son relationship are sub-tle and nuanced, and, for a variety of reasons, learning Gemara together can sometimes strain the relationship. Occasionally a father may call me say-ing that he is worried something is wrong when he feels this tension, but this phenomenon is totally normal and quite common. The fact that you and your son aren’t the best chavrusos does not indicate any weakness or larger is-sue with the relationship – arrange for your son to learn with a chavrusa and find a different way to bond with him.

You can’t teach havanah. Transitioning from mishnayos to

Gemara represents a fundamental shift in a child’s development. Children must advance from simply memo-rizing facts to developing a mental framework for understanding the ana-lytical discussions contained in a blatt Gemara. This is a huge shift for chil-dren, and it takes time. It is important to be patient and allow every child to grow at their own pace. Parents can get frustrated when their child can’t un-derstand a seemingly simple Gemara, but it is unrealistic to expect a child to develop an entire new way of think-ing overnight. A bit of advice: don’t push your child. Be patient, your child might not look like he understands much, but his mind is working very hard to build the framework necessary to understand the material. Give him time and patience and eventually your child will start understanding Gemara.

Kriah. It is a fact – most children don’t

like kriah. As I mentioned, consistency and moderation is the key to success. However, sometimes reframing the activity can also be beneficial. Instead of sitting your child down and telling him to do his kriah homework, how




about opening a Tehillim together with him. Tell him that you are both going to say a few pesukim as a refuah sheleimah for Uncle Yehuda or Tanta Rachel. You may be doing the same kriah homework, but it no longer be-comes a dreaded activity to be avoided at all costs.

Tutors. When parents find themselves

at an impasse with homework, it is often beneficial to get outside help. Getting a good friend of your child to become a study partner or hiring an older bachur to learn with your son can often do wonders to ease the situation. However, framing the new situation properly is important. Don’t tell your son that you hired a tutor for him – this can make him feel belittled and inferior. Instead, tell him that you found him a study partner or chavrusa who would love to learn with him.

Prizes. When children are young there

is nothing wrong with bribing them with prizes. Parents overestimate the size of the prizes necessary to con-vince children to get their work done. As long as the reward is presented as a

fun and exciting prize, most children will be happy to win a small trinket or can of soda.

Incentives and games are also a great way to encourage children to complete their work. One of our rebbeim offers his students “vaca-tion days” as an incentive to do their homework. After a set amount of completed homework, the boy earns a few homework-free days to relax.

Communicate. As soon as you encounter a prob-

lem with homework, call your child’s rebbi or teacher. Spending a few min-utes working with your child’s rebbi and teacher can spare you a full year of frustration. Everyone is on the same team and rebbeim and teachers are happy to help tailor a homework plan that works for your child.

Pull Quotes:Once the first mosad caves into

this pressure, the other schools feel enormous pressure to match the pace, launching a terrible cycle of pain and frustration.

Motivating a child to succeed needs wisdom, not brute force.

As soon as you encounter a prob-lem with homework, call your child’s rebbi or teacher.

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New to the Parsha - The First Date Part 1

DEAR MRS. ROSE,Our son is just about ready to start the Parsha of Shiduchim. What advice can you give us to help make this as enjoyable, meaningful and productive as possible? Also, can you explain the protocols of the � rst date as this is our oldest child and � rst

experience.� ank you, we are eagerly waiting for your response!!

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DEAR NEW TO THE PARSHA,Welcome to the wonderful world of Kiyum Klal Yisroel, bracha v’hatzlocho.

If you haven’t already checked Dor Yeshorim, do so. It’s a simple phone call that clears the way. To make this process as

smooth as possible, careful preparation is necessary. � is means that a GPS is not su� cient, what is necessary is a trial run to the chosen location where the date will be {lounges in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or Lakewood ...!!! where else?} Your son should go into the place and familiarize himself with the surroundings….. � is will increase his comfort level. We did this with our son on his � rst few dates. He knew where to park, the cost involved, where to get drinks etc. It enhanced his con� dence level and it will do the same for your son. For those boys that driving is a new experience, a trial run is critical. Remember, you are taking responsibility for someone’s daughter, who if you will be lucky may turn out to be your wife!!!

It’s always helpful to prepare topics for conversation. First dates usually include the following topics: family, school, Israel, work, more Israel etc. If you prepare, you’ll never run short of what to discuss should the “basics” get covered too quickly. Remember to not only be prepared to talk but also to LISTEN. � is is not an easy task! With all the preparations planned be ready for the “Caribou Factor”, which is the unexpected. How one handles this is the most telling and insightful. A boy scratched a car as he was enter-ing the driveway of his � rst date. His � rst hello to her father was asking for paper, pen and tape to write a note to the owner of the car. Menshlichkeit, midos and poise shone. � e rest is history…he became his father-in-law. With all the preparations, he handled the unexpected. Prepare, do the best you can, have con� dence and your son will also shine.

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Parshas Nitzavim

Surviving Your Day in Court

You are standing today (HaYom), all of you (Kool’chem), before Hashem, your G-d… (29:9)

Alter of Kelm and R. Chatzkel Levenstein, zt"l cite the famous pas-sage in the Zohar (3:231) that speaks about this verse. � e Zohar explains that “HaYom” (ie. today / ‘the day’) is a reference to Rosh Hashanah, and that the Torah is giving us advice on how we can successfully survive the judgment of “the day.” � e key is to be found in the very next word, “Kool’chem.” It’s only when it’s “all of you,” ie. when you’re part of the Klal, when you’re part of everybody else, that you will survive the judgment. No one person alone has the merit to survive. � is is also the meaning of what it says in Tehillim 143:2, “Do not enter into strict judgment with us, for no living creature would be innocent before you.” But, when Hashem looks at the Klal as a whole, we somehow pass muster! � is is because one who is judged as part of the community is given the same bene� ts as the entire community, irrespective of whatever personal merit the individual does or doesn’t have.

� is is also the explanation of a fa-mous passage in Malachim II (4:13).

� e Prophet Elisha asked the Eshes Shunamis if she needed any favors and she answered, “I dwell among my people.” Zohar (Parshas Noach) explains that this conversation took place on Rosh Hashanah. When the Navi asked, “Can something be said on your behalf to the king,” he was asking, “Do you want me to make any special mention of you to Hashem – the King – on this awesome day?” And with her reply, the Eshes Shunamis com-municated her desire, “I dwell among my people.” In other words, she wished to be judged among the Jewish people, and not singled out as an individual.

Don’t Give Credit Where It’s Not Due

And you saw their abominations and their detestable idols - of wood and stone, of silver and gold that is

with them. (29:16)Alshich explains that the wood,

stone, silver, and gold in this pasukare not all references to the “idols” of the non-Jews. He explains that the phrase “wood and stone” does refer to the actual idols, but the words “silver and gold that is with them” refer to the material prosperity of the idolaters. In other words, when the Jewish commu-nity is su� ering, and at the same time

the non-Jewish peoples appear to be prosperous, there may be a big temp-tation to assimilate, or perhaps ascribe the material success of the Gentiles to their pagan lifestyle. � e Alshich is warning us against adopting this atti-tude. We must pay no attention to the “silver and gold that is with them.”

I o� en connect this idea to Devarim Rabbah (4:5) which says, “Sh’ein Adam Sho’mea Li U’mafsid.” Hashem says that we should always listen to Him, because there is no person that ever listened to Him and lost out thereby! Conversely, it goes without saying that nothing good can ever come from do-ing an aveira. A Yid is to live by the rule stated in Sotah 15a in the context of the Korbanos, “Sh’ein Choteh Niskar.” � is means that a sinner should not pro� t from his malfeasance.

The Lowly and Lofty Tribe

Perhaps there is among you a man or woman, or a family or tribe,

whose heart turns away today from being with Hashem, our G-d, to go

and serve the gods of those na-tions… (29:17)

In this verse, we see that Moshe was worried that a tribe might go and serve idolatry. Which particular tribe raised this concern? Midrash Shocher Tov says that this reference is going on Shevet Dan! But how can we say this? What does the Torah have against this tribe?

If one studies the Torah closely, it becomes evident that, relatively speak-ing, Shevet Dan was on lower madrei-ga (level) than the other tribes: (i) We � nd in Bereishis 49:17 that Yaakov Aveinu compares Dan to a snake … and it is well-known that the Nachash is a symbol of evil. (ii) Midrash Tanchuma (Ki Seitzei 10) relates that the Tribe of Dan was thrown-out of the Ananei HaKavod (Clouds of Glory) in the Midbar because they were all idol worshipers! (iii)Vayikra 24:11 tells us of the Jew who blasphemed the Name of Hashem, and that he descended (on his mother’s side) from the Tribe of Dan. (iv) Bereishis 46:23 speaks of “Dan’s sons: Chushim.” Chasam Sofer wonders why the pasuk speaks of “sons,” in view of the fact that Chushim is only one person! He answers based upon a comment of Rashi (Bereishis 46:26), which notes that earlier in Sefer Bereishis, a plural term is used in ref-erence to Eisav’s o� spring because they

believed in a multiplicity of gods (ie. even though it was grammatically un-necessary). Chasam Sofer concludes that the same answer can be given over here; Chushim is called “sons” because this tribe would one day involve them-selves with Avodah Zarah and a belief in many gods! (v) Sadly, we also � nd in Sho� im 18:30 an explicit reference to the tribe’s involvement in idolatry, for the pasuk says there, “� e children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image…” So based upon all of this, we can perhaps understand why the Midrash Shocher Tov says that the un� attering reference to “tribe” in our pasuk refers to Shevet Dan.

While in some ways Dan was the lowest of the tribes, it was perhaps that lowly stature than enabled them at times to accomplish things that no one else could! As we see in the writings of R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin (Tzidkas HaTzaddik 49, 76), there’s an idea in Torah Hashkafa that the greater a person’s ability to do Rishus (evil), simultaneously we � nd the greater that person’s ability for Kedusha. For example, Sotah 13a tells how the wicked Eisav made a tumult at the time of Yaakov’s burial, because he wanted the last plot in Maaras HaMachpeila for himself. Na� ali ran to Egypt to fetch the deed in order to show that the burial plot belong to his father, Yaakov. And meanwhile, it was Chushim ben Dan – a grand-son of Yaakov – who killed Eisav! In reference to this, the commentaries point out that it’s startling that the actual children of Yaakov didn’t take action … but yet this grandson from the Tribe of Dan did.

Rama MiPano points out the name ‘Chushim’ has no letter Vav in his name in the Torah, though we’d have naturally expected to � nd it. Why? He explains that this is so his name will contain the same letters as the word ‘Moshiach!’ He also says that this is why immediately following the pasukthat compares Dan to a snake, we � nd Dan longing for Hashem’s salvation (Bereishis 49:18) which is always a ref-erence to the Moshiach, because of the unique role Dan would play in making it happen!

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halachos & hanhagos from

Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita

RABBI MOSHE BOYLAN

� e following are questions and answers (relating to the halachos of a siyum) are based upon the Sefer “Yuma Tova Lerabanan” from Rav Moshe Dinin Shlita and Rav Chaim Binyamin Goldberg Shlita. � e section of Teshuvos from Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita starts on Page 119. Brackets are additions from the author. Rav Chaim said that the teshuvos are not meant to be relied upon lemaaseh, but rather to look into the halacha or to ask someone who is � tting to pasken, decide halacha. {Q means question and A means answer.}

Q: What is the minhag as to saying Tachanun at a minhag as to saying Tachanun at a minhag siyum? A: We say Tachanun at a siyum. A siyum mesechta does not cause

Tachanun not to be said. � e Shulchan Aruch writes about things that cause Tachanun not to be said, and a siyum mesechta is not one of them.

Q: In order to make a siyum, does one have to say the words of the Mesechta out loud, or is it enough to think the words to oneself?

A: It is better to say the words out loud. Q: If one learns the mesechta out of order {lemashal learning the

latter part of the mesechta and then the beginning of the mesechta) can one make the siyum?

A: We are maikil, lenient that even in this case we can make a siyum.


Mi Haish HeChafeitz Chaim: Inyanim of Shemiras Halashon As the yahrtzeit of the Chofetz

Chaim zt”l approaches, it is quite appro-priate for all to learn more halachos of shemiras halashon. In addition, the days of Elul are devoted to doing teshuva, in-cluding for the serious aveiros of Loshon Hora and related sins. The following are some of the halachos and hashkafos related to Shemiras HaLashon. Some of the sources include a tape from Rav Zev Smith Shlita and Chofetz Chaim with the peirush of Orchos Chaim (Rav Rutner Shlita).

Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l said that if one said that a rav doesn’t know to sing and the chazan doesn’t know how to learn, this is loshon hora. However, if one says that the rav doesn’t know how to learn and the chazan doesn’t know how to daven, then this is akin to Retzicha, killing. We see from here how careful we must be when we speak about something which may destroy another person’s parnassah.

The Chofetz Chaim zt”l writes that it is forbidden to speak loshon hora about a dead person. This is violation of a Cherem Kadmonim. Some learn that it is only a Cherem Kadmonim, but not a complete aveirah of Loshon hora. Others hold that such speech is actual-ly an aveirah of loshon hora. {It may be

explained that while the person is not alive, his neshama knows when others speak bad about him, and this may cause his neshama hurt. Additionally, the extra bad things said about his neshama may cause a kitrug against his neshama in the Olam Haemes. Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlita writes that one can speak loshon hora about a dead person if this will have a toeless. For instance, if “Peloni” died and was known for doing a bad thing, it would be acceptable for a rebbi or rav to tell his talmidim that Peloni’s actions were not acceptable and no one should learn from them. Rav Zilberstein said that this would actually be a toeless for the neshama of the niftar, as it would prevent others from learning bad deeds from him, adding to whatever aveiros he did in Olam Hazeh.}

Rav Smith Shlita mentions that it is forbidden to speak about a person if it will cause damage, even if what one is saying is true and actually a mitzvah. Lemashal, Chazal say that Rav Shimon Bar Yochai spoke against the Roman government. Yehuda Ben Gairim pub-licized this statement, which caused the Roman government to try to kill Rav Shimon Bar Yochai. {This was the reason that he had to hide in a cave for many years.} What Yehuda Ben Gairim

said was true and not derogatory. Nonetheless, it caused damage to Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and it was therefore considered to be loshon hora.

What would an example be of such speech nowadays? Let us say that “Chaim” is a Baal Teshuva or a Geir Tzedek. “Shmuel” decides to tell every-one that Chaim is a Baal Teshuva or a Geir Tzedek. Is this permitted? On the one hand, one can argue that one is not saying anything bad about Chaim, as he is not to be faulted for growing up with-out Torah (or even more so if he grew up as a non-Jew), and when he discovered the truth about Torah he did teshuva (or converted). Nonetheless, if this will cause damage to Chaim, then this is lo-shon hora, even though he is not saying anything bad about him. {Lemashal, if this knowledge will cause problems with shidduchim or will embarrass Chaim, then it is loshon hora, due to the damage this knowledge is causing. As an aside, if one knows that someone is a Baal Teshuva or Geir, he should not auto-matically assume he wants to talk about his experiences. While this is possible, it is also possible he is sensitive about this and doesn’t want to discuss it. If he is not sure then he should not discuss the situation, he should at the very least privately ask if it is ok for him to discuss the subject with him.}

Obviously, if the person likes to dis-cuss this issue and publicly tells others about this, then it is not a problem with loshon hora, unless the person publi-cizing this fact has in mind to cause damage or embarrassment to the other person.

Another interesting shailah was asked to Rav Elyashiv zt”l. “Shimon” was a talmid in a Yeshiva High School. For 9th, 10th and 11th grade, Shimon was not a good talmid and acted inap-propriately. The first 6 months of 12th grade, Shimon continued on in his bad path. The last 6 months of 12th grade, Shimon turned over a new leaf and did teshuva. Now Shimon wants to apply to a Beis Medrash. The Menahel of the Beis Medrash calls us the Menahel of the High School and asks him about Shimon. What should the Menahel say? Rav Elyashiv paskened that the Menahel should only discuss the good part of Shimon’s behavior in the last six months of his tenure in High School, and skip over the bad things he did in the other part of his being a bochur there.

I thought this was a chiddush, as per-haps Shimon may chas veshalom revert to his bad behavior and be a bad influ-ence to the other bochurim in the Beis Medrash. I heard an answer to explain this pesak: Maybe we are talking about a case in which the behavior was not

so severe and it is clear that the bochur will not return to this behavior. If we would be talking about a more severe case in which there was a chance that the bochur would revert to bad behav-ior, possibly causing problems to the new Yeshiva, then it would be required for the Menahel to discuss this with the Menahel of the potential new Yeshiva.

Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was asked whether a Rebbi could ask his class to reveal the name of a bochur who had done something incorrect in the class. {Lemashal he had stolen some-thing or had acted with chutzpah.} Rav Chaim paskened that this was permitted in order to accomplish toeless of educat-ing the bochur who had acted inappro-priately. {It would seem clear that even like Rav Chaim, the rebbi should explain to his talmidim that he needs to do this for toeless, and generally it is not per-mitted to speak loshon hora.

I would also like to mention that I spoke this over with a number of mechanchim, and they mentioned that this may cause problems in terms of Chinuch. Lemashal, the person who may decide to “snitch” on his classmate may get a bad name with his other classmates and become ostracized. Additionally, the boy that becomes known to all other bochurim through publicly asking all his classmates to tell what he did, may hold this against the rebbi. As such, in summation, in terms of Hilchos Loshon Hora it is not a prob-lem for the rebbi to ask his talmidim to mention who did something bad (as this will help the rebbi educate the talmid with the problem). At the same time, the rebbi should keep in mind that this may cause more problems than it solves. The rebbi would be advised to speak this over with his Menahel (and/or an expert in Chinuch) and hopefully iy”h he will be able to resolve the issue in a manner that is productive to all the members of the class and the rebbi as well.}

May the zechus of Shemiras HaLashon stand for Klal Yisroel to get a year of Chayim, Gezunt and Parnassah.


Divrei Chizuk Likras Yomim HaNoraim Based Upon The Writings of Maran Rav Yaakov Yitzchok HaLevi Ruderman zt”l – Part IRABBI MOSHE BOYLAN

� e following is based upon the sefer “Sichos Halevi”, which was written by Rabbi Reuven Askowitz Shlita, based upon the shmuessen of Maran Rav Yaakov Yitzchok HaLevi Ruderman zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Ner Yisroel (Baltimore). Brackets are additions from the author.

In the Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah it says “Atah zocher es kol hamifal vegam kol hayetzur lo nichchad mimecha”. � e Nachalas Dovid says in the name of his rebbe, Maran Rav Chaim Voloziner zt”l that remem-bering the mifal means the situation of the sin. � is is so, as sometimes there are two sins which are consid-ered di� erently due to the situation of the various aveiros. Lemashal, “Reuven” ate something not ko-sher due to his being very hungry (though it was not life-threatening). “Shimon” on the other hand ate the non-kosher item as a way of going against Hashem r”l. Clearly, these two aveiros can’t be judged as the same. � erefore, Hashem must re-member the matzav, situation of the aveirah. � e mifal of the chet also in-cludes � guring the totzaah, impact of the sin that the person did. {� is impact could be on the sinner or on other people. Lemashal, if a person talks in the middle of davening, he may make this aveirah acceptable for others who may also start to sin by speaking in the middle of dav-ening. Also, this aveirah has an im-pact on the sinner himself. Chazal tell us that aveirah goreres aveirah, one aveirah leads to another. � us, through this one aveirah, the sinner may come to many other aveiros.}

Kol Hayetzur hints to the entire-ty of the person who committed the sin. What was his chinuch who did this sin? Lemashal, Hashem will not hold a person who grew up in Brooklyn for his sins, the same way someone from Kelm would be held to account for his aveiros.

{We know that Hashem judges good just as He judges the evil done by people. As such, we can say that the mitzvos a person does will be judged similarly to the evil, as men-tioned previously. Two people may

do a mitzvah, but will be judged di� erently. “Reuven” keeps kosher, but comes from a home where this is assumed. “Shimon” comes from a situation in which kashrus is not taken for granted and is not as-sumed. While both people will get rewarded for eating kosher, clearly the mesirus nefesh that Shimon had for his mitzvah will give him more reward than that given to Reuven.

A mitzvah done also has an impact on the person who did the mitzvah, as Chazal say mitzvah goreres mitzvah, one mitzvah leads to another. � rough one hour of Limud HaTorah, the learner may come to many other hours of Limud HaTorah. Likewise ones mitzvah may have a great impact on others. Lemashal, one who learned Torah may impact on giving chizuk to others who likewise learn to value Limud HaTorah.

Hashem will likewise judge the mitzvos a person does, based upon the chinuch he had in the past. Lemashal, a person may learn a lit-tle bit and still be considered righ-teous if he had a chinuch in which it was not accepted so much to learn. If, however, he had a chinuch that encouraged learning, then there may be more of a taanah on him for only learning a little bit, if he really understood to learn much more. Of course such cheshbonos are only for Hashem to make, and are not for us to decide, not knowing everything like Hashem.

May we all be zoche to have a good Din, and a Kesivah Vachasimah Tovah Lealtar Lechayim Tovim U’Leshalom.}

Learning to Work or Working to Learn?We see in this week’s Parsha, Perek

Lamed, posuk yud tes the importance of choosing life so that we can survive for many generations.

� e Rash MiShantz on the Mishna in Peah, Perek Alef, Mishna Alef quotes a Yerushalmi in which Reb Shimon explains the above posuk of choosing life as choosing a good cra� . We also see from the Gemara in Nedarim, daf mem tes, amud bais that Reb Shimon would put a basket on his shoulder and work. He would say, “Work is great that it brings respect to the person doing it.”

Reb Shimon discusses the importance of work in a Mechilta in Parshas Yisro, Perek Chof, siman tes. � e Kohen Gadol is so incredibly holy that he may enter the Kodshei Kodoshim when he needs to do Avodah on Yom Kippur; however, if he enters the Kodshei Kodoshim when he is not doing the avodah he is punishable by death. In contrast, if repairs are needed, even a tamei or a baal mum may enter to do the required repairs. � is would indicate that Reb Shimon was a proponent of going to work.

We � nd in the Gemara Brachos, daf lamed heh, amud bais that Reb Shimon holds that the main purpose on this world is not to work, but to learn Torah day and night. How can we reconcile what Reb Shimon says about working and what he says about learning?

� e Gemara quotes Reb Shimon bar Yochai saying what will become of a man’s Torah learning if he plows during plowing season, plants during planting season, harvests during har-vest season, threshes during thresh-ing season, and winnows during winnowing season? When the Jews do the will of Hashem, others do their work, but when the Jews do not do the will of Hashem, then they must do the work by themselves.

We can attempt to explain this seeming contradiction by di� erenti-ating between work that is related to land, which requires extensive work through a majority of the year, and work that may involve a cra� . Work related to land causes a great amount of bittul Torah; whereas other cra� s

or jobs are not as extensive and time consuming, thereby giving the per-son a chance to make a living and also having ample time to devote to learning Torah.

With this explanation we can understand the Gemara in Shabbos, daf lamed gimmel, amud bais that recounts the story of Reb Shimonand his son Reb Elazar. Upon exiting the cave they had hid in for twelve years, Reb Shimon and Reb Elazarsaw a person plowing and planting the fields. Reb Shimon and Reb Elazar could not believe that people were leaving the work of Olam Haba and spending time working for this temporary world! Whomever they saw working in the � elds got burned from the eyes of Reb Shimon and his son. We see from this Gemara that their anger was only focused on people working in the � elds, not on people doing any other jobs, since working as a farmer takes a lot of time and e� ort leaving little or no time for learning.

� e Rosh in Bava Basra, Perek Alef, siman chof vov writes that a talmid chacham whose parnassa is made via a business or a cra� and his every free moment is dedicated to learning Torah, the term “TorahUmnaso” (Torah is his cra� ) may still apply to him. � e Shailos U’teshuvos Mahari ben Lev, Chelek Gimmel, si-man mem zayin writes that included in one’s parnassa responsibility is the ability to marry o� one’s daughter with a nadan. � e Shailos U’tshuvos, Maharash Halevi, siman chof daled adds that part of this responsibility of parnassa is to earn enough money to buy clothing and jewelry for one’s wife and children and to be able to have shalom bayis.

This would just reinforce Reb Shimon’s quote that he praises one who works, so long as he is not meva-tel Torah, and is still called a person whose Umnos (cra� ) is Torah. Let us all strive to be a person like the above!

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NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on Vermont Governor Phil Scott to investigate the civil rights violations of a Hassidic fam-ily who was traveling through Vermont. Members of the Fink family of Boro Park were terrorized by a State Trooper in what appears to be a bias incident.

Rabbi Berl Fink, age 60, a noted scholar and author who resides in Brooklyn, and his wife Blimie Fink, a Brooklyn school principal, were travel-ing with their two children on Monday evening, August 7, when they were pulled over by a State Trooper. The of-ficer pointed a gun at family members, including a minor, and proceeded to roughly handcuff each family member in turn. Prior to being cuffed, Mrs. Fink had the good sense to call 911 to report what was occurring so other police offi-cers soon arrived.

After 20 minutes of being held, the officer changed his mind, apparently, and released the family, stating that he needed to respond to another, more urgent call. Mr. Fink was issued a sum-mons for eluding a police officer.

The Finks called the State Police the next day to lodge a complaint. They spoke with Sergeant Lyle Becker who

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“My constituents’ dress made it clear that they were Hassidic Jews, a sight that may be uncommon in Vermont but one that is hardly a crime,” said Hikind. “While it would be difficult to mistake the Fink family as people who might pose a danger to police officers, they were subjected to having guns pointed at them, being handcuffed, terrorized and humiliated. This entire incident has left the Fink family traumatized and fearful of travel. I am horrified by the treatment my constituents were subject-ed to and deeply troubled that it may have been a bias incident prompted by their mode of dress. I am appalled that any family would be treated like this when it is clearly apparent they were not even suspected of criminal activity. I am demanding an immediate investigation into the violation of my constituents’ civil rights.”

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“Seeing is Believing,” Or is It?Quite o� en I receive interesting

articles and information from a good friend of mine, who will be known as JJ. Recently JJ sent me a wonderful image which is presented in the ar-ticle. At � rst glance, it appeared to be genuine and authentic, however this proved not to be the case. And so I present this week’s article.

Dear Friends,As is becoming increasingly com-

mon in our times it’s hard to di� eren-tiate between what’s true and what’s fake. I say this now because I had sent out a photo last week of a spectacular sunset with the moon at the North Pole.

A colleague friend of mine was � rst to respond, that according to Snopes, this photo is a fake. I soon received another e-mail from a nephew, who has a sharp eye in discerning what’s real or not, questioning the validity of this phenomena. At � rst, I felt like a fooled idiot who got caught up in the excitement of last week’s solar eclipse, thinking that the photo of the sunset over the North Pole was real. In fact though, the more I started to research this online, the more I found out that this photo is not even ‘photoshopped’ but taken from ‘artwork’ which was also featured on NASA’s website.

� e scene was drawn to be an imaginary celestial place that would be calm and peaceful, but could not exist anywhere on the Earth, because from the Earth, the Moon and the Sun always have nearly the same

angular size. Still, the scene drawn is quite striking, and the crescent part of the “moon” shown is approximate-ly accurate given the location of the parent star. It’s not a photograph! It’s a drawing, called “Hideaway”, created by Inga Nielsen. It’s a really, really good drawing, beautifully done, so realistic it can fool people into thinking it’s a photo.

I think that even newspapers ought to put in a disclaimer that they are not responsible for any “fake news”, because these days we simply don’t know what and whom to be-lieve anymore!

So, my apology to those who, like me, got swept up with a stunning photo which scene turns out to be NOT real.

JJ Freedman

Dear JJ, � ank you ever so much for your

enlightening article. Perhaps this is something we should all keep in mind as we now enter the era of “fake news.”

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power points on the ParshaRABBI EPHRAIM NISENBAUM

Behold you are all standing today before G-d…your heads …”

(Devarim 29:9)

The ethical masters interpret the passage to mean that we must observe how our leaders stand before the Al-mighty to learn how we must prepare ourselves to stand before Him. A kol-lel in B’nei Brak once sent a couple members to ask Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz if he could deliver an inspi-rational talk before Rosh Hashana. Rav Michel Yehuda thought for a minute, and then he broke into tears. The kollel fellows were dumbfounded as to what caused the sage to begin crying. After the Rosh Yeshiva calmed down a bit he explained. “If I don’t feel properly pre-pared myself to stand in judgment, how can I possibly inspire anyone else?!” Nothing more needed to be said, and the inspiration was passed down to the other members of the kollel.

“…you should choose life in order that you live…” (Devarim 30:19)

Rav Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe ques-tions the redundancy that one choose life in order that he live. Isn’t that ob-vious? He explains that if one were to ask a person why he works, he would often answer that he must work in or-der to eat. When asked why he must eat, he will say that he needs to eat to remain healthy. When questioned why he must be healthy, he will say that he needs strength in order to work. Life thus revolves around a never-ending cycle, working to eat and eating to work. This life has no higher purpose but to “exist.” Moshe tells the Jewish people that they should choose life, not a life whose goal is merely to eat and exist, but a life that has intrinsic mean-ing, to serve G-d. We similarly pray on Rosh Hashana, “Remember us for life, O King Who wants life, for Your Sake, O G-d of Life.” We ask for life for the purpose of serving the Al-mighty.

“…you should return to G-d …” (Devarim 30:2)

A person came to Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman to pour out his heart about a past sin, asking for a program of re-pentance. Rav Shteinman spoke to the person at length. The man then asked him, “If I follow this regimen is it possi-ble that I can then view my whole past as a closed matter?” Rav Shteinman replied, “Tell me, have you ever lost a large sum of money- maybe a thou-sand shekels or so?” The man nodded

his head in the affirmative. “When you recall the loss you probably still feel a twinge in your heart. Well, if you feel that same twinge when you think about your sin, it is very possible that your repentance has achieved its goal.”

“…you saw their abominations and their disgusting idols---of wood and

stone, of silver and gold…” (Devarim 29:16)

Rav Leib Chasman notes how the passage begins by calling the idols disgusting, then they are referred to as wood and stone, and then as silver and gold. He explains that initially a person is disgusted by sin. But after a while he merely sees it as wood and stone, mundane materials. Eventually he becomes so accustomed to it that it appears like gold. The yetzer hara slowly cools down a person’s opposi-tion to sin until it actually becomes at-tractive. When the Chafetz Chaim first witnessed desecration of Shabbos, af-ter the First World War, he shuddered and cried that in his old age he had to see such a terrible scene. The second time he saw Shabbos desecration he cried again, because he realized that it did not bother him as much as it had the first time.

It is not in the Heaven… (Devarim 30:12)

Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg left America shortly after his wedding to study in the Mir Yeshiva in Poland. He once went to Radin to visit the Chafetz Chaim to receive his blessing. The el-derly sage was hard of hearing, and a family member shouted in the Chafetz Chaim’s ear that Rav Scheinberg had traveled all the way from America to study Torah in Europe. The sage smiled, shrugged and murmured, “If the Holy One Blessed be He descend-ed all the way from Heaven to Earth to give us the Torah, what is novelty that someone would travel a few thou-sand miles from America to Europe to study the Torah?”

…it is in your mouth and in your heart to do it. (Devarim 30:14)

A Jew came to Rav Moshe of Kobrin complaining that he could not eke out a living. He explained that although he had a store, everyone seemed to prefer his competitor’s store, and the jeal-ousy would not allow him to sleep at night. Rav Moshe advised the man that whenever he saw someone entering the

other store he should thank Hashem that his competitor was making a liv-ing, and he would then be assisted too. The man shook his head in disbelief. “Rebbe, How can I be appreciative when I see him taking all my liveli-hood?!” Rav Moshe nodded. ‘I know it is difficult, but if you just mouth the words you will eventually come to feel it in your heart too. The Torah says, ‘it is in your mouth and in your heart to do.’ If you say it with your mouth, it will also enter your heart.”

See I have placed before you today life and the good, death and evil.

(Devarim 30:15)

Rav Reuven Karlenstein relates that a religious man had to be in the hospital for an operation. His large family took turns visiting him each day, bringing him food and anything they could to make his stay easier. His roommate was a secular Israeli whose wife visited him occasionally, when she could take off from work. Their son called once from out of town to see how his father was faring. The lonely man looked longingly at his

roommate and remarked, “You know, people say that the religious Jews can enjoy their lot in the World to Come. I don’t know if I believe that, but I see that they can definitely enjoy their lot in This World!”

…for it is your life and the length of your days… (Devarim 30:20)

Rav Gad’l Eisner was the Mashgiach in the Gerrer Yeshiva. A student once approached him and admitted that he simply had no desire to study and he wanted to leave the yeshiva. Rav Gad’l told the young man, “When a person is ill he sometimes loses the desire for food. Nevertheless, he forces himself to eat as he knows he cannot exist without eating. If he still cannot eat, he must receive the nourishment in-travenously for a person cannot live without nourishment. A person can-not live without Torah too. Even if he has no desire to learn, he must either push himself to learn without desire or find some other means to absorb Torah, but without any Torah study at all one cannot survive.”

Parshas Nitzavim

CHILDREN'S CORNERDEDICATED IN MEMORY OF RABBI SHMUEL KUNDA Z"LDEDICATED IN MEMORY OF RABBI SHMUEL KUNDA Z"L


Making Hashem Proud by: Chaviva Krohn PfeifferReprinted with permission from ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications

� e Captain’s Job� e men, women, and children standing on the dock were excit-

ed. It was time to board the huge ship that would take them on their vacation! � ey had packed their suitcases with lots of clothing, some books, a few games, and snacks. What a great trip this would be!

� e captain of the ship was the � rst to board. He walked up the gangplank and onto the ship carrying his suitcase. � e captain’s suit-

case was � lled with di� erent things than the passengers’. He had maps, charts, and tools to help him steer the ship safely to its destination.

Next, the passengers boarded. � e crew welcomed them and made sure they were comfort-able. Once the ship set sail, the passengers settled down for a lovely voyage. � ey took in the view, ate the delicious food served to them, and enjoyed the entertainment the crew provided. � ey could rest and relax whenever they wanted to.

Meanwhile, the captain stayed at the wheel of the ship in the deckhouse. It was his job to guide the ship safely, so he could not take much time to relax. He had a big responsibility!

It may seem like the passengers were better o� than the captain. � ey had no worries, only pleasure. � e di� erence is that at the end of the journey, when the captain lowered the anchor and docked the ship, the passengers disembarked and their fun ended. � at is when the captain got paid well for all of his hard work throughout the journey.

BY SOLOMON MEHLMAN v"g

The Torah True Talking Zoo


Pinchasthe Parrot

I’m Pinchas, the Parrot, my colors are bright!My feathers are really a colorful sight!

Some red and green, some blue and yellowI’m also a very talkative fellow!

Seeds and nuts I love to eatAnd fruit to me is a special treat!

Jewish children all love to eat, too!But do YOU eat like a Torah-true Jew?

If before each meal you wash and say“Al netilas yodaim,” hooray!

If with the meal you’re eating bread,Then “hamoitze lechem” must be said.

At the end of the meal, be sure there’s “bentchen,”For that’s the way of Jewish “mentshen”!

Bentching:

Grace After Meals


The Torah True Talking Zoo

Pinchasthe Parrot

I’m Pinchas, the Parrot, my colors are bright!My feathers are really a colorful sight!

Some red and green, some blue and yellowI’m also a very talkative fellow!

Seeds and nuts I love to eatAnd fruit to me is a special treat!

Jewish children all love to eat, too!But do YOU eat like a Torah-true Jew?

If before each meal you wash and say“Al netilas yodaim,” hooray!

If with the meal you’re eating bread,Then “hamoitze lechem” must be said.

At the end of the meal, be sure there’s “bentchen,”For that’s the way of Jewish “mentshen”!

Bentching:

Grace After Meals

JUNIOR COOKING

An Excerpt from The Cherry on Top, A Kosher Junior Cookbookby Chaya Feigy Grossman: 718.436.4223 / [email protected]



Even Hashem Paid a VisitIn all their a� iction He was a� icted (Ha� orah Parashas Nitzavim, Yeshaya 63:9)� e Baal HaTanya wielded much in� uence among Russian Jewry. When

he was once imprisoned by the Russians, it caused such a furor that even the Czar became involved in the case. Wishing to interrogate the distinguished prisoner himself, he paid a visit to the cell, disguised as an army o� cer.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, the Rebbe instinctively sensed that he was the king. He rose and recited the proper blessing when one sees a king. � e Czar was furious at having been unmasked and began shouting, “Why do you think that I am the king? You are mistaken. And for being so bold and arrogant to think that the king would deign to visit you, you deserve to be punished.”

� e Baal HaTanya was una� ected. “Your Majesty need not take a� ront at being discovered visiting a prison cell. Even the A-mighty visited a prisoner.”

� e king was further enraged, for he thought the rabbi was playing with words. “You are talking nonsense!” he shouted.

“What I said is true, Your Majesty. It says so explicitly in the Torah. ‘And he (Yosef) was put in prison … and G-d was with Yosef.’ So you see, the A-mighty did visit him in prison.”

� e rabbi’s manner and his words pleased the Czar and he was no longer angry.

Urgent MattersReturn, O Israel(Ha� orah Parashas Vayelech, Hoshea

14:2)It was the week between Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur: the Ten Days of Penitence. A harried chasid entered the study of the Gerrer Rebbe, the Sefas Emes, and poured out all of his problems.

His business a� airs had become all entangled. He needed advice on many matters and relied implicitly upon the Rebbe to solve his problems. A� er hav-ing thoroughly described the situation, he concluded, “Rebbe, the matter is most urgent. Please tell me exactly what to do.”

� e Rebbe raised inquiring eyebrows and said in wonder, “Urgent? Really? During the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah the only urgent matter that a Jew can possibly have is his teshuvah!”

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“This Season’s Leitmotif: Return!”

We have all been brought up to believe in the importance of progress. For the past several centuries, the goal of philosophy, religion, culture, and certainly science has been to develop ideas and practices which advance humankind beyond its present state.

So forceful has been the emphasis upon progress that any attempt to return to past ideas and methods is almost universally criticized as back-ward and primitive, and, at the very least, old-fashioned. � e antonym for progress, regress, is a word with strong negative connotations. No one wants to be seen as a regressive.

At this time of the year, just be-fore Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the theme of progress is de� nitely in the air. We all hope to progress to a better year, to a year of growth and development. Indeed, many synagogues conclude the old year and begin a new one with the refrain, “May this year and its curses be gone, and may a new year with its blessings begin!”

No one seems to wish that the coming year be one of status quo. Certainly, very few hope for a return to the past.

And yet, it is precisely “return” that our Torah promulgates, espe-cially at this time of year.

� is week’s Torah portion, Parshat Nitzavim, contains the following passage (Deuteronomy 30:1-10). I provide a literal translation of some of the verbs, in accordance with their Hebrew root:

“When all these things befall you—the blessing and the curse…And you take them to heart [literally, and you return them to your heart]...And you will return to the Lord your G-d, and you and your children will heed His command...� en the Lord your G-d will return your captivity...He will return you from all the na-tions...You will return and again heed

the voice of Lord...For the Lord will return to delight in your well-being...Once you return to the Lord your G-d with all your heart and soul.”

In the space of just several vers-es, the word “return” appears, in one form or another, at least sev-en times! It was in the writings of the great Nechama Leibowitz that I � rst learned the importance of a word that appears repetitiously in the course of a single text. We are to think, she wrote, of such a term as a leitvort, a leading word, a word which gives us a clue and leads us to the deeper meaning of the text at hand.

Even my limited familiarity with the German language was su� cient for me to draw the comparison be-tween leitvort, a word that identi� es the theme of an entire passage, and the word leitmotif, which is a thought or melody that pervades a literary work or a musical composition.

� e ten days that begin on Rosh Hashanah and conclude on Yom Kippur are known as the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, which is usually translat-ed as � e Ten Days of Repentance. But teshuvah does not really mean repentance, and it certainly does not mean penitence, as it is frequently rendered. Rather, it means return.

� e leitmotif of this entire season is the Torah’s call for us to engage in profound introspection and to return to a place which we have lost, forgotten, or abandoned. It is not progress that is demanded of us during the next several weeks; it is, oddly enough, regress.

It can legitimately be asked, re-turn to what? I would like to provide an answer or two to that question, inspired by the book that I � nd so personally meaningful at this time of year. It is � e Lights of Teshuvah, by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook.

Rav Kook emphasizes that over the course of time, we each develop as individuals, and in that process

isolate and alienate ourselves from others, from our families, from the people of Israel. To return means to return from our self-centeredness to the collective, from the prat, or single unit, to the klal, or all-encompassing group. There can be no teshuvah unless the person reconnects with larger components of society. We all, in our heart of hearts, know the ways in which he has cut himself o� from significant people in his life, and each of us knows how to reconnect to those individuals.

My experience as a psychothera-pist has taught me that there is an-other destination to which it would pay for us to return. I speak of our childhood. As we mature and devel-op in life, we grow in many positive directions. But we also move away from our innocence, from our child-ish enthusiasm, from the hope and sense of potential that characterizes the young, but which older individ-uals eschew cynically.

People � nd it very rewarding to, if only in their imaginations, return

to their youth and recapture some of the positive qualities that they le� behind as they made their adult choices.

Finally, we all need to return the Almighty, to His Torah, and to His Land.

No matter how intense our wor-ship of Him during the past year was, we can return to Him for an even stronger connection.

No matter how studiously we ex-plored His Torah, we can return to even deeper levels of its impenetra-ble depth.

No matter how loyal our faithful-ness to the land of Israel was, we can return to even greater loyalty and more courageous faith.

And no matter what our relation-ship was with others in our lives, we can draw upon our own inner sourc-es of generosity and compassion and enhance those relationships in a spir-it of genuine teshuvah, of returning to those others, and, in the process, to our truer selves.

Parashat NitzavimThe Person in the ParshaRABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB



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23 ElulRav Yisrael of Pikov, son of Rav

Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1818)Rav Uri, the Seraph of Strelisk,

author of Imrei Kodesh (1826). A dis-ciple of Rav Shlomo of Karlin and of Rav Mordechai of Neshchiz, he was the brother-in-law of Rav Menachem Mendel of Kosov. His main disciple was Rav Yehuda Zvi Hirsch, the first of the Stretyn dynasty.

Rav Yosef Baabad, the Minchas Chinuch (a commentary on Sefer Hachinuch), Rav of Tarnapol, Poland (1874). His “last name” is an acronym for B'nei Av Beit Din.

Rav Yitzchak Menachem Danziger, the Alexander Rebbe, author of Akeidas Yitzchak, killed in Treblinka with eight of his chil-dren (1942)

Rav Meir Yehuda Getz, Rav of the Kosel and Rosh Yeshivas Beit El (1924-1995). After one of his sons, a paratrooper, was killed in the battle for Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War, Rav Getz moved to the Old City and settled in the Jewish Quarter. He established a yeshiva there, and took up the duties he held until his death. In July 1981 Rav Getz was construct-ing a new synagogue behind the Wall that would face the Temple Mount. While the construction was going on, workers accidentally discovered Warren's Gate and an open area be-hind it that they believed to be from the First Temple period.

Rav Nachman Dovid Dubinky (1911-2006). Born in The Old City of Yerushalayim, where his father came after leaving Russia as a Breslaver chossid. His father was niftar when Rav Nachman was 16 years old. He learned in Yeshivas Eitz Chaim for decades. There, he heard shiurim from Rav Issur Zalman, Rav Aharon Kotler, as well as the Gidulei Shmuel, Rav Shmuel Gedalya Neiman, and the Darkei Dovid, Rav Mordechai Dovid Levine. Rav Nachman lived in Bais Yisrael and a few other places, before settling in Botei Machsa when he and his Rebbetzin got married in 1932, after which they moved to Bo-tei Natan where he lived for the next

70 years. Rav Nachman's occupation through the years was sitting and learning Torah.

24 ElulChabakuk HanaviRav Yisrael Meir Kagan of

Radin (1838-1933). As a 9-year-old boy, he entered the yeshiva in Vilna. After marrying at 17 years of age, he continued his Torah studies, in spite of extreme poverty, spending every waking moment engrossed in the holy books. The Chafetz Chaim who refused to accept a post as rab-bi, opened a general store. His wife, insisting that he continue his Torah studies, managed the store. In 1869 he founded the Yeshivah of Radin. When he was 35 (1873) he published his first book, Chafetz Chaim, a compilation of the laws concerning leshon hara - spreading gossip and slander. He ultimately published over 20 books, including Ahavas Chesed, on the mitzvah of lending money, Machaneh Yisrael for Jews serving in non-Jewish armies, and Nidchei Yisrael for Jews who moved to places where there were few religious Jews, particularly America. Probably the most important book he wrote was the Mishna Berurah, a six volume commentary on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, which deals with the general laws of daily conduct, such as prayers, tefillin, blessings, Shabbat, and Festivals. It consists of 6 volumes and took 25 years to complete.

Rav Yechezkel Abramsky, Dayan in Slutsk and London, and Chief Dayan of the British Empire (1886-1976). He learned at the Beis Yosef yeshivah of Novardok under the Alter, Rav Yoizel Horowitz, as well as at Telz, Mir and Slabodka. He eventually became a close talmid of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk. Rav Yechezkel spent the first half of his life serving as a rav or dayan in various communities, and in 1924, he became rav of the Slutsk, with a kehillah of over ten thousand Jews. After the Russian revolution, Rav Yechezkel fought desperately against the Communist decrees to destroy religion, and he was sentenced to five years in Siberia, in 1929. In 1931, he was released, and the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, persuaded him to serve as Av Beis Din in London. In 1951, Rav Yechezkel moved from London to Eretz Yisrael, where Rav Eizik Sher invited him to give regular shiurim in Slabodka in Bnei Brak. Rav Ye-chezkel wrote twenty-five seforim

in his lifetime, the best known being his monumental Chazon Yechezkel, a commentary on the entire Tosefta.

Rav Uziel, first Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel (1953)

Rav Yitzchak Flusberg (1941-2004). Born in Tel Aviv, he learned at the Chevron Yeshiva In Yerusha-layim under Rav Meir Chadash. For a number of years, he served as Rosh Yeshiva at Tiferes Hakarmel in Chai-fa. He was among the founders of Gerrer shtieblech in Golders Green in London and in Toronto, and he was one of the primary founders of the Mifal Chessed organization of Ger in Eretz Yisrael.

25 ElulR. Elazar son of R. Shimon bar

Yochai (102 CE)Rav Yechiel Michel of

Zlotchov, (1721-1786). The son of son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Drohovitch, he was introduced by his father to the Baal Shem Tov at a young age. He was also a student of the Maggid of Mezritch. Many of his teachings are collected in Mayim Rabim. His dis-ciples included Rav Yehoshua Heshel of Apta. The Zlotschover Maggid also had five sons, each of whom became Rebbe in a different place. They were R' Yosef of Yampola, R' Mordechai of Kremnitz, R' Yitzchak of Radvil, R' Binyomin of Zbariz and R' Moshe of Zvhil, the first Zvhiller Rebbe.

Rav Avraham Horowitz, talmid muvhak of the Steipler Gaon. He learned at Novardok Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, then at Eitz Chaim in Yerusha-layim. When he was 18, he married the daughter of Rav Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, father of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. He became the chavrusa of the Steipler Gaon for de-cades and wrote a sefer called Orchos Rabbeinu detailing the customs and daily life of the Steipler and the Cha-zon Ish (with whom he was also very close). He also authored a set of hala-chic sefarim called Devar Halacha. (1925-2004).

26 ElulRav Eliyahu Tzarfati, author of

Eliyahu Zuta (1805)Rav Chaim Pinto of Mogador

(1758-1845). The famous Pinto family was dispersed worldwide – primarily to Morocco, the Ottoman Empire, and Holland -- after 1497 when Por-tugal expelled its Jews. Rav Shlomo Pinto married his second wife, Chi-yuna Beneviste, and moved to Aga-dir, Morocco. In 1758, Chiyuna gave

birth to their son, Rav Chaim, whom they named after Rav Chaim Vital. Ten years later, Rav Shlomo passed away, leaving his son an orphan. The Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammed, closed down the port of Agadir, re-placing it with the new port of Moga-dor (or Essaquira) that he had com-pleted 1765, far south on Morocco's west coast. Mogador's thriving busi-nesses were jumpstarted by thirteen businessmen known as the toujiar el Sultan (the traders of the Sultan) - ten of them Jews and three of them Mos-lems - and thanks to them and oth-ers, Mogador helped open Morocco to Europe. Within twenty years, the Mogador Jews would comprise half or more of the town's 6,000 residents. Young Chaim moved to Mogador and learned in the yeshiva headed by the av beis din, Rav Yaakov Bibas. Over time, Rav Chaim became an ac-complished mekubal and renowned for his ruach hakodesh. Rav Chaim was survived by his four distin-guished sons, Rav Yehuda, Rav Yosef, Rav Yoshiyahu, and Rav Yaakov.

Rav Shmuel Abba Zikelinsky of Zichlin (1810-1879), an important disciple of Rav Simcha Bunim of Psh-ischah, and subsequently a Rebbe in his own right.

27 ElulRav Moshe Segal of Levov,

known as Rosh Hagolah Umanhig Hamedinah (1719).

Rav Yitzchak Chiyus (Chayes), Rav in Skolya (1726). Author of of the Mishnah commentary, Zera Yitzchak.

Rav Nosson Adler, teacher of the Chasam Sofer, author of Mishnah DiRabi Nasan (1800)

Rav Yaakov Leib of Kvahl (1833)

Rav Shalom Rokeach of Belz (the Sar Shalom), founder of Belz Chassidus (1779-1855). Born in Bro-dy and orphaned at a young age, he was brought up by his uncle, Rav Yissochar Ber, Rav of Skol (Sokohl). He was nurtured by his mentors, the Chozeh of Lublin and Rav Shlomo Lutzker, the Divras Shlomo. In 1817, he was appointed Rav of Belz, and he in 1843, the famed Belz Beis Hame-drash was completed. (It was entirely destroyed during World War II, but a replica was built in Yerushalayim years later). Among his early students was Rav Shlomo Kluger of Brody. Since the beginnings of the move-ment, the misnagdim had accused


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MISASKIM SHIVA LISTING chasidim of devoting too much time to joyous celebrations in fellowship

with their rebbes, at the expense of Torah study. By stressing the overriding importance of in-depth Torah study, the Belzer Rebbe removed the stigma of superficiality that had plagued Chasidism. He was succeeded by his son, Rav Yehoshua. In the 1940s, the Nazis all but wiped out the splendor that was Belz. After the war, the remnants of Belzer Chasidus - under the lead-ership of the surviving scion of the Belz dynasty, the young Rabbi Yisachar Dov - miraculously restored the former grandeur of Belz. Today the glori-ous new Belzer yeshivah building graces the Jerusalem skyline. Some of his teachings are recorded in the sefer, Dover Shalom.

Rav Binyamin Tzvi Auerbach (or Tzvi Binyamin Auerbach) (1808-1873). Born to Rav Avraham, a mohel in Strasburg, in France, he served as a rabbi in Darmstadt for ten years after earning semicha as well as a PhD in philosophy and Semitic languages. While living in Frankfurt, Rav Auerbach wrote the sefer Bris Avraham in memory of his father. He also spent much of his time editing the sefer Ha'Eshkol, written by the Raavad of Norvona. Years later, when he became the Rav of Halberstat, he published his work as a commentary named Nachal Eshkol. =

Rav Moshe Nota Yungreis, the Menuchas Asher (1889). [this may be an error; Asher Anshel Jungreisz is the mechanber of Menuchas Asher].

28 ElulShaul Hamelech and his three sons, 880 BCE or 878 BCERav Sa’adya, father-in-law of Rav Chaim Vital (1574).Rav Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, co-founder and rosh yeshiva

of Shaar Hashomayim, father of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1954). The yeshiva came to occupy its current premises on Rechov Rashi in the Mekor Boruch neighborhood. Among the yeshiva's first talmidim in the Old City was Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank. It remained

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Rav Elya Lopian zt”l – Yahrtzeit 20 ElulNesaNel GaNtz

“A meeting with Eliyahu Hanavi and more…”

“To see Rav Elya Daven was like see-ing….ahh..uh..it is actually indescrib-able” These were the words Rav Dov Lev shlit”a from Yeshivas Hanegev in Netivot said to me when describing his memory of Rav Elya Lopian zt”l. His memory was not an uncommon one. It is commonplace to hear descriptions of Rav Elya from those who knew him as “A Malach”, “definitely not a mere man”, “An Ish Elokim” and similar descriptions. The reverence is recog-nizable in their voices as they recount their personal interactions with Rav Elya, even if that interaction was limit-ed to merely catching a glimpse of him as he walked by.

Rav Elya Lopian was born in the year 1872. In his youth, he studied in the Yeshiva in Lomza. He moved to England in 1925. He served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Eitz Chaim which was situated in the east end of London. He served in that capacity along with Rav Nachman Shlomo Greenspan zt”l. Rav Elya often spoke longingly about Eretz Yisrael and his ultimate desire to settle there. In 1950 he realized his dream. After teaching in Eitz Chaim for over 25 years, he handed over the

reins of the yeshiva to Rav Greenspan. He made his home initially in Yerusha-layim.

Upon the urging of the Chazon Ish (Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz), Rav Elya began delivering Mussar talks across Eretz Yisrael. Later in life Rav Elya accepted the position for which he was most known for, Mashgiach Ruch-ni (spiritual guide) in Yeshiva Knesses Chizkiyahu which was eventually lo-cated in Kfar Chassidim. The Shmu-ezen (discourses) given there by Rav Elya gained widespread acclaim and many people travelled in from great distances to hear them. Some are still available today on grainy yet discern-ible recordings.

To Rav Elya, actions that seemed ex-traordinary to others were simple to him. There is a famous picture of Rav Elya feeding a hungry cat. The cat was brought into the yeshiva to help get rid of a rodent problem. When Rav Elya asked how the cat gets fed, he was told not to worry as the cat will feed on all the mice he catch-es! As a matter of fact there hasn’t been any mice for days.” Rav Elya expressed, “Then the poor cat must be hungry, we owe him Hakaras Hatov (recognition in gratitude)” Rav Elya personally went and filled a saucer with warm milk and fed it to the cat. As a student rushed to

photograph the scene, Rav Elya expressed be-wilderment that such an action would merit a photograph. To him it was so simple, so part of him.

Many of Rav Elya’s actions were dumb-founding to the initial viewer until the full meaning would often only be understood much later. One such ex-ample is related by Rav Dovid Lapin. The story took place a few short years before Rav Elya passed away. During a regular Seder in the Yeshiva, Rav Elya suddenly rose from his place and started saying a loud emotional Kad-dish! Everyone in the Bais Medrash stopped their learning and answered the Kaddish. They were stupefied yet realized that they were witnessing one of those moments that they could not fully grasp. Later that evening the tragic news came through that the Syrian Air Force had shot down two Israeli pilot jets. The pilots were killed instantly. This took place near Kfar Chassidim. When further details began to emerge it became crystal clear: The exact mo-ment that Rav Elya got up to say Kad-dish was the exact time the pilots were shot down and killed, HY”D.

“An encounter with Eliyahu Hanavi”If not for the Sfas Emes revealing

this story it would never have become known, for Rav Elya did not discuss it despite being pressed on it on multiple occasions. The Gerrer Rebbe told Rav Dovid Mishkovsky of Kfar Chassidim the following story: In his younger years, Rav Elya went to the Sfas Emes to discuss various topics in learning. As he got up to leave he requested a Berachah (blessing) from the Rebbe. The Rebbe said “someone who merited a person-al visit from Eliyahu Hanavi does not need my blessing”. Rav Elya’s response is legendary “the fact that the Rebbe knows of my secret meeting with Eli-yahu Hanavi is the precise reason why I want the Rebbe’s blessing”. In reality this story reveals quite a bit about both the Gerrer Rebbe and Rav Elya.

Rav Elya knew how to impart Mus-sar to his Talmidim in a unique way. He always stressed that the Yetzer Horah does not limit himself to prey only on the youth. This mantra of Rav Elya was well illustrated in the follow-ing story. A Talmid once approached Rav Elya about traveling to a wedding in a location that might not be appro-priate for a Ben-Torah. Rav Elya ad-vised against it due to the spiritually de-structive atmosphere and sights of the location. The Talmid assured Rav Elya

that he wouldn’t look, nor would they affect him for he worked on himself and feels con-fident and strength-ened in these areas. Rav Elya didn’t reply, and to the Talmid’s befuddlement, Rav

Elya started flipping through a phone book. The Talmid could not contain himself and asked “Rebbe, why are you looking through a phone book at this moment?”. Rav Elya replied “I am an old man and the Yetzer Horah doesn’t escape me, yet you, who are a young man, say that these things don’t affect you? I am looking for a doctor for you!” The Talmid got the message and didn’t travel to the wedding.

There is a most powerful and so-bering thought delivered by Rav Elya which is most appropriate for this time of year. Rav Elya speaks: During World War I, a young boy was extremely mal-nourished and lay bedridden, too weak to move his hungry famished body. One day his friends came to visit him. The boy asked his father “who are these boys?” “These are the boys from your class”, his father sadly replied. A few days later his own brother came into the room. Again the boy asked “Father, who is this?” “It is your own brother my dear son” said the father. The fa-ther was angst ridden at the realization that the hunger and illness was causing his son to not recognize people. A short while later as the father was caretaking for his son, the son looked up at him in bewilderment “Who are you?” With tear filled eyes the father bent slowly to his son and replied “It is I, your father”. “The terrible consequence of hunger and malnourishment can cause some-one to not recognize his own father”, said Rav Elya.

Rav Elya continued “Every Jew-ish person is imbued with a Neshama (soul). Like the body the soul requires nourishment, albeit of a spiritual kind. Our Tefillos, 3 times a day nourish the soul. The Neshama also requires a steady diet of Torah and Mitzvos. If a person fails to nourish / feed his soul, it can become weak to the point where it might not recognize its Father in heav-en.

Rav Elya passed away in 1970. His Mussar thoughts are collected in the now classic Lev Eliyahu, which is divid-ed into the weekly Parshahs. The sefer, which was compiled by his Talmidim, amongst them Rav Sholom Schwadron has become widely accepted across a wide spectrum of Jews worldwide.

Yehi Zichro Baruch.

experience as something between disappointing and Okay. The EXIT sign with the customary arrow beck-oned to my left. But my eye caught something. It was small. It was sub-tle. It was insignificant. But it was profound.

We were standing above the Falls. We were able to see where the water originated from. The water was just moving slowly through the wood-land. It was, I guess, what you call a creek. The stones caused the water to disperse into scores of different channels…all moving ever so slowly towards the edge of the cliff. Without purpose; without direction. But then, the channels all kind of narrowed at that edge. And when the waters hit the edge they simultaneously came cascading over the natural rock for-mations in a rushing torrent.

We stood there…fixated. Seeing just the Falls, we weren’t particular-ly impressed. And after all, we were expecting a Niagara-like experience. But watching the source and seeing how this Falls came to be was quite another story.

We sat down on a bench and peered out at our little creek. We said nothing. It was so simple and peace-ful and unassuming. And then we spoke about Rosh Hashana…finally.

People always talk about making BIG changes – takanos, New Year resolutions.

“I want to lose 50 pounds.”“I want to finish all of Shas.”“I’m going to spend 90 minutes of

quality time with my daughter every night.”

It doesn’t work. It never does. And if it does, it peters out. You have no choice. You must start small. You want to create a waterfall…may-be a Niagara, or even a Bushkill. It doesn’t just happen. You need a creek, and a few stones. The water has to crawl and meander and slow-ly reach its destination. And then…when the time is right…it can crash and splash and whoosh and become something.

We almost missed it, but we had our VTBI.

And now…so have you.Take it slow and have a wonderful

Rosh Hashana and beyond.


Salomon Says


Upon the Yahrtzeit of Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim M’Bagdad zt”l (The “Ben Ish Chai”) On Yud Gimmel Ellul will be the

yahrtzeit of Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim M’Bagdad zt"l, who is popularly known as the Ben Ish Chai.

The Ben Ish Chai was born in Bagdad, and came from a very chashuve Rabbinical family. Both his father and grandfather were Rab-banim in Bagdad, and he continued on their mesorah as one of the great Chachomim in Bagdad. While he didn’t officially have the title of Rav of the City (he refused this title due to anivus, humility), he was known as one of the greatest Chachomim of the city, and his influence was very great throughout the world, and es-pecially in Bagdad.

As a bachur, he was known for his great hasmadah, and also became a Talmid Muvhak of Rav Abdallah Somech zt"l, the “Zivchei Tzedek”. Even when he was 14 years old, he showed his prowess in Limud Ha-Torah and Pesak Halacha when he noticed a Shailah for his father from a distant city. The “Ben Ish Chai” researched this shailah, and wrote a thorough teshuva on this issue, sending it to that town. A number of days later, Rav Eliyahu (the Ben Ish Chai’s father) also wrote a Teshuva on the issue, and sent it to this town. {Both Teshuvos paskened the same way.} The Chachomim in the city re-alized what had happened, and they sent back to Rabbeinu Eliyahu that his son had already given them a Teshuva, and on him was Mekuyam “Yismach Avicha Veimecha Vesageil Yoladetecha” (this father and moth-er should rejoice on having such a great son).

Many stories are told about the gadlus and tzidkus of Chacham Eliyahu. One such maaseh hap-pened every Motzai Shabbos, when the Chacham would go, and knock on poor people’s houses. When they would ask who was there, he would say, “Eliyahu” and quickly throw money under the door, run-ning away so they wouldn’t be em-barrassed. People thought that the money came from Eliyahu HaNavi, and this secret was only revealed when the Ben Ish Chai gave a hesped on his father, telling them that his father was the mysterious “Eliyahu”.

When Rav Eliyahu was niftar, his son, Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim was the obvious choice for a replacement, and he continued on for the rest of his life as one of the great Chacho-mim in Bagdad.

There were numerous things which the Ben Ish Chai accom-plished and was known for. First of all, he was one of the great Dar-shanim of his time, and every Shab-bos he would give a Derasha lasting 3 hours. Four times a year, on Shab-bos Teshuva, Shabbos Zachor, Shab-bos HaGadol and Shabbos Kallah (the Shabbos prior to Shavuos) all the Batei Kenesset in the city would be shut, and they all would come to the Beis Kenesses of the Ben Ish Chai to hear his Derasha. He also gave a shiur every day on the Ain Yaakov, which eventually was written down as the “Ben Yehoyada”.

The Ben Ish Chai was also known as a prolific author, and around sixty Seforim were printed from him, in addition to Kesavim that were not printed. Of course the most famous sefer he is known for is the “Ben Ish Chai”. This sefer is a compilation of Derashos for a number of years. In every Parsha, the Ben Ish Chai gives a Derasha on the Sedra, which includes various peshatim includ-ing Pardes (various levels of under-standing the Torah, from Peshat to Sod), and also gives Piskei Halacha. These Piskei Halacha are considered one of the important Sifrei HaPesak in the Ashkenazic community, and even more so in the Sefardic com-munity. Many Sefardim actually ac-cepted him as their posek, while all respected and dealt with his pesak (even if not always following it).

Some of the other Sefarim he wrote included Shu”t Torah Lish-mah, Ben Yehoyada, Benayahu, De-rashot Ben Ish Chai, Chok Nashim, Mashal VeNimshal and many more.

One of the great things Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim was known for, was his ability to relate to the “Amcha”, the regular people. While he him-self was a great Gadol BeTorah, he was able to give Derashot and write Sefarim that were geared to people who were regular Baalei Batim who were not learned. In addition, he wrote Seforim for women (who es-pecially then, prior to the Bais Yaa-kov movement were generally not learned) and even for children (such as Mashal Venimshal).

{Interestingly enough, a later Sefardic Gadol, Chacham Ovadiah Yosef zt"l, had the same ability. His Derashot and Seforim were able to have hashpaah on both great Talmi-dei Chachomim and Amcha.}

Anivus, humility, was one of the great middos that Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim was known for. He had no problem in showing respect and Ka-vod to Bochurim and Talmidei Cha-chomim that were much younger and less learned than he. He would go up to them and show them re-spect and honor. The Ben Ish Chai also refused the official position of Rav of Bagdad, and later on in life refused the position of Rishon LeTzion (the Sefardic Chief Rabbi in Eretz Yisroel). This was part of his anivus and being Boraich (running away) from Kavod, honor.

Rabbeinu Yosef Chaim was also very attached to Eretz Yisroel. Whenever he would hear about the financial problem of Acheinu Bnai Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel, he would be quick to raise money for them.

He also went to visit Eretz Yisroel (which was very difficult and dan-gerous at that time) and spent time speaking and learning from the var-ious Chachamim and Mekubalim in Eretz Yisroel.

In his visit, he felt that he gained much Hashpaah of Kedusha when he was at the Kever of Benayahu Ben Yehoyada. This was the reason that many of his seforim have names related to this Tzadik (including Ben Ish Chai, Ben Ish Chayil, Ben Yehoyada and Benayahu). He also visited Miron, and was inspired to write his famous Piyut of “Vaamar-tem Koh Lechay”, which is still sung in numerous places on Lag Ba’Omer.

One of the great contributions of the Ben Ish Chai to Eretz Yisroel was in the fact that he was instrumental in the founding of the most prom-inent Sefardic Yeshiva in Eretz Yis-roel, Yeshivat Porat Yosef.

This came about when Mr. Yosef Abraham Shalom Z”L, a big gevir, asked the Ben Ish Chai for his bera-

cha on an idea to spend much money building a hospital in Yerushalay-im. The Ben Ish Chai told him that while it is very worthwhile to build a hospital, there would be many other people who would be willing to build such a building. On the other hand, there are not so many people who ap-preciate and understand the need to build a Yeshiva in Yerushalayim.

Therefore, the Ben Ish Chai sug-gested that Mr. Shalom should take the money and instead build a Yeshi-va in Yerushalayim. Mr. Shalom took the Ben Ish Chai’s advice, and besides building a building close to the Ko-sel HaMaaravi (also upon the advice of the Ben Ish Chai), dedicated the income from various real estate he owned to help support the Yeshiva.

Sadly, Mr. Shalom didn’t live to see Yeshivat Porat Yosef function-ing, but he had the zechus in Olam Haba that posthumously the Yeshiva was founded and was named Yeshi-vat Porat Yosef in his memory.

Yeshivat Porat Yosef has become one of the most chashuv Yeshivot for Bnei Eidot HaMizrach. It has pro-duced numerous Talmidei Chacho-mim and Marbitzei Torah. Some of the more famous names of Talmidei Chachomim that either learned or taught in Porat Yosef include Cha-cham Ovadiah Yosef zt"l, Chacham Ben Tzion Abba Shaul zt"l, Chacham Yaakov Ades zt"l and Chacham Tzion Levi zt"l (amongst many others).

Thus, through helping to build Ye-shivat Porat Yosef, the Ben Ish Chai played a central role in building To-rah in Eretz Yisroel, particularly in the Eidot HaMizrach communities.

The Ben Ish Chai was also known for his Perishus, removal from Taa-nugei Olam Hazeh (the pleasures of this world). He was makpid not to eat watermelon during the summer months, even though this was a sta-ple in Iraq, in order to be able to say Shehecheyanu on watermelons on Rosh HaShanah.

One time his brothers, who were supporting him, lost a lot of money and were accused of illegal activities. This caused the whole family much Tzaros, and even the Ben Ish Chai was thrown in jail for one month. He saw in a Chalom that the reason for this was that there were thirty Ne-shamot who were related to the Ben Ish Chai’s Neshamo, and through staying in jail and thinking about Kedusha and holy things for thirty



days straight (without any distrac-tions of being a Darshan, etc.) he was able to be Mesakein their Ne-shamot.

Since he felt that such Tzaros still must have had a root in Chet (at least on the Madreigah of the Ben Ish Chai) he went through the Teshuvas HaKaneh. This is a special method of doing teshuva which lasts for six years. Amongst other things, the person much fast every single day for six years and only eat at night. Even at night, the Ben Ish Chai would not eat meat or drink wine and would in-stead have minimal things like beans. Through such Perishus, the Ben Ish Chai reached high Madreigos and was able to grow in Kedusha and To-rah.

Many mofsim, miraculous sto-ries, happened in relation to the Ben Ish Chai. Once when the Rav was giving one of his Shabbos after-noon Derashot, a well of water mi-raculously appeared. It is said that the Baalei Batim of the shul quickly caught some of this water, and after Shabbos sold it as miracle water, to help support the shul.

A group of people who were sell-ing lettuce for Marror, decided to raise the price right before Pesach. The Ben Ish Chai was informed about this, and he went over to one of the merchants, asking to see the lettuce. Miraculously, the lettuce in-stantly became infested with bugs, and this occurred to his whole batch of lettuce. The Ben Ish Chai told him that he would have to give the pro-duce to his Kehilah for free, and he agreed to this. When the people of the Kehilah came over to the mer-chant, the lettuce suddenly became bug-free.

Another story happened with a person that behaved terribly disre-spectfully to the Beit Kenesset. The individual couldn’t move from the place he was standing (right outside the shul), and when his parents dis-covered what happened, they quick-ly ran to the Ben Ish Chai. He told them that Hashem was punishing their son for acting disrespectful-ly to the shul, and in order for him to leave his place, they would have to build a fence around the shul as a Kaparah. Sure enough, after they had built the fence, their son was able to walk and returned to regular life.

Tzadikim of his generation said that the Ben Ish Chai had a neshama that was related to Yosef HaTzadik. This was seen in the fact that when he was a young boy, he fell into a pit and was miraculously saved. Additionally, as mentioned previously, he was also incarcerat-ed in a jail. We can perhaps add that just as Yosef HaTzadik provided Michyah for his brethren in Galus, so too the Ben Ish Chai gave spir-itual sustenance for the Yidden in Babel/Iraq and ultimately through-out the world.

In conclusion, the gematria of Rabbeinu Ben Ish Chai is equal to Moshiach Tzidkenu Mem (standing for Mehayra) with the Minyan Ha-Taivos. In the zechus of following in the path of the Ben Ish Chai in Lim-ud HaTorah, Anivus, Perishus, Har-batzas HaTorah and building Torah in Eretz Yisroel, may we soon see the coming of Moshiach Tzidkenu speedily.

Sources for this article include “Ben Ish Chai”. The life and times of Chacham Yosef Chaim (Rabbi Ye-huda Azoulay).

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there until 1948, when fighting broke out prior to the departure of the British. Haganah fighters took up a po-sition on the roof of the yeshiva from where they were able to fire on the Jordanians. When the Old City fell to the Jordanians shortly thereafter, the conquering Jordanians set fire to the building with all the seforim and furniture inside. One of Rav Chaim Leib's sons, Rav Raphael Auerbach, assumed leadership of the yeshiva after his father's petira. Rav Chaim was also author of Chacham Lev.

Rav Aryeh Carmell (1917-2006) was born in England . At the age of 16 Aryeh was sent to study under Rav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler and became his talmid muvhak. Rav Carmell began to compile Rav Dessler's teachings under his guidance. After the war he married, making his home in Lon-don. He would spend the morning hours learning bechavrusa with some of London's leading rabbanim. In the afternoon he would go to his office to work for a few hours, setting aside time every day to organize chessed and outreach activities. He was among the first to become involved in Jew-ish outreach over 50 years ago. Following Rav Dessler's petirah he started Yad Eliyahu in London, where children who studied at public schools were taught ahavas Torah and yiras Shomayim. He published Michtav MeEliy-ohu, a compilation of Rav Dessler's teachings. The first three volumes were edited with Rav Alter Halperin and Rav Chaim Friedlander, while Rav Car-mell edited the fourth and fifth volumes by himself. He also adapted parts of the work into a book in English called Strive for Truth. He also co-edited Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems and wrote an import-ant booklet called Aid to Talmud Study. When the wave of Russian aliya began he wrote a book called Masterplan. Based on Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch's Chorev, it also presented reasons behind the mitzvos. Moving to Eretz Yisrael in 1972, Carmell settled in Jerusalem's Bayit Vegan neighbor-hood and helped Rav Boruch Horowitz found Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim, Jerusalem's first yeshiva for baalei teshuvoh. He gave shiurim on gemora, hashkofoh and Mussar.

29 ElulRav Yaakov Halevi Lipschitz, author of Zichron Yaakov and secre-

tary of Rav Yitzchak Elchonon Spector (1922).Rav Naftali Hertz, Rav of Pintchov (1733)Rav Raphael Landau, son of Rav Avraham of Tchechenov (1894)Rav Yerachmiel Yeshaya Minzberg, Rav of Likova (1905)Rav Eliezer Deutsch of Bonihad [or Bonyhad] (1914). Author of P’ri

Hasadeh, Duda-ei Hasadeh. Bonihad is a small town in Tolna County in Hungary. The first document on the Jews of Bonyhád is a tax conscritption from 1741, although on the testimony of a few tombstones in the cemetery, Jews had already settled earlier, in the first decades of the century. 1802, there were 400 Jewish families and an impressive synagogue and yeshivah. The population of about 6,500 in 1930 consisted of about 15% Jews, the largest number of Jews in Tolna County. With the German occupation in 1944, 1,180 Jews were deported to Pecs and then to Auschwitz. All but 50 perished. In 1963, 4 Jewish families remain in Bonyhad.

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Azkarah for The Fortieth Yahrtzeit of The Mashgiach, Rav Tzvi Hirsh Feldman zt”l Rabbi Moshe boylan

M o n d a y night, Yud Daled Elul (Sep 4th) a spe-cial Azkarah was held in Agudas Yisroel Snif Zichron Shmuel, in honor of the fortieth yahrt-

zeit of Rav Tzvi Hirsh Feldman zt”l, the Mashgiach of the Mirrer Yeshiva (Brooklyn).

The Mora Deasra, Rav Eliezer Ginsburg Shlita, who was from the talmidim of LHBC”L the Mashgiach, gave a derasha encapsulating the life and work of the Mashgiach zt”l and also containing Divrei Hisorerus for Chodesh Elul.

Rav Ginsburg spoke about how this Azkarah relates to the time of the year we are in. We all know that Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Hazikaron. This is so, as Hashem remembers us all this day, and decides and judges us for the upcoming year. Of course we are all mispalel that we should be remem-bered for good and should be written and sealed for a Kesivah Vachasimah Tovah. This relates to tonight, when we are gathered to remember the Mashgiach. Despite the forty years that have gone by, we still have important zichronos of the greatness and impact of the Mashgiach zt”l.

Another connection between this Azkarah and Rosh Hashanah can be seen by a vort I heard from the zaide, Rav Chatzkel zt”l. He used to say that we know that there is a big inyan of act-ing like Hashem, Mah Hu Af Atah. For instance, just like Hashem is Rachum Vechanun, so too we must also act with these benevolent Middos Tovos. Rav Chatzkel said that we can also learn Hakaras Hatov, showing appreciation, from Hashem. How does Hashem have Hakaras Hatov? We see this from the great Hatavah, good that Hashem does to repay people and even animals for the good they have done. Lemashal, the dogs did something good during Makas Bechoros, by not barking. To show them Hakaras Hatov, Hashem rewarded them by commanding Klal Yisroel to throw them meat (lakelev tashlichun oso). We can emulate Hashem by likewise showing Hakaras Hatov to all that do good for us, even to animals or inanimate objects. {Many Baalei Mussar talk about how Moshe Rabbeinu had to show Hakaras Hatov even to the water that guarded him when he was an infant. Due to this

hakaras hatov to an inanimate object, he couldn’t hit the water during some of the makos, and instead Aharon HaKohen had to do this.}

The Mashgiach said that when we are noheg, act with Hakaras Hatov in this world, this is meorer, so to speak causes that in Shamayim, Hashem should have the midah of Hakaras Hatov, giving reward to us for the good deeds we have done. This is a zechus for us always, and particularly in the times of Din in the Yomim Noraim. {Perhaps this is why davka now (in Chodesh Elul) we read about giving Bikurim, which shows we are not kafuy tovah, not being ungrateful. Specifically in this time we want to show Hakaras Hatov so Hashem will also act in this manner.}

Now we can appreciate that through showing Hakaras Hatov to the Mashgiach and remembering his gadlus, we can help ourselves to have a good Din on the upcoming Yomim Noraim.

Rav Ginsburg mentioned how the Mashgiach wore many “hats” and encompassed many important jobs in the Mirrer Yeshiva. First of all, he was the Mashgiach. As the name im-plied, he watched and looked over the Bochurim and Kollel Yungeleit. He would watch carefully who was there during seder, davening, etc. In addition, the Mashgiach taught us how to dav-en. He was the person who would say Rosh Chodesh Bentchen every month, teaching the talmidim about the proper way to daven to Hashem.

On Rosh Hashanah, it was Rav Feldman who was the Baal Tokeah, ensuring the tzibur would hear the tekios and fulfill the mitzvah properly. He also was a Baal Koreh, laining for the tzibur when a Baal Koreh was not available.

Another important role the Mashgiach played was being the Posek HaYeshiva. If any bochur or yungerman had a shailah, it was the Mashgiach that paskened the shailah. Of course, in order to pasken these shailos, he had to be quite knowledgeable in halachic seforim. In fact, the Mashgiach was known as someone who knew Mishnah Berurah, Yashar vehafuch, backwards and forwards.

Still another “position” he fulfilled was being an unofficial therapist. If anyone, whether a bochur or even a local Baal Habayis, had something that was bothering him which he want-ed to speak to someone about, it was Rav Feldman who would spend time dealing with his issues. A related role he played was helping many people

with shalom bayis issues. He was well known for this, and people from the Yeshiva and even the neighborhood would come to ask him for advice in this regard.

The Mashgiach was a Gabbai Tzedkah, raising and giving much money to Tzedakah. Particularly on Purim and Aseres Yemei Teshuva, the Mashgiach was involved in rais-ing and distributing money to those who needed it.

Last but not least, the Mashgiach was the “Shomer HaYeshiva”, the one that guarded the Yeshiva. His little apartment was right nearby to the Beis Midrash, and he would be able to see what was doing inside. Even late at night, if he saw the lights were still on and the bochurim forgot to turn them off, he would go downstairs to shut them off and save the Yeshiva some money. Likewise, if something broke in the Yeshiva, such as the boiler, it was the Mashgiach who arranged that it be fixed and taken care of. Again, this is not the classic definition of a Mashgiach, but he took on this additional role of being the Shomer HaYeshiva.

In this connection, we understand why the Mashgiach would often speak to the bochurim about guarding the Yeshivishe Gelt, the money of the Yeshiva. He would say that the com-panies that produce paper towels are careful that they are sufficiently large to wipe ones hands. As such, the bo-churim should be careful to use as few paper towels as possible, not taking so many extras that are unnecessary and waste money for the Yeshiva.

One can say an important explana-tion about Rosh Hashanah which re-lates to the role the Mashgiach played in the Yeshiva. The Minhag Yisroel is that the shofar is covered over when it is not being blown. What is the reason and significance of this minhag? Rav Ginsburg explained as follows: We all know that Tekias Shofar is related to Akeidas Yitzchok. Chazal tell us that it is preferable to use a shofar from an ayil, ram, so Hashem should remem-ber the Akeidah of Yitzchok Avinu (which ultimately culminated with the sacrifice of an ayil). One part of the Akeidah which is not so well known is that when Avrohom Avinu was build-ing the Mizbeach, altar to sacrifice Yitzchok Avinu on, he hid Yitzchok so that the Satan would not put a Mum, blemish into Yitzchok and make him not acceptable to be a korbon, sacrifice. In order to remember how Avrohom Avinu hid Yitzchok Avinu away during the preparation for the Akeidah, we likewise hide away the Shofar.

Why is the fact that Avrohom Avinu hid Yitzchok Avinu away so important that we must do something to remem-ber it? The answer is that if Avrohom Avinu had not hidden away Yitzchok Avinu, this would have shown that he was merely willing to do what Hashem wanted, without taking Acharayus, responsibility for the mitzvah being fulfilled. Hiding Yitzchok Avinu away so the Satan would not make him Pasul for the Korbon showed how Avrohom Avinu took responsibility for the mitzvah of the Akeidah. This makes the Akeidah an even bigger zechus, and this is why we hint to this on Rosh Hashanah. {The Mashgiach zt”l followed in this path of taking acharayus for Devarim Shebikedusha, as explained previously.}

At this time it is appropriate to also mention the neshama of the Rebbitzen a”h. She was a true aishes chayil, help-ing the Mashgiach fulfill his many roles. One thing I heard from the Rebbitzen was how her husband never brought home news of any “Yeshivishe politics”. This avoided loshon hora and increasing machlokes.

When the Mashgiach was very sick, towards the end of his life, the Rebbitzen was standing in the room when talmidim came to be Mevakeir choleh. She told them that under nor-mal circumstances, the Mashgiach had strength to shmuess, but had no time due to his busy schedule. Sadly, now he has much time to shmuess (as he was limited by being in the hospital) but had no strength. {The Rebbitzen’s ability to live with limited interaction with her husband and living in a small apartment in the Yeshiva building, was all part of her mesirus nefesh for her husband’s avodah and the talmidei haYeshiva. }

We are mispallel that the zechus of the Mashgiach zt”l and his aishes chayil a”h should stand for Klal Yisroel and particularly for his talmidim to be zoche to a kesivah vachasimah tovah and a Shenas Geulah ViYeshua. }


When Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon zt”l moved to Fostat, Egypt in 4925 (1165), his fame as a physician spread rapidly, and he soon became the court physician to Sultan Saladin, the famous Muslim military leader, and his son al-Afdal. He also continued a private practice and lectured before fellow physicians at the state hospital. However, as often happened throughout history, non-Jewish ministers were jealous of the Rambam’s success and continuously plotted against him in order to discredit him before the sultan. On one memorable occasion, a rumor spread throughout the palace that the Rambam was planning to serve a potion to the Sultan which would kill him. Of course, as intended, the rumor reached Sultan Saladin’s ears. Horrified, he ordered a thorough investigation into the matter and since the investigators were the same people who promulgated the rumor in the first place, it was no wonder that the investigating committee found him guilty. The sultan found the charge

hard to believe. He knew Rabbeinu Moshe to be an exceptionally honest, upright person, and did not want to punish him unduly. He decided to put the matter in the hands of Heaven. “Prepare two sheets of paper,” he commanded his chief minister. “Write ‘life’ on one, ‘death’ on the other. We will give Maimoni one last chance at life. We will allow him to draw the lot, and pick his own fate.” The Rambam was informed of the charges and the test he will be required to undertake to prove his innocence. All that night, he prayed to Hashem to save him from the clutches of the evil ministers, and to make his lot fall on ‘life.’ In the morning, he made his way to the palace, where he could see people looking at him and whispering. “It will soon be over,” he overheard one minister tell the other, and it was then that he realized that a plot was afloat and he was doomed to failure. “Suppose I tell the king to check the papers before the lots are drawn,” he thought to himself. “If they attempted to alter the lots, their nasty scheme will undoubtedly be revealed, but in all likelihood, the king will order a new set of papers written up, and I will once again face the risk of drawing the one that reads ‘death.’” Rabbeinu Moshe entered the throne room, which was filled to capacity. On a small table in front of the sultan lay a bowl with two folded squares of paper. The hall was filled with ministers, and the royal physician sensed the hatred and excited anticipation in their eyes which convinced him that his reasoning was correct. He strode up to the box where the two papers lay and unflinchingly chose one square. He didn’t even open the sheet. Instead, he put the parchment into his mouth. Ignoring the stares of the crowd, he chewed and chewed,

tearing the paper into shreds, and finally, swallowing the entire sheet. Now, he pointed to the paper in the bowl on the table. “Your majesty, please open the remaining parchment,” he said. A servant hastened to open the paper and held it high. The crowd strained to see. Clearly printed in thick black ink, the word ‘death’ could be seen, even by those standing across the hall. The room was filled with hushed whispers. “Clearly,” thundered the sultan, bringing the strange mutterings to an abrupt end, “Maimoni chose the lot of life.” A small smile threatened to burst upon his dignified face. “I must say, though, that I admire your original way of choosing lots. Perhaps we should have spiced the paper? Do you always enjoy chewing little scraps of paper?” Rabbeinu Moshe stepped forward. “Your Highness,” he said. “This is no laughing matter. The paper I chose did not read ‘life.’” He paused for emphasis. “Your minister took the liberty of writing ‘death’ on both papers, to ensure that I would die.” The sultan glowered at the minister cowering at his side. The Rambam continued. “It is quite obvious that these ministers hate me, and that they plotted to kill me today. They interfered with the king’s plan in an effort to destroy me. It is they who are the traitors, not I, for if they could stoop so low as to foil the king’s justice system in order to satisfy their own envy, how can they be believed with regard to the matter I have just been tried for? Is it not preposterous to say that I attempted to murder the sultan?” Saladin investigated, and found that the charges against the Rambam were baseless. The minister was thrown into prison, and the Rambam continued his work - his wisdom and integrity unblemished and unsurpassed.

“You are standing here today all of

you … every person in Israel.” (Devarim 29-9)

As the holy Day of Judgment approaches, we are all busy making our final preparations for this great event. Not just physical preparations - new clothing, haircuts, cooking, cleaning - but the MAJOR preparation for Rosh Hashana which must take place in our MINDS! That is something we can do anywhere, assuming that we are in our right minds! Did you ever wonder what it means to be “in your right mind”? What is considered being in your “wrong mind?” It may sound shallow and frivolous, but in truth, the answer to this question is the answer to life. Why? Because life is about thinking the “right” thoughts and making the “right” choices - IN YOUR MIND! R’ Simcha Bunim of P’shischa zt”l discusses how a person can be successful on Rosh Hashana. He says that in the Yom Tov liturgy we say, "זה היום תחילת מעשיך" - This is

THE DAY, the beginning of Your handiwork. The way to do Teshuva and truly be able to grow is to see each day as THE DAY - the beginning of something new. The reason a shofar must be one tefach (handsbreadth) long, or at the very least, a tefach sticks out when the Baal Tokea blows it, is symbolic of the words of Dovid HaMelech in Tehillim, ו(-"הנה טפחות נתתה ימי" )לט - “You have made my days as tefachos.” When one is measuring something that is very long, he holds a measuring tape in his hand. He measures one meter and then another meter - one increment at a time. All he has in his hand, at any given time, is JUST ONE METER, even if what he is measuring is 100 meters long! So it is with our lives. Man lives 70, 80, up to 120 years - but when Hashem “measures” him, He does it in tefachos, small handsbreaths. He looks at each individual person and judges him or her by THE DAY. On the one hand, we are judged on Rosh

Hashana, and on the other, we are ”.judged every day“ - "נידון בכל יום"How so? Because on Rosh Hashana, our circumstances are decided - but each and every day we decide how we will handle the circumstances! If we will choose the “right” frame of mind and make a choice to have a positive attitude to our situation, then we have chosen LIFE and measured up in the eyes of Hashem. If we don’t make the “right” choice - let’s not even think about it! It is important that we view each day as an individual unit - "זה היום". Forget about what happened yesterday and don’t focus on tomorrow. Try to live TODAY to the fullest because that is the way Hashem judges - day by day. The way to fulfill, "שפרו מעשיכם" - “Beautify your deeds” is to live each day individually and to the fullest. Let us - "זה היום תחילת מעשיך" make the most of THIS DAY! A gut gebencht yur to everyone .... may you all be blessed day by day!

! Let us make the most of it! A gut gebensht yur to everyone .... may you be blessed day by day. Surprised, they asked, “If the Rebbe is not hurt, why doesn’t he stand up?” everything in his life comes from Hashem, then Hashem infuses the attribute of “HISTAPKUS” - satisfaction, into him and he becomes happy with his lot. Thus, Yaakov said, “For G-d has favored me” - what I have is from Hashem; not my ments, “and I have everything” - I don’t need anymore in my life, for I am truly richjkgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

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R’ Avigdor Miller zt”l (The Image of Hashem) would say: “ ''מחוטב עציך עד שואב מימיך - ‘From the wood chopper till the water drawer.’ What is the benefit of undergoing deep introspection? If you get the knack of using your mind as a bucket, and you lower the bucket into the depths of your soul, you will discover that there is endless wisdom deep down there. The longer the rope, the more deeply you can lower that bucket into your mind and draw forth precious wisdom that will flow without end.” R’ Meir Horowitz of Dzikov zt”l (Imrei Noam) would say: “Dipping the apple in honey is a segula for children since 'תפוח' (apple) and 'פרו רבו' have the same gematria (494).” Kotzker Rebbe, R’ Menachem Mendel Morgenstern zt”l would say: “On Rosh Hashana, people are careful not to eat nuts because 'אגוז' (nut) is gematria 'חטא' (sin). People need to realize that 'חטא' is also gematria 'חטא'!”

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pathways of the ProphetsRABBI YISROEL REISMAN, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH

Ben Asher and Ben Naftali

Continuation:

The Chabad Sefer Torah The Ashkenazic custom, like that

of all non-Taimani Sefardim, is to spell dakah with a hei. There is one exception to this.

The Chassidim of Chabad/Lubavitch spell dakah with an aleph. Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin, zt”l, (a world-renowned scholar with roots in Chabad) wrote a lengthy article on this topic, which is printed in Otzar HaPoskim to Even HaEzer (to Siman 5; page 165). There, he defends this practice and maintains that it has early sources. He cites a claim that a Sefer Torah of the Ba’al Shem Tov spells dakah this way. The source of Chabad’s custom is the Sefer She’aris Yehudah, written by the brother of the Ba’al HaTanya, who rules that dakah be spelled with an aleph.

The Chassidim of Chabad are fiercely loyal to their tradition, even where this may differ from the cus-tom of the rest of Klal Yisrael. Their Sifrei Torah are written in Ksiv Ari, which is common for many branch-es of Chassidus. If a Jew who is not a member of Chabad were to hire a Chabad sofer to write a Sefer Torah for him, the sofer would follow Chabad tradition unless specifically instruct-ed otherwise. Many people know that it is necessary to specify the type of

ksav. An individual must specify if he wants Ksiv Beis Yosef (which is the custom of most of Klal Yisrael) or Ksav Ari (the custom of the kabbalists).

However, most people are not aware of the difference in the spelling of dakah. Here, too, it is necessary to provide the sofer with specific instructions.

May someone who is not Lubavitch recite the berachos over a Lubavitch Sefer Torah? The question that Sefardic poskim had discussed in regard to a Taimani Sefer Torah is discussed by Ashkenazic poskim in regard to a Chabad Sefer Torah.

The consensus of poskim is that it is preferable not to use this Sefer Torah, but that a berachah may be made in a case when no other Sefer Torah is available.

If one is unsure if a Sefer Torah was written by a Chabad sofer, what should he do? Winding the Torah to the end of Devarim (to check the word dakah), and then winding it back to the reading of the day, may be time-consuming. Is there another

way to recognize if a Sefer Torah was written according to Minhag Chabad?

There is another distinctive char-acteristic of Chabad sofrim. The letter hei, as written in a Sefer Torah, has an upside-down yud as its left leg. Chabad sofrim also write the hei this way, most of the time. There is one ex-ception. Look at the left leg of the hei at the end of the Name of Hashem. In most Sifrei Torah, this hei is identical to the others in the Torah. In Sifrei Chabad, this hei is different. The left leg appears as a straight line or as a straight yud, not as an upside down yud. If a Sefer Torah is written this way, it is likely that the word dakah was also written according to the cus-tom of Chabad.

A.SpacingRambam (Hilchos Sefer Torah

8:4) lists the proper space to be left between sections of a Sefer Torah, based on Ben Asher. It would seem that there could be no dispute in this area, since the Rambam is clearly quoting the text of Ben Asher, which he himself had seen. Indeed, Rama M’Pano (106) writes, “Who can choose to disagree with [Rambam’s] words, which are based on an old tradition?”

There is however, one place in the Torah where the issue of proper spacing remains in dispute. This is in Parashas Tzav (7:22), where Rambam does not instruct that there be any spacing at all. Some Sifrei Torah, however, do have a space. (Today, Taimani Sifrei Torah still contain this space.)

Rambam (7:11) rules that fail-ure to follow the correct spacing of a Sefer Torah would invalidate the Sefer Torah. May these Sifrei Torah be used?

Shach wrote a responsum on this topic; it is published in the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, after Shach 275:6. Shach concedes that it would be bet-ter to follow the Rambam, and adds, “If I had the power, I would abolish [this custom].”

Shach also agrees that improp-er spacing would invalidate a Sefer Torah. Nevertheless, he rules that if a Sefer Torah is written according to the custom of a community, even if it differs from the text of Ben Asher as quoted in the Rambam, the Sefer Torah may be used.

Spacing The Shiros The Gemara (Megillah 16b) in-

structs that Shiras Devorah be written in the poetic format known as “ari-ach al gabei levenah.” Our text of the Nach has the words written normally, with no distinctive shirah form. Many versions of the Tikkun L’Korim print-ed before the 1990s (including the popular Mishor Tikkun), have Shiras Devorah written as normal text. This is because the Tikkun is used to prepare for the reading from a Navi scroll, and scrolls were written this way.

We have been relying on our tradi-tion for this, even though it does not follow the Gemara. This is similar to the situations described below (see “Full Vowels,” below) regarding situ-ations when our tradition contradicts the Gemara’s text.

In Keter Aram Soba, Shiras Devorah appears as described in the Gemara. Does this indicate that our custom should indeed follow the Gemara and that our current practice is in error?

Those who argue that Keter Aram Soba is Ben Asher’s text have suggest-ed that we write our Nach scrolls in accordance with the Gemara and the

Keter. Here Minchas Shai, too, writes that the Shirah should be written in a distinctive manner. He urges that it be written in sixty-five lines, in accor-dance with Mesechas Sofrim and in contradiction to the custom (in his time) of writing Shiras Devorah in sixty lines. Clearly, though, the cus-tom in his time was to use the shirah form to space Shiras Devorah.

Today, many sofrim (and a wide range of Tikkun sofrim) follow Ben Asher, as recorded in Keter Aram Soba.

Shiras Dovid (Shmuel Beis 26) also appears differently in our text, com-pared to the Keter Aram Soba. Our Nach scrolls present Shiras Dovid written in the poetic format known as “ariach al

gabei levenah.” The Keter has it written in a different format, which is known as “ariach al gabei ariach.” Both forms are mentioned in Minchas Shai.

It was in regard to this issue that Rav Y. S. Eliyashev, Shlita, wrote his letter, quoted above, urging that the accepted custom not be changed be-cause of the discovery of the Keter. In fact, Minchas Shai (who mentions both customs) prefers our custom of “ariach al gabei levenah.”

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The Shadows – A Novel (Continuation)

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An immediate argument sprang up between the guard and the driver of the vehicle. Gadi ignored it all. He drove up the curving ramp past one level, and then up another level to the top floor of the parking lot. He found a spot between an ancient truck that had once been white and was now a fascinating mixture of white, rust, and brown, and a motorcycle with a sidecar. He parked and jumped out of the car, pausing just long enough to grab his carry-on and the attaché case. As fast as he could he fled from the spot.

He could hear the Renault speed-ing up the ramp. He ran, weaving be-tween the rows of cars, until he saw a sign with stairs and an arrow. He found the door and shoved it hard until it opened. Then, heart pound-ing and breathing quickly, he took the steps three at a time, the attaché case slamming against his thigh each time he landed on a stair. Down one flight, and then the next, he emerged from darkness into bright sunlight, the dust particles dancing in the light and tickling his eyes.

He was standing directly to the right of the ticket seller now, and he averted his face from the man as he walked quickly out of the building and down the ramp. Increasing his speed, he was soon off the ramp and back in the marketplace. He walked even faster, looking for a taxi stand.

He spotted one beside a copse of trees that had been planted between an ancient graveyard on one side, and a used-car lot on the other. The drivers were clustered around the entrance to the taxi stand, focused with interest on a backgammon game being played between two of them. Dogs chased each other in circles, their tongues hanging from their mouths in the intense heat. Gadi tapped one of men on the shoulder, pantomiming driving with one hand.

“Salem Al Habiq,” he said, naming a street near his destination.

The man smiled and gestured at him with the universal signal to wait. Then he turned back to the game.

Gadi was desperate. He looked around. There was a bicycle propped up against a rusty, chain-link fence. Should he chance making a run for it? He hesitated. The backgammon tournament took its leisurely time. Just as Gadi was becoming frantic,

another taxi drove into the yard. Gadi made a beeline for the car and showed the driver a fistful of dinars. To his relief, the man motioned for him to get in. The radio was on; the car smelled of chicken, kebab, and oil. The driver was a squat man with a beaked nose—but the engine was running. Gadi leaned forward. “Empire Hotel.”

The driver nodded and began to drive.

“How much you want?”“Twenty dinar.”“Fifteen.”“Eighteen.”They drove on, the driver obvi-

ously considering road signs mere suggestions and nothing more. Once they even drove onto the curb to get around a donkey that was eating a bunch of dates right off a cart. The driver cursed him roundly and swat-ted him with his car door as he drove by. Then, howling with laughter, he drove on, leaving the marketplace far behind and entering a more upscale neighborhood filled with business-men in Western suits or the more traditional garb. Two minutes more, and the Empire Hotel was visible to the right, perched on a hill.

Gadi gestured to the driver to let him off before ascending the hill, and handed him the twenty dinar that he’d originally asked for. Then he jumped out of the car, hoisted both bags in his hands, and turned to go not toward the hotel, but across the street in the opposite direction.

He glanced both ways. There was no sign of a silver Renault, or any-thing suspicious at all. He ran down the street, swerved into an alleyway and came out on the other side, where he could see a bank covered in white brick. The words Bank of Geneva were displayed high above the second floor windows.

Smoothing his hair with both hands, he crossed the street slowly, breathing hard. He entered the bank through the revolving door and was greeted with a deferential smile by a man with oiled hair and a greasy manner.

“Can I help you, sir?”“Mr. Shinhazi, please.”“Please step right this way, sir.”Shinhazi’s office was large and

well appointed. The carpets were deep and plush, and Gadi’s feet sank

into them in a way that made him want to take off his shoes and socks and run barefoot through the tangle. Shinhazi himself was a dapper little man with clever eyes and a passing resemblance to the Iranian president. He danced around on the balls of his feet, like a tiny matador in the bull ring.

“Mr. O’Connor, I presume?”“That’s correct,” Gadi said, pull-

ing another passport from his jacket pocket. This one was from Ireland.

“You mentioned on the phone that you have a package you wish to deposit in our vaults here at the Bank of Geneva’s Mashhad branch.”

“That’s right.”Shinhazi pressed a button on his

desk and a younger man entered the room carrying a long, narrow, metal container. He placed it on the desk and retreated to the side of the room.

“The package, please,” said the tiny matador.

Gadi removed the attaché case from its carryall and laid it on the desk. Shinhazi’s eyes betrayed no

sense of curiosity. He had obviously seen everything in his life and wasn’t fazed by an attaché case that con-tained he knew not what.

“This is the code, Mr. O’Connor,” he said, handing Gadi a printout. “You will not be able to retrieve your package without the appropriate code, so please do not misplace it. How long will you be keeping this package here at the Bank of Geneva?”

“At least half a year.” Shinhazi quoted the fee, and Gadi

wrote a check, signing O’Connor’s name. The money would be drawn from an account in that same name, and nobody would ever know that Pierce O’Conner was in reality a young man named Gadi Shomron who was running around the world planting hidden bombs in strategic locations. As he watched the attaché case being lowered into the metal case, Gadi heaved a sigh of relief. It was safe at last. The last bomb was in place. He could finally relax.

To be continued …


The Sages (Sotah 47a) refer to Yosi ben Yoezer and Yosi Ben Yehudah as grape clusters, an acronym for, a man with many skills, an accolade for a multitalented and multifaceted individual. Rabbi Aaron Yeshayah Shapiro (1904-1981), a rosh yeshivah in Yeshivah Torah Vodaath for more than 40 years, could rightfully be re-ferred to as a man who possessed a cluster of talents.

In the 1920s, Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860-1939), the Rosh Yeshivah in Grodno, wanted to publish his Shaarei Yosher, the classic collection of his chiddushim (innovative Torah thoughts), and he wanted a young talmid chacham who could under-stand them and write them with clarity and lucidity. Aaron Yeshayah, learning in the Mirrer Yeshivah, under Rabbi Lazer Yudel Finkel, was selected for the task. He spent two years “on loan” in Grodno with Reb Shimon, working diligently and meticulously.

When Shaarei Yosher was pub-lished, Reb Shimon, in the introduc-tion, was effusive in praise for Aaron Yeshayah’s editorial work.

The sefer is still studied in yeshi-vos around the world.

Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz (1874-1936), the famed mashgiach of Mir, always had his beloved Aaron Yeshayah standing directly in front of him when he delivered his re-nowned mussar discourses.

If a doubt arose as to the exact wording or the location of a verse in the Torah, Reb Yerucham would say, “Let anyone here give us the trup (the cantillation notes) for the words and Aaron Yeshayah will tell us where it is.” He was a master baal korei and he knew the entire Torah virtually by heart. Reb Yerucham once said,

“When I read my shmuessen as Aaron Yeshayah wrote them, I can even visualize my knaitch (the swoop for emphasis) with the finger!”

As a baal tefillah, Reb Aaron Yeshayah was legendary. Often, talmidim who had long since left Torah Vodaath would come back to the beis midrash on Asarah b’Teves, when he had yahrtzeit, to hear him read the Torah and Haftarah.

His ancestors were Stoliner chassi-dim, and when Reb Aaron Yeshayah lived in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn,

he enjoyed a special relationship to the Stoliner Rebbe, Rabbi Yochanan Perlow (1900-1956). Rabbi Shapiro thus felt at home with those who embodied Torah study, mussar, and chassidism.

At a wedding in the town of Mir, Aaron Yeshayah was asked to sing a niggun at the chassan’s tisch (groom’s reception) before the chupah. His fine baritone was so stirring that ev-eryone was entranced by his musi-cality and sensitivity to the meaning of the words in the song.

After the chupah, as he was on line to wash for the meal, he felt a tug at his sleeve. When he turned around, he was startled that it was the great Rosh Yeshivah of Kaminetz, Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz (1870-1941).

“Are you the bachur who sang that beautiful niggun at the chassan’s tisch?” asked Reb Boruch Ber.

“Yes,” replied Aaron Yeshayah, a bit embarrassed.

“Can I ask you a favor?” Reb Boruch Ber said.

“Yes, of course,” replied the sur-prised Aaron Yeshayah.

“Please come to one of the side rooms and teach me that niggun,” Reb Boruch Ber requested.

Reb Boruch Ber himself had a beautiful voice and had composed numerous niggunim, and his ap-preciation for neginah was well known. A bachur had once come to Kaminetz to enroll in the yeshivah, but the mashgiach told him there was no room, and he would have to look elsewhere. His friends knew that he had a beautiful voice, so they advised him to sit in the back of the beis midrash where Rav Boruch Ber would pace back and forth as he pre-pared his shiur. “Sing as you

are learning,” they advised, “and the Rosh Yeshivah will surely notice you.”

The bachur did as he was advised, and shortly afterwards he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see that it was Rav Boruch Ber who smiled at him and said, “Bleibt in der yeshivah (remain in the yeshivah.)”

Aaron Yeshayah followed Reb Boruch Ber to a small room. They both sat down and Aaron Yeshayah tried to overcome his embarrass-ment and sang best he could, to Reb Boruch Ber’s delight.

When he finished, Reb Boruch Ber said, “Would you mind listening to me sing it? I would like to see if I learned it properly.”

Aaron Yeshayah was incredulous. How could Reb Boruch Ber even at-tempt to sing it back to him? It was a long, complex song, and he had heard it only twice. Aaron Yeshayah said, “Whatever the Rosh Yeshiva wants.”

Reb Boruch Ber sang the niggun exactly as Aaron Yeshayah had, and perhaps with even more feel-ing. Aaron Yeshayah was amazed at how a person could retain a difficult melody so quickly and so flawlessly. When the Rosh Yeshivah finished, Aaron Yeshayah smiled his approval and told the Rosh Yeshivah that he had sung it exactly as it was meant to be sung.

Aaron Yeshayah began to get up. “No, you cannot leave now,” protest-ed Reb Boruch Ber. “Ich vill nisht bleiben a baal chov (I don’t wish to remain obligated). You taught me a niggun, now I will teach you a niggun.”

With that, the world-renowned Rosh Yeshivah of Kaminetz, the author of Bircas Shmuel, the talmid of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik (1853-1918), taught a young man the beautiful niggun, (May the Beis HaMikdash be rebuilt), with its in-herent yearning and wistful emotion.

Aaron Yeshayah heard the song once and never forgot it for the rest of his life.

Today, his son Reb Yerucham, named after the Mirrer Mashgiach, sings it as his father taught it to him, and it is he whom I thank for this wonderful story.

echoes of the MaggidRABBI PAYSACH KROHN, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH

Melody Match

Hilchos Shabbos InitiativeReviewed By RaBBi Shmuel FeldeR

The Chofetz Chaim writes in the name of R’ Yonasan Eibishitz that if one does not learn Hilchos Shabbos very

well, it is impossible not to be oveir on a forbidden act on Shabbos.

1. Is it permissible to walk outside with a pebble in one’s shoe?

One should remove any pebbles from one’s shoes before walking outside.

2. May a woman wear a watch outside on Shabbos?L’chatchila, a woman may only wear a watch outside if she

considers it to be a piece of jewelry to the extent that she would theoretically wear the watch even if it was broken. If a woman is not sure if it is permissible for her to wear the watch outside or not, she should ask herself, “Is my watch truly a piece of jewelry? Would I put on this watch even if it was broken?” A man should not wear a watch outside on Shabbos.

3. May a woman wear a necklace concealed under her clothing?

Sometimes, when one puts on clothing, one mistakenly puts the clothing on top of a necklace. However, one should not wear a necklace under one’s clothing when walking in a R’shus HaRabim (public domain) because if the necklace is not visible, it does not serve any function and may be con-sidered Hotzaah (carrying). Therefore, one should be careful when getting dressed to ensure that the necklace remains vis-ible on top of the clothing.

If one is wearing a shirt and a sweater, and the necklace is lying on top of the shirt but is at times covered by the sweater, it is not a problem.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 108718.692.1144 | thefjj.comSeptember 14, 2017

It goes without saying that loving and nurturing mothers have wonderful and perfectly adjusted children, in spite of their having to be out at work for a number of hours.

But a future mom, in my opinion, should not take it as a given that her baby will be just fine, if she knows before the fact, that due to her job (which for some are full time jobs!) she will not be able to be with her baby on her baby’s terms. This is and should be a serious concern.

David Lederer

Tosfos Yom tov Yahrtzeit EventFirstly, I want to thank you for

your efforts to promote appropriate Shul behavior (e.g. not talking inappropriately during davening), which recently culminated in a mass gathering in Brooklyn. This unique event, surely made a great impact on people, merely by taking place. After all, can anyone recall another such event of that size, in the recent past?

I do want to comment on one thing in your report on the event (FJJ issue dated August 31, p.22).

You used the term hilulah in your report. All along, on the other hand, as I recall, it was advertised using the term yahrzeit, as befits the Tosfos Yom Tov, who was born in Wallerstein, Bavaria (Ashkenaz-Germany).

Though some people may not realize it, the terms yahrzeit and hilulah are not identical and interchangeable. Yahrzeit is a serious commemoration of the day someone was niftar, with an introspective mood, sometimes even including fasting, according to the mesorah of Ashkenaz. In some places shiurim of the Torah of the niftar are given. In our case, the spiritual legacy of the Tosfos Yom Tov was discussed, promoted, and promulgated.

Hilulah, on the other hand, means celebration, like a chasunah (wedding), and is a different custom, practiced by Chasidim, and some others, in which the death anniversary day is celebrated festively.

Without going into too much detail, suffice it to say that they are two different ways of doing things, observed by different groups/eidos.

Since the Tosfos Yom Tov was an Ashkenazic Yid from Germany, and not a Chasid (he lived years before

the modern Chasidic movement), the appropriate term to use with regard to him is therefore yahrzeit, and not hilulah.

Thank you, and keep up the good work.

A Regular FJJ Reader

Appreciating FJJ PicturesI would like to Thank You

for posting pictures of my son Yisroel Noach. Many of the people who know and love him appreciate seeing them in your fine publication. Gone are the days when a child with special needs has to be kept in the closet due to embarrassment and shame. You are showing that a person with special needs is as much a member of our community as anyone else. Like any good Flatbush resident I hope one day he can achieve the status of askan. Many can learn lessons from my son. Firstly, he never speaks any Loshon Hara at all. Secondly, he greets anyone he comes in contact with a big Hello and smile. In addition when he puts on tefillin and Tzitis each day with my wife Chaya, he does so with great Simcha. I would gladly send you a picture of that but everyone knows there are no pictures of women in The FJJ. Lastly, he is very polite and always says please and Thank You. May your readers and all of Klal Yisroel be inscribed for a healthy and sweet year.

Dr. Joshua Canter

Too Many CalendarsSomeone needs to tell these

tzedakah organizations that they are literally throwing out their valuable funds by repeatedly mailing out pocket calendars before Rosh Hashana. I have received in the mail this month probably no fewer than ten of these, which I keep getting in the mail from so many different organizations. I really only need one, and I realize these worthy organizations don’t check with each other before sending out these costly mailings to their (prospective) donors but maybe they should. It’s such a waste that I have to throw out so many, knowing these tzedakah organizations are losing so much money doing this.

Please, perhaps they can send out something more useful or helpful, but not so many calendars. Ksiva V’Chasima Tova to all.

BC

Torah & TechTwo weeks ago I penned a letter

critiquing those who assail people who use iPhones and devices as those that Eretz Yisroel will spit out. I called such views “myopic” and highlighted the many opportunities technology affords us to advance our spiritual pursuits.

Thank you Rabbi Moshe Boylan for responding in a measured, even keeled manner that properly puts both sides into perspective. The other two respondents chose a different path. “Yeitzer Tov” accused me of claiming to know better than the Gedolim - never did I state that. “Someone who follows Das Torah” compared me to Moses Mendelsohn, while in the same letter ridiculing Torah learned online. They both missed the point completely, and should put down the FJJ and other Jewish magazines, since newspapers were once the internet of the day. Everything Hashem creates can be used for good or bad - my call is a request for our leaders and teachers to teach us to live in this world utilizing the potential at hand for good. A request for help from leaders is not a critique against them, chas v’shalom.

I’d like to make a true statement: Technology is here to stay. It is only becoming more pervasive in life. I refer not to apps that Yidden use daily to save time such as Waze, websites that save us money such as Amazon, and the list goes on. Not even to the FJJ in which you write, that is published online as well (with letters included) that have become part of daily life. I do refer to Mosdos Hatorah that take advantage and provide a place for Yidden to utilize the internet to grow in a healthy way. Need a Minyan? GoDaven will help. Stuck & need Kosher food? Yes, Kosher GPS can help you with that. Need help in Shidduchim? FRUM Shadchanim are available to help on Saw you at Sinai and other Das Torah endorsed sites. None less than the leading publishing house of orthodox Jewry, Artscroll, who prints Haskamahs from Das Torah in every volume, sells their English Gemarahs to be used online too! Do I hear “Yeitzer Tov” or “Someone who follows Das Torah” ostracizing them? Daf Hachaim and Edaf teach thousands of people Gemarah daily, around the world. Partners in Torah learn countless hours on Skype as if sitting across the table from one another while miles apart. The OU

provides a massive resource for Orthodoxy aside from Kashrus, every organization has a fully developed site. Even the Agudah, represented by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, has a website. Tzedakah? Ask Chai Lifeline how much money they collect, along with other Mosdos, online. When a single Yid needs help such as a missing child as we witnessed this past Erev Shabbos, how many people mobilized to search in minutes? And when communities in Florida were being evacuated due to Irma, they found Hachnosas Orchim on Erev Shabbos by connecting through organizations that quickly set up online systems to help. Is there a Shul, Yeshiva or organization that does not communicate its message or zmanim to its members via email? This is but a drop in the bucket to the tech-Mitzvah reality that us Torah Jews live with daily. How sad that you judge the world in which you live in such derisive terms!

Friends, let’s stop fooling one another to think that just the working few use the internet. The vast majority of our community is connected for the basics of life, such as paying taxes and banking, and we need our Rabbeim/Rabbonim to teach us to do so responsibly and constantly be michazek us, in addition to installing filters/TAG. If you continue to pretend that the world and almost everyone around you is not online and you don’t seek to help make it a safer place for your children who will be more exposed than you are today, you are part of the problem. To lead a life banning those you do not understand, is to lead a life of failed Chinuch. Proper Chinuch teaches people to live in a real world recreated daily by none other than Hashem.

Let’s make it a better place, together, starting today.

A Positive & Realistic Jew

Hurricane Irma ExperienceIn South Florida we have just

experienced the wrath of Hurricane Irma and the impact it has had on our property, psyche, and Emunah. Baruch Hashem, what we didn’t experience here in Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Boca Raton was any major physical or financial damage. While we prepared for the storm like everyone else, like purchasing supplies, boarding up, and helping




our neighbors, perhaps our greatest protection was the Torah learning going on uninterrupted before, during, and after the storm.

All of the 30 Beis Medrash Talmidim, 28 who live out of town, chose to stay in Yeshiva to ride out the storm and the result was a Kol Torah out-howling whatever category hurricane was parading outside. While the yeshiva is planning the construction of a brand new campus, the Talmidim currently reside in rented houses in the community. The houses were boarded up on the outside like all the others around it, but what was going on the inside was very different. All 30 Talmidim bunkered down with one of their Rabbiem, Rabbi Abramchick, and went through business as usual over Shabbos with Friday night Oneg and a beautiful Seder Shabbos afternoon in the house as the curfew came into effect. As the storm rolled in Motzei Shabbos, Irma felt welcome with a beautiful Melava Malka and Kumzitz. On Sunday as the peak winds picked up, so did the Limmud Hatorah. With the electrical power wavering the power of Torah remained strong as the boys learned a full 3 Sedarim, flashlights in hand. In the end the power did not go out and the community seemed to sustain far less damage than expected. While there were many Zchusim that certainly played a role, the power of Torah was undoubtedly a significant one.

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Rabbi Yoel GoldbergMenahel Yeshivah Tiferes Torah, Boca Raton

Mi Ke’Amcah YisraelI just came home from picking

up my Sukkos order form Chasdei Lev. I was completely ‘blown away’ how this wonderful organization does not fail from year to year to increase their efforts to ensure that

not only Yom Tov, but also all the preparations in honor of Yom Tov, are filled with happiness and joy. Upon arrival for pick-up you were treated to a Reisman’s packaged brownie-bar and a luscious chocolate ice cream pop - yum! The organization of this gigantic operation is truly mind boggling. You are directed to your order which has been pre-packaged, each order on its own palate. A very wonderful, smiling, gracious volunteer (usually a teen-age Yeshiva Bochur) lifts and places the many heavy cases into your car. All the volunteers are so pleasant, cheerful and smiling. It just puts you into a good mood and helps one eagerly anticipate the upcoming happy Yom Tov of Sukkos. The name of this organization is truly very befitting - Chasdei Lev - Chessed done with a heart. Each year the Chessed becomes greater and the heart with which it’s done, expands more and more. Hashem truly has Nachas from His children, Klal Yisrael, and the wonderful Chassadim they do. Chazak V’Ematz and a Gut Yom Tov to all.

Yeyasher Koach to Rabbi Josh Mehlman.

Suri Friedman

An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump

“As you sow, so shall you reap!” You’re outnumbered, outgunned!

It’s you against the Government Establishment, the Big Business Establishment; the Cultural Establishment, the Imperial Judiciary.

The FakeNewsMedia are unrelenting, attack after attack, inventing vicious lies and hurling devilish accusations against you on a daily—and even hourly—basis.

How do you win? Here’s the secret!

Follow G-D’s Universal Rule: The Law of Reciprocity— Ultimate Leverage—As you do unto others, so shall it be done unto you—every action triggers a similar reaction.

Do this— Direct your Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to research and discover at least 10 Federal prisoners who have been cruelly and unjustly accused and imprisoned. Set them free immediately—That’s it!

You know very well how unjust and abusive the Justice System can be, since you have personally experienced—and are st i l l experiencing—that abuse yourself.

(I am personally familiar with the case of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, whose disgraceful prosecut ion and wrongful imprisonment for 27 years was a classic example of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct—a “hit” job, very similar to what was done to Sheriff Arpaio.)

I wish you a great New Year, Bracha VeHatzlacha,in your overwhelmingly difficult task of Making America Great Again!

Rabbi William Handler

Why We Vote RepublicanOne of the letters in last FJJ was

terribly disappointing: the writer tried to “sell us” the Democratic Party.

One would think that in our day when that party is ruled by anti-Semites like Keith Ellison (and delusional people like Berny Senders who’s stated ideal for US, our country is to be like Venezuela), any Jew in his right mind would stay away from them. But the writer has a “big reason,” after all some of the people who today vote Republican include KKK members. Well some people who vote democratic, include ISIS members and other preachers of terrorism! And as opposed to Republicans, where anyone with any connection to KKK is despised and kept away from the party, the Democrats are proud and openly show confirmed terrorists at their rallies! In general in the recent years anti-Semitism has increased, especially on college campuses and it’s entirely due to the extreme left, and not the KKK or similar groups who are very weak in this country and don’t present a major danger. The real danger is Antifa and similar leftist groups, and the Democrats not only have not denounced them, Obama even supported a racist anti-Semitic group like “Black Lives Matter.” There is a good reason why the Orthodox Jews today overwhelmingly vote Republican! It was not always like this, but clearly this is the only party left that has a chance to save America from chaos.

Hoping for a Better Future

Attacking DemocratsIn response to the letter by Berish

Woolstein in which he questions why I did not attack the Republican Party for David Duke and co. The answer is absurdly simple. I am attacking the actions of both the mainstream of the Democratic Party as well as its leadership.

How much support does David Duke get from the Republican Party? The answer is ZERO. He IS a Republican only because he describes himself as one. I do not remember any major members of the Republican Party giving him any compliments or moral support. From President Trump, to the members of Congress, to the party leadership, we had people denouncing him as vulgar, repulsive and other adjectives which are quite a bit less than flattering. On the other hand Antifa and Black Lives Matter both essentially domestic terror groups receive widespread support from Democratic Party politicians and leadership. Both groups are violent, notoriously anti-Semitic, and have broad backing by the Democrats.

So yes, if you want I can denounce the so called “right-wing” white supremacist, racist losers who marched in Charlottesville. But they are an extremely small weak group of people and have virtually no backing in mainstream politics while Antifa and B.L.M are powerful militant groups which are EXTREMELY dangerous and yet are supported by the majority of Democrats. If you, or anyone else wants to try out some other way to convince me that a religious Jew should support the Democrats, go ahead, but you will as I said find it quite harder than you think.

If you have any other comments you might as well share, we have an election in November. I personally hope we can vote immoral, anti-capitalist, anti-private schools, pro-crime, slumlord Bill de Blasio out of office.

Vote in November. Say NO to immorality, say NO to crime, Say NO to not caring about constituents, Say NO to nonstop lying, say NO to vilifying policemen. Say YES to funds for yeshivas.

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Not Jews at AllRecently I came across an online

video from Ben Shapiro, that answered many questions about how Jews can ally themselves with the Arabs, with ANTIFA, with the leftist anti-Semites against their own people. For those who don’t




know, Ben Shapiro is a popular Conservative speaker and maker of podcasts. He engages in debates on college campuses with leftists. He does all this while his head is covered with a kipah, refers to it and his religion unabashedly, advocates positions cherished by Jews. He’s an attorney and quite smart. Specifically, he answered one question that is blatant and in bold letters. A woman who identified herself as a “rabbi” was declared persona non grata and not admitted to Israel recently because her actions belie even her Jewishness, let alone her being a “rabbi”. She opposes Israel, preaches support for the BDS movement, etc. What motivates her do all of these things?

Here are some statistics cited by Ben Shapiro based on various polls. Despite the fact that Obama consorted with vicious anti-Semites like Pastor Wright, Rashid Khalidi before the election, he was elected with 78% of the Jewish vote. After the election he lived down to his past. He revealed security secrets that prevented Israel from attacking Iran’s nuclear sites. He made a deal with Iran that foreclosed the possibility of the West taking action against Iran. He forced Israel to make up with and compensate Erdogan’s Turkey. After witnessing all this, in 2012 Jews voted 69% for Obama. Based on this and the following facts the vast majority of Jews are Jews because of an accident of birth but have no affiliation with Judaism or Israel and, statistically, are least religious of all religious groups. Their religion is actually secular leftism, not Judaism at all. Only 41% of Jews say their religion is important to them while 65% say they seldom or ever attend religious services. Improbably, 22% of Jews said they have no religion. Only 10% identify themselves as Orthodox, while only 38% of Jews say their religion has anything to do with anything. A paltry 30% are strongly attached to Israel. Just 40% acknowledge that G-d gave Israel to the Jews, 27% don’t and 5% don’t know. Another 28% said they don’t even believe in G-d. Only 19% said Judaism is about observing Jewish law, 73% erroneously claimed it was about remembering the Holocaust, 28% said it was about belonging to the Jewish community. This does not bode well for Judaism. Those who define themselves as ethnically Jewish are really not Jewish at all.

They subscribe to nothing that can remotely be characterized as Jewish, save for their desire occasionally for matzoh balls and gefilte fish.

Jofay

Assertive CommunicationAs I was perusing through the

Flatbush Jewish Journal, I was quite disturbed by the amount of controversy and the harsh tone of words in quite a few of the letters. Yes, most of the topics are very important. However, the choice of words in which they are delivered is very inappropriate and outright nasty! Would we think of talking to our friends, family, co-workers and spouses like that? Most likely we would be wise to think before we react. But because we’re human, we don’t always think properly. Consequently, I would venture to say that most people tune out or ignore the other party because they feel attacked.

Nevertheless, there are quite a few techniques that can be used to get our point across – in a respectful manner. The following methods are powerful and effective to bring our points/opinions across:

One method or way is to be assertive by using ‘I’ messages without making the other party feel attacked. Another way is to restate what the speaker said and to then state your opinion using ‘I’ messages. For instance, the following sentence incorporates ‘I’ messages by illustrating how to convey our feelings in a respectful manner: “I feel like I am being taken advantage of which really bothers me.” This simple yet powerful sentence accomplishes two things: It states how the speaker is feeling and it does so in a very neutral and non-attacking way. The second method is restating the speaker’s point in their own words. This is usually done by starting off with ‘I messages’ and then continuing on in a neutral way such as “I hear your concerns about the party being done in the afternoon versus later in the evening. It’s true that we’ll have more time to clean up and rest if it’s done in the evening. But, we both know that the kids need a good night’s sleep which is more important.” Restating the words of the speaker is very powerful and accomplishes two things: It lets the other know that we are not disregarding their opinion but acknowledging it. And at the same time, we’re stating our thoughts in assertively without attacking.

We don’t have to be an expert or a professional to communicate like this. Anyone can acquire this type of communication which can then be second nature to them. Like anything else, it requires practice and patience.

Chavy Klein

Count Your BlessingsThis past week’s Parsha, Parshas

Ki Savo, starts off with exhorting us to “Rejoice in all the good which Hashem, your Gd, has given you, and your house”.

The Parsha, ends off with telling us that the “Tochacha” will befall us “because you did not serve Hashem, your Gd with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things”!

Count Your Blessings is the message – my friends!

Think a million times, and then some, before you start “kvetching” to Hashem about all that is missing in your life. Something to think about as we daven for ah gut gebentched yahr!

Kisva v’Chasima Tova to all.YY Lisker

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Response to RockyIt is great that you were able to

curb your Lashon Hara. I see you said that you put on some weight as well, which is something that usually does not happen. The most chocolates that one will have to pop a day are 3 or 4. But even if someone were to gain weight not talking Lashon Hara, to me it sounds like an obvious trade off. There is no Mitzva in the Torah to not be fat and there is no lov to not be skinny. When it comes to Lashon Hara there is quite a few, and the Chofetz Chaim lists all of them. If you are thinking that, it is a bigger Mitzvah to be healthy. Let me know where the Rambam lists it in his Sefer Hamitzvos. Chazal tell us if you don’t talk Lashon Hara you will live a good life. I don’t recall David Hamelech writing “whoever desires life and who loves his days and wants to see good, should try and stay skinny”. I do recall him saying that you should guard your tongue from bad speech. Being fat did not destroy the Beis Hamikdash, Lashon Hara did, and continues to prevent it from being rebuilt.

Kol Hakavod Rocky for bringing us closer to having it rebuilt!

Asher F


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When Jews confront the present and prepare for the future, they are always mindful of the past.

When torch-bearing neo-Na-zi white supremacists chant, “Jews will not replace us,” and a threat-ening contingent move on to a Charlottesville synagogue, the low points of American Jewish history flash before our eyes: the 1915 lynch-ing of an innocent Leo Frank; Henry Ford’s campaign to expose an alleged “international Jewish conspiracy” in the 1920s; Father Charles Coughlin’s anti-Semitic radio broadcasts during the Great Depression; and Charles Lindbergh’s accusations that Jews were scheming to drag the country into war with Nazi Germany. The parents and grandparents of my gen-eration of American Jews suffered from university quotas; glass ceilings; and restricted communities, hospitals and clubs. This makes the American Jewish success story even more re-markable in hindsight.

Yet something has changed with Charlottesville. American baby boomers like me, and certainly our children and grandchildren, have had little or no direct experience with an-ti-Semitism. Being Jewish is far from a societal liability; it is an asset. We are still very much living in a golden age of opportunity for American Jewry, one documented in a February 2017 Pew Research Center study report-ing that Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America. Being Jewish is cool. Who would have thought?

That positive story is what makes Charlottesville so jarring. Anti-Semitism has not disappeared from

the American landscape, but it has been driven to the peripheries of society. It has been rendered socially unacceptable, a malignant behavior that disqualifies one for corporate, political, educational or religious leadership.

This did not change with Charlottesville, as frightening as it was. The novel factor was and is a continuing presidential unwilling-ness to make it crystal clear that there is no place for neo-Nazis and white supremacists in American society. Anyone who chooses to be associated with the likes of them is not entitled to the rationalization “that there were very fine people on both sides.”

Unfortunately, anti-Semitism has proven its durability as the world’s oldest hate. That reality puts even greater responsibility on the shoulders of leaders: they have to be unequivo-cal in their rejection of the ideology, its transmitters and fellow travelers.

Pastor Martin Niemöller, whose heroic record against the Nazis was not free of some vestigial anti-Semitism, understood this. Our contemporary version of his famous words might be: First they maligned Mexicans, and we did not speak up enough, because we were not Mexicans; then they ma-ligned Muslims, and we did not speak up enough, because we were not Muslims; then they maligned wom-en, and we did not speak up enough, because we were not women; then they maligned the disabled, and we did not speak up enough, because we were not disabled; then they maligned people of color, and we did not speak up enough, because we were not peo-ple of color; then they maligned Jews, and we did not speak up enough,

because we were not Jews; then they maligned us and there was no one left to speak up enough for us.

American Jews are finding their voices, and we must speak up even more.

First, it is simply the right thing to do.

Second, it is consistent with our grandest Jewish narrative, the Exodus from Egypt and its eternal lesson to take care of the most vul-nerable—“You know the soul of the stranger.” (Exodus 23:9.) You were slaves in Egypt. You were freed. Use your power to do the same for others. It is remarkable how resonant and relevant that message has remained for the Jewish people in every genera-tion, not least for the generations that emerged from the Holocaust.

Third, we Jews are motivated by enlightened self-interest. At any given moment, we might not be the target. But tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that, we might be the target.

We are always on the list. Those who hate one group rarely restrict their hatred. Their hatred is blind and Jews are invariably included. The murder of Heather Heyer is, then, the murder of one of our own.

Nothing focuses the Jewish mind like a visit to Germany, where I was during the week following the Charlottesville violence, together with an AJC-Germany Close Up group. Like many other Jews of a certain age, I had not visited Germany until relatively recently. In the course of many recent visits escorting young-er American Jews and helping them navigate the meaning of modern Germany, I have learned a lot about how Germans are grappling admirably with their horrific history. Ironically, it is Chancellor Angela Merkel who understands Charlottesville better than the president of the United States. She condemned the events there unequivocally as “racist,” “hor-rifying” and “evil.”

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Ben Cohen/JnS.org

It has been 23 years since the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires was devastated by a Hezbollah truck bomb, claiming the lives of 85 people and wounding hundreds more. It is a little less than three years since Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor investigating the AMIA atrocity, was found dead in his apartment, one night before he was due to unveil a complaint accusing Argentina’s own govern-ment of colluding with Tehran in a secret pact to exonerate the Iranians of responsibility. During all of that unforgivably long stretch of time, nobody has been prosecuted for ei-ther of these crimes, nor stood in a courtroom to reveal the truth, once and for all.

But then, it’s often the case the delivery of justice takes time. It’s also true that the passage of time does not lessen the importance of pursuing the guilty. This is why, for example, any pity for elderly Nazi war criminals who suddenly find themselves on trial is misplaced. For that same reason, when there is a sensational development in the epic tragedy that is the AMIA bomb-ing—as there has recently been—we would be wrong to regard it as the latest installment of a detective sto-ry that began in the mid-1990s, and correct to see it as a milestone on the way to convicting the Iranians and their proxies for this crime.

In late August, Argentina’s for-mer ambassador to Damascus, Roberto Ahuad, appeared before the Argentine government’s official investigation into the collusion be-tween the Iranians and the coun-try’s previous president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. In his testi-mony, Ahuad gave an eyewitness ac-count of two days in Syria in January 2011 that confirmed beyond doubt one of Nisman’s key claims: that Hector Timerman, Kirchner’s for-eign minister, disappeared during

an official visit to Damascus to se-cretly negotiate the pact with the Iranians.

Timerman has always denied that he did any such thing, dismiss-ing the reporter who first made the allegation in 2011 as a “pseu-do-journalist”—a just-about-viable position until Ahuad came along.

According to Ahuad, one day af-ter Timerman arrived in Damascus, he and the foreign minister were driven to a military airport near the Syrian capital. Once there, Timerman and his aides board-ed a plane provided by the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, after curtly informing the ambassador that his presence was superfluous. Ahuad, angry with Timerman for having embarrassed him in front of their Syrian hosts, then returned to Damascus. Several hours lat-er, having received no word from Timerman, he drove back to the airport.

Inside the terminal, Ahuad met a group of Syrian officials. They told him that Timerman had flown to the northern city of Aleppo for a meet-ing hosted by Assad, along with the Iranian foreign minister, the Syrian foreign minister, and Iran’s ambas-sador to Damascus. The officials added, said Ahuad, they were un-aware of the reason for the meeting,

and that all the arrangements had been cloaked in “absolute secrecy.”

An official account of the meet-ing did appear the following day, which stated that Timerman had met with Assad to discuss the strengthening of bilateral ties, “re-inforced by the large presence of the Syrian community in Argentina”—a community from which, ironically, Ahuad hails. Needless to say, the presence of the Iranians was not acknowledged.

But back in Argentina, Alberto Nisman did not give up. Having been appointed in 2005 to lead the AMIA investigation by Kirchner’s predecessor, her late husband Nestor, five years later, Cristina Kirchner’s government had per-formed a 180-degree turn on Iran, and the AMIA investigation was be-coming a nuisance. Like any good investigator, Nisman went where the evidence took him, to the point that it cost him his life—a perspective shared by the official investigation into his death, which concluded back in May that the prosecutor had been murdered, despite Kirchner’s insistence that it was a suicide.

Kirchner, Timerman and several other Argentine officials could well

face treason charges as a result of Ahuad’s testimony. In the interim, Timerman’s lawyer has told investi-gating judge Claudio Bonadio that the former foreign minister wants to schedule a hearing where he will “clarify the facts” around the secret pact with Iran.

Given that Timerman’s lawyer implied in his letter that his client’s health is failing, perhaps there is a ghost of a reason to believe that Timerman—who has proven him-self a liar time and again—wants to unburden himself. Doing so would perhaps restore a small portion of the dignity that this son of a promi-nent Jewish family has lost in collud-ing with the murderers of Argentine Jews and non-Jews. It might even give him an opportunity to get his own back on Kirchner’s thuggish lieutenants, who lampooned him behind his back even as he was ne-gotiating with Assad and Iran. Or it might result in yet another tissue of falsehoods.

The fact the net is now closing in upon the Argentine culprits in the AMIA story cannot be doubt-ed. Will another two decades pass before we see the Iranian terrorists themselves in court?

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The Jewish left, the United Nations, and the international news media have been telling us for years that illegal settlers in the “occupied territories” are the main obstacles to Middle East peace. So they all should have been rejoicing at the news that a group of settlers were evicted from their home.

What happened was that Israel’s Supreme Court forced a group of settlers who had taken over an apart-ment in eastern Jerusalem that Israel took control of in 1967 — a place that is deemed “occupied Arab territory” by advocates for the Palestinians — to vacate the premises.

� e court actually issued the evic-tion order back in 2013. But those diehard settlers, no doubt backed by pro-settler money from abroad, managed to exploit the Israeli legal system and drag the proceedings out for more than four years. Finally, the settlers were compelled to leave the property they had been illegally occupying.

So you would think Peace Now and its allies would be celebrating.

Instead, Peace Now issued a press release calling the eviction of the set-tlers “a dangerous trend that could threaten a future compromise in Jerusalem.”

Huh? Aren’t settlers the obstacle to peace? Wouldn’t their expulsion increase the chances for compromise and reconciliation?

No. It turns out the “settlers” were Palestinian Arabs. � e rightful own-ers of the property are Jews. � ere’s the problem!

� e house in question is in a part of eastern Jerusalem, just outside the walls of the Old City that Arabs call “Sheikh Jarrah” and Jews call “Shimon Ha-Tzadik.” The neigh-borhood includes the burial place of Shimon Ha-Tzadik (Simon the Righteous), one of the rabbinical sages who led the Jewish people for hundreds of years, beginning in the Second Temple period.

When the international news media report on events in the

area, they never call it by its Jewish name, or mention the burial site. � ey don’t want to remind us of the neighborhood’s deep Jewish roots. � ey want everyone to think that “east Jerusalem” is synonymous with “Palestinian” and “Arab.”

The house has been Jewish property since the forebears of the Hubara family � rst purchased it in 1876. Despite 72 years of continu-ous, peaceful residency, the invading Jordanian army brutally expelled the Hubara family in 1948 during Israel’s War of Independence. � e Jordanians carried out a thorough ethnic cleansing operation, driving out all the Jewish residents of Shimon Ha-Tzadik and illegally occupying the neighborhood as well as the Old City. Decent people are supposed to be outraged by ethnic cleansing. But when the victims are Jews, the world is silent.

� e illegal Jordanian occupation continued for 19 years. During that period, local Arabs began to illegally squat in the homes of the expelled Jews. � e United Nations never said a word about that occupation. � e New York Times didn’t publish any angry editorials decrying the injus-tice. � e Jewish le� was silent.

The reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day War paved the way to end the illegal occupation of the Hubara home. Shimon and Dalia Hubara � led suit in 2005 to reclaim their house from the illegal settlers. � ey subsequently sold their prop-erty rights to the Israel Land Fund. Since then, the Arabs ceased paying

rent to the Jordanian authority that allowed them to stay there. Had they continued paying their rent, Israeli courts would have protected their rights as tenants, even to the detri-ment of the Jewish owners.

But Peace Now, which is normal-ly so zealous to oust illegal setters, is outraged at the court’s ruling because in this case the owners are members of the incorrect group. � ey’re Jews. Peace Now and its al-lies in J Street only oppose “settlers” who are Jewish; Arab settlers are heroes to them. � ey only support the rule of law when a ruling helps the Palestinian cause; if a court rules against Palestinians, then the court must be denounced.

Of course, they would hypo-critically cheer if Palestinian Arabs went to court to claim the property in Jerusalem where they resided before 1948. Never mind that those Arabs voluntarily chose to leave, as part of a war to destroy Israel—in other words, circumstances com-pletely opposite of what happened to the Hubaras and other Jews who were dispossessed by the Jordanians in 1948, not to mention hundreds of thousands of post-1948 Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim countries.

Ultimately this question boils down to one thing: advocates of the Palestinian cause want to give large parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority. If advancing that goal re-quires them to be disingenuous or intellectually inconsistent, then so be it.

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In the opening verse of Parashat Nisavim, Moshe declares to Be’ne Yisrael, “Atem Nisavim Hayom Kulechem” – You stand before G-d today, all of you!” � is is generally understood as an expression of en-couragement and consolation a� er the harsh Tocha’ha (rebuke) present-ed toward the end of the previous parasha, Ki Tavo. � at section de-scribes in graphic detail the terrible calamities G-d threatened to bring upon Be’ne Yisrael if they disregard His laws. Here, in Parashat Nisavim, Moshe reassures the people, “You stand before G-d today.” Even with all the rebuke and warnings, you stand here before G-d; ultimately the Jewish people will survive forev-er, even if they must endure periods of calamity, Heaven forbid.

� ere is, however, another read-ing of this verse, whereby it, too, expresses harsh rebuke and admo-nition. Human beings di� er from angels in their ability to change, to grow and to improve. Angels can-not change; they remain the same from the moment they are created until they expire. For this reason, the prophets generally describe an-gels as Omedim, standing. Angels stand in one place, unable to ad-vance or progress. Human beings, by contrast, are o� en referred to as Holechim, walking, referring to their capacity to progress, to move for-ward, to grow, to work on their char-acter and become better. If a person remains stagnant and complacent, if he has no interest in improving him-self and advancing to the next level in religious observance and charac-ter re� nement, then he has denied his most basic human quality.

Moshe perhaps sensed that af-ter forty years of traveling in the Wilderness, the people began slow-ing their engines, so to speak; they began to relax their e� orts and go into “cruise control.” He there-fore harshly admonished them, “Atem Nisavim Hayom” – you are all just standing! You have become like the angels, who are Omedim, who remain in one place without progressing.

In the � rst verse of the second parasha o� en read in conjunction with Nisavim, Parashat VaYelech, Moshe tells the people, “I am 120 years old today; I can no longer

go and come, and G-d has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan [River].’ “One Rabbi explained this to mean that when Moshe complet-ed 120 years, he reached the maxi-mum point of religious ful� llment, if we can imagine such a thing. � e only religious achievement he had yet to realize was observing the mis-vot in the Land of Israel, and G-d forbade him from crossing into the Land. � erefore, he informs the na-tion, there was no longer any rea-son for him to continue living. If a person does not grow and advance, if he no longer builds on his previ-ous accomplishments and strives to become something greater, then the purpose of life is lost.

� is message that emerges from Parashat Nisavim is perhaps one of the reasons why halacha requires reading this parasha just prior to Rosh Hashanah. On Rosh Hashanah we approach G-d and ask that He grant us another year. Parashat Nisavim serves to remind us that we are entitled to make this request only if we commit ourselves to using that year for religious growth and achieve-ment. We have no right to beg for another year of life just for us to stay right where we are, without working to move forward, make ourselves bet-ter, and draw closer to G-d.

During the High Holidays we add to our prayer service the re-quest, “Remember us for life, O King Who desires life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life for Your sake, O living G-d!” Some have ex-plained the final phrase – “for Your sake, O living G-d” – as describing the kind of life for which we ask to be inscribed. We beg the Almighty to inscribe us for another year of life, but not for a life of stagnation, of eating, drinking, sleeping and partying. By secular standards, such a life is considered a very good life. But we ask for a life that is “for Your sake, O living G-d,” a life devoted to Torah and misvot, a life rich in religious meaning and spirituality, a life that we use for the purpose of growing, elevating ourselves to new heights, and not for the purpose of “standing” in one place like the angels. Only if we indeed make such a commitment, to work toward higher levels, just a bit each day, are we entitled to

approach the Almighty on Rosh Hashanah and beg, “Remember us for life, O King Who desires life.”

Q: What is the halacha for trav-elers to and from Israel re-

garding Barech Aleinu in the Amida?Jews living in Israel begin reciting

Barech Alenu in the Amida on the 7th of Cheshvan, whereas in the Diaspora we continue reciting Barechenu until December 4th.

If an Israeli resident visits the United States, for example, during the period between the 7th of Cheshvan and December 4th, does he continue reciting Barech Alenu, as he had in Is-rael, or does he recite Barechenu since he is now in the United States?

� e Hida rules that once a person had begun reciting Barech Alenu, he continues doing so, even a� er he leaves Erets Yisrael. Accordingly, Ha-cham Ovadia Yosef in Yehaveh Da’at (1:73) states that if an Israeli resident had begun reciting Barech Alenu and then travels abroad with the intention of returning to Israel, he continues re-

citing Barech Alenu even during his stay abroad.

If in such a case the individual is invited to lead the services in the syn-agogue, which text should he recite during his silent Amida, and which should he recite during the repetition?

Hacham David Yosef, in Halacha Berura (Helek 6, p. 186), writes that in such a case one recites Barech Ale-nu in the silent Amida, but during the repetition he recites Barechenu. Pref-erably, however, he should insert the words “Ve’ten Tal U’matar Liv’racha” in the Shema Kolenu blessing, if he can do so without the congregation taking notice.

If a Jew living in the Diaspora travels to Israel during this period, he recites Barech Alenu during his stay in Israel, despite the fact that at home he had still recited Barechenu, because of the dire need for rain in Is-rael. Hacham Ovadia Yosef rules that if this individual returns home to the Diaspora before December 4th, then he once again recites Barechenu until December 4th.

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Spiritual State of the StateHaving earned the admiration

of the public, Harav Ovadia raised a host of issues that others may have felt uncomfortable addressing while officially seated as chief rabbi of Israel. When it came to hillul Shabbat, for instance, Harav Ovadia did not suf-fice with general statements regard-ing the importance of Shabbat, but rather joined other hareidi leaders in fighting to prevent mass hillul Shabbat. He allied himself with those who denounced the opening of the Ramot Road, which ran adjacent to Yerushalayim’s religious neighbor-hoods and would be open on Shabbat. He also wrote a letter condemning the plans to build a stadium in what is currently the Ramat Shlomo neigh-borhood of Yerushalayim. While Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek was dead-set against constructing the sta-dium elsewhere, the public pressure eventually forced him to back down and agree to have it built in the Malha neighborhood, far from any residen-tial neighborhoods that would have to witness large-scale hillul Shabbat when fans drove to the stadium.

Say No to TVHarav Ovadia also fought to bol-

ster the moral underpinnings of soci-ety. When a TV show in Israel made light of the sanctity of marriage, Harav Ovadia wrote a letter to the Minister of Education and Culture, Zevulun Hammer of Mafdal, sharply protesting the program and asking him to intervene and ensure that no such shows be aired in the future.

In a teshuva written in those years, in the context of a sh’eila that was sent to him regarding the permissibility of reciting Kriat Shema in front of a television broadcasting immodest im-ages, Harav Ovadia not only categor-ically forbids the recitation of Kriat Shema under such circumstances, he also addresses the permissibility of watching television in general:

Know that all that we have been discussing [regarding reciting Kriat Shema] refers only to those who are placed into a circumstance in which they are [compelled to] view a televi-sion. Bringing a television into one’s home, however, is absolutely forbidden. Anyone who is willing to admit the truth [realizes] that besides placing him into the category of scoffers and causing him to waste time that could be used for Torah study, the television will also lead him astray.

This stance might not seem sur-prising today, but it should be noted that this teshuva was written in the 1970s, when most people, even ob-servant ones, considered television relatively innocuous.

Harav Ovadia did not limit his voice as the chief rabbi to matters of religious concern. He spoke out frequently about safety issues, such as the dangerous driving habits of Israelis. Several times during his ten years as chief rabbi, he issued official proclamations urging drivers to exer-cise greater caution on the road, and urged all the rabbanim in the coun-try to devote Shabbat lectures to the topic.

He would remain concerned about this topic long after his term as chief rabbi was over, bringing it up every so often at his Motzaei Shabbat shiur, where he also discussed the halachic ramifications of causing a car accident because of unsafe driving.

Under FireThroughout his life, Harav Ovadia

remained focused on the individual, even as his scope of influence contin-ued to broaden. After his successful efforts to free the Yom Kippur War agunot, he managed to open a smooth line of communication with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan — and he used that connection to help many reli-gious girls avoid army service.

In order to be exempted from mandatory army or national service, young women had to declare that their religious beliefs prevented them from serving. While girls who attend-ed Beit Yaakov high schools were granted exemptions without having to prove their religious convictions, girls who had become more religious while attending public or national-religious schools were not granted exemptions so easily. Many girls approached Harav Ovadia with the concern that army or national service would have a detrimental spiritual effect on them. Because Dayan trusted Harav Ovadia implicitly, all it took was one phone call from Harav Ovadia’s office to the Defense Ministry, and the girl would automatically receive her exemption.

When the secular media uncov-ered this story, all the players came under fire for what the media consid-ered a scandal, but Harav Ovadia cou-rageously stood his ground against the onslaught.

Term Extension and Term Limits

New elections for chief rabbis were originally scheduled for 1978, five years after Harav Ovadia was first elected to office. At that point, a large majority of the guf haboher was against the reelection of Chief Rabbi Goren, but Harav Ovadia was considered a national asset and his reelection was guaranteed. Harav Ovadia urged Rav Shaul Yisraeli, who was highly respected by rabbanim from across the political spectrum, to run against Chief Rabbi Goren. Rav Yisraeli announced his candidacy, but

the Mafdal, the only party still square-ly in Chief Rabbi Goren’s camp, came out against Rav Yisraeli. Realizing that they didn’t have enough votes on the guf haboher to elect their candidate, the Mafdal took the legislative route, introducing a bill in the Knesset that extended the term of the chief rabbis to ten years — thereby delaying the elections until 1983 — but also im-posed a limit of one 10-year term.

While Agudat Yisrael tried to fight the bill, Mafdal — which was then considered the key partner in build-ing any coalition because it was the third-largest party in the Knesset — was able to convince both the left- and right-wing parties to vote for the bill.

Before the extended terms of Chief Rabbis Yosef and Goren actually end-ed, there was a grassroots effort to over-turn the law and allow the chief rabbis to run again. Agudat Yisrael intro-duced a bill in the Knesset overturning the one-term limit, but Justice Minister Moshe Nissim, a son of former Rishon LeZion Rav Yitzhak Nissim, convinced his Likud party to join the Mafdal and vote against the bill. The bill was de-feated by a small majority (47-40), and Harav Ovadia was unable to run for an additional term.

While most of the country had come to admire and love him by this point, Harav Ovadia still had a few detractors, mostly in the upper ech-elons of the government, who were thrilled to see him relinquish his role as chief rabbi.

Little did they realize that by forc-ing him out of his position as chief rabbi, they were actually freeing him to lead the most ambitious project of his life — one that would restore the pride of Sephardi Jews through-out Israel and bring thousands upon thousands to enhanced Torah study and observance.

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The following article is based upon the Sefer “Kitzur Shulchan Aruch” with the Hearos “Yosef Daas” from Rav Avrohom Avrohom Shlita. Brackets are additions from the author.

The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch writes that if one is facing an Ervah, then he cannot say a beracha or say words of Torah. In such a case he cannot merely close his eyes and say the beracha. Rather, he must turn his face and body from the Ervah. This is the agreement of the Acharonim and this is how we should pasken. (Mishnah Berurah 75:20, cf. also Kaf HaChaim 75:40). Maran Beis Yosef writes that clos-ing one’s eyes is sufficient to allow one to say the beracha (Keneged the Ervah). One can rely on the Beis Yosef in a Sheas Hadechak (in ex-tenuating circumstances). Yabiah Omer Chelek Gimmel, Siman Zayin (Chacham Ovadiah Yosef zt”l).


Continuation: But this Gemara is still very puz-

zling. After all is said and done, why indeed did the mishnah choose to identify the category of damages a person inflicts on his own as mav’eh? Throughout Bava Kama, this type of damage is identified as adam. Why couldn’t the mishnah do so as well? Why couldn’t the mishnah say quite simply that the four categories are shor, bor, adam and hev’er? Why was it nec-essary to formulate a new, sophisticat-ed and exceedingly enigmatic term to identify a person that inflicts damage? Why mav’eh?

Some commentators want to say that the Gemara is telling us that prayer is the essence of a human be-ing. A person is a mav’eh, someone who prays, just as King David declares (Psalms 109:4), “Va’ani tefillah. But I am prayer.” This is what he was. A liv-ing, breathing prayer. And this is what all people should be. Therefore, the mishnah refers to a person as mav’eh.

Be that as it may, why should the Sages of the Mishnah choose to teach us this important truth about the hu-man essence right here in Bava Kama? Why in the middle of a list of catego-ries of damage rather than in any of numerous more appropriate places in

the vast Talmud? Furthermore, our Sages list ten terms that mean prayer (Otzar HaMidrashim, Moshe 27), but mav’eh, or any other form of the word, is not on the list. Why doesn’t this word appear on that list? And why doesn’t the mishnah use one of those ten terms to tell us that the essence of a person is prayer? If anything, the mishnah should have chosen the word mispallel to recall King David’s “va’ani tefillah.” Why choose the rare, obscure mav’eh?

Actually, if we think into it, the word mav’eh is not a general term for prayer. The prophet uses this unusu-al word to identify a specific type of prayer, and nowhere do we find it used for any other. It refers exclusively to prayer for the geulah, for redemption and deliverance, and therefore, it does not appear on the list of general terms for prayer.

When R’ Yerucham Levovitz, the great Mashgiach of the Mir, discussed this Gemara, he pointed out that a mav’eh must be a very righteous per-son. If he is identified as a mav’eh, he must be a person who prays for the deliverance of the Jewish people all the time. He is not overly concerned with his own personal needs. The focus of his prayer is not his health, safety and

livelihood. He is more concerned with the exile of the Jewish people and the distancing of the Divine Presence from Jerusalem. A mav’eh seems to be a title of great honor. Why then should the mishnah choose to use this honorable title to describe an adam hamazik, a person who inflicts damages?

The mishnah wants to tell us that even the holy mav’eh, that great righ-teous person who spends so much time praying for the redemption of the Jewish people from exile, even he can be an adam hamazik if he is not careful in his dealings with other people. Even he may borrow and neglect to repay. Even he may be careless with other people’s property and cause scratches and dents. Even he can be guilty of os-hek and gezel if he does not watch his every step. And then what will be with all his holy prayers when he is stand-ing before G-d with sticky hands? How ironic that by causing damage to others the mav’eh may be causing far greater damage to himself by invalidating his own prayers. No matter how holy he is, this mav’eh, whose whole essence is the highest form of tefillah, can cause himself to lose everything.

Where does the mishnah teach us these lessons? Right at the beginning of the Order of Nezikin, which is

primarily concerned with fair dealing among people in monetary matters. It is a warning to all of us that disregard of these matters can have terrible re-percussions, Heaven forbid. A person that causes damage to another per-son or to his property, either directly or through neglect, may render his prayers for redemption ineffective. This is the introduction to Nezikin. Study these laws carefully and observe them meticulously, because your life and your future depend on them.

So now we understand on anoth-er level why the avoidance of gezel is such a priority in our prayers on Yom Kippur, why we say, “. . . so that we will desist from the oshek in our hands.” If we want G-d to accept our prayers, then we must clean our hands and re-move from our possession everything that does not belong to us. Because “if someone whose hands are soiled with gezel calls out to the Holy Blessed One, He does not answer him.” Dishonesty and deceit create a wall between us and the Creator, a wall that our prayers cannot penetrate. Only by removing all ill-gotten gains from our possession and fulfilling our obligation can we tear down that wall and open the way for our prayers to ascend to Heaven.

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INSIGHTS INTO FAITH AND TRUST IN JEWISH LIFE Stop the Robbery

Conclusion The Beraisa lists the forty-eight

qualities necessary to acquire Torah. However, as mentioned earlier, Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm, recommends one more step: To bring the forty-eight attributes together.

It may be a valiant and admirable endeavor to acquire and cultivate each characteristic, one day at a time, in sequence; but each of these behaviors is incorporated into a whole—one in-dividual, one personality. They must become intertwined parts of a single entity.

We can compare the integrated body of the forty-eight attributes to the physiology of the human body. The body contains various systems. It needs each of these, in order to function. The respiratory system, for example, allows a person to inhale ox-ygen, while expelling carbon dioxide.

The digestive system breaks the food down into its necessary components, while separating the waste to be ex-creted. The circulatory system carries the blood throughout the body (and with it, of course, the oxygen that is supplied by the respiratory system). Each system works in conjunction (and ideally, in harmony) with the other systems. Although each may function autonomously on some lev-el, all the physiological processes are interrelated. All are necessary for a healthy body.

Rav Chaim Shmulevitz once visited his uncle, Rav AvrahamYoffen, Rosh Yeshivah of Novardok. Reb Chaim asked his uncle to name the brightest student in the yeshivah. Rav Yoffen pointed to one young man. Then Reb Chaim asked which of the students possessed the greatest fear of Heaven. Rav Yoffen pointed to a different

student. When asked to identify the yeshivah’s most diligent student, a third young man was indicated.

Finally, Reb Chaim asked Rav Yoffen who was his best student. To Reb Chaim’s amazement, his uncle pointed to yet another young man. The Rosh Yeshiva explained that al-though this particular student was not necessarily the best in any one area, he nonetheless surpassed the other stu-dents when it came to integrating all of the other qualities.

In telling this story at a later date, Rav Chaim remarked that this fourth young man grew up to be Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler Gaon—one of the greatest Torah leaders of his time.

Rav Chaim Mordechai Katz, Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe, remarked that although a yeshivah may not have produced a gadol in any specific area

of Torah, the yeshivah itself, as a compos-ite of great-ness—in Torah s c h o l a r s h i p and its applica-tion, kindness, prayer, and fear of heaven—is a gadol.

In the same way, the forty-eight characteristics must be integrated into a unified whole—one person, one per-sonality—for the acquisition of Torah. The forty-ninth day of the program, and forty-ninth day of the omer, is reserved for each of us to review all the qualities together, to conceptual-ize bringing them together, and to see them as a seamless tapestry. May we merit to master the forty-eight quali-ties and thus acquire the Torah!

49 Steps to GreatnessRABBI EPHRAIM NISENBAUM


Keeping Faith in Troubled Times

We live in a generation that seems addicted to segulos. People latch on to every segulah that comes to their attention. � ey do one thing to merit having sons, another for daughters, a third to � nd shidduchim for their daughters. Whether this seemingly quick-� x approach — to life in gen-eral, and to Judaism in particular — is appropriate is a subject that is worthy of a lecture of its own. Rather than focus on that point, however, I would prefer to jump on the bandwagon and o� er a segulah of my own. But unlike most segulos, my segulah is not based on esoteric sources, but on a conver-sation found in the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 18a).

Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon went to visit Rabbi Yose ben Kismah, who was on his deathbed. Rabbi Chanina asked, “Rebbi, what portion will I merit in Olam Haba [the World to Come]?”

“Did any incident occur [from which I can determine what sort of portion you deserve (Rashi)]?” asked Rabbi Yose.

“One time,” answered Rabbi Chanina, “I had money set aside for my Purim seudah [feast], and I inad-vertently switched those funds with tzedakah [charity] funds. I decided to give all of the money to the poor.”

“In that case,” said Rabbi Yose, “then may my lot [in the World to Come] be as great as yours.”

� is passage is di� cult to under-stand, especially in the context in which it appears.

Prior to this portion of the dis-cussion, Rabbi Yose took issue with Rabbi Chanina for teaching Torah in public in spite of the Roman law forbidding it. “I will be surprised,” he said, “if they don’t burn you with the Sefer Torah from which you teach.” Following the discussion regarding the World to Come, the Talmud relates that Rabbi Yose’s predic-tion came true. Rabbi Chanina was burned alive, and is remembered as one of the Asarah Harugei Malchus, the Ten Martyrs regarding whom we recite kinnos on Tisha B’Av and Yom Kippur.

Rabbi Chanina ben Teradyon, a man who literally gave his life for the Torah, could � nd no greater merit to vouch for his piety than an episode regarding charitable funds!

I once read an explanation of this perplexing passage. From a purely halachic standpoint, Rabbi Chanina would have been allowed to keep the amount that he was certain belonged to him. Why did he give the entire sum to charity? Because he did not ascribe the mix-up to human error or carelessness. He sensed that Hashem was sending him a message to give all the money to the poor.

Rabbi Yose ben Kismah under-stood that if Rabbi Chanina could see Hashem’s Hand in such an ordinary incident, he must be worthy of a great portion in Olam Haba. A person who

lives his entire life trying to deter-mine, “Vos vill der Ribono Shel Olam— what does G-d want from me?” is one who is guaranteed a portion in Olam Haba.

� e basis for this appears in a verse in Parashas Ki Savo. “You have distin-guished Hashem today to be a G-d for you, and to walk in His ways, and to observe His decrees, His command-ments, and His statutes … velishmoa beKolo — and to listen to His Voice” (Devarim 26:17).

Ramban notes that the � rst half of the verse — “to walk in His ways, and to observe His decrees, His commandments, and His statutes” — seems to include just about everything we must do to serve Hashem. What do the words “velishmoa beKolo” add?

We can explain that aside from the decrees, commandments, and statutes that appear in the Torah, Hashem has other ways of speaking to us. In days of old, He spoke to us through prophets. To our great misfortune, we

no longer have prophets, but Hashem still “speaks” to us through events that occur in our lives. Being receptive to those messages, constantly asking ourselves, “What is G-d trying to tell me?” may not be a quick-� x, but as we have seen from Rabbi Yose ben Kismah’s reaction, it is a segulah for entry into the World to Come.

Sensitive Spiritual SensorsIt seems that great people have

� ne-tuned, sensitive spiritual sensors that enable them to perceive frequent messages from Hashem in their ev-eryday lives, while others can ignore even the most obvious, conspicuous messages from Above.

It is said that when the Chofetz Chaim would hear a clap of thunder, he would say, “Vus vill der Tatte — What does Father want?” Indeed, the Talmud (Berachos 59a) teaches that Hashem created thunder to “straight-en the crookedness of the heart.” When we hear a clap of thunder close by, we � inch. For a second or two, we may experience fear. But it takes no less a personage than the Chofetz Chaim to convert that instinctive fear into a perception of Hashem’s voice. Most of us go right on with our lives.

Rabbi Elyah Svei was born in Lithuania in a small town called Poltava, not far from Baranovich. When he was a young boy, he entered shul to daven Maariv and found the townspeople reciting Tehillim with passion and fervor. Rav Elyah com-mented that he had yet to witness such an outpouring of emotion in a yeshivah. “Who is sick?” he asked.

“Sick?” someone replied. “No one is sick.”

“So why is everyone saying Tehillim with such desperation?” he asked.

“Didn’t you hear? � ere was an earthquake, and thousands of people died. Hashem must want us to do te-shuvah [repent].”

Where was this earthquake? Not in the next town, or even on the same continent. It was in some far-� ung corner of the earth. Yet the people of Poltava were frightened, because Hashem had shown His wrath. � is was enough of a message to inspire them to recite Tehillim as if their lives depended on it.

We are not speaking of Rav Chanina ben Teradyon, or even the

Chofetz Chaim. � ese were ordinary Jews of the last century, who lived with enough sensitivity to hear the voice of Hashem calling to them.

� e opposite end of the spectrum is represented by a story that oc-curred with Rav Yechezkel (Chatzkel) Levenstein, the mashgiach of Yeshivas Mir in Europe, and later of Ponevezh in Eretz Yisrael.

An irreligious cab driver who was driving Rav Chatzkel remarked that he had once witnessed an open miracle.

When secular Israelis complete their army service, they typically unwind by touring some exotic loca-tion. A� er his army service, this cab driver decided to tour a mountain-ous region in Africa with some of his army buddies. One night, they awoke to hear one of their friends scream-ing in terror. � e young man was enveloped by a huge boa constrictor, which was squeezing the life out of him.

They had no idea how to free their friend, and they were afraid to do anything to the snake, lest they antagonize it and make it squeeze even harder. Facing what seemed to be inevitable, one of the group said, “I know that when Jews are about to die, they recite Shema. Maybe you should recite it now.”

As soon as the ex-soldier screamed, “Shema Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad,” the snake unwound itself and slithered away into the dark-ness of night.

“� at miracle changed my friend’s life,” the cab driver concluded. “He vowed to become a baal teshuvah, and he kept his word. He traveled directly back to Israel, and is now a thorough-ly religious Jew.”

Rav Chatzkel turned to the cab driver and asked, “U’mah itcha — and what about you?”

“Me?” the driver responded in a quizzical tone. “� e Rav doesn’t un-derstand — the snake wasn’t wrapped around me, it was wrapped around my friend.”

At one end of the spiritual sensor spectrum we have the Chofetz Chaim and the Jews of Poltava, on the other end we have the cab driver who wit-nesses an open miracle and still does not get the message. Where do westand?

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Good Things Come Anyway

You are standing today, all of you (29:9)

Q: A. Mrs. Fine dreaded shop-ping before Yom Tov be-

cause she knew what the check-out lines were like. Her daughter o� ered to take the shopping cart with just a few items and stand in line, while her mother continued shopping. � at way they could make the most of their time. Is that the proper way to act?

B. Saadia was waiting on line at the pharmacy when his neighbor Tzadok walked in and dejectedly surveyed the long line. He asked Saadia if he was last, and when he replied in the affirmative, Tzadok announced that he was after Saa-dia, and would return in time for his turn. Twenty minutes later, Saadia was next in line, and Tza-dok returned. At least half a dozen people had arrived in the interim, and were perturbed when Tzadok insisted that he was after Saadia. Is he allowed to keep his place, even if he did not wait there?The Meiri in Sanhedrin implies that there is no firm source for the concept of waiting in line as the determining factor in the right to be first. Such things are not under the purview of law; they are, rather, common-ly accepted practices considered to be proper behavior. Therefore, such a practice as waiting in line is not always binding, and some-times there is reason to deviate from the order of the line, e.g., to let a sick person go before one who is healthy, or to allow an orphan or widow or a talmid chacham, to precede all others. According to this guideline, the proper behavior and accepted custom will have to be determined for each individual circumstance, in order to decide if the “place-saving” in question is acceptable.

Since the normal way to shop is to � ll one’s shopping cart before standing in line, and if everyone would save a place in line while they shopped, it would create havoc, it makes sense that to do so is improp-er. � erefore, one should complete

his shopping � rst, and only then stand in line.

In the case of the pharmacy, where everyone is standing and waiting for their turn to get their prescriptions � lled, it does not make a di� erence to anyone if someone uses his time productively instead of standing idle. If people are upset, it is only because they are jealous. However, he should ask the person before him in line to notify those who come a� erward that someone else is before them, so they will not mistakenly think that the line is shorter than it really is, and be dis-appointed when the person returns.

In the Footsteps of Our Sages

But the revealed [sins] are for us and our children (29:28)

Q: Harav Shlomo Goldstein is an erudite talmid chacham

and is held in great esteem by the members of his community. The Rav accepted an invitation to o� -ciate as the Mesader Kiddushin for the Greens’ son. A� er the chupah, Mr. Green requested that the Rav should kindly stay on, and grace the wedding meal with the honor of his presence. � e Rav had a very busy schedule, but agreed to stay a little longer in order to give pleasure to his hosts.

As the Rav was preparing to leave, one of the wedding guests whispered to the Rav that this wedding was supposed to be mixed seating (men and women) and the fact that the men and women were separated by a mechitzah was only due to the Rav’s presence. As soon as the Rav leaves, the mechitzah will be removed.

The Rav is unsure if he should leave the wedding as he planned, in order to deliver his regularly scheduled class at shul, or perhaps he should stay at the wedding in or-der to prevent the wedding guests from a serious breach of modesty and other transgressions. What should he do?It would seem that the Rav should cancel his shiur, and preserve the proper conduct at the wedding. The Gemara in Chullin relates that Abaye, who was a Kohen, was so busy teach-ing his students that he never had a chance to attend Bircas Kohanim in shul. Yet the Gemara in Succah

tells the story of a man who pro-posed to a woman that they should travel together before the morn-ing’s light. Abaye, who overheard this conversation, volunteered to follow them in order to prevent them from any wrongdoing on the way. Abaye followed them for three parsaos (9 miles), until even-tually the man and woman parted ways.

Even though Abaye was so oc-cupied with his students that he could not even attend Bircas Ko-hanim, he still found the time to prevent a man and woman from possible misdeed. It takes approx-imately three-and-a-half hours to walk three parsaos, and Abaye had to undertake the return trip as well. If so, Abaye probably missed deliv-ering his morning shiur, which was set for the time that the rest of the congregation davens Shacharis. It seems clear from this that the Rav should skip delivering his shiur in order to maintain proper conduct at the wedding.

One could argue that Abaye had an obligation to rebuke the man for his plan, and therefore he had a re-sponsibility to prevent them from sin, but in our case it is possible that the Rav has no such obligation. � e Beur Halachah writes, “It is logical that the ruling of the Rema, that one must object to someone who wishes to transgress a prohibition that is explicit in the Torah, applies only if the transgression is an occa-sional one. If, however, the people involved have thrown o� the yoke of Heaven completely, like those who publicly violate the Shabbos or those who eat tereifeh wantonly, they have lost their status of Jews as far as the obligation to rebuke them.”

Nevertheless, it is still worth-while to cancel the shiur for the sake of the wedding guests, as they have not thrown o� the yoke of Heaven completely. � e Gemara in Eruvin relates the story of someone who walked in public on Shabbos while holding a perfumed sachet, in a place that had no eiruv, which is a transgression of carrying on Shab-bos. When this man saw R’ Yehu-dah HaNasi in the street, he covered the sachet out of embarrassment in front of the esteemed Rav. R’ Yehu-

dah declared that such a person is considered to be a mechallel Shab-bos b’tzin’ah (one who violates the Shabbos in private, but is not will-ing to do so publicly). In our case as well, the people are embarrassed to act this way in the Rav’s presence. If the Rav will stay and draw the wed-ding guests closer to Yiddishkeit, he will receive the blessings of Abaye, as he is following Abaye’s example of taking time from learning to prevent others from sinning.

Practice Makes Perfect

And you will return unto Hash-em, your G-d (30:2)

Q: Congregation Eitz Chaim hired Chaim Goldberg, a

14-year-old boy, to read the Torah for them on Shabbos, as their regu-lar reader would be away. A� er the reading, Chaim realized he had made an error, such that the congregation had not ful� lled their obligation. Ev-eryone had already gone home, and it was too late to call them back. Does Chaim have to refuse his payment from the shul?If the congregation is meticulous in their Torah read-ing, Chaim cannot take the money, since he did not do the job for which he was hired. However, since al-most the entire reading was correct, and they only need to reread three pesukim (as one may not read less than three pesukim, even though they only need to � x one word), he may be paid for the whole reading, minus three pesukim.

Rav Chaim Kanievsky said that he should be paid for the length of time he read, and deduct the time needed to read three pesukim.

If, however, the congregation is not that stringent about their Torah reading, and they only want that the Torah should be read, whether they ful� ll their obligation or not, Chaim could keep the entire payment, since his reading satis� ed his employers. (� is is true especially if there is talking during the reading.)

More than the question of mon-ey, Chaim needs to ask himself, how can he do teshuvah for caus-ing the congregation not to ful� ll their obligation? If he did not pre-pare properly, he is responsible for the loss of the mitzvah of the entire congregation!

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The ABC’s of Babysitting

“And his sister [Miriam] stood by at a distance to discern what would happen to him [Moshe Rabbeinu].” (Shemos 2:4)

Miriam, the older sister of Moshe Rabbeinu, was the first babysitter re-corded in history. A young child her-self at the time, approximately 3500 years ago, she volunteered to look after her younger brother. Their mother, Yocheved, had just placed Moshe in a reed basket and set it adrift among the bulrushes of the Nile River. Yocheved’s intention was to save Moshe from the evil decree of Pharoh, who had initiated his own brand of a “final solution to the Jewish question.”

Miriam did not receive mone-tary compensation for her services. Nevertheless, the Torah records the great reward she received eighty years later for her loving supervision of her younger brother.

As the mishnah (Sotah 1:9) relates, “Miriam waited for Moshe [only] one hour, as it says (Shemos 2:4), ‘And his sis-ter stood by at a distance...’ Therefore, the Jewish people waited for her seven days in the wilderness, as it says (Bamidbar 12:15), ‘And the nation did not travel until Miriam was gathered [into the camp following her seven day period of uncleanliness.]”

According to Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura, this mishnah is teaching us that when people are rewarded by Heaven, they receive a reward that is di-rectly correlated to their good deed. Since Miriam’s good deed was waiting for her brother, she was rewarded by the Jewish people waiting for her.

Babysitters today do not receive compensation for their services any-where near the lofty, public display of honor Miriam received. By the same token, babysitters today are also not on the same spiritual level as Miriam, who was one of the seven Jewish nevi’os, prophetesses.

And just as babysitters today are not on Miriam’s level, their charges are also not on the same level as Moshe Rabbeinu. As such, infants and toddlers are prone to become anxious and fear-ful when left in the temporary care of anyone other than their parents. How to help young children adjust to being left with babysitters is the subject of this next article.

For the first few months after your baby was born, your only consideration in choosing a babysitter was your com-fort level. Did you trust this person? Was this someone who knew how to handle a newborn and how to handle

an emergency? Could you leave your precious infant with her and your mind would be at ease?

Once your baby begins to recognize familiar faces, however, which general-ly occurs between four and six months old, you have to take his comfort level into consideration, as well.

Now you have a whole new set of questions.

“If my baby cries when I leave, does that mean that I should not be leaving him with a babysitter? Am I doing something wrong? Should I only leave while he is sleeping so he does not see me go?

If the babysitter tells me that my baby kvetched constantly until I re-turned, does that mean he is too young to be left with a babysitter? Is there any-thing I can do to minimize my baby’s anxiety about being left with a babysit-ter? Is getting a babysitter really worth all of the hassles involved?

The Benefits of BabysittingBabysitting is beneficial for two

main reasons. First and foremost it gives the parents a break. Whether they are going shopping or out to dinner, the parents will feel refreshed and replen-ished after a brief time out without the baby. When they return home, they will have more emotional energy to nurture and care for their child than before they left. Simply put, they will be better parents.

The second benefit of babysitting is that it provides the baby with an invalu-able exercise in coping with fear and anxiety. Children resist babysitters be-cause they are terrified of abandonment. Being left for an hour or two is certainly not an abandonment. To an infant or toddler, however, an hour and forever are equal time frames, since their sense of time is so underdeveloped.

When you return to your baby, he will treat you as if you had been irre-trievably lost. His joy and delight will be boundless. Repeating this pattern of separation and reunion over and over, will eventually teach your child an extremely valuable lesson. Just be-cause you cannot see or hear someone does not mean that he ceases to exist. Psychologists refer to this lesson as “object constancy,” which means we are capable of maintaining our connection and awareness of someone who is out of sight but not out of mind.

In those rare cases where a baby is never left with a babysitter, this is not in the best interests of the child’s

psychosocial development. Just as a baby must be exposed to some germs in order to develop the necessary anti-bodies, so too, must a child be exposed to some separation in order to develop appropriate independence and emo-tional maturity.

Minimizing The Pain of Separation

While it can be helpful for your child to experience and cope with small doses of anxiety, there are steps you can and should take to keep your child’s anxiety level to a minimum. Mo mat-ter what age your child is when (s)he is first left with a babysitter — whether at two months old or two years old — the following recommendations would still apply.

1. Make sure your child has a chance to become familiar with the babysitter before you leave. If this is the very first time you will be using this particular babysitter, allow yourself at least twenty minutes for the babysitter to hold and care for your child in your presence. This transitional period of “changing of the guard” allows your child the op-portunity to gradually warm up to the babysitter. Your continued presence during this get acquainted period sends a loud message. It shouts, “You are safe with this person who is caring for you in my place.”

2. Keep the initial separations brief, if possible. That way, your child will ex-perience the reassurance of the reunion before the deep anxiety and fear take hold. Increase your time away gradual-ly, if possible. As your child becomes ac-customed to the babysitter, he will also adjust to longer separations. Ultimately, the reduced anxiety will contribute to your child’s increased independence and self-confidence.

3. Do not measure your child’s ability to cope by his initial response to your leaving. Some parents take a mental snapshot of their terrified, panic stricken child as they walk out the door. For the entire period of separation, this mental image is reviewed in the parent’s mind, generating considerable distress for the parent. At times, the tension and guilt created are so great that the parent regrets having left the child with a babysitter.

In most cases, your child will allow himself to become distracted as soon as you leave. And he will calm down well before you return. Bearing this in mind will make the moment of departure less traumatic for you and your child.

4. If your child is old enough to speak, it is always a good idea to repeat words of reassurance before you leave.

“I know you would prefer that I not go out tonight. But I will be back very soon.”

“I have given Mrs. Levine complete instructions so she knows just where everything is in case you are hungry while I am out.”

“I am taking my cell phone with me and I intend to call you later to say good night before you go to sleep.”

***Your child may not yet be ready to

enter preschool. Consequently, you are not even contemplating such distant planets as sleep-away camp or out-of-town dormitory schools. The choices you make now, however, can impact your child’s future adjustments to those major separations down the road.

Suppose, for example, you decide that it is simply not worth the headache of making all of those calls, finding an available babysitter, picking her up and dealing with your child’s protestations and fussing before you actually leave. Instead, you simply stay home with your child and skip the lecture, wed-ding or meeting. Both you and your child are at peace and you avoided that all-too-familiar gut wrenching, emo-tional scene as you walk out the door.

You may have solved a short term problem while creating one for the long term. If your child has not been exposed to bite sized portions of sep-aration anxiety and helped to cope with them, he may be ill-equipped to tackle the larger separations that are an integral part of growing up. Years later, when he declines to attend an out-of-town dormitory school, you may look back and regret not having given him ample opportunities to master his sep-aration anxiety when it was more under your control.

So the next time you consider mak-ing arrangements for a babysitter, and you think about the benefits to you of getting out, think again. Ponder the benefits to your child of this upcoming exercise in separation anxiety control. And then reflect on how your choice to leave your child with a babysitter today may help him successfully reduce his separation anxiety enabling him to at-tend sleep-away camp in years to come.

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BAIS YITZCHOK RABBI YERUCHUM LESHINSKY 1719 Avenue P 718.336.7655 w Shacharis 6:40 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah & Shabbos 25 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv right after Mincha

BEIS AVROHOM RABBI DOV OSHRY 1524 East 17th Street 718.582.5229

w Shacharis 6:15, 7, 7:30, 8 am w Maariv 10 min. after Shkiah, 7:45, 9, 9:30 pm

BEIS MEDRASH CHASDEI CHAIM 1575 Coney Island Ave w Shacharis 8:15 am w Mincha 2:00 pm w Maariv 10, 10:30, 11:30 pm, 12 am

BEIS MENACHEM MENDEL RABBI YOCHANON MAROSOW 1703 Avenue J 347.633.1076w Shacharis 7:00 am w Maariv 9:30 pm

BEIS MORDECHAI D'BERTCH RABBI TZVI ELIMELECH ROKEACH 3302 Avenue P 718.367.1541 w Shacharis 6:20, 7:15 AM w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 8:45, 10:00 PM

BET SHAUL U'MIRIAM RABBI DAVID COHEN 2208 Avenue S 917.692.1734 w Shacharis 6:25, 7:00, 8:15 am w Mincha 7 pm w Maariv after Mincha & 10 pm

BET YAAKOV 820 Avenue S

BETH AARON OF FLATBUSH RABBI SHLOMO DOVID KATZ 1670 Ocean Avenue 718.377.4016w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 15 minutes after Shkiah w Maariv 45 minutes after Shkiah

BETH EL JEWISH CENTER OF FLATBUSH 1981 Homecrest Avenue 718.375.0120

w Shacharis Sun. 7:45 am, Mon./Thurs. 7 am

BETH EL OF FLATBUSH 2181 East 3rd Street 718.336.1926

BETH MORDECHAI RABBI MOSHE MANDEL 1358 East 13th Street 718.382.4563w Shacharis 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv following Mincha, 8:45 pm, 10 pm in the summer

BETH TORAH RABBI Y. ARI AZANCOT 1061 Ocean Parkway 718.252.9840w Shacharis 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 8:00 am w Mincha 6:45 w Maariv following Mincha

BETH TORAH RABBI NUTA WAIDENBAUM 3574 Nostrand Avenue 718.627.1386 w Shacharis 8:45 am only Shabbos

BETH TORAH DAMESEK ELIEZER 403 Avenue I 718.338.2272 w Shacharis Sun. 7,8 am Mon. & Thurs. 6:40, 7:50 am, Tues., Wed. & Fri. 6:55, 7:50 pm

w Mincha Sun 1:45 pm, Mon-Thurs 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 5 minutes after Shkiah, 9:00 pm

BETH YOSEF 2108 Ocean Parkway 718.645.0448 w Shacharis 5:45, 7:30 am

w Mincha 7:45 pm w Maariv 8:00 pm

BJX BEIS MIDRASH RABBI MOSHE FINGERER 2915 Avenue K 718.513.1093w Shacharis Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am Sun 8:45 am Shabbos 9:05 am

BNAI BINYOMIN RABBI SERUYA 727 Avenue O 718.376.3500 w Shacharis 6:50 am Sun 7:50

am w Mincha 20 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha, 8:15, 10:15 pm

BNEI ISRAEL RABBI AVROHOM GARFINKEL 3190 Bedford Avenue 718.253.6624w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha

BNEI SHAARE ZION RABBI SAUL KASSIN 2030 Ocean Parkway 718.376.0009 ShaarezionNY.com

BNEI SHLOMO ZALMAN RABBI YOSEF FRANKEL 1093 East 21 St 718.377.9689w Shacharis From 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30 w Mincha 20 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 11:00 pm

BNEI TORAH RABBI SHLOMO CYNAMON 2917 Avenue K 718.252.7019 w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha only Sunday 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha

BNEI TORAH BAIS NAFTOLI RABBI BENZION SCHIFFENBAUER 3514 Flatlands Avenue 718.316.8241 w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 am, Sunday at 8:00 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia

w Maariv after Mincha, 9 pm

BNEI TORAH OF MARINE PARK RABBI YONASON EPSTEIN 3523 Avenue S w Shacharis Sun. 7:45 am, Mon.-Thurs. 6:55 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah, Sunday only

w Maariv following Mincha Sunday only

BNEI YITZCHOK RABBI DOVID GOLDWASSER 1143 East 19th Street 718.339.4582 w Shacharis 6:20 am, Shabbos 8:45 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha

BNEI YOSEF RABBI HAIM BENOLIEL 1616 Ocean Parkway 718.627.9861w Shacharis 20 minutes before sunrise, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 am w Mincha 1:45 pm

BOSTONER BEIS MEDRASH RAV PINCHOS HOROWITZ 2822 Avenue J 718.338.6464w Shacharis 6:45, 7:15, 8, 9 am w Mincha 1:45, 2:45, 7 pm w Maariv 9:15, 10, 10:30, 11 pm

CHASIDEI GUR OF MIDWOOD RABBI CHAIM KOHN 1937 Ocean Avenue 718.253.9345w Shacharis 7:00 am w Maariv 9:30 pm

CHEVRA SHAS V'MISHNAYOS OF FLATBUSH 1564 East 7th Street w Shacharis 7:15 am w Maariv 9:00 pm

CHEVRA SHAS ZICHRON ELIEZER 1666 East 7th Street 646.319.6138

CHIZUK HADAS RABBI GORNISH 1421 Avenue O 718.376.3755 / 718.757.8076w Shacharis 6:25am w Mincha 7:30pm, Shabbos 1/2 hr. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:30pm

CHUNA DOVID-TENKA 1336 Ocean Parkway

CONGREGATION AHAVATH ACHIM RABBI ARI KAGAN 1741 East 3rd street 718.375.3895w Shacharis 6:30 am - Mon. & Thurs. 6:20 am w Mincha Shabbos 20 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv following Mincha

CONGREGATION AVREICHIM RAV SHLOMO FEIVEL SCHUSTAL 1114 Avenue O w Mincha 1:30 pm w Maariv 9:45 pm

CONGREGATION BET YAAKOB RABBI ELI J. MANSOUR 1801 Ocean Pkwy (Ave R) w Shacharis 6:45, 7 am w Maariv 9:45 pm

CONGREGATION BNEI AVRUM RABBI LICTHIG 917 Webster Avenue 718.871-5993 w Shachris Shabbos 9:30 am w Mincha Shabbos 10 min. after candlelighting

w Maariv Sun.-Thurs. 8:30 pm, Shabbos 1.25 hours after candlelighting

CONGREGATION IGUD AVREICHIM RABBI PINCHOS FRANKEL 3017 Bedford Avenuew Shacharis Sunday 8:30 am, Mon-Thurs 7:15 AM, Shabbos 9 am

w Mincha 15-20 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha

CONGREGATION ISRAEL OF KINGS BAY 3903 Nostrand Avenue 718.615.1549 w Shachris Mon.-Fri. 6:45, Sunday 8 am

CONGREGATION KEHAL IMREI SHAUL D'MODZITZ RABBI NEWMARK & RABBI STEIN 1542 Coney Island Ave.(Ave. L) 718.838.4645 w Shacharis Mon-Thurs 7 am, Sunday 8 am w Maariv 8:45, Sunday 10 pm

CONGREGATION KEHILLA ETZ CHAIM RABBI SHNAYOR BURTON 1102 Ave. L w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am

CONGREGATION PREMISHLAN RAV SHLOMO HERBST 510 Avenue M 718.336.1160

w Shacharis Shabbos 7, 8:50 am w Mincha call for zmanim

CONGREGATION SFARD RABBI DOVID SCHWARTZ 1575 Coney Island Avenuew Shacharis Shabbos 9 am, Sunday 8 am w Mincha Erev Shabbos 6:30 pm, Shabbos 2:15 pm

w Maariv Thursday 9 pm

DARCHEI YOSHER RABBI SHARF 1410 East 10th Street 718.998.5400w Shacharis 7:25 am w Mincha 4:55 pm w Maariv 6:45 pm

DERECH EMMUNA D’VIEN RABBI CHAIM SEGELBAUM 2305 Olean Street 718.258.4871w Shacharis Mon & Thurs 6:15, 7, 7:30 am Tues, Wed & Fri 6:30,7, 7:30 am

DERECH HASHEM SEPHARDIC 2600 Ocean Avenue

ETZ CHAIM OF FLATBUSH RABBI SIMCHA SILVERMAN 1649 East 13th Street 718.687.2246

FLATBUSH MINYAN RABBI MEIR FUND 1517 Avenue H 718.338.8442w Shacharis 7am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha 5 min. before Shkia w Maariv 9 pm

GINZEI YOSEF RABBI YOSEF ROSENBAUM 1305 Avenue R 718.645.6605w Shacharis 7:15, 8 am w Mincha at Shkia w Maariv after Mincha & 9 pm

GVUL YAABETZ RABBI DOVID COHEN 1580 Coney Island Avenue 718.258.8023w Shacharis 6:50 am

HAYIM SHAAL 1123 Avenue N 718.627.6052

HORODENKE RAV H. ASHKENAZI 3011 Avenue K 718.252.9494w Shacharis 8 am w Mincha 30 minutes after Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha

JEWISH CTR. NACHLATH ZION RABBI FRIEMAN 2201 East 23rd Street 718.648.4865 w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha

KEHILAH OF MARINE PARK RABBI BARUCH P. MENDELSOHN 3605 Quentin Road 646.339.3364 w Shacharis Mon & Thurs 6:20 am, Tues, Wed & Fri 6:25 am, Sun 7:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha

Friday 10 minutes before Shkiah & 10 minutes before Plag, Shabbos 6:30 pm w Maariv at Shkia, 9pm

KEHILAS MORESHES YAAKOV RABBI AVRAHAM BINSKY 1749 Ocean Avenue 718.998.1237w Maariv 9 pm

KEHILAS ORACH CHAIM RAV MEIR SCHEINBERG 1002 Avenue M

KEREM SHLOMO 1880 East 27th Street

KESER YISROEL MORDECHAI RABBI MEIR PLATNICK 2016 Avenue L 917.703.7241w Shacharis 6:40 am w Mincha Sunday-15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 8:30 pm

KETER SION RABBI MASELTON 1922 East 8th Street 718.645.8006w Shacharis 7:15 am w Mincha 6:15 pm w Maariv after Mincha & 10 pm

KETER TORAH RABBI AHRON/RABBI MOSHE HARARI-RAFUL 2220 Avenue L 718.506.6660w Shacharis Sun. 7:30 & 8 am, Mon-Thurs 7, 7:45 am w Mincha 7pm & 15 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv at Shkiah & 10 pm

KHAL KINYAN TORAH 1570 Coney Island Avenue bet. Ave. J & K

w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 3:30 pm w Maariv 9 pm

KHAL POZNA RABBI AVROHOM EISEN 2422 Avenue I 917.566.1023

w Shacharis Sun 8, 9 am, Mon-Fri 6:25, 8 am w Mincha 1:30 PM & 5 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv following Mincha, 8 pm in winter & 10 pm in summer

KHAL TALMIDEI HAYESHIVOS 1609 Avenue M enter from Municipal lot, corner E. 17th & Chestnut

w Early Shabbos Mincha 5 minutes before licht w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am

w Mincha Shabbos 1 hour before shkiah

KHAL SHAR HASHAMAYIM RABBI CHANOCH POSY 2916 Avenue M (bet. E. 29th & Nostrand)

w Shacharis Shabbos 9 am

KHAL TUKAI Avenue K & Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7:30 am

KHAL VERETZKY (LANDAU'S) RABBI LANDAU Avenue L corner East 9th Streetw Shacharis ½ hour until 11:00 w Mincha starting w/ Mincha Gedola w Maariv 15 min. til 1:00 am

KHAL ZICHRON AVROHOM YAAKOV RABBI LEIZER DOVID RAPPAPORT 3203 Bedford Ave. w Shacharis 6:30 am

KHAL ZICHRON MORDECHAI RABBI SHIMSHON SHERER 2645 Nostrand Ave 718.692.3231

w Shacharis Sun. 7:20, 8 9, Mon-Fri 6:15, 7:45 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:45 pm

KINGSWAY JEWISH CENTER RABBI EITAN TOKAYER 2810 Nostrand Avenue 718.258.3344w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 10 min. after Mincha

KNESSES BAIS AVIGDOR RAV AHRON KAHN 1720 Avenue J 718.258.1380

w Shacharis Sun. 8 am, Mon. & Thurs. 7:20 am, Tues., Wed. & Fri. 7:30 am

w Mincha 12:45, 1:45 pm w Maariv 8:15, 10 pm

KOL ISRAEL RABBI RAYMOND HARARI 3211 Bedford Avenue 718.951.1417

w Shacharis 6:10, 7, 8:45 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha

KOL TORAH RAV LIPA GELDWERTH 2022 Avenue M 718.232.4808 w Shacharis 6:55 am,

Sunday at 8 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv at Shkia, 9:45 pm

KOLLEL BNEI TORAH RABBI YOSEF EISEN 1323 East 32nd Street w Shacharis Vasikin (30 minutes before Netz) w Mincha 2:30 pm w Maariv 9:30 pm

KOLLEL BNEI YESHIVOS RABBI MOSHE SCHEINERMAN 2402 Avenue P 718.692.3309

w Shacharis 6:40, 7:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv bazman, 8:15, 9:30, 10 pm

LAKEWOOD MINYAN OF FLATBUSH RABBI MORDECHAI MARCUS

1495 Coney Island Avenue 718.252.5274 w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am

w Mincha Mon.-Thurs. 4 pm w Maariv 10 pm

LAZEWNIKS RABBI LAZEWNIK 1500 East 9th Street 718.375.6770w Shacharis 7, 8 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah, Shabbos 6 pm

w Maariv 35 minutes after Shkiah, 8:45 pm

LEV SOMEACH-ALESK 203 Avenue F 718.431.0002 call for zmanim

MACHNE ISRAEL 2413 East 23rd Street 718.332.8788

w Shacharis Sun. 7:30 am, Mon-Thurs 6:30 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 minutes before

Shkiah, Shabbos at sundown w Maariv at Shkiah

MADISON TORAH CENTER RABBI DANIEL TAWIL 2221 Avenue R w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha

6:45 pm w Maariv after Mincha

MAGRIV BEIS ARYEH RABBI SHEA KATZ 1069 East 4th Street I & J 718.338.4925w Shacharis 7:20 am, Sun 8 am w Maariv 9:15 pm

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MAREH YECHEZKEL OF FLATBUSH RAV BINYOMIN RUTTNER 1016 East 15th Street

718.252.2521 w Shacharis 6:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv Followng Mincha & 9:45

MARLBORO JEWISH CENTER RABBI DOVID LANG 2324 West 13th Street 718.635.7020

w Shacharis 7:30 am, Sunday 8 am, Shabbos 9 am

MAYAN YISROEL RABBI VIGLER 3315 Avenue N 718.677.0030

w Shacharis Sunday 8, 9 am, Mon-Thurs 7, 7:45 am w Mincha Sunday 5 min. before Shkiah w

Maariv Sun-Thurs after Mincha, Mon-Thurs 9 pm

MERKAZ HATEFILLAH RABBI HOROWITZ 1898 Bay Avenue 718.339.3363

w Shacharis Sun. 8 am, Mon & Thurs 6:45, Tues, Wed & Fri 7 am w Mincha 2 pm, 10 minutes

before Shkiah w Maariv 35 minutes after Shkiah

MERKAZ YISROEL OF MARINE PARK RABBI ELISHA WEISS 3311 Avenue S 718.376.5200

w Shacharis Sun. 8:30, Mon.& Thurs. 6:15 am, Tues, Wed. & Fri. 6:25 am, Shabbos 9 am

w Mincha Sun. 15 minutes before Shkiah (followed by Maariv), Shabbos at candlelighting

w Maariv Mon.-Thurs. 8 pm, Fri. 10 min. after candlelighting, Motzei Shabbos 50 min. after Shkia

MIDRASH MOSHE BEN MAIMON RABBI ALFIA 59 Gravesend Neck Rd 718.336.2023

w Shacharis 6, 7:15 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv 10 pm

MIRRER YESHIVA 1791 Ocean Parkway 718.645.0536 w Shacharis 7:30am w Mincha 1:50 pm

MIRRER YESHIVA VASIKIN MINYAN RABBI SHOLOM STEINBERG 1791 Ocean Parkway

718.415.3845 w Shacharis 30 minutes before Netz

MONASTRISTCH RAV NOCHUM RABINOWITZ 1301 East 27th Street 718.338.8895

w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia w Maariv after Mincha, 9:15 pm

MYRCB ALUMNI MINYAN OF AVE I 911 East 13th Street

w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am

MYRCB ALUMNI MINYAN OF AVE L 3007 Avenue L w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am

NACHLAS DOVID RABBI DONIEL OSHER KLEINMAN 1589 East 28th Street

w Shacharis 7:20 am w Maariv 9:00 pm w Mishmar Thurs. 9:00 pm

NACHLAS LEVI YITZCHOK RABBI LEVI HENDEL 3040 Nostrand Avenue 718.207.0308

w Shacharis 6:20, 8:15 w Mincha at Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha

NACHLAS YEHOSHUA RABBI DOVID TOIV 1655 East 24th Street 718.338.0500

w Shacharis 6:40, 8:00 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv After Mincha, 9 pm

NACHLAS YITZCHOK RABBI AVROHOM YOSEF SEKULA 3418 Avenue L 718.377.6051

w Shacharis Sun. 7, 8, 9 am, Mon-Thurs 6:40, 7, 8 am w Mincha 10 min. pre Shkiah

w Maariv following Mincha, 9 pm

NETIVOT ISRAEL 1617 Ocean Parkway 718.998.2534

w Shacharis 6 am w Mincha 4 pm w Maariv 10 pm

NEVE YAAKOV 1359 East 9th Street

OHEL MOSHE LUBAVITCH 849 Ocean Parkway 718.437.0050

w Shacharis 7 am, Sun 7:45 & 8:45 am w Mincha 2:30 pm

OHEL YITZCHOK RABBI AVROHOM KELMAN 1419 Dorchester Road 718.284.8032

w Shacharis 6:30, 7 am, Shabbos 9 am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha Fri. 20 min. before Shkiah, Shabbos

25 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Shabbos Following Mincha

OHEV TZEDEK OF FLATBUSH RABBI NAFTULI HERSH ROTTENBERG 1688 East 18th Street

718.377.4432 w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 2:00 pm

OHR GEDALYAHU RAV DOVID STAMM 1554 Coney Island Ave. w Shacharis 7:15 am

w Maariv 9:30 pm

PERSIAN CONGREGATION OF FLATBUSH RABBI SHMUEL SOLEIMANI 1434 Ocean Parkway

718.382.0773 w Shacharis Sun 7 am, Mon.- Fri. 6:50 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv After Mincha, 10 pm

PRI EITZ CHAIM RABBI MELVIN BURG 2600 Ocean Avenue 718.743.5533

w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 minutes before sunset w Maariv following Mincha

PROSPECT PARK YESHIVA CONG. RABBI LEIB KELMAN 1609 Ave. R 718.376.4400 / 917.589.1905

w Shacharis Sun 8 am, Tues.- Wed. & Fri 7:00 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:50 am, Shabbos 9 am

w Mincha 30 min. before Shkiah, Fri 5 min. before candlelighting w Maariv After Shkiah

SASREGEN RABBI M. DOVID RUBIN 1279 East 24th Street 718.377.9586/718.338.9633

w Shacharis 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, & 9 am w Mincha At Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha

SEPHARDIC CONGREGATION RABBI MOSHE MAYOR 2831 Nostrand Avenue. 718.951.1300

w Shacharis 6 am w Mincha After Shkia w Maariv 8 pm

SEPHARDIC HOME RABBI AVROHOM AMOR 2266 Cropsey Avenue 718-266-6100

w Shacharis 9am w Mincha 1:45 pm, Shabbos 4pm

SEPHARDIC LEBANESE CONGREGATION RABBI E. ELBAZ 805 Avenue T 718.627.5300

w Shacharis 5:45, 6:45, 8 am w Mincha 7:25 pm w Maariv After Mincha,10 pm

SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE AND SYNAGOGUE RABBI MOSHE SHAMAH 511 Avenue R 718.375.3263 w Shacharis Sun. 7, 8 am, Tues.-Wed. & Fri. 6:20, 6:50 & 8 am w Mincha 7 pm

w Maariv following Mincha

SEPHARDIC YOUTH MINYAN OF MIDWOOD RABBI YEHUDA KRAVITZ 1694 Ocean Ave. 212.671.0083 w Shabbos Shacharis 9:00 am followed by Kiddush

SHAARAY ZION RABBI BRAUN 1659 East 13th Street 718.336.2132 w Shacharis 7:25 am, Shabbos 9 am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha Shabbos at candlelighing w Maariv 8:30,

Shabbos 60 min. after Shkiah

SHAARE SHALOM RABBI YOSEF DWECK Corner of East 21st and Avenue S 718.376.6756 w Shacharis 7:00,8:00 am w Mincha 15 minutes pre Sunset w Maariv Immediately following Mincha

SHAAREI SHALOM RABBI RAPHAEL BERNSTEIN (NUSACH ASHKENAZ) 2961 Nostrand Ave. w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am

SHAARE TEFILA RABBI YOSEF OZERI 1679 West 1st St. 718.382.1416 w Shacharis 7:05 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv Immediately following Mincha

SHAARE TORAH YESHIVA 1680 Coney Island 718.645.6676 w Shacharis 7:40 am w Mincha 3:15 pm

SHAAREI TORAH RABBI MOSHE PLUTCHOK 98 West End Avenue w Shacharis 7:00, 7:45 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv After Mincha

SHAAREI ZION 2022 Ocean Parkway 718.375.3834 check website

SHALHEVES KODESH RABBI YEHUDA SHEINKOPF 2920 Avenue J 917.837.3354

w Shacharis Tues.-Wed. & Fri 6:20 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:10am Sunday 8am

w Mincha Shabbos-10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:15 pm, 55 min. after Shkiah

SHAREI ELIEZER RABBI YEHUDA HOROWITZ 1882 New York Avenue, 718.758.0449

w Shacharis 6:30, 8, 9, 10 am Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv Following Mincha, 9, 10 pm Shabbos 50 min. & 72 min.

SHAREI HALACHAH RABBI ELIMELECH LEBOWITZ 3417 Avenue L w Shacharis 6:20, 7:10 am

SHAREI ZION RABBI CHAIM HALBERSTAM 3210 Kings Highway 718.338.3545

w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah, Friday 10 minutes after candle lighting

w Maariv After Mincha

SHEVES ACHIM 1184 East 14th Street

SHEVET ACHIM 708 Avenue T

SHOMREI HADAS BIKOVSK 1340 East 9th Street 718.336.4287

SKVERER BAIS MEDRASH 1657 Ocean Parkway 718.627.2918

w Shacharis Sun 9 am w Mincha 25 min. after shkiah w Maariv 50 min. after shkiah

STRETINER BAIS MEDRASH RABBI FLAUM 4609 Bay Parkway - Ocean Parkway off Ave I 718.258.9685 w Shacharis 6:45,8am Shabbos 9am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv Following Mincha

TALMUD TORAH RABBI YAAKOV SHULMAN 1305 Coney Island Avenue 718.377.2528 w Shacharis 6, 7, 8:00 am w Mincha 10-15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Immediately after Mincha

TALMUD TORAH AHAVATH ACHIM 1741 East 3 Street 718.375.3895 w Shacharis 6:30 am

TEHILA LEDOVID RABBI BOAZ BAR-DEA 1950 East 21st Street 718.758.4989 w Shacharis 7:05 am Mincha 1 pm w Maariv 8:30 pm

TENKE RABBI YITZCHOK ISAAC FRIEDMAN 1643 East 21st Street 718.258.1643 w Shacharis 6:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha

TIFERES AVROHOM ZIDITCHEV RABBI YECHESKEL EICHENSTEIN 4017 Avenue P

718.338.0298 w Shacharis 6:25, 7:00, 7:30, 7:55, 8:30, 9:05, Sun. 7, 8, 9, 9:30 am

w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 10 min. after Shkia, 8:30, 10:15 pm

TIFERES HATALMUD RABBI ELIAHU BRESSLER 1329 East 9th Street 718.787.9775

w Shacharis 9 am w Mincha Fri. 8 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Motzai Shabbos 50 min. after Shkiah

TIFERES TORAH RABBI MICHAEL HABER 1741 East 3rd Street w Shacharis 6:55 am, Shabbos: 8:15 am, Sunday: 8 am

TIFERES TZVI RABBI MICHOEL SPITZER 1307 East 8th Street w Shacharis 6:55 am

w Maariv 9:15 pm

TIFERES YAAKOV RAV AVROHOM SCHORR 1212 East 15th Street 718.377.1676

TOMCHEI TORAH RABBI SHOLOM PLUTCHOK 1966 Ocean Avenue 718.336.8886 w Shacharis Mon.-Thurs. 6:35, 8 am; all other days 6:45 am w Mincha 20 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv 30 min. after Mincha, 10 pm

TOMOSHOV CONG. KOL ARYEH RABBI SIMCHA RUBIN 1212 Avenue I 718.258.1338 w Shacharis 6:30, 8 am w Maariv 9, 10:10 pm

TORAH TEMIMAH 555 Ocean Parkway 718.853.8500

TORAH UMESORAH 1090 Coney Island Ave (Foster & Ave. H), 3rd Floor w Mincha 2 pm

TORAH UTEFILAH RABBI SHIMON ALSTER 3304 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis 6:30 am

w Maariv 10 pm

TORAH VODAATH DORMITORY MINYAN RABBI SCHORR 452 E. 9th Street 718.284.4989

w Shacharis 6:50 am w Mincha 7:45 pm (summer) w Maariv 8:30, 9:15

TORAS CHAIM D’FLATBUSH RABBI CHAIM YISROEL WEINFELD 2201 Avenue L

718.951.9389 w Shacharis 6:20, 8:00 w Mincha 10 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv 8, 9

TVATIKIN 1950 East 7th Street 718.415.7419

w Shacharis 40 min. before sunrise, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:30 am, Shabbos 1 hour, 5 min. before sunrise

w Mincha 15 min. before Plag Mincha w Maariv following Mincha, 10 pm

YAD YOSEF TORAH CENTER 1032 Ocean Parkway 718.677.3707

YAM HATORAH RABBI YITZCHOK MOHADEB 1573 East 10th Street 718.376.3022

w Shacharis Mon.-Fri. 6:45 am, Shabbos 8:30 am, Sun 7:30 am w Mincha 20 minutes before

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unbridled simcha but regular happiness and joy are in order!!

Also, we find that the days leading up to Rosh Hashana are the days of Elul. Chazal tell us that Elul stands for Ani Ledodi Vedodi Li – I am to my beloved as my beloved is to me. Chazal are telling us that we must perceive Hashem’s love towards us during these days. When one feels loved and appreciated, there is a sense

of calm, not of nervousness and fear. How can these feelings be reconciled?

In the Medrash Rabbah, we find Chazal telling us when the posuk in Parshas Emor concerning the kor-banos of Rosh Hashana says, After Adam Ha’rishon was judged, Hash-em said to him, “Let this be a sign for your children. Just as you were judged on this day and you came out with a soft judgment, so too your children every year will be judged and will come through with a tem-pered judgment.”

Hashem is our Father. He has only our good and what’s best for us in mind. As parents we know if we want our chil-dren to grow to be responsible and fo-cused on spiritual growth we need to hold them responsible for their actions. We do not punish our children in a pu-nitive manner but rather to show them that all their actions have consequences. So too with Hashem. We need to feel privileged that Hashem is so focused on us that He cares about our growth and wants so much to guide us to be-come close to Him. As the posuk states,

“Ka’asher ye’yaser ish es beno, Hashem Elokecha meyasrecha” – just as a father reproves a child, so does Hashem re-prove you. Our attitude for the Yomim Noraim needs to be that, yes, we are afraid of the consequences that might befall us but we must understand that this is Hashem’s love tap. It is because He is Avinu Malkenu, our Father our King that He so cares about us. Is there not a better reason for simcha from our perspective? There is nothing more that Hashem would love than to give us a Kesiva Vachasima Tova.

Rabbinic MessageCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6

The Malbim explains the end of the above pasuk as follows: The term, abundant kindnesses, depicts someone who is generous and warm hearted. Not only will he come to the aid of a person in tzarah, but will even assist one who is not yet in a difficult posi-tion. Additionally, he will continue to help the needy person even after he has rescued him from the severe difficulties he has faced.

The Mechilta (to Shemos 15:13) says that this pasuk extolling Hashem’s abundant kindnesses is a reference to the great nissim of the Exodus from Egypt and the splitting of the Yam Suf. Hashem performed such miracles be-cause of His trait of abundant kindness, not because Klal Yisrael was worthy of them.

The Torah (Vayikra 7:12) discuss-es the requirements of the korban todah, the thanksgiving offering that is brought by a person who was in a dan-gerous situation and was saved through the abundant kindnesses of Hashem. There are four situations where such a korban is required, represented by the letters of the word life (see Berachos 54b). These four are a) a person who was healed from a serious illness, b) one who crossed a sea or ocean, c) one who was freed from prison, and d) a person who crossed a desert. (The hala-chic parameters of these four situations are codified in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Ch. 219.)

In order to properly acknowledge the abundant kindnesses of Hashem, the person must bring a korban todah, which includes an animal sacrifice as well as ten challos (leavened bread) and thirty matzos (unleavened bread), which required 20 isaron (the volume of 864 eggs) of flour in total. All of this had to be consumed within one day and one night, in contrast to a stan-dard korban shelamim (peace offering) which could be eaten for two days and one night.

The Netziv (in Haamek Davar to Vayikra 7:13) wonders how it is possi-ble for such a large korban to be con-sumed in such a short period of time. He explains that when a person goes through a crisis which necessitates a korban todah, the Torah wants people to hear about it and recognize Hashem’s abundant kindnesses. This is achieved when the owner of the korban invites his friends, neighbors, and relatives to a seudah to help him consume the meat and loaves of matzah and bread of the korban. At the meal, he will deliver a speech recounting the crisis he went through, emphasizing the immense gratitude he feels to Hashem for rescu-ing him from death. Participants will get a first-hand report of the abundant kindness of Hashem, which will, of course, bring about a deeper love of Hashem. This explains the short time-frame allotted to consume so large a korban.

The Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 9:7) says that at the End of Days, korbanos will no longer be brought, except for the korban todah. This is puzzling, because the End of Days will be free of wars, illnesses, tzaros, and other dangerous occurrences that would warrant a korban todah. Why will it still be relevant? It must be that people will bring the todah in recognition of “for Your miracles that are with us ev-ery day.” When life goes on in a normal fashion, when there is good health, suf-ficient parnasah, nachas from children, peace and tranquility in life, that alone warrants a korban todah to Hashem.

As we read this haftarah on the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah, let us contemplate the many expressions of Hashem’s abundant kindnesses that we have benefited from during the past year. This recognition should serve as a powerful motivation to do te-shuvah for all the times when we angered our Divine Benefactor by transgressing His Torah and neglecting to fulfill mitzvos. This will certainly be a source of great merit for us to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the year about to begin.

VAYEILECH Hoshea 14:2-10, Yoel 2:11-27,

Michah 7:18-20Tefillah to Remove TzarosIn most years, this haftarah is recit-

ed when the Torah reading is Parashas Haazinu. Occasionally, when there is a Shabbos between Yom Kippur and Succos, the Torah reading of Shabbos Shuvah is Vayeilech. The Sephardic cus-tom is to skip the chapter of this haftarah from the navi Yoel (2:11-2:27).

The obvious reason for the choice of this special haftarah for the Shabbos between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that it begins with the navi Hoshea’s appeal to his people, Return O Yisrael, to Hashem, your G-d, for you have stumbled through your iniquity (Hoshea 14:2), which is a rousing call to teshuvah and introspection.

Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their G-d?” (Yoel 2:17).

This pasuk from Yoel is the navi’s outcry after Eretz Yisrael was decimated by an enormous plague of locusts, which totally ravaged the land and destroyed all its crops. As the Alshich explains, the navi appeals to Hashem to have mercy on His people who were forced to leave Eretz Yisrael and settle among non-Jews in search of food due to the utter destruction caused by the locusts. It is a disgrace to the Holy Name of Hashem that His people are living in poverty and misery. What will the gentiles say when it appears to them that Hashem is unable to help His children in their time of need?

This pasuk contains an important insight into the permissibility of praying to Hashem to remove illness, suffering, and all types of tzaros. Rav Pam would often repeat the question a cancer-rid-den woman asked him in all sincerity. If pain and suffering are caused by one’s sins (see Shabbos 55a) and serve as a pu-rifying process to spare the person from immeasurable suffering in Gehinnom, how may one pray that Hashem remove the tzaros? Does a seriously ill patient

tell the doctor not to operate or admin-ister painful treatments to rid him of the deadly illness? Of course not. In fact, he pays the doctor large sums of money to do so! “If Hashem, the ‘Doctor,’ is ad-ministering treatments to cleanse me of my sins,” asked the woman, “how can I pray that they be removed?”

Rav Pam related that this question is addressed in Rav Chaim of Volozhin’s classic work, Nefesh HaChaim (2:11). Rav Chaim explains that praying to Hashem to remove personal or commu-nal suffering is not an attempt to counter-mand His will. One’s intention should be to relieve the pain that Hashem Himself, as it were, feels when a Jew suffers pain. This is what the Gemara (Sanhedrin 46a) says: “When a person suffers for his sins what does the Shechinah say? I am burdened by My Head! I am burdened by My Arm!”

Additionally, when a community of Jews is in distress, this is also a great chil-lul Hashem because the non-Jews say, “Where is the Jewish G-d, Who allows His chosen people to suffer?”

A frequent taunt of many a Nazi murderer mercilessly beating a Jew was, “Jude, vou iz dein Gott?” (“Jew, where is your G-d?”). When a Jew prays for a yeshuah from his tzaros, his intention should be to remove the chillul Hashem that such suffering brings in its wake, and the aspect of I am with him in his suffering, that this causes Hashem.

By praying for a yeshuah, one is at-tempting to reduce this Divine pain, as it were. Such tefillah is not only permis-sible, but is an essential aspect of ahavas Hashem.

The haftarah of Shabbos Shuvah has dozens of references to and insights into the process of returning to Hashem. It offers ways of cleansing oneself from the accumulated “filth” of a year’s worth of sins, which, if not rectified, can evoke Heavenly retribution. This, in turn, caus-es Hashem much distress, so to speak. May we resolve to do all we can to spare Hashem the necessity of doing this and strive to do a complete teshuvah before Him!


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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs -against- 937-943 E. 51ST. ST. REALTY CORP., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale was entered on June 5, 2013 and

an Order was filed on October 16, 2015 and an Order was dated on December 21, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Courthouse 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on February 16, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brook-lyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, known and designated as Block 7947 and Lot 13 on the Kings County Tax Assessment Map.

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Approximate amount of lien $ 105,540.45 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs -against- 937-943 E. 51ST. ST. REALTY CORP., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale was entered on June 5, 2013 and

an Order was filed on October 16, 2015 and an Order was dated on December 21, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Courthouse 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on February 16, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brook-lyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, known and designated as Block 7947 and Lot 13 on the Kings County Tax Assessment Map.

Said premises known as 937 EAST 51ST STREET, BROOK-LYN, NY

Approximate amount of lien $ 105,540.45 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 5223/2009.AARON TYK, ESQ., RefereePhillips Lytle LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiffs 28 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Rochester, NY, 14614

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