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Parashas TetzavehWhite Garments

A major portion of Parashas Tetzaveh deals with the special priestly garments worn by the Kohanim. It was forbidden for them to per-form any part of the avodah (Divine service) or offer sacrifices if they were not wearing these vestments. The Kohen Gadol wore eight garments; the ordinary Kohen wore four. On Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol wore the four special white vestments, for certain parts of the avodah (see Vayikra 16:4). In fact, this is the source of the custom to wear a white kittel during the Yom Kippur davening, since white is a symbol of purity and forgiveness.

Nevertheless, white clothing is not limited to the spiritually elevated Yamim Nora’im pe-riod. Shlomo HaMelech says in Koheles (9:8), Let your garments always be white. Rashi il-lustrates this pasuk with the parable of a man who has been invited to a royal banquet but

does not know when it will take place. There-fore his clothing must be clean and neat at all times, in order to be ready to attend the feast at any time. So, too, must a person always “clothe” himself with good deeds, because he never knows when he will be summoned to the World to Come for his eternal reward (see also Shabbos 153a). The Vilna Gaon adds that the reference to white clothing alludes to the character traits of a person: they, too, should be free of blemishes and stains.

The Gemara (Shabbos 114a) says that if a stain is found on the cloak of a talmid chacham he is deserving of death. The literal meaning is that if his clothes are soiled with dirt, grease, or the like, this will cause a Chillul Hash-em, leading people to lose respect for Torah scholars in general. But one can also find a deeper meaning in this warning: it stresses the vital importance

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A Vort From Rav Pam

Taxi Messages From IsraelA few weeks ago, I had the zechus to once

again visit Eretz Yisroel. It’s a time I always cherish; an opportunity to imbibe myself in the ruchniyos of the land and the spirit of the people. One of my favorite activities is interviewing the taxi drivers that take me to the Kosel, Kivrei Tzaddikim and other important places. Their comments and convictions provide an insight into the hearts and minds of the people of Eretz Yisroel.

On this trip, I enjoyed and was fascinated by many of these conversations. Here are a few, the majority of which remarkably came from non-religious drivers:

1. Upon entering a taxi, I said “Good morning, how are you?” The driver answered “Boker Tov, Hakol Zahav” – “Good morning, everything is gold.” I was astounded by this answer, knowing the recent sad news from Eretz Yisroel, so I asked “What about the matzav, the terrorism that surrounds the holy city?” He answered “Everything is great. Living in Yerushalayim, I feel like I am in Gan Eden. “Todah L’Kel Shenoladeti Poh” – “Thank G-d that I was born in Yerushalayim!”

2. I called a car from the Romemah taxi company, and was very delighted with the driver. When I asked him for his private cell number, he refused to share it, stating “Let all the drivers make parnasah, not just me.”

3. I asked many about the daily acts of terror, and what would be. Their typical answer – “Hashem Ya’azor, Yihyeh Tov” – “Hashem will help, all will be good.”

4. One driver without a yarmulka, remarkably had on his taxi dashboard a Tehillim, Sidur, Chumash & Tanya; as well as yarmulkas, pushkas and more!

5. I asked one driver if he ever picks up Bochurim from the Mir. His response “Mir Talmidim are like gold. If all of Medinat

Yisroel would be like Talmidei Mir, it would be a much better country.” He then confided in me that when he picks up

impoverished Kollel husbands or wives, he gives them discounts of 50% or more, as his secret act of Tzedakah, and Kovod HaTorah.

6. Some drivers are not as spiritual, like the one who mentioned that he loves traveling to Bucharest and many other countries in Europe. I asked him “Aren’t you afraid of the anti-Semitism and terrorism engulfing those countries?” He answered, “Who cares, who is worried? Just give me a casino and nothing bothers me.” I guess you can’t win ‘em all!

I can go on and on, but your taxi ride through this editorial is now over. The ride was free, but the lessons are legendary. We are a unique people, with a unique purpose. Sometimes it takes a taxi driver to remind us.

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“Building a Mishkan of Simcha”Th e Ramchal says that the Parshios

of Terumah, Tezaveh, Veyakel, Pekudei, which all talk about the Mishkan V’kei-lov, allude to the inyan of Succos, when the Shechina is brought down to the Gashmi-os world. It is called Z’man Simchoseynu, since on that Yom Tov, we are uniting two opposites, Shomayim and Oretz, which creates great Simcha.

Th e Medrash and Yalkut teach us:“B’shoa sheomru yisroel naaseh ven-

ishma, miyad posach viomar vyikchu li

Terumah” – “when Klal Yisroel said naaseh ven-ishma, Hakodosh Ba-ruch Hu immediately said: take for Me Terumah”, meaning to take Terumah l’shmoh.

Two questions come to mind on this Medrash. Firstly, why does it say Vyik-chu (to take), and not Vyitnu (to give)? Secondly, we never find that the Torah should mention by any mitzvah an open

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Primary MadnessAs the campaign begins to heat up, so does the schmooz-

ing. Friends and family seem increasingly animated about the forthcoming trenchant election options. “Did the Don-ald really say that?” “Does Bernie have a chance?” “If only Jeb or Carson had a shred of personality…” I can tolerate the banter in moderation and occasionally even join the fray. What confounds me is when folks forget that all this political prattle is truly inconsequential. Sure we chip in our hishtadlus by voting in a rational way, but last time I checked Hashem still runs the world, which includes who resides in Albany, the Knesset and the White House. It’s a lot like sports. We suspend our reality in order to escape it. So enjoy. Root for the Knicks, Clemson, Rubio, or Bloomberg.

Just don’t forget - it’s meaningless.

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Women in the FJJ In a recent edition of the FJJ, Izzy K.

writes strongly against the fact that many newspapers/magazines in the Chareidi community do not have pictures of women. He said that women are obliterated in these publications and that these individuals are like the Taliban.

Let me address both of these points. First of all, women are not obliterated, but rather there is a hakpadah due to a desire for Shem-iras Ainayim and Kedusha not to have pic-tures of women in these publications. In fact, all these publications write about the great maalos of women, and discuss numerous issues related specifi cally to women. Many such publications, have specific sections which are geared to women. Th is is not the same thing at all as obliterating women.

If Izzy wants to respectfully express his opinion about whether women’s pic-tures should be contained in publications, this is understandable. It is not acceptable however, to demonize and denigrate a large section of the Torah world (including the Chassidishe world and large portions of the Yeshiva community) by comparing them to a group of bitter anti-semitic terrorists. Undoubtedly, someone like Rav Pam zt”l, whose Divrei Torah are contained in the newspaper every week, would not allow such letters to be printed.

I would again encourage the FJJ not to publish articles or letters that denigrate or demonize any portion of the Torah world, including the Chareidi community.

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Pictures of WomenA few days ago I picked up a copy of a

Jewish weekly magazine called “Th e Jewish

Home.” One of the fi rst things I noticed in this religious magazine, is that there were several photographs including girls and women. Th e girls and women were dressed modestly and the photographs were ap-propriate for the stories: articles about high school, seminaries, the young female soldier killed in Israel recently, charitable events, and so on.

I bring this up because there are still people obsessed with keeping out all photos of women from the Flatbush Jewish Jour-nal. Why do some people have this irratio-nal and painfully ignorant obsession about prohibiting photos of women, when the stories or advertisements clearly are linked to women? It is understandable that the FJJ does not print photos of non-tznius wom-en. But it is Taliban-like to prohibit or to grow ferocious over printing of photos of women who are at work in the classroom, are heads of state, or who sacrifi ce their lives for the Jewish state.

Sanity and fairness should prevail in the FJJ. Include women’s photos when appro-priate.

Midwood Mom

Just Ask A RavLast week there was an argument if the

FJJ should be putting pictures of ladies in the paper or not.

I hear both sides and don’t have a strong opinion toward either side. I just think that before you put in a picture of Hillary inside your paper for maybe the next 8 years you should ask your Rav. If you already asked a Rav then write that in the FJJ. Now people are under the assumption that you just do what you want.

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The Gemorah tells us that the one of the obligations on Pu-rim is Chayav Inish lebsumei

bepuria ad d’lo yada bein arror Haman l’baruch Mordechai. A person needs to reach a state on Purim in which he can’t differentiate between Aror Haman and Baruch Mordechai.

Of course we find many different opinions in the Poskim on exactly how to accomplish this; the Rema recommends sleeping during the day while others suggest drinking a bit more wine then one would normally drink. No matter how you look at it however, this Mitzva is decidedly unusual. It’s clear that there must be more to this than appears at face value…. so what does Chazal want us to accomplish by reaching a state where we can’t tell Haman from Mordechai?

In fact, the more we think about this mitzvah, the less we understand.

One of the basic foundations of Yid-dishkeit is that we should have clarity and an understanding in our actions – clari-ty in being able to differentiate between wrong and right. Yet here we are given instructions to go out and reach a point where we can’t even differentiate between Aror Haman and Baruch Mordechai! What basis is there for such a mitzvah - doesn’t it go against our very essence?!

Wine. A key point here is wine. Upon opening the Megillah we find

that wine plays an important role from beginning till the end. It starts with the wine that the Yidden drank at the Seu-dah of Achashveirosh and continues with the wine that induced Achash-veirosh to kill Vashti. Then there’s the wine which Bigsan and Seresh slipped the poison into to assassinate Achash-veirosh and the wine served at Esther’s seudah for Haman and Achashveirosh.

That’s a lot of wine. What’s going on here? What’s with

all the wine?There’s an unusual Halacha quoted

by Chazal. If one is in middle of a seu-dah, with a bottle of wine on the table, and someone serves him a better bottle of wine, he makes the bracha “baruch hatov v’hameitiv” on the new bottle. (For practical applications of this bro-cha please consult your LOR as not ev-eryone is of the opinion that this Brocha applies to wines in today’s day and age).

How do we understand this Brocha? Let’s say for arguments sake, that

someone was eating a chocolate bar, and is then offered a piece of fine Swiss chocolate. Should he stand up, and thank Hashem for the good that he does for us – by giving him this finer piece of chocolate? The Bracha of Hatov V’Ha-

meitav was instituted for monuments occasions - to be recited upon the birth of a son or good news that benefits the whole community such as rain after a drought. To make such a special Brocha on a piece of chocolate would probably come across as unrefined and further-more, once you start, then you’ll never be able to stop because there’s always something better out there!!!

Yet when it comes to wine we do make this beautiful Brocha upon open-ing a new – better bottle, thanking Hash-em for the good which he does for us?!!

Why? Tosfos in Pesachim goes on to ex-

plain this concept at length, but we’re going to take a different approach.

Let’s take a moment and imagine trying to explain the process of wine-making to someone who’s a complete novice at the art. Maybe he’s heard of wine, but he certainly has no concept of where it comes from.

We bring him to France, to the best vineyards in the world, and ask an ex-pert vintner to educate him in the ways of winemaking.

Our novice is brought out to the vineyards, and is left breathless from the breathtaking vista - acres and acres of vines, row after row of large lush grapes bursting with juice hanging from every vine. The man looks around and says “wow, this is truly remarkable, what a beautiful product!”

But then, to his utter dismay, the workers come out and begin to destroy the vineyard!! They rip all the grapes off the vines and stuff them into sacks, leav-ing the vineyard barren - a shadow of its former self. The man is shocked!

“What are you doing? You destroyed the most beautiful field!”

But they carry on. They next throw all the grapes into a

huge vat. The man smiles, “I see,” he says. “The grapes are

beautiful - so delicious - bursting with juice, and you harvested them so we can enjoy them. Very nice.”

But then, before he can say another word, the workers enter the room and start stepping on the grapes, squishing every bit of juice out of them. Again he’s flabbergasted - to take such beauti-ful grapes and step on them? Are these people normal?!

Then he notices that there is a small pipe sticking through the side of the vat and all the juice is now collecting in bar-rels. “Ah, so you’re making grape juice, maybe you’re not crazy after all”.

Yet as soon as all the juice is gath-ered up the in the barrels they leave it to

sour, and now he’s puzzled and shocked beyond all words.

“You had delicious juice! Why are you letting it all spoil?”

Soon it begins to ferment and our novice thinks he understands “So we made vinegar - ok, there are uses for vinegar as well.” But no. Wrong again.

The barrels are locked away for years, and the man is confused all over again. After all that work, we finally made something, and now you’re put-ting it away for a decade?

But when they finally pour him a glass of fine wine, everything makes sense.

There is something unique about grapes that we don’t find by any other fruit. A grape comes into this world ready to eat. Plump and full of juice - a ripe grape is delicious to eat. And then we spoil it. We allow it to ferment, to become worthless - but the grape nev-er gives up and climbs back up again to presents itself as wine.

A Yid comes into this world, and much like the grape he is born a good person. He’s ok, but then Hashem gives him a “peckaleh” – he goes through ye-surim, life is no longer rosy and he begins to suffer. Don’t lose sight. Yesurim aren’t necessarily a punishment, much like the grapes they are there to make us a better person, to emerge from our experiences better and stronger than before.

No one questions the process of mak-ing wine; everyone understands that this is what is needed to produce a special product that’s way more valuable and respected than the original grape. We are no different, everything we receive is from Hashem, and every piece of our “peckaleh” was given to us for one reason – to make us into better people!

The Shevatim went down to Mitz-rayim, suffering under Egyptians rule for centuries. And then, look at what happened – a nation emerged! Klal Yisroel was born, we became worthy of receiving the Torah.

And so we return to Purim. Did Haman just wake up one day and de-cide to place decrees on the Yidden? Of course there was a reason for it! Hash-em wanted us to do Teshuvah! Haman was merely a messenger from Hashem to help us. True he got punished for his share but everything happened for a reason.

And in fact, he succeeded! Chazal tell us that Haman accomplished more by taking off Achavairosh’s ring then all the Nevi’im did with their mussar. In retrospect it’s easy to see the Yad Hash-em in action. Every detail, every event, everything was part of a master plan.

A person has an unhealthy growth, he needs surgery. He knows the surgeon will take a knife and cut him, he knows it will hurt. But so what? He under-stands that this is needed for his health and he is even grateful (and is willing to pay incredible amounts of money) to the surgeon for helping him.

After being saved from Haman, Klal Yisroel accepted the Torah again with love. Why with love? Why was this dif-ferent than the original Kabalas HaTo-rah so many years earlier?

With the story of Purim, Klal Yisroel was privy to a glimpse into the ways of Hashem. They were able to put together all the pieces, leading back to the seudah of Achashveirosh, the rise of Haman, his decree and downfall. They saw that nothing that happened was for naught; everything was part of a master plan - to bring Klal Yisroel to Teshuvah.

With such knowledge how could they not reaccept upon themselves the Torah with love?

Now we can understand the deep-er meaning of why wine plays such an integral part in the Purim story; Hatov V’Hameitiv, there is no bad in what Hashem does, everything is for the good, and on Purim we see that.

Ad d’lo yadah bein aror Haman l’bo-roch Mordechai takes on a whole new meaning. Who led us to Teshuvah? Who inspired a Teshuvah movement greater than all the Nevi’im? Whose ac-tions, albeit for the wrong reasons, led us to a Kabalas Hatorah out of love?

When one can see the whole pic-ture, when one can understand that there is no bad in our lives - the lines between Aror Haman and Baruch Mordechai get blurred. Everything that took place - whether we perceived it as bad or good was all really for the best…. after all it was Haman’s plot that led us to return to Hashem stron-ger than ever before. And for that we owe Hakaras Hatov.

A person who acts not L’shem Shamyim, yet whose action’s result in good things, will get rewarded for what he does. The Gemorah in Sanhe-drin tells us that some of Haman’s own grandsons learned Torah in Bnei Brak!

This is the Avodah of Purim. Absorb the lesson of the wine, look

around, and remember that nothing happens for no reason - that every bit of pain in our lives is there for a reason…. to help us rise higher, and emerge a better person, a better Yid, one who loves Hashem and appreci-ates the Hashgocho in each and every detail of our lives.

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A Living WillIn an incisive essay on chessed

(benevolence) Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler (1892-1954) emphasizes that a per-son must strive to be a nosein (a giv-er) not a noteil (a taker). He writes that those who continually take are absorbed by self-interest and self-love, which can ultimately lead to denial of Hashem’s existence, where-as those who are benevolent experi-ence an upsurge in spirituality for “all [spiritual] growth is dependent on [one’s development of] the power of giving.” (See Michtav MeEliyahu, Vol. 1, p. 140 ff ).

Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz (1902-1978), too, condemns takers. He comments that the severity of the sin of taking interest from a borrower lies in the character of the lender. Hypocritically, he is convinced that he is a giver (for he has lent money), but in essence he is a taker (as he in-sists on getting back more than he lent). (See Sichos Mussar, Maamar No. 8, 5731.)

In this touching story we appre-ciate a diff erent type of giver. I had the privilege to know the people involved, Rabbi Simcha Wasser-man (1899-1992) and his Rebbetzin, Feige Rachel, when they lived with a wonderful family, the Rowes, in our neighborhood of Kew Gardens, New York, when Reb Simcha was recu-perating from a serious illness. Th e Wassermans were both soft-spo-ken, kind, considerate and sensitive people, who devoted their lives to inspiring talmidim and talmidos in Europe, America and Israel.

Reb Simcha and his wife had a very special relationship. Th ey were married more than sixty years but sadly they were childless. Th ey re-vered each other and were a constant

source of strength to one another during numerous frustrations and unrealized aspirations in the various communities in which they lived.

Th e Rebbetzin oft en said that she could not live a day without Reb Sim-cha. She expressed the hope that she would die before he did so that she would be spared the pain and anguish of living even a day without him.

As she got older, however, it oc-curred to her that if she died before her husband, there would be no immediate relative to mourn him. Th us, she relinquished her original idea and said, “It would be better if Reb Simcha would pass away fi rst, for at least he would have someone to sit shivah for him.”

(For his part, he said in his will that he wanted no eulogies at his le-vayah (funeral), but if the Rebbetzin were still living there could be one brief eulogy, for her sake.)

On the second day of Marchesh-van 5753, Rav Simcha Wasserman passed away. Th ousands mourned him at his funeral in Jerusalem and hundreds came to be menachem avel the Rebbetzin during the shivah.

Incredibly, on the twelft h day of Marcheshvan, a few days aft er the shivah ended, the Rebbetzin passed away.

Perhaps the Rebbetzin under-stood that by wishing she would die fi rst she was acting as a noteil (tak-er), focusing only on the kindness and benevolence she always received from her husband. When she real-ized that only she was eligible to pay her great husband the ultimate re-spect of sitting shivah, she sought to elevate her life by becoming a nosein(giver). In deference to her piety, her wish was granted.

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Please write down 13 things that you think we ask for from Hashem when we doven.

The first time I gave that assign-ment was in 1974. The 12 year olds in my class impressed me with some very thoughtful and compassionate requests, although I don’t think any of them was able to come up with 13 different things to ask for. Then we opened our siddurim, and I showed them the 13 requests we make in the weekday Shemonah Esrai. We spent a lot of time analyzing their lists and discovering that they had intuited so much of what the anshei kneses ha’gedaloh had put into words for us. What a wonderful success for those children! They were able to see how closely their wishes and hopes aligned with those of some of the wisest sages of all time. Now it wasn’t hard for them to express their own thoughts through the words of the prayers, and dovening was a pleasant part of their day.

Another time I gave that assign-ment was in the mid-1980s. My class comprised a group of women, members of my shul, all of whom were old enough to have grandchil-dren. They too suggested poignant and heartfelt concerns to express to Hashem, and they too had a hard

time coming up with 13 different things to ask for. When they opened their siddurim they discovered how closely their concerns matched those of the Men of the Great As-sembly who composed that prayer so many years ago.

Both times, I continued the dis-cussion by asking them which of the 13 requests in the Shemonah Esrai they had not included in their list. That resulted in some very inter-esting conversations about how to make a request you hadn’t thought of, relevant to you. Most of the time, we were able to figure out some way that every request could be relevant to each of us. When the answer was, “it’s not relevant to me,” the next question I asked was, “why do you imagine all of these requests are in the plural rather than the singular form?” I was not surprised at how quickly the women in my class re-alized that in addition to the deep-ly personal concerns we express in our dovening, we also pray for the well-being of others. I must admit that I was surprised, and very im-pressed, by how quickly the chil-dren in my class grasped this idea and embraced it. Those 12 year olds began to think of friends, family members, and people they’d just

heard of somehow, for whom they could pray with various of the para-graphs of the Shemonah Esrai. And it got even better. A child asked me:

What if I can’t think of anybody who needs what a certain paragraph is asking for? Could I just ask Hash-em to take my tefilah and use it to help somebody that Hashem knows about?

Children don’t surprise me that way anymore. I’ve learned that they are often sensitive, compassionate, and generous when given the op-portunity. As adults, we have op-portunities to express our sensitiv-ity, compassion, and generosity by giving of our time to those closest to us and our resources to the organiza-tions who reach out beyond us. One of the opportunities we can give to children is to help them understand the meaning and the power of their prayers.

That’s why I feel so bad about the title of this article. So many times when I’ve asked an educator, “what do you wish I could help you with,” the answer was, “Dovening. It’s the hardest part of the day.” I’ve heard that from hanhala, rebbeim, and mo-rahs, in elementary schools and in high schools. And it gets worse.

I usually ask:

How is dovening different from other school subjects?

I usually hear:I imagine that from the children’s

point of view it’s no different from any other subject.

Some schools decided to change that, to talk with children about dovening, and to listen to what it means to them as they learn more about it. Other schools told me they just couldn’t fit that kind of discus-sion into their day.

Maybe that’s how we end up with letters to the editor about shushing people in shul for whom the hardest part of the day is staying focused on the dovening.

The Malbim (on Psalm 90:17) wrote that we can be a source of plea-sure to Hashem. I think our prayers, especially when we say them careful-ly and thoughtfully, are a source of nachas to Hashem.

Sometimes it’s hard to give Hash-em nachas. Think about that the next time it seems hard for your child to give nachas to you.

The Hardest Part of the DayRABBI YITZCHAK SHMUEL ACKERMAN, LMHC

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Time passed. I married at the ripe old age of twenty-two. Since Rav Yisroel was somewhat of a mussar mentor for me, it was only natural that I attend a va’ad he gave on the topic of shalom bayis. Whereas in the past we had been discussing the issues facing yeshivah boys, and how to deal with challenges like waking up on time or guarding our eyes, he was now offering practical advice in relationship management.

He was not one to shy away from difficult topics. One class in particular got everyone involved. You could see that the topic was something on people’s minds.

“Rebbi,” I spoke up. “Can I ask you something?”

Rav Yisroel inclined his head graciously. “Please.”

“Okay, it’s like this. Many times, my wife will be talking to a friend of hers — also new-ly married — and surprise, sur-prise, they begin discussing mar-riage. And then the friend will start telling my wife how she has the most incredible marriage in the world, and how she and her husband get along so well, and how there are no problems at all … which makes my wife wonder why we don’t have the world’s most amazing marriage as well. Which frustrates me, because I know that our marriage is pretty good.”

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“I guess what I’m really ask-ing here is: Is it better to leave well enough alone during the first year of marriage, to ignore the things that are bothering you and just let things go — or should a person tell his wife or her husband when he or she has a problem with something, and discuss the issue until both sides have a better understanding of each other, even if that will cause a fight in the shanah ris-honah and their marriage won’t be ‘perfect’? What’s the right way to go?”

Rav Yisroel stroked his beard and uttered the following words.

“If you’re communicating on the issues that bother you in shanah rishonah, then your mar-riage is better, and will be better, than 90 percent of all marriages.”

“But won’t you find yourself arguing a lot more than you want to?”

“Maybe so, Yitzy,” Rav Yis-roel said. “But by the time your second year of marriage rolls around, you’ll have a much bet-ter idea of what issues bother each of you and what not to do. Obviously, I’m not telling you to look for fights. But if there’s something that disturbs you, and you discuss it and get to the bottom of the issue without re-crimination … if you really work through the issues now, you will have an incredible marriage in the long run.”

I don’t know what the rest of the guys in the va’ad did. But I have to say that following his ad-vice in this area was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Because by the time we entered our second year of marriage … everything had changed for the better.

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What started out as a common problem 24+ years ago has morphed into a major initiative, an unprecedented display of com-munities working together for the common good of its’ children. CAHAL (Communities Acting to Heighten Awareness and Learning) was the brain child of a local yeshiva principal and a psychologist, to prevent children from falling through the cracks in the Yeshiva and Jewish Day School educational system. It was a phenomena that was common to all the lo-cal yeshivas. Certain students with learning challenges weren’t successful in keeping pace with their peers, even with the extra help of resource rooms and tutors. What ensued was a drop-out population who were lost to the yeshiva educational system, and in many cas-es lost to the Jewish community as well. To combat this, a ground-breaking initiative was undertaken by a consortium of all the local Yeshivas and Day schools to form CAHAL. The formula was simple: Create small classes with a maximum of 12 students and a stu-dent to teacher ratio of 4 to 1. Have certified special ed teachers trained to bring weak-er children up to speed, mainstream them with their grade-level counterparts for every non-academic activity (including lunch, re-cess, class trips), and when they are ready, mainstream students for academics, with an eye toward re-integrating them into their mainstream grade-level classes full time.

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Parents and the CSE Collaborate at Project LEARN Special Ed WorkshopsJudith dinowitz

On February 2nd and 3rd, parents in Brooklyn and Queens attended im-portant workshops on special education. Hosted by Agudath Israel’s highly successful Project LEARN, the workshops featured a step-by-step, detailed explanation of the application process to obtain special education services. Parents were able to interact directly to members of the New York City’s Committee for Special Education (CSE), asking questions and clarifying options in seeking help for their children.

As Claire Donnellan, Deputy Executive Director of the Committees on Special Education (CSE), explained, these workshops were created to make the process of obtaining services less mysterious for parents, as well as to build communication and partnerships between the CSEs and fam-ilies. Jennifer Lozano-Luna, CSE Chairperson, and Lynette Aqueron, Se-nior School Improvement Specialist for Special Education, guided parents through a slide presentation that addressed every aspect of the process for both preschool and school-age children. They then answered such ques-tions as how long parents can expect each step to take.

The five steps of the process are: Referral, Consent for Evaluation, Evalu-ation, the CPSE (Committee on Preschool Special Education) or CSE Meet-ing, and the Annual Review or occasional Reevaluation. The presenters stressed that parental consent is essential for the process to move forward, and that by law, all evaluations must be completed within 60 calendar days from the time a parent gives consent. If the process has stalled, parents can always reach out to their CPSE or CSE Chairperson to investigate. Participants received a sheet with the names and phone numbers of local committee administrators. CSE Chairpersons Esther Morrell and Arlene Rosenstock stayed after the workshops to meet privately for one-on-one consultations. In the question and answer session at the end of the meeting, some participants expressed concern about delays they had experienced in finding service providers for their children once services were approved.

Parents appreciated the detailed explanation and the clarifications of often confusing terminology. “It was a good beginning,” one mother said, “just to get the background terminology so that when I proceed, I under-stand.” A service coordinator who attended added, “They really gave a clear description of who to contact for each issue, and where those issues may arise.” Many parents also were happy for the opportunity to meet directly with members of the Department of Education. “It was nice to have people to meet with, when you have problems,” said one mother. Another parent remarked, “Making the connection was more important to me than the lecture.”

Mrs. Leah Steinberg, Director of Project LEARN, remarked, “These workshops were a huge help to parents. I thank Bais Yaakov of Queens and Prospect Park Yeshiva for Girls for providing meeting space, and the De-partment of Education for sending so many professional presenters. There was a true spirit of collaboration in the room for the benefit of the children. I hope that this will be the first of many such workshops to help parents navigate the complex process of securing special education services for their children.”

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis To Be Honored At Hineni 50th Anniversary DinnerFern Sidman

In a display of profound gratitude, the internationally renowned Torah outreach organization, Hineni, is proud to announce that this year’s revered guest of honor at their annual dinner will be, iy"H, Rebbetzin Esther Jun-greis, the founder and president of the historic kiruv movement.

As Hineni celebrates its 50th anniversary, the organization will honor the infinite contributions that Rebbetzin Jungreis has made in inspiring alienated Jews around the globe; bringing them closer to Hashem and their majestic Torah heritage.

As a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Nazi Europe, the Rebbetzin has made it her life’s mission to disseminate the timeless and eternal wisdom of the Torah to a lost generation, desperately seeking spiritual sustenance.

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Thoughts On Parshas Tetzaveh Based Upon The Writings of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l & Divrei Zikaron Approaching his Yahrtzeit (13 Adar)Rabbi Moshe Boylan

“Shemen Zayis Zach Kasis La-Maor” (Olive Oil that is pure, and ground to the extent that it provides light) (Shemos 27:20). Rashi said that the requirement of “Kasis” is only for the oil used for providing light in the Menorah, but not for the oil put into the Menachos.

This means that for Menachos it is sufficient that there were Shem-arim (sediments) in it to begin with, and afterwards these Shemarim were removed. In contrast, in the Meno-rah, there is a requirement that there were never Shemarim in the oil to begin with.

This shows us a Mussar Haskel. The Menorah, which provides light representing the light of Torah, is comparable to a Torah leader that lights the way for his followers. Just as the oil for the Menorah is not acceptable if there were Shemarim in it originally even if they were re-moved, so too it is not good that a Torah leader should have apparent Chesronos (things that are lacking) even if after looking carefully these are really not Chesronos.

This thought is seen in Chazal, when they say that “Chachomim Hi-zaharu BeDivreichem” (Wise people must be careful in their words, so they should not be misconstrued). If even the words of a Chachom must not be misleading, how much more so should his actions not be mislead-ing, so that nobody misinterprets his actions as being improper.

Just as the oil for the Menorah was always pure, so too a true Torah leader is someone whose actions are clearly proper and just, and do not need to be interpreted in order to ex-plain that they are proper.

Based upon the Rosh Yeshiva’s thought, we can explain the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos (1:6), which said “Aseih Lecha Rav, U’Kenay Lecha Chaveir, VeHevay Dan Es Kol HaAdam LeKaf Zechus”. (Make for yourself a Rebbi, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge every person to the side of righteous-ness). Perhaps we can explain that the Mishnah is saying that while every person must be judged Lekaf Zechus, a Rebbi must be someone who is im-mediately known as a Tzadik, without any need for Limud Zechus.

This may also be included in the statement of Chazal that one should only learn from a Rebbi that is com-

parable to a “Malach” (an angel). Just as an angel does actions that are clearly good, so too a Rebbi must do actions that are clearly good.

This thought is certainly appro-

priate in relation to the life of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, who was known as a great Tzadik, whose actions were clearly based upon the great Torah knowledge that he acquired.

“VeLo Yizach HaChoshen MaiAl HaAifod” (the Choshen should not be removed from the Aifod) (Shemos 28:28).

What is the significance of the fact that the Torah requires that the Chos-hen and the Aifod must always be con-nected? In order to answer we must first mention that Chazal say that the Aifod is Mechapeir (atones) for the Aveirah of Avodah Zarah (idolatry) and the Choshen Mishpat was Mecha-peir for MeAvsei Mishpat (those who did things to distort the proper judg-ment in interpersonal laws). This refers to the Aveiros of one that does something dishonest in his personal business, and also to a Dayan (a Judge) that judges incorrectly.

The fact that the Choshen and the Aifod were attached shows that the Aveirah of dealing improper-ly in business is related to a lack of Emunah in Hashem. One that tru-ly believes that Hashem gives every person a Parnassah will not come to rationalize cheating in business, as he will know that without violating Hashem’s laws he will still receive whatever Parnassah was allotted to him on Rosh HaShanah.

Thus, the Kaparah for dealing im-properly in business is related to re-ceiving a Kaparah for not believing

properly in Hashem (Avodah Zarah), as one that violated laws of business must have also violated the Mitzvos involved in proper belief in Hashem.

Keeping the words of the Rosh Yeshiva in mind, one can give a deep-er understanding to what Chazal say that after 120 years a person is asked “Nasasa VeNasata BeEmunah”. The simple interpretation of this ques-tion is whether you were honest in business. According to the previous interpretation, one can explain that this question is asking whether one has dealt in business with correct Emunah in Hashem, which would preclude him from violating any of the Halachos involved in our inter-personal relationships.

I heard from Rav Yaakov Wein-berg zt”l that this could be the reason that the Mitzvos of Shemittah and Onaah (not cheating someone in items sold in business) are put next to each other (in Parshas Behar). If one has the correct Emunah in Hashem acquired by the Mitzvah of Shemittah which shows that Hashem created and runs the world, then he will be able to deal properly in busi-ness, such as avoiding to sell items for more than their real value.

Interestingly, Rav Moshe zt”l used to complain that even though Choshen Mishpat is longer than some other parts of Shulchan Aruch, he received relatively few Shaalos on these topics, relative to the amount of shaalos he received about other parts of Shulchan Aruch that are not as long. We again see that one that has true Emunah in Hashem will understand that the laws of busi-ness (and other Mitzvos Bain Adam Lachaveiro) must be observed, just as much as the Mitzvos related to our relationship with Hashem.

“BaBoker BaBoker BeHaitivo Es HaNairos Yaktirenah UveHaalos Aharon… Yaktirenah”. (In the morning in the morning when he cleaned the candles he would offer the Ketores, and when Aharon would light the candles he would offer the Ketores”. (Shemos 30:7)

What is the significance that the Ketores was offered at the same time as the Nairos of the Menorah were cleaned (Hatavas HaNeiros)? Rav Moshe explains that Ketores was something that was offered privately, but nonetheless the smell from the Ke-tores went all the way to Yericho, and

there was no need to put on perfume in Yerushalayim, as the smell of the Ketores provided enough good smell.

This shows us that when one acts in the path of the Torah, knowing that this is truly the main and im-portant thing in life, then even with-out saying “Derashos” to everyone, people learn from him what is prop-er, even from afar.

We find a similar concept in Nach. Shaul HaMelech had a major fight and disagreement with Dovid HaMelech. When Dovid HaMel-ech ran away to Shmuel HaNavi, Shaul HaMelech sent messengers to Shmuel HaNavi, and he even went there himself. Surprisingly, even when they were far away from Shmuel HaNavi, they started to say Nevuah, and lived with peace with Dovid HaMelech.

Rav Moshe zt”l explained that the influence of Shmuel HaNavi was such, that even from afar, one was in-fluenced by his correct ways and lack of hatred and jealousy to act similarly.

Keeping this in mind, one can un-derstand the connection between the Ketores and the Menorah. Just as the Menorah provided light from afar, so too the Ketores had a great effect to places far away.

Perhaps one can suggest another answer to this question. The Meno-rah represents the light of the Torah, and the Ketores represents Achdus and the proper Middos which lead to Achdus. This is so, as we see that one of the ingredients of the Ketores was Chelbenah, which smelled bad. This represented how even people who did Aveiros can join with Tzadidim when they fast and do Teshuva.

In fact, this is one of the first things we say on Yom HaKippurim, (the day in which the Ketores is of-fered in the Kodesh Kadashim): “Anu Matirin Lehispallel Im HaAvary-anim” (we permit us to pray even with sinners).

This may be why Mordechai is related to the Ketores, as Chazal say that the hint to his name in the To-rah is in the Targum related to Keto-res, which said “Mara Dachya”. Mor-dechai, who had tremendous Achdus with Klal Yisroel as he davened and fasted for them, and led them away from impending destruction, r”l, was truly related to achdus and thereby had a name related to the Ketores.




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Purpose and PerspectiveTh e following is a quote from

a Lakewood publication: “When a Navardoker sits at his Shabbos ta-ble his main goal is not to fall into kaas (anger) – more than singing nice Zemiros and having everyone behave.” What a novel approach!

It has been said that the purpose of life is to break one’s nature; that a person who has that focus will be in a constant state of joy. Th is way, every challenge is interpreted as an opportunity to perfect oneself and reach that goal.

The following Chassidic tale drives home the point that each day is a new opportunity for growth. In a remote Russian town lived a poor porter who eked out his liv-ing transporting travelers and their packages, assisted by his young son. The father would wake his son early each morning to daven, learn a little and then grab a bite to eat before heading off for the long day’s work.

In the summer, the Russian sun would rise at 4 am and the pair got up even earlier. It was the morn-ing of a fast and the porter woke his son as he did each day. Th ey went off to shteibel and then set about hitching the horses and off to work.

The boy asked his father for food and his father explained that today is a fast day and they would eat aft er the sun set. Th ey worked conscientiously throughout the day – and ignoring his hunger and pain, the young boy pushed on. Th e sun slowly crawled its way across the sky and when it fi nally dropped down they sat to eat.

The next morning, when his father came to wake him, the boy refused to get up. As his father prodded, he explained that he did not want to suff er like he had the previous day. “Do not worry, my child” the porter said “today is not yesterday.”

Th is story was told by the fa-mous melamed Rav Shmuel Beza-lel Sheft el (1825-1905). He used it to motivate his students when they struggled with their lessons. He would remind them that no matter what happened or where they were in the past, no matter what regrets they had – there remained reward-ing work to do today. He taught them to be in the here-and-now. Because today is not yesterday.

The Dubno Maggid tells the story of a traveler trudging through the snow, schlepping his bundles and packages. A wealthy nobleman passed by in an ornate carriage and seeing the pauper, he was overcome with mercy and or-dered his horses to stop. He called down to the unfortunate man and invited him to climb aboard.

Th e peasant thanked him and scampered up the platform. He stood on the carriage clutching his belongings. His benefactor invited him to put down his packages to which the traveler replied “it is enough that you are carrying me, I don’t want to burden your horses with my packages as well!”

The Dubno Maggid explains that whenever we worry or be-come hopeless we are acting like this foolish man. Hashem carries us and sustains us throughout our lives. He fashioned our yesterdays and he orchestrates our todays. He will sustain our tomorrows.

Yet, we foolishly cling to our anxieties and worries, trying to control circumstances full of neg-ativity and regret. But He is car-rying us and he is carrying our “packages” too. Let us set our wor-ries down. Let us focus on self-im-provement, on breaking our own nature and perfecting our middos. Let us let go of the past and focus on the things that we can change right now. Because yesterday is not today.

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While we oft en hear about the importance of air quality, few peo-ple understand how it can impact their overall health and wellness, particularly in the fall and winter. Although sometimes even the best intentions can’t stop the sniffl es or a scratchy throat, there are simple things you can do to help protect and maintain good health in the face of bad weather.

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‘Aliyah Day’ Bill Passes First Israeli Knesset Reading JnS

A bill designating the 10th day of the Hebrew month Nissan as “Aliyah Day” passed a prelimi-nary reading in the Israeli Knesset.

The bill is intended to create a day dedicated to immigrants to Israel (olim) and their contri-butions to the Jewish state. The day would be marked around the country in schools, the Israel Defense Forces, the President’s Residence, and the Knesset. Israeli Members of Knesset Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beiteinu), Miki Zohar (Likud), and Avra-ham Neguise (Likud) proposed a number of bills intended for this purpose.

If the Aliyah Day bill passes second and third readings to become law, the legislation would increase public appreciation for the sacrifices of olim toward the Zionist dream, Ilatov said, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Deal In The Works For Israel To Return Bodies Of Eastern Jerusalem TerroristsJnS

Senior Palestinian sources confirmed that a deal is being negotiated to return the bodies of eastern Jerusalem terrorists killed in recent months to their families for burial.

Israel, which currently holds the remains of 10 Palestinian terrorists, has conditioned their return on low-key funerals, as the services held for terrorists killed since the current surge in violence erupted in October have often turned into public spectacles of incitement.

According to one Palestinian official, the families had agreed to hold nighttime funerals for their sons, attended by close relatives only. Pales-tinian media quoted several Ramallah officials as saying a deal has been reached.

According to reports, Israel was expected to release the bodies of two terrorists, both residents of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, to their families. Should the families keep their word and hold low-key funerals, the bodies of eight other terrorists will also be returned.

Torah Scrolls Set Ablaze In Gush EtzionJnS

Suspected Palestinian arsonists set fire to Torah scrolls in a synagogue located in Givat Sorek, within the Gush Etzion region of Judea and Samaria.

The Givat Sorek outpost was established atop a hill overlooking the site where three Jewish teens (Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel) were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in the summer of 2014. The vandal-ized synagogue, comprising a prayer tent that housed the Torahs, was named after the three boys, who were murdered soon after their abduction.

Investigators found a trail of evidence leading to the nearby Palestinian vil-lage of Halhul, prompting the authorities to conclude that Palestinian perpe-trators were behind the arson attack.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin described the sights from the scene of the arson attack as “heart-wrenching.”

“The affront to the sanctity of our people hurts even more when it happens in a place that commemorates those who were viciously murdered,” Rivlin said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Facebook, “I expect the in-ternational community to condemn the desecration of a synagogue, an act that is the result of incessant Palestinian incitement.”

3 Arab Knesset Members Suspended For Meeting With Terrorists’ FamiliesJnS

Three Arab members of the Is-raeli Knesset—Haneen Zoabi, Basel Ghattas, and Jamal Zahalka, all of the Joint Arab List party’s Balad fac-tion—were suspended by the Knes-set Ethics Committee for meeting with the families of Palestinian terrorists who murdered Israelis during the current wave of violence.

According to the committee’s ruling, Zoabi, who has a long history of anti-Israel actions and has faced Knesset discipline before, will be suspend-ed for four months along with Ghattas, while Zahalka will be suspended for two months. Despite the bans, the Knesset members will still be able to vote at the Israeli legislature.

“We will not accept a situation in which members of Knesset support the families of the murderers of Israeli civilians, and stand in memory of those who murdered our children. There’s a limit. There’s such a thing as national respect,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset upon the announcement of the suspension.

The Joint Arab List condemned “the campaign of incitement led by Net-anyahu, which led to the miserable, anti-democratic, and unethical decision of the committee.”

Netanyahu Calls For Fence Along All Of Israel’s Borders JnS

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government is working towards erecting a full border fence around Israel in order to protect the country from the “wild beasts” that are terrorists.

“We are preparing a multi-year project to encircle Israel with a security fence, to defend ourselves in the Middle East as it is now, and as it is expected to be,” Netanyahu said while touring a security fence being erected along Is-rael’s border with Jordan.

“At the end, in the State of Israel, as I see it, there will be a fence that spans it all,” he added. “I’ll be told, ‘This is what you want, to protect the villa?’ The answer is yes. Will we surround all of the State of Israel with fences and barriers? The answer is yes. In the area that we live in, we must defend ourselves against the wild beasts.”

Israel Artist to Create First Sculpture in Outer Space JnS

An Israeli artist plans to create a “laughing” piece that will be beamed up to outer space this year, becoming the first-ever sculpture in space, The Jerusalem Post reported. Eyal Gever is a concept artist working with the National Aero-nautics and Space Administration (NASA) on a project called #Laugh, which will take a digital representation of human laughter and send it to space, where it will be formed into a “sculpture” by the Made in Space Company on a 3D printer designed to work in zero-gravity conditions.

The #Laugh project is intended to help create an en-vironment where astronauts can work easier in space, for instance, giving them the ability to upload images and print them in 3D.

“One of the areas that we are excited a lot about is art and how we can design new types of art that maybe we can’t even bring back to Earth, because we’re building a sculpture that wouldn’t even survive in gravity,” said Made in Space’s chief technology officer, Jason Dunn, in a video promoting #Laugh.

Gever spoke at Tel Aviv’s International Mediterranean Tourism Market confer-ence about wanting to create a sculpture of something that does not exist in space.

“I realized, you know, maybe I shouldn’t even think about using a person or a certain language that has a political connotation or culture or time or race, and then a friend of mine said, ‘Why don’t you do a human laughter?’” he said.

As part of the NASA project, people will be able to record and submit their laughter online, and then vote on which digital representation of laughter should be used in the sculpture.

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6 Israelis Killed, 14 Injured As Bus Crashes Into Parked Truck On Highway JnS

Six Israelis were killed when an Egged bus traveling on Route 1 from Je-rusalem to the predominantly haredi city of Bnei Brak crashed into a truck parked on the side of the highway. Fourteen more people were wounded, one of them seriously.

The bus driver was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter resulting from criminal negligence. He is also suspected of tampering with evidence and obstructing justice. During a hearing, a police representative said the driver had tampered with the “black box” on the bus and had removed an essential component. The driver claimed he returned the part and closed the box. Po-lice were unable to open the device at the scene of the accident and are now attempting to verify or disprove the driver’s story in the lab.

The police have also requested a detailed log of the phone calls made and received by the driver’s phone preceding the accident. The initial investigation revealed that the driver had been involved in a previous accident on the same route several years ago, although in the opposite direction, from Bnei Brak to Jerusalem. Several passengers were injured in that accident, and the company restricted the driver to routes inside the city. He only resumed driving the intercity route several weeks ago.

Please say Tehillim for those injured in the crash:

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שרית בת שמחהאסתר בת שמחהמנשה בן נעימה

שמחה עדנה בת ז׳קליןיוסף בן שרהשרה בן דינהברכה בת דינה

Bus Of Death' Driver Was On Phone, Drove Wildlydavid roSenberg

The bus driver under investigation for Sunday’s horrific bus crash which left six dead and 14 wounded was allegedly using his phone and driving wildly in the moments leading up to the accident.

Driver Haim Bitton, is in police custody facing possible wrongful death charges, obstructions of justice, and failure to maintain distance from other cars on the road.

According to the Yediot Ahronot newspaper, two passengers on the fateful bus ride, Bracha Sperling and her sister Sarah, called another sister during the ride telling her that “the driver is driving like a madman and is talking on his cell phone”. Moments later the bus crashed. Screaming was heard at the end of the call before it was disconnected.

The Egged bus company has come under fire for putting Bitton back to work as a bus driver following a conviction relating to a 2014 crash which left 18 injured. Bitton was found guilty of reckless driving and failure to maintain a safe distance behind other vehicles.

The fatal accident on Sunday occurred after a truck driver traveling on Highway 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem noticed an oil leak and pulled over to the shoulder of the road. As the bus was passing the stopped truck it veered out of the lane and into the shoulder, crashing into the right side of the truck.

Egged On Defensive Over 'Reckless' Bus Driver's Previous Crasharutz7

A day after the tragic accident that killed six people and injured another 14, new details regarding the past of driver Haim Bitton have come to light. In spite of his past record the Egged us company came out and supported the de-cision to reinstate him once he fulfilled the sentence set for him by the courts.

In August of 2014 an indictment was filed against Bitton for an accident that he had caused while driving the route 402 bus near Sha'ar Hagay interchange, similar to what occurred yesterday. In the previous accident 18 people were injured. The letter of indictment cited Bitton as "a reckless driver who did not understand that the vehicle in front of his was slowing down."

Bitton was found guilty of not keeping a proper distance between his vehicle and the one in front of him, careless driving and actions that caused damage. He was sentenced to 120 hours of community service which were completed while working with the NGO Ezer Mitzion. He was also punished with a 45 day suspension of his license, and another three months of probation. He com-pleted his punishment in September of 2015.

Following the completion of his sentence, Bitton returned to work. In a re-port that appeared on the Walla news site, the Egged bus company stated that since Bitton had completed his sentence he was allowed back to work. When asked by reporters how they could let a driver return to work after being found guilty of careless driving, the company responded by saying that the question was irrelevant.

Ron Retner, a spokesperson for the company, said that the company was abiding by the law. "Any driver is who is found guilty of breaking the law and has fulfilled his sentence to the court and to the company is a driver. Once he has fulfilled his sentence he receives his license once again and is cleared by the law to resume his duties of driving for public transit, therefore the question isn't really relevant.

"I have no desire to expand my answer on the issue as I do not wish to upset the police investigation which is currently taking place, and which I hold faith in."

Victims Of Nightmarish Bus Crash Laid To RestYa'akov Meir Heshin (27) and Yisrael Weinberg (26), two of the six victims

killed in the horrific Egged bus line 402 crash on Sunday night, were laid to rest on Monday at Har Hamenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem as hundreds came to pay their last respects.

Aside from Heshin and Weinberg, the other victims have been identified as 61-year-old Leah Malmud, 18-year-old Aharon Mordechai Cohen, 23-year-old Chaya Pasha Frenkel, and 17-year-old Levy Yitzhak Amdadi.

Among the wounded was Sarah Sperling, a 20-year-old who was to be mar-ried in two weeks, and who is currently receiving care for her serious injuries at Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center.



Netanyahu To Israeli Opposition: Stop Criticizing Israel Abroad JnS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the Knes-set members of the Israeli opposition to support Israel’s gov-ernment in the international arena. Speaking at a Knesset meeting convened by the opposition, Netanyahu said the op-position was undermining Israel’s standing in the world.

“I heard [opposition leader] MK [Isaac] Herzog tell the pres-ident of France that it is impossible to realize a two-state solu-tion,” he said. “Perhaps now you will stand united with us in the face of international efforts to impose dangerous solutions on us. We will resist any attempt to force solutions on us.”

Commenting on an idea recently floated by Herzog, who suggested that Israel dis-engage from the Palestinians in the absence of peace negotiations, Netanyahu said, “All the talk about separation with an agreement or without, or security separation—is not suitable. Israel must be the one responsible for security on the ground and the one to implement the demilitarization.”

“Mutual recognition and demilitarization are two fundamental values, without which there cannot be an arrangement,” he said.

Netanyahu said members of Herzog’s Labor party “determined that it is impossible to achieve a two-state solution in the current situation. Good morning, Bougie (Her-zog’s nickname). I’m happy you woke up. Welcome to the Middle East….Not only were you not quick to pick up on the situation—you were the last to recognize the reality.”

Herzog responded to Netanyahu, “Unlike you, I am not prepared to accept the notion that ‘by thy sword shalt thou live’ (Genesis 27:40).” The far right believes that annexing the territories and their Palestinian residents is the solution. Who is stopping you from doing that?”

Turkish President Erdogan Meets With Top U.S. Jewish LeadersJnS

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan report-edly met with several top American Jewish leaders on the topic of ongoing negotiations that may lead to a resumption of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel.

Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chairman of the Confer-ence of Presidents of Major American Jewish Orga-nizations, along with leaders of other Jewish groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Amer-ican Israel Public Affairs Committee, met Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, according to Turkish and Israeli media reports.

The Israeli government asked Hoenlein, who is close with Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu, to deliver several messages to the Turkish leaders during the meet-ing, Haaretz reported.

Turkey and Israel have so far been unsuccessful in efforts to restore their diplomatic ties, which deteriorated following the May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident.

IDF Chief Says Soldiers Have A Duty To Disobey Illegal OrdersJnS

In effort to maintain transparency in the Is-rael Defense Forces (IDF), Israel’s army chief said that soldiers have a duty to disobey illegal orders.

“Any soldier who enlists in the military is given a lesson about unlawful orders,” said IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot at an aca-demic conference in Herzliya, Israel. “It’s not a right, but an obligation not to carry out illegal orders. We explain to soldiers that we demand that they not carry out illegal orders.”

“I’m not talking about the hundreds of soldiers who later make statements to the press,” he added. “But it’s important to understand that it’s a duty [to disobey illegal orders].”

Eizenkot said the IDF will be “stronger” and “better” by meeting with members of Breaking the Silence, the NGO that promotes criti-cism of the Israeli military through the testimonies of former soldiers, to follow up on claims made by the discharged soldiers.

“We expect from our soldiers that our values be adhered to in re-al-time, and not that they break their silence three years later at some conference. One has to carry out legitimate missions in a manner that is compatible with the IDF spirit. Where this does not occur, it’s a soldier’s obligation, not his right, to desist,” said Eizenkot.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Enters Prison JnS

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert entered prison to begin serving his multiple sentences, becoming the first former Israeli premier to spend time behind bars.

Olmert, who began his career as an anti-corruption crusader, was ultimately undone by the very behavior he sought to eradicate as a young Knesset member and lawyer. Olmert will serve 18 months over his bribery conviction in the Holyland trial and another month due to an obstruction of justice case, which ended in a plea bargain. He may be re-leased on good behavior before serving the entire sentence.

Olmert voluntarily entered the Maasiyahu Prison in Ramla. Prior to his incarcera-tion, he released a video message in which he continued to claim his innocence.

“This is very painful for my family and loved ones,” he said. “I had the privilege of serving Israel, and while I have made mistakes, they did not amount to criminality. Today attests to the strength of democracy. No one is above the law.”

Netanyahu: Israel Maintains ‘Discreet’ Ties with Many Arab StatesJnS

Major Arab countries “are changing their view of Israel,” Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations leadership delegation in Jerusalem.

“They don’t see Israel anymore as their enemy, but they see Israel as their ally, especially in the battle against militant Islam with its two foun-tainheads: the militant Islamists led by Iran, and the militant Islamists led by Daesh (Islamic State),” Netanyahu said, adding, “This is something that is forging new ties, many of them discreet, some of them open.”

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said at the Mu-nich Security Conference, “We have channels to talk with our Arab neighbors, the Sunni states...not just Jordan and Egypt, with which we have peace, the Gulf states and North African states too. The situation is sensitive. We cannot even shake hands in public.”

Suspended Arab Knesset Member Vows to Keep Visiting Terrorists’ Families JnS

Member of Knesset Basel Ghattas, one of three Knesset members from the Joint Arab List party who were recently suspended after visiting late Palestinian terrorists’ families, said he will not stop making such visits and referred to the de-ceased terrorists as “martyrs.”

Ghattas was suspended from the Knesset alongside fellow Joint Arab List MKs Haneen Zoabi and Jamal Zahalka when their meeting with families of terrorists, which included a moment of silence in honor of the terrorists, was determined to have constituted “conduct unbecoming.”

Speaking to Israel’s Arabic-language television network Hala, Ghattas said of the terrorists, “They did not attempt to kill out of a criminal motive; they did so in the context of the just struggle against the oppressive occupation.”

He added that “the day that Arab MKs avoid visiting the families of martyrs, who lost their sons in the struggle against the [Israeli] occu-pation, is the day we turn in our keys and go home.”



Israel Police Names First Muslim Deputy CommissionerJnS

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan plans to establish new division within the Israel Police to promote law enforcement in Israel’s Arab sector and recruit Arabs to serve in the police force. Jamal Hakroush, currently an assistant police commissioner, will head the new division, becoming the first Muslim Arab in Israeli history to rise to the rank of deputy commissioner.

Hakroush currently serves as the deputy chief officer of Israel’s Coastal Police District. He was the first Muslim Arab to receive the rank of assistant commissioner and the first to serve as a deputy chief officer.

The new division is the brainchild of Erdan and Israel Police Commissioner Insp. Gen. Roni Alsheikh, and has been designed to boost cooperation in the Arab sector as well as to fight the high crime rate in Arab villages and towns. The division will be tasked with establishing new police stations in Arab districts and recruiting cadets from within the Arab sector.

Hakroush joined the Israeli police in 1978 and served in numerous roles, including com-mander of the immigration police in the Haifa district, commander of Afula and Nahariya po-lice stations during the Second Lebanon War, and commander of the Zevulun Station in Haifa. He is from the village of Kafr Kanna, where he still resides with his wife and four children.

14-Year-Old Arab Girls Charged With Attempted Murder JnS

The Central District Prosecutor’s Office in Israel indicted two 14-year-old Arab girls who carried out a recent stabbing attack at the Ramla Central Bus Sta-tion on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, and possession of a knife.

The two girls were charged in juvenile court. Ac-cording to the indictment, which was filed by attorney Reut Abiri, the girls met up about a month before the attack and decided that they would become “martyrs” by stabbing and trying to kill Jews.

The indictment further reveals the role that the recent wave of Palestinian terror attacks played in influencing the girls and other would-be attackers. Following a recent stabbing attack at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, in which three terrorists were shot and killed, the two girls decided to meet the next day, equipped with kitchen knives, to carry out a stabbing attack.

According to the indictment, on the morning that they would carry out the attack, one of the girls said she preferred to wait until after school, while the other convinced her to do it in the morning, instead of going to school.

They hid knives in their school bags and decided that they would launch the attack at the shopping center near the Ramla Central Bus Station. They approached the area three times, looking for victims, but were unable to find IDF soldiers. Ultimately, they decided to attack the security guard at the shopping center’s entrance.

New Israeli Army Spy Camera Can Detect Terrorists Moving Through Fog JnS

The Israel Defense Forc-es (IDF) has developed a new spy camera that will detect and identify people moving through fog, haze, or heat waves, providing greater protection against terror attacks on soldiers’ bases.

Operators of the high-resolution “Savir” camera can see people, moving trees, or plants from a distance of more than 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) and other images up to a distance of 20 kilometers (12.4 miles).

The Savir system can be used on land or sea, and as a day camera or a night-vision camera. Savir’s precision is better than IDF cameras’ existing radar imaging, which often proves inac-curate in detecting movement.

Rav: If There Will Be Mixed Prayers I Will Turn In My Keys And Resign

Rav of the Kosel & Holy Sites Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz on Wednesday, 1 Adar I, addressed the controversy surrounding the decision to establish an egalitar-ian prayer area near the Kosel.

Rabbi Rabinowitz spoke with Kol Chai Radio, explaining he has been at the forefront of the battle to prevent this reality for years.

He spoke of his uphill battle over recent years and his tena-cious opposition to giving in to the non-Orthodox streams of Judaism at all cost. At the end of the interview he stated that if the area is in fact created and there are prayer services with men and women without a mechitzah, he will hand in his keys and resign from his position.

“If in the next weeks the court will rule to establish a Reform area in the current Kosel Plaza, or an Aron Kodesh with Sifrei Torah in the women’s section, I will turn to Gedolei Yisrael and give them the keys and resign” he stated.

It is noted that the rabbi was careful in selecting his words, speaking of the “current Kosel Plaza” and it is likely it will be explained in the future he was not referring to the new area allocated near the Southern Kosel.

Netanyahu: New U.S.-Israel Security Aid Deal May Not Be Reached Under ObamaJnS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli gov-ernment ministers at a cabinet meeting that talks with the United States on a new 10-year memorandum of un-derstanding on security assistance are ongoing, but that a deal may not be reached until after President Barack Obama’s successor takes office next January.

“It’s not yet certain that we will reach an agreement,” Netanyahu said. “We are demanding an answer to Israel’s security needs and there are discussions. Either we will finish this with the current admin-istration or we will need to reach an agreement with the next administration.”

Acting Israeli National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagel briefed the ministers on the stra-tegic situation facing Israel in 2016. Nagel said that Israel is seeking around $5 billion in annual security aid from the U.S., up from the current total of around $3.1 billion.

11-Year-Old Israeli Jewish Boy Stabbed In RamleJnS

An 11-year-old Jewish boy was stabbed and wounded in the cen-tral Israeli town of Ramle by a ter-rorist the boy identified as an Arab teenager.

The boy said he had been walk-ing down the street when the teen-ager asked him if he had a lighter. When the boy responded that he did not, the youth stabbed him with a knife. The Jewish boy ran home, where his mother called an ambulance.

According to the Magen David Adom emergency response organization, the boy was hospitalized with moderate injuries. Police arrested a 17-year-old Arab youth on suspicion of carrying out the attack, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

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4 Fascinating Facts about Jews in India aiSh.com

India’s Jewish Community Is Thousands Of Years Old. Here are five little-known facts about the role Jews have played in India through the ages.

Meeting Marco PoloWhen Marco Polo traveled through

India in the year 1293, he recorded a surprising encounter in his diaries about meeting Jews there who’d devel-oped a thriving community on India’s southwestern coast. These early Jewish settlers were likely descended from Jewish traders who came from Yemen in the 700s and were welcomed by the local prince. To this day, the Jewish community keeps a set of thousand-year-old engraved copper plates record the welcome extended by the local prince to one Joseph Raban, a Jew who settled in the area.

When the Jewish community was threatened by attacks from South Ara-bian and Portuguese invaders in the 1400s, the maharajah in the nearby town of Cochin invited them to settle and even build their synagogue next to the town’s Hindu temple. A por-tion of Cochin soon became known as “Jew Town”, and the magnificent synagogue – with blue and white tiles from China on the floor and a crystal chandelier from Holland – serves the Jews of Cochin to this day.

As the area developed trade ties with the rest of the world, the Jewish community in Cochin reached out to their fellow Jews abroad, requesting Jewish books and connections. When a shipment of Torah scrolls, prayer books and other religious items Co-chin’s Jews had ordered from Holland arrived in the town in 1686, Cochin’s Jews were so overjoyed they declared the day a local holiday.

The Cochin Synagogue:

Hanukkah Refugees?The largest Jewish community in

India is also the most mysterious: the Bene Israel, who lived unknown to the rest of the Jewish world for gen-erations in the Kolaba district of In-dia south of Bombay. The Bene Israel maintain they are descended from a group of Jews – seven men and seven women – who were shipwrecked in the area thousands of years ago. Some believe they are descendants of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel who fled north-ern Israel in 721 BCE after the Assyri-an invasion; others maintain their an-cestors fled King Antiochus (the king who oppressed Jews in Israel during the time of the Hanukkah miracle.)

The Bene Israel Jews adopted Hindu names and dress, but kept some of their traditions. Locals called them shaniwar teli, or “Saturday oil pressers” because they refused to work on Shabbat.

In the 1700s, Rabbi David Rahabi – a Jew from the thriving community of Cochin – visited the area and was astounded to find people who claimed to be Jewish – and who seemed to maintain some vestige of Jewish prac-tice, such as saying the Shema prayer. Cochin Jews sent teachers, rabbis, cantors and ritual slaughterers to help them out, and in time the Bene Israel community began to embrace main-stream Jewish practice. Many of the members moved to Bombay and built numerous Bene Israel synagogues there, following the Sephardic liturgy.

The Jewish General Who Created Bangladesh

Lieutenant General Jack Jacob, the highest-ranking Jew in India’s mil-itary, was born in Calcutta in 1923, part of that city’s large Jewish com-munity which traced its roots to 18th Century Baghdad.

In 1971, Jacob was chief of staff of the Indian Eastern Command, and watched as a eastern Pakistan (today the nation of Bangladesh) tried to break away from mainline Pakistan. Pakistani forces responded fero-ciously, massacring between 500,000 and 3 million people and committing atrocities and war crimes. 10 million desperate refugees fled into India, which then declared war on Pakistan. Jacob led Indian troops into Pakistan to capture Dhaka.

Lt. Gen JacobWithin weeks, the local Pakistani

General, A.A.K. Niazi, invited Jacob to discuss a cease-fire. Jacob flew to Pakistan, unarmed and with only one staff officer, and presented the Pakistani general with a choice of his own devising: surrender uncon-ditionally and in public, and receive Indian army protection for his retreat – or continue fighting and face India’s full military might. (Jacob’s position was a bluff: facing 93,000 Pakistani troops, he commanded only 3,000 In-dian troops, and they were 30 miles away.)

Jacob gave Gen. Niazi 30 minutes to decide and went outside to wait. “I appealed to God for help and said the Shema Yisrael,” Jacob later recalled. After half an hour, Niazi agreed; 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered the next day. Many were saved by the quick end to the fighting, and the new nation of Bangladesh awarded Jacob a certificate of appreciation for his “unique role” in the nation’s found-ing.

Lt. Gen. Jacob went on to serve as Governor of the Indian states of Goa and Punjab. He visited Israel often, and became close friends with Israeli politicians Shimon Peres and Yitzhak

Rabin. Jacob passed away on January 13, 2016.

Esther AbrahamsAs India developed its thriving

film industry, Indian Jews were in-volved from the beginning. David Joseph Pendar wrote India’s first “talkie” picture in 1931, and Jewish women soon stepped into acting roles that were often shunned by Hindu and Muslim women. Famous “Bolly-wood” stars such as Sulochana (Ruby Myers), Pramila (Esther Abrahams) and Nadira (Florence Ezekiel Nadira) all came from India’s Jewish com-munity, though few Indians realized these legendary actresses were Jews.

Little India in IsraelAfter the establishment of Israel,

many of India’s Jews began to leave for new lives in the Jewish state. From a population of approximately 30,000 In-dian Jews in 1948, only about 5,000 Jews remain in India today. Approximately 80,000 Jews of Indian origin keep their unique traditions alive in Israel.

The Israeli towns of Dimona and Ashdod have been dubbed “Little In-dia” by some residents, and it’s com-mon to hear words in Hindi and the Indian language of Marathi in some homes. Dimona’s central municipal library even has a special section of Indian-language books, with local residents donating ever more books following trips back to India.

Israel and Netherlands to Negotiate Over Holocaust Survivor Payments JnS

Israel is expected to negotiate with the Netherlands over the alleged Dutch decision to cut monthly payments to Holo-caust survivors from the European nation who immigrated to Israel, the Israeli Knesset Finance Committee announced.

Reports surfaced earlier this month claiming that the Netherlands decided to stop paying benefits to Dutch Ho-locaust survivors living in Israel because they were already receiving payments from the Israeli government. The Dutch Foreign Ministry denied the allegations, saying that “it is in no way the intention of the Dutch government to stop these payments.”

Yet the Dutch embassy in Israel published a statement citing a decision-making in the Netherlands on whether or not the payments for Holocaust survivors, called “WUV,” would be scaled back because survivors were already receiv-ing Israeli benefits since June 2014.

Israel and Russia to Sign Free Trade Agreement JnS

Russia and Israel are planning to sign a free trade agreement that will allow for the estab-lishment of joint ventures in the high-tech and agriculture sectors, the Russian news agency TASS reported.

Both Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ari-el and Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Sergey Levin confirmed that the agreement is expected to be finalized.

“We’ve discussed the prospects of forming a free trade zone, which the government plans to put on paper within the shortest period of time,” Levin said.

Israel officials told Ma’ariv that Ariel visited Russia with Member of Knesset Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid), who together with Israeli Ambas-sador to Russia Zvi Heifetz met with Kremlin

officials—among them Russia’s deputy prime minister, Arkady Dvorkovich—to discuss the agreement.

Representatives from both sides also dis-cussed pension payments by the Russian gov-ernment to Israeli citizens who had immigrat-ed to the Jewish state from the former Soviet Union.



Anti-Semitic Cartoon Printed, Prosecutor Off ends Holocaust Survivors in Europe JnS

Anti-Semitism has come to the forefront in European media aft er an an-ti-Semitic cartoon was published in Spain and an Austrian prosecutor said that a magazine was justifi ed in describing Holocaust survivors as a “plague.”

In Spain, the Jewish community is threatening legal action against the satirical left-wing magazine El Jueves, in which offensive cartoons were published. Along with these images, the illustrator alleges that Israel is “apartheid 2.0.”

“Th is is absolutely outrageous and obviously we are going to be seeking legal remedies,” said David Hatchwell, the president of the Jewish commu-nity of Madrid and vice president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain, the Jerusalem Post reported.

“Th is [cartoon] could be taken from the Nazis’ Der Sturmer and nobody would notice the diff erence....Th ese are lies, totally non-factual, and it’s done in a sophisticated enough way that people who know nothing about the con-fl ict will think that Israelis are Nazi-like oppressors and it affi rms every myth [about Jews] in Europe [held] for thousands of years,” he said, calling the cartoon “pure anti-Semitism.”

At the same time, survivors of Nazi concentration camps are outraged over a remark by an Austrian prosecutor approving of an article in the July/August 2015 edition of Die Aula, which stated that “the fact that a non-negligible portion of freed prisoners became a plague on people is deemed by the judiciary to have been proven and is only disputed today by concentration camp fetishists.”

Th e remark referred to those who survived the Mauthausen concentra-tion camp. Prosecutors in the southern Austrian city of Graz had started a legal proceeding against the author of the article on charges of Holocaust denial and incitement to hate, but have since dropped the charges. Th e new controversy stems from remarks made by the Austrian prosecutor’s offi ce explaining its decision that “it is plausible that the release of several thou-sand people from the Mauthausen concentration camp presented a burden for the aff ected areas of Austria.”

Th e International Mauthausen Committee, an umbrella group of nation-al organizations of concentration camp survivors, said that while “it is not disputed that food necessary for survival was procured in a few cases against the will of the aff ected local population…to describe the term ‘plague’ as appropriate as a result not only fl ies in the face of historical fact, but also ridicules concentration camp victims who are still alive.”

In other Holocaust-related news, 93-year-old Reinhold Hanning of the western German city of Detmold was put on trial in Germany as an acces-sory to the murder of at least 170,000 people for his role as a guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

“When you think of these cases, don’t think of frail, old, sick men and women, but of young people who devoted their energies to a system that im-plemented the [Nazis’ so-called] Final Solution and aimed to obliterate the Jewish people,” said the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Nazi hunter Ephraim Zuroff , Reuters reported.

New Bill Seeks to Block Boycotts of Israeli Goods in U.K. JnS

New British government directives are aiming to prevent public bodies, uni-versities, and student unions from boycotting Israeli products, Th e Independent reported. According to Th e Sunday Times, the move “follows mounting con-cern among Jewish leaders about anti-Semitism.”

British media quoted U.K. Cabinet Offi ce Minister Matthew Hancock as saying such boycotts are divisive, potentially damaging to the U.K.’s relation-ship with Israel, and risk fueling anti-Semitism.

Th e new bill, already described as a “controversial crackdown,” seeks to pre-vent any public body from imposing a boycott on a World Trade Organization member, which Israel has been since 1995. Th e regulation will essentially out-law boycotting Israeli products—a threat oft en made against goods produced in Judea and Samaria—and allow the British government to take legal action against organizations that impose such boycotts.

Under the plan, all publicly funded institutions would be barred from ex-cluding goods produced by their idea of “unethical companies,” such as com-panies involved in arms trading, fossil fuels, tobacco products, or companies based in Judea and Samaria.

Any public bodies that continue to pursue boycotts would face severe pen-alties, Th e Independent reported. Critics of the initiative said it constituted a “gross attack on democratic freedoms.”

U.S. Jewish Leaders Meet Egypt’s El-Sisi Days After Meeting Turkey’s Erdogan JnS

Leaders from the 50-member Conference of Presidents of Major Ameri-can Jewish Organizations met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo.

During the two-hour meeting, the leaders discussed a range of domestic and international issues, including American-Egyptian ties, the relationship between Egypt and Israel, regional terror threats, and the Iran nuclear deal.

“We came away with a greater understanding of the challenges and op-portunities and how we can play a constructive role in addressing them and

fostering international cooperation,” the Jewish leaders said in a statement released by the Conference of Presidents.

Th e American Jewish delegation met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara amid the ongoing talks between Turkey and Israel to re-store their diplomatic ties.

“We talked about the opportunity for reconciliation. Erdogan raised specif-ic issues, including the fi ght against extremists, the war on terrorism, and the role of Turkey and Iran in the region. We were there as representatives of the American Jewish leadership. We consulted with Israel before the meeting, but it is not true to say that we conveyed messages from Israel (as was reported by some Israeli media). We discussed the concerns of all parties, including Israel,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman and CEO of the Conference of Presidents, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.



Home Of Freud And…Pita? Israelis Make Culinary Mark In Vienna JnS

Several Viennese Jews have made a lasting im-pact on the world. Sigmund Freud’s investigations changed the face of modern psychology. Composer Arnold Schoenberg’s innovations in atonal music changed the face of music. These days, even more Jews—in particular, Israeli Jews—are changing the face of Vienna’s culinary scene with innovations in…the art of the pita.

Freudians may find a psychoanalytic motive for the local appeal of the Israeli eateries popping up in the Austrian capital. Walk into Miznon in the First District, about 20 minutes from Freud’s for-mer home (today the Sigmund Freud Museum), and the boisterous place seems to answer to an uncon-scious desire of stiff Austrians for looseness and in-formality— qualities that have been the mark of the cuisine of Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani, Miznon’s creator. Miznon is a far cry from traditional cafés serving wiener schnitzel and apple strudel on old porcelain plates by waiters in suits.

“Gidi!” and “Georg!” and “Michael!” are some of the names that fly over the counter from the friendly pita masters. No porcelain here. Food and menus are served on brown paper bags; menus on brown plastic wraps. It’s this culinary cacophony—this atonality of gourmet kebabs, steaks, and chick-en stuffed in a pita—that have made the Viennese branch of the Israeli joint a darling of the Austrian media since it opened in October 2015.

“Miznon, the concept, is exactly what we need here,” said Georg Demmer, founder of CoSpace, a local co-working space and café, and a Miznon reg-ular who first tasted its food during his travels to Tel Aviv. “Street food in general is developing very fast in Vienna, so places where you do not necessarily have to sit down but can have a fast health snack really fits this development.”

He calls Miznon’s chicken spachtel “genius.” Spachtel stands for spatula—since the ground

chicken is hammered flat, with spices, onions, and eggs, into a kind of a pancake.

A new kid on the block, literally a few blocks down from Miznon and up the street from a shwarma place called Sababa (but don’t be fooled by what is commonly perceived as Hebrew slang—Sababa is Arab-owned), is The Hungry Guy. The eatery officially opened on Jan. 28, hoping to build the niche of transformative uses of pita.

“Our idea is to cook quality food and to sell it in a pita, so it’s a mix between East and West,” said co-owner and founder Eyal Guy, for whom the eatery is named. Born in Tel Aviv and married to an Austri-an, Guy is not only a chef but also a psychotherapist, for he sees both food and therapy as “human relation” fields.

The eatery merges Israeli informality and Euro-pean refinement through freshly baked, seep-free pitas (so the local businessmen don’t ruffle their cufflinks) stuffed with creative twists on latkes, fish and chips, and chili con carne, among other dishes. The contents of each pita are as colorful as Klimt paintings.

The Hungry Guy was built in what used to be a Jewish-owned garment business, located around the corner from the city’s main synagogue, The Stadttemple, and a few blocks away from the Vi-enna Jewish Museum, although none of these es-tablishments cater specifically to Members of the Tribe. Decimated by the Holocaust, Vienna’s Jewish community is now estimated at 9,500, with most residing in Vienna. The Orthodox community is based across the Danube canal where a few tradi-tional, and less imaginative, kosher bakeries and eateries operate near the Taborstrasse.

The first MOT clan, however, to really make a Tel Aviv mark on the Vienna scene is the Molho family, headed by the matriarch, Haya, who built a Tel Aviv-style bistro with her four sons when her husband retired as a world-traveling mime who had

based himself in Vienna. Neni (the acronym of her sons’ first names) opened seven years ago in the 100-year-old Naschmarkt, the closest Vienna gets to a shuk. Packed at any given hour, the trendy, two-sto-ry local institution serves Israeli comfort foods with a gourmet twist.

“It starts with the service,” said Neni’s Nuri-el Molho, the eldest son, who’s in charge of press and marketing for the restaurant. “We love Israeli service. Israelis are super friendly, they know the kitchen, they know what they’re selling. It was clas-sic in Austria to be older, wear a uniform and be more robotic.”

Not long after Neni opened, the government of Israel approached them to create a Viennese homage to Tel Aviv, part of an effort to celebrate Tel Aviv’s 100-year anniversary across Europe. Tel Aviv Beach, a Viennese interpretation of the Tel Aviv promenade, replete with the Keter-brand plastic chairs, has been a huge hit, transforming a neglected and sketchy stretch of the Danube canal into a crowded hotspot. Tel Aviv Beach is now an institution, more evidence of the deep, unconscious love that some Austrians (at least the average citi-zen) may harbor for Israel, in spite—or to spite—Vi-enna’s dark Jewish history.

The Molhos are happy to bring out the love. “Every time there is a political thing or some-

thing happens in Israel, and they ask us for politi-cal statements, we don’t offer political statements at all,” Nuriel said. “It’s about the vibe, the beauty of Tel Aviv. We want to share our home, in a positive light. We send a lot of people to Tel Aviv and they come back saying we never thought it was so mod-ern, so cool.”

Israel & EU Quietly Talking Over Product Labeling JnS

Israel is discreetly holding talks with the European Union (EU) in an effort to resolve a diplomatic crisis following the EU’s recent decision to remove “Made in Israel” labels from products originating beyond Israel’s 1967 lines.

The EU and Israel are jointly working on ways to restore relations so that negotiations can resume in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing Israel Radio.

A delegation led by Helga Schmid—the EU’s deputy secretary general for the External Action Service and a senior adviser to EU foreign affairs chief Federi-ca Mogherini—last week secretly met with Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold, representatives of the Israeli National Security Council, and other officials in Israel, according to Haaretz.

“We told them that the decisions of the EU’s council of foreign ministers and the decision on the labeling of products [beyond the 1967 lines] were uni-lateral and in fact adopted the Palestinian narrative. That’s no way to conduct a respectful dialogue,” an unnamed Jerusalem official was quoted as saying.

Iran Says Supporting Terrorist Groups Is State Policy JnS

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokes-man Hossein Jaberi Ansari said that it is Tehran’s policy to support terrorist groups, Iran’s Tasnim New Agency re-ported.

The Iranian government sponsors terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which are both sworn to Israel’s destruction.

“Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution [in 1979], the Islamic Republic of Iran has declared that sup-porting the Palestinian nation and the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas) is among its fixed policies and has continuously taken some mea-sures on this path,” Ansari said.

Ansari’s statement follows media reports that a senior political member of Hamas claimed the group has not been receiving support from Tehran since 2009.

Senior Hamas leader Kalil Abu Leila told the Tasnim News Agency in early February that Iran has always supported the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist organization.

“We appreciate Iran for the support it has provided for the resistance,” Leila said.



Former Gaza Aid Activist Linked To Islamic State Executioner ‘Jihadi John’JnS

A British man who in 2009 traveled to Gaza with an aid convoy led by far-left British politician George Galloway has been identified as a member of an execution cell that was formerly led by Islamic State’s “Jihadi John.”

“Thirty-two-year-old Alexanda Kotey has been identified by British and American intelligence ser-vices as one of four ISIS guards, collectively known as the ‘Beatles,’ who are responsible for beheading 27 hostages,” a joint inves-tigation by BuzzFeed News and the Washington Post revealed. “The guards were given their nickname by hostages because of their British accents.”

Kotey traveled to Gaza in 2009 as part of the Galloway-led “Viva Pales-tina” convoy, which supposedly carried £1 million ($1.44 million) worth of aid to the Hamas-ruled Palestinian coastal territory.

According to the investigation, Kotey—who is half Ghanian and half Greek Cypriot, and converted to Islam after meeting a Muslim girl—had fallen in with the London Boys, a network of extremists in western Lon-don that included Mohammed Emwazi, who was known as “Jihadi John.” Emwazi and Kotey also attended the same mosque, London’s Al-Manaar, where investigators believe they were radicalized.

In January, Islamic State confirmed that “Jihadi John” was killed by a November 2015 drone strike in Syria.

Iran Reportedly Hacks Former IDF Chief’s Computer JnS

Iranian hackers have reportedly managed to hack into a private computer used by a former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff as well as dozens of other computers belonging to Israelis.

According to a report by Israel’s Channel 10, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a cyber-attack last year on dozens of Israeli computers that most-ly belonged to current or former Israeli security officials. While the Iranians ceased the operation after their efforts were discovered, what remains unclear is the extent of the damage caused by the hackers and what specific information they took.

The report also said that Israeli cyber-security experts were able to identify one of the hackers, Yasser Balachi, who had mistakenly revealed his email address.

“Balachi said that he had not operated on his own initiative, rather for an-other cyber organization that commissioned the work,” said Ron Davidson, head of security services at Israeli cyber-security firm Check Point.

U.K. Jewish Schools Receive Bomb ThreatsJnS

The British security organization Community Security Trust (CST) said that bomb threats were received by Jew-ish schools in the United Kingdom.

The threats came in the form of voice messages claiming that the schools would be bombed, with Arabic music in the background. Six schools, in-cluding both Jewish and non-Jewish schools, received the threats. The Met-ropolitan Police Service checked all the schools and found no evidence of explosives.

In the past month, a number of other schools received such threats in various parts of the U.K., in addition to five schools in Paris. Although Brit-ish police are not calling these threats credible, CST still advised Jewish schools receiving such messages to implement their security procedures and searches. CST reported that 2015 saw the highest-ever number of anti-Se-mitic incidents in one year in the U.K. More than 900 cases of verbal abuse, other offensive behavior, and anti-Semitic graffiti were reported. There were also a few minor physical assaults, and four serious/violent attacks.

U.N. Chief Feels ‘Ashamed’ Over Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process StalemateJnS

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he feels “ashamed” over the ongoing stalemate in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

“I feel guilty, ashamed of the lack of prog-ress,” Ban said at a Chatham House think tank event in London, AFP reported.

“Basically it’s up to the leadership of Israel and the Palestinians to put an end to the con-flict,” he added, emphasizing that he is “not working for a particular country or a particular policy, but for the people in the region.”

Ban drew widespread criticism late last month for saying regarding the cur-rent wave of Palestinian terrorism that it is “human nature to react to occu-pation.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Ban of “stoking terrorism” through those comments.

But the U.N. leader doubled down on his statement in a New York Times op-ed titled, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Israel.”

“No one can deny that the everyday reality of occupation provokes anger and despair, which are major drivers of violence and extremism and under-mine any hope of a negotiated two-state solution,” Ban wrote.

UNESCO Recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex As World Treasure JnS

Israel’s Aleppo Codex, believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible, has been recognized by the United Nations Edu-cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a unique world treasure.

The Aleppo Codex, was written in Tiberias and is currently held by the Israel Museum. It was officially recognized by UNESCO as a unique item with universal characteristics and will be listed among the organization’s registry of 300 items and collections that have been compiled since 1995, Haaretz reported.

The more than 1,000-year-old manuscript was smuggled out of Aleppo, Syria, where it has been in the possession of that city’s Jewish community for centuries. It eventually made its way to Israel in the 1950s. Originally 500 pages long, 200 pages had gone missing by the time of its arrival in Israel.

Two other items from Israel—the Rothschild Miscellany, a collection of 15-century manuscripts, and the Pages of Testimony at Yad Vashem—already belong to the UNESCO registry.

Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves, Proving Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity

A team of physicists announced today that they have obtained direct evidence of gravitational waves, proving correct Al-bert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

A recording of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away apparently confirms the nature of black holes, which the legendary physicist predicted a century ago. The announcement is the result of 50 years of trial and error.

“We are all over the moon and back,” said Ga-briela González, a spokeswoman for the Laser Interferometer Gravitation-al-Wave Observatory. “Einstein would be very happy, I think.”

Szabolcs Marka, a Columbia University professor and LIGO scientist, said, “I think this will be one of the major breakthroughs in physics for a long time.” Read more at The New York Times.

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Service Dogs Offer Independence, Come With Uniquely Jewish ChallengesJnS

Dogs have long been known as man’s best friend. They’re snuggly, warm, and generally have a good sense of what their owners want. And some dogs give more than puppy love. Service dogs are trained to help peo-ple with disabilities such as visual or hearing impairments, seizure disor-ders, mobility issues, and diabetes.

William Snyder, a 12-year-old Jewish resident of Baltimore, suf-fers from seizures. His family raised $13,000 a few years back to purchase Asha from 4 Paws for Ability, a pro-vider of service dogs; an additional $7,000 was donated to cover the cost. The Labrador accompanies William to his school, sleeps with him, and even travels with the Snyder family on vacations. Before Asha joined the family, William would sleep on his parents’ bedroom floor, afraid of suf-fering from a seizure when no one was available to help.

“Asha can detect when a seizure starts and bark to get help,” says Ron Snyder, William’s father. “When help arrives, Asha will nuzzle up real close to William and comfort and protect him.”

Snyder recalls one evening when William suffered from a severe enough seizure that the family had to call 911. When the fire department came, Asha laid herself across Wil-liam’s lap and refused to move.

Asha is also a working dog. She has a work uniform—a service dog vest—and is trained “to behave better than the kids do sometimes,” Snyder says.

“Just like glasses help William see, and his hearing aids help him hear, Asha helps him to be more indepen-dent,” says Snyder, noting that the family works to constantly retrain the dog so that she remembers her role.

4 Paws for Ability named Asha, but the name might also be derived from a Hebrew root—Asa—which means “healer.”

Benyamin Fleischman of Bethes-da, Md., purchased a service dog a couple of years ago after suffering in 1999 from an accident that broke his spine and left him with limited mo-bility. At the time, he performed ex-tensive research to determine what constitutes a service dog. He tells JNS.org that there are three criteria: 1) the dog must be well-behaved; 2) the dog must be able to perform at least one service for its handler.

Fleischman’s dog, Annie, helps open heavy doors for him and some-times serves as a walking aid.

“I tell her, ‘firm,’ and she stands there and supports my weight so I can get up or down and out of a chair, or go from the floor to standing,” Fleis-chman explains. He has even trained Annie to locate an emergency cell phone so that if he becomes incapac-itated, she can bring it to him and he can call for backup.

Though Fleischman rarely brings Annie to synagogue, he says she fre-quents his twice-a-week chavruta (one-on-one learning arrangement) with his rabbi. He has taken her to the kosher grocery store, too. There is nothing unique about being Jew-ish and having a service dog, he says, but there are Jewish laws pertaining to dog ownership that come into play when you have one. For example, Fleischman says, he cannot feed his dog meat and milk together or cha-metz (leavened products) on Pass-over. Jews who observe Shabbat need to consider whether they live inside an eruv (enclosure that allows carry-ing on Shabbat), which could lead to challenges regarding walking the ser-

vice dog. Also, some rabbis have ruled that dogs are muktza (forbidden to be touched) on Shabbat. But Fleischman says that in the case of service dogs, rabbis tend to be more lenient.

This was certainly the case for Haya Simkin, 27, from Kfar Saba, Is-rael, who bought a poodle guide dog for the blind from the U.S. She asked her rabbi if there would be any issues having such a pet, and he said no. She brings the dog, Pammy, with her to synagogue. The dog knows when to stand up or lie down at the right times during prayer services, according to Simkin.

“On Rosh Hashanah, she stood each time the shofar was blown,” Sim-kin says.

Bringing a dog from the U.S. to Israel had its share of challenges, she recalls. For starters, the sidewalks in Jerusalem are a lot more crowded than they are in California, where Pammy was trained. Upon arrival in Israel, the dog needed to learn to navi-gate lanes of people and baby strollers, pavement that is narrow and cracked, and obstacles like automobiles parked on the sidewalk. Pammy was also en-tranced by the cats.

“She loves cats. She would start barking and bouncing, and would get all perky and excited and wag her tail,” says Simkin. “That was hard.”

Additionally, some haredi Jews tend to be afraid of dogs, and they’ll freeze in the middle of the sidewalk or scream when they see them. Pammy has gotten used to it.

“You could say she had a rough ali-yah,” Simkin says with a laugh. “To-day, she guides me through obstacles very smoothly.”

According to Bracha Ben-Avra-ham of Moshav Ben Ami in northern Israel, owner of a guide dog named

Dinka, there are about 250 partner-ships between working guide dogs and Israeli citizens. Most of the guide dogs are owned by civilians, but roughly 30 to 45 of them are for vet-erans with disabilities, Ben-Avraham says.

In Israel, dogs are trained at the country’s one guide dog school, Is-rael Guide Dog Center for the Blind, where Ben-Avraham now works. She says Israelis have made great strides in accepting guide dogs, but that there are still sometimes scuffles between guide dog owners and bus or taxi drivers, or security guards.

“There is no public place where a guide dog is not allowed. A guide dog is [used] in place of a blind per-son’s eyes, and we have a legal right to bring these dogs wherever we go,” Ben-Avraham says, noting that unlike a white cane, which can also be an ef-fective aid for visually impaired indi-viduals, a guide dog encourages social contact. People jump out of the way of a white cane to avoid being hit.

Ben-Avraham says, “Most people, regardless of their disability, want to be independent. A guide dog is the most independent way of getting around.”

Agudath Israel Asks High Court to Review Major Religious Liberty CaseIn an important new case, Agu-

dath Israel of America has submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, ask-ing the High Court to review and reverse a ruling by a U.S. Court of Appeals severely restricting religious liberty freedoms.

The case, Stormans v. Wiesman, involves the State of Washington’s insistence that a pharmacy sell drugs designed to destroy fetal life, despite the pharmacy owners’ sincere beliefs that selling such drugs would violate their religion. The evidence in the case showed that Washington per-mitted other pharmacies not to carry

such drugs for a variety of non-reli-gious reasons. However, if the phar-macy’s refusal to stock such drugs was religiously motivated, state officials would penalize the pharmacy for its refusal. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Washington was within its rights to override the phar-macy owner’s religious practice.

In its amicus curiae brief, submit-ted by the renowned D.C.-based law firm Wilmer Hale, Agudath Israel has now asked the Supreme Court to ac-cept the Stormans case for review, and to rule that the State of Washington violated the pharmacy owners’ reli-gious rights.

An important part of the Agudath Israel brief cited several recent cases where Orthodox Jewish rituals and activities were targeted for selective enforcement: the Borough of Tena-fly, NJ’s prohibition against the use of utility poles for the placement of “lechis” necessary to construct an eruv, when all other placements on utility poles were allowed to stay; the enforcement of zoning ordinances against a synagogue in Los Angeles’ Hancock Park, when non-Jewish in-stitutions were not subject to such enforcement; and the application of a Chicago homeowners association rule against objects on the outside

of doors to prohibit the placement of mezuzahs, when other ornaments and signs were never targeted.

“The Orthodox Jewish communi-ty knows all too well what it means to be targeted for selective enforcement of laws that might appear neutral on their face,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s executive vice president. “That is why we have such a great stake in the Stormans case, and why we have asked the Su-preme Court to make clear that selec-tive enforcement designed to inhibit religiously motivated practice is un-constitutional.”

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At Presidents Day, Unpresidential ‘Joke’ About Jews Is Whitewashed JnS

Another Presidents Day, anoth-er whitewash of a president’s “joke” about Jews.

The latest offender is Susan But-ler’s “Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership” (published in March 2015), a recent entry in the very long list of books about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It “describes in meticu-lous detail the proceedings at the Teh-ran and Yalta conferences,” according to Kirkus Reviews. The Christian Sci-ence Monitor agrees that Butler has “a firm grasp on the details.”

Except for one detail that Butler skipped and the reviewers haven’t no-ticed: an unpleasant “joke” about Jews that Roosevelt told Stalin at Yalta in 1945. Butler is the latest in a long line of FDR-admiring authors and historians who have omitted or minimized what Roosevelt said to Stalin about Jews.

Ten years after Yalta, the State De-partment released the transcript of FDR’s conversations with Stalin—but several lines were censored because State feared it would harm Roosevelt’s image if the public knew what he said about Jews. U.S. News & World Re-port revealed the unpleasant truth: when FDR mentioned he would soon be seeing Saudi leader Ibn Saud, Sta-lin asked if he intended to make any

concessions to the king, and “the pres-ident replied that there was only one concession he thought he might offer and that was to give him the 6 million Jews in the United States.”

Was the “we-don’t-want-Jews-and-he-wouldn’t-either” spirit of Roosevelt’s remark all in good fun, or did it on some level reflect FDR’s private feelings about Jews? Certainly it was not an isolated instance of such humor. For example, Roosevelt once joked that relatives might suspect his fifth child was Jewish, in view of the baby’s “slightly Hebraic nose.” FDR’s grandson Curtis recalled “hearing the president tell mildly anti-Semitic sto-ries in the White House,” in which “the protagonists were always Lower East Side Jews with heavy accents.”

A number of other major stud-ies of FDR or Yalta likewise have ig-nored Roosevelt’s remark about Jews, including Conrad Black’s “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Free-dom” (2003) and S.M. Plokhy’s “Yalta: The Price of Peace” (2010).

FDR was far from the only presi-dent who enjoyed privately sharing humorous stories laced with ethnic stereotypes. A number of his prede-cessors and successors did, too.

Woodrow Wilson, for example, was notorious for telling jokes about

“darkeys” and “coons,” sometimes with a faux accent and occasionally in less-than-private setting such as Princ-eton University alumni dinners. Those remarks have been cited in recent tes-timony by scholars to the Woodrow Wilson Legacy Review Committee, which is considering demands by student activists to remove Wilson’s name from Princ-eton’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nix-on were reported—after they left of-fice—to have told jokes involving harsh ethnic stereotypes. Ronald Reagan was once caught in an “open mic” moment, joking about Italians and Irishmen.

As public disapproval of racism intensified over the years, the conse-quences of telling racist jokes became more severe. Agriculture secretary Earl Butz was forced out in 1976 after word leaked of a crude joke he told about Af-rican-Americans. In 1983, interior sec-retary James Watt resigned after telling a harsh ethnic joke about “a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple.”

Yet others have managed to weath-er the brief storms that their racist jokes caused.

Nothing happened to President Barack Obama’s national security ad-

viser, James Jones, after he told an un-flattering joke about Jewish merchants in 2010. Vice President Joe Biden used a faux Indian accent to mimic tele-marketers during a 2012 campaign

speech. It was quickly forgot-ten; Biden’s propensity for gaffes has resulted in a gener-al lowering of the bar when it comes to public reactions to his loose lips.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaking to a

Jewish audience in December, joked about Jews being canny negotiators and good at handling money. Even more than Biden, Trump is so well-known for outrageous statements about ethnic groups (and many oth-er subjects) that his Jewish remarks caused barely a ripple.

There may not be a clear public con-sensus today as to what should happen to a public figure who engages in racist humor. But surely the public is enti-tled to know if a president, or another elected official, has used such language. Presidents Day is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of our presidents, but it can also be a time for reflecting on some of the less than flattering as-pects of our presidents’ records—if historians would candidly share that information with the public.

Israel, California Institute Sign Biotech Deal With Emphasis On Stem Cell Research JnS

Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis signed the first agreement of its kind between his ministry and the California Institute for Regen-erative Medicine (CIRM) in the field of biotechnology, with an emphasis on stem cell research.

The agreement was facili-tated by the Israeli-American Council (IAC), which encour-ages cooperation between the United States and Israel, and whose stated mission is “to build an active and giving Israeli-American community throughout the United States in order to strengthen the State of Israel, our next generation, and to provide a bridge to the Jewish-American community.”

The biotechnology deal is the “sharp-est response to all the foolish initiatives to make academics boycott Israel, including here in California,” Akunis said at the sign-ing ceremony, adding that “anyone who boycotts Israel—the loss is all his.”

Akunis continued, “This agreement will deepen the partnership between Israel and

California, bringing together our most tal-ented scientists to push the boundaries of

stem cell research and advance medi-cal breakthroughs in the treatment of dis-eases ranging from cancer and diabetes, to Alzheimer’s and HIV-AIDS.”

IAC Chairman Adam Milstein said at the event that the organization is “ex-cited by the oppor-

tunity to promote one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, and strengthen the bond between the people of Israel and the American people.”

Dr. Jonathan Thomas, chairman of the CIRM Board, praised Israel’s scientific achievements.

“Israel has become an important center for stem cell research. As part of our new CIRM 2.0 approach to funding stem cell research, we want to attract the best science and most promising projects from everywhere in the world to California,” Thomas said.

2017 U.S. Defense Budget Calls For $146 Million For Israel JnS

The U.S. Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget has asked for about $146 million to go to-wards Israeli defense, including for the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and other missile defense systems, Pen-tagon documents released recently have revealed.

The Iron Dome system protects Israelis against short-range missiles and rockets that could be launched by Palestinian terror groups from Hamas-ruled Gaza on Israel’s southern front, or by Lebanon-based Hezbollah on the northern front. David’s Sling is a medium-range missile interceptor set to be implemented this year along with the Arrow ballistic missile interceptor. All three systems are meant to collectively protect Israel from multi-later-al threats along its borders, especially those from Iranian-spon-sored terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

The 2017 U.S. defense budget predicted spending $540 million on Israeli defense and cooperative programs over the next five years, with no additional funding for the Iron Dome expected after 2017.

According to the director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agen-cy, Vice Admiral James Syring, the agency is currently working with Israel on the Iron Dome system through a co-production agreement. A share of the production work that is “not insignif-icant” has been passed on to several U.S. firms, said Syring, Re-uters reported.

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Khal Beis Avrohom 1524 E. 17TH ST

8:00 PMAgudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S

Ahavas Shalom 864 E 26TH ST

Bais Medrash Yaakov Moshe 1221 AVE S

Bais Moshe Shmiel 1782 E 28TH ST

Bet Yosef 2108 OCEAN PARKWAY

Bostoner Beis Medrash 2822 AVE J

Congregation Chizuk Hadas 1421 AVE O

Khal Bnei Shlomo Zalman 1093 EAST 21 ST

Merkaz Hatefilah 1898 BAY AVENUE (M&18)

Merkaz Yisroel of Marine Park 3311 AVE S

Sephardic Congregaton 2831 NOSTRAND AVE

8:15 PMAdas Yishurin Bais Moshe 3418 AVE N

Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin 2913 AVE L

Bnei Binyomin 727 AVEN O

Knesses Bais Avigdor 1720 AVE J

Sharei Eliezer 1882 NEW YORK AVE

8:30 PMAvenue N Jewish Center 321 AVE N

Congregation Tenke 1643 E. 21ST ST

Chabad of Marine Park 3040 NOSTRAND AVE.

Cong. Bnei Avrum 197 WEBSTER AVE.

Khal Keser Yisroel Mordechai 2016 AVENUE L

Shaarei Halacha 3417 AVE L

8:45 PMBeis Medrash D'Bertch 3302 AVE P

Beth Mordechai 1358 EAST 13TH STCong. Kehal Imrei Shaul D'Modzitz 1542 CONEY ISLAND AVE

Lazewniks 1500 E. 9th St

Marpeh L'Nefesh 3017 BEDFORD AVE

Cong. Bnei Avrum 197 WEBSTER AVE

9:00 PMAgudath Israel of Flatbush 1302 OOCEAN PKWY

Agudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S

Ahavas Dovid 924 E 10TH ST

Bais Eluzer Dfaltishan 1516 E 24TH ST

Bais HaMedrash Hagadol of East Flatbush 3120 BEDFORD AVE

Bais Moshe Shmiel 1782 E 28TH ST

Beis Avrohom 1524 E 17TH ST

Bnei Israel 3190 BEDFORD AVE

Bnei Yitzchok 1143 E 19TH ST

Chasidei Gur 1409 OCEAN PARKWAY

Congregation Bais Yitzchok 1143 E. 19TH ST

Congregation Bnei Israel 3190 BEDFORD

Congregation Sfard 1575 CONEY ISLAND AVE

Congregation Shaaray Zion 1659 E 13TH ST

Congregation Sheves Achim 1517 AVE H

Ginzei Yosef AVE R BET. 12TH & 13TH ST

Khal Beis Avrohom 1524 E. 17TH ST

Khal Bais Ephraim 2802 AVE J

Khal Bnei Shlomo Zalman 2002 AVE J

Khal Kinyan Torah 1570 CONEY ISLAND AVE

Khal Sasregen 1279 E. 24TH ST

Khal Toras Chaim D'Flatbush 2201 AVE L

Mapeh L'nefesh 3017 BEDFORD AVE

Mayan Yisroel 3315 AVE N

Nachlas Yehoshua 1655 E. 24TH ST

Sasregen 1279 E 24TH ST


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Bnei Torah of Marine Park 3523 AVENUE S

Bostoner Beis Medrash 2822 AVENUE J

Congregation Bais Aryeh 1069 EAST 4TH STREET

Congregation Ahavas Dovid 924 EAST 10TH

Congregation Keren Orah 812 DITMAS AVE

Congregation Nachlas Tzvi 2201 EAST 23RD

Congregation Tiferes Tzvi 1307 E. 8TH ST

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Kolel Zichron Shmiel Chenskowitz 1167 E. 13 ST

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Narol Beis Hamedrash 2409 AVE U

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Young Israel of Midwood 1694 OCEAN AVE

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Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka 1177 E. 18TH ST

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Bais Medrash Ateres Shloima 2905 AVE K

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Beis Menachem Mendel D'Flatbush 1703 AVE J

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Horodenke 3011 AVE. K

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Khal Shalheves Kodesh 2920 AVE J

Khal Talmidei Hayeshivos 1609 AVENUE M

Khal Zichron Avrohom Yaakov 3203 BEDFORD

Kollel Bnei Torah 1323 E. 32ND ST

Shalheves Kodesh 2920 AVE J

Kollel Bnei Yeshivos 2402 AVE P

Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yisrael 2899 NOSTRAND

Yeshiva Kol Yaakov 1197 E.17 ST



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Bais Hamedrash Kol Torah 2016 AVE M

Cong Bais Yisroel of Kensington 693 EAST 7TH

Congregation Bet Yaakob 1801 OCEAN PKWY

Khal Zichron Mordechai 2645 NOSTRAND AVE

Kol Torah 2022 AVENUE M

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Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim 1271 E. 35TH ST

9:55 PMAvenue O Synagogue 808 AVENUE O

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Beis Medrash D'Bertch 3302 AVE P

Bais Medrash Torah U'Tefilah 3304 BEDFORD

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Bnei Binyamin 727 AVENUE O

Beth Mordechai 1358 EAST 13TH ST

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Congregation Keter Torah 2220 AVENUE L

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Daily RemindersChazal understood human na-

ture, and they instituted a long set of berachos each morning to remind us to be thankful for the gift s that we might otherwise take for granted.

We begin with a berachah on something we are quite likely to overlook — the gift of human intel-ligence.

When you get up tomorrow morning and you know what day of the week it is, thank Hashem for the basic intelligence He has given you. Not everyone knows what day it is when they rise in the morning. I knew a Yid who was intelligent and sharp, and he used his wisdom to become a talmid chacham as well as to build considerable wealth. Trag-ically, he became senile. Each night

he would tell his wife, “Let’s make Havdalah.”

If you know what day it is, you’re already ahead of the game, and you have to thank Hashem for that.

If you can open up your eyes and see, don’t take it for granted.

You are able to swing your legs over the side of the bed and put them on the fl oor?

But there’s another berachah we say that’s not part of this series: Th e berachah on the opportunities Hash-em gave us, specifi cally as Yidden, as people who have a purpose in life, who know why they get out of bed in the morning. Where’s that berachah?

“Who chose us from among the na-tions, and gave us the Torah. Blessed are You, Hashem, Giver of the Torah.”

What a Siddur Means to a NoviceI want to share one last letter —

this one from a woman who runs an organization called “Operation Open Curtain.” Th is organization attempts to disseminate Torah and Judaism among the 250,000 Jews who continue to live in Russia more than two decades aft er the Iron Cur-tain parted.

Operation Open Curtain operates a summer camp, a Bais Yaakov, a day school, a yeshivah, and a kollel. Girls who graduate the Bais Yaakov are in-vited to the United States, where they can attend seminary and Touro Col-lege free of charge to earn a degree.

Th e letter I received was from a woman who has been running pro-grams in Russia for over twenty years. She wrote that Rav Shmuel Kame-netsky has visited their summer camp many times, and at the end of each visit, the campers were granted an op-portunity to receive a berachah from him and ask him questions.

“I’m leaving this camp in a week and a half,” one girl said. “Here I keep kashrus and Shabbos and I dress in skirts, make berachos, and try to emulate my counselor. But in 10 days, I’ll be home, and none of this is possible. What do I hold onto? What one mitzvah should I commit to doing?”

“You should daven,” Rav Shmuel replied. “Daven every day. It doesn’t matter when, it doesn’t matter what

you say. But make sure to connect to Hashem every day.”

Th e letter-writer continues: “At the end of camp, a few of the girls were standing outside my room, ask-ing me for permission to take home a siddur, so that they could daven ‘as the tzaddik said.’

“I wish I could capture some of the excitement I saw on their faces when I gave them their siddurim. I wish I could treasure my siddur as much as they treasure theirs. We gave them a lot of good prizes at the end of the camp, but nothing excited them as much as having their own siddur.”

A couple of weeks aft er the sum-mer camp in Russia ended, this woman traveled to Eretz Yisrael and went to daven at the Kosel HaMaar-avi. “It’s at night,” she writes, “and there are hundreds of people daven-ing. Th is is my thought: ‘Th ey don’t know about my campers. Th ey don’t realize what they have, and they don’t appreciate it.’ ”

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How do we feel when we take out the time from our busy schedules to come pray in the synagogue? Do we in some subtle, or perhaps not so subtle way consider it a bit of an imposition? Do we feel as if G-d should be grateful to us for taking the time out to pay Him a visit? Do we keep looking at our watches if the pace of the prayers is not quite quick enough? Or do we consider it a won-derful opportunity and cherish every moment we are there?

King David declared (Psalms 5:7), “As for me, by Your great kindness do I come into Your House.” He con-sidered it a great kindness from G-d that he could come to G-d’s House to pray. We have to stop and consid-er when we stand on the threshold of the synagogue what a great privilege it is to have the opportunity to spend a little time praying to G-d. How fortunate we are when we can come within the holy walls of the syna-gogue in the presence of G-d and draw closer to Him. We should think of all the people who cannot come, the sick, the infirm, the homebound elderly who would gladly give every-thing to sit in front of the aron ko-desh, the holy ark of the Torah, with a siddur in their hands. We should not take these things for granted. It is only by G-d’s great kindness that we have the time and the ability to approach Him in the synagogue.

So what is this thing called prayer? First and foremost, it is a mitzvah, a specific commandment in the Torah, which states (Deuteronomy 11:13), “To serve Him with all your hearts.” And the Gemara comments (Taan-is 2a), “What is considered ‘serving with the heart’? It is prayer.” We do not only pray when we need some-thing or when we feel the urge for spiritual uplift. Prayer is one of our most important daily obligations.

At the same time, prayer does wield enormous power. It could bring us success in all our endeavors, ma-terial and spiritual, if only we knew how to pray. But this not a simple thing. We may fulfill our obligation when we pray with concentration and sincerity, but does this allow us to harness the power of prayer? Not necessarily. Let us see why.

The Rambam makes a powerful statement about prayer in the midst of a discussion about repentance

(Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Teshuvah 2:6). “Even though repentance and prayerful outcries are beneficial for the world,” he writes, “they are espe-cially beneficial during the ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, when they are immediately accepted, as it is written (Isaiah 55:6), ‘Seek out G-d when He can be reached.’ These things were said with regard to indi-viduals. As for a congregation, when-ever they repent and cry out in prayer with full sincerity, they are answered, as it is written (Deuteronomy 4:7), ‘For which nation is so great a nation that it has a deity close to it as G-d our Lord is [close to us] when we call out to Him?’”

The Ten Days of Teshuvah, from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kip-pur, are the times when G-d “can be reached.” Although we can reach out to G-d at all times, He is espe-cially accessible to us during these ten days, and prayers offered at this time, explains the Rambam, are “immediately accepted.” Very pow-erful words. If we repent and pray during this time, our prayers rise up to Heaven straightaway. It is some-thing to think about. Moreover, says the Rambam, G-d is always receptive to a congregation. When ten people get together and pray sincerely, their prayers are always answered, even during the rest of the year. Only an individual needs to rely on the spe-cial divine receptiveness of the Ten Days of Teshuvah.

A person is standing in the privacy of his own home, or even walking on the street, and it occurs to him that Yom Kippur is just around the cor-ner. He trembles inside, because he knows how much he needs and how unworthy he is. A thought of repen-tance flashes through his mind, and he cries out, “Please, G-d, help me!” This prayer, offered up during the Ten Days of Teshuvah when G-d “can be reached,” goes straight up to Heaven and is “immediately accept-ed.” As for the rest of the year, when a person walks into the synagogue and prays with the whole congregation, his prayers are always accepted.

In his Introduction to Sefer HaM-itzvos, the Rambam states that the Purim story is proof that the prayers of a whole congregation are accept-ed. He states that G-d made us this promise in the Torah, and he quotes

this verse, “For which nation is so great a nation that it has a deity close to it as G-d our Lord is [close to us] when we call out to Him?” When Haman engineered an evil decree against the Jewish people, they came together and sincerely prayed to G-d, and the situation turned over completely. Everything that had seemed impossible all of a sudden happened. The prayers were “imme-diately accepted,” and so it is always.

But is it really always so? How often do prayers offered up with

concentration and sincerity remain unanswered? How often do peo-ple facing a crisis, either with their livelihood or their health or their children, run to the synagogue and send their brokenhearted pleas Heavenward, and still things do not get better, even during the Ten Days of Teshuvah, even together with the whole congregation? Why aren’t these prayers “immediately accept-ed”?


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The Chofetz Chaim writes in the name of R’ Yonasan Eibishitz that if one does not learn Hilchos Shabbos very well, it is im-possible not to be oveir on a forbidden act on Shabbos.

Tuna and Egg Salad1. What is the proper way to

prepare egg and tuna salad on Shabbos?

There are some that prepare these salads before Shabbos to avoid any shailos. If they were not, one should prepare them in the following manner:

Egg salad:2. Peeling the eggs and on-

ions. The peeling must be done by hand shortly before the meal, and only the necessary amount that may be eaten during that meal may be prepared.

The ideal method is to peel them directly over a garbage can to avoid having to move Muktzah. If one did not do so, the peels may be removed directly only if they are repulsive to him/her in their present location.

3. Mashing/ grating/ slicing. One may mash eggs regularly but may not use a utensil designated for mashing/grating. A slicer may be used to slice eggs.

4. Cutting onions. One may cut up onions shortly before the meal as long as the cut pieces are larger than usual.

5. Oil. Oil should be added to the bowl before the eggs, and mixed in a crisscross fashion.

6. Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise may be added to the salad after the eggs. Mayonnaise should be mixed with crisscross strokes.

7. Salt. Salt should preferably be added after the eggs are mixed with other ingredients or shortly before meal.

8. Removing a shell fragment. One may remove a shell fragment from the egg salad only if some egg salad is removed along with it.

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9. Tuna salad: The following guidelines should be followed:

• The lid of the can should only be opened halfway with a can opener.

• It is permissible to finely mash the tuna.

• If oil or mayonnaise will be mixed into the tuna, follow as above in egg salad.

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MOSHE’S MISSING NAME

And now you [Moshe] shall com-mand the Children of Israel… (27:20)

Moshe Rabbeinu is first intro-duced to us in Sefer Shemos, and from that time forward, his name appears on virtually every page of the Torah. The one notable exception is Parshas Tetzaveh, this week’s Torah portion. It is the only place in the To-rah text – other than the entire Book of Devarim, which Moshe wrote in first-person – that doesn’t contain even one mention of Moshe’s name. Why? This anomaly is all the more curious when one considers that both the birthday and Yahrtzeit (anniver-sary of the date of death) of Moshe Rabbeinu is the seventh day of the month of Adar (see Kiddushin 38a), a date that always corresponds to the week in which this Parsha is read. What is the significance of this?

Baal HaTurim connects Moshe’s missing name to Shemos 32:32, where Moshe tells Hashem, “Mecheyni Na Misifrcha,” that if Hashem would not forgive the Jewish people for the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe wished to be erased from the Torah. Now, even though Hashem did ultimately forgive the Jews, Makkos 11a and Bereishis Rabbah (74:4, 74:9) tell us that the curse of a sage, even if it is undeserved or made conditionally, will come to pass. This is why Moshe’s name is missing. Although Moshe asked that his name be erased from the Torah only if Hashem refused to forgive the Jewish people, since he was a sage, an element of this conditional curse simply had to come to pass. *Now, if Moshe’s name was destined to be erased, even in part, why specifically in our Parsha? Vilna Gaon and others explain that because this Torah por-tion is invariably read at the time of Moshe’s Yahrtzeit and thus when he disappeared from the world, it’s an appropriate time for him to ‘disap-pear’ from the Torah text.

FIRST DROP, AND THE REST

And now you shall command the Children of Israel that they shall take for you pure olive oil, pressed (Kasis) for illumination, to kindle a lamp con-tinually. (27:20)

Menachos 86a and Midrash Tan-chuma (3) on this Parsha require that only the best, first drop of oil that is pressed/squeezed (Kasis) from each

olive can be used as oil for the illumi-nation of the Menorah. The remain-der of the oil in each olive does not have this same requirement of purity, and could be used in the Menachos (meal offerings). What spiritual les-sons do these Halachos contain?

R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin, zt"l points out that the Menorah represents To-rah, while the Menachos symbolize the earning of Parnassa (livelihood) and Gashmius (material items) in general. He says that Kasis (pressed/squeezed) is only a requirement for the Menorah, so as to parallel our obligation in Torah; when it comes to the efforts we must make for ac-complishment in Torah, we have to press, squeeze, and crush ourselves to extract our very best! However, when it comes to Parnassa and material items, there is no moral imperative for a Jew to crush himself with effort in the same way.

Chasam Sofer (Toras Moshe) agrees with the symbolism of the Me-norah and Menachos as articulated above, but makes a slightly different point. The Torah we work on, learn, teach, and create has to come out as clean, perfect, and pure as possible. However, we are not to demand the same purity and excellence in our Gashmius. A Jew must know how to be satisfied with a little when neces-sary, and we must be willing to ac-cept material things that are ‘good enough’ and imperfect.

There is a third approach to the moral lesson to be derived from these Halachos. The Menachos can be com-pared to an individual/personal item, whereas the Menorah can be com-pared to a public entity, in as much as its light illuminated the world. The fact that the Menorah required only the finest drops of pure oil is a re-joinder to those who aspire to spread Torah to the masses, to remind them that their motives must forever re-main pure and L’Shem Shamayim.

SMALL AMOUNTS COUNT TOO

And now you shall command the Children of Israel that they shall take for you pure olive oil, pressed for illu-mination, to kindle a lamp continual-ly. (27:20)

Imrei Emes once asked R. Chaim Brisker the following question: Mi-drash Tanchuma (Tetzaveh 3) says that the Menorah in the Temple was

lit from Rosh Hashanah until the next Rosh Hashanah. It always remained lit, and would not be extinguished until the following year. However, we see from this week’s Parsha that there is a mitzvah to light the Menorah daily. How could this Halacha be ob-served if the Menorah would never be extinguished? *The answer R. Chaim Brisker gives is based on a ruling of Rambam, that a person who adds oil to an existing light on Shabbos is li-able for transgressing the prohibition of making a fire on Shabbos. What we see from this Halacha is that one can effect a ‘lighting’ by adding even a lit-tle oil to a pre-existing flame. This is precisely what transpired in the Mish-kan and Temple. Every day, a small amount of oil was added to the light that was already burning. According to the Halacha, this would still qualify as a lighting and fulfill the mitzvah!

The ethical take-away from this ex-change is that one can effect a ‘light-ing’ by adding a little oil to a pre-ex-isting flame. In other words, even if we ourselves aren’t able to do heroic, enormous acts of Torah and mitzvos, and even if it seems that our actions pale in comparison to the pre-exist-ing deeds and accomplishments of others, if we add a little mitzvah light to a pre-existing, large flame, it is still deemed precious to Hashem.

A GARMENT FOR THE SOUL

You shall make vestments of sanc-tity... (28:2)

Parshas Tetzaveh places great emphasis on clothing, and we find the importance of clothing reflect-ed throughout the entirety of Torah and the Code of Jewish Law. Was it always supposed to be this way?

Malbim says that the answer is no. At the time of Creation, it was Hash-em’s original intention that the Guf (the human body) be the garment and clothing for the soul. In fact, this is why Adam and Chava were originally in a state of undress in the Garden of Eden (see Bereishis 2:25). However, when people began to sin and take the Guf seriously and view it as a matter of critical importance in and of itself – and not merely as housing for the soul – that’s when Hashem re-quired that we put a covering on what was originally intended to only be the ‘covering!’ Shelah HaKadosh (Shaar Ha’Osios) echoes this idea and writes

that the garments one wears are the Levush of the body, while the body is the Levush for the soul.

KOHEN GADOL IS MYSTICAL STUFF

You shall make vestments of sanc-tity for Aaron your brother... (28:2)

Shelah HaKadosh says that the Kohen Gadol was like the sec-ond-coming of Adam HaRishon. His task was to fix the damage created by Adam and return the world to how it was before he and Chava sinned in the Garden of Eden. Building on this theme, Malbim demonstrates how each of the Kohen Gadol’s garments brought atonement for certain histor-ically-important sins. For example, according to the Shelah HaKadosh, the Choshen (Breastplate) of the Ko-hen Gadol could repair the spiritual impurity and damage wrought by the Nachash (Snake) in the Garden of Eden. In fact, he proffers that this is the reason why the words “Choshen” and “Nachash” are comprised of the same letters!

A WORK OF THOUGHT

They shall make the Ephod…a work of thought (Maaseh Choshev). (28:6)

Why is the Ephod described as a “work of thought?” *Kli Yakar pro-vides a fascinating but simple expla-nation: Zevachim 88b tells us that the Ephod atones for the sin of Avodah Zarah (idolatry). Additionally, Kid-dushin 40a says that a Jew does not get punished for thinking of doing an aveira (sin) unless he actually does it, with exception of Avodah Zarah. Taken together, this provides our ex-planation. The Ephod is a described as a “work of thought,” because it atones for the sin of idolatry … which can be violated even by just a mere “work of thought!”

One important addition is in or-der. Though a Jew is not ordinarily punished for merely thinking of com-mitting a sin, Kiddushin 81a quotes R. Akiva’s position that a person who desired or intended to commit a sin is still in need of atonement.

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Retracting A Yes — Is It A No-No?DEAR CHANA ROSE, A boy and girl both said yes to date #2, even though it was somewhat hesitant on both sides. Th e morning aft er, the

day and time were set (and confi rmed) for the date. Th e mother of the boy called and said that her son had discussed this with his rebbeim and was retracting the “yes” as per his rebbeim’s advice. Obviously, no explanation was given.

I was so stunned, I was almost speechless! Whatever happened to plain old mentchlichkeit? I always thought that once a “yes” is given, the parties have to stick to it. I know the girl felt very hurt even though at this point she was not too emotionally invested in this bochur.

Is this accepted practice these days? Am I being “old hat” to still believe in “derech eretz kadma l’Torah”?

Please let me know what your experience has been with this and how can this be handled to minimize the girl’s pain?

An FJJ Reader

DEAR FJJ READER,I’m just as stunned as you are by this behavior. In my book, this is absolutely a “no no”. Years ago I heard from one of the

prominent Flatbush Rabbonim that cancelling a date is tantamount to “Shefi chas Domim”. I have had some similar scenarios, where one or the other wanted to cancel out on a date. I always made it clear that I will categorically not be party to such a scenario. If they want to cancel, they have to make that call themselves. Th is usually stops the meshugaas. I’d like to know where the idea is that if you make a commitment, you have to see it through? What are we teaching our kids, when they say a yes, and then decide they’d rather not, and just pull out? No wonder there are so many broken engagements and divorces! Where is menshlichkeit, and where is commitment? I think in your situation he should have gone out again and then said it’s not for him. Maybe he would have enjoyed the date, and who knows it might have worked for him.

I have had situations where in between dates some detrimental in-formation was discovered, a shaila was asked and the boys were told to go and then say no. I do not know who this rov was that ok’d the can-cellation of the date, but I’m sure something is missing here, I cannot imagine any Rov allowing a Bas Yisrael to be “ farshemed”

I grew up with the motto “Men tur nist farshemen a maidel”. I some-times have boys mothers complain to me that why doesn’t that hold true for boys also, they also have feelings. Can’t answer that! But our mesorah demands sensitivity to a Bas Yisroel.

May we all merit to do it right and through that have clarity. B’hatzlocho!Chana Rose

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w Shacharis Sun 8 am, Tues.- Wed. & Fri 7:00 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:50 am, Shabbos 9 am w

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SHAARAY ZION RABBI BRAUN 1659 East 13th Street 718.336.2132 w Shacharis 7:30 am, Shabbos 9 am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha Sun-Thurs 15 minutes befoer Shkiah,

Fri 7 pm, Shabbos at candlelighing w Maariv following Mincha, Shabbos 60 min. after Shkiah

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w Shacharis Tues.-Wed. & Fri 6:25 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:20am Sunday 8am

w Mincha Shabbos-10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:15pm, 55 min. after Shkiah

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w Shacharis 6:30, 8, 9 am Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah

w Maariv Following Mincha, 8:15, 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

SHEVES ACHIM 1184 East 14th Street

SHEVET ACHIM 708 Avenue T

SHOMREI HADAS BIKOVSK 1340 East 9th Street

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

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w Maariv Immediately after Mincha

TALMUD TORAH AHAVATH ACHIM 1741 East 3 Street 718.375.3895

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718.338.0298 w Shacharis 6:25, 7:00, 7:55, 8:30, 9:05, Sun. 8,9, 9:30 am

w Mincha 2:15 pm and 5 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 8:20, 9:30, 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: 8:10 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 SHLOMO PLUTCHOK 1966 Ocean Avenue 718.336.8886 w Shacharis Mon.-Thurs. 6:35, 8 am; all other days 6:45 am

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

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 8:15, 10 pm

TORAH VODAATH DORMITORY MINYAN RABBI SCHORR 452 E. 9th Street 718.284.4989

TORAS CHAIM D’FLATBUSH RABBI CHAIM YISROEL WEINFELD 2201 Avenue L

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tVATIKIN 1950 East 7th Street 718.415.7419

w Shacharis 40 min. before sunrise, Shabbos 1 hour, 5 min. before sunrise

w Mincha 15 min. before Plag Mincha w Maariv following Mincha

YAD YOSEF TORAH CENTER 1032 Ocean Parkway 718.677.3707

YAM HATORAH RABBI YITZCHOK MOHADEB 1573 East 10th Street 718.376.3022

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YESHIVA CHOFETZ CHAIM 1271 East 35th Street 718.258.9006

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Water: Facts or Myths?rochelle rothman

If you read articles on health and exercise, you read how important it is to drink lots of water to hydrate your body. Personally, I wear a Fit-bit bracelet these days, which records all my exercise, food and water in-take. It can even record the amount of hours I sleep! I like how it keeps me on track to follow a healthy food plan including exercising and drink-ing the right amount of water.

I read an article by Wyatt Myers that was medically reviewed by Niya Jones, MD, MPH that explains all the facts and myths that are out there in relationship to drinking water.

We all need water to live, but how much do we really know about it? From the truth about drinking eight glasses of water per day to re-filling plastic bottles, here’s what you should know about water benefits.

For something so seemingly sim-ple and essential as drinking water, plenty of myths and misconceptions exist about possible water benefits and harms.

Learn how to separate the myths from the facts about drinking water.

1. Everyone needs to drink eight glasses of water a day.

Myth. Though water is the easiest and most economical fluid to keep you hydrated, the latest Institute of Medicine recommendation is that women should strive for about two liters or eight glasses a day and men should aim for three liters or 12 glasses a day of any fluid, not just wa-ter. “No one can figure out where this ‘eight glasses of water’ came from, but I believe it came from the old RDA [recommended daily allowance] for water that matched water require-ments to calorie requirements,” notes Georgia Chavent, MS, RD, director of the Nutrition and Dietetics Pro-gram at the University of New Hav-en in West Haven, Conn. “The new requirement from the Institute of Medicine is much more generous and includes recommendations for total beverage consumption, not just water.” Having a plentiful supply of water assists in temperature control by cooling through perspiration. Wa-ter protects and cushions tissues and lubricates joints. It can be both filling and satisfying. It also assists with constipation relief.

2. Drinking water flushes toxins from your body.

Fact. Though water doesn’t necessarily neutralize toxins, the

kidneys do use water to get rid of certain waste products. If you don’t drink enough water, your kidneys don’t have the amount of fluid they need to do their job properly. “If the body does not have sufficient water, then metabolic wastes will not be removed as efficiently as they should,” explains Amy Hess-Fischl, RD, CDE, of the University of Chi-cago Kovler Diabetes Center. “In es-sence, the body would be holding in toxins instead of expelling them, as is required for proper health.”

3. Bottled water can cause tooth decay.

Myth. Bottled water in and of itself doesn’t cause the teeth to decay, but it usually doesn’t contain any fluoride, which is added to tap water to help prevent tooth decay. “Fluoride is an important element in the mineralization of bone and teeth,” says Constance Brown-Riggs, RD, CDE, author of The African American Guide To Living Well With Diabetes and a nutritionist and certified diabetes educator in New York City. “With the increased consumption of bottled water, which is not fluoridated, there has been an increase in dental caries [cavities].” These days, we are also worried about the chemicals that are leached into the water bottles when you refill them. We are more aware of this

4. Drinking water can help keep your skin moist.

Myth. While it used to be believed that staying properly hydrated led to youthful, vibrant skin, the reality is that the amount of water you drink probably has very little to do with what your skin looks like. “Unless the individual is severely dehydrated, drinking large quantities of water will not prevent dry skin,” Hess-Fischl says. “Basically, the moisture level of skin is not determined by internal factors. Instead, external factors such as skin cleansing, the environment, the number of oil glands, and the functioning of these oil-producing glands determine how dry the skin is or will become. The water that is con-sumed internally will not reach the epidermis [the top layer of the skin].”

5. Drinking water helps you lose weight.

Fact. Drinking water won’t specifically trigger weight loss, but it can aid in the process. Water replaces other calorie-laden beverages in the diet, causing you to reduce your overall number of calories. Plus, it can

make you feel fuller, so you may eat less at each meal. Water, particularly cold water, may even play a role in increasing your metabolism. “A new study seems to indicate that drinking water actually speeds up weight loss,” says Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD, own-er of Tanya Zuckerbrot Nutrition, LLC, in New York City. “Researchers in Germany found that subjects of the study increased their metabolic rates [or the rate at which calories are burned] by 30 percent after drinking approximately 17 ounces of water.” Whether it’s for weight loss or just good health maintenance, cool re-freshing water is the clear advantage! You may find that you aren’t thirsty at any given time, but you still may need fluids. By the time you actually feel thirsty, your body may already be dehydrated. Learn to gauge your water consumption by the frequency of trips to the restroom; frequent trips are a sign you are probably drinking enough. An adequate water supply can be regarded as the amount nec-essary to balance water loss. This can vary markedly. The National Re-search Council recommends approx-imately 1.5 ml of water per 1.5 ml of water per calorie of energy expended. Thus, the average female may require between eight and 10 cups daily while the average male requires 10 to 12. A good rule of thumb is to drink eight cups of plain water daily with an ad-ditional two to four cups consumed in foods and other beverages such as milk. Keep in mind, the more active

you are and the hotter or more hu-mid the weather, the more water your body requires.

How Much is Too Much?Contrary to popular belief, drink-

ing more water then what is rec-ommended does not cause bloating or edema (water retention) with a normal functioning heart or kid-neys. If a healthy person exceeds his body’s water needs, the excess is quickly eliminated. You are unlikely to “drown yourself’ by drinking too much water. However, drinking too little water can inhibit your body’s ability to accomplish many physio-logical tasks.

The right Reasons for Eight Glasses!Water is an essential nutrient. It

carries nutrients to cells and trans-ports wastes to kidneys and lungs for excretion. Through the blood-stream, water carries hormones and disease-fighting cells. It’s necessary for many chemical reactions of di-gestion and metabolism. Having a plentiful supply of water assists in temperature control by cooling through perspiration. Water pro-tects and cushions tissues and lubri-cates joints. It can be both filling and satisfying. It also assists with consti-pation relief.

Is it dangerous to drink too much water? Is yellow urine real-ly a sign of dehydration? Find out the answers to these questions and more.

Apricot- Mango Smoothie

Here’s a delicious new smoothie recipe I discovered! Please give it a try!

Serves: 2

6 apricots, peeled, pitted, and chopped (about 2 cup)

2 ripe mangoes, 10 to 11 ounces each, peeled and chopped

1 cup yogurt reduced-fat milk or plain low-fat

4 teaspoon lemon juice, fresh ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract 8 ice cubes lemon peel twists (garnish)

Place the apricots, mangoes, milk or yogurt, lemon juice, and va-nilla extract in a blender. Process for 8 seconds. Add the ice cubes, and process 6 to 8 seconds longer, or until smooth. Pour into tall glasses, garnish with lemon twists, if desired, and serve immediately.

Nutritional Facts per serving: calories 251.6 cal; fat 3.5 g; satu-rated fat 1.7 g; sodium 57 mg; carbohydrates 53.1 g; total sugars 45.5 g; dietary fiber 6.3 g; protein 7.2 g


http://www.everydayhealth.com/water-health/drinking-water-taste.aspx

http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/weight-management/weight-loss-strategies/metabolism-makeoever.aspx

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Water: Facts or Myths?

A Dibrei TorahI know this title may seem

strange to you but, although I am not a specialist on Shalom Bait is-sues, I gave a Shiur, anyway, a few days ago about what a married cou-ple means, and as Baruch H’, people enjoyed it, I want to share one of the most welcome concepts, among many others. I hope you like it:

It is written in Perashat Noach (Maharal) that the woman was born fi rst for her husband and then for her parents… What do you think? Isn’t it strange? Th e answer is very nice and encouraging for whom may be surprised, since we, as mothers together with our husbands have the most diffi cult and beautiful task of bringing up our children and the Maharal puts us on second place. I will try to explain this: when we eat bread, especially on Shabbat, what do we say? I eat dough or I eat bread? Logically we say ‘bread’. Here is the clue of the Pasuk. Why does it say fi rst for her husband?

Simply because the man who is going along with a woman during her whole life, is the one who shapes her and makes her ready for action in life. Parents are the dough and the man is who shapes the challah. Parents get worried, struggle, laugh and cry but the husband is the one who gives the real shape to that so kneaded dough. Th at is the reason why each woman must be happy with the partner that Hashem has selected for her Chuppah.

Nowadays there are many com-plaints and lots of diff erences, so it is very diffi cult to achieve a pro-found dialogue or understanding to be able to be happy with what has fallen to your lot. Th ere is no per-fection! Mine is perfect the way and the moment Th e Creator Has given it to me! Each of us has a Sinor (con-ductor) through which our happi-ness goes. Th ere are men who enjoy helping a little at home and study as

well. Th ere are others who need to sit day and night with a Guemarah, or others who like getting home in the evening and helping with the kids. And thus we could go on writ-ing about many more examples. ‘I must be happy with my Sinor. Th is is correct for me.’

I know about many cases of newly married young girls in total disagreement with certain attitudes of their husbands. One does not get married to change her partner! Of course you can ask Hashem for our expectations but we must have Chochmah to carry on with our Sinor.

You may be amazed at these words but today it is important to establish that there are certain things in your life that cannot be removed just because you got mar-ried! On the contrary, they can be improved or modifi ed but always with goodwill and from the point of view that: ‘Th is is my other half’. If some food we have always loved is being served to us, and just that day is not as delicious as usual, let’s add a little salt or seasoning to make it better but never refuse to eat it, because that is what I asked for. I do not know if it is clear enough. It is not resignation, it is the happiness of accepting what I have in life and if that was given to me, is because I can work on it and manage to be completely happy.

Remember: Th e husband: shapes the challah.

Th e parents: knead the dough.It is inside each of us to have the

best fl our and make it be sift ed the best we can. May each of us be ful-ly satisfi ed with the Sinor that Bore Olam has opened to us, since we were born! Amen!

Love fromMorah LuniNext week you will get a tender

Maaseh.

BY MORAH LUNI

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6. Yellow urine is a sign of dehy-dration.

Myth. It can be, but not all yellow urine is cause for alarm. “Dark yellow urine may be a sign of dehydration,” says Zuckerbrot. “Th e kidneys fi lter waste products and reabsorb water and other useful substances from the blood, so they control the volume and concentration of urine output. Dehy-dration leads to increased urine con-centration, turning your urine dark yellow. Ideally your urine should be straw yellow in color.” Other factors, though, such as taking a multivita-min, can also lead to yellow urine.

7. If you’re thirsty, you are al-ready dehydrated.

Myth. If you start to feel thirsty, then you are headed in the wrong di-rection and should grab a drink of wa-ter, but thirst doesn’t necessarily mean you’re dehydrated. “Thirst begins when the concentration of [substanc-es in the] blood has risen by less than 2 percent, whereas most experts would defi ne dehydration as beginning when that concentration has risen by at least 5 percent,” notes Hess-Fischl.

8. You need sports drinks, not water, to function at a high level in athletics.

Myth. Sports drinks may have fan-cier advertising campaigns, but water is really all you need to get the fl uid necessary to participate in most ath-letic endeavors. “Adequate fl uid, es-pecially water, is most important for athletes of all ages as it is the single most important way the body has to transport nutrients and energy and remove heat during exercise,” says Chavent. “A sports or vitamin bever-

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9. It’s possible to drink too much water.

Fact. People with certain health conditions can put themselves at risk of complications if they drink too much water. “People with some heart conditions, high blood pressure, or swelling of the lower legs [edema] need to avoid excess water,” says Hess-Fischl. “If you have a history of kidney problems, especially if you have had a transplant, consult your doctor before increasing your fl uid intake.” Hess-Fischl adds that you shouldn’t drink too much water while eating, as it dilutes your stomach acid and can cause digestion problems.

10. You should not reuse plastic water bottles.

Fact. Plastic water bottles can pres-ent a couple of risks to people who drink their contents and then fi ll them up time and again. “Th ese bottles leach chemicals into your water aft er multi-ple uses,” Hess-Fischl explains. “Th e bottle, if not properly cleaned, may also harbor bacteria from your mouth.”

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Q: Ari purchased a new velvet sleeper couch in honor of

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has conceded his right to return the item.

By using the couch, Ari lost his right to return it. Perhaps an argu-ment could be made in Ari’s favor that he had no intention to con-cede his right to return the item; he used the couch under duress since he had nowhere else for his father to sleep. The Pischei Teshuvah mentions a case where a man bought a horse and traveled halfway to his city before noticing a defect in the horse. He rules that the man may continue his journey with the horse and still retain the right to re-turn it, since he is only continuing to use the horse as he has no other choice. Otherwise, the man himself would have to haul his wagon con-taining all of his belongings back to the city!

However, there is a difference between these cases. It is not imper-ative for Ari to let his father sleep on the couch. His father could have used Ari’s bed, and Ari could have

slept on the fl oor. Th e case of the de-fective horse is not completely sim-ilar, since the man could not carry the horse and wagon back to the city, and truly had no alternative. Ari may therefore no longer return the couch to the store.

Defective Merchandise II

Into the Breastplate of Judgment shall you place (03:82)

Q: Mrs. Levy was pleased to use her new Machzor for Yom

Kippur during her fi rst year of mar-riage. In the middle of davening she was distressed to fi nd several blank pages in the middle of the Machzor. She continued to use the Machzor for the remainder of the day. May she exchange it even though she continued to use it?Th e same ques-tion could be asked “lehavdil”: One who found a defect in a pair of shoes, may he continue to wear the shoes until he arrives at the store to return them?

It would seem that one may in-deed return them, and one has not compromised his position by con-tinuing to wear them, since one is not expected to walk barefoot to the shoe store! Th is is similar to the case of the horse that was found defec-tive while on the road. (See previous question, Defective Merchandise I.)

In the case of the Machzor there is even more of a reason to allow its return. First, Mrs. Levy does not have another Machzor to use. Even though she might have been able to share with the woman next to her, she still davens best using her own. Secondly, an argument could be presented that a Machzor that is missing 20 pages is not just a de-fective Machzor, but an incomplete Machzor. Th is diff erentiation is sig-nifi cant: Whereas one could over-look a defect in an item, in order to use it, even the buyer’s use of an incomplete item would not excuse the supplier from supplying the rest of the item. Mrs. Levy is still enti-tled to the additional pages needed to complete her Machzor.

In addition, since the storeowner will return the Machzor to the pub-lisher, and the expense of rebinding the Machzor is generally not cost effi cient, it can be assumed that the Machzor is destined for genizah —

unlike the couch in the previous question, which will likely be re-paired and resold. Since no one will lose if Mrs. Levy uses the Machzor, she may do so, and return it aft er Yom Tov.

Peace Plan

And they shall be on Aaron’s heart (03:82)

Q: To say that Moishie and Kivi did not get along

with each other would be an un-derstatement. It greatly pained their friend Velvel that there was so much animosity between them. Velvel decided to follow in the footsteps of Aharon HaKohen, and bring peace to the long-time rivals. Velvel bought an expensive Mish-loach Manos and had it delivered to Moishie’s house. He included a card that indicated that the sender had been none other than Kivi. Moishie was shocked, yet touched that Kivi had decided to “bury the hatchet.” Moishie assembled his own fancy Mishloach Manos and sent it off to Kivi. That afternoon Moishie and Kivi met and made peace be-tween themselves. Velvel wants to know if he fulfi lled the mitzvahof Mishloach Manos when he sent the Mishloach Manos to Moishie, as the K’sav Sofer writes that one cannot fulfi ll the mitzvah by send-ing Mishloach Manos anonymously.It is likely that Velvel did do the mitzvah. Th e reason why the K’sav Sofer says that one must identify the sender of the Mishloach Manos is because the Manos HaLevi writes1

that the reason for the mitzvah is to promote friendship and brother-hood, and one does not accomplish this goal when it is not known who sent the Mishloach Manos. In our case, Velvel certainly promoted friendship and brotherhood be-tween his two friends.

On the other hand, it is just as likely that Velvel, although he ac-complished the mitzvah of bringing peace between man and his fellow man, has not done the mitzvah of Mishloach Manos, since Mishloach Manos is meant to increase the peace between the sender and his friend, and not just in the world.

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The Dinner Chairman, Mr. Avru-mi Hirsch, opened the program with a powerful message of Hakaras Hatov. He articulated the feelings of the entire audience when he spoke of the debt of gratitude owed to the Menahel, Rab-bi Yosef Gelman, the Associate Dean, Rabbi Gavriel Celnik and the entire hanhala for their dedication to the mis-sion of chinuch bnos Yisroel.

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Building on a central theme from the Parshas Hashavua, Rabbi Gelman focused on the importance of achdus. “The quality of achdus is something that runs very strongly at Masores Bais Yaakov,” he said. “We seek to form a bond and a unity of mission with our parents and teacher to raise a genera-tion of talmidos dedicated to Torah and its ideals. We are fortunate to have a staff of outstanding teachers who not only teach Torah; they teach life. They teach chesed.”

The presentation of Harboztas To-rah Award was made to Horav Pinchos Frankel, Rav of Kehilas Avreichim and Maggid Shiur in Yeshivas V’yelipol. In his videoed remarks, Rabbi Frankel highlighted the enjoyment and passion that the school instills in such funda-mental concepts as Shabbos, Yom Tov and tznius. He was joined at the dais by his illustrious father the Vyelipoler Rav, Harav Yosef Frankel and his fa-ther-in-law, the Chakover Rav, Harav Zeltenreich. Also gracing the dais were Harav Ahron Schechter, Rosh Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, Harav Hillel David, Harav Hershel Zolty and Harav Shmuel Simcha Horowitz.

The presentation of the Masores Avos Award was made to Mr. and Mrs. Avi Newman in tribute to the memory of their illustrious grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Aryeh Leib and Perel New-man. Rabbi Gelman noted his per-sonal connection to the senior Rabbi Newman, which dates back to the days when he learned b’chavrusah with his father, Rabbi Shlomo Gelman.

Mr. and Mrs. ltzik Sonnenschine were then introduced as Parents of the Year. Parents of two MBY talmidos,

the Sonnenschines are known for their myriad acts of chesed, which are rooted in both the Sonnenschine and Lieber-man families.

The Keser Shem Tov Award was presented Mr. and Mrs. Yanky Gancz, also parents of two talmidos whose home is a true embodiment of the val-ues and ideals of MBY. Their dedication to chesed, especially for impoverished families in Eretz Yisroel was noted by Rabbi Gelman in his introduction.

The evening’s Guests of Honor were Mr. and Mrs. Rafi Treitel, parents of four MBY talmidos and public servants of the klal of the highest order. As community liaison to the NYPD, the scope of Rafi’s effective shtadlanus and askanus was evident in the large turn-out of distinguished officers and digni-

taries from various precincts through-out the city.

The presentation of the Shimmy Biegeleisen Chesed Award was made to NYC Council Member, David Green-field. His dedication and his notewor-thy achievements on behalf of the com-munity and our children in particular was highlighted with the recent final-ization of the city safety Initiative pro-viding security personnel for Yeshivos in the city of New York.

Dinner Chairman, Mr. Zevi Samel then introduced MBY’s Associate Dean, Rabbi Gavriel Celnik. With heartfelt passion Rabbi Celnik related a powerful story to convey the impor-tance of understanding our children – hearing beyond the words they are say-ing, and perceiving what their hearts are really trying to tell us. “A Morah once asked a little girl, “Esti, what does your mommy do while you’re in school.” “My mommy waits at the door for me to come home,” she said.

“Here at Masores,” said Rabbi Cel-nik, “our teachers and staff make it their mission to understand what the chil-dren are really saying; to perceive what is going on in their hearts and minds.

“Ask your children,” said Rabbi Celnik, “what Morah does when they are home. Most likely she will tell you, Morah is waiting for me to come back to school.”

The program concluded with a beautifully prepared audio-visual pre-sentation showing sights and sounds of the MBY chinuch in action, a beautiful culmination to an evening of nachas, pride and committed partnership.

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The Impossible Happened at BJXThere is a kind of magic that hap-

pens once you enter the BJX shul. A secular waiter who catered an Aufruf at the BJX shul related that he felt such positive vibes upon entering the BJX Shul. “I feel a certain spirituality here,” he said. “I wish I win the lottery so that I could support the amazing Avodah of the Rabbis of BJX. I dav-en here regularly and I’m constantly amazed by what I see. Each Shabbos is unique and incredible. I am grateful to the Rabbis for everything they do. They’ve truly created an exceptional oasis in Brooklyn,” enthused a mis-pallel. “I’ve lived in Brooklyn since 1968 and have been to most shuls in the area. There is no shul like Rav Fin-gerer’s shul. The sheer amount of Aha-vas Yisroel, positive energy and new people coming to daven- many for the first time- is astounding,” shared another mispallel. “Whenever I went to shul, I talked with friends. Daven-ing meant very little to me. But every time I daven in Rav Fingerer’s shul I get a tear in my eye. I can’t explain the feeling,” explained a new mispallel.

Miracles happen in the BJX shul. Three unaffiliated students came to

Shacharis last week and asked to lay Tefillin. The shul only had one extra pair. This was a problem that made the Rav ecstatic. “Baruch Hashem our students want to further their Mitzva observance,” beamed Rav Fingerer. Rabbi David Berk immediately ran to another shul to borrow two pairs of Tefillin for the young men.

The magic continued this Shab-bos. Rabbi Moshe Fingerer planned for months to bring local public high school students to experience Shabbos. The pundits said it would never happen. This past Shabbos, the miracle occurred. Local public high school students from Midwood, Madison, Murrow, and even Staten Island Technical experienced their first Shabbos ever at BJX. “Who believed this was possible? This was a miracle. Seeing these secular kids observing Shabbos was aston-ishing,” said Rabbi Moshe Zucker from NCSY, who mentors many of the students. Rabbi Moshe Finger-er coordinated with Rabbi Zucker and Nechama Kamelhar, leaders of the Jewish Clubs, a 6 week intensive program at the BJX Kings Highway

Center for these students. But Shab-bos was not part of the program. “What was absolutely incredible was that these students came on their own volition. This was not a mandatory part of the Kings High-way program,” said Rabbi Fingerer. People said that they would never come. They came and they loved it. Rabbi Moshe Fingerer planned a jam-packed schedule for them with the beloved mom of BJX, Dr. Faygie Zakheim. Throughout Shabbos, the students bonded with their mentors from BJX, Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Call-er, Dr. and Mrs. Avi Waldman, Mr. and Mrs. Mordechai Jaffa and Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Bodner. The Rav related, “In such dark and troubling times, what greater Nachas can we bring to Hashem then to have total-ly secular high school students who live right amongst us observing their first Shabbos. Hopefully, this will be mamtik the dinim and bring much needed yeshuos and refuos to Klal Yisroel.” Since none of the teens had ever experienced a Shabbos, al-most all of them described Shabbos as “being very different.” “Astound-

ingly, all of them told me that they would look forward to doing Shab-bos again,” shared Rabbi Moshe Fin-gerer. “This was the most amazing weekend,” said Ida. Another student Daniel confided, “It was a lot to han-dle but towards the end I saw it was something I could enjoy and I felt part of the community.” One stu-dent had a wrestling championship that he was participating in and had no plans to return to BJX on Shab-bos day. He surprised everyone and returned. “It was great, exciting, fun and joyous,” beamed Vitalic. “To see these teenagers have their first expe-rience in shul was amazing. They felt like they were having an out of body experience. I actually didn’t think it would happen to this degree. This Shabbos weekend was so incredi-ble,” said Nechama Kamelhar.

Bais Yisroel Torah Center Dinner In Memory of The Shapiro'sThe Bais Yisroel Torah Center 1821 Ocean Parkway, near the corner of Avenue R cordially invites

the community to its 41st Annual Dinner to be held on Sunday evening, February 21st at the Yeshi-va Ketana of Chaim Berlin, 911 East 13th. Also known as Congregation Bais Yisroel of Rugby, the shul was founded in 1975 by HaRav HaGaon Avigdor Miller, zt”l and is today guided by his grandson, Rav Eliyahu Zev Brog, a talmid muvhak of the late legendary Mirrer Rosh Hayeshiva – Rav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l.

A highlight of the dinner will be a special tribute to the memory of Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro, z”l, who for almost a half century distinguished himself as the pre-miere talmid muvhak of Rav Avigdor Miller and also to his wife, Mrs. Shifra Shapiro, a”h, who helped her hus-band attain incredible growth in ruchnius.

Like Yehoshua to Moshe Rabbeinu, Rabbi Shapiro was to Rav Miller. An incredible Torah scholar as a result of his association with Rav Miller, Samuel Shapiro was a humble Torah loyal Jew who was inspired by his teacher to reach incredible heights of Torah scholarship and inspire countless thousands who came to the shul because of the legacy of Rav Miller. Rav Miller personally bestowed smicha on Rabbi Shapiro.

Today the shul continues to offer men in the community free of charge numerous Gemara shiurim by Rav Brog in the tradition of Rav Miller. Those desiring to honor the memory of both Rabbi & Mrs. Shapiro and their dedication to the legacy of Rav Miller can make a reservation to the dinner by calling Mr. Dovid Roth at (917) 974-9453 or emailing [email protected]

Rabbi Avigdor Miller (L) & Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro (R)

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Reb Avigdor Miller on Avenue I & East 22nd in 1992 coming from a Hachnosas Sefer Torah.

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WARNING! Cell Phone Catches Fire Under Pillow While ChargingThese photos were posted to social media

by the NYPD’s 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights. It shows the aftermath of a cell phone overheating and catching fire in a bed.

It’s not super common, but it turns out that covering a phone with fabric from, say, your pillow and sheets could cause it to overheat, potentially leading it to explode or set your bedding on fire.


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A graduation ceremony was held in Town Hall to mark the completion of the 6-week long comprehensive C.E.R.T. training course. 34 residents of Lakewood completed the course, bring-ing the total number of trained C.E.R.T. volunteers in Lakewood to over 120.

C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) courses are designed to educate local residents about many aspects of disaster preparedness for numerous situations that may occur. This course trained individuals in ba-sic disaster and emergency response skills in classroom and live exercise settings. The C.ER.T. volunteers were taught how they can assist and work together with local First Responder Units in their community to assist them in their work, especially in times of emergencies.

Amongst the many topics covered and taught during the course by certi-fied C.E.R.T. teachers were: Assisting in evacuations of homes and build-ings during emergencies, helping with shelter operations for displaced persons, initial damage assessment, assisting in searches for missing per-sons, assisting in HAZMAT scene sit-

uations, staffing First Aid stations for large events, public support at com-munity events, storm spotting and preparation, and much more useful and potentially lifesaving ways anyone can help First Responders in all types of situations that may occur.

Chief of Police Rob Lawson acted as the graduation’s master of ceremo-nies. He noted that Lakewood began training C.E.R.T. teams four years ago, but this year was by far the largest graduating class yet.

“I’m really confident and opti-mistic that you will be an asset to the community of Lakewood,” he told the graduates. “The graduates made a big investment of time away from their families and businesses and made a big commitment to the community, and I thank them for that.” The chief continued, “We have used C.E.R.T. teams in the past when we’ve had emergencies and our services were overwhelmed. For example, during Hurricane Sandy we had C.E.R.T. teams doing traffic control at intersec-tions where the lights were out. We’ve used C.E.R.T. teams for traffic control by large events. And they’ve been a tremendous resource for us.”

Senator Robert Singer said, “I can’t stress enough how import-ant this certification means to us in Lakewood…In emergencies we count on volunteers to help us out. You are the heroes of our commu-nities.”

Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein, who serves as the Township Commit-tee’s liaison to the office of emergency services, thanked the New Jersey State Police, Brick EMS and Ocean County Sheriff’s Department for helping with the training.

He stated, “It is so gratifying to see volunteers stepping up on behalf of Lakewood. There are C.E.R.T. teams in many towns in Ocean County, but the numbers we have in Lakewood are far larger than other towns.”

Township Committeeman Mike D‘Elia also noted that volunteerism across the country is down – but in Lakewood volunteerism is up and the number of volunteers continues to rise.

“I’ve said many times that Lake-wood has one of the best emergency response set-ups in the state,” he said.

Ocean County Sheriff Mike Mas-tronardy echoed the sentiment off the previous speakers and thanked the vol-unteers and organizers for their com-mitment to the citizens of Lakewood.

The 34 graduates were then each presented with their framed diplomas and Identification card by the CERT Coordinator/Deputy Coordinator of OEM, followed by the oath office ad-ministered By Ocean County Sheriff to all the Graduates.

Prosecutor’s Office Meets With Faith-Based Leaders To Discuss Rise Of Anti-Semitism

The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office last week met with faith-based leaders from Lakewood and other County towns to discuss the recent rise of anti-Semitism in Ocean County. The meeting, arranged by non-Jewish com-munity leaders in Lakewood, who work hand-in-hand with the various com-munities throughout the County, comes after several anti-Semitic incidents that recently occurred in Ocean County towns. Attending the meeting, was the Ocean County Prosecutor Joe Coronato, and Public Affairs Officer Al Della Fave.

“Thank you to the Prosecutors Office for taking the time to address the rising an-ti-semitism and actions of hate being spread among neighbors in Ocean County,” orga-nizers said.

The organizers added, “There will be sev-eral upcoming efforts to counteract the neg-ative values being exposed on our County neighbors, children and friends.”

New Jersey Motorists Are Willing To Pay More At The Pump To See Improvements In Their Roadways

New Jerseys are facing longer commutes, worsening road conditions and mounting car repair bills. Paying more into the system isn’t their first choice, but with the proper safeguards, motorists are willing to pay more at the pump to see improvements in their roadways.

The dire situation facing the Trans-portation Trust Fund (TTF) is not unknown to motorists. AAA’s bian-nual survey of motorists found both their commutes and their opinions of road conditions has gotten worse over the last two years. Residents are more aware than even of the TTF’s main funding mechanism, the gas tax. Fifty-nine percent of respondents were aware that New Jersey has one of the lowest gas taxes in the nation, a 12-point increase over the last 10 years. But with that awareness is a nearly matched skepticism that the money will get to the right place. A majority (57 percent) did not believe all the money from the gas tax is dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund.

When asked how to best pay for new investment in our infrastructure, re-spondents list raising additional taxes as their least popular choice. When pro-vided with more information, 63 percent of respondents are willing to pay for an increase to the gas tax, if the proper safeguards are in place.

“Every day, New Jersey motorists pay the price for our failure to invest in the state’s transportation infrastructure,” said Tracy Noble, spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “From longer commutes, to an additional $600 a year in repair costs, New Jersey’s motorists are paying more and getting less.”

“Motorists understand that paying more at the pump will give them safer roads, shorter commutes and lower maintenance costs,” continued Noble.

Part of those proper safeguards is making sure that all gas tax revenue gets to the Transportation Trust Fund. Respondents overwhelmingly (71 percent) support a constitutional amendment to dedicate all revenues to the TTF.

“The largest obstacle to support for raising the gas tax is the lack of faith that the money will get to the right place,” Noble added. “It’s clear that the constitu-tional amendment is an effective tool to not only dedicate TTF monies, but to restoring the public’s trust on this issue.”

Rebbeim & Principals Take Part in Torah Umesorah Convention in Asbury Park

Close to 250 elementary school Rebbeim and principals from Lakewood took part this weekend in the annual Torah Umesorah Lakewood Conven-tion at the Berkeley Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ.

The event sought to be Mechazek the Mechanchim by offering Divrei Chizuk from various Roshei Yeshiva and veteran Mechanchim. The event was graced by Reb Malkiel Kotler, Reb Chaim Dov Keller Telshe Chica-go, Rav Elya Brudny and others.

The Shabbos was catered by Gre-enwald, and Zemiros was provided by the Brodt family.

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Talking Ted: Cruz Backers See GOP Contender as ‘Best Bet’ for Pro-Israel VotersJnS

Fresh off his win in the Iowa caucus, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) has emerged as a top contender for the Republican presidential nomination. While pro-Israel statements have been far from uncommon among the current crop of GOP candidates, Cruz’s backers say that in both words and actions, the senator stands out from the crowd in his support for the Jewish state.

Buoyed by his principled con-servative views and support among evangelical Christians, Cruz has drawn ire from many so-called “establishment” Republicans, and especially from Democrats, for his conservative positions on social is-sues.

Cruz is also currently one of Is-rael’s most vocal supporters, both on the campaign trail and in Con-gress. Drawing support from the overwhelmingly pro-Israel evangel-ical Christian community as well as growing numbers of Orthodox Jews—who according to the Pew Research Center represent the fast-est-growing segment of American Judaism—Cruz’s candidacy in many ways represents the future of support for Israel in the U.S.

At the same time, the American Jewish electorate is historically Dem-ocratic-leaning and socially liber-al, with 69 percent of Jewish voters casting ballots for President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. But that was down from 78-percent Jewish support for Obama in 2008, hinting at Jewish voters’ possible increased prioritization of the issue of Isra-el amid an often-tense relationship between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If Cruz emerges as the Republican nominee in 2016, how would Jewish voters respond to his mix of staunch conservative values and a hawkish foreign policy?

Gary Bauer—the U.S. under sec-retary of education for president Ronald Reagan and himself a Re-publican presidential candidate in 2000—told JNS.org that while “a number of the [current] Republican candidates value the U.S.-Israel al-liance,” Cruz stands out for paying particularly high attention to issues prioritized by Israel and pro-Israel Americans.

Cruz “helped to lead the fight in Washington against the Iran nuclear deal,” Bauer said.

“He brought together on Capitol Hill several of the organizations that were fighting the deal and provided an umbrella for them. He regularly scheduled meetings and urged peo-ple to work together to divide up their activities. He was one of the main people behind organizing a massive rally on Capitol Hill against the deal,” said Bauer.

Bauer, who recently publicly endorsed Cruz for president, said Cruz’s work ethic contributed to his victory in Iowa and will serve the candidate well in future primaries and caucuses.

Steven Mitzner, a Jewish real es-tate developer based in Houston and a backer of Cruz, pointed out that Cruz was the only candidate who mentioned Israel in his post-Iowa caucus speech.

“He has a love and a deep under-standing of the Jewish homeland and its people,” Mitzner told JNS.org.

“More than any other candi-date, he has been a leader in both strengthening military support and bringing to the forefront attacks on the Jewish population of Israel,” he said. “He is consistently urging Con-gress and Washington to send a clear message that we will not tolerate threats and attacks made against the Jewish homeland.”

In addition to his work on at-tempting to defeat the Iran nu-clear deal, Cruz has repeatedly condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for their incitement of terror-ism against Israelis. In December, a letter spearheaded by Cruz called for shuttering the PLO’s office in Wash-ington, DC.

“It is long past time for the United States to hold the PLO and its lead-ers accountable for engaging in such rampant incitement, for celebrating the murder of Jews, and for provid-ing payment to Palestinian terrorists jailed in Israel and their families,” Cruz said. “We must make it clear such actions are blatantly unac-ceptable and close the PLO office in Washington, DC.”

Beyond Israel, Cruz has frequent-ly raised awareness on the persecu-tion of Middle East Christians and has criticized the Obama adminis-tration for failing to designate that persecution as a genocide.

“Cruz has been vocal about this (the persecution of Mideast Chris-

tians) in his speeches and floor statements,” Bauer JNS.org. “I am relatively confident that a Cruz ad-ministration would make this a top priority.”

On his campaign website, Cruz proudly lists his “proven record” of support for Israel, citing his in-troduction of legislation to fund Is-rael’s missile defense systems, op-position to the European Union’s measure to remove “Made in Is-rael” labels from products origi-nating beyond the 1967 lines, and co-sponsorship of legislation to have the U.S. recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move its Is-raeli embassy to that city.

Meanwhile, in Congress, many have criticized Cruz for his unwill-ingness to compromise. This extends to members of Cruz’s own party, with former Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) once including Cruz among a group he described as “wacko birds.”

Given Cruz’s rocky relation-ship with some fellow Republican lawmakers, not to mention Dem-ocrats, some fear that a Cruz presi-dency would make it more difficult to maintain bipartisan support for Israel. Bauer, however, does not see Cruz’s principled approach in the Senate as an impediment to main-taining that bipartisan support, and believes the next president needs to speak more firmly and more often about America’s shared interests with Israel.

“Probably the most important thing that the next president can do,

whether it’s Cruz or one of the oth-ers, is to use the bully pulpit to re-mind the American people why our interests and Israel’s interests are es-sentially identical,” Bauer said.

“The next president will need to explain to Americans that any change in American foreign policy away from Israel and even some of our Arab allies, and towards Iran and the mullahs, is disastrous,” he added. “A president who is able to articulate that and rally the public will cause a lot of progress on Capitol Hill.”

Cruz has also been scrutinized for a recent remark that fellow Re-publican candidate Donald Trump embodies “New York values.” Some commentators accused Cruz’s com-ment of being anti-Semitic in nature, arguing that the profile of New York City’s large and culturally influential Jewish population has become syn-onymous with broader American Jewish culture.

While comprising only 10 per-cent of the total Jewish population, Orthodox Jews are Judaism’s fast-est-growing segment and in many ways represent the future of Amer-ican Judaism. Many Orthodox Jews, unlike their brethren from the Conservative and Reform denomi-nations, tend to align with Cruz on traditional social values as well as his unflinching support for Israel.

Mitzner believes that Cruz’s comments on Trump were directed towards the special interests and lib-eralism in New York City, and had nothing to do with Judaism.

“I am confident that Senator Cruz meant absolutely nothing anti-Se-mitic with that comment,” Mitzner told JNS.org. “He has always been a friend not only to Israel, but to the Jewish people. He is very interested in constantly being a part of Jew-ish events and attended our family [Passover] seder a few years ago.”

As the race for president now kicks into high gear, Bauer hopes that both the Republicans and Dem-ocrats, regardless of the nominees each party produces, will push for a stronger pro-Israel policy than that of the Obama administration.

“I hope that whatever else hap-pens in the campaign, both parties will try to outcompete each other in signaling to the new president a more pro-Israel foreign policy,” Bauer said. “But I personally think that Senator Cruz is the best bet to do that.”



Ohio Jews Admire John Kasich, But Will His ‘Moderate’ Tack Resonate Nationally? Sean Savage and alina dain Sharon/JnS

“The upright path is the mid-dle path of all the qualities known to man.” Those are the words of the Jewish sage Maimonides. They also describe the values that Ohio Jews believe are embodied by their state’s governor. But will Jewish voters and other voters nationwide take notice?

On the heels of his surprising sec-ond-place finish in the New Hamp-shire primary, Ohio Governor John Kasich is no longer under the radar in the crowded Republican field of presi-dential contenders. Labeling himself as a moderate candidate with a “positive message,” Kasich has promoted his Congressional and gubernatorial expe-rience as exemplifying the right type of leadership needed for the presidency.

In an election that has seen the stumbling of traditional “establish-ment” candidates and the spreading of increasingly partisan messages on both sides, could Kasich be the type of inde-pendent-minded moderate leader who could serve as a feasible and electable alternative to the populist platforms of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and billion-aire businessman Donald Trump?

Kasich is a “true conservative” who has always been “true to the [Republi-can] party’s core principles of reduc-ing the size and scope of the federal government, tackling problems at the state and local level, and a commitment to a strong defense,” said Brad Kastan, senior vice president and managing di-rector with the Raymond James & Asso-ciates financial advisory firm in Colum-bus, Ohio, and a close friend and adviser to Kasich for more than 35 years.

At the same time, Kasich is some-one who “deeply cares about Ameri-cans who are financially challenged, disabled, or who suffer with an ad-diction or mental illness,” Kastan told JNS.org.

To voters outside his home state, Kasich was a largely unknown figure before his second-place finish in New Hampshire. But in Ohio, he is wide-ly viewed as a strong leader, even by Democrats who disagree with some of his policies. Case in point: the Ohio legislature’s recent passage of a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, legisla-tion that is now heading to the desk of Kasich, who has vowed to sign it.

“Some of his policies I don’t agree with, like defunding Planned Parent-hood…I certainly don’t agree with him on his stance on abortion and some of the bills that have been put forth in the [state] legislature. But on the other hand, as a Republican gov-ernor he did [accept] Medicaid mon-

ey from the Affordable Care Act even though there’s no [health insurance] exchange in Ohio,” said Rabbi Ste-phen Grundfast of Beth El Congrega-tion, a Conservative synagogue in Ak-ron, Ohio, crediting Kasich with doing what was necessary to help those in need in Ohio despite the governor’s broader opposition to Obamacare.

Grundfast’s congregation, city, and county (Summit) are all Demo-cratic-leaning. But the rabbi is able to acknowledge the success of Kasich de-spite their differences of opinion.

“He’s been good for Ohio, except for the things that I totally disagree with him on,” he said.

Within Ohio’s sizable and influen-tial Jewish community, the 63-year-old Kasich has relationships that span decades. Howie Beigelman—executive director of the public affairs arm of the Ohio Jewish Communities (OJC), which represents the state’s Jewish Federations—said Kasich has a “deeply personal” relationship with Ohio Jewry and praised the governor for his advo-cacy on the construction of the state’s official Holocaust memorial.

“His vision led to the building of Ohio’s Holocaust and Liberator’s Memorial on the statehouse ground, which is, even among the few public memorials in state capitals, one-of-a-kind in size, central location, stark beauty, and in its message of honoring both the Nazi’s victims as well as our veterans,” Beigelman told JNS.org.

On the other hand, Kasich gar-nered some Jewish communal crit-icism for promoting stereotypes through a comment he made at last December’s Republican Jewish Coa-lition presidential candidates forum, where he shared advice he once re-ceived from his mother.

“She said, ‘Johnny, if you want to look for a really good friend, get somebody who’s Jewish,’” Kasich told the audience.

“And you know why she said that?” he continued. “She said, ‘No matter what happens to you, your friend, your Jewish friend, will stick by your side and fight right with you and stand by you.’”

Rather than those comments, Ka-sich adviser Kastan focuses on the gov-ernor’s record with Ohio’s Jewish com-munity, which he called “exemplary.”

“With a 100-percent AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Com-mittee) rating during his time in Con-gress, he was the ‘go to’ member of the Ohio Congressional delegation on matters concerning Israel and the Jew-ish community,” Kastan told JNS.org.

Citing his 18 years in Congress, where Kasich served on the House

Armed Services Committee, the “Ka-sich for America” team described the presidential candidate as a “strong supporter of President Ronald Rea-gan’s national security agenda.”

With the guidance of an influential Ohio Jewish businessman and Repub-

lican activist, the late Gordon Zacks, Kasich made his first visit to Israel shortly after being elected to Congress in the 1980s. Kasich went on to take up the issue of persecuted Soviet Jew-ry by helping advocate for the release of famed refusenik Natan Sharansky, the current Jewish Agency for Israel chairman, from Soviet prison.

Kasich for America said in a state-ment provided to JNS.org that the U.S.-Israel relationship “is one of our most important [relationships] be-cause of the role it plays in advancing our shared national interests and help-ing stabilize what is a very tough neigh-borhood of the world. It is also mutual-ly beneficial to our economies and is a reflection of our shared values.”

“The governor’s support for Israel and engagement with its leaders goes back decades and reflects his funda-mental belief that supporting Israel is simply the right thing to do,” Kasich for America said, adding, “Friends will always disagree and that’s okay, but friends also extend one another the courtesy of disagreeing in private and supporting one another in public, and that’s the approach that the gov-ernor will bring to all of America’s im-portant allied relationships.”

Kasich came out strongly against last summer’s Obama administration-bro-kered nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. Even in his current capacity as a state governor, rather than a member of Congress, Kasich person-ally attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-discussed March 2015 speech to Congress in op-position of the emerging deal.

“When Netanyahu recently spoke to Congress, John cleared his calendar and made the trip to DC to support Bibi,” Kastan said, using Netanyahu’s nickname.

Kasich said he believes the U.S. should have walked away from the negotiations with Iran, like Reagan did for talks with the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

“Just remember Reagan in Reykja-vik (Iceland’s capital), where [Soviet leader Mikhail] Gorbachev said, ‘Look, get rid of all nuclear weapons,’ and I remember Reagan getting back in the car and saying, ‘No, we’re not gonna do that,’” Kasich told Fox News last July.

Beth El Congregation’s Grundfast questioned the significance of Kasich’s pro-Israel position.

“Every politician is pro-Israel. That doesn’t mean very much to me. They can’t not be pro-Israel. If any-body wants to criticize [Israel], they’ll be thrown under the bus….Barack Obama tried to do that and he’s been skewered by many people. I’m sure [Kasich] is as pro-Israel as all the other candidates have to be,” said the rabbi.

Kastan, however, believes that Ka-sich’s support for Israel is sincere and deeply personal.

“It is not just important to observe what is in John’s head, but what is in his heart,” Kastan said. “Sure, he supports Israel because it is good for America. But, he also believes there can be no light between the U.S. and Israel because of the shared values between the two countries. He has a record of over 35 years of unwavering support for the Jewish state.”

Despite his strong showing in New Hampshire, Kasich faces an uphill battle for the nomination in a year when many Republican voters are an-gry at the direction of the country and dissatisfied with traditional politics, pushing them towards non-tradition-al candidates like Trump, who won the New Hampshire primary.

Nevertheless, OJC’s Beigelman said Jewish voters can find “common ground” with Kasich, the type of lead-er who “defies labels.”

“From expanding healthcare to school choice, to protecting the dignity of Holocaust survivors, to helping those in need get a hand up, to containing Iran…there are many areas [in which] independent-minded voters, includ-ing Jewish voters, could find common ground with him,” Beigelman said.

Kastan, similarly, said Kasich “has his own moral compass and does what he believes to be the right thing.”

“All Americans want is a [presi-dent] who understands how to bring our country together to solve prob-lems. John is doing that in Ohio,” Kastan said.




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Moderate candidates “are always a good choice,” said Grundfast.

“When you get the extremes on both sides, left and right, you’re talking to the fringe elements. [Kasich] does work with Congress, he does work with the Dem-ocrats, and that’s important. We haven’t had that in a long time,” he said.

“I think he’s a person that might be amenable to having a discussion, and to sit down and try to come up with some kind of compromise,” Grundfast added, noting that he be-lieves other GOP candidates such as Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) or Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) are not as willing to compro-mise, while “who knows what’s going to be” with Trump.

While Grundfast expects Kasich to get a spike in campaign funding after his success in New Hampshire, he said that a more significant test for the governor will be the forthcoming primaries/caucuses in South Caroli-na and other states with more diverse populations than New Hampshire and Iowa, the states whose voters have already spoken,

“He’s been a strong leader here [in Ohio],” said Grundfast. “You have to look at a person overall….He has a folksy, informal type of style, and a lot of expe-rience…I think he gained some traction because he is centrist or not a hard-right type of person, which may or may not be good for him.”

Sanders Cites J Street, Arab American Institute as Mideast AdvisersJnS

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cited the liberal Jewish lobby group J Street and the Arab American Institute as Middle East foreign policy advisers.

“We’ve talked to people like Jim Zogby, talked to the people on J Street to get a broad perspective of the Middle East,” Sanders said on the NBC program “Meet the Press.”

J Street and the Arab American Institute, which is headed by James Zogby, have frequently criticized Israel and mainstream pro-Israel groups such as the Ameri-can Israel Public Affairs Committee for their stances on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While J Street says it has a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” mission, it has been accused of collaborating with anti-Israel groups, such as through event co-sponsorships on college campuses.

Sanders has come under fire from his Democratic opponent, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, for his lack of foreign policy experience. Sanders also recently sparked a controversy by calling for the nor-malization of U.S. relations with Iran, a position that Clinton has opposed and that the Obama administra-tion, despite brokering last summer’s nuclear deal with Iran, has not adopted.

Who Cares if Bernie Sanders is Jewish? ben cohen/JnS

It would be churlish to deny the remarkable achievement of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in deci-sively winning the recent New Hampshire primary.

For months, Sanders has been depicted as an eccentric whose limited appeal will be crushed by the ruthless Hillary Clinton political machine. But there he was at the podium in Manchester, laying out an agenda—an increased minimum wage, “breaking up” the big banks, a gutting of the crimi-nal justice system—that sounded, in places, akin to what the followers of the Bolshevik revolutionary Leon Trotsky called “transitional demands.” (By which they meant a strategy to expose the democratic limitations of capital-ism through leveling demands that cannot be met without a socialist revolution.)

It was stirring stuff, enhanced by Sanders’s strong Brooklyn ac-cent and his facial expression, which betrays that he’s spent much of his life going from one left-wing meeting to another. In particular, he reminded me of another leading Jewish so-cialist whom I knew when I was growing up in England—the late Ian Mikardo, a Labour Party parliamentarian who represented a working class, east London constituency.

I met “Mik,” as he was known, through Poale Zion, a socialist Zionist organization affiliated with the Labour Party. The son of Jewish immigrants from western Ukraine, Mikardo embraced both the Labour Party and Zionism as a young man. For him, there was no contradiction between these two commitments; one might even say that for Mikar-do, socialism and Zionism were joined at the hip.

What resulted was a strong, proud Jewish identity that stayed with him for his entire life. Declaring yourself a Jew, a socialist and a Zionist was always a brave thing to do, especially during the Cold War, when the Soviets and their official doctrine of “anti-Zionism” exercised undue influ-ence on much of the left.

Which brings me back to Sanders. Most Amer-icans would not have been struck by his descrip-tion of himself as the son of a “Polish immigrant.” But some Jews were, and not necessarily those on the right. Seconds after that remark, Chemi Shalev of the leftist daily Haaretz tweeted, “Is it parochial to be irked a bit by Sanders describing himself as the son of a ‘Polish immigrant?’”

I suppose it is parochial, but I’ll admit that I too was irked. “Ian Mikardo would never have played down his Jewish origins,” was my first thought. My second thought was essentially frus-tration at Sanders’s apparent ignorance of the so-ciety that his forebears came from. Poland in the early 20th century was indubitably not America, something Sanders’s father, Eli, would have been painfully aware of. The notion of a “Pole of the Jewish faith” was hardly a widespread one. The nature of Poland at that time determined that when Eli Sanders came to America, he did so as a Jew, not as a Pole.

Since that speech, there have been several re-ports in the Jewish and general media that have highlighted two factors. Firstly, that Sanders is largely indifferent—note well, indifferent, not hostile—to Judaism and Jewish identity. Second-

ly, that most Americans don’t care that he’s Jew-ish, and most American Jews aren’t now prepar-ing to break out the streamers in case he becomes this country’s first Jewish president.

In the cold light of day, there’s nothing objec-tionable about either of those points. Identity pol-itics already exercises too great a hold on the po-litical imagination of today’s America, so in that sense we should find Sanders’s insistence that we speak about the “issues” rather refreshing. Apart from anything, it means we can dispense with the

argument that Sanders can’t possi-bly be inimical to Israel’s interests because he’s a Jew. We’re supposed to focus on the issues, remember?

Jewish or not, the foreign policy of a Sanders administration would make the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency seem like a halcyon period by comparison. To begin with, Sanders isn’t really in-terested in the rest of the world—like most leftists these days, he has abandoned the principle of inter-

nationalism. Working conditions at Walmart an-imate him. Syrian children murdered by poison gas are someone else’s problem.

Think back to his New Hampshire speech. In-terestingly, the only time Sanders didn’t get a loud cheer was when he said that the Islamic State ter-rorist group had to be destroyed, which speaks vol-umes about his supporters. But he followed that up by saying that the nations of the Middle East bear the prime responsibility for achieving that out-come because—pace Obama—we cannot be the world’s policeman. And actually, in his case that’s true—if you conceive of the nations of the Middle East as a cohesive bloc, not only can you not be the world’s policeman, you shouldn’t be either.

On top of that, the milieu that is influencing Sanders’s thoughts on foreign policy—when he can be bothered to think about it at all, that is—is one that is hostile to Israel. On the Middle East, he listens to J Street, a Jewish anti-Israel group that strangely masquerades as “pro-Israel,” and its ally the National Iranian American Council, which is the closest thing the Iranian regime has to a lobby in Washington. So it hardly takes a soothsayer to figure out that a Sanders foreign policy would be grounded in isolationism, together with a willing-ness to let Russia, China, and Iran run amok in the name of reining in American imperialism.

The Sanders phenomenon speaks to a wid-er problem, namely the growth of extremism in American politics. And because extremists of different stripes have more in common than they are prepared to acknowledge, seeming polar op-posites can end up being very similar. I can’t per-ceive a significant amount of light between Sand-ers and Donald Trump on foreign policy; both are isolationists, and both regard the world outside America as another galaxy.

If there’s anything to be said here in Sanders’s favor, it’s that he’s less giddy than Trump is at the prospect of meeting Vladimir Putin. But when it comes to substance, both candidates—one de-claring that we need a socialist America, the oth-er declaring that we need to make America great again—will preside over the continuing loss in global credibility that has become so stark under Obama.

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Keeping this in mind, we can say that the light of Torah will be found in a Torah leader that represents Achdus and the Middos Tovos that lead to such Achdus.

This truly was symbolized by the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe zt”l, who was known for his gevaldige middos tovos and his achdus with Klal Yis-roel, and similarly was known for providing the light of Torah to thou-sands of people worldwide.

When Rav Moshe would walk in the streets of the Lower East Side, he would stop and ask people how they were and how their families were. One woman would call the Rosh Ye-shiva every Friday to find out when Licht Benching was, and Rav Moshe had no problem in answering this simple question every week.

Towards the end of the Rosh Ye-shiva’s life, he had his own Minyan in his house on Shabbos. One Shab-bos Rav Moshe hosted a Kiddush for a Simcha in his family. One of the people attending the Kiddush took some pieces of Sponge Cake for himself and his children, and was surprised that Rav Moshe came up to him and took these pieces away. Shortly afterwards, he returned and served him some pieces of seven lay-er cake, explaining that children like this cake more than the sponge cake.

Once a group of so called “Ka-naim” sent Rav Moshe a letter which was very disrespectful to the Rosh Yeshiva. When one of the talmidim read it, he asked his Rebbe if he want-ed to read it also? Rav Moshe said that he didn’t want to, as he may feel bad upon reading it, and the people who wrote such a disrespectful letter might be severely punished for caus-ing him to feel bad.

It should be mentioned that while Rav Moshe was the epitome of Ani-vus (humility), he still had the ability to act with seeming Gaavah when the situation called for it.

Once Rav Moshe was at a meet-ing and wanted to make sure that his opinion was given the proper respect and would be accepted. He told all those at the meeting that Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l had said that he (Rav Moshe) was the Gadol HaDor.

In another occasion, someone came to speak to the Rosh Yeshiva during a time when there was a great “tumult” about a Pesak Halacha giv-en by a certain Rabbi in Eretz Yisroel (relating to Hilchos Ishus) which all the Gedolei HaDor disagreed with

vehemently. The individual meeting Rav Moshe tried to Melameid Zechus (find some positive light) to this Pe-sak, and said that before this Rabbi gave the Pesak he had privately writ-ten Teshuvos to explain his rationale, and didn’t publicize his Teshuvos be-cause he felt they wouldn’t be accept-ed. Rav Moshe pointed to the Seforim of the Igros Moshe which were in the background, and said that I have also written Teshuvos about various hala-chic issues, but I didn’t hide these Te-shuvos, but rather publicized them, allowing other Talmidei Chachomim to analyze my position. If this Rabbi really has a basis for his Pesak, then he should publicly write Teshuvos and discuss his opinions with the Gedolim to see if they are accepted. Rav Moshe then stood up and asked this person to leave the house. Later on, the Rosh Yeshiva explained to one of his talmidim that he had re-acted strongly to this individual in order to clarify how strongly he felt against the Pesak which this Rabbi was trying to defend.

As was mentioned previously, the Torah mandates that the Ketores must be offered at the same time that the Menorah is lit. Rav Moshe zt”l said another Mussar Haskel that we can learn from this Mitzvah. This hints to the fact that a Talmid Chochom that lights up the world with his Torah must also have a “Chush HaRayach” (sense of smell) to understand what is against the Torah, even if it is not apparently clear that anything bad is involved in a particular action or idea.

The actions of Reshaim (evil peo-ple) often appear initially good to other people, as they attempt to trap people with slyness to believe in them. In order to counteract this, a person, and particularly a Talmid Chochom who leads Klal Yisroel, must have a “Chush HaRaich” to understand whether something is correct or not.

It is said that when Rav Chaim Brisker zt”l was asked about the proper approach to the Zionist movement, he said that he sees that in fifty years they will make Shmad of Yiddishe Kinder and therefore we must oppose them. We see how a Gadol had the “Chush HaRaich” to understand what a seemingly nice movement would lead to.

A related concept is that a Gadol will have true Siyata Dishmaya to ar-rive at a correct Pesak. The following story shows Rav Moshe’s belief in this Siyata Dishmaya.

Around twenty years after World War II, a woman and her Rav came from South America to ask a very serious Shaalah to Rav Moshe. The woman related with tears how after the War she had received a Pesak from a particular Gadol that she was allowed to get remarried. She did so, and had a number of children from him, and recently she discov-ered that the first husband was in fact alive and well in Eretz Yisroel. They had come to ask what should be done at this point.

Rav Moshe told the woman, “Zug Iber Nach Amal” (say the story over again). She said the story over again, and Rav Moshe again said, “Zug Iber Nach Amal” . At this point people started to wonder why Rav Moshe was seemingly paining the woman for no purpose. When the woman said the story over again, Rav Moshe got up and said the following: I knew this Rav and he was a great Tzadik and Gaon that was Matir (permitted) many Agunos successfully. I do not believe that Hashem would allow this person to make a Pesak that would lead to such a terrible Michshol (pitfall). When Rav Moshe was finished speaking, the woman confessed that she had made the whole story up. In fact, her friend

had received a Pesak from this Rav to allow her to remarry, and she assumed that since her story was almost the same, she should also be permitted. Therefore, she thought that there was no reason for her to have to personally go and receive a Heteir (permission) from this Rav to remarry.

In a similar vein, Rav Moshe mentioned to Talmidim that he had permitted many Agunos to get re-married, and never had it happened that the first husband showed up.

This showed the great Siyata Dishmaya that true great Poskim re-ceive when they give a Pesak.

In conclusion, the gematria of “Moshe Emes” is equal to “Moshiach Tzidkenu Yavo VeYigalenu Mem Bays” (standing for Mehayra BeYa-meinu), with the Kollel.

As the Rosh Yeshiva’s yahrtzeit approaches, may the zechus of fol-lowing in the path of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l in his great involve-ment in Torah, Middos Tovos, Maa-sim Tovim, Emunah, and Emunas Chachomim, help us to see the com-ing of Mosiach Tzidkenu Bimehayra Beyameinu.

Sources for this article include, “Dorash Moshe” (Rav Moshe Feinstein), Parshas Tetza-veh, “Rishumei Aharon” (Rav Aharon Felder).

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“…you shall make holy garments for Aharon, your brother, for honor

and for glory.” (Shemos 28:2)

Rav Shimon Schwab was the rab-bi of a small Bavarian town in 1933. Once in a sermon he exclaimed that unlike other religions, Jews do not require a “mitteler,” an intermediary, in their relationship with G-d. Some-body thought he said that Jews do not need “Hitler,” who had recently been appointed chancellor in Germany. Rav Schwab was called to the Gestapo where he clarified what he had said. The dubious officer said he would get back to him. Rav Schwab realized his life was in danger, yet he could not es-cape. He was concerned he might be taken in the middle of the night and led through the streets, and perhaps even being put to death. For the next few months, until he was exonerat-ed, Rav Schwab slept in his clothing. He felt it would be undignified for the town to see their rabbi walking the streets and perhaps even being hanged in his pajamas. His position demanded that he be an inspiration even to his death.

“…you should make a head plate of pure gold.” (Shemos 28:36)

The Talmud says that the tzitz (head plate) atoned for the sin of chutzpah, or brazenness. The Mish-nah (Avos) teaches that a person with insolence is destined for Gehinnom. The Chafetz Chaim explained that is because the person with chutzpah is rarely motivated to repent for his sin. Nevertheless, the Talmud encour-ages a person to be brazen to serve G-d, even in the face of derision. Rav Chaim Dov Keller, Rosh Yeshivah of Telshe Chicago, once admonished a class of students for their unruly be-havior. “I see you boys only learned half of a Mishnah,” he said. “The Mishnah in Avos begins that one must be strong as a lion, brazen as a leopard, fleet as an eagle, etc. You ob-viously understand the Mishnah that one is to act like an animal! However, the Mishnah concludes ‘to serve G-d.’ This behavior is only appropriate when used to serve the Al-mighty.”



People would wait in lines to be-seech Rav Shmuel, the Lubavitcher

Rebbe, for advice. A person noticed the rebbe’s assistant going in and out of the rebbe’s study carrying a change of clothing. When it came his turn he asked the rebbe why he changed his clothing so frequently. The rebbe an-swered him, “People come to me with their problems. In order to under-stand each person’s problem, I must first remove my rebbe garments and clothe myself in their unique circum-stances. Then, when I am ready to ad-vise them I must put on my rebbe gar-ments to think through the situation objectively. After such hard work, is it any wonder how quickly my clothing becomes so full of perspiration, caus-ing me to change often?”



Rav Shlomo Wolbe was once asked why the pictures of the Lith-uanian yeshivah students always show them dressed so stylishly. He explained that in the early twentieth century, the yeshivos had little money and the students lived in dire poverty. This made them the butt of many de-risive jokes and much scorn by those who looked askance at Torah study. The roshei yeshivah encouraged their students to dress like successful busi-nessmen, despite their limited means, because they felt it was necessary that the students realize how much they were accomplishing for the world, and that they take pride in their learning and not feel like failures. This indeed raised the stature of the yeshivah students both in their own eyes as well in the eyes of the com-munity.



A person once brought regards to the Chafetz Chaim from Rav Chaim Brisker. The Chafetz Chaim asked the person what exactly Rav Chaim had told him. The person became flus-tered and said, “I’m not sure I real-ly understood what he said. He said he couldn’t wait to see the Chafetz Chaim walking barefoot, with his shirt hanging out over his pants, car-rying stones on his shoulders!” The image was one of a prisoner, and the man was embarrassed to relate this to the Chafetz Chaim. The Chafetz Chaim, however, clapped his hands

in delight. “Even a regular kohen would be fine!” he exclaimed. The man looked puzzled, so the Chafetz Chaim explained. “Reb Chaim said that he couldn’t wait for the Mashiach and he could see me serving as the ko-hen gadol, who did the service bare-foot, wearing the priestly garments, including the jewels on the shoulders of the Ephod. I said I would be happy serving as a regular kohen too!”

…its sound shall be heard when he enters the Sanctuary…and when he

leaves… (Shemos 28:35)

The Midrash says that the Torah is teaching us that it is proper respect to announce one’s arrival before en-tering and upon leaving. Rav Aharon Kotler once left his house for an ap-pointment. After several minutes, Rav Aharon told his driver that he had forgotten something and needed to return home. The driver hesitated because he knew that returning would make them late for their appointment, but Rav Aharon insisted that it was important that he return. When they

reached Rav Aharon’s apartment, he quickly stepped out, climbed the stairs, and returned a moment later. Noticing the driver’s surprised look, Rav Aharon explained, “I forgot to bid my rebbetzin goodbye before I left.” That was obviously more important to the rosh yeshivah than making his appointment on time.

…they shall take for you pure, pressed olive oil for illumination,

to kindle the lamp continually. (Shemos 27:21)

Rashi explains that continually does not mean that it burns all the time but rather consistently, each day. The Chafetz Chaim would say sim-ilarly that a masmid is not one who learns all the time, but rather one who learns consistently. The Chafetz Chaim would turn out the lights each night in his yeshivah at midnight. He admonished the students that they would learn better if they went to sleep earlier, because it is more important that one learn more each hour than to learn more hours.

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SASSON, R’ Eliyahu Hai(19th century)Distinguished printer of Aram Soba.

A son of R’ Abraham Sasson, he was the driving force behind the city’s first Hebrew printing press, which his father introduced. When R’ Eliyahu Hai moved to Jerusalem in 1873, the printing press was closed.

He and his brother R’ Moshe Hai are highly praised in the introduction, written by their father R’ Abraham, to the book Nivhar MiKesef of R’ Yoshiyahu Pinto. R’ Eliyahu Hai wrote a biography of the author, which he appended to the book.

SASSON, R’ FaradjWorthy scholar and rabbi of Aram Soba.

He passed away on 28 Adar 2, 5670 (1910).

SASSON, R’ MeirWorthy scholar and rabbi of Aram Soba.

He passed away on 4 Sivan, 5625 (1865) and was eulogized by R’ Yaakob Abadi.

SASSON, R’ (Raphael) MosheEminent scholar and chief scribe of Aram

Soba. He also authored a work containing responsa on the halachot of preparing Torah scrolls, tefillin, and mezuzot. He is believed to have signed the approbation to the book Yashir Moshe of R’ Moshe Dayan using the name Raphael Moshe Sasson.

He joined R’ Aharon Choueka and R’ David Kassin in signing a halachic (le-gal) ruling, which was subsequently pub-lished in the book Imrei Noam (Aram Soba 5658/1898) by R’ Yeshayah Dayan.

He was a brother of R’ Yisrael Sasson. In 1844 he joined R’ Moshe Cohen and R’ Nis-sim Yeshayah Harari in a pact of friendship, a conscious observance of the mitzvah, “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Vay-ikra 19:18). They solemnized the pact with a contract of friendship which all three signed.

In the same year his name appeared on a contract dealing with inheritance, which he signed together with R’ Shelomo Nehmad and R’ Moshe Cohen. He passed away on Rosh Hodesh Av, 5645 (1885).

SASSON, R’ Shelomo ( — 1865)Worthy scholar and rabbi of Aram Soba.

He was a son-in-law of R’ Yeshayah ben Ela-zar Hai Dayan.

SASSON, R’ Yeshuah ( — 1828)Eminent scholar and rabbi of Aram Soba.

He was a son of R’ Yisrael Sasson and was known for his important book of inspira-tional lectures on the Torah, Yeshuat Yisrael. This book was published by his son R’ Abra-ham Sasson together with R’ Yisrael Sasson’s book Kenesset Yisrael (Livorno 5617/1857).

He received approbations from leading rab-bis of Jerusalem and Livorno, among others. He also joined the rabbis of Aram Soba in signing the introduction to the book Yoshev Ohalim by R’ Abraham Antebi.

R’ Yeshuah had a difficult and tragic life. In the introduction to his book he speaks of his first wife who suffered eight miscarriages, before passing away. When his second wife, Rachel, gave birth to a boy he was overjoyed and made a great celebration “with wine and beer.” However, his wife was unable to nurse the baby properly and after eight months of suffering it died.

R’ Yeshuah himself did not live a long life and passed away in 1828 before finishing his introduction. It was completed for him by the publisher, who appears to have been his grandson. He writes that Rachel ultimately gave birth to two surviving sons: R’ Abra-ham and R’ Yosef. When she also passed away he married a third wife, Sarah. With Sarah, R’ Yeshuah had two daughters and one son. He named one of the girls Sabti-ah after his mother and he named the other Hanolah. He named the boy Raphael. With the passing of R’ Yeshuah, the responsibility of raising the children fell to his oldest son R’ Abraham.

SASSON, R’ YisraelEminent scholar and rabbi of Aram Soba.

He was a son of R’ Yosef Sasson and was known for his important book of responsa, Kenesset Yisrael. This book was published by his grandson, R’ Abraham Sasson, together with his son’s book Yeshuat Yisrael (Livorno 5617/1857). He received approbations from leading rabbis of Jerusalem and Livorno, among others.

He also wrote a commentary on Orah Haim, named Bet Yisrael, which remained in manuscript form. His grandson, who saw to the publishing of Kenesset Yisrael, in-cluded a section of Bet Yisrael in it, with the expressed hope that an opportunity would arise to publish the entire book.

R’ Sasson was a colleague of R’ Eliyahu Shamah, who makes frequent references to him in his book Korban Isheh. A number of responsa written by R’ Sasson were included in the book. R’ Sasson joined R’ Shamah in signing the introduction to the book Zechor LeYitzhak by R’ Yitzhak Harari. In addition, all three joined in signing the introduction to Beirach Moshe by R’ Moshe Galante, the Chief Rabbi of Damascus. In addition, he signed an approbation to Zera Yitzhak by R’ Yitzhak Attiah.

R’ Sasson passed away on 27 Sivan, 5570 (1810). He was blessed with five scholarly sons: R’ Yeshuah, R’ Yitzhak, R’ Yosef, R’ Eliyahu, and R’ Ezra.

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Aleppo - City of Scholars Maran Harav OvadiaA Complex Community

To understand how complex a situation Harav Ova-dia was stepping into, we must first examine the socio-economic conditions of the Jews in Egypt at the time.

When the British Empire wrested control of Egypt from the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1800s, it integrated Egypt into the world economy, which led to a marked improvement in the eco-nomic and social conditions of its Jews. If Egypt’s Jews had previously been employed in traditional Jewish occupations — such as small busi-ness, art, money-changing, and money-lending — the immigrants who arrived after the British takeover broke into a wide range of industries, including banking, journalism, construction, and government. At one point, 90 percent of the stock market traders in Cairo were Jewish.

Cairo and Alexandria were home to several Jewish communities, but the Sephardic community was the largest and most prominent among them. It was officially recognized by the Egyptian government and authorized to administer communal matters autonomously.

The community had established many vital institutions — including a hospital, orphanages, and charitable organizations — and ran them in model fashion. A secular council, composed of wealthy businesspeople and lawyers, controlled the community. Some of the council members were pillars of the Egyptian economy — one came from a family that built and controlled the train system, another owned the largest retail chain in Egypt, and a third owned several large banks — and they wield-ed tremendous influence over government officials.

But as these Jews gained wealth and prominence, they abandoned the Jewish quarter, forged contacts with wealthy gentiles, and often worked against the interests of their own less-privileged brethren. Tension developed between the general Jewish community and the council members, who distanced themselves from their coreligion-ists and sent their children to non-Jewish schools — either Christian schools or Egyptian public schools. By the turn of the 20th century, many of the city’s middle- and upper-class Jews had been educated in French, Italian, or British schools, while the Jewish schools were pop-ulated mostly by students from lower-income families. Members of the upper class strayed from tradition in large numbers, and both the religious leadership and the secular community council were alarmed by the number of Jews who were converting to other religions.

In the 20th century, the community undertook efforts to rejuve-nate Jewish life in Egypt. This campaign accelerated in the 1930s to fight the influence of missionaries. Jewish schools were established, as well as youth clubs and groups that studied Jewish history and the Hebrew language.

The wealthy members of the community council were, for the most part, very generous in supporting the various Jewish institu-tions in the city, but since they were far removed from Torah, they were unwilling to invest much money into Torah institutions. And while they recognized the importance of having a competent rabbi officiate at weddings and administer gittin (halachic divorces), they did not want to be forced to take on any more religious observance than they felt comfortable with. They definitely did not want rabbis dictating policy for the entire community.

In the eyes of the community council, therefore, Harav Ovadia was brought in only to perform technical rabbinic functions and sit at the helm of Cairo’s beit din, which was frozen for lack of a quali-fied halachic authority to lead it.

The religious community, however, had other reasons to re-joice when they heard that Harav Ovadia agreed to move to Cairo. Only a dynamic personality could tend to other areas of religious life that needed to be bolstered, and Yeshivat Ahava V’Ahva, led by Rav Aharon Shwekey, needed a superior talmid hacham to deliver high-level shiurim.


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One of the Bigdei Kehunah (Priest-ly vestments) described in Parashat Tesaveh is the Me’il (Robe) worn by the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) in the Temple. As the Torah describes, the Robe’s hem was lined with metal bells that rang as the Kohen Gadol walked. Th e Rabbis extrapolated several im-portant lessons from these bells sewn onto the Kohen Gadol’s Robe:

Th e Talmud Yerushalmi explains that the bells were necessary for the Kohen Gadol to announce himself, so-to-speak, before entering G-d’s “home.” Of course, G-d does not re-quire any advance notice of the Ko-hen Gadol’s entry; He does not need to prepare Himself before receiving a visitor. But the Torah wanted to teach us an important lesson of derech erets (proper conduct) – that one should not enter someone’s home unannounced. In fact, the Talmud Yerushalmi says that Rabbi Yohanan would not even walk into his own home without first knocking and announcing himself. Parents must be vigilant in training their children to abide by this simple rule of derech erets; if they walk into their parents’ room without knocking, they should be instructed to leave and then knock before entering.

Rabbi Mordechai Gift er derives an additional lesson from these bells. While wearing these bells, the Kohen Gadol produced a sound with even the slightest movement. Even if he would ever so slightly move one foot, his motion would be heard. Th is teaches that everything we do, even the seemingly insignificant mis-vot that we perform, have an impact and repercussions in the heavens. We must never underestimate the value and significance of any misva we perform, and we should therefore cherish the opportunity to perform every misva that comes our way.

Finally, Rabbi Moshe Alshich finds significance in the way the Torah describes the arrangement of the bells and cloth pomegranates that were sewn along the hem of the Me’il. Th e bells and pomegranates were placed alternating: a bell, fol-lowed by a pomegranate, followed by a bell, followed by a pomegran-ate, and so on. Yet, the Torah speaks of the bells as being placed between the pomegranates. Even though each pomegranate was surrounded by two bells just as each bell was surround-

ed by two pomegranates, the Torah nevertheless chooses to specifically describe the bells as being surround-ed by pomegranates.

Th e Alshich explains that the To-rah here alludes to the great value of silence. As the Talmud teaches, for every measure of speech one should have two measures of silence. Th e Torah thus emphasizes that each bell – each sound that a person makes – must be surrounded by two silent pomegranates. “Seyag La’hochma Shetika – silence is the safeguard of wisdom.” A person who wishes to be truly wise should remain silent so he can listen and learn, rather than con-tinually speak.

The Talmud comments that a charity box containing just a single coin makes lots of noise, while a full charity box hardly makes any noise. Th ose who “make noise,” who al-ways talk, are usually the ones with very little in the “box,” with little wisdom. Those with a full “box,” with abundant wisdom and knowl-edge, make little noise; they prefer remaining silent and listening to increase their knowledge, and there-fore spend more time silently listen-ing than they do speaking.

What are some of the laws of Bi-kur Holim – visiting the sick?

Th e halachic authorities disagree in identifying the Biblical source for the misva of Bikur Holim – visiting the sick. According to some views, this obligation is derived from the command, “Ve’halachta Bi’drachav” (Devarim 28:9), which requires that we emulate the Almighty’s example. And just as He visits the sick, as in the Book of Bereishit (18:1), when He visited Avraham Avinu aft er his circumcision, so must we follow this example and visit those who are ill. Others maintain that the source of this obligation is the misva of Hasha-vat Aveda, which requires returning a lost object to its owner. If the Torah obligates us to return one’s material possessions, then we are certainly re-quired to rejuvenate a person’s spirits when he experiences pain. Finally, the Rambam held that the obligation to visit the sick is based on the misva of “Ve’ahavta Le’re’acha Kamocha” (Love your fellow as yourself – VaY-ikra 19:18). It should be noted that the Rambam also describes this misva as a law ordained by the Rabbis, which

appears to contradict his position that it evolves from the Torah precept of Ve’ahavta Le’re’acha Kamocha; the Rambam’s view thus seems some-what difficult to understand.

According to the second view, that Bikur Holim has its origins in the law of Hashavat Aveda, the question aris-es as to whether Torah scholars are included under the obligation to vis-it the sick. Halacha exempts a Torah scholar from returning a lost article to its owner in situations where this would be beneath his dignity. For ex-ample, if a scholar finds a lost chick-en, it would be inappropriate for him to carry a chicken through the streets while seeking its owner, and there-fore in such a situation he would be exempt. Perhaps, then, we would ex-empt a Torah scholar from the misva of visiting a sick patient if this would demean his distinguished stature.

In truth, however, halacha in-cludes Torah scholars under the Bikur Holim obligation, even ac-cording to the view that this misva

is derived from the obligation of returning lost objects. Th e Shita Me-kubeset draws proof to this ruling from the fact that, as mentioned ear-lier, the Almighty Himself paid a vis-it to Avraham. If G-d found it appro-priate to, so-to-speak, lower Himself for the purpose of visiting Avraham, then certainly a Torah scholar – even of the highest stature – must visit a sick patient, even when this might be considered beneath his dignity.

Does the misva of Bikur Holim ap-ply if the patient is sleeping, or if he is comatose, Heaven forbid? Th e Gema-ra states that a person’s very presence by a patient’s bedside is beneficial for the patient, regardless of wheth-er or not he speaks, as evidenced by G-d’s visit to Avraham, during which He did not speak to Avraham at all. Th erefore, the Rosh held that one should visit a sick patient even if he is asleep. He advises, however, that the visitor leave the patient a note so that he will know when he wakes that his friend had paid him a visit.

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“I Only Want an Apology”

Punishment is not the only meth-od of breaking people and ruining relationships. When people are in a dispute, you will oft en hear one of them say, “All I want is an apology.

Just apologize.”Th is happens all the time — a par-

ent will demand an apology from a child or a child-in-law, or a husband from his wife.

Rav Pam oft en spoke about the foolishness, the destructiveness of this approach. I heard him say time and again that people should not de-mand a verbal or written apology. He felt that demanding an apology is degrading. It breaks the person; it does not repair the damage.

Let me clarify — Rav Pam was not suggesting that someone who hurt someone else should not apologize. If the wrongdoer had come to him for advice, he would certainly have advised him to apologize. But he did not feel that an apology should be demanded. What do people really mean when they say, “All I want is an apology”?

“All I want is that he should come to me, and blush. Let him feel ashamed. That’s all. I don’t want anything else.”

And when the person does hum-ble himself by apologizing, the per-son at the receiving end will oft en say, “Th at was not a sincere apology. It didn’t seem as if he really meant it.”

Th is may seem harsh, but it is what demanding an apology is all about. It breaks; it does not repair.

A good friend of mine is a psy-chologist. When he began to deal with family issues, he would listen to the couple describe the problem and he would try to fi gure out who was right. He would put in much eff ort to convince the one who was wrong to see the matter from the correct per-spective. Somehow, he wasn’t having much success.

So he became smarter. He real-ized that it does not matter who is right. He now tries to fi gure out who is more reasonable about the issues at hand. He now uses his skills and persuasive powers to get the reason-able party to give in.

Is that fair? Th e spouse who is more reasonable can ask, “Why should I give in? I am right. Let him

give in! Why should the obstinate one come out ahead?”

Th e answer is that therapy is not punishment. It is an attempt to re-pair a damaged relationship. How do you repair a problem? By fi nding the approach that is most likely to work. You don’t fi gure out who is right. You fi gure out who is most capable of eliminating the problem.

Th e same applies to all of life’s problems. Don’t punish people. Don’t demand apologies. Remem-ber, Hashem does not punish; he re-pairs. If you want to emulate Hash-em, make sure that you are repairing, not breaking.

Judging Others II:Judging Yourself

Accept Bribes!

What if you can’t resist? By na-ture, you fi nd yourself judging oth-ers, and you oft en feel an urge to punish those who wronged you. If you forget the Maharal and decide to blame your urge on v’halachta b’drachav, you should at least em-ulate the way the Heavenly court operates.

Is a judge allowed to take a bribe? Of course not. Does Hashem accept bribes? Th e Talmud (Berachos 20b) states that the angels challenged the Torah’s description of Hashem as “the

great mighty and awesome G-d, who does not show favor and who does not accept a bribe” (Devarim 10:12). Th is seems to be contradict-ed by the verse in Bircas Kohanim, through which Klal Yisrael is bless-ed with the Biblical blessing, asking that Hashem favor them (Bamidbar 6:26).

Hashem responded, “How can I refuse to favor Klal Yisrael? I told them that they should recite Bir-cas HaMazon only when they eat enough food to feel satisfi ed, and they go beyond the call of duty and bentch even when they eat as little as a k’zayis or k’beitzah [an olive- or egg-sized piece of bread]!”

In other words, Hashem accepts certain types of bribes. He shows fa-voritism to those who go beyond the call of duty.

Someone told me a joke about a man who comes to the World of Truth and fi nds a long line to get

into Gan Eden. He goes to the back of the line. Aft er a while he becomes impatient. He calls a malach (angel) aside and says, “I’ve been waiting 120 years to get into Gan Eden. I don’t want to wait any longer. I’ll give you a few dollars to get me to the front of the line.”

“How much?” asks the malach.“I’ll give you $1,000,” says the

man.“$1,000?” asks the malach incred-

ulously. “Th at’s nothing!”Th e man waits a few more min-

utes, and the line just does not seem to be moving. He calls the malach over to him again and says, “I’ll give you $10,000.”

“Sorry,” says the malach. “$10,000 will not get you to the front of the line.”

Half an hour later, the man calls the malach over once again and says, “I’ll give you $100,000.”

“Okay,” says the malach. “For $100,000 I can get you to the front of the line.” Th e man pulls out his checkbook and starts to write out a check for $100,000.

“You want to give me a check?” asks the malach. “We don’t accept checks up here. In Heaven we only accept receipts.”

Here’s the secret. Th is is not such a joke. It is true. Th ere are ways of “bribing” the Heavenly Court. Con-gress passed a law that you have to have a receipt for a donation that ex-ceeds $250. Now you’ll have some-thing to do with the receipts. You can’t take your money with you, but if you want to bribe Hashem or the malachim, ask your children to bury you with your receipts. You can bribe the Beis Din shel Ma’alah (Heavenly Court).

How about you? Do you accept bribes?

Let us say that you have a dis-pute with a long-time friend, a rel-ative, or someone else to whom you should feel indebted. You have valid complaints against them. You have already judged them as guilty. Be-fore you punish them, consider the “bribes” they have given you. Th ink about the amount of love and kind-ness they have showered upon you. Th ink about all the good memories. Why not accept the fond memories as a bribe and forgive the person?

Not only does Hashem accept bribes from the person being judged, Hashem will apply the merits of a person’s father and forefathers as well.

How about you? If the defendant comes from a family that you are close to, why not accept the close re-lationship as a bribe?

Can a person be angry at his hus-band or wife? Aft er all, your spouse agreed to marry you. Remember how all the others didn’t want marry you, and you fi nally found someone who said yes? Shouldn’t that serve as a bribe?

Th e Talmud (Yevamos 63a) re-lates that Rav Chiya had a terrible wife. Did he judge her? Did he pun-ish her? No. Whenever he found something that he knew she would like, he would bring it home for her. He would say, “It is enough that they [i.e., our wives] raise our children and protect us from sin.”

Before you punish your wife, re-member how many diapers she has changed. Apply them to her account. Accept all her favors as a bribe. We started with the plan of understand-ing why v’halachta b’drachav does not apply to judging people, but we really come away with a guide to happy living. Don’t judge, don’t punish — and accept bribes.

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Thoughts On Chinuch and “Kids At Risk” Based Upon The Writings of Rav Gershon Edelstein Shlita (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh) rabbi moShe boylan

Introduction: We are all aware of the sad and tragic occurrence of the phenomenon of “Kids At Risk”. Tragically, this has affected many people in the Torah community, and therefore is an important issue to deal with.

The following article is based upon the writings of Rav Gershon Edelstein Shlita (Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh), in “Darkei Chizuk”. Brackets are additions from the author.

Behold, in our days there is an occurrence of young children (or young adults) from houses of Bnai Torah who have R”L gone to Tarbus Raah (leaving the path of Torah). This has affected even families of well known Tzadikim, whose chil-dren have become affected by the terrible hashpaaos, influences in the street, r”l.

While sometimes we can blame this phenomenon on the influences of the street, in many cases the cul-prit is an inappropriate chinuch in the house itself. Sometimes, the par-ents don’t know how to educate their children properly. This can manifest itself when parents see a child who is not complete in the ways of Torah as they want it to be, and is not learn-ing or davening properly. They may make the mistake of demanding with Tekifus (overt strength) that their child must learn and daven properly, and they force him to act as they want. Such an overreaction, can sometimes cause a child to be-come even worse than he was before the parents spoke and acted in this manner.

The Rosh Yeshiva said that Chi-nuch Bikefiyah (educating by force) is not a Chinuch. This approach does not bring good results. Just the op-posite, it causes damage to children, and leads them to hate their parents. I know someone that deals with children/young adults that have left the Derech HaYashar, and he told me that it is common that they hate their parents terribly, because they (the parents) demanded that they (the children) act a certain manner, forcing this on their children. This has caused many children to leave our community, r”l.

What is the proper approach to educating our children? The good way of Chinuch is when a child is ed-

ucated in a natural manner, without any need to give specific commands and demanding things. When a child acts as he sees in his house and copies the actions of his parents, this is Teva, nature. A child is influenced by what he sees in the house and in his Cheider, and this should guide him as to how to act (and not act).

In the Sefer “Emunah U’Bita-chon”, Maran HaChazon Ish ZT”L writes (Perek 4) that if a Melameid in the Cheider teaches his talmidim with anger, then they are taught that Kaas, anger is a good midah that one should use. In truth, however, Kaas is a terrible midah that is disgrace-ful. However, children don’t under-stand this, and they are influenced by what they see. Similarly, when a child sees that his parents (or Reb-beim) are educating him with Kefi-yah (forcing him to act a certain way), he feels that they don’t care about his feelings. This may lead him to feel that just as his parents are not considered with his feelings, he also will not be concerned about his par-ent’s feelings. This will lead him to act against their will. This is the na-ture of people and is the reality.

Therefore, the path of Chinuch that is appropriate is to educate without forcing. Forcing is the op-posite of Chinuch. This approach only leads to the opposite result of what we want from our children/talmidim. It is right to speak to our children in a roundabout manner, as to what is right and what is in-correct. However, the child/young adult should not feel that he is being forced into something.

Another very important thing in Chinuch is to be careful not to give a child everything that he asks for. If the parents give children everything they ask for, he will start thinking that he is more important than his parents and will start to make fun of them. This can lead him to do what-ever he wants. There is a necessity that a child should have a hisbatlus, self abnegation, to his parents. This is dependent on the intelligence of his parents, that despite the love the child receives from his parents he should still feel the obligation to show respect to them. There is one more good result from this ap-proach. If someone feels that his parents always have to listen to him, then he will feel that there is no Ol,

yoke on him. This could lead, chas veshalom, to perikas ol, taking away from the yoke of serving Hashem and learning Torah with Yiras Sha-mayim. Conversely, if the parents, in conjunction with giving their chil-dren much love and attention, also show them that they are in charge and make decisions that are not al-ways what their children want, they are teaching a feeling of Ol, accept-ing the yoke of parents. This can help the children to ultimately accept the Ol of Hashem and the Torah.

There are children that are Adin, sensitive, by nature, and need to be treated with great zehirus (care-fulness). An example is that there was once a bachur that was not able to learn, and would only help the Rosh Yeshiva and serve him with-out learning personally. The reason that he became like this was that he was very sensitive by nature and in his youth his parents would always tell him how he could be better than he was currently. Even though they didn’t force him to do things, they gave him the feeling that they were not happy with him. The bochur felt bad about the way his parents made him feel, and this ultimately led him to lose any desire to learn Torah. True, he didn’t come to hate his par-ents, but he was not happy with his lot, and because of this he lost his ability to pay attention and focus on learning. This caused him to want to do other things than learning Torah.

There is another story about a bochur that grew up in a religious household, but he ultimately left the Derech HaYashar, R”L. The reason for this was that he had difficulties learning Torah, and his parents forced him to learn Gemara. It is ob-vious that he didn’t understand what he was learning, and this ultimate-ly led him to go away from Torah. Even years later, after he was Choz-er BiTeshuva, he still does not learn Gemara. While he learns Halacha and Mishnayos, he stays away from Gemara, as his parents caused him to hate learning Gemara, because they forced him to do this against his will, and not from a Chinuch of Ahavas HaTorah.

Similarly, there are places that people only learn Gemara in order to get a Teudah, a certificate, and they don’t learn from love and sweetness of Torah. The only reason for their

learning is being successful in tests so they will get a certificate. These talmidim come to hate Gemara, because they are not learning from Ahavs HaTorah, rather only with be-ing forced. Anything that a person does from being forced, causes him to have a hatred for this thing.

There was a story with a child in Yeshiva Ketanah that was learning and participating in Shiurim and all the Sedarim, but would not daven in the Yeshiva (instead preferring to daven in a local shul). The parents thought that they should force their son to daven in the Yeshiva, but Ma-ran Rav Aharon Leib Steinman Shl-ita told them that if they want their son to remain a Jew, they should not force him to do this. If they force him, the results will be the opposite of what they desire.

There are also younger children that daven with Kalus Rosh (lack of seriousness) and without prop-er seriousness. The reason for this is that they were never educated as to the value and importance of Te-filah. With such a perspective, it is not possible to force them to daven properly. The proper approach is to educate them in Hilchos Tefilah, and to teach them with is Tefilah, and the great Kedusha (holiness) in Tefilah. They must understand what the gain is in their davening properly and why it is Kedai, worthwhile, to daven properly. This is the only way we can properly educate children to daven properly. If a child never saw what Tefilah is, did not receive a proper Chinuch as to what Tefilah is or he was forced to daven, this could lead him to lose any Taam (taste) in davening.

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9 AdarRav Mordechai Meisel, the parnes of Prague, a great Jewish philanthropist who saved many Jew-ish lives in pogroms (1601).

Rav Shlomo Zalman of Volozhin, brother of Rav Chaim Volozhin (1756-1788).

Rav Menachem Mendel Stern (1759-1834). He was a talmid of Rav Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lissa (au-thor of Nesivos Hamishpat, Chavas Da'as, and Derech Chaim). He suc-ceeded Rav Yehuda Hakohen Heller (author of Kuntres Hasefeikos and brother of the Ketzos Hachoshen) as Rav of Sighet, Hungary. Rav Stern was a chassid of Rav Moshe Leib of Sassov and of Rav Mendel of Kossov. Among his works is Derech Emu-nah.

Rav Yechiel Schlesinger, rav and poseik for Kehal Adas Yeshurun (1948). In his youth, he learned at Slobodka and Mir Yeshivos. After his marriage in 1930, he set off for Ponevezh, Lithuania. During his time in Ponevezh, Rav Yechiel Mi-chel also trained to become a dayan, doing shimush in the beis din of the Ponevezher Rov. He was called to serve as a dayan on the Frankfurt beis din, and as the head of Rav Breuer's Yeshiva there. In 1938, he decided that life as a Jew in Germany was becoming too intolerable. Although he was offered the prestigious posi-tion of rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaas Yeshiva in New York, he preferred to move to Eretz Yisroel. Once he reached Yerushalayim, a few days after Pesach (1939), he founded Kol Torah Yeshiva, setting a clear Torah path for German Jewry.

Rav Chaim Ephraim Zeitchek, Mashgiach of Novardok,Yerushalay-im and Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Chodosh (1989)

Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar, Nitra Rav and Rosh Yeshiva (1945)

10 AdarRav Pinchas of Voldova, author of Bris Shalom (1663).

Rav Yosef Baruch Epstein, the Gutteh Yid of Neustadt (1867). He was the son of the Maor Vashemesh.

Rav Alexander Moshe Lapidus (1819-1906). A talmid of Rav Yisrael Salanter, he authored Divrei Emes.

11 AdarRav Gershon Ashkenazi (1625-1693). Born to Rav Yitzchak Ash-kenazi in Holtz, Germany, he left home to learn in the yeshiva of Rav Yoel Sirkes, the Bach, in Krakow, Poland. He was also a close talmid of Rav Yehoshua, the Maginei Shlo-mo. Rav Gershon lost his first wife in 1649, and married the daughter of Rav Menachem Mendel Kruchmal, the Tzemach Tzedek. But she too was niftar young, in 1654. His third wife, Rebbetzin Raizel, was zocheh to arichas yamim, outliving her husband by 30 years. Rav Gershon served as dayan in Krakow, and in 1650 served the kehila of Prussnitz, Moravia. With the petira of his fa-ther-in-law, the Tzemach Tzedek in 1661, he became Rav in Nicholsburg and a year later of the entire prov-ince of Moravia. He served as chief Rabbi of Austria until the expulsion of 1670. At that point, he became Rav of Metz, Germany, where he re-mained until his petira. He is the au-thor of Avodas HaGershuni, which deals with a wide range of Halachah. Much of what we know about the Chmielnicki massacres are based on this work. A prolific writer, he also composed Tiferes HaGershuni com-prising his drashas on the Torah, and Chidushei HaGershuni on Halacha.

Rav Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai, (the Chida), (1724-1806). Arguably the Sephardic equivalent to the Vil-na Gaon, the Chida, was born in Je-rusalem. At the age of 18, he learned under Rav Chaim ben Atar (the Ohr Hachaim). His works include a col-lection of responsa known as Yoseif Ometz, the Shem HaGedolim (a bi-ographical work on 1300 authors and 1200 writings, dating back to the Ga-onim), and many others. He passed away in Livorno, Italy.

Rav Eliezer Lipman, father of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk and Reb Zu-sha of Annipoli.

Rav Mordechai Posner, Rav of Ursha and brother of the Rav Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1823)

Rav Shmuel Strashun (Shter-shun; Shtrasson), the Rashash of Vil-na (1794-1872). He was a Rav and a very wealthy banker in Vilna; he also administrated a free loan fund. His commentary on virtually the entire Talmud is printed in most editions of the Talmud.

Rav Avraham Borenstein of Sochatchov (1839-1910), author of Avnei Nezer (seven volumes of re-sponse) and Eglei Tal (encyclopedia of the laws of Shabbos). He was born in Bendin to Rav Ze’ev Nachum, au-thor of the Agudas Eizov, a descen-dent of the Rema and the Shacha, and the Rav of Elkush and Biala. In 1853, he married Sarah Tzina, one of the two daughters of the Kotzker Rebbe, with whom he learned almost daily for almost 7 years. After the petira of his father-in-law in 1859, Rav Avra-ham accepted the Chidushei HaRim of Ger as his rebbe. After the petira of the Chidushei HaRim in 1866, he ac-cepted Rav Chanoch Henich HaKo-hen of Alexander as his new reebbe. In 1883, he became Rav of Sochachov. His lectures in the yeshiva lasted six to eight hours, often starting at mid-night and continuing until morning, except for a 15-minute break when he napped. Rav Bornstein is frequently quoted in his son's classic work Shem Mishmuel.

Rav Yosef Rosen of Dvinsk, the Gaon of Rogatchov, author of Tzof-nas Paneach (1858-1936). His father, Reb Fishel Rosen, was a leader of the Jewish community of Rogatchov in general, and of the Lubavicher Chasidim in particular. When he was bar mitzvah, his father brought Reb Yosef to the Rav of Slutzk, Rav Yosef Dov Soloveichik, the Beis Ha-levi. Together with Rav Chaim (Rav Yosef Dov’s son), Rav Yosef learned with the Beis Halevi for an entire year. He then learned with Rav Ye-hoshua Diskin in Shklov. When he was 18, he married the daughter of Rav Moshe Garfinkel, a Gerer chasid in Warsaw, who supported the cou-ple for 8 years. In 1891, he took the position of Rav in Dvinsk, a position he kept until his death.

12 AdarRav Pinchas Hager of Borsha (1869-1941). He was raised not only

by his father, the Imrei Baruch of Vizhnitz, but also by his grandfa-ther, Rav Menachem Mendel, the Tzemach Tzaddik of Vizhnitz. When he was only eighteen, Rav Pinchas was thrust into the position of a reb-be in Borsha, a town on the Vishiva River by the foot of the Carpathians. Borsha was one of the 160 Jewish communities of the approximately 500-square kilometer Maramures (Marmerosh) district of northwest-ern Romania. After the outbreak of the First World War, the Rebbe fled to Budapest, and then to Vishiva and Sighet after the war. In 1926, his son, Rav Alter Menachem Mendel suc-ceeded him as rebbe in Borsha. He and his two brothers perished in the Holocaust.

Rav Chaim David Halevy (1924-1998). Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv for the last 25 years of his life, he was known to many as the author of the multi volume responsa Aseh Lecha Rav, on many contemporary halachic and hashkafic issues, and a six-volume halachic work entitled Mekor Chaim.

13 AdarRav Yehuda HeChasid, author of Sefer Chasidim (1150-1217). His father, Rav Shmuel (1120-1175), led a famous yeshivah in Speyer, and served as Rav Yehuda’s rebbe. (Yated 2007 says 8 Adar)

Rav Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986). Born in Uzda (near Minsk), Belorussia, he was the son of R' Dovid Feinstein, who was a grandchild of the Be'er Hagolah. His mother was Feige Gittel, daughter of R' Yechiel, rov of Kopolia. He joined the yeshiva of R' Isser Zalman Meltzer in Slutzk at the age of twelve. At the age of six-teen, R' Moshe completed Shas and Shulchan Oruch. He was rabbi of Ly-uban from 1921 to 1936. He escaped the Stalinist regime in 1936 and set-tled in New York as rosh yeshiva of Tiferes Yerushalayim. He authored Igros Moshe, Darash Moshe, and Dibros Moshe.

Rav Moshe Langner, the fifth Strettiner Rebbe (1959). Born to Rav Yehuda Hersch Rebbe in the town of Strettin. In 1921, he moved the fam-ily from Galicia to Toronto.

Rav Shmuel Strashon of Vilna, the Rashash (1885)

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Hagaon Horav Shmuel Brudny zt"lA TZADIK WHO GRACED THE MIRRER YESHIVA, FLATBUSH & THE ENTIRE TORAH WORLD

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I still remember the sad day in 1981. In the prime of his life, in the midst of unparalleled harbotzas Torah, our Rebbe, Hagaon Horav Shmuel Brudny, suddenly and tragically passed away. His petirah shook the Yeshi-va world to its very core.

As a Rosh Yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva, he had a profound affect on the thousands of talmidim who were zoche to absorb his leg-endary shiurim on a daily basis. In addition, his quiet humble demean-or made its mark on baalei batim throughout the Flatbush community and beyond. He was also the Rav of the shul which bears his name - Agu-das Yisroel Zichron Shmuel/Flatbush South.

His teaching and memory is per-petuated by his two outstanding sons, themselves great talmidei chachomim and klal askonim: Hagaon Horav Elya Brudny shlita, and Hagon Horav Abba Brudny shlita.

As a talmid of his, I was captivated by his remarkable humility, sincerity, and selfl ess devotion to talmidim. He truly considered himself a regular person, but to those who got to know him, he was a malach elokim.

A few weeks aft er he spoke at my engagement, I along with the entire Mirrer Yeshiva, was stunned by his sudden petirah. Our zechus and op-portunity for such an outstanding

Rebbe was short lived, but his impact and infl uence will last a lifetime. I am proud and humbled that my bechor, Shmuel, bears his great name.

One of our Rebbe's mus-sar messages to us was on the words "talmidei chacho-mim marbim sholom b'olam"

- Talmidei chachomim increase peace in the world. His point was that if you want to gauge a true talmid chochom, to discern those that live up to the ti-tle, you have to see that they increase peace in the world. If they are people of peace, people who work to keep peace among people, they are sincerely talmidei chachomim.

R' Shmuel Brudny zt"l was mar-beh sholom in the truest sense of the word. He epitomized peace and tran-quility, with a clear mind and loft y sense of purpose. Th e yishuv hadaas and menuchas hanefesh he embodied is so lacking in our day and age. How much better our lives would be if we could emulate his Torah teaching and Torah living.

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1. The Pasuk in Hoshea (14:6) states, “Eheyeh KaTal LeYisroel Yifrach KaShoshanah” (I will be like dew for Klal Yisroel, and they will flourish like a rose). The Malbim explains (in that Pasuk) that there is a certain type of rose that is called “Shoshanas Yericho” (the rose of Yericho) that does not take root in the ground, and the wind carries it to far away lands through deserts. This rose receives moisture through the dew, and it flourishes and grows to greatness and becomes beautiful and glorious.

This Pasuk is a mashal (parable) for Klal Yisroel, who is lifted up by the wind from place to place in Ga-lus, and one may ask how it is pos-sible for them to be successful and to grow given such circumstances? The only answer is that HaKadosh Boruch Hu (Kiveyachol) acts as Tal (dew) to give them life in their Ga-lus, and this enables them to flourish and grow to become beautiful like the “Shoshanas Yericho”.

This is in contrast to other types of roses, which when they are up-rooted from the earth and the wind brings them through the deserts, they dry and shrivel up, and noth-ing remains from them. Only the “Shoshanas Yericho” has the special “Tzinoros” (spiritual pipelines) to draw nourishment from the “Tal Te-chiyah” (dew of life) that enables it to live despite the terrible winds.

One can understand that the Mal-bim is saying that the regular type of roses are a mashal for the Umos Ha-Olam who are not able to survive in situations of terrible exile and tribu-lation. Only Klal Yisroel has the spe-cial spiritual source of life (through our connection to Hashem and the Torah) which has enabled us to con-tinue to function and flourish despite the many harsh and bitter Galiyus (exiles) which we have undergone.

This “vort” truly encapsulates the entire life of Maran Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l, the famous Maggid Shi-ur in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn.

When Rav Shmuel was a young bachur, he was taken by a group of

Nevardoker Bochurim to join one of the Nevardoker Yeshivos. As an aside, the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Shmuel Birnbaum zt”l, also received his start in learning from joining the Yeshi-vos of Nevardok. After a number of years learning there, he joined the Ramailles Yeshiva (headed by the Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shlomo Heiman zt”l) and then joined the Mirrer Ye-shiva in Poland.

When the Mirrer Yeshiva exiled itself to Shanghai (in order to sur-vive World War II), Rav Shmuel was zoche to remain with them. After the war, he remained with Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz zt”l and a group of other Mirrer talmidim, who founded the Mirrer Yeshiva in America. After a number of years, he began to give shiurim, and ultimately became one of the most popular Maggidei Shi-urim in the Yeshiva and in the Olam HaTorah in America.

The “Tzad HaShaveh” (common denominator) of his life was his ability to overcome the difficulties of moving from place to place, and being able to function and flour-ish despite the great difficulties he experienced due to the differences between where he came from and where he found himself currently. In that sense, his life was parallel to the experience of Klal Yisroel, that, like the Shoshanas Yericho, is able to function and flourish despite the many galuyos it has undergone.

2. “Yekarah Hi MiPenenim” (it is more precious than pearls). Chazal darshen on this Pasuk in Mishlei (3:15) that even a Mamzer Talmid Chochom, who obviously cannot do the Avodah (service) in the Bais HaMikdash, is granted precedence in saving his life from danger, more than a Kohen Gadol who is an Am HaAretz (ignorant).

We see from here that the Torah is more precious even than a Kohen Gadol that goes “Lifnay Velifnim” (inside the holiest part of the Bais HaMikash, the Kodesh Kadashim). A Talmid Chochom, with his Torah, grants more zechuyos (merits) to Klal Yisroel than the Kohen Gadol grants to it when he performs the

holy Avodah of going into the Ko-desh Kadashim on Yom HaKippu-rim.

We find a similar thought in the Yalkut in the beginning of Vayikra, in which Rav Tanchuma quotes the Pasuk (Mishlei 20:15) “Yeish Zahav VeRav Peninim U’Keli Yakar Sifsei Daas” (there is gold and many pearls and a precious utensil is the lips of knowledge). Rav Tanchuma ex-pounds that there is a man that has much silver and gold and precious stones and pearls, and good desired materials, and he does not have any knowledge, what pleasure does he have.

Rav Tanchuma continues, there is the gold of the donations of the Mish-kan, referring to the donations of the Nesiim and the soul of Moshe Rab-beinu felt bad that he did not offer anything to the Mishkan. HaKadosh Boruch Hu told Moshe Rabbeinu that by your life, your word is more beloved to me than all of these.

The statement of the Midrash is truly wondrous. The donations of the Nesiim were not merely physical gold, but very spiritual gold, as they enabled Klal Yisroel to have a place of Hashraas HaShechinah (dwell-ing place of the Divine Presence). Despite this, the Medrash considers these donations “Mah Hanaah Yesh Lo” (what pleasure does he have) rel-ative to the zechus (merit) of Torah.

The silver and gold in which a person does the greatest and very im-portant Mitzvos is considered noth-ing relative to the zechus of Torah.

Similarly, the Kohen Gadol with his Avodah on Yom HaKippurim grants a tremendous Shefa to Klal Yisroel. Despite this, the great ef-fect and zechus of Torah is greater, as a Talmid Chochom is a source of good, both physically and spiritually to Klal Yisroel, more than even the Kohen Gadol on Yom HaKippurim.

We see from here the great im-portance of Torah study, and the effect and importance that the Benai Torah and Talmidei Chachomim have on Klal Yisroel.

The life of Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l certainly had much to do with the im-

portance of Torah. In his personal life he devoted himself, from his youth and on, to learning Torah with great hasmodah. He was also known for his great knowledge of Torah, which included the classical “Yeshivishe Mesechtos” as well as the lesser known Inyanim of Zeraim and Taharos.

His Hasmadah was also legend-ary, as it was clear to his relatives and talmidim that he was not “Maisiach Daas” from Torah, including even when he walked on the streets.

He also was known for his Me-sirus Nefesh for giving over Torah to Talmidim. He was known as one of the greatest Maggidei Shiurim in America and drew many talmi-dim to come to the Mirrer Yeshiva. While his shiur started with a small group of talmidim (including, as an aside, Rav Shlomo Brevda Shlita) by the time he was niftar, his shiur had grown to almost ninety talmidim.

What were some of the Maalos of his shiur? Firstly, he was known as a great “Baal Masbir” who could ex-plain the Torah with great clarity. In addition, he was also known for giv-ing the shiur to the level of the talmi-dim he had. Despite the greatness of his own Torah knowledge, he would limit the depth and breadth of the Shiur, if he felt that a lower level Shi-ur would benefit the talmidim more.

He also was known for fulfilling the statement of Chazal, “Yehi Kev-od Talmidecha Chaviv Alecha KeS-helach” (the honor of your talmidim should be beloved to you as much as your own). Talmidim remem-ber that Rav Shmuel would stand up whenever they came to speak to him in learning. Once a bachur asked a question which was “out of left field”, meaning that it had noth-ing to do with the issue which the Rebbi was talking about. In order to save face for the talmid, Rav Shmuel said, “you probably meant to ask the following question” and proceeded to ask a very good question in the talmid’s name.

Rav Shmuel’s concern for talmi-dim did not end when his talmidim left his shiur, but continued as they

“U’Shmuel BeKorei Shemo” Divrei Mussar & Divrei Zikaron of Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l (Adapted From The Sefer Zichron Shmuel)


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continued on to wherever their lives led them.

One classic example was how he accepted upon himself to become a Rav of an Agudah Minyan nearby to the Mirrer Yeshiva. At the time he was a successful Maggid Shiur and did not need a “Shtellar” (position) for Parnassah. In fact, he did not even take any salary from the shul. The reason that he took upon him-self the added responsibility of being a Rav of a shul, was because he un-derstood that there were a number of talmidim who were no longer in the Yeshiva, and didn’t feel that they had a place that they, as “Baalei Batim”, could continue to grow in Torah and Yiras Shamayim. In order to service and provide chizuk to his talmidim (and others in similar situations) he agreed to become the Rav.

It should also be mentioned, that after his petirah, the shul was named after him: Agudas Yisroel Snif Zichron Shmuel. This Makom Torah and Tefillah has continued for many years, and currently has the zechus of having Rav Eliezer Ginsburg Shli-ta as it’s Mara DeAsra.

Rav Shmuel was also known for showing great respect for Talmidei Chachomim. In particular, when-ever he would quote Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Eliezer Shach, or the Satmar Rav, Zichron Tzadikim Liv-eracha, one could hear how he quot-ed them with reverence as one must have fear for one’s Rabbeim.

3. The Zohar HaKadosh (Par-shas Nitzavim) said on the Pasuk, “VeShavta Ad Hashem Elokecha” (you should return to Hashem Your God): Rav Yitzchak said, one should see how great is the mercy of Hash-em with His creations. Even a great Rasha who has a thought of Teshu-va, and was not able to act on this thought and died, will definitely re-ceive his punishment for leaving the world without Teshuva. Nonethe-less, after receiving his punishment, his good thought that he thought (to do Teshuva) will go in front of Hashem and doesn’t leave there un-til Hashem will fix up that Rasha. The thought breaks all the difficult

walls that are in the gates of the var-ious parts of Gehinnom and gets to the place that the Rasha is there and will be Meorrer this good thought as it was originally. At that time the Neshomo elevates itself from the lower part of gehinnom. No good thought is lost in front of the Holy King (Hashem). Therefore, worthy is one who thinks good thoughts to his Master, that even if he does not fulfill them practically, Hashem considers for this person as if he did them, and this is for good and not for bad (with the exception of Avodah Zarah).

We see from this statement of the Zohar HaKadosh that in fact one good thought can elevate even the worst Rasha from the Gehinnom that he finds himself in.

Rav Brudny zt”l said that this is a Mussar Haskel for us. Sometimes a person stays in a Yeshiva for a long time. Even if he wasn’t the biggest masmid in the Yeshiva, there were many times that he put his strength together to try to grow in Torah and to become a Lamdan. Even if he wasn’t successful, these good thoughts will ultimately help him in Olam HaBa. Similarly, some people at times feel pain that their learning is not going as good as it should be, and want to be successful in learn-ing. Even if this thought is not car-ried to its fruition, it is a gem that is priceless.

This thought is especially import-ant for the generation in which we live. Due to the many difficulties and Nisyonos of the society and cir-cumstances in which we find our-selves, we often do not fulfill the good thoughts that we have to grow in Torah and Yiras Shamayim. Of course we should do our best to try to bring these thoughts to reality and fruition. However, we should still realize that we have already accom-plished something by truly desiring to improve ourselves in Torah, Te-shuva and Maasim Tovim.

4. The Torah tells us, (Shemos 2:11) “VaYigdal Moshe VaYaitzai El Echav VaYar BeSivlosam” (Moshe Rabbeinu grew and left to see his brothers and saw their burdens). Rashi (s.v. Vayar) said, “Nasan Ain-av VeLibo Liheyos Maitzar Alaihem” (he put his eyes and heart to have

pain about them). This means that he didn’t just see their afflictions. Rath-er, he put his eyes and heart to involve his entire mind and heart to see the complete pain and afflic-tions that they were un-dergoing.

One could ask, what help will come to Klal Yis-roel in the fact that Moshe Rabbeinu will put his en-tire head to think about the complete pain and afflictions that his fellow Jews were undergoing if at that time he had no ability to help them? The answer seems to be that through feeling the pain of other Yidden completely, Hash-em will send the Yeshuah miraculously. Even if the person that is “Nosai Be’Ol” does not help in a natural way in any manner, the fact that he feels the pain of his fellow Jew will cause Hashem to send the Yeshuah.

This is in keeping with the famous rule of the Zohar HaKadosh that the actions that we do in this world causes that actions in Heaven will be done in a similar fashion (whether for good, or chas veshalom for the opposite).

In this context, we can see how this happened with Moshe Rabbeinu when the Yidden were in Mitzraim. As mentioned previously, Moshe Rabbeinu put his eye and heart to feel the pain of his fellow Jews. A few Pe-sukim later (Shemos 2:25) the Torah said, “VaYar Elokim Es Benai Yis-roel VaYaida Elokim” (God saw the Children of Yisroel and God Knew). Rashi (s.v. Vayaida) said “Nasan Alaihem Laiv VeLo Heelim Ainav” (He put upon them His Heart and didn’t hide his eyes).

We see that the actions of Moshe Rabbeinu in putting his eyes and heart to feel the pain of Klal Yisroel caused Kiveyachol that Hashem should also put his Heart and Eyes to feel the pain of Klal Yisroel, thereby causing Hash-em to send the Yeshuah (as is seen in the Pesukim which follow).

Rav Brudny zt”l said that “if I see that my friend is not successful,

I have an obligation to feel pain for this. Even if there is nothing I can do practically to help my friend, none-theless, the worry that I feel for him alone is a tremendous strength that can help my friend to receive a Yesh-uah from Hashem”.

Rav Brudny zt”l did not mere-ly demand this from his talmidim. Rather, he practiced this also in his personal life. Talmidim and close rel-atives saw that when he heard about Tzaros happening to Yidden, such as terrorist attacks or wars in Eretz Yis-roel, he would feel extreme pain and Agmas Nefesh due to this. His fam-ily would sometimes try to take his mind off of these things, in order not to adversely affect his health.

In conclusion, the gematria of zayin (standing for zechus) Shmuel (with the Mispar HaOsios) is equal to Gimmel (standing for Geulah) Shelaimah (with the Mispar Ha-Taivos). In the zechus of following in the path of Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l in Limud and Kavod HaTorah, giving over the Mesorah of Torah, showing respect to others, and hav-ing concern for others in Klal Yis-roel, may we soon see the Geulah Shlaima.

Sources for this article include “Zichron Shmuel” (Rav Shmuel Brudny), and discussions with talmidim, including his son yb”l Rav Eliya-hu Brudny Shlita.

“U’Shmuel BeKorei Shemo”





Rabbi Moshe Boylan

The Day Screams: Chazal tell us that there are three things whose voice is heard from one end of the world to the other end of the world, and the creations of Hashem do not feel this. These three things are the day, the rain and the soul at the time that it leaves the body.

What exactly does the day call out? We can explain that the day ex-claims that every person should use me and not permit that I go to waste. Meanwhile, people don’t appreciate the cry of the day.

We can explain further that there are 248 Positive Mitzvos, and every day they call out to each person to fulfill them and in their merit have Arichus Yamim (long life). There are also 365 Negative Mitzvos, which are parallel to the 365 days of the solar calendar. In every day of the year, a particular Negative Commandment cries out from the time the sun rises until it sets. It tells us: “I command you (the person) that you should not violate this particular Aveirah, and don’t cause yourself and the entire world to cause the heavenly scales to weigh down against yourself and the world (through this Aveirah)”.

{We see from this Midrash the im-portance of using every day available to fulfill mitzvos and avoid aveiros.}

Rav Brudny zt”l continues this theme by quoting another Midrash which said that there are people who have Ziknah (old age) and do not have Yamim (days) and there are people who have days and don’t have Ziknah. With regards to Avrohom Avinu, however, the Torah tells us that he was “Ba Bayamim” (he came with his days). He had Ziknah which was parallel to his Yamim and Yam-im which was parallel to his Ziknah.

{The Midrash may be explained as coming to answer a question on the previously mentioned Pasuk. Why does the Pasuk refer to Avro-hom Avinu as someone that was old and had come of days? Isn’t every-one who is old someone that has lived many days? With the following explanation we can understand the answer to this question.}

What is the meaning of this Mi-drash? Someone that has Ziknah and does not have Yamim refers to a person that lives a long life but didn’t accomplish too much. A person who has Yamim without Ziknah refers to someone that ac-complished a lot with his days, but didn’t live a long life, r”l. Avrohom Avinu was a Zaken that was Ba Bayamim. This means that he lived a long life, but also used all the days of this life to accomplish important things in serving Hashem.

Avrohom Avinu filled every day with good, including learning To-rah and serving Hashem. Every day was elevated like a Korbon in the fact that it was totally devoted to serving Hashem.

The Pasuk states that, “VeAvro-hom Zakein Useva Yamim Vayigva Vayamas Besaivah Tovah Saveia” (and Avrohom was old and was sat-isfied with his days, and he died in a good old age satisfied). The Seforno explains that he was satisfied from everything that he desired to see and accomplish in his days.

{We can explain as follows: A per-son who lives to accomplish physical goals is never satisfied. Chazal tell us that one who has one Maneh desires two Maneh and one who has two Maneh wants four Maneh. The more money and physical acquisitions that he acquires he wants even more.

In contrast, someone like Avro-hom Avinu who lives to fulfill spir-itual goals, can in fact reach a level of being satisfied. He has the physical things which Hashem has provided, and uses the amount of life provided to him to fulfill whatever mitzvos he is able to do. This causes him to be satisfied.

Perhaps we can add to the previ-ous words in explaining the Midrash. The first thing which screams to us is the day. This scream tells us how each and every day can and must be used to perform mitzvos and avoid doing aveiros. The second thing which screams is the rain. This hints that if we use our days properly we can produce great things, just as the rain helps the entire world to pro-

duce crops which enable us to nour-ish ourselves. The third thing which screams is the soul when it leaves the body. This hints to the time when a person leaves the world and comes to a realization as to whether he has used his life properly or chas vesha-lom has wasted his life.

Maran Rav Shmuel Brudny cer-tainly used his life properly in his tremendous hasmadah in Torah and in delivering wonderful shiurim to hundreds of talmidim. Just as rain helps produce nourishing crops, so too Rav Brudny helped to produce numerous talmidim hagunim, in-cluding many great talmidei chacho-mim.}

The Torah tells us that Noach was an Ish Tzadik Tamim. The Ibn Ezra explains that Tzadik refers to his being righteous in his actions, and Tamim refers to his being per-fect in his heart (his heart was also committed to Hashem, and he didn’t merely serve Hashem in an external fashion).

In the aftermath of the Mabul, Noach also had acquired the great zechus of saving the entire word, and thereby all people that would be cre-ated in future generations. Anyone who is able to learn and fulfill To-rah and thereby receive a portion in Olam Haba, needs to give Hakaras Hatov to Noach.

An individual like Noach who merited saving the entire mankind, and all of the other levels of creation, including animals, birds, plants etc., certainly had tremendous zechuyos and was elevated to a very high level.

In addition, we must realize that before Noach went into the Taivah, he had to deal with a world that was filled with Rishus (evil), stealing, bad middos, etc. After the Mabul, all of this Rishus was destroyed, and the only things left in the world were No-ach and his sons who had been prop-erly educated to believe in Hashem and serve Him.

As an aside, Rav Brudny zt”l men-tions that the Avravenel writes that the reason that Hashem only gave Noach three sons was because in such an evil generation it was impos-

sible to educate more than three sons to become righteous.

Taking all of this into account, one would think that if Noach was righteous before the Mabul, then certainly he should remain so after-wards. In fact, one would surmise that he would grow to an even more elevated level than he was before the Mabul.

Surprisingly, however, we find the opposite to be true. After No-ach leaves the Taivah the very first thing he does is to plant a vineyard, through which he became Chulin (secular). After this action, his son Cham committed an aveirah with Noach, and was subsequently cursed.

What makes this even more dif-ficult to understand is that the vine-yard Noach planted was from trees he took from Gan Eden that were not even in the Mabul (Targum Yonasan). These plants were very spiritual and eventually the Briach Hatichon of the Mishkan was made from them.

Despite all of this, Noach went down in his spiritual level due to planting this vineyard, and was called “Ish Haadamah” (a man of the ground) as opposed to being called “Ish Tzadik” as he was called previ-ously.

Rav Brudny explains that we see from this that when the world is populated and there are people in it, then even if these people are like the Dor Hamabul, there is nonetheless Siyata Dishmaya in the world. With this Siyata Dishmaya even an indi-vidual Tzadik like Noach can merit to attach himself to Hashem and be-come perfect in His service.

In contrast, when the world is de-stroyed, there is a great limit in the Siyata Dishmaya that everyone has, and even Noach and his righteous sons are not guaranteed to remain on a high level of serving Hashem, and can actually fall and become at-tached to bad actions and forces.

We can explain this even further by quoting the Chofetz Chaim zt”l who said that nowadays it is relative-ly easy to improve in serving Hash-



Thoughts Of Mussar Based Upon The Writings Of Maran Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l




Thoughts Of Mussar Based Upon The Writings Of Maran Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”l

Rabbeinu Hagaon Rav Shmuel Brudny zt”lBorn in 1915 in the Lithuanian

town of Smargon, near Vilna, Rav Shmuel Brudny quickly developed a reputation for his Torah scholarship and midos tovos. Even before his bar mitzvah, he was well known as an outstanding student in the Yeshiva in Ashmino. Years later, in 1940, he joined the Mirrer Yeshiva in fleeing Europe and the Nazis. Even then, the gedolei hador recognized that he was special. When Rav Shlomo Hei-man learned that Rav Shmuel had managed to escape, he was greatly pleased. “He will yet become a Godol B’yisroel,” he said.

In 1947, Rav Shmuel was invited to join the faculty of Mirrer Yeshiva as one of the Roshei Yeshiva. Over the next 34 years, he established an extraordinary reputation as one of the world’s greatest Magidei Shiur.

Hundreds of bochurim would crowd into the beis medrash just to hear him speak. He was beloved by his many talmidim, who would of-ten comment that the kedusha in his face was visible in his expressive eyes. His hasmodoh was legendary, and he was a source of great in-spiration during those times.

Rav Shmuel zt"l and his wife, Rochel tichye, had three children. Rav Eliya-hu continues in his father’s tradition as Rosh Yeshiva in Mir. Rav Abba is Rosh Me-sivta in Edison, New Jersey. Their daughter, Basya, is married to

Rav Menachem Ben-Menachem, a Rosh Yeshiva in Tifrach.

Shortly before his petirah, Rav Shmuel assumed the leadership of Agudath Yisroel of Kings Highway. He attracted a following of Bnei To-

rah and talmidei chachomim who yearned to capture even a little bit of his vast Torah knowledge. Rav Shmuel left a legacy of harbotzas To-rah and ahavas Torah to his family and his thousands of talmidim.

Rav Shmuel Brudny's Kever on Har Hazeisim, adjacent to the Kever of Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt"l.

The Kevorim are in Chelkas Haneveim in the Slabodka section.

Rav Shmuel Brudny zt"l at the chasunah of R' Nissan Gewirtzman

em, as if one merits, he attains not only his own portion of Gan Eden, but also the portion of those who have not merited to receive Gan Eden (and have done aveiros which prevent them from getting Gan Eden).

This is all true when there are people in the world, and one can merit to greatness through doing what is right and meriting to receive the portion of Gan Eden allotted to those who have not been able to re-ceive it. In contrast, in a world like the aftermath of the Mabul, there were almost no people, and one could only receive zechus through doing his own mitzvos. This situa-tion was precarious, and ultimately Noach did not merit growing in serv-ing Hashem in this situation.

{It should be mentioned that Noach still remained a tzadik and merited Gan Eden. Nonetheless, he went down in madreigos on a relative basis.}

It is very difficult to remain a Ya-chid (individual) in the world, and being in such a situation it is hard to grow. There is much to be gained by having others to grow from or at least to oppose these individuals and merit their zechusim.

In his personal life, Rav Brudny understood the importance of hav-ing a Torah environment. When he saw that many of his talmidim who were no longer in Kollel did not have a shul that would enable them to maintain the level of Torah they had received as Bnai Yeshiva, he helped to found an Agudah Shul. This shul is currently led by YB”L Rav Eliezer Ginsburg Shlita, and has been named after Rav Brudny (Agu-das Yisroel Snif Zichron Shmuel). Through having a shul with an at-mosphere of Torah and a Rav like Rav Shmuel Brudny, many individ-uals were able to continue to grow in Torah and Yiras Shamayim.

When Rav Brudny zt”l mentioned the zechus of opposing bad individu-als and thereby attaining their zechuy-os, this related very much to his own life. It is well known that the talmidim before World War II had tremendous nisyonos in maintaining their com-mitment to Torah and overcoming the influence of all the non-Torah ideologies of that time (including Zi-onism, Communism, Haskalah, etc.). Certainly Rav Brudny and all of his friends in the “Alter Mir” merited be-coming great in Torah and Yiras Sha-mayim through successfully fighting

and overcoming all of these bad influences.

It could also be mentioned that many of the bochurim of this time period who were moser nefesh to leave America and go to learn in Eu-rope, merited becoming great talmidei cha-chomim. Some of these indi-viduals included Rav Avigdor Miller zt”l, Rav Mordechai Gifter zt”l, and YB”L Rav Chaim Pinchus Scheinberg Shlita. Perhaps we can say that the zechus of overcoming all those who were so much different than them helped these individuals to grow to great heights.

The above thoughts should be inspiring to us as we do our best in overcoming the bad influences of the world. Through choosing what is right and disregarding the evil ways of those choosing bad, we can grow to great heights of Torah and Yiras Shamayim, just as Noach merited be-

fore the Mabul to become a Tzadik Tamim.

In conclusion, the gematria of Zichron Shmuel is equal to Moshi-ach Tzidkenu Mem (standing for Mehayra) with the Minyan Hataivos. In the zechus of following in the path of Rav Shmuel Brudny in using time properly, growing in Torah, over-coming the bad hashpaos of others and gaining from the a connection to those who are great in Torah and Yiras Shamayim, may we soon see the coming of Moshiach speedily.

Sources for this article include “Zichron Shmuel” (Rav Shmuel Brudny)






The Avnei Nezer: Horav Avrohom Bornsztain zt"l — 11 AdarEarly lifeBorn in Bendin, Poland on October

14, 1838 (11 Adar I), Horav Avrohom Bornsztain was a descendant of the Ramah and the Shach. He was the first child of Rabbi Ze'ev (Wolf) Nachum Bornsztain, author of Agudat Eizov, and a Chasid of the Kotzker Rebbe. The Kotzker opined that Rav Ze'ev Nachum merited such a son due to his immersion in Torah study on Purim, a time when most people are busy car-rying out the many mitzvot of the day.

In his youth, he was recognized as an outstanding student with a phe-nomenal memory. Under the tutelage of his father, who taught him the ways of pilpul, he began writing his own chidushim at the age of 10.

His health was weak and frail from his childhood. He especially suffered from lung problems. Once when he fell dangerously ill, the doctors forbade him from exerting his mind in Torah study. But the Kotzker Rebbe gave him a blessing for longevity, which was ful-filled in the fact that he was niftar at the age of 71.

In his teens, he became a close talmid of the Kotzker Rebbe, who chose him as his son-in-law. He mar-ried the Rebbe's daughter, Sara Tzina, in 1853. He and his wife resided in Kotzk for seven years, until the Kotz-ker Rebbe's death in 1859. During that time, he was known to sleep only two hours each day and dedicate the rest of his waking hours to Torah learn-ing. His only son, Shmuel, was born in Kotzk in 1857.

After the Kotzker Rebbe's death, Rav Avrohom became a Hasid of his uncle, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the Chidushei HaRim of Ger. Following the latter's death in 1866, he became a hasid of Rabbi Chanoch Henoch of Alexander.

Rav and teacherIn 1863, he accepted his first rab-

binical post as Rav of Parczew. In 1867, he accepted the position of Av Beit Din of Krushnevitz. Here he founded a ye-shiva gedola which attracted many top students, including future Torah lead-ers such as Rabbi Meir Don Plotski, the Kli Chemdo; Rabbi Yoav Yehosh-ua Weingarten, the Chelkas Yoav of Kintsk; and Rabbi Shaul Moshe Zil-berman, the Vershover Rov.

Rav Avrohom displayed tremen-dous devotion to his students, with whom he learned for eight hours each day, delivering several shiurim (lec-tures) during the course of each day. In his introduction to his book, Eglei Tal, he noted that he dedicated all his energies to teaching Torah to his stu-

dents, leaving the publication of his chiddushim to his old age.

As RebbeWhen Rabbi Chanoch Henoch of

Alexander died in 1870, he agreed to serve as a rebbe — with one condition: his regular shiurim and learning sched-ule were not to be interrupted. He also insisted that only those who were well-versed in To-rah scholarship should visit him at his court. After a while, his Hasidim noticed that while he answered each petitioner con-cisely, he did not spend much time with them. When questioned about this, he respond-ed: "You should know that for every second that I am disrupted in my learning, they have losses at home, so it is to their advantage that I only hold brief audiences with them!"

When the community of Socha-tchov approached him to be their Rav and Rebbe, he gladly accepted. He moved to Sochatchov in 1883 and served as its Av Beit Din until his death. Thereafter, the chassidus which he founded became known by the name of Sochatchov, and he was called the Sochatchover Rebbe.

While he wanted nothing more than to continue his regular sched-ule of Torah learning and teaching in Sochatchov, his fame spread quickly. Many difficult halachic she'eilos were addressed to him by rabbis and schol-ars throughout Europe, and he be-came known as one of the era's leading poskim. To arrive at his psak, he would first study the sugya in the Talmud in depth, then study the explanation of the sugya by the Rishonim, and then formulate his decision. His responsa also reflect his great humility. While others relied on his psak completely, in some cases he himself wrote that one should not rely on his psak unless another posek was found who ruled the same way.

His responsa, covering all four sec-tions of Shulchan Aruch, were pub-lished posthumously in seven volumes by his son and grandson under the ti-tle, She'eilos U'teshuvos Avnei Nezer. He became known as the Avnei Nezer after his death.

His other works include Eglei Tal on the 39 Melachos of Shabbat, un-

published sifrei Chasidua, and many writings in manuscript form, includ-ing chiddushim on the Rambam. Many of his Torah sayings to his Cha-sidim appear in his son's work, Shem Mishmuel.

The homilies which he delivered before his listeners on Shab-bos were collected and printed after the Holocaust in the book Ne'ot Deshe (two parts) together with the Torah thoughts of his succes-sors as Sochatchover Rebbes. His biography, Abir HaRo'im, was pub-lished in Pyetrkov in 1935.

Death and legacyThe Avnei Nezer suf-

fered from a heavy cough in his later years, due to his frail lungs. He died on

7 February 1910 (11 Adar I, 5670) and was buried in an ohel in Sochatchov. His wife, Sara Tzina, died later that year, on 25 December 1910.

His only son, Shmuel, later known by the title of his own work, Shem Mishmuel, succeeded him as Av Beit Din of Sochatchov and as Sochatcho-ver Rebbe. Upon his death in 1926, the Shem Mishmuel was brought to burial in the same ohel as his father. Bornsztain also had one daughter, Es-ther, who married his younger broth-er, Rabbi Meir Bornsztain.

The Sochatchover dynasty con-tinues today under the leadership of Bornsztain's great-great-grandson. A Sochatchover Yeshiva, called Yeshivat Avnei Nezer DeSochatchov, operates in Jerusalem under the leadership of Rabbi Moshe Betzalel Weinberg, a brother-in-law of the current rebbe.

Destruction and restoration of the ohelDuring World War II, the Nazis

uprooted all the headstones in the cemetery in which the Avnei Nezer and the Shem Mishmuel were buried and threw them into the river. The ohel of the Sochatchover Rebbes was destroyed along with the rest of the cemetery, turning it into a barren field after the war. During the Communist era, the cemetery was used as a soccer field and as a garbage dump. Though many Sochatchover Hasidim tried to relocate the ohel and the graves of the first Sochatchover Rebbes, they were not successful.

In 1991, after the fall of Commu-nism, Rabbi Yehuda Vidavski, a So-chatchover Hasid from Łódź, who now lived in Tel Aviv, set out to find and

restore the ohel. He successfully peti-tioned the local authorities for permis-sion to erect a fence around the perim-eter of the original cemetery, and asked Rabbi Aharon Yisrael Bornsztain, a son of the Shem Mishmuel who also lived in Tel Aviv, for his recollections as to the location of the ohel. Rabbi Aharon Yisrael recalled that it lay 35 meters from the entrance to the cemetery. But although Rabbi Vidavski hired Polish workers to dig in that area, he uncov-ered no signs of the ohel. He was sim-ilarly unsuccessful in employing a pro-fessional who used different kinds of machines to locate graves.

Then Rabbi Vidavski found an old-er woman who had lived in that area all her life. When he brought her to the cemetery and asked her if she remem-bered where the ohel had been, she looked around at all the digging going on and said, "Why are they looking there when the tzaddik is buried here?" Digging anew, Rabbi Videvski's work-ers unearthed remnants of wooden boards, which they later realized was the grave of the Avnei Nezer. Beside this they found pieces of wood from the grave of the Shem Mishmuel. The graves were restored and a new ohel built over them, which was inaugu-rated in a ceremony led by the present Sochatchover Rebbe, who traveled to Poland from Israel for the occasion in 1993.

The Avnei Nezer Takes Worrying To A New Level

The Avnei Nezer, Rav Avro-hom Borenstein, was married to the daughter of the Kotzker Rebbe. They lived in dire pov-erty, yet he never seemed to be concerned with his plight. One day his frustrated wife asked him, "tell me why is it that our poverty does not concern you at all?"

The Avnei Nezer answered, "I worry as much as everyone else but there is a big difference. Your great father took me as a son-in-law because of my bril-liant mind. What takes others an entire day to think about, I can think through in a few moments. So while other poor people spend their entire day worrying and consumed with their predicament, I spend a few moment every morning thinking everything they can possibly think of the entire day. Then I can get on with the other things on my daily agenda."



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Marking the Shloshim of Yankel Schwebel zt”ldavid ettinger

As I sit down to write this I refl ect on what was an amazing friendship and in many ways, so much more.

Before opening Forward Physical Th erapy in Flatbush we advertised right here in the FJJ. About a week before we opened I got a call from Mr. Yankel Schwebel. He explained to me that his wife has been encour-aging him to improve his physical health and wanted to set up an ap-pointment to see what we could do for him. I eagerly scheduled him as the very fi rst patient on the morning we opened our doors. At that time I was looking forward to helping him. Little did I know I would receive more from him than I could ever give.

On the day we opened I had a student beginning an internship. She was a non-Jewish girl from mid-dle America with little exposure to working with frum patients. I ex-plained to her some of the issues that may arise and made sure she wouldn’t be surprised or off ended if any issues arose. Had I known Yan-kel Schwebel at that time I would have known that no introduction was needed. Th e respect he showed her and the appreciation he demon-strated for our help made a lasting impression on her. For months aft er her internship ended, Sam would in-quire about Mr. Schwebel’s well-be-

ing and ask me to send regards. Th e Kiddush Hashem was astounding and the middos of simchas hachaim, kavod habri’os and hakaras hatovwere a lesson to all.

Three times a week Mr. Schwebel came to exercise. During that time he worked very closely with Mike, our exercise physiologist. Mike was touched by his sincerity, honesty and dedication and the two quickly became friends. Mr. Schweb-el would bring Mike breakfast on a regular basis. When Mike got married he was the fi rst one to bring him a gift , a beautiful mezuzah he would be proud to hang in his new home. He went out of his way to make a Kid-dush Hashem and bring Mike closer to his Jewish heritage. He went so far as to invite him to his home, an off er Mike was happy to accept. When Mike heard of his passing he commented “I feel like I lost one of my very close friends”. Th is is the impact Mr. Schwebel had on the people he came to know.

Personally, I considered Mr. Schwebel a friend, not a patient. He would come in to the offi ce and we would spend time discussing the nusach of davening. Whether it was Yomim Noraim davening, Slichos or Birchas Hachodesh he was always excited to share with me the nusach

of his uncle, R’ Aron Schwebel. Th e enthusiasm he showed for the dav-ening gave me a new appreciation of my own davening and put into per-spective how important the nusach

is to those listening.Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha will

be a Shabbos my wife and I will never forget. Th is was the “Shabbos Proj-ect” and the Schwebels were hosting some guests in their home and invit-ed my wife and me to join. We were honored to be invited and gladly ac-cepted. When we arrived Yankel and Sheila went out of their way to make sure everyone was comfortable de-spite the fact that we didn’t know anyone else at the table. Watching Yankel “Fir Tisch” was exactly what I had imagined it would be. He in-

cluded everyone in the warmest way possible, spoke to each person with respect and imparted the spirit and beauty of Shabbos as only he could, with warmth and z’miros. He sang

the songs that everyone knew and involved everyone in the discussion about the parsha. I have no doubt that everyone at that seuda was impacted by Yankel’s love of Shabbos and Yiddishkeit. I know I was.

Aside from allowing me into his world, he brought his world to me. He happily told his friends and family how he was going to exercise regularly and encouraged them to join. He didn’t do this for a com-mission and he didn’t do it for me. He did it because he truly wanted to help people. He was

genuinely concerned for the health of those around him and motivat-ed them to take care of themselves. He defi nitely had a way of “making the sale” as so many of his friends and family came to “his” gym. It is certain that he will be an amazing Meilitz Yosher.

To say that he will be missed is obvious. What is more important than that is what he left behind. Th e lessons he taught us through his ac-tions and words will live on in every-one whose lives he touched.

Yehi Zichro Boruch



Touro Community Remembers Dr. Bernard Lander on his Sixth Yahrzeit

Th e Touro College community gathered at Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim on Motzei Shabbos this past week to commemorate the sixth yahrtzeit of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, founder and fi rst president of the Touro Col-lege and University System.

Rabbi Doniel Lander, Rosh Ye-shiva of Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim, and Dr. Lander’s son, was emotional as he spoke of his father. Invariably, he said, whenever the rosh yeshiva at-tends a simcha someone he does not know tells him about a kindness Dr. Lander once did for him.

“It doesn’t surprise me,” he said. “My father had an open-door policy, both literally and fi guratively.”

He recounted a story in which Dr. Lander, who dreamt of opening up a medical school for Touro, kept a prominent group of medical pro-fessionals waiting for hours while he met with an individual that had recently come upon hard times. Th e man was shocked to learn that the doctors were sitting outside the offi ce, and asked why Dr. Lander had pushed off one of his greatest ambitions for the sake of helping him. He answered that once, when Dr. Lander was nine years old, the man’s father took him by the hand and walked him to Pirchei, a Shab-bos youth group.

“Th e reason the Hakaras HaTov was so strong in my father was be-cause he was able to connect the past to the future,” Rabbi Lander said. “He never forgot a favor.”

Rabbi Mordechai Jofen, Shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Yosef and a longtime friend of the Lander family, served as the featured speak-er. He described Dr. Lander as a “re-naissance man.”

“Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kah-aneman, the Ponevezh Rav, said ‘I may be dreaming, but I am not

sleeping,’” Rabbi Jofen said. “Th at was Dr. Lander—he dreamt, but he never slept.”

At the start of the evening Rabbi Lander’s son, Yosef, was mesayimMasechet Megillah as a tribute to his grandfather.

At the time of his passing in 2010, Dr. Lander had achieved more in one lifetime than most could in ten. While advocating for and working on behalf of Klal Yisrael, he was able to impact so many diverse communities, cultures and causes across New York and the country. He helped Touro evolve from a tiny school with 35 students in the fi rst graduating class to a fl ourishing in-ternational institution serving over 18,000 students and in fi ve coun-tries.

“Dr. Lander was a remarkable scholar and community leader whose great strides and foresight in the arena of education allowed Touro to become the venerable and successful institution it is today,” said Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of Touro College. “For the bet-ter part of seven decades, Dr. Lander met and advised mayors, governors and presidents. Of his countless ac-complishments, he was most proud that not only did he provide oppor-tunities for those who lacked, but that he was able to create mosdosthat strengthened limud ha’Torah.”

About the Touro College and University System

Touro is a system of non-profi t institutions of higher and profes-sional education. Touro College was chartered in 1970 primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American and global commu-nity. Approximately 19,000 students are currently enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Touro College has branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the New York area, as well as branch campuses and programs in Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, Paris and Florida. New York Medical College, Touro Uni-versity California and its Nevada branch campus, as well as Touro University Worldwide and its Touro College Los Angeles division are sep-arately accredited institutions with-in the Touro College and University System. For further information on Touro College, please go to: http://www.touro.edu/media/.

Fond Recollections of Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald a”hrabbi burton JaFFa

It was more than thirty-fi ve years ago that I received a call from my indefatigable and esteemed col-league, Rabbi Ronald Greenwald a”h. Decades have passed but I still recall our brief conversation on that fateful day. Ronnie’s ‘simple’ request was for me to visit a group home that had recently opened for former Willowbrook Institution patients who were returned to the Jewish community from whence they orig-inated. Of course, ‘simple’ actually meant agreeing to join the Board of Directors of Women’s League Community Residences (WLCR), a volunteer position that I retain until today.

Ronnie intuitively knew that it would be ‘love at fi rst sight’. And, as usual, he was right. Contrary to pri-or misconceptions about the unique needs and idiosyncrasies of those with developmental disabilities, on that very fi rst visit, I discovered a warm, bright, homey atmosphere with residents relating to Jeanne (Sheindel) Warman as to a loving mother. Th e family-like atmosphere she created, with the help of her trained staff , was a healing balm for

this eclectic group of lost souls. In-deed, I was hooked!

Rabbi Ronald Greenwald a”h, was WLCR’s Chairman of the Board from its inception until the end of his life. This allowed me, over the many years of our mutual endeavor, to witness this dynamo in action and experience his unique way of empathizing with the many members of Klal Yisroel of varying backgrounds and abilities. He had tremendous feelings about what was being accomplished at Women’s League. And, it didn’t take much to get Ronnie to cry. His emotions just couldn’t be held in check when listening to the true narrative of a dysfunctional family situation pre-

cariously close to a full scale break unless urgent services were rendered.

I especially recall wit-nessing the depth of his pain during a Board meeting years ago when the wom-en activists who founded Rachel’s Place – a home for runaway teen girls from our community – pleaded for WLCR support to jumpstart their operation. How well I remember Ronnie employ-ing his masterful persuasive

skills to ensure the votes necessary to do just that. Th is was another proof of the oversized heart pump-ing in Ronnie’s chest.

Rabbi Ronald Greenwald a”hmay have been ‘larger than life’ in the big scheme of things. But, thank G-d, he wasn’t too large to relate to the ‘small but great’ individuals Women’s League serves admirably in its thirty residences and many community programs. Yehi Zichro Baruch.


CAMPING


MARCH 10

CAMPINGTRAVEL&



He found his bearings over the next few days… and discovered, to his great surprise, that Brooklyn wasn’t that bad, aft er all.

He carried a Russian-English dictionary around with him and checked it anytime he wasn’t sure of something. He followed his nose along the boardwalk to Coney Island and watched the joggers, dogs gam-boling at their sides. He descended the wooden steps to the beach and removed his sneakers, enjoying the feeling of the hot sand between his toes. He stood by the shore and let the quiet waves lap over his feet until he had sunk into the wet sand mid-way to his knees. Walking along the boardwalk, he stared at the giant buildings on his left . Aft er buying himself a hot dog at Nathan’s Fa-mous, he was about to return home when the sight of a gigantic roller coaster caught his eye.

He studied it for a while, working up his courage. Listening to the peo-ple screaming as they ascended and descended the loops, he fi nally decid-ed to give it a whirl. Th e girl behind the glass sold him a card good for fi ve rides, but twenty seconds into the wildest journey he’d ever taken was enough to convince him never to try something like this again.

“Crazy Americans,” he thought to himself. He felt so shaky that he bought himself a cup of coff ee at a nearby diner and drank it black. Eventually his queasiness left him and he was able to continue his walk. He strolled the streets for a while,

until he found himself in front of a low building with big billboards surrounding it on all sides, plastered with pictures of fi sh. Th e signs read AQUARIUM.

Inside, people spoke soft ly, and he felt himself an intruder in the world of the sea. He studied the whales and watched the electric eel being fed. He watched the dolphin show and learned a few new words for his growing vocabulary. He ate some french fries, watched a short fi lm about the life of a starfi sh, and bought a shark on a keychain for the boy who lived across the street and who had taught him about basketball and the importance of pop culture in America. He glanced at his watch. It was getting late. He didn’t want any-one to worry about him, although he realized that they knew exactly where he was. Still, he was trying to be good.

When he got back to the house that evening, he presented the shark keychain to his little friend, Igor, and told him all about his day. In English.

No doubt about it: he was coming along.

As the months passed, his confi -dence grew. He spent time at a near-by park, playing basketball with the neighborhood African-Americans who frequented the courts. Th ey took a liking to him, a consequence of his being lithe and quick and obviously not the least bit afraid of them. He learned a whole new style of dress: what was in, what was cool and hip, what was old and out. When the next

college semester rolled around, Mi-chael Rugansky was ready and even eager to begin. To his surprise, his English was more than adequate, and he understood everything the professor was saying. In fact, he was at the top of the class and proud of it, even though it was just a city college.

At the end of the semester, the King came for a visit.

The street was cordoned off by men in dark glasses and suits. They were the specialized securi-ty team hired specifi cally for this visit. Armed with pictures of every known Russian mafi a member, they had instructions to beat them on sight. Consequently, the streets were empty on the day the stretch Lexus turned into the dead-end street in Brighton Beach. Soon enough, they were settled on the lumpy sofa with small glasses of Armenian brandy and little cakes that the old women had baked for the occasion. Th ere was a pot of tea on the coff ee table, and the smell of smoked fi sh, her-ring, cabbage, and potatoes fi lled the humble home.

His father looked around the room, at the knickknacks on the shelves, and the wooden dolls with rosy cheeks that opened to reveal an-other doll hiding inside, and another one inside that.

“How have you been?” the King asked his son, while spooning up borscht from the blue-painted china bowl in front of him.

“I hated it here at fi rst,” Mikhail admitted in English, “but I’ve got-

ten used to it. Th ere’s a certain feel-ing here that’s missing back home, something elusive and special. An el-ement that only America possesses. And there’s something about Nike shoes and Apple iPods and Burger King. It’s all classic America.”

“Yes, it is,” his father agreed. “Has it been very lonely here for you?”

“I’ve made friends with I—”“Igor, the little boy across the

street,” his father broke in. He smiled at his son’s amazement. “I always know,” he said, laughing a little. “Mikhail, I’m very satisfied with your progress here in the States. You’ve learned how to speak like an American, and you’ve defi nitely learned how to dress like an Amer-ican—very suave, by the way. I think you’re about ready to move on to the next stage. What do you think? Do you feel ready?”

“Well,” Mikhail replied, “since I don’t really know what my mission is, it’s diffi cult for me to tell if I’m ready or not. But I think I’ve accom-plished what you had in mind for me when you sent me here. I guess I’m ready to move on to stage two.”

“Time to learn about what it means to be a Jew,” the King said.

“I guess so,” said the son. “If this is what you want from me.”

“You got that right, Mikhailush,” his father said. “Get out there and make me proud. You have a big job ahead of you!”

Brooklyn had been great, but Dis-neyland was even better.

To be continued …..

The Shadows – A Novel RABBI NACHMAN SELTZER, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH

Piskei Halacha Of HoRav Yisroel Belsky COMPILED BY RABBI MOISHE D. LEBOVITS

TzitzisTh ere is a dispute among the

poskim if cotton tzitzis is d’Oraisaor d’Rabbanan. We do not have a concrete answer on this issue. Th e Chazon Ish zt”l maintained that cotton is acceptable, and therefore, majority of Bnei Brak residents wear cotton tzitzis.

Some poskim say that one is permitted to wear a tallis kattan on the body itself, without the separation of an undershirt. This is not considered a disgraceful

act since it is the derech. Har-av Yisroel Belsky shlit”a states that since a tallis kattan is a gar-ment designated for a mitzvah,one should choose a begged that is worn in a respectful manner. Therefore, one should not wear the garment directly on the skin. When one is playing ball and he feels that he has no choice but to wear less clothing, he may wear the tzitzis on his skin rather than not wearing the tzitzis at all.

If one removes his tzitzis for an hour, he must recite a new brachah when he puts them back on. If the tzitzis are only off for a half-hour, a new brachah is not nec-essary. If they are off between a half-hour and an hour, then a new brachah is not recit-ed based on the concept of safek brachos l’hakel.

A tallis gadol that has tzitzis on it may not be used in a mundane or disgrace-ful manner. One should not clean his glasses with his tal-lis gadol.

A tallis kattan may be used for mundane purposes, but not in a disgraceful man-

ner. Some poskim contend that one may not clean his glasses with a tal-lis kattan. However, other poskimsay it is permitted.

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They stared at me every single morning. The cuff links did.

There was really nothing at all spe-cial about them. They were not 24k gold, not platinum, and decidedly not sentimental. They were not even par-ticularly attractive or cute. I had pur-chased them at SYMS, about 15 years ago, and probably paid less than twelve dollars for them.

They were fake gold with a cheesy looking black hexagram on the end of each of them. And you know what? I liked them. Not sure why, but it doesn’t really matter. They just sat in my clos-et, near my socks, in an old rectangu-lar box, about 3” x 6” that they called “home.” Roommates of the cuff links included assorted plastic collar stays, a couple of defunct, Canadian coins, an old, non-functioning, cap-less blue Papermate, and 2 other pairs of cheap cuff links – cousins, I guess.

But they had one special charac-teristic that compelled me to notice them. One of them was broken. That hexagram thingy had separated from its base. I don’t remember exactly when that happened, but it was defi-nitely more than 10 years ago. And practically every morning, for 10 plus years, when I was choosing my socks, or snatching some stray, collar stays, the broken cuff link would speak to me.

“When are you going to fix me?”“Why aren’t you fixing me?”“Don’t you like me anymore?”The questions were valid. And I had

no answers. I did still like my hexagram cufflinks every bit as much as the day I bought them. And I honestly wished that they were operational. I really did. But I just never seemed to find the time to locate the Krazy Glue and actually repair them. And it’s not like I wear cuff links every day, I reasoned – just once in awhile. And so they remained injured and on the accessory “disabled list.”

•••

All my windows on my first floor are clothed with vertical blinds. We got them as soon as we moved in, about 19 years ago. I say ‘clothed’ and not ‘cov-ered’ because ‘covered’ might be con-sidered a bit of a stretch. Oh, the win-dows used to be covered by the vertical blinds, but through the years, when our living room, dining room and kitchen were transformed by our kids and grandkids into a combo skating rink, Maple Lanes, and Shea Stadium (remember?), the spaces in the blinds became rather …er… pronounced.

Being dutiful and responsible homeowners, my wife and I often de-clared our DEFINITE intention to one day remedy the window situation. We even went so far as to actually save the fallen slats…usually. Some of them went into a closet (I guess), others ac-cumulated on the fractured window sills, while a couple of them were kind of propped up in their rightful place – as if no one would notice that they were unattached to the track and drooping many inches below the other fellow slats. As you know, these are the kind of things you notice for the first day or two, but soon after, you get so used to it they don’t even seem odd anymore.

One day, a friend showed me a re-markable little invention. They make little plastic pieces that slide over the tops of the slats, thereby replacing the broken slot with a new functional one.

“How much do they cost?” I inquired.“About a buck,” he said. “And you

can get them all over town,” he added.Well, that sounded like a fabulous

solution to our little problem, so I made a mental note to pick up a few at my earliest convenience. Meanwhile, the blinds also remained injured and on the decorative “disabled list.”

•••

I happen to be a real music lover. In fact, most of the family is the same. If only I had more time, I’d certainly sit down and really listen to more music. But alas, I am limited to the short stints I have in the car and the background strains that fill the home while I busy myself with other important matters.

I do not own a sophisticated, high-tech, high-fidelity, dynamic, elec-tro-acoustic transducer, 20,000 watt, sub-woofer audio system. I have an AIWA. It costs a few hundred dollars, it has a few different settings, it looks shiny, and it works…sort of.

A while back, I noticed that some-thing didn’t quite sound right. The music sounded limp, flaccid and tin-ny. I found that if I raised the volume enough, it helped a bit. And truthful-ly, it bothered me every single time I popped in a CD.

One day, I actually climbed up on a chair and discovered that music was indeed coming out of the two small, secondary speakers, but not from the two primary ones.

The solution appeared to be an ob-vious one. The connector plugs had apparently become dislodged from the back of the unit when I moved the furniture to retrieve something. I just

needed to re-insert them. (pause) That was about four years ago.

So there I was, walking down 16th Avenue, just a few weeks ago, when I happened past Gross’ Bakery. The aro-ma wafted over me like a goose down comforter on a frigid night. I peered in the window. The lady in the white apron was placing a tray of fresh-ly-baked, oozing, cinnamon danishes in the showcase. Feeling particularly deprived and suddenly famished, I dashed inside and indulged. (Yes, it was worth it.)

When I emerged from the den of decadence, I found myself in front of a drapery and blinds store. Out of no-where, the image of my afflicted and victimized vertical slats at home ap-peared. I entered.

“Do you have those little plastic giz-mos that slide over the top…?”

“They’re a buck a piece. How many do you want?” he interrupted, reaching into a huge stash of them.

“I’ll take a dozen,” I gushed.I never rushed home so fast in my

life. I burst in the door like we had won the Connecticut Powerball Lottery. The family crowded around.

“Look,” I skreaked, pulling the giz-mos out of a bag. “I can fix the blinds now!”

They may have been a trifle disap-pointed.

I grabbed the stepladder and went to work. Less than five minutes later, the windows were totally transformed from pitiful to perfect, from the dis-abled list to the All-Star team. I walked around the house, beaming. The pride and satisfaction that I felt at that mo-ment was downright…well…pathetic. But it felt like an incredible accom-plishment.

And so…thrilled with this ridiculous sense of fulfillment and buoyed by my newfound vitality, I sprung into action. Like a gladiator transported from the Gaelic era, I galloped into the Dining Room and stood face to face with the task that lay before me – the 200 pound furniture piece that housed my wound-ed AIWA. No problem. A couple of deep breaths and one slightly pulled shoulder muscle later, I discovered the loose connector wires, re-inserted them, pushed the unit back into place, and flipped in an old Dedi CD (remember?). He never sounded better. Total time in-vestment? About 140 seconds.

But the rally wasn’t over yet. There still awaited one final undertaking – the broken cuff link. I won’t keep you in suspense. The Krazy Glue was lay-

ing patiently in my toolbox. I applied about 4 drops of the supercharged stuff on the long-humbled hexagram and seconds later VOILA! “Vihayu l’bas-sor echad”- And they became one flesh!

It was an unpredictable and, for me, a monumental turn of events – all be-gun by a chance cinnamon danish.

It is hard to adequately describe the relief, the sheer joy, and the sense of achievement that I felt from the res-olution of these puny, insignificant, undistinguished, and trivial nuisances. Moreover, the effects of this temporary lapse into responsibility, have not even worn off, and it has been weeks since the transformation. Now, every CD I play makes me feel like I’m at Carnegie Hall and, coincidentally, I’m wearing those shirts that need cuff links a bit more often than I used to.

But every once in a while I do drift into reality and recognize how absurd the whole experience really was. This is what I’m proud of? All three efforts combined took me less than ten min-utes! I couldn’t find ten lousy minutes in ten plus years to fix those things?

The ramifications are painfully ob-vious.

Can we not find just a couple of spare minutes to make that phone call to Bubby, and Aunt Sarah and Sam, down the block, which is guaranteed to “make their day”?

Can’t we “make” time to write “I love you” on a note to our spouses and kids every so often? How long does it take?

Why is it so difficult to set aside a few minutes daily, to learn one Mishna or a halacha or a passuk in Mishlei or Koheles or Shoftim?

And how much time would we need to send an email to a friend who is lonely, or to a teacher to say thanks for the extra attention she gave Shira, or to a caterer just to say his food was great.

And if we’re even too busy for that, can’t we just invest a SECOND to say good morning to a neighbor, or the mailman, or the sanitation guy or the “stranger” sitting next to you in shul?

Nearly all of us procrastinate. And when we do, we deprive not only oth-ers, but even ourselves of immense amounts of pleasure and satisfaction. What a waste!

You know very well all about your personal list of little things that can make a big difference.

No use waiting for the cinnamon danish to come along.

Just open your ears. Your cuff links might be talking to

you.

The Talking Cuff LinksRABBI YAAKOV SALOMON, L.C.S.W.

Salomon Says REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM WWW.AISH.COM



Th ere are lessons that one learns in life in the most unusual places. Th is certainly holds true for practical worldly matters. What is surprising is that even quite loft y spiritual lessons can be learned in settings far removed from the religious school classroom or the yeshiva study hall.

Let me tell you about a lesson I learned in a most unusual setting—a small meeting room in the White House, just outside the door to the Oval Offi ce of George W. Bush, who was President of the United States of America at the time. I was part of a delegation of rabbis who had come to thank the President for expedit-ing emergency disaster relief funds to be delivered to religious parochial schools. We had several other items on our agenda, hoping to inform the pres-ident of some of the political concerns of the American Jewish community.

President Bush is a devoutly reli-gious man, so it was no wonder that one member of our group felt that it was perfectly appropriate to recite a prayer in his presence. He explained to the President that he would be re-citing a prayer traditionally reserved for kings and heads of state.

The President bowed his head and listened very reverentially as my colleague pronounced these words: “Blessed art Th ou, Hashem, our Lord and Master of the universe, who has granted some of His glory to a crea-ture of fl esh and blood.” Th e Presi-dent, his head still bowed, fervently responded, “Amen.”

Th e President then did something most extraordinary. He opened his eyes, lifted his head, and squarely faced the rabbi who had pronounced the prayer. “I thank you for those sa-cred words, Rabbi,” he said. “But,” he objected, “I noticed that you blessed the Almighty. You didn’t bless me! Don’t you think that I could use a blessing or two?”

Most of the group, both the rab-bis present and the President’s staff , laughed. One member of our group swift ly recited an alternate prayer, one which did indeed bless the President and not the Almighty. It was the prayer which was recited in Russia, long ago, for the royal family. Of course, he sub-stituted the name of George W. Bush for Czar Alexander II.

I found myself withdrawing mo-mentarily from this spirited interac-tion. I was lost in thought, pondering

the President’s keen insight and re-fl ecting upon its theological signif-icance. At that moment, I could not allow myself to remain distracted from the meeting’s agenda, which fo-cused upon some of the critical needs of our Jewish community. But soon aft erwards, I had the luxury of some “quiet time” in my personal library. It was then and there that I found myself consulting a verse near the conclusion of this week’s Torah portion, ParashatTezaveh (Exodus 27:20 – 30:10).

Th e verse reads: “And they shall know that I am the Lord their G-d who has taken them from the land of Egypt so that I might abide among them” (Exodus 29:46). Rashi renders that last phrase a bit more sharply: “…in order for Me to abide among them.” Two major medieval commentators expand upon Rashi’s translation. Ramban and, even more emphatically, Rabbeinu Bahya assert that our verse is conveying an astonishing message, one that on fi rst blush sounds like nothing short of heresy. Th ey under-stand that the Almighty proclaimed that He took the nation of Israel out of slavery not letzorech hedyot, for the sake of ordinary humans, but rather letzorech gavoha, for His own sake, for the need of the Most High.

Even a rank religious amateur will fi nd this assertion shocking. He will ask, “Does the Almighty need man? Are we to believe that the Master of the Universe has selfi sh motives for His divine actions? Did He free the nation of Israel from bondage for His own satisfaction, and not for the sake of His people?”

Th ese very questions are also asked, albeit in a more erudite fashion, by one of the most sophisticated Jewish thinkers of the past generation, Rabbi Simcha Zissel Broyda, the Dean of the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Regular readers of this column will remember that I was once briefl y privileged to “sit at the feet” of this sage.

His answer, which is recorded in a remarkable essay found in his master-piece Vesam Derech, is a lengthy one. But his main argument can be para-phrased as follows:

Th ere are two ways in which a gift can be given. One is simple and direct. “X,” the donor, gives “Y,” the recipient, a precious object. But there is another way. If “Y,” the recipient, is a person of great prestige and unusual stature, and he consents to accept a gift from

“X,” he has in eff ect given to “X.” “X” is so pleased and honored that “Y” has deigned to accept his paltry gift that he feels as if he is the recipient and not the donor. When a great man accepts my gift , he has given me a gift .

For an excellent illustration of this dynamic, permit me to return to the meeting in the White House with which this column opened. Our group had presented a token gift , a ritual ob-ject of insignifi cant monetary value, to the President. He received the gift gra-ciously, assured us that he would cher-ish it, and thanked us profusely. But from our perspective, we did not feel that we gave him a gift . We felt as if he gave us a far greater gift by accepting it from us with such sincere enthusiasm.

Rabbi Broyda argues that this is the way it is with the Almighty. He accepts our gift s of worshipful acts as if He needs them for His own sake, as if He “personally” can benefi t from them. When we worship Him, and He accepts our worship, we do not feel that we have given Him. We feel that we have received!

Th us, in the verse from this week’s Torah portion, the Almighty tells us that He delivered us from Egypt for His own sake so that “I might abide among you,” as if He needed to abide among us. But we naturally feel that by expressing His eagerness to accept our companionship, He has given us His greatest gift .

Th ese thoughts led me to formulate a response to the President’s remarks, although I admittedly have not had the opportunity to share it with him (yet!). Th e Almighty permits us to bless Him in our prayers, for He knows full well that by blessing Him, we will feel bless-ed—nay, we will be blessed!

As we recite any of the many blessings which are part of the daily routine of every observant Jew, we would do well to recall this interpre-tation of the blessings we recite. Yes, we bless G-d for our bread, our water, our health, and our wisdom. But let us recognize that when He accepts our puny blessings, we receive His blessing, and that is, by far, the great-est gift .

Parashat Tetzaveh“Receiving is Giving”

RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB

The Person in the Parsha

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



Rabbi Yechiel SperoReprinted with permission from ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications

A Tale of Two BucketsA man lived in a small village where no one

had running water inside their homes. Like ev-eryone else, every day he went to draw water from the well near the edge of the town – the opposite end of the town from where he lived. Every day he would draw two big bucketfulls and carry the containers home. In order to carry the buckets, he had to balance them on each end of a long wooden pole. However, there was a problem. One of the buckets was sound and none of its water leaked out, but the other bucket was cracked, and by the time he arrived home, only half of the water he had drawn was still in this bucket.

Now, the buckets in this story spoke to each other. Th e bucket that held onto its water — one could say that this bucket was quite “full of it-self” — showed off to the other bucket, calling out to it, and asking it why it was always losing its contents. Th e broken bucket would answer explaining that he could not help it, he had tried to hold on but there were cracks inside that caused him to lose some of the water. He always

tried as hard as he could to be proud, but he was ashamed of his failure and embarrassed in front of the other bucket. One day, however, all of that changed ….

Th e two buckets were hanging from either side of the pole when the snooty bucket called out to the other bucket, “Hey there, what is all that growing underneath you?”

Th e faulty bucket looked down and noticed that underneath him fl owers and grass were growing. Under the snobby bucket, however, nothing was growing; there was just dry earth and stones. Th e haughty bucket wondered out loud why beautiful fl owers were not growing be-neath him as well. Th e weaker bucket replied, “I have always felt hopeless next to you; my cracks and gaps caused half of my water to drip out. I just could not hold on to it.

However, I see now that the water that leaked out has in fact not been wasted. It has dripped onto the dry earth day aft er day, year aft er year, and wa-tered the ground below. Now there are beautiful fl owers and grass beneath me.”

2BY SOLOMON MEHLMAN v"g

The Torah True Talking Zoo

BY SOLOMON MEHLMAN v"g

Reuventhe Rhinoceros

I’m Reuven, the Rhinoceros, And on my head there’s a horn! I’m big and strong, and I love to eat And my skin is as rough as a thorn!

My real home is in Asia, far away, But now I live in the zoo I love to talk to Jewish children! That’s why I’m talking to YOU!

As I said before, I love to eat! I eat plants of every kind. I never waste a bit of food, I leave no scraps behind!

I hope that all you boys and girls Don’t waste any food at all! I remember a mitzvah not to waste food “Ba’al Tashchis” is what I recall.

Your parents work hard to buy the food Then cooking it takes time! So remember the mitzvah, dear boys and girls, For wasting food is a crime!

Ba’al Tashchis:

Don't Waste Food

BY SOLOMON MEHLMAN v"g

The Torah True Talking Zoo

Reuventhe Rhinoceros

I’m Reuven, the Rhinoceros, And on my head there’s a horn! I’m big and strong, and I love to eat And my skin is as rough as a thorn!

My real home is in Asia, far away, But now I live in the zoo I love to talk to Jewish children! That’s why I’m talking to YOU!

As I said before, I love to eat! I eat plants of every kind. I never waste a bit of food, I leave no scraps behind!

I hope that all you boys and girls Don’t waste any food at all! I remember a mitzvah not to waste food “Ba’al Tashchis” is what I recall.

Your parents work hard to buy the food Then cooking it takes time! So remember the mitzvah, dear boys and girls, For wasting food is a crime!

Ba’al Tashchis:

Don't Waste Food

JUNIOR COOKING

An Excerpt from The Cherry on Top, A Kosher Junior Cookbook

by Chaya Feigy Grossman: 718.436.4223 / [email protected]

An Excerpt from

by Chaya Feigy Grossman: 718.436.4223 / [email protected]

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SCHOOL BUSSafetyOnly cross the street in front of abus– never in back of one. Alwaysmake sure that the driver can clearly see you before you cross.At all times keep a safe distancefrom the bus.When crossing in front of a bus,always come to afull stop at theother side andcarefully lookboth ways foroncoming traffic.Never stop to pick anything upwhen crossing a street.

Ingredients:1 10-14 oz. package (360g) ziti noodles7 oz. (200g) farmer cheese1 8 oz. (225g) package shredded mozzarella cheese 1 8 oz. (225g) package shredded pizza cheese 16 oz. (450g) marinara sauce

Directions:1) Fill the pot almost to the top with water. Bring the water to a boil over a medium

flame, and then add the ziti noodles. Allow them to cook for 10 – 15 minutes until soft.

2) Drain the noodles in a colander.3) Put the noodles into a bowl and add the farmer cheese, pizza cheese add marinara

sauce to the noodles. Mix very well with a spoon.4) Pour the mixture into the baking pan.5) Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of the mixture.6) Cover the pan and bake for 45 minutes at 350

degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).7) Remove the pan from the oven. Allow to

cool and then cut it into squares.8) Put the pan back in the oven,

uncovered, for 10 more minutes.

You will need:6 – qt pot9 x 13 inch (23 x 33 cm) panspooncolander

Baked Ziti Who doesn’t like cheesy ziti noodles?

This recipe makes a very yummy lunch or supper. Be sure to ask an adult for

help when boiling the noodles and removing them from the pot.

Make sure

that all pots and

utensils are milichig.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 115FJJFLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL




Bizayon In The FJJAs I was going thru your news-

paper I realized a very nice ad for Thursday night mishmar. As I was reading it I realized the background was daf bais, amud alef in mesechtas makos. Many of you are aware that newspapers have various different uses, it would be a bizayon to the heilige words if they weren’t treated properly. I greatly recommend the FJJ switch the background to some-thing that doesn’t require a shaimos burial and a background that won’t be destroying these holy words of Torah.

Anonymous

Confused Almost ChossonI feel you were absolutely right

by not picking up your date off the ground, as she isn’t your wife as yet. I asked a past “Brisk” learner about your situation and he said that if this would happen to him, he would do the same thing as you did. He felt that you may have panicked as not knowing what you do. Being that he couldn’t help the girl, he would have phoned her parents or friend (if close by) and asked them to help her. It really isn’t right for the girl to expect a frum Yeshiva boy to help her off the ground, he was just doing what he learned.

She might not have wanted to continue dating, so this was just an excuse not to continue. May they both find their bashert soon, either together or separately.

A Mother of a “Brisk” Learner

Mazal Tov on FJJ AnniversaryPublishing a newspaper is an ar-

duous task to be sure, but anyone who has the resources and the desire can probably churn out some sort of publication. The difference here is that you have effectively managed to fill a niche previously thought to be unfillable: you are producing a Torah-true newspaper that is much more user friendly to the more mid-dle-of-the-road segment of the frum community than most other daati papers. I don’t think most peo-ple understand that it is no small feat.

All one need do is check my stomping ground, the letters sec-tion, to see how much guff you take for your editorial decisions virtu-ally every week. You are buffeted from all sides about ads run, articles written and photos printed, ad nau-seam. And somehow with the help of your rabbinical board and some s’yata d’shmaya, you’ve managed

to withstand those who demand that you make radical changes, stay true to your vision, and continue to pro-vide us with a new standard of excel-lence in Jewish publications.

On a personal level, you have af-forded me a venue for some of my less than conventional views, my somewhat off-kilter sense of hu-mor, and even my sometimes rath-er acerbic cynicism and sarcasm. You’ve allowed me to tilt at my windmills pretty much unfettered; yes, you’ll cut my letters to ribbons occasionally, but that’s okay. Even though I may yell and scream about it, ultimately I defer to your judg-ment and that of the rabbis (ah breirah hob ich?). And for that, dear Mordy, I thank you from the middle of my heart. Not the bottom. There’s a stent.

Your humble servant, Rocky Zweig

Dr. Siegel’s Labeling TheoryI generally enjoy Dr. Siegel’s in-

teresting and informative articles. However I had a basic difficulty in his article that was attempting to prove that labeling can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. He cites Dr. David Rosenhan and his study that basically proves that once people are labeled, the label sticks to them. That wasn’t the topic of his article. Nor was the next study from Dr. Mau-rice Temerlin, who proved that once someone is labeled, people will find the flaw in them.

His headlining paragraph was that your own behavior depends on how you see yourself, not that other people are very quick to label others; a completely different flaw in human nature.

Thank you for your enjoyable pa-per full of great content.

S.P.

Response from Dr. SiegelS.P., that is a great catch! In-

sightful and on-the-mark. The article was meant to pro-

vide an overview of Labeling The-ory whose official definition is: “the theory of how the self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the terms used to describe or clas-sify them.” In other words, labels lead to self-image and self-image leads to behavior.

It is important to remember that labeling is a double-edged sword. People will come to see themselves the way that they are seen and spoken about, whether

positive or negative. Children are especially susceptible to labeling – they don’t have enough intrinsic self-knowledge to challenge others’ perception of them.

The article encourages caution and care when applying labels to others because it will inform the way they see themselves. These two studies show how even educated and trained professionals (who are there to help) are prone to allow bias and prejudice to sway them. How much more careful we all have to be when thinking or talking about others.

Dr. Siegel

Difficulties in the ClassroomTo All Parents Whose Children

are Showing Minor or major diffi-culties in Class:

Every late spring and summer as well as in September, many parents find that their children are not placed in the proper schools or in any school G-d forbid. It’s important to know that if your child is showing difficulties in class there is a free service available to you through your local Board of Education for a full evaluation.

This evaluation will help immensely when a professional Mechanech or Mechaneches or Principal wants to guide you in the proper way in finding the appropriate class and school for your child. If your child needs services from the Board of Education to help him or her succeed, this will go a long way to jump-start the process in helping them. PLEASE DO NOT DELAY!

This is a free service and easily available to you. If you need further advice or assistance please call Dr. Rosenshein at 718-758-9213 at no charge.

Older Boys ShidduchimYou’re guilty. You, who are

reading this. For you either are silent in the face of atrocity, promote one, or perpetrate it.

Maybe you’re stronger than me, so you don’t understand; perhaps you’re of indestructible constitution. But I’m not alone as I reflect that my high levels of Torah and Yiras Shomayim have gone down the drain during the period I’ve been waiting for a zivug, enduring the ensuing nisyonos, and suffering a lack none should know but all too many experience. And I have never dated a remotely compatible individual.

No, I’m not a girl. But every week I read the tearful letters that girls

write to various publications, and my heart breaks. Yet my anguish swiftly gives way to rage.

You see, or rather you don’t; girls are not the sole victims of communal stupidity; men too are suffering.

Propagandists abound who point to numerical discrepancy, and then authoritatively inform us that bochurim must marry earlier and the shidduch crisis will be solved.

I believe that the primary cause of girl’s difficulties with shidduchim is the same inexcusable length of time that takes so many bochurim to get married. So the girls get older, and the bochurim get older, but older bochurim have an easier time getting married than older girls. So now they’re in hot water.

Everyone knows that there aren’t enough shadchanim who can be dedicated to getting everyone married. To simply have all young men date at 21 would further overburden shadchanim, making it harder for those already in need from being helped. And it wouldn’t do anything for girls who are a little older. Contrarily, if 95% of bochurim would be engaged within a few months, that would significantly alleviate the problem for girls, if not eliminate it entirely, since many bochurim marry girls around their own age.

There is evidently a lack of people interested in providing millions of dollars to hire enough shadchanim to help all. Not as if that would really help, anyway. So we must wrench our collective head out of the quicksand and get with the program.

I call for a revolution.There’s no reason, not even a bad

one, why speed dating shouldn’t be widespread. It can be done in the most tzniusdik and respectful way possible with a little planning. And it is unquestionably advantageous to innumerable excursions to venues frequented by kol tzarua vchol zav vchol tamei lanafesh. Then, instead of being burnt out by wasteful dates; instead of having four dates a month, or, more likely, one date in four months, or no dates at all; instead of getting a good date being a wretched fantasy, everyone could meet tens of singles within a few weeks. Then we’ll all have a nice long list of promising candidates. Everyone wins, except the yetzer hara, who has blinded us for so long and will continue to do so until his demise. This will also help those who are ignored, often because





of lashon hara, preconceived notions, or simply the process of elimination that’s tragically necessitated by the inconvenience of going on a date.

I believe our rabbanim would wholeheartedly support this. And without their vocal encouragement, it will be stigmatized. Let’s do it!

A Broken and Furious Bochur

Miscellaneous MeshugasContrary to the opinion of some

cynical souls, I am not totally with-out compassion. I am completely aware of the plight of those of you whose lives are so devoid of joy that you must depend on my occasional humble contributions to this publi-cation to enrich and enhance your Shabbosos (learned that from my good friend, Dick Duk). First, let me offer a sincere bit of advice: there are agencies where one can seek profes-sional help with complete discretion, right here in Flatbush! And if financ-es are an issue, they will work with you on a sliding scale. Please take care of yourselves.

Now on to the matters at hand. The thing is, I only write when I see another letter or two (or three) to which I wish to respond, and of late the pickins have been rather slim. So I saved up a few korbonos that appeared within these pages over the past three weeks or so (I know, I know: I need a life. Pronto.) and consolidate my comments in one missive. What a guy.

1. From the December 31st issue:FJJ WOMEN’S WORLD.Perplexed in Flatbush opines that

the ads in the Women’s World sec-tion “are not, in [her] opinion, suit-able for a paper [like the FJJ].” So out of curiosity I checked every ad from last week’s Women’s World, and here’s the sum total of the evil that I found: wigs, boutiques, shoes, kitch-en, jewelry, and hats. Omigosh…hats, for crying out loud. Mordy — what were you thinking?! But Ms. Perplexed doesn’t stop there. She queries, “why [do you] have a wom-en’s world section, in a paper that’s read in its entirety by men, who also read those pages.” Whoa. A cou-ple things about that. Firstly, here’s the obscenely pritzuzdike content I found in last week’s edition of WW:

A. How to avoid toxins in food.B. Recipe for Avocado and grape-

fruit salad (editorial comment: ugh!)C. Let’s Get Real by Leba Schweb-

el. The first sentence implies that it’s about “The theme of this month of

Adar…,” but I dared not read it in its entirety, lest I be transformed into some sort of lecherous fiend.

D. Heart Notes from Argentina: Another Great Middah of Rabbi Tzvi P. Frank.

E. Ladies’ Shiurim Directory.I sincerely hope that Ms. Per-

plexed has not given up on reading the FJJ due to her apparently deep-ly held, albeit seemingly bizarre complaints, so she can write in and explain to me as if I were a fourth grader, exactly what she finds objec-tionable in the Women’s World Sec-tion. Is it simply the word women? Please?

And secondly, on what data ex-actly is she basing her seemingly undeniable statement that the FJJ is read “in its entirety by men, who also read those pages.” Really? How on earth do you know that? Personally, whenever I see a recipe for avocado and grapefruit salad (or for any sal-ad, for that matter) it goes directly to the synapses in my brain in charge of turning the page. And as I men-tioned above, even if someone of the male persuasion happened to stum-ble across the section and devoured every syllable…so what??

2. From the January 21st Issue:FJJ LASHON HORAH.I shall deal with the end of M.T.’s

letter (what an appropriate signa-ture!) in a moment, where he sug-gests that one of the reasons we’re still in galus is the FJJ Letters to the Editor section in a moment, but first I have to air one of my pet peeves and perhaps someone out there can explain to me why I’m totally wrong. Mr. T. refers to G-d several times, but he chooses to use the Hebrew version instead, which, of course, is Hashem. If I remember my Toras Emes days correctly, we were taught that since one is forbidden to use any of the Ribono Shel Olam’s real names, we simply substitute Hashem, which of course means, “The Name..” Makes sense, right? Perfect system, right? Doesn’t need improvement, right? But whenever Mr. T. uses that moniker, he spells it, H-S-H-E-M. Hshem. You know, kind of like Gnu. Or Knife. L’havdil, I guess. I’ve also recently seen H-shem. Is it me? Am I too busy trying to be a good per-son and be kind to my fellow man and to be mekayaim mitzvos to no-tice that everybody else is busy find-ing new mishugas to tack on where none is required? Or perhaps I’m just a no good trumbenike who’s so out of touch with what real frumkeit

means that I’m beyond salvation (if memory serves however, one needs a huge chupp to be a trumbenike, so I definitely don’t qualify, seeing as I am somewhat follicle-ly challenged).

Also, assuming this shtuss re-ally did have a valid raison d’etre, wouldn’t it make more sense to write Hashm? That way you’re breaking up “name.” Leaving out the a, you’re only breaking up “the.” Sheesh. I bet-ter stop writing about this before my head explodes.

Now back to the end of the letter. He writes,

“So I plead with you Mr. Mehl-man, get rid of these pages so the Satan doesn’t have any ammunition against us, and use this space for something that will make us better and help bring the geula in our days.”

Wow. Powerful words. Did you hear him, Mordy? If you get rid of the Letters Section, the Satan won’t “have any ammunition against us…). In other words, the lashon horah contained herein is the only thing preventing the geulah! Well, shame on you, Mr. Mehlman! What are you waiting for? You now have your marching orders: Get rid of the Women’s World section and the Letters to the Editor. Sure, the FJJ will be skinnier, but you’ll definitely save on paper.

From February 4th issue:Two letters, one from Outraged

Askan and one from Chaim (Ba-ruch Hshem he didn’t call himself an askan…like some other people we know!) decrying the continued use herein of the word askan to describe everyone and everything from goy-im to yeshiva kids to regular guys to, well, askanim. The thing is, guys, it’s a joke. Understand? I know… you don’t. That’s because you don’t appreciate the joke. You don’t think it’s funny, you think it’s a big, fat chutzpah! Well, you know what? Kol Hakavod. You’re both very special. But perhaps you’re not even aware what humor is. So as a public ser-vice, I went online and looked up the word “humor” in Merriam Webster (Whom, I believe, I went out with years ago) and this is what I found:

1. that quality that appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous [are you listening, Out-raged Askan and Chaim?]

2. the mental faculty of discov-ering, expressing or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongru-ous [ol’ Merriam is talking about a “sense of humor.” You’ve heard of that, right?].

3. something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing.

You’re welcome.And finally, in the February 11th

issue:NO WOMEN IN THE FJJThis masterpiece was sent in by

Mr. Fed-up in Flatbush. Let’s dis-sect his letter a bit, shall we? It starts thusly:

Since when does the FJJ publish pictures of women in the paper?

Glad you asked. As long as I can remember, actually. There have been myriad pictures of older women over the years (recently, Rebbetzin Lub-ling a”h comes to mind). So please: don’t start by overstating your case.

I thought the rules were no wom-en whatsoever, but lately the FJJ has slipped in women’s pictures almost weekly!

Again, see above…wrong. And by using the term “slipped in,” you’re implying some nefarious conspiracy, as if the paper is trying to sublimi-nally corrupt the frum populace of Flatbush. How paranoid are you, Mr. Up?

By printing Hillary Clinton’s [yemach shemoh] photo…the FJJ is starting down a slippery slope.

Ah, the ol’ slippery slope: Last Refuge of One with No Coherent Argument. Slippery slope to what exactly, pal? What are you worried about? Do you figure that a year or two down the pike you’re gon-na be looking at Sports Illustrated? [HANDY SUBSTITUTION: THE NEW YORK POST] And another thing: do you actually put that old Hillary anywhere on that slope? Hil-lary hasn’t been on anyone’s slope since zaidy was young!

Do you understand that every is-sue is gone over with the proverbial fine-tooth comb by rabbonim who, incidentally, tend to destroy most of my letters with gusto? Chances are they’re more qualified to determine what is and is not appropriate for publication than you are, don’t you think? I don’t know how old you are (or, for that matter, how fed-up you are), but I will bet dollar to donuts that your parents had publications in their home which had female photo-graphs. They were called…The Jew-ish Press, Jewish Observer, and all 20th century publications that carried appropriate women’s pictures!

Please desist immediately from ru-ining our community paper and our minds with pictures of women.



First of all, please don’t ask Mor-dy to desist. If you need someone to desist, go to a dermatologist. Second of all… “ruining our community paper?” Our? When did it become ours? It’s Mordy’s community paper and he’s free to ruin it any way he sees fi t. And third of all, I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you, but if looking at pictures of women will ruin your mind, I submit there ain’t much there to begin with.

Rocky Zweig

Anti-Semitic MusicianPerhaps not all of you know about

the has-been rock ‘n roll musician Ted Nugent. He had a few hit songs in the 1970s. Now he is better known for writing and saying violent things and making threats against people who do not hold his right-wing opinions. Now he has created and publicized a meme for social media about Jews who are in favor of gun control, which is of a highly anti-Semitic nature. As bad as that is, his rabid supporters are writing even more disgusting things in support. Be aware of this nonsense and speak against it.

Too many pop culture person-alities have a bad habit of smearing people, especially Jews.

Midwood Mom

OOTB“Rabbi Yaakov Salomon wants to

know what to say to all the Jews in 30 seconds. Hillel already answered this question when asked to teach whole Torah on one foot. “Veahavta Lerea-cha Kamocha”

Avraham Altman

OOTB Nice question, Rabbi Salomon. I

would say, “Find TRUE happiness in Judaism in one area eg Shabbos, davening, emunah etc”

Jack Adler

True Separate Swimming?Th e tools of my profession are

with my mouth and heart, not a pen. Nevertheless I would like to share my thoughts that have been on my mind for a while.

Aft er the last off Shabbos in yeshi-va, I approached one of my bochurim and asked him “how was Shabbos” to which he replied “Rebbe, over Shabbos everyone was speaking about which program they are going

to go to for Pesach, what the ameni-ties this one has over the other and what’s the new attractions of this year’s programs.

A few years ago some of our Choshuve Rabbonim in Flatbush decided that on Motzei Shabbosim they were going to have one Rav standing on Avenue J and one Rav on Avenue M in front of the stores that have become a hangout for boys and girls. At that time I went over to a bochur in yeshiva whose family goes to one of these hotel programs for Pesach and I asked him “are the hotels on any given night better than Avenue J and Av-enue M on a Motzei Shabbos??” he laughed and told me, “Rebbe, until 11:00 pm when the parents go to sleep everything is still kosher, once they go to sleep, that’s when the fun starts.”

How can a family with teenage boys take a chance by going to a hotel with other wonderful families that have teenage girls and when the parents are not around, their sons are placed in a severe nisayon. What do you expect them to do during that time? Do you really think they

are learning in Bais Medrash?? I’m sure some do, but not all of them do. What are they all doing with their time? We do everything to protect our children, we TAG their phones, and we are careful to which Yeshi-va we send them to. We also need to make sure we don’t put them in a situation which can lead to their focus being on other things which are detrimental to their success in yeshiva.

Over the years people who couldn’t understand how their sons suddenly had other interests which aff ected their ruchniyos, approached me, and I found many times that the answer is – Pesach hotels.

How can we gamble with our most prized possessions, our chil-dren?

Th e Posuk in Koheles says ‘Cha-cham Einav Berosho’ and the Sforno explains this to mean, the ability to give up on present enjoyment be-cause he is able to foresee the future outcome.

Our wives should and could enjoy Pesach, but is this the answer??

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British Hypocrisy on Arab TerrorStephen m. Flatow/JnS

The British government says Israel is being too harsh in giving prison sen-tences of 15 years each to five Palestin-ians who murdered a Jewish toddler. Yet when the British had to deal with Palestinian terrorists, they themselves were a lot harsher.

The current controversy has to do with five Palestinian Arab teenagers from the village of Hares who am-bushed an Israeli automobile near Ariel in March 2013.

Of course, Palestinians am-bush Israeli traffic all the time. They throw rocks, they hurl firebombs, and they shoot ri-fles at Israeli motorists who are guilty of what we might call “driving while Jewish.” Very few of these attacks are reported in the American news media.

Except on the occasion when they are particularly “successful.” As in the March 2013 attack, when the am-bushers caused the Biton family’s car to crash. Their 4-year-old daughter, Adele, was paralyzed and suffered additional injuries. After two years of countless surgeries and suffering, she died as a result of complications from the injuries.

The Palestinian killers should have been tried for murder. But the Israeli prosecutors in this case offered them a plea bargain of 15 years. The killers accepted what has to be one of the most lenient punishments on record for murdering a child.

Yet that wasn’t lenient enough for the British government. Last Novem-ber, a British diplomat in Israel took the extraordinary step of personally confronting the Israeli prosecutor to “raise our concerns” about the pun-ishment that the killers might receive.

After the murderers recently re-ceived the agreed-upon 15-year terms, the British government again expressed its “concern” about what it called “Israel’s child detention policy.” The British don’t seem too concerned about the Palestinians’ child-murder policy. For some reason, their interest is limited to the welfare of the killers, whom they dub “children” because they happen to have been 16 and 17 at the time of the attack.

British Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood is vowing to “continue to monitor developments in the case of the Hares boys and raise the issue with the Israeli authorities.”

Why in the world would the Brit-ish government take such a special interest in Palestinian baby-killers? According to the British embassy in Tel Aviv, the issue is “of interest and concern to the British public.” I find

that difficult to believe. I doubt the average Englishman has even heard of the Hares killers or Adele Biton.

It’s not just that the British govern-ment is displaying outrageous indiffer-ence to Jewish suffering and immoral sympathy for Arab killers. It’s also the hypocrisy of it all. Because when it was the British who were being targeted by Palestinian Arabs, they weren’t very sensitive about Arab feelings.

Just read Prof. Monty N. Penkower’s masterful new book, “Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereign-ty, 1933-1939,” and you’ll see what I mean. There he describes the response of the British when a Palestinian Arab from Jenin (in what is

now called the West Bank) assassinat-ed a British assistant district commis-sioner in 1938.

The main suspect in the assassina-tion was taken into custody, and then shot dead “when he tried to escape.” Sure he did. According to the book, “The British military authorities decid-ed that ‘a large portion’ of Jenin should be ‘blown up’ as well. A heavily armed convoy carrying 4,200 kilograms of gelignite carried out the demolition.”

The severe British response in Jenin was not some one-time occurrence. In numerous Palestinian Arab villages where there was rioting or terrorism in the 1930s, the British used Arab-driv-en “minesweeping taxis”—what we would call human shields—“to reduce British land mine casualties.”

The British also routinely “dynamit-ed the houses of Arab villages” from which there had been attacks on British soldiers or police, the book says.

Was all this dynamiting and mine-sweeping the work of rogue forces? Hardly. It was advocated and defended by senior British government officials. For example, Lord Dufferin, under-secretary of state for the colonies, said nobody had a right to complain about the minesweeping taxis because “Brit-ish lives are being lost and I don’t think that we, from the security of Whitehall, can protest squeamishly about mea-sures taken by the men in the frontline.”

Prof. Penkower also quotes a particu-larly striking remark by Sir John Shuck-burgh, undersecretary in the Colonial Office. He said the British were con-fronted with “not a chivalrous opponent playing the game according to the rules, but with gangsters and murderers.”

“Gangsters and murderers.” That’s exactly whom Israel is facing right now. That’s exactly who killed little Adele Bi-ton. So before any British officials today start lecturing Israel, maybe they ought to take a look in the mirror.

The Pentagon’s Vile “Divided Loyalty” Rules For Jews

The following op-ed was written by Avi Schick, Esq. in Friday’s NY Post calling on Congress to put an end to the military’s profiling of American Jews seeking security clearances.

Congress is rarely called upon to dispel conspiracy theories. But it needs to teach the Pentagon to separate fact from fiction, because American Jews are routinely denied security clearanc-es based on nothing more than a fear that they are Israeli spies.

Consider Gershon Pincus, a 62-year-old dentist and lifelong New Yorker who sought a way to serve as he approached retirement. He found a position at a Naval dental clinic in upstate Saratoga Springs, and started work in July 2014.

All was going well until this past September, when Pincus was informed that he wasn’t eligible for a security clearance. The rejection was accom-panied by a Statement of Reasons that concluded “foreign contacts and inter-ests may be a security concern due to divided loyalties.”

Incredibly, the totality of the con-cern about Pincus was his contact with his 89-year-old mother and his mid-dle-aged brother and sister, who had moved to Israel as adults.

The charge of “divided loyalties” has a particularly repugnant resonance to American Jews. It’s usually whispered behind closed doors, and so it’s doubly disconcerting when it is the reason giv-en for official government action.

What’s worse, the local military interviewer who conducted Pincus’ background check concluded that “there is nothing in his background or character that would make him vulner-able to blackmail, extortion, coercion or duress.” But an official at Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Fort Meade directed that Pincus be re-interviewed “to develop information related to potential Foreign Influence.”

When the second interviewer reached the same conclusion as the first, the military overruled their rec-ommendations and denied Pincus’ re-quest for a security clearance.

What is most alarming about this story is how common it is. We don’t know how often the military denies se-curity clearances, but a database catalog-ing the appeals brought by employees of military contractors reveals that over the past decade there have been more than

100 appeals challenging clearances de-nied because of tenuous ties to Israel.

To appreciate how absurd this is, replace Israel with the name of anoth-er country also closely allied with the United States. Can you imagine a den-tist being denied a clearance because his relatives had relocated to England, France, Germany, Italy or Spain?

The appeals database confirms that more denials are based on ties to Israel than to all of those countries combined. And when denials are challenged, they’re more likely to be reversed if aris-ing from contacts with those countries.

Our military isn’t run by anti-Sem-ites, and Pentagons run by both polit-ical parties have been equal offenders when it comes to Israel-based denials. So what’s going on here?

The answer is Jonathan Pollard.Ever since Pollard pled guilty thirty

years ago to spying on behalf of Israel, the military has been skeptical of Amer-ican Jews with any connection to Israel. What disqualifies them is not anything they have done, but the ghost of Pollard.

The Pollard effect also explains the silence of our elected officials. Politi-cians were quick to criticize a candi-date’s suggestion that Muslims be pro-filed, but not one has said a word about actual Pentagon policy that profiles and penalizes American Jews.

We challenged the denial of Pincus’ security clearance and won. The facts didn’t change, nor did Pentagon poli-cy. But the military didn’t want to have to publicly defend the indefensible, and hoped to quiet the controversy by allow-ing a dentist to fix service members’ teeth.

But what about others?The military will only change if

Congress flexes its muscle. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had success in getting the military to address assault. She and Sen. Chuck Schumer, together with New York’s congressional delegation, should press the Pentagon to overhaul its clearance policies.

For too long, the military has used the shield of secrecy to shroud its se-curity-review policies. Congress needs to remind the Pentagon that holding a large group of people responsible for the conduct of someone else they look similar to is the definition of stereotyp-ing, not an excuse for it.

Avi Schick, a partner at Dentons, previously served as deputy attorney general of New York.

The Opinions column reflects the opinion of the author only, not necessarily those of the FJJ.

FJJ Opinions



ron Jager

I think it’s time that we all gave America's Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro a round of thanks for his lat-est “wake-up call” by falsely accusing Israel of implementing “two stan-dards of adherence to the law: one for Israelis and one for Palestinian Ar-abs”. Evidently, the means justify the ends, and Shapiro, who has always used his Jewish identity to infer that he is "one of us", has crossed the red lines and joined the ranks of Israel's enemies.

As usual, at the forefront of this disaster-in-the-making are Presi-dent Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry who are both leading proponents of and belong to the school of "saving Israel from itself". Th ey claim at every opportunity that the status quo is unsustainable, and have been at the forefront of advanc-ing a unilateral two-state solution, an idea that has been proven over and over again to be unattainable and vehemently opposed by the Pal-estinian Arabs. Dan Shapiro criti-cized Israel's ‘settlements’ and then sharply condemned its “West Bank policy”, speaking in Tel Aviv in the aft ermath of brutal Palestinian ter-ror. Th e day before he spoke, a Pal-estinian Arab terrorist slashed Dafna Meir, a 38-year-old mother of six, to death at the entrance of her home, in front of her children. A day later, as Meir's funeral convoy was travel-ing to Jerusalem, another Palestin-ian Arab terrorist slashed and badly wounded a 30-year-old pregnant woman who was shopping.

A day aft er Shapiro spoke; Fatah Central Committee member Tawfi q Al-Tirawi called a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with Jerusa-lem as its capital, "just a phase" of an ongoing struggle. Palestine, he said, "stretches from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea," adding, "I challenge any Palestinian to say that the map of Palestine is limited to the West Bank and Gaza." Dan Shapiro is at the forefront of an administration that refuses to see, hear, and acknowl-edge a Palestinian Arab leadership and population with no real interest in permanent peace at all. Th e Obama administration has learned nothing and forgotten everything from Is-rael´s past unilateral withdrawals. Now they want to repeat those failed experiments even closer to Israel´s

main populations’ centers and expose all of Israel to a daily reality that exists in Southern Israel - indiscriminate missile and rocket attacks. Rather than having confi dence in the justice of Israel´s cause, they look for short term solutions that only make the Arabs even more intransigent since they are given no reason whatsoever to negotiate, just an incentive to sim-ply hold out for more unilateral and one- sided withdrawals.

So maybe the best response to President Obama and his newest “useful idiot” Ambassador Dan Sha-piro and all those who would shove unilateralism down Israel´s throat is to remind them that unilateralism works both ways. Rather than forfeit-ing and withdrawing from territory, unilateralism can be focused towards annexation and extending Israeli sov-ereignty on territories that have been till now in dispute. Unilateralism can also be used towards Israel´s advan-tage in regard to international and Security Council Resolutions. The following are two simple possibili-ties that are just begging to be imple-mented.

Let’s start with the most obvious example: The security barrier was created in response to the suicide bombers during the previous Pales-tinian Arab terror back in 2000. At the time, Palestinian suicide bomb-ers simply walked into central Israel packed with deadly vest bombs creat-ing havoc, not to mention hundreds and thousands of dead and wound-ed. To prevent this suicidal terror, the security barrier was constructed and completed leaving 8% of the land mass of Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") on the Israeli side, meaning that under no circumstances will this land mass west of the security barri-er be forfeited and that it will remain forever under Israeli control and sov-ereignty. Israel can and should uni-laterally annex this land mass, clearly it will remain part of Israel under any future agreement with the Palestinian Arabs.

A second example of Israeli unilat-eralism can focus on United Nations Security Council resolution 242. Isra-el should demand from the Security Council that Israel´s full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, pulling out both its military and civilian population, ceding control of Gaza´s border with Egypt should be seen as full compli-

ance with Security Council Resolu-tion 242 which states "Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territo-ries." Since Israel is not obligated to withdrawal from all of the territories but from "territories", Israel should claim unilaterally and in accordance to International law that Israel has complied fully with resolution 242. Th is means that Security Council res-olution 242 is no longer applicable or relevant to any future negotiations on the fi nal status of Judea and Samaria.

So as Ambassador Dan Shapiro continues his one man crusade to “save Israel from itself”, it might be wise of him to stop and reconsider his next steps. For Jews like Shapiro, the notion of the “occupation” has become the defining lens through which everything about Israel is ex-plained and justifi ed, yet he and oth-ers belonging to the American Jew-ish liberal establishment will never understand nor internalize one basic tenant; Jewish communities located in Judea and Samaria generate dis-proportionate criticism not because they inhabit a "non-democratic Jew-ish state", but rather because they live by and are perceived as the very opposite, they represent the very em-bodiment of a moral world, the mod-ern day torch bearers of the Western Democratic principle.

For liberal Jews like Shapiro, the notion of the “occupation” has become the defining lens through which everything about the Israel is explained and justifi ed. Yet when we take a really close look at what keeps the confl ict between the Palestinian Arabs and Israel on slow burner for so long, I invite them to imagine what would happen if the Palestinian Ar-abs had the military strength of Israel and Israel had the military strength of the Palestinian Arabs? Do you think the Jews of Judea and Samaria would

be subject to the occasional harass-ment at the Allenby border crossing and other military checkpoints? Or do you suspect, and even know some-where deep down, that the world would stand by, that Shapiro and other American Jewish liberals would remain silent as they did during the Holocaust and witness a terrible mas-sacre? For this reason alone, Shapiro should be the fi rst to acknowledge that despite this complex reality of an unrelenting Palestinian primal urge to murder Jews, they the Jews re-spond by maintaining the highest lev-el of a moral and democratic society, and they, the Palestinian Arabs living in Judea and Samaria enjoy more op-portunities, more human rights and more freedoms than any other Arabs living in any other Arab nation in the Middle East.

As the Palestinian Arab authority looks for a distraction from its com-plete failure to provide basic services, employment, electricity and running water, or any hope of a peaceful solu-tion to the confl ict with Israel, Dan Shapiro should be reminded that Isra-el cannot force the Palestinian Arabs to make peace with it. What is no less true is that Israel can respond to the current terror wave aided and abetted by the Palestinian Arab leadership by implementing Israel’s version of unilateralism. Only by providing dis-incentives that show the Palestinian Arabs that terror is counterproduc-tive and only distances their goal of making a state for themselves, will the current terror wave come to an end. As Dan Shapiro enters the fi nal stage of his tenure as the American Am-bassador to Israel, it would be wise of him to remind his boss at the White House that as Presidents come and go, including the past 7 years of the Obama Presidency, Israel remains stronger than ever.

Th e Opinions column refl ects the opinion of the author only, not necessarily those of the FJJ.

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Dr. Meir Wikler is a psychotherapist and family counselor in full-time private practice with offices in Boro Park and Lakewood. He is also a prolific author and sought after public speaker.

Dealing With School and Camp The Home and the Yeshivah:EXCERPT FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH BOOK BY DR. MEIR WIKLER

Partners with HashemShifted or Shared Responsibility

Many years ago, I took issue with one of my children’s mechanchim over the way in which a certain mat-ter was handled in class. He told me, “He is your child at home. But when he is in my class, he is my child and not yours!”

This mechanech was trying to con-vey to me how much he loved each stu-dent in his class. In fact, he went on to say that he treats his students the same way he treats his own children at home.

In spite of the fact that this mechan-ech was trying to impress upon me how much he cared for my son, his words alienated me somewhat by making me feel that we were adversaries rather than allies. I think I would have felt bet-ter if he had said, “He is not your child or mine. He is our child. And we must try to work together, as a team, to reach our shared goals.”

When parents and mechanchim see each other as teammates sharing the responsibility for chinuch, then every-one reaps the rewards. But when par-ents and mechanchim see each other

as adversaries, the educational process is doomed to fail.

How much character building and teaching of middos, character traits, should parents expect their children to receive in the yeshivah or bais yaa-kov, and how much is the parents’ re-sponsibility?

Today, Baruch Hashem, there are more yeshivos and bais yaakov schools in this country than ever before. The number of yeshivah students is grow-ing at an even faster pace. While this proliferation of Torah study is cause for celebration, the frequency with which the above question is being asked is cause for alarm.

Years ago, the division of respon-sibility between home and yeshivah was much clearer than it is today. The yeshivah was seen as the center of To-rah authority. Middos — values and character building — were seen as the responsibility of both the home and the yeshivah.

Sit in on any informal gathering of pedagogues today, however, and you will learn a lot about what ails

yeshivah education in America. Af-ter commiserating for a while about work conditions and salary scales, the subject of middos is invariably raised. Rebbei’im bemoan the lack of respect, self-discipline and derech eretz among many yeshivah students today. This is true for the girls’ schools, as well.

The finger of blame, of course, is often pointed at the home:

“The parents are not doing their job; they are abdicating their responsibility.’’

Others put it this way:“What these parents cannot accom-

plish in 16 hours a day and on week-ends, they expect us to accomplish in only eight hours a day, five days a week!”

Many parents are themselves very dissatisfied. They, too, are concerned with the character development of their children. In fact, they usually agree with their children’s educators on all but one point: Who is to blame? Many parents feel that the responsibil-ity rests with the yeshivah to develop and teach middos to their children.

This is what the parents have to say:“After nine years in the yeshivah,

I would expect that they would have instilled a little more derech eretz and

kibud av v’aim than this!” (a refer-ence to some disrespectful behavior)

Others go even further with their criticism:

“What’s the good of all the Torah study if they (the yeshivah faculty and administration) can’t teach him (her) how to act like a decent human being.”

It is not my purpose here to fix the blame for eroding discipline, derech eretz and middos on either the home or the yeshivah. My purpose is rather to help encourage greater collabora-tion between the home and the ye-shivah. The result of the controversy described above is that both yeshivah personnel and Torah homes are, at times, experiencing an overwhelming sense of helplessness and frustration.

When people feel helpless, they tend to respond to that feeling with efforts to make themselves feel more secure. At times, they will attack and blame others. They might reach too quickly for simple, superficial or inad-equate solutions. Finally, they might just give up any efforts at rectifying the situation and hope that everything will work out all right anyway.

To put it quite simply, when people feel helpless, they sometimes cope with these feelings in ways that can make the situation even worse than it had been.

The most critical casualties when there is conflict between parents and yeshivah educators are the children themselves. Children, as we all know, are extremely perceptive and aware. While they might not be able to artic-ulate their perceptions, they are, nev-ertheless, very well aware of what goes on around them.

I have been consulted regarding many cases involving troubled yeshi-vah students. In the vast majority of those cases the most pervasive feeling about the child — at home and in the yeshivah — was one of helplessness; the mechanchim and the parents just say, “We just don’t know what to do anymore with this child. We’ve tried everything!”

Children expect adults to know what is right, good and helpful. They look to adults for direction and guid-ance — even when they appear to want the opposite! When children begin to sense that the adults around them are confused, uncertain, doubt-ful or even just hesitant, they can be-come insecure and frightened. Think of it this way. Most people today take bus and train travel pretty much for granted. We all know that a bus has a driver and a train has a conductor; but we hardly pay attention to them. We expect them to be doing their job efficiently, all the time.

Suppose we were to hear the bus driver or train conductor begin to wonder, out loud, which controls to manipulate next, or what route to fol-low. Or suppose we were to hear the motorman arguing with the conduc-tor. One need not have a vivid imagi-nation to picture the frenzied bedlam that would result.

In spite of what we would like to think, children do, often, know when adults are unsure of themselves. Noth-ing communicates this more strongly than when parents openly criticize

yeshivos and yeshivos openly criti-cize parents. When children grow up in such an atmosphere they can adopt an attitude of “anything goes.” In ad-dition, they could become frightened, insecure, misguided, or Heaven for-bid, easy prey to whatever foul wind may be blowing in their direction. Is this what we want for our children?



Secular thinkers also describe the central role that gratitude has in liv-ing a moral life. Cicero, the ancient Roman philosopher, described grat-itude as a cornerstone of all values, writing that: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the par-ent of all the others.”

At first glance, being thankful does not logically seem to be of such central importance relative to the many other virtues for which people strive. Nevertheless, recent psychol-ogy research on the impact of build-ing gratitude into one’s life clearly confirms the importance of culti-vating this trait. Studies have found numerous benefits that stem from building the capacity for gratitude into daily living. Those who regular-ly express gratitude are more likely to be forgiving, generous, agreeable and less likely to be narcissistic and selfish. Research repeatedly confirms that those with high scores on mea-sures of gratitude also score high on measures of happiness. In one study, 95 percent of individuals describe feeling happy when expressing grat-itude and over 50 percent say that expressing gratitude made them feel extremely happy.

From the viewpoint of parents and educators, a number of benefits re-sult from teaching our children to be thankful. As a purely practical mat-ter, when children express gratitude it makes it more likely that their bene-factor will continue to act kindly to-ward them in the future. Perhaps more importantly, from the perspective of character education, the expression of gratitude also makes it more likely that the recipient will be generous to oth-ers. Interestingly, this research finding suggests that a pathway to teaching our children to be giving and charita-ble is inculcating in them the value of hakaras ha’tov, gratitude. Perhaps by focusing their attention on thankful-ness for what they receive, we develop their ability to give.

IngratitudeA story was told to me (RP) by a

congregant, regarding his father who was a prominent member of a Brook-lyn synagogue many years ago:

His father was an extremely kind and generous man who did favors for countless people. He noticed that a fellow congregant, whom he con-sidered a friend, was acting strange-ly toward him, conveying a general

attitude of resentment. Troubled by this behavior he said to him: “Reb Yankel, why are you angry at me? I haven’t done you a favor yet!”

This congregant told me that he learned a great lesson from this epi-sode: When doing a kindness for an-other, there is often a duality of emo-tions created between the recipient of a favor and the benefactor.

Researchers have found that most individuals find feelings of indebted-ness to be unpleasant. Many individ-uals are uncomfortable with feeling dependent on others. A favor creates an inherent sense of discomfort; it forces one to reciprocate and feel obliged. The recipient is now a debt-or, he owes his benefactor and that makes him uncomfortable, so he tries to minimize and belittle the favor. Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus points out that the Hebrew expression for in-gratitude — kafui tov — is related to the Hebrew word kafah, meaning to be forced or pressured. For example, the Rabbis tell us that if an individual resists fulfilling an obligation in a reli-gious court, the court is authorized to pressure him until he acquiesces. The term for this is kofim oso — they pres-sure or force him. Similarly, when the

Jews were given the Torah at Sinai and were reluctant, at first, to accept, the Midrash says kafah aleihem — G-d suspended the mountain over them, threatening to annihilate them unless they agreed. Based on this, Rabbi Pin-cus submits that, frequently, when a favor is done for a person, he feels ob-ligated and even pressured to pay back the debt of gratitude that he owes to his benefactor. This creates a sense of imbalance, an uncomfortable feeling of dependence fueled by a sense of in-debtedness and a need to reciprocate. This character trait is traced by the Sages to the beginning of time and to Adam at Creation.

Instead of expressing gratitude when given the gift of Chavah, the first woman, Adam blames her when confronted by G-d after defying His command to not eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Adam’s first line of defense when accused of eating this fruit is to blame her by saying:

The woman whom You gave to be with me gave me of the fruit of the tree etc .... The Talmud comments on this episode by pointing out the irony of how swiftly gratitude can turn to ingratitude.


Psychological Perspective

Thoughts On Chinuch and “Kids At Risk” Based Upon The Writings of Rav Gershon Edelstein Shlita

that children/young adults should not go away from Torah. However, what should be done if Chas Vesha-lom a child left Torah, due to a bad friend, a hashpaah from the inter-net (or other technological devices that are so dangerous spiritually) or due to the bad influence of the street? The advice we should give to the parents of such a child is to be Mekareiv their child to them and to give him a good feeling. This child/young adult should not be made to feel any further away from his par-ents than the other children. If there are other young children in the fami-ly that don’t understand what is hap-pening, the parents should speak to them privately. They must explain to the other children in the family that their brother/sister is Miskein (un-fortunately in a difficult situation) and is lacking in Seichel, intelligence. We must have mercy on him and daven for him that he should return

to Torah. The other siblings must be taught that their sibling is acting inappropriately and it is forbidden to learn from him. Nonetheless, we must have mercy on him and dav-en that Hashem should open up his eyes to the correct path of Torah.

As long as this child is not having a bad hashpaah on the other children in the house, we must be mekareiv him. If we will push him away, this will only cause him to become worse. If we want him at some time to do Teshuva, we must bring him close and give him a good feeling that his parents care for him and love him. This is the only advice, and there is no other advice. {Agav, I read a sto-ry about Maran Rav Elyashiv zt”l, in which the parents told him how they could not educate their son at home without having a bad hashpaah on the other children. They wanted a haskamah to have their son with problems situated with one of the other relatives. Rav Elyashiv asked if the other siblings could be situated

with other family members. When he heard that this was possible, he paskened that the other siblings should be placed with the relatives, and the son with problems (as dis-cussed in this article) should stay at home, allowing the parents to dedi-cate all their Kochos to bringing him back to Torah. Obviously, any such cases are individual, and one must ask a shailah. However, this story shows us the mesirus nefesh people sometimes have to demonstrate to bring their children back to Torah.}

There was a maaseh with Maran HaChazon Ish zt”l (and I know the people involved personally) that there was a young bochur that left the path of Torah R”L, to the extent that he became Mechaleil Shabbos r”l. The bochur still maintained a con-nection to his parents and he asked him father to buy him a car, as his father was wealthy and could afford this. The father wanted to only buy the son a car with the condition that he should not drive it on Shabbos.

The father asked the Chazon Ish, and he said that he should buy the car without any conditions. {Pre-sumably this was in order to develop a good connection with the father. In the long run, this would help the son to return to Torah totally.} The person told his wife what the Chazon Ish said, but she refused to believe it, and forced the father to make the condition with the son. Sure enough, the Chazon Ish was right, and mak-ing this condition only distanced the son from his father and the path of Torah, r”l.

{In order to mesayem with a Davar Tov, we are mispallel that our Dor should be Omed in the nisayon of dealing with our chil-dren properly, and we should all see great Nachas DiKedusha from our children.

May we all soon see the coming of Moshiach Tzidkenu, when we will see the fulfillment of “VeHaishiv Leiv Avos Al Banim Velaiv Banim Al Avosam”, Amen.}


DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ & RABBI RAPHAEL PELCOVITZ, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH

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Flatbush FocusPhoto Gallery/ Letters To The Columnist

I enjoy your photography columns in the FJJ. Please see attached photos in reference to images with shadows. This past summer, I was in Israel with my daughter.

These photos were taken on my Canon EOS Rebel T3 camera are:

1. Photo of Menorah at the Museum of Italian Jew-ish Art & Italian Synagogue

2. I used the Menorah as a basis of an original piece of art.

I like taking unique pho-tos. What do you think? Also, I purchased my Canon EOS Rebel T3 a few years ago, when I read your column, which suggested buying a Canon Camera. Thanks,

Chaya D. Shuchat

Dear Chaya D:I am intrigued by the pattern and design of your Menorah photo. What

is even more interesting and original is you’re using the Menorah pattern as a basis for your original art creation. Certainly not the standard photo or artwork. I like very much.

I’m also impressed by the fact that your purchase of a Canon camera was based upon a column I had written some while ago. As I recently discov-ered, Canon not only produces a superior photographic product whether it be a camera or a printer, they also provide excellent technical support; yes, Virginia there is someone at the other end ready and willing to be of assis-tance. I learned this a few days ago when my malfunctioning Canon printer was repaired. Thanks to the assistance of a technical support representative of Canon USA.

Thanks once again for the photos you submitted, I look forward to re-ceiving additional photos both from you and from the rest of my readers.

of a talmid chacham having sterling middos (character traits) and the tragic consequences if he does not.

By definition a talmid chacham is a person who is fluent in the entire Torah and can answer any questions without hesitation (see Shabbos 153a). There are those who say that very few people today qualify for this title and its stringent requirements. This is not true, as can be seen from the follow-ing incident: The Chofetz Chaim once saw his son Reb Leib do something. He told him, “A talmid chacham like you should not do that, because it can cause a Chillul Hashem!” Reb Leib protested, “But Father, I am not a talmid chacham!” “For Chillul Hash-em,” replied the Chofetz Chaim, “you are enough of a talmid chacham ...”

In our time the bar has been lowered even more. Every Jew who wears a yarmulke on his head and, certainly, any Jew with a beard, must realize that he is under observation by those around him. People analyze his behavior and especially his inter-personal relationships. He may con-sider himself unlearned, unworthy of the title “talmid chacham,” but to the world at large, he is a symbol of Torah, a representative of Hashem, as it were, and his behavior must be impeccable. Let your garments al-

ways be white is a fundamental part of being a Jew today.

Hashem’s Choice

You shall make an Altar on which to bring incense up in smoke. (30:1)

Parashas Tetzaveh discusses the various priestly garments worn by Aharon HaKohen, his children, and his descendants, while the descrip-tion of the vessels which made up the Mishkan were previously noted in Parashas Terumah. The Ramban (30:1) therefore wonders why Parashas Tetzaveh concludes with a description of the, the Ketores (Incense) Altar, upon which the ketores was burned twice daily. Should this not have been written in Parashas Terumah?

The Kedushas Levi (p. 51) offers the following explanation: Aharon and his descendants were chosen by Hashem to serve Him and perform the avodah, and the unique gar-ments the Kohanim wore gave them special status. Others might become jealous of the privilege they had and the monopoly they enjoyed.

In fact, this is exactly what hap-pened when Korach incited his fol-lowers to rebel against the authority of Moshe (see Bamidbar Ch. 16,17). Korach resented the fact that Moshe had chosen his brother Aharon to be the Kohen Gadol. Moshe had to

prove that it was Hashem Who had picked Aharon, and he proposed a test which would determine, once and for all, who indeed was Ha- shem’s choice as Kohen Gadol. That test was the incense service, as the pasuk (Bamidbar 16:6) says, Do this: Take for yourselves fire pans — Kor-ach and his entire assembly — and put fire in them and place incense upon them before Hashem tomor-row. Then the man whom Hashem will choose — he is the holy one. The end was that Korach, his people, and all their belongings were miracu-lously swallowed up in the ground, while the 250 followers of Korach were consumed by a Heavenly fire.

It was the ketores service that confirmed for all time the choice of Aharon and his descendants as those chosen by Hashem to serve Him. Therefore, after the Torah de-

scribes the priestly garments and the inaugural service of the Mishkan performed by the Kohanim, which placed the crown of priesthood upon the heads of Aharon and his sons, it concludes with a description of the Incense Altar that was the Heavenly proof of the legitimacy of Aharon’s position. This also teaches that every person has a unique task in life to ful-fill. One should not be envious of the position or job with which another person has been Divinely endowed. It was this error which brought about the downfall of Korach.

May we soon merit the great day when our study of the priestly gar-ments and Temple service go from the theoretical to the practical, when Mashiach will come and Kohanim will once again perform the ketores service on the Altar of the third Beis Hamikdash.


command to do it l’shem shomay-im, it is obvious that that is how a mitzvah should be performed. So why here by Terumah does it open-ly specify l’shmoh?

To answer these questions, we be-gin with a Shlo HaKodosh, who ex-plains that the mitzvos of ben odom l’chavero are really rooted in ben odom lemokom.

Every Jew that is a shomer Torah u’mitzvos protects the world like a shomer, as it says by Adam Harishon – “l’ovdah u’leshomroh.” Klal Yisroel are the shomrim of the world, and there are different levels of shomrim. Simply understood, a shomer chinom is the highest level, since he has no personal gain; whereas a shoel is the lowest, since he has personal gain while watching the item.

In Sifrei Chasidos, however, it is explained in the opposite way. A sho-mer chinom is the lowest level, since he has no enjoyment in his work. Whereas a shoel, who has enjoyment

in his work, is considered the high-est level, due to the fact that Hashem wants a Jew to enjoy doing mitzvos. As Rav Tzodok explains, the enjoy-ment is really deep rooted in the enjoyment felt by his neshomo when doing a mitzvah.

So when Klal Yisroel said naaseh venishma, Hashem was conveying that even when you “take the mitz-vah” and have personal gain, it is considered l’shmah, since internally the person performing the mitzvah has true joy.

According to this, we can explain the famous phrase “mitoch shelo lishmah, bo lishmah” in a new light. In the penimios (essence) of the per-formance of a mitzvah, even shelo l’shmah, it is really being performed l’shmah.

The purpose of the mishkan, and in fact of all mitzvos, is to bring out the simchas hamitzvos in a person. In this month of Adar, which stands for Alef – Dor (Hashem who is “The One” dwells amongst Klal Yisroel), Hashem is closer to us and brings great Simcha to the world.

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Thoughts on Purim and Chodesh Adar Rabbi Moshe boylan

A. Chazal tell us, “Mishenichnas Adar Marbin Besimcha”, when Adar enters one increases happiness. What exactly leads to this Simcha? The Sefar-im HaKedoshim tell us that, “Ain Sim-cha Kehataras HaSefaikos”, there is no happiness like removing any doubts. {When one is in a situation of doubts, this is very painful and upsetting. When one merits removing doubts, this leads to great happiness.} We also know that Amalek is Begematria Safek, which means doubt. Amalek leads to Sefaikos, doubts, in the service of Hashem, and in Emunah. We see this from the fact that Amalek came when the Yidden asked, “Hayeish Hash-em Bekirbeinu Im Ayin” (is Hashem with us or not). When the Yidden had doubts about the presence of Hashem amongst them, then they already were having a connection to Amalek, which relates to doubts. This opened them up to Amalek coming, to lead to even greater doubts and Sefaikos.

This could also be related to the fact that Amalek came Birefidim. Chazal tell us that this name hints to, “Rafu Yedaihem Min HaTorah”, they weak-ened their hands from Torah. We can explain that the fact that the Yidden had Sefaikos and a lack of clarity in their Emunah and general Avodas Hashem, led them to weaken their hands from Torah. {If one has a clarity of what is right, then his hands hold on to Torah, Mitzvos and Emunah with strength.}

When the Yidden overcame Ama-lek, in the times of Purim, this lead them to overcome Sefaikos, and there-fore they were able to have a strength-ening of Simcha, happiness.

We can say that a Remez, hint, to this is that the words, “Marbin Besi-mcha” are Roshei Taivos, Mem Bais, which hint to Hashem, as one of the Sheimos of Hashem is the Sheim Mem Bais. Mem Bais also hints to Emunah in Hashem, as Mem Bais stands for Maaseh Beraishis, which hints to the belief that Hashem created the world, Yeish Maiayin (from nothing to some-thing).

We can give another reason that Adar is a time of increased Simcha. The letters of Simcha spell Chamisha, which hints to the Chamisha Chumshei Torah (the five Books of the Torah). We know that Limud HaTorah leads to Simcha, as it said, “Pikudei Hashem Yesharim Mesamchei Leaiv. {This is the reason that if one is an Aveil, R”L, he is not al-lowed to learn Torah, as this will lead him to happiness, which is forbidden in the state of Aveilus.}

Now we can understand why Adar is a month of increased Simcha. On Adar, the Yidden merited to reaccept the Torah, as Chazal darshen the Pasuk which said, “Kiymu Vekiblu HaYehu-dim, Kiymu Mah Shekiblu Kevar” (the Yidden accepted during the times of Purim, what was already accepted pre-viously on Har Sinai). A hint to this is that the gematria of Purim is equal to Har Sinai (with the Kollel). This would help us to understand why Adar and Purim would lead us to happiness, as a time in which we reaccept the Torah will lead us to true Simcha. {Perhaps the extra clarity of overcoming Amalek helped us to come to the clarity which would lead us to accepting the Torah. Thus, both the clarity of overcoming Sefaikos and the new Kabbalas HaTo-rah which this resulted in, helped us to reach a new level of Simcha.}

A hint to this is that the Roshei Tai-vos of Marbin Besimcha is Mem Bais, which hints to Torah, as the begin-ning of Torah Shebichasav is the leter of Beis (Beraishis) and the beginning of Torah She’Ball Peh is the letter of Mem (Maeiamasay, the first letter in Shas Mishnayos). A related thought is known in the name of the GR”A ZT”L: The Pasuk said, “Vedibarta Bam”. Chazal darshen, “Bam Velo Bidevarim Betailim” (one should speak in the words of Torah, and not in idle words). The letters of “Beis Mam” which spell “Bam” hint to Torah, as the Beis hints to Torah She’Bichesav (which starts with a Bais, “Beraishis”) and Mem hints to Torah She’Ball Peh (which starts with a Mem, “Maiaimasay”).

{Perhaps we can add that Bam can hint to the following: Beis refers to the two Luchos and the two parts of To-rah, both Torah Shebichsav and To-rah She’Ball Peh. Mem hints that one should review the Torah (at least ini-tially) forty times, as we find various greats of Chazal reviewing things forty times. Of course, even after the chaz-arah of forty times, they would eventu-ally review things even more times, but forty times helped them to at least ini-tially review and acquire various parts of Torah. At later times they would review these parts of Torah, to keep them fresh in their minds and to un-derstand them on even a deeper level.}

Another hint to the above, is the fact that the letters of Alef, Daled Raish, (which spell Adar) are Notrikun Rosh Devarcha Emes, which hints to the Torah HaKedosha. On Adar, we reaccept the Torah from new, “Kiymu Mah Shekiblu Kevar”. The Torah is called Emes, truth, as the Pasuk states, “Emes Kenay Veal Timkor”. On Cho-desh Adar, during the nes of Purim,

we didn’t “sell” the Torah, and contin-ued on our connection to Torah even during the times of Hester Panim. We even reaccepted the Torah during this time, without any external coercion, unlike what happened during the times of Matan Torah, when Hashem lifted a mountain over us to coerce us to accept the Torah.

B. The Pasuk tells us that Amalek was, “Velo Yarei Elokim”, he did not fear G-d. The Tikun which enables us to overcome Amalek is to strengthen ourselves in Yiras Shamayim (the Bel-zer Rebbe ZT”L). A hint to the above is that BeAdar (with the Minyan Ha-Osios) is equal to the gematria of Ya-rei. {Perhaps this was the reason that the Yidden fasted, and increased cry-ing out to Hashem, in response to the terrible Gezairah of Haman HaRasha. This extra fear of Hashem and clarity in Emunah and Bitachon, helped to overcome Amalek.}

Yehi Ratzon that we should all be zoche to mischazek in Limud HaTorah with Emunah, Yiras Shamayim and Shemiras HaMitzvos which come from the above, as the Pasuk tells us, “Kol Mitzvosecha Emunah”. In this zechus we should all be zoche to see the Geu-lah Shelaimah Bimehayra Beyameinu Amen. {A hint to this is that the ge-matria of the Roshei Taivos of Geulah Shelaimah Mehayra is equal to BePu-rim with the Minyan HaOsios.}

C. The Torah said, “Macho Emcheh Es Zeicher Amalek”. The GR”A ZT”L writes that Emcheh hints to three times that the Yidden fought (and will fight) against Amalek. When the Yidden left Mitzraim, the Yidden fought Ama-lek with Alef (standing for Aharon), Mem (standing for Moshe Rabbeinu), Ches (standing for Chur) and Hashem (standing for Hashem, who helped the Yidden to overcome Amalek).

In the times of Purim, the Yidden fought against Amalek lead by Alef (standing for Esther HaMalkah), Mem (standing for Mordechai HaYehudi), Ches (standing for Charvonah) and Hay (standing for Hashem).

Leasid Lavo (we hope this will hap-pen speedily in our times), we will fight against Amalek with Alef (standing for Eliyahu HaNavi), Mem (standing for Moshiach), Ches (standing for the Ches Nesichim, 8 special people men-tioned in Maseches Sukkah Daf Nen Bais) and Hay (standing for Hashem).

What is the significance of the fact that Aharon, Moshe and Chur fought against Amalek? The Keli Yakar said that Aharon represents the maalah of Avodah, Moshe represents the maalah of Torah, and Chur, the son of Miriam, represents the maalah of Gemilus Chas-

sadim (as Miriam did Gemilus Chassad-im as one of the Meyaldos, and when she helped save Moshe Rabbeinu).

In order to overcome Amalek, we must strengthen ourselves in Torah, Avodah and Gemilus Chassadim. In the times of Purim, we find a similar con-nection to these three Amudei Olam.

The Yidden were punished with the gezairah of Haman HaRasha, because of a chisaron in these three Amudei Olam. They bowed down to the Tzelem, which showed a lack of Avodah. They lacked in Limud HaTorah (cf Megilah 11A) and the fact that Haman HaRasha said that they were Mefuzar U’Mefu-rad, shows that he was Mekatreig, even Kiveyachol to the Malko Shel Olam – Hashem, that the Yidden were separat-ed from one another, relating to a lack of Gemilus Chassadim.

In response to the Gezairah of Ha-man HaRasha, the Yidden fasted and prayed, which relates to Avodah. They reaccepted the Torah, Kiymu Vekiblu HaYehudim. They increased achdus, Nikhalu HaYehudim, they became one Kehilah with Achdus. The mitzvah of Machatzis HaShekel, which helped the Yidden overcome the Shekalim of Haman HaRasha (as Chazal say) hint to Achdus, as the fact that we give only a half a Shekel, hints that each Jew is incomplete without connecting to the rest of Klal Yisroel.

We can say that the Tzadikim hint-ed to in “Emche” hint to these three Amudei Olam. Esther hints to Avodah, as she believed in Hashem, davening to Him for a Yeshua. Mordechai rep-resented Torah, as he was one of the great Talmidei Chachomim of his gen-eration. Charvona represented Gemi-lus Chassadim, as he was the one who was the Shaliach to kill Haman HaRa-sha, thus helping in saving Klal Yisroel.

We similarly find that the mitzvos of Purim relate to these three Amudei Olam. Kerias HaMegilah relates to Torah, as some of the halachos of Megilah are learned from the Sefer Torah. Mishloach Manos and Matta-nos Laevyonim are related to Gemilus Chassadim, as these mitzvos help both poor people, and increase Achdus and Rayus throughout all of Klal Yisroel. Seudas Purim is related to Avodah, as the Shulchan is Domeh Lamizbeiach, and a true Yiddishe seudah is therefore related to Avodah.

In the zechus of using the heilige Yom Tov of Purim properly in being mischazek in Torah, Avodah and Gem-ilus Chassadim, may we soon see the ultimate geulah Shelaimah. Teshuasam Hayisa Lanetzach Vesikvasam Bechol Dor Vador.



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2 positions avail. Showroom sales girl for magnificent marble & tile. Will train. ALSO for general office work. Email: [email protected]

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