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Around the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

PEOPLE The Real World of Obamacare Repeal. . . . . . . . . . . 52 BizWiz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

JEWISH LIFE 613 Seconds with David Wealcatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Sharpening Your Seder Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 A(nother) Silent Crisis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Pesach Baking Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cooking for the King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Dear Readers,

Does it really matter if Moshiach is coming? Why does the Rambam consider a person who does not await the coming of Moshiach to be a heretic? Is it only so that we have a way out of our troubles? It seems that belief in redemption is the ultimate expression of our belief in a creator. Sure, we know that the world has a source, but we don’t feel it in a tangible way. Believing that we will see it and everyone else will as well, now that’s bringing faith into our everyday lives. The truth always comes out, and if it doesn’t, well, it’s not the truth. A creator who creates, but does not continue to lead the world toward its ultimate purpose, is not the creator we believe in. Complete belief encompasses the past, present and future. Looking at it this way adds a whole new meaning to our anticipation of the redemption. We look forward to a time when everything we believe will be as tangible as the air we breathe. -The renowned defender of the house of Israel, Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev used to turn to the almighty and say, “Having temptations in front of their eyes and truth reserved for the books is not a fair challenge. Let the truth be seen and the temptations be

described in the books and then you’ll see what they can accomplish”This also allows us to be part of the process. Each Mitzvah we do. Torah we learn or when we lower our ego and withhold an insensitive remark from being said, we allow G-d into our lives, our families, communities and beyond. And this is what the Messianic era is. It’s when we’ll see the G-dly energy which is present in all the right choices we are currently making. Our belief in Moshiach is not meant to overwhelm us or to help us when we’re overwhelmed. It’s here to bring out the best in us, revealing the tremendous potential within each one of us, and all of us collectively. The challenges are tremendous but together our people and all good people of the world can face the newest wave of darkness and hate. On Purim we overcame Haman. Now we head to Pesach, the anniversary of our freedom. May the proximity of these two redemptions bring about the final and complete one which we are all waiting for. We believe in it. Let’s be ready for it as well. May we all have an enjoyable and redemptive Shabbos,

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Baltimore Chesed League Boys in Mid-Season Form

eek three of the BCL season arrived just in time for the boys to spread Purim cheer and help their respective organizations. The following are the team by team breakdowns of each of their formidable missions. Team FP of MD The FP of MD team got right to work in week three and teamed up with The Friendship Circle for their chesed mission. Arriving a few minutes early, they all rolled up their sleeves and got straight to packing nearly 50 shalach manos packages to be delivered on Purim by Rabbi and Mrs. Solomon (and baby Mushka) to their volunteers and special needs friends. The boys bagged, twisted, ribboned and stuffed dozens of teddy bear-emoji-emblazoned packages with drinks and other goodies. To cap it off, Team FP was so eager to help, they made time when all was complete and volunteered to help Rabbi Solomon package shalach manos for his entire first grade class at Cheder Chabad. Talk about above and beyond! This task was more difficult than the first, requiring added ingenuity trying to fit all of the goodies in the bags. But in the end, they did it with creativity and aplomb.

Amuze Team Amuze visited with the residents of Tudor Heights. The boys had a great time channeling their inner Alex Trebek by hosting a dynamic game of round robin trivia. At Coach Blackman’s suggestion, during “commercial breaks” the boys moderated a Q&A panel where the residents got to learn about the boys and the boys got to learn about old-time Baltimore, the price of a Coke in the 40s (a Nickel as per the residents) and what the Tudors were into when they were the boys age. The Amuzers led an impromptu Purim choir to top off a great day. DC Dental Team DC Dental visited with residents at Weinberg Park and engaged their hosts in board games and lively conversation. The boys had the chance to break into groups and teach some fun games (with creative house rules) and bring some extra smiles to the

Weinberg Park residents. Nationwide Team Flamm - Nationwide Insurance spent their chesed day at the Hatzoloh garage. The boys thoroughly enjoyed their time helping organize the two ambulances and touring the facility. The boys got a special opportunity to hear from Elimelech Goldstein who conveyed the magnitude of what Hatzoloh does for the community as well as how much the organization relies on the community and its volunteers to fulfill its crucial mission. At press time, there was no word yet as to whether or not Flamm - Nationwide insures those ambulances. Sage Team Sage spent an exciting afternoon celebrating at the Sterling Care Retirement Community Purim party. Together with the residents and their families, Coach Nechemia Isbee

lead the BCL Sages in dancing and singing to help the Stirling residents enjoy the Adar cheer and get in the Purim spirit. ARI Concrete Team ARI Concrete, led by Project Manager (and coach) Ari Lichtman got down and dirty at the Chai Lifeline Baltimore offices. In the span of just an hour, the boys were able to paint a chalk wall, hang a dart board, and remove what was described as “tons” of construction debris to ready the office for the Chai Lifeline kids and their families. Hard work for sure, but the boys left with tangible handiwork completed for a great cause. As discussed earlier, this initial iteration of the Baltimore Chesed League is being run as a beta-test. If you and/ or your boys would be interested in participating in the BCL for future seasons, please feel free to email Dovi Ziffer at davidziffer@gmail.com.

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Etz Chaim and JCN Partnership By Rabbi Zev Pomeranz (Etz Chaim) and Stacey Goldenberg (JCN)

tz Chaim and the Jewish Caring Network recently partnered to create a Social Service Fellowship for Jewish Young Professionals. Eighteen fellows have been accepted into the five month program that involves weekly volunteering set up by the JCN (Big Brother/ Big Sister Program, Companionship, Organizing, Event Planning, etc.), and monthly meetings that include engaging discussions about social action and volunteering from a Jewish perspective. After their initial monthly at the JCN’s Tikva House on March 5th, the kick-off event for the Fellowship was

a Purim day package delivery powered by a 14 passenger limo! Both the recipients and fellows themselves were extremely excited - it was hard to tell who benefited more. One fellow commented that “the highlight of the event was to see the faces of the families whose day we brightened.” Recipients on the other hand were excited by the opportunity to share the Jewish celebration with young

professionals who may not otherwise be observing the holiday. “We want to thank Jewish Caring Network for taking such good care of us these past seven months,” one recipient reported, “and for the beautiful Mishloach Manot you sent us with the incredible troop of young Etz Chaim volunteers. We look to giving back!!! I’d love to be to make food for your families.” The volunteers began their day

with breakfast and Megillah Reading at Etz Chaim before heading out to deliver the packages, and were hosted after the deliveries by Nechemia and Meryl Feldman for a delicious lunch. The next round of the fellowship is planned to begin in the Fall of 2017.

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Maryland Parents For Education Praises New School Security Grant Legislation By: Staff Reporter BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

aryland Parents for Education (MPFE) praised Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk and Senator Roger Manno for introducing a new school security grant program bill (HB 1161). The new bill will authorize the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for security related projects. Schools and childcare centers deemed at risk for hate crimes or ideological attacks will be eligible for

the grants. In the wake of increased threats and incidents, the Teach Advocacy Network (a Jewish national partner organization of MPFE) is urging legislatures across the U.S. to increase security funding for children in atrisk schools and childcare centers. In Maryland, the Rockville and Baltimore Jewish Community Centers, and the Charles E. Smith Day School in Rockville were recently targeted with bomb threats. “We are very grateful to Delgate Pena-Melnyk and Senator Manno for introducing this important bill,” said Yehuda Neuberger, Co-Chair of

Maryland Parents for Education. “Too many religious schools, of all types, face threats, and these sponsors have recognized that the state has an important role in ensuring the safety of all our children.” “HB 1161 is a tremendous first start, and we look forward to working with the Maryland legislature over the coming weeks and months to make sure at risk schools can access the security equipment they need to keep our children safe,” said Sam Melamed, Co-Chair of Maryland Parents for Education. “The Teach Advocacy Network has worked to increase security for

school children for several years, but the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents brings a new urgency to this mission,” said Maury Litwack, Teach Advocacy Network’s executive director. “We urge the Maryland legislature to act immediately and pass HB 1161.”

Councilman Schleifer Cuts The Red Tape: $115,000 Coming To The Community To Improve Security By BJH Staff Reporter

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riminals will want to think twice before hitting the Cheswolde area soon. Adding to the joyous month of Adar comes good news from City Councilman Yitzy Schleifer’s office. The long-awaited security cameras will be going up on streets around the Cheswolde neighborhood in the next week, and without any financial burden to taxpayers. “This is only the first step,” Councilman Schleifersaid. “I am working with community leaders and law enforcement throughout the district to make all neighborhoods safe. That was a top priority during my campaign, and it remains a key focus for me.” One of his key campaign pledges was fighting against crime, and voters put their confidence in Schleifer, choosing him over six other challengers in last November’s election victory. While he has been working on a myriad of anti-crime efforts since taking office, cutting through the red tape holding up the security cameras is a tremendous accomplishment. Schleifer admitted that it wasn’t

an easy process, but “I was elected to fight for the district and I am doing that. Many hours, phone calls and meetings were put into efforts to expedite this, but I didn’t want families to wait one extra day to feel safer.” The funding comes from Maryland casinos which, under law, direct five percent of slot machines revenues to communities as grants for a variety of local programs. More than six years ago, the Cheswolde Homeowner’s Association applied and was approved for a $115,000 grant towards the purchase and installation of security cameras for neighborhood streets. But lack of leadership pushing it through the City Hall bureaucratic process kept it from actually happening. Then Cheswolde Neighborhood Association President Ronnie Rosenbluth said, “Since we were awarded the grant, we have been waiting for someone in the City government to help make it happen. Nathan Willner, community advocate and President of the Cheswolde Neighborhood Association, commented, “ despite our diligent efforts to get the camera project off the ground, we ran in to road blocks in every direction we turned. Having

Yitzy in office made all the difference. We have exciting plans to expand this project and enhance safety and security throughout the neighborhood. It is only because our community strongly supported Yitzy‘s candidacy that ultimately the election translated into a safer community.” Schleifer committed during his campaign that he would make public safety a priority issue, and within 100 days of taking office, he took care of something that in six years, others couldn’t get done. A campaign promise made for the safety of our families and the security of the neighborhood, a campaign promise kept.” Cheswolde area residents were ecstatic with the news. Dov Ocken, President of Shomrei Emunah,said, “Our congregants will feel safer walking home from shul or a shalom zachor on Friday night, or getting out of the car after a night shiur.” Schleifer noted that the cameras were badly needed because of the increase in home burglary rates in the neighborhood in recent years. “It is unfortunate that it took six years to make this happen, because think of all those home break-ins that could have been prevented,” said

Chaim Cohen. “But we are very grateful to Yitzy Schleifer for getting this done so quickly after getting elected, and enabling us to send a strong message to criminals: Stay out of Cheswolde.” “I am grateful to the City officials and community leaders who worked closely with me on this over the past few weeks, and who are working with me on a host of other issues to benefit the community,” said Schleifer. “We will continue to initiate and implement anti-crime efforts, while focusing on other priorities, including legislation to lower property taxes.”

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he Haggadah never ceases to fascinate. The text has not changed for many centuries, but the insights still abound. This extraordinary new collection is one of the best examples of the Haggadah’s freshness. It brings together some of the finest comments of leaders and teachers who changed their world and ours, great men whose influence has not waned with the passing years. The names themselves tell the story. They span generations, eras, and contie begin the Haggadah by inviting guests. What a privilege it would be if there nents. They gave strength to the old world and built the new. The Chofetz Chaim were a knock on the door and the greatest luminaries of the last hundred years and the Netziv of Volozhin. Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman and Rabbi Zalman were to come in and sit at our Seder table! Here they are! This Haggadah presents a magnificent panoply of gedolim, of great intellects, profound Sorotzkin. Rabbi Shneur Kotler and Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr. Among them all, thinkers, and master teachers. These are people who shaped our century and exemplified they had tens of thousands of students and hundreds of thousands — no, millions the grandeur of the Torah: — whose lives were and are enriched by them. All were Torah geniuses who were leaders in difficult times, and for such people, the Haggadah and the lessons of the • The dynasty of Brisk — the Bais HaLevi, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, and Rabbi Yitzchok Zev (Reb Velvel) Soloveitchik. Their method of learning capturedExodus the were guideposts for life in any era. world and raised Torah study to new heights. Their interpretations of the Haggadah are distinguished for the warmth, faith, incisiveness, and profundity that marked their authors as Torah leaders for well • Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky — rosh yeshivah of Kaminetz and Torah Vodaath, whose penetrating insight was unsurpassed, and who blazed a path in post-War over a century. By finding lessons in the Haggadah, they spoke to their contemAmerica. poraries and to us. Because just as we must think of ourselves in every generation • Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky — prize student of R’ Chaim, brave Rav under theas if we were emerging from Egyptian slavery, so we must wrest ourselves in every generation from the shackles that restrain our growth as Jews, in knowlCommunists, chief dayan of the British Empire, and rosh yeshivah in Jerusalem. • Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner — rosh yeshivah of Mesivta Chaim Berlin, one of edge, scin- understanding, faith, and service. The contents of this anthologized commentary have been carefully and juditillating intellect and prime interpreter of Maharal, whose discourses set new ciously assembled by Rabbi Asher Bergman. The final product is a credit to him standards. and a magnificent service to the entire community. • Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Ruderman — pioneer in transplanting the classic Torah Invite these six Torah giants to your Seder, and let them help you add meanof the Lithuanian yeshivah world to America, in Yeshivah Ner Israel, Baltimore. and flavor to your Seder, your Pesach, and your entire year. • Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach — beloved posek and rosh yeshivah ofing Kol

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heir very names inspire awe: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer of Slutzk and Jerusalem; Rabbi Aharon Kotler of Kletzk and Lakewood; Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz of Mir and Jerusalem; Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler Gaon of Bnai Brak; Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky of Torah Vodaath; and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem! Torah, Jerusalem, whose soft-spoken brilliance made him a magnet and role model for thousands. Another year, another Haggadah. One often wonders what is left to say Rabbi Asher Bergman, himself the grandson of one of our times, greatest Torah — but no one will ask that question about this monumental anthology. For giants, has outdone himself again. Like its predecessor, this book collects and presents Cover photographs, left to right: the first time in English, this volume brings together the ideas and exposithe wisdom of people whose thought and example inspire and invigorate countless Top row: R’ Elchonon Bunim Wasserman, R’ Yisrael Meir Kagan, tions of six of the greatest luminaries of contemporary times, six revered and R’ Naftali Jews throughout the entire world. It will bring unbounded knowledge and pleasure to Zvi Yehudah Berlin. renowned roshei yeshivah, who, collectively, were the teachers and leaders everyone fortunate enough to make it part of his Seder or Pesach preparation. Bottom row: R’ Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler, R’ Zalman Sorotzkin, R’ Gedaliah Schorr. A masterpiece! of tens, even hundreds of thousands of Jews, all over the world. Photo Credits: R’ Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler, R’ Gedaliah Schorr: First in Arzei HaLevanon, the Hebrew predecessor of this volume, and now Elite Photographers / Kalman Zeines here, their discourses on the Haggadah are collected and set forth with taste Cover design: By Eli Kroen at ArtScroll Studios, Brooklyn, NY Cover photographs, left to right: and clarity. All of them were Torah geniuses, who saw lessons for today in the Top row: R’ Yechezkel Abramsky, R’ Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik (Brisker Rav), miracles of yesterday. To them, the Haggadah and the story of the Exodus R’ Reuven Grozovsky. BOOK THREE were guideposts for life in every era. Their interpretations of the Haggadah are Bottom row: R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, R’ Yitzchok Yaakov Ruderman, R’ ArtScroll Mesorah Series® Yitzchok Hutner. distinguished for depth, incisiveness, pure faith — and the profound depth that ARTSCROLL Published by Photo Credits: R’ Yitzchok Yaakov Ruderman: Morgan Studios; marked their authors as the Torah leaders of three generations. all others: M.D. Yarmish Archives. Their comments on the Haggadah are an all-embracing worldview base Cover design: By Eli Kroen at ArtScroll Studios, Brooklyn, NY FROM on the Torah and centuries of mesorah. MakeILLUMINATING these six roshei yeshivahTHOUGHTS your 4401 Second Avenue Seder companions, and let them help you add meaning and flavor not only LEADERS MESORAH Brooklyn, New York 11232 GREAT TORAH ArtScroll® Mesorah Series to the Seder night, but to all of Pesach — and all of the year! Published by

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here is excitement at the table. The children have taken their naps (or pretended to) and are carefully looking for the Afikoman’s hiding place. The littlest ones rise for the Mah Nishtanah, while the oldest ones glow with nachas. Generations are uniting at the Seder. Children ask and their parents tell them the story of Yetzias Mitzraim, the Exodus from Egypt; that is how the Torah formulated the commandment of the Seder. The Pesach Haggadah is based on the concept that parents must convey to their children the inspiring story of the great miracles of the Exodus. It is uniquely the book of continuity, the book of children, the book that represents parents building bridges from the world of the past to the building blocks of the Jewish future. This Haggadah will help make the Seder even better — even close to perfect. Shmuel Blitz, the popular children’s author, translates every word and explains the topics especially for young children. This Haggadah is filled with information, and Tova Katz has provided illustrations that are absolutely magnificent. The text and illustrations are carefully chosen with children in mind. With this Haggadah, every child will feel part of the Seder. It will elevate their Pesach — and yours, too. After all, the mitzvah of the Seder is to tell the story to the children, and with this Haggadah, the Seder will take on meaning to them as never before. (You may well find them teaching the Haggadah to you!) This is truly a lovely book and a valuable addition to your child’s library — and your own Seder. Don’t be without it!

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on Yitzchak Abarbanel was a man who made his mark on Jewish scholarship and history. As finance minister to Ferdinand and Isabella in the Spain of Columbus and the Inquisition, he worked mightily to protect Jewish lives and interests in that historically hostile country. When the Jewish community was expelled, he led them out of the county in 1492, despite pleas from the king and queen that he accept a privileged status and remain at his post without compromising his Jewishness. But his enduring role in Jewish history lay in his writings. One of the earliest acharonim, he was a prolific scholar and interpreter. Abarbanel wrote one of the greatest and most extensive of all commentaries on the entire Scriptures, as well as on such other works as Pirkei Avos. One of his famous, treasured commentaries was on the Haggadah. In this adaptation, the reader studies the Haggadah as Abarbanel understood it. Utilizing his unique method of asking stimulating questions on which he focuses his commentary, Abarbanel combines the classic teachings of the Sages with his own insights, and presents them in such a way that they provide a clearer understanding of the turbulent times in which he lived. And on our times, as well. For just as the Torah is timeless, so it sheds light on every era and all conditions. This is one of the essential commentaries that clarifies every passage of the Haggadah and lets its illumination filter out to other areas of Torah and to the lives of its readers, in every country and age.

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SFAS EMES HAGGADAH

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he Pesach Seder is the time every year when — as we declare during the Hagaddah — we ourselves emerge from Egyptian slavery. Just as the event is timeless, so its manifestations should be studied and analyzed anew every year through the dual prisms of eternity and experience. For four generations, Sfas Emes has been described as “a mirror of the soul.” The work is based upon the Sabbath and Festival discourses of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Alter of Gur, over a period of more than thirty years. Profound, scintillating, and pithy, it is incredibly rich in ideas. Great scholars marvel at it, saying that every time they review passages, even those they have seen many times before, they glean new insights. It has been aptly said that what one sees in Sfas Emes is a measure of one’s own spiritual station. But … the world of Sfas Emes has been closed to the vast majority of those who knock at its doors — because of a language barrier and the need for a road map through its complex and inspiring themes. Into this breach steps Rabbi Yosef Stern. His attempt to capture the essence of Sfas Emes’ thought on the themes of the Pesach Haggadah is a remarkable success. An exceptional Torah scholar and a student of Sfas Emes, Rabbi Stern has isolated the primary trails of thought from many hundreds of discourses and ties them together, topic by topic, into a commentary that is a joy to read, stimulating as well as informative. While the conceptualizations are his own, Rabbi Stern’s work has received the blessings of the Gerrer Rebbe ‫ שליט"א‬a noteworthy indication of the esteem in which the author is held. This work gives us a mirror by which to encounter ourselves. But it is more. It is an entry pass to the portals of some of the loftiest and most enlightening thought of the last century. Invite the ideas of Sfas Emes to your Seder — and give it a new dimension of richness.

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THE YETZIAS MITZRAYIM HAGGADAH

CHAZON ISH HAGGADAH by Rabbi Asher Bergman

he Haggadah tells us: “In every generation, it is one’s duty to regard himself as though he personally had gone out of Egypt.” As we sit around our sparkling Seder tables, thousands of miles and thousands of years separate us from our brethren suffering beneath the burning Egyptian sun; from our ancestors marching triumphantly out of slavery. How, then, can we fulfill the Haggadah’s words? How can we, like our ancestors, go out of Egypt? The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah brings the Exodus to life by drawing upon the wisdom and words of the Sages. We see the slavery, the ten plagues, and the final Exodus through the eyes and ears of Chazal and later commentators. The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah is based on more than 150 sources, from Midrash to Malbim, from the Zohar to Rambam to Rav Moshe Feinstein, and every entry adds to our understanding of the actual Pesach story. Designed for maximum impact at the Seder, the entries are short, graphic, and unusually detailed. As we move through our Seder we can envision the rigors of slavery, Pharaoh’s diabolical schemes, the miraculous plagues, the glorious redemption, and the unforgettable moment as the Jewish People cross the Sea. Based on the highly-successful Haggadah V’Aggadata, The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah is a unique, innovative Haggadah that will enable us to experience the Exodus at our own Seder, just as we are meant to do.

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ne of the most beloved gedolim and leading poskim of our era, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was revered by distinguished roshei yeshivah and rabbanim worldwide, and also by ordinary laymen and little children. A leader whose love for every Jew shone through in all of his teachings and practices, Rav Shlomo Zalman enriched all who had the merit to meet him. The original Hebrew version of this new masterpiece was enormously popular, especially in Israel, where so many people knew and revered him Reb Shlomo Zalman was born in Jerusalem and almost never left the Holy City. Although the world turned to him with halachic questions and he was the rosh yeshivah of Kol Torah, in his own neighborhood of Shaarei Chessed, he always deferred to the rav of the community. As great as he was in Torah, so was he great in humility. Now you, too, can become acquainted with this gadol through this outstanding compilation of his insights on the Haggadah and his halachic rulings regarding Pesach. A masterful blending of the notes and recollections of Rav Shlomo Zalman’s family and close disciples reveals his customs, halachic rulings and illuminating discussions of Aggadah. An inspirational wellspring of Torah thought, this volume details the rav’s approach to the season in law and custom from thirty days before Pesach through the last day of the festival. Rav Shomo Zalman’s explanations of the Haggadah will not only add depth to your Seder, they will enlighten you long after the Seder is over. And every year, as you reach for this Haggadah, you will experience the freshness of Rav Shlomo Zalman’s Torah life and renew your friendship with him once again.

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he Gra. The very name elicits feelings of awe as it conjures an image of towering Torah stature. From a small room in Vilna he shed illumination on every area of Torah. From halachah to kabbalah, Shulchan Aruch to Tanach, the Jewish people have been enriched by the Gaon of Vilna. Rabbeinu Avraham, his son and a major conduit for his teachings, amplifies his father’s ideas and brings them within the realm of our understanding. Schooled in his father’s method, Rabbeinu Avraham brings together all the streams of Torah knowledge to brighten the “night of redemption” with his Haggadah commentary the “Geulas Avraham.” These adaptations clarify and crystallize the major and minor themes of the Haggadah all the while exposing the reader to the very special derech of the Vilna Gaon. Eternal ideas with timeless applications will open your eyes and heart as you learn and relearn The Vilna Gaon Haggadah.

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ince it first appeared nearly 25 years ago, the ArtScroll Haggadah by Rabbi Joseph Elias has been the most popular Haggadah of its kind, anywhere! With its broad variety of sources and excellent combination of thoroughness, reliability, accuracy, and good taste, it remains a staple of tens of thousands of Seder tables — and deservedly so! Now Rabbi Elias has produced the long-awaited new and expanded edition — with much new commentary on the second half of the Haggadah. Rabbi Elias has been known and revered for half a century as one of the Jewish community’s outstanding thinkers and educators. Among his students he was especially revered for the way he taught the Haggadah, presenting it with all its beauty and meaning. In his hands, the Haggadah became a sefer that speaks to all Jews, wherever they are. Indeed, This Haggadah fulfills the injunction that in every generation all Jews must view themselves as if they had emerged from Egypt. In his ArtScroll Haggadah, Rabbi Elias opens the doors of his classroom to tens of thousands of new and appreciative students. For all these years, the original Elias Haggadah was THE Haggadah for the Jewish home, and especially for everyone who wanted to set aside time to study and know the Haggadah. There are many other excellent Haggadahs, of course, but none better blends a clear elucidation of the text with the comments of the classic commentators across the centuries. Now, the magnificent Elias touch is expanded and refined even further. as a great Haggadah becomes bigger and better. Don’t miss it!

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n the familiar world of Haggadah literature, can there be something new under the sun? With every family’s Pesach shelf groaning under the weight of so many Haggadahs, can there be a new Haggadah that is materially different from the others? Or — in the parlance of Pesach — how is this Haggadah commentary different from every other Haggadah commentary? It is very different, very useful, and sure to be very popular and very widely consulted. Compiled by the noted Torah scholar, Rabbi Yaakov Wehl, this commentary is in question-and-answer form. It contains over two hundred questions on the Haggadah — the sort of questions that anyone might have asked, or wished he had asked. There is hardly a query on the Haggadah that is not included somewhere in this collection. The answers? They are drawn from the broad gamut of classic commentators, from their writings on the Torah, the Talmud, or the Haggadah. Virtually everything one could wish for is between the covers of this Haggadah. In its Hebrew version, Ki Yishal’cha Vin’cha, this commentary has had many printings and become a popular, standard text in America, Israel, and elsewhere. The English version is more than a mere translation. It takes the anthology of classic texts and explains them clearly and articulately. It sheds new light on many obscure parts of the Haggadah. This Haggadah will be a revelation even to accomplished scholars and veteran teachers. In it, Rabbi Wehl’s immense erudition and pedagogical skills are placed at the service of the broad Jewish public. It is a welcome service of great proportions.

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amban, or Nachmanides, is at the front rank of Torah commentators: leader of Spanish Jewry in the twelfth century, representative of the nation in historic debates with the Church fathers of Spain, pioneer in the restoration of Jerusalem’s almost extinct Jewish community, and — most of all, as the author of profound and premier commentaries on the Torah, Talmud, and other works. Ramban did not write on the Haggadah per se, but in the vast body of his writings, there is much that clarifies the themes of the Haggadah. Would it ever be brought together in the form of a continuous commentary? It remained for Yosef Israel to do so, and in this volume he does so magnificently. THE PASSOVER He has plumbed the entire corpus of the Ramban’s writings and THE VILNA extracted everything that pertains to the Haggadah. He does it seamlessly, so that the reader is hardly conscious of the fact that this is an anthology, rather than an original work. What is important is that here, for the first time, Ramban’s ideas on the Haggadah are available in one coherent, flowing whole. More works have been written on the Haggadah than on any other book in our literature — and for good reason. Every Seder is enriched by the presence of commentary after commentary, insight after insight. Now, thanks to the loving and thorough research of Yosef Israel, Ramban and his ideas move to the front rank of the genre.

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eder night commemorates the greatest true story of all time — the night when Hashem, in His splendor, came down Himself, personally, to liberate His People, the Jews. It is the night of our miracles and our liberation. It’s the night of our stories. Rabbi Yechiel Spero — acclaimed educator, erudite Torah scholar, and, of course, gifted storyteller — tells some of those stories in this engaging new Haggadah that is certain to enhance our Sedarim. In his many bestselling books, Rabbi Spero does a masterful job of bringing Torah insights to life through unusual stories. Touched by Our Story includes his wide-ranging, stimulating commentary on the Haggadah and, of course, Rabbi Spero’s trademark true stories. The Four Sons come to life, in tales like that of the Rosh Yeshivah who played “jacks” with a youngster or the gadol ha’dor who insisted a yeshivah change its language to accommodate two students who genuinely wanted to learn. We hear what the Klausenberger Rebbe had to say at a Seder not long after his liberation, and are amazed at the connection between the plague of Frogs and the remarkable survival of two victims of a ghastly terror attack. Enlightening, engaging, and eye-opening, this is a Haggadah that will ensure a lively, meaningful, and enjoyable Seder for us, our guests, and — most important of all — our children, the next generation to tell the stories.

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n Sunday, February 26, Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok/Torah Institute of Baltimore hosted their 64th Anniversary Banquet. With much siyatta diShmaya, the banquet was a huge success, with approximately 500 people in attendance. The dinner was chaired by Mr. Moshe Hefter. Rabbi Hillel Tendler, president of the Cheder, expressed deep hakaras hatov to the many people who help the Cheder is so many ways each and every day. He also congratulated Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim/Talmudical Academy on their groundbreaking earlier that morning and their 100th anniversary, commenting, “It is quite a testament to our community, as ingrained in us by the great Rabbi Naftali Neuberger, zt”l, that on the same day we celebrate the second century of YCC/TA at the historic groundbreaking of its expansion, and 64 years of accomplishment of Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok/Shearis Hapleita. B’chasdei Hashem, it is a

middah of Baltimore that our schools encourage and support each other, and work together for the community’s benefit.” The program continued with a moving video tribute to Harav Velvel Rosen, z”l, the cheder’s long-time Menahel, who was niftar just a few months ago. Under Rabbi Rosen’s leadership, the Cheder grew from a small institution to a major educational force. His presence and sage counsel are sorely missed. On video, Harav Nosson Nussbaum, Yoshev Rosh of the Vaad Hachinuch, described Rav Rosen as a “ben Torah and Yarei Shamayim through and through, with all the middos tovos of a talmid chacham, and a perfect example of the passuk, ‘Ashrei temimei derech, haholchim b’Toras Hashem.” Rabbi and Mrs. Chaim Barer were then presented with the Rabbi Yitzchok Sternhell Memorial Award. As a fifth grade rebbi in the Cheder since 1995, Rabbi Barer has masterfully given hundreds of children their first sweet taste of the beauty of Gemara learning. Mrs. Barer is a beloved early childhood teacher, and has im-

pacted hundreds of families. Together, they have raised a beautiful family and built a home of Torah, love and warmth, which open to all. Dr. and Mrs. Moshe Stern were honored as Parents of the Year. Dr. Stern is a busy orthodontist, caring for many children in the community, and Mrs. Stern is a speech therapist. They use their professions to perform countless acts of chessed, and be mekadesh Shem Shamayim every day. They are model parents, and the cheder is proud to be their partners in the chinuch of their sons. In the final segment of the program, the cheder’s acclaimed preschool was celebrated. As Rabbi Tendler explained, there are thousands of bnei Torah in cities around the world, and many in attendance at the dinner, who learned kriah and their first pesukim of Chumash in the Cheder’s preschool. “Other than parents and home, nothing provides our children with the tools necessary for a life of Torah-true Yiddishkeit like our preschool,” Rabbi Tendler asserted. Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok’s preschool is led by its indefatigable di-

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colorful, cutesy “Kosher Basics” PowerPoint was the springboard for a well-received interactive presentation made by STAR-K Kosher Certification Assistant Director of Supervision Rabbi Mayer Kurcfeld for Cornell University senior dietetics students, on February 28. It preceded a tour of the STAR-K certified kosher kitchen on the Ithaca, New York, campus for the future registered dietitians. The presentation topics included: The Torah basis for Kashrus, ingredient sources, ritual slaughter, dairy and meat, vegetable checking for infestation, grape and wine products, Bishul Yisroel, the role of a Kosher certification agency, how to set up a kosher kitchen, and the practical application of the Kosher rules. Chef Jason Haus and mashgiach Gavriel Ress were also present to pro-

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vide a comprehensive overview of the Cornell Dining team who work together to accomplish STAR-K certified dining at Cornell. “To make it practical for them, we formulated and discussed various menus,” notes Rabbi Kurcfeld. “I emphasized the importance of sourcing kosher brands, scheduling their menus to allow for the meat to dairy sixhour waiting period, developing Sabbath-compliant menus, adjusting salt content in menus in consideration of meat koshering, and following special Kosher for Passover laws.” Emily Wilcox Gier, Cornell University’s Senior Lecturer/Director Didactic Program in Dietetics, shares, “Rabbi Kurcfeld’s presentation provided depth and breadth on Kosher dietary laws to enhance Cornell’s students’ knowledge of what it would take to provide Kosher meals in a quantity food production unit. Dietetics students need to under-

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Funds for Charity Funneled to Hamas This week, the Shin Bet accused two Palestinians of diverting funds for the reconstruction of Gaza from Turkish charities to the Hamas terrorist group. The manager of the Gaza branch of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), Muhammad Murtaja, was arrested last month on suspicion that he was working on behalf of Hamas, the Shin Bet announced on Tuesday. Mehmet Kaya, the head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation, known by its acronym IHH, was also implicated in the Shin Bet investigation. Kaya has yet to be arrested. “The egotistical Hamas terror organization has robbed funds that are meant for the needy of Gaza from international organizations. Hamas prospers at the expense of the residents of the Strip and uses donations meant for them to finance terror,” said Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, coordinator of government activities in the territories. According to the security agency, Murtaja took advantage of his position in TIKA in order to direct funds and resources away from “meaningful humanitarian projects” and toward Hamas’s military wing. Murtaja would replace the names of candidates eligible for humanitarian aid with the names people who “were apparently Hamas military operatives and their families,” who then received money and benefits from TIKA.

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The leader of Hamas – including Ismail Haniyeh – were aware of Murtaja’s scheme. Kaya used IHH money to “directly fund the activities of Hamas’s military wing” and helped to set up a training facility for Hamas’ naval commandos and to purchase materials for the facility. “This investigation shows the embezzlement methods used by Hamas against the international community and humanitarian aid organizations,” the Shin Bet said. This fraud “diverts money and resources that are meant

for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and needy populations.” On Monday, Israel facilitated the transfer of NIS 300 million ($83 million) in cash from mostly Gulf states to the Gaza Strip. The money, funds from Gulf countries and the European Union, is intended for the salaries of some 50,000 Palestinian Authority government employees in the Palestinian enclave. Israel has reportedly agreed to several such payments, including one last summer by Qatar of 113 million Saudi riyal ($31 million) for salaries.

Over the past several years, government employees in Gaza have generally been receiving a third to half of their salaries, given how cashstrapped Hamas found itself after Egypt’s crackdown on tunnels in 2013. The salaries crisis is said to be one of the key reasons Hamas escalated tensions with Israel in the summer of 2014, leading to a full-blown war that claimed the lives of some 2,100 Palestinians and 73 Israelis.

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On March 12, an obituary for Bob Eleveld was published in The Grand Rapids Press. Friends and family were shocked when they saw a photo of Bob peeking out from the obituary pages. Bob, 80, is very much alive. Under his photo was a caption that read: “8/3/1936 – Not Yet.” Eleveld recently announced that in response to a dismal diagnosis from doctors, he decided to celebrate his life with friends and family and scheduled his own memorial service – before his death. “Hel-’LO’! This is Bob Eleveld,” his obituary begins. “As I write this notice, I am still with you, although my doctors have informed me that this status will change in the near future. I have decided, however, to eschew the normal process of others celebrating my life after I die and, instead, would like to celebrate your lives with me.” He invited the “countless people who have influenced my life” to join him in the celebration. Come and “share a roast beef sandwich, some shrimp and a beer with – on me!” he urges. Eleveld’s “obit” is perhaps one of a kind. “Yes, this is unconventional, and yes some people think it’s a little weird,” Eleveld’s daughter, Kerry Eleveld, admitted. But she added that having an end-of-life party fits her father’s personality perfectly. “Long before he had cancer, he would always say, ‘Don’t throw a funeral for me. Have a party,’” she said. “This feels like the perfect way to honor my father, because it’s the way he wants to do it. It seems perfectly fitting.”

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based trade association, said. They are, interestingly, more rare than diamonds. Some of the gems on offer are from a collection of cut emeralds from the great Spanish shipwreck Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a galleon that sank off the Florida coast in 1622. The wreck is considered “the most valuable known shipwreck in history,” according to the catalog accompanying the sale, largely thanks to its numerous Muzo emeralds, which are prized for their deep, clear green. When treasure hunter Mel Fisher set out to retrieve the galleon’s lost bounty in the 1980s, he hired Marcial to help him appraise the stones and jewels salvaged from the ship’s wreckage. Several of these stones, given to Marcial as payment for his work, are on offer in the Guernsey’s sale, and include the Nine Pillars of Andes, a group of nine rough stones totaling over 91 carats and carrying an estimated price of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, and the 4.39 carat Queen of the Sea, estimated to sell for $250,000 to $350,000.

The 887-carat La Gloria gemstone, worth about $4-5 million, is also up for sale. It’s “one of the largest museum-quality emeralds in the world.” The Marcial de Gomar Star Emerald, the largest star emerald ever found – estimated to worth between $2-3 million) – is notable for its double-sided cabochon, and one of only 11 star emeralds known to exist. It’s not just gemstones that are up for auction. The sale also features exquisite jewelry designed by Marcial. The Corona de Muzo, which features a 24.34-carat emerald from the wreck, includes smaller emeralds and diamonds (estimated to worth $5-6 million). The Conquistadora, crafted of 889 diamonds and 35 emeralds, can be worn both as a necklace and as a tiara. Interested in some of these pieces? Although the auction is online, the gemstones can be viewed at the auction house until April 25. Sounds like a good place to head to on chol hamoed.

The Kid and 7 Carats Speaking of gemstones and places to head to on chol hamoed, if your kids like to dig and you’re interested in owning some more diamonds, head to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Just last week 14-yearold Kalel Langford hit pay dirt when he unearthed a 7.44 carat diamond at the state park. The gem was the seventh largest found since the park was established in 1972. How much is it worth? It’s not yet known. “It was just a few inches from a stream of water, with a bunch of other rocks that were about the same size,” Langford said. He named it “Superman’s Diamond” and will keep it as a souvenir of his serendipitous trip. The largest diamond ever discovered in the United States, the 40.23 carat “Uncle Sam,” was unearthed on the land in 1924. Start digging.

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall Who’s the Fairest One of All? By Rabbi Zvi Teichman

The many vessels in the ‫משכן‬, the Tabernacle, were devised from the collective donations of gold, silver, copper and other material’s necessary in the construction of them. The identity of the various sectors that each type of material came from became submerged into one collective unidentifiable contribution. There was one exception however, the ‫כיור‬, the copper Laver that was used by the ‫כהנים‬, Priests, to wash their hands and feet prior to their service. The copper used here in the fashioning of this Laver, was ‘donor directed’ by the women who came en masse to Moshe to present their coveted highly polished copper ‘mirrors’ for this purpose.

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‫ויעש את הכיור נחושת ואת כנו נחושת‬ ‫במראות הצבאת אשר צבאו פתח אהל מועד‬ )‫ח‬,‫(שמות לח‬, He made the Laver of copper, from the mirrors of the legions who massed at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The Ibn Ezra claims that not only were these specifically used for this purpose, but every single mirror donated by these women was incorporated into this vessel. It is for this reason that no exact dimensions are prescribed for the ‫ כיור‬so as to allow them to implement each mirror into the construction of the Laver! ‫ רש"י‬quotes the Midrash Tanchuma which describes a fascinating debate between Hashem and Moshe regarding the propriety of accepting these mirrors: The daughters of Israel had mirrors in which they looked to adorn themselves; these, too, they did not refrain from donating to the making of the Tabernacle. Moshe disdained

these mirrors, since their purpose is to serve the evil inclination. Said G-d to him: “Accept them, for these are more beloved to Me than everything else: through these, the women begot legions of children in Egypt.” When their men were exhausted by hard labor, they would go and bring them food and drink and feed them. They would take along the mirrors, and each would look at herself in the mirror together with her husband and entice him, saying, “Look, I’m more beautiful than you,” thus awakening desire in her husband and cohabiting with him and conceiving and giving birth there, as it is written (Song of Songs 8:5), “Under the apple tree I roused you.”

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Why was Moshe so hesitant? Didn’t he realize the sacrifice and risks these women undertook under such dire and impossible circumstances to bear these children?

A healthy sense of self is critical for success in life. Our qualities and talents fuel our ambitions and hopes. But one must realize it is a privilege that is given to us to utilize for others. In a relationship, conveying the sense that ‘I am worthy’ because of my partner, and without him or her I have no meaning, is the foundation for a true and lasting bond of love.

Rashi’s reading of the Midrash indicates that the women sought to direct their despondent husband’s attention away from their personal plight and focus on their wives beauty in restoring them to the hope for a family life with children, “look I am more beautiful than you”. The Midrash however gives a more elaborate account of the husband and wife’s dialogue: ‫זאת אומרת אני נאה ממך וזה אומר‬ ‫אני נאה ממך ומתוך כך היו מרגילין עצמן‬ ‫לידי תאוה ופרין ורבין והקב"ה פוקדן‬ ‫ לאלתר‬, She would say, “I am more beautiful than you”, and he would (respond and) say, “I am more beautiful than you”, and through this they would arouse a desire to have children and G-d would grant them their wish

Apparently it wasn’t merely a tactic to distract her husband but rather a ‘debate’! What was the husband’s notion that he was ‘more beautiful’, wasn’t he beaten, dejected and downtrodden and certainly not a fine healthy specimen of beauty? Have you ever lingered lovingly on a family portrait? You see yourself together with parents and children. You realize how beautiful you look because of the magnificent context you are fortunate to be a part of. Remove everyone from the picture and suddenly you don’t look as good or radiant anymore!

"‫"אני נאה ממך‬, is a double entendre. It can on a literal level simply mean, “I am more beautiful than you”, or more deeply it can express, “I am beautiful because of you”, ‫ממך‬, from you! When each one conveys the sense that the other gives the context for a meaningful ‘self’ that is where love resides. On the one hand each is asserting ‫אני נאה‬, I am beautiful, I have qualities that project my essence, but more importantly it is the "‫"ממך‬, “from you”, the assertion that it is my involvement

with my spouse, friend, or family member and my appreciation of what they contribute to that identity that gives value to those traits. With mirrors in hand reflecting their men with them, these wonderful women created the first ‘family portrait’. The women instilled within their husbands a new sense of self, making them feel uplifted by their significance in the eyes of their wives. In turn the husbands then attributed their selfworth to the wives who they cherished as their valuable partners in an escalating cycle of mutual respect, giving their wives ever greater impetus to continue their noble mission. )‫ח‬,‫ועשו לי מקדש (שם כח‬, and you shall make for Me a Sanctuary. We derive from here that it must be built with an infusion of ‫לשמה‬, purely motivated intentions. Moshe was concerned that although the women dedicated themselves to the noble task of bearing children under duress, nevertheless there was a introduction of an aspect of ‘self’ in the pleasure one receives in the course of the relationship that might taint the purity of intentions. G-d teaches Moshe that there is no contradiction; the greatest '‫'לשמה‬, pure intention, is when one uses that sense of self in creating a bond of purpose and commitment towards others, and therein lays the secret to true ‫אהבה‬, love. May we take a good long look at our own ‘family portraits’; familial, communal and universal, and instill a love in one another in the tradition of our great ancestors.

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and the Vilna Gaon (Biur Hagr”a 1) suggest however, that there is a definite source for this transparency from our Torah reading. The second portion we read this week is called ‫פקודי‬, a counting. Moshe tallies all of the donations given for the building of the Mishkan and how they were used in the construction and various utensils. Moshe, the holiest of people, was described as ”‫“נאמן‬, most trustworthy. Surely, there was therefore no reason for Moshe to balance the books. The Midrash explains, that we see from his detailed enumeration of funds, that even with the most trustworthy of people managing holy funds, they should be fully transparent to the masses, so that not a single ounce of suspicion of financial misgivings can exist. It is this same Moshe who can later unabashedly declare that he never gained one iota of financial benefit from the people (Bamidbar 16:15). Perhaps we can now suggest that it is for this additional reason that the Mishkan fundraising campaign completed so effortlessly. It is obviously much easier to solicit a donation when a deep level of trust exists between a donor and an organization that funds will be used appropriately, and with accountability. When the Jewish People were requested to donate large quantities of their jewelry and precious resources to the Mishkan, they had no doubt that the funds would be properly managed with the utmost integrity by Moshe, and used without overhead, for the holiest of endeavors. As we approach the end of tax season, the Parsha reminds us, that it is not just about following the letter of the law vis-à-vis the tax authorities, or even Halacha. We, the Jewish People, must emphatically ensure that we hold ourselves to a high degree of integrity and transparency. We should be able to proudly declare to the world that we are ‫ נקי‬- pure and honest.

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Today, President Trump had lunch with a Saudi prince. Trump told the Saudi prince, “We have a lot in common. My wife doesn’t leave the house, either.” - Conan O’Brien

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I am ready to come out of the woods and to help shine a light on what is already happening around kitchen tables, at dinners like this, to help draw strength that will enable everybody to keep going. - Hillary Clinton joking during a St. Patrick’s Day speech to an Irish women’s group

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This report concludes, on the basis of overwhelming evidence, that Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid, and urges swift action to oppose and end it. - Conclusion of a report commissioned by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict which was written by a Jordanian who is a vocal critic of Israel and a supporter of BDS

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Alabama Crimson Tide

Purdue Boilermakers

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Saint Louis Billikens

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Southern Illinois Salukis

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

Stetson Hatters

Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens

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Iona Gaels

Niagara Purple Eagles

Answer: Virginia Tech Warriors

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Paige – 5 – Tar Heels Martin – 7 – Wildcats Michael – 12 – Syracuse

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Paige – 5 – Tar Heels Martin – 7 – Wildcats Michael – 12 – Syracuse

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Dating Dialogue

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Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

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What Would You Do If…

My daughter is 26-years-old and has been dating for seven years already. can’t even tell you how many men she’s gone out with. It’s a crazy number. She’s terrific and I never would have thought that she would have a hard time meeting her bashert. There’s nothing unusual about her or our family that should be getting in the way. But I guess it could happen to anyone.

Recently, when she had lunch at her married friend’s house one Shabbos, she met a young man who was divorced and has a three-year-old son. For some reason, this young man really seemed to connect with her. When she talked about their conversations, it sounded as though they were on the same wavelength in so many ways and that the chemistry was there. I can’t even remember the last time she went out with someone and she came home feeling excited about the date. It was so great to see the twinkle in her eye and her attitude sounding excited rather than disappointed, which is what we’re used to hearing from her.

Do you think we are wrong nixing this shidduch? Our fear is that she lets us persuade her not to go out with him and winds up single! I don’t know what we would do if that were to happen. On the other hand, it hurts us to think of her taking on so much responsibility at such a young age. By the way, the son does live with his mother, but spends every other weekend and once a week with his father. It’s definitely a game changer. What are your thoughts?

Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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She would like to go out with this young man and wants our blessings. (Yes – he has already asked her out on a date.) My husband and I are having a hard time giving her our blessings and encouragement to go out with this young man. Though the details that she heard surrounding the divorce did sound as though he was not responsible for what went wrong in the marriage, the bottom line is that our daughter is just 26 and I can’t imagine her marrying a divorced man with a child, no less! She is insistent that there is no one out there for her and this young man is everything she ever hoped for.

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The Panel

The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S.

hile I understand your concerns for your daughter and added responsibilities in such a situation, your opposition may be out of place and premature. Although this is a game changer, let her take the time to explore the relationship and its implications. Dating is a process; through it she will find out what he is like, how deep their connection is and whether she will want to be a stepmother. Separately and together, they should go for some counseling from trusted mentors, rabbis, and professionals if it looks like this shidduch is going somewhere. There are some therapists who have a lot of experience with second time dating and stepfamilies. Fear not. The two young people will want support and help fairly soon if their relationship progresses. He will want to be sure that a second marriage works out and that they have the tools to cope with the particulars and challenges of visitation, negotiating holidays and expenses. As you know when a marriage is over, the relationship continues forever because one doesn’t divorce one’s children. Your daughter will want to explore practical issues as well as feelings connected with child support, limited vacation options, mobility considerations, and a lot more. These considerations and fears will put the brakes on a rapid commitment. Your daughter has probably matured through the extensive dating in the past seven years and has probably developed a heightened sense of qualities she is looking for. If these are part of the package in this young man and the chemistry is there, let them date and see where it goes. Your opposition, while based on expectations you had for your daughter, will drive them together.

While they date, you can do some of your own homework and share it with your daughter at a time when she can hear it. Why not get support for yourself from a rabbi or counselor if this relationship begins to move forward? You will need it.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A.

efore I address your qualms regarding Mr. Second Time Around, I ask you to put aside your pre-conceived notions of your fantasy son-in-law; whomever your daughter marries will never be that idealized Mr. Right. He may be shorter, more homely, less educated, less sophisticated, less religious, more religious, older, younger, and yes, even previously married. Most parents will say that no matter how perfect the in-law children seemed on paper, they turned out very differently. Often for the better, other times… It’s no wonder your daughter connected with this fellow. Having already been married, he is probably a) more mature, and b) less awkward than most guys your daughter has dated. He knows how to talk-thetalk/walk-the-walk of a responsible, married man. Quite refreshing, even exciting, to a young single woman who has dated dozens of disappointing single men. The good news here is, because of his past, he may be a more attentive husband. He may also be more discerning about evaluating a Life Partner. If your daughter is willing to go out with him, in spite of his baggage – a young son and exwife – give her the nod on two conditions. First, you must exercise extraordinary care in checking the young man’s background. Speak to his friends; speak to his neighbors.

Speak to his rabbi, either directly or through a reliable intermediary, regarding the circumstances of the split. Speak to people whose children have divorced and successfully remarried (not uncommon these days) so you and your husband can develop a positive mindset. Next, emphasize to your daughter that she takes things S-L-O-W-L-Y. Allow extra time for courtship. Allow extra time to connect with the young son Allow extra time to get comfortable with the idea of becoming the “Second Wife,” so she can tune out the inevitable naysayers. After you’ve done your homework and allowed your daughter the luxury of time, give her the green light and your blessings.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond

etting straight to it: Yes, it is wrong for parents of a 26-yearold adult daughter, who’s been in the raging waters we call “shidduchim” for seven years, to interfere now that she has finally found a wonderful man with whom she connects. From your letter, it sounds like you have investigated the circumstances surrounding the divorce and all seems to be checked out just fine without any red flags. Furthermore, there are no specific traits which seem to worry you about this man. Many women marry previously divorced men (and vice versa) and wind up having wonderful marriages. Sometimes, the first spouse was just not a fit. This doesn’t mean a wonderful fit isn’t out there for him and, in this case, that wonderful fit could very well be your daughter! As you mentioned, your daughter is not a girl with little dating experience. Rather, you describe your daughter

It’s important for her to find and speak to other young women who have married divorced men with children.

as having dated a countless number of men over the course of seven years. She knows to a great extent who is out there and how hard it is for her to find someone she connects with. If you agree that she is old enough to get married, then, in the same token, you should accept that she is old enough to decide who she will marry and whether to accept (and even embrace) the circumstances surrounding it. To augment a point to which you alluded, consider this: Coercing her into squandering this shidduch opportunity might be a cause for resentment if she remains single many years later and you’ll wish you hadn’t put her in this corner. My advice is to let your adult daughter make this decision without negative intervention, daven hard, and be happy and supportive of her ultimate decision. Much hatzlacha!

The Single Tova Wein

hile it’s flattering to you and your husband that your daughter is still looking to you both for approval and your blessings, at her stage of life and with the years of experience behind her, it should ultimately be her decision regarding whether this man she recently met is worthy of pursuing a relationship with.

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Practice visualizing her as a strong, mature, confident woman who is up to the task of marrying a divorced man with a child. She is 26-years-old. She’s not a kid. There are 26-year-old women running companies, dealing with struggles with their own children, and, very much like your daughter, dating or married to men who were previously married. Your daughter is a grown woman who can handle this. See her this way and treat her this way. The second step is to prepare your daughter for the challenges that lie ahead…if she allows. As other panelists suggested, you will want to talk about the practical aspects of marrying a man with a child. Maintenance he pays to his ex-wife, vacations with and without the child, traveling, planning around the child, when she will be introduced to the ex-wife, talking about the importance of having a friendly relationship with the ex (if possible).

And assuming you have done your research and all pans out well, the third step is for you to expand your view of him from “a young man who is divorced with a child” to “a young man for whom my daughter has developed strong feelings.” At some point, you will get to know him. I urge you to consider seeing him in his entirety. His divorce was a chapter in his life…not the entire book. Assuming he was not a “bad guy” to his exwife, he should not be defined by his divorce. Who knows? Maybe he is the healthiest guy in town. For those of us who take our relationships seriously and want to remain married, it can take a tremendous amount of strength to make the decision to leave a bad marriage. Leaving can be a sign of strength, not weakness. Whenever your worries creep in, pull out Step 1! I believe that will be your greatest weapon of defense against your concerns. Have faith in your daughter and in the job you did raising her. She is going to figure this out. And best of all, at least for the

His divorce was a chapter in his life… not the entire book.

explore a bit further, so that you are confident that in fact he was the innocent victim in his doomed marriage and not the reverse. Again, after doing her due diligence and feeling confident that this is something she can confidently move forward with, then be supportive and encouraging. If it ends up in marriage, she’ll need that from you and your husband more than most!

time being, she has found someone who excites her after six years of dating. If you’re not comfortable joining the excitement bandwagon, I think it’s safe and OK for you to be cautiously optimistic. Good luck! Sincerely, Jennifer

Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@ gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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completely hear and validate all of your concerns. A divorced man comes with a pekalah. He has a child, which means he will always have to maintain a relationship with his exwife. That relationship will become part of your daughter’s life. And then, of course, there is the child whom your daughter will care for. Even the most amicable divorce comes with complications when a child is involved. The second layer of concern is whether your daughter understands the challenges that lie ahead. And more so…the third layer of concern: Will she be able to handle all of this responsibility? And then, somewhere inside is the feeling or idea that she is young enough to “deserve” to marry someone with a clean slate; someone who doesn’t come with this level of baggage. I hear you. I agree with all the panelists who advise you to allow your daughter to continue seeing this man. I believe your work now is three-fold. The first step is to consciously work on having more faith in your daughter.

for them to be unable to get along after they are divorced. Often there is fighting and vindictive behavior. It’s not simple. And though all marriages require a great amount of work, marrying someone with this extra baggage makes it more complicated. Having said all this, that doesn’t mean I believe this relationship shouldn’t be given a shot – if your daughter does her homework and by talking to others who have chosen this path understands fully what she is about to take on. If she feels she can handle these added potential stressors, then by all means, give it a go. But she has to go into this relationship with her eyes wide open. And though you mentioned that from what you’ve heard, this young man was not responsible for the divorce, I would dig a little deeper,

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him, worrying about him, calling him, etc. And that’s what a devoted father should be doing. But it does takes a toll on a married couple, particularly a newly married couple. Money often becomes a big issue. He probably shells out money toward maintenance for his ex-wife and child support. This will certainly cut into the amount of money he is able to bring home to his “new family.” Often ex-wives are difficult. If two people were unable to get along when they were married, it’s not at all unusual

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However, since she does trust you both to be voices of reason as she considers this novel opportunity, I think the best advice you can give her is as follows. It’s important for her to find and speak to other young women who have married divorced men with children. It doesn’t sound like much when a guy says that he is only responsible for taking care of his son every other weekend and one evening a week, but in reality, it’s so much more. Because his son is not living under his roof, he will no doubt be constantly thinking about

Political Crossfire

The Real World of Obamacare Repeal By Charles Krauthammer

he L-rd giveth and the L-rd taketh away, but for governments it’s not that easy. Once something is given – say, health insurance coverage to 20 million Americans – you take it away at your peril. This is true for any government benefit, but especially for health care. There’s a reason not one Western democracy with some system of national health care has ever abolished it. The genius of the left is to keep enlarging the entitlement state by creating new giveaways that are politically impossible to repeal. For 20 years, Republicans railed against the New Deal. Yet, when they came back into office in 1953, Eisenhower didn’t just keep Social Security, he expanded it. People hated Obamacare for its highhandedness, incompetence and cost. At the same time, its crafters took great care to create new beneficiaries and new expectations.

Which makes repeal very complicated. The Congressional Budget Office projects that, under Paul Ryan’s Obamacare replacement bill, 24 million will lose insurance within 10 years, 14 million after the first year. Granted, the number is highly suspect. CBO projects 18 million

Nonetheless, there will be losers. And their stories will be plastered wall to wall across the media as sure as night follows day. That scares GOP moderates. And yet the main resistance to Ryan comes from conservative members complaining that the bill is not ideologically pure enough. They mock it as Obamacare Lite. For example, Ryan wants to ease the pain by phasing out Medicaid expansion through 2020. The conservative Republican Study Committee wants it done next year. This is crazy. For the sake of two years’ savings, why would you risk a political crash landing? Moreover, the idea that you can eradicate Obamacare root and branch is fanciful. For all its catastrophic flaws, Obamacare changed expectations. Does any Republican propose returning to a time when

The best you can hope for is to make it less intrusive and more rational, as in the Ryan plan’s block-granting Medicaid.

covered by the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. But the number today is about 10 million. That means the CBO estimate of those losing coverage is already about 8 million too high.

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you can be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition? It’s not just Donald Trump who ran on retaining this new, yes, entitlement. Everyone did. But it’s very problematic. If people know that they can sign up for insurance after they get sick, the very idea of insurance is undermined. People won’t sign up when healthy and the insurance companies will go broke. So what do you do? Obamacare imposed a monetary fine if you didn’t sign up, for which the Ryan bill substitutes another mechanism, less heavy-handed but still government-mandated. The purists who insist upon entirely escaping the heavy hand of government are dreaming. The best you can hope for is to make it less intrusive and more rational, as in the Ryan plan’s block-granting Medicaid.

Or instituting a more realistic age-rating system. Sixty-year-olds use six times as much health care as 20-year-olds, yet Obamacare decreed, entirely arbitrarily, that the former could be charged insurance premiums no more than three times that of the latter. The GOP bill changes the ratio from 3-to-1 to 5-to-1. Premiums better reflecting risk constitute a major restoration of rationality. (It’s how life insurance works.) Under Obamacare, the young were unwilling to be swindled and refused to sign up. Without their support, the whole system is thus headed into a death spiral of looming insolvency. Rationality, however, has a price. The CBO has already predicted a massive increase in premiums for 60-year-olds. That’s the headline. There is no free lunch. GOP hard-liners must accept that Americans have become accustomed to some new health care benefits, just as moderates have to brace themselves for stories about the inevitable losers in any reform. That’s the political price for fulfilling the seven-year promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare. Unless, of course, you go the full Machiavelli and throw it all back on the Democrats. How? Republicans could forget about meeting the arcane requirements of “reconciliation” legislation (which requires only 51 votes in the Senate) and send the Senate a replacement bill loaded up with everything conservative – including, tort reform and insurance competition across state lines. That would require 60 Senate votes. Let the Democrats filibuster it to death – and take the blame when repeal-and-replace fails, Obamacare carries on and then collapses under its own weight. Upside: You reap the backlash. Downside: You have to live with your conscience.

Biz Wiz

By Azi Rosenblum

Pesach the “Super Bowl of Jewish food” and while that’s obviously an inaccurate and potentially distasteful comparison (pun intended), I thought it was also a subtle reminder that value is defined by the consumer. Perhaps you don’t throw a crazy Super Bowl party, but we all have our “thing(s)” both large and small, spiritual and physical, that we would spend more on to get the better or possibly best and we don’t sit around complaining about having done so. If that’s your

approach on Pesach, then embrace it and be happy! If you feel trapped, see your local Rabbi - maybe you are overdoing it on optional upgrades. Azi Rosenblum is a business consultant and the founder and CEO of RemSource, an outsourced provider of administrative and bookkeeping services for small businesses. To suggest a topic or ask a question for a future #BizWiz column email BizWiz@ baltimorejewishhome.com.

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that different regions and markets see a swing in pricing, just as one should expect in any industry. Demand and volume always control prices; hence the phrase use to compliment someone’s sales skills as being able to “sell ice to Eskimos”. Yes, in the early 90’s there was a proven violation of price fixing laws and at least one major US manufacturer paid a few million in fines, but how we get to $20+ per pound does not seem to be as cut and dry as some may think. There is certainly a direct link between the cost of matzah and the use of manufacturing technology vs. manual labor. Add to this a direct increase in the levels of and number of stringencies and precautions in halacha, and you have flour and water, baked in 18 minutes or less, available for prices from $3 per pound to $50 per pound. So while we often hear questions and complaints about the cost of matzah, specifically hand & shmurah matzah, it does seem a bit illogical from a business standpoint. If you demand a product that has greater costs to manufacture than another product, the cost goes up. Factually, according to market research I found, there is a very consistent 20% markup on kosher food vs. non-kosher, and another 20% increase for kosher for Pesach (broadly speaking, some products are outliers to the average). Bottom line: Co-ops, competition, online shopping, and pressure from consumers can certainly influence the cost of any product, and we as kosher consumers should shop smart and make sure we are being treated fairly, but we need to be reasonable too. Our demands create costs. Manual labor vs. machines, limited stock vs. mass production, supervised from the field or the well, these are choices (or perhaps not) that increase costs. This article started with a quote that called

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Are you ready for this? According to Menachem Lubinsky, a kosher food marketing expert and the organizer of the “Kosherfest” food industry trade show; “Customers who flock to supermarkets and kosher specialty stores seeking matzo, gefilte fish, brisket, and chopped liver have helped propel the holiday into the Super Bowl of Jewish food. Now, 40% of annual US sales of kosher food — about $1.1 billion worth — come during Passover.” Can you believe it? 40% of annual sales???? Another eye-opening fact, according to Lubinsky, is that there are now over 20,000 kosher items sold in America, compared to just 1,500 items 25 years ago! This trend, he suggests, is directly attributed to breakthroughs in food technology that have increased and improved the use of potato starch as a substitute for several kinds of grain, including wheat, barley, oats, spelt and rye. (Big win for the gluten free and Passover eaters!) Lubinsky and his marketing firm Lubicom attribute the volume and demand for Kosher for Pesach food to Pesach being one of the most universally observed holidays across all spectrums of the Jewish community. Now let’s focus on matzah. According to Lubicom, matzah alone was a $130 million industry as of 2012. The matzah industry here in the US is made up of at least two “major” manufacturers, Streit’s & Manischewitz, imported matzah from Israel ($6 million worth in 2015), and a bunch of “smaller” factories that focus mainly on hand and shmurah matzah, featuring a vast menu of hashgachos, minhagim, chumras, and specialty dietary blends like spelt and oat. So what’s up with the price of matzah and kosher for Pesach food? Hard to tell. We have all heard the complaining, and we certainly know

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A(nother) Silent Crisis A Shortage of Qualified General Studies Teachers in Our Yeshivos

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ecently, I received a call that has unfortunately become quite a common occurrence. It went something like this: “Rabbi, do you know a teacher for us? We need an English teacher… No, the one we have isn’t working out. I understand it’s in middle of the year but we’re really looking. OK let me know if you think of anyone for us.” As a general studies teacher in yeshivos in Brooklyn for more than a decade, I often receive calls from hopeful principals looking for teachers to fill slots for this or the following year. The search, however, many times turns out fruitless. When it comes to finding qualified rabbeim in the morning, boruch Hashem, there are more applicants than positions. However, when it comes to the chinuch in the afternoon, the opposite is true. During the second half

of the day, we face a serious teacher shortage – in particular for boys in the older grades. Case in point: a Mesivta I’m familiar with in Brooklyn, with a fantastic general studies program, struggled last year for close to three months without a math teacher. The yeshiva, despite offering a competitive salary (which due to demand has risen tremendously over the last few years), came up emptyhanded until a fellow came around and offered to teach. The fellow was a bit odd, but in a bind and the clock ticking towards the regents, the Mesivta hired him. What a mess this proved to be. Besides for his odd personality, he missed a tremendous amount of days and soon came to be seen by the school administration more of a nuisance than a help. So why is this happening now?

Why is there a general studies teacher crisis today more than in the past? The reasons for this I believe are multiple: Older, qualified, frum teachers are retiring and very few teachers are taking their place: in the postwar generation, many young frum men and women became professional teachers in the public schools. Teaching in public school was seen as an attractive option for those seeking job security, lots of benefits, and ultimately, a schedule that largely fits an Orthodox lifestyle. Moreover, being that most public schools in the past ended their school day when yeshivos started teaching general studies, many frum teachers would transition from public school to yeshivos and teach the rest of the afternoon there. This allowed many frum and qualified teachers to fill the slots

available in yeshivos. However, that generation of teachers is retiring now and there is a lack of frum teachers to fill their slots. Because of the rising cost of frum living, and public schools increasingly being seen as a hostile work environments, the choice of entering the teaching profession in the public schools as a career choice for the frum male has diminished significantly. Highlighting this shift, a 2005 article in the Forward reported that AOJT membership (the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers, an association originally created to represent Orthodox teachers and staff in public school but which now represents and fights for all Jewish teachers in public school regardless of their religious affiliation) was down from 7,000 in the 1980s to merely 2,500 members! And while

of charge – see below for contact information) and a willingness to learn the methods and content needed to teach, a ben Torah in Kollel or in chinuch can become an effective general studies teacher, filling a vital role in the Torah development of our youth today. As a yungerman learning in Kollel, and with parnassah needs growing due to a growing family ka”h, I went into general studies teaching. Boruch Hashem, the experience proved to be greatly beneficial

Many general subjects – especially science and history – if taught from a Torah perspective are the perfect vehicle to impart vital lessons in classic Torah hashkafa.

and rewarding. The actual work is only a few hours a day (which allows one to learn or teach Torah the rest of the day), the pay is respectable for those few hours that one works, and it provides a workplace in a Torah environment. Additionally, for those planning to shift to full-time work in the near future, teaching general studies in Yeshiva allows a ben Torah to gradually shift from a kulo kodesh world into the world of parnassah without the jarring effect felt by shifting from Kollel to full-time work virtually overnight. Moreover, for those seeking to gain some experience in front of a classroom, general studies teaching provides a great place to acquire that experience. Becoming a general studies teacher in yeshivos for yungerleit seeking some parnassah was one that my great Rebbe, Rav Belsky, zt”l, supported wholeheartedly and one that he pursued as a young man as well. And despite the public perception prevalent in some quarters today, becoming a general studies teacher actually provides incredible chinuch opportunities, some, not even afford-

Rabbi Moshe Brody is a veteran general studies teacher in our yeshivos, a member of the Kollel Choshen Mishpat and Even Haezer in Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and is the founder of the Limudai Yisroel Institute dedicated to improving general studies in yeshivos. Anyone interested in receiving free training to become a general studies teacher using these Torah methods can contact Rabbi Brody at limudaichol@gmail.com.

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and secular teachers are hesitant to take yeshiva jobs even when offered. Many stories of mid-year disasters and subsequent resignations caused by cultural differences have convinced both sides that this arrangement is not a favorable one for either side anymore. For those looking for a full-time salary, teaching general studies in yeshivos is not an optimal career choice. The yeshivos simply cannot afford to pay attractive salaries to general studies teachers who work, at best, part-time hours. Despite the rising salaries due to a lack of supply, the yeshiva system as it is today cannot sustain full-time salaries for barely part-time work. On the other hand, the yeshiva system remains in dire need of qualified teachers for their general studies departments. So what can be done about this? I would like to suggest the following solution to this problem: Bnei Torah, in Kollel or in chinuch in the morning, looking for (more) opportunities to be mechaneich can find this a perfect venue. With some training (which we are willing to provide free

ed to our rabbeim. Being a general studies teacher in a yeshiva affords a ben Torah an opportunity to model for yeshiva boys how worldly topics are to be approached by a ben Torah. Additionally, it provides an opportunity to influence our youth with Torah hashkafa using the general curriculum as a tool to do so. Many general subjects – especially science and history – if taught from a Torah perspective are the perfect vehicle to impart vital lessons in classic Torah hashkafa. History is a perfect vehicle to teach hashgacha pratis which can demonstrate Hashem’s providence over the Yidden throughout our long history. Science can be used as a tool to build emunah by showing Hashem’s brilliant design in nature. Literature affords a perfect opportunity to analyze cultural messages from the outside world and media through the lens of the Torah, a crucial life skill for every Jew growing up in today’s world. Finally, math affords a golden opportunity to shed light on obscure Gemaras and sugyos, including halachic measurements and the like, and to also show how the Ribbono Shel Olam made a world that is precise. All in all, these are valuable chinuch lessons not focused on much in the current curriculum in limudei kodesh and which can only serve to strengthen the yahdus of our youngsters. And so, I appeal to bnei Torah and to all members of our Torah world to consider this very unique and rewarding profession for themselves. Try it, I don’t think you will be disappointed.

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become general studies teachers in yeshivos. Moreover, as public school teaching has become a less popular choice for frum people, there are fewer networks upon whom to draw non-Jewish or non-religious teachers from. These factors have severely impacted and disrupted the supply chain of teachers flowing in from the public-school system. Finally, because of cultural shifts in society, principals are reluctant to higher secular teachers from the outside

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the following represents the experience of one frum person it still speaks volumes about the magnitude of this reality. Someone who recently attended Brooklyn College’s graduate school to study for his Master’s in Education degree reported that he knew of only one other frum student looking to become a teacher in the whole of his graduating class! Teaching general studies isn’t the career choice it once was, especially for frum men. Compounding this problem is the growth of the Torah community ka”h and the flourishing of yeshivos. While in the past, there were only a handful of yeshivos that needed slots in the afternoon to be filled, today there are dozens of yeshivos – all with positions needing to be filled. Many experienced retirees are being asked to come out of retirement to fill these slots, however, this option proves in many instances to be to the detriment of both the young students and the older generation of even highly qualified and experienced teachers. Partly due to the sheer generation gap and partly due to the demands of teaching, in many instances (although certainly not all) students are not being properly served with this greying population of teachers. Non-Jewish or non-frum teachers also are becoming a rarity: again, in the past, many of the teachers that would come over to teach in the afternoon in yeshivos were non-Jews or non-religious Jews. Many of them, hearing through their Orthodox colleagues of teaching opportunities in the afternoon, came over to teach in yeshivos. Thus, those frum teachers who were in the public school system were able to draw upon their networks of colleagues to reliably fill slots in the afternoon. However, this too has changed in recent years for several reasons. First, public schools have extended the amount of hours in their school day and now offer additional funding for those extra teaching opportunities. This reality has diminished or eliminated the incentive and/or the ability for this class of teachers to

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point regarding Yaakov? We find that Avrohom and Yitzchok also left the places where they lived? “It is said specifically by Yaakov because Yaakov underwent a profound change. He underwent a transformation and did not return only as Yaakov but in addition as ‘Yisrael’. After leaving his old life behind and being immersed in the learning at the yeshiva of Shem V’Ever, after his struggles with Lavan and with the Sar of Eisav, he became totally transformed. In a similar vein when Chazal say that a person must exile himself to a makom Torah it means that if person wants to truly be successful in his learning he must leave behind all of the old things that hold him back. “Amalek, however is the opposite. He doesn’t ‘leave’, he only ‘comes’. He never changes, he never lets himself see the hand of Hashem, he retains the same agenda. Amalek saw kriyas Yam Suf, but he didn’t change. He is always stuck in his old agenda. “If we want to change, if we do not want to be stuck in the old agenda that the yetzer hara constantly puts before us, we must learn mussar. Mussar makes us into ‘vayeitzei people’, enabling us to leave the havlei Olam Hazeh, the worthless pursuit of the transient matters empowering us to focus on the eternal.” The Transformative Moment About a week earlier at the Tshechonover Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, Rav Hofstedter gave a comprehensive shmuess explaining why limud hamussar is imperative for any person who truly wants to grow in his avodas Hashem and his relationship to Hashem. “The Torah at the beginning of Parshas Beshalach states, “And it happened when Pharaoh sent out the people.” Why did the Torah emphasize the fact that Pharaoh sent them? Did not Hashem take them out of

Rav Dovid Hofstedter giving a shmuess in the Tshechonover Yeshiva

Rav Eliyahu Abba Shaul delivering Divrei Chizuk at a Dirshu testing site

Mitzrayim by sending the plagues? The answer is that the Torah is telling us that from the perspective of the Bnei Yisrael it was Pharaoh who sent them out. Even though physically they had left Mitzrayim they were nevertheless still attached to him and their former role as slaves. It was still as if ‘Pharaoh’ sent them out. It was only at kriyas Yam Suf when the Torah tells us, ‘They feared Hashem and they believed in Hashem and Moshe his servant,’ that they underwent the transition from being Pharaoh’s slaves to Hashem’s servants! Therefore, it was only at Yam Suf that they attained the true level of yiras shomayim. “What mussar does, is, it severs all of us from our own Mitzrayim. We are slaves to our desires, to the borders imposed upon us by the yetzer hara. Learning mussar daily enables us to free ourselves from those bonds and to grow in yiras shomayim. As Klal Yisroel begins month two of Kinyan Chochma, there is no question that the impact of the limud hamussar on so many thousands, will serve as the catalyst for sustained, profound growth in all areas of avodas Hashem.

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sefarim every day… He who is greater than his friend has a greater yetzer hara and the antidote for the yetzer hara is the rebuke of mussar…” At a different testing site, HaGaon HaRav Avrohom Halberstam, shlita, a son of the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, shlita, said, “Everyone knows that in yeshivos, learning mussar is an accepted part of the curriculum. For some reasons this is not the case in kollelim. People have this misconception that a kollel yungerman or a baal habayis is too old for this. On the contrary, at this point in life it is imperative to learn mussar! That is why Dirshu has done such an important service for Klal Yisrael by establishing the Kinyan Chochma program where mussar will be learned daily by all…” The Difference Between Yaakov and Amalek The importance of devoting time to learning mussar was underscored by Dirshu’s Nasi, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, who recently delivered drashos in both Lakewood and Yerushalayim on this topic. In Lakewood this past Shushan Purim, Rav Hofstedter participated in a siyum on Masechta Zevachim by Kollel Ohel Daniel, a night Kollel that learns with the Dirshu method of accountability taking monthly tests. At the siyum Rav Hofstedter related, “One of the six things that we are commanded to remember every day is what Amalek did to us. Why every day? Especially today when we don’t even know who Amalek is anymore?” Rav Hofstedter explained that when the Torah mentions that Amalek came to fight with the Bnei Yisrael it uses the word, ‘vayavo - Amalek came.’ “We see, however that when referring to Yaakov Avinu, the Torah uses the term ‘vayeitzei - he went out.’ Chazal learn from here that when a tzaddik leaves it makes an impact. Why does the Torah only make this

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There were many thousands sitting with pen in hand and furrowed brows this past Friday and Sunday. They were in sitting locales across North America, Eretz Yisrael, Europe, South America, South Africa and Australia. They were taking a Dirshu test. What was unique, however, was that this test was not on Gemara, or Halacha, but rather on mussar! They were taking the first test on “Kinyan Chochma”, Dirshu’s new mussar program, wherein a portion of the mussar classics are learned daily and Dirshu participants are tested monthly on the content. As with all Dirshu programs of accountable limud haTorah, stipends are given for excellent results. Perhaps the most momentous resolution to come out of Dirshu’s recent convention was the announcement at the Motzoei Shabbos keynote melava malka of a new program, the Kinyan Chochma mussar learning program. In a world gone wild, where there is so much poisonous influence on our middos and a toxic worldview from the outside world seeping into our world, at the behest of leading gedolim in both Eretz Yisrael and the Diaspora, Dirshu launched its new mussar learning program. The program consists of a daily dose of mussar from the mussar classics such as Tomer Devorah, Orchos Chaim L’Harosh, Orchos Tzadikim, Mesilas Yesharim and Rabbeinu Yonah. Mussar – The Antidote for the Yetzer Hara Indeed, numerous gedolei Yisrael addressed Dirshu testing sites and expressed their deep sense of joy that such a program has been established. HaGaon HaRav Meir Simcha Auerbach, shlita, a son of the posek hador, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, said that in truth the program is the fulfillment of a halacha brought in the Mishnah Berurah [1-12], “A person must set aside time to learn mussar

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Can You Balance Your Brain? We often hear that depression is caused by a group of chemicals known as neurotransmitters being out of balance in the brain and that antidepressant medication puts the chemicals back in balance. If this were to be true, we should be able to predict your mood based on the levels of certain neurotransmitters in your brain. The reality is a lot more complex. It is true that neurotransmitters play an important role in one’s mood, but it is only one of the numerous factors that affect mood. Let us briefly discuss a class of antidepressants known as SSRI’s (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor). Many well-known medications (such as Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, and Celexa) belong to this group. Initially, the basic understanding of the mechanism of action was that it increases the amount of serotonin (a neurotransmitter) in the synapse (the gap between neurons) thus allowing better communication within the brain. This led researchers to assume that low serotonin levels caused the depression since raising serotonin levels was the remedy. If this is correct, then the first line of treatment for depressed individuals should be medication since it would stand to reason that we are better off with “balanced brains”. However, several problems emerged that cast doubt on this theory. First of all, if low serotonin levels caused the depression then why does

it take a month or more after starting the medication to see results? Also, why do a large percentage of individuals fail to respond to the medication? Furthermore, researchers discovered that individuals with naturally occurring low levels of serotonin are not at a higher risk for depression. Finally, if the medication really puts the brain back in balance, then why do so many people experience significant side effects? Basically, we do not know how these medications work which is not surprising being that brain researchers believe that with all that we know about the brain we have still barely scratched the surface. For this reason, whether or not one should take antidepressants is a very individual question that differs from person to person. Some people respond well with just therapy, some respond well to medication, and some require a combination. Just like every human being is unique, so to the nature of one’s depression is unique. There is no one-size-fits-all in mental health. This is a service of Relief Resources. Relief is an organization that provides mental health referrals to the frum community. Rabbi Azriel Hauptman is the director of the Baltimore branch of Relief. He can be contacted at 410-448-8356 or at ahauptman@reliefhelp.org .

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That’s barely a tenth the size of Manhattan. It’s a bustling port and popular tourist destination. But there’s little industry to speak of, and no agriculture at all. So how does a dinky little flyspeck of a state like that make a living? Well, there’s new money coming in from online bookies and casinos. And like many territories clinging to the remnants

eign Account Tax Compliance Act, which strong-arms foreign banks into identifying Americans with accounts topping $50,000. Gibraltar proudly calls itself a low-tax zone, and even sued a Spanish newspaper for calling it a “tax haven.” Still, the friendly tax regime has made Gibraltar home to 30,000 people and 30,000 corporations.

They’re more than happy to pickpocket ”tax” visitors of food and even items like hats, sunglasses, earrings, and wigs. Watch out! of the British empire, it’s become a tax shelter. Gibraltar has no VAT tax. No sales tax. No wealth tax. No tax on interest, dividends, or capital gains. No gift or estate tax. Personal rates are capped at 26.25%. There’s now a flat 10% tax on most corporations. Does that make for a true “tax haven”? Not necessarily – the government is proud to comply with OECD tax standards and our own For-

That’s quite a ratio! Data nerds will appreciate that Gibraltar has the second-highest number of “Big Four” accounting offices per capita (behind only the British Virgin Islands) and twelfth-highest number of banks. Conspiracy theorists will note that Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the heart of last year’s Panama Papers revelations, kept an office overlooking the harbor before closing it down in the wake of the story.

Gibraltar even has some natural tax collectors. We’re talking about those macaques, who live in troops on the upper Rock. They share 99% of our DNA, which makes them curious and intelligent. And they have opposable thumbs, which makes them nimble and dexterous. They’re more than happy to pickpocket ”tax” visitors of food and even items like hats, sunglasses, earrings, and wigs. Watch out! You might think after reading all this that your next move should be to someplace like Gibraltar. In fact, the nonprofit Tax Justice Network ranks our own United States as the number three tax haven in the world. The reality is that you don’t need to move offshore to save money on taxes – you just need a proactive plan to make the most of legal opportunities here at home. So make sure you have that plan – and no monkeying around!

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n Roman mythology, the hero Hercules used his divine strength to smash through the mountain that used to be Atlas. This created the Straits of Gibraltar, linked the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and forged the famed Rock of Gibraltar. The so-called “rock” is an enormous limestone monolith, rising 1,398 feet nearly straight up from the sea, and making Gibraltar a key strategic crossroad. It’s also a natural paradise. It’s home to over 500 species of plants, as well as the famed Barbary macaques, which are the only wild monkeys living in all of Europe. Admiral George Rooke seized Gibraltar from Spain in 1704, and the Treaty of Utrecht ceded it to the British in 1713. But the treaty didn’t specify a border, and the Spaniards are still bitter bumblebees about the whole thing. Local legend holds that when the monkeys leave, so will the British. Winston Churchill took that legend seriously enough that during World War II, when the population had dwindled to just seven, he issued an order to keep the population at no less than 24. (More about the monkeys in a bit.) The territory today covers 2.6 square miles, including the Rock.

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Gluten Free Recipe Column by Mrs. Elaine Bodenheimer

Kosher for Pesach Edition!

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PESACH IS OUR FAVORITE YOM TOV SINCE MANY OF THE RECIPES ARE ALREADY GLUTEN-FREE!!

Knaidlach What You Will Need: 2 eggs 3 Tbl oil 1/3 tsp. salt ¾ cup plus 2 Tbl. instant potato flakes

Preparation: Beat eggs slightly with a fork. Add oil, salt, and potato flakes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour. If mixture is too loose, add more potato flakes. Form knaidlach and drop into boiling salted water. Cook, covered, for 30 to 60 minutes. Enjoy!

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Fluffy Blueberry Muffins

What You Will Need: 2 eggs, separated ¾ cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 ¼ cups potato starch 1/3 cup oil ½ - 1/3 cup blueberries (or mini chocolate chips) 2 Tbl of sugar and 2 tsp. of cinnamon mixed together

Preparation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 360 degrees. Line cupcake pans with liners. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites on high until stiff peaks form. Slowly add sugar, baking powder, potato starch, egg yolks, and oil. 2. Spoon scant ¼ cup of batter into cupcake holders. Sprinkle tops of cupcakes with sugar and cinnamon. Bake for 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool and enjoy for anytime! Makes 14 cupcakes.

Meringues

(The proportions are 1 egg white to Âź cup sugar)

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What You Will Need: 3 egg whites 3/4 cup extra fine sugar

Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have extra fine sugar, you may take regular sugar and process in food processor for one minute. 3. Beat egg whites until frothy. Slowly add sugar, one teaspoon at a time, until whites are stiff and glossy. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoons or squeeze through a pastry bag fitted with a decorative tip -onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour, and shut off oven (or just use time bake setting), and leave in oven for at least 3 hours or overnight. Store in airtight container. (This is critical!) Enjoy!

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Vanilla Custard Roll Cake

6 Tbl. sugar 6 Tbl. potato starch 1 Tbl vanilla sugar For the filling: 16 oz. pareve whipping cream 1 oz. instant vanilla pudding (or you can use any flavor you like)

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What You Will Need: 6 eggs For the Cake:

Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add sugar, slowly, until whites are stiff. Into same bowl, gently add egg yolks, potato starch, and vanilla sugar until combined. Spread batter onto parchment-lined large cookie sheet. 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 minutes or until sponge cake is light brown. Cool. Remove from parchment paper. 4. Beat whipping cream, and when almost completely beaten, add instant pudding and beat until thick. Spread evenly over cooled sponge cake. 5. Roll up the long way, to get the most pieces out of the cake. You can frost with your favorite icing and spread 1/3 cup of your favorite sprinkles on top. Enjoy!

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MARCH 23, 2017

Gluten Free Recipe Column

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Strawberry Shortcake What You Will Need: 7 eggs- separated 1 cup sugar- divided juice of 1 lemon ½ cup potato starch ¼ cup gluten free cake meal 16 oz. Whipping Cream defrosted 1 quart strawberries, cleaned 3 Tbl. sugar

Preparation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. 2. To make cake: Beat egg whites until foamy. Add ¼ cup sugar, and continue to beat until stiff. Set aside. 3. In another bowl, beat yolks for 2 minutes. Add ¾ cup of sugar, and continue to beat until light and golden. Add lemon juice, potato starch, and cake meal. When incorporated, slowly add stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into ungreased 10 inch tube pan. Bake in pre-heated oven for 30 minutes. Increase heat to 325 degrees and bake for 15 minutes more. When medium brown, remove from oven and invert onto table until completely cooled. 4. To make filling, cut cake in half through diameter. Beat Rich Whip and add 3 Tbl sugar, and beat until stiff and glossy. Put ½ of the whipped cream into another bowl. Cut up ½ of the strawberries and add to the whipped cream in the bowl. Smear the strawberry-cream mixture onto the bottom layer of the cake. Place top layer over cream mixture, and spread rest of whipped cream on top. Decorate with the remaining strawberries, as shown. Enjoy!

Double Chocolate Cookies

What You Will Need: 1 cup sugar 1 cup pecans ¼ cup chocolate chips 1/3 cup cocoa 2 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ tsp. salt

Preparation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. 2. Place nuts in food processor and chop. Add rest of ingredi-ents and process together. Drop by teaspoons onto parchment-lined cookie sheet. 3. Bake at 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes. The cookies will harden as they cool. Makes about 24 cookies. Enjoy!

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Chocolate Cake Preparation:

What You Will Need: 6 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 1 ½ cups oil ¾ cup cocoa ¾ cup potato starch ½ tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt

For cupcakes: 1. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Spoon a scant ¼ cup of the batter into each cupcake liner. 2. Bake about 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 3. To decorate, use homemade frosting and fill into pastry bag fitted with a #21 decorating tip. Decorate tops by starting along the outer edge of the cupcake and using a circular spiral motion, ending up in the center of the cupcake. Scatter any toppings you like on the top. Enjoy!

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1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. 2. In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients until well blended. Pour into a greased bundt pan or a 9x 13 pan. 3. Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Sprinkle confectioners’ sugar over top.

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Marble Cake

Preparation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan. 2. With an electric mixer, beat eggs with 2 cups sugar until light and creamy. Gradually add oil, vanilla, baking powder, cake meal, and salt. Beat until combined. Pour 2/3 of the batter into greased pan. 3. Add cocoa and 3 Tbl sugar to remaining 1/3 of the batter. Mix until smooth. Pour chocolate batter over pan and swirl with knife to marbleize. Bake one hour or until cake tester comes out clean. Enjoy!!

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What You Will Need: 6 eggs 2 cups sugar plus an additional 3 Tbl sugar 1 cup oil 2 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder 1 ½ cups gluten-free cake meal 1/3 cup cocoa ¼ tsp salt

Recipies from:

Cooking King forthe

by Renee Rousso Chernin

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Excerpt from The Kosher Channel 3 Day Pesach Cooking Plan. Shopping and equipment lists, simple recipes and menu plans for delicious meals you’ll use throughout the week of Pesach. You’ll feel freer because the meals are planned & the components ready to go to work for you. Get the complete guide on theKosherChannel.com and everything will be

B’SEDER!

Roasting is the backbone of my vegetable cooking on Pesach. Roast a wide variety and most people will find themselves in a happy place at your table. FYI-aluminum disposable pans do not work as well as good quality baking pans—ok, you now know.

Vegetables good for roasting:

PASSOVER CHOLENT~a.k.a. Yapchik, Who says you can't have great Passover cholent? Try this creamy, filling recipe and you might not ever go back to barley and beans.

Ingredients: 8 pounds potatoes, peeled 5 large onions, peeled 1/4 cup catsup 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon garlic powder

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BASIC ROASTED VEGETABLES “RECIPE”

2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon dried thyme 2-4 pounds shoulder roast, brisket or flanken 3 carrots, optional

Preperation: 1. Into a large bowl, grate or finely shred half of the potatoes with all of the onions. Add catsup, garlic, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper and combine well with potatoes and onions. 2. Place mixture in a 9” x13” roasting pan or into a large slow cooker pot. Place the meat in the center of the potato mixture. Preheat oven to 250°F or set slow cooker to high. 3. Cut remaining potatoes and carrots, if using, into 3” pieces and place them around meat. Do not add any liquid. Cover pan with heavy duty aluminum foil or place lid on slow cooker. Cook in oven for at least 12 hours. If using a slow cooker, after one hour, turn heat to low for at least 12 hours. Makes 8-12 servings ~ must make ahead active time: 20 minutes ~ cooking time: the longer the better

• eggplant- slice into ¼” rounds • sweet potatoes-slice into thick sticks or rounds to grill or roast • carrots- peel and cut into large sticks for roasting. • zucchini-trim ends and slice in 1/3 inch “planks” • bell peppers-seed and cut into quarters or eighths. • red or white onions -peel and halve • fennel – slice (don’t understand fennel? I sympathize. So I

made a video about fennel on theKosherChannel.com ...go, now)

• plum tomatoes –are meaty so they roast well: quarter, toss with oil, lots and lots of peeled, sliced garlic, coarse salt, coarse pepper and roast in oven. • hot chilies-roast whole, turning to blacken all sides. Serve whole alongside meats or make zhug: use rubber gloves to peel and seed, chop finely with garlic & cilantro. Cover and refrigerate. HOT! • beets-wrap in foil and roast at 400° F for an hour until fork firm, cool, the peel and dice for sides and salads. Don’t worry, your hands will eventually be the same.

Preperation: 1. Cut vegetables as suggested above. Toss each veggie separately with olive oil to coat, a sprinkle of dried herbs, kosher salt & coarse pepper, then a drizzle of honey. Exact measurements only complicate this recipe. For best results, roast and store vegetables separately. 2. If you are lucky enough to have a Passover grill, it’s a yum factor. Heat up the grill, or oven (it’ll still be great, I promise) temperature to 400° F. Place vegies in one layer in baking pan or grill, sprayed with cooking spray. Roast for 30-50 minutes depending on density. Yes, you can place 2 pans in the oven at the same time, I sure do. 3. Halfway through cooking, vegetables will be browning nicely around the edges. This is the time to flip the plank-cut veggies, stir the cubed ones, and swap placement of pans if you are using two. Prep-ahead tip (good one): Cut roast-able veggies and place in sealable plastic bags. Toss in the olive oil, seasonings and honey; seal and smush around gently. Store in fridge for up to 4 days. When ready to use, plop them in a pan and roast or grill as above. You can have freshly roasted vegies all week.

Recipies from:

Cooking King forthe

PASSOVER TERIYAKI

PASSOVER SOY SAUCE Ingredients:

-makes 2 cups

-makes 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:

Preperation:

1. In a medium saucepan combine all ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil uncovered for 10 minutes until reduced to about 1 cup. 2. Remove from heat, cool to room temperature, Store tightly covered in refrigerator for up to two weeks.

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1/4 cup soy sauce substitute 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 5 tablespoons packed brown sugar 2 tablespoon honey 2 tablespoons potato starch 1/4 cup cold water

1/2 cup beef broth, instant, or save some from cooked brisket 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper to taste

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HANDY SUBSTITUTIONS FOR YOUR PESACH PANTRY

Use these sauces for marinades, drizzle over roasted vegies, stir fry, and add to hamburger.

1. In a small saucepan over medium high heat, mix all ingredients except potato starch and water. Stir until blended and simmering. 2. In a separate small bowl, mix potato starch and 1/4 cup water until smooth. Add all at once to saucepan and stir until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and cool. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

More handy substitutions: Gebroks-free Pesach piecrust & How to Make Mayonnaise on theKosherChannel.com

CHOCOLATE BARK

pareve or dairy makes 10-12 servings active time: 5 minutes | total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients: 24 ounces chocolate chips or chocolate bars, broken up

1/3 cup chopped nuts of your choice 1/3 cup chopped dried fruit 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt, optional

Preperation:

1. Preheat oven to 200°F. Line a large baking pan with parchment paper. Place chocolate into parchment paper and spread into one layer. 2. Cook in oven for about 10 minutes until chips are soft. Remove from oven and immediately spread the chocolate as if you were icing a cake. 3. Sprinkle warm chocolate with chopped nuts and dried fruit. Sprinkle the coarse salt over the top if desired. Now pay attention to this important secret to making chocolate bark  Lift the pan 6 inches from the counter or hard flat surface, drop the pan onto the flat surface. BANG! This helps the topping sink into the chocolate (and somehow also releases some tension). Repeat 2 more times. 4. Freeze until hardened. Break into pieces.

TIP-tastes best right from the freezer. Broken chocolate bark pieces dress up a cake and make plain ice cream a fancy treat. PREPARE AHEAD: Will keep in a covered container for up to one week at room temperature. Can freeze for up to one month.

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A super quick, super adaptable, beautiful and delicious dessert. You may use any combination of chocolate pieces you like: all white chocolate, semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, even broken candy bars. The toppings are also versatile. My favorite is chopped almonds and dried apricots. Use your imagination and have fun. The optional salt (use only coarse salt) adds sophistication and brings out a different facet of this dessert’s sweetness.

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