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How long have you been serving this area? In 2003, a very close friend purchased a home within The Eruv. I remember asking him, how do I let everyone know that I am another great lending option for buyers purchasing homes or refinancing homes in the community? He suggested that I start advertising in the local publications that target home buyers and home owners within the community. My reputation as a reliable lending professional began to grow. I worked the “challenging loans” establishing myself as the loan officer who will find a solution to even the most difficult or complicated home purchases. I am now a 1st Choice for home buyers, realtors and title companies in the community. What should clients expect at their first meeting with you?

bo Non-Conforming loans and renovation loans. Through our broker channel we have asset based loans, interest only loans, financing for non-conforming condo projects and loans for Foreign Nationals. Since my underwriters are in my office, we can review complex income from self-employed borrowers before they make an offer on a home. As a direct lender, we can originate, process, underwrite, close and fund our buyers loans faster and smoother than our competitors. What is your philosophy on customer service? My father told me you only have one reputation so don’t mess it up. My team and I pride ourselves on our Customer Service. The surveys and testimonials we receive always thank us for our exceptional customer service. I want the home buying or refinancing experience to be an enjoyable one. Life is stressful… the mortgage lending process does not have be one of those stressful life events with The Rosenblatt Group. As a seasoned professional who has closed thousands of transactions and hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, I am better prepared to deal with the challenges that can arise during the loan process with a solution or prevent common mistakes or delays that can occur with an inexperienced loan officer. How accessible are you? I am very accessible. I answer calls and emails late into the evenings and on Sundays. Many of my first time buyers have young children and their first availability is after 8:30pm to chat. I had a client who came in on a Sunday from Florida. They fell in love with a

home and I was able to prepare a mortgage approval Sunday evening and their offer was accepted. If they had waited to speak to another loan officer on Monday, multiple offers would have been submitted and they may not be raising their family in the home today. Where do most of your referrals come from? 100% of my business comes from referrals. The majority of my referrals comes from previous clients. I also can count on a loyal group of realtors, CPA’s, financial planners, attorneys, home builders, family and friends for additional recommendations. I want the referral source to always hear the words “Thank you for sending me to Sam!” How do Jewish values impact you and how does it impact your approach to business? I strongly believe my success in the mortgage industry is a direct result of my Jewish values and how I approach every interaction with my clients, business partners and referral sources. Jewish values have taught me to be fair and honest. There are no games or surprises with my team. I practice the “way of the pious.” What is your favorite Jewish holiday and why? My favorite Jewish Holiday is Rosh Hashanah because it marks the anniversary of the creation of the world. I love watching my son listen to the blowing of the Shofar. Of course eating the round challah my cousin bakes is a real treat every year. Editors note: Congratulations Sam on being awarded the State of Maryland’s #1 loan officer for the past 2 years.

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How long have you been in the mortgage business? I started my mortgage career in August 1995. I am now in my 23rd year doing what I love.

The majority of my clients initial conversation with me is on the phone. As a mortgage planner, I ask important questions so I can propose the best loan product based on their monthly budget, down payment, and price range. What you want to pay vs. what you qualify for are two very different numbers. I want my clients to look at their personal finances and do their own budget. Buying a home is not the same as buying a suit or a dress. You can’t return it for a store credit with your receipt. What is the best time in the buying process should you be contacted? Get the loan before the home! About 60% of my clients call me before they start looking. The other 40% call me after they have seen the home. In most cases I can turn around a mortgage approval letter within a few hours after my initial conversation with the buyers. Having a strong Mortgage Approval letter can be the difference when negotiating for a home. Can first-time buyers make use of government programs and grants with your programs? Yes, Academy Mortgage is an approved Maryland Mortgage Program/CDA lender and a Real Estate partner with Live Baltimore. I am a recommended lender and frequent speaker for Home Buying classes at CHAI. What type of loans do you underwrite? Academy Mortgage is a direct lender. We underwrite FHA, VA and USDA government programs plus the Conforming Conventional Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loan products with Academy Underwriters located in our local Mid Atlantic Operations center. The products underwritten in-house also include Jum-

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This week it was announced that a traffic circle adjacent to the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will be named

“U.S. Square – in honor of President Donald Trump.” The municipality plans to formally unveil the square in the presence of U.S. officials after the opening on Monday of the embassy, which is currently a U.S. consular building. The square is located on David Flusser Street in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona. “President Trump has decided to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish people, to stand on the side of the truth, and to do the right thing,” Mayor Nir Barkat said in a statement. “Naming this square in honor of the president is our way of showing our love and respect for the president and the American people, who always stand by the side of Israel.” On Monday, workers put up street signs pointing the way to the new embassy. Small in size, the embassy will initially occupy part of the consular work space pending planning and construction of a purpose-built embassy – a long-term project, according to the U.S. State Department.

Philanthropist Sells Iconic TV Program Haim Saban, an Israeli-American media mogul, has sold the rights to the Power Rangers franchise to Hasbro Inc. for $522 million. The deal also includes the rights to many other brands including My Pet Monster, Popples, Julius Jr., Luna Petunia and Treehouse Detectives.

“Twenty-five years after launching Power Rangers, I believe the future for this brand has never been

greater,” said Saban, the founder of Saban Brands and creator of Power Rangers. Power Rangers has nearly 900 episodes to date, making it one of the longest running live-action children’s series ever. Currently in its 25th season, the series is seen in 150 markets around the world and has been translated into many languages. Saban was born in Egypt and raised in Tel Aviv. He moved to the United States in 1983. While in a hotel room, Saban discovered the Japanese version of Power Rangers on TV and bought the rights. He sold the show to Fox, and “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” has netted billions of dollars in TV profits and merchandise since its debut in 1993. Saban, 73, is a well-known philanthropist in Los Angeles. He has donated a research clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and sponsors the annual Saban Forum on Israel, which brings political figures from the United States and Israel together to discuss topics related to the Jewish state and the Israeli-American Council.

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has come to disappear off the face of the earth.” Truthfully, though, Abbas has never been known to be a lover of Jews, so why are people surprised?

Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority, issued an apology last week to people who were offended by a speech he gave in which he blamed the Jews’ “social function” for the Holocaust. “If people were offended by my statement in front of the [Palestinian National Council], especially people of the Jewish faith, I apologize to them,” Abbas said in a statement. “I would like to assure everyone that it was not my intention to do so and to reiterate my full respect for the Jewish faith, as well as other monotheistic faiths,” he said. Abbas has long been accused of being a Holocaust denier. He published a doctoral thesis claiming that there were secret ties between the Nazis and Zionists. The dissertation reportedly claimed that the six million figure of Holocaust victims was hugely exaggerated and that Zionist leaders cooperated with the Nazis. During a long speech last Monday during a session of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah, the 82-year-old PA leader alleged that the Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitism, but rather by Jews’ “social behavior, [charging] interest and financial matters.” Many have noted that Abbas’ comments were blatantly anti-Semitic. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the speech that “apparently a Holocaust-denier remains a Holocaust-denier,” alluding to Abbas’s doctoral dissertation, and called on the international community to condemn the speech and its expression of an anti-Semitism “whose time

It was seventy years ago when Israel was declared a state. This week, a copy of Israel’s Declaration of Independence was found in a tree sealed in a taxidermy jar, normally used for keeping creatures that have been stuffed. The scroll was originally placed between the roots of a cypress tree on Kibbutz Degania Alef in the Jordan Valley, east of the Sea of Galilee. The tree fell two weeks ago during a storm. This week, two kibbutz members were removing clumps of dirt from its roots before removing the tree. They noticed something round, tall, and thin poking out. Turns out, it was a copy of the declaration. The kibbutz will keep the new find enclosed in its special jar, as it already has a copy of the declaration in its archives.

Judith Leiber Dies Judith Leiber, a famous handbag designer, and her husband Gerson Leiber passed away last week hours apart from one another. Judith was 97 and Gerson was 96. They both had heart attacks. The couple’s spokesman, Jeffrey Sussman, who was also their biographer, told The New York Times that Gerson told his wife the night before

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Judith was born in Budapest and learned the process of handbag manufacturing in her youth. She used her skills to avoid being sent to Nazi concentration camps and was put to work sewing military uniforms during the Holocaust. Gerson was born in Brooklyn and grew up in northwest Pennsylvania, where his father was a junk dealer. He was a sergeant in the Army Signal Corps in Budapest after the War and met Judith on a city street. They were married in 1946 and settled in New York City. The couple opened their own handbag company in 1963 and sold it 30 years later for $16 million. Judith was known for designing small bags with crystals covering them called minaudieres. The bags often had other decorations such as small animals and flowers or were formed in whimsical shapes. They sold for thousands of dollars. Many of her bags were worn by first Ladies of the United States and have landed in museums as historic pieces. Gerson Leiber, known as Gus, was an artist who created abstract landscapes, prints, and sculptures. His work has been featured in several prominent U.S. museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The couple did not have any children.

Why is Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Still Alive? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to the

world last week in which he named Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a professor of physics and an officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, as the director of Iran’s nuclear project. Bibi showed a large archive of materials Israel had removed from a warehouse in Tehran which contained many details of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. “Remember that name, Fakhrizadeh,” urged Netanyahu, while he went on to show how Iran lied leading up to the 2015 nuclear deal as they had been seeking to develop a nuclear weapon at the time. Fakhrizadeh was already well-known before Bibi called him out. “If Iran ever chose to weaponize (enrichment), Fakhrizadeh would be known as the father of the Iranian bomb,” a Western diplomat noted years ago.

The question many are asking is why is Fakhrizadeh still alive? Many of his colleagues have been assassinated in hits linked to the Mossad and it is “reasonable to assume” that Fakhrizadeh would also have been “picked out” for assassination by the Mossad over the years, according to intelligence expert Ronen Bergman. Bergman speculated in an Israeli radio interview that “one can say: apparently there was an assassination plan,” which was rejected during the years when Ehud Olmert was prime minister. Bergman is a well-connected journalist on Israeli intelligence and security who recently published a landmark book, Rise and Kill First, on “the secret history of Israel’s targeted assassinations.” “Apparently, there were those who came to Olmert… and said, listen, there is a danger that the operation will fail; there is a danger that the forces on the ground will be discovered. “At another time,” more recently, Israel’s military intelligence apparently “said maybe we’d be better off with Fakhrizadeh alive, so that we can keep track of him, rather than

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Palestinians Kite Fires Palestinians have a new tactic used to attack Israelis. During recent Gaza protests Palestinians launched kites laden with incendiary material into Israel, where they sparked fires into grasslands and agricultural fields causing a lot of damage. The worst fire occurred last Wednesday near Kibbutz Be’eri. The flames consumed dozens of acres of grasslands and agricultural

fields over the course of approximately six hours before firefighting teams were able to get it under control. The fear of more attacks is growing, especially as the weather gets hotter and drier.

The IDF has not yet addressed this problem directly. An army official said on Friday that the response is “proportional” to the occurrences. There have been about 15 incidents per day in recent weeks, he said, implying that as of now the kite fires haven’t been deemed a significant, consistent issue and therefore there is no plan yet to counteract them. “We are taking this very seriously because it has the potential for damage, to property and – heaven forbid – to people,” the army official said. “The IDF finds solutions. There were rockets, so there’s an Iron Dome [missile defense system]. The kites are a new issue that the army is now figuring out how to deal with,” she said, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with standard IDF protocols. Currently the military is keeping a close eye on the skies in an attempt to spot the kites before they reach Israeli territory and extinguish fires immediately. Israeli residents have been warned not to touch any fallen kites even if they do not appear dangerous as they could be booby-trapped. The Israel Defense Forces released a statement in Arabic calling for Palestinians to abandon plans to launch these “attack kites” into Israel. “The arson phenomenon is not hidden from our eyes, and we are taking it very seriously,” the army’s Arabic-language spokesperson tweeted. “Attack kites are not a kids’ game and we don’t see it that way.” Israeli military aircraft struck a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip used as a launching pad some of the kites. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in Palestinian media. The attack was in response to “terrorists launching burning incendiaries in an attempt to a cause fire in Israeli territory,” an army spokesperson said. “The IDF will continue to operate against terror activity above and below ground, and holds the Hamas terror organization responsible for all terror activities in the Gaza strip,” an army statement released on Sunday said. The kites are created by stretching plastic sheets or newspapers over a hexagonal frame made from a few pieces of scrap wood. Some are left plain, others are painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag – one kite released in April bore a large swastika. The containers of burning fuel are attached with a metal wire and often contain

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The Troy Police Department in Michigan has its newest me-ow-mber: Pawfficer Badges. The female cat officially joined the police department back in April but she did not get a name until last week, when officers put out a vote on her new moniker. She went through a vigorous process to get the job and beat out five other felines for the position. The other name possibilities for P.B. were: Pawfficer Katrina, Pawfficer Pawla, and Pawfficer Donut. Pawfficer Badges won paws down with forty percent of the vote that the department put out online. She will be working with an officer who has two cats at home. The kitty will be used for therapeutic purposes and make public appearances. Another job, according to cops? Keeping an eye on the K9 unit.

A College Degree at 96 Bob Barger is an American hero. The 96-year-old was a pilot in the Navy during World War II. He signed up after he saw an ad that said, “Join the Navy and get an education.” Now, decades later, Barger is officially getting a certificate of education. Barger flew seaplanes for scout observation over the Gulf of Mexico and was a flight instructor at a base in

Corpus Christi, Texas. He later was stationed in Norman, Oklahoma, after the war and planned on a career in the Navy until an explosion in a bunk house. He wasn’t hurt, but carrying out the bloodied men changed his mind about staying in the military. After leaving the military, Barger went to University of Toledo but never graduated. He worked in a paper company after he married and had kids. Now, 68 years later, Barger will be graduating from the university after his transcripts from the 1940s showed that he completed enough credits to qualify for an associate’s degree – a diploma that was not offered at the time that Barger attended the school

“It was something I never dreamed of,” Barger said. “I knew I couldn’t go back to school now. I’m going to be proud to hang that diploma on the wall and think about the friends behind it,” he said. “I found out without friends, this old world wouldn’t be worth living in.” The university took a look at Barger’s old school records because of a friendship he struck up with Haraz Ghanbari, the school’s director of military and veteran affairs. They met five years ago when Ghanbari, a Navy Reserve officer, asked Barger to officiate his promotion to lieutenant. Ghanbari later found out that Barger never graduated from the university, even though he took a full load of classes from 1947 to 1950.The records showed Barger completed 83 credit hours — about 20 more than what’s required for the associate’s degree. University officials say they don’t know of anyone older ever graduating from the school. “It’s the right thing to do. He deserved. He earned it,” Barbara Kopp Miller, dean, said. “It’s so cool to honor a member of our greatest generation.” He never gave much thought about not graduating until just recently. When he was told in January that he

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30,000 Big Macs Don Gorske is a Guinness World Record holder. He won the record for most McDonald’s Big Macs consumed in 2016. Last Friday he reached another milestone when he downed his 30,000th Big Mac. The 64-year-old prison guard from Wisconsin ate the record-extending double-patty sandwich at a local McDonald’s restaurant and says he’s eaten so many simply because he loves hamburgers. He other foods as well. Lobster, he says, is his second-favorite food. According to Gorske, he’s eaten at least one Big Mac – usually two – a day since May 17, 1972. His achievement was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2016 when he was tallied in at 28,788 Big Macs. His wife makes him eat parfaits as well in addition to his Big Mac habit. According to Gorske, his cholesterol and blood pressure are normal despite his horrific fast food habit. To us, it sounds like a heart a-mac waiting to happen.

Hair Spy-le Officials at Fort Ticonderoga have announced that a lock of American traitor Benedict Arnold’s hair will be displayed at the fort he helped capture with the help of Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys in the Revolutionary War’s opening weeks. A piece of his wife Margaret’s hair will also be on display. Curator Matthew Keagle said the hair was recently rediscovered among

the museum’s vast collection of 18th century military artifacts, ranging from muskets and artillery to uniforms and documents.

“There so much in the museum collection that’s not on display. It’s still an ongoing cataloguing process,” Keagle said. “Sometimes we rediscover things, and this was one of them.” Keagle said the hair was preserved by the couple’s youngest son Henry, who was living in Canada when someone sent him the keepsake after his father died destitute and forgotten in London in 1801. Margaret Arnold died in 1775 in Connecticut, Benedict Arnold’s home state. Benedict’s lock of hair was wrapped in paper inscribed: “Two locks of my Father’s Hair sent from London, 1801. Henry Arnold.” Saving a lock of a deceased lovedone’s hair was a common practice during the era, a method of preserving “a physical reminder of the presence of that person,” Keagle noted. The locks of hair were acquired by Fort Ticonderoga from one of Arnold’s direct descendants in 1952, the curator said. Arnold was an officer in the Connecticut militia when he and a small force of frontiersmen led by Ethan Allen rowed across the southern end of Lake Champlain on the night of May 10, 1775, and captured the British-held fort, located 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Albany. The war had begun three weeks earlier in Massachusetts at the battles of Lexington and Concord. Arnold went on to become one of the Continental Army’s best battlefield leaders. Denied promotions and deep in debt, he turned traitor and attempted to hand over the American fortifications at West Point, New York, to the British before being discovered and fleeing to the redcoats’ side. Arnold fought for the British and moved to England after the war. He died at 60 on June 14, 1801, and was buried at a London church. His name has become synonymous with traitor in American lingo.

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Torah Thought

Social Insecurity By Rabbi Zvi Teichman

The Torah foretells of a time when the Jewish nation will fall short in their commitment to G-d and suffer the terrible consequences of their poor choices. They will suffer terrible losses. The survivors among you- I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their foes; the sound of a rustling leaf will pursue them, they will fall, but without a pursuer. ‫וכשלו איש באחיו כמפני חרב ורדף אין‬, They will stumble over one another, as in flight from the sword, but there is no pursuer; ‫ולא תהיה לכם תקומה לפני איביכם‬ )‫לז‬-‫(ויקרא כו לו‬, you will not have the power to withstand your foes. We will become so insecure that even an innocent sound will frighten us. We will imagine that we are being pursued by the enemy, stumbling over each while desperately seeking to escape danger, only to realize we aren’t even being chased. Why does the verse need to reiterate twice the fact that ‘there is no pursuer’? Might there be an intimation of two distinct groups of foes? Rashi reveals that this ‘stumbling’ over one another refers to the famous adage: ‫כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה‬, all Jews are guarantors for one another, the notion that we accept responsibility for a fellow Jew’s sins and are culpable as well when we fail to correct their behavior. Why is this idea inserted precisely here at this juncture? Why is that responsibility described in terms of ‘stumbling’? Stumbling implies a consequence of not having realized that an obstacle lies in our way, while ‫עַ רבּות‬, surety, or the lack of it, is something we do consciously.

Furthermore, even if somehow we can reconcile how this lapse in assuming responsibility for others is appropriately portrayed as ‘stumbling’, but how does it jibe with the very next two words, ‫כמפני חרב‬, as if in flight of the sword? What is this imaginary sword we are fleeing from when we fail to live up to our guaranteeing the actions of others? A dear friend relayed to me a very startling conversation he recently had with his non-Jewish co-worker. This gentile colleague had recently found herself visiting the New York area amidst one of the many Ultra-Orthodox enclaves there. She went on to make an observation regarding the unusually large families there. My friend instinctively ‘apologized’ that he was not as ‘religious’ as ‘those’ groups of Jews. Upon hearing his response she blurted out, “Now I know that you are really Jewish!” Incredulous, he promptly inquired as to what exactly she meant by that statement. She went on to relate to him that in any interaction she had with any Jew she ever met, when comparisons to other sects of Jews ever came up in conversation all reacted with that same level of insecurity he had just displayed. “You guys have a beautiful and very rich culture and are a wonderful people, why are you all so insecure in your religion?!” she challenged. My friend was left with a pit in his stomach, wondering to himself why indeed he felt the instinctive need to distant himself from his fellow Jew. What often compels us to distinguish ourselves from other groups of Jews is twofold. When we perceive

someone pointing out something negative about other Jews we ‘defend’ ourselves by saying ‘we are different’ and not of their ilk. But it can go the other way as well. When someone is admiring a greater quality observed in others we feel threatened in the fact that we are not up to par or meeting the expectations others have from us, so we react by ‘admitting’ we aren’t as ‘pious’. Either way it is a defense mechanism that secures our safety zone, by telling ourselves we don’t have to feel guilty about others misdeeds because ‘I’m not one of them’, nor do we have to feel the need to emulate them because ‘I‘m out of their league’. We see others as a threat to our own standing, and flee from them ‘as in flight from the sword’, because they make us uncomfortable in our convenient presumptions of our own identity. Feeling insecure ‘we stumble over one another’; giving lame and pitiful responses, pathetically distancing ourselves from those whom we feel are ‘pursuing’ and challenging our self-image. The noble ideal of ‫ערבות‬, of being guarantors for one another, doesn’t stem from Judaism’s call for a ‘police-state’, with each one of us deputized to enforce the law. It rather generates from a deep love and bond we have between us that saddens us when observing the failures of our ‘brothers and sisters’, and that compels us to seek ways to improve their lot, their behavior and their standing. After all they are our cherished kin. ‫ורדף אין‬, but there is no pursuer! The Torah talks of two imagined pursuers. We will be so frightened from our real enemies that when hearing the rustle of leaves we will think we are being chased, only to realize it is our own insecurity that feeds that fear and no one is actually hunting us. Similarly, but much more significantly, we will become so unconfident in our understanding of who we are

and what our relationship to our fellow Jew entails, that we will imagine those others as foes, when in fact we are our very own worst enemy, betraying our own ‘family’. In reality ‘there is no pursuer’! The great Tunisian scholar and teacher, Haham Shaul Sheli Mekikatz in his work Midrasho Shel Shem, offers a creative interpretation of our verse. He writes: )‫בקש שלום ורדפהו (תהלים לד טו‬, Seek peace and pursue it The Midrash notes that by no other mitzva does the Torah call for us to ‘pursue’ its opportunity. If you come across a bird’s nest..., if you come across your enemy’s ox..., when you come in your neighbor’s vineyard. This goal of peace is the sole one we are summoned to pursue. The problem is however, that instead, ‫וכשלו איש באחיו‬, we are busy stumbling clumsily over each other, precisely because, ‫ורֹדֵ ף ָאיִן‬, no one is interested in pursuing peace! The next time you hear something negative about a fellow Jew that bothers you, don’t reject him and deny your connection, but rather feel as if your only brother was in trouble and how you’d certainly feel badly for him and wish he were different. Think about all the positive things you admire in him and express the eternal hope that one day he will ‘get it’. When you hear praise of another Jew don’t retreat in inferiority, but rather evince feelings of admiration and express your desire to emulate him or at the very least remain proud of your ‘brother’s’ stature and accomplishments. Remember the only thing pursuing you is your own personal insecurities. In these days leading up to receiving once again the Torah anew, may we pursue peace with a vengeance, lovingly assisting our brethren in getting up after having stumbled, in the spirit of ‘like one man, of one heart’, which is the value that made us worthy to accept the greatest gift – the Torah!

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One of the many customs observed during the period of the Omer is the weekly recitation of Pirkei Avos, the Ethics of our Fathers, commencing on Pesach and continuing through Rosh Hashanna. In some synagogues these are recited by everyone after Shabbos Mincha, in others the Rabbi lectures about lessons derived from these teachings. A parallel tradition relates that the 49 days of the counting of the Omer directly correspond to one such message (Ethics of our Fathers 6:5) that details the 48 ways and strategies that are necessary for the authentic and wholesome acquisition of Torah knowledge. Thus, as we proceed from our physical liberation from the servitude of Egypt, to the ensuing spiritual climax receiving the Torah at the foot of Mt. Sinai, we are ourselves preparing for that awesome event to accept responsibility for this moral framework. The glaring issue with this tradition is that there are 48 methods

enumerated for Torah acquisition, yet there are 49 days of the Omer. How are we to understand the purpose of the 49th day, when we are supposedly already fully prepared? Some suggest that while we may have successfully glossed over these 48 ways, we require another day to review all that we have learned and internalize these lessons before accepting the Torah. Another idea was proposed by Rabbi Mordechai Gifter zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Telz, who theorized that we need the extra day to build up an excitement and thirst for Torah. Intellectual prowess or even purity of character are not guarantees to success in Torah endeavors, or for that matter any other venture in life. One must also really want it! We take this final day to internalize what Torah means to us and how we yearn for and anticipate spiritual heights. A further possible explanation can be derived from the following story. A young Yeshiva student once

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and honestly, quite ambitious. They include requirements such as humility, patience, running from honor, lessening business, little sleep, and much more. Which angelic individual can possibly claim that he has ‘completed’ all 48? The Vilna Gaon in his commentary on Proverbs (31:29) notes that it is indeed close to impossible for any individual to integrate all 48 traits. Some of us might be more studious and have a better understanding of abstract ideas. Others might excel at outreach and social interaction. Yet others might have achieved a wonderous humility. All of us have what to offer, but none of us have it all. There is therefore only one potential path to being adequately prepared for spiritual growth and receiving the Torah. We must embrace each other and build a community. As an assortment of varied individuals, we can collectively achieve what any one of us cannot possibly attain. As a diverse community, each of us can leverage the strengths of our neighbors while ourselves assisting them with their own challenges. On our final approach to Shavuos, we must therefore switch from focusing on our own personal growth, to the profound realization that we cannot go it alone. Day 49 is there for us to group together as a people who aspire for progress, and to bring to the national and communal pot all that we have to offer from the previous 48 days. As we strive higher and stand at Mt. Sinai, we do not merely fend for or live for ourselves, we must indeed become ‘group’ies

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42 We considered Israel among three countries in which to establish offices. We invested in five different companies here, and I am being accompanied by 40 senior managers. I believe we will continue to invest here. - Alibaba founder Jack Ma, speaking at Tel Aviv University last week

I sing well, but only in the shower. I draw, but not well. There are three Jack Ma’s: the first exists in people’s imagination, but it is not me, not when they criticize nor praise me. There is Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, but it is not me, that is merely my position. And then there is the Jack Ma that is me, and that is why I want to retire early and become myself once again, one who wants to do something new every year. – Ibid.

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- Ibid.

All our founders come from not such good schools, but we all believed in the future. When we became millionaires, I asked my partners whether we were smarter than other people, and they said no. I asked them whether we worked harder than others, and they again said no. Smart men left the company, but those who believed in the vision stayed. It does not matter where you are from but what you believe in. - Ibid.

His emotional state seemed to worsen after the 2016 Presidential election. He had counted on forging an ambitious partnership with a White House led by Hillary Clinton. Instead, the Presidency had gone to Donald Trump. Earlier, Schneiderman’s office had sued Trump University for civil fraud, and Trump had countersued Schneiderman personally. On the morning of January 19, 2017, the day before Trump’s Inauguration, Schneiderman called Selvaratnam from a hospital emergency room. She recalls, “He told me that he’d been drinking the night before, and he fell down. He didn’t realize he’d cut himself, and got into bed, and when he woke up he was in a pool of blood.” Selvaratnam rushed to the hospital. Schneiderman had several stitches above his left eye; his face was puffy and bruised. - From the New Yorker expose about disgraced Attorney General of NY, Eric Schneiderman, who resigned from office last week after he was exposed as a woman abuser, alcoholic and drug addict

Schneiderman was too valuable a politician for the Democrats to lose. – Ibid., disclosing why people discouraged female victims of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from exposing him as an abusive tyrant

Belgium cannot be governed the way it is today: solely for the richest and most powerful. It’s a Belgium of Antwerp diamond dealers that we have today when we need a much more pluralistic Belgium. - Belgium’s previous Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo in a recent interview making seemingly anti-Jewish comments about Jews, who dominate the diamond district of the Belgian city of Antwerp

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- Daisy Bastin, 110, of Britain, sharing the secret to longevity

They keep me going. They’re good for the skin too. - Ibid., adding that using fresh onions while cooking has also contributed to her longevity

Washington is too expensive. - Rep. Dan Donovan (R-SI), who sleeps on a cot in his office, explaining to reporters why he opposes a bill that prohibits members of Congress from turning their offices into makeshift sleeping quarters

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I think it’s ridiculous… He’s the president of the United States and he’s a very good man. - Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who is retiring from the Senate, talking to the Politico about ailing Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) wish that President Trump not attend his funeral

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– Tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to investors that recently shorted his company

We’re doomed. The outcome is death, and it’s the end of most life on the planet because we’re so dependent on the burning of fossil fuels. There are no means of reversing the process which is melting the polar ice caps. And very few appear to be prepared to say so. - Prof. Mayer Hillman of University of Westminster’s Policy Studies Institute, telling The Guardian that it is basically “ballgame over” for the world due to global warming

C’mon, man! - Federal Judge Thomas Ellis, at a court hearing last Friday, questioning Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s motives and honesty in a pre-trial hearing for one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort

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In light of this last election, I’m concerned about us as women and how we think. What is going on in our heads where we let that happen, you know?” - Michelle Obama at the United State of Women summit, echoing recent comments by Hillary Clinton

When the most qualified person running was a woman, and look what we did instead, I mean that says something about where we are. - Ibid.

You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort. You really care about what information Mr. Manafort can give you to lead you to Mr. Trump and an impeachment, or whatever. – Ibid

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An IDF soldier is attempting to scale a cliff sixty feet high. Every minute, he climbs upward three feet but slips back two. How long does it take for him to reach the top? See answer below on the opposite page

Centerfold You gotta be kidding An American tourist was riding in a taxi in Israel. As the taxi approached a red light, the tourist was shocked to see the driver drive straight through without even slowing down. Surprised as he was, he didn’t say anything, feeling himself a “guest” and not wanting to make waves. The trip continued without event until the next intersection. This time the light was green and, to the American’s dismay, the cab driver brought the vehicle to a grinding halt. Unable to contain his astonishment, he turned to the driver. “Listen,” he said, “when you went through the red light, I didn’t say anything. But why on earth are you stopping at a green light?”

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The Israeli driver looked at him as if the American was deranged: “Are you crazy?!” he shouted. “The other guy has a red light! Do you want to get us killed?”

What Every Taxi Driver in Yerushalayim Thinks He is Political pundit – ”Ani makir Duneld, hu chaver sheli” Stock broker – ”Yesh li harbei stock bi-epple” Expert on getting around traffic – ”Tov, bo nelech derech achora” Photographer – “Yesh li harbei temunot ba’bayit... Hayita b’B&H?” Expert on California – “Garti b’Calyforneye lifnei esrim shanah...ken, ken...hayiti B’Hollyvood... ani v’Arrison Ford chaveirim tovim”

IDF general – “Yiyeh milchama...ma ani ya’aseh?” Shadchan – “Lamah atta lo nassoi? La’kol sir yeish machseh” Psychologist – “Aich hachayim, chabibi?” The Baba Sali – “Hashem ya’azor lecha...ten li teep gadol bevakasha” Meteorologist – ”Lo yored geshem halayla” The Prime Minister – “Eich ossim shalom? Ani rotzeh! Aval ha’Aravim rotzim rak laharog otanu...ma ya’asseh!” (Spits sunflower seeds out of window)

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1. If you are in Har Nof and want to go to the Kosel, which bus do you take? a. #1 b. #37 c. #2

c. When people on the bus want the driver to put on Jamaican music d. When there is a suspicious package on the bus

5. Which animal is on the emblem of the seal of Jerusalem as a symbol that Hashem gave us the Land of Israel? a. Eagle b. Deer c. Dove

2. In which war did Israel capture the Old City?

6. After whom are the streets in Geulah named?

b. Six Day War c. Yom Kippur War

a. Famous generals

d. Lebanon War

b. Amoraim

3. When do bus passengers say, “Rrreeegggaaa Naahhaaagg”?

c. Founding Members of the Hagana d. Neviim 4. Who made Yerushalayim the capital of Israel? a. Shmuel Hanavi b. Shaul Hamelech c. Dovid Hamelech

d. Talbieh 8. Where is the first place the Centerfold Commissioner goes in Israel, after the Kosel? a. To Massov or H’lo Teiman (for shwarma) b. To Ben Yaakov (for a falafel)

d. Lion

a. War of Independence

7. Which of these is not a neighborhood in Yerushalayim?

c. To Hadar Geula (for pareve chulent) d. To Fro-Yo (for ice cream) e. To Machaneh Yehuda (for marzipan) f. All of the above (after completing the above steps, repeat) 9. Yerushalayim is closest to which body of water? a. Red Sea

a. Ramat Shlomo

b. Dead Sea

b. Ramat Gan

c. Mediterranean Sea

c. Neve Shannon

d. Pacific Ocean

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7-9 correct: You know so much about everything, you must be a cab driver (that's a compliment, see list on opposite page). 4-6 correct: You are like a shwarma in America good but not the real deal. 0-3 correct: Join me as I strum my guitar, "Jerusalem, if I forget thee..."

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a. When the bus driver starts driving the bus while a woman is stepping off the back exit while carrying a double stroller, sixteen bags of groceries and 4 knapsacks

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8. F - If you really want me to like you, bring me back an aish tannur when you go on your next trip to Israel 5. D

2. B- During the 1948 Independence War, Jordan captured what is commonly referred to as “East Jerusalem,” which encompasses the Old City. Israel miraculously recaptured it in the Six Day War in 1967.

4. C

1. C

7. B 6. D

Answer to Riddle Me This: Fifty eight minutes. Although the net progress each minute is one foot, he reaches the top on the fifty-eighth minute just before he would slip back two feet.

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What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

I’ve always been the type of guy who moves at my own speed. Maybe I’m just slower than others or maybe I process what’s happening around me more slowly. But it is the way I am, and I can’t seem to help it. Whatever decisions I’ve made during my life have happened after much ruminations. And I’ve always been alright with that because, ultimately, I think I mull things over thoroughly and come up with the right decisions.

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Now that I’m dating, I’m finding that my style is not appreciated very much. I have gone out with a number of women probably more times than I should have because I just wasn’t sure after a date or two whether or not there was a possible future worth pursuing. I know several young women (and their parents) made comments that I wasted their time. But I had to be sure. Now I’m dating someone who seems very special to me and we’ve been going out already for over three months. I’m getting a lot of pressure from her, from my parents, from her parents, and just about anyone else who feels they have the right to give me advice. Though I like her very much, I’m just not yet 100% sure and I can’t say how long it will take until I do feel 100% certain that she’s the one for me. The pressure I’m feeling is really getting to me and setting me back and forcing me to lose focus on this process. No one seems to want to give me a chance to do things my way – but that’s how I’ve always operated. I can’t stand feeling rushed, especially about something as important as marriage. I desperately feel as though I need to get everyone off my back and so far I haven’t been very successful in doing that. How do I get everyone to slow down and let me be me?

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Frequently asked how it feels to be the husband of a frum, female candidate, I want to share why I encouraged my wife to run. · Dalya will be a great Delegate. Chachmas noshim bansa baisa. Just as Dalya’s wisdom positively influences our own home, I know it will carry over to the House (of Delegates), where she will well-serve our community and district. Smart, skilled, and with a strong work ethic, Dalya will initiate solutions for a better Baltimore.

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· Leadership should reflect our diversity. We need legislators who understand our concerns and values, and who reflect the beautiful mosaic of our community's composition, including Ashkenaz and Sefard, as well as people from different backgrounds and hashkafic levels. And the 63% of district voters who are female could benefit from Dalya's woman’s intuition.

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· Dalya understands her responsibility. Campaigning is emotionally, physically and financially draining, but when community leaders asked Dalya to run, I supported her giving back to the community that has been so wonderful to her immigrant parents and our own family. I know her discomfort being in the spotlight - speaking at public forums, knocking on strangers’ doors, and her photo plastered on vehicles. She does it because she must campaign properly to win, and wants to be sensitive to our community but knows that frum voters comprise only part of the winning vote. As Delegate, she can accomplish much in a more tznius, behind-the-scenes manner demonstrating the values that she acquired from her parents and Bais Yaakov. Being a frum politician is a great responsibility, and Dalya will make a huge Kiddush Hashem in that role.

We were encouraged by the support of Rabbinic leadership in the respective frum communities for the 2013 victory of Mindy Pollak, a frum woman elected to the Montreal Council, and the 2016 election of Rachel Freier, a Chassidish woman who won a competitive race in Brooklyn. While Judges Chaya Friedman and Michele Loewenthal were fortunate not to need high profile campaigns for their Baltimore elections, Dalya’s race is different. So she conferred with our family Rav before deciding to run, and is following Da’as Torah throughout the campaign. I hope our community recognizes that Dalya is doing this for you. So please volunteer, donate, and vote. On behalf of myself and my children, we wish Dalya a Happy Mother’s Day,

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Our community is fortunate to have women run schools, head non-profits, work in various professions, and be stay-at-home moms. Some women fulfill their tafkid in the public eye, like Devorah HaNeviya and Sara Shnierer; others do it more privately, like Sara Imeinu and Esther HaMalka.

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Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. ou sound like an introspective person. It’s fine to take your time to make decisions. Going out with a girl a few more times to give the relationship a final chance to grow is legitimate. However, people with your history, personality and habits have a hard time reaching a decision about marriage. That’s why you are feeling pressured now. It feels like this girl is the one but you want to be sure. That’s your tried and true style. Here’s an important fact. In our world, most people are not sure when it comes to committing to

marriage. They haven’t tested it, they haven’t lived together. They go with their gut, take the plunge, and pray along the way. I don’t think that knowing this fact will help you, however. You need a professional dating coach to help you through this. You need to talk about this girl, your fears and the maturity of taking a reasonable risk. You also need to explore possible other explanations for generally ruminating too much over other decisions. Explore other times you feel pressured. Find a dating coach that you both agree on and go separately and together to see the coach. See if you can work at something together and see where it goes. Don’t blow this one because you feel pressured. Give it the effort it deserves but get a facilitator who can support you.

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The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. o you want to be 100% sure that the young woman you are dating is The One? You are biding your time, as is your “style,” awaiting that magical moment when your heart, gut and psyche go “ping” so you can proclaim, with absolute certainty, “Yes! Yes! I’ve found my bashert.” Sorry, my friend, you’ll be waiting a looong time. Because the special girl you are dating may get tired of your protracted deliberation. First, because she – and her parents and your parents and probably the rest of the world – are on a different timeline; three months are three months on everybody’s calendar. Second, people and relationships are dynamic; they don’t come with guarantees. What seems perfect today may irritate you tomorrow. That’s the joy, challenge and reward of marriage. I boldly suggest that your slower approach to courtship may be a symptom of the big “C” – commitment issues – that have been troubling you for some time. Now would be a good time to enlist the assistance of a dating counselor or therapist to explore your anxiety about commitment and decisions so that you can seal the deal without feeing forced or pressured.

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The Shadchan Michelle Mond The reality of dating and marriage is that the needs of the individual on the other end must be met as well. You no longer have the luxury of moving at your own pace. While your individuality and personality should be respected and accepted, you need consideration for the other side as well. Long waiting periods are hard, especially for a young woman. This is inevitable and applies almost across the board with young women. If she

How do I get everyone to slow down and let me be me?

likes you, she is anxiously awaiting your decision. Lacking any conclusive statement from you, the anxiety builds up: do you want to marry her or not? If she finds her feelings toward you aren’t reciprocated, she will start to lose those feelings for you. So we need to solve the problem on your end. Your uncertainly may stem from a lack of methodology in decision-making. Rather than relying heavily on gut feeling, you need a solid, scientific approach to finding the right one. The good news is that you can already answer this: you have enough mutual attraction and chemistry that you’ve been going out with her for the last three months and feel things are going well. Together with a dating coach, close mentor, or advisor (parents may qualify), take some time to write a list of what qualities and hashkafos matter to you most in your life’s mate. Address what you want in a wife, mother of your children, and, conversely, the person to whose children you will be a father to. Be honest and frank when answering the questions. Once you reflect on these questions and objectively assess her “on paper,” it is time to pursue a definitive decision: make it – or break it. After three months of going out, you certainly should be able to answer most of these questions. Answer the unanswered questions by actively seeking out the answers the next time you meet. If you find that she has the special qualities you seek in a wife and mother, then it is ultimately up to you, not circumstance, to make it work. I assure you that no one enters marriage on feelings alone; there is

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no audible bas kol that informs you when you meet your bashert and no one has 100% certainty. Your married friends will endorse this (if they are being honest). Much hatzlacha!

The Single Tova Wein t sounds to me as if you have great insight into what makes you tick

and you listen to your own inner voice – rather than what others around you seem to think is the correct way to operate. You’ve stated that your approach to life has served you well in the past and so you feel confident staying the course in your usual manner when it comes to dating. The obvious problem is that when it comes to dating within our community, there seems to be a rulebook that most people believe has to apply to everyone. But we are not all equal, and sometimes what works for the masses does not

It is time to pursue a definitive decision: make it - or break it.

woman will decide to wait it out and hang in there until you’re ready to commit with a full heart and no second thoughts. You never know. In the interim, it wouldn’t hurt for the two of you to visit a dating coach together in order for both of your concerns to be heard and alleviated.

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necessarily work for certain individuals. I think it would be a shame if this woman you are dating ended your relationship because you weren’t ready to propose within the expected timeframe. If that’s the case, that tells you a lot about her and her need to strictly follow “group think.” In fact, you need a woman who understands you and the way you think and live because whoever you ultimately marry will have to be patient with you, as you take longer than most people to make important decisions and you will need a patient and understanding woman by your side. But maybe it’s all just noise, and ultimately, this

t’s understandable that a thorough, thought-out, mull-it-over kind of guy like yourself would feel as though he is in a pressure cooker when he is dating “by the rules.” Solely based on your letterh, my mind takes me to two possibilities with regard to what is going on here. The first is that your nature and the “shidduch system” simply aren’t a good shidduch. You like to take your time and think things through, always happy with your decision in the end, while shidduchim often require some faster footwork. The second possibility is that you are using a formula, weighing pros and cons and balancing risk/reward, that may be good for schooling, career and business, but that doesn’t translate into the world of feelings and relationships. Regardless of why this is happening, my suggestion is for you and the woman you are dating to see a therapist or a dating coach together to help the two of you navigate what you are experiencing. We have to find a way right now to release the valve and let some air in, so you can relax a bit. You aren’t going to be able to make a commitment feeling this pres-

sure. And the special woman i n your life may be having all sorts of her own feelings right now. S h e may feel insecure in the relationship or question your feelings for her. Also, if she is accustomed to her friends and family getting engaged after a certain amount of time, the concept of waiting and dating longer may be foreign to her. We have to honor her and her needs through this process. The therapist/coach may want to continue to see the two of you together or he/she may suggest working exclusively with you, depending on what is revealed during the session. I’d hate to see you lose out on a special relationship because there was some misunderstanding between the two of you. Perhaps with both of your needs being met in therapy/coaching and then hopefully in the relationship, the two of you will be able to have a new and very different conversation about the timeline of this relationship. At this point, I’m just going to offer you, and others who are resonating with your plight, some food for thought.

1. What will your relationship need to look like in order to know or feel comfortable taking the next step? What is it that you need to see or feel? 2. Was there ever a time when you wished that you could arrive at a decision using a different avenue? Was there ever a time when you felt beholden to, or resentful of, or trapped by your decision-making process? 3. How would you feel if she were prepared to end the relationship or ended the relationship? 4. Have you spoken to her about your feelings? Have you communicated to her that you have feelings for her, but that you tend to take more time? I didn’t get a sense of the two of you talking about this productively as a couple; only of the pressure you feel. That pressure may be coming from her, but it also may be how you are perceiving talk of commitment. Has the relationship stalled since the pressure set in? What does a date look like these days? 5. I’m curious about your feeling of needing “everyone off my back.” What does that mean? What does that look like? Are you getting annoyed with everyone? I’m also curious about whether or not you have any empathy or understanding for your partner’s feelings in all of this.

While your feelings and experiences are important, hers are equally as important. When in a relationship, there is no more “let me be.” In other words, the way you are reacting to the pressure is equally as important as the pressure you are feeling itself. That needs to be looked at as well. You’re leaving this column with different questions and areas for exploration than you came with. Whether it’s the shidduch system that isn’t right for your nature, or you wind up on a path of self-discovery and growth, whether you settle down happily with this woman, or it turns out it wasn’t meant to be, I think it’s important that you address the current situation in therapy/coaching and see where you go from there. 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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his week, once again, President Trump showed that he was a man of his word. On Tuesday, he stood before reporters and the world when he announced that the United States will be withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. In addition, the president stated that the U.S. will be preparing to reinstate sanctions that it had waived as part of the agreement. Additional economic penalties will be imposed as well. Trump outlined the danger that the Middle East, and the world, would be in should the Iranian regime be able to produce nuclear weapons. He added that, like with North Korea, the United States is showing Iran that it will no longer be a doormat upon which to tread. He reached out to Iranians in Iran, assuring them that the United

States is on their side and understands that they have been held hostage under a tyrannical dictatorship. Before signing a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating U.S. sanctions on the Iranian regime Trump said his action sends a critical message: “The United States no longer makes empty threats.” This week’s decision unravels the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. The Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015 after two years of negotiations between Iran and a group of world powers known as P5+1 – the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, China, Germany and the European Union. The following is a transcript of the president’s announcement.

y fellow Americans, today, I want to update the world on our efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The Iranian regime is the leading state sponsor of terror. It exports dangerous missiles, fuels conflicts across the Middle East, and supports terrorist proxies and militias such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Over the years, Iran and its proxies have bombed American Embassies and military installations, murdered hundreds of American service members, and kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured American citizens. The Iranian regime has funded its long reign of chaos and terror by plundering the wealth of its own people. No action taken by the regime has

been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons – and the means of delivering them. In 2015, the previous administration joined with other nations in a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program. This agreement was known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or J.C.P.O.A. In theory, the so-called “Iran deal” was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a weapon that will only endanger the survival of the Iranian regime. In fact, the deal allowed Iran to continue enriching uranium and – over time – reach the brink of a nuclear breakout. The deal lifted crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for very weak limits on the regime’s nuclear activity – and no

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decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. In just a short period of time, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapons.

If the regime continues its nuclear aspirations, it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before.

Therefore, I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, I will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating U.S. nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime. We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. And we will not allow a regime that chants “Death to America” to gain access to the most deadly weapons on Earth.

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deal must either be renegotiated or terminated. Three months later, on January 12, I repeated these conditions. I made clear that if the deal could not be fixed, the United States would no longer be a party to the agreement. Over the past few months, we have engaged extensively with our allies and partners around the world, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. We have also consulted with our friends from across the Middle East. We are unified in our understanding of the threat and in our conviction that Iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. After these consultations, it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the

Finally, I want to deliver a message to the long-suffering people of Iran: the people of America stand with you. It has now been almost 40 years since this dictatorship seized power and took a proud nation hostage. Most of Iran’s 80 million citizens have sadly never known an Iran that prospered in peace with its neighbors and commanded the admiration of the world. But the future of Iran belongs to its people. They are the rightful heirs to a rich culture and an ancient land, and they deserve a nation that does justice to their dreams, honor to their history and glory to G-d. Iran’s leaders will naturally say that they refuse to negotiate a new deal. They refuse, and that’s fine. I’d probably say the same thing if I was in their position. But the fact is, they are going to want to make a new and lasting deal, one that benefits all of Iran and the Iranian people. When they do, I am ready, willing, and able. Great things can happen for Iran. And great things can happen for the peace and stability that we all want in the Middle East. There has been enough suffering, death, and destruction. Let it end now. Thank you. G-d bless you.

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deliver nuclear warheads. Finally, the deal does nothing to constrain Iran’s destabilizing activities, including its support for terrorism. Since the agreement, Iran’s bloody ambitions have grown only more brazen. In light of these glaring flaws, I announced last October that the Iran

Today’s action sends a critical message. The United States no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them. In fact, at this very moment, Secretary Pompeo is on his way to North Korea in preparation for my upcoming meeting with Kim Jong-un. Plans are being made, relationships are building. Hopefully, a deal will happen, and with the help of China, South Korea, and Japan, a future of great prosperity and security can be achieved for everyone. As we exit the Iran deal, we will be working with our allies to find a real, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Iranian nuclear threat. This will include efforts to eliminate the threat of Iran’s ballistic missile program, to stop its terrorist activities worldwide, and to block its menacing activity across the Middle East. In the meantime, powerful sanctions also go into full effect. If the regime continues its nuclear aspirations, it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before.

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limits at all on its other malign behavior, including its sinister activities in Syria, Yemen, and other places all around the world. In other words, at the point when the United States had maximum leverage, this disastrous deal gave this regime – and it’s a regime of great terror – many billions of dollars, some of it in actual cash – a great embarrassment to me as a citizen and to all citizens of the United States. A constructive deal could easily have been struck at the time, but it wasn’t. At the heart of the Iran deal was a giant fiction: that a murderous regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program. Today, we have definitive proof that this Iranian promise was a lie. Last week, Israel published intelligence documents – long concealed by Iran – conclusively showing the Iranian regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons. The fact is, this was a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will. In the years since the deal was reached, Iran’s military budget has grown by almost 40 percent – while its economy is doing very badly. After the sanctions were lifted, the dictatorship used its new funds to build its nuclear-capable missiles, support terrorism, and cause havoc throughout the Middle East and beyond. The agreement was so poorly negotiated that even if Iran fully complies, the regime can still be on the verge of a nuclear breakout in just a short period of time. The deal’s sunset provisions are totally unacceptable. If I allowed this deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Everyone would want their weapons ready by the time Iran had theirs. Making matters worse, the deal’s inspection provisions lack adequate mechanisms to prevent, detect, and punish cheating and don’t even have the unqualified right to inspect many important locations, including military facilities. Not only does the deal fail to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but it also fails to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could

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How to Fix Health Care By Robert J. Samuelson

o doubt about it: Health care is a vexing political problem. There’s a contradiction at the core of our thinking. We want the best care when we or loved ones get sick. It’s a moral issue. There should be no limits on treatment. But the resulting uncontrolled health spending harms the country. It undermines other priorities – higher wages (more labor income gets channeled into health-insurance premiums) and competent government (defense and other programs may be underfunded). By and large, Americans ignore the contradiction. Presidents and Congresses have wrestled with it for decades without subduing it. The stakes are huge. Collectively, major federal health programs now constitute the budget’s largest spending item, more than $1 trillion in 2017, or 26 percent of outlays. In 1990, the comparable figures were $137 billion and 11 percent of outlays. Meanwhile, insurance premiums – often paid by employers – have jumped, as have deductibles. What can be done? Based on past experience, it’s tempting to say, “not much.” This may ultimately be the case. But a growing number of studies suggest some cause for optimism; health costs can be contained. The relevant studies compare Medicare reimbursement rates with private insurance payments for the same medical conditions. The finding: Medicare pays less – much less. A 2017 Congressional Budget Office study found that Medicare’s average payment for a standardized hospital admission was $11,354 – 47 percent lower than insurers’ $21,433.

This research has two interpretations. One is that Medicare rates have been cut to artificially low levels. To replace lost revenues, doctors and hospitals must raise their charges on privately insured patients. The increases are passed along in higher premiums. There’s massive cross-subsidization of Medicare recipients by the working-age population. Not surprisingly, the rival explanation denies Medicare’s role in boosting premiums. Instead, providers – mainly doctors and hospitals – get the blame. Their market power has increased. Hospitals have merged.

Many health care experts believe that high prices – hospital and doctors’ charges – as opposed to more utilization of medical services are the main reason that U.S. health spending outstrips costs in other advanced societies, says Miriam J. Laugesen of Columbia University’s School of Public Health and author of “Fixing Medical Prices: How Physicians Are Paid.” You can see where this is going. If higher American health spending reflects the growing market power of providers, then why not curb that power with some form of price controls? This is what most affluent societies do,

There are few genuine solutions to our health care problems - only changes that are less bad than the alternative.

Doctors’ group practices have grown larger or have been sold to hospitals. Providers and insurance companies typically renegotiate premiums once a year. The fewer providers there are, the harder it is for insurance companies to dictate terms to the survivors. Probably both theories contain some truth. But scholarly opinion seems to favor the market-power explanation. Significantly, the congressionally created Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) has endorsed that view.

notes Laugesen. Writing in the liberal Washington Monthly magazine, Paul Hewitt and Phillip Longman recommend just that. Under their proposal, Congress would adopt the Medicare fee and reimbursement system for the entire country. If this were done, employer-paid premiums would drop sharply, and some savings – maybe all – would be passed along to workers. (Hewitt and Longman call their proposal the “single-price system,” as opposed to the “single-payer system,” which is

universal coverage.) Of course, this wouldn’t be done instantly. The sudden loss of so much income would doubtlessly bankrupt scores of hospitals and doctors’ practices, whose costs are tied to present premiums. But phased in over, say, a decade, some sort of new system might achieve significant savings without destroying the health care infrastructure. We ought to be grappling with these issues. We aren’t, for understandable if not commendable reasons. The relentless controversy over the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) reminds us how incendiary health care debates become, raising – as they do – issues of life and death. There’s also the reality that the self-interest of medical providers is mixed inexorably with their professional opinions. If price controls were proposed, doctors might well lose. They would surely raise legitimate questions about quality of care. Controls would also be denounced as inflexible and un-American, despite the fact that Medicare already has controls: The roughly 750 “Diagnosis-Related Groups” (DRGs) through which payments are made for various ailments and injuries. There are few genuine solutions to our health care problems – only changes that are less bad than the alternatives. We need to slow medical spending and relax the pressures on wages and other government programs. The recognition of the huge gap between Medicare and private reimbursement rates creates the opportunity to do that. We should take it. (c) 2018, Washington Post Writers Group

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Why Cheesecake is Eaten on Shavuos By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN

hen thinking back to our yesteryears, we all hear Mom’s stern voice calling, “Drink your milk!” The main reason your mom forced milk down your throat was to make sure you got adequate calcium. A cup of milk contains roughly 300mg of calcium, approximately a third of the daily recommended amount. Calcium needs range from 1000-1300mg daily, depending on life stage and gender. Why does the body needs so much calcium? Calcium is a vital mineral in our body. It’s an essential part of bones and teeth. The heart, nerves, and blood-clotting systems also need calcium to work. Sometimes you might see little white spots on your fingernails, indicating that you are low in calcium. Basically, calcium is extremely important for the body to function and grow properly. So important, that, without adequate calcium in the bloodstream, the body pulls it from other places, such as bones which can cause loss of balance and other health issues. As mentioned above, calcium is the most abundant mineral and one of the most important ones in the human body. Calcium has many, various functions that have vast benefits. Calcium is well-known for its key role in building bones and teeth as well as maintaining bone mass. It is essential in babies,

children, adolescents, adulthood, and in the elderly. Calcium is important at every stage of life but even more important for growing children. Calcium is absorbed from infancy up to the age of 20. This will determine the balance of calcium in the body for the rest of our lives. Additionally, since calcium is vital for building strong bones and teeth, and because children are constantly growing new bone mass all the time, they need a steady supply of calcium to support healthy growth. Bones are the framework for our bodies. Bones are constantly changing – with old bits falling off and being replaced by new bone. During childhood is when most of our bones are being built and made stronger, thus increasing bone mass. During adolescence, at around ages 18-20, is peak bone mass. At that point, bones have reached their maximum strength and density. After peak bone mass, it is more likely that bits of bone will break off with minimal replacement. Weak bones can eventually become brittle leading to osteoporosis. Adequate calcium intake is vital in adolescents to build strong bone mass and help prevent osteoporosis later in life. This is all something we hear our whole lives: “Eat enough calcium when you’re young, so your bones won’t break when you’re old.” How does insufficient calcium intake

actually lead to osteoporosis? If there is not enough calcium intake to maintain sufficient amounts of calcium in the blood, the brain sends a message to the parathyroid glands. The parathyroid glands will be activated to secrete more parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH will then pull calcium out of the bones to supply more calcium to the bloodstream. Yes, calcium actually gets pulled out of the bones! This causes a loss of bone substance which eventually can lead to osteoporosis. Calcium is also essential for cardiac function by regulating heart and muscle contraction and nerve conduction. Thus, not enough calcium can also cause heart and muscle issues. Another benefit of calcium is its role in controlling high levels of magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium in the blood. Doctors use calcium supplementation to help control these levels. There’s also good evidence that calcium can help prevent or control high blood pressure. The proteins that are found in low-fat dairy, caseins and whey, have similar effects to blood pressure lowering medications. More benefits of calcium include reducing PMS symptoms and aiding in weight loss. Research has also shown that calcium plays a role in preventing certain cancers. For example, calcium with vitamin

D may help protect against breast cancer in premenopausal women. That being said, calcium is vital for all ages, especially growing children and adolescents. What’s the main source of calcium? Dairy! Here’s your excuse to put the diet on hold and indulge in cheesecake and all other delicious delicacies on Shavuos! Rather than focusing on all the sugar, and saturated fat, taste the calcium. Make those bones stronger! For all those who are loyal to your diets, don’t worry, there are other sources of calcium too, such as oatmeal, sardines, tofu, soybeans, yogurt, orange juice, spinach, broccoli, and kale. But once a year, live it up, and have a bite of cheesecake too! And don’t forget to drink your milk! Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. Her Dietetic Internship was completed under Brooklyn College primarily in Ditmas Park Care Center and Boro Park Center where she developed clinical and education skills to treat patients with comprehensive nutrition care. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com.

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Las Vegas, Death Valley, Chabad of Fresno, Yosemite & Alcatraz… What a week! By Azi Rosenblum

So, I’m not the best at relaxing I enjoy a “busy” break from work. That’s why the opportunity to volunteer running a fundraising hike for Camp Simcha UK (the UK’s version of Camp Simcha/Chai Lifeline) was the perfect getaway. After a week of long days and even longer hikes, many miles and several thousand feet to the top of incredible waterfalls, the trip ended in San Francisco where I had a full day before my 10 pm flight back home. As we rolled back into civilization, thoughts of work, business and “getting back to reality” started to re-enter the picture. “Back on the grid” but still technically out of office, my goal for the day was to juggle some work while enjoying some of San Francisco’s sights and sounds, including a tour of the famous Alcatraz. Our first destination on the tour was the New Industries Building, a two-story building that housed a massive laundry facility and a factory for items like brushes, gloves and army uniforms. That’s when I encountered what was left of an empty room and a lonely desk and chair. As I was part vacationer and part business owner, that desk fascinated me. As I perused the photos and exhibits and watched the video of former guards and prisoners telling stories, that desk came alive in my mind. I imagined the bustling and busy scene several decades back when that desk was the center of someone’s world. Perhaps it was a guard who made a living at that desk hoping to make it home to his family each day. Maybe it was an inmate taking refuge in some busy work that would remove him from his reality and earn him some of the finer things

in prison life. As the tour went on, I learned more about the fascinating story of the once army base, then prison and now tourist spot. I learned its famous stories, its daily operations and ultimately its demise... all while fielding texts and emails from the office and even processing payroll early in the tour. In the gift shop as I fumbled through all kinds of Alcatraz swag, I saw a large metal sign that read: “REGULATION #5. You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter and medical attention. Anything else that you get is a privilege.” That’s when it all came together for me… The hiking was tough. I had no intention of quitting, but there were moments that I thought my body would quit before my determination did. In those moments I thought about the kids and their families that this hike was raising money for. They don’t get to quit, they don’t get to give up. They just keep pushing, with an incredible amount of appreciation for every moment and every success. Along the way we encountered some logistical issues including a closed roadway that caused us to lose out on one of the hikes we had planned since that added several hours of driving. As the day dragged along, we realized we had to find a place to set up our mobile campsite so we could cook dinner before dark. As Hashem would have it, a Google search found us a Chabad center less than a mile off our route. A quick call to what turned out to be the home-base Chabad of Fresno and within an hour we were making ourselves at home, cooking dinner, and enjoying all the leftovers the Rebitzin could feed us. It can’t be

easy keeping the flame of Orthodox Judaism going in Fresno, but Rabbi & Mrs. Zirkind do it well and a phone call like ours is exactly why they do what they do! As we celebrated the end of the trip with dinner in San Francisco, one of the participants made small talk with one of the guides. After sharing that he had been a guide for nearly 20 years the participant innocently asked, “have you ever thought of starting your own tour company?” Without hesitation he simply replied “nope, because that would be the moment I would have to stop doing what I love and I have no interest in sitting at a desk.” Regulation #5 has a place in every business owner’s life. Not that I’m an expert on how prisons work, but Alcatraz had an interesting system. Prisoners were not obligated to work hard physical labor, but if they did, they could earn privileges and cash. This created a society where what you needed and what you wanted were very clearly defined and obtained. Standing in the gift shop staring at that sign, dozens of experiences during the previous week took on new meaning and I found myself inspired to adjust

my perspective and check my privilege. Yes, I purchased the sign as a gift for my kids because I’m “that dad” that jokes about stuff like being a warden and how its “my house, my rules” (clearly not, because my wife is the boss), but I hope with time they will understand it the way I do, as an adult and a business owner. It’s not easy out there, everyone is trying to get their slice of the pie (and maybe someone else’s) and it takes a lot of hard work, but while having goals that perhaps are far in the distance, remembering where that fine line is between what you need and what you want, what you have to do and what you choose to do, will bring satisfaction and fulfillment much closer to you, allowing you to celebrate everything you have while perhaps pursuing more. So, check your privilege and aspire and perspire to inspired aspirations! 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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The topic of genetics and mental illness is extremely complex. In this small space, we will attempt to shed some light on this confusing subject. It is well known that certain disorders run in families. That by itself does not necessarily mean that the family has a gene that causes mental illness. The disorder might be the result of other elements that are specific to this family such as trauma, inefficacious parenting, and other factors. Nonetheless, researchers have identified genes that in certain variations might raise the chance of developing specific mental health disorders. However, we must realize that there is no gene that is deterministic in mental illness. This means to say that having certain genes might raise the risk of certain mental health disorders, but this does not mean that the individual will definitely develop the disorder. Additionally, even a person with absolutely no family history whatsoever has a chance of developing a mental health disorder. Also, mental health disorders almost always need an environmental trigger. Even if your genetics make you predisposed to certain mental health disorders, the disorder will only emerge under circumstances that are conducive to it. In other words, the nature vs. nurture argument is very misleading, since these two factors are not mutually exclusive, rather it is the interaction between nature (your DNA) and nurture (your environment) that creates your reality. Another point to keep in mind is that the discussion about the role of genetics takes a fascinating turn once we start discussing the field of epigenetics. The concept of epigenetics is complicated, but we will try to explain it as best as we can. Your DNA is a sequence of specific types of molecules

that contain your “genetic code”. The sequence of the molecules is how the information is recorded. The DNA you were born with does not change and is your “blueprint” for the rest of your life. However, the field of epigenetics has discovered that sometimes the expression of the DNA can change even without any changes in the DNA sequence. In other words, there can be experiences, environmental triggers, or other factors that will cause certain genes to be turned on or off. This means that although your genetic code can’t change, you are still not completely bound by your genetics since individual genes might be turned on or off for various reasons. Some of these epigenetic changes can even be passed down from one generation to the next.

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egillas Ruth is the oldest of the five megillos that we read on separate yom tovim. The others are Pesach’s Shir Hashirim, Sukkos’s Koheles, Purim’s Megillas Esther, and Tisha b’Av’s Eicha. With the exception of Koheles, all are dedicated, allegorically, to Jewish women. But Megillas Ruth, read on the second day of Shavuos, is unique in that we get a rare glimpse in “real time” of the intricacies of marriage and inheritance in early Israelite society. It seems good estate planning has been around forever. As his father lay in bed dying from leprosy in his tent in the desert, his son Moishie goes to the local water well seeking a wife. He sees a beautiful woman, asks her to

marry him, and tells her he is about to inherit 20,000,000 diras worth of valuable seafront land on the Mediterranean coast. She goes home with him, and the next day becomes his stepmother. The Ruth drama takes place during the leadership period of the Judges who preceded the Kings. In the aftermath of a famine, Ruth and her sister-in-law, Orpah, return to Beit Lechem – a Hebrew-Aramaic expression for “House of Bread” about six miles south of Jerusalem which was originally built as a fortress by King Rehoboam, grandson of David – with their Jewish mother-in-law following the deaths of their husbands, Machlon, a name for “sick,” and Chilion, which means “ailing,” to reflect the catastrophe they just experienced. Although Naomi discourages

Ruth from converting to Judaism, a tenacious Ruth becomes the earliest record of a sincere conversion in Jewish history. It is Ruth who pens the famous declaration that has now resonated and reverberated off the walls of Jewish history: “Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your G-d, my G-d; where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.” Ruth sacrifices her home, family, religion and burial among her own people to “walk in the ways” (vehalachta bidrachav) of the G-d of the Jews. In contrast to the proverbial precarious relationship between mother and daughter-in-law, Ruth’s kindness and modesty are on display as she clings to and cares for her aging mother-in-law. I was at a wedding recently and

I noticed a woman running through the front door. She was stopped by the doorman who asked her, “Are you a friend of the bride?” “Of course not,” she shot back. “I’m the groom’s mother!” But Naomi has a problem. Her sons have died. Because of her age she can no longer marry nor have children. In other words, the fact there will be no heir means the end of the lineage of her late husband, Elimelech. In Biblical society this is an awful fate for a family, worse perhaps than death itself. But she has Ruth. Chazal describes the Moabite maiden’s lure not in terms of beauty but her exemplary qualities of courage and determination, loyalty and faithfulness. Naomi sees another virtue: her daughter-in-law is youthful, energetic – and, as a potential surrogate, the solution to her terrible fate.

kids.) Anyway, Naomi’s plan works. Boaz is attracted. Ruth returns with “an efah of barley” (between 30 and 50 pounds). Marriage is in the air. If this union produces an heir, Naomi can breathe a sigh of relief. Her concerns will be alleviated.

rights because she is a woman. In short: No sons, no heirs! No heirs, no inheritance! No inheritance, no real estate! If her late husband’s land is redeemed by another it’s the end for Naomi At the time, before the Stock

But wait. There’s a serious obstacle. Apparently Boaz’s next-ofkin status is subordinate to another next-of-kin. His name is not important, which is why we’re not told his identity. This next-of-kin has the first right to redeem the parcel of land that belonged to her husband, Elimelech. Naomi has no ownership

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Exchange and other “stuff,” real estate (i.e.: land) was a family’s greatest economic asset. It could only be passed down from father to son to son and so on. This was well-known in Jewish families. One day Sophie and Stevie were having a heated argument. “Come on, admit it,” she screams at her

f an inheritance was sold below value for hardship purposes the Torah allowed family members to redeem it so that it stayed in the family. Selling an ancestral inheritance was a big deal. Daughters were provided a dowry instead of an inheritance unless there were no sons. If they inherited they could only marry someone within the family so the inheritance wasn’t lost. This is why Naboth turns down a full offer from Ahab. For the unnamed next-of-kin to redeem the land he must also marry the widow. This was not a problem because Naomi could no longer have

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As the great-grandmother of King David, and therefore ancestor of the Messianic lineage, Ruth’s role in Jewish destiny is more crucial than the others.

husband. “You only married me because my zeida left me $10 million, didn’t you?” “Don’t be ridiculous,” he screams back, “it made no difference to me who left it to you!” Remember: Where there’s a will – there’s a relative!

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Naomi now displays an uncanny ability to navigate through love and marriage, inheritance and destiny. Putting aside the issue of a Levirate marriage (from the Latin levir, “husband’s brother”) where the widow can preserve her husband’s legacy (and property) by marriage with her deceased husband’s brother (see a competent rav for explanation), Naomi understands the only way to prevent her status within the legal framework of Jewish law is to have land and children. Ruth can provide neither without marriage This is where Boaz, a prominent judge and leader of the nation, steps in. Naomi the shadchan makes sure that Ruth and Boaz “accidentally” meet in one of his fields where she asserts her Leviticus rights as one of the poor and needy to glean the leftovers of the barley harvest. (I think that’s how my wife and I “accidentally” met. I was at a party. I was surprised to see her there because I thought she was at home with the

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children. When he came forward to exercise his rights she tells him that it’s a “package deal” – but not with her. The land goes with Ruth whom he must marry even though her conversion status was being contested because of her Moabite background. Naomi knows she’s taking a big risk. She’s hoping the family member will balk and walk away. And more: the potential “buyer” already has children and further progeny will dilute their inheritance assets if Ruth has a son. Naomi holds her ground (pun intended). The next of kin “passes” on his rights. Boaz is back in the picture. He and Ruth get married. A child is born. And Naomi triumphs when the birth announcement is made. When reading out the ancestry guess whose name is mentioned? Elimelech? No. Ruth? No. “A son is born,” we are old, “to ... Naomi! [the bubba].” A child is born. And Naomi triumphs when the birth announcement is made. When reading out the ancestry guess whose name is mentioned? Elimelech? No. Ruth? No. “A son is born,” we are old, “to ... Naomi! [the bubba].” Ruth is rewarded with impeccable lineage. Her son, Oved, which means “one who worships,” later fathers Yishai who in turn becomes the father of King David, born seventy years later (on Shavuos) from whose descendants ultimately will emerge the Redeemer of Israel, Melech HaMashiach.

hat does any of this have to do with Shavuos, the most unique of yom tovim because it has no specific Torah-derived halachic rituals nor a clearly defined date, anchored instead to the start of seﬁras ha’Omer on Pesach, such that even as late as the final days of the Talmud it was still considered simply as a “closure” (atzeres) to Pesach, in much the same manner that Shemini Atzeres “closes” the festival of Sukkos. Perhaps it should be renamed Sssssh-vuos, the kept-quiet holiday? On Shavuos we can eat what, when, and where we want, in contrast to Pesach when we can’t eat what we want, Sukkos when we can’t

eat where we want, Rosh Hashana when we can’t eat when we want, and Yom Kippur when we can’t eat at all! The connection between Ruth and Shavuos? Let’s satisfy the gematria fans first. Ruth’s numerical

Orpah’s son, Goliath, meets Ruth’s great-grandson, David, in a final clash in the Valley of Elah between these two branches of the family). This is why in his farewell speech David, aware of the public unease

Ruth’s numerical value is 606, which equal the number of mitzvos given at Sinai (plus seven more for non-Jews; i.e.: the sheva mitzvot B’nei Noach) value is 606, which equal the number of mitzvos given at Sinai (plus seven more for non-Jews; i.e.: the sheva mitzvot B’nei Noach). But here’s (one of) the main reasons. The setting and acceptance of a pagan Moabite woman of the G-d of Israel is told against a background of the barley harvest, Chag Hakatzir, and parallels the yom tov’s theme of the Jewish people’s acceptance of Torah at Sinai. But the more interesting question is why Ruth? In the context of Jewish history, Ruth is but one of many proselytes so why is she selected for such prominence? A list of other converts is impressive: it would include Yisro, Moses’ Midianite father-in-law; Joseph’s wife Asenat (daughter of the Egyptian priest of On); David and Judah’s wives (Philistine and Canaanite); Rahab (one of the world’s four outstanding beauties, along with Sarah, Abigail and Esther), who not only married Joshua, but is also the ancestor of no less than eight priests and nine prophets (including Jeremiah and Hulda); and many more. Why Ruth? R’ Ze’ira posits, “In order to teach the great reward of those who perform acts of lovingkindness,” citing her devotion to her elderly mother-in-law and her people. Ruth is thus often compared to Rivka, the Torah’s prototype of compassion and benevolence. But it is more. As the great-grandmother of King David, and therefore ancestor of the Messianic lineage, Ruth’s role in Jewish destiny is more crucial than the others. (The Machlon name, Ruth’s late husband, survives through her; her brother-in-law’s name, Chilion disappears from Jewish history;

regarding his questionable genealogy, reminds the nation that all are “strangers” in front of G-d. “All” includes his great-grandmother even though she came from one of the nations (Moab) that the Torah explicitly excludes, “Lo yavo Amoni u’Moavi b’kahal Hashem, An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of G-d.” In order to permanently clear any

doubts of David’s genealogy – specifically that the illegality of a Moab converting to Judaism applies only to a male – which is listed at the end of Megillas Ruth, Shmuel – the first of the fire-and-brimstone Hebrew prophets, spiritual counsel to Saul and David, the first two Jewish kings, author of Shoftim, Ruth, and Shmuel, and the one who anointed David as king in the first place – ordered that her remarkable story be publicly read on Shavuos. !

Joe Bobker, alumnus of Yeshivas HaRav Kook in Jerusalem, is the former publisher and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Jewish Times, author of the popular Torah With a Twist of Humor and the 18-volume “Historiography of Orthodox Jews and the Holocaust,” the ﬁrst of which, “War Against the Rabbis: Hitler’s Assault Against Judaism,” will be published this year around Shavuos. Mr. Bobker can be reached at jbobker@ gmail.com.

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square feet full of treasures. (The living room rug is beaver fur.) He dropped another $6 million on an allwhite Hamptons house to stuff with more treasures that wouldn’t fit in the Manhattan pad. And he’s currently developing a 50-acre private island resort in the Bahamas. So we know that Shvo likes buying showy stuff. It turns out, though,

a sham Montana corporation to avoid taxes on a Ferrari — the defendant dodged more than a million dollars in state and local taxes.” Shvo’s favorite ornate ruse involved a Cayman Islands company called Shvo Art, Ltd. He told the galleries and auctioneers who sold him art, furniture, and jewelry that he was shipping his purchases to the

He paid $14 million to combine two 68th floor condos overlooking Central Park, then stuffed the resulting 4,100 square feet full of treasures.

that he doesn’t like paying tax on it. Back in 2016, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. indicted Shvo on 28 counts of criminal sales tax fraud. And on April 26, he pleaded guilty to two of those counts. “Michael Shvo’s brand of tax evasion was an art form unto itself,” said Vance. “Through ornate ruses — like creating

Caymans, where there would be no tax. Instead, he sent them to his Fifth Avenue office or one of his homes. As for the Ferrari — a 458 Spider that stickers at $230,000 — Shvo set up a Montana LLC to buy it and register it. But he actually drove it in New York, which made it subject to the Empire State’s use tax. (Montana

has no sales tax and lets LLCs register vehicles, which makes the “Montana license plate scam” a favorite for highend vehicle buyers. Of course, the rest of the states generally fail to see the humor in that move — California even has a special website for ratting out vehicles with out-of-state plates.) The guilty plea calls for Shvo to pay $3.5 million in taxes, penalties, and interest. But something tells us he’s not particularly worried about his sentencing, scheduled for June 7. After copping his plea, Shvo and his wife, a Turkish actress and model known for her vast collection of oneof-a-kind Barbie dolls (including one dressed by designer Christian Louboutin), left court in a $400,000 Rolls-Royce. We tell quite a few stories here about celebrities who don’t seem to understand the difference between a “tax plan” and a “felony.” Sadly, the moral is always the same: you don’t have to cheat to pay less. You just have to have a plan. So what are you waiting for? The curtain is ready to rise on real savings!

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he lights of Broadway have long shone bright as the show business capital of the United States. (Hollywood may have the movies, but it’s just not the same. And Vegas? Puh-leaze.) New York theatres attract millions of visitors and billions of dollars every year. Naturally, sharp New Yorkers have co-opted show business tactics to promote all sorts of unrelated businesses. So now, we have fashion-as-theatre, restaurants-as-theatre, and even real-estate-as-theatre. Michael Shvo may be the most theatrical real estate guy of all. He started out as a brash Manhattan broker, squiring buyers in a chauffeur-driven limo and trademarking the slogan, “Let’s Shvo.” He enlisted celebrity designers like Giorgio Armani and musicians like John Legend to help sell showy condos to showy buyers. Now he’s reinvented himself as a developer, with current projects designed to make everyone else’s projects look like college dormitories or maybe Soviet-bloc worker collectives. Shvo is also a noted art collector who favors paintings by Andy Warhol and sculptures by Francoise-Xavier and Claude Lalanne. He paid $14 million to combine two 68th floor condos overlooking Central Park, then stuffed the resulting 4,100

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Preparation 1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Spray bottom and side of 9 inch spring-form pan. Cut parchment paper to fit into bottom. In a small bowl, mix crumbs, margarine, and sugar together and pat mixture into pan, going up the sides about 1 inch. Bake 12 minutes. Cool. 3. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Set aside. Put all the other ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. If the ingredients are too much for one batch, do it in 2 batches, and transfer to large mixing bowl. By hand, add beaten whites to cheese mixture and mix until incorporated. 4. Place the entire mixture into cooled pie crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. When baked, carefully run sharp knife around perimeter of cake. Cool in oven for 25 minutes with the door slightly ajar. (This prevents the cake from cracking.) When cold, top with gluten-free cherry pie filling. For a non-dairy version, substitute Tofutti cream cheese and rice milk for regular cream cheese and milk. Enjoy!

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Ingredients Salad 2 lbs. oyster steak 6 cups mixed greens 2 cups snow peas 1 cup shredded carrots 1 red onion, sliced 1 container cherry tomatoes, sliced

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bowl and reserve remaining half. Add the oyster steak to the marinade in the bowl and marinate in the fridge for a few hours. Prepare the salad ingredients and place in a large salad bowl. After several hours of marinating the meat, remove the meat from the marinade and pat dry with a paper towel.

dium-rare. After the meat has cooked to the desired doneness, let it rest for 10 minutes for all the juices to be reabsorbed and then slice the meat and add it to the salad bowl. Add the remaining dressing that was set aside (not for marinating the meat in) and toss the salad well with the dressing.

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website, www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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