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COMMUNITY

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

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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE 613 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

LIFESTYLES My Israel Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Israel Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 World Builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Forgotten Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Life Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Health and Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Marc A. Thiessen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 It’s BBQ Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 In the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

NEWS

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Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 That’s Odd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dear readers, Often, when discussing differing views with others, we reach a point where neither side will convince the other. In fact, sometimes the very same logic will be brought as proof by each side. In the larger political arena, this is true, as well. Even the most outlandish of opinions or ideas may be based on a salient point (albeit totally misapplied). This is where conviction comes in. It is a power within us that can be harnessed, correctly, as an engine dedicated to the ideals we hold to be true. Of course, we want to convince people of the justice of our cause, but even when unsuccessful, we forge ahead on the beaten path of Torah and mitzvos. “A little light expels lots of darkness,” begins with us. Instead of tackling each idea or claim made by our ideological opponents—an impossible feat now that there’s social media and anyone can issue statements as if they are an expert, all day and all night—we should stack up acts of goodness and kindness. A kind word to those around us (beginning with our children), a listening ear to our spouse or close ones, a bit of extra focus on Who we are davening to and what we are saying, or giving some real brain space to Torah learning—these all will help us think healthfully and logically. “Ha’elokim asa es ha’adam yashar, viheima bikshu cheshbonos rabim.” We were created on the straight path, but since the beginning of time, we have searched for views and pleasures that are foreign to our original selves. Each and every bit of light we add to our lives strengthens our essence and banishes that which has attached itself to us. The noise we see and hear around us feels strong, and at times overwhelming, but G-d is on the side of goodness. Thus, in the end, goodness will prevail. And when it does, the whole world will to see its truth. May it happen very soon. Wishing you a wonderful Shabbos, Shalom

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July Fourth Agra D’Pirka Program Draws a Crowd in Baltimore

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n the morning of the Fourth of July, while parades and other patriotic celebrations were taking place, approximately 40 participants of Agra D’Pirka’s Yarchei Kallah program enjoyed listening to shiurim at Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek (KAYTT). Rabbi Dovid Heber, Rav of KAYTT, presented a shiur entitled, “Brachos for Breakfast”. He explained what makes determining the correct brochos for breakfast cereal so complicated are the technological advances in food manufacturing. A slight difference in production, or even in the manufacturer’s intention of the use of ingredients, can change the brocha. Corn Flakes, for example, produced by different companies may look the same to the consumer, but they may be manufactured differently, thereby changing the brocha recited. Rabbi Shraga Neuberger’s shiur, “Machlokes”, followed, focusing, in-

stead, on “shalom”, expounding upon Talmud Bavli: Meseches Derech Eretz Zuta, perek 11, “Perek Hashalom”. An active koach of making people feel like they have their own specialness is the koach of shalom, Rabbi Neuberger explained. Before there is any machlokes, a person has to think: how am I as a person – my personality, my sense of who I am – how do I project shalom to people? How am I as a person to my family, to my business, to my shul, to my community? How am I seen? Am I like the neighbor who it is easy to go to, to borrow milk? How does a person become that person of shalom, if it is not in his nature to be all-inclusive and easy-going, to want shalom? Rabbi Neuberger suggested, he does it through activities—a person becomes what his actions are. If you are a person who has a passion for shalom – not just hates machlokes and loves shalom - you will do something about it, not on your comfort level, and with a smile, again and again, and you will become that type of person. Nechemia Feldman, who attended

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the Yarchei Kallah, shared, “What’s good about it is these shiurim are on different topics almost every single day and I am able to join in even though I am not able to come every day because I am working. I can still feel a part of it – I can follow along, no matter what the topic is - because they are diverse and unique each day. That’s what makes it special.” Agra D’Pirka Magid Shiur Rabbi Yaakov Herskovitz, concluded, “The speakers today were outstanding. The program, itself, is extremely good and different than most other shiurim. Many of the participants attend Daf Yomi, but since Daf Yomi has inher-

ent limitations and the pressure of reaching certain goals, they can’t dig into a Gemorah and really understand it with all of the meforshim, at a slow pace, in depth, as they can here. The rotation of fascinating Rabbonim who speak in the second hour also makes Agra D’Pirka unique. I think everyone can benefit from the program and the one mistake people make is that it is exclusively for retirees. It is meant for people who have a flexible schedule, whether they are working or in college.” For information about the program, contact Eli Sofer, 917-7551572, or elicsofer@gmail.com.

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any people enter adulthood with little awareness of the importance of managing their personal finances. This includes not knowing how to pull together their income and expenses and jointly making income and spending decisions. Husbands and wives may dread opening mail containing bills they can’t pay. Frustration, desperation and helplessness follow. The effects can be devastating financially and will affect a family’s home life (shalom bais), too. This need not be the case. With a little guidance and practice families can achieve control of their finances and regain calm and peace in their home. Mesila is a nonprofit organization that has operated in Baltimore for

10 years. It has provided more than 500 individuals and families with free guidance, education and training to understand personal finances. It equips families to proactively manage their finances by adopting effective behaviors and tools. Baltimore residents can take advantage of Mesila’s expertise this summer. Mesila will be holding a two-part seminar at Bnai Jacob Shari Zion synagogue on the Sunday evenings of July 28 and August 4, 7:00-8:30 p.m.. The seminar is free, as is follow-up coaching. The seminar will introduce attendees to household financial management and present challenges and how to address them. The follow-up coaching is strongly encouraged because it will reinforce the seminar’s lessons through ongoing, expert support. Taken together, the seminar

and coaching, along with a family’s commitment, can provide a basis for healthy financial management. Whatever the couple’s position in life, they will face myriad financial decisions. The complex interplay of cash management, credit-card and debit-card use and tradeoffs between short-term and longer-term expenses makes it difficult to arrive at good decisions without a basic financial management plan. Mesila is for everyone. There is not a singular “best” time to develop financial management behaviors and skills, but many of Mesila’s most notable successes have been with young couples who are engaged or newly married. The Mesila processes that young couples adopt set them on a path for effective financial management, and especially help them to avoid potentially irreversible, crippling errors like

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1 1 Uri Arnson Wedding Photography 1 Levin & Gann, PA 1 The Kitchen Spot 2 Seven Seas Sushi 3 Amuze 4 Stutman Chiropractic, PC 4 Columbia Group 5 To review the recaps from individual games, continue reading! (Avrumi Friedman, you may want to take a break here so you’ll have something left to read on Shabbos afternoon) June 30

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Columbia Group 19 Stutman Chiropractic 7

In an event most expected to take place far earlier in the season, Columbia Group got its much anticipated first win of the season in a decisive victory against Stutman Chiropractic. Having come up short in its four prior attempts, Columbia Group was honed in from the very beginning and took an early lead, helped by Peretz Wertenteil’s next-level double. However, as the team had learned, early leads did not guarantee victory, and despite an exceptional outing on the mound from Stutman Chiropractic Captain/Owner Moshe Stutman, Columbia Group proved to be too much. With many of the Columbia Group stars out on the DL, the team was

forced to shift their infield. On the left side, Dovie Gibber and Doni Froehlich, proved themselves up to the task making exceptionally difficult plays look routine. With Team Columbia Group needing three more runs to end the game in the eighth, Yaakov Preiserowicz* came up huge with a walkoff three run home-run resulting in a World Series winning-esque celebration (* he followed up the three-run shot with a JCN 5K victory later that day). It was reported that the team was treated to Slurpees in honor of their first win but this reporter has not been able to confirm those reports.

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Seven Seas Sushi entered this game as the big underdog, facing the undefeated LBSI. As predicted, LBSI got out to a lead with a quick 2-0 first inning. However, Seven Seas was unflustered and led by the big bats of Yonah Zahler, Mordechai Schiermeyer and Simi Willner, Seven Seas scored big to take the lead after 5. LBSI fought back and got within 2 runs after 7, but Schiermeyer struck again with some big time hitting, giving Seven Seas the cushion to take home their first win of the season. (It was a quiet game for fan favorite “Bad Man Sam” Goldstein but he’s stated that he’s poised and ready for a bounce back game on July 4th.)

The Kitchen Spot Amuze

tained for long as Eric Roskes put the game away with a 3 RBI double with 2 outs in the top of the ninth to extend the lead to six. Fired Up ‘s defense did the rest, posting a scoreless bottom of the 9th (one of 5 scoreless innings they would record) as they continue their solid play behind the stellar pitching of Moshe Rubin and flawless first base play of Ben “Eddie Murray” Blackman. (When Ben was asked if he would provide a quote for this article, he responded with a signature “Nope.”)

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Forced to sit the contest out (“Questionable Bruise”) after his game winning heroics in week 3, Captain Jeremy Lasson was relegated to coaching third base only to be relieved by his own father midway through the game after overzealously sending two runners into assured outs. Pitcher Yaakov Benzaquen, making only his second start of the season, showed his rust early spotting the home team with 10 runs in the first five frames before settling into his groove,

Amuze Columbia Group

not allowing a single run over the last three innings. Team Amuze was not amused on a play at the plate where Adam Ben-Zev (battling pneumonia and playing for the Spotters after reneging on a TDC commitment) caught the one hopper from Dovi Ziffer to put Yoni Chesner out by a hair to end the inning. Team Kitchen Spot capitalized from there, coming from behind with 10 runs over the last three innings, the 7th inning ending in the mercy rule 6 run limit. (Team Kitchen Spot would like to thank Tzitzi Schmell for his motivational memes over the last week.)

Fired Up Promotions Levin and Gann

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This was a battle of two of the top teams in the standings and is sure to be a preview of a future playoff matchup. Fired Up Promotions jumped out to a 9-0 lead after 2 and stretched it to 15 -5 after 4 innings. Levin & Gann mounted a respectable comeback allowing only 2 runs in innings 5-8 and cutting the lead to 17-14 behind the masterful pitching of captain Yaakov Rappaport. However, Fired Up could not be con-

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Amuze jumped to an early lead with small ball, topped by moonshots off the bats of Yossi Oberstein and Aaron “The Squid Financier” Meister. Columbia Group clawed its way back into the game by taking advantage of defensive miscues. Amuze never let up and added ‘insurance’ runs to seal the deal late. In a rare occurrence, Amuze slugger Dovi “Doc” Turner decided to cross home plate, checking it off his bucket list.

Seven Seas Sushi Stutman Chiropractic

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Coming hot off their first win, Seven Seas took a first inning 6-0 lead. Inching their way back, Stutman Chiropractic leveled out the game and after 5, only trailed by 2. With the help of Dr Stutman’s pitching and glove, Seven Seas could not seem to build on their early momentum. But Team Seven Seas dominated in the field and was able to hold Stutman Chiropractic to just 12 runs and get their second win of the season. No fireworks on this July 4th from “Bad Man Sam.” He’s got all to lose in this upcoming game with his name now in question. The question everyone is asking is, can Sam bring team Seven Seas to 3-3 next game vs the Kitchen Spot?

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‫‪...‬על ַהר גְּ ִריזִּ ים‬ ‫�‬ ‫ִשׁ ְמעוֹן‬ ‫ֵלוִ י*‬ ‫הוּדה‬ ‫יְ �‬ ‫שׂכר‬ ‫יִ �שּׂ ָ‬ ‫יוֹסף‬ ‫ֵ‬

‫ִבּנְ�י ִמן‬ ‫הכּ ֲֹהנִ ים וְ�הלְ וִ יִּ ם* וְ ָהאָ רוֹן‬ ‫ל וְ�‬ ‫רוּך ָהאִ ישׁ אֲ שֶׁ ר ‪...‬‬ ‫ים ָעלוּ לְ רֹאשׁ �הר גְּ ִרזִּים וְ שִׁ ָשּׁה לְ רֹאשׁ �הר ֵעיבָ רכָ ה בָּ ְ‬ ‫ִים וּפָ ְתחוּ בִּ בְ ָ‬ ‫שִׁ ָשּׁה שְׁ בָלְ ִט ִשׁ ַ‬ ‫אוֹמ ִרים אָ רוּר‬ ‫יטת ה וִ יִּ ם פְּ נֵ‬ ‫רמב"ם ֶיהם כְּ�לפֵּ י �הר גְּ ִרזּ ֵעיבָ ל וּפָ ְתחוּ בִּ ְקלָ לָ ה וְ ְ‬ ‫לְ�מ ָטּה בָּ אֶ ְמ�צע ָהפְ כוּ לְ ְרוּ וְ ָהפְ כוּ פְּ נֵ ֶיהם כְּ�לפֵּ י �הר‬ ‫וְ אֵ לּוּ וָ אֵ לּוּ עוֹנִ מן חָ ז‬ ‫ם‪) ...‬דברים כז‪:‬יב(‬ ‫‪22,000‬ין אָ � ֵא�מּה ֵאלּוּ עוֹנִ ין �א ֵמן[ וְ כֵ ן כֻּ לָּ‬ ‫האִ ישׁ אֲ שֶׁ ר‪] ...‬וְ ֵאלּוּ�ו‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫רים �ע ְמדוּ ְל�מ ְע�לה‪.‬‬ ‫א ֵח ִ‬ ‫לּוּ‬

‫�ע ַמד �בּ ֶא ְמ�צע‪ ,‬וְ �ה�‬ ‫ֹאשׁ�יּה ֵא‬ ‫צע; ְל�ד�עת�ר ִבּי י ִ‬ ‫ֵשׁ ֶבט ֵלוִ י‬ ‫וּלוִ�יּה �ע ְמדוּ �בּ ֶא ְמ�‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫וּל�ד�עת‬ ‫הוּנה ְ‬ ‫*ח ֶלק ֵמ‪� 1,000‬א�מּ ֶבּן �י ֲעקֹב‪ ,‬זִ ְקנֵ י ְכּ �‬ ‫ְמ�צע )סוטה לז‪:‬א(; ְ‬ ‫ישּׁים( �ע ְמדוּ �בּ ֶא‬ ‫יעזֶ ר ה‬ ‫ְל�ד�עת�ר ִבּי ֱא ִל ֶ‬ ‫לוֹשׁים ַעד ֶבּן ֲח ִמ ִ‬ ‫ה )ירושלמי סוטה ז‪:‬ד(‪.‬‬ ‫)מ ֶבּן ְשׁ ִ‬ ‫‪1,000‬יוּ ְראוּיִ ם ְל ָשׁ ֵרת ִ‬ ‫ה ְלוִ יִּ ם �ע ְמדוּ ְל�מ ְע�ל‬ ‫ֶשׁ ָה‬ ‫‪1,000‬א ְמ�צע וְ �‬ ‫יר ים �ע ְמדוּ �בּ ֶ‬ ‫�א�מּ‬ ‫ר‘ה ִשׁ ְמעוֹן �ה ִעכּ ֲֹהנִ‬ ‫‪2,000‬‬ ‫צורה שהיא‪.‬‬ ‫�א�מּה‬

‫‪2,000‬‬

‫�א�מּה‬

‫ִמ ְג�רשׁ‬

‫�שׂדוֹת ְ‬ ‫וּכ�ר ִמים‬

‫�א‬

‫בע"מ; זכות שימוש‬

‫�מּה‬ ‫ארטסקרול־מסורה‪ ,‬תשע"ט‪ .‬כל‬ ‫בלעדית שמורה ל‬

‫הזכויות שמורות‪.‬‬

‫‪� 22,000‬א�מּה‬

‫ְשׁל‬ ‫ֶֹשׁת ֲא ָל ִפים ַ‬ ‫א ָמּה ְל ָכל ַ‬ ‫רוּח ִ‬ ‫ֶא ֶלף ַה ְפּנִ ִ‬ ‫מחוּץ ָל ִעיר —‬ ‫ימיִּ ים ִמ ְג ָרשׁ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫וְ ַא ְ‬ ‫)"וּמ ְג ְר ֵשׁי ֶ‬ ‫ל ַפּיִ ם ַה ִחיצוֹנִ יִּ‬ ‫ה ָע ִרים‪ֶ ...‬א ֶלף‬ ‫ים ְל ָשׂדוֹת ְ‬ ‫וּכ ָר ִמים‬ ‫ַא ָמּה ָס ִביב"(‪,‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫)"וּמדּ‬ ‫)יד החזקה‪,‬‬ ‫ֶֹתם ִמחוּץ ָל ִע‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫יר‪...‬א ְל‬ ‫הלכות שמיטה‬ ‫ויובל‪ ,‬פרק‬

‫‪500‬‬

‫לְ ִשׁ‬

‫ַ‬ ‫יטת הרמב"ן‬ ‫‪1,000‬‬

‫�א�מּה‬ ‫�שׂדוֹת‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫וּכ�ר ִמים‬

‫‪500‬‬

‫�א�מּה‬

‫ִמ ְג�רשׁ‬

‫�ה ִעיר‬

‫�שׂדוֹת‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫וּכ�ר ִמים‬

‫ִמ ְג�רשׁ‬

‫�שׂדוֹת‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫וּכ�ר ִמים‬

‫‪500‬‬

‫ִמ ְג�רשׁ‬

‫‪1,000‬‬

‫�שׂדוֹת‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫וּכ�ר ִמים‬

‫‪500‬‬

‫דניאל • עזרא‬ ‫• נחמיה‬

‫‪Volume 1:‬‬ ‫‪Yehoshua/Shoftim‬‬

‫העתקה אסורה בכל‬

‫ַפּיִ ם ָבּ ַא ָמּה"(‪:‬‬

‫יג‪ ,‬הלכה ב(‬

‫כתובים‬ ‫מקראות‬ ‫גדולות‬

‫ציורים‪ ,‬ומפות ‪383 /‬‬

‫יך ֶאל �ה�א ֶרץ‬ ‫לוֹה �‬ ‫יא�ך ה' ֱא ֶ‬ ‫וְ �ה�יה ִכּי יְ ִב ֲ‬ ‫לְ ִר ְשׁ�תּהּ וְ�נ�ת�תּה‬ ‫ר �א�תּה �בא �שׁ�מּה‬ ‫ֲא ֶשׁ‬ ‫יזִּ ים וְ ֶאת �ה ְקּ�ל�לה‬ ‫ר ְגּ ִר‬ ‫ֶאת �ה ְבּ�ר�כה �על �ה ה�מּה ְבּ ֵע ֶבר �ה�יּ ְר ֵדּן‬ ‫יבל‪ֲ .‬הלוֹא ֵ‬ ‫�על �הר ֵע �‬ ‫משׁ ְבּ ֶא ֶרץ �ה ְכּ�נ ֲענִ י‬ ‫רי ֶדּ ֶר ְך ְמבוֹא �ה ֶשּׁ ֶ‬ ‫�א ֲח ֵ‬ ‫ה ִגּלְ �גּל ֵא ֶצל ֵאלוֹנֵ י‬ ‫יּוֹשׁב �בּ ֲע�ר�בה מוּל �‬ ‫�ה ֵ‬ ‫)דברים יא‪:‬כט‪-‬ל(‬ ‫מוֹרה‪.‬‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫לוֹא ֵה�מּה נָ�תן בָּ הֶ ם ִסימָ ן‪...‬‬ ‫ֲה‬ ‫ן �ה ְרבֵּ ה וְ הָ לְ אָ ה לְ מֵ ָרחוֹק‪...‬‬ ‫רת �ה�יּ ְרדֵּ‬ ‫�א ֲח ֵרי �א�חר �ה ֲעבָ� �הלָּ ן מִ ן �ה�יּ ְרדֵּ ן לְ�צד �מ ֲע ָרב‪...‬‬ ‫ֶדּ ֶר ְך ְמבוֹא �ה ֶשּׁ ֶמשׁ לְ‬ ‫מוּל �הגִּ לְ�גּל ָרחוֹק מִ ן �הגִּ לְ גָּ ל‬ ‫מוֹרה שְׁ כֶ ם‪...‬‬ ‫ֵאלוֹנֵ י ֶ‬

‫ֶא ֶר ץ‬ ‫ְכּ נַ ַע ן‬

‫‪CZUKER EDITION‬‬

‫�א�מּה‬ ‫�א�מּה‬

‫�א�‬

‫מּה‬ ‫ָה ַ‬ ‫"א ְל ַפּ‬ ‫יִ ם ַא ָמּה" ֵ‬ ‫כּוֹלל‬ ‫ָה ִעיר‪ַ ,‬ה ִמּ ְג ָר‬ ‫ָה ִע‬ ‫שׁ‪ ,‬וְ ַה ָשּׂדוֹת ְ‬ ‫יר ַע ְצ ָמה ְמ ַ‬ ‫רוּבּ ַע‬ ‫וּכ ָר ִמים‪.‬‬ ‫ת‪ֶ ,‬א ֶלף ַא ָמּה ַ‬ ‫ַה ִמ ְג ָרשׁ הוּא‬ ‫על ֶא ֶלף ַא ָמּה‪.‬‬ ‫ָח ֵמשׁ ֵמאוֹת ַ‬ ‫א ָמּה ְל ָכל ַ‬ ‫וְ ַא ְר ַבּע‬ ‫רוּח ֶשׁל ָה ִעיר‪,‬‬ ‫ַה ֵפּאוֹת ֵהם ְמ‬ ‫קוֹם ַה ָשּׂדוֹת ְ‬ ‫וּכ ָר ִמים‪.‬‬ ‫)רמב"ן‪ ,‬במדבר לה‪,‬‬ ‫ב‪-‬ה(‬

‫‪2019‬‬

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‫מסכת נזיר‬

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Mesivta Kesser Torah’s Second Annual Grand Siyum Marks Exponential Growth for a New Institution

n Thursday, June 27th (24 Sivan), the 9th and 10thgrade bochurim of Mesivta Kesser Torah (MKT) celebrated the completion of Masechtos Rosh Hashanah (9th grade) and Sukkah (10th grade) in grand style. The siyum, held at Kol Torah (Rabbi Berger’s shul), was preceded by an intensive afternoon seder at the mesivta in which bochurim collectively completed their bekiyus mesechta with their fathers and grandfathers. In anticipation of the siyum, the last week of mesivta was spent with rigorous sedarim of chazara in order for the bochurim to truly make a kinyan on their learning. The Menahel of MKT, Rabbi Avrohom Feldheim, began the event by speaking about the vast amounts of growth that the Rebbeim and Hanhala have seen in each talmid throughout the year. Following, one of the mesaymim of Masechta Sukkah gave an opening dvar Torah. Parents and other relatives were enthralled by the depth of clarity with which the bochur presented a sugya through the lomdus of Reb Chaim. More talmidim then began to approach the dais as they said completed the Gemara and recite the Hadran. At the conclusion of the Hadran, the music commenced, and the spirit of dancing displayed by the bochurim reflected the pure joy of finishing a masechta and accomplishing in learning. It was truly a display of sheer joy. The exuberance of the bochurim was a reflection of a true connection to Torah. Rabbi Dovid Heber Shlit”a of KAYTT provided divrei chizuk and bracha to the bochurim. He described the beauty of Torah sh’Bal Peh and encouraged each bochur to chazer his learning over the summer in order to have a more meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Sukkos for years to come. The Rosh Mesivta of MKT, Rav Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim Shlita, was mechayeiv each bochor to continue climbing and growing in his Torah and Yiras Shamayim. It is truly incredible to see what the Rosh Mesivta and Hanhala have achieved with their talmidim after just two years of opening the mesivta. In a very special ceremony, each of the bochurim was called to the dais to receive a Gemara from the Rosh

Mesivta and Menahel. A personalized description of each bochur’s kochos and accomplishments was shared with the attendees. It became readily apparent to all of the guests how much each boy is truly cherished by his rebbeim. After more leibedig dancing, the evening concluded with encouragement from Rabbi Dovid Rubin, 10th grade Rebbe, for each bochur to take on a kabbolah for the summer. The talmidim then wrote down their kabbolos and placed their papers in a box. The 11th-grade Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchok Hopfer, used the slips of paper as a raffle for a new set of Shas for a 10th grader while Rabbi Rubin did the same for the 9th graders.

Next year the mesivta will be the home for over 60 bochurim in grades 9 through 11. The mesivta is known for its rigorous learning and feeling of warmth between talmidim and their Rebbeim and Hanhala. The Rosh Mesivta, a well-respected mechanech of over forty years, ensures that each bochur is growing and shteiging in his learning, his Avodas Hashem, and his Yiras Shamayim at a healthy pace. Rabbi Avrohom Feldheim, Menahel, and 9th-grade Bekius Rebbe, is devoted to creating an atmosphere of growth that enables each bochur to feel a sense of shleimus over his years in the mesivta. The mesivta is also known for providing a unique and exemplary Gen-

eral Studies education led by Rabbi Moshe Dovid Robinson, Principal, and Rabbi Mordechai Weissmann, Curriculum Coordinator. The curriculum of the program has been designed to seamlessly integrate Torah into the classroom. The program is currently being implemented into a number of other mesivtas around the country. The event, attended by over 200 people, was truly a kiddush Hashem. Parents and grandparents alike left filled with nachas and warm memories. It was an evening in which they shared the joy of their children embracing Torah in a manner they will never forget.

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Gov. Hogan Holds Onto Funds For BSO, School Construction By: Staff Reporter

THE BALTIMORE JEWISH HOME

JULY 11, 2019

BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

ov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday released funding for public safety and health programs, but held onto $245 million in spending authorized by lawmakers, including state funding for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. “The legislature continues to spend recklessly, and has jeopardized funding for a number of worthwhile programs it cut from our budget to pay for its own wish list,” Hogan said in a statement. “Despite the fiscal challenges that the legislature’s out-ofcontrol spending have caused us, we

cannot allow critical public safety and health needs to go unmet. Our administration will work within the existing budget to fund these critical public safety and health programs.” State budget officials will look at ways to fund critical programs through the savings existing budget, rather than new, “fenced-off” spending by lawmakers. Funding for items including local law enforcement grants, the Baltimore City and Prince George’s County state’s attorneys’ offices, and non-opioid pain management remains uncertain. Hogan said he would re-submit his school construction plan in next year’s legislative session. Lawmakers cut construction funding from his

projects would proceed with funding. The bipartisan budget passed by the Legislature was balanced, and did not alter the structural deficit any differently than in the Governor’s originally proposed budget.” The BSO’s musicians were part of successful lobbying to get $3.2 million in state funding over the next two years. Uncertainty over that money’s release helped lead to the ongoing lockout of the orchestra’s musicians.

Kollel Nachlas Hatorah of Khal Machzikei Torah Baltimore held a special Morning of Learning on Thursday, July 4th

he large crowd was privileged to hear from Harav Nechemiah Goldstein, Rosh Kollel of Nachlas Hatorah. He

spoke about Minhagei Rosh Chodesh. The attendees were then addressed by Harav Dovid Rosenbaum shlit”a who gave a Shiur about the Bracha on

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proposed budget and didn’t act on his plan to clear the school construction backlog. The money not spent would go toward balancing the budget and accounting for mandatory spending, officials said. “I am extremely disappointed that the Governor is not choosing to fund many worthy projects, including some that were originally in his proposed budget, and some that were added based off testimony from many Marylanders to the Legislature,” Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said in a statementr. “Based on my conversation with the Governor, I was under the impression that he intended to review the list closely and that deserving

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In Memory of Rachel Minkove, Z’L, Baltimore’s Tour de Court (TDC) Raises Much Needed Funding for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research

THE BALTIMORE JEWISH HOME

JULY 11, 2019

By: BJLife/Isaac Draiman BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

n Sunday June 30th, 36 men and 9 women participated in the 25th annual Tour de Court in Pikesville. Tour de Court is a basketball tournament that requires participants to travel on bike

The festive opening ceremonies outside the Minkove home included musical selections by DJ Balagan, Ethan Tidwell (national anthem) and Harold Fruchter (Hatikva). There were also speeches and presentations from LLS of Maryland as well as from local politicians from the City and County: Mayor Jack Young, Baltimore City Council President, Brandon Scott,

City Council member Yitzi Schleifer, Baltimore County Councilman, Izzy Patoka and the office of John Olszewski, Jr., Baltimore County Executive. Each year’s champions are inked onto a golden bicycle helmet. The 2019 golden helmet winners were: Men: Evan Majzner, Jared Levine and David Steinberg; Women: Stacy Fuld and Kayla Spern.

Tibey Segal Elisheva Shnidman Ilana Smith Esther Sussman Rochel Szendro Nechama Tabrikian Adina Turoff Miriam Vurgaftman Atara Wolf Malka Yasnyi Atara Ziffer Deborah ZIffer N’shei is also paying tribute to the Women of Valor that our community has recently lost, Bertha Nelkin z”l, Michelle Jakobovits z”l, and Doris Rossman z”l. These women lived lives of chesed and service to the Ribbono shel Olam. Their contributions to our community and their gemilas chasadim will never be forgotten. They were exceptional women, and they will forever remain in our hearts. The N’shei Café will also feature a Chinese auction, a delicious dairy buffet, and special entertainment. Divrei chizuk will be delivered by Rivky Danziger, a special education supervisor at Talmudical Academy. N’shei Agudath Israel of Baltimore is part of an international organization of women dedicated to achdus, community service, education, and charity. Our members include women from different shuls, schools, and organizations. N’shei provides the women in our community with quality programs

to enhance their homes and their families. N’shei organizes halachah and hashkafa shiurim, including our annual Teshuvah and Pesach shiurim given by Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, ‫א”טילש‬. Each year, N’shei officially welcomes the women who are new to the community at the Welcome Newcomers Night. N’shei recently sponsored an important hands-on demonstration by Rabbi Sholom Tendler ‫ א”טילש‬on “Learning How to Check for Insects in Produce.” On July 16, N’shei will host a multi-media Pre-Tisha B’Av Theater Presentation: The Antidote to Nice Kids Off the Derech. This presentation will be given by motivational speaker and psychotherapist Rabbi Yisroel Rollat the home of Rikki Volosov, 6607 Shelrick Place. N’shei is a forum for women to share their talents for a worthy cause. Please call Chavi Barenbaum at (410) 764-6264 or text her at (410)-9353010 or email: nshei@netzero.net if you can to volunteer. We look forward to welcoming you at the N’shei Café Evening of Stars on July 29, 2019. If you would like more information, please email: nshei@ netzero.net. To place an ad in our Journal of Stars, please call/text 443-996-4254 or email: nsheijournal@gmail.com.

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to various neighborhood backyard courts. As part of the tournament, participants raise funds and awareness for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Since 2011, Tour de Court has raised more than $250,000 in memory of Rachel Minkove, z’l, who bravely battled Hodgkin’s lymphoma for over four years before her tragic passing in 2012 at the age of 28.

he N’shei Café Evening of Stars will take place on Monday, July 29, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Bnos Yisroel, 6400 Park Heights Avenue. All women of the community are invited to attend. Each year at the event, the N’shei Agudath Israel of Baltimore honors women who have contributed to the Baltimore Jewish community in a significant way. N’shei hosts this event during the Three Weeks, a time in our history when tragedy struck the Jewish people, because of sinas chinam (baseless hatred). To promote unity and friendship in our time, N’shei highlights the contributions of the unsung heroines of our community. This year we are delighted to honor learning specialists in our community schools. These women spend their time offering much-needed support to the children in our community so that they can achieve their potential. The women who are being honored include: Malkey Adler Rachel Afrah Rikki Ambinder Tova Baer Blimi Barkin Yaffa Basner Atara Berman Esther Boehm Leni Broder Rivky Bukiet Adina Bulman

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What shul do you belong to? We are members at Shomrei Emunah. My husband enjoys the D’veykus minyan and my children enjoy the teen minyan and youth groups. My son especially looks forward to his weekly Mishnah Club on Shabbos afternoons with Rabbi Marwick. What local organizations are you involved with? I have a passion for helping people. In my next life, I would like to be a social worker or psychologist. In the meantime, I was a city leader for two Israel trips with Etz Chaim/ Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). During one of those trips I met Nicole Glick. That got me involved with her organization, Shalom

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Judge: PA Responsible for Terror Attacks In an unprecedented ruling, Jerusalem District Court Vice President Moshe Drori ruled that the Palestinian Authority bears responsibility for damages resulting from a string of 17 terror attacks that took place during the Second Intifada. The ruling, Drori’s last before his retirement, states that the Palestinian Authority, Palestine Liberation Organization, Marwan Barghouti, and Yasser Arafat’s heirs must pay the victims’ court fees but does not specify how much compensation they are entitled to. The court fees alone total

over $1.5 million. Drori ruled that the PA and PLO were not state bodies that could claim immunity from damages claims. He also cited the PLO’s longtime policy of paying stipends to imprisoned terrorists and the families of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks, and said both the PA and PLO had played a role in inciting the Palestinian public into attacking Israelis. The bodies carry responsibility for “financial and practical support” as well as ideological encouragement for the attacks, he wrote. The ruling covered attacks carried by groups allied with the PA and PLO, as well as by rivals Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, chairwoman of the Shurat Hadin organization and an attorney who represented the families, said: “This is a historic victory.” “The court has found the Palestinian Authority responsible for terror attacks carried out not just by its employees and activists. This proves that the Intifada was a planned war

against Israeli citizens.” The ruling “proves that the intifada was not a popular uprising but a planned and deliberate war against the civilian population of Israel,” she added. The Second Intifada, or “uprising,” was a four-year wave of Palestinian violence in 2000-2004 that included over 130 suicide bombings targeting Israeli city centers and civilian life.

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Suheib Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef and the younger brother of the “Green Prince” Mosab Hassan Yousef, spoke last week to an Israeli journalist about the terror group’s rampant corruption. Unlike his brother, Suheib held a senior position in Hamas’ Turkey branch before leaving the terror group and fleeing to Asia one month ago.

He emphasized: “Unlike my brother, I never worked for Israel. I never betrayed [Hamas]; I was loyal to them.” From his hiding place, Suheib contacted Channel 12’s Ohad Hemo, telling him: “Hamas is part of me since childhood. I grew up in Hamas and worked for it, but when I was exposed to the corruption, I left them and cut off contact with them.” The intelligence Hamas gathers in Turkey, he explained, “isn’t for the Palestinian cause.” Instead, it is sold to Iran “in return for financial assistance.” The money, he added, is transferred from Iran via Turkish banks. Suheib also clarified that “the goal of the attacks in the West Bank is to kill civilians, not for resistance, or Jerusalem, or liberating Palestinian land and not even because they hate Jews. They send these innocent people because they want to export the crisis [from Gaza] to the West Bank.” Emphasizing that Hamas is a “racist terrorist organization that is dangerous for the Palestinian people,” Suheib asserted, “If Hamas gave up power, there

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Thousands Protest Child Abuse at Daycares Thousands of Israelis demonstrated around Israel on Sunday, protesting the lack of supervision of daycare centers after yet another daycare provider was charged with harming the chil-

dren – ages 3 months to 3 years – who were left in her care. Protests were held in in several major Israeli cities, blocking key intersections and leading to traffic jams. Protesters chanted, “The country demands justice for the children” and other slogans. They waved signs with the words, “Mother, father, save me,” and “Don’t abandon our children.” Among the protestors’ demands are that the daycare centers be transferred from the Labor and Welfare Ministry to the Education Ministry; that daycare providers be required to pass psychological evaluations; and that more of the daycare centers be supervised. In December 2018, Israel passed a law requiring that all daycares be equipped with security cameras. That law, as well as a law requiring daycares to be licensed, will go into effect September 1. Carmel Mauda, 25, an owner of a kindergarten, has been accused of systematic violence against 11 children, three months to three years old, be-

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Last U.S. Crewmember of Exodus 1947 Dies Samuel Schulman, the last surviving American crewmember of the Exodus 1947, died in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday. He was 91. The Exodus 1947 attempted to bring thousands of Holocaust survivors from Europe to the Mandate of Palestine. However, due to British limits on immigration, the over-4,500 Holocaust survivors aboard the boat were forced onto prison ships and returned to Europe.

In addition to his time on the Exodus, Schulman sailed on the Pan Crescent and the Pan York, which together brought over 15,000 immigrants from Burgas, Bulgaria, in December 1947. Both ships were stopped by British warships and forced to anchor in Cyprus. Schulman himself was detained in Cyprus for several months before being smuggled to Haifa. After arriving in Israel, he helped establish Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev and trained seamen in navigation at a Haifa naval base during Israel’s War of Independence. After a year, Schulman moved to New York. Schulman was born to Polish Jewish parents in Indiana in 1928. After his father’s early death, he moved to Warsaw with his mother in the early 1930s. His mother remarried, and Schulman himself soon moved to France. In 1942, he and his mother (his stepfather was on a business trip when the war broke out and could not return to his family) were smuggled to a rural village in the heart of the Vichy-controlled “free zone.” They spent the rest of the war in hiding in Pionnat, where the local priest knew about them but did not report them. After the war, Schulman returned to Paris for a brief time before immigrating to New York with his mother. From there, he was recruited to the Exodus. Schulman was later drafted to the Korean War and spent two years training soldiers at Cape Cod. Afterwards, he studied watchmaking and went on to set up a jewelry-watchmaking business in Manhattan, where he spent the next forty years. Schulman is survived by his wife, two sons, and five grandchildren.

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Ethiopian Protests Rock the Holy Land

Demonstrations by Ethiopian Israelis are expected to resume following several days of quiet. The protests, sparked by the death of Solomon Tekah, stalled traffic for up to eight hours at a time last week and involved widespread violence and damage to property. Tekah and a group of others were attacking a 13-year-old boy when an off-duty police officer, spending time with his family, was called over on June 30. The officer tried to break up

the fight, but was unsuccessful and forced to defend himself and his family from the violent group who threw rocks at them. Shooting towards the ground, the officer’s bullet rebounded and fatally wounded Tekah. Prosecutors are expected to recommend charging the officer with manslaughter, but the protesters have demanded the police officer be charged with murder. Relatives of Tekah told Maariv: “We won’t stop the protests until the situation changes. When the police inform the media of Solomon’s criminal past, as far as we’re concerned, it was like he was murdered all over again. Let’s say he had a certain past. Is that a reason to execute him? What is this, a criminal organization?” Reports say that Tekah, who had a criminal record, was under house arrest at the time of the brawl. On Tuesday, the acting Israel Police chief, Commissioner Motti Cohen, said that police acted with restraint during last week’s protests and were “taken advantage” by activists who carried out acts of violence. “During the recent protests, and especially last week, we witnessed the exploitation of our desire as a police force to allow legitimate protest, and some of the public acted violently against civilians and police in serious disturbances,” Cohen said. He added that officers were dealing with “a significant challenge of maintaining the balance between allowing the expression of legitimate protest and enforcing the violation of law and order.” After Tekah’s funeral on Tuesday, protesters set vehicles on fire, overturned police cars, and clashed with officers and those who tried to break through their roadblocks. Community organizers say government reforms meant to address racism and police brutality against Ethiopian-Israelis have yet to be implemented – over three years after promises were made following similar protests. Ethiopian Jews, who trace their lineage to the tribe of Dan, began arriving in large numbers to the Holy Land in the 1980s, when Israel secretly airlifted them to save them from war and famine in the Horn of Africa.

Bibi: Our Jets Can Reach Iran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran on Tuesday that Israel’s F-35 fighter jets can reach “anywhere in the Middle East,” following threats against Israel in recent weeks by senior Iranian officials. “Lately, Iran has been threatening Israel with destruction,” Netanyahu said, standing in front of an F-35 Adir jet during a visit to the Nevatim Air Force Base in the south. “It should remember that these planes can reach every place in the Middle East, including Iran, and of course also Syria.” The F-35 stealth jet is not believed to have an effective range to reach Iran unassisted, but it could conduct operations there with in-air refueling, a capability possessed by Israel’s air force. Netanyahu visit to Nevatim included meetings with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, and the air force’s top command echelons. Norkin last year said that Israel had used the fifth-generation fighter jet in operations in the Middle East. At the time, Norkin did not specify in which countries the aircraft had been used. Israel has long seen Iran as its greatest threat, while Iranian officials regularly threaten to destroy the Jewish state. On July 1, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Israel would be destroyed rapidly if the United States attacked the Islamic Republic. “If the U.S. attacks us, only half an hour will remain of Israel’s lifespan,” threatened Mojtaba Zolnour, chairman of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, in comments carried by the Mehr news agency. Similarly, in a June 20 interview on Iraq’s Alnujaba TV, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) monitoring group and posted to social media on Sunday, former Iranian defense minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan said Iran’s military could destroy U.S. military

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Literally, with one fell swoop all Jewish history took a drastic turn. Until Moshe had hit the rock he was destined to enter the land where we would’ve remained forever. As a result of his error though, it was decreed that he would not be permitted into the land and we would have endure many generations of challenges and subsequent exiles before we would be worthy of once again of returning to the land for all of posterity. There are many suggestions as to what was the nature of the precise sin was that brought these dire consequences. Yet despite the character of the sin and its seemingly inevitable result there was nevertheless an antidote that could have put everything back on track. The Midrash reveals that were Moshe to have prayed for forgiveness the decree would have been repealed. The problem was that Moshe relied on the assumption that his prayers would certainly be accepted as they had been so many times when he intervened on the nation’s behalf after their many lapses and he therefore didn’t get to the task with dispatch. G-d observed ‫ ואינו עומד בתפ־‬...‫שקל היה בעיניו של משה‬ ‫לה‬, that it was taken lightly in Moshe’s eyes and he didn’t step up to pray, He immediately swore in His great name, therefore you shall not bring the congregation to the Promised land ‫(במדבר‬ )‫ (דב"ר יא י‬.)‫כ יב‬ Was Moshe, the most humble of all men, so smug in his attitude that he took for granted the efficacy of his prayers? Why indeed did he wait? Further complicating matters is existence of another Midrash that asserts that Moshe delayed his approaching G-d for a pardon in fulfillment of the directive of Rebbi Shimon ben Elazar in Avos )‫ (ד כג‬that ‘one should avoid

questioning a person who undertakes a vow at the time he makes it’. This idea relates to a person who out of anger took a vow. Eventually when his anger subsides he may seek to release himself from the effects of the vow claiming that he regrets the consequences of his vow and were he to realize them initially he might never have vowed. Were we to confront him at the moment he expresses it by asking him whether he realizes the import of his action, he may blurt out in his agitated state that he doesn’t care and wants the vow to stand regardless. This would leave him no subsequent opportunity to disclaim his intentions and release the vow. The Midrash derives this idea from the very fact that Moshe after hearing G-d’s oath, swearing that Moshe would not enter the land, Moshe respectfully waited in fulfillment of this principle and only began to pray intensely for his pardon at the very end of the forty year sojourn in the desert. )‫(יל"ש במדבר שמג‬ This Midrash indicates the there was no callous delay on Moshe’s part in withholding his prayers, au contraire, he was actually implementing a vital rule of Torah, to respect the emotions of the vower and wait until such time that he may be calmer and more reasonable. Are these two Midrashim in conflict and perhaps differing opinions? • Even more intriguing is the very notion of Moshe waiting for G-d, as if it were possible to say, ‘to calm down’. Does G-d act impetuously and change His attitude with the passage of time? Could Moshe have even considered this tactic thinking that with time G-d would release His oath by asserting that were He to have known

the consequences He might have never sworn? • The earlier quoted Mishna additionally advises in similar fashion, not to try to pacify your friend at his time of anger, nor to comfort him while the one he is grieving over lies before him and not to see a person at the time of his humiliation. Each of these instructions is derived from G-d Himself. After G-d was angered as a result of the sin of the Golden Calf, G-d tells Moshe, “My Presence will go and provide you rest” )‫(שמות לג יד‬. The Talmud ).‫ (ברכות ז‬understands this as G-d requesting of Moshe to wait until His face of anger dissipates before appealing to Him. When G-d decided to destroy the Temple He went into mourning. The angels sought to console Him. G-d responded, strain not to comfort Me ()‫(ישעיה כב ד‬, the time is not yet ripe for comfort. When Adam and Chava sinned and discovered their ‘nakedness’, G-d waited before confronting them until they made themselves aprons. ‫(רע"ב‬ )‫בשם המדרש‬ The same question begs. Does G-d need time before He can be pacified and comforted? • How can prayer repair the sin, however we understand it, of the Waters of Strife? Can one possibly err and simply get away with it by petitioning to G-d? Perhaps in every sin the severity lies not as much in the transgression itself as it does in the lapse of consciousness that reflects on the breakdown of constant communication we are to have in our relationship with G-d. If we quickly re-connect after having been ‘distracted’ it is possible to get back on track. But therein lies the difficulty. One must first contemplate the significance of the detachment that sin represents. To simply say ‘I’m sorry’ without deeply comprehending where one has been negligent is meaningless and juvenile.

G-d’s ‘need’ to ‘calm down’ is not for His sake but rather as instructive to those who have been less than dutiful in their attentiveness to Him, to consider and understand the painful negligence that reflects on a deficient connection that allowed it to happen. One must first step back before appealing for forgiveness and display a shame in oneself for having been disloyal. However, in that delay there must be a ‘body language’ of eagerness to re-connect, because in the absence of that display lays a dangerous complacency that betrays the sincerity of his willingness to accept failure in his allegiance. Maybe that is the reconciliation of the contradictory Midrashim. On the one hand Moshe had to wait in respectful and contemplative regret but he also had to avidly display a desire to restore the bond. It is this dangerous tightrope that must be traversed successfully before one can restore the damaged relationship fully. On his elevated level, Moshe was held accountable for the slightest immeasurable lapse of consciousness that was perceived as complacency. • As the Mishna teaches, the lessons we derive in understanding how to restore our relationship with G-d, is instructive in all of our relationships between our fellow man. So often we lapse in those relationships as we are human and susceptible to selfishness and distraction. When we do we must seek to restore it with sensitivity. We must be ever sensitive to those we engage with to not merely respect their need for privacy and space when experiencing anguish but also to truly sense their pain and frustration so we may truly empathize with them. We must be ever vigilant in never conveying a distance that might be perceived as apathy. May we instill this powerful message in our lives. If we excel at this then even when we inevitably falter we will be able to put ourselves back on track with healthy and positive relationships.

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The Jews wandered through the desert and underwent a multitude of trials and tribulations, yet no episode stand out as starkly as the story of the ‘hitting of the rock’ in this week’s Torah reading. The backdrop to the extreme thirst encountered by the people, as relayed in the Torah, is the death of Miriam and her burial in the desert. The Talmud tells us that the well and the ensuing water-supply for the large population in the desert was solely in the merit of Miriam, and therefore as soon

as she passed away the people encountered thirst. This thirst is therefore a seemingly simple instance of cause and effect. Yet the Midrash paints a quite different picture. It insinuates that the sudden thirst was not simply due to the lack of the well, but due to a lack of respect given to Miriam. Later in the Parsha, we find that Aharon also passed away in the desert and handed the mantle of the priesthood to his son Elazar. At that event, the Torah tells us that, “the entire Jewish people wept about Aharon for 30 days”. Similarly,

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gence and common sense is quite apparent in our everyday lives. In psychology for example, there is much discussion as to the efficiency of IQ tests. Do they properly measure an individual’s capability and capacity for success, or do they fundamentally miss core spheres in a persona by focusing solely on intelligence? And so alternate systems, such as Emotional Quota (EQ) tests, have been suggested to provider a more wholesome evaluation. One can apparently be brilliant, intellectual and successful, yet be in parallel quite lacking in other core areas of life. We have mad professors, brilliant crooks, and socially inept geniuses. As human beings, we are capable of living a life of internal contradictions and plagued by gaping inadequacies. The Torah highlights for us that incessant complaining, and a lack of Hakaras Hatov, a deep appreciation for the gifts in life that we have been bestowed, are fundamental flaws that warrant us being called crazy. Throughout the Torah, we read of the importance of such Hakaras Hatov as a basic tenet of humanity. We are commanded to bring Bikkurim, the first fruits, to the temple starting after Shavuos, and recite a historical appreciation for our Land of Israel and its bountiful fruits. The Midrash in Breishis notes that the whole world was created simply for these Bikkurim, as appreciation of others is a primary prerequisite for a wholesome life. As we enter the summer months and lay-back to enjoy the fruits of our labor, there is perhaps no better time to take stock of the blessings we have been given and appreciate the bounty in our lives. We can of course always find what to kvetch or whine about we Jews are definitely talented at that. Yet we can also choose to distance ourselves from that craziness, raise our eyes to heaven, and utter a heartfelt thank you. The author can be reached at mottyrab@gmail.com

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The First Committee of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, 1912. Joseph Klausner is in the back row, second from right. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is on his left

hat is the relationship between David Flusser and the United States

Embassy? David Flusser was born in Vienna, grew up in Czechoslovakia, was educated in Prague, and completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. So far, there’s no apparent connection. Let’s dig deeper: Flusser was an Orthodox Jew who applied the critical study approach that he honed while learning the Torah and Talmud to the study of ancient Greek, Roman, and Arabic texts. As a professor of comparative religions at the Hebrew University, he scrutinized the ancient Jewish and Christian texts for evidence of the Jewish roots of Christianity. In 1980, Flusser received the Israel Prize – regarded as the country’s

highest cultural honor – for his contributions to the study of Jewish history. Might the link between Flusser

Shai Agnon, with his wife, waving while boarding a plane for Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, December 1966

tually, the real connection is much simpler: the new U.S. Embassy, located in Arnona, Jerusalem, is situated on David Flusser Street. If

Agnon famously replied, “I would rather live on a street called Klausner than have Klausner live on a street called Agnon.”

and the United States be that the Judeo-Christian values, which Flusser spent many years researching, has a foundational role in America? Ac-

it were my decision, I would have changed the street name to honor the United States; names that come to mind would be Freedom Way,

Liberty Drive, or Independence Street. Regrettably, no one requested my opinion, so David Flusser Street it is – at least for the time being. Another famous historian from the Hebrew University, Joseph Klausner, was also honored with a street in Arnona named after him. In fact, Klausner actually lived on the street that was renamed in his memory. Klausner was chief editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia, a scholar of Hebrew literature, and a professor specializing in the History of the Second Temple Period. Klausner also received the Israel Prize in Jewish Studies, twenty-two years earlier than Flusser. Parenthetically, Klausner was the uncle of the recently deceased journalist, professor, and writer Amos Oz. Many other colorful personali-

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David Flusser

At the dedication of the new U.S. Embassy in Arnona

ties lived in Arnona. For example, down the street from Klausner lived Israel’s first Nobel Prize laureate, writer Shmuel Yosef, or Shai, Agnon. Agnon and Klausner did not see eye-to-eye on many issues and made it their business to keep their distance from each other. Interestingly, when Klausner passed away

and the city renamed the street in memory of Klausner, Agnon was asked how he felt about living on Klausner Street. Agnon famously replied, “I would rather live on a street called Klausner than have Klausner live on a street called Agnon.” Agnon’s Bauhaus-style home is now a museum which houses collections of

his works, his original library, and films about his life. Next time you’re wandering around Jerusalem with time to spare, pull out your smartphone, Google the street names that you’re walking along, and enjoy your self-guided tour of the neighborhood. You never know what fasci-

nating gems you may discover. Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home (www.myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail.com.

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The main entrance to the unlit shul is already open. This means that Meir has arrived before me. I grab my Gemara and walk downstairs to the Beit Midrash, where we learn until 6 a.m. Eran gives the shiur. He is a remarkable man with boundless energy. It’s not accurate to say that teaching the daf is the first thing he does every day. As a first responder he is on call 24/7. There are days – many of them – when he walks in sleepless after being dragged out of bed to some emergency or other. The same is true of the evenings; teaching Torah is supposed to be the last thing he does before retiring at night. With Eran, you never know. He has yet to turn 50, yet he maintains a boyish look that defies the fact that he is the father of twelve. Together with Israel, Yehoshua and Shraga, I try to keep up with the daily daf, and regardless of what I do or do not understand, I conclude there couldn’t be a better way to start the day. When I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning and don’t want to brave the cold streets, I think of Yehoshua, who leaves his home in Haifa at 4:10 in the morning to attend the daf before driving to the industrial area of Iscar just over the hill, where he is the manager of one of the large factories. Knowing he’s on the road while I’m under the covers gives me the incentive I need to kickstart my day.

While living in New York I attended the early morning Kollel at Sh’or Yoshuv. Under the guidance of Harav Moshe Dov Stein, z”l, we learned the sixth and eighth chapters of Chulin. At the time, I had no problems discovering the hidden, inner workings of the kosher animal world. I even remember standing in front of a buffalo shechita with my son-in-law, Levi Zafir, quite fascinated and unbothered by the experience. This time around we started working through the first chapter in Chulin with the onset of colder weather. I was enjoying it until a combination of factors occurred. The first was about 30 pages in when I came down with a case of flu, which is ironic because only weeks earlier I had been vaccinated. I was laid up for almost two weeks. I was miserable with high fever, aches and pains, and a gluelike attachment to the couch, where I constantly slept. It left me feeling down in the dumps, without appetite and with a burning desire to get better. At one point Keren suggested I have a bowl of chicken soup. I almost threw up. Its medicinal efficaciousness wasn’t enough to convince me to swallow more than a couple of spoonfuls of what tasted to me, for the very first time, like an actual and very dead chicken in all its shechted gore. I imagined it squawking between my aching teeth. It was

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45 rael suggested the situation was like a blockage in a toilet. “Don’t bring up examples like that,” quipped Eran. “Rafi might also stop using toilets.” Yes, I had become a vegetarian without ideology. I told my mother,

invited to our neighbor’s son’s wedding at Sandrine. It’s a fancy place just south of Nahariya. Sandrine has a reputation for fancy smorgasbords and generous portions. I considered the occasion worthy of a personal

I imagined it squawking between my aching teeth.

test. I braced myself by contacting our daughter, Batya, who commented that I must have found really good food to replace the meat for me not to be tempted. I thought about this for a moment. I couldn’t think of anything I’d done apart from not eating meat.

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who said I had to eat everything. What she meant by this is still unclear to me. Our sons came for Shabbat. I cooked them chicken, but didn’t join them. I went to a barbecue, which ended the same way. At the end of January, we were

Was I missing something? Was there a code that vegetarians live by that I didn’t know about? The wedding was wonderful. I ate salmon. I didn’t touch the burgers, chicken nuggets, shawarma, the Chinese dishes, the meat in cigarettes, the couscous and chicken balls, the beef, nor the lamb. The following morning before learning about the kosher signs in birds, I was asked about the battle with my yetzer hara the previous night. I told them I had come out victorious. Eran laughed, and Israel scoffed, telling me I wouldn’t last much longer. I didn’t consider it a challenge, an I’ll-show-you-situation. It’s just that I have yet to be enticed by the smell of a chop on the barbecue or my wife’s tasty, scrumptious, incomparable, mouth-watering, finger-licking chicken.

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enough to stop me from eating meat or poultry. Then I recovered. No sooner had I returned to learning the daf than Eran threw a movie night, when we watched shechita in action. The detail was graphic. It brought back memories of those spoonfuls of chicken soup I couldn’t swallow. The combination of these two events led me not so much to conclude, but to stop eating meat, only without the moral conviction of a vegetarian. This continued for five weeks, during which I believed I was in for the long haul. We eat little meat during the week as it is, so Sunday through Friday wasn’t anything to make judgements by. On Shabbatot I was quite content to eat fish and salads. This was easy for Keren, who eats meat about as regularly as it rains in an Israeli summer. Eran and co. thought my decision puzzling. At one point we were discussing blockages in animals, and Is-

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TJH You gotta be kidding Little Johnny stands alone on the baseball field at home plate, throwing the ball up and taking swings at it. But each time, the ball plops to the ground right in front of him. Undaunted, the little fellow picks up the ball and tosses it in the air. Again, he takes a mighty swing, and again the baseball thuds to the ground. A man watching this sad exhibition speaks up. “Not having much luck, are you, little man?” “What do you Johnny asks.

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“Shows how good I am!” the boy snaps back with a wide grin. “I’m a pitcher!”

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Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth scored exactly the same number of runs in their careers: 2,174.

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1. B- Baseball has been around since before 1900, but it wasn’t until 1933 that the two leagues deliberately met in the middle of the season to play each other. What was the reason? There was a World’s Fair in Chicago in 1933. A sports editor came up with the notion to have a game between the best players from each league. The game was held in Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox. 2. C- In 1935, Lefty Gomez went 6 innings for the American League in Cleveland. The rule limit did not limit pitchers to 3 innings then.

6. Pete Rose was voted into various All-Star games for which of the d. 25 c. 19 b. 14 a. 12 5. Hank Aaron played in the most All-Star games. How many did he play in? d. There was a citywide blackout after the 4th inning and the stadium had to be cleared.

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days apart. They all took place in different stadiums. By 1962, the wacky idea was abandoned. 4. C- In the middle of the 10th inning, with the ballgame tied at 7, National League manager Bob Brenley and American League manager Joe Torre each informed the umpires that they were pretty much out of pitchers. The umpires conferred for 5 minutes with Commissioner Bud Selig who decided that if nobody scored, the game would be called a tie after the 11th inning. That is exactly what happened. When the announcement was made, the almost-40,000 fans in attendance booed Selig. 5. D- Willie Mays and Stan Musial come in at second place with 24 All-Star Games each. 6. F- Even so, Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame as he is banned from baseball for betting on games while he was a manager.

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b. The lights in the new $290 million Miller Park in Milwaukee malfunctioned after the 8th inning and it would have taken too long to get them up and running again. a. It began raining in the 6th inning and the rain did not stop for the rest of the night. 4. Why did the 2002 AllStar game end in a tie? d. 6 c. 4

c. Both teams used up all of the pitchers on their rosters.

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3. D- In 1959, Major League Baseball decided to start having two All -Star games. The two annual All-Star Games were managed by identical coaching staffs and played by more or less identical rosters. In 1959, they were played 27 days apart. In 1960, they were played two days apart. In 1961 and 1962, they were played 20

 Answers 3. How many All-Star games were played between 1959 and 1962? d. 8 c. 6 b. 4 a. 2 2. The longest a starting pitcher pitched in one All-Star game was how many innings? d. 1972 c. 1954 b. 1933 a. 1906 1. In what year was the first baseball All-Star game played?

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I think it’s a wholly inappropriate comparison. The Holocaust, you’re taking about a tragedy of biblical proportion and one of the greatest tragedies in history. Six million Jews died during the Holocaust. There is no comparison to the Holocaust, period, and to draw an equivalency suggests one does not understand what happened in the Holocaust. -Gov. Andrew Cuomo, prior to departing on a trip to Israel, criticizing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (Socialist/Dem-NY) comparison between concentration camps and the U.S. border

If you keep busy, you enjoy life. - May Lee, 99, who has been working for the state of California for 76 years

For 50 years I never had a chair in my office. - Ibid.

She should be removed from Congress. She’s spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity. The people on the border aren’t forced to be there — they go there of their own will. If someone doesn’t know the difference, either they’re playing stupid or they just don’t care. - Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg, e 93, who is president of the Holocaust commemoration group From The Depths, criticizing Ocasio-Cortez’s comments

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Of course. – President Trump’s response when a reporter asked him, while he was sitting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whether he would warn Putin not to meddle in the 2020 elections

Don’t meddle in the election. - Ibid., playfully addressing Putin, after turning away from the reporter and looking at the Russian leader

Give me a reason and I’ll eat more hot dogs. If someone eats 90, I’ll eat 91. - Nathan’s hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut, in an interview with Fox News ahead of the yearly hot dog chomping competition

We’re glad to see that we were able to make an elderly lady smile and tick one thing off her bucket list. - Manchester England police department, after they “arrested” 93-year-old Josie Birds, in order to help her fulfill a bucket list wish

We dragged you out of bed early; I appreciate it. - WPIX 11 Dan Mannarino to Mayor Bill de Blasio, after the mayor showed up 41 minutes late to a 7:30AM interview and blamed his alarm clock for not going off

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50 January 22, 2015, my son Grant was working in a Quick Trip in Mesa, Arizona. An illegal alien came in, dumped a jar of change out on the counter, and wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes. Grant went to start counting the change, the man said, “What, you’re not gonna give me my cigarettes?” Grant said, “Hey, I got to count your change.” At that moment, this man produced a gun. Grant did everything he was supposed to do, Grant gave him the cigarettes, and as soon as Grant did, this illegal alien shot my son in the face, killing him instantly. He then stepped over Grant’s body, grabbed a couple more packs of cigarettes, stepped back over Grant, and turned and looked at my son. He wanted to make sure he was dead because if he wasn’t he was gonna shoot him again. These are stories that are happening every single day…. How many people need to die for Ocasio-Cortez to stop her ridiculous rhetoric about concentration camps?

[Bernie Sanders] is the enemy of every entrepreneur that’s ever going to be born in the country and has been born in the past. - Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus on Fox Business Network

- Steve Ronnebeck, whose son Grant was murdered by an illegal alien, at a rally in Washington last week

People say cops love donuts but we don’t recommend this method of delivery. - Facebook post by the King County Washington Sheriff’s Office after a suspect broke into a police substation and brought donuts with him as a “peace offering”

I did not know the phrase I used in Miami today was associated with Che Guevara & I did not mean to offend anyone who heard it that way. - 2020 presidential hopeful Mayor Bill de Blasio apologizing on Twitter after he shouted “Hasta la victoria siempre!” (ever onward to victory), quoting communist murderer Che Guevara outside Miami International Airport as he spoke in support of striking union workers

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Let a person grow up first before making a choice. Let the children [live] in peace. – Russian President Vladimir Putin when asked by reporters at the G20 Summit why he recently cracked down on certain liberal progressive movements in Russia

When veterans show up at the stores for the flag raisings, and when they come on Saturdays and do their veteran rides, and they weep at the bottom of the flagpole, that’s the conviction that I need to say it’s just not going to come down. I would rather go to jail. - Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis on Fox News discussing his refusal to remove a giant U.S. flag which violates a local Statesville County, North Carolina, ordinance, after local authorities threatened to jail him if he doesn’t remove the massive flag

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I think the interference, though not yet quantified, should be fully investigated and would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016; he lost the election. He was put into office because the Russians interfered. - Former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center

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I want to thank Chairman Kim for something else – when I put out the social media notification, if he didn’t show up, the press was going to make me look very bad. So you made us both look good, and I appreciate it. - President Trump thanking North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for not standing him up and meeting him Sunday in the demilitarized zone on the border between North Korea and South Korea

Can I leave? I feel like I’m about to cry. - Tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is ranked second-best in the world, at a press conference, after she was upset in the first round at Wimbledon

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I am very hurt and discouraged by the shidduch system. I am 21 years old and have been “dating” since I came back from seminary. I thought I would be set up on dates since I am kind, intelligent, and attractive. I am told by all my friends how inspirational and entertaining I am at the same time. Guys love having a conversation with me. However, I come from a divorced home and I am looking for an educated, financially responsible man, not a learning boy asking to be supported by parents. I tried contacting shadchanim who were recommended by friends, and all responded that they didn’t have “time” for me. Many were even convincing me to go out with unattractive, mentally unstable guys. I barely have dates and have been single for a year.

Recently, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and attend a shidduch event on Shabbos last minute with my friend. We walked in and even made conversation with a facilitator who was quite friendly. As we were making our way around, one of the event organizers approached us. She asked who we were and if we signed up for the event. Embarrassed, I told her we decided to come last minute. She continued saying it cost a lot of money and that you can’t just crash these events. She went on asking our ages, reinforcing that the event is for ages 22 and up, and that we shouldn’t be here. She then said that many girls begged to come and sent nasty emails after being declined entry. After continuing to mortify us in public she said we could stay for a little and then should leave. I left the event mortified, discouraged, and disheartened. I am used to shadchanim saying they can’t help me and now all my initial thoughts about them were affirmed. I am writing to you because I have lost hope. How can someone in my situation who would make a fantastic wife find their bashert when the shadchanim will only set up size zero, wealthy girls? How am I supposed to network and be known if shadchanim slam the door on me? It’s not the girls who are the issues; it’s the shadchanim – it seems to me that they are in it for the money. I am ashamed to be part of this system, and I honestly don’t know where to turn.

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. he tone of your communication is disturbing. The bashing of the system, the hopelessness, and the drama make me wonder about your readiness for this most important commitment. What did you expect of this phase of your life? How did you think dating works in the frum world? What do you know about singles’ events and have you made any effort to find out? What do you have in mind for prospective candidates besides “an educated man who will support me”? You sound clueless about many things including sources for fixups, the role of shared interests and goals, and how people develop relationships. You say you are single for a year. It sounds like you are rushing to be married and you seem very vulnerable emotionally. You need support from a seasoned mature adult mentor/therapist/teacher who can guide you to examine what your goals and expectations are from a spouse and marriage. Then you can work it backwards and think about what you can offer a prospective spouse. The next step is examining the multiple paths to finding prospective candidates to date for marriage. There are many paths to finding dates including several Jewish dating apps that are reviewed in the current issue of Jewish Action magazine. However, your thin skin and reactions tell me that you need to spend some substantial time on self-knowledge, shidduch knowledge, and social norms. Coming from a divorced home is not a shidduch death sentence. People from divorced homes get married and not necessarily at more advanced ages than people coming from nondivorced homes. Educate yourself about yourself with help and become a mature, developed dating choice with interests and

outlook. Only then will you be able to handle the shidduch scene with confidence, skill, and success. You can achieve your goal with sustained effort and support.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. hoa! Take a deep breath. Discouraged? I get it. Hopeless? Not so fast. That you’re discouraged by the system makes perfect sense. Just the other day I ran into one of the most prolific shadchanim in the tristate area. She looked shellshocked, having recently completed a run of organized “Meet-theShadchan” events at local high schools and seminaries both here and out-of-town. “I’m drowning in resumes,” she confessed, “so many names, profiles. All wonderful young men and women (equal numbers, by the way) begging to be noticed and set up. Where do I start?” The conversation concluded that yes, she’s a shadchan – but she’s merely a very mortal messenger attempting to facilitate Hashem’s Ultimate Plan. Fact is, most shidduchim a r e not ac t u a l i z e d by sh adchanim. If He wills it, He’ll make it happen: via neighbor, distant cousin, perfect stranger, singles’ event, Shabbos table or shadchan. Which brings me to the socalled ”hopeless” component of your situation. Listen to yourself! You are, by your own description: *kind, *intelligent, *attractive, *inspirational, *entertaining, and *21. You have so much going for you and so much to offer to that one lucky guy. Keep your mindset positive; replace hopelessness with optimism. Be open to new projects, new friends, and new experiences. Before you know it, you will have navigated this parsha with renewed confidence, life skills and, be’ezras Hashem, a new partner.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond irst thing’s first: You are 21 years old and there is no need to panic. You must take a deep breath and recognize that Hashem is in charge of shidduchim. Personally, I had gone to New York every weekend from Baltimore to go out with guys who’d been suggested because I knew it was my hishtadlus as an out-of-town girl. There were jobs I had to turn down, and it was a huge time/money commitment. I met some good guys, and some notso-good guys along the way, but it was all the hishtadlus Hashem had in mind for me to do before finding my husband who happened to live in Baltimore on the same street as my family a couple years into being in “The Parsha.” Point being: your efforts in the realm of hishtadlus do not always equal the results but they are still necessary steps you must take. Just because you go to shadchanim does not mean that is the only way your shidduch will come about. You should continue to network, sign up ahead of time for Shabbatons, go out for Shabbos meals, and get close to families. You must relax and recognize that Hashem can make your bashert show up at any time from any place. My next comment is regarding your account of the Shabbaton incident. Firstly, I must debunk the theory that shadchanim and organizers of events are “in it for the money.” There is an unbelievable amount of koach that goes into planning a singles’ Shabbaton monetarily and emotionally by the volunteer shadchanim organizing these events. Many sleepless nights are spent by the volunteer organizers choosing a core equal group of single men and women who are appropriate for each other based on age and hashkafa. Furthermore, mapping out the seating arrangements, entertainment/

Having a positive, open-minded, forgiving and curious attitude will be your greatest friend along the way.

games, and paying for the venue and food, decor and ambiance are also energy- and time-consuming. Many times, sums of money are laid out by the organizers to finalize plans which are never reimbursed. These events are done purely l’sheim shamayim to help singles find each other in an organized, comfortable fashion. For an event to flow properly, it all must be mapped out to a T and follow proper protocol. It is very understandable that the coordinator of this event would have not allowed a random group of young women come in and mingle at a pre-paid Shabbaton. This is not like walking into a random shul kiddush – it is like walking into a private personal Shabbos lunch affair and taking a seat. I am actually surprised the facilitators allowed you to come in and mingle at all. Every one of the singles at this event applied on time, paid in full to help cover costs, and were chosen based on age/hashkafa/compatibility to make sure that the situation was comfortable for everyone there. Furthermore, the girls who were rightfully on the Shabbaton deserved the opportunity to have this allotted time to mingle with the guys. It is unfair to the paid participants to be upstaged by a new group of younger women who decided to walk in randomly. I

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56 would strongly suggest that the next time you decide to attend a Shabbaton with your friends, please RSVP in advance. This way you will all get the attention you deserve, and be guaranteed to meet like-minded and age-appropriate suitors.

The Single Tova Wein o sorry that you went through such a disgraceful experience. Top to bottom, everyone in-

volved in your unsuccessful dating experiences thus far should be ashamed of themselves and I hope they are all reading this column right now! Like with everything in life, there is good and bad among us. For every unfeeling, unknowing, misguided shadchan out there, there are also wonderful, kind, compassionate ones. For you, it seems, the journey will be a bit more arduous, since you (to no fault of your own) are not a perfect “A” lister. (That’s another whole story within the dating system that needs tremendous

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am so sorry that your first experiences with the “system” have been so discouraging. You aren’t the first person to feel this way. It does sometimes seem like the wealthy, size-two girls with the perfect house and family are a prized commodity. After a few rejections by shadchanim, it can leave a girl feeling completely discouraged. I can hear the utter disappointment in your “voice.” Hopefully this column will help spread awareness to two key issues: the first is sensitivity to singles and the second is my personal belief: everyone deserves a chance based on their own merit. Your letter is brimming with anger and resentment…and you may be perfectly entitled to these feelings. The issue is that these feelings will eventually be detected by the very people who you need to help you move into the next chapter of your life: marriage. I think it behooves you to work on these feelings and try to reframe what has happened to you into something more palatable. So, whether it’s a religious/spiritual belief that this is

a ll f rom Hashem, or that you view this process through a completely different lens, you need to find a way to make peace with this system…until it changes. As for the singles’ event, perhaps the tone of the shadchan was off-putting or she came across as rude. (I don’t know because I wasn’t there.) Or, perhaps she was overwhelmed because of all the work she put into the event and having two extra people would throw off the evening. Shadchanim tend to pour their hearts and souls into these events; spending many, many hours figuring out all the details. You are at the beginning of your journey. We don’t know how long you will be dating, but what we do know is that having a positive, openminded, forgiving and curious attitude (instead of judging) will be your greatest friend along the way. You have to figure out a dating path that works best for you. Find sensitive, sweet,

work.) But don’t give up on finding a warm, caring shadchan who will treat you with all the respect and kindness that you deserve. They are out there, but you’ll have to search harder. Meanwhile, also look to family and friends who know who you are and all you have to offer and all that you deserve. Work hard at connecting with them and again, though possibly stepping out of your comfort zone, asking for their help in setting you up. Sometimes people are just not focused on the potential shidduch sitting right in front of them. Make a little noise, reach out and take the bull by the horn. Don’t let any insensitive individuals get in the way of you finding your bashert!

attuned shadchanim who work with all kinds of people from various family backgrounds, incomes, and body types. Get your parents, friends, and family involved. Keep going to Shabbatons and events (registered, please!). You have so much going for you. Please keep your chin up. And if you need support during dating; someone to check in with, to vent to, to strategize with… then by all means seek the support of a dating coach or therapist. All the best, Jennifer

There is an unbelievable amount of koach that goes into planning a singles’ Shabbaton monetarily and emotionally by the volunteer shadchanim organizing these events.

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. Jennifer is looking forward to teaching a psychology course at Touro College in the fall. 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.

Hi Readers! Receiving your enthusiastic emails wanting to participate in the Reader’s Respond section has been wonderful! Just a reminder about how Reader Response works. Email thenavidaters@gmail. com with the subject line “Reader Response.” We will then ask you, in the order we receive your email, if you would like to respond to the coming week’s email. If you would like to respond to an already printed Navidaters Panel, please submit your answer to the editor at editor@fivetownsjewishhome.com. You can also join us on our FB page @thenavidaters on Sunday evenings to post your response to the week’s column. Interacting with you has been a pleasure! Thank you for all of your feedback. Esther and Jennifer

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Last month, a dramatic car rescue took place after an infant was accidentally locked inside a hot car. The mother of the child wrote the following after the lifesaving rescue.

that felt like a lifetime – an orange ambucycle from United Hatzalah appeared in the parking lot with Amit Sinai riding it. Amit volunteers for United Hatzalah as an EMT ambucycle driver and is also a Yedidim volunteer. Ruthi flagged him down, and he raced over to the car. He quickly jumped off

“I spoke to her through the window as my tears flowed down my cheeks the entire time”

“In the meantime, Maya began to cry a little bit. I leaned on the door and once she saw me, she gave me her million-dollar smile. From that point on I didn’t take my eyes off of her for a second. I spoke to her through the window as my tears flowed down my cheeks the entire time. I was hysterical by this point.” A few short minutes later – a span

of his ambucycle and began attempting to break into the car. During his efforts, other police officers and EMTs began to arrive and they tried to calm the frantic mother down telling her that everything was going to be alright. “Amit, with the patience of steel, spent four minutes attempting to open one of the doors. I had no idea what to do. I was a mess. I kept staring at Maya

trying to keep her alert. “After four minutes that felt like an eternity, Amit succeeded at opening the vehicle, that, by this time, was already quite hot. He unlocked the remainder of the doors and took Maya out of her car seat and placed her in my arms. I was overcome with joy and happiness. I felt that I had been given my daughter for a second time. I hugged her, I kissed her, and I cried for joy that she was again in my arms healthy and none-the-worse-for-wear. “G-d keeps the world turning and oversees what happens to us all. I believe with all my might that this too happened to me for a good reason. I thank G-d that He gave me this trial and not a different one that could have ended worse. “I also can’t thank enough Amit, United Hatzalah, Yedidim and the police who all responded so quickly and professionally and who saved my daughter’s life. It is because of you that we are together. “You acted as G-d’s messengers for good today.”

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ven while writing this, hours after the incident, I am still shaking. Earlier today I was out shopping and when I came back to the car, I put my daughter, Maya, who was in her detachable car seat, inside the car. I put my bag, with my cellphone in it, in the front seat so that I could adjust the car seat. I momentarily put my keys in between the seats. I secured Maya’s seat and then closed the door. I then walked around the car to the driver’s side and to my horror, the door wouldn’t open. The car was locked with my keys, my phone, and Maya, my baby, inside. “I immediately began to panic. I ran from door to door of the car frantically checking each one trying to get inside the car. They were all locked. The car was locked, and my poor Maya was inside. My beloved friend, Ruthi,

was with me and she immediately took charge of the situation. She called Yedidim, an organization who sends volunteers out to help people who have car trouble. She asked that they send someone immediately to help and explained that there was a locked child in the car.

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Wearing Two Uniforms Part II

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Both Roger Staubach, left, and Pete Dawkins were Heisman Trophy winners and served in the U.S. Naval Academy

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laying sports on the highest level is a dream for many athletes. During times of war, some of these athletes put off their dream to serve in the military with several serving overseas in war zones. This article is the second in a series of athletes that have put on a different kind of uniform and served in the military. One of the most famous Jewish baseball players of all time is Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. The native New Yorker went to NYU before joining the Detroit Tigers organization in 1930. In 1935, the Tigers won the World Series against the Cubs. Greenberg was sidelined during Game 2 after breaking his wrist in a collision with the Cubs catcher. Five years later in 1940, he became the first major leaguer to sign up in the peacetime draft. He passed his medical examination on his second try as the first one concluded that he had flat feet. Greenberg reported to Fort

Custer in Michigan for training and served as anti-tank gunner. On December 5, 1941, two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he was honorably discharged as Congress released men over the age of 28 from the military. He reenlisted

be silly for me to say I do not leave it without a pang. But all of us are confronted with a terrible task – the defense of our country and the fight for our lives.” In 1943, Greenberg helped raised millions in war bonds but he wanted to serve overseas.

“All of us are confronted with a terrible task – the defense of our country and the fight for our lives.”

less than three months later telling Sporting News, “There is only one thing for me to do – return to the service. This doubtless means I am finished with baseball, and it would

Lieutenant Greenberg, now with the Army Air Corps (the Air Force was not created until 1947), graduated Officer Candidate School in Florida. In 1944, he was a cap-

tain and was with the first group of B-29 Superfortresses to go to the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. While there, he served in an administrative role scouting locations for bomber bases. In one incident he was with another officer when an incoming plane overshot the runway and made a crash landing. As Greenberg ran over to see if he could help, the gas tanks exploded and he was thrown into a drainage ditch. Thankfully, no one was killed as the crew of the stricken plane managed to escape. Greenberg was shaken and was in a daze for a few days but otherwise was unhurt. In late 1944, Greenberg was recalled to the U.S. to help boost morale on the home front. He served in the military the longest of any baseball player during the war and was back with the Tigers in July 1945. Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach served in the Navy and in 1964 was drafted by the Dallas

Hank Greenberg enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940

Nathan Weber was a Green Beret and competed in the U.S. Olympics

service with an honorable discharge and several medals. During his time in the army, Holcomb competed in bobsled tournaments including testing bobsleds in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He first competed in the Olympics in 2006

and won gold in the four-man bobsled competition in 2010. Sergeant First Class Nathan Weber is the other bobsledder of note who served in the American military. In fact, Weber prepped for his Olympic debut while deployed in

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Being an active duty servicemember doesn’t mean that he or she can compete. In fact, several active duty servicemembers have become athletes including two bobsledders of note who competed at the Winter Olympics. The more famous of these two is gold medalist Steven Holcomb. He served in the Utah National Guard as a combat engineer and took part in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. In 2006, he left the army after seven years of

Africa and Afghanistan. The native of Denver was a member of the U.S. Special Forces known as the Green Berets. He trained in the scorching heat of Africa and while under fire from the Taliban. As a side note, two others in Weber’s four-man bobsled team also served in the Armed Forces. Being a world class athlete is an accomplishment in of its own but that wasn’t enough for these soldier/ athletes. For Hall of Famers Greenberg and Staubach, it meant putting off large lucrative salaries to fight in war zones. There are many athletes who served in the military. In a future article we will continue with part three of this series.

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Cowboys a year before he graduated. After graduating, he chose to serve in Vietnam over a stateside assignment. He was there for a year as a Supply Corps officer before returning to the U.S. and served out his four-year commitment to the Navy. In 1969 he joined the Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie and arrived just in time for training camp. Staubach won two Super Bowls with the Cowboys and was named the MVP of Super Bowl VI.

Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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Career counseling is an often-used resource for people who are exploring their career options. Career counselors are frequently not licensed therapists, and therefore the role they are performing is more closely related to that of a coach. The question is often asked if a career counselor is the proper resource for confusion relating to career options or would a therapist be more appropriate? We will not answer that question directly, rather we will describe some of the services that are offered by career counselors and by therapists. Hopefully, this will provide some guidance. A career counselor can help you: • Discover your skill set and unique strengths • Clarify your qualifications • Figure out the activities that you enjoy • Focus on your values • Direct you to trainings for new skill sets • Provide you with action-oriented strategies • Role play interviews with you A therapist can help if you are: • Feeling overwhelmed or stressed in your present career • Having trouble sleeping or staying focused on your job • Developed aches and pains that might be stress-related • Suffering from low self-confidence

• Suffering from social anxiety in the workplace • Unaware of how to connect with other people on a personal level • Unsatisfied with your job but you feel paralyzed by inaction • So “burnt out” that you have a hard time connecting with your goals In a nutshell, the role of a therapist is vital if the career issue has an emotional element. Therapists are trained in the art of helping people who are challenged with emotional instability or mental health issues. If your career confusion is intertwined with broader issues such as the ones mentioned above, you might remain stuck without the help of a therapist. This does not at all discount the role of a career counselor. They provide a vital service for people who need help navigating the career landscape. You might need both a career counselor and a therapist. Better yet, you might find a professional who is both a therapist and a career counselor. The road to a fulfilling and successful career is a grueling one, but with the help of the right professionals you can be one step closer to reaching the end of your journey. This is a service of Relief Resources. Relief is an organization that provides mental health referrals, education, and support to the frum community. Rabbi Yisrael Slansky is director of the Baltimore branch of Relief. He can be contacted at 410-448-8356 or at yslansky@reliefhelp.org

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a hunch that Kim wanted to resume talks. The fact that this achievement comes wrapped in Trump’s gaudy, dictator-friendly bunting doesn’t diminish its value. The question is whether this is a real turn toward peace and stability in Asia, as opposed to a survival gambit for Kim and a reelection campaign stunt for Trump. “The idea of a Trump meeting with Kim in the DMZ has been kicking around for some time,” noted Robert Carlin, a longtime CIA analyst on North Korea, in an email message Sunday. Carlin had feared that it was “a diving catch, a Hail Mary pass, betting the farm,” but Trump made the gamble work. What were the precursors of this reopening? First, Kim apparently concluded he had erred at the Hanoi summit in February in expecting that he could get sanctions relief without making any real concessions on denuclearization. He began walking back this mistake in May, “signaling the window was again open for engaging the U.S.,” said Carlin, a careful reader of the North Korean press. A clear public sign that Kim wanted to play ball again came in a June 4 Foreign Ministry statement reaffirming North Korea’s “will

to cherish and implement in good faith” the denuclearization pledge Kim made at the Singapore summit in June 2018. The statement urged that “both sides give up their unilateral demands and find a constructive solution.” A shadow play commenced: Kim sent Trump what the president called a “beautiful letter” last month, and Trump responded in kind. Stephen Biegun, the State Department’s special representative for North Korea, said June 19 at the Atlantic Council that the “door is wide open” for renewed negotiations and that the only big obstacle was the lack of an “agreed definition of what denuclearization is.” The State Department quietly announced on June 24 that Biegun was traveling to Seoul. And then, on Saturday, came Trump’s seemingly off-the-wall tweet: “If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!” A day later, they were shaking hands and Trump was walking across the border. Here’s what to watch carefully in the weeks ahead. Since this diplomatic dance began, the question has been what specific, verifiable steps North Korea will take toward the

declared goal of denuclearization. Kim tried to sidestep that in Hanoi by offering to dismantle one big nuclear facility at Yongbyon, which Trump rightly rejected because the U.S. knows there are other facilities outside the boundary of this compound. Are those other facilities now on the table? Is the U.S. willing to consider a transitional “freeze” of Pyongyang’s activities? We’ll see. Trump, wisely, seems to have accepted that denuclearization won’t be an immediate disarmament but a gradual, monitored process. He said last Sunday that “speed is not the object. ... We want to see if we can do a really comprehensive, good deal.” That’s the right goal. The personal factor in diplomacy is ephemeral but real. China may have been ready for an opening to America in 1972, but it took President Richard Nixon to go to Beijing. Egypt may have been primed for peace with Israel in 1978, but it took President Jimmy Carter to negotiate the Camp David Accords with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. Kim and Trump make an unattractive pair, in many respects. But if for their own reasons they’re ready to begin a serious denuclearization discussion, so much the better. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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n dealing with North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un, President Trump should remember that he is a snake handler, not a snake charmer. (The same advice applies to Kim, but we’ll leave that to pundits in Pyongyang.) The baseline: Kim is a modernizing autocrat who believes his survival will be enhanced by the economic development he wants, in addition to the nuclear weapons he has. If he has decided to resume negotiations, it’s to remove sanctions, put his economy in overdrive and, maybe, keep some of his nuclear arsenal. It’s not because he has a “great relationship” with Trump, as the president’s comments have suggested, but because he’s a rational, if cocky, dictator. This caution doesn’t diminish the importance of what Trump achieved Sunday in stage-managing his reality-diplomacy show at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. This was a high-risk photo opportunity, but when Trump became the first U.S. president to step into North Korea, he reopened a path to denuclearization and normalization of relations. Trump’s many bad qualities shouldn’t blind us to this good achievement. He successfully played

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Dr. Howard Zvi Goldschmidt Elected President of ACSZ NEW YORK July 2, 2019 - The American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem is pleased to announce that the National Board has elected Dr. Howard Zvi Goldschmidt to serve as its new President. Dr. Goldschmidt will be taking over for Debbie Kestenbaum, who served as President with tremendous acuity and vision for the last three years. Shaare Zedek has been an important cause in Dr. Goldschmidt’s family for decades. His maternal grandfather, Herman Warisch z”l, was a classmate and lifelong friend of Dr. Falk Schlesinger, z”l, the Hospital’s second Director-General. His paternal grandfather, Carl Goldschmidt, z”l, served as a board member of The American Committee in the 1960s and 1970s and was honored posthumously in the early 80s. His parents, Helen and Eric Goldschmidt, attended many Shaare Zedek dinners and concerts. Dr. Goldschmidt himself was honored by the

American Committee in 2016 for his outstanding volunteer service in providing world-class cardiac care to the people of Jerusalem and beyond. “I feel honored to be stepping into the role of President of this amazing institution,” Dr. Goldschmidt said. “It has been my privilege since 2016 to spend a month at Shaare Zedek each year, working with senior physicians and residents in the Cardiology and Emergency Medicine departments. During my visits, I have had the opportunity to fully understand the ethos of this unique beacon for hope and healing. I believe that Shaare Zedek is one of the greatest providers of high-level medicine in a compassionate and supportive environment, making critical advancements in clinical care and research each day. I see it as my mission to get as many people as possible to visit the Hospital so that together, we can help make Shaare Zedek even greater than it is today. After all, what better place is there for a cardiologist

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that supports what you are ingesting. Even if you eat total garbage – some study says – feeling happy helps you live longer. Honestly, I would say the choice is less about what you eat and more about what you read! There’s this diet where you eat nothing that has a parent because that’s heart healthy. And then there’s one for healthy weight loss where you eat mostly everything with a parent in the air, on the land, and in the sea. There are all liquid diets where you eat no solids in order to detox. And there are eating plans to eat only one type of solid to shed extra pounds. The thought for that one is that it’s got to work – how much of one item can anyone tolerate? The point is, if you want to eat or drink something, there’s something that will justify it and will prove that it’s better for you. But what happens when you want to eat everything? And now I’m guessing you’re sorry you read this. Exactly my point – see, it’s about what you read! This was probably sounding great till now. Well, here’s the good news: there’s probably an article that will refute this too. After all, there is that wellknown saying about everything in moderation. So that sounds like

you can eat everything. But I guess I means it’s not good eating everything when it’s just not in moderation! Food is a major pastime in our lives. And I don’t mean for survival. We are busy – doing lunch, out for business dinners, attending shul dinners, weddings, bar mitzvahs and so on.... We are also packing snacks, calling out for lunch and dinner, and going out for açai bowls, frozen yogurts, muffins, iced coffees, and salads. And then topping it off by eating in bed, too! I think it’s something in our culture. You know: Food for thought. The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Eat, drink and be merry. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Food, glorious food. Bringing home the bacon. And the list goes on…and on… and on…. So enjoy whatever eating kick you’re on ‘cause clearly we are not kicking the eating habit soon!

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.

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“G-d Bless America,” Says This Immigrant By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP

don’t care.” Knowing what I know now about the industry, would I still hang out that shingle? Yes. Despite the obstacles, I am gratified to know that I help people. This country should be proud of its plethora of programs to meet people’s health care needs. • Women Infants and Children’s program (WIC) helps pregnant and nursing women and their children up to five years of age with nutritional and other needs. • Through early diagnosis and treatment, Early Intervention (EI) helps change the trajectory of development for babies, toddlers and young children. • The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides healthy and affordable nutrition options to many Americans. • Vaccines for Children provides vaccines to patients on Medicaid, Managed Medicaid and Child Health Plus as well as to those who are underinsured or have no insurance. These four programs are but the tip of the iceberg. We are a country that is blessed with caring about its citizens. America has also given me the opportunity to be an Orthodox Jew and be supported in it. People here (at least in major cities with significant Jewish populations) are aware of the concept of Shomer Shabbos. Back in the day, this was unheard of in South Africa. My friends and

I struggled through medical school, internship, residency and the army to keep Shabbos then because the country lacked an awareness of it. During the compulsory army service, it was not uncommon to encounter anti-Semitism from the commanding officers once they saw the yarmulke under your government-issued beret. There was no person or office to complain to. You had to make do and daven for Siyata Dishmaya. In America, furthermore, you can walk the streets in a state of freedom. It is not a police state where you have to be worried whether someone will turn you into the government authorities. I’m not so sure that my American-born peers and even my American-born children appreciate freedom of speech and living in a democracy. Our children’s schools are supplied with textbooks and many school districts offer busing. Rabbonim, askanim and others have built an infrastructure so we can live as Jews as we go about our lives in America. It is no small thing. And never should we take it for granted, even for a moment. G-d bless America.

Dr. Hylton I. Lightman is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Total Family Care of the 5 Towns and Rockaway PC. He can be reached at drlightman@totalfamilycaremd.com, on Instagram at Dr.Lightman_ or visit him on Facebook.

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sualty, DR is Labor and Delivery, and that a band aid is a plaster. My “plaster,” by the way, is not plaster of Paris for casting fractures. It did not stop there. Diaper is nappy, the trunk of the car is the boot, the engine area is the bonnet, traffic lights are robots, and pacifiers are “dummies.” Most important, a can of coke is the thirst-quenching tin of cold drink. It took time but I got down the language and its idioms, culture, vast distances between destinations, hordes of people everywhere, brisk pace, and lack of leisure time. Driving on the other side of the road and 4-lane highways were terrifying for a while. The cultural experiences notwithstanding, America has offered me the opportunity grow in several areas. First is my career. I was blessed that I did not have to completely retrain when I came from South Africa. I completed a fellowship and then “hung out” the proverbial shingle, so to speak. I love my patients and experience the greatest joy in watching them grow into healthy adults who marry, begin their own families, and start yet another generation in this practice. Little did I know when hanging out that shingle to start building a private practice that health care would become an industry and that insurance companies would turn it upside down and inside out. “Managed care” is such a misnomer because the reality is that “you manage and we (insurance companies)

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ust a few short weeks ago, I celebrated 35 years of living in America and being an American citizen. 35 years. I have spent more time in my adopted country than in South Africa, my country of birth. Since the 4th of July is imminent, I am taking the opportunity to reflect on this extraordinary country. When I was growing up in South Africa, there was no television until 1978; even then, it was limited to three hours per day. It was the “olden days” when “internet” and “Wi-Fi” were not words yet. My friends and I thought of the United States as a vast, faraway place filled with protests, violence, and racial unrest, where Hollywood directors ruled the roost. When the television show “Dallas” came to South Africa, people believed that JR Ewing was the prototypical American male. Even though I spoke English when I came here (English has always been my primary language, not Zulu, as many of you believe), it was quite the adjustment to learn “American English.” The language and idioms are different. On July 4, 1984, I was in South Nassau Communities Hospital as the only medical doctor in charge of pediatrics. I was paged that day to the “OR.” OR – “what’s that?” I asked the operator. After being laughed at and popping Advil because of the headache from the learning curve, I finally got down that OR was the Theatre, ER is Ca-

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Political Crossfire

The Debates’ Biggest Losers? American Taxpayers By Marc A. Thiessen

en. Kamala Harris of California may have been the breakout winner of last week’s Democratic presidential debates, but there was one clear loser: the American taxpayer. These were the most expensive presidential debates in American history. Never have so many candidates proposed to spend so much. In the first debate, NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie asked Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren about the economic impact of her plans for “free college, free child care, government health care, cancellation of student debt” and in the second asked Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., whether his proposals “for big, new government benefits, like universal health care and free college” would require middle-class tax increases. (They would.) But no one asked any of the candidates a simple question: how much is all of that going to cost? Instead of shoring up Medicare, Democrats want to expand it to cover virtually everyone in the country. Sanders’s Medicare-for-all legislation has been co-sponsored by Sens. Warren, Harris, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Nonpartisan estimates put its cost at $32 trillion over the first 10 years. Or take free college. Harris, Warren, Gillibrand and Booker have signed on to the Debt-Free College Act, which would cost at least $840 billion over 10 years. Sanders has introduced a $2.2 trillion College for All Act that would make public colleges and universities

tuition-free and debt-free, and erase the roughly $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. Warren has also proposed a $640 billion student loan debt cancellation plan. Warren has proposed a plan for “universal child care” and early learning that would cost $700 billion over 10 years, while Harris, Beto O’Rourke and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., have endorsed the Child Care for Working

Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, while Sanders has proposed an ambitious government jobs plan with guaranteed wages of $15 an hour, retirement and health benefits, child care, and paid family leave. None have explained how much their plans would cost, but the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities put the cost of even a less ambitious guaranteed-jobs plan – covering just 9.7 mil-

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio assured us that “there’s plenty of money in this country. It’s just in the wrong hands.”

Families Act, which would cost $700 billion over 10 years. Amazingly, none of the NBC anchors asked about the Green New Deal, but climate change was front and center in both debates. Joe Biden’s climate plan would cost $1.7 trillion over a decade. Warren has pitched a $2 trillion plan, O’Rourke’s proposal would cost $5 trillion, while Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s green-jobs plan would cost $9 trillion. Then there are government-guaranteed jobs. Harris, Warren and Gillibrand have all co-sponsored Booker’s

lion workers – at $6.8 trillion over the next decade. Andrew Yang proposed a government-provided universal basic income that would give every American over the age of 18 a monthly check of $1,000 – which would cost between $28 trillion and $40 trillion over 10 years. Add it all up, and it’s enough to make a Soviet central planner blush. But where things get really expensive is the nexus between the Democrats’ spending plans and their immigration policies. During the first debate, former housing and urban de-

velopment secretary Julián Castro said he would decriminalize illegal border crossings. When the candidates in the second debate were asked how many supported his plan, nearly every candidate’s hand went up. (Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado was the only one to abstain.) Every candidate raised a hand when asked if their government health plan would provide coverage for illegal immigrants. The combination of decriminalizing illegal entry and offering those who enter illegally free health care would create a magnet for millions to enter our country – dramatically increasing the cost of every public health-care plan. And once here, these migrants would presumably also seek to take advantage of other free programs the Democrats are proposing, which means their costs would also skyrocket beyond these estimates. Open borders and socialism are a path to national suicide. According to the Congressional Budget Office, under current law – without all the Democrats’ new entitlements – debt held by the public is already projected to increase from 78% of gross domestic product today to 144% by 2049. This level of debt is unsustainable and could lead to another financial crisis. But no worries, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio assured us that “there’s plenty of money in this country. It’s just in the wrong hands. Democrats have to fix that.” I’m sure they will. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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It’s BBQ Time By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN

• Go easy on the side dishes. Instead of stuffing your hamburger and hotdog buns with coleslaw, potato salad, and pasta salad, try some Israeli salad or sauerkraut, which are much lower in calories since they’re lacking a heavy mayonnaise dressing. • If potato salad, coleslaw, corn salad and guacamole are a must, use low-fat mayonnaise, and use half of what the recipe calls for. Try not to have more than 2 tablespoons of each. • Substitute white pasta for whole wheat pasta in all pasta salads. • Slicing up fresh vegetables such as tomatoes and onions and throwing them into your sandwich gives a delicious added crunch and juicy flavor. • Grilled vegetables are a great, easy, healthy side dish for barbecues that are low in calories. Eggplants, peppers, onions, zucchini, and, of course, corn on the cob are great fresh off the grill! • Skip the French fries and onion rings. If you absolutely need French fries, cut up sweet potatoes into ¼-inch-thick strips and drizzle olive oil, salt and pepper on them. Bake them at 400˚F for about 45 minutes, or desired texture. • With all the sizzling food in front of you, you might be tempted to try it all. Don’t. You only need one portion of protein for your meal. Do not have one hamburger, one hotdog, a piece of steak, and a piece of chick-

en. Choose one. Obviously, my suggestion would be to choose the chicken since it is the leanest and contains the most protein. Don’t feel bad for yourself. Chicken is delicious and juicy on the barbecue. Chicken cutlets are another healthier option. You can throw them on the grill plain or sprinkle them with salt, pepper, and oregano. They’re amazing. Another fun way to enjoy chicken on the grill that makes chicken more exciting is chicken lollipops or chicken kebobs. • Once you choose a chicken for your plate, enjoy corn on the cob or sweet potato fries or whole wheat pasta salad as your starch and fill up the rest of your plate with salad or grilled vegetables. Yes, a barbecue can fall under the “diet” category too. • And dessert? Only fresh fruit! Watermelon makes the ideal dessert at a barbecue. Everybody is so full that a refreshing slice of juicy watermelon hits the spot. If you really behaved and watched what you ate, you can treat yourself to a sugar-free ices as a reward!

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. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant located in Brooklyn and the Five Towns. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com.

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in the supermarket that offer a delicious flavor without added calories. One very popular spice rub for any barbecue is Trader Joes’s BBQ rub and seasoning with coffee and garlic. Another top choice is Montreal steak seasoning. Many other spice companies sell BBQ seasonings, as well. Find any spice that calls your name and sprinkle it generously. • The next problem that presents itself at barbecue is the sauces that you cover the meat in once you are ready to pound. Avoid heavy sauces and dips. Ketchup packs a lot of sugar, so try to skip the ketchup. Mustard and relish are healthier options in terms of condiments. Limit condiments to no more than 2 tablespoons in total! • Make sure chicken skin is removed before eating. • Instead of beef hotdogs, use chicken hotdogs, which are lower in calories and sodium. • Substitute ground beef with ground chicken and ground turkey for hamburgers or use extra lean ground beef. • Skip the buns. If you absolutely cannot eat a hotdog or a hamburger without a bun, only have one bun and make it whole wheat. To be even more adventurous, instead of regular buns, try sandwich thins, which are 100% whole wheat and are only 100 calories per sandwich. You can also use any whole wheat bread or whole wheat pita bread. The best would be to eat your hotdog or hamburger plain, or cut it up and throw it in salad.

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inally! Summer has arrived. With the start of summer marks the start of the barbecue season. Even though grilling is considered a healthy cooking technique, the foods that comprise our barbecue meals, such as hotdogs, burgers, steaks, French fries, onion rings, potato salad, and coleslaw can easily pack 2,000 calories (our total daily needs) into one meal – one BBQ meal can cost a whole day’s worth of calories. Watching what we eat doesn’t necessarily mean we have to sacrifice quality and flavor. Here’s how to still enjoy a barbecue while being healthy. • All meat and poultry – chicken, chicken breast, hamburger, hotdog, smoked turkey, pulled brisket, pulled beef – when served with minimal sauce and controlled portions can fall within the 300-500 calorie range. The higher in fat, the smaller the portion size. Aim for 4-ounce portions for all red meat. The ideal choices would be chicken, chicken breast, and turkey. Turkey can get you a bigger portion per meal – up to 8 ounces and still be less than 300 calories. • Marinating meat adds extra calories to the meat. Sure it adds flavor too, but there are other ways to add flavor to your meat. Avoid marinating meat in sugar or oil. Enough fat is inside the meat. It does not need added oil. Instead of barbecue sauce which contains a lot of sugar or homemade marinades which usually require sugar as well, use spice rubs. There are many spice rubs available

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Blueberry Pie

*Gluten Free Pie Crust What You Will Need: 1/3 cup corn starch 2/3 tsp salt 1/3 cup garbanzo bean flour

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup tapioca flour 2 Tbl. cold rice milk 2/3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp. sugar

Preperation: 1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Pour oil into a small bowl, and whisk in the cold milk until well-blended. Pour liquid into flour mixture and stir until a dough is formed. 3. Save ½ cup of the dough for the top crumb crust. Pat the rest of the dough into an oiled 9” pie pan. Form a bottom crust, shaping the edges and fluting the top edge, if desired. Poke holes all over crust to avoid “bubbling.” 4. Bake for 15 minutes or until light brown. Cool before filling.

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Fresh Blueberry Pie What You Will Need:

Preperation:

1 baked 9” gluten free pie crust* 3/4 cup sugar 4 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup water 4 cups fresh blueberries ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice ½ teaspoon grated lemon peel

1. Heat oven to 400°F. 2. In 2-quart saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Mix well. Gradually stir in water. Cook and stir over medium heat until clear, about 10 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries. Reduce heat to low; cover. Cook until berries come back to a boil, about 10 minutes. Add cinnamon, lemon juice and lemon peel. Stir. Add remaining blueberries. Stir. Pour into cooled, baked pie shell. 3. Crumble the ½ cup of pie dough over top of pie to make a crumb crust. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Cool.

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Dairy • Yields 12 scones By Naomi Nachman

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Glaze 2 ounces (¼ package) brickstyle cream cheese, at room temperature ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 TBS milk

Preparation Preheat oven to 375°F. Place flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until pea-sized crumbs form. Add blueberries; toss to mix. In a second bowl, beat together half-and-half and egg; slowly add to dry ingredients, stirring until dough forms. Knead just until it comes together, 3 or 4 times. Don’t overmix. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured board, shape each half into a 6-inch round. Cut each round into 6 wedges. Transfer to a baking sheet (do not coat with nonstick cooking spray or oil). Bake for about 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well until smooth. Drizzle glaze over cooled scones. 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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2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ cup packed brown sugar 1 TBS baking powder ¼ tsp kosher salt ¼ cup butter, chilled 1 cup fresh blueberries ¾ cup half-and-half 1 egg

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When my kids were little, we once went blueberry picking in the Catskills. The blueberries were so delicious and sweet. We just kept picking so many of them. When we got home, our bellies were full of blueberries but I didn’t want to waste any of the remaining berries, so I took all the remaining berries and made these delicious scones.

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ack in December 2017, while you were finishing up your holiday shopping and putting away the menorah, Congress spiked the tax code. The goal was simple. First, eliminate a bunch of deductions that made the whole thing more complicated. Then, take advantage of that broader base to cut overall rates. There’s nothing radical about that sort of tinkering. The hard part is deciding which sacred cows get gored to make it work. Much to many people’s surprise, the state and local tax deduction wound up on the chopping block. Until 2018, you could deduct an unlimited amount of state and local income, sales, and property taxes. The new law capped that deduction at $10,000. That’s a big deal in states with high income taxes like California (13.3% top rate), Hawaii (11%), and New York (8.95%). It’s even a problem for a state like Texas with no income tax but high property taxes. Naturally, the high-tax states weren’t jazzed about that part of Uncle Sam’s plan. They struck back with a fiendishly clever proposal that would have dazzled Harry Houdini with its sheer magic. Encourage residents to make gifts to special state funds,

then give them dollar-for-dollar credits against their taxes for those contributions. Abracadabra! Now your payments aren’t nondeductible taxes anymore. Now they’re fully-deductible charitable gifts! Last week, the IRS threw a wet blanket over the states’ prestidigitation, issuing 74 pages of final regula-

write them off as charity. The regulations outline a few exceptions to that general rule, including programs that give you dollar-for-dollar deductions (as opposed to credits), and programs that credit your tax bill for less than %15 of your gift. (They wouldn’t be Treasury regulations without fine print, right?)

They have struck with a fiendishly clever proposal that would dazzle Harry Houdini with its sheer magic.

tions that they could have condensed into a single word. And that word is: “Really?!?” They start out by defining a “gift” as something you make with no expectation of return benefit. Then they go on to explain that if you make a “gift,” and expect to receive a state or local tax credit in return, it’s not a gift. It’s a quid pro quo. And while the tax code is full of deductible quid pro quos, you can’t

But it really just comes down to substance over form. The IRS essentially said, “Look, it walks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, and if we put our tongue on it, we bet it tastes like a duck, too. So it’s a tax, not a charitable contribution. Better luck next time!” The truly amazing thing about the regulations isn’t that they run 74 pages. (74 pages!) It’s that they take the

states’ argument seriously in the first place. Of course the IRS was going to shoot them down! Are you kidding? If you surprise your six-year-old in the kitchen with crumbs all over his face, you don’t listen to his excuses for why the cookies are gone. You give him an immediate time-out, not “due process”! In the end, the change was more bark than bite. Many of affected taxpayers had already lost their state and local tax deductions to the alternative minimum tax. Even the ones who wound up paying tax on more income benefited from the lower overall rates. Want some good news? You don’t need to perform sleight-of-hand with the tax code to pay less. The law is full of legitimate deductions, credits, loopholes, and strategies you can use to pay the legal minimum. And you don’t need to risk the IRS laughing at your arguments to succeed. Make sure you have a plan, see how much you can save, and let us worry about the 74-page regulations! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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