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

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rabbi Berel Wein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

PEOPLE 613 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

LIFESTYLES World Builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Health and Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Dear Readers, Is tension a good thing? How about nerves—do they have a purpose? All around us, we see messages telling us to relax and lead stress-free lives. Yet at the same time we’re told life is all about growing and going beyond our natural selves. How can the two mindsets coexist? Chassidic thought teaches that just as our lungs constantly alternate between pulling air in and pushing it out, so too our soul is constantly alternating between two directions. First up, wanting to cleave to the spiritual and break free from the confines of physicality, and then down, focusing on the purpose of our being here and looking to find physical expression of our spiritual being wherever we possibly can. It seems one part of us should indeed be relaxed. After all, we know there’s a Creator of this world who is intimately involved with every detail of its existence! However, another part of us should feel a sort of unsettling feeling that we need to change, and we need to act now. Only G-d knows the perfect middle path; our job is to question where it is. Wishing you a meaningful and relaxing Shabbos, Shalom

Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

NEWS Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 National News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Nationwide Agra D’Pirka Program in Baltimore Celebrates its First Anniversary By: Margie Pensak

ust a year ago, as our nation celebrated Labor Day, men of all ages, stages, backgrounds, and walks of life celebrated and enthusiastically participated in the opening day of Agra D’Pirka in Baltimore. The organized, high-level Monday-Thursday morning Kollel learning program, including a light breakfast, is geared towards local professionals, business owners, college students, retirees, or anyone who wishes to increase his morning limud haTorah. However, Baltimore is no longer the “newest kid” on the Agra D’Pirka block, which includes the vast network of Agra D’Pirka locations including: Kew Gardens Hills, Flatbush, Boro Park, Monsey, Lakewood, Miami, and Boston. Agra D’Pirka recently announced that it will further expand to include programs in Los Angeles and West Palm Beach. This year’s Labor Day Agra D’Pirka program in Baltimore, held on Monday, September 2, featured Rabbi Dovid He-

ber, shlit”a, Rav of Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek, which hosts the program. In preparation for Rosh Hashana, Rav Heber, the author of Sefer Shaarei Zmanim on the complexities of the Jewish calendar and time in Jewish law, discussed how the time of the molad (new moon) affects when Rosh Hashana begins. He elaborated on the rules of the molad times including Lo Adu Rosh, that Rosh Hashana can never occur on Sunday, Wednesday or Friday - even if the molad occurs on those days. Making it especially relevant to this coming Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Heber indicated that this coming Molad for Tishrei occurs on Sunday, but Rosh Hashana is a day later to ensure that Hoshana Rabba occurs on Sunday and not Shabbos so that we can properly fulfill the mitzva of Aravos. Next, Rav Zvi Einstadter, shlit”a, Maggid shiur, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, addressed the pasuk in the parsha of the week -- “lo sossur min hadavar… yamin u’samol“. He extrapolated on

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the Rambam that speaks about not deviating from what Chazal were misakin, and how anything that Chazal tell us we need to do, turns into a din from the Torah. This makes everything the chachomim say into a level of d’oraisa, of coming from the Torah. So, how can we be more lenient on things that are m’drabonon, as opposed to a m’doraisa? Rav Einstadter mentioned, for example, if a person is not sure if he recited Birkas Hamazon, a bracha that is m’doraisa, he does have to recite it, but if he is not sure if he recited the bracha Shehakol, a bracha which is m’drabonon, he does not have to say it. If every single m’drabonon is on the same level as m’doraisa, according to Chazal -because of the pasuk “lo sossur”, how can we be makil on the latter? The Rav clarified that Chazal only instituted these halachos when there was no doubt that the bracha was mistakenly omitted. While Baltimore participants were shteiging, another major Agra D’Pirka success was held at the FountainView shul, in Monsey. HaRav Eliezer Lieff, shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of South Monsey, discussed preparing for Elul. The Rav noted that dveykus in HaKadosh Baruch Hu should be like a father-son relationship. He also explained the importance of having a Rav, or someone to give you Mussar and being misdabek to learn from his Mehalech Hachayim, in order to grow in Yiddishkeit. Next, Rabbi Benzion Bamberger, the Maggid Shiur of two Agra D’Pirka shiurim in Monsey, went in depth explaining the halochos of Shofar gezulah and the various opinions regarding avodah zarah, as well as teshuvah and how to tackle the yetzer harah. Meanwhile, in Flatbush, Rav Aharon Kahn, shlit”a, Mora D’Asra, Knesses Bais Avigdor, spoke about the Rambam’s review on Torah in the context of making a living. Rav Moshe Scheinerman, shlit”a, Mara S’Asra, Bais Hamedrash Imrei Tzvi, spoke about the impor-

tance of coming close to Hashem during the special days of Elul. Subsequently, Rav Fishel Schachter, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, spoke about the need to make space for others, and how if you make space for others you are really making space for yourself. He emphasized how one has to see Hashem’s hashgacha in everything that is experienced during the course of the year. As one Baltimore participant rushed out the door at the conclusion of the program, he mentioned, “It’s a fantastic break in the middle of the day. The shiurim cover a wide spectrum of subjects, some of which no one will have ever learned before, and some of which no one will have had the knowledge to seek out the answers. That is one of the major attractions of Agra D’Pirka.” Joey Pollak, a first-time Agra D’Pirka-Baltimore participant, shared, “I’m going to be 70 soon. Although, I am still working full-time as a CPA, one of my goals is to attend the Agra D’Pirka program, just not on legal holidays, but every morning, so I can start my day off with a shiur before going to work. My plan is not to retire, but I would like to participate more in this program. “I got a double benefit today, listening to Rav Einstadter and Rav Heber,” continued Mr. Pollak. “I am signing up now for Agra D’Pirka and it was a great start today. I hope to participate in the program more as time goes on, but time will tell how much I will be able to accomplish – there are still demands with Tax Season, but I’m hoping that this is something that I can effectively pursue.” Eli Sofer, coordinator of the Baltimore program, concluded, “Agra D’Pirka fills a void. People who cannot learn full-time can at least get a sprinkling. We are zoche to hearing the greatest talmidei chachomim in our community – including a wonderful Iyun shiur given by Rabbi Yaakov Herskovitz – as well as world-famous speakers, on a daily basis. Anyone who hasn’t yet tried Agra D’Pirka will never know how enjoyable it is until they try it.” For information about the Baltimore program, contact Eli Sofer, 917-7551572, or elicsofer@gmail.com. For more information about the Agra D’Pirka program in other locations, call: 718-677-1377.

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Congregation Arugas Habosem Invites the Community to its Unique Triple Celebration By: Margie Pensak

n Sunday, September 15th, iy”H, Congregation Arugas Habosem, fondly known as “Rabbi Taub’s shul”, will be celebrating three milestones: a Chanukas Habayis, the consecration of its new shul building; a Chanukas HaMikveh, the consecration of its new Mikveh; and, a Hachnosos Sefer

Torah in memory of Rebbezin Taub’s parents, the Honiader Rav, R’Avrohom Meir ben R’Yehuda Israel, and Rebbetzin Chava bas R’Meir Halevi Israel, z”l. The Hachnosos Sefer Torah is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m., leaving from the Taubs’ home, 6619 Park Heights Avenue, and culminating in the new shul, 3509 Clark’s Lane. A seudah will follow at 3 p.m., featuring guest speaker R’Dovid Meisels,

shlit”a, the noted author of “Sefer Oitzar Hashabos” and the book, “The Rebbe: The Extraordinary Life & Worldview of Rabbeinu Yoel Teitelbaum, The Satmar Rebbe”, among other writings. The Taubs cordially invite the entire community to join in their great simcha and look forward to personally greeting you! There are still dedication opportunities available in honor or in memory

of a loved one. For more information, please call: 410-764-0903. See full schedule on page 67

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he Jewish Community Softball League by Shimz Cars wrapped up their inaugural season on Sunday, September 1st in auspicious fashion with a dramatic battle between two of the league’s juggernauts, “Levin & Gann” and “Uri Arnson Wedding Photography” in the “Computer Cure, MD” Championship game. Ultimately, it was Levin & Gann who took home the coveted “Computer Cure, MD” Trophy, pulling out a historic 13-8 victory. The league would like to thank all of its players, sponsors, and fans who helped support this initial season. We look forward to year 2 with an expanded group of teams!

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What started as a close back and forth in the first 3 innings, ended as a 35-9 blowout, with Levin and Gann taking the win and advancing to the “Computer Cure, MD” championship. The game turned when L&G’s captain, Yaakov “The Smurf Handler” Rappaport, crushed a 3 run bomb to deep left center field which was immediately followed up by a monster solo shot to right off the bat of Ezra “Cough Drops for Toads” Frager. Those runs put L&G in the lead for good.

Other notable performers included Moshe “Eggs and Yapchik” Wealcatch, who went 5 for 6, David “The Philtrum” Pensak, who was only a triple shy of the cycle, and Steven “Pastrami on” Ryback, who hit his first career triple. Ultimately every L & G player had multiple hits, which helped propel the team to the championship. Playoffs Matchup #2

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In a highly hyped game, Uri Arnson Wedding Photography took home the win to advance to the finals. UAWP took an early 4-0 lead in the first and eventually built their lead up to 7. LBSI kept it close, thanks to a mammoth grand slam by slugger Yaki Strauss. Why, I think it may have just landed on Yehuda Abedon’s cruise ship in the Atlantic! That’s how far I think he hit it! (Because Yehuda Abedon, who is one of our players, is on a cruise right now and the ship is very far away so any ball that would hit the ship must have been hit really far.) But UAWP Photography pulled it together and responded by scoring 4 more in the 5th. At that point, UAWP never looked back thanks to Pitcher, Richard “The” Buck “Stops Here” contributing an incredible pitching performance (which included 3 innings of 3 and out while also notching 2 strikeouts.) And to put a bow on all of it, Leon “The Ukranian Ululator” Sheynman had a simply marvelous game, going 5 for 6 while playing hurt.

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Well, the first ever JCSL Championship certainly lived up to its hype.

While the official title of the game was the “Computer Cure, MD” Championship, it was dubbed the “Strum Bowl” (or “Stromboli” for short) by many league fans, due the face-off between father, Tali Strum (of Uri Arnson Wedding Photography) and son, Rafi Strum (of Levin and Gann). The game looked like it would be a classic pitcher’s duel as L&G’s Yaakov Rappaport and UAWP’s Richard Buck and their respective defenses held the offenses in check for the first half of the game. In the bottom of the fifth, the score was tied at 0-0. In the bottom of the 5th, UAWP finally got on the board after slugger Moshe “Tuchman” Tuchman hit a triple to the right-center gap and then scored on a single. However, with team owner (Levin and Gann senior partner) Stanford G. Gann Sr. in the crowd, L & G regrouped and decided they were going to win this one for Stanford. With 1 out and 2 on in the top of the sixth, L&G outfielder Shmuel “Visual and Performing” Artman hit a 2 run double putting L&G ahead for good. The team followed that up with 3 more in the inning to take a 5-1 lead, thanks in part to Rafi Strum’s RBI double and David “Candace’s Wedding Gown” Pensak’s 2 run blast over the right field wall. L&G tacked on 6 more in the top of the 7th thanks in part to another bomb by Pensak to take an 11-1 lead. While UAWP scored a run in the bottom of the 7th, L&G responded by adding 2 more in the top of the 9th on another 2 run double by Shmuel Artman, bringing the game to the bottom of the 9th with L&G in the (comfortable) lead, 13-2. But it wasn’t over yet as UAWP made L&G sweat, as some timely hitting and costly fielding errors allowed UAWP to score 6 more. But it was L&G that ultimately pulled off the win, bringing home the hardware as the first ever JCSL champions. Thank you to the League, the captains, co-captains, umpires, players, Baltimore County and all others who made this inaugural season a resounding success. L&G looks forward to defending their title next season....which can’t come soon enough!

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didn’t realize that Baltimore had kosher restaurants and such a vibrant Jewish community.” These were the remarks of Tamir Berard a participant in the fourth season of JInternship Baltimore-D.C. It was a very successful six week program including a 10 day trip to Sinai retreats in Warrensburg NY. Jinternship recruits students from top universities and connects them with valuable internships in their fields of choice. They are centered in the Baltimore-Washington area. Students live within the Baltimore Jewish community. They spend their days “on the job” and in their evenings,

participate in classes and one on one learning. During the first days of the program, before the internships begin, students explore many mainstays of Jewish life in Baltimore. This gives them a taste of the vibrancy of the Jewish community. These highly inspiring and informative visits include meetings with Rabbi Yosef Wagner at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, and Mr. Dubie Heyman of Hatzalah of Baltimore and Rabbi Shalom Tendler of the Stare- K. Students also have a weekly opportunity to spend time with bochurim from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel over dinner at local restaurants followed by Chavrusa learning.

Throughout their stay, the participants enjoyed gracious hospitality at several local families. Hosts provided sleeping accommodations, prepared succulent dinners and barbecues, and inspired with delicious Shabbos meals. Students were privileged to work in distinguished locations, including political think tanks, private medical practices, accounting firms and I.T. companies. All of these under the direction of local doctors and businessmen. After the conclusion of the internship, many participants made plans for additional programs which will further develop their growth in Jewish learning. Some have plans to study in Israel

in the near future. Rabbi Zvi Schwartz, Director of Jinternship reported: “Towards the conclusion of this year’s program, participants committed to wear Tefillin every day!” “It was incredible to observe as they were wrapping the Tefillin, they had a true simcha shel mitzvah. We are fortunate to have many special individuals and families who make this program shine. Thank you for hosting the students, securing jobs, participating in chavrusa learning, helping with rides to work and so much more. We’re very grateful to all those who participated and made the program such a success.”

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Pikesville Jewish Congregation. Your professional background certainly lends itself to be a perfect fit for Interim Head of School. Can you share what drew you to OCA and what excited you about leading a growing school of 320 kids from ages 2-8th Grade? OCA impressed me from the beginning with its mission to integrate Judaic and General studies within a framework that appreciates the Kedusha inherent in all learning. In addition, OCA’s emphasis on progressive, individualized, and empirically-based pedagogy caught my attention right away, especially since I had just spent the past three years immersed in the study of current research in pedagogy and instructional design. Then the fact that OCA was staffed by warm, collaborative, deeply invested, and growth-minded administrators and teachers really clinched it for me. It sounds like OCA has a solid foundation and has grown into an important and unique community fixture over the past 8 years. How do you plan to propel the school into its next phase of growth? Yes, very much so. OCA has accomplished a great deal thus far, especially in terms of having established itself as a strong, cohesive, and Torah-driven school community whose students love coming to school and learning. I want to further develop OCA’s commitment to developing students’ critical thinking, creativity, and writing skills, as well as their facility with the use of technology, all components of 21st century learning.

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The United States blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution on the recent flare up in violence between Israel and Hezbollah after deciding that it was biased against Israel. The resolution had attempted to condemn both sides for the recent exchange of fire on the Lebanese border. However, the U.S. decided to block the decision after it became clear that it would not single out the Hezbollah terror group for its role in starting the fighting. According to the AFP, member countries expressed their “deep concern at the recent incidents” over the past week. The draft added that “members of the security council condemned all violations of the Blue Line, both by air and ground, and strongly calls upon all parties to respect the cessation of hostilities.” The condemnation of Israel’s actions while ignoring Hezbollah was too much for Washington, and it blocked the draft resolution twice between announcing that it would veto it should it proceed to the Security Council. A diplomat later said that the U.S. felt it “was impossible for it to back any statement putting Israel’s right to self-determination on an equal footing with Hezbollah.” The resolution came a few days after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire on the northern border. Hezbollah had shot two Kornet anti-tank missiles at an IDF ambulance near the town of Avivim, leading Israel to bombard the terror group’s positions with more than 100 shells.

News reports later said that Israel had hoodwinked Hezbollah by evacuating troops that were not actually injured in order to fool the militia into thinking that the attack was successful. The IDF had been on high alert after Israel bombed a target in Beirut a week prior. The strike was the first time Israel attacked Lebanon since the Second Lebanon War ended in 2006, leading Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to vow revenge.

Netanyahu Exposes New Iranian Nuclear Site Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed two other secret Iranian nuclear sites in a special televised address on Monday. Speaking from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Netanyahu first said that Iran had tried to deceive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors when it came to evidence of nuclear radiation at a facility near Tehran that he had revealed at the UN last September. “The Iranians claimed that it was a carpet cleaning plant. I called on the IAEA to immediately inspect the facility in Turkuzabad. Today, I inform you that the inspectors found uranium nuclear material that Iran was hiding against its international obligations. This is the most serious breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” said Netanyahu.

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Greenblatt Leaving the Administration Thirty-year-old Lawrence native Avi Berkowitz has been named as Jason Greenblatt’s replacement as President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East. Greenblatt had suddenly announced last week that he would leave his position following the Israeli elections on September 17. Greenblatt had spent the last two years hammering out the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace plan nicknamed the “Deal of the Century.” In announcing his departure, Greenblatt said that he was “incredibly grateful to have been part of a team that drafted a vision for peace. This vision has the potential to vastly improve the lives of millions of Israelis, Palestinians, and others in the region.” Greenblatt was thanked by both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his

work on the Deal of the Century. “I wish to thank Jason Greenblatt for his work for peace and security and for speaking the truth about Israel in front of all those who bash it,” said Netanyahu. “After almost 3 years in my Administration, Jason Greenblatt will be leaving to pursue work in the private sector. Jason has been a loyal and great friend and a fantastic lawyer,” added Trump. “His dedication to Israel and to seeking peace between Israel and the Palestinians won’t be forgotten. He will be missed. Thank you, Jason!”

Greenblatt’s replacement will be Avi Berkowitz, who will now be tasked with getting Israel and the Palestinians to agree on the long-awaited peace plan after it is unveiled in September. Berkowitz grew up in Lawrence, New York, and attended Yeshiva of Far Rockaway for high school. Following his graduation, he studied in Yeshiva Kol Torah in Jerusalem and began studying for his undergraduate degree in Queens College. After graduating Queens College, Berkowitz continued his studies at Harvard Law School. However, it was his close ties with Trump’s sonin-law Jared Kushner that launched his career in government. Reportedly meeting during a basketball game at a Passover program in Arizona, the two soon became fast friends. After graduating Harvard, Berkowitz turned down a lucrative job at a top-tier law firm to work at the New York Observer, a newspaper owned by Kushner. Following Trump’s shock victory to become president in 2016, Berkowitz became a special assistant to the president and is said to be very close with America’s highest elected official.

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In a blow to the Likud, a controversial law enabling political parties to film polling stations failed to garner enough support for the Knesset to vote on it. The Knesset was slated to vote on the law late Monday in time for it to take effect ahead of next Tuesday’s nationwide elections. However, a vote in the Knesset Regulatory committee to fast-track the bill ended in a 12-12 tie, leaving it with no way for it to become law. Avigdor Liberman’s party notably refused to support the bill, arguing that it was designed to allow Prime Minister Netanyahu “to steal the elections” from the Israeli voter. “What Netanyahu is trying to pass is not a voter observer bill; it is an election-stealing bill,” Liberman blustered. Coalition lawmaker Roi Folkman (Likud) also abstained from the vote, leaving the bill dead on arrival. Netanyahu had proposed the law earlier this week and had pushed hard for its passage despite a flood of controversy, the legislation spurred. While Netanyahu claimed that the law was needed to crack down on what he alleged was widespread voter fraud, left-wing factions accused him of attempting to intimidate Arabs from voting. The bill was also hotly opposed by President Reuven Rivlin, Elections Committee Supervisor Hanan Melcer, and Knesset legal advisor Eyal Inon, who said that the bill allowing representatives of private par-

An Israeli father and son were stabbed on Saturday by a terrorist after visiting a Palestinian dentist in the West Bank village of Azun. The father, Yosef Perez, 60, was lightly injured, while his 17-yearold son Liber sustained more serious wounds to his upper body.

The victims are residents of the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, and they went to the dentist for treatment along with Yosef’s brother due to the significantly lower cost of treatment there. Upon leaving the dental practice, they were accosted by a teenage Palestinian male who asked them if they were Jews. Different sources provide conflicting accounts of what came next. While the uncle told Walla news that they denied being Jewish in Arabic, the father told Channel 12 news that they did, in fact, confirm their Jewish identity. “My son was afraid for me. He pushed me aside, and he quickly jumped on him with his head down,” recounted Yosef Perez. “[The attack-

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er] took advantage of the position and began stabbing him in his back.” Both men said the assailant was holding a knife in his hand during the encounter and that the dentist helped save them. “The dentist helped us; he jumped on him and held him against the wall and hit him while we escaped,” continued Yosef. “For a year now I have been coming to this dentist for treatment and everything was fine. I never thought something like this would happen.” The dentist, who identified himself as Dr. Amin, told Channel 12 that the men were attacked “inside my clinic… They are my patients.” The father and son were treated at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, where Liber was later listed as in moderate but stable condition. According to Palestinian media reports, the IDF arrested the 15-year-old suspect’s father on Saturday.

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In the attack the IDF called a “red line,” a kamikaze drone heavily damaged an IDF Humvee but didn’t manage to injure any troops. “The IDF will continue to act against attempts to harm Israeli citizens, and holds the Palestinian terror group Hamas responsible for everything that takes place in the Gaza Strip, and which emanates from there,” said the military. Prime Minister Netanyahu warned a day earlier that Israel was losing patience with the violence coming out of the Gaza Strip and said that Israel would not hesitate to respond. Hamas has been ramping up its rocket fire and border riots recently, betting that Israel would not launch an operation ahead of next week’s Knesset elections. “Hamas is responsible for all aggression emanating from the Gaza Strip. Any attempt to harm our citizens and our soldiers will be met with a forceful response,” Netanyahu said.

Expats Don’t Love the U.S. An Egyptian military delegation entered the Gaza Strip on Monday in an attempt to calm tensions following security escalations in recent days between Israel and Hamas. Members of the delegation toured the Rafah Crossing and the adjacent industrial zone and met with Hamas leader Gaza Yahya Sinwar. The officials had been slated to arrive later in the week but moved up their meeting following a recent flareup in tensions between Hamas and Israel. On Saturday evening, Israeli warplanes bombed three targets in the Gaza Strip after two rockets fell in Israeli territory. The targets included a warehouse used to store gear for Hamas’ naval commandos and two military complexes utilized by its drone fleet in northern and central Gaza Strip.

Skyrocketing healthcare costs and a decreasing sense of personal safety caused the U.S. to plummet in Expat Insider’s annual quality of life report. To reach its conclusions, the study polled more than 20,000 expats living today in 187 different countries. In the report, the term “expat” was defined as an American sent abroad due to work or personal reasons and included 182 assorted nationalities. The report reached its conclusions by asking respondents to rank their current place of residence according

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Some Republican Primaries Cancelled in Support of Trump The Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas won’t hold nominating contests in 2020 in order to support U.S. President Donald Trump against several would-be GOP candidates aiming for a shot at the White House. South Carolina’s announcement, made on Saturday, echoed Kansas’

Friday move. Officials in both Nevada and Arizona are also examining the option of canceling their primaries, USA TODAY said. The site quoted GOP State Chairman Drew McKissick, who wrote in a statement that “with no legitimate primary challenger and President Trump’s record of results, the decision was made to save South Carolina taxpayers over $1.2 million and forgo an unnecessary primary. “President Trump and his administration have delivered for South Carolinians, and we look forward to ensuring that Republican candidates up and down the ballot are elected in 2020.” Currently, Trump’s challengers include former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who announced his bid in April, and former Rep. Joe Walsh, who announced that he would run in August. Former South Carolina Gov. and Congressman Mark Sanford expressed disappointment at his state’s decision, which stripped him of his ability to run. “I believe that political parties are about ideas, and ideas are refined and made stronger by debate and that’s what primaries are about,” he said. “The debate of ideas is part and parcel to the American way.” It is not unusual for state parties to cancel primaries when a strong incumbent is running for re-election. According to The New York Times, Democrats canceled 10 presidential primaries in 2012 to support thenU.S. President Barack Obama in his bid for re-election. “These are decisions made entirely by state parties and there are volumes of historical precedents to support them,” Tim Murtaugh, Trump’s campaign communication director, said. “Nevertheless, President Trump will dominate and prevail in whatever contest is placed before him.”

Are Squirrels Eavesdropping on Birds? Grey squirrels may be a lot smarter than we thought. According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, grey

squirrels commonly eavesdrop on nearby bird chatter in order to update themselves on the absence or presence of nearby predators. During the study, researchers at Oberlin College broadcasted different birdcalls to squirrels in their natural habitat. When hearing the sound of a red-tailed hawk, which is a predator of the squirrels, the animals perked up and began scanning the area for enemies. The behavior included freezing, looking around, or getting ready to run. However, after hearing recordings of non-threatening birds, the squirrels “expressed significantly lower and more rapidly declining levels of vigilant behavior than those exposed to ambient noise.” The squirrels’ tendency to relax when hearing the chatter of birds that are not predators is “likely to indicate safety because such sounds are generally given when imminent threat has not been detected.” This study is groundbreaking in the scientific community because it marks the first time that animals have been documented using noise caused by other animals to give them a sense of safety. While animals commonly pick up cues from their own species, it is rare that they learn to interpret the chatter of other animals for their own benefit. “A few studies have demonstrated eavesdropping on non-sentinel calls within co-foraging groups as an index of safety,” the study reads. “However, to our knowledge, our study is the first to demonstrate eavesdropping on non-sentinel calls outside of a co-foraging group association, indicating that eavesdropping on cues of safety may be more widespread than previously recognized.”

Mississippi Beaches Deserted Because of Toxic Algae Ship Island Excursions, which has survived a world war, hurricanes, global recessions, and a variety of economic challenges since its founding in the 1920s, may finally be forced

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Washington State was all aglow over the weekend when about 1,250 lightning were recorded in the west of the state during a storm that caused widespread power outages on Saturday night, the National Weather Service said. A strong line of thunderstorms developed over the area, bringing frequent lightning, heavy rains, flooding and hail to the Puget Sound region. Lightning occurs when ice particles within a cloud interact with each other through collision, causing the particles to fracture and break apart, according to NASA. The intense heat of the lightning generates a sound called thunder that is transmitted through the air at the speed of sound. Lightning and thunder happen at the same time but since light travels faster than sound, the flash of lightning is seen sooner than thunder is heard. “When lightning strikes, a bright flash of light is generated. Light travels at a constant 186,000 miles/second, which means that we see the flash immediately as it happens,” NASA said. At its peak, the lightning storm caused power outages to over 4,500 customers, according to Seattle City Light.

Preventing Hot Car Fatalities Carmakers have unveiled a series of new safety features meant to stop children from dying in hot cars. In an announcement made last week, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers said that member companies would step up the fight against hot car deaths.

The new and improved safety features include installing rear seat warnings in new cars that utilize “auditory and visual alerts” to warn drivers of sleeping children after the car is shut off. The system will be in place in almost every new car and truck that rolls off the lot by 2025. “Automakers have been exploring ways to address this safety issue, and this commitment underscores how such innovations and increased awareness can help children right now,” said Alliance Interim President and CEO David Schwietert. The move comes as the number of children who died as a result of being left in hot cars continues to rise. With three months remaining in 2019, 40 children have died in the U.S. in overheated cars so far this year, surpassing the national average of 38 and close to the record 53 deaths recorded in 2018.

The push by carmakers to roll out new safety features was praised by the National Safety Council, who said that it was a welcome yet insufficient first step. “Automakers took a step in the right direction Wednesday, adding another layer of protection against these tragedies,” the council said. He added, “Automakers should move fast on their commitment and continue to collaborate on additional protections that can be provided to all our drivers.”

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began to list heavily off the coast of Georgia on Sunday. By evening, the whole ship was laid over on its side as authorities worked to stabilize the ship so they could rescue four South Korean crew members who were onboard the vessel. Twenty of the 24 people onboard the ship were rescued by the Coast Guard and other agencies before a fire hindered the rescue mission. The missing crew members were in the engine room of the ship. “As smoke and flames began to appear, our crews, along with the Glynn County heavy rescue team, assessed that the situation was too risky to further go inside the vessel to attempt to locate the four individuals who remain missing at this time,” Capt. John Reed, commander of the Coast Guard Sector Charleston, said. Finally, on Monday, Coast Guard rescuers pulled the four trapped men from the capsized vessel, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned. All four men were alert and in good condition despite the ordeal. “Best day of my 16-year career,” Lt. Lloyd Heflin, who was coordinating the effort for the Coast Guard, wrote in a text message to The Associated Press. Three of the South Korean crew members came out in the midafternoon. The fourth man, who was trapped in a separate compartment, emerged three hours later. The ship, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, was bound for Baltimore, where it was expected to arrive on Monday. It was carrying vehicles.

What’s Killing Americans? The five U.S. states with the highest death rates have an average death rate 49% higher than that of the five states with the lowest death rates, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics recently reported. The report, published last Thursday, found that in 2017, age-specific death rates for all age groups were higher in the top five states than in

those with lower death rates. It also found that age-adjusted death rates for chronic lower respiratory diseases and unintentional injuries for the states with the highest rates were almost doubled compared with the states with the lowest rates. The five states with the highest death rates in the country are Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. On the other hand, the five states with the lowest death rates in the nation are California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York. However, despite the disparity in numbers, the five leading causes of death for both the states with the highest and lowest death rates were heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, unintentional injuries, and stroke. In other words, wherever you live, these illnesses are prevalent. Dr. Jiaquan Xu, a National Center for Health Statistics researcher and author of the report, noted some interesting findings. “Alzheimer’s disease for California, one of the five lowest-rate states, was higher than the rates for Kentucky and West Virginia, two of the five lowest-rate states. California had a higher death rate from diabetes than Alabama. Hawaii had the highest death rate from influenza and pneumonia in the nation.” He added, “The findings in this report are important information for the health community to learn about inequalities in mortality between the two groups of the states and help them in their important work using such information.”

U.S. Best Cities to Live In When it comes to choosing a city to call home, every person and family has a different set of priorities and tastes. Still, there are some universal traits to a city that make it better than others, including safe streets, a strong economy, and affordability. Recently, 24/7 Wall St. created a weighted index of over two dozen measures from the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, and other sources to identify the best city to live in. It looked at all boroughs, census desig-

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nationwide. Beverly Hills, California, came in at number two in the nation. Pella, Iowa, nabbed spot number three. Montecito, California, and Grove City, Pennsylvania, rounded out the top five best cities to live in in the nation. University Park, Texas; Ladue, Missouri; Hanover, New Hampshire; Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; and Le Mars, Iowa; came in at the next few spots on the list. And no, not one city in New York or New Jersey took the first 50 spots on the list. I guess they never visited the Five Towns.

Boston: $50 for Every Kindergartener On the first day of kindergarten this year, every child in the Boston public school system will be $50 richer. A program called Boston Saves has

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An Indian woman who gave birth to twin girls last week is believed to be the oldest person to ever give birth after having the babies at the age of 73. Erramatti Mangayamma, from Andhra Pradesh, gave birth on Thursday. Her husband is 80. The couple has been married since 1962 but has never been able to have children. “The surgery went well…the mother and the babies are all healthy with no complications,” Dr. Sanakayyala Umashankar said. The couple had been undergoing treatments at his clinic to help with the pregnancy. He said the pregnancy was free of

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him as “the right Raul Ruiz for Congress.” “I grew up picking vegetables in the fields that feed America, dreaming up my own American Dream,” Ruiz, the Republican, said, adding that he later became a carpenter who started a business that employed hundreds. In his bio, the challenger writes that Congressman Ruiz and “radical liberals want to use handouts to keep people dependent on the government and rob them of their shot at the American Dream.” Will the real Raul Ruiz please stand up?

Breaking Scuba Records at 96 Voters in California may be seeing double when they head to the polls in 2020. U.S. congressman Raul Ruiz, a California Democrat, is facing a challenge for his seat by a Republican businessman named – wait for it – Raul Ruiz. The 47-year-old representative for the state’s 36th district, a Harvard-educated physician, has handily won re-election every two years since entering Congress in 2013. But the 2020 might prove to be complicated, especially if he faces an opponent with the same name. On Thursday his largely unknown challenger, who was homeless for a time, according to his website, released a campaign launch video, a 40-second online clip that identifies

A 96-year-old celebrated his birthday on Saturday by breaking his own record as the world’s oldest active scuba diver for the third year running, plunging to the depths of the equivalent of a 15-story building to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus. World War II veteran Ray Woolley, who turned 96 on August 28, plunged to a depth of 42.4 meters for 48 minutes, the event organizers said. He beat his previous record of 40.6 meters for 44 minutes. “It’s just unbelievable. I’ve been diving now for 59 years, and these are the sort of dives that you remember because there are so many divers with you,” Woolley said, of the other 47 divers who swam with him. “If I can still dive and my buddies are willing to dive with me, I hope I can do it again next year,” Woolley

said after the event. Woolley, who lives in Cyprus, was a radio operator in World War II. Has successively broken two previous records he held in 2017 and 2018. He is originally from Port Sunlight in northwest England.

A documentary on his life, “Life Begins at 90”, will be shown at the Bosnia-Herzegovina film festival in September. “I refuse to accept the fact that I’m getting old,” Woolley says in the trailer. Isn’t age just a number?

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The son of the Holy Maggid of Kozhnitz tells of an ignorant villager who approached his saintly father with a question. He had learned the verse, You shall make for yourselves twisted threads (Tzitzis) on the four corners of, ‫כסו־‬ ‫תך‬, your garment. Uneducated and of ashkenazic descent he didn’t discern between the letter ‫ ת‬and a ‫ס‬, and he confused it with ‫כסּוסך‬, rooted in the word ‫סוס‬, for horse. He innocently queried whether a horse was obligated to wear Tzitzis! The Maggid graciously answered with a profound mystical interpretation. The mitzvah of Tzitzis is referenced twice in Torah. In Shelach it discusses ‫ציצית‬, fringes. In Ki Seitzei these ‘fringes’ are called ‫גדילים‬, literally ‘twisted threads’. Tzitzis refers to the loosely hanging strings while Gedilim pertain to the upper braided part that is bound together. The Tzitzis are associated with a '‫'בגד‬, garment, while Gedilim are attached to a '‫'כסות‬, literally a ‘covering’. Rav S.R. Hirsch teaches that there are two concepts embodied in the notion of ‘clothing’. A ‫בגד‬, a garment’s primary purpose is to cover the shame of our nakedness and restore our dignity as humans. We cover the animal phase on the human body, to bring to mind the moral character of human beings. After being driven from Paradise we now must face the raw antagonism of a world presenting ‘thorns and thistles’, and protective clothing became necessary. This is the purpose of ‫כסות‬, a ‘covering’, a layer of shelter against the ‘elements’ that endanger us. The ‫ בגד‬represents our moral calling for all times, carrying out the Jew-

ish mission for humanity. The ‫כסות‬, emphasizes the applicability of this mission to every place independent of climate and conditions. Whatever, and in whatever isolation you may have to set your wandering foot... in ‫ארבע כנפות‬, in every direction... you are to bear the same admonishment with you, to carry out the one same task wherever you may be. The two-fold meaning of clothing... veiling... and... covering... are also the two parts of Tzitzis... the freely hanging ends of the threads, symbolizing the free development of all elements of human nature, the sensual, the human and the divine, and the Gedil, these firmly bound threads constricted into a cord, symbolizing the submission of all that is sensual to all that is human and Jewish. The Arizal notes that ‫ ציצת‬is an acronym for ‫צדיק יפריד ציציותיו תמיד‬, the righteous will always separate the strings, the first action we do before donning our Tzitzis. This emphasizes the first idea of attributing to G-d the full gamut of the free development of all elements of human nature: the sensual, the human and the divine. We then recite from Borchi Nafsh, ‫י גדלת מאד‬-‫ד' אלה‬, G-d my Lord, You are very great. Rabbeinu Bechayei connects this sentiment to ‫גדילים‬, for it is in these firmly bound threads constricted into a cord, symbolizing the submission of all that is sensual to all that is human and Jewish, that our reflected greatness lays. After asserting our awareness of all that is in His domain, we bind ourselves in service to Him in all our endeavors. It is customary to bury one in a Talis, as echoed in the prayer many add

daily: Just as I cover myself with a Talis in This World, so may I merit the rabbinical garb and a beautiful cloak in the World to Come in the Garden of Eden. Is it simply the wearing of a Talis that will merit the grandeur of heavenly garments in the World to Come? The son of the Maggid of Kozhnitz didn’t reveal his father’s response but offers his own. The body is merely a ‫כסות‬, a covering for our ‫נשמה‬, our soul, like the horse that serves the rider. The Zohar describes the utility of our physical self to express words of Torah and Tefilla as ‫סוסוון‬, ‘horses’ that carry us on high. Every facet of our life, when submitted loyally to His will, transports us to the Heavens. Our ‘greatness’ lay in the ‫גדילים‬, in our constricting and binding ourselves and all of our assets to His will and mission. The manner in which we ‘don’ the message of the Talis defines the level by which our ‫גוף‬, our ‫כסות‬, our proverbial ‫סוס‬, horse, will transform into a garment of splendorous spirituality in Gan Eden. Several years ago, while praying at the Kotel, I participated in a Minyan that was led by a father of a child who was donning his Tefillin for the very first time. The proud father davened inspiringly as several of his other younger children lovingly prayed at his side. I noticed that the Talis he wore was tattered, worn and yellowed with age. I wondered whether he was poor and couldn’t afford a new one. Since I was departing that day and wouldn’t need my Talis until I returned to the States, I offered my relatively new Talis as a gift, as I had two others at home. I waited as he went up to the Wall after the davening to pour out his soul to the Almighty, no doubt in gratitude for the celebration of the day, together with a fervent prayer for his son’s future success. When he finished I mustered the courage, first to tell him

how touched I was by the special relationship he had with his adorable children, then sharing that after noticing the condition of his Talis it would be a great privilege to present him with a fresher one. He smiled warmly after hearing of my offer but politely declined. He then said something that totally blew me away. He first told me that he too, had two new Taleisim at home. I inquired as to why he chose on this special day to wear his old one. He responded, “This one is very dear to me. Do you know how many times this Talis has accompanied me? It was with me in Lebanon, in Gaza and many other missions in between!” That dilapidated Talis wasn’t just any Talis, it was a cloak from Gan Eden. It wasn’t just the Tallis that glowed but the beautiful and inspired Neshama of this special soul that rode high to the heavens on the royal steed of his body! ...‫והיה לכם לציצית וראיתם אתו‬ )‫(פרשת ציצית‬ ‫ אלול‬is embedded in the first letters of the words in this verse. We are approaching the Day of Judgment, a day when our very lives are hanging in balance. Are we wild stallions who gallivant unrestrained and casually go through the motions of wearing a Talis as if it were a warming blanket on the back of a sleeping horse? Or do we contemplate the profundity of its message and commit our souls and bodies to being bound to His will in every challenge in life? The last letters of these words that allude to Elul, ‫לכם לציצית וראיתם אתו‬, spell out ‫ממָ וֶת‬, ִ from death. Our lives are dependent on infusing this reality to our consciousness and lives. May we wrap ourselves fully in His embrace, so that we may be worthy of a year filled with blessing and life!

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when no logical or rational solution is present or possible. It is difficult for us in our time, when we have unlocked so many doors regarding the mysteries of science, technology and medicine, to have to admit that there are basic human problems that exist within family relationships that we are powerless to solve on our own. Later in the Torah we will read that that there are many hidden things in human life that only Heaven can deal with. We can only do the best that we can, to the extent that we are physically, emotionally and intellectually able. There is no question that this limitation upon our omnipotence is very frustrating especially to mod-

It is difficult for us in our time to have to admit that there are basic human problems that exist within family relationships that we are powerless to solve on our own.

Very rarely, if ever, can any outside source, no matter how wise or professional, solve the problems and workings of the family unit. From the narrative that appears regarding the rebellious son – a narrative that according to one opinion in the Talmud is to be treated only as a metaphor – it is clear that we are being taught that there are instances

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ou know the scene. Mommy or Tatty is pushing the stroller down the bundle of joy inside the stroller. One hand of the parent pushes the stroller while the other hand holds that seemingly permanent appendage called the cellphone. Something so engaging must be on that piece of glorified plastic because rather than interacting with the child, the parent is preoccupied with whatever is happening on that screen in their hand. Parents will do this under many circumstances, including while walking in a crosswalk, despite traffic (which is something I don’t get). This is an attention deficit disorder. It is epidemic. It does not have to happen. You might think it is funny, especially when you admit to yourself (albeit privately) that you too are part of this raging epidemic. Sadly, both you – the parent – and your child are suffering, and the consequences will be long term. Allow me to explain. Let’s start with your child. You, my dear parent, are one of the most important people and “influencers” in your precious child’s life. Prior to birth, you are already bonding with this precious gift from G-d. This baby is born knowing your voices and so much more. He relies on you for everything, from food and shelter to love and so much more. One of the biggest gifts you can give your child is stimulation. When you interact with your baby – including cooing at them and making faces –

you are stimulating him. This means that you are arousing his sense of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Stimulating your baby will help to improve your baby’s attention, memory, curiosity, and nervous system development. In addition, stimulating your baby’s senses will enable him to reach developmental milestones faster. It will also aid in the development of motor skills. Frontloading this during the first year of life is the time when your baby’s brain is growing at the fastest rate it ever will. You are beginning the process of helping your baby to develop a sense of “self.” Babies are marvelous to observe, and they provide endless delight. But I am advocating for interacting with your baby because, in this case, interaction supersedes observation. Just don’t plunk him down in a playpen and walk away. Gather age-appropriate toys and get down on the floor and play with him. You can make these inanimate toys come alive for your baby by giving them voices and showing how to play with them. By doing so, you are helping to nurture your child’s imagination. Imagination, which the Webster’s dictionary defines as “the ability to form a picture in your mind of something that you have not yet seen or experienced: the ability to think of new things,” fosters social and cognitive development. Imagination is the door to possibilities. It is the intersection of creativity, ingenuity, and thinking outside the box. Through imagination and creative play, your child learns

about the world. This helps to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in children. Try not to just plop your baby in the stroller and start power walking and feel you’ve achieved something. Okay, you have – you got out of the house and you’re doing something positive for yourself and that is no small thing. But let’s try to maximize the moment to its fullest potential. Your baby should face you, Mommy or Daddy, especially a little one. He can watch you and your gestures. You can smile at him; babies love when parents smile at them. When you have your baby’s full attention – which is but a fleeting moment – you can accomplish a lot, provided you are tuned in and interacting with him. Babies are naturally curious, and when you satisfy your baby’s curiosity, he will naturally want more. Why? Because he is experiencing pleasure! Once he experiences something in which he finds pleasure, he will endeavor to learn more about it. Therefore, you, Imma and Abba, are key in nourishing your baby’s thirst for knowledge. You should seek to provide your baby with opportunities to experience different stimuli to pique his curiosity and to encourage him to learn more and more. The child-parent bond can be an antidote to the anxiety that abounds among children today. 1 in 8 children suffer from anxiety and the reasons are multi-factorial. Some fears are built into the cycle of life. For example, normal development includes the stranger anxiety phase

which usually sets in at about 7 months of life when your baby recognizes familiar faces like Mommy and Tatty, and then avoids the unfamiliar. As healthy attachment to parents grows, separation anxiety, as manifested through crying and sadness, emerges and then improves over the next several years. Generally, most children are past this stage by the end of kindergarten. Although I could take this article and further describe today’s anxiety, I’m not going in that direction as I’ve already written about it (“Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! When did we become so anxious?”). Rather, I am underscoring the important role that parents, especially mothers, have in being with their children, talking with them, hearing their hopes and fears, processing information, and just plain enjoying them without the cellphone, iPad, and other such distractions. When parents are tuned into their children properly, anxiety can lessen and so much positive can happen. It requires work. But what in life is meaningful that comes without work, hard work? Parents stand so much to gain by properly interacting with their babies, nurturing and raising them through the toddler and early school years, through middle school and then the roller coaster called adolescence and so forth. We parents want to know that we have done right by our children. Not for one moment am I saying to strive for perfection. Not one of us is a per-

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44 fect parent. Being a parent entails responsibility. When you know that you are doing your best to maximize your child’s imagination and developing his sense of self, there is no greater feeling (including exhaustion). Ideally, we want to be connected to our children at all stages of life. The earlier it happens, the better for all. I know I’m dating myself (by about 50 years) but Harry Chapin had a song called “The Cat’s in the Cradle.” It was inspired by several relationships between fathers and sons which Chapin knew about firsthand in which the parent is busy, busy, busy and by the time he is ready for a meaningful relationship with his child, the child – who is now a grown adult – has no time for the parent. There’s a rather poignant line when the parent reaches out to his busy, busy, busy adult child. That child is too busy to see his father who then says, “I realized he’s grown up just like me.” How sad. Everyone loses, and the damage is irreversible. We have all seen one-year-old chil-

dren who are facile and quick on cellphones. They use their tiny fingers to swipe until they find the videos they want. I don’t find this amusing. Too many parents capitulate to the screaming child who requests/demands the

development. Perhaps this is the root of increased anxiety among parents and children today. It is Elul, the month of introspection as we prepare for Yom HaDin. There is

Parents stand so much to gain by properly interacting with their babies, nurturing and raising them.

cellphone. Children have lost the ability to turn the pages of a book and try to enlarge and swipe them instead. How sad. The lack of parenting, interaction, establishing of boundaries, and parents being in charge is negatively impacting children’s social and other

a subtle reference in the Torah portion about the arei miklat, cities of refuge, to Elul. What’s the connection between the cities of refuge and Elul? The cities of refuge were places where people who murdered unintentionally stayed and lived and learned

Torah. The person’s rebbe came. The Kohen Gadol was involved. Something in the perpetrator’s avodas Hashem went awry, and the ir miklat offered an opportunity for rehabilitation. Elul is our ir miklat, our city of refuge as the Jewish year is in its final stretch. It is an opportunity, a gift to each of us to look at ourselves and determine what’s open in our own avodas Hashem. Not being fully engaged with our children as Hashem would like us to be is one area in which to work over the next several weeks. Imagine how this world could be if we would fully appreciate Hashem’s blessings and gifts and give back to Him? As always, daven. Thank you to Dovid Chaim Hoffman for his thoughts on this. 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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Mrs. Sherman’s house is somewhere to the left of the wooden one and the third one along is brick. Mrs. Ulman owns a straw home, and Mr. Tessler does not live at either end, but lives somewhere to the right of the glass house. Mr. Wein lives in the fourth house. The first bungalow is not made from straw.

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

Dear Navidaters,

I’m 26 and recently engaged to a great guy who I’ll call Eric. Eric and I both went to more modern schools and after our time in Israel we became more frum, on our own, before meeting.

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While we were dating we discussed everything there was to discuss – hashkafa, money, careers, goals, kids, family, our values. We went to premarital counseling because we were told it’s a really helpful thing for all couples to do before they’re engaged. And it was. As the wedding is getting closer I find myself questioning some of my hashkafos. I want to be frum and cover hair, knees and elbows, but I’m starting to get nervous about sending our kids, G-d willing, one day to a more yeshivish school. It’s not my comfort level. My brothers had a morah in first grade, not a rebbe. I think of the modern orthodox sleepaway camp I went to, and I can’t imagine my kids not experiencing that lifestyle. I started thinking back to those days and remembering the frummer families at camp; the moms dressed truly tziniusdik on visiting day. Maybe I can fit in in my old lifestyle with my new values. I want to be clear that I think both ways are beautiful and I don’t want to start a debate about which way is right or wrong, chas v’shalom. So, is this something that is insignificant that I should look past? Or, is this something I should be bringing up to Eric? I’m not even sure how I feel, other than bad for having these thoughts. What if I tell him and he breaks up with me? That would devastate me. I’m having a lot of anxiety over this. Thank you for reading this and doing what you do. I really appreciate your help.

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. t seems that you are envisioning your future family life as very similar to what you experienced. You see a comfort level and beauty in that, and that’s a very healthy thing. In other words, you probably had a wholesome childhood and are imagining replicating that on some level in your future. But you and Eric have moved to a more halachically observant and hashkafically different place, hence your discomfort, fears and worries. You are sensing a possible conflict between a pleasant, positive model you experienced and where you are now. This is worrisome to you. You are starting to question your own beliefs, hashkafos, and commonality with Eric. You may even think that you are not as committed to the planned lifestyle you shared until now. You don’t understand yourself and why you have these feelings. This is scary. Your commonality with Eric may be superficial and you may not be on the same page. Open up to Eric and with Eric to the premarital counselor. Bring up your both your pasts and specifically what was attractive, wholesome, and positive. You will also talk about various Orthodox cultures and people whom you respect who are successfully raising families in diverse communities. You will go beyond talking about other people’s values, practices, and challenges to discuss the religious evolution or transitions that couples go through together. And the conversations will begin to focus on the possibility of growth, change, choice, and transition in a marriage. This is a very healthy thing even if many engaged couples do not face this. Many couples deal with this later on when there are children and have several years together behind them. Then they need to confront differing directions.

You two have several advantages over these couples. You have been in premarital counseling and therefore have learned and will learn more about yourselves, your values, and your relationship. You have learned some communication skills and seen that negotiation is an acquired important skill. Third, you are dealing with the what ifs now. Sharing these thoughts with Eric with the help of a skilled facilitator will probably strengthen your bond. Don’t bail before continuing to communicate. Plumb the depths of your thoughts and the breadth of your concerns. You may learn a lot about each other and yourselves as a couple. The conversations will continue and your growth as a unit will probably be solidified. You will probably agree on some parameters, a model for family living, a family spiritual guide, and regular reassessments. That’s healthy and good.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. ow I’m really worried about you. You say you’ve discussed everything there was to discuss: hashkafa – check. Money – check. Careers – double check. Goals. Kids. Family. Values…. But what about baby names? I mean, Shprintza and Zanvil may be venerable names in your family; still Eric may not be a fan. And paint colors? So many shades of gray; it may be worth devoting one therapy session to Decorating Our Pad 101. My point? Not to poke fun at your comprehensive – “covering all bases” – preparation for marriage but so sorry to inform you: all the talk, the deep meaningful conversations, the give-and-take practiced in front of your therapist will not guarantee that – sometime, somewhere down the Avenue of Matrimonial Bliss – you guys won’t

argue over some really critical and trivial issues (yeshiva preferences, overnight camp choices, yarmulke fabrics and sleeve lengths). The purpose of therapy was not to review the Heavy Categories (see above) and give you each a star in the category where you’re both compatible. If you weren’t given the tools with which to communicate and negotiate respectfully, you missed the point of the process. It’s time to turn right around and head back to your therapist’s office. This time without Eric. Because with all your stated concerns about your new values, summer camp, and rebbes vs. morahs, you sound apprehensive and downright terrified about getting married. Spend the time, just you and a qualified therapist, and explore the true basis of your anxiety. Without Eric present, you can speak openly and freely about the thoughts you are afraid to articulate to yourself and your chosson. Rest assured, by airing your concerns in a therapeutic setting, you are not compromising your relationship with Eric; you are gaining valuable insight and confidence that will surely benefit your future shalom bayis. And if Eric asks, you can always say, “Another gown fitting.” He’ll understand.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond hank you for bringing up this very important question. If you gave Eric an impression of your hashkafos that are no longer valid it is halachically obligatory for you to communicate this change. Do some couples start off at the same point religiously and eventually change together? Yes, absolutely, and in this case there is no problem because they change in unison. Do some couples start off at the same place and one veers more to the left leaving the other at a place more to

Don’t bail before continuing to communicate.

the right? Yes, absolutely as well, and this is what can start to rock the proverbial relation-ship. However, that is an unfortunate example which happens over time, and could not have been foreseen. Your husband currently believes he is marrying a woman who has a certain set of hashkafos and beliefs ingrained in her, which translates into a very specific Torahdik lifestyle. If you marry Eric without telling him your hesitancy, you are being over on geneivas da’as (stealing personal knowledge). Practically speaking, it surely does sound a bit premature to start thinking about your children when you are not married yet. However, think of it this way: Do you plan on waking up when your child is five to discuss with your husband your deep intent to send your children to the co-ed modern orthodox day school rather than a yeshiva elementary? Do you intend to wait until your child is 15 to start discussing with your husband the possibility of sending your child to a modern co-ed sleepaway camp when your husband dons a black hat and attends a yeshivishe shteibel? What I’m saying is, doing so is what we would call in the real world: blindsiding someone. When it comes to long-term religious compatibility, it’s not just okay to look the part but to internally be the part you play. You ask if you should worry about Eric breaking up with you due to these inconsistencies. To this I answer, if you truly have such different outlooks regarding religious observance, a

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break up before the marriage would be a blessing. Communicate openly with Eric and see where your honesty leads. Hatzlacha!

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to know this. Maybe he’s had some of the same feelings himself. Maybe he loves you in a way that allows him to be accepting of you – no matter what. But having an honest conversation with Eric is definitely the right way to go, in my opinion. Together you may be able to figure out a plan B should you change at some point or maybe, just maybe, you’ll both ultimately decide that getting married to one another might not be the best ultimate decision. But putting your feelings on the table will allow you both to have a real relationship, w ithout holding

If you weren’t given the tools with which to communicate and negotiate respectfully, you missed the point of the process.

back your honest feelings and fears, nothing getting in the way of hopefully having a real, honest, respectful, loving relationship. Secrets alienate people. Openness brings them closer.

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policy.” Covering up your feelings can only be sustained for so long. Better to share them now, before getting married, than after. Though you sound uncertain which way you will ultimately land, there is already enough doubt in your mind to suggest that a change of heart is not absolutely impossible in terms of how modern or not you ultimately want to be. Eric needs

here is a lot at stake here. If you tell Eric the truth about how you have been feeling and what you have been thinking, he may break up with you. And if you don’t tell him, you will be preventing a truly authentic relationship from forming. Though a husband or wife may grow in a new or different way, and we certainly cannot predict every foreseeable outcome, withholding second-guessing your hashkafa is no way to start a marriage. Eric deserves to know. I don’t believe this is insignificant. Equally as significant, separate and distinct from the future of your relationship is the fact that you are questioning the things you thought you wanted for yourself and your future family. You need to continue exploring and do some deep soul searching. Typically, the way a couple wants to raise their children is agreed upon at the outset of a marriage. Whether you remain together or you break up and start dating again, you need clarity for yourself. Find your process toward your clarity. You and Eric already are incredibly adept at practicing communi-

cation and authenticity. I know this because you are in premarital therapy and discussing all there is to discuss. Schedule a time to have this conversation. It won’t be an easy conversation to have, but I believe that ultimately you may feel better. You may want to speak to a trusted loved one, a rebbetzin or a therapist about your current thoughts, by yourself. You need to know if you are feeling nostalgic for your youth and fond memories as you look toward marriage and truly stepping into the hashkafic values you chose as an adult, or if you are truly questioning the lifestyle you thought you wanted. Sharing our truth with a partner does one of two things. It will either take your relationship to the next level and you will feel closer than before (lies and withholding truths divide and create walls), or the couple breaks up because that truth doesn’t work for one or both partners. Whatever happens, by telling the truth you are allowing yourself room for growth.

Being in a relationship that doesn’t allow room for personal growth and change may eventually become tiring, frustrating, sad, and lonely. If Eric breaks up with you because of your recent realizations, then please know that he is not the one for you, and you are not the right one for him. You will be deeply sad for some time, but I hope that you will feel content in the knowledge that you did the right thing for both Eric and yourself. And as cliché as this may sound, better to have this conversation and deal with this situation before you are married, than after.

All the best, Jennifer Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. She 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 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. Jennifer

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s we move into the fall, there’s one overriding foreign-policy priority for America: find a strategy to deal with a rising China that protects U.S. interests but doesn’t subvert the global economy. China is the challenge of our time, and the risks of getting it wrong are enormous. Huawei, the Shenzen-based communications powerhouse, argues in a slick new YouTube video that its critics want to create a new Berlin Wall. That’s not true – Huawei and other Chinese tech companies have allegedly been stealing intellectual property for years and are finally being held accountable – but there’s a real danger that America will talk itself into a digital Cold War that lasts for decades. We’re at a crossroads: at a conference on U.S.-China relations last month at the University of California, San Diego, a Chinese participant offered a blunt prediction about the future: “We think we are heading toward a partial decoupling of our relationship.” Trump administration officials argue that China has been decoupling itself – denying access to Western firms, even as America and its allies provided technology, training and market access. But what comes next? Trump administration officials hope that prog-

ress toward a trade deal may happen at last, now that a meeting with a senior Chinese official has been set for October. But Myron Brilliant, who runs the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s international programs, cautions, “There’s a trust deficit between Washington and Beijing that needs to be restored before there’s progress.” President Trump reiterated last Wednesday that the administration plans to deny Huawei access to American technology. “It’s a national security concern,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Huawei is a big concern of our military, of our intelligence agencies, and we are not doing business with Huawei.” That leaves a little wiggle room, but not much. White House officials tell me the Chinese are mistaken if they think the administration is seeking to cripple China technologically. Officials say their goal isn’t a rerun of the anti-Soviet strategy of containment, but something more flexible. One administration official says his colleagues sometimes refer to this still-unnamed strategy simply as “the noun.” The Trump administration’s problem is that it has gutted the national security process that could devise a systematic plan for dealing with China. Instead, policy is highly personalized, and shaped by Trump’s erratic

decision-making style. “President Trump is our desk officer on China,” says Michael Pillsbury, an informal White House adviser on Asia policy. Strange as it sounds, that’s probably accurate. This administration’s sharp policy debates on China strategy are exacerbated because there’s no decision-making process to resolve them. On one side are China hawks like White House adviser Peter Navarro; on the other are would-be deal-makers like Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. In the middle is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who seems to have an instinct for where Trump will eventually land. “On no issue is the lack of a policy process more visible or dramatic than China,” says Kurt Campbell, who oversaw Asia policy in the Obama administration. He contrasts how the presidents of the world’s two superpowers spent the last weeks of summer. President Xi Jinping met with top party officials at a beach resort and emerged with a new honorific, the “People’s Leader.” Trump spent those weeks in very public and sometimes self-destructive Twitter barrages, at home and abroad. Trump has a simple four-word summary of his China baseline, notes one administration official: “Xi is my

friend.” Personal diplomacy has its uses, but it’s no substitute for clear policy. Framing a real China strategy should be Job 1 for Trump (and his successor in 2021, if he’s defeated). Pillsbury described the scope of the challenge in the title of his 2016 book, “The Hundred-Year Marathon.” He told me this week: “We need to change the trajectory that we’re on now. That means running faster and slowing them down.” That’s a good formulation, but both goals require disciplined U.S. policy, something in short supply. Making good decisions about China (and, implicitly, about the future of global technology) requires a sound U.S. policymaking structure. The best idea I’ve heard is a bipartisan bill introduced this year by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., to create a new “Office of Critical Technologies and Security” to oversee decisions about China and other key countries. Trump was right to take the China trade and technology problem more seriously than his predecessors. But the time for Twitter diplomacy and deals with “my friend” Xi is over. U.S. moves on this chessboard should be guided by clear planning, not whim. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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tions. So far, that hasn’t affected giving: the National Philanthropic Trust reports that Americans upped their total giving by 0.7% in 2018, with 14% going to education. But when the next recession inevitably blitzes, we’ll see if losing that deduction cramps giving. • Adding insult to injury, it used to be that boosters could deduct 80% of any gifts that included the right to buy athletic tickets. The new law

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even [the soul ] that lies with in man ÷éça Å À úáë testifies against Æ Æ BLåÀ rich and poor alike .Cìä Æ Å åÀ øéLÄ ra when it stands È À ãérz ÄÈ before the King 12 . :Cìn Æ Æ äÇ éðôì Å À Ä äãî È À råÀ I tremble, for È nothing is hidd en from Him, .eäðî À Æ Who relates to ìk Ê ãçë Ç À éÄ àG ézì man his every Ä À çÇ word, .eäçÅ éO and even his thou Ä äîÇ íãà È È ìÀ úBeçÇ ghts as he lies on his bed. .àeä ákL He must give È À nä Ä Ç ìrÇ íàåÀ an accounting Ä to His Creator. :eäðB Å ÷ írÄ áMç Ç Ä åÀ Before your feet stumble [in deat h] EéìÆ âø when your colla À Ç eôbðú À Ç À éÄ íøÆèÆ teral [the soul ] is returned, .ïBáøÈra ÅÀ cleanse yourself from all sin, .ïår Ê È ìkî È Ä Eîö because you will À À rÇ øäè ÅÇ not be saved èìn Å È äì Ä À ìëeé by all the wea Ç àG lth you leave behind, .ïBáf when the rule ÈrÄ ìëa ÈÀ rs [the inclinatio ns] say, íéìL Ä À BnäÇ eøîà À éÊ “Come, give acco unt.” :ïBaL À çÆ eàaÊ You appointed four periods13 and set them .úéøÄ çäå to judge the rem Á Æ À íé÷ø Ä È ôÀ ära È È øà nant of Your port À Ç ãrÅ éÄ ion, .úéøÄ àL and if they have Å À úìç Ç Â ðÇ BîaÈ ïeãéÈ trespassed agai nst You CáÈ regard the cove eìrî Â È íàåÀ Ä nant [with the Patriarchs], .úéøÄ aì À Ç èaä and do not stan Å Ç d at this interval ÷øt Æ Æ äÇ ìrÇ ãîr Ê Â zÇ ìàåÀ Ç to cut them off. :úéøÄëäì ÀÇÀ For on the day of Rosh Hashana 14 h äñk Æ Æ íBéáÀ ékÄ every man’s fate comes LéàÄ

äø÷ Æ À îÄ ìkÈ .àBáéÈ

12. Each eveni ng the soul return s to Heaven and 13. See Masec hes Rosh Hasha reports man’s nah 16a. activities. 14. äñk Æ Æ from the root äñë meaning “to cover.” The occurs on the first day of the reference here Hebrew month is to the only when the moon holiday that is not visible or “covered.”

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