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Table of Contents

Warm Drinks

In The Kitchen

4 Inspiration

Chesed

6 Parenting

Don't Sweat the Small Things

8 Teaching 101

What is Teaching?

20 History of...

Sweaters

So Long Salt

Is Stress Making you Sick?

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32 Tips for Healthy Living

34 Eye on Health Finding Chava: Chapter 9

42 Humor Sheitels

Chicken Soup: The Jewish Penicillin?

10 Artist Spotlight: Giliah Litwack

Top 10 Ways to Beat the Common Cold

Editor-in-Chief Rabbi Noach Tuchinsky Managing Editor Rena Tuchinsky

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Inspiration

Rabbi Noach Tuchinsky

Chesed

widow entered R’ Moshe Feinstein’s office, and sat down in front of the venerable Gadol Hador. The widow started to relate her problems to R’ Moshe while he sat and empathetically listened. A full hour later the widow was finally done, and she left feeling better after R’ Moshe had comforted her. In the corner of the room was one of R’ Moshe’s sons who said, “I understand that this was a great chesed, but doesn’t the Rav think that his time could better be used elsewhere?” After thinking for a second, R’ Moshe answered, “Maybe, but when it comes to chesed the rule is we always do it and think later if it should

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have been done.” R’ Moshe’s answer is an incredibly powerful lesson in life. When it comes to chesed, do not think, act! Many times, when we take a moment to decide whether to do a mitzvah or take on a chesed project, our body responds with laziness and then leads our minds to rationalize why we shouldn’t do it. A person, an “Adam”, was created from the adamah. All our body wants to do is stay stationary, like the dirt on the ground. We have to fight this natural tendency and move! Act now on the mitzvah, and don’t let your body and mind conspire for its loss. Once, two aging rebbetzins made a deal. When the first one would go up to Olam Haba she would come down to the other in a dream and tell her what it was like. After many more years, one of

them passed away. That night she came to the still living rebbetzin in a dream. “You have no idea how much reward we have waiting for us here in Olam Haba! And you know I am so jealous of you…” “Me?” asked the dreaming rebbetzin. “Yes, do you remember when we used to go collecting house to house for the poor?” “Of course,” answered the dreaming Rebbetzin. “Well, you used to knock on the door while I would stay back a little. You don’t understand the difference between those couple of steps and knocks.” The Rebbetzin in Olam Haba was zocheh to see the tremendous rewards for each and every chesed, and mitzvah a person does in this world. We are blind in this world, and don’t know the huge difference between a couple of steps.

Parenting

Don't Sweat the Small Things

here is a story told about R’ Avrohom Ganichovsky, a talmid of the Chazon Ish and a great talmid

chochom. A man came to R’ Ganichovsky and said his children wanted to do something that wasn’t forbidden, but wasn’t a hundred percent the best thing for them, religious-wise. R’ Ganichovsky said it’s ok, they can do it. But the man explained that his wife would not be happy with that—she would rather their children maintain a higher standard, even if it was technically allowed. R’ Ganichovsky told the man, “Listen carefully. Tell your wife the main and most important role of a mother in her parenting, is that her children should feel she is their best friend in the whole world. She is their biggest ally, and there is no one more interested in their happiness than she is. If she chooses to put her foot down here, on one issue that is something they really want and is not truly harmful for them,

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then she should know that she is grabbing onto the least important thing and leaving the most important thing behind.” Indeed, I have a client who is from a very religious background. Her mother was like that—controlling and forbidding things that were not so terrible, but that she decided were terrible—and the results are very sad. My client stayed very religious—after thinking things through—but three of her siblings didn’t, many of them are much less religious than they could have been, and all of them resent their mother and still suffer from her attitude, which she continues to hold on to. They live in a community where it is normal that some children live there with their parents. Yet this woman doesn’t have one child that wants to live anywhere near her, and that is embarrassing for her. On a happier and more inspiring note, after a few years of hearing about chinuch classes from her daughter, this mother

told her sister (my client’s aunt), “It’s a shame that they didn’t have these classes years ago.” Of course she has a long way to go toward really changing, but that small opening is huge, coming from such a woman. This point is meant to show there is always hope for a person even if it seems to be too late. Even if one has made mistakes he should not give up trying to be better. So, please remember to always be on your child’s side, to be his biggest cheerleader and the person most devoted to his well-being. This doesn’t mean that the child is always going to like what the parent does, but that he accepts it even when he doesn’t like it, because he trusts his parent completely. This trust comes from the knowledge that his parent is always on his side, on the same team and not on the opposing side. Hadassah Glanz trained under Rabbi Brezak, a worldrenowned expert in parenting and author of the book "Chinuch in Turbulent Times". Most stories told were heard from Rabbi Brezak.

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This is a question a reader sent in regarding my answer to a question about a child being scared at night, to which I had replied in part that the parent should not be fazed by the child’s fear.

Hi. I read your question and answer with interest, because I was that child. Now my 5-year-old son seems to be following in my footsteps. I was a very anxious child, I worried about anything there could be to worry about. My parents knew I was a worrier, but they downplayed it, probably for the same reason that you gave in your answer. But the worries were there and were real. I think I learned to hide them because no one ever took them seriously. The worries didn’t go away, I just stopped telling anyone about them. When I was a teenager, I did all kinds of OCD-like things to deal with my worries, like davening my head off every night before going to sleep. Wouldn’t it have been better had my parents listened to my worries, then I wouldn’t have felt brushed off, and they would have known how it was affecting my life?

Thank you so much for writing. You asked a good question and I appreciate the opportunity to clarify. First, let me say that I am truly sorry for your experiences. It sounds like your childhood and adolescence were tough, given all your bottled-up worry and anxiety. It is so special that you want to do differently and better with your son. If a child is anxious, being anxious that he is anxious makes him more anxious. The way to calm him down is to be calm. Like when a person is angry, being calm will calm him, so too, if a child is afraid, being unafraid of his feelings helps him not be afraid. There is nothing wrong or alarming about a child feeling these things, it is perfectly healthy and a normal part of growing up. When I tell the parent that they should be calm, I don’t mean that they should brush off the child’s feelings. In fact, doing that shows that the parent is feeling the opposite of calm—he cannot stand that his child has these feelings, and he wants the child to stop having these feelings immediately because the parent cannot handle it. A parent being afraid that the child is afraid, makes the child more afraid. It also causes the parent to try and prevent the feelings from surfacing—which is probably what you

experienced. When we are scared or worried, we don’t allow the child to feel it out, and he is forced to keep it bottled up inside where it grows and gets worse. What I mean, is that the parent should not be panicked that the child has the feelings. “Oh, you’re scared of monsters? Oh, and robbers? Hmm. What else?” This shows the child that it does not scare you that he is scared. So in your case, give your child what you weren’t given. Listen to his worries. Hear him out. Calmly. Know it’s ok for him to feel what he feels. Show him you’re calm and that it’s ok with you that he is scared. That is also the solution to his worry. You not being worried means that he doesn’t have to be either, and it will calm him. I can tell from your question that you are a very devoted mother, and want to do the best you can. What I am telling you to do might be hard—as much as you want to calm him, your feelings can get in the way, and it might be a struggle to calm down inside. But you’re such a good mother, so concerned for your child’s welfare, that I have confidence in you that you will succeed. I wish you much success in this endeavor. Want to get your question answered? Send us your parenting question to parenting@bayismagazine.com Bayis |

Teaching 101

WHAT IS TEACHING? Part One

et’s get a bit more back to basics in this column. Can you define the word “teaching” so that its true essence is conveyed and indicates what good teachers really do, practically? Give it a shot. Think about a definition. Vignette #1 Jed Marks is an outstanding speaker and receives invitations from many companies in the city to teach his system for ensuring efficiency and quality in a company. Fifty-two participants gather on a Friday morning for the 2 hour introductory workshop. Mr. Marks opens by relating a humorous story about ‘company life’ that receives laughter from the audience. He speaks for 50

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minutes, after which he asks, “Any questions?” One attendee poses a question to which Mr. Marks responds. Then, Mr. Marks continues to his talk for another 35 minutes. He then breaks them into groups to solve a case he constructed for them based on the theories he espoused. Each group works for 15 minutes, after which Mr. Marks says, “I hope you are now able to understand and apply the major principles I have spoken about.” He entertains three questions, responds, and then ends his seminar. Vignette #2 Rebecca Stevens, a renowned child psychologist is keynote speaker at a conference in Oregon, USA speaking before a large audience. Her topic

centers on maintaining a successful marriage in the 21st century. She begins her talk with a captivating story, after which she relates the many challenges married couples face. She then tells her audience, “I will present five explanations for the sorry state of marriage in our country.” As she does, she intersperses several humorous anecdotes and incidents that commonly occur between husband and wife. Her stories receive laughter and, at times applause from the audience. She then states that she will explain the ’three suggestions, culled from extant research for maintaining a sound, healthy marriage.” She speaks for about 30 more minutes reviewing various studies conducted by psychologists

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and “the lessons we can learn from these studies.” She then relates two examples about couples who previously had gone through “tough times, but now emerged much happier after following” her advice. She ends her talk with another story. She receives a standing ovation.

Questions for thought Describe the form or nature of teaching in the first scenario in vignette #1. Describe the form or nature of teaching in the first scenario in vignette #2. Could you say that Dr. Stevens in the 2nd scenario was teaching anything? Explain why or why not. What do the vignettes have in common? Has teaching occurred? If

so, explain its nature. If not, explain why not. HERE’S MY DEFINITION, based on my read of the extant literature and research into teaching: Teaching is an intentional process that encourages students (hopefully ‘learners,’ if they indeed end up learning) to actively engage (cognitively, affectively, and/or psycho-motorily) with content and that the process ensures that learning occurs through activities known as assessment (i.e., CFUChecking For Understanding), and feedback (because if one merely checks without remedying deficiencies, then learning has not occurred, and, therefore, ‘teaching’ has similarly not occurred).

More concisely, teaching is a two-fold intentional process: One, wherein conditions are created in which others interact with content; and two, when student comprehension is ensured through an assessment process. In my next column I explain more fully. In the meantime, drop me an email as to your reactions to my definition. Rabbi Dr. Glanz earned his Ed.D. degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He taught for 15 years in elementary and middle school classrooms, served as a school administrator for five years, and has taught at the college/university levels for the past thirty years. Currently, he lives in Eretz Yisroel and serves as the Program Head for Michlalah-Jerusalem College's master’s degree in educational administration. He also teaches online for Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Gradaute School of Jewish Education and Administration. He hopes to stimulate dialogue and welcomes your comments. You can contact him at Teaching@bayismagazine.com For the author's latest book that was just published, see http://www.yourlivewebdemo.com/landingpages/ ENGAGE/index.html

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: GILIAH LITWACK

By Naomi Lerman

t age eleven, Giliah Litwack declared she wanted to be an artist. Growing up in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, Giliah’s parents weren’t well-off and she had a tense relationship with her mother. Although she was quite emotionally detached from her daughter, Giliah’s mother believed in providing cultural experiences and both parents encouraged creativity. Giliah loved to visit art museums during her childhood years, which she described as a therapeutic experience. Her art, which is mostly drawings and paintings, focuses in on human condition, interactions, and relationships. Giliah believes this reoccurring theme in her art is due to her early emotional isolation from her mother and deep feelings of loneliness. Many, if not all, of your pieces contain people, what is it about the human condition that inspires you to create? I’ve just been drawn to see people visually. I see people constantly around the world, who I think are fascinating looking. I’m really interested in relationships and the human experience. The emotions, the pain and the joy. I’m just trying to find a way to put that into visuals and into words. I want people to think. When a piece is successful, I often get a response that someone saw the emotion in it. Do you have any formal training? I started at a small private college in St. Louis called Webster College,

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that’s now called Webster University, and then I transferred to the University of Missouri and I was an art major there. Did you major in drawing? Drawing and Printmaking, specifically silkscreen printing, which was a bigger thing then than it is now. As soon as I graduated from college I left printmaking behind because the process is very slow and meticulous. I find I must work more directly. As a child, were painting and drawing your first mediums? Drawing was the first thing I did, and then I got a painting set when I was 16. I only did creative things. My Dad set up a workbench in the basement for my sister and me. I don’t remember how young I was, because I don’t remember ever not being able to use a hammer and a saw to build things. I did crocheting,

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knitting and embroidery and I was good at it to varying degrees. I wasn’t a patient child so certain things were harder, and I also was more physical. I was happy as a kid if I could climb a tree and ride my bike. I think I always go back to being more of a draftsman then a painter. When I have a paintbrush in hand, I end up handling it like a pencil. Although I can work realistically, I choose not to. I have something to say and it has to do with emotion. I see art as communication. I have something to say through my art, and I do that best by working in an exaggerated style. My very first love is ink. I like to take a beautiful, pristine piece of white paper and dip a brush in ink and to create something that’s emotional and evocative. In your mind, what makes art ‘Jewish’? Would you consider what you make to be Jewish art?

That’s a great question and there really isn’t an answer. I mean, if you have a Jewish art show does that mean that all the artists have to be Jews? Does that mean that all the art must confine itself to illuminated Hebrew text, or does that mean it must have something to do with Shabbat or Yomim Tovim? For me, Jewish art is something that reflects the artist’s Jewishness. That’s such a vague answer but… it’s very subjective. I think a great deal of what I’m doing now represents who I am as a Jew. About ten years ago, an artist friend, who is much more successful than I am, was looking at some of my art and he told me not to pigeon myself as a Jewish artist. At the time, I thought, “Maybe he’s right.” But then I thought, “I don’t care”. How do I separate myself as a Jewish person and who I am as an artist? For me, being a Jew is a daily thing. I spend a lot of my time thinking about who I am, where I’m going, did I do a good job, and did I do this well enough? I can’t separate the two anymore, and I don’t care if someone says, “Oh, she’s a Jewish artist”. How is it something to be ashamed of? So maybe that means that only people that want Jewish art—whatever that means—will want to buy my art? I don’t know, but I’ve had people who aren’t Jews who like my art. Can you speak a bit about your series “I Am That Stranger”? It’s autobiographical. That’s a piece about me as a giorus and my struggles. I’ve had some outrageous things happen over the years, and I started writing about those. That’s a piece that’s images and writing. It was originally with larger pieces, being about the spiritual side of the connection, and some of the smaller drawings reflecting the actual incidents that happened. I think the pieces are addressing G-d and people who aren’t converts can also see this. There is always that struggle. You’re living life and you’re trying to reach Hashem but you’re still just doing your grocery shopping. By not having key groups in the community, as a giorus, you really are an orphan in the orthodox world. I got to feeling like I had to right a

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History of...

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Sweaters Sweaters, jumpers, jerseys or pullovers, clothing made from wool have been around for a millennium. Wool is the perfect material for a cold winter night. The crimps—bends in the wool fiber—are ideal for holding in air and thus retaining heat.

The owner of Chanel is said to have popularized cardigans for women because, “she hated how tightnecked men’s sweaters messed up her hair when she pulled them over her head.”

The Aran Sweater is named after islands off the coast of Ireland. It is traditionally off-white with cable patterns. Fishing was a common occupation there, so they left the wool unscoured to keep lanolin (natural oils) in the wool making them water resistant. Perfect for the fisherman in the depths of winter.

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James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan, is given the credit as the inventor of the cardigan, which bears his title. Brudenell, a British Army Major General, had his officers wear a knitted wool waistcoat during the Crimean War.

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Cashmere is also called pashm in Persian, so a pashmina means a handmade shawl of Kashmir.

Cashmere, the ultra-soft fabric, is named for the region of Kashmir in India. Cashmere goats (yes, not sheep) produce two layers of hair, which is then separated. The soft undercoat is separated from the coarser outercoat and becomes cashmere!

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Chicken Soup The Jewish Penicillin? By Rochie Shapiro

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“Achoo!” “Sniffle.”

I grab another tissue from my slowly diminishing pile, and wipe my chapped nose. It was one of those weeks. Sunday was beautiful, low 70’s, with a bright blue cloudless sky. Monday got even hotter, hitting “unseasonal” warmth. And then, out of know where the temperature plummeted. Tuesday it was already in the 50’s, and by Wednesday it reached the high 40’s! Not knowing what else to do, my body decided it was time to take a break. On Thursday, I woke up with the sniffles and fell asleep with a head cold. Boy, was I looking forward to Shabbos. Not just for the rest, but more for my mother’s much-needed, cureall chicken soup. My mother lives just around the corner, and she saved the day by sending me over some of her

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world-famous chicken soup. But the entire Shabbos I was still in bed, and only emerged from my room feeling better late Monday. Isn’t chicken soup supposed to be penicillin? Wasn’t I supposed to get better right away? Maybe I didn’t have enough? Or maybe chicken soup doesn’t really heal all illnesses. Dr. Stephen Rennard, a pulmonary expert from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, wrote in Chest, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, that he found evidence for chicken soup’s healing properties. What does chicken soup do? It stops inflammation. When a virus is detected the body starts to become inflamed, this tells white blood cells to congregate to the area where the virus is. These white blood cells are ineffective against a viral infection (which the common cold usually is) and only increase the production of mucous that can cause coughing and sneezing. If so, Dr. Rennard writes that chicken soup can prevent inflammation and thus stop the symptoms of the common cold! Another study in Miami done by Mount Sinai, again proves the effectiveness in chicken soup. 15 volunteers were tested on the effect that cold water, hot water, and chicken soup had air flow and mucous. Hot water did improve the flow of air and mucous, but chicken soup took the cake. So, what is in chicken soup that cures the common cold? Scientists point to the fact that chicken is full of a compound called carnosine. Carnosine is thought to be the reason inflammation is prevented. According to this reason, only when carnosine is still in the body (i.e. when the soup is in your body) do these healing properties work. Well if chicken soup’s healing properties only stay as long as the chicken soup is in your body, I might know why the chicken soup didn’t help me! Being sick, I had a very little appetite and only ate the soup Friday night. I sipped another bowl Motzei Shabbos, but I must not have gotten enough! I’m not ready to give up on the “Jewish penicillin” and now I can’t wait to try its healing properties again. I mean I can wait, I don’t need to try them now. On second thought I don’t need to try them at all, I’ll take someone else’s word for it.

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Recipes and Photos By Samantha Mattox

Kitchen SALMON WAYS

Chanukah is sadly over. And for most of us, so is the unhealthy eating. It’s around this time every year that I’m looking for fresh and healthy recipes, but who wants to gnaw on salads and raw vegetables in the dead of winter? That’s why I stick to recipes that are comforting and delicious while still helping out my waistline. And my number one choice to meet these needs? Salmon! It’s rich and succulent and healthy! I know what you’re thinking, sounds like an oxymoron. These salmon recipes are completely mouth-watering and you won’t even feel one drop of Jewish guilt eating them! And if it’s a recipe I make, it 100% has to be easy. Like one bowl/pot/ pan easy. So rest assured these are all a breeze to throw together. You can see more delicious recipes and stunning pictures from Samantha Mattox by visiting passthechallah.com and @passthechallah

CREAMY SALMON TOMATO SOUP Serves: 4

This soup is hearty and comforting, while still fresh and healthy. Is that even possible? All the delicious creaminess comes from just 2 tablespoons of heavy cream! And the icing on the cake (too soon after Chanukah to talk about cake?) is that it is super simple to prepare. 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes 1 large onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons tomato paste 3 cups vegetarian chicken or vegetable broth 1 bay leaf 1 lb salmon fillet, cubed 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into small cubes Â˝ teaspoon salt â&#x2026;&#x203A; teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons lime juice 4 green onions, chopped (whites and greens) Hot Sauce (to taste) 2 tablespoons heavy cream 1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add diced onion and cook until soft

and slightly golden, around 5-7 minutes. 2. Clear a small hole in the center of the pan and add minced garlic. Cook the garlic in the center until fragrant, stirring constantly to avoid burning (about 30-60 seconds). 3. Add tomato paste and mix well to coat the onions and garlic. Add diced tomatoes (with the juice), broth, and bay leaf. Stir to combine and bring

to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes. 4. Add cubed salmon and potatoes. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 5. Add salt, pepper, lime juice, green onion, and a few splashes of hot sauce (to taste). Cook for 1 minute. Stir in heavy cream and adjust seasoning to taste. Garnish with additional green onion and serve. Enjoy! Bayis |

SHEET PAN SALMON AND VEGGIES Serves: 4-6

What is not to love about a healthy meal that only requires a sheet pan, a knife, a cutting board, and 20 minutes in the oven? It just doesn’t get any better than that. The classic flavors of perfectly seasoned salmon and vegetables really hit the spot after all the latkes and Chanukah feasting. It’s so easy and tasty, you’re going to want to make this recipe at least once a week. FOR THE VEGETABLES: 1 zucchini, chopped 2 small potatoes, sliced very thin 1 small sweet potato, sliced very thin ½ lb. fresh green beans, trimmed 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder ⅛ teaspoon onion powder ⅛ teaspoon pepper FOR THE SALMON: 1-2 lb. salmon fillet 1 teaspoon olive oil ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder ⅛ teaspoon onion powder ⅛ teaspoon pepper ⅛teaspoon mustard powder ½ teaspoon lemon juice Lemon slices, for serving 1. Preheat oven to 450oF. 2. Arrange chopped vegetables on a 12x17 inch cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion

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powder. (The amount of seasoning needed will vary based on the size and amount of the vegetables you use, so feel free to adjust the measurements or just eye-ball it). Toss to coat. Arrange in a single layer, leaving room for salmon fillet. 3. Place salmon fillet on cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder, and lemon juice. Rub to coat the salmon evenly. Again, amount of seasoning will vary based on the size of your salmon fillet. Roast in oven for 20-30 minutes, until salmon and veggies are cooked. 4. Serve with lemon slices to squeeze over the salmon (optional). Enjoy! Pro Tip: The secret to soft, succulent salmon is to not overcook it! Even one minute can make a difference in your salmon going from melt-in-your-mouth to dry and overly flakey. Start checking the doneness after 20 minutes and cook in 2 minute increments until the center has just switched from raw and dark pink to an opaque pink.

PESTO SALMON AND ASPARAGUS IN FOIL POUCH Serves: 4

Serving these salmon pouches is like serving personal presents! Unwrap them to release the most divine, luxurious smell from the pesto and freshly steamed veggies. And the salmon is perfectly poached. This is definitely a recipe to impress, but it’s also easy

enough for any night of the week. You won’t feel like you’re dieting with a dish this rich and flavorful. 4 6-ounce salmon fillets 1 ½ lb asparagus 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided Salt and pepper 4 tablespoons store-bought pesto 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved 1. Preheat oven to 400oF. 2. Cut 4 9x13 foil sheets and arrange side-by-side. Set aside. 3. Trim tough ends off the asparagus and cut each stalk in half length-wise. In a medium bowl, toss with 2 teaspoons olive oil, salt, and pepper. Divide among 4 foil sheets, arranging in the center of each sheet. 4. Lay salmon fillets over asparagus and spread each fillet with 1 tablespoon pesto. 5. Toss halved tomatoes with 1 teaspoon olive oil, salt, and pepper in the medium bowl. Arrange over salmon fillets. 6. To seal the pouch, fold the short ends of the foil in to almost the ends of the asparagus. Now bring the long ends toward each other to meet in the middle. Fold over to seal, continuing to make small folds down until the foil rests on top of the salmon. Fold the short ends in one more time to complete the pouch. Repeat with each pouch. 7. Place pouches on a cookie sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, until salmon is cooked through. Enjoy! *Some vegetables may be required to be checked for bugs, please consult your Rav.

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WHITE HOT CHOCOLATE

TURMERIC MILK

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Warm Winter Drinks

Here are two tasty winter drinks to keep you warm when you are cold and sick. And even if you aren’t cold or sick, these are delicious any time of the year.

WARM TURMERIC MILK

WHITE HOT CHOCOLATE

This warm drink features the perfect ingredient to have during the cold winter months, turmeric. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties and may also boost your mood. Perfect when the cold may get you down.

Nothing about this drink is especially good for you, but white hot chocolate is so good! It’ll warm you up and definitely make you happy. Who wouldn’t love a mug full of this!?

Yields: 2 servings

2 cups almond milk 1 teaspoon turmeric 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon maple syrup ½ teaspoon ground ginger 1. Warm the milk and spices in a saucepan, on a medium heat. 2. Whisk till it has reached a low simmer, being sure it does not boil. 3. Pour into a mug and enjoy! Tip: Whisking well will result in a frothy topping!

Yields: 2 servings

2 cups milk, divided ½ cup or 3.5 oz white chocolate, broken up 2 teaspoons cornstarch ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract, optional Whipped cream for topping, optional 1. In a saucepan, heat 1 ½ cups of milk on medium heat till it reaches a low simmer. 2. Add in the white chocolate and whisk. 3. Mix together the remaining ½ cup milk with cornstarch. Add to the saucepan. 4. Allow to thicken a bit and whisk. 5. Remove from heat and add in the vanilla extract. Add in peppermint extract for a peppermint white hot chocolate. Top with whipped cream to make it even more decadent!

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Tips for

Healthy Living

So Long Salt

How to reduce your salt intake

There are plenty of reasons why having too much salt in your diet isn’t good for you. The thing is, we have gotten accustomed to it and now our taste buds need the added salt to make our food taste good. Here are a few simple ways to limit your salt intake successfully.

SALT AFTER. Many times we put salt in a pot of soup before it is boiled and then after it has been cooked down it is too salty. That is because a lot of the water has been cooked out and the flavor has deepened. Instead salt the soup after it’s been cooked that way you only use the amount of salt needed to make the flavors pop.

USE LEMON INSTEAD. Since the sour and salty taste buds are close to each other, we can trick our tongue into thinking we are having salty when in fact it is sour. You can use much less salt in a recipe if you replace some of it with a bit of lemon zest or juice, or both. Give it a try!

A LITTLE AT A TIME. Lower the amount of salt you put in your recipes just a little at a time. Eventually you will get used to it, and when you do you won’t believe how salty foods were that you used to eat.

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Is Stress Making You Sick?

ou’ve probably heard it over and over: Stress raises the risk of disease. But how do you know if your stress is the disease-causing kind? It’s helpful to know some signs and about the adrenal stress test. Severe stress can either cause you to be fatigued all the time, wired all the time, or a mix of both. Or maybe stress manifests as sleep issues. It’s not uncommon for people to become so used to being stressed out they fail to realize it’s an issue. They have forgotten how not to feel stressed out. How to do a lab test for stress You can do an adrenal stress test to measure how well your body deals with stress using your saliva; it’s also called an adrenal salivary panel. Your adrenal glands are two small glands that sit atop each kidney that secrete stress hormones. To get the most from the adrenal stress test, do the test a second time after following a health protocol for four to six weeks. This shows you whether you’re on the right track with

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Symptoms of FatigueBased Stress • Fatigue • Slow to get going in the morning • Energy crash in the afternoon • Craving sweets, caffeine, or nicotine • Unstable behavior; moodiness

your healing approach. This is because stress in the body is always caused by more than just the stress that we perceive, for example low or high blood sugar, an infection, or autoimmune disease. The adrenal stress test also measures immune cells called total SIgA. This is a measure of how stress has impacted your immune system over time. If SIgA is low, it can mean you are more susceptible to food intolerances, infections, and weakened immunity. Measuring your sleep-wake cycle Another way to gauge stress with the adrenal stress test is to look at your sleep-wake cycle, or

• Shaky, light-headed, or irritable if meals are delayed • Inability to stay asleep • Dizziness when moving from sitting to standing • Symptoms of wired stress • Excess belly fat • Insulin resistance (high blood sugar) • Insomnia • Not feeling rested in the morning

circadian rhythm. Are you alert in the morning and sleepy at night? An abnormal circadian rhythm is one symptom of adrenal stress. Your primary stress hormone, cortisol, should be high in the morning and low at night on an adrenal stress test. Many people have a backwards rhythm causing fatigue in the morning and insomnia at night. Or, instead of a gradual decline of cortisol during the day, it may drop in the afternoon, causing an energy crash. One of the most common causes of chronic stress is a blood sugar imbalance Addressing high or low blood sugar are vital to addressing chronic stress.

Chapter 9 Chava arrives home from her Shabbos with Shoshana to find her mother furious. She forbids Chava to ever speak to Shoshana's mother, Tzippora, again. But Chava wonders how they knew each other...

riving back toward Shoshana’s house this time was completely different from the last time Chava had done it. Last Friday, she had been excited, happy, hopeful. Now she was jittery, her palms were sweating, Evie sitting next to her chattering endlessly about what they might find out. They had not had time to steal anything from Chava’s basement, because they didn’t want to see her mother again. Instead they had both snuck out the back door and bolted towards her car. Chava sincerely hoped her mother would let her back inside the house the next time she came home. Her mother had been very direct— she was never to see Tzippora Stein again. Never contact her, never speak to her. But this was exactly why Chava had to see her. Her parents had never put this much effort into anything before. The destroyed pictures, the hidden box, the hidden people—Chava needed to know why. Because, deep down, she knew it wasn’t just something in her parent’s past. It was in hers too. She was sure of it. “Chava, are you listening to me?” Chava kept her eyes on the road and shook her head. “Sorry,” she said. Evie sighed. “I’m just saying, think about all of the evidence.” “Evidence?”

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“It’s not just the box, it’s everything. I mean—even your name.” Chava blinked. Of course, her name had always been a source of confusion, consternation, doubt, and insecurity. It was only natural that it fit into the giant, blank puzzle her life had become in a series of a few short weeks. “I never asked what it meant.” “What?” “My name,” Chava said. “I

“Why don’t we start with how you know my mother?” She asked. was going to ask them what it meant, when I was at their house. ‘It’s a Hebrew name,’ they said, ‘it’s common.’ But I didn’t ask what it meant.” “Are you sure it means something?” Chava didn’t answer. She wasn’t sure her name meant anything, at least not in the way Evie was asking. She was sure, though, that the fact that her name was Chava meant something. To her, right now, driving back to a stranger’s house for the second time, it meant nearly everything. Pulling into Shoshana’s neighborhood, after knowing Shoshana’s mother, Tzippora,

Rabbi Dr. Yoseif Rabbi (Jeffrey) Daniel Glanz Glanz had called her mother—and knowing that they all knew some secret about Chava they weren’t telling her—was forbidding. Even driving down the street, she was reminded of how isolated she had felt, how singled-out and weird she had felt, being the only non-religious person at the table. She shook her head and slowed her car next to the curb. “What’s wrong?” Evie asked. “I just—I don’t know,” Chava said. Evie placed her hand on Chava’s elbow. “Don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. And if it’s not okay, at least I’m here.” Chava nodded. “Okay,” she said. She pressed on the gas and drove into Shoshana’s driveway. “Let’s do it.” “We got this,” Evie said. They both exited the car. Chava’s heart was in her throat and she could barely keep her vision focused on the door. Her ears were ringing. Would this moment bring her truth? Or was she about to start on another wild goose chase, on another endless journey of lies and secrets? Chava stood frozen at the door. After a moment, Evie knocked. Chava launched her hand out and grabbed her hand. “No! No, let’s go, let’s go, we’re making a mistake…” “Ava, it’s fine—” Chava tried to drag her away from the door but Evie stayed put. “Come on,” Chava said. She felt tears begin to gather in her eyes. “Come on, please, let’s go—” The door opened.

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Tzippora Stein stared at them. Chava stared back, her fingers shaking. Evie stuck out her hand. “I’m Evie,” She said. Tzippora nodded. She looked at the two of them, and Chava was suddenly conscious of the fact that they were both dressed in pants and t-shirts. “Well,” Tzippora said, “come in, then.” Chava and Evie stood in the center of the hall, and Tzippora closed the door behind them. “I shouldn’t be so surprised that you’re here,” she said. Evie began to speak first, “We want to know what’s going on.” Tzippora looked at her for a long time. “Are you related?” She asked. “Evie is my friend,” Chava said, staring at the floor, before Evie could answer. Tzippora sighed. “Sit,” she said. She pointed to the couch where Chava had sat with Shoshana on Shabbos. “Sit.” Chava and Evie sat together on one couch. Tzippora sat in a chair beside them. “I made it very clear to your mother that I did not encourage you to come here,” Tzippora said. Chava put her face in her hands. “Why don’t we start with how you know my mother?” She asked through her fingers. There was silence. Chava peeked through her fingers and saw that Tzippora was looking down at her chair, picking at a

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random thread. “Well?” Chava asked. Tzippora looked away from them. “I don’t know her,” she said. Evie snorted. “You obviously do. You called her.” “I don’t know her,” Tzippora said again. Chava couldn’t stop a tear from falling down her cheek. “Why does everyone keep lying to me?” She whispered. She didn’t direct her question at anyone in particular. Evie threw her arm across Chava’s shoulders. “Can’t you see what you’re doing to her?” Evie said. “I haven’t done anything,” Tzippora said. “Then what’s going on?” Chava couldn’t count the number of times she had thought or spoken those words since her high school graduation. She wished she had never found that accursed picture. Her tears began to flow freely. “I told you that you wouldn’t find answers here,” Tzippora said. “I don’t know why you came back.” Chava stood, the force of her movement throwing Evie’s arm off her shoulders. “Where should I go?” Chava asked, tossing her arms out in front of her. “Where? Who will tell me?” “It’s not my place,” Tzippora said. “So, you do know something,” Evie said. She stood as well. Chava wished she could draw support from Evie standing

beside her, but she felt alone, confused, and tricked. Tzippora lifted her eyes to the two of them. “I’m not trying to hurt you,” Tzippora said. “But I don’t think I can help you. I’m sorry.” “Who is Esther Borden?” Evie asked. “Is she a cousin? Who is she?” Tzippora shook her head. She picked at the thread again. “Esther Borden is gone.” “Gone?” Chava asked. She felt a pang in her chest, for someone she had never known, for a name she had first heard a week ago. Whoever Esther Borden was, she had felt like a lead. And now she was just another dead end. “How did she die?” Evie asked. “In the car crash,” Tzippora said. Chava felt like she was hearing this all from very far away. A car crash. What car crash? When? Why were her parents so uptight, so unwilling to share anything with her? Why didn’t she know about any of this? “I’m sorry,” Evie said. Chava looked up at out of her reverie, and saw that Tzippora had gone very pale. “Did you know her very well?” Tzippora took a deep breath. “It doesn’t matter now,” she said. She looked at Chava, and there were tears in her eyes. “You can’t ever have her back.” “Who?” Chava asked. “Your mother.” Evie looked quickly between

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the two of them, and Chava stared, her vision beginning to tunnel and blood beginning to rush past her ears. Tzippora had gone another shade paler, her eyes wide. “What do you mean?” Evie’s voice bordered on a shriek. “What do you mean, her mother? What do you mean?” “My mother’s name… isn’t Esther,” Chava said, but her words sounded very far away. “My… mother’s… name is Emily.” “I didn’t mean to say that,” Tzippora said. “You said it already,” Evie said. Tzippora sighed. “I’ve said too much.” “You can’t stop there!” Chava nearly fell to the ground, she wanted so badly to beg for someone to just tell her the truth. “Please, please don’t!” Tzippora’s tears matched Chava’s. “Listen to me, Chava.” Tzippora stood, and took Chava’s face into her hands. She stared into her eyes. “Listen shefe’le, I know this is hard for you. I know it’s scary. But there are only pain and tears this way. Go back to what you had before all of this. Don’t go down this road.” Chava blinked. She was sure she hadn’t ever heard the word shefe’le before, sure she had no idea what it meant. But she suddenly had a very clear, very vivid memory of being held by another woman, a woman with brown hair, who was holding

her face, kissing her cheek, and whispering, “Shefe’le.” Chava took a step back. She shook her head to clear it, but the image faded away slowly. The first thought that came into her mind was that her mother was blond. “We should go,” Chava said. Tzippora wiped a tear from her cheek and nodded. “I’ll walk you out,” she said. Evie followed behind, silent. When they reached the threshold, Chava turned back. “Thank you,” she said. She didn’t know exactly what she was thanking her for, but it seemed necessary. Tzippora nodded again, and closed the door. Chava stood, staring at the wood for a moment. “Ava?” Evie said. “I think—” Chava paused, her mouth not working. She closed her eyes and tried again. “I think I was adopted.” Evie and Chava sat on a bench in the park that Chava had walked in when she had first visited this town. They got take out sandwiches and were slowly working through them. “I never would have thought this was possible,” Evie said. “Neither would I,” Chava said. She took a bite of her sandwich. She felt weak, both physically and emotionally. She had no more tears, no ability to shout and fight. She had no desire to confront her parents about this. And—were they even her

parents? The thought made her feel numb. “But your birth certificate—” “Could have been changed,” Chava said. “You know that. You know adoptive parents can change the names on a birth certificate.” Evie pulled Chava’s head until it was resting on her shoulder. “I’m sorry, Ava,” she said. “What does this mean, though? What does this mean for me, now?” “I don’t know,” Evie said. “You’ll have to talk to them.” “I can’t, Evie. I can’t. I can’t even think about it.” They were silent for a while, and Chava closed her eyes, her head resting comfortably on Evie’s shoulder, the sound of light wind and chirping birds floating past her ears. Evie shifted suddenly, and Chava lifted her head, her eyelids heavy. “What is it?” “Ava—” “What?” Evie’s eyes were huge. “You don’t have to go back, if you don’t want to.” “What do you mean?” Evie grabbed her hands. “You can come with me, to Europe.” Chava’s mouth fell open. “But you’ve already made all the plans,” she said. “So? We’ll buy your ticket tonight. Who is going to stop us?” A hint of a smile began in the corner of Chava’s lips, and they

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put their heads together and began to plan. On the ride back from the town, Evie was making phone calls. Chava drove with the windows open, feeling the wind blow through her hair, finally feeling free. She didn’t know why her parents had been silent about her adoption, or why she had been put up for adoption, or what had happened to her adopted parents. But she did know that she finally had at least one answer. “Okay,” Evie said. She hung up the phone. “We’re good to drive north tonight. My sister said we could stay with her. Then we just have to buy your ticket.” “Leaving in a week for Italy,” Chava said. “Sounds kind of crazy, doesn’t it?” “Who cares? This is your time, Ava. You have to make the most of it.” Chava nodded. They reviewed their plan to sneak back into Chava’s house late that night and find her passport and some clothes. Anything else she needed, she could get from Evie, since they were the same size. “I still wonder if she was a cousin,” Evie said. “Who?” “Esther Borden.” Chava sighed. Hearing the name made her feel cold inside. Esther Borden. The woman who was her mother. The woman

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Tzippora Stein cried over. “Because she has your last name. Maybe she was a cousin, and your parents took you in? That still makes them family, Ava.” “Let’s not talk about it now,” Chava said. She flexed her fingers. She didn’t want to think about whether or not they were family. Chava and Evie arrived at Chava’s house that night, after midnight, dressed in black like regular burglars, sneaking into the backdoor silently, trying not to giggle from the absurdity. They split up, Evie running upstairs to pack some clothes, and Chava heading to the basement where her father kept family documents, to find her passport. Being in the house again, knowing she was not part of this family in the way she had always imagined, was surreal. She ran her fingers along the edges of empty picture frames, understanding in a new way why they had always remained empty. She searched through an old desk before locating her passport, and then stood in the middle of the basement, looking around. Would she ever come back to this house? Would her parents— Emily and Jonathan, she thought to herself—welcome her back, after she did this?

After all, had they not given her a life? A good life as well, even if they had kept their secrets? Was it right for her to do this to them without so much as a goodbye? Chava turned in circles, her mind racing, before her gaze fell on the door that had started it all. She walked towards it, feeling an inevitable pull towards the mysteries it concealed. She wrenched open the door and plunged her hands back into the box, feeling the silk of the wedding dress flowing through her fingers. More secrets she didn’t understand, she thought. The fact that she was adopted was just one piece of the puzzle. There was still the dress, the hat, and the note to Yaakov. Chava pulled it out again and studied it. In a burst of pain and confusion, she threw the note back into the box. Was Yaakov her father? And if he was, why was the note written in her mother’s handwriting? “Ava?” Chava spun. Evie was standing at the top of the stairs. She held up a bag. “I’ve got your clothes,” Evie said. Chava looked through the open door to the closet, and then back at Evie. She closed her eyes. It was now or never. “Let’s go,” she said. to be continued...

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Sheitels

heitels. Women lo ve sheitel s . Well, they love to hate sheitels. Apparently it’s very hot under there. I’ve never worn a toupee, but I guess I could imagine it’s pretty uncomfortable. But honestly, I think the distress level is taken way out of proportion. Every man has heard at least once (usually on a sweltering summer day), “You try having this thing on your head for five minutes!” But does the average woman realize how many layers a man wears to daven? We have our undershirt, tzitzis, shirt, jacket and a tallis! And for those who wear a black hat, they know exactly how it feels to wear that in the middle of August! Seriously, what happened to those nice, gray, straw looking hats they wore in Europe. Why all of a sudden when we moved

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out of Eastern Europe, where the average temperature was minus ten, did we decide to put on a heat attracting velvet black hat? But no one has it as bad as Chassidim. Poor guys. I bet that fur hat was really helpful in Siberia, but just doesn’t cut it in Bnei Brak. Also, I’m a little weirded out by the whole sheitel thing. How is it possible to keep hair alive for that long? How many chemicals did they put on that thing so it wouldn’t decompose? Did they learn how to do that from the mummying process in Egypt? You have all these women who only eat healthy; whole wheat bread, organic chickens, fruit… and then they put this chemical ridden object on their head. All this I can get over, the occasional complaint, the destruction of the ozone layer by the chemicals, but there’s one thing I just can’t stand. The price. How could old hair

cost so much money? Do barber shops realize the gold mine they’re sitting on? Can I sell my 3-year-old’s upsherin hair? (Hey he’s blonde, that’s worth good money.) Seriously, thousands and thousands of dollars for hair? I think the sheitel machers are geniuses, they probably started selling them for fifty bucks at first, but then after the chemicals seeped into their brains three thousand dollars for hair started to make a lot of sense. But really I’m just being bitter, it’s actually a wonderful and beautiful thing that in our generation so many women have taken on this important mitzvah. Also, I’m hoping I win the Bayis sheitel giveaway, because I’ve probably forwarded their link to over three million people. (Hey non-Jews can appreciate a good Jewish recipe too.) And if the sheitel is free I’ll probably be a lot more open to hear the complaining of how hot it is under there.

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