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Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

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Shavuos A Craving to See HASHEM And HASHEM said to Moshe, “Descend, warn the people, lest they break through to HASHEM to see, and a multitude of them will fall.’” – Shemos 19:21

The moment in history The entire nation – every man, woman and child – was gathered at the foot of Har Sinai for what was to be the greatest revelation in the annals of history.

HASHEM’s voice was about to be heard.

In addition to the transmission of the Torah, the event would forever carve into human awareness the understanding that HASHEM is the Creator. Never before or since has a generation reached that level of understanding. Chazal say that the heavens and earth were opened to the Jewish people, and everyone there reached the level of prophecy.

However, there were limitations; the people could only go so far. There is only so much that a human can withstand and not go into sensory overload. Therefore, HASHEM told Moshe, “Warn them that whoever will touch the mountain will die.” Moshe was to ascend alone. The rest

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of the nation had to remain below.

Yet directly before the receiving of the Torah, HASHEM told Moshe to go down and warn the people a second time not to go up the mountain. Rashi explains why HASHEM repeated the warning: “Because of their deep desire to see HASHEM, they might ascend the mountain.” Even though they were warned previously, and even though they knew that going up would spell their death, they might still go up because of a powerful craving to be close to HASHEM.

They were already warned This Rashi seems difficult to understand.

If HASHEM told them not go up, and it was explained that the penalty for doing so would be death, wouldn’t that be enough to stop them from violating HASHEM’s command?

What makes this question particularly troubling is that this generation understood the gravity of their actions.

They lived through the makkos and then kriyas Yam Suf. They saw the glory and power of HASHEM. At that moment, they were privy to a level of understanding that

few humans have ever achieved, which means that they not only understood that HASHEM didn’t want them going up to the actual mountain, they also understood that if they did, they would surely die.

Breaking into Fort Knox As a parallel, imagine we were to meet a man with an extraordinary desire for money. Nothing stops him. He’ll steal, cheat, lie, swindle — anything to make his fortune. But even he won’t be tempted to break into Fort Knox. The armed guards standing there with their machine guns poised are so threatening, and the danger is so real, that despite his great desire for money, the certainty of his death would prevent him from even thinking of breaking in.

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based on a fundamental understanding of man.

To make man, HASHEM took opposites entities and molded them into one. Within me is a part with deep-set needs to do that which is noble and proper — and within me is a part that just doesn’t care. The part of me that only wants that which is good is made up of pure intelligence — sechel. The part of me that doesn’t care about anything other than my own needs is made up of base instincts and desires — the Nefesh Ha’Bahami.

My sechel clearly recognizes HASHEM as the source of everything and only wishes to be close to my Creator. It actually hungers to be close to HASHEM and pulls me that way. My Nefesh Ha’Bahami can’t recognize or understand anything other than drives and desires, hungers and appetites. It can’t see HASHEM, nor does it care to.

The reason that I have such conflicting desires, interests, goals, and passions is that these two parts of me, these complete opposites, are each battling for primacy over me. So I deeply crave being close to HASHEM and I also just don’t care. Same me, just different elements coming to the surface.

Taivah to be close to HASHEM The Mesillos Yesharim explains that by nature, I would be pulled towards HASHEM like a piece of iron is to a magnet. It is the layers and layers of physicality that block the pull. He writes that my sole focus in life should be to break through those layers of physicality until I am again drawn after HASHEM like iron to a magnet.

The role of mitzvos The reason that we find serving HASHEM difficult, and the reason we find experiencing HASHEM’s presence elusive, is because of the layers and layers of desires, instincts, and passions that cover up and block our nishoma’s receptivity. It’s almost like putting a fine radio receiver into a concrete bomb shelter. The radio waves are in the air, but the tons of concrete will block them.

The way that a person increases his spiritual receptivity is by keeping and learning the Torah, the ultimate system of self-perfection. All of the mitzvos strengthen my nishoma and help to break the hold the Nefesh Ha’Bahami has over me. The more a person is involved in learning Torah and doing mitzvos, the stronger the nishoma becomes, and the easier it is for him to experience HASHEM.

The Klal Yisroel had a taivah to be close to HASHEM The answer to the question on Rashi seems to be that when the Jewish people were standing at the base of Har Sinai, they reached unprecedented levels of spirituality. Their outside casing had very little influence on them. Their pure nishomas came to the fore. In that state, man is irresistibly drawn to his Creator — pulled, mesmerized. Consequences don’t matter; results are irrelevant. The human needs to be close to HASHEM. HASHEM was warning Moshe of the inherent danger. Since they were going to see HASHEM so clearly, they would also feel an almost unstoppable urge for

closeness to Him. That pull could be so strong that some individuals might go beyond the limit. Even though they were aware of the risk to their lives, it wouldn’t stop them because of their insatiable desire to be close to HASHEM. And so, HASHEM told Moshe, “Warn them again.”

In our world – learning to experience HASHEM There is a very real lesson for us in this.

From time to time, we may find it difficult to daven properly, or it may be hard to feel the spirituality of Shabbos. These difficulties are the natural consequence of our physical side. If we aren’t constantly learning and growing in ruchniyus, the physical part of us will become stronger, making it ever more difficult to experience HASHEM’s presence.

However, we are also pure sechel.

There is a part of each of us that deeply craves speaking to our Creator. There is a component in us that hungers for spiritual growth. By learning Torah and doing mitzvos with fervor and energy, I bring that part to the fore until it becomes stronger, and my physical side becomes weaker. That is how I grow. But not only do I grow, I grow in my desire to be more spiritual, to learn more, to daven with more kavanah. It begins an upward spiral.

By putting this process into practice, a person can continue to grow throughout life, reaching higher levels and thereby fulfilling the reason he was put on this planet — to perfect himself and to enjoy that level of perfection for eternity.

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deepest respect and dignity. Not all his clientele were paying customers, though. An old homeless man who had undergone the horrors of the Holocaust and had lost his faculties would frequent the restaurant for a free meal on a regular basis. When he sat down at a table, other diners would move away hastily, as the stench was unbearable.

This poor soul was welcomed into the restaurant repeatedly, and instead of beckoning to a waiter, each time he came in Daddy would take the time to serve him a full meal personally. After all, why should a hard working waiter bear the burden of serving this man when there was no tip involved? And although my father probably lost a great deal of business from paying customers who would frequently leave the restaurant, repulsed by the odor, the old man was never turned away.

My father had infinite patience. I remember one Friday afternoon in particular.

As usual, Daddy was behind the counter assisting a line of customers. The line was moving swiftly until one specific customer.

“How can I help you?”

“I’d like a nice large slice of potato kugel.”

“How big, about this size?” asked my father, gesturing with his knife to a slice of about three inches.

“No, a little bit smaller,” the customer replied.

“Okay, this big?”

“No, a little big smaller.

“This big?”

“No, a bit smaller than that.”

By this time the other people on line were fidgeting impatiently.

“Nu, get a piece already,” a lady muttered, rolling her eyes.

Finally, a tiny little sliver of potato kugel was cut. My father never lost his equanimity, though. He dealt with the

customer as if he was placing a $500.00 order.

Standing on his feet for hours at a time took a terrible toll on Daddy’s legs, and he developed horrific varicose veins and thrombosis. But he never complained, and continued to work on his feet until the day the restaurant closed down.

Only once did I ever see my mild mannered, unassuming father get upset. One day, a young tough with long dreadlocks entered the restaurant and avariciously eyed the chain of hefty pushkas lined up on the counter. He stared at my father. My father stared at him. With one swift yank, the hoodlum pulled out the chain of pushkas. My father was a gentle soul, but this was intolerable. People placed their hard earned coins into these pushkas. No punk was going to steal money that rightfully belonged to various yeshivos! As the hoodlum turned to dash out of the store, Daddy grabbed on to the trailing chain with all his might. The thug was much younger, but my father was tenacious. The outcome, of course, was inevitable. Daddy was dragged down the street for a few moments, tightly gripping the chain. Eventually the chain snapped, and the hoodlum raced away. Bleeding and badly bruised, Daddy limped back to the store without the pushkas. Due to his poor blood circulation and terrible veins, it took weeks until his battered legs healed properly.

All that happened many years ago. My parents eventually retired and moved to Yerushalayim, where for nearly twenty years, my mother enthusiastically filled up her numerous pushkas, while Daddy merited carrying their valuable contents to their rightful locations. Daddy died shortly before his 90th birthday due to complications of his poor leg circulation. He was the gentlest, kindest man I ever knew. But I’ll never forget the day he fought like a lion in defense of his precious pushkas.

L’iluy Nishmas Avraham Ben Zvi

WITH ONE SWIFT YANK, THE HOODLUM PULLED OUT THE CHAIN OF PUSHKAS. MY FATHER WAS A GENTLE SOUL, BUT THIS WAS INTOLERABLE.

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DEATH ON THE

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A personal look at the “Cap Arcona” bombing which left thousands of Holocaust survivors dead at the hands of the British.

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n May 3, 1945, thousands of prisoners were loaded onto ships in Lübeck Bay, off the northern coast of Germany. They had endured years of Nazi brutality and were within hours of Allied liberation and the end of a seemingly endless hell. Before that hour could arrive, more than 7,000 would be dead in one of the greatest maritime disasters of World War II. My grandfather was there.

I’ve always known my

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grandfather’s story. I can’t remember a particular time when he first sat me down and recounted it from beginning to end. So it’s as if I was born with a vague understanding of what happened, and the rest of my life was for filling in the details. I’m constantly filling in the details. And I’ll always be thankful for a grandfather who’s willing to let me.

In 1941, at 15, Henry Bawnik was rounded up with others on the streets of the Lodz ghetto.

He would be leaving his family and the one place he knew. Scared and anxious, he looked around the group of unfortunate Jews. Through the panicked men and their barking tormentors, he saw David, an older neighborhood friend he’d always looked up to. David was the one familiar face in the newly assembled group. Thank G-d for David, my grandfather thought.

David was beaten to death within hours. This was an unfamiliar world, and it wouldn’t be a kind one.

From his year in the Lodz ghetto and some four years in the camps, there are countless stories. They are painted with senseless violence and inconceivable brutality. They are the kind that come from any victim who bears witness to the madness of men and lives with the burden and courage to speak about it.

But the most prominent theme in all my grandfather’s accounts isn’t murder and destruction; it is hashgacha pratis. And never was hashgacha more imminent than that afternoon on the Baltic 65 years ago.

In January 1945, as the Allies drew closer, my grandfather left Fürstengrube, a subcamp of Auschwitz, for Gleiwitz. It was the first leg of a death march north, continuously missing liberation by days, and sometimes by hours. In Gleiwitz, they boarded cattle cars.

With the lack of food, space, and sanitation, the cars became boxes for the rotting corpses of starved and diseased prisoners. My grandfather and others began using these corpses as furniture – a couch, a mattress. Death

had been a daily occurrence. It wasn’t a tragedy, but an accepted inevitability.

One day he too would be a couch or a mattress, and that was justification enough.

After 10 days in the cattle cars, they arrived at Dora-Mittelbau. Each living prisoner dragged a dead body to a growing pile of skeletons. The indistinguishable men and women, with sunken cheeks and hollowed eyes, were thrown upon each other, a tangled mountain of death. The bodies were burned that night.

In April, the Allies again drew closer, and once again my grandfather was forced to flee an approaching liberation. The Germans were running out of land. Soon there would be repercussions, and a light would shine on years of horror. They were not prepared for that, so they continued to march.

Max Schmidt, a young SS officer and camp commander, loaded my grandfather and the 540 other prisoners onto barges to transport them up the Elbe River. With no camps left, he would take them to his

family’s estate in Ahrensbök, Germany.

The area of northern Germany was becoming livelier. British bombers filled the sky as the prisoners lined up to be counted. Schmidt leaned back with his hands on his hips, slowly dipping his head to the sky. “Ich sehe schwarz,” he quietly said. “I see black.”

But even Schmidt could not foresee the darkness to come.

The night of May 2, the prisoners were awakened from their sleep to march once again. It wouldn’t be a long march; just to the coast. They’d finally run out of land. My grandfather and the 500 others were marching to the sea.

When they reached Neustadt, the Cap Arcona sat idle, three kilometers off the sandy beaches of the harbor.

The water was filled with U-boats, barges, and ships. The prisoners boarded a group of smaller boats waiting to take them to the Cap Arcona. They filed on in reverse alphabetical order, starting with “Z.” In its prime, the Cap Arcona was a beautiful ship, making voyages from South America to Germany for the

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rich and famous. Coincidentally enough, it was used in a Joseph Goebbels propaganda film based on the Titanic, where the German protagonist prophetically warns of imminent danger ahead – proving his superior intellect.

Now, the motor was completely shot. The ship served as a floating cell for the tortured. There was no more land for their labors, no more camps for their deaths. They were left to the sea, and a ship just fit to stay afloat.

The small rafts, loaded with prisoners, inched toward the 213meter cruise liner. My grandfather wondered where they’d be going.

Another camp, he supposed. It had always been that way. Wake up, move, and work to live one more day. But of course, even that was not certain. The only thing he did know was that the

BRITISH TYPHOONS WERE ROARING THROUGH THE SKY, BLASTING EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH.

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Nazis weren’t going to tell him much, and if they did, it meant nothing.

When the rafts got to the base of the Cap Arcona, the captain yelled down that no more prisoners would fit. They’d been loading the ship for more than a week. In the hull, thousands were packed like sardines – no windows, no air, just the swaying motion against the swell of the Baltic.

The SS officer told the captain that loading the prisoners was an order, not an option. My grandfather was in one of the last groups to climb on board.

He stood in the back of the boat, with hundreds of other striped prisoners roaming the deck. Below them were levels of cramped men and women, leaning on each other, fighting for air, fighting for everything. Their decrepit bodies filled the once extravagant banquet halls and living quarters.

Henry wasn’t there more than two hours before the bombing started.

British Typhoons were roaring through the sky, blasting everything in their path. It was a show, an extravagant display of power and force, fire and destruction. They’d hit the U-boats. My grandfather had a front-row seat, the air shaking from the blasts and the cold water of the Baltic exploding with each hit. The prisoners on deck were cheering.

The pilots were ordered to bomb everything in their path, and they’d been doing so with precision and effectiveness.

At 2:30 p.m., however, their paths crossed with the Cap Arcona. The first Typhoon flew overhead, only about 1,000 feet up. As it dove for the great ship, the bomb ripped the far end of the deck open. Men and women fell to the floor as the flames erupted.

Prisoners screamed as the scene turned to utter chaos. They tried to put the flames out, but the fire hoses were cut.

Soon came more Typhoons and more

direct hits.

My grandfather looked down at the smoking floor. Screams of death and pain permeated the air. The stairwell from below, where thousands were being asphyxiated, reached the deck through a small door. People were fighting for fresh air, clawing to escape the coffin of smoke. Most were quickly consumed by the flames. He looked at the SS guard still on board.

He was lost, the tormentor becoming the tortured. Two Russian POWs quickly tossed the guard overboard.

Prisoners began taking their clothing off. They’d risk the 3-km. swim to shore. Most who tried were paralyzed by the 45ºF water. But those strong enough to bear the temperature would be gunned down

by SS, Hitler Youth, naval personnel, and townspeople, all of whom were firing their guns from the sandy beaches of Neustadt. My grandfather couldn’t swim, but he took his clothes off anyway.

Suddenly, the ship began to tilt on its side. Hundreds of men and women fell overboard. My grandfather ran to the high side of the ship and grabbed a rope. He looked down at the approaching water. He watched as the men and women sank into the sea – 200, 100, 50 left treading water.

The approaching water was clear.

Henry could see the prisoners descending to darkness, their bodies slowly fading out of sight.

It wouldn’t be long until he reached the water and the same fate. He wasn’t scared. This was it. Fighting for each day for the last five years…it would all end in a minute or two. The exhaustion would be over; the struggle would finally end.

The ship was almost completely capsized, the hull sticking up to the sky. My grandfather hit the cold water, the rope no longer serving its purpose.

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As he prepared for the inevitable, a voice rang through the air: “Henry, Henry!” Like an angel from heaven, it was Peter Abramowitz, one of his closest friends from the camps. He was walking along the bottom of the ship,

had a chance to reflect. But with the German’s short and unexpected answer, he knew that’s what he had – time to reflect. And maybe he could fathom, for a moment, just how vulnerable his life had been.

message on. It was an oversight that led to the sinking of the Thielbek, the Deutschland, and the Cap Arcona.

And with those three ships, more than 7,000 prisoners would lose their lives, never knowing just how close they came to liberation.

Benjamin Jacobs, a prisoner whose story is almost identical to my grandfather’s, wrote the most comprehensive account of the Cap Arcona, The 100-Year Secret. Within that book, he writes, “Those who perished were not just prisoners. They were tough, tenacious, unrelenting fighters, with hearts stubborn enough to survive all the Nazis had cast upon them. And yet, they died on the very doorstep of freedom.”

Sixty-five years later, the British government has never made any public reference to the event, denying the dead the recognition they deserve. The files were sealed until 100 years after the disaster, and so information that would bring the tragedy to the public eye is inaccessible until 2045.

By then, all survivors and many of their children will be gone. And with their passing, a chest of personal memories, of when their friends died on the last page of the long and tragic epic, will be gone too.

The onus will then be on us to tell their stories. We’ll tell about the “tough, tenacious, unrelenting fighters” who lost their lives at a time when the world went mad. And to prove we’ve learned since then, we’ll show that a human life should never go unrecognized and their deaths should never be forgotten. This is my grandfather’s story, and it is theirs as well. We should strive to make it ours.

THE BOMB RIPPED THE FAR END OF THE DECK OPEN. Bombing of the Cap Arcona

his clothing still on. He leaned over the side. “I’ll bring you up,” he said.

Peter carried my grandfather on his back, the base of the ship too hot for bare skin. They walked to the partially submerged section, finally able to sit down. They looked around and counted: only 300 people left. In a matter of hours, their friends, who had been in the camps with them for at least three years, were at the bottom of the Baltic.

On shore, the British had already seized control. They sent out Germans from the U-boat school to pick up the 350 survivors of the 4,500 on board. Three small tug boats pulled up to the Cap Arcona. “What camp are we going to now?” My grandfather instinctively asked.

“No camp,” the German replied.

“The war is over.”

When telling this story, my grandfather always cries after uttering the German’s reply. Growing up, I assumed they were tears of happiness; after all, he was liberated. But they’re not. They’re very different tears, ones that I’ll never truly understand.

Through his entire struggle, he never

When the survivors returned to shore, many of them unclothed, they fell into line like they had always done. The British officer was dumbfounded by the scene. “Where are your clothes?” he asked. They had none, hadn’t for years. So my grandfather, a free man, walked to an adjacent factory that had been abandoned in all the chaos. The only thing he could find was a green dress and a leather apron. It would have to do. And, still friends, he and Peter simply left. But that day would never be forgotten.

The frequent question is why the British would bomb the Cap Arcona and the two other civilian ships.

The answer is that the Allies were concerned that high-ranking SS officers were making an escape to Norway. The pilots were not aware of the ship’s true passengers. Ordered to bomb everything in their path, the British Typhoons would make an escape impossible.

However, it has been documented that the British were informed of the ship’s cargo the previous day, but RAF personnel never passed the

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Shavuot is the holiday when we traditionally serve dairy at one meal. Variety is the spice of life, what can be better than a selection of cheesecakes to enhance your dessert table with something for every taste. Cheese and fruit pair well in these delicious choices and add a summer taste for a spectacular end to your meal. Impress your guests with this dazzling array of cheesecakes to suit every palate. You might even want to keep these recipes for your summer Sholosh seudos.

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Zesty Summer Cheese Pie Take a bite of this lemony, Zesty Summer Cheese Pie that gets its smooth, light texture from whipped cottage cheese and added taste from its cherry and nut topping! Simple and delicious!

Ingredients 1 (16-ounce) container low-fat cottage cheese 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp lemon zest 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 (9-inch) graham cracker pie crust 3 Tbs cherry pie filling 1 Tbs blanched almonds, chopped Directions 1.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. 2.

In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, combine cottage cheese, sugar, lemon zest, eggs, and vanilla. Pour the mixture into the pie crust.

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Bake 7 minutes; reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. and bake the pie an additional 55 to 65 minutes, until the center is set.

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Remove from the oven and let cool. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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When ready to serve, spread cherry pie filling over the top, then sprinkle with the chopped almonds.

Preparation 20 minutes Serves 8

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Lemon Blueberry Cheese Bars Ingredients Butter, for greasing 2 Tbs sugar ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon 9 graham crackers ½ stick unsalted butter, melted For the filling 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature 3 eggs 2 lemons, zested and juiced 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries Powdered sugar, for dusting DIRECTIONS For the base Place parchment paper in a 9 by 13-inch baking pan pressing down at the corners. In a food processor, process the sugar, cinnamon and graham crackers until you have the texture of bread crumbs. Add the melted butter and pulse a couple of times to fully incorporate. Pour into the lined baking pan and gently

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pat down with the base of a glass. Bake in the oven for 12 minutes until golden. When done set aside to cool.

For the filling Preheat oven to 300ºF. In a mixer beat cream cheese until fluffy, add eggs one at the time until well mixed , put in lemon zest, lemon juice and sugar to the mixer and mix until well combined. It should have a smooth consistency. Pour onto the cooled base and then cover with blueberries.

They will sink slightly but should still be half exposed -- as the cake bakes they will sink a little more and break down.

Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until the center only slightly jiggles. Remove from the oven and cool completely before refrigerating for at least 3 hours.

Once set, remove from pan using the parchment lining and slice into 10 rectangular bars. Dust with powdered sugar.

Preparation 15 minutes Makes 10 bars

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Original Rum Cheesecake This delicious and easy cheesecake is a great ending for this festive meal.

Ingredients (crust) 1 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumb 1/4 cup melted butter 2 Tbs granulated sugar Ingredients for cake 3 packages brick-style cream cheese softened 4 eggs 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 1 Tbs vanilla 2 Tbs rum extract Ingredients for topping 1 cup whipping cream 2 Tbs sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Sprinkling of cinnamon or nutmeg Directions for crust Preheat oven to 350 F. Process crumbs and melted butter and sugar till crumbly. Firmly press into a 9 inch spring form cake pan. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until lightly golden. Allow to cool completely. Reduce oven heat to 325F. Line the inside of a spring form pan with parchment

paper strip. Set the pan on a large piece of heavy duty foil and wrap the sides then place in a deep roasting pan.

Proceed to prepare the cheesecake batter.

Beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in sugar, nutmeg or cinnamon and salt until fluffy Add eggs one at the time and beat well after each addition. Blend in the rum extract and vanilla combining well.

Pour water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of the spring form pan. Bake until set but not dry in center, about 60 minutes Turn off the heat and leave cake inside oven for one hour.

Remove from oven and remove pan from the water.

Allow to cool completely and remove from spring form transferring to a platter before serving.

Topping Beat whipping cream with sugar and vanilla until stiff. Use it to decorate the top of the cake and then sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg.

Tips This cheesecake freezes well in its spring form pan, covered with aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 2 weeks.

Feel free to decorate the topping with cherry pie filling or fresh strawberries for a different look

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Vanilla Blueberry Cupcakes Kids love these finger food cupcakes they are easy to serve and taste delicious.

INGREDIENTS 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar ¼ tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder ¾ cup cream cheese 3 egg whites well beaten 3 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup plain Greek yogurt ½ cup milk 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries Vanilla Icing ½ cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar 2 Tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract

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DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350ºF. Beat eggs whites until soft peaks form. Add butter, yogurt and milk and mix on very slow speed just until smooth. Do not over mix.

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and baking powder in a large mixing bowl add to egg white mixture.

Fill the cupcake liners a little bit more than halfway.

Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Allow them to to cool.

Vanilla Icing Mix icing ingredients until smooth then put it into a piping bag.

Top your cupcakes with the desired amount of icing and enjoy!

Preparation 15 minutes Serves 12

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Classic Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry shortcake is a crowd-pleaser & this recipe is much easier to make than it appears. Try out this delicious classic today! If need be, prepare all components the day before and assemble just before serving.

INGREDIENTS Filling 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 packages (16 ounces each) fresh or frozen strawberries, 2 cups heavy cream or sour cream 1 tsp vanilla extract Shortcakes 10 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces plus more for oiling pans.

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 Tbs baking powder 1 Tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 3/4 cups heavy cream/or sour cream Directions Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously butter 3 (8-inch) round pie cake pans. Set aside.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in bowl of a food processor or large bowl. Add butter and pulse in food processor or cut in with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually add heavy

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cream/sour cream and pulse in food processor. Add dry ingredients to wet ones in food processor and pulse until just moistened (do not over mix). Knead a few more minutes until a smooth dough forms. Sprinkle with flour for easy handling.

Divide dough into 3 equal portions and with hands, press each piece of dough into a prepared cake pie pan, spreading to edges and making as smooth as possible.

Bake about 25 minutes or until top is golden. Let cool 5 minutes in pans on wire rack.

Directions for Filling Combine heavy cream and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on high until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar while beating until stiff peaks form.

Keep refrigerated until ready to use Assembly To serve, place first cake layer on serving plate and top with about 1/3 quartered strawberries in a single layer. Top with about 1/3 whipped cream and spread until even. Top with second cake layer and repeat with 1/3 quartered strawberries and 1/3 whipped cream. Top with final cake layer and spread remaining whipped cream in an even layer, leaving about 1-inch border around. Top with remaining quartered strawberries in a mound. Serve immediately.

Note Feel free to substitute your favorite summer fruit such as 4 cups of sliced fresh peaches/ kiwis/ tangerines for the strawberries in this scrumptious shortcake.

Preparation time 30 minutes Serves 8

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