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The Shmuz on the Parsha

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

The Nishomah and the Ape

Parshas Yisro “Yisro, the minister of Midian, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard everything that HASHEM did for Moshe and Yisrael, His nation — that HASHEM had taken Yisrael out of Mitzraim.” — Shemos 18:1 The Ramban explains that one time in the course of history, HASHEM demonstrated that He alone created, maintains and orchestrates all of physicality. When taking the Klal Yisrael of out Mitzrayim, He showed the world His might and control over every facet of nature.

The Torah tells us that Yisro heard about the wonders that HASHEM had brought, and he joined the Jewish people.

Rashi explains that while Yisro heard about all of the miracles, the two that actually moved him were the splitting of the sea and the war with Amalek. The others were impressive, but these alone actually affected him.

This Rashi is difficult to understand.

How can those two events even be mentioned in the same breath? Kriyas Yam Suf was the greatest miracle ever revealed to man. The war with Amalek may have been a miracle, but it was nowhere near as stupendous. At the time of the battle, we numbered six hundred thousand men between twenty and sixty years of age.

The Jews weren’t soldiers — they were born slaves — but they were armed and fighting for their lives. Many a small band of people fighting for their existence

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has beaten powerful armies. Of all the miracles, why should this be part of what moved Yisro?

Understanding free will The answer to this question is based on understanding one of the most difficult dilemmas in Creation: free will. To give man credit for making himself into what he is, HASHEM gave him the ability to choose good or bad, right or wrong. By making the difficult choices presented to him, he is considered the one who shaped himself and forever, he can enjoy the rewards of his labor.

However, here is the problem: Man has wisdom that is greater than the Molochim. Man understands that he was put into this world for a few short years, given a mission to accomplish, and when he leaves this thing we call life, forever he will be exactly what he shaped himself into. Every mitzvah is designed to help him grow, and every sin damages him. The stakes are very high, the risks and rewards are great — and he understands that.

He is fully aware that who he will be for eternity is in his hands.

If so, how does man have free will?

How is it possible that he would choose anything other than following every nuance of every commandment exactly as his Creator said he should? In theory, he would have free will. In theory, he can choose poorly. But never would because it would be self-destructive. How then does man have free will in any practical way?

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Blurring the consciousness of man To allow for practical free will, HASHEM added another dimension to man to blur his consciousness.

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You grab him by the arm and say, “Shmeil! What are you doing?”

“Whad am I doinnn? I’m playing, playing with the pretty cars.”

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“Yeah. I know. Isn’t that fun? Smack, Crack. Break my back. Hee, hee, hee.”

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What you are watching is a great disconnect. Part of Shmeil gets it. He understands that playing in traffic is dangerous, but in his current state, the danger doesn’t register; he can’t see the consequences. His normally sharp intellect is dulled, and he is capable of making choices that are quite unwise.

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The Nishomah and the ape In a similar sense, HASHEM blurred our understanding, not by making us drunk, but by putting us into a body. This body isn’t simply a physical entity; it has its own desires, hungers, and appetites — all of the drives and instincts needed to keep it alive.

By taking the brilliant part of man and inserting into this physical entity, HASHEM has effectively blurred our vision. The “I” who thinks and feels now has another dimension. Part brilliant and wise, part just instincts and appetites, the darkness of physicality blinds my mind from seeing consequences and truth.

Now man has free will. Now man can just as easily choose good as bad because his inner sight, his wisdom, is blurred. Much like the drunk yeshiva bochur, he can’t see the consequences and doesn’t relate to the danger.

The physical part of us affects every decision that we make.

As an example, imagine for a moment that Eliyahu Ha’Navi said to you: The Klal Yisrael has sinned, and some retribution must be made. Either you will break your arm, and for six months you will be in pain, or an earthquake will strike Yerushalayim, and a hundred thousand Jews will die. It’s your choice.

Of course you scream out, “Break my arm, in three places! Go ahead!” And while that may be what you say, it is important to recognize that there were two voices in your mind. Part of you said, “Of course, I would rather suffer than have that calamity occur,” but another part of you said, “What? Break my arm? I need my arm! You can’t break it. What do I care if other people die?”

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In fact, it can’t care about anyone else. It was created to care for you and you alone. It is incapable of feeling the pain of anyone else, and it doesn’t even know about a place as far away as Yerushalayim, wherever that may be.

Who’s in charge here?

This concept is essential for making sense of sense of our lives. As but one example of many, it helps us understand how we can daven with real kavannah, fully relating to the fact that HASHEM controls everything in our lives, and then thirty minutes later leave to work, and poof! — HASHEM is gone. I am back in charge; my wisdom, my skills are what determine my success. Part of me gets it, and part of me doesn’t. Part of me understands that HASHEM is always present, and part of me walks completely alone.

This seems to be the answer to Yisro. He saw two miracles.

One was very lofty, a G-d like miracle, and the other was very mundane, something that spoke directly to his Nefesh Ha’Bahami, his animal soul. When he heard about the splitting of the sea, that is G-d type of stuff. Hurricanes, typhoons, droughts — those are the things that G-d controls. But this was war, and war is here and now. War is very concrete. There was a part of him that very powerfully moved by the danger, the realness of the moment. “Wow, G-d saved you from that!” Even though the war with Amalek paled in comparison to the splitting of the sea, it spoke directly to the animal soul of Yisro, and he was moved.

By being aware of our inner makeup and understanding the different forces that play out in our personality, we are able to become wise to ourselves and better accomplish our mission in life. The key is to allow that wise part of me, the brilliant Nishomah, to control my physical side so I can reach the greatness that all human are destined for.

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The Giving Tree:

A Tu B’Shvat Insight

by Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale

The holiday of trees celebrates the essence of life and Creation: giving.

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ccording to Jewish tradition, Tu B’Shvat is the New Year for Trees. There was a practical reason for trees to have their own designated New Year. As my esteemed colleague, Rabbi Kalman Packouz writes in his weekly Shabbat Shalom: In the times of the Temple in Jerusalem, it was used for calculating the tithing year for the fruits of trees. The Talmud tells us that trees stop absorbing water from the ground and instead draw nourishment from their sap on this date. How do we celebrate Tu B’Shvat?

We eat fruit -- especially the fruits for which the Torah praises the Land of Israel: “A land of wheat and barley and vines (grapes) and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey ... and you shall eat and be satisfied, and bless the Lord your Hashem for the good land which He has given you” (Deut. 8:8-10).

Trees played a central role in Creation from the very beginning according to the Torah. The story of Creation names the Tree of Life as an integral part of the Garden of Eden along with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve’s downfall came from partaking of the one tree they were supposed to keep away from. They were subsequently booted from the Garden of Paradise - a place defined by trees.

It is no accident that trees have a central role in this seminal episode of history, for if there is anything that defines the very purpose of Creation, it would be trees. One of the most basic lessons in Hashem’s creation of the world is that it was an act of total giving on Hashem’s part since an Infinite Being has no needs. Hashem didn’t create the world because He was bored or wanted some puny humans to praise Him. If the universe were to revert back to nothingness the way it was before Creation, Hashem would still be the same. He does not lack anything, being Infinite, Whole and Perfect. Hence, Creation was a one-way street of giving by Hashem to us. This is what the

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Talmud means when it declares, “The world is built on kindness.”

Giving defines Creation more than anything else, and Trees define giving more than anything else.

As children we may have been exposed to this idea from the beautiful and moving book, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The book follows the lives of a boy and his apple tree. In his childhood, the boy enjoys playing with the tree, climbing her trunk, swinging from her branches, and eating her apples. However, as the boy grows older and his interests mature, he spends less time with the tree and tends to visit her only when he needs something from her at various stages of his life. In an effort to make the boy happy at each of these periods, the tree gives him parts of herself, which he can transform into material things.

She provides apples that he can sell so he can make money as a young man. She provides her branches that he can build into a house when he is older and needs to provide for a family. She tells him to cut her trunk to make a boat when he hits middle-age and wishes to escape. With every act of giving, “the Tree was happy”. However after this she does not see the boy for many years until he finally reappears as an elderly, tired old man. By that time the tree no longer has anything to give, for all that remains is her stump. But the boy states that all he wants is “a quiet place to sit and rest.” That is one thing the tree

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can still give, and so the boy sits quietly down on her stump, and in that simple moment, both were happy.

Giving and taking define who we are more than anything else. Giving and taking are essential to developing any relationship with another, but we always need to find the proper balance between the two. On the one hand we cannot just be a taker and thereby not develop any independence for ourselves. On the other hand, by giving too much away and of ourselves we may lose the very definition of who and what we are, as the sad tree did in the story.

So it is noteworthy that the reason the Talmud gives Tu B’Shvat as the date designated as the New Year for Trees is that trees stop absorbing water from the ground and instead draw nourishment from their sap. In essence on Tu B’Shvat, trees become self-sufficient so to speak and no longer depend on the soil.

They have spent the necessary time taking and are now at a stage where they are sufficiently able to develop fruit to give. And this is what they do until there is no more, and they are left alone and can then repeat it all over again next

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Rescuing Israel’s Wasted Food

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How a NYC lawyer moved to Israel and left his hi-tech job to start Leket, Israel’s leading food rescue organization.

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Gitler grew up in Washington Heights, NJ in a middle class Jewish family who moved to Teaneck when he was 15.

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and working in Manhattan for three years, he decided it was time to pull the rug on his life in America and move to Israel.

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At age 25, he and his wife moved to Raanana, a leafy town, 20 kilometers north of Tel Aviv where Joseph worked for a successful software company.

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a news item that changed his life. Israel’s National Insurance Agency announced that despite an upturn in the economy, tens of thousands of Israelis were living below the poverty line. Joseph and his family were living a comfortable life but the harsh reality of the report stuck in his Joseph’s mind.

“We would go to weddings and celebrations of friends and see how much food was being thrown away,” he recalls.

couldn’t be happier to help. “They were just delighted not to be throwing so much away. In fact, everyone we approached was happy to help, both those giving the food, and those receiving it even if it meant opening up in the early hours or giving us keys to their premises. Everyone just said yes.”

Soon enough Gitler was delivering to homeless centers, shelters for battered women and homes for disabled children.

“It was something people always spoke about at events and restaurants. ‘They are wasting so much food!’ people would say.

The waste really bothered me and I started thinking about connecting the dots.”

Gitler didn’t just settle on buying an extra recycling garbage can; he quit his well-paying job to schlep excess food from wedding halls and restaurants to the homeless shelters of Raanana.

“I had the luxury of having a few months savings, my wife and I worked out we could give it a go for three months and see what would happen.”

The budget the charities were saving on food costs enabled them to allocate more funds to their other core activities.

His first midnight raid

Joseph’s first hit was a local wedding hall called Eden on the Water. Armed with some plastic tupperware, he headed to the event around midnight as they were packing up.

He tiptoed around caterers reassuring them that he wouldn’t get under their feet, but to his surprise he found the caterer

them, “Most of the students are not able to receive an adequate lunch from home.

Bringing them together to eat a filling and nutritious meals changes the whole atmosphere at the school, it brings a calm and a feeling of equality.”

With the support of private donors and some government support, Leket now works in every major city in Israel with tens of thousands of volunteers and 15 refrigerated trucks its operations are increasing at pace. Much of its work is on farms, with Leket teams picking and collecting leftover fruits and vegetables that would have gone to waste. They recently picked up 500 tons of excess potatoes a farmer was struggling to sell.

At every major junction Joseph says he has felt many miracles at hand. “We had a voice message from a Mr. Cohen who said he had been supporting us to the tune of $20,000 for the last few years and wanted to increase his support. We looked through our records and saw there was no record of such a supporter.

When we called him and politely let him know he had confused us with another charity he asked about our work, and a month later we received a check for $500,000.”

“I think most people look at problems that have been around for a long time, and say, ‘if no-one’s done anything about it by now, it probably can’t be solved.’ That didn’t stop me from trying. And there is still so much more to do.”

Echoes of a biblical mitzvah

As the quantities outgrew the capacity of his garage, Joseph found premises, received dozens of calls from volunteers answering his call asking for help and the organization Leket was born.

The name belongs to a mitzvah in the Torah originally intended for farmers stipulating that when ears of corn fell to the ground during reaping, they were not to be picked up, but rather left for the poor. It was one of a set of Torah laws relating to farmers, the gatekeepers of the economy, to look after the hungry.

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Tu B’shvat Poem By: Chanie Liker

A tiny seed rots deep below the dark brown soil.

It stays there for months without any hope of salvation.

One would assume that it is buried and dead forever.

But we as Jews know to never despair.

Although there are challenging times of suffering and pain Where no end in sight seems to prevail, Hashem, our father, heralds and proclaims that ‫ עד כאן‬. , We’ve reached the grand finale.

It was only there in the cold, gloomy absence of light Where it was capable of absorbing the water and minerals That were essential to its future growth of a magnificent flower.

So too, with Klal Yisrael, only through the difficult Nisyonos Granted to us by Hakadosh Baruch Hu can we grow And reach higher levels in our Ruchniyus.

Magically, the Spring arrives and a stem with a bud Pushes its way into the sunlight, Past the muddy tunnel of darkness, Abandoning its previous decayed life.

As each bright day progresses, It develops beautiful delicate petals, layer upon layer.

A big colorful flower emerges with a scented aroma.

We have lived in Galus for so long and beseech the Ribono Shel Olam To redeem us as a Klal Biachdus that endured so much suffering ‫עד כאן‬.

May the grand finale arrive soon with the coming of Moshiach, As a garden in full bloom with all its flowers together Biachdus, In a gorgeous display of a multitude of breathtaking scent and color.

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Celebrate with these incredibly tasty dishes .Tu B’Shvat is the New Year for

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Chicken with Roasted Figs and Dates Chicken with Roasted Figs and DatesServes 4, can be doubled 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon cornstarch ¼ cup honey 1 chicken, cut in 1/8’s 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided ¾ teaspoon black pepper, divided 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 large shallots, sliced 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano or 2 teaspoons dried oregano 10 figs, stems trimmed, halved 1 cup pitted dates Preheat oven to 400°F. In a small bowl, whisk ¼ cup water, vinegar, and cornstarch. Whisk in honey and set aside. Sprinkle chicken on both sides with ¾ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.

In a large sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat.

Brown chicken, skin side down for about 6 minutes. Turn over and brown on the other side for 3 more minutes. Transfer chicken to plate and set aside.

Discard all but 2 tablespoons fat from the pan and return it to moderate heat. Add shallots and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 more minute. Add cornstarch mixture, oregano, and remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper. Cook until mixture bubbles, about 2 minutes and is slightly thickened. Return chicken to pan, skin side up and add figs and dates to pan.

Roast in the oven for 15 minutes, until figs are soft and chicken is cooked through.

Serve chicken with sauce, figs and a sprinkle of fresh oregano or parsley.

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Wine Braised Lamb Stew with Dried Fruit and Olives Wine Braised Lamb Stew with Dried Fruit and OlivesServes 6, doubles well 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 pounds lamb stew meat Kosher Salt Freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon ground coriander 8 garlic cloves, halved 10 thyme sprigs, plus more for garnish 1 cup bold red wine, such as Zinfandel 1/2 cup dried cherries (3 ounces) or other dried fruit like apples, chopped 1/2 cup dried apricots (3 ounces), quartered 2 cups beef broth or chicken broth ½ cup pitted olives Couscous or barley for serving

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In a Dutch oven, heat the olive oil. Season the lamb with salt and pepper and rub them all over with the coriander. Add the lamb to the skillet along with the garlic cloves and 10 thyme sprigs and cook over high heat, turning once, until the lamb is browned and the garlic cloves are browned in spots, about 6 minutes.

Add the red wine, dried cherries and dried apricots to the skillet and bring to a boil. Cook over moderate heat until the wine is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the beef broth and bring to a boil. Cover partially and simmer over moderately low heat until the lamb is tender and the sauce is thick and glossy, about 50 - 60 minutes; stir once or twice during cooking. Discard the thyme sprigs before serving. Sprinkle with olives. Serve over couscous.

This can be made a day ahead of time. Skim fat and rewarm before serving.

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Couscous with Lemon and Golden Raisins Couscous with Lemon and Golden RaisinsCan be made with Israeli couscous or barley. After pan is covered, reduce heat to simmer and cook until liquid is absorbed.

Serves 6 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 3/4 cup water 1-1/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth 1 (10-oz) box couscous (1 1/2 cups) ½ cup golden raisins 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

Zest from 1 lemon 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste Âź cup toasted nuts, optional Cook onion in 1 tablespoon oil in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds. Add water and broth and bring to a boil.

Stir in couscous and raisins, then cover and remove from heat. Let couscous stand, covered, 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and stir in parsley, lemon zest and lemon juice. Add remaining tablespoon oil and nuts, and salt and pepper to taste.

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Almond Poundcake with Dried Fruit Compote Almond Poundcake with Dried Fruit CompoteMakes 3 loaf cakes, Serves 30 4 cups cake flour 1 ¾ teaspoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon regular salt 4 sticks (2 cups) unsalted butter or margarine, room temperature 3 cups superfine sugar * 8 eggs ¾ cup whole milk or non-dairy creamer or soymilk for low-fat version 2 teaspoons almond extract ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

add the sugar on low speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Increase the speed to medium and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended and scraping the bowl throughout the process.

In a small bowl, mix the milk/creamer, almond extract, and vanilla together. Reduce the speed of the mixer to low and alternately add the flour mixture wand the milk mixture to the creamed butter/margarine mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until blended; do not over mix.

Divide the batter equally among the prepared pans and bake until a tester is clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool about 10 minutes.

Take out of pans and cool completely.

Serve poundcake with dried fruit compote, recipe follows.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 3 loaf pans with parchment paper and lightly grease with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.

To make superfine sugar, if you cannot find it at your local market: 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons of white sugar in the food processor for 30 seconds. This gives you one cup of superfine sugar

In a mixer, beat butter/margarine until light and fluffy and then

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An Open Letter to Jewish Singles

by David Shlomo Greenberg

Instead of being supported and encouraged, so many Jewish singles are made to feel excluded and unworthy.

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ased on my own personal experiences and my interactions with others, being an 'older' Jewish single is somewhat of a challenge these days.

What does this do to the selfconfidence of those of us who find ourselves in the dating game for an extended period of time? Do we start to doubt ourselves? Do we forget who we really are and what we have to offer the world irrespective of whether the time has come yet or not?

One of our biggest strengths in the Jewish world is the importance that is placed on family. This extends from the most religious to the more traditional Jewish families, Sephardim to Ashkenazim, Chasiddim to Litvaks alike and it has played a big part in keeping our people together.

With the large emphasis placed on family, naturally that focus shifts to marriage and building a home for all Jewish eligible singles out there.

This is a beautiful thing and something we should and do pride ourselves on.

Like most things in life, there is often a side that people often miss. Not because they don't care but because they have limited vision and cannot always understand things from another's perspective.

The importance of building a home can lead to an immense pressure to get married at a certain age and once 'that

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age' has passed, that pressure can increase drastically. We've all heard, either directly or indirectly, Nu mein kind, it’s time to get a move on!

Some people have the good fortune of finding their match very early on in life while others have to stick it out that much longer. That's the way it has been and the way it still is today.

One of the saddest and probably most unnecessary realities faced today is that rather than being supported, uplifted and encouraged, so many Jewish singles are made to feel unworthy, excluded and at times, as much as it pains me to say it, frankly not good enough.

Being inspired by Rabbi Paysach Krohn, I decided to try my luck at being an 'impromptu shadchan' , a matchmaker.

Rabbi Krohn has made it clear that everyone has a responsibility of looking out for those looking for their match and should write up key cards with all the names of singles one knows and see if one can match some of them up.

I started going through my list and after a number of hours had probably close to 100 names jotted down.

One thing struck me...the names on this list were singles that most men or women respectively would only dream of finding. I'm talking some of the most wonderful, put together, genuinely good human beings with absolute nothing 'wrong' or 'different' about them. It just happens to be that their time had just not come yet.

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A friend of mine recently told me that he is feeling more and more defined as the guy who is pushing 30 and is still not married in his more religious community.

He told me that he feels people define him not for who he is but for who he is with or for that matter, whether he is with anyone at all.

And that’s a real shame. He is intelligent, committed to his Judaism, has a wonderful sense of humor and many other qualities that define him. Not the fact that he is still on the market. Why should Jewish singles be defined more by their success on the dating scene than on their inherent beauty and inner qualities?

To all Jewish singles, my message to you is this: You are strong, beautiful, kind, loyal, compassionate, loving, caring, talented and so much more. Just remember that no matter how long it takes (Please Hashem, it should be soon!), no matter how many years you have been looking and no matter how many dates and relationships have come and gone... you remain a beautiful soul worthy of love and respect.

And to all who know someone in the dating scene (which is most of us): remember to reinforce those beautiful attributes you see in those around you and don’t define others by their stations in life.

Secondly, I urge everyone to take up Rabbi Krohn's suggestion to take responsibility in making matches and help those looking for their soul mate.

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Illustrated by Chana Eisenstein With Hashem’s help, I will succeed in healing the child with this leaf.

Unbelievable!

This idea didn’t occur to me…

What are you doing?

Soon thereafter…

I see the story with you is not as simple as it appears… Please share with me who you are and why you came to me.

My name is Moshe and I am a Jew. I wanted to learn the medical profession, but all doctors refused to accept me, leaving me no choice but to disguise myself.

Now your child will have a complete recovery! I will have to discover from where my helper learned such a marvelous idea.

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Illustrated by Chana Eisenstein Based on what I’ve seen of your wisdom with the leaf, I understand that I have nothing left to teach you.

You have already become a more skilled doctor than me.

Start your own practice and good luck!

After this story, the Rambam began his own practice. His name spread far and wide as a highly competent doctor.

Let’s return to the palace…

That day…

Do you bear any news from the city?

It’s already several months since the doctor died from the poison experiment. The king is again completely dependent on the Rambam.

What do you say, Reb Moshe?

Yesterday I paid a visit to a new doctor here in the city, Doctor Elbai. He is a great doctor, greater even than Reb Moshe. He can heal every type of disease!

Hashem granted wisdom to people to be able to heal the sick. It isn’t something for one to boast about.

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Doctor Elbai can even heal a person who was born blind! He can create eyesight!

According to my knowledge, it is impossible to heal a person who’s blind from birth.

We can prove it! Let’s bring a person who is blind from birth and if Doctor Elbai is able to heal him, it will prove that he is the greater doctor, and he will become the king’s personal physician!

Good idea! Tomorrow afternoon we shall try it out!

If he will succeed in achieving this, I will appoint him as my personal physician, instead of Reb Moshe.

The next day…

Meet Doctor Elbai! The supreme doctor!

Forgive me, but I am certain that he is a fraud. There’s absolutely no way for a doctor to accomplish this.

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You will learn something new today!

Illustrated by Chana Eisenstein He is the poor blind person. He was born blind and Doctor Elbai will presently heal him!

And I repeat my claim. That is impossible!

I feel sorry for you, but it’s impossible to accomplish this.

What is your name?

Abdul.

Were you born blind?

Yes, and I hope Doctor Elbai will succeed in healing me.

It’s sharp, but it’s worth it…

I can see! I can see! I see the palace! I see the sky! I see the honorable king! Thank you, Doctor Elbai, for saving my life!

To be continued...

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