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Anger An angry person makes the people around him miserable, particularly his/her own family. People lose respect for an angry person even if he is a Torah scholar and does Mitzvos; people will not respect him and do not learn from him.

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Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron

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No Time To weep So, if we are convinced that we have done our absolute best for the other person and have still failed to bring about a satisfactory resolution, the only thing we can do is shed a tear.

For Crying Out Loud There was so much excitement that an actual news crew came to film the wedding. The footage would be incorporated as part of the pre-feature newsreels shown at American movie theatres across the Atlantic!

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Words Like Arrows The allegory is understandable. Prayer surely surpasses the pen in its might over the sword. And some prayers, like a sword, are strong and sweeping and affect all those they strike. Others, like an arrow, reach one specific point from a far distance Parshas Vayeichi Rabbi Mordechai Kaminetzky

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Is It Okay to Hate?

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s a psychologist, I know that hatred often wastes energy. Yet, hate seems very appropriate sometimes. Whenever I hear the name of Hitler, I immediately respond with the Hebrew, “Yimach Shmo,” “May his name be wiped out.” I feel similar sentiments for Yasser Arafat (Yimach Shmo).

Ahmadinajab (Yimach Shmo). Haman HaRasha (Yimach Shmo). And there have been others throughout history who have sought to destroy the Jewish community or Israel. May all their memories be wiped out.

There appears to be one more person who should be added to this list, if the accusations against him are proved in court. Bernard Madoff may belong on this list of infamy, if the stories are true.

According to news accounts, Yeshiva University lost over $110 million through investments with Madoff.

Hadassah lost tens of millions which will hurt the famed Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. A number of philanthropies dedicated to serving the Jewish community and needy both here in the U.S. and in Israel have folded up shop as a result of losses through investments with Madoff. Thousands in Israel will go hungry with the demise of the charities that supported them. Madoff literally took the food off the tables of the hungry, at least that‘s what the newspapers tell us..

Unlike Hitler or Ahmadinajab Bernard Madoff appeared to harm the Jewish community from within. He got himself elected to various Boards of Directors. He even served as the Treasurer of Yeshiva University, the same institution which allegedly lost so much money through investing with Madoff.

According to investor accounts as to what happened, organizations and other potential investors actually competed to get “accepted” by Madoff. This was the greatest (pardon the expression) “good old boy network” ever seen in the Jewish community.

Bernie Madoff reportedly was only too willing to welcome to his investment fund those who clamored to be included. I don’t know what’s worse: Madoff reportedly working so hard to gain the trust of the community to only then destroy so many’s dreams and futures, or Madoff appearing to allow all funds to disappear without one word of warning to those who trusted him.

But this article is ultimately not about Madoff. It is about the culture that perpetuates the Madoffs of the world.

There is an entire culture that has developed over recent decades where the Jewish community seems more concerned with the promotion of the community’s “beautiful people” than with the promotion of serving the needs of the people. Entire publications are mailed by Jewish charitable agencies throughout the year with no other purpose than to show pictures of the Jewish “nobility” of Los Angeles at special events. The articles in these colorful magazines do not even describe the causes promoted through the events. The causes are insignificant in this new culture. Only the pictures of the “high and mighty” who attend are important.

The seeming effort is to attract new donors to the Jewish community by striving to get more individuals and couples to want to be on the community A-list. Tikun Olam or perfecting the world does not matter. An event for Cedars-Sinai is pictured in the exact same way as an event for American Jewish University. In fact, for the most part, the people in the pictures seem the same. You can’t tell the people or the events apart. Self-promotion appears a much higher goal of these active individuals than the backing of any cause.

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I’m not naïve. I know that it is easier to raise $100,000 by getting 10 donors of $10,000 than to get 1000 donors of 100 each. But $100 donors can be educated to give $200 and later $500 or $1000. There are no mailings from the Federation educating on how to give or regarding the causes to give to, only slick page after page of colored pictures of the select few.

It’s not just the self-promotional pictures or the seeming attempt to anoint a nobility of L.A. Unfortunately, budgetary decisions are rooted in the “good old boy network” as well.

A number of years back, a few of those pictured in the glossy event pictures approached the Federation and Community Foundation to establish a new type of community high school for their teens. The Community gave a million dollars to this effort. At about the same time, another group sought to establish a new school in a more remote part of the Federation area. This group had the students and the teachers, but needed a boost in money to start. This school formed by a group of average parents was told there was a Bureau of Jewish Education rule that a school must be established for three years before they can receive community money. One school gets a million, the other gets the cold shoulder. It’s not the merit of your program, but who you know.

It unfortunately was the desire to be included among the elite that seemed to drive Federation and Community Foundation leaders to investing with Madoff. The list of Madoff investors was the ultimate A-list. The organizations that honor glossy photos of the rich and famous fell for the chance to say they made it to Madoff ’s list. There was no due diligence regarding the investing of community money. It was who they knew, not which investment would be best in the long run for the community. They were blindsided by the chance to be part Madoff ’s group of those “who truly made it.”

Those who caused our community to lose tens of millions should seriously consider resigning their positions. They violated community trust. And for what? For nothing better than a temporary feeling that they had made it on to Madoff ’s list. They never researched where the money was going. Would the money be safe? Madoff ’s list turned out to be the ultimate list of true losers. These misguided “leaders” seemed to act for their own personal gain, that they had reached the pinnacle of acceptance, forgetting the good of the community. If not legally, certainly ethically those empowered by the community needed to invest in less risky ways. It was not their money, but money put in their trust. They misused the public trust.

We need to change the entire culture. We need to eliminate the culture that promotes individuals rather than the community at large. We need leaders who put the welfare of the community first.

I seem on the verge of hating all those who went against the interests of the larger community and contributed to the community losing so much money through Madoff. It takes so much effort to raise millions. So much good could have come from that money lost in this scam. That money is lost now forever. But, I am hopeful that we can work together to change this culture which brought us these losses. Sometimes, it takes some event so terrible that attitudes and ways can be changed. It seems quite possible that good can come from this bad.

It is not too much to ask that those who lead our community act in ethical and moral ways. We have seen too many Jewish economic leaders end up in jail. It is clearly time that we see the emergence of a leadership in our Jewish community that shares a more noble purpose, working for the good of the entire community. We need to see the end of the Jewish community’s “old boy’s network.” • Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Encino, California.

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Train Yourself Not To Get Angry

By Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron

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here are good middos (character traits), there are bad middos, and there are really bad middos. One of the worst ones is anger.

The Rambam says that in general we should follow a moderate path of conduct. Not so with anger. Anger is such a destructive characteristic that we should avoid it entirely even if sorely provoked.

Angry people get into fights. Anger leads to arguments and hatred of others.

The Chazal had some strong things to say about anger. Here are some of them:

• Whoever gets angry is considered as if he worshiped idols.

• If a wise person gets angry, he loses his wisdom.

• An angry person has a miserable life.

• An angry person cannot teach properly.

• Do not get angry and you will not sin.

• Hashem loves a person who doesn’t get angry.

• Since an angry person is an unhappy person he/she is unable to deal properly with adversity and accept Hashem’s will. Of course, an angry person does not serve Hashem as one should: with joy.

How does a person stop him/herself from becoming angry?

Just knowing how Chazal condemnS anger can help a person control himself. Also, if one really does feel enraged, just don’t express it. Remain silent. If you must talk, force yourself to speak quietly and politely. Do not raise your voice. You’ll probably find that the anger itself soon subsides.

Most important of all, as a religious Jew, you should believe that whatever happens to you is Hashem’s will.

That doesn’t mean that a person who insults you or hurts you is justified in doing so. That person is wrong and is going against Torah and Hashem’s will. On the other hand, you, who are on the receiving end, were meant to receive that particular pain. If you accept it as Hashem’s will, you will not be angry at the person who wronged you.

• An angry person makes the people around him miserable, particularly his/her own family. People lose respect for an angry person even if he is a Torah scholar and does Mitzvos; people will not respect him and do not learn from him.

By the way, how can the person who hurt you be wrong and yet the pain you suffered be right? Because if Hashem wants you, for whatever reason, to suffer some pain, He has many ways to bring it to you. He could have found other ways to make it happen! The person who exercised his free will to hurt you was absolutely wrong to do that. But since everything that happens is Hashem’s will including the pain that you suffered, then you won’t be angry at that person because you were supposed to suffer that hurt.

• We know how valuable it is to have a friend point out our mistakes so we can correct them. We need the input of others. An angry person doesn’t receive that precious input because people are afraid to criticize him/her. Nor does an angry person yield to truth when confronted by it.

Another way of controlling anger is realizing that the person who is hurting you doesn’t understand you properly and sees things very differently than you do. Again, this does not excuse that person’s conduct, but it does mitigate it.

• When a person gets angry, he tends to do things that he would never do otherwise. So the consequences of anger reach quite far.

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Of course, it is difficult for an angry person to offer helpful criticism to others because people only hear something if it’s said gently and lovingly. People tend to ignore criticism when it’s said in anger.

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We should live our lives positively, filled with energy, enthusiasm, and joy.

Being filled with anger truly diverts us from living life at its best. We owe it to Hashem, we owe it to our friends, and we owe it to ourselves not to let anger diminish our lives.

“Banish anger from your heart; pluck sorrow out of your flesh.” (Koheles 6:1) Here’s a story about not getting angry: THE TEST OF THE TZADDIK REB MICHEL The Tzaddik Reb Michel of Zlotchov and his wife were very poor. They struggled to feed and clothe their children. There was one object that Reb Michel owned which was of great value: a very special pair of tefillin he had inherited from his father. He could have sold the tefillin for a small fortune, but he refused to part with them.

One year there was no esrog to be found in the whole city.

On Erev Succos a man arrived with an esrog. He was willing to sell it but only for an exorbitant price.

Reb Michal sold his precious tefillin and bought the esrog.

When Reb Michal’s wife heard what he had done, she was furious. “How many times did I beg you to sell the tefillin to provide food and necessities for the family, and now you sell it for an esrog?!” She got angrier and angrier as she shouted. Finally she gripped the esrog and bit off the pittum (the top of the esrog), rendering the esrog pasul.

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The tefillin were gone. Now the esrog was gone. But Reb Michel said nothing. He did not get angry at his wife. He merely said, “Hashem, if you don’t want me to have an esrog, I accept your will.”

That night Reb Michal had a dream in which his father appeared to him. His father said, “Your selling the tefillin for the mitzvah of the esrog was greatly appreciated in Heaven. But your not getting angry at your wife was appreciated much, much more. It was the greater mitzvah by far.” • From Shoshanim, the Magazine for Jewish Teenage Girls Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron is a Rav and Maggid Shiur in Los Angeles and the associate editor of Shoshanim.

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he wisest of men said there is a time to weep, which implies that there will be occasions when weeping is inappropriate. Though King Solomon's exact words were there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, obviously there are times when other responses are called for. Clearly, life is not simply about crying or laughing.

This week's parshah relates the story of Joseph's dramatic reunion with his brothers. Though he embraces them all, he reserves his deepest emotions for his only full brother, Benjamin. Joseph was separated from his brothers when Benjamin was a mere child, and Benjamin was the only one who was not involved in the plot against Joseph.

Theirs was, therefore, an exceptional embrace: And he (Joseph) fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and cried, and Benjamin cried on his neck (Genesis 45:14).

Rashi, quoting the Talmud, explains that for both brothers, their cries were, beyond the powerful feelings of the moment, nothing short of prophetic. Joseph wept over the two Temples of Jerusalem, destined for destruction, which were in the land apportioned to the tribe of Benjamin. And Benjamin cried over the Sanctuary at Shilo, located in the land apportioned to the tribe of Joseph, which would also be destroyed.

The question is why: are they each crying over the other's churban (destruction)? Why do they not cry over their own destructions?

The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that when it comes to someone else's problem, we may be able to help but we cannot solve other people's problems. Even good friends can only do so much. We can offer generous assistance, support and the best advice in the world, but the rest is up to him or her. No matter how strenuous our efforts, there can be no guarantee that they will be successful. As hard as we may try to help, the individual alone holds the key to sort out his or her own situation.

No Time to Weep So, if we are convinced that we have done our absolute best for the other person and have still failed to bring about a satisfactory resolution, the only thing we can do is shed a tear. We can pray for them, we can be sympathetic. Beyond that, there is really nothing else we can do. When we have tried and failed, all we can do is cry.

But when it comes to our own problems and challenges, our own churban, there we dare not settle for a good cry. We cannot afford the luxury of giving up and weeping. If it is our problem, then it is our duty to confront it again and again until we make it right. For others we can cry; but for ourselves we must act.

Sixty years ago, the great spiritual leaders of Europe were counting their losses -- in the millions! The great Chassidic courts of Poland, the prestigious yeshivas of Lithuania, were all destroyed by the Nazi hordes. What did these righteous people do? Did they sit down and cry? Of course there were tears and mourning and indescribable grief, but the emphasis quickly shifted to rebuilding. And today, thank G-d, those same institutions are alive and well, thriving and pulsating with spirit and energy in Israel and the United States. The leadership focused on the future. And painstakingly, over time, they were able to resuscitate and rejuvenate their decimated communities.

Those leaders cried bitter tears for their fallen comrades, but for themselves they did not sit and weep. They set about the task of rebuilding -- and succeeded in the most inspiring, miraculous way.

When we have problems (and who doesn't?), so many of us simply moan and sigh and heave a good old-fashioned yiddishe krechtz (Jewish groan). How many times have we sighed, What can I do? And what does that leave us with? -- with the moaning and groaning and nothing else. In the words of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch, One good deed is worth more than a thousand sighs.

Leave the krechtzing for others. If it's your problem, confront it, deal with it, work at it. You'll be surprised by the results. •

By Yossy Goldman Rabbi Yossy Goldman is Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Highlands North Shul since 1986, and Chairman of the South African Rabbinical Association.

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t was a war of words, a battle of will, power, and courage. Who would blink first: Yehuda or Yoseph?

This is the scenario. Before the brothers departed Egypt. Yoseph had surreptitiously planted his silver goblet in his brother Binyamin's sack. Not long after Yoseph sends his brothers back to Canaan, his agents pursue them, arrest them, and accuse them of robbery. Lo and behold, Binyamin is caught with the silver goblet.

Binyamin is brought back to the palace where Yosef sentences him to eternal servitude. The brothers are helpless.

Yehuda, having accepted full responsibility for Binyamin's safe return, pleads with Yoseph while he also prepares for battle. After all, he exclaims, "How can I return to my father without my brother, lest I see the evil that will befall my father!" (cf. Genesis 44:34).

Yoseph sees the true feeling that Yehuda and the brothers show for the youngest one, and cannot continue his charade. He sends all the Egyptians from the room and bursts out, "I am Yoseph! Is my father still alive?"

(Genesis 45:3) Hardly a commentary fails to expound upon the obvious question. Yoseph was just told how eagerly Yaakov awaits the return of Binyamin. Therefore Yoseph knew that Yaakov was alive. Why now did he ask the question?

It was the Jewish wedding of the century, the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Schapiro, the illustrious Munkatzcer Rebbe, was to marry the son of the Rebbe of Partzov. Both Chassidic dynasties were royal, aristocratic, and majestic. And the ceremony was to be equally regal.

The bride and groom would ride in opulent carriages, drawn by four white horses. The wedding meal was so large that every needy member of the community would be allowed to partake. It was the Jewish event of the century!

There was so much excitement that an actual news crew came to film the wedding. The footage would be incorporated as part of the pre-feature newsreels shown at American movie theatres across the Atlantic! "Imagine!" thought the reporters, "this would attract hundreds of Jewish people who had roots in Europe into the theatre!"

The difficult part was to convince the Munkatzcer Rebbe to speak for the cameras. The Rebbe vehemently opposed the frivolities and wanton ideas of the cinema, and would not participate in a film. The producer assured the Rebbe

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that only his voice, not his face (an assurance that proved to be false), would be presented to the large audiences.

"Rebbe, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to talk about the Hassidic court of Munkatzc! Imagine how many Jews would be fascinated by your life's work. It would also be a wonderful opportunity to send personal wishes to all your followers who have left Europe to come to America."

Finally, the Rebbe consented. The film caught the Rebbe speaking for the microphones and the camera that was obscured from his view. He was very brief. Tearfully, he repeated his message a few times and then turned his head and stopped talking.

The American crew was excited. They were going to present the wedding with its entire mystique and majesty to American audiences.

However, when the wedding film was shown in American theatres the scene of the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony was a stark contrast to the interview with the Rebbe. They did not see a jubilant Rabbi Schapiro toasting the large audience upon the joyous occasion. Instead, they saw Rabbi Schapiro pleading tearfully on the silver screen. "Yidden heet der Shabbos!"

"Jewish Brothers! Keep the Shabbos!" Those were the only words he said. Then he turned his face and wept.

Those were the only words that the Rebbe chose to speak.

(The film is now archived at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.)

Yoseph had bottled his emotions from the moment he saw his brothers upon their entry to Egypt until the moment he revealed his identity in the privacy of his chambers. But all the while of his pent-up emotion there was one question he felt he had to ask. How is my father?

Is he alive and well? Although the information was afforded him, he felt a responsibility -- almost instinctive in nature -- to ask about his dear father's welfare. All he had on his mind throughout the ordeal was that one question. The moment he was free to talk his piece, he instinctively asked, "Is my father still alive? How has he fared through this trying ordeal? Those words were on his heart and mind for 22 years. The moment he had the opportunity to speak, he did not chastise his brothers. He did not demand retribution. He did not seek vengeance. All he did was reveal his true feelings and asked the question that was quashed for 22 years. How is my father?

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I cannot describe if I actually said this words out loud or was subconsciously communicating, but this is what I asked. In this undescribable method of communication, I continued talking with the Creator of the World and promised Him that "My first step to complete myself, if my soul does not leave my body permenantly, I promise I'll cover my hair", something I never did or thought about before. Why I made this promise, I don't know. I never attended any Torah classes, never saw shiurim thru technology, never knew that covering the hair is a central bond between women and the Creator of the World. But it's a fact and this is the solemn swear (neder) that I offered.

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I succeeded crying, a little, with the last drops of energy.

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hardly any cars passing by and the few that passed by, no one stopped.

When he returned, I told him I love him very much and said farewell forever to him. I felt I was about to die and thought to myself that HaShem did accept my request. He tried calling on the cellular the police, ambulance, Magen David, anyone but there was no reception. The last breathe of air left me. That moment, with strength that human mind cannot fathom, my husband raised the car with one hand, and with the other hand, pulled me out...

I wanted to get up, to help my babies, but could not stand up. Suddenly, out of nowhere, policemen appeared with many other rescuers to release me. I was taken to the hospital, straight to the emergency room because my lung was hemorrhaging. My hip was smashed... The doctors told my husband that if I'd have arrived 1 minute later, I would have been dead. It was a miracle, a genuine miracle.

During my rehab, screws were inserted to correct the hip, the bleeding lung was healed, but I was suffering terribly from harsh burns in the back, results of the hot exhaust pipe pressing on me.

The children were very slightly injured, the doctors didn't believe it and had to admit that Angels protected them. It's not humanly possible to go thru such a harsh accident and the children came out of it with only minor scrapes.

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It was very difficult for me to keep my promise which I swore to HKB'H. I was in a wheelchair for 2 months, and in a rehab in Ashdod. The evil inclination was very quick to visit me often and influence me. I told myself, "It's true that I promised to cover my hair, but it's very difficult to do it all at once. I will cover my hair gradually..."

3 months after the accident, we decided that we want to go out with the kids in my brother's car. Our car was totaled.

My brother's car would not start so my husband took it to the mechanic. Meanwhile, I took the kids out for ice cream... I was sitting down and suddenly, I see my 3 year old son running and before I was able to scream, a car hit him and threw him into the air...

I was yelling terribly and the first thing that I thought, "God, what is going on here? In less than 3 months, another accident...". My baby got injured in the head, he fell atop the car and from the car, onto the street floor.

Any mother that witnesses such a tragic accident would go out of her mind. I thought I was going out of my mind.

The ambulance arrived and while they were checking my baby, I said to myself, "There are 'deals' to make with the Creator of the World. No games. I said I'll cover my hair and I didn't do it. These are the results...".

B'H, nothing happened to my baby, but it was a warning for me. I made a promise and did not keep it. Ever since the second accident, I began covering my hair all the time.

I want to tell you, "I saw death but that's minimal in comparison to see the death of our children. They are the most precious thing in the world. Even when a sword is placed on a person's neck, one should not give up hope. There is always where to turn to and whom to cry to. It's only necessary to completely believe that the Creator of the World never sleeps. When we call to Him, or just speak with Him, He answers. He is always near us, no matter where and when. Always, the Creator of the World listens when one sincerely turns to Him." Because of Racheli's moving miracle story, many women began covering their hair.

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families. He built schools for orphaned boys and girls in B'nei Berak, Ashdod, and numerous cities across the State of Israel.

here is an interesting Midrashic interpretation of two words in this week's portion that seem to contrast starkly with their simple meaning. In fact, on the surface the interpretation seems even to contradict the simple meanings!

Yaakov blesses Yoseph’s children and then tells Yoseph, "as for me, I have given you Shechem one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the Emorite with my sword and with my bow."

Rashi explains that after the brothers attacked the city of Shechem in response to the assault on their sister Deena, the Emorites, a neighboring country, tried to conquer Yaakov at his time of weakness, similar to Jordan's joining against Israel in the Six-Day War. They, too, were miraculously defeated.

So Yaakov tells Yoseph that he acquired those lands with his sword and bow. But Rashi and the Targum Unkeles, who is known for his almost literal translation of the Torah, deviate and translate the words bow and sword in a different light. Rashi explains they are wisdom and prayer, and the Targum explains the words as two forms of supplication.

The allegory is understandable. Prayer surely surpasses the pen in its might over the sword. And some prayers, like a sword, are strong and sweeping and affect all those they strike. Others, like an arrow, reach one specific point from a far distance. The question is: we know that Yaakov prayed. Of course, he prayed! Yaakov’s prayers are documented throughout the Book of Genesis. He prays throughout his encounters with his adversaries, yet this time he chose to talk about his battle prowess. Why then translate his expression of utensils of war as prayer?

The Ponovezer Rav, Rabbi Yosef Kahaneman, of blessed memory, was renowned for his efforts in rebuilding Torah from the ashes of the Holocaust. He established the jewel in the crown of the Torah city of B'nai Berak by building the Ponovez Yeshiva and its myriad affiliate institutions. He built a Yeshiva for pre-teens, another for young men, and still a third for married scholars. He built the Batei Avos, a huge housing complex with hundreds of subsidized apartments for needy

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Often, he would visit wealthy patrons in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Europe, and appealed to them to contribute monies for the Ponovezer Institutions.

The story is told, perhaps apocryphally, that one particular donor once confronted him in jest.

"Why is it, Rabbi Kahaneman," he wondered, "that all the other Rabbis and Roshei Yeshiva who visit me never mention money? All they talk about is Torah and mitzvos. But you come here and cut right to the chase.

You don't talk about Torah or mitzvos. Your appeal, however, is, direct and to the point. You come here and say that you need one hundred thousand dollars to finish a girls school in Ashdod. Why don't you also give me a speech about Torah, mitzvos, and Jewish continuity?"

Rabbi Kahaneman did not draw back. He took the man's hand and looked him in the eye. Then he told him a profound statement. "You know me well. Many fund raisers talk, 'Torah, Torah, Torah,' but they mean money, money, money. I talk money, but I mean Torah, Torah, Torah."

Our Chazal, who understood the essence of Yaakov's being; who saw his deep faith in running from Esav, fighting with the angel, and confronting the tragedy of Shechem; and who appreciated his travail with Lavan, understood quite well what his bow and sword were.

They were very comfortable with the greatness of Yaakov’s persona, one steeped in a spirituality constantly connected to his Creator.

They understood that when Yaakov said sword he meant the swift and sharp result of prayer, and when he said bow and arrow he meant the piercing cry of supplication.

Every word, even the seemingly mundane words, of our forebears, were the foundation of our faith and are filled with spiritual meaning. Everything pointed to the One Above.

It is when we as temporal beings preach prayer and espouse faith, that we must be suspect. Do we really mean prayer & faith or are we just talking prayer but thinking bows & arrows? •

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The Torah portion that was read in the synagogue on the first Sabbath of Teves (this year 5762) includes Genesis 46, which mentions that “seventy souls” went down to Egypt. They were the children and grandchildren of Jacob.

It is not merely coincidence that this group was seventy; as with many numbers in Judaism, the number seventy has a special significance.

Earlier in Genesis, at the incident with the Tower of Babel in Chapter 10 the Torah lists seventy nations who were the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Noah. In Jewish writings, these are known throughout history as the nations of the world, indicating that they were stamped into creation at the time of the Tower, and something of those original seventy mindsets and personalities are the roots of all the nations of the world for all time. Even their spiritual significance is carried on throughout the ages. Seventy, therefore, symbolizes the entire spectrum of human perspective.

In this light, the seventy souls who descended to Egypt represented the entirety of the Jewish nation, and the experience in Egypt would be engraved on the national consciousness for all time. What they experienced still lives inside the souls of Jews today. Similarly, the sages say that there are seventy facets to the Torah, seventy ways to interpret each point.

In Numbers 11:16 we find another example of this. God asked Moses to gather a group of seventy sages to be the High Court of Israel. With seventy we expect their judgments to have included all the possible perspectives on the situation at hand. Amongst those seventy there was also a requirement for each of the seventy languages of the seventy nations to be understood by at least one of those sages. In other words, their judgment shouldn’t be based on a translator, but on a direct understanding of the litigants involved.

This High Court, known as the Sanhedrin, was seated at the Temple in Jerusalem, and was called the “eyes” of the people. With wisdom, a person can see the future. A wise person also thinks through the potential outcome of an act before proceeding, as it says in Koheles 2:14, “A wise man has eyes in his head.” To

The Month of Teves come full circle, the word “ayin” that we started with is not only the name of that letter but it also means “eye”.

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310-210-3038 -Share a duplex with Shomer Shabbat family. Pico or La Brea area 310-210-3038.

DISTRESS SALE/Bank Foreclosures. Free computerized list of Distress Properties. Free Recorded Message: 800-417-7489 ID# 7042 ••• For info on any of the above contact Marjorie@MillerRealEstateSales.com Newlywed frum couple is looking for backhouse with kitchen in Pico/Robertson area. Please contact: (818) 605-4422 or (310) 770-2407.

GARAGE SPACE WANTED Looking to rent Garage space or other storage area.

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We need an educational aide for our 20 year old son who is attending Valley College part time. Patient, reliable male, legally able to work in the U.S. Training and ongoing support will be provided.

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Looking for an education aide who is warm, responsible, to work in a Jewish day school in North Hollywood for an 8 year old boy. Special education experience preferred and or teaching experience. 11am -3 pm approx. Please call 818-251-0046 or 818-776-9552 -1446-

Fun, Frum and Fabulous. Looking for efficient sales girl with great people skills, and take charge attitude for retail sales position. Please call 323-864-2641.

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Looking for a trustworthy assistant to help with general office duties such as answering phones, data entry, accounts payable and receivable. Must be able to perform basic bookkeeping duties. Quick books and bookkeeping experience a must! Payroll experience is considered a plus.

Notary certificate or willingness to have one is a plus.

Some medical background a plus, but not necessarily.

Hours Monday - Thursday 10-4, Friday 10-2pm. Can become a full time job.

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