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The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Around the Community

Incredible Volunteers Help the JCCRP Pack & Deliver Pesach Food to over 300 local Holocaust Survivors

Avi Satt and Sam Tanenbaum with their Allegria Senior Living Team Yachad volunteers

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 BBY Holocaust Memorial Exhibit

Bnos Bais Yaakov’s Holocaust Memorial Exhibit, always an impressive event, did not disappoint this year. This exhibit marks the culmination of months of age-appropriate study of the Holocaust by the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and includes impressive works by each.

Upon entering the darkened Ateres Nechama Liba Simcha Hall, visitors observed six large candles atop six black pillars. Writings of our sixth graders in response to Behind the Bedroom Wall were presented in a lighted display case. Along one wall stood collage artwork created by our seventh graders. Each of them researched a hero of the Holocaust, then created a one-foot square tile depicting his or her story. Eighth graders, meanwhile, after researching extensively, worked in groups to create detailed and comprehensive models depicting a story or feature of the Holocaust. With lights dimmed and music playing to reflect the somber mood, the exhibit also featured a video of survivors and children of survivors telling their stories.

Parents and grandparents were invited for viewing hours on Monday and Tuesday. Said one grandparent, “My father was a survivor. He told me many stories. But he used to say, ‘Who will remember? Who will care once I am gone?’ This exhibit gave me such chizuk. It assures me that the details and messages of the Holocaust are being passed on to future generations.”

Kristallnacht

A Displaced Persons camp Auschwitz

Kindertransport Danube

Gardening at IVDU LI

With the assistance of Yaffa Lamm, CIJE STEM coach, Mrs. Leah Karr has begun a unit of gardening with the oldest students of IVDU LI. The students assisted Mr. Dovid Moshayev, physical therapist, in constructing the garden bed, physically building the structure and adding in the soil. Students used shovels, hoes, and rakes to prepare the ground and lay out the new soil in preparation to plant vegetables.

Through the guidance of Yaffa Lamm, Mrs. Karr has taught her students what vegetables could grow during each season. The students have prepped the onions and potatoes in cups to allow the roots and buds to come out, in anticipation of planting.

The students are looking forward to planting the vegetables and continuing to watch them grow.

HALB Students Move Onto State History Day Competition

Throughout the month of March, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach participated virtually in Long Island History Day as part of the larger National History Day Competition. The students created projects that examined events in history and how they relate to this year’s theme, Debate and Diplomacy: Successes, Failures and Consequences. For the past five months, under the guidance of their social studies teacher Ms. Kristen Waterman, the eighth grade students researched various events and people from time periods as far back as the American Industrial Revolution and as recent as the 1970s. Seven of the nine groups from HALB placed within the top six on Long Island, with four projects advancing to New York State History Day. New York State History Day will take place virtually throughout the month of April.

The First Place Winners were:

First Place Group Documentary:

The Auschwitz Protocols: Creating a Debate and Sparking Diplomatic Action. By: Isaac Cohen, Dovid Feldhamer, Samuel Rosenblatt, Yehoshua Wiesel, Daniel Wohlgelernter

Third Place Group Documentary:

A Labor Debate at the House that Mouse Built. By: Rebecca Abayev, Sophia Friedman, Molly Ostreicher, Devorah Pak

Third Place Group Website:

Failure of Diplomacy at Evian By: Yehoshua Fogel, Michael Freund, Aaron Hackel, Joshua Lampert, Noam Lazar

Fourth Place Group Website:

Failing to Save the Children: The Wagner Rogers Bill By: Daniella Dagan, Lana Frenkel, Elyana Miller, Emma Neuberg

Congratulations to all the HALB groups that participated and good luck to those moving on!

At a special event with Coach Ryan Day of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio

Shevach Production Regales Queens Community

The Queens community was treated on Sunday, March 27, to the annual Shevach High School production at Townsend Harris High School. The play, “Sarah with an ‘H,’” was complete with drama, interspersed with original dances, choir and ensembles. The girls sparkled in their production. The unique and striking costumes, and the eye-catching scenery and props, all portrayed the theme very well. The audience was regaled with an enjoyable performance that not only entertained but simultaneously imparted important life lessons.

The script was an adaptation of the humorous classic “Anne of Green Gables,” and the actresses did not disappoint. Attendees heard the message that no matter what life brings, everything is orchestrated by Hashem and it is up to us to reach inside ourselves and appreciate the many blessings. All left with the touching words of the theme song reverberating in their minds: “There is a power inside you, a mind that provides you, with joy from within.”

The production coordinator was Mrs. Yocheved Jurkowitz, overseen by Shevach Menaheles, Mrs. Shulamith Insel. The production heads were seniors Ayelet Aaronson, Perela Amsel, Tehila Davidov, Rivky Milgram, and Malka Adina Taub. They devoted themselves to their responsibility of making the production a unifying and uplifting experience for the students and audience alike. The production heads guided the students with encouragement and warmth as they reached ever higher in their efforts.

The dedicated administration and staff, as well as the Queens community at large, has much reason to be proud of these young ladies. In the words of one of the guests: “The talent and positive energy displayed by the Shevach girls was unparalleled!”

HALB Hockey Championship Win

The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach won the YJHS Hockey League championship against the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County this week with a final score of 4-0. HALB had won their previous playoff game against HAFTR in a nail-biting game that went into triple overtime. Enthusiastic fans packed the Scott Satran Arena at HAFTR High School for the championship game after a season that initially started with limited fans due to Covid protocols. Both the HALB Lions and the HANC Hurricanes came out with all their energy and excitement. HALB Lions goalie Dovid Feldhamer achieved an impressive shutout as the players made their way to a championship victory coached by Steven Mark and Matthew Mark.

Shulamith Wins Torah Bowl

Mazal tov to the Shulamith Torah Bowl Team on winning the Torah Bowl Championship! Congratulations to their Coach Morah Shoshana Fischman and Captains Kayla Etra and Sophia Dashiff.

Rabbi Mair Wolofsky is the developer and coordinator of the Metropolitan Torah Bowl League since 1995. Over the past 28 years, thousands of participating yeshiva students have studied Chumash and Rashi on all five seforim to a competitive level. Torah Bowl is open to junior high and high school yeshiva students with separate divisions for boys and girls in the New York - New Jersey metropolitan area.

North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) Unfurls New Megillah in Honor of Dr. Paul Brody

Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh HaYeshiva and Head of School of the North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA), announced at the beginning of the student-led Megillah reading on Purim Day that the Great Neck school had purchased a new Megillah to be named the “Dr. Paul Brody Megillah.” The new scroll will be used every Purim when the students chant the Megillah for the entire Middle School, their parents, grandparents, siblings and faculty members, in a program that Dr. Brody, whose daughters attended the Academy, instituted in 2002.

Dr. Brody, a dermatologist by profession and an activist for Israel by avocation, created the Megillah Readers Program two decades ago – with only 10 students – when he realized that none of the students knew how to chant Megillas Esther. He has instructed 400 Ashkenazic and Sephardic seventh and eighthgrade students in the reading, cantillation and fine nuances of each aspect of reading the Megillah.

After successfully chanting the “Gantze Megillah,” the 35 student readers unfurled the beautiful new Megillah named for Dr. Brody. Dr. Brody observed all of the Megillah Reading and celebration via FaceTime, since he was at home rehabbing from complex orthopedic surgery.

He “shepped nachas” and was very proud of his students for whom he made recordings and had begun to teach before his mishap.

One of his students, Aidan Mayer, utilized different voices for Queen Esther and King Achashveirosh, taught to him by Dr. Brody.

Taste Tests at YOSS

“L’chaim!” said the YOSS kindergarten children as they taste-tested different grape juices, as they begin to learn all about the different parts of the Seder. While the peach grape juice got rave reviews, the sparkling grape juice had some boys’ faces looking confused.

Hands down, the “regular” Kedem (purple) grape juice was the winner. The boys also tasted different choices of Karpas and noticed how the saltwater tasted like their tears.

The boys are also learning about the story of Yetzias Mitzrayim, about the hard work that the Jewish people had to do, and have been building the cities of Pitom and Ramseis out of blocks.

Makor Institute Hosts Webinar on Inclusion at the Seder

On March 28, 2022, over 200 people from around the country and Israel attended a webinar on the topic of, “The Four Sons: Including People of All Abilities at the Seder and Beyond.” The webinar was presented by Dr. Stephen Glicksman, Developmental Psychologist and Director of Clinical Innovation at Makor Care and Services Network, as part of its research and education wing, The Makor Institute.

Glicksman is a licensed developmental psychologist and serves as Director of Clinical Innovation at Makor. The webinar was made possible and free to the public through a grant from New York City Council.

During the webinar, Glicksman focused on how to keep everyone at the Seder comfortable, engaged, and involved despite their various ages, educational backgrounds, specialized needs, and temperaments.

“Inclusion is embedded into the very text, the very formulation, the very structure of the Pesach Seder,” Glicksman said. “Chazal understood the practical value of multisensory, experiential teaching and the moral value of teaching each child at his or her own level, and nowhere is this inclusive tradition more evident, and expressed more beautifully and explicitly, than during the Pesach Seder.”

Touching not only on how to prepare the Seder evening for individuals with specialized needs such as Autism, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, sensory issues, impulse control challenges, and other developmental needs, Glicksman also discussed the unique challenges of simply having guests of different ages and stages, as well as populations not often mentioned during presentations on inclusion such as those suffering with addiction and those with more profound levels of intellectual disability. A plethora of ideas were suggested to help us reach our goal, as Glicksman put it, of having “…a Seder that is meaningful, and beautiful, and, when it’s over, a fond and positive memory for everyone.”

The full webinar is now available for viewing on www.makornetwork.org .

The next webinar sponsored by the Makor Institute will be given on the topic of psychotropic drugs, given by Dr. Pinchas Lerner, Clinical Director Makor on May 17th.

For more information about Makor and its wide array of award-winning services, visit www.makornetwork. org or call 718-853-0900.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Siddur

Compiled by Rabbi Shai Graucher

Imagine davening with Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, at your side. If you ever merited to see Rav Chaim davening, you felt your own tefillos grow more fervent, more heart-filled, more real. We can no longer see his face shining with holiness – but we can still be inspired, both by his own insights into the words of the siddur and related stories about Rav Chaim and his illustrious family.

ArtScroll’s new Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Siddur, which was prepared for print right before his passing, includes insights on the words and themes of the daily prayers shared directly by Rav Chaim and collected from his extensive writings, as well as dozens of stories about Rav Chaim, his beloved wife Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky, and his illustrious family.

Compiled by Rabbi Shai Graucher, who was an almost-daily visitor to R’ Chaim’s home, this is a work that will bring your davening to a whole new level.

The following are two fascinating excerpts from this book.

Persistence

Enlighten our eyes in Your Torah.

A father came to Rav Chaim saying that his son had become very depressed with his lack of ability to excel in his Torah studies and was sitting at home in bed. Rav Chaim first asked questions to try to determine the specific cause for his loss of interest and then advised that his father should study with him and explain the topics to him in great detail until he knows them thoroughly.

Rav Chaim also suggested that his father begin looking for a shidduch for him. When the father protested that the boy had two older sisters who were not yet married, Rav Chaim rejected that objection, saying that there is no reason for a boy to wait for his older sister or vice versa.

Rav Chaim added the following story:

The Chasam Sofer headed a prestigious yeshivah in the city of Pressburg. One day, a young man knocked at his door and said that he wanted to join the yeshivah.

“What topics are you prepared to be tested on?” the Chasam Sofer asked him.

The young man admitted that he was completely ignorant of Torah; in fact, he did not even know the Hebrew alphabet! The Chasam Sofer tried to explain to him that the Pressburg Yeshivah was an academy for advanced study, and his lack of even the most elementary knowledge made him ineligible for acceptance therein. The young man, however, persisted, insisting that he had a strong desire to attain Torah knowledge, and the Pressburg Yeshivah was the place in which he believed he would achieve success in this pursuit. When the Chasam Sofer saw how stubbornly the young man clung to his dream of becoming a scholar, he agreed to make a one-time exception and accept him into the yeshivah, despite his lack of knowledge. The Chasam Sofer assigned some of the advanced students to take turns tutoring the young man in the aleph-beis and begin teaching him Chumash and other fundamental basics of Torah study.

While the young man succeeded in absorbing these elementary studies, when the time came for him to begin learning

Gemara, he found himself completely unequal to that formidable task. Try as he might, he simply could not wrap his mind around the complexities of the sugyos.

The more experienced students, who were serving as his tutors, advised him to abandon his futile pursuit. “Be happy that you now have some basic Torah knowledge,” they told him. “Go find a job, get married, and raise your children to be Torah scholars.”

The young man, however, remained adamant that he intended to learn Torah himself. The students, tiring of trying, unsuccessfully, to teach him, sent a delegation to the Chasam Sofer, asking him to try to influence the young man to come to terms with reality. The delegation was headed by the Chasam Sofer’s son and prize student, who would later achieve fame as the Ksav Sofer. “Does the young man still insist that he wants to become a talmid chacham?” the Chasam Sofer asked them. When they had to answer in the affirmative, the Chasam Sofer told them to keep trying to teach him.

Years passed, and the young man continued to try with all his might — and even with efforts surpassing his natural capabilities — to understand the Gemara. With time, his prayed-for miracle materialized, and he finally began to be able to comprehend the difficult sugyos. He continued expending superhuman effort on his learning, and eventually married and moved away from Pressburg.

Thirty years passed, and the Chasam Sofer, leader of the Jewish people, received a letter with a halachic inquiry from the rabbi of a distant town. He showed the letter to his son and successor, the Ksav Sofer, and asked him for his opinion of the writer’s capabilities. The Ksav Sofer carefully read the letter and told his father that the author displayed a knowledge of Torah that was both broad and deep and was certainly an accomplished talmid chacham.

“Do you know who the writer of this letter is?” his father exclaimed. “It is the young man who learned in Pressburg Yeshivah so many years ago, whom you and your friends wanted to expel due to his lack of ability to learn! See, now, that nothing stands in the way of sincere desire to learn Torah!”

Rav Chaim concluded that he, personally, knows of a similar story. A bachur who was with him in yeshivah was known to be very weak in his studies. Many of his peers would snicker privately whenever he ventured to ask a question, since it invariably exposed his thorough lack of understanding of the material under discussion. Nevertheless, this bachur stubbornly persisted in his efforts, and eventually grew into a true Torah scholar.

“That We Not Stumble”

Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky related the following amazing story:

A certain scholar once needed to study a rare sefer that was available only in the National Library in Givat Ram. It was not permitted to remove the sefer from the library, so he prepared himself to spend the entire day there, bringing along lunch. When he finished eating, he bentched aloud, reciting each word slowly and clearly, as was his custom. Afterward, the librarian, who was obviously non-observant, approached him and said, “Excuse me, but you added some words into bentching…”

Seeing the confused look on his face, she hurried to explain: “I am not currently observant, but I was raised in a frum home, and always took an interest in the exact language of the tefillos we recited. I know that the correct wording in bentching is ‘that we not be shamed nor embarrassed,’ yet you added, ‘and that we may not stumble!’ I have never heard of a nusach that adds these words!”

The scholar replied, “You are correct that these words do not appear in most siddurim, yet my family’s custom is to add them, and I am certain that this nusach can be found somewhere and is not just my family’s invention. With Hashem’s help, I will find the source for this nusach and send it to you.”

The scholar checked the texts that were available in the library but could not find that nusach in any of them. After returning home, he continued his research, and finally located an old siddur that had the words and that we may not stumble added in bentching. He photocopied the page, circled the relevant words, and mailed it to the National Library, addressing it to “the librarian who was on duty on this date.”

Some time passed, and the scholar forgot the entire incident. One day, he received a wedding invitation in the mail. He checked the names of both the chassan’s and kallah’s families, but they were unfamiliar to him. Nevertheless, the wedding was to be held in a hall near his home, so he decided to attend. When he entered the hall, someone approached him and asked for his name.

When he had identified himself, the man said, “Come, the kallah would like to speak with you.”

Completely confused, the scholar allowed himself to be led to a side room and was soon joined by the kallah.

“I can see that you don’t remember me,” she began. “I work as a librarian in the National Library, and I discussed the correct nusach of bentching with you…

“I am ashamed to admit that, at that time, I was in a relationship with an Arab man. He was pressuring me to marry him, and I was inclined to agree, since I had abandoned all vestiges of observance. Still, something inside me made me hesitate before taking this step. The Arab was growing impatient, and he finally gave me an ultimatum: By Friday, he wanted an answer. Either I would consent to marry him, or our relationship was over.

“I struggled with my decision, but, in the end, I decided that there was no reason for me to refrain from marrying a non-Jew. I woke up Friday morning, and texted him that I wanted to meet with him after work; I intended to tell him then that I would accept his proposal.

“When I arrived at work that morning, however, there was an envelope waiting for me. Inside was your photocopied sheet with the words ‘and that we should not stumble forever’ circled in red, seeming to accuse me! ‘That we not stumble’ – how could I marry outside of my faith? That afternoon, I informed the Arab that I could not marry him, and, true to his word, he broke off all contact with me.

“The spark that had been kindled within me continued to grow, and I slowly began to return to my roots. That journey led me to where I am today – marrying an observant young man, and hoping to raise a Torah-true family, with Hashem’s help, and praying ‘that we may not be shamed nor embarrassed, and that we may never stumble’! I had to express my gratitude to you for being Hashem’s messenger to precipitate my return.”

The Rebbetzin concluded, “You see that one can never give up on a Jew returning to his roots! Hashem sees all of the efforts invested in trying to help them, and He will ensure that they receive the proper inspiration at the proper moment…”

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Around the Community Local Teens Participate in Model Beis Din Competition Hosted by Touro’s Lander College For Men

When is it OK to share a secret with which you were entrusted? The answer may seem obvious, but consider the stakes. What if breaking your promise saves a life, avoids embarrassment, or protects someone from financial malfeasance?

Students from six yeshiva high schools across the country, including Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) in Woodmere, debated this question at the Model Beis Din Competition hosted by Touro’s Lander College for Men at the Lander campus in Queens this past Sunday.

This one-of-a kind annual tournament offers high school students a chance to match wits on oft-debated halachic dilemmas. Teams of students spend hours working feverishly to out-argue each other.

“The Model Beis Din guides students to fully understand the dynamic nature of halacha – how the Torah can inform and confront contemporary moral and legal challenges in the most sophisticated way,” said HaRav Yonason Sacks shlita, esteemed Rosh HaYeshiva of the Beis Medrash L’Talmud, who directs the program. “My goal is to validate the students’ learning and to inspire them to learn more.”

The Model Beis Din program included close to three hours of actual debating, an awards ceremony, and the opportunity for one on one time with HaRav Sacks who tested students on their knowledge of the topic. At the end of the day, Mesivta of Greater Philadelphia in Bala Cynwyd was declared this year’s winner, Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC) took second place, and Fasman Yeshiva High School in Chicago came in third. DRS HS participated along with Ezra Academy in Queens and Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh.

All participants received two volumes of Rav Sacks’ sefer on Pesach. The winning team received a set of Mishna Brura, second place team received a three-volume set of seforim from Rav Sacks on Talmud Torah, Middos and Mitzvos, and third place team received Sefer Ishei Yisroel.

The model Beis Din program is the brainchild of Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol, the dean of Touro’s Lander College for Men, who sought to create an opportunity for young men to experience Torah study at a high level.

“The Model Beis Din program inspires high school students to deepen their understanding of the chosen topic, while they challenge themselves by competing with other outstanding young men from across the country,” said Dr. Sokol.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Color Run for a Cause

The Camp Scholarship Fund, which is a campaign of the Matzliach Organization, launched two very successful fundraisers this past week. We had a Bowl-A-Thon with HAFTR at Woodmere Bowling this past Thursday. On Sunday, all the local girls schools were invited to participate in an all-girls 5K Color Run. Girls from our local schools as well as neighboring areas came, and B”H we had over 200 runners join us! A great time was had by all! Professional pictures were taken by Eli Weintraub and the music was on point with DJ John Janashvilli. We would like to thank Gourmet Glatt for sponsoring the refreshments.

TCSF was started in our local community for our local community seven years ago by two siblings Channa Shira Ryback and Shmaryahu Ryback. This organization has a dual purpose: the children learn the importance of doing chessed with fun activities, and children help their peers go to camp in the summer. Teaching children this twofold concept has been proven to be very successful.

The children in HANC’s Early Childhood Center have been very busy preparing for Pesach

Four Cups And Beyond

By Gabriel Geller Royal Wine/Kedem

As most of our readers know, drinking four cups of wine is a fundamental requirement at the Pesach Seder. Outside of Israel, we celebrate the Seder twice, so that is eight cups of wine! The holiday of Pesach is celebrated for eight days, and so beyond the Seder, there are many more meals at which we can enjoy some great wines. Therefore, I will recommend here not only four but six wines for the upcoming holiday.

If you regularly read this column, perhaps you know that I usually drink rosé for the four cups at the Seder. Why? Because rosé wines are generally lighter in body, fruit-forward, and lighter in alcohol than red wines. Therefore, rosé is easier to drink quickly. Like many other Jews, I also have the minhag, the custom of using only red wine or the 4 cups and rosé is considered red from a “Jewish legal” perspective, at least according to most opinions.

The Tura Mountain Vista Rosé 2021 is lovely, fun, and fruity. It is made from grapes grown in Tura Winery’s estate vineyards in the Shomron. It features a vast array of tropical and berry fruit flavors, all well balanced by mouthwatering acidity.

While I use rosé for most cups at the Seder, I typically open a bottle of special, properly aged wine from my collection to enjoy with the meal. Suppose you are lucky enough to own a bottle of Domaine du Castel Grand Vin 2013 vintage or older. In that case, I highly recommend you open and enjoy it with your loved ones at the Seder! If you do not own an aged wine or prefer younger wines, the Razi’el 2018 is already delicious now and should be considered. Razi’el is the trendiest, newly established winery by the same family who owns and operates Castel. It is in a way the playground of Castel’s founding winemaker and proprietor Eli Ben Zaken. So this wine is quite appropriate to fill the cup of Eliyahu Hanavi! Inspired by the great wines of France’s Rhône Valley and Languedoc regions, Razi’el is a blend of Syrah and Carignan. This rich, full-bodied wine features a silky texture, medium acidity, and firm tannins, with notes of black and red berry fruits, spicy notes of black pepper and roasted herbs, as well as savory undertones of dried mushrooms and cured meats on the plush and luxurious finish.

For those among you who have the minhag to use white wine at the Seder, the Château Lacaussade 2019 is a wonderful and affordable option. It is dry, with excellent acidity, with aromas and flavors of honeysuckle, lime, pear, and hints of cantaloupe and green apple.

Most people drink exclusively red wine at the Seder, as I explained above. Here is a certified (CCOF) organic wine with reasonable alcohol content, it is easy to drink, medium in body, neither too oaky nor too fruity. Masterfully made by Herzog Wine Cellars’s associate winemaker Alicia Wilbur, perhaps the only orthodox female winemaker, the Herzog Variations Be-leaf Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a delightful, well-balanced, and reasonably priced California Cabernet.

Terra di Seta makes year after year some of the best value kosher wines out of Europe in general and from Italy in particular. Their entry-level Terra di Seta Chianti Classico is always a winner, and the 2019 is no exception. Medium-bodied with red berry and cherry fruit notes, savory with high acidity, this wine respects Italian tradition by being a great food wine.

I could copy-paste what I wrote about Terra di Seta and switch the words “Terra di Seta,” “Italy,” and “Italian” with “Elvi,” “Spain,” and “Spanish,” respectively. That would undoubtedly work regarding the superstar value Elvi Herenza Crianza Rioja 2018, which has all the elements of quality Tempranillo: red fruit, smoke, spiciness, coffee, herbs, and toffee, balanced acidity, coupled with ripe tannins and a velvety texture. Now is the time to brainstorm ideas for kosher l’Pesach tapas and paella! L’chaim, chag Pesach kosher v’sameyach!

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Living History

Reb Mordechai Engelman, a Munkacz native and survivor of Churban Europe who lives in Far Rockaway, spoke to Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s eighth grade talmidim in Yiddish last week. He was introduced by Rabbi Betzalel Korn, rav of Knesseth Meir. The Rosh HaYeshiva translated the guest’s words into English. After his remarks, the sefer Torah was brought out of the the aron kodesh so that Mr. Engelman could hold it while the boys – like him, living symbols of the immortality of Klal Yisrael and the Torah – danced and sang.

Gedolim in Our Time: Stories About Rav Chaim Kanievsky & Rav Gershon Edelstein

Adapted by Libby Lazewnik

The Jewish People are so lucky. Hashem always makes sure we have Torah leaders to guide us. To give us advice and blessings. And, of course, to teach us.

Our gedolim teach us through their sefarim and their shiurim. But they also teach us through their actions. Through the way they behave to others. Through their amazing devotion to Torah, their chesed, and the way they speak and act.

In Gedolim In Our Time, we will meet two of the greatest Torah leaders of our generation: The “Sar HaTorah” – Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l – and the “Rosh Yeshivah” – Rav Gershon Edelstein, shlit”a. Why did Rav Chaim stop working on his sefer to answer a young boy’s question on Torah? How did Rav Gershon stop two angry drivers from fighting? What unusual advice did Rav Chaim give to a man who was losing his hearing? What was the secret of Rav Gershon’s Shabbos visits?

This book contains more than 100 short stories – and more than 100 pictures! – about Rav Chaim and Rav Gershon. Some of the stories will surprise you. Some will amaze you. And they all will inspire you to be the best person you can be! The following are two stories from this inspiring book.

He Has No Teacher!

John was a young non-Jew who always felt as if he belonged to the Jewish people. He began to interest himself in Yiddishkeit. The more he learned, the more he wanted to become a Jew.

When he was nearing the final stage, John made a decision.

Before he took the big step, it would be a good idea if he saw how Jews learned. He decided to join a Gemara shiur.

Every day, he sat beside the learners and listened. When some time had passed, John went over to the maggid shiur to tell him that he regretted his decision. He was not going to convert and become Jewish after all.

“What happened? Why did you change your mind?” the maggid shiur asked.

“Look,” said John. “For a while now, I’ve been attending the Gemara shiur every day — and I don’t understand a thing! If you say that’s because I’m not smart enough, you can look at my report cards and see that I was an excellent student. I achieved a great deal in school, but when it comes to Gemara, I just don’t get it. People younger than me come here and learn. They ask questions and find answers. They’re on top of the material. While I…nothing!”

The maggid shiur listened to John’s complaint. Then he said, “Let’s go to Rav Chaim Kanievsky. We’ll explain to him your problem and see what he says.”

So the two men went to the Kanievsky home. The maggid shiur told Rav Chaim what John had shared with him. He said that John had planned to convert and become a Jew, but now he’d changed his mind. And then he explained John’s reason.

Rav Chaim smiled. Turning to the maggid shiur, he said, “How do you expect him to learn? He has no teacher!”

The maggid shiur was surprised. “But I teach him every day.”

“True. You teach him,” said Rav Chaim. “But each day, in the Birchos HaTorah, we say, ‘He Who teaches Torah to His people, Yisrael.’

“Hakadosh Baruch Hu is the teacher of the Jewish people…but He is not the teacher of those who are not Jewish. So it’s no wonder John doesn’t understand. The moment he becomes a Jew, he will have a teacher. Hakadosh Baruch Hu will be his teacher, and then he will understand.”

John accepted Rav Chaim’s words. He became a Jew… and everything that Rav Chaim said came true. Once he had converted, he had a teacher. “He Who teaches Torah to His people, Yisrael” had opened up the gates of understanding.

Students Who Are Sons

All his life, Rav Gershon Edelstein has related to his students with warm personal attention, patience, and pleasure. His many talmidim will never forget his kind and friendly demeanor when they came to Ponovezh as young boys, about to join the yeshivah and feeling so lost among the crowd of students.

One year, a boy who was a Kohen came to apply for acceptance to the yeshivah. The Rosh Yeshivah asked his name. When he heard what it was, he said, “Interesting. In the yeshivah we’ve never had a student with that last name who was a Kohen.”

The boy was amazed. Thousands of students had passed through the yeshivah, but because Rav Gershon considered them all his children, he remembered even such a trivial piece of information about them.

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Shulamith is Still B’Simcha

By Mrs. Michelle Farbman Dean of Students

You may be thinking, “Adar is over. Why did Shulamith have a concert now?!”

I would like to share a nice idea about why we had this concert at the end of Adar. When Adar starts, we are all filled with simcha and do everything we can to fulfill Mishe’Nichas Adar, Marbim B’simcha. However, once Purim ends, that simcha level goes down, when, in fact, it should only get stronger!

Nissan, according to the Torah, is the first month of the year, making Adar the last. When we say Mishe’Nichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha we are actually supposed to fill the month with SO much simcha that it pours over and brings us through the rest of the year! That is why at the end of Adar, at Shulamith, we made one last push to be filled with simcha!

The morahs and teachers had so much fun with their talmidot and danced with them. I’YH, the smcha that was created with them should pour over for all of K’lal Yisrael and it should be a year filled with simcha!

We would like to thank the SWO for this concert, the carnival and everything they do!

Did you know? MTA Welcomes Makor Chaim Talmidim

MTA recently welcomed Makor Chaim 11th Grade talmidim Yair Sussman, Binyamin Blank, Petachya Spolter, and Amichai Rhein (AKA the MC4) to its yeshiva! The MC4 have joined MTA’s shiurim and classes and are enhancing the yeshiva’s programming for the next few weeks, as part of MTA’s unique exchange program with Yeshivat Makor Chaim.

Located in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, Yeshivat Makor Chaim was founded by noted Jewish educators Rabbi Adin Steinzaltz and Rabbi Dov Singer. Each year, a select group of MTA sophomores (and sometimes juniors) have the opportunity to live in Israel and attend Yeshivat Makor Chaim and a group of YMC talmidim spend time at MTA, where they enhance the spiritual culture of the yeshiva.

The MC4 were welcomed with a special breakfast for the entire junior grade as well as sophomores who just returned from their trip to Makor Chaim, featuring a d’var Torah from Yeshivat Makor Chaim Rosh Yeshiva, Rav David Rabinowitz. The MC4 have already led many exciting programs at MTA, including an Ivrit discussion in Morah Haibi’s Ulpan class, where they discussed their experience in the U.S. so far, “blitzim” in each shiur, which begin with an icebreaker activity followed by thought-provoking discussions encouraging talmidim to explore various spiritual areas, and Likrat Shabbat on Thursdays to get everyone ready and excited for Shabbos, which include a musical kumzits and dancing.

Yeshiva Darchei Torah talmidim baking matzos Mazal tov to the SKA sophomores who made it to the Chidon HaTanach National Finals – Aviva Dashiff, Miriam Schreier, Aliza Tokayer and Ateret Tsaidi.

Thanks go to coach Mrs. Beaty Menchel for her support and assistance.

Bais Alumni of the 5 Towns Welcome their Rosh Yeshiva

Rav Doniel Lerfeild, shlita, delivered a PrePesach shiur at the home of R’ Dani Melmed. The Rosh Yeshiva, shlita, is our unique link to the last generation, being a talmid muvhak of the great gaon Rav Chaim Zimmerman, zt”l, who was a nephew and talmid of Rav Baruch Ber, zt”l

YSZ Helps the Needy for Pesach

YSZ High School Girls volunteered at Tomchei Shabbos of Queens this week to help package food for those less fortunate before Pesach. Chessed is an essential Torah value. Some may believe that there are only givers and takers in life. These girls realized that giving to others feels so good, it almost felt like taking!

Thank you to the chessed leaders, Naomi Mordukhaev and Bracha Osnat Khaimova, for coordinating the effort and to Mr. Shimi Pelman, President of Tomchei Shabbos of Queens, and Mr. David Mordukhaev of the Alliance of Bukharian Americans, for making it happen. Most of all, we would like to thank Tomchei Shabbos of Queens for hosting our high school girls and allowing us to contribute to this year’s Pesach distribution.

While exploring the Makos in a hands-on and not so scary way, the children at YOSS ECC traveled through a maze of “wild animals” and petted animals carefully and made animal sounds. After completing all the Makos activities, the boys travelled through Kriyas Yam Suf. They walked through as Jewish people and dramatized how Paroah would react, too.

HALB Bakes Shmurah Matzah

The children at HALB’s Lev Chana Early Childhood Center had an amazing time as they used all their senses this week to experience first-hand the mitzvah and hard work involved in making shmurah matzah. The children learned that “shmurah” means to watch and take care that the wheat remains dry throughout the growing and making process.

Reb Michoel, of Tzivos Hashem, and his helpers instructed students how to separate the wheat seeds from the stalk, blow away the pieces of chaff, and ground the seeds into flour. Then, the special 18-minute clock was set. The students all shouted, “L’shem matzos mitzvah!” and watched as the kemach (flour) and mayim (water) were poured into a bowl and mixed by Reb Michoel. A piece of dough was given to all the children who kneaded and then quickly flattened and “combed” the dough with spiky rollers to keep the dough from rising. With the clock ticking away, the children carried their dough on rolling pins to the special matzah oven. Seconds later, the delicious aroma of baking matzah filled the air, and it was ready.

Everyone was excited to eat their delicious handmade matzah for lunch, and they even got to take home their very own shmurah matza kosher l’Pesach. A fantastic educational program was enjoyed by all.

Chag Kosher V’sameach!

Matzah Baking at BBY

BBY always invests in hands-on learning to make the lessons come alive. Now, with Pesach around the corner, the matzah bakery came to visit BBY Preschool, and kindergarten and Pre-1A classes got to experience the matzah baking process from start to finish!

They started with stalks of wheat, separating the kernels from the chaff. Then they sifted the kernels and ground them into flour. Finally, they mixed flour with water very quickly to make matzah dough! Each girl received a piece of dough, rolled it out as flat as can be and pierced it with a docker. Then their matzos were draped over a stick and placed in the oven to bake. Every girl got to take a matzah home with her. Now we know just how the matzos we’ll eat at the Seder are made!

This past week, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov held their Annual Bein Haz’manim Yarchei Kallah on Inyanei Pesach, sponsored by Oppen Scrolls. Although primarily geared for alumni returning from Eretz Yisrael for bein haz’manim, the Yarchei Kallah also attracted alumni from the greater community. This year’s program drew dozens of graduated talmidim for shiurim, learning, schmoozing and “catching up.”

Each morning following Shacharis, alumni were treated to a lavish breakfast during which they caught up with friends, current talmidim and rabbeim. Seder began with shiurim on the Haggadah delivered by Mesivta rabbeim, providing insightful divrei Torah for talmidim to share at their own sedarim. Following the Haggadah shiurim, talmidim, together with the 12th grade, were provided ma’arei mekomos with which to prepare for the day’s iyun shiur on different Pesach-related topics.

Rabbi Yossi Bennett, S’gan Menahel, who organized the event, commented, “This event is one of our most highly anticipated events and a highlight of our year. It’s so gratifying to see our talmidim return from Eretz Yisroel or yeshivos or colleges in America. The enormous response from our talmidim returning to learn with their MAY Rabbeim is a huge chizuk, both for rabbeim and current talmidim. It bears testimony to the strong connections and relationships that were forged while they were here at the Mesivta and shows that those relationships remain intact.”

Recordings and source material for the various shiurim are available on the Yeshiva’s website at www.ateresyaakov. com.

Hempstead Town Celebrates the Rebbe’s 120th Birthday

The Town of Hempstead is home to a thriving Jewish community, many of whom benefit from the multitude of Chabad centers established throughout the Town. Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and the Town Board understand that it is because of the invaluable expansion of the Chabad dynasty by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, ob”m, known admirably throughout the world as the Rebbe, that America’s largest township is able to enjoy the strength, education and support provided by the Chabad movement.

This week, in front of the Chabad of Merrick and joined by local Chabad leaders from all over the township, Supervisor Clavin and the Town Board proclaimed the 120th Birthday of the Rebbe, this year falling on April 12, as Education and Sharing Day in Hempstead Town.

“The impact that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson has had on the Chabad movement is tremendous and he is directly responsible for the strong Hasidic roots here in America’s largest township,” said Supervisor Clavin. “We are fortunate to be home to a great number of Chabad centers all with great leadership, and we are proud recognize the Rebbe’s lasting legacy in improving education for children around the world.”

In addition to proclaiming April 12, 2022 as Education and Sharing Day in the Town of Hempstead, the Town Board has also presented each Chabad located within the township with a commemorative sign recognizing this important date. Each year, the Rebbe’s birthday on the Jewish calendar, 11 Nissan, is celebrated throughout the country as Education and Sharing Day, this year falling on April 12. Officially designated in 1978 by then-President Jimmy Carter, the day pays tribute to the Rebbe’s efforts for a better education for all American citizens.

“Thank you to Supervisor Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and the Town Board for recognizing the 120th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s birth,” said Rabbi Perl, senior rabbi of the Chabad of Mineola. “It’s a call for the residents of America’s largest township to reflect on the vital role of education in order to prepare our youth to be the leaders of tomorrow.”

The Town of Hempstead is home to twelve Chabad centers located all throughout the township. These Chabad centers include the Five Towns, Hewlett, West Hempstead, Merrick, Oceanside, East Meadow, Valley Stream and Chabad Centers at Adelphi University and Hofstra University. The Chabad of the Beaches, Chabad of Mineola and the Chabad of Brush Hollow also serve Hempstead Town residents.

“Once again I’d like to thank the Chabad centers of the Town of Hempstead for joining with us today to celebrate this monumental occasion regarding the life of an inspirational trailblazer,” concluded Supervisor Clavin.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Tefillin Awareness Project at Netzach

Met Council Launches Emergency Pesach Appeal

Met Council has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to ensure the organization can provide free food to the more than 310,000 New Yorkers who rely on their free food distributions for Pesach. In a year where so many families are struggling, Met Council is gearing up to supply almost 3 million pounds of food to members of the Jewish community through its pantries and community partners across the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey. In addition, Met Council will provide over $500,000 in emergency food cards for those without access to one of its food pantries. Due to inflation and the overall increased need, Met Council is aiming to raise $2.5 million in emergency funds to provide for those in need this Pesach.

Last year, Met Council helped 307,993 New Yorkers celebrate Passover, a near doubling of those supported in previous years. They are expecting another year of record numbers in 2022 amid an inflationary crisis that sees no end in sight. Even as the New York area continues to slowly reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects continue to wreak havoc on the local economy, with unemployment still double the national rate, supply chains in shambles and other compounding factors. Many families and individuals are still suffering from job loss and reduced income after depleting their savings.

“There are people who in 2019 were able to get by for Pesach that now are struggling to pay their monthly bills,” said David G. Greenfield, CEO of Met Council. “This year those families who lost their jobs during the pandemic and fell behind are struggling to get them and their family through Pesach because of unprecedented inflation. The need is greater than we’ve ever seen.”

Even with Met Council leveraging its resources to purchase large wholesale quantities of food through its special pricing from manufacturers the prices are still astronomical. Core Pesach products like matzah, gefilte fish and cooking oil have risen in price by as much at 45 percent due to product shortages and inflated costs of raw materials, labor and transportation.

“Not only is Met Council helping more families this year than ever before, we are doing it while seeing exorbitant increases in food prices,” Greenfield explained. “While many in the community are celebrating Pesach in resorts there are just as many rationing their trips to the supermarket in hopes of saving money on gas. We need the community to join us in helping our neighbors get through Pesach.”

The free Pesach packages being distributed include fresh produce, kosher chicken, eggs, and Pesach-specific foods like matzah, gefilte fish, and over 25 additional items. Met Council needs the community’s participation more than ever this year to ensure that they can beat the rising inflation and guarantee that those in need experience a beautiful Pesach.

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On Sunday, April 3, Mesivta Netzach HaTorah hosted a Tefillin Awareness Project with expert sofrim.

The talmidim were joined by their fathers and had the opportunity to meet one on one with the rabbanim, learning and seeing up close the intricacies and specifics of hilchos tefillin. Following a brief overview from the sofrim, the talmidim and fathers brought their tefillin to the stations for checking.

After the workshop, the rebbeim, talmidim and fathers joined together for a delicious breakfast sponsored in honor of the rebbeim and hanhallah.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Shulamith Torah Bowl

Thank G-d for another outstanding victory for the Shulamith Torah bowl team who have now advanced to the championship. They have studied so much Torah this year, and the final meet, on the parsha of Vzot Habracha, will take place, G-d willing, on April 6, against four other schools from the tristate area.

The Shulamith team is deeply grateful to Rabbi Mair Wolofsky who is the developer and coordinator of the Metropolitan Torah Bowl League since 1995. Over the past 28 years, thousands of participating yeshiva students have studied Chumash and Rashi on all five Seforim to a competitive level. Torah Bowl is open to junior high and high school yeshiva students with separate divisions for boys and girls in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, and it is a great experience participating in it.

Third-year talmidim of Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid who are moving on to yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael took leave of the Rosh HaYeshiva, Rav Yaakov Bender Students in Morah Leah Ross’ CAHAL 1-2 grade class at Yeshiva Darchei Torah had a great time making fruit smoothies in the blender to celebrate learning all about blending consonants during phonics

Gural JCC Isolation to Connection Initiative

The Gural JCC Isolation to Connection initiative, in partnership with UJA-Federation of New York, provides valuable resources and support to isolated seniors residing within the Five Towns and its surrounding areas in Nassau County. The Gural JCC is a place that encourages unity; where anyone, regardless of faith, age, social or economic background can take advantage of all of the services we have to offer.

The Gural JCC is here to connect isolated seniors to the myriad of services available to them within and outside of our JCC. If you, or a senior in need, would like more information please contact Andrew Kahn at 516-569-6733 ext. 231 or at andrew. kahn@guraljcc.org.

Together we will create a more compassionate and caring community.

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Potatoes are still alive after they’re harvested, which is why spuds can sprout if potatoes are left in warm, moist places. When Math and Art Meet

As the spring season approaches, the fourth graders at YOSS are blooming with creativity! The boys were very excited to connect their math skills to art. After learning about numeric and non-numeric patterns, the fourth graders put their pattern skills on a blank canvas! Students were required to trace their hand and create 10-12 patterns inside their own drawing. They used abstract shapes and lines while others excitedly mixed shapes, lines, and even different country’s flags. This math “craftivity” reinforced the concept of deciphering and creating non-numeric patterns. Bridging math and art gives our students the educational and creative outlet they deserve.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 At the Shuvu Dinner on March 27, 2022 at Bell Works

Dinner Chairman, Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg, speaking Horav Shimon Galai speaking Horav Shimon Galai greeting Horav Shmuel Kamenetsky

Yosi Hoch, co-chairman, speaking Avrohom Biderman, co-chairman, speaking

Special presentation to Hoch Family

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Emet Students Inspired by Warmth at Far Rockaway Shabbaton

Never underestimate the impact of hosting Shabbos guests.

“My hosts were so welcoming that I want to have a warm and inviting home like that one day” was a frequent comment by Emet Outreach students after an exceptional Shabbaton in Far Rockaway. The weekend marked the first Shabbaton for the spring semester of Emet’s Leaders Fellowship. Thirty students who are members of the Cross-Campus Forest Hills Fellowship and the St. John’s University Fellowship were greeted like family. They were joined by Emet staff members including Rabbi Nissim Musheyev, Rabbi Yakov Musheyev, Mrs. Hilla Kozuch, Rabbi Ari Hertz, and Ms. Chava Zaretsky.

“We’re so grateful to the Far Rockaway community for opening their homes and treating our students with such incredible hospitality,” said Rabbi Nissim Musheyev, Community Development Director. “For over 14 years, Emet’s Fellowship program has provided thousands of unaffiliated, Jewish college students with an introduction to Judaism and their first Shabbos experience. Spending a Shabbos together like this gives students an opportunity to connect without technology and lets them feel what it is like to be an observant Jew.”

On Erev Shabbos after settling in with their host families, participants met at the Menachimov home for candle lighting and Kabbalas Shabbos. This was followed by a wonderful dinner and words of inspiration by Rabbi Yakov Musheyev. The group also shared personal “life lessons” like the importance of gratitude and how Shabbos enriches their week. The evening concluded with an Oneg Shabbos and a lively Q&A session with the Emet rabbis.

Shacharis on Shabbos day was held at the Sefardi Minyan at the White Shul. Lunch was enjoyed at different families in the community. The group reunited in the afternoon at the Lebovic home for games and a shiur from Rabbi Nissim Musheyev on “Life on the Up Elevator!” Chava Zaretsky, Campus Mekareves who helped coordinate the Shabbaton, noted that “the students were moved by Rabbi Musheyev’s class on values and the importance of internal self-development. They reflected on how they can improve their middos and shift their focus from external success to internal, spiritual, and family-oriented success, as well.”

For the Seudah Shlishis meal, the women gathered at the Musheyev home where renowned singer Mrs. Shaindel Antelis-Schorr led zemiros. The men were hosted by the Katlowitz family, and the Shabbos experience culminated with a musical Havdalah led by Rabbi Akiva Palmer at his home.

Shabbos in Far Rockaway made a lasting impression on the students. “Attending the Shabbaton made me feel like I was part of a beautiful and welcoming community,” Jessica Kataev said. “We stayed off our phones and really took in the moment which allowed us to connect with our peers and our hosts. It’s an experience that made me feel closer to Hashem, and I’d love to host Shabbatons at my house with friends in the near future.”

Nathan Borukhov added, “I have been on three Emet Shabbatons. Each experience has brought me closer to Judaism.”

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by Eli Kroen at ArtScroll Studios, Ltd., Brooklyn, NY © 2017 Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Into emunah… This is the night. Pesach is called the holiday of emunah, of faith. As we sit at our Seder table speaking of the wonders and miracles of the Exodus, we ignite a flame of emunah that will burn brightly throughout the year. Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky is a brilliant storyteller, and in this unusual Haggadah he uses that talent to bring the story of Yetziyas Mitzrayim into our stories — our lives, challenges, hopes, and accomplishments. And, especially, into our emunah. In addition to fascinating Torah insights, Rabbi Pruzansky offers story after story that highlights the emunah of the Jews, both famous personalities and simple people with rock-solid faith. He shares “kriyas Yam Suf” stories — when a person feels there is no way to go forward and Hashem miraculously brings him to where he wants to be. We will find emunah in a dangerous Arab village and on Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway. In the Soviet army and in a luxury Pesach hotel. In traffic jams and basketball courts. We will explore the faith of our ancestors in Egypt, and the faith of people just like us. We will hear great stories — and we will find ourselves strengthened. Haggadah shel Pesach: Night of Emunah pulsates with the energy of faith and hope; perfect for the holiday of emunah — and just what we need to make our Seder table vibrant and meaningful on this night of renewed faith and trust . PRUZANSKY Cover design ArtScroll® Series Published by 9 781422 618721 ISBN-13 978-1-4226-1872-1 ISBN-10 1-4226-1872-2 90000 ARTSCROLL ®

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vdsv ak pxj THE HAGGADAH WITH ANSWERS In the familiar world of Haggadah literature, can there be something new under the sun? With every family’s Pesach shelf groaning under the weight of so many Haggadahs, can there be a new Haggadah that is materially different from the others? Or — in the parlance of Pesach — how is this Haggadah commentary different from every other Haggadah commentary? It is very different, very useful, and sure to be very popular and very widely consulted. T H E H A G G A D A H WI TH A N S WE R S Compiled by the noted Torah scholar, Rabbi Yaakov Wehl, this commentary is in question-and-answer form. It contains over two hundred questions on the Haggadah — the sort of questions that anyone might have asked, or wished he had asked. There is hardly a query on the Haggadah that is not included somewhere in this collection. The answers? They are drawn from the broad gamut of classic commentators, from their writings on the Torah, the Talmud, or the Haggadah. Virtually everything one could wish for is between the covers of this Haggadah. In its Hebrew version, Ki Yishal’cha Vin’cha, this commentary has had many printings and become a popular, standard text in America, Israel, and elsewhere. The English version is more than a mere translation. It takes the anthology of classic texts and explains them clearly and articulately. It sheds new light on many obscure parts of the Haggadah. This Haggadah will be a revelation even to accomplished scholars and veteran teachers. In it, Rabbi Wehl’s immense erudition and pedagogical skills are placed at the service of the broad Jewish public. It is a welcome service of great proportions. ISBN-13 978-0-89906-384-3 ISBN-10 0-89906-384-5 90000 9 780899 063843 WEHL ARTSCROLL MESORAH ArtScroll® Mesorah Series Published by ® 313 Regina Avenue • Rahway, NJ 07065 718/921-9000 • www.artscroll.com

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by Rabbi Yechiel Spero by Eli Kroen at ArtScroll Studios, Ltd. , Brooklyn, NY © 2016 Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Invite Reb Moshe Feinstein zt”l to your Seder table. The Reb Moshe Haggadah beautifully captures the many facets of the gaon and posek hador: his brilliance in piskei halachah and Gemara; his insights and deep understanding of Torah hashkafah; his incredible diligence and his extraordinary compassion. Much of the commentary is taken from Reb Moshe’s prolific writings on halachah, Chumash, and Talmud. Stories about Reb Moshe from dozens of other sources paint an inspiring and breathtaking portrait of a caring and empathetic leader who had a profound understanding and endless love for the Jews he led for so many decades. When we read about the “Four Sons,” we will hear Reb Moshe share his teachings on chinuch, child-rearing, and Torah education. From a Shabbos HaGadol lecture given by Reb Moshe in 1922, we listen to him compare the merciless Communist regime where he lived, to Pharaoh’s Egypt. From the Ten Plagues, Reb Moshe offers us a new understanding of the power of free choice; from the Splitting of the Sea, he points out a vital lesson in strengthening our faith. We are taught that the voices of the great Torah scholars are not stilled even after their passing, and in these pages we can clearly hear the voice of the beloved Torah leader, HaGaon Reb Cover design ArtScroll® Series Moshe Feinstein zt”l. ISBN-13 978-1-4226-1710-6 ISBN-10 1-4226-1710-6 90000 Published by 9 781422 617106 ®

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Seder night commemorates the greatest true story of all time — the night when Hashem, in His splendor, came down Himself, personally, to liberate His People, the Jews. It is the night of our miracles and our liberation. It’s the night of our stories. Rabbi Yechiel Spero — acclaimed educator, erudite Torah scholar, and, of course, gifted storyteller — tells some of those stories in this engaging new Haggadah that is certain to enhance our Sedarim. In his many bestselling books, Rabbi Spero does a masterful job of bringing Torah insights to life through unusual stories. Touched by Our Story includes his wide-ranging, stimulating commentary on the Haggadah and, of course, Rabbi Spero’s trademark true stories. The Four Sons come to life, in tales like that of the Rosh Yeshivah who played “jacks” with a youngster or the gadol ha’dor who insisted a yeshivah change its language to accommodate two students who genuinely wanted to learn. We hear what the Klausenberger Rebbe had to say at a Seder not long after his liberation, and are amazed at the connection between the plague of Frogs and the remarkable survival of two victims of a ghastly terror attack. Enlightening, engaging, and eye-opening, this is a Haggadah that will ensure a lively, meaningful, and enjoyable Seder for us, our guests, and — most important of all — our children, the next generation to tell the stories. ISBN-10 1-4226-1563-4 ISBN-13 978-1-4226-1563-8 90000 ArtScroll® Series Published by 9 781422 615638 ARTSCROLL ® 4401 Second Avenue • Brooklyn, NY 11232 MESORAH 718/921-9000 • www.artscroll.com

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The Rav Schwab Haggadah provides us with an in-depth view of the Haggadah Shel Pesach through the lens of one of the Gedolei HaRabbanim of our time. Rav Shimon Schwab was renowned for imparting generations of Jews with the foundational principles of emunah, bitachon, yiras Shamayim, emes, and ehrlichkeit, as well as for his brilliant and novel Torah thoughts. His teachings reflect a sincerity and love of Hashem and His Torah that is infectious. The Rav Schwab Haggadah offers a wealth of insights into the basics of emunah, conveyed with great passion and emotion. Rav Schwab’s style is clear, fresh, thought-provoking, and always inspiring. This volume is a compendium of commentaries and insights gleaned from the Rav’s teachings in Maayan Beis HaSho’eivah, Rav Schwab on Prayer, and from shiurim, writings, and speeches, as well as from many never-before published kesavim (notes). Rav Schwab was a Rav for over 65 years in Germany, Baltimore, and New York, as well as a Rosh Beis Din, posek, and mechanech par excellence. A product of Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch in Frankfurt, Germany, he also gained exposure to the great yeshivos of Eastern Europe and their style of limud haTorah and mussar. He was a talmid of such pre-war legendary greats as Rav Leizer Yudel Finkel, Rav Yeruchem Levovitz, Rav Chaim Telzer, and Rav Yosef Leib Bloch. The result was a magnificent synthesis of both glorious traditions. The Rav Schwab Haggadah will enrich our Seder, our Pesach, and our lives. ISBN-10 1-4226-2302-5 ISBN-13 978-1-4226-2302-2 90000 9 781422 623022 ArtScroll® Series Published by ®

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Now, with the Reb Aharon Leib Haggadah, we can spend an unforgettable Pesach with him!

The author, Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Shteinman, is the grandson of both Rav Aharon Leib and ח״לבי, Rav Chaim Kanievsky א״טילש. In the Reb Aharon Leib Haggadah, he takes us into his grandfather’s small, simple Bnei Brak apartment. We are there as the family cleans and prepares for Pesach, as Rav Shteinman performs bedikas chametz, and as he prepares his Seder table. We will learn about some of his minhagim for the simanim of the Seder, and enjoy story after story — many of them never before publicized — about Rav Aharon Leib.

And we are with him at the Seder itself, enjoying his insights into the Haggadah. As we invite guests to join us in “Ha Lachma Anya,” we will marvel at tales of Rav Aharon Leib’s hachnasas orchim. We will learn what Rav Aharon Leib considered to be the greatest of all of the miracles of Yetzias Mitzrayim. We will hear from him how to keep the inspiration of Pesach all year round.

As we read through this Haggadah, we will see the Yom Tov of Pesach, Yetzias Mitzrayim, and, yes, the world around us, through the eyes of Rav Aharon Leib. We will hear his voice, saying his chiddushim, sharing his memories and insights. And we will experience the inspiration of a Seder spent with a truly phenomenal gadol b’Torah.

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There are so many facets to Passover, the beloved holiday of liberation, and to the Seder which is central to it. It is a festival that engages our imagination and our yearning, both national and personal. Passover touches our hearts and our minds.

Rav Asher Weiss’s commentary on the Haggadah is a brilliant tour de force by a phenomenal Torah scholar, a rosh yeshiva and world-renowned rav and orator. Rabbi Weiss is the author of Minchas Asher and is consulted by leading Torah authorities around the world. In this work he captures many of the qualities that make Passover unique.

In a remarkable series of profound yet readable essays, Rabbi Weiss examines the ethical and philosophical underpinnings of liberation and miracles. We learn how to engrave the lessons of the exodus deep into our hearts.

Rabbi Weiss possesses a vast encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish law and an unusual talent for clear explanation. A fascinating section on halachah outlines the holiday’s laws and customs, including their background, sources and definitive rulings.

Finally, his commentary on the Haggadah text itself weaves together the wisdom of Torah scholars throughout the ages, melding their timeless understanding with a contemporary perspective on our lives.

Rav Asher Weiss is a towering Torah giant with a worldwide reputation. Now we can avail ourselves of his encyclopedic knowledge, his eloquence and his insight, to enrich our own Seder table, our holiday, and our faith.

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VILNA GAON חספ לש הדגהThe Haggadah tells us: “In every generation, it is one’s duty to regard himself as though he personally had gone out of Egypt.” HAGGADAHAs we sit around our sparkling Seder tables, thousands of miles and thousands of years separate us from our brethren suffering beneath the burning Egyptian sun; from our ancestors marching triumphantly out of slavery. How, then, can we fulfill the Haggadah’s words? How can we, THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH WITH COMMENTARIES BYlike our ancestors, go out of Egypt? The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah brings the Exodus to life by THE VILNA GAON AND HIS SON R’ AVRAHAMdrawing upon the wisdom and words of the Sages. We see the slavery, the ten plagues, and the final Exodus through the eyes and ears of Chazal and later commentators. The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah is based on more than 150 sources, from Midrash to Malbim, from the Zohar to Rambam to Rav Moshe Feinstein, and every entry adds to our understanding of the actual Pesach story.

Designed for maximum impact at the Seder, the entries are short, graphic, and unusually detailed. As we move through our Seder we can envision the rigors of slavery, Pharaoh’s diabolical schemes, the miraculous plagues, the glorious redemption, and the unforgettable moment as the Jewish People cross the Sea.

Based on the highly-successful Haggadah V’Aggadata, The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah is a unique, innovative Haggadah that will enable us to experience the Exodus at our own Seder, just as we are meant to do.

The Exodus from Egypt. Feel the captivity. Experience the triumph. The Yetzias Mitzrayim Haggadah

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The Gra. The very name elicits feelings of awe as it conjures an image of towering Torah stature. From a small room in Vilna he shed illumination on every area of Torah. From halachah to kabbalah, Shulchan Aruch to Tanach, the Jewish people have been enriched by the Gaon of Vilna.

Rabbeinu Avraham, his son and a major conduit for his teachings, amplifies his father’s ideas and brings them within the realm of our understanding. Schooled in his father’s method, Rabbeinu Avraham brings together all the streams of Torah knowledge to brighten the “night of redemption” with his Haggadah commentary the “Geulas Avraham.”

These adaptations clarify and crystallize the major and minor themes of the Haggadah all the while exposing the reader to the very special derech of the Vilna Gaon.

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The Pesach Seder. The one night a year that Jews throughout the world relive and experience the Exodus from Egypt. It is the time when we infuse in ourselves and our children lessons of emunah, faith, and an immense appreciation for the kindness and love bestowed upon us by Hashem.

The link to our future generations has always been our children. They are the center of attention throughout the Seder. From the asking of the mah nishtanah to the “hidden” afikoman, we strive to keep the children engaged and excited throughout the evening, as we transmit our story from one generation to The Passover Haggadahthe next. In this unique Haggadah commentary, Rabbi Nosson Muller, with a commentary illuminating Menahel of Yeshiva Toras Emes in Brooklyn, and renowned and experienced educator, offers us the tools to make the Seder an the liberation unforgettable event and an exciting learning experience. With of the spirit insightful explanations coupled with dozens of inspiring and meaningful stories and parables, Rabbi Muller gives us timely and practical chinuch messages and lessons — for ourselves, and to convey to our children. This Haggadah is bound to keep the children — and their parents — engaged and interested throughout the long night.

On Seder night every parent becomes a teacher. Here is a master educator to show us how to do it right. The Seder lasts for a few hours — The Generation to Generation Haggadah will help us and our children hear its vital message resound throughout the year.

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Don Yitzchak Abarbanel was a man who made his mark on Jewish scholarship and history. As finance minister to Ferdinand and Isabella in the Spain of Columbus and the Inquisition, he worked mightily to protect Jewish lives and interests in that historically hostile country. When the Jewish community was expelled, he led them out of the county in 1492, despite pleas from the king and queen that he accept a privileged status and remain at his post without compromising his Jewishness.

But his enduring role in Jewish history lay in his writings. One of the earliest acharonim, he was a prolific scholar and interpreter. Abarbanel wrote one of the greatest and most extensive of all commentaries on the entire Scriptures, as well as on such other works as Pirkei Avos. One of his famous, treasured commentaries was on the Haggadah.

In this adaptation, the reader studies the Haggadah as Abarbanel understood it. Utilizing his unique method of asking stimulating questions on which he focuses his commentary, Abarbanel combines the classic teachings of the Sages with his own insights, and presents them in such a way that they provide a clearer understanding of the turbulent times in which he lived. And on our times, as well. For just as the Torah is timeless, so it sheds light on every era and all conditions.

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THE PESACH HAGGADAH:

by Rabbi Berel Wein

THE REB AHARON LEIB HAGGADAH

Compiled by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Shteinman

RAV ASHER WEISS ON THE HAGGADAH

by Rav Asher Weiss

THE YETZIAS MITZRAYIM HAGGADAH

Compiled by Rabbi Dovid Grunbaum

VILNA GAON HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Yisrael Herczeg

RAV NEBENZAHL HAGGADAH ABARBANEL HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Yisrael Herczeg

THE ILLUMINATED HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib

ECONOMICALLY PRICED HAGGADAHS FOR EVERYONE AT YOUR SEDER

Seif Edition Schottenstein Edition

Also available in Spanish!

TRANSLITERATED HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Nosson Scherman / Rabbi Avie Gold

INTERLINEAR HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Menachem Davis

THE ARTSCROLL CHILDREN'S HAGGADAH

by Shmuel Blitz

THE ILLUSTRATED HAGGADAH

by Rabbis Nosson and Yitzchok Zev Scherman

illustrated by Hannah Stern

YOUTH HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Nosson Scherman / Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Scherman

THE FAMILY HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Nosson Scherman / Rabbi Avie Gold

The Family Haggadah Enlarged Edition

The Family Haggadah Regular Edition

The Family Haggadah Spanish Edition

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PESACH HOLIDAY SERIES

by Rabbi Nosson Scherman and Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

PESACH TITLES

LAWS OF THE SEDER by Rabbi David Feinstein

PESACH WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH

By Yaffa Ganz

MY LAST YEAR IN MITZRAYIM

by Chaim Greenbaum

By Helene Ribowsky and Rachel Zlotowitz

RAMBAN HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Yosef Israel

SFAS EMES HAGGADAH

by Rabbi Yosef Stern

ADDITIONAL HAGGADAHS TO ENHANCE YOUR SEDER

HAGGADAH ANTHOLOGY

by Rabbi Moshe Lieber / Rabbi Nosson Scherman

RAV SHLOMO ZALMAN HAGGADAH

IN EVERY GENERATION

by Rabbi Moshe Grylack

HAGGADAH SHIRAS YEHUDAH

by Rabbi Eliezer Ginsburg

THE HAGGADAH OF THE ROSHEI YESHIVAH

Volumes 1, 2 & 3 by Rabbi Asher Bergman SIMCHAS YAABETZ HAGGADAH

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Yeshiva Darchei Torah nursery students of Morah Shaina Braun got ready for Pesach by searching for chometz in their sensory bin

SKA Holds Science Olympiad

This year, SKA held its own Science Olympiad on Tuesday, March 22, with over 34 students participating. The competition reflected how SKA students consistently apply their learning in a hands-on way. Students were paired up and competed against each other by completing different assignments or activities that demonstrated their knowledge of the material.

The Science Olympiad had seven important events, one for each Science discipline: • SKA students in Anatomy and Physiology with Mrs. La Zhong created models of muscles using clay and were asked to place them accurately on skeletons. Student participants were Dina Faye Bendel, Michal Greenblatt, Yakira Kret, Talya Lippman, Ruchy Reichman and Brianna Swedarsky. • In Chemistry Lab with Dr. Neera Kimmel, girls created a mixture of oil, water and plastic beads and utilized a filtration funnel and a separatory funnel to isolate the respective components. They were tasked with assessing the percent error of these items. Student participants were Alexandra Freundlich, Kayla Goldberg and Sari Gross. • The students in Mr. Andres Pabon’s Remote Sensing group wired up different types of sensors on a robot. Student participants were Elizabeth Naiman, Meira Norensberg and Tamar Rabinovitz. • Dr. Salvatore Parrino’s students in Cell Biology used pipettes in order to separate mixtures and isolate DNA. Student participants were Shira Ellenberg, Mimi Feinberg, Atara Ginsburg, Meghan Gottfried, Rachel Hirt, Batya Kimyagarov, Avigail Nassir, Lea Septimus and Aliza Tokayer. • Green Generation students of Ms. Rivka Hirsch used recyclable materials in order to design and build an insulated thermos. The students planned how to scientifically test their creations to see which would be a more effective heat insulator. Student participants were Farrah Crane, Elinor Malayev, Sari Roman and Rachel Yadgarov. • The students of Mrs. Elizabeth Rosenfeld’s Ornithology group studied the habitat, food preferences, mating behaviors and structure of each bird. They took an 18 question exam and then had to build a model of a particular bird out of Styrofoam, pipe cleaners and feathers. Student participants were Maya Hiller, Atara Teitelbaum and Leah Yadgarov, • Mrs. Aviva Lifshitz’s Dynamic Planet students specifically learned about the properties of water, in particular the concept of buoyancy. They had to apply their knowledge of why certain objects float or sink when placed in water. Student participants were Cloe Dershowitz, Julia Holchendler, Atara Razi and Avital Razi. • The SKA students enjoyed learning about their individual topic and racing against the clock to complete their respective event. Our thanks go to Dr. Salvatore Parrino for coordinating SKA’s Science Olympiad and to all the Science Department teachers for coaching the teams.

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Around the Community STEM in Shulamith

The Shulamith fifth grade did an aMAZEing project using civil engineering to create mazes that would allow a robotic bug to successfully enter and exit. They built on their teamwork skills and perseverance.

HAFTR Bowl-a-thon

By Emma Zelman

HAFTR High School students helped children get one step closer to going to camp this summer.

On Thursday, March 31, HAFTR students participated in a bowl-a-thon to help raise money for The Camp Scholarship Fund. The Camp Scholarship Fund, a campaign of the Matzliach Organization, is an organization that helps provide financial support to families in an effort to send their children to camp. The organization creates fundraisers of all kinds, including 5K Color Runs, Tehilim-a-thons, bake sales and, of course, bowl-a-thons. Participants enjoyed food, bowling, time with friends, and the understanding that they were helping kids go to camp.

HAFTR students were joined by their amazing teachers, rebbeim, and many of the faculty’s children. The event was a fun and successful way to raise funds for deserving families. Thank you to everyone involved and especially our director of Student Life, Mrs. Schechter, who put this event together. The bowla-thon was not only an opportunity for students to help those in need but also a program that reflected the unity and friendships within our school.

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The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Mazal tov to the talmidim of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway who made a chazara siyum on Meseches Bava Basra

Guest speaker Rabbi Juraval Shai Englander

Probate: What It Is & How to Avoid It—Part I

By Monet Binder, Esq.

Unless you’ve created a proper estate plan, when you’re gone, before any of your belongings are distributed, many of your assets must first pass through the court process known as probate. Like most court proceedings, probate can be time-consuming, costly, aggravating, and open to the public. Avoiding probate – and keeping your family out of court – should be a primary goal of most estate plans.

Probate typically involves:

• Determining the validity of your will (if you have one). • Appointing an executor or administrator to manage the probate process and settle your estate. • Locating and valuing all of your assets. • Notifying & paying your creditors. • Filing & paying your taxes. • Distributing your assets to the appropriate beneficiaries.

In most cases, going through all of these steps is very difficult for the people you love. It’s expensive, can take a long time, and be highly disruptive and inconvenient, and sometimes, can be messy.

By implementing the right estate planning strategies, however, you can help your loved ones avoid probate all together—or at least make the process extremely simple for them. To spare your family from the time, cost, and stress inherent to probate, here in this two-part series, we’ll first explain how the probate process works and what it would entail for your loved ones, and then we’ll outline the different ways you can avoid probate with wise planning.

When Probate is Required

As mentioned previously, if you fail to put in place a proper estate plan, your assets must go through probate before they can be distributed to anyone. In general, this includes those individuals who have no estate plan at all, those whose estate plan consists of a Will alone, and those who have a Will the court wont’ accept.

You can see that even if you have a Will in place, your loved ones will still be subjected to probate. If you want to keep your family out of court and out of conflict you cannot rely solely on a Will, and you’ll need to put in place additional estate planning tools.

Without a Will, probate is still required to pay your debts and distribute your assets. However, regardless of your wishes, your assets will be distributed to New York’s statute of inheritance. If no living heirs can be found, then your assets go to the state.

How Probate Works

Whether you had a Will or not, the probate process is similar.

1. Authenticating the Validity of

Your Will: With a Will, following your death, your executor is responsible for filing your Will with the court, to initiate the probate process. From there, the court must authenticate your Will to ensure it was properly created and executed in accordance with state law, and this may involve a court hearing.

All beneficiaries named in your Will, and all those who inherit under state law, in the absence of a Will, must get notice of the Will filing. This allows people to contest the Will’s validity which can prevent the Will from being probated, and then it’s as if there were no Will at all.

2. Appointing the Executor or Ad-

ministrator: With a Will, the court formally approves and appoints the person you named in your Will as your executor before they can legally act on behalf of your estate. Without a Will, the court will appoint an administrator.

In some cases, the court might require your executor to post a bond before they can serve. The bond functions as an insurance policy to reimburse the estate in the event the executor makes a serious error during probate that financially damages the estate. Not everyone can qualify for a bond.

3. Locating & Valuing Your Assets:

Once probate begins, the executor must identify, locate, and take possession of all of your assets, and appraise them for a total value. This includes not only those assets listed in your Will and other estate planning documents, but also those you may have not included in your estate plan. This is why keeping a regularly updated inventory of your assets is so important. Any assets the executor is unable to locate will end up in our state’s Department of Unclaimed Property. Across the U.S., more than $58 billion of assets are stuck in state Departments of Unclaimed Property. As your Personal Family Lawyer, we will not only help you create a comprehensive asset inventory, we work to make sure this inventory stays updated throughout your lifetime.

4. Paying Creditors and Filing &

Paying Your Taxes: In addition to paying all of your outstanding private debts and funeral expenses, the executor is also responsible for filing and paying any outstanding taxes you owe to the government at the time of death. This includes personal income and capital-gains taxes, as well as state and federal estate taxes, if your estate is valuable enough to qualify.

5. Distribution Of Your Remain-

ing Assets: Once all assets have been distributed, the executor must file a petition with the court to close probate. If all creditors and taxes have been paid, your assets have been distributed, and there are no other outstanding issues to be addressed, the court will issue an order formally closing the estate and terminating the executor’s appointment.

6.Keep Your Family Out of Court

& Out of Conflict. One of our primary goals when creating your estate plan is to keep your family out of court and out of conflict no matter what happens to you. Fortunately, it’s easy for you to spare your family the burden of probate with proactive planning. Next week, we’ll look at the ways you can do just that in the second part of this series. Until then, if you haven’t put an estate plan in place or have one that would force your family to go through probate, call today: 718.514.7575.

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On the heels of a fabulously successful, standing-room only production, Shulamith High School staff immediately switched gears and turned its creative prowess to its annual Book Day. Book Day is a fully immersive shared reading experience, where mind and body encounter the themes and messages of a specific book enjoyed schoolwide.

This year’s choice, Other Words For Home, explores a preteen girl’s arrival in America after escaping war-torn Syria. She embarks on a journey to embrace American culture while clutching tightly to her Syrian roots, standing tall while standing out as a Muslim. Thematically, this story opened doors to discussions about Jewish immigration in times of persecution, pride in one’s heritage despite immersion in secular society, and the human need to feel connection to something greater. It generated discussions of the cultural isolation experienced by religious minorities and the fears and trials immigrants face when racial discrimination is directed unfairly toward them.

Rabbi Levi Raices opened the program, sharing his refugee experience after escaping Ukraine just weeks ago. His account connected all too deeply with the life of the protagonist, Jude, and drove the relevance of her story home. Students then dove into the book’s lessons through one of nine teacher-led discussions. At the session of her choice, each one contributed to a conversation extrapolated from the book’s content. Topics ranged from resilience, to sources for minhagim, to inadvertently limiting our perceptions due to labels.

The link between culture and cuisine was highlighted at the Cultural Food Festival. Six ethnically diverse food stations were elegantly set, from which students partook in American, Italian, Mexican, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European delights. Mrs. Chanie Apfelbaum introduced the food festival with a cooking demo while elucidating the profound relationship between food and family. In recognition of the variety of Shulamith ancestry and the beautiful means by which recipes connect generations, the faculty and students published an SHS cookbook, preserving beloved family recipes and sharing their significance with an introductory explanation.

At the “Spill the Tea” round table discussion, English teachers led a thought-provoking conversation about immigration, tznius, and recognizing our unique garb as a badge of honor. As our main character Jude emphasized, “I cover my head not because I am ashamed, forced, or hiding. But because I am proud and want to be seen as I am.” As religious Jews, our speech, clothing, and culture set us apart and define us amid secular society; it is our prerogative to recognize the embedded privilege therein.

Students walked away with fresh pride in our unique heritage and recognition of our mission to perpetuate it with dignity.

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Shulamith High School Production

On Sunday, April 3, over 100 Shulamith High School students put on “Hope,” an inspiring and captivating production in front of an overflowing auditorium. The show portrayed three different stories of hope: Annie hoping for her biological parents; Isaac, an Israeli soldier, hoping to prove that extraordinary growth and healing comes from giving to others; and Raizel, a young Jewish woman hoping to find a man to marry. Through outstanding acting, heartfelt song, and enthralling dance, the students of SHS put on a performance for the ages.

We would like to recognize the outstanding senior production heads: Chanie Hertz, Tamar Newman, Tehilla Polansky, Baylie Weinberger, Alina Zelcer as well as senior Shira Lax, for creating all the scenery. Of course, none of this would be possible without the one and only Esty Munk, who wrote and directed the entire production. Thank you to all those who came to see this magnificent show. We HOPE you left inspired!

Serving Up Fun in Jamaica Estates

At the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, there is always something fun going on for families. Young and old enjoyed a sense of normalcy with festive and Megillah readings in both the Ashkenazi and Sefardi minyanim. Everyone was then invited to join the Purim fun and games at YIJE’s Purim Chagiga and Carnival with food, games, music, and prizes.

In preparation for Pesach, at this month’s installment of the Family Mitzvah Morning Program, children and parents got into the holiday spirit. Pesach packages with kiddush cups and matzah plates were prepared and decorated to bring holiday cheer to the residents of the Margret Teitz Rehabilitation Center.

As Purim fun and mitzvot blend into the mitzvot of Pesach, food, clothing, and tzedakah collections area also underway for those locally, in Israel and for Ukrainian refugees in need.

The Jewish Home | APRIL 7, 2022 Coverage of Historic Turnout as a Projected 50,000 Bnei Torah Took Dirshu Bechinas at Testing Locations Worldwide

Partial view of the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha participants in London, England HaRav Yisrael Newman addressing the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Bechina in Lakewood

By Chaim Gold

“Ashreichem!” That was the enthusiastic way HaGaon HaRav Yisrael Neuman, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, began his brief address to a massive crowd of some one thousand talmidei chachomim at Dirshu’s testing site in Lakewood last week.

Rav Neuman, known as one of the masmidim of the generation who only in cases of great need leaves the Yeshiva to give public addresses, felt compelled

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to make an exception and come and address Dirshu’s talmidei chachomim. In his remarks, he commented about the fact that hearing about the thousands upon thousands of new Dirshu members brought him a measure of comfort during these days of mourning for the Sar HaTorah, Maran, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. He said, “We have a kabbalah from the Alter of Slabodka that when there is a rabbim, a multitude of talmidei chachomim, it has the chashivus, the import of a gadol hador. When I look at this rabbim of talmidei chachomim taking a bechina, in some sense, I feel that we are trying to fill the void of the koach haTorah that has been lost with the passing of Rav Chaim.”

27,000 Tests in Eretz Yisroel Alone!

In truth, there are no words to describe the colossal response to the beginning of the machzor sheini of Daf HaYomi B’Halacha. Even the hanhala of Dirshu, who have seen numerous massive growth spurts over the years, were amazed by the world-wide response as untold thousands gathered in testing centers from Yerushalayim to Tzefas to Be’er Sheva and all over Eretz Yisrael. The entire North America and Canada, Europe, England, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, France, Holland, even Gibraltar, as well as Argentina and Australia all had a massive uptick of new participants.

According to Rabbi Shlomo Rozenstein, Dirshu’s Director of Public Relations, in Eretz Yisrael alone over 27,000 tests were taken!

Testing centers were packed wherever you went. Wherever one goes in Eretz Yisrael or in chutz la’aretz, one sees Yidden immersed in chelek aleph of Mishnah Berurah. A menahel of a prominent boys cheder in Lakewood related, “I have been to about five different shuls over the past week throughout Lakewood and wherever I go, I see people learning Daf HaYomi B’Halacha.”

Every Age and Stage

A small window into the massive influx of new learners and test takers can be gleaned from what took place in Boro Park this past Sunday night. Dirshu’s hanhala realized that its regular testing site at the large Spinka Shul would not be large enough. They rented out a floor of the new large building called Boro Park Square that comprises an entire square block in Boro Park. The building, located at 14th Avenue and 37th street, saw streams of people coming throughout the night. Not only that, but Dirshu arranged shuttle busses along five avenue blocks to bring the test takers to the testing site. The busses were packed. Rabbi Ahron Gobioff, Dirshu American Director, related that nearly 2,000 people alone came to the Boro Park site in the course of the night.

“Every table was full,” said Rabbi Gobioff. “There were even some taking tests on chairs without tables in front of them.

“Another very heartwarming, emotional thing for me,” continued Rabbi Gobioff, “was seeing the wide-ranging ages of the test takers. At one table you

could have children barely bar mitzvah age together with elderly Yidden with white beards, kollel yungeleit alongside baalei battim and bochurim. It was the most beautiful sight! Klal Yisrael in all its different ages and stages united by limud haTorah.”

At the Boro Park site, HaGaon HaRav Benzion Strasser, shlita, Nitra Rav of Boro Park, and Rav Dovid Hofstedter, shlita, Nasi Dirshu, briefly addressed the crowd.

Rav Yisrael Simcha Schorr:

“When You Learn Halacha You Become Partners with Hashem!”

At the Bais Medrash of Yeshiva Beis Dovid in Monsey many hundreds filled almost every possible space. The event was graced by HaGaon HaRav Yisrael Simcha Schorr, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr Someach. Rav Schorr, in his address to the crowd, related that he felt a tremendous zechus to be standing in a bais medrash that literally has representation of Yidden from all the wide-ranging array of communities of Yidden that comprise the frum community of Monsey. All are here “k’ish echad b’lev echad,” engaged in the preservation of limud haTorah.

In other locales in Brooklyn there was also an exponential increase in Dirshu participants and test takers. At the Williamsburg site, many hundreds came and were addressed by HaGaon HaRav Meir Grunwald, shlita, Pupa Dayan and a son of the Pupa Rebbe, shlita.

Thousands Join Dirshu All Over Europe

Rabbi Chezky Shuvaks of Dirshu Europe was equally amazed at the remarkable increase in lomdei Torah learning in the Dirshu programs and taking the tests. In London, many hundreds gathered at testing sites in the large Belzer Bais Medrash in the Stamford Hill neighborhood and in the Golders Green, Edgeware, and Canvey Island neighborhoods. In Manchester as well, many hundreds came together at one central location, the Machzikei Hadas Hall, to take the test.

In Antwerp, too, hundreds came to take the test, and Zurich, Vienna, and even Budapest and Gibraltar had major increases. A new testing site was even opened in Rome, Italy! Imagine the nekama on Titus Harasha who came from Rome to destroy the Bais Hamikdash and now Yidden are taking Dirshu tests on Torah learned in Rome!

The large bais medrash at the Orchos Chaim Cheder in Lakewood took on a different look this past Sunday night: tables upon tables upon tables, tightly packed, rows upon rows of chavrei Dirshu, brows furrowed, as all you could hear was the scratching of pens on paper.

The truth is that even before one entered, one knew something was different and special about that evening. Driving into the parking lot one saw a veritable wall of cars. Finding a parking spot was a task. Well over 1,000 people were at the Lakewood testing site, a site that was permeated by a feeling of anticipation as the hundreds of new test takers held Dirshu bechinas in their hands for the first time. It was a historic evening in Lakewood and around the world.

Rav Dovid Hofstedter:

When Torah Is Learned B’shleimus, It Protects B’shleimus

In his remarks at the Lakewood testing site, Rav Dovid Hofstedter expressed his tremendous feelings of gratification that in the wake of the siyum on machzor sheini of Daf HaYomi B’Halacha and the start of machzor shlishi there has been such a colossal increase of people learning halacha and taking tests on halachos in locales spanning the entire world. “The simcha of so many more people learning Torah is in essence a simcha of hashraas haShechina,” he said.

Rav Hofstedter showed proposed an original thought based on a Gemara on how we can emerge intact both spiritually and physically, from the difficult galus in which we find ourselves. Rav Dovid said, “When Torah is learned b’shleimus, when it is halacha Berurah and Mishanh Berurah in one place, it protects b’shleimus. When we learn entire masechtos, all the sedarim and all the halachos in Shulchan Aruch, not just certain parts, we are striving to learn the Torah b’shleimus and this offers us more protection.”

Rav Dovid then commented that Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s passing has left a great void, a “forgetting of the Torah.” When there is less Torah in the world, when there is shikchas haTorah in the world, it is a sakana.

With great passion, Rav Hofstedter concluded, “It is our task to increase Torah learning in the world by undertaking to learn and chazer and learn Torah b’shleimus!”

Delayed!

As you hear the details of my story, you’ll understand why I’ve been debating for a while whether or not to share it. I am still a bit uncomfortable telling it, but I feel that it is a must on my part – after all, it contains such a strong lesson on the amazing power of Tehillim.

It all began about two years ago. My financial situation took a turn for the worse and I had difficulty making my mortgage payments. Understandably, I got into trouble with the bank. Things went from bad to worse… until that bleak day when I received a notice advising me what date my house would officially be put up for auction on foreclosure.

I did all I could. And I turned to Hashem. In my pain, I begged Him for a yeshuah, knowing that He could really do anything. I also contacted Tehillim Kollel and asked for the minyan to have me in mind every day in their Tehillim.

The date of the auction loomed.

I decided to go watch the auction from up close, wondering what would happen. When I arrived, they announced that for an unforeseen reason, the auction was pushed off. Everyone would receive a notice in the mail within thirty days, advising when the auction would be rescheduled.

What should I say? I am still waiting for the new date.

The power of Tehillim is so clear and so strong. Thanks to the Tehillim, we are still living calmly and happily in our own home.

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Rep. Meng Secures Funding for Numerous Initiatives Crucial to Israel and the Jewish Community

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), New York’s senior appropriator on the House Appropriations Committee which funds the programs and projects of the federal government, announced last week that she helped secure funding for several initiatives crucial to Israel and the Jewish community.

This funding is money that was included in the new government spending package, which was recently approved by Congress and signed into law by President Biden. They include:

An unprecedented $250 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, an increase over the record breaking $180 million that Meng helped obtain last year.

This $70 million boost in funding will ensure that more facilities are awarded money from this crucial initiative, which provides houses of worship and nonprofit organizations with federal grants to improve the safety and security of their properties. The money, which helps guard against threats and attacks, can be spent on target-hardening and other physical security enhancements such as barriers, gates, safety gear, surveillance equipment, and other safety measures. • $3.3 billion in security assistance to Israel, as expected under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the U.S. and Israel in 2016. • $500 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense programs.

Under the funding, $200 million will be used for:

Continued co-production and procurement of Iron Dome system components;

Continued co-production and procurement of David’s Sling system components; and

Continued co-production and procurement of Arrow-3 system components.

$300 million will be used for:

• Development of block upgrades for David’s Sling, which includes extending the system’s range, improving its seeker capabilities, and addressing cruise missile threats. • The Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP) to support completion of upgrades and related enhancements to ensure system survivability, Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 launcher integration, and interoperability with U.S. systems. • An additional $1 billion in funding for Iron Dome, to replenish missile interceptors that were used to protect Israeli civilians from Hamas rockets during heavy fighting in May of last year.

• $6 million for the Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, which provides care and services to Holocaust survivors in the United States. •$50 million for the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace, which seeks to advance peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians to enable a sustainable two-state solution. • Enactment of the Israel Relations Normalization Act, of which Congresswoman Meng was a co-sponsor. This bill seeks to support and expand the normalization agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.

“From continuing to ensure the safety and security of Israel to protecting Jewish facilities amid the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world, I remain committed to fighting for issues and initiatives important to the Jewish community,” said Meng, Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. “I am proud to lead on many of these critical priorities and will continue to do so. I thank all who supported these crucial programs and initiatives, and look forward to obtaining more funding in the years ahead.”

All of the above funding is for fiscal year 2022.

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