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Dear Readers, My husband, who is an attorney, recently mentioned that a common trial technique is to craft your closing arguments before the trial even begins. This way, everything you do throughout the trial is geared towards substantiating your closing statement. A recent letter I received illustrated this concept, but as it relates to a much more important topic: Life. My children were patients of a wonderful ENT, Dr. Mark Goldstein. He was always very professional and upbeat, and being that I’m frum, would relate to me how he enjoyed his time spent at his clinic in Williamsburg. Approximately six months after one of my children had tubes put in, I called Dr. Goldstein’s office to schedule a follow-up appointment. I was told that the doctor was having a procedure done and that his office would contact me shortly. Several weeks later, I received a letter from Dr. Goldstein’s office. When I opened it, my heart fell. The words jumped off the page. “I am saddened to tell you that I will no longer be practicing medicine, as I have terminal cancer,” it said. His words were painful and poignant, but they were also courageous. “This will probably be my last communication with you.” He went on to refer his patients to a specific ENT group. Dr. Goldstein closed the letter by saying that as his life comes to an end, he can look back with pride, as he always tried to be there for his patients. The letter was a very powerful closing statement by a person who—based on my interactions with him— seemed to live life to the fullest with a sense of purpose and mission. That night, I kept thinking about his words. His letter moved me. The last time I saw him, he was vibrant and full of life. And I kept thinking about how each person is going to be making a closing statement someday—hopefully after 120 healthy years. What would we want our statement to say? If we craft one now, we can focus on what we need to do in order to make our closing argument as persuasive and fulfilling as possible. As we go into Rosh Hashana, we can look back at the previous year and think about all of our failures, all the things we didn’t end up accomplishing, all the times we made mistakes. Let’s look forward and craft a closing statement today. Let’s focus on what we want our future to look like, what we want to accomplish this year. If we do that, we can immediately begin working towards substantiating that goal. The beauty of crafting your mission now is that you have the whole year to work towards it. Be bold. Be practical. Be proud. Wishing you and your family a year filled with only good things. K’sivah v’chasimah tovah, Shoshana

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his past Sunday morning, at 7:55am, I was driving to work from Far Rockaway to Hewlett. As I drove down Central Avenue, I approached the light at Cedarhurst Avenue. Ahead of me there was a white minivan that began to veer to the right side of the road in order to park on Central Avenue. I continued to go straight. In the flash of an eye, the van made a sudden left turn towards Central Perk, directly into the path of my vehicle. I had to make a split second decision; if I continued straight, I would have hit the driver’s side of the van, so my instincts drew me to swerve to the right, completely missing the van. I now found myself heading right towards the front of a store with no ability to stop the car. The next thing I knew, I drove right into the front door of the store, and crashed into a wall, bringing my car to a halt. As I write this article, it further dawns on me the possible catastrophe which could have occurred… I exited the car in a complete state of shock. I walked out of the store and within seconds, there was Hatzalah asking me if I was okay; eyewitnesses stating how they “saw the whole ordeal take place” and “it was completely the white van’s fault”; and firemen and police officers assessing the damage. The reaction from them all was the same: something along the lines of “I can’t believe that your car ran into a store, your car is totaled, and you are perfectly okay.” Only once the shock began to wear off, as tons of people walked by, some in complete awe of the scene, others taking pictures to put on Instagram, did I start to realize the miracle that had just occurred. The firemen and the police officers told me it was a miracle that I was unharmed. My car had gone right through the front door. On both sides of the door were the steel weight-bearing beams holding up the building. I was told by one fireman, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years. If you would have hit one of the beams, you surely would have cracked your neck from the impact.” Five feet on either side of the doors were electric poles. Had I driven into one of them, the result would have been cata-

strophic. They told me, “It must be your lucky day.” At that time I was thinking to myself about my wife and two young children, and why Hashem saved my life in such a miraculous way. This is when the story really gets eerie. As I finished speaking with the fireman, a good friend of mine was walking by and wanted to see the scene. When he noticed it was me, he said in shock, “That was you in the car and you don’t have a scratch— that’s crazy.” As he walked away, he whispered in my ear, “Tzedaka tatzil m’maves” giving charity saves you from death. It felt like someone had taken the air straight out of me. (As I write this, the hairs on my arm stand up.) A few hundred dollars had saved my life. You see, this very

same friend had called me a few days before, telling me that he couldn’t afford to pay his bills and his electricity had been cut off. I agreed to pay part of the bill for him. On Monday, I spoke to that same friend and asked him what he had been doing on Central Avenue on a Sunday at 8:10am. His response further shocked me. He told me that he is “never ever on Central Avenue Sunday mornings.” He always takes the train from Far Rockaway, but he has a friend who pays for his train fare to work, and he wanted to buy him a coffee to thank him, so he stopped by Central Avenue. There are many lessons to take from this story. The first being, if I knew the tzedaka would have saved my life, I would have paid the whole electric bill. The second is that the person you give charity to is really

doing much more for you than you are doing for them. We hear so often that every day is a gift from Hashem, but when you see that your whole life could change in the flash of an eye, you really start to appreciate it. The other important lesson I learned from this is if you have your health, you are truly a wealthy person. There were a few reasons why I published this story. The first was when I benched gomel at the White Shul, I told the story over and people came to me after davening amazed with what happened and gave me money to help my friend. One person said you have to publicize the miracle; people can get a lot of chizuk from the story. When I spoke to rabbanim, they told me it’s a “mitzvah to be mefarsaim the neis.” Rabbi Aryeh Ginsberg told me it’s worth it to publish the story even if one person gets chizuk from it, and it will inspire people to help others to give generously to charity. My chavrusa shared with me his own miracle. He was in a terrible accident but survived without a scratch. The next day, during mussar seder in his yeshiva, he approached Reb Avigdor Miller zt”l with a question. Yaakov Avinu said to Hashem, “Katonti mikol hachosodim.” The midrash explains that Yaakov was nervous that he lost all of his merits, because Hashem had saved his life from Eisav. So my chavusa asked is this true that if Hashem saves you from death you lose your merits. Reb Avigdor Miller replied that it is true. My chavrusa asked, “What should I do now?” Rabbi Miller replied, “Every time you say over the story, you rebuild your merits.” So I hope this can help me get my merits back. One person I told the story to told me that he is now inspired to get back to someone who asked him to pay for his electric bill. One person who davens at Beth Shalom thanked me for telling him the story, and he said he will daven a better Maariv that night because of my experience. I hope that there is at least one person reading this who got some chizuk from this incredible event. I have decided to help a family who is struggling because of this tremendous nais which clearly saved my life because of charity. If you would like to join me in this great mitzva please email me at Charitysaveslife@yahoo.com.

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As for the countries that are least generous, China and Croatia tied for second place, and Greece came in as the least generous nation in the world. I guess they want all that Greek yogurt for themselves. According to the National Philanthropist Trust, 95.4% of American households give charity with the average annual household contribution of $2,974. In 2013, Americans gave $335.17 billion in charity. For 2013, the estimated dollar value of volunteer time was $22.55 and about 64.5 million adults volunteered 7.9 billion hours of service, totaling an estimated value of $175 billion.

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On Friday, Scottish National Party First Minister Alex Salmond acknowledged that his dream of leading his nation to independence was over, telling supporters in Edinburgh: “Scotland has by a majority decided not at this stage to

In News become an independent country.” “I accept that verdict of the people and I call on all of Scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of Scotland,” he announced.

Turnout in the referendum on Scottish independence hit a record high for any election held in the UK since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918. The participation rate of 84.5% topped the previous best of 83.9% recorded in the 1950 general election and dwarfed the tallies in recent Westminster polls, which saw 65.1% vote in 2010. The Scottish electorate’s rejection of independence was greeted with delight by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said that the victory margin of around 55%-45% had settled the issue “for a generation...perhaps for a lifetime.” Speaking outside Downing Street, Mr. Cameron said he would ensure that commitments to further devolution to Scotland made during the campaign would be “honored in full.” “It is time for our United Kingdom to come together and to move forward,” said the prime minister. “A vital part of that will be a balanced settlement fair to people in Scotland and importantly to everyone in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well.” In a clear warning to nationalists that it would be wrong to seek to revive the independence debate after a vote which engaged more than 80% of the Scottish electorate, Mr. Cameron said: “There can be no debates, no re-runs. We have heard the settled will of the Scottish people.” “The people of Scotland have spoken and it is a clear result. They have kept our country of four nations together and, like millions of other people, I am delighted,” he added. “As I said during the campaign, it would have broken my heart to see our United Kingdom come to an end and I know that sentiment is shared by people not just across our country but also around the world.”

Dancers Jailed in Iran Recently, a video on YouTube showed of a group young men and women dancing to a popular pop song on the

for his service as a Nazi SS guard at Auschwitz during World War II. Groening confessed to being a guard at Auschwitz from May to June of 1944 but said he did not personally commit any of the atrocities. Within that timeframe, over 425,000 Hungarian Jews came to Auschwitz; 300,000 were murdered in its gas chambers. In an email to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, Efraim Zuroff, the chief Nazi hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and director of its Jerusalem office, wrote: “This is very good news and we fully support the final efforts being made by German prosecutors. It is unfortunate that this proactive approach has only been applied so many years after the end of World War II.” Groening is one of about 30 former Auschwitz guards who were recommended by German federal investigators to be charged by state prosecutors following the conviction of John Demjanjuk, who died while his case was under appeal. About 20 Auschwitz victims and their families are co-plaintiffs in the case against Groening.

rooftops of Tehran. Their dancing led to their arrest in Iran, and a six month sentence in jail plus 91 lashes.

Following their detention, the group appeared on Iranian state-run TV admitting that their actions were wrong. They said that the video was never meant to be posted online. “They had promised us not to publish the video,” one of the young women arrested admitted. News of their arrest sparked international outrage on social media, with the songwriter himself pleading for their release via his Twitter account. The sentence is currently suspended but Iranian authorities reportedly can impose it anytime within the next three years. “A suspended sentence becomes null and void after a certain period of time,” attorney Farshid Rofugaran pointed out. “When it’s a suspended sentence, the verdict is not carried out, but if during this period a similar offense is committed, then the accused is subject to legal punishment and the suspended sentence will then be carried out as well.” Ironically the title of the song was “Happy.”

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Oskar Groening of Hannover, Germany, lived the last eight plus decades in peace. But the former Nazi doesn’t deserve to live peacefully; he is responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands of people. This week, German prosecutors charged the 93-year-old man with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder

Quick! List the first two things you know about Panama! Were you able to come up with more about the country than their world famous canal? Well, after reading this article, you will be. In a new poll, the Central American country was ranked first among 135 countries on subjective well-being index– not just how much wealth or health people have but how they feel about their lives. Not surprisingly, Syria and Afghanistan rank last in the happiness index. The U.S. did pretty well, coming in 12th in the poll conducted in 2013 and released this week by Gallup and Healthways. The results are based on a new global version of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The index looks at how people feel about five facets of their lives: sense of purpose, social connections, community, finances and physical vigor.

In News Overall, countries in the Americas and Northern Europe rank highest, and those in sub-Saharan Africa rank lowest. Panamanians truly stand out for positivity: 61% are “thriving” on at least three measures of well-being, Gallup researcher Dan Witters says. The next closest country is Costa Rica at 44%. Six of the top 10 countries are in Latin America. “That’s not a big surprise, based on what we know and have measured in the past,” Witters says. A previous Gallup poll found Latin Americans in general and Panamanians in particular have the most upbeat attitudes, based on things such as smiling and laughing a lot and enjoying life. Another recent poll found people in Panama had something to smile about. They were the most likely in the world to say it was a good time to find a job, reflecting a growing economy – driven in part by a Panama Canal expansion under construction. The well-being poll may be picking up a cultural tendency in some countries to “see the glass as half full,” says Peter Choueiri, president of Healthways International. Interestingly, in some cases, he says, results suggest a mismatch between perceptions and reality. For example, people in Saudi Arabia and Mexico scored in the top 10 for physical well-being, despite having very high obesity rates. Knowing about such mismatches, he says, can help governments, employers and insurers design culturally sensitive interventions. The poll also picked up some grim realities. Just 1% of people in conflict-torn Syria and Afghanistan were found to be thriving in at least three measures. Even in the U.S., just one-third of people are thriving financially, saying they have enough money not to worry and to do what they need to do, Witters says. The USA ranked 15th for social well-being, 18th for sense of purpose, 21st for financial well-being and 25th for both physical well-being and community.

Millionaire Offers $30M for Answers into Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 There’s been a lot of mystery and speculation as to what exactly happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17 that was shot down in July. Initially, pro-Russian separatists took responsibility for the attack but later retracted their confession.

An anonymous millionaire is determined to know the truth, and he is putting his money where his mouth is. Wifka, a German private investigation firm, was contacted by the individual hoping to solve the mystery of the plane shooting. The anonymous person offered up $30 million in exchange for information. That’s a whole lot of money. Just as a point of reference, post 9/11, the U.S. offered $25 million for information leading to Osama Bin Laden. After the tragic “accident,” all political parties agreed that family members of victims deserve to know the circumstances of the crash. However, the facts have never been clarified for them just yet. Wifka is attempting to determine the following questions: Who shot down MH17 on July 17? Who gave the order? Who covered up the shoot-down? Who can provide details on the circumstances that led to the shoot-down? Who was directly involved? What happened to the people who were involved? What happened to the weapon used? Who can name the people that cleared the shootdown? Josef Resch, an employee of the Wifka firm, told Capital Magazine, “Everyone can be bought; it’s just a question of the price.” While the company is ready to take information from the general public, they are warning all whistleblowers to take extreme caution in sharing their information. They have a “secure way of communication” set up and are urging people to avoid phone and email communication. The client behind the award money is anonymous, even to the investigating company. Resch believes the bounty may have come from an intelligence agency that did not want to put their name on the money, or from a Russian oligarch looking to take down Putin behind the scenes. In order to ensure that the offer was legitimate, Wifka confirmed this client had the money in advance. They found the $30 million sitting in a Swiss bank, waiting to be dispersed if the investigation is success-

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In the Islamic State-occupied parts of Syria, a Twitter account is trying to marry off women to Islamic holy warriors. The user, called Jihad Matchmaker, calls on men and women to send a direct message including their background, status and location, but requests not to send pictures. Its debut tweet on September 4 said, “Bismillah [In the name of G-d]! Jihad Matchmaker. The account aimed at brothers and sisters living in Syria, helping them to find their future halal [permissible] spouse.” While the account denied any affiliation to Islamic State, the owner is clearly very religious. They have posted several tweets and retweets encouraging people to fast as a way to find their match and to “protect you from the … fire and prevent you from sins.” The user has also used Islamic State imagery, such as a picture of lions. Lions are often used as a symbol of Islamic State fighters. On September 8, the user tweeted, “Keep it halal and get married: Picture all the little mujahideen [extreme Islamic militants] running around.. Prophet s.w would be proud :)”. As of September 17, there were 130 followers. The account has not verified if any matches were made. The matchmaking account doesn’t help stem the swirling rumors that foreigners from around the world run away to Syria after becoming influenced by extreme Islamic streams. Men become violent militants, while women are quickly married off to fighters.

More Billionaires Join the Pack The billionaire club is getting larger. This year, according to the 2014 Billionaire Census from Wealth-X and the Swiss bank UBS, 155 men and women

broke the billion dollar threshold and joined the club. The worldwide population of those with wealth exceeding $1 billion has grown to 2,325, up 7% from last year. The typical billionaire has about $3.1 billion, is male, is about 63 years old, and owns four properties, each worth an average of more than $23.5 million. Their average wealth grew by 4.4% this year. Nearly 90% are married and on average, they have two kids. Most did not break the billionaire mark until their late 40s. Just 286 of the world’s billionaires are women.

The combined wealth of these billionaires increased last year by 12% to a staggering $7.3 trillion. To put that into perspective, the figure is higher than the combined market capitalization of all the companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Michael Santoli, a senior finance reporter, says the growth of extreme wealth at one end of the global economy is nothing new. He says, “It’s really the result of globalization and bigger and bigger markets for entrepreneurs, for investors, and for people who have assets and are building capital.” The record-breaking rise of the extremely rich isn’t necessarily the result of global equity markets breaking records of their own. Santoli says this is “not strictly a kind of on-paper effect.” He says many of these men and women are becoming extremely wealthy by ‘‘building private empires of businesses.” The U.S. leads the way with the highest number of billionaires. 57 of the newly minted billionaires are American. New York is the city with the highest concentration of billionaires—103 billionaires live in the Big Apple. Moscow is second with 85, followed by Hong Kong, London and Beijing.

49 Turkish Hostages Released by ISIS On Saturday, Turkish authorities announced that they had freed 49 hostages from one of the world’s most

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But as the well-dressed men and women captured by the Islamic State group more than three months ago clasped their families on the tarmac of the Turkish capital’s airport, experts had doubts about the government’s story. The official explanation “sounds a bit too good to be true,” said Sinan Ulgen, a former Turkish diplomat who chairs the Istanbul-based Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies. “There are some very legitimate and unanswered questions about how this happened.” The hostages — whose number included two small children — were seized from the Turkish Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after the Islamic State group overran the city on June 11. How they traveled from Mosul to Turkey and why the Islamic State would relinquish such a useful bargaining chip remains unclear. “I think it’s fair to say that we haven’t been told the full story,” said Aaron Stein, an associate fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute who has studied Turkey’s security policy. Turkish leaders gave only the broadest outlines of their rescue on Saturday. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the hostages’ release was the work of the country’s intelligence agency rather than a special forces operation. “After intense efforts that lasted days and weeks, in the early hours our citizens were handed over to us and we brought them back,” Davutoglu said. One former hostage, Alptekin Esirgun, told the state-run Anadolou Agency that militants held a gun to Consul General Ozturk Yilmaz’s head and tried to force him to make a statement. Yilmaz also related that the hostages were forced to watch videos of the beheadings of other hostages. “They liked to demoralize hostages,” he said, adding that although his group was not subjected to any physical violence, it was threatened with violence. Another former hostage, Alparslan Yel, said the Islamic militants “treated

us a little better because we are Muslims. But we weren’t that comfortable. There was a war going on.” Davutoglu was the star of the homecoming ceremony on Saturday, flying the hostages back to Ankara and delivering an impassioned address to the crowd. Families rushed to the aircraft to greet their returning loved ones. The ex-hostages emerged wearing clean dresses and suits and showed little sign of having been held captive by fanatical militants for more than three months. Anadolu reported that Turkey had paid no ransom and “no conditions were accepted in return for their release,” although it didn’t cite any source for its reporting. Last week, Turkey had been reluctant to join a coalition to defeat the militant group, citing the safety of its 49 kidnapped citizens, but it’s unclear that the release of the hostages would change Turkey’s policy toward the militants. Some say they were just using the hostages as an excuse. Clearly, the release of the hostages was touted by the government. But many are skeptical about the costs associated with their release. “Praise G-d, the 101-day circle of oppression and torment has ended,” Devlet Bahceli, leader of Turkey’s opposition nationalist party said. “However, what kind of bargaining was made with ISIL, what was promised in return for our citizens’ freedom remains a mystery. What went on behind the scenes during the negotiations certainly won’t remain a secret,” he pointed out.

N. Korea: American Wanted to Be Next Snowden

According to North Korean state media, an American recently sentenced to six years hard labor by a North Korean court pretended to have secret U.S. information and was deliberately arrested in a bid to become famous and meet U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae in a North Korean prison. Continued on page 16

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The Week Matthew Miller, 25, of Bakersfield, California, had prepared his story in advance and written in a notebook that he was seeking refuge after failing in an attempt to collect information about the U.S. government, state media said. “He perpetrated the above-said acts in the hope of becoming a ‘world famous

guy’ and the ‘second Snowden’ through intentional hooliganism,” KCNA said, referring to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking secrets of its surveillance programs. “This is an intolerable insult and mockery of the DPRK and he therefore,

In News deserved punishment,” KCNA said. Miller was arrested when he tore up the tourist visa he used to enter the isolated country in April, state media said at the time. He was sentenced to six years hard labor by a North Korean court last Sunday. “The results of the investigation

made it clear that he did so not because of a simple lack of understanding and psychopathology, but deliberately perpetrated such criminal acts for the purpose of directly going to prison,” state media said. Miller’s case was exacerbated by the fact his actions followed “reckless remarks” by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that described reclusive North Korea as a “country of evil,” state media said. Unlike the two other Americans held in Pyongyang, relatively little is known about Miller and his family has not spoken publicly about him. Reuters reported this week that he spent months in South Korea pretending to be an Englishman named “Preston Somerset” and invested time and money hiring artists to help create his own adaption of Alice in Wonderland, the Lewis Carroll fantasy with which he seemed fascinated, according to acquaintances. He did not seem to have close friends, a regular job or means of support during the months he spent in Seoul over a period of at least two years, they said. He gave no inkling of any interest in nuclear-capable and unpredictable North Korea. Miller is one of three U.S. citizens now being held by North Korea. The United States has said Pyongyang is using its citizens as “pawns” to win a high-level visit from Washington, which has repeatedly offered to send special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Robert King to negotiate the release of captives Miller, Bae and Fowle. The Hermit Kingdom has so far rejected those offers.

New Afghan President Elected

Only hours after the two leading candidates signed a power-sharing deal that names one of them the country’s new chief executive, Afghanistan’s election commission named a new president. The commission named Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the winner and next president and noted that Abdullah Abdullah will be the next chief executive.

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The Week But it pointedly did not release final vote totals on Sunday amid suggestions that doing so could inflame tensions. The deal brings to a close an election season that began in April, when millions of Afghans first went to the polls despite threats from Taliban militants, and ended when the two leading candidates signed a national unity government agreement and embraced in a hug. U.S. officials lauded the deal and said they believed Ghani Ahmadzai would sign a security agreement soon after taking his oath of office that would allow some 10,000 American forces to remain in Afghanistan next year. After 13 years of war following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, all combat troops are to withdraw by the end of 2014. The U.S. and international community will continue to fund the Afghan army in the coming years but the Afghans themselves will have to fend off Taliban attempts to again take over wide areas of the country. Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah signed the national unity government deal as President Hamid Karzai — in power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban — looked on. It took weeks of negotiations to form a power-sharing arrangement after accusations

of fraud in the June runoff vote. “I am very happy today that both of my brothers, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, in an Afghan agreement for the benefit of this country, for the progress and development of this country, that they agreed on the structure affirming the new government of Afghanistan,” Karzai said after the signing. The deal is a victory for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who first got the candidates to agree in principle to share power during a July visit to Afghanistan. Kerry returned to Kabul in August and has spent hours with the candidates in an effort to seal the deal. The decision not to release vote totals underscores the fear of potential violence despite Sunday’s deal. One of Abdullah’s final demands was that the election commission not release the vote count because of the fraud he alleges took place. Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani, chairman of the election commission, said the final ballot counts have been shared with both candidates and that the commission would announce the numbers publicly later. An inauguration ceremony to see Ghani Ahmadzai replace Karzai as pres-

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What Makes the World’s Worst Economies?

How productive is your country? This year, the U.S. came in at two spots higher on a world ranking of competitiveness. The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report defines competitiveness as the “set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country.” Many factors, including improving business sophistication and institutional frameworks, helped the U.S. improve. This high score was given despite perceptions of an inefficient government and a weak macroeconomic environment.

Switzerland came in at number one for the sixth year in a row. Singapore came in next, coming in at second place for the fourth consecutive year. The United States took the third spot on the list. Finland, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden rounded out the top ten. Yemen, Chad and Guinea came in last on the list. The least competitive economies in the world are missing obvious ingredients. Nine of the bottom 15 scored low because they lack basic economic requirements, such as institutions, infrastructure and education. These economies have also yet to develop quality infrastructure such as roads, telecommunication systems or transportation networks. Maintaining strong nationwide institutions and infrastructure often requires a great deal of investment. The least competitive nations typically lack the ability to borrow large sums of money in order to finance investment. With only a few exceptions, these countries have relatively low debt levels; in these poorer nations, access to financing is often a challenge not just for business-

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Israel Lone Soldiers Reunited For Yom Tov

rael and returned back after their life’s journey moved them away. Lee Fmouha moved from Israel to Kenya at age 10 with her parents, and returned last year to enroll in the IDF officer’s course.”Kenya was a great host for those eight years that I lived there,” she said. “But at the age of 18, I felt like it was time to say thanks to my host and return to Israel.” Though Fmouha said being a lone soldier has its downsides, she has seen a massive outpouring of support from Israeli society. “The countless offers I got from people to spend Rosh Hashana was really incredible,” she said. “It’s something really special about this country.” Fmouha’s parents received a free flight from Kenya to visit her for the first time since she enlisted.

Nearly 9 Million Living in The Holy Land El Al, the Israel Hotel Association, the IDF Manpower Directorate, and the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers area all teaming up to put together a heartwarming gift for lonely members of the IDF. As many as 6,000 soldiers who participated in Operation Protective Edge are alone in Israel with no family for yom tov. More than 200 family members of 77 lone soldiers will receive free round-trip tickets and five-day hotel stays in the Tel Aviv area during the holiday period. Lone soldiers received heightened media attention during Operation Protective Edge after the July deaths of Sean Carmeli and Max Steinberg, two Israeli soldiers who had recently emigrated from the United States. Many lone soldiers serve in the hope of building better lives for their families, but others feel a particular attraction to the State of Israel. “When I first came here at the age of 12, I thought to myself, ‘When am I going to come back?’” Maksim Kolesnikov, a lone soldier whose parents arrived at Ben-Gurion on a sponsored ticket, recounted. Standing next to him at the airport terminal, Kolesnikov’s mother, Irena, expressed mixed feelings about her son’s military service. On the one hand, she worries about his safety, but on the other, she is proud that he has the chance to serve his country. “The whole month that the war was going on, I was checking the news on the Internet every second,” she said. Other lone soldiers started out in Is-

New census figures released ahead of Rosh Hashana show that Israel’s population is reaching almost 9 million, with an increase of some 200,000 people. According to the Population and Immigration Authority, the population of the State of Israel stands at 8,904,373. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out at a weekly cabinet meeting that Israel’s population had surpassed 8 million in 2013, including a population of over 6 million Jews, a historically freighted figure equaling the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust.

“This number has a dual significance in light of the path our nation has followed in the past century, as well as into this century,” he said on Sunday morning. The number of Jews living in Israel actually topped the 6 million mark in early 2013, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, a milestone marked by Netanyahu at the time. “Six million Jews perished in the … Holocaust,” Netanyahu said at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in April 2013. “Today, for the first time since the establishment of the State, more than 6

In News million Jews live in the State of Israel. You, the citizens of Israel, are the testament to our victory. From the abyss of the Holocaust, we climbed to the peak of Zion. From a deep pit, we rose to a pinnacle.” Israel absorbed 24,801 immigrants in the past calendar year, and to date, some 176,230 babies were born this year in Israel — 90,646 boys and 85,584 girls. The 10 most popular names for boys this year were: Yosef, Daniel, Uri, Itai, Omer, Adam, Noam, Ariel, Eitan, and David. Meanwhile, baby girls were most commonly named Tamar, Noa, Shira, Adele, Talia, Yael, Leanne, Miriam, Maya, and Avigail.

just published, artificial sweeteners may be worse for your health than the sugar you are avoiding. “Our research findings attest that consuming artificial sweeteners causes the development of the very health problems they’re supposed to prevent,” said Dr. Eran Elinav. “Our findings beg reconsideration of the massive, unregulated use of these substances.” According to the study, artificial sweeteners can actually increase intolerance of glucose (a simple sugar) by altering the bacteria in the digestive tract, even though artificial sweeteners do not contain any glucose.

Sweeteners Not as Sweet as We Thought We are all careful about what we eat. A lot of us think that we have smartly made the decision to leave the sugar out of our morning coffee and go for the substitute sweetener that has no calories. But a new study out of the Weizman Institute in Israel has some hope-dashing research to share. According to a study

In the experiment, a set of mice were given three commonly used artificial sweeteners approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration that were diluted in water, while another set of

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The Week mice got regular sugar that was diluted in water. The mice that were given artificial sweeteners developed greater glucose intolerance, and by consequence, the sweeteners can be seen as making someone more susceptible to diabetes and obesity. When the scientists repeated the experiment with mice that were given antibiotics that killed their digestive bacteria, they found that the mice did not develop glucose intolerance. “The relationships we have with our personal gut bacteria is significant to understanding how the food we eat affects us, and our tendency to develop conditions such as obesity and diabetes,” Elinav pointed out.

Fulfilling Appreciation for the IDF An uplifting story is floating around on social media that is sure to warm your heart— and your belly, if you are an Israeli soldier. “My brother, a soldier in the navy, went out with 15 of his friends who

serve with him in his unit to eat,” Daniel Stern wrote on Facebook. “They weren’t in uniform but they had their guns with them. When they finished eating, they discovered that their bill had already been paid by American tourists who also left them this lovely note.”

The note read: “Dear Brothers, Thank you. Thank you for your courage, for your service, for your sacrifice. May Hashem bless you and protect you — may all your enemies stumble and miss their mark. Jews all around the world admire you, and are grateful for you. Be safe.” It was anonymously signed, “Your brothers & sisters in America.”

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Israeli Tech Company Revolutionizes Online Clothing Retail

The Internet has hurt a lot of brick and mortar retailers. Online shopping is easier than ever before and delivery is practically quicker than the time it takes to get your bags back from the store and up your driveway. But the clothing industry is one area that has not been completely overtaken by online shopping. While tons of clothes are bought online, over half of purchased clothing gets returned. Often, fit is the issue, but looks are also a problem. Many consumers complain that outfits just don’t look as good on them as they had expected. An Israeli tech firm may just have the answer that online clothing retailers are looking for. Fitterli, an Israeli-developed platform, has been named the winner of Intel’s Business Challenge Europe 2014. provides technology that lets Fitterli users create an online avatar that can try on clothing for them. The company will now go on to the World Business Challenge finals, set for California later this year. If returns are a problem for on-line retailers, “trying on” syndrome is a problem for brick and mortar stores. Retail clothing industry experts say that customers looking for a bargain will often try on outfits in a department store, and then use an app like Amazon Price Check — which lets you check the online price of a product – by scanning its barcode. Fitterli’s platform hopes to solve both problems. Sites using the system offer shoppers an opportunity to upload a scan of themselves, which, using advanced algorithms, is turned into a virtual fullbody avatar. That avatar can then try on outfits to see how they look. Key to the system is the exactness of the avatar – and according to Fitterli, the avatar is extremely accurate, taking into account all of a person’s features, even down to

“unsightly bulges.” While fashion doesn’t sound like it would be up Intel’s alley, the company has become interested in the sector in recent years, as wearable technology becomes ever more popular. “We expect 500 million wearables to be sold annually by the end of the decade,” said Neil Cox of Intel Europe. “We’ve spoken to a lot of companies in recent months, and they have a lot of great ideas on how they would use wearable tech.” Fitterli, along with four other European firms, will represent Europe at the Intel Global Challenge 2014 Finals at UC Berkeley later this year. Teams competing in the Finals came from 12 countries: Israel, Norway, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, UK, Bulgaria, Ireland, Denmark and Poland.

National Free Culture Trips for NYC Illegals

If you like Chol Hamoed trips, it pays to be an illegal immigrant. Mayor Bill de Blasio is now offering free or heavily reduced admission to some of the City’s cultural and family attractions in order to coax illegal immigrants to join an identification card program in New York. The Bronx Zoo, New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Carnegie Hall are among the destinations that will be free for a year for all who sign up. New York is joining other U.S. cities with large immigrant populations including Los Angeles and New Haven, Connecticut, that provide municipal ID cards for non-citizens. New York’s $8 million ID card program begins on January 1. It was approved in June by the New York City Council. “The municipal ID is a powerful tool to bring more New Yorkers out of the shadows and into the mainstream,” de Blasio said in a statement. “It is now also a key that opens the door for hundreds of thousands of more New Yorkers to our city’s premier assets in culture, science and entertainment.”

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The Week The ID program targets residents lacking legal immigration status who have trouble obtaining official U.S. identification. However, all New York City residents are eligible for the ID cards. Without an official ID, some illegal immigrants cannot do routine tasks like opening bank accounts and signing rental leases. Supporters of the program have said the ID cards also would improve access to basic health and shelter services for illegal immigrants. Three Republican City Council members voted against the measure in June, saying the funds would be better used for hiring firefighters or police officers. New York’s ID cards can be obtained with a foreign birth certificate, driver’s license or proof of residence such as a utility bill. The cards will include the holder’s photo, name, date of birth and address along with an expiration date.

Green Given for Black Gold in White State Alaska has something other states don’t. Every year since 1982, on Octo-

ber 2, the state pays all of its residents. It called The Permanent Fund and was established in 1976 after the discovery of oil on Alaska’s North Slope. It is the proceeds from the state’s oil wealth savings account and the good people of Alaska are on the payroll just for living in the Last Frontier. This year’s share of nearly $1,900 per resident is the sweetest since the Great Recession and the third biggest ever. Governor Sean Parnell announced the amount of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend with great fanfare. “This is all good news for Alaskans,” he heralded at an Anchorage press conference. This year’s payout is more than double last year’s $900 but still short of the 2008 record of $2,069. What’s cool about the fund is that every single resident qualifies. If you are living in the state for at least one calendar year, or were born in Alaska by the December 31 deadline of the previous year, you get a check. This year, nearly 599,000 Alaskans will receive checks, either through direct deposit or in the mail. Of those, the oldest recipient is 109 years old and the youngest includes 26 children who were born December 31. Altogether, the checks total

In News $1.1 billion. The program is very impressive. If an Alaskan has qualified for all of the checks distributed since the beginning, they would have collected $37,027.41. With the upcoming distribution, the state will have distributed more than $21.9 billion over the years. But if you plan on moving to take advantage, don’t forget that the money is not tax-free. Even though Alaska has no income tax, Uncle Sam’s taxes still apply. Yes, the IRS gets you every time.

“With Jews We Lose” Campaign Slogan

blacks are more predisposed to criminal behavior and it doesn’t matter what kind of economic state they’re in. They are savages in a white nation, period.” The video, posted on September 1, focuses almost entirely on “black-onwhite” crime, a common talking point for white nationalists. Since announcing his candidacy on the hate forums Stormfront and Vanguard News Network (VNN) in late May, the Ransdell campaign has taken up residence on the web at www. whiteguard.us, named after an effort by late founder of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, to send young, fit, white males into cities to defend “society.”

Small Cities, Big Impact

An openly anti-Semitic candidate is running for a Kentucky seat in the U.S. Senate. Robert Ransdell, a write-in candidate, is campaigning with the slogan “With Jews we lose.” Campaign lawn signs with the refrain began appearing in the suburb of Florence, Ky., in recent days. Ransdell said his campaign has posted about 20 signs and plans to put up 200 more in the weeks ahead. “Online we have had a lot of positive feedback,” Ransdell, a neo-Nazi, told a TV news station. “Like I said, we’re going to find out what kind of feedback we get once we go out and take it to the people here in the state of Kentucky. I believe that there is no such thing as racial equality. You see that in our cities every day,” he added. Because he did not ask property owners if he could post the signs, many were taken down. What is especially disturbing is that neither of his opponents in the race are Jewish. The major-party candidates in the race are Republican Mitch McConnell, the incumbent and the Senate’s minority leader, and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. Ransdell’s vitriol is not only aimed at those of the Jewish race. “Equality does not exist,” says Ransdell in a YouTube video featured at the top of his campaign webpage. “There are differences between whites and blacks and

Small cities are becoming bigger and bigger contributors to the American economy. And small cities are no longer so small; they are becoming larger and larger. So called “mega-regions” are not the only places that matter any longer. Since 2000, small cities with between 100,000 and 250,000 residents have enjoyed a 13.6 percent population growth rate, more than twice that of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and have grown roughly 10 percent faster than the national growth rate. The main driving force, notes demographer Wendell Cox, appears to be domestic migration, which is negative in the largest cities. In order to determine which small metro areas are booming, and to help us understand why, the Praxis Strategy Group has ranked them based on four factors: population growth, job growth, real per capita personal income growth, and growth of regional gross domestic product per job — if GDP per job is increasing, it’s an indicator that the area is adding high-value, productive industries to its economy, as opposed to lower-wage jobs. Continued on page 28

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Ellison led the Redwood City, California-based company for more than 35 years, turning it into the world’s largest database-software company and one of the biggest providers of business programs. Oracle’s products have become the foundation of modern commerce and industry. The company has a market capitalization of more than $185 billion and produces annual revenue of $38 billion. Ellison said that he, Catz and Hurd have worked “well” with one another in the past few years and emphasized that would continue and he would remain involved. “They deserve the recognition, they deserve the CEO title,” he said of Catz and Hurd. “I’m going to continue doing what I’ve been doing over the past several years.” Ellison co-founded Oracle in 1977. The company went public on March 12, 1986, a day before Microsoft held its initial public offering. Ellison remains Oracle’s largest shareholder, holding 1.1 billion shares, or 25 percent; his estimated net worth is $43 billion.

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The Art Institute of Chicago founded in 1879, was named the most-liked museum in the U.S. in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice awards for the second consecutive year. This year, it was also named the world’s favorite. The awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers from the last 12 months. The most-reviewed museum on the list, with 14,999 reviews, was the New York Metropolitan Museum which locked down the No. 3 spot in the U.S. and No. 7 worldwide. Here are the top ten museums in the United States. Have you been to them all? 1. Art Institute of Chicago 2. Getty Center, Los Angeles 3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC 4. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans 5. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 6. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. 7. USS Midway Museum, San Diego 8. Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle 9. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ 10. Newseum, Washington, D.C. If you’re traveling around the world, here are the top ten museums in the world for you to visit: 1. Art Institute of Chicago 2. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City 3. State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 4. The Getty Center 5. Galleria dell’Accademia/Statue of David, Florence, Italy 6. Musee d’Orsay, Paris 7. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 8. The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece 9. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain 10. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem

In News Air Force: “G-d” is Optional Under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, every American citizen has the right of Freedom of Religion. This tenet is the basis of the Air Force’s recent decision to change a long-standing policy. Airmen will be permitted to omit the words “so help me G-d” from their enlistment oaths if they choose.

The decision came after an airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada struck out the words on his Department of Defense reenlistment paperwork and ran up against a policy that prohibits omissions. Attorney Monica Miller of the American Humanist Association is representing the airman, who she says has requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. Miller says that her client was told by his commanders on August 25 that he must recite the phrase or leave the Air Force. The case reached the Department of Defense General Counsel, which issued an opinion on Wednesday saying the language could be left out if the airman preferred.

Occupy Wall Street Movement Tackles Student Debt

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accomplishment of getting hospitals to forgive millions of dollars in emergency fees. Their current mission is to help people out with their student loans. The group’s Strike Debt initiative announced on Wednesday that it has cleared $3.8 million worth of private student loan debt since January. It said it has been buying the debts for pennies on the dollar from debt collectors, and then forgiving that money rather than collecting it. The group can’t buy into the country’s $1.2 trillion in student loans because it is backed by the government, but it can tackle private student debt. In total, the group spent about $100,000 to purchase the $3.8 million in debt belonging to 2,700 people. The funds were taken from a pool of about $700,000 raised through events in the last few years. The loans had been taken to attend Everest College, which is run by Corinthian Colleges, one of the country’s largest for-profit education companies that has been in legal trouble lately. Following a number of federal investigations, the college group told investors this summer that it plans to sell or close its 107 campuses due to financial problems, potentially leaving its 74,000 students. “Despite Corinthian’s dire financial straits, checkered past, and history of lying to and misleading vulnerable students, tens of thousands of people may still be liable for the loans they have incurred while playing by the rules and trying to get an education,” a Strike Debt member said in an email. This week, the company was hit with a lawsuit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over allegations of predatory lending practices. The lawsuit demanded that Corinthian forgive the more than $500 million in outstanding student loan debt that its students had incurred since 2011. If the lawsuit ends in CFPB’s favor, the debt Occupy bought and eliminated would be forgiven anyway. Kent Jenkins, spokesman for Corinthian Colleges, said the school stands by their “high-quality” education. He said that their graduation and job rates are higher than other community colleges. Of course, it is impossible to get rid of the whole country’s student loans and medical debt so Strike Debt will focus on The Debt Collective, a new platform that will bring debtors together to negotiate debt with creditors. “Debt is the tie that binds the 99%, whether you are a student delinquent on your student loans or a parent struggling to pay healthcare bills,” Strike Debt member Ann Larson said in a statement. “Being forced into

debt for basic social services is a systemic problem.”

Rich Man, Poor Man The United States added more than 2.3 million jobs in 2013, the most in any year since 2005. Despite this, income levels and poverty rates did not improve in most of the United States last year, according to recently released figures from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

In News 8.6% of workers were unemployed, the sixth highest rate nationally, while 19.4% of households relied on food stamps, the second highest rate.

Where Rude Drivers Rule The only thing that makes rude driving behaviors worse than rude table manners is that it can be extremely dangerous as well. Weaving in and out of traffic on a busy highway, speeding, not signaling before turning, and blasting your horn are all characteristics of offensive road behavior.

driving behaviors. According to the survey, if you like respectful roadways, stay away from the following states: Utah, Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont. Massachusetts, Wyoming, New York, and District of Columbia came in at the top five, with Idaho leading the nation with the country’s rudest drivers. Are they drunk on potatoes? Readers also ranked the rudest behaviors. 47% said the rudest habit is when drivers talk on their cell phones while driving, 37% ranked tailgating as the rudest, 35% said not signaling is the worst behavior, 28% feel weaving in and out of lanes earns the rudest title, and 26% say driving too fast is the worst.

Home Depot Credit Cards Hacked While many American households continue to struggle to make ends meet, those in the richest states continued to earn far more than households in the poorest states. Maryland was the wealthiest state in the U.S. again last year, with a median income of $72,483. Mississippi, in turn, was yet again America’s poorest state, with a median income of just $37,963. States with relatively low median incomes typically had poverty rates that were much higher than the national rate. In fact, all but one of the nation’s 10 poorest states also had the 10 highest poverty rates. Mississippi, the nation’s poorest state, had a poverty rate of 24% last year, the highest in the nation. By comparison, when surveyed, 15.8% of Americans said they lived below the poverty line at some point in the last 12 months. So what are the nation’s richest states? Connecticut is the United States’ fifth richest state. The median household income is $67,098 and only 10.7% live below the poverty line, the nation’s fourth lowest. Hawaii came in fourth; New Jersey, with a median household income of $70,165, came in third; Alaska came in second; and Maryland, with a median household income of $72,483, came in as the richest state in the nation. Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, and Arkansas were among the poorest states in the nation. Mississippi, with a median household income of $37,963, is the poorest state in the United States. No state had a higher poverty rate than Mississippi, where more than 24% of people lived below the poverty line. Last year,

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You may want to use cash when shopping at Home Depot. On Thursday, Home Depot Inc. announced that some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyber-attack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at

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It will take months to determine the full scope of the fraud, which affected Home Depot stores in both the United States and Canada and ran from April to September. Retailer Target incurred costs of $148 million in its second fiscal quarter related to its breach. Target hackers stole at least 40 million payment card numbers and 70 million other pieces of customer data. Home Depot said that criminals used unique, custom-built software that had not been seen in previous attacks and was designed to evade detection in its most complete account of what had happened since it first disclosed the breach on September 8. Now, the company has closed off the hackers’ method of entry and has eliminated the malware from its network. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and anxiety this has caused and want to reassure them that they will not be liable for fraudulent charges,” Chief Executive Frank Blake said in a statement. Of the estimated cost so far of $62 million, which covers such items as credit monitoring, increased call center staffing, and legal and professional services, Home Depot said it believes that $27 million of the amount will be paid for by insurers. It may be even more than what the company estimates. Home Depot said it has not yet estimated the impact of “probable losses” related to the possible need to reimburse banks for fraud and card replacement, as well as covering costs of lawsuits and government investigations. “Those costs may have a material adverse effect on The Home Depot’s financial results in the fourth quarter and/ or future periods,” the company said in its statement. Hitesh Sheth, chief executive of Vectra Networks, a cybersecurity firm in San Jose, California, said Home Depot’s breach exposes a weakness, noting that the company said hackers used unique, custom-built malware. That “essentially means the technology they are using is only designed to detect malware that has

already been used in a previous attack, and that is symptomatic of the retail industry,” Sheth said. “Retailers need to upgrade to technology that is available and detects behavior of malware that is new because these attacks are not going to stop anytime soon,” Sheth pointed out.

Man Breaches White House Security with Knife On Friday, a Texan armed with a knife climbed the White House fence and made it to the executive mansion before Secret Service officers arrested him. The president and the first family were not in the White House. Omar Gonzalez, 42, was charged with unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a “deadly or dangerous weapon,” according to an affidavit released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Saturday. It was initially thought he was unarmed. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison.

Daniel Hochman, a Secret Service officer on duty at the White House when the incident occurred, said Gonzalez was carrying a folding knife with a 3-1/2-inch long serrated blade. “After he was apprehended, Omar Gonzalez told United States Secret Service Agent Lee Smart that he was concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing and [he] needed to get the information to the President of the United States so that he could get the word out to the people,” a Secret Service affidavit said. The incident, one of the most significant breaches since Obama became president, raised questions about security procedures at the White House, a heavily guarded complex filled with Secret Service officers and snipers. Security since the incident has since been increased. “Every day the Secret Service is challenged to ensure security at the White House complex while still allowing

In News public accessibility to a national historical site,” the agency said in a statement. “Although last night the officers showed tremendous restraint and discipline in dealing with this subject, the location of Gonzalez’s arrest is not acceptable.” Despite the close call, the president is confident in the abilities of those guarding him. “The president has full confidence in the Secret Service and is grateful to the men and women who day in and day out protect himself, his family and the White House,” spokesman Frank Benenati said. A second man was arrested on Saturday for trespassing at the White House. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the man approached the White House gates on foot, was sent away, then returned in his vehicle.

1 in 4 Americans Open to Secession

Last week, Scots voted on whether or not to secede from the United Kingdom. Ultimately, the country voted to stay part of the UK. But talks of secession stirred emotions for some Americans; according to a recent poll, almost a quarter of Americans are open to their states leaving the union. 23.9 percent of Americans polled from August 23 through September 16 said they strongly supported or tended to support the idea of their state breaking away, while 53.3 percent of the 8,952 respondents strongly opposed or tended to oppose the notion. The urge to sever ties with Washington cuts across party lines and regions, though Republicans and residents of rural Western states are generally warmer to the idea than Democrats and Northeasterners, the poll revealed. Ire at President Barack Obama’s handling of issues ranging from healthcare reform to the rise of Islamic State militants drives some of the feeling, with Republican respondents citing dissatisfaction with his administration. But others said long-running Washington gridlock had prompted them to wonder if their

states would be better off striking out on their own, a move no U.S. state has tried in the 150 years since the bloody Civil War that led to the end of slavery in the South. “I don’t think it makes a whole lot of difference anymore which political party is running things. Nothing gets done,” said Roy Gustafson, 61, of Camden, South Carolina, who lives on disability payments. “The state would be better off handling things on its own.” “It seems to have heated up, especially since the election of President Obama,” said Mordecai Lee, a professor of governmental affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, who has studied secessionist movements. Brittany Royal, a 31-year-old nurse from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, said anger over the “Obamacare” healthcare reform law made her wonder if her state would be better off on its own. “That has really hurt a lot of people here, myself included. My insurance went from $40 a week for a family of four up to over $600 a month for a family of four,” said Royal, a Republican. “The North Carolina government itself is sustainable. Governor McCrory, I think he has a better healthcare plan than President Obama.” By region, the idea was least popular in New England, the cradle of the Revolutionary War, with just 17.4 percent of respondents open to pulling their state out. It was most popular in the Southwest, where 34.1 percent of respondents back the idea. That region includes Texas, where an activist group is calling the state’s legislature to put the secession question on a statewide ballot. One Texan respondent said he was confident his state could get by without the rest of the country. “Texas has everything we need. We have the manufacturing, we have the oil, and we don’t need them,” said Mark Denny, a 59-year-old retiree living outside Dallas on disability payments. Denny, a Republican, had cheered on the Scottish independence movement. “I have totally, completely lost faith in the federal government, the people running it, whether Republican, Democrat, independent, whatever,” he said. Even in Texas, some respondents said talk about breaking away was more of a sign of their anger with Washington than evidence of a real desire to go it alone. Democrat Lila Guzman, of Round Rock, said the threat could persuade Washington lawmakers and the White House to listen more closely to average people’s concerns.

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That’s Odd Going Bananas for the Ig Nobel Prize

Ever step on a banana peel? Well, Japanese scientist detailed the hazards of stepping on banana skins for their paper titled “Frictional Coefficient under Banana Skin.” It seems like the scientific world truly believes that research into banana peels are important; the team was one of ten that took home this year’s Ig Nobel Prize.

Like the name implies, the Ig Nobel Prize awards scientists for comical scientific achievements. Seems like these experts have a sense of humor. The prize is awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes which will be announced next month. Another winning team also focused on food, studying how pork strips can be stuffed into people’s nostrils to stop severe nosebleeds. Isn’t that what gauze is for? Ig Nobel prizes this year also went to researchers who measured the relative pain people suffer while looking at an ugly painting, investigated whether cat ownership can be mentally hazardous, and studied how people who routinely stay up late can be more psychopathic. Former winners of real Nobels handed out the spoof awards at a ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday. The ceremony included a three-act mini-opera about people who stop eating food and instead nourish themselves entirely with pills, inspired by the pill-heavy diet of Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil. A personal favorite of Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals and architect of the Ig Nobels, was a study by a team of Norwegian and German researchers who tested how reindeer react to seeing

In News humans wearing polar bear costumes. “I’ve never in my life met anyone who disguised himself as a polar bear to frighten a reindeer,” Abrahams said. What about an analysis on scientists’ sense of humor? Seems like there won’t be much to study.

Whistle While you Work

Body Odor Banned Last week, TJH reported on taxi drivers being forced to endure a “smell test” before picking up passengers in San Diego. Well, it seems that Americans have a keen sense of smell. This week, a city in Washington state announced an ordinance barring body odor from public places. The new law in the city of Burien includes other offenses, such as using obscene language, not being fully clothed and displaying poor personal hygiene. The ban covers city parks, City Hall and libraries. But you can smell bad in your own home, if you wish. City Manager Kamuron Guroj stated, “People will, unfortunately, have such a bodily odor that it’s very hard for others to be in that same space.” Even though deodorant companies have rejoiced, not everyone is smiling over the ban. The ACLU has complained the laws are unconstitutional because they target homeless people.

A janitor at an Illinois hospital does much more than mop floors. Rolando Maaba brings sweet songs to patients during his 15 minute breaks when he plays calm and moving songs on the piano in the lobby of the Rockford Memorial Hospital. “The bottom line is I want to be helping guests who are waiting for their relatives after an emergency or a surgery and they’re worried,” Maaba, 55, related. “When I play, they forget all their worries.” “I want to help them just relax and the doctor will take care of them,” he said. Maaba, a native of the Philippines, moved to Rockford in 1999. He began working for the hospital last year and says he started playing the piano by simply asking if he could. “They didn’t know me then but when I played, they liked me,” Maaba said of the hospital staff. Maaba doesn’t use notes to serenade hospital patrons; he plays by ear. People have loved his music so much, that Maaba now plays piano every Wednesday night at a local restaurant. But just because Maaba plays the piano at his workplace, it does not mean he does not take his job seriously. He even times his music, he jokes, so as not to miss a minute of work. “I play for 14 minutes and 39 seconds a day,” he said. He’s sweeping happiness into people’s lives.

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gator bagged in the state, with a belly girth of nearly 70 inches. “During my swamp training I’m going to think about it a lot different now that I’ve snagged a 13-foot, 5-inch gator,” Phillips is quoted as saying in Military Times. “I don’t like snakes

In News and I don’t like gators. But it ended up good—I faced my fears.” Alligators, which are native to the southeast United States, are hunted seasonally to keep their numbers in check. States allocate a certain number of permits each season.

Phillips and two friends, Brian Montgomery and Scott Berry, ventured into the swamp along the Mississippi River at midnight. In their small boat, they carried heavy-duty fishing rods with which to snag the thick-skinned reptiles (a traditional hunting method in most areas that allow hunting). But those rods were no match for the giant gator. It took the might of all three hunters and 70 long minutes to get the reptile close enough to be roped. The powerful beast inflicted damage to the boat and broke six hooks before it could be hauled close enough to be fashioned with a noose. Once it was subdued, it was hauled into the boat, leaving almost no space for the hunters. “It was shocking, a little scary,” Phillips said of the experience. The three planned to eat some of the meat, and to have the gator stuffed as a trophy. On average, adult American alligators measure about 10 feet and weigh roughly 500 pounds. For the sake of comparison, the largest alligator ever taken by a hunter was a 15foot, 1,011.5-pound specimen harvested in Alabama earlier this summer.

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M-I-_-_-I-O-N. Can I buy a letter L? Last week, a teacher from Silver Spring became the third contestant to win more than $1 million in the game “Wheel of Fortune.” Sarah Manchester will take home about $1,017,500 and a trip to the Dominican Republic after winning the game show, which aired on Wednesday night after filming in May. She said she’s “soaking in every minute” of the win. Ironically, Manchester has no problem counting all that cash. She is a math teacher and math team coach at Takoma Park Middle School, which she attended. Manchester says she plans to use her winnings for her two children’s education and for travel with her family.

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Hundreds Escort New Sefer Torah in Memory of Aaron Tepfer a”h By Benzion Kaplan

Mr. Tuli Tepfer. At left: Mr. Simcha Tsatskis

Rav Yaakov Bender (seated). Standing, L-R: Rav Dovid Frischman, Mr. Tuli Tepfer and Rav Avrohom Bender

Yitzy Berko speaking at the seudas mitzvah. Seated, L-R: Rav Yaakov Bender, Rav Aaron Mendel Twersky and Rav Yitzchok Twersky (sons of the Skverer Rebbe), Mr. Tuli Tepfer and Rav Berish Friedman

Just over a year ago, after 10-year old Aaron Sholom Tepfer of Cedarhurst was suddenly niftar, his Yeshiva Darchei Torah classmate and friend Yitzy Berko came up with an idea: why not commission the writing of a new sefer Torah l’zeicher nishmaso? When completed, the Torah would be housed in the Aron Kodesh of the Junior High School, where it would be used by the boys in their minyan for many years to come. The then-sixth grader was undaunted by the task, nor the cost. He made a quick calculation: if 1,000 families would donate an average of 54 dollars each, he could reach his goal. Yitzy broached his idea with Rav Avrohom Bender, a rebbi and s’gan menahel, who relayed it to his father, Rav Yaakov Bender, the Rosh HaYeshiva – who enthusiastically encouraged the young boy to launch a campaign. With the help of his father, Mr. Ariel Berko, Rav Avrohom Bender, and hundreds of donors, Yitzy Berko’s dream

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L-R: Mr. Tuli Tepfer, Yossi Tepfer, Chaim Tepfer, Eli Tepfer, Shmuli Tepfer, Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender and Dovi Tepfer

Rav Yaakov Feitman holding the Sefer Torah. At left: Mr. Tuli Tepfer, at right: Rav Yaakov Bender

came to fruition last Sunday, as hundreds of friends, relatives and community members joined this very special Hachnasas Sefer Torah. The event began at the Tepfer home with the inscription of the final letters of the Sefer Torah. For three hours, a stream of people – most of whom had never met Aaron Sholom but were impacted by the stories of his remarkable life – arrived to take part in this mitzvah. A book filled with many of those stories and lessons for life was published in honor of the occasion. The procession with the new Sefer Torah then shifted to Heyson Road in Far Rockaway, outside the building that had housed Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s elementary school for the duration of the construction of its new complex and where Aaron Sholom learned Torah from his devoted rabbeim. Most of the westbound lanes of Seagirt Boulevard were closed by the police to vehicular traffic as hundreds of people danced and sang, slowly and joyously escorting the

Sefer Torah to its new home in Yeshiva Darchei Torah. At the seudas mitzvah, the assembled were treated to words of chizuk and remembrance from Rav Yaakov Feitman, rav of Khal Bais Yehuda Tzvi in Cedarhurst; Rav Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva; Mr. Tuli Tepfer, Aaron Sholom’s father; and Yitzy Berko. The eldest son of the Skverer Rebbe, Rav Aaron Mendel Twersky, also spoke briefly, having traveled from New Square with

Mr. Ariel Berko and Rav Avrohom Bender

his brother, Rav Yitzchok, for the occasion. Rav Avrohom Bender, who invested his heart and soul into the campaign and the day’s events, served as emcee. Following the seudah, the bachurim of Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid arrived in the Diamond Bais Medrash for additional lebedige dancing and singing with the Sefer Torah, capping a day that was an intense combination of remembrance and emotion and glorious kavod HaTorah.

Can You Help Your Neighbors? Shofar Blowing: Achiezer has fielded several requests thus far from elderly and homebound people who are unable to make it to shul for Rosh Hashana. We are looking for people in the Far Rockaway/Lawrence area, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, as well as Oceanside. If you or someone you know are able to assist with this unique opportunity, please let

us know by emailing info@achiezer.org Sukkos: If anyone in the community has a sukkah in good condition available to give away, please email info@ achiezer.org so that we can confidentially make a connection with a family who requires one. This is an easy and beautiful way to help complete the yom tov of another local family.

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An Evening of Support and a Call to Action by Tammy Mark

Todd Kaminsky with Lawrence Mayor Martin Oliner

On the evening of September 4, Lynn and Joel Mael opened their Lawrence home to host the One Israel Fund 5th Annual South Shore Barbecue. The event featured a variety of fine Israeli wines and a lavish buffet catered by Mauzone. As guests enjoyed one of the last nights of summer, they were all there for a single purpose: to show support for the vital work of One Israel Fund. Originally formed to help residents of the Judea and Samaria region, One Israel Fund expanded its efforts during the recent Operation Protective Edge to raise urgently needed funds for preventive security and emergency medical equipment in the southern communities on the Gaza border and to extend that help to other areas coming under similar threat. One Israel Fund’s team spent the summer providing this necessary support to these vulnerable communities. Executive Vice President Scott Feltman opened the evening’s program by welcoming former UN Ambassador John Bolton to the podium. “The relations between the US and Israel may seem strained governmentally but the people are closer than ever,” Ambassador Bolton declared, and joked that he is often called a “Lutheran Zionist.” “The enthusiasm of the American people for Israel is so widespread,” he continued. “The strongest supporters of Israel are the people of the U.S. and not just the Jewish people. The support has not diminished – it has increased.” Other notable supporters in attendance were Congressional candidate Kathleen Rice and New York State As-

Kathleen Rice, Lynn and Joel Mael and Scott Feltman, EVP of One Israel Fund

sembly nominee Todd Kaminsky. Republican Congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman highlighted his personal connection to the Jewish state by proudly professing, “I proposed in Jerusalem to my girlfriend, Sigal.”

Melodie & Marty Scharf with Marc Provisor

As Feltman returned to introduce the video, he was pained to say that the situation in Israel is now reminiscent of the Operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009. The video included powerful images with home footage of Israeli families running for cover upon hearing a code red siren. The jarring scenes of men, women and children, babies and the elderly, all in a state of chaos gave the viewers a glimpse of the harsh reality of living every day under the threat of missiles. The most poignant speaker of the evening was Marc Provisor, One Israel Fund’s Director of Security Projects and “man on the ground.” Provisor spent the summer providing aid to the Gaza border communities and shared his experiences of this most difficult summer. He explained that due to the reputation of the work of One Israel Fund, he and his team were called upon to help. Upon visiting the southern Gaza communities, Provisor was amazed at

Ambassador John Bolton, host Joel Mael, and Congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman

what was lacking and that nobody else was going there to give them the support they needed. These were mainly leftwing kibbutzim “This is not Yehuda and Shomron so why are they being neglected?” he questioned. “Nobody comes to us, only you guys,” they told him. The One Israel Fund team got to work and provided additional security equipment to the ravshatzim – the community security chiefs who are liaisons to the IDF. A former ravshatz himself, Provisor knew they needed to start with basic medical supplies and equipment. Within the first week of helping, Provisor got a call that a life was saved due to the new provisions. The work done by One Israel Fund definitely made a tangible difference to the communities, but equally important was the feeling that they broke down borders and helped the people of Israel feel united. “There is no Green Line,” says Provisor. Over the summer, close to $300,000 in supplies was given by One Israel Fund

to help the civilian security near the Gaza border. There is still more that could be done and coming in late costs lives. Provisor recalled the gap in the security system in the town of Itamar – before the vicious attack on the Fogel family occurred in 2011. One Israel Fund was called to help improve the security there, but the funds were not available to implement the necessary preventive measures. Provisor emphasized the urgency of being proactive and doing the work before the terror comes. “Let’s live the future now,” he urged. “There’s a great achdut happening. 86% of Israelis are together against the enemies.” “We can make a miracle. It was a very hard summer but we can use the fear for good.” Provisor concluded, “The quiet now during the ceasefire is a time to be readying. We can make a change that affects all our people. We are all One Israel.” The program closed with Feltman expressing the deepest gratitude to the Maels on behalf of the organization and presenting them with a Pirkei Avot in recognition of their support.

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Now that was a Hole in One—A Real Winner!

An exhilarating day on the green took place at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club on September 8 to benefit Ezer Mizion’s International Jewish Bone Marrow Registry. With golf clubs in hand and compassion in their hearts,

golfers teed off at the most magnificent, Devereux Everett-designed golf course in Nassau County, overlooking the Reynolds Channel. The food was fabulous, an ocean breeze invigorated the atmosphere, and the sun shone, filling

each participant with happiness as his club struck another blow against cancer. Ezer Mizion has saved the lives of over 1,500 people— many of them small children. One can only imagine the terror, the anguish, as a mother watches her four-year-old play house, knowing she may never grow up to experience the “real thing.” A transplant can save her life. But will a DNA match be found? Before it’s too late? September 8 was a day of victory, a day to enlarge the Registry so that more life-saving matches will be found. Every player was a winner, helping to save the lives of cancer patients whose only chance for a future is a bone marrow transplant. Much gratitude goes to our hard-working committee members: Stuart Alter, Simeon Chiger, Aaron Cynamon, Alex Dembitzer, Robert Eisman, Ben Englander, Dudie Frankel, Jason Greenberg, Dr. Aaron C. Katz, Lawrence J. Levine, David Lyons, Manny Malekan, Mark Marmurstein, Dr. David Ritholtz, and Marc Soskel. Ofra Konikoff, Ezer Mizion’s Chief Transplant Coordinator, spoke at the post-tournament dinner thanking the guests and sponsors for joining in this most vital mission. “The very same IDF soldiers that protected Israel during the frightening weeks of Operation Protective Edge are protecting Jews around the globe by their having joined the Regis-

try. How are they able to join? Because people like you have contributed generously for the costly DNA testing. You have truly helped to save lives.” Congratulations to our trophy winners! Scramble 1st Place: 59 Shia Caller, Barish Paneth, BB Kleiman, Joey Cohen **Match of Cards** Scramble 2nd Place: 59 David Schonbrun, Mark Sultan, Hon Silver, Ron Schwartz Scramble 3rd Place: 61 Dan Myers, Steven Pollan, John Ernst, Ohad Rosenthal Closest to Pin on 4th hole: Ron Schwartz 5’2” Longest Drive on 11th hole (Men): Ohad Rosenthal Long Drive on 11th hole (Women): Barbara Hartstein For further information, visit www. ezermizion.org.

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Around the Community Going the Distance with J. Mark Interiors By Tammy Mark

How do you decorate your home from 6,000 miles away? You hire the design firm that goes the distance for you. Jeffrey Mark of J. Mark Interiors is always on the move. From his New York headquarters, to the hills of Jerusalem, to trade shows throughout Europe, Asia and North America, Mr. Mark travels the world to accommodate the growing needs of his discerning clients. The dream of owning a home in Israel is now becoming a reality for many Americans and Europeans. With the recent increase in vacation home ownership in Israel, Mr. Mark has developed a very specialized market. Currently, several of his largest design projects are underway in Israel. Very often, Mark’s international clients turn to him for advice even before taking the leap. His constant presence in both countries allows his clients to feel at ease with their new home purchase. After the purchase is complete, Mr. Mark and his J. Mark Interiors team get to work developing and mapping out a unique design that’s tailor-made to the client’s individual needs. His designers in New York can be found on daily conference calls with the Israel office, discussing details of each and every international project. The goal is to ensure that each new home surpasses the client’s expectations. Blending old world tradition with innovative design, Mr. Mark’s love for the land of Israel and passion for his craft are evident in all of his projects. In Israel, he oversees all aspects of the building, renovation, and design. After the project is officially completed, Mr. Mark makes

sure to follow up throughout the year to secure that every last need is met. He typically forms long-lasting relationships with his clients and considers them friends. “Nothing makes me happier than helping my clients create the home of

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their dreams,” Mr. Mark says. “That goes for any client, but when it’s somebody fulfilling a lifelong dream, it’s beyond exhilarating.” Some of Mr. Mark’s notable projects are in Jerusalem’s most desirable locations. He recently completed work at the King David’s Crown Jerusalem, the prestigious residence adjacent to the world famous King David Hotel. The J. Mark Interiors New York showroom has also been designated as the U.S. sales office for the King David’s Crown. J. Mark Interiors is still as committed as ever to providing its local clients with the same attention to detail and customer service they have come to expect over the past 20 years. Now located at the 5 Towns Design Center in Cedarhurst, the 6,500 square foot showroom features ever changing displays that represent the latest interior design trends and the finest quality products. With all of his global resources and staff in place, Jeffrey Mark and J. Mark Interiors can accommodate any project, big or small, at home or abroad.

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season. On September 14, she finished in first place out of 115 runners at the Queensborough Community College Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park, helping Yeshiva to a first place team finish of 14 teams at the event. Prior to the last race, she finished in second place of 85 runners in Yeshiva’s first race of the year at the Baruch College Invitational. Last season, Stephanie was Yeshiva’s top runner in each race, including being the overall winner at the CCNY Collegiate Classic last October at Van Cortlandt Park. During the latter portion of last season, she led the Maccabees to their first ever HVIAC women’s cross country championship. Then, a week later, she helped Yeshiva women’s cross country to a third place finish in the competitive Skyline Conference championship, en route to becoming Yeshiva’s first ever women’s cross country team member to be named a Skyline Conference All Conference team member. While Stephanie is having an exceptional year with the women’s cross country team, she has been a rock with the women’s basketball team as well. Last season, she led the NCAA Division III in steals per game, averaging 4.28 per game, and was named to the HVIAC All Conference team as well as being named a Jewish Sports Review All American.

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September is Busy Season at JCCRP Thanks to the ongoing support of the UJA-Federation of New York, the JCCRP has been busy serving the community in many areas. As part of a generous donation from the UJA-Federation of New York, the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) distributed 250 school knapsacks filled with supplies for fam-

Krasnovsky children packing up knapsacks for distribution

ilies in need. The knapsacks are brand new and were distributed in an array of assorted colors. Packed with grade-appropriate, quality school supplies, we hope they will be helpful to many fam-

ilies in our community. These knap- emy, brings along his student athletes apples, honey, pomegranates, chicken, sacks have made a sizeable impact on from Scholars’ Academy to help coach rice, and much more. The uniqueness what can typically be a time of the JCCRP’s set up is of stress and financial strain that unlike many food panfor families in the begintries, it allows people to ning of the school year. select their items in a simOn Sunday, September ilar manner to shopping in 14, the JCCRP was proud a supermarket, allowing to kick off the sixth year for the privacy and digniof their flourishing basketty that they deserve. With ball program. The basketindividualized attention, ball program was initially the clients are able to walk funded by a grant from through the pantry, one or UJA-Federation of New two at a time, and select York, and ever since, Jodi various items on their own. Mackoff has been the drivAdditionally, local yeshiing force behind the JCvas and kollels picked up Pesach Osina from NYC Comptroller’s office, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Senator CRP Basketball Program. packages for their rebbeim Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. and Nathan Krasnovsky, Executive Director of the JCCRP at the The basketball program has and morahs, pre-packaged Rosh Hashana Food Distribution campaign grown by leaps and bounds. according to each family’s It is operated out of Beach Channel the youth. Coach Tawil stated that he needs. In total, more than 500 families High School and runs through Novem- has “learned many lessons on how to were assisted for Rosh Hashanah. The ber. Under the leadership of Coach work with young people from various JCCRP is proud to have had dedicated Brett Tawil, the basketball program has backgrounds and that this program has officials assisting on-site with the disdeveloped into a full basketball clinic thrived in a time tribution including: State that is open to boys and girls ages 6-14. where community Senator Joseph P. AddCoach Tawil has lived in this commu- togetherness and abbo Jr., Assemblymemnity for 40 years and grew up playing physical moveber Phillip Goldfeder and organized basketball locally. Mr. Tawil, ment is in demand Councilmember Donovan who is also the coach at Scholars’ Acad- with the focal point Richards. The JCCRP apbeing basketball.” preciates their willingness Nathan Krasto get involved and the novsky, Executive constant support they proDirector of the vide to our community. Shoshana and Sofia at opening night of JCCRP, commentJCCRP BBall program ed, “The JCCRP The JCCRP is a proud is proud to sponsor such an amazing affiliate of Met Council and a benefiprogram. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing ciary agency of UJA Federation of the smiling children on opening night NY. The JCCRP provides a range of learning different basketball skills and services for any clients who need asmost importantly, valuable life lessons sistance in social services or resource from the coach and his dedicated staff.” directing within the community. Please On Wednesday, September 17th, contact the JCCRP for further informathe JCCRP Kosher Client Choice Food tion; they are located at 1525 Central Pantry ran a Rosh Hashanah food dis- Avenue (entrance on Foam Place), Far tribution subsidized by Brach’s Super- Rockaway, NY, 11691— Call the JCmarket. The JCCRP arranged for extra CRP at (718) 327-7755—or visit them items to be included to suit the Jewish on the web at www.jccrp.org. community’s needs for Yom Tov, including Rosh Hashanah staples like

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Kollel Dirshu of Baltimore Makes Historic Siyum on Seder Moed By Chaim Gold “You are the quintessential group that absorbed in yeshiva. That love of Torah all of Klal Yisrael must emulate! In to- carries over into their lives.” day’s world, everyone is running around helter-skelter. You lomdei Dirshu have it “In an Era when the Term ‘Historic’ right! You are running every morning to is Overused, This is Truly a Historic learn Torah. It is simply mind-boggling Occasion!” to see a group of more than 70 baalei baThe event began with a siyum made tim coming together each morning and by the Rosh Kollel, Rav Shalom Weinnow making a siyum on the entire Seder got, a prominent mechanech in BaltiMoed!” more. After the siyum, the Those were the heartentire assemblage sponfelt words of HaGaon taneously erupted into an HaRav Aharon Feldman, enthusiastic dance togethshlita, Rosh Yeshiva of er with the Nasi of Dirshu, Yeshiva Ner Yisrael of Rav Dovid Hofstedter who Baltimore, at a unique came especially to take part siyum held this past Sunin what was described by day, 19 Elul/September Reb Daniel Ely as a historic 14 at the Shaarei Zion siyum. Harav Aharon Feldman, Rosh Shul in Baltimore. Rav Hofstedter, in his The Dirshu Kollel in Hayeshiva Yeshiva Ner Yisrael, powerful, poignant remarks, addressing the Dirshu Siyum Baltimore is one of Dirpointed out that “the word on the entire Seder Moed shu’s largest baalei ba“historic” is a term that is tim kollelim comprised of more than 75 perhaps overused in our times, but in the people who come each morning at 5:50 case of this siyum is entirely appropriate. a.m. to learn an amud of Gemara with a To have a group of more than 75 baachavrusah. “It is like a mini yeshiva of lei batim coming together every mornbaalei batim. Upon entering the Mesiv- ing before davening for years who then ta of Baltimore where the kollel meets, make a siyum on the entire Seder Moed one hears a thundering kol Torah. It is with tests – has never been done! It is the largest gathering in America of lom- truly a historic accomplishment!” exdei Torah in one place at that time of the claimed Rav Hofstedter. morning,” says Reb Daniel Ely, the kolRav Hofstedter related, that once lel’s indefatigable coordinator. upon a time in America baalei batim “It is a large group, but we feel as being koveia ittim l’Torah was not the close as family,” continues Rabbi Ely. norm. “Decades ago, my father, shlita, The kollel, which began in 2004, has a Holocaust survivor who rebuilt everybeen learning an amud a day ever since. thing from scratch, began a pre-ShachaMonthly tests on the material learned ris learning seder in his shul. There are taken by many of the participants. were many who ridiculed him, ‘You are Thus, with Dirshu’s classic account- spending time on a working day learning ability, baalei batim who spend a large Torah?!’ Setting aside time to learn was part of their day working, are still able not understood back then and now look to achieve great accomplishments in at what we have! 75 people coming evlimud haTorah. Rav Aharon Feldman ery day before Shacharis to learn with highlighted the fact that this group has accountability and culminating in this remained bnei yeshiva, despite pursuing wonderful siyum on an entire seder! Just varied careers during the day. “What de- amazing!” fines them is their love of Torah that they Rav Hofstedter went on to ask a profound question. “There is so much Torah being learned in the world. Why then has Moshiach not yet arrived? Furthermore, when we look at the difficulties that Klal Yisrael has experienced over the past months it gives us

pause. The vaunted Israeli army fought in a stalemate with a band of terrorists. According to teva, nature, they should have easily won. However, as we see from the Ramban, in Parshas Shoftim, ‘We should not rely on our strength and the prowess of our army but rather do teshuvah, trust in Hashem’s salvation and realize that Hashem does not want our strength. He wants us to fear Him and hope for His chesed.’” The Primacy of Learning Halacha L’Maasah To answer the above questions, Rav Hofstedter quoted the Ramban in this week’s parsha. In speaking about the final geulah the Ramban writes, “[It will

(l to r) Rav Dovid Hofstedter, Dirshu Nasi, Rav Shalom Weingot, Dirshu Baltimore Rosh Kollel, and Harav Zvi Dov Slanger, Rosh Yeshiva Mesivta of Baltimore

into the importance of the siyum could also be gleaned from the prestigious guests. In addition to the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Feldman, numerous local rabbonim

Harav Zvi Dov Slanger, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, Daniel Ely and Rav Shalom Weingot

arrive] When the Bnei Yisrael will return to Hashem with all their hearts and souls and accept upon themselves and their future generations to do what I have commanded them… (Devarim, 30-2). The Ramban is teaching us that we have to accept Hashem’s commandments upon ourselves. But how can we even know what Hashem’s commandments are if we do not regularly learn halacha l’maasah? While Rav Hofstedter hailed the phenomenal accomplishment of finishing Seder Moed, he called on the assemblage and all Yidden to also take upon themselves an accountable daily seder in halacha such as Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha. “Adding a daily seder in halacha l’maaseh is the key to great bracha and yeshuah.” “The Gerrer Rebbe, shlita, recently told me that a person must learn and know Mishnah Berurah just to be able to live like a Yid according to halacha!” Now, when the program’s scheduled learning is the halachos of Sukkos, it is an especially auspicious time to join. The event was attended by nearly 100 men and 70 women, who reveled in their husbands’ accomplishments. A window

were in attendance including Rav Yosef Berger, Rav Eichenstein, Rav Mordechai Frankel, Rav Moshe Hauer, Rav Yaakov Hopfer, Rav Nesanel Kostelitz, Rav Jonathan Seideman and Rav Tzvi Weiss. The last speaker was Rav Zvi Dov Slanger, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mesivta of Baltimore, where the Dirshu Kollel learns every morning. Rav Slanger, who is one of Baltimore’s most venerated rabbonim, a survivor of the Holocaust and subsequently one of the early talmidim of the Ponovezh and Slabodka yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel, commented, “The famed Mashgiach, Rav Elya Lopian would arise early to learn every morning. He explained that the first se’if in the Shulchan Aruch enjoins us to wake up early before the day starts. After 120 years when they ask me if I kept the Shulchan Aruch, I don’t want to strike out on the very first se’if!” As the crowd hurriedly dispersed, there was a rushed sense of purpose. One misayem explained, “I have to get to sleep so I can be at the Dirshu Kollel at 5:50 a.m. We are starting Seder Nezikin! Dirshu never stops. Come visit in the pre-sunrise darkness and the resounding kol Torah will be music to your ears!”

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Getting To Know You: Big Sister/Little Sister Program at SKA The first year of high school can be a little intimidating for freshmen but the administration of the Stella

K. Abraham High School for Girls is constantly working to ensure that their ninth graders are comfortable in their

Sukkos with Leiters Drills and hammers and screws are making their way towards Jewish porches across town, but hey! Forget those. Sukkah building should no longer involve sore fingers and bruised elbows. With Leiters, building a sukkah is a cinch, a project even children can pull off in almost no time, using nary a screw. You recognize the trademark Leiters’ panels from afar, customized to fit every odd-shaped patio or deck. The strong walls have famously withstood countless violent storms that have blown other ordinary sukkos away. The name Leiters has become synonymous with quality and lifetime durability. Don’t you want a sukkah that is easy to assemble, looks beautiful, and will hold up even in the most brutal of winds, year after year? Now is the time to make your purchase. Remember all those beams you frantically positioned to hold up your shaky panels in the past? Remember the hours of drilling and hammering? And after all that, you were still holding in your breath when the winds began to howl. This year is the “next year” of last year when you said, “Next year, we’re getting a Leiters’ sukkah.” Try it, and Succos will be a whole new experience for you and your family.

new surroundings! The annual Big Sister/Little Sister Program pairs up freshmen and juniors to create special connections between upper and lower classmen, with the goal of building strong relationships both inside and outside of school.

The program on Tuesday, September 16, was a wonderful opportunity for the girls to mingle in a relaxed venue. Rather than just eating ice cream, the girls “made” their treat! Each pair put ingredients into a freezer bag and while tossing it back and forth to make

the ice cream, got to know each other in a fun and casual way. The program made the freshmen feel very welcome and an integral part of the school. Every SKA ninth grader now has a “sister” as a friend, role model and shoulder to lean on!

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The Sulitza Tehillim Kollel By Tamar Sullivan Perhaps you didn’t know that every day a group of chashuve Yidden gather daily at the Kotel on your behalf and daven for your health, your success, your parnassa, and your children. In the late 1960s, the previous Sulit-

zer Rebbe felt that our local community was in trouble – people were moving out and the neighborhood was not prospering. He wasn’t sure how to rebuild it, what to do, or where to go. In 1968, the Rebbe visited Eretz Yisroel, and after davening at the Kotel, he stood there, reciting heartfelt words of Tehillim, beseeching Hashem for the success of the small, dying community that was then on the border of Far Rockaway and Lawrence. The Rebbe was reminded of the posuk we recite daily, “U’n’shalmah parim sfaseinu (The prayers of our lips

take the place of korbanos).” Just as we once had shlichim from every town travel to Yerushalayim to offer korbanos on our behalf at the Beis Hamikdash, the Rebbe believed it seemed fitting for our community to partner with a group of

shlichim in Yerushalayim to offer tefillos on our community’s behalf at the Kotel. The Rebbe turned to his rebbetzin and committed to reciting Tehillim for the community each day until their departure and to ensuring that the recitation continues daily even after they leave Eretz Yisroel. Thanks to their determination, the Sulitza Tehillim Kollel, Kehilas Yakob, was born. Since its creation and perhaps due to the Kollel’s sincere tefillos, the small, faltering, threatened town of Far Rockaway has exploded into neighboring communities, burgeon-

ing schools, countless shuls, and as far as one can tell, the growth of the Five Towns is nowhere near its end. While we live our daily lives here in the Five Towns, learning Torah and driving carpool, the members of the Tehillim Kollel join together daily in an excavated underground shul where the stones of the Kotel are unblemished and where a small sign by the Aron Kodesh reads, “Mul Kodesh HaKadoshim.” In the holiest accessible spot on Earth, they sit and recite the entire Sefer Tehillim every day, literally davening for you and me and our next door neighbors. We have shlichim in Yerushalayim offering korbanos for us! And we certainly cannot know which brachos and yeshuos we receive moment to moment because of this incredible zechus. It is appropriate that our mispallelim in Yerushalayim recite Sefer Tehillim in particular because what connects all of us to the Borei Olam and to one another is our Jewish neshama, which finds no greater expression in Olam Hazeh than in the poignant words of Dovid HaMelech, Klal Yisroel’s very first king, who was able to articulate every hope, dream, fear, and emotion inherent in the Jewish soul. All of our deepest sentiments – from grief to joy to uncertainty to delight – can find expression through the Psalms that have remained pillars on which we have leaned for generations. During trying times, we have seen our great-grand-

parents, our grandparents, and our parents turn heavenward with their tattered tear-stained Tehillims, begging for rachamei shamayim in the countless forms He bestows it. It is therefore no surprise that the previous Sulitzer Rebbe turned to his Tehillim and that the Kollel engages the one language that unites us in order to daven so genuinely for us. We know that the power of one “amen” or one tefillah can move mountains. Do we dare desert the spiritual strength of a Tehillim Kollel, organized just for us, for our very own well being, at a time when tefillah can change our communal and personal din for the better? All community members, the beneficiaries of the tefillos being recited by our shlichim at the Kotel – perhaps even the very moment you are reading this – are encouraged to support the continuation of the Sulitza Tehillim Kollel, under the leadership of the Sulitzer Rebbe, Reb Yankel Rubin, shlit”a. Supporters of the Tehillim Kollel readily send to the mispallelim the names of their family members and friends who are anxiously awaiting their particular yeshuos – from health to parnassa and everything in between. What better time is there for you to send them the names of your loved ones and to join those who make this unique kollel possible day after day? Men are invited to a parlor meeting for the kollel at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Motti Klein, 2 Boxwood Lane in Lawrence, on Tuesday, September 30, at 8:30 pm. We look forward to greeting you in support of this matchless mainstay of our community. In the zechus of your support and the tefillos of the kollel, may each and every one of us merit a k’siva v’chasima tova this year and every year.

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2nd Annual Chazaq Dinner Draws Diverse Crowd, Including Top Political and Religious Leadership By Daniel Perez Leonard’s of Great Neck was packed wall-to-wall last Monday night when more than 600 people came together to show their support for Chazaq, one of fastest growing kiruv organizations in the United States. Originally founded in 2006 as a humble distributor of a weekly parsha sheet, Chazaq has grown exponentially and now runs the full gamut of Jewish outreach, including but not limited to: a family-oriented magazine, youth groups, educational programs (including classes for men, women, and teens, as well as one-on-one learning opportunities), special community events, and even a matchmaking service! They also still do the parsha sheet. Most notably, Chazaq has made a name for itself in its work with at-risk youth, particularly the children of immigrants from the former Soviet Bloc, enrolled in public schools and susceptible to a variety of negative influences that have led so many astray from their Jewish roots. Chazaq is in many ways the last line of defense between Jewish youth in Queens and the loss of their spiritual and cultural identity—a recurring theme in the evening’s presentations, and a fact of which the organization’s supporters are keenly aware. “Chazaq is a major deterrent to prevent further assimilation in the Jewish community,” said Dr. Paul Brody, a member of the dinner committee and one of last year’s Israel Leadership Award honorees. Brody noted that he and his wife Drora were proud to serve as a “bridge” between the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish communities. Indeed, one of the noteworthy aspects of the evening was the diversity of the attendees. As Chazaq founder Rabbi Ilan Meirov declared to the audience, the “secret” of Chazaq’s success is that “we don’t care what your background is. We could not care less if you’re Sephardi or Ashkenazi, Lubavitch or Satmar, Bukharian, or Persian, or Moroccan ... it makes absolutely no difference to us.” It was unclear whether this was simply a reflection of Chazaq’s organizational philosophy, or if Rabbi Meirov might have been hinting to a possible expansion of the outreach group’s scope of operations. “We’re here to help … anyone who comes to us,” he added. It was a testament to Chazaq’s impact

Renowned Singer Gad Elbaz presenting the Chazaq Youth Leadership Award to Mr. and Mrs. Shalom Zirkiev

on the community that dinner attendees included an impressive roster of dignitaries, among them leading political, spiritual, and business figures. Elected officials in attendance included Borough President Melinda Katz—one of the evening’s presenters who, at Chazaq’s annual Big Event six months ago issued a special proclamation, declaring March 30th to be “Chazaq Day” in the Borough of Queens. Also at the event were State Assembly Members Michael Simanowitz (D-27) and David Weprin (D-23), who referred to Chazaq as a “tremendous asset” to the community. Also making an appearance was former NY/NJ Port Authority Commissioner and current Republican congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman, who showed himself an astute observer of Jewish communal dynamics. Blakeman, whose previous political credentials include serving as presiding officer and majority leader of the Nassau County Legislature and who recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Israel, was impressed by what he saw. “It’s very important that we support organizations that … work hard to provide services to the community,” said the congressional hopeful in a private interview, “and a lot of the people that they service want their services delivered in this way: in a spiritual, religious setting with people who understand their customs and their values. “Chazaq is a great organization, and it’s a privilege for me to be here,” he added. As it turns out, Chazaq has friends in high places outside the United States as well. Bridging the gap between political and spiritual leaders was Israeli MK

(L-R) Chazaq Director Rabbi Ilan Meirov, Rabbinic Leadership Awardee Rabbi Benzion Shafier, Chazaq Operations Manager Yaniv Meirov and Dinner Chairman Rabbi Yitzchok Oelbaum

Rabbi Nissim Ze’ev. Ze’ev, perhaps best known as one of the founders of the highly-influential Shas Party, was honored on Monday night with Chazaq’s Israel Leadership Award. MK Rabbi Ze’ev was in good company, with Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier (renowned for his series of lectures and articles geared towards working people, and produced under the title “The Shmuz”) receiving the Rabbinic Leadership Award. Also present were such spiritual luminaries as esteemed posek Rav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, Rav Hershel Welcher (Cong. Ahavas Yisroel of Kew Gardens Hills), Rav Akiva Grunblatt (Rosh Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim), and Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie (Edmond J. Safra Synagogue), among others. Following a lavish reception, the evening’s program (emceed by Chazaq operations manager Reb Yaniv Meirov) included a multi-course sit-down dinner, the award presentations, and a video tribute to the late Talmudic scholar Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt”l. Attendees were also

treated to the musical stylings of famous Israeli vocalist Gad Elbaz. And as Chazaq continues to attract civic-minded donors from all walks of life, it continues to reach the community in new ways. The organization recently branched out into the medium of Internet radio. Several people affiliated with the project were at the dinner, including the station’s director David Netkin, as well as hosts Deborah “Dr. Deb” Hirschhorn of the program “Parents & Kids,” and Bracha Melzer, whose “Weekly Forum” covers a wide range of topics of Jewish communal interest. Netkin tells us that in addition to talk radio, the station offers Jewish music at all times of the day. “We even have a smartphone app coming out soon,” he proudly announced. “We’re constantly getting new speakers and amazing topics,” Netkin added. Daniel Perez is a freelance writer, editor, and media consultant based in New York City. He can be reached at Daniel@ PerezConsulting.org.

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Someone placed a shofar in one of four locked boxes. The boxes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, in that order. There are four different keys that each has their own color. Use the clues below to figure out which key goes in which box and to find the box where the shofar is being kept. 1. The green key goes to the third or fourth box 2. The shofar is to the left of the fourth box 3. The shofar is to the right of the first box 4. The yellow key is to the left of the shofar 5. The blue key is to the right of the yellow key and to the left of the green key 6. The red key goes to the first box

A Frenchman, an Irishman and a Jew are walking through the hot desert. As they are shleppig along, the Frenchman says, “I am so tired. I am so thirsty and tired. I must, must have some French wine.” A few minutes later, the Irishman says, “I am hot, and I am tired. I must have some good Irish beer.” They walk a little further and the Jew says, “Oy vey, am I tired. Oy, I am so tired and thirsty. I must…have diabetes.”

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Wordisms AQUADEXTROUS [ak wa deks’trus] (adj.) – Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes. CARPERPETUATION [kar’pur pet u a shun] (n.) – The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance. DESSERTION [dez ert’ shun] (n.) – The act of making your husband leave the wedding, even though the Viennese tables have not yet been brought out. (That’s right, because no man would leave early on his own in that situation)

he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug. GLUTTENVY [glut e’n vee] (n) – The sweeping bitterness you feel when the food you ordered doesn’t look as good as another diner’s. LACTOMANGULATION [lak’ to man gyu lay’ shun] (n.) – Manhandling the “open here” spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the “illegal” side. NOODLECIDE [noo du’hl syde] (n.): When you’re boiling pasta and the noodle you want to test gets scared and leaps off the spoon and plummets beneath the burner. PARKANOIA [park uh’ noy uh] (n.) – The act of parking your new car miles away from a store entrance to protect it from stray shopping carts

DISCONFECT [dis kon fekt’] (v.) – To sterilize the piece of confection (a lolly) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow “remove” all the germs.

PEPPIER [peph ee ay’] (n.) – The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.

ELBONICS [el bon’iks] (n.) – The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest on a plane

PHONESIA [fo nee’ z’ huh] (n.) – The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

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TELECRASTINATION [tel e kras tin ay’ shun] (n.) – The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up.

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1. In what year did Derek Jeter make his major league debut? a. 1992 b. 1994 c. 1995 d. 1996 2. In what year did Jeter record his 2,000th hit? a. 2000 b. 2006 c. 2008 d. 2011 3. How many Gold Gloves does Jeet’ have? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. None 4. In what year did Jeter become captain of the Yankees? a. 1996 b. 2000 c. 2003 d. 2007 5. While in high school, which of the following awards did Jeet’ receive? a. B’nai B’rith Award for Scholar Athlete b. High School Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association

6. Which team passed up on Jeter, enabling the Yankees to sign him? a. Astros b. Padres c. Cubs d. Red Sox 7. What is Jeet’s highest yearly batting average to date? a. .324 b. .334 c. .349 d. .352 8. In his junior high school yearbook, what did Jeter predict he would be in 10 years? a. Zoologist b. Shortstop for the Yankees c. Doctor d. Physical trainer 9. On September 11, 2009, Jeter became the Yankees all-time hit leader. Who did he pass in order to get that title? a. Mickey Mantle b. Yogi Berra c. Babe Ruth d. Lou Gehrig Answers: 1) C- Jeter made his major league debut as a fill-in for injured shortstop Tony Fernandez on May 29, 1995. He batted ninth and went 0-for-5. Not a sign of things to come. 2) B- In May 26, 2006, almost 11 years to

the day after he hit No. 1, Jeter reaches 2,000, singling vs. Kansas City Royals righthander Scott Elarton. 3) C- 5 4) C- 2003 5) A, B, C, D- Jeter received each of these awards. 6) A- Jeter was scouted heavily by Hal Newhouser, an employee of the Houston Astros, who was convinced that Jeter would anchor a winning team. Newhouser felt so strongly about Jeter’s potential that he quit his job after the Astros passed on him. 7) C- In 1999, Jeter’s batting average was a career high .349 and he also hit a career high 24 homers. (Those steroids really work wonders! just kidding…. I can already feel the wrath of you Jeter fans. It’s a good thing you don’t know where I live!) 8) B- Dream big and you too may achieve greatness. In my junior high school yearbook, I predicted that in 10 years I would be the TJH Centerfold Commissioner! 9) D Scorecard: 7-9 correct: You are one of those who has a life-size cutout of Jeter in your basement… Yeah, he loves you, too! 3-6 correct: You have a healthy level of Jeter knowledge, while still having a real life. 0-2 correct: You are a true Mets fan! Derek who? We have David Wright! (Sure dude, and let me ask you: How many World Series rings does David Wright wear on his hand?!)

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The Daring and Fearless Escape at Acre Prison

risons are built to be escape-proof and history has proven that trying to escape some penitentiaries could be dangerous or even fatal. Prisoners have a lot of time on their hands but the guards try to stay one step ahead of them to thwart any attempts to break out. Help from the outside, especially for political prisoners or POWs (prisoner of war), has produced some of the most fascinating tales of courage and daring. Several attempts were made in WWII, including the Cabanatuan Raid, Colditz Castle and the doomed Baum Task Force. Each of these prison escape attempts deserves an article of their own. A little known, somewhat successful attempt was made two years after WWII in the soon-to-be State of Israel. The Acre Prison Escape is one of only a handful of cases where an underground unit actually stormed a prison. The British presence caused sever-

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al underground factions in their Middle East mandate to come to arms. Jewish units, mainly the Irgun, Haganah and Lechi, carried out several raids, bombings and the like to protest the British occupation. Many of these fighters were captured and sent to prisons in the region. The highest security of these was the Acre Prison in which 90 Jewish fighters and some 700 Arabs were held. Lechi’s operation officer, Eitan Livni, the father of Tzipi Livni, was captured and sent to Acre. On April 19, 1947, four members of the Irgun were hanged by the British at the prison. Lechi fighters decided to do something to free their comrades and came up with a daring plan. The Acre fortress was an Ottoman-built structure completed in the 1700s by the Galilee governor Ahmed al-Jazzar. After the British took control of Israel, the fortress was made into a high security prison. A deep moat on two sides and the Mediterranean Sea

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A New York Times story on the prison break

Levin zt”l, had his pockets sewn up by his rebbetzin and they were filled with messages and other materials for the prisoners. Out of respect for the rav, he was never checked for contraband. Since this was an undercover operation, the escaped prisoners would need to be hidden until it was safe for them to resurface. Only 41 of the 60 jailed fighters could be freed, and it was up to Livni

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to decide who would have to stay. The ones who weren’t chosen for the escape were still enthusiastic to help their buddies and were used to create a diversion inside the camp. The day before the break-in, the Irgun fighters gathered for a briefing. 20 of the fighters would be wearing British uniforms complete with a British Army regulation haircut, and three would be in Arab garb. They would pose as engineers and travel in a six vehicle convoy. Up in front would sit Dov Cohen, dressed as a British captain and the ground commander for the operation. The convoy set out on Sunday, May 4, for Acre Prison. As they approached, the convoy spread out into their designated positions. The two vans entered the market behind the prison while a truck stood guard. Ladders were set up and the explosives were hauled up to the break out spots. Charges were set as the men prepared to blow down the wall. Other men were sent to block British units from getting to the escapees, and mines were laid in the area leading up to the break out area. The three fighters dressed as Arabs went to the north side and prepared to fire mortars. Meanwhile, inside the prison, the cell doors were open at 3pm but only the prisoners who were to remain left to go to the courtyard to create a diversion. The escapees stayed in three different cells waiting for the explosion. At 4:22pm, a loud blast rocked the area and the men began to hurry to the detonation site in groups. The first group Continued on page next page

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Forgotten Heroes

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Acre Prison, 1942

blew down the gate inside the cell block with explosives that had been smuggled in earlier. The second group obstructed a path that the guards could use by igniting a fire. The third group chucked grenades onto the roof, scattering the guards. Then, in three groups, the escapees left, escorted by members of the Irgun. The mortar team dressed as Arabs hurled at least five mortars into the area to confuse the guards as the where the main attack was taking place. However, the first group ran into problems soon after the escape. No British Army camps were within three miles of the prison but troops were spread throughout the area. They made a wrong turn and drove towards the shore where

a group of British soldiers from the 1st Paratroop Battalion were bathing. A firefight ensued and the driver ran into a wall, which then overturned the van. Dov Cohen, the commander, opened fire with his gun but was killed. Another fighter and five escapees were also killed in the firefight. Of the remaining eight prisoners, six were injured and all were recaptured. The rest of the escapees were more successful at running away from the prison, although they also sustained casualties. The two remaining groups quickly boarded vans and left the area. However, one of the escapees, Lechi fighter Chaim Appelbaum, was wounded while trying to board the first van. He managed to get onto the second van but later died of his wounds. He was buried in Haifa the next day. The vans that did manage to get away from the British made their way to Kibbutz Dalia and traveled on foot to Binyamina. There they were given lodging and soon were dispersed around the country. Three members of the blocking unit, Avshalom Haviv, Meir Nakar and

Yaakov Wiess, did not hear the signal response and said it was irresponsible, to leave Acre and were captured after a while Irgun leader Menachem Begin firefight with British guards. At the oth- called it was an act of heroism. Most er blocking station, two other fighters, people living in the Yishuv were glad Amnon Michaeli that something and Menachem Oswas being done trowicz, were also by the occupation captured. and the anti-British In total, three sentiment accordfighters and six esing a newspaper capees were killed in was “stronger than the breakout. Eight ever.” escapees and the The British five members of the government reblocking force were sponded like the captured. It was the underground units price to pay for the hoped. The Brits freedom of the 27 were tired of the A monument to commemorate the escape escapees. Some 200 fighting in their Arab prisoners also escaped in the may- mandate and soon declared that they hem of the explosion. In the immediate were pulling out of the region. The manaftermath, Haviv, Nakar and Wiess were date was handed over the U.N. and the executed by the British. Michaeli and State of Israel was created a year later. Ostrowicz were given life sentences for This was one of the most daring rescue their part in the escape. attempts in history and in some respects The response of the media was that achieved success. of awe when the daring attempt became public. One paper even called it “an am- Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments bitious mission, their most challenging and suggestions.for future columns and can so far, in perfect fashion.” Some Jew- be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com. ish organizations were wary of a British

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FROM NEW YORK TO THE 101 KILOMETER Yube Levin Recalls his Experience on Israel’s Frontlines During the Yom Kippur War by Naftali Halpern

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AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 24, WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THEIR ADULT LIVES, YUBE LEVIN HAD ALREADY COMPLETED HIS: SERVING IN THE GOLANI BRIGADE OF THE IDF. IT WAS 1973, AND HE AND HIS NEW WIFE HAD DECIDED TO SETTLE IN THE UNITED STATES TO START THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER. BUT ALL THAT CHANGED ONE AUTUMN DAY IN OCTOBER WHEN NEWS BROKE THAT THE ARAB NATIONS HAD JOINED FORCES IN A SURPRISE ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL. HAVING LEFT THE IDF LESS THAN A YEAR EARLIER, YUBE WAS NOT YET IN THE RESERVES AND DID NOT HAVE TO REPORT TO DUTY. BUT HE COULDN’T STAND BY AND WATCH FROM FIVE THOUSAND MILES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. “IT’S NOT THAT I’M A HERO, IT’S JUST THAT I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO FACE MYSELF IF I DIDN’T GO. AFTER ALL, I AM ISRAELI AND MOST OF MY FRIENDS WERE STILL IN THE ARMY,” HE EXPLAINS. SO HE BOOKED A FLIGHT TO ISRAEL.

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Yube (at left) and a fellow soldier with Suez City in the background

ube grew up in a family with deep Zionist roots. His father, Naftali Levin, was a high level Israeli government official. He is most well-known for his role as Israel’s first foreign correspondent in Europe. Every night when Israelis would turn on their radio, they would hear the Hebrew version of: “This is Naftali Levin reporting from Paris.” The family then moved to Benin, West Africa, where Naftali Levin served as Israel’s advisor to the Benin government. Yube explains that back then, West Africa had just gotten a vote in the UN so Israel and other nations were jockeying to curry favor with them. Even Russia got involved in trying to influence them. Perhaps highlighting the backwardness of Communist Russia, they donated snow blowers to the African country which lies near the equator and has a tropical climate. Yube attributes a lot of his love for Israel to his mother. In fact, nobody in his family even knew that Yube returned to Israel to fight (although some family members thought that they saw him on TV footage). But after a month of fighting, Yube was given a day off and hitched a ride to Arad, where his mother lived. As he knocked on her front door, he was disheveled and had not showered in a month. She opened the door and was shocked to see her son, whom she thought was safely in America, standing in front of her, very clearly having just come from the battle field. Rather than expressing concern about her son fighting on the frontlines, she expressed great joy that he had returned to fight for the State of Israel.

hen Yube decided to return to Israel to join up with his old artillery unit, he immediately booked a flight on TWA. However, getting to Israel would not be so easy. Due to the dangers of flying in the region, his flight was cancelled. For several days, Yube booked flights on different airlines, but each time, the flights were cancelled. Finally, El Al announced that they would be making a flight to Israel to take volunteers. Yube was able to get onto that flight. When he arrived in Israel, he landed in Ben Gurion

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Israeli forces crossing the Suez Canal

Airport and was greeted by darkness. “They gave us a few tokens to make phone calls, but nobody in my family was home and nobody knew that I came,” he relates. Yube and the other volunteers were taken to Cassina, near Beer Sheva, where there was a base for his unit. Once there, he was told that his unit was fighting in the Sinai Peninsula, near the Suez Canal. However, due to the lack of preparation, combined with the classic Israeli laissez faire attitude, nobody seemed to be in a rush on the base. He remembers telling an officer,

“You didn’t see the men with white beards running through the desert? They stopped our advance!” “Listen, we didn’t come from the United States to be stuck on this base!” After three days of waiting around, an Israeli officer came into the room and asked if anyone knew how to drive a semi-trailer truck. A guy from Chicago who Yube befriended raised his hand and told Yube to do the same. Yube whispered to his new friend, “I don’t know how to drive a rig!” The guy turned to him and asked, “Do you want to continue sitting in this field office or do you want to actually get to the frontlines?” Raring to go to battle, Yube raised his hand and within a few minutes he and his new friend were driving an ammunition rig into the hot and hazy Sinai desert as part of a large convoy heading to the frontlines. It took them 24 hours to finally get to the battlefront. During the journey, they were taking fire from the Egyptian airforce the whole time. In the early days of the war, Egypt had almost total control of the skies. In fact, it is well known that Israel, which at that point was making its own planes, was in

such a rush to get them out of the factories that they wouldn’t even paint them. In order to identify themselves as Israeli planes, so as not to be shot at by their own army, the pilots would “tip” from side to side, like a bird flapping its wings. Yube recalls that when Egypt controlled the skies, the only thing that saved the Israelis was that the Egyptian fighter pilots were simply dumb. When the Egyptian planes would attack, the Israeli radios would crackle with shouts of “Koninu tzipurim.” (“We’ve got planes.”) Upon hearing that, the Israeli soldiers would try to get as far away from their convoys as possible, knowing that the tanks and ammunition trucks would be the primary targets. They would run from the roadway into the desert sand, in all different directions. Much to the Israelis’ surprise, instead of simply bombing the convoys, which were sitting ducks, the planes would fire at the fleeing soldiers. Yube recalls running through the desert with overhead planes trying to gun him down, as if the sky itself was raining bullets. “It was such a strange feeling,” he recalls, “while we were zigzagging through the desert, trying to outrun the planes shooting at us, we could not help but think about how stupid the Egyptian pilots were.”

hen Yube reached the frontlines, near the Suez Canal, the scene was chaotic. Having not slept for days, Yube and his friend were told to pull the truck to the side of an asphalt roadway and take turns sleeping. As Yube sat in the truck dozing off, he was immediately awoken by horrific screams. “My friend got out of the truck to sleep near it in the sand,” he says. “While he was sleeping, a tank drove over his feet. He was immediately medivacked from the scene.” Yube later learned that his friend recovered and his feet were fine, since the sand cushioned the blow. A few minutes later, an Israeli officer came over to Yube’s truck and commanded, “Take this truck right away and go in the opposite direction.” Yube, who had never actually driven the truck, tried starting the truck

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Yube (middle row, far right) while in the Golani Brigade

but had no clue how to start it. The officer turned to him and asked, “Are you a truck driver?” Yube stammered, “No, I have no clue.” The Israeli soldier, in classic Israeli form, said, “Okay, get out of here, I’ll handle it.” Yube then got into a command car with a group of soldiers who were all looking for their units. A few minutes later, he heard someone calling him, “Yube! Yube!” It was soldiers from his former unit who spotted him. When I ask Yube if they were excited to see him, he chuckles and says, “They were, but what really excited them the most was that I brought four cartons of Marlboro cigarettes for them.” It was not just cigarettes that the soldiers relied on, rather they turned to prayer. Yube— who was not yet religious at that point in his life— recalls how he and all of his comrades who were not religious would stand near the religious soldiers when they davened. “We didn’t really know how to daven ourselves, but we knew, just stand near the soldiers davening and it would be as if we were praying,” he says. He also carried around a mini Tehillim that the chief rabbi of the Israeli army gave out on a visit to the frontlines. “I kept it in my pocket at all times,” he says. It is quite understandable how even the soldiers who were not religious were turning to Hashem. After all, they witnessed open miracles. Yube recalls what may have been the biggest miracle to have taken place in the war. In fact, it may be the only reason that Israel was able to ultimately prevail on the Southern front: Egypt began the war by crossing the Suez Canal and entering Israel. At that point, Israel had barely any defense lines in the Sinai Desert because they never suspected that Egypt would attempt to cross the Suez Canal. The five hundred soldiers guarding the Israeli side of the Suez Canal were caught off guard and were all killed in the surprise attack. At that point, the Egyptian army could have simply marched into Israel. Yet, for some reason, in the middle of their advance, they suddenly stopped. Once they stopped, it gave the Israelis time to implement Genernal Ariel Sharon’s strategy of surround-

Israeli, Egyptian and UN officials at talks at the 101 Kilometer in Egypt

ing the Egyptian army and cutting off their supply lines, which led to Egypt’s eventual surrender. When talking to captured Egyptian soldiers, Yube and his fellow soldiers asked the Egyptians why they suddenly stopped their advance. The Egyptians responded with amazement and said, “What do you mean? You didn’t see the men with white beards running through the desert? They stopped our advance!” Suffice it to say, there were no men in white beards in the Israeli army at that time. Despite the miracles that took place, Yube wit-

“We knew, just stand near the soldiers davening and it would be as if we were praying.” nessed horrific carnage and tragedy. He recalls seeing a commander, Shooky, a”h, passing by to go to the battlefront in order to send back coordinates to the artillery unit. As he passed, he called out, “Ma nishma, Yube!” A few minutes later, Shooky’s vehicle was blown up. Yube was also involved in transporting injured soldiers. He explained that before his unit crossed the Suez Canal, the paratrooper units landed on the other side. Those who were shot down or otherwise wounded had to be transported back across the Suez Canal, to the Israeli side. Yube recalls being part of the chain of soldiers helping to transport the injured soldiers and says, “The images will stay with me forever.” Eventually, Yube and his unit crossed the Suez Canal themselves. “That was a nightmare experience,” he says. “You are crossing in the nighttime, on a narrow makeshift bridge, and as soon as you get to the other side, there are sharpshooters hiding in trees

Yube and friend beside their convoy

shooting at us.” Once his unit breached Egypt’s defense lines, they began their advance into Egypt with almost no resistance. They reached Suez City and advanced so deep into Egypt that they reached a place which has come to be known as “101 Kilometer,” as it was 101 km from the Egyptian capital of Cairo. At that point, the tide had turned and the Egyptian army was at the precipice of a cataclysmic defeat. It should thus come as no surprise that the world pressured Israel to enter into a ceasefire. Yube recalls that even before Israel entered the ceasefire, he and his unit on numerous occasions confronted U.N officers who were transporting food and supplies to the surrounded Egyptian Third Army. Once the ceasefire was implemented, Yube remained stationed at the 101 Kilometer for approximately one month. “We drank Turkish coffee with the Egyptian soldiers,” he relates. He explains that they had to stay for a while just in case the ceasefire would fail. “We were standing around with us over here and them over there, so what were we supposed to do?” he shrugs.

fter the war, Yube returned to the United States and resumed his new life. He is forever grateful that he was able to fight for the land of Israel and that Hashem watched over him. He does say, in jest, that he did sustain a wound due to the Yom Kippur War. “After I came back to the U.S., I got a call from the soldier from Chicago, who tracked me down. I was so excited that he was alive that I tripped over a nearby piece of furniture and broke my toe.” He quips, “I was teaching in a school at that time and all of the students would ask me if my injury was from the war, and I had to confess to them that it was actually from tripping over a TV stand.” Although he can smile about it now, Yube lowers his voice as he sadly shares, “There is no such thing as a happy war, but this was a really sad war. Because, although we won it, we won it with three thousand dead soldiers.” TJH May their memories forever be blessed. 

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Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

Tapping Into Our Meritorious Pedigree Remember for us the covenant of the patriarchs, as You said, “And I will remember My covenant with Yaakov, and also My covenant with Yitzchok, and also My covenant with Avraham I will remember, and the Land will I remember.” (Leviticus 26:42) (From the selichos liturgy)

ne of the central elements of the Yomim Noraim is the concept of z’chus avos, which states that we, as children of our holy forefathers, can tap into our ancestors’ great spiritual merit and achieve a degree of atonement that would otherwise be impossible. Despite our own inadequacies, we are able stand before Hashem and beg forgiveness due to the special relationship that He enjoyed with our progenitors. The obvious question is how is this possible? How can it be that Hashem, the ultimate arbiter of truth and justice, would look past our actual deeds and grant us special reprieve simply because of our lineage? Is it logical to suggest that despite the fact that we may be as guilty of sin (at least on a relative level) as the gentile nations around us, we can be exempted from our poor behavior just because of a special bond which took place some four thousand years ago? Where is the evenhandedness in such judgment? Before we attempt an answer to this question, let us first endeavor to reach a clear understanding about the roles and relationship between Hashem’s attributes of din and rachamim (strict justice and mercy, respectively). Typically, we perceive these two attributes as mutually independent elements of Divine justice. Hashem either chooses to judge a person strictly or He applies compassionate mercy, and softens the severity of the true judgment against sinners. However, this understanding is wholly inaccurate. Rashi, commenting on the first verse in the Torah, questions why it is that throughout the entire first chapter of Genesis only the name “Elokim” – the Divine

name used to express strict justice – is used when referencing the Creator. Yet, at the beginning of the following chapter (2:4ff), the combined term of “Hashem Elokim” is utilized (a term indicating that not only had rachamim become incorporated into Hashem’s mode of judgment, but had even bypassed din as the primary means of

roommate with the second thief’s father during law school, rules that the first thief must spend two years in prison. His friend’s son, however, is required to pay a small fine and contribute 200 hours of communal service. At first glance, this inconsistency in judgment would appear to be highly

HOW CAN IT BE THAT HASHEM, THE ULTIMATE ARBITER OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE, WOULD GRANT US SPECIAL REPRIEVE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF OUR LINEAGE?

ruling). Rashi’s response provides us with a new insight into our discussion. In the beginning it was His intention to create (the world) with the Divine Standard of Justice, but he perceived that the world would not endure, so He preceded it with the Divine Standard of Mercy, allying it with the Divine Standard of Justice. (Rashi to Bereishis 1:1) Since the earliest stages of creation, Hashem deemed it necessary for din and rachamim to be melded together to form one complete entity, working together harmoniously in response to Man’s misdeeds. But how does this work? How can din and rachamim be used in conjunction with one another to achieve a desired result? Rav Dessler (Michtav M’Eliyahu, Volume 1, p.8ff) explains this idea through the use of the following example. Suppose that there are two young men who each rob a bank of the same amount of money. One was raised in a crime-riddled community without proper parenting and guidance. The other comes from an upstanding home; now, he has fallen in with the wrong crowd, and has turned to a life of crime. The judge, who happened to be a

inappropriate. After all, they committed the same crime. If anything, logic would dictate that the criminal from the depressed neighborhood should be treated with more clemency, while the one who was raised in an upscale setting should be reprimanded more severely. Certainly, the judge would want to avoid any possible accusations of impropriety by letting his friend’s son off easy. Yet, that is exactly the same type of “impropriety” which we ask Hashem for every time that we ask him to spare us in the merit of our forefathers (as we noted above)! Rav Dessler explains that the proper objective of justice is not to punish criminals or sinners for their misdeeds. Rather, the goal must be to correct the crime or transgression so that they are not repeated in the future. In the case of the second criminal, who was raised in a home that valued proper conduct and respect for the law, this objective can best be achieved through a more lenient approach. This particular young man understands deep down what is right. With some additional guidance and a return to a strong, healthy environment, he can be redirected along the proper path. Under these circumstances, even “justice” would agree that leniency offers

the best means of turning this young man around. Time in the penitentiary would only exacerbate the problem. The first criminal, on the other hand, does not possess a clear sense of proper social conduct. From his perspective, crime is a way of life, a means of survival. To allow him immediately back on the street would almost guarantee future repetition of criminal activity, which could result in even more dire results. Here, “mercy” would advocate for a stricter punishment, to suffer more today with the hope of a better tomorrow. When we ask Hashem to factor in his love for our forefathers as part of our judgment, we are not looking to simply take advantage of positive past relationships. Rather, we are asking Him to see the latent potential within us as children of Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, and judge us in that light. In that respect, we are like the robber who comes from a good home environment but has become entangled with negative influences. Gentile nations, however, lack that pedigree, and cannot tap into the same reservoirs of proper conduct. By asking Hashem to grant us clemency in the merit of our forefathers, we are not asking Him to “play favorites.” Rather, we are imploring Him to look deep within us and see us not only for our past misdeeds, but also for our future successes. We hope that He chooses to focus on the latent potential which lies biologically imprinted within each of us and grant us the judgment which will allow us to convert our great potential into reality. As we approach Rosh Hashana, let us aspire to give Hashem every opportunity to see us as true descendants – spiritual as well as physical – of the avos and thereby achieve the type of favorable judgment that we all desire.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff is an executive coach and president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting (ImpactfulCoaching.com). He can be reached at 212-470-6139 or at president@impactfulcoaching.com.

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A Fulfilled Life

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The Observant Jew Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

How You Play the Game

Why do Jews play football? A: To get the quarter back! As a boy growing up in New Orleans, Louisiana, I was not a baseball fan. We didn’t have a professional team in the city, and nobody played baseball at school. Football was a different story. Though one could argue that in 1980 New Orleans didn’t have a professional football team (the New Orleans Saints had one win and fifteen losses that season, earning them the dubious moniker, the “’aints”), we did play football in school. I once met Archie Manning, the New Orleans quarterback, who invited me to play football with him and his sons, Cooper and Peyton. That would have been a cool story… “Yeah, I sacked Peyton Manning (today a highly successful professional Quarterback in the NFL)… he was 9 years old at the time.” But, I can’t say that, because I never did go to play with them. I did play on the schoolyard, though,

and we used to go to football games in the Superdome. I even took my mother to a game once and as a player lay injured on the floor, she asked in perfect innocence, “Is he going to get up again?” I

THEY REALIZED THE WISDOM OF LETTING IT GO SO THEY DID NOT LOSE OUT. gained an appreciation for watching football, though I generally don’t yell and scream with each play when I’m not at the stadium itself, unlike some who will yell at the coaches and players through a TV screen or radio receiver. Now, I’m sure all this is very interesting to you but what’s it got to do with anything? Well, one evening, I heard a play on the field that made me think about this article. You see, a team had thrown a pass, and the defensive team

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threw a penalty flag. This would normally mean the pass didn’t count and the offensive team would get another chance to run the play. However, if that were the case, the team would lose the yards they had advanced by a successful pass to their intended receiver. They chose to decline the penalty. By refusing to “press charges” as it were, they were entitled to keep the play that had actually occurred and they thereby benefited more than they would have by punishing the other team. Eureka! In Krias Shema al HaMita, the bedtime Shema, there are some phrases that basically absolve people who have harmed us from blame. We say that we forgive those who have wronged us and that no one should be punished because of us. Why would we do that? Surely, people should not be able to damage or harm us with impunity! The football analogy gave me my answer. Though they could have demanded the penalty stand and the defensive team be punished, by doing so, the team who was trying to advance would lose their own progress. They realized the wisdom of letting it go so they did not lose out. Hashem treats us middah k’neged middah, measure for measure. One who is lax regarding his own honor, allowing things to slide, will in turn find himself being given a pass as well. Just as he doesn’t stand on ceremony and demand that his honor be avenged, so does Hashem allow slights to His honor to more easily be ignored. One who doesn’t respond when he is maligned, opting instead to hold his tongue, will merit a hidden light of insight which is reserved for great tzaddikim. This is a tradition from great men such as the Vilna Gaon who told this to

his wife and family in a letter. He urged them not to talk back when others spoke ill of them, assuring them that the reward for such self-control would be greater than imaginable. As we reach the Days of Judgment, we would be wise to learn the lesson of the gridiron that sometimes it’s in your best interest not to look for a penalty. By choosing not to see someone else punished, you will end up benefiting far more. It may seem counterintuitive at first to say that you should give up the chance to see someone pay for what he’s done to you, but if you think about it, you’ll understand that fair play doesn’t always mean following the letter of the law as to

what you’re allowed to demand. Instead, if you are interested in a happy outcome for yourself, and maybe getting a few penalties of your own to slide, you’ll realize that declining the penalty, and forgiving someone who might not deserve it, is one of the best strategies for playing the game. Now in bookstores, The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of Rabbi Gewirtz’s best articles from years past, is receiving critical acclaim. With short, funny, insightful selections, this book is the perfect summertime companion. Look for it in your favorite Jewish Book Store or visit Feldheim.com. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@ JewishSpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject. © 2014 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

The Extent of Hashem’s Mercy Yom KippurThe Storyline The story of Bilaam, the gentile prophet, is most peculiar. It begins when Balak, the king of Moav, recognizes that he is in danger. The Jewish nation had just destroyed Sichon, and Moav was next. Out of desperation, Balak sent messengers to Bilaam, saying, “Please, curse this nation so that we can remain in our land.” Bilaam was more than willing to curse the Jews–he hated them more than Balak did, explains Rashi. Balak only asked for help defending himself against the Jews. Bilaam wanted them dead. Therefore, Bilaam asked Hashem for permission to destroy the Chosen Nation. Hashem said to Bilaam, “You may go, but do not say anything I don’t tell you to say.” Bilaam then set off with his donkey on a journey to curse the Jews. Along the way, a malach stopped the donkey. Bilaam beat it. The donkey continued. Again, a maaoch stopped it, and again Bilaam beat it. Finally, the donkey opened its mouth and spoke. An overt miracle. The Siforno explains that Hashem brought this miracle so that Bilaam should realize his mistake and do teshuvah. Even though Hashem doesn’t normally create obvious miracles, He nevertheless did here because He didn’t want a man as important as Bilaam to be lost. This Siforno is difficult to understand. Can we imagine anyone more evil than Bilaam? He was gifted with the status of a navi, thereby granted a fantastic power: the ability to bless or curse. His words were potent. He was now going to use his power to annihilate a people. His intentions were to wipe out the Jews—every man, woman, and child. And he would have succeeded had Hashem not stopped him. This is a man on the level of an Adolph Hitler. Why would Hashem allow such a man to do teshuvah? And even more, why would Hashem change nature to save such a lowlife? To answer this question, we need a different perspective.

What Did You Do to be Worthy of Being Created? The Chovos Ha’Levovos says that a person should ask himself the following question: before I was created, what did I do that made me worthy of being created? I recognize that I didn’t exist and that Hashem made me. It must be that Hashem felt that it was worthy to bring me into being. What is it that I did that made me worthy of being created?

teraction with the world. Now, based on how Hashem acts, man can see Him. Justice versus Mercy Hashem originally thought to create the word with din (justice) as the guiding attribute. Din is proper. din is appropriate. Din, however, demands total accountability. Din demands absolute responsibility. And, din demands immediate consequences. You

HASHEM WANTS MAN TO EMULATE HIM— BUT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

The answer is nothing. Because before you were created, you weren’t. And that is the point. There is nothing you did to make it fit for Hashem to create you. Hashem made you because of loving-kindness. Hashem is the Benefactor. Hashem wishes to give. Generous and magnanimous, Hashem wishes to shower His good upon others. Not because they deserve it and not because they merit it, but because that is the nature of Hashem: to bestow as much blessing as He can. Hashem created everything— the stars, the sun, the moon, the oceans, and the rivers—to give to man. Man, however, has to earn that good. To do so, he must perfect himself. Hashem is the source of all perfection. Hashem put man into this world charged with the mission of making himself as much like Hashem as humanly possible. When man is finished his job here, he enjoys closeness to Hashem in accordance to the amount that he perfected himself here. That, however, is the inherent obstacle. Hashem is beyond time, beyond space, and beyond any limitation. By definition, Hashem is beyond human understanding. Hashem wants man to emulate Him—but that is impossible. To allow for this, Hashem manifests Himself cloaked in character traits. Those traits guide Hashem’s in-

are liable for what you did. No excuses. No mitigating circumstances. You brought this about–this is the result. If din were the operating attribute, no human could exist. Man will err. Man will slip. Therefore, Hashem created the world with rachamim (mercy) as the predominant force. Now, our actions are viewed through the lens of understanding. Mitigating circumstances are taken into consideration, and time is granted. Time to recognize our errors. Time to correct our ways. Therefore, Hashem manifests Himself in the almost human character trait of mercy–the key word being almost. Hashem is not human. And Hashem is

not restricted. When Hashem wears an attribute, it is endless and boundless. When Hashem wears the attribute of mercy, it has no limit. The Extent of Hashem’s Mercy This seems to be the answer to Bilaam. Granted, he was wicked, and granted he set out to use his gifts for evil, but Hashem still wished for his good. Hashem still loved him. Despite everything he was planning to do, Hashem didn’t want him destroyed. And so, Hashem tried guiding him to teshuvah even if that meant changing nature and making a donkey speak. There is a vital lesson for us in these words. Bilaam was a gentile – a gentile who turned to wicked ways. Yet Hashem still waited for his teshuvah. How much more so for us, the children of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov? We are Hashem’s nation. We are His beloved. Hashem waits with open arms, saying, “Return, My children. Return.”

Rabbi Shafier is the founder of the Shmuz. com – The Shmuz is an engaging, motivating shiur that deals with real life issues. All of the Shmuzin are available free of charge at the www.theShmuz.com or on the Shmuz App for iphone or Android.Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, is the director of Tiferes Bnei Torah and The Shmuz. The Shmuz is a motivating mussar shiur dealing with real life issues. It can be accessed at www. TheShmuz.com.

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Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits

Eating and Drinking Before Hearing the Shofar

e spend most of the day davening in shul on Rosh Hashanah. The davening usually concludes long after a normal Shabbos or Yom Tov davening. Even though it is the day of judgment, it is very difficult to avoid eating until after mussaf. Over the years, the practice has developed to eat and drink at a small break before the shofar is blown.1 Is this practice recommended? Is kiddush required beforehand? Is there a difference when Rosh Hashanah falls out on Shabbos and the shofar is not blown? Which foods and drinks are permitted? How much? What are some of the other halachos which apply to this break? All these concerns will be discussed in this article

Eating Before Mitzvos – Introduction The Shulchan Aruch rules in many different places that eating before fulfilling a mitzvah is not allowed. For example, the Shulchan Aruch2 says that one may not eat before taking a lulav on Succos.3 On the first day he has to stop eating even in middle of the meal.4 On the other days, he does not have to stop as long as there is enough time in

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the day to perform the mitzvah after the meal. Some opine that the second day of Yom Tov has the same halacha as the first day.5 Other discussions concerning eating before a mitzvah include: before mincha and maariv,6 before bedikas chometz,7 before megilla reading,8 and before Chanukah lighting.9 Reason The reason for not eating (and various other activities) before doing mitzvos is that we are afraid that one will forget to do the mitzvah since he is preoccupied with eating.10 The Rokeach11 brings down that as a chavivus to a mitzvah, Chassidim would fast before performing mitzvos such as lulav and others. Tasting – Hilchos Lulav The Magen Avraham12 says that although eating is prohibited, tasting is permitted.13 However, one should not be lenient unless it is a great need.14 Tasting means eating no more than a kebeitzah of bread, but there is no limitation on fruit15 or non-intoxicating beverages.16 Eating an item made with the

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Refer to Rashi Meseches Shabbos 9b “ad”, Tzitz Eliezer 6:7, Moadim V’zemanim 1:4. 353. 652:4. This is the opinion of others as well (Erech Shai 652). Mishnah Berurah 7. Refer to Shulchan Aruch 232:3, Mishnah Berurah 35. Magen Avraham 17, Mishnah Berurah 232:3, Heishiv Moshe 19. Mishnah Berurah 232:34. Refer to Oles Shmuel 83, Tzemech Yehuda 1:38, Betzel Hachochma 4:147, Mekadesh Yisroel 133. Avnei Yoshpei 4:82:2. Divrei Bineyahu 13:43.

five grains is permitted, as long as one does not make a meal from it.17 Introduction to Eating Before Shofar All these rules should apply to shofar as well. Therefore, some question the practice of making kiddush before tekios18 and eating more than the allotted shiur of mezonos.19 Some poskim wonder why the halacha of not eating before shofar is not mentioned in the Gemara or Shulchan Aruch,20 since this halacha is discussed in regard to many mitzvos. Some explain that since Rosh Hashanah is the day of judgment one will not forget to stop eating to hear the shofar (see below).21 Shofar – Forbidden to Eat There are poskim who say that a healthy person should not eat before shofar. The Matei Ephraim22 prohibits

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Ibid. Refer to Tosefta Meseches Shabbos 1:7, Magen Avraham 692:7. 588:2. Refer to Maharsham 1:1, Pe’as Sudcha 2:130. Teshuvos V’hanhagos 4:137. Yeshurun 20:page 160:2, see Bnei Bonim 1:14, 2:page 233. Refer to Minchas Yitzchok 5:111. Mareches Rosh Hashanah 2:pages 8889:31. Refer to Mekadesh Yisroel 133. 6:7, 7:32, 8:21, 18:18:3, 20:23, see Chasam Sofer Y.D. 7, Meoros Nosson (Purim) 34, Nefesh Chai (Margoles) 584, Minhag Yisroel Torah 585:3. Hisoreros Teshuva O.C. 1:225. 1:4. Refer to ibid for additional reasons. Moadim V’zemanim 1:4.

eating before shofar, and a weak person should eat in private.23 Harav Henkin zt”l24 is quoted as saying that one should not eat before tekios (except for sick people). Eating Before Shofar – Reason for Custom The Sdei Chemed25 says that in his days it was common for people to make kiddush and drink tea even before leining. There were many talmidei chachamim in the crowd, and no one protested.26 The Sdei Chemed only permitted drinking; however, the custom of many is that even a healthy person may eat a small shiur of food as well. What is the rationale for this? The Tzitz Eliezer27 explains as follows: The prohibition of eating before performing a mitzvah is because we are afraid that one will forget to do the

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Nezer Hatorah 7:page 96. O.C. 589:6. See Magen Avraham (O.C. 489:1, concerning sefiras ha-omer) who says that women have accepted [certain] time-restricted mitzvos as obligations. He does not, however, single out shofar more than any other time-restricted mitzvah. Chai Adam (141:7) and R’ Akiva Eiger (Teshuvos 1, addendum) also state that women have accepted shofar as an obligation. See Nezirus Shimshon (quoted in Sdei Chemed, Ma’areches Mem, 136) and Teshuvos Sha’arei De’ah 2:237. Salmas Chaim 1:88. Eishel Avraham Butchatch 589, Chai Adam 141:7, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 129:19. Refer to Rivevos Ephraim 3:393:2,

Women The restriction on eating before tekias shofar is more lenient in regard to women, because they are generally exempt from time-bound mitzvos like listening to the shofar.32 There are poskim, however, who hold that although women are technically exempt from listening to shofar, they have nevertheless accepted this mitzvah upon them-

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4:144:32. Opinion of Harav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach zt”l as quoted in Lev Avraham 1:page 18. Refer to Minchas Yitzchok 5:111. Divrei Bineyahu 13:43. Orchos Rabbeinu 2:page 182:4. Refer to Darchei Chaim V’sholom 716:page 251. Orchos Rabbeinu 2:page 181:1. Refer to Chelek Levi 189. As related by Harav Aron Felder Shlita. As quoted in Chag B’chag page 113:footnote 79. Matei Ephraim 588:2. Katzei Hamatei 588:5. See Orchos Rabbeinu 2:page 181:1. Rama O.C. 232:2, Mishnah Berurah 235:18.

selves as an obligation.33 Based on this view, it has become customary all over the world for women to go to shul to listen to the shofar, or else to hear the shofar at home. Not all poskim, however, agree that women have accepted upon themselves an obligation from which they are clearly exempt.34 Some poskim rule, therefore, that women are not obligated to listen to tekias shofar.35 Although most women follow the stringent opinion, a woman who must eat before tekias shofar may do so,36 even if the amount of food she requires is considered a kevius seudah. Custom in Yeshivos The custom of many Yeshivos is for everyone to go to the dining room, hear kiddush and eat.37 Others are not happy with this since everyone eats publicly.38 It would be preferable that those who are weak make kiddush and eat in private.39 Custom of Some Gedolim The Steipler zt”l used to recite the Zohar and other tefillos during the break. In his later years, he recited portions of Tehillim.40 He did not make kiddush before tekios.41 Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l did not eat before tekios.42 Harav Elyashiv zt”l43 and lbc”l Harav Yisroel Belsky shlita do not eat or drink before tekios. Weak Person If one is weak and will not be able to concentrate without eating, he should make kiddush and eat and drink. This should be done in a discreet manner.44 One may drink coffee and tea without kiddush according to many poskim.45 Appointing a Shomer In a place where a person reminds people to go to shul for mincha or maariv, it is permitted to eat a regular meal before davening, since people

Refer to Peshat V’iyan Meseches Berachos page 98:447, Piskei Teshuvos 585:2. Opinion of Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Mikadesh Yisroel (Yomim Noraim) 140. Moadim V’zemanim 8:1:4, Teshuvos V’hanhagos 4:138, 5:179. Refer to Shulchan Aruch 128:38, Ohr Hahalacha 1:page 56:38, Moadim V’zemanim 1:4. See Kaf Hachaim 286:26. Ze Hashulchan 500:page 80, Katzei Hamatei end of 590:28, Gam Ani Odcha 86:19 (page 178). Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita, see Elef Hamagen 621:6, Oles Noach 7:pages 31-33, Teshuvos V’hanhagos 2:277, Be’er Eliyahu O.C. 3:76, Refer to Matei Ephraim 590:37. Orchos Rabbeinu 1:page 2 (additions to chelek 1).

will not forget to daven.46 The poskim do not mention this as an option to permit a person to eat before hearing the shofar.47 Rosh Hashanah on Shabbos When Rosh Hashanah falls out on Shabbos, the shofar is not blown. Therefore, some poskim say that one may eat before mussaf. However, one is still bound by the halachos that apply to eating before mussaf on a regular Shabbos, as discussed below.48 Others feel that one should not eat even when Rosh Hashanah falls out on Shabbos.49 Kohanim and Eating at the Kiddush A kohen who wishes to duchan at birchas kohanim should not drink a reviis of wine because he will not be in the correct state of mind to perform the mitzvah.50 Leaving Sifrei Torah on the Bimah During the break on Rosh Hashanah, the custom of most places is to place the sifrei Torah on the bimah, covered with a tallis. This may be considered a disgrace, since the sifrei Torah are left alone, and the shul is empty of people. Is this the preferred method, or is there an alternative? Often, there are a few people who do not eat and remain in the shul, so they can watch the sifrei Torah. Some recommend returning the sifrei Torah to the aron kodesh before the break.51 There are a few disadvantages to this approach. First, the shofar reminds us of Har Sinai (Torah), so it is appropriate to keep the sifrei Torah on the bimah for shofar. In addition, the half kaddish that is said before mussaf applies to returning the sifrei Torah to the aron kodesh. If one would place them in the aron kodesh before the break, then no half kaddish would be said before mussaf. The custom of most places is to leave the sifrei Torah on the bimah, covered with a tallis.52

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Tallis and the Break People frequently remove their tallisim during the break. Usually the break is not for more than 20-30 minutes. The question arises whether one has to recite another bracha on his tallis when he returns from the break. Some require a new bracha,53 but the custom is not to recite a new bracha unless the break is for more than two hours.54 Eating before Mussaf in General (not necessarily on Rosh Hashanah) There is a discussion in the poskim if one is permitted to eat before Mussaf on Shabbos. There is a minority opinion that holds one may not even taste food before Mussaf,55 but the halacha does not follow this opinion and one is allowed to taste before Mussaf.56 This includes bread up to a kebeitzah, fruit, and mezonos.57 There are some poskim who say that even a meal would be permitted if one feels ill and needs to eat in order to concentrate.58 However, this is not the overwhelming custom unless one is weak.59 In addition, there is a discussion whether one who eats before davening is required to make kiddush. There are some who are lenient, since the obligation for kiddush may only apply after davening,60 but most poskim require kiddush prior to eating before davening.61 If one does not have wine or other valid beverages for kiddush, he can be lenient.62 If there is no food, then one should drink an entire reviis of wine.63 There is a discussion in the poskim if one may eat before mussaf by appointing a shomer to remind him to daven mussaf after he finishes eating.64

Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits is a former chaver kollel of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and a musmach of Harav Yisroel Belsky shlita. Rabbi Lebovits currently works as the Rabbinical Administrator for the KOF-K Kosher Supervision.

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mitzvah since he is preoccupied with eating. On Rosh Hashanah, however, everyone eats together, and the entire break is over in a short period of time. It is very unlikely that the entire congregation will forget about the shofar because of the eating. Therefore, it is permitted to make kiddush and eat and drink within the parameters expressed above (see “Tasting”). Others offer a unique explanation for this heter: During the era when the Sanhedrin established the calendar based on witnesses’ sightings of the moon, they would not blow shofar until the witnesses testified. The witnesses most often would not appear until the latter part of the day. Chazal did not impose a prohibition to eat until tekias shofar because it would constitute too great a burden to require everyone to wait until the end of the day to eat.28 Even today, when we have a set calendar, there is no restriction on eating before shofar. The Moadim V’zemanim29 says we know that one is supposed to have simchas Yom Tov, and the long davening may limit the simchas Yom Tov. Therefore, we eat a bit at the break.30 Another argument is that we make a break for the older people and women who need to eat because the davening is too long. Once we are making a break, the healthy people may also eat.31 In any case, one should make sure not to overeat, as a full stomach will hinder his concentration.

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Utilizing Rosh Hashana to Strengthen Our Relationships

s we wind down the current year and think ahead to the upcoming year, who among us doesn’t have deep feelings of hope and awe? We look back at the past year wondering what we could have done better and what we would like to do better in the coming year. While the community at large remembers the war in Gaza, we are overwhelmed with feelings of sadness and grief for our dear brothers and sisters who fell in the war. On the other hand, the realization that the tunnels were being prepared for an attack on Eretz Yisroel this very Rosh Hashana, gives us an immense sense of gratitude to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for saving us once again from our enemies. On the threshold of Rosh Hashana, we proclaim that Hashem sits on His thrown and judges us. Who will live and who will die? Who by water and who by fire? Who will succeed and who will fail? When we internalize these ideas, our preparation for Rosh Hashana takes on new meaning. We pray for ourselves, our spouses, our children, our parents, our siblings, and our friends. We pray that we should be taken care of physically and financially, and that all our needs and desires will be granted. But, there is a whole other element of judgment that actually takes priority on Rosh Hashana. In the Michtav Me’Eliyahu, Rabbi Eliyahu E. Dessler explains that the judgment of Rosh Hashana relates to the spiritual needs of a person. Physical requirements are 

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taken into consideration only insofar as they contribute to the person’s spiritual progress. Therefore, the most important thing for us to consider is what will my relationship will be like with Hakadosh Baruch Hu this year. How closely connected will I feel and what changes will I do to make the relationship more meaningful and positive? On a physical level, it is hard for us to know what to pray for because we really don’t know what our needs will be tomor-

to us. However, we need to prioritize. We must exert much effort in those relationships that we deem crucial. If we don’t put in the necessary effort, these special relationships are destined to fail and dissipate. In our upcoming Madraigos Rosh Hashana Retreat, we decided to focus on this topic of relationships. Working collectively as a group, we explore and examine our relationships and try to improve them. On the first day of Rosh

THE FACT IS, ALL OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE PRECIOUS.

row. There might be things that come up throughout the year that will require us to pray for a whole different package. But on a spiritual level, the terms remain constant. Every bit of energy we exert in our spiritual relationship with Hashem never loses traction. It is constant. How reassuring it is that we have the opportunity on Rosh Hashana to elevate ourselves in our relationship with Hakadosh Baruch Hu. The fact is, all of our relationships are precious. We, therefore, put a great deal of energy into nurturing them. In reality, one of the main reasons that our relationships are difficult to navigate is because they are so very important

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Hashana, we will focus on our relationship with Hashem. If we can enhance our relationship with Hashem, we can change the quality of our lives. Not only can this help us to become more spiritually connected, but it will help us make a positive impact in all areas of our lives. On the second day of Rosh Hashana, the focus will be on the relationship with ourselves. In reality, the healthier the relationship we have with ourselves, the better we will be able to connect with the other people in our lives. Finally, on the last day of the Retreat, Shabbos Shuva, we will focus on our relationship with others. As we celebrate Rosh Hashana together with close to 400 people, we have many opportunities to help other each according to our unique talents and abilities. It is our hope that what we focus on during our Rosh Hashana program will guide us throughout the new year, helping us to foster positive relationships in our lives.

s we strive to incorporate the lofty messages of Rosh Hashana and the value of our relationships, I am reminded of a moving story

in Touched by a Story, by Rabbi Yechiel Spiro, which elucidates an essential point most worthy of sharing. The story takes place in the concentration camps. It was 1945 and the Jews were being liberated. An American officer, who was in one of the camps, witnessed an amazing scene. The children, who were extremely frail and weak, literally hanging onto their lives, lined up to receive a portion of soup. One little girl wasn’t interested in the soup at all. She was quietly sitting on the side and didn’t join the line. The officer was amazed at how it was possible that she didn’t want the hot, nutritious food in her starving condition. But, it became quite clear. Instead of the soup, she simply wanted a hug. The officer hugged the young girl for a long time as they cried together. Before long, uninterested in the food as well, the other children lined up, one by one, in front of the officer and waited for a hug. Like the little girl, we are all in desperate need of unconditional love and acceptance. We can see that more important than basic physical sustenance, we crave real, emotional connections. Relationships of all kinds have the potential to help us attain this closeness in our lives. May the coming year bring us love from all of our relationships. And may Hakadosh Baruch Hu shine down on all of us. May you be blessed with simcha and bracha tamid and may this year bring the ultimate geula. Rabbi Silver is the Founder & Executive Vice President of Madraigos. Madraigos, a 501c-3 not-for-profit organization, offers a wide array of innovative services and programs geared towards helping teens and young adults overcome life’s everyday challenges one step at a time Our goal is to provide all of our members with the necessary tools and skills to empower them to live a healthy lifestyle and become the leaders of tomorrow.

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Charming Carrot Muffins I just got back from my baking supplies store, and needless to say, I could not resist buying these adorable carrot toppers to put on top of my carrot muffins. Ingredients 2 jars of carrot baby food 2 grated carrots 2 cups flour 4 eggs 2 cups sugar ½ tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1 ½ tsp baking powder 1 ½ tsp baking soda 7/8 cup oil ½ tsp salt Preparation Preheat oven to 350°. Place all the ingredients in the bowl of your mixer. Mix well. Spoon batter into muffin tins and bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of muffins comes out clean. Using a bit of icing, place a carrot topper on top of the muffin once cool.

Be the Queen Bee with these adorable honeycomb cookies! They’ll be swarming back to the hive for more crispy deliciousness with every buzzy bite! Supplies Sugar cookie dough Hexagon cookie cutter Plastic straw Yellow chocolate, melted or yellow royal icing Edible bees (available at baking supply stores) Directions Roll out the sugar cookie dough to approximately 1/4” thickness. Using the cookie cutter, cut out hexagons from the dough. Then, using a straw, poke holes in the dough to resemble a beehive. Bake cookies according to recipe directions. Allow cookies to cool once they’re done. Then, ice the cookies using the yellow melted chocolate or royal icing. Stick the bees onto the cookies when the icing is still wet. Allow to dry. Wishing you a happy and healthy TJH sweet new year! 

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y dad loves duck. In Australia, it’s a real delicacy and has to be special-ordered from the butcher. Whenever he can, my dad tries to or-

der one for special occasions (like when the grandchildren visit!). As both of my parents are great cooks, I have some real competition and I have to try really hard to impress them. I adapted this duck recipe from the first cooking class I took in Manhattan at the JCC on the Upper West Side. I loved it so much and thought I would make it for my parents on their next trip. When they came from Australia the following yom tov, I served it and not only did my parents like it, my children did, too! I have even made it with chicken instead of duck when I don’t want to splurge but still want this delicious dish. It’s SSFiveTowns.pdf 3 2/25/2014 12:43:55 PM

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Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website,www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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on the evening before Yom Kippur, one of the chassidim of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk asked his Rebbe to allow him to see how he, Rabbi Elimelech, observes the custom of kaparot. “How I do kaparot?” repeated Rabbi Elimelech. “How do you do kaparot?” “I am an ordinary Jew – I do what everyone else does. I hold the rooster in one hand, the prayer book in the other, and recite the text, ‘This is my exchange, this is in my stead, this is my atonement...’” “That’s exactly what I do,” said Rabbi Elimelech. “I take the rooster in one hand, the prayer book in the other, and recite the text. Actually, there might be a certain difference between your kaparot and mine: you probably make sure to use a white rooster, while to me it makes no difference: white, black, brown – a rooster’s a rooster...” But the chassid persisted that his Rebbe’s kaparot was certainly no ordinary event. He had been coming to Lizhensk to pray with the Rebbe every

Yom Kippur for more than twenty years now, and had always wanted to observe his Rebbe at this most solemn moment. “You want to see an extraordinary kaparot?” said Rabbi Elimelech. “Go observe how Moshe the tavern-keeper does kaparot. Now, there you’ll see something far more inspiring than my own, ordinary kaparot.”

The chassid located Moshe’s tavern at a crossroads several miles outside of Lizhensk and asked to stay the night. “I’m sorry,” said the tavern-keeper. “As you see, this is a small establishment, and we don’t have any rooms to let. There’s an inn a small distance further down the road.” “Please,” begged the chassid, “I’ve been traveling all day, and I want to rest awhile. I don’t need a room – I’ll just curl up in a corner for a few hours and be on my way.” “O.K.,” said Moshe. “We’ll be closing up shortly, and then you can get some sleep.” After much shouting, cajoling and threatening, Moshe succeeded in herding his clientele of drunken peasants out the door. The chairs and tables were stacked in a corner, and the room, which also served as the tavern-keeper’s living quarters, readied for the night. Midnight had long passed, and the hour of kaparot was approaching. The chassid, wrapped in his blanket under a table, feigned sleep, but kept watch in the darkened room, determined not to miss anything. Before dawn, Moshe rose from his bed, washed his hands and recited the morning blessings. “Time for kaparot!” he called quietly to his wife, taking care not to wake his guest. “Yentel, please bring me the notebook – it’s on the shelf above the cupboard.” Moshe sat himself on a small stool, lit a candle, and began reading from the notebook, unaware that his “sleeping” guest was wide awake and straining to hear every word. The notebook was a diary of all the misdeeds and transgressions the tavern-keeper had committed in the course of the year, the date, time and circumstance of each scrupulously noted. His “sins” were quite benign – a word of gossip one day, oversleeping the time for prayer on an-

other, neglecting to give his daily coin to charity on a third – but by the time Moshe had read through the first few pages, his face was bathed in tears. For more than an hour Moshe read and wept, until the last page had been turned.

“Dear Father, today is the eve of Yom Kippur, when everyone forgives and is forgiven.”

“Yentel,” he now called to his wife, “bring me the second notebook.” This, too, was a diary – of all the troubles and misfortunes that had befallen him in the course of the year. On this day Moshe was beaten by a gang of peasants, on that day his child fell ill; once, in the dead of winter, the family had frozen for several nights for lack of firewood; another time their cow had died, and there was no milk until enough rubles had been saved to buy another. When he had finished reading the second notebook, the tavern-keeper lifted his eyes heavenward and said: “So you see, dear Father in Heaven, I have sinned against You. Last year I repented and promised to fulfill Your commandments, but I repeatedly succumbed to my evil inclination. But last year I also prayed and begged You for a year of health and prosperity, and I trusted in You that it would indeed be this way. “Dear Father, today is the eve of Yom Kippur, when everyone forgives and is forgiven. Let us put the past behind us. I’ll accept my troubles as atonement for my sins, and You, in Your great mercy, shall do the same.” Moshe took the two notebooks in his hands, raised them aloft, circled them three times above his head, and said: “This is my exchange, this is in my stead, this is my atonement.” He then threw them into the fireplace, where the smoldering coals TJH soon turned the tear-stained pages to ashes. 

Yanki Tauber is the content editor of Chabad.org. Reprinted with permission from Chabad.org.

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Rosh Hashana

The Sound of the Shofar BY SUSIE GARBER

There is a famous story about Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. One year, Rav Levi Yitzchak spent a long time in search of someone who would be worthy of blowing the shofar in his shul. It was almost Rosh Hashana and many righteous individuals were hoping to attain this position. They each demonstrated their expertise and knowledge in mystical, Kabbalistic secrets associated with the shofar. However, Rav Levi rejected all of these candidates. One day, a new person came along. Rav Levi asked him what deep mysteries he meditated on when he was performing the mitzvah of shofar. The man stated, “Rebbe, I’m only a simple Jew; I don’t understand too much about the hidden secrets of the Torah. But I have four daughters of marriageable age and when I blow shofar, this is what I have in mind: ‘Master of the universe! Right now, I am carrying out your will. I’m doing Your mitzvah and blowing the shofar. Now, please do what I want, and help me marry off my daughters!” Rabbi Levi Yitzchak said, “My friend, you will blow the shofar in my shul.” Perhaps Hashem just wants us to do His will and to cry out to Him with our whole heart, asking Him for what we need.

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year, our Rosh Hashana is crowned with the blowing of the shofar. Its piercing wail shatters even the most hardened of hearts and its simple sound can bring most of us to tears. Who are the people behind that powerful sound? Here is a peek into the world of the shofar blowers in the Queens community. Hear how they came to this beautiful mitzvah, what helps them blow the shofar, and their stories along the way. Rabbi Zishe Blum has blown shofar for almost 50 years. He blew the shofar for 20 years in his shul in Long Island, and for the past 30 or so years, he has blown shofar for Congregation Degal Israel in Kew Gardens Hills. He considers it a tremendous zechus to be yotzei so many people in a positive mitzvah on the Yomim Noraim. He recalls when he was growing up that the baal tokeya in his shul was having difficulty producing a sound and that he kept trying out different shofars. At that moment, Rabbi Blum resolved to become a baal tokeya, and he hoped to be able to blow for the kehilla without a problem. Rabbi Blum shared a special memory that happened when he was in summer camp during the month of Elul. He and his bunkmates were in shul practicing to blow the shofar and Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l

walked in. To the boys’ surprise, Rav Yaakov sat down and listened to their practicing and then he pointed at Rabbi Blum and exclaimed in Yiddish, “Your teruah is an antique!” This meant it was excellent. Rabbi Blum expressed his hakaras hatov for the merit to do this mitzvah. His three sons learned from him and also blow shofar, including Rabbi Matis Blum, who blows shofar for his shul in Kew Gardens Hills. Recently, a close friend of Rabbi Blum who moved to another community confided in him that on Rosh Hashana when he listens to shofar blowing in his new community, in his mind he still hears Rabbi Blum’s shofar blowing. Dr. Ezra Jacobowitz, * who blows shofar for a large shul in Queens, recounted his story of trying to find the right shofar. He tried every shofar in both the Judaica stores on Main Street and could not find the right one. When he returned home from trying out around twenty shofars, his wife held up a shofar that had been a bar mitzvah gift for their son. Dr. Jacobowitz tried it, and he liked the sound. He then showed it to a friend who happened to be a trumpet player and who also blows shofar, and he assured him this was the right shofar for him to use. He has been using it ever since. Since the shofar was given to his son as a gift from family friends whose older daughter needed

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“When I blow shofar, I’m in another world.” a shidduch, Dr. Jacobowitz thought of her need for a shidduch when he blew the shofar on Rosh Hashana. Baruch Hashem, she has since married. Dr. Jacobowitz explained that he carries his shofar with him in his tallis bag all through the month of Elul in case anyone needs him to blow it. This practice came in handy once when he was at a bris during Elul and they needed a shofar blower. He considers blowing shofar such a beautiful mitzvah. He related, “When I blow shofar, I’m in another world.” He shared a powerful idea from the Sefas Emes that the words “Ha’kol kol Yaakov” refers to the the voice of the shofar. You can’t put into words what

The shofar given as a bar mitzvah gift to the baal tokeah’s son

you can put into feeling. The voice of the shofar reminds Hashem that it’s the voice of Yaakov—the feeling of Yaakov. He noted that the tekia of the shofar is the ultimate in tefillah. Another shofar blower in Kew Gardens Hills, Mr. David Braun*, noted that he uses his rav’s shofar which was in the rav’s family for decades. It’s the easiest shofar for him to blow, and he has used it for over 20 years. Rabbi Israel Shurin zt”l taught him how to blow shofar when he was younger. Rav Shurin taught, “When you blow, relax.” Mr. Braun explained that he relaxes by taking a deep breath to fill his lungs with air. Then he Rabbi Zishe Blum with some of his shofars positions his lips in such a way that he can just let the air out and it comes through the shofar. The best part good. At one point, he bought a shofar and discovfor him is that you have the opportunity to express ered it had a crack. He asked Rav Henoch what to do. what your feeling is—the desire to do Hashem’s will Rav Henoch sent him to speak to HaGaon Rav Yosef and your willingness to perform the mitzvah for other Shalom Eliyashiv zt”l. Rav Eliyashiv pronounced the shofar kosher and then asked him to blow it. Then Rav people. Rabbi Moshe Kamin blows the shofar for Congre- Eliyashiv asked him where he learned to blow like that gation Ahavas Yisroel. He recalls that when he tried to and Rav Eliyashiv added that it was too bad that it blow shofar during Elul, Rav Henoch Leibowitz zt”l, wasn’t Rosh Hashana. He could have been yotzei. Over the years, Rabbi Kamin blew for Rav Hethe rosh yeshiva of Chofetz Chaim, told him it was

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noch’s aunt and Rav Henoch’s mother-in-law. Mr. Moshe Rosengarten has been blowing shofar for Congregation Nachlas Yitzchock (Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum’s shul) for thirty years. He says that blowing shofar is a G-d given gift. He reviews the halachos beforehand to ensure that he has the proper kavanos when he blows. It’s a tremendous mitzvah to hear shofar, and the fact he can enable so many to hear it is a good feeling. He recalls how he began blowing when the usual person who blew shofar for the shul did not return from Israel. Rabbi Oelbaum said to him at the time, “You’re it.” It was such an honor. After the tekios, Rabbi Oelbaum grabs his wrists to let him that it was good. “There is nothing like that,” Mr. Rosengarten relates. He describes shofar blowing as the highlight of the Jewish year. “I never imagined I would have such a responsibility. It is awesome!” When Rabbi Yehuda Zakutinsky, Director of Hashevaynu, was a young boy, on Rosh Hashana right after davening, he accompanied his father to Yale University Hospital in New Haven. His father taught him how to blow shofar, and later as an adult, he blew shofar in the hospital there as well. When he came to New York, Rabbi Zakutinsky blew shofar at Rabbi Yaakov Bergman’s shul for many years. Today, he blows shofar at the Hashevaynu shul. He declared, “I absolutely love blowing shofar!” Mr. Michael Cohen has been blowing shofar for the past 20 years for Congregation Etz Chaim. Blowing shofar helps him focus on the importance of the month of Elul. It is especially meaningful for him that he blows shofar, as he is using his gift as a trumpet player for a holy purpose. During Elul, he studies the sefer Kol Shofar by Rav Amram which discusses the many halachos relating to shofar. Rabbi Eliezer Tribush has blown shofar at Yeshiva Ohr Chaim for the past 25 years. He learned from his father who was also a shofar blower. He notes that according to the Gemara, blowing shofar is a skill, not a melacha. Sometimes, Rabbi Tribush points out, you have to move the shofar slightly to produce a pure and long lasting tone. His family and the yeshiva appreciate his blowing. When his son left for Israel to learn, he told his father that he missed his shofar blowing.

Rav Yaakov pointed at Rabbi Blum and exclaimed in Yiddish, “Your teruah is an antique!” Mr. Mark Levin,* who blows shofar in a shul in our community, shared a memory of blowing shofar for individuals who were not yet affiliated with Yiddishkeit. “I sensed that the shofar was reaching their soul…The best part for me,” he stated, “is that I have the special merit that Hashem has given me to play an active role in His mitzvos.” One person in Queens shared the following story about her relative’s uncle, Pinchas Ben Rav Yehuda

Leib. “Every year, my uncle, his wife and two daughters drove to Webster, Massachusetts (outside of Worcester) to a large shul to run the entire Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services. My aunt did all the cooking at home and would bring all their dishes and pots with them from Boro Park. “The shul was made up of a large Viennese Jewish community of scholars and wealthy businessmen. They went to shul twice a year – on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. There was no rav. Just my uncle, who was the baal tefilah, baal koreh, and baal tokeah. In 1959, my uncle, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was blowing shofar. When it was time for Tekia Gedolah, nothing came out. Again, he tried and again he was unsuccessful. Tekia Gedolah. Nothing came out. The more nervous he got, the less likely he was to be able to blow. “There was a hush in the shul. No one knew what to do. My uncle was the only one there who knew how to blow shofar, and now he couldn’t. Just as someone said Tekia Gedolah a third time, an old fashioned train passed by and blew a long whistle...Tooooot! Everyone laughed, my uncle relaxed, and was able to blow the Tekia Gedolah.”

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with the community’s baalei tokeah has given me a deeper appreciation of all the work and thought that goes into this mitzvah. The Gemara calls shofar blowing a chachma. There is so much involved. They need to review and study the halachos. They practice a month or two before Rosh Hashana to ensure that their sound is clear. One shofar blower said he uses a watch when he practices to ensure that the timing of the tekios are correct and not longer than a teruah. The blowing of the shofar is supposed to awaken us to do teshuva. The Rambam teaches that no teshuva goes unaccepted by Hashem. In a recent shiur, Rabbi Noach Oelbaum shlit”a related the following idea from the Zohar. In Bereshis, it says that Hashem blew the neshama into a person. “Va’yipach b’apov nishmas chaim.” We blow into the shofar to show Hashem we want to do His will. Our insides are pure. We are asking Hashem to look at our insides on Rosh Hashana and judge us as upright individuals. May we all merit to hear the shofar blowing heralding the arrival of TJH Moshiach this year.  Note: the * indicates some names which were changed.

THE TORAH COMMANDS US:

“In the seventh month on the first of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; it shall be a day of tru’ah unto you” (Bamidbar 29). Rosh Hashana is called Yom Terua, literally, the day of crying. Rabbi Yitchock Kirzner zt”l pointed out that the word terua has the same letters as the word rai’ut, which means friendship or a close bond. When we do teshuva and seek to grow spiritually through hearing the terua of the shofar, then this helps us to forge a strong, bonding relationship with our Creator. The commentaries on the Rambam explain that the sound of the shofar has an inspiring effect on the people to do teshuva. When Hashem hears the sounding of the shofar and sees the Jewish people’s repentance, He rises from His throne of “Strict Justice” and sits on His throne of “Mercy” because He is filled with compassion. It is interesting to note that the shofar for Sephardic Jews looks different than the one for Ashkenazic Jews. Sephardim also blow 101 times while Ashkenazic Jews blow 100 blasts. The 100 blasts has been related to the one hundred and one sounds of sorrow uttered by Sisera’s mother as she anxiously awaited his return from fighting Bnei Yisroel.

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In the Kitchen BY JAMIE GELLER

m i n a m i AS u n e M d e r i p s In S

imanim are so my thing. Now, of

cabbage, pomegranate, apples, leeks and

course I know that on Rosh Hashanah

dates). I am nothing if not efficient. And all

they are everyone’s thing, but in

recipes are kissed with honey… well more

addition to holding a Rosh Hashanah Seder

than kissed. I call for generous measurements

where all the simanim make an appearance

because why shouldn’t our cup runneth over

(even that fish head!) I let them inspire my

with sweetness this new year?!

menu. This fish course features no less than 9 simanim (fish, honey, spinach, carrots,

This entire course serves 6 to 8 and can easily be doubled and tripled should your table runneth over with company.

Jamie Geller is one of the most sought-after Jewish food personalities worldwide. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of NYU, Jamie developed an outstanding media career as an award-winning TV producer and marketing executive at CNN, HBO and The Food Network. Ever since her first cookbook, Quick & Kosher: Recipes from the Bride Who Knew Nothing (Feldheim, 2007), became a Jewish cookbook classic she has been at the helm of a rapidly growing media empire. The savvy bestselling author founded Kosher Media Network (KMN), an integrated media and marketing company along with Chairman Henry Kauftheil and spearheaded by Grey Advertising veteran Milt Weinstock. KMN is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Broadcasting, Digital, and Live. In the spring of 2010, KMN, unveiled its Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller consumer brand, with the simultaneous launch of JoyofKosher.com – the first and #1 social networking community for the kosher foodie – and the awardwinning magazine, Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller.

I tested this recipe on my family the night my mom arrived from Philly for her annual Israel summer visit. Two ladies and five kids ka”h polished off this 2 pound side of salmon in a blink. Any recipe that has my kids eating and loving heart-healthy fish is a year-round winner. Ingredients For Salmon 2 pounds side of salmon, skin on 2 cubes Gefen frozen crushed garlic or 2 minced garlic cloves 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 generous tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds 2 teaspoons black sesame seeds Seared lemon halves for garnish

te Dressing Spinach Salad wit h Pomegrana

It’s incredible how simanim-inspired cooking can also be healthful. This salad is loaded with green leafy spinach, carrots and cabbage and topped with whole wheat croutons. Just trying to keep your “new year’s resolutions” on track from day one. Ingredients For Salad 6 cups baby spinach leaves, whole or thinly sliced 2 cups carrot ribbons 1 cup cucumber ribbons 1 cup thinly sliced red cabbage Honey whole wheat croutons (recipe below) ½ cup pomegranate seeds For Dressing 1 shallot, minced 2 tablespoons pomegranate juice 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil Preparation In a salad bowl, toss the spinach, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, croutons and pomegranate seeds. In another bowl, whisk shallots with pomegranate

Apple Rice Salad

For Sauce ¼ cup Dijon or yellow mustard ½ cup regular or light mayonnaise ¼ cup honey 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Place salmon skin-side down on prepared pan. In a small bowl, whisk together garlic, oil, and honey. Pour and brush glaze all over salmon. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked through. To sear lemons: Cut lemons in half and sear cutside down in a medium sauté pan over high heat for 5 minutes or until nicely browned. To prepare sauce: In a small bowl whisk together mustard, mayonnaise, honey, lemon juice, and dill. Serve salmon warm or at room temperature with dipping sauce, and seared lemon halves for garnish.

juice, mustard, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Whisk in oil in a steady stream. Before serving, drizzle dressing over spinach salad to taste, and gently toss to coat.

rout ons Honey W ho le W heat C hallah C

I always use my leftover challah to make croutons and these are extraTJHspecial being laced with honey. If you measure your oil first, your honey will easily slide right off that tablespoon. Ingredients 2 cubes Gefen frozen fresh crushed garlic or 2 minced garlic cloves 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 generous tablespoons honey 4 cups whole wheat challah, cut into 1-inch cubes Preparation Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together garlic, oil, and honey. Add bread cubes and toss to coat. Spread on prepared baking sheet in a single layer with enough space so the bread will crisp. Bake at 425°F for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden and crisp. Once completely cooled, store any extra croutons in a resealable bag for at least 2 weeks.

Since lots of Ashkenazi folks have the custom to refrain from nuts during the High Holiday season, I have omitted them from this recipe. But year-round, consider adding ¼ to ½ cup chopped walnuts.

3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 generous tablespoons honey Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 red apple, cored, quartered and thinly sliced

Ingredients 4 cups cooked brown or wild rice 1 cup thinly sliced celery ¼ cup thinly sliced leeks 4 pitted dates, thinly sliced ¼ cup chopped fresh dill 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation In a large bowl, combine rice, celery, leeks, dates, and dill. Gently toss to combine. In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, oil, honey, salt and pepper. Pour dressing over rice salad and toss to coat evenly. Top with apples just before serving.

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have been involved in real estate in earnest. The Heavenly Books of sales for over 25 years. My expe- Life and Death are open. The 100 riences include hundreds of trans- sounds of the shofar attack our senses actions covering the full price gamut, and shake us up. The heartfelt prayers ranging from trophy Manhattan of- reflect the solemnity of the day, and fice buildings to Jerusalem apartment the stirring U’nisaneh Tokef prayer units. Along the way, I believe that focuses us on the stakes: who shall I have gained a pretty good under- live and who shall die; who shall live standing of the mentality of buyers. in tranquility and who shall suffer. We When negotiating the sale of large internalize the urgency of the prayers Manhattan assets, I would never ini- and we realize that it is time to raise tially share the sellthe ante. We tender er’s “bottom line” our second offer price with the buyer, and G-d responds as the average buyer favorably: I will REGRET IS IN needs to experience wait until the end at least three rounds of Yom Kippur to THE AIR, BUT WE of negotiations in seal the books. You LACK A SENSE order to feel that he have one week to do did not overpay for your soul searching OF IMMINENCE. the property. – your internal due In Israel home diligence – and to sales, I also encounsubmit your “final ter some buyers offer.” who require a few rounds of negotiaFast forward to Neilah, the final tions before feeling comfortable clos- prayer service of Yom Kippur, the ing the deal. However, the majority of Day of Atonement. After 24 hours my clients prefer to know the “bottom of fasting, beating our chests in conline” price from the outset, and then fession, and intense supplication, we decide whether or not to purchase the have arrived at the closing prayer of home. (Obviously we are not always the day. At this late hour, as the heavprivy to the seller’s bottom line price, enly gates of repentance are closing, and we often must engage in the ne- we plead with the Almighty, begging gotiation dance to ensure that we are for a favorable judgment. Negotiachieving the best prices for our cli- ations are over, and we put all our ents.) cards on the table as our lives are We are entering the Days of Awe, hanging in the balance. With trepidawhen we approach the Almighty and tion, we submit our “highest and best beseech Him to grant us a year of life. offer” and we pray that G-d accepts Perhaps one can compare this time of our offer and grants our request for a the year to a complex real estate ne- blessed year. gotiation. May we all merit to “close the The first round of negotiations deal” with the Almighty and be grantstarts 29 days before Rosh Hashanah ed – on a personal level and on a nawith the ushering in of the month of tional level – a year of good health, Elul. Throughout this month, we blow happiness and abundant blessings. the shofar every morning to awaken us to repent and we add Psalm 27 to our prayer services. Regret is in the Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My air, but we lack a sense of imminence. Israel Home (www.myisraelhome.com), We start the negotiations by lobbing a real estate agency focused on helping in an initial “expression of interest” people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market in repenting. Rosh Hashanah arrives and the updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail. second round of negotiations begins com.

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s we ponder our need for repen- table. Make your plate and avoid sectance and commit ourselves fur- ond helpings. All of your food should ther to G-d this coming holiday, be able to fit on one plate, if not, then we should also you have probably ponder our respectaken too much. tive needs to live 4. Dairy does WHEN PLANNING a healthy lifestyle not equal light. and commit to our Eggplant parmeYOUR MENUS, waistlines. The san and lasagna INCORPORATE FISH weeks preceding are just as or more Rosh Hashana are caloric and high INTO THE MEAL PLAN. filled with prepain fat as meat. A ration for teshuva light meal consists and tikun haneshaof fish, tofu, or egg ma. In addition to our spiritual renewal, whites and salad/veggies. there is a significant physical obstacle 5. Exercise. Take long walks in the that presents quite a challenge. How afternoon. does one survive the Holy Days with 6. Drink water. Don’t waste caltheir weight intact? We are blessed this year with a three day yom tov. Most individuals subject their bodies to a 2-6 pound weight gain every Shabbos. Excessive eating three days in one week is extremely unhealthy, especially since it will be followed by another three day yom tov, and yet again another. This challenge must be dealt with by way of a game plan. The following are some strategies to help you navigate your “weigh” through the new ories on fruit juice, and diet sodas are not healthy and inhibit weight loss. The year: 1. Every meal should consist of one more water you drink. the less you will eat. Drink prior and during your meals. We approach Rosh Hashana with the intention of davening our best. The same can be said of our dietary needs. Our nutrition goal is to maintain our weight. Do your best, and don’t fall off the wagon after one “bad” meal. Get back on track, stay focused, and you will reap great rewards. A happy and healthy new year to all! carb, one protein, and salad/vegetables. 2. Eat fish. Fish is a lighter, healthier fat than chicken or meat. When planning your menus, incorporate fish into the meal plan and try to eat two exclusive fish meals over the three days. 3. Embrace the concept of the small meal. Portion control is probably the greatest obstacle to overcome, especially with the long hours spent around the

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Happiness under Duress

aybe it’s time to come clean. After all, this is the season for introspection and honesty. We say Vidui as a public statement. So I’m going to do that. I’ve written a number of articles about happiness and how you will get there if you follow the formula for it presented in the Torah. I’ve said that there is no room for depression and I’ve said that this is true even under duress. What I did not say is that I know from experience. I’m living it. Not that my own life is so unusual. You, too, may be living it. I met someone at the Chazaq dinner the other night whose husband wakes up at 4:30 every morning to take a two hour trip to his parents’ house to tend to their needs all day because the father has cancer and the mother, Alzheimer’s. Pain and tragedy follow people into my door every day. I don’t have to tell you their stories; you’ve been there, too. What I don’t want you to think is that your story is worse than theirs. Someone said to me with a downcast face, “Well, she didn’t have the parents I had.” I asked if he wanted to trade lives with this other person we were talking about and he said, “No.” In spite of his pain, he realized that perhaps this other person actually had a worse life than he did. So we are not here to compare suffering. At the same time, I would not want you to think that I am sitting in an Ivory Tower when I write my articles and practice my profession; I’m there with you. It is from that perspective that I come back to the point that not only is happiness possible but it is actually doable. It is something we can work on. That is, it would be pointless if only those people with an easy life could attain happiness and the rest of us had to suffer. That is not the way the world was created. G-d didn’t say Ivdu Es Hashem B’simcha as a suggestion but as a requirement. It therefore stands to reason that there must be ways to get there. In fact, the Torah did provide them. Recently, in my Food For Thought talk series, I presented eight standard therapeutic tools for overcoming depression – all of which are found in the Torah. I would like to focus on just one

of them here because it fits so well with Rosh Hashana: Malchus Hashem. Research shows that one in seven Americans or 40 million people over the age of 18 have a drug or alcohol addiction. That is a huge number of peo-

covery prospects, even from cancer. As a result of these two major areas in which religious belief plays a role in healing and/or coping, therapists are being taught to inquire during their routine intakes of clients the role that reli-

IN AN OUT-OF-CONTROL WORLD, IT IS COMFORTING TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT THERE IS A BEING IN CHARGE.

ple. It’s more than the number of people with heart conditions, cancer, and diabetes. And what is the one treatment approach that nearly every therapist will recommend? Alcoholics (or Narcotics) Anonymous. And what is the pinnacle of this program? G-d, which they call a Higher Power. Why? Why would an organization

gion plays in their lives. Neuroscientists started wondering whether there is something in our brains that wires us to believe in G-d. They began by studying those who did regular meditation and found their brain waves were more organized. Emotionally, these people were calmer. However, in 2009, Professor Michael Inzlicht at the University of To-

created about 75 years ago from an admittedly sectarian source be the most stable source of help to those suffering from addictions? Apparently, spirituality is a strong part of the answer. The program works under a highly structured process called going through the “steps.” The first step says: We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable. The second step says: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Here’s more. A new field of research emerged a decade ago linking spirituality, religion and health. Research again and again has found the predictive value of a person’s religious belief on their re-

ronto found that people who did not meditate but did have a strong belief in G-d had less firing of areas of the brain related to anxiety when they made errors on experimental tests than control subjects did. Other research shows that religious people are less prone to anxiety and depression (Thomas Plante, 2010, Am. Psychological Assn). The researchers explain this phenomenon as arising from the human need to seek order out of chaos (http:// www.apa.org/monitor/2010/12/believe. aspx), something hardwired into our brains. Why would all this be? Why would it seem to be a universal thing to want to believe in G-d and why would that help people get through tough times?

Why would it combat depression and anxiety? The scientists speculate that in an out-of-control world it is comforting to remind ourselves that there is a Being in charge. Our Rosh Hashana davening had that figured out already. Rosh Hashana is the birthday of the moment HaKadosh Baruch Hu decided to create Man. He did not need Man; it was done as a kindness for us. Yet, he made us imperfect on purpose so that we could work on ourselves. Rabbi Keleman notes that ironically, our davening is focused on Hashem’s Kingship – a joyous experience – while at the same time we are being judged – a not so fun-filled thing. How can we be joyous when our life hangs in the balance? The answer is that when we accept our imperfections as part of the package, we know we have to work on ourselves to be better. And we also know that that will involve pain. That is also a process of becoming more like the unique, special individual we were created to be. Recognizing that we were created by a Creator who gave us a specific job to do here on Earth and pushing aside our pain so as to learn what we need to learn – that recognition itself is what crowns G-d as King. Otherwise, why do anything? Why try? We fight our own tendency to be anxious and depressed so that we can be who G-d meant us to be. We do it for Him. In turn, He runs the world and the closer we feel to His Presence in our lives, the more comfort we get. So, ironically, we accept pain to grow – for Him – and we end up being closer to Him through it and are thus comforted. Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together, is proud to announce that readers of The Jewish Home will receive a $50 discount on every visit to her Woodmere office. Listen to her new show called “Kids and Parents” on Chazaq Radio live from 3-4 on Thursdays. The call in phone number is 718-285-9132. Attend the Food For Thought lectures at Cravingz Cafe, 410 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, on Wednesdays at 10 AM. Any questions, call 646-54-DRDEB or check out her website at http://drdeb.com.

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End the Meal on a Sweet Note Apple Honey Cake Ingredients 1 cup white sugar, or ½ white sugar and ½ brown sugar 1 cup applesauce 2 large eggs ¾ cup clover honey 1 tsp imitation vanilla extract 2 ½ cups cake flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground allspice 3 large gala or Fuji apples and 1 Granny Smith apple

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Sephardic Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Rings Ingredients 6 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 1 cup oil ½ cup orange juice Rind of one orange 8 cups flour 1 TBS + 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla extract Pinch salt Cinnamon/sugar Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixer, beat eggs. Slowly add sugar and beat until creamy. Add remaining ingredients while continuing to beat and beat until a thick dough is formed. (If the dough is too sticky to work with, you can add a little flour to make it more firm.) Refrigerate for at least one hour. (I recommend when rolling the cookies to remove small portions of dough from the refrigerator at a time so the rest will be as firm as possible.) Roll dough into strands and cut into 1” strips. Roll into cinnamon-sugar mixture and form into a ring, pinching down where the ends meet. Two strips may be braided together after being rolled in cinnamon-sugar for a braided effect. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

Preparation Preheat oven to 325° F. Beat sugar and oil until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time. Add honey and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. Add flour mixture to liquid mixture. Shred or grate apples and add to cake batter. Pour into a liberally greased Bundt pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Ingredients 1 unbaked deep-dish pastry pie shell 5 cups Gala apples, cored and thinly sliced ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup white sugar ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon Flour for coating apples Crumble 1/3 cup sugar 6 tablespoons margarine, room temperature ¾ cup flour Preparation Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat apples in enough flour to make them lightly powdered and silky and set aside. Mix together white and brown sugars and cinnamon until thoroughly combined. Sprinkle a small amount of the sugar mixture onto the bottom of the pie shell. Place apples on pie shell until the dough is covered. Generously cover the apples with sugar mixture and cover with another layer of apples. Repeat until both the apples and sugar mixture are used up. For the crumble topping, combine 1/3 cup sugar with margarine and flour, crumbling with your hand and sprinkle over pie. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until the top is a light golden-brown color.

Cinnamon Ice Cream Ingredients 1 cup white sugar ¾ cup non-dairy creamer ¾ cup water 1 cup parve whipping cream 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 2 eggs, beaten

White Chocolate Pomegranate Meringues Ingredients 3 eggs whites, at room temperature 1/8 tsp white distilled vinegar ¾ cup sugar Dash of salt ½ cup fresh pomegranate seeds ½ cup white chocolate chips Preparation Preheat oven to 275°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Beat egg whites, salt, and vinegar until they stand in soft peaks. Add sugar, a little at a time, and continue to beat until stiff. Gently fold in pomegranate seeds and white chocolate chips. Place the mixture in a piping bag with a large opening out the bottom and pipe out into a peak shape. Bake for 50 minutes-1 hour or until lightly golden.

Preparation In a saucepan, whisk together the sugar, non-dairy creamer, and water over medium-low heat. When the mixture begins to simmer, add eggs and continue to whisk. (Whisk the mixture quickly and constantly so the eggs do not scramble). In a mixing bowl, whip cream until stiff. Add whipped cream to saucepan and continue whisking. (The cream will melt, but should still retain some firmness). Add vanilla and cinnamon and whisk a final time. Freeze. After mixture is frozen, place in mixer and whip or beat the mixture to churn the ice cream. Re-freeze the ice cream and repeat the process one more time. If using an ice-cream maker, prepare according to manufacturer’s instructions.

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Uplifting our Hearts and Homes

ith the High Holidays fast approaching, our thoughts turn to our role, as Jews, to reconcile the physical with the spiritual realms and to elevate the mundane by infusing it with holiness. For a designer, this mission presents a great challenge because of the inherent aspect of materialism that is part and parcel of the work they do. Jamie Dornbush, one of the designers at The Studio, revealed that although it is a struggle for her not to get caught up in that facet of her profession, for the most part, her work is fulfilling. She explained that the vast majority of The Studio’s clientele are from the orthodox sector who feel that their homes are a reflection of their values. Though different clients have varied priorities based on their needs and financial capabilities, the one thing that strikes her time and time again is their wish to use their homes for a higher and noble purpose. “Hospitality and acts of loving-kindness are in our DNA,” one client noted. And to think it all started in the humblest of homes—Abraham and Sarah’s tent. Jamie says she is often inspired by her clients and explains what she means by offering examples of the priorities people have when designing their homes. For one man, his study was of paramount importance because it is the room which houses his library of precious Judaic books and allows him to receive the needy in dignity. “When a despondent person knocks at your door for a donation, you can hand him a check and send him on his way or you can meet with him in a way that makes him feel like an important

human being. When I take a ‘collector’ into my study, seat him in a comfortable chair, offer him a drink and listen to his story, I get more than I give,” he related. Rachel Septimus, the proprietress of The Studio and its chief designer, was particularly enthused when clients from Great Neck asked her to redo their dining room. “I grew up in a home that had an open door policy and on any given Shabbos we hosted 15-25 people. When these clients asked me to help them design what they called their ‘Shabbos room,’ I related to it on a personal level.” This couple entertains a myriad of guests, most of them unaffiliated Jews, on an almost weekly basis. Their requirement was a built-in washing station so that guests would not be “scared off by the mess in our kitchen sink.” They also needed a custom-built table that could accommodate up to 50 with folding chairs that matched the décor. The Studio made it happen and even had a 10-yard tablecloth made as well. “It is around this table where real life happens and where we can instruct and inspire these youth,” the woman of the home explained. “I want my guests to feel at home in a warm and inviting atmosphere so that they can be more receptive to learning about their heritage.” For another family, the priority was a meticulously appointed guest suite consisting of two bedrooms and a bathroom, which they insisted be beautiful and comfortable so that their visitors—many of them complete strangers—could feel like they are staying in a hotel. One of the most eye-opening experiences Rachel

had was working with a woman of apparently modest means who asked The Studio to redesign her basement in order to house a huge clothing charity. “She had a very busy household full of little children yet managed to find the time, space, and funds to devote to those in need, and I was really impressed with that,” said Rachel. “When you work with people whose goals are to beautify their homes in order to entertain guests, host events, assist the less fortunate, and celebrate Shabbos and holidays with family and friends, it is a very gratifying and rewarding experience,” she added. As we enter into the New Year with thoughts of renewal, growth, and self-improvement, may we all have the ability, desire, and mindset to use our homes, whether as large as a palace or as humble as Abraham and Sarah’s tent, to uplift and inspire.

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“Say What?” Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Iowa this week, three days after Hillary Clinton’s high-profile return to the state. He’ll spend two days there — one campaigning and another stuck in a corn maze. - Jimmy Fallon

An English-speaking man went into a coma and came out speaking only Mandarin Chinese. It’s a true story. On the bright side, now he can find work. - Conan O’Brien [Adrian Peterson] beat a fouryear-old with a tree branch. Here’s a tip for any profootball players out there, curious as to whether or not they may be child abusers: You can’t do something to a four-year-old that you’re not allowed to do to a 300 pound lineman in a helmet and pads. – John Stewart Don’t take me to an elevator! - A heckler at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s press conference

The kids like kale here, and they eat broccoli. - Shelley Mathias, principal of Vermont’s Burlington County Elementary School, talking about the implementation of the federal school lunch and snack regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama

A new study found that artificial sweeteners in diet soda might actually increase some people’s chances of obesity. Doctors recommend people just drink water, while people said, “No. We’re drinking diet soda. You guys figure it out.” – Jimmy Fallon

Go ahead and do what you’re gonna do. I pretty much dare you to give me the death penalty because I’m innocent. – Convicted killer James Herard at his sentencing hearing in front of a Florida judge

I want to talk about the Orioles. This is in no way to minimize the debate going on now. - Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) during the Senate debate on how to take on ISIS, stopping to congratulate the Orioles for clinching the American League eastern division There were no injuries this week when a truck in San Diego overturned and spilled thousands of oranges on a highway. But it did mark the first time in 20 years people in California were yelling, “Look out! OJ is on the highway.” - Jimmy Fallon

Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion you should be killed for it. Vast numbers of Christians do not treat women as second class citizens…So, to claim that this religion is like other religions is just naive and plain wrong. It is not like other religions. - Bill Maher on the Charlie Rose Show on PBS, referring to Islam Amazon has cut the price of its Fire smartphone to just 99 cents to compete with the new iPhone. When they heard, even Blackberry said, “At least go out with dignity, man.” - Jimmy Fallon

The family sat with the National Security Council officials. And basically he [an official] bullied and hectored them [the family], and they were scared. - Spokesman for the family of beheaded American journalist Steven Sotloff, on CBS, claiming that the Obama Administration did not cooperate with their attempts to try and figure out a way to rescue Steven

- Conan O’Brien Hillary Clinton also gave a speech in Iowa. She fueled speculation that she’ll run for president when she admitted that she’s “thinking about it.” And next week, she’ll be “thinking about it” when she’s in New Hampshire before she spends a few days “thinking about it” in Florida. - Jimmy Fallon The people of Scotland are voting on whether to declare independence from the United Kingdom. If Scotland votes for Independence, it could have major ramifications. Great Britain is concerned that if they lose Scotland, they could be cut off from a major supply of bagpipes and kilts. - Jimmy Kimmel The official ballot is one line: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” And that’s it. Why is it that I have to go through 18 pages of terms and conditions to download iOS 8 while a whole country can secede from the United Kingdom by checking a box that says “Yes”? - Ibid

We never treated President Bush the way they treat President Obama. - Nancy Pelosi on MSNBC One could go on forever about the deceptiveness of the Jews. They are liars. They allow cannibalism, and the eating of human flesh. Check their Talmud and religious sources. On their religious holidays, if they cannot find a Muslim to slaughter, and use drops of his blood to knead the matzos they eat, they slaughter a Christian in order to take drops of his blood, and mix it into the matzos that they eat on that holiday. - Sheik Abd Al-Mun’im Abu Zant on Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV last week

If I wanted, Russian troops could not only be in Kiev in two days, but in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw or Bucharest, too. - Vladimir Putin during talks with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko

President Obama hosted a picnic at the White House today for members of Congress. Obama said it was a great opportunity to gather every member of Congress in one place — so he could turn on the sprinklers. Payback! - Jimmy Fallon

Now that we have read about two men of power who abused their power in various ways, we will compare and contrast them and their actions. - The homework assignment asking 5th graders in McKinley Middle School in Washington D.C., to compare and contrast Hitler and George W. Bush after the class read Fighting Hitler, A Holocaust Story and Bush: Iraq War Justified Despite no WMD

Exchange between Sen. Rubio (R-FL) and Secretary of State John Kerry at a Senate hearing about ISIS: Rubio: Let me ask you about that then. What you’re saying now is there is the potential the U.S. will be coordinating with Iran. Kerry: No, I never said anything about coordinating. If we are failing and failing miserably who knows what choice they might make?

Today Trump Entertainment Resorts declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Or as Donald Trump described Chapter 11, “back-to-back No. 1’s.” - Conan O’Brien

Do you know who I am? I’ll…kill you. - George Zimmerman to a driver in Florida last week, during a road rage incident

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South African sports officials have ruled that Oscar Pistorius is free to run competitively again. Shortly after the announcement, he was signed by the NFL.

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In a recent interview, Texas Governor Rick Perry revealed that he has spent the last 20 months preparing to run for president. Then Hillary said, “Call me when you’ve spent 67 years.” - Jimmy Fallon

The hero I had is Forrest Gump. I like that guy. I’ve been watching that movie for about ten times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watch the movie before I came here again for coming to New York. I watched the movie again. - Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba, the Chinese company that went public last week and is valued at close to $200 billion, when asked by MSNBC who his hero is

Hillary Clinton’s supporters are calling on her to be more herself, after some of her recent appearances seemed to be too scripted. Hillary said, “I don’t know where you guys get this stuff. Shrug and shake head.” - Jimmy Fallon Hey Ray, just want to let you know, we loved you as a player, it was great having you here. Hopefully all these things are going to die down. I wish the best for you and Janay. ... When you’re done with football, I’d like you to know you have a job waiting for you with the Ravens helping young guys getting acclimated to the league. - Text message sent to Ray Rice by Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti minutes after he released him from the team

Thirteen years ago this October we started bombing Muslims in the Middle East. We’re still bombing them. Does any sane person think that thirteen years from now we’re not going to still be bombing them? Of course we are. …Maybe there’s no alternative other than bombing people. But we’re getting in the middle of four— count ‘em—four civil wars here. - Democrat strategist James Carville Everyone goes through the different stages of buying a new iPhone: The first stage is “I don’t need a new phone,” followed by “maybe I’ll just check it out in the store,” followed by “maybe something will happen to my current phone,” followed by, “oh no, it ‘fell’ in the toilet.” - Jimmy Fallon

The team’s ownership and front office have only made things worse. Some fans had become so disenchanted that they pledged not to attend any games until there was a change in ownership. Others compared Castergine’s job to selling “deck chairs on the Titanic” or “tickets to a funeral.” - From the complaint in a federal lawsuit filed by former New York Mets executive Leigh Castergine after she was fired

Well, Bob, I think there’s frankly a kind of tortured debate going on about terminology. What I’m focused on obviously is getting done what we need to get done to ISIL. But if people need to find a place to land: in terms of what we did in Iraq originally, this is not a war. This is not combat troops on the ground. It’s not hundreds of thousands of people. It’s not that kind of mobilization. But in terms of al Qaeda, which we have used the word war with, yeah, we’re at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates. And in the same context, if you want to use it, yes, we’re at war with ISIL in that sense. But I think it’s a waste of time to focus on that, frankly, let’s consider what we have to do to degrade and defeat ISIL, and that’s what I’m frankly much more focused on. - Secretary of State John Kerry’s “tortured” response when asked by CBS host Bob Schieffer whether or not “we are at war with ISIS”

The moss-covered-too-long in Washington crowd cannot help themselves. War, war, what we need is more, more war. Their policies and the combination of feckless disinterest, fraudulent red lines, and selective combativeness of this administration have led us to this point. Yes, we must now confront ISIS… But let’s not mistake what we must do. We shouldn’t give

a pass to forever intervene in the civil wars of the Middle East. Intervention created the chaos. Intervention aided and abetted the rise of radical Islam and intervention made us less safe in Libya and Syria and Iraq. – Rand Paul, arguing on the Senate floor about President Obama’s plan to take on ISIS

People would come to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being… I mean these Shylocks who took advantage of, um, these women and men. - VP Joe Biden, talking about his son’s legal work and using the derogatory name of the ruthless Jewish moneylender in The Merchant of Venice The vice president reached out and we spoke today. Clearly there was no ill-intent here, but Joe and I agreed that perhaps he needs to bone up on his Shakespeare. – Abraham Foxman of the JDL, discussing Vice President Biden’s remarks

The FBI debuted its new facial recognition software which will archive the faces of tens of millions of Americans every day. This groundbreaking, amazing new software is called Facebook. - Conan O’Brien No, I wasn’t. I really thought it was important for us to maintain a presence in Iraq. - Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta when asked on 60 Minutes whether he was confident in President Obama’s decision to pull all troops out of Iraq two years ago

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A Peek into the Sweet Life of a Honeybee BY BRENDY J. SIEV

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article, chances are that you have already eaten 1.3 pounds of honey this past sweet year. And it took 104 honeybees to make that just for you, from nectar from 2.7 million flowers. In fact, those bees flew 75,000 miles to do that, as if they rotated the Earth 3 times to get all the nectar for your sweet treat. What’s the story behind that honey, that magical liquid sweetness?

Super-sweet Origins

Honey is manufactured by bees from nectar they find in flowers. While bumblebees and some wasps can also make honey, most honey comes from honeybees and has been harvested by beekeepers. Its manufacture is lovely and complex. The bees gather nectar from various local flowers, called pasturage. They swallow it into their honey stomachs. Then they bring it back to the hive where they regurgitate it. The nectar is digested and regurgitated several times and then stuck into a tiny little hexagonal cell in the honeycomb. But this honey isn’t so sweet—it’s rather watery. All that water could invite bacterial growth and spoilage. So the bees work to evaporate off all the water. They start to fan their wings, creating coolness on the comb and a strong draft. This lifts the excess water off, concentrates the sugar making it supersaturated, and stops any possible fermentation. Then, the bees seal that part of the honeycomb with more beeswax, where it’s ready for winter. This honey has a long shelf life. As long as it’s sealed against moisture, it can last hundreds of years. (Though microorganisms can’t grow in it, sometimes tiny spores of the bacteria clostridium botulinum remain suspended in the honey. These are only dangerous to infants, because these spores “hatch” and transform into live bacteria in immature baby GI tracts.) While honey is as sweet as sugar, this natural dehydration makes it slightly acidic. But its inherent moist sweetness makes for an excellent moist muffin or a glazed steak.

Honey Flavors

The taste of honey depends on the flowers the bee harvest-

ed for nectar. Scientists can even tell where the honey comes from by looking at the pollens and spores in unfiltered honey. To make monofloral honey, or honey from one flower, beekeepers give their bees limited access: they keep the hives surrounded by acreage of the same flowers. Most of the honey that reaches our tables, therefore, has been blended, so that we taste combined flower power. The most common pasturage in North America is clover, orange blossom, blueberry, sage, tupelo, buckwheat, fireweed, mesquite, and sourwood. In Europe, honey comes from thyme, thistle, heather, acacia, dandelion, sunflower, honeysuckle, and lime/chestnut trees. North African honey comes from the nectar of clover, cotton, and citrus (orange blossoms). Bits of pollen from these flowers that the bees drop into the honey lend the honey antioxidant superpowers. The pollen, pocketed by bees in little pollen baskets on their hind legs, has special proteins and amino acids intended to nourish baby bees. They help people too: in the lab, honey kills cancer cells. Some people believe it helps alleviate their allergies to particular flora, as they desensitize their bodies to particular pollens. Some honey, called honeydew honey, does not come from nectar at all. Bees in places like Germany’s Black Forest and Bulgaria take sweet secretions of aphids in the forest. This honey is very dark, smells like fig jam, and is not so sweet.

Ready and Ripe

Because the honey needs to be processed and cooled by the bees, beekeepers need to be able to tell exactly when the honey is ready for the taking. In beekeeping parlance, this means that they need to know when the honey is ripe.

Hip Hop Honey

Most honey comes from “artificial hives” kept by beekeepers. They harvest the bees’ excess honey, and consider their bees “semi-domesticated.” Many of these bees have been trained or bred not to sting. Artificial or natural, each hive has a queen bee, a variable number of male drones, and 20,000 – 40,000 female worker bees. That’s right: even in the 21st century, the women are still doing the cooking and caretaking. They raise the larvae and collect the nectar and bring it back to make the honey. And they do it while dancing. Yes, that’s the way they communicate with their sisters. They do the waggle dance. The entrance to each hive has a special dance floor. When bees return to the hive from a nectar-hunting expedition, they do a little dance for their sisters. During the waggle, the bee dances in a figure-8 pattern with a straight walk between loops and sporadic fluttering of wings. Long waggles (100 per dance) mean that the flower patch is far away: every extra 75 milliseconds indicate another 330 feet of distance. The bee’s vigor while dancing shows how rich the source is. And she dances at an angle, showing the nectar source’s angle to the sun. Through her antennae, she shares the smell of the flowers. She does a shake dance when the source is very rich. She does a tremble dance when the site has so much nectar that she needs more bees to process them. So, after her arrival at the hive, her sisters know exactly how far to fly and at what angle to get more nectar. They know the flower they’re seeking by smell. And they know how many bees are needed to harvest the flowers.

Gourmet honey

comes from the French island of Corsica and is

Hive Sweet Hive

Sometimes it’s time to move on. Bee real estate has specific criteria; their interior design is specific as well. Location, location, location: The potential site for a new hive must be large enough to hold not less than 6.5 gallons of honey. It needs a small entrance, with

valued like the champagne of honey.

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Ripe, freshly-collected honey flows from a knife in a straight stream, not breaking into drops. After falling, the honey forms a bead. When poured, the honey creates small temporary layers that disappear fairly quickly. The honey is classified by letters A, B, or C, as well as by its floral source and packaging or processing. It gets scored by a number based on color and optical density (or clarity). Zero, for example, is water white honey, while 114 is dark amber. The perfect honey has a good, normal flavor, without caramelization, smoke or chemicals, and very low water content. Raw honey has not been exposed to any heat. It has been strained as is, and so contains some pollen and tiny bits of wax. This is the honey that allergy sufferers turn to to build up tolerance to pollen. Most other honey has been strained and heated to around 160 degrees, so that it can pass easily through a finer filter. Honey also comes in creamed and dried versions, as well as on the comb.

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a maximum diameter of 1.5 inches. It must face south for warmth and be high off ground. Like little Martha Stewarts, once the bees find the site, they get to work. They scrape off loose wood and coat the interior with bee paint, called propolis or dried tree resin. Then, the bees generate beeswax and varnish the interior walls with floral herbicides and fungicides. They embed a special colony-specific odor to distinguish between intruders and members. The finished nest has 100,000 cells in six combs. This means that the total surface area of the hive is 27 square feet. The hive takes 2.5 pounds of beeswax and 15 pounds of honey to synthesize the wax. These cells store more than 40 pounds of honey needed to survive a typical winter and nursery space for 20,000 immature bees that the overwintering bees will raise in the spring. To defend the hive, bees can use their stingers, but they mostly rely on a protective nest. Guard bees patrol the entrances and communicate through pheromones when they feel threatened. Once they communicate, they launch a massive counterattack against intruders.

Love that Honey

When bees return to the hive from a nectarhunting expedition, they do a little dance for their sisters.

Over time, honey has been used by various cultures as a talisman and a symbol of sweetness. Cave drawings found in Spain, painted thousands of years ago, show honey seekers, people climbing ropes to reach a wild bee nest. In those times, people relied on the honeyguide bird to lead them to wild bee hives. Remains of honey have been found in Georgia in clay vessels of an ancient tomb. The Egyptians used honey to sweeten cakes and biscuits and to embalm the dead. They offered honey to the gods. The Maya considered bees sacred and used honey as a basic food. In Rome, Pliny the Elder wrote about bees and honey in his Naturalis Historia, and in China, Fan Li wrote about beekeeping in the Golden Rules of Business Success. In India, the Hindu consider honey one of the five elixirs of immortality. They have used honey for medicine for more than 4,000 years. Even today, doctors in Russia use honey to cure infected wounds, and British pediatricians recommend honey for children with sore throats and coughs. Interestingly, because honey is only processed by the bee in its honey stomach, it is kosher. This is the only food from a non-kosher source that we can eat. Unlike milk, that is created by an animal, honey is manufactured by the bee. Today’s top honey producers are China, Turkey, Argentina, the Ukraine, and America. Gourmet honey comes from the French island of Corsica and is valued like the champagne of honey. Worldwide, in 2012, 1.3 million metric tons of honey were produced. Considering that a bee, in its entire lifetime, only makes 1.5 teaspoons of honey, that’s a lot of beekeeping.

So, You Wanna Be a Beekeeper?

Want to start your own little hive? Be a hobbyist beekeeper. Log onto beesource.com and join 14,000 members in the most active online beekeeping community. You’ll cultivate

honey and beeswax, or, if you’re African, honey beer. When you’re ready to harvest your honey, you’ll pull out the comb, cut it up and squeeze out the honey with your hands. Then you’ll strain it through a wire strainer and finer mesh. Perhaps you’ll use centrifugal force in a machine filter to force the honey out of the comb. Since you’ll want the beeswax—it’s used in makeup, pharmaceuticals, polishes, and candles—you’ll put the empty comb in water, heat the water slightly until the wax melts, and then strain it through a screen. When the wax hardens, it’ll separate from the water, and you’ll have your prized beeswax that you can store and sell. Once you get a wee bit more professional, you’ll take your combs to an extractor room where machines will do the scraping and filtering for you and pour the honey into barrels. When the barrels arrive at the packaging plant, workers will surround the barrels with heating belts to make the honey a tad more manageable. Then your honey will be poured through pipes and pistons into jars. Interested in meeting a fellow city-dweller who pulled this off and made lots of money? Consider Burt Shavitz, the man behind Burt’s Bees.

Burt’s Bees: The World’s Most Famous Beekeeper

The world’s most famous beekeeper, according to the New York Times, is Burt Shavitz, founder of Burt’s Bees. Shavitz, star of the documentary “Burt’s Buzz,” grew up in New York, but a childhood summer in Maine convinced him that life lived apart is the real Eden. He worked for years as a photojournalist in New York; he then moved to Maine and became a beekeeper. He no longer owns this eponymous company: he sold his shares before it was sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. He gets paid for the use of his image. A cross between a hippie and a mountain man, Shavitz— yes, that’s his face on the Burt’s Bees lip balm and other products—loves living far from others on his own land. At 79, he lives in northern Maine with no running water. He heats by woodstove. He has a radio he occasionally listens to with an antenna: a piece of aluminum foil on it gives a bit of better reception. How did he learn to keep bees? “It was a godsend,” he told the Times. “Manna out of the heavens. The fact that there was a man who was patient, knowledgeable and even-tempered to teach me beekeeping was another plus. He told me to stand back and watch what he did. He showed me how to use the tools.” Burt would still keep bees, but he has a bad back.

And What about Those Honeystix?

Those thin straws of honey are simply long tubes of plastic that are filled by special machine and then cut and sealed into sticks. Honeystix, that are kosher, were dubbed the Candy of the Future at the 1986 World Trade Exposition, and NASA made sure to stick them on shuttles as the zero-gravity candy for space flights. They’ve been on Mount Everest expeditions too. And who thought of them? Beekeeper Glenn Peters of Salem, Oregon, was trying to give people a taste of his honey. He was sure they would buy jars of it if they could only taste a teaspoon. But the smallest packages available—then—were those bear bottles (you know the type). And then, one night, he went to the theater and ordered a soda at the concession. He pulled the wrapper off his straw and thought, Perfect! He contacted the straw manufacturer the next day and soon people were buying not just his honey, but his honey in its sample size. TJH I’m sure you’ll be enjoying one this Tishrei too. 

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ow can we get very young children to understand the yom tov of Rosh Hashana on a conceptual level? Rosh Hashana is a happy yom tov, but also a holiday when adults and children who have reached a level of deep understanding reflect heavily on the past and think of avenues for improvement. All the names for this yom tov, which include the new year, Rosh Hashana; the day of judgment, Yom Hadin; the day of remembering, Yom Hazikaron; and the day of blowing, Yom Teruah; are difficult concepts for even an adult to digest. We tend to greet each other wishing a Shana Tova. Do preschool and elementary school children realize all the implications of that message? What kind of projects can teachers bring to the classroom experience which will help make this particular yom tov a joyous and uplifting experience? If the goal is to familiarize children with all the particulars of the upcoming yom tov and make an impact on their impressionable minds, then the creative and artistic approach certainly should be used in the classroom along with stories and music. Which types of projects can teachers do with their students which will help make the yom tov come alive? The idea is to excite them in anticipation for this upcoming yom tov, whet their appetites and bring out all the positive aspects relating to Rosh Hashana. By introducing their young minds to creative art projects, they will become excited and feel a part of the holiday preparations. Here are a list of projects which can be made in numerous creative ways: • Apple dish • Bee shaped holder • Candy apple • Calendar with collage work around the border • Cover for a Machzor • Decorative round challah cover • Envelopes for greeting cards • Flower apple made by cutting zig zags at center and breaking in half • Glue printed cards • Honey dish • Imitation stone shofar • Jeweled napkin rings • Kerchief for benching licht • Marshmallow beehive with fake bee centerpiece • New Year cards • Paper mache shofar • Paper tablecloth or placements with yom tov pictures to color • Quilted Rosh Hashana cards • Round challah made out of clay • Useful containers with yom tov motifs • Vibrant handmade matching card games • White apron

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer. Among her known artwork is a floral sculpture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Director of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@optonline.net with questions and suggestions for future columns.

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A Different Side of Chevron By Reuven Guttman

y wife and I usually take a trip to Israel in the summertime. This year, we decided to make a stop in Warsaw on the way. It turned out to be apropos to what was taking place at that time— it was during the time that the three kidnapped boys were missing. As Klal Yisroel was frantically davening and searching, the world remained silent to our plight, much like the world remained silent when we were being slaughtered in Europe. While in Warsaw, we spent time visiting several museums which were related to the former Warsaw Ghetto. As a matter of fact, our five star hotel was

over how the world was being silent on that as well. Every time some Israeli turns their den into a bedroom in the West Bank, the entire world is up in arms about “building on occupied land.” Yet, when three young teenagers are snatched, the world leaders turn the other way. I was so enraged that I couldn’t wait to get to Israel, just to be with my fellow Jewish brethren. I also had a burning desire to assist in finding the three kidnapped boys. Obviously, I am hardly an intelligence official, and I knew that my primary job was to daven. But, I also wanted to take some physical action to assist. So, I came up with a plan: I

I decided to go incognito to the Arab territories in East Jerusalem. located in the former Warsaw Ghetto itself. The contrast was stark—here we were in a luxurious hotel in middle of a beautiful city, yet the greatest atrocities in the history of the world took place right there. But, those atrocities were committed against the Jews, therefore, they are merely a matter relegated to history books. Like all Jews, my heart and mind was with the families of the three missing boys in Israel, and I couldn’t get

decided to go incognito to the Arab territories in East Jerusalem and other areas. It was a rather simple idea. I would dress like a regular non-Jewish tourist and would just “keep my ears to the ground.” Who knows, I thought, maybe I’ll hear something or see something. We all know the sad end to the story of the three boys, but my tours of the “Palestinian territories” were somewhat enlightening about how Palestinians think.

did my research and located one or two European gentile tours that went to those areas. With cap in hand, I blended into the small group for several days and different areas. My first tour was on the other side of “Kvish Achad,” the area that used to belong to Jordan. We went deep into the Palestinian area. It was interesting to hear several Palestinians speak. Some spoke of the hypocrisy of the so-called Israeli left, who on one hand want to give away East Jerusalem to the Palestinians, but on the other hand want to remain in West Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Palestinian tour guides explained to our tour group that the entire State of Israel is an occupied territory and an apartheid and racist state. So why should the left get to stay in West Jerusalem and Tel Aviv? They pointed out how the “left” was not really the “left,” because they are advocating that the racist State of Israel continue its existence; they are

merely hypocrites who are willing to give up other people’s homes but not their own. These Palestinians appreciated the honesty of the settlers who know who they are over the leftists who they feel are not totally honest. I must say that although I totally disagreed with their ridiculous premise that the entirety of Israel—or even any portion of it—is an occupied territory, I agreed with their assessment that the Israeli left is quite hypocritical. The other points that they made during the tour were even more outlandish. While talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they all complained about how the Palestinians cannot build and can’t extend their homes because Israel wants them out. They didn’t acknowledge the terror and violence which is perpetrated by the Palestinians. The level of denial in the Palestinian community is astounding. They make it sound like the whole regional conflict is a zoning is-

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sue. Those darned zoning boards! Did they ever even consider that if they were peaceful people without a commitment to cause harm to the Jewish people, they would live side by side as neighbors in the land of Israel? Obviously not. When one of the European tourists asked the guide about the three missing kidnapped boys, the guide denied it, saying that the whole thing was an Israeli conspiracy. When pressed by these tourists—who were mostly ambivalent but probably slightly slanted towards Israel’s side—the tour guide changed his tune, saying, “They were not kids; they were soldiers.” It’s incredible how Palestinians can lie with impunity. One minute, there was no kidnapping, it’s all a lie. The next minute there was a kidnapping, but they were soldiers. I then went for a tour of the Arab part of Chevron and the Arab side of Me’aras Hamachpeila. During that tour, the Palestinian tour guides were more vocally anti-Jewish. They blamed the Jews for everything, from the lack of tourism to the conditions of the streets. They claimed that violence is perpetrated by the Israeli soldiers against the Palestinian residents of Chevron. Once inside the Arab side of Me’aras Hamachpeila, I put on my cap so that I could daven. I pretended to take videos and photographs and then went to

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the kever of Yitzchok and Rivka (which is normally off limits to Jews) and discreetly said Tehilim. If there was a time in which I was petrified of my faith being revealed, that was the time. The Palestinian tour guides spoke about the “Avos” and “Imahos” as if they were all Muslims. Just another exhibit of how Arabs lie freely. We then took a tour of downtown Chevron. You would think you are in Fordham Road in the Bronx. It’s not Central Avenue, but there are stores everywhere. Clothing stores, jewelry stores, electronic stores, fruits and vegetable stores. The fruits actually looked better than the fruits in Costco. I was going to go buy a few, but I didn’t want to stop, I just wanted to get on with the show. But, anything and everything that you would want to purchase, was available on the Palestinian side of Chevron. Anyone that ever tells you that the Palestinian people are suffering has not been to Chevron or Ramallah or any of these areas. As we were wrapping up the tour of downtown Chevron, the tour guide brought us to a street which was a dead end. The ground was filled with thousands of stones. The street was about a 100 yards. At the end of the street—where the goal posts would be if it was America—there was a concrete barrier and a tall net. On the other side of the net was an IDF post. The tour guide explained to us that every

Friday the custom in the area is that after Mosque prayers everyone comes to that street and throws rocks at the IDF post. The difference between a Jew and an Arab: after shul we go home and sit down to a good piece challah, some gefilte fish, eiyer un tzibel (eggs and onion), then a good bowl of cholent and maybe a l’chaim. And what do they do after mosque? They throw rocks! No amount of “coexist”

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he world of comedy lost a giant this month. Joan Rivers may have topped out at just 5’2” and weighed 110 pounds soaking wet, but when it comes to influence, she towered above her peers. Rivers established that women can be just as funny as men and paved the way for the Sarah Silvermans and Tina Feys of today. She could alienate people with sometimes-offensive takes on her fellow celebrities. (“Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds.”) But she was never afraid

to turn her wit on herself. (“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die, they will donate my body to Tupperware.”) Rivers hated Washington, and considered herself apolitical. But it’s hard to go 50 years in the public eye without having something to say, especially when it comes to taxes. So here are three quick observations: • Money was important to Rivers. (“People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key

made.”) She worked hard to make it and worked hard to keep it. Back in 2012, she criticized President Obama’s proposal to raise taxes: “If I work very hard, I should be able to gather the fruits of my labor.” Of course, this was a woman who also said “I’m definitely in favor of a monarchy because they’re there, they look good, and always have good gift shops when you leave the palace.” So, you might want to take her specific policy recommendations with a grain of salt!

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• Rivers wasn’t afraid to take on the jokers at the IRS. Back in 1993, she lost a Tax Court case involving disability insurance premiums. The dispute established the rule that a corporation can’t deduct those premiums on an employee unless there’s a contractually binding obligation to pay the benefits to the employee. (We’ll skip the details because they’re so boring and technical that even she couldn’t make them amusing.) • Rivers will get a pretty nice final tax break from the IRS, even though it comes too late for her to enjoy it. Code Section 2053 says that when it comes time to calculating estate tax, you can deduct funeral expenses. And Rivers made it clear that she wanted to go out in style. Here’s what she said in her 2012 book, I Hate Everyone . . . Starting with Me: • “When I die, I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action. I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don’t want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don’t want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing ‘Mr. Lonely.’ I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing ...” She may not have gotten the funeral she joked about. But she did get a pack of celebrities, a troupe of bagpipes, and a celebration of a life well lived. Joan Rivers entertained millions over the course of her career. But there’s nothing entertaining about wasting money on taxes you don’t have to pay. And you’ll get the last laugh if you know you’ve done everything you can to keep what you make. Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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Out of Work; Am I Out of Luck? I was injured at work, and still have not been able to return to work. Presently, I am receiving weekly checks from the workers’ compensation carrier which is substantially less than what I used to earn. My doctor states I have a partial causally related disability from my workers’ compensation accident, but once other issues are factored in, I am totally disabled. I don’t think I will ever be able to return to work again. Is there anything else that can be done for me as I am only receiving a partial rate? The Attorney Responds: You may be a potential candidate for Social Security Disability. If you are granted Social Security Disability, the awards would be in conjunction with your workers’ compensation payments. Benefits are granted to individuals who Social Security deems no longer able perform substantial gainful activity. All limitations can be considered, not only limitations related to a workers’ compensation accident. To be considered for Social Security Disability, the applicant must have worked “enough quarters.” Someone who has worked five out of the last ten years generally qualifies. If someone is under 30, different rules apply. Additionally, to be eligible, somebody must already be out of work for five months, and be expected to be out of work for at least one year. The application must also be made before the “date last insured” expires, which is typically within five years of when you last worked. The inability to perform work must be clearly documented by the applicant’s treating physician, typically using a functional capacity evaluation. Besides physical and mental limitations, different factors are used by Social Security to determine eligibility, such as age, education, and previous work experience. Usually, applications are notoriously denied by Social Security for irrational reasons when the applications

should have actually been granted. If this is timely appealed, a hearing before the Administrative Law Judge will then be scheduled for additional information to be presented by both sides. Social Security will obtain opinions from their “medical and vocational experts” which typically side with their position to deny benefits. Therefore, it is important to obtain all the proper medical documentation, along with a brief, to submit to the Administrative Law Judge prior to the hearing so they will be able to understand why you are unable to work and are rightfully entitled to benefits. You should also understand, if you are granted Social Security Disability you will also be eligible for Medicare beginning 29 months after the onset date in addition to receiving monthly monetary benefits for the rest of your life if you continue to be out of work. Social Security Disability is a very specialized field as there are many intricate details which only attorneys who regularly handle these cases are aware of. You should also know that under Social Security Disability, no attorney fee is to be paid by the applicant unless the attorney is successful. Therefore, it is recommended that you should look into applying for Social Security Disability. Best of luck. No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have. Edmond J. Hakimian, Esq. specializes in workers’ compensation law and Social Security Disability. He is an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Lee S. Braunstein, PC, which serves Long Island and all of New York City. Please send your questions or comments to EHakimianLSB@gmail. com or you may call the office at 516-7393441.

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o it’s that time of the year again. Badda dum...we are all getting nervous. But what are we getting nervous about? The food, the clothing, those extra Shabbosim that somehow manage to link themselves onto the holidays and stretch them out an extra day…it’s all so complicated. It’s not easy finding new recipes so we don’t go nuts from ingesting chicken, with chicken, with a chaser of chicken. It’s definitely a challenge to stay in shul for hour after hour. These are not simple accomplishments. They take effort. And G-d knows it! But, is it possible G-d wants even more for us and from us in these days ahead? Think of a parent bringing all their kids together. What would they want of you? Ideally, they want you to find the best in you. No arguing or bickering among each other. Just connecting

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Nervous? on multiple levels. And letting you have space to become the finest version of you that you can be. G-d is our most interested and invested parent. Our biggest fan. Avinu

smarts the wisest Siri, Waze, or Google engine around. If your boss calls a meeting and it goes on for hours, you probably get really antsy. Right? However, if it’s

THE ONLY THING TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT, AS THESE HOLIDAYS DESCEND UPON US, IS MISSING THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE!

Malkeinu. Our parent, the King with all the power of the universe. How much better a situation can we be in? The nervousness should be of not recognizing who we’ve got rooting for us. Or not appreciating and embracing the life plan and the wisdom we’ve received from the Inventor who out-

your opportunity to be heard, well, that’s a whole different story. You love when someone says, I’m all ears. You probably have a lot you want to say. Well, here’s your chance. You get to do all the talking. It’s a time devoted to hearing you. Those gates are openedwide–yourBossisallyours.

Nervous? The only thing to be nervous about, as these holidays descend upon us, is missing the opportunities here! Though, I will concede, one can also get a little shaken up about burning the roast. After all, you’ve got a lot of anxious Jews coming together for meals and there’s just so many versions of chicken they are willing to consume. So, love the holidays. Love yourselves. Love your families and community. And make a plan to embrace and have faith in life even though we don’t get to understand it all! Wishing us all a truly fulfilling, healthy and happy year ahead.

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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