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very stage of life requires us to recalibrate our values and our priorities. And still, even when we (think that we) get that calibration right, there is still a lot of balancing and shifting of responsibilities that need to be done to ensure that nothing slips through the cracks. Women are masters at juggling. In fact, google an image for the term “multitasking,” and the first images that come up are of women doing a thousand things at once. Perhaps our nature lends itself to dealing with myriad responsibilities. Or maybe the roles that we find ourselves in tug at us in different ways. Managing our roles and the responsibilities that go along with them can give us an increased sense of purpose in our lives. But dealing with so much can also sometimes feel overwhelming. How do we take care of everyone and everything – including ourselves! – and do it all with a smile? In last week’s issue, we asked members of the Jewish Women’s Leadership Council (JWLC) for their advice on how to manage their priorities in life and juggle their myriad responsibilities with joy. I loved reading the varying answers from so many wonderful women in the community. It gave me great insight into the lives of so many of these admirable women and helped to give me new perspective on all that I am dealing with.

This week, JWLC invites the women of the community to an exciting program addressing this topic: Juggling With Joy. As the title suggests, participants at this event will be uplifted and energized as they learn tips and tricks to help them balance their responsibilities and roles in their lives. Mrs. Jackie Bitton is keynote speaker at the morning event. A presentation by Jackie Bitton is guaranteed fun as Jackie knows how to give over her wisdom in an engaging and enthralling way. Participants will be able to choose to join two out of four workshops at the event given by Naomi Nachman (“How to Make Shabbos in Two Hours – and Other Time management Tips”); Rachel Pill, LMSW (“Juggling Our Relationships – Practical Tools and Tips”); Dr. Gila Schwerd (“Tuning In When You Want to Tune Out”); and Rorie Weisberg, CHC (“Make Healthy Happen”). Aside from the food for thought and the practical advice, participants will enjoy yummy snacks and drinks, exciting raffles, and a giveaway bag. I’m excited to be part of Juggling With Joy, and I hope to see you there, too. Just remember to register for this free event at https://www.guraljcc.org/jwlc/. See you on Sunday at 9:45 a.m.! Shoshana

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Contents Letters to the Editor

COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll Community Happenings

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NEWS

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Global

National

That’s Odd

Ukraine is Just a Small Piece of a Global Power Struggle

ISRAEL Israel News

World Builders

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

Leaders and Little People by Rav Moshe Weinberger

Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

PEOPLE The Wandering Jew

A Master Mechanech: Rabbi Ovadiah Dubin zt”l

Cavalry in American History by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS The Pain of Self-Reflection by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

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Plant-Based Diets by Aliza Beer, MS RD

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Korean-Style Short Ribs

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LIFESTYLES Teen Talk

Dear Editor, Major changes in reality usually result in some type of reaction against that change. Change from a status quo reality is hard to adjust, but we as humans adjust. Two years ago, the first global pandemic in more than 100 years began. People’s reactions ranged from either being irrationally afraid of everything possible or were dismissive of such a reality of happening. Both reactions were understandable as a result of the major uncertainties. Of course, every life that was lost was a tragedy, but so was every job loss, every day that kids lost from not being in school, or the lives lost due to an increase in overdosing throughout COVID lockdowns. We are in a stage of this pandemic where the inevitable reality is we must live with it. People are fed up with the unnecessary restrictions which are negatively affecting them more than anything Covid could do to them. As a result of the expanding movement to end the craziness in this world, in dozens of countries in the past few months, there have been thousands upon thousands of people marching who are fed up with this self-imposed, unnecessary reality. Last week, as a reaction to Canada’s unscientific vaccine mandate for truckers coming into the country, there has been a major demonstration with thousands of truckers and others honking their horns all

day in a show of resistance to the government’s policies. The “Trucker Convey” or Truckistan as more humorously known, has been one of the most effective pro-freedom demonstrations since the onset of this pandemic. The political elite on the left, the mainstream media, and other globalists’ hacks, as a result, are feeling threatened by this protest. For the first time during Covid, a country’s citizens are peacefully protesting against their government in a way that is making life a little uncomfortable for those near Canada’s Parliament. The elite is on the one hand trying to paint the demonstrators as a fringe group, while at the same time pointing to some isolated violent incidents as a representative of this movement. The “Trucker Convey” has now become the face of the Enough is Enough movement to eradicate government abuses. There have been reports that a similar type of trucker convey is now being planned in America. We can disagree about politics, but we need to come together to support each other’s rights when they are being infringed upon. Thank you to the brave “Truckers Convey” for showing the world how to hold our overlord tyrants accountable! Sincerely, Donny Simcha Guttman Continued on page 10

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Parenting Pearls

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Your Money

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Stick to the Plan by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

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HUMOR Centerfold

POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

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America Led in Hypersonic Technology by David Ignatius

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Why Is Ukraine Our Problem? by Marc A. Thiessen

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Dear Editor, One year later after spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars, you have to ask if Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional commission to investigate the January 6th Capitol Hill protest was worth it. Pelosi never supported a similar commission to investigate other attacks on public buildings, police stations, private businesses, arson, physical assault on law enforcement officials and billions of dollars in destruction around the nation lead by Antifa and other extremist groups on the left which went on around the nation in previous years as well. Why no commission to

investigate how over one million illegal immigrants crossed our border in 2021? What about establishing a commission to find ways to deal with our $30 trillion and growing national debt? Political extremists on both the right and left who violate basic civil liberties that most Americans cherish always need to be held accountable for their actions. Sincerely, Larry Penner Great Neck, NY Dear Editor, Thank you for being such a wonderful part of my Shabbos reading. Your magazine is always so uplifting

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and positive. I come away feeling as if I’ve learned something new each week. And I come away feeling inspired in some way. This, of course, is not easy, I know. Not every publication manages to do so. This week’s issue was truly inspiring. I ended my Shabbos reading with the wise words of so many wonderful women in the community about how they juggle their responsibilities and manage to do it with simcha. I only wish that I can cut out their words of wisdom and put them in different places in my home so I can remind myself of their words throughout the day! Sincerely, A loyal reader Dear Editor, To the divorced woman in the dating column who is dating someone who is more religious than she

is, it is good that you are going into this relationship with eyes wide open. But more than communication and compromise in a marriage is the importance of respect. If your husband-to-be respects where you are at religiously, and you respect where he is at religiously, then you may be able to make it work. Additionally, adding children to the mix only makes it harder. Make sure you respect their needs and concerns, as well. It may mean that you will have to buy certain items with a more stringent hashgacha or only bring in cholov Yisroel items to satisfy them, but it will make them feel respected, which will make them respect you more for understanding them, which will make the man you are dating admire you for attempting to assuage his children’s concerns. Best of luck to you! Adina Ginzberg

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This has to be reversed. We have to get our city back.” Meanwhile, Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford said that Ontario has given Ottawa “everything they have asked for and will continue to provide whatever support they request.” After vehicles idled along roadways in major Canadian cities over the weekend, participants in the Freedom Convoy hindered travel on Monday at the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit at the Canadian-U.S. border. “Individuals are trying to blockade our economy, our democracy, and our fellow citizens’ daily lives. It has to stop,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday during an emergency parliamentary debate in Ottawa. Trudeau had been in quarantine after contracting Covid two weeks ago.

Queen Consort Camilla?

The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II has requested that her daughter-in-law, Camilla, be named Queen Consort when Prince Charles eventually ascends the throne. In a message released Saturday night, hours before she marked 70 years as monarch, Queen Elizabeth said, “And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.” In his own statement the following day, Prince Charles said both he and Camilla are “deeply conscious of the honor represented by my mother’s wish.” He added, “As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and people in our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout.” Traditionally, the king’s wife is named Queen Consort. However, when Prince Charles married Camilla in 2005, Clarence House an-

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nounced that her future title would be “Princess Consort.” It is believed that this decision was made out of respect for Charles’ first wife, Diana, who died in a car accident in 1997.

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Oil Tanker Explodes at Sea

The Trinity Spirit oil tanker caught fire and exploded off the coat of Nigeria last Wednesday, belching thick black smoke before it sank. The Trinity Spirit, owned by Nigeria’s Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL), is a floating production storage vessel (FPSO). It was capable of storing approximately two million barrels of oil and of processing up to 22,000 barrels daily, according to the company website. “The cause of the explosion is currently being investigated and we are working with necessary parties to contain the situation,” the company’s chief executive, Ikemefuna Okafor, explained. “At this time, there are no reported fatalities, but we can confirm that there were 10 crew men on board the vessel prior to the incident, and we are prioritizing investigations with respect to their safety and security.” The disaster once again turns the spotlight on the actions of the fossil fuel industry in Nigeria. The country is now potentially facing its second environmental disaster in three months after a vast oil spill from a disused wellhead spewed the equivalent of 20,000 barrels a day into waterways in the town of Nembe for weeks. The Nigerian government described that spill as being “like Hiroshima” after it devastated marine life, mangroves, and water resources. The explosion of the Trinity Spirit is the fourth major oil disaster this year following incidents in Peru, Ecuador, and Thailand.

Iranian Society “Set to Explode” An activist organization revealed a highly sensitive Iranian document

According to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) document, Iranian society “is in a state of explosion” due to the world sanctions imposed on the regime. The document, obtained by Radio Farda from Edalat-e Ali, covers a meeting with IRGC intelligence and quotes an official named “Mohammadi” as saying that Iran’s “society is in a state of explosion” and that “social discontent has risen by 300 percent in the past year,” Radio Farda’s Golnaz Esfandiari said. The document also quoted Mohammadi as saying that in recent months, “several shocks” have “shaken public trust” in the government. Mohammadi also spoke about “soaring inflation, including hikes in the prices of food items, energy, and cars. He also noted the sharp declines in stock prices,” Radio Farda added. “The leaked document includes notes from a November 2021 taskforce meeting chaired by Brigadier General Hossein Nejat, a senior IRGC commander and deputy head of Sarallah, a key IRGC base that oversees security in Tehran.”

Kashmir: Journalist Arrested Under Anti-Terror Law

Police in the Indian-controlled Kashmir region have announced the arrest of a prominent journalist who they claim published “anti-national content.” In 2019, India revoked Kashmir’s autonomy, and in 2020, India enacted a new media policy. Walla editor Fahad Shah, 34, was summoned on Friday for questioning

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Driving 260 MPH

Germany is famous for having no speed limits on stretches of its motorways, but a Czech millionaire appearing to do 417km/h (260 mph) may have been testing the limit of what’s tolerable. Radim Passer is now being investigated for his apparent drive along a motorway in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. He had posted videos of his drive last summer in a Bugatti Chiron on the A2 between Berlin and Hanover on YouTube. In the video, the car’s speedometer hovers over the speed of 417km/h. In written comments beneath the video, Passer says, “There was visibility along the whole stretch. Safety was a priority, so the circumstances had to be safe to go.” He adds that the drive took place at 04:50 on a Sunday morning. According to the criminal code, a solo drive can still constitute an offense if the driver “moves at an inappropriate speed and in a manner that grossly violates the traffic code and is reckless.”

Transport Minister Volker Wissing has condemned the driver’s attitude, noting that while there is no speed limit in Germany, the car should always be “under control.” Passer may face a fine or up to 2 years in jail. Passer, according to Forbes, is the Czech Republic’s 33rd-richest individual with a wealth of $300 million.

ISIS Leader Eliminated

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday revealed that the U.S. military took out an ISIS leader in Syria last week. In a statement released by the White House, Biden said, “Last night, at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our allies and make the world a safer place. “Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim alHashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS. “All Americans have returned safely from the operation. May G-d protect our troops.” Al-Qurayshi, who was also known as Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, was named ISIS leader in October 2019. Following his appointment, the U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program doubled the prize for any information on his location, raising it from $5 million to $10 million. Al-Qurayshi detonated a bomb that killed himself and several other people, including his wife and children, as U.S. special operations forces approached with the intention of capturing him. At least thirteen people were killed in the blast, including six children and four women. U.S. forces landed in helicopters and assaulted Al-Qurayshi’s house in a rebel-held corner of northwest Syria, clashing for two hours with gunmen. The commandos were aided by helicopter gunships, armed Reaper drones, and attack jets.

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Sadness after Boy Dies in Well

Rescuers in Morocco on Saturday pulled a lifeless young boy from a deep well in Ighrane in Morocco’s Chefchaouen province. He had been stuck in the well for five days. Rayan, age five, fell about 32 meters into the well on Tuesday afternoon. According to local reports, King Mohamed VI spoke with Rayan’s parents, offering condolences. A Royal Palace statement said, “Following the tragic accident that claimed the life of the child Rayan Oram, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may G-d protect him, made a phone call to Mr. Khaled Oram, and Mrs. Wassima Khersheesh, the parents of the deceased who passed away, after falling into a well.” During the rescue efforts, rescue workers succeeded in placing a cam-

era into the deep, narrow well, along with an oxygen tube for Rayan. According to Al Arabiya, the only way to reach Rayan was by digging a hole and pulling him from the opposite side of the well. Earlier, Abdelhadi Tamrani, the official in charge of the rescue operation, had said he had “big hopes” of pulling Rayan from the well alive. But Tamrani, who “still had hope he is alive,” also said that Rayan was not eating or drinking and may have fallen into a coma. Rayan’s mother told local media, “When I did not find him, I understood that he had fallen into the well located near the house.” His father told Al Arabiya that the last time he saw Rayan, through surveillance cameras, was Thursday afternoon.

Gautam Adani is Asia’s Richest Person India’s Gautam Adani has topped fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person in Asia, according to Bloomberg’s list of

the world’s richest people. The 59-year-old founder of Adani Group controls companies ranging from ports and aerospace to thermal energy and coal, and now has a net worth of $88.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Like other billionaires around the world, Adani has seen his wealth skyrocket during the pandemic. He was worth less than $40 billion at this time last year. With this massive spike, he has overtaken India’s energy-to-tech entrepreneur Mukesh Ambani to become the world’s 10th richest person. Adani Group has performed exceptionally well on the Indian stock market during the pandemic. Shares of Adani Enterprises have jumped more than 1,000% on the National Stock Exchange in Mumbai since June 2020, a sign that investors are optimistic about Adani’s ability to bet on sectors such as infrastructure and renewable energy, which are key to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic development goals. Ambani, who controls Reliance Industries, is now in the Bloomberg index’s 11th spot with a net worth of $87.9 billion. This wasn’t the only upheaval the billionaires ranking has seen recently. Last week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, saw a historic collapse on its stock market, which has wiped more than $30 billion off Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth. The CEO and co-founder of Meta now stands in 13th place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Bolivia: Ex-Top Drug Cop was Drug Trafficking A former Bolivian anti-narcotics chief has been charged with conspiring to provide top-level protection for cocaine shipments to the U.S. The indictment, unsealed last Wednesday by a federal judge in New York, accuses Maximiliano Dávila-Perez of a related weapons offense

involving the possession of machine guns.

Last month, Bolivian authorities arrested Dávila-Perez on suspicion of money laundering as he allegedly attempted to flee to Argentina. In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said, “Instead of rooting out drug trafficking in that country, Dávila-Perez worked in partnership with Bolivian drug labs and sought to send more than a thousand kilograms of cocaine to the United States.” The drug investigation was started by the U.S. United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Special Operations Division in 2017, court records for a related case show. Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta said his government would evaluate a request by the U.S. that Dávila-Perez be extradited to face trial.

Thai Truckers Protest

Hundreds of freight trucks deliberately clogged a major thoroughfare of Thailand’s notoriously congested capital on Tuesday, seeking to pressure the government into lowering diesel prices. Police tried unsuccessfully to shift the protesting trucks and taxi drivers as they crawled along the main northbound highway out of Bangkok, some carrying banners demanding the energy minister’s resignation for failing to make fuel affordable. “We have asked the government to fix the fuel price problem many times, but nothing happened,” Apichart Prairungruang, chairman of the Land Transport Federation of Thailand, explained.

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Vitamin D Helps to Fight Covid Israeli researchers from Bar Ilan University and the Galilee Medical Center have said they can predict how a person will fare if infected with

Covid-19 based on their age and vitamin D levels alone. The study, published recently in PLOS One, showed that a lack of vitamin D significantly raises the risk of serious illness from Covid-19.

The study is based on research conducted during Israel’s first two Covid-19 waves, before vaccines were widely available. Doctors emphasized that vitamin D is not a substitute for vaccination but a key in keeping immunity levels from falling. According to a 2011 study, nearly four in five people in Israel are deficient in vitamin D. Dr. Amiel Dror, a Galilee Medical Center physician, who was also one of the Bar Ilan researchers conducting the study, said, “We found it remarkable, and striking, to see the difference in the chances of becoming a severe patient when you are

lacking in vitamin D compared to when you’re not.” He told the Times of Israel, “What we’re seeing when vitamin D helps people with Covid infections is a result of its effectiveness in bolstering the immune systems to deal with viral pathogens that attack the respiratory system. This is equally relevant for Omicron as it was for previous variants.” Dr. Dror added, “We checked a range of timeframes, and found that wherever you look over the two years before infection, the correlation between vitamin D and disease severity is extremely strong. Because this study gets such a good picture of patients’ vitamin D levels, by looking at a wide timeframe instead of just the time around hospitalization, it offers much stronger support than anything seen so far emphasizing the importance of boosting vitamin D levels during the pandemic. “People should learn from this that studies pointing to the importance of taking vitamin D are very reliable, and aren’t based on skewed data,” Dr. Dror noted. “And it emphasizes the value of everyone taking a vitamin D supplement during the pandemic, which, consumed in sensible amounts in accordance with official advice, doesn’t have any downside.”

Bibi: Police Spying on Citizens

which, of course, has wide implications – I think this issue concerns all citizens of the country – not right, not left, all citizens of the country without exception.” Bibi added, “Something unthinkable has happened here. Police officials have illegally used the most aggressive tools in the world to spy on countless citizens – journalists, social activists from right and left, mayors, businessmen, politicians, their families – who was not spied upon? The private lives of citizens were unveiled here. They followed them, listened to them, got into their most hidden secrets and who knows what improper use they made of this espionage. Spyware designed to thwart terrorism and fight our enemies has become an everyday tool used by police to spy on civilians in violation of any norm, in violation of any law.” According to Netanyahu, “This is similar to the IDF using the F-35 planes we use against Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas to bomb the citizens of Israel. That never happened and under no circumstances could it be on the agenda.” He asserted, “There is only one way to deal with it. Not with maneuvers and excuses and not in all sorts of ways that would not be acceptable to all the occupants of this house. The way to do this is through a strong and independent inquiry, which will be acceptable to both sides of this house. Only in this way will we restore the public’s trust in our country and in our democracy.”

Holocaust Survivor Dies of Gaza War Wounds Opposition leader MK and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Israel Police of illegally spying on Israeli citizens. The accusation follows allegations over the police’s use of the NSO group’s Pegasus software without a warrant, as part of Netanyahu’s Case 4000, as well as to spy on activists and public figures. During a Knesset debate on Monday evening, Netanyahu said, “This is a black day for the State of Israel. Without addressing my issue –

A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor who suffered serious wounds when a rocket hit her home last year during skirmishes with Gaza died on Sunday of her injuries. Naomi Perlman was wounded in May 2021’s Operation Guardian of the Walls, when a rocket from

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Gaza struck her home on Ashkelon’s Malkei Yisrael Street. Naomi’s house collapsed, killing her caregiver on the spot, and riddling her own body with shrapnel. She was rescued by a neighbor and taken to the hospital. Since then, Naomi has been in and out of the hospital. Recently, her condition significantly deteriorated, and she passed away. Her death brings the number of Israeli victims from the war to 13.

3 Terror Suspects Killed Three Palestinian terror suspects were killed by Israeli security forces on Tuesday in a rare daytime operation in the West Bank. The terrorists were about to shoot at officers from the Yamam police counterterrorism unit who ambushed them in Nablus before they were killed. Israeli leaders heralded the news.

“Our forces proved today, again, that there is no immunity for terrorists,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. “Whoever hurts us will be hurt.” The three gunmen were allegedly behind recent shooting attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. They were apparently members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a coalition of armed groups associated with the Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah party. Defense Minister Benny Gantz

“I recently ordered that preventive actions against shooting attacks and troop presence in central arteries and areas of the [West Bank] be stepped up,” he wrote on Twitter. “We’ll continue with proactive operations, prevent [attacks] and capture anyone who tries to hurt people.” The gunmen were identified as Ashraf al-Mubsalit, Adham Mabrouk, and Muhammad al-Dakhil by Palestinian media, which said they were affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. A Fatah spokesperson confirmed that the three were Fatah members. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a loose coalition of armed groups affiliated with Fatah, has been largely dormant since the Second Intifada two decades ago. In a 2007 agreement, hundreds of the terror group’s members surrendered their arms in exchange for amnesty from Israel. Thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral of the three men in Nablus on Tuesday afternoon. “With blood and spirit, we’ll redeem you, o martyr!” the mourners chanted. Yellow flags affiliated with the West Bank’s ruling Fatah party dotted the procession alongside green banners associated with the Hamas terror group. According to an unsourced report in the Walla news site, Israeli officials decided to order the operation after the Palestinians were seen getting in a car with guns and ammunition. The report said undercover anti-terror police riding in a taxi and a car in Nablus surrounded the suspects’ car and opened fire on it. Other troops, some of whom were undercover, were also deployed to the area in case of problems. Israel had received intelligence that the group had been planning an attack on Tuesday night.

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understanding (MoU), amid increasing threats from Iran. Middle Eastern countries are understanding that the U.S. now has its interests elsewhere and that they must work together against Iran.

After signing the MoU, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, “We must strengthen the ‘moderate camp,’ and there is such a thing. Our formal relations allow us to come in and work together against shared threats. We are only in our first year of the Abraham Accords; in the coming decade, there will be significant developments.” Speaking to reporters, Gantz noted, “This is the first time that a defense minister is coming for an official visit openly, and the truth is that they are the ones doing this in a significant, high-profile way. We signed a security cooperation agreement, which is another milestone in

the hugely important process of the Abraham Accords, which we have been ushering through for more than a year. “I want to thank the king for the hospitality and the courageous decision to hold the visit publicly. This decision to go openly is a significant decision. It is a step that has been ripening for a long time. There have been relationships between the [two countries’] defense establishments for many years, and it is a historic moment to make them official, formal and public.” He added, “Bahrain stands on its own as a country that we want and need to develop a relationship with, in all aspects, civilian and military. Formalizing our cooperation allows us to create forums and workgroups that will provide an answer for the operational needs of the two countries. Bahrain isn’t the ‘annex’ of any country — the connection with it is important and significant. “From now on there will be increased talks and presence in terms of cooperation and defense industries here, and we will find solutions and assist, which will be appropriate for the Bahrainis’ security needs. This is precisely the point of this

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A New Attorney General

Gali Baharav-Miara is now the attorney general of Israel. The 62-yearold former Tel Aviv district attorney for civil affairs took her post on Tuesday, following unanimous cabinet confirmation of her appointment. She is the first woman to take up the top justice role. Outgoing attorney general Avichai Mandelblit stepped down upon completion of his six-year term on January 31, and State Attorney Amit Aisman had been filling in. Baharav-Miara enters office amid spiking confusion and outrage over alleged illicit police use of spyware against both suspects and non-suspects, including persons of interest in the trial of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a decline in public trust in the justice system. “I intend to put the issue of public trust in the legal system at the top of my priorities,” she said at a welcoming ceremony in Jerusalem. “In recent days, there has been a worrying decline in public confidence in public legal advice and law enforcement systems… Various reasons for this come to mind, including the impact of external events and attacks on the judiciary and law enforcement. But it is wrong to attribute the decline in public confidence in the attorney general solely to external parties.” Commenting on the spyware allegations, Baharav-Miara said that “naturally, one of the first issues I will address is the allegations about the

measures used by the Israel Police.” Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar was the force behind Baharav-Miara’s appointment. Sa’ar has expressed his intention to split the role of the attorney general, who currently serves as both legal adviser to the government and as the state’s chief prosecutor, meaning the same person can be tasked both with overseeing the prosecution of members of the government and with defending their moves — a situation some argue creates a conflict of interest. Mandelblit had opposed such a split, but Baharav-Miara is reportedly amenable to it. In his remarks, the justice minister described the role of the attorney general as “the most difficult and challenging in the public service.” He wished Baharav-Miara success, calling her a “consummate professional” with decades of experience in public legal service, and in particular representing the state in the courts. The new attorney general will have several high-profile cases to deal with. These include the whereabouts of state gifts given to Benjamin Netanyahu that the former premier was ordered to return, a gift of $20,000 that an Australian billionaire gave to ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, and the alleged harassment of state’s witness Shlomo Filber by two Netanyahu aides. She will also have to determine whether and how to proceed with negotiations on a plea bargain for Netanyahu, who is on trial in three graft cases and whose lawyers negotiated with Mandelblit, reportedly coming close to a deal, in recent weeks.

Spirit and Frontier to Merge

Low-cost U.S. carriers Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines announced plans on Monday to merge, in a move which would create the fifth-largest U.S. airline by revenue passenger miles.

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the end of their states’ school mask mandates. On Monday, New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy announced that the mask mandate for schools and childcare settings will end n March 7, in light of the increased vaccination rate and drop in Covid-19 cases in the Garden City, as well as the perceived mildness of the Omicron variant.

He emphasized, however, that “masking continues to be an important tool to prevent the spread of Covid,” and individual school district leaders will have the authority to enforce or maintain mask mandates, “should community conditions require.” Delaware’s Governor John Carney said his state’s universal indoor mask mandate will end on February 11, while school mask mandates will end on March 31. Carney explained, “We’re in a much better place than we were several weeks ago in the middle of the Omicron surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations.” He added, “I want to be clear about this point – Covid is still circulating in our communities. And the virus still poses a risk of serious illness, particularly among those who are not up to date on their vaccinations. But we have the tools to keep ourselves and each other safe.” According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 73% of people in New Jersey and 67% of people in Delaware are fully vaccinated.

The deal is valued at over $6 billion and would leave Spirit controlling 48.5% of the combined airline and Frontier controlling 51.5%. The two airlines together offer over 1,000 daily flights to over 145 destinations in 19 countries. In a joint statement, the airlines said, “Together, Frontier and Spirit expect to change the industry for the benefit of consumers, bringing more ultra-low fares to more travelers in more destinations across the United States, Latin America, and the Carib-

bean, including major cities as well as underserved communities.” They added that they expect the merge to allow them to add another 10,000 jobs by 2026, without the need for layoffs, as well as create $1 billion in annual savings for customers. William A. Franke, chair of Frontier’s board, will serve as the chairman of the combined company. Announcing the merge, he said, “We worked jointly with the Board of Directors and senior management team across both carriers to arrive at a combina-

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police departments and $200 million for community-based violence intervention programs. Adams said, “The President is here because he knows what the American people want: justice, safety and prosperity. And they deserve every bit of it. And he wants to end gun violence in our city and in our country. That’s what New Yorkers want too. That’s what I campaigned on, and that’s why you elected me as mayor of the City of New York.” Biden called to repeal gun manufacturers’ protections against legal liability and announced plans by the Department of Justice to launch a program which would train prosecutors to bring cases against people who use homemade or makeshift firearms that lack serial numbers to commit crimes.

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Biden Talks Crime in NYC

U.S. President Joe Biden last week called for additional funding for law enforcement and anti-violence programs during a trip to New York City. NYC’s Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Merrick Garland joined Biden as he stopped by police headquarters in lower Manhattan. Speaking at the NYPD headquarters, Biden said, “Mayor Adams, you and I agree: The answer is not to abandon our streets. The answer is not to defund the police. It’s to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors.” Meanwhile, Biden has asked Congress for $300 million for local

West Virginian Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Alaskan Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski on Sunday expressed optimism about their attempt to reform the Electoral Count Act. “I think absolutely it’ll pass,” Manchin told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” He added, “Now, there will be some people saying it’s not enough. There will be some people saying it’s more than what we should do or we don’t need it. And what we’ll do is try to bring them all together and say, ‘Listen, this is what we should do because this is what caused the problem. And it’s what we can do. So let’s do that.’” The Act was intended to provide Congress with a process by which to certify Electoral College votes submitted by the states. According to Murkowski, the reform aims to find common ground among both parties’ senators. “I kind of have said, we’re going to take the Goldilocks approach here,” she said. “We’re gonna try to find what’s just right. And it’s not going to be just right for everybody, but will it be a step ahead? Will it be

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On Sunday, the Navy identified the deceased SEAL candidate as Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, New Jersey, who was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command in San Diego, California.

Navy SEAL Candidate Dies in Training

In a statement, Rear Adm. H.W. Howard III, commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command, said, “We extend our deepest sympathies to Seaman Mullen’s family for their loss.” The cause of Mullen’s death is still being investigated. The name of the hospitalized SEAL candidate was not released, but the individual is in stable condition, officials said. A statement from the Navy’s Special Warfare Command said, “Two SEAL candidates, assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training

One Navy SEAL candidate died and a second has been hospitalized after becoming ill just hours after successfully completing the grueling initial training known as “Hell Week.” Both sailors were quickly evacuated to local hospitals hours after they began showing signs of being ill.

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How Kirkland Came to Be

Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand brought in $58 billion in sales during Costco’s latest fiscal year, representing a quarter of the company’s total revenue. The brand is the U.S.’s largest consumer packaged goods brand measured by sales. The brand was born about 30 years ago. At the time, there were around 30 different Costco house brands, but Costco’s co-founder and then-CEO Jim Sinegal realized they were easily forgotten and went for an overhaul, inspired by a 1991 Forbes article. That article said that consum-

ers are “starting to switch to house brands.... The trend so far is only a trickle, but it shows signs of growing fairly rapidly.” At a 2019 talk in Georgetown University, Sinegal explained, “We found that there was a resurgence of private-label product and that was driven an awful lot by the fact that the prices of brand-name products were growing so rapidly.” As the big names rose in price, Costco developed its own brands at 15-20% below the name brands. “The conventional wisdom said that you had to have a different name for every class of product that you had — a la Sears Roebuck with the Kenmore appliances and the DieHard batteries and the Craftsman tools,” he said in 2019. “We looked at it and we said, you know, we’re in so many countries and we have such a wide array of products we’ll have a room full of attorneys that are doing nothing but trying to clear these names.” When he asked for suggestions for names, someone offered “Kirkland Signature,” a spinoff of the company’s Washington State headquarters. “We liked it. We cleared it for every country and every product category that we would have. That made it simple,” Sinegal explained. In 1995, the new brand replaced all of the smaller Costco brand names. And when Costco moved its headquarters to nearby Issaquah, it kept “Kirkland” as its name. “Nobody could spell Issaquah, so we kept it,” Sinegal noted. Kirkland is exclusive to Costco, and analysts believe it helps Costco solidify its image as a value store with quality products. According to Costco’s annual filings, “Maintaining consistent product quality, competitive pricing, and availability” is “essential” to keeping members loyal to Costco, since if Kirkland “experiences a loss of member acceptance or confidence,” that may harm sales and profit margins.

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he had been “demeaning” to subordinates. Lander, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, is the first member of Biden’s Cabinet to resign. For Lander’s critics, his exit took far too long. They say he shouldn’t have even been nominated.

During his campaign, Biden vowed to make the White House a fair and respectful place to work and said he would terminate bullies under his auspices “on the spot.” Lander, who was founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, was tapped by Biden for scientific advice before his inauguration. The resignation came after Politico reported on allegations that Lander had “bullied and demeaned

his subordinates,” including his onetime general counsel Rachel Wallace, who resigned and filed a complaint before the White House launched a two-month investigation. Multiple women had complained to colleagues about Lander’s behavior, which they generally described as demeaning. Lander, a noted geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, as well as a principal researcher on the Human Genome Project, apologized again in his resignation letter. “I am devastated that I caused hurt to past and present colleagues by the way in which I have spoken to them,” Lander wrote, adding that “it is clear that things I said, and the way I said them, crossed the line at times into being disrespectful and demeaning, to both men and women.” Following the news of Lander’s behavior, the American Association for the Advancement of Science disinvited him from its annual meeting next week. The White House was warned about Lander’s behavior when he was nominated. But went through with it anyway.

World’s Biggest Igloo

It took 64 days for 25 people to build what could be the world’s biggest igloo. But this is no ordinary igloo. It sits on top of a popular skiing resort in the western Himalayas in Gulmarg, India, which is about 540 miles north of India’s capital. Workers started constructing the ice-house on December 3, 2021. They combined snow and ice in a box and would press the mixture together in a box to create a “snow brick.” Each brick took five minutes to make. Eventually, the building took shape and is now 38 feet high and has a diameter of 44 feet. Aside from its huge dimensions, the structure is also a café for those daring enough to climb heights for a cup of coffee. For now, it’s registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest café of its kind. Hopefully, the coffee will warm visitors as they sip their brew. There is no fireplace there, although there are sheepskin-style rugs and ice sculptures that give a rustic, cozy vibe. For now, the igloo café is expected to be open until March 15. After that date, the structure may not be safe as temperatures may rise. Sounds so cool.

So Shocking

their electric bill last month. The couple was billed by Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) for $18,000 because they are said to be the legal owners of the street and are therefore responsible for the electricity of the lights on the road. Their bill? An outstanding balance of $17,860.09, which is currently more than $18,000 due to “several years of unpaid invoices.” “Hawaiian Electric recently learned that you both own Halemaluhia Place…” the HECO said in the letter. “Because you own the street upon which the streetlights are located, Hawaiian Electric believes that you are responsible for the payment of electric energy supplied to these streetlights.” “Yes, I was shocked, overwhelmed and confused, but still remained hopeful that there is some solution to this,” Desha-Ann Kealoha recalled after opening the letter. “My husband has a colorful vocabulary – he was upset.” The HECO also provided documentation showing which of the streetlights allegedly belonged to the couple — which have been powered for several years without any payment to the company. “During the review, Hawaiian Electric learned that several of these accounts did not have an existing customer,” the letter stated. “One such account relates to the streetlights that are found within the street at Halemaluhia Place.” Desha-Ann Kealoha said this was the first time she heard about owning the streetlights. A spokesperson for the electric company said it does not expect the couple to pay the balance but is working with them and the city to track down whoever should be responsible for paying the five-figure sum. “We’re working with all parties and have spoken with the Kealohas. We want to assure them that we don’t expect them to pay the outstanding bill. Our goal is to determine who owns the street where the streetlights are located so that the bill can be paid going forward,” said spokesperson Shannon Tangonan. Sounds like there’s some light at the end of the tunnel for Desha-Ann.

A Surprise Prize Desha-Ann and Rashann Kealoha live in Waianac, Hawaii. Living in Hawaii is generally blissful, but they were in for a shock when they opened

Robert Taylor won the jackpot on a slot machine on January 8 at a casino in Las Vegas – but he never knew.

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The tourist from Arizona went home after trying his luck without much in his pockets.

But the Nevada Gaming Control Board realized that Taylor had hit the jackpot. A machine malfunction had prevented him and casino personnel from being notified of his win. And so, the Control Board had some

detective work to do to find out who was sitting at that machine when the jackpot was struck. The board combed through hours of surveillance videos from several casinos, interviewed witnesses, shifted through electronic purchase records, and even analyzed ride share data provided by the Nevada Transportation Authority and a rideshare company to find out who won the almost-$230,000 prize. Finally, they identified Taylor and contacted him last week about his win. He is set to journey to Las Vegas to collect his prize. And probably to spend some of it as well.

Insect Ink

Michael Amoia says he hates spiders, but his body is crawling with him. The music producer from New York has 864 tattoos of insects inked all over his body – more than anyone else in the world, according to Guinness World Records. “A lot of people think I like bugs – actually it’s the complete opposite,” Amoia told Guinness. “I’m afraid of bugs. I hate bugs. But it has multiple meanings, that’s why I put them all over my body.” He explained, “It’s some dark meaning, but more of a positive message.” Amoia’s tattoos include 89 ants on his left forearm and 36 ants from his forearm to his bicep, plus an additional 23 red ants on his right calf.

He also has a 13-inch moth across his throat and chest, a 2.5-inch beetle over his right eye, and a 2.5-inch earwig behind his right ear. In addition to his 864 insect tattoos, Amoia also has several tattoos of other creatures including spiders and two huge millipedes, a 50-inch millipede on his back, and a 17-inchby-19-inch millipede on his chest. Amoia started his insect collection early – when he was just 21 years old. At the time, he got a red queen ant printed onto his right forearm. Amoia is used to people’s curiosity about his markings and doesn’t tell them to bug off. “People always come up to me and talk to me about my work,” he told Guinness. “I guess I have to expect it; but when they learn about my story, they start to formulate a completely different opinion of me.” “Hopefully I can open up some people’s minds so they can realize, you know, there’s a few ways to look at things and don’t judge a book by its cover, I guess,” he added. The previous record holder for most insect tattoos was Baxter Milsom, who sports 402 of them. This story really bugs me out.

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Mesivta Ateres Yaakov celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon with a beautiful Rosh Chodesh breakfast followed by leibudikeh dancing and diveri hisori’rus from Rav Eytan Feiner, shlit”a

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life with small ropes at our assembly, helping them to visualize the steps they can take to a super close kesher with the Ribbono shel olam! Halevai she’nizkeh! The girls also heard a story from Morah Levin about Rav Shimshon Pincus and the power of a child’s tefilla. Our girls also learned some motions to the famous “Bilvavi” song that expressed their desire to connect to Hashem. Of course, the girls enjoyed delicious cookies in honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar.

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New Holocaust Program at Shulamith

hulamith School for Girls is excited to announce our 8th grade Holocaust program, “Ha’yinu Sham, We Were There.” Our program is a multigenerational exploration of our history and stories of the Jewish nation’s survival. Our eighth grade students will research, learn, and explore the history of the Holocaust. The program will culminate with the eighth grade students creating a Holocaust memorial book archiving their families’ stories during this period. Students

will have three pages in their book to chronicle their families’ legacy and stories of survival. Each student and their family will receive a copy of this book, and we will archive the book at Shulamith School for Girls. The goal of our school is to teach, remember, and memorialize our Shulamith family heroes in our homes, hearts, and the very fabric of our school. Students will be led through this educational program by our program creator and coordinator Mrs. Rina Korman.

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hildren today are affected with many diverse messages, most being poles apart from the Torah viewpoint. The hanhala at Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam feels that it is important for their students to learn how to listen to their inner voice, as this can enable them to make the right choices in life. To that end, their fifth-eighth graders had a yom iyum on the subject of “tapping into your inner voice.” They heard perspectives on

this topic from esteemed panelists, Mrs. Ruchie Sokoloff, Mrs. Kira Schuckman, Mrs. Lisa Neuman, and Mrs. Debra Green. The girls were inspired by the panelists’ remarks and earnestly took notes of the answers the panelists gave. The day ended on a high as they listened to an emotional song sung by two of their classmates, approached the panelists with their own questions on the subject, and were treated to refreshments.

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Fun, excitement, and merriment filled the halls of HANC Early Childhood Center in West Hempstead as we welcomed Adar last week. The highlight of the day was an interactive live Purim performance by the award-winning storyteller and puppeteer Janice Buckner

Shevach Students Inspired by Rabbi Avrohom Goldstein

n Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Adar Alef, Shevach Menaheles, Mrs. Shulamith Insel, in her inimitable manner, introduced a special speaker to her student body. Not a sound was heard for over an hour as Rabbi Avrohom Goldstein addressed the school. Rabbi Goldstein is a ger tzedek, originally from Puerto Rico. He gave up his “freedom” to pursue what he knew was emes: true Yiddishkeit. In Puerto Rico, he observed an empty life in the people around him and knew he wanted more. At the age of 14, he made his way to New York and ultimately to Williamsburg. With humor and insight, he described his journey from being a worker in a grocery, to being a Chassidic Jew, with full garb, including beard and peyos, which he wears with pride until today. It was the royalty of the Jewish people that pulled him. Rabbi Goldstein remarked that only the Jewish people know how to build, as opposed to tearing down. The negative culture so prevalent today is about criticism and destroying the values we hold dear. In Judaism, he found positivity and peace of mind. Occasionally he struggled for acceptance and adjustment to a new world, but

ultimately, he achieved both. He continues to see innocence in the children and kedushah in the households. He views Judaism as unique in so many ways and embraces that uniqueness. He is surrounded by people with middos tovos and takes pride in his own children, who are married with children of their own, all living a life of true Yiddishkeit. Rabbi Goldstein shares his story openly as an expression of appreciation for what he has. He left the students with this message of hakoras hatov. The guiding emotion that is his mantra is the positive attitude of being secure in the knowledge that life as a true Jew is something to be truly happy with, and not take for granted. Rabbi Goldstein ended the morning with a special performance for the girls. He regaled the audience with his musical talent, playing several heartwarming melodies on his violin. He certainly is multifaceted and brings all that into his presentation. Students left inspired and in awe of a person with the clarity to see what we all know and should emulate. Thank You, Hashem, for making me part of the great Jewish people.

Pink Day at SKA

here was pink everywhere at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls on Pink Day, Monday, February 7! Every variation of the color dominated students’ clothing together with the walls and rooms of the school. Sharsheret Pink Day is a worldwide initiative by students to raise awareness about breast cancer and cancer genetics. Vibrant pink shirts, headbands, raffles, gift certificates to local stores, and delicious food items were sold throughout the school day with all proceeds going to Sharsheret. The girls were honored to hear from Mrs. Riva Goldschmiedt, a breast cancer survivor who shared her story in an open and honest account of how she dealt with her diagnosis and treatment. Everyone appreciated hearing her words as she entreated the girls to have yearly checkups. Her inspirational talk made Pink Day at SKA very meaningful. SKA’s Pink Day highlighted the need for awareness and education, as Ashkenazic Jews are ten times more at risk for hereditary cancers than the general population. Yashar koach to faculty member Dr. Neera Kimmel, who also volunteers for Sharsheret, and her hardworking

Mrs. Riva Goldschmiedt and Dr. Neera Kimmel

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Juggling With Joy

s women, we juggle many responsibilities and roles. We want to be able to “do it all,” but there are times when we need to prioritize and shift our calendars and schedules to ensure that our most precious concerns and needs are being well taken care of. How can we keep all our balls in the air and do it all with joy? The answer can be found at this week’s event, Juggling with Joy. This community-wide program will offer proven tools and tips to help simplify and balance our busy lives. To be held on Sunday morning, February 13, participants will be treated to an array of speakers and workshops that will offer food for thought along with delicious refreshments and snacks. At least ten lucky winners will walk away with raffle prizes from local stores like Bistro Grill, Fame, Mezzo, Yae-

li Vogel Art, Spruce D’Vine, and ArtScroll. Mrs. Jackie Bitton is the keynote speaker at the event. A native Five Townser, Jackie is known for giving over enlightening insights with her inimitable effervescent manner. As the Mashgica Ruchanit for seminaries and dean of a girls’ high school in Brooklyn, Mrs. Bitton is privy to the myriad responsibilities that face women today. Participants will be able to choose to join two out of four workshops after Mrs. Bitton speaks. Each of the workshops will address another aspect of how to “juggle with joy.” Rorie Weisberg, CHC, will be talking about “How to Make Healthy Happen,” sharing with participants about how to have a healthy mind and body while there is so much that requires our attention. At the

same time, Dr. Gila Schwerd will be speaking about “Tuning In While You Want to Tune Out,” helping participants to focus on their priorities and engage in mindfulness. The next set of workshops will be given by Rachel Pill, LMSW, and Naomi Nachman. Rachel will be giving practical tools and tips on “Juggling Our Relationships.” In every stage of life, women navigate the demands of different relationships that they have. Rachel will be giving participants key advice and insight on how to manage all those relationships. Naomi will be presenting “How to Make Shabbos in Two Hours – and Other Time Management Tips.” As a cookbook author, columnist, and chef, Naomi knows just how hard it is to put together Shabbos menus each week while juggling responsibilities – and doing it with a smile.

The Jewish Women’s Leadership Council, JWLC, is spearheading the Juggling With Joy event. The JWLC was created to help strengthen the Jewish community in the Five Towns by uniting the women leaders to collaborate and address issues, trends, and concerns impacting our community. This is one of many events that JWLC has put together for the community. Cross River Bank, Signature Bank, Gourmet Glatt, and The Jewish Home have generously helped to sponsor this event, along with the UJA and Gural JCC. Join us this Sunday, February 13 at 9:45 a.m. at 140 Central Avenue (entrance in the back of the building) in Lawrence, NY, for the Juggling With Joy Event! The program is free, but registration is required. Register at https://www.guraljcc.org/jwlc/

YSZ Takes Third Place at CIJE Hackathon

t was not just another day for Yeshiva Shaarei Zion High School for Girls, as the freshman class joined students from high schools across the tri-state area to compete in the CIJE’s Tech Annual Hackathon. The Hackathon was an intense competition challenging students to design, build, market and present a product in one day. Sha’arei Zion girls proved their mettle by winning third place, behind the Frisch School and SAR Academy. Centered on the theme of ecological sustainability, the competition tested students on a multitude of skills including technical programming, creative advertising, and public speaking. The competition assigned students the task of promoting a more sustainable earth by developing devices to tackle problems such as waste management, food preservation, and water conservation. The Sha’arei Zion girls were initially intimidated by the other schools, many of which had several years of competition experience in STEM fields. But the girls took to heart the advice of menahelet Mrs. Zerykier to enjoy the process and leverage a sense of play and enthusiasm to create a compelling product.

The girls were guided toward a sense of calm by their CIJE teacher Ms. Greenberg. The Sha’arei Zion girls divided themselves into two teams, both focusing on water sustainability. One team worked on creating a more efficient showering system, designing an app named iCare that would change water pressure at different points during a shower to prevent water waste. The second team, called Circle to Life, created a product that would vacuum the bottom of the ocean to preserve clean water. Upon completing coding, the

girls drafted presentations for their products using graphics knowledge they had learned in their art classes. During their presentations, the girls surprised themselves and wowed the room with their passion. Starting with an explanation of “why” water

is crucial for survival, they described their products alongside the responsibility each person has to better the world. After the Frisch School and SAR Academy placed first and second in the competition, respectively, YSZ High School for Girls was called up as the third place winner, producing audible excitement in the crowd. The Hackathon was the first competition YSZ HS girls had ever entered. The girls proudly accepted their trophy and were empowered with confidence about their place in the competition landscape. YSZ’s robust STEM classes and extracurriculars are a major feature of its academic curriculum. To those it feared it couldn’t be done… these girls showed that with determination, grit, and heart that THEY could!

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Shulamith Torah Bowl Team Scores

nother great victory for the Shulamith Torah Bowl team! After our bright and diligent girls studied the parshiot of Ki Teitzei and Ki Savo, they competed against five other teams answering extremely challenging questions on pshat and Rashi. They scored a total of 22 points this meet and are looking forward to the upcoming meet in March on parshiot Vayelech, Nitzavim, and V’Zos Habracha.

YCQ Creates Grade 4 Boys Melave Malka and Kumzits

he Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) Grade 4 Boys and their families enjoyed a funfilled Melave Malka on Motzei Shabbat, February 5. The boys learned to make their own tzitizit by hand, led by Rabbi Soffer, YCQ Elementary School grade 4 rebbe. Everyone appreciated the delicious dairy buffet provided by Bravo Pizza Queens. And when it couldn’t get any better, young singing sensation Moshe Avidgor appeared. Rabbi Michael Ribalt, YCQ Elementary School assistant principal, remarked, “We wanted to create an event where the students had an opportunity to grow spiritually and have an informal experience with their classmates and families. One of the many highlights of the event was our kumzits led by Moshe Avigdor, a rising Jewish music artist. He led the students in a spiritual

and meaningful musical experience where the students were able to sing with their classmates and families.” When asked how the students responded to the activities, Rabbi Ribalt responded, “They truly enjoyed the program. There was something for everyone, both ruchani and gashmi. All the students enjoyed the scrumptious food, and some really appreciated the hands-on mitzvah of tying tzitzit. Others really enjoyed the singing, and the ruach.” We want to thank Ms. Shirley Pourad and Rabbi Ribalt for planning and organizing the event, and Mrs. Rebecca Kossof and Ms. Sara Shenas for their help in making this creative and highly anticipated Melave Malka happen.

Go Red Day at Five Towns Premier

he Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center hosted its annual “Go Red Day” on February 4 promoting education on heart health and prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. Employees, families, and residents dressed in red to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and to save lives. Go Red Day is designed to be a catalyst for change. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. Join us at the Five Towns Premier to make healthy lifestyles today that lead to healthy tomorrows. For more information on the Five towns Premier, please call 516-3749300.

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Rallying for Torah

he Eretz Hakodesh organization held a special rally last week, led by the chief rabbis of Israel, Harav Dovid Lau and HaRav Yitzchok Yosef, and with the full unity of rabbanim from across the spectrum and from all communities: Litvish, chasidim, Sefardim, Chabad, dati-le’umi, and municipal rabbanim and dayanim from all over Eretz Yisrael. Also in attendance were rabbanim from communities around the world via Zoom and a simultaneous live feed. The gathering was held to protest the current Israeli government’s proposed Conversion Law. Letters of chizuk were read at the rally. The letters were from Maran Hag on Rav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, who signed on to a letter written by the dayanim of Bnei Brak; Hagaon Rav Shalom Cohen, shlita, who signed on to a letter alongside the members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Shas; the Ger Rebbe, shlita; and Hagaon Rav Meir Mazuz, shlita. Participating in person were the rosh yeshiva of Mir, Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Ezrachi, shlita; Hagaon Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl, shlita; the Stoliner Rebbe shlita; Hagaon Rav Naftali Nussbaum, shlita; and many rabbanim of

the dati-le’umi community, including Hagaon Rav Tzvi Tau, shlita; Hagaon Rav Yehoshua Shapiro, shlita; Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, shlita; Rav Shlomo Aviner, shlita; and Rav Yaakov Ariel, shlita: and a long list of another thousand rabbanim, and other interested individuals. Hundreds of rabbanim from Jewish communities around the world also participated via Zoom, including the chief rabbis of South Africa, Australia and France. The gedolei harabbanim spoke at the rally and declared, one after the other, that the rabbanim and dayanim of Eretz Yisrael will not recognize conversions carried out without the approval of the chief rabbinate. The rabbanim declared, “Zos haTorah lo tehei muchlefes. The rabbanim of Eretz Yisrael have the obligation to protect the flames of the holy Torah and ensure that they are not extinguished. To that end they must build the system and standing of the laws of the Torah in Eretz Yisrael.” They added, “To all those who are trying to bring into the house of klal Yisrael innovations that are neither in accordance with halachah or mesorah and who are therefore causing the dismantling and tearing of the nation, we declare ‘al tig’u bimshichai’—the rabbanim and dayanim of Eretz Yisrael will not recognize

Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl, shlita, Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, speaking at the event

conversions performed without the approval of the Israeli chief rabbinate.” The chairman of the Eretz Hakodesh organization, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, spoke in the name of the rabbanim of the Diaspora via a pre-recorded video. He said, “We all gathered here to declare that the Torah is everlasting, and this is literally k’ish echad b’leiv echad. Everyone is joining to declare that no man has permission to subvert halachah as it was handed down to us. “There are some who claim that the Jews of the Diaspora want the State of Israel to create leniencies in halachah that are not in accordance with our mesorah. I would therefore

like to state in the name of all the people who sent me here and in the name of the rabbanim of all of the communities that we represent that there is no gap or difference in halachah between the rabbanim of Eretz Yisrael and those of chutz la’Aretz. We all speak with one heart and one voice.” The rabbanim who participated in the event said that laws such as the Conversion Law are just the first step in the struggle against these reforms and that it is impossible to sever the chain of Jewish generations that extends for thousands of years. Not one iota has changed. “There are many communities and minhagim. We were dispersed in galus for thousands of years, but there is only one Torah. It has been kept throughout all of these years, and we will not allow Torah, halachah and Shulchan Aruch to be abrogated because of a small handful of people who are putting forth recommendations to the government that are liable to tear our nation into pieces.”

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The holiest place on earth. Deﬁled. If we don’t take a stand, by your next visit to Israel, the Kotel will look painfully unfamiliar.

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The Kotel is in jeopardy. Despite Bennett’s assurances, the Reform’s Kotel agenda can be implemented any day as per their agreed coalition terms with Bennett.

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Redesigning the Kotel Plaza, creating a huge section for Reform mixed prayer, and changing the nature of the holy site

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The Passing of a Humble Hero By R’ Aaron Friedman

ust a few days ago, I was shaken to learn about the passing of a unique individual who, in my mind, should be revered and missed by all. Sergeant Curtis Whiteway, a 96-year-old American veteran, died and left behind his loving family. I was first introduced to Mr. Whiteway by my Rebbe, Rav Chait, the Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva B’nei Torah, and his wife Rebbetzin Chait, who happened to meet him in New England. Curt (as he liked to be called) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 and became an elite army Ranger. He was sent to the front lines of battle in Europe, risking his life and inspiring the men under his command to fight the Nazi enemy regardless of the challenges. He recounts his army experiences in a book entitled Brave Men Don’t Cry. A life-changing event for Curt happened when he and his troops broke down the gates of Dachau and other concentration camps. He and his troops witnessed firsthand the Nazi atrocities that had taken place. He also told me about his experience liberating the notorious camp of Flossenburg. My father, a”h, was

interned there, and the Jews were sent on a death march when the Nazis realized the ally troops were closing in. Curt and his men were present and saw “hundreds of prisoners in uniforms being forcibly marched by Nazi soldiers. We motioned to the prisoners that they should duck down, and we promptly shot all of the Germans who were guarding them.” My father, who was visiting Curt with me in Craftsbury, Vermont, gave him an emotional embrace and, with tears in his eyes, said, “You saved my life.” After the war, Curt dedicated his life to Holocaust education. He lectured in many colleges and high schools and shared all the horrors that he had seen. He confronted many Holocaust deniers and challenged them to refute what he had witnessed so vividly and horrifically before his eyes. He was honored by many Jewish groups and received a special honor from First Lady Laura Bush when he was named a Righteous Gentile at the United States Holocaust Museum. Wanting members of our community to hear his message and share their appreciation for everything that he did, we arranged for Curt to come to New York. He refused any

Curtis Whiteway speaking at Rambam on April, 18, 2001

renumeration but did agree to share his story and perspectives at Yeshiva B’nei Torah, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, and Rambam. At the community-wide Yom HaShoah program that year, he was introduced and received a standing ovation from hundreds of people. Despite the well-deserved acclaim

he was due; Curt was never comfortable with any type of public thanks. Upon his passing, he refused any type of ceremony, preferring to be buried in the veterans’ cemetery and asked that donations be made to the United States Holocaust Museum. A humble hero indeed.

Start Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi with Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD – Sun., Feb. 20 By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

t’s been a banner couple of months for those who participate in daily Torah-study programs! Mishna Yomit completed and restarted its six-year cycle in December, Nach Yomi completed and restarted its two-year cycle in January, and now, on Sunday, February 20, Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi completes and restarts its sixyear cycle. This is an extra special event as it represents the first time the OU will be celebrating the completion of Mishnah Brurah. Since the inception of the OU’s Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi program in March 2015, Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, has delivered over 1,800

shiurim of approximately 18-20 minutes each, suitable for men, women and older children. The Mishnah Brurah – the Chofetz Chaim’s magnum opus – is the preeminent work of practical halacha for the average Jew (as opposed to those who work in areas of halachic specialization like Jewish judges and kosher butchers). Covering all of Orach Chaim, the volume of Shulchan Aruch that deals with everyday life, Mishnah Brurah covers such relevant issues as Shabbos, holidays and prayer. With Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi, participants can learn their way through this seminal work in approximately six years at the rate of a page of day, five days a week, with two days reserved

for review. It must be noted that, in addition to his capacity as Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere, where he delivers many acclaimed shiurim, Rabbi Dr. Glatt is a specialist in infectious diseases. He has been at the forefront of the Jewish community’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic these past two years, for which he has our utmost gratitude. To celebrate the completion of the Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi cycle, there will be a siyum at the Young Israel of Woodmere on Motzoei Shabbos, February 12, l’ilui nishmas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Anna Glatt, a”h (Yosef Nissan ben Yechezkel and Chana bas Meir Avraham). The event will be livestreamed IY”H so that

current and future Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi participants will be able to attend virtually from near and far. (Watch this space for more information!) Hundreds have already benefited from the depth and clarity of Rabbi Glatt’s Mishnah Brurah shiurim; why not join them? (Even if you’re not prepared for the daily commitment, it’s nice to know that Rabbi Glatt’s shiurim are always there, ready to help you through any page of Mishnah Brurah!) Follow Dirshu Mishnah Brurah Yomi and other informative halacha series on OU Torah or by using the OU Torah app for iOS and Android.

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Blue Ribbon Backs the Blue

Students in Rabbi Rotbard’s Yeshiva Darchei Torah 1st and 2nd grade CAHAL class recently learned about the melacha of tzoveia and tie-dyed their own t-shirts

L –R: Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman, and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder

assau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman joined Hewlett House Director Geri Barish, Nassau Police Commissioner Pat Ryder, Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, and dozens of other elected officials to kick off a Blue Ribbon initiative to show support for police at the Hewlett House. The Hewlett House supports cancer patients and their

families at every stage of treatment, and with blue ribbons now lining the homes picket fence, the Men and Women in blue also have their never-ending support. “It lets the families know that we will never forget them and will always support them,” Nassau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman said of the blue ribbons tied around Hewlett House.

Special Shabbos Program at IVDU LI

n exciting new initiative has begun at IVDU LI to add excitement to students’ Shabbos at home. Under the auspices of Mrs. Aliza Goldstein, Judaic Curriculum Coordinator, beautiful Shabbos sets are now being given out on a rotating basis to every student at IVDU LI. Students will be able to enjoy their own kiddush cup and grape juice bottle, a challah cover, a special Shabbos treat and an exciting game for them to keep and play with their family. This new program began as an extension to the Brachos curriculum that has been introduced schoolwide, bringing more awareness to thanking Hashem before and after food is eaten. Our curriculum continued with a Shabbos unit in helping our students to appreciate the wonderful world that Hashem created for us and to

help them appreciate the things that make Shabbos so special. Our students look forward to Shabbos each week and are excited to share their Shabbos kits with their family.

Halftime for Torah

year has come and gone, and the Super Bowl is back for its 56th debut. As you gather with family or friends, you will find the Cincinnati Bengals facing off against the Los Angeles Rams in their own, brand-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, although the Bengals will serve as the home team. A Rams win would make them the second team in Super Bowl history to win in their home stadium, only following the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. The game will mark the first time in just about three decades that the battle for the Lombardi Trophy will return to the California region. Both once No. 1 overall drafts picks, quarterback Joe Burrow, 25, is geared up to contend against quarterback Matthew Stafford, 33, of the Rams in his first Super Bowl appearance. A win for the Rams would make head coach Sean McVay, 36, the youngest to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, however, together with Rams coach Zac Taylor, 38, this game will mark the youngest matchup of Super Bowl head coaches. When halftime rolls around, the Jewish world is encouraged to join an all-star roster of premier Torah sensations! Tune in live to hear the awe-inspiring words of Rav Gav Friedman, Rabbi Yoel Gold, and Charlie Harary. This year, the program will feature the fascinating mohel, author, and lecturer Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn in a unique presentation. CHAZAQ’s halftime show is designed to be just as entertaining as

it will be stimulating for children and adults alike. Halftime for Torah, the brainchild of Rabbi Eytan Feiner of the White Shul in Far Rockaway, was devised to give those partaking in the spirit of the game with a riveting dose of Torah as a kosher alternative to the typical distractions. This year, CHAZAQ’s Halftime for Torah will once again feature a captivating story delivered by Rabbi Yoel Gold, the engrossing inspiration of world-renowned orator Charlie Harary, and the warmth and charm of the great Rabbi Paysach Krohn. The schedule also embraces the heartwarming enthusiasm of Rav Gav and his bond with the Eretz HaKedusha. The project is spearheaded by the CHAZAQ Organization headquartered in Queens, NY. Robbie Aboff, CHAZAQ’s events coordinator, noted, “We are grateful to the plethora of organizations and highly-regarded media sponsors from across America that have signed up to partner in streaming and spreading Halftime for Torah. We grasp the exhilaration of the game, and we acknowledge all who have chosen to help ignite the fire of Torah in their homes.” This Sunday, February 13, during halftime, visit www.TorahAnytime. com/halftime for the streaming event or dial-in at (718) 298-2077 ext. 46 to experience Halftime for Torah and take part in the revolution of Torah.

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Touro’s Lander College for Men Celebrates Musmachim and Honors Community Leaders

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ander College for Men Beis Medrash L’Talmud (LCM) will hold a Chag HaSemicha Ceremony and Gala Dinner to honor 24 musmachim and community leaders. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 6 at 5 p.m. at Terrace on the Park in Queens, NY. Under the leadership of the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Yonason Sacks, the Lander semicha program enables talmidim to develop a deep understanding of halacha and complete the practical education necessary for success in chinuch and rabbonus. 24 New Rabbis Hail from Around the World Twenty-four new rabbonim will receive semicha at the ceremony. The musmachim hail from across the United States, Canada, and Israel. Many are now serving as shul rabbis, rebbeim, and Jewish educators. Others are using the knowledge and experience to further their personal growth and avodas Hashem and enhance their careers in fields that range from social work to dentistry to engineering. “Our recent musmachim, who have spent years learning in our Yeshiva, have demonstrated abundant knowledge, enthusiastic commitment, and earnest passion. Bezras HaShem they will emerge as impactful leaders, influencing and enhancing Jewish communal life,” said HaRav Sacks. The new rabbis are Rabbi Dotan Arusy, Rabbi Ari Moshe Blavin, Rabbi Yehoshua Drang, Rabbi Mendy Eisenberg, Rabbi Yehoshua Eisenberg, Rabbi Avraham El-

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berger, Rabbi Eliezer Feder, Rabbi Yitzchak Gross, Rabbi Gil Israel, Rabbi Shmuel Kahn, Rabbi Asael Kent, Rabbi Yaakov Lyss, Rabbi Mimon Mamane, Rabbi Ethan Razi,

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Rabbi Chanoch Schrier, Rabbi Meir Sears, Rabbi Nati Shore, Rabbi Dovid Sperber, Rabbi Yehuda Steinberg, Rabbi Yishai Valter, Rabbi Yosef Wilcox, Rabbi Bentzion Yachzel, Rabbi Shmuel Yudelzon, and Rabbi Shlomo Zelefsky.

Mashiach Ruchani of Lander College for Men Beis Medrash L’Talmud for nearly two decades. He is also a noted author who has written several volumes of original commentary on Tanach, titled Shiras HaLevi, as well as a highly acclaimed series for Artscroll/Mesorah Publications, including Great Jewish Journeys and Great Jewish Inspiration. Rabbi Lavi Greenspan will receive the community leadership award. Rabbi Greenspan is well-

Dedicated Alumni, Community Leaders Recognized In addition to the Chag Hasemicha, Lander College for Men

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known to the Lander community; after illness left him blind, he passed the bar exam while continuing to learn and teach Torah daily. The Family Legacy Award will be presented to Dr. Michael and Bonita Goldmeier and family, leaders in the St. Louis Jewish community and proud parents of six sons, four of whom have attended Lander. The Alumni Commitment Awards will be given to Rabbi Jordan and Shoshana Kaplan and Ira and Sara Suss. Rabbi Jordan Kaplan and Ira Suss were active members of the Lander student community, and they and their wives are now leaders in the alumni community. Rabbi Kaplan, who graduated Lander with a B.S. in Finance in 2011 and received his Semicha in 2013, is now the business analyst in the office of the CEO at S & P Global. Rabbi Kaplan served as President of LCM Student Government and Chair of Alumni Board and is now lending his time and talent to the LCM Advisory Board. Ira Suss, a CPA who graduated Lander in 2013 with a B.S. in Accounting, is currently Vice President of Accounting for Frisbie Group, a family-owned real estate office in Florida. He serves as Vice President of the Lander Alumni Board. “Our yeshiva is at the heart of Lander College for Men. These new rabbonim truly exemplify the Lander mission through their commitment to Torah study and to serving the Jewish community around the world,” said Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol, Dean of Lander College for Men. For more information, visit lcm. touro.edu

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Werzberger. Jacob’s mother, Mrs. Rachel Hersko, also spoke about the tremendous kiddush Hashem the HAFTR students made by conducting themselves in an exemplary manner throughout the race, and thanked HAFTR students, facility, and administration for the support and encouragement they provided Team Lifeline. Zachary Sternberg’s father, Mr. Dov Sternberg, who ran the full marathon with Team Jacob, spoke about how moving it was to be part of the Friday night dinner in Miami with Team Lifeline, where the HAFTR family sang inspiring Shabbat zemirot, moving the many attendees present. Rabbi Chaim Siff concluded by sharing personal anecdotes about the experience, reminding students of the importance of joining together to perform acts of kindness now, and in the future. HAFTR students, parents, and faculty are looking towards next year’s half marathon and are excited to come together again in the services of giving and kindness.

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HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead ushered in the month of Adar Aleph with a busy week full of activities including silly hat day, a musical parade, a Purim-themed scavenger hunt, and a spirited Hallel

Bat Mitzvahs at Shulamtih

arlier this month, the talented Shulamith sixth grade girls put on an amazing Bat Mitzvah Production followed by a beautiful collation for mothers and daughters in honor of this momentous time in their lives. Directed and produced by Morah Shoshana Fischman, the girls became one cohesive unit, working toward a common goal while simultaneously learning about the meaning behind becoming bnot mitzvah and applying the examples set forth by sheva nevios as to how we are supposed to live as strong Jewish women. Each and every girl in the grade had an integral part in the production, a part that they chose based on their talents and preference. We had a group of fabulous stage managers who took care of everything behind the scenes, an amazing tech group who created an outstanding montage, a dedicated dance troupe who performed a beautiful dance

that they themselves created, an art group who created the stunning scenery, a choir who sang beautiful songs throughout the skit, and actresses who starred in the show. The girls reflected, following the

performance, on a “reflection wall”; thinking about ways in which they will now contribute to the Jewish people as they join the shalsheles ha’mesorah. The girls were so proud of their hard work, and it truly paid

off! They did a fabulous job and learned about themselves and this special time in their lives throughout the process. Yasher koach!

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Kehilas Torah Temima Welcomes New Rav

fter a long and far-reaching search, Kehilas Torah Temima of Queens, which started nearly five years ago, has confirmed a new rav to replace Rabbi Elan Segelman. Rabbi Segelman left the shul last August when he became the rabbi of Young Israel of Hancock Park. Under Rabbi Segelman’s leadership, the shul grew from a few dozen dedicated members to well over 100 in its first year of operation creating a strong kehillah that welcomed members from across the community. We look forward to continuing that legacy for many years to come. Our new rav, Rabbi Yehuda Davis, will take up his position on Shabbos Parshas Ki Sisa. The rav, together with the shul’s board, is already developing plans to lead the shul into its next chapter. The shul is excited to continue and expand many of its current programs such as Daily Minyanim, Youth Programs, Community events, Nishei Program, Shiurim and many more. “When you look at the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received from our kehilla after the probeh Shabbosos, we knew that Rabbi Davis was the perfect match for our shul. The board and all our members, are thankful to the shul’s search committee for all the time and effort put into finding our next rav,” said Ari Korn, President of KTT. “We are excited to begin shiurim led by Rabbi Davis and look forward to hearing from him at the annual community-wide pre-Purim shiur, hosted by KTT on March 13.” Rabbi Yehuda Davis was raised in West Hempstead, New York. He attended Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway for high school and continued to Yeshivas

Beis Moshe of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for post-high school. Rabbi Davis then joined Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, where he has been for the past ten years. Rabbi Davis previously taught and delivered shiurim in several yeshivas in Yerushalayim. He served as a posek for Yeshiva Toras Chaim. Additionally, Rabbi Davis was the Assistant Rabbi in Congregation Nachalas Shimon in Maalot Daphna, where he assisted singles, young couples and older families with family and life issues. Rabbi Davis received his Yoreh Yoreh Semichah from Machon Hora’ah L’Rabanim of Yerushalayim, as well as from Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz while in Yeshivas Mir. Rebbetzin Chaya (nee Weissman) was raised in Cedarhurst, New York. She is a graduate of Torah Academy for Girls and Meor Bais Yaakov Seminary. She graduated from Touro college with a B.A. in speech-language pathology and obtained an M.A. in speech therapy from the University of Cincinnati. She is currently an administrator for Star Therapeutics. Rabbi and Rebbetzin Davis have three children, bli ayin hara: David, Rachelli and Chana.

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JSL Sports Corner: Week Four Recap

his past week of JSL featured some great games! In K/P soccer, Simcha Day Camp and The Rebbe’s Choice defeated Camp Funshine and KolSave 2-0. In Football, Krauss Dentistry defeated PIP 9-7. The Rebbe’s Choice held off The Designer’s Group 4-3 thanks to a game winning TD catch from Mordy Eis. In 2nd/3rd Soccer, John’s Automotive squeezed past Home and Stone 3-2 behind a hat trick from Azriel Gantz. Krauss Dentistry beat Maidenbaum 6-1. In Basketball, Island Roofing beat Maidenbaum 17-12. RestoMax beat PEYD in a defensive battle, 146. 5TownsCentral won 20-11 over AutoClick. The Triple Net Group held off Wisnicki-Neuhauser 21-16. Gourmet Glatt doubled up Home and Stone 34-17. JRM Development had the highest score of the season with a 40-26 victory over John’s Automotive. In Hockey, Believe and Achieve won 2-1 over Alpert Financial. Executive Dry Cleaning defeated CNSLT 5-3. MVPs Gabriel Zilberman Noah Schreiber Mordy Eis Eliezer Eckstein Eliyahu Schuss Shloimy Hertzka Betzalel Ingber Yehuda Katz Meir Simcha Fireworker Shimon Feldhamer Nissan Koncepolski Ikey Burger Tzvi Maltz Yaakov Kopelowitz Rafael Klein Men’s Recap Island Roofing beat Executive Dry Cleaning 77-66 in a shootout between teams that entered the game with identical 2-0 records. Yitzy Wieder scored 30 points. PIP Printing beat Rentastic 52-43 behind a strong team effort. RestoMax defeated Alpert Financial behind 26 points from Elisha Rudman. Built by Nate beat Home and Stone 54-41. Maidenbaum held on 36-34 over Hewlett Auto Body.

Game of the Week In Men’s Basketball, Maidenbaum and Hewlett played an epic game with a furious final 2 minutes that featured several turnovers, missed free throws and a missed game winning 3 point attempt at the buzzer. Maidenbaum had chances to put it away at the free throw line, but they missed a couple and Hewlett Auto Body had a final chance to run up the court and they got a wide open corner 3 but it hit the rim and the buzzer sounded. Basketball Fun Fact JSL was just approved to become a Jr. Knicks Affiliate! Former Knicks players and coaches will be conducting a clinic for all JSL league members in March! JSL can be contacted at 5townsJSL@gmail.com and more info can be seen at 5tjsl.com or on Instagram @5townsJSL

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our HALB seventh graders, nominated by HALB, have been selected to be part of The Tikvah Fund’s Truman Scholars Program. They will take part in its high-level learning program for outstanding Jewish Day School and yeshiva students nationwide. Max Isaacs, Jacob Torczyner, Arielle Katz, and Talya Paul are excited to take on this incredible opportunity to learn about Israel and the country’s relationship with the United States. The two-year program begins with the full cohort of students from across the country participating in online seminars with master teachers on the theme of America and Israel as two exceptional and covenantal nations, while also exploring, in-depth, the Hebraic influence on

the American experiment. This is followed up by a course of guided reading of texts related to the theme. In their eighth grade year, students begin the year partaking in specially curated online courses through the Tikvah Online Academy. Finally, they complete the experience, much like they began, with online seminars with their full cohort on modern Israel, Zionist longing in exile, and the many voices of modern Israel. “We are so proud that some of our most enthusiastic learners are exploring issues that are so deeply connected to our school’s mission,” says Rabbi Adam Englander, HALB Head of School. “I am confident that being part of this program will help them take their place as the Jewish leaders of tomorrow.”

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Perspiration and Inspiration at Team Lifeline 2022

ore than 450 runners from across the globe came together in Miami to raise funds in support of kids with life-threatening and lifelong illness as part of Team Lifeline, the largest organized team to participate in the February 6 Miami Marathon. Team Lifeline supports Chai Lifeline, the leading Jewish international health support organization that provides medical, social, and financial services for children and their families whose lives have been altered by their medical diagnoses. “Those who join our team are not simply united in the personal goal of crossing the finish line or crossing this off their bucket list,” said Moshe Turk, Director of Team Lifeline. “They are a special caliber of people, connected by a sense of dedication and determination to use this experience to help others.”

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Team Lifeline participants enjoyed an exciting and inspiring Shabbos weekend, featuring delicious meals, beautiful davening with Ko-

Kindness Begins with Us at YOSS

ur YOSS third graders know it is cool to be kind! We have been working on a kindness campaign focusing on practical ways to demonstrate empathy, tolerance, and respect for one another. To raise awareness, our grade constructed a kindness chain. Every day, students added a link describing a kindness they witnessed or experienced. Some inspirational read-alouds done throughout the campaign were: Taste Your Words, The Cool Bean, The Recess Queen, and Those Shoes book. The boys reflected on these mentor texts by writing ways they can implement practical strat-

egies for treating others the way we want to be treated. As an anticipatory set to Those Shoes, the students were instructed to gather in a circle and swap shoes with one another, attempting to feel what it’s like to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.” The boys had several reactions to this experiment and, after the initial laughter, concluded that it’s nearly impossible to put oneself in someone else’s shoes. From this we learnt to be more empathetic, understanding, and sensitive to other people’s circumstances. Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give.

lab Music Group, moving talks and presentations from Chai Lifeline families, and a thrilling Pasta Party on Saturday night. Within the dele-

gation of runners were numerous recovered patients, family members of sick children, and those running in memory of loved ones who have lost their battles with illness. Rabbi Simcha Scholar, CEO of Chai Lifeline, saluted the runners and said he takes great pride in the community that comes together in support of Chai Lifeline families. “Each year, we are more and more encouraged by how many choose to come out and train for these physically challenging events. Whether it’s a world-class marathon experience like Team Lifeline or our Bike4Chai and Tour De Simcha bike riders, literally every step that these athletes take is helping a sick child and family, and that is an incredible thing to witness and support.” To learn more about Team Lifeline, visit www.teamlifeline.org.

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Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon at Netzach

Rabbi Kurland addressing the Mesivta

esivta Netzach in Woodmere joyfully started off the month of Adar Rishon with a festive seuda featuring music, dancing, and great food. The Mesivta welcomed Rabbi Yehoshua Kurland,

R”M in Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, who spoke to the boys about the unique month of Adar this year, blending humor and Torah together. The rebbeim and talmidim were honored to invite Rabbi Kurland once again

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Rabbi Kurland with his grandsons, Mayer and Coby

to inspire and uplift them. The Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yizchok Yurman, noted that Rabbi Kurland had the distinct honor of being the very first guest speaker for the Mesivta years ago.

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o kick off Rosh Chodesh Adar Aleph, the HANC-Plainview (soon to be Mercaz Academy) student council hosted a pajama day in conjunction with a pajama drive for the Long Island Chapter of “The Pajama Program.” The students filled the halls with their brightly colored pjs and generously brought a brandnew pair in their own size to donate

to this cause. Just under 100 pairs of pajamas and 4 bathrobes were collected from our campus! A special thank you goes to fifth grader Sydney Wetstein for coming up with the idea, and to student council mentor Mrs. Jenny DeMeo as well as Mrs. Liz Danizger, school programming director, for helping with logistics.

The rebbeim and talmidim concluded with singing and dancing in honor of Rosh Chodesh as the feeling of Purim and simcha began to fill the air.

ver 30 alumnae gathered last Monday evening in Big Apple Pizza in Yerushalayim for a Central Reunion. Coming in from over 10 different seminaries, and three post-seminary alumnae, everyone was thrilled to reunite over yummy pizza, experiences, and “only-in-Israel” stories. Associate Principal Ms. Leah Moskovich shared, “Our students were glowing with the Israel “glow” and were so excited to have time together with their friends! It was so wonderful hearing about their experiences thus far, and to see them in-person after Israel was closed for

so long, it was a true zechut.” Alumna Eden Besalel shared, “I really miss Central. There is nothing like the Central teachers’ rooms and offices – the teachers at Central were always available to meet with, schmooze with, and give extra help. I really miss and cherish that close family environment. I am growing so much here and love learning in my seminary, but there is something so special about my years at Central. I cannot wait to come back and visit!” Thank you to all those who came, and we wish everyone much hatzlacha moving forward!

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Remarkable Demonstration of Achdus Amongst French Jewry at Dirshu’s Upcoming Double Siyum in Paris Siyumim on Daf HaYomi B’Halacha and Seder Moed to be Graced by HaGaonim HaRav Eliyahu Abba Shaul and HaRav Binyomin Finkel By Chaim Gold

t was an unforgettable moment. The place, Les Docks Des Paris, a large indoor stadium in downtown Paris, a place that usually features all kinds of shows and concerts, was transformed into a holy beis medrash. It was the siyum of the first machzor of the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha seven years ago. Thousands of Jews from Paris representing the most beautiful mosaic of French Jewry, Sephardim, Ashkenazim, traditional Jews and Chassidim came together hand-in-hand to hear divrei chizuk from the venerated senior Sephardic Rosh Yeshiva from Eretz Yisrael, HaGaon Hacham HaRav Shalom Cohen, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Porat Yosef, the Kaliver Rebbe, shlita and other leading French rabbanim. The wonderful impact of that siyum was incalculable and is still felt today in France. At that siyum, Rav Shalom Cohen said, “Morai V’Rabotai, the siyum of Shas ends with the words, ‘He who learns halachos every day is assured a place in Olam Habaah.’ From here we see that learning Gemara every day is insufficient. A person must learn halacha every day! If not, how will he know how to conduct himself?!” Rav Cohen’s words, said with such profound feeling and care, were taken deeply to heart by French Jewry, and the tens of French rabbanim in attendance from the communities of Paris, Marseilles, Lyon and so many other major centers went back to their shuls and began the second machzor of the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha by establishing new shiurim. Now, seven years later, thousands of Yidden from all over France are completing that machzor and making a siyum on the entire Mishnah Berurah! This coming Sunday, 12 Adar 1/ February 13, a massive crowd of men, women and children will once again flock to the Les Docks Des

Siyum on Chelek Gimmel of Mishna Berurah at the home of HaRav Shalom Cohen, 2019

Paris Auditorium to celebrate the completion of the second machzor in the program, but in essence, first machzor for French Jewry. The event promises to be a deeply inspiring, emotional event as French Jewry, with its love and enthusiasm for Torah, will come together led by tens of the most prominent Rabbanim in France to celebrate the siyum. A Double Siyum Addressed by Two Guest Gedolim Perhaps the greatest highlights of the siyum will be the presence the two guest Roshei Yeshiva, Gaonim and tzaddkim from Eretz Yisrael who will journey to France especially to address the siyum. The great Sephardic Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Eliyahu Abba Shul, shlita, Rosh Yeshivat Ohr L’Tzion and a son of the venerated posek and Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef, the late Gaon Hacham Ben Sion Abba Shaul, zt”l, will address the crowd. Hacham Eliyahu is known as an extremely compelling speaker whose message will undoubtedly deeply resonate with the crowd. The second guest from Eretz Yisrael is slated to be the great Mashgiach of Mir Yerushalayim,

HaGaon HaRav Binyomin Finkel, shlita. Known throughout the world as Rav Binyomin Hatzaddik, he has moved and inspired audiences around the world with his heartfelt words of love and chizuk. In addition, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, Nasi of Dirshu, will attend and address the event. In truth, the historic siyum in Paris will be a double siyum. Not only will it be a siyum to celebrate the accomplishments of lomdei Dirshu of France who have completed all six chalakim of the Mishnah Berurah but it will also mark the completion of seder Moed in Dirshu’s Kinyan Torah Daf HaYomi Bavli program wherein hundreds of Yidden from France take monthly tests on the Daf HaYomi. The siyum, which will be a catered affair, will also feature inspiring zemiros led by well-known singers Shlomo Cohen and Naftali Kampe and accompanied by a beautiful orchestra. Rabbi Shlomo Rozenstein, Dirshu’s Director of Public Relations, relates, “The achdus in the French community is phenomenal. Charedim, non-Charedim, Sefardim and Ashkenazim are all fully mobilized

to not only attend the siyum but to utilize it as a springboard to encourage more and more accountable limud haTorah among all French Jews. It is very moving to see so many diverse communities working together with remarkable achdus for the singular purpose of promoting limud haTorah.” Celebrating the Past but Even More About the Future! The Gedolim from Eretz Yisrael and the rabbanim from France will be coming primarily to pay tribute to the accomplishments of these lomdim and to recognize the tremendous efforts that they, their wives and families invest day in and day out to keep up with Dirshu’s rigorous schedule of leaning, reviewing and testing that culminates in the creation of a Shas Yid and Mishnah Berurah Yid! That, however, is not the only reason for the enthusiastic support of the Gedolim and the major rabbanim of France. Nor is that the only reason for such a large, gala, catered celebration with wonderful zemiros and a most festive atmosphere. “There is another reason for the size and scope of this celebration,”

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Yanky Mayer Meets Local Misaskim Volunteers

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isaskim volunteers never rest. From assisting bereaving families to addressing the concerns of almanos and yesomim, the volunteers are always ready. Due to demand, the Queens and Great Neck division recently expanded into a new division exclusively for the Far

Rockaway and Long Island region coordinated by renown mechanech Rabbi Moshe Hamel. This past Sunday evening, the two divisions met up at the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Lawrence on Doughty Boulevard for a face-to-face with Misaskim founder Reb Yanky Meyer to discuss new opportunities as the organization pushes forward to make

a larger impact on those families suffering. To portray the dent that Misaskim volunteers make in the lives of the bereaved Reb Yanky expressed, “The things that we are doing are indescribable. People do not begin to understand what we live through on a day-to-day basis at the office headquarters in Borough Park. In one instance, we brought shiv’ah chairs

from one home to the house of the nifteres’ sister following her passing. The previous year we were with this same family for a brother’s passing.” The attendees enjoyed a sushi and Chinese buffet as they interacted with one another, including an introduction to Mr. Dovie Jacob, the new head of volunteer services for Misaskim.

Why Putting Your Home in a Trust is the Smart Thing To Do By Monet Binder, Esq.

f you are like many homeowners, your home is likely your family’s most valuable and treasured asset. To ensure your home will pass to your heirs in the most efficient and safe manner possible, you want to plan wisely. Proper estate planning is as much a part of responsible homeownership as having homeowners’ insurance or keeping your home’s roof well maintained. When it comes to including your home in your estate plan, while you have different planning options to choose from, for a variety of different reasons, putting your home in a Trust is often the smartest and most beneficial choice. What is a Trust? In simplest terms, a Trust is an agreement between the “Grantor” (the person who puts assets into the trust) and the “Trustee” (the person who agrees to hold and manage those Trust assets) for the benefit of the “Beneficiary.” Now, when the Trust is a Revocable Living Trust, this agreement is typically made between you as the Grantor, and you as

the Trustee, for the benefit of you as the beneficiary. Why would you want to make an agreement with yourself, to hold title to assets for yourself, for the benefit of yourself? Because by doing so, you remove those assets from the jurisdiction of the court, in the event you lose capacity or pass away. With a revocable Trust, you give the power over those Trust assets to your successor Trustee to handle without government or court intervention. Instead of public court procedures that would be necessary without Trust planning, you can keep it all totally private, easy and efficient, with Trust planning. This saves your family significant time, money, and aggravation. Types of Trusts While there are numerous different types of Trusts available, when it comes to passing your home to your heirs, the two most commonly used Trusts are a Revocable Living Trust and an Irrevocable Trust. Revocable Living Trust When using a Revocable Living Trust, you are in control and can

change the Trust’s terms or even terminate the trust completely at any point while you are living, hence the term “living” Trust. You typically act as your own Trustee during your lifetime, and then you name someone (and ideally more than one person to serve in succession) as a successor Trustee to take over management of the Trust when you’re no longer here or in the event of your incapacity. Irrevocable Trust Unlike a Revocable Living Trust, an Irrevocable Trust is (as the name implies), irrevocable. This means that the terms of the Trust cannot be changed, and the Trust cannot be terminated once it’s been properly signed. When you transfer assets into an Irrevocable Trust, you relinquish all ownership of the assets, and the Trustee you have named takes total control of the assets transferred into the name of the Trust. Because you no longer own the assets held by the Trust, those assets are no longer considered part of your estate, and they eventually will not be vulnerable to creditors (for instance, Medicaid is a creditor)

or lawsuits, as long as the Trust is properly constructed. For a trust to function properly, it’s not enough to simply list the assets you want the Trust to hold. When you create your Trust, you must also transfer the legal title of your home and any other assets you want held by the Trust from your name into the name of the Trust. Retitling assets in this manner is known as “funding” your Trust. Schedule a Legal Life Planning Session with us today to review your assets - including your home and discuss the options you have to protect them for generations to come. Contact us at 718.514.7575 to learn more about which trust is appropriate for your family. Monet Binder, Esq., has her practice in Queens and Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to protecting families, their legacies and values. All halachic documents are approved by the Bais Havaad Halacha Center in Lakewood, under the direction of Rabbi Dovid Grossman and the guidance of Harav Shmuel Kaminetsky, shlita, as well as other leading halachic authorities.

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Rav Yitzchok Scheiner: The Life and Leadership of the Kamenitzer Rosh Yeshivah Book Review by Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger

e was a gadol who lived and breathed Torah learning. A member of Eretz Yisrael’s Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. A master educator who influenced literally thousands of talmidim, from pre-schoolers to respected mechanchim. He was a close confidante of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and part of a family that included some of the greatest names in pre-war Europe. And it all started in a public school in Pittsburgh. Rav Yitzchak Scheiner’s journey from a Pittsburgh high school to his simple Yerushalmi home and the hallowed halls of Kamenitz Yeshivah is a story of breathtaking Hashgachah Pratis. It is a story, also, of the dedicated people who enabled the budding math and Latin scholar to become a gadol b’Torah. His parents, who defied the odds and lived a Torah observant life in a time and place where that was exceptionally rare. The meshulach, who visited the Scheiner home and told his astonished parents that yes, there were yeshivos even in America. His rabbeim: Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, Rav Shlomo Heiman, and Rav Reuven Grozovsky. And the rebbi he never met but learned so much from: Rav Baruch Ber Leibowitz, “der zeide,” whose granddaughter he married and whose illustrious legacy he carried on for almost eighty years. Based on dozens of interviews with talmidim, mechanchim, and family members, Rabbi Nachman Seltzer paints a vivid and absorbing portrait of Rav Scheiner as an incomparable mechanech, a loving father to his own children and his talmidim, a man of incredible sensitivity and integrity. Through his teachings and personal example, Rav Yitzchok Scheiner influenced many thousands. Now, with the publication of this biography, he continues to teach – and inspire – all of us with his shining example of gadlus. ••• Rav Scheiner was taken from Klal Yisrael on the eighteenth of

Shevat 5781 (January 31, 2021). While there are many, many people who were close to Rav Yitzchok and spoke about him for this brand new biography — some for hours — the book actually starts by quoting the words of the rosh yeshivah himself from a speech he gave for the Dirshu-Acheinu conference in 5771. These remarks are enlightening and inspiring and provide a window into the formative years of this gadol baTorah. I was brought up in America, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It had a population of about sixty thousand Jews. Most of them were originally ehrliche and sincere Yidden from Europe. When I grew up and went to school, there were no yeshivos, there were no Talmud Torahs. In New York, there was a smattering, a beginning, something. There were a few “strange” people – people who were looked at as strange by everybody, who were involved with the beginning of yeshivos. One of them was my rebbi, Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz. A dreamer. Many looked upon him as not a realistic person. And the truth is, he was not realistic. He created “yesh mei’ayin” (something from nothing) together with Rav Binyomin Wilhelm, who was his partner. So you had Rav Binyomin Wilhelm and Rav Shraga Feivel in New York creating something from nothing. But in Pittsburgh, there was really nothing. I went to public school. Rogers Elementary School on Black Street. You don’t forget girsa d’yankusa (the study of your youth, a term usually used in reference to the Torah one studies as a child), and that was my girsa d’yankusa. Rogers Elementary School on Black Street up on the hill. When I finished eight years of elementary school, I went to high school like everybody in America. Peabody High School. On the other side of Negley Avenue for whoever knows Pittsburgh. It was a public high school, and that includes everything that going to a public high school entails. Most of my friends — a lot of them were Jews. In my neighborhood there were a lot of Jewish people. There

were plenty of non-Jews too, but most of them were Jews. Very, very few — you can count them on one hand — remained frum. That’s what happens when you go to public school. Why do I tell all this to you, fellow Americans, now? Why is this important to know today? We have a Father upstairs. He runs the show — that’s pretty obvious —and sometimes it’s hard to understand why He does certain things. But some of the things we see teach us an important lesson: that nothing, but nothing, happens by happenstance. There is no such thing as happenstance. Everything is Hashgachah Pratis. Hashem Yisbarach is running the show. If every one of us is here now, at this moment, in this room, it didn’t just happen that way for no reason. HaKadosh Baruch Hu made it that way for a purpose. Probably every one of us could write a novel. If a person is talented enough, he could write it himself, and if he isn’t talented enough, then a talented novelist could write it about him. I don’t know too much about other people’s novels — I just know my novel, the unwritten novel. I want to relate a few sketches from my novel. It’s an interesting story — one that could be titled “An American from Rogers and Peabody.” ••• The trajectory of my life was changed by three people. I’ll mention their names. It’s no secret. One was Rav Avrohom Bender, the grandfather of the rosh yeshivah of Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway. He was a meshulach (fundraiser), and he was in Pittsburgh to raise money for a yeshivah. Usually, he didn’t come to the East End, focusing on the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, but once, he decided that he wanted to come to the East End too, and since our family was one of the very few families that ate kosher, he stayed with us. There are those who thought that this just happened. But the truth is — HaKadosh Baruch Hu set it up. What do most meshulachim do? They have a place to eat, they show a little interest in the children… Rav Bender was different.

He saw a big boy of sixteen. “What are you doing? Where are you learning?” I told him that I had just finished high school at Peabody and was already registered for Pitt — the University of Pittsburgh. I was a math major. I was very good at math and at Latin, and my teachers thought I was going to become a big scholar in those subjects. Rav Bender took an interest in a sixteen-year-old kid, and he asked my parents, “Where is he going to study? You’re going to send him to the University of Pittsburgh?! A kosher-eating family, a frum family? Why don’t you send him to New York, to a yeshivah?” “A yeshivah?” my parents replied. “What yeshivah?” My parents were very frum, they were shomer Shabbos, they ate kosher — maybe they had read in a history book about yeshivos — but they had no inkling that there were yeshivos in America. So Rav Bender said, “I’ll take him. I’ll take him along.” And he took me. ••• In the end, it took me six months to leave, because the Satan doesn’t give in so easily. One day before I was set to leave, I was running for a bus, and I slipped and fell. The ground was icy, and I tore a ligament. It was worse than a sprained ankle, and I was in a cast for three months. I couldn’t go to New York. I had to

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Around the Community make regular visits to the doctor. With no choice, I went to Pitt for one semester. But that wasn’t the end. I did go to yeshivah. You see, my mother, aleha hashalom, shed rivers of tears when she lit the Shabbos candles on Friday night. And the Chazon Ish was once asked how it was possible that people who grew up in kibbutzim where there was not even a ray of Torah become baalei teshuvah. How does it happen? “A mother’s tears are never in vain,” the Chazon Ish replied. “A mother’s tears bore through steel mountains until they arrive at the Kisei HaKavod. Sometimes it takes them a year, and sometimes it takes them a generation, and sometimes it takes them three generations, but they always arrive in the end. And when they arrive, HaKadosh Baruch Hu answers the prayers of the mother or the bubbe…” I’m a ben yachid, an only son. My mother saw what was going on all around us. The boys didn’t say Kaddish anymore. They stopped going to shul. If you don’t go to shul, you can’t say Kaddish, and if you marry a nonJew, then you won’t say Kaddish. So my mother shed rivers of tears and pleaded with HaKadosh Baruch Hu: “Ribbono shel Olam, helf mir mein kind zol bleiben a Yid! Please help that my child should remain a Jew!” My mother’s prayers eventually reached the right place, and after one semester at Pitt, Rav Bender took me with him to New York to learn. ••• There were two other people I met who showed me the way. HaKadosh Baruch Hu has His ways, and I ended up at Camp Mesivta. Hashem makes you sick, He makes you healthy, He breaks your ankle, but He accomplishes what He wants. So Hashem made me sick, and I had a cough and had to go enjoy the air of the Catskills. The only Jewish camp that existed at the time was Camp Mesivta. And there I met the two other people who changed my life. At camp, I played a lot of baseball with Moshe

Yecheskel Samuels. He was maybe a year younger than I. I also came to know Yitzchok Karp, Rav Shraga Feivel’s son-in-law. So Moshe Yecheskel played baseball with me, and Yitzchok took me for long walks, telling me divrei Torah from my future rebbi, Rav Shlomo [Heiman]. After camp, I planned to continue with what I was doing at the time, but Yitzchok said no. Yitzchok said to Yitzchok, “You’re not going back there [to the yeshivah you are in]. You’re going to Rav Shlomo’s shiur!” And he shlepped me. He shlepped me to Rav Shraga Feivel, and he shlepped me to Rav Shlomo, and that’s where I’ve been ever since. It was these three people who get the credit for what my life became. If I hadn’t been in New York, I would have never made it to the Catskills, so Rav Avrohom Bender gets the first commendation. Yitzchok Karp and Moshe Yecheskel Samuels get the next two. These three people sent me on my life’s mission, and that’s why I’m here… ••• I merited learning with der rebbi Rav Shlomo — Rav Shlomo Heiman — for years, and then with der rebbi Rav Reuven for years. Rav Reuven — Rav Reuven Grozovsky — was my shadchan. He made my shidduch with his niece, a granddaughter of Rav Baruch Ber [Leibowitz]. When my wife was born, a bas kol rang out: “Bas ploni l’ploni. Esther Leah bas Rav Moshe, the einikel of Rav Baruch Ber, is going to marry Yitzchok Aryeh ben Rav Dov.” Where was Yitzchok Aryeh at that time? At that time, Yitzchok Aryeh ben Rav Dov was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was three years old when my wife was born in Vilna in 1925. How does such a match come about? There are so many reasons this shidduch could never happen! First of all, she was in Vilna, and I was in Pittsburgh. You know how far Vilna is from Pittsburgh? It’s 5,690 miles away. How does such a shid-

duch happen? More than that, this Yitzchok Aryeh had barely looked at a Gemara. How was he going to marry a grandchild of Rav Baruch Ber? We don’t understand the ways of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, but He knows how to make things happen. This is a fact. ••• The idea of bas ploni l’ploni explains why I threw myself into learning after going to Peabody High School and one semester in Pitt. But the trajectory of my life is due to the maasim tovim of three people. And the truth is, every one of us has such an opportunity. To save children for HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Just like Rav Bender, Yitzchok Karp, and Moshe Yecheskel Samuels saved me. ••• There you have it. The words of the rosh yeshivah of Kamenitz. The words of a person who would stand at the helm of an illustrious Torah institution for decades yet manage to retain the unassuming warmth of an American out-of-towner. The words of the man who was sent by his rebbi, Rav Reuven, to marry the granddaughter of Rav Baruch Ber.

There is no question that the rosh yeshivah would want us to glean something from this new book about his life. He would want us to internalize the idea that you can do the same thing he did. If you were talking to him, he would make a point of saying, “Look, I was just like you. No, that’s not true. I wasn’t even like you, because I didn’t go to yeshivah as a kid. I went to Rogers. I went to Peabody. I played ball and chess. And look at what I managed to achieve. And so can you.” The more you read this fascinating book, the more you’ll understand that Rav Yitzchok Scheiner is correct. You’ll grasp that you can become great and follow in his footsteps — the footsteps of an American bachur who married the granddaughter of a Lithuanian gaon, became a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and stood at the helm of a Yerushalmi yeshivah — all with the dedication and incredible amounts of wisdom he received from his rebbeim, der rebbi Rav Shlomo, der rebbi Rav Reuven, and the legacy of his zeide, Rav Baruch Ber.

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Centerfold Football Speak

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football, the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today. - President Gerald Ford

! whichever comes first. - Saints RB,

I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards,

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.- Joe Theismann

! Houston Oilers Head Coach Bill Peterson

George Rogers

! temperamental. That’s 90 Most football players are

percent temper and 10 percent mental. - Doug Plank, former player with the Chicago Bears

! as fast as you can, and I’ll throw

Rapport? You mean like, “You run

it as far as I can?” - QB Jeff Kemp on his rapport with WR Jerry Rice

You guys line up alphabetically by height.-

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. - Houston Oilers Head Coach Bill Peterson

! was little.

I’ve been big ever since I

- Refrigerator Perry

! not going to get me to say that.-

I feel like I’m the best, but you’re

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You Gotta Be Kidding Me! Over breakfast one morning, a woman says to her husband, “I bet you don’t know what today is.” “Of course I do,” her husband answers and leaves for the office. At 10:00 a.m., the doorbell rings, and when the woman opens the door, she is handed a box of a dozen long-stemmed red roses. At 1:00 p.m., a foil-wrapped, two-pound box of her favorite chocolates is delivered. Later, a boutique delivers a designer dress. The woman can’t wait for her husband to come home. “First the flowers, then the chocolates and then the dress!” she exclaims as he walks through the door. “I’ve never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!”

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Tom Brady Trivia In Tribute to the G.O.A.T., upon his retirement 1. Which of the following quarterbacks were picked before Tom Brady was picked by the Patriots in the 199th selection of the 2000 NFL Draft? a. Chad Pennington b. Giovanni Carmazzi c. Chris Redman d. Tee Martin e. Spergon Wynn f. Marc Bulger g. All of the above 2. Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers each threw 37 touchdowns this season, tying for fourth place. Yet, Tom Brady threw the most touchdowns this season. How many did he throw? a. 40 b. 41 c. 42 d. 43 3. How many TEAMS in the NFL have played in fewer playoff games than Tom Brady WON? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 12 4. In how many of his 22 seasons did Tom Brady’s team win less than 10 games? a. 7 b. 5 c. 4 d. 1 5. What percentage of all Super Bowls until now has Tom Brady played in? a. 6%

b. 9% c. 12% d. 18% 6. Aaron Rodgers has thrown 47 touchdowns in the playoffs, making him the second alltime in number of post-season touchdowns throws. How many did Tom Brady throw? a. 48 b. 49 c. 50 d. 85 7. How many TEAMS in the NFL played in fewer Super Bowls than Tom Brady WON? a. 3 b. 7 c. 12 d. 27 8. Brady played in 3 Super Bowls after age 40. How many other quarterbacks have done that? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 9. Peyton Manning ranks second all-time in career yards in the postseason with 7,339 thrown. How many has Brady thrown? a. 7,400 b. 8,302 c. 9,583 d. 12,248 10. In his final season, at age 44, Brady led the NFL in which of the following? a. Passing yards b. Passing touchdowns c. Passing attempts

d. Passing yards per game e. All of the above 11. According to conservative estimates, how much money did Brady give up so that the Patriots could remain competitive and sign other players to help the team win? a. $5 million b. $20 million c. $45 million d. $100 million !

Answers: 1. G 2. D 3. D 4.D 5. D 6. D 7. D 7. D 9. D 10. E 11. D Wisdom Key: 9-11 correct: You recognize excellence when you see it. 5-8 correct: You are not so mesmerized by Brady. If you are a Giants fan, kudos to you—you guys beat him twice! If you are anyone else, you are simply jealous. 0-4 correct: You are not into Brady. You think he is overrated. Maybe you are more of a Giovanni Carmazzi fan. Well, the numbers don’t lie; the numbers never lie. Go back and look at the numbers. Love him or hate him, facts are facts— Brady is the G.O.A.T. Period. Instead of hating on him, learn from him on how to excel at whatever you do! He achieved what he did primarily because of determination and hard work. Indeed, there are many athletes with a lot more talent than him, but they are staring up at his numbers and can only get there in their dreams. (Oh, yes, if you haven’t figured it out, I am a Brady fan!)

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Torah Thought

Parshas Tetzaveh By Rabbi Berel Wein

n the Torah reading of this week, a great deal of emphasis is placed on the preparation of the oil that will be the fuel for the ﬂames of the great Candelabra that existed in the Tabernacle and, later, in the Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah emphasizes that the oil to be used must be of the purest kind, reﬁned to produce only illumination. Through this verse, the

commentators attempt to explain why such a special emphasis is to be placed on the oil. Perhaps it would be sufficient for the Torah to simply command that the flames that emanated from the Menorah should be of the highest quality and have the greatest power of illumination. We would then understand that to produce flames of

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such a nature and quality, only the finest oil possible would have to be produced for the Candelabra to possess that proper fuel and extraordinarily fine flames. Thus, we see that the Torah emphasizes the preparation of the oil in more detail and with greater urgency than it does the description of the flame of the Candelabra that results. In a strange way, it is as though the oil itself – which, after all, is only the fuel in the cup of the lamp of the Candelabra – somehow receives

forethought. They are not random acts that rarely occur because of the spontaneity of the moment. All the holy days of the Jewish calendar require periods of planning – thirty days before the holiday itself, as well as physical, mental, and emotional preparation. One must enter the performance of commandments prepared. They are not to be performed haphazardly and without proper forethought and cognitive intent. This is also true for the Sabbath

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more prominence and detailed instruction than the flame itself. Not only that, but the great Candelabra has miraculous powers, and one of its lamps burned continuously, according to many commentaries, without having any added oil to the cup of that lamp. As such, if we are relying on that miracle, then why should the production of the oil for the Candelabra be deemed important at all? Judaism places great weight not only on the fulfillment and actualization of commandments but also regarding the preparation that precedes the actual fulfillment of the wishes of Heaven. Holiness and holy acts require preparation and

day that occurs every week as well as all the daily commandments that we are privileged to perform on a regular basis. The Talmud teaches us that preparation is an important aspect of life – many times as important as actualizing the commandment. Without proper preparation, performance of the commandments is likened to a body to which no soul is attached. Therefore, if we understand and appreciate this attitude towards life and commandments, we can readily appreciate why the Torah is so emphatic regarding the necessary methods of production of the oil to be used to light the lamps of the holy Tabernacle and Temple. Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire Parshas Tetzaveh

Leaders and the Little People By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

he Torah says the garments of the kohein gadol must be “for honor and glory” (Shemos 28:2). It also mandates that two of the eight garments must be attached to one another with rings and ropes. The Torah (ibid. at 28:28) says, “And the Choshen [breastplate] shall not loosen, yizach, from the Ephod [apron].” The Ramban, Rashi, and Onkolus give various explanations which indicate that “yizach” means that the Choshen may not become loose, detached, or disconnected from the Ephod. The Rambam (Sefer Hamitzvos, Negative Commandment 87) counts this rule that the Choshen may not be separated from the Ephod as one of the 613 mitzvos. He further clarifies (Hilchos Klei Hamikdah 9:10) that “anyone who allows the Choshen to become loose from upon the Ephod and anyone who separates them destructively [not for the purpose of repairing them] receives lashes.” This is remarkable. The Rambam counts all of the many details and halachos of the garments of the kohanim as one mitzvah “to wear the kohein garments for the service” (introduction to Hilchos Klei Hamikdash). Yet for some reason, the Torah singles out just one of those many details of the garments of the kohanim, the requirement that the Choshen and Ephod be attached tightly to one another, as a completely separate mitzvah. What is

so unique about this one detail that the Torah singles it out as an independent mitzvah? The Sefer Hachinuch (Negative Commandment 100) explains that this mitzvah is part of the general rule that the garments of the kohein gadol must be “for honor and glory.” Because his garments must be in perfect order, he writes that “the Choshen may not move and sway on the tablet of [the kohein gadol’s] heart.” Yet his explanation is not entirely satisfying. We still do not understand why the Torah singled out this one detail of the hundreds of halachos relating to the garments of the kohanim as a separate mitzvah. Even the Sefer Hachinch is not satisfied with his own answer, as we see when he says, in very unusual form, “And until we hear a better explanation, we shall cling to this one.” Reb Chanan Porat, z”l, quotes other seforim which shed light on this mysterious mitzvah. He points out that it teaches us a fundamental principle of Jewish leadership and demonstrates one of the key qualifications of a true leader. There were twelve precious stones on the Choshen, each one containing the name of one of the tribes of the Jewish people. The stones were therefore called (Shemos 28:12) “stones of remembrance” because they recall the names of each of the tribes. While there are several explanations of the mechanics, the kohein gadol used

the letters of the names of the Jewish people on the Choshen to give them guidance in their personal and national decisions. The Gemara (Yuma 73b) explains that the names of the tribes contain all of the letters of the Aleph Beis except for Tzadik, Ches, Kuf, and Tes. The Gemara therefore explains that the Choshen also contained the phrases “Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov” and “Shivtei Yeshurun, Tribes of Yeshurun,” in order to make up the missing letters. It is also remarkable because there were 72 total letters in the names of the tribes and these two phrases, the same number of letters as in Hashem’s “full” name (Rashi on Sukkah 45a). The pasuk (Shemos 28:29) says that “Aharon shall carry the names of the Jewish people on the Choshen of judgment on his heart when he comes into the Holy as a remembrance before Hashem always.” The Torah says that kohein gadol must wear the Choshen, which represents the Jewish people, close to his heart during his service in the Beis Hamikdash. The Choshen must remain tightly in place so that the kohein gadol keeps the Jewish people close to his heart at all times. Normally, there is a tendency for anyone in a position of power or authority to detach himself from his “subjects” and become aloof. Whether one is the ruler of an entire nation, a par-

ent of children, a rebbe or morah, or anyone in between, this is a danger endemic to any position of power or authority. The Rambam (Hilchos Melachim 2:6) teaches the proper attitude of a leader as follows: “Just like the pasuk apportioned him [the king] great honor and everyone is obligated to honor him, so, too, it commanded that his heart must be low and empty within him…and he may not conduct himself in an overly haughty manner with the Jewish people, as the pasuk (Devarim 17:20) says, ‘Lest his heart become haughty over his brothers.’ And he must be kind and merciful with the small and the great. And he should go and come for their desires and for their benefit. And he should concern himself with the honor of the smallest of the small among them.” The Ephod represents kingship (Ramban on Shmos 28:2) and authority. Very often, once a person becomes accustomed to a position of power, he begins to feel detached from the concerns of “regular people” and feel that he is diﬀerent from and better than them. In order to counteract this, the kohein gadol must ensure that the Ephod, which represents authority and power, remain closely connected to the Choshen, which represents every single Jew. He must concern himself with even “the smallest of the small among them.”

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It is no coincidence that Aharon was the first kohein gadol to wear the Choshen and Ephod. He exemplified the leader who was exceedingly humble, always thinking of others before himself. The Mishna (Avos 1:12) says regarding Aharon that he “loves peace, pursues peace, loves other people and draws them close to Torah.” And the Midrash (Shemos Raba 3:17) says, “the heart that rejoiced in the greatness of his brother will wear the Urim V’tumim [contained within the Choshen].” Aharon led the Jewish people throughout their bitter slog through the slave pits of Egypt for many years. It would have been understandable if he felt some jealousy when Moshe swooped in at the end of the slave experience, becoming the leader immediately. Yet Aharon was such a great leader that he never thought of himself. He only thought of others. That is why he was rewarded with the Urim V’Tumim and Choshen. His heart was engraved with the life of each and every Jew. The kohein gadol’s leadership with Hashem’s guidance through the Choshen was not meant to serve as a source of legal or halachic authority. In fact, this is prohibited because “the Torah is not in Heaven” (Devarim 30:12; Bava Metzia 59b). Halachic leadership is the function of the Sanhedrin, poskim, and talmidei chachamim. Rather, the kohein gadol uses the Urim V’Tumim and Choshen to guide the Jewish people with major decisions on an individual and national level, as the pasuk (Bamidbar 27:21) says, “And he shall stand before Elazar Hakohein and seek [advice from] him through the judgment of the Urim before Hashem. By his word shall they go and by his word they shall come, he and all of the Jewish people with him and the entire congregation.” The “Judgment of the Urim” means that a leader of the nation must guide his people based on a judgment of who they are and their own individual nature. For this type of personal leadership, in order to connect to the unique nature of each individual with whom he is charged, it is not enough for a leader to have a great intellect. He must have “the heart of

Aharon.” He must carry every Jew’s name on his heart at all times. He must be a person who never lets his connection to even “the smallest of the small among them” waver or weaken in any way.

ised her that he was now her children’s “father.” He told the children that any time they had anything to discuss, they should write to him, and he would write back.

He must carry every Jew’s name on his heart at all times.

This contrasts sharply with the concept of leadership outside the Jewish world. I remember once, in the early 1960s, I went with several friends to a Yankees game. One of my friends in particular was an autograph collector so we waited with him after the game to see the players as they left the stadium. It seems the players were involved in various water and wine libations, because we waited for over an hour and a half before they emerged. One of the popular players at that time was Joe Pepitone, and my friend very much wanted his autograph. He prepared a paper and pen for the big moment. When Joe finally left the stadium, there were only three or four people waiting for him; very little pressure or fanfare. Yet when my friend extended his paper and pen to obtain Joe’s autograph, he hurled an expletive at my friend and walked right past, leaving him completely deflated. While not every leader in the world at large is like our friend Joe, it suffices to say that the aspirations of leaders in the world at large are very far from the Jewish ideal. One leader of our people who represents the ideal of a Jewish leader who never allowed “the Choshen to loosen from upon the Ephod” was Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt”l. I would like to share one small story that illustrates this beautifully from his Artscroll biography, “Rav Nosson Tzvi”: Rav Nosson Tzvi didn’t suffice with empathizing with orphans and widows. When a Mirrer talmid passed away, leaving behind a large family, Rav Nosson Tzvi called his widow and prom-

Sure enough, the children wrote letters to the Rosh Yeshiva, and he wrote back to them in longhand. After a few of the boys in the family received his letters, Rav Nosson Tzvi received a complaint from a 6-year-old girl in the family, who felt left out at not having received a letter. Rav Nosson Tzvi took a piece

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of paper and wrote her a short note, adding a picture of a heart to show that his heart was with the family. This girl, who is now married with a family of her own, still cherishes the note that carried her through so many a difficult moment. May Hashem grant us more leaders who we so sorely need like Aharon Hakohein and Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, who concern themselves with even the smallest of the small and not only the issues and people deemed “big” or “important.” With such leaders, may we soon see the arrival of Moshiach and the ultimate redemption soon in our days.

Rav Moshe Weinberger, shlita, is the founding Morah d’Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, and serves as leader of the new mechina Emek HaMelech.

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Delving into the Daf

A Halacha That’s Clear-Cut By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

n the eighth volume of the Igros Moshe, there is a fascinating teshuvah written to Rav Efraim Greenblatt, zt”l. This teshuvah, which is the 20th one in the sefer, comprises many varied and disparate topics. The teshuvah begins with a discussion of folding one’s tallis on Shabbos and then moves on to the recitation of Shehechiyanu on Chanukah, using hot water on Shabbos, eating turkey on Thanksgiving, the muktzeh status of sunflower seed shells, opening a store on chol hamoed, the punishment for embarrassing someone publicly, the obligation for a rav to issue halachic rulings, the correct position to be in while reciting havdalah, the explanation behind Rav Moshe’s, zt”l, peculiar practice during Tachanun, and on and on. The twenty-first topic discussed in that one teshuvah is the mitzvah of comforting mourners. It is a common custom that before departing from the house of the mourning, the visitor blesses the mourner(s): “May Hashem comfort you among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.” Rav Moshe, zt”l, discusses the significance of this declaration. Oftentimes, when men are called to make a minyan in a shivah house for Shacharis, they are in a rush to

leave as soon as davening is over. They instruct the mourners to immediately sit down after prayers so that they can utter the aforementioned declaration of “May Hashem comfort you….” Did they fulfill the mitzvah of nichum aveilim with this declaration? Further, Rebbe Yochanon says (Moed Katan 28b) that the visitors should not start speaking to the mourner until the mourner himself begins to speak. When the visitors are in a rush to leave, they quickly declare, “Hamakom Yenachem…” without waiting for the mourner to begin talking. Are they violating Rebbe Yochanon’s directive? The same question can be raised on the Perisha. The Perisha writes that in his days (the commentary was first published in 1638) oftentimes the visitors to a shivah house simply sat with the mourners and didn’t engage in any conversation. When the visitors were about to leave, they recited the aforementioned declaration, “May Hashem comfort you….” The Perisha suggests that perhaps just sitting with the mourners fulfills the mitzvah of nichum aveilim. Still, how can the visitors recite, “May Hashem comfort you…” since the mourners did not start speaking? HaRav Moshe, zt”l, suggests that merely uttering “May Hashem com-

fort you…” is not actually nichum aveilim. It is simply a blessing that the visitor bestows on the mourner that Hashem should comfort him. The blessing itself, however, is not a source of comfort. Someone who relies on that declaration alone has not fulfilled the mitzvah of nichum aveilim. However, since it is not actually nichum aveilim, the Divrei Sofrim writes that one may utter this blessing even if the mourner has not begun talking. Hence, the visitors who are rushing to leave the shivah house can utter this blessing without waiting for the mourner to open up the conversation. Nevertheless, they shouldn’t fool themselves into thinking that they fulfilled the mitzvah of nichum aveilim. Nichum Aveilim is primarily accomplished by talking to the mourner, thereby alleviating some pain. According to the Perisha, however, even just sitting for some time is also considered nichum aveilim. Rav Moshe writes that this understanding explains two more practices. The halacha is that after a funeral, the mourner walks through two rows of people while they declare that the mourner should be comforted from Hashem. Also, when an aveil walks into shul in the middle of kabbalas Shabbos, everyone says, “May

Hashem comfort you…” Aren’t these two instances a violation of Rebbe Yochanon’s directive not to start a conversation with a mourner until he starts first? Rav Moshe therefore concludes that conveying this blessing to the mourner is not a conversation starter or nichum aveilim; it is an independent blessing. Nichum aveilim is inappropriate immediately at the conclusion of the funeral or in the middle of davening. In those two circumstances, the blessing will have to suffice. However, when visiting the house of a mourner, there is a mitzvah to help the mourners find peace which is not accomplished by simply saying, “Hamakom…” Still, from Rav Elyashiv’s comments on Moed Katan, it appears he disagrees and feels that “Hamakom…” is a fulfillment of nichum aveilim. May we speedily merit the days when mourning will be put aside forever.

Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow is a rebbe at Yeshiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. In addition, Rabbi Sebrow leads a daf yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead, NY. He can be contacted at ASebrow@gmail.com.

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The Wandering

Jew

Istanbul, Turkey By Hershel Lieber

The Blue Mosque

e had just finished conducting a successf ul fundraising tour on behalf of the Yeshiva of Kishinev. Everyone had already left, and Pesi and I remained overnight in Kishinev awaiting our flight back home on Monday, December 11, 2000. I made arrangements for our flight back home to include a one-day visit to Istanbul, Turkey. I originally did not tell Pesi about this layover, as I wanted to surprise her, but the secret leaked out before we boarded the plane. I also knew that she would be apprehensive about spending a day in a Muslim country, and I would have to resort to convincing her to make this stopover. In any case, we arrived in Istanbul at 10:30 AM, and we had a twenty-four-hour window to explore the city.

At the entrance of the Topkapi Palace

The former capital of the Roman/ Byzantine, Latin/Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, Constantinople was an imperial city for almost sixteen centuries. The city named after the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great was initially a center of Catholic Christianity and later the cradle of Orthodox Christianity. Eleven-hundred years later, the Ottoman dynasty replaced Byzantium. For the past one hundred years, Turkey was a secular republic, but in recent years, the trend has been towards more conservative Islamic ideology. In the 16th and 17 th century, Istanbul became a very important Jewish center. The arrival of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal ushered in an era of great cultural and religious achievements for Judaism. Jews were relatively

free to work in any profession they chose, and they excelled in commerce as well as in medical careers. Since the creation of the State of Israel and the subsequent rise of the right-wing party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, most Jews have left turkey, although there still are about 15,000 Jews living in Istanbul. Enough of history. After arriving in Turkey, we quickly made it to our hotel, ate something, and went out to discover this great populous city which straddles two continents. Our first stop was at the Topkapi Palace, which was the seat of government for over three hundred years under the rulership of Ottoman sultans. Many buildings in this complex served as the private residences of the Sultan’s families. The compound, which includes many palaces and

Standing in Europe with the Bosporus and Asia in the rear

courtyards, is well over 150 acres. We took a two-hour walking tour that gave us a sampling of this stunning sprawling estate. The private family apartments were called the Harem and consisted of over four

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A stall in the Grand Bazaar

hundred rooms which served as the living quarters for the Sultan’s many wives and concubines. This tour was so informative and interesting that I could have easily continued for a few hours. But we had very little time for our itinerary. Our next stop was the Blue Mosque. This architectural gem was constructed in the early 1600s and consists of five main domes, eight

With a vendor at the Grand Bazaar

secondary domes, and eight minarets. The building is a mixture of both Byzantine and Islamic design. The interior has about twenty-thousand hand-painted ceramic tiles in sixty different tulips patterns. The lower stories are illuminated by two-hundred stained glass windows. To enter, we had to remove our shoes and hoped we would find them in the hundreds of cubicles near the

entrance. The interior was crowded with worshipers as our visit coincided with the month of Ramadan. When exiting, we were bombarded by dozens of peddlers and hawkers of merchandise to buy their wares. The most persistent one convinced us to accompany him to his shop nearby. He was selling rugs, and they were all beautiful. He gave us the royal treatment and served

us apple tea, a very popular Turkish drink. It is made by steeping apple sections in boiling hot water. It took a while for him to concede that we were not customers, but he still was very hospitable to us. When we left his store, we passed a silver shop and saw an intricately decorated enclosed silver tube. We inquired what it was and were told that these tubes were originally used to send import-

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ant letters or documents among the wealthy. We were surprised that the price was less than two hundred dollars. We thought that this tube could make a perfect and unique besamim holder, so we immediately bought it. We also bought six small silk rugs (6”x 12”), which can be used as wall decorations. I remember that they were eight dollars each. It was late afternoon already, and we still wanted to see more of the city. We ruled out going to the Hagia Sophia because it was originally a cathedral and retained many Christian symbols, though it later turned into a museum. Instead, we went to the Bosporus Strait, which divides the two sides of the city but connects Europe and Asia through bridges and ferries. There was one more place that we wanted to experience, and this was shopping at the Grand Bazaar. We had to put it off for a good hour between six and seven in the evening. Being that this was the month of Ramadan, all stores and stalls were closed as the faithful went home for dinner after fasting the entire day. We rushed back to the hotel to grab a bite of food from what we took along from Kishinev. By seven o’clock, we were back at the Grand Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar carries that name because it is the oldest and largest covered bazaar in the world. There are over forty-thousand shops, and it attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors every day. One can buy almost anything at the bazaar, but the most notable items are rugs and kilims, lamps and lanterns, ceramics, metal-ware, water pipes, jewelry, clothing accessories, spices, and Turkish sweet delights. It is

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a most exciting but overwhelming experience. We spent two hours strolling, window shopping, gawking at the displays on the stalls, and taking dozens of photos. Pesi was worried about speaking English in public, so I humored her by speaking German during our entire foray. She did buy two beautiful handbags after haggling the storekeeper down to a very good price. When we finally exited and hailed a taxi, two drivers came si-

taxi driver pointed out the Neve Shalom Synagogue, but we never went to see it. This was the shul which was attacked by Palestinian terrorists on Shabbos, September 6, 1986, which resulted in the death of twenty-two mispallelim r”l. The synagogue is generally open only on Shabbos and yom tov. I inquired at the hotel desk if there was a synagogue nearby where I can go for the morning prayers. The clerk told me about the Bet Israel Synagogue in

Being that this was the month of Ramadan, all the stores and stalls were closed as the faithful went home for dinner after fasting the entire day.

multaneously, and a major brawl broke out between them as to who was entitled to take us back to the hotel. The scuffle was just short of a serious fistfight. We finally arrived back, and I alone went downstairs immediately to take a Turkish steam bath, which was a great way to end this exhilarating day with an hour of divine relaxation. The next morning, we were up at six o’clock. We had to leave the hotel by ten to make our flight back to New York. We had a great time the past day, but I felt I missed out connecting to anything related to Jewish life in Istanbul. When we were entering the city the day before, the

the Sisli section, which was not far from the hotel. The hotel ordered a taxi driver, who said he knew where this shul was, and we drove off. We were driving for forty-five minutes until he finally admitted that he did

A small silk rug that we bought and framed

not have the faintest idea where the shul was located. I had him drive me back to the hotel so that I could still daven Shachris in the room. Needless to say, I did not pay him for the ride, but I nevertheless gave him something for the loss of his time. I would have loved to have met some Turkish Jews, but I guess it was not meant to be. Looking back at this short escapade in Istanbul, we were glad that we made this stopover and truly appreciated the entire experience.

Hershel Lieber has been involved in kiruv activities for over 30 years. As a founding member of the Vaad L’Hatzolas Nidchei Yisroel he has traveled with his wife, Pesi, to the Soviet Union during the harsh years of the Communist regimes to advance Yiddishkeit. He has spearheaded a yeshiva in the city of Kishinev that had 12 successful years with many students making Torah their way of life. In Poland, he lectured in the summers at the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation camp for nearly 30 years. He still travels to Warsaw every year – since 1979 – to be the chazzan for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for the Jews there. Together with Pesi, he organized and led trips to Europe on behalf of Gateways and Aish Hatorah for college students finding their paths to Jewish identity. His passion for travel has taken them to many interesting places and afforded them unique experiences. Their open home gave them opportunities to meet and develop relationships with a variety of people. Hershel’s column will appear in The Jewish Home on a bi-weekly basis.

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Kenneth Staub (center) together with Lazar Hyman, Eli Beer, Eli Pollack, and Dov Maisel during the ambulance’s dedication ceremony.

n January 16, at around 12:30 p.m., United Hatzalah volunteer EMTs Kenneth Staub and Yossi Horovitz were driving the newly donated ambulance #63 on its first shift in the city of Beitar Illit. Suddenly, they were notified of an emergency on Kidushat HaLevi Street, where a man fell, hit his head, and required immediate medical assistance. Already at the scene was United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Moshe Vales, who is a resident in the apartment building where the man had collapsed. Moshe was at home when his neighbor knocked on his door urgently to tell him that someone was lying unconscious on the floor in the lobby. He grabbed his medical kit and ran down the stairs. The EMT found the man with a large bloody gash on his head. He checked for vitals and found none, so he immediately attached a defibrillator and started resuscitation. The defibrillator registered that

the man was experiencing ventricular fibrillation and administered a shock. Upon arriving at the location, Kenneth and Yossi brought over the necessary medical equipment from

started to gasp for breath, opened his eyes, and shouted and flailed his arms. He was confused as to what was happening to him and tried to push away the EMTs who were perform-

Everyone was shocked but excited that the patient had returned to full consciousness and amazed by the miracle that they had just witnessed.

the ambulance and rushed to help with the resuscitation. After only four minutes of compressions, the blue color in the patient’s face started to lighten to a gray, and the EMTs felt a steady pulse slowly return to him. Suddenly, the man

ing the resuscitation. Everyone was shocked but excited that the patient had returned to full consciousness and amazed by the miracle that they had just witnessed. Thanks to the quick arrival of the first responders, the new ambulance

with all the advanced resuscitation equipment, and G-d’s help, the patient’s life was saved and he had a complete recovery. After the incident, Kenneth spoke about what inspired him to join United Hatzalah, “I was truly inspired by my daughter Ravit, who is a passionate volunteer EMT for United Hatzalah. I also admire the organization and the lifesaving work of Eli Beer and the people around him.” Amazingly, Kenneth had donated ambulance #63 which was inaugurated the Friday before the incident and was honored to be on the first ever shift on the ambulance with his fellow EMT, Yossi, where the two helped save a man’s life. Kenneth concluded by saying, “The ambulance is a memorial to my parents and what they taught me. I continue to help the organization as a board member, as a volunteer first responder, and in any other way that I can. I do this because saving lives is important to me.”

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A Master Mechanech

Rabbi Ovadiah Dubin zt”l BY ELI DUBIN AND HINDY LANGER

Early Years

In September of 1929, as the United States was slipping into the Great Depression, R’ Yisroel Eliyahu Dubin, an upholsterer by trade, made a decision to leave Philadelphia and move to New York in order to enroll his son in yeshiva. This, at a time when the “Upholsterer’s Journal” had taken out a full-page ad that month warning upholsterers not to come to New York to look for work, as there were no jobs available. Although by no means wealthy, R’ Yisroel Eliyahu was able to support his family in Philadelphia. But R’ Yisroel Eliyahu was undeterred. As he wrote in his autobiography: “I decided that if

I wanted to save my children from being assimilated amongst the Goyim and learning their ways, then I must, immediately, leave Philadelphia. My oldest son would be six years old on Shemini Atzeres. lf not now, when?” R’ Yisroel Eliyahu understood that the only way to ensure that his children would remain frum was to move to New York where there were proper yeshivas for his children. He rented an apartment just down the block from Yeshiva Chaim Berlin and enrolled his young son in the yeshiva. R’ Yisroel Eliyahu always said that the day that he enrolled his son in Yeshiva Chaim Berlin was the happiest day of his life. The son who would be turning six years

old on Shemini Atzeres was Rabbi Ovadiah Dubin zt”l, who was niftar last Wednesday, on the 24th day of Shevat. Rabbi Dubin’s life was a testament to his father’s vision and foresight. He lived his entire life within the bounds of a yeshiva; as a student at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin and Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, as a rebbe in Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, Salanter Yeshiva, HILI, and other day schools and Talmud Torahs, and in his later years as a mentor to talmidim in Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv. In R’ Yisroel Eliyahu’s later years, when he was a patient at the Betzalel nursing home, Rabbi Dubin would visit him every single day and study the daf hayomi together with him.

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A Master Mechanech from a Young Age

Rabbi Dubin learned in Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, where he had a close relationship with both Rav Hutner and Rav Yaakov Moshe Shurkin, a talmid of the Chofetz Chaim. He not only learned Torah from Rav Shurkin, he absorbed his pedagogical methods and approach to chinuch. Rav Shurkin once remarked to a talmid that Rabbi Dubin was a “velt’s ganiv!” When the person expressed surprise that Rav Shurkin would speak that way about a talmid of his, he explained, “He literally took everything from me! Exactly how I explain a sugya and how I talk to talmidim…” Rav Hutner recognized Rabbi Dubin’s potential as an educator from a young age. When Rabbi Dubin was a bachur – at approximately twenty-one – Rav Hutner called him into his office and informed him that one of the rabbeim in the Chaim Berlin mesivta (Rav Meir Pam, father of Rav Avrohom Pam) had taken ill and would be out for the foreseeable future. He told Rabbi Dubin that he wanted him to take over the class. Rabbi Dubin protested that he had no experience and could hardly see how he could be expected to control a classroom of high school boys who were only several years younger than he was. But Rav Hutner insisted, and Rabbi Dubin was left with no choice. Rabbi Dubin taught the class for several months and had an astounding degree of success. After Rabbi Dubin’s marriage to Susi (Sarah Ettel) Beller, he sought a job as a rebbe. Rav Hutner arranged a job for him at the Salanter Yeshiva in the Bronx, where Rabbi Dubin was very successful. Several years later, Rav Hutner told him that he was sending a young bachur who he felt had potential in chinuch to take a job at Salanter yeshiva in middle of the year, and he wanted Rabbi Dubin to help him. The bachur in question was a recent immigrant from Eastern Europe. Rabbi Dubin at the time was teaching the sixth grade, where he had already successfully implemented his system of discipline, and the bachur had been assigned to teach the third grade. Rabbi Dubin felt that if the bachur would begin his career teaching third grade boys, he would not last long in chinuch. He felt that if the bachur would teach sixth grade, after the boys had already started learning Gema-

ra, then he would be better able to become a successful mechanech. Rabbi Dubin therefore offered to switch classes with him. That bachur was Rav Chaim Segal, who was later renowned as a master mechanech and the menahel of Yeshiva Chaim Berlin mesivta. Rav Chaim always credited Rabbi Dubin with getting him started as a mechanech and was happy to be able to repay the favor by being the shadchan for Rabbi Dubin’s oldest son.

With his father, R’ Yisroel Eliyahu Dubin, and his mechutan, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, zt”l

From Salanter Yeshiva, Rabbi Dubin moved on to HILI, a day school in Far Rockaway, and then to various day schools and Talmud Torahs. After many years of teaching at yeshivos and day schools, he was offered a position as a public-school teacher, where he made an

pride in the fact that his sons and many of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren were expert baalei kriah as well. It didn’t hurt that he bought a Megillas Esther for any grandchild who learned how to lein the megillah (and actually leined it)! One of his grandchildren, Dr. Reuven Minkowitz, once leined at an Orthopedic Convention in LA, in the distinctly expressive and careful way that he had been taught by his grandfather. Subsequently, another doctor attending the convention came over to him and asked him where he had learned to lein. The physician told him that he reminded him of his teacher Mr. Dubin. Another doctor standing by overheard and remarked that he had also had a teacher – a Rabbi Dubin – who had leined in the same distinctive manner. Not only did his students remember him years later, he remembered every one of his thousands of students, which class they were in and whether or not they were a good student – a direct result of the love and closeness he felt for every one of them.

Retirement – A Return to Yeshiva

After the tragic death of his wife in a car accident in 2001, Rabbi Dubin’s world was shattered. He had shared an exceptionally close relationship with his wife and felt her loss keenly. He found solace by returning to yeshiva full-time. He began to spend his entire day at Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv in Far Rockaway, exhibiting tremendous hasmada in his learning. The rosh yeshiva Rav Naftoli Jaeger described at the levayah at how Rabbi Dubin served as a model for the bochurim. He would arrive at the yeshiva every day at 8:00 a.m. after having davened and attended Rabbi Kalisch’s daf yomi shiur, where he was referred to as “Rabbeinu Ovadiah,” in deference to his encyclopedic knowledge. Whenever the maggid shiur was absent, Rabbi Dubin would deliver a shiur without any advance notice or preparation, and the members of the shiur knew that they could always rely on Rabbi Dubin to provide the precise location and wording of any pasuk in Tanach that came up during the shiur. He would learn at the yeshiva until 6:00 p.m., taking only a brief break to eat and to do some exercise for his health. Bochurim would approach him and re-

He was constantly quoting pesukim from every sefer in Tanach and knew almost all of Tanach by heart, a quality he learned from his father. impression on hundreds, if not thousands, of Jewish students. He kept a set of tefillin and a small library of seforim in the back of his social studies classroom. He was on a committee that wrote the Hebrew regents and took special pleasure including his children and grandchildren’s names on the Regents exams that they would be taking. He was an expert baal korei and master of Hebrew language and dikduk and took

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quest to learn with him, and he would always immediately answer, “Sure!” and then he would ask them what they wanted to learn. He would learn anything that they wanted, Gemara, Chumash, Nach, halacha, or dikduk. He was totally committed to those sedorim. When children or grandchildren would call and ask him if they could come visit, he would only allow them to come during times when he did not have a seder with a talmid at the yeshiva. Rabbi Jaeger said that his love for each and every bochur in the yeshiva overflowed, and they felt it. They would vie for the privilege of driving him to and from yeshiva and even gave him brochos under the chuppah at their weddings.

ketanah in Tanach, a subject that many people don’t even know exists.

The Quintessential Mechanech

Rabbi Dubin was not just an educator in his various teaching positions, his very essence was that of a mechanech. He used every opportunity to teach, often quoting from Tanach and Gemara to make a point.

Fluent in Shas and Tanach

Rabbi Dubin was fluent in Shas and Tanach. One of his sons recalled spending Yom Kippur in a rehab facility with him when he was in his nineties. During the afternoon, his son took out a Gemara and began to learn. Rabbi Dubin asked him what mesechta he was learning and which daf and then began to learn with his son from memory. His knowledge of Tanach was exceptional. He was constantly quoting pesukim from every sefer in Tanach and knew almost all of Tanach by heart, a quality he learned from his father. One of his sons said at the levayah that he was “as fluent in Iyov as most people are in Ashrei.” One of his grandsons hosted him for Pesach when he was in his mid-nineties and wheelchair-bound. The grandson arranged a minyan for him in his house and honored him with maftir and he naturally leined the haftorah. Because he had limited use of his fingers in his later years, someone had to turn the pages for him. About half of the way through the haftorah, the person turning the pages mistakenly turned two pages instead of one. Rabbi Dubin finished off the next 10-15 pesukim as if nothing had happened. The same thing happened many times in the weekly Nach shiur that he gave until about three months before his petirah. Rabbi Dubin had an exceptionally wide range of knowledge of many other areas of Torah, especially those that others do not pay much attention to. He was exceptionally fluent in Hebrew language and dikduk, even giving shiurim in dikduk in Sh’or Yoshuv. He was also incredibly well-read in Jewish history. His son-in-law Rabbi Yitzchok Shurin described how Rabbi Dubin would give shiurim on the mesorah gedolah and mesorah

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His sons recalled that when they were less than eight years old and a younger sister was missing on Shabbos, he called over his sons and said to them, “Watch, I am going to call the police now because there is a possibility of pikuach nefesh.” After he was informed by the police that his daughter was safe at the police station, he told his sons that he was going to walk to the police station but only because he was told that she was happy. If she would have been crying or upset, he would have driven to the police station as the halacha requires. Rabbi Dubin turned the incident into a teaching moment despite his natural anxiety about his missing child. One grandson recalled staying with him when he was an onein upon the death of his brother and how Rabbi Dubin called him over to show him how he was eating without a bracha because he was an onein. A great-grandchild related that as a young boy, he couldn’t pronounce the “ches” sound in his name. Rabbi Dubin told him that the Gemara says that Rav Chiya also couldn’t pronounce the “ches” sound. He then proceeded to teach that child to correctly pronounce his own name. In every small encounter, he would teach – every moment was a teachable encounter, there was always another lesson to be taught – and those lessons were taught with chochmah. One of his sons described how Rabbi Du-

bin had a tutoring session with a boy from the neighborhood on Shabbos afternoon. Rabbi Dubin would always invite his son to join them in their learning. Years later, Rabbi Dubin told him that he had arranged the tutoring session for the sole purpose of being able to invite his son to learn with them because Rabbi Dubin had felt that his son would be more receptive to learning with him in this manner. He knew how to teach in a gentle manner without causing embarrassment. One of his grandsons recalled that when he was newly married and with Rabbi Dubin on Shemini Atzeres, he made kiddush in the sukkah and mistakenly made the bracha of leisheiv basukkah. Rabbi Dubin, who was then in his nineties, did not tell him that he should not have made the bracha so as not to embarrass him in front of his new wife. He merely quoted the words of the Gemara: “Yisuvei Yasvinan, bruchi lo mivarchinan,” knowing that his grandson would understand the words of the Gemara but that his wife would not. The lessons he taught penetrated because of the love and closeness that he had with his family. He knew each of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was familiar with all of the details of their lives. He knew which ones had strep throat and which one had received an award in yeshiva – even when he was well into his nineties. He never forgot the birthday of a child, grandchild, or great-grandchild. During their 54 years of marriage, Rabbi Dubin and his wife were role models for shalom bayis, respecting each other, looking up to each other, and fostering a positive, happy atmosphere at home. Sundays would find extended family (children and grandchildren) regularly making the trip to Far Rockaway from Brooklyn and beyond – it was a joy to be in that house.

A Final Lesson in Kibbud Av

Rabbi Dubin’s grandchildren were zocheh to an unforgettable, awe-inspiring lesson in kibbud av, to a level unknown and unseen by most. Rabbi Dubin’s children were held up as a lesson by a prominent rosh yeshiva, who used them to demonstrate that there are Yidden today who know what kibbud av is. His children changed their entire lives around to take care of their father with great mesirus nefesh during his final years. Rabbi Dubin is survived by his sons, R’ Avrohom and R’ Gershon, and by his daughters, Goldie Minkowitz, Aliza Rabinowitz, Esther Shurin and Debbie Schuss, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren following in his ways. Yehi zichro baruch.

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Ukraine is Just a Small Piece of a Global Power Struggle By Shammai Siskind

or the current generation, a massive, multinational European ground war is a foreign concept. When most people today think of armed conflict in that part of the world, it’s in the context of a good action movie. Or maybe a history textbook. Nothing to do with reality. What the current tensions over Ukraine have reminded us (or should remind us) is that core-geopolitical interests never really go away. They’re determined by things like

geography and deeply rooted cultural trends – phenomena that typically don’t change. Indeed, the roots of what we’re now seeing on the news go back a long time. The historical links between Russia and Ukraine date as far back as the 9th century, when a group of people called the Rus moved their capital to Kyiv — a historical vignette President Vladimir Putin often likes to invoke.

Ukraine was, for a long time, an important economic asset for Russia. During the decades it was controlled by Moscow, Ukraine was a strategic component of the Soviet Union, with a large agricultural industry and important ports on the Black Sea. There are also security factors. Positioned in the middle of warring empires for centuries, Russia’s national security has always been profoundly based on its strategic depth – the geographical buffer that

separates it from hostile neighbors and also acts as a serious deterrent for potential invaders. (Napoleon and Hitler can both tell us a bit about that.) During the Cold War era, Russia’s satellite states like Ukraine played an important role in forming that buffer. But for the past thirty years, with Western (and particularly American) influence permeating Central and Eastern Europe, Russia has had to come up with new methods to assure

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its territorial security. This need has become especially pronounced in the face of a 70-year-old military pact in Europe designed from its outset to be an adversary to Russia – i.e., NATO. At the crux of the NATO alliance is the commitment of all members to go to war if another member is attacked. While this provision was ironically never activated during the Cold War itself (that would have to wait for September 11th and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan), it still presents a massive military power factor in Europe today. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, fourteen countries have joined the NATO accords, most of them being former Soviet states. This has been a deeply troubling trend to Russian leaders and the reason why the country’s current president has taken a hyper-aggressive stance on Ukraine for the better part of a decade. All of this context can help explain why the Kremlin has long demanded guarantees from NATO that

Ukraine and Georgia — another former Soviet Republic that Russia briefly invaded in 2008 — will not join the alliance. The Biden administration and other NATO allies say Putin can’t deny Ukraine that right – even though no plans are currently in the works to grant the country membership. Over the past several months, the world began to see these age-old interests of Russia once again come to a head. In May, Western European leaders revealed that Russia was maintaining some 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine. In November, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky brought attention to the uptick in activity and maneuvers of Russian forces stationed to his country’s east, strongly indicating plans for an invasion. Since then, things have only escalated. On the 3rd of February, President Biden ordered the bolstering of U.S. troops in Eastern Europe. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said 1,000 U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany would deploy to Romania, and another 2,000 in the United States would be sent to Germany and Poland. Shortly afterward, another 8,000 American servicemen and women were put on high alert. Three days later, White House national security advisor Jack Sullivan publicly warned war with Russia could be imminent. “We are in the window,” Sullivan said during a weekend interview. “Any day now, Russia could take military action.” So now the eyes of the world are on Ukraine. As they should be. A con-

out. Regardless of how this particular drama ends, Ukraine is just one piece of a much broader power struggle, extending from the Middle East, to Central Asia, all the way to the Pacific.

The Bear and the Dragon The relationship between Russia and China over the past seventy years has been rocky. When the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they were already long-time allies of the Soviets, having maintained close ties for years and even fought together against Japan during World War II. The two countries’ totalitarian dictators, Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin, naturally found kindred spirits in each other. The Friendship Treaty of 1950 triggered fruitful years of collaboration on the industry, critical infrastructure, and maritime development fronts. But alas, the rapport was not to be long-lived. A series of ideological and leadership shifts after the death of Stalin became the catalyst for what is known today as the Sino-Soviet Split of the late ‘50s. Through the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the current one, relations between the two nations have been, well, mixed. To be sure, there have been important cooperative ventures between Moscow and Beijing during that period – mostly in the commercial domain – and diplomatic ties continued even after Russia rejected communism in 1991. But as for a grand joint strategy against the West, it seemed that ship had sailed for the two Asian giants. Over the last twenty years, however, the geopolitical groundwork has

Nearly every aspect of the international goals shared by Russia and China can be seen in the strategic partnership penned earlier this month. flict between Moscow and Kyiv would be catastrophic for the region, trigger distribution on a global scale, and almost certainly drag Western powers into the fray. However, while the outcome of the Ukraine standoff is certainly important in and of itself, it’s worth appreciating the much bigger context in which the conflict is playing

slowly been laid for a big reconciliation. There have been several milestones in this process, the most important having taken place just six months ago when the United States unilaterally withdrew from Afghanistan. The common thread in this trend: a receding West and war-weary United States leaving the global

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A Warm Reunion Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Vladimir Putin for the opening of the Winter Olympics. At a meeting during the Games’ commencement, the two leaders took the opportunity to announce their new and aspiring Strategic Partnership. “Friendship between the two States has no limits; there are no forbidden areas of cooperation,” read a joint statement. The text of the Partnership stated that their relationship “was superior to any Cold War-era alliance” and that the People’s Republic and the Russian Federation would begin broad level collaboration in a variety of domains immediately. While the interests and ambitions of Russia and China are certainly distinct, they are in many ways strikingly similar – similar enough for the two countries to agree on a strategic collaboration not seen in six decades. To make this a bit more concrete its worth briefly examining what the ambitions of China and Russia are at the global level:

The Middle East Russia has been heavily invested in the Middle East for some seven years. At the surface level, Russia’s activities have been focused on its military intervention in the Syrian civil war. In truth, however, Russia’s long-term goals are much bigger than propping up its failing ally Bashar Assad Putin’s general objective in the Middle East is to establish Russia’s status and role as a major outside power in one of the world’s most volatile regions. By the time of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria in 2019, Moscow had already acquired enough political capital and used its hard power leverage to become a key intermediary with all stakeholders in Syria, including Turkey and Iran. This made Russia, in the words of one journalist, a “partner to everyone and friend to nobody.” Russia’s specific goals include containing and diminishing Islamist extremism and radicalism that might otherwise expand into Russia and its immediate neighborhood of former Soviet states. In recent years, Russia has learned firsthand the danger of

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Islam-fueled terror. In tandem with the rise in Muslim populations in the region and inside Russia itself, radical ideology has spread across the country. Since the 1990s, terrorism is a constant threat, particularly in major cities. Russia also wants to expand its presence in the region’s arms, nuclear, oil and gas, food, and other markets. This vision has already come about to a great extent. For nearly seven years, the Middle East and North Africa have accounted for close to 40 percent of Russia’s arms exports, a business that is only growing. The Russian nuclear industry, represented by the state-owned Rosatom, has built reactors at Bushehr in Iran and is looking for new contracts there. China, while not engaged in any military activity in the Middle East, has similar concerns in the region. The first noteworthy fact is that China is a major exporter to Iran. And not just for little things like sneakers and cars. Over the years, PRC heavily invested in Tehran’s subway systems, dams, fishery, and cement factories. Last March, a desperate Iranian leadership, reeling from international sanctions, signed a deal with China to trade oil for infrastructural investment. The roads, railways, and other major projects will form a major component of China’s notorious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project designed to transform commerce on the Asian continent and bring economic systems under Chinese influence and patronage. Looking further west, China, like Russia, is very concerned about rising Islamic extremism. For decades, China has been engaged in a war of attrition with its Muslim Uyghur population concentrated in the Xinjiang autonomous zone. This conflict has produced more than a few Uyghur militant groups that have been a scourge to central leadership in Beijing. One group in particular, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), has made a name for itself as a highly effective military force and has fought alongside ISIS-affiliated factions in places like Syria for years. And this brings us to the next important region of joint Sino-Russian interest.

Afghanistan It’s difficult to overstate the pow-

er vacuum produced by the West’s total pullout from Afghanistan last August. The vast mountainous country immediately became a battleground for warring factions seeking to control territory. While the Taliban occupies the seats of power in Kabul, there is a slew of jihadist organizations (about fourteen, according to the CIA’s estimation) with strong footholds across the country. The Taliban is also engaged in an active struggle with secular armed opposition movements based primarily in northern regions. Add to this mix the fact that billions of Afghan assets remain frozen by U.S. authorities, and one can understand why the Taliban is in desperate need of outside help. This has given the benevolent Chinese the opportunity to swoop in. Roads, factories, mines – all across Afghanistan Chinese projects are visible in every possible sector. Of course, these substantial Chinese investments aren’t coming for free. In return, Beijing is demanding exclusive rights to Afghanistan’s highly valuable rare-earth mineral deposits and territorial concessions on which to build BRI infrastructure. And then there’s China’s security concerns. The lawlessness of post-NATO Afghanistan allowed jihadist groups, both local and foreign, to develop bases of operations. Today, hundreds of Uyghur ETIM fighters train and

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pattern to its activities in Syria, has also begun asserting itself in Afghan affairs. Russia has already sent millions in aid to the Taliban government and has led the lobby to release Afghan money locked in the global financial system. Furthermore, as it did in Syria, Russia has positioned itself as a broker between leaders from Kabul and the international community. Moscow has since hosted several meetings of Taliban leaders along with diplomats from China and Pakistan, the governments that have collectively become known as the “extended troika” of Afghanistan.

The Pacific Tensions over China’s sovereign claims in the Pacific have become well-known in recent years. The con-

Ukraine is just one piece of a much broader power struggle, extending from the Middle East, to Central Asia, all the way to the Pacific. conduct missions side by side with the Afghan branch of the Islamic State known as ISIS Khorasan. China doesn’t just want stability in Afghanistan for economic reasons. It also wants to ensure the country won’t continue functioning as a breeding ground for Uyghur militantism. Keep in mind that Afghanistan does share a small section of border with China in its northeast and that cross-line contact is still maintained between ETIM in Afghanistan and Uyghur leaders in China. Russia, in a somewhat similar

flict known as the South China Sea Dispute has seen several flashpoints involving Chinese, Philippine, Vietnamese, and Malaysian maritime vessels. By far, the most important aspect of China’s territorial assertions in this part of the world is Taiwan, the island nation considered by Beijing a “rogue province” of the PRC. Over the decades, Chinese leaders have made several outright threats to invade Taiwan and “reunite” the country with the mainland. Security guarantees made by the United

States to Taiwanese leaders have been a staple of Washington’s Pacific policy for a very long time. China, however, has made it clear it has no intention to back down from its claims and has been gearing up to assert all its territorial claims by force. Last year, the Chinese government passed an unprecedented bill, the “Coast Guard Law,” granting its Coast Guard (CCG) forces authority to engage in “military” operations. Since the passing of this law, neighboring countries and even far-flung nations like Argentina have reported a surge in Chinese vessels sailing in close proximity to their territorial waters. There have already been several instances in which CCG ships have clashed with unarmed commercial vessels. Piling on to this trend of aggression are the renewed calls by Beijing claiming sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, the archipelago that forms the southwestern edge of Japan’s territory. It is no surprise that Tokyo has begun to report more and more on Chinese warships approaching its coasts. Regarding this regional conflict, the Russians may not have a direct interest, but they’re certainly making money off of it. Indeed, it is the cutting-edge Russian weaponry acquired by China (the fourth-generation Su-30 fighter jet being one notable example) that has given Beijing the military advantage necessary to assert itself confidently in the Pacific.

The Pushback Nearly every aspect of the international goals shared by Russia and China can be seen in the strategic partnership penned earlier this month. Highlights of the deal included

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Russian support for China’s stance that Taiwan is an “inalienable part of China” and Moscow’s opposition to any form of independence for the Island. China also joined Russia in calling for an end to “NATO enlargement” and supported its demand for security guarantees from the West, specifically citing Ukraine. Does Russia have specific interests in Ukraine relating to territorial security and national sovereignty? Sure. But the 100,000 Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian border are not there because of those interests alone. Ukraine is just the most recent move by Russia in a much larger global plan. The bigger context in which the Ukraine crisis is nested has certainly not been lost on Western leaders. France’s Emmanuel Macron recently took upon himself the role of shuttle-diplomat in an effort to stave off a Ukrainian war. The French leader was being very honest when he told reporters on February 7 th that the standoff had little to do with Ukraine per se. “The geopolitical objective of Russia today is clearly not Ukraine, but to clarify the rules of

how Moscow lives with NATO and Europe.” Spot on Emmanuel. Whether or not the Ukraine situation turns into a hot war, the longterm question is this: what will the European/American response be to this troublesome Sino-Russian reconciliation? Based on what we know now, we can expect to see some specific developments over the next several months. First is an increase in Western military cooperation in the Pacific. Last year, the AUKUS trilateral security pact involving Australia, the U.S., and Britain, was initiated by Australian leaders. While there was some feuding among Western powers about the details of the pact (France and New Zealand, for instance, made a fuss over not being included), AUKUS is a natural extension of Western Europe, America, and their allies taking a more assertive stance in the region. Last year, Britain, Germany, and France sent naval patrols through contested waters in the South China Sea, and all have committed to conduct more operations in the region. At this moment,

Washington and Japan are planning military exercises in the Ryukyu Islands area while Tokyo remains in the midst of its largest naval expansion project since World War II. Other U.S.-allied countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia are also bolstering their naval forces. Second: Russian and Chinese collaboration in Central Asia will most likely require some re-engagement on the part of the U.S. Over the past month, several outlets have reported on overtures being made by the State Department to Taliban leaders. According to some, U.S. diplomats have gone so far as to offer their former enemies intelligence support to help defeat Afghan-based jihadists. While these reports remain unconfirmed, in light of current geopolitical reality, they should certainly not be dismissed out of hand. In addition to the military front, there will be a substantial increase in infrastructure investment to counter China’s expansion in Asia. Two goals currently being tackled by the U.S. and Japan are the international commercial routes known as the NorthSouth Transit Corridor (NSTC) and

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the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR), the latter being recognized as a direct competitor to China’s BRI. Is Ukraine simply a diversion to draw away the West’s attention and resources? Whatever it is, the crisis is only marking the beginning of some highly impactful trends that will shape international affairs for the foreseeable future.

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Teen Talk

By Mrs. C. Isbee

Dear Teen Talk, I am a thirteen-year-old girl who has a few

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TJH, is geared to wards the teens in o ur commu nity. Answered by a rotati ng roster of teachers, rebbeim, clinicians , an d peers (!), te ens will b e hearing answers to many que stions the had perco y lating in th eir minds wished th an d ey had th e answers for.

questions that have to do with friendship. At the beginning of the school year, my best friend left school to be home-schooled. We keep in touch, and she even came to my house once, but it feels as though our friendship is weakening. Our communication is minimal and far in between. How can I ensure that our connection stays strong? I have been feeling lonely because I remember this strong connection with this friend in school that I don’t share with anyone else. I am friendly but feel I have no close friends. A friend once noticed I was looking down, and when I confided in her, she pointed out that many girls would consider themselves to be friends of mine. I am not sure if now I have a bunch of superficial friendships, or maybe they are deep friendships. How do I know if these are quality relationships? And, how can I maintain the relationship with my former best friend?

ear Thirteen-Year-Old Girl, You seem to be a very selfaware and sensitive young lady who is striving to make the most out of your social life. I would like to address your concerns. I am sure it has been difﬁcult to adjust to school life without your best friend there. Moreover, it seems like the quality of your friendship with her has changed. Welcome to the wonderful world of relationships! As time goes by, our relationships evolve and

change, and if we want to keep certain friendships strong, we need to make adjustments. When you graduate high school and go out into the real world, your closest friend will no longer be together with you on a daily basis, yet you can still both keep the friendship secure. Think of this predicament as getting a head start in dealing with this normal challenge. Keeping your attachment strong is hard,

because you are not experiencing life together on a daily basis. You are no longer sitting in class simultaneously listening to the same teachers. You are not able to see each other in between sessions in the hallways, and lunchtime is never spent together. The attachment you felt with her was real, however, it was easy to keep it going because you shared events of the day and were in close proximity to her. Now that you are no longer sharing school matters with her,

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keeping close is challenging. You say that you have gotten together, yet you feel you’re both drifting apart. Next time, when you get together, I would suggest you do something meaningful with her, like learning something together, doing a joint project, or going on an outing together. When you share an experience, it builds your bond, just as in the past, when you shared experiences in school. It also gives you what to talk about with one another. Every time you meet, you’ll start where you left oﬀ and develop a routine with each other. This could be your special friendship outside of school. Just as certain plants

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through giving and positivity. Give of yourself – whether it’s a kind word or a helping hand. When you compliment or praise others, they feel comfortable being in your presence, and hopefully, as a result, solid friendships will develop. Think about it for a moment. When someone compliments you, it feels good, and you’re more likely to connect with that person. Being a positive per-

The best way to acquire friends is through giving and positivity. need more water or more sunlight for them to grow, certain friendships need more care in order for them to flourish. Regarding your relationships with your schoolmates, it’s good you confided in your friend. She assured you that many girls believe they’re friends with you. (You even mentioned that the girl you confided in was your friend!) Just because you don’t feel as connected to them as you did to your best friend does not mean you don’t have friends. Truthfully, you are fortunate that you had a best friend all these years in school. Not everybody is lucky enough to have that. It sounds like you poured most of your time and energy into this best friend, which means that now that she is not in school with you anymore, you have to seek out or strengthen other friendships. The best way to acquire friends is

son also makes others feel at ease with you. People don’t enjoy being in the presence of individuals who are negative or sarcastic. My father, HaRav Yonasan Binyamin HaLevi Jungreis, zt”l, used to say that the key to acquiring and keeping friends is to have a lev tov, a good heart. Thinking of others, projecting outwards, and going out of your way to help them with their needs on a consistent basis maximizes your opportunities to forge new friendships. Now I would like to address your quandary about whether or not you have quality relationships with your friends. I prefer to use the word “quality” to describe your friendships, rather than “superficial” or “deep.” The connections that you may consider to be “superficial” may actually be quite significant! Just because a friendship is not “deep” does not mean it’s not

i m - portant. Try not to label a casual relationship as “superﬁcial.” Casual relationships are often quality relationships. They can be meaningful and are essential. I recall having some great times with certain friends in school. They did not necessarily know personal details about my life, and we did not engage in deep conversation, but we used to joke and had really fun times together. It was good for me to have friends who could appreciate a good laugh. These kinds of kinships were healthy for me! I remember I was friendly with a girl from school who lived near me. Yes, it was a friendship out of convenience, as we relied upon each other to walk to and from the bus stops together, however, we spent quality time together. Even though we didn’t share intimate information with each other, the mutual regard we had for one another was very enriching. Appreciate the status of your connection with someone else and don’t get discouraged because it’s not as potent as you would like. Over time, many of my initially “superﬁcial” friendships actually bloomed into solid, strong, and “deep” relationships. By truly cherishing the essence of every connection you have, you will ultimately bring out each relationship’s potential to its fullest. Making new friends takes time. You have to be patient, as it doesn’t happen overnight. If you have your priorities in place about the importance of all kinds of friendships, then you will appreciate the relationships you have as you journey through life.

Mrs. Chayala Isbee is a long-time educator and school counselor at Bais Yaakov of Baltimore.

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

My brother, who I am very close with, is dating a girl, and I am worried for him. To give you some background info, I am five years older than him, married with kids, and have always had a close relationship with him. He’s such a good guy – he’s smart, sweet, the kind of guy who would do anything for others. He is dating a girl I’ll call Perry,

who clearly is taking advantage of his kindness. He spends hours planning thoughtful dates, spends tons of money taking her out to really great places; I would love to be treated the way he is treating her. She just does not seem appreciative at all of his gestures. We talk after all of his dates, and he seems to be putting a lot more effort into the relationship than she is. She has never invested/baked/given him anything (they have been dating for almost three months!) He, by contrast, is always looking for ways to give to her. He is hesitant as he sees a lack of complete interest on her part, but his rebbi keeps encouraging him to keep going. I think he can do better than her and should dump her. His rebbi also has her interests in mind and obviously wants her to marry such a great guy. I – who am there for him and only him – think she does not deserve him. How can I relay this message without ruining anything? Thank you, Sarah

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. ear Big Sister, You are walking a fine line in your relationship with your brother. Continue to do so. I would consider telling him about the popularity and the usefulness of the five love languages. I would encourage him to consider whether she gets him and can be supportive of him in tough times and give him the emotional support he needs the way he needs it. These are important practices and predictors in a marriage. Discussing these will give him more ways of seeing that she is not interested nor invested in the relationship, and you can discuss them further. It’s important for him to know that thinking about his needs, wants, and interests are important and healthy. And that this is a Torah value. With your nurturing his self-awareness to another level, he will become assertive with his rebbi and with the girl. You are right in being very concerned. Very giving people often are taken advantage of in relationships. If he is one of those people, you may have to bring this up a notch and ask him some pointed questions about himself to help him out. It seems like you really understand the situation.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond arah, thank you for writing in – you sound like an amazing sister! Your brother is so lucky to have a mentor like you (and your husband) to guide him through shidduchim. It sounds like you are picking up on something very real that should not be ignored. It sounds like your brother is being taken advantage of by Perry, or at least not being appreciated enough by her. Your brother might be downplaying it now, but down the line it will surely wear him out.

My advice is for you to have a heartto-heart with your brother about what you have been witnessing. Start with a blank piece of paper and have him write down all the qualities he is looking for in a future wife. On the other side, you should write all of the things that your brother has to give as a future husband and father. Go over the page with him and talk about how much effort he has been exerting in this shidduch. Then approach the topic gently, “Do you feel that Perry is someone who appreciates all that you have to give?” He really has to think about this. As someone who is a giver, he will always be looking for people and opportunities to give of himself, sometimes without thinking about his own needs. Focus more on building him up and allowing him to see what he deserves in a spouse, rather than focusing on Perry directly. Hopefully he will connect the dots with your guidance.

The Single Tzipora Grodko i Sarah, As a sister that has thankfully helped and watched five of my seven brothers get married, I empathize with you. Unfortunately, many well-intended people focus on getting people married vs. getting people HAPPILY married. As a psychotherapist that worked in marriage counseling, I can confidently say that the most important ingredient in a healthy marriage is communication (as well as compromise, because why not throw that in there?). Encourage your brother to communicate his feelings NOT with the rebbe and NOT with you but with her. There is no loss. If they are building a strong foundation for a relationship, they need to step out of their comfort zone and communicate their needs and concerns. How does she react? Is she defensive and rebuttal? Is she understanding and making an effort to reciprocate?

You are correct that your brother should feel appreciated, valued, and excited to connect with his potential spouse. Explore how he “sees a lack of interest on her part” as you wrote, since that is the main red flag that is present. To play devil’s advocate, there are five love languages: time, touch, acts of service, words of affirmation, and gifts. Is it possible that her love language is different from what he has been doing? The best way for him to find out is to have this conversation with her. I’m so relieved to know that he has such a caring sister watching out for him. Encourage him to take his time, that this is the most important decision he will make, and that he does not need to feel pressured to make any decision until he feels confident about his relationship.

There is a fine line between being a loving, helpful advocate and a nosy, intrusive one.

The Zaidy Dr. Jeffrey Galler

hat are we dealing with here? Is this a case of: An overprotective big sister? An influential rebbi who may not be

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giving good advice? An ungrateful, unappreciative girlfriend who should be dumped? An inexperienced young man who does, or does not, know what is good for him? Without more evidence or corroborating information, it is fruitless to speculate here. However, I do have some suggestions for you. You need to transition from being a helpful big sister to being an effective detective. My suggestions:

You and your husband (but not your parents!) should invite your brother and girlfriend to a double-date at a nice, quiet restaurant. A pleasant dinner and conversation might help reveal the girl’s nature and the nature of her relationship with your brother. For your brother’s next date, suggest that he tell his girlfriend, “I’ve been doing all of our date planning for the past three months. I think it will be fun for you to plan our next date.” How

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she responds will be revealing. You (or perhaps your parents or your rabbi) need to tactfully, diplomatically, and surreptitiously, uncover the nature of the rebbi’s relationship with that girl’s family. You (or your agents) need to make discrete inquiries about the girl’s background. Thoroughly check her references: teachers, principals, friends, neighbors, etc. Please remember that there is a fine line between being a loving, helpful advocate and a nosy, intrusive one. Good luck, and I hope you always have someone watching over you and caring for you, the way you watch over your little brother.

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ear Sarah, Thank you for writing in! It can be so emotionally challenging to watch a loved one walk into what may be a bad relationship. Not only are we worried and concerned for the person, but we have to weigh and measure how much we can express that concern in fear of losing our own relationship with the loved one. You are in a tough spot. The very last thing you write/ask is: How can I relay this message without ruining anything? Sensitivity and strategy will be key, but let’s try to remove this pressure about “ruining” things. If you and your brother are as close as I think you may be, and he knows you’ve always had his best interest at heart, I am hopeful that there may be a way to convey your concerns completely outside the stratosphere of “ruining things.” Although any outcome is possible – and I am certainly not one to sugarcoat – I am curious what your thoughts are about the realistic potential worst outcome between you and

your brother if handled with a little TLC (tender, love, and care). I understand that I don’t understand all the dynamics in the relationship with your brother and greater family at-large. (If there is any history of you involving yourself or inserting yourself in his personal life, or any history of his resentment toward you, which you have not shared, then the following will most likely not be applicable.) Since your brother approaches you after his dates and shares his concerns, your first line of defense is to encourage your brother to speak with a professional. It seems as though his intuition may be steering him toward leaving, as he is feeling hesitant. I think your role may be to encourage your brother to pay attention to his own feelings and not ignore or disregard himself. You can gently encourage him to pay attention to how he is feeling on his dates with Perry.

Does he feel happy? Safe? Understood? Cared for? Does he look forward to seeing her between dates? Does he feel on edge, unsettled, misunderstood, resentful, unable to freely express his needs, or a general sense that something is wrong or off? Unfortunately, we know that many well-intentioned friends, family members, mentors, rebbeim, and even dating coaches and therapists will sometimes encourage young people to move forward and get married because “love grows” and “you will never like every single thing about a person.” While there is truth to this, this should never come at the cost of sacrificing one’s own intuition! If your brother is open to it, might I humbly suggest that you spend some time with each other as couples. Host a casual dinner or go out for pizza. Perry may not be a giver of things or a planner. She may be incredibly affirming and/or affectionate and give of herself in other ways. (Or, she may be plain awful... we truly have no idea.) Spending time together will give you a better sense of their relationship, and

if your brother is open to your feedback, you will simply have more of it to give with a better understanding of their dynamic. My second suggestion is to encourage your brother to not plan so much. He can say something to Perry like, “It would be so much fun if you planned a date.” And let him see her response. Switch things up a bit! She may come through with flying colors. Your brother can communicate to Perry that her planning things or doing little things for him is very important to him. Once he has expressed this to Perry, he can reassess the relationship after he sees how she responds to his needs. Remember, as much as you want to help your brother, ultimately, he is responsible for himself, and he will be making this decision. He is the only one who can break this off. Sometimes being reminded of our own roles and what we ultimately have no control over can be helpful in configuring how we will move forward. Your brother is blessed to you have you in his life. Sincerely, Jennifer

Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and certified trauma healing life coach, as well as a dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice at 123 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY. She also teaches a psychology course at Touro College. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 718-908-0512. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email JenniferMannLCSW@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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Dr. Deb

The Pain of Self-Exploration By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

could not think of a topic for this article all day. I was wracking my brain, and nothing came to me. Finally, I thought I’d take a little break and walk over to the mikvas keilim to toivel some small glass containers I had bought. I dropped a container into the basket and reached into the icy water to fetch it. Man, it was cold. Then a second, third, and fourth. When I was finished, my right hand was numb from the cold. And as I walked out the door, the title and content of today’s article came to me. So, there you go. The power of a mitzvah, especially one that comes at a cost, even a small cost. But that is not the topic that came to me. I just thought the background would be interesting. Every so often – and it’s pretty often, actually – I’ll hear from one spouse that their partner does not want to engage in therapy. The majority of the time it’s the wife who has a reluctant husband. Like the recent couple that signed up for my intensive program although the husband was saying he didn’t “need” it because knowing how to treat your spouse should be “natural.” Well, yes, according to her, he naturally would yell and criticize her. Hmm. So right on the spot, I offered him a refund. I certainly don’t want people working with me who resent being in the program and don’t do the homework because of it. With tears rolling down his cheeks, he said “no” to that offer and that he would do the work to prevent a divorce if that’s what it would take. The next day he texted me that he is miserable and also very angry but couldn’t put his finger on why.

He took a two week break before starting, and when he returned, he texted me that he did not want to do the program and he was quite sure he would not beneﬁt from it. Well, with my IFS (Internal Family Systems) Level I course being over, I totally get it in a way I never did before. The course, like my own couples program, is a combination of didactic and experiential learning. The experiential piece means that we get to be the therapist and the client at times. But being a client is not a role play; it’s for real. That means you have to think about something in yourself that hurts or disturbs you in some way and get down to the roots of it with another trainee being therapist and a supervisor stopping the action every once in a while to check on where the therapist is going. Well, in general, being a therapist means that you do a lot of self-examination. Maybe too much, actually. Which led me to wonder about something that I began to realize when one of my clients teased me. The background of the tease is that within the scope of IFS, there are no bad parts. Every part of us is trying to help us in some way, and if it doesn’t look too helpful, that’s because these parts developed when we were kids. I love this philosophy; it resonates with me. So the tease went like this: I was trying to see the positive side of something the person was saying. Finally, they said to me, “If you were talking to someone with the IQ of, say, a peach, you would just call them ‘intellectually challenged.’” In truth, I couldn’t stop laughing because they’d nailed me. But I did start wondering about

this at the training. When am I negative? Only when confronting mishaps from my computer. Am I too much of a cheerleader? Why, anyway? Isn’t there a place for negativity? So I decided that that would be the question for one of my many “therapy” experiences in the training. Not two minutes into our session, I recalled sitting at my desk back where I grew up with my father standing next to the desk, displeased. I had done something “wrong” only I didn’t think it was wrong. My father, who was otherwise a compassionate, kindly, and loving father, took my mom’s side in everything and wouldn’t let me explain my own position. Not only wasn’t I allowed to talk back, but I couldn’t write it down and pass the note along to them, either. I felt hurt, misunderstood, and mistreated. For years, I recalled this scene without knowing what it was I was being accused of and how I felt. But that day, in the training, I remembered. It’s funny how the answers just kind of bubble up from within when you’re not trying to search for them. The feeling that came to me is that I was not loved. I was also very angry. I channeled my anger into a long note that said everything I had to say, and then I tore it to shreds and threw it out. The unloved feeling was hiding behind the anger, which was hiding in the note. And then it got torn up and thrown away. Anger wasn’t allowed, and it vanished. But I didn’t feel good. I was left with an awful

feeling, in fact. But here’s Chapter 2 of that story. My first thought after that was “that poor kid! And my poor mother!” In my mind, I embraced them both. I know my mother wanted to feel love for me; she’d gone through so much just to have me. But the pain she carried for her reasons made love hard for her. She’d hoped I would miraculously remove her pain just by my appearance in this world and that didn’t happen (of course). Well, it never does, and it can’t. Not knowing why nothing she did worked, she blamed little me, the one person who was “supposed” to make everything better. That’s why I wanted to hug her and soothe her. Poor mom, how she suffered. How privileged I am to have stopped the chain of suffering. And it did stop. Simply by mentally embracing them both. So, yes, self-exploration takes you to painful places, but as a client said today, “I feel lighter because of it.” And the pain is short-lived because there’s a solution at hand, a solution that feels real. Mind you, the brain cannot tell the difference between imagined emotional interactions and real ones. And maybe my mother “knows” somewhere, where she is, that I embraced her. And forgave her totally.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. If you want help with your marriage, begin by signing up to watch her Masterclass at https://drdeb. com/myw-masterclass.

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Health & F tness

A Plant-Based Diet By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN

plant-based diet is a diet that includes only or mostly foods from plant-based sources. Some people consume animal products occasionally, while others follow a strictly vegan diet. A vegan diet excludes all meat and animal products, including meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, and dairy. A vegetarian diet, on the other hand, excludes meat, poultry, seafood, and fish but still includes dairy and eggs. With a plant-based diet, a person eats mostly plant-based or only plant-based. Research has shown that people who follow diets that include mostly plant-based foods have lower rates of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, compared to those who eat animal products. Plants are filled with vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and antioxidants that are difficult to find in processed foods. There are many benefits to a plant-based diet, but there are also some issues that arise involving nutrient deficiencies that every person who follows a plant-focused diet should be aware of and be proactive in supplementing.

The Advantages 1. High in Fiber: Because plants contain a lot of fiber, following a plant-based means that the body will

have sufficient levels of fiber. Fiber plays a major role in maintaining healthy digestion, lowering cholesterol, and controlling blood sugar levels; it also ensures fullness after eating. 2. Reduce Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that maintaining a plant-based diet can reduce blood sugar and thereby reduce the risk of hypertension and heart disease. 3. Less Saturated Fat: Eating a plant-based diet filled with healthy foods can ensure you are eating less saturated fat. The American Heart Association recommends that between 20-30% of your total daily calories should consist of fat. However, there are two types of fat. Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature and are found in olives, avocados, plant oils, nuts, and certain fish. Saturated fats are solid at room temperature and are found in products such as beef, butter, heavy cream, and some cheeses (all of which are cut out of a vegan diet). These fats can also be found in palm oil and coconut oil. Saturated fats can trigger the body to produce extra cholesterol, while plant-based, unsaturated fats do the reverse. It is recommended to limit saturated fat and choose healthier, unsaturated fats instead. If you choose healthy plant-based options, you will certainly consume a lot less

saturated fat than with a diet eating primarily animal or dairy products. 4. Lowers Inﬂammation: High levels of inflammation have been linked to cancer, heart disease, and other diseases. Consuming a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can lower inflammation in the body. Fruits and vegetables are filled with antioxidants and polyphenols which help rid the body of free radicals that contribute to inflammation. Many plant-based foods are anti-inflammatory and can help lower levels in the body. Phytochemicals, which include carotenoids, antioxidants, and flavonoids, all reduce inflammation. Red meat, on the other hand, is high in saturated fat, which causes inflammation in the body. 5. Supports the Immune System: Plants contain essential nutrients that cannot be found in other foods. The phytochemicals found in fruits and vegetables, as well as the vitamins and minerals, help strengthen the immune system by keeping your cells healthy. Nutrients like iron, copper, zinc, vitamins B6, C, E, and selenium are all found in plants and help boost the immune system. A healthy immune system is so important because it can pinpoint mutations in cells and attack them before they become a disease. However, if you refrain from animal products but consume a lot of pro-

cessed foods, your immune system will not become stronger. A plant-based diet combined with exercise, quality sleep, and proper stress management will help you maintain good health.

The Disadvantages 1. Low Protein Intake: An extremely common issue that faces vegetarians and vegans is that they can lack sufficient levels of protein. Protein is made up of a chain of amino acids which the body needs to use. These amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are needed for vital processes in our bodies such as the synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters. These essential amino acids cannot be made by the body and must come from food. Animal products such as meat, poultry, milk, and eggs contain amino acids that are necessary for protein building. These products are complete protein sources because they contain all of the essential amino acids. However, plant-based proteins usually don’t contain all nine amino acids, which means the body is missing those essential amino acids. It is difficult to get all nine on a plantbased diet. 2. Iron and Vitamin B12 Deﬁciency: A common problem facing people who follow a plant-based diet is that they can develop anemia. This is due to

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a lack of iron and vitamin B12, which affects the production of red blood cells. Eating whole grains, fortified cereals, and nutritional yeast can help prevent a nutrient deficiency. 3. Decreased Bone Mineralization: Getting enough calcium from plants is difficult because people usually get their calcium from dairy products. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and is necessary for muscles to move properly and for nerves to carry messages between the brain in the body. Finding a milk alternative like almond or hemp that contains calcium and vitamin D is crucial. Vitamin D is necessary for the proper absorption and retention of calcium and phosphorus. To increase vitamin D, consume foods like dark leafy greens, fortified cereals, and mushrooms. If you find this difficult, consider taking a calcium and vitamin D supplement.

How to Increase Your Protein On a Plant-Based Diet 1. Consume Nuts and Seeds: Hemp seeds, peanuts, flax seeds, chia seeds, almonds, sunflower seeds, and cashews are all high in protein. They can all be added to salads and vegetable dishes to boost protein content. 2. Find Ways to Include Lentils and Beans in Your Diet: Many plantbased eaters consume a lot of legumes because they can be high in protein. One cup of lentils contains 18g protein, which is a great option to increase protein. Lentils can be added to vegetable soups, stews, and salads. There are many types of beans, including pinto beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans, split peas, and lima beans, that can be consumed as well. Many of these beans can be used in burgers, stews, salads, and other vegetable dishes. It is important to get creative when eating this way because it can become boring eating the same foods over and over again. Many of these legumes can also be made into dishes that are easily freezable. Black bean burgers, chickpea pancakes, and bean stews can be made in advance and stored in the freezer for quick, protein-filled meals. However, lentils and beans are still not complete proteins. Therefore, for those who follow an exclusively plant-based diet, it is important to combine differ-

ent proteins with each other. Rice and beans together makes a complete protein. Lentils, paired with chia seeds, hemp seeds, sesame seeds, or wild rice, will complete the protein. 3. Consume Quinoa: One cup of cooked quinoa contains 8g of protein. This is a great option for fully plantbased eaters because it contains all

animal products. There are plenty of people who follow mainly a plantbased diet but will consume meat, poultry, eggs, and milk when they desire. This is a less restrictive way of eating and can ensure you receive all the benefits of plant-based eating as well as easily obtaining the 9 essential amino acids.

A plant-based diet combined with exercise, quality sleep, and proper stress management will help you maintain good health. 9 essential amino acids, making it a complete protein. 4. Eat Foods Like Tofu, Tempeh, and Soybeans: Soy products contain a lot of protein. One cup of tofu contains 20g protein, while 1 cup of tempeh contains 33.7g protein. If you are going to consume soy, choose good quality, organic tofu and tempeh, because a lot of the soy in this country is highly processed. Soybeans are also among the best sources of plant-based protein because they are a complete protein, containing all 9 essential amino acids. They contain 31.3g protein for 1 cup. However, consuming too much soy can be problematic because it contains high levels of phytic acid. This inhibits proper absorption of magnesium, zinc, calcium iron, and copper. Therefore, buying sprouted soy-products can be a good idea because they don’t neutralize phytic acid. Furthermore, some studies show overconsuming soy might be linked to an increased risk of cancer. However, if soy is well tolerated, it is a great complete source of protein. 5. Find a High-Quality PlantBased Protein Powder: Protein powder can be a good way to consume enough protein when eating fully plant-based. Choose one with hemp and pea protein because they are good sources of plant protein. Powder can be added to smoothies to make them a more nutritious and satisfying breakfast or snack. Following a plant-based diet doesn’t mean you can never consume

There are so many benefits of following a plant-based way of eating. This way of eating helps lower inflammation in the body, ensures you aren’t consuming unhealthy saturated fat, and supports the immune system due

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to all the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants found in plants. Although eating solely plant-based can be good for many areas of your health, developing nutrient deficiencies are very common. Therefore, consuming animal protein in small amounts will ensure that the body is getting enough of those key nutrients. If not, there are creative but necessary ways to work around this to make sure that the body still receives everything it needs. Fortified foods, as well as specific plant-based protein combinations, will ensure the body is getting all of its essential nutrients. Plants are beneficial for your health and can act as a nutritious basis of any diet.

Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer.

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Parenting Pearls

Accepting Errors By Sara Rayvych, MSEd

n erev Shabbos, I gave haircuts to four of my sons. It was a treat having those children look extra fresh at the Shabbos table Friday night. On Shabbos morning, I heard the unmistakable sound of a beard trimmer. By the time I came out of my room, it was too late. My young son had a nearly bald spot in the center of his hair, just above his forehead. We all make mistakes. We might wish it were different, but it’s an annoying part of being human. As I gazed at the sweet head of my young son – the one that mischief seems to chase – I thought of how important it is to accept the errors children make, too. He’s not the first child to attempt his own hairdo. It’s almost a right of childhood. A few of my children did this, despite the rule on not allowing scissors loose in the house. In fact, this is one of the reasons for that rule. One of my daughters buzzed the same location just before my sister’s chasuna. Friends have confided that their children have done the same. Apparently, I started my brother’s upsherin under the dining room table a week prior to the scheduled event (sorry, Benji). My mother caught it fast, and he had enough hair for the real celebration. I’m guessing most families have a few do-it-yourself haircut stories of their own. It’s easy to get upset over these situations. In fact, we each could write a humorous article just discussing the various lapses of judgement children make. I have a feeling each child would require their own book. Every family has the dishes that have broken after being precariously perched, the food spilled, and the beverages splashed over. As parents, it’s very frustrating, and we can easily get angry. Too often, the culprit gets in big trouble for something they either did accidentally or when they couldn’t have known better.

Halacha has a chinuch category for when a child understands the word “no” consistently. “Consistently” is the key. Halacha understands that a child may know it’s forbidden now but not realize the same two minutes later. Once you turn your head, they forget you forbid it.

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Intention The first questions we can ask ourselves when something happens are “was it intentional?” and “should the child have known better?”. These are two distinct but crucial issues to tease out. Let’s discuss intention. Accidents happen to everyone. I’m not going into the depths of Bava Kama, but I want to bring out a few possibilities. Sometimes, there was no intention at all to do the offending act. Tripping and spilling something is truly completely unintentional. There is nothing that could have prevented that. Sometimes, something occurs that was unintentional but could’ve been prevented with foresight. Carrying too many plates at one time and then dropping them is such a case. The breakage was accidental but carrying fewer dishes at a time would be preventative. Finally, we come to where it was intentional. Smacking a sibling usually comes into this category. Throwing a puzzle on the floor, upturning a filled cup, and food fights are generally intentional. Throughout this article, I’m assuming the offense was not in this category as this is a

chinuch issue that needs to be addressed differently.

Fair Expectations Should the child have known better? This is important to determine. We have to be realistic and have fair expectations, both about what children are expected to understand and when they can really have self-control to restrain themselves based on that knowledge. Little ones usually can’t think far ahead and see the end result of their actions. They might throw something fragile without realizing that it’ll break. While it seems obvious to us, it’s not clear to them. Let’s just say they wouldn’t be good at determining a p’sik reisha; they’d cut off the chicken’s head and then wonder why it’s not acting normally. Even if they “kind of” understand something is wrong doesn’t mean they are capable of controlling themselves in the moment. If you ask them if hitting is wrong, they’ll say “yes.” If someone upsets them, fists will still fly. Similarly, they might know you don’t want them sneaking a snack but if they see a tasty treat they can’t seem to hold back.

Too often, we instinctively yell or punish a child for a misbehavior that they really couldn’t have been prevented. I understand it’s frustrating when they break or mess up things, ruin our hard work, or cut their own hair. They spill, throw, and topple the messiest and most destructible of items. They’re truly talented. Many of us have that child about whom we can joke that they don’t try to get into trouble, mischief just seems to follow them wherever they go. It’s like kavod – the more they run away, the more it chases them. Rather than get angry automatically, as challenging as that is, it can be helpful to stop and determine if the child is fully at fault. If steps could have been taken to prevent the mishap, then that’s the next goal. As annoyed as we may be, we really can’t fault a child for something completely beyond their control. Most likely they feel bad enough already and yelling at them is just rubbing salt into an already painful wound. Sometimes it’s just plain confusing for them because they don’t understand what they did. Even if forethought could’ve prevented the mistake, it doesn’t mean a child that age or developmental level is capable of thinking ahead. If preventive measures would have helped, then we want to implement them. The age and maturity of the child determines if you should show them how to do things differently or if the prevention is solely your responsibility. Let’s use helping to serve and clear the Shabbos table

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as an example. Demonstrating to a child how to properly carry the Shabbos plate can help them successfully carry the dish to and from the table. They may need reminders for the first few weeks, along with hands-on assistance in positioning their grip. Alternatively, for a younger child you may not give them anything breakable to carry. They may best assist by carrying something empty made of plastic. Ensuring a child is only given items light enough for them to lift would be another form of parental prevention. Children should help, in an age-appropriate way, to clean up whatever mess they make (assuming there is no danger involved such as broken glass). Children often benefit from being shown all the steps in a task, even the parts that seem obvious to us. Acting out the steps and hands-on practice is more effective than lecturing or giving it over orally. Showing a child the correct way to do something is usually the best method. It can be helpful

for parents to remember that children generally want to do the right thing but don’t always know how. Sometimes, parents may find it best to just accept or laugh off the offense that occurred when there’s nothing further to do. His hair won’t

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to laugh it off or make light of the situation. Unsafe situations require chinuch and need to be taken far more seriously. It’s important to prioritize the child over the object. We may be upset about losing the broken item, but

As I gazed at the sweet head of my young son – the one that mischief seems to chase – I thought of how important it is to accept the errors children make, too.

grow back faster if I get angrier. Yelling makes everyone miserable and rarely improves things. An exception to this rule is if a child acted dangerously. If a child did something dangerous or risky, then you don’t want

parental anger can be devastating to a child. We want to save our emotions for a situation that warrants it. As frustrating as a mess is, it’s generally merely an inconvenience and shouldn’t be given the same weight

as an actual danger, such as a child playing with matches or knives, chas v’shalom. I once saw it written that if we aren’t perfect as adults, it’s unrealistic to expect our children to have attained perfection at their age. All of us, but kids especially, make everyday mistakes that are mostly a nuisance but not a risk to someone’s safety. Trying to laugh off the error (but not laugh at the child) can go a long way in saving our sanity and keeping a calm environment in our homes. Most of these mishaps are something that will make us smile years down the line; we might as well start seeing the humor now.

Sara Rayvych, MSEd, has her master’s in general and special education. She has been homeschooling for over 10 years in Far Rockaway. She can be contacted at RayvychHomeschool@gmail.com.

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In The K

tchen

Korean-Style Ribs By Naomi Nachman

The Superbowl is always so much fun� I love the hype and build-up. My family has been watching

the game with the same group of friends for over 20 years.

During the half-time show, we switch over to

watch The Nachum Segal Network Kosher HalfTime Show � which is a concert streamed on

the internet at www.nachumsegal.com as a clean alternative for frum viewers.

For me, it’s all about the food (of course!). I

will often debut a new meat dish using this as an opportunity to get everyone’s feedback. I

also usually serve kid-friendly chicken nuggets,

French fries and a salad bar. (I put someone else in charge of dessert.) This year, I am making

a brand new recipe called Korean Ribs. This is

a popular street food in Korea where it’s BBQ’d

right on the street. It’s quick and easy to cook as Korean Ribs are basically thin-cut flanken ribs (cut to � inch thick).

Ingredients ◦ 1 cups soy sauce ◦ ½ cup maple syrup ◦ 1 cup mirin ◦ ½ cup rice wine vinegar ◦ 6 cloves fresh minced garlic ◦ 1-inch piece minced ginger ◦ 1 tablespoon Gochujang (fermented bean paste) ◦ 4 scallions, chopped ◦ Sesame seeds, for garnish ◦ 3-4 lbs. Miami ribs

Preparation 1.

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade together and let the beef sit for a few hours in the marinade.

2. Preheat broiler or barbecue to medium-high heat. 3. Remove meat from marinade. Broil each side of meat for 3-4 minutes. 4. To serve, sprinkle meat with sesame seeds and chopped scallions.

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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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

Brady’s now in his mid-40s, jobless and has no real traditional work experience, so he’s going to fit right in in Florida. — James Corden

A lot of people think I like bugs – actually, it’s the complete opposite. I’m afraid of bugs, I hate bugs. But it has multiple meanings, that’s why I put them all over my body. - Michael Amoia, of New York, who has 864 tattoos of insects on his body, earning him a Guinness World Record

Watch the morning news anchors on MSNBC. They’re deeply, deeply concerned about these uppity working-class people. The world’s entire supply of Botox is manufactured on the west coast of Ireland. That’s a long way from here. In fact, it is a 4,000-mile long supply chain from the… plant in Westport, Ireland to Jupiter, Florida. Now people at MSNBC might not be aware of this, but our country has no domestic Botox production. Along with vitamin C and antibiotics, it’s one of the life-saving pharmaceutical products we have recklessly off-shored. So if the trucks stop delivering, the Botox stops coming. And suddenly your morning television anchors are going to look like they’re 58 years old, which actually they are. - Fox’s Tucker Carlson mocking MSNBC’s Morning Joe cohosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski who have been critical of the Canadian truckers that are protesting against Covid restrictions

The Washington Football Team announced today that it officially changed its name to the Washington Commanders, as in “Rams 37, Commanders 3.” — Seth Meyers

What, he play a hundred years in Tampa Bay? Dude, you were there for three seconds. If you wanna thank Tampa, fine. I didn’t see the Patriots once. - Barstool Sports President and Patriots fan Dave Portnoy ragging on Tom Brady for not mentioning the Patriots in his retirement message

I’m going to give him until – I almost deaded him. And when I dead somebody, you never come back. But he’s had so many memories and he’s done so much for the community and he’s a part of Boston. I’ve decided I would give him until after his Hall of Fame speech. – Ibid.

If he wants to unite the country, Biden should nominate Janice Rogers Brown. Committed constitutionalist who is also an African-American woman. Sadly, Biden personally filibustered her historic nomination to DC Circuit twice when he was in Senate. Now is the time to make amends. - Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MI) on Biden previously filibustering the appointment of a black woman to the D.C. Circuit court.

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It is shameful that our opponents are using a Black History Month reading event for Georgia children as an impetus for false political attacks, and it is pitiful and predictable that our opponents continue to look for opportunities to distract from their failed records when it comes to protecting public health during the pandemic. – Statement by Stacy Abrams’ campaign after she was criticized for the above photo

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams spent much of Friday running around maskless in a Georgia grade school. What kind of monster risks the lives of schoolchildren for a political photo-op? How many children did Abrams infect? How many children will die? How many children infected by Abrams will go home and infect their parents and grandparents? How many of those parents and grandparents will die? – John Nolte, Breitbart News, borrowing the Left’s rhetoric for comedic affect

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I have a couple of pretty simple rules in life: Don’t ever compare anything to slavery, don’t ever compare anything to the Holocaust, and, if you’re a man, don’t compare anything to pregnancy. That’s rule number one. Rule number two: if you’re going to apologize, then just apologize. Don’t explain it, don’t try to mitigate it. Apologize and ask for forgiveness. And number three, as a culture, we have got to do a better job of figuring out who is just famous and who actually knows what he or she is talking about, ’cause sometimes we confuse the two. - Fox News host and former Congressman Trey Gowdy talking about Whoopi Goldberg’s ridiculous comments about the Holocaust

I know Whoopi. She’s not anti-Semitic. She chose “Goldberg” for her last name for a stage name. She gave a really fulsome and sincere apology. - Comedian and former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), on CNN, defending Whoopi Goldberg

I think that what you’re hearing, and what we’re all experiencing is just a huge shockwave to all of our mental health. - CNN host Alisyn Camerota, after CNN president Jeff Zucker was forced to resign

Who are we to attack China’s human rights when we have ongoing attacks by the agents of the state against unarmed citizen and we have assaults on the voting rights of the people of color in the various states in this country? - ESPN analyst J. A. Adande arguing that people shouldn’t boycott the Beijing Olympics despite China’s horrific human rights violations, including more than a million people confined in concentration camps

I’m gonna tell my kids this is what fascism looks like. - The caption in a tweet featuring a photo of a sea of uniformed cops filling Fifth Ave. for the funeral of NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, age 22, who was gunned down in Harlem

So, if all these cops weren’t needed for CRIME that day, doesn’t that mean they aren’t needed ANY day? -Actress Susan Sarandon’s comment while retweeting the above photo and caption

I saw commercials about the high prize and decided, for the first time in my life, to fill out a lottery ticket. The moment I saw the winning numbers I knew that they looked familiar. I felt a kind of light that I can’t explain. – An anonymous Israeli man in his mid-30s talking to the media after winning the biggest Israeli lotto in history last weekend ($25 million)

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I wore my mask the entire game. When people ask for a photograph, I hold my breath. - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti defending himself after he took a maskless photos at the Rams Championship game with Magic Johnson, violating the mask mandate that he implemented

Russia is simply a gas station that is masquerading, thinly disguised, masquerading as a country. This is going to have a devastating effect on the economy around the world when it comes to the price of gasoline. - Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) on CNN

What [Tom Brady] accomplished is amazing: 22 years in the league, seven Super Bowl victories, five M.V.P. trophies, and all while eating just one almond a day.

And now that he’s put up his cleats, the question is, was Tom Brady the best football player of all time? Some people say yes because he holds all the records and won the most Super Bowls. Other people say, “No, because he didn’t do that for my team!” So it will be a big debate for a while. — Trevor Noah

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Political Crossfire

America Led in Hypersonic Technology. Then Other Countries Sped Past. By David Ignatius

hy did the Pentagon fall so far behind China and Russia in developing hypersonic missiles, when the United States had an early lead in this technology? The answer helps explain why it’s so hard to modernize the magnificent monstrosity that is the U.S. military. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten tried to explain this paradox to a group of defense writers back in October, when he was preparing to retire as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A fundamental problem, he said, was the military’s aversion to failure. Early tests of cruise missiles that could fly at speeds of Mach 20 – 20 times the speed of sound – weren’t successful. As a result, the technology became toxic. Hypersonics are “the threat of the future,” Hyten said. That’s not just because they can fly so fast but also because their trajectory is so unpredictable. When tracking a ballistic missile, U.S. surveillance systems can predict soon after launch where it will land. But a low-flying, hypersonic cruise missile can zig and zag, avoiding detection, and targeting and posing an eerie, perhaps unstoppable danger. The Pentagon began studying hypersonic technology way back in the early 1960s. In 2003, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began a program to design a hypersonic weapons platform, and it conducted two tests of its prototype Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 a few years later. But in both tests, the missiles lost communication with their controllers soon after launch.

Here’s how Hyten explained it: “We were developing hypersonics ahead of everybody in the world, and the first test failed. The first test of everything fails. So…we have two years of investigation…then we launch again, and it fails…. We canceled the program, and we stopped. Then others start building hypersonics…and they start moving fast, so we start the programs again.” Hyten reckoned that in the past five years, the United States has conducted nine hypersonic tests. In that same time, he said, the Chinese have done hundreds. The bottom line: “Single digits vs. hundreds is not a good place.” The Pentagon has “a lot of catching up to do,” Gen. David D. Thompson, vice chief of space operations, said at the Halifax International Security Forum in November. He cautioned that the U.S. military is “not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs.”

Inevitably, when you rush to play catch-up, you make more mistakes. The Air Force tested an air-launched hypersonic missile last year, in April, July and December. All three tests failed; in two of the experiments, the missiles never left the wings of the B-52H bombers that were carrying them, according to an article in the War Zone. Another test, of a rocket-launched hypersonic missile, also failed in October when the booster didn’t work. Michael White, the Pentagon’s principal director for hypersonics, says the military needs to keep pushing, despite these frustrating reversals. “We were a world leader in hypersonics,” he told me in a recent interview. “What we’ve not been able to do is put all the resources we need on the table.” After initial failures, he said, researchers would be scolded by risk-averse senior oﬃcials and told to “go back to your laboratories.” As a result, he said, “we keep being late.”

“The department has a lot of inertia,” agreed Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall in an interview last month. A lesson of the early DARPA experiments was that “when you try to do hard things, you’ve got to stick with them.” Kendall argues that hypersonics don’t change the baseline of nuclear deterrence, which remains mutually assured destruction. But because of their speed and unpredictability, they do complicate decision-making. Their real importance, he says, may be in delivering conventional weapons. Still, he warned: “It isn’t obvious that the right response to someone else doing hypersonics is that we should be doing hypersonics.” The missiles are very expensive, and they may not deliver enough bang for the buck. Kendall and White refer to the gap between development of prototypes and actual production as the “valley of death.” That’s where the early hypersonics experiments collapsed, and it has been a kill zone for many other innovative ideas. Kendall argues that the Pentagon must decide what technologies could be crucial, and then roll the dice – being “willing to gamble that things that we’re not comfortable with yet operationally will get to where they’re going to be very valuable operationally.” For a Pentagon that prizes success, learning to live with failure isn’t easy. But to modernize a military that’s overstuﬀed with legacy weapons such as ﬁghter jets and aircraft carriers, it’s essential. (c) 2021, Washington Post Writers Group

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Political Crossfire

Why is Ukraine Our Problem? By Marc A. Thiessen

new Politico-Morning Consult poll shows most Americans support the people of Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression. 63% want to impose crippling sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin invades; 58% support allowing Ukraine to apply for NATO membership; 49% say NATO should not stop Ukraine from joining the alliance to prevent a Russian invasion; and 48% support sending U.S. troops to Eastern Europe to bolster NATO allies in the region. Only small minorities oppose most of these policies. But a significant number of Americans tell pollsters they are just not sure what to think. Many understandably wonder: Why is this the United States’ problem? It’s a fair question. And the answer is: Because if the United States allows Russia to invade and overthrow a European democracy, the consequences of our inaction would reverberate across the globe. China is watching. If Putin can invade Ukraine, Taiwan may be next. In October, following President Joe Biden’s disastrous August retreat from Afghanistan, China flew a record number of fighters and bombers into Taiwan’s air defense zone – the largest Chinese air force incursion ever against Taiwan. A few weeks ago, as Putin massed forces along Ukraine’s border, China made another major incursion. If the United States fails to deter Russia less than a year after surrendering in Afghanistan, Beijing may calculate that it has a short window of weak U.S. presidential leadership to invade and crush Taiwan’s democracy. The result could be a war in the Pacific. North Korea and Iran are watching as well. If Putin invades, both countries will have every incentive to accelerate their development of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. They both know that after the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine inherited an arsenal of nearly 2,000 strategic nuclear weapons. But in December 1994, the

United States brokered an agreement called the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances in which Ukraine agreed to give up those weapons along with its intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers. In exchange, Russia pledged to “refrain from the threat or use of force against

U.S. security assurances again. To the contrary, the lesson from Pyongyang to Tehran will be that the only path to security is to develop and deploy nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. This could spark a global arms race. Saudi Arabia has pledged to de-

All of that is at risk if the last remaining autocracies are emboldened by the failure of the world’s democracies to deter their aggression.

the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine,” while the United States and Britain promised “to provide assistance to Ukraine…if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression.” In 2014, Russia violated that agreement when it invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea. Now, Putin is threatening to ﬁnish the job. If he is allowed to do so, no nation will ever give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for

velop its own nuclear arsenal if Iran becomes a nuclear power. Indeed, Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli military intelligence, has warned that “the Saudis will not wait one month” to go nuclear. Other countries could follow suit. Nuclear nonproliferation as we know it would be dead. And United States’ credibility would lie in tatters – as would the credibility of NATO. The transatlantic alliance is already reeling from Biden’s

debacle in Afghanistan. But the founding purpose of NATO was to deter Russian aggression in Europe. If allies can’t agree to take steps necessary to do that, then it’s fair to ask: Why does NATO still exist? The consequences of NATO’s failure to deter Russia would resound across every alliance. NATO remains the touchstone of the U.S. commitment to its allies around the world. Every U.S. treaty alliance is measured against NATO. There is a reason 17 nations – including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Jordan, and Israel – are designated under U.S. law as “Major Non-NATO Allies.” U.S. law also requires that Taiwan be treated as a Major Non-NATO Ally, without formal designation as such. Those commitments will be rendered meaningless if NATO’s credibility is destroyed. The web of U.S. security alliances that has guaranteed peace and stability internationally would be decimated. Since the end of the Cold War, democratic self-government has spread throughout the world. Of those still living in autocracy, most live in just two countries: China and Russia. It is no coincidence that those are the two countries that pose the greatest threat to peace. The unprecedented expansion of liberty over the past three decades has produced unprecedented prosperity at home and abroad. All of that is at risk if the last remaining autocracies are emboldened by the failure of the world’s democracies to deter their aggression. That’s why we should care what happens in Ukraine. Standing by and allowing Russia to invade without cost or consequence would project weakness. And when our adversaries believe we are weak, they are more likely to test our resolve – and more likely to miscalculate. And that could have consequences far beyond Kyiv. (c) 2021, Washington Post Writers Group

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Forgotten Her es

Cavalry in American History By Avi Heiligman

General Casimir Pulaski

hroughout history, many countries and empires have had soldiers mounted on horses. Usually called cavalry, they are sometimes referred to as dragoons, hussars, uhlans, lancers, and knights, among other terms, depending on the time in history and use in battle. The mobility and speed gained from being on horseback and attacking the enemy in large numbers gave an army and advantage over foot soldiers. Even after guns were invented, horseback soldiers were still seen on the field until the middle of the 20th century. Even today, there are cavalry units in use. The history behind the American units is quite fascinating. In the early days of the United States, due to the high cost in maintaining a cavalry unit, the army only had horseback units during wartime. Mounted units were raised for the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The first hero of cavalry in American history was Polish-born General Casimir Pulaski. He had been a cavalry officer in Poland and fought in several battles. The Russians took him captive during a battle, and he was released on the condition that he wouldn’t take up arms against the enemy. A while later, Pulaski rejoined the army but got caught up in the ev-

Teddy Roosevelt with some of his Rough Riders

er-changing political scene in Western Europe. Pulaski was forced to flee Poland after being accused of trying to overthrow the Polish king and spent a few years wandering around Europe. In 1777, he met American envoys, including Benjamin Franklin who was impressed with the cavalry officer. Franklin gave him high regards as he knew General Washington was looking for experienced cavalry officers, and soon Pulaski was off to fight in the American Revol ution.

General George A. Custer

safely. His counterattack saved the cavalry, which at this time was only 400 strong, and also saved the life of General George Washington as the army was in a precarious position. Congress then appointed Pulaski as brigadier general, and he went right to work reforming the cavalry. Soon he was able to raise his own unit headquartered in Baltimore called the Pulaski Cavalry Legion. There were a number of foreigners in the unit, and the legion was essential in the defense

His counterattack saved the cavalry, which at this time was only 400 strong, and also saved the life of General George Washington.

At first, Pulaski wasn’t given a commission, but Washington allowed him to follow the army into battle. During the Battle of Brandywine, the Continental Army was forced to pull back and Pulaski, sensing the danger, was given permission to gather as many troops as he could, including the cavalry, to secure the retreat

of the southern front of the war. General Pulaski was mortally wounded during the Siege of Savannah in 1779, and today he is widely recognized as the one who brought semblance and order to the mismanaged cavalry of the young nation. It wasn’t until 1832 that Congress approved the formation of the Bat-

talion of Mounted Rangers. A year later, the Regiment of Dragoons was raised, and they fought in the Indian and Mexican-American Wars. To protect the vast territory gained during the Mexican-American War, two cavalry regiments were added by Co ngress in 1855 to shield settlers from the dangers in the West. During the American Civil War, mounted units played a significant role in many of the battles and were able to cover long distances between outposts that the thinly stretched infantry units could not easily defend. Cavalry units played a significant role during the Civil War. Regiments of cavalry were raised and were intended to be the eyes and ears of the army due to their quickness and mobility. Confederate General Lee had one of the best cavalry officers under his command, General J.E.B Stuart. Most of the Northern soldiers were city boys, but the Southern troops grew up on farms and were excellent horsemen. Stuart’s objective was to be the eyes and ears of the army and to hold off the Union cavalry should they be a threat to the infantry. Stuart had an impeccable record that was marred at the crucial Battle of Gettysburg. He left the main Confederate encampment exposed, and the Union cavalry under General John Buford held off a

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A monument depicting General J.E.B Stuart on horseback

big Confederate attack until infantry support came up from the rear. Cavalry units were used extensively in the latter half of the 19th century during the conflicts with the Native Americans. Most notably, the 7 th Cavalry Regiment under George Custer was decimated during the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. Large numbers of cavalry soldiers participated in the Spanish American War with future President Teddy Roosevelt leading his unit of Rough Riders to victory

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A helicopter in the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade

on San Juan Hill. The first Roughrider to die in battle was Trooper Jacob Wilbusky – a Jewish cowboy from Texas. The first man to the top of the heights was Jewish Corporal Irving Peixotto. Mounted units were present during World War I, and in the years leading up to World War II cavalry units transitioned from horses to mechanized forms of transport. Some horseback units did see action in the early part of World War II including an American cavalry charge by the

U.S. Army’s Philippine Scouts (26th Cavalry Regiment) on the Bataan Peninsula in January 1942. The 10th Mountain Division’s horse cavalry troop made the last horse charge during the war while in Austria in early 1945. Helicopter-borne troops, called air cavalry, were introduced during the Vietnam War. Today, the 1st Cavalry Division is still in active service and has horseback troops for ceremonial purposes. For all intents and pur-

poses, the use of horses in combat is a thing of the past. However, cavalry units and the servicemembers associated with those units will always be remembered for their bravery and heroism in battle.

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Let’s Face the Music and Dance By Allan Rolnick, CPA

n March 10, 1876, a Scottish-born engineer named Alexander Graham Bell uttered the words, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you” and changed how humanity interacts with the world. Today, Bell’s “talking telegraph” has morphed into the internet, and billions of humans use it every day to work, play, and watch misleading propaganda videos. But there’s one problem the internet hasn’t solved: verifying who we are when we go to sign in. That password you’ve used since 2005? Not good enough anymore without at least one special character. Endless security questions, like “what was your childhood dog’s first car?” When yet another site asks you to check a box to prove you’re not a robot, are you ever tempted to just say, “Dude, you’re the robot!” The IRS, which still doesn’t use email with taxpayers, loses millions every year to thieves who sidestep those verifications. They also run one of Uncle Sam’s busiest websites, with nearly 2 billion visits per year. Last November, they announced a newand-improved verification process. How will they guarantee it’s you and not some Nigerian prince logging in?

Just upload a video of your face, along with your driver’s license or other government-issued ID, and wait for the facial recognition gods to do their work. Easy-peasy! Of course, the IRS knows most Americans won’t trust them to manage that sort of information. So they’ve paid $86 million to outsource

verify your identity, not one-to-many scanning to pick you out of an electronic lineup. They claim nine out of ten users should be able to verify themselves within five minutes. Those who can’t, wind up video chatting with an actual human after an “average” eight-minute wait. (Just don’t tell that to the poor schlubs who

When yet another site asks you to check a box to prove you’re not a robot, are you ever tempted to just say, “Dude, you’re the robot!”

the job to an (unlicensed, unregulated) for-profit contractor: a Virginia-based company called ID.me that already claims 64 million verified users in their database. What could possibly go wrong?!? ID.me says their technology isn’t any more intrusive than using your face to unlock your phone. They say they use one-to-one matching to

spent days on hold using the same system to claim unemployment benefits in California or weeks to get them in New York.) This won’t be the IRS’s first dance with outside ID verification. The credit-reporting company Equifax used to do it until the IRS suspended them after hackers breached their database and stole information on 143 million

Americans. Bummer. The legislators who write the tax laws don’t seem jazzed with the whole idea. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden — who proposed a new “Billionaire’s Income Tax” on fat cats with more than $1 billion in assets or $100 million in income — said, “I’m very disturbed that Americans may have to submit to a facial recognition system, wait on hold for hours, or both, to access personal data on the IRS website.” (Naturally, he said it in a tweet.) California Rep. Ted Lieu called it “a very, very bad idea” and said, “The IRS needs to reverse this Big Brother tactic, NOW.” What do you think? Do you trust the IRS contractor with your biometric data? Even Facebook doesn’t ask for that, and their whole business is built around violating your privacy like last weekend’s nor’easter violated the Eastern Seaboard. Only time will tell if the new system makes life easier – or much, much harder!

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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Stick with the Plan By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS

o person A says to person B, “Here’s the plan: if I don’t introduce you when I’m speaking to people, please ask who they are.” Person A asks Person B later, “What happened to you? I didn’t introduce you and you forgot to ask who they are.” B responds, “I didn’t actually forget to ask. You just didn’t seem that interested in talking to them.” A shoots back, “I just didn’t seem that interested in talking to them because I had no idea what their names were. If you had done your job, I’d have felt more comfortable talking to them!” B: “So now you’re saying it’s my fault you don’t remember who people are?” A: “No, of course not. I’m just asking you to be up on The Plan! If I talk to people and I don’t introduce you, just ask them their names! After all, do you think I want you standing there awkwardly not feeling important enough for me to introduce but I can’t tell them your name when I can’t remember theirs!” Does this sound like a familiar scenario to you?

Sometimes, we know people way too long to let them know we don’t know them! We never quite recorded their names to memory. And once we pass a certain amount of time, we feel too familiar to let them know we have no idea who they are. We get stuck in the I-know-everything-about-you-but-I’m-clueless-as-to-what-they-call-you. We know things like that they

again?” Therefore, we hope that anyone standing with us is wise to “The Plan.” Why our brains don’t record their names is a real question. Maybe because names don’t have any real association with who they really are. The Native American Indians had the right idea! Big Man with Little Fishing Pole. Smart Woman with

Sometimes, we know people way too long to let them know we don’t know them!

recently married off a child, spent a gazillion amount of money on gowns, and even flew in all the guests to Dubai for the ceremony, but we’re totally lost as to what their name is. This is certainly not the time to say, “I can’t believe I wasn’t invited to the wedding of the century… and by the way, what’s your name

Giant Running Feet. The names gave a lot of information. Why would you ever forget them? Chloe, Rivi, Ruvei, Basi. What do any of these names convey? But if you change it to Pretty Girl Who Makes Delicious Apple Pies or Young Man With Great Tech Ability – now, those are names we can remember!

The only way I ever really remember names, easily, is if I keep asking them to remind me of their names throughout the first time we meet. But, by that time, I’ve seemed so thick they probably don’t want to remember me! Names are our best way of identifying people but really, if we remember someone and not their name, would it be so bad to ask, “Remind me your name again?” The answer, unfortunately, is that most of the time it would be. So try to have someone with you as often as possible who knows The Plan and actually remembers to use it. Otherwise, it’s back to trying to make the quick getaway before you have to make an introduction and embarrass yourself and the person you’re speaking to as well.

Rivki Rosenwald is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist working with both couples and individuals and is a certified relationship counselor. Rivki is a co-founder and creator of an effective Parent Management of Adolescent Years Program. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or at rivkirosenwald@gmail.com.

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Stick to the Plan by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

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Ukraine is Just a Small Piece of a Global Power Struggle

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