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ukkos is my favorite holiday. Truthfully, every holiday is my favorite. I love Pesach for the excitement of the seder, the give-and-take of the kids’ divrei Torah and the spirited songs. Shavuos is my favorite for its joy over receiving the Torah. The accompanying cheesecakes and lasagnas add to its majesty. Chanukah, oh, Chanukah, is an amalgam of dancing candles, sizzling latkes, and almost-nightly festivities. And Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur signify for me a gratifyingly clean slate, a fresh, new start. But Sukkos…well, where do I begin? Do I talk about the building of the sukkah? The shlepping of the walls and beams from the garage, the hammers and nails banging irrhythmically? The decorating of those four walls with posters old and new, flowers and vines and grapes and lights hanging from the ceiling? And then there’s the yom tov itself. Inside and outside, hustling and bustling. Bringing food out; bringing dishes – licked clean – back in. The singing, especially at night, where your voices merge (or maybe don’t merge so well) with your neighbors’. Hallel and upshpizin and hoshanos and simchas bais hashoeiva and getting up early before the men go to shul to shake lulav and esrog.

Sukkos, for me, signifies coziness. It conjures feelings of cool nights and cozy sweaters, of hot soup and steaming cups of tea. It’s spending time with family and schmoozing and singing and enjoying each other’s company. It’s our little hideout from “real” life, when we can shelter in a makeshift hut for eight days and marvel at the beauty found in its four walls. For years, my husband has been taking my kids to Boro Park before Sukkos so they can enjoy the pre-Sukkos “spirit” that can only be found outside of Eretz Yisroel on 13th Avenue. For my kids, it’s Sukkos starting early, with tables of lulavim and esrogim on every street corner and in between. They talk about going as the summer winds down, when they realize that Sukkos is just a few weeks away. I love when they come home from that trip way past their bedtime with eyes barely open as they tumble into bed. As I tuck them in, they mumble to me about what they did and what they saw. And they fall asleep happy, knowing that Sukkos is just a day or two away. Wishing you a wonderful Zman Simchaseinu, 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

ISRAEL Israel News

My Israel Home

It’s Your Move by Ben Horodenker

JEWISH THOUGHT Going Out to Go In by Rav Moshe Weinberger

The Secret of Schach by Shmuel Reichman

Sukkos and Covid Lessons for the New Year by Rav Yaakov Feitman 78 Ask Hashem for Your Heart’s Desire by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

PEOPLE Learning to Explore Her Soul

Art, Antiquities, and Auctions

Pulling the Strings

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Ace Pilot Ran Ronen by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS

A Question Answered by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

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The Case Against Sugar by Aliza Beer, MS RD CDN

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Involving Kids in the Kitchen

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Sweet and Sour Turkey Pastrami Meatballs

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Montreal Spiced Braised Brisket by Shifra Klein

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For Yom Tov, With Love by Danielle Renov

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LIFESTYLES Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW

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Your Money

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An open letter to our community, Ongoing work at all levels of government and healthcare, keeping us safe is greatly appreciated. My concern is two-fold. How will living “remote” lives impact the future of our children, and is the city of New York exercising overt antisemitism under the guise of “protecting” the community? Research confirming the harm of “screen time” is clear and consistent. It’s the “use it or lose it” phenomenon. Without personal interactions and experiential exploration, the child’s flexible brain adapts to life without, structurally different than what could have been. Zoom-school requires daily doses of endless hours facing a one-dimensional screen. As a short-term solution to a moment of crises, we got onboard. Now, facing another, entire school year, it’s untenable. NYC Mayor de Blasio clearly understands this and has been consistently resolute, battling the UFT, ensuring “in-person” learning for public schools. To quote: “Let’s talk about the obvious — some people will test positive, and those folks will immediately get support (suggesting quarantine for two weeks before they) will come back to work, and they will complete the entire school year.” “I’ll tell you, there’s a … of a lot of parents who want their kids in school, and we owe it to him to do that and to do it safely.” That’s correct, Mr. de Blasio. Our 100,000 Yeshiva students are back in school. Our Rebbeim and Morahs are

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proudly doing their holy work “in-person.” Ideologically, Mr. de Blasio should be applauding this feat. Yet, even with perfect adherence to CDC and DOH guidelines and in-school positivity rates of less than 0.1%, our Far Rockaway Yeshiva was shut down in the middle of the night, without warning, justification or guidance for re-opening and without any attempt at fair and equal treatment of similarly situated non-Yeshiva schools. Mr. Mayor: Where’s your commitment to our children? Mayor de Blasio in words and actions must be as committed to “in-person” Yeshiva learning as he has forcefully declared to be for public schools. Research suggesting community spread attributed to schools does not account for the extreme measures our school has taken to re-open safely. In fact, there is no data suggesting any community spread attributed to attendance in the specific schools closed. More confusing is why mere blocks away public preschool and charter schools serving our non-Jewish neighbors remain open for in-person learning. Even his latest threat of closing Yeshivas that “don’t follow rules” is inconsistent with what he’s already done. The absence of clear and uniform standards with arbitrary “shutdowns” is frightening. As a Yeshiva community, it is our religious and parental duty to protect our children’s future as Jews and citizens with the right to practice religion freely. Yes, we are in a pandemic and public safety is paramount. Arguments about masks, out-sized simchas, and eating out are valid but need a separate forum so this important message is not diluted. Unilateral governmental overreach imposed on Continued on page 8

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our beloved Yeshivas, when carried out in an inconsistent, arbitrary and sudden manner cannot be tolerated. Please join me in sending this message to the White House: https://petitions.whitehouse. gov/petition/religious-discrimination-new-york-city 100,000 signatures in the next 30 days will ensure our voices are heard. Rebecca Soffer, Ph.D. Developmental Psychologist Dear Editor, I am writing this in response to a letter to the editor sent by “A mother in pain” published in the Sep. 24 edition. I empathize and agree with all of your questions and concerns except with the term “abuse.” I think we all need to give all people benefit of doubt in trying to deal with managing a virus that is smarter and slyer than anyone in the medical profession could have possibly fathomed. If we really wanted to get a far better handle on exactly how COVID was produced, perhaps we would have some way to interview the person or people in the Chinese lab to answer some questions. But, until this occurs, everyone is working feverishly (no pun intended) trying to determine what the virus is, how it works, how to create an effective vaccine, and how to best protect the public from its dangers. Your question as to whether such frequent testing is necessary, for anyone, kids and adult alike is valid, and it would be useful to get good answers for that. Hopefully, a knowledgeable epidemiologist can answer this. But labeling actions that keep everyone safe as “abusive,” I believe, is incorrect hyperbole. Having a school close down because of one case is not abusive. It is the school’s means of making sure that your child is safe. Is it actuality that your child is safe this way? That’s a fair question that deserves a fair reliable answer. But the school doesn’t know, and it is both following the law and, most of all, trying

to keep your child, other children and your family safe by minimizing the danger. That’s not abusive in any way. I would encourage you and all parents in a similar situation to teach your children that assuring the safety of teachers, family and children is a communal responsibility and whenever you are dealing with unknown dangers, we err on the side of safety. As an analogy, when the sky becomes threateningly dark and we hear thunder, we ask our children to stay indoors. Do we know if lightning will hit us or our home? The chances are quite small, right? Nonetheless, we also know that one lightning bolt can kill us, so we go indoors to minimize the danger and keep us safe. Surely, if you told your child to stop playing ball and come inside, you would not consider your actions as “abusive.” I hope that you, all parents, children and adults will quickly gain a sense of normalcy and a better sense of safety soon, and that we can all gain a clear solution and cure. DF Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to the letter signed by “a mother in pain for our children” - September 24th issue To The Jewish Home, thank you for printing this letter and sharing it with the community. To the “mother in pain,” thank you for this so perfectly written letter. The lives of children being destroyed and the breakdown of families should not be seen as mild “side effects” while we try to stop the spread of COVID. Ruthie Kopelowitz Dear Editor, I am writing this in response to the writer who signed her name “a mother in pain for our children.” As a frum mom and Bubbe who is also a pediatrician and passionate public health advocate, I believe I am highly qualified to respond! I am grateful that The Jewish Home printed this heartfelt and thoughtful letter. I agree with many of this moth-

er’s points, but not with all. Children need to be in school and have suffered from the extensive lockdown. The recent school closures are so painful! The schools have worked so hard to minimize the spread of COVID-19 so that children can attend school in person, although the pandemic is ongoing. I cannot comment on any specific school guidelines – I leave this to the individual school reopening committees. Sadly, one of the local schools that was closed by the NYC Department of Health was following their excellent guidelines to a tee, but still had cases. This is simply because the disease is circulating in our communities and so many are not following the only methods we have to minimize the spread. These are physical distancing, hand washing, mask wearing when not able to physically distance, and staying home when sick or contagious with COVID-19. It is simply untrue that asking children to wear masks and follow distancing and other guidelines is abusive. I understand the feeling – as a mom and Bubbe it makes me so sad. But I am much sadder to see children kept OUT of schools than IN schools with these guidelines. What is even more tragic is the resistance to these simple behaviors on the part of adults. I am actually more concerned that we will have more children “off the derech” from seeing this! Unfortunately, COVID-19 is not a “mild flu” or cold. Although most children have mild or no symptoms, even they can become seriously ill and around 100 children have died from it to date. Adults may also only have mild or even no symptoms, but are at significantly higher risk for more severe disease, especially those with a wide range of risk factors. Some children are also at higher risk. I do agree that we cannot eliminate the risk and should not make children anxious about it. We as parents set the tone. Sweden should not be our role model here – they have suffered much higher mortal-

ity, compared to similar countries. Also, Sweden is not comparable to the U.S. for so many reasons. It is not possible in a letter to the editor to address all the points this mother brings up. I am glad that it was printed because it is important to have open and honest dialogue about what we are all facing together. I hope that we can get all our schools to be open and stay open, which can only happen if we all work together to follow the few simple behaviors I listed above. For a more extensive discussion of many of these issues and more, please check out our JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association) preventative health podcasts. We have covered COVID myths with Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr. Naor Bar Zeev, school reopening with Rabbi Yitzie Ross, children’s mental health during the pandemic with YCQ school psychologist Dr. Sara Asher, and more! Our podcasts are on most major podcast platforms and YouTube as well as on our website, jowma.org. I can be reached at health@ jowma.org. Alisa Minkin MD JOWMA Preventative Health Committee Dear Neighbor, Thank you for thinking of me in sending out your petition to condemn de Blasio on recent anti-Semitism. But I think this petition is a mistake. As an NYC teacher for the past umpteen years, I am no fan of the “system.” I can’t even count the implicit as well as blatant anti-Semitism I have encountered over the years. I never talk back, do an above-average job, always try to stay helpful and relevant. This helps with my status in my school – but it’s never over. Antisemitic remarks are always around the bend. However, right now THEY are right. Do you know that NYC schools have delayed openings for almost a month to make sure the schools are safe? Do you know that the students will be staggered,

never allowing more than around 10 students per classroom for “social distance’”? Do you know that almost 50% of parents opted to have their students in the remote setting? Did you know the school day was shortened so that students will ‘”grab and go’” lunches? The amount of time, planning, and money that has gone into this endeavor are astronomical. We have started school already. We have congregants at shuls for yomim tovim. Yeshivas are open. While I commend the schools and shuls for all that they have done, we cannot deny the data. It’s obvious we have not done enough. Instead of petitioning to reopen, business as usual, maybe we ought to rethink our opening strategy for our schools and shuls. And if you think this is targeting the Jewish community, and that this is anti-Semitism, just wait. May the virus be gone be”H very soon. But if the virus spreads to everyone else the then the targeting will first begin. We don’t have the upper-hand in Galus. There are no police to protect us in NYC. Stop petitioning, and start listening. Let’s think of other ways to reopen in our communities. Name withheld Dear Editor, I really appreciated your article on the Yom Kippur War and recapturing the Hermon outpost. Because I was born after the war was fought, I always grew up thinking that Israel handily sailed to victory. Your depiction the war, along with its nail-biting and heartrending details of those who were lost were important for me to read. We should never assume that Israel can sail to victory. Yes, b”H, we have fought many wars with successful outcomes. But we should not take it for granted. We must continue to daven for Israel’s success and protection. Sincerely, Chanoch Goldman

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With Russia adopting an increasingly aggressive foreign policy vis-avis Europe, NATO is attempting to upgrade its fighting capabilities by focusing on tactical coordination between members. Founded in 1949 to counteract the Soviet Union, NATO is a military alliance between 30 North American and European countries. Since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of its main foe, NATO has focused primarily on peacekeeping missions and counterterrorism. In recent years, many analysts have predicted the imminent demise of NATO. With no Soviet Union to serve as a common threat, member nations have ceased investing in their own militaries. The election of President Donald Trump has accelerated the trend, with the U.S. president often calling the alliance “a scam” which allows European nations to take advantage of the U.S. But with Russia threatening Eastern European countries such as Ukraine, the Baltics, and parts of Scandinavia, NATO is now looking to beef up its military capabilities. While no longer fearing a mass Russian invasion into the lowlands of Western Europe, the alliance seeks to bolster its deterrent power to ward off an increasingly aggressive Moscow. Key to this effort is integrating the different weapons systems member states use on the battlefield. In Tobruq Legacy, a large NATO training exercise earlier this month in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, 10 countries practiced joint operations with an emphasis on tactical coordination between militaries. B”H IN OUR

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Monday that his military “shot down 2 helicopters & 3 UAVs, destroyed 3 tanks.” The Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement that “all offensives of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were successfully suppressed; the enemy was thrown back.” The European Union (EU) called on both countries to agree to an immediate ceasefire and resolve their differences at the negotiation table instead of the battlefield. “We hope and we urge everyone

to do everything they can in order to prevent an all-out war from breaking out because this is the last thing the region needs,” European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said. “There is no military solution to this conflict.” The conflict dates back to 1921 after Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin determined that the largely Armenian territory would be included as part of Azerbaijan. When the Soviet Union’s imminent collapse became apparent in 1988, Nagorno-Kara-

The descendants of the former Prussian monarchy are locked in a legal battle with Germany for the return of the family’s valuable artifacts. The German royal family had reigned over the Kingdom from 1701 until Kaiser Wilhelm II was deposed in 1918. After World War II, the monarchy was stripped of their assets, which included hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of real estate, artwork, and jewelry. Now, the royal family wants their property returned. For several years, the Kaiser’s heirs have been negotiating secretly with Germany to reclaim their family’s fortune. Led by Prince Georg Friedrich, the Kaiser’s descendants are demanding restitution for what they say are over 10,000 priceless artifacts. “The talks ... are aimed at finding a lasting solution for different art and collection objects, which are valued differently by the public institutions on the one hand and the Hohenzollern House on the other hand,” Germany’s Culture Ministry confirmed last week. The legal battle has resulted in an uproar among the German public, who insist that the heirs of the long-deposed Kaiser deserve nothing. With the Hohenzollern House

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already worth billions, Germans say that it would be improper to transfer state assets seized long ago to an already-wealthy family. The legal battle hinges on a German law that bans compensation for those who assisted the Nazi party during the Holocaust. Crown Prince Wilhelm, the son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was an ardent Nazi sympathizer who enjoyed warm ties with Adolph Hitler, ym”sh, something that would rule out any of his descendants’ claims. To get compensation for their assets, the royal family is now arguing that their ancestor’s ties to the Nazis was merely an act to ensure his own personal survival. Pointing to Hitler’s antipathy towards the deposed royals, they say that Wilhelm was merely motivated to return his family to power. “The Crown Prince was driven by the idea of getting back monarchy or getting back to the throne,” said Friedrich. “But he was also misled by the idea that it might be better to appease the Nazis, at least at the beginning. “He thought that it might help to keep the (Nazis) in control and lead them (down a different path), which might be more fortunate for our country,” he added. “And judging from now, this was a horrible misconception.”

UK Spies’ “License to Kill”?

The United Kingdom (UK) is debating whether to pass a bill that would effectively grant its spies a “license to kill.” New legislation currently under review would authorize the MI5 domestic intelligence service to engage in criminal activity without being prosecuted. The bill would afford complete legal protection for intelligence officers who commit “necessary and proportionate” crimes in the line of duty. According to the Telegraph, the legislation aims to “create a legal framework to authorize crime by agents acting on behalf of a variety of public organizations which conduct covert investigations.”

British spies have traditionally engaged in a wide variety of illegal activity as part of their mandate to protect the UK from domestic threats. The MI5’s longstanding policy has been to allow agents to participate in criminality only if it is crucial for ongoing investigations. The policy has come under review, however, after a British court narrowly ruled in December that the policy is legal as long as it is conducted “narrowly and rarely.” The decision led British national security officials to ask Parliament to pass an official law protecting its spies from prosecution, arguing that such legislation is necessary to prevent agents from being hamstrung by legal issues. In an interview last week, Security Minister James Brokenshire said that allowing spies to occasionally break the law is a “critical capability” and that it was “important that those with a responsibility to protect the public can continue this work, knowing that they are on a sound legal footing.” Human rights activists have cried foul, calling it “dangerous” to afford security organizations “blanket immunity” and arguing in a court filing that the act “went against British law and the European Convention on Hu-

man Rights.” Maya Foa, a well-known activist who heads the legal charity Reprieve, called the MI5’s policy “a dangerous precedent.” “Our security services play a vital role in keeping this country safe, but history has shown us time and again the need for proper oversight and common sense limits on what agents can do in the public’s name,” said Foa.

Lukashenko Sanctioned Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior officials on Tuesday over accusations the Belarusian government rigged an election and committed violence against protesters. More than 12,000 people have been arrested in mass demonstrations since Lukashenko, in power for 26 years, was named the landslide winner of an August 9 presidential election his opponents say was stolen. Lukashenko denies electoral fraud.

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asserted that Lukashenko should pay a cost for abusing human rights and rigging votes. Raab also mentioned Lukashenko’s ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin, although none of the measures Britain announced on Tuesday targets Russia.

“First and foremost, there must be a cost, there must be a price with the kind of human rights abuses that we’ve seen and the fraudulent approach to that election,” Raab said. “We can’t just have a situation where the likes of Alexander Lukashenko and frankly Vladimir Putin think that the human rights abuses and the rigging of that election can just pass without them being held to account.” Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne said:

“Canada will not stand by silently as the Government of Belarus continues to commit systematic human rights violations and shows no indication of being genuinely committed to finding a negotiated solution with opposition groups.” The European Union, which Britain quit in January, has said it will impose sanctions on a list of Belarusian officials, but so far has yet to finalize that list. Some small EU countries near Belarus have announced sanctions lists without waiting for the bloc to act. Britain’s measures impose travel bans and asset freezes on Lukashenko and seven others, including Lukashenko’s son Viktor, the presidential chief of staff, the interior minister, and two deputy interior ministers. Canada’s list includes Lukashenko and 10 others.

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near the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris. The suspects, an 18-year-old Pakistani immigrant and an Algerian accomplice, were arrested soon after Friday’s attack.

The main suspect had been arrested a month ago for carrying a screwdriver, but wasn’t on police radar for Islamic radicalization, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. He said the screwdriver was considered a weapon, but did not explain why. The terrorist arrived in France from Pakistan three years ago as an unaccompanied minor. The two people who were wounded worked in the building and had left the building for a cigarette break when they were stabbed by the terrorist with a butcher knife. Their injuries are not life-threatening. The terrorists confessed during their interrogation on Saturday, telling police that they were angry at the magazine’s satirical portrayal of Islam. In a statement, authorities said that the perpetrator “takes responsibility for his actions which he places in the context of the republication of cartoons” of the Prophet Muhammad. The magazine has been a target of Islamic radicals before for lampooning Islam, with 12 staff members killed in a 2015 shooting attack. With 14 accomplices in the attack currently on trial, Charlie Hebdo republished the offending cartoons earlier this month, leading to a new wave of threats from radical Muslims.

Kuwaiti Leader Dies

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Kuwait’s ruling emir, died this

week at the age of 91. Sheikh Sabah had ruled the Gulf Arab oil producer for decades and was a U.S. ally. His designated successor is his brother, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. “With the utmost sadness and grief for the Kuwaiti people, the Islamic and Arab world and people of friendly nations, the Emiri Diwan mourns the death of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait,” his office said. Sheikh Sabah sought to balance relations with Kuwait’s bigger neighbors – forging the closest ties with Saudi Arabia, rebuilding links with former occupier Iraq, and keeping open dialogue with Iran. He tried to mediate in a Gulf dispute that saw Riyadh and its allies impose a boycott on Qatar. The Kuwait Investment Authority is one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds. Oil policy is set by the country’s Supreme Petroleum Council, which is appointed by the emir. The new emir’s choice of crown prince and prime minister – who would be tasked with managing the government’s often difficult relationship with parliament – will be watched closely, especially at a time when Kuwait’s finances have been strained by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.

Kim Jong-Un Apologizes

North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un apologized after his soldiers shot dead a South Korean man and then burned his body. South Korean officials confirmed that Kim sent a formal apology letter last Wednesday. “Chairman Kim Jong-un asked to convey his feeling that he is greatly sorry that an unexpected and unsavory incident occurred in our waters which hugely disappointed President Moon Jae-in and compa-

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days after North Korean troops fatally shot a South Korean official and then burned his body over fears that he was infected with Covid-19. The 47-year-old South Korean had been suffering from marital problems and mental illness and was attempting to defect when he was hit by at least 10 shots. His body was later found floating in North Korea’s territorial waters. Reports said that he was interrogat-

ed for hours by North Korean naval officers prior to his execution. The incident caused international outrage, with South Korean President Moon Jae-in calling the killing a “shocking incident that cannot be tolerated for any reason.” It marked the first time since 2008 that North Korea killed a South Korean citizen and comes as both countries are attempting to reduce tensions.

Pompeo Warns Iraq

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that the U.S. is prepared to withdraw all of its forces from its embassy in Baghdad if Iraq doesn’t crack down on militias targeting U.S. personnel. In a missive he sent to Iraqi President Barhnam Salih, Pompeo vowed to shutter the American embassy and “liquidate” militias that threaten U.S. interests “without distinction.” The forces in question are Iranian-backed militants such as Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq. Pompeo repeated the ultimatum in a telephone call to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Saturday, demanding an end to the constant rocket attacks on the American embassy. He warned that the U.S. would block aid to Iraq from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund if the aerial bombardments don’t stop. The warning came amid reports that the U.S. has already started preparations to shutter its headquarters in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. “What we’re being told is that it is a gradual closure of the embassy over two to three months,” an Iraqi official told the Wall Street Journal. The U.S. embassy has been frequently targeted by a slew of Iranian-backed militias in recent months, with mortar fire and rocket attacks becoming an almost daily assistance. In January, relentless bombardments by Iranian militias led President Donald Trump to order the killing of Quds Force General Qassem Sulemeini. Pompeo’s ultimatum marks an escalation in the deteriorating ties between the U.S. and Iraq. Earlier this month, the State Department halved the time Iraq has to wean itself off of Iranian gas or face sanctions that would cripple its already-shaky economy.

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“We have made the point before that the actions of lawless Iranbacked militias remain the single biggest deterrent to stability in Iraq,” said the State Department on Saturday. “It is unacceptable for Iranbacked groups to launch rockets at our embassy, attack American and other diplomats, and threaten law and order in Iraq.”

Abbas Talks “Peace” at UN

asserted. Abbas also accused Israel of planning to “annex 33 percent of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” Both the PA and Hamas have come out strongly against the diplomatic breakthroughs Israel signed earlier this month at the White House, as this marked the first time that Arab nations made peace with the Jewish State without referring to the establishment of a Palestinian State. In recent weeks, Abbas has called the normalization accord “a dagger in the heart of the Palestinians” and “a betrayal.” Abbas also told the UN that the PA is planning on conducting elections at every level within the next year. The Palestinian Authority has not held general elections since Hamas won a resounding victory in 2006. Abbas is currently in the sixteenth year of his four-year term.

Lockdown Extended? In his speech at the UN General Assembly, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the recent normalization agreements Israel signed with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and called for restarting negotiations with the Jewish State after the U.S. elections. During the General Assembly, which featured pre-recorded speeches due to the coronavirus, Abbas announced that the PA was ready to conduct talks with Israel on the basis of a Two-State Solution. “I call on the UN Secretary-General to begin preparations in cooperation with the Security Council and the Quartet for the convening of an international conference in early 2021 to begin serious negotiations based on clear principles,” said Abbas. Rejecting the recent normalization agreements Israel inked with the pair of Gulf states, Abbas said that peace could never be achieved without establishing a Palestinian state. “The PLO does not mandate anyone to negotiate or speak in our place. The only way to a comprehensive and just peace is the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders,” the Palestinian leader

Health Ministry Director-General Hezi Levi predicts that Israel’s current lockdown will likely last far longer than originally planned. Israel had begun its second lockdown on Rosh Hashana and has since tightened its regulations to include shutting down the entire educational system, Ben Gurion Airport, and almost all economic activity. The closure is slated to last until after the Sukkot holiday and comes amid skyrocketing infection rates. But in an interview prior to the onset of Yom Kippur on Sunday, Levi warned that the runaway infection and overwhelmed hospitals meant that the country would likely remain under lockdown until well after Sukkot. Noting that Israel still has not experienced the full effect of crowded synagogues over the High Holy Days, Levi predicted that the already-record number of cases would continue to rise.

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“I feel like we aren’t seeing what is happening and where we are going. We are seeing mass gatherings, with fear of [Yom Kippur] prayer services in places where we asked to limit the number of participants,” Levi told Army Radio. “I assume we won’t exit the lockdown immediately after Simchat Torah [on October 10]. I assume we won’t return to the daily routine as it was before,” Levy added. “School studies also will not fully resume immediately after Sukkot.” Warning that Israel was “close to reaching the point of no return,” Levy called on citizens to refrain from attending political demonstrations. “I am calling on everyone: Despite the right to protest, you must pull yourselves together,” he said. “We built an outline that enables outdoor protests in pods. Did what we saw last night stick to that outline?” The Health Ministry’s remarks came after tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against Prime Minister Netanyahu in areas all across the country on Saturday evening. The government’s attempt to limit political rallies under the lockdown has been foiled by coalition infighting and pushback from legal officials

who call the move undemocratic. Israel recorded more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases last Saturday, a record high that is half of the total amount recorded during the first wave in March. Another nine people died from the pandemic on Saturday night alone, bringing total deaths to 1,450. Overall, Israel had 229,374 confirmed cases as of Sunday. A special report commissioned by IDF intelligence also warned that the country is losing control over the pandemic, finding that Israel has the world’s highest per-capita rate of infection. The task force added that patients in serious condition have multiplied ten-fold over the past month alone which reflects “an authentic rise in morbidity.”

OECD: Israel Economy Bleak The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gave Israel a bleak outlook in its annual roundup of the country’s economy. The OECD is a group uniting the

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According to the report, the COVID-19 outbreak “threatens to undo any progress made in raising the standard of living of its citizens” and is expected to “aggravate Israel’s structural problems” in the economy. While the OECD forecasted that Israel’s economy will shrink by 6%, a relatively low figure, it warned that the country’s recovery will be slower than the world average. Key reasons for this are the substantial economic challenges that the government has failed to address, such as integrating the haredi and Arab sectors into the

workforce and trimming a bloated public sector. “The downturn hit at a time when the economy was performing well, with GDP growth close to potential, record-low unemployment, and relatively low public debt,” read the report. “However, the crisis threatens to aggravate Israel’s underlying challenges of high poverty, large income gaps, and wide productivity disparity between its vibrant high-tech sector and lagging sheltered sectors.” While praising the Israel Bank’s monetary policy and government assistance for those unemployed and to business owners, the OECD warned that the current bloated spending is unsustainable. The report noted that public debt will make up upwards of 80% of the GDP in 2021 and an unprecedented 100% in 2025, up from 61% today. The report wasn’t all doom and gloom, though, as it also singled out Israel for its quality health care (4 out of 36) and subjective well-being (11 out of 36). However, Israel bottomed out on education (29 out of 36) despite spending more than any other OECD country, environmental quality (35 out of 36), and at the very last in terms of housing quality and cost.

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Rebbetzin Miriam Levinger, a leader in the Hebron community, died after Yom Kippur at the age of 83. She and her husband, Rabbi Moshe, had led the Jews back to Hebron after the Six Day War. Miriam was buried in Hebron. “I am grieved by the passing of the mother of all those who returned to Hebron, Rabbanit Miriam Levinger of blessed memory,” Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin said upon hearing of her death. Together with her husband Rabbi Moshe Levinger, “she devoted herself to the challenge of returning the Jewish people to Hebron, not as transient guests or visitors, but as those returning to their home,” Rivlin said. One of Miriam’s eleven children, Racheli, urged her mother to ask

Hashem for the Jews to maintain control over Judea and Samaria. Racheli pleaded with her late mother at the funeral to confront G-d with the ancient foremothers in tow to protest and demand that the nation of Israel return to Shechem (modern day Nablus), Jenin, Tulkarem, and all of Biblical Israel. “Now you and father, together with the holy [ancestors] are a powerful force. A force that has not yet been seen in heaven. Demand this in the name of all of Israel. Make trouble as only the two of you know how to do. Mother, do not rest. Work. Fight. Just like you did here,” Racheli implored. Jews had an almost continuous presence in Hebron from the Bible to the 1929 Arab riots, in which 67 Jews were murdered by their Arab neighbors. Under Rabbi Moshe Levinger’s leadership, Jews took rooms in Hebron’s former Park Hotel during Passover 1968 and refused to leave until a compromise was reached, by which Kiryat Arba was created. But Jews were not allowed to live in the ancient Biblical city until Miriam led a group of women to illegally enter Hebron’s formerly Jewish Beit Hadassah building in late 1979, refusing to leave until the government agreed in 1980 to authorize Jewish

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Tens of thousands of Israelis joined the weekly anti-Netanyahu protests on Saturday evening despite the country’s near-total lockdown. In Jerusalem, protesters from all over the country converged on the Prime Minister’s Residence on Balfour Street and called on Netanyahu to leave his post for his failure in managing the coronavirus. Other demonstrations took place outside Netanyahu’s private home in the coastal town of Caesarea and on overpasses throughout the country. Police clashed with protesters and handed out millions of shekels in fines to people for failing to observe social distancing regulations. Starting last Friday, Israel shut down large parts of the economy for the next several weeks in an attempt to halt the skyrocketing daily coronavi-

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year contract with Dubai’s Al-Nasr. The transfer reportedly cost more than 2.5 million euros ($2.9 million). “Al-Nasr has completed the procedures with Diaa Sabai … in a contract that extends for two seasons after he successfully passed medical examinations this morning,” the club said in a statement.

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that it was impossible to ban prayer while allowing large demonstrations. With the Knesset in disarray, Netanyahu sought to pass emergency regulations affording him the power to make decisions without parliamentary approval but was thwarted by Kahol Lavan. “The decision on the intensified lockdown is meant to curb the pandemic and not to block the right to protest or pray,” said Kahol Lavan head Benny Gantz last Saturday. “We will continue in the framework of the democratic process of legislation, and avoid use of emergency measures, which are targeted solely at the protests, prayers or any other matter,” he added.

rus cases. The protests came after the Knesset failed to pass a law on Friday banning demonstrations amid coalition infighting. Following a debate lasting hours, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee failed to reach an agreement, delaying the vote until after Yom Kippur. As a result, demonstrations were still permitted despite the near-hermetic lockdown that restricted all other outdoor activity. While Netanyahu seeks to cap rallies at 2,000 people for what he says are health reasons, the Kahol Lavan party claims that the measure is undemocratic. Justice Ministry officials also oppose limiting protests, arguing that the government is not allowed to ban protests against it under Israeli law. In addition, the haredi Shas and UTJ factions have refused to approve a bill that prohibits indoor prayers on Yom Kippur while allowing political demonstrations. Pointing out that most Israelis will be forced to pray on Judaism’s holiest day outside and suffer extreme weather conditions while fasting, the haredi parties maintained

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Widely considered the world’s most advanced fighter jet, the fifth-generation F-35 was sold to Israel under the explicit promise that it would not be given to other countries in the region. Boasting advanced stealth capabilities that make it virtually invisible to radar, the jet could threaten Israel’s military edge if possessed by its neighbors. The Trump administration now intends to ink a massive weapons deal with the UAE that includes the F-35, following the Arab nation’s normalization agreement with Israel. The development is worrying for Israeli military planners, who fear that the jets would harm its security should they fall in the wrong hands. A new report says that the Israeli government is pressuring the U.S. to sell Abu Dhabi an inferior version of the F-35. Realizing that the attempt to prevent the sale of the F-35 is a lost cause, Israel now hopes that Washington will restrict the plane’s more advanced technologies from the UAE. While the specifications of the inferior F-35 were not mentioned, they are thought to include its stealth capability and long-range intelligence collecting. As part of the negotiations, Defense Minister Benny Gantz traveled to Washington last week to meet with senior Pentagon officials regarding the sale. In addition, the U.S. is considering selling Israel advanced radar systems that could detect any F-35 flown by its neighbors. The enhanced detection would potentially mollify Israeli concerns that it could be the victim of a surprise bombing by F-35s in the future. Other options include the Trump administration agreeing to supply Israel with a heavily discounted weapons package to maintain its Qualitative Military Edge (QME), which the U.S. is legally mandated to ensure. Weapons platforms under discussion include the V-22 Osprey and Chinook helicopters. In his first public remarks on the subject, Israeli Air Force head Major General Amikam Norkin admitted that the country’s strategic position would be undermined should the UAE get a fleet of F-35s. “These things are not reflected in the strategic analysis as endangering Israel next week. These are things that could produce processes that may, in the long-term strategic balance, be less optimal for the State of Israel,” he said.

Insight into the YK War

Israel has declassified a shocking intelligence report that warned of an imminent surprise attack by the Egyptian and Syrian militaries before the Yom Kippur War. In 1973, Israel was caught completely off-guard when Egypt and Syria declared war on the Jewish State. The intelligence failure cost Israel dearly; the IDF was completely unprepared, and for the first two days, it appeared that the Arab militaries would finally realize their dream of reaching Tel Aviv. In the Golan Heights, outgunned reservists desperately held the front against the advancing Syrians. In the Sinai Desert, eight Egyptian armored divisions swept across the Suez Canal and obliterated the lightly-guarded Bar Lev Line While Israel eventually turned the tide and finished the Yom Kippur War only dozens of kilometers from Cairo and Damascus, it came at a high cost; 3,000 IDF soldiers were killed as a result of what is considered the country’s worst intelligence failure in its history. After the war, Israel established the Agranat Committee to examine what went wrong. The final report painted a picture of extreme hubris and arrogance within the IDF, with Military Intelligence commander Eli Zeira receiving most of the blame. According to the panel, Zeira and his subordinates frequently quashed intelligence reports that warned of imminent war out of their misplaced belief that the Arabs would never dare attack Israel. Zeira’s consistent series of failures forced him to resign, ending a promising military career. Now, the Defense Ministry has declassified a communique sent by IDF analysts 10 hours before hostilities broke out. Marked “urgent,” the report noted that the Soviet Union was spotted evacuating its diplomats from its embassy in Damascus. The communique was highly classified and large parts of it remained blacked out.

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With a similar evacuation having been observed days earlier in Cairo, the analysts concluded that there was no other explanation other than total war. “It is known to us [redacted] that Syria is expelling the Soviet experts and that the planes have begun taking them from Damascus to Moscow,” read the report. “Those same sources say that even the families of Soviet diplomats have started to arrive from Damascus. The sources add that the Syrians explained the expulsion as being because of the intentions of Egypt and Syria to wage a war against Israel and that they are therefore being expelled. For your information.” Yet despite the clear warning, Zeira failed to pass on the communique to the Israeli government. The analyst who authored the warning recalled to the Agranat Report that “the head of his shift told him that evening that the head of intelligence ordered that they not release [the telegram], and to hold it up.” Zeira, however, denied ordering the warning, telling the Agranat Committee that a high-ranking officer such as him was not needed to approve communiques by individual analysts. He also denied that the report spoke of imminent war, saying that it “merely indicated” the possibility that the Arab militaries would attack. “But in retrospect, I can try to reconstruct a possible explanation for delaying [its release] with the fact that – as was said – we did not assess that the message added anything to our existing assessment and it’s possible I hoped to receive more significant messages shortly,” said Zeira. “But as I said, I don’t remember delaying [its release] before midnight.” The communique was just one of many indications of imminent war that IDF intelligence disregarded. Other signs that Syria and Egypt were planning to invade included a warning by Ashraf Marwan, an Israeli spy and the son-in-law of Egyptian President Gamal Nasser, who told his Mossad handlers that there was a “99 percent chance” that Egypt would attack. IDF combat soldiers deployed on the Syrian and Egyptian borders had also besieged the Intelligence Directorate with reports of suspicious activity they witnessed that pointed to an imminent invasion.

NJ Plastic & Paper Bag Ban

New Jersey lawmakers passed a sweeping ban on plastic and paper bags, making it the first state to adopt such a measure. The bill prohibits single use plastic and paper bags, straws, and other takeaway plastic containers and will take effect in 18 months. It was passed by the Democratic-led State Legislature last Thursday after sailing through the Senate earlier this year. The legislation was heavily supported by Governor Phil Murphy as part of his effort to protect the environment. Murphy previously vetoed a bill in 2018 that would have imposed a 5-cent fee on single-use plastic carryout bags after deciding that it didn’t go far enough. “The governor is proud to support the strongest bag ban in the nation,” said Murphy’s spokesperson. “This bill will significantly reduce the harm that these products cause to our environment.” While environmentalists hailed the bill as a major and necessary measure towards fighting climate change, Republicans hotly opposed it due to the extra costs it would impose on small businesses already hurting from the pandemic. New Jersey is now the first state to pass a wholesale ban on paper bags. Eight other states prohibit the use of single use plastic bags, while Maine and Maryland also ban plastic foam.

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The four face 134 felony charges in total, including election fraud, tampering with a governmental record, and mail-in ballot fraud. If convicted, they face up to 99 years behind bars. “It is an unfortunate reality that elections can be stolen outright by mail ballot fraud,” Paxton said in a statement. “Election fraud, particularly an organized mail ballot fraud scheme orchestrated by political operatives, is an affront to democracy and

results in voter disenfranchisement and corruption at the highest level.” According to Paxton, the four illegally registered “young and able-bodied” voters as disabled, allowing them to vote by mail instead of at the ballot box. The voters were often unaware of the scheme, which aimed to ensure Brown’s victory by increasing the overall voter pool. Brown had defeated his challenger by only five votes in the primary, 1,047 to 1,042, with an unprecedented 40% of the votes cast by mail. Of those who voted by mail, 29% claimed a disability. The allegations come amid a national debate over mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in November. While many states will allow voters to cast their ballots by mail due to the pandemic, Republicans have charged that the change will enable massive voter fraud. “Mail ballots are vulnerable to diversion, coercion, and influence by organized vote-harvesting schemes,” Paxton said. “Those who try to manipulate the outcome of elections in Texas must be held accountable.”

NYC Principals No Confidence in De Blasio

Days before schools in New York City are slated to open, New York City’s principals’ union issued a vote of no confidence in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The union, which represents the city’s 6,400 school leaders, said in a statement that it had no confidence in the abilities of De Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza “to lead New York City through the safe and successful reopening of schools.” The union also called on De Blasio to cede control of the school’s education system to state officials in wake of what it claimed was his record of failure regarding handling the pandemic. “During this health crisis, school

Debate Debacle

hen watching a debate between two presidential candidates, one would expect to see a modicum of decorum peppered with facts and plans for a future presidency. But those who watched Tuesday’s night debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden saw none of that. Instead, it was a night of flying fists, wagging fingers, rolling eyes, sharp retorts, and barbed insults. So who came out on top? Truthfully, both candidates came out on the losing side. Trump seemed to give many non-answers to questions that were posed to him. Biden, on the other hand, repeatedly called Trump a racist during the 90-minute fighting match. “The worst President America has ever had” and a “clown” were other insults thrown at the President. Moderator Chris Wallace endeavored to maintain calm but found himself unable to regain control of a debate in which both candidates constantly interrupted each other. When Trump complained that only he was being taken to task for talking over questions and Biden’s

answers, Wallace shot back: “Frankly, you have been doing more interrupting.” Regarding race relations and violence across the U.S., Biden said, “This is a President who has used everything as a dog whistle to try to generate racist hatred, racist division.” Trump retorted that America’s suburbs would be gone if Biden was elected. “He wouldn’t know a suburb unless he took a wrong turn,” Biden shot back, adding that “this is not 1950” and that Trump’s dog whistles “don’t work anymore.” He said Trump’s handling of the pandemic and the climate have damaged the suburbs.

Regarding voting and the integrity of the elections, Trump said, “I’m encouraging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully.” He added, “If I see tens of thousands of ballots being manipulated, I can’t go along with that.” Biden said that if Americans vote in large numbers – presumably for him – a contested election could be prevented. One key success that Trump was able to take away from the night was that the debate did not focus on the coronavirus epidemic. Biden made multiple references to the 200,000 Americans who have died, although Trump added that under a Biden presidency, more would have suc-

leaders have lost trust and faith in Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to support them in their immense efforts and provide them with the guidance and staffing they need,” Council of School Administrators President Mark Cannizzaro said in a statement. “Quite simply, we believe the City and DOE need help from the State Education Department, and we hope that the mayor soon realizes why this is necessary.” The unprecedented censure came after the city’s teachers’ union, and Education officials reached an agreement allowing non-crucial staff to work from home. This infuriated school administrators, as they were not consulted on the negotiations and say that the agreement will worsen a substantial staffing shortage. The principals’ union is also upset at De Blasio for delaying school re-openings twice, arguing that City Hall’s inability to sufficiently manage its education system resulted in chaos. In March, teachers held a “sick out” after De Blasio refused to close schools, forcing Governor Andrew Cuomo to intervene.

cumbed to the disease. Regarding the Supreme Court and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to take over the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, Trump endeavored to talk about the left’s hope to expand the Supreme Court. Biden reminded Americans that the nomination of Coney Barrett to the Court could potentially overturn the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade. At one point, Trump brought up Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and how he served on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. Instead of taking the bait, Biden calmly turned towards the cameras and said, “This is not about my family or his family, this is about your family – the American people. He doesn’t want to talk about what you need.” A few minutes later, when mentioning Hunter’s drug addiction, Biden coolly told the American people: “My son had a drug problem, but he’s overcome it and I’m proud of him.” For the American people, Tuesday, November 3 can’t come fast enough. But then again, with these two, it’s doubtful that the elections will end on Election Day.

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ACB to Replace RBG

President Donald Trump has tapped Amy Coney Barrett to replace recently-deceased Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Barrett, 48, serves as a federal appellate judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. A deeply religious Catholic, she has seven children, including two she and her husband adopted from Haiti. Barrett studied and currently teaches at Notre Dame Law School and would be the only Supreme Court justice who did not study at an Ivy League university. After graduating from law school, she clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. She would be the youngest Supreme Court justice if approved for SCOTUS. Trump announced his decision on Saturday afternoon at a White House press conference. Flanked by Coney Barrett and her seven children, the president hailed her as “a woman of remarkable intellect and character.” Trump added that the nomination was “crucial” to maintaining the American way of life, pointing to a series of upcoming hearings that will have a significant impact on hot-button issues such as gun control and abortion. “The stakes for our country are incredibly high. Rulings that the Supreme Court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our Second Amendment, our religious liberty, our public safety and so much more,” the president noted. Invoking Ginsburg’s recent passing, Coney Barrett promised to be “mindful of who came before me.” She praised the late justice for her work towards advancing women’s rights, saying that “[Bader Ginsberg] has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed all across the world.” The nomination is the first step in the process to send Coney Barrett to the nation’s highest court. If confirmed, she would join Justices

Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Roberts to give the bench an unprecedented 6-3 conservative majority. Republicans hope to confirm Coney Barrett in an expedited process before the presidential election in November. The initial hearings will begin on October 12 and aim to install her on the bench five days before Americans head to the polls. Democrats have vowed to oppose any attempt to replace Bader Ginsburg, arguing that it is improper for a president to appoint a successor so close to a presidential election. Opponents also point to the Republican-dominated Senate’s refusal to hold a hearing for Merrick Garland, who was tapped by President Obama to replace Scalia after the conservative icon passed away in 2016. “It’s going to be very quick,” Trump said, adding tongue-incheek, “I’m sure it’ll be extremely non-controversial.”

Census Count Extended

A U.S. federal judge ordered the deadline for counting the U.S. Census extended through October 31. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh from California’s Northern District issued an injunction blocking the Census deadline issued in August from taking effect. Koh wrote that the Trump administration’s expedited schedule for recording Census results would likely result in inaccurate results that would disadvantage minorities. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, who argued the case before the court on behalf of the Urban League, celebrated the injunction as a victory over what he said is the Republican Party’s effort to gerrymander congressional districts. “The court saw through the Trump administration’s efforts to camouflage its political interference in what is supposed to be the neutral, nonpartisan process of counting every person,” Feuer said. “Now, with little time to lose and so much at stake, I urge everyone to take the few

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how the president took advantage of a series of complicated tax loopholes to pay only $750 in 2016 and 2017. Trump was able to reduce his tax obligations by reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. From 2000 until 2015, the president did not pay any income tax after receiving large tax write-offs for losses the Trump Corporation suffered in the real estate business.

moments necessary to be included in the census.” The deadline for counting results of the once-in-a-decade census was extended to October 31 and the final tally report to April 2021 after counting was halted due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ordered the Census Bureau in July to speed up the deadline to September 30 in or-

der to “accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts.” While Ross contended that the counting needed to end by September so that the final results could be handed to the president before the elections, Democrats argued that the expedited date was an attempt to undercount minority votes.

Trump Tax Woes The New York Times has alleged in a bombshell report that President Donald Trump paid as little as $750 in federal income tax in 2016. The expose was based off of Trump’s tax returns the newspaper received. The revelations detailed

Over the past two decades, Trump paid a lot less in federal income compared to the average people of his wealth status. The sum is far less than what his predecessors in the White House paid, with both Barack Obama and George Bush shelling out more than $100,000 each. The report also alleged that Trump had been under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for years, who wanted him to pony up additional millions. Trump denied the report, calling it “very fake news” and refused to apologize for using tax loopholes available to every other American. A White House spokesperson dismissed the report as “yet another politically motivated hit piece full of inaccurate smears.” “The Fake News Media, just like Election time 2016, is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent,” Trump tweeted. “I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation & tax credits.” Coming only two days before the first presidential debate, the expose put Trump on the defensive. Democrats were quick to seize on the allegations, accusing the president of being a “tax cheat” and a business failure. “The New York Times reporting provides a window into the extraordinary measures that President Trump has used to game the tax code and avoid paying his fair share of taxes, while hard-working Americans are,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “It is a sign of President Trump’s disdain for America’s working families that he has spent years abusing the tax code while passing a GOP Tax Scam for the rich that gives 83% of

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piest states in the U.S. The study was carried out by finance website WalletHub and ranked the personal happiness levels of all 50 states. The 32 metrics used to determine happiness included divorce rates, average income, and more.

the benefits to the wealthiest 1%.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted that she “paid thousands of dollars a year in taxes *as a bartender*,” pointing out that Trump “contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses & undocumented immigrants.” The Biden campaign released a quick video ad highlighting that Trump paid less than teachers, fire-

fighters, and policemen. The campaign’s website launched an online calculator enabling users to check: “How much more did you pay in taxes than President Trump?” Trump had broken precedent by refusing to release his tax returns while running for office. Since his shock victory in 2016, his lawyers have fought a series of court battles to keep his financial records from

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With its sandy beaches and pleasant year-round climate, the Aloha state topped the list with a total happiness score of 69.58 out of 100. Hawaii’s share of depressed adults is the second lowest nationwide, after New Jersey, and has the fourth lowest divorce rate. The state also finished 2nd and 3rd in the “emotional and physical well-being” and “community and environment” categories. Located 2,000 miles from the mainland, Hawaii also has some of the nation’s fewest coronavirus cases. As of this past Sunday, Hawaii recorded 11,848 overall cases and 124 deaths with daily cases having dropped by 45% over the past two weeks. The WalletHub survey is not the first time Hawaii has finished first in the happiness category, as it has topped the Gallup’s National Health and Well-Being Index for the past seven years. Coming in at second place with almost all its citizens smiling was Minnesota, followed by New Jersey, Maryland, and California. Meanwhile, the most unhappy states in the nation were Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and West Virginia. Surprisingly, New Jersey finished first overall for emotional and physical wellbeing. This comes despite the state having been hit hard by the coronavirus and the resulting economic downturn. “Happiness is a feeling of joy, contentment, and overall positive emotions,” said Dr. Chieh-Chen Bowen, a director of the department of psychology at Cleveland State University. “Happiness is a universal goal. We all want to be happy and want such feelings to last.”

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Dead Election

Despite their mayor not being alive anymore, villagers in a town in Romania have elected him for another term. Citizens in Deveselu, a village of around 3,000 people, soundly gave Ion Aliman 64% of the vote, even though he passed away two weeks ago. They said that he had done a good job and deserved his posthumous victory. “It is your victory,” one man can be heard saying. “Know that you will be proud of us. Rest in peace.” This was to give Aliman a third term as mayor. “He was a real mayor to us,” a woman said. “He took the side of the village, respected all the laws. I don’t think we will see a mayor like him again.” Aliman, a former navy officer who would have turned 57 on Monday, died on September 17 in a hospital in Bucharest. His name was already on the printed voting ballots and could not be removed, officials said. A new election will now be held to determine who will really lead the town. May the best (living) man win.

Sky Baby

This kid’s reaching for the stars. Last month, Chrystal Hicks went into labor after boarding a plane that was going to be taking her to a hospital. She was 35 weeks pregnant. She gave birth an hour into the

flight. “It was shocking, it was really weird at first, I didn’t know what to think,” Hicks said. “But everybody kept talking about the baby on the plane.” The baby, a boy, is going to remember his memorable birth for the rest of his life. Chrystal named her newest addition Sky Airon Hicks. His place of birth on the birth certificate? “I just put Anchorage,” Hicks said. “I didn’t want to put on a plane or in the sky.” Hicks has three other children – ages 3, 9 and 11. But this one is flying high.

Chief Exploration Officer

If you need to get out of the city for a while, Michelob may have the answer. The beer brand recently announced that it is hiring a new “CEO” – chief exploration officer. The new official will travel for six months in a camper van across the United States to explore its beautiful national parks. According to the website, the perfect candidate will be “capturing content while touring the country, visiting national parks and repping Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold along the way.” Some of the national parks that the “CEO” will be visiting include Sequoia, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Big Bend and Saguaro – though those locations “are subject to change depending on permitting, natural occurrences and other unforeseen factors.” Don’t think you’re expected to visit Yosemite alone. The Michelob Ultra explorer will also be allowed to bring “a friend, spouse, partner, or even a dog,” with them in the camper van, which has its own bathroom and shower. Oh, and the CEO will be making

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weren’t being held. And so, an enterprising philanthropist gathered three chickens – one male, two female – onto his plane and symbolically flew his plane in circles over the city. “I don’t think anyone here thinks they could be yoitze [having fulfilled one’s ritual obligation] with the fowl flyover,” a Melbourne resident wrote in a comment on Dan’s Deals, which reported on the fowl flight. “But it was definitely a nice start to the day.” You know what they say: no harm, no fowl.

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If your name is Orlando, you should start packing your bags. Frontier Airlines is offering free flights in the month of October to central Florida-bound passengers who share the name of the city of Orlando. The airline has partnered with Visit Orlando, the city’s tourism authority, to offer free flights to Orlando between October 13 and October 20 for anyone with the first or last name Orlando. “Our LOVE for Orlando, Florida – one of our most frequently traveled destinations – is HUGE,” the airline said. “To spread the love, we’re offering anyone with the FIRST or LAST name ‘Orlando’ a free flight to Orlando.” Did your parents name you something more normal than Orlando? Don’t worry. You can still get to Mickey and Minnie’s vacation spot on the cheap. Frontier is offering discounted fares for just $39.

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The city of Melbourne, Australia, did kapparos a bit different this year. Because of the lockdown instituted in the city, public kapparos

Rats aren’t just good for sniffing out cheese. A rat named Magawa has been given an animal bravery award for sniffing out dozens of landmines in Cambodia. Magawa received a gold medal from the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a veterinary charity in the UK last week, making him the first rodent in the nonprofit’s history to earn the distinction. Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, has detected 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance to date, according to PDSA. During his seven-year career, he helped clear more than 141,000 square meters of land – or the equivalent of 20 soccer fields. For every landmine Magawa finds, “he saves a life,” PDSA said. PDSA Director General Jan McLoughlin lauded Magawa for his work, calling him a “hero rat” in a virtual presentation of the medal. Magawa is the 30th recipient of the PDSA Gold Medal, and the first non-canine to receive it. APOPO, which stands for Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling in Dutch, or Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product Development in English, is a non-profit based out of Tanzania that trains rats like Magawa to find

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landmines. The rats, who the organization refers to as HeroRATS, are the only animals that can safely detect landmines because of their light weight and sense of smell. They’re also much faster than humans at finding the landmines. Magawa can search an area of a tennis court in 30 minutes; a human with a metal detector would need up to four days to search the same area. Magawa is just first rat-e.

Giant Gem

It was a gem of a find. A visitor to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park in early September unearthed a 9.07-carat gem – the second-largest diamond discovery in the park’s history. Kevin Kinard, 33, of Maumelle, Ark., was visiting the park with friends on Labor Day when he came across a marble-sized crystal with a rounded, dimpled shape. “It kind of looked interesting and shiny, so I put it in my bag and kept searching. I just thought it might’ve been glass,” Kinard said. He only checked out the round pebble because his friend wanted to check hers out with staff at the Discovery Center. Turned out that Kinard didn’t just pick up glass. “I honestly teared up when they told me. I was in complete shock,” he said. Kinard’s discovery is the second-largest to be found since Crater of Diamonds became a state park in 1972. It is second only to a 16.37-carat white Amarillo Starlight diamond found at the park in August 1975. Kinard said he decided to give his discovery a name that would honor the good time he had with his friends at the park: the Kinard Friendship Diamond. “We love to travel together and had such a great time out here. It was a very humbling experience,” he said. Sounds like a humble-brag to me.

R’ Moshe Rubashkin has built a 300-foot sukkah in Crown Heights. It is 16 feet wide and 12 feet high.

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Community Social Emotional Learning

upporting the growth and development of the whole child, maintaining a sense of community and togetherness, and positioning students to be their best selves both inside and outside the classroom are priorities for HAFTR High School. Social emotional learning is critical during the return to school in re-engaging students, repairing relationships, and rebuilding a strong foundation for academic success. To ensure a smooth transition back to a traditional learning environment, the High School guidance team spent the summer considering the impact of social isolation on both its educators and students. They planned a range of support services to enhance the social and emotional wellbeing of HAFTR High School students. Teachers and staff were provided with professional learning in preparation for meeting the social emotional needs of the students and providing ongoing support. In order to open a dialogue with students and provide support to those in need, as well as reflect on and enhance social emotional skills for both educators and students, the first three Wednesdays of the school year began with short but engaging, teacher-facilitated lessons emphasizing the factors involved in social emotional learning. The first week, teachers and students discussed what social emo-

tional learning is and how to use it to help achieve academic and personal success. They used the SEL competencies wheel to consider self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Students shared what each competency means to them and how it can help them succeed academically and/or personally.Â Week two focused on giving students and teachers the space to get

to know each other.Â An online survey helped build stronger classroom relationships by allowing teachers to explore similarities with their students and using those shared interests to start conversations and connect. Week three provided students and teachers the time and space to reflect on their goals for the year and address their motivation to achieve those goals. They contemplated if their motivation changed during

virtual learning, if it was harder or easier to come back to school this year than previous years, and if the first few weeks have been more or less challenging than they imagined. The program as a whole stimulated students to speculate about the past, and what has motivated them to work hard, and accomplish things that are difficult, as well as give them strategies that can be implemented this year to help increase motivation.Â

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Hands-On Learning

nce you are already learning Hilchos Sukkah with your class, why not learn about it in real life? Rabbi Stein had his fifth graders of Siach Yitzchok join to-

gether with him at his home, so they can have a hands-on experience putting up a sukkah with their rebbe. When the boys were asked how many walls a sukkah must have, some

boys said three, while others said 2 ½. Rabbi Stein said that they are both correct – you must have three walls, however, the third wall could even be a half wall. After building

the sukkah, the class enjoyed an outdoor siyum upon completion of the first perek in Masechta Bava Kama.

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After a hiatus of several years, the Weiss Vocational Center of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo has re-launched its culinary course. The Weiss Vocational Center trains a select group of bachurim during part of their afternoons in trades such as carpentry, plumbing/heating, electrical construction and home wiring.

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MTA’s Extra Learning Initiatives

TA’s incredible variety of extra learning programs provide talmidim with the opportunity to enhance their Torah learning throughout the day. These initiatives include an Iyun Tefillah Chaburah every morning before davening, where talmidim explore topics related to davening; a daily Mishna Chaburah, where they gain a better understanding of Maseches Pesachim; a weekly Y Club, where talmidim ask their burning questions about Judaism to their rebbeim; Night Seder four nights a week, where they learn with MTA rebbeim as well as Yeshiva University rebbeim and talmidim; and so much more. “We strive to instill a true love for Torah in all of our talmidim,” said MTA Associate Principal Rabbi Shimon Schenker. “Our goal is to teach our talmidim how to make time for Torah in their daily lives

outside of shiur, which will enable them to continue growing as b’nai Torah beyond their four years at MTA. These extra learning programs are designed to help them

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Inclusion and Sensitivity Training at HALB

JWed.com Surpasses 3,500 Married, Averaging 8 Marriages a Month

n preparation for their bar and bat mitzvah season, sixth and seventh grade students at HALB participated in a sensitivity and inclusion training workshop facilitated by Mrs. Carly Namdar, Director of Middle School Guidance, Morah Michelle Farbman, and Rabbi Jeremy Fine, Directors of Student Life. Students shared ideas on various topics centered around their hopes and expectations for their bar and bat mitzvahs, as they were asked to consider how they would want others to act at their own simcha and how they should conduct themselves at another person’s simcha. Students discussed and collaborated as they explored ideas related to topics such

as etiquette and manners, social media and group-chats, speeches, dancing, cellphone use and Shabbat in shul, with an eye towards Covid sensitivities. This was then reviewed and condensed to produce guidelines that we hope students will adhere to at all celebrations in order to help support and honor their desire to be mesameach each other with the utmost consideration and mutual respect, in true HALB spirit. As a student-driven initiative, this guide will help increase students’ sensitivity towards others and ensure that they will be able to celebrate this milestone with complete Ahavat Yisrael and HALB pride. Let the party season begin!

Chabad of Colorado Springs built a sukkah on Pikes Peak summit. At an altitude of 14,110 feet above sea level, the sukkah is the highest in the world

Wed.com (formerly Frumster. com) recently passed the celebratory milestone of 3,500 members married. Despite the months of Covid-19, membership has actually grown and, as co-founder and CMO Derek Saker says, “In distressing times like the current world situation, the challenges of being alone are compounded for many and really only further motivates those who are marriage-minded to find their soulmate.” Nevertheless, JWed is mitigating the toll the virus may have on the dating lives of Jewish singles. Ben Rabizadeh, co-founder and CEO, says “With video chat and a date scheduler, JWed, has created a dating experience that mirrors the authenticity of a night out in Central Park – daters still dress up, have stimulating conversations, and engage in the same witty banter that they’d expect on an in-person date. The only difference is the screen between them.” Saker is the first to stress that JWed certainly does not see itself as the panacea of the challenges in Jewish dating. He says JWed always encourage singles to utilize many

different forums in meeting others. That said, he points to the empowering success of JWed.com, which enables all Jewish singles – whether observant or those halachically Jewish and less-affiliated – to take charge and conduct their own searches within the largest network of authentic and sincere marriage-minded Jewish singles. He believes the success is nowhere more expressed than in the statistic that 65% of all JWed marriages are woman initiated, where the first contact was made by a female member reaching out to a male member. As he conveys, in the traditional Jewish dating world, and certainly the frum world, very often it is the women who must play second-fiddle and wait by the phone as it were – and where taking the initiative may even be frowned upon. He notes, “With JWed, members know who they are and know what they are looking for – and have little to no inhibitions in taking the driving seat.” With JWed averaging eight marriages a month, it seems with Hashem’s help, many are finding their bashert at the right place.

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With Israel under Lockdown, Tov V’Chesed Runs Largest Food Distribution to Date

erusalem - Tov V’Chesed founder R’ Yaakov Eliezer Shisha did not know how he’d weather the Yom Tov season, with the devastating effects of Covid19 flooding his office in the form of incessantly ringing phones. The pandemic and resultant lockdown decimated the local economy, and families who were already struggling found themselves in a cri-

sis before the Yomim Tovim even began. Desperate, they turned to Israel’s premier relief organization for help. In recent years, Tov V’Chesed has been running food distributions every Yom Tov season, in addition to their year round food aid to destitute and orphaned families. Thousands of families relied on this support to be able partake in Yom Tov festivities

and feed their large families. With the pandemic raging, large families were already facing increased difficulties since the children were home from school and in need of three meals daily. In addition, countless breadwinners lost their already meager income and plunged deeper in desperation. Many families who are generally able to make ends meet now found themselves struggling due to the economic downturn or the need to be isolated due to underlying health conditions. In many countries, the government provided a source of relief, but Israeli families weren’t as fortunate. This created a true hunger crisis for many families, and countless calls have come into the Tov V’Chesed office begging for critical assistance. Despite the difficulties, the organization determined that there’s no choice but to jump in with an even larger distribution this Tishrei season. Over 5,000 families throughout the country were put on the list for

food aid that will be delivered to their doorsteps with dignity. Dozens of volunteers worked around the clock on the sorting, packing and delivering of food packages that include meat, fish, vegetables and more, so that they can put food on the table during Yom Tov. For many recipients this food is the only thing standing between them and true hunger as Klal Yisroel around the world celebrates. R’ Shisha and his team have enlisted the support of donors around the globe to make it all possible. Community members are encouraged to donate at Dryveup.com/TV so that these hungry children in the Holy Land are not left alone during the festive days.

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Global Outpouring Inspiration at Dirshu Yom Limud U’Tefillah on Chofetz Chaim’s Yahrzeit By Chaim Gold

hat do Houston, Miami, Brooklyn, the Five Towns, and Lakewood all have in common? All of them were cities that participated in Dirshu’s momentous Yom Limud U’Tefillah to commemorate the yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim and all that he stood for. They joined hundreds of other communities in every continent aside from Antarctica in a massive demonstration of Jewish unity. The Learning of the Chofetz Chaim’s Sefarim The Yom Limud and Tefillah was established by Dirshu, the global Torah organization that promotes accountability in Torah learning with its various learning programs, an organization that caters to Orthodox Jews of every affiliation. They were determined to bring all Torah observant Jews together specifically on the auspicious occasion of the Chofetz Chaim’s yahrzeit. After all, the Chofetz Chaim’s works on care in matters of speech are the antidote to strife. This year, perhaps more than in any previous year, the Yom Limud and Tefillah resonated in a more profound way, as the world is still in the throes of a worldwide pandemic that is having a colossal impact on the physical, spiritual, and economic health of our community. On the Yom Limud and Tefillah, Jews throughout the world said chapters of Tehillim on behalf of their fellow Jews and learned halachos from the Mishnah Berurah and the sefer Shemiras Halashon both authored by the Chofetz Chaim. “The great merit of learn-

ing Torah and engaging in tefillah and the extra sensitivity in matters of speech will certainly serve as a shield for Klal Yisrael in the upcoming Yom Hadin,” said Rabbi Avigdor Bernstein, a senior member of executive branch of Dirshu. Children of All Ages Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield, principal of the Torah Day School of Houston, Texas, related, “The lessons and message from the life of the Chofetz Chaim that Dirshu sent to our school was taught by our rabbis and teachers to students at all age levels and had special meaning for them.” The unique children’s programing was just one component of Dirshu’s recent 6th Annual International Yom Limud and Tefillah. Nearly a million Yidden from over 25 countries came together to learn the sefarim of the Chofetz Chaim and daven on behalf of Klal Yisrael in the zechus of the Chofetz Chaim. Simultaneously, children in schools the world over were inspired by special programing that brought the message of the Chofetz Chaim alive for them. “As soon as our school received the package from Dirshu, I knew its message would have a deep impact on our students,” said Rabbi Yoel Katz, a principal at Talmud Torah Masores Avos, of Lakewood. “The beautifully written and illustrated, age-appropriate material, containing halachos from the sefarim of the Chofetz Chaim and stories about the Chofetz Chaim, would connect our talmidim to the Chofetz Chaim and his message in a unique way.” Rabbi Katz’s remarks echoed those of numerous principals of boys’ and girls’ schools covering the entire

Children at Yeshiva Torat Emet, Houston, participating in the Yom Limud and Tefillah

cross-section of Torah observant Jewry throughout the United States and Canada and in almost every continent in the world. Throughout diverse communities across the United States and Canada, a wide range of some150 schools that represented the entire panoply of Orthodox Jewry participated in the Yom Limud and Tefillah school programs. Whether it was Ashkenazim, Sefardim, Chassidim, Yeshiva types, day schools, Chadarim, Bais Yaakovs; all of them were represented at Dirshu’s Yom Limud and Tefillah. They included schools hailing from communities such as Monsey, NY; Lakewood, NJ; Brooklyn, NY; Manhattan, NY; Toronto, Canada; Houston, TX; Baltimore, MD; Cleveland, OH; Waterbury, CN; Phoenix, AZ; Passaic, NJ; Denver, CO; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; and Providence, RI and so many more. A principal of a prominent school for girls said, “I just wanted to thank Dirshu so much for the outstanding materials that you sent us. The booklets were magnificent; our girls learned and gained so much from your beautifully presented and written booklets and CDs.” Indeed, Dirshu produced riveting CDs with stories about the Chofetz Chaim told by the famed Rebee Hill in English and by Rabbi Leibish Lish, legendary Yiddish storyteller. The children listened to the stories in school and were each given their own CD to take home and listen to on their own time. In fact, Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield of Houston related

that he noticed many of the older boys reading the stories about the Chofetz Chaim on their own during their break. Encompassing the World Similarly, in Eretz Yisrael and Europe, hundreds of boys’ and girls’ schools participated. According to Rabbi Gershon Kroizer, who oversaw the division of schools in Eretz Yisrael and Europe, “Hundreds of schools encompassing hundreds of thousands of children participated in the Yom Limud and Tefilla utilizing the unique content provided to commemorate the auspicious day. Among the participating schools were tens of schools in the Former Soviet Union, schools in Europe, South Africa, Australia, South America and even Venezuela. The impact on young boys and girls learning about the Chofetz Chaim was both huge and unparalleled,” he said. One principal related, “I spoke to the boys about who the Chofetz Chaim was and how, through his seforim, he immeasurably enriched each and every one of us. Although the children had certainly heard of the Chofetz Chaim they nevertheless gained a true appreciation of what he did for us when I showed them the both the sefer Chofetz Chaim and the Mishnah Berurah, and explained how pivotal they are in our everyday lives. They became cognizant of how the Chofetz Chaim relates to them on a personal level.” The ripple effect of the Yom Tefillah reached far beyond the Torah observant community. In an address to the public the day after the Chofetz Chaim’s

yahrtzeit United Torah Judasim’s MK, Rabbi Yaakov Tessler, said, “Yesterday was the yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim. He authored a revolutionary sefer depicting the terrible ramifications of gossip and other forms of sins with speech can have. Today, when we see how people, through social media, can incite others against entire communities, his words resonate more than ever.” Rabbi Tessler called on all people to take the message of the Chofetz Chaim to heart and try to exhibit care in matters of speech. In the run-up to the Yom Tefillah and its aftermath, numerous senior rabbanim encouraged Klal Yisrael to connect with the legacy that the Chofetz Chaim left us by learning his sefarim on halacha and mussar in the daily Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program. Their message was that learning daily halacha transforms a person’s life, enabling people to conduct their lives in accordance with Hashem’s will – this the ultimate way to connect with the Chofetz Chaim and invoke Divine mercy. Rabbi Yoel Katz put the ultimate objective of the Yom Limud and Tefillah into perspective when he said, “Today, so long after the passing of the Chofetz Chaim, many children don’t even realize that he wrote both the Mishnah Berurah and the sefer Chofetz Chaim. What Dirshu has done is brought awareness of the legacy of the Chofetz Chaim and the urgency of his message to us, in our times. What a tremendous kiddush Hashem!”

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6. If a circle is one, how many is an octagon? 2. Which same threeletter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word? SIGN, DONE, DUCT, FOUND, FIRM, TRACT, DENSE 3. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now? 4. Pear is to apple as potato is to: (a) banana, (b) radish, (c) strawberry, (d) peach, (e) lettuce. 5. The same three-letter word can be placed in front

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Law of the Line: If you change lines, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

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Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

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You gotta be kidding A policeman is interrogating three guys who are training to become detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first guys a picture for five seconds and then hides it. “This is your suspect. How would you recognize him?” The first guy answers, “That’s easy. We’ll catch him fast because he only has one eye!” The policeman says, “Well...uh...that’s because the picture I showed is his side profile.” Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second guy and asks him, “This is your suspect. How would you recognize him?” The second guy smiles, flips his hair, and says, “Ha! He’d be too easy to catch because he only has one ear!” The policeman angrily responds, “What’s the matter with you two?? Of course only one eye and one ear are showing because it’s a picture of his side profile! Is that the best answer you can come up with?” Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture

to the third guy and in a very testy voice asks, “This is your suspect. How would you recognize him?” He quickly adds, “Think hard before giving me a stupid answer.” The third guy looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, “The suspect wears contact lenses.” The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn’t know himself if the suspect wears contacts or not. “Well, that’s an interesting answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file and I’ll get back to you on that.” He leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the suspect’s file on his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile on his face. “Wow! I can’t believe it. It’s TRUE! The suspect does, in fact, wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute observation?” “That’s easy,” the third guy replied. “He can’t wear regular glasses because he only has one eye and one ear.”

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Sukkos Going Out to Go In By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

ashem commanded us (Vayikra 23:43) to dwell in the sukkah “in order that your generations should know, yeidu…” The seforim hakdeoshim teach, based on this pasuk, that we acquire da’as – presence of mind – by sitting in the sukkah. But this is difficult to understand. How can we settle our minds more by leaving our homes and dwelling in a temporary structure? It would ostensibly be easier to settle one’s mind in the safety and tranquility of his own home where he is more comfortable and not subject to the elements. The Rambam even says (Moreh Nevuchim 3:43) that the joy of Shmini Atzeres is only complete because one is able to return back into his house from the sukkah. Why then do Chazal say that one must go into the sukkah to acquire presence of mind? Perhaps we can understand this better by delving into a related question. Rav Shaul Alter, shlita, son of the Pnei Menachem of Ger, zy”a, and the current Gerrer rosh yeshiva, writes about the miraculous escape from Nazi-occupied Poland by Reb Ahrala of Belz, zy”a, and his brother Rav Mordechai of Bilgoray, zy”a. Belzer chassidim and others from Eretz Yisroel, England, and the United States worked tirelessly to rescue these two holy brothers from the Nazis. The Rebbe was one of the Nazis’ most-wanted fugitives. Spies and Nazi-sympathizers were everywhere attempting to catch the Rebbe, but he was saved by one miraculous escape after another. The plan through which they were rescued was extremely complex and second-by-second timing was critical if it was to have any chance of success.

The most dramatic point in the entire episode was the planned crossing of the Nazi-controlled border between Poland and Hungary in the spring of 1944. Reb Ahrala and his brother shaved their beards and dressed as captured Russian officers being taken to Budapest for questioning. The driver of the car in which they were to cross the border, who had been paid a handsome sum of money, drove Reb Ahrala, his brother, and the Rebbe’s shammas toward the Hungarian border. Nazi soldiers were everywhere as they drove. Because every aspect of the plan was scripted down to the second, everyone in the car was on edge. Suddenly, the Rebbe said he needed to get out of the car. The driver tried to convince the Rebbe that whatever it was could wait, but he insisted that he need to get out. The driver implored the shammas to convince the Rebbe to wait, as stopping the car would place all of them in grave danger, but it was no use. They

pulled over despite the fact that the entire area was crawling with Nazis, and everyone waited to see what the Rebbe had to do that could not wait until later. When the Rebbe got out of the car, he merely walked over to a large rock on the side of the road and sat down. He placed his chin in his hand and simply sat there, thinking, for approximately ten minutes. He then returned to the car, and they continued on toward the border. When they crossed the border, the Nazis guards looked at the Russian “officers” in the back seat, who nodded back at them. They waived the car on, and the brothers, through many more miracles and intensive planning by many people, eventually made it to Eretz Yisroel. Many years later, Reb Ahrala was speaking with Rav Mordechai Shlomo of Boyan, zy”a, when the latter asked him, “What were you actually doing during those ten minutes on that rock by the side of the road headed toward

the Hungarian border?” Reb Ahrala answered, “I saw that the evil inclination wanted to confuse me, to take my presence of mind away from me. I therefore went out and sat down until my presence of mind returned.” One could ask more than four questions regarding Reb Arala’s actions and his answer to the Boyaner Rebbe. One question is: What about halacha? The Torah demands that one set aside virtually any mitzvah in the Torah in the case of danger. Danger certainly takes precedence over one’s desire to maintain his presence of mind, which is not even a mitzvah! How could the Rebbe have seemingly violated halacha by placing himself in danger? Second, even if the Rebbe wanted to place his own life on the line in order to regain his presence of mind, how could he endanger his brother, shammas, and driver, all of whom could have been killed if the Nazis all around them discovered their true identities? Third, the Rebbe’s actions should have completely thrown off the plans his many supporters had spent months developing and which only had even a chance of success if they followed the script exactly. The Rebbe had even rehearsed various aspects of the plan in advance to make sure everything went smoothly. How could he have thrown all that away based on a last-moment desire to calm his mind? Finally, why did the Rebbe think that he would be able to achieve more tranquility by deviating from the plan and sitting on a rock surrounded by Nazis?! Would he not have been better able to achieve greater tranquility by remaining in the car headed on

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schedule toward the destination in the safety of the car than sitting unprotected, outside? Wouldn’t it have been easier to concentrate inside the car? While none of us can presume to understand the true intentions of the Reb Ahrala, with great trepidation, the Gerrer rosh yeshiva suggests the following possible explanation for the Rebbe’s actions: Reb Ahrala knew that the plan was extremely exact. He might have felt that he could re-acquire his presence of mind specifically by deviating from human plans. Perhaps he felt that the only way he would survive was if he recognized that “My life is G-d’s among those who wait for the morning…” (Tehillim 130:6). He may have meant to remind himself Who was in charge by deviating from human plans for a few minutes and entering a plane over and above human capabilities where “There is nothing other than Him” (Devarim 4:35). A similar incident occurred with the Brisker Rav, zt”l, in his escape from Nazi-occupied Poland in 1940. He possessed a tradition that if one mediates upon the words “You have been shown to know that Hashem is G-d, there is nothing other than Him” (ibid.) to the point that the words fill one’s entire consciousness, he cannot be harmed by his enemies. He knew that he could concentrate fully on these words, but he did not know whether his nine-year-old son and two teenage daughters with whom he was traveling could do so as well. They prepared for the day they would have to board a train out of Poland by mediating on this pasuk for a week beforehand. Finally, when the day arrived, the Brisker Rav and his children filled their minds with the knowledge that there is nothing other than G-d as they boarded the train. Every time they passed a Nazi officer, it was as if they were completely invisible. The officers simply looked right past them. Rather than trying to work within the system, they rose above it and connected with the Infinite. We are not on the level of Reb Ahrala of Belz or the Brisker Rav. So what can we learn, on our level, from these accounts? We are also caught up in our detailed plans and schedules both with

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regard to our physical and our spiritual lives. We have our routines and like to arrange things in a specific way. We are caught up in the rush of daily life. Perhaps we can learn from Reb Ahrala that it is a good idea to sometimes get out of the car of life. We must sometimes leave our regular, fixed dwelling and go out into the temporarily dwelling of the sukkah despite the fact that, from the perspective of human logic, it places us more at the mercy of the elements and makes us less secure. We must sometimes depart from the life to which we have become accustomed to remind ourselves why we are alive and that there is a G-d in the world; that He is above everything.

tablished homes and routines for a few days each year and entering into the sukkah, the “shade of emunah,” we thereby remind ourselves why we are here, what we are doing.

Like Avraham Avinu The first day of Sukkos is the Ushpizin of Avraham Avinu, about whom the pasuk (Bereishis 22:3) says, “And Avraham got up early in the morning.” Sukkos is like morning-time, before the race of the day has begun. It is separate and apart from the rush of life. If a person taps into this ability of Avraham Avinu to arise early in the morning to learn before davening, he connects to something above this world. In the morning, one has not

In the sukkah, we stand outside of the pattern of our daily lives.

Perhaps this is why we daven in the Hoshanos on Sukkos, “Please save the soul from confounding!” On a simple level, we are asking Hashem to save us from outside forces which confound, embitter, and attack us. But on a deeper level, even our daily spiritual lives are confounded and confused. We get into a pattern of life and simply stick with it without thinking about why we are here and what we are doing. We establish schools, shuls, and yeshivos as well. But if we never step off the treadmill of daily life, we start to maintain these organizations for their own sake and not for the original purpose for which they were created. As a famous actress once remarked, “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” As important as our learning schedule, davening, Shabbos, housecleaning, homework, work, and other schedules are, if we never take the time to step out of our daily routines, we become lost in the confounding confusion of human plans. That is where Sukkos comes in. The numerical value of the word sukkah is 91, which is equal in gematria to tzeih, meaning “go out.” By leaving our es-

yet eaten; that earthy-ness has not yet fully descended onto him. He has not yet become obsessed with his smartphone. This is a magical time to learn Torah. One can focus much more early in the morning than those who attempt to learn at night. While there are a few people who can concentrate and accomplish things at night, most people are too drained by the rat race of the day’s activities to truly accomplish much at that time. By getting up early like Avraham to learn before davening, one connects with that which it says (ibid. 15:5), “And He took him [Avraham] outside and He said, ‘Please gaze at the stars…,’” which Rashi explains to mean, “He took him out of the space of the world and lifted him up above the stars…” Avraham had that ability to see the truth above the rush of worldly life. That is why the Midrash (Bereishis Rabah 42) says, “The whole world was on one side and Avraham was on the other side.” Because he was able to transcend daily life from time to time, he had the power to go against the current of the world. He knew the secret of “getting out of the car.” That is why Chazal say (Brachos

6b), “Anyone who fixes a place for his tefillah, the G-d of Avraham will help him.” Having a fixed place for davening means achieving presence of mind, focusing on who his is and why he is here. A person can sit in the same seat in shul for eighty years, but if he does not focus his mind on where he is and what he is doing, he can be everywhere in the world other than davening in shul. But if he makes his place for davening fixed, if he takes himself out of daily life and enters the world of tefillah, then he is connected to the G-d of Avraham. When we go out to the sukkah, we look at the stars through the schach, about which Hashem told Avraham when he was elevated above the world, “Please gaze at the stars…” In the sukkah, we stand outside of the pattern of our daily lives. Even though we are less “secure” there, the very fact that we leave our sensible human habits enables us to remind ourselves that behind the façade of physical life, there is nothing other than Hashem. He is why we are here. Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, zy”a, whose yahrtzeit is 25 Tishrei, the day after Isru Chag, once sent messengers to gather the entire community of Berditchev, men, women, and children, in the main shul on a regular winter Tuesday. Since it was not a special occasion, everyone came quickly, fearing that the tzaddik had become aware of some evil decree against the Jews in the city. But when everyone got there, Reb Levi Yitzchak approached the front of the shul with his tallis over his head, and called out, “Yidden! You cannot forget that there is a Master of the World!!” We must sometimes get out of the car of our sensible human plans and remember that there is a G-d in the world and that we are His servants. In the merit of the mitzvah of sukkah, may we merit to see the reestablishment of the fallen sukkah of Dovid Hamelech, the Beis Hamikdash, 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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Mirrors and Windows The Secret of Schach By Shmuel Reichman

father set out one day to teach his young daughter a powerful lesson. When she woke up in the morning, he took her in front of a mirror and asked her, “What do you see?” She smiled and answered, “I see myself!” He then took her to the window, and asked her, “What do you see now?” “I see houses, and trees, and grass, and a whole world outside,” she said, this time with a sense of wonder and joy in her voice. That night, before tucking his daughter into bed, the father again brought her to the mirror. “What do you see?” “I still see myself,” she answered, a bit confused as to why they were doing this again. He then took her back to the window. “What do you see now?” he asked. “I see… me?” she answered, suddenly very confused. “Did the window turn into a mirror?” “Be patient, stay focused, and keep on staring at the window. What do you see?” After a long, silent moment, her eyes lit up. “I finally see it! I see houses, and trees, and the world outside!” Her father smiled and explained to his daughter: “Sometimes, we get so caught up in our own lives that we think everything in life revolves around us; instead of seeing the true nature of things, we see everything as a mirror of ourselves. As a result, we project our views onto everything we see and everything we hear. But, we each need to learn how to peer

past the surface, past ourselves, and see the endless beauty, wisdom, and depth that lies beneath that surface. When we do so, we turn the mirror into a window, revealing a world of depth behind it.”

The Journey to Sukkos The journey from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Yom Kippur is a forty-day experience of self-awareness, teshuva, and spiritual growth, whereby we come closer than ever to Hashem and our true selves. This process of closeness culminates in the holiday of Sukkos, which represents the ultimate connection between Hashem and the Jewish People. The center of this connection is the sukkah, which represents the marriage canopy as Klal Yisrel “marries” Hashem. As we approach this time of closeness, let us delve into the meaning of

the sukkah and the lessons it holds for us. Chazal enigmatically compare the schach of the sukkah to the ideal form of beauty. What does this mean? The spiritual concept of beauty, and its relevance to marriage, is central to the connection we aim to develop through the process of Sukkos. In order to understand this connection, let us delve into the spiritual concept of beauty. To do so, we must understand the unique beauty of Sarah Imeinu.

Sarah Imeinu Sarah Imeinu was the most beautiful woman in the world. This beauty was not only spiritual beauty, a description of her immense holiness and spiritual stature. Sarah’s beauty was physical as well, as proclaimed by Chazal in the Gemara and mi-

drash (Bava Basra 58a, Bereishis Rabbah 45:4) and testified to by the Egyptian people and Pharaoh himself. When Avraham and Sarah descended to Mitzrayim to escape the famine in the land of Eretz Yisrael, the Egyptian people, and even Pharaoh, desired Sarah. The Egyptians, worshippers of immorality, were interested only in the kind of beauty that ran skin deep. Their fixation on Sarah was not spiritually motivated; it was based on physical desire alone. However, this physical beauty was not Sarah Imeinu’s defining trait. Sarah, foremother of the entire Jewish People, gained her status and prominence through her immense spiritual prowess. Her unmatched physical beauty was accompanied by the ultimate in spiritual beauty. This is the definition of true beauty, and this incredible balance is reflected in a second name the Torah calls Sarah. At the end of Parshas Noach, Rashi (Breishis 11:29) clarifies that “Yiskah” is another name for Sarah Imeinu. A name always reflects essence, which means that the meaning of Yiskah perfectly captures Sarah Imeinu’s nature. Yiskah means transparent, and Sarah’s complete beauty lay in her transparency. Her inner beauty permeated her physical body. True beauty is when the physical body reflects a spiritual inner core, a depth that is infinitely greater than any external beauty. True beauty is oneness, where the physical and spiritual come together perfectly and melt into one. Sarah Imeinu modeled this beauty, and this is why she was ultimately beautiful both physically and spiritually. This is the beauty

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that we look to emulate – a beauty in which the physical does not hide the inner self, but reveals it. The connection between Sarah Imeinu’s middah of transparency and our connection to Hashem through Sukkos is striking. Yiskah, another name for Sarah Imeinu, shares the same root as schach, the roof of the sukkah. Within halachic thought, the ikar (central component) of the sukkah is the schach. What, though, does transparency have to do with schach and the sukkah? The answer lies in the very deep theme of Sukkos itself. Sukkos is about seeing past the illusion of self-security and recognizing that Hashem is our only true source of protection. This is why we leave our physical dwellings, our sturdy homes, and reside instead within a diras aria – a temporary dwelling place. The sukkah is a spiritual hut of connection between us and Hashem, where we show how completely we rely on him. While on

the surface, our security and safety seem to come only from our own efforts and hishtadlus, when we look past the surface, we recognize that everything comes from Hashem. This is why the schach is the main component of the sukkah. The schach trains us to see past the surface. In order to be valid, schach must be transparent, allowing us to see past our physical sukkahs into the endless night sky. (You must be able to see the stars at night. It must also allow the sunlight to pour in from outside and must be loose enough to allow rain into the Sukkah as well.) When we look up, we must see Hashem behind His physical mask, we must recognize the spirituality inherent behind this physical world. Only with a transparent surface can we truly tap into that internal truth.

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are overtly spiritual and transcendent days, with intense rounds of prayer and spiritual elevation. Sukkos, on the other hand, is grounded in the physical. The centerpiece of Sukkos is a physical object – the lulav we shake and much emphasis is put on going through our physical routines in a physical hut. It is the Zman Simchaseinu, a time of physical joy and festivities, highlighted by the celebrations of the simchas beis hasho’eivah. How is this the ultimate culmination of the spiritual growth we have worked towards throughout the last month and a half? The answer to this question is the secret behind the power of Sukkos, as well as a fundamental principle in Jewish ideology. While the physical can be dangerous if misused, the ideal is not to transcend the physical but rather to use the physical in order to reflect something higher. Think how many mitzvos are commandments of the mind? Almost none. You can count them on your hand: believe in Hashem, love Hashem, be in awe of Hashem, don’t be jealous, and just a few more. The overwhelming majority of mitzvos are physical actions which connect you to the spiritual source, Hashem! The act is physical, while spirituality and mindfulness are contained within that physical act. We eat matzah, shake a lulav, blow shofar, and wear tefillin; all actions, all physical. We don’t believe in transcending the physical, we believe in using the physical to connect to the transcendent. Sukkos embodies this lesson in embracing the physical. The purpose of this physical world is for us to use everything it has to offer for a spiritual purpose. This requires us to immerse ourselves in the physical world, but for this immersion to be proper we must maintain control and focus while using the physical. In other words, our root must be transcendent, grounded firmly in the spiritual, and then atop that foundation we can descend into the physical and use it in a transcendent way. This is the key behind the process we undertake through the Yamim Noraim. We first experience Elul, then Rosh Hashana, and then Yom Kippur, a developmental process of

raising ourselves higher and higher above the physical world and deeper and deeper into the spiritual world. It is only once we create this transcendent root that we then re-immerse ourselves into physical living, but this time on an entirely new scale. We must infuse the totality of our spiritual acquisition into our physical life, elevating our actions and intentions as we move this physical world towards its ultimate spiritual root. Sukkos is the ultimate expression of this ideal, as we infuse the entirety of our spiritual gains from Elul, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur into a physical life of connection with Hashem inside the sukkah. It is in that simple and mundane hut that we draw the connection between the transcendent spirituality we just experienced and the elevated physical existence we are about to throw ourselves into. This is how a Jew lives a life of spirituality. This is the most powerful message of life. There are always two levels of reality: the surface level and the deeper, spiritual level. The surface is meant to reflect the spiritual, reveal it, emanate with its truth and beauty. But often we struggle, we forget, we get caught up in the deception that the surface is all that there is. But even when we fail, even when we fall, there is always hope, there is always a path back to our true selves. This is the message of Sukkos; this is the message of life. To strive to see more, feel more, learn more, become more. May we all be inspired to not only see past the surface but to then reveal that truth through the surface, to live holistic lives of truth, spiritual beauty, and true oneness.

Shmuel Reichman is an inspirational speaker, writer, and coach who has lectured internationally at shuls, conferences, and Jewish communities on topics of Jewish thought and Jewish medical ethics. He is the founder and CEO of Self-Mastery Academy (ShmuelReichman.com), the transformative online course that is revolutionizing how we engage in self-development. You can find more inspirational lectures, videos, and articles from Shmuel on his website, ShmuelReichman.com.

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‫ת ֲ‬ ‫ע ֵשׂה �א �חת‪ ,‬וְ ִהיא ִמ‬ ‫י(‪" :‬זֹאת ְבּ ִר ִ‬ ‫יתי ֲא ֶשׁ‬ ‫ְצו� ת ִמ ָילָ ה‪ֶ ,‬שׁנֶּ ֱא �מר‬ ‫זָ ָכר"‪ .‬וְ נִ ְכ ְפּלָ ה ְ ר ִתּ ְשׁ ְמרוּ ֵבּינִ י ֵוּבינֵ ֶ‬ ‫יכם ֵוּבין ז� ְר ֲעך �א ֲ ָ‬ ‫בּ ֵס ֶדר‬ ‫ח ֶריך ִהמּוֹל לָ ֶכם ָכּל‬ ‫ִא ָשּׁה ִכּי �תזְ ִר ַיע‪ִ ,‬דּ‬ ‫יִ מּוֹל‬ ‫ְכ ִתיב )ויקרא יב‪,‬‬ ‫ג(‬ ‫‪:‬‬ ‫�‬ ‫"וּב‬ ‫יּוֹם‬ ‫ְבּ �שׂ ְר ָע ְרלָ תוֹ"‪ .‬וְ �ה ְר ֵ‬ ‫�‬ ‫בּ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫שּׁ ִמינִ י‬ ‫ִמ ְצווֹת ְכּמוֹ ֵכן נִ ְכ ְפּ‬ ‫לוּ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫בּ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫מ‬ ‫וְ ֻכלָּ ן לְ צ ֶֹרך‪ְ ,‬כּ‬ ‫מוֹ‬ ‫קוֹמוֹת‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫�‬ ‫שׁ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫פּ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫בּ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫�בּ ָ‬ ‫שׁוּם ֲח ָכ ִ‬ ‫תּוֹרה‪,‬‬ ‫וְ ִענְ י� ן‬ ‫מים זִ ְכרוֹנָ ם לִ ְב ָר ָכה‪.‬‬ ‫ִמ ְצוָ ה זוֹ הוּא‪ֶ ,‬שׁ ְ‬ ‫חוֹת ִכין ָה ָע ְרלָ ה �ה ְמ �ח‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫פּ‬ ‫�ר ְך ֶ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫שׁ‬ ‫לְּ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫�‬ ‫מ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫טּ‬ ‫ֹאשׁ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫�‬ ‫ה‬ ‫גְּ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫וִ‬ ‫מ‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫יָּ‬ ‫מּ‬ ‫נָּ‬ ‫ה‪,‬‬ ‫ה‪,‬‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫וּפוֹר ִעין ְקרוּם‬ ‫ְכּ ֵדי ֶשׁ ִתּ ְתגּ� לֶּ ה‬ ‫רֹאשׁ ָה ֲע ָט ָרה ֶשׁ ְבּ‬ ‫אוֹתוֹ ֵא ֶבר‪ִ ,‬כּי יָ �‬ ‫דוּע‬

‫)בראשית יז‪,‬‬

‫זֹאת ְבּ ִר ִ‬ ‫יתי ֲא‬ ‫ֶשׁר ִתּ ְשׁ ְמרוּ ֵבּינִ י ֵ‬ ‫וּבינֵ ֶ‬ ‫יכם ֵ‬ ‫וּבין ז� ְר ֲע ָך �א ֲ ָ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫ח ֶריך‪ִ ,‬המּוֹל לָ ֶכם ָכּ‬ ‫פרשת ”לֶ ך לְ ָך“ יֵ שׁ‬ ‫ל זָ ָכר )בראשית יז‪ ,‬י(‪.‬‬ ‫ָבּהּ ִמ ְצו� ת ֲע ֵשׂה �א‬ ‫ֲא‬ ‫ָ �חת‪ ,‬וְ ִהיא ִמ ְצו� ת ִמ‬ ‫ֶשׁר ִתּ ְשׁ ְמרוּ ֵבּינִ י ֵ‬ ‫וּבינֵ ֶ‬ ‫יכם ֵ‬ ‫ילָ ה‪ֶ ,‬שׁנֶּ ֱא �מר )ב‬ ‫וּבין ז� ְר ֲעך �א ֲח ֶר ָ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫יך‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ראשית יז‪ ,‬י( "זֹאת ְבּ ִר ִ‬ ‫מּוֹל‬ ‫יתי‬ ‫לָ‬ ‫”א ָשּׁה ִכּי �תזְ ִ‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫כ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ם‬ ‫יע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫“‪,‬‬ ‫כּ‬ ‫ִדּ ְכ ִ‬ ‫ל זָ ָכר“ ]א[ ‪ .‬וְ נִ ְכ ְ‬ ‫תיב )ויקרא יב‪ ,‬ג(‪� :‬‬ ‫”וּב‬ ‫יּוֹם‬ ‫�‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫שּׁ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫ֵכן נִ ְכ ְפּלוּ‬ ‫מ‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫בּ‬ ‫ינִ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫פּלָ ה מצוה זו ְבּ ֵס ֶדר‬ ‫י‬ ‫מ‬ ‫יִ‬ ‫מּוֹל‬ ‫קוֹמוֹת‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫בּ‬ ‫�‬ ‫ה ְר ֵבּה �בּ ָ‬ ‫�שׂר ָע ְרלָ תוֹ“‪ .‬וְ‬ ‫תּוֹרה‪ ,‬וְ ֻכלָּ ן נכפלו לְ צ ֶֹר ְ‬ ‫ך‬ ‫‪,‬‬ ‫�ה ְר ֵבּה ִמ ְצווֹת ְכּמוֹ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫כּ‬ ‫מוֹ‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫שׁ‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫פּ‬ ‫ְ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫שׁוּם ֲח ָכ ִמים‬ ‫זִ ְכרוֹנָ ם לִ ְב ָר ָכה ]ב[‪.‬‬ ‫‪‬‬ ‫מהות‬ ‫וְ ִענְ י� ן‬ ‫המצוה ‪‬‬ ‫ִמ ְצוָ ה זוֹ הוּא ֶשׁ ְ‬ ‫חוֹת ִכין את ָה ָע ְרלָ‬ ‫קצה אבר ה‬ ‫וּפוֹר ִעין ה �ה ְמ �ח ָפּה את רֹאשׁ‬ ‫ְכּ ֵדי ֶשׁ ִ הולדה של הזכר‪ְ ,‬‬ ‫ְ �הגְּ וִ יָּ ה — קוצצים‬ ‫)מק‬ ‫את העור המכסה את‬ ‫תּ ְתגּ� לֶּ ה‬ ‫לפים( את ה ְקרוּם ה‬ ‫רֹאשׁ ָה ֲע ָט ָרה ֶשׁ ְבּ‬ ‫�רך ֶשׁלְּ �מ ָטּה ִמ ֶמּנָּ ה‬ ‫—‬ ‫אוֹתוֹ‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫ש‬ ‫א‬ ‫ֶ‬ ‫ב‬ ‫ר‬ ‫מתחת‬ ‫]ג[‬ ‫‪.‬‬ ‫לערלה‪,‬‬ ‫]א[‬

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‫שנזכר בפסוק זה‪ ,‬הוא‬ ‫א‪-‬יד( ובפרשת‬ ‫כריתת ברית בין ה‘ ל‬ ‫לכן רגילים בשורת לידת יצחק‬ ‫)שם יט‪-‬כא(‪ ,‬מוזכרת‬ ‫אברהם וזרעו‪ .‬בפרשת‬ ‫מילה )בראשית יז‪,‬‬ ‫לקרוא למילה ”ברית‬ ‫ברית בקשר למילה‬ ‫שלש עשרה פעמים‬ ‫מילה“‪ ,‬ואף ”ברית“ סתם‪.‬‬ ‫]ב[ דרך‬ ‫)משנה נדרים לא‪ ,‬ב(‪.‬‬ ‫התורה לחזור על מצוה‪,‬‬

‫ואף על ”פרשה“‬ ‫— שאינם כתובים‬ ‫של כמה פסוקים‪ ,‬כדי‬ ‫בפעם הראשונה‪ ,‬כ‬ ‫שנ‬ ‫ללמד בפעם השניה‬ ‫מאמרם )סוטה ג‪,‬‬ ‫תחדש בה“‪ .‬חזרת‬ ‫א(‪” :‬כל פרשה שנאמרה ונשנית‪ ,‬לא דין — או כמה דינים‬ ‫התורה על מצוות‬ ‫יִ‬ ‫מּוֹל“ הנדרש ללמד‪ ,‬שיש למול בן ביום מילה בפרשת ”תזריע“‬ ‫נשנית אלא בשביל דבר‬ ‫)ויקרא יב‪ ,‬ג(‪ ,‬היא‬ ‫השמיני‬ ‫מלאכה‬ ‫כדי להוסיף שם �‬ ‫ללידתו אפילו אם‬ ‫האסורה בדרך כלל‬ ‫”וּביּוֹם �ה ְשּׁ ִמינִ י‬ ‫בשבת )עשיית חבורה(‪ ,‬מכל מקום‪ ,‬הוא חל בשבת‪ ,‬שאף‬ ‫על‬ ‫פי‬ ‫ב; שבת קלב‪ ,‬א;‬ ‫שיש‬ ‫מצו� ת‬ ‫במילה משום‬ ‫ראה להלן ביאור י(‪.‬‬ ‫מילה בשמיני דוחה את‬ ‫]ג[‬ ‫השבת‬ ‫)‬ ‫”ראש‬ ‫סנהדרין‬ ‫הגויה“‬ ‫נט‪,‬‬ ‫הוא כינוי לאבר‬ ‫נחת(‪” .‬גויה“‬ ‫הזכר בלשון חכמים‬ ‫)ראה‬ ‫פירושו‬ ‫נגעים‬ ‫ו‪,‬‬ ‫”גוף“‪,‬‬ ‫ז‬ ‫ואבר‬ ‫ועוד; אך‬ ‫ראה תוספות יום טוב‪,‬‬ ‫הזכר נקרא ראש הגויה‬ ‫שכל אברי הגוף‬ ‫נגעים שם בשם כף‬ ‫קשורים בו )רבינו בחיי בראשית יז‪ ,‬יג; משום שהוא בולט מן‬ ‫הגוף )תוספות יום‬ ‫”עטרה“‪ ,‬והערלה‬ ‫ראה ראבי“ה‪,‬‬ ‫טוב שם(‪ ,‬או משום‬ ‫מחפה את העטרה‪.‬‬ ‫מתחת‬ ‫תשובות תתקפג(‪ .‬הבשר‬ ‫לעור הערלה יש על‬ ‫שבראש האבר נקרא‬ ‫זה ומשיכתו כלפי הגוף כדי בשר העטרה קרום דק‬ ‫שניתן לקורעו בקלות‬ ‫לגלות‬ ‫את בשר העטרה‪ .‬מעשה זה נקרא ”פ בצפורן‪ .‬מצו� ת מילה‬ ‫לב‪ ,‬כג[‪ .‬להגדרה‬ ‫מדויקת‬ ‫של‬ ‫כוללת קריעת קרום‬ ‫למעשה‪ ,‬נהוג שהמוהל העטרה הטעונה גילוי‪ ,‬ראה בית יוסף יו“ד ריעה“‪ ,‬שהוא לשון גילוי‬ ‫]ראה רש“י שמות‬ ‫חותך‬ ‫רסד‬ ‫את‬ ‫וש“ך‬ ‫]‪[1‬‬ ‫שם‬ ‫הערלה‬ ‫יב ‪.‬‬ ‫בסכין מיוחד )איזמל(‪,‬‬ ‫ואת הפריעה הוא‬ ‫‪ .1‬התלמוד‬ ‫עושה בצפורן אגודלו‬ ‫עיונים‬

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‫הבבלי‬ ‫מלמדנו‪ ,‬שאברהם אבינו‬ ‫על מילת‬ ‫לא נצטווה אלא‬ ‫הערלה בלא פריעת‬ ‫אולם מהי‬ ‫על‬ ‫הקרום‪ ,‬ובני ישראל‬ ‫רושלמי נראה שמצוות‬ ‫לא הפריעה ]בהלכה למשה‬ ‫נצטוו בסיני היא‬ ‫מסיני )תוספות‬ ‫לאברהם אבינו‪ ,‬והיא רמוזה פריעה אכן ניתנה גם‬ ‫ניתנה([‪,‬‬ ‫יבמות עא‪ ,‬ב‪ ,‬ד“ה‬ ‫ויהושע כתב את‬ ‫בלשון‬ ‫�‬ ‫לו כשנצטווה על‬ ‫הכפולה שנאמרה‬ ‫”בּ ֵעת �ה ִה‬ ‫מצות פריעה בספרו‬ ‫�‬ ‫)יהושע ה‪ ,‬ב(‪ :‬שבת יט‪ ,‬ב‪ ,‬ויבמות המילה )בראשית יז‪ ,‬יג( ִ‬ ‫ֶאת ְבּנֵ יא �א�מר ה‘ ֶאל יְ ֻ‬ ‫הוֹשׁ�ע ֲע‬ ‫”המּוֹל‬ ‫יִ מּוֹל“ )ירושלמי‬ ‫ח‪ ,‬א(‪.‬‬ ‫ֵשׂה לְ ך �ח ְרבוֹת ֻצ ִר‬ ‫י יִ ְשׂ �ר‬ ‫ים‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫גם‬ ‫א‬ ‫וְ‬ ‫ל‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫מב‬ ‫שׁ‬ ‫נִ‬ ‫שׁוּב‬ ‫מ‬ ‫ֹל‬ ‫ית“‪,‬‬ ‫ראשית‬ ‫רבה‬ ‫שדרשו‬ ‫פריעת מקום המילה שהמילה המיותרת‬ ‫)מז‪ ,‬ח( נראה כן‪,‬‬ ‫ְבּ�שׂר על הכתוב במילת י‬ ‫”שׁוּב“‪ ,‬רומזת על‬ ‫לאחר‬ ‫�ע ְ‬ ‫ר‬ ‫ל�‬ ‫הסרת‬ ‫”את“שמעאל )בראשית יז‪ ,‬כה( ְ‬ ‫תוֹ“‪,‬‬ ‫הערלה‬ ‫”בּ ִהמֹּלוֹ ֵאת‬ ‫שהמלה‬ ‫משם‬ ‫ֵ‬ ‫)יבמות‬ ‫רומזת על‬ ‫עא‪ ,‬ב(‪ .‬להסרת‬ ‫פריעת הקרום בנוסף‬ ‫הערלה )יראים תב(‪.‬‬

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Sukkos and Covid Lessons for the New Year BY RAV YAAKOV FEITMAN

Although

the Shalosh Regalim – the unit of Pesach, Shavuos and Sukkos – have much in common, there is something unique about Sukkos. My rebbe, Rav Yitzchok Hutner, zt”l (Pachad Yitzchok Yom Hakippurim, 8:1,12), demonstrates that Sukkos acts in a dual manner in the Jewish calendar. It represents the culmination of the three yomim tovim but it also acts as the summit of the spiritual climb which began in Elul and ends on Hoshanah Rabbah as the finality of judgment. Why indeed does Sukkos function on this double level? The Rosh Yeshiva quotes a Medrash (Vayikra Rabbah 30:3) which presents a mashal illustrating the relationship between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur on the one hand and Sukkos on the other: “Two people enter the king’s room

for a ruling concerning which one of them is right and which one wrong. No one knows who has triumphed until one emerges with his weapons intact. Then everyone knows that he is the winner. So it is between Klal Yisrael and the nations of the world. We enter into judgment but no one knows who is victorious. Thereupon Hashem decrees that we should take the Four Species in hand. Once we emerge carrying our lulav and esrog, haddasim and aravos, everyone knows that we have prevailed.” Rav Hutner sees this as the singular quality of Sukkos. It functions as the highest point of the Shalosh Regalim and also as the proof that we have been successful in our Yomim Noraim prayers. The Rosh Yeshiva goes on to explain many aspects of all of these yomim tovim based upon this Medrash.

I would like to suggest a Covid-19-related lesson based upon this discussion. Although we are sadly not yet finished with this pandemic, many pundits around the world have derived conclusions and morals from the trials and tribulations of these past few months. It occurs to me that on the level of mi k’amcha Yisrael – recognizing the uniqueness of the Nation of Israel – we need only examine what people have found missing in their lives. For a good deal of the world – even very fine people – the focus has been on not being able to go to the beach, to dine indoors, to travel to vacation spots, and enjoy their usual summer adventures. Klal Yisrael, for half a year now, has been in turmoil because we could not daven properly with a minyan, learn Torah in schools and shuls, visit the sick and console the bereaved, and fulfill many other

mitzvos as well. It has been said that people are not so much defined by what they have as by what they miss. The ga’aguim and kisufim – the yearnings and longings – of Klal Yisrael have been mostly about spiritual matters. This is what distinguishes us when we emerge from the King’s chambers. Indeed, our weapons in hand are mitzvos as well. Perhaps the lulav looks a bit like a sword and the esrog a bit like a hand grenade. But in truth, all we want when leave the King is to be able to do mitzvos. Of course, the Medrash is correct that he who has been given the right to carry weapons is the winner. But we don’t want to hurt anyone or commit mayhem. All we want is to be left alone. When the Kuzari depicts the different philosophies of some religions and Judaism, he points to all the religious wars waged by peo-

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ple who sought to convert others to their faiths. We, on the other hand, just want to be left in peace to do our mitzvos, so we don’t emerge from the king’s court with spears and arrows. We proudly hold in our hand the Arba Minim which symbolize our own unity and our wish to serve Hashem. I would like to think, and I certainly hope, that in this contest depicted by the Medrash we have come out with flying colors. Even if we argued a bit about indoor or outdoor minyanim, how to do blow the shofar in a Covid-19 Rosh Hashana, and other disagreements, each was a machlokes le’shem Shomayim – an argument for the sake of Heaven. Furthermore, we will be reading Koheles, iy”H, in a few days. There are those who are of the opinion that Koheles is the antidote to the unbridled joy of Sukkos. In case our enthusiasm and simchas yom tov cause problems, Shlomo Hamlelech reminds us that excess and materialism can destroy. However, interestingly,

both the Chassidim and many Baalei Mussar disagree with this approach. They contend that the exact opposite is true. Koheles does not dampen our joy; it deepens it by showing us what is important in life, what will give us joy and what will ruin our lives for a fleeting pleasure. Just as the sukkah

pings of contemporary weddings. There were no crowds, little food, a brief outdoor chuppah and a meal for immediate family only. I have heard from many people that they considered these events the most beautiful and meaningful they had ever attended. The question, of course, is

People are not so much defined by what they have as by what they miss. itself teaches us not to become mired in gashmiyos – excessive materialism – so does Shlomo Hamelech use himself as an object lesson. He had everything in the world and yet, in the final analysis, saw that nothing counts but fear of G-d. We, too, along with a good deal of the world, learned to get along without many things. Many people got married without the usual trap-

what will we do now? Perhaps it is time to downsize our simchos and not bankrupt baalei simcha for one night of unnecessary overspending. To be sure, we will probably not return to backyard chasunos but there are many areas where it would be extremely appropriate to focus on essentials and give more to the chosson and kallah, and – yes – for the poor as well. Why have our weddings be-

come concerts where we take pictures of the superstars instead of being mesameach the chosson and kallah? Unfortunately, none of us is a navi and we cannot know for sure why Hashem does anything. But it is surely logical to draw conclusions from this astonishing event so that we can be different and better in the future. All in all, this year more than most others we go into Yom Kippur chastened and serious about the future. Let us go into our Sukkos with the true joy of knowing what counts in our lives and what is superfluous. When our holy Ushpizin arrive in the sukkah, let them see that we have truly changed for the better and are ready to embrace a wonderful, G-d willing, New Year of 5781, when our happiness will be full of ahavas Hashem and ahavas Yisrael. A wonderful yom tov to all!

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SHEMINI ATZERES

Ask Hashem for Your Heart’s Desire Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

he Vilna Gaon was known to have been very joyous throughout the Yom Tov of Sukkos. On Shemini Atzeres, the Gra was exceptionally exuberant. His level of simcha on this day exceeded that of all the days of Sukkos. Sukkos is Zman Simchaseinu; however, it is Shemini Atzeres that possesses the highest level of simcha. What is it about Shemini Atzeres that engenders more simcha than the other days of Sukkos? Rav Shlomo Kluger writes that there are three parshiyos in the Torah that discuss the yomim tovim: Parshas Emor, Parshas Pinchas, and Parshas Re’eh. In Emor, when the Torah discusses Sukkos, it mentions Shemini Atzeres as well. Likewise, when the Torah discusses the Yomim Tovim and their korbanos in Pinchas, Sukkos and Shemini Atzeres are both mentioned. However, in Re’eh, the discussion of the chagim includes Sukkos (as a seven-day yom tov), while Shemini Atzeres is glaringly absent! Why doesn’t the Torah include Shemini Atzeres in its discussion of the yom tov of Sukkos in Parshas Re’eh? The Shulchan Aruch discusses the insertions that we add into the davening on the various yomim tovim. On Shemini Atzeres, we incorporate the words “Shemini chag ha’atzeres ha’zeh” into our tefillos. The Rema comments that since we never find the title chag ascribed to Shemini Atzeres anywhere in the Torah, one should omit the word chag and say only, “Yom Shemini Atzeres ha’zeh.” Why shouldn’t Shemini Atzeres be called a chag? When the Torah refers to a yom tov as a chag, what quality is being referred to, and why doesn’t

it apply to Shemini Atzeres? In his sefer, Moed L’chol Chai, R’ Chaim Palagi shares an incredible idea about Shemini Atzeres. He writes that one should be exceptionally careful with the tefillos of Shemini Atzeres, as they should be recited with intense kavana. The tikkun, rectification, achieved in the days from Rosh Hashana to Shemini Atzeres is completed on the day of Shemini Atzeres, and all that was achieved depends on Shemini Atzeres. In addition, during the entire period of the yomim noraim, no other day is as much of an eis ratzon as Shemini Atzeres. It is the day that is most conducive to Hashem being attentive to a person’s tefillos and granting all that is requested. Since the unique power of Shemini Atzeres is an opportunity to be capitalized upon, it is fitting to spend the day engaged in introspection, learning Torah, and asking Hashem to fulfill one’s needs. What is so special about Shemini Atzeres that it is the ultimate day for having a person’s tefillos answered? Why is it the greatest day of the year to daven?

An Ox and A Ram Throughout Sukkos, the Kohanim offered fourteen sheep daily. Over the course of seven days, this totals ninety-eight sheep; they are kneged, in counterpoint to, the ninety-eight klalos, curses, that were uttered on Har Eval (see Devarim Chs. 27-28). There were also seventy oxen offered over the yom tov of Sukkos, kneged the seventy nations of the world. On Shemini Atzeres, however, only a single ox and a single ram were brought as korbanos. The Midrash Tanchuma offers

an explanation for the korbanos of Shemini Atzeres, which are much fewer in number than the offerings brought on the preceding days of Sukkos. Hashem is telling the Bnei Yisrael that over the course of the preceding seven days, they sacrificed seventy oxen on behalf of all the nations of the world. Now, says Hashem, it is time to bring a korban for yourselves, on behalf of Klal Yisrael. This is comparable to a king who threw a week-long party. He invited all of his subjects to his party, and there were many, many participants. Once the week passed, he turned to his beloved and says, “We have fulfilled our obligation to all of our subjects, and we partied with them. But now, I want to have a private party just with you.” For this private, intimate party, simple party fare was sufficient. A small piece of meat, some vegetables — nothing extravagant or fancy. Similarly, Hashem tells the Bnei Yisrael, “All the offerings you brought on Sukkos were brought on behalf of the other nations of the world. Now, on the eighth day, let’s have a special day just for us, and we will be content with whatever you offer — a single ox and a single ram.” The Bnei Yissaschar comments that if Hashem wants to spend the final day with His beloved Klal Yisrael, it would seem to make more sense for there to have been even more korbanos brought, as one might think that the king would want to have an even bigger party with his beloved than he did with all the commoners in his country. Hashem would presumably want to have a bigger and better party with His children, whom He loves and cares for. Why is

the celebration Hashem has with the nations of the world so much more elaborate than the party He throws for His children? The reason is that, on Shemini Atzeres, Hashem chooses to celebrate and spend time with us: quality personal time, one on one. A chassan and kallah, alone for the first time in the yichud room, are not going to spend the time focusing on eating a meal. Food is not important; it is a distraction. What is important is being together. In this situation, a big meal would be an unwanted distraction that would not enhance the shared quality time. The seventy nations are needed but they are not beloved to Hashem. They are not loved intrinsically. If Hashem wants to celebrate with them, it requires a lavish party with many delicacies. But Hashem does love the Bnei Yisrael intrinsically, and He wants to spend quality time just being with us. A small seudah allows for a more intimate setting in which Hashem and Klal Yisrael can spend time together. A simple meal, with less focus on the

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says to us, “Now you and I can rejoice together, yachad (lashon of yichud), and I will not trouble you to bring many korbanos. One ox and one ram will suffice.”

Two Types of Simcha Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro points out a fundamental difference between the simcha of Sukkos and the simcha of Shemini Atzeres. The pasuk in Parashas Emor states, “You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a citron tree, the branches of date palms, twigs of a plaited tree, and brook willow, and you shall rejoice before Hashem (lifnei Hashem), your G-d, for a seven-day period (Vayikra 23:40). We are to rejoice before Hashem: lifnei Hashem. Hashem is in Shamayim, and we rejoice before Him. On Shemini Atzeres, however, Chazal say that Hashem says, “You and I rejoice together.” The joy, the simcha, on Sukkos is that of Klal Yisrael before Hashem; they are as two separate entities. The simcha of Shemini Atzeres is different; it is that of Hashem and Klal Yisrael rejoicing together, as one. Hashem rejoices with us, and we rejoice with Him. external trappings, allows us to have a more meaningful visit with Hashem. It allows Hashem to enjoy the essence of Bnei Yisrael on their own, without the trappings of an elaborate celebration. The hana’ah, pleasure, that Hashem wants is derived by spending time with His beloved nation, whose pure essence Hashem wants to enjoy without distraction. Therefore, Hashem instructed us to bring a relatively simple offering, consisting of only a single ox and a single ram. With this new understanding behind the reason for the limited korbanos of Shemini Atzeres, we can appreciate that Shemini Atzeres is the day on which we enjoy the most intimate relationship with Hashem; we are closest to Him on this day. It is the day on which Hashem celebrates the very essence of Klal Yisrael, appreciating our intrinsic value, in a manner He does not do on any other day of the year.

Three Stages of Marriage On Shavuos, we celebrated the

first part of our marriage to Hashem. Hashem gave us the Torah on Shavuos. In our tefillos we say, “Torah tzivah lanu Moshe morashah kehillas Yaakov, The Torah that was commanded to us by Moshe is the heritage of the Congregation of Yaakov” (Devarim 33:4). The word morashah is interpreted as me’orasah, betrothed, as in the first step of the marriage ceremony, which is referred to as kiddushin or eirusin, as Hashem gave us the Torah as a kinyan, act of acquisition, just as the groom gives the bride a ring. The second stage of our marriage to Hashem, the chuppah, the nesuin, takes place in the sukkah. The sukkah represents the Mishkan, and it serves as the wedding canopy in the marriage of Hashem and Klal Yisrael. Yichud, even more intimate than nesuin, takes place when we are alone with Hashem. It is the next step in establishing our marriage to the Ribbono Shel Olam, and it is this that we achieve on Shemini Atzeres. The Midrash states that once the seven days of Sukkos end, Hashem

Only Joy The Chasam Sofer, in the name of the Rama Mifano, explains why the title chag is bestowed upon all the yomim tovim except for Shemini Atzeres. The word chag, refers to a chug, a circle. A yom tov is referred to as a circle because it revolves around something. The focal point of the circle of each yom tov is the mitzvah of that yom tov. Rosh Hashana revolves around shofar, the focal point of its circle. Yom Kippur revolves around the mitzvah of inui, the five prohibitions of the day. Sukkos revolves around the Arba Minim. Pesach’s focal point is the mitzvah of matzah. Shavuos revolves around the Shtei HaLechem, the two loaves of bread that were brought as a korban. There is only one yom tov that does not revolve around a single mitzvah. Shemini Atzeres has no mitzvah around which to revolve. There is no object that is specifically used on Shemini Atzeres for a mitzvah unique to the holiday. Why is this? Why doesn’t Shemini Atzeres have a mitzvah to be per-

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formed on it, a focal point around which it revolves? The answer is that the focal point of Shemini Atzeres is Hashem. Shemini Atzeres revolves around Hashem. It is as if Hashem is telling us to not become distracted by performing the mitzvos of the day because that would take attention from the true focal point of the day: Hashem. We can also view all the yomim tovim as collectively forming a single circle. All the festivals reside on the outer edge of the circle, along the perimeter. They surround the hub of the circle, the very center, which is where Shemini Atzeres is located. With this understanding, all the yomim tovim constitute a chug, a circle, around the center, around Shemini Atzeres. The mitzvah of Shemini Atzeres is rejoicing with Hashem personally, without any distractions. Few korbanos, no special mitzvos. Just us and the Ribbono Shel Olam b’yichud — together as one. Now we can understand why the Vilna Gaon had the greatest joy on Shemini Atzeres. This is the one day on which we rejoice just with Hashem, just with the Shechinah, and not even with the need for any item that is to be used for a mitzvah of the day. The Vilna Gaon quotes the pasuk regarding the yom tov of Sukkos that states, “Va’hayeisa ach sameach, and you will be completely joyous” (Devarim 16:15). The Gemara interprets this verse to mean that even the night of Shemini Atzeres is to be included in the mitzvah of rejoicing. The word ach comes to include the night of Shemini Atzeres. The Gra asks: Since the word ach is an exclusionary term that is generally used to stress “only this and NOT that,” how can it be used here to include an additional time period in the mitzvah of simcha? Ach excludes; it does not include! The Gra answers: the word ach is indeed excluding here. The pasuk is telling us that until this point in the yom tov of Sukkos, there were many mitzvos to be performed: sukkah, lulav, esrog, hadassim, aravos, and Simchas Beis HaSho’eivah. However, now, on Shemini Atzeres, none of these mitzvos apply any longer. Only the mitzvah of simcha remains: ach samei’ach. The main mitzvah of Shemini

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Atzeres is simcha, rejoicing with the Ribbono shel Olam Himself.

A Day to Daven The Zohar explains why Shemini Atzeres is the greatest day of the year on which to daven for anything one needs. The seventy nations of the world received bracha, blessing, throughout the week of Sukkos as the Kohanim offered seventy oxen, one for each nation. Hoshana Rabbah marks the end of their period of bracha. After Hoshana Rabbah, the nations enter into a time of judgment. The Bnei Yisrael, however, are exactly the opposite. Our judgment began on Rosh Hashana, and it concludes on Hoshana Rabbah. We then enter into a period of bracha. The very next day, on Shemini Atzeres, we are invited to delight with the King and receive brachos for the entire year. And, writes the Zohar, no one is included in these joyous festivities with the Ribbono shel Olam other than Bnei Yisrael. Having a private audience with the King affords us the

unique opportunity to request whatever is on our minds. This is a special day reserved for us and Hashem to enjoy each other’s company, and this intimate moment is further enhanced by the King granting the requests of the subjects with whom He is celebrating.

every word of Torah! Throughout the Torah, Hashem would teach Moshe something, and he would then turn around and teach it to the Bnei Yisrael, but not necessarily in the Presence of Hashem. Devarim, on the other hand, was different. Hashem was present when Moshe taught De-

The main mitzvah of Shemini Atzeres is simcha, rejoicing with the Ribbono shel Olam Himself. This is why there is no greater day for tefillah and bakashos, requests, than Shemini Atzeres. Rav Shlomo Kluger quotes a Yalkut Reuveni. The Torah states, These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Yisrael (Devarim 1:1). Moshe Rabbeinu spoke these words to Klal Yisrael, in front of Hashem. Hashem was present, listening, and enjoying

varim to Bnei Yisrael. This, explains Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, is why Shemini Atzeres is not mentioned in Parshas Re’eh. Shemini Atzeres is testimony to the exceptional, indescribable love Hashem has for us, His children. Mentioning Shemini Atzeres is tantamount to proclaiming effusive praise for Hashem. However, since Hashem is listen-

ing to everything Moshe is saying in Sefer Devarim, He would hear this high praise as well. Chazal have taught us that one can only mention part of a person’s praiseworthy attributes while in his presence. We don’t mention a person’s full praise, all their qualities, when he is there. As the midrash teaches us, we are only permitted to say part of Hashem’s praise in His direct Presence, while we can say the full list of His praises when He is not being directly addressed. Mentioning Shemini Atzeres would be akin to mentioning the ultimate praise of Hashem, since it is such an incredibly special day. Hashem gifting Shemini Atzeres to us is the greatest praise we can say! Therefore, it cannot be mentioned in Hashem’s Presence, and it is therefore omitted from the discussion of Yom Tov in Parshas Re’eh. Excerpted from The Mystery and the Majesty by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein, published by Artscroll/Mesorah.

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My Israel Home

How to Prepare for a Home-Buying Trip By Gedaliah Borvick

nfortunately, over the past half year, people have been unable to visit Israel. Sadly, plans for family vacations, to attend weddings, aliyah pilot trips, and home-buying trips were all canceled. We pray that the country will soon reopen and Jews from around the world will be able to travel home to Israel. In this article, let’s focus on the last example that I mentioned above: home-buying trips. Here’s a common – and always heartwarming – scenario: I receive a phone call, WhatsApp or email from a couple who share their dream of purchasing an apartment in Israel with the hope to make aliyah or spend significant time in Israel. They are now at the point in life where they feel emotionally and financially prepared to take the plunge, and they would like to meet me and look at properties during their upcoming trip. I respond with tremendous enthusiasm, as I get a vicarious thrill every single time that I receive this call and begin focusing them on what should be done to prepare for the trip. The first step is to create a wish

list – which we call the “buyer’s profile” – that addresses issues such as city, neighborhood, bedroom count, amenities, whether they are willing to do renovations and/or to buy “on paper” in a new project, and finally we discuss budget. I explain the associated expenses (acquisition tax, lawyer, agent, etc.) that can add upwards of 10% above the purchase price. Once that conversation is finished, often the client will ask what they can do to prepare for the trip. I explain that they should meet with a lawyer during their trip, to discuss legal aspects of purchasing a home in Israel and to fill out a power of attorney (POA) document, which permits the attorney to sign documents and transact on their behalf. I send names and contact information of several excellent real estate lawyers and suggest that they interview them prior to their trip and choose an attorney whom they feel comfortable working with. Lawyers usually charge a fee of 1%+VAT of the purchase price. I then recommend that, if they are considering taking a mortgage, they call mortgage brokers – I will

send them a few recommendations – and choose one to work with. The mortgage broker will request financial documents to determine how much money the buyer will be able to borrow. Realistically, a credit-worthy overseas buyer can borrow up to 50% of the purchase price – and sometimes an additional 10% at a higher rate to cover closing costs (Israeli residents buying a first home can borrow more). Understanding your mortgage options prior to arriving in Israel helps you determine your budget, which will guide us in determining which apartments to include in our property search. Once in Israel, you will meet the mortgage broker to sign a POA, allowing her/him to transact on your behalf. Mortgage brokers usually charge about 1% to 1.25% + VAT of the mortgage amount. When discussing their fee, ask the mortgage broker whether he/she has a minimum transaction charge. Finally, inquire whether there are additional associated charges when obtaining a mortgage; for example, many banks charge a .25% registration fee. Finally, I recommend that my

client talk to a foreign exchange professional who can help them transfer funds and convert them to shekels. In addition, the forex company can make all payments on the client’s behalf, as most banks in Israel can be challenging to work with. Forex companies usually charge .5% for their services. And yes, you will also need to meet with the forex professional to sign documents allowing them to transact on your behalf. Don’t worry if you do not address all of these matters prior to your flight, as we can help set up appointments after you have landed. However, the more legwork you do before your trip, the better prepared you will be upon your arrival. We look forward to greeting you in Israel very soon.

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Israel Today

It’s Your Move Aliyah in the Wake of the Coronavirus Crisis By Ben Horodenker

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or many Jews, Israel has always been the “final destination,” with their current residence (even one that is several generations strong!) merely a “pitstop” on the way home. Of course, that temporary sojourn is often further protracted by the comfortable lifestyle, ever-increasing opportunities and vibrant Jewish life that the Western world has to offer. And then came COVID-19. For many of us, the lockdown last Passover was an even more powerful catalyst for introspection than the High Holidays; it was the first time we were forced to be truly present, sans the myriad distractions that so conveniently keep us away from … ourselves. Interestingly, that encounter led many people to consider some serious questions: Who am I? What do I want? Where do I want to be?

Surge in Aliyah Yael Katzman, the director of marketing and communications at Nefesh B’Nefesh, says that since COVID struck they’ve seen a massive

240% spike in people expressing interest in aliyah. The non-profit organization works mostly with North Americans, facilitating aliyah before, during and after, and increasing the retention rate of its olim to 90%. Through the height of the COVID lockdown and afterward, Nefesh B’Nefesh has continued to help absorb planefuls of new olim. “Of course, most of the people arriving now had already been in the pipeline before the coronavirus hit,” noted Yael, “but their joy in coming to Israel was palpable, regardless of the fact that they had to immediately enter isolation for 14 days.” Katzman reports that interest in aliyah is across the board, represented by singles, young families, older families, and seniors; professionals, students and retirees. “We are currently helping a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor with no children, who since COVID has been feeling lonely and wants to move to Israel to be closer to her niece,” she said. For many families, moving to Israel had always been a long-term

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dream, relegated to some distant time on the horizon. “I always believed I’d return to Israel eventually,” says Rachel Kapeluto, a toshav chozer or returning Israeli. “But you know how it is; one year led to another and then another and another. When the coronavirus crisis hit, I saw that Israel was the safest place to be, compared to Europe, the U.S. and most other countries.” Rachel is now happily resettled in Israel and says that despite the second COVID wave, she feels very secure. Additional factors such as anti-Semitism worldwide, challenges to the religious Jewish educational system in the UK and in the U.S., and the continued mass protests in some American cities are additional factors that have contributed to the feeling that the time has come to pack up and go “home.” Katzman clarifies that she doesn’t advise anyone regarding where to set down roots, but rather, provides the information to enable potential olim to make the best, most educated

decision. “No one can guarantee a future for anyone, no matter where they live. The most important thing is to have as much information as possible and to come as informed and prepared as possible.” Clearly, one of the factors impacting an oleh’s decision where to purchase housing is economic, but there will always be those for whom location takes precedence, even if that means settling for a smaller dwelling. “For me and my family, aliyah didn’t just mean Israel, it meant Yerushalayim,” says Parisian born Yoel. “Yerushalayim is the heart of the country and it is in my heart; I think that every Jew dreams about Yerushalayim.” Jerusalem today is a huge, cosmopolitan city, sprawled over a huge area and boasting dozens of neighborhoods, each with its own unique character. For Yoel, the first priority was finding an apartment that “captures as much of Yerushalayim as possible.” He found what he was looking for in the upscale Jerusalem

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Spirit project in the very center of the city. “It’s a one-of-a-kind opportunity, a luxury residence within walking distance of all the charm, spirituality, and material benefits that Jerusalem has to offer: the Old City, hundreds of shuls, plenty of stores and eateries, and, surprisingly, even spacious parks,” says Hillel Zuravin, CEO of Hadas Capital, the project’s developer. Construction is already underway, with foundations and lower levels completed. Occupancy is less than three years away. The location has the singular advantage of being right in the center of things, off of King George and Hillel Streets, but nestled in a quiet, out-of-the-way corner, right across from Independence Park, giving it a suburban feel. Lionel, a lawyer from South Africa, purchased a unit in the project as an investment, which he hopes one day to enjoy. “ Here in South Africa, the Jews

are not moving away in massive numbers, but we are becoming increasingly concerned by issues of personal security and the government corruption. So, yes, there is definitely of talk of emigration,” he said. Lionel made his decision during the corona lockdown, and promptly closed the deal over the phone in the ensuing months. “I didn’t need to see it to know that I was getting the best value for my money. The location is unsurpassed, and then there are the facilities — the gym with Jacuzzi, the mikvehs, function hall and more.” Real estate attorney Yitzchak Steinberg agrees that when it comes to investment, a home in the city is the way to go. “Societal trends, globally as well as in Israel, indicate a shift to the city center, even if that means downsizing and moving the family into an apartment as opposed to a house.” He adds, “That applies to any city, all the more so to the eternal city of Yerushalayim.”

Clearly, a home in the Jerusalem Spirit project means many things to different people. For Michaela Servi, an architect and artist who has lived most of her life in Haifa, it’s about coming full circle. “When I was 17, I came to Israel on a trip with my Bnei Akiva group from my hometown of Rome, Italy. On one of our last nights, our group was sitting on the grass in Independence Park in Jerusalem. In those days, there weren’t many electric lights in the streets; the sky was clear and you could see millions of stars. I saw a shooting star and made a wish: I want to build my life here, with a husband and children.” Six years later, Michaela and her husband Fabrizio, who had been sitting next to her on that starry night, made aliyah with their infant daughter. Both students of the Technion, they settled in Haifa, where they eventually built their dream house atop Mount Carmel, overlooking the sea. Today, proud parents and grandparents, and soon-to-be great-grandparents, Michaela and Fabrizio have decided to move to the Jerusalem Spirit complex. “It’s the ultimate in all that we want at this point in our lives: within walking distance of everything we love, but with its own shul, spa and amenities so that in bad weather you don’t have to go out. This gated community has all the advantages of assisted living without the negative connotation,” she shares. “The fact that Independence Park is on my doorstep is a constant reminder to me that all my dreams were fulfilled, down to the letter!” she says.

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Batya Burd-Oved tells the story of her teshuva journey, she explains that she “grew up in a complete religious void.” When she was eight years old, her Russian-born refusenik father took her outside one night and asked her to look up at the sky. “Do you see a man with a beard, throwing a lightning bolt?” he queried his child. Then he shut down all future discussion by stating, “That’s the last time we’re going to talk about G-d.” Today, Burd-Oved is a religious Jew, living in the Old City of Jerusalem. Her journey from point A to point B is ﬁlled with ceaseless striving and a dramatic pivot from one lifestyle to another.

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parents made aliyah from the Former Soviet Union shortly after the Yom Kippur War. Her father, Eﬁm Fefer, was a scientist. Despite the fact that the Russian olim were, for the most part, “devoid of any spirituality,” according to Burd-Oved, they still longed for a place where they would be considered Jewish and were disappointed to learn that, “in Israel, they were considered Russians.” Five-hundred Russian olim families left Israel together in 1978, headed for the U.S. While they were in transit, Israel asked the U.S. to close their borders. Burd-Oved, who was born in Israel, ended up living with her family in Italy for two years in diﬃcult conditions. “We had an apartment with a toilet outside the apartment, and everyone had to pay to use it,” she

recalled. Her father was a prominent and outspoken opponent of the policies of the Israeli government. “My father was very strong. He survived an assassination attempt,” Burd-Oved recounted. His protests were noticed by Former President Jimmy Carter who, in cooperation with B’nai Brith of Canada, made it possible for the Fefer family to become Canadian citizens. At age four, Burd-Oved settled with her family in Thornhill, Toronto. Her father, the Russian scientist, went back to university and became a math teacher. Her mother created and ran a very successful insurance business. She grew up with Jewish values and a strong Jewish identity but an utter lack of Jewish education. “The only thing I knew about being Jewish was that Einstein was Jewish, that Jews were very smart, and that we went through the Holocaust.” Her father had grown up in an orphanage and believed wholeheartedly in the slogan attributed to Karl Marx: “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” During her upbringing, “No one ever talked about mitzvot. I was taught that people who believe in G-d are archaic.” Instead, the single-minded focus of her youth was a quest to become successful. “In communist Russia, you couldn’t be successful. I was told that my parents brought me to a land where you can make something of yourself. It was a goal to make a lot of money. Then you’ll have the respect of others, you’ll have freedom and you’ll have happiness, because if you have money and success, you’ll be happy.”

“The only thing I knew about being Jewish was that Einstein was Jewish, that Jews were very smart, and that we went through the Holocaust.”

Batya with her father being called to the Bar in 1999 (courtesy)

Burd-Oved is nothing if not a diligent student. So she worked hard and earned a scholarship to the University of Western Ontario where she studied business and economics. Following a successful undergraduate career, she attended law school at York University in Canada and graduated at the top of her law school class. By 24, she was employed at a top Canadian tax ﬁrm, complete with a personal secretary and a spending account. She lasted almost two years. Realizing “there was nowhere up to go from there,” she began rethinking her goals. “This was the most prestigious goal I could imagine. What do I do now? I was making everyone so happy [with my achievements] but I felt a void. I accomplished my goals and should be feeling high as a kite. [Instead], I’m so empty. I always had this big void in me and I never knew how to ﬁll it. ”

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what this world is for. I knew what I was doing in it wasn’t filling my need for something.” She noted, “I was 25 years old and I definitely didn’t call it a spiritual quest at the time.” While waiting for an audience with the Dalia Lama, she spent three months in Dharamshala in northern India, an experience she likened to being in “a spiritual supermarket. I learned a few things from the Eastern traditions. I was always interested in the esoteric, but it wasn’t relevant to the world of economics and business. “I didn’t find a place in that world. I had questions, but I didn’t have a social group to ask these questions to. While there, I saw much that was strange and primitive.” Although she ultimately recognized that Eastern spirituality wasn’t a long-term destination, her time in Dharamshala did open her up to being able that time, she met a Christian woman on a flight who espoused an abiding to ask spiritual questions. “When you have so much quiet time to yourlove for the Jewish people. That woman invited self and you are allowed to explore the soul,” she Burd-Oved to produce her son’s movie. recounted, “I got to experience my soul. I had unThinking this was her next big goal, Burd-Oved believable epiphanies. I realized that, if I want to quit her job and headed to Hollywood. In her first month, she met the top entertainment lawyer in find happiness, the finite world is so limited and the spiritual world is so infinite. It never runs out. Canada, a man whose name opened doors. She took the bar exam in California and, while waiting for It was an incredible transformation in my life. I understood that life is to evolve spiritually.” results, did some traveling. But she was left with another perplexing quesOn her travels, she “dove with sharks and climbed tall mountains. I was trying to fill that void tion. “Which is the right direction? What’s the path? There was tons of different paths. Everyone has a with big exciting, extreme sports.” In her travels, she met someone “who encouraged me to visit the different opinion of what’s good and what’s bad in that world.” Dalai Lama to find my life’s quest.” She picked up pieces of spiritual insight along She agreed to go because “I didn’t understand the way. At age 26, she participated in a three-day silent meditation. The 1993 novel The Celestine Prophecy, written by James Redfield, was very popular at the time. The book introduced a number of psychological and spiritual ideas that were sourced in Eastern traditions and New Age spirituality. Burd-Oved drew from that wellspring. “The universe has a plan and everything moves according to that plan. There’s a divinity behind each of us,” she came to realize. “I had been leading my life for so long. For whatever reason, Batya, Gershon and their children in 2013, just before Gershon’s passing Hashem put me under the star (courtesy)

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It dawned on her that “everyone got it wrong. I have money and respect, but no freedom and no happiness. I made it and it’s not what you think.” Wondering, “maybe it’s just me,” she began interviewing other lawyers in her ﬁrm about their quality of life. Not surprisingly, she discovered that “everyone hated” the lifestyle she referred to as “golden handcuﬀs.” She told herself, “This is not a life for me. This is not going to lead me where I want to go. It took Herculean strength to walk away. Everyone said, ‘Are you crazy?’” She told herself, “I don’t know what life is about, but let’s try something else. Let me set bigger goals.”

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The launch of westernwallprayers.org in 2003 (courtesy)

that whatever I wanted, I got. But I didn’t know how to figure out what direction to go in.” She decided that, “Instead of leading, I’m going to be a follower. I’m going to listen to the universe and follow, and I’ll find my path that way. She added, “I let go of control, let go of deciding what I had to do in life and where I had to go and what I had to be.” With that mindset, Hashem began whispering to her. “I heard a voice telling me to go to a certain café. I laughed and went. I trusted the voice. I walked into the café and Tibetan nuns were talking about how they were tortured by the Chinese government.” While deciding whether or not to make a film about religious persecution in China, an I Ching practitioner, experienced in the art of Chinese divination, told her, “This is G-d’s will for you.” “It was such a paradigm shift,” she related.

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returned to Toronto and gave herself five months to make the film. A friend told her that there was a Birthright trip to Israel scheduled five months later. “Perfect,” she told herself, “If my movie doesn’t take off, I’ll go to Israel and then to India to follow G-d’s will in India.” The movie actually was taking off. But she went on the 10-day Birthright trip, sponsored by Aish, anyway. That’s when everything changed.

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Batya with Gershon, z’l

“I went to Israel and did not come back until my honeymoon three years later.” Studying Torah in Israel helped Burd-Oved identify a signiﬁcant problem with spirituality in the East. “It gives you a big ego. You feel enlightened. It’s very self-oriented, very ego-based, though I would never have admitted that to myself back then.” Although she was beginning to connect with her G-dly soul, Burd-Oved’s earliest experiences with Torah learning did not immediately impact her. “I really didn’t accept any of the teaching at ﬁrst,” she recalled…until she met Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser. “He happened to be giving a class in astrology. He had a guru glow.” That perked her attention. “I started to test him. He looked at me and said, ‘You’re a Jew, and it’s not a coincidence.’ “It was such a simple line, but how did I not start with the basics? There must be a reason that the ‘universe’ [had me] born as a Jew. I didn’t deal with that question until he made me. Wow, I really have to think about why I was born as a Jew. I’m just going to follow what it means to have been born a Jewish woman. I’ve been spending time looking for all the extreme esoteric, higher end and not seeing the basics. I have to take this seriously.” Even still, the path to teshuva was riddled with challenge.

“He looked at me and said, ‘You’re a Jew, and it’s not a coincidence.’”

“I fought every concept. It did not go in smoothly. I spent four years in a series of seminaries. I tried to build myself into what I thought I was supposed to be, but I never fit in anywhere. It was very hard for me. [On the one hand, teshuva is] such an individual journey, but I felt lots of pressure to conform.” The seminary she was attending felt she was still too rebellious to date, but Hashem had other plans. “I was still wearing hippie clothing and I married a black hat, stark yeshivish guy. All he wanted to do was learn Torah. His yeshiva was in the Old City.” The newly-married couple decided to live in the Old City, close to Gershon Burd’s yeshiva. Burd-Oved described her marriage as “a major paradigm shift, [requiring] a much higher level of refining. My husband was on a much higher level than me, doing what was right. He was completely mesirut nefesh l’shem Shamayim. “I spent most of the marriage trying to figure out how to find the medium between our extremes. It was such a challenge to morph myself into him, to serve him so he could serve Hashem. It took everything. It was so different from the way that I was. Having children and being home was never the role model I had. I had been such a career person! I was home with diapers and vomit.” Gradually, she noticed something astonishing. “I’m stressed and tired, but the void is gone. Following your purpose doesn’t mean peace and happiness. Doing what you’re meant to do, and not having a feeling of existential angst, even if it’s hard and stressful [allowed me to] sigh a sigh of relief. I felt I was in line with my purpose in life. I didn’t waste life. I didn’t go the wrong direction.”

had given up on him. “He decided to daven 40 days at the Kotel, and we met a week after he finished those 40 days and we got engaged after just five dates. Then my best friend flew in for my wedding and, since she was hitting 30 and still single, we convinced her to spend 40 days in Israel. She went to the Kotel daily and then someone she previously dated flew in to visit her and proposed to her a week later. “We knew plenty of tzaddikim who lived with just the basics in the Old City of Jerusalem and plenty of people in need of something abroad. So we decided to make another shidduch – between the rabbis and bnei Torah at the Kotel and people around the world who can’t pray at the Kotel for 40 days themselves.” Burd-Oved adds, “The best part is that my friend’s new chassan had a website business, and he donated the site for us to get started. They now live across the street and often do the 40 days for themselves. Thank G-d, we have had so much siyata dishmaya that the site took off through word of mouth and stories of answered prayers.” Batya’s husband, Gershon Burd, was a healthy 40-year-old the day he died as a result of a swimming accident. The Secret Life of Gershon Burd, written by Yaakov Astor and published in 2016, tells the story of his astonishing, mostly secret, chessed work which only became known after his death. Batya has since remarried and still lives in the Old City of Jerusalem with her new husband, Assaf Oved, and their blended family.

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mentioned her current work with Western Wall Prayers (westernwallprayers. org), an Israel-based non-proﬁt that makes it possible for Jews around the world to take advantage of the segula of davening for 40 consecutive days at the Kotel through a shaliach. Western Wall Prayers got its start very close to home. “My husband Gershon, z”l, had dated 50 girls over the course of ﬁve years and was still single. The shadchanim

With husband Assaf and their blended family outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in 2019 (courtesy)

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Art, Antiquities, and Auctions BY TAMMY MARK

oing once, going twiceâ&#x20AC;Śsold! How much would spend to own a piece of history? How much would you sell your family heirloom for? The long story of the Jewish people throughout exile is marked by ups and downs, and though the downs are strong-

ly imprinted, the many times we have flourished are both documented and enhanced by the art thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been created during those times. Many people have preserved history through the art and artifacts passed from generation to generation, while others seek to own a small precious piece of it. Jonathan Greenstein is a Judaica aficionado who can be spotted

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during the holiday seasons proudly sharing his heritage and vast knowledge with mainstream TV and media audiences. Whether displaying a magnificent collection of silver Seder plates, ornate menorahs or a celebrity’s prayer books, Greenstein always shines as he speaks on such outlets as CNN, NBC News, in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Crain’s New York Business. Greenstein is the founder and president of J. Greenstein and Company, Inc., a boutique auction house in Cedarhurst, NY, that specializes in antique Jewish ritual objects and Jewish-themed art. He is a seasoned expert on the topic and the author of “A Lost Art: Handmade Silver Kiddush Cups of Eastern Europe.” He also is a columnist in Hamodia and writes on art and culture for the Algemeiner Journal. Greenstein came to his calling through the unfortunate event of having been kicked out of his yeshiva at the age of 14. He landed in public school and, with plenty of time on his hands, took a job in an antique store. It was the early 1980s. “It was the height of the silver market, like it is now, and everybody was melting every piece of Judaica down for the value of silver,” he recalls. “The owner of the store, who wasn’t Jewish, felt that it was wrong.” Those silver pieces became Greenstein’s salary and thus his career was born. “He paid me with kiddush cups – I’ve been collecting Judaica since I was 14 years old.” Greenstein’s role as an auctioneer began a few decades later in 2002 when Rabbi Shmuel Butman from Chabad Lubavitch asked him to run a charity auction for the organization. “It was, b’chasdei Hashem, successful,” Jonathan shares. “I didn’t know the first thing about running an auction but I knew Judaica – it had flowed in my blood forever. Actually running the components of the auction…I figured it out. We ran it at the Park East Synagogue, and we raised a lot of money for Chabad.” A year later, Greenstein established his own auction house, starting off in Brooklyn and moving to Cedarhurst around 2012. He has conducted over 70 auctions since 2002. “Over the course of the years, we’ve had some amazing things, including lots of celebrity Judaica such as the Shlomo Carlebach estate, including his piano, and two of Marilyn Monroe’s siddurs. I’ve had Alan Dershowitz’s Judaica collection, which was a lot of fun. I became very friendly with him since then, and we remain friends to this day,” Jonathan notes. “We’ve had some stuff from Jerry Lewis after he died, Sammy Davis Jr.’s menorah, Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s refugee ID card, and Joan River’s Seder plate.” Though the celebrity memorabilia have its cache, they’re not the mainstay of Greenstein’s auction house. He explains, “Our core focus is antique Jewish ritual objects from 1650 through World War II, and modern Judaica categorized by artist since then.” Greenstein’s knowledge is vast, and his passion is palpable, but the auction house is not his day job; Greenstein owns Mercy Home Care and leaves the gallery and its treasures under the watchful eye of Abe Kugielsky, a second generation Judaica dealer himself. While they have 30-40 pieces available for retail sale, it is rare for people to come

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Chanukah lamp. Ukraine, 18th century. On rectangular base with eight sliding drawers, each crafted in the form of a winged griffon

A rare and important Ketubah. Venice 1736. Extravagantly decorated with the Mazalot, Shimshon Hagibor, Jonah and the whale, Lechem Panim, Aron and Cherubim, a Temple Menorah, a Priestly laver and basin, the family crest, “eshet chayil” and other decorative and colorful designs

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Parcel gilt Torah shield. Germany, c. 1690/1720. Hand-cut lattice work laid on gilded background. Decorated with double headed eagle, portion plaque holder and a crown

Jonathan’s shemira coin cup

Reuven Rubin. (1893 – 1974) Israel, c. 1960. Gauche on canvas. Musicians

in as retail customers. Most are collectors looking to enhance their collections, and most become repeat customers. “Things get consigned to us,” Jonathan shares. “I write up an auction, and they get displayed waiting for the next auction. When one auction finishes, the next items go on display. There’s a constant flow.” Auctions are held typically four to five times a year. The most recent autumn auction was focused on the legendary cantor Chazzan Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt’s granddaughter had a large amount of original photos taken in the 1920s of Yossele and wanted to find a good home for them. “The most famous cantor who ever lived,” Rosenblatt was also an American composer and played himself in the first talkie movie The Jazz Singer. Greenstein is very excited for the December sale, which will likely run around Chanukah time. The auction will include Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s original passport, Elizabeth Taylor’s two menorahs, and Dershowitz’s Dreyfus collection – with ephemera artifacts from the Dreyfus Affair that Dershowitz has collected. Marilyn Monroe’s siddurim were some of the most buzzworthy items to hit Greenstein’s auction house. The movie star’s two prayer books were originally purchased by two sisters at Christie’s Auction House when her estate went for sale approximately 20 years prior. Each sister took one, and one was then later consigned to Greenstein. “I wrote a press release and it went crazy in the mainstream media,” recalls Greenstein. “TV crews came down -- it was pretty wild.” The siddur originated from the Avenue N Jewish Center where Monroe’s Jewish husband, playwright Arthur Miller, grew up. It was assumed that he had given it to her, making the collectible even more unique. The siddur sold for around $27,000. The second siddur came up for auction when the other sister decided to sell her copy after that windfall, but the second one only brought in $9,000, as the initial excitement had died down. “Monroe actually had a total of three,” Jonathan says. “One sold in Julian’s in Hollywood for $25,000. She also had a menorah that sold in Christie’s in 1999. “Celebrity Judaica is really, really hot. There are a lot more collectors for that than there are for regular Judaica.” He adds, “The primary stuff we sell is Shabbos related – kiddush cups are the most popular thing that sells. There are the most collectors for kiddush cups and spice boxes. Most of them collect one just one specific category – we have spice box collectors, collectors for antique Torah shields, collectors for charity boxes.” Greenstein’s offerings span 300 years of Jewish history. “In the upcoming auction, and basically in every auction, we have a mixture of Torah finials from the 18th and 19th centuries and kiddush cups from Poland from the 1840s to the 1860s. We have a Ukrainian spice box from the 1830s. We have some interesting American things too.” Greenstein has a cast iron savings bank from a famous bank on the Lower East Side where many Jews kept their money. The bank failed during World War I when every Jew withdrew all their money to send back home to Germany. With all of the treasures that come through the gallery, Greenstein has his personal favorites and has acquired a most meaningful collection. “I personally collect kiddush

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cups, specifically Polish ones that were made from shemira coins. I also have some really cool menorahs – one of them was made in Kiev in 1860.” He explains that, like the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, would famously distribute dollars to his followers, there is an old tradition called shemira where a Rebbe would give silver coins to his students or supporters or anybody who was special to them. “They would then take these coins and melt them into kiddush cups and inscribe on them ‘naaseh mishekel hakodesh’ – this was made from holy coins. When you make the bracha for kiddush using this cup, it has an additional element of holiness because it came from your Rebbe. They’re very rare.” Greenstein explains that he identifies the origin and era of an item by examining the style, the structure, the artwork and the silver hallmarks. He notes, “Jews really did not have a style of art of their own. Antique Judaica basically follows whatever art form was prevalent in the country of origin and the time period. For example, if you find a German silver menorah from the 1920s, most likely it will be in Art Deco design.”

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The personal siddur of Marilyn Monroe

“He paid me with Kiddush cups – I’ve been collecting Judaica since I was 14 years old.” Greenstein receives tens of emails per month with inquiries from people wanting to understand their item’s value. His weekly column in Hamodia allows people to send in pictures and “ask the expert” about their Judaica. According to Greenstein, his knowledge of Judaica came from both years of research and from his experience on the job. “I think I’ve read every book ever written on Judaica in modern times. Handling and feeling each piece as they come out of the closets is the best way of learning. It’s been 37 years.” What’s the most expensive item that has ever passed through Jonathan’s auction house? The priciest item sold at auction was $150,000 for a pair of 18th century Torah finials that were made in Germany and served as an auction cover piece a few years back, during the height of the market. Some items, however, fall in the range of two to three hundred dollars. “My favorite stories are when families realize what things are worth and they decide to keep them – that’s always a very happy moment for me. “Collecting Judaica is awesome, but the real fun is when a family realizes that pieces belong within their family.”

Torah Shield by Shmuel Skarlat. Warsaw, 1883. Hand chased with two lions, a stag, a leopard, two winged griffons and scrolling foliage. With applied crown topped by a double headed eagle

The original French ID of Zev Jabotinsky

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Pulling the Strings By Shlomo Kacholsky

THE DAY WAS FRIDAY, the 12th of Tishrei, 5780. Exactly one year had passed since the sudden passing of the venerable R’ Nissen Krakinowski who, as a vibrant 90-year-old, was tragically and violently killed by a passing car on his way out of shul. While he lived a life of being a Gadol Nistar in many ways, helping and inspiring thousands, his sudden petirah was difficult for many to move past. My adult son and I shared a special relationship with him for the last 10 years of his life, and even though we weren’t related by blood we considered each other father/son/grandfather/grandson. Over the many months since his petirah, I had planned and arranged many aspects of his affairs and various people had reached out to me about “arranging a Hakomas Hamatzeivah.” For various reasons, I decided that I would not be arranging one per se and that all were free to do as they wished on their own, or collectively. No one had followed up with me with any specific plans but that did not change my planning. I intended to go that day and daven there, privately, with just my son, having some “alone time” davening for our beloved R’ Nissen, zt”l. My plan was to say kaddish in shul for him aside from the other learning and z’chusim on our own, without asking others to join us, rather each could do their own things to their own liking. The day started out as planned. We davened k’vasikin, trying to make the most of a time-consuming day shortly before Sukkos. Before davening started, I checked my GPS to see how long the drive to the Bais Olam would be from there – it read 53 minutes. Once in shul, I was informed that someone was making a siyum after davening and brought some “siyum-food.” Thinking it was a good opportunity to add some z’chusim for R’ Nissen, I asked the m’sayem if he minded if I paid for some of the food and was m’shtatef with him. We then stayed after davening for the siyum and talked a bit with people about R’ Nissen. By the time we got out of shul, 20 minutes later than planned, the GPS said it would be 1 hour and 27 minutes to the Bais Olam and once we started driving, the GPS climbed to 1 hour and 46 minutes. Being Erev Shabbos and two days before Sukkos, the pressure to get there sooner wasn’t lost on us, but we accepted the delay as being for the best. When we arrived at the Bais Olam, I inexplicably I took a route in it that I didn’t take before, and when driving, we were approached by a frum look-

ing Yid. (As an aside, this Bais Olam has many, many thousands of kevorim, yet I have never seen other frum Yidden there.) As he came to our car, he frantically asked if we had two people in it. Upon seeing that we were indeed two people, he ecstatically asked us to join his group of eight at a kever for a kaddish. Of course we agreed and gladly jumped out to assist, while he explained that two men of his group didn’t show up and that they were about to leave the Bais Olam without a minyan. We approached the kever and the group looked at each other with amazement at the sudden turn of events. The kaddish was said and while it was, I considered whether it was correct to ask them to reciprocate and go over to R’ Nissen’s kever for a kaddish there as well. There were a few women, aside from the other eight men, and I considered that perhaps it wasn’t correct to be matriach them. In the end, I did indeed ask them if they would be so kind as to walk over with us to R’ Nissen’s kever, ironically only a two minute walk away, to which they readily agreed. While walking, we asked about them their niftar and they described their father, a man named R’ Yitzchok Isaac Brody, having been in his 90s and that they were there as his children and grandchildren to daven at his kever. I noted it being an odd day to make the family outing, but figured that perhaps with it being yom tov time, this was the only time when some extended family members were local. We arrived at R’ Nissen’s kever, and I promptly said the Kaddish thanks to the Brody family. I couldn’t help but notice, as I was saying the kaddish, that one of R’ Brody’s sons, R’ Moshe, was pointing at R’ Nissen’s matzeivah to his brother-in-law R’ Reuven Scher. When I finished the kaddish, they excitedly asked me about our connection to R’ Nissen. When we explained our adopted-son-and-grandson status to them, they were eager to hear more about him. We elaborated a bit about the remarkable hidden life R’ Nissen led. While they were reveling in R’ Nissen’s lifelong accolades, as well as many anecdotes from his life spent in Canarsie, Brooklyn, they were eager to respond. When I finished, Moshe remarked that his matzeivah noted he was originally from Kovno. “You know,” he said, “our father was actually from one town over in Lithuania. Interestingly, a few years ago we went back to the town to visit our

father’s roots, and while in Kovno we were passing the Bais Olam there and a few frum Yidden who were there called out to us if we could stop so that they could say kaddish. Even more interesting, our father also lived in Canarsie for many, many years before eventually moving to Flatbush.” The hashgacha connection seemed beyond plausible. “Who knows if that act you performed in Kovno was ‘registered’ and now the favor returned for your father?” I suggested to them. When I asked them when their father was niftar, I was left utterly speechless. “The 12th of Tishrei, just last year,” they responded. My jaw dropped. It didn’t dawn on me that they were there today, specifically, because it was their father’s yahrtzeit. When they looked more carefully at R’ Nissen’s matzeivah, they realized what I just heard. Namely, that both of them were niftar on the exact same day, having lived in neighboring towns in Kovno, and also lived in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn for decades and were probably connected in more ways than just these. After the pause and shock on all our faces set in, it seemed quite obvious to us all. What are the odds? Probably too great to guess at, but does it really matter? Nothing is up to “odds” if Shomayim wants something to happen, even in the most inexplicably incredible manner. We contemplated that, had we come any earlier, or even later, these kaddeishim would not have been said. Had the Brodys left the Bais Olam two minutes earlier, or had they driven down a different road to exit, these kaddeishim would not have been said. While the Brodys planned for 10 men to be there that morning and inexplicably ended up with only eight and while we planned on coming for “alone time,” both of these two giants were in Shamayim pulling lots of “strings” to make sure that indeed they would both have a kaddish recited at their respective kevarim on their first yahrtzeit. T’hei zichrom bruchim.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

I’m in my late 30s and still single (never married), and I’ve picked up on a theme that I can only describe as unfair. When singles in their young 20s get suggested a shidduch, things go very quickly. When both sides give a yes, there generally is a date within a week. For my age, it can be months until a single guy even gets back to the shadchan if he is interested. Then, most of the time when a phone call is planned, it could take weeks until that phone call ever happens. It just seems like many of these guys are all non-committal. How can they expect to find a wife if they can’t even stick to a time for a phone call? Once you get to an actual date (and say one big shehecheyanu), the date could be months after the shidduch was even suggested. Why must this happen? Is there any way we could even the field for the singles who have been in the parsha for so many years? Do older single men ever get educated about social norms and etiquette surrounding dating (maybe that is what they need?). Would love to get the panel’s take on this. Tamara

Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. amara, you are so right! The dating scene is neither fair nor just with regard to gender, age, and socio-economic expectations. So, what to do with regard to your sense of slow movement between suggestions to call/date for veteran singles? It seems to me that there is a striking difference between dates that come from organized shidduch groups, be they neighborhood, communal, or organizational and community individuals. The former groups are serious, focused, and take responsibility. They have developed systems where there are people committed to help specific individuals, follow-up protocols, and a personal relationship is built up. The volunteers or paid shadchanim become agents for singles and get to know them personally. These groups connect to one another, learn from systems and processes that have worked, and take setting people up seriously. They come through. Casual community people making suggestions usually don’t. It’s easier to pass on a name than to actually get a date. It takes a lot of work to set people up, and they just don’t have the time, energy, or commitment to do so. Additionally, often they don’t know the singles well, if at all, and therefore can’t get them to act easily and agree to a date. They are well-meaning and to be respected and thanked, nonetheless. Here is my suggestion to you. Take the time to invest in shidduch groups and organizations that have well-organized systems including mentors and more. Work with people who are committed to getting to know you and acting on your behalf yet have access to a large pool of candidates beyond your local community. This will afford you more personalized, responsible shidduch suggestions and follow up and will save you heartache. Here is my suggestion to community members who like to be helpful in

setting people up. Follow through and make the effort; don’t just throw out a name. Commit to action and don’t disappoint the single. One more thing. Keep in mind that the Orthodox guy in your age range may have shadchan fatigue and is tired of phone calls. Someone whom he trusts after building a relationship will get him to act on a shidduch suggestion.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond

ne of the reasons I love this column is the societal education which emerges from the writers’ amazing and vulnerable questions. Guests in the sukkah start discussing many hushed topics that might never have been brought to light within the general population. So firstly, thank you for your question. Readers, I encourage you to talk about these problems. The only way they will be fixed is if they are brought to the public light. What you describe in your letter is an extraordinarily common problem that plagues the single women in their 30/40s whom I try to help. Why the men at that age are stereotypically slow to communicate and connect, are non-committal to phone calls, and are slow to get the ball rolling is something that can at best be chalked up to being too busy, at worst, major internal issues. Both are not a good excuse for a man in shidduchim to behave with a lackadaisical attitude or lack of menschlichkeit. Men: you’re burnt out, I get it. You’re jaded, I understand. You’ve been down this road 1,000 times before and landed at dead ends. I feel your pain. However, I beg, implore, and beseech of you to get proper help and guidance to become the best versions of yourselves (women too!). It is not a weakness to get help. It is actually the most brilliant step you can take. If you need to work with a dating

coach to help revamp social skills, do it. If you need to work with a therapist to get past old wounds preventing you from being your best, do it. If you are stuck behind a parked car, you will not be able to move forward until you physically go around it. Similarly, if none of your relationships have worked in the past, you will not make progress by doing what you have always done. You have to pass the parked car. As Albert Einstein once wrote, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Be responsive to matchmakers who send you ideas in a timely fashion. When you agree to go out with someone, make it a top priority to call the woman within 24 hours to plan a date, no exceptions. Be a mensch, schedule the date with verbal sensitivity to her schedule. Women I work with are constantly retracting meeting men due to lack of basic sensitivity surrounding scheduling or lack of formal communication in a timely manner. This pattern must change. Mothers, shadchanim, teachers, and rabbeim: I implore of you to educate the single men in your homes, shuls, and yeshivas how to maintain proper social etiquette and mentchlichkeit so they can become successful daters and lead to the end goal: successful husbands.

The Zaidy Dr. Jeffrey Galler

emember the “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” song in Fiddler on the Roof? Am I the only one who feels that the same shadchan matchmaking system that was clearly problematic 100 years ago is even more problematic today? Why in the world would mature, intelligent, young Orthodox singles in their 30s subject themselves to this antiquated, convoluted system? Instead, may I suggest that you

The kindest thing you can do for someone is to end a relationship as soon as you know. attend singles events hosted by highly respectable organizations like YU Connects (YUConnects.com). They recently reached a milestone achievement and proudly announced their 400th engaged couple. Among their current programs, they host “Zoom with Whom” social virtual events, where “Connectors” moderate Zoom rooms of 10-15 participants, with interactive games and conversation. Don’t wait for your telephone to ring. Be proactive! Besides going to singles events, invite yourself to friends’ Shabbos tables, consider hosting your own Shabbos singles’ meals, and log on to online dating apps. Still, your letter touches on a very real, serious problem for single women in their 30s. Women report that men of that age do not seem to be serious about dating with a view toward marriage. Why is that the case? Perhaps those men feel burnt out, or perhaps they are commitment phobic, or perhaps they have underlying issues (which might explain why they’re not already married in the first place). Recently, a single woman in her 30s wrote to us, “Now, I try to date men who are divorced or widowed, since these men have shown that they can commit and have learned how to act responsibly and respectfully.” Tamara, perhaps you should likewise consider dating divorced or widowed men, who may have more commitment-oriented dating habits. Or, perhaps consider dating a baal teshuva who may have become reli-

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gious later in life and is now looking to settle down. Good luck, and perhaps YU Connects will be able to announce that you are their 401st success story.

The Single Rena Friedman

amara, I can sense your frustration, and I’m sorry to hear that this has been your experience with shidduchim. It’s extremely upsetting when you are doing your part and feel like the other party isn’t pulling through on their end. I’ve been there. Regardless of a person’s age, one must always be a mensch. Follow that golden rule from kindergarten, and you will be in the clear. Sound easy enough? Yet the simplest things are usually the most difficult. I cannot speak for people who have been in the parsha longer than others nor will I

make any generalizations regarding a specific group. No matter what the age of a person is, i.e. everyone, make sure you do your due diligence and check that the potential suitor has the qualities you are looking for in a husband. Additionally, confirm that he is ready for marriage and capable of commitment and letting someone else into his life. This might be a way to avoid what you describe. To the men: I say the following with the utmost respect and sincerity. I cannot imagine how intense and exhausting it is to receive resume after resume and go out with girl after girl. If you are feeling overwhelmed or are not in the headspace to go out with someone and give it your all, then it is highly encouraged that you express this and pick up the shidduch at a later point. This recently happened to a friend of mine and she respected the guy for saying that he was going through a hard time and needed a breather instead of him being absentminded and rude.

If you were expected to call a potential employee, would you wait weeks to do it? No. You would call right away. So why is shidduchim any different? To the women: You deserve to be treated well and should not tolerate anything less than that (check that you aren’t too intolerant). There is no reason why it should take someone weeks to set up a phone call and a date. If dating is a microcosm of marriage, then that man would be a terrible husband. Let the record reflect (you can stop typing that letter to the editor): all men deserve to be treated well and all women need to be “mensches” as well. To the formal/informal shadchanim: Thank you for doing a thankless job. I strongly suggest you call out men and women who exhibit inappropriate behaviors. You are in a unique spot by being privy to thoughts from both parties and having the unbiased voice of reason. Give over the information that will ultimately help peo-

If dating is a microcosm of marriage, then that man would be a terrible husband. ple get married. If someone does not want to work with you in the future because of some constructive feedback you gave them, then chances are you probably don’t want to work with them either. Let’s also not forget Hashem and the fact that He is the ultimate Shadchan. When it seems like there are no other potential men out there, Hashem always manages to find a way to send one more. As always, all feedback, thoughts, and ideas are welcome: renafriedman2@gmail.com.

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a never-married man. And I always until it does, ask Why? ““Well, I want someone you deserve without baggage.” Or, “he has kids.” so much more Or, “too much drama with an exthan their unwife.” Or, “he will always think of his savory behavThe Navidaters deceased wife.” To be quite blunt, so ior. Let’s move Dating and Relationship Coaches and Therapists what? Life experience is attractive. our focus away Through experience hopefully comes from these insensitivity, empathy, growth and spirdividuals and itual evolution. Sometimes we have to focus on viable let go of an expired dream to make options for meetroom for something incredible and ing your zivug ear Tamara, maybe better than anything we could (who is not someone started yet. It hurts in Thank you for writing in! have originally imagined. There are who behaves this way). In order the short term, but it hurts The situation you have described and divorced and widowed men of a certo do this, let’s script the man so much less in the long term. are experiencing is all too frustrating, tain age who would still like to have of your dreams. Let’s visualize Someone is waiting to hear sickening, and utterly absurd because more children. Some of them date him. Sit down with a pen and pafrom you with hopes and dreams it is indeed the reality of shidduch never-married women who want to per, and first visualize. What do you of what may be. Set this person free dating at a certain age. start a family of their own specificalsee? What qualities does your future so she can move on. I am so sorry that you have to go ly, as opposed to divorced women who husband possess? Is he kind? Does There’s something about a womthrough this grueling and draining don’t plan on having more children. he do chessed? Does he have a warm an’s helplessness in shidduchim that dating system. I’ve written the folAs a single woman, you also have exsmile? Is he gentle and masculine? deeply bothers me. I have heard too lowing idea many times in this colclusive access to divorced Kohanim. Does he take care of you? Does he many stories to recount. Can you feel umn. Men are wired to “hunt.” If Though I may very well be wrong, make you feel like his equal? I want it, too? This is a big problem. When a man ain’t huntin’, he is either not your email leaves me with the impresyou to write about it. You need the women of a certain age meet with me, interested or he doesn’t know how to sion that you have not exhausted all vision. It’s very scary to create the viI always try to empower them to take hunt. We have to be OK with a potenavenues. I think your approach needs sion and sometimes feels impossible matters into their own hands and get tial suitor not being interested in us, a more structured and organized with to do so after years and years of dathighly proactive. Did you know that as not everyone will like us. It is the intentional game plan with you in ing. It can feel painful to even allow there are many singles who have cresecond option that is the real tragedy. charge. yourself to imagine. But it must be ated WhatsApp chats and who host While there are wonderful men out Though Covid-19 has certainly done...when you are ready for it. events regularly? This is because no there, the truth is that there are too made it that much harder for sinYou wrote that you’re dating “oldone understands singles as well as many who don’t act like basic gentlegles to meet, it is still happening ever single men.” I’m not sure if infellow singles. If you haven’t done so men. They don’t call when they say ery day! You may want to have to a cluded in this pool are the wonderful already, find out what is going on in they will. Before I get angry emails few sessions with a dating coach to “older divorced and widowed men.” If your community and on social media from the men, allow me to acknowlhelp you sort through some of your you aren’t already doing so, I highly platforms like Facebook. This will edge that men may experience many thoughts and structure a solid apencourage you to date these men. put you in charge. You may meet a difficulties in dating as well. Feel free proach that works for you. While each person must be assessed wonderful man from another city or to write in to our column with your Wishing you all the best and that and valued according to his merit, difrom your own that you never would personal struggles. This column is you find your bashert very soon! vorced and widowed men have provhave known about had you not taken for Tamara and the women out there. en to commit in the past. Sometimes this suggested route. Try YU ConI want to use this column as an Sincerely, I work with women of a certain age nects and Saw You at Sinai. We must opportunity to help facilitate healthy Jennifer Mann, LCSW who are holding out hope for meeting create a new path forward. You are change within shidduchim and data grown woman, and I want you to ing. Let’s start with a basic courtesy. feel incredibly empowered. Visualize If you are not interested in dating yourself in the driver’s seat, gripping someone, please tell the shadchan as Dating? Trying to set up your friend? the wheel and flooring the gas! soon as you know. Many people “feel Wondering why you never get a second date? Those men who do not return bad” turning someone down. While phone calls and leave you hanging this is completely understandable, the Email your questions for the panel to aren’t worth a dime. There should kindest thing you can do for someone absolutely be education for these is to end a relationship as soon as you men, and I hope that happens. But know, even if that relationship hasn’t

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And I Will Glorify Him By Miriam Liebermann

eh keili v’anveihu. Adorning, enhancing our mitzvah observance has been part of our mesorah from the very day our ancestors had sung Shira to Hashem upon leaving their Egyptian bondage. The Mishkan in the desert was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The garments of the Kohanim were quite beautiful. And many of us have adopted a particular mitzvah or two which we perform to our utmost, investing great effort to add beauty. Some are invested in their family’s Purim costumes and mishloach manos. Some pride themselves on their magnificent Shabbos and yom tov table settings and cuisine. Some create magnificent Tefillin and tallis bags for the men in their lives. Creativity comes in so many diverse shapes and sizes. Decorating the sukkah has long been my greatest joy. The culinary arts don’t tempt me. Shopping is among my least enjoyable pursuits. But creating the sukkah is among the highlights of the year. Best is, I can enjoy it for a full eight days. This year’s theme I came up with already last Sukkos. I’ve been happily anticipating this year’s sukkah project for the entire year. That’s a lot of happiness! I’m fine sharing my themes with you. Perhaps you would like to adopt them for yourselves. That’s perfectly fine. Just let me know please and send me photos! And quite possibly, you may have ideas for me for future years. I’m open to suggestions. This passion of mine began years ago. My dear mother, a”h, would receive many lovely Jewish calendars

before the new year; many were thematic. And thus, my thematic sukkah was born. One calendar contained photos of magniﬁcent shuls around the world. My theme that year: Mah tovu oholecha Yaakov. I would “write” out the theme on the dominant wall using the wide blue tape used by house painters, and then I would hang up the photos in an attractive pattern. Several calendars displayed photos of fabulous ﬂora and fauna. My theme obviously, Mah rabu ma’aseicha Hashem. Several years ago, I collected all of my challah covers. Many I had received as gifts, and sadly, they had never had the opportunity to enhance our Shabbos table. I gathered them together and hung them all up in my sukkah! Debby’s ornate challah cover was a wedding gift for us 40 years ago. The most colorful one was from South Africa, a gift from our children’s kindergarten teacher upon returning to New York from a visit to her hometown. Several were received upon attending family simchas. Each one has a story and a history. Several had enhanced my parents’ Shabbos table and brought back beautiful memories of my childhood years. Last year was surely one of my favorites. “Yasis alayich Elokayich kmsos chassan al kallah” was the theme. The wall was adorned with photos of newlyweds, at their engagements or their weddings, photos of family members, immediate family and extended family, some contemporary and some, from years back. My parents and my in-laws of blessed memory joined us in this sukkah as their wedding photos

smiled down upon us. My brother’s in-laws were there too – with a photo of their wedding in Shanghai! This theme was particularly poignant for me as we had recently married oﬀ our youngest. May everyone be blessed. This theme had occurred to me as I read a moving story of Harav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Beer Yaakov. He was strolling with his kallah in the garden of the Pension Reich Hotel in Beit Hakerem, Yerushalayim. Although this hotel no longer exists today it was quite an elegant establishment in its prime. It was soon after the war had ended. They encountered a very distinguished looking gentleman. It was the Ponovezher Rav, zt”l. The Rav looked up and smiled at them, wishing them a most enthusiastic mazal tov. And then he further blessed them, “Yasis alayich Elokayich, kimsos chassan al kallah. May Hashem rejoice with you, as a chassan rejoices with his kallah.” Please note, the Rav had suﬀered terribly during the war years. He had been bereft of many beloved family members. And yet, upon meeting this young couple, he had the strength and presence of mind to focus on their joy, and on Hashem’s ultimate joy, reuniting with His beloved children. These words are sung regularly at our weddings, yet, I had never really paid attention to the powerful words. These words moved me so. From that moment on, at every simcha I’ve attended, I sing these words along with the musicians with great intent. Indeed, may Hashem be happy with all of us. These words adorned our sukkah

last year. Each time I entered the sukkah, I was moved again by the powerful message. And of course, the photos of so many beloved family members warmed my heart thoroughly. Now for this year’s sukkah. Are you ready? There’s a beautiful teﬁlla that our family sings on Shabbos, “Baruch Hashem yom yom.” It ends, “V’yizku liros banim u’vnei banim oskim baTorah u’v’mitzvos.” We sing this last line with great gusto and feeling every Shabbos. Isn’t this our life’s dream and utmost desire? May we merit to see children and grandchildren who are busy with, involved with Torah and mitzvos. And when, with many thanks to the RIbono shel Olam, our children are fulﬁlling this dream, we dare not take it for granted, not for one second. Iy”H, I will “write” out these words with my blue tape. And adorning my sukkah will be photos of children performing mitzvos. My children, photos of your children and grandchildren would be welcomed too! We’re all one family. We’re all in this together. I’ve been collecting since last Sukkos. I have photos of children baking challos, blessing the lulav and esrog, lighting the Chanukah menorah, delivering mishloach manos, etc. I have photos of children at their siddur parties, Chumash parties, upsherins, bar mitzvas, weddings…what a brocha! What a joy! May this be an authentic Zman Simchaseinu for one and all. Join the conversation and email list of JWOW! by writing to hello @jewishwomenofwisdom.org.

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A Question Answered By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

o you remember I started out two weeks ago wondering how I would feel about the country I love most given this crazy covid imprisonment? Well, I got that question answered. But first, let’s go in order of my journey. Rule #1: Never assume that you’ve got everything covered. After I submitted all the required documents of the Health Ministry, I was quite sure I had done “everything” I was supposed to. The Israeli Consulate made an exception to their tight restriction of who can enter the country and who can’t which I lovingly called the “grandparent exception.” I had to submit my own birth certificate, that of my son, and my grandson becoming bar mitzvah along with my covid insurance certificate, an “invitation” to the bar mitzvah that probably no one else will attend but me (we will see about that) so my son created it in about five minutes on his computer, my flight information, and an affidavit that I will indeed be in quarantine by myself for two weeks. So I joyfully took care of all that, clicked to submit, and waited to hear from the Consulate. They amazed me by replying in less than two weeks. They said “yes,” and I was thrilled! My children asked if I wouldn’t mind filling up an extra suitcase for stuff they ordered, and they insisted on paying for it. Of course, I declined to accept reimbursement; I was so happy to do something for people I love whom I had not seen in two years. So off I went in search of a new suitcase. I started purchasing other odds and ends for myself and started cooking food to shlep in my own luggage so I wouldn’t drive them crazy bringing me meals every day.

Close to the last minute, I was going over with my daughter-in-law what to wear given that Israel was going through a record-breaking heatwave, and she told me that there would be “pictures” before the date of the bar mitzvah. She’s an American girl, so, of course. But who would the photographer be when you want to keep socially distant? Well, I would ﬁnd that out. The problem was that she wanted me to wear a color that “went” with what everyone else was wearing. I recall going through this myself for my own wedding, but I have to admit, I never really understood that level of precision in photos of a bar mitzvah. Oh well, I love her and want her happy so I ran out looking for a light summer dress that would be black and pretty and special. I was in luck. There was a sale on summer clothes at a nice store on Central Ave, and in a matter of 10 minutes, I found a dress. I brought work, too. I told my clients to carry on with seeing me just as if I was here. After all, what else would I do when I’m in quarantine and can’t even show the sun my face?

I brought reading matter for Yom Tov, and my siddur, and a Tehillim just in case I should be lucky enough to get to the Kotel on this very restricted trip. Documents, food, clothing, work, books, computer – all set. Or so I thought. The day of the flight, I huffed and puffed to the check-in with my three suitcases on a cart, and in my organized way, handed the man the Letter of Permission along with my passport. “Where is your Authorization Certiﬁcate?” he asked me. “My what?” I asked. He went on to show me one of the things he was talking about, and I drew a blank. Neither Delta nor the Consulate had said anything about further documents. Of course. That’s Rule #1. Now, I was early enough for the plane – I’d arrived 2 ½ hours ahead of takeoff. But still…I was a bit nervous about that. However, I didn’t have the document or know where to ﬁnd it. The Delta guy was very nice, very helpful. He gave me the address to access it on my phone. The problem was that it asked for information

I didn’t have. A simple thing like the 6th and 7 th digit of my zip code were beyond me. I also needed the policy number of the covid insurance that I had gotten (from a company called Seven Corners if you happen to be a grandparent in need of getting to Eretz Yisroel for a simcha). That was on my computer, so I took it out of my carry on, and while I was at it, I looked up the rest of my zip code. And then, once again, they wanted the address where I would be staying, and an assurance that I would be alone for this period of time. I finally got the Certification or Authorization, whatever it was, filled out and submitted. It was automatically approved. Two suitcases lighter, I hurried to the TSA check-in. Earlier on, I spent $85 to get TSA pre-check approval. I had thought that if it saved me from the experience of being patted down, it was worth every penny. In addition, I was carrying prescribed liquid medicine which I did not want opened and examined by security. However, it was around 11 PM by this time, and the pre-check TSA agent was home sleeping. Boruch Hashem, long skirt notwithstanding, I did not have to be patted down. Maybe the $85 helped after all. And I didn’t even need to take off my shoes. But I still had to unpack my computer, something the pre-check approval had assured me would not be necessary. Oh well. Having made it through, I rushed to the gate, only to learn that I did not have a minute to sit down as they were rushing people through a second screening before boarding. Forget social distancing as the crowd surged toward the conveyor belts

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and started loading their items on it. Oh well. I had felt quite assured that Hashem would protect me from covid. And my doctor added to my comfort level, even giving me shaliach mitzvah money. My rabbi also had told me to go and have a good time. The flight was uneventful, and I might have even dozed. I do remember being awake and looking at the cabin lights, but I must have slept the rest of the time. The time seemed to go fast. Per the agreement in the document from the Health Ministry, I had hired a driver to pick me up; I sat by an open window. (Sort of – the window that opened was in the front and I was, per agreement, in the back. Oh well.) And then pleasure of pleasures, we stopped at my son’s building where I got to chat briefly with the entire family, including the baby who I’d held in my arms three days after birth two years ago but hadn’t touched since. She smiled

shyly and said she knew who I was from our WhatsApp conversations. All was good. The next morning, I sat down to my email to discover a letter from the Health Ministry – all in Hebrew.

several long-winded stipulations like, “You have a condition to be in complete quarantine, absolute, full, and okay, in quarantine only you, where you’re staying, or alone in your apartment, completely separate

After all, what else would I do when I’m in quarantine and can’t even show the sun my face?

Uh-oh. But no worries, there’s always Google Translate. And frankly, doing it word by word was fun. For a while. Here’s where I gotta explain. The translation part was total fun. Acquiring words in Hebrew is a joy for me. But it was the meaning of what I was reading that got to me. After

from other dwellers in the house for the entire period that comes upon you to be in quarantine….” I burst into tears. Not from the effort of translating. That part still was fun. But it suddenly hit me what was going on. “My poor, suffering country!” I thought. Unlike other coun-

tries, to Israel, every soul matters. And so many have died. This covid thing hurts when you think about what’s behind the bureaucratic requirements. Yes, there isn’t much they can do if I peek my body outside my door. Or if I had given a hug to my grandchildren just because I want to flout the rules – which I did not – but the pain behind the rules became very real to me. Suddenly the rules were not a joke nor ridiculous. They were an attempt to save lives by those struggling to combat something bigger than they are. So my question is answered: I love Israel even more.

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Health & F tness

The Case Against Sugar By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN

ugar naturally occurs in all foods that contain carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy. Consuming whole foods that contain natural sugar is okay, because of the other nutrients contained in the food. Plant foods contain fiber, which will slows down the rise in the blood sugar, and essential vitamins and minerals, and antioxidants. Dairy foods also contain protein and calcium. Since the body digests foods slowly, the sugar in the food does not cause a severe spike in our blood sugar – combined with the protein and fiber, it is released slowly causing a slower rise of the blood sugar. Problems occur when we start consuming too much added sugar, that is, sugar that food manufacturers add to products. In the American diet, the top sources of added sugar are soft drinks, fruit drinks, flavored yogurts, cereals, cookies, cakes, candy, and most processed food. Added sugar is also present in foods that you may not think of as sweetened like soups, bread, cured meats, protein bars, sushi rice, and most marinades and sauces including ketchup. The result is that this country consumes more sugar than any other country in the world. According to the World Health Organization, one should never consume more than 25 grams of added sugar a day. On average, Americans are consuming about 126.4 grams a day! Let’s discuss the dangers of high sugar consumption and how it will affect your health. • Mood Swings: The occasional candy/cookie can give you a quick burst of energy, otherwise known as a “sugar high,” by raising your blood sugar levels fast. When your levels drop as your cells absorb the sugar,

you may feel jittery and anxious, also known as a “sugar crash.” If you keep reaching into the candy or cookie jar too often, the sugar will start to have an effect on your mood. Studies have linked a high sugar intake to a greater risk of depression in adults. • Inﬂammation: Some people are gluten or dairy intolerant, but lots of other people handle those foods just fine. Sugar is the universal inflammatory, meaning, everyone is sugar intolerant. Several studies have shown that a diet high in added sugar leads to chronic low-grade inflammation. One study of 29 healthy people found that consuming only 40 grams of added sugar from just one can of soda per day led to an increase in inflammatory markers, insulin resistance, and LDL cholesterol. These people tended to gain more weight, too. • Heart Disease: Dr. Frank Hu, professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published a study in 2014 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Dr. Hu and his colleagues found an association between a high sugar diet and a greater risk of dying from heart disease. Over the course of the 15-year study,

people who got 17%-21% of their calories from added sugar had a 38% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared with those who consumed 8% of their calories as added sugar. How sugar actually affects heart health is not completely understood, but it appears to have several indirect connections. For example, too much sugar can raise blood pressure, increase risk of diabetes, fatty liver disease, and the aforementioned inflammation. All of these contribute to and exacerbate heart disease, and are all linked to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. • Diabetes: There is a link between consuming sugary drinks and developing type 2 diabetes. Sugar does not cause diabetes, but a high calorie diet of any kind can lead to type 2 diabetes. In most cases, however, diets high in sugar are also high in calories. This can increase the risk of diabetes. There was one study that found sugary drinks to be especially problematic. The people in the study with a high consumption of sugary drinks had a 26% greater risk of type 2 diabetes than those with a low consumption. The study defined high

consumption as between one and two sugary drinks a day. The American Diabetes Association recommends avoiding sugary drinks to prevent type 2 diabetes. • Saggy Skin: Excess sugar attaches to protein in the bloodstream and creates harmful molecules called “AGEs,” or advanced glycation end products. These molecules have been shown to damage collagen and elastin in your skin, resulting in wrinkles and saggy skin. • Compromised Immune Function: Studies have shown that sugar can interfere with the way your body fights disease. Bacteria and yeast feed on sugar, so excess sugar in the body causes these organisms to build up and cause infections. • Tooth Decay: An obvious one, but worth repeating, no matter how many times you heard it as a kid! When it sits on your teeth, sugar causes tooth decay more efficiently than any other food. Limiting the intake of foods high in sugar is one effective way to prevent cavities. It’s also important to brush and floss at least twice a day to stop sugars from fueling plaque and bacteria. • Obesity: Too much sugar will cause weight gain. An unhealthy weight will dramatically increase the risk for many other diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. There is also some evidence that suggests that sugar can impair the regulation of hunger. Leptin is a hormone that regulates hunger by determining how much energy the body needs. Disruption to leptin function can lead to weight gain and obesity. A study in rats revealed that a diet high in fat and sugar could lead to leptin resistance. Leptin resistance occurs when the body no longer responds to leptin correctly. The study authors

found that removing sugar from the diet reversed the leptin resistance. Food manufacturers will call sugar by many other names besides sugar. Here are some to look out for: dextrose, sucrose, agave nectar, maltose, molasses, honey, maple syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn sweetener, crystalline fructose, and evaporated cane juice. If you see these on the ingredient list, that means this product contains added sugar. It is important to read labels carefully. Diet tip: the less ingredients the better! Why is sugar addictive and so hard for people to quit eating it? Many centuries ago, when food was scarce, humans had to consume high calorie foods in order to meet their nutrition needs. The human brain is hard-wired to perceive sugar and fat, high calorie foods, as very rewarding. Our brains are still wired for feast or famine even though we have a tremendous surplus of food at our disposal. The most potent way to activate the brain’s reward system

is actually by combining sugar with fat. That’s one reason why one bite of ice cream is never enough! Sugar almost starts to behave like a drug in the body; the more you consume it, the more you crave it. When kicking the sugar habit, start with baby steps. Remove

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ery single day but only a few times a week for special occasions like Shabbos, chagim, birthdays, etc. Encourage everyone to satisfy their sweet cravings with, ideally, fruit – fresh, dehydrated, grilled or cooked. Some popcorn (not covered in sugar) or no added sugar dark chocolate are good

This country consumes more sugar than any other country in the world.

all major sugar offenders from the house, and the entire family’s diet, not just the ones that need to lose a few pounds. Eliminate all sugar drinks and juices and 99% of the candy. Drinks should be water, seltzer, flavored seltzer, tea, and coffee. Keep a limited supply of baked goods, and they should not be consumed ev-

alternative snacks. Don’t drown your food in ketchup and high-sugar marinades and sauces. Use primarily olive or avocado oil, mustard, and herbs and spices to flavor your food. Don’t add sugar to your foods while cooking, but use stevia or monkfruit when really needed. As you wean yourself off of sugar,

you will find that you crave it less and less. You will also feel better. When I remove sugar from my clients’ diet, they often tell me how much better they are sleeping and how good their skin looks. I’m not recommending the complete elimination of sugar from the diet, but by reducing it significantly you will reduce the risk for many diseases and disorders. While it may be difficult to completely remove sugar from our lives, it is still important to be aware of our sugar intake and the health consequences it may cause and start being more mindful of our consumption.

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

Involving Kids in the Kitchen By Sara Rayvych, MSEd

reader recently asked me to discuss how to involve your children in your everyday tasks as opposed to distracting them while you work. This is especially important with yomim tovim coming, and I thought I would focus this article on including children in your cooking and baking chores. I liked this topic so much I was only sorry I didn’t think of it. I won’t deny there is a time when children need to be distracted and including them won’t work. That being said, there are so many times children can be a part of what you’re doing that it’s worth discussing how to make it happen. Thank you, Avigail, for an incredible discussion topic.

Why get children involved? This is a total mentality shift. We are changing our perspective from seeing children as “being in the way” to seeing them as those we want to spend time with. Rather than see children as inconveniencing us, we now get to view them as an integral part of the job, someone who has something to contribute. It’s also a wonderful way to boost your child’s confidence. They are now someone competent and able to assist. Children feel such pride when they can present something they’ve made. They love when you point out to them and to others that they contributed in some way. Involving our kids in our everyday tasks teaches children how to do those jobs. Kids don’t learn unless they’re taught or allowed to observe. If they’re asked to leave each time you do something, then they won’t learn how to do it. Something that seems so basic to us can be complicated to a child if we don’t demonstrate it first.

Why we avoid involving kids Maybe you don’t need a paragraph to discuss this one. We know that involving young people often makes the job take longer and be done less professionally. Regarding the first point, the more you involve children, the more they will learn. Initially, they will make everything take longer but it’s a learning curve. Soon enough, they will be able to do it without you (and you can take a step back and relax). Your children may not do things the same way you do. As parents, we sometimes need to take a step back and allow our kids to do things their way. It’s hard to let go of how we think things should look. Allowing kids to make mistakes is part of the learning process. Also, they just may surprise you. One year, I allowed my kids to decorate the sukkah. I’ll admit I was hesitant because I liked how I did it each year and knew how I wanted it to look. I was amazed when I walked into the finished sukkah. They had remembered where I always hung certain posters and had kept to that tradition. The other posters were hung up in a unique way, and they did such an incredible job that I asked them to do it again in future years. If you really want something done a certain way, then you can make suggestions but don’t micromanage. Trust your kids will learn to do a good job. After all, they are your kids. It may take a few tries but they will manage to learn just like you did.

How do you involve them? The easiest way I’ve found to include my children is to simply give them jobs to do with me or alongside

me. The key is to maintain a calm and cheerful countenance while giving jobs that are age/developmentally appropriate for that child. If I’m cooking, then they can help with ingredients. If I’m folding laundry, then they can do their pile. If I’m cleaning, they can have their own job. Sometimes it works better than other times but the kids enjoy being a part of things, working alongside an adult, and they eventually become pretty proficient at the tasks. Below you will find some ideas for how you can involve youngsters of various age levels. I couldn’t include everything but this should be a starting point.

Set the stage for success Make sure that any task you give your child is appropriate for their developmental level. I will give suggested ages based on my experience to guide you, but it’s just a guide and use your instincts to determine the right age for each of your children. Older kids can generally do jobs I’ve listed for the younger crew. Use your best judgement. Some listed items may involve using knives. Be cautious before giving a child of any age anything sharp. Teach them how to use each item and demonstrate it. The same warning applies to electrical appliances such as food processors or mixers. Kids needed to be closely supervised with sharp or fast-moving objects. If children are present, you need to be extra careful even if they’re not using the item; kids are quick. I’m warning you now that your child will probably not do the job properly the first time and may make a big mess. Expect it and be pleasantly surprised if everything goes smoothly.

Prepare your workspace first to minimize clean up later. For very small jobs, a plastic, grocery shopping bag can be used. For bigger jobs, I like to open a paper shopping bag or use a plastic tablecloth. Your kids will spread messes further than you do, so plan more space for them to work. Check in with them occasionally to remind them where the mess should go (i.e. their prepared work surface). Be realistic – if you’re unusually stressed or pressed for time, then don’t involve them if you think it’s likely you’ll yell at them. Don’t share. That sounds terrible to say in a parenting article. If you have one peeler or cutting board and you both need it, then you’re going to have an unpleasant situation. You may find it’s worth it in the long run to purchase extras of small kitchen items. I own a few small cutting boards, peelers and small knives (for the older kids) purchased at Amazing Savings. The kids’ items are not necessarily the best quality and they’re not expensive but it means that I can have my workstation while the children have their own.

Baking/cooking Toddlers: When cooking, toddlers are great at finding and bringing to you the various fruits and vegetables you need as you go. It’s a great way for them to learn the names (English and Hebrew) of the various items. Also, my little ones really enjoy removing the paper skin from the onions and garlic. It’s a great, risk-free job. The timing is perfect to discuss baking since my 2 ½ year old was helping me bake yesterday. My son really enjoyed his job of pouring the

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chocolate chips. Chocolate chips, unlike flour, are less likely to make a mess and it’s easier to clean if they spill. Also, kids like chocolate chips. You can hand them the chips earlier in the recipe and they can hold them until it’s time – they may take a sample. The youngest kids often enjoy having their own mixing bowl and spoon for baking, even if it’s empty. They can pour ingredients into the bowl but you should have the measured ingredient inside a larger container. For example, I put the teaspoon of vanilla extract into a 10 oz. cup. If I gave him a teaspoon to hold, he’d probably spill some, or all, of it. Early elementary kids: Children this age can often use a plastic or dull dinner knife to cut produce such as cucumbers and peppers. They can prepare the lettuce for a salad, and they can often peel long vegetables such as carrots and parsnips. Potatoes are harder to peel and keep fingers out of the way. They can also arrange basic items in a pan or pot that’s not

on a heat source. They can scramble eggs and do basic mixing of ingredients. Make sure the bowl is sufficiently large so they don’t spill. Demonstrate how to mix so they don’t make everything fly. My kids in this age category like to bake, too. They can pour in most

ball measurements. Providing an ice cream scoop or similar scooper will help them measure equal portions of batter. Upper elementary kids: By this age, kids can really help with vegetable cutting. Choose vegetables that are easier to cut such as zucchini. A

You can make suggestions but don’t micromanage.

ingredients but they will also be less likely to spill if you put the measured ingredient into a bigger utensil. They can pour in checked eggs, and they like to mix. Again, use a bigger bowl and demonstrate how to mix without making a mess. Kids this age can also help with putting cookies on the pan. I’ve found it’s hard for kids to eye-

vegetable such as a potato is harder to cut but if you half it first, then they can lay it down flat before they cut. Once you demonstrate how you want items to be cleaned and cut, this age group can do a lot of the prep alongside you. Children in this age group are also fantastic bakers. They can add ingredients and mix them gently. I’ve found

that kids this age still have trouble with eyeballing measurements. In addition to the scooper for cookies, I’ve purchased cupcake measuring cups at Amazing Savings. This way they can put the right amount of batter in each cupcake. Make sure to place something underneath their work area as batter tends to spill when being transferred. Double check that cakes are poured evenly into the pans before baking so you don’t have one side burned and the other side still raw. Your kids are fantastic people and you can take advantage of all the yom tov cooking and baking to turn it into a fun, bonding experience. Your child may surprise you and become an integral part of your Shabbos/yom tov preparation.

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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Sweet and Sour Turkey Pastrami Meatballs Yields 8-10 servings (freezer friendly) By Naomi Nachman

My favorite comfort food is meatballs, and I have made

many varieties over the years. One of my most popular recipes for meatballs is in my cookbook, Perfect for Pesach. If I had the opportunity to write a Perfect for Sukkot book, I would certainly include this delicious Turkey Meatball

recipe. When we eat outdoors on Sukkot, we prefer foods

that will stick to our bones but are still festive enough for the holiday. The addition of the

turkey pastrami into the meatballs not only adds texture and flavor, it adds a little regalness.

Ingredients MEATBALLS b2 pounds ground turkey b1 package (7 oz.) turkey pastrami slices, very ﬁnely chopped b1 cup panko crumbs b2 eggs b3 tablespoons ketchup b1 teaspoon garlic powder b1 teaspoon dried minced onion b½ teaspoon dried oregano bKosher salt & pepper to taste SAUCE b2 - 32 oz. jars marinara sauce b1 cup water b1 cup sugar bJuice of 2 lemons (about ½ cup) b1 tablespoon tomato paste b1 – 14oz. can of pineapple tidbits, drained b1 tablespoon kosher salt

Directions 1.

Prepare the meatballs: Mix together all meatball ingredients in a large bowl until combined. Set aside.

2. Prepare the sauce: In a large saucepan, stir together marinara sauce, water, sugar, lemon juice, tomato paste, and pineapple. Bring to a boil over medium heat. 3. Roll the meat mixture into balls approximately the size of golf balls. Carefully drop balls into boiling sauce. Reduce heat to low; simmer for approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. 4.

Serve over rice or pasta, if desired.

Cook’s Notes: You can freeze any leftover sauce and use it to make meatballs a second time! You can also use this meat mixture to form patties and grill them as burgers. Photo by Melinda Strauss

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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Montreal Spiced Braised Brisket Serves 8

by Shifra Klein from the Yom Tov Issue of Fleishigs Magazine

Use first or second cut, depending on your preference for a lean (first cut) or fattier (second cut) roast. You can also make this recipe with minute roast, top of rib roast or French roast.

Ingredients 1 (4-pound) brisket 2 tablespoons Montreal steak seasoning 2-3 tablespoons grapeseed or vegetable oil 2 Spanish onions, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup barbecue sauce ½ cup apricot preserves 1 cup beer

Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Rub steak seasoning all over the brisket. Add oil to pan and sear for 6-10 minutes per side, until golden brown. Remove the brisket from frying pan and place in a 9x13 baking dish. Add onions and salt to frying pan and lower heat to medium. Add more oil, if necessary. Sauté for 15 minutes, until onions are softened and lightly golden brown. Add beer to the pan to deglaze and pick up all the flavorful bits on the bottom of the pan. Add barbecue sauce and apricot preserves to pan to create a smooth sauce. Pour onion mixture over brisket. Cover pan tightly with foil and braise for 3 hours. Allow roast to cool in pan before refrigerating or slicing. For best results, refrigerate overnight and slice when cold.

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Grilled Chicken Salad with Facon Vinaigrette Ingredients FACON VINAIGRETTE 1 (6 oz) package Facon, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces 2 small shallots (or 1 large), finely minced ¼ cup red wine vinegar (OR apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar)

1 Tbsp grainy Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp honey 1 ⁄8 tsp kosher salt ¼ tsp coarsely ground black pepper ½ cup avocado oil

GRILLED CHICKEN 6 thin chicken cutlets 3 Tbsp oil

5 Tbsp Montreal steak seasoning

SALAD 3 cups spinach 3 cups shredded kale 2 shallots, thinly sliced 2 pears, cut into thin wedges Facon Vinaigrette, above

Instructions FACON VINAIGRETTE

Facon took the kosher world by a storm with its super thinly sliced, slightly smoky, fatty beefiness that crisps up ever so perfectly and I am all for it. It adds crunch and layers of flavors to anything it’s added to, and it releases just the right amount of fat to make this salad dressing the most luscious, umami packed dressing ever.

Prep all the ingredients and place next to the stove along with a whisk. Place Facon in a cold pan over medium low heat. Cook the Facon for 5-6 minutes, stirring often so that the Facon gets crispy and renders its fat. When Facon is crisp, use a slotted spoon to transfer it to a plate, reserving the fat in the pan. There should be about 1½-2 tablespoons fat. Turn off the heat; while the pan is still hot, add in the shallots. Stir. After about 1 minute, add the vinegar. Use the whisk to scrape up any bits that are stuck to the bottom. Stir in mustard, honey, salt, and pepper. While stirring, slowly drizzle in oil. Add ½ the crispy Facon to the pan; transfer into a jar or airtight container. Reserve remaining Facon bits. Refrigerate till using. Remove vinaigrette from fridge a few hours before serving so it can come to room temp, or gently reheat to serve.

GRILLED CHICKEN In a bowl, combine all chicken ingredients. Heat grill pan over medium high heat. Grill chicken for 3 minutes on the first side and 2 minutes on the second side. Remove from pan; set aside until ready to assemble salad.

To Assemble Combine greens in a wide, shallow bowl. Top with shallots. Slice grilled chicken into strips and lay over the top, together with pear wedges. Shake reheated vinaigrette; spoon over the salad. Garnish with reserved Facon bits.

Variation Swap out pears with peaches, nectarines, or plums

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Slow Roasted Deckle Deckle is just a brisket by another name. Sort of. Technically it’s the point of the brisket, the part that attaches to the top of the rib. It is more muscular, but also fattier, making it an excellent contender for the low and slow type cooking here. It is almost impossible to slice beautifully because of how lusciously soft the meat becomes, so I put the cooked meat into a slightly walled serving dish, with a serving fork and spoon, and everyone can serve themselves!

Ingredients 1 deckle roast 2 tsp kosher salt 2 tsp coarse black pepper 3 carrots, peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces 2 onions, peeled and diced 2 celery stalks, peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces 3 cloves garlic 2 cups red wine ¾ cup balsamic vinegar ½ cup light soy sauce 1 (15-oz) can tomato sauce

Instructions Preheat oven to 300°F/150°C. Sprinkle meat generously with salt and pepper. In a large, ovenproof pot over high heat, sear meat on both sides, about 6-7 minutes per side). Set aside. Add vegetables to the pot; sauté for 8 minutes. Add wine, using a wood spoon to stir it in and scrape up any browned bit from the bottom of the pan. Return meat to the pot. Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil. Cover pot; bake 4½- 5½ hours, depending on the size of the deckle. Check it every hour and baste with sauce. Meat is ready when it is fork tender. Serve hot and enjoy!

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Raspberry Oat Bars Ingredients 4 cups flour 2 cups instant oats 1½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup oil 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup dark brown sugar 1 cup light brown sugar (OR 1½ cup dark brown + ½ cup white) 24 oz/680g raspberry jam

Instructions

The number one most popular dessert on the blog. I’m pretty sure it’s because they are magical. Fine, they don’t have actual magic powers, but they do

Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C. Coat a baking sheet liberally with nonstick cooking spray! Put first 8 ingredients into a bowl; mix to combine into crumbs. Remove 2½ cups of the crumb mixture; reserve for the top. Press remaining mixture into the sheet pan. You will be nervous that there won’t be enough, but there will be. Just be patient and keep nudging it toward the edges, flattening as you go. Once crumb layer is spread out, use a spoon to gently spread jam over the entire top. Sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture over the top. Bake for about 40 minutes until the top is golden and the jam is bubbling on the sides. Remove from oven, cool for 15 minutes, then use a sharp knife to cut into bars. Cool on baking pan until completely cooled! Serve any way you like (we like them straight from the freezer!) and enjoy!

Variations

and if you’re the one making these, you

Try switching up the filling. Here are a few of my favorites: peanut butter and jelly swirl, raspberry and apricot jam swirl, chocolate hazelnut spread, lotus spread, fig jam and almond butter swirl…. The options are endless.

know that’s its own kind of magic. One

Note

check off every single dessert necessity

bowl – check. Pantry staple ingredients – check. Makes a batch big enough for

Because the recipe makes so many, you can even make two types of bars at once. Spread one filling over half or a third of the sheet pan and a second or third over the rest. One dessert to make all the picky people in our house happy!

a crowd – check. Freezer friendly so that if you don’t have a huge crowd you can pop some in the freezer for next week – check. Customizable – check.

Excerpted from Peas Love and Carrots by Danielle Renov. Copyright 2020 by ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, photos by Moshe Wulliger. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. All rights reserved.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

I’m not a fan of hers and I would say…I wish a lot of luck to Harry because he’s going to need it. – President Trump when asked about Meghan Markle’s endorsement of Biden

Let me say this as a black woman. He does not speak for black folks. He’s skin-folk, but he is not kinfolk. -Cheryl Dorsey on MSNBC suggesting that Kentucky’s black attorney general is not truly black because of his handling of the Breonna Taylor case

I’m confident it’s going to happen again in January 2025, after President Trump finishes his second term. – Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), when asked on CNN if there will be a peaceful transfer of power after the presidential elections

I was blown away in learning about teshuva, about returning to oneself in the core values and practice of peace as an individual and as a community. And now with the start of the year, we have a perfect call to shake out old fixed ways, to review who we want to be as individuals and as nations. A time of truth telling, a time to do the work within ourselves. A time to shake it up. It’s also a time to look at parts of ourselves that we don’t like, that we’re not proud of. It can be a time of forgiveness of self and others, a time of compassion to others and ourselves.

We share an article We post a photo That shows we are “safe” We are outraged when we see Black folks murdered by the state But we would prefer you not use the word “defund” Because we need police to protect the synagogue doors, after all Who will keep us safe from the white supremacists? -Stanza from “An ‘Al Cheyt’ for White Jews in 5781” that the Forward actually printed

And here comes the train that Trump tried to stop from running… Aw, no, that’s the commuter train. - Joe Biden, while giving a speech when a train rolled by

- Shamma Sohail AlMazrui, minister of state for youth affairs in the United Arab Emirates, in a speech to the Jewish community of the UAE

She was part of our culture. Yes, we wear those Notorious B.I.G. T-shirts with a lot of pride, but since she passed, there are parents reminding their children that she helped their lives. - Kamala Harris, while talking about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, affectionally known to liberals as “RBG”

He’s sort of like Goebbels. You say the lie long enough, keep repeating it, repeating it, repeating it, it becomes common knowledge. - Joe Biden, talking about President Trump on MSNBC

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It’s just bad the young lady lost her life, but we do have to take into account that her boyfriend did shoot at the cops and shot a cop. - Charles Barkley on TNT, talking about the Breonna Taylor grand jury findings

I hear these fools on TV talk about “defund the police.” We need police reform and prison reform and things like that because you know who ain’t gonna defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods. So that notion that they keep saying that, I’m like wait a minute who are black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters? - Ibid.

Lisa, I can see 2022 from my house. - Sarah Palin – who in 2008 was mocked as saying that she can see Russia from Alaska – threatening to primary Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) over her announcement that she won’t support President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

Now imagine that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suddenly dies some 50 days before the election, providing President Barack Obama with an opportunity to dramatically redirect the court by replacing a “conservative” justice with a “progressive.” But NPR’s Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, reports that, on Thomas’ deathbed, he told a family member, “My fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Citing “the principle of fairness,” Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell requests that Obama not submit a successor nominee and that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer not hold confirmation hearings until after the election. Cue the laughter. – Larry Elder, Creators.com

Shoot! Shoot! - What a resident in Tampa heard being screamed in a neighbor’s apartment, prompting her to call the police…who promptly responded and found a few guys watching game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals

One of the colleagues we have been working with sent us a photo of the “Bubobovich” wearing a mask… - Dr. Mitchell Katz of the NYC Health Department at a press conference with Mayor de Blasio commenting about a photo of the Bobov-45 Rebbe wearing a mask

Vice President Biden did not attend DSU. However, he was the Commencement keynote speaker in 2003 and [2016] and during the former he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree. - Carlos Holmes, Delaware State University’s s director of news services, refuting Joe Biden’s claim that he went to DSU

What we have is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion, and something that is of low risk to a young person is of high risk to an older person. Essentially, the right thing to do would be to not have done a lockdown for the whole country. But to have, I think, anyone who is at risk should be quarantined until the storm passes. – Elon Musk, on The New York Times podcast, “Sway”

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Some White colonizers “adopted” Black children. They “civilized” these “savage” children in the “superior” ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity. - Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, commenting on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s adopted Haitian son and daughter

So, here’s a Q: does the press even investigate details of Barrett’s adoptions from Haiti? Some adoptions from Haiti were legit. Many were sketchy…. And if press learned they were unethical & maybe illegal adoptions, would they report it? – Democrat operative Dana Houle tweeting about Judge Barrett’s adopted children

They should be hanging in the streets!

I said, “Oh, no you don’t. You stay right there.” And I reached over and got my shotgun and I cocked it and I told him to stay right there because he was going to turn and walk away.

- Star Trek Discover star Jason Isaacs talking about people who don’t wear masks

- A 78-year-old grandmother in Washington State recalling what happened when she caught an intruder in her home

We really idolize somebody like Leila Khaled, somebody who actually stands up for herself, speaks for herself, actually goes to a plane and hijacks it.… It’s very interesting because in her film [“Leila Khaled: Hijacker”], she says that it was easier to hijack a plane than to teach a class. - Professor Rabab Abdulhadi of San Francisco State University, director of SFSU’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies program, while introducing Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled for an online webinar

So Wendy, I’m going to take my mask off when I speak. - Gov. Tom Wolf (D-PA), to State Rep. Wendy Ullman (D) at a joint press conference

I will as well, just I’m waiting so that we can do a little political theater. – State Rep. Wendy Ullman (D) in response

We all went and purchased professional liability insurance. - A recently disclosed text from one FBI agent to another talking about the FBI’s investigation into Trump and Russia, acknowledging that the FBI leadership was asking agents to engage in a sham investigation

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Political Crossfire

Biden Won’t Talk About the Supreme Court By Marc A. Thiessen

hy doesn’t Joe Biden want to talk about the Supreme Court? Last Monday, while Democrats and Republicans were arguing on the Senate floor about GOP plans to confirm a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, cable networks cut away to see what Biden would say about the court fight during a campaign speech in Wisconsin. But he did not mention it once. Later, when asked whether he would sign legislation to pack the court, Biden refused to answer, saying he did not want to let President Donald Trump “change the subject.” Change the subject? If Biden thought it would help him beat Trump, he would be eager to change the subject. But he knows the coming Supreme Court battle is a shot in the arm for Trump’s campaign – and a mortal danger to his. In 2016, exit polls showed that Trump trounced Hillary Clinton by 15 points among voters for whom the Supreme Court was the most important issue, 56% to 41%. And it was the top issue for a lot of voters. Twenty-six percent of Trump voters – about 16.4 million people – reported that the court was the most important factor in their decision, compared with just 18% of Clinton voters. In an election that Trump won by about 78,000 votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, these voters arguably put him in the Oval Office. But Trump’s success in transforming the judiciary – securing the Supreme Court’s conservative majority and confirming more than 200 lower-court judges – meant judicial appointments were shaping up to be a weaker argument in 2020. Not anymore. A bruising fight over replacing Ginsburg just weeks before Election

Day could prove just as decisive in Trump’s quest for a second term. In 2016, Trump put out a list of candidates for the Supreme Court, and this month he released a new list for 2020. Biden is refusing to do the same. Why? He has said he plans to put a Black woman on the court, so

Similarly, Biden can’t continue to dodge questions about court packing. The fact is, many Democrats supported packing the court long before Ginsburg died. Even if she had survived into Biden’s potential ﬁrst term, and Justice Stephen Breyer retired, conﬁrming both of their successors would not

Exit polls in 2016 showed 20% of Trump’s voters didn’t like him.

he must have some names in mind. Indeed, Biden said in June, “We are putting together a list of a group of African American women who are qualiﬁed and have the experience to be on the court.” Why not share that list with voters as Trump has? Simple. Because Biden knows that doing so will help Trump. But Biden’s position is unsustainable. He says he should be allowed to pick Ginsburg’s successor but won’t say who his nominee might be.

have altered the ideological makeup of the court. Democrats likely would not be satisﬁed simply swapping out liberal justices. They would have used Merrick Garland’s “stolen” seat as a pretext to install a liberal majority. Now Ginsburg’s “stolen” seat will provide the excuse. But they can’t do it without President Biden’s signature. He will have to take a position on whether he will pack the court. He is reluctant to do so be-

cause if he says no, then he will dispirit his base; and if he says yes, then he will drive reluctant Trump voters for whom the Supreme Court is a deciding issue into Trump’s arms once again. Exit polls in 2016 showed 20% of Trump’s voters didn’t like him. Democrats were hoping these were “Never Hillary” voters who would cut Democrats’ way when she was not on the ballot. But the Supreme Court battle has thrown a wrench in their plans. Many reluctant Trump voters cast their ballots for the president precisely because of the Supreme Court. And they were pleased with his appointments. Polls showed that 86% of reluctant Trump voters supported his nomination of Neil Gorsuch, for example. The debate over court packing, combined with the coming smear campaign against Trump’s nominee, could drive many of these reluctant Trump voters back into the president’s camp. Democrats need to be careful. In 2018, their ruthless assault on Brett Kavanaugh cost them their chance to regain control of the Senate. Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) were thrown out of oﬃce by voters furious over their party’s campaign of character assassination against Kavanaugh. In a year when Democrats succeeded in retaking the House, voters expanded the GOP’s Senate majority by two seats – giving Republicans the mandate they now claim to conﬁrm Ginsburg’s successor. If Democrats carry out a similar hit job on Trump’s next nominee, while Biden refuses to say whom he would appoint and whether he would pack the Supreme Court, it might cost them the White House. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Jamal Khashoggi’s Legacy of Truth By David Ignatius

he grainy video of Jamal Khashoggi’s last moment of freedom remains haunting, nearly two years later: a tall, balding man in a blazer and slacks enters a barricaded villa, passing warily under the fringe of a white awning, through the door to what would be his death. October 2 will mark the second painful anniversary of Khashoggi’s murder. In death, he has achieved a global celebrity he never wanted. His round, genial face is recognized throughout the world as a symbol of the yearning for press freedom – and the determination to speak and think freely, whatever the threats. Martyrdom has given Khashoggi a strange power, too, over the man the CIA believes ordered his death, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. MBS, as he’s known, regarded The Washington Post contributor as a meddlesome troublemaker – a voice that had to be silenced. But Khashoggi’s deﬁant voice echoes louder than ever, and it confounds MBS’s dealings with Washington and many other Western capitals. This was a confrontation that Khashoggi dreaded but couldn’t escape. His friend Maggie Mitchell Salem remembers their last conversation in late August 2018. Khashoggi was worried that the Saudis would extend their travel ban on his eldest son, Salah, to his younger son, Abdullah, when Abdullah returned to the kingdom to renew an expired passport. They were squeezing him, and he wanted to escape somehow. “He said he was thinking he should live on a desert island and go oﬀ the grid,” Salem remembers, but she told

him he couldn’t hide: “You’re in a war. Think of all the people your voice represents.” Khashoggi knew it was true, and he kept moving forward. Two months later, he was dead. Two years after this grisly killing, which ended with a forensic doctor dismembering the victim’s body with a bone saw, we can weigh the aspirations Khashoggi had for his country against the reality of life in the kingdom today. Khashoggi wanted a modern, open, tolerant Saudi Arabia. He initially supported MBS’s reforms and social liberalization. But in his last year, he pressed the crown prince: MBS should learn from Detroit about

column he wrote, published on October 17, 2018, after his death, was a plea for free expression and independent media in the Arab world. What has happened in the real Saudi Arabia since his passing? Some of the liberalizing reforms that Khashoggi favored have gone forward under MBS. Women are freer overall: They can drive, travel without a male guardian, play sports more easily and hold prominent public positions such as ambassador. Life in the kingdom is more open, too, on the surface: Young Saudis can attend movies, or concerts, or wrestling matches. But there’s a dark underside to MBS’s kingdom – a fear factor deep-

One Saudi describes the crown prince as “strong and paranoid” but not “strong and confident.” economic development; from South Korea about ﬁghting corruption without the mass arrests; from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II about dealing respectfully with other royals and the public. He even urged MBS to study the movie “Black Panther” and emulate the young king of Wakanda. Khashoggi was a complicated man. His personal life was sometimes ragged, and his political beliefs were a mix of his yearning for reform, his Islamic faith and his ties to a royal family that had nurtured him. In his time at The Post, he became increasingly passionate about journalism. The last

ened by Khashoggi’s death and the imprisonment and torture of many other dissenters. Female activists and other potential critics are held in a network of prisons; children of dissidents are banned from travel; prominent princes are muzzled and jailed. Saudis tell me they don’t take their phones into traditional gatherings known as dewaniyas, so their conversations can’t be secretly intercepted. They are buying U.S. SIM cards to evade MBS’s surveillance state. “People are scared,” one Saudi told me this week. “There’s a lot of silent dissent.” MBS’s grip on power seems as

strong as ever, partly because of the climate of fear. He has crushed opposition within the royal family and intimidated other princes and wealthy Saudis by seizing their assets. One Saudi describes the crown prince as “strong and paranoid” but not “strong and conﬁdent.” The crown prince’s popularity in Washington, once glittering, has been irrevocably tarnished by the murder. He allied with President Donald Trump. But the Trump connection meant that MBS and Saudi Arabia were taking sides in a bitterly partisan Washington, and that the kingdom lost whatever bipartisan support it once enjoyed. The saddest legacy of Khashoggi’s murder is the lack of accountability for the crime. A secret trial was held last year, and eight defendants were sentenced to prison this month, after earlier death sentences for ﬁve of them were reversed by a pardon from Khashoggi’s eldest son. U.N. Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard called the trial “a parody of justice.” MBS’s close aide Saud al-Qahtani, who analysts believe may have directed the plot on behalf his boss, wasn’t even charged. “He literally got away with murder,” one Saudi activist said of the crown prince. “The lesson for him is: Next time, make sure you don’t get caught.” Khashoggi believed in the journalists’ credo that truth will ultimately triumph over lies and cruelty. He gave his life for that ideal. Two years later, his truth still scorches the kingdom’s rulers. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Forgotten Her es

Ace Pilot Ran Ronen By Avi Heiligman

lying a fighter jet is the dream of many young pilots who enter flight training. In the early years of the Israeli Air Force, many of the planes were remnants from World War II that were not nearly as good as some of the planes that their adversaries were flying. Many of the aircraft were propeller planes but that started to change in the 1950s. Once the pilots transitioned to fighter jets, the use of cannons gave way to missiles which, in many cases, were known to malfunction. Shooting down an enemy plane with cannons was considered an amazing feat. Ace pilot Ran Ronen-Pekker was one of the best IAF pilots in using cannons during aerial combat. His career saw him in the cockpit of many different types of planes in the Israeli inventory. Ran Ronen was born in 1936 in Kfar Vitkin near Netanya. In 1954, at just 18 years old, Ronen enlisted in the IAF’s pilot course and graduated a year later. His first assignment was flying British-made Spitfire fighter propeller planes, although he soon switched to Meteor fighter jets with the 117 th Squadron. At the time, French aircraft were making their ways into the arsenal of the IAF. The Dassault Ouragan was introduced in the 1950s as an answer for the MiG-15 that the Arab countries were flying. Ronen, with the 113th Squadron, was soon in the cockpit behind the new jet plane. During the 1956 Sinai Campaign, Ronen flew the new French Dassault Mystere fighter. This wasn’t the end of the French aircraft in the IAF because in the early 1960s the Mirage III was to play a major part in the upcoming Middle East conflicts. Ronen had been a senior commander with a Mystere squadron and in 1962 became the deputy commander of the 101st Squadron who were flying Mirage III jets. A year later, he was flying a test flight when the engine suddenly lost power. To make matters worse, he was flying over a densely populated area. He remembered that

the French manufacturers had told him if he attempted to land without power from the engine, the nose would penetrate the ground at such a force that the pilot would be killed. To avoid these issues, he guided the jet to a field and ejected at the dangerously low altitude of 500 feet. Somehow, the Mirage landed intact, and Ronen was unhurt. Upon reviewing the incident, the IAF determined that the loss of

mission and was told over the radio by the commander of the IAF, “Ran, in a few minutes, you will see something that you are not authorized to shoot down.” That MiG-21 helped Israel and the United States learn of the strengths and weaknesses of the Russian-built fighter that had been giving them problems during combat. On November 13, 1966, Ronen finally got his chance to shoot at an en-

For eight minutes, they twisted and turned at very low altitudes and high speeds through a ravine.

power was due to a weak fuel pump which could now explain the previous losses of 23 Mirage IIIs, seven of which were Israeli. Ronen was soon back in the air, flying the same plane, and was commended for actions by his superior officers. In 1964, Ronen trained at the IDF Command and Staff College and was assigned as a deputy commander at Hatzor Airbase. Following that assignment, he was appointed commander of the 119th Bat Squadron. On August 16, 1966, Ronen was one of the pilots who escorted an Iraqi pilot who defected in his MiG-21. This mission was the culmination of months of efforts by the Mossad to convince the Christian pilot, Munir Redfa, to defect to Israel. Ronen was not fully briefed on the

emy plane. It was a Jordanian Hawker Hunter flown by their seasoned commander. It turned out to be the longest aerial dogfight in Israeli history. For eight minutes, they twisted and turned at very low altitudes and high speeds through a ravine. Ronen was chasing the Jordanian but couldn’t get a good angle to shoot until finally an opportunity presented itself as the enemy had to adjust to the terrain beneath. This was all Ronen needed, and he peppered the Hawker Hunter with 30mm cannon fire and recorded his first kill. During a massive air battle in the Golan Height in April 1967, Ronen shot down a Mig-21 with cannon from his Mirage. Two months later, the Six Day War broke out and Ronen achieved the status of an ace as he shot down three

more enemy planes. All three were Egyptian and took place on June 5. His fifth kill was a Mig-21 that he shot down with a Shafrir-2 missile over the Nile Delta. The 119th Squadron shot down 19 planes during the war and suffered no losses of their own. Fighting between Israel and Egypt and other Arab countries continued after the conclusion of the Six Day War. Known as the War of Attrition, it lasted from 1967 to 1970 and took place in the Sinai Peninsula on the Sothern Front. Records show that Ronen shot down at least two MiG-21 jets, while some sources have the number at four enemy planes shot down. In any case, he became the commander of an F-4 Phantom squadron in 1970. The Squadron pilots were suffering from low morale as their previous commander had been killed during an attack on Egyptian Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) batteries. Ronen restored morale in the squadron by leading intense assault raids on the SAM sites. After completing a command course at the Marine Base in Quantico, Virginia, Ronen returned to Israel, spent time as the head of the IAF training department, and was promoted to colonel. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he was the commander of the Tel Nof Air Base. Ran Ronen retired in 1981 with the rank of brigadier general and flew more than 350 combat and intelligence sorties during his career. He flew most planes in the IAF arsenal – from the Spitfire to the F-15 Eagle as well as transport planes and even helicopters. The next three decades, he spent in various potions at companies both in Israel and in the U.S. Ronen passed away in 2016 and left a legacy as one of the best pilots in the history of the Israeli Air Force. Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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hirty-five years ago, cartoonist Bill Watterson published the very first “Calvin and Hobbes” strip. Calvin, an irrepressible six-year-old who’s surely destined for a therapist’s couch or an orange jumpsuit (or both), tells his dad he’s off to check his tiger trap: “I rigged a tuna fish sandwich yesterday, so I’m sure to have one by now.” Two panels later, Calvin’s stuffed tiger Hobbes dangles from a rope around his paw in a tree, confirming that yes, in fact, tigers will do anything for a tuna sandwich: “We’re kind of stupid that way.” Our friends at the IRS aren’t interested in luring tigers out of trees. But they’re setting different sorts of traps to lure exotic species of unreported income into captivity. For bait, they’re using a simple checkbox on a tax form (which has the added advantage of staying fresh a lot longer than Calvin’s tuna fish sandwich). In 2009, a mysterious figure calling himself Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, a decentralized digital peer-to-peer payment network. Since then, Bitcoin and other cybercurrencies have grown into an enormous trading market, averaging north of $4 billion per day. (Ironically, few Americans have ever used the “currency”

to actually “pay” for anything.) This speculation can make price charts look more like a roller coaster than an “investment” — for example, from January through February, 2018, Bitcoin plunged by a gut-wrenching 65%. That volatility spells opportuni-

names, birthdates, addresses, and trading records for about 13,000 customers who traded more than $20,000 on their platform from 2013-2015. But chasing individual exchanges sounds like a giant game of whack-a-mole: as soon as one ex-

If you “forget” enough cryptogains, you can wind up doing your trading from a place where the most valuable “currency” is Marlboro Reds.

ty for traders who can stomach it. But because they hold their assets in virtual “wallets” that generally don’t report activity to the IRS, it’s easier for them to “overlook” their gains at tax time than if they were trading more-traditional stocks, bonds, options, or currencies. Cybercops at the IRS are already making real-world efforts to ferret out cyber-income. In 2017, they subpoenaed Coinbase, the world’s most popular exchange, for taxpayer IDs,

change complies, another pops up with no such constraints. Now the IRS is casting their net over a broader audience: everyone. Form 1040 already includes a box on Schedule One that asks, “At any time during 2019, did you receive, sell, send, exchange, or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency?” But not everyone files Schedule One. So last week they announced they’re moving that question to Page One of Form 1040

itself, right below your address. This is where the box turns into a what prosecutors call a “perjury trap.” At the bottom of Form 1040, it says, “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and complete.” In other words, if you “forget” enough cryptogains, you can wind up doing your trading from a place where the most valuable “currency” is Marlboro Reds. (A similar box at the bottom of Schedule B has helped uncover billions in unreported foreign bank income.) You probably grew up dreaming the future would bring jetpacks and flying cars, not Bitcoin and Facebook. But time and progress march on, and a big part of our work involves anticipating how those changes affect your money and taxes. So skip the tuna fish sandwiches and let us do the work for you.

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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