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s we enter into Lag B’Omer 5782, most of us are still trying to comprehend the enormity of the tragedy that took place just a year ago.

I remember where I was Lag B’Omer night last year – at a dinner meeting in a restaurant that I couldn’t cancel. Before walking into the eatery, I started seeing snippets of what was starting to unfold in Meron. There was talk of a bleacher collapsing…one person dying, then another. It wasn’t until hours later that the full, true story was finally told.

But as I looked around the restaurant that night and participated in the conversation around me, I couldn’t help but wonder what we were all doing there. How could we be eating and chatting when such a tragedy was taking place in the Holy Land?

Days later, speaking with emergency personnel who were at the scene, I was able to feel the horror that unfolded. They spoke of a situation that was surreal, of chaos that culminated in eerie heartbreak as 45 of our brothers lost their lives in the resting place of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

Lag B’Omer, for me, perhaps won’t ever be the same. Growing up, the 33rd day of the

Omer meant we could start listening to music and get haircuts and maybe enjoy a trip to the park with our classmates. But now, it’s a day that evokes a dichotomy of emotions.

On the one hand, there is the celebration of Lag B’Omer that we, as a nation, have been feting for hundreds of years, rejoicing in the holy secrets of the Torah revealed to us by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

But how can we rejoice when there are tens of families who will forever remember this day as a day of heartbreak and pain, a day when their loved one was torn from them so abruptly?

And so, I enter Lag B’Omer with these two conflicting emotions.

This year, Lag B’Omer for me will be a day of reflection and a day of contemplation, a day when it is clear that we don’t have all the answers and that so many of Hashem’s secrets still remain concealed.

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

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Community Happenings

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Voicenotes: Celebrate Israel, Celebrate Freedom

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NEWS

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Global

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National

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That’s Odd

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ISRAEL Israel News

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World Builders

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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

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Free Birds by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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The Beauty in Every Jew by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller

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Lag B’Omer Teaches Us the Power of Today by Rabbi Benny Berlin

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PEOPLE The Wandering Jew

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Fiery Love for Every Jew by Pinchos Friedlander

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Generals Who Led Courageously by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS A Calm View of Anxiety by Dr. Hylton I. Lightman

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I Can’t Change by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

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The Diet Starts on Monday by Cindy Weinberger

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FOOD & LEISURE Rorie Weisberg’s Food That Loves You Back

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The Aussie Gourmet: Sheet-Pan Dinner

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Dear Editor, I read with interest Shammai Siskind’s excellent article on Israel’s new Iron Beam defense system, which reduces the cost of missile interception to the hourly operational cost of seven gallons of diesel fuel. Several other advantages should be noted, such as the fact that the system is only limited by the speed of light and therefore can intercept incoming rockets earlier in their trajectory, before they arrive over population centers, as well as near the end of their trajectory, thereby expanding the otherwise short period of interception. Other advantages include the elimination of risk inherent in sending explosive interceptors over Israeli cities that generate shrapnel. Also avoided is the risk of an errant interceptor being captured and disassembled in an Iranian laboratory, forming the basis of an “Iranian Iron Dome.”

What should be noted is that, unlike Iron Dome, which can send up multiple rockets that operate mostly independently, the Iron Beam has its limitations, in that it can only track and destroy one rocket at a time and may struggle against simultaneous launches of numerous rockets. Also, the laser it uses may be weakened in a rainy and smoke-filled environment. Clearly, it will begin to operate in tandem with Iron Dome and will significantly improve the current 90% interception rate.

Obviously, this technology is just the beginning of things to come. While inter-

national law prohibits the use of lasers against infantry, the system could be fully integrated into Israel’s networked defense system and actively support Israeli aircraft in air combat against invading planes, or the system could itself be mounted on a plane to provide for suppression against enemy SAM missiles, in protection of an Israeli bombing mission.

The possibilities are limitless, but today, we should just celebrate the great advances that Israel has made in defense of our people.

Jacob Silver Woodmere, NY Dear Editor, Your article concerning the fabulous career of Rabbi Moshe Neuman was comprehensive and inspiring. However, every ending has a beginning, and the roots of the Bais Yaakov of Queens were not touched on.

Over half a century ago, a small cadre of dedicated askanim decided it was time for Queens to have a yeshiva for girls. First, they found an old building in Corona which they established as the new Bais Yaakov’s first home. It needed massive renovations, but this did not stop them. Under the guidance of master builder Herman Koenigsberg, these pioneers (Irving Schonbrun, Herschel Gluck, “Dicky” Dickstein, Abe Bornstein, Nathan Rosenberg, and a few others) took time from their businesses to build Continued on page 10

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The Time is Now to Plan for the Aftermath of War by David Ignatius

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‫ֶּב ֱא‬ ,‫רּואים‬ ִ ‫ֲאנִ י ַמ ֲא ִמין ּבֹורא ַּומנְ ִהיג ְלָכל ַה ְ ּֿב‬ ֵ ‫א יִ ְת ָּבַר ְך ְׁשמֹו הּוא‬ ‫ּבֹור‬ ֵ ‫ֶׁשַה‬ .‫ַי ֲע ֶׂשה ְלָכל ַהַּמ ֲע ִׂשים‬ ְ‫עֹוׂשה ו‬ ֶ ְ‫וְ הּוא ְל ַבּדֹו ָעָׂשה ו‬ I am steadfast in my absolute belief

that the Creator, blessed is His Name, that is brought into existence, and that He creates, and will create alone created, all that is created.

creates and guides all

,‫ה ְׁשלֵ ָמה‬

ָ ‫ֲאנִ י ַמ ֲא ִמין ֶּב ֱא‬ ,‫מּונ ידּות ָּכ ֽמֹוהּו ְּבׁשּום ָּפנִ ים‬ ‫ְ ׁשמֹו הּואָי ִחיד וְ ֵאין יְ ִח‬ ְ ‫ּבֹורא יִ ְת ָּבַרך‬ ֵ ‫ֶׁשַה‬ .‫ ָהָיה הֹוֶ ה וְ יִ ְהיֶ ה‬,‫ל ֹקינּו‬ ‫ּדֹו ֱא‬

‫וְ הּוא ְל ַב‬ I am steadfast in my absolute belief that the Creator, blessed is One, and there is no uniqueness like is His Name, His in any way, and forever having existed, He existing, and continuing alone is our Lord, to exist.

,‫מּונה ְׁשלֵ ָמה‬ ָ ‫ֲאנִ י ַמ ֲא ִמין ֶּב ֱא‬ ,‫ּוהּו ַמ ִּׂשיגֵ י ַהּגּוף‬

ֽ‫ וְ ל ֹאַי ִּׂשיג‬,‫ְ ׁשמֹו ֵאינֹו גּוף‬ ְ ‫ּבֹורא יִ ְת ָּבַרך‬ ֵ ‫ֶׁשַה‬ .‫יֹון ְּכָלל‬

‫וְ ֵאין לֹו ׁשּום ִּד ְמ‬ I am steadfast in my absolute belief that the Creator, blessed has no corporeality is His Name, , nor can any material qualities be ascribed and there is nothing to Him, at all that is comparable to Him.

,‫מּונה ְׁשלֵ ָמה‬ ָ ‫ֲאנִ י ַמ ֲא ִמין ֶּב ֱא‬

.‫הּוא ִראׁשֹון וְ הּוא ַא ֲחרֹון‬

I am steadfast in my

‫ּבֹורא יִ ְת ָּבַר ְך ְׁשמֹו‬ ֵ ‫ֶׁשַה‬

absolute belief that the Creator, blessed is the very first and the very last [to exist]. is His Name,

,‫מּונה ְׁשלֵ ָמה‬ ָ ‫ין ֶּב ֱא‬

‫ֲאנִ י ַמ ֲא ִמ‬ ,‫ְל ַבּדֹוָראּוי ְל ִה ְתַּפ ֵּלל‬ ‫ּבֹורא יִ ְת ָּבַר ְך ְׁשמֹו לֹו‬ ֵ ‫ֶׁשַה‬ .‫ל ִה ְתַּפ ֵּלל‬

ְ ‫זּולתֹוָראּוי‬ ָ ‫וְ ֵאין ְל‬ I am steadfast in my absolute to Him alone is it appropriate belief that the Creator, blessed is His Name — to pray, and it is inappropria te to pray to any other.

I am steadfast in my

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and paint and repair the building to have classrooms ready for the first students.

To raise money for the teachers’ salaries, these men donated their time several times a week to run bingo games, coming home after midnight with paper bags filled with dollar bills, their clothes reeking of cigarette smoke. And there was Rabbi Danny Sukenik, “Mr. Bais Yaakov” himself, who would pay the salaries of teachers from his own pocket if there was not enough money in the school’s bank account at the end of the month.

These were the founders of the Bais Yaakov of Queens, who had the foresight to entice Rabbi Neuman to accept the position of principal. I know, because I was there at the time. For all of them, I say yehi zichronom bruchim.

Rabbi Schaye Schonbrun Kew Gardens Dear Editor, The verse (Leviticus 19:18) says, “Love your neighbor like yourself, I am Hashem.”

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I heard a further fascinating insight into the words “love your neighbor like yourself.” The key word is “like yourself,” to connote someone with equal talents as yourself. After all, what’s the challenge of loving someone on a lower or higher level than where you are standing: respect comes easy in those cases as no competition exists. But to love someone who you see as your competitor with equal skills takes mammoth introspection and effort.

In a shiur, Rabbi Mansour, based on the Rambam, gave a key into how not to give credence to any possible arguments in this world between you and your fellow man. The Rambam (Hilchot Deot Chapter 7:7) says that one should be maavir on their middot because this world is all hevel. With this perspective, one should deem any hurt in this world from another as meaningless. One who is constantly tending to his Olam Haba doesn’t have time to waste on these kinds of tidings.

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As Rabbi Mansour says, the message is that “matters of this world are inconsequential.”

David Sacks, a deep Jewish thinker, really puts all of these ideas into perspective. In an interview he said, “G-d is all there is. Everything exists within G-d.

And the more we realize we’re in a constant interface with Him, the more we can begin to do what we actually need to do in this world.”

Steven Genack Dear Editor, In these difficult economic times, it is important to patronize your favorite restaurants and honor the employees who make them a success. Now that most of us have received our COVID-19 vaccine, let’s all celebrate May 21st National Waiter and Waitress Day. Let your server(s), cooks, and owners know how much you appreciate the excellent food and service.

Try to tip 20 percent against the total bill including taxes. If it is an odd amount, round up to the next dollar. Why not leave a 25% tip in honor of this day?

If you can afford to eat out, you can afford an extra dollar tip. When ordering take out, don’t forget to leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook.

The people who work at your favorite restaurant are our neighbors. They work long hours for little pay and count on tips, which make up a significant portion of their income. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants, they don’t eat either.

Your purchases keep our neighbors employed and the local economy growing.

Drop off a box of candy, cookies, or some other treat for your favorite waiter or restaurant staff to celebrate this day.

Sincerely, Larry Penner Dear Editor, I found Larry Penner’s letter concerning aid to Ukraine to be extremely off-putting. Penner criticizes the recent Nancy Pelosi-led mission to the wartorn country in snide terms. He asks why other NATO countries were not asked to shoulder part of the aid expense, frets at the impact the expenditure will have on

our budget, and prefers that the money be spent instead to secure our southern border (Letters, May 12).

Has Penner so quickly forgotten our history, how during the Holocaust, nativists rejected helping Jews, whether financially or by allowing them to immigrate to the United States? Does humanitarianism cost money? Absolutely! Must we act to save Ukrainians, regardless of any impact upon our national debt? Of course!

Fortunately, despite the penury of dollar-pinchers such as Larry Penner, the House of Representatives passed the $40 billion package with bipartisan support, and the bill will, G-d willing, soon pass the Senate and earn President Biden’s signature.

Avi Goldstein Far Rockaway, NY Dear Editor, I commend your newspaper, and Rabbi Doniel Drandoff, for addressing the important topic of eating disorders with sensitivity and thoughtfulness. My heart, though, truly goes out to Eliana, who is clearly in pain, knows that she needs help, and is looking for help, as evidenced by the letter she wrote to you.

I only hope that she gets herself the proper help and finds the strength inside for compassion for herself to pull herself above this painful phase.

Ricki Nadine Dear Editor, A lot of times people speak too much and wish that they would speak less and that there was an easy way to talk less and thus have a happier, more peaceful household.

One way to talk less is to cover your mouth with masking tape or duct tape.

That can help you talk a lot less and have a more peaceful harmonious household.

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Both tapes can help you talk less and thus be happier and more productive.

Thank you for printing this letter and thus improving your readers’ lives.

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North Korea has acknowledged its first COVID-19 deaths, just one day after the country admitted that it reported 18,000 cases of “fever.”

It has not been confirmed that the “fever cases” and six deaths are linked to COVID-19.

However, at least one of those who died tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), at least 350,000 North Koreans have tested positive for COVID-19 since last April.

Other reports say that more than 1.48 million people in the Hermit Kingdom had become ill with fever since late April. Are the fevers related to COVID? Well, the country lacks test kits to confirm whether those symptoms are those of the virus.

The country is attempting to deal with the outbreak by isolating people with symptoms at shelters. As of Tuesday, at least 663,910 people were in quarantine.

In addition to lacking vaccines for its 26 million people, the country also grapples with malnourishment and chronic poverty. It also lacks public health tools, including antiviral drugs or intensive care units, which suppressed hospitalizations and deaths in other countries.

Describing the outbreak as a “great upheaval,” Kim Jong Un imposed measures including restrictions on movement and quarantines. But while he raised alarm over the virus, Kim also stressed that his economic goals should be met, indicating large groups of people will continue to gather for agricultural, industrial and construction work.

Previously, North Korea had denied having any confirmed COVID-19 cases at all.

At least 11 people have died and 38 were rescued after a makeshift boat carrying suspected migrants capsized north of an island near Puerto Rico late last week.

On Friday, Ricardo Castrodad, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard’s San Juan sector, said that a “mass rescue effort” including multiple agencies was ongoing.

He added that of the 38 who were rescued, eight are still hospitalized.

Castrodad shared, “We still hope to find additional survivors. As the search efforts get prolonged, it is more difficult and more challenging, and the odds of finding someone alive will decrease over time. But our efforts right now are focused on finding any possible survivors.”

He continued, “Thanks to the report from the customs crew, we were able to coordinate a response with multiple agencies and rescue this number of survivors. If not for them, we would not have known that these people were in trouble.”

Castrodad said that the makeshift 25foot boat was “very, very dangerous.”

“These voyages, from the moment they initiate, is a capsizing waiting to happen. These makeshift vessels are grossly overloaded, taking on water, have no life-saving equipment, facing constantly changing conditions. It doesn’t take much for any of these vessels to potentially capsize,” he explained.

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Al-Nahyan’s approach helped steer the UAE through a tense period in the region by aligning it with the U.S. and its allies, including Israel.

Al-Nahyan had been ruler of Abu Dhabi, a position which he took in 2004.

However, he suffered a stroke in 2014 and since then has hardly been seen in public.

It was under his watch that the UAE became more centralized. In 2009, Abu Dhabi paid $20 billion in financing to help Dubai avoid debt defaults. Dubai then expressed its gratitude by changing the name of its tallest skyscraper from Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa.

In 2012, Abu Dhabi backed international sanctions against Iran, despite its traditional role as a trade hub for the country. In 2020, the U.S. helped broker the Abraham Accords, which saw the UAE normalize ties with Israel.

Al-Nahyan, the eldest of his father’s 19 sons, has been replaced in his position by his half-brother, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who is 73.

Protesting Inflation in Argentina

Thousands of Argentines protested in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, against the rising inflation in their country.

The march, titled, “Federal march for work and salaries, and against hunger and poverty,” was attended by thousands arriving from outside the capital as well.

In the first third of 2022, prices in Argentina rose 23%, including a 6% rise in April, newly-published figures show.

In 2021, inflation in the country had already reached over 50%; the current

rate would pass 60% by the end of the year.

At the same time, protesters are angry over the government’s budgetary restraint, which aims to reduce the country’s annual deficit from 3% of its GDP in 2021 to zero by 2025. The protesters also oppose repaying the country’s $44 billion IMF debt and demand better social aid packages.

Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Kirchner, the former president, admittedly recently, “I don’t think we will honor all the expectations, all the confidence, all the hope that has been placed in us.”

Argentina is home to more than 45.6 million people. It is the second-largest country in South America. In the early 20th century, Argentina was the seventh-wealthiest country in the world; now, it ranks the 71st wealthiest country.

France’s Female Prime Minister For the first time in three decades, France now has a female prime minister.

Elisabeth Borne has been named the new

prime minister of France, replacing Jean Castex.

Borne will be only the second woman to fill the role since the end of World War II. The country’s first was Édith Cresson, who served between May 1991 and April 1992 under Socialist President François Mitterand.

Borne formerly served as minister of the environment, transportation and labor. She will lead a French government likely to be tasked with delivering on President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign priorities: retirement reform and the scaling up of policies designed to combat climate change.

Macron was reelected on April 24.

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“Follow your dreams all the way,” Borne urged. “Nothing must hold back the fight for the place of women in society.”

Borne’s father was a Jew of Polish origin. His family had fled the Nazis and escaped to France in 1939. As a member of the Resistance, he was deported from France in 1942. He was naturalized as a French citizen in 1950. Borne’s father died when she was 11 years old, and she was raised by her mother.

Cholera Rocks Pakistan

Thousands of people have been infected in a deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water in central Pakistan.

The country – and neighboring nation India – has also been grappling with record high temperatures in recent weeks, exacerbating the water crisis.

Cholera cases were first identified in Pir Koh, a remote mountainous town in Balochistan province, on April 17. Since then, more than 2,000 people have been infected and six have died, according to Dr. Ahmed Baloch, from the health department of Balochistan.

Residents in Pir Koh say they have no access to clean drinking water. The lack of rain this year has caused nearby ponds to dry up, with their only source of water being a pipeline, which is rusting and contaminated.

“Residents are forced to drink dirty water,” a resident said.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered “emergency relief measures” to curb the cholera outbreak in Pir Koh, and the military has been called in to help provide mobile water tanks to ensure clean drinking water gets to the population and to set up medical camps to treat the sick.

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness that kills thousands of people worldwide each year. It is easily transmitted by consuming food or water contaminated with the fecal bacteria.

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Finland’s government on Sunday announced that it would apply for NATO membership. The decision was announced by the country’s Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy and followed a joint statement

by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin urging that the Parliament vote on the move “without delay.”

Finland has debated joining NATO since Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year.

Niinisto said, “This is a historic day, a new era begins. I want to draw attention to the functioning of democracy.

“Security is not a zero-sum game.

When Finland’s security increases, it is not away from anybody,” he added.

On Tuesday, Finland’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal. Of the 200 lawmakers, 188 voted in favor and eight voted against the application.

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said the decision was no reason to celebrate because “there is war in Europe.”

“Finland’s membership in NATO will not change our basic thinking that we will always seek peaceful solutions and we are a peace-loving nation that will first and foremost seek diplomatic solutions to every conflict,” he said during the debate.

Sweden is also considering joining NATO, and Niinisto is scheduled to begin a two-day visit there on Tuesday.

NATO has said that it expects to approve both applications quickly, if they are submitted.

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Elected in Somalia Somalia has elected its former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to the presidency, following Sunday’s election.

The marathon poll involved 36 candidates and was broadcast live on state

TV. It ended with 214 votes in favor of Mohamud – far more than required to defeat incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, whose term ended in February 2021 without an election.

Mohamud, who served his previous term from 2012-2017, was sworn in shortly after the votes were counted.

He said, “It is indeed commendable that the president is here standing by my side. We must move forward and never backwards. We have to heal any grievances.”

Mohamed stated, “I welcome my brother here, the new president Hassan Sheik Mohamud, and wish him luck with the huge task.... We will be in solidarity with him.”

Somalia polls follow an indirect model in which state legislatures and clan delegates choose lawmakers for the national parliament, who in turn choose the president.

Mohamud is the first Somali president to win a second term, and he has promised to turn Somalia into “a peaceful country that is at peace with the world.” He faces challenges including a devastating drought that threatens to drive millions to starvation, as well as the repair of damage caused by months of political chaos.

He must also set a new administration in place by mid-May or risk losing a $400-million aid package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF has not yet responded to a request that the deadline be extended to August.

In India, Electric Scooters Catching Fire A series of recent battery fires in electric scooters may derail India’s climate program, The Washington Post reported.

The fires have prompted recalls, alarming buyers. Videos of some of the scooters catching fire have gone viral on social media.

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Meanwhile, India’s ridesharing company Ola, which promised in 2021 that it would manufacture 10 million electric two-wheelers each year, recalled over 1,400 vehicles last month after one of their scooters went up in flames.

The company said that the recalled scooters will undergo a “thorough diagnostics across all battery systems, thermal systems as well as the safety systems.”

Two other companies have had over 5,000 scooters recalled due to fires.

In India, over 90% of vehicles are powered by gasoline or diesel, and scooters are the most popular form of transportation. But a recent rise in electric scooters’ popularity may end if people begin to lose faith in the technology.

Already, 17% of people said they would not purchase an electric scooter due to safety and performance concerns – a rise of eightfold from six months ago.

But experts say that the battery is typically the part of the scooter responsible for a fire. And according to Vivekananda Hallekere, CEO and co-founder of Bounce, an electric scooter company, many companies import low-cost batteries from China, without testing them for quality. Bounce allows its customers to swap a used battery for a charged one, eliminating the need to charge the battery at home.

A Reuters report last week showed that an initial government probe found that “faulty battery cells and modules” were the likely cause of the fires.

India has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2070. The government wants electric vehicles to comprise at least 30% of sales by 2030.

Ukraine Wins Eurovision Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra came in first place in the Eurovision Song Contest last week.

The rap-folk band received special permission from their government to leave their country for the performance and won first place in the contest with

631 points.

Ukraine’s winning song, “Stefania,” was originally written as a tribute to front-man Oleh Psiuk’s mother, but it was later repurposed as a rallying cry for Ukraine following the Russian invasion.

erally the country that will be hosting the contest in the upcoming year. Some are skeptical that Ukraine will be in a position to host Eurovision in twelve months, as the country is battling a Russian invasion that has been ongoing for months.

Russia Lost a Third of Its Forces

The orchestra ended their performance with the line, “Please help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal right now.”

The UK’s Sam Ryder came in second with 283 points, marking that country’s best result since 1998. The UK last made the top 10 spots in 2002, when Jessica Garlick won third place. In 2019 and 2021, the UK ranked last in the contest.

This year, Spain took third place. It is the first time the country made the top ten since 2014.

The winner of Eurovision is gen-

The Russian military has lost a third of its forces since it invaded Ukraine earlier this year, the UK Defense Ministry said.

These heavy losses are hitting Russia hard, as the superpower writes off more of its best weaponry, buries more of its better troops, and is forced to rely on older weapons and less-trained troops

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Ukraine has stopped the Russian advance in Kharkiv’s suburbs, and the Kyiv offensive stalled and then reversed.

At the same time, Ukraine’s counter-offenses are rolling back Russian gains around Kherson and in some areas around Izium in Donbas.

On Sunday, the UK Defense Ministry estimated, “Russia’s Donbas offensive has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule. Despite smallscale initial advances, Russia has failed to achieve substantial territorial gains over the past month whilst sustaining consistently high levels of attrition.”

Also on Sunday, the Ukraine armed forces’ general staff reported, “Russian occupiers suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment. In some areas, the staffing of units ... is less than 20 percent.

“Units of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation are teaming up with representatives of Russian private military companies for further action.”

Although Ukraine has also suffered losses, it enjoys international support from allies who are pouring funds and equipment into its economy and military.

Yamam Officer Killed in Jenin

Noam Raz, a veteran police commando in the Yamam special forces, was killed on Friday while operating near the Palestinian Authority city of Jenin.

Raz, 47, was a founding member and resident of the town of Kida. He is survived by his wife and six children.

According to Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, Raz, a veteran of the elite Yamam unit, was one of the force’s best officers.

Mourning Raz’s death, Shabtai said, “We bow our heads in the memory of Noam Raz, of blessed memory, who fell in an exchange of fire with terrorists.

Noam was a dedicated husband, an exemplary father, and one of the best fighters in the Israel Police.

“Heroism and values were inherent in his character and operational activity in the Yamam,” Shabtai added.

He noted that Raz, a paramedic, saved a comrade’s life during a recent clash in Jenin.

Raz was killed in an operation which included raids on terror suspects’ homes in the town of Burqin near Jenin, with the objective of arresting a number of terror suspects. He was evacuated in critical condition to Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, but the hospital was later forced to declare his death.

A statement issued by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council following Raz’s death reads, “Noam was a pillar in his community, a humble family man connected to the Land of Israel with every fiber of his being… He was loved by everyone. The community of Kida and the residents of Binyamin send their condolences to the family during this difficult time.”

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, “During his 23 years of service in the unit, Noam participated in numerous counter-terror operations, risked himself, and saved lives, as his commanders would testify, with courage and humility.

“We will continue to fight terrorism decisively and with an iron fist until we overcome it and return security to Israeli citizens. This is Noam’s legacy.”

During the funeral on Sunday, one of Raz’s sons stood up to mourn his father but then sat back down and said he could not speak in the presence of Public Security Minister Omer Barlev. Barlev, a member of the Labor party, has long been heavily criticized by those on the political right, most recently on charges that he has not adequately backed the police officers who were involved in the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday.

Another of Raz’s sons lamented at the funeral that their siblings were now forced to grow up without a father. “Why should Naveh not be able to learn with you for his bar mitzvah?” his son said.

There should have been more forceful Israeli action in the Jenin area, he said.

“One missile and it wouldn’t have had to endanger the lives of 50 soldiers, who are each worth this entire government,” Raz’s son said. “How did we end up in

a situation where terrorists went to the same hospital that my father went to?

“I have no words. The time has come for action.”

Riots at Al Jazeera Journalist’s Funeral

Israel Police used clubs and stun grenades to disperse a violent mob rioting at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh.

Abu Aqleh was killed in a firefight between IDF soldiers and Palestinian Authority terrorists in the terror capital of Jenin. The Palestinian Authority claims Israel killed Abu Aqleh but is refusing to cooperate with an investigation or hand over the bullet, which would provide a definitive answer as to whose weapon had done the deed.

In a police statement following her funeral, the police said they intervened because rioters took Abu Aqleh’s casket against her family’s wishes and prevented it from being loaded onto a hearse.

Her brother Tony was quoted as saying, “For G-d’s sake, let us put her in the car and finish the day.” After the crowd did not listen, police officers rushed forward to intervene.

“Israeli Police intervened to disperse the mob and prevent them from taking the coffin, so that the funeral could proceed as planned in accordance with the wishes of the family,” a police statement said.

Police later added that six people were detained following the riots “which had included stone-throwing.”

Speaking to BBC, Tony said the family had wanted a “a small procession from the hospital to the church and then to the cemetery.” Over ten thousand Arabs attended the funeral.

Abu Aqleh, 51, was a longtime correspondent for Al Jazeera and was seen by many in the Palestinian community as a role model for women. In a video recorded by Al Jazeera to mark the channel’s 25th anniversary, Abu Aqleh said she became a journalist “to be close to people.”

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The plans were all advanced by the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee. They include a project for 56 homes in the town of Negohot, as well as 534 homes in Shvut Rachel. Around 1,800 Jewish homes which the government had promised to approve were removed from the list.

However, the approved plans also legalized Mitzpeh Dani, a neighborhood in Ma’aleh Michmash, and Oz Vega’on, a nature reserve and education center built in memory of the Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Sha’er, and Naftali Fraenkel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in the summer of 2014.

In Judea and Samaria, approval for a site cannot be granted prior to there being structures on the ground. Approval is thus granted retroactively, for both Jewish and Arab homes, leading to a situation in which families may be evicted – a situation far more likely for Jewish homes than Arab homes.

In a tweet, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) praised the news, calling it a “day of celebration for the settlement movement.”

In addition to the Jewish homes, an Israeli official confirmed that the panel would also approve around 1,000 homes for Palestinian Authority Arabs in Area C of Judea and Samaria.

Area A is under Palestinian Authority civil and military control, while Area B is under PA civil control but Israeli military control. Area C is under full Israeli control. While Arabs live in all three areas – and constantly build illegally in Area C – Jews may only live in Area C and are not allowed to enter Areas A or B.

Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday said that it is preparing to exhume the body of an infant who died in 1952 to confirm to the surviving family that the child is really theirs. The procedure will mark the first time that a grave is opened for DNA testing in the “Yemenite children” affair.

For decades, Yemenite families have claimed that their babies were kidnapped and given to childless European couples to raise, while the Yemenite parents were informed that their child had died.

The infant in question is Uziel Houri, buried in the Segula cemetery in central Israel. Five families related to him requested and received a court order permitting the exhumation.

A law that was passed four years ago allows a grave to be opened in order to carry out genetic testing to determine family ties.

State records show that Houri was born in 1952 and died a year later of illness.

The grave will be opened this week and a DNA sample will be taken from the remains.

Mazel Barako, Houri’s sister, told Walla! that although the news was “good news after years of upheaval from the state,” at this point, “even if they say that it is my brother, I won’t believe the results of the investigation.”

Police Officers Injured at Violent Arab Funeral Six Israel Police officers were injured on Monday night in clashes with Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs after a funeral for a PA Arab deteriorated into violence.

The deceased was wounded last month in clashes on the Temple Mount and later died of his wounds.

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According to the Red Crescent, 71 PA Arabs were wounded by rubber bullets, stun grenades, and beatings, and 13 required hospitalization.

Fifteen of the rioters were arrested, Israel Police said, adding that the rioting took place both during the funeral procession and at the gravesite itself.

The Arabs damaged several vehicles and struck several passersby.

In addition, at the beginning of the funeral, a car accelerated towards Border Police officers, who fired at the vehicle’s wheels until it came to a stop. The five Arabs inside were then arrested. No one was injured.

Footage from the scene showed a shower of rocks raining down on the

officers throughout the funeral procession, as well as fireworks being set off in the direction of the police. The footage also shows that police responded with appropriate riot dispersal methods.

Walid a-Sharif, 21, is claimed to have died after being hit by a sponge-tipped bullet on April 22. According to police, a-Sharif fell and hit his head while hurling rocks. His body was returned to his family on Monday evening, and the funeral procession began almost immediately and moved towards the Temple Mount, where participants chanted, “With our souls and blood, we will redeem you, martyr.”

According to police, a-Sharif was one of the masked youths hurling rocks on the Temple Mount. Police published footage to this end as well.

Hamas, meanwhile, claimed a-Sharif as a member just hours after he was declared dead.

Israel to Hold Iran Drill For the first time in its history, the Israeli Air Force will practice for a wi-

descale strike in Iran later this month, during the military’s major Chariots of Fire exercise.

In light of growing uncertainty regarding a return by Iran to the 2015 nuclear deal, the Israel Defense Forces in the past year has ramped up its efforts to prepare a credible military threat against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.

The large-scale air maneuvers will take place in Cyprus during the fourth and final week of the monthlong exercise, starting May 29. The Chariots of Fire drill, which involves nearly all units of the IDF, has been focusing on training for fighting on Israel’s northern borders, including against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

At the beginning of last year, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi announced he had instructed the military to begin

drawing up fresh attack plans against Iran. By September, Kohavi said the army had “greatly accelerated” preparations for action against Tehran’s nuclear program.

Still, defense officials estimate that some aspects of the IAF’s strike plans, which are still in their early stages, could be ready within a short period of time, while others would take more than a year to become fully actionable.

In addition to having to find ways to strike Iranian facilities that are buried deep underground, requiring specialized munitions and tactics, the IAF will have to deal with increasingly sophisticated Iranian air defenses in order to conduct such a strike. The air force will also have to prepare for an expected retaliation against Israel by Iran and its allies throughout the region.

On Tuesday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz noted that “the price for tackling the Iranian challenge on a global or regional level is higher than it was a year ago and lower than it will be in a year.”

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During the Chariots of Fire exercise – scheduled to last through June 3 – troops have been practicing responding to sudden events in multiple theaters simultaneously, with a focus on defending the northern border, according to the IDF. It will be the military’s largest exercise in decades. It was postponed last May ahead of the war with terror groups in the Gaza Strip. Some of the exercises involving special forces will also take place in Cyprus.

Bennett to Punish Silman After MK Idit Silman abandoned Prime Minister Bennett’s party last month, it was only a matter of time before Bennett would retaliate.

Now, Silman once again is drawing Bennett’s ire for not committing to vote for Bennett’s confidant, MK Matan Kahana, as religious services minister.

According to Bennett’s associates, if Silman votes against Kahana, Yamina would have her declared a defector and

force her to quit the Knesset or be prevented from running in the next election with the Likud.

Number of Migrants Into U.S. Rises The first measure against Silman came on Sunday when Silman was evicted from her large office next to Bennett’s on the Knesset’s second floor, a room usually given to a cabinet minister or someone the prime minister can trust.

The second came after midnight early on Tuesday, when it was announced in the Knesset plenum that Yamina MK Shirley Pinto would replace Silman on the Knesset House Committee. The move came as a surprise to the head of the committee, Yamina faction chairman Nir Orbach.

Pinto was also added to the Knesset Health Committee in place of Yesh Atid MK Tania Mazarsky.

U.S. authorities on Monday said that they stopped migrants over 234,000 times during April – one of the highest numbers in decades.

According to a Justice Department filing in a lawsuit filed by Texas and Missouri, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials made 234,088 stops on the Mexican border last month, representing a 5.8% increase from March’s 221,303.

Many of those detained were Ukrainian refugees who were admitted on humanitarian parole and entered the country through a San Diego border crossing. On April 25, the U.S. government began instructing those fleeing the Russian invasion to enter the U.S. via airports from Europe, instead of via the land border from Mexico.

On May 23, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to end restrictions preventing migrants from seeking asylum on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

However, a federal judge in Louisiana is expected to rule in favor of 24 states seeking to keep the restrictions in place temporarily. Even if the judge allows the restrictions to end, Congress may work to keep them in place.

Pfizer Booster Approved for Kids On Tuesday, a booster shot for the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer was cleared by health regulators for use for

children from ages 5 to 11. Now, booster access has been cleared for about 28 million youngsters.

The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permits a third dose of the shot at least five months after the second dose.

“A booster dose can help provide continued protection against Covid-19 in this and older age groups,” said Peter Marks, who heads the FDA’s vaccine division.

Vaccinations among youth have been relatively low compared with rates for older people. As such, it’s assumed that most youth will not be getting the booster shots.

Under the FDA’s authorization, the booster would be the same 10-microgram dose as the initial two shots the children received. The dosage is onethird the amount that people 12 years old and up receive.

Before the 5- to 11-year-olds can get the boosters, though, a panel of vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to meet and vote on whether to endorse the shots. The meeting of the CDC panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is scheduled to take place this Thursday, and the CDC usually endorses its recommendation soon afterward.

Once the CDC signs off, the additional doses are expected to be available at pediatrician offices, retail pharmacies, and other places where children have already been going for shots.

Booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are already authorized for people as young as 12 in the U.S. The FDA recently greenlighted second boosters for people who are 50 years old and up or who have weakened immune systems.

Overall, children are less likely than adults to become infected with COVID-19 or develop severe disease, and many who develop cases experience mild or no symptoms, according to health experts and studies. The hospitalization rate in children, however, increased during the Omicron wave, especially among those who weren’t vaccinated.

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Congress is now concerned about UFOs. This week, Pentagon officials testifying at a House subcommittee hearing showed a previously classified video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, a fleeting color video of a round reflective object speeding past a military fighter jet.

The split-second image, shot through the window of an FA-18 fighter jet, shows a spherical object in the distance. The pilot also reported observing an object.

Pentagon officials also played a video and displayed an image shot through night vision lenses that showed glowing green triangles moving through the air.

The small triangles in the second recording, made years later, were determined to

be drones.

The declassified videos were released as lawmakers pledged to bring transparency to an investigation of unexplained reports by miliary pilots and others that have long been shrouded in stigma, confusion, and secrecy.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report last year largely compiled by the military, cataloging unexplained aerial phenomenon dating to 2004.

“You need to show us, Congress and the American public, whose imagination you have captured, you are willing to follow the facts where they lead,” said Representative André Carson, Democrat of Indiana and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee’s subcommittee that is holding the hearing.

“We fear sometimes that D.O.D. is focused more on emphasizing what it can explain, not investigating what it can’t,” he said. “I am looking for you to assure us today that all conclusions are on the table.”

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A more likely explanation for these flying objects would be that they are coming from Chinese or Russian technology.

Lawmakers are urging officials to identify them more closely.

“When we spot something we don’t understand or can’t identify in our airspace, it’s the job of those we entrust with our national security to investigate and report back,” Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who leads the Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday.

Unidentified aerial phenomena is the term that the federal government prefers over unidentified flying object, or U.F.O.

Taiwanese Church Targeted

David Chou walked into Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods in Southern California on Sunday and fatally shot one congregant and wounded five others in a hate-filled shooting spree during an afternoon luncheon at the church.

The 68-year-old murderer was armed with handguns and Molotov cocktails and driven by hate. He was eventually subdued and hogtied by brave churchgoers.

Dr. John Cheng, 52, was killed in the attack when he charged the gunman and tried to disarm him.

Chou was booked on murder and attempted murder charges in what Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes on Monday called a “politically motivated hate incident.”

A federal hate crime investigation was opened, said Kristi Johnson, assistant director in charge of FBI’s Los Angeles field office. The suspect allegedly targeted the church, which was hosting the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church congregation, because of political grievances on tensions between China and Taiwan. He was born in China but was living in the United States for many years.

Barnes called Cheng’s heroism in attempting to stop the gunman “a meeting of good versus evil.” About 50 people

were inside the church for a luncheon after morning services when the shooting began.

“The majority of the people in attendance were elderly, and they acted spontaneously, heroically,” Barnes said on Monday. “If not for their quick action, the way that this individual set up that environment to kill many more people, there would have been many, many more lives lost if not for the concerted effort of the members of that church.”

After the gunman had arrived at the church, he tried to secure the doors with chains, nails and superglue before opening fire, police said. The gunman was armed with two pistols he legally purchased in Nevada, and police found several bags with magazines of ammunition and Molotov cocktails in the church.

Cheng charged the gunman, which allowed others to intervene to stop the shooting. A pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hogtied him with electrical cords. He was still hogtied when police arrived.

Barnes said Cheng’s action probably saved the lives “of upwards of dozens of people.”

New Hypersonic Weapon

The United States Air Force conducted the successful launch of a hypersonic weapon off the coast of California this weekend, which flew at five times the speed of sound.

“Our highly-skilled team made history on this first air-launched hypersonic weapon,” shared Lt. Col. Michael Jungquist, the director of the 419th Flight Test Squadron and the Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force, who executed the test.

“We’re doing everything we can to get this game-changing weapon to the warfighter as soon as possible,” Jungquist added.

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“This was a major accomplishment by the ARRW team, for the weapons enterprise, and our Air Force,” Collins said.

“The team’s tenacity, expertise, and commitment were key in overcoming the past year’s challenges to get us to the recent success. We are ready to build on what we’ve learned and continue moving hypersonics forward.”

The ARRW achieved a speed of five times that of the speed of sound and burned for its expected duration.

The new weapon will expand precision-strike capabilities, specifically against heavily defended land targets.

Best Place to Live

Huntsville, Alabama, is the best place to the live in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Plac-

es to Live list for 2022-2023. The city knocked Boulder, Colorado, off the top spot. Boulder had been sitting pretty for two years in a row. Now, it’s been relegated to fourth place in the ranking of the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the country.

What makes Huntsville such a great place to lay down your hat? It received high scores for housing affordability and quality of life, despite coming in at the lower end of the field for desirability. Part of what drove the city’s top ranking was its high index score for air quality, which U.S. News added as a factor for the first time this year.

Another Colorado city, Colorado Springs, came in at No. 2 on the list, followed by Green Bay, Wisconsin, which jumped 18 spots to No. 3 due to its affordability. San Jose, California, took the No. 5 spot, leaping 31 spots from last year’s rankings, due to its high quality of life score.

“Much of the shakeup we see at the top of this year’s ranking is a result of changing preferences,” noted Devon Thorsby, real estate editor at U.S. News.

“People moving across the country today are putting more emphasis on affordability and quality of life than on the job market, which in many ways takes a back seat as remote work options have become more standard.”

Rounding out the top ten, Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, ranked No. 6 this year, followed by Fayetteville, Arkansas, at No. 7; Portland, Maine, at No. 8; Sarasota, Florida, at No. 9; and San Francisco, California, at No. 10.

Squad: U.S. Should Say Israel Committed “Catastrophe”

dation to partition the territory then known as Palestine into two states, one for Arabs and one for Jews. It states that prior to Israel declaring independence on May 14, 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had fled their homes “often after attacks by Zionist militias.” It does not make reference to the use of some of those areas by invading Arab nations to attack Israel.

The resolution also characterizes the conflict differently than the State Department’s Office of the Historian, which states that after the U.N. resolution, “[f]ighting began with attacks by irregular bands of Palestinian Arabs… against Jewish cities, settlements and armed forces.”

NYC: “High Alert” for COVID House members, led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., introduced a resolution this week calling for U.S. recognition of the “Nakba,” a term meaning “catastrophe” that is typically used by Palestinians to refer to the establishment of the State of Israel.

The resolution was submitted a week and a half after Israeli Independence Day, which coincides with Palestinian commemoration of Nakba Day. It calls for the U.S. to “commemorate the Nakba through official recognition and remembrance,” while claiming that this “refers not only to a historical event but to an ongoing process of Israel’s expropriation of Palestinian land and its dispossession of the Palestinian people that continues to this day.”

“The Palestinian people since the 48 Nakba have been living under oppression and violent racism. Silence + blank checks enables more death and violence,” Tlaib tweeted, referencing the year Israel was created and recognized via a U.N. resolution and U.S. financial support for the Jewish state.

Tlaib, who is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, submitted the resolution on behalf of herself and Reps.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Cori Bush, D-Mo., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Marie Newman, D-Ill., and Betty McCollum, D-Minn.

Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar are among a group of left-wing Democrats known as the “Squad,” which is known for its anti-Israel positions.

The resolution claims that Palestinians opposed the U.N.’s 1947 recommen-

On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams upgraded the City’s COVID-19 alert status to high because of a recent surge in people being hospitalized for the virus.

The change in status comes as the number of hospitalizations in the city due to COVID has increased steadily over the past two months and as more and more New Yorkers test positive.

“New York City has transitioned to a high COVID alert level, meaning now is the time to double down on protecting ourselves and each other by making choices that can keep our friends, neighbors, relatives and coworkers from getting sick,” the city’s Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said in a written statement on Tuesday.

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Brutal Shooting in Buffalo

The ten victims who were shot and killed on Saturday in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, have been identified.

The shooting at the Tops Market was found to be racially motivated. In addition to the ten people who were killed, three other people suffered injuries. Two of them were released from the hospital late on Sunday, Buffalo police said.

According to authorities, 11 of the 13 victims were Black, and the suspected shooter, 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin, N.Y., targeted the store because of its location in the ZIP code with the

highest percentage of Black residents (78%) in upstate New York.

Aaron Salter Jr., 55, a security guard and retired police officer, confronted the shooter and fired at him, authorities said.

But the shooter was wearing body armor and returned fire, killing Salter.

Another of the victims was named as Heyward “Tenny” Patterson, 68, who was volunteering when he was killed outside Tops Friendly Market, loading groceries into his car for someone he had driven to the market, his wife said.

Pearl “Pearly” Young, 77, was a longtime member of Good Samaritan Church and a substitute teacher in Buffalo public schools.

The other victims in the massacre were Celestine Chaney, 65; Ruth Whitfield, 86, mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner; and Andre Mackniel, 53, of Auburn, N.Y., who had come to the market to buy a birthday cake for his son’s third birthday. Also among the dead were Margus Morrison, 52; Geraldine Talley, 62; and Katherine “Kat” Massey, 72, a civil rights advocate. Roberta “Robbie” Drury, 32, was also killed in the shooting; she was the youngest of four siblings and was adopted at 18 months as the only Black sibling in a family where “race never mattered.”

Formula Frenzy

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The U.S. baby formula shortage began in November 2021 but worsened in the first quarter of 2022, with 43% of baby formula sold out at stores across the U.S. as of May 8.

More Flights to Cuba Infant formula manufacturer Abbott on Monday evening announced that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reopen its factory in Sturgis, Michigan. The factory was shut earlier this year due to recalls, a factor which significantly contributed to the current formula shortage.

According to the FDA, if a court approves the agreement, the factory could restart operations in two weeks.

Production would initially begin with EleCare and Alimentum, followed by Similac and then other formulas.

Chairman and CEO Robert B. Ford said, “Our number one priority is getting infants and families the high-quality formulas they need, and this is a major step toward re-opening our Sturgis facility so we can ease the nationwide formula shortage. We look forward to working with the FDA to quickly and safely reopen the facility.”

He added, “We know millions of parents and caregivers depend on us, and we’re deeply sorry that our voluntary recall worsened the nationwide formula shortage. We will work hard to re-earn the trust that moms, dads, and caregivers have placed in our formulas for more than 50 years.”

A Justice Department statement assured, “The actions we are announcing today will help to safely increase the supply of baby formula for families. The Justice Department will vigorously enforce the laws ensuring the safety of our food and other essential consumer products, and we will work alongside our partners across government to help make sure those products are available to the American people.”

According to Abbott, it may take some time for the formula to make it to the consumer.

“From the time Abbott restarts the site, it will take six to eight weeks before product is available on shelves,” the company shared.

Meanwhile, the FDA on Monday said it would allow foreign formula to be sold in the U.S., along with allowing U.S.-manufactured formula intended for

U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to restore U.S. flights to additional Cuban cities and not just Havana.

The White House decision will also permit educational and professional group travel, reestablish the family reunification program, and remove caps on the amount of money that can be sent to families on the island, senior administration officials said.

The family remittance cap is currently $1,000 per quarter.

On Monday, a White House staffer told reporters, “These are actions that we see as in the national interest of the United States. They’re practical steps that we’re taking to find ways to expand support for the Cuban people.”

Another one of the reforms would improve the U.S. Embassy in Havana’s visa processing capacity, which had been harmed due to the mysterious “Havana syndrome” affecting some U.S. diplomats.

According to an aide, “We are working closely with all the relevant bureaus, at the Department of State and across the interagency as well, on plans to investigate and get to the bottom of the anomalous health incidents. As we do so, we are working to increase staff with an appropriate security posture.”

Meanwhile, the decision has been criticized by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, a son of Cuban immigrants, for opening up the United States to a country which has no regard for its citizens.

According to Menendez, “As the Diaz-Canel regime continues its ruthless persecution of countless Cubans from all walks of life for their participation in last year’s pro-democracy uprising, today’s

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Pilot Shortage Has Airlines Scrambling The U.S. is facing its worst pilot shortage in recent history. As a result of the shortage, airlines have been forced to cut flights just as travel picks up following the global COVID-19 pandemic.

To address the shortage, at least one lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is said to be considering legislation to raise the federally-mandated pilot retirement age from 65 to 67 or higher.

According to the Regional Airline Association, about a third of the U.S.’s airline-qualified pilots are between the ages of 51-59, and 13% are expected to retire within five years.

Meanwhile, a regional airline proposed reducing flight-hour requirements before joining a U.S. carrier, and airlines are rethinking training programs so as to lower the barrier to entry

into the field. Earlier this year, Delta Air Lines and other major carriers dropped the four-year-degree requirement from their pilot hiring requirements.

At the same time, some U.S. airlines are recruiting pilots from Australia.

But any solutions are not likely to solve the problem soon.

tired thousands of pilots early when demand for flights dropped. Now, U.S. airlines are seeking over 12,000 pilots combined, this year alone.

Biden Nixes Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales

mate from pollution, we need to end new leasing and phase out existing drilling.”

Frank Macchairola, a top official with the American Petroleum Institute, slammed the cancellation as “another example of the administration’s lack of commitment to oil and gas development in the U.S.”

World’s Longest Flight According to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, “The pilot shortage for the industry is real, and most airlines are simply not going to be able to realize their capacity plans because there simply aren’t enough pilots, at least not for the next five-plus years.”

He added that the airlines United works with have grounded about 150 planes due to the pilot shortage.

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The Biden administration will nix three planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The move effectively halts the potential to sell drilling leases in coastal waters this year.

Department of Interior spokesperson Melissa Schwartz said that the decision stems from a variety of reasons, among them legal obstacles and a lack of interest from oil companies.

According to Schwartz, the Department “will not move forward” with the Cook Inlet sale “due to a lack of industry interest in leasing in the area.”

The two Gulf of Mexico sales will not take place due to “delays due to factors including conflicting court rulings that impacted work on these proposed lease sales.”

The sales were the last under a fiveyear plan to lease federal waters that expires in June. The report added that the current U.S. administration is prepared to let the plan lapse without a new program in place.

According to Kristen Monsell, Oceans Program legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity, the Cook Inlet lease would have opened up drilling in an area home to critically endangered beluga whales and would have likely resulted in hundreds of oil spills over the 40 years of drilling the lease sale would have permitted.

She said, “I’m glad Cook Inlet belugas won’t be forced to face even more oil drilling in their only habitats, but much more must be done to protect these endangered whales from offshore drilling.

To save imperiled marine life and protect coastal communities and our cli-

Don’t you just love flying? The tiny seats; the stuffy cabin; the bathrooms built to barely fit in half a person; the yummy, dried out food; the exciting seatmates leaning – or drooling – on top of you…you get the point.

But what if we told you that you had to endure these indignities for 20 hours straight? Yup, those on the world’s longest flight operated by Qantas Airways will be enjoying these amenities for almost one full day and night.

The airline is set to operate the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight from southeast Australia to New York and London in 2025. It is hoping to recoup monies lost during the pandemic with this unusual offering.

But people willing to go on this never-ending flight will have to shell out for the privilege. Some are predicting that a nonstop option will cost thousands of dollars more than that same flight with one stopover – and that’s in economy class.

Additionally, the “Project Sunrise” flights, which Qantas now plans to start in 2025 after the pandemic delayed their 2023 launch, will place unprecedented physical, mental, and financial demands on passengers.

Still, consider that Qantas’ most profitable international route before the pandemic was a 17-hour flight to London. That may mean that people don’t mind being stuffed like sardines in

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person in the world. That distinction goes to a woman, Sister Andre of Toulon, France, who was verified at being 119 years and 95 days.

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The world’s oldest man is living in Venezuela.

Juan Vincente Mora has officially been crowned by Guinness World Records as the oldest person living (male) – just a few days shy of his 113th birthday.

He is celebrating that major birthday on May 27.

Mora was born in 1909 as one of 10 children, and now has 11 children, 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren. He married his wife in 1937; they were married for 60 years before she passed away.

Mora worked as a farmer for decades before selling his last parcel of land at the age of 104.

He begins each day with a cup of coffee and breakfast with his family. He remains a devoted Catholic and prays daily.

The supercentenarian told Guinness World Records that the most important things he has learned in life are “the love of G-d, the love of family and that we must get up early to work.”

Mora’s predecessor to the most-mature throne was a Spanish man who died on January 18 of this year at the age of 112 years and 341 days.

Still, Mora is not the oldest living

Last week, a Florida man took over the controls of a small airplane in which he was flying after the pilot suffered a medical emergency mid-flight.

Darren Harrison radioed the control tower after he saw that the pilot passed out and then he took over the controls.

“My pilot has gone incoherent,” he told air traffic controllers during the crisis. “I have no idea how to fly the airplane.”

With guidance, Harrison managed to land the plane safely at Palm Beach International Airport.

“Somebody asked me the other day what my heart rate was ... when all of that was going on – and I said probably in the 90s,” he said.

“And they said, what about when it was all over? And I said it was probably 160.”

He said he only realized the enormity of what he did after he was finally on the ground.

“By the time I stopped the plane, that’s when it hit me,” Harrison said. “I

Trail Marshall has now completed his journey.

The North Carolinian has trekked for five months along the 1,175-mile North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail and finished his voyage on May 6.

Believe it or not, “Trail” is not his real name. He began using the moniker two years ago, in June 2020, when he started with a brisk 406-day trek along the Appalachian Trail.

Trail has kept a video journal of his journey and amassed a collection of followers, who see him as an inspiration.

“I get messages from people who are sick or dying,” he told the Outer Banks Voice.

“They just need an encouraging word from me to tell them to keep fighting. A guy sent me a message last night. He’s having major surgery tomorrow. They’re taking out his pancreas and a few other things. I’ve been telling him to keep fighting. I got a message last night, ‘Congratulations on finishing your hike. I’m going to beat this just like you. I’m going to keep fighting.’”

On his last full day of the trip, Trail wrote: “I made the most of it with a beautiful 25-miles hike up the beach and around the Pea Island Wildlife Refuge and then over the terrifying, electrifying, stupefying, high-flying excitement of walking over the Marc Basnight Bridge.

“A three-mile-long masterpiece of art and function that traverses over the Oregon Inlet. Sheer terror for the first mile and then the terror subsided, and awe set in. What a lovely view! For miles... But can I expect anything less from the Outer Banks? The last 70 miles has been nothing short of spectacular!”

Perhaps you’re not familiar with the above expression – and we don’t expect you to be. That’s because it’s a Polish phrase that generally means the equivalent of the English “once in a blue moon.”

Well, this story is one that happens “once in a Russian year.”

You see, last Wednesday, a state trooper in Connecticut was called in to I-84 to help a stranded motorist with a flat tire. But this was no ordinary driver.

The person behind the wheel was none other than former Polish President Lech Walesa.

Even more unbelievable was that the state trooper, Lukasz Lipert, is also originally from Poland.

“Trooper Lipert, a native of Poland, was beyond grateful for the opportunity to help such an influential individual, and briefly speak to him about the history of Poland,” the police department Facebook posting about the incident reads.

Walesa was Poland’s first freely elected president in 63 years after he was elected in 1990. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was in the Constitution State promoting the cause of Ukrainian refugees who have been forced out of their country and now call Poland home.

Lipert said he first thought his fellow officers were playing a joke on him when he was called in to assist on his radio.

“What are the odds there’s going to be a former Polish president on the side of 84 in Tolland,” Lipert told the Hartford Courant.

But after arriving at the scene, he quickly realized it was no prank.

“It was definitely a great opportunity to meet the man who had a voice during those times,” Lipert said. “It was definitely a great experience.”

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A Monumental Partnership

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assau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman joined with Yossi Dagan, Chairman of the Shomron Regional Council (that governs Samaria), last week to sign an Economic and Cultural agreement between Nassau County, Judea, and Samaria.

This agreement will establish a longterm relationship of cooperation and friendship based on the principle of equality in sovereignty with Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize Samaria, which is part of the Jewish homeland.

Samaria is the central region of the

Land of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the North. Nassau County is home to approximately 230,000 Jewish Residents, including some of the largest Synagogues in the United States.

County Executive Blakeman is Nassau’s first Jewish County Executive.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman said, “Today, I was proud to sign a friendship, economic and cultural exchange agreement with Judea and Samaria from Israel.” Blakeman continued, “I want to thank Shomron Regional Chairman Yossi Dagan for traveling to Nassau County to sign this monumental agreement, and

for his leadership and friendship. I look forward to a long and prosperous partnership between our two governments and people.”

Yossi Dagan, Chairman of the Shomron Regional Council, said, “If we work together, we can win. We have the same values, the same enemies and the same ideals. I want to thank County Executive Blakeman for helping to arrange this agreement and for his strong support of Shomron. Today, we are stronger, because together, all of our residents will win.”

“Today we expand and continue building on our strong friendship. It is

my hope that Judea and Samaria will continue to be successful in the strengthening of their way of life. For Nassau County and the Shomron Region, this partnership will enhance trade, security, agriculture, heritage and cultural diversity,” said Legislator Mazi Pilip.

“County Executive Blakeman doing this is so significant. Just saying ‘I support Israel’ is very nice and a good start, but this is called action. Today we say to the over half a million people who live in Judea and Samaria that you are not alone.

We the people of Long Island, of America, we are with you,” said Dov Hikind, former New York State Representative.

BACH’s “Peace Officers Memorial Day” Barbecue

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n National Peace Officers Memorial Day, celebrated this year on May 15, all the synagogues of the barrier island feted the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) for a well-deserved barbecue hosted by the BACH Jewish Center. The timely event occurred on the federally designated day set aside annually to pay tribute to fallen law enforcement officers.

More than 150 people came to show their support and participate in the festivities at the barbecue.

The barbecue featured a delicious traditional kosher fare and presented opportunities for families to engage with the officers sworn to protect their community. Officers from the LBPD brought along some of their vehicles and equipment to show to the event’s youngest attendees.

Afterwards, the BACH youth department expressed their gratitude by handing colorful cards and notes they had prepared in advance. One child drew a picture of her holding an officer’s hand. “Thank you for protecting us,” the note said.

“We are extremely thankful to law enforce-

Rabbi Benny Berlin with Long Beach Police Officers

ment for the safety and security they provide our community, to the officers who put themselves on the frontline every day to serve and protect us,” said BACH leader Rabbi Benny Berlin. “The last few years have brought a tremendous uptick in antisemitic activity across our

state, something which has been quite jarring both as a Jew and a leader of a Jewish community. From their regular provision of additional security for holidays to their local patrol of our streets, the LBPD’s endless service on our behalf has garnered infinite appreciation from the Jewish community in Long Beach as a whole.”

“We’re extremely thankful to the BACH Jewish Center for hosting us this past Sunday,” said Long Beach Police Commissioner Ronald Walsh Jr. “We’re thankful to have such a diverse city and to work with all of our faithbased communal partners. Our team here is inspired by the support and appreciation the community shows to our officers, and it’s a testament to the thriving partnership between the Long Beach Police Department and the Jewish community here in Long Beach.”

To learn more about these programs, please visit the BACH’s Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/BACHJewishCenter) and Instagram pages (https://www.instagram.com/bachjewishcenter/).

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The month of May heralds National Police Week, an annual collaborative effort between organizations and citizens around the country to celebrate America’s law enforcement community. In honor of this important week, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Councilman Chris Carini and the Town Board joined with local police departments to raise the Law Enforcement Memorial Flag on the front steps of Hempstead Town Hall.

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5 Towns Flag Football: Week 6 & 7 Recap

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he last two regular season games were played this week in an amazing double header week of football. Playoffs and the last games take place this coming Friday. In honor of the last regular week, FM Home Loans will be sponsoring sublimated sweatshirts and Ritas for all coaches and officials and, of course, all players in the league. Registration for the fall season of the FM Home Loans Flag Football league is now open, and we are 70% sold out.

The recap of this past week’s games is as follows: In the Pre-1A division, under the direction of Rabbi Jeremy Fine and Coach Leon Mayer , the boys worked on their blitzing and quarterback skills, and they are on the road to being all-star quarterbacks! In the first grade division round one, the Giants defeated the Jets with an awesome touchdown by Elya Dancykier. And the Broncos tied with the patriots. In round 2, the Jets tied the Patriots with an all star interception by Shua Dubin. And the Giants defeated the Bronco.s In the 2nd grade division round one, the Broncos defeated the Giants

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by Aaron Wingrad. The Patriots defeated the Eagles. And the Jets defeated the Vikings.

In round 2, the Patriots defeated the Giants. The Vikings defeated the Eagles with the help of Noah Beals’s fast running and defense. And the Broncos defeated the Jets.

In the 3rd and 4th grade division round one, the Steelers defeated the Broncos. The Dolphins defeated the Seahawks. The Packers defeated the Giants.

The Jets defeated the Panthers. The Falcons defeated the Eagles. The Dolphins defeated the Seahawks. The Raiders defeated the Patriots with a great interception run by Judah Poplack. And the Vikings defeated the Saints.

In round 2, the Falcons defeated the Saints. The Jets defeated the Raiders.

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In the 7th and 8th grade division round one, the Giants defeated the Broncos. The Vikings defeated the Jets. And the Patriots defeated the Eagles with amazing catches by Tzviki Zern. In round 2, the Jets defeated the Broncos.

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Mishmar Launch and State Fair at HANC

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wo exciting events took place this week at HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding’s Elementary School in West Hempstead.

The brand new Mishmar@HANC Program that was held last Wednesday night began as a Shabbat table discussion that focused on the students’ thirst for Torah.

From this conversation, an idea was hatched to provide an opportunity to create memories around Torah L’shma learning for the children and their families.

“The timing worked perfectly because we are in the middle of Pesach and Shavuot, the time of Matan Torah,” noted Rabbi Ouriel Hazan, Head of HANC’s West Hempstead campuses. “Initially, we thought we would have one of our Rebbeim create beautiful source

sheets for the children to work on with their parents.

We would start the evening with a great story that highlights our Torah values. This story would begin the discussion among the children and their parents regarding what these values mean to them. Afterwards, we would eat some delicious food and raffle off some great prizes.

While we only expected forty students and their parents to show up on a weeknight, in typical West Hempstead style, the crowd that arrived exceeded our expectations.”

The next day, the fifth grade students brought social studies to life at the annual State Fair. Since January, when each child selected a state that they wanted to learn more about, the students researched many aspects about that state.

From the information they gathered, the students utilized their technology skills to create a virtual poster which contained general facts about their state. The children also created a travel brochure for visitors to their state, which included maps, attractions, landmarks, historical sites and famous people from that state. In Language Arts, they wrote an original poem that also included unique aspects about their state. In addition, this cross-curricular project included a handmade topographical map which they created from paper mache in Art Class and painted it to highlight the mountains, waterways and forests.

On the day of the State Fair, all of the children came

Hachnasat Kallah at Shulamith

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n Shulamith School for Girls, the eighth grade learned the mitzvah of tzedaka followed by hachnasat kallah, providing for a bride. In order to put both of those mitzvot to practice, Morah Shoshana Fischman, the eighth grade halacha teacher, invited Mrs. Penina Rabinowitz, who runs Matnas Chaya L’kallah, a subdivision of Yad Batya L’Kallah, to come speak to the girls.

Mrs. Rabinowitz explained to the girls how she started her division of the organization, which donates thirty boxes filled with essential kitchen items every month and how she keeps it running. The girls listened attentively as she described the way brides are able to remain anonymous and how beautifully they are pro-

vided for without compromising on dignity. At the end of the talk, the Shulamith girls presented Mrs. Rabinowitz with several bags filled with new household kitchen items that she will box and distribute to the brides in need. Items include peelers, cutting boards, knives and various other essential tools that enable a bride to create a functioning kitchen and begin her new life with one less thing to buy.

The Shulamith girls learned a lot, but even more than that, they were filled with a great sense of purpose and joy in being able to help brides build their homes. May these beautiful Shulamith girls continue to give and practice the halachot that they learn.

to school dressed up to represent their state birds, bugs, or foods. Others dressed up as famous people who came from their states. All of the costumes were creative, and some were cleverly homemade. The children arrived dressed up as: Benjamin Franklin, an Amish man, a cactus, maple syrup, a bushel of oranges, Mr. Monopoly, a hot dog, a ladybug, Mickey Mouse and even a very fashionable attendee all dressed up for the Kentucky Derby – just to name a few. As they entered the lobby, patriotic music was playing to set the tone for the day.

When asked to reflect on his experience in preparing for this big event, fifth grader Eli Pfeifer commented, “I learned about nine websites that gave me information about my state, Washington, and I learned how to put in a lot of details on my projects to convince other people to visit my state. I had fun!” His mother, Chana Pfeifer, added, “It was so lovely to see how excited Eli was to do his State Fair project about my home state of Washington. He was eager to do the research and prepare his travel brochure. It was awesome! The clay model of Washington that he made was majestic.”

HANC wishes to thank Mrs. Caryn Cohen for coordinating this fabulous event and Rabbi Bashevkin for his help in bringing Mishmar to fruition. Special thanks to Mrs. Naomi Fredman and Morah Aimee Goldenberg for their assistance with the technological aspects of the program, and Mrs. Rachel Brandler for helping the children create their topographical maps in Art class.

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These Darchei boys ran a bake sale on Sunday afternoon with all proceeds going to YDT

Inter-Yeshiva Science Congress at HALB

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ach year, HALB hosts the Inter-Yeshiva Science Congress at our Hirt Family Campus. This year, nine yeshivas from the tri-state area participated. Each middle school was allowed to present five science projects, and participating students presented their research to two judges during the competition, whether as a group or individually. The judges were impressed by the level of research by participating middle schoolers, and a good time was had by all.

Mr. Peter Wiehl, the coordinator, remarked, “Students were so well prepared, and they could not wait to share

their research findings with the judges.

What a terrific group of students!”

It was exciting to see all the budding scientists in our yeshiva community!

Supporting Israel at Young Israel of Jamaica Estates

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om Ha’atzmaut was celebrated in festive style at YIJE. In true Israeli form, there was BBQ and plenty of music and fun for adults and kids. Youth Director Jacob Herskowitz kept the children laughing and dancing with crafts, music and games, plus the surprise breakout of YIJE’s 35th annual Color War games. Parents and grandparents were also on hand to socialize and join the fun.

Support of Medinat Yisrael continued on Sunday when YIJE families came together for another successful Family Mitzvah Morning! Children and parents decorated bags and filled them with healthy snacks for the soldiers in the IDF Golani unit protecting and ensuring the safety of the people and holy sites in Hebron. These bags will be delivered

to YIJE member Aytan Waxman and his fellow soldiers through the Hebron Fund. The entire year of Mitzvah Mornings was coordinated by Yael Schreiber and this week’s Hebron Fund program

was sponsored by Olivia and Uri Rozic in honor of son Daniel’s bar mitzvah.

Support for the state of Israel and its defense continues Sunday, May 29th with the annual YIJE L’Chaim 5K Run/

Walk for Israel. To sign up or sponsor the run and for more information about programs and upcoming events at YI Jamaica Estates, go to www.YIJE.org.

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Touro University Celebrates 2022 Valedictorians

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ouro University today announced the valedictorians of three undergraduate schools, Lander College for Men, Lander College for Women and Lander College of Arts and Sciences in Flatbush.

Yonaton Rubin, Chana Schochet, Adelle Perkelvaid and Yisroel Fishman will be honored at Touro’s commencement ceremony to be held on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.

In total, 512 students will graduate from Touro’s Lander College for Women, Lander College of Arts and Sciences in Flatbush and Lander College for Men, while 119 students will graduate from Machon L’Parnasa and The School of Lifelong Education. The 2022 graduating class includes seniors from 13 states across the United States, and 6 foreign countries.

Chana Schochet, Valedictorian, Lander College for Women, The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School, Manhattan, NY This fall, Chana Schochet will begin medical school at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. It will be part of her long-term effort to create something positive out of a great tragedy. When Chana was 11, her mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She struggled with it for four years.

Through her exposure to hospi-

tals and illness, Chana learned the value of medical research and health care. A careful decision-maker, Chana explored several facets of healthcare before settling on medicine.

She did internships in cancer research at both the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Weizmann Institute in Israel; she taught science at the high school level in New York City and is currently working as a medical assistant in upstate New York.

Chana grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of a small, close-knit Jewish community. At Lander College for Women, she was delighted to find small, thought-provoking classes, supportive faculty, and great friends.

“I came into Lander wideeyed and not sure on what I wanted to do with my career.

Touro gave me a clear message-there are people who believe in you and will help you as you navigate your way toward finding your best self,” she said.

Adelle Perkelvaid, Valedictorian, Lander College of Arts and Sciences Women’s Division, Flatbush, Brooklyn Adelle Perkelvaid has been shadowing dentists and orthodontists since she was in high school. “I fell in love with the patient interaction and the mechanics,” she said. Right now, she is applying to dental school

and preparing for a rewarding career.

Adelle interned at a research lab at the National Institutes of Health, where she developed strong relationships with principal investigators who continue to mentor her. However, her first and best role models are her parents, who run an endocrinology practice together and share the experience with their family. Adele grew up volunteering in the office and seeing the impact of quality care.

Although internships, shadowing and schoolwork could keep her busy, Adelle makes time for community service.

She has volunteered for Bikur Cholim, Chai Lifeline, and Shaarei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. A biology honors major, Adelle was selected for the honors society at Lander College of Arts and Sciences.

Yisroel Fishman, Valedictorian, Lander College of Arts and Sciences Men’s Division, Flatbush, Brooklyn It is no surprise that Yisroel Fishman is planning a career in psychology. He has always been dedicated to helping people. As the oldest of many siblings, he is accustomed to pitching in and skilled at connecting with people. “During the pandemic I observed how people’s mental health suffered, and I decided I want to be part of efforts to improve mental health in the long run,” he said.

Left to right: Yisroel Fishman, Yonaton Rubin, Chan Schochet, and Adelle Perkelvaid

A psychology honors major, Yisroel is already conducting research in the field of relational communications — the study of how people in relationships communicate with one another. He plans to earn a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and hopes to go into practice and become a professor as well. He recently won first prize for his research at Brooklyn College’s 2022 Science Research Day. Yisroel began building connections as soon as he arrived at Touro. He introduced himself to faculty and staff and promptly found mentors. He also started the Touro Free Tutoring Chat Q&A, a text service for students who need quick answers to academic questions.

Yonaton Rubin, Valedictorian, Lander College for Men, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens Beneath Yonaton Rubin’s low-key demeanor is a highly

motivated scholar and an astute legal mind. In his first semester, Yonaton excelled in an upper-level course on the Supreme Court and the Constitution. The practical experience with legal writing, arguing and reading solidified his desire to become a lawyer.

Yonaton’s ambition led him to go the extra mile throughout his time at Lander College for Men. In writing research papers, he not only evaluated current literature, he developed his own theory and then designed original research to test it. He combines his academic drive with a passion for helping others. While waiting to start law school, he is working as an educational aide at Ari Crown Hebrew Day School in Chicago. “If you want to change the world, education can be the most powerful tool,” he said.

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YOSS ECC S.T.E.M. Lessons are Growing

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ach year in spring, the children at YOSS ECC begin planting as they learn about all the parts of a plant and flower and the ways we can help plants grow. This year, we took our S.T.E.M program to the next level.

We have added new flower beds to our outdoor Discovery Pavilion, the boys donned their planting gloves, and used their shovels and rakes to plant green beans, tomatoes, corn and flowers.

Thank you for the PTA for donating the flowers and plants.

Looking forward to watching this new program grow.

World ORT Delegates Meet in Israel

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elegates from across the globe will be convening next week in Israel for the World ORT General Assembly (GA) – their first in-person gathering after a two-and-a-half year hiatus. The event will include a celebratory dinner, speakers and panelists in three different locations.

Dr. Conrad Giles, World ORT President, will open the event at the Renaissance Hotel in Tel Aviv. “Since our 140th anniversary in 2020 was cancelled due to covid, we’re overjoyed to be back and seeing everyone after a very challenging, yet extremely fruitful, two years,” Giles said.

The full, three-day program consists of exciting, eye-opening presentations, as well as panel discussions featuring World ORT students from across the spectrum of Israeli society. In addition to video greetings from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai, the keynote speaker, will touch upon World ORT’s incomparable contribution to the country, providing education and teaching skills that enable students, many of them disadvantaged, to lead successful, meaningful lives.

Providing a peek into one of World ORT’s international programs, Ellis Falkof, the president of ORT South Africa, will relate how students from the underdeveloped township of Soweto went on to win second place in a prestigious high-tech competition and in the pro-

Shevach Inspired by Shemittah-Observant Farmer

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n Erev Shabbos, Parshas Emor, Shevach students were treated to an address by Avichai Koch, a shemittah observant farmer in the south of Israel. Complete with a PowerPoint presentation, Mr. Koch explained how the concept of emunah is transferred to the reality on the ground (literally) on a shemittah farm. The financial burden of Shemittah is significant. That is where miracles are seen on a day-to-day basis.

And Avichai and his family have experienced those miracles.

Complicating matters is the fact that the moshav on which Mr. Koch lives is four miles from the Gaza border. He and his family therefore need to be constantly vigilant to protect the farm which consists of acres of greenhouses

and fields. That is not an easy task. The government, with its Iron Dome equipment, is always on the alert for infractions. Here, again, his emunah is called into play. And he is not disappointed.

The Shevach students and staff alike were left with a new appreciation of what it means to be a true maamin, and live every day with the bitachon that they learn about in the classrooms. Kudos to Mr. Heshy Greenberg, who is his project manager here in the U.S. He has made it possible for students in a myriad of schools to hear and be inspired by Avichai Koch. It truly was a privilege to hear the story of Avichai Koch, and, by extension, all shemittah observant farmers in Israel today.

cess, gained knowledge and confidence for their future.

A roster of speakers will describe the expansion of World ORT’s footprint in Latin America and how, building on decades of success in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, and Uruguay, it plans to welcome a new affiliate school in Costa Rica.

One of the lessons learnt from COVID-19 and its fallout is the need to support students’ mental health and well-being. GA participants will hear from Daniel Tysman, head of World ORT’s Education Department, together with other contributors how World ORT is taking those insights to the next level.

On the following days, the GA will move to two centers of World ORT operations in Israel’s periphery – Kiryat Yam and the Kfar Silver youth village. At the new D. Dan and Betty Kahn STEAM Center at the Rodman School in Kiryat Yam, Mayor David Even-Tzur will expound on the ripple effect World ORT is creating in his northern city. Participants will have the chance to interact with World ORT students, and see firsthand how, from kindergarten age, they receive a head start enabling them to gain the necessary skills and knowledge so that they can pursue a successful career in their area of interest.

The following day, the delegation will head due south to the Kfar Silver youth village located just eight miles from the

Gaza border. The village caters to youths from challenging backgrounds and situations, most of whom are new immigrants or from immigrant families. Kfar Silver CEO Amos Gofer and Dr. Moshe Leiba, World ORT’s Kadima Mada’s chief pedagogical and R&D officer, will provide an overview of the village’s life-changing role on students – including a recent contingent of refugee teens from Ukraine.

Here, too, participants will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with students and witness firsthand the incredible work World ORT is doing to provide hope and prosperity.

Dan Green, who became Director General and CEO of World ORT shortly before the onset of the pandemic, expressed his delight at the opportunity for the World ORT family to get together, receive updates regarding global operations and celebrate the many successes of those operations.

5 Towns Sports

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he spring season of 5 Towns Sports and Hustle & Heart FM Home Loans soccer league is having a great season with playoffs just underway. This Sunday, the league had a double header where all players were treated with ice cream from an ice cream truck between games! Can’t wait for our

final week, May 29, when all players will receive a trophy.

The league will be back in September for our fall semester. The league is comprised of an all-girl soccer league for girls in 1st- 8th grade and a boys league from ages 4 to 2nd grade.

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Around the Community The ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade talmidim of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo enjoyed an extended Shabbos upstate at the Yeshiva’s Camp Oraysa last week.

On Friday, the talmidim enjoyed shiurim from maggidei shiur.

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Rav Meir Safdieh

Rav Shimon Dov Notis

Rav Yitzchok Hauer

YCQ Appoints Rabbi Joshua Rohr as Elementary School Assistant Principal of Judaic Studies

Please tell us about your career trajectory.

My career trajectory has been steady.

I entered the field of Jewish education fifteen years ago with hopes of being able to influence and inspire as many students as possible. Baruch Hashem, I think I’ve been successful. As the years went on, I was able to teach more students per day and handle more responsibilities. Administration has always been a goal because it presents the biggest opportunity for influence. As an administrator, you’re not only dealing with students, but with teachers, families, and co-workers.

HAFTR, he has taken a keen interest in my professional growth – encouraging me from my first day on the job until today. I’ve learned a tremendous amount from the assistant principals I have worked for – Rabbi Sadigh, Rabbi Eisenberg, and Rabbi Ribalt. I have also been blessed to have wonderful relationships with the two General Studies Assistant Principals who have been at YCQ during my time – Mr. Larry Cohen, a”h, and Mrs. Melissa Cohen (not related). My colleagues have been very supportive, and I have learned so much from each of them.

I thank the hundreds of students I have had the zechus of teaching throughout the years. If not for them, I wouldn’t be here. I would not have been successful without the unwavering encouragement of my wife, Jessica. She has lifted me up during moments when I was down and kept me grounded when I’ve started to float. I have been able to dedicate time, energy, and passion to my work, due to her ability to handle so many of the responsibilities at home. My children – Adina, Akiva, Ahron, Tani, and Nahva – are my biggest fans. My parents and inlaws have been significantly enthusiastic.

I am grateful to them all.

Who are your mentors, people you’d like to thank, and why?

I thank Hashem. I know that He has been guiding me on this path from the beginning and all my success has been because of Him. ​Baruch Hashem, I have also been fortunate to have many mentors and people who helped me along the way. Since I was a student of Rabbi Landsman from his teaching days at

What is your favorite part of creating Judaic curriculum?

My favorite part is considering the impact it is going to have on the students. I approach curriculum development with the mindset that, while we are focusing on educating students and providing them with the skills, values, and knowledge to live Torah lives, we are also planting seeds that will carry on through future

An Interview with Rabbi Rohr

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he Yeshiva of Central Queens has announced that Rabbi Joshua Rohr will join the YCQ Administration as Assistant Principal of Judaic Studies for the Elementary School, effective July 1, 2022. The Search Committee, Board of Education, and Board of Trustees commended his fourteen years of dedication, energy, and passion for maintaining high standards of academic excellence at YCQ, and his warm relationships with the entire school community.

generations. It is Hashem’s Torah that we are trying to teach, and curriculum needs to be developed so that students not only learn what they need to learn but also “buy into the system.” The challenge and creativity of developing curriculum is also fun and motivating.

When and why did you decide to become a Judaic educator?

It was some time during my first year in Israel after high school. I don’t remember any seminal moment, but I do remember thinking that I am going into chinuch, and there was nothing that was going to change my mind. I think my motivation was based on a realization I had around that time, that my high school experiences could have been so different had I been taught differently. My rebbeim and teachers were great, but I never felt inspired. I decided that I wanted to go back and inspire the students in a way that I was not.

Where have you found inspiration throughout your own education?

I find inspiration everywhere.

Whether it’s in my own personal Torah learning, reading about inspiring rabbis and teachers, or talking with other people, I believe that someone looking for inspiration can find it in anything. I have also learned from, and been motivated by, the works of Brene Brown and Adam Grant.

What are you most looking forward to in your new role?

I’m looking forward to developing new relationships, helping people grow into better versions of themselves, and

moving YCQ into an even better place. I am also excited for my own growth. New challenges bring new opportunities, and I hope that this new opportunity will help me grow and become a better person.

Knicks, Nets, or YU Maccabees?

That’s a tough one! I grew up a disappointed Knicks fan in the ‘90s, my sons are now Nets fans, we all got on the Macs bandwagon this past winter, but my heart is now with the YCQ Wildcats.

Which parsha speaks to you as an education administrator?

I believe that the Torah speaks to every human experience, and one can find guidance, inspiration, and motivation in any parsha with the proper analysis.

The story of Yosef has always resonated with me. His innate sense of leadership, resilience, and unwavering hope are characteristics that are necessary for any leader. He had the vision and foresight to intuit the needs of others and save the world, coupled with the humility to acknowledge that all his successes were due to Hashem’s help. Vision, foresight, intuition, and humility are all traits that good leaders have, and that I hope to cultivate in myself.

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BUILDING BLOCKS OF ETERNITY Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s new capital project will encompass a Mesivta Beis Medrash and its first-ever Residence Hall.

BEIS MEDRASH + CLASSROOM BUILDING Will serve 500 talmidim in grades 8-11 34,200 Total square feet 4 Stories 5200 sq. feet Beis Hamedrash for Mesivta 15 Classrooms

RESIDENCE HALL Will serve 271 talmidim in Mesivta & Yeshiva Gedolah 43,000 Total square feet 4 Stories 68 Dormitory Rooms 271 Beds 4 Student Lounges

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T H E S E V I S I O N A R I E S H AV E A L R E A DY S T E P P E D F O R WA R D . W I L L YO U J O I N T H E M ?

MR. & MRS. BERISH & HANNAH FUCHS

THE BIVETSKY FAMILY SHAAR HATORAH

MR. & MRS. YUSSIE & SUSAN OSTREICHER

RESIDENCE HALL AND TORAH CENTER

‫ה ליב ע”ה‬-‫לע”נ שלום ראובן בן ארי‬

MESIVTA BEIS MEDRASH BUILDING

ANONYMOUS

MESIVTA BEIS MEDRASH

ANONYMOUS Residence Hall Cornerstone

ANONYMOUS

‫לע”נ נחמן יהודה בן יעקב דוד ע”ה‬ ‫ואשתו לאה בת יהודה אשר ע”ה‬ ‫ולע”נ יעקב ליב בן שלמה ע”ה‬ MR. & MRS. MOTTY & HADASSA JACOBOWITZ

Beis Medrash Vestibule Entrance

MR. & MRS. URI & ESTHER KAUFMAN

‫לע”נ הרה”ג ר‘ דוד בן הרב אברהם בנדר זצ”ל‬ ‫והרבנית בתיה חיה בת הרב יעקב הלוי ז”ל‬ ‫לע”נ זעליג בן מרדכי ע”ה‬ ‫לע”נ משה אלעזר בן נטע שלום ע”ה‬ ‫לע”נ דוד בן משה ע”ה‬ ‫הר‘ משה נתן בן יחזקאל ע”ה‬ ‫וישראל בן אברהם ע”ה‬ ‫ לע”נ‬The children, bochurim,

and all 45 neshamos of the Miron tragedy, Lag Baomer 5781

Dedicated by Mr. & Mrs. Yaakov & Rivky Jacobovitch

MR. & MRS. CHAIM & BRACHA SCHULHOF MR. & MRS. NISSAN & SARAH GITTY PROFESORSKE

‫לע”נ ישראל הלוי לעווין ע”ה‬ ‫ואלישבע בתיה קפלן ע”ה‬

Dedication of Rosh Kollel’s Office

Promenade Vestibule

‫לע”נ חוה בת דב ע”ה‬

Entranceway to Mesivta Beis Medrash Building

Camp Oraysa Sports Complex

THE BLOOM FAMILY

‫לע”נ ר‘ ישראל‬ ‫בן ר‘ בנימין הכהן ע”ה‬

MR. & MRS. CHAIM SHOLOM & RIVKY LEIBOWITZ Associate Dean’s Office

THE SCHRON FAMILY

MEMORIAL EXHIBIT TO THE YESHIVOS OF PREWAR EUROPE

GYMNASIUM WING

MR. & MRS. BENZION & MIRIAM HEITNER

MR. & MRS. DOVID & LEAH BRECHER

MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN & JUDY LANDA

MR. & MRS. YITZCHOK & SHOSHANA GANGER

MR. & MRS. SHMULI & MIRIAM MENDEL

Sha’ar of New Beis Medrash

‫לע”נ משה אריה בן שמואל יצחק‬ ‫הלוי פריעדמן ז”ל‬

MR. & MRS. NACHUM & HENNY FUTERSAK

Basketball Court in Elementary School Gym

Dedication Wall Mesivta Beis Medrash Building

MR. & MRS. CHAIM & ROCHELLA TREITEL

MR. & MRS. NASSAN & DEVORAH TREITEL

Gymnasium Wing

Preschool Cornerstone

MR. & MRS. ALON & CHANIE GOLDBERGER

MR. & MRS. NACHMAN & ESTHER GOODMAN Entrance of Beis Medrash Building

Sha’ar of New Beis Medrash

MR. & MRS. MENASH & MIMI ORATZ

DEDICATED ANONYMOUSLY

NAYMAN FAMILY

Lobby, Mesivta Beis Medrash Building

Cornerstone, Mesivta Beis Medrash Building

Ner Tamid

In Memory of Mrs. Marta Schron ‫ע” ה‬

MR. & MRS. MOTTY & HADASA MENDELSOHN

DR. & MRS. YOSSI & ZIVIA SCHWARTZ

MR. & MRS. URI & DEVORAH DREIFUS

DEDICATION OF CAMP ORAYSA CAMPUS

MESIVTA OTZAR HASEFORIM

MR. & MRS. SHIA & ELANA OSTREICHER Beis Medrash Building Vestibule

Mr. & Mrs. Tzali & Chana Shira Gutman Mr. & Mrs. Simcha & Shani Applegrad Mr. & Mrs. Ari & Aliza Haas Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Paula Bokow Mr. & Mrs. Moshie & Naomi Horn Mr. & Mrs. Berel & Sherry Daskal Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo & Kayla Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Binyomin & Leah Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Menachem & Elisheva Jacobowitz Mr. & Mrs. Naftoli & Chani Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai & Shana Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Mimi Fragin Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Tamar Landy Mr. & Mrs. Evan & Chaya Sara Genack Mr. & Mrs. Yosef & Vivi Moskowitz Rabbi & Rebbetzen Chaim Aryeh Zev & Avigail Ginzberg Mr. & Mrs. Yitzy & Rivky Orbach Mr. & Mrs. Samuel & Beverly Goldberger Mr. & Mrs. Ephram & Ilana Ostreicher

THE K TEAM

Plumbing Training Center Dedicated

‫לע”נ אברהם שלמה בן יחיאל מיכל הכהן ז”ל‬ ‫לע”נ הר‘ אברהם בן הר‘ חיים מנחם בן ציון זצ”ל‬ ALL BORO CONSTRUCTION

Mr. & Mrs. Mutty & Bracha Ribowsky Mr. & Mrs. David & Sima Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Dovid & Chani Roll Dr. & Mrs. Zvi & Dina Schreiber Mr. & Mrs. David & Debbie Seltzer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Stephani Serotta Mr. & Mrs. Marvin & Judy Sigler Mr. & Mrs. Morris & Devora Smith Mr. & Mrs. Yehuda & Mindy Zachter

Get in on the ground floor of this monumental project.

To choose from a wide selection of sponsorships at all levels, please contact: Rabbi Zev Bald 718.868.2300 ext. 232 zbald@darchei.org Rabbi Baruch Rothman 718.868.2300 ext. 406 brothman@darchei.org

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Scenes from the Young Israel of Woodmere Dinner This Week

PHOTOS BY IRA THOMAS

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Shulamith held a parlor meeting on Monday evening, May 16 at the home of Benji and Adina Goldstein to kick off the campaign for their tribute dinner honoring Mrs. Joyce Yarmak, founding principal

BBY Shemittah Fair

Rep. Meng Joins Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.

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.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, joined Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog for a celebration commemorating Israeli Independence Day. The event, hosted last Thursday night by the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., took place at the National Building Museum located in the nation’s capital.

“It was an honor to join Ambassador Herzog in celebrating Israel’s 74th Independence Day and I look forward

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fter spending an entire school year focused on the halachos and lessons of shemittah, this week, Bnos Bais Yaakov held a gala Shemittah Fair! The fair was designed, constructed and run by class 8B under the direction of Mrs. Risa Gross and Morah Ayala Klein.

And what a fair it was! The girls created booths representing various dinim and concepts related to shemittah, and all classes in grades 3-8 had a chance to enjoy the carnival. Some of the many booths included a potato sack race, a “Hands-Off” race (because shemittah keeps us from thinking that “kochi v’otzem yadi asah li es hachayil hazeh,”) a pennies in the flour race (because during shemittah [and always!] in Hashem we trust!) a Fluff ‘n Chips contest (to remind us to appreciate hidden nissim), and, of course, a hayride!

The girls also viewed videos about shemittah, including an incredible sto-

to continuing to work with him,” said Meng. “Our two great countries share an unbreakable bond, and I was thrilled to wish our dear ally and friend a joyous Yom Ha’atzmaut.”

Torah Miles at YOSS

ry of hashgacha pratis in which keeping shemittah actually thwarted a major terrorist attack!

Yasher koach to Mrs. Gross, Morah Klein and class 8B on a job well done.

Thank you to our incredible PTA for sponsoring the hayride, and to Rabbi Mandel for always helping behind the scenes!

Did you know?

50 billion hamburgers get eaten every year in the U.S.

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his past week, Yeshiva of South Shore held its annual Torah Miles sale for grades 4 through 8. The students earn miles by focusing on three areas: 1) Bachurei Chemed: being recognized by their rebbeim and teachers for showing exceptional middos tovos; 2) Vacation Learning: any time spent learning during vacation earns miles; and 3)

Parsha Pro: scoring well on their weekly parsha tests which focuses on Yedios Klaliyos of the Parsha.

The students couldn’t wait to cash in their miles. Special thanks to Rabbi Greenberg, 6th grade rebbe in the yeshiva, for spearheading program, and his class for setting up and running the Torah Miles sale.

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Avichai, a farmer from Eretz Yisrael, presented his inspirational story of how he became a Shomer Sheviis at Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island this week

Proper Writing Skills at BBY Preschool

Rav Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s Kollel Tirtza Devorah, with Rav Moshe Oustatcher, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Ohr HaTorah in Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Through the global Adopt-A-Kollel project, Darchei’s Kollel yungeleit, alumni and mispallelim have adopted this kollel in Eretz Yisrael, committing to recurring monthly financial contributions.

YSZ’s fourth grade rebbi, Rabbi Bronstein, was in Eretz Yisroel last weekend and davened at various mikomos ha’Kedoshim where he had his YSZ talmidim in mind

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BY Preschool was fortunate to have Mrs. Shani Goodman, an occupational therapist with over thirty years of experience, visit Bnos Bais Yaakov to share her expertise with our moros and students. Mrs. Goodman visited each Pre-1A class and observed the students during their writing center time. She modeled for, and coached the moros in, the use of a technique to teach a correct pencil grip. Mrs. Goodman shared strategies that teachers can easily incorporate in class to help students achieve proper writing skills.

Mrs. Goodman also gave an informative workshop to the preschool moros, instructing them on how to facilitate the acquisition of age-appropriate pre-writing and graphomotor skills. She explained that a correct grip is important because incorrect grips are more fatiguing to the hand. Mrs. Goodman also demonstrated how the use of certain materials, such as broken crayons or small markers, can encourage and reinforce a healthy pencil grip. She also discussed the importance of correct body positioning and the relationship between visual

tracking and writing. Then, she offered exercises and materials for the teachers’ use in the classroom to support the girls’ dexterity.

Our moros left enriched and empowered to better help their students develop healthy writing skills. Thank you, Mrs. Goodman, for sharing your vast expertise with us!

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EVERY PERSON IN EVERY PLACE — YOUR VOIC

say no to the state regulatiing chinuch

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We cannot allow government bureaucrats to come in and tell us how and what we should be teaching our children.

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NYS does not recognize the educational value of Limudei Kodesh.

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NYS opens the door for education bureaucrats to impose curricular requirements that are antithetical to our values and way of life.

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NYS allows anyone who claims they have a “grievance,” even if they did not attend the school, to challenge a finding that a school meets the government’s standards.

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NYS considers students in “non-equivalent” schools truant. Penalties to parents can even include jail time.

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YOSS Visits the Police Station

SKA Goes to the Met

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By: Sara Erlbaum, Meira Schreier and Tehila Cohen

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he SKA Girls RISE (Reach with Independent learning, Scholars and Enriching Experiences) program provides an exciting educational platform for students who are interested in exploring academic opportunities outside of the classroom. Students are able to delve deeply into their area of interest with visiting scholars, special trips, guided reflections and independent learning.

Under the guidance of Dr. Chana Glatt, SKA’s Science Department Chair, RISE has been tremendously successful over the past three years and has greatly augmented the educational experiences of its members. In the past year alone, students have physically visited the Van Gogh Experience, virtually visited the Manhattan Project, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and joined the virtual lobbying mission to Albany. An exciting Academic Adventures trip to Six Flags is planned for later this month.

The students of RISE also developed independent projects in various disciplines such as STEM, learning a language, Tanach, and Torah She’baal Peh, and attended numerous speakers and scholars in SKA and in their local communities. In the girls’ RISE Final

Presentation at the end of the year, each student will join with family and friends to present her most meaningful RISE experience.

The students of RISE were privileged to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, April 4. Accompanied

by SKA faculty member Ms. Sara Meira Weissman, the girls spent much of their time at the museum exploring the Egyptian collection and discussing the connection to Jewish history which could be found in the relics.

It was intriguing to link the pharaohs of ancient Egypt displayed in the exhibit to slaves from other nationalities before and after the Jews were enslaved in Egypt, especially in the days before Pesach. The girls were fascinated as the tour guide brought proof validating the historical exhibits in the museum.

Thanks go to Dr. Glatt for organizing the trip and to Ms. Weissman for chaperoning.

t was our best day ever!”

“Did you see the police horse and police dog?”

“We got to sit on a real police motorcycle!”

“The inside of the police ambulance had so much cool stuff.”

“I got to spar with the policemen learning self-defense.”

“The bomb squad gear really caught my eye!

These comments were overheard after our visit to the Nassau County Police Academy. The second graders at YOSS en-

joyed the hands-on learning experience and discussions with New York’s finest.

The boys have been learning about being a good citizen. As a culmination activity, they went on a trip to the police station and learned how the police protect its citizens. They learned all about EMTs, firefighters, and police. The second graders were in awe of all the different things the police do to help keep citizens safe. The classes now have a deeper appreciation for those who serve and protect.

MBA Varsity Champions – YFR Tigers Win!

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his past Sunday night marked the ending of the Mesivta Basketball Association’s Varsity season. Seven yeshivas were represented at the start of the season, meeting weekly at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov’s state-of-the-art Shaulson Gymnasium for kosher, competitive basketball every Sunday evening. The two remaining teams were the Cinderella-story, #4 seed YFR Tigers and the dominant, #2 seed YST Stars. An incredible matchup and competitive game, in the end, Coach David Klein led his YFR Tigers to a sweet victory, 45-41.

Both teams came out strong in the first half, with YFR led by Daniel Kahn, who had a team high of 17 points. At the closing of the half, YFR had a solid 24-17 lead over the Stars. In the second half, YST regrouped and closed the margin, even

taking the lead by 3 at one point. But the Tigers would not be surmounted and regained control and kept it until the final buzzer.

“This was a particularly exciting sea-

son,” commented Mr. Zack Kessler, Commissioner of the League. “The level of talent was extraordinary. Really any of the final 4 teams could’ve been champions.”

Modeled after the successful Mesivta

Football League (MFL), the League follows a Torahdik hashkafa and maintains guidelines that reflect those of b’nei Torah.

Rabbi Yossi Bennett, S’gan Menahel at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov and organizer of the League, remarked, “I believe the novelty of this League is the camaraderie and community spirit it engenders. Boys from other schools often come early or stay late to watch the other games being played that evening.”

The League congratulates the YFR Tigers and thanks all the participating schools – players, coaches, administrators and fans – for helping make this season so successful.

For more information about the Mesivta Basketball Association, visit their website at mesivtabasketball.com or email mesivtabasketball@gmail.com.

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Rambam Mesivta Celebrates 30 Years

Fran and Dr. Marc Sicklick - Grandparents of the Year, County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Chris Stefan - Man of the Year, Sheya Landa, Rosh Mesivta Rabbi Zev Friedman, Stewart and Jessica Koenigsberg - Guests of Honor, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, principal, and Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal - MC

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ongregation Kneseth Israel, the White Shul, was the scene of Rambam Mesivta’s 30th Annual Dinner this past Sunday evening. Stew and Jessica Koenigsberg, Dr. Marc and Fran Sicklick, and Chris Stefan were the chosen honorees. The Koenigsbergs were the Guests of Honor, the Sicklicks were Grandparents of the Year, and Chris Stefan was the Man of the Year.

All the honorees were lauded and applauded!

Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal served as the Master of Ceremonies and introduced Rosh HaMesivta, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, who spoke about and presented awards to each of the honorees. Rabbi Friedman mentioned that all yeshivas today serve as surrogates to the parents who have the obligation of transmitting our Torah heritage directly to their progeny. “According to halacha, the appointed agent must be aligned with those that send them, they cannot and should not act in a manner which is contrary to the wishes of those who appointed them.

The Koenigsbergs are wonderful parents and partners and always cooperate with the school in terms of doing what is best for Dovid who is an outstanding student in the 10th grade,” said Rabbi Friedman.

Speaking of the grandparents of the year, the Sicklicks, he said, “The obligation to perpetuate our Mesorah applies to grandparents as well, and the Sicklicks, in addition to long-standing stalwarts in the Jewish community, serve as wonderful role models that provide

guidance to their children and grandchildren.”

Before presenting the Man of the Year award to Chris Stefan, Rabbi Friedman described him as a man who exemplifies honesty, integrity, consistency, and loyalty. He spoke of Rambam’s long-standing relationship with Chris, and his words were echoed in proclamations that were later presented by Mayor Alex Edelman and Village Administrator Judge Ronald Goldman.

All three honorees mentioned that they were humbled by the award and spoke about the personal, wonderful experiences they had with Rambam.

Principal Rabbi Yotav Eliach outlined the unique aspects and accomplishments of Rambam over the past 30 years.

“Our graduates are overrepresented in Semicha programs, Jewish community leadership positions and a large variety of professional areas. They are known for their Torah commitment and the love of Medinat Yisrael. The school has been fortunate to have been awarded the coveted Blue Ribbon award twice in the past five years.

“It is the only independent boys’ high school in the country that has ever won this award,” said Rabbi Eliach.

Following the program, a brief video about Rambam’s future, new 38,000 square-foot home was shown. The building will be ready for the next academic school year.

Dessert and Maariv capped off a wonderful and enjoyable evening.

5TLL Week 5

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he weather was perfect for another great Sunday of 5TLL baseball and soccer! This week, the boys showed off their throwing ability in our pitching velocity competition measured by our radar gun. Dovy Gordon led the league with a 59 MPH pitch! “Walk-Off” was the theme of the day as a few games ended in WALK-OFF Fashion!

Thank you to FM Home Loans and all our amazing team sponsors!

K/P Baseball & Soccer Highlights K/P Baseball: The boys continued to improve their baseball skills and showcased some serious gains in the field and at the plate. Pinny Weinstein of Stone Group, who has recently been called up to 1st grade baseball, hit 2 grand slams!

Michael Birnboim of Alpert Financial had a nice hit with the bases loaded to plate two runs.

K/P Soccer: Ezra Mernick of Hewlett Auto Body scored a great goal, and Kobi Levine put on another stellar performance for Maidenbaum! The boys continue to improve their soccer skills and are learning how to play as a cohesive unit.

1st/2nd Soccer: KolSave won 4-0 behind the leg of late-season pickup Yosef Abramson, who scored a hat trick and was named Game MVP! Minors (1st-3rd) Baseball Highlights 1st Grade: Maidenbaum had an incredible comeback in this week’s Game of the Week (see below). Aryeh Lowy of Rubinstein Law Firm was named Game MVP after another great performance at the plate and in the field. Usher Kaminetzky of Alpert Financial hit a walkoff home run to give his team the 14-13 victory!

2nd Grade: Pinny Eisenberg had 6 RBIs for Alpert Financial in their win over PIP Printing. Gavriel Levine, Momo Friedman, and Ezra Moskowitz each homered in a great offensive performance by Sperling Productions.

3rd Grade: Nosson Lopiansky hit a walk-off single to give Stone Group the 11-10 victory over Royal Adjusters! Executive Dry Cleaners and AutoClick tied in a hard-fought game. Daniel Oppen of AutoClick hit a game-tying double in the bottom of the 5th! Rubinstein Law Firm narrowly defeated Built By Nate 13-11.

Majors (4th & up) Baseball Highlights 4th Grade: Yosef Treuhaft delivered in the clutch for Alpert Financial in their tough win over Royal Adjusters. Yosef tied the game with an incredible slide into home and then, with his team tied 8-8 and the bases loaded, showed patience at the plate, drawing a walk to win the game! The Rebbe’s Choice scored 6 unanswered runs to win 12-6 over Stone Group 5th Grade: Moshe Schick had a Cy Young-worthy performance on the mound, pitching 4 shutout innings for Maidenbaum in their 10-3 win. Shaya Kohn led the offensive charge, with 3 hits and 3 RBIs. Gourmet Glatt defeated Built By Nate 7-4.

6th-8th Grade: Island Roofing and Sperling Productions each played tough with neither team able to pull away from the other, resulting in a tie after a few extra innings. Shua Majeski, who was recently traded to Island Roofing, played a great game on the mound and at the plate! DJ Huuds defeated Royal Adjusters 6-1.

5TLL Play of the Day Yosef Shlomo Young of Rubinstein Law Firm made the double play to end the game and give his team the victory!

Moshe Eckstein of Maidenbaum with a beautiful snag on a hot liner to 3rd base!

5TLL Game of the Week In 1st Grade, Maidenbaum was down 11 runs in the bottom of the last inning, but they did not give up! They stormed back, scoring 8 runs and then loaded the bases for Benny Kaplan who hit a walkoff grand slam to give his team the 13-12 amazing comeback victory!!

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Lev Chana students created their own Jackson Pollock style paintings after learning about his artistic style

Children at Shulamith ECC learn about v’ahavta l’raiacha kamocha in a real, hands-on way

Second Generation Survivors Share Their Stories

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he auditorium at Lawrence Elementary School was full, yet silent as last Friday morning second generation survivors Judy Goldberg and Herb Friend shared the heart-wrenching stories of their parents’ harrowing Holocaust journeys.

They spoke about Hitler’s rise to power, his Final Solution, and the very dark and tragic days in Europe where both Judy’s mother and Herb’s father were caught.

This presentation was made possible by the SHEMA (Studies in the Holocaust - Education, Memories, Awareness) program at the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC where second generation survivors come together to share experiences, submit the stories of their loved ones who perished in the Holocaust, and speak to students at a wide range

of schools about the horrors of the Holocaust and how it continues to impact not only their lives and the lives of their families but all people. Until last week, we have spoken to well over a thousand students virtually. This time, however, we were contacted by the principal of Lawrence Public school, Mrs. Rina Beach, after a frightening and disturbing swastika was found drawn on school property. The school has instituted a No Place for Hate campaign, and Mrs. Beach was anxious for her fourth, fifth and sixth graders to hear, firsthand and in-person, about what hate can lead to.

Mrs. Goldberg and Mr. Friend addressed the students with sensitivity and honesty.

The students were attentive and respectful and, most rewarding and im-

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portant, asked many, many questions of our speakers. Both speakers emphasized the terrible and far-ranging impact of hate and what can happen when it is not stopped. It was an educational, moving and meaningful day for the students and staff alike, which imparted a message that will hopefully be remembered and carried with them always.

The SHEMA members at the Gural JCC welcome the opportunity to visit as many schools as possible – both yeshivot and public schools. If you would like to arrange for a speaker at your school or would like to submit a SHEMA bio of a loved one or join our group of second generation survivors, please contact Rachayle Deutsch (516) 569-6733, rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org.

The Marion and Aaron Gural JCC is a proud non-profit partner of UJA-Federation New York.

Cahal K Class Trip

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tudents in the HANC CAHAL Kindergarten class were so excited to join the mainstream class on a trip to White Post Farm. The weather was perfect, the animals were hungry, and the playground was phenomenal. The children enjoyed meeting the giraffes Patches and Oliver, who tried to eat one of the children’s kippahs! They watched the monkeys in their fabulous indoor playground and fed the cows, sheep, goats, and zebras.

Each child enjoyed a pony ride around the track. The slides and wooden vehicles, as well as the miniature houses, afforded everyone lots of fun as they climbed and explored the insides and outsides of all these fun structures. They loved having a picnic

lunch, as well as the animated singing show that the robotic animals put on with songs and musical instruments.

The CAHAL children enjoyed the camaraderie with the HANC mainstream classes.

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Gush Etzion Winery – The White Gems of Eretz Yisrael

By Joshua E. London

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ne of the many Israeli wineries that have been steadily gaining a wider audience in the United States is the family-run Gush Etzion Winery. A modern Israeli boutique winery on the road to Alon Shvut and Kfar Etzion, the Gush Etzion Winery is about 20 minutes southwest of Jerusalem; it is just off the junction at Highway 60.

Attached to the winery is a lovely kosher l’mehadrin dairy and fish restaurant with very satisfying food that nicely pairs with the wines produced there. Indeed, with Shavuot just around the corner – and so dairy delicacies are likely to be on many a holiday menu – the wines of Gush Etzion should likewise make for a lovely and rewarding accompaniment.

Their refreshing white wines will help beat the approaching summer heat too!

Interestingly, however, the winery’s inspiration began not with grapes but with blackberries and cherries. When Shraga Rozenberg and his late wife Tamar relocated from Jerusalem to Efrat in 1986, their new home came with a garden that produced abundant blackberries and cherries. Routinely saddled with more fruit than they knew what to do with, Rozenberg – a former social worker and retirement home manager – decided to tinker with producing blackberry wine and cherry liqueur in his home.

“When we first came to Efrat,” Rozenberg reminisced during our recent WhatsApp chat. “I wanted to make something with my own hands; something agricultural. So, I began with making blackberry and then also cherry wines and liqueurs.”

Before too long, however, Rozenberg progressed from blackberries and cherries to grapes as he began to dream of vineyards and winemaking. By 1995, the Rozenbergs had given up their day jobs and devoted their efforts full time to establishing the Gush Etzion Winery.

“We didn’t have any great wealth,” he chuckles, “so we had to do everything slowly and step-by-step.” Fueled by little more than this personal sense of mission and sheer optimism, he also sunk his savings into this new venture and acquired a little land to cultivate grapes.

Skip ahead to 2005, when the Rozenbergs – in partnership with the Tishbi Winery of the Binyamin Region and an American investor’s support – opened a newly constructed modern winery at its current location. To this was added a modern visitor’s center, the enjoyable kosher l’mehadrin dairy and fish restaurant, and an outdoor event garden/space.

Father and son Shraga and Assaf Rozenberg

Gush Etzion winery vineyard

A few years later, they hired Itay Lahat, arguably Israel’s most famous wine consultant; their wines noticeably improved.

Today they grow more than a dozen different grape varieties on 150 dunams (about 37 acres), producing around 120,000 bottles of wine annually under four different series: Emek Bracha or Blessed Valley, Alon HaBoded or Lone Oak Tree, Nachal HaPirim or Spring River, and the limited edition Migdal Eder (meaning Tower of Flocks). Not only has the Gush Etzion Winery proven a critical and modest commercial success, but the winery also inspired many others, and today the area has over 150 acres under vine.

Though they produce a broad range of wines, twelve of which are currently exported to the United States, the winery is best known for its fabulous white wines. As Shraga Rozenberg put it, “We like to focus on our whites because the white wine grapes do especially well in our area and nicely reflect our terroir.

Most of our whites see no oak, and all our wines are minimal intervention production; so, they express the land well and make the most of what God gave us in the vineyard.”

All of their wines are enjoyable, non-mevushal, and recommended. In particular, consider the following four wines: Gush Etzion Winery, Loan Oak Tree, Rosé, 2021 (Judean Hills, Israel; SRP $25): A brisk, bright blend of 48% Grenache, 43% Mourvedre, and 9% Pinot Gris, offering notes of slightly underripe strawberries, both raw and gently cooked

quince, and light grapefruit aromas and flavors, and all with a subtle, slightly drying salinity, making for a tart, mildly fruity, zippy, yummy, and refreshing rosé. Serve chilled, and then give it a little time to open in the glass.

Gush Etzion Winery, Lone Oak Tree, Sauvignon Blanc, 2020 (Judean Hills, Israel; SRP $25): This wine offers charming aromas and flavors of lemongrass, mild poppy seed, and subtle passion fruit with notes of ripe pear, white pepper, grapefruit, and white peach; decent acidity to keep it lively, and a little more heft on the palate than expected; craves a bit of food – refreshing and very easy drinking.

Gush Etzion Winery, Lone Oak Tree, Dry Gewürztraminer, Limited Edition, 2021 (Judean Hills, Israel; SRP $25): They also produce a beautiful semi-dry Gewürztraminer and an enjoyable late harvest edition. This lovely, lively, rich, and aromatic wine offers spicy tropical aromas and flavors of guava, grapefruit, apricots, white peach, and distinct, appealing lychee. At the same time, the dry finish continues to catch me ever so slightly off-guard as my wine-geek brain expects some significant residual sweetness with every sip. It is very well-made and very refreshing.

Gush Etzion Winery, Lone Oak Tree, Viognier, 2021 (Judean Hills, Israel; SRP $25): Grown at an elevation of 950 meters above sea level (around 3,117 feet), this vibrant, aromatic, crisp, refreshing, beautiful wine offers rich aromas and flavors of honeysuckle, peach, tangerine, and honeydew melon; the finish is long, engaging, and very satisfying.

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Shin Bet Agent During Elad Manhunt: “I Know About Dirshu and I Understand Its Importance!”

Lomdei Dirshu Take Test While City is Under Siege

By Chaim Gold

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day before, it appeared that the second test in the Machzor Sheini of Daf HaYomi B’Halacha would be a routine Dirshu test despite it being a bit of a milestone. Lomdei Daf HaYomi B’Halacha were completing the laws of tzitzis and progressing to the laws of tefillin. The test in Eretz Yisroel was scheduled for this past Friday morning, 5 Iyar/ May 6.

In the city of Elad, the main Dirshu testing site is at the Derech Chaim Shul and what transpired the night before, a few feet from the Derech Chaim Shul, changed everything. On Thursday night, bloodthirsty Palestinian terrorists infiltrated the city and murdered three Jews in cold blood in the most gruesome way.

May the zechus of the holy neshamos of those kedoshim –Oren Ben Yiftah, Yonatan Havakuk, and Boaz Gol, Hy”d – protect Klal Yisroel.

Even worse, the terrorists escaped before they could be apprehended, and a massive manhunt was underway. Elad inhabitants were advised by police and security services to stay at home until the killers were apprehended.

The Surprise Rabbi Yosef Barkatz, a resident of Elad who runs the Dirshu testing site at the Derech Chaim Shul, related the remarkable events surrounding the Dirshu test in Elad. “People taking the Dirshu examinations had a scheduled test day last Friday, the day after the attack. The tests were slated to be held in the Derech Chaim Shul, a mere 500 feet away from where the attack had occurred,” Rabbi Barkatz related.

“On that Friday morning, following that terrible night, where innocent blood was ruthlessly spilled, I was sure that most of those scheduled to take the test would simply skip that month’s test, or would ask me to fax them the test so they could complete it at home. That morning, I met with a senior police officer who had arrived in Elad, and I asked him if, from a security perspective, we could hold the Dirshu test, or whether it would be advisable to be cautious and cancel it, given

that the manhunt after the terrorists was still in high gear, with no information on where the terrorists might be hiding out.

“The officer told me not to worry – he explained that Elad was full of security forces,” Rabbi Barkatz said. “‘I don’t know if I’m permitted to reveal the number,’ he told me, ‘but it is a very large number, almost ridiculously large, with some in uniform and others in plainclothes, as well as Shin Bet agents and special forces from the police and the army.’

yond the frum enclaves. That, however, was not the only thing that completely amazed me,” continued Rabbi Barkatz.

“To my surprise, everyone came to be tested; not a single regular was missing!

Now remember, paralyzing terror had gripped the residents of our city, yet the test is such an integral component in the lives of lomdei Dirshu that they still came!

“The sound of helicopters was reverberating over our heads. On the one hand, the security presence gave us a certain

Partial view of a previous Dirshu Bechina in Elad, 2012

“I was amazed,” said Rabbi Barkatz, “at the next words I heard from the clearly non-religious officer. He added that he was familiar with the Dirshu program and recognized its importance. He said to go right ahead with the test, and in order to provide me with an added sense of security, he said he would send special protection.”

Indeed, that was what happened.

“During the test, I could see security officers outside the shul, some in uniform and others in plainclothes, and inside the building there was a civilian security officer armed with a gun, constantly scanning the surroundings to be ready to pounce on a threat the moment it emerged.

“It was an amazing testament to the unique nature of Dirshu, and its importance throughout the country, even be-

sense of protection. On the other hand, it also served to remind us that the terrorists were still at large, and we were still in danger.”

“During the test, the atmosphere in the room was thick with sadness and worry. We were all thinking about the families of the Yidden who had been brutally murdered and the fact that the terrorists had not been captured was clearly weighing heavily on all the test takers, but lomdei Dirshu are not deterred. As long as the security forces deemed it safe for them to come take the test, they came.”

The Torah Response to Tragedy Indeed, Torah is what protects us from terrorists and the more Torah we learn, the more tests we take to ensure that we understand and remember the Torah that

we learn, the more protection for Klal Yisroel.

The truth is, one of the leading members of Dirshu’s hanhala explained, “While of course, all hishtadlus has to be taken on the security front, the age-old Torah response to any tragedy has always been spiritual in nature. They try to commit acts of terror, and we respond with another test and another Dirshu program that will increase limud haTorah and accountability in learning in Klal Yisroel.

We know what really protects us. That is the authentic Jewish response to terrible events such as those we witnessed in Elad. Lomdei Dirshu, just by showing up en masse and taking the test despite the circumstances, have shown the unique ahavas Torah, resilience and bitachon in Hashem, that Dirshu learners possess.”

You Can Still Join The Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program has just completed hilchos tzitzis and began the halachos of tefillin.

The machzor shelishi, which began three months ago, has had unprecedented participation with estimates of over 100,000 lomdim participating in the program.

Nevertheless, if for any reason, a person was unable to join at the beginning, learning and knowing hilchos tefillin provides a unique opportunity to master the halachos and ensure that this integral mitzvah performed by every Jewish man daily is performed in the best, and most “lechatchilah” way possible.

Now is the time to join Daf HaYomi B’Halacha and not just learn hilchos tefillin but know hilchos tefillin. Those who are already participating in the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program are bringing the learning of daily halacha into their lives. If you have not yet started taking the tests, perhaps now is the time to start.

The accountability that comes with pushing oneself to take a test will enrich you and give you a feeling of accomplishment, a feeling that will infuse you with chizuk and a true sense of kinyan haTorah.

Try it!

To join Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha please call 1-888-5-Dirshu or email, Info@kollelDirshu.org.

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he parade is back – and it couldn’t be a better time to stand up and celebrate together.

Commonly known as the Israel Day Parade, the annual event is considered the largest gathering in the world in support of the State of Israel. Other than pausing for two years due to Covid precautions, it has been held regularly since 1964.

The first march was the Youth Salute to Israel Parade when a small group of students and Jewish leaders gathered in solidarity. A year later, the first Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion visited New York, and thousands of people stood on Fifth Avenue to see him; that impromptu gathering created the parade route we have today.

Marchers now come from across the metropolitan region, as well as from other parts of the country, with representatives from Jewish day schools, youth groups, synagogues and major Jewish organizations. The mayor, local politicians, and other prominent figures join along in support, and the Empire State Building is illuminated in the blue and white colors of the Israeli flag.

Through the many years as a yeshiva student marching alongside my peers, to the post-high school years attending admittedly for the social scene, to the simple upholding of the annual ritual that my dear mother established – including the meeting of family friends at “the fountain” – the Salute to Israel Parade has always been a memorable day. At all stages of life, whether as a marcher or a spectator, the annual parade has been a constant, rain or shine, that often became a highlight of the year.

As children, we don’t think much about the significance – and in the years before the fearful post-9/11 days, we didn’t think much about safety concerns or threats to our existence. While all Jews share the collective history, not all families have the personal history of the Holocaust to remind them regularly

to appreciate the freedoms granted to us in the U.S. Prior to the most recent rise in anti-Semitic acts and alarming overall crime rate, it seemed perfectly comfortable to be out and about as a publicly proud Jew in New York City. The parade was an essential part of the Jewish cultural experience, like bagels and lox or deli and knishes, a part of the seasonal experiences of growing up in the NYC area, like visiting Central Park in the spring and skating at Wollman Rink in the winter.

The mile-long march is currently the Celebrate Israel Parade, hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. As the anti-Israel voices grow louder over years, the parade’s significance deepens. At the same time, our schedules are more tightly packed than ever, with graduations, weddings, and bar mitzvahs all competing for the few available Sundays of the season. Jewish people across the spectrum are heavily involved in a range of Jewish communal causes and committed to leading a devout Jewish life, with many loyally supporting Israel in so many other ways. Parade day often comes by as a nice idea at best, amongst the surrounding celebrations of Yom Ha’atzmaut and Lag B’Omer.

In all aspects of life, it is easy to take for granted what we have and to forget to appreciate what becomes the norm.

When we learn about the civilized and cultured life that so many Jews lived in Europe before the Holocaust, and how similar it seems to our comfort in the diaspora today, it’s daunting. The comparisons are especially punctuated by Fifth Avenue’s Neue Galerie, steps off the parade route, where Gustav Klimt’s famous “Woman in Gold” painting hangs as a part of a story of an affluent secular Jewish family whose comfortable life was destroyed by the Nazis.

With our long, storied history, with all of the protests and debates about Israeli policy (even amongst those in the Jewish

community), and with the absurd questioning of Israel’s right to even “exist,” the annual right to march freely has never yet been questioned. That is not something we can really say for certain will always be the case. The privilege to march up Fifth Avenue, the most famous street in the center of the city that is the crossroads of the world, adjacent to Central Park and along the most expensive real estate flanked by magnificent museums and historical landmarked buildings, cannot be taken lightly; it is really enough to make us pause and reflect and realize how just showing up can truly make an impact.

There is an existential oneness to it all. Bravely ignoring the fringe protest groups while proudly supporting our children’s schools and community institutions, excitedly waving to fellow marchers, finding our families and friends in the crowd – the unity, energy, and pure pride is beyond palpable; in a way depicting the optimism of Judaism and highlighting the ability to celebrate life even amongst potential concerns.

From the festive Israeli music and marching bands of all denominations, to Nachum Segal’s sideline radio broadcast and the mainstream media coverage, to the Jewish celebrities and social media influencers, it all adds up to an electric atmosphere. While perhaps the feeling of exhilaration may not be shared as easily by those with the youngest spectators on a hot or (G-d forbid) rainy day, the forging of the traditions has an impact as it crafts a memory that will almost certainly remain engrained, even as we one day move on or out – individually or communally.

The parade presents a very real opportunity for a very public display of unity, a true “Kiddush Hashem” – a sanctification of G-d’s name that is made as Jews of all affiliations come together to support their heritage and ancestral home, as well as a display of hakarat hatov, gratitude. It is a moment in history when Jewish children and adults can march peacefully, where

cultural groups of various backgrounds join along in unison, and where, unlike some other public gatherings in New York, there is thankfully no newsworthy misconduct or rowdiness. One cannot underestimate the power of positive publicity – ever important in a landscape where negative news makes the loudest noise.

Some people may lean more left politically and see imperfections in our beloved Israel. Others may lean more right-wing and view the secular state as not the ideal. But it is Israel – Eretz Yisrael, Medinat Yisrael – the home of our ancestors, many of our children, and ultimately ourselves. Fittingly, this year’s theme by organizer JCRC-NY for the Celebrate Israel Parade is “Together Again – Kulanu B’Yachad.”

New York is currently our hometown in our great host country, and flawed as it may be, we would be remiss to take any positive aspect of that for granted.

The Jewish people in diaspora have enjoyed long periods of freedom and success in many countries, historically followed by expulsion or devastation. At this current moment in time, we have our freedoms – of religion, of speech, of assembly and more. Let’s remember to appreciate and celebrate the rights and opportunities we have today in the USA, in any way we can.

Coming together this Sunday to march in support of Israel is indeed a privilege, a joy, and a true celebration.

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Bow & Arrow BullsEye   If you love bows and arrows, you’re a toxophilite.

“Toxophilite” originates from the Greek words “toxon” for “bow and arrow” and “philos” for “loving.”

In 1457, King James II banned golf in Scotland because they were wasting too much time playing golf instead of training with the bow and arrow.

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According to the National Safety Council archery is safer than bowling.

U.S. Paralympian archer Matt Stutzman was born without arms. He uses his feet to hold and aim his bow, and he set the Guinness World Record for longest shot by hitting the target that was 210 meters away.

The innermost circle on an Olympic-style 10ring target measures about 12.2 centimeters across. That’s roughly the size of a CD or grapefruit. Now add three-quarters of a football field between you and the target.

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Archery is a national sport of Bhutan to the extent that nearly every village has its own archery

range.

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In most archer competitions, competitors must engrave their initials on their arrows.

Although by the mid-17th century archery was completely wiped out and replaced by firearms in most armies, China had an archery brigade until 1904.

Archery was the first Olympic sport in which women were allowed to compete. Eliza Pollack, a one-time gold and two-time bronze medalist in archery, is the oldest female Olympic medalist, having won in 1904 when she was 63 years old.

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The contestants are told to hit the target in the distance.

into the hat of another judge, carrying it off into

The guy wearing the eye patch picks up his bow, pulls back

the wind. The second judge gets really mad, but

an arrow, and releases it. The arrow completely misses the

the other judges calm him down, and they tell the

target, goes in a totally different direction, and buries it-

archer wearing the eye patch to go again. He picks up his

self in the hat of one of the judges. The judge jumps up,

bow yet again and releases another arrow.

shocked, and starts shouting at the archer.

The other judges calm the angry judge and tell the archer to go again.

This one also completely misses the target and lands in the hat of the last judge, who starts shouting at the archer, “What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill us?!”

He picks up the bow again, pulls back another arrow,

The archer flips his eye patch onto his other eye and

and lets it fly. Again, it misses the target, this time flying

says, “Oops! Must’ve had the eye patch over my good eye.”

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3. What is the name of the fire truck that holds a mobile water supply? a. Pumper truck b. Mobile Water Unit c. Tanker truck d. Hydration truck

5. Fire helmets come in different colors for different ranks. Who would wear a white helmet? a. Fire Chief b. Fire Inspector c. Media on scene d. Probationary firefighter 6. The ladder on a ladder truck can operate in winds of up to how many miles per hour? a. 15 b. 30 c. 50 d. 75 7. How many buildings were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871? a. 300 b. 790 c. 2,500 d. 17,450

An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of

his three sons, but he didn’t know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living

9. How many acres were burned across China and the Soviet Union in The Black Dragon Fire of 1987, the largest wildfire in modern times? a. 20 million b. 40 million c. 60 million d. 240 million

room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father’s fortune.

What were the two things that the man bought?

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8. What’s another name for the highlyspecialized firefighters who fight remote forest fires, usually by flying or parachuting into the fire zone? a. Fireflyers b. Smokejumpers c. Fire Rangers d. Wildfire Brigadiers

Answers: 1-C, 2-B, 3-C, 4-B, 5-A, 6-C, 7-D, 8-B, 9-A

2. Which of the founding fathers started the first volunteer fire department in America in 1736? a. George Washington b. Ben Franklin c. Paul Revere d. Alexander Hamilton

4. Approximately how many fire departments are there in the U.S.? a. 4,500 b. 27,000 c. 40,000 d. 62,500

Wisdom Key: 8-9 correct: Hail to the Fire Chief!

4-7 correct: Warm 0-3 correct: Gotta learn how to heat the mind up a bit.

1. Why are dalmatians often associated with fire departments? a. Because they are cute b. Because the fire department in Curious George had a dalmatian c. When fire trucks were horsedrawn carriages, dalmatians would run ahead of the horses and clear the path for them so they could get to fires faster than otherwise. Dalmatians were chosen because they worked well with horses. d. Dalmatians have a good sense of smell for smoke

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Firefighter Trivia

Answer: A candle and a box of matches. After lighting the candle, the light filled the entire room.

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his week’s portion creates an eternal connection between Mount Sinai, the Jewish people, and the Torah itself. The fact that the Torah emphasizes its eternal association with Mount Sinai is meant to teach us important lessons regarding Judaism and Jewish life.

There are grand and majestic moun-

tains that dot our planet. They are awe-inspiring in their height and strength, and they tower over us, making us feel puny and insignificant when standing at their base. I remember that when I was able to visit Mount McKinley in Alaska, a mountain which rises vertically more than 20,000 feet above the plane from which it emanates, the feeling of tension

was so overpowering that people in our tour group burst into tears. The mountain blocks out the sun and creates its own weather.

However, the Torah was not given to human beings on Mount McKinley or Mount Everest or any of the other great mastiffs that exist in our world. The Midrash teaches us that Mount Sinai was and is a relatively low mountain. The rabbis derived from this the emphasis on and the requirements of humility. Arrogance and godly values do not coexist. So, even though Mount Sinai is a mountain, it is a low mountain, one that can be scaled and conquered. And the achievement of climbing that mountain will not produce fanfare or notoriety.

from an overview as an observer, even though we are participants. Without that overview, it is very difficult to make sense of life or to have any personal sense of serenity or peace.

The prophet tells us that the wicked are like the raging sea whose waves constantly batter the shoreline but are always limited. Mountains, when appreciated, give us the blessings of unique wisdom, patience, and a sense of optimism and hope in our lives, no matter how bleak events may be or how worrisome situations are.

Our father Abraham founded the Jewish people and brought “godliness” down to our earth. He saw that measure of godliness as being in the form of a

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Arrogance and godly values do not coexist.

If the Torah had been granted on Mount Everest it would be unreachable for almost all human beings. It was given on Mount Sinai to emphasize that it is accessible to all, and that even though it is a mountain, it is one that can and must be scaled, to achieve the eternity that it promises human beings.

From the top of a mountain, one has a majestic view of the surrounding area.

A mountain peak provides us with perspective and the ability to judge the world

mountain. His son, Isaac, would modify it so that it would become like a field. And his grandson Jacob would see it as being a house. But all of these characteristics still remain within Judaism. Mount Sinai exemplifies the mountain that Abraham saw.

Life is never an easy climb, but climb it we must, to be able to stand at its peak and truly observe life in society in a measured and wise way.

Shabbat shalom.

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Free Birds by rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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e long for the opportunity to observe the Yovel, the Jubilee Year, again. The Ramban (on Vayikra 25:10) quotes a number of pesukim from throughout Tanach to explain the meaning and origin of the word Yovel. One of the pesukim he quotes is Yirmiyahu 17:8: “He shall be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river [yuval].” After all of the proofs he brings, the Ramban concludes, “But the true understanding is… “yovel” [means something which] returns to the river from which it came…” The word yovel refers to a river, but it comes from the word “movil, to bring” because it means bringing something back to its source.

During the Yovel, we somehow return to the waters, to the source, from which we draw the essence of our lives.

We return to our roots.

We know that the Torah is eternal, yet we do not merit fulfilling the mitzvah of Yovel today. How can we relate to it? Let us review the three main aspects of Yovel mentioned in the Torah and consider how each one speaks to us today.

The first is the freeing of the slaves (Vayikra 25:10): “And you shall proclaim freedom [for Jewish slaves] in the land.”

It takes very little imagination to see how we need to be redeemed from so many different types of slavery even today. The Gemara says that we are meant to be slaves to Hashem and not slaves of slaves (Kiddushin 22b). How many of us are enslaved to our jobs and careers?

We never see our wives or spend time with our children and when people ask us why we work so hard, we say, “It’s because I love my children!”

How many of us are enslaved to tiny

give away portions of Eretz Yisroel for promises of “peace” or that we can engage in “land swaps” with our enemies.

But they do not realize that doing so is like cutting off our arms, hoping that this will satisfy our enemies’ bloodlust.

We cannot separate from our homeland.

It is part of us. Yovel reminds us that ultimately all of Eretz Yisroel will return to where it belongs, with us.

electronic devices? We cannot go thirty seconds without checking, looking at, and touching them.

Yovel is when we declare ourselves free from human bondage and allow ourselves to be reclaimed by Hashem as His servants. We recognize that in our core, we are free men. We cannot be bound by human chains. Yovel reminds us to return to our roots, our essential freedom.

The second attribute of Yovel is (Vayikra 25:10), “And you shall return, each man to his property, and you shall return, each man to his family.”

Part of the essence of who we are is to stay connected to our families (see also Meshech Chochmah on this pasuk). How many brothers, sisters, or

parents have grown apart from each other, either because of apathy or because of some dispute or pain and hurt one has caused the other. Yovel means returning to our hometowns and reconnecting with estranged family. By reconciling with people from whom we have become distant, we reconnect with our own roots, to our essential selves.

The third attribute is our connection with our homeland, Eretz Yisroel. The pasuk (Vayikra 25:23) says, “The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land belongs to Me.” Yovel reminds us that our connection with Eretz Yisroel exists because we and the land belong to G-d. We cannot be separated.

Today, many Jewish people with good intentions believe that they can

We see a common denominator in all three attributes of Yovel. They all involve returning to our roots, coming back to some part of our true selves from which we had become separated. With that background, we can understand the true meaning of freedom when the pasuk says, “And you shall declare freedom, dror, in the land.” Dovid Hamelech (Tehillim 84:4) speaks of a bird called the Dror: “Even a bird found a house, and a Dror, her nest.” What is the nature of this bird called a Dror?

The Gemara (Beiah 24a) says, “Raba Bar Rav Huna says, ‘This refers to the Dror bird which does not accept [human] ownership… And why is it called a Dror bird? Because it lives, dar, in the house just like in the field.” The nature of this free bird does not allow it to accept human mastery. So even when one puts this bird in his house, it behaves as if it were still in the field, flying and flitting around in every direction. It is impossible to capture it. It is true to its inner nature as a free creature no matter what its external circumstances are.

That is real freedom.

Chazal also teach (Rosh Hashana 9b), “Everyone agrees that the word Dror means freedom. What is the origin of this word? As the braisa says, ‘Dror means freedom, like one who lives [as

87 Hamelech is saying that he finds whatever portion Hashem gives him pleasant because that is his lot. One’s portion includes being born into a certain family, having a certain wife, being bestowed with certain faculties and limitations, and having a certain level of financial success or hardship. But “Who is rich?

One who is happy with his portion.” I soar when I play the hand I am dealt to the fullest. I express my own personal song when I can sing (Shacharis), “We are fortunate and how good is our portion, how pleasant is our lot and how beautiful is our inheritance!”

One’s portion and inheritance are

The Jewish people as a community, and each Jew individually, longs to sing his or her own song.

not the product of free will. They are not a matter of choice. Yet in davening we praise Hashem for our portion, our lot and our inheritance. Why? Because they belong to us. By fulfilling our commitments to the life Hashem custom designed for each of us, we are truly free because we express our true nature. We are being ourselves.

Yovel, which means freeing ourselves from external, superficial, temporary, and foreign influences and returning to who we are, forces us to ask ourselves: How far have I flown from my roots? Have I misused my free will by rejecting my personal portion in favor of some stranger’s portion I thought looked more attractive? Have I clipped my own wings by cutting myself off from my family, responsibilities, land, and my brothers and sisters? Am I singing someone else’s song or my own?

Rav Laizer Djhikover, zy”a, was the son-in-law of Rav Chaim of Tzanz, zy”a, the Divrei Chaim. At one point, Reb Leizer’l fell ill. He became sicker and sicker until he was literally within minutes of death. He whispered to someone to summon his father-in-law, the Divrei Chaim. When Rav Cham arrived, Reb Leizer’l said, “Please, I do not want to leave this world. Daven for me.” But the Rebbe seemed someone indifferent and responded, “This world is filled with so much darkness. Why do you want

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and famine…” There is a negative type of freedom. When we “free” ourselves from the need to be true to who we are, it leads to our destruction because Hashem appears to “free” us from a connection with His providence.

True liberty means freeing ourselves from the bonds of limited, finite human concepts of “truth.” Real freedom does not mean obeying every fleeting (or persistent) fancy. It means returning to the song of our roots, our essence, our home, our homeland, our families, and our people. “And you shall return, each man to his property and you shall return, each man to his family.”

Hashem prepares a certain life for each person in this world, an environment in which his soul can truly express itself. When a person gets married, he exchanges the apparent freedom of single life for the responsibility and commitment of marriage because that is the life Hashem prepared for him. Fulfilling his responsibilities in the context of that life is the true expression of his nature and the actualization of his personal potential.

Dovid Hamelech refers to the fact that we must each learn to soar in the unique portion Hashem prepared for us when he said (Tehillim 16:5-6), “Hashem is my allotted portion and my cup.

You guide my lot. Packages have fallen to me in pleasant places, even the beautiful inheritance upon me.” Dovid

to stay here? Go in good health to the Next World!”

Hearing this, everyone in the room began wailing with mourning and could not understand why the Rebbe was not praying for his son-in-law. So Reb Leizer’l said, “But Rebbe, I’m worried. I do not feel confident about my place in the Next World!” So the Divrei Chaim reassured him, “That’s why you don’t want to leave the world? Don’t worry! I assure you that you will have the highest place in Gan Eden. You have nothing to worry about. Now go in peace.”

But Reb Leizer’l begged him, “But Rebbe, what about my family?”

“You’re worried that there won’t be anyone to take care of your wife and children?! Do not be concerned. They are my family, too. I will ensure that they are cared for. You do not need to stay in this world for that.”

Finally, Reb Leizer’l pleaded, “But Rebbe! It’s almost Rosh Hashanah.

You know that no one sings ‘Unesaneh Tokef’ like me. When I lead the davening on Rosh Hashanah, the angels stand in wonderment. They cannot understand how such a Divine sound can emanate from this lowly world.”

The Divrei Chaim thought for a moment, and then responded, “Indeed, you have a point.”

Immediately, the Rebbe ran to the mikvah and, knowing that his son-inlaw had only moments of life left in him, returned quickly with his talis on to daven with every bit of life in him for Reb Leizer’l’s salvation. And, in fact, Reb Leizer’l recovered and lived for many more years.

Each of us has our own song in this world, our own Unesaneh Tokef, which only we can sing and which brings pleasure and Divine light to all worlds when we sing it. It is irreplaceable as long as we are truly singing our own song, using the tools and blessings which Hashem gave us.

This year, may we merit to return to our own music based on the portion Hashem gave us. Then we will truly be free birds, soaring higher and higher as we sing our own song until our voices join the music of the Levi’im in the third Beis Hamikdash, may it be built very soon in our days.

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It is clear from everything above that that being a free bird means allowing the truth of our inner essence to express itself. But some feel that being free means throwing off the yoke of all responsibility, whether moral, interpersonal, or religious. But this is a mistake because it not only ignores the

true meaning of freedom, it also means closing one’s eyes to the fact that such “freedom” usually means subjecting one’s self to the yoke of the fickle demands of the animal soul and foreign nations or their ideologies.

Freedom divorced from responsibility, commitment, and stability leads to destruction because it takes one further away from his own inner truth. It means forgetting the lesson of Yovel, which is movil, brings things back to their source. The Navi refers to this false freedom when he writes (Yirmiyahu 34:17), “Behold I call out ‘freedom’ to you, says Hashem, to sword, plague,

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if he were at home] in any inn [‫כמדייר בי‬ ‫]דיירא‬, who brings, she’movil, merchandise to every country.’” Freedom means the ability to bring anything where it belongs and act and feel as if one is at home no matter where his circumstances bring him.

What does it mean to embrace freedom? Shlomo Hamelech refers to the Dror, the free bird, in a pasuk in Mishlei (26:2): “Like a wandering bird, like a flying Dror…” The Ibn Ezra explains: “It is a small bird which sings when it is in its own domain [when it is free]. And if it is in a man’s domain, it does not eat to the point that it dies.” The Dror was born to sing. It loves nothing more. But the moment it is enslaved, it can no longer bring itself to sing. Over 600 years after the Ibn Ezra penned his commentary on Mishlei, Patrick Henry echoed the substance of his words when he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” When the Dror is no longer free to sing its own song, to be true to itself, it would rather starve itself to death.

Our people are like the Dror, the free bird, which thirsts for the freedom to return to its roots, to express its own essential nature. It bristles at the thought of being forced to masquerade around as something other than its true self.

The Jewish people as a community, and each Jew individually, longs to sing his or her own song. We can only fly higher when we are in our own domain, connected to our own roots.

This is what Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohein Kook, zy”a, was trying to tell us when he wrote (Oros Hakodesh 64): Ascend higher, ascend.

For you possess a mighty power.

You have wings of the spirit, Wings of mighty eagles.

Do not deny them, Lest they deny you.

Seek them out, And they will find you.

Our faculties, interests, passions and idealism, when they flow from our deepest selves and not from the desire to imitate foreign nations and ideologies, are powerful wings that will allow us to soar higher and higher if we do not stifle them.

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Delving into the Daf

Clouds in the Forecast by rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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he Sifrei says that Bnei Yisrael brought the Korban Pesach only once during their 40-year sojourn in the desert. This Sifrei says further that this reflects badly on Klal Yisrael.

Tosafos wonders why they didn’t bring the Korban Pesach all those years.

He finds it unfathomable to suggest they willfully violated a mitzvah for no cause.

Instead, Tosafos says to blame it on the weather. The halachah is that uncircumcised males are not allowed to partake of the Korban Pesach. Further, both mothers and fathers of boys without a bris milah are likewise not allowed to partake of the Korban Pesach (see Rashi Yevamos 71b). The Gemara states that bris milah was not practiced during all those years they traveled in the desert.

The bris milah would have put the baby boys in danger.

Traveling itself takes a toll on a young child’s health, and this would be further exacerbated by the bris milah.

Moreover, the Gemara states that the weather was somewhat harsh during those years. According to Tosafos, the harsh weather was a punishment for the sin of sending spies to Eretz Yisrael. Perhaps during those years, most of Klal Yisrael had uncircumcised sons, and therefore they could not bring the Korban Pesach.

Tosafos, however, concludes otherwise. In fact, Klal Yisrael did offer the Korban Pesach all the years they traveled in the desert. However, it was not considered an optimal Korban Pesach for two reasons. First, they had to deviate from the above halachah. They offered the Korban Pesach even though they had sons without a bris. Since the reason was beyond their control, it didn’t impede on the Korban Pesach; yet this was considered substandard.

Second, when these children became adults, they could not offer the Korban Pesach at all. A man who himself does

not have a bris milah cannot eat the Korban Pesach even if the reason for his inaction is beyond his control. So, as the years went by, more and more of Klal Yisrael did not participate in the mitzvah of Korban Pesach. This is what the Sifrei means: only one Korban Pesach

are they faulted for something beyond their control?

Tosafos answers that it was indeed in their control. If Klal Yisrael had not sinned with the incident of the sending of spies, Hashem would have blessed them with favorable weather conditions

Only one Korban Pesach offered during all those years in the desert was optimal.

offered during all those years in the desert was optimal. This reflects negatively on Klal Yisrael.

Ultimately, whether they didn’t bring a Korban Pesach at all, or they simply offered one that was not optimal, it wasn’t their fault. They couldn’t circumcise the boys due to the danger involved. Why

that would have allowed them to perform bris milah. It was their sin that necessitated a punishment, which caused them to be in this situation.

It is frightening to contemplate the depths of Divine Judgment. When Klal Yisrael sinned with the spies, they never could have imagined that somehow, as

a result of that sin, they would suffer a punishment, and because of that punishment they wouldn’t be able to bring an appropriate Korban Pesach for many years. Yet, since that is what, in fact, occurred because of their sin – they are held responsible to some extent.

The same holds true in regard to Divine reward. The Gemara in Sanhedrin (96b) says that descendants of Sisera, Sancheirev, and Haman were great Torah scholars. Among them are Shemaya, Avtalyon, and Rabbi Akiva. Why did these terribly wicked archenemies of Klal Yisrael merit such illustrious, righteous sages as their progeny?

R’ Yaakov Kamenetzky, zt”l, explains that these wicked people unintentionally caused great manifestations of kiddush Hashem. Haman’s wicked actions caused people to discuss the miracles Hashem performed by saving Klal Yisrael from his evil plots. Sancheirev caused a great kiddush Hashem when everyone witnessed Hashem’s power when all of his soldiers instantly died while waiting to attack Yerushalayim.

We have the laudatory Shiras Devorah because of Sisera’s evil machinations.

These enemies of Klal Yisrael in no way desired to cause any benefit to Klal Yisrael. Yet, since they caused – albeit unintentionally – such a great kiddush Hashem, they merited such distinguished descendants.

This idea should compel us to be more careful in all our actions. We will be held responsible and rewarded even for unseen consequences of our actions.

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

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Texas – The Lone Star State

By Hershel Lieber

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t is the largest state in the contiguous Unites States and for a decade was an independent country. It is known for its hot weather, BBQ, the Alamo and has three of the top ten most populous cities in the country. It conjures up images of cowboy hats and leather boots, horses, vast ranches with longhorn cattle, and, of course, Wild West rodeos. By now, you know that I am referring to state of Texas.

Jewish life in Texas is identified strongly with the port city of Galveston on the Gulf of Mexico. It was there that many Jewish immigrants arrived starting from the 1850s and began to spread out to nearby Houston and further north to San Antonio and Dallas. There was a concerted movement to bring Jewish immigrants

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to Galveston between 1907-1914 to divert Jews from the crowded immigrant cities of the Eastern seaboard. As in most American cities back then, many Orthodox synagogues eventually realigned themselves with the more popular Reform and Conservative movements. With the phenomenal growth of the baal teshuva movement over the past four decades, and with the institutions that promoted their expansion (kollelim, Chabad, shuls and schools), there are significant Orthodox communities in all of the larger Texan cities.

We left New York on Sunday, May 17, 2009, and arrived at our airport motel near Dallas at midnight. In the morning after davening and a quick breakfast, we

In front of the infamous Texas School Book Depository

Austin, Texas State Capitol

At the River Walk in San Antonio

drove three and a half hours to Austin, the state capital. We parked near the Capitol building and toured this magnificent edifice, which is reminiscent of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., only it is a bit taller. Texas style! When we finished touring, we were treated to a Mariachi band concert in the building’s rotunda.

A few blocks away, we visited the Texas State Museum, which featured an excellent IMAX film detailing, “Everything you wanted to know about Texas, but was afraid to ask.” From there, we took a street trolley to Congress Street and walked up and down the block, stopping into shops that specialize in Texan clothing. From cowboy hats to boots to belts to leather jackets and vests, this was the place that

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had it all. I enjoyed trying on the ten-gallon hats, though I did not think I could possibly wear them in my shtiebel back home. Many shops boasted weird items, but the blocks were colorful and full of life.

From there, we went to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The oasis of tranquility at the University of Texas was the relaxation that we needed after a hectic day. We ended our visit to Austin by going out to eat at the Madras Restaurant.

This pareve-only restaurant served Indian cuisine and had a reliable hechsher from the Dallas K. I remember the masala dosa and sweet chutney, but we could not identify the contents of the twelve little bowls of appetizers that accompanied our main dish. After a filling meal, we headed

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out to San Antonio, our next stop.

Our hotel could not have been in a better location. We were adjacent to the famed San Antonio River Walk. This fifteen-mile walk along the canal which was once part of the Colorado River is a gem of serenity as well as a bastion of the city’s night life. We were attracted to the beauty of the surrounding plants and flowers and to the peaceful flow of the waters as we walked for hours on end a number of times during our two-and-a-half day stay.

We observed the lively nightlife from afar but had no interest in that form of entertainment.

Between Tuesday and Wednesday, we managed to tour most of the city’s major sights. The famed Alamo was first on our itinerary because I love history. I have always known about the Mexicans capturing the fort called The Alamo from the Texan revolutionists. The battle cry “Remember the Alamo” and the defenders Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie were all a vivid part of the narrative that I learned in my childhood.

We also visited the McNay Art Museum and shopped for gifts at Market Square and then ascended the Tower of America to get a birds-eye view of the city.

Even on the final morning we managed another hour’s worth of walking on the Riverfront.

Thursday was a driving day. It took us from noon until 7 pm to get to Dallas. We made a small stop in Georgetown where we ate our picnic lunch and drove past the town’s intricately decorated Victorian houses. After a quick supper at Café Carmel, we made our way to the home of our host.

Rabbi Aryeh Feigenbaum and his rebbetzin were our hosts in Dallas for the next three nights, which included a Shabbos. He is the rav of Congregation Ohr HaTorah since 1999 and was a founding member of the Dallas Kollel. He is very close to Rabbi Hillel David, who officially gives the farhers to the Kollel yungeleit.

With Rabbi Aryeh Feigenbaum and his children

Rabbi David made the connection for our invitation to stay by the Feigenbaums.

After arriving, we were warmly greeted by the entire family and shown to our quarters. After joining Rav Aryeh for Maariv at the shul, we quickly retired for

After Havdala with guests at the Feigenbaum house

School Book Depository building, from where Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The exhibits were very moving and brought back the painful memories that we remembered from our teenage

I enjoyed trying on the ten-gallon hats, though I did not think I could possibly wear them in my shtiebel back home.

the evening. It was a long and somewhat exhausting day.

On Friday, we picked up a sushi lunch and headed to Heritage Village at Old City Park. There, they brought over and erected the finest collection of 19th century pioneer homes, Victorian residences, and commercial buildings in all of Texas. Walking through this village was an absolute delight as one discovers what life was about over a hundred years ago.

There was even a house of a Jewish family with memorabilia depicting Jewish life and artifacts.

After lunch, we went to the exhibition called the Sixth Floor in the former Texas

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years. The presentation achieved its goal of capturing the sentiments and feelings of that era.

Shabbos with the Feigenbaums was absolutely beautiful. It began during the inspirational Kabbalas Shabbos at the beautiful, awe-inspiring shul where I was warmly welcomed by a congregation of mostly newly observant Jews. Our seudah was enhanced by many guests and the lovely children of the Rabbi and Rebbetzin.

After the seudah, we were invited to a bar mitzvah-oneg Shabbos reception where I was asked to speak about our experiences during our first trip to the

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U.S.S.R. The next day, after a similar rousing davening, we were joined at the seudah by other guests. At shalosh seudos at the shul, I was asked to continue my stories about the Soviet Union. I told them about my arrest by the KGB, and the oilem was fascinated.

After Havdalah, I was besieged with questions by many of the guests. Their inquiries ranged from making sense of the Holocaust, to understanding the concept of free will in contrast to “heavenly predestination” and “why bad things happen to good people.” For forty minutes, I grappled to find satisfactory answers to their questions. I am not sure how successful I was, but many of the guests said they gained a new insight about these difficult subjects.

Sunday was our last day in Texas, and we spent a good portion of it in Fort Worth. We went to the stockyards to watch the cattle herding by the cowboys.

The whole atmosphere was straight out of the Wild West. Longhorn steers, corrals, cowboys, horses, lassoes, saloons, jailhouses, and even recreated gunfights brought back memories of the Western films we saw as children. We could not believe that we actually spent over three hours there!

Yes, we only spent a week in the Lone Star State, but we gained a lifetime of impressions and memories.

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

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Taking a Break from Martial Arts to Save a Life by raphael Poch

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n Wednesday evening at around 7:30 p.m., a 68-year-old man lost consciousness in a Ramle synagogue during evening prayer services. The congregants stopped the prayers and called emergency services.

One fellow tried performing CPR as they waited for help to arrive.

Avraham Arnon is a remarkable United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who

was recognized by the mayor of Ramle for his incredible dedication and service to the people of the city.

On Wednesday night, Avraham’s communication device rang as he was in the middle of instructing a martial arts class. Being the dedicated volunteer that he is, Avraham exclaimed his apologies to his students and ran outside to his waiting ambucycle.

On the way, Avraham realized the shul where the emergency was taking place was the congregation where his family members often attended. He quickly dialed their number and was told that his relative was indeed at the shul that very moment. Avraham hurried over to the scene, with even more motivation than before, lest his family member be the one in trouble.

When Avraham arrived inside a minute later, he found a congregant unconscious on the floor.

“The unconscious gentleman was not my relative, but he is a friend of mine,” Avraham later mentioned. “There was a man trying his best to perform CPR but was not educated on how to do it

pair would switch off for maximum efficiency in efforts of a successful revival.

Once the intensive care ambulance arrived, the paramedics continued the resuscitation with advanced treatment, and after 15 minutes total, the team succeeded in bringing back a steady pulse.

The team then carefully transferred the man into the ambulance to transport him to the hospital for further care and recovery.

“Once I realized that I recognized the man, it made this rescue effort different for me.”

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After the incident, Avraham commented on the added stress of this specific CPR, “Once I realized that I recognized the man, it made this rescue effort different for me. Performing CPR on a person is stressful enough as it is, but the added stress of doing it on a friend of mine made it harder. I pushed myself even more and continued helping for as long as I could until the patient was en route to the hospital.

“In the end, we succeeded, which was definitely a relief to us all.”

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properly. He was pushing down towards the stomach instead of on the chest. I am always happy that people at least try to help, even if they don’t know how.

Hopefully, he was convinced after this experience to take a CPR course.”

Avraham immediately took over.

Less than two minutes into chest compressions, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Tal Lalum arrived to help. She connected a defibrillator and then switched out Avraham with the chest compressions. Every few minutes, the

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Lag B’Omer: The Beauty in Every Jew

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proach – simply because he is different than oyous! Overwhelmed! Ecstatic! These words are all other people. They were punished with usually reserved for life’s big ones. Like the time choking – a state where a person cannot the human resources department called to tell take in air. Failing to give proper respect to you that you got that dream job. Or when you finally heard another person means ceasing to take in ruthe magic words, “It’s a healthy baby.” ach – spirit. When a person does not honor Lag B’Omer is that kind of day. Close to a quarter of a another Jew, it shows that he has stopped million people are drawn to the tiny northern Israeli village appreciating that person’s unique spirit. of Meron, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s final resting place. It My son-in-law Yisrael was almost 20 is a 24-hour spiritual festival with music, dancing, intense when he joined our family. I will never forprayers, and a teeming street bazaar where the latest ediget an incident that happened on one of the tion of the Zohar (the core text of Jewish mysticism) are very first Shabbats that he shared with us. A raucously hawked alongside pictures of tzaddikim (righfamily friend dropped in. Yisrael noticed my teous rabbis), hand-shaped amulets, and colored scarves. little four-year-old shyly watching the scene.

Scores of three-year-olds are there for their first haircut, He had been enjoying getting to know his which will take place in the presence of their family and new big brother-in-law but the entrance of the tens of thousands of Jews of all stripes and colors who another unknown adult caused him to rethrong to Rabbi Shimon. treat. Yisrael smiled, held out his hand and introduced him This all takes place in the midst of Sefirat HaOmer, to the visitor. “This is my friend Yehudah,” he said of his the 50-day count up between Passover and Shavuot. This young brother-in-law. Yehudah beamed. He was a person, time period is accompanied by laws that require a degree worthy of acknowledgment. of mourning. No weddings. No music. The mourning is With this in mind, we can go back to Meron and get a a reminder of the terrible death of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 handle on what it’s all about. students who all passed on during this time period.

Then comes Lag B’Omer, like a dazzling diamond in a sea of banal grey. What’s it all about?

When a person does not honor The famous reason for the joy of Lag B’Omer is that the students another JeW, it shoWs that he of Rabbi Akiva ceased dying on this day. But the reason they stopped dyhas stopped appreciating that ing was because there were no more person’s unique spirit. students left! Is that a reason to celebrate?

Why were so many Torah scholars Every Jew destruck down by the plague? The Sages say that they did serves respect, especially a talmid chacham – a Torah sage not treat each other with kavod – respect – and therefore – because his soul is entwined with Torah. Really knowthey were stricken with a disease that caused them to choke ing someone means knowing his thoughts. Learning Torah to death. The Hebrew term kavod shares the same letters means knowing G-d’s thoughts and bonding your mind to as the Hebrew word that means “heavy.” This heaviness G-d’s mind. It means inculcating Divine traits and growing implies recognizing another person as significant. It means close to G-d. So when one gives respect to a Torah scholar, making him feel that you want to listen to him and that he in essence one gives respect to that part of G-d that lives has a worthwhile message that only he can convey. inside every great Jew. What makes a person unique? Externally, we may Why do we celebrate on Lag B’Omer? We rejoice that share similar characteristics, but internally our souls are Rabbi Akiva did not succumb to despair after his monuvastly different. Rabbi Akiva’s students failed to recognize that every Jew has infinite value and has a distinctive apmental loss. We marvel at his exceptional fortitude in gath-

ering five new students and transmitting to them the Oral Tradition we have today. Rabbi Akiva taught, “V’ahavta l’rei’acha kamocha, zeh klal gadol ba’Torah – Love your friend as yourself, this is a prime principle of the Torah.”

Torah takes you to a place where you can find G-d. The first place where you can find Him is within the heart of every Jew. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was one of the five students of Rabbi Akiva. He revealed the secrets of the Torah – how to find the divine spark within oneself and in other people.

Rabbi Shimon said to come to his tomb on the anniversary of his death, Lag B’Omer, and to rejoice.

The Maharal quotes the Zohar which says it is easier to build a connection with a tzaddik after his death, because then he is no longer constrained by physicality. Some aspect of the tzaddik’s spirit remains at his resting place, and it wishes to give of itself. However, the degree to which you identify with the tzaddik is the degree to which the tzaddik will identify with you. On Lag B’Omer, when we visit Rabbi Shimon’s tomb, we are in essence saying, “Rabbi Shimon, you brought inner meaning and reality into the world; we want to see inner meaning and goodness in ourselves and in other people. Please help us do so.”

Wherever you may be this Lag B’Omer, if you take a moment to identify with another’s inner G-dliness, you will absorb the profound message of the day.

This article is based on a class, The Beauty of Every Jew, presented by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller on Naaleh.com.

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Sparks of Light

Lag B’Omer Teaches Us the Power of Today by rabbi benny berlin

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very year, as Lag B’Omer approaches, I reflect on what the great joy of Lag B’Omer is all about. Since we were children, we were taught that the period of Omer is a time of mourning. The Gemara teaches us that a plague ravaged the students of Rabbi Akiva during that time and that his students stopped dying on Lag B’Omer; therefore, we celebrate the day. This is enigmatic.

When Jewish people stop dying, we should feel relieved, not joyful. After all, 24,000 Jews had already died by the time Lag B’Omer took place. Why now do we celebrate and why do we do so with bonfires? Perhaps a seudas hodaa, a meal of thanks to Hashem that people survived, would have been appropriate on Lag B’Omer, but to make parties seems callous in light of the victims.

Rabbi Akiva was a great talmid chacham who left his wife for 24 years to learn and teach 24,000 students. And then, in 32 days, it was all gone. In just over four short weeks, everything he worked for was ripped away. How did he respond on the 33rd day, the day the danger left? We know that Rabbi Akiva gathered five illustrious students and began to teach again. He began to rebuild. He did not sulk in despair and ask, “What is the point? Why should I restart?”

One would imagine for Rabbi Akiva it would have been a legitimate time to retire. He had 24,000 reasons to go home and claim, “I did what I could. I am finished.” But after those students died, Rabbi Akiva began from Bereshis, from the beginning. It was one of the most inspiring stories in the Talmud. The main corpus of the Mishnah comes from Rabbi Meir, while the Tosefta comes from Rabbi Nehemiah, the Sifra from Rabbi

Yehuda, and the Sifre from Rabbi Shimon – and all are based on the work of Rabbi Akiva teaching it to them (Sanhedrin 86a).

And so, the answer to our question is very simple: the great simcha of Lag

The Pasuk says in Tehillim 95: “You should listen to my voice today.” On a simple level, this means that you should listen to the Torah as if it was given today. But Rabbi Nachman offers a different explanation.

He had 24,000 reasons to go home and claim, “I did what I could. I am finished.”

B’Omer is not that the students stopped dying but how Rabbi Akiva responded.

The first day he could, he started to rebuild and heeded Hashem’s call to action.

How did Rabbi Akiva do it? I would like to connect the answer to one of the famous pieces of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Likutei Maran: Reish Ayin Beis.

There is a great rule in serving Hashem that you must focus on what you have to do today to hear Hashem’s voice. In other words, focusing on the present is key. Rabbi Nachman gives several examples: For instance, this is true of parnasah, and when it comes to business you can’t let the fact that you lost money in

the past stop you from doing business now. You can’t allow your previous failures to stop you from doing what you need to do today.

The only thing that exists is this moment and someone cannot serve Hashem with previous failures and question, “What is the point now?” If the only thing that exists is this moment, then previous failures are irrelevant.

We should not push off mitzvos or other things in our lives, claiming that we can’t do them because we are already too far behind or have failed in the past.

Saying, “I’m already behind on daf Yomi, so why should I start?” or “I’m not someone who is on time to Shacharis, so how can I push myself out of bed on time today?” are all statements from past storylines. All that matters is the current storyline, the “now.”

Tomorrow is a different world that does not exist, and yesterday is old news.

If you want to hear G-d’s voice, focus on hayom, on this day. That is the crux of Rabbi Nachman’s comment and that is Rabbi Akiva’s inyan on Lag B’Omer’s cause for simcha.

Every morning, you should wake up and ask, “What does G-d want from me right now, today?” There is no future or past; there is only right now.

That is the chizuk of Rabbi Akiva, of serving G-d in the moment. If we serve Hashem in the moment, over time you will b’ezras Hashem develop a whole life of meaning.

That, indeed, is a reason worth celebrating.

Rabbi Benny Berlin is the rabbi of BACH Jewish Center located in Long Beach, New York.

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Fiery Love for Every Jew Lag B’Omer with the Nikolsburger Rebbe

By Pinchos Friedlander

“You are the Rebbe,” he tells them. “You are the tzaddik.”

Large volume notwithstanding, until today, Rabbi Jungreis organizes the event pretty much single-handedly; he has no gabbaim or “manager.” He literally does the work with his own two hands. Much of the expenses he pays from his own pocket, too, though he is far from a rich man.

In fact, this year he was told the price for the cot-

ton candy alone will be $1,200. His people urged him to skip the cotton candy and save himself another expenditure. “There are enough cookies and other things,” they

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overflowing crowd waited with anticipation, swept up in an electrifying mood. They were comprised of an eclectic mix. Boys in crocs and shorts rubbed shoulders with distinguished-looking men in lange recklach. Guys with long mops of hair stood alongside chassidishe bochurim with beeber hitten. All eyes focused on the humble and unassuming Nikolsburger Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Jungreis, shlita. In his presence, there was no difference. Everyone felt like one.

Rabbi Jungreis stood near the pyre that was prepared for the occasion. Men and boys lined up, and he handed each one a cup of oil to pour on the soon-to-be-lit fire.

As each one received his cup, the rebbe put his hand on his head and lovingly blessed him. Some, he kissed on the head as well. After each one had poured his oil on the elegant-looking edifice bedecked in white, the moment arrived.

Using large havdalah lecht, the Nikolsburger Rebbe, along with a few other distinguished men, slowly lit the fire. First from one side, then from another. The fire slowly spread, then engulfed the entire structure.

At that moment, the band erupted in lively music, and the Rebbe burst into enthusiastic dancing. The crowd clapped and swayed along, and then they all began dancing together. Their joy was real. The love and purity of Nikolsburg touched everyone, reaching their souls. All feelings of anxiety and stress melted away, and social division and barriers ceased to exist.

They danced and danced for hours, and they were transformed – some for life. The Rebbe led the crowd tirelessly, lovingly. He was at once the Rebbe, party planner, crowd control manager, and waiter. Hugging, kissing, holding hands, and uplifting, the Rebbe sang, “R’ Shimon is here on 49[th Street].”

And indeed, everyone felt that the soul of the great sage was present at this pure and holy event.

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This is not a one-time story. In fact, by now, it is almost a fifty-time story. The Nikolsburger “Lag B’Omer” fire is one of the oldest in Boro Park. It began close to five decades ago and has become a legend. Moreover, there are even some people who come to it from Israel! Rather than going to Meron, they unbelievably feel the presence of R’ Shimon stronger at “Meron-Nikolsburg,” as Rabbi Jungreis fondly calls it.

Rabbi Jungreis begins the event with sefiras ha’omer.

Surrounded by his beloved protégés, he leads the congregation, reciting the prayer with passion. Watching him, you sense that it’s for real. He is not trying to impress anyone; the fire in his soul is simply expressing itself.

After that, the Rebbe apportions oil to one and all.

All this is free – there is no bidding or selling as is customary in many other places.

Then the fire is lit, and the dancing goes on for hours.

Two full city blocks are filled with people, swaying, jumping, dancing, as thousands attend the event that is one of the main attractions of Boro Park that night.

The highlight is when he takes off his “rebbishe” garb, including his hat, bekeshe, and gartel, and puts it on “his” boys.

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argued. But Rabbi Jungreis won’t hear of it. He will not minimize spreading the joy and love of Yiddishkeit to children, even in the minutest detail.

And he sets up the tables and platters of cake and candies himself, too. He takes pleasure in giving out sweets and treats to children and adults alike.

How did this all begin? It happened rather simply.

Rabbi Jungreis is a man of many hats. Or should I say, a man of many shtreimels. Besides leading two shuls (more on that later) and running a one-man chessed empire, he is also a primary-grade rebbe in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin in Flatbush, teaching for about 45 years. One Lag B’Omer, Rabbi Jungreis gathered a group of boys and organized a small event for them, with a fire, nosh, and dancing. His motive was to bring simcha and warmth to Jewish children. Slowly, word got around, and from year to year the operation grew, until it became the tremendous event it is today.

A Paradigm of Ahavas Yisroel

The Lag B’Omer celebration in Nikolsburg is just

one facet of an encompassing theme. And that theme is ahavas Yisroel, lifting people up through love, which Rabbi Jungreis is famous for. Every Jew has a place in his heart, even those whom others have rejected. Instead of criticizing them and putting them down, Rabbi Jungreis refers to them as “tzaddik” and lifts them up. His shuls are their home, their safe corner in a painful world.

Lag B’Omer is one tool of many, which he uses to draw people close.

His son, Reb Usher Anshel, relates that a few years ago, there was a popular performer in the charedi world who drifted away from the community he was raised in to a less affiliated (though still religious) lifestyle and worldview. At a certain point, the man regretted his ways and wished to return to the community. However, he felt uncomfortable and awkward, and at the same time feared he would be rejected because of his past. The only place he knew he would feel welcomed and safe was Nikolsburg. And so, he called Rabbi Jungreis and explained his situation.

Without hesitation, Rabbi Jungreis invited him to sing at the celebration. And indeed, the performer lived up to his word, uplifting the crowd with truly inspiring and heartfelt song that came from the deep within.

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are the Rebbe," he tells them. “ You are the tzaddik."

And the ripple effects of Meron-Nikolsburg spread even further. Reb Usher Anshel relates another story, one of a man who had come to the U.S. from Israel on a fundraising mission and found himself in Boro Park on Lag B’Omer. Arriving at Nikolsburg late into the night, he heard the crowd dancing to one of the Rebbe’s songs, “Ah Tatte blabt, a Tatte afilleh men is a shmatteh,” a father remains a father, even if we are a “shmatteh.” The man was carried along in the mood and participated in the festivities with gusto. So much so, that even as he was boarding the plane for his return flight to Israel, the song was still on his lips.

Engrossed in settling into his seat, he barely noticed an elderly steward staring at him intently, agitated and entranced by his humming. Finally, the man approached him.

“I was also once religious,” he explained. “Over the years, I wandered away from the fold, and I felt I was lost. There was no hope of me ever coming back. But the words I heard you humming ignited a spark in my heart.

Perhaps there is still a place for me. My Father in Heaven remains my Father, despite all I have done.”

The meshulach was inspired by the man’s words, but felt this situation was out of his league. “Look, I don’t know what to tell you,” the meshulach said. “Why don’t you come with me to my rabbi in Israel, who may be able to help you?”

And so, upon arrival in Israel, the man took the elderly steward to his town and introduced him to his rabbi.

The rabbi took one look at the man and reached into a drawer. He pulled out an old class photo and showed it to the man. He pointed at one boy.

“Do you recognize that boy?” he asked the steward.

“That boy is me,” the steward replied, astonished.

The rabbi then pointed at another boy and said, “And this boy is me. We were in the same class, all those years ago. For years, I wondered what had become of you, as we lost contact, and something told me there was room for concern. It is clearly the Hand of Providence which brought you here, after so many years.”

The rabbi took him under his wing, and over some time, the man made a complete turnaround – all in the merit of a Lag B’Omer in Nikolsburg.

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Love and Song

The Nikolsburger Rebbe is also a prolific composer.

And through his songs, he expresses the overflowing love in his heart.

Recently, a song of his called “Every Yid’s a Big Tzaddik” was sung and reimagined by Mendy Worch, and it went viral. So many people connect to its message on a real level. Whenever the Nikolsburger Rebbe attends a chasuna, the band plays the song, the words, “Ve’ameich kulam tzaddikim,” underscoring his universal love for and belief in every Jew. In my interview with the Rebbe (which overlapped with him preparing for his Lag B’Omer event: in fact, in middle of the call, his order arrived, and he had to stop our call to deal with it), it was hard to get him to talk about himself, but he was happy to sing his songs for me.

He revealed that he had composed a song in memory of the 45 victims of last year’s tragic incident in Meron, which he plans on singing at his event this year. He sang that song for me, too.

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Along with his shul in Boro Park, Rabbi Jungreis is the rav of another shul. Some years ago, the 96-year-old Woodbourne shul lay desolate, and it bothered Rabbi Jungreis immensely. People long ago had put in time, money, and effort to build the shul, and it was painful for him to watch it sitting empty, without a minyan and tefillos to fill its halls. Eventually, Rabbi Jungreis succeeded in reopening it and revitalizing it, turning it into a center of tefilla, chessed, and the ahavas Yisroel.

The Nikolsburger shul in Woodbourne is not just open during the summer months. Even in the winter, the lights burn day and night, and tables of refreshments are constantly refilled. The sign in front of the shul declares, “Everyone is welcome here.” And everyone really is.

The shul is a magnet for thousands of Jews. Some live in the country year-round. Some come up to the mountains for Shabbos. And some might be passing through late at night. They know that the shul is always open. They can daven, rest up, and rejuvenate themselves – spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

Here, too, Rabbi Jungreis embraces and shares his love with all Jews – those with curly peyos or long locks of hair, those wearing t-shirts and those with woolen tzitzis. A Jew is someone with whom he feels only love.

And the Rebbe loves singing his songs, pulling boys into a circle for a spontaneous dance at 2 o’clock in the morning. As he sings with them, “Ve’amech kulam tzaddikim,” they feel that in his eyes, all of them truly are “tzaddikim.”

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As he sings with them, “Ve’amech kulam tzaddikim,” they feel that in his eyes, all of them truly are “tzaddikim.”

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ahel at the time, R’ Moshe Berman, zt”l, whom Rabbi Jungreis calls “a big tzaddik.” The young Rabbi Jungreis expected him to discuss with him his erudition and fear of Heaven. Instead, R’ Berman had only one question for him. “Do you know how to be patient?” He asked him the question in Yiddish, then repeated it in English.

Rabbi Jungreis recalls those words as if they were spoken yesterday, and in his words, he is constantly trying to improve in “being patient.” The way he sees it, good character traits on the part of the rebbe are paramount, more important than anything else, from a chinuch perspective.

Rabbi Jungreis becomes passionate when saying this: A rebbe should always be improving. The Nikolsburger Rebbe, a paradigm of ahavas Yisroel, is re-

minding himself that everyone – even himself – needs to always be improving.

Over the years, Rabbi Jungreis has accomplished so much with the power of his love. Many young men have made complete turnarounds, from the deepest depths to the greatest heights, all because they knew someone believed in them.

As the Rebbe explains, if you call someone “rasha, sheigetz,” he will indeed live up to your expectations and become, chas v’shalom, a “rasha” and a “sheigetz.” But if you call a lost soul, a questioning person, a “tzaddik” – and believe in him – he will become a true tzaddik.

Deep inside, every Jewish child only wants to be good.

We just have to believe in them and not push them away.

Our hope is that, in the merit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, we can all reach the point where we will share in the pure ahavas Yisroel of the Rebbe of Nikolsburg who warms and uplifts those around him with his pure love for his fellow Jew.

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Lag B’Omer is traditionally a big time for upsherins, and many people travel to Meron to do a “chalake” at the kever of Rabbi Shimon. In Meron-Nikolsburg, too, there are people who bring their three-year-old boys to the Rebbe for their first haircuts.

But the bulk of Rabbi Jungreis’s experience with upsherins is undoubtedly in his capacity as a rebbe in yeshiva. Rabbi Jungreis makes an elaborate production for the three-year-old, beginning with washing negel vasser with the little boy and encouraging him with candies, prizes, and other gimmicks. He spares no effort or talent to ensure that the boy comes away from the experience with a positive and happy feeling from cheder.

“That’s the only way to start him off on the right track, with the right attitude toward learning the holy Torah,” he explains.

“I don’t say “teefeh Torah,” deep Torah thoughts, he explains. “I only say simple ideas.”

But his depth is not in the intricacy of his intellectual insights, rather it’s in the depths of connection. The depths of warmth. And the depth of bringing Hashem’s love of the Jewish people to the fore.

Rabbi Jungreis shares how his teaching career began: “I was a young man, and I needed a job,” he explains.

“I had no prior teaching experience. A position came up, at the Stoliner Yeshiva. R’ Meir Pilchick, a”h, was the primary rebbe there, and he needed an assistant. People told me you didn’t need teaching skills for it. You just have to help the rebbe with technical things like pouring milk, buttering bread, zippering coats, and the like.”

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by by rabbi rabbi Doniel Doniel Drandoff, Drandoff, LMFt LMFt

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ast week, we responded to a painful letter written by a teen who was ridiculed about her weight when she was younger. Over the course of her high school years, she lost a great deal of weight and developed a complex which led to severe restriction of calories in her diet, as well as an extreme exercise regimen. Though we cannot offer a diagnosis, it was noted that the letter writer, Eliana, presented a story that carries many of the hallmarks of an extremely dangerous eating disorder called anorexia nervosa.

Last week’s article was a direct response to Eliana. However, it is really important that parents understand the nature of this disorder. For this week’s article, I will take the opportunity to explain this further. We will discuss: • Causes • Warning signs • How to talk to your teen and be supportive, rather than harmful • Treatment

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esearch suggests that while it is often unclear what causes an eating disorder, there can be a number of factors that play into it. In other words, there are some indicators that we can point to and consider.

It seems that genetics are a definite factor. Eating disorders often run in the family.

If a family member suffers with an eating disorder, the likelihood of others developing an eating disorder rises. It is far from a guarantee, chas v’shalom. It simply means that the statistics teach us that parents must be more vigilant and aware of their children’s eating habits if there is a family history of eating disorders.

Another statistical fact is that eating dis-

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orders are far more common among females. Once again, a little more vigilance with one’s daughter(s) is appropriate.

Other causes can be social pressure to be thin, anxiety, perfectionism, and a history of abuse. Included in this is if a child is bullied or teased due to his/her weight.

Once again, I want to reiterate that this list represents a loose idea of potential indicators. The mere fact that your child fits any of these should not be cause for panic.

In fact, as I will explain below, even a clear diagnosis should not result in panic.

When it comes to anorexia warning signs, we can be a little more specific and certain.

There are specific behaviors and attitudes that should indicate to a parent that there may be a serious problem.

I will list some of them in bullet form (in no particular order): • Intense fear of gaining weight • Sticking to a strict and restrictive diet, despite being very thin • Emaciated appearance • Refusal to eat or admit when hungry • Discomfort eating in public, and/or refusal to do so • Extremely self-critical of weight and/ or appearance • Changes in mood – depressed, anxious, irritable…

• Becoming increasingly less social • Compulsive exercise • Regular female biological cycle has become erratic or has altogether stopped While this is not a completely exhaustive list of potential symptoms, it is a

very good start. As a parent, you should be cognizant and aware so that you can pick up on the warning signs if they do emerge. Some or all of these red flags may be present, so it is important to be tuned in to your child’s world. The earlier an eating disorder is discovered, the better the prognosis.

Until now, we have really only been discussing anorexia of the restricting type, but it is important to note that there are other eating disorders to be aware of: anorexia of the binge-eating/purging type (which was briefly mentioned last week), bulimia nervosa, and binge eating are the most common. It is beyond the scope of this article to go into detail of each, however, the approach to how to speak with your kids is more or less the same for all.

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f you suspect that your son or daughter is suffering with anorexia, the first rule is don’t panic. Generally, people who are in a state of panic are not capable of acting in a way that is thoughtful, careful and extremely empathetic and validating. When it comes to approaching your teen, you will need heavy doses of all of these.

So, step one is to find your inner calm so that you may come to the conversation with your teen in a way that exudes confidence and love. If your teen picks up on your anxiety and frustration it will only further his/her

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In the event that your teen is not responsive to the treatment prescribed, then a more intensive form of treatment can be necessary.

Common avenues of higher-level treatment include intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) and in-patient treatment. In very severe cases, hospitalization may be necessary.

You will know that your teen requires higher level treatment if he/she is: • Not keeping to the agreed upon treatment recommendations made by the doctor and/or therapist • Sabotaging any potential progress • Experiencing severe depression • Feeling suicidal, or is threatening suicide If you are concerned for your teen’s safety, you should immediately contact your family doctor for guidance. If the situation is seriously acute, then call 911. Alternatively, if it can be done safely, you can take your teen

Step one is to find your inner calm so that you may come to the conversation with your teen in a way that exudes confidence and love. to the nearest hospital. But I can’t reiterate enough that this should only be done if you are certain that it can be done safely. If you are worried, then it is better to be safe and call 911.

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he road ahead will be extremely challenging. In order for your teen to recover, he/ she will need you more than ever. The right

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If your doctor confirms your fears, then he will be able to guide you through your immediate next steps. Next steps will likely include a psychiatric evaluation (preferably with a psychiatrist with experience and expertise in treating eating disorders), nutritional counseling, and psychotherapy. Of course, ongoing medical care will be very important to assess for and treat any health issues that the eating disorder has caused.

kind of parental support can be the difference when it comes to a successful outcome. You have to be prepared to actively participate in the treatment. This may involve weekly family therapy sessions. It also means being on top of his/her nutrition.

Take the time to educate yourself about anorexia so that you will have greater insight into your teen’s struggle and so that you will know what to expect. Be extremely patient and non-judgmental. As much as possible use positive regard and reinforcement to help your teen continue moving forward. Maintain constant vigilance with regards to the red flags and warning signs discussed above. As much as possible avoid lecturing.

Beyond all of this, your own self-care will be more important than ever before.

Much as the body requires physical fuel to endure, your spirit requires joy and fulfillment to endure. Without it, you are bound to burn out at some point. So spend time learning, take up a hobby, get together with friends, volunteer at a chesed organization, go for a daily walk…do whatever brings you joy and fulfillment.

If you are married, double down on shalom bayis. Make sure that you and your spouse are spending quality time together and connecting deeply. Avoid the common pitfall of blaming each other for how things turned out with your teen.

Most of all, pour your heart out to Avinu Malkeinu, the only real rofei cholim. Iy”H with a lot of hard work and siyata dishmaya you will get through this terrible ordeal and see great nachas from your teen.

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own feelings of anxiety. That is definitely not helpful. You must communicate in a way that is calming.

So, what exactly are you communicating?

It starts with empathetic yet brutal honesty.

You must share your observations and concerns. A defensive response, or even outright denial, is extremely likely so be prepared for that and don’t get frustrated. Be very careful not to cast judgments or criticism. This is a lot easier said than done! Just remain calm and reiterate your concerns for his/ her safety. If your teen is adamant, and you are fairly certain that it is denial, then you must make an appointment with your family doctor. At the same time, if he/she actually opens up and your fears are confirmed, then be very liberal with your hugs and kisses and express your unconditional love and support.

Then make an appointment with your family doctor.

At that time, a full physical assessment can be done so that other underlying medical conditions can be ruled out. At the same time, maybe you have overreacted, and your teen is fine. The doctor can help clarify a lot.

Are you a teen with a question?

If you have a question or problem you’d like our columnists to address, email your question or insight to editor@fivetownsjewishhome.com, subject line: Teen Talk.

Rabbi Doniel Drandoff is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community, as well as Clinical Director of My Extended Family. He works with teens, young adults, families, and couples. You can reach Rabbi Drandoff at Dndrandoff@gmail.com.

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LcSW of the Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

I’ve been dating a guy on and off for two years. He’s great and I think we could work, but whenever we get back together, the same issues keep bothering me.

He’s sweet, cute, and well-liked by his friends but has had things

coming to him his whole life and isn’t motivated when it comes to finding a job or planning things out. He has more of the mindset that will take things as they come and hope for the best.

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away. He is very idealistic.

Do you have advice how I can get comfortable with his good qualities enough that the bad just don’t bother me?

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

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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 rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. or this relationship to go forward, I would suggest both of you going for coaching/therapy. It’s not a matter of overlooking what you don’t like. Becoming comfortable will be a process. In this process, you will explore the differences between your natures (and the nurturing you have experienced) and both of your capacities for acceptance and respect.

You will dig deep, and you will question your ability to be supportive of someone you care deeply about. You may discover that you don’t care deeply enough.

You may discover that it is your nature to be a cheerleader. You may find that you don’t really respect someone who is not ambitious and driven. He may discover that he may enjoy some challenges but not being pushed into them. He may re-

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spect your initiative and drive but not for himself.

Yes, people do evolve, and both of you are probably at the beginning of your adult lives. Your natures may change over time and in response to circumstances.

Growth is part of the human experience called life. However, self-awareness about one’s own strengths and weaknesses as well as respect for one another’s qualities are crucial when you are considering marriage.

Engage in the process with honesty and see if your relationship can work.

There is no instant answer.

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he fact that the two of you keep ending up together is not something to

take lightly. There are obviously a lot of big things the two of you respect about each other. I’m sorry to say, however, there is nothing you can do that will make his relaxed approach to the future appealing. What you are describing sounds like a personality trait, which, as you know, cannot be changed. I have known idealistic, unmotivated guys who have become wildly successful.

Their positive attitude and willingness to jump into endeavors bring them good opportunities. I have also known guys like you describe, who have struggled a lot for many years due to their lack of motivation or commitment.

If you truly want to marry this guy, you are going to accept him for who he is without assuming he will change. You might also want to envision a future together where you are doing most of the breadwinning. Then, if he becomes the primary breadwinner, you will be pleasantly surprised.

You cannot get married to him, or anyone, hoping the other person will change.

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The Panel

There is no “good” or “bad” here. He sounds like a great guy whom you connect with and truly want to spend your life with. The question you have to ask yourself is: if he did not change a thing, could you imagine yourself ultimately happy with him?

I would like to end with a quote from Fred Rogers which I think is very poignant and rings true to your situation.

“Love doesn’t mean a state of per-

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fect caring. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now – and to go on caring through joyful times and through times that may bring us pain.”― Fred Rogers

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ear conflicted dater, I firmly believe that a person needs to go into a relationship accepting a person as they are, assuming they won’t change (in order to prevent unhealthy expectations and disappointment). I share the next piece of advice assuming you have already

communicated your needs and have reached no resolution.

You clearly really like this guy while feeling conflicted at the foundational details that leave you feeling uncertain.

Hope is tricky, since it’s unreliable and can often be unhealthy in this capacity of your relationship.

I suggest creating a priority list to determine if you can accept this guy, if he checks off your priority needs. After writing out your pro and con list, start to label the importance of each pro and con on a scale of 1-10. That will determine the value of each characteristic and consequently the influence it will have on your relationship.

As always, therapists or mentors are always great to help along the way. :) You got this!

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hank you for writing into our panel.

Whatever bothers you now will most likely always bother you. I understand from your question that you are looking for a way to not feel the way that you do.

While your question is completely understandable and common, what I feel you are essentially asking is: How do I ignore my intuition?

From my experience working in the field with wonderful, complex human beings, spouses do not tend to become more comfortable with the qualities in the other they always disliked; rather, resentments tend to grow.

Your sweet, cute, wonderful m a n will most likely never change.

You cannot get married to him, or anyone, hoping the other person will change. The happiest couples I have had the pleasure of working with always say the same thing: “I love him exactly as he is.” “I respect her for who she is.” “I feel emotionally safe and protected with him/ her.”

No one can tell you what to do. Loving someone so deeply and having a connection so intense that propels you to find each other time and again, break-up after

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hen I first read your letter, my initial reaction was, “This unmotivated, apathetic, chilled-out young man would be a great shidduch for her, as long as she doesn’t mind living in her mother’s basement and shopping for food in her mother’s refrigerator.”

But then, I had a very different reaction. Perhaps being overly ambitious and overly obsessed with detailed planning isn’t for everyone. (In my family, for example, we plan vacations two years ahead of time and discuss school options as soon as the embryo is visible on a sonogram.)

It’s possible that what might seem like the very negative qualities of laziness and lack of ambition are actually the very positive, admirable qualities of having an easy-going nature, being content with life, and enjoying simchas hachaim. Perhaps these qualities are what attracts you to him.

Nevertheless, before considering him as life partner material, you want to make sure you won’t be

break-up, is not a love to be scoffed at or ignored.

It is easy to understand why you keep going back. However, if this bothers you today and it is part of the reason why you inevitably break up, my concern is that it will be an everlasting issue for you.

This doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you. And this doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with your beloved. Not seeing eye-to-eye on this issue is a problem.

I don’t think you need help to work through your concern because your concern is so valid. If you’d like to address

Nevertheless, before considering him as life partner material, you want to make sure you won’t be living in your mother’s basement.

living in your mother’s basement.

So, is he educated and employable?

Is there a family business that is suitable for him? Does he possess any skills that can potentially earn a living? Did he secretly win the Mega Million lottery jackpot?

Please note that it is not merely a question of earning a living. You need to discern his true nature. A husband who is eternally lazy and unmotivated would be hard to live with; but, a husband who is naturally content and happy sounds like a bracha.

this with a professional, present the idea of couples therapy to your guy. See how he takes to your concerns. Is he open or is he dismissive? If he is dismissive, that is another (and possibly bigger) issue.

If he’s open, you may have some wiggle room. But a person doesn’t change his desire for you unless he desires you so badly that he is willing to do the work for you. And even then it is hard!

You deserve to feel good about your life and your future husband’s work ethic.

Sincerely, Jennifer

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

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by Hylton I Lightman, MD DcH (SA) FAAP

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saying. This automatically helps to advance their reading skills.

By learning poetry, we expanded and strengthened our reading skills. We learned nuances in familiar words as well as new words. Because our brains were stimulated to think this way, we searched out new words to rhyme with our existing words.

A commercial here for parents to read aloud to children and children to read aloud to parents. In both Hebrew and English.

But I want to round back to the point and emphasize that we did not deny the anxiety. We identified it, yoked it, and then directed it in order to grow. Anxiety informed our actions rather than our being crippled by it.

My wife reminisces that she and her 18 new classmates arrived on their first day of graduate school to a room with a table upon which there were five sets of colored cards, and on each card was written a unique word or phrase. Each group was formed when the like color-carded people found one another and self-introductions commenced. Each group was charged with developing and performing a 5-7-minute skit for their classmates.

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Rhyming can help children to identify sounds in words and to identify word families. Further, like any other form of reading, it can build vocabulary in kids because it introduces them to new words. When children read sentences and phrases that have a tempo, they are introduced to new words in new frameworks. Building a solid foundation in reading skills – both English and Hebrew – is important if one aspires to build a strong edifice of lifelong learning and education.

In South Africa, furthermore, we had to recite poetry aloud and in front of our peers! Talk about terrifying. We had to concentrate. We had to prepare. We had to speak clearly. In front of our peers.

And for the most part, this was successful for us. Why? Because we concentrated. Because we prepared. Because we spoke clearly. We harnessed our anxiety and directed that energy to grow as readers and into public speakers.

Reading aloud is one of the seven most important skills for promoting literacy because reading aloud supports oral development. It helps children to improve their literacy skills. When children read aloud, they think more deeply about the sounds of the words they are

There were several purposes to this exercise. They began meeting their classmates. They collaborated in small groups. They directed their anxiety into something useful and creative, “elevating” their anxiety from a stumbling block into something creative akin to painting a masterpiece. The imaginations of these 19 graduate students were unleashed – all because the anxiety made them sit on the edges of their chairs, ready to direct it into useful pathways.

Recent research has shown that when we are anxious, there are higher levels of dopamine, the “feel good” hormone. Dopamine is present when an experience is pleasurable or even the thought of it is enjoyable. Interestingly, dopamine is also present in emergency situations when we need to keep going even when there is longer gasoline in the proverbial tank.

It’s chronic anxiety that is wearying.

And it is chronic anxiety that can mask normal, useful anxiety. When we can properly identify useful anxiety, we can separate it from its crippling cousin. If chronic anxiety is present, it is important to discuss this with your physician and/or a qualified mental health professional who can help. This is where the multi-billion anxiety industry can be potentially useful to people.

Again, I believe that if parents and children can work together to develop the emotional vocabulary to properly identify the pieces, their relationships will be strengthened, plus our children will have greater ability to navigate this world and its nuances.

As always, daven.

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nxiety abounds today, including among children. Is there any reason to doubt why it’s rampant? Covid. The war in the Ukraine.

Terrorist attacks in Israel. 45 families marking tragic first-year yahtrzeits on Lag B’Omer this week. Attacks in the local public transportation systems. A bomb scare at our own local JCC. Unfortunately, the list is limitless These outside forces clearly play a role in anxiety. There will always be events over which we have little, if any, control that can precipitate anxiety, causing us to ponder unknown futures.

But that’s not my focus here. Rather, I am writing/speaking about the “normal” anxiety in our daily lives. There’s passing a test: the first grader is focused on the spelling test while the 17-year-old is preparing for the driver’s license test.

It’s about going to school, overnight camp or flying for the first time or traveling to Israel for the seminary year or yeshiva learning.

If you think about it, these are scenarios about learning and growing and doing new things that can only help us grow. This is wonderful. So why then is our society so riddled with anxiety?

The level of anxiety is even more ironic because there exists a multi-billion dollar omni-present industry of tools to fight anxiety, including mental health professionals, holistic interventions, vitamins, minerals and herbs, self-help books and apps. Alas, anxiety is more all-pervading than ever before.

Forgive me, please, because it’s almost heretical, but I am suggesting embracing “normal” anxiety as a vehicle for growth and change. In other words, let’s make anxiety into something positive.

My perspective, as in most things, is shaped by my upbringing. Growing up in South Africa, we were taught poetry and public speaking in elementary school, as young as 6 years old. Why poetry? Poetry can teach young readers about speech patterns which can then give them cues to words on a page.

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Kindness vs. Compassion

by Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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t’s not so hard to be kind. Sustaining it is another matter. Especially under adverse circumstances such as when you’re mistreated. Nevertheless, kindness is still easier than compassion.

Yet, according to Richard C. Schwartz, the founder of Internal Family Systems, compassion is one of the “8 C’s,” a characteristic of Self energy.

What he’s talking about when he mentions “Self energy” is the way you are when you are “you.” Or another way of putting it, our Torah-dik way of putting it, is who you are when the “covering on your heart” is removed: your true, shining Self.

So let’s back up a bit to understanding kindness and compassion and how they’re different. And why all this is important.

Kindness is what you do, and compassion is an expression that you feel. You can behave with kindness but not really feel it. You can be grudging about it; you can be a bean-counter about it. You know what I mean by that, right? “I did this, so you owe me that” – tit for tat.

Kindness can be conditional, too. Like when you give your child a gift “because.”

There’s a because, a condition on it. And of course, that’s often justified. You need your child to perform in school, do chores, or behave nicely out of the house. And when they do, it’s useful to give a reward, kind of to cement that good behavior into their brain cells.

But then again, conditional kindness to children hints of the unspoken message, “You’re only good as long as you perform.” That’s not love. That’s not unconditional love.

Bean-counter kindness and grudging kindness have the same drawbacks: They end up defeating the whole purpose of why you were kind. As soon as there are strings to it, or the feeling is false, the person on the receiving end can smell it.

And it doesn’t smell good.

I certainly admit that kindness is particularly difficult when you have a history of not having been given the very kind-

ness you’re supposed to give; someone expects it of you, but your cup is empty.

Yet, the unfortunate dilemma you find yourself in is that if you aren’t kind, it absolutely makes things worse – and you know it. Or if you didn’t know it, it got pointed out to you by someone who recognizes that when two people are angry, resentful, and both feel mistreated, then

ness only go so far without the feelings of connection – attachment – that have to go with them. When you feel connected, then the compassion and the kindness are easy.

What if the goal is that connection but you haven’t gotten there yet? Where does compassion come in?

When there’s genuine compassion,

Everything goes more smoothly when compassion sits in your heart.

things only spiral downward.

So the one that is willing – grudgingly, resentfully, even angrily – to do the work has to be the patient, kind one in the face of not feeling it is at all fair and in the face of the other one still being unkind.

Well, all that doesn’t work, because, as I said, the receiver of all this knows it’s fake.

But just to make matters even more difficult, the end goal in a torn relationship is not fake kindness. It’s compassion.

Because even acts of sincere kind-

kindness is easy. But how do you feel compassion for someone who isn’t kind to you? Why did Dr. Schwartz make it so difficult? Including compassion in the list of what constitutes Self energy is demanding a lot of people!

Yet, the reality is that everything goes more smoothly when compassion sits in your heart. The most difficult conversations, the most challenging relationships, the most draining energies all are somehow more bearable when there’s a spoonful of compassion.

Here’s the secret: We are all capable of feeling compassion under adverse circumstances because that is how Hashem feels towards us: He is compassionate, slow to anger, and waits for us to “get it.” He is our role model, and he has built into us the ability to follow His lead.

But how do we do that?

The answer is we all have free choice, bechira. We can allow our anger to rule, or we can take leadership of all the dissident voices within us pulling us in the wrong direction. We can focus on our wounds and the resentment we feel because of them, or we can focus on the good – but covered up – heart of the person who has harmed us. When you laser-beam your attention toward their good heart, when you see it without the covering, that’s when your compassion automatically will kick in. That last, glorious step is, indeed, automatic, but it begins with what you spotlight.

Does that make you a doormat to be stepped on, taken advantage of?

Or does that make you the person who turns around something bad and makes it something good? I do believe that the answer to that is simply this: Does the receiver of the compassion understand the 8 C’s? Has that person made any effort on their own to make things better and take a step toward you? Is that person learning?

Learning about feelings, triggers, the role of history, the process of healing, the beauty and calm of Self energy, ways to uncover the things that cover the heart?

Because if they are, I promise you – I promise! – things will get better. Please reach out if you want help with that.

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

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The Diet Starts on Monday by cindy Weinberger MS, rD, cDN

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e’ve all heard this phrase one too many times – probably just about once a week. While overindulging on the weekend, we take a deep breath and encourage ourselves, “The diet starts on Monday.” However convincing this may sound, this phenomenon can be dangerous. Don’t use the weekends as an easy excuse to overeat. Following your healthy eating habits all week long will not only help manage your weight but will keep your body healthier, keep you feeling better physically (once your body is used to eating a certain way, it does not react well to extra carbs, fat, and sugar), and, even more so, will keep you healthier emotionally.

Watching what you eat can be challenging. Overeating often causes a sense of guilt, failure, and despair. Don’t do that to yourself. If you cheat a little over the weekend or at any point during the week, simply watch out better the next day. Don’t stumble on small setbacks.

Don’t throw in the towel, just because you slipped and ate half a can of Pringles. Put the past in the past and move forward.

For this reason, I strongly advise against the notion of starting the diet on Monday. Because what happens? Comes Monday morning, and you still feel groggy, full and bloated from all the overeating from the weekend, and you say to yourself, “Ugh, I can’t start my diet right now. I just ate so much on Shabbos at our friend’s house, and when we went out Motzei Shabbos, and then at the pizza shop for lunch, and even more by the BBQ for dinner. It’s not even worth it at this point.”

For this reason, I suggest watching what you eat all week long. It does not have to be a strict diet of calorie counting. That is not my idea of a diet. I strongly emphasize healthy eating habits which, in turn, makes choosing, pre-

paring, and eating healthy foods come naturally to you, which won’t leave you hungry and looking for the wrong foods.

How does one have the proper mindset to eat healthy a whole week long?

Firstly, don’t have a weight loss goal.

say, “Forget this. I’m going back to the way I used to eat!” Don’t feel that just because you didn’t lose weight your eating habits were not successful. Sometimes, as long as you don’t gain any weight, that in and of itself is a major success.

The goal should be to eat the right foods and make the right choices.

The goal should be to eat the right foods and make the right choices. Weight loss or weight maintenance should be the result. Even if weight loss may not occur, by eating the right foods and exercising regularly your body will be much healthier and you will automatically feel better. For this reason, I discourage anyone from going on the scale too often. At a certain point when the number remains stagnant, one may feel discouraged and

Weight loss requires patience. We don’t always get the immediate results that we are aiming for. Keep in mind, you will get the best results when you lose weight slowly and eat the appropriate foods. Those who lose weight too quickly are often losing water weight or lean tissue, not fat.

Focus on the small goals such as: did I eat enough fruits and vegetables today? Did I drink enough water today?

Did I cut down on the diet soda and have water instead? Did I have a fruit when I was in the mood of a snack instead of a bag of chips? Did I watch my portion of pasta? Small steps help lead the way to a major success.

Staying positive is key. Find a family member or friend who will support your healthy habits. Alternately, join a weight support group to surround yourself with proper support.

Lastly, reward yourself. Think of one treat to reward yourself with if you follow all of your small goals for the week.

And no, it does not need to be food. Yes, it can be a small chocolate at the end of the week (that’s my personal treat), or it may be a slice of pizza on motzei Shabbos. But what I advise is something completely unrelated to food, such as a night out with friends, a shopping spree, an hour to yourself away from the kids to just relax, or anything that comes to mind.

Eating healthy is not about starvation and despair. Eating healthy is the stepping stone to providing yourself with the ultimate prize: optimal health.

Eating healthy is something that you should be doing 7 days a week, 365 days a year (with a few exceptions here and there).

Now is the time to get yourself into healthy eating mode. With summer around the corner, we all want to get out and look and feel our best!

Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She is currently a private nutritionist. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com or at 917623-6237.

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Parenting Pearls

Keeping to Our Words

by Sara rayvych, MSed

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t was approaching dinnertime, and my little guy wanted ketchup with his meal. He didn’t want our ketchup; we still had the Pesachdik one. No, he wanted the “good” one; I never knew my preschooler was a ketchup connoisseur. I reassured him that I would ensure he had the appropriate condiment as soon as he finished his bath. I humbly walked to my neighbor holding a cup in my hand. I knocked and asked to speak to their mother, politely requesting a small quantity of the coveted ketchup.

She was happy to assist; our block is really nice like that.

As he took his dinner, he inquired about the ketchup; he had not forgotten the most important part of the meal.

I handed him the cup with the “good” ketchup and saw his face light up. He poured it onto his plate with excitement. If only they were always so easy to please.

After bedtime, when the nightly insanity quieted down, I took a few moments to text my neighbor a thank you for allowing me to keep my word to my

son. While I had neither promised nor sworn to acquire his ketchup, telling a child you will do something is akin to giving your word. We need to be very careful that we don’t say things we can’t keep.

Years ago, a cousin told my children she would do something special with them when she next visited. It was a few years before she saw them again, but right away my son asked her when she was keeping her word about doing something special together. She was shocked that he remembered, but he did.

Children take us literally and expect us to keep to what we say. As their adult, we need to do what we say we will do and fulfill our promises, even if the word “promise” is never used. It’s part of the trust children have in us.

The Importance of Keeping Our Word If we say we’re going to do something – anything – our children trust us to do it. The word “trust” is very important

here. Our children need to know they can trust us. We teach them security in this confusing world, and knowing they can rely on their parents is important for their social and emotional development.

When we don’t follow through, it slowly (or quickly) erodes the faith children have in us. Each time we don’t keep to our word is another wearing away at the belief our children have that their parents will be there for them.

On the positive side, each time we come through for them is another reassurance and strengthening of their knowledge that we are dependable and trustworthy. We want our children to feel that we can be counted on and trusted.

It’s an easy mistake to assume a child forgot or didn’t take us seriously. Those little people have better memories than we think sometimes. They may not say anything or ask about it, but don’t take their silence as forgetfulness.

Let’s take this one step further. Let’s say my son forgot I had offered to get

him the good ketchup. I could’ve saved myself the minor inconvenience of going out to obtain his requested item.

He may have gone to sleep completely oblivious that he didn’t have the appropriate condiment to dip his dinner into.

Knowing my son, he would have woken up the next morning and asked for it, but let’s pretend he truly forgot. Even in this case, it would still be important for me to get him the ketchup. When I hand him the ketchup, even if he had forgotten, I am showing him that I remembered and that he’s important to me.

The inconvenience is minimal but the impact on our bond is major. It’s an incredibly simple yet effective way to show you prioritize and value your child.

We can look at fulfilling what we say as one step in building our child’s ability to trust us. We want our children to know we will be someone they can rely on and come to when they need us in the future. This is how we create those feelings of confidence in us. Only when we’ve already created a foundation of trust do we have a chance that our

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Kids are Literal Kids are literal and concrete. It takes them time and cognitive development to get into the abstract world. They may enjoy fantasy, but we can’t confuse that for understanding cynicism or sarcasm.

Nuanced language and jokes are vague, as well.

If you say, “I’ll give you a million dollars,” young children will take you seriously and not think you’re joking or being sarcastic. For example, if you told my ketchup-eating little guy that you’re giving him “lots of money,” he really would expect lots of money. Fortunately for you, he will accept a roll of pennies as “lots of money” since he can’t tell denominations yet. To him, if it looks like

a lot, then it is a lot.

We need to be very careful with our language and only say what we really can do. We have to assume that anything we say can and will be used against us in toddler court. Anything, no matter how much it was said in jest, can be taken literally. It’s best to not say or promise anything you can’t realisti-

logic, which makes perfect sense to themselves but not to adults. Saying, “I’ll take you to the park after the seudah” is akin to a promise in a child’s mind. Even adding the words “I’ll try” will frequently still be translated into promissory language in toddler talk.

It’s tricky to phrase our words in a way that children will realize that we

We have to assume that anything we say can and will be used against us in toddler court.

cally do, even if intended as a joke. It doesn’t matter how crazy or outlandish it sounds. If you say it, then assume they think you mean it.

Language of Promise You might think that not using words such as “promise” or “guarantee” means you haven’t promised. That would be logical. Sadly, children use their own

intend or may do something but aren’t promising to do it. Even if you think you’ll be capable of fulfilling your intended plans, we all know that Hashem is in charge and things can change.

It’s worthwhile to take the extra precautions and not “promise” to do something we can’t guarantee to do. This is especially true if the intended treat is coming from someone else. For exam-

ple, if their favorite aunt is planning to take them to the park, we still may want to be careful to phrase it in a way that children know it’s not guaranteed to happen. We’ve all had exciting plans fall through, and there are hundreds of reasons why their favorite aunt may not be able to fulfill her word – despite every intention to do so – on this much desired park trip.

Words come out so easily but sensitizing ourselves to speaking carefully is another part of both our parenting and avodas Hashem. By recognizing the power of our words, we can build enduring bonds of trust and love between us and our children. Have a good Shabbos!

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teenager may consult us during times of distress. Furthermore, children generally require the ability to trust their parents as a cornerstone in their foundation for trust in Hashem. Despite our inherent limitations as human beings, we have the gargantuan task of preparing our children for their relationship with Hashem through building within them basic concepts such as trust, love, and self-worth.

Please daven for a refuah sheleima for Yechiel Meir ben Sarah.

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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Rorie Weisberg’s Food That Loves You Back!

By Sarah SackS

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ince 2015, Rorie Weisberg, CHC, recipe developer, health columnist, and founder of Full ‘N Free, has been showing the kosher community how doable and delicious it is to enjoy the foods we love – with ingredients that love us back.

Now, Rorie is releasing a brand new cookbook, Food You Love, which transforms all your traditional favorites.

Pancakes for breakfast, pizza for lunch, schnitzel for dinner. Brisket, kugel, and cholent for Shabbos, along with dips, enticing salads, and loads of veggie sides, topped off with chocolate mousse and cookie crumble. With this cookbook, you’ll enjoy every bite and leave the table feeling full, energized, and confident that you’ve served and savored only the best.

We caught up with Rorie to learn more about her magic in the kitchen.

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Rorie, tell us a little bit about yourself.

I’m a wife and mother of four, and I’ve always loved playing in the kitchen. I’m passionate about living fully and living mindfully. When it comes to other people, I have a deep love of giving and helping people. If I find something that helps me in my life, I just want to share it with others.

I am also intuitive about meeting people where they are, and I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.

What made you become a health coach?

It’s a long story, but the short version is that after my youngest was born 12 years ago, I developed postpartum thyroiditis, a condition where the thyroid is sometimes overactive and sometimes underactive. It affected me in many ways.

My doctor assured me it was temporary, but it dragged on. Medicine had lit-

tle to offer me, so I decided to check out Dr. Google.

After a lot of research, I learned that the way we treat our bodies matters and that the food we eat has a lot to do with the way our bodies work. Different foods give

of it that really worked for family-focused meals, especially Shabbos and yom tov. As I was coaching, I saw that that was what everyone else wanted, too. I had the recipes and the tools from years of doing it myself. I wanted to put it on paper. I felt

“Each of us is so unique, physically and spiritually, and each of us has to live the lifestyle that helps us be our best.” our bodies different instructions.

I was totally overwhelmed at the idea of revamping my lifestyle, but I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I decided to choose the new hard over the old hard.

The process to change my habits was grueling. I had no idea how to cook healthy food that tastes good. I didn’t know which ingredients to buy or how to feed my family and myself without making two dinners every night! I knew I couldn’t give up, because I was already blown away by the changes I’d already experienced in my health and life. So I became a “mad kitchen scientist,” as my sister says. That meant lots of trial and error – which meant lots of pans of food in the garbage. But I kept at it.

Once I learned the ropes the hard way, it became my mission and passion to share what I’ve learned with others and make the process of reaching their health goals, whatever they are, easier and more enjoyable.

that it would be my truest legacy: for my girls, for my family. It became my dream.

I see Food You Love as more than just a cookbook. It’s almost like a testament to my journey.

It amazes me how after years of coaching and sharing recipes and mixes, the excitement I get from thank-you emails, letters, and mess a ge s never gets old. When they tell me how much something I shared helped them, my smile is as big as though it’s the first. Because I’ve been there, and I know how hard it is, and they are the real reason I’m devoting myself to doing all this.

What made you write this book?

Where do you get your cooking inspiration?

The hardest part of my journey was figuring out how to make a lifestyle out

Why in the world would I have

thought to use baking soda in my muffin recipe ten years ago, when I had zero clue about anything having to do with baking science? The only answer I can give is that I cook and bake with Hashem. Making up new recipes definitely speaks to the creative part of me, but I honestly feel that because I’m in it to help other people, Hashem sends me inspiration. Before I knew anything, cooking was literally playing, but it always felt like a spiritual activity, and I felt His hand in it.

As far as motivation, the truth is that my family has always been the reason I push myself to come up with fresh and exciting recipes. I could eat chicken, green beans, and sweet potatoes every night and be fine, but I want to give them a plentiful and familiar experience that we can all enjoy together.

By now, I’m much more knowledgeable, and my family gives me really important feedback, too.

Something tells me that regular families make hamotzie and then eat their challah and move on. Not us.

We chew slowly, swallow, and then we all take turns assessing the taste and texture. Is it fluffy enough? Sweet enough?

Baked long enough?

How has your business affected your family?

On the practical side, all my kids know how to cook and love to cook. They have very developed palates and enjoy

Healthy ingredients cost a lot! How do you afford them?

Hard question. I try to get my staples

“I see Food You Love as more than just a cookbook; it’s almost like a testament to my journey.” gies…but Full ‘N Free is not at all a diet in and of itself.

I’m really proud of the concept Full ‘N Free stands for: bio individuality. Each of us needs to get to know our own body and what works for us, what serves us.

Which is exactly why I have four different kinds of bread mixes – because gluten free bread is not for everyone, and neither is low carb, spelt, sourdough, or grain free bread. My recipes in Food You Love mirror that. Many of them offer different options for flours, levels of sweetness, sweeteners, or things to mix in or leave out.

Whenever you’re making a change, the litmus test of whether it’s working for you is stress. Because no matter how hard you’re trying, if you’re stressed, the cortisol your body’s pumping out will just counteract it all. So if it’s overly stressful, it’s not for right now.

That’s why it’s so important to me that Food You Love meets you wherever you are and celebrates every step toward a healthy lifestyle.

If you had to pick one health improvement people should take on, what would it be?

Sleep! Without that, nothing goes.

When I teach about the Five to Thrive – the way I break down the five core habits of a healthy lifestyle – that’s always where I start, for that reason.

When it comes to food: start with oils. It’s a relatively easy change that goes a long way. Why? Because refined oils have a negative impact on health, and unrefined oils (avocado, olive, coconut)

in bulk. Costco is helpful, and if you’re willing to buy 5 gallons of extra virgin olive oil at once, it costs the same as canola oil bought individually. Some vegetables are less expensive, especially when you get them fresh instead of buying the prechecked.

But the truth is that quality costs more, and I see it from the backend in my work in the food manufacturing business. It takes more manpower, and there’s more waste when things are done manually to preserve the food’s quality.

I’m thinking specifically of my honey.

In order to retain its pollen and polyphenols, it can’t be heated any higher than 103˚F. That means it stays thick, so the pouring takes longer, and it drips.

Whereas standard honey is heated so high that it turns into runny liquid, it pours in seconds, and there’s no waste.

Obviously, it costs $3.99 instead of $9.99 – and the sellers still make a larger profit.

When it comes to my mixes, I mainly use flours from overseas, which have less chemicals. It’s obviously more expensive, but you pay for quality.

I think the main thing to realize is that just like with everything in life, there are ways to do it high-end and there are ways to cut corners when you have to.

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What’s the one thing you want everyone out there to know?

That there is no one-size-fits-all for anything. Not for eating, not for living.

Each of us is so unique, physically and spiritually, and each of us has to live the lifestyle that helps us be our best.

I hope that each person will use my cookbook in the way that serves them, that works for them, and that lets them feel happier and healthier.

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Two things: One, the food inside doesn’t scream “healthy.” It’s food we all like to make already, just revamped. No food groups are eliminated; it just gives better options within all those groups.

Two, it is not a diet book. You won’t

are actually health-promoting. So without any real effort, you can easily up the quality right there.

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What makes this book different than other health food cookbooks on the market?

find any mention of dieting or losing weight inside, because that’s not what it’s about. It’s about promoting health.

Through recipes, ingredients, and tools.

Sure, it can be a really helpful companion to any diet you’re on, like keto, vegan, anything that tells you to eat more veg-

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real food and real flavors.

My older daughter was the mommy of her seminary; other girls knew nothing, while she was busy making chicken and soup. My son’s highlight of every camping trip is cooking over the fire, and in his dorm, he set himself up with a Ninja grill and a little burner. My twelve-yearold daughter has been making up new recipes since age 6 or 7 and can tell me, “There’s lemon in this chicken, but not enough.”

I love that we’re a team, and I think it’s the cutest thing that my kids all got into it.

On a little bit of a deeper note, I think I’ve learned over the years that when you try to push a way of life onto your kids, it can backfire. At the beginning, when my healthy lifestyle was new to me, I was too extreme about it, and my kids didn’t go for it. Now, I’ve learned to make my recipes and just put it on the table, and my family eats it because it’s good. But food isn’t an issue. I have pizza bagels in my freezer, and when my son wants an iced coffee and a doughnut, that’s what I’ll give him, happily.

As healthy as healthy food is, what’s healthier is not being neurotic or restrictive – which is hard when you know so much about what’s better! But being normal is so much healthier than being rigid.

I’ve also learned that at the end of the day, our kids are their own people. We can teach them about making the right choices, but the choices are still theirs to make. Revamping ingredients, offering options, that’s all important – but the most important of all, in the long run, is to just be the mother they need. One day, that foundation will help them make the choices that are best for them.

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Introducing Food You Love: That Loves You Back, Rorie Weisberg of Full ‘N Free’s latest hit, published by ArtScroll.

If you thought healthy food was weird, bland, or boring, think again. This cookbook transforms all your traditional favorites into nourishing, good-foryou, well-balanced dishes that you, your family, and

Dairy | Pareve option Yields 3 servings

Ingredients

□ 8 cups pre-checked arugula □ 1 (6-oz) box sliced portobello mushrooms □ 4 oz shiitake mushrooms □ 1½ Tbsp olive oil

Sunday morning breakfast

□ ½ tsp sea salt

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The flavor in this salad is even more spectacular and unique than the colors and presentation. Because it’s so special, I often serve it without the cheese as a side salad for Shabbos day lunch or even as an appetizer salad on Friday night, with the 4-minute fish cubes on top. This salad is another example of how to make a dairy salad into a macro meal.

your guests will love, from through Saturday night

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Rainbow Feta Salad

and food prep that make a healthy lifestyle more attainable than ever.

Get a taste of Food You Love in these recipes that taste as delicious as they look.

RecIPeS by RoRIe WeISbeRG

□ 2 medium watermelon radishes □ ¼-1/3 cup unsalted pistachio nuts □ 6 oz crumbled feta cheese (omit for pareve option) □ ¾-1 cup pomegranate seeds □ ¼-1/3 cup Lemon Dijon Mustard Dressing (see below), to taste

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425°F. Set out a baking sheet.

Place sliced portobella mushrooms on prepared baking sheet. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil and ¼ teaspoon salt.

Roast, uncovered, for about 20 minutes, or until mushrooms are crisp. Set aside.

In a frying pan, heat ½ tablespoon oil.

Add shiitake mushrooms; sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon salt. Sauté shiitake mush-

rooms until tender, 4-5 minutes Set aside.

Using a mandolin, cut radishes into thin rounds.

Place arugula into a large serving bowl.

Add radishes, roasted and sautéed mushrooms, and crumbled feta. Top with pomegranate seeds. Toss with dressing, to taste.

Note

For a beautiful presentation, as pictured, place the radishes on a plate, then, in a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except cheese. Dress and toss the salad, place it over the radishes, and top with crumbled cheese.

Lemon Dijon Dressing Pareve Yields about 2 cups

Ingredients

□ 2 cloves garlic □ Juice of 1 lemon □ 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar □ 1 heaping Tbsp Dijon mustard □ 2 tsp sea salt □ pinch thyme □ 1 cup avocado oil □ ½ cup olive oil

Rorie’s Chocolate Sunbutter Cups

Pareve Yields 12 servings

Ingredients

□ ½ cup unsweetened sunflower or nut butter of choice □ 2 Tbsp unrefined coconut oil, divided □ 1-2 Tbsp pure maple syrup or honey □ ½ tsp pure vanilla extract □ ¼ tsp sea salt (omit if nut butter is salted) □ 2 cups dark chocolate chips (50-80% for lower sugar preference) □ Himalayan pink sea salt, for sprinkling

Chicken Lo Mein

This is an awesome takeout fakeout! Finally, a healthy version of Chinese chicken lo mein, made with really wholesome ingredients. Another quick-and-easy filling and flavorful dinner option. Swap out the spaghetti squash for any kind of pasta you like, such as soba, chickpea, or gluten free.

Meat Yields 4 servings

Ingredients

Preparation

□ ½ Tbsp olive oil

In a large skillet, heat olive oil; add onions; sauté over medium to low heat until soft and golden. Add mushrooms; sauté for about 5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; sauté until fragrant.

□ 1½ lb chicken cutlets, cut into small chunks □ 1 small onion, cut into thin half-moons □ 6 oz sliced shiitake mushrooms (or mushrooms of choice) □ ¼-inch fresh ginger, grated □ 2 Tbsp sesame oil □ 4 Tbsp coconut aminos □ 2 Tbsp orange juice □ 1 Tbsp rice vinegar □ 1-2 tsp sea salt, to taste □ 2-3 cups fresh spinach leaves □ 2 cups cooked and strung spaghetti squash

Cook, uncovered, for 8–10 minutes over medium to high heat, stirring every few minutes. Stir in spinach, cooking for 2 minutes just until the spinach begins to wilt. Add strung squash; stir to combine.

Garnish with sesame seeds and scallions.

Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or use silicone muffin cups.

In a pot or over a double boiler on low heat, melt the chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon coconut oil. Spoon about ½ tablespoon mixture into each prepared muffin cups.

Using a kitchen food brush, dip the brush into each cup and “paint” the sides of the cup with mixture. Place cups into the freezer for 10 minutes to harden.

Meanwhile, in a small blender cup, pro-

cess sunflower butter, remaining 1 tablespoon coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt, blending until combined. Alternatively, place ingredients into a bowl and mix well by hand.

Drop ½ tablespoon sunflower butter mixture into the center of each cup. Spread and flatten lightly with a spoon. Cover evenly with additional chocolate mixture.

Top with a sprinkle of pink salt. Chill in the freezer for 1–2 hours, until firm. >> You might have some leftover chocolate mixture, so feel free to add a little more to the tops to thicken them — you can never have enough chocolate! — or to cover the edges if any nut butter is peeking out.

Store in a covered container in the fridge or freezer.

Note

For a milder option, double the ingredients except chocolate chips. You will find that after painting the chocolate cups, you will still have adequate chocolate to drizzle over the sunflower butter mixture for a sweet-tooth-satisfying, lower-sugar treat.

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□ 2 cloves garlic, pressed

Add chicken and sesame oil; stir to combine with sautéed veggies. Add coconut aminos, orange juice, salt, and pepper.

Preparation

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When I was a kid, peanut butter cups always won as my favorite chocolate treat, hands down. This absolutely outrageous version is dairy- and refined sugar-free, with no additives — just simple, healthy ingredients. Swapping the peanut butter for sunflower butter gives you that bold, salty, nutty feel while still being safe to send to any nut-free environment. I usually double the recipe because they vanish so fast.

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□ 2 Tbsp two-toned sesame seeds

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□ ¼ cup sliced scallions, for garnish

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In The K

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Chicken and Vegetables Sheet-Pan Dinner Serves 8

by Naomi Nachman

I love the idea of a sheet-pan dinner. It’s easy to make, bake, and serve all on one pan, and it comes with a built-in side dish.

You can use any kind of vegetable here as long as it’s cut thin for faster cooking. You can also swap out the chicken for salmon if you prefer a pareve option.

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Ingredients

◦ 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

Sauce

◦ 1 cup corn starch

◦ ½ cup teriyaki sauce

◦ 1 tsp salt

◦ ¼ cup honey

◦ Pepper, to taste

◦ 4 cloves garlic, minced

◦ 1 large red onion, chunked

◦ 1 tsp kosher salt

◦ 8 oz. brown mushrooms, sliced

◦ 2 Tbsp olive oil

◦ 1 zucchini, cut into 1-inch slices

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

2.

Mix the corn starch, salt, and pepper in a bowl and dredge chicken pieces in the mixture. Place the chicken on the baking sheet and continue until all the chicken is coated. Place vegetables on top and around the chicken.

3. In a small bowl, mix sauce ingredients and pour over vegetables and chicken, making sure everything is well-coated.

4. Bake for 45–60 minutes uncovered, or until brown. Remove from oven and mix well.

Serve and enjoy!

Styling and photography by Sina Mizrahi

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

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

My oath of office is to the U.S. Constitution, not to any foreign nation, and no matter how sympathetic the cause, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America. We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy. In March, inflation hit a 40year high. Gasoline alone is up 48%, and energy prices are up 32% over the last year. Food prices have increased by nearly 9%. Used vehicle prices are up 35% for the year, and new vehicle prices have increased 12% or more.

– Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

It wasn’t raining. It was cloudy, but that was it, and then boom. Only two things happen when you get hit by lightning: You die or you get knocked out. You don’t know what’s going to happen, and I thought I was a goner.

- Rod Murphy, of Florida, recalling to a local TV station how he was almost “a goner” after being struck by lightning

Somebody asked me the other day what my heart rate was ... when all of that was going on – and I said probably in the 90s. And they said, what about when it was all over? And I said it was probably 160.

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- Darren Harrison who took over the controls of a small Cessna plane when the pilot passed out and landed it safely in Palm Beach Airport, even though he never piloted a plane before and had to rely on ground control to tell him what to do

Either you do what you have to do to control the situation or you’re gonna die. And that’s what I did.

- Ibid.

This dichotomy between authentic Judaism and idolization of the progressive platform manifests itself in other ways, as well. In several weeks, the Jewish world will celebrate the 3,334th anniversary of G-d’s giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai. Jews who faithfully adhere to the Mishnah’s teachings will pray in synagogues around the world, celebrating what we believe to be G-d’s greatest gift. Yet, even conceding that I have no special talent for predicting the future, it is quite certain that not 5% of the attendees at the “Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice” will fully observe this annual festival of Shavuot.

– Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of Coalition for Jewish Values, in a Newsweek article titled, “Jewish Progressives Are Dead Wrong About ‘Abortion Justice’”

White fans were entertained by Black athletes a day after a racist killed Black people in Buffalo — this is what white supremacy looks like.

- Tweet by left-wing website Deadspin, accompanying a picture of an NBA game

No, I do not.

- New York City Mayor Eric Adams when asked whether there should be any limitations on abortion, including “day of birth” abortion

In your face!

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- Benjamin Netanyahu to reporters outside the courthouse where the case against him seems to be crumbling

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You want to bring down inflation? Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.

– Tweet by President Biden

The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead. Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.

– Response tweet by Jeff Bezos

It doesn’t require a huge leap to figure out why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda for the middle class that cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation for the long haul, and adds to the historic deficit reduction the President is achieving by asking the richest taxpayers and corporations to pay their fair share. It’s also unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees.

- Statement by Deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates, responding to Jeff Bezos

Look, a squirrel! This is the White House’s statement about my recent tweets. They understandably want to muddy the topic. They know inflation hurts the neediest the most. But unions aren’t causing inflation, and neither are wealthy people. Remember the Administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.

- Jeff Bezos, in response

- Finland President Sauli Niinsito when asked what he would say to Russian President Vladimir Putin about Finland’s move to join NATO

- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Fox News

I mean it is nonsense; it is ideology, but it is very destructive. People are getting actually hammered with gas prices and the overall inflation is attributable more than anything to Biden’s policy of printing trillions and trillions of dollars like they have done since he has gotten into office.… He was warned by Larry Summers and other Democratic economists that if you do this, you are gonna spark inflation.

- Ibid.

When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available.

- Tweet by the White House that falsely claims that vaccines were not available until President Biden took office

It’s hard to tell what Biden’s doing, to be totally frank. The real president is whoever controls the teleprompter. The path to power is the path to the teleprompter… I do feel like if someone were to accidentally lean on the teleprompter, it’s going to be like Anchorman. It’s going to be like, “UUASDF123” type of thing.

- Elon Musk comparing Pres. Biden to the reporter in the 2004 movie Anchorman who finds his career in ruins after he mindlessly reads a teleprompter that includes language that could end anyone’s career

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You caused this. Look in the mirror.

They are intentionally reducing our ability to produce oil and gas here in the United States. They will beg OPEC for more oil; they’ll beg Maduro for more oil. I guess Maduro’s oil isn’t global warming but American is.

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If you were to take or destroy the eggs of a sea turtle the criminal penalties are severe.... Why do we have laws in place that protect the eggs of a sea turtle or the eggs of eagles? Because when you destroy an egg, you’re killing a preborn baby sea turtle or a pre-born baby eagle.

Yet when it comes to a pre-born human baby, rather than a sea turtle, that baby would be stripped of all protections in all 50 states under the Democrats’ bill… Is that the America the left wants?

– Sen. Steve Daines (R-MO) ahead of a vote on a Democratproposed bill to make abortion legal throughout the U.S.

What are the odds there’s going to be a former Polish president on the side of 84 in Tolland?

- Connecticut State Trooper Lukasz Lipert, who is from Poland, after he was sent to change a flat tire on the highway for a driver who happened to be former Polish President Lech Walesa

Today, the worst “election integrity” Governor in the country, Brian Kemp, loaded the great state of Georgia up with RINOs. That’s right; he had them all. Chris Christie, Doug Ducey from Arizona, and Pete Ricketts from Nebraska. That tells you all you need to know about what you are getting in Georgia – just a continuation of bad elections and a real RINO if you vote for Brian Kemp.

- Statement by Donald Trump, who is trying to get Georgia Republican Governor Kemp defeated in the Republican primary

Insightful commentary about three Republican Governors who were overwhelmingly re-elected by their people from a former President who lost to Joe Biden. Maybe the “R” in RINO really stands for re-elected. Proud to stand with @DougDucey @GovRicketts supporting @BrianKempGA – Chris Christie, tweeting in response

Under my predecessor, the great MAGA king, the deficit increased every single year he was president.

- President Biden in a speech to Chicago electrical union members

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Political crossfire

The Time is Now to Plan for the Aftermath of War in Ukraine

by David Ignatius

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any months of brutal fighting lay ahead in Europe and the Pacific when the United States gathered its partners at Bretton Woods, N.H., in July 1944 to plan the global order that would follow World War II. The Allies knew what institutions the world would need – the future International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and United Nations – even before they could see the final victory.

The United States and its NATO partners need to show similar creative imagination now as the war in Ukraine grinds on. The West’s leaders may not be able to describe just how or when the awful battle will end, but they know the building blocks of the future: security, prosperity, law and order, democracy. And they can begin the reconstruction process now, even while the fighting still rages.

The world will eventually celebrate a final Ukrainian victory and the expulsion of the last Russian invader. But that could be years, even decades, away. We aren’t going to see a peace treaty signed on the battleship Missouri any time soon. For a long while, Ukraine is likely to be a partially divided country, with Russian troops across what’s likely to be a hot cease-fire line.

This stalemate and separation would be cruel. But as Ukrainians plan for the next few years, they should consider the examples of South Korea or West Germany – which became wildly successful democracies in the shadow of unfinished wars and despotic adversaries.

Strategic patience will be a weapon, along with Ukraine’s fierce defiance. The West should make clear that it will refuse any formal recognition of Russian sovereignty in territory it has seized – just as the United States for generations refused to recognize Soviet control of the Baltic states. Eventually, it will come right.

For now, the goal for Ukraine and its NATO allies should be to contain the Russian offensive within southeastern

Ukraine, push Putin’s forces back where possible, and make this war too painful for Russia to continue indefinitely. The latest U.S. intelligence reports suggest this is an achievable goal, but one that carries risks for both Ukraine and its allies.

Avril Haines, the director of national

rably against Putin because of the folly of his invasion. Finland applied on Thursday to join NATO, and it will likely be followed

by Sweden. The Russian foreign ministry threatened “retaliatory steps” against this NATO expansion, and former President Dmitry Medvedev warned darkly that the

For a long while, Ukraine is likely to be a partially divided country, with Russian troops across what’s likely to be a hot cease-fire line.

intelligence, provided a clear summary of current U.S. assessments during Senate testimony on Tuesday. The Ukraine battle “is developing into a war of attrition,” she explained. Putin still wants to dominate Kyiv and control all of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. But he lacks the conventional military power to achieve these aims. This “mismatch” between his ambitions and capabilities could produce “a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory,” she said.

The shape of Europe is moving inexo-

military squeeze on Russia could be eventually pose a “risk of turning into a fullfledged nuclear war.”

This is scare talk. “We believe that Moscow continues to use nuclear rhetoric to deter the United States and the West from increasing lethal aid to Ukraine,” Haines said, warning that Moscow could turn up the volume by staging nuclear exercises with ICBMs, bombers and submarines.

Britain is offering Finland and Sweden a defense pact on the way to NATO membership, and when I asked British Defense

Secretary Ben Wallace Thursday whether that meant a “nuclear umbrella,” he didn’t say no.

Reconstruction should begin now in Ukraine, even as the war continues. President Volodymyr Zelensky has published an online menu for reconstruction, United24.

Western nations should begin pledging to meet those requests.

The eventual bill for this war will be immense. A Ukrainian official told me on Wednesday that the eventual cost will exceed $500 billion, according to estimates prepared by the Kyiv School of Economics.

The U.S. Agency for International Development and other global agencies are already pumping in billions in humanitarian and other assistance.

This reconstruction process eventually must include Russia, too, paradoxical as that may sound. It won’t happen soon.

Alexander Gabuev, a senior analyst at the Carnegie Center in Moscow who recently left Russia, told me Thursday that a large majority of Russia supports Putin’s war.

Russia sadly is heading the way of Iran, becoming an outcast, sanctioned nation. But it won’t stay that way forever. Eventually, said Gabuev, “there will be a spark.”

George Robertson, a former NATO secretary general, shared with me comments that Putin made at NATO’s summit with Russia in Rome in 2002. Recalling Russia’s long isolation in the Cold War, Putin observed: “Nothing good came of that confrontation between us and the rest of the world. We certainly gained nothing by it.”

How right he was.

Even as the war continues in Ukraine, I hope President Biden will keep repeating the message: “The Russian people are not our enemy.” The United States must continue to illuminate an eventual path of return.

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Political crossfire

Biden’s Sanctions Against Russia are a Double-Edged Sword

by Fareed Zakaria

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ter 9/11, Washington put in place highly intrusive measures aimed at tracking money going to terrorists. It has inflicted harsh punishments on banks that did not adhere to all U.S. sanctions. It has imposed sanctions on Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba and other countries often simply to satisfy domestic critics who wanted to “do something” without paying much of a price. This type of economic warfare has failed to change the regimes in these countries but has caused widespread misery for ordinary people in them. Sanctions against Russia are aimed at policy change, not regime change, and therefore could be more effective.

Economic sanctions increased sharply during the Trump administration, which unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and then threatened to impose sanctions on any firms that traded with Iran – even though Tehran had adhered to the agreement, which took place under a U.N. framework. And then there are the fines pursued domestically by American regula-

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nance of the international financial system is waning. Even Goldman Sachs and the IMF have warned that that might well happen. I tend toward the opposite view: Namely, that you can only beat the dollar if you have an effective alternative, which so far does not exist.

But it’s clear that many countries – from hostile powers such as China and Russia to friendly nations such as India and Brazil – are working hard on ways to reduce their vulnerability to Washington’s whims. None of these efforts has so far gained much traction, though it is worth noting that the share of global foreign exchange reserves held in dollars has declined from 72 percent to 59 percent over the past two decades.

Partly this is because the United States appears less stable and predictable in the use of its extraordinary privilege. In the two decades preceding Russia’s invasion, Washington massively ramped up sanctions for all kinds of reasons – by more than 900 percent.

Many of these measures were overreactions and should be rolled back. Af-

tors and judges, such as the almost $9 billion penalty against the French bank BNP Paribas in 2014. Again, such measures work only because of the power of the dollar.

I support the sanctions against Russia, but President Biden needs to make a speech explaining them. He needs to make clear that the Russian invasion of Ukraine marks the most serious assault on the rules-based international system in decades. If it succeeds, it could tear that system apart. That is why Washington has worked with its allies to impose these extraordinary measures.

The president needs to detail the legal basis for the actions taken by the United States and its allies.

How exactly can governments seize privately owned property for which the owner, even if he is a Russian oligarch, has clear legal title? How can people be sure these powers will not be abused?

Biden needs to emphasize that the United States will only take such measures in the future when there are blatant violations of international law, on the scale of Russia’s actions.

The dollar maintains its crucial role in the international system because the United States has the world’s largest economy. It also has the most liquid debt markets, its currency floats freely, and, crucially, it is regarded as a country based on the rule of law and not one prone to arbitrary and unilateral actions. That last criterion is not one that Washington has lived up to in recent years. Biden should make sure that, in fighting this battle against Russia, he does not erode America’s unique financial superpower.

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he Biden administration deserves huge credit for the tough economic sanctions it has been able to impose on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. As Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Megan Hogan note in a March essay, they “are the most comprehensive imposed against a major power since the Second World War.” On a “punishment scale of 1 to 10” – the two authors give the sanctions a ranking of at least an 8.

But the unprecedented nature of these measures is producing concerns around the world that the United States has “weaponized” its financial power and could lead, over time, to the decline of the dollar’s dominance, which is what gives America its financial superpowers in the first place.

I’ve been hearing about this firsthand from three sources I trust. The first, in New Delhi, recently told me about a conversation that took place at the highest levels of India’s government. The topic: how to make sure that the United States could never do to India what it has just done to Russia. The second, from Brussels, where staff at the European Commission has been tasked – even while working with Washington on the sanctions – with finding ways to reduce the role of the dollar in its energy imports. The third, an Asian observer of China, speculated that the overly severe lockdowns in Shanghai – which involved the rationing of food and basic supplies – might be part of an effort by Beijing to experiment with a scenario in which it faced economic sanctions from Washington (perhaps after an invasion of Taiwan).

A debate is raging around the world about whether the dollar’s total domi-

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The New Balance of Power: U.S. and Allies Up, Russia Down

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power dissolves.

In a rebalancing world, the United States can advance its interests in every direction. Let’s start with Europe: NATO’s center of gravity will shift eastward, as European nations such as Germany add military muscle and become more independent of Russian energy. NATO’s leverage will also extend north, to the new strategic prize of the Arctic, as Sweden and Finland join the alliance. A more European Ukraine may pull Russia and its remaining satellites toward the West, too. The right first step is a rapid move to draw Ukraine – as much as remains unoccupied by Russian forces – into the European Union.

“Putin has destroyed Russia’s reputation as a reliable supplier of energy,” says former national security adviser Tom Donilon. “Over time, it will mean a rewiring of the energy ecosystem” Putin’s mistakes may be costly, too, for China, Russia’s main ally. President Xi Jinping and Putin pledged “no limits” to their friendship in a joint statement at the

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Despite overwhelming success in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the allies left Saddam Hussein still capable of terrorizing his own people. British Gen. William Howe repeatedly missed opportunities to destroy Washington’s Continental Army.”

Atkinson sums up the new order of battle in Europe this way: “In less than three months, the strategic landscape has changed profoundly – invigorating a NATO military alliance that had seemed nearly moribund, undermining if not neutering Russian imperial ambitions, and reasserting American leadership in a robust coalition of like-minded liberal democracies.”

History teaches the importance of seizing the moment. But Kissinger, the consummate realist, would likely caution that the Biden administration shouldn’t overplay its hand in the glow of Ukraine success. Putin’s defeat could become a very messy affair, through a desperate Russian attempt to use nuclear weapons or simply through the spread of chaos and fragmentation across Eurasia as Russian

Beijing Olympics in early February, but Xi probably didn’t anticipate the folly of Putin’s invasion, and China has maintained only tepid support in the months since.

Kissinger famously split the Russians and Chinese. Martin Indyk, author of the Kissinger biography “Master of the Game,” told me that there’s a similar opportunity now.

With Russia and China both on the back foot, the United States is pressing its own strategic partnerships in Asia.

President Joe Biden will meet with the other Quad members – India, Japan and Australia – in Japan on May 24. Biden met last week in Washington with leaders from Southeast Asia, including potentially key partners Indonesia and Vietnam.

Biden said it was a “new era” for the region, a bit of useful hyperbole.

Donilon speaks of the “crucial middle powers” – such as India, Saudi Arabia and other gulf states, Southeast Asia, and Brazil – as places where “the United States has tremendous opportunities.”

Latin America is another region where the United States can expand its influence on the tide of Ukrainian success. Brazil, the largest economy in the region, is an obvious partner. The administration has even found a way to advance relations with Venezuela, close to a Russia-Cuban surrogate, announcing a breakthrough compromise on oil production on Tuesday.

The Ukraine war has reminded the world of an inescapable fact: America’s military might, intelligence dominance, and strategic partnerships are overwhelmingly powerful. The changes in the balance of power are still in process. But the world is different from what it was before February 24, and for now, it’s going America’s way.

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ake a look at what Russians like to call the “correlation of forces” and you can see that there has been a significant change in the global balance of power: Simply put, the United States and its European allies are up, and Russia is down.

The evidence is as close as the morning headlines. Russia is failing in its reckless invasion of Ukraine. No matter how the war ends, the fact is that Russia appears unable to defeat a relatively small neighboring nation. Meanwhile, America and its allies are more united than they have been in years. And the NATO alliance is about to become significantly more powerful with the additions of Finland and Sweden.

“We are now living in a totally new era,” Henry Kissinger, the master of grand strategy, said at a Financial Times forum this month. The former U.S. secretary of state said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “obviously miscalculated Russia’s capabilities to sustain a major enterprise – and when the time comes for settlement . . . we are not going back to the previous relationship but to a position for Russia that will be different because of this – and not because we demanded it but because they produced it.”

When an army stumbles in battle, as Russia’s has, what should its adversaries do? The cruel logic of war argues that advancing forces should move rapidly to consolidate their gains – and take maximum advantage of the new strategic position.

Military historian Rick Atkinson shared a catalogue of failures to exploit advantage: “Union Gen. George Meade’s failed to pursue the Confederates after a clear win at Gettysburg. The Anglo-American landings at Anzio in January 1944 outflanked a surprised enemy but couldn’t exploit that breakthrough.

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Generals Who Led Courageously

by Avi Heiligman

A statue of Major General John Stark

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he duties and commands that are held by generals and flag officers vary and increase in responsibilities in proportion to the higher rank of the officer. Not all commanders and generals are well-known, and only the leading general or admiral of a country during wartime can even be expected to become a household name. There are exceptions, though – for example, General William Sherman and General George Patton, but they held large commands and made deep inroads into enemy territory. Some generals were exceptional in the line of duty but their stories never made the headlines.

George Washington’s Continental Army was comprised of volunteers or those recruited from state’s militias. They weren’t a professionally trained army as there were many farmers among their ranks. Their numbers never grew to more than 50,000. They lost many battles, especially in the early years of the war, but due to some amazing work by certain commanders, they were able to stop the British from winning the war. One of these generals was New Hampshire native Major General John Stark.

Stark’s parents were born in the British Empire, and he was a veteran of the French and Indian War. On April 19, 1775, Stark heard of the news that fighting began at Lexington and Concord and recruited 400 men from the New Hampshire militia. When he arrived on the

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scene, he was allowed to deploy his men as he saw fit. Stark placed the men in an obvious gap in the American lines, and they were able to provide covering fire when the rest of the army had to retreat.

Even though the Continental Army lost the Battle of Bunker Hill, Stark and his men were able to inflict serious casualties on the British Army.

General Gregg, sitting on right, with his staff

President Lincoln had trouble finding a suitable general to lead his most important command, the Army of the Potomac, several other Union generals served with incredible distinction. Most of the cavalry generals that fought during the Battle of Gettysburg are well-known, but that is not the case with General David McMurtrie Gregg. He was a Pennsylva-

“As a commander of New England militia, Stark had one rare and priceless quality: he knew the limitations of his men.”

Later in the war, Stark was again able to stop British momentum and prevented the capture of Bennington, Vermont.

Historian Mark Boatner wrote about Stark: “As a commander of New England militia, Stark had one rare and priceless quality: he knew the limitations of his men. They were innocent of military training, undisciplined, and unenthusiastic about getting shot. With these men, he killed over 200 of Europe’s vaunted regulars with a loss of 14 Americans killed.”

Over 1,000 generals served on both sides of the American Civil War. While

nia native who got his start in the U.S. Dragoons (heavy cavalry) after attending West Point with two other cavalry greats, Phil Sheridan and JEB Stuart. During the first two years of the war, he saw action in several battles and expertly screened the retreat at the Seven Days Battle.

During the lead up to the Battle of Gettysburg, Gregg led two cavalry divisions against Confederate General Stuart’s headquarters, surprising his old classmate and gaining valuable intelligence on the future plans for the Confederate Army. Even though they were repulsed, Gregg still sent his mounted soldiers on

a mission to screen the advance of the Union Army and then cover the army’s rear once it arrived in Gettysburg. On the third day of the battle, Gregg’s men, together General Custer’s cavalry, clashed with Stuart’s troops in a fierce hand-tohand combat on East Cavalry Field. Gregg kept up the pressure during the Confederate retreat and clashed with more enemy cavalry.

World War II generals typically stayed well behind enemy lines and conducted the battle from the rear. The biggest exceptions to this were during invasions and airborne jumps, as generals often landed or jumped with their men. However, they rarely picked up a weapon and went to look for the enemy. Major General Robert Frederick of the 1st Special Service Force was a different type of general and had a record eight Purple Hearts to prove his tenacity. He was tasked with creating a unit made up of both American and Canadian soldiers that would be sent on tough operations. They trained for cold weather operations, and their first mission was to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands off of Alaska. Once they realized that the island had been abandoned by the Japanese, the force then prepared for operations in Morocco and Italy.

In January 1944, during a battle near Mount Vischiataro, Italy, General Frederick personally led a reconnaissance

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mission to find enemy positions. Frederick then found a route for his men and led them against the Germans, all while under heavy enemy fire. The Devil’s Brigade – as the 1st Special Service Force was known – then followed their fearless leader on a successful attack of a German stronghold.

For his actions, General Frederick was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

General Frederick earned his second Distinguished Service Cross for actions on June 4, 1944, while the American forces were taking Rome. As they entered the

city, he realized the bridges were the key points, and despite technical difficulties resulting in communication failures, Frederick went himself to inspect the bridges and give orders. There had been stiff German resistance, and he moved around under constant enemy fire. Frederick went to inspect one of the bridges for any demolitions that may have been placed but were unexploded. As they were nearing the completion of the inspection, a German unit came to cross and open fire. Frederick joined in the fight, and the Germans retreated after having five killed

Major General Robert Frederick, right, on the way to Rome

and eleven captured. Despite having been wounded in the fight, he remained on scene while dispersing his men to protect the bridges.

Later, while in command of the 1st Allied Airborne Task Force, Frederick jumped into France and then moved on to command the 45th Division through France and into Germany.

Generals rarely get close to the front lines as their rank will make them a prime target for enemy fire (examples, include General Reynolds during the Battle of Gettysburg and Russian gener-

als in the current Ukrainian war). Still, there are instances of brave generals who are courageous enough to personally lead their men into battle, and while many of those will make the front pages, others heroes need not be forgotten.

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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A Little Goes a Long Way

by Allan rolnick, cPA

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ometimes, when Washington changes tax laws, it’s Big Freakin’ News. Back in 1986, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives rewrote the entire Internal Revenue Code from stem to stern. Publishers killed entire forests printing their analyses in newspapers and magazines, and tax pros spent years catching up with the changes.

(Passive loss limits! AMT up!) Five years ago, a Republican majority passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Lorax breathed a sigh of relief because we all got the news online this time, and tax pros are still digesting the new opportunities.

(Qualified Business Income! AMT down!)

Other times, changes fly under the radar. This is especially true when Congress sneaks tax goodies into bigger “mustpass” bills, such as year-end appropriations to avoid a government shutdown.

It’s like a magician popping a balloon with his right hand, so you don’t notice him slipping the rabbit into his hat with his left.

This week’s story involves tax breaks for retirement savings. 401(k)s and similar qualified retirement plans let you deduct your contributions, which lets you invest more. If your employer matches part of your contribution, that’s even

better. But there are specific limits on how much you can contribute, no matter how much you’ll need down the road. You don’t actually eliminate the tax on those contributions — you just defer it until you take the money out, when your rate may be higher than it is today. And if you

their own contributions or for high-income professionals who want to save beyond their 401(k) limits.

However, in 1984, Congress created the modified endowment contract rules, which — without getting into some seriously sleep-inducing technical gyra-

It’s like a magician popping a balloon with his right hand, so you don’t notice him slipping the rabbit into his hat with his left.

own your own business, you don’t get that sweet employer match, you pay it! So, while those sorts of plans work well for millions, they fall short for millions more.

Cash-value life insurance can help when qualified plans don’t get the job done. Premiums aren’t deductible; however, you may be able to withdraw your cash value tax-free for retirement. This makes life insurance look a lot like a Roth IRA. And insurance-based plans have always been valuable for business owners with too many employees to maximize

tions— eliminate the tax benefits if you stuff more into the policy than what it takes to fully fund it within the first seven policy years. And those limits were based on a 4% interest rate that was appropriate 38 years ago. Today, prevailing interest rates are far lower than they were back then, squeezing investors even tighter.

Enter Washington – and the actuaries – to the rescue. (An actuary is just someone who kept taking math classes way past the point where you thought there were any more math classes to

take.) In 2020, Congress slipped a quiet provision into the year-end consolidated appropriations bill. The new rule drops the interest rates used for calculating MEC limits by %2 and lets them float with real-world conditions. That, in turn, effectively doubles what you can contribute towards growing your cash values. And it means far more people will be able to use life insurance to create meaningful tax-free retirement income— all without a single headline outside obscure insurance industry publications that hardly anyone reads.

I have a lot of fun with these weekly columns, explaining the surprising way that taxes affect the world around us. But this is news you might actually be able to use. If you’re currently sponsoring a retirement plan for your employees, or you’re maxing out your 401(k), and you’re looking to save more, this may be a real opportunity. Call us to take a fresh look at your plan!

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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The Pleasure is Mine by rivki D. rosenwald esq., LMFt, cLc, SDS

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irst, you go in the hot tub. Then the hot room, then the steam room.

How much hot do you want?!

You’re shvitzing, you’re melting, you’re dripping, you’re practically dissolving, but you’re still not done. Rivulets of water are flying off of you, and you’re at it again. Then a quick plunge in the ice water. And the cycle starts once more.

What is the matter with you?

This is a vacation?!

Oh sure, instead, you can opt to relax … on a table. Oy, delicious!

First, you’re lying face down, ahhhh, with your face stuffed between some thick cloth, barely enough room to breathe, and staring straight at a boring floor. Then it starts to get better. Someone is massaging your skin. Not bad – except it’s not only skin deep, like beau-

OK, they may hold a lot of tension in their body. But can it seriously be pushed out the other end?!

Now, I know not everyone chooses the touted massage. Some just opt for a facial. Sounds so melodic. “Sure, I’ll have a relaxing facial.” Ffffaaaacccial flows gently off your lips. But, let me tell you what it’s really like: going ten rounds in a ring with an opponent. You’re pulled, pushed, picked, and pounded. You walk out flowing and glowing. But that’s only because in the last five minutes of it you’re pampered, creamed, and lotioned to the max.

And that kind of brings it all home. And so ultimately, you walk out relieved and renewed.

Well, to each his own!

Everyone has a right to get pleasure their own way.

And no one gets to tell you if you earned it. Once you feel you need a break, then you need a break!

Pleasure clearly comes in different forms for different people.

Find what reenergizes you and do it.

Don’t fret if it seems crazy to anyone else. If it works for you, it works for you!

And when you give yourself those needed breaks, you can keep moving forward and thriving, on your level, at your speed, in your life!

You’re pulled, pushed, picked, and pounded. You walk out flowing and glowing.

The important thing, though, is to find the pleasure in your life. To find what gives you a time out from the busy or stressful or overwhelming parts of your days.

You need it. And you deserve it. You are living – and that means you’re putting in energy. And when you put energy out to put energy in, you have a right to refill your tank.

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Rivki Rosenwald is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist working with both couples and individuals and is a certified relationship counselor. Rivki is a co-founder and creator of an effective Parent Management of Adolescent Years Program. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or at rivkirosenwald@gmail.com.

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ty. Suddenly, an elbow is jammed right through your shoulder blade all the way to your belly button. What in the world was that for? Supposedly, it’s for more relaxation. And it doesn’t end there – the abuse continues up and down your spine.

And then onto the rest of your limbs as well.

I know some people say they love it.

Why?!

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