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It’s not just the melodies that can bring a person to new heights. The words of our tefillos are so heartfelt and so pure.

Every person, though, connects to each passage differently.

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Although it is hard, I try to go to shul on Rosh Hashana. It is there that I am able to concentrate on the tefillos and feel connected with the power of the day. When I look around the shul and see all the different faces, from all walks of life, each person with their own talents and challenges, I feel so fortunate to be part of this special nation.

On Rosh Hashana, as we coronate Hashem our King, I hope that He will look down upon our People and see how we sing together as one and grant us all a year filled with bracha, simcha and gezunt.

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Dear Readers, Prayer is a very personal experience. Although we all may be sitting in shul together, each person is inspired and feels connected in their own way. For some, the chanting of ancient tunes uplifts them; for others, it’s upbeat melodies that connect them with their Creator. I have davened in a few different shuls over the years and not one of the tefillos were said by the kehilla in the same way. Some were uttered with reverence, others were sung with grandeur. In fact, in one shul in which I was zoche to daven, the chazzan’s words were barely audible but we knew that his life experiences were so pure and so holy that the prayers of those who were davening with him would be

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I walk (by choice, but after a serious accident and miraculous surgery) with a cane. I am very careful how I cross the major streets in our shopping area, always waiting for the “walk” signal. People that live in our town move here because of the “support system of a frum community.” So where is the frumkeit of those drivers who run yellow lights---and almost killed me today?

Dr. Annette Labovitz Dear Editor, I read the excellent article in The Jewish Home on Lou Lennart. I knew him so therefore I feel I can judge the article, from its authenticity and not just from its being well-written. I am now trying to find his widow or daughter to send it to them. I live in Israel and was on a short visit to the USA to visit family and I gave some talks to the public…

I also like the heading “Forgotten.”

I believe it is not that we should be heroes but what we did should not be forgotten and should and could serve as

an example to younger people. I speak a great deal to youth and they are surprised at the volunteerism we had in those early days.

I hope you keep up bringing back what we did in those days and show them as an example.

Shana Tova, Murray S. Greenfield Publisher Gefen Publishing House Ltd. Dear Editor, Charles Krauthammer’s article this week was chilling—not because it was written in a frightening way. In fact, it was written pretty matter-of-factly about Obama’s mission to take America off the pedestal that it had enjoyed.

You know, when they were running for the White House (and I say “they” because nothing happens in that house without Michelle’s approval and recommendation), Michelle famously told an audience, “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country…” Most people dismissed her comments (that she repeated later in the day to another group), saying that she

must have misspoken. It’s clear that she meant what she said but I wonder: are the Obamas proud of their country today? Did she just have a moment’s worth of pride and then resort back to her lack of love for the country that gave her and her family their freedoms and protects their freedoms every day?

Krauthammer’s piece hammered home a reality for me. Mr. Obama is not a lover of our country. He has set out to change it—and change it completely. Pretty soon, most of us won’t recognize the country that we know and love. He’s done it with healthcare, with immigration, with shaking hands with a nation that supports terrorism and wishes for our demise, and now, as Krauthammer points out, he has shown Putin that America is no longer the sterling power that it used to be. Putin, with his brilliance at sniffing out vulnerable spots, is licking his chops. He knows the American president is scared or maybe is indifferent about flexing his muscles, and that just adds to Putin’s power.

Sincerely, Avraham Goldner

Dear Editor, I read Rabbi Mordechai Kruger’s article this week with interest. I firmly agree with him. Too many of our youth entering the workplace are firmly living in fantasyland. And I know why. There are too many get-rich-quick stories where they see others making it big with one simple stroke of luck or fortune.

But in the case of employment, I believe that slow and steady wins the race. You need to put in the effort, knock on the doors, spend your hours at the office and on the phone. Nothing happens instantly. This generation, though, is an instant generation. Everything comes to them instantly—and not just their coffee. The news, the sales, the weather, the updates on their friends’ lives…there’s no waiting necessary. So I can’t fault them for thinking that earning money happens in the same way. But they will be surprised to see that it’s effort and determination that will help them support their family—not their hundreds of friends on Facebook.

Sincerely, Chani Fisher Woodmere, NY

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Readers Poll On Rosh Hashana we dip an apple and challah in honey to symbolize a sweet new year.

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The Week In News What the Iran Deal Means to Iran

en that it works diligently to defend itself. The entire nation unites as a solid fist, standing fast against the aggressors who lack all reason.”

The “fist” on the poster is comprised of military equipment, including missiles, jet, ships and tanks.

Neighboring countries are preparing for a flood in terrorism sponsored by a now-emboldened and cash-flush Tehran.

Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s is straining the European Union’s asylum system to its breaking point, dividing its 28 nations and feeding the rise of right-wing populists. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from wars in the Middle East, along with economic migrants fleeing poverty in Africa and Asia, have crossed the Mediterranean Sea and land routes across the Balkans to reach the European Union.

Nearly all first reach the EU’s southern and eastern edges before pressing on for richer and more generous countries further north and west, above all Germany, which has emphasized its moral duty to accept those fleeing genuine peril. Accusing some European countries of failing to “assume their moral burdens,” French President Francois Hollande said he had agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on “a permanent and obligatory mechanism” to allocate refugees across the bloc.

Politicians across the continent acknowledged the impact this week of images of a 3-year-old boy in a red T-shirt facedown in the surf of a Turkish beach, which gave a haunting human face to the

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Iranian leaders view the nuclear deal signed by western powers as a “surrender” to Iran and as cementing the Islamic Republic’s status as a “superpower.”

An analysis by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) recently revealed the reaction of Iran’s

leaders. Among the comments translated by MEMRI was a statement made

by Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan at an armed forces general command ceremony on August 30, in which he bragged that Iran had forced the “surrender” of the world’s superpowers, led by the U.S. “Today, Iran has attained such status that the superpowers have surrendered to it, because of its majesty, its steadfastness, its resistance, and its unity. Despite their great pride, the regime of the arrogance [the West, led by the U.S.] sat humbly behind the negotiating table and obeyed the rights of the Iranian nation,” he said.

Just a week earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s official website published an ad welcoming the dominance of Iran as a regional hegemon. The poster, “The Iron Fist,” is meant to evoke a sense of Iran’s might and stubbornness following negotiations which grants Iran sanctions relief in exchange for only limited curbs on its nuclear program. The text accompanying the poster reads: “Those who leveled sanctions against us yesterday are dying today, because Iran has become the region’s foremost military power.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has prov-

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The Week In News tragedy of thousands dead at sea. The boy’s 5-year-old brother and 35-yearold mother were also among 12 people who died when two boats carrying 23 capsized while trying to reach a Greek island.

The major EU states have taken sharply opposing positions on how far to open their doors, symbolized most prominently by Germany and Britain. Germany, led strongly on the issue by Merkel, plans to receive 800,000 refugees this year and has budgeted billions in additional welfare spending for them. Britain, by contrast, has set up a program to allow in vulnerable Syrians that has admitted just 216. It has also granted asylum to around 5,000 Syrians who managed to reach British shores since the war began four years ago, but Prime Minister David Cameron has opposed mandatory EU refugee quotas.

Austria’s foreign minister, whose country is also a popular destination for the refugees, backed the quota system idea and called for a greater sense of urgency over the crisis. “It’s unfathomable that during the financial crisis it was possible to meet all the time and find a common solution, and with this refugee crisis nothing is happening for weeks or

months,” Sebastian Kurz said.

Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the crisis as a problem for Germany – which had offered to admit the refugees – not for Europe as a whole. Europeans were “full of fear because they see that the European leaders ... are not able to control the situation,” he added.

Lawmakers in Budapest were debating a host of amendments to Hungary’s migration laws that the ruling party said would cut illegal border crossings to “zero.” They provide for holding zones on the country’s southern border with Serbia, where construction crews are completing a 3.5-meter-high fence.

Holocaust Victims Finally Buried The remains of several Holocaust victims were finally buried this week, seven decades later. A French medical school has kept jars and test tubes of the victims’ remains locked away for the past seventy years. Several hundred people gathered this week for a somber

ceremony near the eastern French city of Strasbourg to pay respect to the victims, throwing earth on a single coffin holding the collective remains.

Strasbourg Chief Rabbi Rene Gutman led the ceremony which was attended by Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries.

The event at the Cronenbourg cemetery was aimed at closing a troubling chapter in the region’s history.

The remains, such as skin samples, belonged to a few people. Only one has been definitively identified: Menachem Taffem, a Polish Jew deported to Auschwitz and gassed to death. They were among 86 people whose corpses were sent to the anatomy institute at the University of Strasbourg during World War II for the experiments of August Hirt, a notorious Nazi anatomy researcher.

Some remains were buried after the war, but a few were saved and even put on display, kept for legal and scientific purposes, according to French media reports. The origin of the remains were apparently forgotten until researcher Raphael Toledano, who has studied Strasbourg’s Nazi past, discovered a 1952 letter mentioning samples taken from the bodies of Holocaust victims and detailing how they were stored.

Last July, he and the institute’s director found a remaining jar and test tubes behind a glass cupboard in a locked room.

Cities with a Smile

You can always count on Travel + Leisure to give you the lowdown on cities across the globe. Recently, they released their annual World’s Best Awards and readers were asked to rank 266 cit-

ies regarding their friendliness to tourists.

Representing the U.S. on the friendliest list is, of course, two Southern cities famous for their Southern charm and hospitality. Ireland also has a strong presence on the list, with three cities on the list, more than any other country.

Where should tourists head to if they are looking for smiling faces? Here are the world’s friendliest cities: 1. Galway, Ireland 2. Charleston, SC 3. Dublin, Ireland 4. Cork, Ireland 5. Siem Reap, Cambodia 6. Auckland, New Zealand 7. Melbourne, Australia 8. Sydney, Australia 9. Edinburgh, Scotland 10. Savannah, GA Embarrassingly, the U.S. dominates the list of unfriendly cities; in fact, six of the ten cities on this list are in the U.S. It’s time to brush up on our friendly skills, my friends. Here are the world’s least-friendly cities: 1. Moscow, Russia 2. Atlantic City, NJ 3. St. Petersburg, Russia 4. Marseille, France 5. Los Angeles, CA 6. New York City 7. Philadelphia, PA 8. Baltimore, MD 9. Las Vegas, NV 10. Cannes, France

Years Later, French Agent Apologizes for Sinking Ship

Thirty years ago Jean-Luc Kister did something that still haunts him to this day. The French secret service agent attached several mines which sank the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand. This week, on Sunday, he apologized in an interview with investigative website Mediapart.

Kister surprisingly spoke with his face revealed in the hour-long video Continued on page 14

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“Thirty years after the event, now that emotions have subsided and also with the distance I now have from my professional life, I thought it was the right time for me to express both my deepest regret and my apologies,” Kister said.

On July 10, 1985, the Rainbow Warrior was docked in Auckland on its way to protest against French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) southeast of Tahiti. At the time, Kister was working for France’s spy agency, the DGSE, which carried out an unprecedented mission to stop Greenpeace by bombing a peaceful protest ship without warning in the waters of a friendly nation. He himself was a member of the so-called “third team,” whose mission was to attach two large limpet mines to the hull of the converted trawler.

“I have the blood of an innocent man on my conscience, and that weighs on me,” a visibly emotional Kister said in the interview. “We are not cold-blooded killers. My conscience led me to apologize and explain myself.”

He explained that the 12-strong unit was ordered by then-French defense minister Charles Hernu to carry out this specific action. He claimed that any proposal of less violent ways of damaging the ship were rejected by the government.

“There was a willingness at a high level to say: this has to end once and for all, we need to take radical measures.

We were told we had to sink it. Well, it’s simple to sink a boat, you have to put a hole in it.”

Shortly after the incident, Kister’s name was leaked to the media, an act that till this day he says was an act of “high treason”.

Just two days after the bombing, two of the agents who participated, Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, were arrested by New Zealand police and their identities revealed. Hernu, the defense minister, was forced to resign two months later. Mafart and Prieur were charged with murder, eventually pleading guilty to manslaughter and receiving 10-year jail terms, but they were freed within months under a deal.

In the last few decades, France has made an official apology for the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and paid damages.

Anti-Semitic Bank Card Issued

A major Norwegian bank has taken a lot of heat on social media this week for issuing a credit card decorated with an anti-Semitic caricature on the front.

DNB, which bills itself as “Norway’s largest financial services group,” said it was “very sorry” and has since cancelled the card and apologized.

The Israeli advocacy group Hallelu published a photo of the credit card on Facebook this week. The DNB card, belonging to Alexander Joseph Beckett, shows an ugly, large-nosed Jew wearing a black coat and a talis and smiling at a background of gold coins. “We looked at the case immediately, and found out that this was produced due to a system we have where clients can upload their own pictures and get them printed on their card,” explained Even Westerveld, the bank’s executive vice president for communications, in a letter to Hallelu made public by the organization.

Westerveld acknowledged the bank failed to spot the problematic imagery when the customer uploaded it. “We have, however, strict guidelines for what kind of pictures are allowed, and this control is manual. Unfortunately, our manual control has failed in this particular case, and we are deeply sorry for that.

This card should never have been printed.” He promised the bank would “contact the client, block the card and issue a new neutral card to the customer,” adding, “Please note that this is not a mass produced card, and the picture has been deleted from our system.”

N. and S. Korean Families to Reunite Six decades ago their families were torn apart by fighting. Now families separated by the Korean War will be able to reunite briefly near the heavily fortified border of North and South Korea under a deal reached between the two sides on Tuesday.

The agreement to hold reunions, which would be the first since 170 fam-

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solidarity from hundreds of Germans who greeted families fleeing wars in Syria and beyond at railway stations with gifts and welcome signs were “very moving” and “breathtaking.” “That is something very valuable, especially in view of our history,” she said, expressing joy that “Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope.”

She stressed that other EU countries must take in more migrants because “only with common European solidarity can we master this effort.” Merkel called for a “solidarity-based and fair distribution of refugees” and said “Europe based on values must show its face.”

Germany expects 800,000 asylum requests this year, four times last year’s total. Merkel said her country could face costs of 10 billion euros ($11 billion) next year. “That order of magnitude doesn’t seem implausible to me,” she said at a joint press conference with center-left Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel.

Their ruling coalition pledged an additional six billion euros in federal funds for 2016 and said the rest of the money would come from states and communes.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to stay positive about the huge influx of immigrants her country is seeing.

Last weekend alone, 20,000 migrants moved inside the borders of Europe’s biggest economy. “What we are experiencing now is something that will occupy and change our country in coming years,” she said. “We want the change to be positive, and we believe we can accomplish that.”

Merkel said scenes of spontaneous

The rich of India have been getting away with a lot over the last few years but that is all about to end. About a year ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to shut down tax evasion and return millions of dollars of illicit money that the upper class have hidden abroad.

Modi’s cabinet has introduced a series of harsh new measures in recent months designed to track black money. There is no exact number as to how much black money is hidden in India and overseas, but estimates range from $400 billion to over $1 trillion.

As a result, India’s wealthy population has gone into a panic. The stress increased as the government recently introduced a government-imposed tax payment deadline for those who have their cash stored in foreign accounts.

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Police have published descriptions of the attackers, but no suspects have yet been apprehended. The Blogs’ son Emmanuel publicized photos of his wounded parents and offered a 10,000 euro reward for information leading to the attackers’ capture. The figure has since grown by a few thousand euros as Dutch citizens

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on their door and claimed to be police officers. When Shmuel opened the door, the men charged in, pointing guns and hitting and kicking the elderly couple as they demanded their jewelry and other valuables. At one point, they tied them up and began ripping jewelry off Diana’s body. “They called us ‘dirty Jews’ and said: ‘You don’t need your jewelry anymore. You’ve been wearing it for too long. Now it’s all ours,’” Diana recalled.

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Diana Blog, 86, and her husband of 56 years, Shmuel, 87, are both Holocaust survivors. The attack on August 4th left Shmuel blind and with a broken thigh bone, and Diana suffering from “extreme pains.” Both have been in a rehabilitation center in the month since the attack and are now confined to wheelchairs.

According to reports, two male attackers dressed in black knocked loudly

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sued a statement denouncing the new law for creating “fear and panic” among industry leaders and trading professionals.

“People are uneasy and worried. The penalty and term of imprisonment are disproportionately high,” said Nishith Desai, a corporate lawyer in Mumbai.

Instead of solving the problem, industry experts are saying that the rich are simply coming up with other ways to avoid the law.

“The super-rich are becoming much more inhibited in their behavior now.

They are no longer posting pictures of their brand-new fancy watch or luxury car or expensive holiday on Facebook as readily as they did before,” Dilip Cherian, who heads the image consultancy Perfect Relations, pointed out. “They are either buying with credit cards or buying luxury products in foreign countries.”

The Indian economy is notorious for being plagued with corruption. The country’s rich is known to habitually hoard cash, jewelry and expensive artwork or parking it in tax havens abroad.

A World Bank estimate in 2010 said India’s “shadow economy” accounts for over 20 percent of its economic output.

Only 3 percent of the country pays income taxes.

Last month, police raided a government official’s home in West Bengal and found $3 million in cash stuffed under the mattresses, sofa, washing machine, refrigerator, television, false ceilings and toilet floor tiles. It took policemen 21 hours to count the money.

The government is attempting to stifle India’s black money culture with measures that include mandatory tax number declarations for people shopping with large sums, linking biometric identity to every bank account, opening new payment gateways and promoting credit card use.

“The process of formalizing the informal economy is underway in India,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an independent member of parliament. “A lot of people who are used to an old model of doing business in India are uncomfortable today about the new scrutiny.”

“The big fish must not get away,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proclaimed when the black money law passed in May.

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fects all of our lives, too. Fighting anti-Semitism is part of protecting the fundamental values of liberty and security for all. The Dutch government’s position has remained clear: We will not tolerate anti-Semitism in our society.”

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Israel PM Urges Importance of Border Fence In a statement, the Dutch Embassy in Israel said, “This is a shocking incident, a brutal robbery that extremely affected the victims. Dutch police is handling this case with the utmost seriousness, and is investigating it. No suspects have been apprehended yet, so it’s difficult to make unequivocal statements about the motives. In general, it’s important to emphasize that everyone should feel safe in the Netherlands. We will not tolerate any incident of discrimination and anti-Semitism.”

The statement continued: “It affects Jewish communities first of all, but af-

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the southern Arava region this week to oversee the start of construction of Israel’s eastern border security fence.

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The first section of fence being built will stretch 30 kilometers, from Eilat to the Holot Samar area, north of Timna.

“We are starting today the construction of the security fence on our eastern border, which is a continuation of the security fences that we built along the fence with Egypt, and which will eventually connect with the security fence that we built in the Golan Heights,” Netanyahu announced. “We are seeing today what happens to states that lose control of their borders,” he said, in a clear allusion to the influx of refugees and migrants into Europe.

Netanyahu hinted that the fence was being built with ISIS and other Islamist groups in mind. “The combination of very cruel terror that is spreading along our borders,” he said, “with work infiltrators and smugglers, as well as the loss of control in the face of a human tragedy that is taking place almost 360 degrees around us, means that we must bring back Israel’s control over its borders.”

280 million shekel have been allotted for the first section of the fence, which will also protect the new airport at Timna. “We are doing all this without infringing upon the sovereignty of Jordan,” Netanyahu pointed out, “which we respect and see as a partner for protecting the border of peace.”

which will probably start operating by the middle of next month. Residents of communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip previously only had five seconds to find safe shelter when the mortar alert siren sounded. The new system gives people 12-13 seconds to run to a protected area.

During last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, the very short time period that the warning system gave people to seek cover resulted in the death of dozens of soldiers and civilians. Apart from the improved mortar alert system, Israel is also advancing an “obstacle program” around Gaza, part of which is a sophisticated fence surrounding the territory.

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An extremely scary and potentially fatal wrong turn landed five American yeshiva students in the Arab-controlled section of Chevron last week. The five young men were attacked by a mob that threw firebombs and rocks at them.

Thankfully, a local Arab took them into his home, where they awaited rescue by the IDF. Forces from the Chevron District police and Judea and Samaria police, assisted by an IDF force, entered the neighborhood and rescued the boys. Two of the young men are in moderate to light condition after they were sent to the hospital for a complete evaluation.

Photos from the scene show a pair of tefillin lying on the road, belonging to one of the victims who escaped during the attack. According to reports from emergency service ZAKA in Chevron/ Kiryat Arba, a firebomb was hurled at their vehicle, which went up in flames.

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The Israeli Defense Forces has come up with a new radar system to detect incoming mortar fire. The new radar was successfully tested recently and will improve the alert warning time for incoming projectiles by 7-8 seconds.

IDF Southern Command and security firms have already stationed the systems,

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little over 200,000 euro, up north.”

Scheibitz says he made his money, millions in this case, by staring. “I find a spot at home and stare for hours, and then come up with some patent, mostly in the field of plastics,” he explains with a smile. This is how he invented a patent for air-conditioners in cars, selling no less than 7.5 million units of them both in Israel and abroad. He recently sold his latest development to an international company for NIS 3.5 million. “I can’t say what it is because of copyright issues, but everyone uses it every day,” he reveals.

Amir Weil, 26, a bachelor from Tel Aviv who made an exit when he sold a startup of a search engine for social media, was not quite thinking about Finland, but he did have a dream about a quiet place. A dream, he says, that was born after doctors found a cancerous tumor in his body at the age of 21. “Before I got sick, I had a very intensive lifestyle: I was working in high-tech, created a very successful startup, and barely slept.

But the Al-mighty sent me signs and I decided to switch from high-tech to real estate,” he says, and tells that alongside his work in real estate he also funds and directs the Et Laasot (A Time for Action), a non-profit that helps 250 children with

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imagine there must be a new shwarma place opening up in Queens. But meet these four friends who after becoming wealthy independently came together to buy an island in Finland. The price they paid? 450,000 euros. The goal? To build an Israeli colony on the island.

While property in the Holy Land is very scarce and very expensive, Finland has more than enough to go around.

Aviad Scheibitz, Amir Weil, Moti Shemtovi and Asaf Giller hopped on the deal and now are starting their own “Israeli colony.”

Finland has more than 100,000 lakes and no less than 188,000 islands. There is a little over 5 million inhabitants who live comfortably in Finland on less than 340,000 square kilometers, with a huge supply of land and islands that one can buy for as little as 150,000 euros.

The purchase is the brainchild Aviad Scheibitz, 39, married and a father of two from Hararit, who came to Finland for the first time with his wife on their honeymoon. “We have both traveled a lot, so we were looking for a place neither of us visited before,” he says. “We fell in love with the country and stayed here for a month. When we went back to Israel, I bought us an 80-dunam peninsula for a

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and quickly closed the doors. He said he gave them water and tried to calm them down and assured them they were safe, “though none of them spoke Arabic.”

Mr. Abu Hamdiyeh said his family sheltered the five for about 40 minutes until the Israeli forces arrived. Then, he said, both the tourists and the Israeli forces thanked him for what he termed a “humanitarian act.” “That’s how everybody should behave,” he said. “We don’t have problems with the Israelis and we don’t want problems.”

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The Week In News “specially designated global terrorists” under U.S. law.

Israel freed both Sinwar and Mushtaha in 2011 in the prisoner exchange for captive soldier Gilad Shalit.

A total of 1,027 terrorists, many of whom have since returned to terror activity, were released in that exchange.

Israel and Hamas, Deif was the mastermind of Hamas’ offensive strategy.”

The U.S. also put Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese terrorist notorious for the murder of three Israeli civilians including a young girl, on the blacklist. Israel released Kuntar as part of a prisoner exchange in 2008, three decades after the killings, and he has since become a high-profile figure in the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah.

As “global terrorists,” the four terrorist figures are subject to the seizure of any assets they hold in areas of U.S. jurisdiction and Americans are forbidden from doing business with them.

Hamas denounced the decision as “immoral and against international law” on its Twitter account, accusing Washington of “backing Israeli terrorism.”

Last August, during Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on Deif’s home in Gaza, killing his wife and son. Deif, though, survived the attempt on his life.

He is still running operations for the terrorist group.

“He is known for deploying suicide bombers and directing the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers,” the State Department said in a statement announcing his new designation.

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The Jewish population numbers at about 6.3 million people (74.9 percent), Arabs number about 1,746,000 (20.7 percent), and there are about 366,000 (4.4 percent) people who are non-Arab Christians and people who have no religion listed in the civil registry.

During the year of 5775, about 168,000 babies were born in Israel, and about 42,000 people died. About 32,000 immigrated to Israel, 28,000 of which are new olim. This is a 35 percent increase from the previous year. Most of the olim came from Ukraine (about 26 percent), France (25 percent), Russia (about 21 percent) and the United States (about nine percent).

The Central Bureau of Statistics forecasts that in 2025-2030, Israel’s population will surpass 10 million.

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Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say religion is “very important” in their own lives, and another 26% say it is fairly important, according to a Gallup.com survey. However, when a police department in a Texas Bible Belt community placed large “In G-d We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles in response to recent vio-

lence against law enforcement officers, a local watchdog group protested.

Earlier this month police decided to unveil the phrase on its cars in Childress, an agricultural community of some 6,100 people at the southern edge of the Texas Panhandle. Police Chief Adrian Garcia said he decided to add the decals in response to recent attacks on law enforcement personnel that have received widespread media attention. Recently, on August 28, a sheriff’s deputy was shot 15 times at a Houston gas station.

“I think with all the assaults happening on officers across the country ... it’s time we get back to where we once were,” Garcia said. The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund notes that eight officers have been shot and killed in the U.S. in the last month — and four died in the span of 10 days.

However, the group claims that the decals violate laws regarding illegal government endorsement of religion. Rebecca Markert, a senior staff attorney for the foundation, said the First Amendment prohibits government from establishing or even preferring a religion. The growing number of law enforcement agencies adding the phrase to vehicles amounts to a violation of separation of church and state, she asserted.

In Randolph County, Missouri, the sheriff, Mark Nichols, said he had the phrase added to his department’s fleet in July out of a sense of patriotism. “It’s our nation’s motto and we want to be patriotic toward our country,” Nichols said.

However, in its letter to Nichols, the foundation said, “Statements about a god have no place on government-owned cars. Public officials should not use their government position and government property to promote their religious views.”

The letter cites the Pew Research Center that reveals that 23% of Americans identify as “nonreligious.”

But our dollar bills have the religious phrase emblazoned on them. Charles Haynes, vice president of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute in Washington, D.C., explained “In G-d We Trust” began appearing on federal coins in the Civil War era, and in 1956 Congress approved it as the national motto.

Don’t expect the motto to disappear any time soon, Jeremy Dys, senior counsel for the Texas-based Liberty Institute, a law firm that specializes in issues of religious liberty, said. The U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts have repeatedly allowed the phrase and other religious overtures as “part of the country’s history and heritage.”

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The Week In News Most Expensive Places to Raise a Family While the average annual income hovers around $60k, in some areas of the nation, parents spend over $100k to support their families.

For a four person household with two parents and two children, according to national statistics, it can cost anywhere from $50K-$100K to just get by and pay the bills without even having a penny extra to save.

Nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank the Economic Policy Institute recently released data revealing the cost of raising a family across the states.

“This does not mean a middle-class lifestyle,” Elise Gould, a senior economist with EPI, pointed out. “This is just living, no savings.” The study calculated the cost of living based on the costs of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and other necessities (such as school supplies and clothing), as well as taxes.

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So where are residents paying the most to raise their children? Well, it turns out it’s expensive living on the east coast. Eight out of the top ten most expensive cities in the nation were on the eastern seaboard. In fact, five of them are located in New York State.

Here are the nation’s top ten cities that are the most expensive to raise a family. The dollar amounts provided accounts for a family with just two children.

1. Washington, D.C.: $106,493 2. Nassau-Suffolk, NY: $103,606 3. Westchester County, NY: $99,592 4. New York City: $98,722 5. Stamford-Norwalk, CT: $97,350 6. Honolulu, HI: $94,092 7. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh Middletown, NY: $92,837 8. Ithaca, NY: $92,603 9. San Francisco, CA: 10. Danbury, CT: $89,000

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“You’re able to say that what he did had a particular impact or put particular people at risk. It is less generic than just quitting,” said Lawrence Morris, a retired Army colonel who served as the branch’s top prosecutor and top public defender.

“It is of course more complicated than the desertion charge, not as well understood, a higher burden on the government to prove,” he said.

The last time disobeying this law was disciplined was during World War II. Bergdahl is accused of leaving his post in Afghanistan which caused him to be captured by the Taliban and imprisoned for several years. He was also charged with desertion.

“I’ve never seen it charged,” Walter Huffman, a retired major general who served as the Army’s top lawyer, said of the misbehavior charge. “It’s not something you find in common everyday practice in the military.”

Bergdahl could face a life sentence if convicted of the charge, which accuses him of endangering fellow soldiers when he “left without authority and wrongfully caused search and recovery operations.”

Bergdal was released in an exchange for five Taliban operatives who were released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for his safe return to the U.S. Bergdahl’s attorney, Eugene Fidell, is arguing that his client is being charged twice for the same action, saying in a previous television interview that “it’s unfortunate that someone got creative in drafting the charge sheet and figured out two ways to charge the same thing.”

The military has scheduled an initial court appearance known as an Article 32 hearing for Bergdahl on September 17 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The proceeding is similar to a civilian grand jury, and afterward the case could be referred to a court-martial and go to trial.

Atlanta Airport is World’s Busiest

If you thought that the lines in JFK Airport were bad, wait till you read this.

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has topped Beijing International to retain the title of “world’s busiest airport,” according to Airports Council International (ACI).

96 million passengers passed through the Atlanta airport in 2014, compared to 86 million who flew out through Beijing last year, according to the group that monitors worldwide airport traffic.

“Passenger traffic remained resilient in the face of the global uncertainties that beleaguered many economies in 2013 and 2014,” ACI World Director General Angela Gittens pointed out. “International tourism, in particular, was irrepressible in 2014 considering the geopolitical risks that have persisted in certain parts of the world, such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East,” she continued. “The Ebola outbreak also presented significant challenges to the aviation sector. Notwithstanding, by and large, the international traveler in 2014 appears to have been immune to these potential dangers. Overall global passenger traffic grew at a rate of over 5 percent. This is above the 4.3 percent average annual growth rate in passenger traffic from 2004 to 2014.”

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Many lucky Americans inherit more than just their father’s nose or their mother’s cooking skills; each year millions of Americans receive a monetary inheritance from their parents or a close relative.

Experts predict that over the next few decades there will be over a trillion dollars being passed down to the next generation. However, a recent study indicates that the offspring is not really ready to handle all the inheritance that will come their way. Research seems to indicate that many recipients quickly dispense or spend their payout.

One study found that one third of people who received an inheritance had negative savings within two years of the event. “The vast majority of people blew through it quickly,” said Jay Zagorsky, an economist and research scientist at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and author of the study, which was based on survey data from the Federal Reserve and a National Longitudinal Survey funded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Unfortunately, many inheritors view this influx of money as “monopoly dollars” and struggle with budgeting and how to use their money wisely.

Susan Bradley, a certified financial planner and founder of the Sudden Money Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl., recommends allowing a grieving period and a “decision-free zone” after the inheritance to avoid making any rushed or impulsive decisions. For each person this time period is different—for some it may be a year and others a few weeks.

Great Aunt Sally bequeathed you a fortune? The next piece of advice for you is to make a list of priorities. Experts strongly advise recipients to use their gift to secure a retirement account

No Presidential Veto Needed for Iran Deal

On Tuesday the fight was over as three more Democrat senators pledged their support for the Iran nuclear deal.

Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal (CT), Gary Peters (MI) and Ron Wyden (OR) all announced their support this week.

President Obama now has the support of 41 senators, paving the way for a filibuster to prevent a vote on a Republican-backed resolution to keep sanctions against the Islamic Republic in place and reject the accord.

The senators’ decisions did not come without reservations.

“While this is not the agreement I would have accepted at the negotiating table, it is better than no deal at all,” Blumenthal asserted.

“This agreement with the duplicitous and untrustworthy Iranian regime falls short of what I had envisioned, however I have decided the alternatives are even more dangerous,” Wyden wrote.

Added Peters, “Despite my serious concerns with this agreement, I have unfortunately become convinced that we are faced with no viable alternative.”

On the other side, on Tuesday, Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the fourth Democratic Senator to announce his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran.

Manchin said he “could not ignore the fact that Iran, the country that will benefit most from sanctions being lifted, refuses to change its 36-year history of sponsoring terrorism.

“I cannot gamble our security, and that of our allies, on the hope that Iran will conduct themselves differently than it has for the last 36 years,” the senator added.

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of senators now backing the deal, they will likely be able to kill the Republican resolution against the agreement directly in the Senate and save Obama from having to use his veto power.

Smoking Rates Hit Record Low

Congratulations to adults all across the U.S.—we have become a healthier nation. The national smoking rate has hit an all-time low.

New survey data, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last week, suggests that just 15.2% of American adults are now using cigarettes on a regular basis, almost 2% less than in 2014.

The basis for the findings are responses to the National Health Interview Survey, which the Census Bureau operates on behalf of the CDC. It is one of the most reliable tools the government has for measuring health habits and status. The data is not definitive yet, since it’s only based on January through March and technically the smoking rate can rise before the end of the year. It is important to note that it is common for people to quit in January, after making a New Year’s resolution, and then resume a few months later.

“This result is absolutely exciting and maybe even astonishing, if this decrease holds up when we see data for the full year,” Kenneth Warner, a professor of health policy and management at the University of Michigan, related.

Warner, who is among the nation’s leading experts on tobacco and anti-smoking policy, explained: “With smoking responsible for 500,000 American deaths every year – one-fifth of all deaths – every decrease in smoking prevalence of this magnitude will ultimately translate into many thousands of premature deaths being avoided. This is a great development for public health.”

Experts believe that the downward trend is partially due to raising taxes on cigarettes, spreading awareness regarding smoking’s related health risks, and encouraging the entertainment community to stop making smoking seem glamorous.

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On Tuesday, the family of Freddie Gray, whose death sparked riots in Baltimore after he died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a tentative $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore, resolving civil claims about a week after the first hearing in the criminal case against six police officers.

Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges stemming from Gray’s death. Gray, who was black, was critically injured on April 12 in the back of a prisoner transport van after he was arrested. His death sparked protests, rioting and unrest that shook Baltimore for days.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the board of estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said. “This settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city, and avoids costly and protracted litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost taxpayers many millions more in damages.”

Despite the settlement reached, there is no admission of liability on behalf of the city, its police department or officers.

All six officers, including Edward Nero and Garrett Miller, are charged with second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Lt. Brian Rice, Sgt. Alicia White and Officer

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William Porter also face a manslaughter charge, while Officer Caesar Goodson faces the most serious charge of all: second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.

Three of the officers involved in the case are black and three are white.

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lows a city to brag about its attractiveness to visitors. Hartsfield-Jackson has been the passenger traffic titleholder since the 1990’s, although the airport group said this year Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport had more airplane takeoffs and landings. Los Angeles International Airport was the second busiest domestic airport – and fifth worldwide – in terms of passenger numbers with 70 million passengers. Chicago’s O’Hare was in third place domestically – seventh overall in the world – with 69 million.

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Enough research has been done to prove that being overweight poses several health risks at all ages. A recent study adds another health risk to the list of negative side effects of obesity.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health claim that a person’s weight in middle age can affect if and when they develop Alzheimer’s disease.

The report, released last Tuesday, stated that being overweight or obese at age 50 can affect the onset of Alzheimer’s, even if it is not until years later. Among those who eventually got sick, more midlife pounds meant an earlier onset of disease.

“Maintaining a healthy BMI at midlife is likely to have long-lasting protective effects,” said Dr. Madhav Thambisetty of NIH’s National Institute on Aging, who led the study reported in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. No study has been done yet in order to determine if in fact staying fit and healthy can de-

lay Alzheimer’s.

In the U.S. alone, approximately 5 million suffer from Alzheimer’s, a number medical experts expect to more than double by 2050. Generally, Alzheimer’s starts damaging the brain more than a decade before symptoms appear.

To explore obesity’s effects, Thambisetty’s team turned to the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, one of the longest-running projects to track what happens to healthy people as they get older. They checked the records of nearly 1,400 participants who had undergone regular cognitive testing every year or two for about 14 years; 142 of them developed Alzheimer’s. The researchers studied how much those Alzheimer’s patients weighed when they were 50 and still cognitively healthy.

They tracked BMI—every step up on the BMI chart predicted that when Alzheimer’s eventually struck, it would be 6 ½ months sooner.

Among this group of Alzheimer’s patients, someone who had been obese – a BMI of 30 (the threshold for being overweight is a BMI of 25) – during middle age on average had their dementia strike about a year earlier than someone whose midlife BMI was 28, in the overweight

range, Thambisetty explained.

“What’s good for your heart is good for your brain,” Heather Snyder of the Alzheimer’s Association noted.

That’s Odd A Couple of Crime

This couple is perfectly in synch—in synch committing crimes, that is.

Officers received a tip that Joshua Watford was in a pawn shop last week.

He had been convicted of driving under the influence but had failed to attend court-ordered classes. After he was placed in a squad car by officers, the police car was stolen—by his wife. When a passing motorist began speaking to the officer, Amber Watford got behind the wheel and took off.

The squad launched a massive search for the lawbreaking duo, including a helicopter and a K-9, but the search was eventually called off. A tip helped cops find the couple—and the car, which had everything in it, including the handcuffs that were used on Joshua.

Amber and Joshua will now be sharing a new home—the county jail.

A Wasteful Café

This is real junk food.

Gabby Holmes and Natalie Crean are fed up with waste. The two women recently opened up the Real Junk Food Project in Liverpool.

So what’s on the menu? It depends.

Waste food supplies are donated from grocers, caterers and supermarkets. They then work in a “Ready Steady Cook” creative style, deciding what to cook depending on what type of produce they’ve received for the day. Homemade hearty

and healthy stews, soups, puddings, such as lemon curd, are often on the menu for which people pay what they feel, or what they can afford. Don’t have cash? Creative donations are accepted as well.

“I realized how much food rich economies waste after travelling round Asia and seeing how resourceful they were.

It’s absurd that millions of people are starving and millions of food items end up in the bin,” Gabby said.

She hopes, though, that the café will be forced to close when food is no longer wasted and the restaurant won’t have donations pouring in. Until then, “so long as there’s waste, we’re trying to achieve some good out of the daily waste.”

The café is also a social hub for people to get together and enjoy each other’s company.

That’s a good thing—unless they’re just lounging about wasting time.

Trimming off the Pounds

A good shave can make all the difference. In fact, it can actually make you lose weight.

Last week, a lost, overgrown sheep was found in Australia and was shorn for perhaps the first time, yielding 89 pounds (40 kilograms) of wool—and shedding almost half his body weight.

Chris, who was rescued by Canberra RSPCA, may just take home the Guinness World Records for the most wool sheared from a sheep in a single shearing.

Currently, the record is held by Big Ben, a New Zealand merino, who yielded 28.9 kilograms worth of wool last year.

“He’s looking really good, he looks like a new man,” Tammy Ven Dange, chief executive of the Canberra RSPCA, said, as the now 44-kilogram (97-pound) sheep recovered at the Canberra animal refuge. “For one thing, he’s only half the weight he used to be.”

The shearing process was traumatic for Chris, as many of us can understand since we’re traumatized by just a trim of several inches. He was shorn under anesthetic because he was stressed by human company and because of the potential pain from the heavy fleece tearing skin

The Week In News gineer. He is part of a research group to determine the benefits of bacteria on the skin, which he says is compromised by the use of everyday moisturizers or body cleansers.

A Feathery Trust

This summer $100,000 was bequeathed to a couple of birdbrains. And we mean real birdbrains.

32 pet cockatiels received the windfall when Leslie Ann Mandel, a New York City millionaire, asked in her will to have the small parrots continue to live in an aviary in her $4 million East Hampton home. To make sure there was no confusion, Mandel made sure to list every bird by name: from Margie and Nicki to Zara and Zack 12.

Mandel’s stepson is named as trustee and he’ll be caring for lots of animals in the luxurious “ark.” The fund will also take care of a cat named Kiki and a rescue dog named Frosty.

Mandel ran a fundraising firm and amassed a $5.3 million fortune. She died in June at age 69. She was not the only (eccentric) millionaire to leave major money to her furry and feathery friends.

In 2007, hotel magnate Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her dog, Trouble. A judge trimmed the bequest to $2 million.

Yes, the world is truly going to the (birds and the) dogs.

Barbie: the Best Car for College Think Barbies are only for the very young? Tara Monroe is still playing with Barbies every day—and she’s in college.

After Tara was caught driving drunk in March, her dad took away the keys to her car and left her a bike to ride around campus. Undeterred, Tara managed to procure other wheels for herself—although they’re slightly smaller and much pinker.

“When we drove up to buy it, Charlene asked where the little one was to test drive it, to which I replied, ‘I am the little one,’” the twenty-year-old said.

Tara’s newest car runs on a 12-volt battery with a maximum speed of 5mph.

She’s not bothered by its snail’s pace.

Buying the jeep “was the best decision I’ve made in college, yet.” It’s earned her celebrity status at her alma mater and at the University of Texas in Austin.

“This is the best way I could have gotten my 15 minutes of fame.”

What about giving her friends rides?

For now, it’s just Tara and her cherry coupe. “I usually make them [her friends] walk behind me like parents taking their kid out to play,” she related.

I thought college was supposed to prepare you for the real world.

No Showers for 12 Years Just because we shower every day doesn’t mean it’s a good thing. Or is it?

David Whitlock has been questioning our society’s daily showering routine and has not showered for 12 years. Lest you think the elevator isn’t reaching all the way to the top, Mr. Whitlock is actually a MIT graduate and chemical en-

“No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day. So what’s the basis for assuming that that is a healthy practice?” Whitlock asks.

He is working with a company called AOBiome, which uses natural bacteria found in the soil that eliminates odors and also creates benefits for the skin.

They launched a product line of mists, shampoos and cleaners in July.

Jasmina Aganovic, AOBiome general manager of consumer products, said that while Whitlock’s personal hygiene philosophy is definitely interesting and “he does not smell,” the company is not recommending people skip showers altogether.

The company’s “Mother Dirt” line contain live Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria that cleans and eliminates odor without harming the beneficial bacteria of the skin, she said. The products contain microorganisms found in soil, which consume the irritating components of sweat and transform them into benefits for the skin, she added.

Whitlock discovered the benefits of the bacteria and is working with the company’s research team to help develop the products that will give the best benefits for the skin, Aganovic said.

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Speaking of diets, if trimming your hair isn’t working for you, perhaps the sun is the answer.

A new trend in Hong Kong has women cutting calories just by staring at the sun. The sun dieters are not just looking into the sky’s brightest star for a few minutes. These women are dedicated to their diets—they are gazing at the glaring rays for 44 minutes on a beach in Sam Ka Village. Supposedly, those who take part say looking into the light suppresses their appetites and their need for a normal diet.

In fact, some individuals say they can go a whole day without eating – probably because they are suffering from heatstroke and temporary blindness which can make anyone lose their appetites.

The group of women arrive in the morning or early evening. They take off their shoes, put on sunglasses and set a timer on their phones. Standing in a line, they start their ritual of absorbing the sun, believing solar energy can replace calories.

“We practice sun-gazing as a substitute for eating. Some of us who have finished the therapy now eat less, and others don’t have to eat at all!” one sun dieter said.

Each dieter takes their time adjusting to the sun’s rays. Beginners look at the sun for just 10 seconds on the first day and add 10 seconds every day, reaching 44 minutes by the ninth month.

Although these women claim to lose

The industrial engineering junior industriously bought herself a pink Barbie Jeep for $60 off Craigslist. The previous owner? A toddler by the name of Charlene. Now Tara has a new set of wheels, which she named Charlene in honor of the former driver of the jeep.

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weight, they may be losing something even more precious. Doctors warn that with the sub-tropical location of Hong Kong and the sea water bouncing back the sun’s rays, these people’s eyes and skin are at risk for cancer, cataracts and other diseases.

Anyone ever heard of Weight Watchers?

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as it fell away. Without the new haircut, though, Chris could have died from the cold and from infections that were trapped under the heavy fleece.

Champion shearer Ian Elkins said the sheep appeared to be in good condition after being separated from his huge fleece under anesthetic.

“I don’t reckon he’s been shorn before and I reckon he’d be 5 or 6 years old,” he noted. The fleece, though, was too long to be sold commercially. Elkins hopes it will end up in a museum.

Australian merinos are bred for wool and are shorn annually, with fleeces averaging about 5 kilograms (11 pounds).

Hey Five Towners, I have the perfect diet for you—and don’t worry I’m not fleecing you out of any of your hardearned money with this new plan!

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Hagaon HaRav Yitzchok Sheiner and the Nadvorna Rebbe davening at the Kosel this week on behalf of donors to Kupat Hair

Rabbi Uri Orlian, new Mara D’asra of Congregration Shaaray Tefila of Lawrence, addressed his congregants before Selichos and gave a shiur on Sunday morning entitled “The History and Halacha of Pruzbul”

Assemblymembers Rozic and Goldfeder Lead Broad Bipartisan Coalition Calling on Governor Cuomo to Continue Sanctions Against Iran With the U.S. Congress set to vote in the coming days on a proposed deal to lift international sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a broad bipartisan coalition of New York State legislators have sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo urging the continuation of measures passed by the state in 2012 to prevent the leading terror sponsor from obtaining nuclear weapons. The letter, spearheaded by Assemblymembers Nily Rozic (D, WF - Fresh Meadows) and Phil Goldfeder (D - Far Rockaway), includes signatures from nearly thirty leading legislators from around the state.

“Since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was first proposed, I have heard concerns from constituents and want to ensure their voices are heard as Congress prepares to take up the measure,” said Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, who is the first Israeli-born elected official in New York. “In keeping existing sanctions against Iran, we are sending a strong message that New York should not do business with Iran or its business partners.”

“New York State has been a leading

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voice in the implementation of sanctions against Iran and now is not the time to waiver in our resolve on this issue,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “It is unfortunate that some want to take steps in the wrong direction and put our world on a path of terror and destruction. Regardless of what happens in Washington, I urge Governor Cuomo to continue the state’s sanctions on Iran and ensure a safer future for our families.”

In a joint letter sent Monday to Governor Cuomo, Assembly Members Rozic and Goldfeder called on the state to keep in place a broad set of sanctions passed in Albany in 2012 designed to prevent access to state contracts for companies doing business in Iran’s nuclear energy sector. The letter included the signatures of nearly thirty Democratic and Republican legislators from across the state, in a broad bipartisan show of support for maintaining the current state-authorized sanctions.

Citing concerns with Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and state sponsorship of terrorism, the letter urges Cuomo to use the state’s “constitutional authority” to impose and maintain sanctions. The legislators tout the state’s recent efforts to impose sanctions against Iran as being crucial to efforts to obtain a better deal from Iran than the currently proposed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated between Iran, the United States and other nations.

The legislators point to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA) passed by Congress, which

granted states the authority to impose sanctions in the wake of federal efforts to combat Iran’s growing nuclear and terrorist aspirations. According to a recent report by the Congressional Research Service, this law and the authority it grants New York State is unlikely to be undone by the current Iran deal.

“A part of the deal that I find particularly objectionable is giving a king’s ransom to a country that has funded some of the worst acts of terrorism the world has ever known,” said Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach). “I call on Governor Cuomo to exercise his constitutional authority and retain New York’s existing sanctions against Iran.”

New York State has a long history as a leader in applying pressure on Iran.

The state passed the Iran Divestment Act of 2012, which requires the State

Office of General Services to identify persons or entities that invest more than $20 million in goods, services or credit in the Iranian energy sector; and preventing their doing business with the state. Similar legislation was passed in relation to the SUNY system.

This followed earlier efforts in 2009 by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to divest $86.2 million in state pension fund investments made by companies doing business in Iran and Sudan.

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Around The Community Bnos Bais Yaakov Looking Forward to a Successful and Productive Year All summer, BBY staff members have been hard at work planning, discussing, and thinking about the ways in which they could provide the best school experience for the girls they would be greeting in September. To give those

planning sessions the strength of conviction and inspiration, BBY invited Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum, Rav of Congregation Nachlas Yitzchok in Kew Gardens Hills, author, and world-renowned speaker, to deliver a stirring message to

the staff on Tuesday, September 1.

Rabbi Oelbaum began by acknowledging the gargantuan task set before teachers in this generation. Derech eretz is sorely lacking and “mothers are giving birth to mothers and fathers” –

children who feel empowered by knowing more about the technological world than their parents and who therefore feel that they can parent their own parents in this and in all matters. But, as Rabbi Oelbaum passionately declared, the challenges that children present in this day and age demand an even greater effort to reach every single student.

Just as Yaakov Avinu could not be consoled during Yosef Hatzaddik’s absence – even in the presence of his holy children and grandchildren – we cannot be comfortable when even one child in a class of successful children is not thriving. One missing child is a grievous situation; one student missing out on a productive school experience is an equally grievous occurrence. A teacher today has to do more than just teach. She has to build – and oftentimes rebuild – her students. Academics can no longer be the sole aim of a Bais Yaakov; it must also be the nurturing of each child’s self-confidence and “bren” for Yiddishkeit.

Rabbi Oelbaum explained the mashal that compares B’nei Yisroel to a flame. The flame of a candle is susceptible to wind. Air currents disturb a candle’s stability and the flame will flicker unsteadily. A roaring blaze, however, is not extinguished by wind. On the contrary, the fire will spread and grow even stronger when buffeted by wind. Our job, implored Rabbi Oelbaum, is to light that strong and hardy blaze in each and every girl so that when exposed to the elements of our world, she remains stable and steadfast.

The teachers and administrative were invigorated by Rabbi Oelbaum’s message. They started the school year with an energy that is palpable in these first days of school. Rabbi Oelbaum most definitely lit the fire in our staff to reach and teach and love and encourage each and every BBY student.

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Rabbi Nechemya Hoffman, Founder and Director of Kollel Chatzos, a nighttime Kollel with locations in Brooklyn, Monsey, Monroe and Meron, understands that a successful Kollel is dependent upon the support and chizuk of the Kollel members’ wives.

“In order for the women to be mechazek their husbands, they themselves need chizuk. This is where the idea of this event came in.”

The wives from the three New York locations gathered at Blueberry Manor, a bucolic outdoor venue located on the water, just outside Monroe. As the sun set, sixty women arrived to elegantly set tables, torch lighting, flowing fountains and a waterfall. The tranquil atmosphere set the tone for several amazing hours of chizuk and entertainment and the chance to recharge and connect with other women supporting their husbands in this exceptional life of Torah learning.

The program, meant to inspire and invigorate, did just that. Rebbetzin Bluming, Menaheles of Bobov, Monsey, spoke about the chashivus of supporting one’s husband in his Torah, quoting Rabbi Akiva who said about his wife: “My Torah is her Torah.” Mrs. Friedman, wife of the Monsey Rosh Kollel, shared her ideas and thoughts of chizuk, made stronger by her personal experience. Following a delectable dessert and the time for the many women to meet and mingle, Mrs. Weig inspired everyone as she recounted her life’s journey through illness.

The evening ended on a high note as the women formed their chairs into a circle and joined together for a rousing kumzitz. Accompanied by Mrs. Weig on the guitar, they poured their hearts out in song, a chorus of women proud to be unified in their commitment to living a very special life of Torah.

The organizers of the event shared that the feedback was beyond their ex-

pectations and call after call came in thanking them for the chizuk it provided. “Being part of something so unique can sometimes be isolating,” explained one caller. “Getting to meet the other women and seeing that they are normal just like me was so important to me!”

In fact, two weeks later, during a dinner held for the men, the women took the initiative to keep each other company on a conference call, proving that the event had accomplished what it set out to do—provide an opportunity for connection and support.

The evening marked the end of summer and as everyone headed faced the realities of the back to school season and the approaching Yomim Noraim, the Kollel Chatzos office was busy fielding incoming calls for people seeking zechusim for themselves and their families.

Mr. Avrochom Chaim Goldman, administrator, explains the increased interest in Kollel Chatzos partnerships stating, “There is something very comforting about knowing that your family is under the shemira and bracha of a talmid chochom who is learning and being mispallel on your behalf. This is true throughout the year, but especially so during Elul.”

As the hundreds of Kollel Chatzos partners daven for a good, healthy year they know that the tefillos and Torah of the illustrious Kollel members are accompanying them. May the entire Klal Yisroel be zoche to a year filled with bracha and a kesiva v’chasima tova.

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Harav Avrohom Pam’s tzava’ah, we cannot possibly say ‘no’ to Jewish children who are begging for a chinuch kodesh!”

Shuvu’s growth was clearly evident seeing that three first grade classes opened in both Petach Tikva and Netanya and two first grade classes in Hadera, Tel Aviv, Akko, Lod, Bat Yam and Rishon Letzion. Even the other Shuvu schools throughout the country with one first grade class reported that the classes were all baruch Hashem filled to capacity. Shuvu’s newer high schools also continue to produce impressive numbers with the boys’ high school in Gan Yavne already up to 120 students despite being its only second year, and the girls’ high school in Be’er Yaakov, now in its fourth year and reaching 12th grade for the first time, with over 110 girls.

Shuvu also opened up several new junior high schools and high schools this year which, like the existing ones, will be’ezras Hashem provide the students with a continuation of their Shuvu education in a wholesome and Torahdik

school as everything was already so orderly and no children were seen wandering in the hallways. The indications that it was indeed Opening Day were festive balloons decorating the school, welcoming signs, and the many parents who came to escort their children. A Shuvu staff member stated, “It is always amazing to see parents dressed completely secular on their first day in Shuvu, and we, of course, already know baruch Hashem how different they, and their children, will be after just a few years of Shuvu!”

In Beit Shemesh, among other schools, the excitement of both the new students and the older ones was palpable on Opening Day. The students were all excited to share their experiences over the summer vacations – and emphasized that they continued davening and benching every day!

In Rishon Letzion, the Bais Medrash Program kicked off already on Opening Day. Many students report that the Bais Medrash voluntary shteiging hours are

their favorite of the week!

The Shuvu Jerusalem School was honored to host Deputy Minister of Education MK Rav Meir Porush (UTJ) on Opening Day. Rav Porush toured the school and showed great interest in the children.

Rav Gutterman gave Rav Porush an update about the latest in Shuvu, including the addition of French Olim, and Shuvu’s status of Model Schools within the Ministry of Education. He was very impressed seeing a map of Israel with the Shuvu schools marked, showing the great scope of the Kiruv network.

In Netanya every one of the grades has new students from France. Many parents showed up at the school on Opening Day, begging for extra hours in the late afternoon to give their children more Yiddishkeit and provide them with homework help.

Many were complaining that their French friends had told them they are tragically, quickly losing their children in the afternoons. Shuvu provides its students with a longer school day than the standard in Israel, to ensure the children remain as long as possible in a protected environment.

In Shuvu Hadera there are over 90 children in the kindergartens, and for the first time in many years the school had to open two first grade classes!

Shuvu’s Supervisor Rav Nissan Kaplan visited the schools in Akko and Natzrat Illit and entered each and every class to wish them all a Shana Tova. Both the boys and the girls 8th graders in Akko begged Rav Kaplan to please do whatever possible so that perhaps next year a 9th grade could be opened for them, allowing them to continue on with a Shuvu atmosphere throughout the high school years!

Shuvu Be’er Sheva opened with 60 kindergarten children and 29 first graders. It was remarkable to see that the first grade teachers already knew the names of all the students on Opening Day. The principal, Rabbi Yehuda Veitman, explained that the students and parents all had private “Getting to Know You”

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environment, thus securing their lifelong commitment to Torah and mitzvos.

In Bat Yam, Shuvu opened a junior high school for girls, with the plan being to iy”H in a year from now open a boys junior high school as well. In Netanya, Shuvu opened a junior high school for boys geared specifically for French Olim students. In Natzrat Illit, Shuvu opened a girls’ high school, and in Ashkelon a junior high school for boys.

Following non-stop work over the summer months preparing for the new school year, members of the network’s hanhalah visited each and every one of its schools on Opening Day, in what has become a Shuvu tradition, to give chizuk – and to receive as well.

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For the 25th time, the Shuvu Network of Schools in Eretz Yisroel opened its gates on the first day of the school year to welcome the new students beginning their spiritual journey home.

In addition to the routine natural growth of the student body, this year hundreds of French Olim joined the ranks as well. Over 150 French children are now in the Shuvu Netanya School alone! In order to accommodate the new French students, Shuvu recently launched an emergency international campaign to raise the necessary funds. “The costs are tremendous,” explained Shuvu Director Rabbi Chaim Michoel Gutterman, “as we had to construct several caravan classrooms on our Netanya campus and purchase furniture, in addition to hiring French speaking teachers for Ulpans in the schools. But, following Moreinu

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meetings with the teachers the previous Friday, and the teachers then memorized the names to ensure that the students felt at home already on day one!

Shuvu’s Educational Director Mrs. Brocha Weinberger visited Shuvu Lod and reported how exciting it was to hear “Shema Yisroel” and “Modeh Ani” coming from the new young students! When she left the school with tears in her eyes, she said her own kapitel Tehillim, “Mizmor le’sodah!” She also visited the Shuvu Bat Yam School and marveled at the new 7th grade for girls.

On opening day, Shuvu Ashdod had special Tehillim recited in memory of Mrs. Miriam Hoch a”h, mother of Shuvu’s Co-Chairman R’ Yossi Hoch, who was niftar just several days ago. The principal also said that the learning this year in the school’s Bais Medrash will be l’ilui nishmasa.

Shuvu Ashkelon grew considerably this year baruch Hashem with a 25% increase in the number of students, including adding a new boys’ junior high school. *** Harav Pam zt”l referred to Shuvu as to not just an organization, but rather a “movement.” Shuvu’s Educational Director Mrs. Brocha Weinberger gave her own pshat to the Rosh Yeshiva’s words.

“Shuvu never stays put. It’s always on the move. Creating new projects, adding more kiruv activities, attracting new populations. It is indeed a movement.”

Seeing the enormous non-stop efforts of the network in preparation of the new school year, leaves no doubt about it.

Shuvu is indeed a movement.

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On Wednesday evening, September 2, the annual gathering of hospital liaisons and representatives took place at the Achiezer offices in Long Island.

More than 30 attendees from nearly every hospital in NYC, Long Island, New Jersey, Catskills, Westchester and Rockland County were present.

For the past several years this fledg-

ling group which started out as a simple group of 3-4 liaisons, Hatzolah members and Bikur Cholims have gotten together throughout the year and tackled the incredibly difficult and pressing matters that every one of these individuals have to deal with on a daily and weekly basis.

Medical care, referrals, hospital transfers, advocacy, abuse, families in crisis and

tragedy, it is these individuals from Far Rockaway to Monsey, Lakewood and beyond are typically speaking on the front lines of every emergency that a member of Klal Yisroel faces.

This particular annual gathering allows these members to collectively share ideas, protocols, exchanges and various techniques in dealing with what is typi-

cally a grueling and tedious job that never ends. Almost always these liaisons operate on a 24 hour basis with no respite time.

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New Kosher Wines for the New Jewish Year

By Jay Buchsbaum 5776 is almost here. And so is a bevy of new wines from around the world.

When it comes to wine, tastes vary greatly—so we’ve expanded our selection of new arrivals. This coming New Year brings a fresh array of wines, giving wine lovers an opportunity to not only enjoy the latest vintage of their tried and true favorites, but to also to discover something new.

Washington is the second largest wine producing state after California. Washington wines are known for their bright fruit flavors and crisp acidity, as well as for the unique terroir of its vineyards. Terroir is a French wine term which very loosely translates as “a sense of place” and refers to the sum of the interactive effects on the final wine of its unique local growing conditions—everything from the soil, micro-climate, and weather, to the vineyard management and methods of production.

Climates of individual Washington wine regions differ dramatically, and are cut across from north to south by the Cascade Mountains, resulting in some wonderful diversity. In general, Washington wine regions rely upon drip irrigation, enjoy consistent temperatures and benefit from an extra 2 hours of daylight over California during the growing season. All this helps contribute to amazingly vibrant grapes.

With more than a dozen different wine regions in Washington, some find this diversity confusing, but the terroir shines through and lends itself to exceptional, full, rich, sometimes wonderfully subtle and complex wine. New from Pacifica, the sister winery to Goose Bay located in New Zealand and the first all Kosher winery in

the Pacific Northwest, is the Columbia Gorge Rose. Made from a blend of Pinot Noir, Tempranillo, Merlot and a touch of Zinfandel grapes all grown along the Columbia River on Underwood Mountain, this fabulous rose is a luscious, higher acid Rose made in a dry style with just a touch of sweetness, crisp and flavorful.

France is perhaps the most prestigious and well-known growing region, and while its history dates back many centuries, it is not actually the oldest wine producing region. (That honor properly goes to Israel, where wine grape cultivation originated, but more about that later!). It is said that Rashi grew grapes and produced wine in France, and some of the most prestigious French vineyards can trace their wine growing lineage back more than 500 years. This rich history and heritage of wine production gives France much of its wine prestige, not to mention that France continues to produce long-lived, world class wines. Today Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, among other classic grape varieties, are predominantly grown in around the Bordeaux area; Burgundy and Southern France grow primarily Pinot Noir and Chardonnay; and the Rhone Valley grows varieties such as Mouvedre, Grenache and other varieties that have been ideally matched to the local regional terroir over the centuries.

One particular new and notable wine from France is the Château Tertre Daugay – Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Class which is made from 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. The grapes were grown in complex soils that feature slate and red dense clay, and were manually harvested, and fermented in stainless temperature-con-

trolled stainless steel tanks, and then aged for 14 months oak, of which 50% were new barrels, for a wine that features black fruit, blackberries, pepper that is full bodied and lush on the palate. Established in the mid-19th century, wines from Château Tertre Daugay are some of the most sought after in Saint-Émilion, with this one in particular receiving a 91 rating (out of 100) from Stephen Tanzer in his prestigious bimonthly International Wine Cellar.

Israel, which started popping up on the radars of many wine connoisseurs only recently, is arguably the oldest wine producing region in the world! The varied terroir—with cooler weather and volcanic soil in the north and generally warmer weather and red, clay and loam soils in the central and south part of the country—allow for a wide variety of flavors and tastes in wine. Couple the diverse growing conditions with the most up-to-date winemaking techniques and Israeli ingenuity (for example, drip irrigation was pioneered in Israel), and you have a recipe for some of the finest wines available today. Some exciting new releases for the holiday season from Tabor Winery are Tabor Gewurztraminer— an off dry white wine, perfect for a Rosh Hashanah lunch or a warm day in the Sukkah. Another new release is Tabor 562, a delightful sparkling wine made with fine early harvested Chardonnay for richness and French Colombard for structure and lively fruit flavors; perfect for celebrating the Jewish New Year.

From the Tulip Winery comes Tulip Espero. Espero comes from the international auxiliary language of Esperanto, and means “hope”; it is homage to the winery’s special relationship with Kfar Tikvah (Village of hope), a unique community that is home to emotionally and developmentally disabled adults. The Tulip winery is not only located in Kfar Tikvah, but also employs many of the residents. Blended from Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, Tulip Espero is at once complex but inviting, round, soft and flavorful. It is limited production, so try it before it is too late!

Italy’s tradition of winemaking dates back centuries, and is influenced by its long and varied coastline, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Of the hundreds of different grape varieties for which Italy is justly famous, its real claim to fame, and the pride of Tuscany, is Sangiovese. The Terra di Seta winery, Italy’s only all kosher winery, offers a delicious twist with its new Meshi Toscana Rose (Meshi is modern Hebrew for “silk). This delightful boutique wine is made from 100% Sangiovese grapes, the same as the great Chiantis of Tuscany, and as its name indicates, it is silky smooth and balanced by intense berries and fresh, lively acidity. Unlike classic Chianti, which Terra di Seta also produces a fabulous example of, the Terra Di Seta Meshi Toscana Rose is off dry and perfect for Shabbos lunch or a yom tov afternoon meal.

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On Thursday evening, August 20, over 200 people including politicians, community leaders, organization heads and members came out to the Annual RNSP Members Appreciation BBQ to show their unwavering support and appreciation of the work the members of the RNSP do for our community. It was a beautiful event, hosted by Gadi and Aliza Fuchs, which was sponsored by the prestigious Saffron Culinary and cosponsored by Cosmati Stone.

The food was delicious and perfectly set up. There were plaques of appreciation handed to the RNSP as an organization, one from NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and another, which is a proclamation, the highest level of commendation that a councilmember can give, which was from New York City Councilman Donovan Richards. There were also plaques handed to five RNSP members from City Controller Scott Stringer’s office and from the RNSP as an organization, which was presented to the awardees from 101st precinct Commanding Officer, D.I. Justin Lenz. The recipients were honored for having gone above and beyond to serve the community over the last couple of months.

The RNSP thanks all who came out to show their support and appreciation for the work that the organization does.

Such support allows the RNSP to do the work it does, which is assisting our local police precincts with quality of life issues and combating crime which affects each and every one of us. The RNSP extends gratitude to the NYPD, specifically the 101st Precinct, for allowing RNSP members to work so closely with them.

It is the only way the organization is able to accomplish all that they have done and continue to do.

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icated members who work so hard patrolling the streets, responding to calls, and assisting the community with many different issues that arise at all hours of the day and night, 365 days a year. They all deserve much recognition for their work. They are all truly amazing and selfless individuals.

As such, much thanks is due to the spouses and families of the RNSP members. There are many times where a

- 100 CO Captain Craig Adelman - 101 Precinct Community Affairs Officers Kevin Campbell and Maurice Roper - 101 Precincts Sgt. Crozier and his Anti-Crime Team - 101 Precinct Sgt. Garrity - 101 Precinct Detective Squad - 101 Precinct NCO Officers - 101 Precinct Community Council President Jasmine Outlaw.

member has to run out of the house in the middle of a family meal or while doing homework with their kids. It can be a regular day or night, in middle of a holiday, or Shabbos meal. There is an equal amount of sacrifice and dedication by the members’ families, who allow them to just get up and run at any moment. They are a big part of the helping hand that the RNSP members provide our community.

We, as a community, must thank them for all they put up with and for allowing the members to do their work. Thank you RNSP families!

Thank you to: - Patrol Borough Queens South, Assistant Chief David Barrere - 101 Precinct CO Deputy Inspector Justin Lenz - 101 XO Captain Courtny Nilan - 101 Special Operations Lieutenant Katanzaro

- 101 Precinct Community Council Vise President Felicia Johnson - Former President of the 101 Precinct Community Council Denean Ferguson.

- Former 101 Precinct CO Deputy Inspector Kevin Maloney - Former 101 Precinct Special Operation Lieutenant Kevin Phelon - NYC Public Advocate Letitia James - Larry Schimmel from the Public Advocates Office of New York - New York City Councilman Donovan Richards - New York City Controller Scott Stringer - Pesach Osina from Scott Stringers office - New York State Senator James Sanders Jr - New York State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky - State Assemblyman Dov Hikind

- Boro Park Shomrim, Wiliamsburg Shomrim, Flatbush Shomrim, and Crown Heights Shomrim - RL Hatzolah, Achiezer, the JCCRP and Chaveirim of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway - Assistant Rabbi of the White Shul Rabbi Neuburger for his words of encouragement - Rabbi Baruch Ber Bender of Achiezer - Rabbi Alex Wertsberger - Meir Krengel - Joel Lefkowitz - Pinny Ringal - Chesky Klein - Rabbi Melnick - Mr Neil Powers - DJ Nussy Levy - Highline Entertainment for the lighting - Outstanding Photographer Naftoli Goldgrab and videographer Aviv Stein. video of the evenings A http:// events are available at youtu.be/dfHOT_jyYRo. On a separate but important note, due to the recent increase in burglaries and attempted burglaries in our communities, the RNSP is calling on members of the community to volunteer and to participate by joining the growing rotation of volunteers who do nightly patrols and/or to donate to the RNSP so that the organization can purchase more equipment in order to add members to its ranks. Most importantly, it is vital to immediately call 911 and the RNSP in the event of a burglary or attempted burglary.

To receive regular security alerts, please email the phrase “sign me up” to securityalerts@rockawaypatrol.org.

To volunteer to patrol once a month as part of the rotation of night patrol volunteers, please send your name, address, and phone number to dispatch@rockawaypatrol.org.

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This week, Bais Tefila of Inwood launched a three-part, weekly shiur delivered by the esteemed Menahel of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Rabbi Shmuel Strickman. The chaburah is focused on chinuch and is a part of an ongoing series of chaburos in the community.

For more information, please email the shul at info@inwoodshul.com.

Harav Michel Twerski shlita (Milwaukee) putting on tefillin on Yaakov Zaitschek while his father, Avi Zaitschek, looks on

Annual Tiferes Yerushalayim Breakfast at the Young Israel of Long Beach This past Sunday, Sephis principles, convictember 6, a large gathering tions, honesty and integassembled as the Young rity to every circumstance Israel of Long Beach to or environment that he enpay tribute to Mesivta countered – never allowTifereth Jerusalem. This ing the externals to impact annual Long Beach event on his beliefs and his pride has taken place on the of always being a talmid Sunday following Seliof Rav Moshe. chos for several decades.

A final presentation This year’s event was was made to Edward tendered in memory of Smith. Rabbi Wakslak William Kantrowitz z”l, noted that in a real sense an alumnus of the yeshiva the farmer who came who was niftar this past to the Bais HaMikdash year, and in honor of Edbringing his bikkurim and ward Smith who received expressing the requisite the Kesser Shem Tov declaration was required L-R: Edward Diamond; Rabbi Jerry Kleinman; HaGaon Rabbi Reuven Feinstein; Edward Smith, Honoree; Award in recognition of to do so in “b’kol rom” Rabbi Chaim Wakslak, Mora D’asrah; Rabbi Chaim Axelrod, Assistant Rabbi YILB; and Rabbi Edelman, MTJ his lifetime pursuit of ad– in a loud voice – and vancing the art of chzzanus in the United recognizing that we are the beneficiaries Moshe Feinstein, z”l, who asked the “b’loshon haKodesh”— in Hebrew. The States and abroad. of magnificent world which G-d has cre- question as to what is the connection be- Rav went on to suggest that in many Rabbi Chaim Wakslak, the Morah ated. Based on this understanding of the tween Arami oved avi – our forefather ways every farmer who brought their D’asrah, introduced the Rosh Yeshiva, mitzvah of bikkurim, the annual breakfast Yaakov toiled for Lavan, with the next bikkurim was for the moment acting as a Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlit”a, by con- affords all the attendees with the oppor- statement VaYered Mitzrayim – he went chazzan. The Mishnah, however, relates necting the breakfast event to the mitzvah tunity to demonstrate their hakaras hatov down to the land of Egypt. Rabbi Moshe that not everyone was able to fulfill this of bikkurim. The medrash interprets the to the great Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Moshe Feinstein posits that Yaakov was inse- mission appropriately and ultimately the word “Bereishis” as “bishvil reishis” Feinstein z”l for his halachic guidance cure about going to Mitzrayim because it manner of declaration was modified – inand amongst other explanations suggests which to this very day dominates our represented a potential threat to his spir- dicating that to be shaliach tzibbur is not that what this means is that the world was navigation of the technological advanced itual survival. However, given his past a universal capability but rather one that created for the sake of “reishis” which world in which we live and to support the ability to withstand the evil environment requires skill, talent, appropriate characrefers to the mitzvah of bikkurim. One institution which he founded. of Lavan and surviving unscathed as ev- ter traits and congregational acceptance. might question this interpretation for Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlit”a, idenced by his stating emphatically that Rabbi Wakslak presented Eddie Smith a was the world truly created only for the then shared words of inspiration and in- he was able to observe the six hundred Kesser Shem Tov plaque from the Yeshifulfillment of the mitzvah of bikkurim? sight to the upcoming Yomim Noraim. and thirteen mitzvos he felt more assured va in recognition of his expertise in idenThe answer suggested is that fundamen- The Rosh Yeshiva elaborated on the con- that he could in fact survive the depraved tifying those individuals with the requitally the mitzvah of bikkurim represents cept of Malchus Hashem and the ramifi- environment of Mitzrayim, as well. This site capabilities and matching them up the farmer’s obligation to express his cations which naturally flow from such conceptualization represented the life of with appropriate congregations and batei gratitude to Hashem for his bounty with acceptance.

Mr. Kantrowitz z”l. Just as the farmer medrashim. His lifelong efforts have which he was blessed. Similarly, it can Rabbi Wakslak then spoke in mem- who pronounced this declaration was clearly had impact in the quality, inspibe said that Hashem created the world so ory of William Kantrowitz, z”l, reflect- in the true sense of the word “down to ration and efficacy of tefillah in countless that humanity would have an opportunity ing upon his unique qualities. Referenc- earth” so it was with Mr. Kantrowitz a communities in the United States and to express their gratitude to Hashem by ing the Dibros Moshe, written by Rabbi straightforward individual who brought world over.

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Around The Community Living Legacy Shofar Workshop Draws Over 80 Children to Chabad of the Five Towns

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On Sunday, August 30, children got to “toot their own horns” at Chabad of the Five Towns. The Living Legacy “Shofar Workshop,” led by Chabad of the Five Towns Youth Director Rabbi Meir Geisinsky, taught about the nuances between a kosher and non-kosher shofar, and then allowed children to witness how a shofar is made and put their own finishing touches on a shofar to take home. Over 80 children came to the interactive, immersive,

multisensory event.

The shofar is blown each day during the month of Elul as a call to action in preparation for the upcoming new year when we strive to take on more good deeds and improve on our faults. The blowing of the ram’s horn is mysterious yet compelling and with further education, its effects can reach even deeper to the soul.

Chabad of the Five Towns plans on hosting many more Living Legacy

workshops which allow children to learn about the holidays in a hands on, engaging fashion. A havdalah workshop and Torah workshop are planned for the near future.

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Around The Community Five Towns Marriage Initiative The Power of Speech Man was created with the power of speech that makes him unique from all the other creatures. The problem is that when man feels his ego attacked in any way he feels he needs to stick up for himself and show how he has a power of speech and can be different, and in his mind, better than all the other creations. Similarly, when he hears a juicy piece of gossip, he feels a need to share it and subconsciously his mind tells him, this is what makes you unique, you can use your speech to tell the world what so and so did. The attitude of allowing our speech to determine our uniqueness can be very destructive.

During the month of Elul, we are advised to work on three areas: repentance, prayer and charity. Of the three, two require the power of speech. By going ahead and blemishing that power through speaking improperly, we are lowering our chances of emerging righteous from the day of judgment.

Let us use our power of speech to show how we are unique in a different

Looking Forward to a “Happy New Year” at Central

manner. It’s not just our speech that separates us from the other creatures, it’s also our intellect, our ability to differentiate between right and wrong, good and bad. Let’s use this time of repentance to correctly choose what’s right and good.

Let’s use the power of speech for prayer, repentance, a kind word to our spouse, children and whomever we interact, and to spread joy and happiness.

May we merit to properly crown Hashem as our King this Rosh Hashana and to be signed in the book of life for a happy and healthy new year.

Five Towns Marriage Initiative provides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anonymous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 9:3011p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email dsgarry@msn.com.

Welcome to the Central 2015-2016 school year! On Tuesday, we opened our doors to the student body, including a record-size freshmen class! The newest members of our Central community gathered together for a morning of gettingto-know-you activities, introductions to important policies and procedures, and chavruta learning about this year’s school-wide theme of Ivdu et Hashem B’Simcha. Returning students and faculty joined in the fun for our annual back-to-

school barbecue, catching up with each other and exploring the latest additions to our campus, including expanded classroom space, a relocated and refurbished library, and our brand-new Beit Midrash. Physically located in the center of our building, the Beit Midrash will serve as the focus of our academic, spiritual, and ideological endeavors. According to Assistant Principal Bracha Rutner, we will “utilize the Beit Midrash as the heartbeat of our school.”

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Around The Community The Annual Teshuva Shmuz Comes to Queens “Motivating and Inspiring!” “Real life lessons to walk away with!” “It’s always refreshing to hear Rabbi Shafier, especially now in Elul.” “Hearing the Shmuz gives me a clear focus of the steps I need to follow towards a meaningful Elul.” These are just a few comments from participants of last year’s Annual Teshuva Shmuz given by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier, the founder and energizing lecturer of The Shmuz.

Join Rabbi Shafier as he presents the Teshuva Shmuz in several different states in the coming weeks to give inspiration and chizuk to the Klal.

Rabbi Shafier presented the Teshuva Shmuz for Chazaq in Forest Hills on September 2 and he will be returning to speak in Kew Garden Hills on September 20 at 8:00 pm. The Shmuz will take place in the Young Israel of Kew Garden Hills, 150-05 70th Rd. for men and women.

For those who are unable to attend the Teshuva Shumuzzin in person, a series of Live Webinars, followed by questions and answers, will be broadcasted live at 8:30 pm (EST) on Monday, Sept. 7, Labor Day, and Monday, Sept. 21, the day before Yom Kippur. To attend, one must register on the Shmuz website, www. theShmuz.com. The recording of the live webinar will be available the next day for those who are unable to attend at that time by registering.

The Shmuz is a Torah lecture that offers a world view on major life issues ranging from working on our middos to learning to be a better spouse, from understanding the meaning of our davening to what our purpose is in this world.

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier has been delivering these lectures across America and beyond for over a decade.

YU Launches New Semester Of Community Beit Midrash Program Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) announced this week that it would launch a new semester of its Community Beit Midrash Program on October 14 at its Israel Henry Beren campus, 215 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Open to men and women of all ages, the six-week program will feature Dr. David Pelcovitz, the Gwendolyn & Joseph Straus Chair in Psychology and Education at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, and Dr. Smadar Rosensweig, clinical assistant professor of Bible at Stern College for Women.

“This new program was developed as a direct response to feedback received from lay leaders and members of the Jewish community in an effort to create unique educational opportunities for Jewish men and women across the TriState area,” said Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, the David Mitzner Dean of the CJF. “Yeshiva University strives to both provide our students with a rich and meaningful education as well as make that knowledge available to the broader community and the world at large. The

Community Beit Midrash Program will accomplish this goal by providing participants with the opportunity to learn from two of the University’s foremost scholars and experience YU’s unique brand of Torah learning firsthand.”

Titled Positive Psychology and Jewish Thought, Dr. Pelcovitz’s weekly class will explore this new field of psychology through the prism of Jewish thought, focusing on what individuals can do to enhance happiness, gratitude, forgiveness, empathy, mindfulness and meaning.

Dr. Rosensweig’s class, Journey Through Tanach: Exploring Haftarot, will examine the origins and development of the haftorah using early rabbinic, medieval and modern commentaries to chart its inclusion in formal public readings in the synagogue. The sessions will focus specifically on the haftarot of Noach, Lech Lecha, Vayera, Chayei Sarah, Toledot, and Vayetzei.

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Around The Community Councilman Santino Calls on FEMA to Extend Sandy Victim Claims’ Deadline That Falls on Rosh Hashana Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino and Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook-21st A.D.) are calling on FEMA officials to extend the deadline for Sandy property damage claims reviews because, among other reasons, the deadline coincides with the second day of the Rosh Hashana holiday, which celebrates the Jewish

New Year.

The holiday begins at sundown on Sunday, September 13th, and ends at sundown on Tuesday, September 15th.

The present FEMA claims deadline is Tuesday, September 15. Santino represents Hempstead’s 4th Council District including several thousand Orthodox Jewish families living in the Five

Towns, many of whom sustained considerable property damage during Sandy.

Santino and Assemblyman Curran, who have worked tirelessly together in their efforts to assist Superstorm Sandy victims, join a growing number of elected officials, including U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, to call on FEMA to extend the claims deadline.

FEMA established the claims process this May following allegations that engineering companies hired by FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program to assess damage caused by Superstorm Sandy had fraudulently lowballed damage assessment reports, which FEMA used to deny claims, or pay out significantly lower damage settlements.

By the time the fraud was uncovered, policyholders had already been deprived of tens of millions of dollars in desperately-needed recovery funds they were eligible to receive to repair homes damaged caused by the 2012 storm. The

allegations have led to a criminal probe and the departure of two top officials from the National Flood Insurance Program.

According to a recent federal report about the claims process, over half of homeowners who filed claims to re-examine their settlements were underpaid by an average of nearly $16,000. This preliminary finding was based on just 550 claims applicants. At present, only 13,000 claims have been filed, approximately 9% of the total pool of 142,000 possible claimants.

“After all the misery Sandy’s victims have endured since the storm, they deserve a sufficient chance to get a fair settlement” said Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony Santino. “The present deadline is far too early, and it’s patently unfair that Jewish policyholders who observe the Rosh Hashana holiday have even less time to file their claims. This is just one of many reasons why FEMA must extend the deadline.”

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The official first day of school was still some time away on Thursday, September 3, but several Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls students were delighted to be in attendance. SKA Student Ambassadors, G.O. and Production Heads joined publication editors in a Student Leadership Orientation held in the school.

Led by Mrs. Deena Kobre, SKA Assistant Principal, Ms. Lisa Fogel and Mrs. Estee Hershkowitz, SKA Social Workers, Mrs. Terri Wagner, Director of Production, and Ms. Jordana Bienenfeld, G.O. Advisor and Media Coor-

dinator, the sessions began with the “Marshmallow Challenge,” a team building exercise in which groups of students had to build a freestanding structure out of raw spaghetti that would support a marshmallow.

The girls learned how communication and teamwork play a part in completing a task as a group.

What does it mean to be a leader?

One of the most informative sessions of the day was devoted to defining the qualities of a leader; after in-depth discussions, the students divided into groups and role-played scenarios of challenges they might face in their leadership positions.

Student Leadership Day set the tone for the year for what it means to assume responsibility!

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This past Sunday, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Far Rockaway) held an historic community softball game in partnership with the Stop the Violence Softball League. The 1st annual event had community leaders and askonim from Far Rockaway and Bayswater against the Stop the Violence Softball League All-Stars.

“This softball game was a great way for our communities to come together and celebrate everything that unites us and make a tremendous kiddush Hashem,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfed-

er. “I am proud to share in this historic event with my fellow ballplayers, the men and women of the NYPD, and families from all walks of life.”

The 1st annual Unity in the Community softball game was held on Sunday, September 6 at Bayswater Park. A team assembled by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder included Rabbi Baruch Ber Bender of Achiezer, Elkanah Adelman of the RCSP, Eli Weiss of Chaverim, Pesach Osina, Dr. Eli Shapiro and many others. They faced off against the Stop the Violence All-Stars, which was founded

in 2012 as a softball league dedicated to bringing unity to the community and spreading a positive message.

It was a competitive and spirited game that was won in the bottom of the 9th inning by the “Stop the Violence” team.

“I want to thank every organization that participated in this game and especially Yanky Brach for sponsoring the BBQ and after-game festivities,” concluded Goldfeder. “At the end of the day, we all want what’s best for our families and for our neighborhoods, and

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Around The Community “Rise ‘n’ Shine” a Resounding Success This past Sunday, September 6, saw the Five Towns community gathered together in unified support of Dor Yeshorim, the one-of-a-kind, trailblazing organization dedicated to the prevention of Jewish genetic disease. The home of Dr. Jay and Cheryl Dr Jay Bienenfeld, Chaim Brown, and Avi Weiss Bienenfeld overflowed with guests of the the lesser known aspects of Dor as the couple hosted a gala breakfast to Yeshorim, sharing the personal story of raise awareness of Dor Yeshorim’s im- Rabbi Yosef Ekstein, Dor Yeshorim’s portant work. The crowd was alert and founder. Rabbi Krohn told how Rabbi receptive, surprisingly energetic for an Ekstein had overcome the tremendous early Sunday morning. It seemed that pain of great personal loss to ensure that the previous night’s slichos had left one no one would have to go through what and all feeling motivated to do some- he and his family had experienced due thing big to help the klal. to genetic disease. Rabbi Krohn stressed Drawing on that inspiration, Rab- that as the yommim nora’im approach, bi Paysach Krohn delivered a moving all should learn from Rabbi Ekstein’s keynote address to the packed house. holy work and be encouraged by witThe noted orator touched upon some nessing one man’s ability to make such

a tremendous impact on Klal Yisroel.

Rabbi Krohn’s powerful words left the audience feeling emotional and inspired.

Dor Yeshorim, an organization known for its invaluable work in genetic disease prevention and commitment to community health, shone brightly in the well-deserved spotlight cast by the event. Attendees learned more about the organization’s leading role in breakthrough research and the unparalleled assistance its staff gives to families affected by genetic illness.

The event was a success, with noted community members serving on the Rabbinical and Reception Committees.

Committee members included: Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, Rabbi Berish Friedman, Rabbi Aryeh Ginsberg, Rabbi Daniel H. Mehlman, Rabbi Dovid Spiegel, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Weitz, Moshe Beer, Binyamin Casper, Yossi Farber, Dr. Richard Friedman, Moshe Hammer, Dr. Steven Kadish, Meir Krengel, Robert Levinson, Stanley Liker, Steven Liker, Shimshie Rosenberg, Shmuel Schechter, Rabbi

Rabbi Paysach Krohn speaking at the Dor Yeshorim Breakfast

Daniel Schwechter, Mendy Wechter and Hillel Zand.

“Rise ‘n’ Shine” was a memorable and impactful event. The breakfast succeeded in bringing awareness of the importance of Dor Yeshorim’s work to the Five Towns Community in an inspiring and uplifting manner. The Five Towns Community members left the event energized and motivated to actively support the vital work of Dor Yeshorim.

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72 Issues of the Day

by Rabbi Ben Zion Shafier

77 Getting Schooled

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78 From Broken to Golden

by Rabbi YY Rubinstein

80 Appreciation

by Gedaliah Borvick

For Your Yom Tov Pleasure

82 Don Fernando Aguilar’s Amazing Shofar

by Yvette Alt Miller

84 How They Lead Us in Prayer…

120 The Aussie Gourmet:

90 Just a Spoonful of Honey

124 Tasty Signs

from Warsaw, Brazil, and Beyond

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by Rena Zingmond Gray

108 A Sweet Setting

for a Sweet New Year

by Blimy Wassertheil

142 How do you Spell

High Holidays?

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96 More than a Sweet New Year:

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100 Celebrating Yom Tov with Sweetness

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Simanim Ceviche

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for a Wonderful New Year

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To Your Health

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128 Memories from Rosh Hashana

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130 The Holy Days the Right Weigh

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lomatic and foreign policy. It alone explains the survival of the Jewish people throughout all of the vicissitudes of our long and painful history.

It alone explains why there are currently well over six million Jews living in the State of Israel in spite of all the inherent superficial problems and dangers that this poses. We may, in weak moments, not live up to our obligations under the covenant, but we have never truly forsaken it nor believed that it could somehow be annulled or canceled.

The reinforcement of this idea by Moshe in his final oration to the Jewish

people is meant to reassert the timelessness and effectiveness of this covenant.

This message reverberates in our ears and hearts to this very day.

Usually, covenants and contracts are mutually dependent. A breach of the covenant by one of the parties almost automatically frees the other party from its obligations. However, G-d’s covenant with Israel is an exception to this rule. We have breached the covenant many times but we are all aware that somehow the L-ord is still bound on His end of the deal.

This is implicit in the words of the prophet Malachi, “I, the L-rd, have not

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Deep down in our inner souls we are all aware that we are bound to one another and to our Creator by this unchanging and unbreakable covenant.

changed, and you, the people of Israel have not been destroyed.” G-d, so to speak, will not backtrack on His end of the covenant. Therefore it should be apparent that we cannot avoid the consequences of that covenant.

We are bound to the covenant because the L-rd G-d, the other party, will not allow us to withdraw from its obligations and consequences. It is interesting to note that in spite of centuries of denial by Christianity and Islam, much of the world still believes that there is a covenant between G-d and the Jewish people.

This belief reflects itself in many different ways and attitudes (not all of them positive) of the non-Jewish world to the Jewish people and the State of Israel. Nevertheless, the instinct of humanity reaffirms that the covenant referred to in this week’s Torah reading is binding and effective, demanding and challenging. We should also be aware of this truth.

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ne of the more obvious lessons taught to us by the book of Dvarim is the eternity and immutability of the covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. There are all sorts of difficulties and tragedies forecast for the Jewish people from the time of Moshe forward. And, unfortunately, these sad events have all come to pass.

Nevertheless, nowhere is it indicated that the covenant between G-d and Israel will be broken or ended. There will be punishment galore for violating the covenant but the covenant itself remains untouched, viable and binding for all eternity. It is this understanding of the covenant that makes the situation and history of the Jewish people so unique and singular.

Deep down in our inner souls we are all aware that we are bound to one another and to our Creator by this unchanging and unbreakable covenant.

It haunts us in our daily and national lives. It is the unseen hand of our dip-

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Sam is talking to his lawyer in jail. They are very upset because the judge has refused to grant bail and the next hearing is in two months. At the end of the conversation Sam is allowed to leave the jail.

See answer on next page Why?

Chasing Chaos: Time to Brush up on Your English Pronunciations Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation.

I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.

I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy.

Tear in eye, your dress will tear.

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain.

(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)

Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague.

But be careful how you speak: Say break and steak, but bleak and streak; Cloven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery, Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, Exiles, similes, and reviles; Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far; One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel; Gertrude, German, wind and mind, Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mold like should and would.

Viscous, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward.

And your pronunciation’s OK When you correctly say croquet, Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamor

And enamor rhyme with hammer.

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangor.

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, And then singer, ginger, linger, Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury.

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.

Job, nob, transom, oath.

Though the differences seem little, We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer.

Feoffer does, and zephyr, heifer.

Mint, pint, senate and sedate; Dull, bull, and George ate late.

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.

We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed.

Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover; Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice; Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor.

Tour, but our and succor, four.

Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

Sea, idea, Korea, area, Psalm, Maria, but malaria.

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian, Dandelion and battalion.

Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.

Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.

Heron, granary, canary.

Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface.

Phlegm, phlegmatic, glass, bass.

Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.

Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere.

Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen, Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)

Is a paling stout and spikey?

Won’t it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits?

It’s a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough, Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?

Hiccough has the sound of cup.

My advice is to give up!

“The Chaos” is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenité (18701946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It first appeared in an appendix to the author’s 1920 textbook Drop Your Foreign Accent.

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United Nations Trivia

2. which countries hold the five permanent seats in the Un security Council? a. Boro Park, Williamsburg, Lakewood, Monsey and The Five Towns b. France, USA, Canada, Germany, and England c. Russia, USA, France, China and England d. Mexico, Canada, USA, Japan, and China 3. All of the following were secretary Generals of the Un, accept for one. which one? a. Trygve Lie b. Boutros Boutros-Ghali c. U Thant

d. Javier Pèrez de Cuèllar e. Ban Ki-moon f. David Smith 4. who gave the longest ever speech in the Un? a. Fidel Castro b. V.K. Krishna Menon c. Muammar Gaddafi d. Mikhail Gorbachev 5. which one of the following countries is the only one which is not on the Un Human rights Council? a. Cuba b. Saudi Arabia c. China d. Kenya e. Australia 6. what did russian leader nikita Khrushchev do during a speech at the Un in 1960, after the soviet Union was accused of colonialism? a. He threw a cup of water at his accuser b. He pounded the podium with his shoe c. He delivered his entire speech in a mocking monotone d. He cursed in Russian for 8 minutes straight Answers: 1. A- That’s why bathrooms have locks, Mr. Churchill.

2. C 3. F- No, U Thant is not a vanity license plate; Trygve Lie is not some psychological category for a non-truth; Ban Ki-Moon is not the name of some bouncy ride at Coney Island; Boutros Boutros-Ghali is not from some kindergarten rhyme in Ghana; and David Smith was never Secretary General of the UN. 4. In 1957, Defense Minister of India, V.K. Krishna Menon spoke for a marathon 7 hour 48 minutes in front of the UN Security Council on his country’s dispute with Pakistan over the city of Kashmir.

5. E 6. B wisdom Key: 5-6 Correct: You really know your stuff.

If you change your name to Plouboulous Plouboulousos, maybe you can become the next Secretary General of the UN. 3-4 Correct: You could never be a Secretary General, but you can be a UN Ambassador… which means you have to sit through 8 hour speeches about Kashmir. Booorrriiinngg!

0-3 Correct: Say “Boutros Boutros-Ghali” as fast as you can 10 times. Now, who is the Secretary General of the UN?.......Wrong! It’s Ban Ki-Moon. OK, bang your head against the wall while saying, “Ban Ki-Moon.” Repeat exercise until you get some of the questions right.

Answer to riddle: Sam is visiting his lawyer, who had been arrested and jailed.

1. while having a summit with winston Churchill, President roosevelt came up with the name “the United nations.” where were they when roosevelt informed him of the name that came to his mind? a. They were in the White House and Churchill was in the bath when FDR barged into the bathroom and informed him of the name he thought of b. They were birdwatching in Camp David c. They were flying to Moscow for a summit with Stalin d. They were in a motorcade on the way to a meeting where they were going to introduce the new world organization

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“My son,” says Mrs. Stern, “is the head of a law firm and president of the bar association.”

Again, everyone nods with approval.

“My son,” says Mrs. Cohen, “is a rabbi.”

“A rabbi?!” they exclaim. “What kind of career is that for a Jewish boy?”

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Four nice Jewish women are sitting together at the senior citizens center. “My son,” says Mrs. Levi, “is a physicist and heads up a department at the university.”

Her friends nod approvingly.

“My son,” says Mrs. Greenberg, “is a doctor and is chief of surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital.”

“You must be so proud,” they say.

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Rosh Hashana Issues of the Day “The malachim asked Hashem, “Why is it that the Jewish nation doesn’t sing Hallel on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?”

Hashem answered them, “Is it possible that a king sits on the throne of judgment, with the books of life and death open in front of Him, and the Jewish nation should sing?” - (Rosh Hashana 32b) Malachim (angels) see with a brilliant, piercing clarity. Having no physical limitations or impediments, they perceive reality to an extent that we mortals can only dream about. So then, why did the malachim contend that the Jewish People should say Hallel on Rosh Hashana? Isn’t obvious that the solemnity of the day makes it inappropriate to sing? What was the malachim’s perspective, and what did Hashem made clear to them?

Issues of the Day The answer to this is based on a deeper understanding of Rosh Hashana. The Mishnah tells us that on Rosh Hashana, “Every occupant of the planet stands in front of Hashem and is judged.” Small or great, young or old,

from the most prestigious to the most simple, every human being is examined, and his fate for the coming year is decided.

But it isn’t just individual lives that are examined. Global issues are also weighed, measured, and determined.

viewed, assessed, and arbitrated.

The headlines of the New York Times are written on Rosh Hashana. But it isn’t only the headlines of the coming year that are written; every article, feature, and news scoop from the global down to the local is considered, ap-

We should feel a tremendous sense of joy, an outpouring of emotion, as we contemplate the magnificence of our Creator in His glory.

Which nation will go to war? Which will enjoy peace? Which lands will experience prosperity and success?

Which will suffer? Which new technologies will be brought to the marketplace? Which cures will be discovered?

Which diseases will suddenly appear?

Which epidemics will spread? Which dictator will refuse arm inspections, even though he doesn’t have weapons of mass destruction? And which will play the game, speaking words of hatred from the United Nations floor? All of the issues of the coming year are re-

praised, and deliberated.

There are many, many issues that affect the over six and half billion occupants of this planet. And every one of those issues is judged by Hashem on this day. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, and famine, economic expanse and collapse. The issues of the day encompass the breadth of the human experience. The entire globe is one multi-dimensional chess game, and Hashem, the Ultimate Grand Master, maps out the moves of the year to come.

Where We Fit In We, the Jews, are servants of Hashem. We are his Chosen Nation, and He is our Master. And, as such, we are also fans of Hashem. He is our King, are we are His people. During the course of the year, we suffer through the insolence, audacity and arrogance of a world that denies Hashem’s sovereignty. This causes us pain and angst. During this time of year, however, we revel in the fact that Hashem sits as Judge – He alone meeting out the fate of mankind.

And so, we should feel a tremendous sense of joy, an outpouring of emotion, as we contemplate the magnificence of our Creator in His glory.

That is the malachim’s position.

From their lucid perspective, they see something missing. We wear yom tov clothing, we eat festive meals, and we bathe and shave in honor of the day. But where is the singing out in joy? Hallel should be a part of the davening. Yet it is noticeably absent. Why? If we understand the magnitude of this day, if we envision Hashem sitting on the throne of judgment, we should be overcome with a sense of jubilation and wish to sing Hallel.

Nevertheless, Hashem answers the malachim, “On a global level it is magnificent, but the judgment is on a personal level as well. Each person must recognize, ‘My fate for the coming year is being decided. Will I live or die? Will I be healthy or sick? Will I enjoy great prosperity or not? The fate of family, and my community, is being decided.

The human race is judged, and I too am a human. And so, it is inappropriate to sing on such a day.’”

Both emotions should be present during this day. Great simcha as we experience Hashem’s closeness, tempered with the awe that comes from understanding that our future and the future of all that is dear to us is being decided.

May Hashem grant us a sweet, good year with health, happiness and success in all of our endeavors.

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Even when you’re used to normal driving, sometimes you’ll encounter a challenging roadway, an extra-powerful car, or difficult driving conditions such as wind or rain. You can always learn

As prepared as you think you are, you just might benefit from a few lessons. So never be afraid to listen, watch, and learn. had a bright yellow “STUDENT TALKER” sticker plastered across their forehead and it was clear they hadn’t been used to actually thinking before words escaped their mouths, we’d be less upset. If we pitied the woman who insisted on having her way at the restaurant or shoe store and realized that she had much to learn about being polite, we’d be less disgusted by her behavior.

These tools will enable us to give people the benefit of the doubt much more easily, while at the same time making it easier for us to be happy, healthy, and calm. People who get easily and violently annoyed by things are subject to ulcers, nerves, and other ailments. By dressing people up in imaginary “DrLiving School” placards and realizing that no matter how much experience they have had they still have a lot to learn, we put ourselves in a better place.

That’s a great lesson to learn.

Not only that, but by realizing that we, ourselves, can be sitting in the driver’s seat of that school on wheels, we might recognize that we can also still learn a thing or two about life, how to treat others, and how to behave. We should be able to take instructions from others and know that no matter how much we’ve learned, we can always learn more.

Let’s say you have been driving for twenty years with never an accident, a ticket, or even a near-miss. You’re an awesome driver. Now you want to go

techniques to provide better handling in those situations.

In life, too, you can encounter difficult people, challenging situations, and things that rain on your parade. As prepared as you think you are, you just

might benefit from a few lessons. So never be afraid to listen, watch, and learn.

Understand that others may not be as open-minded as you, or they may not have read this article, and they think that the real experts are the ones who don’t take classes. You know better. You understand that they’re still students, struggling with a constantly-changing world.

Unlike them, you’re able to be calm and give them their space, because you understand they just need to be schooled, and it’s not your job to be their teacher.

Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. You can find him at www.facebook.com/RabbiGewirtz and follow him on Twitter @RabbiJGewirtz.

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drivers I would make sure to honk, cut them off, and yell at them through my closed window so they get a sort-of “silent movie” version of someone having a meltdown, because that’s what they will likely encounter in life. However, since we don’t want to scare people too much and give them emotional scars the first time behind the wheel, most of us don’t do that. Instead, we give them deference and let them get their bearings before we jump down their throats at a later date.

I wondered at what point we decide a person has had enough experience.

When they’ve been driving for a year?

Two? Ten? What if someone had been driving for twenty years but was behind the wheel of a Driving School car? We

wouldn’t know the difference, so when they did something ridiculous or frustrating, we wouldn’t get upset because we’d just chalk it up to inexperience.

That means that in life, if we recognized that people are still learning how to navigate relationships, social etiquette, and proper conversation, we could likely keep ourselves from getting aggravated and lashing out. If we imagined that when someone insulted us they

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f you’re a driver, you’ve undoubtedly faced frustration when people seem to have forgotten how to drive. Whether it’s people going two miles an hour in the snow, not pulling over and stopping for a police car or ambulance, or slowing down to rubberneck at the guy changing his tire on the side of the road and causing a three-mile backup, these things can be infuriating.

Well, one day I was driving and the car ahead of me was going below the speed limit. He caused me to miss a light. But, for some reason, I didn’t honk at him. The reason, in case you’re wondering, is that he was in a Driving School car with big placards announcing “Student Driver” on it. It alerted me to the fact that he hadn’t forgotten how to drive. In truth, he’d never learned!

Essentially the signs were asking me to be patient and understanding, and it worked. Of course, the time I saw a “Student Driver” bumper sticker on a Mercedes SUV with a 60-something year old man driving, I didn’t fall for it, but then again, he wasn’t driving poorly.

If I really wanted to help train these

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From Broken to Golden I

remember when my youngest daughter was only eight years old.

She came home from school one day with the cheekiest smile on her face, literally bursting to tell me a joke she had just heard. I smiled back at her excitement and she began.

“There was an inflatable school with inflatable teachers and inflatable students. One day the principal called one of the boys into his office. The boy stood in front of the principal’s desk and he began, ‘Not only have you have let me and your teachers down, you have let all your friends down ... but worst of all you have let yourself down too!’”

For an eight year old it was not at all bad. I laughed, and she giggled and danced away to tell her joke to her mom, sister, and brothers.

As

Rosh Hashana draws near and the last remaining moments of the year tick away, there is nothing more natural than thinking back. There will be pictures we can conjure up when we achieved much and helped others. There will be images of times we failed; when indeed we let ourselves down or let others we care about down too, sometimes badly. Often we feel so deflated we don’t believe we will ever recover or even deserve to.

One of the most striking pictures in

my mind is from February of this year.

I was standing on a walkway, which was taking me to collect my luggage at San Jose Airport. I was there to speak at the local shul’s annual dinner. Along the walls of the

where the fractures occurred. The astonishing thing is that an ordinary clay pot, which is hardly remarkable or especially pleasing to the eye, suddenly becomes so, precisely because it was broken and has now

walkway in glass cases was a display from a local museum. The cases were filled with clay pots, and intriguingly, all of them had been broken and repaired.

The Japanese art of Kintsukuroi (golden repair) takes broken dishes or pots and uses a lacquer mixed with solid gold powder to glue the shattered pieces back together.

The effect is quite simply amazing.

Veins of shining gold trace the place

been repaired. A craggy broken fissure now gleams, transforming a mundane household container into a work of art.

In fact, the more it has been repaired and consequently the more golden lines cover its surface, the more beautiful the object is.

One of the pieces had clearly suffered catastrophic damage. It must have fallen hard and received quite a blow to have been shattered in so many places. That pot was by far the most beautiful of all.

Last week I went to visit a family and spoke by phone to another that had suffered blows every bit as catastrophic as that pot.

We all want our children to be sitting shiva for us one day. Chas v’shalom, no one wants it to be the other way around. The phone call was to a mother who as a girl used to come to my shiurim in the UK. She had lost a little child in tragic circumstances and together with her heartbroken husband and family was sitting shiva. The words I planned to say were nothing compared to the ones I heard.

They were words of bitochon and deveikus to Hashem, even at a time when some might have felt that their

relationship with Hashem was fractured beyond repair. Both the mother and father spent the whole conversation telling me how difficult it must have been for me to make that call and how much they appreciated that I had done so.

The visit was to another family whose child had coincidentally suffered an identical catastrophic accident as the first. The second child had somehow survived, but now needs constant medical care and attention.

The parents, who are good friends of ours, have transformed their home into a hospital while sharing the role of nurse and caregiver equally between them.

If their lives were busy in chinuch and rabbanus before the accident, they now had become doubly and triply demanding. Somehow they haven’t diminished their commitments to their kehilla and talmidim in any way that I can detect and they still manage to organize and give their little boy the demanding medical care he requires.

They too carry the scars of trauma and pain most of us would not even want to think about. But neither the scars nor the pain have loosened their attachment or love of Hashem. As we sat talking, you could almost imagine they were unaware of what a dramatic turn their world had taken. Both recounted recent advances in their efforts to spread Torah as well as the little signs of improvement they saw in their child. In the hour I spent with them, their home resembled Times Square as the doorbell and phone rang again and again and a constant stream of people arrived for advice, help or just popped by. Both parents told me of their gratitude to Hashem for everything He had given them.

I had approached both the shiva call and the visit with apprehension and worry. Finding the right words can help; the right words can heal.

The wrong words can take pain that is already almost unbearable and make it even worse.

Instead, as so often happens on such occasions, I found myself receiving chizuk instead of giving it.

Despite the fact the scars are visible, they somehow make the people who carry them more precious and more beautiful for doing so. which says how the Torah provides the remedy and repair when we have let ourselves down and fractured our relationship with Hashem. “I created the yetzer hara, I created the Torah as the antidote.”

“That cure applies at every level,”

Elozor Ben Durdoi and others. All of them were once broken with a shattered connection to Hashem. When they started to remedy the fact that they had let Hashem, their teachers, their friends and, of course, themselves down ... they started to shine

and inspire others.

As Reb Sholomo Wolbe writes, and certainly the two families I spoke to last week showed, we can put our Jewish lives back together again, even when they are profoundly shattered either by tragedy or by our own tragic choices. If we try, Hashem will help us. Just ask Dovid HaMelech, Tehillim 147:3, “Hashem cures the brokenhearted.”

When we start to reattach ourselves, the astonishing thing is that an ordinary Jew, perhaps someone others would not consider special in any way, suddenly becomes special precisely because he or she was broken and is now repaired. Those who suffer major damage and overcome it turn themselves into particularly precious works of art. In fact, the more Jews repair their flaws, and consequently the more golden lines are visible, the more beautiful and precious those Jews become.

No Jew should feel embarrassed on Rosh HaShana to appear before Hashem knowing He sees the evidence of the damage we have suffered or inflicted on ourselves or others during the year. If we have used Elul to fix and repair the damage, we have turned ourselves into works of art and the damage is turned to gold. 

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do Jews (as they so often do), get such strength at painful times like these, and why do such times bring them so close to Hashem?

It may be that strength comes from their parents and grandparents. It may be that it comes from their teachers and rebbes. Ultimately, though, it comes from Hashem Himself. It is He who inspires someone to hear words that help. It is ultimately Hashem who helps us start to put the pieces back together again so that the scars heal.

Despite the fact the scars are visible, they somehow make the people who carry them more precious and more beautiful for doing so.

If a process of recovery and renewed connection to Hashem can occur in people who have suffered such pain, it can certainly happen for those of us who are in pain because of bad choices we made during the last year. Those choices cause us to hear a voice inside our heads, which says,

writes Rav Wolbe, “no matter how much damage a Jewish soul has suffered or inflicted on itself.” The treatment of putting the pieces back together can start even when Jews find themselves on the forty-ninth level of tumah, as we did in Mitzrayim.

The Talmud is full of stories of some of the greatest Jews of all time, Rabbi Akiva, Resh Lokesh, Reb

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“Not only have you have let me and your teachers down, you have let all your friends down, and of course you have let yourself down too!” That voice tells you that the damage you have inflicted is beyond repair. It is essential to ignore that voice. It is lying to you.

Reb Shlomo Wolbe zt”l in Aleh Shor cites the Talmud Kiddushin 30b,

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Despite the severity and depth of their wounds, both families believed with emunah sheleimah and without complaint that these events came solely from Hashem. They were in real pain, but they shone like pure gold.

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am a Jerusalem-centric Jew. It started thirty years ago when I spent two years learning in yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Old City, and it continues to this day, as I visit Jerusalem a few times a week for work.

Never in our great grandparents’ wildest dreams could they have imagined that we would be able to live and raise our families in our very own country or be able to travel on any given day from practically any place on earth to Jerusalem and pray at the Western Wall (Kotel).

Jerusalem is so accessible, that it’s easy to take it for granted.

With that in mind, I was blown away reading the blog of Adam and Rachel Hopkins, an exceptional couple who moved to Israel last year and settled in the small Negev town of Kfar Retamim, about fifteen miles south of Be’er Sheva. In their blog, headingup-

wards.com, they share their awe and gratitude for so many things that we tend to ignore. Let me share with you Adam’s blog post describing his first-ever trip to Jerusalem, which took place a few weeks after making aliyah.

“Visiting Jerusalem has been a top

oldest son ever since he was born. I was not so sure what I was going to feel. Was it going to be bigger than I expected?

Smaller? . . . We walked in, and I was struck by silence. Yes, there were lots of people about. Praying. Talking. . . There must have been a lot of noise. But I heard none of it. For me, there was no sound. . . In an instant, I snapped out of it and swooped up my son. I grabbed him tight and cried.

“We made our way to the Wall. . . I found an open spot about three stones from the left-most part of the Wall. I leaned forward, kissed the cold smooth stone, and laid my head on the Wall as have millions of pilgrims before me. After some period of time, I walked away from the Wall and heard a minyan forming for Mincha. I jumped in and said Kaddish. A lot went through my brain and my heart in those moments. Honestly, I am not going to write

priority for both of us. . . I myself have been preparing and thinking about visiting the Kotel for the first time with my

too much more just because I would not know how to explain myself. Joy and sadness. Pride. Awe.” Adam’s stirring experience helped me realize how much we take for granted, and I instinctively felt compelled to make a mental list of all the blessings in my life that I tend to overlook: shalom bayit (family harmony), health, career, friendships, etc. It’s so simple to fall into “entitlement” mode and to forget that everything we receive is a gift and deserves our awareness and gratitude.

May the Almighty grant all of us a year of good health, happiness, peace, and fulfillment in all our endeavors. And may we, in turn, appreciate all the blessings that He bestows upon our families and our nation.

Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home (www.myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail.com.

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Don Fernando Aguilar’s Amazing Shofar

BY YvETTE ALT MILLER

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August 2, 1492, a young sailor named Christopher Columbus departed Spain. As his ships sailed out of Seville’s harbor, he noted something curious: thousands of men, women and children were desperately cramming into boats and ships.

That day was the final deadline for all Jews to leave the Spanish kingdom. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had recently conquered all of Spain and sought to make their new kingdom an entirely Christian nation. No Jews could remain. In desperation, thousands fled, taking only those possessions they could carry. Within days, the Jewish community of Spain, which had flourished for hundreds of years, was no more. Synagogues were shuttered. Jewish schools were closed. The abandoned houses of the fleeing Jews were taken over by their non-Jewish neighbors.

In the weeks and months that followed the expulsion of Jews from Spain, Jewish life seemed completely dead. Not all of Spain’s Jews had fled when the fateful edict was pronounced. It was possible to remain in Spain but the conditions for doing so were dire: any Jew who hoped to remain in his home had to publicly embrace Christianity and renounce all Jewish observance.

Many Jews lived ostensibly Christian lives in public, but held on to Jewish observance in secret. On Friday nights, these secret Jews would shutter their windows so neighbors wouldn’t see them light their Shabbos candles. Jewish housewives would bake their weekly challah loaves in hiding; their husbands would whisper the words of the Shabbos kiddush.

These clandestine Jews knew their very lives were at stake, should a neighbor overhear their murmured Hebrew prayers or a passerby spy them enjoying a holiday meal. The Spanish Inquisition had begun years before, when a secret Passover Seder was reported taking place among secret Jews: any Jew suspected of clinging to his or her religion would be tortured into confessing, then burned at the stake. Thousands of Spanish Jews had already died in public executions this way. Public burnings of Jews became so frequent they even had a name, auto de fe, and attending these frequent spectacles became a popular national pastime.

Even though they had ostensibly embraced Christianity, the secret Jews of Spain were never trusted; neighbors and priests realized they continued to practice Judaism and were always alert to any display of Jewish ritual. Spaniards called these Jews “Marranos,” a disparaging term that means “pigs,” and many eagerly looked for any sign of Jewish practice to turn them over to the Inquisition.

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Yet in the city of Barcelona, a large group of secret Jews clung to their ancient traditions. It’s impossible for us to know today exactly how many of Barcelona’s Jews continued following their religion, but we do know from the following story, passed down from gener-

Kippur, was impossible. Doing so would lead to immediate arrest, torture, and death.

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ation to generation, that it was a sizeable number.

Don Fernando Aguilar was a prominent Barcelona Jew. Conductor of the prestigious Royal Orchestra in that city, he was a man of distinction and enjoyed great wealth and prestige. When the edict banishing him and his coreligionists from Spain came, Don Aguilar decided to remain. He publicly embraced Christianity, but at the same time made a daring decision: in private, Don Aguilar, like so many Spanish Jews, would never renounce his faith. Even though it meant he could be arrested at any moment, Don Aguilar continued to live as a Jew.

Then, in the middle of the concert, a musician with the orchestra who was rumored by many to be a secret Jew took the stage.

He was holding an unusual instrument: a ram’s horn.

When he came home each night, he kissed a mezuzah that he kept hidden in his floorboards. He was careful to eat only kosher food and observe the Jewish holidays. As the years went by, it became harder and harder to keep up his Jewish practice, but Don Aguilar – like the rest of Barcelona’s Jews – did as much as he could. There was no synagogue in his city anymore, but groups of Jews would meet in private, under pain of death, to whisper prayers. There were no Jewish schools in Spain any longer, but families did their best to give their children a Jewish education. Year after grinding year, the secret Jewish community continued, holding on to as many of the mitzvot as possible.

Some rituals, however, were nearly impossible to observe. One was listening to the shofar. Each Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the secret Jews of Barcelona and elsewhere would gather to pray. On Rosh Hashana they would eat a furtive festive meal together.

On Yom Kippur, they would go about their business in public, never letting on that they were fasting. But blowing a shofar out loud, let alone for the 100 blasts prescribed for each day of Rosh Hashana and Yom

Five long years after the expulsion of Spain’s Jews, five years of practicing their religion in secret, of living a double life, Don Aguilar saw an opportunity. In 1497, he made a public announcement: on Sunday, the 5th of September, he would personally lead the Royal Orchestra of Barcelona in a brand-new concert of his own composition. The piece he’d written was unlike anything ever heard in Spain before. It was, he declared, to be a celebration of native peoples and their cultures.

Every instrument ever invented around the world, no matter how far away, would be represented.

On the eve of the concert, the orchestra hall was filled. Some in the audience noticed that Don Aguilar was not wearing the gold cross he usually sported, but there was so much excitement about his unusual orchestral work, nobody paid much attention to this difference in his dress. Many of those in attendance were Marranos but the fact that so many of these people came to the concert apparently didn’t arouse anyone’s suspicions.

As the curtains parted, the concert began as planned.

Don Aguilar’s music was interesting. True to his word, the audience heard from a wide range of instruments. There were bells and horns, stringed instruments and an array of different drums. Then, in the middle of the concert, a musician with the orchestra who was rumored by many to be a secret Jew took the stage. He was holding an unusual instrument: a ram’s horn.

The musician put it to his lips, and began to blow.

Tekiah, shevarim, teruah. Each note of the Rosh Hashana shofar service rang out throughout the hall, one hundred notes in all. Most of the audience appreciated it as a virtuoso performance of an unfamiliar instrument.

But to the secret Jews in the audience, Don Aguilar’s “music” gave them their first chance in years to hear fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the Shofar.

September 5, 1497 was the first of Tishrei, 5258 – the night of Rosh Hashana.

Little is known of Don Aguilar. Some say he was arrested soon after the concert and executed in secret, so that news of his exploits would not become public.

Others maintain he lived to an old age, continuing to live a Jewish life.

All that is known is his amazing actions on Rosh Hashana, over 500 years ago, when for one evening he allowed an entire secret Jewish community to fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the shofar.

Primary source: Rabbi Eliyahu Ki-Tov, The Book of Our Heritage, and Rabbi Stewart Weiss’ article in the Jerusalem Post.

Note: No written documentation of this event exists; the name of Don Fernando Aguilar and the legend of his actions in September 1497 have been passed down through the centuries verbally. While it is impossible for us to verify the details of these events, generations of Jews have maintained that this amazing Rosh Hashana “concert” took place.

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How They Lead Us in Prayer… from Warsaw, Brazil, and Beyond

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ba’alei tefillah are an integral element of our Yomim Nora’im tefillos. With their powerful voices, their heartfelt melodies, and their inspiring nusach, they arouse us to teshuvah and motivate us to daven with tremendous enthusiasm and passion. For many of us, they represent the key to our inspiration.

Who are these skilled, talented, intrepid chazzanim who lead the tefillos in our shuls? What’s involved in leading the prayers of a kehilla of Yidden? How does one prepare for this awesome responsibility?

As Rosh Hashana approaches, we salute our ba’alei tefillah who assume the daunting task of helping us focus our prayers heavenward. As they inspire their congregations that they serve, they themselves are able to soar to great heights.

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thousand Jews currently live in Warsaw, and R’ Hershel Lieber, who lives in Boro Park, is determined to offer them an inspirational Yomim Nora’im davening. About a hundred and fifty attend evening prayers, he says, and less come during the day. “Except for a few families, it’s not a very observant community,” he explains. “But they want to come and connect and be a part of Jewish life.”

The shul in Warsaw, called the Nozyk Synagogue, is the only shul in the city that remained intact after World War II. “The Nazis used it as a stable,” R’ Hershel relates. Nevertheless, he adds: “You feel a sense of awe being in that building.”

R’ Hershel knows the area well, as he’s been traveling to Poland for the past thirty five years. Back in the old days, he traveled himself. “My wife stayed

home with the children,” he says, “and I went alone.

The hardest times were Rosh Hashana at night when I came home from shul and sat in my hotel room sharing the seudah with myself. That’s how it was in the early years. No community, no meals, no one to share it with.”

Things changed in the 1980s when the Lauder Foundation and others began to reignite Judaism in the area by offering summer camps and winter activities to the Polish youth. “It brought a level of understanding and knowledge about what yom tov and Shabbos are all about.”

R’ Hershel marks the passage of time by the sounds he hears behind him during the tefillos. “In the early years,” he explains, “I would hear the voices of the elderly people, the survivors who remembered the correct nusach and were able to keep up. Afterwards, when they started passing on, there was very little participation. Then, in the mid-‘90s I heard a strange new sound during shtilleh Shemoneh Esrei. It was the sound of people beating their chests during al chayt.” Due to the educational programs, the community became familiar with the correct procedure during davening. It marked a major difference in community participation in the prayers.

Today, R’ Hershel’s wife, Pesi, joins him in Warsaw for the Yomim Nora’im. They stay at a hotel located near the shul and eat the meals at the homes of a few families who are already observant. But he vividly remembers the days when they brought all their meals with them, sometimes warming up cans of food by placing them in a tub filled with hot water.

It takes tremendous mesiras nefesh to travel to Poland year after year to lead the davening, and Pesi says her husband does it purely for the mitzvah. Warsaw,

especially in the old days, wasn’t exactly a vacation resort. “The atmosphere in the city was very sad,” R’ Hershel recalls. “You couldn’t walk two steps without being reminded of what happened here to the Jews. It was like a heavy cloud laying on you.”

Today, he says, the situation is changed. “The shul has a joyous atmosphere. They sing along with me and many of them can read the machzor to a great extent.

Afterwards, everybody goes to tashlich together.”

R’ Hershel says the Shulchan Aruch stipulates which qualities are important for a ba’al tefillah to have. One is to be “merutzah l’kahal” which he says means to be close to his congregants and to be liked by them so that he can serve as their representative. Judging by the many close relationships he and his wife have formed over these many years, it certainly seems like R’ Hershel fulfills that requirement.

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Shua Kessin, a popular singer/performer, leads the prayers at the Brothers of Israel Congregation in Long Branch, New Jersey. Several hundred congregants fill the longstanding synagogue for the High Holy Days.

This is Kessin’s second year as the ba’al tefillah at Brothers of Israel, although he did lead the davening previously in a Toronto shul. It’s a whole different experience, he explains. “No two congregations are ever the same,” he relates. “One must get a feel of the crowd and their background, of what moves them, and what tunes they are familiar with.”

Equally important, he says, is “knowing what will turn them off.” According to Shua, a chazzan “must al-

from Minneapolis, Aryeh Smith started singing with the Minnie Boys Choir and hasn’t stopped since. He’s davened in various places during yomim nora’im, including Houston, Baltimore, and Toronto.

He’s had his share of interesting experiences, including leading the prayers where half the congregants were carrying guns. (“At first I thought, ‘Are they all security guards?’ And then, I realized that hey, we’re in Texas!”) Then there was the time he had to rush through Neilah because the tenth person at the minyan was in a hurry to leave. (“I was racing against time while trying to maintain an inspirational flavor.”)

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energy that comes with davening aloud and painting the text with the music that’s in your heart.”

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Aryeh will be staying with his wife at the Allegria and will be enjoying yom tov meals at the homes of community members. He says many people who come for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are totally unfamiliar with the prayers, but nevertheless they are greatly inspired both by the tefillos and by his stories.

“One gentleman came over to me during kiddush last year,” he recalled. “He told me he was so inspired that he wants to become more connected. He asked if we could learn together. We started learning and today this incredibly generous man is one of the sponsors of this program.”

By and large, the people in this “beginner’s minyan” are not familiar with contemporary niggunim, so Aryeh has to reach back in history to find unconventional yet soulful tunes that they can connect with.

“I have to be creative, that’s for sure,” he says. “I’ll sometimes use the melodies of Simon and Garfunkel,

world class chazzan and internationally renowned tenor, Yanky Lemmer currently serves as the official cantor at the Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. About a thousand people daven at the synagogue over yom tov, with four hundred seats in the main minyan which Yanky leads.

Yanky has dabbled in chazzanus since his youth, but started davening for the amud since 2006 when he got married. He has previously served as chazzan in Englewood and New Rochelle.

“Accommodations are super important,” he says.

“And no matter how warm a community is, you still want to share at least some yom tov meals with family.”

The Lemmer family often joins the congregation for Shabbos in Manhattan, where they have a two bedroom suite in a nearby hotel. He credits his wife for undertaking the daunting task of arranging the meals.

“My eishes chayil cooks and bakes and packs and unpacks and warms and rewarms the seudot. So much so that we often invite guests over to our hotel. Recently

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such as ‘Sounds of Silence.’ They can sing along with that and then once they connect I can go on to more traditional niggunim.”

Aryeh says he runs around a lot before davening starts, trying to meet as many members of the congregation as he can. “When you have a personal connection to the chazzan,” he explains, “your tefillah gets better. You feel he’s thinking of you and that ultimately uplifts you.”

He will tell an inspirational story before Ne’ilah, to bring the intensity up a notch. “When I’m able to reach out and try my best to bring everyone else along with me, it really enhances my davening to such a high level.”

Says Aryeh, “For me, personally, the most awesome part of the tefillah is when the chazzan davens for himself at the beginning of Mussaf. You realize it’s all on your shoulders and you wonder, ‘How can I be worthy of this?’ Then you pray like crazy that you will be able to represent all of these people.”

When evening finally comes, Aryeh still can’t relax. “I’m on fire!” he says. “I’m so invigorated from making these amazing and meaningful connections and opening up people’s hearts. You can’t just go to sleep after that!”

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Aryeh, who recently married, lives in Far Rockaway which is not really far from Long Beach. But, he says, “when you go over that Atlantic Beach Bridge, it’s a whole different world.”

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ways remember that he is representing a congregation.

He needs to find the perfect balance for that specific crowd. This takes art, talent, and open-mindedness.”

Shua brings his wife and children along with him to Long Branch for Rosh Hashana and says that their yom tov needs are well taken care of. “We usually end up staying by friends and we split up the meals at a few different homes.” On Yom Kippur, he comes alone.

As a chazzan, he says his greatest inspiration is hearing the voices of the congregation behind him joining him in prayer. “I am very much a ‘people chazzan,’” he explains, “and I try whenever I can— whether it’s with nusach or niggun—to get everyone involved in the singing.”

What’s the most inspiring part of the tefillah for Shua? He says it’s that moment during Shacharis, when he stands amongst the congregation. “As I utter the word Hamelech—that’s when I really get inspired.”

He is well aware that being a ba’al tefillah is not just about having a pretty voice. “One can have a stunning voice and still be boring,” he points out.

“It’s much more about the connection you have with your congregation and their tefillah. You really have to know them. If you shlep too long, this can sometimes aggravate them and then you may lose them. Instead, sing the songs they know and love. All you need is one good niggun, and the crowd and atmosphere is all yours.”

He adds that it’s important to be yourself during tefillah; to focus on the meaning of the words in your tefillah; to be kind and humble when receiving praise after davening. “And to always have in mind that it’s all l’shem Shomayim.”

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we had two young medical students over for a meal.

They could not stop thanking us for the Shabbos atmosphere of those few hours.”

He’s had his share of interesting experiences over the years. “One erev Yom Kippur,” he says, “we forgot to put the box of food for Seudas Hamafsekes in our trunk. We tried not to panic and instead we went to the closest A&P for some matzah and hummus. Let’s just say that year we fasted time and a half!”

Then there was the time they were put up in a barn.

A barn? “Well, almost. It was a building that used to be a barn house. It was poorly remodeled and we really had to rough it.”

Yanky prefers to focus on the tefillos of the day.

He says the most powerful prayer is Ne’ilah, because “an extra boost of adrenaline comes at that point.” He is captivated by the texts and the selichos of Ne’ilah “that give it a sense of fiery urgency.”

But he says all of his tefillos are greatly enhanced simply by having the zechus of leading others in prayer.

“There is a certain energy,” he says, “that comes with davening aloud and painting the text with the music that’s in your heart.”

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the past six years, Shlomo Simcha has been leading the davening at Heichal Dovid in Lawrence, NY, (otherwise known as “The W”) under the leadership of Rav Mordechai Stern. But he’s served as a ba’al tefillah on Yomim Nora’im for 28 years and counting. “Ever since I was 18 years old.”

Shlomo lives in Toronto but says he is delighted to spend yom tov in Lawrence because he can bring along his family and enjoy the benefits of a warm and welcoming local community. “The hachnosas orchim,” he says, “is overwhelming. Our hosts give us an entire floor of their home, with plenty of bedrooms and bathrooms. The schedule of meals is lovingly prepared, including a map of how to get to each home. There are actually more invitations than there are yom tov meals, so those who can’t have us for a meal will find other ways to host such as inviting me for a swim afterwards to relieve my aching muscles.” Shlomo says he and his family have developed wonderful friendships in the community and enjoy sharing in each other’s simchas.

On Yom Kippur, he comes back to Lawrence by himself. At the end of the day, the congregation prepares a siyum hashas (which is divided amongst them during the year) and an inspirational kumzitz with

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Shlomo. “It’s hard to believe we do this after a whole day in shul,” he says. “But it’s become a tradition.”

Even when he davened in smaller communities, Shlomo says accommodations are usually not an issue as the local rav will host him. But he would leave his family behind (and bring along just his son). The rest of his family would enjoy yom tov meals at home by friends and neighbors.

“you realize it’s all on your shoulders and you wonder, ‘How can i be worthy of this?’”

Shlomo seriously prepares for the position of chazzan by taking a three-pronged approach. Spiritually, he increases his davening and learning before Rosh Hashana, focusing strongly on the meaning of the tefillos. Mentally, he goes through the machzor and reviews the nusach and niggunim, remembering what works well and what can be improved on. And vocally, he does short exercises, although he is careful to add that he doesn’t obsess over this.

The result is a powerful tefillah that is truly inspiring. For Shlomo himself, the most uplifting part of the tefillah is the Avodah of Yom Kippur. “Going through all the steps of the Kohen Gadol on Yom Kippur with all the vivid descriptions really connects me to the past and the future. It brings the reality and awe of the day to life for me.”

Shlomo says a good ba’al tefillah certainly needs to have a good voice. But he also needs to know the nusach, to be sincere and to have lots of stamina to keep the level of energy high throughout the day.

“At the end of the day,” he says, “knowing that you have caused so many to be uplifted inspires you so much. You know it’s why Hashem gifted you with this ability.”

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4,356 miles between Toronto and Brazil but that doesn’t deter Izzie Rosler from making the trip.

During most of the year, he is a mild mannered businessman living in Toronto. But on Yomim Nora’im, Izzie is transformed into a powerful ba’al tefillah leading the davening at Chabad Itaim in Sao Paulo Brazil.

Izzie, who has been davening in various locations for the past thirty eight years, connected to the community in Sao Paulo through his brother-in-law, who is the rabbi of the shul. “I visited him for a simcha and davened for his shul on Shabbos, and the rest is history.”

Thus has he been serving as the chazzan in Brazil for the past eight years.

Izzie is hosted by the rabbi during his stay. “I’m very well taken care of,” he says, “at the rabbi’s warm and inviting home. His yom tov tables are always full with at least 20-30 guests. It’s always a very festive and moving experience.”

Izzie prepares for yom tov by taking refresher voice lessons two months prior to Rosh Hashana. He also reviews and practices the davening in order to put himself in the proper state of mind. His family does not join him in Brazil (“It’s way too expensive!”). Instead, his wife spends yom tov with their married children.

Flying to South America can present its own set of challenges. “One year,” he remembers, “I arrived erev yom tov and the airport employees were on strike.

It was very unnerving. When we landed we were told that nobody could come in or out of the airport. I had no idea how I was going to make it to the shul before yom tov, which could sometimes be a three hour drive in heavy traffic.

“All of a sudden, an officer approached me and asked if I am Izzie Rosler. I said yes and he proceeded to escort me out of the terminal, instructing me to grab a cab. When I asked him why I was so privileged, he simply said, ‘This is Brazil, and for money anything is possible.’ I was astonished at his candor!”

Izzie believes that leading the davening requires a good voice, but that hardly completes the portrait. “I’d have to add that sincerity is an absolute must. These are some of the most significant tefillos of the year, and people are spending the day in shul davening for themselves and their families. They’re looking for a spiritual connection to G-d. They want to leave feeling uplifted and optimistic. They definitely react to sincerity in a very positive way.” 

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Just a Spoonful of Honey Rena Zingmond gRay

TJH Speaks with a Beekeeper to Learn More about Bees and the Sweetness of their Honey With Rosh Hashana approaching, our minds once again turn to the familiar symbols through which we usher in the new year. Whether or not we have a preschooler at home, we think shofar, apples, and of course, sweet, golden honey. Perhaps we should prompt our minds to further contemplate the unique nature of this sticky substance in preparation for the holiday that spotlights it: its creation process and incredible amount of variety, as well as the dedication on the part of the humans and insects involved. We spoke with Mr. Clay Kelley, President of the Georgia Beekeepers Association (GBA), on the A-Z of beekeeping and honey production.

GettinG Started Each beekeeper has his own motivations for getting involved with the craft. Kelley’s might be deemed less premeditated than some. “It was a wild idea that I had,” he laughs. “It was just something I thought would be fun to do.” Retired after 30 years of military service, Kelley enjoys projects where he can work with his hands, like woodworking and planting trees and gardens. He figured that introducing bees on the scene could only promote his garden’s growth. “I looked at my wife and said, ‘Let’s get bees,’” continues Kelley. “She looked at me like, ‘Are you crazy?’” Ten years later, Kelley continues to keep busy with his bee-related activities, between tending to his home population and his responsibilities as president.

When Kelley first decided to pursue his beekeeping interest, he sought out a local bee-

keeping club, of which there are a surprising number. He attended the Georgia state meetings that are held twice a year, further deepening his involvement until he was eventually asked to become president of the GBA. As president Kelley is responsible for planning those fall and spring gatherings, speaking at club meetings and representing Georgia on a regional and national level at places like the American Bee Federation. The Federation oversees everything from honey production and import to beekeeping and education on the subject. Kelley is also on the National Education Board, planning and implementing ways to inform students around the country about the importance of their work.

“We [even] have a lobbyist force in D.C.,” adds Kelley.

It might sound surprising that so much attention is paid to bees and their product, but Kelley explains that it’s not only about honey. “[Honeybees are] a very important commodity,” he says. He continues that 1/3 of the food and organic material are made possible by the humble honeybee. Take farmers, for example. Farmers of any variety of produce will purchase honeybees to use to pollenate their crops.

“The honeybee increases his yield by 30%,” says Kelley.

The number of honey imports and exports are impressive themselves. “[According to the] 2014 the national honey report, if there are 318,000,000 people in America and everybody eats a pound and a half apiece on an annual basis, that means we need 477,000,000 pounds of honey to satisfy the demand,” Kelley says. “America, according to the report, produced 178,000,000 pounds of honey, and therefore the remainder of the balance…was imported into the United States.” Kelley advises shoppers to read honey labels carefully and beware of those with suspiciously low comparative prices. “We get a monthly report how much we should retail a pound of honey for,” says Kelley – currently $6.77 per pound on average. Most of the beekeepers base their prices on that number, keeping them within a certain range. Cheaper

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honeY, honeY everYwhere “There’s over 300 varieties of honey in America,” says Kelley. This is due to the vast number of possible flowers the nectar can come from.

Citrus, buckwheat, alfalfa, cotton and clover are just a few examples of different honey sources. As a general rule, the lighter the honey’s color, the milder its taste. Often large corporations will blend different honey varieties as well as pasteurize them to achieve a certain, predictable taste that appeals to consumers. Although it might taste familiar, this process robs the honey of its natural goodness.

Kelley recommends buying locally produced honey as opposed to honey made in other states or regions. It seems that consuming honey from your hometown can actually help boost your immune system and control seasonal allergies.

“If you get local allergies,” explains Kelley, “the purpose of eating the local honey is that you’re ingesting the pollen and the things like that that would normally make you sick.” By ingesting these allergens in small amounts, our bodies will actually build up a tolerance to them and allergy symptoms will be reduced. “Local wildflower honey –

“If there are 318,000,000 people in America and everybody eats a pound and a half apiece on an annual basis, that means

we need 477,000,000 pounds of honey to satisfy the demand.” to the nursery, clean house, build wax for honey making and storage, take care of the queen, guard the entrance, and forage for food. “It’s the ultimate in socialism,” says Kelley. As important a part as the queen plays, she doesn’t actually pose as any type of authority figure. No one does, in fact; all the efforts are made for the good of the colony. The only time a worker bee will sting, thus sacrificing its life, is in defense

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Life in the hive Keeping bees appears to be a relatively low-maintenance endeavor.

Harvest time is the busy season, when beekeepers extract the honey and bottle it. “Probably about once a month you’d open the boxes and check on them,” says Kelley. “I just want to make sure they’re doing well and that the queen’s doing her job, and they’ve got honey to eat.”

The queen’s job, of course, is to populate the hive. After impregnated, she will lay about 2,000 eggs every day for the next 3-5 years.

In a hive of about 75,000 bees there will be about 500 drones. The drones’ single job in the hive is to mate with the queen. “They don’t have to forage for food, they don’t have to clean house, they don’t have to pull security. That’s the good news,” says Kelley. “The bad news is that they get one shot and then they die.”

The worker bees are the ones responsible for the aforementioned obligations and more. All female, they comprise the rest of the colony’s population. In their short lifespan of only six weeks, workers will tend

from nectar to nature’S perfect food Worker bees have a “honey stomach.” The nectar they suck out of a flower comes out in the form of sucrose, which is very high in protein.

Enzymes in the honey stomach begin breaking down the substance into simple sugars fructose and glucose. Once back at the hive, the forager transfers the sugars to a house bee, who hold it in her bee stomach for her enzymes to work on it further, about 20 minutes or so. When she’s done, she regurgitates it (apologies to those in mid-bite) into a cell in the beehive. Another set of bees takes over, fanning the cell with their wings until the moisture content is 17.1%. Then the cell is capped off with a layer of wax – each cell is sealed individually – and the honey inside is “as perfect as it’s going to be,” says Kelley. Too much moisture will cause the honey to ferment and go bad. “Honey is nature’s perfect food,” says Kelley, “and properly stored it will never, ever, ever go bad.”

The reason bees make honey, says Kelley, is because they’re investing for the future. “They know that bloom isn’t going to last all year long,” says Kelley, and they plan accordingly. Honey, the bees’ source of sustenance, is produced in abundance to ensure that there’ll be plenty for the entire hive during the cold winter months. For this reason, it is important for beekeepers to leave some honey behind during harvest time. “The good beekeepers will leave about 40 pounds per box on the hive for them to eat in the winter,” Kelley explains.

Understandably, the bees tend to get a bit agitated at the removal of the product of their hard work. Beekeepers use smoker’s to calm the bees and mask the alarm pheromone that the guard bees emit. At this point it’s a very good idea to avoid being stung, since the bees on guard at the hive entrance will begin to make their move in protecting the colony. Emitting designated distress pheromones, the guard bees will attempt to sting the offender. The embedded stinger will act as a homing device, leading the other 20,000 bees right to it. “Most beekeepers know that if you get stung you scrape the stinger out right away so that you’re getting rid of that signal,” Kelley explains. And most beekeepers also remember to gear up in protective clothes and hats to prevent being stung in the first place.

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There is no required training to become a beekeeper, but, “you’re a fool if you don’t,” says Kelley. “There’s no law that requires you to do it other than the law of nature after you get stung so many times.” Kelley recommends potential beekeepers join a local club as he did when he first started. He suggests finding a beekeeping mentor as well.

Kelley cautions that beekeeping is not an area conducive to simply diving in.

Many clubs offer free beginners’ classes for interested parties, supplying information on things like the necessary hardware, where to obtain bees, and the cost breakdown.

“That’s how I did it,” continues Kelley. “I went to the club and I listened and talked to [people] and I learned.” One important piece of information a visitor might glean is that after hearing all that beekeeping entails, he’s changed his mind. “You may find out, you don’t want to do this,” Kelley explains, saving a person the investment and around $500, roughly the amount it costs to start a couple of hives. State and national level speakers come to the clubs from all over the country, sharing the latest news in the beekeeping world to help members stay up-to-date. Local talks cover topics relevant to the immediate area, such as which communities prohibit private beekeeping or the necessary adaptations to bee care based on the weather. Honey flow, the time when the area’s flowers are in bloom, also differs between regions.

of the colony.

Each hive has an entrance through which the worker bees leave and return after foraging across their usual three-mile radius. Every bee is equipped with its own internal GPS, enabling it to return to the exact hive it left.

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that’s the best for you,” says Kelley, based on the fact that it’s comprised of a wide array of plant pollens.

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Corporation, a top GMO producer, who recently opened a “bee lab” in North Carolina to address the negative effects their products are having on bees. “What they’re trying to find out is, where’s the happy medium,” says Kelley. Another factor regarding the interaction of bees with various types of crops is what Kelley describes as “monocultures.” More and more farmers are growing only one type of crop, which means only one blooming period for the bees. After that time the bees have nowhere to forage. An area filled with a diverse mix of produce would lend the bees multiple opportunities to find food all summer long. The GBA has been working with the Georgia Farm Bureau as well as a couple of other agencies to ask them to leave windrows – rows between crops – for planting wildflowers. Kelley has sent the same plea to the highway department, requesting the addition of wildflowers to surrounding areas instead of mowing the landscape flat.

It’s a fact – the bee population is on the decline. Kelley attributes this depletion to many causes, one of which is the varroa mite, appearing in the United States relatively recently. The varroa mite attacks the honey bee; attaching to the bee’s body, it sucks out vital fluids, weakening the bee’s immune system. Another problem is the use of pesticides and weed killers. Pesticides, although targeted against pesky mosquitoes or other interfering insects, do not discriminate between those and the honey bees. Spraying during the day, especially when flowers are BrinGinG Back the BeeS in bloom, almost guarantees that In an effort to revitalize bee populations, Kelley is the bees will be doused with poiworking on a project to bring bees to every state park in son. Kelley says that even spraying Georgia. Optimally, he would educate the rangers about bee at night, when mosquitos are out anypreservation who would in turn share their knowledge with the way, could spare the bees once the public. Since state parks are natural environments and free The beekeeper is pointing out the queen bee chemical dissipates in the morning from insecticides, they would serve as ideal locales to prodew. The effects of neonicotinoids, mote bee growth. Beekeeping clubs will be matched up a relatively new type of pesticide that attacks insects’ nervous systems, with their local parks, serving as a bridge between the knowledgeable, might only become apparent in subsequent generation of bees. It can in- passionate bee enthusiasts and park visitors. terfere with the bees’ internal GPS, causing them to lose the ability to find In New York City, beekeeping is legal and often takes place on buildtheir way home. ing rooftops. The New York City Beekeepers Association’s upcoming And weed removal? Certain weeds, such as dandelions, are the first promotion, “Honey Week,” will feature lectures and other events to fosblooming flower of the spring in most regions. “When you kill a lot of ter public awareness. Hopefully their efforts, combined with those of the wildflowers … [you’re] not realizing that you’re killing most of the bee-lovers around the country, will prevent the honeybees from further backup food for the bees,” Kelley explains. disappearing.

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More t han a Sweet New Year TJH Speaks with Miriam Pascal, author of Something Sweet

How long did it take you to develop this cookbook?

It took about a year from start to finish, although it was about 8 months of intense work on the cookbook. As a freelance food photographer, I took all of my own photos as well, so that took a ton of time too!

TJH: Miriam, it’s a true pleasure to meet you. Your cookbook, Something Sweet, just recently came out to wide acclaim. I know it’s not Pesach time, but how is this new cookbook different from other cookbooks out there?

MP: Something Sweet, my debut cookbook, is different from other kosher cookbooks in that it is a completely dessert-focused cookbook. It’s much more than that though. As a food blogger with an active social media presence, I have the privilege of speaking to thousands of fans every day, and that gives me a unique insight into what my readers want in a cookbook—and I have incorporated that into my book.

For example, people ask me all the time if recipes can be made ahead and frozen, so in Something Sweet, I included “plan ahead” instructions for every recipe, indicating if it can be frozen and any special instructions.

Sounds delicious. Why did you decide to dedicate a cookbook to only sweets?

While my blog, OvertimeCook.com, is known for both desserts and real food, I always found that my skills and creativity in creating desserts have made me stand out from other cookbook authors and food writers, many of whom really don’t like to create dessert recipes.

That’s a lot of hard work. Can you give us your 2 or 3 favorite recipes from Something Sweet?

It’s so hard to pick favorites! One of my favorites is my Lemon Marble Pound Cake. It looks simple, but the taste is…incredible. I created the recipe for my father, and he still gets a dreamy look in his eyes when he talks about it!

I’ve always been really into drink recipes, so I have to admit that my drink recipes are favorites too!

In particular, I have a Maple Bourbon Milkshake which is insanely good!

One other favorite is my Pecan Pie Cigars. They’re so different, and plate up so elegantly, I need to throw a fancy party just to have an excuse to serve them!

It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to do something that you love.

How do you feel that kosher cooking has evolved?

I think kosher cooks have gotten much more discerning, both in flavors and ingredients. One really positive trend that everyone seems to be noticing lately is a focus on healthier ingredients. And while my book is most definitely not a “healthy” cookbook, I made sure that Something Sweet includes allergy and health conscious options, like gluten-free, egg-free, and sugar-free recipes. Additionally, kosher cooks have begun to look for alternatives to margarine, the old standby for butter in parve recipes, and so I have omitted it the majority of recipes in my book (using it only in recipes where it’s absolutely vital to the texture).

Speaking of health, we are always looking for healthy dishes for our families. Do you have some dessert ideas that we can serve our kids guilt-free?

I sure do! I have a Healthy Chocolate Rugelach recipe that I’m very excited about, as well as a number of healthy muffin recipes, a Healthy Summer Fruit Crumble, “Skinny” drinks, and more!

What drew you to lead a culinary life?

My parents have always been creative in the kitchen, so for me, creating my own dishes and recipes was a no-brainer! I learned about flavors, ingredients and proper kitchen technique from a young age in my parents’ kitchen, and I am so grateful for the skills I learned then.

What are a few essential tools or ingredients a cook should always have in his or her kitchen?

For baking, it’s really helpful to have a good mixer, but people do manage without it. In terms of smaller tools, my number one must-have for bakers is a cookie scoop! I know it sounds simple, but a cookie scoop keeps your cookies evenly-sized, which leads to even baking.

You’ve been writing your blog, overtimecook. com, for four years so far. How did you get started and what sort of adventures have you had?

I started my blog originally to fill a creative void in my life. I was working in a boring corporate job and needed an outlet. I had recently started reading food blogs and got this little bug in my head that wouldn’t stop saying, “I can do that!” I decided to combine my lifelong love of writing, my passion for cooking, and my new-found skills for photography and start my own food blog. Four years later, I can’t believe how far it’s taken me!

Can you give us a few tips and techniques that you can share with our readers?

Throughout my book, I share a whole bunch of tips and techniques to make anyone, even the most novice baker, feel confident with my recipes. One of my favorite tips is something I learned from my father from a really young age: “Always use the right tool for the job.” I didn’t understand this as a kid, but as an adult, I can really appreciate the importance of this idea. Spend an extra few dollars to get the right baking tools, such as good measuring cups, real (as opposed to disposable) baking pans, and things like that.

Do you still cook certain dishes for yom tov that your mother prepared for you when you were young?

My mother is an incredibly creative cook – and she didn’t have many “go-to” yom tov dishes. Every yom tov, she would pull these incredibly delicious – and innovative – meals out of her sleeve. I don’t know how she does it, but I’m nowhere near as creative as she is!

We’re always trying to balance our home life with work. How do you manage to balance your cooking experiences with your work life?

Working full time definitely makes cooking hard.

I usually do a ton of cooking over the weekend and stock my freezer for the week.

On my blog, I share lots of recipes that can be pulled together in minutes. I created these out of necessity, when I needed to get some food on the table quickly after a long day of work!

It’s been a pleasure speaking with you! I know my family can’t wait to taste those yummy desserts from Something Sweet over yom tov. I’ve been baking all day—and I have so many more recipes I’d like to try. 

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Are there some recipes in Something Sweet that I can prepare with just an hour or two before Shabbos? How about a recipe or two that I can prepare with the kids?

You bet! If you’re looking for a quick recipe, cook-

Your blog has so many wonderful recipes in addition to the dessert section. What do you recommend serving for a yom tov meal?

I like to have some nice chicken dishes, which make a great change from the heavy meat meals people often serve. I have a Braided Chicken with Apples and Sweet Potatoes recipe that’s perfect for this time of year. I also have a Pastrami Stuffed Chicken Capon recipe that’s freezer-friendly and a crowd pleaser!

Of course, it wouldn’t be yom tov in my house without my Bourbon Barbecue Ribs – with a homemade sauce, of course!

As far as sides, I have so many, it’s hard to choose!

My favorite is probably my Smashed Potatoes topped with Shallots and Garlic. So good, and they look fancier than they look. For a veggie side, I like Sesame

Roasted Broccoli or Roasted Green Beans with Onion and Garlic.

With over 300(!) recipes on my blog, you’ll definitely find what you’re looking for!

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I love how you divided the book into sections for different yomim tovim. What do you recommend serving for dessert on the cool nights in the sukkah?

How about something sweet after the meal that’s not too heavy after eating so much?

For a cool night in the sukkah, I like to serve something warm. Try Hot Gooey Caramel Pie, Cookie Dough Fudge Pie, or Pecan Pie Cigars for a warm treat. All of them are greatly improved with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

For a light treat after a heavy meal, I like to serve Mini Fruit Filled Pavlovas: light and refreshing and really beautiful. Another great option is sorbet – I have two varieties in my book – and you can serve it in an Edible Cookie Cup for a beautiful presentation.

ies are a great option because they often take about ten minutes (or less!) to bake. If you don’t have enough time to bake a cake, try cupcakes – they take less than half the time of a cake. If you’re short on prep time, try my Chocolate Chip Peanut Pie – you’ll have it in the oven in minutes!

I think every kid that has ever looked through Something Sweet has stopped at the page of the Fruity Pebble Cookies and insisted that they need them!

They’re super-fun and kid-friendly, but also delicious for the adults. I’ve been hearing from readers all over that their kids are going through my book and making their requests for dessert.

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Regarding ingredients, my advice is similar. The quality of your ingredients will always have a big impact on the quality of your food. Use good quality chocolate chips – or better yet, start with a bar of good chocolate and chop it up into chunks.

Lastly, baking is fun – so make sure to find the fun in it. Involve your kids, indulge your creativity, and enjoy it!

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Dairy or Pareve Yields 2 pies, each 8-10 servings In the years that I’ve been developing and writing recipes, I’ve made a number that have been really popular, some of which you can find in this book. None, however, have been as iconic and popular as my Hot Gooey Caramel Pie. When trying to figure out why this recipe took off so well, I thought about how different this dessert is. While other recipes are exciting takes on familiar ideas and flavors, this one was so unusual and different that I didn’t even know what I was making at first. It started with some ingredients in my pantry that I wanted to use up, and ended with a dessert that I could barely even name — but that everyone raved about.

This pie has been made in numerous countries all over the world, graced many special-occasion tables, and enhanced many meals. And over and over again, fans have raved, “It’s just SO good.”

Ingredients 2 sticks (1 cup) butter or trans-fat-free margarine 8 oz. cream cheese or soy cream cheese 1½ cups brown sugar ¼ cup light corn syrup 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1½ cups flour 1 cup caramel chips 2 ready-made graham cracker pie crusts Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional Caramel Sauce for serving, optional

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Preparation Heat oven to 350°F. In the bowl of an electric mixer, on medium speed, cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth.

Add brown sugar and corn syrup; beat until smooth and creamy.

Add eggs, baking soda, and vanilla, beating to combine after each addition.

Reduce mixer speed to low; add flour. Beat until combined. Stir in caramel chips.

Divide batter between pie crusts. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the center is just set (it will still be jiggly).

Serve warm with ice cream and caramel sauce (optional).

Note: As the name suggests, the pie is gooey— and it doesn’t cut into the neatest slices when warm. For a fancier presentation, make mini pies (see Variation) or serve it closer to room temperature, when it won’t be as gooey.

Variation: For neater serving, bake in mini graham cracker crusts or ramekins for 22-24 minutes.

Plan Ahead: This pie freezes well in an airtight container. Defrost and reheat before serving.

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Dairy or Pareve Yield 12-14 (6-oz) trifles This recipe was created out of necessity. I needed a dessert recipe that looked pretty, traveled well, and could be made ahead and frozen when fully completed. This one fits all of those criteria. It freezes well, can be stored frozen and transported in a sealed jar, looks gorgeous, and tastes great. It was a hit, and surely will be a hit at your parties too!

Ingredients CHOCOLATE CRUMBS 1 cup flour ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ²⁄3 cup brown sugar ¹⁄3 cup oil STRAWBERRY MOUSSE 1 cup heavy whipping cream or nondairy whip topping 1 cup strawberry pie filling, puréed 8 oz. cream cheese or soy cream cheese ¹⁄3 cup sour cream or soy sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar VANILLA CREAM 1 cup heavy whipping cream or nondairy whip topping ¹⁄3 cup powdered sugar Preparation Prepare the chocolate crumbs: Preheat oven to 375°F. line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. combine all crumb ingredients in a bowl. Mix until combined and the texture of coarse crumbs. (I found it easiest to mix this with my fingers.)

Spread the crumbs in a single layer on prepared baking sheet; bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven; cool completely before assembling the trifles.

Prepare the strawberry mousse: in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, on high speed, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Remove whipped cream to another bowl. There’s no need to wash the bowl before continuing. add pie filling, cream cheese, sour cream, and vanilla to mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until combined and smooth. Add powdered sugar; beat until incorporated. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold whipped cream into strawberry mixture until combined. Set aside.

Prepare the vanilla cream: in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment on high speed, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until combined. assembly: Place crumbs into a 6-ounce jar or cup, filling it about one-quarter full. Spoon or pipe strawberry mousse over crumbs, filling container a little more than three-quarters full. Pipe on vanilla cream, filling container almost to the top. Repeat with remaining jars.

Note: Use canned pie filling, or use the filling for strawberry Rhubarb Hand Pies (on page 118 in Something Sweet), using additional strawberries to replace the rhubarb.

Variation: Substitute a container of strawberry ice cream for the mousse to create an ice cream trifle.

Plan Ahead: These trifles freeze beautifully (see introduction)! Move them into the fridge for a couple of hours before serving to allow them to soften a bit.

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New kicked out of the Hebrew School choir as a child. I was a goody-goody but I sang off key.

So, much as I am an appreciator of music, that must not have been my tafkid here. <sigh> And just in case we messed up badly….No, I’ll start that over again: When we mess up badly (because we will, we will) we get another chance to do

ing up on other people’s approaches to therapy. They all have different names and different techniques, but they are all going toward the same general goal: Change your thoughts; change your actions; the feelings can follow. You don’t have to work directly on changing them for them to come out all right.

But the most interesting thing is that this formula for mental health and

For the universe to exist the ratio of the nuclear strong force to the electromagnetic force could not be off by a factor of one in 100,000,000,000,000,000. it right. And sometimes it takes years to “get it,” which is why they say that older people achieve wisdom. Actually, they just needed a whole, long time to “get it.” I’m speaking about myself, trust me.

happiness is exactly what the Torah prescribes. So, for example, when we think of our smallness in the Universe, it prepares us for one of the pillars of this holiday: Malchus when Hashem will be once again crowned King.

Now, in theory, we get that chance to fix our mistakes every day of the week. We wake up to a new day and we do not have to do everything the same – wrong – way we were doing it before.

But there is a different quality about that newness when we wake up on Rosh Hashana.

Maybe it’s a little tinge of coolness in the air; maybe it’s the rush to acquire new clothes for the season. Or maybe it really is that sense that we can, indeed, wipe the slate clean and start fresh.

There is a catch, though: We actually have to do it. We have to take action.

As a therapist, I am always read-

Rather than think of ourselves as insignificant by comparison to the Borei Olam, our coronation of the King also reminds us that we need to step up to the plate and be His servants. We don’t have the luxury – we don’t have the right – to think we are too small to do it. Not only should we be inspired by thinking that Hashem created us because He wants us for a specific purpose, but just in case we are not in the mood to be inspired, too bad! We have to do it anyway.

Sure we have a choice; we can just refuse. We certainly can throw our lives away. Now, that would be sad. But it is our free choice. Hopefully, we will rec-

ognize how to make the smart choice instead – and take the action that He desires.

It says in Pirkei Avos (2:21): Lo alecha hamelacha ligmor, v’lo atah bein chorin lehibateil mimenah. (You are not required to complete the task yet you are not free to withdraw from it.) That’s the Artscroll translation.

Lehibateil could also be translated as “to belittle.” We are not free to denigrate or belittle or nullify the task.

In other words, taking the opposite approach to worrying that we don’t have the tools with which to do our tasks, another way to get out of them is to say they aren’t worth doing. And we aren’t allowed to play that card either.

There’s a bonus to all this. It seems that hardwired into our brain is something that goes beyond “Is this job too hard?” or “Is it too small?” Interestingly, humans are willing to suffer great pain in order to lead meaningful lives.

The great stories of all time, the books and movies of the 20th century, tales from Holocaust heroes all depict people taking enormous risks for others – because it was the right thing to do.

The bonus is that not only are we pleasing the Master of the Universe when we do the right thing, but we get huge satisfaction from it. It feels good somewhere deep inside. Getting there may be a tough battle. We have to overcome the “I’m too small” or “The job’s too small” in order to get there, not to mention not believing in yourself, being “too depressed,” or taking “too much willpower” all the battles the yetzer hara presents us with.

The toughness of the battle is exactly why the success is so rewarding.

May you have a compassionate, sweet, and “new” New Year.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, is a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together. Attend the Food For Thought lectures at Traditions Restaurant in Lawrence on Tuesdays at 12:30 PM. (There is a lovely optional lunch menu for $12 cash.) Any questions, call 646-54-DRDEB or check out her website at http://drdeb.com. All stories in Dr. Deb’s articles are fabricated. See Dr. Deb on TorahAnytime.com.

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gone.

How does that make you feel?

Depressed, you say? But why? Alternatively, it could make you feel good.

After all, you are part of something stable, something important, something Big. I hear you. You’re saying, “Yes, but I, personally, don’t count for much in the vast cosmos, after all.”

Why assume that?

Au contraire, Hashem chose you.

You, specifically.

He chose you for precisely your job.

Doesn’t that make you proud?

It should. The Master of the Universe, the One who runs it all, chose you over all other souls to execute a specific job.

Look at it this way, G-d knew what He was doing. He planned galaxies with the same precision and care with which He created the smallest microbes. A Wall Street Journal December 26, 2014 article, pointed out that for the universe to exist the ratio of the nuclear strong force to the electromagnetic force could not be off by a factor of one in 100,000,000,000,000,000. Every single force, particle, wave, atom – everything – had to be in perfect balance. In fact, at the moment of the Big Bang, all the fundamental forces came into being in less than a millionth of a second.

So do you really think that this G-d who created all that so perfectly was clowning around when He made you?

I think not.

So, yes, we only have a limited amount of time here to do that job. But look at our potential!

I know, I know. I can hear you complaining again how hard it is and how much there is to do. So let me remind you that HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave us all the tools we need. If we have a job, then we definitely have the tools to do it. If we can’t do it, then it must not have been the job for which we are here.

I’ll give you a personal example. I love music. When I was in college and I took the vocational interest test, my highest, absolutely top score was “musician.” Except for one small problem: I have a tin ear and when I sing, people run screaming from the room. I was

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A Deeper Meaning to the Simanim on Rosh Hashana

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ith Rosh Hashana rapidly approaching, we are all focused on introspection. With our intense actions of teshuva, tefilla and tzedakah, we all aim for a clean slate and the removal of evil decrees. One aspect of Rosh Hashana that usually does not acquire as much attention is the simanim eaten at the seudos.

The simanim are traditionally eaten out of habit and quickly moved on to make it to the next course.

Let’s take a close nutritional look at some of the simanim to give them more of a physical meaning. Hopefully this will inspire you to look behind the spiritual meaning as well and make your seudah more meaningful.

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he first siman at the Rosh Hashana seudah is the notable dipping an apple into honey. A medium-sized apple contains roughly 60 calories; 0g

total fat; 0mg cholesterol; 1mg sodium; 3g dietary fiber; and 10% daily value vitamin C. Apples are one of the health-

in apples have also been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels. This is done with various mechanisms which include

Getting your eating lifestyle into shape early on in life is a lot easier than doing it after bad habits have had years to set in. iest foods a person can eat. As you can see, apples are low in calories, contain zero fat or cholesterol, have only a trace of sodium and serve as a good source of fiber and vitamin C. The fiber in apples combines with other nutrients in the fruit to provide health benefits such as preventing heart disease and regulating blood fat and cholesterol levels.

The cholesterol lowering effect of apples is linked to the soluble fiber particularly pectins. Pectins prevent cholesterol from building up in the blood vessels, thus preventing atherosclerosis and heart disease. Apples also contain insoluble fiber which provides bulk to the intestinal tract and helps move food quickly down the digestive tract. Besides for combining with fiber, phytonutrients

preventing spikes in blood sugar and increasing uptake of glucose from the blood through the stimulation of insulin receptors. The same polyphenols that work to regulate blood fat and sugar levels also serve as antioxidants which help prevent asthma, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Due to the many health benefits, apples are often called a “miracle food,” or a “nutrition powerhouse,” as an apple a day indeed helps to keep the doctor away.

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he apples at the Rosh Hashana seudah don’t get eaten alone. They are generously dipped into honey to signify a sweet new year. What makes honey so sweet? Honey is made of 80% natural sugars—mostly fructose and glucose—18% water and 2% minerals, vitamins, pollen and protein. The vitamins found in honey are vitamin B6, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and certain amino acids. The minerals found in honey include calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and zinc. A commonly asked question related to honey is: Can diabetics substitute sugar for honey? Research has shown that consumption of honey can provide beneficial effects on body weight and blood lipids of diabetic patients. However, since consumption of honey causes an increase in the hemoglobin A1C levels, cautious consumption of honey is recommended for diabetic patients.

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he next siman eaten at the seudah is carrots. One medium carrot contains approximately 25 calories; 0g total fat; 0mg cholesterol; 42mg sodium;195mg potassium; 1.5g dietary fiber; 204% daily value vitamin A; 6% daily value vitamin C; and 2% daily value calcium. As you can see, the sweet and crunchy root vegetable is not only low in calories and contains zero fat or cholesterol; carrots are rich in antioxidants, fiber and vitamins. Carrots are most famous for their high amounts of vitamin A, specifically beta-carotene.

Beta-carotene serves as a powerful antioxidant as well as helps to maintain good eye health, reproduction, growth and development. Carrots are also rich in an antioxidant called falcarinol. Research has shown that falcarinol in carrots may help fight against cancers by destroying pre-cancerous cells in the tumors. Like apples, carrots are also a great source of vitamin C which helps boost the immune system by developing resistance against infectious agents and helps the body maintain healthy connective tissue, teeth and gum. Carrots also contain good amounts of copper, potassium, calcium and manganese. Potassium is important since it maintains regulation of body fluids thus helping control blood pressure and heart rate.

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pressure. An interesting fact about dates: research was done in about 70 pregnant women and results showed that those women who consumed dates during the last 4 weeks of pregnancy had a smoother labor and no need for induction compared to those who did not eat dates.

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ne not-so-loved siman is the head of the fish. Fish is a great source of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, vitamin A, B vitamins and is low in fat. The B vitamins in fish help to reduce stress, anxiety and depression as well as help your memory and reduce the risk of heart disease. Omega-3 is an essential fatty acid that our body cannot synthesize on its own and therefore must be taken in by the diet. Omega-3 is an anti-inflammatory agent which is vital in protecting against heart disease by reducing triglyceride levels and LDL (bad) cholesterol, as well as improving levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. Fatty fish are one of the best sources of omega-3. So when taking a bite of the head of the fish, think of all of the healthy nutrients you are taking in along with

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health benefits that come along with each nutritious bite of each siman.

I wish you and your families all a gut g’bentsched yuhr and a kesiva v’chasima tova!

Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College in 2013 receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. Her Dietetic Internship was completed under Brooklyn College primarily in Ditmas Park Care Center and Boro Park Center where she developed clinical and education skills to treat patients with comprehensive nutrition care. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com.

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and weight loss. Pomegranates are also rich in vitamin C which helps boost the immune system and helps maintain healthy teeth and gums. Furthermore, pomegranates are also a great source of vitamins pantothenic acid, pyridoxine and vitamin K, and minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and manganese, and folic acid.

Pomegranates are often suggested to be included in weight loss and cholesterol lowering diets.

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moting colon health. Dates also contain antioxidants called tannins. Tannins have anti-inflammatory properties. Dates are also full of the mineral magnesium which helps lower blood

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hen reading the theme of the upcoming Madraigos Rosh Hashana Retreat, one has to wonder about the seeming paradox of the concept. Let’s explore and understand. Judgment Day by its very definition means judgment, plain and simple. Like the Mishna in Rosh Hashana, perek 1, mishna 2, teaches us, we all walk before the Al-mighty like sheep walk before their master to be tithed.

Hashem makes a deep and thorough analysis of our behaviors, actions, and thoughts, and judges us accordingly. No one has a free pass. All of us must go through this process of judgment.

On the other hand, we are making a claim that there is still such a concept as “Non-Judgmental Judgment Day.” How is this possible? On a basic level it means that even though G-d uses the day of Rosh Hashana as a judgment day, we, the people who participate in the retreat, are very loving, accepting, and understanding of each other. We understand as Chazal says that just like no two people look exactly alike no two people think exactly alike. At the Rosh Hashana program, we create an atmosphere of true acceptance, respect, and tolerance. We all have something we are struggling with – some of us in a deeper way, others in a less significant way, and some of us bury our emotions so deep inside that we don’t even realize we are struggling with something.

The Madraigos Retreat allows people to trust each other and open up so we can work through our issues together.

Since “non-judgmental” in reality may mean different things to different people, I would like to suggest anoth-

buke is written in plural while the second time it is written in singular. Why the difference? The Ohr Hachaim also

If we connect together as a group and if we support each other as in a big family we have a promise that we will always survive together. er approach to this concept. In Parshas Ki Savo, the Ohr Hachaim Hakodesh asks two insightful questions. He first explains that in the Torah there are two times we are rebuked by Hakadosh

asks why in the first rebuke in Bechukosai the Torah concludes with a message that is comforting and in Ki Savo it concludes in the harsh manner in which it started. The Ohr Hachaim gives the

Baruch Hu. The first time is in Sefer Vayikra, in Parshas Bechukosai, and the second time is in Sefer Devarim in Parshas Ki Savo. The first time the re-

same answer for both questions. He explains that in Bechukosai, the first time the Torah records Hshem rebuking Klal Yisroel, it is referring to a time when the nation as a whole commits the same transgression together. Therefore, it was communicated in the plural. However, in Ki Savo, it is referring to a case when an individual commits a transgression even though the rest of the nation might be acting in a total righteous way. For this reason it is written in the singular form.

This explanation addresses yet another question the Ohr Hachaim raises: Why are there no words of comfort in Ki Savo? He responds that as a nation we have a promise from Hashem that we will never be totally wiped out.

In every generation the nations of the world will try to destroy us but Klal Yisroel will persevere. That’s why the Torah uses words of comfort at the end of

the rebuke. In contrast, when Hashem is rebuking an individual in the parsha of Ki Savo, there is no promise that a single person will persevere. No words of comfort are included.

With this idea, I believe the Ohr Hachaim is teaching us a powerful message in how to approach Rosh Hashana.

If we connect together as a group and if we support each other as in a big family we have a promise that we will always survive together. If G-d forbid we all look out for ourselves and not for the entire klal, it is a recipe for disaster.

The Madraigos Retreat provides so much opportunity to give to each other.

The entire time we spend together gives powerful meaning to Rosh Hashana wherever we turn. As I look back at previous Retreats, I remember with awe how the entire group embraces together in song and dance before blowing the shofar as a true statement that we stand before the Al-mighty like the Jewish nation stood at Har Sinai – one man with one heart.

As Rosh Hashana quickly approaches, I suggest we all work on ourselves to accept, understand, and help all of Klal Yisroel. We must remove all the forces within us that make us think we don’t need to be considerate of others.

Rather, we must reach out wherever we possibly can to help another Yid who may need our help at any level. May we strive to be a part of the klal so we may merit the special words of comfort from Hashem as in Parshas Bechukosai and may we all be inscribed in the book of health, joy, and prosperity with a deeper connection with the Ribono Shel Olam.

Rabbi Dov Silver is the Founder and Executive Vice President of Madraigos. To contact Rabbi Silver, please call 516-371-3250 ext. 4 or email rds@madraigos.org. To learn more about Madraigos’ programs and services, please visit www.madraigos.org.

Madraigos, a 501c-3 not-for-profit organization, offers a wide array of innovative services and programs geared towards helping teens and young adults overcome life’s everyday challenges one step at a time. Our goal is to provide all of our members with the necessary tools and skills to empower them to live a healthy lifestyle and become the leaders of tomorrow.

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the time of year when summer gives way to fall and the cool breeze refreshes our body, mind, and soul. It’s the time of year for awakening, for renewal, for hischadshus. It’s the time of year replete with various simanim to put us in the right mode of welcoming in a wonderful new start. And what better way to set the Rosh Hashana table if not to depict this special time of year? Beautify your yom tov table with these sweet, personalized place settings, giving all your friends and family their own siman tov to usher in year 5776.

Honey

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is a simple, yet very “sweet” idea to place on everyone’s plate. Take a few honey sticks and gather them in a neat bundle. Tie them with a piece of pretty ribbon that complements the napkin color. To add additional color and interest, purchase honey sticks in various flavors.

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another simple one to give everyone the option of taking their own heaping helping of the sticky sweetness. Using pretty patterned paper, cut little strips or flags and attach it to small wooden honey sticks with some hot glue or tape. On each one, write the name of a family member or guest and place it on a pretty napkin on their plate.

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you have some spare time, try this one for a beautiful and personal touch. Fill small glass jars with honey and cover them with a pretty piece of cloth. Tie a ribbon around the neck, attaching a pretty tag. Tags can be purchased, computer designed, or hand-lettered with a warm message for a sweet new year.

Pomegranates Try

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the beauty of this gorgeous fruit for a show-stopping place setting. Simply print or hand-letter cardstock with the names of your guests, and place it in the pomegranate’s crown. You may want to wash and/or buff the fruit for enhanced shine.

another idea using this pretty, red fruit. First, wash and dry it well to remove any wax from the outer peel. Then, using a gold Sharpie or a metallic ballpoint pen, write the names of all family members and friends. You may want to gather some inspiration by finding a pretty script or Hebrew font on a computer and copying it to the best of your artistic ability.

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very simple and cute place setting will be perfect for a family full of little children and grandchildren—and it’s pretty enough for the grown-ups to enjoy, too. Using the template (below), cut red or green apples from hard cardstock. Slip the two pieces into each other at the center slits to make it stand. Write names on the leaf and place it on each plate.

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a spin on the pomegranate idea using a shiny red apple. Prepare little strips of cardstock with guests’ names. Wrap thin gold cord around the apple 4-5 times tying a bow in the back. Slip the nametag into the cord on the front of the apple.

one may take some work and needs to be done right before you set the table but it really sets the tone perfectly. Using very small apples, slice off the top. Cut out the core and insides of the bottom part and fill with honey. Cover with the top slice leaving it open just enough for the sweet surprise to be visible. 

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Notable Quotes

Compiled by Nate Davis

“Say What?”

I saw that during a town hall in Miami this week, Jeb Bush attacked Donald Trump in both Spanish and English.

And later that night, Donald Trump responded in both English and much, much louder English.

– Jimmy Fallon

In an interview with CNN, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that he has no plans to endorse Donald Trump. When asked if he’d have a change of heart, Cheney was like, “Yes, every week.”

- Jimmy Fallon

Trump really signed the pledge with his own name, but take a look at this. He signed it in a Sharpie. Even when he writes, he still goes with the loudest pen possible.

– Ibid

Even Tom Brady is glad he belongs to a union. They had his back. And if Brady needs a union, we definitely need unions.

– President Obama at a union rally in Boston You know, a broken clock is right once a day.

- 2016 GOP candidate Rick Perry during an interview on Fox News

According to a new poll, Hillary Clinton has lost a third of her supporters in Iowa since May. There’s still debate as to whether she lost them or just deleted them from her database.

– Jimmy Fallon

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President Obama is taking over the White House’s official Instagram account this week to post pictures of his trip to Alaska.

Or to put it another way, President Obama is now your annoying friend on vacation.

– Jimmy Fallon I’m hot! I acknowledge that.

I’m mad! I’m angry!

- VP Joe Biden sounding like “candidate” Joe Biden during a speech in Pittsburgh

Take that, Bibi!

- Tweet by a PBS News anchor after President Obama secured enough votes to pass the Iran deal

I like Jeb. He’s a nice man.

But he should really set the example by speaking English while in the United States.

- Donald Trump, responding to Bush’s Spanish comments about him

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El hombre no es conservador.

- GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, using Spanish in a Florida campaign stop to claim that rival Donald Trump is not a true conservative

You will not see the next 25 years.

- Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, talking about Israel during a speech, after President Obama obtained enough Congressional votes to pass their nuclear agreement

A judge overturned Tom Brady’s four-game suspension and will let him play in next week’s opening game. The judge said, “After careful consideration of the evidence from both parties, I rule in favor of my fantasy football team.”

– Jimmy Fallon

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While he was in Alaska, President Obama stopped at a cafe and bought out all of their cinnamon rolls for his staff. The staff was like, “Thanks, Obama.” And the guy behind him in line was like, “Yeah, thanks Obama.”

- Jimmy Fallon

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Today Donald Trump signed a loyalty pledge to the Republican Party saying that he would endorse for president whoever wins the Republican nomination and would not run as a thirdparty candidate as he has threatened to in the past.

And I’ll tell you something.

When Donald Trump makes a vow, he keeps it. Ask any of his wives, they will tell you.

– Jimmy Kimmel

What I had done was allowed, it was aboveboard. But in retrospect, as I look back at it now, even though it was allowed, I should have used two accounts—one for personal, one for workrelated emails. That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.

- Hillary Clinton, when asked about the emails in an interview with ABC News, last Tuesday, in a 180 degree change in strategy I wanted you to hear this directly from me: Yes, I should have used two email addresses ... Not doing so was a mistake. I’m sorry about it, and I take full responsibility. ... I know this is a complex story. I could have – and should have – done a better job answering questions earlier. I’m grateful for your support, and I’m not taking anything for granted.

– Email blast sent out by Hillary Clinton as the interview aired Just this week, it took three different interviews in four days for her to beg the puniest of pardons. By any objective measure, the Democratic presidential frontrunner has responded to her email scandal with deflection and deception, shredding her credibility while giving a skeptical public another reason not to trust the institutions of politics and government. An apology doesn’t fix that. An apology also doesn’t answer the scandal’s most important questions.

– Liberal columnist Ron Fournier, National Journal

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says that he thinks only 12 states will decide the presidential election. And if Trump wins, those 12 states will include shock, confusion, outrage, despair, denial, anger, bargaining and finally acceptance.

– Jimmy Fallon

I have not taken a shower in over 12 years. No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day. So what’s the basis for assuming that that is a healthy practice?

- MIT graduate and chemical engineer David Whitlock, who is part of a research group to determine the benefits of bacteria on the skin

Hire someone to murder him.

- A Boston radio host’s response when asked by his co-host how to get Roger Goodell out of his job as NFL Commissioner

NBC just announced that President Obama will appear on an episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” later this year. Yeah, I guess the episode features Obama roughing it on a golf course that hasn’t been mowed for a couple of days.

– Jimmy Fallon A lot of people are upset that our president is appearing on a reality show. A little over a year from now, we might have a president who hosted a reality show. So get used to it!

– Jimmy Kimmel The State Department just released another batch of Hillary’s e-mails from when she was Secretary of State.

In the e-mails, Hillary asked an aide what time “The Good Wife” was on, how to charge her iPad, and how to get WiFi. Hillary sounds less like the Secretary of State and more like my mom at a hotel.

– Jimmy Fallon

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The president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, resigned yesterday after a judge ruled to jail him because of a fraud scandal. But today, another judge overruled it, which means that next week Molina will be starting for the New England Patriots.

– Jimmy Fallon

What I did was allowed.

- Hillary Clinton’s response, last Monday, when asked by AP whether she wants to apologize for using a personal email server while Secretary of State

When you’re here, let’s speak American. I mean, let’s speak English.

– Sarah Palin on CNN, when asked about Jeb Bush addressing Hispanics in Spanish

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There will be no more flip jokes about her private email server. There will be no rope lines to wall off crowds, which added to an impression of aloofness.

And there will be new efforts to bring spontaneity to a candidacy that sometimes seems wooden and overly cautious.

- Leaked portion of Hillary Clinton campaign memo, obtained by the New York Times, indicating that Hillary “plans” on being more “spontaneous” on the campaign trail

Trump is doing pretty well in the polls right now, and he’s pretty confident. Which may be why he’s said he doesn’t plan on running campaign ads that attack the other candidates. When asked who the ads would attack instead, he said, “Their mothers! It’s their fault those losers are here to begin with!”

– Jimmy Fallon

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Donald Trump is facing criticism for refusing to name his favorite Bible verse. In Trump’s defense, it’s hard to be a fan of the Bible when three out of the seven deadly sins helped him get to where he is today. “Pride, greed and wrath have served me very well.”

– Jimmy Fallon

Political Crossfire

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Why Clinton Remains, Yes, Inevitable

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nless she’s indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination.

That kind of sentence is rarely written about a major presidential candidate. But I don’t see a realistic third alternative (except for one long-shot, below).

Clinton is now hostage to the various investigations – the FBI, Congress, the courts – of her emails. The issue has already damaged her seriously by highlighting once again her congenital inability to speak truthfully. When the scandal broke in March, she said unequivocally that she “did not email any classified material to anyone.” That’s now been shown to be unequivocally false. After all, the inspector general of the intelligence community referred her emails to the Justice Department precisely because they contain classified material.

The fallback – every Clinton defense has a fallback – is that she did not mishandle any material “marked” classified. But that’s absurd. Who could even have been in a position to mark classified something she composed and sent on her own private email system?

Moreover, what’s prohibited is mishandling classified information not just documents. For example, any information learned from confidential conversations with foreign leaders is automatically classified. Everyone in national security knows that. Reuters

has already found 17 emails sent by Clinton containing such “born classified” information. And the State Department has already identified 188 emails on her server that contained classified information.

released. Remember, she erased 32,000 emails she deemed not “work-related.”

Clinton needs to be asked a straightforward question: “In sorting your private from public emails, were those related to the Clinton Foundation considered

But that’s absurd. Who could even have been in a position to mark classified something she composed and sent on her own private email system?

The truth-shaving never stops. Take a minor matter: her communications with Sidney Blumenthal. She originally insisted that these were just “unsolicited” emails from an old friend. Last Monday’s document release showed that they were very much solicited (“Keep ‘em coming when you can”) and in large volume – 306 emails, according to The New York Times’ Peter Baker, more than with any other person, apparently, outside the State Department.

The parallel scandal looming over Clinton is possible corruption involving contributions to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state.

There are relatively few references to the foundation in the emails she has

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work-related or were they considered private and thus deleted?”

We are unlikely to get a straight answer from Clinton. In fact, we may never get the real answer. So Clinton marches on regardless.

Who is to stop her?

Yes, Bernie Sanders has risen impressively. But it is inconceivable that he would be nominated. For one thing, he’d be the oldest president by far – on Inauguration Day older than Ronald Reagan, our oldest president, was at his second inaugural.

And there is the matter of Sanders being a self-proclaimed socialist in a country more allergic to socialism than any in the Western world. Which is why the party is turning its lonely eyes to joltin’ Joe Biden.

Biden, who at 72 shares the Democrats’ gerontocracy problem, is riding a wave of deserved sympathy. But that melts away quickly when a campaign starts. Even now, his support stands at only 18 percent in the latest Quinnipiac poll. For him to win, one has to assume that Sanders disappears and Biden automatically inherits Sanders’ constituency.

That’s a fantasy, modeled on 1968 when Bobby Kennedy picked up Eugene McCarthy’s anti-Lyndon Johnson constituency. But Joe Biden is no Bobby Kennedy. And in a recent Iowa poll, Biden’s support comes roughly equally from Clinton and Sanders. Rather than inheriting the anti-Clintonite constituency, he could instead be splitting it.

There is one long-shot possibility that might upend Clinton. Biden pledges to serve one term only and chooses Elizabeth Warren as his running mate – now. One term pledges address the age problem but they are political poison, giving the impression of impermanence and mere transition. Warren cures that, offering the Democratic base – and the Sanders constituency – the vision of a 12-year liberal ascendancy.

When asked last Wednesday whether she had discussed such a ticket with

Biden, Warren answered, “It was a long conversation,” a knowing wink in the form of a provocative non-denial.

I doubt a Biden-Warren ticket will happen, but it remains the only threat to Clinton outside of some zealous Justice Department prosecutor.

Otherwise the Democrats remain lashed to Clinton. Their only hope is that the Republicans self-destruct in a blaze of intraparty warfare. Something for which they are showing an impres sive talent. (c) 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

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The Largest Failure of the Obama Era 10,000 dead children.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has changed her country’s asylum rules to welcome every Syrian refugee that arrives. Syrians have taken to calling her “Mama Merkel, Mother of the Outcasts.” I wonder what they call America’s president.

that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.”

Now the goal to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State looks unachievable with current strategy and resources.

“The time has come for President Assad to step aside,” said Obama in 2011.

Yet Assad will likely outlast Obama in power.

In 2013, President Obama lectured the United Nations Security Council for having “demonstrated no inclination to act at all.” Psychological projection on a global stage.

At many points during the last four years, even relatively small actions might have reduced the pace of civilian casualties in Syria. How hard would it have been to destroy the helicopters dropping barrel bombs on neighborhoods? A number of options well short of major intervention might have reduced the regime’s destructive power and/or strengthened the capabilities of more responsible forces. All were untaken.

This was not some humanitarian problem distant from the center of American interests. It was a crisis at the heart of the Middle East that produced a vacuum of sovereignty that has attracted and empowered some of the worst people in the world. Inaction was a conscious, determined choice on the part of the Obama White House. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and CIA Director David Petraeus advocated arming favorable proxies. Sunni friends and allies in the region asked, then begged, for U.S. leadership. All were overruled or ignored.

In the process, Syria has become the graveyard of American credibility.

The chemical weapons “red line.” “The tide of war is receding.” “We don’t do stupid [stuff].” These are global punch lines. “The analogy we use around here sometimes,” said Obama of the Islamic State, “and I think is accurate, is if a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms,

What explains Obama’s high tolerance for humiliation and mass atrocities in Syria? The Syrian regime is Iran’s

proxy, propped up by billions of dollars each year. And Obama wanted nothing to interfere with the prospects for a nuclear deal with Iran. He was, as Hof has said, “reluctant to offend the Iranians at this critical juncture.” So the effective concession of Syria as an Iranian zone of influence is just one more cost of the president’s legacy nuclear agreement.

Never mind that Iran will now have tens of billions of unfrozen assets to strengthen Assad’s struggling military.

And never mind that Assad’s atrocities are one of the main recruiting tools for the Islamic State and other Sunni radicals. All of which is likely to extend a war that no one can win, which has incubated regional and global threats, and thrown a small body in a red T-shirt  against a distant shore. (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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But we are not dealing here with every problem or every evil; rather a discrete and unique set of circumstances: The largest humanitarian failure of the Obama era is also its largest strategic failure.

At some point, being “modest” becomes the same thing as being inured to atrocities. President Bashar al-Assad’s helicopters continue to drop barrel bombs filled with shrapnel and chlorine.

In recent attacks on Marea, Islamic State forces have used skin-blistering mustard gas and deployed, over a few days, perhaps 50 suicide bombers. We have seen starvation sieges, and kidnappings, and beheadings, and more than

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ne little boy in a red T-shirt, lying face down, drowned, on a Turkish beach, is a tragedy. More than 200,000 dead in Syria, 4 million fleeing refugees and 7.6 million displaced from their homes are statistics. But they represent a collective failure of massive proportions.

For four years, the Obama administration has engaged in what Frederic Hof, former special adviser for transition in Syria, calls a “pantomime of outrage.” Four years of strongly worded protests and urgent meetings and calls for negotiation – the whole drama a sickening substitute for useful action.

People talking and talking to drown out the voice of their own conscience. And blaming. In 2013, President Obama lectured the United Nations Security Council for having “demonstrated no inclination to act at all.” Psychological projection on a global stage.

Always there is Obama’s weary realism. “It’s not the job of the president of the United States to solve every problem in the Middle East.” We must be “modest in our belief that we can remedy every evil.”

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ver the last several years, I have been making special efforts

of Joy of Kosher Magazine, for the current Tishrei issue. She knows how

to prepare for my family beautiful simanim platters for Rosh

much I love fish and wanted something with a Rosh Hashana twist. With

Hashana reflecting the variety of yehi ratzons that we recite

her permission, I am sharing the recipe below with you. Joy of Kosher is

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certain blessings for the upcoming year – and that is something that pairs the spiritual with the food that we serve and eat.

Ceviche is a seafood dish popular in the coastal regions of South America. Traditionally ceviche is made from fresh raw fish and marinat-

In addition, many of the dishes I serve throughout the meals on Rosh

ed with lemons and limes and spiced with chili peppers. It also contains

Hashana also contain many ingredients that represent the simanim. I

chopped onions, salt, and cilantro. As the dish is not cooked with heat

love ceviche and make it quite often for my family. I took the concept of

(it’s cured in citrus juices), it must be prepared and served fresh. It is also

using simanim and the flavors that are found in ceviche and created this

generally served with tortilla chips on the side, but for Rosh Hashana, I

very special appetizer. Most of the ingredients in the ceviche represent

use apple chips instead (see below).

many of the simanim, ranging from fish to apples, leeks, honey, beets and dates.

I developed this recipe for my friend, Shifra Klein, who is the editor

Cook’s note: If you are nervous to eat raw fish, you can use one pound of shredded smoked salmon (lox).

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Preparation Mix everything together in a bowl and let it marinade for approximately 2 hours allowing the flavors to incorporate. Serve with store-bought or homemade apple chips.

Apple Chips Ingredients 1-2 apples 1 tsp cinnamon Preparation Preheat oven to 200°F. Using a sharp knife or mandolin, slice apples thinly. Discard seeds. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place apple slices on it, spacing them apart.

Sprinkle cinnamon over apples.

Bake for approximately 1 hour, then flip. Continue baking for 1-2 hours, flipping occasionally, until the apple slices are no longer moist.

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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Ingredients 1 pound very fresh salmon, cubed into small pieces ½ pound sushi grade raw tuna 1 large granny smith apple, finely chopped ½ cup pomegranate arils ½ cup leek, finely sliced (white part only) 1 tablespoon honey ½ cup small yellow beet, peeled and finely shredded 3 Medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped, about ¼ of a cup 1 jalapeno, ribs and seeds removed and finely diced (optional) 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped or parsley 2 limes freshly squeezed 1 lemon freshly squeezed Salt to taste 2 tablespoons avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil

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for a Wonderful neW Year Simanim Pizza Rosh Hashana is fast approaching and here’s to a sweet (and savory, in an exciting sort of way) new year full of wonderful things and awesome flavor. Rosh Hashana, the anniversary of creation, is a time imbued with utmost significance, as we hope and pray for an upcoming year of good tidings, Divine mercy, success in all that we do, and the well-being of all mankind. Among many of the ancient customs that are employed to evoke favorable Divine blessings in the coming year, the practice of eating simanim—symbolic foods representing auspiciousness—is one of the highlights of the festive holiday meal. These foods act as a reminder that all of our activities—even eating—is full of meaning and significance.

One of the most well-known of the Rosh Hashana simanim is, of course, apple dipped in honey, representing that we should have a sweet new year. The significance of eating honey-dipped apples and other foods including gourds, dates, and fish—among others—lie in their relation to biblical references, the nature of the food (such as fish being a fruitful species), and wordplay (like the Yiddish for “carrot” and “increase” being the same word). Among some of the most common simanim are pomegranates, beets, leeks, carrots, black-eyed-peas (common in Southern and Iranian-Farsi communities, at least), and (the head of a) lamb—all of which have now been “kosherologized” into one awesome pizza full of lots of symbolic meaning!

In the spirit of hoping the upcoming year will be one of great happiness and success, I thought, “Why not kick these simanim up a notch?!” You know: tradition— 21st century style?! Incorporating these traditional symbolic foods into a pizza was a fun task (and hard work!). In place of the lamb head (not really my style), I’m

going with hand-cut smoked lamb bacon strips, pickled baby beets for pepperoni, carrot “cheese,” sautéed leeks, and black-eyed peas topping a rich pomegranate infused-tomato sauce based pizza. New Year Awesomeness!

The Symbolism of the Pizza • Carrots: “mehren” in Yiddish can also mean to “increase”—“May our merits increase” • Beets: “silka”— related to the word “siluk,” meaning “removal”—“May our enemies/adversaries be removed from upon us” • Pomegranate: This wonderful antioxidant-rich fruit is packed with many fruitful seeds, so should our merits be many—“May our merits increase (like) to be as many as the seeds of a pomegranate” • Lamb (Head): The head is seen as the seat of intellect and of the spirit, as opposed to the rest of the body which can be said to drive our more base instincts.

We should endeavor to “be like the head, and not like the tail” (i.e. fall prey to our baser instincts) • Leeks: “karsi” — related to the word “kares,” meaning “cut off/destroyed”— “May our enemies/adversaries be destroyed” • Black-eyed Peas: “rubia” –related to the words “yirbu/rov,” meaning to “increase/ a lot”— “May our merits increase” **It’s interesting to note that in the Southeastern U.S. (hey, y’all) there is a custom to eat black-eyed peas on the secular new year as a symbol of increased livelihood, as they represent coin-currency.

Ingredients For the Pizza: 1 lb. prepared pizza dough Pomegranate-Tomato Sauce (see recipe below) ½ lb. KOL Foods Hand-cut smoked lamb bacon strips 8 oz. matchstick (shredded) carrots 1 leek, sliced into discs 2/3 cup (or so) sliced pickled baby beets 1 cup prepared black-eyed peas Pomegranate Infused Tomato Sauce 6 oz. can of tomato paste ½ cup pomegranate juice ¼ cup sugar Preparation Prepare the tomato sauce by combining the tomato paste, pomegranate juice, and sugar. Stir until well combined and set aside in the refrigerator.

Sauté the lamb bacon over a medium-high flame for 8-10 minutes, until the meat is thoroughly cooked and well-browned. Remove from the pan and drain on a paper towel lined plate. Us-

ing the leftover oil (plus some added, if needed), sauté the carrots over medium-high flame for 10 minutes, or until slightly soft. Remove and set aside. Add sliced leeks into the pan and sauté over medium heat for 5-8 minutes, until translucent.

Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Place the beets on a baking pan and roast for 5-8 minutes, until slightly burnt on the edges and resemble pepperoni.

Roll the pizza dough into a 12-16” round (I made mine 12”, but there is enough toppings to make a full 16” if you so desire) and place on a greased pizza pan. Bake the dough in the 450°F oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes. Spread the pomegranate infused tomato sauce around the top of the pizza. Arrange the toppings starting with the lamb and black-eyed peas, then carrots (“cheese”) and beets (“pepperoni”), ending with the leeks. Leave over some lamb and black-eyed peas to sprinkle on top for a nice presentation. Return the pizza to the oven and bake 10 minutes. Since you will be reheating it on Rosh Hashana you can arrange it and then bake it on the holiday.

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Black-Eyed Pea Hummus Below the Mason-Dixon Line, black-eyed peas are a traditional dish eaten in honor of the secular New Year. In the South, the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day stems from the belief that they are a symbol of “good luck” for various reasons. One of the most interesting reasons given for their “lucky” status (though I cannot vouch for—and highly question—the validity of this account) is that during the Civil War, when Union forces, under the leadership of William Tecumseh Sherman, plundered the Confederate food supply, all they left was black-eyed peas. The Confederate forces considered themselves fortunate to have been left only these peas to eat and survive by and made them a symbol of “luck.”

However, we Yidden have been eating black-eyed peas on the New Year of the

world, Rosh Hashana, way before Sherman even ever heard the word “Atlanta.”

According to the tradition of Sephardic Jews, the Aramaic term rubia refers to black-eyed peas (a legume thought to have its origins in West and North Africa).

As the word rubia sounds a lot like the Hebrew word yirbu/ribuyi, meaning “to increase,” it has become the custom amongst Sephardic Jews to treat these blackdotted peas as a “word-play” siman to signify that “our merits should increase.”

While here in the South we traditionally cook up black-eyed peas by stewing them with onion, garlic, and smoked turkey leg (in place of ham hocks), turning them into an awesome, earthy hummus is a great way to serve them as part of the simianim seder-along with the other symbolic foods we traditionally eat on the eve of Rosh Hashana.

Parve Serves 6-8 Ingredients 3 cups prepared black-eyed peas, cooked according to package instructions ¼ cup tahini ¾ cup diced white onion 2-3 cloves of garlic 3-4 sprigs fresh parsley 3-4 sprigs fresh cilantro 1 TBS. lemon juice

2 tsp. balsamic vinegar 2 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 tsp. celery salt ½ tsp. ground cumin Salt and pepper, to taste Preparation Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse-blend until smooth and creamy. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with paprika and cumin before serving. Enjoy and may your merits increase!

Dark Chocolate Apple & Cinnamon Cups Ingredients 36 oz. sweetened dark baking chocolate or chocolate chips 2 TBS. ground cinnamon Apple jelly Cinnamon sugar for topping Paper baking cups (measuring 1 3/8” - 1 ½” on the bottom) Preparation Line up the paper baking cups on a baking/ cookie sheet and set aside.

Using a double-boiler (you can create your own double boiler by filling a large pot halfway full with water and placing a metal bowl on top),

slowly melt the chocolate over medium heat, until all of the chocolate is thoroughly melted and silky-smooth in consistency. Allow the chocolate to cool slightly. *Note: chocolate does need to be warm to be able to “move freely” and extreme caution needs to be taken when handling hot chocolate.

Add the cinnamon and stir in well. Carefully spoon the melted chocolate into a heavy pastry/ icing bag and pipe into the bottom of the cups, filling about ¼ of the cup. Spoon about a tablespoon of apple jelly over the chocolate and then cover with more of the hot, melted chocolate until the jelly is covered. Sprinkle with the cinnamonsugar and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to chill and firm up.

Alex Idov, the Kosherologist, is a food blogger who runs the blog “Kosherology” and is a contributing food columnist for numerous Jewish publications across the U.S. He is currently attending Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, Georgia, for his bachelor’s degree in Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality. Visit his website at www.thekosherologist.com.

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and second Provincial Congresses on many hot topics of the day. He urged

capturing two men loyal to the British went after the Cherokees. Unfortunately, they were led into an ambush and Salvador fell wounded into the bushes. He was found by the Indians, scalped and died of his wounds less than hour later.

Salvador was the first Jew to die during the war and the chief justice of South Carolina said that he had “sacrificed his life in the service of his adMany Jews fought in the Revolutionary War and gave up their lives opted country.” He to help establish the United States of America was a beloved patriot whose death was Congress to write the Declaration of mourned by many.

Salvador and Bush were just two Independence but died before he reof the estimated 100 Jewish soldiers ceived word that it passed.

The British were trying their best serving in the army during the Revoto stop the colonists from uprising and lutionary War. They gave up life and were allying themselves with Ameri- limb to serve and helped to establish can Indian tribes. The Cherokees, with the United States. These soldiers were a nudging by the British, attacked set- the first of many Jewish forgotten hetlements on July 1, 1776. Several peo- roes who served in the American milple were massacred, and to alert the itary. colonists to arm for an attack, Salvador rode 30 miles on his horse sounding the alarm. After riding to Major Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to Andrew Williamson’s plantation, Sal- The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comvador joined the ranks to beat off the ments and suggestions for future columns Indian attack. A month later the mi- and can be reached at aviheiligman@ litia was led by Williamson and after gmail.com.

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ews have been in America for fully petitioned to obtain positions in centuries since Christopher the government but was given a penColumbus came in 1492. Luis sion instead. His community work inde Torres was Columbus’s interpreter volved contributing to a new building having thought they had arrived off the for the Mikveh Israel Congregation of coast of Asia and he was sent to look Philadelphia. for the Ten Lost Tribes. De Torres setFrancis Salvador was born in Lontled in Hispaniola along with 38 other don to a Jewish family originally from Europeans, making him the first Jew to Spain and Portugal. His father died settle in the New World. Three centu- when he was only two but he inherited ries later sizable Jewish communities a fortune. In 1733 the Sephardic comwere established in the English colo- munity in London led by Salvador’s nies that were fighting to gain inde- grandfather sent 42 Jews to settle in pendence. Several prominent members Savanna, Georgia. They were forced joined the fight including two who had to move to South Carolina when Spain a positive impact for the patriots. attacked the colony. The tide had Solomon Bush was the highest turned on the fortunes of the family ranking Jewish officer in the Conti- and the only thing that remained was nental Army. He was born in Philadelphia in 1753 to Matthias Bush who had been an influential figure for the colony. Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed, the 21-year-old Bush joined the army as a captain. He served during the Battle of Long Island which forced Washington to retreat. The patriots lost New York, and the Brit1775 Continental currency signed by Francis Salvador ish took many prisoners.

On September 11, 1777, the British attacked Washing- the plantation in South Carolina. ton’s newly mobilized army defending In 1773, Salvador chose to live in Philadelphia at the Battle of Brandy- this established Sephardic community. wine. Bush was He arrived in the severely wounded city of Ninety Six in the thigh after (it’s a real place hours of intense even today and no fighting and was one knows how taken to the city it got its name) to recover. Howand right away ever, in December became involved 1777, the British in the struggle took Philadelphia to gain indepenunopposed. Bush dence from the was captured but British. A year latA calendar for Jewish soldiers lists Major was later released er he was elected Solomon Bush as a Jew in the American army on parole. His serin the South Carvice as a fighting olina General Assoldier in the Continental Army was sembly and became the highest rankover but he was promoted to lieutenant ing Jew in the state. Salvador was an colonel. After the war, he unsuccess- important voice during both the first

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Memories from Rosh Hashana 5775

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t was last Wednesday morning, the excitement of the coming holiday of Rosh Hashana could be felt everywhere. The streets of the Five Towns were bustling with holiday shoppers, children were happily awaiting the coming of the New Year, with thoughts of the apple and honey and the sweets that they would soon indulge in. The sweet smell of the Holy Day permeated our community.

My day at the office was pretty routine at 8:30 am with sick visits but soon enough the schedule filled up with pre-holiday sick visits. Understandably, parents wanted to ensure that their children did not enter the three day holiday with an ear infection or strep throat and thus it was a pretty busy Wednesday morning.

After seeing most of the patients, I sat down at my desk and called a few concerned parents. One of my last calls was to a new mother that I must have spoken to a half dozen times since her baby was born a few weeks earlier. She was initially concerned about the baby being yellow and had some questions about nursing and now, before Rosh Hashana, she reported that the baby spit up his bottles more often and seemed more fussy than usual. This change was noted since Tuesday evening.

It was interesting that he was a pretty happy baby before that and he did not have any fever or any signs of a bad cold. Initially, I suggested to try a more gentle formula and asked the mom to keep in touch.

As I entered my house at about 3 pm, I was greeted with a very enthusiastic group of kids. It was a true pleasure seeing my children all work as a team to prepare for yom tov. As always, I took the opportunity to take some pictures and document these memorable moments. It’s not every day that one of my boys wears an apron and helps bake while another is busy peeling pomegranates, and it’s especially special to see my first grader peeling apples.

I decided to jump in and help with some cooking and setting up, and at about 4 pm I headed towards my par-

ents’ house to see if they were in any need of help. I noticed that the last caller paged me again, reporting that the new formula was not agreeing with the baby, and figured that it would be best to speak with her on my way to my parents’ house so that the music and noise in the house would not distract me. After calling a few times I was able to reach the mom. I asked a few more questions this time, like how many dirty

bowel rest from the lactose-rich formula and some hydration with Pedialyte, and they bounce back very nicely.

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux. These babies usually spit up and/or are very fussy during and after the feedings. Reflux usually develops slowly and parents usually notice a gradual aversion to feeding and more frequent arching of the back.

Next, Milk Allergies. Babies often

That baby had a special angel watching him, and his name was Rafael – the Hebrew name of the healing angel. diapers he made in the past 24 hours. Is he keeping anything down? Did I hear you say that he forcefully spit up? Exactly how many weeks old is he?

Here was the whole picture: By 4 pm, he spit up for almost 24 hours and was uncharacteristically fussy. He

did not pass any bowel movements for almost a whole day and that was also a change for him. His vomiting was reported to be forceful and persistent. Lastly, he was exactly 3 weeks old.

Having this information, I took some more time to go through the possibilities with the mom.

First, common causes of vomiting: Viral Illnesses. Our office was filled with babies with colds and diarrhea and or vomiting. These babies need a little

have milk allergies and can start spitting up more often, become fussy, and have bloody bowel movements if the formula is not changed to a hypo-allergenic one.

Lastly and most importantly, there is a rare condition called Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (aka – pyloric stenosis) which can cause persistent, forceful and often projectile vomiting in infants. This condition is more common in firstborn males and it usually manifests itself between 2-6 weeks. This is one of the diseases that Google will commonly suggest if you search for the words “projectile vomiting.” Even though hundreds of parents are convinced by Google that their beloved infants suffer from this illness, I have encountered this condition only once before in my 13 year career as an attending pediatrician, and I vividly remember that it was quite challenging to convince the mom that her young, delicate baby needed an emergency surgery.

About 9 years ago, I saw a baby in my office in Kiryas Yoel who was persistently vomiting for a few days. He had all the signs of pyloric stenosis – projectile vomiting, 3 weeks old and no bowel movements for at least 2-3 days. The case was very straightforward

in my eyes. However, in my attempt to help that baby, I remember calling the Bubby in Canada and explaining why waiting a few more days would put the baby’s life in danger. That baby had a special angel watching him, and his name was Rafael – the Hebrew name of the healing angel. Although he persistently vomited for 3 or 4 days, his mom made it on time to the Emergency Room—the Bubby from Canada had enough leverage to save the day.

Being that we were 3 hours away from the start of Rosh Hashana and the diagnosis was uncertain, I gave the mom clear instructions. We would attempt to hydrate the baby with Pedialyte (an electrolyte drink for infants) and slowly increase the amount. If the baby continues to vomit, he likely has pyloric stenosis. If that happens, I suggested, she should head over to the Cohen’s Children’s Hospital at LIJ where he would have an abdominal ultrasound to confirm the diagnosis.

This time, there was no resistance from the mother. She agreed with the plan and headed over to buy Pedialyte.

I noticed that a few minutes later the mom paged me and asked if I could call the grandmother to go over the plan. Of course, I thought, we must make sure that we have the Bubby on our side. I had a pleasant conversation and went over the different possibilities with her. I actually think we were able to refine the plan a little and I was happy that there was complete support from her.

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n a few occasions during Rosh Hashana I prayed for the baby.

Ultimately, my wish was that he would return to himself. I was hoping that he had a minor, self-limited viral illness but hoped that if he did require surgery, he would have a quick recovery.

On Saturday night, I restarted my phone and saw that I had received a message from Cohen’s Children’s Hospital ER. It was one of the pediatric residents calling to inform me that the baby underwent surgery for pyloric stenosis successfully. I immediately called the mom to ask how he was doing but could not get through. I spent 20 minutes on the phone trying to locate the baby’s room

area and other identifying information were deliberately altered in this article in order to protect the patient’s privacy. This article is not intended to help diagnose or treat any specific disease. Always consult your personal physician before diagnosing or treating yourself or your child for any of the above mentioned illnesses.

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Wishing you a happy and healthy new year, David Elazar Simai, M.D.

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in the hospital to no avail. During this time, apparently his mom was trying to reach me as well.

I was so excited to hear that the baby was doing great. He arrived to the E.R. a little after midnight on the first day of Rosh Hashana and had the ultrasound done. After the confirmation, the parents were told that typically babies with pyloric stenosis need IV hydration to correct the loss of fluids and acid deficit due to the persistent vomiting. The surgeon, they said, would only come in after the baby is hydrated, so they all anticipated to spend the night waiting. But to everyone’s shock this baby’s blood tests came back absolutely normal! There was no sign of dehydration or acid deficit. (In retrospect, the mom thinks that the quick diagnosis of the stenosis, coupled with giving the baby Pedialyte slowly must have provided the baby with enough fluids to keep him from dehydration.)

The E.R. called the pediatric surgeon on call. Dr. Andrew Hong was on call that night (I happen to have seen him during my residency in Cohen’s 2000-2003) and at approximately 2 am he started the laparoscopic procedure. At Cohen’s it is not unusual to see surgeons get out of their beds in the middle of the night to help a baby get the care that he needs a little faster. I recall at least two other cases when I was a resident and asked the pediatric surgical team to operate urgently; both times it was Dr. Hong who came in the wee hours of the night. Recently, I had a miraculous case that also required another great pediatric surgeon from that wonderful team do the same to save a patient from unnecessary delays. I am proud to say that one of the members of our community, Dr. Sam Soffer, is an outstanding member of that prestigious team of pediatric surgeons at Cohen Children’s Medical Center.

The surgery required for pyloric stenosis involves dissection of the muscle that constricts the pylorus. In about an hour, the pylorus was back to its open position and the baby had an amazing recovery. The baby spent another 24 hours in the hospital for observation and was home before Shabbos.

I started the new year full of thanks to the Al-mighty for saving the precious baby from any harm. Out of curiosity, I searched and saw some videos online that showed the laparoscopic procedure for pyloric stenosis. Hearing the stories of one of the mothers from Virginia, I realized how fortunate we were. Her baby was in and out of her doctor’s office and E.R.s and continued vomiting for a week before he was finally diagnosed with pyloric stenosis. With great Divine intervention, our baby was back to himself in less than 72 hrs.

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The Holy Days the Right Weigh

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s we ponder our need for repentance and commit ourselves further to G-d this coming holiday, we should also ponder our respective needs to live a healthy lifestyle and commit to our waistlines.

The weeks preceding Rosh Hashana are filled with preparation for teshuva and tikun ha’neshama. In addition to our spiritual renewal, there is a significant physical obstacle that presents quite a challenge. How does one survive the Holy Days with their weight intact? We are blessed this year with a yom tov that is preceded and followed by a Shabbos.

Most individuals subject their bodies to a 2-6 pound weight gain every Shabbos.

Excessive eating three days in one week is extremely unhealthy, especially since it will be followed by another yom tov, and yet again another. This challenge must be dealt with by way of a game plan.

The following are some strategies to help you navigate your “weigh” through the new year: 1. Every meal should consist of one carb, one protein, and salad/vegetables.

2. Eat fish. Fish is a lighter, healthier fat than chicken or meat. When planning your menus incorporate fish and try to eat one to two exclusive fish meals over the two days.

3. Embrace the concept of the small meal. Portion control is probably the greatest obstacle to overcome, especially with the long hours spent around the table. Make your plate and avoid second helpings. All of your food should be able to fit on one plate. If not, then you have probably taken too much.

4. Dairy does not equal light.

Eggplant parmesan and lasagna are just as or more caloric and high in fat as meat. A light meal consists of fish, tofu, or egg whites, and salad/veggies.

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5. Exercise. Take long walks in the afternoon.

6. Drink water.

Don’t waste calories on fruit juice, and diet sodas are not healthy and inhibit weight loss.

The more water you drink the less you will eat. Drink prior and during your meals.

We approach Rosh Hashana with the intention of davening our best. The same can be said of our dietary needs. Our nutrition goal is to maintain our weight.

Do your best and don’t fall off the wag-

on after one “bad” meal. Get back on track, stay focused, and you will reap great rewards.

A happy and healthy new year to all!

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

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What’s in a Name?

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ports fans go nuts this time of year. Baseball fans are watching pennant races heat up; football fans are watching the NFL take the gridiron to kick off the new season; and tennis fans are moving their heads from side to side to take in the U.S. Open. Naturally, this means we’re going to talk about basketball.

In Shakespeare’s archetypal tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed friends bemoan the feud between their families that keeps them apart. In Act II, Scene II, Juliet gazes out her window and wonders, “What’s in a name?” The answer, according to a Chicago jury: $8.9 million tax-deductible dollars!

Dominick’s Finer Foods was a Chicago-area supermarket chain that wound up closing its doors after an ill-fated acquisition by Safeway. Back in 2009, probably watching their own clock run down to the buzzer, Dominick’s took out an ad in a commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated congratulating Chicago Bulls basketball legend Michael Jordan on his induction into the NBA Hall of Fame. The ad declared, “Congratulations, Michael Jordan, you are a cut above,” and included a coupon for $2 off on steaks.

(Coincidentally, just two shoppers actually took the store up on their offer!)

A lesser athlete might have just been flattered. But Air Jordan isn’t just the most accomplished basketball player of all time. He’s also the most effectively marketed b-baller ever. (Forbes magazine estimates his net worth at $1.1 billion and reports he earned more than $100 million from Nike last year.)

And good marketing means protecting your name. So MJ did the same thing any athlete accused of, say, letting the air out of some footballs would do. He sued, claiming Dominick’s had used his name without permission.

The jury agreed that Dominick’s had fouled Jordan. That left them with the challenge of deciding how much that foul had cost him — in other

words, how much Jordan’s name was worth. Jordan lined up for $10 million, while Safeway’s attorney’s blocked with $126,900. The jury clearly thought Dominick’s misuse was more than just a technical, and awarded the hardwood legend an $8.9 million bucket hit.

Here’s where the IRS comes in. They don’t. $8.9 million is probably real money to you, but it’s pocket change for a billionaire like Jordan. So “His Airness” declared, even before his lawyers laced up their wingtips, that he would donate any award to local charities. He’ll report it as “other income” on Page One of his form 1040, then deduct an identical amount as “Gifts to Charity” on his Schedule A. Jordan probably feels lucky for lots of reasons. (A billion dollars and six NBA championship rings should do that.) But he’s also lucky that he makes enough to dribble around one important limit on charitable gifts. Code Section 170(b)(1)(A) limits gifts to 50% of your adjusted gross income, but lets any excess “travel” forward for up to five years. The upshot? As far as the IRS is concerned, it’s a free throw for Jordan.

Here’s the lesson for us. It’s not just how you make your money, or even how much of it you make. It’s also when you make it. Choices like timing business or bonus income, deferring tax on retirement savings, and deciding when to recognize investment winners and losers all play a part in your overall game plan. But if you don’t have a plan, you won’t know when to lay up, and when to shoot for three. So make sure you have a plan and take it down the lane past the IRS guards!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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CEDARHURST 500-3,500 +/- SF Beautiful, newly renovated space for rent. Ideal for Retail or Executive offices. Prime location. Convenient Parking.

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HELP WANTED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, F/T Needed at Nursing Home in Queens with Must have prior A/P exper.

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Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

How Do You Spell High Holidays?

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ost call it the High Holidays.

I call it “Hi” Holidays! So you are back again. Actually I’m very glad to see you. This means I made it through another year. I remember standing here last year with prayer book in hand and hope in my heart that I was worthy of another opportunity to confront a year of growth and appreciation. And woo-hoo, here I stand! So hi and hello New Year!

Now it’s not just Hi Holiday. It’s actually Hi-Holy Day. And what’s so holy about these days? Well, let’s talk it through. The Jewish New Year is not the birthday of creation but rather the day that Adam and Eve were created. So this is the day Man—not the birds, animals, or trees—must

tune into. It’s the celebration of our coming on the scene. Now if you don’t think that’s holy, maybe you have some self-esteem issues to work out. Just kidding! It’s because Man is created in G-d’s image and can be holy if he/she lives up to that potential.

And, in fact, on Yom Kippur we attempt to really tap into our holy side.

We dress in all white. We avoid food and drink. We connect to the best in us, the angelic in us. We are not busy all day with our earthly concerns, rather we are “wholly” in discussion with our Maker.

So we’ve got a perspective on “Hi,” and on “Holy”; how about the Days?

We are in a complete “Daze.” We cannot believe how lucky we got. As we say on Rosh Hashana, Our Father,

Our King. Notice the order! What can be better than recognizing first and foremost that your dad is king? The Power running things is your father. You have great access to everything!

Yet, being the child of the king does give you pause to recognize people are looking at your behavior, your dad’s looking at your behavior.

You’ve got a standard to live up to. That’s a big responsibility. That kind of realization of having access to it all but being a representative of the Almighty is actually awe-inspiring. Now, that’s enough to put you into a “daze,” wouldn’t you say?

So, “Hi” everyone.

I’m “Wholly” wishing you a year of

fulfillment and success laced with patience and understanding when needed.

And many days of being “Dazed” by how good things can be!

May G-d bless you all and keep you safe. May He light up your face with warmth and compassion. May He lift your spirit too and fill it with a sense of peace!

A happy and healthy New Year from my heart to yours!

What can be better than recognizing first and foremost that your dad is king?

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