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Michael Solomonov to provide exclusive virtual cooking session
Want to spice up your holiday meal? The Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley is providing the community with an exclusive opportunity to cook alongside a James Beard award-winning chef. The Federation is joining with like-size communities across the country to bring Michael Solomonov, execu-
tive chef and co-owner of Zahav in Philadelphia, into your kitchens. The virtual Rosh Hashanah cooking session will take place on Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. and is open to everyone. On the menu will be kale, apple, walnut and sumac-onion tabbouleh, honey glazed chicken and apple cake. Ingredient lists and recipes will be sent out in advance. Zahav won a James Beard
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Foundation award in 2019 for Outstanding Restaurant. It was the first Israeli restaurant to ever win the award. Zahav was also named by Food & Wine as one of the “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years.” Solomonov took home the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef award in 2017. He is also the recipient of four other James Beard awards and is one of the most decorated chefs in the history of the awards. The event will be moderated by James Beard awardnominated food journalist Gabriella Gershenson. She has been an editor at Saveur Magazine, Rachael Ray Every Day and Time Out New York, and is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal. She is also an editor of the recently published books “The 100 Most Jewish Foods” (Artisan) and “Hummus” (Magica), and moderates a series of food talks at Symphony Space and Temple Emanuel's Streicker Center. Registration is required to access the virtual event. To register, email mailbox@ jflv.org or visit www. jewishlehighvalley.org/ roshhashanahcooking.
You can join RBG and other celebs at DC synagogue for the High Holidays — virtually, that is
By Marcy Oster Jewish Telegraphic Agency Wanna join Daveed Diggs, Idina Menzel and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for High Holidays worship? The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., has a way — virtually. The synagogue/arts and entertainment center, which has hosted dozens of Jewish celebrities in the past 15 years, has launched its “You In A Pew” fundraiser in which members and others can pay $36 to have a photo of themselves placed next to a cardboard cutout of one of the famous folks, like the trio noted above. The pews will be shown during livestreams of virtual Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to pay for the production of the services. “We miss seeing your face around Sixth & I,” the synagogue said in an Instagram post announcing the program. “Although this year isn’t quite what many of us pictured, a picture of you in our sanctuary during the High Holidays would help us feel more connected to you at a time when we especially want to be together. You might even see yourself on screen sharing a prayerbook with Matisyahu.”
With synagogues off-limits for the High Holidays, attention is turning to Jewish practice at home By Shira Hanau Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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In Montreal, the boxes will include apple or honey cake mix. In New Hampshire, they’ll include bird seed. And many synagogues will distribute apples and honey, the snack that symbolizes a sweet new year. The packages are among many that will start to land soon on the front steps of Jewish homes: deliveries of prayer books, art supplies and gifts meant to make a High Holiday season spent at home a little less lonely and a little more spiritually fulfilling. “What we’ve learned over these months is that to create an online program is not just to take an in-person program and just to put it online, it’s a new field of engagement,” said Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal. “You need something tangible.” The High Holiday boxes reflect a dawning awareness that with most synagogues closed or at least curtailed, homes are now the center of the Jewish experience. Just as people the world over have begun baking sourdough bread during the pandemic, many Jews have started baking their own challah. Now as the coronavirus pandemic extends into the second half of its first year, synagogues and other Jewish organizations are taking new steps to make home practice easier to access. To some, the shift in focus from synagogues to homes as the center of Jewish life is a healthy recalibration for a culture in which synagogues had become too central. “We’ve sharply differentiated home from synagogue … and we’ve put all our energy into the synagogue,” said Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, a professor at Hebrew Union College who researches synagogues, liturgy and ritual. “Instead of two separate entities, we now have the opportunity to share from one home to another.” Hoffman himself has found that the pandemic has changed the way he observes Shabbat. When the pandemic first started, he started singing Shabbat songs on Friday afternoon with his children and grandchildren over Zoom. Eventually the gatherings became a weekly ritual and incorporated songs, candle lighting and a full Shabbat dinner conducted over Zoom. “We worry about synagogues … but at the same time we have a strong home ceremony that keeps us going and it’s partially the secret of our success,” Hoffman said. “It’s kind of an exciting moment in time when we’re experimenting with open scripted rituals in our homes that could become anything.” Kohl Finegold and others in her position are traversing
uncharted territory, according to Vanessa Ochs, a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Virginia. She said this year’s Passover had effectively been a “Jewish boot camp,” as people who might normally attend a family or communal Seder had to figure out how to make one themselves, and now the lessons are being applied to the High Holidays. “How do you do Rosh Hashanah on your own? Our community hasn’t invented that yet,” she said. That invention is underway. A website that sells Passover haggadahs — and allows users to compile resources to create their own — has launched HighHolidays@Home, which invites users to “download a simple Rosh Hashanah Seder & Yom Kippur Guidebook or mix & match to create your own holiday gathering.” Rabbi Yael Buechler, a school rabbi and founder of Midrash Manicures, a company that sells Jewish-themed manicure kits, said she noticed Rosh Hashanah cards becoming less popular over the years but thought this year would be the perfect opportunity to bring them back. She collaborated with a New Yorker cartoonist to create Rosh Hashanah cards that feature an apple and honey separated by a Zoom screen. “This is a really unique opportunity for young people to use cards — hand-written notes are really powerful — to reach out to family and friends they haven’t seen for months,” Beuchler said. Support is also coming from the synagogues that congregants this year cannot enter. In addition to making sure they have easy-to-access Zoom setups and prayer books to follow along with at home, many congregations are distributing supplies aimed at enriching the holiday experience. At Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, New Hampshire, Rabbi Robin Nafshi is planning to send congregants a package of materials for tashlich, the ritual in which Jews throw bread crumbs into water to symbolize the casting away of sins. With the day when tashlich would be performed falling on an early-fall Sunday this year, Nafshi was concerned about trying to assemble the congregation with proper social distancing at potentially crowded local bodies of water. So congregants at the Reform synagogue will get packets of bird seed in their holiday boxes, which volunteers will hand deliver throughout the region. (The synagogue has used bird seed in place of the traditional bread, which can be harmful to birds and fish, for years.) “Like everyone, we’re trying to figure out this online world where we’re trying to find ways to make this more personal,” said Nafshi. She said she hopes the packages will “remind them that our clergy and board and staff are thinking of them.”
Preschool-age children participate in a morning gratitude session with Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold at home. At Kohl Feingold’s synagogue, where she is director of education and spiritual enrichment, families will get a box before Rosh Hashanah that will include chocolate bars for the kids and conversation starters to fuel meaningful conversation during holiday meals. Families will also get a
glass jar filled with premixed dry ingredients for a honey or apple cake. The idea is for families to bake together for the holiday, then use the container to keep notes marking things to be grateful for or good deeds to bring the lessons of Rosh Hashanah into the rest of the year. Kohl Finegold plans to use
the box model in the synagogue’s religious school this year, creating kits for each of the school’s four- or five-weeklong units. “It’s opening up a world of possibility that brings us into the children’s homes in ways that I think just weren’t as easy to do before,” she said.
Never make these classic mistakes when cooking brisket By Shannon Shrana The Nosher No matter if you use bubbe’s holiday brisket every year, or you’re trying a new recipe discovered on Pinterest, there are some universal rules you need to keep in mind when cooking brisket. And believe me, if you cook for enough holidays, at some point you may find yourself accidentally making one of these errors. (We have all made these mistakes at some point along the brisket journey.) Never buy first cut Everyone from bloggers like Melinda Strauss of KitchenTested to butchers like Fischer Brothers & Leslie in New York City agree: Second cut is the best cut for juicy, tender brisket. Since the second cut has more fat, it yields more flavor; first cut tends to be dry, not the adjective you want to use when serving brisket. Never rush cooking Sandy Leibowitz of The Kosher Tomato says “Good brisket takes time. Cook it low and slow in a liquid that covers the meat about halfway. A fork should pierce and slide out easily when done properly.” If you try to cook it too quickly, you will be disappointed with a tough piece of meat that no one will want to eat.
Never cook at high temperature Cookbook author and supremely experienced cook Ronnie Fein says never cook your brisket above 300 degrees. The ideal temperature is 250 degrees. Never slice it while it’s hot If you try to slice your brisket while it’s hot, the fibers are too soft, and it will be nearly impossible to get even, picture-perfect pieces. Have a little patience and let it cool before you slice it. Never cook it the same day you serve it Requiring even more patience: Cook it 1-2 days before you plan to serve it. Saucy dishes like stew, chicken soup and even tomato sauce are always better the next day as the flavors have a chance to marry and deepen overnight.
Never slice it along the grain After the brisket has properly cooled, and it is removed from its liquid, it’s finally time to slice it. And I will admit that this step can be confusing. But as food writer and cookbook author Leah Koenig shares: Never slice your brisket along the grain. It should always be sliced against the grain. Even a perfectly cooked brisket will be tough if it isn’t sliced properly. Never make too little This may seem obvious, but you want to make sure you order a big enough brisket depending on your crowd. Tori Avey recommends half a pound of brisket per person. But you may want to order even a bit more. Food writer Gabriella Gershenson says, don’t just plan enough brisket for dinner — make sure there is extra for leftovers. And I wholeheartedly agree.
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Community synagogues unite to welcome S’lichot speaker
Apple and honey pie pops
By Stephanie Goodling HAKOL Editor
Like most Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah brings to mind certain traditional food customs – the most well-known being the dipping of apples in honey. And while a classic apple pie or cake is a lovely way to commemorate our hopes for a “sweet new year,” I thought it would be fun to change things up a bit. These apple and honey pie “pops” are a cinch to make – and even more fun to eat! They can be assembled (and frozen) in advance, and no cutting or forks needed! Even better, you only need a few simple ingredients, yet wind up with something truly delicious – and a little different. Sweet indeed!
This has been a year like no other, and as 5780 comes to a close, the Lehigh Valley Jewish community is coming together for a special event, “S’lichot in the time of Corona.” On Saturday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m., Rabbi Rachel Zohar Dulin, Ph.D., will address the Valley over Zoom cosponsored by the Lehigh Valley Jewish Clergy Group and the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley. Her talk will focus on the spiritual power of forgiveness and introspection during the difficult times of a pandemic. Dulin hails originally from Israel, where she served in the education corps of the army. She was sent by the Jewish Agency for Israel as a shlicha to Fargo, North Dakota, which she says has made a real mark on her life. “Starting out there rather than in a big city like New York or Chicago, it was a fascinating beginning. I was a small town girl, and I still am,” said Dulin, who is married with two children. She studied education at Moorhead State University in Minnesota, before going on to spend much of her life in Chicago earning a master’s in history and literature of religions and doctorate in religious and theological studies at Northwestern University. She concentrated on biblical literature and has written two books, “Alive Unabashed and Passionate,” an evocative poetic portrayal of Biblical women, and “A Crown of Glory: A Biblical View of Aging,” which is based on her dissertation. Now living in Florida, Dulin’s main occupation is that of professor. She has been a professor of Hebrew and Bible
at multiple universities throughout the United States. She was ordained in 2014 at Temple Hayim in Margate, Florida. It was in Sarasota where she also had a monthly segment on local radio for featuring the etymology of Hebrew words. Dulin will challenge her audience to get introspective with her S’lichot presentation. “This pandemic is an experience we are all experiencing,” she said. “It’s interesting that S’lichot is [taking place] during the time of corona. Corona has really changed most of us. We are in a different frame of mind. So how do we kind of bring the mental attitude with the spiritual?” To register for S’lichot in the Time of Corona, visit, http://tiny.cc/fhqosz or contact your local synagogue. Contact synagogues for information on attending virtual S’lichot services before or after the talk.
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By Sheri Silver The Nosher
INGREDIENTS 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced 2 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. honey ¼ tsp. cinnamon ¼ tsp. salt 1 package (2 crusts) refrigerated pie crusts, set out at room temperature for 15 minutes 1 egg, beaten with 1 Tbsp. water Raw or “sanding” sugar, for sprinkling
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 2-3” cookie cutter (or drinking glass) lollipop sticks DIRECTIONS 1. In a medium pan combine the apples, sugar, honey, cinnamon and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, or until the apples have softened and the juices have thickened. Remove from heat and let cool. 2. Pre-heat oven to 400; line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Unroll one pie crust on a work surface. Use your cutter to make as many circles as you can; place on your prepared baking sheets. 3. Put a lollipop stick in the center of each circle, pressing down lightly to secure. Place a teaspoon of cooled filling on each
circle. Use a pastry brush to brush a bit of the beaten egg around the edge of each circle. 4. Unroll the second pie crust and cut out an equal number of circles to the first crust – place atop the filled crusts and press lightly to seal. Crimp the edges with a fork, and make a few small incisions in the center to allow steam to escape. 5. Brush tops with the egg and sprinkle with the raw sugar (pops may be frozen at this point – reheat directly from the freezer, adjusting baking time by a few extra minutes). 6. Bake pops for 20 minutes; transfer trays to wire racks to cool completely. Serve warm or at room temperature (pops may be kept tightly sealed, at room temperature, for 3-5 days). Serves 12-16 pops.
JFS holds High Holiday Food Drive to fight hunger Pick up a kit to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with PJ@Home By Stephanie Goodling HAKOL Editor Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley is having a High Holiday Food Drive. In the past, synagogues and individual donors dropped off food items directly to the JFS Community Food Pantry. This year, they are asking for food gift cards and monetary donations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. JFS Board Vice President Audrey Nolte, who is a member of Congregation Keneseth Israel, heartily supports the idea of giving gift cards. Knowing that her congregation alone normally donates over 2,000 pounds of food each Rosh Hashanah, she feels giving in this way is much safer and more efficient due to health restrictions. “The state of hunger in this country is really, really sad. I didn't know how bad it was until I started getting involved,” said Nolte. When approached by a Jewish friend who wanted to donate their pandemic relief stimulus check to a food pantry, Nolte recommended JFS right away. She’s hoping that members of all congregations will follow suit and donate what they can to the High Holiday Food Drive this year. A $36 gift can provide an impressive amount of food for a local family: apple juice, canned fruits, cereal, pancake mix, syrup, canned tomatoes, rice, macaroni and cheese, beans, cans of assorted vegetables, mashed potatoes, boxed milk, tea, coffee, pretzels, granola bars, pasta and sauce, soup, tuna, canned salmon, peanut butter, jelly, condiments, shampoo, soap and toilet paper. “We know that the giving of food is an important mitzvah that community members don’t want to miss out on, especially at this time of year. Rosh Hashanah is largely recognized as a time of giving and helping the underprivileged, and our clients’ needs have grown with the financial fallout of the pandemic,” said
Sharon Gayner, JFS food pantry coordinator. Anyone interested in giving to the High Holiday Food Drive directly can visit jfslv.org/donate. There is a dropdown menu to indicate your gift should go to the food drive. There is also another dropdown option to indicate which synagogue you are affiliated with if you would like your congregation to be acknowledged for the gift. Checks can also be mailed to Jewish Family Service, 2004 W. Allen St., Allentown, PA 18104. “Our Community Food Pantry is up and running with contactless pick-up, and we are still serving over 100 families each month who rely on us to help meet their needs as they deal with food insufficiency,” said JFS Executive Director Debbie Zoller. “As we enter this special time of year, we are so grateful for our donors and volunteers who show our clients they are not forgotten.”
PJ Library has gone virtual. Over the summer, they had a very successful six-week series, PJ@Home. Families did crafts, built forts and went on a virtual vacation. “The children really enjoyed the summer series,” said Abby Trachtman, Federation’s coordinator for PJ Library. “Every week, they would be prepared for whatever I had planned. When we went on a virtual vacation to the beach, several families set up pretend oceans or sand boxes right in their living rooms to participate.” With the High Holy Days just around the corner, Trachtman is continuing with the PJ@ Home initiative and partnering with the JCC to do it. Gia Jones, a PJ parent, who, along with her daughter, attended all the PJ@Home events, contacted Trachtman about how much they enjoyed the programs. “Gia offered to help with future programs, so I put her right to work,” she said. Jones and her daughter,
Gemma, made a video of them making apple sauce to use as part of the program. She also helped plan the entire event. “For the summer programs, we asked parents to gather supplies from a list we would send for each program. This event will be different,” explained Trachtman. “We will provide everything you need to participate. All you need to do is register and pick up your kit, then join us via Zoom and Facebook LIVE.” While PJ families can’t all be together in one place right now, they can be together in spirit and online. Sign up for your free kit at www. jewishlehighvalley.org/pjathome and pick it up curbside on Sunday, Sept. 13, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the JCC of the Lehigh Valley, 702 N. 22nd Street, Allentown. Join the FREE virtual program via Zoom and Facebook LIVE on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. Make crafts together, listen to a story, sing songs with Morah Ally and enjoy a Rosh Hashanah toast.
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FROM THE LEHIGH VALLEY CLERGY RABBI NISAN ANDREWS Congregation Sons of Israel
This Rosh Hashanah is a moment to turn our situations into opportunities for growth. Our smiles to fellows will not be visible under our masks. Our desire to shake hands or give hugs with friends will go unmet. Most noticeably, we will not have the familiar ambience of our synagogues surrounding us. Perhaps, as we will interact less with our peers, we may spend more time focusing on the purpose of the day or the meaning of the prayers. Maybe, by holding services outside, we can gain greater insight into the splendour of the world and the greatness of G-d's creation. The possibilities are limitless. The only thing holding us back is ourselves. On behalf of Congregation Sons of Israel, I wish you all a sweet new year. A year of growth and health.
RABBI MELODY DAVIS Bnai Shalom
Rosh Hashanah literally means "Head of the Year." It delineates the point when we begin the new Jewish calendar year. Like many English words, the word rosh - ats - is a homonym. Depending on the context, it can mean head, top, tributary, leader or start. The Torah begins with the word b’reishit - ,hatrc – in the beginning. (The underlined letters spell the word rosh – “ats”). We are beginning a very different year. This year will be the genesis of a new way of fostering community and finding spirituality in technological ways. The root Sh-N-H vba has two meanings in Tanach. On one hand, it means “to repeat.” (The word sheni, second, may come from this meaning.) On the other hand, it also means “to change.” A fundamental question is whether these seemingly opposite meanings, “repeat” and “change,” originated from the same Sh-N-H root. A further related question is the origin of the word shanah meaning “year.” Let us answer the second question first. I have seen sources that relate 6 SEPTEMBER 2020 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY | NEW YEAR 5781
shanah - year - to the “change” meaning. For example, Ernest Klein, in his “Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language,” believes that the year was called shanah because it was a “period of changing seasons.” But an alternative view, which I prefer, is that the year was called shanah because it is fundamentally based on a concept of repetition. I also saw a source that suggested that the year was called shanah because of both the “repeat” and the “change” aspects. It defined the year as “the repeating cycle of seasonal change.” When Jews think about observing the New Year, thoughts turn to family, food and seeing folks one probably hasn’t seen in a year. Many people look forward to attending synagogue – especially those people whose custom it is to attend only on the High Holy Days. Smiling, hugging, showing off new clothes and reveling in the familiar. The cherished comfortable traditions we have enjoyed will not be available to most of us this year. Due to pandemic restrictions, this year will be an entirely atypical experience: some will have access to on-line services, some will attend live services with pandemic safety protocols and some will phone in. For some, this has been a blessing and for others, a curse. I choose to see it as an opportunity to welcome many who otherwise would not or could not attend a service. Emma Lazurus wrote: “Let all who are hungry come and eat!” I would like to paraphrase that: “Let all who hunger for spiritual and communal connection come and pray.” May this be a year of good health, prosperity and finding fulfillment. Shanah tovah u’m’tukah! (May you have a good, sweet New Year!)
RABBI YAAKOV HALPERIN Chabad of Lehigh Valley
It is that time of year again. The High Holy days are upon us and we are facing the passing of a unique year. And you might wonder to yourself: What do I have to show for this year? Is it a “writeoff,” or did I achieve my stated goals? What will I wish for in the coming year? Certainly these six months of COVID-19 have taught us our time can be more meaningful; our goals may have gotten deeper as a result of this. This year I believe for many the typical
wishes will change, as together we have been hurled into another kind of world. We have experienced lockdown, quarantine, fear for our frontline family, sickness and worry. This may be the year with less requests of a successful diet, and more prayers that ensure there is always enough food. Less prayers for extra business, and more prayers for enough. In the Jewish New Year, the analogy is clear: just as the head is the origin of all vitality in the entire body—so, too, it is with Rosh Hashanah. In it—and through it—is decreed the energy, vitality and blessing of the next 12 months. I should be asking myself, “what will I do” to see my wishes realized. Though we are always in G-d’s hands, we should see this as an opportunity to elevate our conduct, to work harder to make our inner selves, our families and our communities the best they can be. For many, we have had a lot more time as of recent to reflect, we have had more time to make connections with our families and get to know them even more than before. With a lack of connection to our communities, we have realized what a big role they play in our lives. Have I been in touch with my inner, ideal, self and lived each day to make a stronger connection to G-d, my family and myself, or have I been disconnected from myself, living a surreal existence chasing the immediate opportunity and instant gratification? While it may seem far-fetched that our Rosh Hashanah resolutions will impact our history, our Sages teach us that “Repentance, Prayer and Tzedakah avert the evil decree.” Indeed, when considering which actions we should take on to enable us to realize our wishes, our focus should be in these three areas of life: the earnest regret of Repentance, expressing the desire to be truer to oneself; coming closer to Hashem through Prayer, and an increased awareness of one’s responsibility towards others—the ideal of Tzedakah. By all means, make a wish. Then make it come true. With blessings for a sweet healthy year, a year of clarity, a year of peace, a year we will merit the coming of Messiah speedily. Shanah Tovah!
STUDENT RABBI ARMIN LANGER
Congregation Am Hasklalah
Prayer, study, caregiving and other central practices of
Jewish life require community. Yet the novel coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed Jewish communal life. The value of pikuach nefesh, safeguarding life, requires social distancing. Our synagogues are discovering new ways for cultivating community. This new year Congregation Am Haskalah, just like many other Jewish communities across the world, will try something new and celebrate the High Holidays virtually. One of the central poems of the High Holiday liturgy, the ancient Piyyut Unetanneh Tokef says that “on Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed – who will live and who will die.” In the midst of the pandemic these words sound even more powerful than at other times, regardless of how we interpret them. But Unetanneh Tokef also reminds us that we still avoid being inscribed in the Book of Death: “repentance, prayer and charity annul the severity of the divine decree.” In our society, there is much need for repentance, prayer and charity. The virus demonstrated that human welfare is intertwined with the lives of other species and with the health of our planet. During lockdown, we realized the essential value of workers and their vulnerability. The crisis exposed racial inequalities in healthcare, food access and many other realms of everyday life. We can use these High Holidays to reflect on our role in maintaining these injustices – and to think about ways we can create a more just world. In this spirit, I wish all of you, also
on behalf of Rabbi Steve Nathan who will be leading services and teaching throughout the year as well and on behalf of members of our community, a good new year. Stay safe!
RABBI SETH PHILLIPS Congregation Keneseth Israel
Much to rabbis’ amusement, each year congregants talk about whether the holidays are “early or late.” Of course Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first of Tishrei, ready or not, regardless of our judgements of “early or late!” This year, I fear, the perception of the holidays’ arrival will be even more skewed. For some readers, the New Year will arrive very late; for others, Tisha b’Av will arrive very early. Ironically, for those who disagree about everything, including what holiday it WILL be, both agree on the date—16 Cheshvan 5781, known this year as Election Day 2020. I would like to credit Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks for this insight from his latest book entitled “Morality.” We give over too much mental space and emotional energy and ultimately faith in the power of the market AND the government. Practicing what he preaches by refusing to line up exclusively with those who sing
the blues over the rapacity of the market or see red at the traditional overreach of government jackbooted thugs, he advocates, as the subtitle states, “Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.” Defining morality as prizing cooperation, the We over the I, and collective responsibility, this newly released book should supplement any of the machzorim that you will hold or stream on these Days of Awe. Few will be sad that all formal services will be shorter this year. But now all have extra time to find their hope and moral grounding from prophets and sages, traditional and modern. Tishrei’s holidays will be what WE make them. Let us celebrate the diverse ways that we can still come together in September. And let us pay attention to our own actions and mourn the behaviors that have always been the warrant for the tragedies that have befallen Am Yisrael— baseless hatred. May 5781 be the year that two Jews holding three opinions resumes being a joke.
RABBI MOSHE RE’EM
Temple Beth El
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presidential election, the need for returning to decent civil discourse in the public sphere has never been stronger. Enough of the bickering. Enough of disrespect. Enough of insulting our adversaries. Enough of fake news. Enough of disregarding truth and the evidence. Both we as individuals who disagree with one another and our political parties could learn well from our tradition. The Talmud (Eruvin 13b) describes how the House of Hillel and the House of Shammai argued for three years. One said, “The halacha (law) is in accordance with our opinion,” the other said: “The halacha is in accordance with our opinion.” Ultimately, a Divine Voice emerged and proclaimed: “Both these (Shammai) and those (Hillel) are the words of the living G-d. However, the halacha is in accordance with the opinion of Hillel.” The Gemara asks, if they both are “the words of the living G-d, why was the halacha established to follow the opinion of Hillel?” The reason they give is that the students of Hillel were kind and gracious. They taught their own ideas as well as the ideas from the students of Shammai (their opponents). Moreover, they went so far as to teach Shammai’s opinions first. The type of leadership we need is that of Hillel, one that values tolerance and respect and that is willing to learn from the other. People are entitled to disagree, but human growth and development comes from a willingness to be open to listen to and hear the voice of the other. This year as we hear the shrill sound of the shofar, let it serve as a wakeup call that we need to return to G-d whose seal is truth and who created us all in G-d’s image. Shanah Tovah!
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RABBI MICHAEL P. SINGER
CANTOR ELLEN SUSSMAN
The Yamim Noraim – The Days of Awe – in a normal year challenge us to personal and communal introspection. We embark on the journey of teshuvah - return - that leads us from seeking awareness, acknowledgement, repentance, forgiveness and, finally, atonement. Mah Nishtanah? Wait, what! Wrong holiday! No, this High Holiday season will indeed be different from all other High Holiday seasons. Instead of us flocking to synagogues to hear Kol Nidre in person, we will be utilizing YouTube, Zoom, limited seating and every creative means at our disposal to connect our people with God, our sacred services and each other. We will still read the story of how God called out to Abraham – and he answered – Hineini – Here I am! And this year once again we are being called by God to be present (even online), to answer and to act! The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on all our lives requires of us a campaign of kindness, love and healing. More than ever I feel God is calling for us to care for one another, to put aside pettiness, indifference and selfishness. To bring to bear all of our collective and individual resources in responding to the challenges that we face. I resolutely believe we can rise to this Hineini moment. No, it will not always be easy (weak internet – buffering) but with God’s help and blessings we can change ourselves and our world for the better. As we welcome 5781 – may we be inscribed for a new year of health, happiness, and life – answering Hineini – Here I am! with a lev shalem - a full heart. L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu v’Tikateimu!
The greeting for the New Year is “Shanah Tovah.” We say in English “Happy New Year,” but the Hebrew greeting does not mean happy, it means have a good year. Kathleen Vohs, a noted psychologist says, “happy people get joy from receiving benefits from others, while people leading meaningful lives get a lot of joy from giving to others.” The rabbis equate a good year with doing good, and by doing good one becomes happy. Happiness derives from leading a life filled with helping others and following our ethical mitzvot. This is a very difficult time for all of us, and we can easily fall into despair. I guess this year it would be best to follow the advice of our Sages, let us try to get out of ourselves and participate in the community. Now is the time to help our neighbors. Just keeping in touch with those who have not left their homes in months is a good start. Our communal institutions, Federation, JCC, JFS, Day School and our synagogues all need our support. I know our Jewish professionals are all trying to reach out and keep in touch with our members. Please stay in touch and help us help you. Supporting our community institutions during these difficult times can be a source of joy. Every year I send greetings from my entire family. This year we have a new member of the Sussman-Vaida family. Jeremy and my daughter-in-law Meidan have given birth to a little girl, Sol Honey Keidar-Vaida. This year I end my greeting with: Shanah Tovah u’metukah, Cantor Ellen Sussman, David Vaida, Jeremy, Meidan, Aliza, Brendan and Sol Honey.
Congregation Brith Sholom
Temple Shirat Shalom
High Holy Day Schedule of Services at area synagogues Allentown CHABAD OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
Rabbi Yaacov Halperin, Chabad Lubavitch 4457 Crackersport Rd, Allentown RSVP at office@chabadlehighvalley. com or 610.351.6511 Services will take place at the Chabad Center EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 6:47 p.m. Light Candles 7:00 p.m. Evening Services ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 9:30 a.m. Morning Services 11:00 a.m. Kids' Program 7:00 p.m. Evening Services Sunday, September 20 9:30 a.m. Morning Services 11:00 a.m. Kids' Program 11:45 a.m. Shofar Sounding 5:00 p.m. Evam ening Services
CONGREGATION KENESETH ISRAEL Rabbi Seth D. Phillips, Reform 2227 W. Chew St., Allentown
All services will be online, either Zoom or streamed; contact the KI office at 610-435-9074 or visit the KI website to get links for the streamed services or registration info for the Zoom services. EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 7:30 p.m. Evening Services (streamed) ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 10:00 a.m. Morning Services (streamed) 2:30 p.m. Youth Service (Zoom - registration required) 3:30 p.m. Stories of the Sages (Grades 5 & 6) (Zoom - registration required) Sunday, September 20 Taschlich/Inspirational Readings (outdoors, weather permitting)
EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27 6:45 p.m. Kol Nidre Service
EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre (streamed)
YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 9:30 a.m. Morning Services 11:00 a.m. Kids' Program 12:00 p.m. Yizkor Memorial Service 5:30 p.m. Afternoon Services 6:30 p.m. Neilah Closing Service Followed by Break Fast
YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 10:30 a.m. Morning Services (streamed) 1:00 p.m. Meditation Service (Zoom - registration required) 2:30 p.m. Youth Service (Zoom - registration required) 4:00 p.m. Yizkor/N'eilah Service (streamed)
SUKKOT Saturday, October 3 10:00 a.m. Morning Services Sunday, October 4 10:00 a.m. Morning Services SHEMINI ATZERET Saturday, October 10 10:00 a.m. Morning Services 11:45 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Service 7:00 p.m. Evening Services Followed by Kiddush & Hakafot SIMCHAT TORAH Sunday, October 11 10:00 a.m. Morning Services Followed by Kiddush & Hakafot
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CONGREGATION AM HASKALAH
Reconstructionist All will be led by Student Rabbi Armin Langer, except for Rosh Hashanah day two, which will be led by Rabbi Steve Nathan. All services will be online. SELICHOT Saturday, September 12 8:00 p.m. Service and Program EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 5:00 p.m. Evening Services ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 9:30 a.m. Morning Services Sunday, September 20 9:30 a.m. Morning Services KOL NIDRE Sunday, September 27 6:00 Kol Nidre YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 9:30 a.m. Morning Services 5:00 Afternoon Services
(streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark Sunday, September 20 Pre-recorded Contemporary Family Service - Rabbi Re’em 10:00 a.m. Shacharit (streamed) Larry Glaser 10:30 a.m. Torah Service (combined) (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 4:00 p.m./4:45 p.m./5:30 p.m. Shofar Blowing, TBE PARKING LOT 4:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. JFE Program, Wehr’s Dam, Shari Spark Sunday, September 27 11:30 a.m. Cemetery Service EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 6:32 p.m. Light Candles YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 9:00 a.m. Shacharit (streamed) Maia Gould 9:30 a.m. Torah Service and Musaf (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 10:00 a.m. Children’s Services (Zoom) Grades Pre-K – 6 1:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Class (Zoom) 2:00 p.m. TEEN TALK (Zoom) 5:00 p.m. Yizkor/Mincha (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 6:15 p.m. Ne’ilah (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 7:15 p.m. Ma’ariv, Havdalah, and Shofar Blowing (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark
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CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL
TEMPLE SHIRAT SHALOM
Rabbi Nisan Andrews, Orthodox 2715 Tilghman St., Allentown 610.433.6089
Cantor Ellen Sussman, Reform cantorsussman@gmail.com
YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 10:00 a.m. Morning Service (Zoom)
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Bethlehem CONGREGATION BETH AVRAHAM
Rabbi Yitzchok I. Yagod, Orthodox 610.905.2166 Contact Rabbi Yagod for service address and schedule.
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CONGREGATION BRITH SHOLOM
10:00 a.m. Morning Services 4:45 p.m. YIZKOR 5:00 p.m. Afternoon/Ne’eilah Services Yom Kippur ends at 7:48 p.m.
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Easton BNAI SHALOM
Rabbi Melody Davis Please stay tuned as we figure out the safest, most fulfilling way to hold services. All services will be available via Zoom. This being the case, services will be shorter. SELICHOT Saturday, September 12 8:00 p.m. Service and Program
Rabbi Michael Singer, Conservative 1190 W. Macada Rd., Bethlehem 610.866.8009
EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 7:30 p.m. Services
Services will be online and a lottery will be held for some in-person services. Contact the Brith Sholom office or visit website to sign up.
ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 9:15 a.m. Children’s Service 10:15 a.m. Morning Service 11:15 a.m. Torah Service
SELICHOT Saturday, September 12 8:00 p.m. Service and Program EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 6:45 p.m. Candle lighting ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 9:00 a.m. Morning Services 7:44 p.m. Candle lighting Sunday, September 20 9:00 a.m. Morning Services 7:45 p.m. SPECIAL HAVDALLAH SOCIAL EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27 6:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service 6:30 p.m. Candle lighting YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28
Sunday, September 20 10:15 a.m. Creative Service 1:00 p.m. Graveside Service at Easton Cemetery 1:30 p.m. Drive in Shofar Service at Bnai Shalom (by reservation only) 2:00 p.m. Southside Service 3:00 p.m. Graveside Service at BAS Cemetery EREV YOM KIPPUR Sunday, September 27 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 9:15 a.m. Children’s Service 10:15 a.m. Morning Service 10:15 a.m. Torah Service 12:15 p.m. Yizkor Service 3:00 p.m. Chanting and Meditation 5:30 p.m. Mincha and Ne’ilah
Congregation Sons of Israel will be conducting services for the High Holidays. If interested in participating, please contact April Daugherty at april2715@gmail. com or 610-433-6089 for more information.
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TEMPLE BETH EL
Rabbi Moshe Re’em, Conservative 1305 Springhouse Rd., Allentown 610.435.3521 *Information and links will be provided via our website www. bethelallentown.org on the Home Page under “News and Notes” SELICHOT Saturday, September 12 8:00 p.m. Service and Program EREV ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 18 6:47 p.m. Light Candles 7:30 p.m. Meet and Greet (Zoom) 8:00 p.m. Service (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark ROSH HASHANAH Saturday, September 19 10:00 a.m. Shacharit (streamed) Larry Glaser 10:00 a.m. Children’s Services (Zoom) Grades Pre-K –6 10:30 a.m. Torah Service and Musaf (streamed) Rabbi Re’em and Shari Spark 2:00 p.m. TEEN TALK (Zoom) 7:45 p.m. Light Candles 8:00 p.m. Ma’ariv Service NEW YEAR 5781 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY | SEPTEMBER 2020 9
10 new fruits to try for a sweet New Year Dragonfruit
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By Aly Miller The Nosher On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, there is a fairly common tradition to enjoy a new fruit and make the shehechiyanu blessing over it. While many families take this opportunity to enjoy pomegranates or pineapple, this can be a great time to also stretch your culinary repertoire and scout out something entirely new: perhaps far away and exotic, or grown close to home but new to your tastebuds. We love it when Judaism encourages food exploration, and so here’s a few suggestions of exotic fruits to add to your sweet New Year celebration this year! Do you have a favorite? Passionfruit (Granadilla) This delicious fruit is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, and it’s enjoyed worldwide for its tart and tangy flavor. Cut it in half and eat the pulpy juice and seeds with a spoon. Rambutan This Southeast Asian fruit is named after “messy hair,” and it’s easy to see why! The spines are soft, though, and pose no threat. Cut halfway around the fruit and open it up with your fingers. The fruit pops out easily, but you’ll have to eat around the pit in the middle. Dip in a traditional mix of chili powder and sugar for a sweet kick! Find them fresh or canned in specialty supermarkets. Lychee Lychees are related to rambutan, and you can eat
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them the same way. You’ll likely find fresh and canned lychees in Chinatown or an Asian food market. Horned Melon Native to Sub-Saharan Africa, this blowfish-looking fruit is related to cucumbers and melons. It’s flavor is described as tart like lemons and sweet like bananas, with seeds like cucumbers. Scoop out its jelly-like flesh with a spoon and enjoy! If you find small ones, you may be able to cut them in half and sip from them. Dragonfruit Dragonfruit (pitaya) is a cactus fruit, native to Mexico. Its taste and texture is similar to kiwi – you eat the fruit and seeds together. Slice it in half and eat with a spoon, or cut it into slices and peel away the skin. Starfruit This geometrically striking fruit is native to Southeast Asia. You can eat the entire fruit, skin, seeds and all. Slice into stars for ultimate cuteness. Ugli Fruit This lumpy-looking citrus fruit is a hybrid of a grapefruit, a tangerine and an orange, and it tastes sweet and slightly bitter, exactly how you’d imagine. It was discovered growing wild in Jamaica. Cut into slices, or peel the rind and enjoy. Local New Fruits If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere and prefer to keep it local, you can celebrate the new year with locally-grown “new fruits” whose season is emerging.
Plums
Rambutan
Visit the farmer’s market and pick up some berries, grapes or plums that have just been picked. Here are some “new fruits” that we’re seeing here in New York. Concord Grapes These famous grapes were first cultivated in the mid19th century in Concord, Massachusetts. Their ancestors were wild grapes of the Northeast. If you don’t mind the hard seeds in the middle, you’re sure to fall in love with this sweet and sour treat. Husk Cherries You’ll have to show up at your market early for these – they go fast! They’re related to gooseberries and tomatillos, hence their paper lantern-like husks. The berries inside taste like mild, tropical tomatoes. Plums Plums are everywhere this time of year in dozens of varieties and colors. We love the Damson plums.
Here are 6 new children’s books for the Jewish New Year By Penny Schwartz Jewish Telegraphic Agency A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from the award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel are among the highlights in the crop of new High Holiday books for children. Six engaging and fun reads for kids of all ages seize the spirit of the Jewish holidays and the excitement and anticipation of beginning anew, reflecting on the past, and celebrating the warmth and joy of Jewish traditions with family and friends. Once Upon an Apple Cake: A Rosh Hashanah Story Elana Rubinstein; illustrated by Jennifer Naalchigar; Apples & Honey Press; ages 7-10 In this humor-filled, heartwarming chapter book, readers meet Saralee, an endearing 10-year-old Jewish girl whose cute-looking nose possesses the unusual superpower to sniff out scents and flavors. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Saralee, whose family owns a restaurant, is excited to bake her zayde’s (grandfather in Yiddish) popular apple cake with a mystery ingredient that even Saralee can’t figure out. Trouble lies ahead when a new family opens a restaurant and threatens to take over the apple cake business. When zayde bumps his head, he temporarily forgets the secret to the cake. Will Saralee rise to the occasion, bake the perfect cakes and win a contest judged by a famous food critic? More than anything, Saralee wishes that her grandfather returns home from the hospital for Rosh Hashanah. The cartoon illustrations by Jennifer Naalchigar add zest to Rubinstein’s efforts. The recipe is included at the end of the book. Whale of a Tale Eric A. Kimmel; illustrations by Ivica Stevanovic; Kar-Ben; ages 6-10 Travel back in time in the third installment of the Scarlett and Sam Jewish-themed chapter book series for older readers by Kimmel (“Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins”). The lighthearted adventure begins when the brother and sister twins offer to take their Grandma Mina’s centuries-old carpet to be cleaned at the local rug shop. Engrossed in conversation with their mysterious ride-hailing service driver, Jonah, they forget to take the prized carpet with its aura of magic that their proudly Iran-born grandmother brought with her as she fled tyranny in her country. Suddenly they find themselves transported to Jaffa in ancient Israel amid carpet sellers in the shuk (market). They stow away on a ship, where they reunite with Jonah, who they learn is the biblical prophet. The stormy caper shines with references to the biblical tale, as the kids and Jonah go overboard and are swallowed up in the slimy belly of a big fish (is it really a prehistoric shark, they fear?). With fierce determination, the clever kids prod the reluctant Jonah to travel to Nineveh, to be faithful to God and justice, and to speak out to the ruthless Assyrian king. Ivica Stevanovic’s animated illustrations embellish the drama.
Shanah Tovah, Grover! Joni Kibort Sussman; illustrated by Tom Leigh; Kar-Ben; ages 1-4 Join Grover, Big Bird and other beloved Sesame Street characters as they welcome Rosh Hashanah with honey and apples, a shofar, and a festive meal with songs and blessings. Joni Sussman’s simple verse is perfect for reading aloud to little ones and for preschoolers eager to read on their own, paired with veteran Sesame Street artist Tom Leigh’s delightful, colorful illustrations. Creation Colors Ann D. Koffsky; Apples & Honey Press; ages 2-5 In this gloriously illustrated picture book of papercut art, Koffsky (“Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor”) presents young kids with the biblical story of Creation through the prism of color: from separating light from dark to the bubbling blues of the water, to the yellows of the sun, and the stripes and spots of the animals. After God created the first two people, a world full of people of all shades and hues followed. And then, on the seventh day, God rested. This simple, lyrically told story is perfect for Simchat Torah, the joyful festival at the end of the High Holidays that anticipates the start of the new cycle of the weekly Torah reading that unfolds with Genesis. Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae Chris Barash; illustrations by Christine Battuz; Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8 On a crisp fall day, four good friends stroll hand in hand toward the river clutching small bags of sliced bread. The diverse group is following their rabbi and neighbors to tashlich, the custom during Rosh Hashanah of tossing crumbs or other small objects into moving water to symbolically cast away mistakes from the past year. Kids will relate as the friends recall misdeeds, like when Jae shared Jackie’s secret. Chris Barash’s lovely rhyming verse comes to life in Christine Battuz’s cartoon-like drawings in warm autumn tones of browns, orange and green. On the closing page, the friends are seen from behind, walking home, again hand in hand — a palpable reminder of the power of asking for and extending forgiveness, a theme central to the High Holidays. The Elephant in the Sukkah Sherri Mandell; illustrated by Ivana Kuman; Kar-Ben; ages 3-8 Nothing will get between a young boy named Ori and Henry, a lively elephant who once was a circus star but now is sent to a farm for old elephants where no one sings or has fun. When Henry wanders out one evening, he is enchanted by the joyful music and singing he hears from the Brenner’s family sukkah. After a few nights, he even learns the Hebrew words. Young Ori hears Henry singing along outside the sukkah and is determined to find a way to bring the animal inside to fulfill the mitzvah of welcoming guests. The boy’s surprising solution shines with kid-friendly inventive thinking. Kids will chuckle at illustrator Ivana Kuman’s double-page spread as Henry, in his redcheckered shirt and small black cap, tries every which way to squeeze into the sukkah.
A topsy-turvy Rosh Hashanah BY SANDI TEPLITZ
TECHNIQUE FOR HENS: Sprinkle 4 hens with paprika, brush with dark sesame oil, and bake at 400 degrees until done. Transfer to serving platter.
During these challenging times, cooking can still be a rewarding experience. Why not try something sweet AND savory as a main course, such as this delicious entrée?
INGREDIENTS FOR SAUCE: 1 cup chicken broth 1 Tbsp. chicken fat or margarine 3 Tbsp. Chambourcin wine from Binah winery 1 tsp. cornstarch dissolved in 1 Tbsp. of cold chicken broth Salt and pepper to taste Honey to drizzle
Roasted Cornish Hens with Caramelized Garlic INGREDIENTS FOR GARLIC CONFIT: 3 full heads of garlic, cloves separated but not peeled 3/4 cup corn oil 1 Tbsp. sugar 2/3 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. black pepper
TECHNIQUE: Drain pan juices from the pan in which hens were cooked. Add 1 Tbsp. fat, broth, Chambourcin, and mix well. Bring to boil; simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture, whisking until thick and blended well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Strain through a sieve.
TECHNIQUE: Cook cloves in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain. Run under cold water until cool. Peel. Cook in oil over low heat for 20 minutes. Drain, but reserve oil. Cool. Add sugar, salt and pepper to coat. Add 2 tsp. of the reserved oil to a small saucepan; let it get hot. Add garlic and cook for 4 minutes, stirring constantly, till caramelized. Remove from heat and set aside.
Surround hens with mounds of garlic confit; spoon sauce over both. Drizzle honey over the entire platter.
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