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‫וילך‬-‫ פרשת נצבים‬SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

A PRESIDENTIAL MOMENT IN NYC

INSIDE

FROM THE EDITOR

Calls With Silver Linings Hannah Reich Berman 44

BY LARRY GORDON

Perry On Israel

2011 Tax Law Changes Avi Ashkenazy

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The American Diet 50 Photo by Shimon Gifter

Karen Kahn, RD, CDN

Words That Build Rabbi Pinchas Chatzinoff

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Crimes Of Communication Rabbi Avi Shafran 64

Republican presidential contender Governor Rick Perry of Texas at a Tuesday news conference in Manhattan hosted by the World Committee for the Land of Israel. At left is newly elected Congressman Bob Turner. At right is Dr. Joe Frager, chairman of the committee. See Page 14

On The Jews’ Side BY SAMUEL SOKOL MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT

One of the more common complaints among both Israelis and Palestinians, and in fact all groups that are engaged in conflict, is that there exists a media bias against them. Chas Newkey-Burden Continued on Page 30

AN AOK DAY

HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE BY LARRY GORDON

It’s only a picture, but I noticed it a few times sitting on a table in my mother’s dinette in her home in Brooklyn. Since it was just sitting there, unmoved and unbothered, I asked if I could have it. It is now placed at the corner of my desk with a number of other photographs. The picture, which you can see

on Page 28, is in my line of vision throughout the day. I’ve come to realize that I probably glance at it at least several times throughout any given day at work. No, it’s not a distraction but rather an image and a moment from a long time ago

GETTING STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

,‫תכלה שנה וקללותיה‬ ‫תחל שנה וברכותיה‬

From The Other Side Of The Bench Shofar factory comes to HANC. See Page 70

BY DAVID J. SEIDEMANN, ESQ.

More than 100 children met at the Levi Yitzchak Library in Cedarhurst last Friday to participate in the kids’ event of the Acts of Kindness initiative—a scavenger hunt of small favors to do for others. See Page 101

Munkacz Rebbe visits 5 Towns. See Page 71

CANDLE LIGHTING September 23 – 6:32 PM September 28 – 6:24 PM

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Britain’s Most Pro-Israel Journalist Speaks Out

Ner Israel Lawrence Breakfast. See Page 99

A new era is on the horizon. It’s out there in the somewhat distant future, but it is nevertheless out there. It’s difficult to fathom a presidency today beyond that of Barack Obama, who has marred the image of this country and brought us all to a new psychological low. On Tuesday morning in New

I began another semester of teaching law at Touro College last week, and it feels great to be in front of a class again. As I mentioned in prior articles, Continued on Page 10

Continued on Page 28

CONNECTING THE DOTS BY RABBI ARYEH Z. GINZBERG CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER

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OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH Continued from Front Cover there is something about the young, fresh mind trying to grasp legal concepts that I find exhilarating. As I do every semester, I poll the students as to their background, and among other questions ask them why it is that they are enrolled in a law class. I was only mildly offended last week when one student said he was considering law only if he happened to fail out of med school or business school. Oh well, one less lawyer I have to compete with in years to come. One student surprised me and said that he was actually considering acupuncture as a career. If so, I responded, I didn’t see “the point” of taking my class. It went over his head. Nevertheless, I am thrilled with all of the students who have enrolled in my Tuesday-night Business Law 2 class and my two Thursdaynight Business Law 1 classes. But the acupuncture remark brought me back a few years to when my wife,

G-d bless her, after months of cajoling, persuaded me to visit an acupuncturist for some stomach issues I was having. I by no means intend to insult any

fortunately for me, my wife enjoyed every poke, prod, needle, and pinch. Moreover, as if the angel Gavriel had come down from heaven, she was cured

The Lubavitcher Rebbe explained that the reason is to drive home the point that until all are settled, none are settled. acupuncturist or anyone who believes in such torture. All I can say is, waterboarding sounds better. I arrived in needle-man’s office at 7:45 p.m. for an 8:00 appointment. My wife’s appointment was for 8:30, but I graciously allowed her to go first. I would make my assessment of its safety depending on what happened to her. Un-

of every ailment she’d had since birth. I could not hide any longer. “What seems to be the problem?” asked needle-man. “My stomach, sir.” “When were you born?” he asked. “1959,” I answered. “Oh my gosh,” he exclaimed. “That is a very bad year for stomachs.” I responded that I had tons of friends

who were born in 1959 who had no stomach issues. He responded, “Yes, but what month were you born in?” I replied, “June.” Well, he almost fell off his stool screaming, “Oh my gosh. June was a very, very bad month for stomachs.” I once again challenged him by stating that my best friend was born in June of 1959 and he experiences no stomach problems. “What day were your born?” asked the acupuncturist, getting closer and closer to my face with his weapons of pain. “June 16,” I proudly proclaimed. Well, he almost fell off his chair as he began flailing his arms back and forth, screaming in broken English, “June 16, 1959—

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5:50 am

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6:44 am

Latest Shema: M. Av.

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8:07 pm

Motzaei Shabbos: Selichos begins (Minhag Ashkenaz)

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Sunrise:

6:51 am

Latest Shema: M. Av.

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Gr’a

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worst, worst, worst day for stomachs.” So now I figured I had him cornered when I told him that my best friend was born on June 16, 1959 and had no stomach problems whatsoever. But these fellows are trained, and he immediately leapt to his feet and screamed, “Yes, but what time?” Needleman won, and for the next half hour, with my wife holding my arms down, I became this man’s pincushion. “How you feel now?” said my captor. I turned to him and said, “I have to be honest with you. With needles in my head, face, back, legs, and eyes, I completely forgot about my stomach.” To my wife’s credit, I did observe her wince as I myself was wincing. I greatly appreciated those sympathy pains. She stayed with me throughout the entire ordeal. Last week’s Torah portion speaks of bikkurim, the law that requires that landowners bring the first of their fruits and declare that it all comes from the One Above. Of note is that no matter how soon an individual tribe settled in the ancient land of Israel, bikkurim were not to be brought until after the 14 years had passed, when all of the tribes had settled in Israel. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explained that the reason behind that is to drive home the point that until all are settled,

none are settled. Hence no one brings bikkurim until all can bring bikkurim. No one leaves the acupuncturist’s room until all can leave. If one is wincing, wince with him. It’s a tough time of year for me. As a lawyer who practices matrimonial law, this is the time of year when I get frantic calls from women whose ex-husbands have not paid tuition and whose children are being threatened with not being allowed to return to yeshiva. I am on the phone with schools, rabbis, judges, and other attorneys, all to make sure that appropriate arrangements are made. I can honestly say that all of the calls of desperation I received resulted in the children being readmitted to a yeshiva. For that, I thank the executive directors and principals of all of our neighborhood schools who displayed compassion and understanding. As I said to one school official who initially was hesitant, “Can you imagine if the boy you exclude was destined to be the next Rav Moshe Feinstein?” Time will tell.  David Seidemann is a partner with the law firm of Seidemann and Mermelstein and serves as a professor of business law at Touro College. He can be reached at 718-692-1013 or ds@ lawofficesm.com.

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York City, Governor Rick Perry of Texas, a contender for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, addressed a room ďŹ lled with Orthodox Jewish leaders, who were outnumbered only by the print and electronic journalists who converged to listen intently and to hold on to just about every word of the governor. Perry was forceful and dynamic as he systematically and deliberately picked apart the Obama presidency, with particular emphasis on the president’s dismal Middle East policies. The Texan exuded conďŹ dence, and those present talked afterward about the Reaganesque image that one is struck by as Mr. Perry delivers his remarks and answers reporters’ questions. Perry was in New York to meet with community and political leaders with the backdrop of the gathering of world leaders in town to attend the UN’s annual General Assembly meetings. On Israel, Perry said that the biggest problem is Obama’s vacillation and inconsistency. He said that the president’s uncertainness, along with the harsh stance he assumed on Israel at the outset of his tenure, has emboldened the Palestinians to abrogate signed agreements as they sought back-door legitimacy by petitioning the UN to recognize Palestine on what is today much of the sovereign State of Israel. Perry said that the Obama policy on the Middle East is one of appeasement and that Israel and the U.S. would not be in the position we ďŹ nd ourselves in today if not for Obama’s “naive and arrogant, misguided, and dangerousâ€? policies. Outside of the speciďŹ cs of his remarks, Perry projects a presidential image, which is vital in order for a candidate to progress through the electoral system. He is tall, handsome, wellspoken, and evidently ďŹ lled with conviction—and that is especially apparent when the subject at hand is the Jewish state. Perry said all the right things about Israel that a right-leaning Orthodox Jewish group would want to hear. Of course, Perry is not quite running against Mr. Obama yet, as he ďŹ rst has to navigate his way through the laborious primary system that gets under way in the coming months. Next week, former governor Mitt Romney will be in New York, and he too will be meeting with a series of Jewish groups. Listening to Perry, one comes away yearning and even fondly recalling what it was like to

be proud of a strong America instead of a country suffering from the divisive way that so many issues are dealt with by the Obama White House. Perry is determined to restore the glory days of what it means to be an American citizen without trips to world capitals apologizing for American strength and success. Amongst the points made by Perry was that it was off base for President Obama to suggest that Israel use as a starting point in negotiations with the Palestinians the borders of the Jewish State prior to 1967. “By injecting the issue of the 1967 borders in addition to a construction freeze in East Jerusalem and the Israeli settlements, the Obama administration put

Israel in a position of weakness, taking away their exibility to offer concessions as part of the negotiation process,� he said. On Jerusalem, Perry stated unequivocally that he believes the city must remain united and under Israeli sovereignty and that there should no longer be any delay in relocating the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital city in Jerusalem. He said that in a Perry administration, if you are an employee of the U.S. Department of State, you will be working in Jerusalem. Perry received enthusiastic applause on a number of occasions from the audience of Orthodox Jewish leaders. The event was the brainchild of

Jewish activists Dr. Joe Prager of Queens and Aron Hertz of Brooklyn. Other speakers at the event were Deputy Knesset Speaker Danny Danon of the Likud Party, newly elected Congressman Bob Turner from New York’s much-talked-about 9th Congressional District, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, and community organizer and activist Chaskel Bennett. Perry succinctly stated that it is his belief that “Israel’s security is critical to America’s security, and we must not forget that it was Israel that took out the nuclear capabilities of Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007. In both instances their actions made the free world safer.� Where the UN goes from here has to be one of the world’s

great modern-day puzzles. The world body is trying to punt its way out of a difďŹ cult situation, having rather uncourageously opposed Israel and advocated vociferously for a Palestinian state over all these years. President Obama spoke before the UN on Wednesday and was emphatic about a negotiated settlement that will result in a two-state solution. That is, one Arab state and the other Jewish. Almost all supporters of the so-called Palestinian cause are in favor of the same negotiated formula. That is, everyone except the Palestinian leadership, which has refused to concede and is not even able to utter the words “Jewish state.â€?

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FROM THE EDITOR Continued from Page 13 Perhaps the Republican Party has come a long way, but there is also no doubt that it has been helped considerably by Obama’s fumbled and consistently failed policies. While many say that today it is difficult to distinguish between Israel’s Likud Party and the Republican Party, once any political party is voted into office, policies and attitudes very often shift. The reader will recall that Israel did not have the easiest time in the world with President George H. W. Bush, and that it was George W. Bush who was referred to as Israel’s greatest friend to ever occupy the White House but also the first president to clearly call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Granted that for now there is a romance taking place between Bibi Netanyahu and the Republican-dominated Congress. Even Democrats today are more receptive to Israel’s needs, as they live in fear of having their rolls reduced further when the country goes to the polls in 2012 and hopefully rids itself of

Mr. Obama and his repeated obdurate failures. So strained is the relationship between the White House and Congress, the New York Times reported on Wednesday that in August, when Mr.

and others, the solution to the Palestine quagmire is a fairly simple one. As the leader of the U.S., Perry would advocate communicating to the UN that America will seek to cut off the $6 billion annual funding it provides to the UN so that

Perry said the U.S. would not be in the position we find ourselves in today if not for Obama’s “naive and arrogant, misguided, and dangerous” policies. Obama wanted to renew a $50 million security grant to the Palestinian Authority, he had to ask Mr. Netanyahu to lobby Congress and convince House members to vote in favor of the security bill. It was clear after the Perry news conference on Tuesday that the Israeli prime minister and the presidential contender would get along well, as they share many of the same visions and approach to achieving peace. To Rick Perry

it can function. Additionally, he said that if the PA pursues the abrogation of the Camp David Accords, they need to be told rather forthrightly that the $400 million that they receive in American assistance each year will be stopped. Those last two are rather easy and convincing arguments. This formula is not only simple, but also presidential. Comments for Larry Gordon are welcome at editor@5tjt.com.

Governor Rick Perry’s Remarks At IsraelPalestine Press Conference In NYC, September 20 I am joined today by a very diverse group of Jewish leaders from here in the United States and abroad. They share my concern that the United Nations could take action this week to legitimize the Palestinian gambit to establish statehood, in violation of the spirit of the 1993 Oslo Accords. We are indignant that certain Middle Eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiations between the sovereign nation of Israel and the Palestinian leadership, and we are equally indignant of the Obama administration and their Middle East policy of appeasement that has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith. Simply put, we would not be here today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the Obama Policy in the Middle East wasn’t naive and arrogant, misguided, and dangerous. It must be said, first, that Israel is our oldest and strongest ally in the Middle East—a democratic ally in the Middle East—and it has been for more than 60 years. The Obama policy of moral equivalency which gives equal standing to the grievances of Israelis and Palestinians, including the orchestrators of terrorism, is a very dangerous insult. There is no middle ground between our allies and those who seek their destruction. America should not be ambivalent between the terrorist tactics of Hamas and the security tactics of the legitimate and free state of Israel. By proposing “indirect talks” rather than between Palestinian leaders and Israel, this administration encouraged the Palestinians to shun direct talks. Secondly, it was wrong for this administration to suggest [that] the 1967 borders should be the starting point for Israel-Palestinian negotiations. When you consider [that] the suggestion of those borders was made on the eve of the Israel prime minister’s visit, we see the American administration having a willingness to isolate a close ally and to do so in a manner that is both insulting and naive. Thirdly, by injecting the issue of the 1967 borders in addition to a construction freeze in East Jerusalem and the Israeli settlements, the Obama administration put Israel in a position of weakness, taking away their flexibility to offer concessions as part of the negotiation process. Indeed, bolstered by the Obama administration’s policies and the apologists at the UN, the Palestinians are exploiting the instability in the Middle East, hoping to achieve their objective without concessions and direct negotiations with Israel. And the reason is simple: if they perceive that they can get what they want from the UN without making any concessions, why should they negotiate with Israel? While the administration is right to

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Rick Perry’s Remarks Continued from Page 14 finally agree to fight the Arab resolution at the UN, it bears repeating [that] we wouldn’t be here today if they had stuck to some basic principles concerning Palestinian statehood: • First is that Palestinian leaders must publicly affirm Israel’s right to exist, and to exist as a Jewish nation, a Jewish state; • Secondly, President Abbas must persuade all the factions, including Hamas, to renounce acts of terrorism and release kidnapped Israeli Gilad Shalit; and • Third, Palestinian statehood must be established only through direct negotiations between the Palestinian leadership and the nation of Israel. By not insisting on those principles, the Obama administration has appeased the Arab street at the expense of our national security interests. They have sowed instability that threatens the prospects of peace. Israel’s security is critical to Ameri-

ca’s security. We must not forget that it was Israel that took out the nuclear capabilities of Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007. In both instances, their actions made [the] free world safer. Today, the greatest threat to the secu-

sive regime from acquiring a nuclear capability. To date, we have fumbled our greatest opportunity for regime change. Average Iranian citizens were marching on Tehran in the Green Revolution in

“Our policy of isolating and undermining Israel has only encouraged our adversaries in their aggressiveness.” rity of Israel and, by extension, a threat to America, is the Iranian government and their development of a nuclear arsenal. One thing is clear: we must stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Economic sanctions must be tightened and increased; all options must remain on the table to stop a brutally repres-

2009; America was wasting precious time on a naive policy of outreach to both the Iranian and Syrian governments. Who knows what the leadership of Iran would look like today if America had done everything within our power to provide both the diplomatic and

the moral support to encourage the growing movement of dissidents that sought freedom? Our actions in recent years have destabilized the Middle East. We have been complacent in encouraging revolt against hostile governments in Iran and Syria, and we have been slow to recognize the risks posed by the new regime in Egypt and the increasingly strained relationship between Israel and Turkey. It is vitally important for America to preserve those alliances with moderate Muslim regimes, and Muslim leaders must seek peace and stability in the region. But today, neither adversaries nor allies know where America stands. Our muddle of a foreign policy has created greater uncertainty in the midst of this “Arab Spring.” And our policy of isolating and undermining Israel has only encouraged our adversaries in their aggressiveness. With the end-run on Palestinian statehood imminent before the UN, America must act swiftly. First, every nation within the UN must know America stands with Israel and that we stand with the Oslo principle of direct negotiations without equivocation. Second, America must make it clear that a declaration on Palestinian Statehood in violation of the spirit of the Oslo Accords . . . could jeopardize our funding of UN operations. Thirdly, the Palestinians must know their gambit comes at a cost and certainly has consequences—in particular, that America will have to reconsider the $4 billion in assistance we have provided the Palestinians over the last 17 years. Lastly, we should close the PLO office in Washington if the UN grants the standing of a Palestinian state. Israel is our friend. Israel is our ally. I have traveled there a number of times and met with its leaders. It is not a perfect nation, but its existence is critical to America’s security in the world. It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel [and] in the process, establish a robust American position in the Middle East characterized by a new firmness and a new resolve. If America does not head off the aggression of forces hostile to Israel, we will only embolden them. That would be a tragic mistake. 

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Reaction To Obama’s UN Speech September 21—Richard Stone, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman, of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, commended President Obama on his important speech at the UN General Assembly. They issued the following statement: We welcome President Barack Obama’s call in today’s address, in the opening session of the UN General Assembly, for direct negotiations between the parties to the Middle East conflict and his rejection of solutions imposed by outside parties, unilateral moves, or one-sided declarations at the UN. The president correctly and clearly identified Israel’s security needs and challenges. He again affirmed that “America’s commitment to Israel’s security is unshakeable, and our friendship with Israel is deep and enduring.” In this context, the president addressed those, including Israel’s neighbors, who seek to deny Israel’s legitimacy. The president said that “the Jewish people have forged a successful state in their historic homeland,” and that “Is-

rael deserves recognition.” We specially note this formulation not only because it reaffirmed a historic truth but also because many in the hall he was addressing have sought to deny Israel’s ancient and constant connection to the land and others have refuse to recognize it as the Jewish State. The president noted America’s longterm commitment to resolving the conflict and said that “there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades.” In a clear reference to the ongoing incitement in the Palestinian Authority and in Arab and Muslim countries, the president said, “Israel’s children come of age knowing that throughout the region other children are taught to hate them.” In a comment directed at Iran’s threats against Israel, the president said, “Israel, a small country of less than eight million people, looks out at a world where leaders of much larger nations threaten to wipe it off of the map.” We hope that other leaders will lis-

ten to President Obama’s words and heed his warnings. We hope that they too will take into account Israel’s legitimate security needs and will help foster the normal relations with Israel that the president called for. Most of all, we hope that the automatic majority against Israel at the UN will come to consider the danger to that institution and to the cause of peace that results from a blanket acceptance of anti-Israel measures no matter how unjustified they may be. Israeli leaders have repeatedly sought meaningful negotiations and have demonstrated a remarkable commitment to achieving peace. Prime Minister Netanyahu has on many occasions affirmed his commitment to a two-state solution. We hope that Palestinian President Abbas will pay close attention to President Obama’s message, accept the prime minister’s offer for unconditional negotiations, and prove his commitment to peace in his speech on Friday. 

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Said he said to them: “If the law is as I say, may it be proven from heaven!” There then issued a heavenly voice which proclaimed: “What do you want of Rabbi Eliezer—the law is as he says …” Rabbi Yehoshua stood on his feet and said: “The Torah is not in heaven!” … We take no notice of heavenly voices, since You, G-d, have already, at Sinai, written in the Torah to “follow the majority” (Sh’mos 23:2). Rabbi Nathan subsequently met Elijah the Prophet and asked him: “What did G-d do at that moment?” [Elijah] replied: “He smiled and said: ‘My children have triumphed over Me, My children have triumphed over Me.’” (Talmud, Bava Metzia 59a-b)

Life and death I set before you, the blessing and the curse. And you shall choose life (Devarim 30:10) Freedom of choice has been granted to every man: if he desires to turn toward a good path and be righteous, the ability to do so is in his hands; and if he desires to turn toward an evil path and be wicked, the ability to do so is in his hands …

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CONNECTING THE DOTS Continued from Front Cover the start of the Yomim Nora’im, has K’lal Yisrael found itself entering into the Yemei HaDin so bruised, battered, and, for some, possibly even shell-shocked. When we say, “Tichleh shanah v’kileloseha,” “May the year and its curses end,” it comes from within the deepest resources of our collective neshamah. Events of recent days and months have us all longing and hoping for the second part of that expression, “Tacheil shanah u’birchoseha,” “May the year and its blessings begin.” A brief review is in order. The horrific images of the brutal slaughter of the Fogel family (H’yd) months ago has been permanently etched on our collective neshamah. The summer began with the passing of three elderly gedolei ha’dor in Eretz Yisrael, the United States, and Europe, all within two weeks’ time. Chazal compare the passing of a tzaddik to the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, so in effect K’lal Yisrael went through three Tishah B’Avs in rapid succession—all in the weeks before the actual 9th of Av. To discuss the indescribable impact of the Leiby Kletzky, z’l, tragedy on the psyche of Jews of all types from all over the world, let me share with you an incident that happened just two weeks ago. I was standing in a wedding hall in Boro Park and having a conversation with one of the leading askanim in K’lal Yisrael. He is an individual who is actively involved in almost every community project, large and small. He has witnessed much pain in the community and has responded on each occasion. During our conversation, someone came over to say hello. I had never met him before this past July, but we have become very close since then. As we embraced, I introduced my new friend to this dedicated community askan and said, “This is Reb Nachman Kletzky [Leiby’s father].” Immediately this askan burst out crying with such a spontaneous painful and heartfelt cry, expressing outwardly what all of K’lal Yisrael felt deep inside their neshamos from a tragedy of such horrific proportions that we are still in a state of shock by its sheer brutality. That crime was soon followed by the unprecedented brutal murder of a rebbi to thousands of Yidden who had flocked to him for decades in the city of Beer Sheva for a berachah or words of chizuk, Rav Baruch Abuchatzeira, zt’l.

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CONNECTING THE DOTS Continued from Page 21 As K’lal Yisrael looked forward to the end of Chodesh Av and to the tranquility of Chodesh Elul, we on the East Coast of the U.S. experienced—many of us for the first time—an earthquake, mere days before Chodesh Elul. And if that wasn’t enough to (literally) shake us up a little, we soon experienced the full dread of an impending hurricane on Shabbos mevorchim Chodesh Elul. A Shabbos that for many turned from a day of menuchah to a day of fear and apprehension—to such an extent that, unfortunately, some made the choice of violating the laws of Shabbos without even consulting their halachic advisors as to the permissibility of doing so. (Chazal have the highest praise for people who in these types of situations consult with their poskim and follow their instructions clearly, and refer to them as being mekadshei Hashem.) For those who are now complacent and look back at “Irene” as just a lot of hype, they should develop a different perspective by redirecting their focus to the families of the four Yidden who lost their lives as a result of the storm, or to the large number of people who suffered major financial losses to their homes or businesses. And finally, what the free world calls “Arab Spring” has once again proven to be K’lal Yisrael’s “Arab Freeze.” What to the world is a celebration of Arab democracy being born, to K’lal Yisrael once again means precious Yiddishe blood being spilled like water in Eilat, the Egyptian border, and even places that are supposedly protected by international law—the Israeli embassies in the capitals of our “peace partners.” We find ourselves once again in that all too familiar role of Am levadad yishkon, a nation that dwells alone. Indeed, tichleh shanah v’kileloseha! What does all this mean? What message is there for K’lal Yisrael, when so many painful and horrific events happen in such rapid succession that we can’t even catch our breath in between these events, one worse than the next. The answer is so obvious that everyone knows it. At least that’s what I thought, until an episode that happened last week at first shocked and then clarified for me what this is all about. Permit me to explain. Last week I was invited to a wonderful community in New Jersey to speak at a kinnus teshuvah and tenth anniversary commemoration of 9/11. The last time I spoke there was exactly 10 years earlier, right after 9/11, to offer divrei chizuk to the community, which had lost two of its members in that tragedy. I went back to review my notes of what I had said then, so I wouldn’t be accused of self-plagiarism. I noticed that I had titled that talk with the same title of this article, and I thought in light of the recent tragedies that I outlined above, the very same title would be very appropriate once again. I was asked to leave some time following my 90-minute talk for questions. One distinguished gentleman stood up, introduced himself as an author of a book on Maimonides, and began to

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CONNECTING THE DOTS Continued from Page 25 take issue with the whole premise of my talk. His claim was that I kept on referring to these days as an “eis tzarah,” which he felt strongly that it was not. After all, the gedolim that had passed away were all well into their 90s; the horrific killings were terrible, but isolated instances; and the freak weather patterns only natural and bound to happen every once in a while. In other words, yes, these were terrible events, but his claim was that I have made too much of all of this. I found myself momentarily speechless. After regaining my composure, I responded that I was surprised that an expert on the teachings of Maimonides is not aware of the very famous Rambam in Hilchos Taanis (1:2) that when K’lal Yisrael finds itself in an eis tzarah, the proper action is to cry out and sound the shofar in response to the tragedies. However, if one does not do so and instead says that these are natural events, that it’s “olam k’minhago noheig,” not only is this a manifestation of the middah of achzariyus, but it also results in the bringing of additional tzaros upon us, one worse than the next.

It seems that even a devoted student of Maimonides falls short in understanding the ways of Hashem as outlined by the Rambam in Mishneh Torah. The Rambam teaches us the most basic of lessons. When Hashem sends us messages through tzaros, it is incumbent upon us to cry out in collective pain and turn towards Him with steps of teshuvah. For if we don’t, then Hashem

get it. He still hasn’t gotten our attention. What chas v’shalom has to happen that we finally can turn to Hashem and say collectively with one heart and one mind, “Avinu Malkeinu, ein lanu Melech ela Ata!” If we look at each of the aforementioned tragedies as individual or singular events, then we will never “wake up from our slumber.” We need to con-

If one says that these are natural events, this results in the bringing of additional tzaros upon us. sends more tzaros our way, each deeper, more painful, and at times even more bizarre than anything we have experienced before. And so now I understand. Hashem has been sending us so many messages in the last few months, one more painful then the next, yet we just don’t

nect the dots and see a pattern of events so unnatural, so impossible to comprehend, and say to Hashem, “We understand that there is no mikreh; things don’t just happen, but rather You have indeed caught our attention and we are ready to stand before You and proclaim together with all of K’lal Yisrael that You

are the Melech Malchei HaMlachim.” My dear chaver and mentor, Rav Dovid Spiegel shlita (the Ostrov-Klushiner Rebbe), shared with me a thought that he heard from his distinguished fatherin-law, Rav Avrohom Abba Leifer, zt’l (the late Pittsburgher Rebbe), that the word Elul forms the roshei teivos of “efshar l’hiskayeim v’laamod l’fanecha,” that in this very month, there is the opportunity to stand in front of HaKadosh Baruch Hu in a manner unlike any other month of the year. We need to be prepared to proclaim aloud to the entire world that we don’t fear the Arab Spring, we don’t fear the Palestinian request for a UN proclamation of statehood, and we even don’t fear the modern-day Haman in Iran. For when we can truthfully say to Hashem, “We have finally heard Your message, we have finally connected all the dots, and we are one with You”—Yisroel v’Kudsha Brich Hu chad Hu—then we will stand by tekiyas shofar with all the confidence in the world that tacheil shanah u’birchoseha! V’chein yehi ratzon. A kesivah v’chasimah tovah to all of K’lal Yisrael. 

To love the L-rd your G-d … for He is your life (Devarim 30:20) How is it fitting to love G-d? A person should love G-d with such great and powerful intensity that his soul is bound in this love and is constantly pursuing it as one, for example, who is smitten with lovesickness—as one who is so obsessed with a carnal love that his mind is never free of desire for that woman … Even more so is the love of G-d in the hearts of those who love him … This is what King Solomon meant when he said by way of metaphor, “For I am sick with love.” Indeed, the entire Song of Songs is a metaphor for this concept … (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 10:3) 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES

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BAGEL STORE Continued from Front Cover that depicts a scene that I find inspiring. But it’s not just another photo that is part of the scenery. Since I’ve appropriated this picture, especially over the last week or two, I have begun to study it in all its detail. The simple description of it is that it’s a photo of my father, Rabbi Nison Gordon, z’l, at an erev Yom Kippur encounter with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt’l, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Let us start at the very beginning. There is no date on the photograph—not even a year—so bear with me, as there is a lot of estimating and some guesswork here. How do I know that it is erev Yom Kippur? As you can see, my father is on a line waiting for an encounter with the Rebbe. You can see an interaction and it is clear that the Rebbe is handing my father something. To the best of my recollection, there were two days a year that this type of scene was played out on the first floor of Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.

One was on erev Pesach, when the Rebbe would hand out pieces of shemurah matzah that was baked under his direction or supervision, and the second was on erev Yom Kippur, when he would hand out pieces of honey cake to his chassidim, a custom that is an expression and wish that the recipient experience a good and sweet New Year.

There were years that I was on those lines to receive either matzah or honey cake. These two occasions should not be confused with the often referenced times that the Rebbe would distribute dollars on Sundays for hours on end so as to encourage and motivate the recipients to perform acts of tzedakah. This picture wasn’t taken on erev Pesach, and there are several reasons why this was an easy conclusion to arrive at. Firstly, if it were matzah that the Rebbe was distributing, we would be able to observe the matzah jutting out

terface with the people I have dealt with over the years, and so on. But let’s not get off on a tangent here. The Rebbe’s family and my father’s family were close, and it remained that way until they departed from this planet. My father was a Yiddish journalist who plied his trade in multiple forums over nearly five decades. I know that I learned more than a few things from him about “the business,” but needless to say what he did and what I do may have similarities but they are also markedly different. First of all, the world has changed very dramatically over these last many years. My father used to sit in an office in our family home in Brooklyn late into the night. The tools of his trade were his thoughts and ideas, his Olivetti typewriter, and a telephone on the wall behind his desk. He didn’t have a computer or even know what one could do, he never had a beeper, certainly not a cell phone, no e-mail, and no text messaging; I don’t know if he ever had an answering machine. You either reached him in his office or at night at home. If he wasn’t in, you left a message with whoever answered the phone. It was an uncomplicated, or certainly less complex, way of life. In a way, my father was an unofficial front man for Chabad. He wrote ex-

The Rebbe’s family and my father’s family were close, and it remained that way until they departed from this planet. of either the Rebbe’s or my father’s hand. Additionally, I know that it is honey cake being given because I recognize the box on a table inside the Rebbe’s room, and I can recall from the few times that I was there for these occasions that this was the box that the honey cake was delivered in. (The matzah, I believe, came wrapped in heavy brown paper, not in a cardboard box.) Now, if you care to study the photo as I have, you will observe that it is my father who is saying something to the Rebbe, and the Rebbe has an expression on his face of one who is listening. Even though it is only the side of my father’s face that is visible, I know that look and I believe that he is saying or expressing an idea that both of them find important or interesting. A friend to whom I showed the photo said he thought my father might be wishing the Rebbe a shanah tovah, a good New Year. More than anything else in this photo, I find the penetrating eye contact between the two quite riveting. Some background on their relationship is in order. My father was born and raised in a Lubavitch town in Belarus, otherwise known as White Russia. I heard tales of life in the town of Duksitza (Dokshytsy), but not much. My father was born in 1918, he came to the U.S. in 1934, and he passed away in 1989. I was named for the rav in his town, Reb Arye Leib Shainin. I don’t think he used the name Larry, but he didn’t go to college in New York, in-

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tensively and fondly about the Rebbe and his projects, missions, and objectives. But he also did so independently as a chassid and a free-thinker of sorts. I know that you’re wondering that it’s a little funny, because he doesn’t really look like a chassid in this picture. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t one as far as the superficial externals were concerned. But in his heart, he was deeply committed to the Rebbe, the movement, and doing whatever he was able to do to help them reach out to Jews wherever they could be found around the world. Let’s get back to the photograph. You can see that amongst other things, my father didn’t dress like a traditional chassid. He’s wearing a jacket and what looks to me like a matching, or at least color-coordinated, hat. And then there is this colorful feather in his hat that I guess was in fashion. And, in very un-Lubavitch fashion, he was clean-shaven. That was my father—a chassid, a very learned man, and an intellectual. He fit into any and all facets of Jewish life, whether Mizrachi or Chabad or other chassidic sects or movements. Those in the know in those days of relatively primitive communication understood that his pen or typewriter was the conduit through which they could reach out to the segment of the Jewish community that was meaningful to them. When my father passed away in 1989, he was just a few weeks short of his 72nd birthday. At the time, the Rebbe was al-

ready in his mid or upper 80s. He had long ceased the practice of leaving his office to participate in funerals that went past 770, as was the custom and the tradition that continues to this day. My father passed away on Chanukah, and it was a cold, snowy day in late December that year. As the procession passed 770 Eastern Parkway, one of the Rebbe’s secretaries told me later that the Rebbe grabbed his coat and insisted on going outside to review and participate in the levayah. To this day, that move is a subject filled with theories and speculation as to why the Rebbe did what he did that day. We were on our way to JFK Airport for the trip to Israel and burial in Bet Shemesh. As you may know, the Chabad cemetery is located in Queens, but my father had his own ideas about things, and Eretz Yisrael was vitally important to him on a multiplicity of levels. He once told me that he did not mind living life on American soil, but he did not want to lie in it. A few years later, the Rebbe also passed away, and the custom of handing out honey cake on erev Yom Kippur came to an end—along with a great and illustrious era. There are, however, the photographs and memories that keep the flame, the vitality and realness of those days, somewhat alive. As we head into another New Year with both hope and uncertainty, we can look to the past at scenes like this that warm the heart and fill us with faith and expectation for a good and sweet year ahead. 

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Pro-Israel Journalist Continued from Front Cover While it is not the place of this newspaper to discuss the veracity of such assertions in general, there is one media personality who has stated on many occasions that such a bias does exist in

his native land’s press corps and has, he says, stepped up to the bat to combat the negative press that he believes Israel receives. This someone is British journalist, author, and “philo-Semitic” blogger Chas Newkey-Burden. Chas has written several bestselling unauthorized biogra-

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phies of celebrities as well as humorous tomes, and his articles have appeared in the Guardian, Ynet, and other news outlets. He is a regular guest on British radio and has been interviewed on Sky News, the BBC, and CNN. Belonging to an overwhelmingly liberal and secular social group in London, Chas is one of the last people one would expect to see at pro-Israel rallies or speaking at Jewish communal events organized by the strictly Orthodox community. His takes on Israel’s day-to-day situation can be found on his idiosyncratic blog Oy Va Goy. The Five Towns Jewish Times spoke with Chas about how a secular British journalist became one of Israel’s great advocates in the media battles surrounding one of the most divisive nationalist struggles on the planet. S.S.: Tell me a little about your background. Where is your family from? What is your religious background? What is your ideological and educational background? C.N.B.: I grew up in southwest London. My father is English and my mother is Latvian, though she grew up in

Australia. I don’t really have a religious background as such, nor an ideological one. My parents sometimes go to church at Xmas, and obviously for weddings, but that’s about it. Politically, inasmuch as they take an interest, my parents are both open-minded and encourage me to be the same. My father and my paternal grandmother both visited and enjoyed Israel many decades ago. S.S.: What caused you to identify with Zionism? C.N.B.: In 2001, I was working for a media company run by a Jewish family. There were quite a few Jewish people working there. On September 11, as we watched the events unfold on television, the reactions of my coworkers really made me think. There was none of the shameful anti-Americanism that some Londoners expressed on that day. Instead, there were hopes expressed that now the world might understand what Israel had been facing for so long. So I became keen to learn more about the Middle East, and I struck an arrangement with one coworker there that I’d buy us lunch, and in return I could ask him anything I wanted about Israel, even if some of my questions were ignorant and potentially offensive. It turned into several lunches; he answered many questions and opened my mind. I then started following Israel and the Palestinians in the media, as well as reading many dozens of books on the conflict, from pro-Israel books to pro-Palestinian ones and everything in between. Around this time, by coincidence, I also began to visit America. When I was in New York, I was struck by the way that Jews lived there, and what a positive atmosphere exists in New York for Jewish people. I realized there and then for the first time just what a problem there is in England with anti-Semitism. That realization added to my determination to be involved in Israel advocacy and also the broader fight against anti-Semitism. By 2006, I was firmly on Israel’s side. I then paid my first visit to Israel and fell deeply in love with the country, the land itself, and, of course, the wonderful people. Although I’m not Jewish, I kind of feel the issue personally now. S.S.: How do your friends, coworkers, community, and family react to your Zionism and blogging? C.N.B.: Some people find my dedication to such an issue a bit strange, I think I do myself, sometimes! The thing is, I am not a Christian Zionist, nor an Islamophobe. I love Israel because . . . I love Israel. That means sometimes it is hard for people to pin down why I do it. But like most things, as you stick with something over time, people grow to admire it more. They see it is motivated from a good place. S.S.: What compelled you to start blogging as a “philo-Semite”? How was your writing received? C.N.B.: I was running a general, and fairly inconsequential, personal blog during the second-half of 2008. Then, when Operation Cast Lead began, I turned it into an Israel-specific blog and renamed it ‘Oy Va Goy’. I was livid at the hatred and ignorance that was

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Pro-Israel Journalist Continued from Page 30 being thrown at Israel in Britain. Many thousands of rockets were fired at Israel for years, and there was not a drop of interest or sympathy. Yet the moment Israel finally responded to try and prevent further rocket fire, suddenly Britain was up in arms. A lot of the reaction here had a nasty undercurrent of anti-Semitism. So I turned my blog into a pro-Israel blog to try, in some small way, to work against that. How was it received? Well, Israel-haters tended to hate it, Israel-supporters tended to love it. Nicely, many people who are in neither camp have told me that my blog has changed their minds on the conflict and made them more supportive and understanding of Israel’s case. S.S.: How connected are you to the Zionist and Jewish communities in the UK? C.N.B.: Very connected to both. I have good relations with all the major Jewish and Zionist groups in the UK. I go to Israel events and protests, I give speeches at events organized by Jewish organizations from the Zionist Federation to StandWithUs and even the Jewish Class at Eton College. I also go to synagogues occasionally and I spend Friday night

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with Chabad sometimes. People have been so welcoming and kind. S.S.: What do you think of the Scottish boycotts against Israel such as in west Dunbartonshire, the support of Hamas by George Galloway, the BBC’s allegedly anti-Israel reporting, and Prime Minister Cameron’s decision to distance

bluntly what your concerns are about Israel; you won’t offend me.’ It puts people at ease and then we take the discussion from there. I’m proud of how many times I’ve been able to turn around people’s views. There’s that Jewish saying: ‘To save one life, it is as if you’ve saved all

If you compare America and Britain, there is certainly a much higher level of envy here. As we know from history, where there is lots of envy, there is also often lots of anti-Semitism. himself from the JNF? How do you react to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments among your fellow British citizens? C.N.B.: It breaks my heart to see any anti-Semitism. I find it deeply distressing. I react by staying calm and by encouraging people to share their concerns or feelings honestly with me. It’s amazing how powerful and positive it can be to say to someone: ‘Tell me

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of mankind.’ I live by a similar principle with Israel advocacy—to change one person’s mind is so powerful. Here, between friends, I’d say that one of the things that is driving the peculiarly virulent strain of Israel-hatred and anti-Semitism here is the high level of envy in British society. If you compare America and Britain, there is certainly a much higher level of envy here. As we know from history, where there

is lots of envy, there is also often lots of anti-Semitism. S.S.: It is said that London is a terror hub for Europe. Have you encountered any Islamic extremism and explicit support for terror in London? C.N.B.: No. Issues with extremist Muslims in England do exist to an extent but are much exaggerated by scaremongers. S.S.: Have you used your position in the media to weigh in on Middle East issues? C.N.B.: Where possible and appropriate, yes. For instance, I’ve written about Israel in a football magazine and a gay magazine, as well as more obvious places like political journals and, of course, the Jewish press. Where possible, I raise positive stories about Israel on the radio as well. I also wrote a chapter about Israel in a mainstream book I co-wrote, which was published by Random House. S.S.: Tell me about your professional accomplishments and recent published works and media appearances. C.N.B.: I’ve been a professional journalist for 16 years. I’ve written for most of the leading newspapers and magazines in England, as well as international publications. I’m a columnist for the

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Another Mother’s Musings By Phyllis J. Lubin

School Days Everyone is happily back at school! Along with that is the stress of homework. All the kids have to relearn how to budget their time to include both their schoolwork and their relaxation time. Rivka has an especially new experience: College. So far she is truly enjoying her classes (only a couple of weeks into the term) and learning how to live in a different environment (dorming). As of now it’s like sleepaway camp, and she seems to be having a great time while still keeping in mind that she needs to keep up with her schoolwork. Rochel is enjoying her junior year in high school. She is taking advanced placement English, so she too is getting a little taste of college work. Hopefully all the work will be rewarding. Lea has moved on to fourth grade. At open school night tomorrow we will have an opportunity to meet her teachers, whom Lea is already enjoying. So far the most exciting thing about this school year for Lenny and me as parents is Yosef’s new school. He started middle school last week at the South Side Middle School in Rockville Cen-

tre, and we couldn’t be happier! He has made the transition to a new place and a totally new environment rather well. One of our biggest concerns was the earlier bus arrival. Every day Yosef gets picked up at 7:10 in the morning (instead of the former 8:15)—a huge adjustment! The day before school began, Lenny and Yosef took a walk to Sterling Electronics and purchased a brand-new clock radio for the big event. Lenny and I discussed with Yussie how the alarm would sound (Yussie chose the buzzer rather than the radio) at precisely 6:35 every morning. We also explained that at that precise time he would use the bathroom and get dressed and then announce to me that he was ready for breakfast. When Tuesday morning came, we were all apprehensive (Lubin siblings included) as to whether this new timing would work out—especially since Lenny leaves the house for morning minyan before 6:30 and typically he is the only one ready to start the day that early. I’m technically up by the time the alarm goes off at 5:28, but I usually don’t have to leave the house until 8:00, so I tend to delay dressing, etc. This is an ad-

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Phyllis Joy Lubin is an attorney with Rosenfeld & Maidenbaum, LLP, who resides in Cedarhurst with her husband Leonard and six children: Naftali, Shoshana, Rivka, Rochel, Yosef, and Lea. She welcomes your questions and comments at MothersMusings@gmail.com.

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THE DISH By Elke Probkevitz

Simanim Of Rosh Hashanah The Jewish New Year is just around the corner, and with the holidays comes lots of cooking and preparing! As with most Jewish yomim tovim, we celebrate with food. To start off the year on the right foot, we eat foods that symbolize good fortune, blessings, and a sweet new year. The traditional method is to pass around these symbolic foods and consume them one by one after reciting the corresponding “Yehi Ratzon” prayer. You can also incorporate these foods into your Rosh Hashanah meal. Here are some fun ideas: Fenugreen. This is a plant whose leaves are used as an herb and whose seeds are used as a spice. In Hebrew, “rubia” sounds like “yirbu,” so that our merits should be increased. You can also eat carrots, because the Yiddish word for carrots means to increase. A beautiful way to prepare carrots is to use the whole baby carrots with the greens still attached, glazed with honey, roasting them in the oven until golden brown. Leeks/Cabbage. In Hebrew it’s “karsi,” which sounds like “keres,” to destroy, so our enemies will be destroyed. Leek fritters are delicious little latkes that can

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be served as an appetizer. Gourds. A pumpkin is in the gourd family. We eat gourds, known as “k’ra” in Hebrew, because it sounds like the word for “read,” so our merits should

Dates. The Hebrew word for date is “tamar,” which sounds like “sheyitamu,” that they be consumed, referring again to our enemies. You can incorporate dates into a salad or make date cookies or cake. They are also great in chicken dishes. Pomegranates. We eat the pomegranate so that our merits can increase like the seeds of a pomegranate. Incorporate the seeds in a salad or make a glaze with the seeds for chicken or meat. Fish. We eat fish for the same reason that we eat the seeds of the pomegranate; we pray that we be fruitful and multiply like fish. You can make any fish dish you like. Cooking a whole fish in

A beautiful way to prepare carrots is to use the whole baby carrots with the greens still attached, glazed with honey, roasting them in the oven until golden brown. be read or proclaimed before Hashem. Pumpkins can be made into pumpkin muffins, pie, or even soup. Beets. In Hebrew, “silka” is like “siluk,” meaning removal. We ask that our enemies be removed. Beets are wonderful in a salad, or sliced thin and roasted or fried into beet chips.

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particular can be beautifully presented on your yom tov table. Head of a fish or sheep. We eat the head of a fish or a sheep so we come out as the head, not as the tail. You can prepare just the head for the simanim or use the head of the fish you prepare for your fish course.

Honey. The ultimate symbol of Rosh Hashanah, we eat apples dipped in honey to ask Hashem for a sweet new year. The honey is also drizzled on challah. Apples can also be made into a tart drizzled with a honey glaze, or apple cake or pie, for a sweet way to end off your Rosh Hashanah meal. 

Beet Chips Ingredients: 4 whole beets, peeled ¼ cup olive oil sea salt, to taste Directions: Preheat oven to 400°F. Using a mandoline or food processor, thinly slice beets. Toss with olive oil in medium bowl. Spread beets on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and coated with nonstick cooking spray. Season chips with sea salt and bake in the oven for 35–45 minutes until crispy, checking on them periodically to prevent burning. Eat as is or use to top a salad.

Glazed Baby Carrots Ingredients: 2 lb. baby carrots with greens, trimmed 3 Tbsp. olive oil salt and pepper to taste 2 Tbsp. honey Directions: Preheat oven to 400°F. Wash carrots well, pat dry, and toss with olive oil in medium bowl. Place on lined and greased baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Melt honey in microwave for 1–2 minutes till it turns liquid,

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then brush carrots with honey. Roast in the oven for 35 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.

Braised Chicken With Dates Serves 8 Ingredients: 4 lb. bone-in chicken parts salt and pepper to taste

3 Tbsp. olive oil 10 shallots, peeled 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. cumin 2 Tbsp. honey 3 cups chicken stock juice of 2 lemons 1 lb. dates, pitted and halved Directions: Heat large sauté pan with olive oil over high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in pan to brown on all sides. Remove chicken to plate and cover. Add shallots, lowering flame to medium heat. Scrape up any bits on bottom of pan and cook till softened, about 6 minutes. Add cinnamon, ginger, cumin, and honey and cook for 1 minute. Add stock and bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan and cover. Bring to a simmer and cook 25–30 minutes till cooked through. Add lemon juice and dates and cook 10 minutes more. Pour dates and sauce over chicken and serve. Want to learn how to cook delicious gourmet meals right in your own kitchen? Take one-on-one cooking lessons or give a gift to an aspiring cook that you know. For more information, contact Take Home Chef personal chef services by calling 516-508-3663, writing to elke@TakeHomeChef.net, or visiting www. TakeHomeChef.net.

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MINDBIZ By Esther Mann, LCSW

This week’s letter is being answered by Jennifer Mann, LMSW. Dear Jennifer, The holidays are right around the corner. For me and my family, a time that should be wonderful and exciting is a time of great stress and sadness. Many years ago, my two brothers got into a horrible fight because of something petty. I’ve heard about money or assorted scandalous secrets tearing families apart, but this was nothing like that. One brother accused the other’s wife of saying something about him behind his back! My sister-in-law denies having said anything, and I believe her. The absurdity of their fight is even sadder than if something terrible had actually happened between them. Their wives and my husband and I did heavy damage control and they no longer verbally assault each other, but they don’t talk to each other either. Needless to say we have been torn apart by this. From my parents to our children, no one has been unscathed. I am writing to you because I, the eternal peacemaker, invited my parents and my brothers and their families for Rosh Hashanah. This would be the first time since their big fight that we would spend a yom tov— or any time at all—together. My parents are elderly and I feel we should all be able to get along for their sake and the sake of our children. I feel my brothers are grown men, and at the very least, they should be able to fake it. The seats in shul were bought and I had started cooking and baking when I got a phone call from my sister-in-law that they were not sure if they would come. Not an hour went by and the phone rang again. My other sister-inlaw called to tell me that Ben’s family should come to us for yom tov and her family would stay home. My mother has been calling me daily, crying over this. I so badly want this yom tov to happen, so I have been on the phone trying to convince each of them, but no one has given me an answer yet. This leaves me not knowing how much food to make or paper goods to buy, if I should try to get my money back for the seats in shul, etc. I think they are being totally selfish and are not able to see outside of themselves. They are forty-something-year-old babies! My poor, elderly parents can’t get the nachas they so much deserve in seeing their three children and all their grandchildren together for Rosh Hashanah. Is there a point when I should give up trying, or should I persevere for the sake of the family? Sincerely, Family Matters Dear Family Matters, It is extremely unfortunate that the holidays are such a stressful time for you and your family. Ideally, families in turmoil should be able to put their feuds aside and spend three days together. Those in similar shoes know

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that this is not always realistic. I’m sure you would like nothing more than to begin the New Year with peace and harmony. If you had a magic wand, you would happily wave it over your brothers and let them, poof, be done with this! Two grown men should absolutely be able to move on from a petty disagreement. I wonder if there is more to their disagreement than they have shared with you, in trying to protect you from knowing things you may not want to know. On the other hand, there may not be more than meets the eye and

They are fortysomethingyear-old babies! one or both brothers may indeed be acting childishly. I hope one day they see the bigger picture—which is making their elderly parents happy, allowing their children to know their cousins, and giving their sister a break. But for now, as yom tov approaches, my focus is on your picture. Being the “eternal peacemaker” sounds like a big job. When I think “eternal peacemaker,” I think of Hashem, and even He has in the course of our history said, “You know what, I’ve had it. You figure it out.” As much as you want this (and who wouldn’t?), their relationship is simply not in your hands. Years of battle usually doesn’t get resolved due to a looming yom tov deadline. If you were using the term “eternal peacemaker” loosely, then forgive me; but if you truly feel the tremendous burden of being responsible for the peace in your brothers’ relationship, then that warrants exploration. Can you remember a time in your childhood when you felt responsible for your brothers’ or other people’s actions? Were you the appointed family therapist? From your letter, it is clear that you are a devoted daughter and sister who only wants what is best. My concern is whether you are at all focused on what is best for you. Your brothers are so caught up in their dispute, they cannot see how hard you have been working to prepare a beautiful yom tov for them and how much it would mean to the entire family. They aren’t figuring in your needs or anyone else’s. But, putting them aside for a moment, are you taking your own needs into account? Have you thought about the possibility of them fighting at the table and ruining the meal you worked so hard to prepare? Or the awkwardness for your husband having to walk to shul with

his brothers-in-law who don’t speak to one another? These two don’t seem to be concerned about you, so you certainly need to be! Put yourself into the equation. Exposing yourself and your children for an extended period of time to raw, unfinished business may not be healthy. You are entering a situation that you know with almost 100% certainty will be tension-laden. Even though you cannot settle their feud, you can protect yourself by creating boundaries. For example, extending an invitation for this lengthy stay may go something like this: “I really want our family together for yom tov. If you two can agree to fake it for three days or somehow work out your issues, you are welcome with open arms. By the way, I also need to know by Friday.” As hard as it may be, try to stay out of the details and the configuring of their plans and simply check in by the RSVP date. If your invitation still stands, it is my hope that your brothers reconcile before or during yom tov. As we heard from the many newscasters covering Hurricane Irene, “Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.” Figure out some sort of game plan in the event that catas-

trophe strikes. Make sure you have a friend on call to whom you can escape for an hour or two. Make a pact with your sisters-in-law, before Rosh Hashanah begins, that you ladies will not get involved in their argument at any cost and that you and the children will have a fabulous time with or without the brothers being on board. As zany as this sounds, have each brother sign a contract beforehand promising to be on their best behavior.

If this yom tov doesn’t happen the way you had planned, you may not want to try again. But if you do, try something less daunting, like a family Chanukah party or dinner out at a restaurant (where people have the option of driving home). In other words, take baby steps. My hope for you and your family is that your brothers reconcile and you have the family unity you have been dreaming of. In the meantime, though it is not what you envi-

sioned, figure out ways around their feud. Have quality time with each family. You can invite nieces and nephews for Shabbos. Arrange for a “girls night” with your sisters-in-law. Get a professional photo taken of all the grandchildren and give a framed photo to your mother. Expend your energies where the exertion will be fruitful and welcome. A shanah tovah u’mesukah. Sincerely, Jennifer

Author’s note: Though some things are deal breakers, in a family most are not. If you are involved in a bitter family dispute, extend an olive branch before the New Year. You needn’t be friends, but as you can see from Family Matters’ letter, there are others who, while not directly in the fire, are burned just the same.  Jennifer Mann is presently working as a psychotherapist at Ohel. She also works as a relationship coach and can be reached at 718-908-0512.

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real estate & mortgage financing By Anessa V. Cohen

Upgrades During The Recession There are a lot of positive upgrades either going on or recently finished that have quietly affected the quality of our life here in the Five Towns. The new driveway at the library has made the trip to the library a different experience than what we had to deal with in the past. The addition of the extra parking spaces and the driveway exit has made the parking maneuvers a much less strenuous situation. Although we are all hoping for a resolution and groundbreaking on a larger new facility, the extended driveway and extra spaces have given us more breathing room for our library excursions. Now for me to be happy, more of those DVDs just need to be available when I get there. Has anyone seen what is going on along the length of Branch Boulevard? Those obstacle-course sidewalks that have protruded nearly a foot in the air up and down like a zigzag for the last 25 years are finally being torn up for an overhaul. Every tree from Peninsula Boulevard down to Lee Lake has been yanked out and the sidewalks demolished to be replaced by new level sidewalks for enjoyable walking with openings for new plantings in the future. It

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finally really looks like an inviting boulevard rather than a depressed area where walking must be done in the street in order to navigate. Thanks, Legislator Howard Kopel. Great job! We all like new projects that enhance

down of the time available to cross the street. I don’t know why, but I just love the idea that I can gauge how long I have to either walk or drive across the street by watching the numbers blinking this countdown to the light change. I am still waiting for someone to open a movie house here, since I do believe that this is a project long overdue and needed for the Five Towns. A movie house which offers movies suited for adults and children based on our school calendars and vacations that we can go to and see familiar faces and have a food concession stand which is all kosher is long past its time. Of course to

I don’t know why, but I just love the idea that I can gauge how long I have to either walk or drive across the street by watching the numbers blinking this countdown to the light change. our towns and make our lives nicer. It is wonderful to see that even during a recession, important projects are continuing that make life here that much better. New traffic lights feature a count-

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go with this new movie house that I envision, we need some more ice cream stores to go to after the movies let out. Finally, when is someone going to open a “kochalain” (bed and breakfast), another long overdue project needed

in the Central Avenue area? This could also be opened in a more elaborate fashion as a hotel where people wanting to come spend a weekend or yom tov in the Five Towns could be accommodated—or where local people making a simcha on Shabbos, like a bar mitzvah or an aufruf, would be able to house guests without worrying about limiting invites due to the lack of housing. Perhaps new prospective homebuyers wanting to check out what the Five Towns is like on Shabbos would take advantage of an amenity like this if we had it to offer. I mention these ideas since I am hoping some guy will stand up and say, “Hey, that is a good idea, and I am just the one to build it.” We know it hasn’t happened yet, but then next week we begin a new year and all kinds of things can happen in a new year, right?  Anessa Cohen lives in Cedarhurst and is a licensed real-estate broker and a licensed N.Y.S. mortgage broker with over 20 years of experience, offering full-service residential and commercial real-estate services (Anessa V Cohen Realty) and mortgaging services (First Meridian Mortgage) in the Five Towns and throughout the tri-state area. She can be reached at 516-5695007 or via her website, www.AVCrealty.com. Readers are encouraged to send questions or comments to anessa.cohen@AVCrealty.com.

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Moish was walking along the yeshiva campus when he saw an MP3 player lying on the ground. “Looks like one of the guys lost this,” he said. “Must have fallen out of his pocket.” He asked the few people standing nearby if it belonged to any of them. “No,” they all answered. “I guess it’s a chance for hashavas aveidah,” said Moish. “I’ll take it and try to return it.” He picked up the player and examined it to see if contained any identification. It was full of recorded shiurim and Jewish music, but nothing that provided a name or telephone number. There was a small decal on it, however, that served as an identifying feature. Moish took the player back to his room and placed it on his desk. He then wrote a sign and posted it on the bulletin boards around the yeshiva: “Found MP3 player. Please contact Moish at . . . ,” providing his cell-phone number. Two days passed, but no one called to claim the item. “You know, we need to do a major straightening of the room,” Moish’s roommate said to him. “Can you help me move the stuff out to the hall?” “I think you’re right,” Moish said, surveying the mess around the room. The two boys moved the desk and the other belongings out to the hall. When they finished cleaning the room and went to get the desk, Moish noticed that the MP3 was missing from the desk. “Oh no,” he exclaimed, “it seems that someone took it!” Later that day, Moish received a call. “Hi, it’s Shalom. I saw a sign that you found an MP3.” “Yes,” said Moish. “Did you lose one?” “I lost mine a few days ago,” Shalom said. “I can provide identifying features.” “OK,” said Moish. “It had a decal on the side with a miniature picture of the Chofetz Chaim,” Shalom said. “Yes,” said Moish, “I did find an MP3 like that . . .” “Oh, great!” said Shalom. “I was really worried about it. I use it to review shiur and listen to the daf.” “The problem,” Moish said slowly, “is that we left it outside my room and it seems to have been taken.” “You’re kidding me,” said

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Careless Return Continued from Page 41 Shalom. “Why did you leave it outside the room?” “I was trying to straighten the room and moved the desk outside to the hall,” said Moish. “I didn’t expect it would be taken.” “I really appreciate your trying to help,” said Shalom, “but you ruined things now.” “It’s no worse than when it was lying around the campus,” said Moish. “Still, once you took it, I would expect

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A person who finds a lost item is responsible to take it and safeguard it until the owner claims it. During this time, he is considered a shomer, guardian over the object and is responsible for it as any other item entrusted to him. you to be responsible for the MP3,” said Shalom. “I never accepted responsibility for the MP3,” said Moish. “When you picked it up, you did,” said Shalom. “I don’t see how that makes me responsible,” said Moish, “but it would be best to discuss the issue with Rabbi Tzedek.” Moish and Shalom met with Rabbi Tzedek. “Am I responsible for an MP3 that I found and was lost or stolen while I had it?” Rabbi Tzedek ruled, “If Moish left the MP3 outside his room carelessly, then

he is responsible. Had he put the MP3 away safely in the room and it had been stolen, there is a dispute whether he is responsible.” Rabbi Tzedek then explained: “A person who finds a lost item is responsible to take it and safeguard it until the owner claims it. During this time, he is considered a shomer, guardian over the object, and is responsible for it as any other item entrusted to him. “There is a dispute in the Gemara (B.K. 56b) regarding how to consider a person who holds a lost item. Raba considers him a shomer chinam, unpaid guardian, since he has no monetary benefit from holding the lost item. Rav Yosef, on the other hand, considers him a shomer sachar since his involvement in the mitzvah of hashavas aveidah when picking up the item exempts him from the mitzvah of giving tzedakah at that time. Furthermore, since the Torah imposes the responsibility to guard the item on the finder, he is considered a shomer sachar.” “Who do we rule like?” asked Moish. “The Shulchan Aruch (C.M. 267:16) rules that the finder is treated as a shomer sachar, a paid guardian, and therefore is also responsible for theft and avoidable loss. The Rama, however, cites an opposing opinion that he is treated as a shomer chinam, unpaid guardian, and therefore responsible only for negligence. Later authorities rule that the issue remains as an unresolved dispute” (SMA 267:17; Shach 267:14). “Therefore, if the MP3 was lost through negligence, such as by leaving it outside, the finder is responsible for it. However, if he put it away and it was stolen, he cannot be made to pay.”  This article is intended for learning purposes and not to be relied upon halacha l’maaseh. There are also issues of dina d’malchusa to consider in actual cases. Rabbi Meir Orlian is a faculty member of the Business Halacha Institute, which is headed by HaRav Chaim Kohn, shlita, a noted dayan. For questions regarding business halacha issues, or to bring a BHI lecturer to your business or shul, please call the confidential hotline at 877-8458455 or e-mail ask@businesshalacha.com. To receive BHI’s free newsletter, Business Weekly, send an e-mail to subscribe@businesshalacha. com.

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that’s the WAY IT IS By Hannah Reich Berman

Calls With Silver Linings Usually one asks questions of others. But every now and then one might ask a question of herself. I did that when I began to ask myself if I had talk moods. Or maybe they were people moods. There are some people that I don’t enjoy speaking to. There’s nothing odd about that because everyone knows people that you can relate to and people that you cannot relate to. It has nothing to do with liking or not liking someone. That was not and is not my problem. My dilemma was that, although there is a person I genuinely like, I just didn’t enjoy talking to her. I grew up with her and she is without question one of the nicest, sweetest, kindest souls (I think that about covers everything). Yet, for quite some time now, when her name appears on my caller ID, I’ve had to force myself to answer. And lately, I haven’t been too successful with the forcing. I can be very resistant—apparently even to myself and to my conscience. So, most of the time, I simply stare at the phone and don’t pick it up. Instead, I wait until my answering machine does the job that I pay it to do. Of course, I don’t actually pay the answering machine; but I did pay for it. I

distinctly remember handing money to the clerk when I bought it, and to my mind, that’s the same thing. So I ďŹ gure, I should let it work for me. It took a while for me to ďŹ gure out what the problem was. But I eventual-

My guess is that many people have similar dilemmas. But that knowledge doesn’t do much to help me to deal with mine. ly got it! Although this gal and I have been friends since childhood, she bores me. Maybe I don’t do well with sweet, nice, kind types. Although my former friend (I guess it’s appropriate to refer to her as former) and I now live in different states, we have kept in touch for many years. Our time zones are only one hour apart, so that isn’t the issue. After all, I

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have no difďŹ culty staying in touch with friends and family in Israel despite a seven-hour time difference. This girl and I have many mutual friends and acquaintances we could catch up on and news that we could share. And we have more things in common that we could chat about. We went to grade school, middle school (known back then as junior high), and high school together. We had the same teachers and we studied together for exams. Our parents were friends, we lived only a few blocks apart, and on Shabbos mornings we walked to shul together and then spent the afternoon taking a class from the rebbetzin and then heading for the local park.

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As young children we played Monopoly and Parcheesi indoors, and hopscotch and jump rope outdoors, and often had sleepovers at one another’s homes. When we grew a bit older, we shopped together; and when we weren’t together, we did the teenager thing and spent hours on the phone. Until this very day we both remember our neighborhood and the local land-

marks. Clearly we have much to talk about, and yet chatting with her bores me to tears. It saddens me, but I seem unable to help myself. I feel both guilt and shame, and I hope she never ďŹ nds out. She continues to call, so it’s obvious that she isn’t taking the hint, which, subconsciously I guess, I am trying to give her. She doesn’t get it because her mind doesn’t work that way. She would never abandon a friend. So she thinks of me as a very busy and active person who doesn’t spend a lot of time at home and therefore doesn’t answer the phone. For some reason, I never gave her my cellphone number. Maybe subconsciously I knew it would one day come to this—dodging her calls. But not answering her calls doesn’t explain what she thinks about the fact that I rarely return her calls. She knows I come home sometime. It’s doubtful that I’m the only one with this problem. My guess is that many people have similar dilemmas. But that knowledge doesn’t do much to help me to deal with mine. To make matters worse, this perfectly wonderful gal, who would never hurt a soul, has become an annoyance because she leaves long-winded messages on my answering machine. By now she probably realizes that I’m unlikely to call her back and that we’re not going to speak, so she does the next best thing; she has a one-way conversation with me. She does all the talking. She has to, since I’m not on the phone. But what do I want from her? She’s not to blame. It’s me. Maybe I’m easily annoyed. Patience is

no longer my strong suit, if it ever was. That happens as people get older. And since I’m getting older every day (thank G-d), there are more things that annoy me than ever before. Among the multitude of things that irritate me is something else that involves telephone conversation. And this really drives me crazy. When I’m on the phone with someone who suddenly gets a call on her “other line,â€? she’ll say, “Hannah, I have another call and I need to take it, so let me call you back in ďŹ ve minutes.â€? I tell her that’s ďŹ ne with me, and the next thing I know she’s gone. My inclination is usually to ďŹ ll those ďŹ ve minutes by making a call to someone else. But can I do that? No! Of course not—because when a caller switches from one phone line to another, she is not disconnecting the call from the ďŹ rst line. And that would be me on the ďŹ rst line! This renders my phone totally useless, and it irritates the life out of me. On countless occasions I’ve had to use my cell phone if I wanted to make another call. In and of itself that shouldn’t be a problem but, often, it is. That’s be-

cause, when I’m at home, I often multitask, so I’m usually doing something else while I’m talking, and that’s hard to do while on a cell phone. My cordless house phone tucks securely between my shoulder and my ear and leaves my hands free to do other things. But tucking a little cell phone between my shoulder and my ear isn’t the easiest thing to do. Half the time the phone falls down, and the other half, when I am able to hold it in place, I’m hurting my neck muscles. I might be better off if I took those calls from my boring friend. Chances are that she wouldn’t receive too many calls while talking to me. That would mean that when we end our conversation and hang up, we would be fully disconnected and I’d be free to make another call. Chatting with her might be boring, but it does have its advantages. Every cloud has a silver lining. ď ś Hannah Berman lives in Woodmere and is a licensed real-estate broker associated with Marjorie Hausman Realty. She can be reached at Savtahannah@aol.com or 516-902-3733.

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Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid Upcoming Shiurim/Events at the Shul 9/23 – 9/24

Shabbos Parshas Rabbi Eliyahu Schneider, Rebbi at Sh’or NetzavimYoshuv, will be the guest Rov. He will be speaking before Maariv, After Vayelech Shacharis and during Shalosh Seudos

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News From The Hills BY CHANITA TEITZ I’m off to Israel for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, so this is already becoming a hectic week of preparation. No matter how much I try to do ahead, there are always things to do at the last minute. And while most people go after Yom Kippur for Sukkos, we are going now and returning home for Sukkos. Not only am I cooking food to take with me, with special requests from my children, I am also cooking ahead for Sukkos. Actually, I hope to invite myself out for some meals to my other children (Hint, hint. This is a good test to see if they’re reading this column.) But for the Sukkos night meals we’ll be home, and my younger son and daughter-in-law and kids will be with us. One of the things on the list of requests is my homemade gefilte fish. Now, when I say homemade, I don’t mean some frozen fish loaves that I cook. I mean fresh, ground fish that I season and cook the old-fashioned way. I remember my grandmother’s fish. She ground it herself and then chopped if for a long time. I cheat a little, buying it already ground and I don’t chop. No one has been able to duplicate her fish. And her fish was peppery; I didn’t eat sweet gefilte fish until I came to New York. Then, of course, there have to be presents for everyone! Our grandchildren meet us at the elevator to help schlep in the luggage just to get at the loot. My husband would prefer to travel light, just a carryon, but that’s impossible. We always come back with several empty suitcases! One thing we both love to do is sit in the Old City and watch people. I get very emotional when I see Jews of all stripes walking through the streets and I realize that we are one nation, a microcosm of K’lal Yisrael. K’sivah v’chasimah tovah to all!

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Upcoming Events A pre-Shabbos Shuvah derashah in honor of the 22nd yahrzeit of Chana Mindel bas R’ Shammai. This Shabbos, September 24, Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch is to speak on “How Two Rights Can Make . . . A Wrong!”At the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, 70-11 150th Street, at 4:00 p.m. Rabbi Shafier speaking. On Wednesday, October 5, at 8:30 p.m., come and hear Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier of “The Shmuz” at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, 70-11 150th Street, speak on “Hashem Waits for our Teshuvah!” For more information, call 866-613-TORAH (613-8672) or visit www. theShmuz.com. 

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Elul And Rosh Hashanah: An Overview Halachic Musings BY RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN (Continued from last week)

Erev Rosh Hashanah We recite more Selichos on this day than on other days because this day is even more favorable for Hashem forgiving our sins. Many people fast on erev Rosh Hashanah. Some fast only until Minchah. This fast does not need to be declared on the Minchah before it like other fasts. After Shacharis, it is important to recite the Hataras Nedarim on erev Rosh Hashanah so that we enter the new year without having the sins of unfulfilled vows. This is done before three knowledgeable men. Husbands should have their wife and daughters in mind when saying it and should say this aloud. We do not sound the shofar on this day for two reasons: 1. To differentiate between the voluntary shofar blasts of Elul and the mandatory ones for Rosh Hashanah. 2. We wish to confuse the Satan by not letting him know when Rosh Hashanah occurs so that he will be unable to present his charges against us. It is therefore very important that he not get hold of this article. Other things that we do in order to confuse the Satan is not to bentch Rosh Chodesh Tishrei, not to say the words “uvroshei chodsheichem takrivu” in the Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah, and we do not end the cycle of the reading of the Torah

on Rosh Hashanah either. Many have the custom to visit the graves of tzaddikim on erev Rosh Hashanah. It is important not to pray to them or to ask them to intercede on our behalf. Rather, we should pray to Hashem that in the merit of the tzaddik we should have a good judgment. It is also a minhag for men to immerse in a mikveh on erev Rosh Hashanah. The preferred time for this is after the fifth hour of the day (one hour before chatzos). It is the minhag to get a haircut on this day and put on nice clothing to show our confidence that Hashem will have mercy upon us. One should not wear overly festive clothing so as not to forget the impending awe of Yom HaDin.

The Differences In The Tefillah One of the most important differences in the Shemoneh Esrei of the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah (including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) is in the blessing of HaKel hakadosh—the third berachah in the Shemoneh Esrei. We change the world “Kel” to “HaMelech.” This statement is quoted in the Talmud in the name of the great sage Rav. The reason we make this change, according to Rashi, is that during this time Hashem demonstrates his Kingship over the entire world by judging them. If one is unsure whether HaMelech hakadosh was said or not, the assumption is that it was not said, and the Shemoneh Esrei must be repeated. On weekdays, when we generally say melech oheiv tzedakah umishpat, we change this to HaMelech hamishpat. If

HaMelech hakadosh was not said and he or she did not yet begin the next berachah, one may recite Hamelech hakadosh and continue in the Shemoneh Esrei. This is because the newer version was the one that is considered correct. If, however, more than three seconds had elapsed, the correction did not count and the entire Shemoneh Esreh must be recited again. It is a good idea to insert a tissue or stick an arrow in one’s siddur on account of this. If one erred in regard to HaMelech haMishpat, then one does not have to repeat the Shemoneh Esrei. The Gaonim who lived after the time of the Gemara initiated certain additions to be made into the Shemoneh Esrei during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah—beyond the changes mentioned in the Gemara. They added the recitation of certain phrases. “Zachreinu leChaim, Remember us for life, O’ King who is Desirous of Life, and Write Us in the Book of Life” is inserted in the first berachah of the Shemoneh Esrei. Mi chamocha is inserted in the second berachah. Uchesov lchaim tovim kol bnei brisecha is said in the berachah of Modim, and B’sefer chaim is inserted at the end of the 19th berachah of the Shemoneh Esrei. In the Kaddishes that are recited during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, the words l’eila ul’eila mikol birchasa are said instead of l’eila min kol birchasa. The Kaddish must contain 28 words, according to the Zohar. Hashem’s name also has 28 words. This is why we combine the two words min kol to mikol when we add the word l’eilah.

On Friday evenings after the Shemoneh Esrei, we generally say the tefillah of Magein avos. In this tefillah as well we replace HaKel hakadosh with HaMelech hakadosh. The poskim have ruled that on the Yomim Noraim we daven slightly louder than we do during the rest of the year. One must, nonetheless, be careful that this ruling not be a source of machlokes, argument. It is better to daven in a more quiet tone if it will cause someone to be disturbed or distressed, Heaven forbid. We recite the Avinu Malkeinu on Rosh Hashanah and throughout the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, a tefillah that was composed by Rabbi Akiva. It is recited during Shacharis and Minchah—but it is not recited on Shabbos. After Maariv during Rosh Hashanah, the chazan recites each pasuk of L’David Mizmor. The congregation repeats each verse after the chazan. After Maariv, each person extends a greeting to friends and family. The general greeting, as cited by the Chofetz Chaim, is “L’shanah tovah tikaseiv v’seichaseim l’alter, ul’chaim tovim ul’shalom.” This is not said during the daytime, however, because the tzaddikim are inscribed in the morning. We want to treat everyone as if they were already inscribed—a worthy action that helps both ourselves as well as others. This too, when said with the proper intent, can be a fulfillment of ve’ahavta l’rei’acha kamocha—a biblical mitzvah. (To be continued) The author can be reached at Yairhoffman2@ gmail.com.

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On December 17, 2010, the president signed into law a bill containing significant changes in many areas, including income taxes, capital-gains taxes, gift taxes, estate taxes, and payroll taxes (the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.”) Individuals and businesses might consider adjusting their financial strategy in light of these changes. Numerous income-, business-, and investment-tax provisions are included in the law, many being extensions through 2012 of the 2001 and 2003 “Bush tax cuts,” now set to expire after 2012 and return to pre-2001 levels. Some of these include: • Extension of the 10%, 25%, 28%, 33%, and 35% income-tax brackets. • Extension of the repeal of the phaseouts of personal exemptions and itemized deductions. • Extension of the 15% (and lower) capital-gains and dividend tax rates. • Extension of the alternative minimum tax “patch” through 2011. • Extension of the Individual Retirement Account “Charitable Rollover” provision to 2010 (retroactively) and 2011. • Partial payroll tax holiday. • Deductions for college tuition, student loan interest, and state and local sales taxes, and the child and adoption tax credits. In addition, the new $5 million-perperson gift-tax exemption (an all-time high) presents an opportunity for substantial tax-free gifting in 2011 and 2012—after that it’s scheduled to return to the $1 million level. Similarly, the estate-tax exemption has been increased to $5 million (also an all-time high) in 2011 and 2012, after which it also returns to $1 million. Optimizing your financial strategy is always a good decision. That’s why it makes sense to consult with a qualified tax professional to understand these and many other changes in the new tax law and make adjustments as necessary. For many people, this two-year window can present significant opportunities to improve the effectiveness of their overall financial strategy.  © 2011 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Avi Ashkenazy can be reached at 646-8678311, 917-767-9053 (mobile), or aashkenazy@ financialguide.com.

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Succeeding In Spite Of The American “Dietâ€? BY KAREN KAHN RD, CDN Over my years as a clinician and dietitian/nutritionist in private practice, I have developed many theories based on real life observations of overweight Americans struggling to balance a busy lifestyle with nutritionally sound eating habits. While I am passionate about nutritional causes, I am also practical and realistic. Changes have to be implemented to prevent and reverse the epidemic of obesity that is aficting our nation and jeopardizing our overall well-being. You know as well as I that “dietsâ€? don’t work! Despite this, a constant barrage of new diet books, fad diets, and gimmicks preying on the vulnerable diet-obsessed consumer hits the marketplace faster than I can write this article. Americans continue to yo-yo diet. The only positive outcome accrues to the multibillion-dollar diet industry. Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet or instant solution. The good news, however, is that there is a key to lasting success. Adapting a healthier lifestyle and implementing change can bring long-term and permanent results. While I admit this involves serious commitment and resolve, once you’ve reached your goal, you will surely enjoy many gratifying beneďŹ ts!

What We Eat The problem with that answer is that our society refuses to accept it! American society seeks instant gratiďŹ cation in all realms. We want instant solutions, and this extends to our eating and dietary behaviors, as well. After all, with the busy lives that we lead, who has the time to prepare, shop, and plan out nutritious and delicious meals? Many of us turn to restaurants (MSG anyone?), take-out counters (no better!), or instant dinner home-prep solutions (wacky mac or mechanically altered chicken nuggets sound familiar?) which, though they certainly meet the instant criteria, do not meet even basic nutritional standards. The good news is that there are shortcuts that can enable us to make better choices without compromising our nutritional needs. Purchase prewashed and trimmed fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. This can cut prep times dramatically. Choose simple and userfriendly recipes that don’t require much effort. Seek out a qualiďŹ ed dietitian and review their credentials. (Be wary of those who dispense nutritional advise without any experience and background in the ďŹ eld of nutrition). A dietitian/nutritionist will personalize an effective eating plan to suit your needs and lifestyle and to promote weight loss (if that is your goal). Additionally, a dietitian can help with menu-planning and/or recipe development. Be sure to ask for guidance to help motivate you and your family to adapt to a healthier lifestyle. I acknowledge that putting on your

apron and dusting off your kitchen appliances may seem overwhelming. But just think of the many nutritional benefits and the pleasure you and your family will derive from a wholesome, homecooked meal! Perhaps then the task will not seem as daunting.

Portion Distortion We, in sharp contrast to European counterparts, do not practice portion control. Europeans consume portion sizes that are a microcosm of the super-sized menu offerings accepted on our continent. In addition, in the last two decades, everything from soda bottles to candy bars has expanded in direct correlation to our waistlines. When are we going to learn bigger isn’t always better? Cutting back on our portion sizes and filling up on better choices can cut a significant amount of caloric intake. (Digest this: only 100 fewer calories a day will translate into a 10 lb weight loss in a year!)

Where’s The Fiber? Every time I frequent the supermarket I ask myself that very question. Our markets are stocked with highly processed foods that are high in refined sugar and flour and lacking in fiber.

If you’re not seeing the words “whole grain,” chances are you’re not getting enough fiber! What’s all the hype about fiber, you may ask? Fiber is naturally occurring in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. It has proven effective in reducing cholesterol in addition to reducing the incidence of many diseases (e.g. diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and many digestive conditions.) For the perpetual dieters out there, many clinical studies have proven that high fiber diets are effective in achieving and maintaining weight loss. From a diet and weight-loss standpoint, fiber is effective in promoting satiety. Simply put, without ample fiber in our diets, we feel hungry. I won’t even get into the scientific aspects of the positive outcome fiber has on regulating blood sugar levels. So, with all this knowledge about the benefits of fiber, what do we, a well-informed, diet conscious American public, do to the naturally occurring fiber in our food supply? We remove, destroy, and eliminate it! We strip it to manufacture white bread, doughnuts, pasta, and other such nutritionally inferior foods. Take a close look at your shopping

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list and your pantries. If you’re not seeing the words “whole grain,â€? chances are you’re not getting enough ďŹ ber! For those who read labels, current recommendations are 25-35 grams a day for adults. For children, apply the age +5 rule (e.g. for a 7-year-old, add 5 grams of ďŹ ber = 12 grams ďŹ ber). So how do you put this into practice? Incorporate a variety of whole grain pasta, rice, bread, cereals, fruits, and vegetables to your daily diet. Purchase foods in their simplest, raw, and less processed forms. And yes, discriminate against white foods (that includes potatoes). In addition, be creative! Incorporate whole wheat our (or whole wheat pastry our) into your favorite recipes and even desserts, to make them healthier alternatives (I make a whole grain double chocolate chip cookie that has friends and relatives knocking at my door.) Keep an open mind; you may be resistant to change at ďŹ rst, however you can learn to accept and even prefer high ďŹ ber foods in no time.

Physical Activity Aren’t we a nation of self-proclaimed sports fans? But are we watching or engaging in them? Yup, you guessed it! Americans coined the term couch potato! And to add insult to injury we are consuming empty calories from snacks and beverages while rooting for our favorite teams from our sedentary positions parallel to the TV.

One study found that we consume 25% more calories while eating mindlessly in front of the TV. Where’s the sense in that? Get up and get moving. I won’t intimidate you by calling it “exercise.� Let’s call it “increasing your physical activity.� Register at a gym (I highly recommend Club Central). Get out there and bike, walk, or swim; engage in your favorite activity. Don’t equate your regimen with torture. Instead, make it an enjoyable experience that you look forward to. Do whatever it takes to motivate yourself. Purchase a comfortable pair of sneakers, trendy workout clothes, or new exercise equipment, and/or download new music to your iPod. Enlist a friend, neighbor, spouse, or child to join you. Just Do It! (Remember those Nike ads?) Don’t make excuses. Just think of how energized and invigorated you will feel afterwards.

Tips To Develop Better Habits • Use vegetables as â€œďŹ llersâ€? at every meal. They are low in calories and loaded with vitamins, minerals, and of course, ďŹ ber. You can enjoy them raw, steamed, roasted, grilled, or broiled. Soups and salads are great â€œďŹ llersâ€? as well. • Cut down on carbs. Most of us are “carbing outâ€? and are in total denial. Remember to get those carbs from whole grain sources! • Choose low fat sources of protein. (poultry, ďŹ sh, low fat dairy products, and lean meat). There’s a vast variety out there. Try something new (tofu anyone?!)

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• Trick yourself into believing less is more. Use smaller utensils, and/or plates. Eat your main course on a salad or dessert plate instead of a dinner plate. • Eat slowly and chew your food well. This not only allows you the luxury of enjoying your food but also aids in the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Put your utensil or finger food down between each bite to allow yourself ample time to adequately chew your food. • Don’t eat while you’re distracted. (e.g. doing homework carpools, shopping, or watching TV). • Always plate your food before eating it. Many of us are under the misconception that eating or “picking” from a friend, spouse, or eating your children’s leftovers doesn’t count. It all adds up! • Always apply the 20 minute rule. Wait 20 minutes before reaching for doubles. It takes time for your brain to get the signal that you are satisfied. Chances are if you wait, you won’t go for that second helping. • Don’t make excuses for bad habits anymore! You’re only cheating yourself. Take control and implement changes ASAP! Remember, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and breaking bad habits can take a long time. However, simple changes can ultimately yield very positive and gratifying results. Always maintain a positive outlook and believe in yourself. If you think you can do it, you will surely succeed! Karen Kahn is a registered dietitian (American Dietetic Association) and New York State certified dietitian-nutritionist. In her private practice she specializes in pediatric, adolescent, and adult weight management, as well as individualized therapeutic diets. She also works as a part-time clinician/ consultant for Beth Abraham Health Services. Ms. Kahn resides in Woodmere with her husband Zvi and four children. She is a provider with Oxford & United Healthcare insurance. For questions or comments or to schedule an appointment, please call her at 516993-9420 or e-mail KarenKahn10@ aol.com.

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A Minimalist Diet I came across an interesting halachah in Halichos Shlomo: A husband is obligated to help his wife. Before husbands get too nervous, I did take the halachah somewhat out of context. Every adult has an obligation to fast on Yom Kippur. However, one is not allowed to put his life in jeopardy to fast. Consequently, one may eat on Yom Kippur if fasting would put his life in danger. (Please see your rabbi and doctor for guidelines regarding this serious she’eilah if relevant to you.) Let’s suppose that there is an individual who can tolerate the fast if he stays in bed all day. Is he allowed to go to shul and daven with a minyan and thereby cause a situation of possible pikuach nefesh where he must eat? HaRav Shlomo Zalman, zt’l, ruled in the negative. Even if a person is already eating and drinking on Yom Kippur due to his medical condition, he may not go to shul if attendance at shul will force him to eat or drink any more than staying home. It should be noted that even eating or drinking small amounts on Yom

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is as follows: Fill 1½ “schnapps cups” that are marked “1 oz. - 29 ml” with compacted bread, crackers, or cereal, and consume that amount every nine minutes. (Beverages have a different shiur.) If this minimum shiur suffices, he may not eat more. Does this individual make a berachah on this food? Further, does he make a new berachah every nine minutes? A person who violates a prohibition and eats non-kosher or stolen food does not make a berachah. Such an utterance would not be deemed to be praise of Hashem. In our situation, however, the person eating is actually performing a mitzvah. He is safeguarding his health. He is not violating any prohibition. A berachah would certainly be warranted in this case. The Shitah Mekubetzes differs and rules that someone who eats on Yom Kippur even with a permit does not make a berachah. The halachah is not in accor-

We consider the utterance of “Let’s bentch” to signal the end of the meal. dance with the Shitah Mekubetzes. The question as to whether or not the individual has to make a berachah every nine minutes is connected to this week’s daf. The Gemara in Chulin (86b) states that everyone agrees that a shochet makes only one berachah on shechitah even if he intends to shecht 100 animals or birds. This is true even if he did not shecht continuously but took a break in between to fulfill the mitzvah of kisuy hadam. The Gemara challenges this ruling by stating that someone who was eating and called out to the waiter to bring his wine so that he could bentch on a cup of wine is deemed to have completed his meal. If he subsequently changes his mind and decides to eat more he must make a new berachah rishonah. (According to some authorities, this halachah is to be applied liberally nowadays. People nowadays are flippant and constantly changing their minds. They never really make a conclusive decision not to eat unless they demonstrably show that they are finished eating by getting up from the table or something similar. Just saying “let’s bentch” may not signal the completion of a meal today.) Just as deciding to bentch is the sign that one completed his meal, performing kisuy hadam indicates that one has completed the shechitah process. A new berachah should be required when the shochet slaughters the next animal after pausing for kisuy hadam. The Gemara answers that since one could theoretically perform shechi-

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Magic Words BY MORDECHAI SCHMUTTER Elul is a time to work on our middos, and there is no middah that we need to work on more than that of respecting other people’s feelings. And if you don’t think that’s the biggest middah we have to work on, then too bad on you, because it’s my humor column. One way to show people that you respect their feelings is to be polite. Unfortunately, people these days are afraid to be polite, because the truth is that what’s polite in one culture isn’t necessarily polite in another. For example, if you meet a Japanese person, you stick out your hand, because in our culture, the polite thing to do when you meet a stranger is to wonder why his palms are sweaty. Meanwhile, in Japanese culture, everyone bows, and whoever bows the lowest gets the most points later to be redeemed for valuable prizes. So you stick out your hand, he bows, and you basically end up slapping him on the face. I don’t know if that’s polite in any culture. So some people are just so afraid that they don’t bother being polite to anyone. I’m reminded of a joke about a reporter doing a story on a global meat shortage. He goes over to an American and asks, “Excuse me, what is your opinion on the meat shortage?” And the American says, “What’s a shortage?”

Then he goes over to someone from India: “Excuse me, what’s your opinion on the meat shortage?” The man replies, “What’s meat?” Then the reporter goes over to a Chinese person: “Excuse me, what’s your opinion on the meat shortage?”

a door and someone is coming up behind you, being polite means that you hold the door open for him instead of waiting for him to be halfway through and then launching it at his face like a slingshot. And likewise, if someone is holding the door open for you, you should try to get through the door as promptly as you can, so as not to keep him waiting. That’s fine. But sometimes you’ll have some stranger standing there, holding the door open for

So I’m pretty sure that I’ve taught my kids that they can get pretty much anything they want if they first ask for it without saying “please,” and then ask again and say “please.” “What’s an opinion?” the man replies. The poor reporter is getting nowhere. Finally, he sees an Israeli: “Excuse me, what’s your opinion on the meat shortage?” So the Israeli looks at him: “What’s ‘Excuse me’?” (I can make this joke, because I’m one-third Israeli.) And it’s not always easy to be polite. Like, for example, if you’re opening

you, and you’re still halfway down the block. And because you don’t want to keep him waiting, you end up jogging all the way to the door, which is a lot harder than just opening the door for yourself in the first place. And then you have to say, “Thank you,” on top of that. But “thank you” is a big one. The easiest ways to be polite are the simple words that show that you’re taking the

other person’s feelings into account— words like “thank you,” “you’re welcome,” “please,” “I’m sorry,” “pardon,” “excuse me,” and “come again.” “Thank you.” “Excuse me?” “I’m sorry?” “Pardon?” “Come again?” “I said, ‘Excuse me.’” “Oh. I said, ‘Thank you.’” “Please. You’re welcome!” Of all of those phrases, “I’m sorry” is probably the hardest to say. But I find that the easiest way is to yell it. “I’m sorry! Are you happy?” Although usually, they are not. What do these women want? Of course, the thing about niceties is that you have to be very careful in how you say them. Yelling “I’m sorry!” is not any more of an “I’m sorry” than saying “Puh-leaz” is a way of saying “please.” I also find it scary that our society in general is so impolite that we’ve found a way to turn the most polite sayings into the most aggressively impolite things to say: • “Thank you!” means, “If anyone asks, this is totally your fault.” • “Puh-leaz!” means, “I can’t believe you won’t stop lying to me.” • “ExCUSE me?” means, “How dare you say that!” • “You’re WELCOME,” means, “And that is the last time I am ever going to do you a favor.” • “I’m SORRY?!” means, “Say that again, and you’ll be sorry.”

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Magic Words Continued from Page 57 Of course, there are some situations where polite words aren’t necessarily the best course anyway. I’m a highschool teacher, and whenever I want my students to sit down, I say, “Everyone, please sit down.” And most of the time, to my complete and utter shock, no one sits down that wasn’t already sitting for some other reason, such as that they were doing homework for another class. Now, I’ve discussed this issue with countless people, and they all told me the same thing: Basically, as far as my students understand, when I say “please,” it means that if they want to do me a favor more than they want to

continue what they are doing, then they can stop what they’re doing and sit down. So, after thinking about it, most of them choose not to do me this favor. Their logic is: “Okay, so I’ll listen to him and sit down. But will that make him happy? No! He’s going to want me to keep sitting for the next 40 minutes! So why on Earth would I stop what I’m doing?” So what everyone tells me is that I should stop saying “please,” because it implies that my students have a choice. I’ve since tried their advice, but somehow most of the time I accidentally say “please” anyway. (I totally blame my upbringing.) Even if I correct myself and take out the “please” the second time (don’t worry; there’s always a second time), by then it’s too late.

But should I really train myself to stop saying “please”? Personally, I don’t think this is my fault. I think that some people are just so not used to using the word “please” on a regular basis—they mainly use it when they’re asking their parents for more money—they think I’m begging them, totally at their mercy. And for goodness sakes, I just asked them for the same favor yesterday! So I think that if they learned that “please” was just another part of the language, they wouldn’t even notice that I’m saying it, just like I don’t always notice when I’m saying it. But therein lies the question: If I don’t notice that I said “please,” and the person I’m talking to doesn’t notice that I said “please,” is there even a point to saying it? That’s like asking, “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, should it still say, ‘Excuse me’?” But my wife and I have been trying to teach our kids to say these things. Our kids will ask, “Can I have a lolly?” and we’ll say, “No,” and they’ll say, “Why not?” And we’ll say, “Because you didn’t say ‘please’.” So they’ll say, “Okay, can I please have a lolly?” And we’ll give it to them. The ironic thing is that if they would have said “please” the first time, we probably would have said, “No.” “Please” is not a magic word;

sometimes there are other reasons not to give a kid a lolly at four o’clock on a Wednesday. So I’m pretty sure that I’ve taught my kids that they can get pretty much anything they want if they first ask for it without saying “please,” and then ask again and say “please.” But the truth is that they’re little kids. There’s nothing that they want that we so badly don’t want them to have that we’re willing to pass up the opportunity to teach them to be polite. “Totty, can we have ices?” “How do we ask?” “Twice. The first time without ‘please’, and the second time with ‘please’.” “Very good. You may have ices.” So I think we need to start rethinking some teaching methods here. But it’s not the worst thing to teach a kid. In real life, no one is listening the first time you say something anyway, so I think it’s more important that you insert your manners the second time you say something. Those are my feelings on the topic. You don’t have to respect them.  Mordechai Schmutter is a weekly humor columnist for Hamodia, and is the author of three books, all published by Israel Book Shop. He also does freelance writing for hire. You can send any questions, comments, or ideas to MSchmutter@gmail.com.

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Acts Of Kindness Initiative Week 4: Words That Build What We Say, And What It Says About Us BY RABBI PINCHAS CHATZINOFF For many years, there has been a rejuvenation of national and communal efforts in K’lal Yisrael to curb all types of harmful speech: lashon ha’ra, slander, hurtful words, intolerant diatribes, coarse expressions, and the like. Halachah mandates that we banish such verbal abuses from our lives, and we as a People—to our great merit—struggle to comply. Yet, there is a concept that we should be embracing to accomplish this goal of banishing harmful speech that will not only sensitize our thoughts such that we avoid it, but that will allow us to promulgate positive accomplishments through our words: kedushas hadibur, the sanctity of speech. When Hashem created mankind, the unique and distinctive act of Creation was when the Creator transformed man into a nefesh chayah, a living soul, an expression which the Targum translates as the ru’ach memallela, the spiritual force to speak. It is thus synchronistic with, and identical to, the very spiritual nature of man that we speak, and express the Divine spark within us through speech. In their most noble permutation, such sanctified words take the form of Torah

study and tefillah, thereby anchoring two of the pillars of the world: Torah and avodah. It is reasonable to assume that the third pillar—gemillus chassadim, acts of kindness—should also find expression in words, and not only in the avoidance of harmful words. Rather, our greatest strengths in manifesting our ahavas Yisrael through speech are the positive, active articulations that heal, comfort, support, and encourage.

from Hashem. The Torah goes on to suggest a remedy: “v’kamta v’alisa”—arise and ascend, that is, seize the positive aspects of speech. Rather than simply curbing speech to avoid infractions or worse, we should be aggressive in discovering opportunities to use our holiness, our very soul-identifying power of speech, to create positive emotional and metaphysical forces in our world. The secular society demeans speech, as that world lacks any understanding of the latent sanctity in words. They subscribe to the view that “talk is cheap” because they cannot perceive that our

When we speak, we release ethereal parts of our nefesh chayah, of ourselves. In Parashas Shoftim, the Torah tells us that there will be questions, disputes, and conflicts that will require judicial intervention: “ki yipale . . . bein dam l’dam bein din l’din . . . divrei rivos bish’arecha.” The Arizal HaKadosh explained the passage homiletically: if you should wonder (ki yipale) why there are quarrels in K’lal Yisrael (bein adam l’adam . . .), it is because of words amongst you (divrei rivos bish’arecha). Our choices in speech, and our abrogation of the privileges and duties associated with our sanctified power of speech, lead us to distance from one another, and consequently,

words contain unparalleled spiritual and emotional potency. Indeed, the secular world finds little value in speech, as it reckons only with actions. Yet we know that words also have endurance, not just as remembered communications, but in and of themselves, our words have life. When we speak, we release ethereal parts of our nefesh chayah, of ourselves. Opportunities abound for us to elevate ourselves and those around us with our holy words. A gracious greeting, or better, a word of true concern, can uplift someone who is struggling to hang

AOK Guide For The Week 1. Call someone just to say you were thinking about them. They will smile for the rest of the day. 2. Call someone you normally wouldn’t call to wish them a good Shabbos and good yom tov. 3. Call a single with a shidduch suggestion. 4. Invite a guest for a Shabbos or yom tov meal who may be alone—for example, a single, widow, divorcee, someone new to the community, or an unaffiliated Jew. 5. Let’s heighten our sensitivities to other people’s emotions. If they are happy, join in their happiness. If they are sad, show sincere concern and help carry their emotional burden. If they are lonely, find ways to reach out in friendship. If they are frustrated, be encouraging and optimistic. Use your words to encourage and uplift; kind words last forever. 6. Develop a good eye to see positive in others. Then ask yourself, “What can I say to this person that will make them feel good about themselves?” Find a virtue in another and express how much you value that person for it. 7. Give a sincere compliment.  on. A couple of years ago, a member of my shul confided that he came to morning minyan principally to hear the gabbai’s verbal wishes after davening for a good and successful day. Yosef HaTzad-

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Obama, Black September, And The UN vote Tidbits From Israel BY RON JAGER Last week, as reported in Commentary, the Democratic Party lost two significant special elections that were referendums on President Obama and the Democratic Party that he represents. The Democratic Party sustained an eight-point loss in a New York district (NY-9) they had controlled since the Harding Presidency and got wiped out by 22 points in a swing Nevada district (NV-2) known as a battleground state. Lost in the avalanche of commentary about the “shocking” victory of a Republican in a heavily Jewish New York Congressional district was one inexcusable comment from a prominent Democrat about the prospect of just such a defeat for his party. Rather than defend his party on the issues and Obama’s ineptness, he responded by echoing a well-established anti-Semitic cliché. Rep. Henry Waxman from California claimed the reason many Jews were trending Republican was only because they care about their money. Only two weeks ago an Obama-allied Center for American Progress released a report that blames Islamophobia in America on a small group of Jews and Israel supporters in America whose views are being backed by millions of dollars. This “network,” according to the news release, “have worked hard to push narratives that Obama might be a Muslim, that mosques are incubators of radicalization, and that ‘radical Islam’ has infil-

trated all aspects of American society— including the conservative movement.” Who are the figures mentioned as the promoters of prejudice? Most of them are prominent Jews and supporters of Israel, such as David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes, and Steven Emerson. The trend is obvious and will gain force as the presidential election heats up. Jews were blamed for voting for Obama last time, and now Jews are being blamed for abandoning Obama and voting Republican this time. It seems that it’s finally sinking in that Obama is taking the Democratic Party down with him. Obama’s undeniable repugnance towards Israel has reinforced anti-Semitism in America by blaming Jews for the Democrats’ losses. Obama’s message that the Palestinians can do no wrong has fostered and facilitated the pervasive perception within the Palestinian Authority and its unelected leader and Holocaust denier, Abu Mazen, that as far as the Palestinian cause is concerned, Obama has been the most supportive American president of the Palestinian narrative that has ever been elected, yet this will end in the coming year. Similar to many in the Democratic Party, the Palestinian Authority too is now operating under the assumption that Obama will be gone by next year, and now is the time to make their move in the UN. Any future American president would not allow the Palestinian Authority to act in such flagrant disregard for American interests. Abu Mazen and his cohorts know that only

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during Obama’s watch can they drag the whole world down the slippery pole of the false Palestinian narrative and live to tell about it. Historically, Palestinian society has never seen Jewish sovereignty or Israel’s existence as a “right.” The Palestinian Arabs are expected to concede nothing—not even their oft-stated goal of the phased destruction of Israel. Nothing illustrates the hypocrisy better than a comparison of their demand that Israel accept an Arab “right of return” with their ambition for a state that would be ethnically cleansed of all Jews. Like the Nazis with whom the Mufti and other Arab leaders were so closely allied during the Second World War, they seek to create a Judenrein state as a springboard for the elimination of a Jewish presence in the Mideast. Abu Mazen knows that Obama cannot and will not do anything to harm or hinder this Palestinian quest even as they spit in the face of American interests. Only last week, Zakariya al-Agha, a PLO official, stated that the Palestinian Authority was going to the UN because President Obama, in his last speech to the UN in 2010, talked about the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state within one year. Abu Mazen declared this week, “We are going to the Security Council.” Abbas declared, “As soon as I finish delivering my speech [at the UN on September 23], I will submit the application [for membership] to the UN Secretary-General, who will relay it to the president of the Se-

curity Council.” All of this is reflective of the warped and myopic understanding of history that has convinced Palestinian leadership that it is Israel and the West that created the Arab-Palestinian refugees, rather than their own Arab leaders who intentionally put them in this perpetual state. Today, the perfidy of Palestinian society lies in its division, dysfunctionality, and complete denial of the reality it lives in. [I use the term “Palestinian” for illustrative purposes only; the term “Arabs of Judea and Samaria” is the correct expression.] In September 1970, Palestinian terror mounted a direct challenge to the sovereign rule of Jordan’s King Hussein. Palestinian terrorists had essentially taken control over a significant portion of the kingdom. Jordan declared war on Palestinian groups in the country; the long battle that left 20,000 Palestinians dead-ended with the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization and thousands of terrorists to Lebanon. The episode was dubbed Black September. In retrospect, the Palestinians have learned nothing over the past half a century. The month of September will forever be remembered, for events then and now, as the Palestinian Black September.  Ron Jager is a 25-year veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, where he served as a field mental-health officer and as commander of the central psychiatric military clinic for reserve soldiers at Tel-Hashomer. Since retiring from active duty in 2005, he has been providing consultancy services to NGOs, implementing psychological trauma treatment programs in Israel. Ron currently serves as a strategic advisor to the director of the Shomron Liaison Office. To contact him, e-mail medconf@netvision.net.il.

Ohr Naava To Host Nights Of Inspiration With her hectic schedule as an associate intern in a prestigious law firm, Stephanie has hardly a moment to spare. Which is precisely why I was pleasantly surprised when my former student called to wish me a “kesivah v’chasimah tovah,” and to tell me that she had recently started attending shiurim at Ohr Naava Women’s Torah Center. As a high school student, Stephanie had distinguished herself for her superb academic achievement, and was accepted to the Ivy League university of her choice. Pretty and personable, she was a brilliant student and a lovely young lady, the only child of Russian-born parents. Her parents’ decision to send Stephanie to a yeshiva high school was based solely upon academic consideration. “We want the best possible education for our daughter,” they had told me during several parent-teacher conferences. “We chose the yeshivah because of its standards of excellence; it’s important that she be fully prepared for the very best college and law school. And we did not want her to be in a public school environment.” Blessed with a thirst for knowledge, Stephanie excelled in limudei kodesh studies, as well, and was an asset to every class. Her bren for learning more about Yiddishkeit was a joy to behold; unfortunately, she never joined us at any of our Shabbatons and seminars. We wished

her well at graduation, as she prepared to begin bringing her dreams to fruition. In the ensuing years following their graduation, it is always a delight meeting alumni and deriving nachas from their accomplishments. Stephanie was one of our brightest stars, sure to succeed in her chosen career. But what about her spirituality? Had her years of learning within the environs of our yeshivah touched her soul? For Stephanie, attending classes at Ohr Naava is the culmination of a spiritual journey that began during her teenage years, while attending yeshivah. “It wasn’t easy keeping kosher and observing Shabbos in my home, but I managed as best as I could,” she confides. “I never told anyone back then, but I had mixed feelings about going to an Ivy League college. If keeping kosher and being Shomer Shabbos was difficult at home, how would I manage in a completely secular environment?” Fortunately, Stephanie connected with several other observant students. “We spent a great deal of time in Chabad House during my undergraduate years,” she recalls. It was during her last year of law school, back in New York, that Stephanie first heard about Ohr Naava Women’s Torah Center. “I became friendly with two students who were ‘regulars’ at Ohr Naava. They had started going to the Wednesday night program, and raved that it was unlike anything that they’d ever been to, that the speakers and the program were outstanding. I was really looking for something intel-

lectual and challenging—I really had enjoyed the shiurim and classes back in high school. Art, yoga, and dance on the same program as parashah? I was intrigued. My two friends invited me to join them and I gladly obliged!” On the following Wednesday night, Stephanie attended, she observed, and she was captivated! Since then, she has become one of several thousand Ohr Naava “regulars,” returning time and again for what she describes as “riveting shiurim and classes by dynamic speakers. There’s an extraordinary sense of camaraderie at Ohr Naava. I’ve met women of all ages and from all backgrounds— students, doctors, lawyers, housewives, bubbies. There’s such a wonderful feeling of ‘achdus,’—there are no barriers. We’re all sisters—whether we are modern, yeshivish, chassidish; Ohr Naava is a beautiful place to be. We learn and we have fun with kickboxing, yoga, challah baking, dancing, and art. Ohr Naava is everything that I’ve been looking for, and so much more! It’s a place to change, a place to grow, where everyone feels welcome and that they belong. The rabbis and staff are first rate. They are here for everyone, accessible to answer questions and to listen. I’ve really found what I’ve been looking for at Ohr Naava. I know what I want out of life now. I am happy with my choice of career and enjoy being a lawyer, but most important for me is to find my zivug and build a bayis ne’eman. That’s my ultimate goal.” Ohr Naava Women’s Torah Center

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Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude It is not in the heavens for you to say, “Who can ascend to the heaven for us and take it for us so that we can listen to it and perform it? . . . Rather the matter is very near to you, in your mouth and your heart, to perform it. —Devarim 30:12–14 After many grave warnings against leaving the ways of the Torah, Moshe Rabbeinu tells Klal Yisrael that learning and keeping the Torah is within easy grasp of each of us. “Acquiring it doesn’t require wings to fly to the heavens, and studying it doesn’t demand crossing oceans.” Rather, Torah is well within the reach of each person. Rashi, in commenting on the words, “It is not in the heavens,” adds the explanation: “For if it were in the heavens, you would be obligated to go up after it to learn it.” If only I had wings to fly. This Rashi is difficult to understand. Rashi’s role in Chumash is to clarify what the Torah means. As an aid to understanding, he may use examples and parables, but the goal is always to explain the pshat—the straightforward meaning of the pasuk. Not only doesn’t this comment help us understand what the Torah is telling us—

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it isn’t true. Since time immemorial man has dreamed about flying, but man cannot sprout wings and fly. How can the Torah expect the impossible from us? And even more, this explanation is the opposite of what the Torah is trying to tell us. The entire paragraph outlines how close the Torah is and how easy it is to attain it. What is Rashi trying to teach us with his comment, “If it were in the heavens, you would be obligated to go up after it to learn it?” The answer to this can best be understood with a mashal: An amazing feat of strength. In 1997 in Tallahassee, Florida, a young boy was involved in an accident, and ended up being pinned under the wheel of a car. Rescuers couldn’t help him; he was trapped. An onlooker, seeing the danger, rushed over, and almost without thinking, reached for the fender of the car, lifted it off the ground, and freed the boy—a feat of amazing strength. The unusual part of the story is that the hero, the one who lifted the car, was not a trained emergency professional or some big burly fireman, but rather the boy’s 63-year-old grandmother who had never before lifted anything heavier than a bag

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of dog food. The story became a media sensation and Dr. Charles Garfield, the author of a book of fantastic sports feats entitled Peak Performance, decided he wanted to interview her. However, she wasn’t interested in talking to him. She wouldn’t return his calls, and she did everything she could to avoid discussing the event. Finally, Dr. Garfield, being a convincing fellow, got her to agree to a meeting, and the reason she was reluctant to discuss the act turned out to be almost as amazing as the event itself. During the discussion, the grandmother said she didn’t like to talk about the incident because it challenged her beliefs about what she could and could not do— about what was possible. “If I was able to do this, when I didn’t think it was possible, what does that say about the rest of my life? Have I wasted it?” After further discussion, Dr. Garfield asked her what she would like to do. She explained that she had never had the opportunity to further her education after high school. So after some coaching, Mrs. Laura Shultz began college at the age of 63. She received her degree and then went on to teach science in a community college. Our attitude determines our altitude. This story is illustrative of a very human tendency. Our understanding of what is and what is not possible creates imagined ceilings of opportunity for us. If I were smarter, I would have . . . If I were more talented, I could have . . . but I just can’t do it. Yet some people, who aren’t any more talented, who weren’t given all the breaks, just seem to plow through

and somehow make the seemingly impossible happen. It almost seems that their attitude is their single greatest asset. Eyes on the prize. This seems to be the answer to this Rashi. The Torah isn’t telling us that we need to sprout wings and fly. Rather, this is a mashal for the drive that a person must have to succeed. If a person’s attitude is, “Whatever it takes. No mountain is too high, no obstacle too difficult. If it were up in the heavens, I would fly there,” then he will reach heights. However, if that enthusiasm is lacking, no matter how close the Torah is, he will not acquire it. You don’t need to fly to the skies, but you need be ready to. Once that drive is in place, nothing can stop you. No matter what a person’s natural capacity and life circumstances, if he sets his goal as the attainment of Torah, Hashem will help so that he can reach the stars. Is the journey difficult? While there are many challenges along the way, the ways of the Torah are pleasant, and a Jew has unique aptitude to absorb it. The only difficult part is setting our sights high enough and holding the course. However, if a person sets out with a drive to do whatever it takes, even if it means “flying to the heavens,” then Hashem helps, and that person can reach his personal level of greatness on par with the greatest of Torah giants.  For more on this topic, please listen to Shmuz #61: “Heroes.” The new Shmuz book, Stop Surviving and Start Living, is now in print! It is a powerful, inspiring work that deals with major life issues. Copies are available in stores, at www.TheShmuz.com, or by calling 866-613-TORAH (613-8672).

Words That Build Continued from Page 59 dik languished in prison for ten years before he uttered the four words that would not only bring about his personal deliverance, but a measure of redemption for Bnei Yisrael, when he asked the also-incarcerated wine steward “madu’a pneichem ra’im hayom,”—why do you appear sad today? (Bereishis 40:7). The power of kedushas hadibbur radiates well beyond a simple greeting. Who can challenge the empowerment created when a parent tells a child, “I am proud of you,” or the sublime nachas when a child expresses genuine hakaras hatov to a parent? Is there any more soothing balm to heal a scarred marriage than when a spouse offers a sincere apology, or when forgiveness is granted and spoken with compassion? What joy we bring to the Ribbono shel Olam when we extend ourselves beyond our comfort zone to give voice to our heartfelt emotions by saying, “I am here for you,” or, “I admire that.” I met with a young couple not long ago, and in the course of our discussion, the young wife burst into tears, apparently moved by my telling her that I believed in her, words she said she had never heard before. Our words, when tied to our thoughts and feelings, unlock a spiritual power that may be, well, beyond words. Kedushas hadibur also acknowledges the power of speech and the concurrent need to be circumspect with that power, and know when silence is golden. One who is “bolem es piv”—who refrains from retort or reply when doing so would weaken the fabric of our relationships—is praised as one who sustains the world. A focus on kedushas hadibur and the positive power of our words, rather than simply chiding ourselves for our weakness in unleashing negativity through speech, can be likened to the struggle some kehillos have with idle conversation during tefillos; if people were talking to Hashem during davening, they wouldn’t then be likely to talk to each other. Emphasis on the many wonderful things we can build through words of love, encouragement, and compassion allows us to fully grasp what our words—these small particles of our very neshamos—can do, and thus we supplant the negative by infusing the positive. In my kehillah, we have recently undertaken a tzibbur initiative to spend a year focused on the grandeur, potential, and ruchniyus of words, as a means to achieve a collective shift in our appreciation of their power, and put it to use in service of Hashem. As Elul begins to wane and Tishrei looms, we are focused on seeking and granting forgiveness, and the nature of petitions for and conferral of mechilah. This may serve as a springboard for all of us to cherish and nurture our most spiritual acts: the enunciation of our thoughts and the expression of our feelings. Just as Hashem created the universe with utterances, so may we rectify our corner of that universe with our Divine gift of speech.  Rabbi Chatzinoff is mara d’asra of Congregation Tifereth Zvi in Cedarhurst.

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Crimes Of Communication BY RABBI AVI SHAFRAN “Funny, she doesn’t look Jewish� was the intriguing opening sentence of a recent story in the New York Post about presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann. The report asserted that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, another candidate, was having trouble raising money from some Jewish donors who mistakenly believe Ms. Bachmann, an evangelical Lutheran, is a member of the tribe. “It’s a real problem,� one unnamed Romney fundraiser was quoted as lamenting. And “some in Romney’s camp,� the article continued, “have been wondering whether Bachmann and her allies are pushing the ‘Jewish’ rumor in order to help their fundraising.� To be sure, Ms. Bachmann is popular among some Jewish voters—she embraces conservative values, is a strong supporter of Israel, and has often spoken about her stay on a kibbutz as a teenager during the summer of 1974.

But the story of addled Jewish donors considering the Minnesota congresswoman a landsman, so to speak, likely

cluding one such meeting the very day the article appeared. Indeed, information about that powwow may well

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cle using the unremarkable meeting as a hook to reprise the insight of his original piece. “Michele Bachmann leaves a meeting with Jewish leaders yesterday,â€? read a caption, “after The Post reported she’s been mistaken for being Jewish.â€? Neither an investigation by a member of Mr. Romney’s ďŹ nance team nor inquiries by a New York magazine reporter turned up even a single Jewish donor to the Bachmann campaign who had ever thought the candidate was anything other than a Christian, an identity she embraces publicly and proudly. Of course, the fact that no clueless Jewish Bachmann campaign donors could be found doesn’t prove that none exist. But when a news story seems sensational or strange and is based only on unnamed sources, more often than not it’s a sign of—how shall we put it?— creative license. There is a reason savvy citizens are skeptical of “informationâ€? provided by the media. (If only less-savvy ones could be taught to entertain doubts of their own.) Sometimes, such journalistic shenanigans are relatively harmless, as in the case of Ms. Bachmann’s alleged halfwitted heimishe donors. Who, after all, cares in the end whether some Jews evidence lack of the reputed Jewish intelligence gene? But in other cases, when a reporter or editor decides that something should be a fact and then endeavors to create “evidenceâ€? for it one way or another, the harm can be more malignant and lasting. Take the New York Times’s coverage, 20 years ago, of the Crown Heights riots, whose two-decade anniversary brought the revelation—provided by Professor Ari Goldman, a Times reporter at the time—that the blatantly anti-Semitic nature of the riots had been squelched. Editors at the paper apparently felt that they didn’t want the pogrom . . . to be one. And so they reported a “racial disturbance,â€? something more to their liking. Anyone who has followed more recent reportage in the Jewish media— like the Forward’s coverage of the Agriprocessors “scandalâ€? or the New York Jewish Week’s even fresher (though rancid all the same) “exposĂŠâ€? of the Borough Park Shomrim—is keenly aware that the fabrication of alternate realities is not limited to non-Jewish publications. Most of us as individuals are guilty in one way or another of, if not fabricating facts, at least bending them on occasion to better ďŹ t our views or desires. Perhaps it is the cumulative effect of all those little fudgings that, in the cosmic calculus, allows more gross media distortions to be perpetrated. It’s certainly worth dwelling on the fact that in the viduyim (confessional prayers) we will be reciting as part of Selichos and the Yom Kippur services soon enough, there is an inordinate emphasis on what might be called crimes of communication. And so, giving in to the temptation to embellish, dissemble, or fabricate is not only a journalistic sin; it’s a Jewish one. Don’t believe me? You can ask Rebbetzin Bachmann. ď ś Š 2011 AMI Magazine. Rabbi Shafran is an editor at large and columnist for Ami.

Pro-Israel Journalist Continued from Page 32 Jewish Chronicle, and I am regularly on BBC Radio as a studio guest. I’ve written over a dozen successful books, including several international bestsellers. S.S.: Not long ago you were in Israel on a tour for bloggers. How often do you come to Israel and what are your impressions? C.N.B.: I’ve been to Israel four times since 2006. I absolutely love it. I feel a strong connection with the place in my heart. Tel Aviv I fell in love with the moment I first arrived there. I love just walking round aimlessly, with one of my beloved Aroma ice coffees in my hand. It’s amazing. I love Jerusalem, too, though it took me a little longer to get to know and really understand the heart of the place. In fact, it was on the bloggers trip, when we stayed for two weeks in an apartment in Rehavia, that I really connected with Jerusalem as a place. I love the Old City, particularly the Kotel, and also the wider city. The Israeli people are wonderful. The much-discussed combination of blunt speaking with a big heart is something that is very refreshing for a Brit. I do love England, but the politeness that often exists here sometimes seems less than sincere. Israelis show that you can speak very directly to people while still being kind. I also love the food and culture of Israel. The road signs even fascinate me—it’s like being in the Bible! Just thinking about it now, I wish I was there right now . . .

S.S.: How do you see the future of British-Israeli relations? C.N.B.: In the political world here there are so many issues with Israel. On the Conservative side, there is a tradition of ‘Arabism’, a deferential and almost fetishistic feeling towards the Arab world. You can also add into that mix that there are some people in that world here who are still hung-up about how the Jews defeated the Brits at the end of the Mandate period in pre-state Israel. On the left-wing and Liberal sides, there continue to be bizarre alliances built with some of the more extreme and unrepresentative Muslim groups. That leads to particularly nasty anti-Israel rhetoric becoming acceptable in those circles. There is also the issue of the growing Muslim vote in many constituencies, which sees MPs put the boot into Israel for popularity. In the wider British psyche, there still exists a mourning for the days when the country meant more on the international stage. I think Brits know that most of the regimes in the Middle East couldn’t care what we think of them now, and aren’t listening to our pronouncements on them. So people here have this tendency to wag their fingers at Israel, telling it how naughty they think it is. This has less to do with their views on Israel, and more to do with how they see themselves. They desperately want Britain’s view to matter again, and are telling themselves that Israel-bashing is a means to an end. Therefore, politically and governmentally I think Britain’s relations with Israel could become more hostile. But I

think that will matter less and less, as Britain’s influence and authority on the world stage continues to decline. S.S.: What do you see as the desired endgame between Israel and the Palestinians? C.N.B.: My desired endgame is security, peace, and autonomy for both people. I don’t believe we are anywhere near achieving that, because of the intransigence, dishonesty, racism, and brutality of the Palestinian leaderships. S.S.: What is the feeling towards Israel now in the UK? C.N.B.: This is an important question. Most people in the UK don’t have any feeling towards Israel, by which I mean most people don’t have any opinion, favorable or otherwise. Sometimes, those of us who advocate for Israel here forget that. Most people are too busy getting on with their own lives and pursuing their own interests to care what is going on in the Middle East. Among those that do care, less of them are anti-Israel than we might think. The thing is, anti-Israel people here make a noise far greater than their number, while pro-Israel people here make a noise far less than our number. We have been too quiet and polite, while the other side has been extremely loud and militant. Therefore, politicians and the media have leant towards the side making the most noise. There are many great new groups and initiatives starting here on the pro-Israel side, particularly among the younger members of the community. Things will change soon. We have much to be optimistic about! 

And it shall come to pass … (Devarim 30:1–10) The Melech HaMashiach (“anointed king”) is destined to arise and restore the kingdom of David to its glory of old, to its original sovereignty. He will build the Holy Temple and gather the dispersed of Israel. In his times, all laws (of the Torah) will be reinstated as before; the sacrifices will be offered, the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee year instituted as outlined in the Torah. Whoever does not believe in him or does not anticipate his coming, denies not only the other prophets but also the Torah and Moshe. For the Torah testifies about him: “G-d shall return your captivity and have compassion upon you. And He will return and gather you from all the nations amongst whom the L-rd your G-d has scattered you … If your outcasts shall be at the ends of the heavens, from there will the L-rd your G-d gather you, from there He will take you … G-d will bring you …” These explicit words of the Torah encapsulate all that has been said [regarding Mashiach] by the prophets. (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 11:1)

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So that this song may be a witness for Me … And this song shall testify as a witness for them (Devarim 31:19) Thus the prediction that the people of Israel will abandon the Torah and will be punished for their sins, serves as a “witness” both for the people and for G-d. For the people, that they have been forewarned of the consequences of their deeds. And for G-d, that He should not be too harsh on them, since He Himself foresaw it all and said, “For I know their inclination, and what they do, even now, before I have brought them into the land of which I promised …” (Malbim)

And Moshe commanded the Levites … Take this book of the Torah, and place it to the side of the ark of the covenant of G-d, that it may be there for a witness unto you (Devarim 31:25–26) Our Sages debated in Bava Basra concerning this Torah scroll. There are those who say that a shelf extended from the outside of the Ark, and on it the Torah scroll was placed. And there are those who say that it was placed to the side of the two Tablets within the Ark. (Rashi)

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Ohr Naava Continued from Page 61 and relax during the late-night kumzitz. Participants wax enthusiastic about Ohr Naava’s multi-faceted and enriching extracurricular program, including the eagerly anticipated Chanukah chagigah, Purim Palooza, Lag B’Omer cruise, and chol hamoed events, as well as biannual Shabbatons, inspirational Friday night dinners, and Shabbos placements.

Art, yoga, and dance on the same program as parashah? I was intrigued. Under the expert direction of Rabbi Wallerstein, Ohr Naava is comprised of a team of professional educators who serve as role models and mentors. Private appointments can be made with each staff member to discuss personal matters. Working in tandem, the faculty is dedicated to providing their audience with an enriched learning experience. Indeed, these professionals are trained to discuss matters on all levels, and are available daily. As well, distinguished guest lecturers from America and abroad are an integral part of the Ohr Naava experience.

This year, Ohr Naava Women’s Torah Center is hosting its popular Avinu Malkeinu Night of Inspiration in four new locations around the world, in addition to its flagship location in the Walt Whitman Hall at Brooklyn College. On September 25, an estimated 2,500 women will fill the seats of Walt Whitman Hall to hear words of inspiration from world-renowned lecturers Rabbi Eli Mansour, Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein, and Rabbi Yisroel Reisman in preparation for the Yomim Noraim. In addition to these dynamic speakers, the audience will hear opening remarks from HaRav Shmuel Kaminetzky, one of the gedolei hador. Acclaimed speaker Charlie Harary will be making a special presentation about Day to Disconnect, a worldwide movement created by Ohr Naava regarding disconnecting from technology on October 2. Ohr Naava will also be hosting Avinu Malkeinu lectures in Los Angeles on October 3, featuring Rabbi Wallerstein, Rabbi Lazar Brody, and Rabbi YY Rubenstein; and in Manchester, England, on September 20, featuring Rabbi Wallerstein and Rabbi YY Rubenstein. “I’m looking forward to this opportunity,” said Rabbi Wallerstein, Ohr Naava’s founder and director. “This is the time where if we’re focused on what’s important, it can really impact the rest of the year. To stand up in an auditorium usually held for concerts and address the women in our community with words of inspiration, is a sight to see and behold.” Purchase tickets at www.avinumalkeinu6.com or by phone 718-647-6228. Best wishes for a kesivah v’chasimah tovah. 

AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS JCC Seeking Food And Funds For Woodmere Pantry As the Jewish New Year approaches, families throughout the Five Towns community are busy preparing for the holiday, which will include reflecting back on the past year while looking ahead to a fresh new one, one with hope and wishes for good health, peace and prosperity. While this is a time to gather and celebrate with friends and family, many of our neighbors continue to struggle due to the recession, often wondering how they will put food on their holiday table. Helping provide critical food support for over 200 local families in need is the JCC of the Greater Five Towns’ Kol Ditzrich kosher food pantry. The food pantry relies on generous donations of non-perishable food and funds from the community and is appealing to the community to consider donating to their less fortunate neighbors so that they too can enjoy the sweetness of Rosh Hashanah. “Let’s use this holiday as a time to enjoy our families, reflect on our good fortunes, yet be mindful of those in our community who find themselves in the unenviable position of deciding whether to pay an electric bill, buy medicine,

or feed their family,” said Rina Shkolnik, executive director, JCC of the Greater Five Towns. “Performing a mitzvah as small as donating a can of food, or a monetary donation, will go a long way in giving a local family hope in the New Year.” Items needed to keep the pantry stocked include non-perishable kosher food such as canned fish, pasta, breakfast cereal, soups, and juices. Personal care items are needed like diapers, deodorant, toothpaste, and shampoo. Donations can be made directly to the pantry at 1012 Central Avenue in Woodmere, or the JCC’s offices at 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst. Non-perishable items can also be dropped in specially marked bins at Brach’s, Gourmet Glatt, and Kosher World. For more information, call 516-2955678 or visit fivetownsjcc.org/index_ JCCKosherFoodPantry.htm. 

An Exciting HAFTR– Kulanu Torah Dedication HAFTR’s eighth grade boys, along with several Kulanu families, gathered at Congregation Beth Sholom’s parking lot last Thursday for a unique and exciting celebration. Ben and Lynda Brafman, former HAFTR parents, now HAFTR grandparents, dedicated a sefer

Torah to Kulanu in honor of their grandson and HAFTR student, Maxwell Lent, son of Mordecai and Jennifer Lent, on his bar mitzvah. Lynda is not only a HAFTR grandparent, but an alumna as well. The family proudly represents three generations of HAFTR. The students led a procession along Central Avenue and met HAFTR’s ninth grade boys and girls on Cedarhurst Avenue. Both grades continued toward HAFTR High School, where they joined for davening at the high school’s auditorium. Following the prayer service, the Brafman and Lent families brought the Torah to the Kulanu building, where HAFTR and Kulanu parents, students and teachers celebrated the Torah dedication. The Torah was delivered to Kulanu’s home on Central Avenue, located across the street from HAFTR High School. 

YU Welcomes New Class Of Presidential Fellows A group of Yeshiva University’s 18 top graduates will gain new and unique insight as they spend a year giving back to their alma mater as members of YU’s Presidential Fellowship in University and Community Leadership. The highly competitive program places high-achieving new graduates in roles in departments and schools across the institution. Fellows are mentored by senior leadership within their department and work on projects of importance to the university. At the same time, they hone their professional and leadership skills in weekly graduate-level seminars covering key topics in uni-

versity administration and Jewish communal leadership. Since it was established by President Richard M. Joel in 2004, the Fellowship has played a critical role in transforming the university into a leadership laboratory and expanding YU’s service to the Jewish community. With the guidance of Director and YU Vice-President and Chief of Staff Rabbi Joshua Joseph, fellows develop thoughtful and innovative projects which they follow from concept to fruition. They also spend time visiting Jewish organizations to learn about communal structure and participating in service learning missions in cities such as New Orleans. Allison Simon, of Cedarhurst, graduated from the Syms School of Business and is a fellow in the Center for the Jewish Future. “I applied for the Presidential Fellowship in order to positively impact the next generations of leaders and give back to YU,” said Simon. “I hope to gain leadership experience in the university as well as influence Jewish communities at large.” Simon hopes to pursue a career in nonprofit organizations. Adam Frohlinger, of Woodmere, graduated from Yeshiva College and is a fellow for the Office of the General Counsel. “I applied to the fellowship because I view it as an excellent opportunity to use as a springboard to further enhance my career and communal ambitions,” said Frohlinger. After the year, Frohlinger aims to pursue a career in law. Jonathan Schwab, of Hillcrest, graduated from Yeshiva College and is a fellow

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Rabbi Bini Maryles Named Senior Director At Young Israel

Continued from Page 67 in the Office of the President. “After four amazing years in yeshiva, I wanted to give back

to the university from which I had received so much,” said Schwab. “I hope to learn more about Yeshiva and use my perspective as a recent graduate to improve many of yeshiva’s

various offerings. I also hope to learn a lot about myself and the skills that I own or can develop through the program.” Schwab hopes to pursue a career in Jewish education. 

The National Council of Young Israel has announced that Rabbi Bini Maryles joined its professional staff as the senior director of branch services. This new position was created to enhance and expand NCYI’s existing services to the approximately 150 branch synagogues nationwide. “Rabbi Bini Maryles is a dynamic and talented individual who has a proven track record in the Jewish communal world,” said NCYI President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky. “With his extensive background in Jewish organizational life and education, Rabbi Maryles is

the perfect individual to help the National Council of Young Israel achieve its goal of fostering an even stronger and more substantive bond with our branch synagogues in the months and years ahead.”

Rabbi Maryles received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in secondary education. He has earned a reputation of engaging his students and audiences, regardless of their level of expertise and knowledge, and he has a deep emotional tie to the study of Tanach and Israel and regularly lectures for the National Council of Young Israel on Middle East-related topics. Rabbi Maryles has had the distinction of serving as the rabbi of the Young Israel of North Woodmere and as the director of the Rabbi Joseph and Pepa Karasick Department of Synagogue Services of the Orthodox Union. Most recently, Rabbi Maryles served as a member of the Judaic Studies faculty at Ramaz Middle School. He resides in North Woodmere with his wife, Naomi, and their four children. 

Chazan Sholom Jacobs At 5T’s Chabad Chabad of the Five Towns is privileged to have internationally renowned Cantor Sholom Jacobs as their chazzan for the High Holidays. Sholom Jacobs developed a love and appreciation for music at a very young age and over the years has nurtured it and

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developed it into a singing and chazzanus career that has taken him around the world. Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, Sholom began wowing audiences from the tender age of five, entertaining large crowds of all ages. By the time he was in Israel studying in yeshiva, his Jewish music career was underway and he was ready to take his passion for tefillah and nusach to the next level. The son of Chabad shluchim, Jacobs, 33, was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, where he began his musical career as a child singing in shul, school choirs, and concerts run by his father. He studied chazzanus at the Jerusalem Cantorial Institute under world-renowned chazzanim Naftali Hershtik, Yisroel Rand, and Benjamin Munk, earning himself a degree in nusach chazzanut. For over ten years, he was the chazzan for Yamim Noraim in Glasgow, assisted by a shul choir inspiring the entire community. He also conducted services in Poland, Israel, London, Manchester, and Birmingham. He led services for the chief rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Sir Jonathon Saks, at the Birmingham Hebrew congregation. He has performed together with chazzan Bentzion Miller, the famed chazzan of Bethel of Brooklyn. All Chabad High Holiday Services will be held at HAFTR High School, 635 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. All are wel-

come, and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If you have not yet made your reservations, or you have a friend who needs a place to pray for the High Holidays, please reserve your seats by visiting www.chabad5towns.com/ seats. For more information please call Chabad at 516-295-2478. 

SKA Graduate Presents At APA Convention The largest gathering of psychologists in the world attended the Amer-

ican Psychological Association’s 127th annual convention this year in Washington, D.C. On August 7, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls graduate Jennifer Strauss presented her proposal, “The Effects of Tangible Reward and Choice on Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity” at a poster session by the APA’s Division 10 (The Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts). Ms. Strauss, who is presently studying at Migdal Oz in Israel and will at-

tend Columbia University upon her return, is one of the very few high school students ever invited to present at APA in its 127 year history! She thanks her teachers and administrators at SKA and her mentor, Mr. Stephen Sullivan, for the support she received from the inception of the project all the way to Washington! 

HANC Kindergarten BackTo-School BBQ The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead held its first-ever Back to School BBQ for kindergarten students and their families on Sunday, Septem-

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AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS Continued from Page 69 ber 18. Kindergarten students, siblings, and parents had a fantastic time playing on the playground and the brand new basketball courts. I&D Glatt catered a lavish and yummy spread

which was enjoyed by all. “The BBQ was a wonderful opportunity for parents and students, some of whom are new to HANC, to meet and get to know each other,” explained Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur, menahel/principal.

Toot! Toot! Toot! It’s The Shofar Factory The sounds of the shofar could be heard throughout the halls of HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead, when the Tzivos Hashem Shofar Factory came to school. Students in the sixth grade heard an overview of the mitzvah of shofar and the halachos involved in making a kosher shofar, and then each student made his/her own

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shofar. “In anticipation of Rosh Hashanah the students are delighted by the opportunity to have a hands-on experience with shofar making, which will enhance their Rosh Hashanah experience,” explained Rabbi Michael Merril, rebbe and director of student programs. 

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Marking a successful milestone for neuroblastoma patients and for supporters of Zev’s Fund here, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reported that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved initial clinical use of the humanized antibody referred to as Hu3F8. Development and manufacture of the experimental drug was funded by Zev’s Fund and other nonprofits started by parents of children with neuroblastoma. The clinical trial has already begun. A majority of children afflicted with neuroblastoma developed an apparent resistance to an earlier, “non-humanized” version of the drug. Hu3F8 will be used as an adjunct to chemotherapy, which is often not effective at clearing the cancer. “We are ecstatic at hearing this news, and are grateful to Hashem for helping to create new treatments,” said Dr. Ranan and Helen Wolff, Zev’s parents. “The new antibody treatment may represent a huge leap in the effort to treat this disease. We are grateful to the donors and supporters of Zev’s Fund and the other organizations, including The Band of Parents, as well as the clinicians and researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Zev’s Fund would not have been able to accomplish what it has without the tireless efforts, energy, and ingenuity of Rabbi Billet, to whom we are eternally thankful. “Of those at Memorial, we are particularly grateful for the efforts and dedication of Dr. Nai-Kong Cheung and his staff, who directed both Zev’s care as well as the clinical development of this drug.” In a letter to Zev’s Fund a month ago, Dr. Cheung noted, “I do want to thank you and Zev’s Fund for the generous and dedicated support of this enormous effort. Hu3F8 (the humanized antibody) is one of the very few drugs specifically made for treating

neuroblastoma patients in the history of medicine. After overcoming many hurdles, we were able to administer the first ever humanized form of 3F8 to children this week. Words cannot describe the excitement our clinical and research team is feeling. We look forward with great hope, with you, who contributed so much to this effort, towards the results of this trial and success in our fight against neuroblastoma.” Zev’s Fund, a charitable organization, was organized late in 2007 under the direction of Rabbi Hershel Billet, Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Elliott Platt, Peter Steinerman and Joe Steinfeld. To date, the fund has raised over $1.5 million, which included donations raised through a yom iyun event at the Young Israel of Woodmere in late 2007. In addition to supporting the work of Dr. Cheung and his team at Memorial, Zev’s Fund has also been able to give seed money to the research and development of other credible, innovative therapies that may also lead to new treatments for Zev and his peers. (The Fund will not retire until every child with neuroblastoma has a good chance for long-term survival.) Zev will be entering fourth grade at Yeshiva of South Shore this fall. He continues to enjoy school, sports, and friends. He’s looking forward to beginning to learn Mishnayos this year. “Living in the Five Towns and having support from those who know us—and those who do not—has helped smooth our rough journey,” said Ranan and Helen. “The thought that thousands are praying every day for the continued refuah of our son, Zev Eliezer ben Chaya Sheindel, gives us tremendous strength.” To donate to Zev’s Fund or for more information, please visit ZevsFund. org or e-mail Peter Steinerman at prsteinerman@aol.com. 

Annual Munkacz Reception In Lawrence, September 25 In what has become a beautiful yearly event, members of the community will once again gather in the home Mr. and Mrs. Yussie Ostreicher at 184 Wildacre Avenue to honor Mosdos Munkacz–Yeshiva and Kolel Chaim V’Shalom. The event will take place on Sunday, September 25 at 9:45 a.m. and will be graced with the presence of the Munkaczer Rebbe, shlita. The Rebbe will deliver divrei hissorerus for the upcoming yomim noraim. The Munkaczer Mosdos serve the klal by being one of the leading mosdos haTorah today. The yeshiva, which proudly carries the name “Munkacz” is under the esteemed leadership of the Rebbe. The Rebbe guides the ye-

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AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS Continued from Page 71 shiva to continue in the path of the great yeshivos of yesteryear. The yeshiva serves as a continuation of the Munkaczer Yeshiva of pre-war Europe which was founded by the previous Munkaczer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Eluzer Spira, zt’l, renowned author of Minchas Eluzer. The Minchas Eluzer established his yeshiva, Yeshiva Darkei Tshuva, in 1918. The yeshiva quickly became one of the biggest centers of Torah learning in Hungary. The yeshiva’s reputation spread beyond the borders of Hungary, and serious students from all over Europe strived to

gain membership in this exceptional makom Torah. The Minchas Eluzer was a unique rosh yeshiva. He demanded a high level of excellence from his precious bachurim, but at the same time, he was also a loving father. The Minchas Eluzer never saw the talmidim as students; he rather always referred to them as “my kinderlach,” considering them to be his own children! The unique kesher that the bachurim had with their rosh yeshiva motivated the bachurim to apply themselves even more to their studies so as not to disappoint their beloved “father.” This beautiful legacy of Torah learning was tragically interrupted by the onset of

the Holocaust. Interrupted, but not stopped. The Minchas Eluzer’s grandson, Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich, shlita, the present Munkaczer Rebbe, continues in the holy derech of his grandfather. Yeshiva Chaim V’Shalom, which proudly carries the name of the Minchas Eluzer’s sefer— Chaim V’Shalom—continues in the path of its holy namesake. To ensure the success of the yeshiva, the Rebbe appointed his worthy son-inlaw HaRav Yosef Horowitz, shlita, as rosh yeshiva. The rosh yeshiva directs the yeshiva with his trademark warmth and passion under the devoted direction of the Rebbe. The rosh yeshi-

va’s deep and incisive shiurim serve to challenge and enthuse the talmidim. The high level of learning, coupled with the rosh yeshiva’s easily apparent love for every talmid, makes the talmidim motivated to constantly strive for greater heights. Routinely, the Rebbe comes to the yeshiva and delivers a shiur. The Rebbe’s shiur is a much anticipated event. The talmidim look forward to it as an event by which they will gain clarity and comprehension in the shiur, while developing a kesher with the Rebbe. Just this summer, the yeshiva’s beis medrash was beautifully renovated. The expansion enables the talmi-

dim to learn more comfortably and with greater enthusiasm than before. With the yomim noraim merely days away, we are all looking for as many zchusim as possible. What can be a better preparation for the Day of Judgment than to become a partner in the vibrant Torah learning of this most worthy makom Torah? On Sunday, September 25, we will have that opportunity. We will gather to pay tribute and support this most worthy makom Torah. Rabbi Eytan Feiner, shlita, rav of Kneseth Israel (The White Shul), will treat the assembled with opening remarks in honor of the yeshiva. The highlight of the breakfast will undoubtedly be the divrei Torah and chizuk from the Munkaczer Rebbe and personally meeting this great Torah luminary. 

Chabad’s Chai Five Chabad’s Chai Five club started with a bang this past week. Children from HALB, HAFTR, Shulamis, TAG, Beth Rivkah, and YCQ joined together and did a chesed project. Mrs. Marla Turk spoke to the girls about what she does for our Jewish Ameri-

can troops. She sends packages to overseas troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and other locations so that challos and holiday items are enjoyed by the troops. They look forward to the packages so that they can enjoy a “taste of home.” The girls then had the opportunity to make friendship bracelets which will be mailed to our troops and given out on Rosh Hashanah. The girls had a great time while doing a chesed for others. Chai 5 is for girls grades 3-5 and meets once a month on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00

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facility to themselves. The library really got to flex its creative programming muscles with certain unique events such as a presentation by Ann

p.m. For more information or to join the club please call Chabad at 516-295-2478. 

Summertime Fun At The LY Library This summer, Cedarhurst became the go-to place for fun. Besides the park, delicious eateries, and varied shopping, the Levi Yitzchak Library attracted crowds of children with creative programming in its already irresistibly fun space. Though the library is still in its inaugural year, director Lisa Hawk and program coordinator Bracha Kramer were able to plan weekly events that captured the hearts and minds of the children of the Five Towns. Children ages 12-36 months were encouraged to be “A Little Curious” at a popular weekly program in which toddlers came to explore weekly themes through such mommy and me staples as music and movement, story time, circle time, and crafts. One week, after children read about Shabbos, they had music and movement by cleaning and preparing for Shabbos, and each went home with their very own vase of flowers made by them to enhance their Shabbos table! As an end-of-the-summer souvenir they all went home to enjoy their own “stuffed” Shabbos kit. At Book Buddies, about 50 teens and children met every Tuesday. Children had the opportunity to choose their favorite book and be read to by their teen partner. The hour concluded with everyone being treated to special snacks and drinks generously sponsored by Qcumbers. Over 200 children came throughout the summer to listen to story time. Each week, another mitzvah was featured through captivating books, interactive activities, and fun crafts. One Thursday the topic was ahavas Yisrael. After reading the book Yossi and Leibel Hot on the Trail by Dina Rosenfeld, the children got to help a friend hunt for a candy and decorated their very own puzzles. Aside from the library’s own programs, Tuesday mornings were dedicated to group vis-

Koffsky, author, illustrator, and lifeguard. After reading her new book, Noah’s Swim A Thon, Mrs. Koffsky discussed pool safety as well as her back-

its. Over ten group tours, including HASC, Camp Keshet, and Happy Feet came to visit. Campers wrote and illustrated their very own summer journal and enjoyed an entertaining story time while having the

ground as an illustrator and author. Several safety workshops were presented in conjunction with MASK for preschool, elementary age, and teens. 120 kids and teens learned what to do when faced with an uncomfortable situation. Children received a whistle before leaving to use as a tool to help shout in a case of emergency. At a special Lite Girl event, Malky Weinstock, author of the new Lite Girl series, read her first book, Yael’s Loving World. The story was accompanied by the Be A LITE Girl theme song, sung by music teacher Rachel Ravitz. Each child had the opportunity to take a picture with a life size Yael doll and

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buy a personalized, autographed copy of the book. If you were away and missed some of these exciting programs, don’t worry, the LY Library has many more exciting and innovative programs scheduled for the fall/winter season. Visit www. lylibrary.org or stop by to learn more. 

Scholar-In-Residence Charlie Harary At Young Israel, September 24 Continuing the successful format of last year’s schedule of special and exciting programming, this year’s Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst (YILC) events calendar once again offers a cultural potpourri designed to appeal to a variety of people. Besides many scholars-

PRE-SELICHOS KINNUS Divrei Hisorerus Video Presentation featuring

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman Rabbi Avrohom HaLevi Schorr Motzei Shabbos, September 24th at 11:15 PM

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in-residence, the Young Israel will have midweek shiurim, guest-speakers, a selection of films on subjects relating to Israel and Jewish history, and guest chazanim and singing groups on Shabbasos. Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum emphasizes that plans and preparations for the year to come have to be made in such fashion that “in the educational/cultural offerings of the shul there is something for every mispalel and member.” Among those who will be featured this year are Ambassador Yehuda Avner, author of The Prime Ministers, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president, emeritus of the Orthodox Union, Dr. Adam Ferziger, senior lecturer and vice chairman at Bar-Ilan University, Professor Naomi Klapper of Touro College, Rabbi S. Z Leiman, and Rabbi Menachem Leibtag. YILC will be hosting Charlie Harary as scholar-in-residence on Shabbos Parashas Nitzavim-Vayelech, September 24. He will speak on the following topics: Shabbat derashah: “Our Day in Court: How to Ensure a Favorable Judgment.” At seudah shlishis: “Power Genes: Tapping into the Traits of Greatness of our Forefathers.” Introduction to Selichos: “Judaism’s Midnight Madness—How the Teshuvah season can change your life.” The Shabbat derashos are being dedicated by Erna and David Weinberg in memory of David’s brother, Morris Weinberger, Moshe ben Yosef, a’h. The introduction to Selichos is being dedicated by Esther and Nachman Goodman in memory of Esther’s father, Abraham Tisser, Avraham Yehuda ben Moshe

Yitzchak, a’h. At shalosh seudos, Mr. Harary will be the guest speaker at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst’s fourth annual Siyum Mishnayos. The completion of all of Mishnah by the shul is a source of achdus and communal zechus upon entering the Yomim Noraim. This effort is chaired by Alan Rothman who has successfully reached out to every segment of the shul’s population, garnering wide participation in the siyum. The siyum is being sponsored by Rochelle and Avrohom Moshe Jeger in memory of Yehoshua ben Avraham, a’h, Breindel bas Yisroel Aryeh, a’h, and Devorah bas Shmuel, a’h, and by Sandy and Ed Klar on the yahrtzeit of Sandy’s parents, David and Judy Braunschweig, a’h, and her uncle, Julius Braunschweig, a’h. Charlie Harary is a prolific speaker who has traveled all over the country and abroad, speaking for organizations, schools, universities, and institutions on a variety of topics and to audiences of various sizes and affiliations. He is the writer and featured speaker for Foundations, a short video series that has received worldwide attention reaching hundreds of thousands of people in over 15 countries. He is also a senior lecturer for the Orthodox Union, Aish Hatorah, and NCSY. Mr. Harary is the first vice president of Residential Operations and Legal Counsel of RXR Realty, a multi-billion dollar real estate company based in New York. He is also a principal at the Plym-

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Updated Late Maariv Minyanim & Slichos Schedule of the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Lawrence Effective Sunday, September 25th, 2011

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AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS Continued from Page 79 outh Group, an investment and advisory company based in New York Prior to RXR, Mr. Harary was an associate in Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Davis Polk & Wardwell. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was awarded the James Kent Scholar and the Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Harary is an active community leader. He is a member of the executive board of the OU as well as the founding chairman of its young leadership cabinet. He is also a member of the Conference of Young Jewish Presidents. Mr. Harary is the founder of Milvado Education, an organization that develops innovative methods to teach spirituality in a relevant and modern way. 

20th Year At Rambam Gets Off To A Great Start Over the Shabbos of Parashas Ki Teitzei, the talmidim at Rambam attended the school’s annual Shabbaton at Camp Seneca Lake for a weekend that was filled with chevrah, ruach, sports, learning, and excitement. The freshman class is comprised of boys from 13 different elementary schools, so Rambam arranges for them to arrive in camp a day early to have an opportunity to bond with their new classmates. Following a delicious lunch, the boys were free to play basketball, hockey, football, and softball. After davening and another delicious meal, the boys were introduced to an

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activity on perspective and individuality by assistant principal Mr. Hillel Goldman. The night was concluded with a competitive game of “Crazy Dodgeball: Senior Advisers vs. Freshmen.” On Friday, the rest of the school arrived and the Rambam freshmen now had an opportunity to meld with the upperclassmen. Soon the camp was filled with talmidim, rebbeim, teachers, and advisers playing every sports under the sun in the spirit of achdus. After an inspiring Kabbalos Shabbos and delectable meal, dessert arrived in the form of Rambam alum and current ninth grade halachah rebbe, Rabbi Yehoshua Konig’s stirring dvar Torah. He spoke of his experiences in the IDF and how one must always live a life consistent with halachah, Torah, and its mission of making a Kiddush Hashem. The beautiful zemiros continued throughout the night as the dining room was filled with the sound of boys represented by over a dozen elementary schools fusing their voices together to create a sense of achdus that is the Rambam Mesivta. Following the meal, Rabbi Avi Haar and Rabbi Yosef Ziskind held a special tisch filled with even more zemiros, divrei Torah, and, yes, cholent. In the afternoon there was an inspiring shiur delivered by Rabbi Noam Horowitz, another Rambam alum, and beis midrash preparation for rosh mesivta Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman’s shiur on hilchos teshuvah. Seudah shelishis culminated with even more zemiros and thought-provoking divrei Torah from juniors Michael Rosenfeld, Shlomo Laufer, and alumni adviser Zev Ni-

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renberg. Rabbi Konig made havdalah and then the entire school broke out in dancing as they were still clinging to the spirit of Shabbos and chevrah that had been created over the last few days. Motzaei Shabbos continued with the talmidim once again engaging in sports activities. They then trekked toward the dining room for a melaveh malkah with pizza, ice cream, and ruach, provided by world-class guitarist and twelfth grade Gemara iyun rebbe, Rabbi Ari Boiangiu. The seniors were then treated to a midnight kumzitz/BBQ filled with divrei Torah and schmoozing with their rebbeim and teachers. As Sunday was 9/11, the rosh mesivta spoke about that fateful day and the importance of being a good American citizen as well as being a good Jew, before explaining that the whole school would take part in a full 9/11 commemoration at school the next day. On September 12, principal Rabbi Yotav Eliach addressed the entire school about the significance of 9/11. He noted that Rambam has held a 9/11 commemoration every year since the attacks and he showed a video detailing the events leading up to 9/11 before introducing the guest speaker, Mark Weiss. Mr. Weiss is a Hatzalah volunteer who displayed exceptional heroism by going into Ground Zero on 9/11 in an effort to help. His story resonated with the talmidim at Rambam as they recognized what a kiddush Hashem he made in the face of immense tragedy. At the close of the week, the talmidim had the opportunity to hear from Rav Baruch Gigi of Yeshivat Har Etzi-

on. After landing in JFK, his first stop on his three-day trip to the States was Rambam Mesivta, where he spent the morning learning with the talmidim. The boys were treated to a shiur on the halachic analysis of shomeah k’oneh and its application to mitzvas shofar. Rav Gigi explained the shitas haRambam and Rabbeinu Tam and their opinions on what one has to do to fulfill the mitzvah of shofar on Rosh Hashanah. One of the concepts discussed was that the sound of the shofar is considered tefillah, albeit without words. It represents man crying out to Hashem in a manner that can’t be expressed by formal words, but is a form of intense kavanah and recognition of man’s limitations and his desperate need for siyata d’shmaya. The talmidim thoroughly enjoyed the shiur and await Rav Gigi’s next visit to Rambam. The first week of Rambam’s 20th anniversary year was a week that promoted Torah, achdus, and an appreciation of the school’s history, as well as a deeper understanding of the connection between current and past events. With a life committed to Torah and halachah, the first week stressed being a good talmid, Jew, and citizen. 

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Cedarhurst — New construction. First show. Col. 9’ ceilings, 5BR, 2.5bths, full basement, on quiet tree-lined street. Call for details . . .$799K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Hewlett — Beautiful 5 BR, 3 bths, split. All updated, in SD#14. Separate entrance can be M/D with proper permits. Owner motivated, reduced. $499K 5 Towns Home Realty 516-569-5710 Lawrence — Ours Alone!! Brick, C/H COL, Stately brick, w/old world charm, Hi ceilings, 6Br, 4.5 bths, Kosher EIK, Lg. FDR, Library, Fin. Bsmt., Lg Prop., walk all. 5 TOWN HOMES 516-569-5710 Woodmere Colonial For Sale 6 BR 3.5 Bath Col. Master suite w/ bath. Fin. Bsmt, BR, bath + more. Granite Kitch, all new appliances, Den with skylt, Fireplace, formal DR, A Gem! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649K 516-569-1684 Woodmere — New Construction Classic 5BR c/h col. Large property. Walk to YI of Woodmere and Aish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1M+ Cedarhurst — Open House — 372 Argyle Road By appointment Renovated 3+1BR col. Great yard, must see! Reduced and ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$420K Woodmere — Open House 9 Harvard Road — 12-2 PM Newly constructed, 6BR col. Grand 2 story entry foyer, custom kitchen, marble bath, radiant heat, every ameniety. Must see! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1M+ Hewlett Neck — New construction located on spectacular 1/2 acre lot. 6BR, 2-story entrance foyer, 9’ ceiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1M+ Hewlett Neck — 1/2 acre , buildable lot, for sale $750K South Shore Estates 516-569-4980 North Woodmere —Spacious Updated Woodmere 400. 11 rooms, 5BR, 2.5bth, EIK kosher, FDR, Den, Fireplace, Finished Basement, Office, New Roof, SD#15, 2-Car Garage, All-Sys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $735,000 Owner 516-717-8723 Oceanside — Brand new construction. Beautiful CH col. Large 4 BR (1 level), 2.5 bths, granite EIK, FDR, den with fp, full bsmt, in cul-de-sac, walk all, best price . . . . $675K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Woodmere/Cedarhurst Oppty! 12,000 sq. ft. approx. 90’x150’, Colonial, 17 rooms, full bsmt. with hi ceilings, clean 2 car garage plus storage, 6 space parking, 2 family, professional use, accountant, Esq., medical and/or educational and religious uses. Grand colonial with charm and great possibilities. Available at once . $875K Negotiable. Owner 516-322-3555 Hewlett — Col. MIC, 4br, 2bth, 2fpl, full deck, wood flr, Lg. den. Walk to all. $729K 5 TOWN HOMES 516-322-3555 Far Rockaway — 2 Family. All NU, 3 over 1 Bdrm, 3 full baths. Great Location . $599K Call 516-322-3555 Howard Beach — Co-op 2BR, 2bth, totally renovated. Maintenance includes gas, electric, heat and parking space. Great buy. Asking . . . . $150K 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Cedarhurst — First show. LR, FDR, new EIK, 4BR, 2 new bths, finished basement, cream puff condition, quiet street, walk all, low taxes$500’s 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Cedarhurst — 1st show. New exclusive regal 2 family, brick, all new, LR w/ fireplace, FDR, large kosher EIK, 3BR each apt, c/ac, alarm, basement, great location. Walk all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$759K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 5 Town Homes 516-569-5712 Cedarhurst: NU 2 Mkt. Lg LR, DR, EIK, Den, 5BR, 3bth, Skilits, Cabana, Lg prop, IGPool, Walk to all. . $659K Inwood — New to market. Charming Victorian on quiet tree-lined street with water view. 7BR, great for large family. A must see! . . . . . .$499K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Far Rockaway: Coop, 3Br, 1Bth Lr/Dr, Walk to All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179K Call 516-322-3555

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Cedarhurst — Co-op. 1st Flr, large LR, FDR, EIK with new appliances, 2BR, 2bths, hw floors, Terrace. Views of Gdns, W/D, Lo maint, Grt. loca’n, Walk all. Asking . . . . . . . $319K or rent 5 Town Homes 516-569-5710 Five Towns — Woodmere, Church Avenue Completely renovated CH colonial in 2004/05. Hardwood floors throughout. 8BR, 5 full baths, custom kosher EIK, stainless steel appliances, FDR, home office, full finished basement, kids’ game room & home gym and so much more. Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.5M For more information & virtual tour visit www. abcwoodmerehouse.com. Call 516-640-8646, or e-mail moshry@hotmail.com Lawrence/Far Rockaway — Co-op Freshly painted large 2BR, 2bth, kosher kitchen, LR, FDR, terrace, 24-hour doorman, Shabbos elevator. Walk all. 279K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710

Far Rockaway — Lg. Hse Rental: 4br, 2bth, bsmt., hi-ceilings, NU bths, W\D. Call 516-322-3555 Hewlett — House for rent. Updated 3BR, 2bths, new EIK, SD#14, walk all. Available immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,600 Call 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Lawrence — Newly-restored manor house. Cent’l location. Hi Ceilings. Wd Floors. 4 large BR, Library, FDR, EIK, Den. New chef’s kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,250 516-316-3176 Cedarhurst — All updated charming Col. New granite EIK, FDR, LR with fireplace, 4+ BR, CAC, in the heart of Cedarhurst. Walk all. Call 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710

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North Woodmere — Decorator’s Dream. Beautiful bi-level, large granite kosher EIK, FDR, large LR, den, 4BR, waterview, all systems, walk all shuls. Owner motivated. Present all offers. 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 North Woodmere — New to market. Custom 6BR (4 on one level), new granite kitchen, LR, FDR, 2 dens, quiet treelined street. Walk all shuls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$679K Owner. 516-902-8908 Lawrence/Far Rockaway — 833 Central Ave. Spacious 1 BR, light and bright, doorman/ elevator building, walk all. Price reduced . . . . $179K 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Lawrence — Gracious brick c/h col. LR with fireplace, FDR, large EIK, den, 4BR (1 level), 3bth, finished basement, great location, quiet block . . . $895K 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710

FOR RENT Far Rockaway— House for Rent. 5BR col. near shuls and schools Basement for rent. Prime location . . . . . .$1200 516-236-8416 Broker Bayswater — 1BR basement apt, newly renovated, 1bth, kitchen, small dining room . . $650 718-337-0724 Bayswater — Luxury First Floor. New House. Beautiful condition. 3BR, 2 full bth, new kitchen, MIC. References a must . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1475 Call 718-812-4106 Cedarhurst — First show. Spacious 5BR, 3bth, LR, FDR, large kosher EIK, huge den, c/ ac, in prime location, walk all. Furnished or unfurnished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,200 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Cedarhurst — 2BR, 2bths, first floor, garden apt, LR, DR, EIK, terrace, prime location. Heat and water included 5 Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Woodmere — Renovated Jr.4, lg. Fyr, ss/granite, lots of storage, elevator bldg. ID/OD prkg avail, Near All, $139kr $1650/month Owner 917-402-6630 Far Rockaway — Off street parking, w/d hookup, 3BR, New EIK, tile floors, storage, Available October or sooner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1650 neg. 3BR, 2bths. . . . . . . . . . . .$1425 includes utilities. 203-387-9991 Lawrence — Coop Rental. 1BR. 1NU Bth, LR, DR, EIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,300 5Town Homes ** 516-569-5710 Cedarhurst — Garden apt. Nu 2 Mkt. Oversized 1BR, 1Bth, Mint, 1st Flr, heat & prk incld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,600 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Far Rockaway — Large, bright 3BR, 1.5bths apt in 2-family house. Great location off Reads Lane. Includes heat and parking. 5 Towns Homes Realty 516-569-5710

Jerusalem Apt. Talbiah — 2BR, 2bth, fully equipped kosher kitchen, w/d, parking, wireless internet, cable TV, a/c, walk to Kotel, Emek Rafaim, & Inbal Hotel. 718-544-7571 Vacation Village 2 fl, 4 BR, LR, 3 new bth, playrm, WD, beautiful view. 516-967-8370 Alexander Hotel, Miami Beach — 2BR apt. Breathtaking views, 2bths, southern exposure, 10th floor. Available for Pesach. Priced right! 516-581-2058, 516-374-4001

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Office suites for rent, all utilities included, copy center, conference rooms, free wifi, reception, 24/7 access, fully furnished, central 5Towns location, near LIRR, restaurants, call 516-3746080 ext. 19 New store for rent on Spruce! 1000 sq ft completely rehabbed, central air, corner space, across from Club Central, municipal parking. Low Rent! Call Weissman Realty 516-791-6100 Income Producing Shopping Center for Sale in Sullivan County 100% Leased with Long Term Leases In Place & Additional Air Rights Available $1,900,000- 9.7% CAP Contact Yosef Katz @ 212-837-4629 or ykatz@gficap.com Rockville Centre — 3,500 sq. ft., fully wired for Web, partitioned, will divide. Call 516-322-3555 Cedarhurst — Office rental: Executive 2 Bths, Fully Web wired, 1,250 sq. ft., CAC. 5TGR 516322-3555 Cedarhurst office for rent— 2 small offices on Central Ave. 1 flight up, C/H, C/A. Call owner 917-417-5725

MISCELLANEOUS The Ocean Corp. 10840 Rockley Road, Houston, Texas 77099. Train for a New Career. *Underwater Welder. Commercial Diver. *NDT/Weld Inspector. Job Placement Assistance. Financial Aid available for those who qualify. 1-800-321-0298 Yeshiva of South Shore has some membership openings in its burial society. By purchasing an individual, couple or family membership, you will be ensured of select plots in one of several New York area cemeteries of your choosing. For more information on burial society membership, contact Eliezer Allman at 347-417-3777 or ezerman@msn.com Helping poor brides is a big z’chus to find a shidduch! Donate to Yad P’sucha Hachnasas Kallah. Call 718-972-3699

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AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS Continued from Page 80 purchase Energy Star or high efficiency appliances as a replacement of an appliance damaged in either Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee. “I commend New York State for taking the appropriate steps in helping our residents get back on their feet after the damaging effects of both Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee,” said County Executive Mangano. “It is imperative that we do everything we can to get this money out to those in need.” The money is available through the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), to help pay for appliances ranging from dehumidifiers to furnaces. NYSERDA spokeswoman Dayle Zatlin says each family is allotted a maximum of $3,850 to replace their appliances and they will be spot auditing to make sure no one is taking advantage of the program. To apply for the rebate, fill out an application online at www.nysappliancerebates.com or call 1-877-NY-SMART or 1-877-697-6278. The process is expected to take approximately four-six weeks for a completed application. You must include original receipts with the application. 

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Community News From Around The World With A $3,800 Scholarship, T.E.A.M. Celebrates 5th year T.E.A.M. Education, a New York-based organization which takes an innovative approach towards higher education in the Jewish community, now provides students the opportunity to earn a master’s in business administration (M.B.A.) and master’s in general education (M.S. Ed). T.E.A.M. is now offering an additional guaranteed $3,800 scholarship towards its general education masters and M.B.A. degree programs. Part is done online and part is in the classroom. All classes are separate for men and women and can be done via distance learning. For the accredited M.B.A. program, yeshiva rabbinic degree holders can enter with their rabbinic or Talmudic B.A.’s or B.T.L’s. No other prerequisite courses are required. As T.E.A.M. embarks on its fourth year of graduate programming in the Jewish community, a $3,800 scholarship is guaranteed for the M.B.A., which offers a choice of six specializations and concentrations to choose from. With the extra reduction, the total cost for the M.B.A. is $7,000. In addition, ďŹ nancial aid is also available. The program can be completed in 13–15 months. T.E.A.M. offers a separate M.S. education program that students can enter with their yeshiva or traditional degrees and the total cost for the education degree is also $7,000 after the $3,800 scholarship. The M.B.A and M.S. education both begin in October 2011. The total cost is approximately $10,800 before the instant $3,800, which brings the total tuition cost to $7,000 and it is paid class by class, with no upfront costs. All T.E.A.M. education programs are 100% accredited and are available via distance learning, while some offer a mix of distance and traditional classroom settings. The classroom settings are always offered at exible times and locations in Queens, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. The distance component can be done from any location. A Jewish degree in Talmudic Law or rabbinics coupled with an M.B.A. or M.S. Ed. can be the ticket for many of our young, aspiring giants to land that ďŹ rst opportunity which will take him or her to the next level. After students take the initial step and call or register online, a personal T.E.A.M. advisor personally guides them on the fast-track and efďŹ cient application/preparation process. T.E.A.M. understands our community and the workplace. T.E.A.M. students are supported all the way as they embark towards a new academic direction. At T.E.A.M., every student is cared for and supported from start to ďŹ nish. T.E.A.M. alumni attest to the referral system and comments/contacts web area. Student feedback is always posted on the main TEAM site at www.GoTeamEd.com. The ofďŹ ce can be contacted from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 347-560TEAM. ď ś

Ohel Sets the Stage, November 14 By Sandy Eller On Monday, November 14, at precisely 7:30 p.m., the term “Jewish music concertâ€? will be forever redeďŹ ned as the curtain rises with a ourish on the annual Ohel beneďŹ t concert which, quite simply, will be an event unlike anything concert patrons have ever experienced. Ohel, with its longstanding tradition of raising the bar in concert excellence, continues to innovate and has assembled an unparalleled team of experts who will undoubtedly transform this year’s concert into a truly spectacular event. With design and production by the exclusive talents at NYFF Events and Sheer Productions, every moment and every inch of this star-studded performance at the magniďŹ cent Mason Hall at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Manhattan’s East Side will envelop concert patrons in the excitement of

the ultimate musical experience that is the hallmark of every Ohel concert. There are many elements that make this year’s event truly unique. While at most concerts the focus is on the performers, the star of this year’s concert is the music itself. In keeping with the theme “The Music We Love,� the star studded lineup, which is already in place for the concert, is a closely guarded secret, adding to the excitement and mystique of this one-of-a-kind show. By placing the music and not the performers in the spotlight, Ohel hopes that it is the actual music that will take center stage at this event. “There is so much music out there that touches the heart and the soul,� said Elly Kleinman, concert chairman and president and CEO of The Americare Companies, primary sponsor of the concert. “It has the power to unify us and inspire us to do good. It is the soundtrack of our joyous moments and gives us solace in times of trouble. Music is an integral part of our lives. What better choice could there be to headline this year’s concert?� Kleinman expects the air to be positively electric as concert patrons enter

the hall and excitedly take their seats, waiting to discover the musical delights that await them and the identities of the all-star performers who will be taking the stage. “We pride ourselves on thinking outside the box and we wanted to do something fresh and fun that had never been done before,â€? said Norman B. Gildin, chief development ofďŹ cer at OHEL. “While there is certainly an aura of mystery surrounding this event, it is no secret that, as always, we have a full lineup of top tier entertainers for this concert which will be an upscale, professional, and elegant evening of music.â€? With a potpourri of musical genres, an array of international performers, and a selection of songs including much loved favorites and exciting original compositions, Ohel expects the entire evening to have universal appeal. In another musical ďŹ rst, this concert will be an interactive event, and the public is invited to become part of this landmark evening by sharing their favorite songs, artists, musical genres, thoughts,

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Community News Continued from Page 89 and the memorable musical moments of their lives via email or video submissions for possible inclusion in the concert. “We want people to contact us and tell us about their favorite music, in either e-mail or video format,” said Gildin. “What songs inspired them, what emotions were sparked hearing certain songs. The possibilities are endless. Those talented individuals who are truly innovative can submit short videos of themselves enjoying their favorite music, or sharing their ideas in some creative way. We want people to have fun with this concert, to really be a part of it.” All video submissions are limited to one minute in length and can be mailed to Ohel Benefit Concert, 4510 16th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11204 or uploaded directly to Ohel’s site at www. ohelfamily.org/concertvideos. E-mails can be sent to music@ohelfamily.org and the public is invited to interact with the concert Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ ohelconcert. The Twitter link is http://twitter.com/ohelconcert.

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Three live dedication opportunities are also available for this unforgettable event, giving those sponsors a unique opportunity to dedicate a song which will be announced by the master of ceremonies. A video or photo montage of the person to whom the song is being dedicated will be displayed as the performer sings the song, allowing for a truly memorable and exceptional experience. All concert patrons are requested to be in their seats at 7:30 p.m. so that they do not miss even a single moment of this exciting experience which will begin promptly at the scheduled time. Numerous sponsorship opportunities are available for the concert, which is one of Ohel’s major annual fundraisers, and all patrons will receive a CD with music by the evening’s performers. Tickets can be purchased at 866-OHEL-TIX. For more information, visit www.ohelfamily.org/concert. Sandy Eller is a freelance writer who has written for various websites, newspapers, magazines, and private clients in addition to having written song lyrics and scripts for several full scale productions. She can be contacted at sandyeller1@gmail.com. 

Annual RIETS NYCJerusalem Kinus Teshuva Lectures, October 4 Rabbi Yosef Blau and Rabbi Dovid Miller will be the featured speakers at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary’s 27th Annual Hausman/ Stern Kinus Teshuva lectures. The lectures, given between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, will take place in New York City and Jerusalem on Tuesday, October 4, the seventh of Tishrei. The lecture series is run by Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future. Rabbi Blau, senior mashgiach ruchani at YU, will speak on “Multiple Kedushot Hayom of Yom HaKippurim: A Guide to Responding to a Complex World” at The Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Beit Midrash, 515 West 185th Street, in Manhattan. Rabbi Blau will be introduced by Rabbi Yona Reiss, Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS. The New York portion will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will be followed by a collation in Weissberg Commons, 2495 Amsterdam Ave. Rabbi Miller, Benjamin and Charlotte Gottesfeld Chair in Talmud and associate director of YU’s Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem, will lecture on the topic “As Free Will Has Been Granted to

All” (Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah 7:1) at 40 Duvdevani Street in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem at 8 p.m. Both lectures will be webcast live at www.yutorah.org. The Hausman/Stern Kinus Teshuva lecture series was established by philanthropist Judy Hausman and the late Gerson Hausman, supporters of YU and RIETS, to honor the memory of Elias J. and Mary Stern and Moshe and Chava Hausman. Light refreshments will be served at both events. For more information on the lectures, parking, or directions please contact waintman@yu.edu or call 212-960-5400, ext. 6014. 

Day Of Fun And Learning At YU Homecoming On September 18, more than 600 members of the Yeshiva University community came together for a day of celebration and reconnection at YU’s Homecoming. It was a day with something for everyone: an assortment of college classes and shiurim, facepainting and carnival games, a club fair, live music, balloon-making, hot pretzels, and cold smoothies. Current students and alumni of all ages met old friends and made new ones, sharing memories of their college experience and a feeling of pride and belonging to the larger YU family. “Homecoming is an opportunity to bring the extended YU community together on campus to experience all that YU provides for personal growth and learning,” said Barbara Birch, senior director of alumni affairs and annual giving at YU. The day kicked off with Talmudic lectures and group discussions led by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter and Professor Smadar Rosensweig as part of the Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon. Weissberg Commons offered a snapshot of current student life on campus by giving attendees the option to find out what each student group was all about, whether that meant taking a personality test at the psychology club table or making silly putty with members of the chemistry club. The new Heights Lounge in the Glueck Center hosted a Town Hall Meeting with President Richard M. Joel, providing a forum for all members of the YU community to ask their questions in person. In Tenzer Gardens, friends and families relaxed on the grass and enjoyed an engaging set

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Community News Continued from Page 91 list from the Maccabeats, Blue Fringe, and the Y-Studs—all of whom began their musical careers at YU. “We always mention that we got our start here,â€? said Dov Rosenblatt, a 2005 Yeshiva College graduate who, along with fellow alumni Hayyim Danzig ’05YC, Danny Zwillenberg ’03YC and Avi Hoffman ’05YC, formed Blue Fringe in 2001. “We had just gotten back from Israel and spent almost every night in Schottenstein practicing. What YU represents—a really unique, meaningful marriage of Torah U’madda, the secular and traditional—is something we try to capture in our music as well.â€? “Walking this campus today and reuniting with so many colleagues and mentors has been amazing,â€? said radio host Nachum Segal, ’84YC. “As I walk on the east side of Amsterdam Avenue, south of Belfer Hall, I’m taken back 30 years to the WYUR (YU’s undergraduate radio station) of the 1980s. This is a great day to take pride in the past, present, and future of YU.â€? For many alumni visiting the campus, family was an important theme of the day. “YU is a big part of our family,â€? said Gail Elsant, a Stern College for Women graduate. She went on to list the degrees: her husband Marty attended YU, as did her four children and their spouses; her son and son-in-law were both graduates of YU-afďŹ liated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS); and her daughter is in a doctoral program at the Azrieli Graduate School of

Jewish Education and Administration. “Now we’re waiting to meet our children here and enjoy ourselves together,â€? said Elsant. “There’s a continuity of generations at YU.â€? Dr. Stuart Shaffren ’74 YC agreed. “My family is a YU family,â€? he said. “My boys went here, my daughter went to Stern, and my grandkids will come here. It’s the center of Judaism in America.â€? ď ś

Sefer Dorash Dovid: Bestowing Honor Upon The Torah And Shabbos By Shimmy Blum In a world where Judaica stores and broad sefarim selections proliferate, it is rare for a new sefer to make an instant splash. Yet, that is precisely what Sefer Dorash Dovid al HaTorah has done within days of its recent debut. Dorash Dovid is currently available across the United States, Europe, Eretz Yisrael, and beyond. It has become an instant bestseller, with lomdei sefarim of all stripes enjoying their new copies. “Dorash Dovid is pleasant to read and easy to understand,� says Rav Moshe Pruzansky, shlita, a prominent rosh chaburah in Lakewood’s Bais Medrash Govoha, “but it is also full of ‘tochen’ and very thought-provoking. When I showed one shtickel to a rav, his immediate reaction was, ‘I have to say this over in shul.’� The sefer has won approbation from a host of gedolei Yisrael from around the globe, including Harav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, zt’l, and, lbc’l, Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, shlita, Harav Aharon Leib Shteinman, shlita, Harav Chaim

Kanievsky, shlita, Harav Shmuel Wosner, shlita, Harav Nissim Karelitz, shlita, the Sanzer Rebbe, shlita, Harav Yitzchok Scheiner, shlita, Harav Malkiel Kotler, shlita, and Harav Matisyahu Salomon, shlita. No doubt, a masterpiece of this magnitude was not created overnight. Indeed, the mechaber, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, shlita, of Toronto, has been perfecting the fruit of his labor for several years now. The three volumes of Dorash Dovid are treasure troves of Torah, comprised of maamarei Chazal and unique Torah thoughts presented with clarity, depth, and geshmak. Rav Hofstedter analyzes each parashah and the various questions that arise upon learning it. The mechaber then delves into all applicable angles and offers a comprehensive approach to shed light on the predicaments. The sefarim’s pages are graced with penetrating chiddushim, practical hashkafah, and sharp ‘vertlach’ alike, all presented in a most professional and aesthetically pleasant manner. Many of the questions and resolutions discussed in the sefarim have been raised by Rav Hofstedter in his daily shiurim and the many talks he has held at functions for Dirshu and Acheinu, the global pillars of Torah and kiruv that he has founded and intimately leads. Rabbi Shlomo Rozenstein, assistant director of Dirshu’s Israeli branch, recounts how Rav Hofstedter combined his work on the sefer with his organizations’ trailblazing activities. He relates that while traveling to revolutionary Dirshu events in cities such as Mos-

cow, Odessa, and Paris earlier this year, “Rav Dovid spent his time in the air perfecting the sefer. He didn’t even bother looking out the airplane window at all the interesting destinations.â€? Rav Hofstedter’s leadership of the Dirshu and Acheinu organizations has earned him a worldwide reputation as an oheiv Torah, but the countless hours a day that this businessman and activist devotes to his personal growth in Torah is lesser known. Now, the diligence, breadth, and clarity in learning that has impressed those close to Reb Dovid can be enjoyed by a far broader audience. The revered rosh yeshiva, Harav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, zt’l, dedicated his last letter ever, shortly before his petirah, to approbate Dorash Dovid. Rav Michel Yehuda’s grandchildren tearfully recount how their grandfather composed the approbation after being read some choice passages from the sefer and being highly impressed. In the letter, Rav Michel Yehuda termed the sefer “an amazing publication of Torah thoughts and mussar, ďŹ lled with wisdom and yiras Shamayim derived from the holy pesukim and maamarei chazal.â€? The rosh yeshiva attests that Rav Hofstedter, “is among those who understand the truth‌Although he is a busy person, he is ďŹ rmly planted in the beis medrash and has merited to teach Torah to the masses through his steady schedule of shiurim.â€? The gedolei Yisrael, bnei Torah, and baalei batim who have been mesmerized by Dorash Dovid can look forward to many more enlightening chiddushim from its mechaber, b’ezras Hashem. The

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current volumes on Torah are scheduled to be followed by Dorash Dovid on Moadim in the near future and more. The published volumes are named Shufra D’Shabata, reflecting the honor and beauty they infuse in the holiest day of the week. The introduction to the sefer elaborates on the choice of the name: “Analyzing and understanding the parashah that is read and learned on Shabbos reflect the main gift and beauty of Shabbos. Chazal tell us, “Shabbosos and Yomim Tovim were only given to Klal Yisrael in order to learn Torah.’” The title name Dorash Dovid is a natural tie in to Dirshu, the worldwide Torah movement founded by Rav Hofstedter, and the sefer itself represents a similar goal to the goals of Dirshu. The essence of Dorash Dovid is as its name suggests—filled with analyses, inquiries, and clarifications in both halacha and aggada. In the sefer, an insightful thought is related from the Degel Machnei Efraim (Bereishis) regarding the fact that the words “Darosh Dorash (Moshe)” are the midpoint of the Torah. The Degel explains that the Torah is considered “half” and incomplete before Chazal analyzed and explained its words. He writes, “In every generation, those who are ‘doresh’ the Torah, completing the Torah according to the needs of the neshamos of that generation.” In the introduction, Rav Hofstedter concludes with the following wish, “Every individual whom Hashem has enabled to be ‘doresh’ the Torah and enlightened him towards the truth of its words, is completing his neshamah’s portion of the Torah. I hope that this sefer merits its name ‘Dorash Dovid,’ and will complete my portion in the holy Torah.” Chazal tell us that one should set aside his most prized portion for Shabbos. “Shufra D’Shabata” has indeed earned its honorable place on an increasing number of Shabbos tables across the globe. Dorash Dovid is available at all fine sefarim stores or directly from the distributor: Israel Bookshop, 732-901-3009. 

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Acheinu Makes History By Enrolling 1,300 New Talmidim Into Yeshivos And Bais Yaakov’s This Elul By Chaim Gold Assaf won’t be going to Mexico this year. Assaf is a teenager, one of Israel’s best volleyball players in his age group. He was slated to further his career in Mexico next year. Instead, he will be involved in a different type of “volleying”—the back and forth volley of intricate Gemaros and sevaros! Assaf has joined Acheinu’s yeshiva, were he is investing every last bit of his considerable energy into finishing Masechtos. All this is due to Acheinu and Assaf’s own Acheinu mentor, Rabbi Chaim Goldberg. Rav Goldberg first met Assaf when he was in the eighth grade of a Chinuch Atzmai Torani school. He befriended Assaf who comes from a traditional home. Their relationship blossomed until Reb Chaim became akin to Assaf’s big brother. In addition, Reb

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Community News Continued from Page 93 Chaim forged a close bond with Assaf’s parents. By working together with the entire family unit, he was eventually able to convince Assaf and his parents that if he would pursue his sports career in Mexico, he would lose his Yiddishkeit. Today, Assaf sits in the beis medrash for hours, brow furrowed over knotty sugyos. Reb Chaim maintains constant contact with him. Acheinu also has a mentor for Assaf in the yeshiva where he learns. This kind of follow-up, accompaniment, and chizuk is one of the things that makes Acheinu so special… and so successful. Assaf is not the only young person to benefit from Acheinu’s special attention. This year at the beginning of the school year, there were some 1,300 new talmidim and talmidos who, instead of being lost in the Israeli irreligious and anti-religious melting pot, are embarking on Torah lives. This was by far the highest enrollment to date and is a tribute to Acheinu’s kiruv rechokim philosophy that continues bearing fruit. Acheinu’s three-step approach has ensured that 90% of their charges develop into true bnei Torah. The first step is mentoring. Acheinu assigns a kiruv worker who effectively adopts a child. That child always has access to his kiruv worker who offers unlimited emotional and even monetary support while imbuing the child with the ideal of joining a yeshiva or Torah school. Step two is enrollment. As a result of

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the close relationship between kiruv activists and their protégés, they eventually succeed in enrolling them in yeshivos and Beis Yaakovs. Over the years, Acheinu developed close bonds with the hanhalos of tens of yeshivos throughout the country. Based on their insider’s knowledge of each yeshiva and the trust they have built with the varied hanhalos, Acheinu has been able to approach yeshivos appropriate for each bachur not yet enrolled. The hanhalos, working on their trust in Acheinu’s acumen, have accepted them. This kiruv kerovim effort has grown and flourished with the opening this year of Acheinu’s new “Yeshiva Hotline,” where parents or students can call for free advice regarding varied chinuch issues with which they are grappling, as well as advice as to which yeshiva would be most fitting for their child. Acheinu has had amazing success in stabilizing bachurim in crisis and at risk and either repatriating them to their present yeshiva or finding them a new yeshiva that is better suited. The third, perhaps most important step, is Acheinu’s aggressive followup program. A child’s enrollment in a yeshiva or Beis Yaakov does not necessarily mean that the kiruv rechokim effort is complete. In fact, it has just begun. Ensuring that this child will develop into a true ben Torah or bas Yisrael is perhaps the most crucial juncture in kiruv rechokim. Acheinu maintains contact with both the young teenag-

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Community News Continued from Page 96 er and the yeshiva/school faculty to smooth out small issues before they develop into big issues that can derail the entire kiruv process. Undoubtedly, the most successful of Acheinu’s enrollment programs and the project that has filled Acheinu activists with a tremendous feeling of accomplishment is their enrollment of eighth graders in yeshivos ketanos (high school age yeshivos kedoshos). Some 400 eighth graders have been enrolled this year in yeshivos, and, with Acheinu’s 90% success rate, they will virtually all go on to build Torah lives and raise Torah families. In Eretz Yisrael, the eighth grade year in Torani schools—Torah observant schools serving the traditional, not necessarily fully observant public—constitutes a watershed in the lives of the graduates. Will the graduate continue his learning in a yeshiva kedoshah where he can develop into a ben Torah or attend a government high school where his spiritual future will be far bleaker? Acheinu’s two yeshivos in Yerushalyim and Kiryat Sefer are burgeoning. According to Rav Avigdor Berenstein, a senior member of Acheinu’s leadership, “They are so full that you cannot even fit a needle in either one. This,” he said, “is a testament to the important role these yeshivos are filling in absorbing children from the Torani school networks of Chinuch Atzmai and Shas. In addition, because of the

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tremendous demand for more yeshivos, Acheinu activists recently assisted in opening two more yeshivos kedoshos in Be’er Sheva and Herzalia.” During this year’s summer vacation, Acheinu continued its ambitious program started last year designed to provide a yeshiva type learning setting for boys attending non-religious schools. These boys, who at the outset of the summer were irreligious, joined a special yeshiva established to afford them their first foray into Torah learning. Another important division that grew by leaps and bounds this past year is the girls’ seminary division. A whole cadre of dedicated kollel wives on the Acheinu staff have done wonderful work reaching out to girls from traditional families who would otherwise have attended state public schools and been lost to Yiddishkeit. A large group of girls were enrolled in seminaries this year. Through the constant care and follow-up of Acheinu’s women’s division, these girls are on the path to becoming exemplary bnos Yisrael who will one day be the backbone and akeres habayis of Torah homes. Acheinu’s unique system of enrollment and follow-up has repeatedly proven itself. When this writer tried contacting one of Acheinu’s activists, the activist could only speak for a few minutes. Apologizing profusely, what he said encapsulates the devotion of all Acheinu activists, “You know it’s the beginning of the zeman! I must follow up with the yeshiva hanhalos to make sure that my bachurim are doing well!”

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Afternoon Chevra At Boro Park Y Retirees: Looking for something to do on Thursday afternoons? How about a good vort, lively Torah discussions, and getting together with other heimishe men for the “Afternoon Chevra!” Centrally located at the Boro Park Y, at 4912 14th Avenue, “The Afternoon Chevra” is a satisfying way to spend time with friends. They offer hot potato kugel, fresh fruit, and coffee, an exercise group with deep breathing and relaxation training with Shlomo, a physical therapist, and a regular derashah by well-known magid shiur Rabbi Asher Israel. Guest speakers and lecturers give the “Afternoon Chevra” true Yiddishe taam. Retired men who are Holocaust survivors are invited to join every Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. For more information or to arrange for free transportation, call Mr. Yossi Wiener at 718-438-2020, ext. 7450. This program is cosponsored by “Project for Holocaust Survivors” at Bikur Cholim of Boro Park and “Club Nissim for Holocaust Survivors” at The Boro Park Y. Refreshments are generously donated in part by New Century Home Care. 

Ezer Mizion In Government Payroll Charity Program Since 2007, Ezer Mizion has been chosen as a participant in the U.S. government program’s Combined Federal Campaign that offers federal employees the opportunity of making contributions to nonprofit organizations by payroll deductions.

The campaign enables civilian, military, and postal employees to make either one-time or monthly donations to benefit participating organizations. Choices are made between September and December of each year. Every year about 1.3 million government employees pledge over $250 million to the 2,200 national organizations and 20,000 local charities that are part of this campaign. Many participants who would like to support a charity in Israel have chosen Ezer Mizion, one of Israel’s major organizations. Founded in 1979, Ezer Mizion offers a wide range of services for the seriously ill, the special child, the elderly, the disabled, and the mentally ill. Ezer Mizion’s International Jewish Bone Marrow Registry, the largest Jewish registry in the world, engages in its vital work of saving the lives of Jewish patients around the globe whose sole chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant. Professional therapy and support is offered at Ezer Mizion’s Oranit, Israel’s Guest Home for Children with Cancer And Their Families. The elderly and disabled receive transportation to doctor appointments and treatment centers by Ezer Mizion’s trained ambulance drivers. Hot meals are delivered daily to families where a member is suffering from serious illness. Support and guidance are provided for the mentally ill and their families. In keeping with its motto, “Their Challenges…Our Mission,” Ezer Mizion, with its 11,000 volunteers enhancing the effectiveness of its professional staff, attempts to alleviate the suffer-

ing of varied segments of Israel’s population and provide compassionate succor to all those undergoing life’s crises. A visitor to Ezer Mizion may see the buzz of activity at the registry as staff carries out its vital mission of saving Jewish lives or perhaps a child with cancer smiling for the first time in days as she pets a sheep at Ezer Mizion’s Wildlife Pavilion. Or he may witness the grin on the face of a special girl as she proudly displays a piece of jewelry that she created. Or he may be invited to come along on the run of an ambulance driver and stand in awe as he brings a wheelchair-bound octogenarian to his doctor’s appointment with professionalism, love, and dignity. It is only because of its caring supporters that Ezer Mizion is able to continue its humanitarian efforts. Ezer Mizion is grateful to Jewish Aid Worldwide who has once again assisted in securing its participation in this federal campaign and to the many government employees who have chosen to support Ezer Mizion via CFC and to continue their support in the 2012 campaign. For further information, visit www.ezermizion.org. To join, choose CFC #11583. 

idence of vandalism and destruction, the percentage was not as significant as we had expected it might be. While even one toppled headstone is too many, the situation could have been a lot worse.” Hikind also noted that because some decedents were interred at the cemetery as early as 1860, many do not have any living relatives to ensure the upkeep of their graves and monuments. Richard Fishman, director of the New York State Division of Cemeteries, has notified Hikind that the city will pay $100,000 to repair the outer fence of the cemetery which was damaged by sanitation workers who piled mounds of snow against it during last year’s blizzard. The sheer weight of the snow had caused the fence to collapse and topple adjacent headstones. An additional $50,000 will be allocated by the State’s Monument Maintenance Fund to restore the damaged or defaced headstones located throughout the cemetery. The necessary work to refurbish the broken headstones is currently underway. 

Annual Ner Israel Breakfast

The annual Breakfast for Ner Israel Rabbinical College was hosted on September 18 by David and Mimi Samuels in Lawrence. (L–R): Rabbi Eytan Feiner, alumnus and rav of the White Shul; Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger, president of Ner Israel; Rabbi Aharon Feldman, rosh yeshiva; Marvin Samuels; and David Samuels.

Mercy Medical Center Thrift Shop Seeks Merchandise Donations The Mercy Medical Center Thrift Shop is seeking merchandise donations to support its fundraising activities. New or gently used coats, shoes, clothing, handbags, and jewelry can be donated at the shop at 369 Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead, Monday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Call ahead at 516-481-9379 to assure arrangements. The Mercy Medical Center Thrift Shop is operated by The Council of Leagues, the auxiliary organization that coordinates the efforts of a dozen individual community-based League groups in Nassau County that provide volunteer and fund-raising support for the hospital. 

Hikind Conducts Survey Of Washington Cemetery In response to ongoing complaints about the state of affairs at Brooklyn’s Washington Cemetery, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) and his staff conducted a month-long survey of the cemetery this past summer. Throughout his career, Hikind has regularly been involved in issues pertaining to Washington Cemetery. Established in 1860, Washington Cemetery is Brooklyn’s largest Jewish cemetery, and is located at 5820 Bay Parkway. The cemetery encompasses 110 acres and is said to contain over 100,000 graves. The study revealed that although 400 headstones were found to be toppled or otherwise vandalized, the bulk of the headstones were largely undamaged. “There was a great concern that the cemetery had fallen into a terrible state of disrepair, especially after last December’s blizzard,” Hikind said. “At the start of our investigation, we expected to find tremendous devastation. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that although there was ev-

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Small Favors, Huge Success: Scavenger Hunt For Kindness On Friday, September 16, there was a major buzz around Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. Over 100 children, with their parents, met at the Levi Yitzchak Library from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. to participate in the kids’ event of the AOK initiative of 40 days of teshuvah and chesed. Week 3 was about doing small favors so that there would be observable acts of kindness throughout the neighborhood. “Do an act. Watch it spread. Change the world.” The hope is to create a kiddush Hashem by acting with ahavas Yisrael, kavod ha’briyos, and shalom. The erev Shabbos kids’ AOK activity was dedicated to the refuah of Jason Botnik, a young father and community member who underwent a bonemarrow transplant on Friday. The kids completed their “teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah,” very apropos to this time of year. Each child put a dollar in the beautiful huge dreidel pushka at the library and said a kapitel of Tehillim on Jason’s behalf. They collected their scavenger hunt lists and “little blue bags of action” and started out on their quests through Central Ave. Chesed on Central Avenue included giving someone in need a tissue or a band-aid, putting back stranded carts in supermarket parking lots, picking up trash from the avenue and surrounding streets (with a latex glove), giving a thirsty individual a bottle of water and a child a balloon, and more. The kids returned with their completed mitzvah checklists to receive Shabbos treats and great prizes. The feedback was incredible. Parents were amazed watching their children enjoy doing mitzvos. The smiling faces and words of gratitude from people on Central Avenue indicated that these Acts of Kindness were really appreciated. Thank you to the Levi Yitzchak library and to Paper Place for helping us make a difference in our community! 

AOK appreciates Rabbi Dovid Weinberger

Look how happy the mayor of Cedarhurst is to be appreciated.

“I treat each patient as a partner in the healing process . . . and encourage them to be an active member of the team making their health care decisions. It’s a win-win for everyone.” David A. Silver, M.D., brings a decade of successful experience with the leading-edge da Vinci Robotic Surgical System — and an inclusive, team-focused approach — to every prostate cancer patient. He’s a pioneer in this ultraprecise, roboticassisted laparoscopic technique, which reduces pain and blood loss, helps shorten the hospital stay and speeds recovery. Over 700 men have been part of Dr. Silver’s “team” and got back in the game — and to their own lives — faster.

David A. Silver, M.D. Director, Urologic Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital and Member, NYS Prostate and Testicular Cancer Detection and Education Advisory Council

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letters to THE EDITOR The Storm And The Message Dear Editor, At the height of the civil rights movement, the great soul singer Marvin Gaye penned and recorded What’s Going On, a classic song whose haunting refrain sought clarity in a time of great confusion. In reflecting upon Hurricane Irene, we too should be asking, “What’s going on?” I write this with trepidation. Who am I to suggest that we can discern a reason for a natural disaster on the scale of Irene? And yet I believe that write I must. The night after the hurricane, a dear friend called from Borough Park to ask how my family had fared. After assuaging his concerns, I said that years ago, in the great city of

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Nineveh, the response to an impending tragedy was to soul-search. That narrative of teshuvah, related in the Book of Yonah, is read every year as the haftarah of Minchah on Yom Kippur. In this vein, a corresponding response would have been for Governor Andrew Cuomo to go on television as the hurricane neared and announce that he had erred regarding gay marriage, and that he would move immediately to repeal this invidious law. In my (admittedly fantastic) scenario, Cuomo would have entreated G-d to spare New York the ravages of the oncoming storm. My friend implored me to share my

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thoughts in writing. I replied that I was fearful to do so. After all, I am not a prophet. I don’t have any special insight into G-d’s ways. For all I know, Irene had nothing to do with gay marriage. However, on Shabbos a week after the hurricane, I heard one of our local roshei yeshivah make this very connection. In private conversation, he agreed that I should write about the subject, that every protest against gay marriage is significant. I understand that disasters are part of nature. I understand that earthquakes happen and that hurricanes happen, but when New York, immediately upon legalizing gay marriage, is hit by both these “natural” events, one has to take pause. Yes, hurricanes are integral to the Atlantic’s meteorological system, but why didn’t G-d arrange for the storm to stay over the ocean rather than ravage the Eastern seaboard? And the disaster particularly struck New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut (all among the few states where gay marriage is legal). Dare we ignore the consideration that

here is a message from Heaven? For an answer, let us look to our sources: What do our Sages say about legalized immorality? The answer is riveting. The Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 26) teaches that a tipping point for the Generation of the Flood was when people began to write marriage contracts between males! Why, though, is the legalization of this immorality so momentous? When an immoral behavior is tolerated but illegal, at least one can say that society formally rejects the behavior. The moral fiber of society has not been sundered. When society ensconces immorality in law, it has made the dreadful leap from tolerance to approval. For the Generation of the Flood, that was the last straw. This teaching should make us shudder. I noted above that my hope that Gov. Cuomo would announce the rescission of legalized same-sex marriage was fantastical. There are two reasons for this. One is that the governor and his cohorts in Albany are so convinced they are right that they are unwilling to even consider the alternative. The second reason is, I am afraid, more telling. Unfortunately, the idea that a disaster may be the consequence (in part or in full) of our actions is off the radar screen. Most people do not think in these terms, and any suggestion to the contrary is deemed primitive. Perhaps, in the wake of this devastating hurricane, we as a society should reorient our thinking. Conversely, the fact that people do not see Divine Providence in an event such as Irene may actually work in our favor. G-d punishes in order to induce a change in behavior; if there is no chance that such change will occur, perhaps there is no point in the punishment. (This distance from G-d, while a factor, is not something of which we should be proud.) Further, our society is not akin to the Flood generation. We have so many good things going for us. The United States is a great country, a land where Jews have practiced their faith freely and have prospered greatly. Indeed, citizens of all faiths and creeds owe this country a great debt of gratitude. The United States has many saving graces. Still, the progressive erosion of our moral fiber is of serious concern and must be addressed. I am by no means certain that Irene is a message from Heaven, and if it is, I don’t know why innocent people were struck down by the storm. But let us pray that if indeed Irene carries a lesson, no future such messages will be necessary. A final note. How embarrassing it is that two leading sponsors of same-sex marriage were Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assemblyman David Weprin, both Orthodox Jews. How embarrassing, further, that media outlets noted Silver’s absence from the signing of the gay-marriage law because it was Shabbos! Does the Torah’s view of Shabbos count while its view on homosexuality is ignored? To quote Marvin Gaye one more time, “What’s going on?” Sincerely, Avi Goldstein

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