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FYI: SMILEYS FREE ISSUE 25 MARCH 4, 2020
פרשת תצוה ח’ אדר תש”פ
THE MYSTERIES OF THE MEGILLAH Everything that was, is, and will be, is found within the Torah
HEROINES IN OUR HISTORY Our past is replete with women who emulated Esther
NO TIPSY TATTY! For years we did Purim my way… Would I be okay with change?
BRINGING TASTE TO THE TABLE Pass on the torch of tradition with these Purim delicacies
Publisher:
YOEL ITZKOWITZ Editor in Chief:
D. GORALNIK Content Editor:
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36 // Inbox 46 // Parsha 52 //
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The Joy in the Drink
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Pesach Cleaning
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Yiddish Story
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HOW MUCH IN THE GLASS? (Re: A Glass of Homemade Schnapps, Issue 23) After reading the most recent issue of your excellent magazine, I have a question about the chocolate liqueur recipe you featured. The instructions were very clear, but it didn’t say how much the recipe yields. It’s important for me to know because I’d make it for mishloach manos. M.S. NESANEL YOEL SAFRAN RESPONDS: Each recipe makes about 1.5 pints (22 to 24 ounces).
ON BREAKING THE CYCLE (Re: Your Voice, Issue 23) I recently read the letter written by a concerned mother who was wondering how to rectify the fact that we buy, give, collect, and then throw out, an enormous amount of junk food each year at this time. I would like to share that in my house we also buy, give and and then buy off from the kids all the Purim junk food, but we do not throw it out. We collect it in a big bin, and on Shabbos afternoons, for as long as the bin lasts, each child picks a nosh from the bin. In this way, the nosh serves as a Shabbos party, which I assume most families treat their kids with each week. In my mind, it’s a win-win! Happy collecting! M.D.
WHITENING SOLUTION TIPS (Re: Bite-Size Pesach Cleaning, Issue 21) First, thank you so much for all of the amazing extras you include in The Boro Park View before each yom tov and in response to each point of interest that comes up. I’m following your Pesach cleaning series, and when I wanted to try the whitening recipe, I had a hard time
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WEEKLY INSIGHT (Re: Inspiration on the Parsha) I want to let you know how much I enjoy the parsha column by Malka Schneps. Each article is really insightful, inspiring and well written, with practical ways to enhance our avodas Hashem. Thank you! S. Weinstock
STEP BY SMALL STEP (Re: Climbing the Money Mountain) In today’s day and age, when so many people are struggling with making ends meet — and even more, with getting out debt — I find your series on debt management so validating, encouraging and helpful! The ideas you share are so simple to implement and really make such a difference. What an eye-opener it was to read that so much of the mismanagement of our money is not about earning too little, but about spending too much. D.E.
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PA RS H A S T E T Z AV E H Pessy cradled her newborn son in her arms as her husband looked on with joy. Pessyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart was swelling with love and happiness, but there was pain mixed in as well, and this pain did not allow her joy to be complete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yitzchok, I am so happy, but my happiness is tinged with sorrow,â&#x20AC;? Pessy confessed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You feel pain for Rivka,â&#x20AC;? Yitzchok surmised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your older sister has not yet had a baby.â&#x20AC;? Before Pessy even had a chance to respond, there was a knock on the door. It was Rivka herself, bearing flowers, chocolates, and a hot meal for Yitzchok and Pessy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mazel tov, mazel tov!â&#x20AC;? Rivka cried. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as I heard the news, I almost fell over with excitement. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get here fast enough. My dear sister Pessy is a mother! Chasdei Hashem!â&#x20AC;? The joy and love on Rivkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face pushed all of Pessyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns away, and her heart swelled with happiness. There was no
doubt that Rivkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart was full of genuine joy, without even a trace of pain or jealousy. The Rosh Yeshivah Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aharon Walkin, shlitâ&#x20AC;?a, brings beautiful insight into the concept of lev tov based on this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parsha, which describes the choshen mishpat that Aharon Hakohen was zoche to wear. It is written: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nasa Aharon es shemos bnei Yisroel bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;choshen hamishpat al libo... â&#x20AC;&#x201D; And Aharon shall carry the names of the bnei Yisroel over his heart when he enters the sanctuary, as a remembrance before Hashem for all timesâ&#x20AC;? (Shemos 28:29). It says in Gemara Shabbos (139a) that when Moshe Rabbeinu was chosen to be the leader of Klal Yisroel, Aharon came out to greet Moshe, and Aharon rejoiced in his heart. As a reward, Aharon was chosen to be Kohen Gadol and wear the choshen mishpat. Even though Moshe was chosen as leader over his older brother Aharon, Aharon still rejoiced. It says in Midrash (Shemos 3:17) that Aharon was zoche to wear the choshen misphat in the zechus of the joy that he felt in his
A person with an ayin tova sees good in others in accordance with seichel, whereas a person with a lev tov sees good in others even if seichel dictates otherwise. heart for his brother. It says in Pirkei Avos, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rabban Yochanan told his students to go out and see what is the best trait for a person to acquire. Rabbi Eliezer said an ayin tovah; Rabbi Yehoshua, a good friend; Rabbi Yosi, a good neighbor; Rabbi Shimon, foresight; Rabbi Elazar, a good heart. Rabban Yochanan said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I prefer Rabbi Elazarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer, because it includes all the othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? (Pirkei Avos 2:9). Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Walkin cites the Tiferes Yisroel, who asks
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what the difference is between an ayin tovah and a lev tov. At first glance, it would appear that both are similar: Both bring a person to see good in other people. The Tiferes Yisroel answers that a person with an ayin tovah sees good in other people, but only when it makes sense for him to do so. A person with a lev tov sees good in other people even when it does not make sense. A person with an ayin tovah sees good in others in accordance with seichel, whereas a person with a lev tov sees good in others even if seichel dictates otherwise. The Chazon Ish, in his work Emunah U’Bitachon, explains that when a person’s heart is filled with ahavah for another person, he will see only good in that person, just as a father sees only good in his child. A person with a lev tov has so much love for other people that he only sees good in others, leading him to always
be dan l’kaf zechus. The Maharal explains that one of the criteria of a lev tov is that a person is dan l’kaf zechus to everyone, because the dan l’kaf zechus is rooted in having a lev tov. A person with a lev tov wants good for other people, and he rejoices when other people receive good, even if, as in Aharon’s case, the other person receive good that “ought” to have been his. R’ Walkin explains that Aharon Hakohen had a true lev tov, and this is why he was zoche to carryBthe oy s names of the shevatim over his lev. & G In the fictional story above, Rivka had a lev tov, andir ls her lev tov not only enabled her to feel joy in her heart at her sister’s good fortune, but it enabled her sister to more fully experience her own simcha. May we all work on acquiring a lev tov, continually opening our heart to see the good in othersAand experiencing trueProgram joy. fun Packed
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Month-Long Grace Period Announced for Violators as State Bag Ban Takes Effect Recognizing that the new bag-less reality is a major adjustment for many, state officials have announced that no penalties will be issued to those who distribute single-use plastic bags to their customers until after April 1. The bag ban, which went into effect this past Sunday, would have stores facing warnings for their first offense, $250 fines for a second violation, and $500 penalties for each subsequent infraction in the same calendar year. But state officials agreed to hold off on penalizing retailers for the next four weeks, saying it prefers to focus on education rather than enforcement at this time, as reported by The New York Post. A last-minute legal challenge to the ban brought by a coalition of minority bodega owners failed to convince an Albany judge to issue a temporary restraining order, which would have stalled the ban, at least in the short term. The group alleged that the state had not considered the ban’s effect on minority-owned small businesses in low-income neighborhoods, which would be disproportionately harmed by the new law.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been extremely vocal in his support of the ban, calling it our “one chance to save our planet.” But local stores have been less than enthusiastic about the measure, according to BoroPark 24. “The ban is a problem. It confuses people,” said Yanky Goldstein, manager at KRM Supermarket. Gold-
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stein said that customers weren’t prepared to think about how they would be getting their purchases home once the ban went into effect. Some stores are selling sealed containers of plastic shopping bags on their shelves, giving customers the ability to open them up at the register and use them as they had in the past. Super 13 Supermarket manager Simcha Friedman said that while he understands the environmental need to minimize plastic waste, the bag ban was poorly planned. “This is not how you do it,” said Friedman. “Learn from the Europeans and Israelis who let you have bags, but they charge you for it. People automatically cut down on bags because they don’t want to be charged, not like over here where they ban it completely.”
Officials Call for Calm as Coronavirus Hits New York Calling a Monday afternoon press conference to discuss coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo worked hard to reassure residents about the outbreak that has sickened nearly 90,000 people and taken more than 3,000 lives, mostly in mainland China. A 39-year-old woman who had been traveling in Iran was confirmed last weekend as New York’s first case of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. With the virus already rearing its ugly head in other states, Cuomo noted that its arrival in New York was inevitable. “From the beginning, we have believed it was not a question of if New York would have a coronavirus case, but when,” said Cuomo. “That’s why New York State has been preparing for weeks, and we are diligently managing the situation.” The state is already working with hospitals to reach a goal of creating 1,000 coronavirus tests per day, with new cleaning protocols instituted in schools and on public transportation. The governor has also asked the state legislature to approve $40 million in emergency funding to deal with the outbreak. Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that coronavirus could linger for months and urged residents to follow standard procedure during flu season, including frequent hand-washing and to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze. The city’s public health lab has already geared up to begin testing for COVID-19, a step that will provide diagnoses in just hours, instead of having to
wait for days for results. Speaking with members of the media on Monday, de Blasio said that the city remains in a state of high vigilance. He called on anyone experiencing symptoms, which include mild to severe respiratory symptoms, coughing, fever, difficulty breathing and pneumonia, to contact their health care provider immediately, particularly those who have traveled to areas where the virus is prevalent. “We’d rather have people find out quickly that they do not have coronavirus, than people holding back who might have it and not getting the health care they need, and maximizing the chance of a dangerous spread,” said de Blasio. Cuomo warned state residents to get ready for the smell of bleach, which will be used to disinfect surfaces to limit the spread of the virus, while also calling for calm in the face of what will surely be more confirmed cases in New York. “This isn’t our first rodeo,” said Cuomo. “We have dealt with the swine flu, Ebola, SARS and the seasonal flu. We are fully coordinated. We are fully mobilized and we are fully prepared to deal with this situation as it develops.” By Tuesday morning, the governor was giving his second press conference in as many days after a 50-yearold lawyer from New Rochelle, NY, was confirmed as the state’s second case of coronavirus, a diagnosis that had three yeshivos closing for the day, as reported on VIN News. Cuomo said that the man was an attorney who worked in Manhattan and has a child enrolled at SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox yeshivah in Riverdale. SAR sent an early-morning email to parents, telling them that both the high school and the elementary school were closed for the day as a precautionary measure. Two other local yeshivos followed suit and also gave students an unscheduled day off. Officials said that they are working with the man, who works in Manhattan, and his family to determine who else might have been exposed to the virus. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said that the man had traveled to Miami, but would not have been able to spread the virus at that time. The man had been hospitalized with a respiratory condition in Westchester and was later transferred to a Manhattan hospital. The public is asked to daven for a refuah sheleimah for Yitzchak Eliezer ben Shifra. Cuomo noted that New York’s latest coronavirus victim had not traveled to any locations where an outbreak had occurred. According to the governor, officials have been expecting similar cases to arise locally and were amending the state’s paid leave sick bill to include those who are quarantined in case of a possible exposure to the virus.
New Law Could Have City Seizing Repeat Offenders’ Cars Reckless drivers, beware. A newly passed law could have New York City impounding your car, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative meant to improve
safety on city streets. The Dangerous Vehicle Abatement law was introduced by City Councilmember Brad Lander, whose district includes portions of Boro Park. Under the law, drivers who have fifteen or more school-zone speed camera violations, or five or more red-light camera violations over a twelvemonth period could have their vehicles seized. Registered owners or vehicle operators could avoid having their vehicles impounded by completing a drivers’ safety course. The law will be in effect for three years, after which it will be subject to evaluation for possible renewal or modification. Lander said that the measure was the first of its kind in the country and would hold dangerous drivers accountable for their neighbors’ safety. “We are breaking ground with a new data-driven, restorative justice approach to end dangerous driving,” said Lander. De Blasio praised the legislation as being a major step toward improving safety on city streets. “We are putting all drivers on notice that if you behave recklessly behind the wheel, there will be real consequences,” said de Blasio. The new law will go into effect on February 26, 2021, and will apply to all violations issued after October 26, 2020.
Flu Hits Record Breaking Levels in NY Coronavirus may be making worldwide headlines, but here in New York, it is actually the flu that is the far bigger cause for concern, with a historic number of cases reported for the current season. According to the New York State Department of Health, 131,604 confirmed cases of the flu had been reported to officials as of the week ending February 22, a number that was 2,712 higher than the previous record set in the 20172018 flu season. New York has been tracking the number of confirmed flu cases since the 1998-1999 season. Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered some good news in the fight against the flu, announcing on February 27 that the number of recorded cases had declined for the second week in a row. Despite this positive development, three child flu deaths were reported last week, prompting both Cuomo and New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker to urge state residents to take precautionary steps to ward off the flu. “If you haven’t already been vaccinated, it’s not too late,” said Cuomo. “I urge you to get a vaccine and to please stay home if you are sick to avoid spreading the illness.” Other preventive measures recommended by state officials include frequent hand-washing with soap and water for at least twenty seconds, avoiding contact with those who are sick, and cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces. Flu season typically lasts through the middle of the spring, which means that this year’s record-breaking totals will likely continue to rise.
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Recap: Tzippy reacts to Miri’s nastiness by bursting into tears. Miri feels awful and tells Yaakov about it. In doing so, she realizes that perhaps she is creating a rift between Yaakov and Peretz. “Binyamin?” Shabsi stuck his head into the room just as Binyamin’s balled-up socks landed in the laundry bag. “What?” Binyamin yawned in response as he fluffed up his pillow. “Oh, you’re on the way to bed already? Okay, I’ll find someone else. I came to you because you once asked to join me for these types of jobs, remember?” “Sure!” Binyamin jumped up. “Did they call you?” “You’re not supposed to be so excited,” Shabsi chastised Binyamin, whose hands were now deep in the laundry bag. “I know, after tonight you’ll be able to buy two good shirts, and start saving for a new hat, and maybe you’ll even have enough money left over for a bottle of Coke, but it would be nice to remember where we’re going…” He concluded the sentence with a singsong intonation. “We have to remember that all our lives,” Binyamin agreed, ignoring the tingling at the back of his neck. It was a quarter to twelve at night. True, he was the one who had asked Shabsi if he could join him the next time such an opportunity arose, but that didn’t mean that the first time would be easy. “Oh, well, looks like I’ll need to take fresh socks from my drawer.” They walked together down the street, the streetlights casting macabre shadows of their figures every which way. But Binyamin just stared straight ahead. “What do I have to know?” he asked. His muscles were tense, and his shoulders felt
pinched. “Nothing special. With Tehillim and Mishnayos it’s one rate, and without them it’s another rate. But I always say Tehillim or learn. When it’s two of us we can take shifts, with one of us going out to doze and the other staying in the room.” “Where is it?” Binyamin remembered to ask. “Rashi Street. The levayah is supposed to be tomorrow morning.” “And they leave him in the house like that for all these hours?” “What does ‘like that’ mean? Can you think of something better for him now than having two yeshivah bachurim saying Tehillim at his side all night? So yes, that’s how they leave him.” Shabsi was emphatic as he turned right. Binyamin didn’t know what he expected to see when they arrived, but the building was silent. There was no wailing from inside, and the wall was bare; there were no signs. “We have to tell them to put up a warning sign for Kohanim,” Shabsi said, scanning the gate. “Who is it?” Binyamin asked as they climbed the stairs in the ancient building. “A very old man, a Holocaust survivor. His grandson taught me in yeshivah ketanah, and he was one of the youngest of his grandsons. There are already great-grandchildren in the family who are married. Do you know a Greenzweig here?” “No,” Binyamin said. The door on the second floor was open.
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Shabsi knocked lightly, gently, and without waiting, walked inside. Binyamin followed, trying to keep his breathing even. He couldn’t look at the faces of the people who came forward to greet them. Shabsi spoke to them, looking every bit like someone who knew his job well. Then he nudged Binyamin slightly with his arm toward the narrow doorway on the right. They stepped into a room with a high ceiling whose walls were covered in old-fashioned floral wallpaper. For the first minute it was terrifying. The flickering candles on the floor near the tallis, the dim room, the medical devices standing, abandoned and silent, on the side… Then Binyamin’s eyes caught sight of something: a small, black faded hat, hanging on a hook opposite the door. It was a narrow-brimmed hat, clearly purchased 30 or 40 years ago. All those years ago, a hat manufacturer had sat and designed that hat, and then all the bachurim, and perhaps even the married young men, had bought that style hat, because that was “in” at the time. And almost without realizing it, Binyamin raised his hand and touched his own hat. Shabsi was already sitting on the chair near the wall, swaying over a small Tehillim, but Binyamin was still standing at the door and staring at the hat that had remained hanging on the wall.
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“Hello, this is Rosenblit. Am I speaking with Mrs. Potolsky?” “Yes. Is there something I can help you with, Mr. Rosenblit?” “Well, your husband isn’t available right now, and I wanted to find out what was going on.” “What do you mean?” she asked warily. Of course Eliyahu wasn’t available now; he was in kollel. But what did Rosenblit want? As far as she knew, they’d had a bit more than 15,000 shekels left in the account after all the wedding expenses, and Eliyahu had wired the money back to the lawyer. “You made a bank transfer to us yesterday for 15,350 shekels.” “That’s right.” “So, what is that money?” “What do you mean? It’s what was left over from what we got from you.” “But the receipts that you sent in show that there was a smaller amount remaining.” “Oh,” she said. “Yes, there were a few small things that my husband felt were not covered by the agreement with Mr. Korman, but they were on the same receipts so the sum was higher. But we returned that money.” “What kind of things did your husband feel were not covered by the agreement?” Elisheva tried to remember. “Like three new shirts for my son, when he only needed one for the wedding. And there was something else there… Oh, right, he had a voucher for a discount on a hat, which he got from yeshivah, so the amount we paid for the hat was less than what the receipt showed. There were a few other clothing items for the family with the same story.” She didn’t tell him about the shoes she’d bought for Miri when they’d gone to buy Tzippy’s wedding shoes after Miri had remarked several times that she liked
a certain pair of weekday shoes. She also didn’t tell him about the new towels she had chosen for herself, as per Eliyahu’s request. When he’d seen the tower of new towels and linens growing in the closet in the girls’ room and on the shelf in their room, he’d asked her to buy something new for herself, for their house. At first, he’d wanted her to buy a good set of linen. “You’re always replacing one shmattah piece with
“What? Which change?” “The change you wired back. If even a small amount like this is transferred back to his account, he could have trouble from the tax authorities. So he doesn’t want it.” Elisheva recoiled. “What… what does that mean?” she asked, eyes fixed on the red light ahead of them. “I’m sure that you can transfer the money to him somehow.” “This is what he wants,” the lawyer declared resolutely. “And as I told you already when we met, you don’t quibble with millionaires’ idiosyncrasies.” Elisheva wasn’t sure she remembered that statement, and she was even less sure that she agreed with it. “What about the Stockhammers?” she asked. “How did they react to the fact that they didn’t have to return the change?” “They didn’t have any change,” Rosenblit said. “And based on their receipts, they even exceeded the amount that they received by a bit.” Well, Elisheva certainly had no intention of discussing Peretz’s family’s finances with the lawyer. “I’ll speak to my husband,” she said hesitantly. They didn’t need tzedakah money! “I don’t know if we would want to receive money that isn’t included in the agreement. We’ve finished with the wedding expenses.” “So just give it to the young couple as a gift,” the lawyer said, sounding rather disinterested. “And that’s not Korman’s demand; he just said you should keep the money. It’s just my suggestion. Your daughter doesn’t work yet, right? And the kollelim don’t give much. What do they live off?” Whatever all the other young couples in their situation live off, Elisheva wanted to say, but didn’t. Because Tzippy really wasn’t having an easy time right now.
Elisheva recoiled. “What... what does that mean?” she asked, eyes fixed on the red light ahead of them. “I’m sure that you can transfer the money to him somehow.”
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another,” he’d said. “By now the sets aren’t even sets. The pillowcases don’t have matching sheets anymore, and the sheets don’t have matching pillowcases. I want you to also have something nice and new out of all this shopping. We’ll manage with the expense, b’ezras Hashem.” But when she saw the skyhigh prices in the high-end linen store that Tzippy had buoyantly marched into, choosing three sets for herself — well, Elisheva’s heart just didn’t let her follow suit. She sufficed with four good-quality, soft towels, the type she hadn’t allowed herself to buy for more than twenty years, and they had paid for it with a check that included everything. Eliyahu had carefully kept a list of all these additional expenses and had deducted them from the final tally. She wouldn’t be detailing those things to the lawyer. “Those little purchases don’t make a difference to Korman,” Rosenblit said, sounding somewhat impatient. “Actually, he sent me a message this morning that he doesn’t want any of the change.”
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Purim is almost here, and time is tight! Here are three excellent seudah items that are quick and easy to prepare and turn out supremely delicious.
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Tongue as It’s Meant To Be INGREDIENTS 1 tongue
5 cloves garlic
1 onion
Salt
DIRECTIONS 1. Fill an 8-quart pot three-quarters full with water. Slice the onion into eight, and place it into the pot together with the garlic cloves and salt. 2. Place tongue inside the pot. Bring water to a boil on high flame, and then reduce to medium flame once it bubbles. 3. Cook for 5 hours, checking every 1½ hours to make sure there’s enough water, and adding water as necessary. 4. Tongue meat has to be peeled immediately, when it is still very hot. The hotter the meat, the better chance for it to peel smoothly. Thick kitchen gloves work very well for this. Don the gloves, and with your hands, remove the tongue from the pot. Using a knife, peel off the entire outer layer. 5. Put a small amount of the drippings from the pot into a pan (too much will make the meat soggy), place the tongue into the pan, and refrigerate until very cold, or overnight. 6. Once the meat is very cold, it’s simple to cut it into perfect, thin slices. You can use a butcher knife or even a serrated Victorinox, which also works very well. 7. This tongue freezes beautifully. Just lay the slices in a pan with a very small amount of the drippings. Reheat without any dressings.
Most of the tongues that people buy and cook are pickled, but nothing compares to the buttery texture of fresh tongue cooked right. The novelty of tongue, that melt-in-themouth texture it’s legendary for, only results from a fresh tongue, since pickling toughens the meat. I cook the tongue simply and serve it alongside a dressing that can be either poured over the slices of meat or plated separately as a dipping sauce. Dill Dressing Plain mayonnaise is delicious as a condiment to tongue, but if you want something upgraded, this dressing always wins in my house.
INGREDIENTS 6 heaping T. mayonnaise 2 frozen garlic cubes 2 frozen dill cubes 2 tsp. sugar ½ tsp. lemon juice ½ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS Using a hand blender, mix well.
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Deli Roll
This deli roll takes minutes to prepare and is a great addition to your Purim seudah — or to serve anytime. I serve it each Friday afternoon for to’ameha, and my family never gets bored of this delicious treat! If you want to use it as a main for supper, you can add a layer of ground meat before you roll it up, or upgrade the flavor by adding sauteed onions. But trust me — it’s delicious as is! Yields 1 deli roll 1
INGREDIENTS 1 (10x15”) Mechel’s puffed pastry dough (comes in a 2-pack) 1 (6 oz.) pkg. pastrami 1 (6 oz.) pkg. smoked turkey Honey 2
Deli mustard 1 egg Sesame seeds
DIRECTIONS 1. Remove one dough from the freezer, and defrost overnight in the fridge, or on the counter for a half-hour.
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2. Preheat oven to 350°. If you’re using the above dough, there’s no need to even roll it out. Unfold the dough onto a pan 1 lined with a large piece of parchment paper (this will prevent the need to transfer it, ensuring the roll stays in shape). 3. Squirt honey deli mustard.
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4. Add two layers 3 of cold cuts, one package at a time. Feel free to use any cold cuts you like. Add another layer of honey over the cold cuts.
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5. Roll it up tightly, 4 jellyroll-style. Lightly beat an egg and smear egg wash over loaf. Top with sesame seeds. 6. Bake for 40–50 minutes. I bake it for 42 minutes exactly, but each oven works a bit differently.
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Stuffed Cabbage
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If you are a fan of your grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hungarian huluptzes, only dare to try this recipe if you want something different! With its tangy flavor, this Americanized version of the age-old variety is not only delicious but also very simple to make. Yields 20 large pieces
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INGREDIENTS 20 cabbage leaves (I use pre-checked frozen)
FILLING 2 lb. ground beef
1 tsp. paprika
2 T. ketchup
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 eggs
1 tsp. onion powder
⅓ cup bread crumbs
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SAUCE ⅓ (or a drop less) cup lemon juice
1 (46 oz.) can tomato juice 2 (15 oz.) cans tomato sauce
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1½ cups brown sugar (not too tightly packed)
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
DIRECTIONS 1. If you are working with frozen cabbage, allow it to defrost in the fridge overnight. 2. Cut off the bottom 1 2 of each cabbage leaf, so that it should be straight and easy to work with.
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3. Take a handful of filling 3 (I work very systemically and first roughly divide filling into 20) and place it into the center of the cabbage leaf. 4. Roll the leaf up tightly 5. Trim the ends
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Esther Hamalkah, the legendary savior of Klal Yisroel, risked her life for her people. Her preeminent role has been emulated by valiant women throughout the generations. Here are some snapshots of legendary feminine personalities who have turned things around for our people at critical junctures in Jewish history.
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D U L C E A O F WO R M S (d. 1196)
Respected activist who taught community women and assisted them financially against the backdrop of the Crusades A beloved picture of greatness, Dulcea of Worms stood out for her righteousness and fine qualities, all channeled for public benefit. As the wife of Reb Elazar of Vermeiza (Worms), otherwise known as the Rokeach after the sefer he authored, Dulcea took a communal stand. She was a leading figure in the elite nobility of chassidei Ashkenaz in Medieval Germany. Much of what is known about Dulcea was written by her husband in poetic form after her untimely passing. He praised her as a “chassidah and tzaddikah,” a saintly and righteous woman. Dulcea was unusually learned. She shared her extensive knowledge with the women of the community, teaching them Torah and tefil-
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lah. Her strong roots in ruchnius were what drew women to seek her guidance. Remarkably, she was also the head of the chevrah kaddisha of the Worms kehillah. In addition to her activism in Yiddishkeit, Dulcea displayed astute business acumen, which she used to help those around her. She became a money lender, a prime “Jewish occupation” of the day. Her earnings were used to support her extensive household, including rebbeim and their talmidim, in addition to her immediate family. Many neighbors and locals entrusted their funds with her and she invested them wisely, with high returns. The community resources were in her hands. Dulcea also served as community shadchan, but her role included more than the initial arranging of shidduchim. After a shidduch was finalized, she’d help the kallah prepare for her wedding, and she would also negotiate the financial obligations involved. In November 1196, tragedy struck when two armed Germans entered her home. The entire family was inside at the time, as well as some melamdim and their talmidim. The attackers wounded everyone present and killed Dulcea’s two daughters, Bellette and Chana. Despite her injury, Dulcea jumped up and ran out of the house to call for help. The assailants ran after her and killed Dulcea on the street outside her home. This distraction gave Reb Elazar the opportunity to lock the door to prevent the attackers from reentering. Whether the attackers were Crusaders or bandits out for Dulcea’s money is debatable. Regardless, the untimely passing of this respected communal figure plunged the women of Worms into deep mourning, and her loss left a void not easily filled.
D O N A G R AC I A N A S I - M E N D E S (1510–1569)
A Hidden Jewess who helped thousands escape the Spanish Inquisition via her “underground railroad” How did an influential businesswoman come to save generations of Spanish Jews? Dona Gracia Nasi’s business life began shortly after marriage. Together with her husband, Francisco Mendes, she launched a large trading company based in Portugal. Business boomed, and soon they had amassed considerable wealth. During all this time, they hid their Jewishness and masqueraded as Christians — the typical Marrano life. Francisco tragically passed away young, in 1536. That very same year, Portugal began to clamp down on the Marrano community, and Gracia and her only daughter Brianda fled to Antwerp. There, Gracia partnered with her brotherin-law, and her wealth continued to prosper in their joint trading firm. Even though Yidden in Antwerp were able to display their Jewishness openly, Dona Gracia chose to keep hers a secret — it would not have been possible to maintain her high-profile businesswoman figure otherwise. And she was using this status for pivotal things. Through her trading routes, Gracia secretly smuggled thousands of Spanish Jews, ferrying them to freedom from under the Inquisition’s nose. On ships carrying spices and gems, her business agents concealed many secret Jews. She had agents throughout Europe helping her maintain this network of escape routes. They also offered guidance to the fugitives and helped recover property and wealth left behind in Spain. Dona Gracia also assisted the escapees financially through providing them with jobs in her many establishments and warehouses until they could reach safe lands.
After a period of joint success, Dona Gracia’s brother-in-law passed away suddenly, leaving the entire business to her. Her wealth attracted unwanted attention, and when her daughter was desired by the royal family, Gracia made a hasty escape from Antwerp, managing to take along most of her wealth. Gracia and Brianda soon arrived in Venice, Italy, where Jews were able to live openly — in the ghetto. But Gracia still needed to remain a secret Jewess, unless she wanted to give up her business and trading, which meant putting a stop to the clandestine Marrano escape route... Soon the Jews of Venice were persecuted as well, and Dona Gracia moved on to Ferrara, Italy. There, she finally proclaimed her Jewishness openly for the first time. However, it wasn’t long before the Jews of Ferrara were made to feel unwanted after being blamed for a vicious pandemic that plagued the city. Gracia fled to Constantinople. In the Ottoman Empire, a place where Jews were warmly welcomed at the time, she was able to maintain her trading empire and live openly as a Yid. In her personal villa, she hosted about 80 poor people at her table every day, and she supported the poor by funding their heat and clothing during the harsh winter. And, finally, she was able to overtly support Jewish organizations. She sponsored hospitals, shuls and schools. Famous among them were the “Synagogue of the Senora” in Constantinople and the “Gracia Shul” in Salonika, Greece. Her philanthropy extended far and wide, and she also single-handedly supported communities in Turkey, Italy and Eretz Yisroel. During this chapter of her life, she also secured permission to fund a settlement in Tiveria, where many Spanish fugitives were able to settle peacefully. She actually built a palace for herself in Tiveria, but sadly did not manage to make the move. Dona Gracia Nasi-Mendes was lovingly praised as the “heart of her people,” and generations of Jews can attribute their existence to her courageous heroism.
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T EMER L BERGSON (1765–1830)
Chassidic woman who funded and advocated for Polish Jewry She was known as a “chassidah” and was perhaps one of the most influential chassidishe woman in Polish history. Temerl ran the family business, used her contacts in broader circles to benefit Yiddishkeit, and dispensed inexhaustible amounts of tzedakah. Temerl Bergson was an extraordinary phenomenon in the social structure of her day. The early 1800s were trying times for the ehrliche Yidden of Poland. The Haskalah movement was gaining power, and their bond with the Polish government was bringing more
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trouble for the frum community. Temerl jumped into action. With her connections with government officials, she helped revoke some of the laws the Haskalah promoted. In one famous incident, when there was a ban against chassidim visiting their rebbes, she leveraged the governor of Warsaw and managed to have the ruling overturned. Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa wittily commented that Temerl failed to understand that tzaddikim actually favored the ban, for they preferred the undisturbed time for Torah and avodah… She and her husband Berek (Dov) were fabulously wealthy — and she channeled much of their philanthropy to support the burgeoning courts of rebbes in Poland. The Bergsons were branded as the “Rothschilds of Polish Jewry.” Despite his wealth and prominent connections, Berek kept his beard, peyos and full Yiddishe levush. Likewise, Temerl was a learned woman who is said to have worn tzitzis. Temerl was a businesswoman with a discriminate eye. She hired hundreds of chassidim and outstanding talmidei chachamim to work in her businesses, thus supporting them in an honorable fashion. Among her employees was the Rebbe
Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, who was hired in her timber company before he became Rebbe. She allowed her staff to work for some time and then spend the rest of their day learning onsite. She believed that her wealth prospered largely because of this “beis midrash” under her company’s roof that she encouraged. Many poor families in Warsaw, and even beyond, lived off the alms she distributed, and she was known to “spend money like ashes” to support rebbes and the chassidishe community. The Bergsons were Koznitzer chassidim, but Temerl sought to support a vast array of chassidishe sects. While Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, Reb Yitzchak of Vorka, and others accepted her financial aid, the Chiddushei Harim and Reb Menachem Mendel of Kotzk reportedly refused her money. Temerl had true appreciation for the gedolim of her time and longed to serve them. Once, she visited Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa when he was in Carlsbad. After giving a large donation, she personally took the Rebbe’s clothes and handwashed them. It was an act that belied her social status and demonstrated that she recognized herself simply as a proxy of Hashem’s abundance. Today she is remembered as a mother to the poor and as a guardian who helped the community during times of distress.
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Young wife and mother devoted to the rescue of Yidden trapped in Nazioccupied Europe Yidden were in danger! And there had to be a way to help them. This was Recha’s mantra, her mission. If there is anyone who could be credited for doing everything in her power to ameliorate and stop the suffering of her fellow Yidden, it is Mrs. Recha Sternbuch. From her humble home in the oasis of neutral Switzerland, she single-handedly spearheaded one of the greatest rescue opera-
tions in Jewish history. From assisting a single Yid in need, to strategizing for Yiddishkeit at large, Recha spared no effort. She and her husband used bribes, ransoms and put themselves in danger to deal directly with the enemy to achieve these goals. In those war-torn years, the Sternbuch home opened its doors to refugees looking for a safe haven. To the surprise of her neighbors, their previously calm single-family abode became an address that dozens soon called their own — sometimes for months at a time. It was always crowded, always busy. Guests were served food and drink and provided with mattresses on which to sleep. Recha herself barely slept during that panicstricken period. How could she rest while so many were suffering? She spent many a night in the forests, helping countless Yidden from Nazi-occupied Europe cross the Austrian border to safety. She helped smuggle them over with forged passports and waiting drivers. Sometimes she herself, clothed in black, would be the one to drive them to her home. Recha’s husband, Yitzchak, had factory and business contacts in Zurich. With untiring dedication, Recha worked to find temporary homes for the refugees in safe houses in Zurich. Recha also had extensive contacts of her own, including connections with the Agudah overseas. For the most part, the world of Torah Jewry abroad had little information about the atrocities that their European brethren were enduring. In a famous cable, Recha informed the Vaad Hatzalah in New York that the Nazis planned to exterminate
Recha herself barely slept during that panic-stricken period. How could she rest while so many were suffering?
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Europe’s remaining Jews with poison gas by the end of the year. This knowledge spurred Recha to reach out to her political contacts, too. Her secret negotiations with former fascist Swiss president JeanMarie Musy were said to have saved as many as 300,000 Jewish lives! She got Musy to convince his friend, Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler, to stop killing the Jews. As a result, on November 24, 1944, Himmler countermanded Hitler’s orders and called for the destruction of the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Five days before this unanticipated end to the Final Solution, the Sternbuchs had cabled a message to the Vaad Hatzalah that read, “Secured a promise to cease extermination in concentration camps.” By stopping the murder of Jews throughout the Reich, the remainder of Hungarian Jewry and more were saved. At one point, Recha was arrested and placed in prison, where she remained for a couple of weeks. She was charged with illegally smuggling Jews into Switzerland and acquiring forged passports. Recha admitted to the accusations, but refused to reveal the names of others involved in her work. The charges were later dismissed for “lack of evidence,” and Recha was even given 100 francs toward her rescue efforts as a touching gesture! In time, the name Recha Sternbuch became synonymous with bravery, hospitality, resourcefulness and an unwavering desire to help Klal Yisroel.
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the same amount of letters spacing each of its letters apart. The relevance of the ELS number as well as the location of the letters are usually very telling. As a simple example, Reb Michoel Ber found the word Torah (taf, vuv, reish, hei) at 50 ELS — a deeply consequential number. It begins with the very first taf in
Sefer Bereishis, then continues with a vav 50 letters later, and there are another 50 letters to the reish and then to the hei. With the advent of computers, this astounding program has made wide inroads into the kiruv movement, surprising searchers of truth with the brilliant hidden messages. What is perhaps more amazing to note is that many of the findings had already been located by the Vilna Gaon and Reb Michoel Ber Weissmandl, zt”l — without electronic assistance!
THE MEGILLAH IN THE TORAH Now the 12,111 letters of the Megillah become relevant. At statistically improbable odds, the words Mordechai and Megillas Esther appear in the Torah at 12,111 ELS spacing! That means that the letters of the name Mordechai ( )מרדכיcan be found 12,111 letters apart. Even more surprising is that the appearance of the name Mordechai starts with the mem in the word mor d’ror, in a pasuk that Chazal say alludes to Mordechai Hatzaddik, and in most years, is the Torah portion read on the week of Purim! The find of the name Mordechai amazed Reb Michoel Ber, as the location so aptly reiterates this esoteric Chazal. Similarly, the word Esther ()אסתר starts in a pasuk that mentions the word Esther (the only place in the Torah that does!).
PURIMFEST 1946! Another astounding allusion Reb Michoel Ber discovered was in the Megillah itself. Preceding the names of the sons of Haman, it says that the “Yidden killed 500 men, among them…” and then the ten names are listed. The Megillah goes on to relate that Achashverosh asked Esther, “What is it you want now?” And Esther cryptically replied, “If it pleases the king, allow the Yidden of Shushan to do tomorrow as they have today, and let Haman’s sons be hanged at the gallows.” It seems rather odd that she would request the hanging of ten men who had already been slaughtered. And why “tomorrow”? The meforshim say that though Hashem is not mentioned in the Megillah, every time there is reference to “the king,” it alludes to our King, the King of all kings. Esther seemed to plead for something unusual. When the Megillah was written by Mordechai Hatzaddik and Esther, they embedded a secret in the names of Haman’s children that seems to elucidate the odd request
— although it did take over two millennia for the meaning to come to light. Transcribed over 2,000 years ago, there are three letters in this section that have always been written in a smaller size than the rest (see image). Among the names of Haman’s children, the taf, shin and zayin appear unusually small. There never was an explanation offered for this anomaly – until this century. The letters תש"זis how we would write the year 5707. And so it happened, at the very start of year 5707, תש"ז, on October 16, 1946 (21 Tishrei, 5707), ten sons of Haman — ten convicted Nazi war criminals — were hanged in
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Nuremberg at the gallows. “If it pleases the King … do tomorrow as they have done today.” Lest that doesn’t boggle your mind, or if you cynically noted that תש"זmerely connotes 707 and not the current millenium, take note of the oversized vav at the start of the name of the tenth son. Yes, the millennium, too, has always been clearly noted. The history of the Nuremberg Trials had some other fascinating elements play out, and relevant here are the war criminals’ appeals for amnesty. Though originally found guilty in June 1946, analysts were stumped to hear that appeals for amnesty were permitted — thus delaying sentencing and subsequent hanging until October. What the stymied spectators had not grasped was that October was Tishrei, when we entered year 5707. This date was scheduled over 2,000 years ago; antsy historical observers were just going to have to wait. To further highlight this “coincidence,” it is interesting to note that there were actually 11 Nazis on trial at the time, but Goering, ym”sh, was found dead in his cell the morning prior, ensuring that the final count of those hanged was in fact ten. If the parallel were not obvious enough without further corroboration, in Nazi Julius Streicher’s well-documented final diatribe were the unlikely words, "Purimfest 1946." Even secular media outlets wrote about the randomness of those final words. (We note that Streicher, ym”sh, was well-versed in the Talmud, having spent hours poring over the holy texts in search of mentions of Yidden that would put them in a poor light.)
MORE SECRETS On Purim we hide our true faces — and on Purim secrets are revealed. And there’s so much more! The Megillah is replete with all sorts of hidden messages. Incidentally, the only thing “interchangeable” between aror Haman and baruch Mordechai is their gematria. According to the Magen Avraham, the mitzvah of drinking to the point of confusing the two is merely a matter of being incapable of calculating their numeric value. One needn’t be too intoxicated to find that difficult. Another allusion is found in the pasuk in the Megillah that is read aloud: “Ish Yehudi hayah b’Shushan habirah…” (2:5). The words Yehudi hayah ( )יהודי היהhave both the roshei teivos and sofei teivos of Hashem’s name. There are legions of remazim embedded throughout this heilige text, and in countless ways, our Heavenly Father is clearly there within, hidden in plain sight.
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Jerusalem, Israel - With the Purim spirit in the air and the month of simcha upon us, Tov V’Chesed offices are seeing a whirlwind of activity as staff and volunteers ready for another Purim to remember. As the premier Chesed organization in Israel, Tov V’Chesed is no stranger to Matanos L’evyonim and Mishloach Manos. After all, this is a mitzvah that they are involved in 365 days a year. On Purim however, when all of Klal Yisroel joins in these tremendous mitzvohs, the organization takes it up a notch by arranging for various initiatives that bring joy to the saddened homes of widows and orphans. In addition to the mitzvah of spreading Simcha on Purim, Tov V’Chesed has another reason for these massive undertakings. While most families associate Purim with fun, laughter and happiness, families who lost a parent or live in extreme poverty, suffer even more when their void is magnified as everyone around them is having the time of their lives. Over the years, Tov V’Chesed has heard many stories of families who kept their windows and doors shut on Purim because they were embarrassed that there was no food on the table or children who were ashamed to go out because they didn’t have the ability to exchange Mishloach Manos with friends. On the most joyful day of the year, these struggling families were in a pit of despair and sadness. That is why Tov V’Chesed, under the leadership of R’ Yakkov Eliezer Shisha, runs an annual Purim drive that spreads the cheer and Simcha of this auspicious time. This year, the organization plans to add to its already extensive list of services: Matanos L’evyonim: The heartbeat of the campaign, this distribution provides meaningful support to destitute families. Many Jews around the world send Matanos L’evyonim donations to Tov V’Chesed and the funds are distributed on the day of Purim, as the Halacha requires. This year, Tov V’Chesed hopes to raise and hand out nearly $150,000 for orphaned and struggling families! Seudas Purim: For families who lost a parent or can’t put food on the table, Tov V’Chesed delivers a large, nourishing meal so that they too can experience a true Purim seudah. This year, around 350 families will receive fish, meat, wine and more, and have the ability to celebrate Purim in style. Mishloach Manos: Every Mishloach Manos that someone receives has two facets that are appreciated; the content of the gift and the thoughtfulness of the sender. Tov V’Chesed volunteers prepare Thousands of Mishloach Manos so that widows and orphans in Israel can receive a meaningful package to enjoy and know that they matter to Acheinu Bnei Yisroel around the world. Simchas Purim: One of the joys of Purim is watching boys and bucherim come to a home where they dance and sing as they raise money for Tzedakah. For these families that aren’t a destination for charity or fun, Tov V’Chesed arranges for groups of energetic bucherim who travel around and with their lively spirit, bring happiness and smiles into these homes. Even though Tov V’Chesed has a growing annual budget, the organization knows that these Purim services are vital to the recipients and need to be strengthened and improved. Now, Tov V’Chesed is turning to Jews around the world with a plea to help with this great cause and assist them in bringing Simcha to those who need it most. To take part in these tremendous Mitzvohs, call 845-252-8008 or donate online at https://www.dryveup.com/tovvchesed
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“Purim,” my friend Shiffy told me over the din of her blow dryer, “is my least favorite day of the year.” “Well, well,” I said, less than sympathetically. “Wrapping up fifteen shrink-wrapped mishloach manos with a dozen frosted apple cupcakes in each would also shift my attitude toward the day.”
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Not to disparage those who roll out yards of red fondant to cover their To Teach Is To Touch a Life Forever apple cookies with the flourish of a connoisseur — not at all. It’s just that I was a teacher myself, and there were two things I most appreciated. The first were the notes — the heartwarming, beautiful words penned from the depths of the mothers’ hearts. The second thing was rectangular and green, or rectangular and white with a signature. (Out of fear of being attacked by those who claim that hardworking teachers are money-hungry, I will leave the latter as a riddle.) “Not that!” Shiffy interrupted my thoughts. “It is not about the patchkening. You know I love that. And anyway, I don’t have an issue with the before. It’s the day that makes me so stressed!” “I was going to mussar you on this earlier, but I got passionate about your passion. You shouldn’t be talking negatively about a yom tov. Or mitzvos. Or Yiddishe kinder.” Shiffy chuckled. “Alright, so Purim is not my favorite day. And that is to put it very mildly. Oish. Why did this piece of plastic crumple up like that? It looks like a wrinkled nonagenarian.” “If you’d only shut that blow dryer, I’d be able to give you the therapy session you are practically begging for.” Shiffy shut the blow dryer and began to regale me with her Purim horror stories. I heard all about the hardships of her husband getting drunk and about the embarrassment he caused. She shared how she needed to dip into her hard-earned savings to pay one of their hosts for the chandelier he’d broken and described in detail the mortification of having to clean up after her husband in some great-aunt’s gorgeous home (I quickly shushed her, don’t worry). Finally, I clucked sympathetically when she related how hard it was. “Really! It’s like these husbands who are always away! And then I’m all alone. And after the agonizingly long day, I trudge home all alone, my cranky children in tow, with my husband absolutely nowhere in sight. And, of course, he doesn’t even
hear his phone ring when I try reaching him!” “Oy, Shiffy. That’s really, really tough.” Although I could not relate to her, I felt really bad. Being many years older than me, Shiffy had quite a number of Purims under her belt. And they had obviously taken their toll on her. I had fared better. During shanah rishonah, my husband solemnly adhered to the no-drinking rule. The second year of our marriage, we ate the
When we were met with several inebriated, staggering men a few blocks down, my joy only multiplied. morning meal at my in-laws’. My husband chose to stay in Boro Park, where his parents live, and make the rounds with his brothers. They’re a fun bunch and have a list of addresses they visit each and every Purim. I was more than happy to agree to this arrangement and returned with my peacock-costumed baby to my parents’ home. My siblings kept asking me if Chaim was drunk. “We want to see him on a high,” they insisted. Of course, there was no way for me to find out, especially since whenever I called him, the loud background music made it impossible to know. He did walk into my parents’ home at the end of the day talking with more exuberance than usual. Being that he was shy by nature, this
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was a real treat for my young siblings who admired (and still do) their reserved new brotherin-law. Who knows what had transpired in Boro Park, I thought. But I chose to be happy that he’d come home looking like a mentch. Fast forward to the next year, when we started out on Purim morning at the home of a cousin. The atmosphere there was pretty somber for a Purim day, and there was a handful of even more somber guests around the table, which sported three low-alcohol bottles of wine. “Grape juice,” one guest said as he waved it away dismissively. On the way out my husband complained, “I was not yotzei with ad d’lo yada. I really was not.” There was so much pain in his voice; it was obvious that he meant every word. But selfish me was thrilled to be able to continue the route together with my husband, his balance intact, his behavior impeccable. When we were met with several inebriated, staggering men a few blocks down, my joy only multiplied. The following Purim was on a Friday. Between preparing for Shabbos and cleaning the house (which was nearly impossible with all the human traffic), I dressed up my kids and schlepped around town to deliver my beautiful mishloach manos. The first two hours, I had my
My children asked for Tatty, and inwardly, I asked for him, too. Where was the man? husband at my side. From door to door we went, glowing from the compliments we received on our progeny and their costumes — and our adorable matching mishloach manos, of course. My husband helped me maneuver the carriage through the mobs on the street and tended to my toddler when she complained that her costume was itchy. And then, after another few visits, my husband started “confirming” every two minutes that he wasn’t drunk, and I knew that something was very off. His voice, usually a polite nearwhisper, was now boisterous and blaring. Grabbing random people on the street and breaking out in a dance became the new norm of the day.
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“Did you drink?” I inspected him warily. “Not much. My rosh hakollel gave me a cup before. But I’m not drunk. No worries.” Before long he was off with a group of tipsy yungerleit with a quick “Don’t wait for me. You can go home to make Shabbos.” I watched his receding back, his walk imbalanced and wobbly. Making my way home with two kvetchy kids, I thought back to the conversation I’d had with Shiffy. I can relate now, I thought bitterly. I arrived home an hour to the zman, stashed away the mishloach manos, speed-bathed my kids, and quickly showered while my kids were banging the door down. Luckily, I’d set the table for Shabbos before we left the house in the morning, and the hot plate was prepared, too. I then bentched licht, probably the most emotional one to date, and welcomed the Shabbos. My children asked for Tatty, and inwardly, I asked for him, too. Where was the man? Finally, after my kids had fallen asleep, when I was about to surrender to eating a meal on my own, I heard loud footsteps on the stairs leading to my door. Not Chaim, I thought. Because before my husband enters our home, I always hear his signature soft knock on the door. But apparently, alcohol can cause some major transformations in mankind. “Gut Shabbos!” he bellowed, the colorful sequins on his fedora, a paradox to the splendidly set Shabbos table, glistening. There was a suspicious whiff that came in with him, but his clothes appeared to be clean. “Gut Shabbos, gut Shabbos!” In a stupor, I stared at this unrecognizable human being, who was hopping a kedatchka in front of me. He was loud. Very loud. And wobbly and disheveled. “Ah, makeyam geven ad d’lo yada. Nuch vi!” His eyes shone and his face was alight. “What a mitzvah!” And in that split second, my mindset shifted. Comparing his genuinely pained expression from a year earlier to his ecstasy and joy from today, I made my decision. Next to his glowing face, walking home alone — clueless to his whereabouts and unable to reach him — suddenly wasn’t so bad. Because simply being mekayam a mitzvah was what brought him such joy! Every Purim, I enjoyed fretting over the mishloach manos, seudos yom tov, and the kids’ costumes, but my dear husband truly sought to fulfill the ad d’lo yada! How then could I deprive him of that joy?
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Rhyme and Reason There is an intricate and beautiful balance that accompanies all aspects of Yiddishe life. Our calendar gives us the opportunity to experience each season and each emotion, fully, in its own time. It’s the symmetry that always inspires me. Four weeks before we encounter the yom tov of ultimate structure, we celebrate Purim — with her unbridled joy and unrestrained expression. And although there’s freedom and fun on this day, it’s grounded by the rules — because along with the rhythmic timing, there’s a reason for everything we do.
Counting Down For the past four weeks, we focused on what would — let’s face it — universally be called spring cleaning. We freshened our homes, and because of our undoubtedly pure intentions, managed to accumulate mitzvos in the process. But ultimately, those areas weren’t where the chometz was hiding. This week we head to the living room and dining room. Because of these rooms’ proximity to food, it is rather likely that chometz got in somewhere it shouldn’t have, making the washing up of these areas a halachic requirement. And, after all, it’s where we plan to host the Sedarim. Let’s break it down.
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Sunday
Because of the way the china closet keeps its contents behind closed doors, we are often fooled into thinking we have to hold on to all we own. Add the fact that many of these items are more expensive, and it somehow lends credence to this mistaken notion. March 9
Rediscover the abundant space hiding in plain sight by getting rid of stuff that are quite literally stuffing without providing much use. It could be as big as a full set of china you never use or as small as your least favorite placemats or napkin rings. Remember: By letting go, you’re choosing to provide space in your life for things you truly love or use. BOOKS: Seforim will have their own day, but when looking through your other books (if you haven’t yet done them when cleaning your closets), if space is limited, only keep the books that you know family members will enjoy. A blow dryer on cool, or a vacuum on reverse, do well to drive out any food crumbs hiding in between the pages. PHOTOS: A picture is worth a thousand words — but not if you can’t find it. With technology not all that trustworthy, print those pictures (but don’t do it now)! Remember those sweet childhood memories of browsing through family photos? Gift your kids that experience! Chronological order is the easiest way to organize your photos, but only hold on to those that are decent shots and contain worthwhile memories. For optimum organization, try shoe boxes or simple photo albums.
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Taanis Esther
If the seforim in your home are usually cleaned by the men, on Taanis Esther, they might be bored enough to actually complete the task. But if there is no time to do it all today, suggest fifteen minutes a day over the course of a few days. Fifteen minutes have a way of seeming reasonably conquerable, and in less than a week, the task can be completely done.
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This day will be focused on packing away and washing up, but some of the kids might be itching for something accomplishing to do. How about the dining room and living room walls? Walls, especially within children’s reach, are halachically required to be washed. But why stop there? Using the miracle mop, with a clean, slightly damp microfiber cloth attached, is a great way to quickly and easily get fresh, clean walls. For the woodwork around the room, work with a microfiber cloth, magic eraser (for the scuff marks), and the occasional toothbrush. This area will be chometz-free in no time!
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Our first long Friday of the season gives us the opportunity to accomplish a lot! Today we’ll do the windows and blinds, as well as the light fixtures in this area of the house. March 14
The “mitten approach” can make quick work of your blinds and light fixtures. White cotton socks, lightly dampened with a mild detergent and pulled over your hands, will give you a firmer and more nimble grip on all you clean. For crystal fixtures, wear a disposable rubber glove underneath the sock that’s dampened with the window cleaning detergent. A dry sock on your other hand will provide the polish and sparkle l’kavod yom tov.
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Life at a Glance MENACHEM, age 24: works in sales LEAH, age 23: runs her own business sewing custom gowns and dresses ARON, age 3.5 MIRIAM, 18 months Both kids are in daycare. In the past year, Leah has had to cut down on work because Miriam has been sick a lot. Menachem’s job isn’t bringing in enough to cover, and their debts are catching up with them. Real numbers and real facts. Identifying details have been changed to protect privacy.
Recap: Menachem switches over to a full-time job. Leah brings in more money than planned. The coach gives them a self-reflection questionnaire so they can rate themselves as employees.
Leah: Taking charge of our finances has affected every area of our lives. Obviously, the tight budget in itself is a challenge, but it isn’t so different than being maxed out (can’t buy anything that way, either!) and is a lot less stressful, besides. What I’m really talking about is the spillover. I call it the doormat effect. You know the book about the lady who bought a new doormat — and then decided her door needs new paint, because it looked so shabby near the new mat? And then she painted the inside hallway, and got new mirrors, and so on, until before you know it, her entire house has been remodeled… So that’s what I feel has happened as a result of showing up and taking responsibility: Our whole lives are getting a makeover. Here’s how things are changing for the better: • Menachem wakes up earlier, davens and goes to work, instead of hanging around the house until noon, worrying that he’s no good at sales… He even got a new chavrusa
Coach’s Take Wow, Menachem and Leah, your hard work is really paying off! I see this with my clients all the time. When they step up to the plate and start focusing on solutions, they end up finding solutions for lots of other areas in their lives, instead of blaming everyone else for their issues.
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in the morning • Menachem is taking responsibility for the budget and the money; I feel like such a huge load has been taken off my shoulders! • Menachem also stopped feeling like everyone owes us something and that the rich guys should share with us poor people, and instead he’s working toward not being poor anymore. • He feels less stressed, so he’s playing more with the kids. Even though he works longer hours, it feels like he’s actually home more, because he’s present when he is here. • We put a limit on sesame chicken (only twice a month) so Menachem eats my food lately. It feels so good to serve him again, and to actually eat together! • Working out our budget together makes Menachem and I feel like a team, and our communication has gotten a lot better across the board. • We are careful to keep blame out of our lives and to cheer each other on through the hard days. • Structure and responsibility are seeping into other areas of our lives: We both are focusing on eating more healthfully, and Menachem decided to cut beer out of the budget because it costs too much (we used to buy a large case more than once a month!). • Menachem is also talking about kicking his smoking habit. He’s tried a couple of times before, but now he feels like the financial aspect will give him that extra push he needs.
Coach’s Take Cutting out takeout food was a big help for Menachem and Leah’s budget — but it seems to be doing very well for them in terms of quality time and physical health, as well!
Coach’s Take If you have a bad habit or addiction that’s costing you money (smoking, alcohol, lotteries, etc.) make sure to write the actual numbers into the budget instead of saying, “I’m going to stop soon…” This way, at least you’ll know what to expect, moneywise. And, for many of our clients, just seeing how much they’re actually spending has been the wakeup call to help them quit.
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Spread the happiness! (But be careful) Would you believe that this innocent happy circle is actually copyrighted? That means you can’t just use its little sunny face commercially without its being licensed to your brand!
At first, State Mutual distributed 100 smiley pins among their employees, as well as big smiley posters, but the buttons became so popular that the company was soon getting orders for lots by the thousands! By 1971, just eight years after the icon had come to life, over 50 million smiley face buttons had been sold.
So who owns it?
First came the original... In 1963, U.S. graphic artist Harvey Ross Ball was working on a campaign for an insurance company in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts. The company who’d hired him, State Mutual, had recently undergone a merger, which had led to low company morale, and Ball was tasked with creating an image to boost their employees’ spirits. A few strokes and ten minutes later, the iconic smiley face was born. With its oval eyes, one bigger than the other, arced mouth, and yellow blast of sunshine, the design was so simple, yet it quickly made its happy mark on the world. Who can resist the simple joy? Definitely not kids, and even the insurance executives couldn’t — they smiled right back! Diving into a friendship campaign, the company used their new symbol to make employees smile while working and while helping customers over the phone.
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The designer’s dollars Despite the happy impact his work had internationally, Ball never applied for a copyright or trademark for his design, and neither did State Mutual. Ball’s total gain was the $45 he was paid for his work (that’s $377.90 in 2020 purchasing power), and the knowledge that he made so many smile. Charles Ball, Harvey Ross Ball’s son, is reported to have said about his father that he never regretted his decision not to copyright his design. “He was not a money-driven guy,” were the words attributed to Charles Ball in Telegram & Gazette, who also said that his father would say, “Hey, I can only eat one steak at a time, drive one car at a time.” Ball did take his smiles further, though, founding the World Smile Foundation in 1999, a non-profit charitable trust that supports children’s causes.
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Smiles are contagious And how! By 1970, Bernard and Murray Spain enhanced the original smiley face by adding the words “Have A Happy Day.” More business savvy, apparently, they bought the legal rights to both their image and the words.
The happy face even made it onto a postage stamp!
From pleasure to business In 1971, journalist Franklin Loufrani created a smiley that very closely resembled Ball’s iconic face, for use in a French newspaper to indicate which articles contained good news. Even before he published it, Loufrani registered his smiley face with the French trademark office, and by the 1990s, Loufrani and his son, Nicholas Loufrani, already held trademarks for their smiley in 70 countries! They established the Smiley Company in London, and soon earned millions off the Smiley brand and by licensing their trademark to famous brands.
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In 1997, their reach extended to the U.S., when Loufrani filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, not only for their design, but even for the term “smiley.” But they had one very adamant contender. Wal-Mart, which actively used a simple happy face to alert customers to deals, resisted the move by trying to block the Smile Company’s trademark application, alleging that Loufrani’s smiley face was not distinctive enough to qualify as a trademark, that their design would cause consumer confusion, and that they, WalMart, had prior rights to its own smiley design. Wal-Mart then attempted to trademark their smiley face. Loufrani didn’t take this meekly, and they sued to stop Wal-Mart’s trademark application, alleging that their logo was “readily distinguishable” from Wal-Mart’s. The case dragged on, and in 2011, when Wal-Mart and Loufrani’s Smiley Company finally settled their ten-year dispute, the terms remained confidential… But what is clear is that both parties continue to use their smileys.
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It was Ball’s World Smile Foundation that established the first Friday in October as World Smile Day. Especially popular in the smiley’s birthplace of Worcester, Massachusetts, the day is devoted to smiles and the spreading of acts of kindness.
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קען אויסמאכן לטב אדער למוטב .אין אזא פאל איז זייער וויכטיג צו פארמאגן דעת תורה און וויסן דעם ריכטיגן און מעסיגער מהלך ווי אזוי צו האנדלען אין אזעלכע פעלער.
מיינע יארן אין עסקנות איבער מיינע יארן אין עסקנות קען איך שרייבן א געוואלד .דורכאויס די יארן בין איך אריבערגעגאנגען פארשידענע מצבים, נסיונות און מיטמאכענישן ,ווי אויך האקעלע שאלות וואס האבן געהויערט אויף מיינע פלייצעס און איך האב געדארפט מחליט זיין דעם ריכטיגן מהלך ,א זאך וואס איז לגמרי נישט גרינג .נישט אלעס קען מען ארויסגעבן דא אין די ראמען פון אן אויסגאבע ,אנדערע זאכן וועלן נאך ארויסקומען יארן שפעטער און געוויסע זאכן וועלן ווארשיינליך קיינמאל נישט ארויסקומען ,עס וועט שוין פארבלייבן א שטענדיגע סוד. איך וועל אבער אויסקלויבן איין עפיזאד, אן אריבערגאנג וואס איך בין אריבערגעגאנגען אין לעבן ,און דאס מיטטיילן מיט די ליינער ווי אזוי איך בין אריבערגעגאנגען יענע תקופה.
דער סקאנדאל געווען איז דאס מיט יארן צוריק ,ווען איך האב טעגליך געדארפט רייזן קיין וואשינגטאן .פאר א געוויסע סיבה האב איך געדארפט אהינפארן יעדן טאג ,דארפנדיג זיין אין שטענדיגע קאנטאקט מיט געוויסע פאליטיקאנטן צוליב געוויסע אינערליכע סיבות ,אשר אין המקום לפורטם. אין יענע תקופה ,האב איך זיך דערוויסט איבער א געוויסע פעדעראלע סקאנדאל וואס קומט פאר אינערהאלב די וויכטיגע ביוראען פון וואשינגטאן .איך וועל נישט אריינגיין אין די ספעציפישע פרטים און דעטאלן ,אבער אויף אזויפיל זאלט איר מיר גלויבן אז דאס איז פון די גאר הארבע קרימינאלע אקטיוויטעטן וואס איז נאר שייך .צו מיינע אויערן האבן זיך דערטראגן קלאנגען איבער פארשידענע גאר הארבע געזעץ פארלעצונגען וואס קומען פאר דווקא צווישן די העכסטע רעגירונג שישקעס. איי וועט איר פרעגן ,וואס גייט דאס מיר אן? – פארוואס זאל דאס מיר דארפן אנגיין? גערעכט ,אין געווענליכע פעלער וואלט דאס מיר בכלל נישט אנגעגאנגען .סוף כל סוף בין איך נישט קיין פאליציי און עס איז נישט מיין פליכט אויסצוראטן די וועלט פון
קרימינאלע אקטן .דא איז אבער געווען עפעס אנדערש. אין דעם יעצטיגן פאל ,האט זיך עס גערעדט פון ערנסטע פאליטיקאנטן און עס איז געווען א סקאנדאל אינערהאלב די רעגירונגס קאמערן .איך האב געהאט א געפיל, אז טאמער וועט די מעשה ארויסקומען ,וועט מען סוף-כל-סוף געוואויער ווערן אז איך האב געהאט א ידיעה דערין ,און דער פאקט אז איך האב נישט דערציילט פאר קיינעם דערוועגן, וועט ברעכן מיין טראסט און אויפריכטיגקייט צווישן די פאליטיקאנטן ,און מיין כח והשפעה לטובת ישראל קען חלילה אפגעשוואכט ווערן ,און דאס האב איך נישט געוואלט. מיין געפיל האט מיר געזאגט ,אז פונקט פארקערט; אויב וועל איך זיך אהערשטעלן אלס מאן פון גערעכטיגקייט און אריינגעבן א קלאגע קעגן די קרימינאלע פאליטיקאנטן, וועט דער אקט געשעצט ווערן צווישן די ווענט פון די הויכע שישקעס ,עס וועט פארשטערקערן מיין השפעה און מען וועט מיר אויסהערן ווען עס וועט אויספעלן ,ווי אויך וועלן געוויסע פאליטיקאנטן זיך שפירן שולדיג פאר מיר און איך וועל דאס קענען אויסנוצן אלס פראטעקציע לעת הצורך. ווידער פון די אנדערע זייט ,איז דא געווען אריינגעמישט רציחה און אנדערע שווערע קרימינאלע אקטן .עס איז געווען א גאר הארבער סקאנדאל און איך האב געשפירט אז איך לאז זיך דא אריין אין א געפערליכע סעטואציע ,זייער מעגליך אז עס איז בעסער פאר מיר צו שטיין פונדערווייטנס און זיך נישט אריינמישן דא .ווער רעדט נאך ווען איך האב אפיציעל קיינמאל נישט געדארפט וויסן דערפון .פונקט האב איך געהערט עפעס א ווארט ווי צוויי מענטשן רעדן ,בשעת זיי האבן געמיינט אז איך פארשטיי נישט וואס עס קומט דא פאר ,און נאך א קורצע חקירה ודרישה האב איך זיך דערוויסט פון די גאנצע מעשה. נאכמער;איר דארפט פארשטיין אז דארט טראכט מען אנדערש ווי דא .די פאליטיקאנטן גיבן זיך בעקונג איינער פארן אנדערן ,זיי פארדעקן איינע אויף די אנדערנ'ס מעשים, וועלנדיג געניסן פון טובת הנאה פון דעם אנדערן .פאר'מסר'ן א קאלעגע אין פאליטיק, איז אן אקט וואס אנדערע פאליטיקאנטן קענען דאס זען זייער הארב און קענען נאך שווער נקמה נעמען אויף פארשידענע סארט אופנים .עס לוינט זיך נישט אנצוהויבן מיט זיי. אלזא ,וואס טוה איך אצינד?
מיינע ספיקות גלויבט מיר טייערע אידן ,איך בין נישט אזוי גוט געשלאפן יענע טעג .איך האב שוין געהאט פארשידענע מצבים אין לעבן ,איך בין שוין דורכגעגאנגען פארשידענע שאלות און סעטואציעס ,אבער אין דעם יעצטיגן פאל האב איך ממש נישט געוואוסט ווי אזוי אומצוגיין .דער מוח האט מיר פיבערהאפטיג געארבעט ,און פראבירט אפצוליינען די מאפע און זען ווי אזוי עס לוינט זיך די מערסטע פאר כלל-ישראל אין דעם יעצטיגן פאל. נאכן גוט שוקל זיין ביידע צדדים ,בין איך געקומען צו די החלטה אז די שאנסן אויף די זייט יא צו דערציילן ,וועגט איבער די אנדערע זייט נישט צו דערציילן ,און פאר כלל-ישראל לוינט זיך יא צו דערציילן די דאזיגע געשיכטע, און פארשטייט זיך אז מיר מוזן זיך פארלאזן אויף רחמי שמים ,אז עס זאל נישט אנמאכן קיין קאמפלעקאציעס צווישן מיר און אנדערע פאליטיקאנטן .אדרבה ,מיין האפענונג איז געווען אז מיין קשר מיט די הויכע פענסטער זאל נאר פארשטערקערט ווערן דורך די דאזיגע אקט. מיט א הייסע תפילה צום נורא-עלילה ,בין איך יענע טאג אראפגעפארן דארט וואו איך האב געדארפט ,אויסגעפילט אלע פארומס און דורכגעגאנגען דעם גאנצן פארלאנגטן פראצודור ,איבערגעבנדיג אלעס וואס איך ווייס ,נישט פארהוילנדיג גארנישט .מיין עדות'שאפט איז אפגעשריבן געווארן דורך די דעקעטיוון און אריינגעגעבן געווארן אין געריכט.
דער פראצעס ווער עס האט מיטגעהאלטן די נייעס פון יענע יארן ,וועט זיכער געדענקען ווי אזוי אלע צייטונגען האבן ברייט געדעקט דעם פאליטישן סקאנדאל וואס האט אויפגעשאקלט דעם גאנצן לאנד .יעדן טאג איז געווען פרישע נייעס אין די בלעטער און די פרשה האט צוטרייסלט די גאנצע פאליטישע וועלט .אסאך וועלן דאס זיכער געדענקען, וואס עס האט זיך אלס אפגעשפילט דעמאלס. טראצדעם וואס איך זוך נישט צו זיין אין צענטער פון די נייעס ,בין איך געווען דער הויפט עדות ביי יענעם פראצעס .איך בין אראפגעקומען ,טעסטעפייעט און אפגעגעבן מיין עדות אויף די פרשה .עס איז געווען א שטארקער סקאנדאל ,מען האט מסדר געווען די פרשה און צוויי הויכע שישקעס
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א גוט יאר טייערע אידן. זעענדיג דעם הערליכן קאלום אין דער מאנסי- וויא ,ווי אזוי אידן דערציילן זייערע מיטמאכענישן און פארשידענע תקופות וואס זיי זענען אריבערגעגאנגען אין לעבן ,האב איך געקלערט אז אויך איך וועל מיטטיילן אן איבערלעבעניש וואס איך בין אריבערגעגאנגען .טראצדעם וואס מיין איבערלעבעניש איז א זעלטענע ,און פרעזענטירט ווייניג דעם אלגעמיינעם המון-עם ,וואס לעבט אן אנדערן סארט לעבן ווי מיינער ,האב איך געקלערט מיטצוטיילן מיט אייך מיין נסיון ,ווי אזוי איך בין דאס אריבער ,ביזן סוף ,ווען עס האט זיך ארויסגעוויזן אז אלעס איז גאר געווען לטובה. קודם א קורצער ווארט איבער מיר. מיטן אויבערשטנס הילף האב איך זוכה געווען עוסק צו זיין אין עסקנות .שוין לאנגע יארן וואס איך שטיי צו הילף פון אחינו בני ישראל און איך פראביר זיי צו העלפן מיט וואס אימער איך קען נאר .צומאל איז די רעדע פון פריוואטע הילף פאר אידישע קינדער ,יעדער איינער מיט זיינע געברויכן, אבער זייער אפט רעדט זיך עס פון ציבור'ישע איינגעלעגנהייטן ,מיט וואס איך פארנעם זיך און איך פראביר צו העלפן דעם אלגעמיינעם יהדות- החרדית מיט אלעס וואס עס איז נאר שייך. במשך די יארן ,האב איך זיך איינגעשאפט פיל וויכטיגע קשרים מיט פאליטיקאנטן אין וואשינגטאן ,סענעטארן און קאנגרעסלייט ,מיט וועמען איך בין כסדר אין קאנטאקט ,און ווען אימער עס פעלט זיך אויס עפעס אויפצוטון פאר כלל-ישראל ,פראביר איך צו טון .איך בין נאנט פארבינדן מיט גדולי-ישראל פון אלע שיכטן און קרייזן ,רבי'ס ,רבנים און ראשי-ישיבות ,האבן ביי מיר א שטענדיגן אויער ,און לויט זייער הדרכה און השקפה ,גיי איך אויפטון פאר אידישע קינדער. פון איין זייט ,דאנק איך דעם רבונו-של-עולם, וואס ער האט מיר אויסגעקליבן אלס שליחא- דרבנן און אלס שליח פאר כלל-ישראל ,איך האב די זכיה צו דינען דעם אויבערשטנ'ס פאלק און זיי צו העלפן בכל עת מצוא .ווידער פון די אנדערע זייט ,אנערקען איך די גרויסע אחריות וואס עס ליגט אויף מיינע פלייצעס ,צומאל רעדט זיך עס פון וויכטיגע און האקעלע החלטות ,וואס יעדע ריר
אינערהאלב די רעגירונג האבן באצאלט דערויף א טייערן פרייז ,זיי האבן באקומען זייער פארדינטן שטראף אויף זייער חטא .איך בין זיכער אז מענטשן געדענקען דאס ליינען אין די נייעס און ווייסן פון וואס איך רעד. איך האב דאן מתפלל געווען צום באשעפער ,אז די גאנצע מעשה זאל ברענגען בלויז גוטס פאר אידן ,עס זאל חלילה נישט ארויסקומען קיין שלעכטס און דער שומר- ישראל זאל האלטן זיין רעכטע האנט אויף אלע אידישע קינדער.
די שווערע עסקנות יארן זענען דורכגעלאפן. א שווערע עסקנות איז ארויפגעלייגט געווארן אויף מיר ,מסדר צו זיין א געוויסער געזעץ וואס איז קעגן אידישע אינטערעסן - וואס האט געזאלט דורכגיין אין די נאנטע טעג א דאנק אנטיסעמיטישע אפגעפרעגטעטעאריעס פון געוויסע העסליכע גרופעס. דער פחד איז געווען גרויס ,נישט נאר דאהי נאר אין די גאנצע אידישע וועלט .אויב דער געזעץ זאל חלילה דורכגיין ,האט דאס געזאלט האבן ווייטערדיגע נאכפאלגן אויך אין אנדערע לענדער איבער דער גארער וועלט. איך האב פראבירט צו טון וואס איך קען, רעדן מיט דעם פועל'ן ביי יענעם ,אבער דער מצב האט אויסגעקוקט גאר שמאל און עס האט נישט אויסגעזען ווי עפעס רירט זיך פון ארט. זייענדיג צובראכן ,האב איך גענומען דעם אלטן מיטל פון אונזערע עלטערן און איך האב פשוט מתפלל געווען און געבעטן דעם אויבערשטן פאר זיין אייגן פאלק ,אז זאכן זאלן זיך רוקן לטובה און קיין שום בייזן זאל נישט געשען פאר אידישע קינדער.
לילה כיום יאיר אין יענע תקופה איז דער פרעזידענט פארנומען געווען און כסדר ווידערגעהאלט, אז דער יוסטיץ דערפארטמענט איז דורכגעפוילט ביזן גרונט ,ווי אויך אז די מידיע איז נישט יושר'דיג און ברענגט נישט קיין ריכטיגער בילד פון די נייעס .דער פרעזידענט איז געווען פארנומען צו טענה'ען ,אז עס איז נישט פארהאן קיין אנערקענונג און רעספעקט אינערהאלב די רעגירונג פאר מענטשן וואס האבן זיך ארויסגעשטעלט און פאראויס געקומען לטובת די רעגירונג .דער
פרעזידענט האט גע'טענה'עט אז דאס איז די סיבה פארוואס פיל מענטשן זענען זייער אנגעווייטאגט אויף די היינטיגע פאליטיק און ווילן זען א טויש צווישן די הויכע פענסטער. דער פרעזידענט האט דאן באפוילן ,אז מען זאל דורכגיין פארשידענע אלטע ארכיוון, און זען ווער עס איז אמאל פאראויס געקומען לטובת די רעגירונג און וואס עס איז געווארן מיט יענעם .נו ,אז דער פרעזידענט גיבט ארויס אן ארדער ,נעמט מען זיך צו די מלאכה. פונקט איז מיין פייל ארויפגעקומען אויפן אויבערפלאך .דער סעקרעטאר האט איבערגעגעבן דעם גאנצן פייל פארן פרעזידענט ,וועלכער איז איבערגעגאנגען דערויף בכובד-ראש אינמיטן נאכט.
䠀倀 䐀攀猀椀最渀 眀栀攀爀攀 礀漀甀爀 搀爀攀愀洀猀 挀漀洀攀 琀爀甀攀
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מאפילה לאור גדול קומענדיגן אינדערפרי ,ווען איך האב זיך אויפגעוועקט ,בין איך ערשטוינט געווערן צו זען אז מען זוכט מיר ,נישט קיין אנדערער ווי דער פרעזידענט אליין וויל רעדן מיט מיר... איך האב זיך געריבן די אויגן מיט שטוינונג, נישט קענענדיג גלויבן אז דאס פאסירט אין די ווירקליכקייט. איך בין אויפגענומען געווארן לפני ולפנים ביים פרעזידענט ,מיט כבוד מלכים .איך האב אבער נישט געקוקט אויף די כבוד און פראכט נאר ענדערש אויסגענוצט די געלעגנהייט. איך בין נישט געווען אליין און אינאיינעם מיט אנדערע אידישע קינדער ,האבן מיר גערעדט צום הארץ פונעם פרעזידענט איבער דער פרישער געזעץ וואס דארף ארויסקומען, וואס איז גענצליך נישט לטובת עם-ישראל, מיר האבן אים קלאר געמאכט די מאטיוון און ווער עס שטייט אונטער דעם אלעמען און וואס דער ציל דא איז. דער פרעזידענט האט תיכף ארויסגעגעבן אן עקזעקיוטיוו ארדער און אונטערגעשריבן א פרישן געזעץ לטובת אידישע קינדער ,און מיר האבן זוכה געווען צו זיין די ריכטיגע שלוחים לטובת כלל-ישראל. ביז אהער איז מיין געשיכטע ,און מיר האפן אז דאס וועט דינען אלס לעקציע פאר כלל-ישראל ,מען וועט זיך דערפון ארויסלערנען ווי אזוי דער אויבערשטער העלפט אידן שטענדיג און אז מען דארף אים דאנקען אויף זיינע חסדים. אייער פריינט און חבר ,מרדכי פון שוש... וואפס ,זיך שיער פאררעדט ...קוקט אויס אז מיר האבן שוין צופיל געטרינקען.
䐀䔀嘀䔀䰀伀倀䴀䔀一吀
刀䔀匀䤀䐀䔀一吀䤀䄀䰀
㠀㐀㔀ⴀ㌀㜀ⴀ㘀㠀 ㈀ ㈀㔀 刀伀䈀䔀刀吀 倀䤀吀吀 䐀刀䤀嘀䔀ⴀ匀唀䤀吀䔀 ㈀ 䈀 䴀伀一匀䔀夀 一⸀夀⸀ 㤀㔀㈀ 栀瀀搀攀猀椀最渀䀀栀瀀搀渀礀⸀挀漀洀 簀 眀眀眀⸀栀瀀搀渀礀⸀挀漀洀
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Find words on the board containing four letters or more. Letters of a word must be connected in a chain (each letter should be adjacent to the next either vertically, horizontally or diagonally), and each letter can only be used once in a given word. The following are not allowed in Boggle: Adding “s” to a word • Proper nouns • Abbreviations • Contractions • Acronyms
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1. Gather round the table to play a family game of Boggle, using this Boggle board.
Family name: _________________________________ Phone: __________________ Full mailing address: ____________________________________________________ Name of winner: __________________ Amount of points: ______________ Names of competing players:
List some words only the winner found:
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4-letter words: 2 points
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5-letter words: 3 points
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6-letter words: 5 points
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POINTS
7-letter words: 7 points 8-letter words: 9 points 9+ letters: 12 points
The longest word found on the board: _____________________________ A new word you learned from the board: __________________________ Only complete forms will be entered into the drawing.
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BOGGLE WINNER An Ice Cream House gift card will be mailed to your address.
Family name: Fischer, 718-xxx-2140 Name of winner: Mommy
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Amount of points: 33 Names of competing players: Mindy, Roizy
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Some words only the winner found: match, void
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A new word learned from the board: dire
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Family name: Joseph, 718-xxx-1172 Name of winner: Esther Amount of points: 76 Names of competing players: Goldy Some words only the winner found: direct, void, wretch
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The longest word found on the board: mysterious A new word learned from the board: aster
INTERMEDIATE
Last week’s 10-letter word: mysterious
FIND ME! WINNER
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יׁשע ֶענְ ֶדע! אט ֶ אמ ִ ֵליינְ ט ִדי ְד ַר ַ אסט ַא זּון ֵלייּב? ֶער ֶקען ְׁש ִּפ ְילן? קּום ִמיט ִמיר; ִאיְך ָהאּב ַאן דּו ָה ְ ער ַראׁשּונְ ג ַפאר ִדיר. ִא ֶיּב ְ
יׁשט אדעִ .איְך ָטאר נִ ְ אס ֶ ַאמ ָּב ַ יׁשע ְ רּוס ֶ יקגֵ יין צּו ִדי ִ צּור ְ נֵ ייןִ ,איְך מּוז ִ עפאר. עטן ִמיט ַאייְך; ִאיְך ֶקען ֵלייגְ ן ַמיין זּון ִאין ַא גֶ ַ ַאר ֶּב ְ ְ
ער ְׁש ֶטער זָ אל ייּב ְ ֶדער ֵא ֶ ייּבן ִמיר גִ ְיּבן ּכ ַֹח צּו ְּב ַל ְ יׁשט נָ אר ִאין ֶע ְר ִליְך נִ ְ רּוס ַלאנְ ד ,נָ אר אֹויְך ִאין ְ יידע ְפ ַראנְ ְק ַרייְךַ ...מיין זֵ ֶ יילט ַאז ער ֵצ ְ ָהאט ִמיְך ֶד ְ עדן עכט יֶ ְ ֶמען ִצינְ ְדט ֶל ְ ֶע ֶרב ַׁש ָּבתִ ,מן ַה ְס ָּת ֶמא ִצינְ ְדט ֶמען ֶעס ַּביי ִדי ֶפענְ ְס ֶטערַ ,אזֹוי וִ וי ִדי עכט. נּוּכה ֶל ְ ֲח ָ
ייער... אדנֶ עֶ ,עס ְּב ֶרענְ ט ַא ַפ ֶ ָמ ְ
אטי!! דּו ִּביזְ ט ָדא? וִ ויַאזֹוי ִּביזְ טּו אטי!!! ַט ִ ַט ִ עקּומען? דּו ִּביזְ ט ִאין ְפ ַראנְ ְק ַרייְך? ֶ ערגֶ ַאה ְ ֶ
ֵלייּב!!! עטער ִאין ֶא ֶרץ יִ ְׂש ָר ֵאל: ַא ַצייט ְׁש ֶּפ ֶ
יׁשט. עּבט ׁשֹוין נִ ְ אטע ֶל ְ ָאּבער ַדיין זּון ִאיז ָדא! אּון ַדיין ַט ֶ ֶ נָ אר דּו ִּביזְ ט ִאין ַא ַס ָּכנָ ה ,קּום ,קּום ִמיט ִמיר!
ִאיְך ִּבין גֶ עוֶ וען ִאין ְפ ַראנְ ְק ַרייְך ִדי גַ אנְ ֶצע ארץ ִאיז ַצייטַ ...מיין ַה ְ ִמיט ִדירִ .איְך ָהאּב זִ יְך ארגְ ט ארק גֶ עזָ ְ ַאזֹוי ְׁש ַט ְ וֶ וען ֶמען ָהאט ִמיר חֹוׁשד גֶ עוֶ וען ִאינֶ עם ֶ אדע; ִאיְך ָהאּב אס ֶ ַאמ ָּב ַ ְ קֹוים ַּבאגֶ עגֶ ענְ ט ִליאֹו'ס אטע אּון ׁשֹוין ִּבין ַט ֶ ִאיְך ָדא.
יידי ָהאט ִמיר ָדאְך זֵ ִ ערנְ ט :וָ ואס על ְ אֹויסגֶ ֶ ְ ער ְׁש ֶטער טּוט ייּב ְ ֶדער ֵא ֶ ִאיז גּוטֲ ,א ִפילּו וֶ וען עדיג אּון עק ִ ֶעס ִאיז ְׁש ֶר ֶ ַאלעס ִאיז פּון רֹויע ִריגֶ . ְט ֶ יקר ַאז אֹויבן ,אּון ֶדער ִע ֶ ְ ִדי ֶענְ ֶדע ִאיז גּוט!
עראל. ייטן ִא ֶיּב ָ ַאלע ַצ ְ עּב ֶרענְ ט ִאין ֶ אּבן גֶ ְ עלעְך ָה ְ עכ ֶט ֶ ִדי ֶל ְ ַאלץ ַא ַמ ָּתנָ ה. ָאּבער ֶעס ִאיז נָ אְך ְ קּומט ֶעס ָאן ְׁשוֶ וערֶ , ְ צּומאל אּון ָ
ייכט אּון ַסיי קּומט ָאן ַל ְ ְ ַסיי וֶ וען ֶעס קּומט ָאן ְׁשוֶ וער. ְ וֶ וען ֶעס
ערל ,פּון ייפ ְ ארק אֹויף ִדי ַפ ֶ רּוקט ְׁש ַט ְ אּון וֶ וען ֶמען ְד ְ אדיֶ ע. על ְ קּומט ַארֹויס ַא ֵׁשיינֶ ע ֶמ ָ ְ ייטן, ועריגְ ַק ְ וייטאג אּון ְׁשוֶ ִ וֵ ָ
ֶענְ ֶדע קאפיטל
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SYLLACROSTIC Fill in the missing answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the list below. Each syllable can be used only once, and the number of syllables to be used is shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the first and last letters reading down will reveal the answer to the following riddle: The two most popular choices are poppy and jam. AN, ACH, ASH, CHA, COT, HA, INE, JES, LA, MA, NI, ON, OUS, ROSH, SLA, TIC, TION, TRAN, VE, YM
1. Giving tzedakah on Purim is _______ _______ _______ [3]
2. Being masked allows you to remain
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3. Dressed in queenly clothing, Esther was _______ _______ _______ [3]
4. Popular Persian king _______ _______ _______ _______ [4]
5. A smoker’s addiction _______ _______ _______ [3]
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6. Language conversion _______ _______ _______ [3]
Answer to last week’s puzzle:
Daily • Weekly • Weekends • Monthly • Overnight
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIVE WINNERS OF THE $5 GIFT CARDS AT TOYS4U! A $5 credit was issued at Toys4U on the account of the phone number listed on your submission.
Faigy Deutsch, 8, Satmar
Avrumi Kolman, 8, Pupa
B. Hager, 5, Viznitz
Zlaty Jakubowicz, 6, Satmar
Hindy Sternhill, 6, Bnos Bobov
Thank you to the hundreds of readers who sent in beautifully colored pages! Keep coloring!
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By: Faigy Jacobowitz Send your colored page to The Boro Park View to enter a drawing for a chance to have your artwork featured in our pages and win $5 at Toys4U! Five lucky winners will be announced each week! To enter the raffle, email your colored page with your full name to comments@thebpview.com or mail it to 1274 49th Street, Suite 421, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Submissions will be included in the drawing only if all information is filled in. Name:____________________________________________________________________________ Phone:________________________________________________ Age:____________________ School:____________________________________________________________________________
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To have your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation featured, send a picture to comments@ thebpview.com or 1274 49th Street, Suite 421, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
Chaim Baruch Landau, 6
See what Brooklyn kids can do!
Benzion and Avrumy Eckstein, a nice couch
Velvel Twersky, 5
Moishy and Yumi Roth
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PROFESSIONAL SPACE AVAIL 46 & 12th Ave. Professional space available- 3 individual rooms. High ceilings, windows, everything in perfect condition. 718-4385847 FURNISHED APT one flight up, 45th St between 12th and 13th Ave. $1,300 monthly rent, gas and electric included. 917-873-9640 STOREFRONT FOR RENT 10 & 51 Around 200-500 sf $1100-$2200. 15 & 44 Around 500 sf $2800 text 718-6005933. SHABBOS GETAWAY Private house on 1 acre near Kiryas Joel for weekends. 3000sf, 2-8 beds, meals avail. call/txt 845-378-1008 VACATION RENTAL South Fallsburg Rentals Avail Shabbos year round two private houses total 12 rooms fully furnished massive deck and yard fallsburgrent@ gmail.com
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HEIMISHE BABYSITTER available on 45st btw 9&10Ave. Drop in, daily, and overnight welcome! Mrs Roth @9178818810
CHILDBIRTH CLASSES Hemishe weekly/monthly classes. Providing info, exercise, halacha and emotional support. Call/text Lamaze with Henny 347-8712955
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Classifieds ODDS & ENDS RARE OPPORTUNITY For just $200 you can sponsor benchers for a local hall in the memory of a loved one. 646-874-4342 CHAVRUSA WANTED We are Looking for a ‘Chavrusa’ to learn over the phone 646-535-7379 RIVNITZ To recieve text msg with time of RIVNITZ bus ‘Erev Rosh chodesh’. send BUS to 646-389-5718 send STOP to unsubscribe. SPEAKER/ LECTURER Hamodia columnist and noted speaker Rabbi Yosef Gesser is available to speak at your shul, school, organizational event.718-690-1534, ygesser@ gmail.com. UNIQUE OFFER Looking for extra income? Seeking motivated women to join our amazing team!! No experience necessary. Full training and support. 7188418320. PURIM BUS AD Put your ad on our purim bus for a cheap price! Call/ text 917.863.7582 or email to adsonthepurimbus@gmail. com I LIT A CANDLE ל”נ ר’ מנחם מענדל בן ר’ יוסף and saw an immediate yeshuah. LATTE PONCHO Looking for the latte poncho from last season sz 3 or 4. 347.661.0318 TOYS4U CLOWN COSTUME Looking to buy off or rent a TOYS4U clown costume for toddler, either dress or buildup size 2T or 3T. 7182379596
YINGERMAN AVAILABLE A Heimeshe yingerman is willing to take a ‘eltere yid’ to Daaven ‘Shachriss’ in shull. call (or text) 718-781-1359 BUGABOO RAINCOVER Looking to buy a raincover for a bugaboo chameleon. 718-435-2138 TABLE LEAF Looking to buy a Leaf for Union National dinning room table. Call 7188106211
GEMACHIM PIDYON HABEN Coin Gemach. Call Yakov Friedman. 646-419-0782 LIGHTING GEMACH Lighting bars to enhance your event!929-276-2404 KOSHER WAZE DEVICES available for short term. Minimum charge. 929-3247021. DOONA GEMACH For a short short period of time(or medical need). 260-DOONAZ3 (260-3666293) SIMCHA GEMACH White cubbies for miniatures,white ceramic square and round cake stands and more.לע”נ ברוך בן -536-1742 917 משה דוד. PACK N PLAY gemach (BP) Please call in the evening 718-851-1017 TWIN CARRIAGE GEMACH To lend yours or to rent a twin carriage for the week, season or year, please call (718) 5223891. Mint condition only. SIMCHA GEMACH Bechers, Challah cover, Benchers and challah knife for your simcha. pls leave message 1718 854 1760
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BOYS SUIT GEMACH Gemach Yismach Yisroel Boys Simcha Wear sizes 9m-7 1943 50th Street 347.462.4596 Sundays 2:30-5 לע’’נ ישראל בן אליעזר KALLAH CAPE GEMACH Brand new luxurious white fur capes for Chuppah. 718 633 - 8261 BP BABY GEMACH Carseats, snap n go strollers, pack n play & white bassinets for newborns 718-854-6829 BOYS SIMCHA WEAR Gemach Yismach Yisroel sizes 9m-8 yrs 1943 50th Street 347.462.4596 Sundays 2:30-5 לע’’נ ישראל בן אליעזר BABY CARRIER GEMACH When a stroller just won’t work. Great for vacation, touring, steps etc. 845-5872449 will return messages RIBBONS N BOWS Free gift wrapping for a sick child in hospitals Call us 917618-2549 KALLAH ACCESSORIES Large selection of: Crowns, Veils, Dektich, Trains, Shoes & Petticoats for minimal fee. By apt only. BP. 718-551-8714 TABLECLOTHS Crushed velvet grey tablecloths to rent for your Simcha. 3475462419
DRESSES/GOWNS BLACK & WHITE MATERNITY gown, size S. 718-438-4734
BLACK & GOLD GOWN Sis of bride. Size 4. Call/ Text 646-342-1227 PEACH-GOLD GOWN Married sister of the bride, Size 8-10. 347-263-0902 CHILDRENS GOWNS dusty pink tulle with gold sparkle by cr kohl sizes 4-7 and 10-14. 347-446-6114 IVORY & CHAMPAGNE GOWN Sister of the Bride Gown for Sale. Size 4. Reasonable Price. Call/ Text 646-342-1227 PRETEEN PINK GOWN (adult size 10) pls call 3477497774 for a pic txt: 7184736743 PEACH GOWN with green flowers and peplum bottom for sister of the bride. Size 0-2. Call/Text 929-434-7152. BLACK/BURGUNDY 2 PIECE (looks like one piece) teen size 2 sis of bride well priced. Call/text 347-581-2843 BLACK DRESS W/ SOME COLOR for own tnoim or sister of bride size 2-4 very reasonable. Call/text 347423-1806 CAROLINA HERRERA BRIDAL size 6-8 for rent/ sale. long, short veil, extra fabric available. 718-809-0963
The Boro Park View 2 TEEN WHITE GOWNS size 6-8 (approximately) also size 6 & 12mths little girls gown call / text 917 588 6988
MATERNITY GOWN sister of bride. Young style. Call/txt 3473837389
BLACK & GOLD ladies/teen gown. Size 0-2. Please call/text 718 810 3300.
BLACK & WHITE custom sister-of-bride size 4-6. for sale $600 for rent $400. 718 438 1320
VORT DRESS Estelle ivory and black size 8 all year round 347-534-6220
IVORY/BLACK party dress size 6 call 929 271 0553
BLACK & GOLD sis of bride gown size 2-4 call 917 652 1414 or 7184381320
BLACK & WHITE Lace Gown Size 0. Text 347.370.2384
KLEINFELD GOWN size 4-6 incl dek teich and veil 3474466114
TERI JOHN beige-gold dress, size 8-10. Pls txt 917-635-1343
BLACK & PINK GOWN Sis of bride. for sale. Size 0-2. Call/ text 3472992257.
BLACK VELVET & GOLD Kids gowns. $350. Size 6 & 7/8. Text 347.370.2384
PINK GOWN sis of bride for sale size 4. Call/txt 3473741936
BLACK & WHITE size 2 exquisite gown for sis of bride worn once. Call/text 347-564-9463
TEEN PINK GOWN size 0-2. Mother pink black beading size 12 call 917 471 2043 WHITE LACE GOWN with black trimming for sister of bride 4-6 womans. a-line style, $850. call/text 647-721-4077 BLACK & BLUE GOWN Sister of bride. custom made, for 4-5 year old , worn once. $150. call/text 7189264773 BLACK & GOLD GOWN sister of the bride, size 4-6. Call/text 917-635-1343 OSCAR DE LA RENTA Mother of the Bride, stunning cream with gold hand beading size 4 worn once. 347 768 3690 GOLD & SILVER GOWN Magnificent size 0-2 for sister of bride. Great price. Call or text 718-614-2733
TEEN GOWN size 0-2 .. Worn once. . 3475461700 MIRI NAVY DRESS Size 0 $100.Call (718)679-7320 DESIGNER DRESS black lace dress with blue lining for sister of the bride. size six call or text 9292755208 MAUVE GOWN sis of bride gown teen size 2. please call or text 347-5812843 BLACK AND SILVER/ GREY GOWN for married sister of the bride. Sz 8. Call/txt 3474467132 COBALT GOWN Magnificent cobalt blue and black gown for married sister or young mother of the bride sz 10.. 347-385-0910
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Classifieds SILVER & WINTER WHITE Gown for sister of bride size 8 (fits like a 4) great negotiable price. Call/ text 917-627-8733 SLENDERIZING BLACK with White enhancements, custom made /brand new. machatainsta gown approx/ size14. Serious inquiries. Text 917 587 8151 PESSY MILLER black & white gown size 6 for rent or sale 718 633 3429 NAVY LACE DESIGNER Gown Size 10 $350.00 Call 347-418-6978 Pls lve msg WEDDING GOWNS Magnificent BADGLEY MISCHKA white cotton lace children’s gowns size 14 and 8 coordinating styles 347 678 6225 pictures available PEACH 2 PIECE GOWN size 14 for sis of the bride (opt belt included) Text 347-6257253 MATERNITY GOWN custom made slenderizing, for rent. Call or text: 3474431862 OFF WHITE/GOLD GOWN Mother/sister of bride gown, worn once. Size 14. Call eve 718 438 1844 MATERNITY DRESS black ankle length dress for sister of bride to sell. Size 2-4. 929-271-4458 GIRLS GOWNS off white gowns with mauve pink flower appliqu’es on bolero and mauve pink sash. sizes 8-10, 12-14. call/text 718812-6307 HARFENES CHILDRENS GOWN Black, gold, and white. Approximately size 7. Call: 845-356-9824 Text only: 347668-1083
BLK & WHITE KIDS GOWNS Harfenes Gowns. Sizes 3,4&10. Coordinating custom made young adult avail. 347971-0446 IVORY & BLACK GOWN size 2. 718-438-1769 KIDS WHITE GOWNS with colored pearls. Sizes 3 and 8. Also have elegant teen coordinating. 347-971-0446 CHILDRENS GOWNS size 2, 5, 7, black velvet top with tulle bottom. Call 7188125984 (leave message)
LOST Pearl earring with white gold around it. Lost before Sukkos time. 347-581-8056 Diamond earring Shabbos P’ Va’eira Bet 14th-16th ave, 43rd-50th st 347-576-0971
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2 years ago a megillah was left in rachmistrivka shul call with details 347-743-8220 heart shaped necklace on Hewes Street a few months ago. 347-405-1111. gold bracelet on Thur 2/27, 41st btwn 12 and fort Hamilton 3479676534 humidifier at our door in Parkville area. 347-451-8172 new sneakers in my stroller by kaporos square 45 bet. 14 and 15 last year. 718-687-8298
purse this past August on the Catskills bus going from Williamsburg to south fallsburg 3473623913
clip earring at Ateres Chynka on Thu night 2/13 by Welz wedding. Pl. call 917-676-2354
Baby boy fuzzy blanket on 12th ave end of January. 347 369 1161 Navy suede/knit gloves, Ateres Golda Feb. 12th Leser wedding. (917)246-8890 gold earing with colorful stones 917-217-2627 hand knitted gartel in BP shabbos p’ shemos. 845 371 2379
FOUND Earring on 15th ave b/w 46 & 47. (Jan. 27) (347)292-9387 Lv msg
Seller
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red camera on the way from BP to Williamsburg. 718-3068558
satmar hat a few months ago near 18 and 46. 718-633-3740 Grey baby blanket on sunday 3/01/20. 718-435-2138
FREE GIVEAWAYS If you have KINDLINE or KINDERLECH to give away call (or text) 718-809-2759
dishes (fleishig) set of 12 , (718) 851-3087 lv msg Pesach Seder Set, Malchus, good condition (718) 851-3087 lv msg Large light blue velvet couch 94” slightly worn 347.423.2263 Hamilton beach crock pot 5qt brand new. Size 25 boys laced shoe dark denim suede brand new 1-646-450-7596 Full load washing machine. In excellent condition. Call 718-436-5711/347-382-0470. blue Maclaren stroller bunting, needs new zipper 7182379596 valour beige highchair liner, to protect highchair, little stained p/u in wmsbg 718 237 9596 Master bedroom armoire and dresser. Pickup in BP. 347236-5496 8 ft brown pressed wood folding table 718-256-4542
lots of binded yiddish licht. 718-853-3659
Stage 3 Materna 929-2149502
China Closet, Armor and Dresser. All in good Condition. 718-436-5711/347382-0470
Slightly used size 21 boys beige and white shabbos shoe. 929-214-9502
pearls on Sunday 2/16 on 13th Ave 47 & 48. 718-633-0950 l/m
Small maroon boots, two kalla gowns costumes small, red and white berets and aprons for a group, girlscoats. Text only 3476044303
Cz pin IN SATMAR SHUL ON RODNEY ST. MONTHS AGO 917-960-1197
Decorative Mirror/table for foyer, magazine rack, (718) 851-3087 lv msg. China
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Growing eCommerce Company
Taupe Mechitanasta dress size 8 10 with matching hat to give Lshem Mitzvah call 19176859617 Vtech baby learning walker 347-693-9772 Looking for free vacuum cleaner Please call: 845-6415840 and leave a message.
בר מצוה פון אן אור אייניקל פון גאב"ד קארלסבורג זון פון נכדו הרב יואל ראטה בן הגה"צ אב"ד מראה יחזקאל
מלוה מלכה לטובת קהל תולדות יצחק ספינקא בב"פ
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מלוה מלכה לטובת ביהמ”ד בריזדוביץ בבארא פארק
מלוה מלכה לטובת ביהמ"ד אונגוואר בבארא פארק
הגה"צ אב"ד סאטמאר וומסב"ג בביקור בארה"ק
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הונדערטער שדכנים ושדכניות זענען זיך צוזאמגעקומען צום ערשטמאליגן שדכנים קאנווענשן
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שבע ברכות בחצר באלחוב -קרעטשניף סיגוט -סאלקע ע"י קהילות באלחוב
האדמו"ר מתולדות אברהם יצחק בסעודת ראש חודש בבארא פארק בבית הרבני הנגיד ר' אברהם משה מאשקאוויטש הי"ו
האדמו"ר מסקולען בעלי' לציון אדמו"רי סקולען לקראת שמחת נישואי נכדו
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שבע ברכות לבן הגאון ר' בנימין אייזענבערגער ר"י היכל התלמוד ורב ביהמ"ד היכל התפילה
מזל טוב א הארציגן
פאר ידידינו
מו"ה
עמרם הערשקאוויטש הי"ו וב"ב
צום געבורט פון זייער טאכטער שתחי' ענק זאלן זען פון איר און פון אלע קינדער אסאך אידיש נחת! וואונטשט די סטעף פון
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שבת 'ושקל אשא' בראשות האדמו"ר מתולדות אברהם יצחק אין רבי ישעי'לעס הויז אין קערעסטיר אונגארן פאר נגידים נדבני קרן הבנין פון ביהמ"ד החדש תולדות אברהם יצחק אין לאנדאן
שמחת החתונה של הכלה בת הגה"צ אב"ד קראסנא עב"ג בן אב"ד זידיטשוב מארין פארק בן האדמו"ר מזידיטשוב שיקאגו וחתן אב"ד פרימישלאן
ברכת מזל טוב ר' פנחס הכהן געלב הי"ו לכבוד ידידנו וידיד כל בית ישראל ,הרבני הנגיד
לרגל שמחת נישואי בתו הכלה עב"ג החתן המצויין
שמואל צבי שפיצער ני"ו ויהא רעווא מן קדם אבוהון דבשמיא שתראה רב תענוג ונחת דקדושה מכל יוצ"ח ובכל אשר תפנה תשכיל ותצליח עד בלי די ,עדי נזכה מתוך רינה ודיצה לראות בנין בית הבחירה בב"א
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שמחת החתונה בבית סקולען -תולדות אברהם יצחק -וואלאווע
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כלי המשכן דורך קינדערגארטן אין ת"ת בני ציון ד'באבוב
האדמו"ר מספינקא ירושלים בביקור אצל האדמו"ר ממונקאטש
הילולת הגה"צ אב"ד שומרי שבת זצ"ל
מסיבת הכרת טוב פאר וואלונטירן פון קעטסקילס הצלה אין כרם מנחם זאל אין בארא פארק
הגה"צ אב"ד ראצפערט בן אבד"ק סאטמאר וויליאמסבורג נואם בסעודת הילולא לע"נ הרה"ק בעל קדושת יו"ט זי"ע בישיבה סאטמאר שיעור ד'
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האדמו"ר מטאהש באפשערן אצל אחד מחסידיו
האדמו"ר מבאבוב בביקור בארה"ק
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האדמו"ר מטאהש בעריכת השולחן לרגל ראש חודש אדר בוויליאמסבורג
שמחת החתונה של נכדת האדמו"ר מסאטמאר הכלה בת הגה"צ אבדק"ק סיגוט בן האדמו"ר מסאטמאר חתן הגה"צ אבד"ק בית אהרן עב"ג החתן בן הגה"צ רבי זלמן לייב הורוויץ דומ"ץ מכון להוראה בן האדמו"ר מזאלישא וחתן הרה"צ רבי ישראל דאכנער מבארמעטה קרית יואל
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האדמו"ר מבאבוב בביקור בארה"ק
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האדמו"ר מבאבוב בביקור בארה"ק
הונדערטע באטייליגן זיך ביי די מעכטיגע סי די וואך אין ניי-אייכלערס אין בארא פארק
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