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Matzo time! For fourth graders at HANC’s Sanuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, Pesach was a hands-on reality last week. They made their own matzo during a visit to the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. They were accompanied by Rabbi Merrill and Mrs. Schwartz.

Men dance around the chuppah as Torahs are carried by Rabbis Mordechai Kamenetzky, Moshe Weinberger and Herschel Billet. Malka Eisenberg

5 Towns celebrates yeshiva’s new home By Malka Eisenberg A major hub of Torah learning in the Five Towns ofﬁcially moved into its new home on Sunday, celebrating its chanukat habait, marching sifrei Torah accompanied by music and a joyous, respectful crowd of more than 600 men, women and children. Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns had made its home in a storefront on West Broadway since 2003, beginning with six kollel (married) students and ten bachurim (unmarried students) and now has more than 70 kollelnikim and bachurim combined. The yeshiva is now at 218 Mosher Ave. in Woodmere. Three Torah scrolls were held by the rabbis of the yeshiva and were passed to rabbis from other institutions and synagogues and community members during the slow but lively procession from the old yeshiva building to the new one. Rabbi Yitzchok Knobel, rosh kollel, Rabbi Moshe Zev Katzenstein, rosh yeshiva, and rebbe Rabbi Yaakov Zvi Goodman, as the principal rabbaim, were the ﬁrst to hold the Torahs and ended the

march holding them as well. As the Torahs were carried under a chuppah (canopy) held aloft on poles by four men, a singer sang lively Torah oriented Jewish music accompanied by a keyboard from the inside of an open truck leading the march. Children waved Simchat Torah-type ﬂags. Men danced, hugged and shook hands, women hugged and followed alongside or behind. Men danced backwards in front of the chuppah and others danced behind as the Torahs were carried and passed from hand to hand under the chuppah. As the procession wended its way past Congregation Aish Kodesh on Woodmere Place, a roar of joy went up from those in front of the chuppah and the dancing increased in intensity, seeming in approval of the scene of all united under the canopy of Torah: Rabbi Mordechai Kaminetzky of Yeshiva of South Shore, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Aish Kodesh, and Rabbi Herschel Billet of the Continued on page 12

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By Jeffrey Bessen Nassau Herald Residents of the Lawrence School District voted 1,856 to 461 on Monday to approve the sale of the Number Six School to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach. HALB is buying the 6.67-acre site, including the 80,170-square-foot school building, for $8.5 million, along with $2.7 million that will be held as a guarantee that Lawrence will realize approximately $566,000 in annual savings on what the district now spends on transportation and special education for HALB students. “The sale of the Number Six School will result in a signiﬁcant savings for the district, and by maintaining its use as a school, it continues to enhance the community,” said Lawrence Superintendent Gary Schall. HALB is expected to move its Long Beach-based elementary school, with grades kindergarten through eighth, to the school on Church Avenue in Woodmere in two years, ofﬁcials previously said. The academy’s West Broadway building in Long Beach will most likely be sold. More than 90 percent of HALB’s 800 students live in the Five Towns. Davis Renov Stahler High School for Boys, also in Woodmere, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett and the Lev Chana Early Childhood Center on the SKA campus are also HALB schools. HALB must still obtain approvals from the Town of Hempstead for its planned renovations of the school, according to Lance Hirt, president of HALB’s board. “It is technically a change of use,” he said. Plans include remediation of the building, which has been closed for years and was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, new electrical wiring, plumbing, windows and roof, and the creation of classroom space. The cost is expected to be close to $9 million. Hirt said that he anticipates the town approval process to take approxiContinued on page 13

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By Malka Eisenberg This is not your grandmother’s Pesach. It’s also not your mother’s or even ours as we remember it not too long ago. The basics are still there — matzo, potatoes and eggs — but there’s much more and greater variety, in almost unimaginable permutations and combinations. Gourmet Glatt, the Cedarhurst kosher mega supermarket, kicks into Pesach gear running like a well-oiled machine, shelves, freezer cases, meat and ﬁsh department stocked and ready. During a visit by The Jewish Star this week, shoppers were loading their carts to spillover level with Pesach necessities and some of the newest concoctions breaking the bounds of Pesach logic — bagels, hot dog and burger buns, noodles, gnocchi, wafﬂes, pancakes, pizza, baked ziti, granola, granola bars, panko crumbs, crackers. But look carefully, these are generally not mezonot (the blessing said on grain-based non-bread products) but shahakol (requiring a basic food blessing), and aside from being safe for those who don’t eat gebrokts (matzo combined with liquid) it’s a seasonal haven for anyone with a gluten free diet. Continued on page 13

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By Malka Eisenberg Parents have always wrestled with discipline, motivation and communication issues in dealing with their children. In a bid to hone these skills, 15 parents recently completed a six week Torah Umesorah workshop at the Young Israel of Woodmere. “It is much more than a lecture — we incorporate role plays, exercises and it is highly interactive,” Counterforce program coordinator Sterna Lerman, LCSW, told The Jewish Star. “Each parent can grow at their own pace.” Since 1981, the course has been offered in various communities in the tri-state area, including at HAFTR and TAG, she said.

Lerman said that most parents report a moderate to major improvement at home after the six sessions. The groups are led by Cedarhurst psychologist Arlene Etengoff, who has been director of the Ohel Training Institute for ten years. “They learn to listen to their children so they’ll want to share their problems with them and how to best deal with their child’s problem,” explained Lerman. “We teach them how to build their child’s self esteem. They next learn how to effectively discipline, using consequences that work, and how to problem solve issues that are chronic and repetitive. “We also deal with issues of values con-

ﬂict, which is the nightmare of all parents. In general, we help the families have a more positive and connected relationship, increase the child’s cooperation and sense of responsibility as well as the likelihood that the child will be an independent adult.” Lerman said that one parent commented on his post-session evaluation form that his home is much “calmer since he now knows how to deﬁne any problem that arises and the correct methods to use.” Another parent wrote, “Big Changes, I don’t know how I was a father before!” After the sessions, Lerman said that parents have more patience to “listen well to

their children” than before and “know how to encourage both cooperation and responsibility.” The skills taught emphasize positive behavior and minimize negative behavior, with parents observing changes even after the ﬁrst class. “Parents reported changes in their relationship with their children directly attributable to the new skills they’ve begun to use.” The next series of classes will begin either April 28 or May 5. The cost is $150 per couple. To sign up, call Sterna Lerman at 718-787-4412. The classes are geared to the YIW community but are open to others in the community as well.

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s we enter the month of Nisan, the month of Jewish freedom, locally we have been celebrating the growth of Torah with both the recent Chag Hasemicha at YU’s RIETS, where 230 rabbis received ordination, and this week, in Woodmere, FROM THE EDITOR the Chanukat Habayit of a local Torah institution, with great joy and unity, the Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns. As Rabbi Katzenstein said, we were able to see unity through Torah. But globally, we see the world shuddering and quaking as terrorism and anti-Semitism rises up in country afMalka Eisenberg ter country, with Israel attempting to stay safe in a very bad and threatening neighborhood. The Arabs have issued the usual three rejections: that they would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state, that an agreement would not include a declaration to end the conflict and claims, and that they continue to insist on flooding Israel with millions of Arabs from outside the country as part of any agreement. Rumors are floating that Israel will release 400 terrorists and curtail needed home construction in exchange for continuation of fruitless peace talks with the Arabs and the release of Jonathan Pollard, who has previously said that he refuses to be released if it is

in exchange for terrorists. In any event, Pollard is said to be eligible for parole in 2015. From the Almagor terror victims’ association comes a visceral, searing cry to not free any more terrorists [its statement appears below]. It is known that the terrorists released to date have been celebrated in their communities and rewarded and a sizable number have returned to committing acts of terrorism. This possible exchange has been condemned by Dani Dayan, chief foreign envoy of the YESHA Council, the official umbrella organization representing the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, who said: “What is the purpose of resuscitating this redundant process that has failed to achieve even a vague framework agreement in nine months. It is about time we put an end to this never ending farce that stems from the Palestinians’ ever-growing demands and intransigence. Once again, the Palestinian leadership has no intent of making peace and merely wants to gain public support by securing the release of murderers.” We understand that Israel wants nothing more than to make peace and be at peace with her neighbors and thus attempts to buy time and space from war and conflict by giving in to the unreasonable demands of her intransigent neighbors, attempting to avoid the potential bloodshed, chas vshalom, of her children soldiers who must do the fighting. Regardless, the world condemns Israel no matter what she does. (See Bob Dylan’s “Neighborhood Bully.”) So why release those who are determined to kill again? In Devarim

Yeshiva class marks 50th reunion The Class of 1964 from Yeshiva of Central Queens celebrated its 50th reunion at the school’s 73rd annual scholarship dinner, held on Sunday, at the Sands Atlantic Beach. The class contributed $30,000, that they raised over the last two years, towards the YCQ Scholarship Fund. Pictured (l-to-r): seated, Rabbi Jerome Acker; Rabbi Dr. Arthur Laifer, assistant principal at YCQ in 1964; Rabbi Shlomo Kovitz; standing, Rabbi Moshe Hamill, assistant principal Judaic Studies; Dr. Paul Brody, reunion chairman; Rabbi Mark Landsman, Michael Feygin Photography principal YCQ; Joey Brody, 2014 graduate YCQ.

30:19 the Torah states: “I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. And you shall choose life, so that you and your chil-

dren may live.” Who would choose death? Apparently some do. We must choose life. MEisenberg@TheJewishStar.com

Israeli victims of terror send a plea to Sec. Kerry The victims of terrorist attacks and families of terrorism victims have asked to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry. Members of Almagor terror victims association presented this letter to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro. We heard today about Secretary Kerry’s arrival to Israel in an attempt to salvage the negotiations we said back in the summer will fail. The only negotiations that have a chance to succeed are those done in true willingness and not those made with (the) bribes of release of terrorists. Something built on (such) wrong foundations (doesn’t) have a chance of staying standing up. From where we are, after the three waves of releases that brought us nothing except more terror, more dead Israelis, we see yet another attempt to coerce the Israeli government into releasing more terrorists. We, the undersigned, are Israelis who lost loved ones to actions like those for which the terrorists were convicted and sentenced. The decision to free them is a tragic mistake. Justice and good sense say it should be reversed.

We are now turning to you for your personal intervention, and for the help of your ofﬁce. We ask you again to set us up for a meeting with Secretary Kerry on his current visit to Israel.... The terrorists, guilty of acts of savagery, are emerging into freedom proud and erect. Instead of telling them to go quietly home to make peaceful lives while thanking their lucky stars, their leaders, principally the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas, exalts them as heroes. Since the deal was ﬁrst proposed, we wondered what could have induced Israel’s political leaders to agree. What caused the author of “Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and International Terrorists,” a best-selling book by Binyamin Netanyahu that tells governments they will win only by refusing to give in to the terrorists, to betray the core ideas that are said to have guided his political career? Now after nine months and zero results we see another attempt to resuscitate a dead process, dead negotiations, and again (at) the ex-

pense of the bereaved Israeli families. British television’s Channel 4 screened a documentary some years ago called “Inside the mind of a suicide bomber”. Filmed in an Israeli prison, it shows interviews with failed bombers and those who planned the massacres. The cold, frank answers of the killers reinforce our belief that it is madness to allow them back in the villages and on the roads. One of them is Majdi Amro, sentenced to 17 life terms for his part in a Haifa bus bombing that ended the lives of seventeen people, most of them high school students. He is the murderer of the teenage children of several signatories to this letter. Amro says to the camera: “I am not worried! I will not be in jail for long. I will be out shortly and will go back to killing Jews.” And indeed he walked free (a) few years ago, despite those multiple life terms. A decision by a previous Netanyahu government, calculated to secure the freedom of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli hostage of the Hamas terrorists, ensured that. I urge you to see a short clip of the movie I placed on You Tube — http://bit.ly/1pRqn5c

This short clip will turn your stomach, especially knowing that those two were released and are now working to generate terror attacks against Israel. We asked to meet with Secretary Kerry. We requested the opportunity to explain why being complicit in turning the killers of our children and parents into heroes and “freedom ﬁghters” must not be part of any policy beﬁtting a great nation and moral exemplar like the U.S. We asked Secretary Kerry to make time to meet with a small group of us when he comes back to this area in the coming days. We asked him to re-connect with the human dimension of the process he started. Now that the secretary is here again in such a critical time of the process, we renew our request and strongly ask that it will be considered in favor. Signed by: Yossi Zur, Ron Kehrmann, Yossi Mendelevich, Ofer Shteir, Doron Menchel, Gila Molcho, Oren Tamam and Meir Indor, Chairman of Almagor, Israeli organization for terror victims.

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A guide to books for Pesach (part two) P

erhaps three of the most iconic and beloved rabbis of our time are Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Each in his own way has given to our faith and people valued insights and teachKOSHER ings that have helped BOOKWORM enhance the spiritual quality of our lives for now, and for generations to come. Thus, it should not come as a surprise to note the almost complete sellout of a new haggadah that features the work of these three rabbinic greats. “The Night That Unites,” edited by RabAlan Jay Gerber bi Aaron Goldscheider with artwork by Aitana Perlmutter and published by Urim Publication, envelops into one volume some of the best teachings that each of these Torah luminaries brought forward in the last century. The choice of teachings, stories, and questions contained in this collective work represents some of the ﬁnest Torah learning for presentment at your Seder table. Several years ago Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, of Woodmere’s Congregation Aish Kodesh, wrote an excellent English commentary on Rav Kook’s classic “Orot HaTeshuva.” The following segment was extracted from that work and included in this haggadah under the title, “Learning from the Holocaust.” It is inserted at the midpoint of the magid section before the recitation of the ten

makot. Please read this segment carefully and consider the personalities and the wise words they uttered. “Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik went to a Farbrengen, a special joyous Hasidic gathering, on the occasion of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 80th birthday. He had come to honor the great sage and that night. The Rav was very impressed by the brilliance and erudition of the Rebbe. “On the way home, Rabbi Soloveitchik commented that there was one thing with which he did not agree. When he offered the Rebbe a l’chaim, a toast, the Rebbe said, ‘Now the descendants of Rav Chaim Volozhin and the family of the Ba’al Ha Tanya have ﬁnally come together.’ “The Rebbe was referring to the split between the two great families and their followers. Two hundred years previously there had been a great schism between the Jews of these two streams. The followers of one group took a more scholarly and learned approach to Judaism, while the followers of the other adopted a more joyous and spiritual approach. Symbolically, the Rebbe felt that sharing the

evening represented a unity that had been missing until that time. “Rabbi Soloveitchik said that this was not true. They had indeed come together earlier. When Hitler had put the followers of Hassidism and the followers of their opponents, the Mitnagdim, together in the same gas chambers … he said that it was THEN that we realized that there is no difference between one Jew and another.” At the appropriate time, right before we open the door to, G-d willing, hopefully greet Elijah, this segment will be recited at my Seder. Another wonderful haggadah reﬂecting the teachings, in greater depth, of the Rav, is “The Medieval Haggadah Anthology” edited by the Rav’s longtime student, Rabbi David Holzer. Aside from the detailed commentary, gleaned from various previously published works, this work features some of the ﬁnest medieval art reproductions and manuscripts geared to the many numerous themes of the haggadah. This astonishing feature coupled with an

absolutely beautiful user-friendly text, makes this an ideal haggadah for the Seder leader to read from during the course of the evening’s proceedings. This work by Rabbi Holzer truly represents a great hiddur (beautification of) mitzvah for all to share in, learn from, and enjoy, for many years to come. One last scholarly book related to Pesach is a most worthy work dealing with the role of Moses, “Moses and the Path to Leadership” (Urim, 2014), authored by Rabbi Zvi Grumet. According to Rabbi Grumet, a member of the faculty of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, we learn the following: “Many believe that the stories surrounding the birth of Moses mark him from the cradle as being destined for leadership. Others argue that the track record of Moses as a leader leaves much to be desired, and that without the constant prompting by G-d, he would never have survived. The center of this book is that neither of these polar positions reflects the profound transformations and growth of the experiences of Moses and that it is only within the turbulent space of change that he becomes a great leader, but not without his fair share of missteps along the way.” This analysis, with the mind and pen of a scholar’s true talent, shows us an inside track that helps us all to better understand the human side of the Exodus saga. It serves to truly bring us to appreciate the events that led us to liberation from Egyptian slavery by the hand of G-d with the leadership of Moses as the operative factor. And, one last consideration: Rabbi Grumet writes in a dazzling style, which I, as a teacher, find to be the most endearing feature of this book; you will, too. Columnist@TheJewishStar.com

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ne wonders whether the Mashiach (messiah) and the redemption he is meant to bring still have not come because we are still waiting for him, or because he is still waiting for us. There is a story (not FROM THE HEART to be taken literally) OF JERUSALEM concerning the coming of the Mashiach that has always puzzled me, relating to this week’s portion, Metzorah. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 98a) relates that one day, Rabbi Yehoshuah Ben Levi was walking and “ran into” Eliahu HaNavi (the Prophet). After exchanging greetings, Rabbi Binny Rabbi Yehoshuah begs Freedman to ask a question: “Eimatai Ka’Ati Mar?” (“When will the Master [the Mashiach] come?”). A logical question, as the prophets tell that one day, Eliahu HaNavi will be the predecessor of the Mashiach, heralding his coming and ushering in a new age of redemption. Elijah responds, “Ask him yourself!” Rabbi Yehoshuah asks, “But where can I ﬁnd him?” Elijah explains, “If you will go to the entrance to the marketplace, you will see that all the lepers sit at the entrance to the market, with their bandages removed so that the warmth of the sun can heal their wounds. However, pay attention and you will notice that there is one beggar who only allows himself to remove one bandage at a time, so as to be ready to move at a moment’s notice, in the

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event that he is called. This is the Mashiach.” So Rabbi Yehoshuah goes to the marketplace, and indeed finds such a person sitting amongst the lepers. And of course, he asks him the question, “Eimatai Ka’Ati Mar?” (“When will the Master come?”). To which the leper responds with one simple, yet powerful word: “HaYom.” (“Today”). Can you imagine? Rabbi Yehoshuah, in that moment, has the answer to the question the entire world is asking: When will peace finally come? When will we at last sit together, all of us, as brothers? When will the guns and the bombs, the horror and the hatred, finally stop? The Talmud doesn’t describe what Rabbi Yehoshua’s reaction was to this incredible news, but if you were one of the greatest rabbis in Jewish history, and you actually ran into Elijah, and he actually described to you where you could find the Mashiach, and you actually found him, and then this person who you now know to be the Mashiach actually tells you he is coming today, well, what would you do? The next day, Rabbi Yehoshuah Ben Levi again “ran into” Elijah the Prophet. This time, Eliahu asks Rabbi Yehoshuah: “Nu, did you find him?” And Rabbi Yehoshuah responds: “Ken, Ve’Kah Shiker Li.” (“Yes, I found him, but he lied to me. He told me he was coming ‘today’, but ‘today’ came and went, and the Mashiach never came.”) One can hear the pain and despair echoing from Rabbi Yehoshua’s words, and see the sad smile on Eliahu Hanavi’s face as he explains: “No, he didn’t say ‘HaYom’ (‘to-

day’), rather, he was referring to the verse which says: ‘HaYom, Im Bekolo Tishma’u,’ (‘Today, if you will but listen to His voice’).” When will the Mashiach come? The decision is not his; it is ours. Hashem is just waiting for us to listen. uch a powerful story, with such powerful imagery: redemption and world peace will come through the vestige of a leper, sitting as a beggar in the market place. What a beautiful message about how we have to learn to see our fellow human beings. But I have always been bothered by one detail: Why did the Talmud need to portray the Mashiach as a leper? Why not just have him be a beggar? What secret message, relating to redemption is hidden in the concept of leprosy? This week’s portion, Metzora, focuses on the issue of Tzara’at, (a ‘Metzora’ often translated as ‘leper,’ Tzara’at, but not to be confused with leprosy, a disease that still exists in the world, with very different symptoms). In ancient times, when we lived in the land of Israel with a Beit HaMikdash (Temple) and an active Priesthood of Kohanim (priests) this afﬂiction did not send you to the doctor. Rather, the Torah tells us, when a person saw signs of Tzara’at, he went to visit a Kohen (a priest). Indeed tradition teaches that Tzara’at was the direct consequence of lashon hara (slander) and rechilut (tale-bearing), and as such it was an opportunity for a person to do some introspection and consider the error of his ways. To this end, once “diagnosed” with Tza’ra’at, a person was meant to isolate himself from the

Life often sends us signals, but we don’t always listen.

community for seven days, before the Kohen could return and ascertain whether his condition of Tza’ra’at was gone. The Sefer HaChinuch points out (mitzvah 168) that this particular process enabled us to recognize the power of Divine Providence, and relates to the larger issues of destiny, and Divine consequences. As an example, one of the many signs of Tzara’at for which an expert Kohen had to be consulted, was when a hair on a person’s body turned a particular shade of white (“like snow”) or yellow (like winter grass; see VaYikra (Leviticus) 13:30). And the challenge of the Kohen was not only to find the correct shade, but to be sure that indeed there were two hairs which had turned white, and not one, because when only one hair had turned white, the person was not confined but remained in a state of ritual purity. Think about it: the difference between being a ‘Metzora’ and being pure was one hair on a person’s body. The Midrash in Vayikra Rabbah (15:3) shares a magnificent insight related to this detail of halachah: “You will not find a single strand of hair for which Hashem (G-d) did not create an appropriate follicle in the skin, in order that one (hair) should not benefit from what ‘belongs’ to another.” On the one hand, consider the import of this Midrash: I can learn to become a more ethical human being simply by studying the hairs on my forearm! After all, if every hair on my arm has its place, then how much more must I consider that every human being, however challenging, annoying, and even evil they may be, has a place in G-d’s plan. Continued on page 8

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When will Mashiach come? That is up to us

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y daughter and I were recently learning Metzora, and she asked me why the process of getting rid of tzaraat included a ritual of placing blood on the ear, thumb and toe of the afflicted individual, on the one hand, and why it is specifically on the PARSHA OF right (and not the left) THE WEEK of all extremities. The simple answer is that the ritual described in 14:14 and 14:25 is meant to parallel, in a way, the ritual that was invoked in the transforming of Aharon and his sons from Levites to Kohanim. (8:23) Many aspects of both rituals are similar — including the specific Rabbi Avi Billet kinds of sacrifices and offerings, what is done with the blood, and the shaving of the hair. To run the parallel to one possible conclusion, perhaps both processes were meant to bring the person to a new level of spiritual fulfillment. Just as the Kohanim could achieve things as Kohanim that they could never have done as Levites, the former metzora is leaving behind a life of sinning and depravity to embrace a new existential reality through his renewed commitment to G-d and to his treatment of his fellow Man. But it turns out the symbolism runs much deeper than parallel rituals. [I did not find an answer for why the right over the left — but perhaps it is a reflection of the preference the Torah has for the right side in general.] The Alshich, for example, creates a tale of extremes that could come from the act of

lashon hara, gossip, one of the recognized main causes of the tzaraat afﬂiction. Lashon hara could be responsible for the deaths of three people. Perhaps someone tells his friend something about another person, which drives the listening party to murder. The relatives of the murdered chase down the murderer. G-d now avenges the deaths of these two people, through tzaraat upon the one who started it all, who opened the chain of events through saying lashon hara that should not have been shared. The placing of the blood follows the acts of guilt. An ear heard the lashon hara. A hand was used to kill the subject of the lashon hara. Feet were used to chase down the murderer. The blood of guilt is, therefore, placed on these body parts of the tzaraat-afﬂicted. There is an even deeper level associated with this act when done to the Levites who became Kohanim. Rabbi Yitzchak Caro (Toldot Yitzchak) describes one approach that the Mishkan and the human body parallel three worlds. Since the Mishkan also parallels the body, the equation becomes clear. The Holy of Holies parallels the world of angels. The main room of the Mishkan parallels the galaxy of planets. The outer courtyard parallels our world. In every human, the head is compared to the world of the angels, the heart to the world of the planets, and the insides and lower extremities of the body parallel this world. The Mishkan needs to have a person who understands this — and this is the Ko-

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hen Gadol. This is why Moshe put the blood (which brings atonement for the soul) on these three parts of the Kohen who brings atonement. The ear represents the head, the finger represents the heart as it is in the middle of the body, and the toe represents the lower extremities of the body. The parallel to having influence in the three worlds is achieved. The message was driven home to the Kohen through these extremities as well. Blood on the ear reminded him to remember and be careful about what he heard and what he was commanded with respect to his job in the Avodah (service) of the Mishkan. Blood on his hand served as a reminder to be careful about the performance of the avodah of the mishkan, mostly done with the hands. Blood on the foot was to encourage him (“l’zarez oto”) not to enter or go to a forbidden place. Perhaps the parallel to the tzaraat-afflicted becomes clear is well. Tzaraat affects the entire body, but is really supposed to overturn a person’s world. One cannot emerge unchanged from a tzaraat experience. The process of exile is mind-shattering, and the process of returning to one’s home, community and life is transformative. Just as the Kohen’s lesson spans worlds, the metzora’s lesson spans his personal world. Both are meant to learn how they are to use their bodies, and their senses, to achieve holiness and completion through properly serving G-d. Columnist@TheJewishStar.com

Blood on the ear reminded him to be careful about what he heard.

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Continued from page 5 This idea is eminently logical, in the world Hashem created, that something (such as an ethical idea) that is true anywhere, will be recognizable as true everywhere, were we simply to invest the energy in seeking out the message wherever we look. Yet, the image of sitting down on a ďŹ ne spring morning to meditate on the ethical lessons to be gleaned from the hairs on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arm is challenging to most of us, to say the least! While one cannot argue the merits of gleaning such ethical messages, if we did pursue this idea to its natural conclusion, the world would be full of people who could not leave their front doorstep. So how does one ďŹ nd the balance? If I took the time to analyze every leaf, twig, insect, and sound that came my way, I would never get to the synagogue in the morning. And yet, to ignore the many powerful messages that often cross our path is to risk living a life of callousness and to lose so many opportunities to grow as a person and as a society. When you stop to think about it, life really is all about balance. How to balance oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional life with oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal life, how to make time for friends as well as family; study as well as exercise; and of course spiritual growth alongside tangible action, all while making a difference in the world. Even the soul needs to be in balance, and Jewish tradition suggests it is not healthy for a person to do too much giving, without receiving. When a person is in a relationship where he or she is doing all the giving, that relationship, and even that person, is off-balance. SigniďŹ cantly, it is not just that the person doing all the giving is putting him or herself off balance, they are equally responsible for causing the other person (or persons) in the relationship to be off balance. If I give so much to another person that I make no room for them to give back, then they will also ultimately be off balance. Indeed, the balance we ďŹ nd for ourselves effects the balance of all those around us, and ul-

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lthough I woke up to heavily falling snow, and it still feels like winter, Pesach is actually less than two weeks away. It’s crunch time … pun intended. Get your engines started. Whether you’re making Pesach, jetting off to some five-star WHO’S IN THE hotel in paradise, or KITCHEN slumming it in a hotel in New York, there is too little time and so much to do. For those going away, airline tickets have to be confirmed, car services arranged to whisk you to the airport, shopping for clothes and the dreaded packing. Not that I know first hand but I’m Judy Joszef told it’s torture. For those going to relatives, there is packing, but not the three change a day times eight that those at hotels have to endure. There is also the one or two dishes you have to prepare if you offered them to your host. Then there’s the complaining to your spouse about how he or she got to go to their family while you’ll have to wait till next year. And let’s not forget the complaints about having to sleep in a cramped room in bed not your own and someone else’s kids interrupting your sleep. Wow, you get to sleep? Not so for most of us staying at home. For the weeks leading up to Pesach we are busy scrubbing, kashering and shopping for groceries. The week of, we are cooking, shopping for more groceries, baking, buying some last

minute items, setting up the guest rooms and making sure we have one or two outfits should we actually get to leave the house between cleaning up after one meal and preparing for the next. A few years back when my niece, nephew and children were in from Israel, my niece and nephew held up a clear shower curtain with waves and fish printed on it. My nephew’s kids dressed as Bnei Yisroel, while Jerry, my kids and I were reduced to be mitzrim. My niece and nephews got to walk through unscathed. When it was our turn, we, the mitzrim, were sprayed with water and “drowned.” It was actually a lot of fun and now, as I think back on it, the same way we recreated that, wouldn’t it be fun for those staying home to make believe we’re at a hotel. Women would have to make sure they wear gloves during all cleaning and food preps so that their hands aren’t chapped and cracked. We would make sure we all have two outfits for each day. We can make our own rules and not dress for breakfast, after all it is our fantasy. Once all dressed up, we can wait in the living room till the “dining

For those of you at home, each year there are more and more kosher for Passover products. And if you can’t find an item, there is usually a substitution for it. I find myself using more and more of my chametz recipes and just substituting cake meal for the flour. Just remember that 1 cup of flour = 7/8 cup of cake meal. Following is a recipe for a delightfully sweet carrot soufflé that can be served in individual ramekins.

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room” is opened for each meal. Or we can walk around the block ﬁrst and mingle with the other “guests” ala Grossinger’s. After all, we have to be seen in our outﬁts, don’t we? Once in the dining room, I guess I would act as the waiter and take everyone’s orders and then serve them, clear the table and set up the tea room with a variety of cookies, cakes, fruits and tea and coffee. After everyone is done, I would do the dishes. …Wait a minute, this fairy tale is turning into Cinderella but I’m not getting to the ball. Funny how art does seems to imitate life. So much for that idea.

Ten 6-ounce ramekins Ingredients: 2 lbs cooked and drained carrots 1 cup white sugar 1/3 cup cake meal 1 Tbs vanilla sugar 1/2 cup oil 6 eggs lightly beaten No stick cooking spray Garnish: 10 narrow strips of orange peel 10 thin slices of orange 20 small cinnamon sticks Directions: In a blender, in two batches, blend all ingredients till smooth. Pour into 8 greased ramekins and bake until center is set. This recipe works well in a 9 x 13 dish as well. Garnish with cinnamon sticks wrapped in orange peal, a slice of orange and a sprinkle of ground cinnamon (see photo). This recipe can be made up to three days in advance and freezes very well. judy.soiree@gmail.com

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uring Meet The Press last week, former President Jimmy Carter complained that President Obama doesn’t ask him for advice. Ignoring Carter may be the smartest thing President Obama has done as president. The Carter administration was a foreign policy failure; it helped create POLITICS TO GO many of the foreign policy problems President Obama is dealing with now. In 1978, Ian Smith, the prime minister of white-ruled Rhodesia, reached an agreement with the moderate black leaders for a transition government. Under this plan, termed the “internal settlement,” whites, Jeff Dunetz who represented about 4 percemt of the population, would be reserved 28 out of 100 parliamentary seats as well as control over certain government ministries. The deal was grossly unfair but it was a strong step toward change. In 1979, the ﬁrst fully democratic election in Zimbabwe history’s occurred. Of the eligible black voters, 64 percent participated, braving the threat of terrorist attacks by Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front party, which managed to kill 10 people. Prior to the election, Mugabe had issued a death list with 50 individuals he named as puppets of the Ian Smith regime. Nevertheless, Bishop Abel Muzorewa emerged victorious and became prime minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, as the new country was called. Jimmy Carter didn’t like Bishop Muzorewa and because Mugabe’s party was not included

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in the election (he preferred to continue fighting against the government) America refused to recognize the new government. UN Ambassador Andrew Young referred to Bishop Muzorewa, one of the few democratically elected leaders on the African continent, as the head of a “neo-fascist” government. Carter refused to meet Muzorewa when the leader visited Washington. Mugabe, on the other hand, told everyone who would listen that he would turn the country into a single-party, Marxist state. After eventually taking power, Mugabe began his reign of terror by killing about 25,000 belonging to a minority tribe, the Ndebele. Mugabe has been killing people ever since. Another “achievement” of Jimmy Carter’s that will endure for a long time is the radical Islamists running Iran; they want to control the entire Middle East, but first want to blow up Israel. In 2007, the Jerusalem Post recounted that “Carter viewed Khomeini as more of a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution than a founding father of modern terrorism.” Carter’s Iranian ambassador, William Sullivan, called “Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure.” Carter adviser James Bill told Newsweek in 1979 that Khomeini was not a mad mujahidin, but a man of “impeccable integrity and honesty.” The Shah, on the other hand, understood Carter right away. Soon after Carter’s election, he told his personal confidant, Asadollah Alam, “Who knows what sort of calamity Carter may unleash on the world?” An analysis in the Jerusalem Post showed where Carter went wrong: “Carter pressured the Shah to make what he termed human

rights concessions by releasing political prisoners and relaxing press censorship.” Khomeini could never have succeeded without Carter. Some governments are totally evil and must be openly confronted and defeated. Khomeini had the help of the PLO in Iran; that alone should have been a big hint about Khomeini. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s National Security Adviser, created the policies that brought us the War on Terror by inciting the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan and helping to create both the Taliban and al Qaeda. U.S. aid to the Mujahedeen Islamic insurgency started six months before the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, with the intention of making it more likely for the USSR to attack Afghanistan to support its puppet government. Brzezinski admitted as much in an interview that appeared in International Politics 37, no. 2, 2000. “That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Soviets into the Afghan trap. … The day that the Soviets ofﬁcially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter, ‘We now have the opportunity of giving to the Soviet Union its Vietnam War’.” Brzezinski got his wish, and once the Soviets invaded, he sprung into action. According to an interview published in the GW University’s National Security archive in June 1997, Brzezinski went to Pakistan to secure weapons for the Mujahidin. “We engaged in that effort in a collaborative sense with the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British, the Chinese, and we started providing weapons to the Mujahidin, from various sources again — for example, some Soviet arms from the Egyptians and the Chinese. We even got

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Soviet arms from the Czechoslovak communist government, since it was obviously susceptible to material incentives; and at some point we started buying arms for the Mujahidin from the Soviet army in Afghanistan, because that army was increasingly corrupt.” After the Soviets withdrew, the Mujahidin began to ﬁght each other for power. After several years of civil war, a new-armed group formed. Known as the Taliban, this radical group entered the fray. By 1996, with backing from the Pakistani ISI, the Military of Pakistan, and al-Qaeda, the Taliban had controlled most of the country. At the same time, in May 1996, Sudan, which had been the home of al Qaeda, told bin Laden he would never be welcome to return, therefore the Taliban offered bin Laden the opportunity to re-locate its headquarters to Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda enjoyed the Taliban’s protection and built up its network from there. All thanks to the “fuse” lit by President Carter. Even the Camp David Accords, seen as Jimmy Carter’s big foreign policy achievement, were almost screwed-up by Carter. When Sadat went to Jerusalem and Israel and Egypt began bi-lateral talks, Carter objected. He didn’t care that the peace process already begun by Sadat and Begin might lead to peace, Carter wanted his “Geneva Peace Process” plan that involved all the Arabs at once, or nothing. Thankfully, Carter couldn’t stop the approaching peace train. Within days after the Sadat visit, Israeli journalists were allowed into Cairo, breaking a symbolic barrier, and from there the peace process quickly gained momentum. The press has been kind to Carter as he goes around pimping his latest book, but the truth is, 34 years after he left ofﬁce, the United States is still cleaning up his mess. Columnist@TheJewishStar.com

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a basement dining room, a rebbe’s dining room, kitchen and student lounge. Upstairs, classrooms, a small bais midrash, library, mussar room and offices. The Bais Midrash has its roots in the original Yeshiva Toras Chaim South Shore in Hewlett. That school morphed into three separate and independent Torah institutions, Yeshiva South Shore, an elementary school for boys in Hewlett; Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, a high school for boys in Lawrence, and the Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns in Woodmere, a center of adult Torah learning for students post high school, a kollel (for full time Torah and Talmud study for married men), and for community members throughout the Five Towns. The yeshiva began on Serena Road before moving to the storefront. That space was renovated to “make it more viable” said Rabbi Moshe Zev Katzenstein, but it became “too tight.” They also bought a building earlier, but that, too, was too small and is used as a dormitory. The yeshiva at first drew “a younger crowd,” he said, students from Ohr Yerushalayim, Ner Yaakov and Ateres Yerushalyaim, after two or three years in post high school yeshivot in Israel. Later, they drew students who had learned five or six years in Israel. They have no semicha program, offering “straight learning in Germara and mussar (ethics), serving Hashem and learning.” Some students attend Touro College, Queens College or Farleigh Dickenson University for secular studies and do their Torah learning at the yeshiva. “The goal is to create confident Bnei Torah able to function in any capacity in the world around us, as rabbaim, teachers or doctors, lawyers, accountants,” he said. The program begins with shacharit, fol-

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lowed by breakfast, morning seder, shiur, lunch and mincha, mussar, a second seder and nite seder with maariv. They also have a late maariv at 10:30 pm. “We promote learning Torah and prepare students to confidently do what they have to do to be able to accomplish in the world and be comfortable in the work force or learning, in the Torah framework,” explained Rabbi Katzenstein. Students come from “all over the world, California, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Florida, England, Israel and New York. It’s a diverse group,” he said. “The members of the yeshiva spread Torah throughout the community, exporting their Torah in classes at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Agudah of the Five Towns, Bais Tefilah and Aish Kodesh. They also check and maintain the Eruv (a ritutal enclosure). One of the rabbonim, Rabbi Yosef Richtman focuses on this aspect, learning with individuals and groups one on one or in groups at offices, houses and shuls, literally reaching out to the entire community,” said Rabbi Knobel.

The dancing was followed by 50 minutes of speeches with more than 500 filling the bais medrash on the main floor and 200 women in the balconies above. A tent outside was set up for a show for the children and candy bags, The president of the yeshiva, Adam Goller, thanked those who helped finance the project and those who organized Sunday’s event. Rabbi Knobel spoke of this as the culmination of many years of hard work started by his father-in-law Rabbi Binyomin Kamenetzky and cited the responsibility of the neighborhood to fill the building with Torah. Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, brother of Rav Binyamin, also spoke. Rabbi Katzenstein aptly quoted Psalm 30, referring to the vicissitudes of life, that one connect with Hashem in the Bais Hamikdash and after that all events are funneled through that relationship. He said that an hour of intense dancing followed the speeches. “It was wonderful,” he said.

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Continued from page 1 Young Israel of Woodmere were dancing shoulder to shoulder, each holding a Torah under the chuppah. The celebration was an inspirational show of solidarity as all segments of the community participated. Each Torah was separately brought into the new building as the crowd sang “Seu Shearim Rasheichem.” The central main ﬂoor bais midrash holds more than 200 with an airy open balcony on three sides above for a women’s section for davening that doubles during the week as classroom space. Other rooms include

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Continued from page 1 mately nine months. Once the sale contract is signed, HALB is expected to give the district a $500,000 down payment. The payment schedule is listed in the contract. “The Number Six School has been serving the children in our community for over 50 years, and [Monday’s] vote allows for the continuation of that service,” Hirt said. “This is the right transaction for District 15, this is the right transaction for the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach and this is the right transaction for all our new neighbors who will continue to enjoy the ﬁelds and playgrounds and open spaces.” Last year, the proposed sale of the school to Simone Healthcare Development for a medical specialty center was defeated by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. The primary concern

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HALB wins No. 6 vote… was continued use of the recreational space, which would have been eliminated, except for a small playground. “HALB buying the property will be a wonderful addition to our community,” said Dr. Alex Sternberg, a Woodmere resident, who opposed last year’s sale to Simone. “They will be good neighbors. The leadership of HALB are good people. I know them. My son is a student there.” Number Six is the third school sold by the district. In 1980, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway purchased the Number Three School for $1.1 million, and it is now HAFTR High School. Developer David Neuberg bought the Number One School in 2007 for $29.1 million. The upscale condominium complex that was built generated an additional $2 million for the district based on the number of apartments constructed.

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From left: Howie Klagsbrun, Gourmet Glatt’s purchasing manager; Yoeli Steinberg, vice president and manager, and Rabbi Berel Wolowik, meat department manager. Malka Eisenberg

Continued from page 1 Most products are made with potato starch with no grain-based ingredients, although some are made with matzo meal (ground up matzo). “People who complain there’s not enough food variety on Pesach just haven’t been checking out the shelves,” said Gourmet Glatt Purchasing Manager Howie Klagsbrun. Yoeli Steinberg, vice president and manager, walked with the Star through some of the store’s Pesach-product laden aisles, pointing out seven different varieties of ketchup, a wide selection of mayonnaise, and kidfriendly varieties of schnitzel. He stressed the Gourmet Glatt goal of an “easy shopping experience, stress-free and complete.” As last year, ready checked and washed vegetables and herbs, ready made marror, and fully set up Seder plates will be available. Pesach preparations began at Chanukah with the goal of locking in good prices early on. “It’s no joke,” said the meat department manager, Rabbi Berel Wolowik, as he sat hunched over his computer in the main ofﬁce overlooking the front of the store. “I just lowered prices today!” Keeping meat prices low is a multi-pronged effort, he explained. “Volume is one” point, he said. “Boruch Hashem, we are one of the largest kosher meat buyers [for a retail store] in the U.S.” Wolowik said he orders in advance to secure both product and price, and when increases kick in — as they did this year — Gourmet Glatt has the beneﬁt of the lower prices, that are in turn passed on to its shoppers. How much to order is guess work, Klagsbrun said. “I don’t know who is going away for yom tov, I don’t know how many I’m buying for — it’s a complete roll of the dice.” Last

year, after Hurricane Sandy, he anticipated that people would not go away because they were hit ﬁnancially. “I didn’t realize how many dishes — and Pesach supplies — were ruined so they had to go away,” he said. “I want a smooth landing into chol hamoed (intermediate days), with enough for the chol hamoed and the second days [yomim tovim] and not cases and cases after,” Klagsbrun added. “We mark it down after Pesach. After three weeks it’s out the door; we give it to charity.” How are this year’s Pesach products different from last year’s? Both Klagsbrun and Steinberg were excited about Lieber’s readymade iced tea in regular and diet lemon and cherry. “Drinks are always an issue for yontif,” said Klagsbrun. “I challenged all the manufacturers last year for iced tea.” Other developments include sun-dried tomatoes, the rising quality of ready-made baked goods, and the wide variety of matzo — whole wheat, oat, organic spelt, hand and machine shmura, boxed, square and round. He noted that there is more quinoa with kosher supervision on it. Quinoa, a small seed crop related to spinach and not the grass family, is “gaining much broader acceptance across the community” for use on Pesach, said Klagsbrun, who also pointed out wide varieties of coffee, dips and spreads, yogurts, cheese cakes, sauces and salad dressings. He noted that prices were on par or lower than last year. After Pesach, Gourmet Glatt will be expanding again — this time into the space abutting the store that was vacated by a dry cleaner. The construction won’t disrupt the normal running of the store, Steinberg said. Gourmet Glatt, at 137 Spruce St., will be open until Pesach until midnight, every night including motzai Shabbat. They will be open erev Pesach till 4:15 pm.

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