The Jewish Star April 8, 2011

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Congregation Beth Sholom celebrates

Black tie at 59

By Jewish Star Staff Lawrence will be hopping Sunday evening April 10 as Rabbi Kenneth Hain’s Congregation Beth Sholom enjoys its 59th Annual Testimonial Dinner honoring Marcia and Moses Z. Berman and Felice and Todd Soifer. A Community Chesed Award will be presented to Beverly and Ted Lowenthal as the formal gala buffet dinner parties from 5 p.m. into the night.

The Bermans, who are beloved by the community bring enormous energy and warmth to every aspect of their lives. “Mosey” is the official “Candy Man” and the first stop for any child coming into shul.

The Soifers are also a dynamic couple who bring excellence and creativity to everything they do. The Lowenthals, who will be receiving the Community Chesed Award, have dedicated themselves to acts of chesed for over 40 years. Together, they have organized the Hatzilu luncheon, which brings Jewish poor together for a taste of Yiddishkeit. The luncheons are held on Succot and Purim in the shul. The Lowenthals are also active trained members of the Community Emergency Response Team.

“This is going to be the best dinner ever,” said Michael Novick, the congregation’s executive director.

“We are thrilled to be honoring our most dedicated honorees.” Dinner Chair, Avram Schreiber said, “This is a truly different event; there is going to be an injection of humor and great warmth at the same time.”

Commenting on his unique and historic congregation, Schreiber added, “We are the last of the great synagogues, we cater to the midstream orthodox and our Rabbi Hain is a great representative of our wonderful warm, dynamic and committed community.”

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Lean on them

Gourmet Glatt talks tachlis and kashrus

By David F. Nesenoff As Gourmet Glatt prepares for the Passover holiday, The Jewish Star sat down and spoke with its management team, Yoeli Steinberg, Moshe Ratner, Rabbi Berel Wolowik, Howie Klagsburn and Shloy Rubinstein. It was a unique and exclusive conversation with a group of men who are committed to their business and the laws of Torah governing kashrus and ethics.

David F. Nesenoff: When does Gourmet Glatt start preparing for Passover?

Yoeli: We start right after Chanukah. We preempt the season by having the floor manager, Howie, start to look at what products were sold last Pesach, what our customers are interested in and what’s new to the market. He starts to put it all together and places initial orders to secure the products for the coming Pesach season.

DFN: How do you physically get the building ready for Pesach?

Moshe: I’m going to refer to Berel, because his meat department is always the first department to turn over to Pesach.

Berel: Many customers like to start their Pesach prepping two weeks before Purim, six weeks before Pesach. So we are Pesach-ready at that time.

DFN: What’s the concept or message of Gourmet Glatt?

Yoeli: First and foremost we are a united management team. Our priority is to give the consumer an incredible shopping experience. That includes keeping a real clean sanitary environment; the greatest choice of products, the most helpful and kind staff, turning a chore that must be done, like food shopping , into a really pleasant experience. When our advertising says, “Lean on us” we really mean it. We’ll bring in whatever

you like; we’ll extend our hours. If one person needs to shop, I’m here for them.

We do what is necessary to do for each individual customer.

DFN: Did you ever get a complaint?

Yoeli: To be in retail and never get a

complaint is not possible. The difference is that we’re in tune to the complaint. We like to validate the complaint. And then we will do our best to address it. By the

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Gourmet Glatt’s management team prepares for Passover. (l-r) Moshe Ratner, Howie Klagsburn, Yoeli Steinberg, Rabbi Berel Wolowik and Shloy Rubinstein.

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Orthodox “go-to” guy likely to succeed

By Sergey Kadinsky Longtime Queens’ lawmaker Nettie Mayersohn retired on April 1, after voting on the state budget. Her departure marks the end of a 28-year State Assembly career, and while the governor has not called for an election to fill her seat, there is a strong likelihood that her chief of staff Michael Simanowitz will be the next representative for Kew Gardens Hills, Richmond Hill, and Forest Hills in Albany.

“Nettie was an effective legislator in her support for community organizations and her chief of staff has been excellent,” said Kew Gardens Hills resident Pat Dolan, who heads the Queens Civic Congress.

Raised in Forest Hills, Simanowitz, 39, worked as Mayersohn’s chief of staff for 15 years, and lives in the State Assembly Electchester apart- candidate Michael ments, across from Simanowitz the police precinct where he serves as an auxiliary officer.

“When I first moved into Electchester, it was all about volunteerism,” Simanowitz said. “It’s easy to complain but it’s another thing to roll up your sleeves and lift your hands.” Living in the union-built co-op, he took a strong interest in politics, learning its rules as he rose through the ranks within Mayersohn’s office.

With state law allowing up to 80 days for an election after a vacancy, Republican and independent candidates have time to establish their names, but are at a disadvantage in comparison to Simanowitz’s Democratic Party support and established ties to local leaders. “I think there are many good candidates possible, but there are not enough troops on the ground. We can win, but we are spread too thin,” said Phil Orenstein, an activist in the Queens Republican Party.

While no opposing candidates have officially announced their run, Simanowitz promised to make himself known to voters in the largely Jewish district.

A father of four yeshiva-educated children, and himself a product of Jewish day schools, Simanowitz spoke in support of tax vouchers for private school parents, while expressing doubts about the constitutionality of the vouchers.

“When you donate to a yeshiva, you get a tax break, but when you pay your child’s tuition, you do not. It’s an issue of fairness,” Simanowitz said. Even without a real race, local leaders expressed optimism in his bid for office.

“Mike has been a go-to guy for the religious community in Kew Gardens Hills and Forest Hills for years,” said Rabbi Manny Behar, a former director of Queens Jewish Community Council. “He deserves the support of the religious community.”

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A beautiful story about Rav Amital zt”l

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Gourmet Glatt: Beyond kashrus Continued from page 1 customer’s next shopping experience we will have done something to remedy the issue and satisfy the customer.

Moshe: Feedback and input from customers allow us to improve. None of us went to supermarket school. It’s very simple. All you need to do is pay attention to the customer just like you would want to be treated as a customer.

DFN: What was your background?

Moshe: I’m actually a CPA, an accountant.

Yoeli: I was a small business owner.

Berel: I worked at a slaughterhouse for 10 years and got to know all aspects of meat, including the kashrus side and quality. That experience taught me the importance of making kashrus and quality number one. That’s why, here at Gourmet Glatt, we kasher meat on the premises, insuring the freshest meat.

Moshe: Everyday we make strides and improvements. We just did a massive expansion in the dairy and frozen sections. The next step is to make the rest of the store more comfortable as well as making it easier for our shoppers to find their products.

Yoeli: We strive for that hometown grocery feeling. We might be a little big in size, but all departments are easily accessible.

DFN: What makes this place tick and work?

Howie: We buy a lot of merchandise. We stack it and price it right and pray to G-d that we did a good job on the quantities that we bring in. We work the floor all day long. It’s all about customer service at the end of the day. Vendors from all over come to Gourmet Glatt to have their products displayed for sale here. We have customers coming here to shop from New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Baltimore, Connecticut, Washington etc. They know we’ll have everything they are looking for and we’ll pack and ship it properly.

DFN: Shloy, what do you do?

Shloy: I help Howie with merchandising and displaying our products, the customer assistance on the floor, special orders and managing the personnel.

Moshe: Howie has been in the food business for many years.

Howie: I’ve spent 25 years in various positions of distribution and manufacturing.

Had some, Baruch Hashem, success stories.

I come to the table knowing what products I want on the floor and how to display them.

We have raised the bar here at Gourmet Glatt to exceed what customers have been accustomed to, and raised it up many notches.

DFN: Is this different than other businesses and since you are involved in

kashrus is there an element of ethics? It’s not just what’s on the shelf, but who is behind the shelf. How does that play into your decisions?

Moshe: The scariest things that we do here is that we take the responsibility for kashrus. We put the business behind us and take the moral ground first. There is no meeting and no discussion saying what should we do? Kashrus comes first. Period.

Howie: The kashrus has no gray area. I put the fear of G-d into all the employees here. I explain to them, I’ll shut down this business before a customer buys a non-Passover product. If one person bought one product that was not Kosher for Passover, and went home and ate it on Passover, it is not worth the entire business, 52 weeks a year to be open. I am in constant contact with the Vaad. We are a Glatt Kosher store and that’s how we maintain ourselves. On the ethics of business we are top top.

Moshe: We think about this all day long how we can make this a better environment.

Shloy: We think on Motzei Shabbos about Sunday. We are up all night thinking about these things.

Yoeli: Our families sacrifice a lot. Each one of us is a husband and a father and in order to make the greater community have what they need, our families step up to the plate allowing us to provide this service.

Howie: My kids will come here for dinner and eat in the conference room downstairs just to spend a little time together.

DFN: Beyond kashrus, what about morality and integrity?

Howie: One of my responsibilities here is the integrity of the pricing. A customer stopped me one morning early, an item had just come in and she had just picked it up and gone to the register and it wasn’t in the computer system as of yet. She asked me the price, and based on a number that I had seen on the box, I thought that the price I had given her was the correct price. I was wrong by three dollars. It was charcoal. I still remember it. And I said Yoeli, I feel terrible, the customer over paid by three dollars, can you please track it. And he spent I don’t know how much time tracking it and tracking it.

Many phone calls and messages were left for all the different people with that name within this area. They probably thought we are nuts, who are these people from Gourmet Glatt calling me, I don’t even shop there or I didn’t even buy the item. But the bottom line is I still have the receipt in my office and if the customer ever comes to me, my apologies, here’s the money please take it. We tried. I want to give it back to the customer.

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.

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Opinion Goldstone and Cast Lead: Elements of a bad judge

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he Goldstone Report was named for Judge Richard Goldstone who led the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) inquiry into Operation Cast Lead, the Gaza War, which was provoked by thousands of missiles fired by Hamas into Israel’s Negev communities.

Goldstone’s report to the POLITICO HRC concluded there was a TO GO deliberate policy by Israel to target civilians. It claimed to have found evidence of potential war crimes and “possibly crimes against humanity” by the Jewish State. In a spectacular reversal, last week Goldstone published a mea culpa in the Washington Post. He no longer believes that Israel deliberately targeted civilians, and now believes Hamas was the war criminal.

“We know a lot more today Jeff Dunetz about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the factfinding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has come to be known as the Goldstone Report. If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document.”

Sorry Judge, when first published it should’ve been a different document. The Goldstone Commission favored witnesses and evidence offered by anti-Israel advocates including Hamas, and dismissed pro-Israel evidence. The commission relied on agencies NGOs such as Human Rights Watch, which have a documented hostility to Israel.

The final report by the U.N. committee of independent experts …found that “Israel has dedicated significant resources to investigate over 400 allegations of operational misconduct in Gaza” while “the de facto authorities (Hamas) have not conducted any investigations into the launching of rocket and mortar attacks against Israel.” “Our report found evidence of potential war crimes and “possibly crimes against humanity” by both Israel and Hamas. That the crimes allegedly committed by Hamas were intentional goes without saying — its rockets were purposefully and indiscriminately aimed at civilian targets.”

The Judge neglects to mention that in his report it did go without saying.

“The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclu-

sion. While the investigations published by the Israeli military and recognized in the U.N. committee’s report have established the validity of some incidents that we investigated in cases involving individual soldiers, they also indicate that civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy.”

Goldstone scolded the organization which sent him on his mission and urged them to condemn terrorism: “I had hoped that our inquiry into all aspects of the Gaza conflict would begin a new era of even handedness at the U.N. Human Rights Council, whose history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted. “… I hoped that in the face of a clear finding that its members were committing serious war crimes; Hamas would curtail its attacks. Sadly, that has not been the case. Hundreds more rockets and mortar rounds have been directed at civilian targets in southern Israel. That comparatively few Israelis have been killed by the unlawful rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza in no way minimizes the criminality. The U.N. Human Rights Council should condemn these heinous acts in the strongest terms.

“In the end, asking Hamas to investigate may have been a mistaken enterprise. So, too, the Human Rights Council should condemn the inexcusable and cold-blooded recent slaughter of a young Israeli couple and three of their small children in their beds.”

It’s a positive development that Goldstone has decided to correct the record, but it doesn’t absolve him of producing an inflammatory biased investigation.

Judge Goldstone uses Israel’s lack of cooperation with his investigation as an excuse but he admits that the HRC’s “history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted.” Why would he expect Israel to cooperate with an investigation authorized by a biased organization? And if he knew that the HRC is biased against Israel, why would he agree to participate in the investigation and why would he publish a one-sided report to give the HRC more ammunition?

In the end it doesn’t matter. As an adult the Judge needs to take responsibility for his own actions. Despite correcting the record, he didn’t take responsibility in last week’s op-ed. The Judge seems to be saying, Israel didn’t cooperate so I wrote a biased report and now I am sorry.

Judge, you should be very sorry.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com). Jeff contributes to political sites on the internet including American Thinker, Big Government, Big Journalism, NewsReal and Pajama’s Media, and has been a guest on national radio shows including G. Gordon Liddy and Glenn Beck. Jeff lives in Long Island.

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Rhymes with mensch Trying to understand and or become a mensch in the world today, Often takes more thought and energy and effort, let’s say, Than one would normally think about on any given day.

We often declare, “He’s a mensch!” and he very well might be, per se.

But the title is too easily labeled and doled out to so many of us, Like saying, “He’s a tzadik, philanthropist, and a genius.”

Part time kindness and fair weathered caring does not a mensch make, Ignoring the stranger, for goodness sake, And self-promotion promotes the fake, That hides in the sugar coated candies in the hands that DAVID’S HARP only take.

What is a mensh? And what rhymes with his word?

I’ve never really met one, although I’ve heard, He finds none of your concerns too petty, And he laughs at your joke when he’s heard it already.

When it’s not tasty, he still will chew, He’ll take your call when he doesn’t want to.

When you can’t say it, he knows what you meant, And he gives tzedakah, without his accountant.

When everyone in the room thinks they’re more of a mensh than a big shot, He’s the one who treats you like a mensch and thinks he’s not.

David F. Nesenoff So next time you’re in the park, And about to use that menschlach phrase on a passerby, Hold your breath and think for a moment; give it a sigh.

Hesitate, sit down on a bench.

And think of the Yiddish word “to bless.”

After all, that’s what really rhymes with mensch.

Yankie & Luzer Getting ready for Passover?

Yes. My wife is shopping, cleaning and cooking. And I’m looking for a good pillow for the seder.

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ur 21st century minds may find the purification process of the metzora unsettling. “Take two live birds, cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop. Have one bird killed in an earthen vessel over running water. Dip the remaining items (including the other live bird) in the blood of the first bird. Sprinkle the mixture on the one being purified, then let the live bird go free.” (14:4-7) It is obviously a highly symbolic formula, and each ingredient carries a deeper message for the former metzora looking to rejoin society. What most fascinates me is the live bird that goes free. Every other Torah ritual that involves an animal results in the animal’s death. Only the effort to remove Rabbi Avi Billet tzara’at of the body and of the house utilizes a bird that is released, alive and well, with a mini bathing in blood to serve as a memory of his experience. Why is its life spared?

On a very simple level, it could represent

the idea that just as the bird’s life is spared and it goes free, the metzora could have been punished otherwise, perhaps losing his life, but he is now free. The Kli Yakar takes the significance of the two birds to a much deeper level. He explains that a person experiences two types of speech – prohibited and mitzvah-oriented. The prohibited speech, which includes lashon hara, is represented by the chirping bird that is slaughtered over the earthen vessel under running water. If he is a real person, he will have a weakened spirit at the sight of the bird that is taking his place.

The bird that lives and is set free represents the words of Torah and prayers that a person may have uttered. They are to be combined with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop which represent one’s submission and humility. Even when studying and praying, one’s heart should have that feeling of being broken and submissive.

The sprinkling of the blood-soaked living bird upon the healed metzora is meant for him to see the possibility of repenting for past deeds, and taking upon himself a sincere effort to improve in the future.

Picture the image of a bird that is released from captivity. Imagine it spreading its wings as it flies away. This is what the live bird is meant to represent to the metzora.

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Kosher cook-off was on!

The annual Manischewitz cook-off is more than food; it is a media spectacle with celebrity chef judges, public officials, and journalists from newspapers, magazines, television stations, and blogs covering this national live cooking competition.

The 5th annual Man-o-Manischewitz contest fitted five hobbyist chefs against each other at the JCC on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. I had THE KOSHER attended last year’s CRITIC cook off and had been fairly impressed because of the spectacle that Manischewitz creates around this media event. There were celebrity judges, like French Chef Jacques Pepin, to preside over the cook off competition and there was a representative from Mayor Bloomberg’s ofZechariah Mehler fice who brought an official deceleration that the day was to be known as Man-o-Manischewitz day.

All but two of the contestants were “professional cook off competitors” who had in the past participated in a number of cook offs and other culinary challenges. The other two chefs, Stuart Davis from Cherry Hill, New Jersey; and Dina Burcat from Baltimore, were avid cooking enthusiasts whose creativity had landed them a much deserved spot in the

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competition. My objectivity was absent from the event because I’ve been friends with Dina for almost a decade, since I’ve first met her during a visit to the University of Maryland.

Back then, I didn’t have the ability to cook myself a box of pasta but Dina made a Shabbat meal that I remember 10 years later as really amazing. Since then she has continued to hone her cooking skills and after submitting recipes to Manischewitz for the past three years, she was finally given a chance to compete at the cook-off.

The rules of the cook off are fairly easy.

Contestants have one hour to construct a dish that utilizes Manischewitz boxed broth and one other Manischewitz item of their choosing. Given this leeway, the professional contestants came up with some very interesting dishes like a simple fisherman’s stew and a sweet potato Tagine but it was the recipes of Dina and Stuart that set them apart.

Dina made a shallot smothered chicken. The chicken was pounded flat and then coated in matzo meal before it was cooked resulting in a wonderfully crispy texture and a chicken that is still juicy and flavorful. The caramelized shallots went perfectly with this dish adding both a soft texture and a delicious sweetness that had just a hint of the wine that they had been cooked in.

Stuart made a chicken and egg donburri with a creamy wasabi sauce and pickled daikon. A donburri is a traditional Japanese rice bowl that incorporates meat and vegetables, which are simmered with the rice. Stuart’s donburri was very complex as it brought together a number of flavors and textures that

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Dina Burcat presents her shallot smothered chicken covered in matzo meal for the Manischewitz cook-off. melded nicely together and were able to be stay true to traditional Japanese roots while still catering to a western palate.

When the hour was up, the contestants presented their offerings to the judges. Each dish was consumed and after carefully tabulating the score, it was announced that this had been the closest cook off that Manischewitz had ever hosted and would be decided by only half of a point. As I waited from them to announce the winner, I was holding my breath, my fists tightly clenched hoping that it would be Dina. The winner however was Stuart and as they called his name the section containing his family erupted in cheers.

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As I walked out of the JCC I thought about the other three professional contestants and I smiled realizing that with so many non kosher cooking competitions out there it was nice to know that the only Kosher cook off there is was won by one of our own.

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Ritual and commentary: The Pesach story are two books on the Jewish bookshelf that have more editions and commentaries than any other. They are Pirkay Avot and the Haggadah.

“The reason there are so many commentaries on Pirkay Avot is that we are endlessly fascinated with the human condition. Without doubt our Talmudic sages teach us about being human with great wisdom.

“As for the Haggadah, these same sages tell us that whoever says more about the Exodus is to be praised. While I do not think that all of us who have written about the Exodus are seeking praise, we are actually fascinated by a singular event in Jewish history, the record of that event in the Bible and the annual ritual retelling of the event and its significance at the Seder”.

The historic events detailed from a spiritual perspective are sharply detailed in the two skillfully written works cited above. Each, coming from radically differing perspectives, when taken together in the spirit of ahavat Yisrael will surely give you a complete picture, as to what the Exodus has meant to our people down through the ages.

Also, an annual public service by Sh’or Yoshuv Institute has once again been graciously been made available to our community. “The Commentator’s Pesach Seder Haggadah “ booklet supplement for 2011 by Rabbi Yitzchok Sender is now available and I strongly urge everyone reading this essay to purchase their copy from the Institute [516-239-9002] while they are still available.

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Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl, in a recent Dvar Torah on Parshat Tazriah noted the following observation: “We have spoken about using speech in a way prohibited by the Torah, one of the ways in which we can use our speech for mitzvoth is relating the story of the exodus from Egypt. Although it is important that we read the text of the Haggadah, we may and are encouraged to add and elaborate on the story of yetzias Mitzrayim, as we say in the Haggadah, ‘the more one relates the story of the exodus, the more praiseworthy is he’.

“It is important to keep in mind that elaborating does not mean pilpulim and chiddushim on the wording of the Haggadah. It may be true that gedolei Torah have written such commentary on the Haggadah, but we must keep in mind that they did not write it during their Seders.”

Rabbi Yosef Marcus editor of the newly published Chabad Haggadah in English by Kehot Publication Society picks up on this same theme wherein he writes in the introduction to his work the following admonition: “The importance of deed in Judaism is well known. One who meditates all night on the concept of matzah but fails to actually eat matzah has of course failed to Alan Jay Gerber perform the mitzvah.”

Rabbi Marcus makes the point that the recitation and elaboration of the events historic to this evening’s commemorative must be recited as an addendum to the actual ongoing rituals of the Seder. All commentary is but a sidebar to ritual observance.

Nevertheless, it is the commentary that adds a richness and flavor to the evening’s proceedings.

Rabbi David Jay Derovan in his recently issued and beautifully written supplement to the Pesach Haggadah titled, “You Shall Tell Your Son…” states the following in his introduction: “Many years ago a Jewish librarian told me that there

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The Iranian government takes great effort to ensure that its diplomats, athletes, and educators keep distance from Israelis at foreign events. But in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, Iranian rescuers and ZAKA volunteers put their political views aside to jointly distribute food to survivors and recover bodies in Kamaishi, Japan.

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I looked in the Torah and saw the text itself personifying G-d, describing His jealousy and His arm. Such characteristics, when attributed to G-d, are undoubtedly technical inaccuracies. It is absurd to imagine G-d as a jealous being because such implies that the all-powerful being is actually lacking. Equally ridiculous is the image of G-d with physical limbs, which limit Him to the human physique. Yet rather than declaring such descriptions blasphemous, the Torah does the opposite and actually encourages us to imagine G-d in these human terms. In this way the Torah suggests that the only way to begin connecting to G-d is to imagine G-d in ways to which we can relate.

We need to pretend. In order to begin approaching something so thoroughly beyond us, we need a practical and tangible gateway to get us off the ground. To our limited minds, cognizing the necessarily inaccurate is a prerequisite to tapping into the truth.

My current relationship to davening leaves me far from understanding the actual nature of the dialogue (or monologue.)

What I have developed this year, however, are the tools to begin chipping away at a life-long project. Mystifying as davening may seem, I see that the only way to ever understand davening is to begin by temporarily dispelling my intellectual skepticism three times a day. Only through performance of the act itself can the values become revealed.

What I do know is this: In the weeks that I’ve been experimenting with this approach, I have found that feeling an encounter with G-d is absolutely transformative. It empowers me to connect to the siddur, the wisdom and the ideals of my ancient fathers and sages. And so I embark on the mission of solving the endless puzzle of prayer. Maybe we are not here to convince G-d. But in davening, G-d convinces us.

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Another obstacle was my failure to understand even the literal translation of the Hebrew words in the siddur. These two issues were resolved rather easily when I grew up a little and understood that teachers only want Samuel Fisher to help. I was ready to give davening a chance so I bought a new siddur with English translation printed under each individual word.

But those were only the simple problems. I also struggled with issues surrounding how a person can relate to G-d through davening. What is the point of davening? It is unreasonable to think that G-d has a certain plan for how to run the world, and it is the davener’s task to convince Him to do otherwise. Man’s words cannot change G-d.

Therefore, the goal of davening must be to change something else, namely the davener himself.

Then, what is the point of davening to G-d? It seems more reasonable to meditate than daven to G-d. The wording of the davening service clearly treats G-d as an engaged, invested, even human listener. Reciting the texts therefore enforces a logically impossible portrait of G-d. I found that in order to daven sincerely I needed to imagine that I was trying to convince G-d. I had to imagine what I knew to be inaccurate. I had to pretend. And of course this troubled me. But as I continued to contemplate the theological principles at work, I came to realize that such an approach was very much

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Dear Aviva,

I am a father of four kids, all in yeshiva.

The tuition costs are exorbitant, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burning a huge hole in my pocket. It is causing much financial strife in my family. I am working a full time job that pays well, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify for scholarship, yet I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to afford much else except the tuition! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s putting a strain on my marriage, and arguing about money in front of my kids doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help our shalom bayis either. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your take on it?

UJA-Federation of New York honored Seth Kleinrock and Paul Friedmann at the recent South Shore Healthcare Professionals dinner, held at The Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst. Miriam Slomovits and Myron Boxer received the Community Service Award. Keynote speaker Avi Melamed, founder of Feenjan-Israel Speaks Arabic, highlighted the humanitarian work of UJA-Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agencies in Israel. From left to right, Myron Boxer, D.P.M., Paul Friedmann, M.D., Avi Melamed, Miriam Slomovits, Ph.D., Seth Kleinrock, D.D.S.

Dear Tight from Tuition,

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assume that the system wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change and we will all continue to be tight from tuition. Now the goal is to make sure that you loosen up in other areas of your life. But before we go into that, I just need to step up on my soapbox. Yes, tuition costs are insane.

That is how private schools work. The parents pay a ton and the teachers barely see it. Teachers prefer public school over any denomination of private school because the pay is better and the benefitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rock. When tax money is not there to buttress the budget, the parents are going to feel every expense.

Now letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all become happy with reality: We live in America. We are Jewish. We have an entire community established where we can meet our religious needs without even being cognizant of any â&#x20AC;&#x153;ol malchus shamayimâ&#x20AC;?. We dress Jewish without fear of being beaten up as we walk to shul. We do not salt our own meat. We do not immerse in the bay. Instead, we have many heated, chlorinated mikvahs.

We can enjoy foods from other cultures (sushi, pizza, pu pu platters) that all bear a proud hechsher. If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too tired to cook for Shabbos, we can have Shabbos delivered. I think the scale of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being an American Jewâ&#x20AC;? is heavier on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luxuries â&#x20AC;? than â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sacrifices.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying that Judaism is supposed to be unbearable, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to dedicate our hearts, bodies, and means to the Jewish way of life. Hey, if it means practicing Yiddishkeit with ease and safety, combining heart, body and means into one huge monthly credit card statement ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so bad.

Ok, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m stepping off of my little soapbox (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little because I got the economy size.)

Now on to your home life. We need to make your house lighter and happier. Yes, you have the burden of tuition on your shoulders. Leave it on your doorstep when you come through your door. Focus on the positives. Easier said than done, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give you a tip how: Try verbalizing three appreciations to each member of your family daily. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all. Before you know it, finding the good will become habit and your familial satisfaction will grow. And, by the way, stop arguing in front of the kids. And definitely stop arguing about this. What a great message, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will send you to Yeshiva so that Mommy and Abba will have something to argue about.â&#x20AC;?

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of a better way to infuse guilt into a kid. Not cool. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one way you can involve your kids, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in making a budget and sticking to it. Also, realign your family so that you and your wife are like a team of special agents set out on a mission.

The mission is to clip coupons, go green (all the yuppies are doing it) and squeeze every penny. Then, supplement your salary with creative ways to show your kids that they are worth the sacrifice.

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54. Fraternity letter 55. Silent film actress Theda 56. Roth and Broad 57. “You betcha!”

58. Vigoda and Beame 59. No longer working: Abbr.

60. Progeny, Biblically 61. Zionist thinker Borochov 64. Be nosy Answers will appear next week

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