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Vote for our local heroes on Federation website By Sergey Kadinsky The Facebook-driven election is on, with a wide variety of candidates vying to top the chart of this year’s Jewish Community Heroes, a contest sponsored by The Jewish Federations of North America. Among the 306 contenders are nine from Long Island, ranging from a challah baker to a collector of shoah survivor stories. Lawrence resident Lori Marton, who is currently in second place, was nominated for the Ohel Sara Amen Group, which takes place daily in her home. “Mrs. Marton’s daughter was not well, and so we met to learn about shmiras lashon in her zechut,” said founder Judy Rubin. “It was a very intimate circle of women meeting for 10 days of teshuvah, and six years later we are still here.” The online poll is in its third year, inspired by CNN’s Heroes, which profiles “everyday people changing the world.” While Marton’s home features lectures for women, Woodmere resident Marla Turk stuffs boxes at her house with challah rolls, bound for exotic destinations such as Afghanistan, Djibouti and Iraq, to be eaten by Jewish soldiers on Shabbat. “My mother took it to another level, sending matzos on Pesach and Shaloch Manos on Purim,” said Adam Turk. “She buys it herself,
By Sergey Kadinsky The attendees at a lecture for Orthodox single parents were shy initially, but conversations developed, as they spoke of greater acceptance of divorcees in the community. “It’s coming together, people who have gone through tough divorces seeking to give back by guiding people undergoing divorce in peace and maintaining their families,” said Benny Rogosnitzky, who organized a lecture last Sunday in Brooklyn. A cantor at Manhattan’s Park East Synagogue, Rogosnitzky is also a divorced father of three children. “Acceptance is going to take a long time, but it starts with self-acceptance, knowing that there are good fathers and mothers.” he said. FrumDivorce.org, a group of Orthodox consultants that guide divorcees through the process, sponsored the lecture. It is not alone among such groups. Divorced Chevra keeps a website forum and a Facebook page with a variety of topics discussed. As one example, Shayna asks about her ex-husband, who still has her prayer books. Responses range from making a list and hiring a lawyer, to moving on and purchasing new books. More immediate concerns include what to do with the children on holidays, where responses also range from “avoiding them” to “asking my mother to babysit.” Rogosnitzky said that such online forums help observant single parents find support. “We take our collective experiences and offer guidance so that children suffer as little as possible.” Speaking at the FrumDivorce event, Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff said that with children, divorced parents are compelled to have a long-
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By Sergey Kadinsky Rabbi Hanan Porat, 67, the iconic face of Gush Emunim settlement movement died on early Tuesday at Kfar Etzion, the prewar kibbutz that he helped reestablish after the Six Day War. A paratrooper in that war, he rose to lead the movement to settle the territories beyond the Green Line, serving in the Knesset as a voice of opposition to land concessions. “He was an exceptional individual dedicated to a love of the Jewish people,� said Brooklyn State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who has known Porat for 30 years. “He played a major role in the return of the Jews to Judea and Samaria. He was simple, modest, but with a purpose and a goal.� At age 5, Porat was evacuated from Kfar Etzion as it was besieged by Arab forces. Ordained as rabbi by the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva, he was an educator before enlisting as a paratrooper. History enveloped his military service as he was among the first to secure the Temple Mount. “He got the ball rolling and should be given well-deserved credit,� said Dr. Joseph Frager, a longtime supporter of Jewish settlement projects. Author Gershom Gorenberg, in his book Accidental Empire, describes journalist Haim Gouri’s visit to the 1975 demonstration at Sebastia, an event that catapulted the settlement movement and Porat’s political career. “In an Israel sick with materialism and status seeking, a post-revolutionary Israel, the fervent hundreds around Gouri reminded him of the barefoot youths of another era,� Gorenberg writes. The demonstration led to the founding of Elon Moreh, the first post-1967 Jewish community in Samaria. An iconic photograph shows the demonstrators lifting Porat and Rabbi Moshe Levinger above their shoulders as they wave in triumph. “I remember Hanan Porat well. He used to come to our Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba to talk about the situation in Yamit, Yehuda
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Continued from page 1 packs it and mails it.” The effort began four years ago when chaplain Capt. Shlomo Shulman recognized that there is no challah available in Baghdad and found a woman to send him the packages. A year later, Turk took on the task, with assistance from Chabad of the Five Towns, which collects funding for the massive effort. “It’s a tremendous zechut to help someone we may never see,” said Rabbi Shneur Zalman Wolowik. “The Rambam writes that if you don’t think about others during a yom tov, it’s a selfish celebration. They are on the front lines protecting all of us, and she shleps from the bakery to the post office to deliver challah.” While packages take up to a week to reach Baghdad, Turk’s email inbox is inundated with gratitude and requests form other military bases. “Friday evenings were something I and many others looked forward to,” wrote Capt. Jordana Mallach, who lives in Lake Placid. The ability to reconnect with Jewish observance in distant places is evident in Capt. Alex Rose’s 2009 letter from Iraq, where he served in the Air Force. “In the states, challah was never one of my favorite things, but being here (not to mention surrounded by a country full of people who hate you for being Jewish) I’ve developed a new found appreciation for it,” Rose wrote. “Your kind deed makes Shabbat a little bit better for each of us.” In places where challah is missing, it is more appreciated by those receiving it. “Challah is a basic part of Shabbos and it talks to their neshamos. It gives them a whole new feeling for Shabbos,” Rabbi Wolowik said. In Cedarhurst, Syd Mandelbaum also collects food, from a wide variety of sources, distributing to those in need through his think tank Rock and Wrap It Up! A Brooklyn-born son of holocaust survivors, Mandelbaum was raised with an appreciation of hunger,
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Cedarhurst resident Marla Turk shows a letter from gratitude from the army. starting his charity while attending concerts at Jones Beach Theater, where he picked up unused food for a local soup kitchen. With attention given to his cause by MTV, music stars lined up to welcome Mandelbaum backstage to collect their uneaten food. Two decades since, over 500 million people have been fed through 43,000 agencies, all coordinated by Rock and Wrap it Up! The food comes from places as diverse as rock concerts, college campuses, and television studios. Closer to home, Mandelbaum coordinates the transfer of unused food from HAFTR and the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
Divorced? You don’t have to go it alone Continued from page 1 term vision. “It takes incredible emunah and stability. This is what Ha Kosdesh Baruch Hu wanted and it’s about what you do with what happen,” Rabbi Lieff said. Offering encouragement, he described the single parent as someone with a responsibility. “Giving up is not in our dictionary. You’re not alone in raising the future of klal Yisrael.” Dr. David Rube, a Hewlett-based child and adult psychologist spoke of his own experiences in treating divorced clients. “It’s different and slightly more dramatic for the frum population. If you’re frum, there’s no place to hide, your story gets out,” Rube said. “No doubt there is a stigma, but in contrast to other religions, divorce is allowed.” Echoing Rabbi Lieff’s call to action, Rube spoke of one couple he treated. Coming from a haredi background, their marriage was arranged. “They came from two rabbinical families, a beautiful wedding except that they hated each other,” Rube said. “They had a daughter, and the marriage broke down soon after her delivery.” Rube reasoned to the couple that the reason G-d brought them together was to have the baby, and it is their responsibility to raise her properly. “They have a custody arrangement that sort of works. One parent lives in
Taking the concept of redistributing beyond food, Mandelbaum speaks of toiletries, appliances and furniture. “Here in the Five Towns, the local JCC receives toilet paper from the Marriott in Uniondale,” Mandelbaum said. “On the campuses of Columbia University and Barnard, we collect dorm room supplies and bedding for those in need. When a student moves back home, some of the items are redundant, but they are not garbage.” As a think tank, Rock and Wrap it Up! Strolls through Congress with policy papers and bill proposals related to unused food.
“We wrote the Federal Food Donation Act, where federal cafeterias and restaurants on military bases transfer unused prepared to those in need,” Mandelbaum said. When he is not collecting food, Mandelbaum works as a scientist in DNA research, which also takes a Jewish angle in uniting families of holocaust survivors through blood testing. Other local contenders for the Jewish Community Hero title include Cedarhurst social worker Elisheva Wollner, who specializes in treating eating disorders in the Jewish community. “A lot of young women have body issues and secular trends, as well as the pressure of food in holidays,” Wollner said. “Our young women need a specialist aware of cultural and religious issues.” Long Beach resident Amanda Marcus, the director of the Long Island region for BBYO, speaks about her efforts to unite Jewish teenagers from different countries and closer to home. “This year, teens from five countries were visiting the community in Bulgaria, including the only Jewish teen from Albania,” Marcus said. “They brought Judaic items to Bulgaria and built a Jewish connection with each other.” On Long Island, her chapter serves a thousand teens across the religious spectrum, with activities ranging from community service to shabbatons. “It’s always fascinating to see who is nominated,” said Andy Neusner, the Jewish Federations’ web content manager. Last year’s winner, Jay Feinberg, was honored for founding the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation. Once the picks are announced, the public can vote once each day online until Nov. 10. The first place winner receives a $25,000 grant to donate to favorite charity. Each of the three runners-up receive a $1,000 grant. “Social media provides the vote, we provide the tools, and people spread the word, Neusner said. “It’s entirely up to the people to champion their nominee.
From Rosh Hashanah to Sukkot Sound of a shofar stirs a soul Honey activates taste buds Verbalized wishes for a sweet New year Health happiness success blessings Helping to decorate a traditional sukkah Artwork constructed at school Citron, palm leaf, harvest produce Silver mobile hanging from beams of a roof
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Dr. David Rube spoke at a forum for divorcees.
Far Rockaway and the other is in Lakewood. She is a bright wonderful kid.” In terms of remarriage, Rube said that there will always be difficult questions, but it is important to distinguish on how reasonable they are. “As we see with singles and shidduchim, people have taken it to the next step, and built a support system of family friends and therapists.”
Month of holiday spirit Penitence and a fast Seven days of tabernacles Jubilation and Torah dances Memories of celebrations Occupying charts in my brain Treasures conserved for eternity Impressions of childhood days
Teenagers expanding responsibilities Dressed for prayers celebrations Ring of commitment accepted New generations entering a sukkah Time to enjoy an expanded table Three generations gathered for meals New heaven lights added convenience Spirit of elders enhancing space Wine, cake, Kiddush prayer Au-revoir with tear filled eyes Realities of life on the horizon Expectation of Chanukah lights Hallmarks of observance Program our daily lives May the Almighty grant us Presence of mind to persevere Dr. David B. Chideckel is a psychiatrist in private practice based in Woodmere.
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Opinion What if they made a Maccabee movie and no Jews came?
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eems like President Barack Obama just can’t seem to catch a break in his efforts to maintain Jewish support ahead of his 2012 reelection bid. His speech before the United Nations and use of the veto power to delay Palestinian statehood have been noted in the Jewish community. But less than two weeks later, in a meeting with rabbis in Boca Raton, Florida, Vice President Joe Biden was quoted by The New York Times, offering a harsh view on efforts to secure a presidential pardon for Jonathan Pollard. “President Obama was considering clemency, but I told him, ‘Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time is up,’” Biden reportedly told the group. “If it were up to me, he would stay in jail for life.” Biden’s inadvertent candor is as appreciated as his superior’s use of the veto power in helping Jewish voters choose their presidential pick. That being said, the economy remains the leading topic for voters. Unless the Republican presidential candidates are willing to speak out on the ongoing economic protests in downtown Manhattan, they will lose to President Obama by default. Entering their third week, the demonstrators have kept a careful nonpartisan message on their banners. Initially ridiculed as unemployed youths with too much time on their hands, their efforts have now been dubbed in the mainstream press as an “American Autumn” following the Arab Spring. The Republican candidates cannot rely on moral issues and foreign policy alone to topple Obama. The same way that Mr. Obama needs to make a historic sweeping gesture to retain Jewish support, the
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Worse than Apartheid
Rabbi Hanan Porat was just another face in a crowd, and then it lifted him above their shoulders, as they demonstrated in 1975 for the right to build Jewish housing beyond the Green Line. Through his efforts, there is Elon Moreh, Kedumim and Shavei Shomron. But those are just the early communities, founded through Gush Emunim, the “bloc of the faithful.” Today, a half million Jews live in these communities, including eastern Jerusalem. As we go to print on Wednesdays, we are sometimes entertained on the radio by former British lawmaker George Galloway, who has a morning talk show on WBAI. Galloway spares no opportunity to stick the apartheid label on Israel. He speaks of lands illegally colonized by foreign-born settlers. Perhaps the comparison to South Africa is too generous. If anything, the situation in Israel is worse than in South Africa, because when Nelson Mandela was elected to power, he forgave the white settlers and allowed them to stay if they chose. In contrast to the Afrikaners, the Jewish residents of the territories have an ancestral tie to their homes. Rabbi Porat was responsible for renewing this connection. His actions transcend Zionism, because they are more than about Jewish independence. Porat is the conscience of the settler enterprise, speaking about the right to live on ancestral land, one granted to all indigenous groups but the Jews of “the territories.”
The same way that Mr. Obama needs to make a historic sweeping gesture to retain Jewish support, the GOP must address the demonstrators directly to secure the general vote.
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o paraphrase Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, “Lord I know we are your chosen people, but once in a while, can’t you have Mel Gibson choose someone else?” POLITICO Gibson’s career reads like a Shakespearian tragedy. TO GO After becoming arguably the biggest star in Hollywood his hubris took control, spewing hatred against different ethnic groups, including the Jews (or as he has called them “oven dodgers). Gibson’s hatred nearly destroyed his career. But last month, Gibson aanounced that he secured funding for a big project from Warner Brothers. He will be producing and possibly directing and starring in a movie based on Jewish history, the story of Judah Maccabee. This is not the first time Gibson has tackled Jewish history, just the first time he’s attempted it in film. In 2004 Gibson was interviewed by Peggy Noonan for Readers Digest in 2004. Noonan asked Gibson if he believed the Holocaust happened. He answered by quesJeff Dunetz tioning the number of Jews slaughtered by the Nazis and seemed to down play the Holocaust as a Jewish experience. “I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. Then it was six. Now it’s four. I mean it’s that kind of numbers game. I mean war is horrible. The Second World War killed tens of millions of people. Some of them were Continued on page 5
Letter to the editor rightly concerned about the negative Increased focus on risk of such changes, both known and unknown, as they pertain to the Jewish charities internet. Accordingly, the Agudah To the Editor: The article “ Charity Watchdog Downgrades Leading Nonprofits”[Jewish Star, Sept. 28] reflects the realities of the heightened scrutiny to which all charitable organizations are now subjected. The past few years have seen the requisites with which the non-profits must comply significantly ramped up, and what sufficed a year ago will not necessarily constitute compliance today. All non-profit organizations have been impacted, and the Jewish community especially has felt and will continue to feel this impact because we have thousands of non-profit organizations, which carry out our longstanding and deeply-rooted tzedaka practices. The article’s comments regarding the Agudath Israel of America may be somewhat misleading. Every information technology innovation, be it the printing press, the fountain pen, the typewriter, the radio or the internet, has, for better or worse, affected individual and group interactions and behaviors. The Agudath Israel and its rabbinical leadership are
has proceeded in a measured and deliberate manner in its use of the internet. Contrary to the article, the Agudath Israel does in fact maintain a website. Specifically, its Chayim Aruchim project ( http://chayimaruchim.com) addresses the ever growing problems of the health care system’s tendencies to withhold medical treatment from the elderly and/or the very ill. In addressing these problems, the Agudah does use the financial and technical efficiencies of the internet to disseminate information and documents to a broad spectrum of Jews, without regard to Agudah affiliation, in order to enable them to protect themselves and their loved ones in what all too frequently are truly life-or-death situations. A “business as usual” attitude ill serves our social service organizations in the current climate of increased governmental attention to the non-profit sector. The Jewish Star has performed a public service by placing these issues before its readership. Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq. East Northport
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What if they made a Maccabee movie and no Jews came? Continued from page 4 Jews in concentration camps. Many people lost their lives. In the Ukraine, several million people starved to death between 1932 and 1933. During the last century 20 million people died in the Soviet Union. Okay? It’s horrible.” These are just a few of Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks, the most famous of which occurred during a drunk driving arrest in 2006 when he kept screaming referring to “f***ing Jews” and later stated that “the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world” So should Gibson’s anti-Semitism prevent him from making a movie about the Maccabees? Well that’s kind of a hypothetical question because it was Gibson who brought the picture to Warner Brothers. It won’t be made without him. But is it the right thing for Warner to do, and once it is made should Jews consider seeing the movie? Rabbi Marvin Heir, founder and dean of Los Angeles’s Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, voiced his displeasure in statements to The Hollywood Reporter and predicted that Jews should stay home. “Warner Bros. is making a terrible mistake,” Hier says, adding, “most of the people that are going to come to a film about Judah Maccabee are the Jewish community. Surely they know the Jewish communities are not going to come to this film.” I am not as sure as Rabbi Hier. As a people
Jews are quick to forgive, Israel considers PA President Abbas a moderate despite the fact that he was one of the people responsible for the Sbarro bombing, American Jews still support Barack Obama despite his anti-Israel policies. In the end, Rabbi Hier would likely be very disappointed to learn how many Jews will see the movie. More than his anti-Semitic history, I am not sure that Gibson has the background to appreciate the real story of the Maccabees. Gibson is a passionate member of the Catholic Traditionalist movement, a minority Catholic sect that rejects the reforms of the Second Vatican Council in 1964-65 - in particular the abolition of the Latin Mass. Part of the traditional Latin Mass that Gibson so fiercely believes in is about the conversion of the Jews. The prayer reads: “Let us pray also for the Jews, that the Lord our God may take the veil from their hearts and that they also may acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ.” It also refers to their “blindness” and prays for them to be “delivered from their darkness.” This is a direct conflict with the story of the Maccabees who fought against conversion. Only part of the Chanukah story was the Maccabees fight for getting the Greeks out of Israel, and the cleansing and dedication of the Temple. The Maccabees fought a civil war against other Jews. Judah and the boys were fighting Jews who had turned away from their faith
by combining it with Greek/Hellenistic practices (or in some cases abandoning the Jewish faith totally). The resulting assimilation caused a loss of Jewish faith and tradition, and finally laws against practicing Jewish ritual. Sadly in many ways this story about a war against Jewish assimilation has become the most assimilated of Jewish holidays. Too many treat this holiday as a “Jewish alternative to Christmas,” the exact opposite of what the Maccabee story is all about. That is the reason I don’t believe that Gibson is qualified to produce, direct and possibly star in a movie about Judah Maccabee is not his love or hatred for the Jewish people, but the fact that his view of the Catholic faith, that the blindness of the Jews should
be cured so they can accept Christ is the exact opposite of the Maccabee story. Mel Gibson is entitled to his religious belief, that’s not the issue. The real question is based on his religious beliefs could Mel Gibson do the story of the Maccabees justice. Personally I do not see how a man who prays that Jews convert can do a movie about a civil war waged to prevent Jews from losing their faith.
Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com). Jeff lives in Long Island.
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A Jewish newspaper should have a Hebrew column. So here it is. We will try to maintain a level of vocabulary so that it will be easy enough for students to read and interesting enough for those more fluent to enjoy.
In our tradition, the High Holidays are viewed as a time period when all of humanity, not just its Jews, are judged for the coming year. In his introduction to book of Yonah, the haftarah read at Mincha on Yom Kippur, Rabbi J.H. Hertz writes, “The essential teaching [of Yonah] is that the Gentiles should not be grudged G-d’s love, care and forgiveness. It is this grudging which is so superbly rebuked throughout the Book, and most of all in the final chapter, which must rightly be considered the climax of the story.” Explaining how this book fits naturally into the theme of Yom Kippur, Rabbi Hertz continues to elucidate its important lessons: “It is impossible to run away from G-d’s presence, G-d takes pity on all His creatures, He is ever willing to accept true repentance.” For us, one ironic aspect of the tale is that there are two significant groups of people who recognize G-d’s role in their lives, and commit to a level of repentance that saves Rabbi Avi Billet their lives – and neither group consists of any Jews. The former is the group of sailors on the ship that threw Yonah overboard, and the latter are the people of Nineveh. The lone Jew in the story, the prophet himself, makes a mistake at every turn. Even though he does follow G-d’s bidding by the end of the story, he still walks out of the end of the story as the recipient of one final rebuke from G-d. First he is told to go to Nineveh, but he runs to Tarshish. When everyone on his ship is working like mad to save themselves from the storm, Yonah is dreaming away in lalaland. After he is thrown overboard, he wallows for three days in the belly of a large fish until he realizes “I better do what G-d told me to do.” He gives the message to the Ninevites, gets really depressed over their repentance, and asks G-d to kill him. G-d helps him forget his worries through the growth of a shadegiving-kikayon, but the quick demise of the kikayon puts Yonah into even further depression, where he again wants to die until G-d points out Yonah’s flaw in reasoning as to the merits of sparing Nineveh from destruction. G-d’s message is simple. Humans and animals are My creatures too – no matter where they come from and where they seem to be heading. There is always room for people to change their ways – they just need to want to change, and recognize that changing is a long-term process that has to start somewhere. The classic interpretation is that the fish really was summoned to swallow Yonah. On
the other hand, the Daat Mikra commentary on Yonah records a possible interpretation, suggested by Rabbi Yosef Kaspi, that the big fish story was really just a big fish story – that the first two chapters of the book of Yonah were really a prophesy, and that Yonah dreamt of the city of Nineveh, whose Akkadian symbol was a fish in a house (the word “Nin” means “fish”) – and that Yonah envisioned himself trapped in a fish for three days in lieu of going to Nineveh which was a three day journey (compare 2:1 and 3:3). I like this latter possibility because it removes the part of the tale that almost paints Yonah as a bumbling prophet, and puts it in terms of a subconscious vision that can be filled with mistakes he might have made had he been awake – but are merely reflections of what he “might” have wanted to do, even though, as a prophet, of course he is going to do God’s bidding right away. Perhaps Hertz’s comment about not begrudging Gentiles of G-d’s love, which seems somewhat anachronistic, is meant to be a message to our non-Jewish neighbors that on our holiest day, we are thinking of their welfare as well. In the face of doom, the sailors and Ninevites returned to G-d on their own terms, through the influence of the story’s lone Jew. Since we believe that all of humanity are judged on this day, we want anyone who might be interested in “seeing what the Jews are thinking about today” to know that we believe everyone in the world has the capacity for good and the capability to return to G-d in whatever way they deem appropriate. I also believe this passage is meant to show one more lesson. There is one time when the Torah declares straight out that “G-d loves you.” It is Devarim 23:6, which reads, “Of course, G-d did not consent to listen to Bilaam, and G-d your Lord transformed the curse into a blessing for you, since God your Lord loves you.” Peace in the world and peace between neighbors of different faiths can only come about when leaders, or prophets such as Bilaam and Yonah respectively, ultimately do what G-d asks of them – bless or guide the detested foreigners for whom they may have personally harbored contempt, so they can survive and thrive on this earth, left alone by outsiders who do not know what is best for them. This is not to suggest Yonah hated the people of Nineveh, but it is clear that he felt telling Nineveh to repent would reflect badly on his own people who were unrepentant. In the end, we are all G-d’s creatures, and He would like us to find a way to live in harmony in this world, no matter how we might personally feel about “others.” This prophesy is no “big fish story.” It is the tale of all tales “when the wolf and lamb live together in harmony” (Isaiah 11:6). May we all live to see such a prophesy fulfilled speedily in our days.
Yom Kippur: Day & The War In Kibbutz Beit Hashita
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The promise and hope of Kol Nidrei By Rabbi David Etengoff The following dvar Torah is in memory of the author’s sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra, and the refuah shlaimah of Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam. The exact origins of Kol Nidrei are lost in the sands of time. One of the earliest sources regarding our present practice is found in a responsum of Rav Natronai Gaon. It is quoted in the commentary of Rabbeinu Asher ben Yechiel, known as the “Rosh,” to Talmud Bavli, Yoma, 8:28: But we do not follow this practice, to nullify vows neither in the two yeshivot [Sura and Pumbedita] nor in any place [of which I am personally aware]; neither on Rosh Hashanah nor on Yom Kippur. We have, however, heard that in other lands they say ‘Kol Nidrei.’ We, however, have never seen it nor heard of it from our rabbis may they be blessed. In contrast, nearly 100 years later, Rav Saadiah Gaon developed a fixed Hebrew text for Kol Nidrei that in many ways mirrors our own Aramaic text: There are those that act in the following manner: The leader of the congregation stands up on Yom Hakippurim and says: “All vows, excommunications, prohibitions, oaths, and practices that we have sworn to perform, and we have issued as excommunications, and that we have prohibited and we have sworn and we have taken upon our-
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selves, from the past Yom Kippur until today that has come upon us, we hereby repudiate them and we come before our Heavenly Father [and state:] if we have uttered a vow it is no longer a vow, if we have proscribed something upon ourselves it is no longer a proscription, if we have excommunicated someone they are no longer in excommunication, if we have sworn an oath it is no longer an oath, if we have followed a certain practice it is no longer binding. Moreover the vow, prohibition, excommunication, and oath are all nullified from their moment of inception. There exists no vow, no prohibition, no excommunication, no oath, and no practice. Instead, there is pardon (mechilah), and forgiveness (selichah) and expiation (kapparah)…” Thus, for approximately the last 1,100 years, Kol Nidrei has been an essential part of our Yom Kippur liturgy. It is said with great solemnity and dignity. For many, it has become the defining moment of Yom Kippur. At first blush, it is difficult to understand exactly how and why Kol Nidrei has captured the hearts and minds of our people. It is a formal juridical statement whose content consists of the nullification of vows. This hardly seems to be the kind of subject matter that would captivate our imagination and bring us to heartfelt feelings of teshuvah. Kol Nidrei has an almost mesmerizing effect upon us. The question is why. My rebbi, Rav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik zt”l, discussed this question in one of
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his public lectures summarized in Dr. Arnold Lustiger’s book Derashot Harav: Selected Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. The Rav noted that when Hashem revealed the manner and degree of punishment that he would bring upon klal Yisrael (the Jewish people) as a result of the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe responded with heartfelt prayer and supplication: “Moses prayed (‘vayichal’) before the L-rd, his G-d, and said: ‘Why, O L-rd, should Your anger be kindled against Your people whom You have brought up from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?’” (Sefer Shemot 32:11) Talmud Bavli, Berachot 32a states that the word “vayichal” is a novel way to refer to prayer, since the Tanach (Hebrew Canon of Scripture) usually employs very different terminology when referring to tefilah (prayer). The Gemara suggests that the Torah used this word because of its similarity to another word that is directly connected to the annulment of vows, namely, “yachal” (“profane,” Sefer Bamidbar 30:3). Given this similarity, Rabbi Soloveitchik suggested that this prayer was “an attempt by Moses to annul G-d’s vow to destroy the Jewish people.” In consonance with this notion, Rava suggested in our above-cited Gemara that: [Moshe stood and prayed] until he nullified His vow. It is written here [Sefer Shemot 32:11] “vayichal” and it is written there [Bamidbar 30:3] “lo yachal d’varo.” We have a well known rule: “One [even Hashem] cannot annul his own vow, but others can annul
it for him’ [in this case Moshe for Hashem].” As Rabbi Soloveitchik further noted, the Zohar, based upon this Talmudic passage, suggested that Kol Nidrei is designed “in part to release G-d from this vow” to thoroughly punish the Jewish people. In addition, “on Erev Yom Kippur, Jews are constituted as a beis din (court of law) to ‘absolve’ G-d, which is indeed what He desires.” Therefore, when Moshe employed the word “vayichal,” he was “asking G-d to view the Jewish people in the same way that a court looks at someone who wishes to nullify a vow.” In other words, the vow was taken in error from its very inception. Kol Nidrei teaches us that even Hashem’s vow to punish us to near extinction could be, and was, annulled when Moshe interceded on behalf of our better and truer selves. With G-d’s help, may this year be the one wherein we encounter our authentic inner souls and worship Hashem with our entire being. If we can do this, the potential of Kol Nidrei to transform our lives will finally be fully realized. V’chane yihi ratzon. Shabbat Shalom and g’mar chatimah tovah! Rabbi David Etengoff is the Director of Educational Technology at Magen David Yeshivah in Brooklyn and a resident of Cedarhurst. His previous parsha columns can be found at http://reparashathashavuah.weebly. com. Sign up for his weekly parsha email at rdbe718@gmail.com.
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Opinion A lawyer’s guide to a better marriage
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otwithstanding all the jokes about lawyers, there is no question that society would come to a grinding halt without legal counsel, and the role played by so many, in so many fields. From immigration to real estate, criminal cases to bankruptcy, lawyers act as intermediaries, guiding and often negotiating through difficult issues. It occurred to me recently that the very same principles that attorneys rely on in their everyday practice would likely make for a truly creative LAWYER’S BRIEF marriage guide. Let’s start with the beginning of a case. Every case must first be analyzed to see if the claim is within the “statute of limitations.” In plain English that means you can’t sue for things that happened too long ago, as the evidence is no longer available, its unfair to keep claims open forEvan W. Klesztick ever, and society wants an end to gripes and complaints. Society accepts the idea of an arbitrary cutoff date for cases, commonly known as the statute of limitations. What a wonderful idea to bring to a marriage. Sure, some issues are worth fighting over, fighting about, or fighting for. There are things you want addressed, corrected, and discussed. But there should also be a cut off, a time where you can no longer bring up such “old issues,” a statute for old complaints. A time to move on and let it go. When an old issue arises, pretend that a judge just decided that your complaint is too old and well… it’s dismissed. This brings me to the complaint itself. One of the rules of litigation is that a complaint must clearly state a “cause of action.” This means that you can’t just sue someone because you’re either angry, used to be angry but you forgot why, or you just had a bad day. In court, you must articulate your position, carefully and slowly, paragraph by paragraph so that your adversary can respond paragraph by paragraph. Imagine forcing that one on your spouse, or better yet, try forcing that on yourself. You have a problem? You’re angry? Slow
You can’t just sue someone because you’re either angry, used to be angry but you forgot why, or you just had a bad day. down, take a deep breath, now sit down and articulate your issue clearly so that your spouse can respond. And what if you unable to do this? Then I’m sorry, but “poof, “ your issue was just “dismissed.” But here is my favorite, its called discovery. During the discovery stage of a case, both sides get to see the evidence, ask questions, and ultimately understand the position of the other side. The ability to access documents, evidence and theories of your adversary allows you to almost live in the shoes of the person you are fighting, which is why 90 percent of all cases litigated in New York are ultimately settled at some point before trial. There is such a strong public policy in favor of discovery that it is almost impossible for a case to go to trial without first allowing both sides ample opportunity for discovery. The days of Perry Mason and surprise witnesses are long gone. Instead, both sides view and review, and re-review the strength and weaknesses of each other’s case for months before they face an actual trial date. This self-propels the parties toward negotiation, compromise and ultimately settlement. Need I say more? I am not suggesting that we bring the courtroom into the living room, or that we use prenuptials, or contracts. However, what I am suggesting is that we bring the same creativity, thought and talent into our marriages, that we apply everyday in the workplace. Think it won’t work? Think it won’t make a difference? Just try it. Hopefully you will have plenty of time to test it out. Unlike legal cases that have limited life cycles, marriages with proper care can last a lifetime. This week’s column is dedicated to my parents, Leonard and Arlene Klestzick,, who continue to inspire their children on the art of a happy marriage. My wife, Sharon Klestzick, who despite never attending law school,
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here is an old story about a wedding that was attended by a prominent rabbi. The rabbi sat with the groom at his tish and throughout remained silent while others offered words of congratulations, heaping praise of the bride. At one point one of the rabbi’s students came up to him and asked “Isn’t it customary to always say something positive about a bride to her groom on the day of her wedding?” In response the rabbi leaned close to the THE KOSHER groom and said, “Your CRITIC kallah has a lovely name.” I tell this story because I have attempted to adapt the mentality of always finding something I like about what I am reviewing even when I have not liked the establishment or product that I am writing about. I found the exception that proves Zechariah Mehler the rule and that was my experience this past Rosh Hashana at the Gateways program catered by Michael Schick. I have been to events catered by Michael Schick before and I will be honest I have enjoyed them. He is overall a good caterer with a tremendous drive to serve well-made gourmet food. But something happened this year at Gateways. Perhaps a slash to his budget or the rising cost of food that resulted in a meal that was, and I am sorry Michael, sim-
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ply abysmal. I have prepared a short list of areas where caterers often falter, and it is my hope that any food service people reading this would take my advice to heart. ■ Ingredients: The allure of using frozen vegetables is very strong. They have an exceptionally long shelf life and can be bought in bulk for a low price. However, the process of freezing them also strips away the flavor and the nutrients. Since each catered event is also a showcase of your talent, serving frozen veggies may carry a higher price point in the short term but it is unlikely to get you more business. In this way using frozen food is penny wise but pound foolish. ■ Protein: In today’s gourmet food environment, many chefs want to showcase luxury proteins like duck, veal and lamb. The problem is that these items are much more delicate and expensive than beef, chicken and turkey. They hold up to the cooking, freezing and reheating process with far less grace their more common counterparts and they also require a greater level of skill to prepare. Rather than serve a mediocre piece of veal, it is better to serve a stellar piece of chicken. The reward will be a greater volume of business from your thoroughly impressed audience.
make me think the dish is tastier; it simply means that I need to remove an object out of my meal.
■ Garnish: While I know that today’s diners demand that their food be artistically arranged and pleasing to the eye, this is no excuse to use inedible garnishes on your plates. A giant sprig of rosemary rising up from my beef wellington like a sad little tree does not
■ Keep it simple: Just because they do it on the Food Network doesn’t mean you need to. Just do what your good at. Serve great food. It doesn’t need to be gourmet sounding it just has to be gourmet tasting. Don’t pander to the intellectual food snobs; cater to the
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Frozen peas save on costs for caterers, but they could result in fewer future customers because of the decrease in taste. palates of your audience. I could keep going but there is only so much of the paper that I can take up with my advice to kosher caterers. To all our readers, have an easy and meaningful fast. Zechariah Mehler is a widely published food writer and expert in social marketing. Follow him on Twitter @thekoshercritic
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Chol Hamoed Concert YESHIVA BOYS CHOIR is holding its Chol Hamoed Succos concert at Lawrence High School, located at 2 Reilly Road in Cedarhurst. Dovid Gabay, Baruch Levine and Eli Gerstner will also be per-
JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS is holding its Come Alive program at Congregation Sons of Israel , located at 111 Irving Place in Woodmere from 10am-1:30pm. This program provides an opportunity for home-bound older adults to participate in social, recreational & intellectual activities. Kosher lunch and door-to-door transportation is available on a limited basis. For more information, contact Mary Sheffield 516569-6733 ext. 219.
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Martin Fletcher speaks FRIEDBERG JCC, located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside, is hosting longtime NBC Middle East reporter Martin Fletcher, who will be speakingo n his novel The Lsit, a blend of personal family history and research about an Austrian Jewish family living in London during the holocaust. Fletcher’s previous book is Walking Israel, bout his walk along Israel’s Mediterranean coastline. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. and costs $8 per person. For more information, contact 516-6344151.
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Succos Extravaganza UNCLE MOISHY and New York Boys Choir are holding a Chol Hamoed concert at Torah Academy for Girls, located at 444 Beach 6 Street in Far Rockaway. The event includes rides and a clown performance. Thickets cost $15, $18, and $25. Showtimes are at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact 718-376-9395.
As our community prepares for the imminent arrival of the Yomim Tovim, The Eliezer Project (TEP) is working hard to help our clients. The Eliezer Project is a local organization that was created three years ago to help those residents of the Five Towns, Far Rockaway, and West Hempstead communities who are impacted by the economic crisis and are experiencing extreme financial crisis and job loss. The Eliezer Project assists jobseekers with finding employment by offering job and career counseling, resume revision, job interview tips, and seminars and workshops on specific topics such as “How to Approach the Job Search”, “How to Network”, “How to Use LinkedIn”, “Using Social Media to Find a Job”, “Starting Your Own Consulting Firm or Small Business”, “How to Tweak Your Resume for a Particular Job” and many other relevant topics. Once a community member contacts The Eliezer Project, he is given an appointment for an interview with Ellen Aronovitz, our Employment Director. During the interview, the client’s past work experience, job opportunities and career paths are discussed. The client’s resume is then reviewed and critiqued and revisions are often made. The client is then enrolled in our Yahoo Group where he or she receives access to job opportunities. The jobs that are posted are carefully selected for each client’s experience and qualifications. Clients also receive daily articles relating to all aspects of conducting an effective and successful job search. The Employment Director also alerts clients to upcoming networking events and job fairs. Those clients whose families are experiencing financial distress and/or economic hardship are encouraged to meet with our volunteer team of professional and skilled financial and legal counselors. After reviewing a client’s existing budget, our counselors provide guidance so that income and expenses are brought into alignment and, in some situations, help implement cash management programs for individual families. More severe circumstances might require a consultation to better understand the benefits and consequences of loan modification, debt consolidation including credit card debt, bankruptcy, budget counseling, and a variety of other options. Clients are able to avail themselves of the services of a highly qualified group of volunteer attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors. We also assist with referrals to social service agencies and for psychological counseling, as well as referrals for medical insurance. Holidays, chagim, and shabbosim are a particular challenge for our clients and their families. Celebrating each Yom Tov is expensive and extremely stressful when money is tight. The Eliezer Project has helped out our clients in many ways. We provide financial assistance for
food purchased through our local kosher supermarkets for Yom Tovim and Shabbosim. We distribute lulavim and esrogim to our clients who cannot afford to buy their own. We distribute oil and wicks before Chanukah. Helping our clients to observe the Jewish holidays with dignity reminds them that the community cares and is involved during this critical period of their lives. This year, the demands on our food assistance program are greater than ever. We hope and pray that this wonderful and generous community will continue to help us meet the challenge so that we may continue to provide assistance to all of our clients during these difficult times. Donations from the community are our sole source of support. We do not receive funding from other Jewish organizations or from the Federal, State or local governments. Your contributions allow us to continue and expand the quality and range of services that we provide. Donations can be done by credit card directly on our website www.theeliezerproject.org or by check. The community can help the clients by advising us of employment opportunities. There is no greater mitzvah then enabling a neighbor or friend to go back to work and have parnassah. We are always looking for volunteers from the community to provide guidance to someone in your industry or field that could benefit from your expertise and contacts. Our community is filled with excellent doctors, dentists, orthodontists, psychologists, opticians, optometrists, etc. who can offer emergency help for non-insured clients at a reduced cost. We can also use the help of electricians, plumbers, attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, career counselors, etc. who can offer help to our unemployed or financial clients who need emergency advice or assistance. If your child has an upcoming Bar or Bat mitzvah, consider a partnership with The Eliezer Project. We have many ideas about how your child, friends and family members can help the clients of The Eliezer Project. The Eliezer Project is proud to introduce our new Executive Director Rabbi Noach Haller who is from the Far Rockaway community. He is replacing our former Executive Director, Gideon Bari, who left to pursue his career as an elder care attorney. The Eliezer Project wishes everyone a year filled with good health, happiness and parnassah and urges all of you to join us, get involved and support your community organization which assists your neighbors and friends. Ellen Aronovitz is the Employment Director at the Eliezer Project, located in Cedarhurst. She can be reached at 516-284-2942 or ellen@ eliezerproject.org
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Aleinu – The power of one word In his preface to this week’s review selection, “The Power of Aleinu” by Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit [Judaica Press, 2011], Rabbi Yisrael Reisman stated that, “It is the custom of Klal Yisrael to recite Aleinu in the middle of the Shemonah Esrei on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. “Given that there is no mention of either teshuvah -- repentance, or shofar in the language of Aleinu, this certainly requires an explanation.” A close reading of Rabbi Reisman’s essay will demonstrate the wisdom and foresight of the inclusion of Aleinu as a centerpiece of the high holiday liturgy. This opening statement by Rabbi Reisman underlines the timeliness of the publication at this time of year of this scholarly, yet most user- friendly analysis of what is the most recited liturgical Alan Jay Gerber work of our faith. In this book, Rabbi Wegbreit of Yeshiva Birkas HaTorah in Jerusalem, has brought forth a method of analysis that will serve as the model for prayer text analysis for all future commentary on the Jewish liturgy. The method is deceptively very simple, yet upon closer reading it will be noted that the text as well as commentary are both equally well served by this method. Just about each word and phrase is given a detailed translation, and the commentary is based upon the classic work of the Abudrahan. With the use of this commentary Rabbi Wegbreit notes that one phrase of Aleinu flows seamlessly into the next thus creating
an amazing image of the spiritual history that will culminate in the miraculous “End of Days”. The organization of this work includes a recognition that this prayer follows upon four primary mitzvos: Anochi – the belief in G-d ‘s existence Do not believe in other gods Yichud Hashem – G-d’s oneness Do not forget Sinai These mitzvos that sourced in each chapter of this work, relate each to the relevant prayer text. This helps serve to further the meaningfulness of the text in both the heart and mind of the worshiper thus expanding both the meaning and understanding of this prayer. While this prayer is a basic theological statement in that, based on its text content, it in no way serves as a prayer .It reads more as a statement of affirmation of belief expressing Judaism’s total commitment to monotheism and its complete rejection of pagan belief. It is indeed ironic to note that Aleinu does not have the blessing and prayer formats we have come to use in other services. There is neither opening bracha nor closing benediction. It reads more like a declaration of belief, a prose essay similar in theme to that of the poetic Yigdal, a universalistic statement of faith blended together with a recognition of the elect status of our faith from G-d. This is a declaration that seems to be glossed over by many due to the last placed placement that Aleinu has in the liturgy. Rabbi Wegbreit eloquently observes, “It is clear that the general public is not aware of this opportunity, as most of the time they breeze through these holy words while rushing out of shul.” This observation has been noted by many others who vexed over this situation. However, Rabbi Wegbreit has brought forth g a work that will, if w taken to heart, will take in no small measure help hel awaken us to the holiness and sanctity hol of the words of the Aleinu to the point Ale where its recitation wh will wi never again be by rote and its comprehension will truly pr refl re ect feeling and understanding. u As Rabbi Reisman stated, “Study m this sefer and t achieve a deep apa preciation for the p Jewish people, sucJ cess in your avodas Hashem and greater joy in life.”
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More news on the publishing front Judaica Press has recently reissued the classic, “The Practical Guide To Teshuvah” by Rabbi Shaul Wagschal as an apt companion to Rabbi Wegbreit’s sefer. The latest issue of HAKIRAH, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, volume 12, edited by Heshy Zelcer, has just been published. Within this work are essays dealing with issues on changes in liturgy, severance pay, abusive parents, tefillat shav, issues dealing with errors in Hebrew books and legislating morality – the prohibition of lashon hara. Also, featured is an eighteen page discussion by Arthur Goldberg, co-director of “Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing”, with Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky dealing with issues involving homosexuality in the frum community. This current issue of HAKIRAH should be available at most area bookstores. If you do not see it, ask for it. It will be well worth your effort. Also, just released is the latest issue of “The Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society” Fall 2011, published by the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School. Within this issue are essays dealing with the deactivation of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators in terminally – ill patients, the limits to saving lives, the use of biologic scaffolding materials, and a twenty four page essay on the nullification of conversions by Dayan HaRav Chaim Jachter. This essay is drawn from the upcoming forth volume of “Gray Matter.” I extend to you, my dear readers, a kesiva, va’chasima tova.
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Eating at our son’s home Dear Aviva,
My husband and I are doing something that we never thought we would do. We are going to our son and his wife for the upcoming yomim tovim. First of all, we are only in our 50s and perfectly capable of still hosting the family. Second of all, our daughter-in-law is not quite domestic, and we are concerned that the food will not be up to par. (We have past experience with this). And third, our son has adopted various minhagim along the way and my husband gets pretty insulted that he doesn’t follow what he grew up with. I think we are in need of some survival tips. -Hungry and Offended
Dear Hungry and Offended,
Wrong attitude, parents! You want to have a miserable time? You are almost there. You want to actually enjoy yourselves and come away with some nice memories? Well then, we need to revamp your style. Since we are fresh in the Days of Judgment, and I need all the brownie points I can get, I will be easy on you and set up your safety net. Pack yourselves some goodies to keep with you in the guest room. This will make that charred challah at the seuda slightly more palatable as you down half a bottle of seltzer to jump start your esophagus’s periostalsis process. Just thinking about your cinnamon rugalach hiding in your travel tote will activate your salivary glands to get those enzymes working on breaking up the Peanut-Butter Soy Sauce Steak with Strawberry Jam Disaster. Offer to bring some food for the meals. This must be done with the utmost sensitivity, couched in the form of, “Wow, you have so much to do. Is there anything I can bring to lighten your load?” Now, as you had better know by now, anything you say to your daughter-in-law will be reinterpreted myriad times until she can actually find something offensive in your syntax. So don’t even bother with this one if you have ever let on that you are not into her cooking. It’s just not worth it. And don’t even think of stating it like, “Should I bring Dani’s favorite chicken that he always asks me to make?” It will cause an intense neurological storm within your daughter-in-law’s sympathetic nervous system which will bring out her most catty, territorial side. Which, in turn, will remind Dani why he fell in love with her in the first place. Smile as you grit your teeth. I’m sure it must be very difficult to have your minhagim altered in front of you. Unfortunately, there is nothing really to do about it as it happens. This doesn’t mean that you should not address it. Your husband should mention something about it way after you’ve returned home and showered on the compliments of what an amazing job they had done making yuntif so beautiful. Your husband should speak in a non-emotional way when bringing it up because this topic is a petri dish straight out of a powder keg once it gets emotional. He should take the stance of a curious observer while expressing that it is a little hurtful to have his minhagim abandoned. He may not like the answer, and things in this realm will likely be sticky for a few years, but at least it should be openly addressed. Do not bring this up with your son if you are speaking on behalf of your hubby. You will be robbing both of them of actual emotional closeness when intervening. And to address your initial discomfort of being too young to be catered to: Call a few of your close friends who are hosting half of New Jersey on Erev Yuntif. Hear their stress. Most experienced chefs like you never look back as they toss the “Closed for the Holidays” sign up on their own kitchen door. -Aviva
The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle By David Benkof
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losopher and Talmudic commentator 23. Like the healthiest pastrami 24. Yarmulkes and streimels 25. T. S. Eliot’s Old Deuteronomy, e.g. 26. Second word in a Chanukah song 28. Ramat ___ 31. Ann ___, home of Michigan Hillel 34. Original “vamp” of the silent screen 36. Never ending? 37. Sneaks a look 38. Surmounting 39. Villain of “Schindler’s List” 41. Warsaw-born author Klepfisz 42. Color of Superman’s cape 43. “Miss ___” (Barrett autobiography) 44. Torah spot 45. Color-conscious grp. 47. Challah alternative 51. Proto-Zionist thinker Zvi 55. Brand of kosher candy 56. Down under birds 57. ___ to the throne (Solomon, e.g.) 58. Jon Demming is a Jewish one 59. Ikey, Mikey, Jakey, or Sam 60. Hatred is the ADL’s 61. Not flat 62. ___-book exam 63. Parroted
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