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BY DAVID SAFFER The global coronavirus pandemic has seen a third of the world go into lockdown as positive tests and fatalities have escalated daily this week.

Approaching 500,000 positive cases recorded globally with over 22,000 deaths around the world at the time of going to press.

Jewish communities around the world are mourning the deaths of loved ones including renowned Rabbis and lay leaders. Tragically, more are certain to follow as people battle for their lives in intensive care.

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United Synagogue fights back against coronavirus

BY ADAM MOSES The United Synagogue has launched numerous campaigns to support communities in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. From Pesach tips to story time, online quizzes and Kabbalat Shabbat all ages are included in widespread initiatives.

With Pesach fast approaching a ‘Seder in a Box’ is now available. The box contains a seder plate, educational material and threecourse meal with cutlery and crockery.

Boxes are available to order with subsidies for those in need of assistance.

“Given the sad necessity to cancel communal Sedarim this year, this is one of the closest things we can do to a communal Seder,” commented Michelle Minsky, US Chesed department head.

Tribe has prepared resources to keep children and adults informed and entertained.

Upcoming activities include a Kahoots online Pesach special quiz with Rabbi Cobi Ebrahimoff, matzah baking via Facebook Live with Malki Abramzyk, a parents of teenagers evening with Rabbi Eli Levin to help

navigate Pesach and Covid-19 situation, story time with Rabbi Eli Levin and distance learning programmes for youngsters attending Cheder.

Tribe’s weekly e-newsletter will arrive in young people’s inboxes on a Friday morning while the Exodus Files educational resource for Pesach will be posted to families with children aged 8-18.

The US is also to run its Kabbalat Shabbat Live initiative weekly from a different community until the crisis ends. Over 8,000 people tuned in last Friday an hour before Shabbat. Rabbi Bentzi Mann of Mill Hill East Jewish community is live this Friday 5.10pm.

Meantime, the US supports 600 families in need over Pesach. Support is discreet and varies depending on need from vouchers to food to boxes of matzah.

This year demand has hiked with hundreds more families requesting support. The US will meet these needs and has launched an emergency appeal to cover costs.

Over £20,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours for the US’s emergency Pesach appeal.

“Over the next days and weeks, our older, vulnerable and isolated members will be on their own,” explained US president, Michael Goldstein. “From phone calls we have received we will be providing hundreds more food parcels than ever before.”

Community volunteers, despite challenges posed by coronavirus, are putting in many hours to support their members in need.

Care coordinators are making lists of members who need support and creating rotas to check in on them by phone. Arrangements have been made with local delis and caterers. Communities are also running befriending schemes, cooking for isolated members for Pesach, delivering shopping, running errands and posting letters.

The US coronavirus helpline is a central port of call for people who need extra help whether practical, spiritual or emotional.

The US will assist people with shopping or collecting medicines. It will also provide emotional support to callers feeling anxious and need someone to talk to. And it is offering Rabbinic advice and religious guidance to those seeking it.

Over 100 people have already used the service.

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communities are open. Technology is allowing communities to connect with members and engage with new people. Rabbis are livestreaming their services, shiurim, talks and programmes online. Guidance for Pesach preparation and ideas for seder night are taking place through webinars. There’s also story time for children, lunch ‘n’ learns and a virtual coffee room.

“Coronavirus has tragically taken many lives and disrupted countless others,” commented Richard Verber, US communications director. “We don’t know how long the crisis will be with us but we do know that the United Synagogue will be by our members’ side every step of the way to support them as best we can and continue to engage them through a range of high-quality Jewish programmes.

“The response to the crisis has been inspiring. Hundreds of people, from across our communities, have put their own personal needs second to help those who require more urgent support.

“Thank you to everyone who has stepped up to fight this crisis and helped someone feel part of the wider Jewish family.”

The US will announce more online content in the coming weeks.

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26 MARCH 2020 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Across Israel, strict measures came into effect last night, normal bustling streets, promenades and markets were empty this morning.

In the UK, positive tests are approaching 10,000 and there are over 460 deaths due to the deadly virus. Among the growing figures are at least 20 members from Jewish communities.

Amidst the carnage however many organisations have launched campaigns to support communities.

“The coronavirus outbreak is a devastating national and international tragedy and these figures show that our community is not immune,” said Board of Deputies

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“Our hearts go out to all those who have lost loved ones and those who are caring for the sick. There is no higher value in Judaism than preserving life, so please, do everything you can to follow the government’s guidelines and stay home unless you absolutely cannot.

“For our part, we care about communities large and small and we are doing all we can to maximise the continuity of Jewish life through this process and ensure we can celebrate a happy and healthy Pesach. We will get through this, but it needs everyone to play their part.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced strict new measures in a national TV address this week.

“The coronavirus is the biggest threat

this country has faced for decades and this country is not alone,” he told the nation.

“All over the world we are seeing the devastating impact of this invisible killer.

Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope because there won’t be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses.”

Johnson called on people to stay at home during the pandemic. Measures have centred around shopping for basic necessities, daily exercise, medical needs, travel and contact with friends.

Shops selling non-essential goods, libraries, playgrounds outdoor gyms and places of worship have shut. A curtailment of weddings and other ceremonies, excluding

funerals, has also come into force.

Parks are open for exercise but gatherings will be dispersed.

Economic measures have been brought in to aid businesses but Johnson is acutely aware there are are “no easy options”.

“The way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost and yet it is also true that there is a clear way through,” he noted. “We will beat the coronavirus and we will beat it together and therefore I urge you at this moment of national emergency to stay at home, protect our NHS and save lives.”

In the UK, positive tests are approaching 10,000 and there are over 460 deaths due to the deadly virus. Among the growing figures are at least 25 members from Jewish communities.

From the editor’s desk

I write this editorial with great sadness for many reasons. For the 22,000 plus people worldwide who have died from Covid-19, and the 500,000 plus patients who have currently tested positive.

The trauma that the deceased would have suffered right up until their last agonising breath and the pain of their families now left behind.

The 23 Jews who have passed away in this country. Tens of other Jews who have passed away around the world. All buried without hardly anyone present at their funerals.

A shiva house where people cannot visit.

Family members left to grieve over the phone or alone.

Do not be naive and think it is just elderly people who are affected either. I have spoken in the last few days to clients of this newspaper who have the Coronavirus. A 26 year old, who’s struggling to breath. One of our most established clients, currently hooked up to a ventilator in intensive care in London. A man with no underlying health conditions and symptoms.

The people in London and Manchester that I know, who are currently in the ICU, alive only by means of ventilators.

The tragic story yesterday in Manchester where a Misaskim member worked with the Hatzalah to desperately try and save his father from Covid-19 but to no avail.

The fact that over 1/3rd of the worlds population is now under lockdown, with businesses fighting for survival, and many people out of work.

Having to pray at home, children seeing friends and family over Zoom whilst being under lockdown. This is a strange new world for many people, a world no one dreamed of just a few weeks ago!

These things make me sad. But what makes me sadder still is the attitude of a small minority of people within our faith, who think they are invincible and above the law.

These people continue to go out and about, going to shul, or yeshiva, attending weddings in peoples houses with dozens of people all crammed together.

Actually sad is not the right word. Anger is more appropriate. How dare these selfish people put other people’s lives at risk.

Whilst most decent people are adhering to the governments advice to only go out for bare necessities, work that cannot be done from home, medical reasons or exercise, we are all at risk because of these self righteous individuals who are a law unto themselves.

They may have no symptoms. They may be physically fine. But they can kill many people by transmitting it to others.

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Remember this is an invisible virus that has spread around the entire world. If we were the same size as the virus, over 360,000,000 of us would be able to stand on top of a pencil.

So readers I beg you:

STAY INDOORS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! However there is a ray of light. Look at all the selfless volunteers who have put their very lives at risk to deliver food to people who are in self isolation or quarantine. The tremendous work of all the charities, stepping up to the plate during these dark days, to ensure people are never completely alone. You can read more about our wonderful charities in our charity supplement further on in the paper. This newspaper salutes your courage, your bravery and wishes you are all well enough to continue this vitally important work.

May I take this opportunity to wish all our readers and advertisers the very best of health, and may we all be able to return to a normal world once more as soon as it is safe to do so.

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Chabad ‘Seder to Go’ kits distributed around the world

BY DAVID SAFFER Jews around the world are set to experience Pesach like never before due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Extended families cannot gather as they have done so for generations as nations around the world will be in lockdown by first seder night. Communal seders likewise will not take place.

Amidst the global battle to fight the deadly virus there are many feel good factor stories to help the elderly and vulnerable.

Families will hold a seder for the first time and help is at hand through a variety of resources.

Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries have long put together “Seder-to-Go” kits for people in hospital or those housebound.

Thousands of kits have been shipped to the United States, international versions are being translated and printed across the world from Australia to Japan and throughout Europe.

A plethora of information is available on Chabad.org including frequently asked questions by the ‘Ask the Rabbi’ team. But a physical seder plate is important.

In the UK, Rabbi Benji Sudak, Chabad chief executive, aware imports from New York are out of the question, has been co-ordinating efforts to help thousands of

people. Kits designed for people in hospital have now taken on a new dimension with 3,000 kits to be distributed.

“We are manufacturing the boxes now,” he said. “It’s self-contained with sections for the three matzah, a bottle of wine, items for the seder plate and roll up seder plate clearly labelled. We are trying to get haggadah’s and will probably do our own print run, as we can’t find enough, seder guides and a toy frog.

“They are going to go to people who are vulnerable and cannot get out of the house, who have never run a seder before because they have always gone to communal sedarim.

“Most years we have thousands of people at our sedarim but don’t have any this year. Many people have never run their own seder, this is going to be a first so we are trying to make sure they have the ability to have a seder at home with easy to follow instructions. The box is designed to be left at someone’s house, except for the meal the entire seder provision is in self-contained box.”

He added, “We were taught at Chabad that whenever there is a difficult time you have to ask yourself what is required of me, what is the next action I have to do.

“I realised this was going to be a very big problem. We are not going to be able to import anything from New York so started

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to speak to different manufacturers.

“A company was able to make a box for us, we are working out logistics to make sure everything is packed in a proper environment and are now working on distribution solutions as we did not know what the lockdown conditions would be.

“There are a few contingencies we are looking into including delivery around the UK. If anyone has a logistical ability to help us deliver these that would help. By early next week we should be in a position to start delivery, we can’t deliver them too early but they will be there in time for Pesach.”

Rabbi Sudak’s dictum to bring Judaism home is echoed across the Atlantic.

“This year, there’s a much bigger need,” said Rabbi Yosef Landa, Chabad Greater St. Louis. “The biggest message here is that you’re not alone. We’re in this together, we’re with you every step of the way.”

“Pesach is still happening,” noted Rabbi Avi Zwiebel, Chabad South Oregon. “Our job is to be of service to every Jew in whatever capacity is needed and today this is the need. People need more faith in this difficult time. They have been moved by the service we’re offering them.”

Rabbi Leibel Korf, Chabad Los Angeles, added, “This year we’re all in our own homes yet we’re all connected with the same theme, the same idea and same experience. We will hopefully reveal great strengths within ourselves and realise that

we have the strength to do it.”

Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad NW Bergen County has ordered 100 seder kits for the first time.

“Hopefully, this can be a rewarding experience,” said Kaplan. “It is an incredible event, an incredible tradition on whose backs the Jewish people have surfed the waves of history, managing to survive and thrive in all types of environments including this one.”

Chabad is well-known for its handmade shmurah matzah at Pesach. The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, launched a global campaign in 1954 and demand increases every year.

Matzah bakeries around the world began baking shmurah six months before Pesach to aid distribution.

Whilst distribution is challenging the will is there to make certain Pesach is memorable around the globe. And that is certainly the case in the UK through the efforts of Chabad.

“This is a very painful time, there is tremendous worry,” said Rabbi Sudak.

“Being in isolation should not mean being alone. Judaism is based around the home, there is so much that can enrich our lives. Things are constantly changing but we will find a way to support each other.”

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It is a longstanding minhag (custom) going back to the beginning of commercial food manufacture in the 15th Century that products for Pesach should be manufactured under special Passover supervision.

Pesach 5780/2020 - Covid 19: Product Guidelines “in-extremis”: The Guidelines below, allowing the use of some regular products, are intended specifically during

It is a longstanding minhag (custom) going back to the beginning of commercial food manufacture in the 15th Century that products for Pesach should this time of crisis, when regular supervised products are not available or if people are in isolation beand manufactured under themselves special Passover supervision.

The Guidelines below, allowing the use of some regular products, are intended specifically unable to go shopping or have Pesach products delivered to their home. during this time of crisis, when regular supervised products are not available or if people are in isolation and unable to go shopping themselves or This list is not exclusive and may be added to over the coming days. To download the latest have Pesach products delivered to their home.

Extra Virgin Coconut Oil can be allowed version, visit www.kosher.org.uk/covid-19 Oil: Coconut Oil Y This list is not exclusive and may be added to over the coming days.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil can be allowed. Refined or Pomace Oils should be avoided Oil: Olive Oil Y Ideally Supermarkets own brand pure Sunflower Oil. If any additives are listed on the To download the latest version, visit www.kosher.org.uk/covid-19 Oil: Pure Y Ingredients (EG Flora “With Vitamin E”) the product should be avoided (Key: Y = Yes. Can be approved N = No. To be avoided Y/N = Check Note)

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Baking Powder

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Butter

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Cocoa Powder Coffee Instant Coffee Roasted Desiccated Coconut Dried Apple Eggs

Y Y Y Y

Frozen fish

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Frozen fruit Frozen Veg

Y Y

Fruit Juice Drinks

Y/N

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Low Sodium Salt Milk: (Regular non-supervised) Nuts Ground Nuts Whole

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COMMENT Pure Sodium Bicarbonate would be fine but brands which have Cornflour or Maltodextrin added should be avoided Pure Butter, Plain and Salted, can be allowed. Lactic Butter (which will list Lactic Culture in the Ingredients) should be avoided Pure 100% Cocoa Powder. NOT Drinking Chocolate Nescafe Gold & Red Label Reg and Nescafe Decaf all certified KLBD-P Pre roasted Ground Coffee can be allowed. Decaffeinated should be avoided

Pure Apple with Preservative Sulphur Dioxide can be allowed Regular Hen eggs, both white and brown, are permitted. There is no concern regarding the ink-stamp. (Brown eggs have a higher incidence of bloodspots.)

Frozen fish, whole or filleted, is permitted, provided that no other ingredients have been added. It should be rinsed thoroughly before use Provided no ascorbic or citric acid is listed as an anti-oxidant Provided no ascorbic or citric acid is listed as an anti-oxidant (excluding of course peas, beans, corn or other items which are considered kitniyot) Pure Fruit Juices without any added anti-oxidants listed on the ingredients, can be allowed. Apple juice often has Citric or Ascorbic Acid added which could be Kitniyot or possibly Chametz Pure Honey from a reputable brand can be allowed Silverspoon Icing Sugar with Tri Calcium Phosphate as anti-caking agent can be allowed.

Other brands using Cornflour should preferably be avoided. NB Fondant or Royal Icing Sugar are not approved.

Often contains Glucose, Citric Acid, Sodium citrate which can be Chametz These pulses are forbidden for Ashkenazim. In an emergency situation, Rabbinic advice should be sought LoSalt Low sodium Salt is permitted

Only raw or blanched, not roasted

N

Pepper Pickled Cucumbers Potato Starch Prunes

Y N

Quinoa

Y

Raisins

Y

Raw (kosher) Meat without a KLP status Salt

Y

Soft Drinks / Cola

N

Spices: Garlic, Onion, Ginger, Cinnamon Sugar

Y

Sweeteners

Y/N

Tapioca starch Tea

Y Y

Tinned Potatoes Tinned Salmon Tinned Sardines Tinned Tomatoes Tinned Tuna Tomato Puree Toothpaste

N Y Y N Y Y/N Y

Washing up liquid

Y

Water Bottled

Y

Yoghurts

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Even plain pitted Olives in Brine generally use Lactic Acid (which could be Chametz) as an Acidity Regulator, as well as Preservatives Citric or Ascorbic Acid Both Black or white Usually in Spirit Vinegar which could be of Chametz origin

Dried Prunes generally use preservative Potassium Sorbate which can be of Chametz origin It is questionable whether Quinoa is to be considered as Kitniyot. In case of need it can be allowed Sun Maid raisins are approved. If they are not available other brands of plain Raisins with no additional ingredients other than Sunflower Oil would be permitted Raw (kosher) meat (not pickled) and unprocessed raw chicken can be permitted even without without a KLP label. Mince Meat must have a KLP logo

Saxa has been approved. Any other brand could be used if Saxa is not available including Sea Salt Soft Drinks typically contain Flavourings and anti-oxidants derived from Chametz. The Caramel in in Cola drinks is generally made from Glucose of wheat. (The Kosher l’Pesach colas utilise a specially manufactured KFP Caramel.)

This refers to pure spice powder or granules. Spice Salts such as Garlic Salt or Onion Salt should be avoided

Currently certify Tate & Lyle Granulated Caster and Demarara, but Silver Spoon and other brands could also be used if T&L is not available Hermesetas Mini is approved as well as Xylitol when pure or using only Silicon Dioxide as freeflow agent Tapioca Starch from Doves Farm is KLBD certified. Other brands can be allowed as well KLBD currently certify all Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire tea. Other brands of regular Black Tea could also be allowed if necessary Often contains Ascorbic Acid Plain in oil, water or brine, without sauces or flavours Plain in oil water or brine, without sauces or flavours Generally contains Citric acid Tinned Tuna in Sunflower Oil, Brine or Water can be allowed 100% Tomato can be allowed. Those containing Citric Acid should be avoided Regular toothpaste is permitted, provided it does not contain sorbitol Fairy Liquid is certified for Pesach but other brands can also be allowed. (Ecover limited edition which is derived from beer should be avoided.)

All still bottled water and naturally sparkling water is fine. Artificially carbonated water may be carbonated with CO2 from the brewing industry but many brands have been checked and approved. See passover.isitkosher.uk Plain natural unflavoured Yoghurt only

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The Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din has announced a list of products which can be used this Pesach in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Guidelines include basic goods not under special Pesach supervision.

KLBD has produced the list with Dayanim of the London Beth Din to support the Jewish community.

Leniencies are in place to assist if regular supervised products are unavailable, people who are older are in isolation so are unable to go shopping or have Pesach products delivered to their home.

“We are acutely aware of the pressures on individuals and on families at this unprecedented time, particularly on our community’s older, vulnerable and isolated members,” said Rabbi Jeremy Conway, KLBD Director.

“We already know why this Seder night will be different to all other nights and this Pesach will be one unlike any other.”

KLKD has worked overtime to support kosher shops and manufacturers and put together the guidelines.

“Working together, we hope the community will be able to have a kosher and meaningful Pesach despite the

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Pesach Supplement

Nestlé UK Coffee Passover 2020 – ‫פסח תש"פ‬

The Kashrus Division of the London Beth Din (KLBD) hereby confirm that the following Nestlé UK instant coffee products are certified as Kosher for Passover – ‫כשר לפסח‬, even though the KLBD-P logo is currently not printed on the product packaging.

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305 Ballards Lane, London N12 8GB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 8343 6255 Fax: +44 (0)20 8343 6254 Email: info@klbdkosher.org Web: www.kosher.org.uk

Regular Yorkshire Tea, Nescafe Gold Blend Given the challenges posed by Coronavirus

and Saxa Salt now Kosher l’Pesach!

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, many of us have already started our Pesach Web: www.kosher.org.uk Kashrut Division London Beth Din, 305 Ballards Lane, London N12 8GB, shopping this year. To make the(0)20 that bit easier, KLBD has certified as Kosher community’s Tel: +44 life(0)20 8343 6254United Kingdom 8343 6255 Fax: +44 l’Pesach certain brands of regular tea, coffee Email: info@klbdkosher.org Web: and salt that can be purchased supermarkets. How did they do this? Join in mainstreamwww.kosher.org.uk us on a journey that is more than 500 years in the making… n the fifteenth century Rav Israel Isserlin (1390 – 1460), better known as the Trumos Hadeshen, one of the greatest early Halachists, ruled that sugar must be manufactured under supervision for Pesach. His concern then was that flour may be added as a whitening agent or other chametzderived ingredients used in the refining process, but the challenge applies to equally to tea, coffee, salt and many other items. Earl Grey tea could contain a Bergamot flavour which can be chametz. Tea bags themselves may contain starch. To decaffeinate coffee, alcohol is sometimes used which can be derived from wheat. Anti-caking agents used to keep a powdered product dry can be chametz or kitniyot.

The Trumos Hadeshen’s ruling has been followed by generations of Jews to this day. But making special small batches of products that are kosher for Pesach is very expensive, sometimes because of the cost to the factory in downtime while everything is elaborately cleaned before starting the kosher run, but more often simply because of the logistics of getting a particular batch of sugar to a particular kosher corner shop, instead of large and regular deliveries through the regular countrywide network.

As more and more manufacturers across the globe become kosher certified, however - KLBD supervises some 1,800 factories worldwide - and incorporate kashrut controls into their processes, quality control protocols are in place throughout the year. Thus we are able to certify regular products as Kosher l’Pesach without additional special supervision.

The demand for Kosher certification from the large Jewish communities of the USA and especially Israel, has meant that manufacturers are keen to get Kosher l’Pesach status for their products so they can maintain their shelf-space in Israeli supermarkets throughout the year, including the Pesach season.

Some companies such as Tate & Lyle have placed a KLBD-P logo (P for Pesach!) on all their regular packs.

Others haven’t as yet, and some are not so keen to do so, as it opens them up to demands from other segments of the market (Halal, Vegetarian Society, Vegan, Soil Association et al) for their logos to be put on the packaging too.

To help the kosher consumer further, this year KLBD has worked with Taylors of Harrogate who make Yorkshire Tea, Nestlé who make Nescafé and Saxa

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who make salt. We have verified their ingredients list and processing aids used, approved suppliers and have a legal agreement that they won’t change anything without notifying us. We also inspect their factories on a regular basis.

l’Pesach throughout the year and can now be purchased anywhere at the normal year round prices, without the additional cost of manufacturing packing and delivering special Passover batches.

As a result, these staple products and ingredients are certified Kosher

KLBD wishes everyone a Chag Kosher Vesameach – a happy, healthy and kosher Pesach.

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It is most important that all chametz is disposed of or sold before Passover.

Although the nonJew usually sells it back after Passover, this is an entirely valid and legal sale. be sold should be securely sealed The chametz to away in a room or cupboard, which will not be used over Pesach. It is customary to empower the local rabbi to sell one's chametz and to sign the rabbi's contract. If this is difficult, please use the online mechiras chametz facility at www.kosher.org.uk/category/sell-my-chamet z or fill out the form below.

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I hereby authorize him to act in my stead, and empower him to do all that is required to make such a sale valid in order that I conform to all the halachic requirements and restrictions regarding the possession of chametz over Pesach.

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challenging circumstances in which we all find ourselves,” Rabbi Conway added.

A minhag dates back to the beginning of commercial food manufacture in the 15th century for Pesach products to be manufactured under special Pesach supervision.

The current exceptional times have called for the unprecedented guidelines.

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WJC monitors global pandemic

BY NATALIE ASH World Jewish Congress has been monitoring the spread of the coronavirus pandemic aware of the impact on affiliated communities globally.

Statistics on the number of Jewish people to have succumbed to the deadly virus is unclear.

All global events have been cancelled and WJC’s crisis management team is in communication with communities to help them prepare and deal with uncertain times ahead.

WJC President, Ronald S. Lauder, has reached out to “fellow Jews” in recent days.

“The Jewish people, along with the entire world, face one of the most difficult challenges ever,” he noted in a statement.

“We’ve never experienced anything quite like this. The coronavirus has completely upset our daily lives in ways we never imagined possible. All travel has come to a halt. Business have shut down. People are sequestered in their homes. Our lives have changed overnight. Hundreds of thousands of people have fallen ill to this virus, and sadly, over 10,000 have now died.

“It’s only natural to be frightened. Over

the years, as president, I’ve always emphasised the fact that we are one people. What makes the Jewish people strong is our faith in G-d and trust in each other.

This situation, I believe, has unintentionally, made that abundantly clear. All Jews, indeed, all of humanity are the targets of this disease. That is why now, more than ever, we must discard any divisions in our community. Challenges can bring out the best in us, and that’s what we need now.”

WJC is ready to aid every Jewish community around the world.

“Contact us immediately,” Lauder noted.

“We are your representatives, your extended arm and ready to help.”

He added, “We will get through this together. We will overcome this challenge, as one people, and we will come out stronger at the other end.”

Lauder noted that Jewish doctors and scientists are among medical teams around the world at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus.

“We salute them, we pray for their health and success,” he said.

“Stay safe, act prudently, have courage, support those around you, and always remain optimistic.”

Tributes to Milan Jewish community leader Michele Sciama, former secretary-general of Milan’s the Jewish community, passed away from the coronavirus on Monday.

Sciama, 79, was organising a fundraising concert for the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation, which documents Nazi war crimes before his death.

“We will perform the concert in his name to honour his memory and to fight that virus that not only produces statistics, but deprives us of the presence of people, friends and brethren,” said Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, CDEC Foundation director.

“We had met in a first organisational meeting just a few days ago. His dream, in recent times, had been to organise a great event, a concert to be offered to the city of Milan to finance the CDEC.” Claudia Bagnarelli, former Jewish School of Milan principal said Sciama’s death as a “great loss” to the community .

Sciama was known for his involvement in Jewish education.

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Bank of Israel initiative The Bank of Israel has purchased NIS 50 billion in government bonds to support the economy due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Bond purchases will allow the bank to influence bond yields and lower costs of longterm credit for businesses and households.

Economic conditions have worsened significantly with 500,000 Israelis losing jobs in recent weeks, unemployment has increased to 16.5% according to the Employment Service.

“Economic activity has been seriously disrupted and volatility in financial markets has increased,” noted the Bank in a statement. “The additional monetary support is particularly important at a time

when many businesses and households are encountering liquidity difficulties.”

The Bank announced last week it would give financial entities access to repo transactions while using government bonds as collateral and continue the swap tenders program in the shekel-dollar market.

Jobs in the service industry, especially hotels, restaurants, bars, retail and tourism have been most affected.

Before the crisis, Israel’s unemployment rate was 3.6%, one of the lowest in the OECD. The Israeli government has estimated NIS 2 billion will be paid in benefits next month.

Chief Rabbi Lau calls for Covid-19 fast day Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Lau called on Jews to fast yesterday due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Appealing to healthy Jews to fast for half a day at least, for those who can’t fast, Rabbi Lau recommended limiting speech to expressions of kindness, positivity and caring.

“We must engage in soul searching,” he noted. “As believing Jews, we know that the Hand of Providence is behind this and that it comes to tell us something.”

Lau added, “Everyone feels the sword which has been unleashed and which is taking lives all over the world. At this time, as we strictly adhere to the directives of medical officials, each of us should examine his ways and improve his behaviour, both regarding commandments relating to his fellow man and regarding commandments relating to G-d.”

The date was chosen as it was the eve of Nisan and Rabbi Lau called on everyone to say special prayers.

Jewish School Foundation, he graduating in engineering in London and Milan, offered his skills to Milanese Judaism and the CDEC Foundation.

He is survived by his wife, Viviane, and daughters, Dalia and Stefania.

Italy’s death toll is the highest globally at over 6,820 and close to 69,000 cases by Wednesday.

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El Al has repatriated thousands of Israelis from around the world as the coronavirus grips the world. Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz instructed the national emergency plan with Israelis experiencing tickets being cancelled countries entering lockdown and stopping international flights.

“El Al’s long-standing tradition as a national airline stepping up during a national emergency continues,” he tweeted.

During the past week some 1,100 Israelis arrived from Peru and over 500 from India.

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There are reportedly around 2,500 Israelis still stranded in India.

Fifty students were flown back to Israel following a 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia whilst other flights came from Odessa, Bucharest and Kiev.

Scheduled departures also brought Israelis from Rome and Milan including Israeli Embassy staff.

El Al also reported it is was preparing flights to other destinations including Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Thailand.

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Israelis faces lockdown as it battles pandemic

BY ADAM MOSES Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on Israelis to back radical emergency measures in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic or face a full lockdown.

New regulations came into effect on Wednesday night across every aspect of everyday life including obtaining fresh food, medication, travel, prayer, transportation and emergency home maintenance.

And the measures appeared to be working this morning as streets in many cities were almost empty.

Promenades, shopping areas and parks were deserted as Israelis come to terms with the call from Israel’s leader.

Health officials had reported just under 2,600 positive tests yesterday morning with eight fatalities. Both figures are expected to rise significantly.

“Steps taken so far have not been enough and the number of confirmed cases is on the rise. If we cannot change the tide, we will have to impose a full lockdown,” the prime minister said.

“The virus does not differentiate secular from religious and Arab from Jewish. The number of infected people doubles every three days and more people will be in danger of death from the disease.”

Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen is heading up the purchase of medical equipment.

Netanyahu has warned about increased measures for some time but will not predict when the crisis will end. The government though is ready to act.

“History will look back at this time and learn from our conduct, how to handle challenges of this magnitude, we are writing a

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new chapter in history,” he said.

An economic aid package is set to be announced in the coming days.

“We will help you,” Netanyahu said, “Our economy is strong, and we have the resources.”

President Reuven Rivlin addressed the nation on Wednesday.

“We must do what is asked of us. I appeal to you, my fellow Israeli citizens, our lives depend on it, our lives depend on it,” he said.

Police forces have been deployed to ensure public order.

In Jerusalem, entrances to the Mea Shearim neighbourhood have been blocked due to the threat of the virus spreading. Owners of non-vital businesses have closed stores.

In Tel Aviv, the Carmel and Tikvah markets were closed on Tuesday, streets were empty by early evening on Wednesday. In Haifa,

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streets were quiet but in Netanya, the market was only shut down by police after being open after the deadline.

“Upon receiving reports of activity at the market in Netanya, the police arrived and the market was closed shortly after,” noted a police statement.

Preparations have been ongoing to treat seriously ill patients but there is great concern in some quarters that if numbers escalate into the thousands there will not be enough equipment or beds available to cope.

The Education Ministry said they will resume “remote learning” classes for students at home following negotiations with the Teachers Union. Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich meantime announced all train traffic would stop on Wednesday.

“This is a crisis unlike any other Israel

has dealt with since its establishment,” said Smotrich, Throughout the week there was an escalation of measures.

Business leaders did not back a Health Ministry demand for a full lockdown but ultimately Netanyahu announced regulations to combat the spread of the virus including buying food, medications and essential products. A limit on outdoor trips has been set to no more than 100 metres from one’s home and there is a ban on sporting activity.

Other restrictions have been set for prayer, funerals, weddings, a brit and mikveh.

Synagogues will close but this was reportedly a major point of issue between Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism Party.

The decision was finally made due to the high number of infections resulting from services.

Public transportation has been be reduced to 25%. Taxi services are permitted with strict conditions. Regulations are also in place for the public and employers. Entry is banned for employee with a body temperature over 38°C. Food and newspaper delivery services are permitted as are essential services for home maintenance, electrical appliances, communications product and services and medical accessories.

Online sales are available for many products but home deliveries must be placed outside a door of a residence. Restrictions also include vet visits and pet food deliveries.

Police officers can enforce restrictions with fines applicable.

Violation of restrictions will result in a NIS 5,000 fine or up.

Gantz stands to be Knesset speaker

BY SIMCHA ABIR Blue & White leader Benny Gantz has stunned his own party by standing to be Knesset speaker.

Gantz’s candidacy came shortly before a vote was due to take place on Thursday afternoon.

The decision is expected to hit his own party but is popular with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc, which could bring about a unity government.

Netanyahu and Gantz reportedly discussed forming an emergency unity government on Wednesday night hours after Israel’s leader announced new measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The astonishing development surrounding Gantz came 24 hours after it appeared Netanyahu’s historic reign as was coming ending after the Israeli Supreme Court ruled the Knesset must elect a new speaker today.

The two major parties have been deadlocked since the election over the way ahead to form a coalition government. Gantz holds 61 of parliament’s 120 seats but there have been constant delays since elections earlier

this month.

Amidst the ongoing political claim and counter claim by leading parties, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein’s resigned on Wednesday after refusing an earlier court order to hold a vote with Likud facing defeat.

The Supreme Court appointed Labour leader Amir Peretz as temporary speaker and Chief Justice Esther Hayut lambasted Edelstein’s unprecedented action.

“There has never been such an occurrence in this country where a leadership figure publicly and defiantly refused to uphold a court order,” she said.

President Reuven Rivlin said it was “inconceivable” a leader would not obey a court ruling.

“I am sure that the order of the High Court of Justice will be implemented and Israeli democracy will emerge strengthened and more resilient,” he said following Edelstein’s resignation.

Rivlin has consistently appealed to Netanyahu and Blue & White leader Benny Gantz to form a unity government.

“Find a way to present a shared leadership, a responsible leadership, for Israeli

society in its time of crisis,” he implored.

During the political impasse Netanyahu offered to serve for a further 18 months in what would be his fourth consecutive term in office last weekend.

With Gantz’s 28-day mandate to form a governing coalition ending in two weeks Netanyahu would be asked to try form a government. Under law, Gantz can request a two-week extension.

Edelstein said the coronavirus crisis and Netanyahu’s call for a national emergency government with Gantz were valid reasons to postpone the election for a speaker.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit however ruled that Edelstein’s resignation did not stop him from following a High Court of Justice ruling to convene the Knesset on his replacement.

Edelstein is the only person with authority to convene a Knesset session.

The High Court of Justice decision saw five judges rule that Edelstein must hold a vote.

Edelstein commented, “The Supreme Court’s decision is not based on law but on one-sided, extreme analysis. The court’s

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decision contradicts the bylaws of the Knesset.”

Noting that the court decision was destroying the work of the Knesset, added, “The court decision undermines the base of Israeli democracy.”

After resigning, Edestein met with Gantz.

“The parliament of Israel belongs to the citizens of Israel,” said Gantz. “Their elected representatives will fulfil the laws of Israel and decisions of its courts. No one is above the law.”

Netanyahu called on Gantz to agree a unity government midweek.

“It’s time to show leadership and national responsibility,” Netanyahu noted on Twitter.

“The citizens of Israel need a unity government that will act to save their lives and livelihood. This is not the time for a fourth election. We both know that the differences are minor and could be overcome so we can form a government. Let us meet and form a government today.”

The prospect of a unity government however faded when the High Court instructed Edelstein to commit to a vote.

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No extension to winter time in Israel Israel will not extend winter time by a month.

Interior Ministry Aryeh Deri had suggested the notion to combat the spread of coronavirus but government bodies and cyber-technology advisors rejected the idea.

Deri’s viewpoint would see the public to spend less time outside to reduce chances of contracting the deadly virus.

The IDF, Finance Ministry,

Communications Ministry, Justice Ministry and ICT Authority contributed to the decision.

Former Attorey General Avichai Mandelblit had approved Deri’s request to include an extension of standard time into state emergency orders.

Deri had spoked with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and Defence Minister Naftali Bennett about his plans.

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Ezer Mizion founder Rabbi Chananya Chollak has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

It is not known how he contracted the virus but Rabbi Chollak had recently met senior figures in the Chareidi community including Bnei Brak Mayor Avraham

Rubenstein, members of Bnei Brak City Council and the District Police Command.

He is self-quarantining at home.

“Anyone who was near me for 15 minutes needs to enter self-quarantine,” he said.

Rav Chollak added, “We have so much to do in quarantine. It’s a time of closeness with Hashem, a time when a person can elevate himself, something that’s very difficult on a day to day basis.”

He also noted people in need of help.

“There are people, elderly, sick, special children, special education children. We need to help them while ensuring that we’re diligent in adhering to the Health Ministry’s directives.”

Mayor Rubenstein is also in self-quarantine.

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Board and JLC unite over coronavirus response

BY NATALIE ASH The Board of Deputies and Jewish Leadership Council have collaborated to strengthen community resources and responses to the coronavirus crisis.

A new online forum will work together in a landmark initiative.

Skilled professionals in fundraising, communications, HR and operations will pool resources.

The JLC is focusing on communal organisation on issues of financial sustainability, the Board will concentrate on supporting Jewish life now and beyond the current emergency.

“The JLC and the Board are working flat out together to help build resilience in the community during this challenging period,” said Simon Johnson of the JLC. “However tough this situation is, it is heartening to see how the community is pulling together and our institutions are finding new ways of collaborating to address the immediate need.”

Gillian Merron added, “Our two organisations are successfully harnessing all our skills so we can cover all sides of the situation without any duplication. By doing

this and making use of technological solutions we are ensuring the Jewish community has the benefit of all of our shared expertise.”

Earlier this week, BoD president Marie van der Zyl, expressed gratitude to the Government for working with the Jewish community to amend the Coronavirus Bill regarding religious freedoms on burial.

“There could be few things more sacred,” she noted.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, Paymaster General Penny Mordaunt, Communities Minister Simon Clarke and the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Rehman Chishti acted to address concerns raised by Jewish and Muslim communities.

Naz Shah MP proposed an amendment, Wes Streeting MP offered close communication throughout the Bill process.

“This has been an inspiring example of interfaith solidarity and responsive government,” said Ms van de Zyl. “It shows, even in these difficult times for our nation, why we have so much reason to be proud of this wonderful country.”

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From the front line…

BY JACQUELINE CURZON Like many of you I’ve had a tidal wave of coronavirus information reaching me through social media, and a veritable tsunami of unwelcome and sometimes quite tasteless jokes. It is disappointing that these keep circulating, because this virus crisis is likely going to be the health war our children will remember when they reach old age. I never forgot the Asian tsunami of 2004, or the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Some things you remember as a distant spectator, but this pandemic is here, on our doorstep. Nobody can claim exemption, can use the get-out-ofhospital card, and we have seen members of our own community suddenly taken from us. It is still early days, and likely to get much, much worse.

Last week Sainsbury's announced their silver hour, for the elderly and vulnerable.

I fell out of bed early and drove off to find there was already a small queue forming at 6.35. I would have said 60% of the final queue by 7am was ultimately over 70s, but many people in the queue were young and healthy, and they didn’t all appear to be 'shopping for Granny'.

I heard somebody say, ‘I thought this queue was only for the over 70s.’ She said it ever so sweetly, so I took out my wallet and showed her my chemotherapy card.

I said it was also intended for those who are vulnerable. Someone further back said defensively….’I'm a carer, and I'm shopping for 14 of my clients.’ Now this didn't quite stack up, for I have to reason, most of her clients might have some family, friends or other network who will be shopping for them. So, I asked the manager if it was alright for someone to be ‘shopping for Granny?’ He felt that was reasonable, and then I asked, 'what about somebody who's shopping for 14 grannies,' and he said that was not on!

Inside it was an absolute buzz, like rush hour pre pesach, you couldn't avoid the trolleys or the people going past you, shoulder to shoulder! If ever this was supposed to be about limitation of risk, it was just the opposite. We are in a position where we are now asking, why is this pesach different from all other pesachs?

Because never in our lifetime have we been so concerned for our very survival. I am anxious it might be my last.

Now that schools are closed, I am at home with 6 of my children and intermittently a husband who needs to go to work, and I feel that several of them are unwittingly exposing me to an unacceptable degree of risk. If I could lock myself in a hotel, or someone's granny flat, with running water, food and internet, I feel I might make it, but I'm trapped in a position - like many others - where my life could be taken away from me, despite my best efforts.

Over this past week I've had to verbally push away children coming up with various needs and demands, as the arbiter

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It occurred to me just the other day that my journey has already lasted more than 18 months, which is no small feat or achievement from a disease which was destined to take me out in 3 to 6 months. of squabbles, as the provider of some essential service, while some of the older children enjoy personal time communing with their devices, one telling me - it's not my job to look after your children.

Hmmm, that’s just a bit unhelpful. Homeschool partnership is virtually impossible from 3 metres away, similarly children's activities.

It occurred to me just the other day that my journey has already lasted more than 18 months, which is no small feat or achievement from a disease which was destined to take me out in 3 to 6 months.

I know my GP and the other medical oncologists consider me, to some extents, a minor miracle, but it makes me terrified now the NHS appears to be on a virtual shutdown.

I have remained optimistic about my whole survival, but with the spectre of coronavirus lurking round every door, every lamppost, every shop front or in the

breath of every person who walks past, I do suspect that my mazal might be on a point of running out.

Having been off chemotherapy since the end of December, it adds up to 3 months ‘off treatment’, which, combined with my 3 months last year, makes a sobering 6 months out of 12. Nobody has survived that long, and I know this from both the medical literature, and from the words of professionals. We now have medical personnel openly suggesting that ‘only the most likely to survive will be saved,’ which means should I be so unlucky to contract Coronavirus they may just effectively pull the plug on me, and others, because I'm unlikely to do well in such a scenario.

What a story for someone to have survived the most evil of cancers all this time, to have stayed strong and positive, only to inadvertently be undermined by one’s own family, who underestimate the risk, or by a health service forced to apportion care. I think this is the right time therefore to write my will. After all, I can hardly do it from the ICU or the hospice, and they sadly feel closer than before. The bucket list – New York, Bolshoi, autobiography etc may never happen. If you think back to the beginning where I said that I've been on this journey for 18 months, at least 3 before treatment, and 6 / 12 of them as described above, that already makes a tally of 9 months off treatment. I let you do the maths.

I've just this week had a repeat CT. Understandably I was on shpilkes, not just in anticipation of the result, but in case the CT would ultimately be cancelled, like so many appointments in the NHS. Understandable because of the crisis, of course, but cancer patients must continue to be seen, for we are now fighting both the seen and the unseen. Now should I, by some miracle, pass this CT, there is a new treatment which might be offered to me, but I have been cautioned by the consultant that there could be a delay of up to 3 months.

I was doing a little bit more research into how pandemics occur, for their origin and transmission are perhaps not well understood; I know I previously mentioned the Spanish flu of 1918 (which killed between 30 to 50 million people), this in a time before the discovery of antibiotics and also where there was no opportunity for international travel. I referred to the Ebola outbreak of 2014 where 11,000 people died (a relatively small number), and the disease was largely contained to West Africa. I forgot however to mention the Swine flu pandemic from 2009 which brought about up to 200,000 deaths worldwide. Small numbers perhaps, compared to what we may now face globally. These often originated in birds (is that why we call them ‘flu’?), be it ducks, chickens and alarmingly, also bats.

Irrespective of what the Chinese choose to eat, never again will I be blasé about

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eating poultry. Trace – track - treat. In the 2019 Swine flu pandemic (H1N1), there were an estimated 25 – 60,000 deaths worldwide, with over 40 million people becoming ill. These are not my numbers but originate from the CDC [Centres for Disease Control & Prevention]. Doctors were applying T-T-T in cities with populations of nearly 4 million (Jaipur, India).

Medics in haz-mat gear walked around the slums and deprived areas of the city, searching for, and FINDING people who had likely been contaminated. They could do it! Who is knocking on our doors, looking for the network of people connected to ‘Mrs Smith,’ currently in the ICU??

Track – trace - treat. But we must also keep a daily record of who we interact with. The list should be SMALL, but could be helpful if, chas vesholom, things take a turn for the worst. I’m keep such a record, too.

Scientists and medical personnel have been modelling different methods of disease control on pandemics for many years. Within one month – so goes their theory - the disease travels the length of the country of origin; within 2 months, it has travelled globally. This model seems to be correct, however, it might seem our medical/ scientific advisers haven't quite got it right yet, for our preparedness is lacking. Or they have made some mistakes, for they seem to be learning on the job, which does not bode well for our population’s survival. As we are only a few weeks behind Italy, we are living in real fear. This current lock-down should have come weeks ago.

I travelled by car to my appointment and was amazed at the number of cars on the road, many with multiple occupants, including children. They could not have all been going to work. In the hospital many walked around with masks, but I am reliably told that only the M4 mask is coronavirus proof, so if like me you are wearing a paper mask, it will do nothing, except stop you breathing germs or coughing over others. Nice try, Jacqueline! I heard also that members of the public have tried to rip the hand sanitizers off the walls. In plain sight of medical personnel. Unbelievable! I am – like many others - supposed to ground myself at home for 12 weeks and stay a minimum of 2 metres away from anybody in the house.

I will try, but boy oh boy, you can tell Boris hasn’t got seven children. I must implore you to stay home, stay sane, and pray for the welfare of Klal Yisroel.

Until next week, keep safe Jacqueline x

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Motoring MALCOLM GINSBERG is best known as one of the country’s leading air travel experts and a distinguished travel writer. However, in the distant past he was Public Relations Manager for Lotus, the sports car manufacturer. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and produces a monthly car test for Business Travel News. With no travel to write about in the immediate future he will be producing a series of automotive reviews for Jewish Weekly. And here he starts with a real quality product, the LEXUS UX. Electric cars are all the rage. But overall they are still selling in small numbers except in the case of Lexus (plus mother corporation Toyota) and their hybrid range.

Lexus has taken the British market by storm. It enjoyed record UK sales in 2019 – 15,126 vehicles, 70% of which were hybrid SUVs, the highest ever sales tally for the luxury hybrid leader – with a 58% sales increase in these semi off-the-road vehicles over the previous year. The description ‘utility’ actually fits except that Lexus is very much into the luxury end of the market. It certainly is not a utility vehicle, as the generally accepted meaning of the word.

I am an electric car fan but a flat dweller.

For me the current hybrids are the perfect solution, no charging requirement, emission friendly and literally ‘less taxing’. In Harrow, London, if you register your car, street parking charges are cancelled. But you still need to obey the local time zones.

Lexus introduced its first hybrid in 2005, a sensational integration of a regular petrol engine and a long-life battery. The Japanese company has high hopes for the new UX, its larger brother, the NX, Lexus biggest selling car in the UK. It represents the fourth generation of the self-charging power train and also launches what is termed the Lexus Global Architecture – Compact (GA-C) platform. Most of the numerous innovations are unseen but add up to a safer, lighter and more efficient vehicle. Typically, the Pre-Collision System (PCS) uses camera-based detection to recognize pedestrians in low light, and its radar capability enables detection of cyclists during the day.

If you have never driven a hybrid car go and visit a local dealer. You will find it different from anything experienced previously. At low speeds it is fully electric and in a traffic crawl you can see the fuel consumption actually improving. It is called “EV mode” and as an experienced hybrid driver I never had any problems with the battery running out of charge. Once on the move, proper, you are into the eco, and then power mode. The CVT style gearbox is very smooth giving effortless acceleration, feeling quicker than it really is. Downhill with the UX, up to 70mph no fuel at all is used, and you may well be topping up the

Interior of the Lexus UX

battery.

The 2ltr UX is well put together, a front wheel drive five-seat mini SUV, with a speedy 0-60mph in 8.5sec and an easy 45mpg. Whilst it sits slightly higher off the road and affords better visibility than a traditional saloon it is not a car for muddy fields and the like. For that you need the E-Four electric all-wheel drive version.

Heated seats are standard with manual six-way adjustment. A lever on the steering column offers a height setting giving the correct sight line for the various dials and information views. Everything comes to hand with ease.

Getting in is very easy but the test car was without auto folding door mirrors, something I would always specify.

A display fitted in the binnacle means being able to see the sat nav turning information without needing to turn one’s head.

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central display not the 10.1in one available on the higher-grade model. There is a power tailgate and the rear compartment sits up nicely for loading shopping and cases. But it is not that big. It is a question of the old trade-off between cabin space and the boot.

In this case the passenger wins.

The small SUV handles with the poise and agility of a hatchback and brings a smile back to motoring. In typical Lexus fashion the UX’s cabin is built to a high grade and the switchgear feels very solid.

Lexus tries to stand out from the crowd and most of the innovations work, except in the case the UX’s infotainment control device, a flat track pad close to the gear lever. If you ineptly jab a finger on to the pad whilst driving the cursor darts around the screen apparently of its own accord.

The danger is you take your eyes off the road while trying to sort it out. UX owners say you need more than a week to begin to master it and in fact it works very well.

The boot sits at a nice level to take the shopping from a trolly, but it is not that large. And the driving experience? Sitting on 18in wheels and a two-litre motor performance could be termed ‘sparky’.

On the open road the UX combines that precise steering with good body control and the sort of grip required to actually feel quite keen in corners. Taller SUVs tend to lean. It is fine in the wet and never offered anything but a fine reassuring hold on the road in spite of being called up to stop very quickly when a torrent of rain descended onto a motorway. That experience was impressive.

Lexus claims 65.7mpg for the hybrid UX and over the course of the test, as noted, I managed 45mpg including stop-go conditions followed by hard driving.

Does the UX look like good value? The entry-level model just sneaks in under £30,000 with the Premium Plus Pack adding £4,200 and the appropriate Terrane Khaki metallic paintwork another £570.

She competes with the Audi Q3, Range Rover Evoque, Peugeot 3008, but no longer the Infiniti QX30, with Nissan having pulled that brand from the UK market. https://www.lexus.com/models/UX

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Oregano & Olive Roast Chicken A Seder night meal needs to be flexible and family friendly. Roast flavoured with oranges, olives, and garlic and lemon juice is ideal especially as you can cook it slowly and it will not try out!

Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Serves: 6

Another three delicious recipe from Denise Phillips For more recipes and inspiration visit my website: www.jewishcookery.com

Ingredients 12 chicken thighs/ pieces of chicken – skin removed 1 bunch fresh oregano – leaves chopped Juice of 2 oranges Zest of 1 orange 3 cloves garlic – peeled and roughly chopped 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and freshly black pepper Olive Topping 200g mixed green and black olives pitted and chopped 2 garlic cloves – skinned and finely chopped 1-2 red chillies - deseeded and finely chopped – optional Zest of 1 orange and 1 tablespoon orange juice 2 fresh oregano sprigs – leaves only 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon honey 2 small oranges – sliced Pinch of sugar Method 1) Trim the chicken thighs / pieces of any excess fat or skin and place in a large dish.

2) Add the oregano, garlic, orange juice and zest, 2 tablespoons oil and some black pepper. Mix with your hands, cover and marinate in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.

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3) For the olive topping, put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix and set aside.

4) Preheat the oven to 190C/ 170F fan/ Gas mark 5.

5) Take the chicken out of the marinade. Heat 2 tablespoons oil and sauté on both sides until golden. Do in batches so the chicken is in one layer.

6) Transfer to an ovenware dish, add the marinade ingredients and roast covered for 20 minutes.

7) Remove from the oven and now add the orange slices some under the chicken and some on top. Add pinch of sugar and roast for another 20 minutes.

8) When ready to serve, scatter over the olive topping.

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Stuffed Turkey Escalope with Apricot and Pecans This is a tasty colourful dish that looks more complicated than it is ~ and there’s a wow factor when you serve it sliced to reveal its amazing filling.

I like to serve this with crispy potatoes on a bed of curly kale or spinach.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients 6 turkey escalopes/ uncoated turkey schnitzel ~ 75g dried apricots 110g baby spinach leaves 110g pecan nuts 2 cloves garlic -peeled roughly chopped 1 teaspoon paprika ~ 2 tablespoons ground almonds Salt and freshly ground black pepper ~ 1 tablespoon vegetable oil – for frying ~ 100ml white wine 100ml chicken stock Method 1) Place the apricots, baby spinach leaves, pecans, garlic and paprika into the food processor. Whizz until roughly chopped and there is some texture.

2) Remove from the food processor and transfer to a mixing dish. Stir in the ground almonds and season well.

3) Place the turkey onto a chopping board covered with baking parchment paper. Using a rolling pin, flatten the meat so that it is evenly thinner. Then using a knife spread about 2 tablespoons of the filling over the turkey.

4) Roll up tightly from the shorter side to form a ‘swiss roll’. Secure with white string.

5) Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Sauté the turkey roll on both sides until slightly golden.

6) Transfer to an ovenware dish. Pour over the chicken stock and wine.

7) Preheat the oven to 180C/ 350F/ Gas mark 4. Cook covered for about 30 minutes.

8) When cooked, remove the string and cut into slices.

Serve on a bed of curly kale with crispy potatoes and use the cooking liquid as gravy.

Chocolate and Date Mousse If chocolate is your passion, then this is the dessert for you. Serve in individual shot or wine glasses. Will freeze so making double for another day is perfect when time is of the essence. You can even layer the mousse with crushed biscuits.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 5 minutes plus 2 hours chilling

Serves: 4

Ingredients 100g Chopped dates or apricots if preferred 3 tablespoons brandy or kiddush wine or other KFP liquor 125g Plain dark chocolate 1 large egg – separated 30g caster sugar 100ml whipping cream or Rich’s non –dairy cream 50g Grated chocolate – for dusting Method 1) Put the dates in a small bowl and cover with brandy.. Leave to soak for a minimum of 2 hours.

2) Transfer the dates and the brandy to a food processor and whizz together until a paste has formed.

3) Melt the chocolate in a double- boiler or microwave. Remove from the heat and set aside.

4) Beat in the egg yolk and sugar. Stir in the melted chocolate and date mixture.

5) Whip the cream until it holds its shape. Add to the chocolate mixture.

6) In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg white until firm peaks form. Carefully fold into the chocolate delight.

7) Spoon into individual glasses or one large bowl.

8) Place in the refrigerator to chill for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight.

To Serve the Stylish Way Dust with grated chocolate and serve with your favourite plain biscuits.

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Why is this Pesach different from ALL OTHERS?

BY DENISE PHILLIPS The reason is of course Covid19 that has ‘eaten its way’ into every aspect of life and Pesach is no exception. In fact, it feels like we are living through one of the plagues, never knowing who will be affected next.

The usual secret to enjoying a stressfree Pesach is to plan early – from organising your cleaning to removing chametz to buying your supervised supplies. However, this year there is a major risk to the ‘supply chain’ because much comes from Israel, America and France and factories and transport links have been severely disrupted. There is also the extra demand because families staying at home rather than going abroad to catered hotels and overseas relatives. It is estimated an extra 20% is required to meet demands.

My advice: Shop early! We only have a handful of Kosher abattoirs in the UK and butchers are worried that personnel from the abattoirs might get sick and they could possibly shut down. This would obviously make supplies scarce and butchers unable to cope with the increased demand.

A few useful tips to help plan: 1) Write a detailed shopping list so you won’t be tempted to impulse buy unnecessary purchases. (last year’s list is always a good start).

2) Try to create an eight-day menu plan,

even if it is only of the main courses for dinner so that you buy the correct amounts of required ingredients.

3) Consider who is coming over to you – is it wise to invite that elderly relative, or even your own parents, if it puts them at risk? Maybe you could consider the option of a food delivery to them, and for the non-orthodox, a seder via video call. Safety must be a priority.

4) Start now - you will get the best variety, avoid the rush and keep an eye out for those special offers; there are normally lots on offer in the supermarkets.

5) Buy Smart – do not over buy and check the use-by dates. Get an extra dozen eggs they are always needed! Be aware that Tate & Lyle caster, demerara and granulated sugar is Kosher all year. Just buy a new packet!

6) Choose a seder menu that: a) Is easy to serve b) Will not dry out if the seder service goes on longer than anticipated (it always does) c) Leftovers will be fine for Yom Tov lunch the next day.

7) Choose recipes that are specifically created ‘KFP’ –Kosher for Pesach as these will work better. Trying to substitute regular ingredients for Pesach ones does not necessarily give the best results.

8) Use fresh vegetables that are good value and store well such as celeriac, red cabbage, swede, cabbage of all varieties, garlic, potatoes, carrots and beetroot; these make excellent recipes!

But its not all doom and gloom. Jack Bendahn, the director of Kosher Deli planned ahead and ordered extra meat to meet the likely demands well over two months ago. His message is simple: ‘don’t panic Kosher Deli has it covered, from main courses, to accompaniments to dessert’!

As hotels closed, flights were cancelled, they made appropriate survival plans to provide for the many families who had never ‘made their own Pesach’. This year they have a pre-cooked standard and gourmet range of meals. They can also deliver to help those who are now isolated, but orders must be in by Friday 3 April.

Exciting new KFP products to look forward to include: • Heinz Tomato Ketchup, a must for all ketchup lovers!

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Pesach to include almond, cashew, pecan, pine nut, coconut cream, pistachio, macadamia and almond & coconut spread.

• Tiptree has produced an extra supply of strawberry conserve and apricot jam to meet demands.

• Saxa Fine salt, Taylors of Harrogate Tea, Yorkshire Tea, Nescafe gold, Nescafe decaffeinated, Nescafé original and Nescafe original decaffeinated are all certified KFP even though they do not currently bear the label KLBD P logo (Kosher London Beth Din Pesach) And finally, if you really don’t want to cook your seder, Itzik Caterers, are now offering a delicious traditional selection of dishes, all freshly delivered in portions of 5 to make life easy. Eat me events, Jason Milan and Just kosher have teamed up to produce a Pesach menu for home delivery as have Hermolis and numerous other Kosher caterers to bridge the gap on their events that can no longer take place.

Wishing you a VERY HEALTHY Pesach together with your family, friends and loved ones.

Best dishes Denise www.jewishcookery.com ~ check out my Pesach recipes on line!

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LUNCH WITH LOVE If schools are closed, those families who rely on free school meals will need our support.

GIFT will coordinate the delivery of hundreds of lunch packs.*

CHICKEN SOUP ANGELS There’s nothing quite like a bowl of Jewish penicillin. GIFT will facilitate the delivery of thousands of litres of soup.*

GIFT is matching up volunteers with isolated individuals through regular phone/video calls to brighten someone’s day.

VIRTUAL TUTORING If schools are closed, children will need academic support. GIFT is mobilising volunteers to tutor through video chats.

THE GIFT OF A GIFT Children from disadvantaged families, isolated at home will hugely appreciate a present or a new toy/game to relieve the boredom and give parents respite.

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Work Avenue still offering support despite pandemic

The Work Avenue team remote working

BY DAVID SAFFER Work Avenue helps to place clients into work and upskill into work.

The Finchley-based operation is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic but business advisers are on hand with expert advice.

Whether commercial or marketing workshops, interview technique, CV writing, networking tips or transferable skills, distinct departments serve its many clients.

And with the country in lockdown their expertise is essential at a historic time because when the Covid-19 crisis eventually relents businesses will return to work.

Chief executive Debbie Sheldon is just a few days into a new working pattern and clear the charity will adapt further going forward.

“Our advisers are very much on hand for the businesses,” she said. “Face to face networking has had to end but we are advising how best to use social media to progress, meet people and develop.

“My team place people into work, help people upskill into work,” commented Emma May, director of operations and employment. “We are not magicians but narrow the odds in their favour.

“We offer interventions to help the job seeking front. We help people with interview skills, where and how to look to work, how to complete application forms, connect people to people. Everything narrows odds

community.

“Our services, like the business side, include one-to-one meetings, group activities and events. Group ones including job fairs have had to be curtailed but we hope all

“We are also working as a team to spot new opportunities.

It’s about being agile, being ahead of the game, thinking creatively, using transferable skills, using technology wisely. in a client’s favour.

“Most critically, we run a jobs board.

There are employers who like working with the community so when a job comes about they can offer it to someone in the

these will be up and running as they were in the fullness of time.

“What is running is one to one support.

We have five advisers, all up to speed with zoom conferencing, skype or by telephone.

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We are here to advise, reassure, help focus.

Clients are worried, we all are, so to have a conversation about job seeking is really important.

“Advisers are busy and we are helping, but on the placement side we have to be realistic. Clients are uncertain, jobs have been put on hold, which is not surprising but there is recruitment going on remotely by video interview and people looking at CVs. A trickle will start again, we are optimistic jobs will come on stream. Above all, it’s really important to continue helping our clients at the moment.”

Uncertainty is a worry, but Work Avenue clients are demonstrating resolve in difficult times.

“An example is a client who is adapting a CV to show potential employers he is working from home and able to build relationships,” explained Debbie. “This is not what he was doing two weeks ago, he can add value to a company for a job opportunity.”

Work Avenue is offering clients advice on how video interviews differ to face to face interviews.

Debbie explained, “We are giving practical tips because the recruitment process is happening.

“We are also working as a team to spot new opportunities. It’s about being agile, being ahead of the game, thinking creatively, using transferable skills, using technology wisely.

“Graphic design jobs do not need to be done in a specific location. There is nothing wrong with people working remotely, once up to speed they can work often at a lower cost to employers.”

Nevertheless, there is concern about long-term knock-on effects, especially when it comes to raising funds for a business.

“This is a critical stage of business,” commented Debbie. “They are not at the start-up phase when they can manage themselves, they are at the stage of growth looking for funding and a funders risk appetite will change at the moment.

“There is panic and worry. But we will settle into a new norm. I can’t paint a completely rosy picture. Some people are going to be asked to take unpaid leave, some people will be on 50 percent. Business decisions have to be made, there are horrible decisions. There are people on probation easy to get rid of but there will be space for people to come back when the uncertainty goes. I just hope the uncertain period is not as long as some people are predicting.”

Emma added, “When we are talking to clients we are very careful. ‘Don’t worry it’s

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“For some of our clients though it’s “Just to remind yourself you are part of a almost therapy to talk with us. We are not team, you are still working. And we are not therapists, that is not our job, but commualone. Many organisations are doing this nicating, talking, that human communiand it reminds us how important it is for our cation day by day, week by week, to have clients at the sharp end. someone to talk to about fears and worries “Our absolute focus remains on our is important. clients. The more we do to keep a sense of “Setting foundations on how things can normality and positivity that is contextualmove forward is positive ised to how the world now for a lot of people without is the better. being ridiculously over Lastly, having a designatpositive. Clearly this caned place at home to work is not apply at the current really important. It can’t be Work Avenue time.” stressed enough.

020 8371 3280 The importance of Emma explained, “You reception@theworkavenue.org.uk mental health was next have to be out of your northeworkavenue.org.uk on the agenda. mal environment in order “It is so very imporfor a system to be properly tant,” explained Debbie. “All our advisers are tested as we now are. mental health and first aid trained.

“It’s very important to set up your own “We are maintaining contact with clients space. When we speak to job seekers, we tell to preserve their mental health. Those them, you have to get up in a morning, get working remotely, it’s important to have dressed, have a routine, have a break. You a short ‘hi, how was your day’ morning, need structure to a day.” afternoon and end of day meeting so a As the lockdown in the United Kingdom feeling of being isolated does not kick in. continues to quickly take shape, Work AveThat is almost as important as the business nue is in place to react, support and advise decisions.” appropriately

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World Jewish Relief How my grandma’s dementia helped me understand the impact of World Jewish Relief’s work

BY RICHARD BUDDEN, WORLD JEWISH RELIEF At this time of great uncertainty it is amazing to see the way communities are reaching out to their most vulnerable members to help keep them safe or make sure they have everything they need. It reminds me of how my family gathered around my grandma Nita when she was diagnosed with dementia.

She died in December 2012 but from the very beginning, when a routine medical check-up spotted early signs of dementia, there was support and advice for my family as to how best we could help her. She had regular appointments to see how her situation progressed and went to the day centre at her synagogue to do activities with trained volunteers. She received help and medication from the NHS to make sure she was kept as well as she could be.

It was difficult and hard to see the changes in her. I was lucky, she always remembered me, or saw someone else she Viktor & Margareta at the Jewish Community Centre recognised in me. I would get a smile and Zoya, the programme director, told a tut as she rubbed her hand on my beard, me dementia care in Ukraine is 30 years followed by a light tap on the cheek. It behind the UK, that there is no medical was painful to see the person who had diagnosis, no-one really understands cooked so many family meals not be able dementia (including most doctors) and to remember how to cook anything but families feel it is just part of getting old we know we did everything we could do for her with carers, medical support and a or that their older relatives are just being annoying. care system behind her.

I couldn’t imagine my grandma having It’s no surprise that my Grandma Nita was forefront in my mind when I travelled been in that situation with no medication and no support. It made me realise how to Kharkiv, Ukraine recently to meet lucky we are to live in the UK but it was older Jewish people living with dementia also inspiring to see how World Jewish who we support through our Dementia Relief’s programme is changing dementia Programme. It couldn’t help bring up care and training across Eastern Europe. memories of her - parallels of the condiOver the next few days I saw how we tion and how it affected her, differences in are providing dementia training for mediwhat care is available and similarities in cal and care professionals, their personalities and the funding group dementia way people are still people, sessions so older Jewish despite the ravages of the people living with demendisease. tia can keep their minds I spent time with these World Jewish Relief and bodies stimulated and people, some on their own 020 8736 1250 ensuring that dementia and some with their famiinfo@worldjewishrelief.org carers visit those who can’t lies, in their own homes or www.worldjewishrelief.org leave their homes. at the Jewish Community We are the only organiCentre. I sat with our local sation providing these dementia services partners who co-ordinate our dementia in Ukraine and I’m incredibly proud care and training and saw just how stark that we are taking the lead and helping some of those differences are but also the those who need it the most. Like Viktor impact of our work.

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The people we support often live alone, with no family support and Margareta who have been married for 60 years. We first visited them at their home where they struggled to follow the conversation, Viktor would answer a question but then shrink back in his seat and disengage. There were moments when you could see the old glint in their eyes and you knew they had been the life and soul of the party.

Margareta burst into song, singing nursery rhymes from her childhood but forgot them half way through. My grandma used to do the same, humming songs and speaking Yiddish even though she hadn’t spoken it for 70 years. At one point Margareta smiled at me, got up and walked over to me, grabbing my cheeks and rubbing my beard. It reminded me so much of my grandma and what she used

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to do. Different people, different circumstances, same connections.

The next day we met Viktor and Margareta at the Jewish Community Centre’s dementia group session and it couldn’t have been more different. Alongside other people, taking part in activities, they were up and dancing, drawing and making jokes. Viktor was engaged and although at times he was slightly confused by the surroundings, there were people there to help and support them. Margareta didn’t recognise me at first but towards the end of the session got up and rubbed my face, laughing to herself.

It was amazing to see the difference we can make to people living with a condition that is unknown and undiagnosed in their own countries. As soon as I walked into Liliya’s flat she told me how scared she was that she was losing her memory. She didn’t remember some things but can remember her past, like my grandma who would tell me about her schooldays but not know her own family.

Liliya remembers the exact layout of the village she grew up in and the day the Nazis came and shot and killed her entire family. Everyone in the room was in tears as she told us she was saved by a neighbour who passed her off as her own daughter.

Liliya has a dementia care worker called Vita who comes and visits her weekly.

They look through old photos, model clay together and draw to help keep Lilya’s mind active. It was heart-warming to hear Liliya say how much she enjoys the visits, how it helps her and makes her feel more confident. Vita also spoke passionately about how Liliya has opened up to her and how she has transformed from being silent and reserved to more outgoing and talkative.

This is a really difficult time. We all know what it feels like to be vulnerable and we are working with our partners around the world to ensure we can continue to look after the most vulnerable older members of our Jewish community. The people we support often live alone, with no family support and while they’re becoming increasingly concerned about the threat of coronavirus, their other worries haven’t gone away. They need our help more than ever and while our programmes will adapt over the coming weeks and months to adjust to our changing reality, we won’t stop

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Liliya, with her World Jewish Relief dementia carer Vita, knows she is losing her memory and is so scared

our life-changing work and will continue to help people in Ukraine understand dementia and how to care for people living with it.

Since returning to England I often think about those who might not have been as lucky as my Grandma Nita but now have World Jewish Relief and the Jewish community fighting for them and with them.

Dementia care is different in Ukraine but we are leading the way, and helping people like Viktor, Margareta, Liliya and hundreds more.

For more information please go to www. worldjewishrelief.org/pesach

In 2013, 93% of the 263,346 Jews in the UK, leaving a gift to them in your Will. reported donating money to a charity in the With the prevalence of student loans, past year. higher mortgages and reliance on credit Although this is a very comforting figure cards, to-day, less people are able to make and reflects the importance with which regular donations than ever before. chari-ties are viewed, according to the most Hence, for some, leaving a gift in one’s recent research from 2011, only 1 in 4 leave Will is their only option. a gift in their Will.

Leaving money to charity does not have This disparity of figures could be due to to be at the detriment of your family and the fact that the giving of lifetime donations friends, who, of course, are and should be are entrenched in our charitable history. your priority.

From as early as the 10th Century BCE, However, after thinking of them, charity boxes were permanently affixed in any amount left to a Jewish Charity the synagogue, with separate sections for all will help the fu-ture of our community communal organisations. immeasurably.

Conversely, actively enWith this in mind, we imcouraging the public to leave plore everyone to consider money to charities in a Will this form of giving, a gift did not begin until 2012, with that will live on for years the launch of Jewish Legacy. after we have gone.

Jewish Legacy Jewish Legacy is an awareFrom the secular to the 0203375 6248 ness Campaign which works observant, those with lower info@jewishlegacy.org.uk with 44 Jewish Charities to and higher means, the libwww.jewishlegacy.org.uk pro-mote the importance of erals and the Conservatives,

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whoever you are, whatever your situation, anyone can help make a difference and help create a better world by including a charity in their Will.

Charities improve our lives through the work they do, be it through providing housing, medical treatment or entertainment to those in need of their services.

Leaving money in your Will, can help your favourite charity make a real difference to countless people in need, both in the here and now and into the future.

“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.” Albert Einstein Particularly at this time, with the uncertainty of Brexit and the coronavirus, our Jewish Charities need your support.

For more information on leaving a gift in your Will to one of our charity partners, con-tact Gina Ross at Jewish Legacy on 0203375 6248 or visit www.jewishlegacy. org.uk

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Norwood “Old Scholar” Ronnie and his wife, Betty Large charities such as Norwood have a number of key fundraising dates each year. These will usually include a couple of postal/email appeals centred around Jewish festivals, and perhaps an Annual Dinner for the great and good of their donor circle. A few weeks ago, as Norwood was putting the finishing touches to its annual Pesach appeal, the coronavirus crisis started to grip and the appeal’s aim – simply to tell the stories of some of the people the charity has supported in its 225 year history – started to look a little out of sync with the national mood.

The charity had to make a decision whether to launch the appeal or not and, in the end, it decided to go ahead with the addition of a separate flyer about its response to the coronavirus crisis.

The truth is, for Norwood, the pandemic has had a double impact: it costs the charity more to cover essential support staff in its vital services for children and families in crisis and people with learning disabilities and autism, and it has had to cancel a number of large corporate fundraising events, which contribute to the £12 million the charity must raise each year. Its International Challenges are also, Bev Jacobson, Norwood’s necessarily, on hold.

Chief Executive. “So although Pesach is In the end, the extraordinary life looking significantly different for most stories Norwood is currently telling as Jewish families this year, the essence of part of its Pesach appeal also provide a the festival and the essence of Norwood’s much-needed distraction – there are the work in our community, are stories of Ronnie [see picture], as indomitable as the spirit of a somewhat colourful “Old our people.”

Scholar” from the Norwood Orphanage, and Lizi, a woman whose whole family’s life was Norwood To see Norwood’s Pesach turned around by the charity, 020 8809 8809 appeal and donate, go to to name two. “One of the key info@norwood.org.uk https://www.norwood.org. elements of the Seder is the www.norwood.org.uk uk/jwappeal telling of the story,” says Dr

Every year, it is our duty to tell the Pesach story.

This year, more than ever, it is Norwood’s duty to tell their stories…

By now, you do not need us to tell you why this year is different from all other years for Norwood.

In spite of the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in this Pesach, Norwood will be spending this time – as best we can – commemorating and celebrating 225 years of service to the community. That’s why, this year, it is our duty to tell the stories of some of the extraordinary people Norwood has supported over the years. We will be telling these stories in a variety of ways over the coming weeks.

Norwood has been here for our community for 225 years.

With your support, we’ll be here for ever. This Pesach, help us to keep telling the extraordinary stories of the people we support by donating at norwood.org.uk/jwappeal or call 020 8420 6970.

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Club Tikva “Club Tikva is a North Manchester based many entries, some incredibly talented charity. We run an after school club which and creative masks were made, making encourages social and emotional skills in the decision a very tough one! However children. the judges chose the winner of the comWe support over 40 children and their petition for under 8’s as Miri Hoffman age families in the community through week7 and the winner in the 9-16 age range ly after-school sessions providing social was Shevi Katz age 14. We really appresupport and giving them a place where ciate the efforts that everyone went to in they feel safe and understood. entering this competition. We hope to do This year we decided to something similar again do a mask competition, next year. with a chance to win £50.

The competition was For more information open for children ages about Club Tikva or Club Tikva 4 and up it was divided to donate please email 07771 297782 into two age categories, clubtikvamanchester@ clubtikvamanchester@gmail.com 4-8 and 9-16. There were gmail.com.”

In these critical times… across the globe it is imperative that medical professionals and key hospital workers are able to continue performing their vital work.

WIZO has many Day Care Centres located in hospitals in Israel.

There, children of these dedicated individuals are looked after in a safe environment allowing parents to focus on their vital, often life-saving work. These Centres MUST remain open. In other WIZO Day Care Centres which have had to close, they have been the only chance for vulnerable children to receive a hot meal. WIZO’s food campaign will ensure nutritious meals continue to reach these families throughout the crisis.

WIZO’s Children, Israel’s Children, Need Our Help!

Please donate now, as much as you are able to

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KASHRUT DIVISION Rabbi J.D. Conway Director

Tate & Lyle Sugar

The Kashrus Division of the London Beth Passover 2020 –(KLBD) ‫ פסח תש"פ‬hereby confirm that the follow SUPPLEMENT 29 TO ADVERTISE CALL 020 3906 8488 product is certified as Kosher for Passover The Kashrus Division of the London Beth Din though the KLBD-P logo is curre (KLBD) hereby confirm ‫לפסח‬ that even the following not printed on the regular products are certified as Kosher for product packaging.

Pesach Supplement

Nestlé UK Coffee Passover 2020 – ‫פסח תש"פ‬

The Kashrus Division of the London Beth Din (KLBD) hereby confirm that the following Nestlé UK instant coffee products are certified as Kosher for Passover – ‫כשר לפסח‬, even though the KLBD-P logo is currently not printed on the product packaging.

Passover – ‫כשר לפסח‬, and bear the KLBD-P logo on the product packaging.

Taylors

of the London Beis Din - Pesach 5780/2020

NESCAFE GOLD BLEND NESCAFE GOLD BLEND DECAFFEINATED (Blue Label) NESCAFE ORIGINAL (Red label)

of Harrogate

Tate & Lyle Sugar YORKSHIRE TEA Preserving and Demerara KLBD wishes you andGranulated, your family aCaster, Chag Kasher v’Sameach

(Teabags & Leaf Tea. Not Decaff.)

NESCAFE ORIGINAL DECAFFEINATED

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(Nestle UK product is identifiable by an English label with UK Consumer Relations Dept, and bears the Inkjet Code 1092 or 0012 on the 50g size.)

Kashrut Division London Beth Din, 305 Ballards Lane, London N12 8GB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 8343 6255 Fax: +44 (0)20 8343 6254 Email: info@klbdkosher.org Web: www.kosher.org.uk

Regular Yorkshire Tea, Nescafe Gold Blend and Saxa Salt now Kosher l’Pesach!

Kashrut Division London Beth Din, 305 Ballards Lane, London N12 8GB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)20 8343 6255 Fax: +44 (0)20 8343 6254 Email: info@klbdkosher.org Web: www.kosher.org.uk

Kashrut Division London Beth Din, 305 Ballards Lane, London N12 8GB, United Kingdom Given the challenges posed by Coronavirus, many of us have already started our Pesach shopping this year. To make the(0)20 community’s life(0)20 8343 6254 Tel: +44 8343 6255 Fax: +44 Email: info@klbdkosher.org

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that bit easier, KLBD has certified as Kosher l’Pesach certain brands of regular tea, coffee and salt that can be purchased in mainstream supermarkets. How did they do this? Join us on a journey that is more than 500 years in the making… n the fifteenth century Rav Israel Isserlin (1390 – 1460), better known as the Trumos Hadeshen, one of the greatest early Halachists, ruled that sugar must be manufactured under supervision for Pesach. His concern then was that flour may be added as a whitening agent or other chametzderived ingredients used in the refining process, but the challenge applies to equally to tea, coffee, salt and many other items. Earl Grey tea could contain a Bergamot flavour which can be chametz. Tea bags themselves may contain starch. To decaffeinate coffee, alcohol is sometimes used which can be derived from wheat. Anti-caking agents used to keep a powdered product dry can be chametz or kitniyot.

The Trumos Hadeshen’s ruling has been followed by generations of Jews to this day. But making special small batches of products that are kosher for Pesach is very expensive, sometimes because of the cost to the factory in downtime while everything is elaborately cleaned before starting the kosher run, but more often simply because of the logistics of getting a particular batch of sugar to a particular kosher corner shop, instead of large and regular deliveries through the regular countrywide network.

As more and more manufacturers across the globe become kosher certified, however - KLBD supervises some 1,800 factories worldwide - and incorporate kashrut controls into their processes, quality control protocols are in place throughout the year. Thus we are able to certify regular products as Kosher l’Pesach without additional special supervision.

The demand for Kosher certification from the large Jewish communities of the USA and especially Israel, has meant that manufacturers are keen to get Kosher l’Pesach status for their products so they can maintain their shelf-space in Israeli supermarkets throughout the year, including the Pesach season.

Some companies such as Tate & Lyle have placed a KLBD-P logo (P for Pesach!) on all their regular packs.

Others haven’t as yet, and some are not so keen to do so, as it opens them up to demands from other segments of the market (Halal, Vegetarian Society, Vegan, Soil Association et al) for their logos to be put on the packaging too.

To help the kosher consumer further, this year KLBD has worked with Taylors of Harrogate who make Yorkshire Tea, Nestlé who make Nescafé and Saxa

Full KLBD Pesach information at www.kosher.org.uk/passover KLBD Pesach product search at www.passover.isitkosher.uk

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who make salt. We have verified their ingredients list and processing aids used, approved suppliers and have a legal agreement that they won’t change anything without notifying us. We also inspect their factories on a regular basis.

l’Pesach throughout the year and can now be purchased anywhere at the normal year round prices, without the additional cost of manufacturing packing and delivering special Passover batches.

KLBD wishes everyone a Chag Kosher Vesameach – a happy, healthy and kosher Pesach.

As a result, these staple products and ingredients are certified Kosher Sale of Chametz Form Power of Attorney

It is most important that all chametz is disposed of or sold before Passover. Although the nonJew usually sells it back after Passover, this is an entirely valid and legal sale. The chametz to be sold should be securely sealed away in a room or cupboard, which will not be used over Pesach. It is customary to empower the local rabbi to sell one's chametz and to sign the rabbi's contract. If this is difficult, please use the online mechiras chametz facility at www.kosher.org.uk/category/sell-my-chametz or fill out the form below.

I,................................................................................. hereby appoint Rabbi J Conway to act as my agent and sell all chametz that will be in my possession Address............................................................................ ......................................................................................... ........................................................................................

Post code....................................................................... as of Wednesday 8th April 2020 at 11:55 a. m.

Approx. value of chametz to be sold £.............

If you will be outside Europe for Pesach, please indicate country of residence. [ ]Israel

[ ]USA [ ]Other................................

I hereby authorize him to act in my stead, and empower him to do all that is required to make such a sale valid in order that I conform to all the halachic requirements and restrictions regarding the possession of chametz over Pesach.

I hereby also make any Agreement of Sale (shtar mechirah) that he may use for this purpose, part of this authorization.

Signed......................................Date.........../.........../2020 Preferably scan and email to info@kosher.org.uk. Failing that, post to: Kashrut Division, Sale of Chometz Form, c/o 63 Broughton Avenue, London N3 3EN.

TO ARRIVE LATEST AT 12:00pm 3rd April 2020 This service is offered free of charge. However, any donation to help defray the costs of this communal service would be greatly appreciated. [ ]£50

[ ]£30

[ ]£20

[ ]£10

See elsewhere in the paper for the a list of regular products which may be used in emergency this Pesach, by people in isolation or unable to go shopping or arrange deliveries.

[ ]OTHER

KLBD, 305 Ballards Lane N12 8GB | Switchboard: 020 8343 6255 | Product enquiry: 020 8343 6247 | Web: www.kosher.org.uk For text alerts: Text KOSHER to 07786 200 350 KLBD Kosher Direct KLBD Direct

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WARNING

There is no kashrut supervision of the ‘Kosher for Passover’ section in supermarkets and errors do sometimes occur. When purchasing products for Pesach from any non-supervised establishment, you are advised to check that all items bear a reliable kosher l’Pesach hechsher and do not contain kitniyot.

KEY D P NP KLBD-P S-P S-CY

Dairy (non-supervised milk) and suitable for Passover Parev and suitable for Passover Not suitable for Passover KLBD certified for Passover Supervised for Passover by other Authority Supervised Chalav Yisrael by other Authority

Approved Products BABY MILKS

Kosher l’Pesach baby formula is sold in kosher stores.

In cases where this cannot be used, the following are approved. Separate utensils should be used as most baby milks, including kosher l’Pesach baby formula, contain kitniyot. Since feeding bottles normally come into contact with chametz, it is recommended to purchase new ones for Passover.

Alpro Soya P Growing Up Aptamil Listing refers to powder and ready to feed versions in bottles and cartons.

D Anti Reflux D Comfort D First Infant 1 D Hungry D Lactose Free D Pepti 1 D Pepti 2 D Pepti Junior Preterm Hospital Use Only D Profutura First Infant 1 D Profutura Follow On 2 D Profutura Growing Up 3 D Pronutra Follow On 2 D Pronutra Growing Up 3 D Pronutra Growing Up 4 D Sensavia First Infant 1 D Sensavia Follow On 2 D Sensavia Growing Up 3 Cow & Gate Listing refers to powder and ready to feed versions in bottles and cartons.

D Anti Reflux D Comfort D First Infant D Follow On D Growing Up 1-2 Years D Growing Up 2-3 Years D Infant Hungrier Babies D Nutriprem 1 (Hospital Use Only) D Nutriprem 2 D Nutriprem Human Milk Fortifier D Nutriprem Protein Supplement Enfamil D AR D O Lac

Hipp Organic Listing refers to powder and ready to feed versions in bottles and cartons.

D D D D D D D

Combiotic Anti Reflux Combiotic First Infant Combiotic Follow On Combiotic Growing Up Combiotic Hungry Infant Comfort Good Night

Kendamil Mehadrin Must have a Kedassia Passover label.

Kendamil Porridge is also available for Pesach.

Both Milks and Porridge contain kitniyot.

See note above.

S-CY S-CY

First Infant Toddler

S-CY S-CY

Stage 1 Stage 2

D D D

1 First Infant 2 Follow On 3 Growing Up

NP NP NP NP Nutricia D NP P P P P P

1 with LGG 2 with LGG 3 with LGG Vanilla Puramino

Materna Contains kitniyot, see note above. Must have a Passover label. Available from kosher stores.

Nanny Care

Nutramigen

Infatrini Infatrini Peptisorb Neocate Junior Strawberry Neocate Junior Unflavoured Neocate Junior Vanilla Neocate LCP Neocate Spoon

Pregestimil D Lipil SHS D Caprilon D Galactomin 17 D Galactomin 19 D Locasol Similac D Alimentum D High Energy SMA Listing refers to powder and ready to feed versions in bottles.

P Alfamino D Althera D Anti Reflux Comfort D D Extra Hungry D HA Hypoallergenic D LF Lactose Free D Organic First Infant D Organic Follow On D Organic Growing Up D Pro Breast Milk Fortifier D Pro First Infant D Pro Follow On D Pro Gold Prem 1(Hospital Use Only) D Pro Gold Prem 2 D Pro Growing Up D Pro High Energy P Wysoy Vitaflo D Renastart

CERAMIC HOB COVERS Sheets of silica-bonded mica, recommended for covering ceramic hobs for Pesach, are available from: Shutlers, Temple Fortune Parade Bridge Lane, London NW11 0QN Tel: 020 8458 5649

COFFEE Nescafe Certified Kosher for Passover all year round, provided they have an English label and UK customer service number. There is no KLBD logo on the packaging.

KLBD-P KLBD-P

Gold Blend Gold Blend Decaffeinated (Blue label) Original (Red Label) Original Decaffeinated

KLBD-P KLBD-P Starbucks Certified Kosher for Passover when bearing the KLBD-P logo.

KLBD-P Caffe Verona KLBD-P Colombia KLBD-P Espresso KLBD-P Espresso Blonde KLBD-P House Blend KLBD-P Pike Place KLBD-P Veranda Blend

COFFEE MACHINES

The following coffee pods are approved for Pesach.

We recommend purchasing a new machine for Pesach. If this is not possible the machine should be taken apart, cleaned and kashered.

Nescafe Dolce Gusto Certified Kosher for Passover all year round, when produced in the UK, which can be identified by the word ‘ENGLAND’ ink jetted on the underside of the box. There is no KLBD logo on the packaging.

KLBD-P Americano KLBD-P Espresso KLBD-P Espresso Intenso KLBD-P Grande KLBD-P Grande Intenso KLBD-P Grande Mild KLBD-P Lungo KLBD-P Starbucks Americano House Blend KLBD-P Starbucks Americano Veranda Blend KLBD-P Starbucks Espresso Colombia KLBD-P Starbucks Espresso Roast KLBD-P Starbucks Espresso Roast Blond

Nespresso

Please note Nespresso Variations are not approved for Pesach.

P Arpeggio P Barista Creations Chiaro P Barista Creations Corto P Barista Creations Scuro P Capriccio P Cosi P Decaffeinato Arpeggio P Decaffeinato Ristretto P Decaffeinato Vivalto Lungo P Decaffeinato Volluto P Dharkan P Kazaar P Livanto P Long Black over Ice P Lungo Envivo P Lungo Fortissio P Lungo Linizio P Lungo Vivalto P Master Origin Colombia P Master Origin Ethiopia P Master Origin India P Master Origin Indonesia P Master Origin Nicaragua P Nordic Black

P Ristretto P Roma P Tribute to Trieste P Volluto Nespresso Starbucks P Caffe Verona P Colombia P Espresso Roast P Espresso Roast Blond P Espresso Roast Decaf P House Blend P Pike Place Roast P Sumatra Nespresso Vertuo Please note Nespresso Variations are not approved for Pesach.

P Aflorazio P Altissio P Alto Dolce P Alto Intenso P Arondio P Barista Creations Bianco Forte P Barista Creations Bianco Leggero P Decaffeinato P Decaffeinato Intenso P Decaffeinato Ontuoso P Diavolitto P Doube Espresso Scuro P Double Espresso Chiaro P Elvazio P Fortado P Giornio P Half Caffeinato P Intenso P Master Origin Colombia P Master Origin Mexico P Melozio P Nordic Black P Odacio P Solelio P Stormio P Voltesso

DAIRY ALLERGIES

For advice about milk substitutes which are permitted on Pesach for children with dairy allergies, see the FAQ’s on our website or alternatively email info@kosher.org.uk or call 020 8343 6247.

EGG ALLERGIES

For information about egg substitutes which are permitted for those who are allergic to eggs, please contact KLBD by emailing info@kosher.org.uk, or call 020 8343 6247.

FRESH PRECUT FRUIT & VEGETABLES

Precut fresh fruit and vegetables are not approved due to the fact that Citric Acid (potentially of Chametz origin) is commonly used to prevent discolouration. There is no problem with precut fresh herbs or herbs grown in pots. Chopped herbs should be avoided as they cannot easily be checked for infestation.

FROZEN FISH

Frozen fish, whole or filleted, is permitted, provided that no other ingredients have been added. It is advisable to rinse the fish before use.

Please note that when buying fish from a non-supervised source, it is important to make sure that some skin is attached. For a list of kosher fish, see The Really Jewish Food Guide or checkwww.isitkosher.uk.

Evian P Still Perrier P Naturally Carbonated San Pellegrino S-P Sparkling Spa NP Intense P Reine Vittel P Still Volvic NP Sparkling P Still

SALT

Saxa Certified Kosher for Passover all year round.

No logo.

KLBD-P Salt Fine

SUGAR

Tate & Lyle Certified Kosher for Passover all year round and bear a KLBD-P logo.

KLBD-P Caster KLBD-P Granulated KLBD-P Preserving KLBD-P Inspired Guyanese Demerara Kosher for Passover, even when bearing the regular KLBD logo

SUPERFOODS

Seagreens No logo. Available from health food stores, mail order and internet companies.

KLBD-P Culinary Ingredient KLBD-P Food Granules KLBD-P Salad & Condiment

SWEETENERS

Hermesetas NP Granulated NP Liquid P Mini Stevia Sweet NP Crystals NP Tablets Sweet ‘n’ Low S-P Sachets Xylitol Available from all kosher stores, by telephone order 020 8809 0411 or online www.xylitolshop.co.uk. Must carry a KLBD-P label. Does not contain Kitniyot.

KLBD-P Sugar Alternative

TEA

Taylors of Harrogate Kosher for Passover all year round. No logo.

KLBD-P Yorkshire Tea (red label)

DISPOSABLES

There is no problem with polystyrene, plastic and Chinet products, aluminium foil or foil containers.

As paper plates and lids for foil containers usually contain starch which may be chametz, some people prefer to avoid their use particularly with hot or wet food. The following products have been checked by the KLBD and found to be suitable for use on Pesach:

KITCHEN TOWEL

Unsupervised frozen fruit is not permitted because factories may use ascorbic or citric acid as a processing aid, which is often derived from chametz sources.”

Asda Shades Asda Shades Power Asda Smart Price Ora Plenty Tesco White Tesco Ultra

FROZEN VEGETABLES

BAKING PARCHMENT

FROZEN FRUIT

Unsupervised frozen vegetables are not permitted.

This is because many factories use starch or citric acid during processing, and some process chametz products on the same lines.

GLUTEN FREE MATZO

Gluten Free Oat Matzos and Matzo Meal are available from some kosher shops.

HEALTH FOODS Seagreens No logo. Available from health food stores, mail order and internet companies.

KLBD-P Culinary Ingredient KLBD-P Food Granules KLBD-P Salad & Condiment

LOW SODIUM SALT Lo Salt

S-P

Reduced Sodium Salt

MINERAL WATER

All still bottled water and naturally sparkling water is fine. Artificially carbonated water may be carbonated with CO2 from the brewing industry and should be avoided unless specifically approved. The following products have been checked by the KLBD.

Acqua Panna

S-P Natural Spring Brecon Carreg NP Sparkling P Still Buxton Spring NP Carbonated P Still

ASDA Greaseproof & Baking Non Stick Paper Bacofoil Baking parchment/Non-Stick Baking Papers Bacofoil Greaseproof Paper Bacofoil 2 in 1 Foil & Parchment Bakewell Silicone Non-Stick Baking Paper If You Care Parchment Baking Paper Sheets Tesco Non-stick Greaseproof & Baking Paper Waitrose Baking & Greaseproof Paper

CAKE LINERS

Asda White Fairy Cake Paper Cases Asda Spotty Paper Cupcake Cases Asda Disposable Loaf Liners Tesco 2lb Brown Loaf Tin Liners Tesco 7 inch Cake Liner Waitrose Cup Cake Cases

Cosmetics COSMETICS FOR PASSOVER 2020

In general all facial cosmetics, nail varnish, nail varnish removers, antiperspirants, hairsprays, shampoos, shower gels, baby wipes and soaps may be used as they are inedible. It is better, however, to avoid products which mention the following in the ingredients declaration:

Derived From Barley Amino-peptide complex Barley Extract Hordeum Vulgare Phytophingosine Extract

Derived From Oats Aveena Sativa Oat Beta Glucan Oat Flour Oat Extract Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acids) Lauroyl Lysine (or other Lauroyl derivatives Only when specifying derived from wheat or oats.

Derived From Wheat Disodium Wheatgerm AminoPeg-2 Sulfosuccinate Hydrolysed Wheat Protein Hydrolysed Wheat Gluten Hydrolysed Wheat Starch Maltodextrin Sorbitan Derivatives Triticum Vulgarae Wheat Amino Acids Wheat Bran Extract Wheatgerm Oil Wheat Protein

CONTACT LENS CARE

All products are approved.

DENTAL CARE PRODUCTS

See ORAL HYGIENE and DENTURE PRODUCTS in the Medicines list.

LIPSTICK Due to the fact that lipstick comes into contact with the mouth, it is preferable to check that it does not contain Chametz derived ingredients. Other products not included in the list may be used provided they do not contain any of the Chametz derived ingredients listed in the note above.

The following products have been researched and are free from Chametz derivatives.

P Boots No 7 Matte Liquid Lipstick P Boots No 7 Precision Lips Pencil P Bourjois Color Boost Lip Crayon P Bourjois Paris Rouge Edition Lipstick P Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipstick P Clinique Almost Lipstick P Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm P Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm P Clinique Dramatically Different Lipstick Shaping Lip Colour P Clinique High Impact Lip Colour P Clinique Long Last Soft Matte Lipstick NP Clinique Pop Glaze Sheer Lip Colour + Primer P Clinique Pop Lacquer Lip Colour + Primer NP Clinique Pop Lip Colour and Primer P Clinique Pop Lip Shadow Cushion Matte Lip Powder P Clinique Pop Liquid Matte Lip Colour + Primer P Clinique Pop Matte Lip Colour + Primer P Clinique Pop Splash Lip Gloss + Hydration P Estee Lauder All Day Lipstick P Estee Lauder Automatic Lip Pencil Duo NP Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Lip Pencil NP Estee Lauder Pure Colour Desire NP Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy High Lustre P Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Liquid Lipstick Matte P Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Liquid Lipstick Metallic PP Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Liquid Lipstick Vinyl P Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Matt P Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Metallic Matte NP Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lip Gloss P Estee Lauder Pure Colour Love Magic Tint Lip Balm P L’Oreal Colour Riche Gold Addiction P L’Oreal Colour Riche Magnetic Stones P L’Oreal Colour Riche Matte Addiction P L’Oreal Colour Riche Shine P L’Oreal Crushed Foils Metallic P L’Oreal Rouge Signature Matte Liquid Lipstick P Max Factor Colour Effects Lip Gloss P Max Factor Color Elixir Lip Gloss P Max Factor Colour Intensifying Balm P Max Factor Lipfinity P Max Factor Lipfinity 24 Hours P Maybelline Baby Lips Vitamins Melon Mania P Maybelline Colour Drama lipstick P Maybelline Colour Sensational Creamy Matte P Maybelline Colour Sensational Shine Compulsion P Maybelline Colour Sensational Vivid Matte P Maybelline Gigi Hadid Matt Lipstick East Coast P Maybelline Gigi Hadid Matt Lipstick West Coast P Maybelline Superstay 24 Hour Matte Ink

P P P P P P

Maybelline Superstay 14 Hour Lipstick Rimmel Colour Rush Balm Rimmel Lip Conditioning Balm Rimmel Oh My Gloss Lip Gloss Rimmel Provocalips Lip Colour Rimmel Stay Matte Liquid Lipstick

PERFUME

Perfumes contain alcohol which could be derived from wheat. However, since the alcohol is denatured and the perfume is inedible, it would be permitted to use on Pesach. Alcohol free perfume such as Beauty Base (www.beautybase.com) and Kuumba Made are available.

The following perfume companies have confirmed that the alcohol is not derived from wheat: BVLGARI Lush Sharini Yardley

Medicines This summary has been compiled by Rabbi A Adler BPharm MRPharms, a practicing pharmacist, in consultation with the food technologists of the London Beth Din. A full list of Medicines for Passover can be downloaded from our website at www.kosher.org.uk/passover, or alternatively check our superfast online search www.passover. isitkosher.uk.

General points regarding medication for Passover: • In general all solid dose tablets and prescribed capsules are in order for Passover use. Those who prefer not to take gelatine capsules are advised to ask their physician if they can prescribe the medication in an alternative form.

• When taking non-essential medicines, it is preferable to use tablets rather than gelatine capsules.

• Wherever possible, tablets or capsules should be used rather than liquid or chewable preparations, as these may contain ingredients such as sorbitol and glucose, which could be derived from wheat.

• Inedible creams, ointments and inhalers are all permissible. Those which specify chametz ingredients on the packaging (eg Aveeno cream, based on oats) should be avoided.

• Prescribed medication should not be altered without consulting a doctor.

Special Note About Medication for Children Most liquid medications for children (with the exception of some antibiotics from the manufacturers listed below) cannot be guaranteed free of chametz derived ingredients. If you are likely to require a liquid preparation for a child during Pesach we advise that you include these medications in your sale of chametz. Tell your Rabbi that they may need to be used on Pesach and he will accordingly arrange with the non-Jewish purchaser to allow such use if needed. In the event that it is imperative that your child uses the medication on Pesach, it may be taken from the chametz location, used as necessary, and returned.

ANTIBIOTICS

All antibiotics in tablet and capsule form are permitted. Sugar free varieties of liquid antibiotics should be avoided. If a doctor prescribes an antibiotic liquid for a child, it is preferable to obtain one sweetened with sucrose rather than sorbitol. You can ask your pharmacist for advice.

P Amoxicillin Suspensions (not sugar free) P Erythromycin suspensions (not sugar free) P Nystan Suspension P Nystatin Suspension (Sandoz) P Penicillin Suspensions (not sugar free) It should be noted that even though it is becoming more difficult to find antibiotic liquids, the following manufacturers still do use sucrose in some of their antibiotics: Actavis Aurobindo Bristol Flynn Kent LTT Medreich Pharma Pinewood Squibb

ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY

P P P

Bricanyl Tablets Phyllocontin Tablets Salbutamol Inhalers

CONSTIPATION

Products such as Califig Syrup contain actual Chametz and should not be kept over Passover.

P Bisacodyl Tablets P Boots Natural Senna Laxative Tablets P Compound Macrogol Sachets P Cosmocol Plain Sachets P Fybogel Natural Sachets P Fybogel Orange Sachets P Ispagel Orange Sachets

D Lactulose Solution P Manevac Granules P Movicol Plain Sachets Other flavours are not suitable for Passover.

P Normacol Granules P Normacol Plus Granules P Senokot Dual Relief Tablets D Senokot Max Strength Tablets D Senokot Tablets

COUGHS & COLDS P P P P P P P P P P

A Vogel Echinaforce Drops Beechams Flu Plus Caplets Benylin Day + Night Tablets Care+ Codeine Sugar Free Linctus Care+ Decongestant Solution Care+ Pholcodine Linctus Care+ Simple Linctus Galpseud Tablets Galpseud Linctus Sudafed Decongestant Tablets

CYSTITIS RELIEF P P P P P

Boots Cranberry Sachets CanesOasis Granules CranMed Forte Capsules Cysticare Tablets (Health Aid) Cystocalm Granules

DENTURE PRODUCTS P P P P P P P P P NP P P P P

Dentomycin Gel Dentu Creme Dentural Cleaner Solution Fixodent Fresh Cream Periochip Poligrip Ultra Cream Seabond Denture Fixative Seals Steradent Active Fresh Tablets Steradent Active Plus Tablets Steradent Pro 3 in 1 Tablets Steradent Pro White Tablets Ultra Corega Powder Wernets Super Powder Wernets Ultra Powder

DIARRHOEA P P P NP NK

Care+ Kaolin Mixture Children Diocalm Ultra Capsules Imodium Capsules Imodium Plus Caplets Imodium Instant Melts

P P P P

Chapstick Lypsyl Lip Balm Vaseline Lip Therapy Vaseline Petroleum Jelly

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

See full listing at www.passover.isitkosher.uk.

NASAL DROPS & SPRAYS

Many of these contain glucose of unknown source and should be avoided. The following are free of glucose: Dymista Mometasone Pollinosan Rhinolast Rinatec Sterimar Vicks Decongestant

ORAL HYGIENE

Toothpastes not containing Sorbitol are permitted, for example Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Oral B 3D White Luxe Blast and Sensodyne Repair & Protect Sensitive.

P Difflam Oral Rinse P Difflam Sore Throat Rinse P Difflam Spray NP Listerine All Products P Reach Dental Floss Unflavoured S-P Steins Mouthwash S-P Zohar Mouthwash

PAIN KILLERS

All pain killers in tablet form are permitted. Soluble and effervescent tablets should be avoided, as they may contain ingredients derived from wheat.

P Anadin Extra Caplets P Anadin Ibuprofen Tablets P Anadin Joint Pain Tablets P Anadin Original Caplets P Anadin Paracetamol Tablets P Co Codamol Tablets (not effervescent) P Hedex Extra Tablets P Hedex Tablets P Nurofen Express Caplets P Nurofen Tablets P Paracetamol Tablets P Panadol Tablets P Solpadeine Tablets (not soluble) P Veganin Tablets

HAYFEVER & ALLERGIES

PAIN KILLERS JUNIOR

P P P P P P

Rosemont Paracetamol suspensions which were approved for use in previous years are no longer approved for Pesach.

Clarityn AllergyTablets Haymine Tablets Phenergan Tablets Piriton Syrup Piriton Allergy Tablets Telfast Tablets

HOMEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS Due to the large number of homeopathic preparations on the market it is impossible to list individual items. If you are receiving a homeopathic treatment from a practitioner you should ask you practitioner to ascertain the source of your remedies.

Solid homeopathic products can be formulated either with lactose or with sugars e.g. sucrose.

Those formulated with lactose should be treated as Dairy and should not be used together with or after meat.

Liquid homeopathic products are often formulated with ethyl alcohol. This can be derived from wheat and should be avoided unless source of alcohol has been verified.

The following have been checked: Available from Goulds Homeopathic Chemist. Tel 020 8343 1735 or 020 3632 1685.

P Goulds Liquid P Goulds Solid (These are not lactose based) P Ainsworths Liquid NP Helios Liquid D Nelsons Solid NP Nelsons Liquid NP Weleda Liquid NP Weleda Solid

INDIGESTION & ULCERS

P P P P P P P P P

Bisodol Extra Strong Mint Tablets Bisodol Indigestion Relief Tablets Carbellon Tablets Enterosgel Sachets Enterosgel Tube Gaviscon Advance Liquid Gaviscon Cool Liquid Gaviscon Liquid Peptac Liquid

INFANT COLIC

See special note above about medication for children.

P

Paracetamol Suppositories

SORE MOUTHS P P P P P

Cymex Cream Cymex Ultra Cream Iglu Gel Oralmedic Stick Pyralvex Solution

SORE THROATS Lozenges and throat sweets usually contain ingredients such as glucose, which may be derived from wheat and should be avoided. Diluted TCP liquid may be used as an alternative.

VITAMINS Many vitamin preparations used to be derived from wheat sources. This is less common now, especially those which are not presented in an edible form. Most do contain Kitniyot however and therefore should only be used in cases of necessity.

See full listing of approved products at www. passover.isitkosher.uk.

Cytoplan UK Choline Bitartrate Powder Biotin Tablets Multi B Extra Tablets Vitamin B6 Tablets Vitamin C Bioflavonoids Capsules Vitamin C Calcium Ascorbate Powder Cherry C Capsules

Pure Encapsulations Cranberry NS Capsules Curcumin Capsules Emotional Wellness Capsules Folic Acid Capsules Multi T D Capsules SP Ultimate Capsules Uric Acid Formula Capsules Vitamin B12 Capsules Zinc Capsules

P Colief Infant Drops P Dentinox Infant Colic Drops NP Gaviscon Infant Sachets One can use 2ml of Gaviscon Adult Liquid, added to the feed or on its own in place of one sachet.

P Infacol Drops

Vitamins 4 You (Tel: 0161 792 0398, Email info@vitamins4you.co.uk) Maternal Care Capsules Multicare Capsules

LIP CARE

Zahler Vitamins (Tel: 020 7112 5200)

P P

Blistex Relief Cream Carmex Lip Balm

KLBD Licensees 5780/2020

White Fish (Dairy) Tel: 020 8202 8780 info@whitefishrestaurant.co.uk www.whitefishrestaurant.co.uk

Goldstein’s Tel: 020 8801 1999 info@goldsteincaterers.com www.goldsteincaterers.com

Licensees in blue are Kosher for Pesach.

White House Express (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8203 2427 mail@whitehouseexpress.com www.whitehouseexpress.com

Itzik Caterers Tel: 020 8438 9891 Mob: 07971 056543 info@itzikcaterers.com www.itzikcaterers.com

Caterers

James A Zimmer Tel: 020 8830 8330 events@jameszimmer.co.uk www.jameszimmer.co.uk

Delis & Shops Chocolate Fantasies Tel: 020 8806 5555 sales@kosherchocolate.co.uk www.kosherchocolate.co.uk Crush & Co. Located within BKosher Tel: 020 8958 0210 dianatalgam@yahoo.co.uk Habiba’s Deli Tel: 020 7625 4504 info@habibasdeli.com www.habibasdeli.com Hermolis at Selfridges Food Hall Tel: 020 8810 4321 sales@hermolis.com www.hermolis.com Just Kosher Tel: 020 8207 5556 info@justkosher.co.uk www.justkosher.co.uk Kosher Deli Order Line: 020 8381 4450 info@kosherdeli.co.uk www.kosherdeli.co.uk Kosher Deli Borehamwood Tel: 020 8953 9713 Kosher Deli Edgware Tel: 020 8905 4423 Kosher Deli Golders Green Tel: 020 8731 6450

Carmelli Tel: 020 8455 2074 orders@carmelli.co.uk Cohens Bakery (Commercial) Tel: 020 3667 1200 cohensbakeryuk@gmail.com www.cohensbakery.co.uk Creme de la Creme Tel: 020 8458 9090

prosper@cremedelacreme.org.uk

www.cremedelacreme.org.uk Daniels Bagel Bakery Tel/Fax: 020 8455 5826 order@danielsbakery.co.uk www.danielsbakery.co.uk

The Family Bread (Commercial) Tel: 020 3372 4737 info@thefamilybread.co.uk www.thefamilybread.co.uk Grodzinski Golders Green Tel: 020 8458 3654 grodzoffice@gmail.com Grodzinski Hendon Tel: 020 3209 0001 Hendon Bagel Bakery Tel: 020 8203 6919 www.hendonbagelbakery.co.uk Just Kosher Tel: 020 8207 5556 info@justkosher.co.uk www.justkosher.co.uk King’s Bakery & Pizzeria Tel: 020 8458 6060

Restaurants & Cafes Bagels Bar (Dairy) Tel: 020 8202 6540 info@bagelsbar.com t:@BagelsBar Bread (Dairy) Tel: 020 8455 9340 www.hendonbagelbakery.co.uk Burger Bar (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8455 8080 www.burgerbar.uk.com Chikchak Noodles (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 7112 9154 hello@chikchak.co.uk www.chikchaknoodles.co.uk Eighty Six (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8202 5575 Eli’s Pizza (Dairy) Tel: 020 3761 5151 enquiries@elispizza.co.uk www.elispizza.co.uk Hummus Bar (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 3872 3777 hummusbaruk@gmail.com www.hummus-bar.co.uk Hummus Bar (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 3948 5005 Kaifeng (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8203 7888 info@kaifeng.co.uk www.kaifeng.co.uk

1070 Kitchen Tel: 020 7624 2013 office@1070kitchen.co.uk www.1070kitchen.co.uk Ben Tenenblat Tel: 020 8205 0463 info@ben-tenenblat.com www.ben-tenenblat.com

Cohen’s Caterers Tel: 07853 721787 cohenscaterers@gmail.com www.cohenscaterers.com Creme de la Creme Tel: 020 8458 9090 Mob: 07800 817193

prosper@cremedelacreme.org.uk

www.cremedelacreme.org.uk

Kosher Kingdom Golders Green Tel: 020 8455 1429 info@kosherkingdom.co.uk www.kosherkingdom.co.uk

Parkway Manufacturers Tel: 020 8450 0596

Mr Baker (Dairy) Tel: 020 8202 6845 mrbaker@yahoo.com www.mrbaker.uk

Dirty Plate Mob: 07470 668821 dirtyplate555@gmail.com

Parkway Finchley Tel: 020 8346 0344

Manna Deli Tel: 020 8201 7575

parkwaypatisserie@unicombox.co.uk

Novellino (Dairy) Tel: 020 8458 7273

Kosher Deli Temple Fortune Tel: 020 8458 7933

manna_orders@mannakosherdeli.co.uk

www.mannakosherdeli.co.uk Mendy’s Superstore Tel: 020 8958 3444 shop@mendys.co.uk www.mendys.co.uk Sushi by Ezri Located within Moshe’s Tel: 020 8731 7485 ezri@cateringbyezri.co.uk www.cateringbyezri.co.uk Sushi Haven Tel: 020 8123 0555 info@sushihaven.co.uk www.sushihaven.co.uk Sushi Haven Located within Hadar Tel: 020 8123 0555 Sushi Haven Located within Habiba’s Deli Tel: 020 8123 0555 Tapuach Tel: 020 8202 5700 sales@tapuach.co.uk www.tapuach.co.uk

Uncle Doovy’s Ice Cream Van Tel: 07792 623031 icecream@uncledoovy.co.uk www.uncledoovy.co.uk

Bakeries The Bagel Place Tel: 020 8922 9454 thebagelplace@yahoo.co.uk Bonjour Tel: 020 8203 8848 La Brioche Tel: 020 7998 0212 info@labrioche.co.uk www.labriochebakery.co.uk

Parkway Golders Green Tel: 020 8455 5026 Parkway Wembley Tel: 020 8904 7736 Perele’s Cakes (Speciality Cakes) Mob: 07582 080521 orders@perelescakes.co.uk www.perelescakes.co.uk Pourtoi Artisan Chocolatier & Gluten Free Bakery Tel: 020 3674 3156 info@pourtoi.co.uk www.pourtoi.co.uk Renbake Patisserie (Commercial) Tel: 020 8800 2525 sales@renbake.co.uk www.renbake.co.uk Sharon’s Edgware Tel: 020 8958 4789 sharons@tjbakery.com Sharon’s Hendon Tel: 020 8203 6623 So Real (Health Foods) Mob: 07966 473952 Tel: 020 880 8088 Tami’s Cakery Mob: 07907 955346 tamiscakery@gmail.com www.tamiscakery.wixsite.com/ tamiscakery

novellinorestaurant@yahoo.com

Dvash Tel: 07813 833447 miri@dvash.co.uk www.dvash.co.uk

Novellino Bistro (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8248 5676 www.novellinorestaurant.com

Eat Me Events & Catering Tel: 020 3772 0810 info@eatmeevents.com www.eatmeevents.com

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Orli Caffe (Dairy) Tel: 020 8203 7555 Orli Bagel Bakery in the Wood (Dairy) Tel: 020 8207 6203 nick@orlibakery.co.uk www.orlibakery.co.uk Sami’s Edgware (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8958 2288 Sami’s Golders Green (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8458 7003 Sami’s Hendon (Glatt Meat) Tel: 020 8203 8088

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Dayan Yehuda Refson z”l

BY DAVID SAFFER The Jewish community of Leeds and beyond is mourning the death of Dayan Yehuda Refson last Sunday.

Head of the Leeds Beth Din, Dayan Refson, 73, was a senior Chabad emissary, Rabbi of Shomrei Hadass Synagogue and Principal of Leeds Menorah School.

“He was one of the most respected and beloved Talmudic Chacham this country was blessed to have,” said Rabbi Benjy Sudak, Chabad UK chief executive in an emotional tribute.

“We at Chabad were extremely blessed to have him as part of our family of Schluchim. His passing is a massive shock to everybody. He was someone who exemplified the real term of a Talmud Chacham both in his knowledge, his wisdom, his demeanor and the incredible work he did for the community. It is a very painful time.”

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was shocked and saddened to learn of his passing.

"It has been my privilege to work with this outstanding scholar and educator, who, for the past 44 years, was the devoted, caring and principled head of the Leeds Jewish community,” he noted.

"Dayan Refson’s humility and kind-hearted nature endeared him to his

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Pioneering a campaign for Jewish men and boys to put on tefillin, an effort commended by the Lubavitcher Rebbe…

community and many well beyond Leeds.

He leaves behind him a most wonderful legacy. Our memories of him will provide ongoing inspiration."

Chabad Leeds, in a brief statement, said they were “broken hearted” by the news and called on people to honour his memory.

They noted, “As we are unable to comfort the family in the traditional manner at this time we would like to suggest that people take on a resolution to do a good deed in his memory, particularly in the fields of Torah study, prayer and tzedakah.”

Born in Sunderland in 1946, Dayan Refson studied at the Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brunoy, France under the tutelage of Rabbi Nissan Nemanov.

Pioneering a campaign for Jewish men and boys to put on tefillin, an effort commended by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, he completed his studies in France prior to joining the central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim in Brooklyn, New York and gaining semicha from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

Following his marriage to Etty Raskin, he studied at Crown Heights, Brooklyn, before returning in 1973 to Sunderland after his father died to care for his elderly mother.

Three years later, the Refsons moved to Leeds where they went on to oversee Jewish education and kosher supervision in

the city. Throughout the ensuing decades, Dayan Refson was known for his soft-spoken and unassuming manner that inspired a community.

Under his guidance, Chabad emissaries took up key positions.

A prolific scholar and educator, Dayan Refson’s four-part online course titled "Soul Talk: The Science of Being" in 2018 proved popular with thousands of people.

Just hours before Dayan Refson’s passing, Menorah School, completed a successful fundraising campaign which he had led despite the coronavirus crisis, to help plan for its future.

Founded by Dayan and Rebbetzen Refson in September 1978, with guidance and blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menorah holds a unique place in the Jewish community.

He is survived by his wife, Rebbetzin Ettey, sons Rabbi Abba Refson, Rabbi Yossi Refson, Rabbi Michoel Refson, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Refson, Rabbi Zalman Refson, daughters Soro Jaffe, Devora Leah Wolf, Chavi Steiner and brother Rabbi Dovid Refson.

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Rabbi Avraham ‘Romi’ Cohen z”l

BY SIMCHA ABIR Holocaust survivor Rabbi Avraham ‘Romi’ Cohen passed away in New York on Tuesday.

Founder of Keren Avraham Hakohen, which gives scholarships to Talmudic students in Israel, he was hospitalised in recent days with COVID-19 symptoms.

The World War Two partisan was a renowned mohel, performing thousands of Britot during his lifetime.

Staten Island Congressman Max Rose invited Rabbi Cohen, who had a home in the area, to deliver the opening prayer on International Holocaust Remembrance Day before the House of Representatives at the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation in January.

Born in Czechoslovakia, 1929, his parents enjoyed business success and were known as a charitable family, often hosting Yeshiva students.

But an idyllic lifestyle ended when the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1942.

Romi’s parents smuggled him over the border to Hungary, where the

youngster attended Pupa yeshiva.

However, when the Nazis invaded Hungary, Romi, then 16, returned to Czechoslovakia, where he joined the underground.

As a partisan, he helped save the lives of 56 families during the Holocaust for which he was awarded the Silver Star Medal of Honour. Romi documented his remarkable experiences in a memoir ‘The Youngest Partisan: A Young Boy Who Fought the Nazis’.

Tragically, his mother, two sisters and two brothers died in concentration camps.

Surviving the Holocaust, he arrived in North America in 1950, initially in Canada then Brooklyn, where he married Malvine.

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Staten Island where he was Vice President of the Home Builders Association and Director of the Chamber of Commerce.

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Wagner College, he established a foundation for outstanding Torah scholars which is still active. Many students are rabbinical leaders.

An accomplished mohel, he trained over a hundred future mohels so long as they performed the mitzvah for free.

Romi served as chairman of the American Board of Ritual Circumcision A notable author, his book, “Bris Avraham Hakohen is recognised internationally, he also authored the story of his mentor, The Ribnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Zanvil Abramovitz.

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Dear Rabbi In these trying times I am desperately looking for some comfort and some words of encouragement. So many people have taken ill and others have their livelihood threatened. I feel like many are struggling with their faith, some may be angry at G-d and questioning everything. You always seem to find something uplifting to say, so please share with me and your readers here as well.

Thanking you in advance.

Brian Dear Brian Rabbi Aryeh Levine, otherwise known as the Tzadik of Yerushalayim used to visit the prisons on Chol Hammoed Pesach and once asked: “What did you guys do for Seder?” And they said, “We were able to do everything.

Everything was provided for us.

We had matza and wine and charoises and morror. We had haG-dois and we were able to sit and discuss the Exodus. We did everything.” So Reb Aryeh said, “That’s amazing! How fortunate you are!” And they said, “Yes but there’s only one thing we couldn’t do. Only one thing. When it came to Shfoich Chamoscho – that special section when we are supposed to open the door for Elijah the Prophet – well, we couldn’t exactly open the door.” Said Reb Aryeh to them: “You’re making a mistake. You just need to make a small opening in your own heart and everything can come pouring in.”

G-d says, “Open for Me even the small needle hole in your heart and I will open for you an opening like the doorways of a banqueting hall.” Why a needle?

Why not, “make a small hole in the wall and I will make a giant door opening?” Because a needle is used for sewing threads together. Whether a student on campus in London, a man in the backwaters of South Africa, a woman in Brazil or a prisoner in an Israeli jail, - they are all threads sewn together into the same fabric as the rest of us.

We are all spending all of our times confined to our own homes. It’s surreal, it’s unprecedented, but it also provides for a unique opportunity. Having officiated at a couple of funerals this past week, just a sprinkle of us standing in the outdoors, I thought, “so this is what it was like in the shtetl, in Communist

Russia, during the Holocaust.”

The things we take for granted!

You’re upset with G-d right now? I get it. And guess what? He gets it too. You want to challenge Him and ask Him, “why?” By all means do so! Didn’t Moses after all do the same in the Pesach story when he asked, “Why are you letting evil befall the people!”

Eli Weisel, who lost so much during the Holocaust once asked the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who himself had lost much family: “How can you continue believing in G-d right now?” To which the Rebbe replied: “In whom do you want me to believen, man?”

A powerful and compelling statement. But to be frank, that was then and this is now. I have never believed in man more so than the present. Look at the power of the human spirit. Look at all those on the front line, endless hours exposing themselves, treating the ill, the infirm. Look at the sea of volunteers, countless grouping together to help others, doing shopping, delivering food, even just checking and calling on one another. If you’re struggling right now with your faith in G-d at least have some faith in humanity.

Faith is not a pill we swallow but a muscle we use. There is a large reservoir of faith contained within every human being. It may lie deep at the core of our inner selves and it may take more than once before accessing it, but somehow we manage to release it when having to compete in the marathon of life. It grants us the strength to face any challenge and the determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

It is my fervent wish and prayer that all those who are unwell merit a speedy recovery, all those who are suffering in any other way should experience a personal salvation and as indeed we say in the V’he Sheamda song on Seder night: “And the Almighty saved us from their hands.” G-d saved us in the past and please G-d He will save us once more. May we see that salvation imminently for all mankind.

WHY IS THIS PESACH DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER PESACHS?

Dear Rabbi I am a little overwhelmed with Pesach this year. For one, I have never done the cleaning before as I have always gone away with my family to a Pesach programme.

Second, how can I possibly hope to clean to an appropriate standard when I have all my kids underfoot?

Simone Dear Simone No one has benefitted more from Pesach cleaning than the tourist industry. For many, the enticement of not having to lift a finger makes the cost more than worthwhile. From Crete to the Congo you can find a five-star Pesach experience virtually anywhere in the world. The food may not be Mama’s recipe, and sharing a dining-room with nine hundred people singing Vehi Sheamda in a variation of six different tunes - simultaneously, may not be as atmospheric as being surrounded by the warmth of family in the privacy of one’s own home; but it still ensures that tender hearts don’t start palpitating at the sight of Mr Muscle, Flash or Domestos. Alas this year all those programmes are cancelled.

No leavened matter shall be seen throughout your property.

This is the one verse that transforms clean conscientious housewives into OCD on the verge of a breakdown. I know some women who go scrubbing in cupboards before Pesach which hadn’t been opened since, well the last time it was cleaned, before the previous Pesach My dear mother displays more energy in her fastidious Pesach cleaning than Australian Emma Snowsill did when winning gold in the 2008 Beijing Triathlon. When we were younger there was perhaps always the risk that we would take food into the playroom in the basement. The last of my siblings moved out of home twenty-five years ago. That playroom hasn’t seen a morsel in all that time. Still, my mother’s attention to detail in every nook and cranny of that room is no less today than it was back then.

And she’s not even home for the holiday!

Pesach has such a hold on history which is why we are driven to such punctilious observance.

It is precisely the ritual aspects of Pesach that has preserved the importance and intensity of the holiday so well. All the cleaning and scrubbing, the change of diet and habit is precisely what has so emblazoned Pesach on the Jewish psyche so that we always remember the birth of our nation. Indeed many non-observant Jews will run a mile from

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a breadcrumb during the eight days. But I want to go on the record to say, Pesach cleaning is not spring cleaning and it is precisely the over-obsessiveness that risks turning one of our most exciting festivals into a dreaded experience. It’s almost as though we’re looking to relive the servitude in Egypt so that we can better appreciate the Exodus celebration when the holiday arrives.

“No leavened matter” means exactly that. It means no chametz food particles. It means certain sealed cupboards, koshered stoves and covered countertops.

It does not mean going where no man – or woman – or child - has gone before. It does not mean scrubbing the parquet floor till you’ve sanded the wood down an inch. It doesn’t mean spending hours scouring the bath – unless you’ve actually enjoyed the occasional sandwich in there. And it certainly doesn’t mean that one should perceive Pesach preparation with the same trepidation as the Jews perceived their Egyptian taskmasters.

On Passover we greet one another with Chag kosher v’sameach – “a kosher and happy Pesach.” The kosher bit is paramount. But for too many it comes at the expense of happy. Don’t do that. Look after yourselves and each other.

DON’T PASS OVER PASSOVER!

Dear Rabbi My parents aren’t able to join us this year for Pesach. What a letdown for us and our kids. All this current chaos has really upset me to a point where my husband and I were talking about giving Pesach a miss this year. Why expose our kids to a mediocre experience.

Rather wait till next year when we can go into high gear again.

Lindsey Dear Lindsey I have heard from numerous people that this year they are giving Pesach a miss. Let me share with you the following: My Grandparents lived for two and a half years in a tiny loft that was no more than ten square feet in Holland with access to a toilet only once a day. Do you know what my Grandmother did every Friday afternoon? She would get her husband - my Grandfather, to put on his tie – he had a blue and a red one with him – in honour of Shabbat. And they kept the Shabbat, every Shabbat each week for the two and a half years. “Just put it on,” she would say. “So you’ll know this day is different.”

Why is this Pesach different from all others? Because this year we are living in fear, countless are in quarantine or isolation. Families are not together, many elderly are on their own.

It’s upsetting for many and I am by no means diminishing the upset. We have all been affected to a greater or lesser extent.

If you show your children that you give up Jewish traditions in the face of hardship, what kind of message does that convey to them? Pesach commemorates our survival in extremely harsh conditions, and our ultimate birth into Jewish nationhood.

Now more than ever you have an opportunity to show your children the power of your convictions and the strength of your Jewish pride. May we all have a truly happy, healthy and kosher Pesach!

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Corona Diary #2 Praying for Jews and Praying for Humans

BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN During the past few weeks, we have all prayed as never before. Most of us have been precluded from attending our normal houses of prayer but, none the less, the level of fervor and passion with which we pray is unprecedented.

Facing this global pandemic, we pray in a universal manner- for humanity at large.

This pandemic has highlighted our shared identity with non-Jews. Firstly, we share vulnerability to this disease with all of humanity. Additionally, our vulnerability is co-dependent: we cannot protect ourselves and will only remain healthy if our broader community – Jew and non-Jewexhibits moral responsibility and social discipline. This isn’t a Jewish issue as we have experienced this crisis as citizens of the world- thinking about China, Italy and Spain.

Yet, the actual text of most of our tefillah is very national and very “Jewish”. Personally, I have begun reciting the complete list of Avinu Malkeinu after Shmoneh Esrei and there are so many resonant lines about preventing pandemics. Each one of them pleads for plague prevention or plague relief– for Jewish victims. We ask that our homeland (nachalatecha) be spared from plague or that the people of the Covenant (bnei beritecha) be protected from a pandemic (and a host of other threats). How can we daven to G-d with language which are so “parochial” and so “narrowly focused” when the clear agenda of our tefillot is global. Without question, we pray first and foremost for the people closest to us; however the thought of only praying for Jews is morally grotesque just as it is impractical. How can we pray for an entire planet with a text of tefilla which focuses upon Jewish needs? It is crucial to find that “bridge” between our overall experience of this crisis – which is very universal- and our actual prayers which sound very Jewish.

We must not bifurcate ourselves into two different people; We cannot process the pandemic in a universal fashion and daven in a more national manner. That type of schizophrenia can create disconnected experiences and listless tefillot.

Here are four suggestions for “bridging” between our overarching concerns for humanity and the very national tone of our nusach ha’Tefilla.

1. ADHERE TO HEALTH GUIDELINES

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BECAUSE WE ARE JEWS.

Jews are chosen by G-d to set an example for the rest of humanity. Under normal conditions we represent the important values of monotheism and morality.

Under pandemic conditions we must exhibit an additional value- the sanctity of life and the willingness to make severe personal sacrifices to protect life. The quarantined conditions we all face may seem severe and some are tempted to violate these restrictions. As mamlechet Cohanim (a Kingdom of Priests) we must be role models and demonstrate absolute fidelity to all medical guidelines – as strenuous as they are. Saving even one life constitutes a mitzvah of Lo ta’amod al dam reiacha which should be pursued even at the risk of personal peril. As a chosen nation we must lead by example.

Two weeks ago, it was obvious that proper moral behavior in the work-place is an essential element of our “choseness”. At this stage, fidelity to public health measures is our mandate.

2. SUMMON THE TRADITIONAL ‘COMPONENTS’ OF TEFILLA ON BEHALF OF HUMANITY

We are all familiar with the foundations of our tefillot. We summon or evoke zechut avot, as well as perceived personal merits. Throughout the past 2000 years we summoned zechut avot on behalf of Jewish needs- survival, regeneration and, b”H in our century, the protection of our beloved State of Israel. At this stage we must summon those merits on behalf of humanity. As Jews, we have so many national zechuyot; over past century we have displayed incredible fortitude in recovering from the Holocaust and building our State in the face of such unimaginable odds. At this stage of history, we should summon our zechuyot on behalf of the healing of humanity. Keep in mind that Avraham davened for Avimelech- who hijacked his wife. He also negotiated fiercely on behalf of the sinful city of Sedom. I believe he would want us to summon his zechuyot on behalf of the millions of innocent people whose lives are currently imperiled.

3. PRAY FOR THE SHECHINAH

It is very challenging for many to sense the presence of G-d during a bleak pandemic. Hopefully, most believing Jews appreciate that the world is complex, and that G-d inheres within a world of

Without question, we pray first and foremost for the people closest to us; however the thought of only praying for Jews is morally grotesque just as it is impractical suffering and evil- in a manner that we can’t always decipher. If we were able to sense His presence after the Holocaust, we can certainly identify His presence during this very challenging epidemic.

However, for many religious people and, and certainly for non-religious, the question of “Where is G-d” is a very vexing one. We care deeply about the presence of G-d in our world and whether humanity is capable of sensing His presence. Let us daven that humanity will see G-d despite the suffering. Let us pray that humanity will discover that G-d is righteous and merciful even they are currently exposed to such suffering.

4. A REDEEMED WORLD IS A HEALED WORLD

There is obviously something broken in our world- medically and, of course spiritually. We will try, and with G-d’s help,

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succeed in overcoming this outbreak and healing our world. However, our efforts will always be partial and temporary. The world will only be fully healed when history has concluded and been redeemed.

The core of our Shmoneh Esrei showcases our hopes for redemption. For Jews, national redemption isn’t a private event but heralds an era of universal recognition of the G-d of Israel. The nations will gather in Jerusalem in a perfect world healed of all illness – both spiritual and physical.

If we desire full healing it can only arrive with the redemption of history. Now, more than ever, our hopes for that historical closure are extremely potent and our prayers for that era should be heartfelt.

Rabbi Moshe Taragin has taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion, for the past 22 years.

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DOES G-D WANT SACRIFICES?

The sidra goes into great detail about the sacrifices.

Clearly G-d wants sacrifices or else He would not have commanded them. But does He get any benefit out of them?

There are many views. The prophet Isaiah opens his Book with this question. Jeremiah goes so far as to deny that G-d requires anything but obedience to His voice.

The Talmud (M’nachot 110a) says that the important thing is whether a human being directs his heart to Heaven.

Amongst the commentators, the B’chor Shor says that the sacrifices are a stage on the path to their abolition. Their purpose is to wean Israel away from offerings to idols.

Ibn Ezra focusses on the psychology of the person who brings a sacrifice. Making a sacrifice and placing one’s hands on the animal’s head emphasise how deeply one must love G-d and wish to serve Him. Ramban links the sacrifices with the

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All this shows how significant the sacrificial system is. It is “pleasing” to G-d as a symbol of the human need to seek G-d’s forgiveness and blessing by bringing one’s thoughts, desires and feelings to His service.

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Vayikra 1:2 begins in the singular (“anyone”) and ends in the plural (“you shall bring your offering”).

The Midrash compares the verse to the body. Each limb has its identity and purpose but they are all co-ordinated in an overall body.

Similarly with a community: each individual matters independently but they are all part of the overall community.

The individual must ask “Who am I? What do I need for myself?” and “What are we as a group? What does the group need from me, and what do I need from the group?”

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Why does a sidra about sacrifices have a section about business ethics?

“If anyone sin and commit a trespass against the Lord and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or pledge or of robbery, or have oppressed his

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The world has often been written off as an incurable invalid but somehow it has come through the crisis.

Early in B’reshit the Creator promises not to destroy His Creation. I am sure He will keep His word.

Our problem is that we are uncertain of His timetable. The Tehillim ask, “How long, O L-rd? How long?”

Whenever human beings were in agony they feared that He had removed His presence.

Every time, however, He showed us that He only seems to be absent; in the long run His mills grind the challenge into small pieces and He affirms that He is in charge.

We must never lose our faith.

Some places, some people might pay a heavier price than others - but the prophets assure us, “Netzach Yisra’el lo yeshakker” - “The Eternal One of Israel does not deceive.”

On Pesach, “z’man cherutenu”, “our time of freedom”, we not only celebrate freedom but try to define it.

The following idea might be relevant and useful.

There was a 19th century German novelist, Berthold Auerbach, who wrote, “Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts”.

What a remarkable definition!

Freedom has an outer shape – freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom from fear, freedom from want.

Auerbach tells us that it also has an

neighbour…” (Lev. 5:20-26).

Note firstly that an ethical wrong against one’s neighbour is a sin against G-d. There is no separation between religion and business. Ethical business practice is part of religion.

A second point: sacrifices are still, metaphorically, essential to the religious life.

Not just in terms of giving donations to religious institutions, but also in foregoing easy profits and advantages.

Making money is in itself no problem, so long as it is kosher – “bediente gelt” – money earned in a kosher way.

Business ethics applies even to the attitudes of employer to employee or employee to employer. Neither may exploit the other or steal from them.

Stealing is not limited to giving oneself dispensation to pocket something from the till, the stationery cupboard, or the tea room. Nor is it restricted to personal advantage from the firm’s data base or the client network.

Maimonides says, “The employer may not steal or withhold an employee’s wages.

An employee may not steal in the way he does his work, or waste the day dishonestly by taking a little time here and a little time there” (Hilchot S’chirut 113:7).

Maimonides adds that one must be able to say with the patriarch Jacob, “I worked inner shape – the independence of heart and mind that allows one to think his own thoughts.

Sometimes that private freedom has to be kept private: when others deny a person their outer freedom, the freedom to think one’s own thoughts retains a specially precious value. How many people over the course of history have known what it was to defy the forces of evil by determining that nothing would prevent their thoughts from soaring upwards.

The ability to cherishing the inner thinking of one’s own thoughts eventually, hopefully helps towards gaining outer freedom too.

In a sense it is what was said by another German author, Ludwig Boerne, who wrote,

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with all my strength” (Gen. 31:6).

This also requires sacrifice – the sacrifice of unjust personal enrichment.

Rabbi Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest congregation. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. Rabbi Apple blogs at http://www.oztorah.com “To want to be free is to be free”.

WHY FOUR QUESTIONS?

Why are there four questions on Seder night and not some other number?

A. There is a version with five and one with three, but four prevailed because it is the characteristic Pesach number.

Four also allows us to divide the questions into two groups – two about slavery (the matzah and maror questions) and two about freedom (the “dipping” and “leaning” questions). It is typical of the Seder to oscillate between the sour and the sweet, the agony and the ecstasy. When the child asks the four questions, he or she probably fails to notice the paradox of a people that is free and still carries the scars of suffering.

There should be a question somewhere that says, “So are we free, or aren’t we?”

If there were such a question, we could answer it in two ways: 1. “Freedom can be celebrated only when we recall what life was like without it”, and 2. “Suffering can be borne only when we have faith that one day it will end”.

Mesillat Yesharim: Part 32 RABBI MORDECHAI ULLMAN Ramchal continues the topic of Chassidus by proving from the Talmud how much the qualities discussed so far are essential to being a Chassid.

Numerous Rabbis of the Talmud were asked how they merited long life and responded with expressing how, even when strictly speaking, they were not obligated to perform certain Mitzvot, they went out of their way to perform them. Whether it

was in protecting another person from distress or in showing exemplary respect for the Synagogue, showing a love for serving G-d by arriving first to pray, never getting angry at home, or buying wine for Kiddush even when very tight for cash.

Our sages taught further that one who wishes to be considered a Chassid, should ensure to adhere to the laws of Brachot, exercise caution with their friend’s property and fulfill the teachings of Pirkei Avot.

Performing kindness, though, is central

to the qualities of a Chassid. We know that one of the three pillars upon which the world stands is Gemilut Chassadim.

The other pillar, Torah, is full of lessons on the subject of kindness and is in fact referred to as “Torat Chesed”. We are also taught that one who is a descendant of our ancestor Avraham, will inevitably need to show that they have the quality of “Gomlei Chassadim”. And, although one can only give charity to the poor, Chessed surpasses that, for it can be performed both with the

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rich and the poor.

Perhaps especially encouraging is how Ramchal continues: One who performs acts of kindness with people will merit the kindness of G-d.

Especially for one who has reason to dislike another, and removes all grudges held,, they can hope to see G-d showing mercy towards them. For if they say, “I forgive”, even when they were wronged, they can hope that G-d will say the same about them.

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Calling Us to G-d

BY RABBI DOV LIPMAN “And He (G-d) called to Moshe…” (1:1) These unusual words introduce the third book of the Torah. Why doesn’t this Sefer begin with the usual “And G-d spoke to Moshe saying…?”

There are two other times in which G-d “calls” Moshe – at the burning bush (Shemot 3:4) and at Mount Sinai (Shemot 19:13, 19:20, and 24:16). Since the two other times – charging Moshe

with going back to Egypt to redeem the Jewish people and the giving of the Torah – described G-d calling Moshe to monumentally important tasks, this is clearly a language reserved for missions of great significance.

What is so significant about the beginning of this book of Chumash that it warrants the use of this special word, especially given the fact that all that follows are the commands about sacrifices?

How was animal sacrifice a meaningful experience and how did it help people grow spiritually and closer to G-d?

My Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yaakov Weinberg, zt”l, explained that we ask this question because we no longer have a basic desire which was once the norm for all humans – the burning drive for a relationship with a higher being. G-d created this craving as part of their nature. This explains why throughout Tanach, generation after generation succumbed to idolatry, a form of worship that we do not desire on any level. Serving idols enabled them to satisfy the overwhelming passion they had to tangibly connect with a higher power.

When harnessed properly, this desire led to serving G-d on the highest of levels.

However, it reached a point where the negatives associated with this craving including the mass paganism it produced outweighed the positives. Therefore, our Sages prayed that G-d should remove

Tehillim Psalm 133 This week’s psalm is the popular song that we arise to chant each Shabbat morning during Pesukei Dzimrah. ‘Hodu l’Hashem ki tov ki leolam chasdo - Give thanks to Hashem for He is good, for His kindness endures forever.’

This psalm is known as the ‘Great Hallel.’ The Talmud in Pesachim (118a) asks why this is so?

The answer given by Rabbi Yochanan is because Hashem sits at the top of the world and distributes food to all of his creations.

The 26 lines of this song also correspond to the 26 generations before Avraham that were sustained by G-d despite not having adequate merit.

We must always praise our Creator, even as 1/3rd of the world is in lockdown!

How do praise Hashem when we can’t even go to shool? When praying with the required minimum of ten is strictly against the law?

As Rabbi Y Y Jacobson from New York said this week, now is the time to engage with our children. Their souls are very honest and

this desire from our hearts (Yoma 69b).

As a result, we lost the desire to connect to a higher being. This protected us from idolatry, but this also stunted our spiritual drive.

Sacrifices spoke to those who had this desire to serve a higher power. There needed to be some kind of physical manifestation of their emotional connection to G-d. Literally giving themselves would be the highest form of this expression but the Torah forbids suicide. In its place, we could offer animals to G-d. The Torah mandates leaning on the animal before it is slaughtered. This enabled the individual to feel the warmth of this live being and to really feel like the offering of this animal is a replacement for him.

Now we can understand why the term “vayikra” is used in our Parasha for G-d speaking to Moshe. After being redeemed from Egypt and receiving the Torah, the next major calling is for us to come closer to G-d and to sacrifice in order to experience that closeness.

How can we sacrifice in our times and come closer to G-d through that sacrifice?

Move to Israel. Living in Israel requires great sacrifice. Israelis live surrounded by enemies who seek to destroy it and kill or injure its citizens, and there is a requirement and need to serve in the military.

Many Olim must sacrifice economically to live in Israel and it is challenging to earn

a living in the Holy Land. There is also the sacrifice of moving away from family and from the comforts that once has grown up with.

But that sacrifice yields the ultimate goal of our lives – growing closer to G-d.

The Midrash teaches (Tehilim 113) that if one wants to experience G-d’s Presence they should study Torah in Israel. The Seforno (Devarim 4:38) and the Malbim (Bereishit 28:4) teach that Israel is prepared for the highest levels of holiness and connection to G-d. Rav Hirsch (Shemot 23:20) writes that “the characteristics of the soil of the Land of Israel and the climate and physical properties which were accorded to the land, are all in accordance with the mission that the life of the nation, based on the spirit of G-d and His Torah was meant to develop.”

As we read the beginning of Vayikra, we should internalize the high calling of sacrificing to feel a closeness to G-d and when doing so, living in Israel, should, at the very least, enter into the equation.

Rabbi Dov Lipman is a former MK and the author of seven books about Judaism and Israel. He is a member of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau (www.mizrachi.org/ speakers).

This Tehillim is a refuah sheleima for Shmuel Yosef ben Faiga Chaya quite inquisitive. We can use this enforced downtime to have deep discussions with our kids about Hashem, the afterlife, the concept the Oneness of G-d.

May we all utilise this lockdown to find new and engaging ways to serve Hashem from within our own homes, turning our homes into many Temples as we come closer to our Creator, Amen.

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Answer ➊ Cattle, sheep, goats, turtledoves (torim), and doves (bnei yona). ➋ Neglecting a positive command, and violating a negative command which is rectified by a positive command. ➌ In the Mishkan courtyard

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Vayikra This week we begin the third book of the Torah!

Parshas Vayikra is the first parsha in this book and the Jewish people are taught about the special Mitzvot involving Korbanot - when a person or a community would offer up an animal to Hashem.

There were different occasions when these were brought up but each one was a chance to experience the holiness and happiness that surrounded the Kohanim, who spent their lives completely connected to Hashem.

Sometimes an animal was brought and sometimes a bird. If a person was poor they were able to bring a meal offering mixing flour oil and salt. No honey was allowed nor was yeast, but eating in the Beit Hamikdash itself was no simple feast!

Let us hope for the day that Mashiach brings all the Jewish people back to the Beit Hamikdash when we will experience all that holiness again.

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ANIMAL • FIRE • GUILT • KORBAN • MOSHE • OFFERING • PEACE • SIN

Kids Parasha Quiz Questions 1. Name all the types of animals and birds mentioned in this week’s Parsha.

2. What two types of sin does an olah atone for?

3. Where was the olah slaughtered?

4. What procedure of an animal-offering can a non-kohen perform?

5. Besides the fire the kohanim bring on the altar, where else did the fire come from?

Answers 1. Cattle, sheep, goats, turtledoves (torim), and doves (bnei yona).

2. Neglecting a positive command, and violating a negative command which is rectified by a positive command.

3. In the Mishkan courtyard (azarah).

4. Ritual slaughter.

5. It descended from Heaven.

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Vanilla Sugar Sprinkle Cookies Ingredients:

Method:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour , sifted or aerated – see my notes below

1. In a medium bowl, combine together flour and salt and mix.

2. In a separate bowl, using electric mixer, beat softened butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add an egg and vanilla – continue beating for a couple minutes. Turn off the electric mixer, add flour-salt mixture and then continue beating on low speed until well-combined but without over mixing.

3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll these cookie balls in sprinkles. Arrange on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Freeze until firm, for about 30 minutes.

4. Bake at 350 degrees F in the preheated oven for 14 minutes. Do not over-bake. Remove from the oven, and transfer to wire rack to cool completely

• 1/4 teaspoon salt • 8 oz unsalted butter (226 grams), room temperature (let the butter from refrigerator sit on the counter for about an hour or so), not melted but softened • 1 cup sugar • 1 egg • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure

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No Bake Cookies and Cream Bars Ingredients:

Method:

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1. P lace Oreos in food processor and pulse until ground.

2. Melt marshmallows and butter in microwave until puffed, about 1½- 2 minutes.

3. Remove and pour in ground Oreo Cookies.

4. Stir to combine then transfer to a foil lined 8x8 inch baking pan.

5. Let set up for 10 minutes.

6. Remove bars out of pan with edges of foil and cut into squares.

• 5 cups Large Marshmallows • 4 tablespoons butter

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Of Plagues, paint and parental persecution The sun is shining and we’re all in quarantine. Hurrah! It’s a new plague! Sure, they don’t call ‘em plagues anymore but whatevs, pandemic, plague, it’s all the same.

I have therefore taken it upon myself to keep you all smiling and emotionally well adjusted yada yada by spreading the benefits of my shining countenance upon you from waaay more than 2 metres away, via this amazing thing called the interweb. So I have complied a list of things to do.

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D o as many jumping jacks as you can until you collapse.

2. Reassure your mother that there is no way that you’re going to make the light fittings downstairs fall out of their sockets.

3. Go for a jelly bean break.

4. Count the jelly beans.

5. Ration the jelly beans.

6. Eat all the jelly beans in an extremely calculated and logical move that is in no way motivated by the fact that you really, really love jelly beans.

7. Moan that jelly beans are essential and that you need, stress that, need to go and get some.

8. Exclaim that you value jelly beans over your life!

9. Decide entirely of your own volition to retreat to your room.

10. Do as many jumping jacks as you can.

11. Stop when you hear an ominous creak.

12. Pray very, very hard.

13. Pray harder when you hear your mother shriek.

14. Go to sleep. Now. You are an extremely deep sleeper. Nothing will rouse you, even a raging, screaming, say, I dunno, a raging female of the maternal condition.

15. Pretend to have coronavirus to gain sympathy.

16. Take an outing to the crater.

17. Suggest that you deserve plaudits for your creation of a new and fascinating attraction during this trying and boring isolation period.

18. Retract that statement.

19. Make a tactical decision, once again entirely of your own free will, to retreat to your bedroom.

20. Kick out annoying little sisters who have set up camp in your room.

21. Argue with said little sisters.

22. Devise a plan to attain rations and get under your mother’s good graces once more.

23. Rope brothers into this plan.

24. Come to the realisation that your parental guardians will never recognise this sheer genius for what it

is and accept that revolutions need to begin in secret with only a few trusted members.

25. Accept that brothers are not trustworthy members of secret revolutionary groups and that they would have been totally dead under communism.

26. Recognise that the plan of absolute genius must be carried out under cover of darkness.

27. Feign innocence.

28. Keep your head down and count the average number of barley beans in a bag of cholent mix.

29. Make an entirely self motivated decision to aid the pesach cleaning campaign.

30. Make the self sacrificial motion of slaughtering your favourite top by slathering it in bleach to help prepare for pesach. We all have to do our part.

When my children ask me, “what did you do during Corona?” I will know what to answer them.

31. Become more learned and holy and realise that pesach cleaning is more about cleaning the soul than the physical realm and retreat to contemplate the state of your metaphysical being.

32. Again, exercise your human right to change your mind when you come to the understanding that you better help your mother clean for pesach.

33. Eat your rations with good grace.

34. Pretend to retire to your bedroom.

35. Wait until your parents go to sleep.

36. Read a book, your parents take forever to go to sleep.

37. Finally, your parents are asleep. So are your brothers. Wake them. Quietly.

38. Waking your brothers is a perilous and arduous task. Reward yourself with a biscuit.

39. Sneak downstairs like mice.

40. Count the places where the floorboards creak. There are lots of places the floorboards creak.

41. Give up, the floorboards will creak, they all creak.

42. You now need light, something you obviously thought of beforehand. Find a torch.

43. No-one has a torch, go get a phone.

44. The floorboards really, really creak, make this your next home improvement project.

45. Be enriched by the knowledge that toolboxes are really noisy. All knowledge is great. Remain calm. Do not freak out and yell at the crew.

46. Pick up the light fitting.

47. The light fitting is really dusty. Put it down and do not freak out.

48. Freak out quietly that there is dust in your hair. Ignore the laughing brothers.

49. Do not use Sellotape to reattach the light fitting. Ignore the laughing brothers.

50. Continue to ignore the laughing brothers. Do not yell at them.

Hysterical whispering is permitted.

51. Hold the chair while your brothers screw in the light fitting slightly further down the ceiling than it was originally.

52. Paint over the old holes.

53. Paint does not

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fill holes. You knew that. It was only a test of your underlings’ intelligence. Accept a tin of Polly-filler with grace, remember, you were only waiting for them to suggest it.

54. Sneak back up to bed and sleep the sweet slumber of one who toils with their hands.

55. Ignore the ominous creak.

56. Pray very hard.

57. Pray harder.

58. Ignore the ominous crash.

59. Ignore the ominous shriek.

60. Sleep the desperate slumber of one who better be asleep when their mother comes in.

61. Start a blog after making a mature and entirely self- motivated decision to remain in your room tomorrow.

So there you go. That was my first day of isolation. If you have any jellybeans, please post them. I will consume them after leaving them for 72 hours and soaking them in antiseptic disinfectant.

As always, stay indoors and um, look out for my next segment on home improvement!! Tomorrow we look at removing paint stains from carpet, even though we bear no guilt in the matter and possess no knowledge whatsoever of how they got there.

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Q: What does a cloud wear under his coat?

A: Thunderear!

Q: Two pickles fell out of a jar onto the floor. What did one say to the other?

A: “Dill with it!”

Q: Why can’t Elsa have a balloon?

A: Because she will “let it go!”

Q: How does a scientists freshen her breath?

A: With experi-mints.

(Answers at the bottom of page upside down)

Q: Why is Cinderella so bad at football?

A: Because she always runs away from the ball!

1. Top secret 2. Checkmate 3. Get over it 4. A hole in one 5. Wave goodbye 6. Twisted ankle

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Q: How does a moon cut his hair?

A: Eclipse it!

7. Once upon a time 8. No U Trun 9. A shot in the dark 10. Eiffel Tower 11. Heat wave 12. Long overdue

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Vayikra

In a nutshell This week we begin the third book of the chumash!

Parshas Vayikra introduces us to the topic of the laws of regular Korbanot.

Korban is taken from the word Karov which means to draw near to G-d and that was really the goal of the entire Mishkan/Beit Hamikdash etc.

Whether it was the twice daily Korban Tamid, which was sacrificed by the Kohen and completely offered up to Hashem, or it was a Korban of gratitude that a person would bring when freed from prison, illness, sea travel or wilderness travel and would then partake in the feast that was their share in the meat, or it was a sin offering, brought to anyone for a misdeed (usually partially erroneous), it was all an opportunity to be part of the elevated atmosphere in the Holy Best Hamikdash and gain from the spiritual behaviour of its staff members.

Korban is also translated as sacrifice and when one gave away their possession - in this case, their animals

- to the House of Hashem, they were considered to have given a part of themselves to Hashem. We too, when we donate our hard earned money to charity or we give up a convenience in the belief that this is what Hashem wants of us, we are connecting to the message of the Korbanot.

The parsha goes into great detail as to what type of animal or bird may be brought as a korban - only what is kosher for us, such as a sheep, a goat or a bull.

At times, a person would bring a Korban Mincha, which means instead of an animal or bird, they were to bring flour, oil and salt. Honey and yeast though were banned from the Mizbeiach, as Hashem wanted the real thing. Some say that yeast represents the Yetzer Hara.

If there was a sin carried out by the community, sometimes due to a mis-taught law by the Sanhedrin, then that called for its own Korban and process with a bull being brought and the elders of the community

Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel.

Each word must contain at least three letters. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel.

resting their hand on the head of the animal before it was offered up.

We are also taught of the concept of “Me’ilah” which means of a person uses the possessions of Hekdash, the property of the Beit Hamedrash, unlawfully, they were required to bring a Korban Me’ilah. They also needed to pay back the loss they caused and add a fifth of its value. It’s worth being considerate of all public property but especially that which is set aside to use for holy purposes. Something to remember when we one day return to our dearly missed shul!

If you want to raise an interesting topic of conversation at the Shabbat table this week, consider this food for thought: now that thank G-d, Eretz Yisrael is in Jewish hands, could we bring a korban Pesach, for example, if we knew the precise location of where it needs to be brought up? Or do we need confirmed Kohanim? Do we need a mizbeiach to bring a Korban?

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What is it?

2. What question can you never say yes to?

Only one of the wine bottles on the right can get to one of the glasses on the right.

Can you find which bottle can fill which glass?

3.What is full of holes but still holds water?

5. What word is spelled wrong in the dictionary?

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2) Are you asleep yet?