Issue 229

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TWO LITTLE BOYS, ONE BIG WONDER Chanukah was a time of personal nissim for our family

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‫ברוך שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה‪ ,‬מען שטייט שוין אט אט ביים גרויסארטיגן מעמד סיום הש"ס‪ ,‬וואו אלפים ורבבות אידן‬ ‫וועלן זיך צוזאמען און אינאיינעם מסיים זיין ש"ס‪ ,‬שאפנדיג דער גרעסטער מעמד קידוש השם און א היסטארישער מאמענט‬ ‫אין כלל ישראל'ס היסטאריע‪ .‬כדי אלעס זאל בעזהשי"ת אריבערגיין על צד היותר טוב‪ ,‬איז זייער וויכטיג אין אכט צו נעמען און‬ ‫אויסצופאלגן די וויכטיגע אנווייזונגען‪ ,‬ויה"ר שיתרבה כבוד התורה ולומדיה‪.‬‬

‫סדר הזמנים‬ ‫אזוי ווי עס וועט זיך צוזאמען קומען גאר א גרויסער ציבור אידן‪ ,‬און טירחא דציבורא איז עפעס אויף וואס חז"ל האבן שוין חושש געווען‪ ,‬וועט מען זיך דערפאר האלטן גאר‬ ‫צייטליך מיט די לוח הזמנים‪ .‬עס איז ראטזאם צו קומען וואס פריער כדי מען זאל קענען אריבערגיין די זיכערהייט אונטערזיכונגען און נישט פארפאסן קיין שום מינוט פון‬ ‫דעם ריזיגן היסטארישן מעמד‪ .‬די טירן וועלן זיך עפענען אום ‪ 11:00‬אזייגער פארמיטאג‪ ,‬און דער מעמד זעלבסט וועט בעז"ה זיין תיכף נאך תפלת מנחה ברוב עם‪ ,‬אום ‪1:00‬‬ ‫אזייגער‪ .‬עס איז ערווארטעט צו ענדיגן צווישן ‪ 4:00‬און ‪ 5:00‬אזייגער נאכמיטאג‪.‬‬

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‫ווי ביי יעדע גרויסע צוזאמענקום‪ ,‬וועט זיין אנוועזנד א פארגרעסערטע זיכערהייט וואך דורך די פאליציי‪ ,‬און יעדער וועט דארפן אריבערגיין א שטרענגע זיכערהייט‬ ‫אינטערזוכונגען מיט א מעטאל דעטעקטאר‪ .‬עס איז וויכטיג צו וויסן אז אייער קאר וועט מעגליך ווערן אונטערגעזיכט דורך די פאליציי און זייערע שמעק‪-‬הינט‪ .‬עס איז‬ ‫ראטזאם מיטצוברענגען וואס ווייניגער זעקלעך‪ ,‬און וואס מען דארף יא ברענגען זאל קומען אין קליינע דורכזיכטיגע באגאזשן‪ .‬אלעס וועט ווערן איבערגעקוקט‪ .‬גרויסע‪/‬נישט‬ ‫דורכזיכטיגע בעגס‪ ,‬קעמערע קעיסעס‪ ,‬שירעמעס‪ ,‬קערידזעס‪ ,‬גלאזערנע באטלעך‪ ,‬קענס‪ ,‬און טערמוסעס א‪.‬ד‪.‬ג‪ .‬וועלן נישט ווערן אריינגעלאזט בשום אופן‪ .‬דינא דמלכותא‬ ‫דינא‪ .‬דורכאויס די סיום וועט זיין א "נאו פליי זאון" איבערן סטעדיום‪ .‬זיך באנוצן מיט דראונס קען זיך ענדיגן מיט א קרימינאלע אנקלאגע און ארעסט‪.‬‬

‫טיקעטס‬ ‫איר דארפט האבן מיט זיך אייער פיזישע טיקעט כדי צו קענען אריינגיין צום סיום‪ .‬אן די טיקעט וואס איר האט באקומען וועט איר נישט קענען אריין‪ .‬דאס רעכנט אריין‬ ‫יעדעם איינעם‪ ,‬אויך די רבנים און די וואס פארמאגן א ‪ VIP‬טיקעט דארפן האבן פיזישע טיקעטס אריינצוגיין‪ .‬עס איז גאר וויכטיג צו וויסן פון פאראויס‪ ,‬אז איינמאל אייער‬ ‫טיקעט ווערט געסקענט קען מען עס מער נישט ניצן אריינצוגיין‪ ,‬דעריבער זעט צו בלייבן אינעווייניג‪ ,‬ווייל אויב איר גייט ארויס וועט איר נישט האבן קיין וועג צוריק אריין‬

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IN SEARCH OF BUTCHER PAPER (Re: Easy Does It, Issue 227) I love the fun Chanukah tablescape idea you featured, and I’d like to incorporate it into my Chanukah party decor. I can’t seem to find any butcher paper, though. Can you recommend a local store that sells it?

Thank you so much!

Planning My Party THE MONSEY VIEW RESPONDS: Three-foot-wide rolls can be found at most hardware stores. RHP (Ramapo Hardware and Paint) carries these.

There are also narrower kraft paper rolls available at craft and gift shops that can be used as runners. If you wish to cover the entire table, you can double it in the width and tape the two pieces together.

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MORE TO MAOZ TZUR (Re: Warmed by Their Light and Song, Issue 228) Your halacha tidbits are very enlightening! Keep it up.

In your recent Chanukah issue you discuss the many piyutim we say, among them Maoz Tzur, with additional stanzas added on.

In the Sefer Mekor Chaim (by the author of Chavas Yair) on Shulchan Aruch (676:3), the author brings several extra stanzas, including some of his own. It is noteworthy that he also brings one stanza from the Rema with his name Moshe hinted to at the beginning of each line.

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A SUPER-SUSPENSEFUL SERIAL (Re: The Cuckoo Clock; A Doughnut Station, Issue 228) I am so surprised that there are hardly any comments about your fantastic serial The Cuckoo Clock. I wait for it every week and relish every word. I can’t wait to find out how all the details wrap up into one story! I also want to thank you for the adorable doughnut station ideas. It is the perfect guide with perfect ideas for that perfect doughnut! Thanks a lot.

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SAFETY IS PRICELESS (Re: Tricks of the Trade, Issue 228) I would like to start by thanking all of the parents who send tips to bus drivers.

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About a month ago, I was driving down a block where I have three pickups. I was 300 feet from a stop when a child running to the bus tripped in the middle of the street. B’chasdei Hashem, I was the only vehicle on the block at the time and immediately stopped my van. Since I was only going around 10 miles per hour, it took only a few seconds. I waited for the child to get up and finish crossing the street before I continued driving.

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DON’T TEST MY PATIENCE (Re: Tricks of the Trade, Issue 228) On my daily short drive to work each morning, I find myself behind many school buses picking up our dear tinokos shel beis rabbon for a day of learning. I patiently wait for each child to get on and then for the bus to resume its ride, grateful that the safety of our children is a top priority.

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YOUR VOICE NO LABELS, PLEASE When people ask you for information regarding a shidduch, please refrain from describing others with “labels.” People are subjective, and each person interprets a certain tag differently.

I recently heard someone describe a Bais Yaakov girl by saying, “She looks like a chassidishe girl.” If the family she was redt to is very Litvish, something like this can throw them off! In such a case, just say something like, “She dresses very tznius’dig.”

Although these “tags” are not negative on their own, certain parties may view them negatively.

Another important thing not to do: Don’t draw comparisons! I once heard someone saying, “She’s very intelligent, like Leah [someone both parties know].” You never know what attitude the other party has toward Leah, and even though you only wanted to compare a positive trait, you may have thrown the potential mechutanim off by an innocent remark.

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A LETTER TO KLAL YISROEL In the past few weeks we have been struck with intense emotions more times than we’d like to count.

Shocking stories have affected our community. Where do we turn? Who can give us guidance in such a terrifying time?

A very erliche talmid chacham said that to know exactly what Hashem wants from us, one would need ruach hakodesh, which is uncommon in our days. Yet it is clear that Hashem wants something from us.

America is a very comfortable galus. It makes it very easy for us to forget why and what we need to do here.

These incidents are here to remind us that we have a mission and goal in this world.

Klal Yisroel is so good. We constantly strive to do more. There is no other nation like ours. But perhaps our lives are too comfortable and materialistic for us to remember at all times what we owe our Master and to elevate our actions so they should be pure avodos Hashem.

Maybe this fear is here to shake us out of our comfort zone and not let us forget our true purpose.

The Chovos Halvovos has an entire shaar named Cheshbon Hanefesh, where Rabbeinu Bachya ben Yosef lists thirty thought processes that need to become a part of our being. This includes remembering what our purpose is and never letting our gashmius’dige actions override our ruchnius. As it says: “Cheshbon ha’adam im nafsho al mah she’avar m’yamav, im hisosek bahem b’avodas Elokav.”

Let us not forget to put aside a few moments a day — even as little as two quiet minutes — to think about this concept. Hopefully, it will enable us all to have control over our weaknesses that disconnect us from our true calling.

May we hear besuros tovos.

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We must learn from these stories and not be like the man in the Chofetz Chaim’s mashul. We were sent to this world, where mitzvos — the true treasures we are meant to gather and bring to the Next World — are in abundant supply. But we can be influenced by the culture of this world, which values material gain and pleasure, and does not value mitzvos.

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We are only in this world for a limited amount of time.

May we all be “understanding and wise” and stockpile mitzvos with great alacrity. *Name has been changed in this true story.

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Numerous elected officials joined senior hospital staff for the event, which took place on December 19. The menorah was sponsored by Metrex Realty, and owner Meyer Tauber told The Monsey View that he felt strongly about replacing the small menorah that the hospital had used in the past in celebration of Chanukah with something more elaborate.

Dr. Mary Leahy, CEO of the Bons Secours Charity Group, which operates both Good Sam and is part of Westchester Medical Center, spoke about what it means to be a true community hospital.

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“But at that moment, I wasn’t thinking about the candlesticks. I was thinking about this yad, and the fact that anyone who came in there could just pull it out of the cabinet, like I did. So I asked the bachur who was learning in the room to hold on to it until we’d come back from the levayah, to make sure it wouldn’t get stolen. I was sure that the boy was the upstairs neighbor’s son. He looked so much like my friend who lives upstairs…” She got up from the bed.

“And where do you get bachurim at 3:30 in the morning, if not from the neighbors in the building?”

“And it wasn’t your friend’s son?”

“No. Not at all.” She began to pace the room “They are kohanim. And I have no idea who this bachur was,

She couldn’t admit to Beri what had been on her mind during those moments. It was bad enough admitting it to herself. and where my father’s silver yad is.”

“So we have to find out who it was. Which one of your brothers arranged to have these bachurim come?”

“How can I find that out?” She stopped pacing, and all of a sudden, the tears began to roll down her cheeks. “Not only am I ashamed of myself, because how could I think of such a thing at a time like that, but how am I going to tell this to my brothers now?”

“Ultimately, you did something that made sense,” her businessman husband soothed her, trying to get her to see reason. “There was a story here with a valuable item. You didn’t start running around doing strange things that were inappropriate for the time and occasion. You just took about twenty seconds to deal with the matter, and that was it. Why are you looking at it as such a bad thing?”

“Because it is.” She leaned her head on the windowpane beside her. “It’s a terrible thing for a good daughter to do, a few hours before her father’s levayah. My brothers will say that this is what has become of me.”

His cell phone rang for the fifth time, but he silenced it. “Do you want me to find out who the bachur was? It’s not a big deal, and I don’t have to tell your brothers why I’m asking.”

“They’ll get suspicious,” Blumi said quietly. “No, I don’t want you to ask.”

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“Which bachurim they hire? You mean which ones volunteer, right?”

“Volunteer? No, I meant hired.”

“What?!” She turned around, erasing the reflection of her tearful face in the window. “Are you trying to tell me that they get paid for this?”

“I assume so. But you know what?” He backtracked hastily when he saw the horror on her face.

“I really don’t know how it works.

And that’s not our issue here, anyway. So, should I ask Beri?”

“No. Don’t ask him anything.”

Gideon thought for a minute.

“You know,” he said, “I don’t think it will be necessary in any case.”

“Why?” “Because where is the bachur himself? You don’t know where to even start looking, but he knows, right?

He’s keeping this envelope for you, and as time goes by, it’s safe to assume that at one point he’s going to want to give it back.”

“But whom is he going to give it to?”

Gideon wanted to answer, “To the person who asked him to come that night.” But a glimmer in his wife’s eyes stopped him. Instead, he quickly replied, “He’ll probably try to find out who gave him the envelope, and then he’ll contact us.”

Blumi’s silence stretched for a lengthy few minutes.

“And what happens until then?” she asked, long after Gideon had already given up on her response and had answered his secretary’s phone call.

When she discovered that she was talking to herself, she stood up and walked into the washroom. “I wanted to pay my brothers to give me this yad,” she said to her redfaced reflection in the mirror, and then started to wash her face with lots of cold water. “But in the mean-

time there is nothing to do, just wait patiently and hope that none of them will remember the yad, in spite of the fuss I made over it this evening.”

She took a deep breath, inhaling the piney scent of the hand soap that stood in a decorative dispenser on the counter. “I simply need to wait for that bachur to realize that no one is planning to come and ask for it back, and that he needs to come to us.”

Blumi nodded at herself in the mirror and felt a little better. In fact, much better. ***** “Is everything alright, Binyamin?” Elisheva asked when they met in her father’s room on Friday afternoon.

“Yes, baruch Hashem.”

I won’t disturb you. This is your grandson, isn’t it?”

“Yes.” Reb Yisroel smiled at Binyamin, who was busy staring at the tiny head that peeked out of the man’s jacket pocket.

“It looks like a baby kangaroo,” Binyamin said, after a moment.

“They’re funny, these toy dogs.”

“They’re smarter than they look,” Emmanuel told him. He set the cup down on the little table near the armchair and opened the drawer to take out two colored pills. “You haven’t taken your medication yet today, Reb Yisroel, have you? Good, then you can take these pills now with your tea.”

Binyamin grinned at the dog and reached out to see if the tiny creature would want to come to him.

But instead, the little dog bared its teeth in a decidedly unfriendly gesture, and then snapped them together. Despite their tiny size, the snapping teeth made a loud noise in the room.

“Come on, why is he so edgy?” Binyamin was almost offended, but his mother breathed a sigh of relief. The last thing she wanted was for the little dogs to start frolicking around the room.

“He must have interpreted your move as a threat,” Emmanuel explained, and pushed the little dog a bit further into his pocket. Another, darker head peeked out over the edge, but it didn’t look particularly friendly either. “He felt either a threat to me or to him. They want to protect their owners, these little Chihuahua dogs. They are a lot like humans, and sometimes they mistakenly interpret a friendly gesture as an offensive move.”

“So that makes them less similar to people,” Binyamin remarked.

“Dogs are one thing, but I would expect a person to be able to identify who is a friend and who is a foe.”

“Really?” Emmanuel didn’t smile. “You don’t know people who sit and tremble about something that seems very frightening to

She wanted to press him further, to find out if his pale face and the shadows under his eyes were just remnants of his lingering flu, or if he was in a dismal mood for some reason.

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But his smile seemed a bit too forced for her. She wanted to press him further, to find out if his pale face and the shadows under his eyes were just remnants of his lingering flu, or if he was in a dismal mood for some reason. But just then someone knocked three times and entered the room, without waiting to be invited in.

“How are you, Reb Yisroel?” It was Emmanuel, the tall man who worked in the nursing home. “Oh, very nice, it’s good that you have visitors. Very good.”

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No, Binyamin wanted to scream. I don’t know any such people. And even if I do, I can’t think about those kinds of incidents right now. The only thing I can think about is a yeshivah bachur who is shaking in fear, but for very good reason.

Because when a certain woman, or her family members, come to him and ask for the closed envelope he was given to hold on to, he won’t have what to show them.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. What was in that envelope? How much was it worth? How much would he be expected to pay?

Silberman, his chavrusa, did not know why Binyamin had asked recently to learn with him the sugya of monetary damage and shomer chinam (one who is asked to guard something without pay). When would

What was in that envelope? How much was it worth? How much would he be expected to pay? he be obligated to pay for damages, and when would he be exempt? Binyamin had to be ready for that day when someone would come seeking out what they had left with him.

Shabsi also could not understand why, yesterday, Binyamin had refused to come with him on a night shift. Binyamin himself couldn’t explain it, either.

He had stammered an excuse about still being weak from the flu, and Shabsi had accepted the excuse, but with a pointedly raised eyebrow.

Really, Binyamin couldn’t understand his own refusal. What would happen to him if he went with Shabsi to another job? Someone would give him an envelope again? One thing was for sure — this time he would refuse to take it. But he didn’t want to go on another job with Shabsi altogether. He felt totally spent by the whole subject, and only regretted that he hadn’t felt the same way before that night he’d spent at the Katz home.

Emmanuel had long left the room, and Mommy was chatting with Zeidy. As always, she asked if he wanted to come for Shabbos. As always, he declined.

Then she asked something else, and he answered with one or two words.

Now it sounded like they were talking about this new worker, Emmanuel. Zeidy was pleased with him, Mommy less so. Something about the figure with the dogs did not find favor in her eyes. Maybe it was because of the dogs, or perhaps it was something about the person himself. Or it was a combination of both.

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Not every Chanukah night is party night, but I still like to serve something fried at every evening meal. Each of these boldly colored and flavorful starters include a Chanukahthemed topper. To elevate even a simple meal, plate the salads individually at each place setting.

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Latke-Topped Salad If your family can’t get enough of potato latkes, this is the salad you want to try. Don’t have the time to prep all those minis? Prepare half a 9x13 kugel recipe. Bake at 375° in a lined and generously oiled cookie sheet for approximately a half hour. Cut into small squares.

The kugel version serves six. Latke recipe yields approximately 60 minis.

LATKES 2 potatoes

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

Dash of black pepper

SALAD ½ cup black olives

1 (8 oz.) bag romaine lettuce

Mozzarella cheese or string cheese (optional)

1 box medley grape tomatoes

Fish Nugget Salad Unexpected company prompted me to think fast one Chanukah evening. I had prepared batter-fried flounder, which I knew wouldn’t stretch to serve the larger-than-expected crowd. I pulled out some gefilte fish, cubed it, and deep fried it. Much to my surprise, the improvised substitute — the gefilte fish nuggets — won hands down over the batter-fried flounder.

Serves ten.

SALAD 1 good-quality roll salmon gefilte fish

12–15 mini peppers, sliced

1 bag purple cabbage 2 cups bean sprouts 1 box alfalfa sprouts

DRESSING

6 purple pearl onions

DRESSING ¼ cup oil

1–1½ tsp. mustard

¼ cup ketchup

¼ tsp. salt

1 T. sugar

Pinch of black pepper

2 tsp. vinegar

2 cloves garlic

DIRECTIONS 1. Finely shred potatoes and mix with remaining latke ingredients. Fry in a large heated frying pan, using approximately ¾ teaspoon per latke.

½ cup mayonnaise

2–3 cloves garlic

1¾ T. mustard

½ tsp. salt

1¾ T. honey

DIRECTIONS 1. To make the fish nuggets, heat oil in a deep fryer or pot. Allow fish to thaw for 10 minutes. Cut roll into ten slices, and each slice into cubes. Fry in hot oil for 3 to 5 minutes until golden. Remove with slotted spoon.

2. Blend all dressing ingredients.

2. Blend all dressing ingredients. Divide vegetables evenly among ten plates. Plate fried nuggets over vegetables. Serve with dressing.

3. Divide salad ingredients among plates. Slice tomatoes, onions and cheese (if using). Top with latkes. Serve with dressing.

Note: For better-quality rolls, buy gefilte fish directly from your fish store. I like the Kosher Atlantic brand.

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Fruits and Shoots Salad

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Fruits and Shoots Salad Refreshingly different, this combination is the perfect beginning to a Chanukah meal.

Layered Blintz Pie Delicate leaves layered with a light and airy filling make for a perfect accompaniment to this salad.

CREPES 4 eggs

½ cup oil

1 cup flour

¼ cup sour cream

1 box pea shoots

½ cup milk

¼ cup sugar

1–2 mangos

½ cup seltzer

1 tsp. vanilla sugar

SALAD

1 Granny Smith apple ½ cup sugar-coated peanuts

DRESSING

DIRECTIONS 1. Using hand blender, blend all ingredients.

2. Heat oil in a small frying pan.

¼ cup oil

3. Pour small amount of batter into pan and tilt pan to spread evenly over surface.

1 T. vinegar

4. Fry until dry.

4 tsp. sugar

5. Flip over and fry only until dry. Crepes should not brown.

1½ tsp. salt

FILLING

Dash of black pepper

DIRECTIONS 1. Mix all dressing ingredients. Arrange pea shoots on a plate. Slice mango thinly and fan three slices over pea shoots. Dice apples finely and sprinkle over pea shoots.

2. Distribute peanuts over salad right before serving as red coloring will bleed over salad. Drizzle a ½ tablespoon of dressing over each plate.

Serve alongside a cheese blintz or a slice of blintz pie.

½ lb. farmer cheese

3 T. sugar

½ container whipped cream cheese

3 T. confectioners’ sugar

3 T. sour cream

2 tsp. vanilla sugar

DIRECTIONS 1. Mix all ingredients.

2. To assemble, layer crepes, spreading filling between layers.

3. Decorate top with whip cream.

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Throughout the ages, through fire and ice, the umos ha’olam have persecuted and devastated our nation.

They’ve attempted to extinguish our flame, our essence — and at times it appeared as if they’d succeeded. Just a few decades ago, the Jewish landscape in Ukraine looked barren and desolate.

But the Yiddishe spirit survives and thrives in the harshest of climates — our light growing stronger and brighter. Because we’ve been promised eternity.

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A LONE CANDLE It was the first night of Chanukah, and Rabbi Hilel Cohen had just left his home on Shchekavytska Street and was heading to the Podil Shul, just two blocks away. On those frigid Ukrainian nights, he typically made the trip as briskly as possible, but the twinkling of a small light caught his eye.

Right above his own apartment, in a dark window, Reb Hilel noticed a small candle burning. There was something familiar about the glow, the way it resembled the single candle in his own window right below it.

Reb Hilel chalked it up to coincidence and hurried along. Having lived in this apartment for over two years, it was rather unlikely that unbeknownst to him, there would be a Jew living right above him.

The following night, Reb Hilel stepped outdoors and peeked again

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at the window above. And there it was. Only this time there were two candles. Excitedly, he ran up the stairs and knocked on the door. He received no answer.

On the third day there were three candles, but the door remained closed. Whoever this Yid was, he clearly was not eager to engage with the very obviously Jewish rabbi.

“We eventually made contact,” Rabbi Cohen shares. “He wasn’t very forthcoming at first, but he did say that he heard our Shabbos zemiros every week, and that it never failed to move him. It took some time, but he started joining us for Shabbos meals and is becoming more familiar with Yiddishkeit.

Progress is slow, as the best form of progress often is,” Reb Hilel says, “but the important thing is: Another door has been opened.”

With time and effort, hundreds of doors are opening. At first just

a crack, but with persistence and much siyata d’Shmaya, many a door has opened wide.

HOLY SOIL DESECRATED It was only a century ago that Yiddishkeit in Ukraine was lost.

Before that, for over one thousand years, the Jews were a vibrant presence. Some of the biggest gedolim and rebbes of yesteryear lived there, including the Baal Shem Tov, Reb Nachman of Breslov and Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, zt”l. Nonetheless, though Yiddishe life flourished, there were incessant blood libels, pogroms, expulsions and even a mass execution. By 1917, the USSR was in power and all religious practices were categorically forbidden.

About 25 years later, the already decimated Jewish community was visited by the Holocaust.

Prior to the war, Yidden may

KYIV, UKRAINE Present-day Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine, a country that gained their independence from Russia in 1991, and this year they even went so far as to change the spelling of their name from the Russian transliteration Kiev to Kyiv, as it is transliterated from Ukrainian.

In the city of close to 3 million citizens, it is impossible to accurately calculate the number of Yidden therein. There have been many censuses over the years, but aside from the rapid decline in numbers, which may well be due to emigration, there is also the tragic reality of assimilation and lack of any affiliation.

After nearly a century of fearing for their lives and lacking the ability to inculcate Jewish values into the new generation, the robust Yiddishe life that had flourished for hundreds of years has been eradicated. By the time the Iron Wall fell, few remembered any Yiddishkeit. Still fewer practiced it.

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have accounted for as much as a third of the population in some of the cities in Ukraine. After the war, Stalin appeared to have succeeded where the Nazis, ym”sh, had failed. It seemed as if the country had, in fact, become judenrein, r”l.

In 1991, the Iron Curtain fell. Blinking against the unfamiliar sunlight, it was time to assess what had survived the almost-80-year storm. Tragically, none of the frum Yidden who had prayed for this day were around to see it.

Sadder still, after having had their identity suppressed for so many years, few still recognized its value — that there was, in fact, a priceless heritage to be reclaimed.

DESOLATE DEVASTATION Under Stalin’s rule, Russia managed to successfully recreate the Greek scourge, which “merely” asked of us to renounce our religion. The government’s directive wasn’t to annihilate the Jews — just Judaism. Anyone caught practicing or teaching Yiddishkeit was promptly arrested and shipped off to the Gulag, the Russian forced-labor camps.

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tide to change, when they’d have the opportunity to once again raise their children with Yiddishe values.

Lamentably, that day never came for them.

For a clearer understanding of the mindset at the time, Rabbi Cohen speaks of two elderly spinsters whom he had gotten to know upon his arrival in Ukraine. They were the daughters of a chashuve Yid by the name of Rav Yitzchok Gedalya Libason, z”l, a grandson of the Chernoble rebbes and Reb Lieber Hagadol.

“De Tatte told us not to marry,” the women explained, “so we never got married.”

Rav Libason recognized that heartbreaking truth: Though he wanted the best for his daughters, there wasn’t anything positive in store. With no possibility of raising children in a world with Yiddishkeit, of what purpose was a future generation? They had stared into the abyss and surrendered.

DO NOT ENTER “Starting in 1917, tens of thousands of shuls around the country were shuttered,” Reb Hilel says.

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“Our shul in the center of the town of Kyiv was one of the two synagogues in all of Russia that remained open throughout communist rule.” (The other one was the Arkhipova Choral Synagogue located near the Kremlin.)

Though ostensibly open, the shuls weren’t intended for public use.

They merely served as a prop for the communist regime, an answer to the foreign countries who de-

nounced the religious persecution.

Pointing to the two beautiful shuls, Russia claimed religious tolerance — though the tolerance didn’t extend past the beautiful buildings.

Still, for millions of Ukrainian Yidden, the monument in Kyiv was their sole link to Yiddishkeit.

Though they never set foot inside, the edifice was a connection to a past they had only heard about in hushed voices.

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Legend has it that for many years, on Yom Kippur, up to 30,000 Yidden milled around the building throughout the day, though barely any dared step inside. Participating in services risked imprisonment; the annual trek around the shul had to suffice in quelching their soul’s yearning.

The Nazi’s arrival further devastated any remnants of Yiddishe life. It was with blatant hashgacha pratis that the shul survived the occupation.

Likely intended as an insult, the Germans turned the grand shul into a stable for their horses — but it was because of that that it survived, practically unscathed.

Tragically, the same can’t be said for the Kyiv Yidden. During the course of the Holocaust, the city had its own mass execution. At a ravine near the northern edge of the city, for two days in September of 1941, in the massacre known as Babi Yar, the Jewish community was systematically annihilated.

After the Holocaust, Stalin remained in power until his death in 1953. The Yidden who returned, broken in both body and spirit, found that their lives were still conscripted under the communist regime. But though these hapless souls sorely lacked knowledge of Yiddishkeit, they built a magnificent aron kodesh for the shul.

“Every time I look at the aron kodesh, my heart swells and I’m once again humbled by the resilience of Yiddishe kinder,” Rabbi Cohen remarks. Beyond the masterful craftsmanship, there is heart evident in every wood carving.

One of the builders was a Yid who had lost his entire family — twenty-nine kedoshim in all. “Look at what a Yid is,” Reb Hilel marvels. “After the Holocaust, after all they’d experienced, they could have lost their entire emunah, but they went and built an aron kodesh!”

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Rabbi Hilel Cohen explaining the esrog to a Kyiv Yid

THE LONE CRUSE Upon the fall of the Iron Curtain, some pioneering Yidden traveled to the bleak wasteland in the hopes of finding something to salvage.

In the late 1980s, Rav Yaakov Dov Bleich, a Brooklyn native and Telshe Yeshiva graduate, arrived on the scene. He was soon appointed Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine by the local Yiddishe communities, and though there have, baruch Hashem, been others who’ve devoted themselves to the community, it is Rabbi Bleich who has always been recognized by the government as Chief Rabbi.

Reb Hilel is proud of the fact that it is their shul’s rabbi who has worked so tirelessly on behalf of the community. In the past twenty years, Rabbi Bleich has been instrumental in founding the first Jewish day school in Ukraine, three yeshi-

Rav Yaakov Dov Bleich

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vos, three kollelim, two cheders and a Bais Yaakov for girls, in addition to many other Yiddishe institutions and community organizations.

“Our pride and joy is the first and only Jewish summer camp in Ukraine, Camp Shuva,” Reb Hilel says. (See photo below.)

LIGHTS IN THE DARK NIGHT Rabbi Hilel Cohen’s arrival in Kyiv twenty years ago was rather unintentional — and another demonstration of Hashem’s guiding hand. Having arrived in Ukraine

right before Shavuos, he was intent on heading to Medzhybizh for the Baal Shem Tov’s yahrtzeit.

It was then that he first met Reb Leibel Surkis, a Skvere chassid. Reb Leibel asked Reb Hilel to come to Vinnytsia for yom tov, and Reb Hilel was quite reluctant. The plan had been to be in Medzhybizh “beim rebben,” with the Baal Shem, and the detour wasn’t very welcome.

“But then,” Reb Hilel says, “Reb Leibel opened my eyes and asked, ‘What would the Baal Shem Tov do in this situation?’ “‘There are Yidden who are waiting for you,’ he told me. ‘They want to see and feel Yiddishkeit. Instead of spending your Shabbos with the tzaddik, you can bring the Baal Shem Tov to these Yidden.’

“Reb Leibel’s words resonated with me, and I haven’t looked back.”

Starting in Vinnytsia, a small town between Berditchev and Medzhybizh, Rabbi Cohen was soon leading the small community and local school. This was mere years after communism, and there were still locals speaking Yiddish and curious about their lost heritage.

THE SEARCH IS ON A cruse of pure oil isn’t hard to come by. Yid after Yid that Reb Hilel encounters, though unaffiliated

Camp Shuva on an Erev Shabbos. Reb Hilel Cohen is in the shtreimel, holding his son.

A WORLD THAT WAS The streets in Kyiv are once again bustling with Jewish life, but they’re still a far cry from Yiddishkeit of yesteryear, when Ukraine had been home to innumerable chassidish rebbes whose avodas Hashem were legendary.

Though they are gone, they have not been forgotten. Over the past decades, the kevarim of countless tzaddikim all around Ukraine have been restored, and with each passing year, throngs of Yidden show up to pour their hearts out at the gravesites of these giants.

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In Kyiv alone, there’s the Malbim, near Babi Yar (although the chelka was identified, the specific spot is still uncertain); the kever of Reb Dovid’l Skverer, who passed away 100 years ago (5680); Reb Itzikel Skverer, who perished during an epidemic in town; and right outside of Kyiv is the tzion of Reb Mottele of Chernobl.

The ohel of the Baal Hatanya, too, draws tens of thousands annually to Haditch, Ukraine.

and unaware, possesses a pure spark.

“They are all ‘shomrei Torah u’mitzvah,’” Reb Hilel explains. Not “mitzvos,” because they hadn’t learned about them, “but every Yid here has that one mitzvah that they hold on to with all their heart and soul.

The one element of Yiddishkeit that has been passed down for generations, their one dear connection to who they are.”

Some come only for the Pesach matzos, some show up for Yizkor; some on Purim, and some on Chanukah, but every one of them holds on to their observance of their mitzvah as if it encompasses all of Yiddishkeit — because to them it does.

On his first Yom Kippur in Ukraine, Rabbi Bleich wondered why everyone said Kaddish. He soon learned that these were the remnants of the survivors of Babi Yar, the mass execution that occurred three days before Yom Kippur, in the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah.

One of the community members related that he had grown up on the local Shchekavytska Street and was a baby during the war. His father had already been sent to the front, and when all of the towns-

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people were directed to congregate outside of town, his bubba told her daughter that she didn’t have a good feeling about it.

Heeding the warning, his mother hid, along with her baby, and they were some of the only ones spared.

Though he survived, barely any Yiddishkeit did. In recent years, thanks to the efforts of those who worked tirelessly to rekindle the flames, his son has returned to Yiddishkeit and settled in Eretz Yisroel with his beautiful, frum family that makes his grandfather proud.

THE MENORAH IS KINDLED Education has always been at the core of who we are as a people. Today, Yidden of all ages are expressing an interest in learning more about Shabbos, kashrus, of the basics of Yiddishkeit, and some people even well past their prime are requesting assistance in arranging for a kosher bris milah.

“When I arrived, there were only two Yiddishe communities here,” Reb Hilel shares. “One was Chabad and one was Skver.”

At present there are seven kehillos in Kyiv alone, with the third mikvah currently being built.

But though the number of re-

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ligious people is, baruch Hashem, growing by leaps and bounds, the majority of frum adults leave to start their families in established communities. The mass exodus to places like Lakewood, Philadelphia, Monsey, Flatbush and Eretz Yisroel do the heart proud, but also accounts for the relatively slower growth locally.

IN THE WAYS OF THE BAAL SHEM As many mekomos are recovered and restored, there are ever larger

crowds coming to daven at kivrei tzaddikim. Reb Hilel has a request of all of these Yidden, much like Reb Leibel Surkis had asked of him: “For just one Shabbos, won’t you consider the Baal Shem Tov’s derech and follow in his footsteps?”

Rabbi Hillel implores, “Spend time with your Jewish brethren!

Come into town for a Shabbos. Show them what a frum Yid looks like.

Come light a spark.

“You can realistically emulate the derech haBaal Shem, and you can bring them the Chanukah light.”

MORE ABOUT RABBI HILEL COHEN The Makabim were not the strong warriors that our coloring books tend to depict; they were simple ehrliche Yidden who recognized that if they wouldn’t step up and do something, then all would be lost.

Reb Hilel Cohen likes to consider himself a regular person, and perhaps he once was. But what this humble Breslover chassid has accomplished on the frozen Eastern European tundra is nothing short of remarkable.

Visiting a foreign country typically means forgoing the services of Hatzolah, Chaverim, Shomrim and the like. In Ukraine, when any need arises, Reb Hilel is the “one-stop shop” for emergencies. After 20 years in Ukraine, he has become fluent in Russian and has formed relationships with the right contacts in all fields.

Even though his priority is his community — and his dedication to them is legendary — somehow he still finds time to offer assistance, at all hours of the day, to the hundreds of Yidden who visit Ukraine in any given week. Be it medical emergencies, robberies or simply lost luggage, Reb Hilel stands at the ready round the clock and reminds us that wherever a Yid finds himself in the world, he is never truly alone.

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Yocheved never cries.

Well, she never did before, anyway, until that day, the fourth night of Chanukah, while we were both preparing our identical recipes of potato kugel for Shabbos and trying to catch up on each other’s lives over the phone.

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“What’s the matter?” I asked, hoping I was sounding as alarmed as I felt, even as I frantically continued to scoop a quarter of the mixture to be used as latkes that I would serve after that night’s lighting. It was getting late. Meir would be home with the kids soon, and I still had an endless to-do list to check off before I could enjoy my half hour off after lighting.

It was a baby who had made her cry.

A sick baby, that is, left alone in the hospital because his parents could not raise him. He had Down syndrome, and a host of other issues that had already put him under a surgeon’s knife twice in the six weeks he’d known the world. When Yocheved came to volunteer at his side in the hospital, he was “away, in surgery, coming back soon.” It sounded just as awful as the tone of the nurse throwing these words behind her back.

“Oh no! I’ll take him!” I said spontaneously. Or stupidly. Tamar was nearly eighteen months old. Theoretically, she could have had a baby brother. And anyway, bassinets and stretchies and sterilized baby bottles were so dreamy.

I couldn’t wait.

“You’re crazy,” Yocheved said. But she stopped crying.

Four days later, we were ready.

Ready? Who am I kidding? We weren’t breathing anymore; it had all taken so long to arrange. Four days. The kids were ecstatic. I was moving the baby swing

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to a better spot for the fourth time. Meir was giving me worried looks, which we all ignored. We were getting a new baby… just like that!

At ten o’clock, the baby’s grandmother called. Yes, they had been discharged from the hospital, but there were still some supplies she was waiting for.

Oh. I took a deep breath. Okay. We’ll figure it out.

I hoped.

And finally, he came. Shimmy was everything I imagined him to be and more. Utterly delicious, a puff of blonde hair crowning a pale face, tiny eyes screwed shut and the reddest mouth I’ve ever seen.

And two bags taped tightly to his stomach.

And an insane fear of human touch. Poor baby.

But it was okay. It took some time — and some, er, unpleasant plastic explosions — but I learned to change those bags, tape them tightly so that they wouldn’t leak, find the right adhesives and creams that would soothe his incredibly sensitive skin, and even find a babysitter who agreed to babysit him, as long as I came twice a day to change his bags.

The real learning curve was in a different realm altogether. I had to figure out — with no outward signs to guide me — when Shimmy was sick and needed urgent medical intervention. He wouldn’t look sick. He wouldn’t act sick. But something would start feeling funny to me, and I learned to trust my instincts and rush to the doctor with him immediately. Those instincts never failed, even if I wasn’t really Shimmy’s mother, and Shimmy landed in the hospital again and again and again, each time brushing so close to the unthinkable that my speed getting to the emergency room was growing faster and faster each time.

Our bedroom began to look like a mini ICU, but strangely, it made me feel better. Maybe seeing Shimmy hooked up to all those tubes and trying to sleep through the noise of the oxygen concentrator and endless warning beeps of his pulse-ox were not quite normal, but at least it was no longer only up to my instincts to figure out when something was wrong. An oxygen level of fifty-five can be enlightening that way.

And then, just when we thought life was settling down to some kind of new normal, something else happened.

Naftali’s cardiologist deviated from his usual mantra.

Naftali is my oldest child, then five years old. A vivacious, adorable kid with Williams syndrome. So yeah, somewhere in the backs of our minds we knew he was born with a heart murmur — but then, so is a large chunk of the population. We never gave it another thought, other than trying to be responsible and actu-

“You know you can’t keep Shimmy anymore,” she said, and the world stopped breathing for the second time that day.

“Supplies?” I echoed. What kind of supplies would he need that we didn’t have? I had been setting up for four days! Well, minus Shabbos — and Motzei Shabbos, which we had spent at the rav’s getting hadrachah.

“Oh, yes…” She sounded hesitant. “You do know about his colostomy, yes?”

Er, no. What was that?

“And… his vesicostomy? Yes?” What was she talking about?

“I have no clue,” I admitted. “What are they?” Whatever they were, they didn’t sound fun.

“I’m not really sure,” the grandmother said, her voice slowing down further. I could hear the fear through the wires, but no, I was not about to regret taking him in.

But what were those stuff?

“It’s like a hole in his stomach — well, two, actually.

He has these bags attached to them. Instead of diapers.”

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It was during one such routine visit that we learned that Naftali’s heart murmur was no longer just murmuring. In fact, it was screaming, loudly, that he needed surgery.

Immediately.

No mother told that her child will need to undergo open-heart surgery remains unshaken by the news. But in Naftali’s case, the news was especially devastating.

See, kids with Williams syndrome have a unique problem with anesthesia. No one quite knows why, but there have been many instances in which people with Williams suddenly and inexplicably died after receiving anesthesia, so we mothers of these adorable little people are very, very careful about their dentist appointments so that we never reach such a situation. When Naftali was three, he was actually stitched up in the hospital without any form of anesthesia — not even local. I nearly needed resuscitation afterward.

And now… open heart surgery? How? That was even supposing we found a surgeon who actually was familiar enough with Williams syndrome and its unique implications to perform the delicate surgery…

The one thing I didn’t think of as I wheeled an exhausted Naftali out of the doctor’s office was Shimmy. But not for long. Niva the social worker did all of the thinking for me, in about three split seconds.

“You know you can’t keep Shimmy anymore,” she said, and the world stopped breathing for the second time that day.

“What do you mean?!” I asked, incredulous. “Shimmy is our baby!”

“So that’s the thing,” she said. “He’s not.

And you can’t legally keep fostering him if you have a sick child.”

She was right. Even I knew that. But that didn’t make the world any more bearable at that moment.

Nor was the world much more bearable over the following few months, as we searched for the best surgeon for the job (thank you, Dr. Del-Nido and Dr. Smoot!), decided where to perform the surgery, battled with insurance, took care of travel arrangements, and all the other minor details that saving a child’s life entails.

And said goodbye to Shimmy. You will allow me not to relive that, right?

In a way, it was a bracha that we were so busy and overwhelmed. It gave us so little time to think, and to mourn, that it wasn’t until Naftali was past the surgery and recovering in Boston Children’s Hospital that we could finally breathe. And even though the baby swing still swaying emptily in the living room

The surgery failed. And now there was nothing left to do. was an excruciating first sight upon our return home, we could nevertheless look back with awed gratitude that at the very least, we were all alive and well, and that the frightening surgery was behind us.

Not that it was easy. The recuperation was harrowing, and Naftali’s Williams syndrome meant that he had to undergo some painful procedures — such as pulling the chest tube out — without any form of anesthesia. But we did it, and it was all over. Finally.

Or so we thought.

Then Naftali became sick again. This time, the doctors looked grim. There was very little they could do to help him now. The area around his heart had become infected, and another emergency surgery, the doctors said, would give him a slight chance of recovery.

Except it didn’t. The surgery failed. And now there was nothing left to do. Naftali’s heart would not be able to handle another surgery, and the cavity around his heart was stuffed with fluids that were about

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to harden at any moment. And all we could do was watch, helpless, and wait.

The ward was a busy, noisy place, but around our room, the doctors walked silently, somberly. Naftali looked okay, but we all knew it was a matter of time.

When the time came, perhaps we would try another last-ditch surgery. But for now, we waited.

And then it happened.

Naftali was lying on his back, eyes glued to Uncle Moishy dancing over our heads as the technician performed the daily echocardiogram. I felt my eyes begin to close with exhaustion when a sudden flurry of activity alerted me that something was wrong.

Without a word, the technician flew out of the room, returning moments later with the two main cardiologists treating Naftali.

Bending gravely over the screen, each, in turn, grabbed the probe and pushed it into Naftali’s chest.

“What’s going on?” I stammered, my fingers already groping for the numbers to call Meir. Was this it?

Finally, one of the cardiologists turned to me. I had never before thought eyes could actually glow. “The fluids are gone,” he said. “Gone! Do you understand what this means?!”

“Gone?” I stammered, just as Meir burst into the room. “Where did they go?”

The doctor grew serious. “We don’t know. It makes no sense. This is a closed cavity — there isn’t any place for the fluids to go. But —” he stabbed at the screen “ — you can’t argue with facts.

There are no longer any fluids around Naftali’s heart.”

He looked at us again, his eyes still bright. “It’s a medical miracle, that’s what it is. We’ll check again tomorrow, just because, but… then you can go home.”

Above our heads, Uncle Moishy continued to proclaim that Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere. Meir and I looked at each other, and then at Naftali. We had no words.

And words escaped us yet again a day later, as we prepared to take Naftali home, and a crazy thought propelled me to check the calendar.

It was the fourth night of Chanukah. The very same day that we had taken Shimmy in one year before.

Ve’al nisecha shebechol yom imanu.

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Chanukah is perfectly timeless. Everything about Chanukah is so new — and so old.

Everything is so familiar — yet so excitingly fresh all at once.

The walls are plastered in Chanukah crafts.

The tantalizing aroma of fresh latkes fills the room. The table is set in bright Chanukah hues, scattered with dreidels, gifts, gelt — and of course, in the center of it all: Zeida’s menorah.

It’s Chanukah, when old and new complement each other in a seamlessly timeless blend. The ageold tunes, the fresh excitement, the familiarity and the newness seem to merge with each other amid a whiff of burning oil. Chanukah has arrived.

Finally, it’s time. My little girls stand close, their exuberant giggles resonating through the room.

My husband winks at his young audience as he tweaks the wick one last time. That single, lone, strikingly beautiful first wick. “Are we all ready?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” the girls cry.

With a nod, my husband begins the all-familiar melody: “Baruch atah…”

He’s hardly even started, and the very tune has me caught up in a whirlwind of emotions. He hasn’t even reached those words, and already I’m caught up in a whirlwind of emotions.

She’asah nissim... He Who has performed miracles.

Countless, countless miracles. Miracles that we can point to, and miracles that we are oblivious to.

Sometimes we know we were spared, but often we are simply unaware… And with each miracle, we are reminded yet again that our Father, in His infinite love, is personally running our lives.

La’avoseinu… I think of the generations before me, of my grandparents and great-grandparents standing in their simple homes of bygone times as these sacred words were sung out loud. These words are reverberating through the ages.

Bayamim haheim… Generations of miracles have come and gone. Through the hardships of our galus, our Father’s miracles have never ceased.

And finally, bazman hazeh… I am completely overcome.

Where should I start? Maybe with that car crash while I was still in school, when the thoughts of my beautiful family were but a distant dream.

In just moments, the car careened across two lanes, hit the barrier, spun around and landed on the shoulder of the oncoming traffic. The car, sud-

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denly aflame, sat on the side of the highway. The driver of the car was unconscious, and I emerged with nary a scratch to show. I shudder as I recall standing on the side of the road, waving desperately for help, pellets of rain pouring down in the dead of the night and the future, oh, so unknown…

And now, what remains of this memory is only the seudas hoda’ah that we all celebrate. She’asah nissim...

Suddenly another memory comes to mind — a memory of lying in the hospital, hours turning into days. It hadn’t quite been in the plan to be hospitalized for almost a week when a common cold went bad, and then worse. With just 48 hours until Chanukah — my first Chanukah as a mother, our first Chanukah as a family — would this be my fate?

Nurses shuffled about, machines hummed around me, my arms were bruised from the countless pricks, and my head was too heavy to lift. But then — a miracle: The medication kicked in! The doctor nodded, finally looking hopeful. “If you continue to recover at this pace, you can be discharged tomorrow.” Oh, the joy! The pure joy to be going home!

To finally hold my ten-week-old infant and hug her tight as I watch my husband prepare his licht for that first She’asah nissim.

But wait! I berate myself. Because there is a greater miracle I am missing. The greatest miracle yet is one that is right before me, right now, right in this room: I am standing with my family, in my home, together. Could I have ever dreamed of such chesed, of such Fatherly love?

Perhaps it has taken some earth-shattering moments to appreciate the beauty of routine. The gracious, beautiful, undeserving gift of routine. It is humbling. Perhaps those moments have taught me more than I think. Bazman hazeh — I was a recipient of miracles, and right this very moment, I continue to be.

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Choose from these dreidel game variations geared to diverse age groups, grab a dreidel, and get ready to roll!

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A Colorful Spin Grab some crayons and dreidels, and get ready for a calm and artsy dreidel game that’s great for even very young players!

Cut out the dreidel game board. Make some copies, if you can, and distribute a board and a crayon to each player. Take turns spinning the dreidel, and referring to the key below, color in the corresponding number of spaces. Race to see who will reach the end first!

‫נ‬ Fill in 0 spaces.

‫ג‬ Fill in 3 spaces.

‫ה‬ Fill in 2 spaces.

‫ש‬ Fill in 1 space.

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Dreidel Dress-Up Prepare piles of clothing and accessories that start with the letters of the dreidel. (See ideas below, and add your own!) Each player spins the dreidel and selects an article of clothing to wear from the pile corresponding with the letter they land.

Soon, you’ll have some laughing kids, especially if there’s a mirror in the room!

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Shoes

Hat

Gloves

Necklace

Shirt

Headband

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Necktie

Shawl

Handbag

Glasses

Nightgown

Sheitel

Helmet

Gold necklace

Noseclip

Shtreimel

Headphones

Green bow

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Paint Party Prepare small bowls of washable paints. Dip the tip of a dreidel in the paint, and spin it on a blank sheet of paper. Swish! Look at the swirly designs it creates!

Complete Your Menorah Each player receives a blank white paper and draws a basic menorah shape, without any candles or flames. (This can be prepared in advance, especially if there will be young players.)

Sit in a circle or around a table. In the center, place bowls filled with sour sticks, licorice or other goodies in the shape of a candle or flame.

Take turns spinning the dreidel. If you get a gimmel, you can put two “candles” on your paper menorah. For a hei, take one; for a nun, take none; and for a shin, you must put one back in the center.

See who fills up their menorah first!

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Deliciously Designed Dreidels “I have a yummy dreidel, I made it out of…” What will you top your top with?

Bake or buy dreidel-shaped cookies. Mix together the icing ingredients in a bowl and place it in the center of the table. (For a large crowd, you may want to put out a few small bowls of icing.) Prepare four plates of toppings, such as chocolate chips, chocolate lentils, sprinkles and nuts. Decide which letter of the dreidel each topping plate corresponds to. (You may want to stick in a toothpick into each bowl with a little sign with that letter.)

Each participant spins the dreidel and gets to put some of the corresponding topping on their cookie. Dab a bit of icing on the cookie to help the toppings stick. After a few rounds, the dreidels will be deliciously decorated!

More Options: You can also decorate a cupcake, cheesecake (slices or mini individual cakes), chunk of brownie bar, etc. Another option is to create individual mini salad bowls by starting off each player with a plate of lettuce and using four plates of different salad toppings.

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All Set! Here’s a two-part game that gives creative kids a chance to draw pictures and then play with their creations. Choose one of the two versions of the game to suit your age group.

Part 1: Design Choose four Chanukah-themed pictures. (Think: dreidel, candle, menorah, frying pan, etc.) Hand out small squares of paper and pencils or crayons. Players should draw one picture on each square.

You will need quite a number of each picture.

Part 2: Play Sort the picture cards, and place them in four piles in the center, face up. Designate each pile for a different letter on the dreidel. For example, the dreidels for gimmel, the candles for nun, and so on.

With each spin, the player picks a card that corresponds to the letter they land.

The game is over once one pile is finished. Each player counts how many full sets of four pictures they have, and the player with the most sets wins!

Tip: To get started with this game faster, you can choose to prepare the picture cards in advance. Or use other playing chips in sets of four, such as jellies in four colors, papers in four colors, four types of candy, etc.

Advanced Version: Up the ante in this timed version, in which the dreidel acts as the timer! Instead of dividing the pictures into separate piles, scatter them randomly on the table, face down. Take turns spinning the dreidel. Each player has a chance to pick one picture they need as long as the dreidel spun by the next player is still rotating. Pick and pick, replacing each picture you don’t need face down on the table. If the dreidel falls before you find your picture, your turn is lost. The player with the most sets wins!

Actively Involved Twist and spin into motion like a little dreidel as you enjoy this action-packed game!

Prepare cards that list various actions like: jump, hop, clap, do jumping jacks, etc. You can throw in some more complex actions such as: Tap each player on the shoulder; run to the window and back; spin like a dreidel, etc. Each card should have just one action written on it, and the action should be possible to be performed repetitively.

Place the cards in a pile, face down.

Players take turns spinning the dreidel. When a player lands a gimmel, they pick a card, follow the instructions on it, and then repeat the action until the next player lands a gimmel. (Only one person should be doing the action in the center at a time.)

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What’s Your Dreidel Made Of? Today, you can find dreidels made of a myriad of materials, including wood, metal, crystal, paper, plastic and silver, to name but a few. The Bnei Yissaschar, however, attributed deep reasons for selecting specifically a dreidel made of wood.

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Lead dreidel from Eastern Europe, late 19th century. Valued at $750.

The Judaica scene is full of dreidels with artistic designs, motifs and carvings in a limitless array of styles. And for children, there are crayon dreidels, dreidels with markers at the tips, singing and flashing dreidels, chocolate dreidels, and plastic versions filled with candy that keep them entertained throughout Chanukah and beyond.

--------•-------In the days before plastic, lead was probably the most common material used to create dreidels.

Molten lead was poured into a mold, and when removed about fifteen seconds later, it maintained a beautiful dreidel shape.

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A dreidel with an elephant design by Eran Grebler.

Many antique collectors have iron dreidels from the nineteenth century and the pre– World War II era.

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It might not be your imagination that your dreidel keeps falling on the same letter! Most dreidels have a part line going through the tip of the dreidel. A part line occurs where the two sides of the casting molds come together, and a bit of the material oozes out.

In cheap production, it simply isn’t worth removing the part lines, which is why you’ll find the line on most plastic dreidels. When creating dreidels from higher-quality materials — such as silver — on the other hand, the part line will be buffed away, making for a more balanced top.

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The Dreidel House in Tel Aviv boasts more than 800 different spinning tops.

Every piece is a work of art and as unconventional as they come. Inspired by various themes and shapes such as helicopters and animals, each one is unique.

The ceramicist who designs them, Eran Grebler, never bores of coming up with new styles, and visitors don’t get bored from checking out his distinct collection.

Oh, Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel…

In 1927, the English version of I Have a Little Dreidel was written by Samuel S. Grossman and composed by Samuel E. Goldfarb. It became popular in the 1950s.

It was a takeoff of the Yiddish version of the song, Ich Bin ah Kleiner Dreidel…, that predated it.

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Most Valuable A Spin on Words

Created for Chabad of South Palm Beach by Pedro Maldonado, the world’s most valuable dreidel has an estimated worth of $14,000. It was designed using precious metals and stones donated by the community, and the tip it spins on is a genuine diamond.

The Yiddish word “dreidel” originates from the German/Yiddish verb “dreyen.”

No less than 1,369 dreidels were spinning at once in an attempt to smash world records; achieved by students in a yeshivah in New Jersey.

Reb Dovid Moshe of Chortkov, the oldest son of Reb Yisroel of Ruzhin, once handed his son a dreidel and instructed, “Drei, drei, un vest zich arois dreyen fun alle tzaros – Spin, spin, and you’ll spin your way out of all problems!”

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In 2006, a Brooklyn girl kept a wooden top spinning for 7 hours, 1 minute and 14 seconds before it landed its spot after the longest spin in history.

Largest Dreidel At 22 feet tall, this dreidel, built by West Island Hillel, actually spins!

Largest Collection Numbering at 3,500 and counting, the dreidel collection of Avraham Burg of Eretz Yisroel is said to be the largest personal collection of its kind.

A Deeper Twist The four sides of the dreidel represent the four kingdoms who ruled over Klal Yisroel. As each empire took its turn at attacking us, we continued spinning from Above, triumphing time and again.

--------•-------It is impossible for a dreidel to remain standing on its single foot, and the only way we Yidden have prevailed throughout these years of galus is by spinning in perpetual motion, constantly evading and outliving the enemy despite not having our own solid soil to stand on.

--------•-------The single central point that the dreidel spins on represents the achdus of Klal Yisroel, in spite of the enemies surrounding us on all four sides.

--------•-------The numerical value of nun, gimmel, hei and shin is the same as Moshiach — 358. Ultimately, the game will end with the coming of Moshiach, speedily in our days.

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Pristine private prop on dead end+ fin bsmt $899K Miriam Perkowski C: 914804-0900

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Bright Spacious Updated Bi-level featuring sunlit foyer, gleaming hardwood floors, eat-in kit, extralrge liv/din rm, master bdrm w/ private bath. Don’t miss this one.

Charming, lovingly maintained spacious 5bd extended Colonial Cape sitting on almost an acre of beautiful park-like property. Right in the Heart of Prime Monsey!

Beautiful Bright Large Split-Level! Expanded kit/ living rm/dining rm. Full mother/daughter w/ separate entrance. Plenty of space for extended family!

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3900 sq ft, w/finished 5 rm mother/daughter apt, 8 bd, 2 Kit, 5 bth, 9 ft ceilings, and 4 flrs. 5 min wlk to Evergreen! Please Call Joel Klein (845) 596-7399

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OLD NYACK GARDENS 8 Brand New Townhouses in prime location!

Each semi attached home consists of

3900 sq ft including finished walk in - above ground 5 room mother/daughter apartment, plus an additional 1200 sq ft unfinished basement with full windows and high ceilings. Total of 8 bedrooms, 5 baths, 2 Kitchens, 9 ft ceilings, 4 floors, 3 parking spaces, 5 minute walk to Evergreen, intricately designed to ensure your full privacy.

Rodeo Realty l 386 Rt 59, suite 300 l Monsey, NY 10952 l 845.364.0195 Joel Klein CELL: 845.596.7399 EMAIL: jkleinhomes@gmail.com

Classifieds FOR SALE CHILDREN’S CLOSEOUTS Full Line of Shoes $30, Lily and Todd Previous Winter Clothing 70% Off Entire Collection. By appointment only. Call 845-596-0375 MARY KAY Everything in stock 10% off, plus valuable free gift with minimum purchase. Please call 845-445-7514.

COAT & DRESS FOR SALE Brand new stunning down & Fur coat size 14 selling at cost price. selling Mechtenishte dress white/black size 18. call/text 845-659-7989 FOR SALE 3 Stunning white with black velvet gowns. Girls size 12 & 16, teen size 2 for sale. Set of 3 couches leather and fabric with pillows selling for $950 delivered. 845-709-7161.

NEW STROLLERS AND ACCESSORIES Babyzen Yoyo Stroller SALE $350- Grey and Air France $375- Black Yoyo Bassinet $100 Yoyo Bunting $80 Please call or text 323-804-7438 FURNITURE FOR SALE 4 Door China Closet and Full master bedroom set.

Excellent condition, Great price. 845-570-3742

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Beautiful large full 3 story apartment for rent. MONSEY/ SPRING VALLEY in the PARKVIEW complex. You get a basement on lower floor, large kitchen, dining room and playroom with a half bath in the middle floor, nice size Pessach kitchen, large deck with awning. 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths on the top floor with separate entrance for one guest room, stainless steel appliances included, amply closets.

Ready to move in, Section 8 accepted. $2990 per month.

Text or Call for pictures or showing 845 494 7890 1 BEDROOM APT Bright & Airy 1 bedroom furnished apt. for rent (spring valley). (845) 2932232 leave a clear message

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OFFICE FOR RENT 2000 sf office suite, can be divided for 2 units of 1,000 sf, 2 private entrances, 2 private toilets, ample parking. On Harmony Road right off Rte 45 – next to New Square and New Hempstead. 845 721-8469.

APT FOR RENT- SHORT TERM Two bedroom , fully furnished apartment (includes linen, towels, pots etc. )On Merrick Drive. Call 845 652 3159

YESHIVA CAMPUS FOR SALE Yeshiva Campus with Fully Legal Dorm In Rockland county Beis Medrash, Classrooms, Basketball court etc.. Please call 845-596-5183

CONDO FOR SALE Young, beautifully kept large 7-8 room flat- 2,319 sf + basement- 622 sf, asking 599K. Many amenities, 2 porches, large yard, near mikva, shuls, grocery and buses. Very low taxes- 5.5K. 845 426 1612

WAREHOUSE FOR RENT A 10,000 SQ Warehouse just got available in Middletown, private lot, big parking lot, 2 loading docks on a quiet street, for $5500 a month, serious inquiries only. Pls call: 845.512.9338 and LM

ROOM FOR RENT very large room for rent in Bates area. Suitable for office or playgroup etc. 845 746 7251

FURNISHED APT A furnished apt for rent on Adar Ct please call 845-3563619 CHESTNUT RIDGE by owner 60 FT high ranchmother daughter. New kosher kitchen. Very near shul. Low taxes. 845- 352-3219

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SHORT TERM FURNISHED Private house furnished, 3 bed, 2.5 bth, kit, diningrm, livingrm, playrm, spac. backyard+driveway, swingset, sep furnished office, utilities included $3,100-negotiable 347-7782028.

HOUSE FOR RENT Private house for rent Blavelt RD area. nicely refreshed, 7 Bedrooms, playroom, large Dining room - $3500 (845) 274-0623

FOR RENT Big Private house for rent on rt 306. B/W Parker blvd and Mariner Way. sec 8 Ok. 845215-0511

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LARGE BASEMENT ROOM Large room with separate entrance & bathroom. Big window. Ideal for playgroup.

Reasonable price. 845-8266385

FOR RENT Large airy room, full bathroom, plenty of closet space. Private entrance.

Excellent for office/ single.

Stetner St. No kitchen facilities. 845-352-8360 SHABBOS CHANUKAH

Beautiful 4 bedroom house available for extended Shabbos Chanukah weekend in Chestnut Ridge.

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UpTime is a unique after school and Sunday program for high functioning children with special needs geared to developing their talents in a heimish, fun and exciting environment.

• • •

Excellent pay Exciting monthly get-togethers Hours: Sunday-10:00-3:00, after-school: 3:00-5:00.

HCS is looking to hire a highly motivated, creative, energetic program coordinator with great planning skills to coordinate activates for our upcoming UpTime junior division: • • • • •

Sunday: 10 a.m. -3 p.m.

Monday-Thursday 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Great compensation package Growth potential

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We're Hiring • Besen/Bates area

HCS ComHab Department is on the lookout for caring and motivated candidates that want to make a difference in the lives of children with special needs

• Main St. area

• Shabbos

• Besen/Bates area

• 6 year old boy

• High functioning independent 20 year old

• Shabbos

• Monday-Thursday

• 6 year old boy

• 12 p.m.- 2 p.m. (flexible)

• High functioning boy • Car required

• 6 year old boy

• Afternoons/ Weekends

• 7 year old boy

• Sunday for two hours

• Main St. area

• Shabbos morning

• One weekday for 2 hours

• Shabbos

• Driver’s license and car a plus

• In the yale area

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SHABBOS/Y’’T SUFFERN GETAWAY Magnificent fully furnished, renovated 5bdrm, secluded home, 1 acre. Brook, fireplace, trampoline, basketball net. 18 minutes from Shul. Available Sukkos with Sukkah. Text/ Whatsapp 845-327-0266.

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HELP WANTED VOLUNTEERS NEEDED/ AVAILABLE To volunteer to feed the sick or elderly, OR if you are in need of this service, Please call 845-352-1016 LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER local drivers for chessed.

Please call 845-352-1016 BABYSITTER WANTED Looking for male babysitter Sunday nights in Blauvelt area. 845-587-0538 HELP WANTED Suffern company seeking f/t sales/office assistant. resumes should be sent to officeposition201@gmail.com or faxed 877-257-8071

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BOOKKEEPER Looking for a bookkeeper with fluency in Quickbooks.

Candidate must have strong knowledge in all aspects of bookkeeping, minimum of 3 years of bookkeeping experience, and great time management skills.

Email resume to hr@ opusoperations.com TEACHER POSITION

Cheder seeking a 7th grade English Teacher great pay. please email: englishteacher10952@ gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail 917300-1792.

MOTHERS HELPER Looking to pay for a mother’s helper. From 6.30am- 9am.

Please text/call 8455870978 BOUTIQUE Accounting Practice looking for an experienced accountant to join our team.

Email resume to: jobs. boutiquefirm@gmail.com or Fax resume to (646) 792-3313 LOOKING TO HIRE Professional Office in Monsey is looking to hire a girl for full time secretarial position.

Knowledge in Microsoft word, Excel, and phone skills required. Great potential for the right candidate. Please email resume to: office@ ceasefiresprinkler.com

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Shaindel Ausch Childbirth Doula Personalized Attention

845.548.3645 • shain0245@gmail.com Hypo Trained • Dona Trained References Available

5”,6”,7” Gutters Copper and aluminum gutters Over 30 colors 845-782-4473 sales@advancedguttersinc.com

Fully Insured Free estimates

INSURANCE OFFICE Insurance office is looking to hire highly motivated individual with good phone skills for a full time customer service position. Will train.

Please email resume to generalinquiry5@gmail.com JOB OPPORTUNITY Busy Insurance office looking to hire an individual for full time billing position. Multi-tasking and good communication a must ( QuickBooks knowledge a plus). Great office environment. Send resume to review HR@ skyscraperinsurance.com GET HIRED! Resumes written and perfected. Consistent success in the job market. 845-6596999 call or text. Lv. msg.

ESTHETICIAN Spa in Monroe looking for a laser technician, Must have at least 1 year experience, 845-537-7134

Gutter Guard Installation Cleaning and Repirs OFFICE ASSISTANT – ENTRY LEVEL Seeking an outgoing, confident and organized assistant. Must be able to multi-task, have excellent problem-solving skills and enjoy working in a team environment. Send resumes to hr@arkmortgage.com JOB OPPORTUNITY Local heimish office seeking full time employee.

Candidate must take initiative, multi task and be detail oriented. Prior work experience a must.

Knowledge in QuickBooks a plus. Email resume to foodsafety@focussgroup. com.

JOB OPPORTUNITY F/T administrative assistant for a busy office. Must have a basic computer knowledge.

Writing, communication and interpersonal skills a plus. Good Pay, Will train.

Email Resume/Call: fjosef@ skylinecap.net / 718.705.9800

WE’RE HIRING! CARE MANAGERS

to provide person-centered, comprehensive care management to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).

REQUIRED

Bachelors or Masters degree with relevant experience OR

Talmudic Degree with relevant experience

BENEFITS YOU’LL RECEIVE

Medical, dental and vision coverage

FSA 401K plan Life & Disability Insurance Paid time off (includes vacation, holiday

and birthday!)

Hiring for the following location: Monroe and Monsey

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APPLY NOW Send resume to jobs@tricountycare.org

TCC is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by state or local law.

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BedBugs?

We do K-9 inspections.

Power Washing

Weekly Office Cleaning

Rubbish Removal

Post Construction Cleaning

cleaning from black to blue...

845.327.6997 Fully Insured

RARE JOB OPPORTUNITY [suitable for a kollel yingerman] Hamaspik group home in Monsey is looking for a chassidish yiddishspeaking couple to work as direct care staff 1 Shabbos monthly (can bring along max 2 children). Mandatory training (that we provide during weekday hours) must be taken by both. Yingerman staff also needs to work part time every day of the workweek, from 7:30am to 12:00pm. Candidate must be able to drive and provide hands-on support. Please call: 845 494-1796 COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAM HOURS 10-5PM. Oversee volunteers, coordinating meal deliveries to the hospitals, outreach to schools and organizations to join in our hospital meals and Shabbos in a box projects.

Mature Woman , computer knowledgeable, excellent phone skills, Yiddish speaking required. Email: Efeder@chesed247.org

SALESPERSON WANTED Individual must desire to build a career, Full Training and Support provided.

Past work experience a+.

C:845-639-5216 e:dglick@ ft.newyorklife.com

HELP WANTED Male assistants needed for special needs classroom.

Full time position. jobresumes613@gmail.com Fax: 845-352-3375 Phone: 352-3307 ext. 119

HELP WANTED Female assistants needed for special needs classroom.

Full time position. jobresumes613@gmail.com Fax: 845-352-3375 Phone: 352-3307 ext. 119

SEEKING MENTOR for 17-year old bochur in yeshiva dorm, afterschool hours Sun-Thurs. Great pay!

Please call 718-408-5400 x 135; if no answer please leave message

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Resumes are what we do! Dozens of satisfied Monsey customers. Call/ text 845-554-5778 or email resumakerpro@gmail.com.

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SEEKING WRITER Excellent work-at-home opportunity. A copy-writing agency is looking to hire writers with experience in Amazon listings. Please email your resume to amazinglisting@gmail.com

JOB OPENING Established Monsey company seeking qualified individual to join an already successful team. Candidate must be organized, diligent and very proficient in Excel.

Office experience preferred.

Full Time. Excellent pay.

Please email resume: jobopening1212@gmail.com.

GRAPHICS DESIGNER Monsey marketing agency is seeking an in house full time graphic designer. (Social Media experience a plus) Email portfolio & resume to: monseyjoboffer@gmail.com

BABYSITTING BABYSITTER Experienced babysitter available. Late night (chasuna). Overnight & weekly. Plz call 845-200-4616 SEEKING BABYSITTER in my home Monday through Thursday 3:00 - 5:00/12:00 - 5:00. Call 425-0542/8259603.

CALLING ALL SUPERSTARS! JOIN OUR TEAM!

GREAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT!

NOW OPEN: Full-time coordinator positions! sfliegman@marquishc.com

845.205.9513

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LOOKING FOR RESPONSIBLE STAFF to provide companionship and recreational activities for high functioning independent young women.

Job is from 5:00pm-9:30pm Monday through Thursday and 4:00pm-7:00pm on Sunday.

Perfect opportunity to earn extra income and have fun at the same time.

— Flexible days optional —

SUNDAY PROGRAM 3:00-7:00pm potential candidates must drive and have their own car.

Perfect opportunity to earn extra income and have fun at the same time.

For inquiries please email rschwartz@chesed247.org, or call 354-3233 ext. 1109.

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Fine Table Linens

A Unique selection of fine tablecloths, napkins, toppers, runners, and exclusive linen challah covers.

Call/text 845-232-1844 E: gildtablelinens@gmail.com Follow us @gildtablelinens BABYSITTER AVAILABLE Experienced Babysitter available to babysit your baby during the day or overnight.

Central location. 845 274 5450 MOTHERS HELPER Looking for mature girl to help with baths/homework/ bedtime from approx. 5-7pm Sunday-Thursday. Please call/ text 845-274-5012 or email shternraps@gmail.com BABYSITTER NEEDED Hours M-Th 3:20-6:00 PM, Located in Grove Street, Monsey area. Please call: 917676-1659 or 845-645-1771.

SERVICES MASSAGES

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Relax with a deep tissue, swedish, pre/ post natal massage.

New Hempstead/New City area. Please call 845.201.8251 or email info@cuzzispa.com PRIVATE REBBI/ TUTOR AVAIL Many years of success learning with boys of all ages. Experienced in helping children develop the skills needed for Kriah through Gemara and beyond. For more info contact R’ Y.M. Rabinowitz 201-694-1871

REFLEXOLOGY Chase those winter illnesses away. Treating cough, sinusitis, ear infections and more. Also natural induction. Treating women and children successfully for many years. L Kruger 845.262.8520 DOULA Labor of love LOVE your birth experience, certified CD( DONA) Doula Malky Breuer 845 270 4330 845 362 3480 Malky@mbdoula.com CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES To join the next class please call 845-426-0931. Tzippy Tauber CD (DONA)Certified Birth Doula ALTERATIONS Basic mending and alterations 845-425-6149 REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST Miriam Shurpin, MS, RD, CDN,Healthy Habits for a Lifetime, Insurance accepted. 347 480 1670. rd@ miriamshurpin.com, www. miriamshurpin.com BOOST YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH Speech Difficulties,Sensory Issues, Low Muscle Tone,Hyper-Active, Trouble Focusing and Sleeping. Call 845-517-8418

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Miriam Aronoff, D.D.S. and Associates

General, Family & Children's Dentistry

• Male & Female Dentists available • Sunday & evening hours available.

• Most insurances accepted.

2 Pearl Drive

(corner of Pearl & Rt. 306 N. just past Wesley Kosher)

WESLEY HILLS

FREE!! WEIGHT LOSS SESSION FREE!! Breakthrough Session with a Certified Health and Weight-loss Coach. Discover what is blocking or slowing you down from reaching your goal weight. 45 minutes focused entirely on you.

To Schedule: 845-641-1057.

Keepthosepoundsoff.com COACHING/ THERAPY Do you know somebody Suffering emotionally?

Free consultation/ Proven Technique. Avi Weinberg 845-558-4027 TORAHANYTIME.COM On demand Torah lectures Video-Audio-download All for free Computer or App for iPhone/Android Or Hotline 718-298-2077 Yiddish Hebrew - English

845.712.5133 1 Fletcher Road

Suite C (between Robert Pitt Dr. & Monsey Blvd.)

MONSEY

MUSIC LESSONS Give your daughter the gift of music at a very reasonable price! References available.

Call Yitty @ 845-426-7561 after 4:30 pm DRUM LESSONS

by Shmuel Klaver, Monsey’s most experienced Shomer Shabbos drum instructor.

Lessons ($45 & up) given in your home or my studio, to boys or girls ages 10-adult, beginners to professional.

Call (845) 459-9935 ADDRESSSING ENVELOPES Amazing prices, call for quote, mention ad for a discount. Printing can be done immediately. Call 845-445-7422 or e-mail printingaddresses@gmail. com

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OFFICE POSITIONS AVAILABLE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Looking for a girl to work as a full-time (9-5) secretary. Candidate should be well-articulated, organized, and quick to learn. Needs to be able to communicate in yiddish as well. Enjoyable environment with opportunity for advancement!

DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR A part-time coordinator to arrange services for individuals, network with staff and family, and oversee billing records.

TEAM LEADER A supervisor to provide guidance and leadership to a team of coordinators and motivate them to achieve highest performance standards. (Drivers’ License Required) SERVICE COORDINATOR A part-time coordinator with a min. of a Bachelor’s degree to coordinate services for individuals and their families.

Send resume to:

JOBS@HAMASPIKROCKLAND.ORG AND REFERENCE WHICH POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR. Hamaspik is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by state or local law.

Healthcare Company seeking to fill

a Lead Bookkeeping position.

Candidate must have the following qualification:

· Manage financial forecasting and budgets · Fluent and comfortable in Microsoft Excel · Detail oriented and Organized · Possess leadership skills · Superior communication · 40 Hours/Week · 3+ years of progressively responsible experience

Submit resume to openpositionsubmissions@gmail.com

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Classifieds

// services // odds & ends // gemachim

REMOVE AN AYIN HORA!

BY RABBi SHMUEL ECKSTEIN ENDORSED BY MANY RABUNIM

845.284.9777

subscribe@einyyeshuah.org

PARNASSAH

SHIDDUCHIM

HEALTH

NACHAS

CHILDREN

YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS

RS!

ANNUAL FAMILY SWIM PASS ANNUAL SINGLE SWIM PASS REG. $1000 REG. $450

GUITAR LESSONS

by Moshe Klaver, for beginners of all ages. Very motivating and patient teacher. References available.

(845) 746-0925. Shomer Shabbos

KANGEN WATER ”Change your Water..

Change your life” Alkaline - AntiOxidant - Super Hydrating Call for FREE supply and feel AMAZING! 917-681-0003

SEWING COURSE One on One, by Esty Krauss.

Group forming now for high school girls. call or text 845662-5931.

READING FLUENCY Group tutoring grades 1,2,&3.

Successful and fun! Call 845422-2913

MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING

Warm, professional 25 years exp.

Communication. Child & Teen behavorial issues.

Dr Yisroel Kaplan, Please call for free phone consult 917-345-5750 COMPUTER ISSUES Need help setting up?? Forgot passwords?? We are here to help with all your computer configurations, Virus & malware removal, restoring deleted data and much more. call or txt 845-418-6427.

MONSEY LASER BOUTIQUE Hair removal & skin care center. Shr - ipl. The world’s most advanced technology.

For hair removal & skin care!!! Pain free!!! Aviva goldstein | 845-243-0980

PETTICOATS FOR RENT! Enhance your gown with just the right petticoat! Kids and adults petticoats for rent! In the Bates area. Call or text: 845 200-4326

PROFESSIONAL PEARL RESTRINGING Free Pickup & Delivery 845352-5013

EXPERIENCED AID I visit ill ppl in nursing homes & home bound. We talk-learn and I deal w/ medical staff.

Zvi Wolf 7184900297

BAR MITZVAH PHOTOGRAPHY Quality and affordable bar mitzvah photography by Moshe Grunfeld call 917858-1054 or email moshe@ moshegrunfeld.com

GREAT OPPORTUNITY wash & sets for $20 haircuts $10. Professionally trained.

For appointments call/text Zissy Friedman (845)8370509

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SHELVING & HANDYWORK For all your custom shelving & around the house handy work & more call/text 347522-4872

TENOYIM PHOTOGRAPHY Professional tenoyim photography by Malky Lefkowitz. Call: 845-6645732 Insta: @pixellepics

SHALOM BAYIS

SEPARATE MENS & WOMENS HOU

NOW ON SALE!

NOW $450

SUCCESS

NOW $200

Mens Hours:

Womens Hours:

Sun: 3pm - 6:30pm & 10pm - 12am Mon: 12:15pm - 2:30pm Tue: 9pm - 12am Thur: 9pm - 12am Motzai Shabbos: 8:05pm - 12am

Sun: 9:15am - 3pm & 6:30pm - 10pm Mon: 9:15pm - 12am Wed: 12:15pm - 2:30pm & 9:00pm - 12am Motzai Shabbos: 1 hr after zmam - 8pm

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HOSTESS PACKAGES/ PEKLECH

Classy welcome packages for your Shabbos aufruf or Sheva Brachos! We have something in every budget; book in advance to ensure availability.

Thinking pekelach? We have it! Vacht nacht, birthday, aufruf, upsherin, pidyon haben.

PRESENTED 845-2740489 presented0489@ gmail.com THE PORTRAIT PLACE Photography by: Miriam Kohn. Beautiful professional portraits of children. $45 for an hour session 347 403 2486 TRI STATE SHADES Custom shades at affordable prices. SHOP IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME! Monsey/New Square T.Diamant 8452135481.

Brklyn/Monroe D.Friedman 9294201398.

Lakewood P.Friedman 7327305920

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Are you a passionate individual

looking to build a career?

BALABUSTA’S SECRET! Rivky’s custom challah dough, Always fresh. Leave the mess to me. Hafroshas challah opportunity. Call, text or WhatsApp 845-5389332 MECHITZAS FOR RENT 8 beautiful 6 1/2’H x 4’W wooden painted panels on wheels. Picked up & delivered. Pls call Avi at Events by Dublyew 845-5584027 HAIRCUTS/ WASH N’ SETS (human hair). Chanukah special! Hair cuts $10/ wash n’ sets $25. call or text Perela 845.376.9566

SHAIMOS

PICK UPS 845-461-3084 GARTLECH we fix knitted & crochet Gartlech & make beautiful professional fringes. We also teach how to knit & crochet. call: 917-414-3281 DEBT RELIEF having trubble with finances? join Debtors Anonymous Tuesday night @ 19 Robert Pitt # 113 , 7:30-8:30pm. visit www. debtorsanonymous.org LEARN ENGLISH English lessons for Cheder age and older by an experienced, professional native English speaker. 973727-8375 MATH TURORING Regents/GED/TASC/SAT/ ACT Common Core, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Physics ALL Grades/Levels. call: 845-445-8003 MATH ANXIETY? I can help! All ages. All levels.

Regents, SAT Prep, CLEPS,

AP courses. Remediation and Enrichment also available Linda 845.538.5319

A Healthcare Company in Monsey is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our onboarding department.

ODDS & ENDS

The job entails hiring providers for our growing agency; responsibilities include screening and interviewing candidates and expertly pairing their skills for the right position

SEEKING DONATIONS Of toys, arts & crafts, or supplies, in good condition, for a Heimishe Moised. Call 845.500.3100 MONSEY SUITES MAKING A SIMCHA? Host your guests hassle free!

BRAND NEW 1-2 bedroom suites for rent for shabbos/ day/week near Toshnad/ Nikelsburg. 845-425-0335 DIABETIC STRIPS Looking to buy your extra Diabetic Test Strips. Strictly Confidential. 347-871-7574

This is a very fast-paced job, working for our branches nationwide.

Lots of potential for growth and advancement, training provided excellent compensation and great benefits. Prior office experience a plus.

Submit resume to openpositionsubmissions@gmail.com

PARKING AVAILABLE Pine Brook parking lot available 718-344-1377 leave message ATTENTION WORKERS Join thousands by getting the daily email-halochos applying the to workplace/ business world. Text 7323914497 your email address, +language preferred Yiddish/English SAW A YESHUAH! Davened at the Kever of Hatzaddik of R’ Mordechai Eliyahu (Har Hamenuchos) and saw Yeshuos Hashem K’heref Ayin.

GEMACHIM BECHER GEMACH Real bechers from our free-loan gemach. 845-377KOS1(5671) KosYeshuos@ gmail.com BED REST? We do the laudry for you.

213-7437 (also looking for volunteers)

JOIN OUR TEAM! QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST Position includes: • Communicate with caregivers and clients • Investigate and document incident reports • Assist with other QA projects and tasks Requirements: • excellent phone and writing skills • previous homecare experience preferred email resumes to jobs@commhealthcare.com

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Classifieds LATEST PAINLESS TECHNOLOGY

REFER A FRIEND BONUS

$10

BETTER AND FASTER RESULTS

// gemachim // dresses & gowns

PRIVATE POOL RENTALS SWIMMING LESSONS  CPR COURSES  LIFEGUARDING COURSES  INDOOR / OUTDOOR HEATED POOL 

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PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT US

845.578.1888 | MONSEYSWIMSCHOOL.COM

Dirty trash bin?

LET US CLEAN IT FOR YOU.

FRIMY LERNER 845.402.0268 HORIZON CT BIKE RACK GEMACH Fits all cars. Holds up to 3 bikes. 845-659-1863.

BABIES LAYETTE GEMACH text 718-551-1732 or email frimitbabies@gmail.com

BLUE LIGHT Gemach in monsey, pls call before. 845.425.1919

BRIS GEMACH beautiful bris outfit w hat, poya and pillowcase. Suzzane area 845 425 8359

BEAUTIFUL BENCHERS (not Zemiros) 845-642-0910 BABY GOWNS and 2 pieces. Matching shoes and hair accessories available from 3 months - 2 years. New! Boys line added.

425-3049 LEV DEVORAH Layett gemach (845) 213-3646 BABY GEMACH short term loans of carseats, pack n plays, strollers, pumps and more! 845.397.7724 or visit soralasbabygemach. com.

BRIS GEMACH located in Central Monsey.

617-955-3630. poya, pillow case, outfit, blanket.

COAT RACK Coat racks and hangers for your simcha. 845-356-9841 CHUPPA CARDS. call or text after 5pm. 347278-1278 CHUPAH CARDS Lucite cards. 845.222.0456 DVD/VIDEO GEMACH DVDS and portable players for sick and homebound adults and children.425-2660 EAR-PLUG GEMACH for ba’alei simcha to protect your guests’ hearing. Baby headsets also available. 845202 -0105.

BRIS GEMACH Located on Blauvelt Rd. 356-6215 poya, outfit, blanket and hat.

FREE MOVING BOXES Standard egg carton boxes (eg. Evergreen boxes). We are located in Chestnut Ridge.

Call/text between 8-10:30pm.

(845) 641-5536

BRIS PILLOW GEMACH and benchers with tfilos for bris and pidyon haben: 845213-0602

CHUPPAH TEFILLOS tefillos and tehillim booklets for the chupa time 845-2130602.

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845.839.4024 info@mrcancleaning.com www.mrcancleaning.com

FLORAL BISOMIM for your Simcha - 845-6292785.

ELEGANT HATS For short term rental 845517-0838.

CARSEATS & BASSINET and pack n play bassinets.

425-1202

GOWN GEMACH. South Monsey Ladies gowns and petticoat gemach.call or text after 5pm. 347-278-1278

FREE BOXES for moving (mostly egg carton size). 845-425-6826 or 845-608-7830. Donations of flattened boxes are always welcome!

FORMULA GEMACH chani @ 347-267-3640 or Miriam 216-889-3643 GOWN GEMACH mother and sister gowns size 0-12, by apt only. 845-4267496 or 845-352-3031.

GPS GEMACH Brand new, updated, with traffic. 845-352-2588 Leave msg. (Minimal fee) ISRAEL GPS No fee. English or Hebrew.

Must reserve in advance by email at IsraelGPS@gngroup. com NEW GOWN GEMACH sisters of the Kallah/chasson.

Adult Size 0-12. 845-517- 8808

‎ OT WATER URNS H 845-425-9211 HOSPITAL SUPPLIES inc. TPN equipment, feeding pumps, NG tubes, & feeding supplies. donate/receive. 845746-8293.

HOSPITAL GOWN for maternity or hospitalization Tzniusdige & Comfortable. 845-425-8687 HEATER GEMACH 845 362 8666 SIMCHA HAT $25. many styles/ colors.

We also accept donations of elegant hats. 347 351 1604 BANDS & HATS $10 New ladies bands, all lengths. Also berret hats. 845 290 8319 JWAZE DEVICE 8455965856 leave message

Akiva Kaplan Certified Driving Instructor

845.376.4896 TOP R ATED IN NE W YORK/NE W JERSEY

COMMERCIAL KITCHENS EXHAUST SYSTEM & HOOD CLEANING

845.825.2406 hoodblasterinc@gmail.com FULLY LICENSED & INSURED

‫לעילוי נשמת‬ We can arrange to have the whole ‫ששה סדרי משנה‬ learned ‫ לעילוי נשמת‬your loved ones! Call /Text (917) 720-6392 / chofetzmishna@ gmail.com KALLAH ACCESSORY GEMACH Everything you need for the kallah (except for the gown) Crown, veil, shoes, decktich, fur cape 845-426-0767

‫טייערע כלה‬ ‫נוצט אויס דעם יום החופה‬ ‫מיט אן אלבום וואס ענטהאלט‬ ,‫ שיעורים‬,‫ הדרכה‬,‫השקפה‬ ‫ וואכן פאר‬4‫ רעזעווירט‬.‫תפילות‬ 845-352-2560 ‫די חתונה‬ MECHITZA’S 30’ - 5 six’ tables, 10 chairs stands and bus-boxes $100 deposit. $18 Donation call 845-445-8015 or email Mitzvah1@gmail.com MATERNITY GEMACH Weekday and shabbos clothing, various sizes. call/ text 845-445-9687 ROOF CARRIERS For all cars even without bars on roof. 845-659-1863.

Monroe: 845-662-7102. South Fallsburg 845-434-3865

RELIABLE & PUNCTUAL SERVICE

Remove an Ayin Hara R’ Avraham Lebel 718.977.5459 Price: $50 per name - credit cards accepted - Pls leave a message With the endorsement of Rabbanim of ‫בד”ץ העדה החרדית ירושלים‬

MOVING BOX GEMACH New Hempstead area. text 845-642-5286 to arrange pick up

SIDDUR GEMACH Sfard: Friedman 845-6087830 Ashkenaz: Shulman845 352 1756 or 845-826-6718

MEZUZOS GEMACH 362.2333

SIDDUR/CHUMASH 558.4774

PACK N PLAY We have New Pack n Plays tova222@gmail.com or text 845-216-4885

SOUND SYSTEM GEMACH speakers, mikes, mixers, cables,917-382-8809

GEMACH ‫מוהלים‬ We are ready to sharpen your knives. 718-384-6214 PHONE GEMACH free of charge for as long as necessary. 845 579 5538 PIDYON HABEN coins,silver tray, lace box, outfit 845-426-1681 845-6427256 REFLECTOR GEMACH Hosting guest? Be safe! Wear a reflector. 845-356-0815 REFLECTOR GEMACH: having guests or having a simcha and need reflectors 347-977-6816 SHIFRA PUAH DOULA Please call to register in advance. 845-587-1649

SUITCASE GEMACH 845-371-9121 SHULERT APP Daven at the perfect Minyan with Shulert! https://www. shulert.com SCHOOL SUPPLIES GEMACH Accepting donations. New or gently used. 862-505-9546 TOY GEMACH Keep all the children busy by your simchas with tons of lego and clicks. 845-578-6513 TABLECLOTHS for your Simchos. (845) 371 2105 TICHEL GEMACH To receive or donate 845-3717504

WE ACCEPT clothing, shoes and household items in brand new condition. To donate or receive call 347-731-3851.

WEDDING KIT for Machetunim to take along. 845-425-2036 TICHEL GEMACH Donations welcome. 845548-0014 WHITE KALLAH SHOES Proceeds go to tzedakah.

Call\Text 845-200-0211 WEDDING HAIR PIECES for children 3473001679 THE WEDDING KIT All necessities for Kallah/ Chosson’s family for the wedding night. Leili Nishmas: Perel Gela Bas R’ Shloima. 845-371-2947 GOLD GOWN Adorable gold gown by Dassy available to buy or rent.

Toddler size 4. Call 422-5596 for more info

DRESSES/GOWNS TEEN GOWN sz 0. call 845 422 5440

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Classifieds

// gowns // found // free giveaways

Massages

DRIVING LESSONS Safeutyr Is O l!

G oa

for women by a licensed massage therapist. Relax with a deep tissue, swedish, pre/ post natal massage. New Hempstead/New City area.

Please call 845.201.8251 or email info@cuzzispa.com

Text or Call Today 845.600.4444

P 5&6 Hour Class

Rush Road Test

Smart Driving

Permit Test

DRESSES/GOWNS FOR SALE Mauve pink gown approx size 6-8 with extra fabric. Light Pink gown approx size 14-16.

Hi-low white flairy dress with black feather design approx size 6. White gown with pink butterfly lace design approx size 4-6. 845-371-1855 RENT/SALE Black & White Exquisite gown for rent/sale.Text only 845-826-2185

MONSEY SHATNEZ LAB | 3 VALENCIA DR | 845.262.8502 | R' MENACHEM FOGEL

‫יב' כסלו תש"פ‬

SHATNEZ NOTICE ‫הרב יהודה משולם דוב פאלאטשעק שליט"א | ועד הכשרות בד"צ מכון להוראה | הרב חיים שבת | הרב יצחק אבא ליכטנשטיין‬

MAGNIFICENT GOWN Stunning one of a kind sister of bride Size 2-4. Green velvet & black. 917995-5574

Testing hours at 3 Valencia Dr:

Linen fabric inside Tag says “no linen”

ALL DAY DROP OFF: Enter side door 8am-10pm.

ON THE SPOT WALK IN HRS: Daily 7pm-9:45pm.

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DROP OFF LOCATIONS: -Plaza Cleaners (Shoppers Haven) Testing every Mon, Wed, Fri. -Classis Cleaners (By Newdays).

Testing every Mon, Thurs.

-Torah Treasures book store.

Testing every Wed. --

MOBILE LAB HOUSE VIST: Call to schedule a house visit.

A $10 extra charge only locally.

GOWN FOR RENT

beautiful dark colored gown size 2-4 8455380391

RENT/SALE Beautiful silver & white gowns. Childrens sizes 5,6,8 & 10. With matching sisters sizes 14,16 & 18. 376-7452

RENT/SALE GOWNS: Beautiful selection for Mechteniste, sister of bride & maternity 845-6598753. We will also take your gowns on consignment and rent/sell it for you.

MAGNIFICENT GOWN Exquisite gown for rent size 2-4. White base with mauve & blue embroidered flowers. pls call 845-596-9933

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Driving Lessons

Highway Lessons

Road Test

E-Z Parking

of Fashion, Monsey. Yomim Nora’im/Yom Tov time. Call 201-757-4683.

Car Keys Honda 354-1750 Black MP3 Player in Evergreen parking lot 8452630662 Lucite photograph of Rav in tefillin blowing shofar near New County Rd. 845-5874360 money in the Monsey Blvd. area. 845-274-5202 pair of kid glasses on West Central x Adar. pls call 845.274.5725 leave msg.

FREE GIVEAWAYS New mens or boys black pants sz34/L30 and sz21/31w 3711765

ONE OF A KIND Magnificent cream dress size 0-2 for sale/rent. Please call 845.200.4326

Beech nut baby jars. 426-2968

GOWN FOR RENT Champagne & navy gown size 8 avail for rent. Please call/text 845-521-6544

thermal fax paper, sandbox toys, abc clay cutters and magnets. 845-222-1305

CUSTOM HALBERSTAM Black/white midlength dress size 8-10 for rent. For more info call 845.425.0924

FOUND small baby gold stud earring lafamilia 7/29. 4261612 Diamond earring in a dressing room in Esti’s World

Old fridge and freezer: 845422-2950 Egg boxes for moving in good condition. 8452386691

Office swivel chair in great condition text only 917 232 5162 4-door china closet and a dryer 845-826-2067 China Closet, Take apart and move it on your own. Call/ text 347-524-9143.

About 40 egg carton size boxes. (845)395-2129 A brand new mens up-hat size 57, company name Barbisio.(bought wrong size) 845-362-0597

baby clothes to ex�ress their individual st�le

MG Designs 845.587.2361

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O p e n i n g

‫מסיבת התחלת חומש בישיבה קטנה אור ראובן‬

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‫האדמו"ר מבוהוש בביקור אצל הגה"צ אבד"ק סאטמאר מאנסי ובהיכל הכולל ברך משה דסאטמאר מאנסי‪‎‬‬

‫‪PHOTO CREDIT: JDN‬‬

‫קביעת מזוזה אין די נייע דארמיטארי פון 'שושנים סעמינערי' אין מאנסי‬

‫טייערע הארציגע אידן רחמנים בני רחמנים! יעצט אין די הייליגע לעכטיגע‬ ‫חנוכה טעג‪ ,‬לאמיר נישט פארגעסן אונזערע ברידער און שוועסטער וואס‬ ‫שמאכטן אין די פינסטערע תפיסות‪ .‬זייער עיקר צער און פיין איז דאס זיין‬ ‫אפגעהאקט פון דעם ציבור בכלל‪ ,‬און פון משפחה און גוטע פריינד בפרט‪ .‬די‬ ‫גרינגסטע‪ ,‬שנעלסטע און ביליגסטע וועג זיי מחזק צו זיין‪ ,‬איז דורך שרייבן‬ ‫בריוון‪ .‬פאר הילף וואס צו שרייבן‪ ,‬און צו וועמען און וויאזוי צו שיקן‪ ,‬פארבינדט‬ ‫אייך מיט לשמוע אנקת אסיר‪ .‬ניי! מ׳קען שוין שיקן אימעילס דירעקט‪.‬‬ ‫)‪Call/Text: 860-Enkas-65 (365-2765‬‬ ‫‪Email: LishmoaEnkasUsir@gmail.com‬‬

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‫ניחום אבלים אצל גאב"ד ירושלים ע"פ אשתו הרבנית ע"ה‬

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‫מעמד סיום הש"ס ע"י האדמו"ר מוויזניץ שנלמד במסגרת 'חברי הסיום'‬

‫שבע ברכות בישיבה גדולה מתיבתא ויואל משה דסאטמאר מאנסי לכבוד הרבני הנגיד ר' עמרם נתן ווייס‬

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Contents SPINNING OFF THE STANDARD

// Inside

FREE ISSUE 229 DECEMBER 25, 2019

‫פרשת מקץ‬ ‫כ”ז כסלו תש”פ‬

Eight new dreidel-themed games to play with family and friends

FYI: DREIDELS

TWO LITTLE BOYS, ONE BIG WONDER Chanukah was a time of personal nissim for our family

REKINDLING THE CANDLES IN KYIV Rabbi Hilel Cohen helps smoldering Yiddishe embers burst to life

MIRACLE ON TWO FEET Flashbacks at lighting fill me with gratitude

Publisher:

YOEL ITZKOWITZ Editor in Chief:

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Week in Review

97 //

The Cuckoo Clock

108 //

Political Pulse

115 // Food 124 //

Flames in the Frozen Tundra

138 //

When the Heart Sings

148 //

An Unsung Miracle

154 //

8 Dreidel Games

164 // FYI 168 //

Fun Pages

172 //

Coloring Page

178 // Classifieds 192 // Pictures

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