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STORIES OF SUMMER: fictional narratives on real-life topics
“I didn’t tell her.”
“You didn’t tell who?”
“Ma.”
“You didn’t tell Ma that you lost your job?”
Her fifth job in the four months since she graduated high school. Simi sips her latte. I watch her eyes flitting back and forth. Out the window, back into the cafe, over to the baby at the next table, shifting to the artwork on the wall. Her foot bounces nervously, shaking the rickety table. I nudge her knee and she meets my eyes. The bouncing stops.
“I didn’t.”
“Why?”
A shrug. She’s looking out the window now, twisting and retwisting a strand of hair.
“Then why are you telling me?”
“Because I knew you won’t judge me.”
“I don’t.” I never do, but I feel tired. The same spiel, over and over again. I know the struggle in my bones. It’s the fight I fight every single day.
My croissant arrives. I thank the server absentmindedly, staring at the butter-gold crust. The top is drizzled with thin stripes of chocolate, reminding me of the chocolate-filled croissant I had with the girls at that cafe in Yerushalayim. Ooh, Israel, summer 2021. Libbi had been one and Shani had just turned four. They’d thrived on that vacation, loved every second. I let the memories wash over me.
The table shivers again. I jolt back into the cafe.
Simi is lost in her own thoughts, foot bouncing again. Focus, I reprimand my brain. Focus. Twenty seven years with ADD have taught me strict survival mechanisms but it’s easy to slip. It’s much easier to freefall than be on guard all. the. time. I make a decision. Simi is eight years younger than me; I can help her.
“All right.”
Simi looks at me.
“Here’s what you’re going to do.”
Simi shakes her head. “Fraidy, I can’t.”
“What do you mean?”
“I can’t do this. This…this managing thing, this figuring everything out. It’s too big. It’s too hard. Executive function or whatever. I looked into it. I don’t have it.”
Her voice rises. “I can’t manage like most people; I don’t have the function feature or whatever. These techniques you have don’t work for me. There’s something wrong with my brain. I just…I just can’t.”
Her eyes are wide, panicked. She’s breathing faster and faster. The tears are coming down now, furious. I take her hand.
“Simi. Breathe.”
She struggles to inhale and cries harder.
“Hey. Hey. Breathe. It’ll be okay. I promise you’ll be okay. We'll figure it out.”
It will be okay. I look at the person I’m now in contrast to the distracted, happy-go-lucky teenager of ten years ago. I’m clear minded, most of the time. I’m on time for the girls’ bus every day and I get dinner on the table every night. I’ve built a career, friendships, a family.
We’ll make it work out.
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(Re: Make Parsha a Priority, Inbox, Issue 455)
I side with the lady who said that during these intense years of raising her children, she doesn’t have time to read up on the parsha. The letter-writer called her out for reading a magazine instead, as if her priorities are wrong. Yes, you do have time to skim a magazine when you steal a few minutes to relax, or when feeding a baby. But “get a sefer on the parsha” or “a Yiddishe mama has to daven, read the parsha, and learn Pirkei Avos”? Most women raising children do not have the opportunity for these activities, and are too tired at the end of the day — after they’ve expended their all giving their children love, attention and physical care — to concentrate. At that point, all you really can do is skim through a magazine!
If the letter-writer does have time for learning and davening, I’m happy for her. But if you don’t, no need to feel guilty. There will come a time when you are able to daven and learn again. Until then, enjoy raising your children with the menuchas hanefesh that comes with the conviction that you are absolutely doing the right thing.
Asach nachas!
A Yiddishe Bubby
(Re: Make Parsha a Priority, Inbox, Issue 455)
We all are well aware of the moral decline of today’s world, especially in the area of valuing family and motherhood, and unfortunately, we are not immune to outside influences.
Yet here in these very pages we have a Yiddishe Mamme who has her priorities straight. She exerts all her kochos in raising her family! She should be lauded and applauded. She deserves a medal!
There are many stages in a woman’s life. Right now, she is in the stage where she is totally consumed with raising her children. At that stage, she doesn’t have to know what the parsha is! She doesn’t have to know that it’s Shabbos Mevorchim. She doesn’t have to say Pirkei Avos. It is the role of her husband to do all of those things.
Really, she was just trying to give this fantastic magazine the huge compliment it deserves, and that was the humble way she chose to express herself. Of course she knows the parsha. Her four-year-old comes home with a parsha sheet every week.
Let’s give our young heroines the full credit and encouragement they deserve.
A Mother Who Has Passed That Stage and B”H Has Beautiful Doros To Show for It
PARSHA AND THE YIDDISHE PRINCESS
(Re: Make Parsha a Priority, Inbox, Issue 455)
I read the letter from “A Busy Yiddishe Mamme” who enjoys the parsha column, and I felt like I had written the letter myself. The following week, you printed the Make Parsha A Priority letter. It felt like a slap in the face to your readers.
Let’s give credit to the busy Yiddishe mother (whom I empathize with) who can read your magazine while feeding a baby or rocking a child to sleep (occasions when she cannot read a “real” sefer on the parsha). She chooses to read a wholesome Yiddishe magazine that provides food for thought as well as some light entertainment to keep her going, instead of choosing to read secular magazines or books.
Ashreichem!
Busy Yiddishe Mamme
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(Re: Where There’s a Grill, There’s a Way, Issue 455)
When I grew up, grilling outdoors was considered not eidel in the extreme, and no self-respecting Yid would cook outside. Baruch Hashem, this sentiment has not completely died out, and still exists in some special families (although fewer and fewer by the year). I spend the summer in a bungalow colony of almost 200 families, and “no grilling” isn’t even on the list of rules sent out before the summer, because it is a given that this chassidish, Torah’dik crowd just does not grill outdoors.
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(Re: Creative Cutlets, Issue 453)
Standing ovation to Libby Goldberger for the recipes that come in handy week after week.
Apparently, she can even read minds. I was dreaming of finding new, basic recipes for chicken cutlets. When I got the new issue of The Monsey View, I had to look twice to see that I wasn’t dreaming: There it was, the recipe set I had been hoping for: “We always need creative ways to serve chicken cutlets. And we want them to be simple… Here are the recipes that fit the bill.” Unreal! Thank You, Hashem!
I’d also like to make a request. My mother has to be off sugar, and she loves cake and cookies. I’d love it if you can feature sugar-free recipes for cakes and cookies one week.
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I was a little late getting to my Shavuos issue of The Monsey View, but was so glad I took the time to read it last week, especially your article Crossing the Divide, which shared the stories of several pairs of women from different backgrounds who, for a variety of reasons, struck up close friendships.
THIS is what Klal Yisroel is all about. Sure, we may pronounce things differently, our taste in clothing (and kugels) may not be exactly the same, but go back far enough, and we are all part of the same family tree.
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My children’s wardrobe! I recently moved to a new house and discovered that my downstairs neighbor has boys just two years older than mine. She offered me her hand-me-downs, and I said I’d look through it and see if there was anything interesting there. She has good taste and had stunning clothes in perfect condition. I didn’t need to get my kids anything for the summer. – Chany Linkenberg
My baby’s highchair. I got it after my mother used it for her five kids. I only had to replace the seat material, and it was as good as new! Plus, I saved myself $400. – A Reader
Shortly after I got married, I was in need of a printer for my teaching materials and worksheets. We didn’t want to buy one, so we davened and waited. One beautiful afternoon, a medical office near our house put out all of their equipment due to their upcoming move. And in the center of it all was a highquality printer with a sign that said: TAKE ME. – R.S.
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Our baby’s car seat. We found it at the curbside near a house as a free giveaway with a note that it rattles while driving. Well, each time we use it, I forget to check if it actually rattles... So, thank you to that fellow Monsey family for putting the car seat out. We are really enjoying it! – M.S.
Our dining room table, chairs and china closet. I moved into my new apartment, and I was looking through the local circulars for secondhand stuff and giveaways when I discovered these gorgeous finds. – Bracha Feldman
question for our family should be — what in your house is firsthand? We specialize in helping people avoid bal tashchis . Our chandelier is from an uncle who didn’t need it anymore. Couch #1 is from a family friend’s grandmother, received after she passed away. Couch #2 is a different color and from another family friend. So are the dining room chairs. Our dining room table is firsthand, but it was a showroom sample and really cheap… – Anonymous
Shortly after we moved to Monsey, my husband picked up eight chairs that were left over by a tenant from a building he managed. We couldn’t have imagined how useful it would be for my neighbors and I as we sit out in the summer afternoons on my driveway. The chairs are comfortable and strong and withstand the heat, rain and snow. We’re using it for the third year now, and most of them are still around after much use by the neighborhood. – Frady Klein
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My kids are playing with the toys from my childhood. When my mother was decluttering and getting rid of extras, I knew exactly what I wanted from her house. – Malka
A COOKBOOK. IT GOT TO MY HOUSE ONE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN MY SHANAH RISHONAH SELF WAS TRYING TO MAKE AUTHENTIC ISRAELI-STYLE FALAFEL, WITH NO SUCCESS. MY SISTER MENTIONED THAT MY MOTHER HAD A COOKBOOK FEATURING ISRAELI DISHES, AND I KIND OF “BORROWED IT.” A COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE, WITH NOBODY REQUESTING ITS RETURN. IN THE MEANTIME, MY FAMILY IS ENJOYING CHUMMUS AND LAFFAS IMMENSELY. – T.M.B.
We once found a pretty tissue box holder in the elevator of an apartment building with a “free giveaway” note attached. We liked it and took it! – Chany W.
My sourdough starter is secondhand and I’m so grateful to have it! – C.S.M.
WE PURCHASED A COUCH SECONDHAND WHEN WE MOVED INTO A NEW APARTMENT THAT (FINALLY) HAD SPACE FOR A COUCH. AS MY HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND WERE MANEUVERING IT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, A FADED AND RATHER OLDFASHIONED TODDLER SHOE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN THE CUSHIONS. WE CALLED THE COUCH’S ORIGINAL OWNER TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE SHOE. AS IT TURNS OUT, THE OWNER LOST THIS SHOE FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER (!), AND IT HAD BELONGED TO THEIR ONLY CHILD WHO WAS ALREADY EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. – SARAH K.
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A wall grandfather clock that we got from neighbors who liquidated their possessions prior to their move to Eretz Yisroel. We hung it on the wall opposite the air conditioner in the dining room. The problem was that it showed the incorrect time when we turned the air conditioner on in the summer; something went wrong with the mechanism due to the blast of cold air. We’ve had it hanging on the wall showing the incorrect time for the past year. Recently, we hosted a cousin who is a chasan for supper, and he commented that he really liked the clock. My husband removed the clock and handed it to our very surprised cousin, saying it was “a wedding gift we could well afford.” Hopefully it’ll work properly in its new home! – E.B.
An old friend of my mother is an interior designer who sometimes calls my mother before designing a home to offer items she’ll be getting rid of. Right now we’re really enjoying her most recent giveaway: pink floral ceiling-to-floor drapes for a girls’ bedroom. I don’t have such high ceilings and I had five windows that needed curtains, so I cut the drapes pretending it was plain fabric and hung them onto pretty rods. – Esty Strasser
Kids toys. My aunt mentioned to me that she had a whole collection of quality toys she was going to donate to a charity shop. I quickly told her that I was happy to take care of getting the toys out of her house… into mine! I got Magna-Tiles, a few hundred toy cars (lucky for my twin boys), mentchies, a few pretty puzzles, and two riding toys. – Etty
A KITCHEN TOWEL. IT BELONGED TO MY BELOVED GRANDMOTHER, A”H. MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME SO I SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO HOLD ON TO. I THINK OF HER EVERY TIME I USE IT. – MRS. B.
My mother’s friend gave us her couch when we got married because she was moving to a smaller apartment and didn’t have space for it. After we got it, we realized that it was upholstered in the same fabric as my grandparents’ dining room chairs. Talk about sentimental! I really cherish this outdated couch. – Devorah
MY HUSBAND HAS A LOT OF SECONDHAND SEFORIM THAT HE PICKED UP AT GENIZAH SALES BECAUSE THE OLD PRINT IS BETTER FOR HIS EYES. SO WHILE WE’RE A YOUNG FAMILY, WE HAVE SEFORIM ON THE BOOKSHELVES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY’RE FROM THE PRE-WAR ERA. – LEAH
A kitchen towel. Our family’s “ minhag ” is that if you send hot food to someone with a towel, the recipient keeps the towel. One of my kitchen towels originally belonged to my grandmother. One week, she sent my mother a pan of hot potato kugel wrapped in this towel. Years later, when I was a newlywed, my mother sent supper to me with this towel. Recently, my grandmother stopped by and exclaimed, “Hey, we have the same kitchen towels!” – M.B.L.
OUR LANDLORD ONCE NEEDED TO CHECK SOMETHING IN OUR DINING ROOM. WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE COMPLIMENTED US ON OUR STUNNING DINING ROOM FURNITURE. WHAT WE DIDN’T TELL HIM WAS THAT THE ONLY THING NOT SECONDHAND IN THE ROOM WAS THE COUCH; EVERYTHING ELSE WAS A REFURBISHED CURBSIDE METZIAH. – SARAH
Our stunning glass-topped console table and matching mirror is secondhand. My husband passed a garage sale on his way home from work one day and saw it for just $50. I’ve gotten so many compliments on this beautiful set that I never would have farginned myself brand-new. – Miri Levy
My husband’s chavrusa was moving to a far-flung community for kiruv purposes. Several days before their move, my husband walked in with an oversized plastic container containing five goldfish. (I swallowed all carnivalrelated comments.) My husband put the fish into a glass bowl, and we eventually purchased a proper aquarium with a filtering system, much to the delight of our little ones. Although goldfish are notorious for their short lifespan, these secondhand goldfish have merited arichas yamim and are going strong, soon to be celebrating their second birthday in our home. – L.S.
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Parshas Chukas begins with the details of the mitzvah of parah adumah, and covers the topic of tumah and taharah. The pasuk says, “This is the law: If a man dies in a tent, anyone who enters the tent and anything in the tent is unclean for seven days” ( Bamidbar 19:14).
Based on this pasuk, Chazal explain ( Shabbos 83b): “(Amar Reish Lakish:) Divrei Torah only endure in a person who is ‘meimis atzmo aleha’ — a person who kills himself over Torah.”
What does this mean?
Before he was Rav in Antwerp, shortly after World War II, the famed gaon Rav Chaim Kreiswirth, zt”l, spent two years in Chicago, where he was the rosh yeshivah in the local yeshivah.
One talmid from those days, Rav Dov Pinsky, z”l, shared the following incident:
Once, when trying to imbue us talmidim with the value of learning Torah with pure, dedicated hasmadah, Rav Kreiswirth told us, “In Yerushalayim, there are talmidei chachamim who can pass the pin test in Shas.”
The “pin test” means that if one were to stick a pin inside a Gemara, puncturing through all the pages, the talmid chacham would be able to repeat which words are in the exact spot the pin poked through on each and every page.
This description of Yerushalmi Yidden amused us American boys. The idea that a Yid could have some fifty pages of Gemara committed to memory in such an outstanding way seemed light-years away.
Rav Chaim noticed our smiles and snickers. A master mechanech, he recognized an opportunity to teach us a strong lesson in ahavas haTorah right then.
He closed his Gemara and announced. “I can-
not teach you! You don’t have emunas chachamim!”
We jumped to apologize, explaining that we had not intended to minimize what Rebbi had said; we simply could not relate. Rav Chaim was not convinced. He maintained that he could not teach boys who did not accept his words as true.
Finally, two days later, Rav Chaim called us all in for a shiur. Before he began, he said, “Look, just this one time, I’ll bring you proof that my words are true. But I won’t do it again. From now on, I ask you to believe everything I say — without me bringing any proofs!”
It was quiet in the room. We were all curious to see what kind of proof Rav Chaim was talking about.
“You all think that a pin test is impossible. Let me show you that there are Yidden who can pass such a test, and from now on, you’ll be able to believe even things that you cannot grasp.”
Rav Chaim removed a pin from his pocket. He instructed us to go down to the beis midrash and bring back several masechtos Rav Chaim gave us the pin and said, “Test me!”
We opened the first volume and stuck the pin through all pages. We called out page numbers, and Rav Chaim answered on the spot, “On daf 43, it says ‘Amar Rava,’ and twenty-five dapim later, it says, ‘patur.’”
We flipped through the pages, amazed at Rav Chaim’s per-
“You all think that a pin test is impossible. Let me show you that there are Yidden who can pass such a test”
We sat forward silently, afraid to miss even a single detail of the magic trick
sistent accuracy. Then we opened another volume and another, and the words of the Gemara continued to roll off Rav Chaim’s tongue.
But we were still American boys. One of us asked, “Rebbi, tell us! What’s your trick?” We were sure that some magic lay behind his astounding demonstration.
To our surprise, Rav Chaim smiled, as if he were waiting for this question. He told us to sit back down in our seats and that he would reveal the secret. We sat forward silently, afraid to miss even a single detail of the magic trick.
Rav Chaim explained, “As we all know, just across the street from the yeshivah, there is a butcher shop that produces salami. There, they grind the meat, season it, and stuff it into a casing so it can be left outside to dry and turn into salami. You may have watched the process on your way to yeshivah one day,” Rav Chaim said.
“If the butcher would fill the casing until it seems full and then hang it to dry, it won’t turn into an appetizing roll of salami. Some dried out bits of meat would come out of the casing.
“But if the butcher fills the casing until he’s sure it will soon split open, and he feels he put in all he possibly could — it’s impossible to stuff in another crumb — after he hangs it up to dry, the meat will resemble salami, but it won’t have that nice, full look, either.
“Yet if the butcher will fill the casing until it is totally impossible to add more, yet he still continues to press and stuff it some more — so much so that if you would stand by watching, you would warn him that another drop will surely cause the casing to pop — and still the butcher continues to stuff the casing some more, then, after the meat dries, a beautiful salami will emerge, even after a long drying period.
“That is exactly the way it is with Torah learning,” Rav Chaim explained. “If you learn until you feel full, you’ll find that after a while you won’t remember anything. If you learn until you feel you simply cannot learn another word, you’ll retain some of it. But if you learn until you feel ‘That’s it! I used up my very last ounce of strength,’ yet you still continue to push more and more learning in, then, after a while, your learning will remain real and live before your eyes forever.
“That’s the magic, boys,” Rav Chaim said. “This is the trick I used to be able to pass the pin test.”
Years later, Rav Pinsky recalled the lesson he learned that day: If you put yourself into your Torah learning with all of your energy — and beyond — you’ll have this trick in your hand, and you’ll be zocheh to merit madreigos in Torah.
Adapted from the teachings of Harav Eliezer Turk, shlit”a.
It’s interesting to note that from the diverse topics in this parsha — parah adumah, the incident of mei merivah, and the petirah of Aharon Hakohen — Chazal derives several lessons from the pesukim in the area of chizuk in limud Torah
Where does limud Torah come in?
Perhaps it is because Chukas follows Korach. In Parshas Korach, we read about Klal Yisroel failing in the area of kavod haTorah. According to their level, they did not accord Moshe Rabbeinu, the primary teacher of Torah, the proper honor. Immediately after, the Torah impels us to strengthen ourselves in the area of toiling in Torah.
THE STORY OF YEARS PAST: A DREADED DIAGNOSIS. FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, LONELINESS. FUNDRAISING TRIPS ABROAD, WEEKS AND MONTHS AWAY FROM HOME. TRAVERSING OCEANS AND CONTINENTS IN SEARCH OF A CURE AND SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF. THAT STORY IS NO MORE.
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Cancer patients in Israel who receive the bitter diagnosis finally have somewhere to turn for help and support on their journey toward healing.
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Previously, they had to suffer the degradation and mental anguish of traveling overseas to raise funds for their treatments. The trauma of those trips often haunted them long after the physical battle with the disease was over.
The newly opened medical center in the heart of Yerushalayim was founded to spare them the humiliation of begging for help, and instead, protects their dignity and infuses them with hope.
Instead of questions, they have answers. Where there was confusion, there is hope. And when the story seems destined for bitterness, RCY takes a story of hardship toward a hopeful conclusion.
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Additionally, the highly regarded medical center is at the forefront of raising awareness about alternative healing methods, cutting-edge cancer research, and emotional and mental healthcare.
We’re all preoccupied with our own stories. We’re busy with our routines, tending to and working for our families. However, our brethren in the Holy City need our help. Let’s lighten their load and provide them with some relief.
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The end of a COVID-era forgiveness program that had Veolia continuing to supply water to customers even if they neglected to pay their bills has had Community Outreach Center advising area residents that letting their payments lapse could have dire results.
A letter written by COC executive director Rabbi Hersh Horowitz noted that more than two dozen families have had their water shut off because of outstanding bills over the past three months. Veolia also has a significant number of additional accounts slated for termination.
“It is crucial that if you receive a water termination notice, you promptly contact Veolia,” advised Rabbi Horowitz. “Request their assistance in setting up a payment plan, which involves incremental payments. By ensuring you make these payments on time, you can prevent your service from being terminated.”
The option of setting up a payment plan will not be offered to customers once their water has been shut off. Instead, they will be required to pay the full amount owed in order to have their service restored. Rabbi Horowitz also warned that there is currently no talk about a relief plan, like the one instituted during COVID, that would allow people to skip their payments to the water company.
‘We have dealt with thousands that have gone days and even weeks without water, which can be very challenging and frustrating, especially with young children or elderly residents,”
explained Rabbi Horowitz. “We understand that people are struggling, but we want to create awareness that households that don’t try to pay might be terminated.”
Kohanim who have grown accustomed to davening near the tziyun of the Ribnitzer Rebbe are being warned to keep their distance, at least for now, after a change at the Viznitzer Beis Hachaim made for the June 30th levaya of the Kosover Rebbe.
A gate that halachically set the Ribnitzer tziyun apart from the rest of the beis olam was removed for the burial of the Kosover Rebbe, Harav Shraga Feivel Hager, zt”l.
Meetings are currently underway to identify methods that would allow kohanim to come closer to the Ribnitzer tziyun, but at this time, several large signs have been posted prominently, advising kohanim that the area is off-limits to them.
The school year may have just ended, but all eyes are on September in East Ramapo, with the district announcing the hiring of a new interim superintendent.
Anthony DiCarlo comes to East Ramapo with a wealth of experience, coming out of retirement to replace Dr. Clarence Ellis, whose contract expired in June. DiCarlo’s career in education spans four decades.
School Board President Shimon Rose extended an enthusiastic welcome to DiCarlo, who last served as the Mahopac Central School District’s superintendent.
“His proven leadership abilities and visionary approach to public education align perfectly with our district’s priorities,” said Rose. “We know that Anthony is committed to East Ramapo’s mission of creating opportunities for our students and supporting our families.”
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“I felt that getting into the mud, fighting back, it didn’t run true to who I am as a human being,” explained Trump.
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“I look forward to working with the Board, students, staff, and community to build on the district’s strengths and address our challenges together,” said DiCarlo, who was given a one-year contract at a salary of $285,000. “Our shared goal is to provide an excellent education and robust supports for every student, and I am committed to making that a reality.”
As first daughter and adviser to the 45th president of the United States, Ivanka Trump has been subjected to intense public criticism, but a recent interview with a popular podcaster had the mother of three explaining how the concept of lashon hara kept her from retaliating against her detractors.
Lex Fridman, whose podcast reportedly has more than 3 million subscribers, released a more than threehour-long interview with Trump on July 2. While the interview covered a wide range of topics, Fridman’s question of how Ms. Trump managed to avoid engaging with those who sought to undermine her during her time in Washington, D.C., has been making headlines.
Admitting that there were often times when she prepared responses to the negativity, Trump noted that she never actually took the step of sending them.
“[It] is translated into, I think, quite literally, evil speech… you can’t really repair it. You can apologize, but you can’t repair it,” noted Trump.
Trump reiterated that speaking lashon hara negatively impacts both the person being criticized as well as the speaker. She said this is something that weighs heavily on her, and is a topic that she often discusses with her children. She told Fridman that it was that knowledge that kept her from striking back against her detractors.
“I’m not willing to pay the price of that fleeting and momentary satisfaction of sort of swinging back, because I think it would be too expensive for my soul,” remarked Trump. “That is how I made peace with it, because that feels more true for me.”
It’s hard to beat the taste and nutritional value of locally grown produce, and there’s good news for those over 62 years old, who will be able to pick up $25 coupons that can be used at local farmers’ markets.
Community Outreach Center and the Rockland County Office of the Aging are partnering in the initiative to benefit low-income seniors. The coupons are available at COC’s 21 Remsen Avenue office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Fridays. For additional information, contact the COC at 845-356-9600.
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Rachel is terrified.
She’s always had a hard time sleeping. It didn’t have to be a nightmare; it was just terrifying to be in the dark. Even with her older sister in the next bed. And her older brothers in the next room. And her father in his room.
Why am I always afraid? she thinks to herself, her eyes still closed.
Suddenly, there is a distant boom.
Rachel opens her eyes. What was that? A thunderbolt?
Even though her bedroom is completely dark, her eyes are already beginning to adjust. Perhaps it is because she is so used to waking up in the middle of the night…
the ends of their beds, she can see the outline of their feet curled up under the covers. She feels more secure knowing that each of her older brothers, Motl, Wolf and Simcha, are close by.
Maybe it is Tatte walking around the house?
He’s always up before dawn. Sometimes he putters around the kitchen, which is also the dining room and main living area, cleaning up the mess left over from the previous night. Many mornings she hears him preparing
Even though her bedroom is completely dark, her eyes are already beginning to adjust
Maybe you’re just hearing things, Rachel says to herself. You’re always so afraid. Why do you have to be afraid all of the time?
She looks around the darkened room. There is her older sister, Chana, sleeping soundly. The door to the adjacent room, where her brothers sleep, is slightly ajar — because Rachel always insists they keep it open. It’s comforting to her, she tells them. Although she cannot see more than
the water buckets to take to the well. Maybe that noise was him knocking into something? Or rummaging through the tool chest, bread closet, or even knocking over a book on the overloaded bookcase?
On second thought, it probably isn’t Tatte. It’s still too early.
Although the Blum’s house does not have run-
ning water and electricity to power a clock, Rachel has developed a sense of time… even when waking up in the middle of the night. In fact, she wakes up so many times in a given night that she knows the pattern. There is still more of the night to go. She thinks about getting up and walking around, but her father told her expressly not to do that. It was not good for her and it was not good for the others because she might wake them up — and they need their sleep.
Sometimes she got up anyway, when she knew for certain that Tatte was up. She would dress and show up in the kitchen, begging him to take her with him to the well. Often, he would. Especially on Sunday mornings, when most of the Poles did not go to the well, when there was less chance that one of them would utter a hateful remark or start up with them.
But he is clearly not up. If he were, she would hear the creaks his footsteps make… even when he is trying his best to be quiet. But she has not heard one creak. No, Tatte is still sleeping.
Oh, you’re just a scaredy-cat, Rachel thinks to herself. Close your eyes and try to go back to sleep.
Rachel closes her eyes.
As soon as she does, she hears the distant noise again. It’s unmistakable. Like the sound of thunder. Do the others hear it?
No, Chana is still sleeping soundly. And the boys in the other room do not stir.
Why are you afraid of a little thunder and lightning? Rachel asks herself. Do you think it will really hit you? You’re just a fearful, scared little girl. You’ve always been that way. Since you can remember, you were always afraid. Afraid of what? Of everything. And of nothing. Why are you so fearful? There’s nothing to be afraid of. Just go back to sleep.
Then she hears it again. Except this time it is followed by two, three and four distant rumblings in succession. They are distant but noticeably louder. The storm is obviously moving closer.
Suddenly — BOOM! Several more thunderclaps in a row… BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! There are so many now that even Chana lifts her head.
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After Gavi undergoes emergency surgery following some complications, Debbie is desperate to hear an update from the medical staff. She finally gets through to a nurse, who tells her that everything is under control, but that she should daven.
My mother-in-law rapped gently on the door.
“Debbie?” she called. “I prepared breakfast. I know you don’t feel like eating… I know. But you need to eat.”
I came out, dabbing at my eyes, and followed her into the kitchen, wondering if I’d ever be able to eat again.
Someone knocked on the front door, and I vaguely noticed my mother-in-law letting the aide in. Gavi’s elderly grandmother lived with his parents, and a frum aide came every day to help care for her. Something niggled at my brain and I tried to grasp it.
Oh, right! Ruchie! Elter-Bubby’s aide! Ruchie was a sheitel macher
Rebetzin Koledetzky’s pre-transplant words came back to me in a rush. One small thing, one centimeter, but do it. The time was now — with Gavi hovering between worlds, and with my own hands tied, unable to even enter the ICU to be with him. This I could do for him. One small thing. One centimeter.
I looked at Ruchie through swollen eyes and said, “Ruchie, could I send you back home for your sheitel equipment? My husband… is in the ICU. He’s not doing well. Something’s wrong. I need to cut my sheitels… now.”
Ruchie checked with my mother-in-law and left. I went into the room to get my els: my regular one, and a new Shabbos one that I had not even worn yet. Ruchie returned with her supplies, and we set to work.
“Take two to three centime ters off each sheitel,” I instructed, my voice steady.
Ruchie began snipping. I closed my eyes, thought of Gavi, and al lowed the tears to seep through my closed lids.
We were about halfway through the first sheitel when my phone rang. I lunged at it. It was Ayelet.
“Debbie?” her voice was light. “Gavi’s doing amazing. They’ve wo ken him up now. He’s asking for you.”
I was speechless, and tears of re
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lief poured down my face. Ruchie started packing her equipment away.
“We’ll finish another time,” she said.
I looked at her. “Ruchie, no, don’t you get it? He’s okay, he’s awake, because of what we’re doing here. We have to finish up.”
The moment Ruchie finished cutting the second sheitel, I flew out the door and into a taxi. When I got to the hospital, Gavi was awake and alert. He was no longer intubated; he could even speak. I sank into the chair beside his bed and wept as we recited Nishmas together.
GAVI WAS NO LONGER INTUBATED; HE COULD EVEN SPEAK. I SANK INTO THE CHAIR BESIDE HIS BED AND WEPT AS WE RECITED NISHMAS TOGETHER
Gavi wasn’t allowed anything by mouth, and he was feeling parched. The nurses soaked a sponge in water so his lips and tongue could be dabbed with moisture. We sat there together, talking quietly. For the first time in a very long while, the road ahead looked a little brighter.
allowed food orally, but even drinking seemed like a step in the right direction.
On Shabbos morning, Gavi had another ultrasound to monitor his blood flow. Thankfully, everything looked good. Despite Gavi’s post-surgery and post-fracture pain, and despite missing our children desperately, it was a good Shabbos. It really felt like we were emerging from a long, dark tunnel, and could see the light glowing at the exit. Following the frenzy of the last few weeks, that Shabbos was simply peaceful.
On Motzei Shabbos, I realized that I just couldn’t leave the hospital. When Gavi had been in the ICU, I couldn’t stay with him, and he had constant care, but here in the ward, he needed me. He couldn’t do anything for himself.
Then my sister called.
“Gut voch, Debbie!” she said.
After getting an update on Gavi’s condition, my sister continued, “Debbie, we’re arranging for both families, ours and Gavi’s, to meet at the Kosel to say Nishmas. We’re sending someone to pick you up and bring you straight back; you’ll be gone for an hour, tops.”
On Friday morning, Gavi was moved down to the ward. He was doing better than expected. I brought my overnight bag to the hospital and commenced with our usual hospital Shabbos preparations, which had become routine. It was the most relaxing hospital Shabbos we’d ever had: We’d climbed the mountain, and now we were coming down the other side. The transplant was over, the second surgery had been successful, and we were back in the ward. The heavy cloud of uncertainty was no longer hanging over our heads. I felt vast relief.
On leil Shabbos, Gavi was finally allowed to have some juice, which was the first thing he put in his mouth since our Monday night pre-transplant meal. We both sat there, tears of joy running down on our faces. He was actually drinking juice! He still wasn’t
Gavi and I agreed that I could leave him for one hour, and I joined our families in saying Nishmas at the Kosel on that wintery Motzei Shabbos, feeling surrounded by both of our families’ love, care and tefillos.
I stayed with Gavi for the next week, without leaving the hospital once. After the first week, we began having visitors. The combination of being posttransplant and mid-COVID meant that the guests had to stay by the door, scrub up, mask up and gown up. Gavi and I also wore our masks carefully any time someone came by.
The second week post-transplant was also blessedly uneventful, and we were looking forward to going home. We’d been told to expect to leave the hospital two to three weeks post-transplant. Our hopes were high, and we were eager to leave.
But then Gavi had a follow-up ultrasound and CT scan, and when I saw the doctor’s face when he came in with the results, my heart sank. He was not going to be telling us what we so badly wanted to hear.
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Add this slew of refreshing salads to your weekly repertoire so that you can pull one together anytime you want to enjoy the crisp, fresh flavors of summer.
The raspberry vinaigrette is definitely the star of this show, making this salad a sweet and delightful treat.
4 oz. salad greens Handful of fresh mint leaves
4 ripe peaches
2 Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced
½ red onion, thinly sliced
2 handfuls glazed slivered almonds
RASPBERRY VINAIGRETTE
3 T. raspberry jam
2 T. red wine vinegar
2 T. oil
½ tsp. salt
1. Toss all salad ingredients in a bowl.
2. Place dressing ingredients in a container, and shake vigorously until well combined.
3. Serve the salad with the dressing on the side to keep it crisp.
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8 oz. salad greens
8 oz. sugar snap peas
2 shallots, thinly sliced
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges
2 handfuls glazed slivered almonds
DRESSING
6 T. oil
3 T. fresh lemon juice
2 T. honey
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. dried oregano Dash of black pepper
DIRECTIONS
1. Toss all salad ingredients in a bowl.
2. Place dressing ingredients in a container, and shake vigorously until well combined.
3. Serve the salad with the dressing on the side to keep it crisp.
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SALAD
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1 (15 oz.) can of corn
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1 avocado, thinly sliced
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2 T. mustard
2 T. oil
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4. Grill the meat for 5 minutes on each side. Remove from the grill, and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Slice the London broil against the grain, and serve with salad components and dressing on the side.
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I love how you took the whole room and dumped it all out into the hallway — that’s exactly what a professional organizer would have done.
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Laundry room is something of a misnomer. I definitely do laundry there, but the room isn’t limited to washing and folding (particularly because I never actually fold, just kind of sort into appropriate drawers and closets every couple of weeks).
The room, being an odd, elongated shape that would be wasted if devoted only to laundry, also houses a desk and filing cabinet for my paperwork as well as some shelving units for storage of random items.
Aside from its multi-purpose nature, the real reason it’s become the Laundry Room of Doom is that it’s right off the main living area of a home that was, alas, not blessed with closets. So every Erev Shabbos, or whenever guests are popping in, every homeless object gets stuffed into the laundry room “just for now,” which in English means “for all eternity.”
When my daughter asked me to show her how to do her own laundry but I said no because it was too hard to forge a path to the machine, I knew something had to change. So we embarked on the Great Doom Room Cleanout.
I started by picking the low-hanging fruit — the things with easy, obvious homes. Did this make a dent? It did not. The reason things had taken up residence in the laundry room in the first place was that they had no obvious homes.
There was so much random clutter, I didn’t know where to begin. So I declared total war, and literally shoveled out every single thing I could, piling it in great teetering piles in the hallway. Now I could walk through the laundry room once more (assuming I could scale the parapets of junk outside it).
One of the first things I found, approximately six hours too late, was a floral printed receiv-
ing blanket that my daughter had searched high and low for in hopes of using it for a costume she needed that day.
After that we enjoyed a heady rush of organizing. I homed in on out-of-season clothing, of which there turned out to be a very significant quantity. That pile was summarily banished to the basement, where it will languish until the next time The Monsey View pays me to clean my house.
When I removed the Random box from one shelf and designated that spot for detergents and cleansers, I discovered that I had once set up a subscription that had been sending me a lifetime supply of laundry detergent. It was gratifying to see the bottles all lined up proudly along the shelf, and that prompted me to see what else I could uncover, because canceling a subscription is basically like earning free money.
In defense of my housekeeping skills, one of the largest piles turned out to be Husband’s Papers. Why several large stacks of legal and financial documents and unopened mail crammed my shelves, when his study literally shares a wall with the laundry room, is a mystery. But boxing them and returning them self-righteously to their owner was a quick way to reclaim several cubic feet of space.
At that point my pace slackened, and I despairingly shuffled various piles of stuff around the floor. I’m fairly decent at sorting, but when it comes to actually returning the individual items to their homes around the house, I’m hopeless. I tend to sit down with a book and hope the items migrate back to their original breeding grounds on their own, rather like salmon in the spring. (And if you don’t think clutter breeds, you’ve never carefully examined your drawer of batter-
I totally relate to this. But I encourage you to schedule one hour to complete the job. It will make all the work you did until now complete. You deserve it!
ies and wires.)
I don’t know why this is; I hold down a responsible job, I manage the complex organization that is my family with reasonable aplomb, and yet, the binders I bought three years ago to organize my kids’ school projects are still empty, occupying — along with the pile of unsorted projects — an entire shelf. And this time around, I pick them up, designate a pile for them, and put them back down. Again.
I don’t get it either.
For some reason, I will happily organize documents into piles (Taxes. Other people’s mail. School forms that should have been mailed weeks ago) but I have an extreme mental block when it comes to actually writing the category name on the little folder tab and filing the papers.
The things that actually belonged in the room turned out to be relatively few. All of my laundry supplies are now lined up on their wire shelf, instead of on top of the machine. Hardware and home maintenance items like light bulbs and WD-40 are arranged on the white shelving unit, with all small, loose parts tossed into the toolbox.
My large brown cabinet, upon inspection, turned out to be very underutilized and became home to a lot of random items that I wasn’t sure I’d ever need but wasn’t yet ready to part with. And finally, I still have one large laundry basket of clothing that awaits sorting, and one box of Stuff (visible above the brown cabinet) that I still need to go through. I believe in clearing surfaces as quickly as possible, even if that means condensing mess into receptacles without sorting it. I’m working on the “if you haven’t looked for it in six months, toss it” principle, and most of it will probably get trashed soon.
The biggest head-scratcher by far turned out to be my Teiku pile. I always thought the reason we hold on to found items until Eliyahu comes is that he will reveal to us who each lost item belongs to. But over the course of this decluttering journey, I developed another, even more burning question, and that is: How on earth did a complete set of pink and green striped linen that I’ve never seen in my life sneak into
my home? And why do other people’s belongings cling to me like overtired toddlers?
If I could answer that question, maybe I could reverse the magnetic force field that has my laundry room in its grip, and instead start repelling clutter. Until then, I am doomed to continue shuffling piles, trying vainly to muster the energy to do the final 10% of the job.
You did a fantastic job! I’m so happy for you that you cleared out all that junk and gained so much peace of mind.
This is a really hard room to organize, because its shape is weird and it doesn’t have any closets. That means you didn’t get a modern, uniform-look aesthetic, but you achieved the main thing, which is a functional space.
I see that while you did the clearing and sorting, you didn’t containerize anything. You don’t need expensive bins; I think you’d find something really simple to be a significant upgrade. Take that box on top of the dresser, and the masking tape and tools on the shelves — all those things should go into labeled bins so they are accessible and your space is visually uncluttered. I also recommend getting rid of that big mirror stashed behind the dryer. Put it somewhere where it’s useful, or discard it. In here, it’s just messy.
What you accomplished here is amazing. To maintain it, I recommend a weekly or monthly purge of whatever new items have snuck into that room. You can even delegate it to a kid; it’s much harder for mothers to purge, because we look at every item and see its possibilities. But another person will see junk as junk, and they can throw it out without mental gymnastics. I also see a few things that should have designated homes, like old tzitzis and a sewing kit. Designate a home for every single item, and do weekly maintenance to return things to their homes.
This project would have taken a professional organizer a long time. You should feel great that you did this on your own. Laundry rooms commonly become storage rooms, which are the hardest rooms to organize. A messy room attracts junk, as you saw, but now that it’s clean, people will think twice about dumping homeless items there. I hope!
– Chavy
Chavy’s notes:
I love how you used what you already had! Fantastic!
I love those. They just work. I use them for clients and in my own home.
The Organizing Challenge:
Mission:
The makeover of my playroom — and myself
MINDY PERL
To all the balabustas waiting to hear my pearls of wisdom, watch and learn.
To all the concerned Yiddishe mammes, I assure you that this is neither a toy store nor a jungle, just the result of one Shabbos afternoon.
To all the chinuch experts who train kids to use one toy at a time, I humbly take off my hat.
Organizing is satisfying and therapeutic, but maintenance is another story. This is especially true when the majority of people in this household are skilled at making messes, but only one household member is actually proficient at cleaning up (and one other household member is mysteriously unavailable for comment).
Our apartment has a walk-in closet right near the playroom. When I set my eyes upon it the very first time, I knew that it was destined to hold our toys. I don’t even know how we own so many toys. They seem to sprout like mushrooms, in packages from grandparents, for birthdays, and as endless prizes from school. And some relatives, who claim to really love me, buy us toys with a zillion tiny parts, leaving me to wonder if I ever offended them in some way. But whether or not I know where all the toys came from, they are part of our household now.
While I had put an organization system in place after I’d moved, it was time to make some changes to accommodate my present collection.
I started with a visit to Made to Order. They were stocked with every product I could possibly need and really inspired my imagination. They were also great at guiding me on which bin or box is best for each type of toy.
The kids’ books, which kept getting knocked off the bookcase, got sorted by size into two fabric baskets. I wish them better luck there.
I bought two fabric hampers with covers, one for dolls and one for teddy bears.
I already had ten fabric baskets, which I’d planned to place into my cubby unit in alternating colors. Unfortunately, they didn’t fit, and there went my vision. As plan B, I moved all the books from the tall bookcase into the cubby unit, where I sorted them by color.
The aqua and gray fabric baskets went into the bookcase instead. I now use them to store larger toys that came in groups: balls, doll clothes, toy pocketbooks, and so on.
I bought some zippered pouches from Made to Order. They’re designed for storing puzzles, with the pieces inside and the picture in the outer pocket. They have some great options for board games and cards, too.
I also bought one multipurpose box to store the kids’ projects temporarily, after which a select few are put into a storage bin, and the rest mysteriously disappear. (These would also be perfect for craft supplies, but in this house, craft supplies are kept on a high shelf to prevent unfortunate accidents.)
Bins are the key to organization heaven. The majority of my toys were sorted in fifteen shoebox-sized plastic bins with lids and stacked onto the wire shelf built into the closet. This included Lego, pegs, doll accessories, toy food, small cars, and all other toys that came with many small parts. I stacked the more colorful toys on the bottom and the plainer ones on top for visual appeal.
You’re right!
Bins must be labeled, or there is no way to maintain all your hard work.
I also got two larger bins, one for the bigger toy cars and buses, and one for the deluxe fire truck. Two even bigger ones were filled with PlayMags and our collection of small baby toys.
I used three plastic drawer units for some larger toys like the baby shape sorter, mini dollhouse, and play telephone. They looked neater hidden in drawers since they are all different shapes and sizes. I stacked them on top of each other, which saved tons of space.
The large and clumsy toys, like the baby walker, rocking horse, shopping cart, and doll carriages, were neatly lined up in the back of the closet.
What’s the point of bins if the kids spill
them out and don’t clean them up? When I posed this question to the saleslady at Made to Order, she handed me a pack of adorable, illustrated toy labels. Now that each bin is labeled with a picture, the kids know what belongs inside and can help clean up.
After getting the entire closet organized, it received an upgraded lock so that only Mommy and Tatty can take out toys. We remove a few toys at a time, enough to keep the kids happy, and make sure they get put away. This way we can maintain the organized system without interfering with the kids’ play.
Organizing would be easy if I could put my life on hold for a few hours and just focus on organizing. With two preschoolers off from school who were “helping,” a toddler jumping through the piles, and my baby who kept wan-
dering off with toys, it was a real test of my patience. Still, I admit that it wasn’t terribly hard, just time-consuming. I already had an organized system in place; it just needed to be tweaked and maintained. I replaced the cracked bins with new sturdy ones, changed the location of some toys, moved the shelves around, sorted through piles and piles… but I had a foundation to work with. And it was definitely satisfying to throw out whatever belonged in the trash.
The most fun part was definitely shopping for bins, boxes and bags, which made organizing so much easier. They come in all types and shapes and sizes; I saw plastic and
fabric, lucite and metal, wicker and wood. And now I can enjoy the seamless, streamlined look of colorcoded baskets, clear stacked bins, and everything in its place.
The mess in the playroom had been haunting me for a while. Now that I finally organized it, I feel so much lighter, like this big job hanging over my head is finally done. Still, I’ve come to accept that organizing comes in cycles, and it’s rare to have every single closet and every single shelf in order at the same time.
I love my little mess makers. And they know I love them. But now I have an organized playroom to love, too!
Your love for your kids comes through so clearly! I can tell that you already had the foundation of organization — shelving, a bookcase, drawers. You just needed to bring it all together.
You did everything right. Bins, labels — those will be a lifesaver. I love how you did the books in the cubes; it looks adorable. That mommy lock will be an absolute game changer (until one day when you’re busy, and you cave in and give a kid the code).
I don’t usually go with fabric bins. Plastic bins are usually easier to use, have lids, and look nicer, but the fact that you made use of what you already have is so great. Also, fabric bins have the advantage of being washable, are usually easier for kids to handle, don’t crack, and don’t have covers you need to keep track of.
Stacking the drawers was a great idea. You maximized your space and made everything look nice. Placing those hampers on the deeper shelves was another great move. They should hold the kind of toys that kids can take on their own (those without small pieces) and can just be thrown back into the hamper when it’s time to clean up. I wonder if you could give a little more TLC to the space on top of the bookcase, just because it doesn’t achieve the same neat look as the rest of the room, probably because craft supplies are just messy by nature.
I think you would be well served if you installed lighting in the closet. Everything would be more visible; when it’s a dark hole, it’s hard to keep neat.
I’m really in awe of your work — you really made the commitment and invested the energy to accomplish this. You gained not only space, but headspace. Your new playroom gives your kids enhanced opportunities to play and discover, without the potential cleanup burden becoming overwhelming. That’s the whole point of organizing, and makes the time you spent totally worth it.
– Chavy
Chavy’s notes:
The Organizing Challenge:
Ha! I see this all the time. People can’t let go of construction material. But please, do yourself a favor and throw them out!
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I would say that I quickly came to regret my decision to participate in this challenge, but it wasn’t, in fact, so quick. It took an entire four weeks until I felt the sinking pangs of regret, which was incidentally a week before the deadline and the first time I took a serious look at the state of our garage.
Honestly, I couldn’t even see too much, because there was a mortifying mountain of stuff blocking my view. Which was a bad thing and also a good thing, because I was spared the full scope of exactly what I had gotten myself into.
Our garage is not attached to our house, so it’s more like a very large shed. It was built almost a hundred years ago, and the concrete floor is disintegrating in some places. The drop ceiling is missing half the tiles, and before organizing it, there was still some junk we had inherited from the previous owners. In the three years we’ve been living here, we’ve been storing things in the garage without any kind of system, and that’s how Mt. Mortification was formed.
Before agreeing to this challenge, I made sure my husband was on board. The garage is his domain, and about 90% of the stuff in there is “his.” So together, we hoisted open the garage door (courageously ignoring its foreboding rumble), and surveyed the scene.
Our first step was to take everything out and discard the things that were obviously garbage. Within the first few minutes, we uncovered a pair of tiny toddler Crocs. I had given up hope of ever seeing them again, so that was exciting. And it gave me a giddy oooh-whoknows-what-ELSE-we’ll-find-in-the-
mountain sense of purpose.
Most of the junk we encountered was leftover construction material from when we did renovations. We trashed a lot of it, even things that were hard for me to throw out, like extra tiles from our new bathroom that I was saving just in case one day in a long time I might say, Hey I wish I had an extra bathroom tile. But we threw it out, even though it was hard. Then we found extra drop-ceiling tiles. And we said, “Oh! We are so happy we have extra drop ceiling tiles!” And my husband put the drop ceiling tiles into the drop ceiling of the garage. And then I took the bathroom tiles out of the garbage.
We continued in this fashion for a while, and eventually the driveway was strewn with the things we were going to keep. We also managed to dislodge a very decrepit and rusty metal shelving unit from the far back corner of the garage that we named Tetanus, and hauled it to the curb. Old Tetanus must have been around one hundred years old, and I’m sure he lived a good life.
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Great bins, great choices.
Label the bins.
This way, when it snows in six months, you’ll know where the salt is.
My husband is a landscaper at heart, so he used his shticky leaf blower to blow the garage into clean-dom. (He may or may not have developed a very unpleasant-sounding cough in the process. But this article is not about him.)
Once the floor and shelves were cleared, I made a fatal error. I didn’t know that sorting and organizing were two very different things, so we neatly put everything back inside the garage. I stepped back to admire our work, but instead of a swell of satisfaction, I had a sinking feeling. This is not what “organized” looks like
I called my best friend Rochella, who is a professional organizer in Lakewood. (She really is my actual best friend in real life, not only in crisis moments involving a need for a professional organizer.) I sent her pictures of my garage, and she said, “Yeah, it’s not so pretty.” See? Only a true friend would say something like that. I pretended I knew how bad it was, and I told her, while gesticulating wildly at my husband, that it’s okay because we were anyway planning to remove the ugly makeshift plywood shelving and buy new ones. (This thoughtless comment cost us a trip to Home Depot to find just the right drill bit and an entire afternoon to actually remove the shelving.)
Then Rochella said, “Measure your shelves, and buy containers.”
I said, “What shelves and what containers?” and she proceeded to provide the specifications. She also told me to buy a Rubbermaid FastTrack, which is a nifty track that you hang on the wall. There are lots of different types of hooks that you can attach to it so you can hang up lots of different types of things. She also explained that anything that can fit into a bin should be in a bin, in order to create this magical sense of order and uniformity. See? This is why you need a professional organizer.
Before I ordered the containers Rochella rec-
ommended, I decided to check out Made to Order. I wanted all the things inside that store. The saleswomen took the measurements of my new shelves and brought out containers that would fit on them perfectly, with no unsightly extra spaces. They even offered to make me labels!
I was not prepared for how satisfying it felt to put everything away in their designated places. On the FastTrack we hung all the lawn tools — brooms, rakes, leaf blower, hedge trimmer, weed wacker and edger. With long-distance guidance from Rochella, categories were created, and we carefully stowed and stacked and stuffed things with precision.
Everything had a space and a place. We designated a bin for winter weather. In went two big bags of sidewalk salt. We designated another bin for grassy things, like seed and a roll of something that supposedly grows grass where there is no grass. Bottles of weed killer were lined up in another bin on the same shelf. I designated a shelf for my work stuff, and neatly packed it up. There were no bins for our sukkah boards, beams and s’chach, but we stacked them neatly in the back corner. My bulky work equipment was also neatly placed along the walls, with a focus on easy access, so removing and returning could happen efficiently without undoing all of our hard work. (Full disclosure: Budgetary constraints meant that not everything ended up in a pretty matching container, but that doesn’t mean it won’t eventually.) If I had to summarize this step, it would be: Magic was happening.
The garage is still a hundred years old, the floor is still crumbling in many places, and it’s still not pretty, but it’s organized and functional and there isn’t a trace left of ol’ Mt. Mort. And sometimes, at the end of a long hard day, when we need to unwind and relax, we sneak outside to visit the garage and bask in all of its organized glory.
I love this garage. You did such a fantastic job! When you started, you couldn’t even walk in, and now look at all this clear space you created. I’m so impressed with your ability to throw things out!
Having a best friend who’s an organizer is definitely an advantage. Her idea to replace the old shelving was a great move, as was that FastTrack hook system, which I use all the time for my clients. You can even use it to store helmets, bikes and scooters. I love how you hung that stroller on a hook! Those folding chairs stored neatly against the wall can be hooked too; there are hooks designed to hold several folding chairs at a time on the wall.
Tip: Park both grass-cutting machines in the same direction for improved visual organization. Another tip: Group the bamboo s’chach into bunches of ten, and secure each bundle with cable ties, rope or tape. Right now they’re just piled against the wall, and they’ll fall down eventually.
I see some empty space on the new shelves. Buy empty bins that fit the space, so as soon as you have something to put in there, you’ll have somewhere to put it. Do it now while you’re in organizing mode; you may not be in the mood of buying containers in two months from now, when your husband will find a sale on more landscaping supplies and he’ll put them on the floor.
I see you really got the trick: Nothing goes on the floor! You might eventually need more shelving to keep the floor clear, but that’s really the key to keeping a garage or basement organized.
I love that you two worked together. It’s often the woman of the house who takes responsibility for organizing, but that doesn’t work so well when it’s her husband’s space and stuff. You get stuck — does he need this paper? Does he need this machine? Doing it together made it possible for it to really get done.
Enjoy your new garage!
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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE PRINCES(SES) AND THERE WERE PAUPERS.
It was before the days when most people, no matter whether their bank account held millions or minuses, dressed almost identically. At that point, your financial status and budget were worn, quite literally, on your sleeve.
But some paupers dressed like princesses. At least some of the time.
What was their secret?
Their secret lay in bags. And a rich aunt and her well-dressed daughters.
Every once in a while, Uncle Reuven’s Cadillac would ease into the driveway, as a pair of eyes or two watched surreptitiously from behind the curtain. What a welcome sight it was! Up the walkway he would stroll, holding a garment bag over his arm and the promise of another few bags in the car.
Pleasantries would be exchanged, refreshments served, updates given. Mr. Gross would come home to say hello to his brother.
And smirking stealthily behind their careful nonchalance, the Gross girls would signal to each other that the pekelach had arrived.
As soon as Uncle Rueven was safely out of sight, there was a beeline for the loot.
The goods would be held up, article by article, eagerly perused and measured… and the ceremony would begin.
The girls would each select something they set their heart
on, and they’d try it on before one of their sisters could claim it as her own.
Dressed in a fine selection of wool Giesswein blazers and Bassler shirts (this was a lifetime ago) in various states of (ill)fittingness, they would head for the mirror.
And cocking their heads humorously — if slightly self-deprecatingly — they would belt out a hearty rendition of: “We are the Pekel People of town!” with just the right inflection to “Pekel People.”
(Some say that their father’s description of off-key singing as a katzen contzert [Cats’ Choir] was first attributed to this.)
Did it matter that their cousins were stouter than they were?
Not much. If you wanted it badly enough, you made it work.
“So what if it was short and wide? I liked that blazer!” says Dina, one of the Gross girls.
And wear the blazer she did. With a matching plaid skirt. Her sisters would tease her about it incessantly. They still do, in fact.
Anna Banana Banana split
Dina’s gonna wear her new outfit
Cold or hot, fits or not
Dina’s gonna wear it
So her friends should see it
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Dina’s older sisters were luckier than her, because Esther, Uncle Reuven’s oldest daughter, was tall and slim like they were.
Toby, then a mere slip of a girl, recalls a dress way too wide for her that she’d set her eyes upon.
“I thought an elastic would do the trick, but my sister told me it’s a ridiculous idea and claimed it as her own. Maybe she just wanted it for herself. Come to think of it; she wasn’t much bigger than me.”
But Toby had her lucky finds too.
“There was this dusty — pink, lilac? I don’t even remember the color — Bassler sweater that I always felt so sophisticated in. And my very well-dressed sister-in-law even borrowed it from me for an occasion, and then I knew why I loved it.”
And there were the occasional Ferragamo shoes.
And height-of-the-fashion sandals.
And so many gorgeous sweaters.
The coveted goods came from Uncle Reuven, but so many more bags, er, pekelach, made their way from Tante Gella, too. Oh, but that stuff — a trunkful of it! — which cousin Sara would schlep all the way from Queens, had a heavy mothball smell.
“We’d comb through the bags anyhow, holding our noses, in search of some gold,” Malya shares. “There wasn’t much that was usable, though, because, let’s just say that Tante Gella’s kids did not shop very high-end, and their level of tznius observance was very different from ours, too.”
Occasionally there’d be a good find, though.
Malya once dug up a gorgeous two-piece set: a white flared skirt with peach flowers and a matching top. The skirt fit perfectly, but the top was short-sleeved.”
“This was before cap sleeves had ever been a socially acceptable thing. You either had a long sleeve or you didn’t. A half sleeve had to be properly altered to be turned into a full sleeve. But I really wanted that outfit.”
Ever resourceful, ten-year-old Malya ripped the sleeve off at the shoulder and converted the top to a vest. A deep peach colored t-shirt (bought brand-new for ten bucks!) completed the outfit, and Malya pranced around in it whenever she could, even wearing it for a photoshoot of herself as a fifth grader.
“When we were younger,” Liba recalls. “We got three gorgeous Mousefeather dresses with fruit on them.”
One was a bit too short, one a bit too big, but with some skilled alterations by Mrs. Gross, the three of them wore the matching dresses proudly.
“I’ll never forget how the neighbors drooled over those
dresses. But I refused to tell them where we got them, and just shrugged snobbily when they asked.”
And then Liba shamefacedly remembers once tattling on Dina who was the proud new (second) owner of sandals that everyone was wearing, which she had been eyeing in the store until a pair arrived in more or less her size.
“Dina told Rivky that her shoes came from Macy’s,” Liba reported self-righteously to her mother after being privy to the exchange.
DID IT MATTER THAT THEIR COUSINS WERE STOUTER THAN THEY WERE? NOT MUCH. IF YOU WANTED IT BADLY ENOUGH, YOU MADE IT WORK
And then Liba got a little older. Did she ever slip the same white lies when needed? She pleads the fifth.
Tova remembers once getting a brand-new Pierre Cardin shirt. “I don’t remember where my mother picked it up. Perhaps in Bamberger’s (Macy’s forerunner). But I do remember that my mother removed the logo from the shirt, because she didn’t want us to wear the name of a goy on our clothing. Those were the days!”
Tzurty shares how she actually went to meet her future mother-in-law in one of the secondhand treasures they were gifted with.
“We were in the city one day, and a shidduch that we were looking into progressed a little faster than we expected. The shadchan heard I was in Brooklyn and wanted to take the opportunity for me to meet the boy’s mother. My clothes were rumpled from travel, so my newly married sister and I quickly swapped clothes. I got to wear her finer things — and I went to meet my new family in my cousin’s hand-me-downs.”
Life has changed, but the excitement of a good find never really dimmed for the Grosses.
Recently, Uncle Reuven and Aunt Henna, now many years older, were renovating their home. They walked into Mrs. Gross’s house with some home goods when the extended family was there.
The Gross girls, now bubbies and mommies of large families, baruch Hashem, and astute shoppers in their own right, eagerly bent over the bags that their uncle had brought.
They laughed in nostalgia at the deja vu and the excitement of once again picking through the bags.
And then they proceeded to move everything into a big bag labeled “give away.”
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My oldest brother’s carriage was something out of a storybook. A magnificent Silver Cross Balmoral, its iconic silhouette was a masterpiece of British craftsmanship. Gifted to my mother by her father, z’’l, on the occasion of her becoming a mother, the pram became something of a family icon. Every night, my father would lift the high-gloss chassis up the many stairs to the apartment where they lived for safekeeping, lest any outdoor elements dampen its shine.
With time, the carriage hosted not only my brother but each of us nine children through infancy and babyhood. Wherever we went, the carriage turned heads. Chrome-spoked wheels, hand-painted detailing — the carriage was a statement of quality and comfort, and above all, a testimony to my grandfather’s deep and endless love.
The carriage outlived generations. I never had the zechus to meet my grandfather, but I lived with his gifts, both in the family he left behind and the possessions he bequeathed to us. Indeed, my bechor also earned his chance to be ensconced in the Balmoral’s timeless luxury, just as my siblings and I and my sibling’s children had over the years. The carriage was a work of art, and its quality endured as such.
Until the day my parents moved. The rooms were emptied, the house was packed, and the furniture was relocated. Too big to be practical for any of the young ones, and too heavy to transport, the Balmoral was left bereft, homeless — or so it seemed.
Deeply disheartened at the thought of parting with this piece of history — this piece of love — my mother was
I NEVER HAD THE ZECHUS TO MEET MY GRANDFATHER, BUT I LIVED WITH HIS GIFTS
determined to find our beloved carriage a new home. With a whole lot of heart and just a couple of phone calls, it came to be. Our magnificent pram made its way across town to a delightful new home. The stroller lives on, not in a nursery or bedroom hallway, but in the warm lights of a photography studio. Children pose and smile, and babies flail their chubby legs on the cotton-padded mattress once again, as the photographer focuses and snaps, preserving precious moments for time immortal.
Indeed, the carriage has proven itself timeless, enduring and real as my grandfather’s love.
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Aladies’ vachnacht is an oxymoron.
Seriously. It’s a celebration for a baby, which by definition means that we’re kimpeturins, which means that we belong in robes and snoods and resting.
Not in a sheitel, desperately trying to look well rested and fit. And no amount of bronzer will hide that wan face!
But a boy! After so many girls! Plus, I have a knack for throwing together awesome parties on a shoestring budget. So why not?
Why not? Because the prince managed to stay in the NICU until right before his vachnacht. And the mohel couldn’t really give the go-ahead for the bris until the morning of.
But we women are strong.
I schlepped to the basement, found gorgeous tiles from when the house was built, schlepped it up, and made a babka station, a hot drink station and chocolate log station. I got hold of some starched linen toppers and velvet liners. With a few inexpensive flowers and bud vases, the rooms were transformed into something magnificent.
We also had elegant vibes in terms of blue lighting. For the baby to lower his bilirubin levels.
And the guests came and came and came. Soon they filled two rooms and commented on how good I looked.
When the last women left, I collapsed. And with my being a kimpeturin, the collapse was neither pretty nor becoming. It involved lots and lots of tears.
So when the next boy came around, I was even more excited, because my boy had a brother (and they could match)! And I was experienced, armed with a mantra: no ladies’ vachnacht.
I’d let the men eat all the cholent they want. Let them
feast on kugel and salads. The ladies could stay home to wash their supper dishes. I’d let them know they could send gifts with their husbands.
I uninvited all the guests.
But many, many women came uninvited to the menonly vachnacht the second time around. If they were disappointed by the bowl of mint and chocolate? They won’t come the next time around.
(Hint: There was also kugel and cake and flowers and tablecloths. Because, big deal, it doesn’t take much to throw together a party. I skipped the tiles, though.)
WE ALSO HAD ELEGANT VIBES IN TERMS OF BLUE LIGHTING. FOR THE BABY TO LOWER HIS BILIRUBIN LEVELS
MALKA KATZMAN
As a mother of little children, the concept of a vacation became a matter of necessity rather than luxury. At least, that’s what all the splashy ads were telling me (and they were right).
I started my vacation career by patronizing the advertisers who kindly made me aware of my need to take a vacation. Twice, I joined programpacked women retreats, and I enjoyed them. But that wasn’t really the kind of vacation I needed. I learned that I needed solitude and good reading material more than great company and wonderful activities.
The next time the vacation bug struck, my husband and I booked an expensive apartment overlooking sprawling hills, located a good three-hour drive away. We did it all the way: ordered in our food, spent hours on the stunning porch, but strangely, I found that it didn’t truly satisfy me.
Next time I planned a vacation, I identified a niggling sense of pressure. Vacation had to be just right. I had to enjoy R&R at every moment (and get the most for my money). If I spent time on the phone solving laundry dilemmas, I took points off. If we didn’t find delicious takeout food and ended up eating cereal, the vacation was less-than.
So, vacation was never “it.” I believed that the perfect vacation hovered somewhere out there in the universe, and I had to grope in the dark vastness of our galaxy to get my hands on it.
Over the years, I had more children, and vacations were harder to come by. When they did, I seized every moment, because I appreciated them. I realized that interruptions were inevitable, and I learned to take them in stride.
And then vacation began to seem like… a vacation. There was no pressure, no expectation and no disappointment.
I no longer reached for the stars, because the stars were right there.
Now I’m looking forward to a short getaway with my husband in a small apartment a fifteen-minute drive from home. I resolved to make the most of it — by letting go and relaxing all of my expectations.
NEXT TIME I PLANNED A VACATION, I IDENTIFIED A NIGGLING SENSE OF PRESSURE. VACATION HAD TO BE JUST RIGHT
SHAINA SHECHTER
We like to joke that our next-door neighbors, the Scheiners, are our co-bunk. There are always some of their kids in our house, and some of our kids in theirs. Our oldest daughters are best friends, our boys are in the same schools, and we kind of fell into the very convenient habit of coordinating our schedules because it just made everything so much easier.
There’s one big difference between our families, though. I would describe us as a middleincome family; we send our kids to sleepaway camp, buy them new clothes for Yom Tov, and can splurge occasionally on takeout for supper. But the Scheiners live a different lifestyle. Their kids stay home for the summer, their biggest treat is pizza, and they wear clothes from the gemach
Honestly, it’s none of my business. The Scheiners are happy, we’re happy; it’s not a thing between us. Every family has their own culture, and we’re both glad that our kids know that.
There’s only one thing that niggles at me sometimes. Mrs. Scheiner works very hard. I work hard too, but I have cleaning help. I can buy myself an iced coffee when I have a hard day. I get new clothes occasionally. Mrs. Scheiner doesn’t have those luxuries. It doesn’t seem to bother her, but it sometimes bothers me. I know what it feels like to work full time, manage a household, and raise a large family. I feel like she deserves a little pampering now and then.
One winter Friday night, I went over to the Scheiners to collect all the little stray Shechters so we could make Kiddush. While I was standing at the door, Mrs. Scheiner showed me her new coat.
It was stunning — a gorgeous fur jacket.
“I got it at the gemach,” she confirmed, grinning. “Isn’t it amazing?”
It was amazing. But more than that, I thought it looked real.
After Shabbos, Mrs. Scheiner looked up the label. The coat was made of genuine fur and retailed for over a thousand dollars.
“You should sell it!” one of her kids exclaimed. “You can buy a new coat for $100, and use the rest of the money for other things!”
But Mrs. Scheiner just laughed. She wore that coat the entire winter, and it made me smile every time I saw her in it. I don’t know who the original owner was, but that coat gave a lot of people a special warmth the second time around.
MRS. SCHEINER DOESN’T HAVE THOSE LUXURIES. IT DOESN’T
SEEM TO BOTHER HER, BUT IT SOMETIMES
TALI EDELSTEIN
It’s the second time around.
In some ways, it’s easier. I’m more used to it this time; it’s not as shocking. I’ve developed systems that work and found ways to cope with many of the challenges.
But in other ways, it’s harder. The adrenalin is gone. He’s out again, and I’m alone, again. My fire and passion have ebbed away. In their place, I find weariness and resignation.
I know what it’s like. I know how much I’ll miss my husband’s presence. We did it for six full months, starting on Motzei Simchas Torah. Every single day since then, he left early in the morning, often before the rest of us were awake, and returned as the clock inched steadily toward midnight. We’re going to be doing that again now.
I know that every moment of his learning, the uninterrupted, from dawn to midnight learning, is precious and serves as vital protection for Klal Yisroel. I know that the value of his learning without any distractions from my family is priceless.
Pesach — the week before, the week of, and the week after — my husband was home a whole lot more. It was wonderful. It was fun and happy, and it felt like my whole body and psyche were one big sigh of relief.
After Pesach, he did suggest that maybe we could make changes to make it easier for me, that maybe we could do things differently this time around. I let that thought percolate, but it just didn’t settle well. It didn’t feel right.
Now I dig deep inside, and I discover that I still have the clarity: This is our job. This is what we need to do.
I have no doubts; we’re sacrificing our “normal” lives to garner Heavenly protection. For ourselves, and for our entire nation.
I don’t have any qualms; we’re doing the right thing. But that doesn’t make it easy.
I’ve always felt sympathy for single mothers, but now I understand — at least somewhat — how much rests on a
single mom’s head and heart. And that’s without the fallout of divorce or death, on myself or on my children, thank Hashem a thousand times. I’m just talking about the practical, the technical, and yes, the emotional, too.
Today was long. So, so endlessly long. With no adult to break up the day, not at lunchtime, not at suppertime, not at bath time or at bedtime. With no adult with whom to commiserate or to whom to direct an unhappy or tantruming child. No adult conversation, no extra pair of hands.
Just me and the kids.
Am Yisroel is in such pain, with so much suffering. So many Jews are still in mortal danger, and so many others are still uprooted from their homes, with no sign of being able to return in the foreseeable future.
So we keep it up, my husband and I. And the kids. I let him return to his avodas hakodesh. But…it’s still hard.
It’s the second time around now. It’s easier, and it’s harder. We’re back in this space. The same, and yet, not the same.
I pray that it ends soon, with the piercing blast of the shofar heralding in a new era of peace.
I KNOW THAT EVERY MOMENT OF HIS LEARNING, THE UNINTERRUPTED, FROM DAWN TO MIDNIGHT LEARNING, IS PRECIOUS AND SERVES AS VITAL PROTECTION FOR KLAL YISROEL
LEAH SCHWARTZ
REPORTING LIVE FROM CAMP WEEK 1
“Can I see this in a size medium?”
A tall teenager waves a neon-colored top in the air, trying to catch a saleslady’s attention. I watch from my spot on the line as I wait to pay for my purchases.
“I want it in an extra-small,” a petite girl calls out from behind me.
Another saleslady emerges from the stock room, looking frazzled. Customers instantly swarm around her.
“Excuse me, do you have any more of the offblack skirts?”
Every time I think I finished writing my list of everything I still need for camp, I remember another thing. And another one. And another one. This doesn’t end until I’m on the bus (which is when I finally remember what I left at home).
The boutique looks like a typical pre-camp scene, hectic in every corner. It’s a familiar sight, not too different from the commotion that greets me in the grocery, the pharmacy, and any other local store I dare enter.
In the shoe store, I see a girl agonizing over her sneakers as she deliberates between two choices. It’s good to know I’m not the only one who hasn’t settled on a pair yet.
The list grows, and so does the pile of cardboard boxes accumulating in the dining room. Shells. Nightgowns. Camp chairs. Flashlight, goggles, towels, markers. Scraps of paper and old receipts are recycled into new and important memos.
Hasty reminders are floating around the house, and illegible words on my lists hint to The Important Item I Will Obviously Be Forgetting at Home, like the B.E.S. has scribbled on the back of a paper one night. The next morning, I was left wondering what I had wanted to remember. (Buy enough socks? Bring enough snacks? Borrow extra shirt?)
Light-pink papers with my name and bunk scribbled
ALL OF MY HASTY REMINDERS ARE FLOATING AROUND THE HOUSE, AND ILLEGIBLE WORDS ON MY LISTS HINT TO THE IMPORTANT ITEM I WILL OBVIOUSLY BE FORGETTING AT HOME
in big, bold letters are taped onto every box, and I can only hope that all of my things will be safely indoors before the traditional first-day-ofcamp rain. That weather turns my crisp cardboard boxes into soggy brown mush every year.
Or alarming, when the head OD walks in unexpectedly.
there’s turmoil in my head. I’m excited, I’m nervous, I’m hyper, I’m sleep-deprived, and I’m not even at the bus stop yet. I’m going to miss my bed, my baby sister, my pretty jewelry, and my shower that always has hot water. I already miss the darkness of my bedroom, despite the fact that my camp room might be even darker. The darkness at home is comforting; in camp, it’s downright eerie.
Slowly, carefully, layer by layer, my things are packed. Clothing, cosmetics, swimwear, food and accessories. Every item is carefully categorized so it can be placed in the perfect location. Things get bagged, drawered and boxed, and finally you can see the method in the madness as every piece finds its spot.
Every year
I take along a pair of scissors so I can open my boxes, but I always end up accidentally sealing it in a box.
I shop, label and pack, and label, pack and shop (in no particular order). I carefully apply stickers with my name and phone number to every pair of tights, bottle of moisturizer, and mosquito repellant tube, even though I know that half of them will be lost by the second week. Final odds and ends are added to every box before they’re tightly sealed with countless layers of tape, so impenetrable that I fear I won’t be able to open them when it’s time to unpack.
All that tape will protect my carefully layered, Tetris-style crammed nosh box from spilling its contents somewhere along the way to camp.
In addition to all of the work of shopping, schlepping and taping,
So much excitement coming my way, so many emotions and thoughts swirling around me. I’m anxious about my bunk, my counselors, and everything else that camp includes. Yet at the same time I am so excited, and I can’t wait for the bus to roll up in front of camp.
Summer 2024, here I come!
Here are three samples to get your creative juices flowing.
Samples by Brachala Klein
Now let’s see what YOU can come up with!
CAN NOBODY DO THEIR JOB WELL? IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET PEOPLE TO DO A GOOD JOB THESE DAYS!
DESTROY? HOW?
QUICK! CATCH THE CHILDREN AND GRAB THE DYNAMITE WIRE!
PLANNING A MALICIOUS PLOT, GETTING RID OF MY BROTHER; WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO?
COME ON! RUN! THEY’LL SOON DISAPPEAR INSIDE THE CITY!
HEY! THE TRAIN IS MOVING! GET BACK HERE!
LOUDER! I DON’T THINK THEY HEARD US.
RECAP: MISHA REVEALS TO JOSE THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR FAMILY HISTORY. HE ASKS FOR JOSE’S HELP IN RESCUING HIS FATHER AND ASAI. JOSE TELLS MISHA ABOUT PEDRO’S PLOT TO BLOW UP THE MINE AND ESCAPE WITH THE GOLD.
WE HEARD YOU. YOU’VE REACHED A DEAD-END, KIDDOS.
I HOPE I ACTIVATED THE TRAP IN TIME.
GIVE IT UP NOW! RETURN THE WIRE TO JUAN!
HEY! ON THE GROUND!
BACK AT THE TRAIN: PEDRO, DRIVEN BY GREED, RACES RESOLUTELY AFTER MISHA, WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS ROUTE...
PERFECT. LUCKILY FOR THEM, WE REPLACED THE STONE BALL WITH LEATHER AND SAND, SO THEY’RE ONLY UNCONSCIOUS.
HE’S BEEN RUNNING AFTER ME FOR TWO HOURS.
HOW IS HE NOT EXHAUSTED? WHAT A POWERFUL LUST FOR GOLD.
I HAVE TO SPEED UP. RIBBONO SHEL OLAM, HELP ME!
TO BE CONTINUED...
SHEVY HOLLANDER
SWAT teams, those specially trained law enforcement units, stands for Special Weapons and Tactics teams.
WHERE MAPLE TREES RULED
Maple Avenue was originally called Monsey Road, and was later renamed Maple Avenue for the towering maple trees that lined it on either side.
SETTING COMMON MISTAKES STRAIGHT
For some reason, Napoleon went down in history as someone small in stature and fiery in temperament. While the latter was probably true, according to historians who have delved into the matter and studied descriptions of his death certificate and paintings, Napoleon was between 5’6” and 5’7” at a time where the average Frenchman stood between 5’2 and 5’6. However, cartoons his enemies drew of him left the world with the impression that the emperor was short.
Use the following letters to list 5 words, each using 7 letters and up. Only the center letter must be used, and letters can be repeated. Bonus points for pangrams (words that use all seven letters).
I C P M T O L
Name a common English phrase for each item on the list that includes a word associated with this week’s theme. Theme: Numbers
Example: Figure it out — put two and two together
1. Really excited
2. An easy find
3. At the very last minute
4. So many!
5. When there’s no progress
6. A real dame is this
7. A lose-lose situation
8. Superfluous
9. Equally good and bad
10. Basics of education
WORDS YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT SAY THINGS IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
Earwig as a verb is to annoy someone by whispering into their ear. Talk about grating!
In British English, earwig is often used as a synonym for eavesdrop, but not so on U.S. shores.
SAY IT WITH A TWIST
FRED SPREAD BREAD AND FED TED THE BREAD.
Until 1835, the English alphabet contained 27 letters. Following Z was the ampersand (&). In the current alphabet, 23 of the 26 letters are from Old English, and the letters J, U and W were added later.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED THAT JUNE 2024 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD GLOBALLY. WE’RE NOT VERY SURPRISED, ARE WE? RECORDED!
IS SO FRAGILE THAT WHEN YOU SAY ITS NAME YOU BREAK IT?
Silence
We welcome town trivia, historical facts and photos, and Torah-themed riddle submissions. We’d also love to hear if you have additional answers to our puzzles! Email comments@themonseyview.com to add your very own bits of wits.
Please include your name and contact information.
1. Gather round the table to play a family game of Boggle, using this Boggle board.
2. Once you have a winner, fill out the form below in its entirety
3. Email the form to comments@ themonseyview.com or fax to 845600-8483 by Sunday at midnight.
4. Two winners will be drawn each week, each of whom will win a pastrami sandwich and a can of soda!
Find words on the board containing four letters or more. Letters of a word must be connected in a chain (each letter should be adjacent to the next either vertically, horizontally or diagonally), and each letter can only be used once in a given word.
The following are not allowed in Boggle: Adding “s” to a word • Proper nouns • Abbreviations • Contractions • Acronyms
POINTS
4-letter words: 2 points | 5-letter words: 3 points | 6-letter words: 5 points | 7-letter words: 7 points | 8-letter words: 9 points | 9+ letters: 12 points
HINT
G L A H C N W R I A
D P E T O R A A P S
M L H K Y
Each Boggle board hides a word of nine letters or more! Family name:
Full mailing address:
Full name of winner:
Amount of points:
Full names of competing players:
List some words only the winner found:
FAMILY
FAMILY
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Loan Processor (Entry Level)
$23-$25/Hourly Monsey/ Linden-Remote
Email: Peri@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com
Sr Account Executive (insurance)
$90k-$100k New City
Email: Hindy@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com
office Position At Kitchen
Design
$60k-$100k Monsey
Medicaid Specialist
$65k-$70k BOE Remote
Bookkeeper
$65k+ Yonkers
Intake Specialist (Healthcare)
$50k-$70k Suffern
Office Assistant (Healthcare)
$40k Suffern
Sales Lady (Retail)
$25/Hourly Monsey
Email Rutie@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com
Operations Manager (E-Commerce)
$100k-$130k Monsey
Bookkeeper P/T
$35-$45/Hourly Monsey
Email: Moshe@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com
An E-commerce distribution company with vendor accounts with most major USA retailers, is looking for an individual or agency with experience selling to major retailers, to utilize their account and the opportunities. please email pharo@pharodeals.com
is seeking Junior High English Teacher, ELA/ Math Remedial Teachers, Permanent Substitutes, Co-teachers and Teachers Assistants for the ‘24’25 school year. Join our supportive, warm environment and help our students thrive! Please send resume to Hr@basmikroh. org
Local Home organizing store is seeking a saleslady with a passion for Home organizing. Must speak Yiddish. Hours: MondayThursday 2:30-6:30 and Sunday 12-6:45. Call 845-459-3950 lv msg
Construction office looking to hire a full-time secretary and project manager. Preferable knowledge of QuickBooks. Please email your resume to officejobs4832@gmail.com
Local spring valley office seeking professional, motivated and detail oriented full time secretary. Must have familiarity in quickbooks & excel. Very pleasant & heimishe atmosphere. Please email resume to hiringnow259@gmail.Com
Looking for a dynamic and rewarding job? Join our team as a Full-Time Service Coordinator where you will coordinate personalized care for those in need. A friendly and supportive work environment, competitive pay, and benefits package. New graduates welcome! Send your resume to: hiring@hamaspikcare.org
ABA Riders is looking to hire a BCBA. Well-paid, flexible hours. Contact Rikki 347930-9736/info@abariders. com.
Cheder in Monsey is looking for experienced 5th Grade English Teacher (male). *Supportive Environment *Excellent discipline program in place *Detailed and easy to follow curriculum *Curriculum coaching and prep help provided *Competitive Pay. For more information or to apply please call: 718-4502538
F/T POSITIONS
Heimishe office in Monsey looking to hire for multiple full-time positions. Please email resume: cs@ affordabledws.com
VOLUNTEER
An Organization is seeking a coordinator as a volunteer to take calls and make arrangements. Feeling too elderly and music is a plus. Info@lesameach.org or call 929-430-4047
OFFICE POSITION
Local P&C Insurance office looking for F/T or P/T secretary. Experience a plus. Please email resume: insoffice10952@gmail.com
WE’RE HIRING!
Upscale jewelry store in monsey is looking to hire a part time energetic sales lady. Sunday’s included. Please email resume: jewelrypersonal@gmail.Com
SALES
Seeking a Sales Female for Furniture Showroom. Salary Plus Commission. Sunday - Thursday 11:00am to 6:00pm. Send resumes to: Hershell@ChurchillLiving. com
F/T POSITIONS
Many great full-time positions available send in your resume Leah@ hireexteam.com
TEACHERS WANTED
Local girls’ school known for its warm environment and commitment to every student looking to hire techers and assistants. Please email resume to 1jobs5785@gmail. com
Now hiring Classroom Support Teachers/ Assistants for the upcoming school year .ה”פשת To apply, call 845352-5000 Ext 1147 or email info@bethrochel.org for an application.
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GET TALENT?
Channel it and let the Summer bring you extra cash. You will absolutely enjoy it and feel fulfilled. To hear about this wonderful business and how it works call this Business presentation 605-313-4101 access# 6036621# Then 1# Done hearing? Inspiring huh? Call 845-274-2591 to get you started! Hatzlacha!
Monsey, NY - non-profit company seeking experienced Bookkeeper (2+ yrs).
Responsibilities include Accounts Payable, Bank reconciliations, preparing reports for accountant, P&L reports, tracking donations from donors advise funds etc. Familiarity with non-profit accounting principles, QuickBooks, Word, Excel required. Salesforce experience a plus. 70k+.
BOOKKEEPER ASSISTANT
Monsey, NY - Female office, basic QuickBooks knowledge, Monday thru Thursday, 9am-5pm, $25 - $30/hr. Monsey
What?
•• One account managing position - minimum 1-2 years of QB experience required
•• One entry level bookkeeping position - no experience required
ARE YOU SELF-MOTIVATED, HARDWORKING, AND DILIGENT?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FULFILLING OFFICE/BOOKKEEPING JOB?
JOIN THE HORIZON GROUP!
Located on Melnick Dr. in Monsey. Heimishe, geshmake environment.
Optional: start now and work the first few weeks/months part time.
Apply today and start working in June, July, August or September.
Ensure your spot on our team by sending your resume to hr@horizongroup.us and start working when you are ready.
Where?
• In a heimishe ehrliche women’s office
• On Melnick Drive
Who?
People who are:
• Responsible and consistent
• Self-motivating
• Growth oriented
What else?
• Competitive pay
• Bonuses
• Paid vacation
• Friendly geshmake environment
investor communication, 225k+, Monsey
• CFO, Established importer/manufacturer company, CPA and accounting experience required, 200k+, Patterson NJ
• SQL Server Database Administrator, 160k+, 5+ years related experience, Monsey/ Newark
• Real Estate Asset Manager, 3+ yrs. experience required, construction experience a plus, travel required, 150k, Monsey
• Office Operations Manager, female office, full-time position, 3+ yrs. experience, 150k, Monroe
• Buyer, Private Label, 3+ yrs. experience, 120k – 150k, Monsey
• Hands-On Sales Manager, manage sales team, travel to NYC required, 2+ yrs. experience, office based in Monsey, salary based on experience.
• Experienced Warehouse Manager, 5+ years relevant experience, 150k, near Monsey
• Clinical Director, Clinical experience in mental health required. Supervise, recruit and support clinicians and DSS’s. LMSW/ LCSW credentials, 150k, Monsey
• Full Stack Developer, produce scale-able software solutions, healthcare industry, 3 days in Bronx, 2 days remote, 130k
• Project Manager - LED Lighting Contractor, strong electrical background, handy, act as owner’s rep, 130k+, Monsey
• HR Director, 2+ years HR experience required, 130k+, Monsey
• Procurement Manager, 3+ yrs. experience with indirect procurement, 130k+, Newark, NJ
• Director of Operations, 2+ yrs. operations, finance and management experience, 125k+, Monsey
• IT Level 2, 110k + full benefits package, Newark, NJ
• Project Manager PMO, oversee execution of large scale, cross-functional projects from inception to completion, analytical skills, knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, 110k, Newark, NJ
• Product Owner/Project Manager - Tech Department, Agile Project Management experience, tech background, 100k + full benefits, 100k, Monsey
• Project Manager, Electrical and construction project management experience required, excellent communication skills, coordinate with clients, suppliers, and stakeholders, travel required, 100k+, based in Monsey
• Hands-on Mechanic, Programmable Logic Controllers a plus, 100k+ w/ full benefits, Bayonne NJ
• Payroll Administrator, 2+ yrs. experience, 100k + full benefits, Monsey
• Talent acquisition Specialist, full-time position, 2+ yrs. experience, 75k+, Monsey
• Office Manager - female office, excellent communication skills, multi-task, operate independently, show initiative, relevant experience required, 85k+, Monsey
• Tile Store - Customer Service, Sunday thru Friday, 75k, Monsey
• Operations/Office Manager, Real Estate services company, hands-on backend and front-office operations, prior relevant office experience required, 75k+, Monsey
• Retail Store Manager, Prior relevant management experience required, 75k, Monsey
• Bookkeeper/ Office Admin, Full-time position, Rent Manager experience preferred, 70k+, Monsey
• Full-time Bookkeeper for non-profit organization, 2+ yrs. experience, 70k+, Monsey
• Paralegal, full-time position, 70k+, Monsey
• Junior Accountant/Bookkeeper, 70k, Monsey
• Insurance Underwriter, female office, collect data from clients, approach carriers to shop out best policy quotes, 70k+, Monsey
• Full-time Case Liaison Manager, female office, 2+ yrs. experience, 65k, Monsey
• Office Manager, job scheduling, customer service, AR/AP, 9:30am – 3:30pm, 60k, Monsey
• Customer Service/Scheduling/Inside Sales position, male office, 52k, Monsey
• Assistant Warehouse Manager, 50k, Edison NJ
• Field RN, 1 year of RN experience and be willing to do home visits in the Bronx 3 days a week, the rest of the time in Monsey, $50 - $60/hr.
• Marketing Coordinator, lead design and marketing initiatives, including graphics, emails, social media, and trade shows. Inoffice position, $40/hr. Monsey
• Part-time Bookkeeper, real estate acquisition/ management company, $35/ hr. Monsey
• Junior Accountant/Bookkeeper, Bookkeeping, tax preparation and other accounting related tasks, $35/hr. Monsey
• QA Coordinator, Female office, Part-timeFriday required, Excellent reading/ writing skills required. $30/hr. Monsey
• Full-time secretary/front-desk receptionist/ customer service positions available. $25$30/hr. Monsey
• Admin Assistant, multi-task, tech-savvy, excellent phone/ communication skills. Part-time or Full-time, $30/hr., Monsey
• AP Rep, AR Liaison, Payroll Rep positions. $25 - $35/hr., Monsey
• Service Coordinator, entry level, excellent phone/ communication skills, no experience needed, full-time position, $25/ hr. Monsey
• Bookkeeper assistant, female office, basic QuickBooks knowledge, Monday thru Thursday, 9am-5pm, $25 - $30/hr. Monsey
TEACHERS ASSISTANT
Seeking teachers assistant for School year 2024-25 for special needs children. Hours are 9:30-3 M-T 9:30-12 F. Positive work environment, should have interpersonal skills.Needs to love working with children. Please call:845-885-kids/5437( option 2)
LICENSED CLINICIANS
Seeking clinicians licensed as LMSW, LCSW, LMHC for Intake Evaluations, Treatment Planning, Supervision, and Individual Therapy. Email resume to recruiting@elevateny.org
F/T POSITION
Accounting firm is seeking to hire a full-time female employee. Graduates welcome! Experience is a plus. Please email your resume to CPAjobMonsey@ gmail.com
NEW HIRE!
Seeking to hire a full time female secretary for a customer service position, Great pay awaits the perfect candidate. Apply Now Deals@371wheels.com.
COORDINATOR NEEDED
Are you proactive and dynamic? Are you looking for a stimulating and rewarding job? Local agency in Monsey is looking to hire a care manager to facilitate services for elderly that are on nursing home level care. BA or equivalent required. Flexible PT/FT hours. Paid holiday and vacation. Forward your resume to jobopening142@gmail.com.
Behavioral Health program seeking intake admin to manage onboarding and enrollment, and guide clients through program details and initial process. Email resume recruiting@elevateny.org
MAKEUP ARTIST
Located in Spring Valley. For rates and bookings please text 772-261-0977
ARROWSMITH
Is your child still in the same place after all that tutoring?Join Arrowsmith, a research based program that strengthens the brain and eliminates learning disabilities. Call Mrs Feuer 914-260-6449
SAPE GOWN GEMACH
Mechteniste & Teenage girls Gown Gemach. Prices Renting for as low as $50. Open Sunday & Wednesday 12-3. 1 Lemberg Monroe 845662-4149
EXPERIENCED TUTOR
An experienced tutor available to tutor your elementary daughter Kriah, Reading & Math. Please call 845-659-9357 lv msg
CUSTOM PHOTO ALBUMS
We specialize in custom Photo Albums, Chosson, Wedding, etc. Also professional Photo Editing, many years of experience. Special rate for photographers. Call: 347.563.5153
NEW WEBSITE?
Get your Beautiful, Fast, SEO-Friendly Website done in 14 days, guaranteed. Email efraim@rapidquill.com
AYIN HORAH
The renowned Rebetzin Aidel Miller from Yerushalayim will remove Ayin Horah over the phone. Call till 5:00 PM: 718.689.1902 or 516.300.1490
FEMALE LIFEGUARD
Certified, female lifeguard available for the summer. Call or text 845-608-0294
SOURDOUGH CLASS
Learn to make your own sourdough from scratch! 2hr class. All supplies included. 249$ call or text 845-517-9356
WIRELESS WIFI RENTAL
Short or Long Term, for just $25 per week! 718-435-1923
REGISTERED DIETITIAN - NUTRITIONIST
Struggling with your relationship with food? Desperate to feel good about yourself? Wanting to improve your health? Miriam Shurpin, MS, RD, CDN Registered Dietitian Nutritionist 347-480-1670 rd@miriamshurpin.com
In-person and Telehealth Consultations
TULIP & TWINE
Fresh handcrafted flower arrangements for any budget. Engagements, Bar Mitzvah, Weddings + events. 845-4028863 call/Whatsapp www. tuliptwine.com
TREAT YOURSELF!
Cranial Sacral Techniques can help you ה”יא be the best YOU! Treating children and adults. reasonable rates 8452069534 leave message
DEAD SEA CREAM
BS”D Powerful treatment from the source for knees, shoulders, back, arthritis, fibromyalgia. Dead Sea/Essential oil creams, Yiddishe innovation. English/ Yiddish 1(516)259-3169 (Israeli hours).
MUSIC LESSONS
Professional music lessons by Mr. Wertzberger now for just $10 per week. Limited time special! 718-435-1923
PETTICOATS FOR RENT!
Complete your look! Adult & kids petticoats for rent, Beautiful floral wreath & crown headpieces for rent, Adorable kids jewelry, and more! Call 845-5020153 leave msg or 845746-7248
MASSAGE THERAPY
In The Comfort of Home- *Swedish *Deep Tissue *Lymph *Craniosacral Therapy Call Sarah: 845596-1373
WHOLESALE FISH
Buy by the case & save. Baby & Regular Salmon. Hashgucha Volove Rav. Free delivery to your home. Call Eli: 917.680.4375
EARPIERCING
12 years experience. Wide selection. Call/text: 845-5387986
GOOGLE SHEETS!
We setup Automated Google Sheets! Effortless data tracking. Everything at your fingertips. Fully Customizable. Call or Text (845)-418-2530 or 418sheets@ gmail.com
Professional piano lessons for your daughter or yourself by Mrs. Gruner. Maple area. 845-459-7240. ן
email: fmessays@gmail.com call: 845-499-8304
AMAZON SHEITEL
$160. Cut included. Blimy Gelb 845-502-5360
GIFT IN A BALLOON!
Bring your own gift and have it stuffed for any occasion! Camp packages, birthdays, anniversaries, Chosson Kallah, Bas Mitzvah etc. $25. Call 646-941-4056
GLOWING SKIN WORKSHOP
A fun and informative workshop teaching woman how to take care of their skin in a daily routine for beautiful glowing skin! TUE 16th JULY, 11 AM. 667-7701687 Access code 908638 for more info 845-637-6746
LIFE COACH
Ready to move forward in life, but feel stuck? Give yourself the support you need by calling Miriam Baer at 845 270-4402 and let’s work together!
Capture your family’s summer memories with pixie studio photography. Affordable rates. call or text today! 845-323-7825
BEAUTIFUL POOL
Large heated pool in New City. Private bathroom and changing rooms. $65 hr weekdays. $75 hr Fridays and Sundays. 845 538 6411
HEATED POOL
Gorgeous heated pool available for rent in the Chestnut Ridge area, near The Children’s Park. $70/ hour for single bookings and $65/hour for steady bookings. Please text 8453760721
HEATED POOL
Enjoy a beautiful, large heated pool in Montebello for just $100 an hour. Call 347-9711102 now to book your spot.
GARTLECH
we fix knitted & crochet
Gartlech & make beautiful professional fringes. We also teach how to knit & crochet. call: 917-414-3281
COMPUTER COURSE
Basic computer course for girls. Private one on one lessons. Call or Text 8452629629
MASSAGE THERAPY
Massage Therapy By Yossi. We will bring the massage to you. Call or text 347-722-0068
NOSH EZ
Trip tomorrow? Get it today! Get your trip nosh delivered to your door. Call by 6:30pm for same day delivery 845377-3434
OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Beautiful summer photo
shoots By Shifra Jacobowitz. Call/text for samples or appointment 845-540-1078
PRIVATE POOL
Private: heated pool, hot tub, zip line, trampoline, drinks, etc. call or text 845-664-5521
NEW! NEW! NEW!
Looking for a nice private place for a Beshow? A few locations available in the Monsey area. No charge. Call 845-426-5484 or 845-7467251
INSPIRE OTHERS!
Do you have a shidduch story? Share it with us, and inspire many in shidduchim. email singlesinspire@gmail. com
MAGNIFICENT GOWN
Gorgeous light colored gown for sale. Size 4-6. 8455385693
IVORY GOWN
Beautiful ivory gown for rent size 2-4. Call or text 845-5969933
SISTER OF BRIDE
Beautiful, European
Designed Gowns are now for sale! White and light blue, Girls sizes: 20,18,12,10,6. Call 845-587-2195 email shapeup321@gmail.com
OFF WHITE LACE GOWN
Beautiful off white lace gown for rent for married sister of bride size 2. Call 845-7467248
GOWN FOR SALE
Magnificent mechteniste gown for sale. Soft pink/ peach size 4. Please call 845425-2833
IVORY GOWN
Beautiful ivory gown for rent size Small/Medium. Text 845-826-2185
GOWNS
Sister of bride gowns for sale 8455026491
GOWN FOR SALE
Beautiful white gown for married sister of bride, for sale. Size 2-4 845-200-4326
WHITE MATERNITY GOWN
White maternity gown size large to sell for great price call 7183098716
WHITE GOWN
Looking to sell a size 2-4 white gown for sister of the bride, please call 347 628 9586
CHILDRENS WHITE GOWNS
2 white gowns to rent or sell childrens size 4 & 6 call 7189388597
WHITE TEEN GOWN
High end teens white gown worn once for sale or rent. Pictures available. 8456249563.
The Daily Return: Call/ text: 845-538-0193, Email: monseydailyreturn@gmail. com
Bracelet Shabbos P’ Tzav 718541-3362 lv msg
Headband williamsburg pediatric waiting room 7/3 845-213-0257
Go cab taxi chase visa card 845-659-8499
F/T OFFICE POSITION
Construction office in Spring Valley is seeking to hire a fulltime office position. Should be hard working with good English, detail oriented and responsible. Responsibilities include customer communication, billing, and more. Email resume officesvjob@gmail.com
4 ROOM APT
Becoming available September time. Oak Glen area. Please call 845-6596659
FOR RENT
Herrick Ave Very nice 3 bedroom apt, walk in, 1.5 baths. Also, office for rent on Maple Leaf Road. Call 845425-8873
BABYSITTER/ TODDLER GROUP
Open in Remsen area. Ages 1-3. Drop ins welcome. Call 845-925-1335
HELP WANTED
Looking for a cabinet maker with a minimum of 3 years of experience.Call 845-3236780
Safety Day
Upstate Produce
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I have difficulty understanding verbal instructions, causing my daily life to be overwhelming. Sounds often feel jumbled and I have a hard time distinguishing between different sounds, tones, and voices. I often miss important information in conversations and instructions.
My OT at On The Ball has used a combination of techniques including Visual and Auditory Processing Protocols which have given me the skills to better understand and respond to typical stimulation.
