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What can I expect to gain from the Hineini L’Doros crash course?

You will Iy”H gain clarity in understanding the approach of daas Torah on the topic of technology, both hashkafically and practically. You will also gain tools to communicate these concepts to your children.

Why is it necessary to meet in-person and not over the phone? (We’re all so busy…)

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I have very limited / no tech use; is this class for me?

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IN LOVING MEMORY

(Re: Leah’s Corner, Issue 476)

Thank you for your great publication each week. I know it sounds cliche, but it’s my weekly Wednesday treat.

I still miss Leah Stern, a”h, and her recipes, and I was delighted to see your new column! Thank you for providing us with recipes that are hearty, heimish and call for ingredients that I already have in my house.

Looking forward to more,

THE EXERCISE SHORTCUT

(Re: The Exercise Challenge, Issue 476)

The exercise challenge gave me a good laugh. The women so vividly described the reality of our day-to-day lives — how we literally cannot spare 30 minutes a day, even if we really want to.

I did want to share, though, that high-intensity exercise (for example, jacks or squats) for a short period of time is equivalent or even more effective than traditional exercise. So that’s a great shortcut for the very busy woman!

I recently read about a great workout that’s easy to do at home as it doesn’t require anything other than a floor, wall and chair and takes up to seven minutes to complete. I feel amazing since I started doing it, and it has impacted my fitness level tremendously. Do each of the following steps for 30 seconds: jumping jacks, wall sits, squats, pushups, crunches, planks, lunges, jogging, triceps, step on/off chair, side planks, side push-ups.

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SERIAL THRILLER

(Re: Give or Take, Issue 476)

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Thank you so much for an amazing magazine that is full of interesting, educational and enjoyable material. I was so excited to see that Chanie Spira is writing another serial, and I’m following it obsessively. I love her ability to bring characters to life, and I’m even finding myself somewhere in the story.

Thanks again for such a great read!

RAINIEST DAY

(Re: Bits of Wits, Issue 476)

After reading in Bits of Wits that September 29, 2023, was the rainiest day ever recorded in New York, I was curious enough to check the calendar. It was interesting to see that it was Erev Sukkos, and indeed, it was so rainy and windy, I think many of us won’t forget it too fast.

Liba Menken

GARDEN GUIDANCE

(Re: Adventures in Herb Growing, Issue 476)

To the amazing team at The Monsey View: Your magazine never fails. Each week I can find something inspiring, informative, and interactive, as well as intelligent and entertaining! I’m sure it takes a lot of time and commitment on your part to produce such a quality product. May Hashem continue to bless your endeavors with much success.

The article on DIY home herb gardening was very engaging, and I would like to get more specific instructions on the aerogarden. I tried it in the past and it was a failure. Can you give me exact instructions on what to do with the LECA balls and how to implement the process at home?

Lastly, it was heartwarming to see recipes by Leah Stern, a”h. It would be wonderful if you could add something each week about what a great person she was.

CG HOFFMAN RESPONDS:

Plants are live things, and they can have their moods. Sometimes a plant just won’t be successful, regardless of how lovingly you take care of it!

One of the issues you have to particularly look out for is root rot. Healthy roots should have a beigeish/light brown color. If your roots are dark brown and slimy, that means root rot has set in. You can still salvage your plant by removing the slimy ones, replacing your water/nutrient solution, and hoping for the best.

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Planting in LECA balls and hydroponic solution makes use of the Kratky system. The key to this method is leaving a pocket of air between the top of your liquid and the bottom of your plant. This ensures that your roots obtain oxygen, which they need to grow. I find that I’ve had mixed success with the Kratky method. It’s great for basil and mint; other herbs can be more difficult to get going. A great idea is to constantly make cuttings from your mature plants and root them in water. That way, you always have a backup plant if one dies.

EGGCELLENT ANSWER

(Re: An Eggcellent Question, Inbox, Issue 475)

Thanks for a great magazine.

I have been following the back-and-forth on egg whites, and now I’m writing to clarify: Does the club soda cake need the yolks?

Confused Cook

(Re: An Eggcellent Question, Inbox, Issue 475)

I just saw the question the reader had regarding the recipes using only egg whites, where she asked for ideas on how to use the yolks. I went back to check, and none of the recipes omit the yolks. They’re not mentioned specifically, but I assume they’re included when the recipe calls for the “wet ingredients” to be added.

As a bonus, I got inspired, and I am ready to start baking one of those mouthwatering-looking cakes!

Thanks,

STARTS WITH ALEF

(Re: Bits of Wits, Issue 475)

T.P.

You printed the following question in Tanach Teaser: Where in the Torah can you find five consecutive words that start with an alef ?

There are actually seven places in the Torah that have five consecutive words that start with an alef. But there are also two places in the Torah that have six consecutive words that start with an alef. They are:

Bereishis 42:21: Ish el achiv aval asheimim anachnu…

Shemos 3:6: Anochi Elokei avicha Elokei Avraham Elokei…

Thank you and hatzlacha, A Reader

MAKING IT WORK WHEN YOUR HUSBAND LEARNS

(Re: Making It Work When Your Husband Works, Inbox, Issue 472)

I’ve been following this exchange closely, and with all due respect to the growing necessity of a dual income in today’s financial climate, there is one piece missing from this discussion.

I would like to acknowledge the many selfless women and mothers in Klal Yisroel who work, not to supplement the family budget or to give expression to high-achieving

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aspects of their nature, but rather so their husbands can remain bein koslei beis midrash!

I know women who “make it work” and handle the morning routine, suppers and bedtime schedules single-handedly, squeezing in full-time work somewhere in between — without heavy involvement from their husband. They do it willingly, happy to promote more Torah in Klal Yisroel.

These women of valor deserve our public praise and acknowledgement. Hatzlachah veiter!

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I WAS THE ONE

(Re: Making It Work When Your Husband Works, Inbox, Issue 472)

I’ve been following the conversation about working mothers. A letter-writer wrote that the interviewees all had their husbands available take over and help. I wanted to write in earlier, but I was too busy running the show on my own to make the time for it. I am actually one of the interviewees, and my husband is not available to help me get out in the morning, nor is he available to pitch in in the afternoon, so... I’m with you in the struggle!

“Malky

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MESSAGE FROM TOWN OF RAMAPO

MICHAEL B. SPECHT

SUPERVISOR

As the shortened days of winter are here, I wanted to take a moment to discuss an issue that is vital to our community: road and pedestrian safety across the Town of Ramapo.

Over the past two years, we have invested significant resources to enhance our town’s road and safety infrastructure. We secured an $18 million bond to construct many miles of sidewalks, and this project is ongoing. Through advocacy with our government partners, we’ve seen tangible results. Congressman Mike Lawler successfully obtained $8 million in federal grants for sidewalks, with $3 million allocated specifically to the unincorporated areas of our town. Additionally, the County of Rockland has announced significant funds for sidewalks along our county roads. In recent years, the State of New York invested millions to construct sidewalks along Route 59, extending from Remsen to Spring Valley at the Atrium Plaza.

To further enhance safety, we have strategically installed crosswalks, turning lanes, traffic lights and stop signs at high-traffic intersections to reduce motor vehicle accidents. We have added over 1,500 new street lights, improving visibility for both drivers and pedestrians. Moreover, we are in the planning stages of widening certain roads and adding shoulders.

Beyond these permanent infrastructural improvements, my administration has implemented various initiatives to promote safety. We have distributed thousands of safety reflectors, increased police presence at high-risk locations, engaged with schools to discuss safety measures, and issued regular reminders to the public about road-sharing responsibilities through print and online media. Before the new school year, we hosted a safety workshop for school administrators and bus drivers.

Despite our efforts, MVAs still occur within our town, some with tragic outcomes. While no words can heal the pain of losing a loved one or enduring life-altering injuries, we remain committed to doing everything in our power to enhance safety. This means continuing our current initiatives and encouraging everyone — motorists, parents and educators—to stay vigilant and mindful of road dangers and to teach our children about road safety.

As we approach winter, I wish everyone a season of safety and wellbeing. If you have any concerns or issues that need my attention, please don’t hesitate to reach out via email at supervisor@ramapo.org. I will do my utmost to address them.

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When my wife discovered vacuuming in the dark, it was a game changer! I don’t know if other people do it, but now I’m convinced that it’s the only way to get a proper vacuum. I should mention that my vacuum has these little “headlights” in the front, and when that’s on and all lights are off, you can see every little piece of dust to vacuum. Oddly, I enjoy vacuuming my house now, and I feel like everyone should know of this hack. – A.W.

I put a little water with a drop of dishwashing soap in a washing cup and dip in a rag. I then use the rag to wash down everything, from kitchen counters and tables to mirrors and windows. Just make sure not to add too much dishwashing soap as it will leave streaks. – A Reader

I’ve found that bottle brushes don’t really get to all the spots in a soiled baby bottle. Here’s what really works: Rip off half of a full-sized paper towel sheet, stick it into the bottle, put in approximately two or three ounces of hot water, and close and shake vigorously for around five seconds while rotating a bit to get to all parts inside the bottle. Spill the water, and the bottle’s clean! – A Reader

Having a spray bottle with a solution of Mr. Clean and water handy is my lifesaver. It makes cleaning up way simpler. – A Reader

To avoid having to clean your oven too often, line it with oven liners (Amazon). They are 100% oven-safe, and after a while, you can simply remove and trash the liner. – B.G.

I own every size and shape scrub brush from the OXO brand. They are beyond useful for the randomest corners and save lots of time on cleaning; especially on those things I used to clean with q-tips and toothpicks. – A Reader

Cabinets under sinks tend to have a musty odor. Put a whole Dove bar soap with the box (open the side flaps) into the cabinet, and the soap will magically absorb the odor! I keep a bar soap in each under-sink cabinet all the time for odor prevention. – T.U.

The magic eraser removes crayon from surfaces with a simple wipe, no need to rub with Soft Scrub. – A Reader

Use alcohol pads to remove pen marks from walls, but be careful not to rub the area. A touch should be enough. – A Reader

I cut out the piece of my plastic tablecloth under the Shabbos licht to make it permissible to take the plastic off and dump it after the meal on Shabbos. I put that little piece of cut plastic on my countertop next to the stove on Erev Shabbos to keep the area clean. Right before the zman, I toss the plastic and have a clean counter without any hassle. – A Reader

Here are my two favorite vinegar-use kitchen hacks:

To clean your percolator from limestone buildup, fill it with vinegar about a quarter or a third full. Then add water until it reaches about halfway full. Boil for several minutes, and then let sit for a few hours. Empty and rinse. Here’s another one: To clean your microwave of grimy buildup, microwave a cup of vinegar mixed with water for about one minute. Then simply wipe clean using a wet rag. To make the room smell nice after all that vinegar, cut up a lemon and microwave it for a minute or so. It will spread a pleasant, lemony scent. – Sury B.

The secret to a forever-clean kitchen: Keep washcloths in the kitchen on the meat side, dairy side and a separate one for pareve. Whenever anything gets dirty, you’ll have a washcloth within reach. – A Reader

A simple idea for people who don’t have babies yet/anymore is to have baby wipes around. It’s great for a sticky fridge, toilet refresh, floor spill, on-the-go washcloth (kept in a sealed Ziploc bag in your pocketbook), and makeup remover. I keep a pack near the dryer for the lint that falls around and for detergent spills. I do constantly remind everyone to put wipes in the garbage, never in the toilet. – A Reader

When cleaning up a room, collect everything that doesn’t belong in that room and put it into a laundry basket. Then sweep and straighten the room. Afterwards, go around the house emptying the laundry basket and putting everything in its place. This keeps you focused on cleaning up each room without getting distracted by going around the house putting things away. – A Reader

The Scotch Brite yellow Dobie pad works great on black skirts or men’s suits. I buy this sponge specifically for clothing, and anytime I find a small something on a dress on my way out, I just make the sponge wet, rub gently, and I’m good to go. – A Reader

I have a spray bottle filled with water and a splash of Mr. Clean. Besides doing a great job cleaning just about everything, here are two great tips: Spray a light mist over the floor, and use a mop to wipe it up. You’ll have a beautifully mopped room in seconds!

Another hack: Spray all parts of the toilet. Use tissues or toilet paper to clean working from the outside in to give the seat a chance to soak. Throw all the used tissues into the toilet as you go and flush! A disinfected clean toilet with no trash or dirtied rags. – A Reader

When washing parquet floors, add a few drops of essential oil to the water. It makes my house smell amazing! Personally, I like Woolzies lemon and vanilla oils. – A Reader

I used to keep my shmattes in the laundry room. Every time I needed one, I had to go all the way to the back of my house to get one. I recently bought a nice little basket and some colorful shmattes to keep in the kitchen. Seems insignificant, but surprisingly, it’s a huge game-changer! – A Reader

Invest in a handheld vacuum for those little messes. – A Reader

A miracle mop with a dry cloth is my favorite household tool. I use it instead of a vacuum cleaner to catch the dust. Easier than a vacuum cleaner, and catches more dust than a broom. – A Reader

I set a five-minute timer on my phone each morning before I leave for work per room in my house. I spend exactly five minutes putting away clothing, making beds, spilling negel vasser, etc. When the timer rings, I move to the next room and repeat, regardless of where I’m up to in the first room. It gives my house a quick lift in no time, so when I return from work, I don’t feel that dull “uh-oh” of an unkempt house — and with my current morning schedule, I really do not have the time to clean up normally! Sometime in the middle of the week, I take ten minutes for each room, and that’s when I deal with piled up clutter and a quick sweep. – Y.L.

LAUNDRY

I have three boys close in age, and most of their clothing matches one another. Instead of assigning a closet shelf per kid, I have a pajama shelf that has three sets of each pajamas. Same goes with clothing; all the green shirts in a pile, and all the blue shirts in a pile. This way, I can just pull out a pile and can dress them in no time. – A Proud Boy Mom

I’ve learned to have a fan blowing on the wet hanging laundry so I can declutter my small apartment ASAP! – A Reader

Fridays used to be an overwhelming day until I stopped doing laundry on Fridays, even if it means having a full hamper over Shabbos. This completely transformed my Friday into a calm, easy day. – A Reader

I buy extra socks, underwear, tights and shells so that my laundry is on a two-week cycle. It makes my life so much easier. – Chana L.

I soak laundry overnight in my top loader machine and then let it drain and proceed to do a regular load the next morning. This avoids having to transfer the dripping wet stuff and rinsing the pail it soaked in. – Chana L.

Putting a load into the washing machine at night and setting it to go on in the morning has proven to be an amazing hack for me. This way, I can throw the load into the dryer before I go to work and fold it at night. – A Reader

Drying pleated skirts for a few minutes after washing reshapes the pleats instead of ironing. – A Reader

Hanging shirts straight from the dryer instead of ironing them saves tons of time. – A Reader

I don’t iron shirts or linen. I give them a tug when folding after they dry, and put them away neatly. – A Reader

Instead of folding each item that comes out of the laundry basket and putting it in the right pile, I divide the laundry basket by person. Then I either fold each pile, or put the pile of unfolded laundry on each child’s bed for them to fold and put away themselves. – A Reader

My friend gave me a tip that she got from the Brachsoni store on how to effectively wash white shirts. I use it for my entire white load, and most of the stains and sweat marks come out without needing to scrub! It saves tons of time, especially in the summer with all the white clothing. Put a half to one cup of Oxi powder and Cascade powder (yes, from the dishwasher) into the washing machine drum, put your regular detergent into the detergent drawer, and wash. – A Reader

Fold laundry while it’s still hot. – A Reader

I bought three hampers: One for colored, one for whites and one for towels. I empty and wash each one twice a week: colored on Sunday and Wednesday, whites on Monday and Thursday, and towels on Tuesday and Friday. My life has changed dramatically, and laundry is no longer an issue at all; it happens automatically. – A Reader

I’m a busy working mom, and at some point, I had to drop one of the balls I was juggling. I stopped folding my kids’ laundry. No, that doesn’t mean everything is a huge wreck. My kids’ drawers have neat bins for each item, e.g., undershirts, underwear, socks and pajamas. I just deposit the unfolded items into the bins, and no one knows the difference! I do fold shirts/pants, however. – P.L.

Add salt to a laundry load to prevent the color from running. – A Reader

I do all my laundry on Sunday: washing, drying, hanging and folding. No more doing laundry for the entire week! – A Reader

To get stains out of clothing, I apply Arm and Hammer detergent with color-safe bleach. I scrub it on the stain and then wash it. It works wonders. – A Reader

When we bought a new washer-dryer set two years ago, we opted for an extra-large model. Since then, my time spent on laundry has been greatly reduced. – A Reader

As a shanah rishonah housewife, the colors of our clothing used to run, although it was washed with cold water. That’s a thing of the past now, thanks to Shout Color Catchers for perfectly maintaining all of our clothing. I drop one into almost every load I wash. – L.M.

I sort clean laundry and leave unfolded piles in my kids’ rooms. When I put them to sleep at night, they like it when I spend some time with them, and I use those ten minutes to fold their laundry directly into their drawers as we schmooze. – Baily

Do something toward the laundry “cause” every single day, preferably in the morning. Never ever skip a day, even if it means you’ll wash an emptier load or you might wash linen earlier than expected. I found that it really helps avoid the dreaded pileup, and once it’s in your everyday routine, it’s so much less annoying, because you don’t have to think about it; just like you brush your teeth every day, you do laundry every day. – Sarah

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PARSHAS VAYISHLACH

For All Generations

Y. Levenstein

When Yaakov’s messengers returned and told him that Eisav was coming with 400 men, the pasuk says, “Vayira Yaakov me’od,” Yaakov was very frightened ( Bereishis 32:8).

Why was Yaakov so afraid of Eisav? He had a clear promise from Hakadosh Baruch Hu: “ V’hineh Anochi imach ushemarticha b’chol asher teilech…” I am with you, I will protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this Land, for I will not leave you…” (ibid. 28:15).

The Gemara ( Brachos 4a) says Yaakov was afraid that perhaps he had some sin that might cause Hashem not to protect him. What sin was Yaakov referring to? Yaakov himself testified that he had kept the entire Torah, as he said: “Im Lavan garti,” which Rashi interprets, “V’taryag mitzvos shamarti.”

Rav Yaakov M’Lisa, the Baal Hanesivos, writes in his sefer Nachalas Yaakov: In truth, Yaakov did not think he had done aveiros that would cause Hashem not to keep His promise. Rather, he knew that “maaseh avos siman l’banim.” Everything that happened to Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov was a siman for generations. He understood that the tzarah he now faced with Eisav was an indication that his descendants would suffer tzaros from Eisav’s children over the years in galus. Yaakov worried that perhaps later generations will sin and be undeserving of zechus avos. This was Yaakov’s fear; he was not afraid for himself, but for his children, the Bnei Yisroel. So, what did Yaakov do?

Rashi says he prepared three things — gifts, tefillah and war — as a siman for all generations to come. Whenever we face trouble with Eisav, these are the strategies we should follow, the three tools that have the power to abolish evil decrees.

Gifts: What greater gift than to give to a pauper? Tzedakah has the power to put an end to bad decrees.

WHEN THE great gaon, Rav Shlomo Adani, escaped Yemen, he arrived in Turkey. For a while, he took on a position as servant in the home of a wealthy local, Reb Yitzchak Farchi. In exchange for his work, Reb Yitzchak compensated him well, ensuring that all of his needs were met.

Rav Shlomo Adani was grateful, and wished to express his appreciation. He knew his wealthy master wasn’t a particularly learned talmid chacham, and he decided to write for him a special peirush explaining all of the Shishah Sidrei Mishnah to make it easier for him to learn. This is how his famous peirush, the Meleches Shlomo on Mishnayos, was born.

Reb Yitzchak Farchi had an exceptional ahavas Torah. He simply loved the Torah and those who learn it. At one point, his business went sour. Facing potential bankruptcy, Reb Yitzchak knew his entire fortune was at risk. The first thing he did was separate a sizable sum of gold coins and place them aside. In the event that he would lose all his money, he would be left with enough money to support the talmid chacham in his home for another two years.

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In the event that he would lose all his money, he would be left with enough money to support the talmid chacham

Hakadosh Baruch Hu saw his mesirus nefesh for tzedakah and for supporting Torah — to the point that when he was about to lose all his personal resources, he stretched himself for the sake of giving to others. And miraculously, he did not lose his money. In fact, he even ended up earning more than he originally had. Rav Chaim Falagi explained that it was this merit of tzedakah that helped him financially, and also earned him extraordinary arichas yamim

Tefillah: Our prayers can certainly combat evil decrees.

LIVING IN ARGENTINA several decades ago, Benjamin* received the dreaded draft notice. Every able citizen was required to report to the national army, and the draft was serious business. Evading the draft could lead to heavy penalties. After undergoing all necessary tests to determine whether a young man was eligible, the ultimate test was in the hands of the chief officer. Only he could decide to disqualify a candidate.

When Benjamin received his notice, his dread was twofold. He was required to report to the military base at 6 a.m. That was way too early for a frum Yid — netz hachamah was only at 8 o’clock. That placed Benjamin in a serious quandary. What should he do? On the one hand, he was determined to daven Shacharis on time, yet he knew that he could be punished severely for arriving late.

Benjamin thought hard, and he finally decided: Hashem runs the world. I am obligated only to Him. I will daven Shacharis on time, and I’ll also daven that no bad should befall me for arriving late to the base.

The morning of his draft appointment arrived. Benjamin began to daven at 7:30 a.m., so he would catch netz at eight. At 8:30 a.m., he finished davening. His father drove him as quickly as he could to the army base. Benjamin’s heart was pounding in fear.

As their car pulled up, Benjamin noticed a long, long line of young men standing outside the building. He discovered that there was an unexpected technical issue, which delayed the entire morning’s procedures. Benjamin stood at the end of the line. A short while later, the chief officer walked by. “It’s impossible to work this way!” he yelled. He assigned one soldier to the beginning of the line and another to the end. “Give everyone authorization to leave. Everyone is discharged!”

Years later, living today in Beit Shemesh, Benjamin reflects: “Had I not been stubborn about my davening, and would have arrived in time, I would have been stuck in the middle of the line for many hours, waiting for my discharge papers. But because I arrived last, I left first! And, who knows if it wasn’t my tefillah that caused this entire ‘technical problem’ in the first place?”

“Because I arrived last, I left first! And, who knows if it wasn’t my tefillah that caused this entire ‘technical problem’ in the first place?”

* * * * *

War: This refers to milchemes hayetzer. By fighting the yetzer hara, refusing to get drawn to his ways, and doing our avodas Hashem with cheshek, we can be mevatel bad gezeiros

THE DIVREI SHMUEL OF SLONIM was once riding a train with a group of his chassidim. At one stop, a Yid who was clearly irreligious hopped on. When the man noticed the Rebbe, he shriveled back in shame. He had been a talmid of the Rebbe when the Divrei Shmuel was the Rosh Yeshivah in town. That was before he was drawn to the clutches of the haskalah

The man was embarrassed to be seen bareheaded. But the moment of awkwardness flitted past just as quickly as it had arrived, and a sense of arrogance filled the man. As he passed the Rebbe, he called out, “Does the Rav remember me?”

The Divrei Shmuel replied in the affirmative. “Yes, how are you these days?”

“You know,” the man said, “since I left yeshivah, I grew very wealthy. Today, I’m worth a hundred thousand rubles!”

“Really?” exclaimed the Rebbe. “A hundred thousand rubles? How did that happen?”

A look of pride crossed the man’s face. “I made some successful business deals.”

The Rebbe continued to display apparent amazement. The man was sure the Rebbe simply wished to open his heart to donate generously to the yeshivah, and he decided to initiate.

“I’ll give a nice donation,” he said, “in honor of the Rebbe.”

But the Divrei Shmuel replied, “A donation? Impossible! I cannot accept money from a mechallel Shabbos!”

The man was surprised. He had not expected that response. The Rebbe turned to the wealthy man’s deflated face and said, “I don’t want a donation from you, but the lesson you taught me now, I will never ever forget.”

“Lesson? What lesson?” the man asked.

The Rebbe explained. “When you were learning in yeshivah, I noticed a decline in your learning, davening and general mitzvah observance. You were doing it all, but without cheshek. I told myself, ‘What might possibly come out of such a bachur ? What are his half-hearted tefillos worth? What is his lethargic learning worth?’ Today, I see that the yetzer hara was ready to pay a hundred thousand rubles to take you away from Yiddishkeit!

“If the yetzer hara is ready to pay so much for half-hearted mitzvos, how much greater is the value of mitzvos done with cheshek and kavanah. How great is the reward of one whose avodas Hashem is infused with meaning and enthusiasm!”

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This is where the break in your hectic morning takes place. Find out why Sander’s Bakery is often called “the best bakery in Monsey.”

THE MAKING OF A MORNING

If your stomach’s rumbling and you’ve got a busy day ahead at work, you know you need a solid breakfast to get you going. So when you drive down Route 59 on the way to work, you keep your eyes out for a sandwich stop.

On the corner of Main St. and 59, you see Sander’s Bakery’s inviting sign. Even better, there’s a convenient parking lot right there to leave your car. Bingo!

You walk into Sander’s and are greeted with the heavenly aromas of freshly baked goods. There’s a fully stocked sandwich bar behind the counter, and a fresh sandwich sounds like just what the doctor ordered.

“Good morning! What will you have in your sandwich?” the heimishe yungerman behind the counter asks you. The service is friendly, quick, and helpful, just what the heimishe staff at Sander’s is known for.

You place your order and watch your fresh sandwich being made on the spot.

SIT BACK, TAKE A BITE

Yum, your sandwich looks delish. It would be a pity to eat something so good in the car…

That’s where Sander’s Bakery’s beautiful new eating area comes to the rescue. It’s the perfect sit-down place for a cozy breakfast. Now you can wash and eat in peace, taking that breather in your hectic morning. You

CHAYA BEER

take your seat, enjoying the convenient, comfortable way to eat your breakfast, fresh from the sandwich bar.

A refreshed you pulls out of Sander’s Bakery parking lot and heads on to work, with sweet tastes and smells still lingering. For just $7.50, you’ve had the sandwich break you needed to start the day off well.

BEHIND THE BAKERY

Serving you a delicious breakfast with fabulous service is exactly what Sander’s Bakery is known for, and it’s exactly what Mr. Sander had in mind when he opened Sander’s Bakery in Monsey.

“What Monsey really needed was a standalone, full-service bakery, with fresh goods baked every day,” Mr. Sander explains. And Mr. Sander was the perfect person to fill that need, with years of experience bringing the best in bakery goods to delighted customers.

Sander’s Bakery in Williamsburg was founded in 1959 by Mr. Sander’s grandfather. For decades, it’s been a beloved Williamsburg icon. And when Mr. Sander came aboard to help run the family business, he brought the bakery to a new generation of fans, keeping old favorites while updating the bakery with the latest items.

Mr. Sander ran Sander’s Bakery in Williamsburg until 2018, when Monsey came calling. It was time for a new Sander’s Bakery branch, this time, to please Monsey’s palate.

Sander’s Bakery opened its Monsey location on Route 59 and Main Street in 2018, bringing the freshest baked goods to eager Monsey residents. Every morning, the Sander’s staff bakes fresh favorites at its facility on 11 S. Pascack Road. Today, you can also buy Sander’s goodies right at the facility, as a bake shop was added a year ago.

BEYOND THE BREAD

What can you find in a full-service bakery like Sander’s?

“We keep adding new items to the menu,” Mr. Sander says. If you’re in Sander’s for a meal, you can order hot soup, farina, and even fish options for a full breakfast or lunch. And of course, you can go for the basics like a sandwich, salad, or coffee.

Even if you’re just looking for bread or rolls, you’ll find

THE BEST OF THE BAKE

Want to find out which of Sander’s Bakery’s treats Monsey residents love most? Here are the top picks:

Napoleon Cake

If you visit Sander’s, you have to taste the Napoleon cake, those in the know declare. It’s the signature pastry that’s been winning Monsey over for the last six years, called “the best napoleon in the world.”

Spelt Goodies

Anyone who wants spelt goodies comes to Sander’s. With a full line of bread, cake, and pastries baked with spelt flour, you’ll never eat the same again with Sander’s. You’ll even find spelt donuts just in time for Chanukah.

Sourdough Delectables

The easiest way to get your sourdough is to buy from Sander’s Bakery. Customers love the small, medium and large sizes. Aside from the regular sourdough, customers also love the multigrain sourdough option.

many options. There’s the regular white bread, rolls, and bagels, as well as Sanders’ famous spelt line. A new low-carb option that Sanders’ introduced is made from flaxseed. It comes in a tasty bread and bagel, so you can have your sandwich while sticking to your diet. The flax bread and bagel are shehakol, as flax isn’t a grain.

In the pastries section, you’ll find ready packaged baked goods, all baked fresh that day. From traditional favorites like rainbow cake and rugelach to much-loved danishes and cinnamon horns, everyone finds something to please.

Sander’s makes sure to accommodate every type of customer on every diet, from sourdough challahs to a large sugar-free selection. When you walk into Sander’s, you won’t walk out hungry.

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PARTY PLANNING PLUS

When you’re planning an event or catering a small simcha, don’t forget to take care of the challah, rolls and pastries. Sander’s Bakery works with party planners and event caterers, handling the bakery side of things to perfection so you can concentrate on everything else. To reserve your bulk order, call 845-366-3100 or email orders@sandersbakery.com.

If morning is a great time of day to visit Sander’s, Friday has got to be the best time of the week for a Sander’s bakery trip.

Friday is when customers converge on Sander’s Bakery to pick their fresh challahs for Shabbos. There’s a whole array of challah to choose from:

Once you’ve finished picking your Shabbos challah, it’s time to pick a Shabbos treat. With Sander’s, the problem isn’t what to choose, the problem is that you just want to choose everything.

Whatever you do end up choosing will deliciously enhance your Shabbos enjoyment.

DIVE INTO DONUTS

Chanukah and donut season is the time of year that Sander’s shines. For a delectable donut that tastes just like homemade, Sander’s is your Chanukah stop.

What makes Sander’s donuts special?

“Many bakeries use a donut mix,” Mr. Sander explains, “but at Sander’s we make donuts just the same way you make it at home. That’s what gives it the real homemade taste.”

In the donuts section, you can choose from custard, jelly or sprinkle donuts, plus dairy donut options. A must-try is the donut with Sander’s signature napoleon cream, which combines the best of two delicious worlds.

There are regular donuts, and then there are Sander’s mini donuts, the elegant and pretty choice for Chanukah events and simchos. Customers love to put these out on a buffet for a Chanukah touch that’s classy and appreciated. At about a third of the size of regular donuts, you can have plenty of donuts for all your guests without buying dozens of full-size donuts.

SEE YOU AT THE BAKERY

Whenever you’re next in the area of Main Street and Route 59, stop by Sander’s and say hello. Enjoy your breakfast or lunch break in a cozy spot, treat yourself to donuts and pastries, or buy your Shabbos challahs and goodies.

“You can also find us in Monroe, inside Refresh Supermarket at 52 Bakertown Road, as well as inside Mountain Food Supermarket in Monticello during the summer,” Mr. Sander says. “Looking forward to serving you!”

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• In-house caterer - offering simcha packages

• Working with many party -planners

• Built-in colored lighting

No Childhood Left Behind

“Which four aleph beis do we find on a dreidel?” Morah reads aloud. Mendy carefully selects a card from the small hospital tray. “Nun, gimmel, hei, shin!” He beams ecstatically, waving his card like a trophy. Morah and Mendy share a triumphant smile.

Then, he drops his cards, grabs Morah’s hand, and looks at her pleadingly. “Morah, don’t leave yet. Stay a little longer.”

This is the third time today that Mendy interrupted their learning with these words.

He just doesn’t want this magical time with Morah to end. When Morah comes, he can forget about the medicine slowly dripping into his arm, the nurses bustling in and out, and the pain and nausea of treatment. For that short while, he is a regular kid, doing regular things – learning parsha, practicing aleph beis, and doing crafts.

He looks forward to it all day.

But while Morah would love to stay a little longer, she still has other children in other rooms and hospitals to visit today.

A Classroom Without Walls

A serious diagnosis in childhood changes everything. Overnight, a child’s world — once centered around school, friends, and family — shrinks to a hospital room, a bedroom, doctors and nurses. Whether confined to the hospital or their homes,

Kochavim’s Morahs-on-Wheels bring school to sick kids, keeping their young minds stimulated and their spirits up, and ensuring they remain on par with their peers.

Mrs. Weiss, a mother of a five-year-old patient, shares, “Morah-on-Wheels broke up the endless hospital days. When Morah Yitty came, Shaindy would come alive, enjoying the attention, parsha activities, books, and surprises that made their way out of the big bag. I am forever grateful to Yitty and her team!”

Morah Yitty Weinberger, our first Morah-on-Wheels, says, “It’s not just the mental stimulation – it’s something iPad games and videos cannot provide. It’s their identity, their Yiddishkeit. When kids are stuck in the hospital they’re surrounded by a foreign environment –nice doctors and caring nurses who know nothing about what makes Yiddishkeit alive and vibrant.

When we visit, we bring a slice of normalcy and Yiddishkeit into that environment. We turn their hospital rooms into classrooms. Not one of my students ever said no to learning parsha. Their neshamos crave learning and Yiddishkeit.“

The connection formed between child and teacher is so strong that when Chaim was finally cleared from treatment, while still thrilled, he said, “But… I still want to see my morahs.”

Giving childrenimmunocompromised the gift of childhood

Discharge from the hospital is always thrilling. But along with excitement comes a big now what. With a non-existent immune system and frequent appointments, school is not an option. What to do with a bright, bored, sick little kid?

Star Learning Center is a typical preschool structured around the realities of pediatric illness. The two central locations in Brooklyn and Monsey feature sterile, state-of-the-art classrooms, robust kodesh and chol curriculums, and continuous air purification systems.

Safe in our warm and cheerful environment, children enjoy a school experience where students of all , and share Lego

ebrated, not just as a regular milestone, but as a fervent prayer for many more to come. Where little warriors forget their aches and pain. Where they laugh and play and enjoy arts and crafts and silly songs.

Where little kids get to be just that.

Shmueli’s mother messaged us: Shmueli stood at the door wearing his briefcase all evening, sobbing, “I want to go to Morah Chani, I want to go to school.”

And nothing compares to the megawatt smile that lit up Rivky’s face as she spotted her friend sporting the very same medical equipment as she was. “Morah, Fraidy also has tubies!”

Zoom School

Home-and-hospital-bound students love joining their friends for daily classes on Zoom, where they daven together, see their favorite teachers, and even answer some of the parsha questions.

Our dedicated team ships out boxes weekly with all the supplies students need to follow along with classes on Zoom. Students are so proud to hang the crafts they made at their bedside or on their refrigerator.

“The crafts were wonderful, they really kept her busy while home. It was incredible for her to learn all about the weekly Parsha in such a simple and fun format!

Thank you to all those involved!”

— Star Learning Center parent

Family support:

Family life doesn’t stop when illness comes to visit. For parents juggling the impossible, Kochavim offers practical assistance on the home front, home volunteers, meals, and support so these unsung heroes don’t have to do it all alone.

For siblings whose lives have been upended, The Space is a place to unwind, do homework, and enjoy a hot meal with a listening ear nearby. Separate programs for all ages offer fun and friendship in a safe, supportive environment.

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Home away from home

Home is where your support system is.

Families who need to relocate for treatment get embraced by the extended Kochavim family. With apartment setup, childcare arrangements, paperwork, and

appointment support, we help families feel at home even when they can’t be there.

Our private peer support events connect out-of-state families with people who speak their language.

Right now, Kochavim is reaching out to you, our friends in the community. We need your help in order to continue – to reach more kids in the hospital. We want to spend more time with the kids we currently service so they are not anxiously dreading Morah’s departure.

Please show your support by donating generously to our upcoming Charidy campaign, scheduled for December 15 and 16.

Visit our website at www.charidy.com/kochavim to learn more and donate.

Kochavim Whiteboard Message Contest

Dear Kids,

Here’s your opportunity to put a smile on the face of a child in the hospital today!

Write a message of hope and cheer on any whiteboard you have around your house (or borrow one from a neighbor!).

Have someone take a picture of you holding your whiteboard with the message. If you don’t want your face in the picture, hold the whiteboard up so it covers your face.

Email the picture to our office at info@kochavimcare.org. Text it to 718-489-9599. Mail it to 5314 16th Avenue, #252, Brooklyn, NY 11204. Make sure to include your name, age, telephone number, and street address.

Our Morah on Wheels will show the kids in the hospital your messages, and they will choose two lucky winners! Look out for your entry in The View.

Each submission earns you a cool Kochavim whiteboard magnet! The lucky winners will receive a Kochavim Chanukah Party-in-a-Box!

Kochavim sends out hundreds of these boxes to families to spread the light and joy of Chanukah, despite illness.

Your family can help us make this happen by sponsoring a box for $100. Contact our office for more sponsorship opportunities. Get started now! Good luck!

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Report: East Ramapo Being Shortchanged by State Aid Formula

An official report on how New York State’s Foundation Aid Formula, which provides educational funding to school districts, has confirmed what many have been saying locally for years: East Ramapo isn’t getting its fair share from Albany.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government released its highly awaited 314-page report on December 2. Among its many findings, the report noted that counting only public school students creates difficulties in districts that have a high percentage of nonpublic school students. That problem is evident in East Ramapo where funding allocated based on public school enrollment leaves the district hard-pressed to come up with financial resources to cover mandated services for nonpublic students, who outnumber their public school peers by a ratio of 3:1.

The report also noted that the foundation aid formula favors school districts with high public school enrollment rates, which once again leaves East Ramapo at a disadvantage because of its unique demographics. The funding formula also fails to provide appropriate funding for English language learners in high-needs districts such as East Ramapo, according to the report.

Having been an outspoken advocate on the need to update the foundation aid to reflect current realities, Senator Bill Weber said that the report confirms that East Ramapo and similar districts are being shortchanged by the state.

More Points, for More Months, as NY Cracks Down on Dangerous Drivers

Significant changes have been made to the Department of Motor Vehicles’ point system, although exactly when those changes affect drivers remains somewhat of a mystery.

The DMV rolled out its new system at the beginning of November without any official announcement, and the agency has yet to update its website to reflect the changes. While points had previously remained on drivers’ records for eighteen months, the look-back period now extends a full two years.

Certain violations are also carrying more points than they had in the past. Leaving the scene of a crash now comes with a five-point penalty instead of the previous three, while passing a stopped school bus jumped from five points to eight. Other

“Our schools have always deserved a funding formula that is fair and transparent, one that acknowledges the unique challenges districts like East Ramapo face,” Weber told Rockland Daily.

Weber said that he hopes that the report is the first step in righting wrongs that have prevented children throughout Rockland County from having access to critical resources.

“This isn’t just about dollars and cents,” explained Weber. “It’s about doing what’s right for our children and their future.”

changes include eleven-point penalties — which result in immediate suspension of driving privileges — for alcohol and drug-related convictions as well as driving without a license.

Drivers can also expect to see increased fines to go along with the higher point structure.

According to a blog post by traffic attorney Michael Weiss, because the DMV Traffic Violations Bureau doesn’t have the software to accommodate the changes, the updates may not take effect until sometime in 2025. Attempts by Hershel Goldstein of the Monsey law offices of Zev Goldstein to go directly to

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“When you call the DMV and ask them when the new regulations will be going into effect, they say, ‘We don’t know,’” said Goldstein, who said that drivers should err on the side of caution and assume that the new system is already in place.

Investigative Report Hammers Cuomo for Covid Response

A 500-page report released on December 2 could prove devastating to Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral aspirations. The report finds that the former governor grossly mishandled the 2020 pandemic, compounding errors that undermined public health with multiple attempted coverups.

The report, which mentions Cuomo by name 203 times, was issued by the House Select Subcomittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. According to the New York Post, over 40 pages of the report are dedicated exclusively to New York’s pandemic response and Cuomo, who is categorized as having committed medical malpractice.

Despite Cuomo’s claims to the contrary when he testified before Congress, the report found that the former governor was directly involved in the decision to force nursing homes to accept Covid-positive patients. The report said that the policy was “antithetical to known science” and inconsistent with federal guidelines, and that Cuomo’s executive chamber was guilty of attempting to distance itself from the deadly directive.

of transparency, illegally withholding thousands of documents in an attempt to cover Cuomo’s botched handling of the pandemic.

Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi categorized the report as a witch hunt, carried out by MAGA Republicans. But panel chair Representative Brad Wenstrup disagreed, saying in the report’s opening letter that both Democrats and Republicans agreed on multiple topics, including that Cuomo “participated in medical malpractice and publicly covered up the total number of nursing home fatalities in New York.”

Millions Paid to Orangeburg Hotel for Migrants Who Never Arrived

A plan to house migrants in a Rockland County hotel didn’t just fail miserably; it also cost New York City an arm and a leg.

The City of New York paid $3.3 million to the Armoni Inn & Suites in Orangeburg over a period of eight months, in the hopes that the hotel could be used to shelter as many as 340 asylum seekers. Rockland was the first county selected by Mayor Eric Adams as an ideal location to offload the large number of new arrivals who were overwhelming New York City’s shelters.

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The explosive document also discussed a July 2020 report issued by New York State’s Department of Health that attempted to minimize the number of nursing home–related fatalities by undercounting the number of reported deaths. Cuomo was found to have edited the report in order to lower the fatality count, and may also be guilty of having given a false statement to a federal subcommittee, an offense that could result in a five-year prison sentence. New York’s Executive Chamber, currently led by Governor Kathy Hochul, was also cited for its repeated lack

While Adams succeeded in placing migrants at hotels in Rochester, Yonkers, Ardsley, White Plains, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie, as well as in Albany, Schenectady and Erie counties, the city announced last week that it will no longer be housing any asylum seekers upstate as of December 31. Attorneys for the city have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit previously filed by Rockland County on the migrant issue, saying that it is no longer relevant once the policy of housing asylum seekers outside the five boroughs is discontinued.

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Recap: Mira helps Roiza celebrate the vort from her hospital room. Sruly decides to visit his father.

At the last moment, Kaily decided that she wanted to be the one to see Sruly off, to help him with check-in and walk him to security. He was her baby, after all.

But who would stay with her mother? Perela was obviously anxious to leave, and her brothers worked during the day.

Could she ask Mira again?

“On condition we talk about the next Sisters event tonight,” Mira said as soon as she asked her.

“Can’t you do a favor lishma, ever?” Kaily complained. But of course, there was nothing she’d rather do than plan a Sisters OTG evening.

She and Sruly set off to the airport. After a quiet drive, they pulled up at Departures, and Kaily thoroughly regretted her spontaneous decision. Her stomach was in knots, and her hands felt weak. She waited for Sruly to remove his single piece of luggage from the trunk.

What had possessed her to come? Sruly hadn’t asked her to. She took a deep breath. Blue… breathe in blue. She tried, but the blue refused to be inhaled.

The smell in the airport was still the same. The enormity of the moment was still the same. Even the security guys at the revolving doors looked like the same towering guards of twenty years earlier.

She tried to stay grounded. “Lemme wheel the carry-on while you find the right line,” she told

Sruly. She focused on wheeling the carry-on through the polished, impersonal and enormous airport. She could do this.

“We can head straight to security,” Sruly said confidently. “We’re not checking anything in.”

They followed the arrows to the escalator and headed downstairs. They didn’t talk at all, and only the sound of the wheels rolling smoothly filled the silence between them.

When they arrived at security, Kaily stopped wheeling.

“Here, shaliach mitzah gelt,” she said, her mouth parched. She handed him a twenty dollar bill, and he half-hugged her.

She backed up as he joined the long line.

“I’ll be fine,” he said reassuringly, turning back to her. His eyes were searching, probably trying to figure out why she was so quiet.

The nausea came in waves. Her eyes stung, and she closed them.

She had been in JFK then, too. Hanging onto hope that was so tenuous, it was almost preposterous. But she was so desperate that even a tendril of hope was better than no hope.

Maybe all Naftali needed was this trip? To spend Pesach with his parents? Feel their love? And he’d snap out of this monstrous depression?

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She pushed Sruly in the Inglesina travel stroller with white little polka dots, Chaim and Gedalya holding on tightly to the handlebars. They were quiet — for now — taking in the sights, the smells, the sheer size of the airport.

Her hands ached from pushing the stroller and the carry-ons — all three of them — and her sheitel box that had to be dropped off at the gate. All while Naftali dragged his feet, fists tightly clenched in his pockets. One foot in front of the other.

She was tempted to strap Naftali into the stroller to get him moving. Instead, as they reached security, he balked.

“I can’t,” he whispered.

She cajoled, begged, even cried, until he finally continued his monotonous trudge. Meanwhile, the clock ticked… and ticked… and ticked…

The kids were no longer enamored of the sights and smells. They were simply overwhelmed.

Chaim was complaining that his feet hurt. But they were late. Very late.

She kept the family moving. Folded up the stroller, placed it in a bin. Urged Naftali to “just take your shoes and jacket off” and get going. The personnel were not very kind as they waited for her family to fumble through the process.

Finally, finally, they were at the other side. But then the security agent decided that the lens solution in the carry-on wasn’t allowed on the plane. “New regulations,” the agent said curtly. Kaily cried as he discarded it. Her contact lenses stung.

Then she ran. She didn’t care anymore if Naftali was following or not, because her watch read 2:15 and takeoff was at 2:20.

The kids were panting when they finally reached the gate. Sruly was crying in the stroller, and Gedalya and Chaim were fighting over a snack bag.

The waiting area was empty.

Naftali took the first chair and sat down. Her stomach sank, and her eyes welled with tears. She dropped the bags near him and ran to the desk.

“Excuse me,” she called urgently to the agent. “We have to get on this plane! Please!”

The agent looked annoyed. “Name?” “Brodt.”

“We announced your names numerous times. The gate is closed. I’m sorry.”

She staggered to a chair. The agent looked on with a mixture of pity and annoyance.

“There’s a flight leaving in five hours. We can reschedule,” she called after her.

She rescheduled. Because what was there to do? Go back home? To a nonPesach’dig house? Take the last tendril of hope and squish it with her own hands?

She didn’t even call her parents to update them because she couldn’t bear their pain.

And she knew what they would tell her. “Kaily, you tried everything. It’s time to face reality. This isn’t going to work.”

If the chesed car came within ten minutes, and there would be no more stops and zero traffic, Perela could make it home in time for Charni’s bus.

Manhattan was a living contradiction in so many ways, Perela mused as she stood outside the hospital. It was a muggy 90 degrees outside, and Perela’s sheitel was slowly frizzing up. She observed the mixture of homeless addicts roaming the streets while the elite of society, wearing well-cut suits, rushed past.

They’re almost rubbing shoulders, she thought wryly as a man with a leather attaché case nearly bumped into a wild-eyed fellow.

Where was the car?

Her phone rang. Maybe the driver was calling to let her know he was almost here?

“Hello?”

“Hi, Perela.” Yiddy’s voice came through the phone, hurried and airy as usual. Like he was running somewhere, but somewhere fun.

“Hi, Yiddy. How are you? I’m waiting outside the hospital for my ride.”

“That’s what I’m calling about. How was it?”

How was it? Long. But not too bad. As long as she didn’t think of the myriad arrangements her morning entailed and the million adjustments her afternoon would need — starting with a bus change for Charni because she was not making it home in time.

Perela said none of this. “It was okay. Why’re you asking?” Her brothers cared, she knew, but not in the same way as the girls in the family.

He hesitated for a second. Even his hesitation was confident, as though he was staging it. “I wanted to know if you could fill in for my shift on Thursday. I want to go up to the

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“I DON’T STOP TAKING SHIFTS. ME! THE BUSIEST ONE OF ALL OF YOU! I TOOK ALL OF KAILY’S SHIFTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE VORT! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CAME?! IT’S A BIGGER ZECHUS TO STAY WITH MOMMY THAN MAKE A KIDDUSH!”

country earlier this week because I’m sponsoring the kiddush, and I want to shop. It’s a zechus for a refuah sheleimah, you know.”

have to yell. Besides, I thought I would invite your family for Shabbos.”

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“You’re joking, right?” Perela said. Her anger swallowed her like a cloud of smoke. Stinking and nauseating and so all-encompassing. “I don’t stop taking shifts. Me! The busiest one of all of you! I took all of Kaily’s shifts before and after the vort! When was the last time you came?! It’s a bigger zechus to stay with Mommy than make a kiddush!” She breathed furiously, pacing the sidewalk. If the car didn’t show up now, she would lose it completely.

It didn’t come. Instead, she saw Mira’s car pull up.

“Hi, Perela!” Kaily’s friend called as she spotted her. “Can you help me with these bags? Just a little entertainment for your mother.”

Perela took a bag, but she wasn’t smiling. “Hold on a second, Yiddy,” she said tightly. She put her phone on mute and asked Mira, “Are you doing a shift for Kaily?”

Mira nodded. “Yeah, Kaily couldn’t make it. She’ll probably come later.”

The driver opened the automatic door and she stepped in. There was exactly one seat left for her in the back.

The anger simmered as she took her seat and checked her watch. She wouldn’t make Charni’s bus and probably not Sheva’s either. She would have to hold some awkward conversations in this loaded car.

She’d started her day so positively, spoken to her kids about how they were part of her kibbud eim. She’d even managed to feel with certainty that she was doing ratzon Hashem. Where had she gone wrong?

She closed her eyes, allowing all of dher thoughts to swirl and swish as the car rumbled along the busy Manhattan streets. She imagined what her homecoming would look like. Unsettled children who wanted her, a halfcooked and messy supper, and a tired, tired mother.

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Perela nodded slowly. If Mira was expecting her gratitude, well, there was none coming. She carried the bag to the lobby and deliberately turned away and unmuted her phone.

“Yiddy?” It was quiet. But the call hadn’t been disconnected. “Yiddy, listen to me now! I might be your baby sister! But that doesn’t mean you can step all over me.”

No answer. Was he shocked that his little sister had the audacity to talk back to him?

After a beat she heard his voice. “Perela? Sorry, I took another call. So can you do it for me?”

No. A million times NO!

A car pulled up and rolled down the window. “Handler?”

Finally.

“I can’t talk now, but the answer is no!”

“I only asked,” he said. “You don’t

Only to do it all over again tomorrow. While Yiddy decided on his choice of meat boards.

As the car finally eased onto the Palisades, a different picture rose in her mind. A picture of her strolling unfamiliar, crowded streets dressed in her new shoes, a Michelle watch — a knockoff purchased on the street, but still — and deliberating whether a Peter Pan collar or a crew neck would look better on the next season’s dresses.

Since yesterday, she’d been feeling guilty. Guilty for even entertaining the idea of accepting Tziri’s offer. She hadn’t even spoken to Ezriel about it. Because where exactly in her life could she fit a trip to China?

But if Yiddy could vacation at a whim, and Kaily could attend Shabbatons, why couldn’t she also pursue her dreams?

TO BE CONTINUED…

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Chapter 22

Recap: The Roluks survive the jump off the train, and the Nazis aboard are killed. Rachel discovers nearby Majdanek and wants to visit. She asks Mr. Roluk to accompany her.

Even before the fighting in Lublin ended, the Russians made a shocking discovery in a suburb just to the east, not far from Lublin: Majdanek. Although originally constructed by the Germans as a slave-labor camp, it evolved into a death camp with gas chambers and crematoria.

Rachel Blum was one of the first civilians, and probably the first Jewish civilian, to see it with her own eyes.

Rachel and Mr. Roluk left Lublin early in the morning, each with a loaf of bread. Columns of trucks packed with Russian soldiers were streaming in the opposite direction, toward Warsaw, in preparation for the battle that was to take place there. There was not even one truck heading in their direction; there was no one to ask for a ride.

It took them a couple of hours to reach Majdanek on foot — not only because of the distance and extreme heat, but because the area had been a literal war zone the day before. Dead bodies were strewn wherever they walked: Germans, Russians and civilians — even horses. The roads, as well, were littered with the dead. There had been no time to bury any of them.

At one point, Rachel and Mr. Roluk encountered a stationary Russian tank with a soldier sitting lazily on top of it. “Do you know where the Majdanek camp is?” Rachel asked.

It was a picturesque scene, except for the dozen or so dead Nazi guards lying on the ground — and the infamous inscription across the gate: “Work makes you free”

He looked at them and pointed in the direction he had come from.

Rachel and Mr. Roluk kept walking. They walked until they finally arrived at the front gate of the concentration camp late in the afternoon.

The entrance was graced by beautiful green grass and magnificent gardens. There was also a lovely house just beyond the gate, which probably housed the German officers. It was a picturesque scene, except for the dozen or so dead Nazi guards lying on the ground — and the infamous inscription across the gate: “Work makes you free.”

Then, of course, there was the smell of human flesh.

History marks the day of the liberation of Majdanek as July 23, 1944. It was the first death camp liberated by the Allies and would turn out to be the best-preserved death camp because the Russians advance was so fast.

The Russians took photographs and even motion pictures of the camp. These were the first images of concentration camps the world saw. As ghastly as those images are to us today, they were infinitely more shocking to those who had never heard of a concentration camp, had no idea they existed, and couldn’t believe it even when they were told about them.

Rachel and Mr. Roluk walked past the bodies of the dead Nazi guards lying still on the green grass. It did not take long before they encountered an area with about a dozen cots, with skeletonlike prisoners lying on them.

Nurses in white hats were trying to save those poor people. A kettle of hot water had been set up, and the nurses were literally spoon-feeding them water.

All those prisoners died despite

the effort to save them. It was too late.

Rachel and Mr. Roluk headed a little deeper inside the camp. They came to some wooden barracks and entered one. There were rows of bare wooden beds, without even straw for the people to sleep on. And there were still some people lying on them, barely alive. Other people, living skeletons, stood listlessly around, waiting for the Russians to help them.

Mr. Roluk and Rachel had one slice of bread left. When they took it out and offered it to a couple of the inmates, they were suddenly surrounded by about 20 starving prisoners. They gave everyone a little piece.

As they ate, Rachel asked, “What happened here? What is this place?”

“This place is Gehinnom,” one of them replied.

Rachel tried to start other conversations, but the prisoners did not have the physical or mental strength to even talk. Mr. Roluk and Rachel stayed with them a short while and then left. They continued to walk through the camp.

A short distance away was a building that was partially destroyed. The crematorium.

As the Russians advanced, the Nazis blew up the crematoria. It was a futile attempt to hide their crime, and only proved that they were aware of their guilt.

When Rachel and Mr. Roluk arrived, the main building and its ovens were mostly intact, even still burning. She saw the actual ovens, including the wagons used to push the bodies into the ovens. Worse, she saw skulls, skeletons and body parts lying around. As horrified as she was, Rachel sensed at that moment that she was an eyewitness to history. She had to witness it and

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But where was home? The war was over. Rachel had survived. But none of her family had

tell the world about the horrors endured.

At that time, however, she could not speak. There were no words. She could not even cry. There were no tears.

“I’ve seen enough,” Rachel told Mr. Roluk. “Now I have to go home.”

* * * * *

But where was home? The war was over. Rachel had survived. But none of her family had.

After a brief stay in Lublin, Rachel and the Roluks returned to Ludmir. There was a lot of cleaning up to do. The Germans had ransacked the Roluks’ home, and their fields had been burned. It would take a long time to rebuild.

Rachel pitched in and did whatever she could to help. She had no other family and no other place to go.

One day, a Ukrainian neighbor told the Roluks about Jewish survivors congregating in Poland. Some, rumor had it, were even talking about starting a new life in Palestine. Others spoke about the United States.

It was all too much for Rachel to absorb. She didn’t know what to do. And when she didn’t know what to do, she found comfort in details — working on all the details necessary to help the Roluks get their house, farm and lives back in order.

But then tragedy struck the Roluks. Soviet soldiers came and arrested Stephan. Others had informed the Russians that he had worked for the SS. No amount of explaining helped, and Stephan was sent to Siberia.

In truth, the Soviets under Stalin did not need much of an excuse to execute or imprison their own citizens. Even Soviet prisoners of war — soldiers who had put their lives on the line and had fought for Stalin — were treated as traitors upon their return to the Soviet Union after the war. Remarkably, according to some sources, over 1.5 million surviving Red Army soldiers imprisoned by the Germans were sent to Stalin’s dreaded Siberian labor camps, for no other reason than the fact that they had been captured by the Nazis.

Not long after Stephan was taken away, Mrs. Roluk approached Rachel as she folded some laundry.

“Rachel, I must talk to you. And I must speak my mind. I must tell you what it is in my heart.”

Rachel stood there, numb.

The words fell heavily. “There is no future for you here,” Mrs. Roluk said.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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CREATION STATIONS

The Chanukah flames dazzle in the window and ignite the atmosphere; the very air feels aglow with shimmer and celebration. As the candles flicker, we sing Maoz Tzur and thank Hashem for the many nissim of long ago and the great nissim to come.

Usher your guests into the warmth of an interactive party where everyone is invited to partake in the action. Grab a waffle iron or electric grill, and have the teens join the fun as they man the station of their choice. (Adult supervision is required at all times.) Now all ages are welcome to hop from station to station and adorn their creations as desired.

Have a freilichen and lichtigen Chanukah!

PAIRING OF PALETTES

For this party, I wanted to walk into a room that feels like a carnival, looks like a party, and is all around posh and pretty. I strung matching flags on a table rod stand to inspire joy and excitement and kept the colors of the party more refined with greens, raw wood and black accents to strike a fun yet decorous balance.

WAFFLE BAR

Invite your guests to create their own waffle combinations using various condiments and toppings. The options are endless, and so is the fun!

WAFFLES

These waffles are a great blank canvas for whatever toppings you might choose.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Wondermills flour

¼ cup cornstarch

½ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. baking soda

2 T. sugar

½ tsp. salt

1 cup oat milk

⅓ cup oil

1 egg

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk the oat milk, oil and egg.

3. Add the wet mixture to the dry, and mix until just incorporated. Some lumps are okay. Set aside for 10 to 20 minutes.

4. Heat the waffle iron. Once hot, spray with oil spray and fill with batter. Cook until crisp and golden on both sides.

5. Set aside to cool on a cooling rack to prevent from getting soggy (if not using right away). Top with pulled beef and desired toppings.

SMOKY PULLED BEEF

Don’t skip the liquid smoke in this recipe. All you need is a small amount to round out the dish to perfection.

HOT HONEY

A drizzle of this simple hot honey adds just the right kick to finish off your savory waffles.

INGREDIENTS

1 medium brisket

1 onion, thinly sliced

4 cloves garlic, crushed Salt and pepper, to taste

1 cup water

SMOKY SAUCE

½ cup of your favorite flavor

barbecue sauce

¼ cup duck sauce

Splash of sriracha

½ tsp. liquid smoke

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 400°.

2. Place the brisket into a 9x13” pan, and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Top with onions and garlic.

3. Pour the water into the pan. Cover and bake for 3 to 4 hours, until fork tender.

4. Remove the meat from the pan, and shred using two forks.

5. Place the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil.

6. Add the sauce to the meat along with the onions and cooking liquid.

INGREDIENTS

½ cup honey

¾ tsp. dried red pepper flakes

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the honey and dried red pepper flakes in a small pot over medium-low heat.

2. Stir occasionally until it begins to simmer at the edges. Immediately remove from heat.

3. Rewarm just before serving so it’s easier to drizzle over the waffles. This honey can be stored at room temperature the same way you would store regular honey.

CREATIVE WITH CORDUROY

No need for expensive tablecloths; there are an unlimited variety of fabrics out there to match your vision instead. I went with forest green corduroy for a fun yet festive vibe.

HONEYROASTED JALAPENOS

These honey-roasted jalapenos are spicy, but not impossibly so. They are irresistible atop just about anything. Always handle jalapenos with gloves on. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

INGREDIENTS

6 jalapenos

Salt and pepper, to taste Generous drizzle of honey ¼ cup oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 400°.

2. With gloved hands, cut the tops off the jalapenos. Carefully remove and discard the seeds and all the white ribs.

3. Slice the jalapenos and place in a 9x13” pan.

4. Sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper and drizzle generously with honey. Add the oil and toss.

5. Bake until edges caramelize, mixing once or twice.

ACRYLIC ACTION

A set of acrylic display cubes stand sharply at attention and are a pretty way to display anything from cutlery to treats to condiments.

I used maple syrup and hot honey pipettes to accessorize and beautify my waffle station.

To fill pipettes: Start by squeezing your pipette, and then plunge into warmed hot honey or maple syrup. Once filled, remove. If there are empty air bubbles, squeeze the pipette gently until the air bubbles are gone, and immerse in the honey/maple again.

Maple is a better option if using pipettes as it fills much more quickly and easily.

MEXICAN PICKLED ONIONS

With its bright pink pop of color and burst of fresh lime, these Mexican pickled onions are the perfect contrast to cut through the richness of the pulled beef.

INGREDIENTS 1 red onion, thinly sliced

limes

T. water

T. rice wine vinegar

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the onions in a glass jar.

2. Add remaining ingredients and shake to combine.

3. Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

4. Shake once or twice while the onions cure to make sure all the onions are equally submerged.

5. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

TRIPLE ONION HOT DOG STATION

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FRENCH ONION DIP

Smooth, creamy and flavorful with minimal effort!

INGREDIENTS

1 packet Lipton onion soup and dip mix 16 oz. mayonnaise

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix the onion soup mix thoroughly into the mayonnaise.

2. Allow to sit for a few minutes for the flavors to absorb

ALL ABOARD

I used a set of unfinished wooden trays in various sizes to keep things neat and contained. Inexpensive and aesthetically pleasing!

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TACO-FLAVORED CHICKEN STATION

There’s something universally tempting about battered chicken nuggets on a stick. Add taco flavors and fresh vegetables to the mix, and you’ve got yourself winner skewers that are healthy (yes, they are fried, but hey, protein!), pretty and delicious.

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TACOFRIED CHICKEN NUGGETS

These golden nuggets are so tasty, you can’t stop at one. A perfect Chanukah treat.

INGREDIENTS

2 lb. cutlets, cut into nugget-sized cubes

TACO SPICE BATTER

1 T. chili powder

1½ tsp. cumin

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. paprika

¼ tsp. black pepper

¼ tsp. onion powder

¼ tsp. garlic powder

¼ tsp. oregano

1 cup flour

1 cup cornstarch

1½ cups water

2 tsp. baking powder

DIRECTIONS

1. In a bowl, place all batter ingredients, and mix to combine.

2. Place the cubed cutlets into the bowl, and mix to coat completely.

3. Heat 2 inches of oil in a frying pan set over medium heat.

4. Fry the chicken in batches, a couple of minutes per side, until golden. Remove to a cooling rack to drain.

Serve the Taco-Fried Chicken Nuggets with a choice of Apricot-Dijon Dipping Sauce and marinara sauce. I also prepared an array of fresh vegetables and cubed Meal Mart Mexican turkey for guests to create their own taco-chicken skewers.

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CHANUKAH COOKIE DOUGHS

SHAPED COOKIES

Not new, nothing out of the ordinary, but at the end of the day, few things excite children more than rolling, shaping and decorating oldfashioned Chanukah cookies. Use the featured ideas to spark your own creativity.

INGREDIENTS

2 sticks margarine

3 eggs

4⅓ cups flour

1 T. vanilla sugar

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix all ingredients very well in a mixer until a soft dough is achieved. (Refrigerate part of the dough if you aren’t planning to use it all at once.)

2. Preheat oven to 350°.

3. Roll out dough between two parchment papers. Remove top parchment paper, and cut out desired shapes.

4. Remove excess dough from around cutouts to maintain shapes.

5. Decorate with assorted chips and sprinkles.

6. Bake for 10 minutes.

Note: To make brown dough, sprinkle 1½ tablespoons cocoa onto ¾ cup prepared dough, and knead until color is evenly incorporated.

MOLDING DOUGH

This dough is super kid-friendly. It has the perfect texture for little fingers to roll out and shape, and it’s not sticky, so there’s no running to the sink every few minutes. (Hands will get a bit oily, though.)

Kids can roll little strands to form licht, and dip them in melted chocolate and orange sprinkles after they are baked. They can also roll strands and connect the two ends to create doughnuts, which they can decorate with chocolate and colorful nonpareils after baking.

INGREDIENTS

4 eggs

1¼ cups oil

2 cups sugar

1 T. vanilla sugar

3 tsp. baking powder

Pinch of salt

5½ cups flour

1–2 T. lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix first five ingredients very well by hand.

2. Add salt and flour, and mix until incorporated.

3. Add lemon juice, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough has a good texture.

4. Preheat oven to 350°.

5. Form dough into desired shapes, and place on lined cookie sheets.

6. Bake for 10 minutes, until bottoms begin to catch a bit of color.

7. Allow to cool. Decorate as desired.

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IN THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE, traditional Chanukah music plays as hundreds of guests, including White House administration staff, congressmen, political figures and just-plain-citizens, mill about. They enjoy the opportunity to rub shoulders with dignitaries and indulge in a sumptuous buffet — a full kosher menu, complete with luscious meats and doughnuts.

All eyes turn to the dais as the ceremony begins. Several dignitaries file in. First, two rabbis walk onstage. There is Vice President Mike Pence, President Trump, then Jared and Ivanka Kushner and their kids.

The president steps up to the podium and addresses the crowd with his trademark amicable, off-the-cuff flair. Several quick speeches follow. Finally, the highlight of the ceremony: A rabbi in full chassidic garb walks over to the menorah. Rabbi Moshe Margaretten of Brooklyn, New York, well known in Washington and in the frum community, has been selected for the honor of lighting the menorah at the Chanukah party in the White House.

AN UNUSUAL HONOR

This was the first time a chassid in full chassidish attire was honored with lighting the menorah at the White House. When the email arrived, it caused a sensation in the Tzedek Association’s office. Correspondence from prominent individuals in Washington, D.C., are commonplace at the office, but an email

from the White House personally inviting the founder and director of the organization to attend — and officiate — at the special White House Chanukah party was a different story altogether.

Rabbi Moshe Margaretten regarded the invitation with skepticism. Although he had attended many meetings in the White House in the past, he had never before attended such an event and had several hesitations, namely how he could possibly recite a bracha on the menorah several days before Chanukah, and uneasiness about delivering a public speech in the White House, which would be aired across the USA. But his office staff pushed him hard to accept the offer. “How can you ignore such an invitation?” they kept asking.

Rabbi Margaretten decided to ask the Skverer Rebbe, shlit”a, for advice. He explained his qualms, but the Rebbe’s response was resolute: Rabbi Margaretten’s attendance would make a great kiddush Hashem. It was the first time a chassidishe Yid was honored with this privilege, and he simply could not turn it down.

Margaretten replied to the White House, accepting the invitation. He asked if he could split the task, taking on the candle lighting himself and handing over the speech to an acquaintance, Rabbi Zvi Boyarsky, Director of Constitutional Advocacy of

Aleph Institute. The White House agreed to the arrangement and scheduled a call for the day before the party, when they would tell Margaretten where to go and what to do.

The theme of the party that year was prison reform and the First Step Act, a legislative bill Margaretten had worked on for close to a decade that finally became law in December 2018. This made Margaretten the perfect candidate for the honor of officiating at the party.

PRISON REFORM AND THE FIRST STEP ACT

It was a Thursday afternoon, in April 2011, when Margaretten sat in the prison visitor lobby, waiting to see an inmate. The room was unusually empty — and not for naught. Pesach was to begin that Monday night, and most people were probably too busy to pay a visit to prison.

There was another Jewish family in the lobby, a young mother and her little children. They had come to visit their father, who was sitting on the bench beside them, in prison uniform. The children brought along the Haggados they had prepared in school and were excited to say the Mah Nishtanah to their father, who would not be home with them on the most special night of the year.

As the little children’s sweet voices echoed the timeless words, their mother burst into uncontrollable sobs. The father seemed emotional as well, and soon the children were staring in confusion at their parents.

It was a heartwrenching scene.

As Margaretten left the prison premises, he promised himself to renew his efforts and do all he could to help Jewish families suffering a similar plight.

Margaretten was a frequent visitor in prison, and he became intimately involved in the struggles families of incarcerated individuals

With President-elect Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner after lighting the menorah

With Senator Tom Cotton

dealt with on a daily basis. Lonely wives had to shoulder the burden of their homes — financially, emotionally and physically — on their own. In school, the children suffered. And there seemed to be no end in sight.

Back in 2009, Margaretten had come up with an idea. Besides doing all he could to help the families survive the circumstances, he dreamed of changing the circumstances altogether.

If convicts could receive lighter sentences, to include home confinement or halfway house arrangements rather than full-scale prison terms, the stress on their families could be greatly alleviated. At the same time, this would promote greater justice, less crime and quicker rehabilitation.

Margaretten had hired lobbyists in Washington to promote his bill. It was no simple feat, and Margaretten was a oneman show. That was a problem, because a bill “dies” if it isn’t signed into law during the Congress in which it is introduced. Margaretten’s bill slowly faded into nonexistence.

But that Erev Pesach of 2011, Margaretten’s heart reawakened. He was determined to get the law passed. Hiring lobbyists, who each take upward of $25,000 per month to work on a bill, he resolutely marched forward. It took five Congresses until the bill, known as the First Step Act, would see the light of day. As the bill got more attention, opposition grew intense. The team working on the bill, which grew to include several lobbyists, expanded exponentially, along with its expenditure. Finally, in 2018, President Trump got it to the finish line. The bill Margaretten had dreamed of was now law.

THE BIG DAY

Several months later, Margaretten received his personal invitation to light the candles at the White House Chanukah party. He was selected for the honor because of his involvement in the First Step Act — the theme being celebrated that year at the party.

Margaretten arrived at the White House in late afternoon, along with Rabbi Boyarsky. First they had to go through security.

“Are you Moshe Margaretten?” the Secret Service agent asked. When he replied

HOW CHANUKAH CAME TO THE WHITE HOUSE

The first president to commemorate Chanukah was President Jimmy Carter. In 1979, Carter lit a large menorah in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House, and delivered a short speech.

Every president since then has participated in some sort of menorah-lighting ceremony.

The first menorah to be displayed in the White House arrived in 1989, as a gift to President George H. W. Bush.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton invited a dozen schoolchildren to a candle-lighting ceremony in the Oval Office, becoming the first president to actually light a menorah in the White House.

The president to introduce Chanukah parties in the White House was George W. Bush, who hosted a public celebration in 2001 — and the rest is history. It has become White House tradition since, upheld by Presidents Obama, Trump and Biden.

President Carter lighting the menorah

President Bush lighting the menorah

in the affirmative, he was promptly pulled aside. “Follow me.”

Instead of showing him to the ballroom where the guests were all socializing and being served, the agent led Margaretten downstairs.

“I grew concerned,” says Margaretten. “I thought something went wrong. Nobody told me why I was being singled out. But at some point, I found out that I would be having a private audience with the president.”

Two Secret Service guards and several Marines stood on guard in the room. People were coming and going. Finally, his name was called. Margaretten was given several moments alone with Trump. He thanked Trump for the Rubashkin clemency, for backing the First Step Act, and for being such a great president for the Jewish people. Then he had his picture taken together with the President, and the meeting was over.

Next Margaretten and Boyarsky were led by Secret Service guards to the Green Room, a side room where they were told to wait for the President.

“They told me that as soon as the President arrived,” Margaretten said, “we would all go onto the ballroom stage together. When someone would call my name, I was to walk onstage until I saw a paper on the floor with my name. That was where I should stand.”

President Trump marched straight to the podium and began to speak in his inimitable style. Spontaneously, he called several people

to join him onstage. This was hardly conventional. One of the people he called up was Mark Levin, who said, “It’s an honor to be here with the first Jewish President of the United States.” Trump laughed, appreciating the jest and the thankfulness Levin showered upon him, and the audience applauded vigorously.

Trump spoke about the success of the First Step Act and thanked Rabbi Margaretten for his involvement. Then Rabbi Boyarsky shared a few words, and Rabbi Margaretten was called up to light the menorah.

TO SAY A BRACHA OR NOT TO SAY A BRACHA

In the days leading up to the party, Margaretten agonized over how to go about the lighting. Since the party was being held several days before Chanukah, he could not recite the brachos. On the one hand, not reciting the brachos could create confusion, resentment and negative feelings. Many unaffiliated Jews would be there; what would they say to an Orthodox rabbi who “doesn’t do it right”? But after speaking with several rabbanim, who all reiterated that he was not permitted to make the brachos, Margaretten decided he would simply omit Hashem’s Name. Margaretten was also told not to light left to right, as required by halacha on Chanukah, but to light right to left, to form a slight shinui. Every year, the rabbi who is honored to light the candles says the brachos aloud, in a mic, along with the crowd. Some-

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With President Trump before lighting the menorah

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“I’m not sure if it was intentional or a mistake,” he says, “because I had informed the White House in advance of my brachos dilemma.”

In either case, he was spared.

A LITTLE COPPER MENORAH

Another interesting twist presented with the menorah itself. When he was honored with the candle lighting, Margaretten was also asked to bring along an interesting menorah to light.

“I tried finding some unique piece, perhaps an antique menorah that survived the Holocaust, or similar,” he says. “I even suggested bringing the Skverer Rebbe’s massive menorah, and sent a picture of it to the White House. Then I came up with another idea. The Otisville menorah.”

Several years before, some inmates at the Otisville Correctional Facility fashioned a menorah out of copper pipes, with permission from the warden. Every year, the little handmade copper menorah was lit in the prison shul.

DID YOU KNOW?

After an incident with a mix-up involving nonkosher lamb chops, the Chanukah parties went completely kosher. Every year, the White House kitchen is kashered and food is prepared under the supervision of Rabbi Levi Shemtov of Chabad, Washington, D.C.

Every year, the White House honors a different significant individual with lighting the menorah, and every year, a different meaningful menorah is used.

Several hundred Jewish elected officials, Congress members, religious leaders, and other members of the Jewish community are invited.

President Obama earned the distinction of being the first to deliver remarks at the celebration in both English and Hebrew.

President Trump divided the celebration into two separate parties — one in the afternoon, and one in the evening — to be able to accommodate more guests.

“When I suggested this menorah, the White House got excited. ‘This is exactly what we want!’ they said. ‘The entire program is focused on criminal justice and the First Step Act, so it will fit right in.’”

They encountered a hiccup when Margaretten asked to have the menorah. He contacted Rabbi Richter, who then served as prison chaplain in Otisville, and was totally dedicated to the Jewish inmates and their families.

“It is property of the BOP, the Federal Bureau of Prisons,

and there’s no way anybody can take it out,” Richter said.

“No problem,” Margaretten replied. “Just give me a little time.”

Within a day, the prison officers agreed to lend him the menorah. The BOP had received several calls from the White House…

Margaretten, who had been given 20 invitations to dispense to anyone whom he wanted to invite to the White House Chanukah party in honor of his distinction, gave one to Rabbi Richter, who brought the menorah to Washington.

Each of the invitations authorized the guest to bring a companion, which meant Margaretten was actually able to invite 40 guests. He shared invitations with donors and people who helped or volunteered for Tzedek over the years. One was Binyamin Kramer, who manages the books at Tzedek pro bono. Over the years, he donated his days and nights for justice reform to help Klal Yisroel, without ever taking a dollar.

As a side note, the following year, in 2020, when Margaretten received his personal invitation to attend the

Rabbi Levi Shemtov kashering the White House kitchen

The “Otisville menorah” that Rabbi Margeretten lit in the White House

Chanukah party, he brought along Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin as his companion. Rabbi Rubashkin wished to personally thank Trump. What a sensation that made!

DOING MORE FOR KLAL YISROEL

After Margaretten finished lighting the menorah, the audience clapped, and the President left the room. Everyone stayed at the party, but Margaretten was once again called back to the Green Room. He handed a letter from the Skvere Rebbe to the president.

“The Rebbe wanted me to personally communicate his thanks for the First Step Act,” Margaretten says.

“Before the party,” he muses, “I was very nervous. Lots of things could have gone wrong as I stood up there near the President of the United States. I wasn’t used to such things, and never in my life could I have imagined I would be there.

“But I did it in the hope that it would help me do more for Klal Yisroel. By then, I already had many requests from Yidden who needed personal or public assistance, and I was hoping this interaction would only be helpful in the future.”

Margaretten has proven to be a wonderful shaliach, assisting pidyon shevuyim cases and negotiating clemencies. During the Covid period, he was actively involved in getting prisoners released and petitioning for schools and shuls to be allowed to reopen.

As we move toward another term with Trump, we wish Margaretten much continued success in bringing yeshuos to Klal Yisroel. As Margaretten says, “Our bill was named, ‘The First Step Act,’ since we hope a second step will follow. I believe there will be more chances for more reform, b’ezras Hashem.”

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THE BALLOONER REBBE

What is more enchanting than a balloon wonderland created to the rhythm of rollicking wit?

With thirty years of balloon-sculpting under his belt, Monsey’s balloon maestro shocks all with the fact that he hasn’t learned his art professionally.

“I’m doing this because I didn’t go to college,” says the Ballooner Rebbe. “Any ten-year-old kid with fifteen years of experience can do this!”

HOW I GOT MY NAME…

When I was learning at Yeshiva Ohr Somayach, I taught the bochurim there some balloon tricks to have up their sleeves as conversation starters. They dubbed me the Ballooner Rebbe.

I FIRST ENCOUNTERED THIS FORM OF ART…

Thirty years ago. I made a shidduch for a friend who was a part-time balloon sculptor and I asked him to teach me the trade. Now, when I go back to St. Louis, I teach him a thing or two!

A PERK THAT COMES WITH THE JOB IS…

I can always find my car. The previous car I had caught fire, and it took me over a month to get my new one decorated. That month, not being able to pick out my car in the Walmart parking lot was a new experience for me.

MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE WAS…

A birthday party that took place some 30 years ago; a dentist hired me for his son’s party.

MY LARGEST AUDIENCE WAS…

An audience of about 500 people, but I prefer smaller ones because there’s more interaction with the kids that way. With big audiences, I can’t do much more than just quickly sculpt balloons.

THE FARTHEST I’VE TRAVELED FOR A SHOW IS…

I only perform in the Tristate area: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.

THE MOST POPULAR SEASON IS…

Summertime, when I perform for bungalow colonies. Chanukah also gets overbooked, baruch Hashem, and people book six months in advance for Purim.

MY MOST MEMORABLE FLOP WAS…

I was booked for a party that was — I thought — a bar mitzvah. What they’d really said was bas. I did my regular six hours of prep — I sculpt the fancy and more complicated balloons ahead of time — and arrived with a bunch of boyish bal-

loons to a party of 40 girls! I kept quiet and improvised on the spot. As long as the kids were entertained!

I WOULD NEVER LEAVE MY HOUSE WITHOUT…

A pocketful of balloons. I see kids wherever I go, and I like to pop out a balloon and present them with something quick, like a small apple.

MY FAVORITE PART OF ENTERTAINING CHILDREN IS…

Interacting with Hamaspik kids. When they come and give me hugs and high-fives and pose for pictures, I get the most satisfaction from these experiences.

THE MOST ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK I’VE RECEIVED WAS…

I did a show for a super-quiet, introverted sixteen-yearold boy with Down syndrome. He stood next to me quietly as I sculpted balloons. Then I made him a big one that I called Goofy, and he came over to me, screaming excitedly, “Thank you, Ballooner Rebbe!” His father couldn’t believe it; he said the boy was nonverbal.

THE SHOW I GAVE THAT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART WAS…

The time I did a show for a little boy with cancer. There were 30 kids there, and within five minutes, the mother of the child was crying. She said, “I’m crying because my son has been in the hospital for four months, and he hasn’t smiled since he’s been admitted.”

I met this mother in the grocery store a while later and asked her how her son was doing. “My son is in Shamayim now,” she said, “but thank you so much for making him smile.”

This story is not about me, but the gadlus of people who push past their pain to be makir tov. These are giant people.

THE WITTIEST ENDORSEMENT I GOT WAS…

Two years ago, when everyone was all up with the mysterious balloon from China that was floating around, they put a cover ad on a local circular with a picture of that balloon with my Ballooner shtreimel on top, captioned: “Does the Ballooner Rebbe know anything about this?”

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MEIR LICHT EXPLOSIVE SCIENCE SHOW

Meir Licht is a pioneer in chassidishe entertainment of this genre. On top of being an educator by passion and profession, Mr. Licht brings science to life with a bang! But amid stories-high explosions, lights, gas and action, he states the simple truth: “It’s Hashem’s tricks, not my own. I’m just performing it for you.”

I FIRST ENCOUNTERED THIS FORM OF SCIENCE…

In the educational field. As a teacher, I developed a fascination with science that I then incorporated into all types of science shows and classes. I started with hands-on experiments in the classroom, and then, as a camp head counselor, I’d run a little show with household items.

I GOT STARTED PROFESSIONALLY…

When I gave up my job as a head counselor and switched to just performing in the summer. Now I work with science on a large scale, using stuff you can’t get at your local grocery store; think gasses, chemicals, explosions, fires, the works.

SOMETHING THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU ABOUT ME…

I was never the kid who made homegrown explosions or

took things apart to see how they worked. I only became fascinated with science as a teacher.

Also, my real passion is education. I teach social skills but base my classes on science so kids can have fun while picking up important skills. As a limudei chol principal, I also use science in my incentive programs.

MY FIRST AUDIENCE WAS…

My campers. I liked hyping up the camp for a major show, with signs and pictures of explosions all over. Then the curtains would open to reveal me, the head counselor, as the show guy.

SOMETHING I LEARNED WITH EXPERIENCE WAS…

That not all shows can be conducted indoors. When pieces

of ceiling or lightbulbs came falling to the ground, I learned to do the smaller acts indoors and my major experiments outdoors.

A VERY MEMORABLE SHOW WAS…

A bar mitzvah in the Museum of Natural History, a science museum in Manhattan. That was a fascinating venue!

SOMETHING NEW I’VE ADDED RECENTLY IS…

My night show. Many of my experiments involve air explosions. When I took night bookings for camps, I’d always ask if they had lighting outside, and they all made sure they did. But I learned the hard way that 200-foot-high explosions happen way above the threshold of outdoor lighting, and the wonder was lost in the night sky. All everyone heard was noise. So I stopped doing shows at night, but started looking into ways to make it work for after dark.

I put together a night show with LED balls and lights, making sure that everything that explodes also lights up. It took a lot of trial and error to get it all right, but the night show is up and running now, and is very popular, baruch Hashem

I WISH MY AUDIENCE WOULD KNOW…

That you can’t play around with this stuff on your own. I’ve learned to give strict disclaimers to my audiences — especially the bochurim who get excited by the explosions — that mishandled science can be extremely dangerous and even fatal.

THE MOST ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK I RECEIVE IS…

When parents tell me that their homesick kids perked up after my shows in camp. And it’s always special to perform for special-needs kids and bump into them on the street and see their excitement. If I can put a smile on their face, that’s an amazing thing.

I take tremendous chizuk from the shiurim of Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l, who delved into science to better appreciate and show gratitude to Hashem for the miraculous world He created.

FRADEL GREENBERG VENTRILOQUIST

No two ways about it, ventriloquism is wild. Far from a simple puppet show, it is hugely entertaining to watch a skilled ventriloquist ply the art of his trade and speak in a way that makes it seem that his puppet is alive and pulling all the shtick! What happens when all this is done by a tween girl? Let’s talk to Fradel Greenberg about it.

I FIRST REALIZED I’M GOOD AT THIS WHEN…

My brother watched the Shleikes show (by ventriloquist Yisroel Silverstein) in camp, and he came home absolutely fascinated. His next afikomen request was a ventriloquist puppet, so I also asked for it. My parents said they would get it for me on the condition that I’d know what to do with it, so I went over to the mirror, picked up my hand and tried doing something ventriloquist-like. It worked, so I got the puppet.

Ventriloquism has basic rules; you’re substituting certain letters you can only say with a closed mouth with others that sound the same. You also need to keep a certain expression on, and express surprise at what the puppet “says.” I figured stuff out, printed out some rules and practiced.

HOW I TOOK THE COURAGE TO PERFORM…

I started young! I’m sixteen now, but I started doing shows in fourth grade, before I had a chance to become a self-conscious teenager.

MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCE WAS…

In my day camp. Then I got a call from my counselor’s sister who was a day camp director, and an aunt of mine who works in Hamaspik. The word spread from there.

MY LARGEST AUDIENCE WAS…

Machane Bais Rochel girls camp.

THE SHOW I GAVE THAT WAS MEANINGFUL TO ME WAS…

At Machane Rav Tov girls camp. I went to Satmar elementary school, so coming out on stage and having my former classmates in the audience was a big deal. They were in shock.

I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT…

The myths about ventriloquists. Some people have theories about exactly where my voice is coming from. On the other hand, I’ve had someone tell me after a show that she realized only at the last sentence of the play that I was the one talking

all along. Another person greeted me after a show with, “Oh, you’re the one who talks from the nose?”

I WISH MY AUDIENCE WOULD KNOW…

That audience feedback is really appreciated. This means responding to the script appropriately and laughing when something is supposed to be funny. Stiff audiences are challenging. I also appreciate feedback after the show.

AN AUDIENCE I WILL NOT PERFORM FOR IS…

Really young kids. The ventriloquism is lost on them; they can’t differentiate it from a regular puppet show. And the special ventriloquist humor goes right over their heads.

MY BUSIEST SEASON WAS…

When I was in eighth grade. I created my first real script then and did a lot of shows in the summer. Writing a ventriloquist’s script is a ton of work; I can use a new one by now.

IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING, IT WOULD BE…

I wish people wouldn’t be scared of sharing their talents; it’s not ga’avah. When you use your gifts to bring simcha and help others, it’s the right way to utilize what you’ve been given.

THE MOST ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK I’VE RECEIVED WAS…

When staff members at different camps told me that not only was my show funny, but also full of tochen. That was my goal with my script; to make it meaningful rather than say empty lines.

DR. SCHNITZEL

Here’s a man who’s a show unto himself! Lab-coated and wild-wigged, Dr. Schnitzel has 120 wacky experiments up his sleeve and a target audience of any age at all. With foam exploding and projectiles flying, an event with Dr. Schnitzel’s interactive science show is a party worth going to! Without further ado, Dr. Schnitzel.

I FIRST ENCOUNTERED THIS FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT WHEN…

We had a substitute in kitah alef the week of Parshas Noach. He called us over to his table, brought a bucket of water and a brick, and dropped the brick in the water, splashing us all.

“That was the mabul,” he said, “now go have recess.” The way he gave us that experience planted the idea of live experiments in my mind.

I STARTED DABBLING IN THE FIELD WHEN…

I took the opportunity to be a youth director at a Chabad house in Teaneck. I arrived from Brooklyn in the summer and was told that I had the time off to prepare, but the rabbi and his wife, who ran the youth camp, were working so hard, I couldn’t enjoy my vacation just watching them, so I offered to do experiments at the camp to ease their load. This was voluntary. I didn’t expect to get paid, and I didn’t dream that the entire Dr. Schnitzel’s Wacky Science would be built from helping another Yid without the expectation of reward.

Truthfully, however, Dr. Schnitzel is a side job because I’m a full-time Chabad shliach

MY MOST POPULAR SEASON IS…

Most of the year. Besides the summer, there’s Chanukah,

Sukkos and Pesach. Lots of schools will host a show before Purim, or at the end of the year as a reward, and Hebrew schools will call me for Sundays.

WHEN I’M FULLY BOOKED…

I have a page on my website with a compiled list of entertainers and show ideas. I believe that Hashem decides what parnassah we get.

THE FARTHEST I’VE TRAVELED FOR A SHOW IS… California. I’ve also done Chicago, Cleveland, Florida and more.

MY MOST MEMORABLE FLOP WAS…

Well, if I ever mess up, the crowd can’t know about it. I once did my exploding toothpaste experiment only to have the toothpaste explode on me fifteen minutes into the show. It was really painful, and I had to spend the next 30 minutes pretending nothing happened because I get paid to perform, not complain.

THE MOST ENJOYABLE SHTICK I PULL…

I love calling up the adults to participate in my experiments.

I’ll call up zeidies and bubbies and grown siblings and let their kids watch them have the time of their lives. I once called up two middle-aged brothers who are both roshei kollel. They had a blast! While the brothers warned everyone not to spread the clips taken of them because “es past nisht,” the grandparents had tears in their eyes. “You brought us such joy, seeing our kids have such a good time with each other,” they said.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY SHOW IS…

Making sure that every single person in attendance can hear what’s happening, so I bring my own sound system. And since I’m around for prep and cleanup, I tell people they can play their music on my speakers rather than hiring a DJ.

A POSSIBLE DANGER THAT MY SHOW CAN PRESENT IS…

Anything can happen; we need siyata

d’Shmaya all the time. I stay away from fire and big bangs so as not to scare my young audiences, and I refrain from doing plenty of experiments because of the possibility of danger.

THE MOST ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK I’VE RECEIVED WAS…

Chai Lifeline called me down to perform for a European child who’d gotten very sick, very suddenly, and had asked for Dr. Schnitzel. The boy was in terrible pain, but after the show, the Chai Lifeline volunteer told me, “You’re the only person who got this child to smile.”

I WISH MY AUDIENCE WOULD KNOW…

That simcha is so important. The idea of serving Hashem with joy is not something that just happens; we have to create it. We should all just let go, let Him run the show, have proper emunah, and do fun parties just because. Being b’simcha in itself will solve so many problems and can break through any challenge.

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BAILA VORHAND

Over the last few months, I’ve read around 2,000 faces. You’ve probably heard of handwriting or picture analysis, which are built on the premise that a person leaves traces of their personality and thought processes on whatever they produce.

What is not as well known is that the face (panim) reveals a lot about the person’s true self (pnim, meaning inside). Every culture has a tradition and system for face reading, also referred to as morphology. The problem with using these ancient systems is simple — accuracy. Is it true? Does a big nose indicate intelligence? (Hint: no.) Also, these systems typically use concepts that are foreign to the average layman today (know what a choleric personality is?).

But over thirty years ago, Mac Fulfer, a lawyer from Texas looking for an edge in jury selection, stumbled upon the science, or art, of face reading. He studied everything he could find and then set up booths at carnivals. After reading a face, he’d ask, “What was inaccurate?” Slowly, he winnowed the data, discarding what proved to be false, and compiled those features that showed up again and again as accurate.

I found Mac Fulfer’s book after nearly giving up. The first books I bought about face reading were somewhat inaccurate (hey, he has that kind of eyebrow, but he’s not insatiably curious!) or too vague to be meaningful. I decided to give face reading one more try and picked up Fulfer’s book, The Power of Face Reading.

Using this book, as well as cards and classes, I began by reading my family’s faces at my mother’s birthday party. Spot on… but it was family. Next I did my sister’s staff at their company party. Here, I was reading strangers. Would the reading resonate? It did. The women were blown away.

During this period, if you were waiting in line at the grocery together with me, you can be sure that I was trying to read your face. Hey, don’t turn around!

But no worries. The beauty of face reading is that, while it’s extremely accurate, it’s very specific in what it can and cannot do. A face tells you a person’s characteristics, but you cannot know how they are using their traits. I can see that you like to take charge (angled eyebrows — see below) in order to make sure that the right thing gets done (straight chin), but I cannot know if you are a control freak, or if you are just a very effective principal in a school.

Face reading has so many applications. It helps relationships by enabling understanding for and acceptance of the people in our lives, including ourselves. It gives the self-awareness necessary for choosing a career path. And, of course, it’s great activity for parties and events.

In honor of Chanukah, I chose 10 easy-toread facial features for you to use at your gathering. Line up the people with these features, read the description out loud, and enjoy the laughter. And also the uplift that comes from facing your gifts.

(Copied with permission from Mac Fulfer’s cards.)

PLAYFUL DIMPLE

A dimple in the cheek indicates an endearing, playful person. This is a common feature in young children, but many adults don’t outgrow it!

DURING THIS PERIOD, IF YOU WERE WAITING IN LINE AT THE GROCERY TOGETHER WITH ME, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT I WAS TRYING TO READ YOUR FACE. HEY, DON’T TURN AROUND!

ADAPTABILLITY CLEFT

Someone with a dimple or cleft in their chin is also playful, but more in a let’s-havea-blast way, rather than the love-me-I’m-so-funny type. They like to kid around and are very adaptable.

CURVED EYEBROWS

Do your eyebrows look like half circles? You really, really understand how people work! You don’t like sitting in abstract theories; you want practical, people-relevant examples.

STRAIGHT

EYEBROWS

Straight eyebrows are just the opposite; they want logic, facts, data and theory. They want to know: Is it true? Does it make sense? If they have a round chin (see below), they may try to understand people using abstract psychological systems like the Enneagram.

ANGLED EYEBROWS

Do your eyebrows seem like a triangle, going up and then down? Well, you are the boss! You take charge, you stay calm, and you carefully make sure that you have the facts on your side so that you are right.

FREIGHT TRAIN LINE

The one with a single straight line in the center of the forehead is the most intense person at your Chanukah gathering, as they have an enormously powerful will. If they want to do something, you had better get on their train or get off their track because they are moving full steam ahead!

NOSE TIP UP

You can see this feature clearly in a profile view; the one with the bottom of the nose angling up is the trusting one. Curious and spontaneous, they are willing to suspend disbelief to get the good times out of life.

NOSE TIP DOWN

If, however, the nose angles down in the profile view, you are dealing with someone who does not believe a word you say. Suspicious and calculating, they really need proof before accepting something as true. (What’s this mishegas of face reading? Never heard of it!)

STRAIGHT CHIN

The one whose chin is a straight horizontal line is the person who is not wallowing in comfort. Ready to go all out for their goals, values, causes and ideals, their focus in life is that the right thing be done!

ROUND

CHIN

The person with the circle on the bottom of their chin is the softie. When taking action, their concern is that it should be good for people. They are usually sympathetic and kind.

A FACE READING ENCOUNTER

When I met my neighbor’s daughter, I noticed that there was white showing beneath the iris — a sure sign of chronic stress. Since it was her right eye, and the right side is associated with a person’s professional life, I asked her if her job (a preschool teacher) was stressful for her. Her wan look and slow nod was my answer.

Two months later, I met her again. The iris in her right eye was definitely lower; she was less stressed, but still not relaxed.

She shared that she left her job for something easier — a part-time preschool morah. I noticed that her right eyelid was covering more of the eye than the left one. “Are you feeling lonely in your job?” I asked.

“Yes, there are very few children and no good company.”

I shared with her that I didn’t see any of the signs of someone who would love to spend their time nurturing small children (primarily a wide nose base, roundish/ angled eyebrows). Her pointy chin indicated someone who likes to achieve goals, not something your average two-year-old facilitates.

She shared that she would like to tutor high school girls in math. I responded that her slanting, straight forehead suggested she liked efficiency, her straight eyebrows show logic, and her abundant eyelid that she needs human closeness. Her warrior cheeks show that she can overcome hardships, and her wide jaws mark her as someone who can command authority. Perhaps she would like a new job like that.

Hopeful, she parted with a smile. Her face was telling her where to go.

UNDERSTANDING MY KVETCHY KID

A long-awaited girl, born after five boys — expect kvetchy

But as I learned to interpret each facial feature and practiced this new level of understanding with my children, I realized that she had giant ears. Very large ears (unless they are high) hints to a person who hears every word you say, but has a harder time understanding what you mean.

I was thinking about my little girl’s ears when she told me, “Why does everybody tell me to yell louder when I cry for something?” I realized that she was too literal to get the humor in her older brothers’ teasing. She needed precise instructions: “Shefelah, ask again, this time calmly and happily.”

(At her pre-1-A graduation, I noticed that most young children do have very large ears. That helped me realize why humor is often a poor chinuch method. It does work very well on my younger daughter who has small ears.)

As I kept learning about face reading, I noticed that this daughter also has a narrow face. This indicated a quick, efficient personality, but also a lack of patience for slow people.

Yes, my daughter was a budding mommy’s helper, but who are the slow people in this tiny kid’s life? Then, it dawned on me — I was! Along with all the other big people around her who weren’t delivering upon her requests speedily enough. No wonder she was such a kvetch! So I started noticing and encouraging patience.

I also realized that she has large eyes, which show emotional responsiveness (if she got a boo-boo, she cried! Loud and long!) and a concave nose — also a sign of an emotional personality. She also has a smallish chin, which indicates sensitivity and someone who needs a gentle, positive approach. (These are all common features in children.)

Presto! I had the insight I needed. I needed to help my princess regulate her feelings and give instructions as literally and with as much encouragement as possible.

MFAQ

(MOST FREQUESTION ASKED QUESTION)

Q: (Usually asked with hands covering the face) Can you see all of my secrets?

A: Nope!

As you have already seen for yourself, a face reveals general traits, strengths and predispositions. I cannot know what you ate for breakfast or if you got into an argument with your spouse.

A face reader may be able to detail a very extensive map of your personality, but doesn’t get to actually “know” you. Only the person themselves is able to say, “Wow! So that’s why I’m always going into the kitchen to make sure the kashrus is up to par — my angled eyebrows and my straight chin! One minute, am I too bossy in general? Maybe I should start giving my wife and kids a little more space.”

Another example: A face reader can see if someone is experiencing a lot of stress in their personal life, but I wouldn’t be able to tell why. Is there a sick person in the family? Is a child giving them grief? Are they remembering a childhood trauma? Are they worried about not having enough money?

This makes face reading “safe,” as a person’s privacy is not being violated (you can take your hands off your face now), and the face reader’s ego keeps being held in check as we keep bumping into the limits of what we are able to know.

In truth, we all read faces. Within an instant of meeting someone, we judge what kind of person they are based on their face. However, we are only sometimes accurate with our assessments. Face reading helps us be more accurate, and it helps us see the uniqueness and strengths of every person.

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In honor of The Monsey View, a bunch of us busy women abandon household and work obligations and gather for a game of giggles and guesses.

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A card with a word gets passed around the room to all players, except the one sitting in the hot seat. The player in the hot seat asks each player “How’s yours?”

Based on everyone’s responses, the one in the hot seat needs to figure out the word on the card being passed around. The stakes are high because our winner, the player who guesses the card’s word at her turn with the least amount of answers, will walk out with a mystery prize. We all eye the mustache man box and wonder about the secrets it contains. Will it be a $5,000 Visa gift card? A rat? A package of q-tips? Only time and our winner will tell.

Meet our diverse players (in order of age, but shhh… don’t tell)

BOBBY: Wise and spunky grandmother and great-grandmother of many. We are privileged to have her join our game.

BRUCHY: Young and with-it grandmother and hands-on mother, always available to help others (specifically with giving advice and opinions).

MIRIAM: Loyal bobby, mommy and most sought-after saleslady.

PERELA: Early to bed, early to rise, early to leave because work waits for no (wo)man.

YIDES: Ambitious multitasker extraordinaire.

DINI: Full-time mommy who is always available for her children.

PESSY: Super creative mom of young ones. Arrives late and nearly lands in major trouble because of it.

CHAYA: Our volunteer transcriber and acai bowl fan.

IDY: Cheved’s older sister.

CHEVED: Idy’s younger sister.

ZISSEL: Manages work and housework and children with aplomb and still carves out time to make it to our lunch. (She probably figured out how to make time flexible. Still waiting for her to share the secret with me.)

MINDY: Lively mom of a livelier crew.

TZIPPI: Our youngest player.

We

get ready for round one and hope that by the time we’re done, everyone

will be clear on the game’s rules.

(I, for one, am not very good at explaining game rules. I’d rather have everyone muddle through one round and figure it out on their own.)

MIRIAM is our brave first volunteer to sit in the hot seat.

Card number one makes its round as Miriam asks one player at a time, “How’s yours?”

Yides responds, “Mostly functional.”

Bruchy says, “Sunshine.”

Bobby adds, “Old-fashioned.”

And Perela says, “Seethrough.”

Hmmm… Will Miriam get it?

Dini: “Waker-upper.”

Miriam guesses, “Windows?”

Close, but no!

Zissel says, “Usually closed.”

Tzippi: “In need of cleaning.”

Idy: “Needs to be replaced”

Mindy: “Mostly up.”

Miriam, in the hot seat: “Window shades?”

We applaud her correct guess and eat some more salad to fortify ourselves for the next round.

CHEVED is up next and starts by asking Miriam, “How’s yours?”

“Pink,” Miriam says.

“Untouched,” says Zissel.

Mindy: “The amount I need grows every year.”

Not only is Cheved befuddled, the ones who haven’t seen the card yet are getting really curious, too.

Idy says, “Never made it in my life.”

Tzippi: “Me neither. I rely on my mother to make it for me,” (She did not get married this past month. Or year. Or decade. Just saying.)

Pessy, who has arrived seconds before, yells, “Gefilte fish!” together with Cheved and is threatened with a triple-hot-seat turn for disobedience.

IDY takes her turn in the hot seat next. “How’s yours?” she asks

Chaya answers, “Mine is small and high up.”

Miriam adds, “It’s the best place in my house.”

Cheved chimes in next. “Mine’s private.”

The suspense sure is mounting!

Dini: “The neighbors are always looking in.”

Tzippi: “Breezy.”

Mindy: “Too high.”

Pessy: “Never used.” (Cheved interjects, “I never knew you had one!’)

Zissel: “Fully enclosed.”

Bruchy: “Used all the time.”

Bobby: “Great place to say Tehillim.”

Luckily, Idy lives close in proximity to Bobby and sees her out on her porch often saying Tehillim. She finally feels secure enough to guess, “A porch?”

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TZIPPI is next, but she will need to take the hot stand because she’s rocking her baby to sleep.

“How’s it by you?” she asks Zissel. “Not used enough.”

Bruchy responds, “Used by many,” and those who saw the card laugh out loud.

Yides says, “Raised.”

Chaya: “Calling my name all the time.”

“A bathtub?” Tzippi asks. No, we all giggle. Does anyone really want to spend that much time in the bath?

Dini, who recently returned from a trip overseas, says, “In Eretz Yisroel we called mine a matzah because it was so thin.”

“A bed?” Tzippi ventures. And this time she’s right!

We all take a break for some heavenly cheesecake and a quick schmooze before we start our next round, with ZISSEL in the hot seat.

“How’s yours?” she asks Miriam. “In my head.”

Dini answers, “Never ending”

“A to-do list?” Zissel asks. But she didn’t nail it yet.

Tzippi: “In a prominent place.”

Cheved: “It’s made and then promptly gets lost.”

Pessy: “Mine is always missing the most important thing.”

Mindy: “It’s the neatest thing in my house.”

This one’s proving to be quite challenging!

“A calendar?” Zissel guesses again. But, no. She still didn’t get it.

Idy: “I’m forever making it, forever losing it.”

“A shopping list?” Zissel tries once more. Apparently, the third time’s the charm. She got it!

BRUCHY volunteers to sit in the hot seat for our next round.

Chaya responds, “Like a chicken.”

Yides adds, “Not always consistent.”

Mindy says, “Not nice.” Uh-oh! What could this one be?

Bobby adds, “Lots of practice went into mine. Today’s days we’re not focused on it much any longer.”

The intrigue is growing…

Zissel: “Mine’s the worst one yet.”

“Housekeeping?” Bruchy asks, only to get peals of hysterical laughter in response.

Tzippi: “I could always work on mine.”

Idy: “Absolutely horrible!”

Cheved is stumped because she doesn’t want to echo everyone, yet is searching for a response that won’t give away the answer, “Mine rhymes with whoppy,” she says.

“A pantry?” Bruchy asks. The laughter only intensifies.

Dini says, “Mine was improved with OT.” Miriam adds, “Mine is similar to my daughter’s.”

Bobby then explains that 99% has been taken over by computers, and Bruchy tries guessing once more. “Handwriting?” We applaud her and laugh and celebrate with yummy shakes.

CHAYA takes her turn on the hot seat and turns to Zissel first. “How’s yours?”

Zissel says, “Not very exciting.”

Bruchy: “Begging for a refill.”

Bobby: “Uh-oh if it’s empty.”

Miriam: “Usually black,” and is interjected by someone’s correction, “Or green!”

Yides: “It’s emptied and then gets refilled”

Chaya asks, “A wallet?” and is right on her first try!

DINI graciously braves the hot seat and asks Yides, “How’s yours?”

“Blond,” she responds.

“Very excited,” Bruchy adds.

Bobby says, “Greatly celebrated.”

Miriam: “Renewed.”

“A chasan?” Dini asks, and Yides takes umbrage with that guess: “Do I have a blond chasan?”

Zissel: “Victorious.”

Idy: “One after G-d.”

The mystery is cooking. What does it say on the card?

Tzippi: “Mine lost weight.”

Mindy: “It’s a boy!” to everyone’s hoots of laughter

Finally Dini guesses, “President?” And yup! She got it!

Before BOBBY takes her turn in the hot seat, she requests a senior citizen’s discount, which we all agree to.

“How’s yours?” she asks Chaya.

“Mine smells strongly.”

Miriam says, “Mine goes round and round.”

Dini offers, “It houses my medicine and baking supplies.”

“A turntable?” Bobby wants to know. Close, but not yet.

Then Cheved says, “Mine’s in my fridge.”

To which Bobby correctly guesses, “Spice cabinet.”

TZIPPI plops down on the hot seat and asks Bruchy, “How’s yours?”

“Mine are small and great.”

“Between mine and my kids, there’s red, blue and white,” Zissel offers.

Idy: “My kids’ need to be replaced.”

Pessy: “Mine are plentiful and cheap.”

The challenge is on. The clues are varied, and it’s nearly impossible to find a common denominator. But Tzippy’s not deterred. “Clothing?”

“No!” Pessy says indignantly. “Do I look like I’m wearing something cheap?”

Cheved: “Mine were purchased after a ton of running around.”

Dini: “Mine need to be repaired too often.”

Chaya: “Pearly white, unlike my teeth.”

Bobby: “Postless.”

To which Tzippi guesses correctly, “Earrings?”

We play several more spirited rounds amid much laughter and fun before finishing off with one final round. BRUCHY offers to take the hot seat again for this one.

“How’s yours?”

Idy: “It usually comes with yelling and shouting.”

Bobby: “There are too many.”

Dini: “I’m always available to give it.” What a generous soul!

Miriam: “Mine’s the best!”

And Bruchy guesses, “Opinion?” Yes! She sure got this one right!

After a heated discussion as to who our winner is, we unanimously decide that “Bobby” gets to walk out with the prize, because with her senior discount (50%, because we’re generous like that), she hands-down wins.

Upon opening the box, she discovers a mini self-care package that includes hand creams, a mini back massager, and a floral scented candle. We clean up all evidence of our party amidst promises of a redo “once a month, at least.” I’ll let you all know when that becomes reality.

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CHAPTER 2 OF 6

As I pulled up to Moshe’s house, a mix of excitement and apprehension coursed through me. I hadn’t forgotten his tension and hostility. The challenge is on, I thought. I grabbed my equipment from the car and walked to the front door.

Weights in hand and bag slung over my shoulder, I rang the bell. This was no ordinary session. This was the session where Moshe would learn that exercise wasn’t about losing weight; it was about moving better, feeling better. I was determined to help him see what exercise could do for him.

Just as I was about to ring again, the door swung open. To my surprise, Moshe was already dressed and ready to work out.

But the expression on his face was less ready. “Morning,” he grumbled.

“Good morning!” I smiled and extended my hand. His handshake was weak, but hey — he was here, and that was something.

“All right, Moshe, where are we doing this?” I asked.

Without a word, Moshe turned and walked down the hallway, leading me to a set of double doors on the left. I followed him into a large dining room. The high ceiling and vast space, even with the enormous sixteen-seat table in the middle, made it the perfect spot for our session.

“Great space,” I said, carefully placing the weights on the floor. “I’m really excited for today.”

Moshe stared at me, the picture of boredom.

“Today we’re going to focus on building your baseline — your starting point,” I said. “Basically, I’ll take you through a series of exercises, and from

that, we’ll figure out where to start with your program.”

“Why can’t I just exercise?” Moshe cut in, crossing his arms. “I already told you, I move around all day.” Ah, there it was — the attitude I’d been expecting. But it was a good question. Why do you need a custom designed exercise program? Why can’t you just, you know, exercise?

“If we start without understanding your baseline, we won’t know how to help you move at your best in the future,” I said, calmly pulling out a set of resistance bands and draping them over a nearby chair. “The information this assessment gives me will help me determine what kind of exercise you need, and show you the right way to do it, so you progress from a strong foundation.”

“Foundation, shmoundation,” Moshe muttered under his breath. “Sounds like a waste of time.”

I smiled. “Let’s get into it. By the end, you’ll see what I mean. We’re going to start with squats. Do you know what a squat is?”

Moshe gave me a look that could cut through stone. “Squat? No.”

“Okay, no problem. I’ll show you. Then I want you to try five reps — repetitions. Focus on doing them at a controlled pace. I’ll observe and see where you might be tight, weak or strong.”

I demonstrated the squat, and then it was Moshe’s turn. His first attempt was… interesting. His legs seemed to have

“WHY CAN’T I JUST EXERCISE?” MOSHE CUT IN, CROSSING HIS ARMS. “I ALREADY TOLD YOU, I MOVE AROUND ALL DAY”

a mind of their own — one going this way, the other that way. His upper body bent forward like a banana, threatening to topple over. By the fourth rep, though, I could see his body starting to figure things out, and the movement became smoother.

“Great! Now do five more, and I’ll watch from the side,” I said, as he finished his fifth rep.

As Moshe powered through, I saw real progress. By the eighth rep, though, he started to rush, his form deteriorating as fatigue set in.

“Slow it down,” I coached. “The goal isn’t to finish fast; it’s to move well.”

“Phew,” Moshe said, exhaling loudly after the tenth rep. “That was harder than I thought.”

First crack in his tough exterior. This was a glimmer of acknowledgment; maybe, just maybe, this wasn’t as simple or pointless as he had thought.

“I know,” I said. “I noticed a few things while you were squatting. You were leaning too far forward, and your knees were caving in. That tells me your inner leg muscles are working overtime, and your core could use some strengthening.”

“It’s my first time,” he said witheringly.

“It’s tough,” I agreed. “That’s why we’re doing this — to figure out what you need to work on. If we just jump into exercise without knowing what’s going on, we could set you up for problems down the line.”

“Like what?” Moshe asked, curiosity slipping into his voice for the first time.

“Injury.” Like Moshe needed any more reason not to engage. “If your goal is just to ‘do’ the exercise, you’ll do it any way that achieves the goal. But that means you might be doing it wrong – or doing the wrong moves – which could lead to injury.”

As we moved through the rest of the assessment, I began to notice a change in Moshe. His body was adapting quickly, and even though his attitude was still resistant, I could see that he’d have no problem with the work, and would make great progress.

“That was tougher than I expected,” Moshe admitted as I packed up my things.

“You’ll probably feel it tomorrow,” I said, heading toward the door. “But now I’ve got everything I need to design your program. Next week, we’ll start the real work.”

As I walked out, I couldn’t help but feel hopeful. This was just the beginning, and I had only four weeks left. But Moshe was already showing signs of progress, even if he didn’t know it yet. TO BE CONTINUED…

Tzviki Smith is the owner of Smith System, which helps busy Jewish business owners bring fitness into their lives with personalized training at their home or office. He can be reached at 845-671-9945.

WEEK 2: SQUAT

The squat is super important because it’s the same movement you use when getting up from a chair or sitting down. It’s not just for workouts ; it helps you in everyday life! When you do squats, you’re training all the muscles in your lower body, which helps you stay balanced and strong. Plus, it helps you stay healthy and strong for everyday tasks.

You can simply sit back into a chair and stand back up to practice this exercise. As you build strength, you can remove the chair. Here’s how you will do the exercise:

1. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart, with your toes pointing forward.

2. Start to sit down by bending your knees, but keep your knees over your feet.

3. Lower yourself slowly into the chair, keeping your body upright, like you’re sitting down gently.

4. Right before you sit down, stand back up!

Do this ten to fifteen times. Once you feel strong and in control of your movements, you can try it without the chair, maybe while holding onto something at first. Then, when you’re ready, try doing it without holding on. Aim for 2–4 sets per day.

For any issues such as:

• Garbage pickup issues

• Street light outages

• Construction concerns

• Unauthorized road closures

• Road hazards like potholes, etc.

please don't hesitate to contact our community liaison, and your concern will be resolved in the most e ective manner.

Mr. Yossi Margareten

He can be reached at: 845.357.5100 ext. 433 | Margarettenj@ramapo.org manner.

THE INQUISITION LATER EXPELLED THE JEWS FROM ARGENTINA, AND ALL GENERATIONS OF THE MORENO FAMILY SINCE HAVE LIVED IN POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION. I KNOW THIS FROM THE STORIES MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER SHARED ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS THEY WENT THROUGH. IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE OUR FAMILY EVER HAD ANY WEALTH.

…IS THAT WE ALL TRAVEL TO SURINAME TO FIND YOUR GREAT-GREATGRANDFATHER’S TREASURE?

SO WHAT YOU’RE SUGGESTING…

NO. YOU AND MATISYAHU WILL STAY HERE TOO.

BUT, ABUELO…!

I’LL ALSO REMAIN HERE. I’M TOO OLD FOR THIS JOURNEY.

SO WE’LL GO, ALONG WITH THE RUBINOV FAMILY!

MUST STAY HERE. HE’S A DOCTOR AND THE IMMIGRANTS NEED HIM.

TREASURE?!

WE WANT TO GO WITH DON RUBINOV TO SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE!

YISHAI

RECAP: ABUELO JOSÉ MORENO SHARES THAT WHEN HIS GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, ELIAS MORENO, TRIED TO FIND REFUGE FOR HIS FAMILY IN SURINAME, SOUTH AMERICA, HE HID THE FAMILY TREASURE THERE.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. ONLY DON RUBINOV AND MISHA WILL GO. LEIB WILL ALSO STAY HERE.

I DON’T BELIEVE IT! MY GREATGRANDFATHER’S HIDDEN TREASURE! JUST WHAT I NEED TO PAY JOAQUÍN, THE WARDEN! I’LL RUN GET PABLO AND PIETRO.

WE’LL FOLLOW THOSE RUSOS* AND, ONCE THEY FIND THE TREASURE, WE’LL TAKE IT FROM THEM. IT’S NOT STEALING; THE TREASURE BELONGS TO ME, TOO!

WHY WOULD PADRE WANT TO GIVE OUR FAMILY TREASURE TO THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS?! HIS BECOMING RELIGIOUS MADE HIM LOSE HIS MIND!

AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, YEHUDA RUBINOV AND YISHAI EVENTUALLY AGREE WITH ABUELO JOSÉ. THEY REALIZE THAT THE CHANCES OF FINDING THE TREASURE ARE SLIM, BUT IT MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO HELP THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. THE NEXT MORNING, AT THE TRAIN STATION:

GOOD LUCK! DON’T WORRY, WE’LL TAKE CARE OF LEIB AND ESTERINA. WE’LL DAVEN FOR YOUR SUCCESS AND SAFE RETURN!

WHEW, IT’S HEAVY!

PADRE SAID WE NEED TO BRING FOOD ALONG, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO KOSHER PLACES ALONG THE WAY. BUT THIS IS A LOT OF FOOD!

WHERE ARE MICHOEL AND MATISYAHU?

THEY WANTED TO STAY HOME. TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILY HEIRLOOM, MISHA.

I KNOW I’M THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ELIAS IN SURINAME… BE CAREFUL, OKAY? OF COURSE.

BITS OF WITS

SHEVY HOLLANDER

Hot water freezes faster than cold water.

This phenomenon is called the Mpempa Effect after the high schooler who discovered it in the 1960s.

THE CHANGING FACE OF:

The names Holland and the Netherlands are very often used interchangeably to refer to the country of tulips and windmills, but Holland is just a region in the country of the Netherlands.The Netherlands is divided into twelve provinces, including North Holland and South Holland.

The country’s branding can be blamed for this mistake, since Amsterdam, the country’s largest and most popular city, is in North Holland, and the Netherlands would often refer to themselves by that region’s name.

was invented in 1941 as Cheerioats. They changed their name in 1945 due to trademark issues.

FLOWER POWER

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).

TANACH TEASER

E H O N T M W

1. Panel 2. Board 3. Cabinet 4. Council THINK

Find a common factor for this group of four words

Answer: A decimal.

TANACH TEASER

Rosh Chodesh bentching isn’t recited on the Shabbos preceding Rosh Chodesh both on the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah and also when Shabbos falls on a Shabbos and Sunday, and bentching is not recited the Shabbos before Sunday Rosh Chodesh, but rather the previous week Shabbos.

ADD TO DICTIONARY

WORDS YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT SAY THINGS IN A WHOLE NEW WAY

KOENIGSEGG’S JESKO ABSOLUT IS THEORETICALLY FASTER THAN THAT, WITH ITS MAKERS SAYING IT CAN DO 330 MILES, BUT WE WON’T KNOW THAT UNTIL IT ACTUALLY HITS THE ROAD. RECORDED! SO RANDOM!

Moxie is a great noun to use as a synonym for nerve or guts. It also is used as synonyms for pep and energy. You can wake up full of moxie, ready to tackle the day. And you can show moxie by challenging the status quo. Would you have the moxie to use the word moxie when conversing with an unsuspecting stranger?

PEREL PULLED OUT PRETTY PEARLY PLATTERS OF PULLED BEEF. SAY IT WITH A TWIST

THE CURRENT FASTEST CAR, THE BUGATTI CHIRON SUPER SPORT 300+M, IS A LIMITEDEDITION HYPERCAR WITH A TOP SPEED OF OVER 300 MPH (483 KM/H).

After the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II, anxious government officials clandestinely sent the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence together with four cases full of treasured artifacts to Fort Knox for safekeeping. In 1944, they returned it to the Library of Congress.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

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.

Rachie Deutsch, 9, Belz

BOGGLE TOURNAMENT

HOW TO PLAY:

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!

PLAYING RULES:

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

E D H O T N E T R N A V B A M S C P T E L E G I N

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:

COLOR ME PRETTY

Filling in lines with shades of color is an age-old activity that is as soothing as it is enjoyable. Grab a pack of color pencils or gel pens to find out why coloring isn’t only for children!

Talent Show

Yanky Spira

Shiel Amrom Nadler

Suri Rosenber, 6

Yitzchok Ungar

Yiddy Bayer

Shimon, 7

Shloimee Ciment, 3

Zevi Brody, 11

Shloimy Breuer

Yanky & Burech Zins

Zevi Weichbrod

Yosef Elbaum

Yakov Yosef & Raizy Breuer

Sury Weiss & Sury Greenberg

Yechiel Mechel Weichbrod

Yanky Spira

Yossi Greenberg

Yossi Schapiro

Yanky Nissen

Yossi Leifer

Classifieds

FOR SALE

NEOCATE/BABY FORMULA

Neocate $46.99 per can. Kendamil Similac L’Mehadrin in stock!! We buy off any formula for a good price and trade as well. Call for other types of formulas. New! Option of shipping case of 6 Kendamil directly to you from England. Formula Trade 347.369.4886

BEBE ORGANIC SET

Looking to sell a natural color bebe organic set, size 3 mths, with matching bonnet and blanket, beautiful for vachnacht. Please call 347 382 0905

MARY KAY MAKEUP AND SKINCARE

Pre-Chanukah sale! Spend $25 earn $5 MK cash!! No limit!! Great gifts starting at just $10! Free delivery! No minimum! 845.274.2282

SHIMMERS STORE CREDIT

Selling $2,000 store credit by Shimmers Boutique in Monroe for $1800, negotiable. Call/text 347-524-3984.

MOUNTAIN BUGGY

Mountain Buggy traveling carriage selling for great price! Brand new. Call 845422-3395

DOONA STROLLER

Doona Stroller, multiple colors avail.cll/txt 1-201-6144045

CANON CAMERAS

2nd hand cameras call 347871-2330 shipping 10 dollars beautiful g16 in stock

MEN’S CHANUKA GIFT

Gorgeous תרוטקה םוטיפ on klaf in genuine leather/ cowhide cover. $550. Very limited quantity. Perfect for husband/father/chosson. Call/text 845-533-2796

2020 TESLA FOR SALE

Model Y, All wheel drive, 102k miles, $18,500. Call 845-5370057

BEDROOM SET

Bedroom set in excellent condition For Sale Best offer. Call / TXT for photos 347-7150065

REAL ESTATE

APT/OFFICES FOR RENT

2 rooms plus kitchenette for rent, also an option for an office (Wifi Included). Jill area. Reasonable rent. Call 845-826-6076

FURNISHED APT

Beautiful 1 bedroom Fully Furnished Apartment on Old Nyack. Walking distance to Evergreen. Please call 347512-6561

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Brand New two bedroom apartment for rent in the Chestnut Ridge/ Dexter Park area. Call or text 845- 5870461

MAIN ST.

1 bedroom furnished apartment - 845-263-2300

ELM ST.

4 bedroom Apartment With Playroom, 2.5 baths – 845263-2300

LINDEN LUXE

New Pristine Cathedral Ceiling House. 6 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms. Stocked Playroom. Patio Seating. Swing Set. Trampoline, gameroom. All Amenities included. 5 min to shul. Avail for Shabbos/Weekday. call/ text 718-989-1406.

FOR RENT

Beautiful furnished studio apartment available for rent on Route 306. For more information call/text: (845) 545-4500

FOR RENT

Beautiful 1 bedroom apartment available for rent on Sunrise. For more information call/text: (845) 545-4500

FOR RENT

A beautiful 2 bedroom

Basment with windows old nyack/saddle. Please call or text 646-866-4129

2 BEDROOM APT

Very nice 2 bedroom apartment avail on Bates Dr. 845-746-7251

FURNISHED APT

Brand new furnished 1 BDRM, D/R and Kitchen available for rent at Calvert Sandspoint area. Please email rcmanageoffice@ gmail.com or text 845-8286781

2 BEDROOM APT

2

in ,Quartz Countertop, Soundproofed

845-262-0532

APT FOR RENT

Brand new upgraded 2 bedroom spacious apt/office space available in chestnut ridge. Above ground, private patio. call/text 845-502-3643

2 BEDROOM APT

Brand new 2 bedroom apartment Meron/Kearsing development. 347-308-2683

STORAGE/PARKING

Storage and or parking located in a professional building in Airmont. 347639-4315

WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA

Very nice clean 2 bedroom apartment for rent in Century Village, West Palm Beach Florida. Please call 845-216-6793/ 845-425-7773

Classifieds

APT RENTAL

2 bedroom apartment for rent in Haverstraw. Starting January. Contact 8453769033

SUMMER RENTAL WANTED

Looking to rent a big house for the summer in the Monsey, Monroe, area or Catskills. It should have place for at least 35 people. Please call 347.623.0891

OFFICE FOR RENT

Newly renovated offices for rent on LENORE AVE. please call 845 533 2427

HAVERSTRAW

1000 SF ground floor space + 15 parking spots available for rent call/Text 845.203.1120

RETAIL BUILDING FOR SALE

Retail Building In Haverstraw On Rt 9w 4,000 Sf, Asking $999k, Great Location, Text Or Call 845.203.1120

STORAGE/WAREHOUSE

Storage/warehouse for rent in the Monsey area please contact 917.635.4576

LAKEHOUSE VILLA

Luxurious 3 bedroom lake house villa in Case Grande Arizona. Private pool fully stocked kosher kitchen. 520.251.4459

SHORT TERM RENTAL

Airmont, NY - Furnished 6 bedroom house, 20+ beds. Across Lorna Park. Weekday, Shabbos, or Short Term. Call 347-451-9432

WEST PALM BEACH

For the best Real Estate deals, Call: Mrs. Debby Schwartz 203.667.2785

MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA

Collins Ave. Beautiful ocean view. 1 bedroom apt. for rent. 347.760.0570

WEST PALM BEACH FOR SALE

Wellington M, 2 Bedroom apt. Ground Floor FOR SALE. Call: 347.760.0639

MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA

Carriage Club North, beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath, ground floor, for rent. Call: 347.499.0031

FLORIDA RENTAL

Beautiful 3 bedroom 3 bath villa with inground heated pool and hot tub available in North Miami, Price per night $339. Pictures available. Call/ Text 845-327-7153

MONSEY VACATION/ SIMCHA RENTAL

Beautiful fully furnished Shabbos equipped 6 bedroom 4 bath house Highview/ College. Call/ whatsapp 718541-0292

BEAUTIFUL VILLA RENTAL

Beautiful villa in serene area outside Monroe. 9 couple rooms, teen room 8 beds and many kids mattresses. Huge private pool with stunning grounds. New!!! Jacuzzi Hot tub. Pictures at hotelfifteen. com .still avail for sukkas 845 837 5662

HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA

Beautiful private villa. 4 Master suites with kosher kitchen, huge living area, pool. Walking distance to Shul/ Kosher shopping. Call/ WhatsApp 718-541-0292

VILLA IN CASA GRANDE ARIZONA

Gorgeous upgraded villa available. 14 comfortable beds, 3 baths, kosher kitchen. Beautiful private backyard with heated pool. Near Shul & Grocery. Call/text 929-592-0368 / 929-441-5709 Arizonakoshervilla.net. Villa in Tuscon also available.

NORTH MIAMI FL.

· Couples Only· Kosher Vacation House · Private Heated Pool· Warm, Relaxing, Dreamy · Beautiful Patio· 5 Min walk to a Shul. Contact chany for more details @ 845-274-7610

FURNISHED RENTAL

2 Bedroom furnished apt on Adar Ct. Great for mechutanim or family Simchas. Please call 845-2137732

SHORT TERM RENTALS

Luxurious vacation properties some with pools available for short-term rentals in the Monsey area, perfect for accommodating 20 to 150 guests. Designed for large families, Shabbatons, etc. conveniently located. Great Minds 845-520-3250.

HIRING BOOKKEEPER

Busy construction and real estate office is seeking to hire a full-time female bookkeeper to perform bookkeeping and other secretarial tasks. Experience in QuickBooks, and Excel, is required. Great potential for the right individual. Please email your resume to constructionbookkeeping9@ gmail.com

ENGLISH DEPT.

PUSH-IN/ ASSISTANT WANTED- Looking to hire a dedicated and qualified mentor to join our team in the afternoon. Candidate needs to be title approved to work as a push-in mentor in the classroom. Great opportunity for the right individual. Please send resume to englishdept@ bnosbinahm.org

NEED ASSISTANT

Seeking an assistant teacher for a pre1a girls class. Full day preferred, half day option possible. Please email 1jobs5785@gmail.com

HELP WANTED

Construction office looking to hire a full-time secretary and project manager. Preferable knowledge of QuickBooks. Please email your resume to officejobs4832@gmail.com

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• CFO, 5+ years forecasting and budgeting experience, knowledge of grant management and compliance for notfor-profit organization, CPA degree required, 225k+, Monsey

• In-house Attorney, National Real Estate company seeking an experienced In-House Attorney w/ 5+ years expertise in contract and employment law, Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, 150k – 200k, Monsey [remote/hybrid]

• Controller for established private school, manage the financial operations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. Proven success in budgeting, and cost control principles w/ analytical and problem-solving skills, 200k, Monsey

• Director of Finance & Payroll Compliance, 3+ yrs. experience in finance, accounting, payroll tax compliance and managing multi-state payroll tax filings, 175k - 225k, Monroe

• Construction Site Manager, oversee ground-up commercial and residential projects. Full ownership of project management, with a focus on cost savings, efficiency, and strong relationship-building. 5+ years’ experience managing new construction projects required, 175k - 225k, Monroe

• Real Estate Asset Manager, 3+ yrs. experience required, construction experience a plus, driving distance to Monsey, 150k+, Monsey

• Real Estate Asset Manager, 3+ yrs. experience required, construction experience a plus, travel required, 150k+, Monsey

• Accountant, 2+ yrs. nursing home industry experience required w/ bank reporting and dealing with lenders, 150k, Monsey

• HR Director, manage Indeed accounts and staffing of Nursing home facilities, relevant experience required, 120k – 150k, Monsey

• CPA, for large Real Estate Management company, Yardi experience required, 100k – 130k, Monsey

• NetSuite Administrator, be familiar with NetSuite settings, configurations, and customizations, as well as having the ability to integrate NetSuite with other systems, full-time, 120k+, Monsey, [Hybrid 1-2 days a week]

• Bookkeeper, Manufacturing / cost accounting experience required, transaction entries & bookkeeping, month-end Reporting & close, analyzing and reporting on inventory, labor, and material costs, 100k - 120k, Parsippany, NJ

• IT Project Manager, 2+ years IT - PM experience, lead technology projects from initiation to delivery, manage project scope, coordination, executing project plans have strong knowledge of PM methodologies, communication, problem-solving and leadership skills, 90k – 120k, Monsey

• CAD Documentation Specialist, full-time position, be detailoriented professional with a focus on CAD documentation accuracy and efficiency in supporting cross-functional engineering and production teams, 100k, Newark, NJ

• Buyer, 2+ yrs. experience w/ kitchen equipment supplies, negotiate prices, strong communication, analytical and procurement skills, 100k, Monsey

• Payroll Administrator for Real Estate office, 2+ yrs. relevant experience, 100k + full benefits, Monsey

• Warehouse Manager, oversee daily warehouse operations, manage a team of 40+ associates responsible for receiving, packing, and picking orders. Be highly organized and process-driven leader with excellent communication / implementation skills, relevant experience required, 95k115k, Newark NJ

• E-Catalog Content Manager, experience in catalog management, product data processing, or similar roles, 85k - 110k, Newark

• Hands-On Property Manager, overseeing daily operations of commercial/residential properties located in Bronx, NYC area. Manage maintenance, repairs, coordinate w/ vendors, handling tenant relations. 75k – 100k, office based in Monsey

• Senior Bookkeeper, Multi-Family Real Estate office, ensure the smooth and accurate management of financial operations for multiple entities. Be detail-oriented and organized. 85k - 100k, Monsey

• HCBS Intake Coordinator, 3+ years w/ HCBS program and compliance, 95k, Monsey

• Internal Communications and Marketing Specialist, 3+ yrs. experience in internal communications and marketing, Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills, Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, 80k - 90k, Monsey

• Hands-On Property Manager, manage a team of maintenance workers on the road, coordinate and respond to building inspections and violations, identify maintenance and repair needs, strong construction/plumbing knowledge, be computer savvy [experience w/ property management software] 80k - 95k, Monsey

• HCBS Quality Assurance Compliance Director, HCBS experience required, female office, 80k – 90k, Monsey

• Construction Project Manager, 2+ yrs. commercial construction experience required, travel to Tri-state area, 90k+, office based in Monsey

• E-commerce Catalog Listing Manager, maintain, optimize listing performance, running deals, etc. 70k – 90k, Montgomery NY

• Logistics Project Coordinator, logistics and freight management experience required, including working directly with shipping companies, 75k – 85k, Newark NJ

• Office Admin position for Article 16 OPWDD Clinic, 75k –85k, Monsey

• Real Estate Title Coordinator, 1+ yrs. experience required, 70k – 80k, Monsey

• COMHAB/Respite Team Leader, Full-time position, Female office, Supervisory experience required, 70k – 80k, Monsey

• Estimator for Commercial / Residential Real Estate company, read plans, write up estimates, present budgets, email proposals, be detailed, organized, enjoy working with numbers, experience in estimating a plus, 75k+, Monroe

• Store Manager for Hardware Store, 70k plus commissions, Passaic, NJ

• Paralegal, full-time position, 70k+, Monsey

• Junior Accountant, Real Estate Management company, hands-on experience working with general ledgers, journal entries, credits/debits, and P&L statements, Familiarity with tax returns and Financial Statements; experience with accounting software, 65k – 75k, Monsey

• Junior Bookkeeper, male office, be familiar w/ QuickBooks, tech-savvy, quick learner and a team-player, 65k- 75k, Monsey

• 1031 Exchange Officer, oversee and facilitate the process of 1031 exchanges, managing the 1031 docs, client communication etc., 65k – 75k, Monsey

• Product Development & Marketing Specialist, Judaica/ gifts line, Research & develop new products, manage social media & create content, design marketing materials & product packaging, 2+ years of experience in product development, social media, and graphic design, 50k – 60k

• Financial tracker, for Nursing home facilities back-office, be attention to-detail, great communication skills and enjoy working w/ numbers, male office, 55k – 65k, Monsey

• Showroom Operations Project Manager for Architecture firm, Oversee operations, equipment upkeep, customer relations, scheduling clients, 52k, Monsey

• Licensed Social Worker for local agency, male population, $65/hr. - $90/hr., based on experience, Monsey

• Behavior Therapist (LMSW, LCSW or MHC) $65/hr. per client session, Monsey

• Mental Health Therapists, Interns positions, salary based on experience, Monsey

• Nurse Practitioners, experience in Psychiatric medication management, Part time, Flexible hours, salary based on experience, Monsey

• Leading Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Brokerage firm, seeks motivated and ambitious individuals to join their team as Real Estate Finance Advisors, develop relationships with real estate owners and developers to arrange financing. Learn to analyze and underwrite deals, 40k plus commissions, Monsey

• Bookkeeper, 2+ yrs. experience required, $30 - $35/hr., Monsey

• QA Coordinator, Female office, Part-time - Friday required, Excellent reading/ writing skills required. $30/hr. Monsey

• Full-time Customer service positions available. $25 - $30/ hr. Monsey

• Fiscal Intermediary Coordinator, 6+ hours daily MondayThursday, Friday a must. Prior office experience required. $30-$35, Monsey

• Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) Service Coordinator, relevant experience required, $35/hr.+, Monsey

• AP Rep, AR Liaison, Payroll Rep positions. $25 - $35/hr., Monsey

• Female Care Manager - BA or Equivalent degree required, relevant experience preferred, part-time or full-time $30/ hr.+, Monsey

• Assistant for Project Manager, multi-task, attention todetail, excellent computer skills, full-time position, $28/ hr. Monsey

• Secretary, Real Estate office, full-time position, be organized, multi-tasking, detail-oriented and Microsoft Office proficient, $25 - $30/hr., New City

• Cyber Security Analyst - must have completed basic cyber security coursework, $25 - $30/hr., room for growth, Monsey

• Front desk secretary, Part-time/Full-time, $25/hr., Monsey

• Warehouse Inventory Quality Control/Packer, inspect items for damage or defects, verify items are accurate and match orders/pack items securely and ensure shipments, $25/ hr., Monsey

• OUTSIDE SALESMAN position, construction service industry, prior experience in sales preferred, Basic computer skills. Excellent communication skills, build client relationships, negotiate contracts, close deals, salary plus commissions based on experience, Monsey

• INSIDE SALES position, Energy rebate programs, 3+ years sales experienced required. Excellent communication skills, salary plus commissions based on experience, Monsey

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JOBS AVAILABLE

Part-time & Full-time jobs available. Email TopPartTimeJobs@ gmail.com

OUTSIDE SALESPERSON

Busy construction office looking to hire a outside salesperson, Great growth opportunities for the right candidate. Please send your resume to dmb5082@gmail. com

BCBA POSITION

ABA Riders is looking to hire a BCBA. Well-paid, flexible hours. Contact Rikki 347930-9736/info@abariders. com.

WORK FROM HOME

Great opportunity to manage your own business from home. No experience needed, no computer necessary. Huge potential to grow big. Call: 438.529.1216

ADMIN ASSISTANT

Accounting firm in Suffern seeking an admin assistant. All women’s office. Willing to train. Great environment! Option for FT or PT. Send resume to ckohn@ bernathandrosenberg.com

LADIES

Make some extra money. Lots of potential and full support. Risk free. Set your own hours. no boss. No computer needed. call/text 3474096070

HELP WANTED

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity? B&C Industries is a fast-growing packaging distribution company looking for enthusiastic individuals to expand our sales team. Lucrative commission structures. Beginner-friendly. Reach out to hr@bcpkg.com for more information.

SALESLADY OPPORTUNITY

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

CHESS TEACHERS

Hiring dynamic, responsible chess teachers. Weekday late afternoon availability needed. Earn up to $80/hr, based on experience. Apply at ChessChevra.com

CREATIVE LEADER

Join a local Amazon company as the head of our Creative Team! We’re looking for a Creative leader with strong managerial skills. Amazon experience is a plus. — Great heimish office environment. Bring your creativity and leadership to our team—apply today! Email: monseyjob123@ gmail.com

LADIES!

Create a successful business by working only 1-2 hours a day! Huge potential and full support! Call/text 845-3245182

RECEPTIONIST/ FRONT DESK

Looking for a full time

Receptionist/front desk for a busy multi-doctor office in Monsey. Send resumes to healthcenterjobs23@gmail. com

SEEKING MUSIC TEACHER

Music ‘n Motion, a preschool music program, is looking to hire a female music teacher. Qualifications : musical, lively, warm personality, great with children, responsible and dedicated. Responsibilities include: monthly preparation, and giving over the interactive music lesson in each classroom. email gela@ mnmotion.com or call 929322-4202 ext 202

150+ JOB OPENINGS!

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Are you in need of extra income with not a lot of time? Then this is for you! Create a successful retail business in the comfort of your home. Full training and support. No risk. To hear more call 605-313-4101 then 6036621# then ref 1#. For more info call 347-756-2666

SPEECH THERAPISTS

Local Monsey health center is looking to hire a yiddish and english-speaking speech therapist! Join our team and make a difference. Please send resume to hrmonseyjob@gmail. com

PROJECT MANAGER

Hiring an experienced Project Manager Salary: $100K–$140K Project management experience required; software experience preferred. Text 845-828-9210 or email yu@ candidrecruits.net

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Looking for a dynamic and rewarding job? Join our team and make a positive impact! An amazing Home Care Agency is looking for a fulltime employee. We have a friendly and supportive work environment, competitive pay and benefits package. Send your resume to: hiring@hamaspikcare.org

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Classifieds

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Looking for a full time Medical Assistant for a busy multi-doctor office in Monsey. Send resumes to healthcenterjobs23@gmail. com

SECRETARIAL POSITION AVAILABLE

Organization in Monsey is seeking a responsible and dedicated Married Woman for a 10 to 5 secretarial position, available immediately . Candidates should be fluent in Yiddish and English, able to multitask, excellent organizational skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel & QuickBooks. Send resume to monseyhire@ gmail.com.

ATT WOMEN!

You’re surely interested in earning extra income at a flexible schedule, huge growth potential, no computer necessary, full training provided! Text WORK or call 3478603949 & find out more!

KITCHEN DESIGN

Local kitchen company looking for full time employee to work on layouts and pricing. Experience a must 718-930-2918

COMPANION NEEDED

Looking for someone special to get together with a sweet, caring young single woman any days from SundaysThursdays and anytime during the hours of 5/6 pm to 8/9 pm. Activities include going out into the community for recreational activities, shopping and errands, etc. $22-$25/hr DOE. Please call845.425.0887 ext.217

CHILDCARE

SMALL GROUP BABYSITTING

Be Calm knowing your baby is in good hands. Call Mermelstein 845.274.3869

KIDDIE GROUP

Experienced Morah has 1 slot available. Horton Bates area please call 845-598-0656

DAYCARE

Cozy Corner DAYCARE playgroup has 1 slot for 20+ months old. 845-263-5277

SERVICES

HANDYMAN

Assembly of all types of furniture & Furniture Repairs -Installation of Blinds,Shades,Shelves,RodsServicing Monsey Area Chaim- 347 416 1027

PHOTOBOOKS, SLIDESHOWS, & VIDEO EDITING

A professional graphic designer is available for video editing, slideshows, photo books, and photo editing. Phone: 845-213-9881 Email: hindyhirschler@gmail.com. Web: hindydesigny.com

MASSAGE THERAPY

--In The Comfort of Home-*Swedish *Deep Tissue *Lymph *Craniosacral Therapy Call Sarah: 845596-1373

LASER IN NYACK

Smooth results, unbeatable price! Full-body laser hair removal for just $350 at StarBeam Laser in Nyack, NY. Check our reviews to see why clients keep coming back! 929-490-7375 https:// starbeamlaser.com/

NEW

Keyboard/piano player now offering group sing-along sessions in schools and other group settings. Please feel free to contact Shira! 845 624 9865 *References Available*

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

EARPIERCING

12 years experience. Wide selection. Call/text: 845-5387986

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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

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

WHOLESALE FISH

Buy by the case & save. Baby & Regular Salmon. Hashgucha Volove Rav. Free delivery to your home. Call Eli: 516-270-6755

APPLY NOW!

Now Accepting Applications! Exciting news! Our new dormitory and night program for special needs young adults (18+) is now accepting applications for our Program. Contact us at (718) 637 7984 to learn more. Empowering special needs young adults to shine!

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

NEW WEBSITE?

Get your Beautiful, Fast, SEO-Friendly Website done in 14 days, guaranteed. Email efraim@rapidquill.com

COACHING= SUCCESS!!!

Smart & talented, BUT.. You Can’t take the first step? pressured? it seems impossible? 1 hour of coaching will break you through to success!! Call for appt 845-400-2202 #2 #1. Get Free 10 min of coaching. E. Danziger,ATC ,MC. Motivational & Relationship Coach

WIGS

New, Custom, & Repairs!

Quality wigs at great prices. Call/Text: 845-787-9447

LOVE HIKING?

Wednesdays 10am-1:30 pm. Ride provided to/from New Hempstead. Experienced guide. Beautiful destinations in Harriman. Must be able to walk 4 miles. $25/1st time. Call/text Malka 917-363-5269.

GLASS PAINTING

Attention: Principals & Curriculum Staff. Book Your Unique Glass-Painting Experience for Chanukah! Explore a variety of options secure your slot today. Limited availability! For information, call: 845-4457265

ATTENTION SCHOOLS

NEW: keyboard/piano player now offering group sing along sessions in schools and other group settings. Please feel free to contact shira. 845-624-9865 *References Available*

WANNA RENOVATE?

We are specializing in home Renovations, affordable prices, we get it done quickly, call us today at 845.459.2727

PHOTO EDITING

Sharpening, upscaling, lighting adjustments, add or remove a person etc. Do you have old scanned photos that you want to adjust and sharpen? Great prices! 845662-5012

GREAT NEWS!!

We now offer Haircube Synthetic Wigs for $149 including the cut!!! Many beautiful colors in stock! Wash and set!!! Specialising in synthetic wigs: crimps and defrizzing. Month of December: $40. Call/ text: 845-263-0943

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Win! Start “Living” ! Depressed? Stuttering? Beat it! Easily and Quickly. Avi Weinberg 845-558-4027. Under 18 parental consent

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Get a stunning Haircube wig, expertly cut and styled, for just $100! Call Blimy Gelb at 845-502-5360 to book your appointment

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DEAD SEA CREAM

BS”D Powerful treatment at the source for knees, shoulders, back, arthritis, fibromyalgia. Dead Sea/ Essential oil creams, Yiddishe innovation. English/Yiddish 1(516)259-3169 (Israeli hours).

NEWBORN SHOOT

Affordable newborn photography @ $100 a session. Call or text today at 845-323-7825

HAIRSTYLING&CUTS

Professional Hairstyling & Haircuts. 306 Location | Great Prices | Call to book 845-213-7649

GARTLECH

we fix knitted & crochet Gartlech & make beautiful professional fringes. We also teach how to knit & crochet. call: 917-414-3281

ODDS & ENDS

PRIVATE BESHOW ROOMS

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

CHESED OPPORTUNITY

Young woman with medical issues need an attorney to help her declare bankruptcy. If able to assist, please call: 845-596-3976

PECTUS GROUP

Is someone you know suffering from PECTUS EXCAVATUM I’m looking to share experience with others please contact me at pectusgroup1@gmail.com

UROLOGY SUPPORT

HELP! Baby boy born with severe hypospadias? Looking for first hand info

on Surgeons and for support. Email namelessbabyboy@ gmail.com (strictly confidential)

GOWNS

GOWN FOR SALE

Beautiful white gown for married sister of bride, for sale. Size 2-4 845-200-4326

MECHUTANESTA GOWN

Beautiful Taupe

Gown for sale. size 16. 845.502.6491

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

MATERNITY GOWN RENTAL

Georgeous selection of maternity gowns affordable prices all sizes...New! Also accepting gowns on consignment. Please call/ text 8458622799

SISTER OF BRIDE

Gorgeous gowns for sale: Olive Green size 2-4, Hunter Green size 0-2, Grey size 4-6, Blush size 4-6, Ivory size 4, Grey/ Taupe Winter size 12, Ivory kids size 12-14. 845.502.6491

LOST

Lost something? Found something? The Daily Return: Call/text: 845-538-0193, Email: monseydailyreturn@gmail. com

Black wool woman’s coat & baby blanket in Atrium by coatroom 845-238-6691 lv msg

Women’s black shoes in YSV hall coatroom 845-238-6691 lv msg

Diamond ring & square kiddushin ring in Viznitz hall BP Dec 2 845-422-5919

FOUND

Gold loop hanging earing on DR Frank first day Sukkos 845-376-3036

Silver ring with name Freidy and Totes umbrella 845-6599482

flashlight on Elener cor. Nancy ln. call 845.274.4228 Watch in Viznitz keilim Mikvah 845-596-0967

small pink siddur with toras imechu logo in a Go Cab car 8457518557

Shtreimel b/w Monsey Blvd and Maple M’’S 845-4063333

FREE GIVEAWAYS

Yiddish magazines 845-2386691 lv msg

Brand new NP Shas 845-3569033

Yiddish magazines

Moment,Shrift, Bechatzros.. call/text 845-274-7508

Egg boxes for moving great condition 845-238-6691 lv msg

Fridge/Freezer and oven in good working condition 845538-7302

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professionals! Provide 1:1 support teaching communication, social, & life skills to children w/ autism after school. Call/Text/W/A: 516-522-1649 or email: talent@encoresupport.org

SPECIALIZED FIELD!

Seeking female BTs for after school hours cases in Pomona, Spring Valley, Suffern, Nyack, New City, Suffern, Chestnut Ridge, Cortlandt Manor. Supervision & training provided. HS diploma required. Call/Text/W/A: 516522-1649 or Email: talent@ encoresupport.org

2 BDRM APT - NEW HEMPSTEAD

Walk-in level, Beautiful and spacious, 2 bdrm apt. Newly renovated, private quiet St. New Hempstead -Summit Park Area call/text (845)3203431

FOR SALE

NEW LISTING-MONSEY

*****BRIARCLIFF AREA***** 5 BR, 4 BATH WITH INCOME/APARTMENT, C/A AOM REALTY INC. 845 7293284

TECH REPAIR

Laptop, computer, cell phone and camera repairs. 732.551.1848

PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER WANTED

Seeking a detail-oriented individual to manage accounts. Flexible hours— send your resume to hr@ daaswellness.com

SPRING VALLEY/UNION

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms for rent. Call 347-403-9933 leave message.

JUST ARRIVED

new shipment of italian chairs very reasonable priced call 845 426 7561 or 845 659 5084

FOR RENT

3 Bedroom apartment in a private house, Church St by Collins Ave Call or text (347) 762-1256

PRIVATE OFFICE FOR RENT 200sqft, in the center of Monsey, High ceiling private toilet, call or text 347-7621256

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