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1 VOLUME 8, N0.26 JULY 27, 2017 פרשת דברים ד' אב תשע"ז 25,000 WEEKLY FREE DISTRIBUTION 200,000 READERS בס"ד F L A T B U S H BORO PARK MANHATTAN M O N S E Y L A K E W O O D P A S S A I C FIVE TOWNS KEW GARDENS MAKING NEWSPAPERS GREAT AGAIN Artwork: Yonah Weinrib About the Cover: page 21

2 JULY 27, 2017 INDEX Ask the Shadchan 70 Parsha Short & Sweet thefjj.com IN THIS WEEKS 2 Business & Finance 50 Children s Corner 100 Class Acts 38 Classified Ads 108 Community Events 79 Community News 79 Echoes of the Maggid 90 Education & Parenting 33 Effective Living 55 Flatbush Focus 99 Flatbush Weather 6 Food & Dining 16 Functional Psychology 52 Halachically Speaking 24 Health & Fitness 52 Heart Notes from Argentina 74 Hilchos Shabbos 47 History of the World 76 Home & Decor 44 Interpersonal Edge 74 Israel News 58 Jill on Money 51 Kid s Doctor 53 Letters to the Editor 6 Maariv Directory 99 Maran Harav Ovadia 89 Mayo Clinic 53 Nachas Notes 34 Opinions 95 Out of the Box 6 Partners with Hashem 40 Pathways of Prophets 48 Person in the Parsha 98 Perspectives in Jewish Art 21 Photo Box 98 Photos of the Past 48 Photo Gallery 56 Power Points on Parsha 68 Publisher s Message 4 Rabbi Frand 47 Rabbi Fingerer Ignites 46 Rabbi Mansour 88 Rabbinic Message 6 Rav Nissan Kaplan 28 Rav Pam on Haftaros 4 Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein 103 Restaurant Directory 14 Sephardic Heritage 88 Shiurim Directory - Ladies 73 Shiva Listings 81 Shul Directory 106 Simcha Section 70 Torah Tavlin 91 Travel & Camping 40 U.S. News 67 With Hearts Full of Faith 78 Women s World 72 World News 64 Yahrzeits & Tributes 80 PAGES x אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני MARKING RAV PAM'S 16TH YARTZEIT a` g"k SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 PAGES thefjj.com ads@thefjj.com classifieds@thefjj.com editor@thefjj.com photos@thefjj.com 25,000 Distributed Weekly to Homes, Shuls, Stores in: Flatbush Boro Park Five Towns Queens Lakewood Monsey Passaic Manhattan & Reaching Thousands Through Web, Mail & Flatbush Jewish Journal does not assume responsibility for the kashrus or reliability of any product or establishment advertised in its pages. We reserve the right to reject any advertising for any reason, and shall not be held liable for non-publication or errors in any submitted advertisements. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means without prior written permission from the publisher strictly prohibited. Due to Divrei Torah contained herein, the paper should be wrapped before being discarded. Columns, articles and letters printed in the Flatbush Jewish Journal reflect the opinion of the authors only, not neccesarily those of this publication. x terror in israel PAGES 58-60

3 JULY 27, thefjj.com 3 The following is a partial site listing. for a complete listing please visit: BORO PARK NEW LOCATION Anshei Sephard th Ave. Separate Seating: 1:30, 3:45 A 6:00 B Women only Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave th Ave. NOTE NEW TIMES Women: 1:30 & 6:00 A 3:45 B FLATBUSH Agudath Israel of Madison 2122 Ave. S Corner Ave. S & E 22 St. 2:15 A 5:45 B Agudas Israel Bais Binyomin 2915 Ave. L 2:30 A 5:00 B Agudah of Ave H. 817 Ave. H 2:30 A 4:30 B Bnei Binyamin 727 Ave O 1:30 A 4:30 B Bnei Yisrael 3190 Bedford Ave. 4:00 A 6:30 B Stretiner Simcha Hall 4609 Bay Pkwy 2:15 A 4:15 B Yad Yosef Torah Cntr Ocean Pkwy 1:30 A 3:30 B Cong. Ahavas Dovid 924 East 10th St. 2:50 A 4:35 B Keter Sion Congregation 1914 East 8th Street 2:00 A 4:30 B K hal Zichron Rav Moshe Feinstein 2129 E. 65 St. TBA Khal Kesser Yisrael Mordechai 2016 Ave L 11:45 A 6:50 B Y.I. of Midwood 1694 Ocean Ave. 4:00 A 5:45 B Ohr Naava Womens Torah Center 2201 E. 23 rd St. 3:30 B 6:30 A Pozna Shul 2422 Ave. I 2:30 A 5:00 B MARINE PARK Khal Tiferes Avrohom-Zidichov 1:00 A 3:15 B LAKEWOOD Bais Faiga 350 Courtney Road Women: 2:30 6:30 A 4:30 B Tiferes Bais Yaakov 613 Oak St. Men: 2:30 A 5:00 B FAR ROCKAWAY TAG HIGH SCHOOL 636 Lanett Ave 2:00 B 4:00 A Y.I. of Bayswater 2716 Healy Ave. 3:00 A 5:00 A Yeshiva Ateres Shimon 1239 Caffery Ave. 12:30 B 3:00 A LAWRENCE Shaaray Tefila 25 Central Ave. 2:30 A 4:45 B Cong. Bais Avrohom Zev 2 Rockaway Trnpk 3:00 A 4:45 B CEDARHURST Agudah of Five Towns 508 Penninsula Blvd. 2:00 A 5:00 B Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi 395 Oakland Ave. CC 2:30 B 4:30 A WOODMERE Y.I. of Woodmere 859 Penninsula Blvd. TBA Yeshiva Gedola of the Five Towns 218 Mosher Ave. 3:00 A 5:00 B Admission: ADULTS $15, STUDENTS $10

4 July 27, 2017 Rav Pam on the Haftaros RABBI SHOLOM SMITH, REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH Devarim THE FAILURE OF NAVOS Yeshayahu 1:1-27 The haftarah of Parashas Devarim, which is read on Shabbos Chazon, the Shabbos before Tishah B Av, contains the opening words of the navi Yeshayahu, who castigates the Jewish nation for their sins which will ultimately lead to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 76 Missing the FJJ (& the Bais Hamikdash) Recently, the FJJ was on vacation. Countless calls and s came in to the FJJ office: where is the newspaper? Shabbos just wasn t the same without the FJJ. People were waiting for, searching for, and apparently greatly missing the newspaper. There was a sense of loss and longing in the air. Obviously, the FJJ has touched the hearts of many, and has become a mainstay in thousands of Jewish homes. A meaningful connection has developed between the FJJ and its readership, which I am deeply thankful for. All this has led me to begin comparing missing the FJJ to missing the Bais Hamikdash. Chas V Sholom to compare the two, but I was wondering do I miss and search for the Bais Hamikdash as my readers do the FJJ? Is my life not the same in Golus; or do I just go on my merry way busy with work, family, and even the trivialities of life? When we were young and in camp the three weeks were a highlight of spirituality we were virtually inundated with lectures, songs, and plays that brought out the essence of the three weeks, and etched the Churban into our hearts and souls. In certain ways, that spirit is gone. With the progression of life into adulthood, and FJJ Publisher s Message MORDY MEHLMAN, PUBLISHER Missing Rav Pam, Now More Than Ever This is our last issue before the Yahrtzeit of our beloved Moreinu HaRav Avrohom Pam, zt l (28 Av Sunday, August 20). I couldn t let the yarhtzeit pass without some personal words of tribute. After all, we all miss Rav Pam so dearly, and the world is not the same without him. In the sixteen years since his petirah, the world has become a more dangerous, volatile place. We miss him for many reasons. We miss his Torah, his tzidkus, and the great inspiration he was to us and to our children. We miss his smile, his warmth, and the way he respected and uplifted all members of Klal Yisroel. We miss TRIBUTES TO RAV PAM ZT L: PAGES his sage advice, his fatherly encouragement, and the way he gave chizuk to all in need. In these trying and turbulent times, we sorely miss his giant shoulder that we always leaned on. The FJJ has made perpetuating Rav Pam s Torah thoughts and hashkofos a major part of our newspaper s mission. May his memory be a blessing, and may we be zoche to the Geulah Shelaima speedily in our times, with Rav Pam as our Kohen Gadol in the third Beis Hamikdash. our fixation with phones, texts and s, we only think of the moment and not the bigger picture. To some, the nine days is focused on which restaurant provides the best milchig menu, having as good a time as the nine days technically allows, and planning their major summer trips and vacations to begin as soon after Tisha B av as possible. This year during the nine days, I will do my best to feel the Churban, feel the pain, and actively yearn for binyan Bais Hamikdash. I will strive to miss the Bais Hamikdash and all that it stands for. I will try to realize the meaning of Golus and all its ramifications. I will feel for Acheinu Bnai Yisroel throughout the world. I will be concerned about the brutal murders of the Salomon family in Eretz Yisroel, the recent attack on Har Habayis, and the UNESCO proclamations about Yerushalayim and Chevron not belonging to the Jewish people. He who mourns for Yerushalayim will merit to see in its joy. (Taanis 30b). As we feel the grave concern in Eretz Yisroel and around this dangerous globe, let us pray with all our hearts for the Geulah Shelaima, speedily in our times. We need it now, more than ever. THURS FRI,ca 29 SUN 30 MON 31 TUES 1 WED thefjj.com 5:50 9:25 8:14 9:02 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis ohrcs,arp 5:51 9:26 8:13 9:01 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis 5:52 9:26 8:12 9:00 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis 5:53 9:27 8:11 8:58 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis 5:54 9:27 8:10 8:57 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis 5:55 9:27 8:09 8:56 Neitz 7:56,urb,eksv 9:26 (,"r) a"mun Latest Shema Shekiah Tzeis 4 ZMANIM FOR THE FLATBUSH AREA 5:49 9:25 8:15 9:03 Neitz Latest Shema Shekiah ctc vga, crg ctc vga, Tzeis על אלה אני בוכיה WE WEEP with Klal Yisroel for the innocent kedoshim murdered in Eretz Yisroel. Our hearts go out to their families, including the precious yesomim they left behind. ד ינקום דמם 's ct t"h ihrsvbx 'v ct c"h ihrsvbx 'u ct d"h ihrsvbx 'z ct s"h ihrsvbx 'j ct u"y ihrsvbx 'y ct z"y ihrsvbx 'h ct z"h ihrsvbx

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6 JULY 27, 2017 Letters to the Editor The FJJ is Back! Just a short note to tell you how grateful I am that the FJJ published this past week. I didn t realize how much I missed it until I read your Publishers Message, which gave me a tremendous amount of chizuk. What a beautiful vort from Horav Don Segal, and how true. I repeated it at my Shabbos table and told everyone what a lesson in life this teaches us. All of us face challenges in life, and oftentimes things look so very bleak that we don t know how we ever will get of our troubles. But as dark as things seem, the Ribono Shel Oilam always gives us the strength to carry on, and provides us with the solution to our problems. Rabbi Paysach Krohn spoke in the Bostoner Shul last week, and his topic was Simchas Hachayim, I believe that if a person maintains that, he can get through any trials and tribulations that come his way. Once again Mordy, thanks for a great message, it will stay with me for a long time YS FJJ Eyesore Firstly, I would like to commend you for the wonderful paper you produce for our community throughout the year. Your newspaper is very informative, well balanced, and printed with a distinct style and class. It s enjoyed by the whole family. Last week s front page, a picture of the Kosel headed by Muslim sites (gold and otherwise), may be a scene for the world to see, but not for Acheinu Bnei Yisroel s eyes. These Muslim sites, as we all know, are temporary structures. Why must our eyes constantly be reminded of them? And, to add insult to injury, they re taking up EDITOR@THEFJJ.COM All letters must be typed and ed. Letter writers authorize the Publisher to edit letters due to space constraints, subject matter or Rabbinic direction. Rabbinic Message Rabbi Nosson Scherman more than two-thirds of the front cover s picture? If the paper s intent is to awaken our pre-tisha B Av yearning for our Bais Hamikdash, a void landscape above the Kosel would achieve that goal too. So when little Moishele and Saraleh ask why the picture is of just a Wall, they can be told of the magnificent Bais Hamikdash that once stood, and that will stand, within that Wall. Let our artists brushes paint hills and greenery above our Kosel and let our digital photographers do their magic as they know best, and let us indeed see gold, the gold of the Bais Hamikdash, Bimheiruh B yomeinu. Shia Neuwirth A Nicer FJJ Cover In general, the front page of the FJJ, is magnificent and inspiring! Adjectives such as clean, sharp, elegant, graceful, energizing, motivating and rousing would well describe their appearance. This past week s cover - with the picture of the Kosel and the prayer that we say three times a day in Shemonei Esrah - was no exception. The picture would have been even nicer - infinitely nicer - had there been a picture of the rebuilt Bais HaMikdash instead of the other dominant structure currently occupying that Holy Site!! David Dembitzer Drivers to the Country Beware Several people were issued tickets with a $235 fine and 3 points on the license for failing to move to the left lane when a police car was pulled over on the shoulder. Drive carefully and know the law! Nesia Tova A Tishah B Av Message The Communist Knew the Secret The late Rav Yaakov Galinsky, the famous post-war rosh yeshivah and maggid in Eretz Yisrael, recalled an experience when he was a young refugee in Sovietoccupied Lithuania in 1940, before the German invasion. He was staying with a shochet-mohel, two occupations that were crimes under the Communist regime. There was a loud knock on the door. The criminal went to the back of the tiny apartment, ready to flee if the visitors were the NKVD secret police, coming to arrest him. Rav Galinsky opened the CONTINUED ON PAGE 92 A WEEKLY DRASHA FROM FLATBUSH RABBONIM door. It was a ranking Russian army officer, asking for the mohel. Rabbi Galinsky said that it was against the law to circumcise a child. The officer recognized the bluff and began speaking Yiddish. Since the coast now seemed to be clear, the mohel came forward. The officer said that his wife had given birth to a boy and he wanted the mohel to perform the bris clandestinely, in his CONTINUED ON PAGE 104 TEHILLIM LIST חולים: דבורה בת אסתר בריינדל חיים בן רחל דוד בן פנינה יצחק זאב בן עדינה הרב מתתיהו חיים בן עטל יחיאל בן ציון בן מיכל יוסף אליהו בן בילא ליבה יהודית בת יוכבד נחמי' בן מלכה גיטל רינה חי' בת לאה יונה מאיר בן שרה רייזל גיטל רינה בת יאל תמר עדי נה בת קינא שולמית אברהם בן לאה חיים שרגא פיבל בן רחל מרדכי דוד שמחה בן מרים משא טובה משה זאב בן רחל רפאל בצלאל מרדכי בן חנה רייזל שמואל בן רבקה שרה מלכה בת פייגא פרדיל גולדה בת מרים חיים ברוך יהודה בן הינדא שרה ר' שלמה חנן בן חנה זיסל יצחק שמואל בן פשע שרה צירל בת אלתר רבקה יואל בן יטל רפאל חיים ישעי בן חיה ר' שמעון בן ליזה לוסיה רבקה לאה בת חנה מנוחה משולם נתן יהודה בן טשארנה יצחק בן דבורה אפרים בן רבקה רפאל חיים צבי בן לאה חיה אסתר בת פייגא יענטא ר' ישראל אברהם בן שיינא רחל ר' ישעי' יעקב בן רייזעל ר' יגל בן יעל אליעזר בן רחל שמחה בת מרים מנחם מנדל בן פערל דינה אסתר הינדה בת שפרה דב ישעיה בן אסתר ר' משה יצחק בן סירל צבי מנחם בן אסתר אסתר בת חנה ריבה ברוך הלל בן רבקה זיסל בת רחל אשר ישעי' בן הינדא נאכה ישראל פייול בן חנה ביילה אהרן צבי בן זלדה רחל חי' בת אסתר ר' יצחק שמואל בן פעשא שרה דוד רפאל חיים בן סופי'ה ראובן בן הענא יוסף מלך בן שרה שפרה שרה בת רבקה רחל אברהם בנימן בן רחל בתשבע יוסף יהודה בן שינדאל Hatzolah Chaveirim Shomrim Misaskim Police 70 PCT Police 61 PCT ut of the Box MUSINGS thefjj.com RABBI YAAKOV SALOMON Tisha B av Tikkun THURSDAY July 27 Mostly Cloudy FRIDAY July 28 SATURDAY July 29 Mostly Sunny SUNDAY July 30 Partly Cloudy MONDAY July 31 Mostly Sunny TUESDAY August 1 Mostly Sunny WEDNESDAY August 2 Partly Cloudy IMPORTANT NUMBERS 6 WEATHER FORECAST Scattered Thunderstorms NYC Helpline 311 Emergency 911 Poison Control Bikur Cholim Torah Phone Kol Halashon ON TIMELY ISSUES Seldom do you hear a startling, penetrating question with an equally poignant answer. Get ready. If the most significant, and oft-cited reason for the Churban is clearly Sin as chinom baseless hatred, why do we have a halacha NOT to say, Hello, or Good morning, on Tisha B Av? Farkert! Especially on that day, we should go out of our way to greet our fellow Jews?!? Answers Harav Yitzchok Vorko z tl: Because more often than not, our greetings to each other are, in fact, perfunctory, forced, and insincere. THAT is Sin as Chinom. So on Tisha B Av we STOP that disingenuous behavior. The next day we can resolve to say, Hello, with real joy, and How are you? like we really mean it. That new and heartfelt care is the tikkun we need to lay the foundation for the eternal Bais Hamikdash. If only

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10 JULY 27, thefjj.com 10 tishah b av begins this monday night make it meanıngful wıt t ese classıcs UNDERSTAND KINNOS IN CLASSIC OR INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION CLASSIC ENGLISH/HEBREW KINNOS/ TISHAH B AV SERVICE Milstein edition of the five megillos מדרש איכה MIDRASH EICHAH By Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Feuer and Rabbi Avie Gold SPECIAL FEATURE: Chart of parallels between Kinnos and Midrash Eichah Dedicated by the Vegh Family sc ottenstein e ition interlinear kinnos Dedicated by Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein THE COMPLETE TISHAH B AV SERVICE WITH AN INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION by Rabbi Menachem Davis KESUVIM/ WRITINGS JOB איוב RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY ON THE THREE WEEKS by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Shteinman EICHAH IYOV by Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz Overview by Rabbi Nosson Scherman by Rabbi Moshe Eisemann Overview by Rabbi Moshe Eisemann with Rabbi Nosson Scherman Midrash Rabbah dedicated by The Kleinman Family MILSTEIN EDITION OF THE MEGILLOS dedicated by Asher David and Michelle Milstein EICHAH dedicated by the Rosedale and Wilheim Families SPECIAL LIGHTER, COMPACT-SIZE EDITION FOR TISHAH B'AV RAV SCHWAB ON IYOV by Rabbi Shimon Schwab FOR EN DR CHIL UNDERSTAND THE HAFTARAS OF THE COMING WEEKS AS NEVER BEFORE t e czuker e ition NEVI IM MIKRA OS GEDOLOS ספר ישעיה Dedicated by Edward Mendel and Elissa Czuker TISHAH B AV by Rabbi A. C. Feuer and Rabbi Shimon Finkelman t e elman e ition YEARNING WITH FIRE TOUCHED BY THEIR TEARS by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman by Rabbi Yechiel Spero Dedicated by Dr. Michael and Linda Elman t e bıstrıtzky e ition THE LAWS OF DAILY LIVING THE THREE WEEKS TISHAH B AV AND OTHER FASTS by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen Dedicated by Joseph and Sheila Bistritzky TISHAH B AV WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH by Yaffa Ganz t e milstein e ition THE LATER PROPHETS ISAIAH ישעיה Dedicated by Asher David and Michelle Milstein RAV SCHWAB ON YESHAYAHU by Rabbi Shimon Schwab Haftaras Devarim, 6 Av / July 29 Isaiah / Yeshayah 1:1-27 Haftaras Va eschanan, 13 Av / August 5 Isaiah / Yeshayah 40:1-26 Haftaras Eikev, 20 Av /August 12 Isaiah / Yeshayah 49:14-51:3 Haftaras Re eh, 27 Av / August 19 Isaiah / Yeshayah 54:11-55:5 Haftaras Shoftim, 4 Elul / August 26 Isaiah / Yeshayah 51:12-52:12 Haftaras Ki Seitzei, 11 Elul / September 2 Isaiah / Yeshayah 54:1-10 Haftaras Ki Savo, 18 Elul/September 9 Isaiah / Yeshayah 60:1-22 Haftaras Nitzavim-Vayeilech, 25 Elul / September 16 Isaiah / Yeshayah 61:10-63:9 The following ArtScroll sefarim are available for your daily learning programs: The Schottenstein Edition Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi; Yad Avraham Mishnah Series; Schottenstein Edition Mishnah Elucidated; Ryzman Edition Hebrew Mishnah; Kleinman Edition Kitzur Shulchan Aruch; Kleinman Edition Daily Dose of Torah. This Shabbos, Tammuz 28: Daf Yomi Bavli Sanhedrin 13 / Daf Yomi Yerushalmi Gittin 29 / Mishnah Yomi Pesachim 10:5-6 / Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi 124:4-11 Available at your local Hebrew bookseller or at MESORAH ( )

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21 RABBI YONAH WEINRIB JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני PERSPECTIVES IN JEWISH ART The Gemara in Bava Basra 60b discusses various enactments that were instituted by Chazal to remember the destruction of Yerushalayim. This unique piece of glass art is particularly suited for our remembrance of the holy city. At every chupah a glass is broken to recall the destruction of Yerushalayim. Tashbatz comments that many of the customs instituted at a chasunah recall Ma amad Har Sinai. The har k gigis suspended over our heads is remembered in the chupah; Klal Yisrael is the kallah, Hashem k vyahchol is the chosson, and the luchos given from Hashem to Bnei Yisrael are reflected in the giving of the kesubah. Rabbeinu Bachya adds another dimension of remembrance. The glass broken by the chosson remembering Yerushalayim above his foremost joy is reminiscent of the shviras haluchos, the breaking of the Tablets of Stone, brought down by Moshe Rabbeineu on the seventeenth day of Tamuz. If glass has been used as a constant reminder of the destruction of Yeruashalayim, perhaps a rendering, etched in glass with images of the Churban can recall the glory of Yerushalayim that we are missing as we wait its building, speedily in our days. The focal, diamond image of this etched glass art piece focuses on the theme of remembering Yerushalayim. The amah al amah left unplastered in the Jewish home is our individual expression of mourning its destruction. This artistic creation reflects Chazal s understanding that we must always strive to remember Yerushalayim. The broken stones of churban in the first and last words of Im eshkachech Yerushalayim tishkach yemini flank the fire-tipped words as they move towards the center of the design. The schematic designs of the word Yerushalayim are a symbol of the rebuilding for which we yearn. Upper Right Panel: Rachel Weeps for Her Children The Pesichta, Eichah Rabbah, chapter 24, points to Rachel Imeinu as the one who was able to plead the cause of our nation before Hashem before A REVIEW OF THE MEANING IN JEWISH ART & JUDAICA BY RABBI YONAH WEINRIB going into exile. The depiction of Rachel Mevaka al Baneha, positions her image on the road to Bais Lechem, as the Jews are sent into galus in Bavel, by Nevuchadnezzar and his armies. The Avos were unable to petition the cause of the Jews before Hakadosh Baruch Hu; even Moshe Rabbeinu was unable to stay the decree against them. It was Rachel Imeinu, and the self-sacrifice she portrayed by giving the signs to Leah that would ultimately bring back Hashem s children from galus. Rachel weeps for her children, and in her merit they will come back to Yerushalayim once again. Bottom Right Panel: Sacrifice for Hakadosh Baruch Hu The Midrash in Eichah 1:50, tells the story of Miriam, the daughter of Machtom and her seven sons. (Josephus records a similar story regarding Hannah and her seven sons in the time of Antiochus of Macedon. Maharzu, a commentary on the Midrash, posits that there may have been two similar stories.) Caesar ordered her children to bow down to an idol. Heaven forbid, they declared, Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim Remembering Jerusalem Jews do not bow down to idols. Her first six sons were summarily executed, after quoting verses attesting to Hashem s greatness. The Caesar took compassion on the youngest child and asked him to pick up his ring to appear as if he listened to the Roman emperor. The mother s last child also refused to even simulate bowing to the idol, and he was killed as well. After seeing her seven sons follow the self-sacrifice of Avrohom Avinu, the mother too fell from the roof. A heavenly voice declared Aim habonim simaichah. Bottom Left Panel: Foxes Walk There The tragic scene of churban underscores the story related in the Talmud, Makkos 24b. Rabbi Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya, Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Akiva were walking among the ruins of the Bais Hamikdash. The other chachomim at the scene of devastation saw a fox emerging from the Holy of Holies, and began to cry. Rabbi Akiva began to laugh. The other rabbis saw the Holy of Holies as a place where any stranger was put to thefjj.com 21 death, and wept at seeing the fox in a place of such exalted holiness. Only Rabbi Akiva envisioned the ultimate redemption. If Hashem s prophecies of destruction have been fulfilled, then surely Hashem will bring about the long-awaited geulah. Upper Left Panel: Returning the Keys of the Temple The Talmud Yerushalmi, chapter 6 halacha 2, cites the story of the events which took place at the time of the destruction of the First Bais Hamikdash. When Nevuchadnezzar, king of Bavel, came to the outskirts of the Bais Hamikdash, the Great Sanhedrin came to greet him, telling that the time had arrived for him to destroy the Holy Temple. At that time, the king asked them to summon Yehoyachin, the king of Yehuda, whom Nevuchadnezzar had enthroned. The members of the Sanhedrin went up to the roof of the Heichal and proclaimed before Hashem, Ribono Shel Olam, in the past we were faithful to You and the keys to Your Temple were given over to us for safekeeping; now that we are no longer faithful to You, Your keys are being returned. According to one opinion in the Talmud, a hand came out from the heaven and grabbed hold of the keys. When the leaders of the people saw that Hashem no longer desired their service, they fell from the roof and died. The pesukim that surround the perimeter of the design are listed at the end of Eichah. Seemingly, Hashem has forsaken His people and sent us out into galus, in which we languish for over two thousand years. Death, destruction, persecution and pogroms have followed the Jewish nation throughout the millennia, but the posuk at the top of the design is a message of hope and yearning. Hashinvainu Hashem Ailecha, Bring us back to You Hashem and we shall return, renew our days as in the days of old. Our fervent plea to Hashem is that Yerushalayim is always part of our lives, and we wait eagerly for the day when Hashem will return His people and rebuild the Bais Hamikdash, Bimihaira viyamainu, amein.

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23 JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV thefjj.com 23 DID YOU THINK ABOUT MOSHIACH TODAY? A number of tragic events happened to the Jewish people on the 9th of Av. One of the most well-known of these is the destruction of the Holy Temples. On the same calendar date, 490 years apart, in 586 BCE and 69 CE, both the first and second Holy Temples that stood in Jerusalem were destroyed. Every year on the ninth of Av, we fast and plead with our Father in heaven that He should immediately end this exile and rebuild the third Temple. Our sages write in the Midrash that this day of destruction and mourning is also the birthday of Moshiach. Therefore, especially on this day, we turn to G-d to carry out His promises and renew the holy city of Jerusalem and the Temple, as is written, But I will be for it -- says the L-rd - a wall of fire around, and for glory I will be in its midst. If our sages related to us that Moshiach was born on the 9th of Av, this fact must have spiritual significance. The very knowledge that G-d began to prepare for our Redemption on the day of the destruction gives us hope and courage to overcome the challenges of exile and bring the Redemption immediately. There is also no doubt that the 9th of Av is a day invested with tremendous spiritual powers. Let us use out the day to its utmost, to beseech G-d to bring the Geulah, and to perform acts of charity, as the verse says, Zion will be redeemed with justice and her captives will return with tzedaka". L Illuy Nishmas Meir Hakohen Hatzaddik Hamekubal Ben Rachamim

24 FJJ FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL NINE JULY 27, 2017 Halachically Speaking RABBI MOSHE DOVID LEBOVITS DAYS & TISHA B'AV thefjj.com 24 Zecher L Churban Many people are not properly familiar with the halachos of zecher l churban which apply today even though the bais hamikdosh was destroyed thousands of years ago. The Shulchan Aruch says a yira shomayim should worry about the destruction of the bais hamikdosh, and whoever mourns over the churban will merit seeing it rebuilt. Although it is not possible to understand what we lost when the bais hamikdosh was destroyed, since the kedusha at that time was so great, we are still obligated to mourn over its loss. Each generation that the bais hamikdosh is not re-built is as if we destroyed it. One has to remember that aveilus over the churban applies all year (by doing zecher l churban), and not just during the three weeks. Al Naros Bavel As a remembrance of the churban the poskim write that one should recite al naros bavel before bentching during the week, on days that tachnun is recited. The reason for saying this t e fi l l a is to worry about the churban each seuda that one washes. The minhag seems to be that people are careful to say al naros bavel during the nine days, but do not say it the rest of the year. It is unclear what the basis for this custom is. Amah by Amah When the bais hamikdosh was destroyed the chachumim established that anything that brings joy should be accompanied by a zecher l churban, since without Yerushalayim and the bais hamikdosh there is no real joy. One who has a house should leave a part of the wall without plaster or paint. The blank portion should measure one amah by one amah and should be square not shorter or longer on any side, however, this is not meakev. One who makes an amah by amah in his house is guaranteed that his house will stand forever and nothing with happen to it. Some say the minhag is to be lenient with this din because modern houses are made with sand mixed into the plaster. However, very often the sand mixed into the plaster is not real and so this heter would fall away. Indeed, many have the custom to make a zecher l churban. Where to Place the Amah by Amah One is supposed to see the amah by amah whenever he walks into his house. Therefore, l chatchilah it should be made opposite the door of the house. Th e zecher l churban also should not be blocked by a curtain etc. Some have a custom to make it above the door. Others say it can be made anywhere if one makes it larger than an amah by amah. One who cannot make it on the wall opposite the entrance should make it as close to that wall as possible. Each Room Some poskim maintain that an amah by amah should be made in every room of one s house. Even according to this opinion, a room which is not four amos by four amos or a hallway are not required to have a zecher l churban. Nonetheless, the minhag is to be lenient and follow the majority of the poskim who maintain that the obligation is only in one room. What to do? One should peel a piece of paint or plaster from the wall. There is an opinion in the poskim which maintains that if one s wife does not want the sheetrock or plaster peeled off then one may paint a spot measuring an amah by amah a different color than the rest of the wall. However, doing so is not l chatchilah. One who puts up wallpaper (and does not paint) is also obligated to leave a part of the wall unfinished. Writing / Pictures of Zecher L churban Some people instead of making an amah by amah as a zecher l churban write zecher l churban after painting a part of the wall black. Although many are opposed to this practice, one who does so does not have to be stopped. Some people hang up a nice sign or a picture of the bais hamikdosh to use instead of making a zecher l churban. Many poskim say that doing so does not fulfill the halacha of making a zecher l churban. Buying a House from a Goy One who bought a house from a goy is not obligated to make a zecher l churban in his house since the goy was not obligated to make one. However, one who renovates to the bare walls and rebuilds from scratch would be obligated to leave a zecher l churban. Since many people who buy houses from goyim do not renovate to the bare walls, many people do not have to make a zecher l churban. Bought from a Yid One who bought a house from a yid who did not make a zecher l churban, is required to make one when he moves in if he knows that the original yid did not buy the house from a goy. There is a discussion in the poskim as to who makes the zecher l churban if a yid rents from another yid. Investment Property One is not required to make an amah by amah in a house which is purchased for investment purposes. Shul / Bais Medrash The custom is that a zecher l churban does not have to be made in a shul or a bais medrash. Yeshiva No zecher l churban is needed in a Yeshiva. Yerushalayim The halacha of making a zecher l churban also applies to those who live in Yerushalayim even though they can see the churban. Bungalow/ Summer Home It would seem that a bungalow is exempt from the requirement of making a zecher l churban. A summer home has the same halacha as a regular house, and would require a zecher l churban. Wedding Hall Although meiker hadin a wedding hall should have zecher l churban, many are lenient with this. Wedding T nayim Th e minhag is to break a plate at the t nayim as a zecher l churban. The breaking should be done by any of the machatanim (usually the women). The minhag is to break a complete plate. Ashes on the Forehead Before going to the chupah, ashes are placed on the chosson s forehead in the place where the tefillin are put on and the chosson should say im eshchacheich Although some say the custom is to remove the ashes immediately after putting them on, it seems that most people leave the ashes on the chosson s forehead. Some say that the kallah also gets ashes placed on her forehead. Some people do either the placing of the ashes or the breaking of the glass (see next paragraph), however, the custom of most people is to do both. Breaking a Glass under the Chupah The custom is that the chosson breaks a glass under the chupah as a zecher l churban. The glass is broken with his right foot. The reason why the chosson breaks a glass now and not the plate at the t nayim, is because at the t nayim his simcha is not yet complete. The glass is wrapped in a napkin in order to prevent the chosson from hurting his foot. There is no concern of b al tashchis with breaking the glass because it is being done for mitzvah purposes. The seforim mention why a glass is broken by the chupah, and a plate (earthernware) at the t nayim. The glass is broken after the sheva berochos are recited. Today, many people sing im eshkacheich before breaking the glass. Some poskim maintain that mazel tov should not be said immediately after the glass is broken because one is supposed to be remembering the churban at that time. Nevertheless, the minhag is to say mazel tov immediately after breaking the glass. Crowns A chosson does not wear a crown by the chasana, and the kallah does not wear a crown of gold, silver, or precious stone because of zecher l churban. Th e Aruch Ha shulchan says he is not sure what crowns this is referring to. Wearing Less Jewelry Women who get dressed up should not put on all of their jewelry and should leave one piece out because of zecher l churban. Since today, women have a lot of jewelry and they never put all their jewelry on at the same time anyways, so this halacha would not apply. Less of a Meal When preparing a meal (even a seudas mitzvah) one should not prepare completely and should leave a food item out. This does not have to be done on Shabbos or Yom Tov. Some are lenient with this halacha. Some say one should leave an empty plate on the table to show that there is supposed to be more food which was left out as a zecher l churban. This does not seem to be the common custom. Music and Zecher L churban Many people listen to music on a regular basis. However, as will be discussed below, one of the gezeiras that were made because of zecher l churban was regarding listening to music. The Mishnah in Sotah says that from the time the Sanhedrin stopped functioning, song was prohibited from meals that served wine. The Meiri says the entire takana was enacted in order to prevent frivolous behavior. Most poskim say that the reason why music was banned is as a zecher l churban. Some say the issur also applies if wine is served without food, since this is the way the goyim make their parties. A party serving only wine can lead a person to an intense level of joy, while if food is served with the wine it does not have the same effect. Others say that singing with one s mouth is forbidden when wine is served, and musical instruments are always forbidden (even without wine). Others say singing with one s mouth is always forbidden (even without wine). Tosfas and many others say the issur only applies where one is singing or playing instruments on a regular basis. Horav Moshe Feinstein zt l says that a ba al nefesh should be stringent and not listen to music (even if not accompanied by wine). Singing is permitted

25 JULY 27, 2017 unless it is being done over wine served alone or with great regularity. The opinion of most poskim is to rely on the opinions who say the issur only applies where one does it on a regular basis. Practicing a Musical Instrument One is permitted to listen to music for the sake of learning a trade. For Children One is permitted to sing a song to help a child go to sleep because we rely on the opinion that singing is only forbidden if accompanied with wine (without food). However, one should not sing songs which are not proper for the children (such as certain lullabies). Recorded Music There is a discussion in the poskim if the issur applies only to live music or also recorded music. Some poskim maintain since recorded music was not around when chazal made the issur it was not included. Many argue with this premise. Others say if one records his voice it is considered vocal music and if one records musical instruments it is viewed as instrumental music. Those who are lenient in regard to recorded music are also lenient as far as music on the radio. According to all opinions one is permitted to listen to the music that emits from his cell phone when receiving a call. Listening to Tapes of Jewish Music Today the custom is to be lenient and listen to music for the following reasons: 1. Musical instruments are only forbidden if accompanied by wine. 2. One who is down and out may use the music to lift his spirits. 3. Perhaps the issur never applied to recorded music. 4. Many say the issur only applies to listening on a constant basis. Driving a Car One who is driving a car may listen to music (even for long periods of time) if one is doing so to stay awake while driving. Weddings and Seudas Mitzvah It is permitted to have instrumental music by weddings. This is true even if wine is served. The reason is because one has an obligation to make a chosson and kallah happy. Horav Moshe Feinstein zt l and many others maintain that instrumental music is permitted by any seudas mitzvah and not only at weddings. Horav Moshe Feinstein zt l was unsure if music is allowed by a fundraising dinner (even if wine will not be served). The Music Ban in Yerushalayim In 1865 a general ban was issued in Yerushalayim against playing music at weddings, and only one instrument was permitted to play. Many poskim discuss if recorded music or electric synthesizers may be used at a wedding in Yerushalayim. The consensus is to be stringent. A chosson and kallah who live outside Yerushalayim and have their NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV thefjj.com 25 wedding in Yerushalayim should not be lenient and have a band without asking a sheilah first. The ban seems to apply to all of Yerushalayim. Singing Praises of Hashem One who sings songs of praise to Hashem is permitted to play a musical instrument while doing so and the above discussion would not apply. This is permitted even with wine, and even on a regular basis. Pesukim as Lyrics The Gemorah in Sanhedrin says one is not allowed to use words of Shir Hashirim for a song. Rashi explains that this issur applies to all pesukim. The reason is because using the words of the Torah for his own enjoyement is a lack of proper kedusha. One who wishes to praise Hashem may sing the lyrics of the Torah. A posuk that is a nusach of davening may be sung by adding a tune to it. However, singing a certain posuk because you like the niggun is forbidden. The Magen Avraham says when singing songs on Shabbos one should only sing songs which were composed esepcially for seudas Shabbos (and not other words of chazal). However, many poskim say the Magen Avraham only forbids other songs if they will be sung in a frivolous manner, and if they are used to praise Hashem then singing them is permitted. One may sing a song which contains the words of which are out of order. Similarly, one may sing a song containing the name of Hashem if instead of saying the real name he says Hashem. Some poskim maintain that the issur of singing a posuk applies to Torah Sh bal Pe as well. Nonetheless, one who is learning is allowed to hum a tune to the words of the Gemorah. Non-Jewish Music Many non-jewish songs have lyrics which are forbidden to listen to, since many of these songs (even those without lyrics) have the ability to bring one to lewdness. Other songs are wild and can cause one to act in a manner that is improper for a Jewish person. There is a discussion in the poskim if one can take a non-jewish tune and sing Jewish words to it. There are many types of classical music. Each situation is different and has to be judged on its own level if it has the din of non-jewish music or not. Today there are hundreds of Jewish CD and tapes on the market and one can easily avoid any questions of listening to non-jewish music. Afterthought In the zechus of keeping these halachos as a remembrance of the churban bais hamikdosh may we be zocheh that Hashem will send us out of gulus so we can see the building of the third bais hamikdosh speedily in our days.

26 FJJ FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL JULY 27, 2017 Rav Pam On Tishah B'av Beyond The Letter Of The Law REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM "RAV PAM ON THE FESTIVALS" NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני thefjj.com 26 RABBI SHOLOM SMITH The saddest day of the Jewish calendar is Tishah B'Av. Throughout the generations, this day has seen numerous tragedies befall the Jewish nation as it travels through galus (exile). Yet Tishah B' Av is a day of great hope, a day when Mashiach is born (see Birkei Yosef 554). It is a day inextricably tied to geulah (redemption), as it always falls out on the same day of the week as the first day of Pesach, which commemorates the great redemption of the Jewish nation from their Egyptian exile. By analyzing the causes of the Churban Beis HaMikdash and striving to rectify them, one can hasten the ultimate geulah, which we anxiously await. The Gemara (Bava Metziah 30b) says that the cause of the destruction of Yerushalayim was that "they limited their decisions to the letter of the law and did not perform actions that would have gone 'lifnim mishuras hadin,' beyond the letter of the law." Tosafos wonders how this reason can be reconciled with the Gemara (Yoma 9b) which attributes the cause of the destruction of the second Beis HaMikdash to sinas chinam, unwarranted hatred toward others. Tosafos answers that both factors caused the Churban and its subsequent two millennia-long galus. Why is failing to act lifnim mishuras hadin so severe a sin that it resulted in the Churban? Chazal offer different definitions of lifnim mishuras hadin which can give us an insight into understanding its requirements. The Gemara (Bava Metzia 83a) tells of an incident concerning Rabbah bar bar Channah, who hired treggers (porters) to transport a barrel of wine for him. They were careless and broke the barrel. Rabbah then confiscated their cloaks as collateral for the damages they now owed him. When the treggers complained to Rav, he ordered Rabbah to return their garments. Rabbah was upset and asked him, "Is this the law?" because he knew that he was entitled to be reimbursed for his loss. Rav answered him by quoting a pasuk in Mishlei (2:20), In order that you may walk in the way of the good, which is a reference to acting lifnim mishuras hadin, by doing more than the letter of the law demands. But the workers were still unhappy. "We are poor," they said to Rav, "and we worked all day and are now hungry." Hearing this, Rav ordered Rabbah to pay the treggers their day's wages. Rabbah was stunned. "Pay them? Is that the law?" he cried. Rav responded by quoting the second half of the pasuk in Mishlei, and keep the path of the righteous. The Vilna Gaon (on Mishlei) explains why Rav quoted different parts of the same pasuk in his response to Rabbah. He says that the way of the good, has two connotations. A "good" person is someone who relinquishes what he is entitled to receive, and by giving back the confiscated cloaks to the treggers, Rabbah would be acting in a good way. Additionally, the way, is a wide open road frequented by many people. Thus, his behavior of returning the cloaks was a moderate level of lifnim mishuras hadin. By paying the treggers for their day's work, Rabbah fulfilled a much higher level of lifnim mishuras hadin. Rav quoted the words and keep the path of the righteous. A path denotes a narrow road, accessible to only a few people at a time. This is the level of a tzaddik, who is on a higher level than a "good" person because he not only relinquishes what he is entitled to receive, he even gives away his own money (see Bava Basra 88b). In commenting on Rabbah's question to Rav, "Does the halachah require me to pay?" the Vilna Gaon says that Rav's answer hinted to the fact that for a person like him, acting in a lifnim mishuras hadin manner was a requirement (see also Aderes Eliyahu to Devarim 1:12). In fact, Rema (Choshen Mishpat 12:2) brings two opinions concerning the question of whether Beis Din has a right to force a person to act in a lifnim mishuras hadin manner, especially if he is a rich person and can afford to do so (see also Bach, ibid.). Pischei Teshuvah (12:6) quotes Teumim that Beis Din can use verbal persuasion, but not physical force to get an unwilling plaintiff to agree to act lifnim mishuras hadin. It is evident from the Shulchan Aruch, as well as from various places in the Gemara which discuss this issue (see Bava Kamma 97b, 99b-100a, Bava Metzia 24a, 30b), that lifnim mishuras hadin is not a voluntary measure, but, very often, depending on the status of the person involved, a legal requirement. Failure to act lifnim mishuras hadin is a violation of the din itself! The author of the Chemdas Shlomo, R' Shlomo Zalman Lifshitz, was the first rav of Warsaw. Every Friday morning, the poor of the city would come to his house to receive a weekly stipend to purchase their Shabbos needs. Once, one of the paupers had the audacity to steal the rav's silver becher (wine goblet) as he waited to receive his subsidy. The man was caught and the becher was retrieved. The next Friday, the Chemdas Shlomo sent a messenger to deliver the weekly stipend directly to the poor thief's home! When asked why he did this, the rav responded, "After what he did, this poor man is probably ashamed to present himself to me to request his subsidy. He will probably go hungry and may even die of starvation because of this. Therefore, I must send the money directly to his house." That is the requirement of lifnim mishuras hadin. One should not think that such righteous behavior is limited to great tzaddikim like the Chemdas Shlomo. Rav Pam would relate the following incident about a neighbor of his who displayed an awe-inspiring level of lifnim mishuras hadin. The woman had a slight leak in the faucet in her kitchen one erev Shabbos. Since her regular plumber was too busy to come to her house to repair such a minor thing, she called an elderly man, who years earlier had been a handyman, to come to see if he could fix the leak. "All it needs is a new washer, probably," she said, promising to pay him for his time and effort. The man came, began "fidgeting around" here and there, and the leak became worse! Then he said that the sink needed a new piece of piping to replace the old one. This, he declared, was the source of the problem. He went to the hardware store and bought a new pipe for $20. He took off the old pipe and as he was installing the new one, suddenly the leak became a flood! Very soon there was water all over the house and he- couldn't stop it, until he went to the basement and turned off the water main, thereby cutting off the water supply for the entire house. The woman said to the old man, "You did me a favor. I've been procrastinating to replace the old plumbing system in this house, but I see that I'll have to do it. But now it's erev Shabbos and you have to travel home and get ready for Shabbos. How much do I owe you for your time and effort?" The man named his price; the woman paid him and he left. Then she carried a few big buckets over to a neighbor's house and filled them up with water, so that she would have water for Shabbos. After Shabbos, she called her regular plumber and told him that CONTINUED ON PAGE 31

27 JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני Inyanim of Zichron Yerushalayim and Bein HaMetzarim Based upon the Life and Words of Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg zt l RABBI MOSHE BOYLAN The following is based upon the sefer Megadalto U Meromamto, which is a beautiful biography (in Loshon HaKodesh) about Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg zt l. The zikaron, remembrance of Yerushalayim and its glory was always in front of Maran Rav Scheinberg. He felt the loss of Yerushalayim and the Beis HaMikdash deeply and whenever he would mention Yerushalayim in his tefilos he would start to cry from pain. {Many people were zoche to see this as it was customary for the Rosh Yeshiva to daven for the Amud.} When he would get up to U Mipnai Chataeinu Galinu MaiArtzeinu (part of the Tefilos on Shalosh Regalim and Yomim Noraim) he would also cry. Some other times that led him to tears included when he would see a chasan say Im Eshkacheich Yerushalayim (when he put the ashes on his forehead) and when he would mention a Pasuk from Aichah or a part of the Kinos in one of his Sichos Mussar. The Rosh Yeshiva would often say Tikun Chatzos, especially during the Yemei HaMetzarim (the three weeks). When he would not be able to say Tikun Chatzos he would say the Kapitel of Al Naharos Babel which is similar and contains the essence of Tikun Chatzos. He would even tell bochurim to say this kapitel in order to fulfill the obligation mentioned in Shulchan Aruch Siman 1. One of the Kollel Yungeleit who was in charge of the Seforim of the Yeshiva was once asked by the Rosh Yeshiva if he could get a new Sefer which contained a new print of Tikun Chatzos. {As an aside, Tikun Chatzos has recently been translated into English.} It was from this great desire for Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh that the Rosh Yeshiva decided to transfer his Yeshiva from the U.S. to Yerushalayim. {Yeshivas Torah Or was originally in Bensonhurst and after a number of years the Rosh Yeshiva transferred the Yeshiva to Matesdorf, which is a neighborhood in Yerushalayim.} In the Rosh Yeshiva s Sichos Mussar, he would explain the value of Torah learnt in Eretz Yisroel and particularly in Yerushalayim. This Torah is Mesugal for great Hatzlacha and Siyata Dishmaya, especially due to being close to the Makom HaMikdash, from which the Shechinah HaKedosha was never taken away from. It was not a regular and accepted thing to bring an entire Yeshiva from Chutz Laaretz to Eretz Yisroel. However, the Rosh Yeshiva put his entire effort into this and was zoche to much Siyata Dishmaya and Hatzlacha. The Rosh Yeshiva would often mention that the Rema writes that the reason that we (Bnai Ashkenaz) don t Duchen (say Birchas Kohanim) is because we are Tarud, busy with business (and making money) in our Galus and are lacking in happiness. This is why we don t have Birchas Kohanim on a regular weekday. Even on Shabbos Kodesh many are still busy with thoughts about their parnassah, livelihood and therefore lacking the simcha, happiness necessary to fulfill Birchas Kohanim properly. {Bnai Askenaz in Chutz LaAretz only say Birchas Kohanim on Yomim Tovim and not on a weekday or Shabbos.} The Rosh Yeshiva mentioned that the fact that the Minhag is to Duchen every day in Eretz Yisroel (even for Bnai Ashkenaz) shows us that Eretz Yisroel has a power to enable one to have simcha and tranquility despite worries about parnassah and other concerns. When the Rosh Yeshiva would come back from a trip to Chutz LaAretz, everyone knew that when he would come to VeLiYerushalayim Ircha Berachamim Tashuv he would cry very much, as he felt the desire for Yerushalayim especially as he was away from it for a while. Even though the Rosh Yeshiva had such great feelings about Yerushalayim all year round, when it came the times of Yemei HaMetzarim (the three weeks) it was obvious on his face that this was not a normal time. The regular happiness and smile that he usually had was not the same, as it was clear he was being Misabeil on Yerushalayim and the Galus HaShechinah. One time he was saying a shiur on Hilchos Tisha B Av and he started saying that Tisha B Av has five Inuyim (such as not eating or drinking, etc.). This was enough that he started to cry for a half a minute or more. Another time he was giving a shiur on Hilchos Yom Tov and someone asked him why we say U Mipnai Chatainu on Yom Tov if this would bring us to pain, which is not fitting on Yom Tov? Again the Rosh Yeshiva started to cry for a long time. During the nine days the Rosh Yeshiva changed his attire, and made sure it was less respectable than during the rest of the year. He once asked him Gabbai to change his tie, as it was too respectable for the nine days. Lehalacha, the Rosh Yeshiva was careful not to wear laundered clothing during the nine days, including even Bigdei Zeiah (undergarments). He explained to one of his talmidim that since we live in Yerushalayim we must be more machmir in the Aveilus of Yerushalayim. We see this from the opinion that many rely on that a resident of Yerushalayim doesn t have to tear Kriah when he goes to see the Kosel, as he sees the Churban always and therefore has more Aveilus (cf. Shaarei Teshuva Siman 561). Similarly, in this halacha, as a resident of Yerushalayim I must be more machmir on Aveilus of Yerushalayim. {If I could add, perhaps we see the same thing from the famous minhag that in Yerushalayim one should not have musical instruments (besides a drummer) at a chasunah. This also is due to the Tainah on those living in Yerushalayim to have even more Aveilus than others, as they see the Aveilus in front of their eyes.} On Tisha B Av, the Rosh Yeshiva would go to the Kosel, and when he got there he would tear Kriah and cry a lot. At the night of Tisha B Av, even after the Kinos and Aicha were finished, the Rosh Yeshiva would continue for a long time saying Kinos and tearfully being Misabeil on Yerushalayim. When he would come back from the Kosel, he would sit in his house and it looked like Maiso Mutal Lefanav (as if a close relative had passed away right in front of him). A descendant of Rav Scheinberg complained that he didn t feel pain for the Churban of Yerushalayim. Rav Scheinberg responded that he should come along with him to the Kosel on Tisha B Av for the Neitz Minyan. Without a doubt he would feel the Churban well when he sees the House of Hashem destroyed and desolate. Chalilah if the house of a person is burned, he feels this terribly. How much more so if one sees the House of Hashem destroyed and the Shechinah thefjj.com 27 in Galus, it is not possible not to be inspired to ask Hashem to quickly rebuild the Beis HaMikdash. Talmidim of the Yeshiva remember vividly how the Rosh Yeshiva would get emotional and cry when he would say the words of the Haftorah (on the four Taanaisim) Vahaviosim El Har Kodshi. Another time the Rosh Yeshiva would cry was when he got to Mimekomcha Malkeinu Sofiah Vesimloch Aleinu Ki Mechakim Anachnu Lach. {A tefilah in Kedusha when we daven that Hashem should come and be King over us, as we are waiting for this desperately.} Once at a Chupah, Rav Scheinberg was honored to say the Beracha Sos Tasis Vesageil HaAkarah Bekibutz Baneha Lesocha Besimcha (the one with no children should rejoice when her children are gathered into her with happiness. This is a tefilah that Eretz Yisroel should be zoche that all the Yidden should return in the times of Moshiach Tzidkeinu). When he said them he started crying so much it was hard for him to continue for some time. People at the Chasunah were impressed that the Rosh Yeshiva was so filled with emotion even for a Tefilah that he heard so many times before. One of the Rosh Yeshiva s important talmidim told his talmidim that he himself has not reached the level of feeling a true desire for the Geulah and an Aveilus for the Shechinah and the Churban. However, at least he learned by someone that had this level and he can give over at least a little bit from what he experienced. Chazal tell us that Kol HaMisabeil Al Yerushalayim Zoche Veroeh Benechemasah. May we soon see the Nechamas Yerushalalayim speedily in our times, Amen.

28 FJJ FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני thefjj.com 28 ADAPTED EXCLUSIVELY FROM A SCHMOOZE IN HEBREW BY Rav Nissan Kaplan Shlita Nachamu Nachamu Ami PREPARED FOR PRINT BY RABBI NACHMAN SELTZER There is a very cryptic Medresh that explains the double wording of nechama, of consolation. The Medresh tells us just as we sinned twice ( chait chata Yerushalayim ) and were therefore punished twice ( Laksah Kiflayim bchol chatosehah ) so too will Klal Yisroel be comforted twice as the posuk says Nachamu Nachamu Ami. What was this twofold reason that the Medresh is referring to that sent Klal Yisroel into Galus? To better understand this, the Shem MiShmuel returns us to the Tochecha where Hashem himself tells us why we will be sent into exile. The posuk in Ki Savo in middle of the Tochecha says for you did not serve Hashem out of joy with goodness of heart when everything was good for you. The Rambam in Hilchos Teshuva teaches us that this is the secret of the Brachos and Klalos. If you serve Hashem out of joy - if you are happy to be close to Hashem and follow his Mitzvos, then you will see the Brachos in the beginning of the parsha. But if the joy is missing - if there is no satisfaction in being able to learn His Torah and fulfill His Mitzvos, then we will find ourselves suffering the Klalos r l. Misplaced simcha is the double edged sword that sealed the fate of Klal Yisroel. What began with a lack of joy and appreciation in the Mitzvos turned into happiness to rebel against Hashem s will. Chait chata Yerushalayim, not only did we abandon the ways of Hashem, but we relished our freedom from the Torah and it s laws. I once met a Yid who was in the Death Camps with the Klausenberger Rebbe zt l. For over three years, day after day he slaved together with the Rebbe under backbreaking labor under the brutal Nazis Ym s. He told me that one of the tortures the Nazis most enjoyed inflicting on them, was to make them descend hundreds of steps into a stone quarry full of large heavy boulders. When they reached the bottom of the staircase, they d load a heavy bolder on their backs and be forced to climb right back up the slippery steps. Suffice it to say there were no railings and many fell to their deaths hundreds of feet below. Day after day as he trudged up the slippery steps struggling under the impossibly heavy burden, the Yid heard the Rebbe muttering something under his breath. Because you did not serve Hashem out of joy with goodness of heart when everything was good for you The Rebbe repeated this line again and again until they reached the top, because you did not serve Hashem out of joy with goodness of heart when everything was good for you.. Chet chata Yerushalyim not only did we sin, but we were happy to do so. And Hashem responded with Laksah Kiflayim bchol chatosehah, a double punishment that was exacting in its preciseness. The goyim came into the holies of holies, they destroyed the Bais Hamikdosh, and they celebrated. They took the vessels of the Bais Hamkidosh and paraded them before the world, while Klal Yisroel was dragged away in chains. Laksah Kiflayim bchol chatosehah Granted, we were destined to go into Galus, we deserved to be exiled from our homes, and Hashem sent the messengers to carry out his will. But they took it a step further, they rejoiced in our downfall and paraded us before the world, shackled and ashamed. Not only were they carrying out Hashem s wishes - but they were doing it with joy. Rejoicing in the fate of Klal Yisroel. And so Hashem promises us, My children, I see your suffering, I feel your pain, but remember Nachamu Nachamu Ami, I too will comfort you twice over, I too will not merely suffice with returning you to your land. But I shall bring back the original joy, as the Navi tells us Sasson v simcha yimatzeh ba toda v kol zimra. What is it about that special simcha that will console Klal Yisroel more than the actual Geula? Chazal has compared Klal Yisroel to the stars in the skies and to the sand of the shore. Both are endless beyond count. A vast number. A formidable blessing. In effect, these are two separate Brachos reflecting our relationship with Hashem. When we don t behave, we are thrown all the way down to the sand and dirt. But when we learn the Torah and follow in His ways we are like the stars - not only do we climb, but there are no limits to the heights we can achieve. This is the nechama; of course Hashem will pick us up. But he will do it with love. With a kiss. With a love that is greater than expected. Just as the joy of the sin was much worse than the sin itself, so too will Hashem s eventual redemption be accompanied by a special love that far surpasses the actual geula. A person walks into a room and sees a woman cleaning a baby. Is it her baby? Maybe, maybe not. But as Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz used to say, if she kisses the baby afterwards we can be rest assured she is the mother. Parents do so much for their children. From the day they are born until they walk them down the aisle, and even after that, a parent doesn t stop giving. But ultimately what means the most to a child is not the material support they get from their parents. Of course that s appreciated. But that s not what leaves the most indelible memories upon a child. What a child takes most to heart is the love he receives from a parent. The actions that a father or mother does above and beyond the norm. A special kiss that shows their child how much they are loved. That is what a child desires. Nachamu Nachamu Ami, we anxiously await the day when we will merit receiving this special kiss from Hashem. Moshe Rabbainu reminds Klal Yisroel of the scene at Matan Torah, how they trembled at hearing Hashem s voice, how they begged that Moshe be the one to relay the Torah to them. Yet the pesukim seem to contradict themselves. First the Yidden tell Moshe Behold, Hashem, has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we saw this day that G-d speaks with man, yet he remains alive. But then after acknowledging that it s indeed possible to hear Hashem s voice and live, they turn and plead to Moshe so now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we continue to hear the voice of Hashem anymore, we will die. For who is there of all flesh, who heard the voice of the living G-d speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? What kind of a question is that??? Who heard Hashem speak to them and remained alive?!!! They did! They just heard Hashem speak and lived! Didn t they personally experience Hashem s communication while remaining alive to tell the story? What was the concern that held them back from hearing the rest of the Aseres Hadibros directly from the source? The Gemorah in Shabbos tells us that after each word was uttered by Hashem, the souls of Klal Yisroel jumped out of their bodies and that Hashem sent down special dew created for techias hamasim to bring them back to the living. Ok. It happened once. They came back. It happened twice. They were brought back to life. The system worked. Why couldn t they carry on? Klal Yisroel understood that if they davened to Hashem he would certainly save them, but to them techias hamaisim was no longer a special nes, after all it just happened to them twice! Thus they were afraid to hear Hashem speak again, for this time they would not be putting their trust in Hashem, but rather in what they were seeing as nature, and they would not merit the nes of techias hamesim to bring them back again. The Maharil Diskin s Doctor once told him that for health reasons he does not permit him to eat chulent on Shabbos. The Dr. stressed that for the Maharil it would be extremely dangerous to eat the chulent to the point where he would be putting his life in danger. And so the first Shabbos after the appointment came and before long they brought out a steaming CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

29 JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני Nachamu Nachamu Ami: Thoughts On Nechama Based Upon The Shmuessen of Rav Gamliel Rabinowitz Shlita RABBI MOSHE BOYLAN 1. Veanochi Hasteir Astir Es Panay (and I will hide my face): The fact that the Pasuk tells us that Hashem Kiveyachol hides His Face from us, shows that Hashem is Matzuy, existent, and is merely hiding his face from us. This fact is really like cold water on a tired soul, as per the heilege words of the Baal Shem Tov HaKadosh: In the greatest Tochacha that is explained in the Pasuk Veanochi Hasteir Astir Es Panay Bayom Hahu is hidden the greatest Nechama (solace) that there is for Klal Yisroel in its dark galus. The reason for this is that from the actual fact that Hashem Yisbarach has to hide from us, this is a sign that He is existent amongst us. Otherwise, chas veshalom, there would be no need for Hashem to hide from us, as He is not found amongst us, chas veshalom. This can only be compared to a person who hides away from his friend, so he shouldn t see him. The fact that he has to hide away from his friend itself shows that he must be quite close to his friend, as otherwise there would be no need to hide away from him. {As an aside, this reminds us of a famous story of one of the great Chassidishe Rebbeim. He saw one of his grandchildren playing hide and go seek with his friends, and crying. The grandfather asked why he was crying, and the grandson answered that he was hiding away, but nobody was looking for him. The great Rebbe started to cry, and said that this reminded him of the situation we are in with Hashem. Kiveyachol, Hashem hides away from us, but He wants us to search for Him and try to return to Him. We can imagine, Kiveyachol, the pain it causes to Hashem if He hides away from us, and we don t do our best to try returning to Him and coming close to Him. In any event, the point Rav Gamliel is saying is that the fact that Hashem has to hide from us, shows how close He is to us, and this is a great nechama for us.} Since, as has been explained, Hashem Yisbarach is found by us, therefore our Tafkid, role, is to find His place of hiding and to reveal the Nekudah of the light of Hashem, through purifying ourselves from our thick Chumrius, physicality. Through this, Kiveyachol the light of Hashem will come to us and will light up our darkness. 2. Kara Alay Moed: It is possible to explain based upon the above, the Pasuk (Aichah 1,15) which said, Kara Alay Moed. It is known that this Pasuk can be explained to show that even in the greatest Churban is found a Nekudah of light, which is the bechina of Moed. According to what we have explained, it can be said that the intention of the Pasuk is to teach us that even though Hashem is hiding away with Hester Panim while Klal Yisroel is in Galus, nonetheless, a person should realize that he has an personal opportunity to be zoche (merit) the revelation of Hashem and Hearas Panim even in the darkness of galus. The intention is that if a person searches for Hashem Yisbarach even in the bitter and dark galus, and reveals Him specifically from the darkness, he will be zoche to Hearas Panim, even in the situation of galus and Hester Panim. {Perhaps this is hinted to in Ribon Kol HaOlamim, when it said, Sheterachamuni Od Begalusi Ligaleini U Leorer Libi Leahavasecha. We see from these words that we daven that even while we are still in the darkness of galus, we can daven that Hashem should still have mercy on us and cause our hearts to have love for Him.} This is hinted to in the words, Kara Alay Moed. Hashem Yisbarach calls a Moed and an individual Hearah (lighting up) on every individual person that searches for Hashem. He will be zoche that Hashem will find him even within the great Hester Panim. We can say that the previously mentioned inyan is related to the famous Gemara in Maseches Makkos 24B, which talks about how Rav Akiva and his friends went up to Yerushalayim. When they went to the Har HaBayis, they saw a fox going away from the Kodesh HaKadashim. The friends started to cry and Rav Akiva started to laugh. The friends asked Rav Akiva why he was laughing, and he asked them why they were crying. The friends told him that this is the place that the Torah tells us Vehazar HaKareiv Yumas, and a fox is leaving from it. Rav Akiva told them that he was laughing, as he felt that if the Nevuah of the Churban and Tzarah are being fulfilled, then this should show us that the Nevuah of the Nechama will also be fulfilled. What we see from this Maaseh is that the reason for the happiness of Rav Akiva was due to his being able to reveal the light that escaped even from a matzav, situation, of great darkness. This was so, as once he saw the fulfillment of the great Tochacha of the foxes walking on the Har HaBayis, he understood in his mind that specifically there, amongst the deep and dark Choshech of Galus, was hiding the light of Nechama and hope. In truth, Chazal tell us in Aichah Rabbah that the actual Gezairah, decree, of the Churban, was for the Tovah, good, of Klal Yisroel. The reason for this is as follows: We see from the gezairah of Churban that HaKadosh Boruch Hu, Kiveyachol, poured his anger on the wood and stones of the Beis HaMikdash in order that Chalilah this anger wouldn t cause Tzaros to Klal Yisroel. This shows us that even in the greatest Hester Panim and the strength of Gezairos against Klal Yisroel is a Nekudah of Nechama and Tikvah. This means that the love of Hashem Yisbarach for Klal Yisroel will never be removed eternally, as Mayim Rabim Lo Yuchlu Lechabos Es Ha Ahavah Uneharos Lo Yishtefuah (great amounts of water will not extinguish the love and rivers will not wash it away). 3. Why is this month called Menachem Av? We can also ask why the month in which Hashem, thefjj.com 29 Kiveyachol, caused the Churban of the Beis HaMikdash, is referred to as one of Menachem Av? We can answer these questions by realizing what the Seforim HaKedoshim tell us that despite the Churban HaNora that happened to Klal Yisroel, Hashem Yisbarach still remains as our Loving and Merciful Father. His love is still Nimshach, extending to us as it was originally. Even the Churban itself was only caused as a Totzaah, result, of His great Rachamanus, mercy on us, which is Kerachem Av Al Banim (as a father has mercy on his son). This is so, as explained previously, that Hashem brought the Churban in order to prevent Klal Yisroel from getting destroyed due to the Midas HaDin created by their Aveiros, chas veshalom. {We now understand why the month of Churban is related to Nechama and Av. It is a nechama for Klal Yisroel that Hashem, as a merciful father, has decided to give us a Churban, in order to fix us up, as opposed to chas veshalom allowing the Midas HaDin to destroy Klal Yisroel, R L.} When a person realizes that all the Tzaros he (and Klal Yisroel) undergo, are all arranged by the Pikuach and Hashgacha of Avinu HaAv HaRachaman (our Merciful Father), and despite the fact that Hashem is acting with Hester Panim, His Hashgacha is still guiding and directing everything happening to us both individually and collectively, this is a great Nechama and Hischazkus for us on everything that we have undergone. This is the reason that this month, with all the tzaros that are connected and affiliated with it, is called Menachem Av. We are mispallel that we should all see the ultimate and complete Nechama with the coming of Moshiach Tzidkenu Bimehayra Beyameinu Amen.

30 FJJ FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני Rabbinic Message A WEEKLY DRASHA FROM FLATBUSH RABBANIM A Post Tishah B Av Message thefjj.com 30 RABBI NOSSON SCHERMAN During the Three Weeks between Shivah Asar B Tammuz and Tishah B Av, we read haftarahs from the Books of Yirmiyahu/Jeremiah and Yeshayahu/Isaiah. All three contain scathing condemnations of the conduct of the Jewish People, and dire warnings of the destruction that would come unless the people repented. The haftarah of Tishah B Av morning is more of the same. One would think that the misconduct of the nation had so alienated it from Hashem that His love had changed to hate and the Jews were no longer His Chosen People. Speaking in the Name of Hashem, the prophets attacked the people mercilessly. Surely those who heard these prophecies would cringe and lose hope for the future. After the destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash, there were distinguished Jews who thought that Hashem had indeed rejected Israel. They said to the prophet Yechezkel, If a man divorces his wife, is she still obligated to him? If a man frees his slave, must the slave still serve him? If Hashem has banished us, are we still His people? Ezekiel rejected their premise. The bond between Hashem and Israel is irrevocable. And indeed, each of the frightening haftarahs of the Three Weeks and Tishah B Av ends with the same assurance: Thus said Hashem, I recall for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your nuptials, your following after Me into the wilderness, into an unseen land. Israel is holy to Hashem, the first of His crop... (Yirmiah 2:2-3) If only from now on you would call Me My Father, the Master of my youth. (Yirmiah 3:4) Then I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you [Jerusalem] will be called City of Righteousness, Faithful City. Zion will be redeemed through justice and those who return to her in righteousness. (Yeshayah 1:26-27) For I am Hashem Who does kindness, justice, and righteousness in the land for in these is My desire, the word of Hashem ( Yirmiiah 9:23) So it is throughout the Books of the Nevi im. Israel may be sinful and Hashem may be wrathful, but the punishments are never meant to destroy Israel, only to purge it of its sins, and to make it aware often painfully that waywardness will lead it nowhere; only in repentance lay its salvation. In the familiar metaphor of Chazal and commentators to this day, Hashem is likened to a king who can no longer tolerate the excesses of his defiant prince and exiles him from the palace but sends a trusted courtier to keep clandestine watch over him. Or a loving parent who grieves when he or she is forced to discipline a recalcitrant child. It is instructive that, although the Book of Yechezkel is filled with very harsh criticism of the sinful conduct of Israel, and warnings of the terrible ordeals that are the wages of sin, the prophet concludes his Book with nine chapters that give detailed descriptions of the future Third Beis Hamikdash and the idyllic life of the era of Mashiach. Yechezkel prophesied in Babylonia to people who had already been exiled and who knew of the atrocities inflicted on their brethren in Jerusalem. But his final message was filled with hope, optimism, and assurance that Israel would always be Hashem s people and that He shared their pain and would always be with them wherever history thrusts them. Chazal teach that the only prophecies recorded in Nevi im are those that are meant for all generations. In modern times our people have experienced oppression, exile, pogrom, and genocide. Most of us may find it hard to feel the agony of the destruction of the Battei Mikdash; it takes a degree of greatness to understand that the travails of Jewish history are outgrowths of the eternal Tishah B Av. Even the horrors of the Holocaust are losing their effect as generations move on. But those of us who have never or hardly ever suffered for being Jewish should not be complacent. It s a dangerous world. Even those who sincerely support the deal with Iran do not deny that the Islamic Republic and its ambitions are a threat to Israel and the world. Tens of thousands of missiles and rockets are pointed at Israel s cities. Anti-Semitism in Europe is increasing alarmingly. Yes, the prophecies of doom are still relevant. But so are the prophecies of hope. The Jewish People rebounds, revives, and thrives. What is our secret? In the haftarah of the second of the Three Weeks, Yirmiah says in the Name of Hashem: For My people has committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the Source of living waters, to dig cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold the water. (Yirmiah 2:13) The commentators explain the two evils : Israel forsook Hashem through their transgressions. Secondly, they sought security against the Babylonian invader by putting their trust in alliances with Egypt and Assyria, which were like cisterns that could not hold water. Neither of those saviors came to Israel s aid. The Sages tell us further that part of Hashem s lament was, If only they had forsaken Me but had not forsaken My Torah, for Torah study would have restored them to goodness. (Yerushalmi Chagigah 1:7) The resurgence of Torah study in our time is a miracle. Surely it is testimony that, in the expression of Chazal, Israel, the Torah, and Hakadosh Baruch Hu, are one. And with this resurgence of Torah comes a resurgence of the quality of Jewish life. We see this resurgence in places that were unimaginable two or three generations ago. A soldier on the Golan who opens his Gemara whenever he studies his ArtScroll Talmud when he has a respite, commuters on the Long Island Railroad listening to a Talmud shiur on the way to Manhattan, shul classes before dawn and after dark, women at their daily study sessions men, women, and children on five continents making Torah study and enriched prayer part of their daily lives, thanks to you. The parents who send their children to learn and the people who support Torah institutions and Torah life are providing the ink, the quills, and the parchment with which new chapters of our history are being written chapters that will iy H tell how we are uniting ourselves with Hashem and His Torah, and are thereby giving us hope that the next Tishah B Av will be a festival celebrating our Redemption. Rav Nissan Kaplan Nachamu Nachamu Ami CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 pot of delicious chulent. Naturally the family refused to let the Maharil taste it according to the Doctor s instructions. However the Maharil insisted that Lechavod Shabbos, he has to eat chamim, and with that the Maharil went ahead and had a bowl of chulent, Lechavod Shabbos. Sure enough to everyone s amazement nothing happened! Life went on as normal, and they finished the Seudah as always. When the next Shabbos came around, the children right away served their father a hot bowl of chulent, yet he refused. Tatty, they asked him, we all saw that you ate it last week without any problems, Shabbos truly protected you, why won t you have another bowl this week lechavod Shabbos as well, now that we see that Shabbos protects? But the Maharil remained firm. You re right he said, nothing happened to me, but last week when I ate the chulent I put my trust in Hashem that he would protect me in honor of the Shabbos. However this week, since I already saw that I could eat it without being harmed, I feel that I m not relying on Hashem to save me. I see that this is a part of nature, that Shabbos will protect me. Now I m relying on the nes from last week, not on Hashem. It is indeed dangerous for me to touch it. We Daven to Hashem; we plead and beg that he protect us, and when we place out trust in Him, we can be assured that He will indeed protect his children. But as soon as we lose sight of who it is that is really protecting us, and we start accepting events as nature, then we are no longer assured of special Nissim from Hashem. We know that He s here; we know that He loves us. But let us Daven and beg him that we shall see in our days the fulfillment of the Navi s words, Od yaishvu zkainim berchovis Yerushalayim a day that children can play in the streets without fear and may we be filled with an eternal joy Sasson v simcha yimatzeh ba toda v kol zimra, as we experience a double dose of comforting love from Hashem.

31 JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני thefjj.com 31 About the Cover: Original Artwork by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib אם אשכחך ירושלים If I Forget You, O Jerusalem The focal, diamond image of this etched glass art piece, designed by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib, focuses on the theme of remembering Yerushalayim. The אמה על אמה left unplastered in the Jewish home, described in Bava Basra 60b is our individual expression of mourning its destruction. This artistic creation reflects Chazal s understanding that we must always strive to remember Yerushalayim. The broken stones of churban in the first and last words of אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני flank the fire-tipped words as they move towards the center of the design. The schematic designs of the word Yerushalayim are a symbol of the rebuilding for which we yearn. Upper Left Panel: Returning the Keys of the Temple The Talmud Yerushalmi, chapter 6 halacha 2, cites the story of the events which took place at the time of the destruction of the First Temple. When Nevuchadnezzar, king of Bavel, came to the outskirts of the Bais Hamikdash, the Great Sanhedrin came to greet him, telling that the time had arrived for him to destroy the Holy Temple. At that time, the king asked them to summon Yehoyachin, the king of Yehuda, whom Nevuchadnezzar had enthroned. The members of the Sanhedrin went up to the roof of the Heichal and proclaimed before G-d, Ribono Shel Olam, in the past we were faithful to You and the keys to Your Temple were given over to us for safekeeping; now that we are no longer faithful to You, Your keys are being returned. According to one opinion in the Talmud, a hand came out from the heaven and grabbed hold of the keys. When the leaders of the people saw that G-d no longer desired their service, they fell from the roof and died. Bottom Left Panel: Foxes Walk There The tragic scene of churban underscores the story related in the Talmud, Makkos 24b. Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya, Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Akiva were walking among the ruins of the Bais Hamikdash. The other chachomim at the scene of devastation saw a fox emerging from the Holy of Holies, and began to cry. Rabbi Akiva began to laugh. The other rabbis saw the Holy of Holies as a place where any stranger was put to death, and wept at seeing the fox in a place of such exalted holiness. Only Rabbi Akiva envisioned the ultimate redemption. If G-d s prophecies of destruction have been fulfilled, then surely Hashem will bring about the long-awaited geulah. Only Rabbi Akiva was able to see that the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash contained the seeds of its ultimate rebuilding. Upper Right Panel: Rachel Weeps for Her Children The Pesichta, Eichah Rabbah, chapter 24, points to Rachel Imeinu as the one who was able to plead the cause of our nation before Hashem before going into exile. The depiction of Rachel Mevaka al Baneha, positions her image on the road to Bais Lechem, as the Jews are sent into galus in Bavel, by Nevuchadnezzar and his armies. The Avos were unable to petition the cause of the Jews before Hakadosh Baruch Hu; even Moshe Rabbeinu was unable to stay the decree against them. It was Rachel Imeinu, and the self-sacrifice she portrayed by giving the signs to Leah that would ultimately bring back Hashem s children from galus. Rachel weeps for her children, and in her merit they will come back to Yerushalayim once again. Bottom Right Panel: Sacrifice for Hakadosh Baruch Hu The Midrash in Eichah 1:50, tells the story of Miriam, the daughter of Machtom and her seven sons. (Josephus records a similar story regarding Hannah and her seven sons in the time of Antiochus of Macedon. Maharzu, a commentary on the Midrash, posits that there may have been two similar stories.) Caesar ordered her children to bow down to an idol. Heaven forbid, they declared, Jews do not bow down to idols. Her first six sons were summarily executed, after quoting verses attesting to G-d s greatness. The Caesar took compassion on the youngest child and asked him to pick up his ring to appear as if he listened to the Roman emperor. The mother s last child also refused to even simulate bowing to the idol, and he was killed as well. After seeing her seven אם הבנים שמחה! sons follow the self-sacrifice of Avrohom Avinu, the mother too fell from the roof. A heavenly voice declared The pesukim that surround the perimeter of the design are listed at the end of Eichah. Seemingly, Hashem has forsaken His people and sent us out into galus, in which we languish for over two thousand years. Death, destruction, persecution and pogroms have followed the Jewish nation throughout the millennia, but the posuk at the top of the design is a message of hope and yearning. ה אליך ונשובה,השיבנו Bring us back to You Hashem and we shall return,.במהרה בימינו אמן Hamikdash, renew our days as in the days of old. Our fervent plea to Hashem is that Yerushalayim is always part of our lives, and we wait eagerly for the day when Hashem will return His people and rebuild the Bais Rav Pam On Tishah B'av CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26 now she had a real job for him. He agreed to come over early the next morning. When he arrived, she explained to him what had happened on Friday. He laughed and said, "Don't worry, you'll have running water within the hour." He got to work and quickly fixed the problem. Upon hearing of this incident, Rav Pam said he was "nishtomem" (amazed) at how far this "simple" woman went to avoid hurting the feelings of the elderly handyman (who turned out to be not so "handy"). She even paid him for his "shtikel arbit" (bit of work) as well as for the unnecessary piping he bought, and cheerfully accepted the watery mess his incompetence had caused her - all on erev Shabbos! The woman's behavior was a fulfillment of the highest level of lifnim mishuras hadin as expressed in the pasuk, and keep the path of the righteous, similar to the incident of the treggers who broke Rabbah's barrel of wine. As noted earlier, one of the major causes of Churban Beis HaMikdash was the failure of Jerusalem's inhabitants to act lifnim mishuras hadin. They may have fulfilled the requirements of din itself, but for people of their stature that was not enough. More was required of them - a standard of lifnim mishuras hadin. By failing to do so, they became derelict in their fulfillment of din itself, and brought upon themselves the Midas HaDin of Hashem's wrath, and the subsequent Churban. Lifnim mishuras hadin usually expresses itself in monetary claims. By acting lifnim mishuras hadin, a person will save himself much heartache, anger and involvement in machlokes. It is hard to understand why many otherwise pious Jews, who go to great lengths to scrupulously fulfill mitzvos between man and G-d, find it so difficult to relinquish or even forgive minor monetary claims. Failing to act lifnim mishuras hadin by haggling over money leads to an entire peckel (package) of serious violations of interpersonal mitzvos. It is especially important during this tragic period of the year to try to rectify this very serious problem, which has caused so much suffering to our people. By acting in a manner of lifnim mishuras hadin, we will awaken the desire of Hashem to deal with us lifnim mishuras hadin, and redeem us from this long and bitter galus, by sending Mashiach, may he come speedily, and in our day.

32 FJJ FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL JULY 27, 2017 NINE DAYS & TISHA B'AV אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני Emunah for Life Reveals How Emunah Builds Relationships CCHF World-Wide Tisha B Av Event to Unite 50,000 Jews Across the Globe C. NESTLEBAUM One answer? Does that really exist? Yes! There s a lifeline that helps us pull through all situations. And that s faith. Emunah enables us to face huge challenges: the pain of death, disease, difficult children, the situations that rend our heart. Emunah is just as necessary for the daily struggles that cloud our vision: the petty jealousies, the demanding days, the things that just don t seem to go right. This Tisha B Av, grab onto this lifeline. This year s presentation, Emunah for Life: How to Master Life s Challenges, provides a deeper understanding of the cornerstone of Jewish belief: emunah. We live in times of terrible hardship and distress. There are so many overwhelming challenges that beat us down and take away our ability to function. And then there are so many smaller difficulties, things that seem unfair, or make our lives stressful and don t allow us to experience happiness. We need this lifeline as never before! Bringing together 50,000 Jews in 700 in locations in 16 countries around the world, this event has played a major role in making Tisha B Av a day of awakening, awareness and renewed commitment for Jews from every walk of life. From cities and towns to summer camps to bungalow colonies, the World-Wide Event s message reaches far and wide. The more a person really believes that Hashem runs the world, the stronger his relationships with others will be. This is the golden link between emunah and the mitzvos bein adam lachaveiro that will be explored this year. Join us! Take the first step. Listen to the words that will open your heart and mind to emunah. Hear to the timeless messages of the Torah s wisdom, the lifeblood of our survival. Realize the everyday hashgachah pratis before our very eyes. Emunah allows us to live each day with purpose and meaning, to live in harmony with those around us, and to walk through the dark shadows when they confuse our path. This Tisha B Av, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation presents the largest-ever worldwide Torah event. Emunah for Life: How to Master Life s Challenges, is set to signal a surge of connection to Hashem, and bring serenity and simchah into our lives. Presenting these thought-provoking topics will be a stellar array of speakers. Program A features HaRav Elimelech Biderman a word-renowned mashpia from Bnei Brak whose penetrating weekly lectures inspire thousands worldwide; Dayan Ahron Dovid Dunner, senior dayan in the London Kedassia Beth Din and the rav of Bais Medrash Tottenham Adass in London, who is sought out by communities around the world to share his vast Torah knowledge; and Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro, the rav of Congregation Shaaray Tefilah of North Miami Beach and an internationally-acclaimed speaker who inspires thousands daily with his Shmiras Haloshon Yomi shiurim. Program B features Rabbi Eli J. Mansour, Rabbi of the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue and a sought-after speaker within the Syrian community and beyond; Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein, thefjj.com 32 founder and director of Ohr Naava, Ateres Naava, and Bnot Chaya Academy for girls, and a dynamic speaker who inspires audiences worldwide; and Rabbi David Ashear whose Daily Chizuk, messages of emunah and acclaimed book, Living Emunah, reach tens of thousands. All of these speakers will bring to audiences around the world a new clarity regarding what emunah means in a Jew s daily interactions with others. They will reveal how a person s connection with Hashem neutralizes such traits as anger, jealousy and flattery and enables relationships to flourish. As the Jewish people mark another year in galus, the message of emunah offers hope and comfort. By grasping this message, over 50,000 Jews around the world will strengthen their loving connection with Hashem and with their fellow Jews, thereby setting the stage for the end of the Jewish people s mourning and the beginning of Geulah. Please see the Tisha B av location ad in this paper for a complete showing listing. Chelkas HaLevi: Thoughts on the Haftoros of the Yemei HaMetzarim RABBI MOSHE BOYLAN Parshas Masei is read during the Yemei HaMetzarim, which is known as the Three Weeks, the time period between Shiva Asar BeTamuz and Tisha B Av. We know that generally there is a connection between the part of the Torah read and the time of year it is read in. {Lemashal, numerous Meforshim discuss the connection between Mikeitz and Chanukah.} What is the connection between Masei and the Three Weeks? One answer is based upon a vort from the Skulener Rebbe zt l. He asks what the significance is of reading the Masaos, journeys of Klal Yisroel in the Midbar. His answer is that the Galus of the Yidden nowadays is similar to the Masaos of the Yidden in the Midbar. When Klal Yisroel went in the Midbar, each and every station they stopped in led them closer to their ultimate goal of entering Eretz Yisroel. Similarly, in our current Galus, every stop in our Galus (e.g. Russia, Germany, France, America, etc.) is leading us closer to the Geulah Asidah, when we will go into Eretz Yisroel with Moshiach Tzidkeinu. {This certainly shows us the connection between Parshas Masei and the Three Weeks. This is a chizuk to us, that even though we are mourning our long and bitter Galus, we must realize that we are going through a process that will enable us to be zoche to the Geulah. A hint to this is that the Gematria of Aileh (the first word in this weeks Parsha), with the Mispar Katan, is equal to the gematria of Geulah.} Maybe this is why this weeks Parsha also talks about the Galus of the Rotzaich, the person who killed accidentally and must go into exile. Just as the Rotzaich goes into Galus but ultimately leaves after the death of the Kohen Gadol (when he has achieved a Kaparah) so too when we have gone through the ultimate Kaparah process of Galus (and Divinely it is determined that we are ready for the Geulah) we will leave Galus and go into Eretz Yisroel with Moshiach Tzidkeinu speedily, Amen. The halacha mandates that we read three special Haftoros during the Yemei HaMetzarim, the Three Weeks between Shiva Asar BeTamuz and Tisha B Av. The Remez to remember which three Haftoros we read is DeShach (Daled, Shin and Ches). This stands for Divrei Yirmiyahu, Shimu Devar Hashem and Chazon Yirmiyahu. What is the significance of reading specifically these three Haftoros? Undoubtedly there are many answers to this question, but I will now give one of them Al Derech HaDerush. Seforim say that these three Haftoros start with three important abilities that human beings have. Divrei hints to the ability of speech, as Dibur means speaking. Shimu hints to our ability to hear, as Shimu means to hear. Chazon hints to our ability to see, as Chazon means seeing. This is a mussar haskel for us to improve our usage of these three abilities. An abuse and misuse of speech, sight and hearing was what lead to the Churban Beis HaMikdash. The Chofetz Chaim zt l speaks at length about how Loshon Hora was one of the causes of the Churban Bais HaMikdash HaSheini. {Chazal say the Second Beis HaMikdash was destroyed due to Sinas Chinam, and this baseless hatred led to Loshon Hora.} The Yidden refused to listen to the Neviim and the Chachamim of the time of the Churban. This lack of using Shemiah, listening properly led to the Churbanos of the Beis HaMikdash. Looking at things and people improperly (such as not looking for the good in others and looking at improper things) also played a role in the Churbanos. Thus, we hint to these three abilities and the resultant Churbanos they caused. This should be a chizuk for us to do teshuva, and use speech, sight and hearing properly Al Pi Torah. This will help to lead to our ultimate Geulah Shelaimah with Moshiach Tzidkeinu, Amen.

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34 JULY 27, 2017 EDUCATION & PARENTING thefjj.com 34 Nachas Notes Making And Breaking, Part 2 RABBI YITZCHAK SHMUEL ACKERMAN, LMHC In last week s article, I posed the following question: How do you learn to behave differently when you habitually do something you know isn t your best? I explained that two of the ways to approach this are behavioral and psychodynamic. A behavioral approach is based on the assumption that we are creatures of habit. When we do the same thing or say the same thing many times, it becomes a habit, a pattern of behavior that is automatic and thus replaces any prior automatic behavior. You cannot undo an undesirable habit by simply not doing it, hoping that over time it won t require conscious not doing. You have to do something else, repeatedly, until you have replaced the bad habit with a different, better habit. As a parent, this means you remember that saying to your child, don t do that is not helpful; it doesn t improve behavior, because until you and your child come up with an alternative, he will continue to do what he s been doing. Dad: So I can t tell my daughter not to pinch her little brother when he starts to pull her hair? I don t want her to pinch him. She hurts him, and I don t think it hurts her when he pulls her hair; he isn t that strong. Me: So you want her to simply be okay with his pulling her hair? Dad: It s not only pulling her hair. If he knocks over her dolls tea party, or he throws her stuffed bear onto the floor, or he pulls things out of her knapsack, she pinches him. Any time he does something she doesn t like, she pinches him. Me: And what have you said to her up until now? Dad: I ve told her countless times, DON T PINCH YOUR BROTHER! Me: And? Dad: And what? Me: And how has that worked out? Dad: It didn t work out at all. She still pinches him. I ve taken away privileges, I ve sent her to her room, I ve made her apologize and promise not to do it again, but she does it again anyway. Me: So you want her to simply be okay with whatever he does? Are you sure that s a realistic expectation? Dad: Rabbi Ackerman, I don t understand you. You think it s all right for her to pinch her brother whenever he does something she doesn t like? I should just leave her alone? Me: No, I don t think it s all right for her to pinch him no matter what he did. I also don t think it is realistic to expect her to simply tolerate whatever he does. But when you just say, don t pinch him, you imply that she should just tolerate it, not react when he does something that she finds upsetting. What would you think of my telling you not to react when she pinches him, to just tolerate it? Dad: I don t see the comparison. I have to teach her what behavior is unacceptable in our home. Me: So pulling hair and breaking up doll tea parties is acceptable behavior in your home? Dad: No but it doesn t justify pinching him when he does those things. Me: Okay, so you agree that his pulling her hair is not acceptable behavior. And you don t want her to pinch him when he pulls her hair. How would you like her to express to her brother that pulling her hair is not acceptable? Dad: I don t know. I ve never thought about it. I just don t want her to pinch him, no matter what he does. Let me be the one to express to him that pulling her hair is not acceptable. Me: And what have you said to him up until now? Dad: I ve told him countless times, DON T PULL HER HAIR! Me: And? Dad: And what? Me: And how has that worked out? Dad: It didn t work out at all. I see what you mean. It s the same as telling her not to pinch him. Both of them go right back to doing what I tell them not to do. That is what I wanted him to realize. The behavioral approach he has been using doesn t work because it attempts to simply stop an undesirable behavior. You have to replace an undesirable behavior with a better one, and if you don t know what better one there is, you re going to go back to what you had been doing. According to the behavioral approach, repeated behavior results in forming a new habit, a different automatic response which replaces an undesirable response. Except when it doesn t. The sefer Shulchan Aruch hamiddos (page 53) points out that soldiers maintain rigid patterns of behavior over a period of years, yet as soon as they are discharged, those behaviors disappear and most soldiers revert to very different patterns of behavior. Why is that? Why didn t the years of soldiering inculcate habits that last? The Shulchan Aruch hamiddos explains: New patterns of behavior become automatic habits only when the heart so desires. Without ratzon, desire, you find the opposite effect: the more that behaviors are imposed upon the person, the more he resists internalizing them and as soon as he is able, he behaves the way he desires to. The psychodynamic approach addresses this. As a parent, you can ask your child to help you understand what she is trying to accomplish, what feelings and thoughts she is experiencing when she responds to something her brother did. Rather than just prescribing an alternative behavior you are helping your child to think about things differently so that her ratzon will change and she ll behave differently in that situation. This is all predicated on your ratzon, your desire to help your child work through something that has been hard for her rather than simply replacing a behavior that has been hard for you. When you just get your child to stop failing you get relief, but when you help your child succeed at something you get nachas. 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38 July 27, 2017 Class Acts RABBI NACHMAN SELTZER, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH EDUCATION & PARENTING thefjj.com 38 And then the idea came to me. Listen to me, Benny. This is your chance! What are you talking about, Uncle Pinny? You know how hard it s been for you to get rid of the Internet on your computer? Yes. Well, I have a strong feeling that getting rid of the Internet may be a merit to influence the outcome here. It could change everything. Do you really mean that? Fervently. There was a short pause. You could almost hear Benny s neurons going into overdrive. Finally, he came to a decision. If you think that my taking such an action could affect my mother s diagnosis, then there s nothing to talk about. Of course I ll remove the Internet access! I can t make promises, Benny. But I feel that it would be the right way to go. I ll do it right now. I sent one of my computer experts over to handle the matter, and waited for my sister s call. Sometimes the waiting is the hardest part. She didn t call, and eventually I fell asleep. The next thing I knew, sunlight was streaming through the window. Morning had come to the world. I washed my hands, said berachos and reached for the phone. Dialed her number. Julie? Good morning, Pinny. I got right down to business. How was the biopsy? Did you get my message? I looked at my phone, only now realizing that there was an unopened message that I had neglected to listen to. I must have missed it. Pinny the doctor did the biopsy, and when he had the results and we were sitting in his office, I could see that he was almost smiling. Pinny, the biopsy was completely clear! I was astounded. That s wonderful news! You can say that again! It was great news, but there was still another test to be dealt with. When are you going in for the ultrasound? In a few days. Well, it goes without saying that you ll call me whenever you have the results. Obviously, Pinny. You didn t even have to say it. When I got off the phone with Julie, I scrolled through my phone contacts until I reached the number of Julie s second son, Yaakov, who was dorming in high school in the States. Yaakov had heard from his mother about the biopsy results, and you could hear the relief in his voice. Yaakov, I said, we re not quite out of the woods yet. There s an ultrasound to be done. We all want those same fantastic results, right? Of course! That s when I told him about Benny s sacrifice in removing the Internet from his computer. And Benny agreed?! You could hear the shock in Yaakov s voice. Without an argument. And wonder of wonders, when I next spoke to your mother, she informed me that the biopsy was completely clear, despite the doctor having been pretty sure of his diagnosis. Wow, Yaakov breathed. Wow is right. Now what? Now you re going to do something for your mother as well. I want you to install an Internet filter on your computer right now! And this will help my mother? I have a strong feeling that it may. He spoke without hesitation. Good boys, my nephews. Okay, Uncle Pinny. Whatever you say. I was able to help Yaakov install the filtering system from where I was, using a program that gave me access to his computer. And that s how it came about that both of my nephews had either filtered themselves or gotten rid of their Internet completely. They had done it for the purest of reasons, and I knew (don t ask me how) that their actions would accomplish great things in Shamayim. When the phone rang on the day of Julie s ultrasound, I was ready for anything. Her boys had taken gigantic steps for their mother. Now what? Julie, how s it going? Baruch Hashem, terrific! Sounds positive. How can I be anything other than positive, when the ultrasound assigned me a completely clean bill of health! What did the doctor say? He doesn t know what to say! We shared a few laughs, words of gratitude and hopes for a bright and healthy future. My aunt called me up a few days later. Pinny? Yes, Aunt Nechie? I need to tell you something. I m all ears. I was the one who accompanied Julie to the doctor for her tests, and I was sitting there when he gave her the diagnosis. I want you to know that he didn t think there was any question. According to the way he was talking, he had no doubt that she was sick and would need treatment. So here s what I want to know. A pause. What mekubal did you go to who helped Julie get better? Who did you speak with? Who s the tzaddik with such incredible power, and what did he prescribe that made everything change? Aunt Nechie, I said, ignoring the mythical tzaddik, here s what happened. I proceeded to share with her how Benny and Yaakov had undertaken to either completely detach themselves from the Internet or to install a filter, and how I was convinced that these acts of sacrifice on their parts had changed everything. And, I continued, there s one last thing that needs to be done. What s that? Tell Julie that every computer in the house must have a filter installed. Tell her I believe it s crucial for her complete recovery. Aunt Nechie was quiet for a while. Then, I ll tell her, and they ll do it. Author s Note: As I was in the middle of writing this story, the phone rang. It was a woman I know who needed a phone number from me. Out of the blue, I decided to tell her this story. When I finished, she had this to share. You know that recently a close relative of mine has taken sick? I did know. I ve been trying to decide on a kabbalah to accept on myself, as a zechus for my relative s recovery. Ten minutes before you called, I decided that my kabbalah would be to try and stay off the Internet from now on. Then ten minutes later, you tell me this story! It was a fascinating coincidence, infinitely enhanced by the fact that Uncle Pinny just happens to be a neighbor of hers! It sure sounded like a sign to me. As heard from Uncle Pinny Other than Benny, names have been changed.

39 JULY 27, 2017 EDUCATION & PARENTING thefjj.com 39 Hundreds Attend Talmud Torah of Lakewood Inaugural Dinner An overflowing crowd filled The River Terrace in Lakewood recently, as hundreds came to participate in the inaugural dinner of Talmud Torah of Lakewood. Proud parents, grandparents, and friends of the Cheder joined together to demonstrate their Hakoras Hatov to this extraordinary mosad, celebrating the exceptional achievements of a flourishing Cheder. Talmud Torah of Lakewood was established only two short years ago by Rabbi Mayer Shimon Kalmanowitz to meet the needs of the growing Lakewood community. In the short time since its inception, the Cheder has established a reputation of being of the premier mosdos hachinuch in Lakewood. Its mission is to guide each child to master yedios and empower him by developing skills amidst a nurturing atmosphere of ahavas hatorah, simcha shel mitzvah and bren for yiddishkeit. Talmud Torah of Lakewood is focused on providing a superior chinuch to each talmid, laying the foundations of the future by building on the past. The Cheder is staffed with outstanding mechanchim and teachers that draw from the past to give over the joy and the love of the cherished mesorah. At the same time, they implement cutting-edge research and methodology to help talmidim enjoy success and lay the foundations for future doros in klal yisrael. Talmud Torah of Lakewood is privileged to have Rav Yitzchok Finkel Shlita, as part of the hanhala. His warm, dignified tzura and personal interactions with each boy provide a dugma ishis for the talmidim in every way. R Yisroel Oelbaum, Dinner Chairman, opened the evening by welcoming the large audience and thanking all those involved in this exemplary Cheder. He stressed how although this mosad is young, the roots are dug deep and it is set on very firm ground. He then introduced the Rosh Hamosad, R Mayer Shimon Kalmanowitz. 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Rabbi Kaplan, the first grade rebbi and a parent as well, discussed the kochos and efforts the cheder puts in for the success of every child, be it academically or socially. Parents enthusiasm is contagious as well. R Yechezkel Storch a parent in the cheder noted, I find it absolutely amazing how my 6 1/2 year old son and his friends, could have such a cheshek for torah at such a young age. It s unbelievable! R Yisroel Dewick, the Campaign Chairman and a parent in the cheder exclaimed, When it comes to the chinuch of our children, money and finances don t come into the picture. The magnificent extracurricular programs as well as learning level is well above and beyond the average for boys this age. The last part of this memorable evening constituted an informative and practical chinuch panel. Moderated by Rabbi Yisrael Kuperwasser, the respondents Rabbi Yitzchok Finkel and Rabbi Moshe Warman provided important eitzos and guidelines to relevant chinuch questions. They discussed important topics such as how to keep children involved at the shabbos table, how to give over simcha shel mitzvah during stressful times, and other pressing issues. One of the attendees commented I gained so much from the chinuch panel! It s not usual for me to go out at night to an event and to come home so inspired! The feeling in the room that night was one of excitement, pride and inspiration. I can t believe the cheder is only finishing its second year, it seems as established as a ten year old mosad, remarked one of the attendees. Wow! What a kiddush hashem! With the completion of the well-executed program, all attendees were thankful for the zchus of supporting and belonging to this outstanding makom torah.

40 JULY 27, 2017 PRESENTS YOUR DESTINATIONS FOR SUMMER 2017 TRAVEL SIMCHA & SECTION CAMPING thefjj.com 40 Partners with Hashem II EXCERPT FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH BOOK BY DR. MEIR WIKLER Traveling With Toddlers A Survival Guide for Long Trips with Young Children Great opportunity for a HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL Seeking a Nurse, PA or EMT to run camp infirmary Enjoy this Volunteer Opportunity at»delicious Meals»Day Camp»Great Atmosphere»Beautiful Scenic Grounds Affordable Kosher Cruises Italy, Greek Isles: 8/6 Norwegian Fjords: 8/21 Spaim Moocco: 11/5 Chanuka Festival: 12/11 Caribbean: 1/13, 2/12 August 6th 27th»Enjoy TheZone s exciting on-site activities: Zipline, Petting Zoo, Horseback Riding, Boating & More! *N.Y.S. License Required Resume to info@thezone.org And Chana did not go up [to the Mishkan in Shiloh] as she said to her husband [Elkanah], [I will not go] until the lad is weaned. And then I will bring him and he will be see by the presence of Hashem and he will remain there [in the service of Hashem] forever. Shmuel II 1:22 Chana had davened for a child and with the birth of Shmuel her prayers were answered. Elkanah was traveling to Shiloh for one of the three Yom Tov festivals in order to bring the appropriate offerings. Since he was traveling with his entire family, he wanted Chana and Shmuel to come with him. As a woman, Chana was not obligated to come along. But Shmuel did have an obligation to join his father in fulfilling the commandment to be seen by the Divine Presence in Shiloh. According to the Biblical commentator Radak, Chana decided not to join her husband because of the special needs of her young son. As he wrote, Even though they were obligated to bring him [Shmuel], because of [the commandment], all your males shall be seen, our rabbis have taught that Chana discerned in the child that he was delicate and weak. And she was afraid that he might become ill [from] the trip. Apparently, according to the Radak, it was only this concern for Shmuel s delicate physical condition that prevented Chana from traveling to Shiloh with her young son. Only after he was weaned at twenty-four months, did she feel comfortable to travel with him. Today, we are not that concerned about physical risks posed to children by traveling. Young children and infants can be seen on ships, in planes and most definitely in cars that are equipped with the most up-to-date safety seats making the children even more secure than adults. When we hesitate taking small children along on trips, therefore, it is more out of concern for our sanity than the children s safety. Traveling with tots can, but need not, be a stressful experience. If parents take the steps outlined in this chapter, the trip can be an exciting adventure for the parents as well as the children. You know the dilemma. Your heart says, Let s go! But your head says, What, are you crazy? You would love to attend that out-oftown celebration. But the thought of being cooped up with your young (cranky, restless, bored, tired, hungry and thirsty) children in a car (bus, train, or airplane) for so many hours seems absolutely masochistic. And you have no one who can watch your children overnight. What should you do? What you should not do is decline the invitation. Having young children at home does not make you a prisoner. Traveling with small children may be daunting but it can be successfully mastered if you are properly prepared. Here are some tips that can help you not only survive the long trip but possibly even enjoy it, as well. 1. Young children have an underdeveloped sense of time. The concepts of hours and minutes are functionally meaningless for them. That is one of the reasons why they are always nagging us with the question, When are we going to get there? If you look at your watch and respond, In about two and a half hours, you have completely missed the boat (car, train or plane). Children need more concrete markers to help them cope with the long trip which feels endless to them. For example, It will be as long from now until we eat lunch as from lunch until we arrive, gives a young child a better grasp of the length of the trip. 2. Do not plan on catching up on your reading or paper work while traveling. Your children will need more attention from you to keep them from getting bored or to keep them from fighting with each other. There may be pockets of time while they are sleeping or playing during which you can get to some reading. But you are better off not planning on that and regarding it as a bonus. To be continued.

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42 July 27, 2017 RICK STEVES EUROPE The Queen Stays At Windsor - Why Not You? TRAVEL SIMCHA & SECTION CAMPING thefjj.com 42 Rick Steves Tribune Content Agency British royalty has been calling Windsor Castle home since the days of William the Conqueror - almost a thousand years ago - and it s still a favored castle of the current Queen Elizabeth. And while commoners can t stay at her digs, the town of Windsor is a cozy spot for a peaceful and charming last night in England before flying out of London. Windsor, which is just under the landing path of planes coming into London s Heathrow Airport, is a delightful town at night. It has inexpensive B&Bs (compared to London prices), a wonderful pedestrian zone along the Thames River and in the shadow of the hulking castle, and an enticing array of small restaurants and pubs. It also works as a day trip from London, only 20 miles away and accessible by train in under an hour. Day or night, the castle dominates the town. William built the first fortification in the late 11th century for himself and his occupying Norman forces. Meant for defense more than comfort, it was basically just an earthen mound surrounded by a stockade with a lookout tower. Back then castles were crude, cold, damp, and dark, with little Get Ready for SUMMER ADVENTURE! RENT SPECIALTY BIKES, CRUISERS, TANDEMS, WATERCRAFT & MORE! BROOKLYN: Marine Park, Lakeside Prospect Park, Bensonhurst Park QUEENS: Flushing Meadows: (2 locations), Jacob Riis Park STATEN ISLAND: FDR Boardwalk (2 locations) Product & hours vary by location. See website for details. (805) wheelfunrentals.com privacy. (I ve stayed in youth hostels like that.) But with easy access to London and a handy hunting forest SUZANNE KOTZ, RICK STEVES EUROPE. Queen Elizabeth has made Windsor Castle her preferred base. nearby, it was only a matter of time before later royals began enhancing the site as a sumptuous palace. Nowadays, the castle s lavish state apartments are open whenever the queen isn t in residence (she flies her standard from the castle s Round Tower when she s home - usually on weekends). Dripping with chandeliers, finely furnished, and strewn with history and the art of a long line of kings and queens, these royal rooms are the best I ve seen in Britain. You ll view a grand vestibule decorated with exotic items seized by British troops as they colonized various corners of the world, plush rooms wallpapered with heroic portraits, and some of the finest works from the royal art collection. The spectacular (and huge) St. George s Hall is decorated with the colorful emblems of the knights of the chivalric Order of the Garter. For state banquets, the queen sets a single table stretching the length of the hall, seating 160 guests. Besides the lavish state rooms, visitors can have a look at Queen Mary s Dolls House. Made for the current queen s grandmother in 1924, this miniature masterpiece is executed in astonishing detail. Each fork, knife, and spoon on the expertly set banquet table is made of real silver - and the tiny pipes of its plumbing system actually have running water. During World War II, then Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret spent much of their time at Windsor, safely away from the bombing in London. The castle survived the war years unscathed, but 50 years later, on Nov. 29, 1992, a catastrophic fire destroyed some of its finest spaces. It took 15 hours and 1.5 million gallons of water to put out the blaze - and five years and about $55 million to restore it. For another view of British privilege, head across the Thames from Windsor to the neighboring village of Eton, home to the most famous private high school in Britain. Eton College has molded the characters of 19 prime ministers, as well as members of the royal family (most recently Princes William and Harry). Today this exclusive enclave educates about 1,300 boys (ages 13 to 18). A guided tour gives visitors a glimpse of the schoolyard, and a museum dedicated to Eton life (whose artifacts include the birch whips once used to discipline students). Even if you re not touring the school, it s worth the few minutes it takes to wander up Eton s High Street, a mix of antique shops, boutiques, and restaurants. Architecture buffs will appreciate some finely preserved shop fronts with typical 15th-century timber-framing. IF YOU VISIT... Sleeping: For a luxurious stay near the castle, book the Windsor Castle Hotel (splurge, Getting Around: Windsor and nearby Eton are delightfully small and walkable. Tourist Information: (Rick Steves ( writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. him at rick@ricksteves.com and follow his blog on Facebook.) (C)2017 Rick Steves, Distributed By Tribune Content Agency, Llc.

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46 July 27, 2017 Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz - No Pain For Another Jew Shaul Kassin One of the most intellectually stimulating works of Talmudic novella is the renowned Birchat Shmuel, which is a collection of the Chiddushei Torah delivered by the great Rosh Yeshivah Rabbi Boruch Ber Lebowitz of Kamenitz. In the world of the Yeshivot, the Birchat Shmuel is a sefer that ranks on the highest level of Lomdus (deep analytical comprehension) and to master the words of Rabbi Boruch Ber Lebowitz is to attain a deep and penetrating understanding of a sugya. Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky recounted the following story of how the Chiddushei Torah of Rabbi Boruch Ber Lebowitz came to be written in the form of a sefer. When Rabbi Boruch Ber had organized his novella and wished to have them printed, he decided to call one of his closest disciples, Rabbi Yonah Karpilov, author of Yonas Ileim, to put them down properly on paper and have them printed. At the time, Rabbi Yonah Minsker was a student learning in the Mir Yeshiva. During this period, the lions of the Torah world were studying in the Mir, including Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Malin, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Feinstein, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Schlesinger and Rabbi Shlomo Chomsker among others. Rabbi Yonah had been a student of Rabbi Boruch Ber in Kamenitz and in fact, he was considered the preeminent student of Rabbi Boruch Ber, and most probably one of the few disciples who truly understood the deep and incisive Chiddushim of his Rebbi which flew above the heads of most others. Now, as Rabbi Boruch Ber wished to print his words of Torah, he could think of no better individual to handle this monumental task than Rabbi Yonah. As tremendous as he was in learning, he was also quite a capable writer, a person with the uncanny ability of elucidating concepts clearly and brilliantly, so that anyone who reads his words can comprehend the material in a simple and easy fashion. Rabbi Boruch Ber recognized the need to make his words clear and definitive, while at the same time not relinquishing one iota of his deep analytical intent. This was no small challenge and Rabbi Yonah was needed. Rabbi Boruch Ber asked one of his students to pen a letter to the Mir, asking Rabbi Yonah to come to Kamenitz. The talmid faithfully followed his master s directive and wrote the letter on a piece of paper in the name of the Rosh Yeshiva. The very next morning, Rabbi Boruch Ber could be seen walking about searching for the talmid. He finally found him and quickly asked him if he had written the letter to Rabbi Yonah. The student said that he had finished the letter the night before and even addressed it, but he had not yet taken it to the post office to have it properly mailed. Rabbi Boruch Ber sighed in relief and asked the student to give him the letter. He had decided not to send it after all. The student ran to retrieve the letter but as he handed it to his Rosh Yeshiva, he could not help but inquire as to what had caused him to change his mind. Did he not wish to use Rabbi Yonah Minsker? Why was he asking for the letter back? Rabbi Boruch Ber nodded and his expression remained stoic. The truth is that there is no one better than Rabbi Yonah for the task at hand. He would surely do a great job which would benefit the Torah world immensely. However, the thought occurred to me that if I recalled Rabbi Yonah from the Mir, then the present talmidim who are sitting and learning my Shiurim will feel bad. Some of these talmidim are brilliant scholars themselves, but if they see me working exclusively with Rabbi Yonah, it will cause them pain and anguish, as if they are not worthy of writing their Rebbi s Torah or I don t trust them. For this reason, I have decided not to ask Rabbi Yonah to come and I will work with my present talmidim on the Sefer. At the expense of quality and clarity, Rabbi Boruch Ber s middot would not allow him to possibly cause another Jew pain. Chodesh Av is the most calamitous and tragic of all months in the Jewish calendar. The Crusades, the expulsion from England and France, the Inquisition, World War I, the Warsaw Ghetto deportation during WWII, the deadly bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina -all these and myriad other catastrophic events occurred during the month of Av on Tisha B Av. This is the fulfillment of an astounding prophecy referenced in the Gemara (Taanis 29). Hashem promised that because the Jews cried in vain when the spies fabricated a negative report of Eretz Yisroel, that day would be marked with tears and sadness for posterity. Chodesh Av seems to be a very inauspicious month. It seems odd that the month which signifies such horrible destruction should be called Av, denoting a merciful father. A more appropriate name of the month would be achzari, as in cruel; onesh, as in punishment; or churban, as in destruction. What is the association of Av with this unpropitious month? Chodesh Av indicates that despite all the suffering, notwithstanding all the horror, regardless of all the intense tribulations, we have a loving and merciful father who is waiting to stroke and caress us. This is the Aleph Beis ( Av ), the Ikar and Yesod of our Emunah. That no matter how forsaken we seem, Hashem still loves us like a father. A stranger doesn t show disappointment. A stranger doesn t feel violated or betrayed. A stranger doesn t discipline. A father shows frustration. A father demonstrates shame. A father disciplines. Our Father in Heaven truly loves us. He is beckoning to us to improve thefjj.com 46 Rabbi Fingerer Ignites RAV YITZCHOK FINGERER, MORA D ASRA, BJX No matter how difficult our situation is, our Father is drawing us close. The Sefas Emes as a young boy overslept. He was up the entire previous night learning Torah. His esteemed grandfather, the Chiddushei HaRim, mortified that his protégé grandson overslept, chastised and rebuked him. The young boy s friend asked the future Sefas Emes why he didn t clarify to his grandfather that it wasn t out of laziness or indolence but because he was up the entire night learning. The young boy replied, How can I miss the exceptional opportunity to receive mussar from my holy grandfather? The Chiddushei HaRim himself believed in the importance of mussar, being disciplined. At a critical juncture in his life, he changed Rebbes. While attending the Shalosh Seudos tish of his Rebbe, R Moshe of Koshnitz, his Rebbe publicly lovingly kissed him. The Chiddushei HaRim said, I need a Rebbi who will discipline me and point out my faults, not a Rebbi who will just love me. He moved to the court of the Rebbe, Reb Bunim of Pshischa. Moshe Rabbeinu lambasted the Bnei Gad v Reuven for purportedly deserting their brethren. In a long diatribe, Moshe gave them very harsh mussar calling them sinners. The meforshim ask why didn t they immediately, respectfully interject and correct Moshe s misconception that they had no intention to abandon their brothers. The answer is that they cherished the opportunity to receive mussar from their Rebbe. In Chodesh Av, our Tatte is talking. Are we willing to listen? If only we d be willing to listen, then as the Navi Zecharya says, Chodesh Av will turn into Sasson v Simcha, U Moadim Tovim. The shiur will be featured all day on The Yeshiva World News site on Tisha b'av. 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47 JULY 27, 2017 IT'S IT'S IT'S NEVER NEVER NEVER Too Little, Too Late, Enough thefjj.com An Attack on Hashem s Protectorate 47 RABBI YISSOCHER FRAND, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH What is it about ona as devarim that angers Hashem to the extent that He will always listen to those who have been hurt through words and punish the perpetrator Himself? The Maharal (Nesivos Olam, Nesiv Ahavas Harei a 2) explains that unlike a physical attack that affects the body, a verbal insult is an attack on a person s nefesh, his spirit, and the nefesh is the protectorate of Hashem. The proof of this is that one cannot insult an animal. A cow does not become insulted when you call it fat. It does not have a nefesh, and therefore cannot be dealt a blow through ona as devarim. But a human nefesh, which is in the Hands of Hashem, does get insulted, and only Hashem knows how much it is affected by those insults. Thus, the verse regarding ona as devarim ends with the words, Veyareisa mei Elokecha, ki ani Hashem Elokeichem and you shall fear your G-d, for I am Hashem, your G-d. Eating pork does not come with the warning of veyareisa mei Elokecha, and neither does sha atnez or eating chametz on Pesach. But ona as devarim does, because Hashem promises to personally seek retribution for a frontal attack on the nefesh that He holds near and dear to Him. Considering the severity of ona as devarim, why is it so common for people to engage in hurtful speech? I would suggest that there are three types of ona as devarim: deliberate ona as devarim, inadvertent ona as devarim, and mindless ona as devarim. Deliberate Ona as Devarim There are cases in which a person intentionally insults his fellow. Sometimes it is due to jealousy. In other cases, a person may attempt to build his own self-image by putting down others. There is a terrible story, cited in several works, in which a community in Europe hired a new rav, and, as was customary, on the day that he arrived they made a grand kabbalas panim (welcoming ceremony). The rav was escorted by the entire community to the shul, which was decorated with a large banner reading, Baruch atah bevo echa (Blessed shall you be when you come in [Devarim 28:6]). Once there, he was asked to deliver his first derashah as rav of the city. Among the community members present was a brilliant young man who had just married a daughter of one of the congregants. The rav delivered an intricate, deep shiur on a Talmudic topic, and the young man, apparently seeking to impress his shver (father-in-law), interrupted the speech with question after question. Each answer from the new rav brought a barrage of follow-up questions, until the young man finally came up with a question that stumped the rav. When the young man realized that he had won the debate, he rose to his feet and said, Efsher iz es shoin der tzeit tzu zuggen Baruch atah b tzeisecha Maybe it is time to say, Blessed shall you be when you go out (Ibid.). Great line. What a chapp. But in Judaism we call one-liners like that ona as devarim. Without going into particulars, suffice it to say that this young man did not have a happy life after delivering this insult. Deliberate ona as devarim can also be an attempt to exert control or intimidate someone else. The case of the baal teshuvah mentioned by the Talmud, for instance, is a typical case of someone locating a fellow s Achilles heel and honing in on it in order to control him. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch defines the prohibition of lo sonu ish es amiso as follows: Misusing or taking advantage of a weak spot in someone else. He suggests that the root of sonu is connected to that of kano, which means to take ownership of something. A domineering person who wants to control someone else will humiliate that person repeatedly until the latter feels intimidated and subconsciously begins to kowtow to his oppressor to avoid further embarrassment. Rav Yaakov Weinberg, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Ner Yisrael, suggested that the reason why ona as devarim was placed seemingly incongruously into the parashah dealing with yovel (the jubilee year) is because it shares the same underlying message as yovel. Hashem commands that real property we have acquired revert to its original owners at yovel as a reminder that, in actuality, everything belongs to Him. If we really believed that Hashem is in control of everything, explained Rav Weinberg, then there would be no room for the jealousy or intimidation that leads people to engage in ona as devarim. If G-d is providing everything you need to function, then you have no reason to put down others in order to build yourself up. Hilchos Shabbos Initiative REVIEWED BY RABBI SHMUEL FELDER The Chofetz Chaim writes in the name of R Yonasan Eibishitz that if one does not learn Hilchos Shabbos very well, it is impossible not to be oveir on a forbidden act on Shabbos. 1. Is it permissible to wear clothing accessories outside if they are not attached to the clothing, such as collar stays and pins, if there is no Eiruv? It is permissible to wear accessories that are not attached if they have a function, and if they are being used in the normal fashion for this function. For example, it is forbidden to wear a bobby pin in one s collar instead of a collar stay, or to wear a straight pin to connect parts of one s clothing, since neither the bobby pin nor the straight pin are typically used for those functions. Further, it is forbidden to wear an unattached accessory if it is not serving a function; for example, a broken collar stay or a safety pin that is not connecting anything but has merely been left on a garment from a previous use. 2. Is it permissible to wear clothing accessories outside if they are attached but are not serving any function, if there is no Eiruv? Accessories that are attached to clothing, such as buttons, snaps, tags, loops, etc., may be worn even if they have no function at all, not even a decorative one, since they are considered a part of the garment (for example, a snap missing one of its two halves). However, there are two exceptions that forbid this scenario: If one plans on repairing the item (for example, one intends to replace the other half of the snap) the garment should not be worn. Therefore, if one wishes to wear the garment, one should make a conscious decision that one will not repair the broken/unusable snap, button or loop that is currently attached to the garment. Rather, one should intend to replace it with a different one instead. If the accessory is bothersome in its current state, such as a button hanging by a thread that is bothersome or a tag located in position that bothers the wearer, according to some Poskim the garment should not be worn outside. If one intends to remove the accessory in order to replace it and not because it is bothersome, the garment is permitted to be worn. 3. Is it permissible to wear a gauze pad, or an Ace bandage outside if there is no Eiruv? Since the gauze pad/bandage protects a wound or part of the person s body from getting dirty, it is permitted to be worn outside. However, this leniency does not include whatever means are used to hold the gauze or Ace bandage in place, unless it is considered battul to the gauze or bandage (for example, because it is a disposable item, or because its purpose is for fastening the ace bandage). If, however, an item such as a rubber band was used to hold the bandage/splint in place, it would be forbidden to be worn. Note that one should not use tape to adhere the gauze on Shabbos. לזכות רפואה שלמה חי' מלכה בת בתשבע Contact/Subscription info. Phone shabboshalachah@gmail.com

48 July 27, 2017 Pathways of the Prophets RABBI YISROEL REISMAN, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH Rules for M Leil and M lra thefjj.com 48 Continuation: Yisgadeil V yiskadeish Another Kaddish issue involves the first two words of Kaddish. Are they pronounced yisgadal v yiskadash (with a patach at the end of each word), or yisgadeil v yiskadeish (with a tzeirei at the end of each word)? The earliest siddurim used the patach (yisgadal v yiskadash). Rav Shabsi Sofer, in his Siddur, cited both possibilities. He based this confusion on two verses in Sefer Daniel (11:36, 37), where the two forms appear in apparent contradiction. Rav Zalman Henna published his first two books in 1708 (when he was 21 years old). These were Binyan Shlomo, a work on dikduk, and Shaarei Tefillah, a siddur. In Binyan Shlomo (Beis HaBinyanim 7; p ), he endorses the tzeiri pronunciation (yisgadeil v yiskadeish). In Shaarei Tefillah, however, he retains the patach pronunciation. Sixteen years later, Rav Zalman Henna published Siddur Beis Tefillah, in which he switched to the tzeirei form. However, he did so for all similar Aramaic words, not only for those at the beginning of Kaddish. (This includes V al kulam in Shemoneh Esrei, which reads V al kulam yisbareich v yisromeim. ) Mishnah Berurah 56:2 (based on Pri Migadim, there) endorses the tzeirei reading for the first two words of Kaddish, but not elsewhere. This is the predominant custom in Eretz Yisrael and the yeshivah world. Much of chutz l aretz, and the Chassidic world in particular, use the patach pronunciation. Ben Asher and Ben Naftali The Aleppo Codex, known to Syrian Jews as Keter Aram Soba, is a text of the twenty-four books of Tanach that had been safeguarded in the Syrian Community of the city of Aleppo, for many centuries. Significant portions of the Codex were destroyed during the Arab riots in 1948, when the Syrians marked the establishment of the State of Israel by setting fire to the Aleppo synagogue. Virtually the entire Torah portion (until Devarim 28) was destroyed. Most of Nach, however, remained intact. The portions that remained were recently smuggled out of Syria and are presently in Jerusalem. According to Syrian tradition, this Codex is the text of Ben Asher, which the Rambam had endorsed as the most accurate version of the mesorah. If this is correct, the codex should be studied and used for our books of Tanach. In 1989, Rabbi Mordechai Breuer, working under the auspices of Mosad HaRav Kook in Eretz Yisrael, published a complete Tanach, using as his sources Keter Aram Soba as well as other ancient texts. In 1996, Rabbi Breuer published the Horev Tanach based on the Keter Aram Soba. Many saw this as a definitive Tanach text and argued that our Tanach scrolls should now be written in accordance with this text, even if this would entail changing the current practice. This suggestion was not without controversy. Numerous poskim pointed out that we have no definitive proof that this is indeed the text of Ben Asher. The foremost poskim in Eretz Yisrael rejected attempts to change our mesorah based on this text, because its authenticity could not be verified. Some poskim who had previously expressed excitement over the resurfacing of Keter Aram Soba nevertheless refused to accept its use to change our mesorah. Rav Y. S. Eliyashev, Shlita, wrote (Kovetz Teshuvos 1:113), Who can offer testimony that this is indeed the famous book found in Egypt, which was corrected by Ben Asher, on which the Rambam relied? Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt l, argued that our mesorah could not be changed based on a new discovery. Just as we ignore the arguments of Professor Felix, an observant Jew who argues that the world has an incorrect translation for shiboles shu al [which is traditionally translated as oats], and we ignore this and continue to make a mezonos on it; and he also sought to disprove our translation of tamcha as horseradish, arguing that it did not exist in the time of Chazal and therefore should not be used for marror, and nevertheless we do not accept this argument and we follow our tradition; certainly then this, which [contradicts rulings that] are clear in the Shulchan Aruch. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach also points out that the Chazon Ish was categorically opposed to the use of newly discovered manuscripts in formulating Halachah. In one letter (1:32) he writes forcefully, The manuscripts that are uncovered serve almost no purpose in coming to the truth. Rather, they are used to bend the rules and twist the truth. It would be better to hide them. By Jerusalem tradition, nothing worthwhile ever takes place unless placards denouncing it are plastered around the city. Sure enough, placards denouncing use of Keter Aram Soba appeared. Pamphlets were issued, containing letters from gedolim to this effect. Controversy followed controversy. There were accusations that some of these letters were forged, while others quoted only portions of letters, distorting their intent. Then the unexpected happened. The pendulum swung back. Voices were heard defending the use of Keter Aram Soba and maintaining its authenticity as the text of Ben Asher. A letter was circulated, signed by Syrian rabbonim, attesting to their tradition that this was indeed the Ben Asher text. A letter signed by Rav Yaakov Posen, Shlita, on behalf of the Beis Din of Rav Nissan Karelitz, defended use of the Keter and accepted the likelihood that it was the work of Ben Asher. In Elul of 1999, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, wrote regarding the placards, This is false, a lie! The sefer has a proper mesorah, and one who wishes to rely on it may do so. Evil זכור ימות עולם people have spread rumors regarding it. It was pointed out that Gedolei Yisrael (quoted earlier) had expressed disapproval of changing an accepted practice based on Keter Aram Soba. This applies to only a handful of areas in Tanach, where our practice follows an accepted tradition. In fact, we have no real mesorah regarding most of Tanach. In these areas, Keter Aram Soba is as authentic a source as one could find. The disagreement continues. An excellent defense of Keter Aram Soba appeared in the Ohr Torah Journal, Volume 9. The subsequent issue presented a counter-argument, along with a rebuttal. A third issue included letters on the topic. These essays give a concise and clear picture of the issues of dispute. A short work, entitled Ashureinu, was published to defend the Keter. This was followed by a rebuttal in the form of a short sefer entitled Mesoraseinu. These excellent works also give a clear picture of the two sides to the dispute. This debate centers primarily on the authorship of Keter Aram Soba. If authentic, the great respect worthy of the Ben Asher text is clear from the opinions of all involved. PHOTOS of the PAST HoRav Shneur Kotler zt"l & HoRav Gedalya Schorr zt"l FROM THE COLLECTION OF MOSHE YARMISH, PHOTOGRAPHER & COMPILER OF GEDOLIM PHOTOS. To purchase photos: mdyarmish@gmail.com

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51 July 27, 2017 BUSINESS & FINANCE thefjj.com 51 ON Snapshot of the Economy at Midyear: Pretty Decent Jill Schlesinger Tribune Content Agency While the politics surrounding health care reform has taken center stage, you might be interested to know that the U.S. economy continues to chug along. With the first six months in the books, here s where things stand. Economic growth: Over the past 50 years or so, the economy has grown by about 3 percent annually, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP). However, in the past decade, GDP growth has dropped to an average of about 2 percent annually; 2015 was the best year (up 2.6 percent) and 2009 was the worst year (down 2.8 percent). For 2017, we only have official data for Q1 (up 1.4 percent), but Q2 should show improvement, leaving us at the same old 2 percentish GDP for the first half of the year. That said, the current expansion, which has now entered its 97th month, is the third longest in U.S. history, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Labor market: The economy has added 180,000 jobs per month on average in 2017, down from the more than 200,000 per month in 2014, 2015 and But this far into the labor market recovery, which did not turn positive until 2010, most economists expect employment gains to slow down. The unemployment rate, which fell to a 16-year low of 4.3 percent in May, edged up to 4.4 percent in June. Meanwhile, wages remain stubbornly low, with annual gains of just 2.5 percent in June, which is just about where we have been for the past year. There has been very little pick-up in wage growth over the past 18 months. According to economist Joel Naroff, Worker spending power is growing by less than 1 percent, which makes it hard for people to spend a lot more money. Without more consumer spending, it s hard to see how the economy is going to kick into a higher gear. Federal Reserve rate hikes: In 2017, the Federal Reserve has raised short-term interest twice, each time by a quarter of a percent. In the most recent meeting, the central bankers seemed more concerned about normalizing rates than not seeing much inflation in the economy. Most economists believe that the Fed will raise rates one more time this year, either in September or December, but as always the decision will be data dependent. The focus for the remainder of the year will likely be how the Fed unwinds large portions of its balance sheet. As a reminder, during the financial crisis, the central bank stepped in and purchased government and mortgage-backed securities to provide liquidity and to keep interest rates low. Over the past decade, the Fed s total assets have grown from $870 billion in August 2007 to $4.4 trillion today. The manner in which the Fed shrinks those holdings could have a big impact on financial markets. Housing: My kingdom for a house! The biggest hurdle for the housing market is low inventory; housing starts, housing permits, new home construction and pending home sales have all slowed down. Ten years ago, the problem in the housing market was lack of buyers, according to NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. Today, the problem is lack of sellers. Inventory levels are near historic lows. With pent-up demand rising, mortgage rates still low and the economy on track to continue growing, that may start to change. -Stock market: Forget potential tax cuts, infrastructure spending and regulatory reform; robust corporate profits drove indexes higher in the first six months of the year. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were each up 8 percent and the NASDAQ is ahead by 14 percent - its best first half since Contact Jill Schlesinger, senior business analyst for CBS News, at askjill@jillonmoney.com. (c) 2017 Jill Schlesinger Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC EXPERT AGENT IN THE KNOW What does it mean to be IN good hands? SM It means that I know the risks in the area. I ll use my local expertise to help you choose the right amount of protection. And I ll be there to help you over the years. Call or stop in for a free, no-obligation Personalized Insurance Proposal today. Call or stop by for a free quote. The Alter Agency Main Street Kew Gardens Hills, NY charlesalter@allstate.com Subject to terms, conditions and availability. Allstate New Jersey Property and Casualty Insurance Co., Bridgewater, NJ, Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co Allstate Insurance Co

52 JULY 27, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS thefjj.com 52 Facing Fear Functional Psychology DR. YAAKOV SIEGEL Providing excellent services for over 30+ years! Call for an appointment today OMNI CHILDHOOD CENTER provides the following high quality services MIDWOOD 1651 CONEY ISLAND AVE. BROOKLYN, NY PH: FAX: EVALUATIONS SPECIAL EDUCATION (SEIT) SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY AUDIOLOGY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PHYSICAL THERAPY COUNSELING EARLY INTERVENTION HOME BASED / CLINIC BASED OUR HIGHLY SKILLED THERAPISTS ARE ALL NEW YORK STATE LICENSED & DEDICATED TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CLIENTS WE PROVIDE SERVICES IN English русский Now accepting NEW patients! WILLIAMSBURG 18 HEYWARD STREET BROOKLYN, NY PH: Dear Dr. Siegel, I am 27 years old and completely riddled with anxiety. Random people and friends constantly try to set me up for shidduchim but I feel like they don t really know me and if they knew how anxious I was, they would run away. I don t think I am able to start thinking about getting married until I get my act together. I only went on one date so far but I felt I had to tell the girl the truth about how unprepared I am and she said no. What should I say to the people who keep setting me up? Too Inadequate to Give My Name Dear Inadequate, The truth is that you do not have to be a finished product before you start dating. If that were the case, virtually nobody would be ready for shidduchim or to get married. We all have fears, doubts, areas of weakness and inadequacies. Even accomplished adults are not perfect. The trick is to be able to identify your unique personality s assets and flaws. With time and practice, you will learn to play to your strengths and compensate for weaknesses. That is the recipe for success. Dating is part of the process of self-discovery and it helps young people grow into adults. Every experience is a lesson that will teach you about yourself, about your compatibility with others, which specific traits and characteristics complement you, which are tolerable and which ones you simply cannot handle. Rejection makes you stronger. It seems that you are hyper-focused on your anxiety. That is a mistake it s not your job. Psychotherapy can help you identify the anxious thought patterns and its triggers so that you can separate irrational thoughts from your healthy ones. Anxiety is something that you live with, but it does not define you. When on a date, instead of highlighting your problems, try to minimize them and allow your natural personality to shine through. This does not mean that you need to lie or pretend that you are someone who you re not, just be yourself. The prospective kallah will either accept your flaws or not; it is entirely up to her whether she is willing to work with them or if she chooses to move on. If she decides to pass, that means she is not the one for you. But every time you face the rejection and handle it with strength, you are building your confidence. Think of shidduchim as a process of individual growth, like personal training. It is not always pleasant and definitely will push you past your comfort zone, but the benefits are indisputable. Those who are consistent and stay in the game end up in much better shape. Keep on facing your fears. That is how you will grow into the person who is finally ready to settle down. Keep in mind that even married people have to confront anxiety. Some have no problem dating but when it comes to raising children, they fall apart. Others shy away from finding or keeping a job. That s where their anxiety and insecurities come into play. It takes skill, practice, fortitude and resolve to keep moving forward. Confidence is born from self-knowledge and from positive experience and that is impossible if you are unwilling to try. Undoubtedly, there are parts of your personality that are unique and certainly you have what to offer. There is no shame in having shortcomings, as long as you remain mindful of them and know how and why they operate, so that you can minimize their impact and put your best foot forward. Hatzlacha Dr. Yaakov Siegel, is a licensed psychologist specializing in addictions. He practices in Brooklyn, NY and Lakewood, NJ. He has held positions in Federal and State institutions providing clinical services and psychological assessment. For 6 years, he served as clinical coordinator for a 160-bed addiction center where, in addition to treating patients, he supervised and trained clinical staff. Dr. Siegel can be reached at or

53 JULY 27, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS thefjj.com 53 What Parents Need to Know About Lead in Baby Food SUE HUBBARD, M.D. I know many of the parents of the children I care for, are concerned about the latest news from the Environmental Defense Fund, which showed that about 20 percent of baby food samples tested over 11 years had detectable levels of lead. This nonprofit group looked at data that the Food and Drug Administration had collected from 2,164 baby food samples between 2003 and While none of the baby food samples seemed to exceed the FDA s allowable levels of lead, it is still quite concerning. At the same time the FDA is in the process of reviewing their standards to reflect the latest science surrounding the potential risks to young children who are exposed to lead. While lead testing is routinely performed in young children (1 and 2 years old), the Centers for Disease Control currently considers a blood lead level greater than 5 micrograms/deciliter as elevated, but no lead level is safe. Lead exposure has been shown to have neurocognitive effects (on IQ, the ability to pay attention and academic achievement). And the effects cannot be corrected. The study did not name baby foods by brand. Root vegetables (carrots are one) had the highest rate of lead detection (65 percent of samples), followed by crackers and cookies (47 percent) and the then fruits and juices (29 percent). Only 4 percent of the cereal samples contained lead. This report will cause a lot of parental anxiety, but really doesn t tell us much about what to do. In the meantime, the take home message is feed your babies and toddlers a wide variety of baby foods and, when possible, fresh foods. One hypothesis is that baby foods are more processed, which may contribute to the higher lead content. It is easy to cook and mush up your own food to feed your baby, and it really does not require a fancy food processor. If you can mush it, your baby can eat it! The only concern about the introduction of food is that it has to be soft enough not to be a choking hazard. So no whole nuts, chunks of meat, uncooked hard veggies... you get the idea. Just because your baby doesn t seem to like certain foods, don t get stuck feeding them just a few foods. Continue to offer an assortment of healthy foods; they may eat some varieties more than others. Every day will be different. So, don t throw away all of your baby foods. But if you might be able to substitute fresh foods, go for it. Also, don t offer fruit juices to your babies and toddlers. Most importantly, eat healthy foods. That s the best thing for you and your child. (Dr. Sue Hubbard is an award-winning pediatrician, medical editor and media host. Submit questions at (c) 2017, kidsdr.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Test Can Help Diagnose Asthma CLAYTON T. COWL, M.D., M.S., TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY Q: I ve had a cough and some wheezing that won t go away. My doctor suspects asthma and ordered an exhaled nitric oxide test. Can you tell me more about this test? A: Asthma is usually diagnosed based on symptoms, a physical exam and certain tests - such as peak flow measurement and spirometry tests - to see how well your lungs are working. But sometimes the diagnosis is still uncertain. To gather more clues, your doctor may use an exhaled nitric oxide test. This simple test takes only a few minutes and can be performed in your doctor s office or in a lung function laboratory. Asthma causes a particular inflammation of airways in your lungs. Studies have shown that an elevated exhaled nitric oxide - a gas that s expelled when you breathe out - can be a reliable marker for asthma airway inflammation in certain patients. Nitric oxide is produced throughout your body, including your lungs, to fight inflammation and relax constricted muscles. If your airways are inflamed, as often occurs with asthma, your body may increase its production of nitric oxide. Generally, the higher the level of exhaled nitric oxide, the greater the inflammation in the airways. To do the test, you breathe into a mouthpiece attached with a tube to an electronic device. As you breathe out steadily, the device measures the level of nitric oxide exhaled. To make sure results are accurate, your doctor may ask you to avoid certain activities - such as eating, drinking, smoking and exercising - a few hours before the test. The test can be used to diagnose asthma, as well as to fine-tune and maintain asthma control, but your doctor will need to sort out other possible factors that can also increase nitric oxide levels unrelated to asthma. If your nitric oxide levels are very high, your doctor may prescribe a steroid or other medications to decrease airway inflammation. Checking your levels again at a later date can help determine how treatment is working. Antibiotics Usually Not Needed to Treat Abscess STEPHEN MERRY, M.D., TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY Q: I recently had an abscess on my leg. My doctor drained it but didn t prescribe any antibiotics. Was that an oversight? A: Probably not. Treatment for a skin abscess - a pus-filled bump that develops under the skin - usually involves your doctor piercing it with the tip of a scalpel after applying a local anesthetic. After the pus drains out, often the abscess is rinsed out with saline solution and loosely packed with gauze. If you re in good health and have no other problems related to the abscess, your doctor likely may not prescribe any antibiotics. Antibiotics aren t particularly helpful in treating uncomplicated abscesses. One study compared a group that was prescribed an antibiotic after abscess incision and drainage with a group that was prescribed a sugar pill (placebo). The study found no difference in healing between the two. Other studies have come to similar conclusions. In addition, antibiotics can cause side effects and some are expensive. Another concern is that overprescribing antibiotics might promote resistance among different strains of bacteria. Germs that are resistant to antibiotics are much harder to treat and can mean longer-lasting illnesses, more doctor visits or extended hospital stays, and the need for more expensive and toxic medications. Some resistant infections can even cause death. An example of the dangers of antibiotic resistance is the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA was once a concern only for people in the hospital, but a newer form of MRSA is causing infections in healthy people (community-acquired MRSA), and it predominately causes skin abscesses. Wise use of antibiotics is important for preventing the spread of MRSA. But even if you have an MRSA abscess, as long as there isn t more than an inch or so of redness surrounding the abscess - suggesting a skin infection called cellulitis - antibiotics aren t necessary. Mayo Clinic Q & A is an educational resource and doesn t replace regular medical care. a question to MayoClinicQ&A@mayo.edu. For more information, visit (c) 2017 Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

54 July 27, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS thefjj.com 54 All That Grows Green is Not Clean: Facts Not Fable about the Marijuana Epidemic Dr. Eli S. Neiman, DO, AOBNP, FACN, PC There is much misinformation and fake news surrounding the effects and widespread use of marijuana (cannabis, pot). Many think that marijuana is harmless because it comes from a plant. Wake up community! Marijuana is harmful to the brain and the body. Cocaine, heroin, and mescaline like marijuana are also plant derivatives. All that is natural is not safe and pot is clearly a gateway drug to further drug use, abuse and addiction. It is alarming to keep hearing about our youth either dead or brain dead from drug overdose with the body count in our tri-state area communities now numbering in the hundreds over the past couple of years. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on the impact of marijuana on adolescents and children published 1/26/15 reaffirms its position against legalizing marijuana and its opposition to medical marijuana outside the FDA regulatory process. The AAP position paper further states, for adolescents, marijuana can impair memory and concentration, interfering with learning, and is linked to lower odds of completing high school or obtaining a college degree. It can alter motor control, coordination and judgment, which may contribute to unintentional deaths and injuries. Regular use is linked to psychological problems, poor lung health and higher likelihood of drug dependence in adulthood. The Drug Enforcement Agency lists marijuana as a schedule I drug. Schedule I drugs are substances or chemicals, defined as drugs with high potential for abuse including heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), methaqualone, and peyote. Marijuana is a hallucinogenic drug. A hallucinogenic drug is any substance that can produce visual or auditory hallucinations and distort one s sense of reality. All hallucinogenic drugs can also affect thought and mood, making people feel like they are in a dream (or in some cases, a nightmare). The National Institute on Drug Abuse clearly states that 30% of marijuana users develop dependence. The active hallucinogenic component of marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The potency, or THC concentration, used to be 1-2% in the 1970 s and 1980 s. Now, in our present generation and due to technological advances in growing stronger and more psychoactive strains of the plant, the THC concentration averages in marijuana are a whopping 6-51%. The potency of one marijuana cigarette today is on average the equivalent of 17 in the past as per the recent literature. The known risks of depression, anxiety, cognitive deficits, concentration difficulties, slowing of mentation, and increased risk of psychosis and schizophrenia are known side effects of marijuana well documented in the medical literature. Most of the above studies were done with the less potent form of the drug, so imagine the brain alteration from the high potency marijuana the young and the adults are using today. The research, conducted over 20 years by Professor Wayne Hall, PhD, an adviser to the World Health Organization and leading expert on addiction at King s College, London, links use of cannabis to a wide range of harmful side-effects, from mental illness to lower academic attainment to impaired driving ability. Studies show that smoking pot while pregnant is linked with reduced birth weights, while long-term use can cause cancer, bronchitis and heart attacks, according to papers. One in six teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis become dependent on it, as are one in ten regular adult users. Cannabis doubles the risk of psychosis and schizophrenia, with withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite and depression. Driving after smoking cannabis doubles the risk of a car crash, with the risk heightened yet further if you have had a drink. Yes, marijuana is not harmless and can kill you. Besides increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), marijuana use has been temporally related to cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart), stroke, transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke), and arteritis (inflammation of vasculature). (Thomas G, Kloner RA, Rezkalla S. Am J Cardiol. 2014;113: Mittleman MA, Lewis RA, et al. Circulation. 2001;103: Mukamal KJ, Maclure M, et al. Am Heart J. 2008;155: Jouanjus E, Lapeyre-Mestre M, Micallef J; The French Association of the Regional Abuse and Dependence Monitoring Centres (CEIP-A) Working Group on Cannabis Complications. J Am Heart Assoc Apr 23; 3) If you recall your history, the opium dens in China destroyed that society until the governing body at the time was forced to take very harsh measures to abolish its use and abuse so their country could again thrive. That same drug epidemic that dumbed down the parents, youth, and nation in China, is happening to us now. While studying at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, I saw firsthand that most of my classmates who got involved with heavy marijuana use did not make it to law school, medical school and other graduate programs. Most of my classmates who smoked pot did not complete majors in the more difficult subjects like physics, biology, engineering, chemistry, accounting, finance, mathematics, statistics, and actuarial sciences. Most importantly, the yungelite in our community who are smoking marijuana are making poor decisions, and are often no longer able to sit at the top tables in yeshivas or toil away learning Shas, Daf Yomi, Mishnah, Halacha, Chassidus or Mussar. Some are drifting away from frumkeit or gone. Many youths who are using marijuana are hanging out and becoming involved in high risk activities with other kids at risk. All it takes is one of their chevrah pulling out a vial of heroin and we are another step closer to another death in our community, G-d forbid. Recreational smoking of this addictive and psychoactive drug is damaging our society and our children. Again, marijuana is a known gateway drug to heroin, crack, cocaine, and other hallucinogenic compounds. Most people often start with recreational marijuana use and then move on to other drugs when they feel their void is still not filled. Let s make an effort to close the door on this gateway drug in our communities. Let s wake up and address this sinister problem and get this fixed before more community disasters occur. In my practice, as a neurologist, I am seeing the fallout and family destruction from the use of this innocent drug. Rav Moshe Feinstein clearly prohibits recreational use of this drug and calls such use an issur D Orisa. See Rav Moshe Feinstien s zt l (Posek HaDor) letter on the topic of marijuana use in Iggros Moshe (Siman Lamed Hey, Beis D Rosh Chodesh Iyar, 5733). I recently heard someone mention that a few Baalei Teshuva wanted to use marijuana on Purim many years ago and the Lubavitcher Rebbe s response was to refer them to Rav Moshe Feinstein s above mentioned letter on this topic. Medical centers and research scientists are actively looking at cannabidiol oil (CBD) which is a non-hallucinogenic compound in marijuana, that may be medically helpful for certain disorders. At the American Epilepsy Society meeting (Dec 2016), there were presentations of abstracts and several studies which have shown that for two rare and often catastrophic epilepsies (Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut), CBD oil may be helpful as a second or third line agent (to stop seizures). Proper dosing of CBD has not yet been established. Side effects of CBD included but were not limited to: severe drug-drug interactions effecting blood levels on four commonly used concomitant anticonvulsants, alteration in liver function test, pyrexia, somnolence, vomiting and diarrhea. Until all multicenter, randomized, double blinded, and placebo controlled studies are completed and FDA approval is granted and proper dosing is established, no one should be using the drug. FDA evaluation is not yet complete and a pill is not yet marketed for medical use for medically and surgically intractable epilepsy or to help with cancer or neuropathic pain (lo aleinu). Sativex or nabiximo, a CBD and THC spray has been found in some studies to alieve some painful spasms in multiple sclerosis patients. Again, it must only be prescribed by a licensed physician or neurologist who can monitor the effects. Marijuana is a very potent drug and should not be used recreationally or without a physician s close supervision. For a great synopsis of all the most recent abstracts presented on the topic of Cannabidiol (CBD) use in seizure treatment presented at the most recent American Epilepsy Society Conference see the American Academy of Neurology Journal Neurology Today Jan, 19, 2017 Issue 2. In addition, recent Ophthalmology Journals are now reporting that smoking the new high potency strains of marijuana is causing retinal damage in some users - another reason not to smoke pot. A few weeks ago a man in his 40 s who heard me addressed as doctor, approached me and said he uses marijuana recreationally and started a conversation with me about this topic in shul. He told me he trusts his drug dealer where he gets his pot and he uses it to relax on his drive home from work. He says he drives in the far-right hand lane so he does CONTINUED ON PAGE 104

55 JULY 27, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS thefjj.com 55 ANNOUNCING AN OVERDUE OPPORTUNITY! Peer-Led Support Group for Frum Women With Mood Disorders in Brooklyn, NY! LED BY: A Trained Peer-Leader from Refa'enu, a NJ-based organization that provides support groups for people with mood disorders such as, but not limited to, bipolar disorder and depression. WHERE: Yad HaChazakah-The Jewish Disability Empowerment Center 1389 East 18th Street, (Between Aves M and N) Brooklyn, NY Lower Level "C" Meeting Room ( Wheelchair Accessible) Near the Q Train and B9 Bus. BEGINNING: Tuesday, August 22, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon To be held the First and Third Tuesday of every month barring schedule changes. Refreshments served. PLEASE CONTACT : Sarah (646) or moodgroup@yadempowers.org Confidentiality will be kept within Yad HaChazakah. AN UPBEAT AND UPLIFTING LIFE CAN BE YOURS RABBI ABRAHAM J. TWERSKY M.D., WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH Effective Communication Continuation: The Talmud teaches, Receive everyone with a cheerful face (Ethics of the Fathers 1:15). When someone greets you with a smile, you feel good. Why not give others the same satisfaction? Rebbe Yisrael of Salant was on his way to shul on Erev Yom Kippur and met a person who was preoccupied with the solemnity of the day and with doing teshuvah, which caused him to be very serious and downcast. He passed Rebbe Yisrael without greeting him, and his facial expression was grim. Rebbe Yisrael said, You re being involved in doing teshuvah is no reason not to greet others with a pleasant face. Rebbe Yisrael had expected the man to interrupt his thoughts and say Shalom aleichem with a smile. That would have been an additional mitzvah in his favor for Yom Kippur. The Talmud says that initiating the shalom aleichem greeting is a segulah (spiritual remedy) for longevity. Indeed, the practice in the old days was to greet someone with Hashem imachem (G-d is with you), pronouncing G-d s Name in the form of a berachah (blessing). We no longer use that expression, but the Midrash says that Shalom is actually one of the appellations of G-d (Vayikra Rabbah 9:9). Being the first to greet someone is a good way to practice assertiveness. This can make it easier to increase one s assertiveness in other things as well. Although assertiveness is usually a positive attribute, I must admit that there are situations where being assertive may be counterproductive. The workplace may present such problems. For example, your boss may tell you to do something his way, and you know that there is a much better way to do it. If your relationship with the boss is such that you think he would listen to your suggestion, you might tell him in a way that doesn t intimate that you re smarter than he is. However, if he is likely to take offense, it is preferable to not be assertive and simply do it his way. Let s take another example. You ve been at this job for four months. The person at the desk next to yours speaks on the phone very loudly and it is getting on your nerves. What should you do? Much depends on your relationship with this person. If you have a positive relationship, you might say, I must tell you something. I hope you don t take offense, but I can t concentrate when you speak so loudly on the phone. I realize that you are making business calls, but I find it very distracting. Is it possible that you can take it down a notch? I d really appreciate it. Suppose the person next to you makes personal calls on company time, and the chatting interferes with your concentration. In all likelihood, if the conversation were a legitimate business call, it would not bother you. What s really bothering you may be that he or she is making a personal call on company time and that s none of your business. If it s really the sound level, you might tell the person, I m sorry to tell you this, but when you are speaking on the phone, I can hear every word, even though I m not trying to hear your conversations. Maybe you can tone it down a bit; I m sure you don t want me to hear the details of your personal life. If the relationship is such that he/ she is likely to take offense, and assuming there is no way to relocate your desk, you d be best off investing in a pair of headphones that block all extraneous noise. If you are the boss, you should draw the line between being assertive and being dictatorial. If you listen to what your employees say and you ve made them feel comfortable in talking to you, your assertiveness can be very productive. If they re afraid to say anything to you, you should re-evaluate your style of management. Your employees efficiency will escalate if you encourage their assertiveness. As we have seen, assertiveness has both pros and cons, and the pros come out the clear winners. Assertiveness is not the same as controlling or arrogance. It is one of the most useful weapons in your arsenal to live effectively.

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58 July 27, 2017 ISRAEL NEWS thefjj.com 58 The Argument is About Jews, Not Metal Detectors Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS To an objective observer, the crisis that erupted in the aftermath of a bloody terror attack near Jerusalem s Temple Mount makes no sense. Three Arab terrorists used guns they had smuggled up to the compound July 14 to kill two Israeli policemen, both of whom happened to be Druze rather than Jewish. In response, Israeli authorities set up metal detectors to prevent a recurrence of the crime. The response to this from Palestinians was general outrage, violence and a promise of mass riots if the offending machines were not immediately removed. Upon Friday afternoon prayers July 21, with Israel facing the prospect of even more violence that might get out of control, the metal detectors remained in place. How could putting metal detectors to protect a holy site be considered a casus belli for what might, if the conflict escalated in the way the Muslim rioters promised, lead to a new holy war? The answer is that this isn t about metal detectors. It s about something much bigger: the right of Jews to be in Jerusalem. This isn t another variation on the usual theme sounded from Israel s critics about the infringement of Palestinian rights. To the contrary, Israel didn t change the status quo at the Temple Mount, which denies Jews the right to pray at the holiest place in Judaism. The Islamic Waqf was left in charge of Jerusalem s mosques, including the Temple Mount s Al-Aqsa, inviolate. Nor was the new security measure discriminatory. Any Jew or non-jew who wishes to enter the Western Wall plaza below the Temple Mount compound must also pass through security, including metal detectors. The same is true for Muslims who wish to enter the holy places in Mecca during their annual pilgrimages. So what exactly is this all about? For a century, Palestinian Arab leaders have been playing the Al- Aqsa is in danger card. The cries that Jews were seeking to destroy the mosques or in some way harm Muslim rights led to a series of pogroms against Jews, including the riots of 1929 in which Jews were massacred in Hebron. But the appeal to holy war isn t only a vestige of the horrors of the distant past and the influence of the Nazi sympathizer Haj Amin al-husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem who incited those riots. It was the supposedly moderate Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), whose inflammatory statements helped incite the so-called stabbing intifada in recent years by also claiming Jews were going to harm the mosques. It was Abbas, not just his Hamas rivals or other violent Islamists, who called on Palestinians to resist the Jewish presence in Jerusalem. It was Abbas who said stinking Jewish feet should not profane the holy places. Abbas s motives were cynical, since he was waving the bloody banner of holy war to compete with his political foes. But the impact of his statements gave the lie to the notion so prevalent on the Jewish left that a peace agreement could be easily reached if Israel had the will to try for one. His rhetoric sought to remind Palestinians that the conflict wasn t over borders or settlements, but something far more basic: a religious war that mandates Arab opposition to the Jewish presence. This is why the PA goes to such trouble to foment fights at United Nations agencies like UNESCO intended to deny Jewish ties or rights to holy places, even those that are self-evidently proof of Jewish history like the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. This is also why the new security measures are merely the latest pretext for Arab violence intended to make the point that Jews should not merely have no say over the Temple Mount, but have no right to be there at all. The demonstrations and threats of more violence are just one more power play intended to remind the world that the only solution Palestinians will ultimately accept is one in which the Jews are excluded. So long as this is their goal, it isn t Al-Aqsa that is in danger, but any hope for peace. Three Palestinians Reportedly Killed Amid Palestinian-Incited Day of Rage Riots JNS Three Palestinians were reportedly killed and several-dozen were injured during day of rage riots over Israel s security measures on the Temple Mount, following the July 14 terror attack that killed two Israeli police officers near the holy site. The riots, which were incited by Palestinian leaders, erupted after Friday prayers in response to Israel s decision to install metal detectors at the entrance gates to the Temple Mount. According to various Palestinian media reports, a 17-year-old identified as Muhammad Mahmoud Sharaf and Hassan Abu Ghanem, 19, were killed in clashes in eastern Jerusalem, and a third Palestinian Muhammad Lafi, 18, was killed near Abu Dis near Jerusalem. A picture of the three Palestinians was later shared on the Facebook page of Fatah, the faction led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, which described them as martyrs who ascended to heaven for Jerusalem. Four Israeli police officers were injured in the clashes after being struck with stones and flares, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Other riots and clashes occurred in cities throughout the disputed territories Friday, including in the Qalandia refugee camp and Hebron. Rioters threw rocks and glass bottles, and rolled burning tires at security forces.

59 July 27, 2017 ISRAEL NEWS thefjj.com 59 Palestinian Terrorist Kills Three Israelis in Bloodbath in Samaria JNS Three Israelis were killed and a fourth was wounded in a Palestinian terrorist stabbing attack in the Samaria community of Halamish. The terrorist was shot by an off-duty IDF soldier and is in the Israeli defense establishment s custody. The victims were Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and son Elad, 36. Yosef s wife, Tova, 68, was wounded and rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Doctors said her condition had improved. The terrorist, 19-year-old Omar al-abed, from the nearby village of Kaubar, is a known Hamas sympathizer. The IDF carried out several raids in Kaubar and other Palestinian villages in the area over the weekend, arresting 29 people, including nine Hamas members. Friday s terror attack began unfolding at about 10 p.m., when Abed breached Halamish s security fence. The local security monitoring station received an alert and a rapid response team scrambled to the area, but could not find Abed. Once inside Halamish, Halamish Community Builds New Outpost After Deadly Palestinian Terror Attack JNS Hundreds of residents from Halamish gathered Sunday to erect a new settlement outpost in memory of the three Israelis who were killed in Friday night s Palestinian terror attack in the Samaria community. The new outpost was named Yad Ahi in memory of the three slain members of the Salomon family: Yosef, 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and son Elad, 36. Halamish residents also set up tents, tables and chairs to block the eastern road to the community that is used by Palestinians, in protest of the attack. Palestinian terrorist Omar al- Abed fatally stabbed the three family members and injured a fourth, Tova Salomon, 68, as the family gathered around the table for a festive Shabbat meal. After the terror attack, Halamish leaders discussed plans for expanding the community with additional the terrorist entered the Salomon family home, whose door was unlocked, and immediately embarked on a frenzied attack. The family was celebrating the arrival of a new grandson, and were waiting for guests who had been invited to participate in the celebration. The scenes of a bloodbath that greeted us when we arrived on Saturday evening at the Salomon home shocked us all to the core even the most veteran ZAKA volunteers, Yehuda Meshi Zahav, chairman of the ZAKA emergency response group, told JNS.org. It was painstaking work to gather up so much blood, but we were determined to finish so that the victims could be buried as soon as possible in keeping with Jewish law. IDF spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis said Abed told investigators the attack was inspired by events on the Temple Mount. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his profound sorrow over the deaths of Yosef, Chaya and Elad, who were murdered by a human animal driven by incitement to hate Jews. housing units, and creating territorial contiguity from the Salomon family s home to the adjacent Jewish neighborhood of Tzofit. The community leaders, who intend to discuss their construction proposals with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanded that the government finalize security measures for the community, which had been planned but are not completed, and that the eastern road leading up to Halamish be closed to Palestinian movement. A few months before Friday s attack, a Palestinian terrorist set several homes in Halamish on fire. Mother of Halamish Terrorist Arrested on Incitement Charges JNS Israeli soldiers arrested the mother of Palestinian terrorist Omar al- Abed Tuesday on charges of aggravated incitement, following her son s fatal stabbing of an Israeli father and two of his adult children last Friday night in the Samaria community of Halamish. Following the gruesome attack in the home of the Salomon family, the terrorist s mother, Ibtisam al-abed, said in a video that was widely circulated on social media that she was proud of her son. Further, the Abed על אלה אני בוכיה WE WEEP with Klal Yisroel for the innocent kedoshim murdered in Eretz Yisroel. Our hearts go out to their families, including the precious yesomim they left behind. ד ינקום דמם family celebrated the terror attack by handing out sweets to guests at their home in Kaubar. The IDF said the terrorist s mother incited more attacks on Jews. The Halamish terror attack came on the heels of a Palestinian-incited day of rage, amid tension over Israel s now-removed metal detectors at Jerusalem s Temple Mount. The Jewish state had bolstered security following the July 14 Arab terror attack that killed two Israeli Druze policemen near the holy site.

60 July 27, 2017 ISRAEL NEWS thefjj.com 60 The Shabbat Massacre Yosef, Chaya, and Elad Salomon lived for their spiritual heritage. Shabbat night they died for it. Sara Yoheved Rigler / Aish.com Shabbat is supposed to be a time of peace, when Jews with their family and friends celebrate their connection to G-d and to each other. Israel s Salomon family had an additional cause to celebrate this past Friday night. Yosef and Tova Salomon s youngest son and his wife had given them a new grandchild. The Salomons were holding a Shalom Zachor, a traditional after-dinner celebration for family and neighbors to welcome the new baby into the world. A knock at the door seemed to herald the arrival of their first guest. Instead Omer al-abed from a nearby Arab village burst into the Salomon home with a long knife. He butchered Yosef, aged 70, his daughter Chaya, 46, and his son Elad, 36, and seriously wounded Yosef s wife Tova, 68. Elad s wife Michal quickly grabbed her children and fled into an upstairs room where her twin babies were already sleeping. The door to the room wouldn t lock so Michal frantically held the door shut while she called the police. An off-duty Israeli soldier, hearing the screams, shot the 19-year-old terrorist through the window, wounding but not killing him. Why, oh why, does this horrific terrorist attack remind me of the murder of the Fogel family six years ago, in which a mother, father, and their three children were stabbed to death in their home? Is it the photos of the blood-stained floors? Is it that the victims were all from one family, a family tree gouged out by a single deadly knife? Is it that the grandparents of the Fogel family, Tzila and Chaim Fogel, live in Halamish, where this latest terrorist attack took place? Halamish is a community in north-central Israel, located some 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Sebastia, the ancient Biblical capitol of the northern kingdom of Israel. (The capitol of the southern kingdom of Judah was always, always Jerusalem.) Just 8 months ago, a fire set by Arabs destroyed the homes of 15 families in Halamish. In the wake of the Shabbat night massacre, Halamish issued an official statement: This is not the first time that our community has been struck by terror. Our resolve remains strong and we will continue to build a better life for our children, here in our ancestral homeland. Murder Due to Metal Detectors? The terrorist Omer El-Abed was released from the hospital into police custody on Saturday afternoon. In questioning, he said he bought the knife two days ago and sought to commit a terror attack because of events surrounding the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Arab journalists as well have linked the attack to the clamor going on because Israel installed metal detectors at the entrances to the Temple Mount in response to the murder of two Israeli policemen on July 14 with weapons that were hidden in a mosque on the Temple Mount. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (the highest Muslim official in Jerusalem) has forbidden Muslims to come to the Temple Mount, railing that Allah does not listen to prayers that come through metal detectors. (This is curious, since the Great Mosque in Mecca, Islam s holiest shrine, has metal detectors.) Local imans have whipped up protest to a fever pitch, calling on Muslims to be willing to die to protect El Aqsa, one of the two mosques on the Temple Mount. On the Israeli side, politicians and pundits are claiming that the metal detectors are merely an excuse for violence, as nothing has changed in the status quo on the Temple Mount; Muslims, tourists, and others are still allowed free access to the site (albeit after passing through metal detectors). I live in Jerusalem s Old City, a few hundred meters from the Temple Mount, and while friends in America are scratching their heads over the frenzied reaction to the metal detectors, they fail to see why this piece of real estate that we call the Temple Mount is so important both to us Jews and to our Muslim cousins. Why is the Temple Mount Important? Build Me a sanctuary and I will dwell among you, was G-d s charge to the ancient Israelites when they were encamped around Mt. Sinai after their Exodus from Egypt. Almost half of the Torah is dedicated to commandments relating to the Tabernacle. It was to be a place in the physical world where the Divine Presence would actually manifest, the vortex between Heaven and earth, the channel through which prayers would ascend and Divine miracles would descend. About 400 years later (3000 years ago), King David decided that instead of an itinerant tabernacle, G-d deserved a fixed dwelling place. David purchased a field on the top of Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem and his son Solomon built an exquisite Temple there. The Bible describes in detail the dedication of this Temple, which, like the Tabernacle that preceded it, was to be the place in this physical world where G-d s supernal presence would rest. After standing for 410 years, Solomon s Temple was destroyed by the conquering Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. on the 9 th of the Hebrew month of Av. Seventy years later, 40,000 Judeans who had been exiled to Babylonia returned to Israel and set about building the Second Temple on the same site, then and forever known as Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount. In the first century B.C.E. King Herod expanded and beautified the Second Temple. It stood for 420 years until the Romans destroyed it, also on the 9 th of Av, in the year 70. The 9 th of Av, known as Tisha B Av, thus became the greatest day of mourning in the Jewish calendar. Not because we lost the war, not because we lost the city of Jerusalem, not because Jewish blood ran knee-deep through the streets of Jerusalem, but because with the destruction of the Temple, the manifest Divine Presence retreated from this physical world, leaving humanity in the state of spiritual turpitude and confusion that pertains to this day. The Arab Conquest of the Byzantines, who were ruling Palestine (so named by the Romans to obliterate the Jewish connection to Judea ) in 634 led to the siege and eventual conquest of Jerusalem in 638. The Dome of the Rock (the Golden Dome ) was built on the Temple Mount in 691, and the smaller silver dome, the Al Aqsa Mosque, was built at the end of the compound in 705. This site, which is considered to be the place from which Mohammed (who was never in Jerusalem) ascended to heaven in a dream, is the third holiest place for Sunni Islam. The Three Weeks The Jewish people are now in the period known as The Three Weeks leading up to the fast day of Tisha B Av. At the time of the Roman conquest in 70 C.E., the walls of Jerusalem were breeched three weeks before the catastrophe of the Temple s destruction. This three-week period is a time of mourning, considered dangerous for Jews. Many catastrophes have befallen our people during this time. The murder of the Salomon family is a horrific tragedy. It is also inextricably linked to this tragic period of The Three Weeks when Jews around the world are being forced to wrestle with the soul-wrenching debate over who the Temple Mount really belongs to. The mourning we experience during Tisha B Av is a stark reminder of how the Temple Mount is the holiest site for the Jewish People. It is to this place Jews all over the world face when praying, the site that remains forever the vortex between Heaven and earth, what the Talmud calls the gate of prayers. (Muslim pray facing Mecca.) The Salomon family chose to live in the Biblical heartland of Israel, with all the sacrifices that entailed. Yosef, Chaya, and Elad Salomon lived for their spiritual heritage. Shabbat night they died for it. Sara Yoheved Rigler s all-encompassing online marriage program, Choose Connection: How to Revive and Rejuvenate Your Marriage is available to Aish.com readers at a special price. 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61 JULY 27, 2017 ISRAEL NEWS Israel Installs Temple Mount Security to Prevent Apocalypse Between Islam and Judaism ALEX TRAIMAN/JNS The Israeli government reopened the Temple Mount complex to Muslims and members of other faiths with strict new security measures, in the wake of the recent attack near the flashpoint holy site, in which Arab terrorists killed two Israeli Druze police officers. Israeli defense experts who specialize in understanding radical Islamic culture stress that such attacks are likely to occur again. For many years, there has been the motivation to create an apocalypse between Islam and Judaism on the basis of the Al-Aqsa mosque (the name of the mosque on the Temple Mount plaza). Sheikh Raed Salah (the head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel) is very bold in using this argument day and night, Reuven Berko, a former colonel in the Israel Police and former adviser on Arab affairs for the Jerusalem Police Department, told JNS.org. Islamic leaders have called on Muslims to reject and boycott all the Israeli aggression measures, claiming the changes violate a long-held status quo between the Islamic Waqf, which administers the site itself, and Israel, which controls access to the Temple Mount. After metal detectors were installed at the entrance gates to the Temple Mount, Sheikh Omar Kiswani, director of the Al-Aqsa mosque, told Israeli media, We reject the changes imposed by the Israeli government. We will not enter through these metal detectors. Unholy Act at a Holy Site? Radical Muslims do not care about the fact that a site is holy even to themselves. They have a long track record of using holy sites of all faiths as arenas to promote their radical agenda, across the Middle East, Berko said. Berko suggested that future incidents on the Temple Mount are likely due to ongoing incitement and the circumstances which support and encourage using weapons, killing innocent people and creating chaos. He noted that the terrorists, who came from the Israeli Arab town of Umm al-fahm, were incited by radicals like Salah, who are affiliated with Hamas and were raised on the same petri dish as the global movement of Islamic State and other Muslim terror groups. There have been numerous cases of weapons stockpiling on the Temple Mount in recent years, with multiple incidents of stone-throwing and firebombing. The recent attack was the first major incident in recent years involving automatic weapons. Many times within the Al-Aqsa mosque, we discovered several hiding places, stockpiled with means to kill, Berko said, referring to his time with the Israel Police. According to Dr. Mordechai Kedar a researcher at Bar-Ilan University s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and a leading scholar on Arab culture, who served for 25 years within the IDF s military intelligence units the Temple Mount has long been a source of radical Islamic incitement against Israel and the U.S. There are hundreds of recordings of sermons from the Temple Mount, replete with violence, replete with incitement against the Jews, against Israel. And unfortunately, Israel just lets it go, Kedar told JNS.org. Kedar said the violence stems from an ideological imperative to prevent Israeli sovereignty, noting that in Muslim doctrine, Islam cannot exist side by side with another religion, and that within Islam there is only the concept of one religion being dominant over the other. Muslims do not want Jews in the land of Israel, especially in Jerusalem, and particularly on the Temple Mount. Islam, as a religion, cannot accept a Jewish state. They view Judaism as a threat on Islam, said Kedar, adding that while murderous acts are considered unholy to Jews and Westerners, acts of martyrdom can be considered holy in Islamic culture. Determination to Prevent Future Attacks Understanding Islamic culture and using it to develop sound policies is a key to preventing further violence, according to both Berko and Kedar. They are violent, but if they face an iron wall, they will retreat once they thefjj.com 61 understand that they cannot defeat us, Kedar said. And this is now left for the state of Israel, to decide whether Israel will succumb to the dictates of Islam, or not. The more determined Israel is in this regard, the better the chances that this round of violence will be short, and on low gear. For more than a decade, worshippers or tourists wishing to visit the adjacent Western Wall a site revered by Jews in absence of full permission to enter and pray on the Temple Mount have been forced to pass through metal detectors, despite the fact that there have been no recently recorded incidents of Jews seeking to commit acts of terror at the site. Now these same measures are being installed on the Temple Mount, where tens of thousands of Arabs can gather to pray on Fridays and during the month of Ramadan. Berko noted that recommendations for stricter security measures at the Temple Mount were presented in 2014, but they were not implemented. He stressed the sensitivities Israel must contend with when dealing with Jordan, which controls the Islamic Waqf; the Palestinians, many of whom are employed by the Waqf; and Muslims who pray on the site. Muslims with a stake in the issue object to the stricter security measure, Berko said, because they are afraid. They view this move not as a step to protect their own prayers, or to protect the mosque, but rather they treat it as an attempt by Israel to control Al-Aqsa. In addition to the new metal detectors, Berko said Israel must strengthen the powers of police around the Temple Mount, improve surveillance, and strengthen coordination between the police and the Shin Bet security agency to gather better intelligence on attacks before they occur. The only ones that can prevent Al-Aqsa from turning into a base for terror operations, he said, are the Israeli police. Fatah Incites Day of Rage in Jerusalem and Disputed Territories JNS Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas s Fatah party called for a day of rage to take place in eastern Jerusalem and the disputed territories. Additionally, Fatah s military branch, Tanzim, determined that Friday prayers would be conducted in Palestinian public squares throughout the disputed territories, and that sermons would be devoted to supporting the Al-Aqsa mosque and protesting Israel s bolstered security at the Temple Mount. The calls follow clashes that broke out in Jerusalem s Old City when Muslim worshippers blocked a road in protest of new metal detectors placed by Israel at the entrance gates to the Temple Mount, three days after Arab terrorists killed two Israeli police officers near the flashpoint holy site. The protest was prompted by the Islamic Waqf, which together with other Muslim groups issued a statement calling on Muslims to reject and boycott all the Israeli aggression measures, including changing the historical status quo including imposing the metal detectors.

62 July 27, 2017 Knesset Speaker Slams Jordanian Counterpart Over Prayer for Temple Mount Terrorists JNS Israel s Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein slammed his Jordanian counterpart Atef Tarawneh for praising the Arab terrorists who killed two Israeli police officers near the Temple Mount. While we are mourning the murder of two young police officers in Jerusalem, the speaker of the Jordanian Parliament called them martyrs, shaheedim, called their blood saints blood, and added some more thoughts in this very direction, Edelstein said in a video posted. It is inconceivable that an official in a country which has a peace agreement with Israel encourages the murder of Israeli civilians, he said, adding, I want to say to my Jordanian colleague: If you re unable to condemn terrorist attacks, just keep silent. While Jordan s King Abdullah condemned the terror attack, Tarawneh held a special prayer session in the parliament for the three slain terrorists. May Allah have mercy on our youths, the members of the Jabarin family who deserve honor and fame, Tarawneh declared, before criticizing Israel for its occupation of the holy sites in Jerusalem. The Israeli persistence and the severity of its crimes it is committing are the reasons for the setting of fire of revenge in their hearts among the generations who inherit the hatred of the occupation, added Tarawneh. ISRAEL NEWS Temple Mount Terror Attack Highlights Sharp Dichotomy Between Israeli Minorities Ariel Ben Solomon/JNS The recent deadly terror attack near the Temple Mount shows how Israel is at the forefront of the clash of civilizations between the Islamic world and the West not only with the Palestinians and surrounding Arab countries, but also from within its own minority populations. In the attack, Arab terrorists from the northern Israeli city of Umm al-fahm killed two Druze police officers, highlighting a sharp dichotomy between two of Israel s minority groups. Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israel s population. While Israeli Arabs maintain a higher quality of life than their brethren in most other places in the Middle East, a significant number of them support the Palestinian struggle against the Jewish state. Yet some smaller minority groups in Israel, such as some Christians and the Druze, are largely supportive of the state. Israeli officials blamed the Temple Mount attack on the ongoing incitement by the Islamic Movement in Israel, an affiliate of the worldwide Muslim Brotherhood movement. The leader of the Islamic Movement s Northern Branch, Sheikh Raed Salah, said Israel was responsible for the attack and that he prays for the terrorist martyrs who carried it out, according to a video posted by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Rafa Halabi, an Israeli Druze who recently stepped down from his role as an adviser to Communications Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud), who is also part of the Druze community, told JNS.org, The problem is that Arab political leaders of the Joint List (the Knesset s alliance of Arab parties) and the Islamic Movement are simply starting a war they don t speak about peace, but incite for war. Halabi, who served as a senior officer in the IDF for 15 years, said that he visited the families of the Temple Mount attack victims, and saw some local Muslim and Christian leaders there who called for coexistence. Halabi said the Israeli government should enforce the law by destroying the homes of the terrorists. Atta Yemini Farhat, chairman of the Druze Zionist Council for Israel, told JNS.org the terrorist attack was partially a result of the lack of support for IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for killing an immobilized Palestinian terrorist in Hebron last year. Farhat, who reached the rank of major in the IDF, said the Azaria verdict makes the terrorists feel stronger. Farhat estimated that around 90 percent of Israeli Druze call for destroying the terrorists homes, not giving them national insurance benefits, and revoking their families citizenship and deporting them to Gaza. Druze Support for the State Israeli Druze claim they are descendants of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. We have been supporting the nation of Israel for 3,000 years, said Farhat, adding, We don t believe in [the prophet] Muhammad and our men do not marry four wives, but just one, and we don t fast during Ramadan. Druze are drafted into the IDF, unlike Arab Muslims and Christians, who are not required to serve but can volunteer. Meanwhile, Farhat explained that since Syrian Druze residing in the Israeli Golan Heights are worried about being forced to return to wartorn Syria, and concerned for the safety their family members who still live there, they are scared to identify with Israel. Yet Farhat asserted, Privately, they will tell you they prefer to live in Israel, and many are now applying for Israeli citizenship since they now see no way of returning to the chaos [in Syria]. According to Dr. Mordechai Zaken, head of minority affairs in the Israeli Public Security Ministry, there are around 135,000 Druze and 165,000 Christians in Israel, with each minority making up less than 10 percent of Israel s total Arab population. More than 80 percent of Israeli Arabs are Muslim. Druze community members reside in 22 villages on or around Mount Carmel in the Galilee and in the Golan Heights, where four of the Druze villages still have an association with Syria. The Druze constitute a distinct Arabic-speaking community, Zaken told JNS.org, noting that a survey carried out in 2008 showed 94 percent of Druze self-identify as Israeli thefjj.com 62 While the Druze religion is not accessible to outsiders, one known aspect of its philosophy is the concept of taqiyya, which is Arabic for prudence, fear, caution, and in practice means that the tenets of the religion are not shared widely, said Zaken. Because of this defensive mechanism, the Druze are loyal to the regime of the country where they reside, whether in Syria or elsewhere. Therefore, the Druze are loyal to the state of Israel and serve in the Israel Defense Forces, unlike the Muslim Arabs of Israel. Many have served in high ranks within various branches of the government, particularly in the security forces. Explaining why Israeli security forces utilize the Druze at sensitive sites such as the Temple Mount, Halabi said the Druze speak Arabic and understand Muslim culture more than Jews, giving them an advantage in picking up small clues that can thwart terror attacks. Halabi estimated the majority of security officers guarding Jerusalem s Old City are Druze. Islamic Movement Facilitates Terror The Islamic Movement is very radical, said Halabi, describing the movement as a potential Hamas inside of the state and like the Islamic State from within. Halabi, who believes the Temple Mount attack resulted from incitement by Islamic Movement leader Salah and Arab Knesset members, said, An Islamic Movement member can radicalize and become an Islamic State activist in five minutes. Farhat said Israel should deal with the Islamic Movement just as Egypt s government has cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood in recent years. I think Israel needs to enact emergency laws, he said, and detain the leaders of the Islamic Movement.

63 July 27, 2017 Saudi King Intervened in Temple Mount Crisis JNS ISRAEL NEWS Saudi Arabia s King Salman intervened to end the closure of the Temple Mount following the terror attack that killed two Israeli police officers near the flashpoint holy site, the London-based Arabic news website Elaph reported. Citing an unnamed senior source, the Arab media outlet reported that King Salman delivered a message to Jerusalem through the White House, urging Israel to reopen the Temple Mount to Muslim worshippers as quickly as possible. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly replied with reassurances that Israel had no intention of changing the status quo at the sensitive holy site, which forbids non-muslim prayer. Netanyahu also purportedly invited Saudi officials to visit the Temple Mount, but has yet to receive a response. Israel reopened the Temple Mount complex to Muslims and members of other faiths amid bolstered security, including new metal detectors placed at the holy site s entrance gates. The new security measures sparked clashes in Jerusalem s Old City when Muslim worshippers blocked a road in protest. Greek Orthodox Church Sells Jaffa Land in Latest Controversial Deal JNS The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, which is the second-largest landowner in Israel, has sold prime real estate near the iconic clock tower in Jaffa to private investors, the Israeli financial news outlet Calcalist reported. The clock tower deal was initiated in 1998 when the patriarchate sold a 99-year lease for $1.5 million to a company called Clock Quarter, conditional upon a pledge that the company would give the church 35 percent of anything constructed on the land, according to Calcalist. The revelation follows a report that the patriarchate secretly sold off 700 dunams (172 acres) of land in Caesarea last month, including the ancient Roman amphitheater and hippodrome there, for an undisclosed sum to an ambiguous Caribbeanbased holding company called Saint Ventures Limited. The Caesarea deal included large portions of land designated as a national park, Israel s Channel 2 reported. Further, in early July, the patriarchate secretly sold 500 dunams (123 acres) of property in some of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Jerusalem to private real estate companies, placing homeowners at risk of needing to pay large sums to renew their leaseholds or to sell their property and relocate. PA Must Pay Damages for Torturing Palestinians, Israeli Court Rules JNS In a landmark case, a Jerusalem court ruled that the Palestinian Authority (PA) must pay damages to 51 Palestinians who were imprisoned and systematically subjected to unimaginable torture by the PA from The court s 1,860-page ruling was published after 90 court sessions and a painstaking review of the plaintiffs allegations that they were physically and mentally harmed some for several years after being detained by the PA on suspicion of collaborating with Israel. Plaintiffs said the PA sought to extract confessions by brutally beating them, extinguishing cigarettes on their bodies, pulling out their teeth, forcing them into painful positions for extended periods of time, and denying them food and drink. In other instances, prisoners said they were locked inside blistering hot metal containers, interchangeably soaked with boiling and freezing water, forced to drink toilet water and sit on shards of broken glass, forced to watch executions of other suspected collaborators with Israel, and regularly denied access to medical care. The PA admitted to the imprisonment of several of the plaintiffs, but denied all allegations of torture. It s as though someone [in the PA] read Dante s Inferno and tried to emulate it, said Barak Kedem, the plaintiffs lawyer, The Times of Israel reported. After 14 years [of deliberations] the court has brought justice thefjj.com Hamas Waging Ecological Terror as Sewage Flows into Israel from Gaza 63 JNS Contaminated wastewater from Hamas-ruled Gaza is streaming into Israel and reaching the nearby coast of Ashkelon, which shares a border with Gaza, as a result of the growing energy crisis in the Palestinian coastal enclave. The amount of sewage flowing directly into Israel s Hanun stream from Gaza has increased dramatically during the past weeks, raising alarm among officials. Vacuum trucks used to filter the Palestinian sewage in Israel s water are no longer effective, and the water has become flooded with hazardous waste. The situation rapidly deteriorated in recent days when Palestinians deliberately broke through mounds of dirt raised by the IDF, which serve to stop the flow of sewage into Israel. What we re seeing here is an ecological terror attack. The Israeli government must immediately resolve this crisis and not leave the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council to deal with it alone, said Yair Farjun, head of the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The water level rises daily and if the situation remains as it is, the stream will overflow, he added. Beyond the visible pollution, the sewage water also pollutes the [region s] coastal aquifer very severely. Since Gaza s only power plant ran out of fuel in April, the Hamas-controlled territory has primarily relied on electricity supplied by Israel and paid for by the Palestinian Authority (PA). But the PA recently decided to reduce its payments to Israel for the electricity, leading the Jewish state to cut the power supply to Gaza by almost a third, precipitating the current crisis. Israeli Students Help Uncover 2,700-year-old Assyrian-Era Water Reservoir JNS Israeli high school students working in conjunction with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed an impressively large 2,700-year-old ancient water reservoir near Rosh Ha-Ayin in central Israel that dates to the period around the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel, when the Assyrian empire dominated the region. According to Gilad Itach, director of excavations at the IAA, the reservoir was crucial for the survival of the local inhabitants of the area during dry seasons. It is difficult not to be impressed by the sight of the immense underground reservoir quarried out so many years ago, Itach said. In antiquity, rainwater collection and storage was a fundamental necessity. With an annual rainfall of 500 millimeters (20 inches), the region s winter rains would easily have filled the huge reservoir. The water system, which is nearly 20 meters (66 feet) long and reaches a depth of more than 4 meters (13 feet), was found beneath a large structure with walls that are nearly 50 meters (164 feet) long. In recent years, a number of farmsteads have been found near Rosh Ha-Ayin dating back to the end of the First Temple period, when the Assyrians dominated the area. Archaeologists believe that the farmsteads were likely an attempt by the empire s wish to establish settlements in the region. The structure exposed in this excavation is different from most of the previously discovered farmsteads. Its orderly plan, vast area, strong walls and the impressive water reservoir hewn beneath it suggest that the site was administrative in nature, and it may well have controlled the surrounding farmsteads, Itach said.

64 July 27, 2017 Germany Suspends Israel Submarine Deal Due to Corruption Scandal JNS Germany announced that it will postpone the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Israel for the sale of three submarines from the German manufacturer ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), due to an ongoing criminal investigation into the $1.5 billion deal. Israeli Ambassador to Germany Yakov Hadas-Handelsman was scheduled to sign the agreement. The Israel Police recently detained a former IDF general for questioning as part of the probe, dubbed Case 3,000. Investigators suspect the crimes include bribery and money laundering. The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s personal attorney, David Shomron, represents TKMS in Israel led to a media firestorm in January, despite denials by the prime minister and Shomron of any improper decision-making or undue influence during the acquisition. Adding to the controversy, Iran holds a 4.5-percent stake in the German manufacturer. In late June, a billion-dollar deal, in which Israel Aerospace Industries would have leased Heron-2 drones to the German Air Force, was cancelled due to opposition within Germany s governing coalition. Hamas Seeking to Set Up Headquarters in Algeria JNS Hamas is purportedly seeking to establish its foreign base in Algeria following the Palestinian terror group s ouster from Qatar last month. According to a report in the London-based Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat, senior Hamas officials have made a formal request to Algeria to set up a foreign base there. But the North African country has yet to respond to the request. On a personal level I applied for a stay in Algeria. The Algerian authorities promised to study the request and consider it, Asharq Al-Awsat quoted Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri as saying. Hamas officials are currently scattered among several Middle East and Asian countries following the terror group s ouster from Qatar. The Gaza-ruling organization has become increasingly isolated in recent months amid a dispute between the Saudi-led Gulf alliance and Qatar. Saudi Arabia has criticized Qatar over its support for terror groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. WORLD NEWS thefjj.com 64 Iran Condemns Worthless US Sanctions on Ballistic Missile Program JNS Iranian officials condemned fresh U.S. sanctions against Iran s ballistic missile program, calling the sanctions announcement contemptible and worthless. Iran will reciprocate the move by imposing sanctions on a number of American natural and legal persons who have taken steps against the Iranian people and other Muslim nations in the region, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said. The Trump administration enacted new sanctions against Iran, in an effort to put additional pressure on Tehran while seeking to keep in place the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The United States remains deeply concerned about Iran s malign activities across the Middle East which undermine regional stability, security, and prosperity, the State Department said in a statement. Iran s activities undercut whatever positive contributions to regional and international peace and security were intended to emerge from the nuclear agreement, the State Department added. The Trump administration said Iran remains in compliance with the nuclear deal, despite Trump calling the pact the worst deal ever during last year s election campaign and promising to dismantle the accord. Palestinian Leader Abbas Visits China, Seeks Political and Economic Support JNS Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is on an official threeday visit to China, with the goal of building economic and diplomatic ties. In an interview ahead of his trip, Abbas told the Xinhua news agency he believes China can make a positive contribution to peace and stability in the Middle East. The Palestinian leader said that in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he will place an emphasis on the four-point proposal put forward by Xi in 2013, which calls for an independent Palestinian state. Abbas Zaki, a Palestinian Fatah official who is in charge of the Abbas-led party s relations with China, told The Jerusalem Post that Abbas s trip is timed to coincide with the upcoming Chinese Communist Party Congress, a gathering that takes place every five years and sets the official policy of the government. It is important for President Abbas to convey our positions to [Xi] before it convenes, Zaki said. The PA president will ask the Chinese leader to continue supporting the Palestinians in international forums and to invest in the disputed territories, Zaki added. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited China earlier this year.

65 July 27, 2017 Israel s Danon Urges UN Security Council to Take Tougher Stance on Hezbollah JNS Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon urged the U.N. Security Council to take tougher steps to curb the Hezbollah terror group s operations along the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah continues to violate Security Council resolutions, Danon wrote in a letter to the Security Council ahead of the body s upcoming debate on Resolution 1701, which prohibits Hezbollah from operating along the border. They re expanding their arsenal and seeking to destabilize the entire region. Danon added that he had sent the Security Council a report detailing 421 Hezbollah violations of Resolution 1701 in the past two months alone. The international community must not allow this to continue, and the Security Council must confront this threat head on to ensure that 1701 is enforced, Danon said. Last month, the IDF released a video of Hezbollah operating several outposts along the Israel-Lebanon border to spy on the Jewish state under the guise of a fake environmental organization known as Green Without Borders. At the time, Danon wrote a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council stating that Hezbollah s actions violate Security Council Resolutions 1701 and WORLD NEWS thefjj.com 65 Protests Against Israel Ignite Across Muslim World Over Temple Mount JNS Anti-Israel demonstrations were held across the Muslim world Thursday and Friday to protest Israel s decision to implement metal detectors at the Temple Mount, following the July 14 terror attack that killed two Israeli police officers near the holy site. In Jordan s capital of Amman Friday, thousands of protesters organized by Islamist groups took to the streets to decry the security measures. With our soul, with our blood, we will sacrifice ourselves for you, Al- Aqsa, they chanted, AFP reported. We will go to Al-Aqsa in our millions as martyrs. Jordan, one of two Arab countries that have peace treaties with Israel, is the custodian of the Old City of Jerusalem s Muslim holy sites, including the Temple Mount, through the Islamic Waqf. In Istanbul Thursday night, Turkish Islamists protested outside of the Neve Shalom synagogue with signs denouncing Israel as a terrorist state. Israel has banned Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque for many years, said local Islamist leader Kursat Mican, the Hurriyet Daily News reported. It has not stopped at that and now it is harassing our Palestinian brothers by putting X-ray devices at the entrances to our sanctuary. Our brothers are not able to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque. This is limiting to freedom of religion, faith and worship. The Turkish Chief Rabbinate Foundation condemned the protest and urged authorities to take action. We are condemning the provocative act in front of the Neve Shalom synagogue and expecting related authorities to do what s necessary, the foundation posted on Twitter. Other protests against Israel were held in the Lebanese city of Beirut and the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur. Israeli Tourists Threatened & Detained by Jordanian Police JNS About 20 Israeli tourists were temporarily detained by Jordanian police and threatened with imprisonment Monday at a hotel near Petra. The group was in Jordan to visit the grave of the biblical high priest Aaron, the brother of Moses, who died at Mount Hor, which is located in modern-day Jordan. Monday was the first day of the Hebrew month Av, the anniversary of Aaron s death. While other Jewish visitors were allowed to get to Aaron s grave, Jordanian police prevented one group of haredi Jews from leaving their hotel. The group s detention came amid Israeli-Jordanian tension over Jerusalem s Temple Mount holy site. The Jordanian Islamic Waqf administers the Temple Mount, where Israel had installed metal detectors to prevent future terror attacks such as the July 14 killing of two Israeli policemen. One of the tourists, Rabbi Menashe Zelicha of Bnei Brak, told Israel s Kol Chai radio station that Jordanian police told the visitors it is forbidden for Jews to pray in the country. [Police said] we cannot pray, even in the hotel, even inside our room, Zelicha said. Policemen came into the hotel and were shouting and went wild, saying that in a minute they would take us out of Jordan if we made even a tiny squeak. They told us, Whoever prays will be taken to jail. The Israeli government subsequently advised the Jewish tourists to keep a low profile and follow police s instructions, Israel s Foreign Ministry said, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

66 July 27, 2017 Hungarian Prime Minister Acknowledges Sin of WWII in Meeting with Netanyahu JNS Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in a meeting with his Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acknowledged Hungary s sin during World War II and vowed to protect his country s Jewish community. We decided in World War II, instead of protecting the Jewish community, to cooperate with the Nazis. This will never happen again, Orban said. I made it clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the government will secure the Jewish minority and that we have zero tolerance to anti-semitism. Hungary s Nazi-allied government sent nearly half a million Hungarian Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust. Orban recently came under criticism for praising WORLD NEWS thefjj.com 66 Hungary s Holocaust-era leader Miklós Horthy, an ally of Adolf Hitler, as an exceptional statesman. Netanyahu s visit to Hungary, the first official trip to the country by a sitting Israeli prime minister in 30 years, comes amid controversy surrounding the Hungarian government s campaign against Hungarianborn Jewish billionaire George Soros. Israeli critics of Netanyahu have said he has not gone far enough to pressure Orban to end his campaign against Soros, which many view as anti-semitic. Posters featuring Soros had been displayed in the country s streets, depicting him grinning with the caption, Let s not let Soros have the last laugh. Netanyahu has long been a critic of Soros, who funds anti-israel causes. Gaza-Egypt Border to Open in August, Move Expected to Ease Electricity Crisis JNS Former Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan claims the Hamasruled territory can expect to see the easing of its electricity crisis due to the opening of its border with Egypt in August. The exiled Palestinian Fatah faction leader, who is currently based in the United Arab Emirates, made the statements in a phone interview with The Associated Press, asserting that agreements were reached in quiet negotiations with Hamas and Egypt. Dahlan attributed the breakthrough to good chemistry with the Hamas terror group s newly elected political chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, who grew up with Dahlan in Gaza s Khan Younis neighborhood but joined Hamas instead of its rival, Fatah. According to Dahlan, a $100 million Gulf-funded power plant will eventually be constructed in Gaza, easing electricity shortages. Gaza s only power plant ran out of fuel in April, with Hamas blaming the energy shortage on high fuel taxes imposed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), which is controlled by Fatah. Since then, Gaza has primarily relied on electricity supplied by Israel and paid for by the PA. The PA recently reduced its payments to Israel for the electricity, leading the Jewish state to cut the power supply to Gaza by almost a third, precipitating Gaza s current energy crisis. Israel & France Set to Launch Joint Micro- Satellite to Monitor Climate Change JNS Venus, a micro-satellite weighing 585 pounds that was jointly designed by Israeli and French aerospace firms, will launch early next month with the aim of monitoring climate change. The mission, which will closely monitor the impact of human activity on vegetation as well as monitor water and carbon levels, aims to observe 110 sites on five continents every two days, according to Venus project leader Pierric Ferrier. The micro-satellite was built as part of collaboration between Israel Aerospace Industries and France s space agency. Additionally, Israel s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provided the micro-satellite s electric propulsion system and Elbit Systems provided its high-resolution camera. Jean-Yves Le Gal, president of the French National Center for Space Studies, hailed the French-Israeli collaboration. Venus is a Franco-Israeli satellite with a scientific as well as a technological goal, he said, Reuters reported. Scientific, because it will enable us to observe vegetation with a two-day frequency and a high precision, and this within a specific environment in the context of the fight against climate change. It is definitely a satellite at the service of the fight against climate change.and technological, because for the first time we are going to use a plasmic propulsion designed by Israel and it will enable us to test this propulsion while in orbit. It is a great example of successful space collaboration between France and Israel. The satellite is slated to be launched Aug. 1 from French Guyana, with its mission scheduled to last three and a half years.

67 July 27, 2017 Pence: US Will Move Embassy to Jerusalem JNS Vice President Mike Pence said that relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is only a matter of time. I promise you that the day will come when President Donald Trump moves the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It is not a question of if, it is only when, Pence told the 12th annual Christians United for Israel summit in Washington, D.C. Pence said he and Trump stand without apology for Israel today, and touted the president s trip to Israel in May. Standing in Jerusalem, in that ancient and holy city, our president declared for all the world to hear that under his leadership, the United States of America will always stand with Israel, said Pence. Trump signed a waiver June 1 to keep the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, avoiding a move to Jerusalem for an additional six months. Since Congress passed legislation in 1995 authorizing the relocation of the embassy to Jerusalem, every sitting president has signed successive six-month waivers delaying the move, citing national security concerns. Trump Aide Greenblatt Heads to Israel to Diffuse Temple Mount Crisis JNS President Donald Trump s international negotiations representative, Jason Greenblatt, arrived in Israel Monday to mediate discussions between Israel, the Palestinians and the Jordanians over the Temple Mount crisis. A Trump administration official said the purpose of Greenblatt s trip is to support efforts to reduce tensions in the region, The Times of Israel reported. A Palestinian terrorist fatally stabbed an Israeli father and two of his adult children last Friday night in the Samaria community of Halamish. Palestinian rioting and violence has escalated following Israel s installation of metal detectors at the Temple Mount s entrance gates, a move that came in response to the July 14 Arab terror attack that killed two Israeli Druze policemen near the holy site. U.S. NEWS thefjj.com 67 US Consul in Israel Erases Jewish history Stephen M. Flatow/JNS The U.S. consul general in Jerusalem recently set off on the first leg of a 200-mile hike that will simultaneously promote one pro-palestinian myth while inadvertently exploding another. That s quite a twofer! Consul General Donald Blome is an avid hiker. For some reason, he has decided to ignore Israeli hiking trails in Judea and Samaria, and instead is making his way across the Masar Ibrahim Al-Khalil, or the Ibrahim Path, which runs from northern Samaria to southern Judea. The website of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem quotes Blome as explaining that this journey is all about exploring the connection of the people with the land. But he s not talking about the Jewish people, who have a 3,000-year-old connection to the land through which he is hiking. Instead, Blome has in mind the connection of people who only started calling themselves Palestinians in the 1970s and who in many cases are actually the descendants of Egyptian, Syrian or Lebanese Arabs who arrived in the 1920s and 1930s. Blome began his hike in the Arab village of Rummana, north of Jenin, and will conclude in the Old City of Hebron, as he calls it. There will be no stops along the way in the sites that genuinely demonstrate the ancient connection between the people and the land such as Shiloh, the first resting place of the biblical tabernacle and the center of Jewish religious life before the building of the First Temple. Nor will the consul general be visiting Beit El, where the patriarch Jacob had his famous dream of the angels ascending and descending to heaven. Blome appears to have forgotten that the Jewish presence in that Old City of Hebron is a lot older than that of the Muslims. The Jewish connection dates back to Abraham s purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs. Muslims did not show up in the area until more than 2,000 years later. For some reason, the U.S. consulate is determined to wipe out Jewish history in the Holy Land. I suppose one could say that s consistent with the recent decision by UNESCO to brand the Cave of the Patriarchs a Palestinian historical site. But it s not the kind of behavior we were expecting from a representative of President Donald Trump s administration. (Blome assumed the consul general post in July 2015, during President Barack Obama s tenure.) While promoting one myth, however, Blome has unintentionally exposed another. Few Americans have heard of the Ibrahim Trail. Based on what they read in the newspapers and what they hear from former U.S. envoys such as Dennis Ross and Martin Indyk the American public is led to believe that Israel occupies the Palestinians, controls their movement and prevents their access to neighboring communities. Yet thousands of Palestinian hikers each year traverse the Ibrahim trail without interruption for 200 miles, proceeding from the Masar Ibrahim Al-Khalil is a trail that runs through the West Bank from the Mediterranean olive groves of the highlands of the north to the silence of the deserts in the south, from the area west of Jenin to the area south of the Sanctuary of Abraham (known in Arabic as Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi) in the city of (Hebron), as the U.S. consulate s website describes it. Where are all the Israeli occupation troops? Where are the checkpoints that supposedly make the lives of Palestinians miserable? Where s all the persecution, oppression and humiliation that we re always reading about? They re nowhere to be found. The hikers aren t stopped by Israeli soldiers. They aren t bossed around by an Israeli military governor. That s because way back in 1995, then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin withdrew all of Israel s troops from the areas where more than 98 percent of the Palestinian Arabs reside. The hikers almost certainly won t see any Israeli security checkpoints, because 26 of the 27 checkpoints are set up along Israel s border with the Palestinian Authority (PA), not inside the areas the PA controls. Giving the PA control over so much land that is steeped in Judaism and Jewish history was an extraordinary sacrifice by Israel, one that few in the international community have ever appreciated. Perhaps that is something for Blome to contemplate during the long hours of quiet reflection he will enjoy as he hikes across the land of Israel in the weeks ahead.

68 JULY 27, 2017 Power Points on the Parsha RABBI EPHRAIM NISENBAUM Parshas Devarim thefjj.com 68 These are the words that Moshe spoke to all of Israel... (Devarim 1:1) Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev explains that only when Moshe spoke to the Jewish people did he chastise them. When he spoke to Hashem, however, he would always defend his beloved nation. The Satmar Rebbe was known for his strong opposition to secular Zionism, and he strongly criticized its adherents regarding their indifference and antagonism to Torah. Someone once criticized the Rebbe for his opposition, claiming that even Avraham beseeched Hashem on behalf of the wicked Sodomites, who were surely more depraved than any fellow Jew. Believe me, my opposition, too, is only what I say to the Zionists themselves, the Rebbe replied. When I speak to Hashem, I pray for the good of every one of them! These are the words that Moshe spoke to all of Israel... concerning the wilderness, the plain (Devarim 1:1) Moshe rebuked the people before he passed away because he felt his words would be most effective this way. Rav Aryeh Levin heard about a shopkeeper in Yerushalayim who refused to close his store for Shabbos. Rav Aryeh visited the store on a Friday afternoon and sat quietly nearby. Eventually, the shopkeeper asked the rabbi why he was sitting in front of his store. I have heard that you keep your store open on Shabbos, Rav Aryeh said softly. I wanted to see for myself Marble how busy you must be, and how difficult a challenge it must be for you to close your business. The man was so touched by the rabbi s sensitive rebuke that he promised to close the business for Shabbos. All of you approached me and said, Let us send people before us to explore (Devarim 1:22) The Midrash implies from these words that the people came to Moshe in a disorderly manner. Children pushed before their elders, and people pushed aside the leaders. This breach of respect led to the downfall of the generation, as did no other sin, and they were destined to die in the wilderness. The Chofetz Chaim was informed that a student in his yeshivah was caught committing serious transgressions. The Chofetz Chaim decided to give the student a chance to improve his behavior. Shortly after this occurred, the Chofetz Chaim was apprised of yet another student speaking rudely to his hostess. However, in this instance, the Chofetz Chaim insisted the student leave the yeshivah immediately. When he was asked why he had been stricter with the second student, whose offense apparently had not been as serious as the first student s, the Chofetz Chaim replied, Pirkei Avos [5:20] teaches that one who is brazen is destined for Gehinom. Why? Because while all sins can be rectified through teshuvah, disrespectful behavior prevents a person from repenting. Teshuvah requires a humble spirit, something sorely missing in the insolent person. Brazenness is thus worse than other sins. Granite, Concrete & Terrazzo SINCE These are the words that Moshe spoke to all of Israel... concerning the wilderness, the plain (Devarim 1:1) Moshe showed great sensitivity to the nation, when chastising them, only alluding to their sins indirectly, so as not to shame them. Rav Elya Lopian once reprimanded a student for being tardy to prayer services. Unfortunately, the student did not take the words to heart and he continued to come late. Rav Elya pulled the student aside and said to him, It pains me so much to see your lackadaisical attitude towards prayer. If you only knew how much I love you and am concerned for you, I would punish you. But I see you are unaware of my love and concern, and so I do not feel comfortable punishing you. These deeply felt words left more of an impact on the student than anything else. Fear no man... (Devarim 1:17) A student of Rav Yisrael Salanter came to him to receive rabbinic ordination. Rav Yisrael asked him, Have you learned all five volumes of the Shulchan Aruch? But there are only four volumes to the Shulchan Aruch! the young man said hesitantly. The fifth volume is the obligation to be solid in the fear of Hashem, Rav Yisrael replied. In order to lead a congregation, it is necessary to lead with absolute conviction and not fear any person. I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against Hashem s word and intentionally traveled to the mountain... (Devarim 1:43) Although Moshe told the people they would no longer be able to enter the Land, many of them insisted on doing so anyway. Sincere intentions are meaningless if one does not follow the Torah s guidance. Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky served as the Rav in a small Lithuanian town. One year before Yom Kippur, an elderly woman asked him to speak to her husband. The doctor had forbidden her husband to fast, but he refused to listen. Rav Yaakov explained to the man that under the circumstances, his mitzvah was to preserve his health, not to fast. The man, however, ignored the Rav s admonition. Unfortunately, the fellow took ill on Yom Kippur and passed away. When the family asked Rav Yaakov to eulogize the man, he refused. This man refused to accept my rabbinic authority, Rav Yaakov said, and I cannot, in good conscience, offer words of eulogy. Rav Shlomo Wolbe said that frumkeit is just one letter away from krumkeit. These are the words that Moshe spoke to all of Israel... concerning the wilderness, the plain (Devarim 1:1) Moshe was careful not to embarrass the Jewish people when chastising them. Rav Dovid Kronglass, Mashgiach of Yeshivas Ner Israel, was careful to maintain a balance between chastising the students when necessary and preserving their dignity. Once Rav Dovid saw a student sporting a loud-colored sweater he felt was inconsistent with the yeshivah s dress code. He called the student over and complimented him on his sweater s uniquely bright colors. The student understood that this was a hint of sorts. He realized the Mashgiach felt that the sweater attracted too much attention, and the young man did not wear it again. Fear no man... (Devarim 1:17) Rav Shmuel Salant, Rav of Yerushalayim, once ruled against a rather belligerent fellow. The man refused to accept the Rav s ruling, and he threatened to break the windows of the Rav s house. I am not afraid of you, Rav Salant responded calmly. Do you think I would just sit by idly if you broke my windows? The man was startled by the Rav s demeanor, and was so concerned that the Rav would report him to the authorities that he ran away. The Rav s family asked him, Well, what would you do if he carried out his threat? I certainly wouldn t sit by idly, the Rav replied. I would hire the glazer to fix the windows right away!

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70 JULY 27, 2017 SIMCHA SECTION thefjj.com 70 Ask the Flatbush Shadchan Mrs. Chana Rose YOUR QUESTIONS TO THEFJJ.COM Q Divorced and Looking DEAR MRS. ROSE, I am a 30 year old divorcee with one child. I m considered attractive, smart, accomplished and I have a good job. I come from a great family, warm, balabatish and involved in the klal. I would also say that I am well balanced. My divorce was amicable and therefore my daughter is well adjusted. She has sheichus with her father and he does his share of support and visitation. As I look to the future and want to enter into a meaningful marriage, I see a bleak road ahead. I see the good eligible men amongst the divorced population have a wide choice of wonderful older single girls. Therefore, what are my chances of finding a normal, balanced person? I m divorced a year and have not had a date, or a normal suggestion yet. What are my chances, and how should I go about finding Mr. Right? I was already zoche to have had Mr.Wrong. Also, since we are on the topic of divorce, in your opinion, why are there so many of us? Why is divorce so prevalent in our community? Divorced and Looking NEWS TR VEL W MEN SIMC A HEAL H & M RE FLATBUSH JEWISH JOURNAL INFO@THEFJJ.COM A DEAR DIVORCED AND LOOKING, Thank you for your question! Between the lines I see that you have quite a positive and upbeat attitude. Kol Hakovod!! Let me address the second part first. Unfortunately as much as we consider ourselves an insulated community, the outside world and its influences have encroached upon us. These influences are overt and subtle, and we have allowed ourselves to come under their hashpaah. We have become a disposable society. Women are no longer tied into their husband s income and the noble quest of Kevoda Bas Melech Penima has been discarded for careers. Life is tough today. There is a lot of stress and not everyone is coping. At the end of the day, add divorce to the list of nisyonos that klal yisroel is experiencing in our present generation and our golus. Perhaps we have to be less judgmental and improve on our ahavas yisroel and yiras shamayim. Now to finding Mr. Right--- the same way that Mr. Wrong came your way because that was bashert at the time, so too will Mr. Right. I m a big believer in hishtadlus and being proactive. People have to know that you are ready and looking. I was privileged to be able to participate in a Shidduch event for divorced women. Every participant was able to meet about 15 shadchanim. That was enough hishtadlus to last awhile. Perhaps you should find out if there are events such as this in your community. As a community we should all be involved in helping with shidduchim, whether it s for singles or second timers. You are right, there are many divorced men that marry single girls, but I have also seen single men marrying divorced girls with children. For your bashert, the Ribbono Shel Olam will create a scenario geared just for you. Keep up your positive attitude. Remember Emunah and Simchas Hachaim!! B hatzlocho, Chana Rose

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72 July 27, 2017 Guide to Summer Grocery Shopping - Part II Rochelle Rothman If you are going away to a summer home, you naturally will be doing a major shopping trip to the local supermarket in that locale. Find out beforehand what kosher foods they stock that you require for your family. If you are doubtful they stock it, it is a good idea to purchase it at home and bring enough with you for the duration of your stay at that location. This works well with all dry staples. Of course, if you are bringing items that require refrigeration, many stores will package it for you in special boxes for the trip. Here are more shopping tips for you to clip and save. Grains and Breads: Be sure to include whole-grain breads, brown rice, whole-grain crackers, and low-fat, high-fiber cereals in your meal plan. Read labels to find whole-grain breads. Words on the label like multigrain can be misleading. Check the ingredients list and make sure that one of the first few ingredients is a whole grain. Examples of whole grains include 100 percent whole-wheat flour, brown rice, whole oats or oatmeal, cracked wheat, whole-grain corn, and whole-grain barley (unpearled). If you re not used to eating wholegrain foods, you might start with whole wheat blend pastas and breads, which use a mix of refined and whole-wheat flour. These are a good introduction to the taste and texture of whole grains and can help you transition to 100 percent whole-grain products. Visit the international or ethnic foods aisle for whole-grain mixes like tabbouleh, bulgur, quinoa, and flavored brown rice dishes. If you buy granola bars, choose a product that has more than 2 grams of WOMEN'S WORLD thefjj.com 72 fiber and less than 12 grams of sugar in each bar. Look for cereal with more than 5 grams of fiber and less than 12 grams of sugar in each serving (if the cereal contains dried fruit, allow a bit more sugar). Don t forget that you can combine your favorite cereal with one that is higher in fiber - this will satisfy both your taste buds and your fiber needs. Deli Items: You can reduce the fat content of sandwiches, snacks, and salads by choosing lean deli cuts and prepared foods. Choose baked, rotisserie, or broiled meats that aren t prepared in oil-based sauces. If you re unsure how something is prepared, ask the person working behind the counter. Steer clear of side dishes prepared with mayonnaise. If you buy a rotisserie chicken, remove the skin and choose lean parts like the breast. If you aren t sure which items are lower in fat, just ask. Meats, Poultry, and Fish: With meats, poultry, and fish, the number one rule of thumb is go lean. Look for cuts of meat that have the least marbling (meaning the ones with the fewest visible white lines of fat). When buying poultry, stick with white-meat cuts. Buy skinless cuts, or remove the skin yourself before cooking. Try boneless, skinless chicken tops, turkey cutlets, or lean ground turkey (a great alternative to ground beef). Beef cuts are now labeled with the percentage of fat they contain - choose cuts that are 90 to 95 percent lean. Fish is a terrific source of lean protein and can be very easy to prepare. Halibut, whitefish, and salmon are great choices. Tired of throwing out food? No BPA Organize your kitchen clutter NOW!!! Get rid of your freezer mess! No more UFO s! (Unidentified foreign objects) FREE GIFTS to all Kallah orders over $ Minimum-10% FREE products plus MORE!! Call Rochelle Rothman at to find out details Your Kitchen CAN look like this!! Watermelon Snow 1 cup watermelon, cut-up, pitted 3 tablespoons sugar (Multiply the amount per each serving) Put in blender one cup at a time with sugar. Keep mixing until you have the desired amount. Pour into Tupperware Freezer container and place in freezer. Remove when edges are firm. Put in blender again and blend until fluffy. Freeze in individual serving dishes (snack cups, dessert dishes). Remove from freezer about 10 minutes before serving to have frothy consistency. Garnish with strawberries or whipped cream. Cantelope Snow 1 cup cantelope, cut-up, pitted 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Instructions: Use same instructions as Watermelon Snow. Enjoy! Frozen Foods: If you stock your freezer with healthy frozen foods, you ll always have fruits, vegetables, and a smart dessert option on hand when you need them. No time to cook? Try one of the many frozen entrées available. These are great on busy nights, or you can keep them in the freezer at work for lunch. Look for the healthy or lean frozen meals that are lower in fat and calories than regular frozen meals. Your frozen entrées should contain no more than milligrams of sodium, calories, and 12 grams of fat. If the entrée has fewer than calories, you can add calories by means of salads, fruits, vegetables, yogurt, or other items to avoid hunger. Frozen fruits and vegetables are healthful and convenient. Frozen vegetables can usually be substituted easily for fresh vegetables in recipes, soups, and side dishes. Frozen waffles are delicious and satisfying. Top whole-grain waffles with fresh fruit or a bit of maple syrup for a quick breakfast. Snack Foods: You don t have to stay out of the snack food aisle altogether - just choose low-fat, high-fiber options and single-serving packages where you can. For healthier options, stock up on rice cakes, popcorn cakes, oat-bran pretzel sticks and reduced-fat microwave popcorn. Additional Tips: If you choose low-fat or reduced-fat potato or tortilla chips, read and compare labels. Often, fatfree or reduced-fat chips have the same number of calories as regular chips, so make sure you keep your portions small. Don t eat directly out of the bag - take your portion, then put the bag away. Oat-bran pretzel sticks are delicious and higher in fiber than other pretzels. Don t pass up the rice cakes and popcorn cakes. Caramel rice cakes are delicious, crunchy, and sweet. Look for other flavors to satisfy a craving for something crunchy without all the fat and calories of potato chips. Reduced-fat microwave popcorn is a great snack. Some brands offer single-serving microwave bags, which can help with portion control. Or just buy popcorn kernels and pop your own without butter. Whenever we go food shopping, especially in warm weather, we carry along in our car, a cooler chest with dry ice to protect out perishable food. This way, you can do multiple errands and don t have to rush home immediately to store your food in the refrigerator or freezer. This will save you time and gas! Over 550 recipes and tips are featured in Rochelle s humorous and entertaining cookbook, NOT JUST A COOKBOOK. It also features many multi-ethnic recipes that were adapted for the Kosher cook. Rochelle s book examines food around the year by month. Call for more information. 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73 JULY 27, 2017 WOMEN'S WORLD thefjj.com 73 Ladies Shiurim Directory Please contact individual Shiurim/Shuls to confirm weekly schedule, which may vary. Shuls & Speakers are welcome to submit shiurim to: MAGGID SHIUR TOPIC TIME LOCATION RABBI ALPORT/GUEST/ MRS. ESTHER WEIN Shmuel Beis Tuesday 1:15-3:45 pm Chochmas Noshim West 1259 East 22nd (Ave. L) R' AVROHOM BACKENROTH Hashkafa from the Parsha Alternate Thursdays 8:45 PM Young Israel of Ave K 2818 Ave K RABBI MOSHE BARIDES Parsha & Hashkafa Shabbos 45 min before minha Cong. Yam Hatorah 1573 East 10th Street RABBINIT K. SARAH COHEN Shabbat Parsha Wed. bi-monthly 8:15 PM 902 Ocean Parkway #6D RABBI DANIEL EISENBACH Parsha Shabbos 1/2 hour before Mincha Avenue N Jewish Center Corner Ave N & East 4th The name you know you can trust! RABBI DANIEL EISENBACH RABBI FRIEMAN RABBI MEIR FUND RABBI AVROHOM GARFINKEL Pirkei Avos Parsha & Halacha Parsha Tefillah L'Shabbos Thursday 8:15 PM Tuesday 9:15-9:45 pm Shabbos 2:30 pm Alternate Wednesdays 8:00-9:00 pm Avenue N Jewish Center Corner Ave N & East 4th Dial: Conference ID # Cong. Beth Shnay-Or 1126 E. 12 Street Congregation Bnei Israel 3190 Bedford Avenue MRS. CHAYA GINZBERG Pirkei Avos / Mishlei Tuesdays 8:30 pm Bet Yakob Shul Ocean Parkway & Ave. R 1424 Coney Island Ave. Bet. Aves J-K RABBI DOVID GOLDWASSER MRS. HENDEL / MRS. CHITRIK Pirkei Avos Parsha Shabbos 5:45 PM Wednesday 9:00 PM Cong. Bnei Yitzchok 1143 E. 19th Call for location: MRS. LINDA JACOBSON/ RABBI C. M. JACOBSON Human Relation, The Torah Way Thursday 11:00 AM Homecrest Shul MRS. IVY KALAZAN Parsha Tuesdays 9:45 AM Elbogen 1069 East 24th Street REBBETZIN VITAL KALMANOWITZ Chovos Halevovos Sunday 10:15 AM 1153 East 9th Street side entrance MRS. VICKY LEW Sefer Bereishis Tuesday 8:00 PM Young Israel of Bedford Bay 2114 Brown Street (U& V) RABBI MOSHE TUVIA LIEFF Power of Tefillah Alternate Tuesdays 8:30 pm Agudah Bais Binyomin 2913 Avenue L MRS. SARAH MALKA Beiur Tefilah Wednesday 1:45-2:15 PM Benno Home 418 Quentin Road RABBI YOSEF Y. PALTIEL Davening Monday 9:00-10:00 PM Chabad of Flatbush 1923 Ocean Avenue (N&O) MRS. SARAH SASSON Chofetz Chaim & Parsha Shabbos 11:15 AM Homecrest Shul MRS. SHIRA SMILES Parsha Sunday 10:00 AM Young Israel of Ave. L RABBI YECHIEL SNOW Parsha Shabbos 5:00 PM Young Israel of Midwood Advertise In The FJJ Upcoming Special Issue: MRS. SHANIE STERN RABBI DAVID SUTTON Parsha/Hilchos Brachos Inyanei D'Yoma Shabbos 5:30 PM Sunday 1:00 PM for location shaina22@aol.com Strettiner Bais Medrash Bay Pkwy & Ocean Pkwy BACK TO SCHOOL AUGUST 31 REBBETZIN SARA TIKTIN RABBI ZECHARIAH WALLERSTEIN RABBI YISROEL DOV WEBSTER RABBI YOSEPH VIGLER Parsha Parsha Hilchos Tefillah Torah and Tea Sunday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Wednesday 9:30 pm Wednesday AM Wednesday 10:10 AM Young Israel of Flatbush Ohr Naava 2201 East 23rd Street Agudah of 18th Ave th Avenue Mayan Yisroel 3315 Avenue N ROTATING MAGIDEI SHIUR Beiur Tefilah Sunday 10:15-11AM Weinreb Home 103 Parkville Ave ads@thefjj.com Shuls & Speakers are welcome to submit shiurim to: info@thefjj.com

74 July 27, 2017 Heart Notes from Argentina BY MORAH LUNI Hashem Fulfills Our Wishes! How are you dear mums? Today we are going to share a sweet reality experienced by a Chacham (just after Pessach) which had a good ending thanks to his strong Emunah. A Rabbi from Israel (whose name I can t say) was in fact in despair because he was full of debts at the end of Pessach and with his empty fridge, he needed at least 500 Shekalim to provide for his large family. Who can I ask for money? I dare not do it! Please Bore Olam, I need 500 Shekalim! And so he decided to pour all his needs into his Tefillot. The day was going by and by the time of Minchah he still did not have any food to give his kids. The time for Arbit was closer but before that, he used to give a Shiur of Daf Yomi. But suddenly, one of his students (a Baal Ha Bait), came to him and told him: Take this please Chacham! These 1000 Shekalim are for you! I have learned from you the Mitzvah of Maaser How can they be mine?, he asked. I will explain it to you. I have a partner with whom I obviously share my earnings. This morning I sold some articles for Shekalim, they were for my partner, for me and for the assistant who helps us. I put them all into my briefcase and on my way home, stopped at the traffic light I decided to count them. What was my surprise when I found out there were only instead of Shekalim. I got both distressed and afraid. I could not understand what had happened. Had I been robbed of the money? Now I had less! What should I tell my assistant? All of a sudden I remembered your Shiur and the Mussar you gave us about giving Maaser and I promised that if I found the money I would give Shekalim to my Chacham. The incredible thing was that the idea of counting it for a second time crossed my mind, and oh Hashem!! TALKING TO HASHEM IS A DAILY THERAPY WOMEN'S WORLD thefjj.com 74 I had not realized that they were all 200 Shekalim bills and I had taken them as if they were 100. I could not believe my eyes! On listening to this story this Tzaddik Rabbi understood with great emotion that Bore olam had remembered (Kabiachol) his necessity, making one of his Talmidim mistake the counting of his money. But I believe, Le Fi Aniut Dati, that this Tzaddik s Emunah plays an important role in this story. This is a short and simple tale but it shows us something which is very difficult to accept: when we lack something, we go mad if we do not see a convincing solution immediately and we then go to the Siddur as the last option. We must understand that out Tefillah is our Fatal Weapon for all our problems! Talking to Him is a daily therapy and, for us women, doing it three times a day if it is possible, make us feel a whole dependence! This is life! I know that in this Dor, the size and quantity of mobile phones are overcoming things that can never be solved with electronic devices. The words, the devotion and the feeling of dependence bring Brachah to the world, Afilu you have 20 cars, 100 phones or 10 million dollars, we must know that just with a little, our life can revert to the good or (Chas Veshalom) to the other side. There is no Emunah on our communication, it is just a means allowed by the Creator to solve our jobs faster but, what happens when they say Sorry, there is no system! But, there IS System in the Shamaim! He rules everything! Just imagine if one day the light of the world is cut off! Who could we turn to? Let s not wait for the last resource to do our daily therapy. Make it a habit and a Simchah to open our Siddur twice or three times a day and talk to Whom most listens to us and Who answers our prayers faster! I hope you have enjoyed it! Shabbat Shalom! Morah Luni nterpersonal Edge TOOLS FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Don t Take People Personally Dr. Daneen Skube Tribune Content Agency Q. I want to enjoy my job, but so often I find people are grumpy, paranoid or critical of me that it makes me not want to go to work. How can I have peace of mind in my work and navigate all the interpersonal huffiness? A. The main mistake most of us make in trying to understand other people is the belief that people are reacting uniquely to us. The truth is most people don t think about us much at all. They react to the inner demons, memories and fears that we may trigger, but the reactions are not about us specifically. The other truth is these reactions are not uniquely in response to us; it s how they generally react to everyone. You may feel less special if you realize others aren t reacting to you, but you ll also feel a lot less at fault. Now, I m not saying that if someone asks you, say, not to raise your voice when you speak to them that it isn t wise for you to learn how to be more effective with that individual. I am saying that if a coworker thinks you are yelling when your voice is soft, that issue isn t about you. The problem with taking the reactions of everyone around us personally is we then believe we need to defend or explain ourselves. A more useful response is to express genuine curiosity about the reaction of your coworker. You could say: So, you think I am yelling at you right now. Can you tell me more about that? You ll get good information. If you ask calm questions about how others react, you ll learn what is going on with people. Perhaps they worry about being stupid, making a mistake or offending people. If you defend yourself because you believe the reaction is about you, then you don t have the information you need to be effective with that person. Most people truly have no idea who you are. In fact, most people have no idea who they are. Looking at others and expecting their reaction to accurately reflect your intentions is like gazing in a broken mirror to see your reflection. You may often have benevolent, kind and helpful intentions and yet get a puzzlingly negative response. Again, if you can quit putting an equal sign between what you intend and how you are being perceived, your entire workplace will make better sense. In my field we use the term already listening to describe habitual ways a person perceives the world. For instance, a paranoid, frightened person will always see a threat even when none exists. If you have a coworker who is paranoid, it is wise to use all your anxiety reducing skills. However, on a bad day he or she will still see you as out to get him or her. When you go to work on Monday, try looking at the reactions of everyone in your office through a new lens. Imagine how much more calmly, effectively and inquisitively you d react if you knew each person was not uniquely reacting to you. Imagine how much more you d learn about coworkers and how much better you d work with everyone. You ll also discover throughout the day how much more peace of mind you have when you stop taking the blame for everyone s emotional reactions to you. The Last Word(s) Q. I have a coworker who has thrown me under the bus at work, and I d really like to get even with him. Is there a best way to get revenge without hurting myself? A. Yes, focus on your own success rather than hurting your coworker. Use your creativity to plot your goals rather than plotting ways to stab your coworker in the back. Daneen Skube, Ph.D., executive coach, trainer, therapist and speaker. She is also author of Interpersonal Edge: Breakthrough Tools for Talking to Anyone, Anywhere, About Anything (Hay House, 2006). You can contact Dr. Skube at or 1420 NW Gilman Blvd., #2845, Issaquah, WA (c) 2017 Interpersonal Edge distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

75 July 27, 2017 Managing Humility A Rav and Psychotherapist Speaks Rabbi Akiva Stolper LCSW The Ramban, in his famous epistle to his elder son Nachman, reveals that humility is the most coveted and sterling of all the character traits. In contrast, the Gemara in Gittin 56a shares that when Bar Kamtza plotted against the Jewish people with his blemished sacrifice, it was precisely the humility of Rabbi Zecharia Ben Avkulas that precipitated the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash! In order to understand the healthy parameters of humility, we must study the enigmatic laws of the Parah Adumah. The Holy Baal Shem Tov Z YA taught that all the mitzvos of the Torah regardless of their constrained time and performance restrictions, have eternal and timeless application. His students challenged him to find contemporary application to the mitzva of Parah Adumah which is relegated only to the time of the Bais Hamikdash. The Ba al Shem responded just as the Parah Adumah has the ability to bring ritual purity to those who are defiled and defilement to those who are ritually pure, similarly, gaavah i.e. pride, represented by the red hue of the Parah, has the capacity to bring those distant from Hashem close and those close to Hashem distant. In order to properly perform mitzvos and grow in our service of the Divine we must possess a healthy measure of pride and self -esteem. The Yetzer Harah encourages us to harbor thoughts of inferiority and humility in order to rob us of the confidence necessary to inspire spiritual growth. The Pasuk in Divrei Hayamim 2 17:6, his heart was proud in the ways of Hashem teaches us that it is impossible to come close to Hashem without possessing the character trait of pride. Once an individual has achieved success and greatness in the service of the Divine, then humility is to be employed to serve as an essential ingredient in preserving the purity, integrity and sincerity of one s deeds. Thus pride is essential for those who are distant and yet unaccomplished in regards to their service of Hashem while destructive for those who are close and have achieved greatness in their service of Hashem We can find support for this radical concept of the Ba al Shem from a number of sources. 1) Every Motzai Shabbos we quote Rav Yochanan Wherever we find the greatness of the Almighty, it is there that we see His humility (Megilah 31a). Humility is only to be found in the company of completed greatness. In order to attain greatness however, one needs to access pride and self confidence. 2) The Gemara in Chulin 89a comments Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik - Reb Chaim Brisker - Serving Another Jew Shaul Kassin A traveler wandered into Brisk late one night and while all the homes were dark, one home had a light shining in the window. He made his way to this home and after knocking was greeted by the Great Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik who lived there. He asked if he can stay for the night and Reb Chaim, who was known for his exemplary Chesed, was delighted with the opportunity to accommodate. He quickly sprang into action to bring food, make a bed, and cater to his guests every need. Realizing that he was dealing with the famed Reb Chaim Brisker himself, the guest could not allow Reb Chaim to lower himself to serve him. He vehemently protested and would not let the Great Rabbi engage in any trouble on his behalf. The next day in Shul the gabbai noticed the guest and was going to give him an Aliya as was customary for guests. Reb Chaim went to the gabbai and told him not to give the guest an Aliya to the Torah but rather he should give him Hagbaah. The gabbai obeyed Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik without questioning this odd request. After the guest was called for Hagbaah and was about to pick up the Sefer Torah, Reb Chaim made his way to the Bima and stopped the guest from picking up the Torah. Don t be Matriach yourself, it is quite heavy. The guest protested But is not a Tircha, it is a Zechut! Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik responded, And so is serving another Jew and doing the Mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim. I bestowed greatness to Abraham and he said I am but ashes and dust, I bestowed greatness to Moses and Aaron and they said who are we, I bestowed greatness to David and he said I am but a worm and not a man. The humility expressed by these great spiritual titans was only uttered after they attained greatness. In order to ascend the ladder of greatness, however, they needed to set aside any humility and adopt an attitude of extreme pride and confidence, an essential prerequisite for success. Psychological interventions that employ cognitive restructuring assist an individual in identifying dysfunctional beliefs and patterns of thought that underlie his problems. One of the greatest problems we suffer from is a negative feedback loop that constantly puts us down and minimizes our abilities and potential. This is why humility is only appropriate at the apex of our career and not at its nadir. A story is told of two mature Novardoka baalei mussar. The first insisted humbly that ich bin a garnisht (I am insignificant) the second countered nain, nain, ich bin a garnisht (no, no, I m insignificant). They went back-and-forth each insisting that he was less than the other, until a young unseasoned student passed by claiming ich bin a garnisht, to which the two mature students unanimously admonished who do you think you are! Indeed humility is only constructive and beneficial after one has achieved greatness in life. I vividly recall when the Mashgiach Maran Rav Shlomo Wolbe z l addressed the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn some 35 years ago. He quoted Rav Yisroel Salanter s recommendation of how a yeshiva bachur should proudly defend his opinion in learning: the true approach to arguing in learning is to learn venomously, vigorously upholding one s opinion at all costs (Ohr Yisroel, 6). The Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shmuel Birnbaum z tl, sitting in the back of the Bais Midrash, corroborated this assertive attitude with his body language, swaying backand-forth and fiercely pounding his fists together, for only with pride and confidence can a young man grow and develop in learning. Humility was not only responsible for the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash but may also have been responsible for the destruction of the potential development of many future Torah scholars thefjj.com 75 Allow me to close with a beautiful insight shared by R Schneur Zalman Yudkin shlit a. When Yoseph and Binyomin met after a hiatus of 22 years, they tearfully embraced. Rashi comments that Yoseph cried over the churban of the Bais Hamikdash situated in the portion of Binyamin and Binyamin cried over the churban of Mishkan Shilo situated in the portion of Yoseph. Why, asks Rav Yudkin, didn t they each cry over their own churban, electing rather to cry over their brother s churban? The answer is, that the way a Jew reacts to Churban and destruction is not to cry and fall apart but to commit themselves to rebuilding and reinstating the glory of their past. Indeed, tears are appropriate when somebody else suffers destruction and churban as a show of empathy and support. Therefore they each chose to cry over their brother s churban but tearlessly mustered pride, confidence and strength to rebuild their own personal churban. Rav Zecharia Ben Avkulas replaced leadership, strength, confidence and pride with humility and submission. This year, let us indeed cry over the Churban, for the agony of the Shechina and our fellow Jews. As for our personal mandate and mission, we must commit ourselves to proactively, proudly and confidently rebuild the Bais Hamikdash by accessing the greatness dormant inside each and every one of us in achieving our unique contribution, in Torah, Avodah and Gemilus Chasadim. Wishing you and your loved ones pride and confidence in your ability to contribute to the rebuilding of the Bais Hamikdash. Rabbi Akiva Stolper is the former Rav of Congregation Ohr Chaim in Miami Beach and is currently a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Flatbush. He may be reached via at rapstolper@aol.com.

76 Rav Pam CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 JULY 27, 2017 destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. As the navi shows, sin causes churban on a personal, communal, and national level. The proper way to mourn the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash is to strive to rectify the shortcomings that brought about the destruction, examples of which are found in the haftarah. When you come to appear before Me, who sought this from your hand, to trample My courtyards? (1:12) One of Yeshayahu s major criticisms of his people was their attitude toward the thrice-annual obligation of aliyah l regel (ascending to Jerusalem for the pilgrimage festivals) during Succos, Pesach, and Shavuos (see Shemos 23:17). As noted above, the people of Yehudah did not totally disregard this mitzvah and not come at all; they did come, but Hashem considered it as if they had come to trample My courtyards. He cried out, Who sought this from your hand? The purpose of bringing korbanos was to come close to Hashem, to recognize His omnipresent Hand in one s life. If bringing the korbanos became an empty ritual, devoid of any connection to spiritual elevation, who needed it? What value did it have? Aliyah l regel was an opportunity for spiritual inspiration. The nation was shown open miracles that demonstrated the profound love Hashem had for them (see Yoma 54a and Menachos 96b). They could experience the very presence of the Living G-d and take home that awareness to strengthen themselves and their families through the mundane, day-to-day existence that followed. How tragic it was that this opportunity was not fully utilized. This evoked the sharp criticism delivered by the navi Yeshayahu. In I Melachim (Ch. 21), the navi relates an incident that occurred with a man named Navos who failed to fulfill the mitzvah of aliyah l regel, with tragic consequences. Navos had a vineyard adjacent to the palace of the wicked king Achav. Achav desired this vineyard and tried to convince Navos to sell it to him, but Navos adamantly refused. Achav was crestfallen by the rebuff and grew depressed. His queen, the wicked Izevel, saw how sullen her husband had become and devised a plot to procure the vineyard for Achav. As recounted in the pesukim, she had Navos framed by two false witnesses who claimed he had cursed the Name of Hashem and the king, rebellious offenses for which the punishment was death and confiscation of all property, including the coveted vineyard (see Sanhedrin 48b). The Yalkut Shimoni (to I Melachim 221) explains why Navos deserved to die. Navos was a chazzan whose sweet pleasant voice was an added attraction for many Jews to ascend to Yerushalayim for aliyah l regel. He used his talent to bring honor to Hashem, in fulfillment of the pasuk (Mishlei 3:9), Honor Hashem with your wealth, which, as the Yalkut Shimoni says, means from that which Hashem has favored you. If you have a melodious voice, use it to daven at the amud. However, after Achav cast his covetous eyes on Navos vineyard, he was afraid to leave it and travel to Yerushalayim for aliyah l regel. Many people were disappointed that Navos had not come. For this failure to honor Hashem with your wealth by using his Divinely endowed singing talents, he was punished severely. Navos lost not only his vineyard, but his life as well! It is difficult to fathom such a severe punishment for one failure to fulfill aliyah l regel. Nonetheless, this does underscore a person s great responsibility to use his talents for Hashem and His people. Why then did Hashem give a person such blessed gifts and skills if not to be used for His service? A chazzan can inspire others with heartfelt prayer and song, a speaker with insightful words. A writer can motivate others with the power of his pen. A person blessed with wealth can build and support Torah and chesed organizations, while one with warmth and dynamism can bring lost Jews back to their spiritual roots. As we read this haftarah we should contemplate what we can do to rebuild Yerushalayim and the Beis HaMikdash. Let us take the message of Navos neglected mitzvah of aliyah l regel to heart as an example of talents and skills not properly and fully utilized, and the dire consequences for not doing so. By utilizing Hashem s blessings to the fullest we will merit to see the Beis HaMikdash rebuilt and the joyous resumption of the mitzvah of aliyah l regel. HISTORY W MARK ANDREWS TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY July 26: On this date in 1775, Benjamin Franklin became postmaster general. In 1953, Fidel Castro led an attack on Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban revolution that would sweep him to power five-anda-half years later. July 27: On this date in 1789, Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the State Department. In 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending 37 months of fighting. July 28: On this date in 1540, English King Henry VIII s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed on the same day Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. In 1945, a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York s Empire State Building, killing 14 people. July 29: On this date in 1588, the English navy defeated the larger Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines. In 1981, Britain s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul s Cathedral in London; they divorced in July 30: On this date in 1839, rebelling slaves seized control of the slave ship Amistad near Cuba. They ultimately were freed by a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1975, former Teamsters union President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared; his remains never were found. July 31: On this date in 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted more than 4, thefjj.com 76 RLD close-up pictures of the moon s surface before crashing into it. Aug. 1: On this date in 1790, the first U.S. Census was completed, showing a population of nearly 4 million. In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 15 people at the University of Texas in Austin before he was gunned down by police. Aug. 2: On this date in 1876, frontiersman James Butler Wild Bill Hickok was shot from behind The USS Nautilus permanently docked at the US Submarine Force Museum and Library and killed in a saloon in present-day South Dakota. Aug. 3: On this date in 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage to the present-day Americas. In 1958, the nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water. Aug. 4: On this date in 1735, a jury acquitted John Peter Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal of seditious libel. In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Mass. Lizzie Borden, Andrew Borden s daughter from a previous marriage, was tried but acquitted of the crime. Aug. 5: On this date in 1861, the U.S. federal government levied an income tax for the first time. Aug. 6: On this date in 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, and Serbia declared war on Germany at the outset of World War I. In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, hastening the end of World War II in the Pacific. The best estimate of dead and injured in both cities is almost 200,000 people.

77 JULY 27, 2017 Exhibit Tells a Holocaust Story of Resistance Through Photography DEBORAH FINEBLUM/JNS Susan Salzberg was the first to spot her late father-in-law s face a face with a striking resemblance to that of her 22-year-old son, Ari. In the photo, her father-in-law, who is pictured perched on a bread cart, is roughly the same age Ari is now. Indeed, one of Lewis Salzberg s jobs in the Lodz Ghetto was to hand out bread rations, according to Susan s husband and his son, Stuart Salzberg. But since as many as 200,000 Jews passed through the Lodz Ghetto from , the Salzberg family hardly expected to see Lewis among the images in Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross, an exhibit on display at Boston s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) through July 30. Ross s lens caught the pain and pathos of the Jews remanded to the Holocaust era s second-largest ghetto after the Warsaw Ghetto. Soon after Germany invaded Poland, like Lodz s other Jews, the Salzbergs father, son and two daughters (Lewis s mother died in childbirth and his older brother was already taken by the Nazis) were evicted from their comfortable home and sent to a room in the congested ghetto, with only a curtain dividing them from another family. Ross, a Jewish photojournalist, was assigned by the Nazis to photograph ghetto dwellers for ID cards and idealized public relations shots. Unofficially and at great personal risk he also used his camera to document a child dying of hunger on the street, a cart laden with corpses, a mother touching her young son s head for the last time across barbed wire, a man picking up his fellow from a snowy sidewalk and a solemn procession of Jews being marched to their deaths. Many of these photos were snapped from inside Ross s coat, through boards pried away from walls and during surreptitious midnight forays to the railway depot documenting deportation to a death camp. This exhibit tells the story of one man s act of resistance through photography, the exhibit s wall notes state. These photos bear visual and emotional witness to a harrowing period of history. In August 1944, the Salzbergs got word of the planned liquidation of the ghetto. The family hid for three days behind a fake wall they erected in their room. Faint with hunger and convinced the Germans had finally left, they emerged to warm up some food. But the Nazis returned and felt the warm stove, and began shooting. The family members surrendered and were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp with nearly all of the ghetto s other remaining Jews. Lewis would never see his sisters again, and when he asked where his father had gone, a man pointed to the plume of smoke rising from the crematoria and told Lewis, Say Kaddish, referring to the Jewish mourner s prayer. Sensing the war s end was near, the photojournalist and his wife, Stefania, buried thousands of negatives under the ghetto, in iron jars inside an ironrimmed box. I was anticipating the total destruction of Polish Jewry, Ross says in a video shown in the exhibit. I buried the negatives in the ground in order that there should be some record of our tragedy. When the ghetto was liberated by the Russians in early 1945, Stefania and Henryk Ross were among the 877 Jewish survivors. Later, when digging up the trove of negatives, they were amazed by how many emerged unscathed. They moved to Israel, and in 1961, Henryk testified at Adolf Eichmann s trial, where the photographer and his photos spoke volumes of the true story of the Lodz Ghetto. Ross died in Now, Boston s MFA is the first American museum to exhibit his photos thefjj.com 77 Irv Kempner, a neighbor of Susan and Stuart Salzberg in Sharon, Mass., also brought a deeply personal connection to the exhibit. In 1940, his paternal grandparents were shipped to the ghetto from Kalisz, Poland, and were later deported to Chelmno concentration camp, where they are assumed to have been killed. Memory Unearthed provided me a rare glimpse of life inside the ghetto, said Kempner. I was transported back in time and felt the pain and fear of my grandparents not knowing when or where they would be taken, and worrying about the fate of their only son, my father David. Unlike them, he would survive. Lewis Salzberg also survived. Transferred from Auschwitz to a work camp in Hanover, Germany, he was liberated by the Americans. Having heard that his older brother was spotted in a displaced persons camp, Lewis embarked on a search that reunited him with his brother. In 1950, the brothers moved to Boston, where they opened a clothing store. Lewis died in 2002, just shy of his 79th birthday. The MFA exhibit has touched observers of all backgrounds not just those with personal connections to the photos, and not just Jews. I was too young to know what was going on then. I turned 5 the day after the ghetto was liberated in 1945, Denise Morin of Marlboro, Mass., said as she exited the exhibit. I m Catholic, but these pictures speak to everyone.

78 July 27, 2017 With Hearts Full of Faith RABBI MATTISYAHU SALOMON, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH INSIGHTS INTO FAITH AND TRUST IN JEWISH LIFE thefjj.com Stop the Robbery 78 Continuation: So why indeed is the prohibition against gezel of such prime importance? If we dig down to the roots of oshek and gezel, we find the twin evils of sheker and mirmah, falsehood and deception. Truth would prevent a person from taking property that is not his or talking another person into lending him money when he has no serious intention of repaying it. Falsehood and deception are the ideas, the concepts, while oshek and gezel are the deeds that result. If a person were not inclined to falsehood, if he were not a dishonest person, he could not do these things. Falsehood, the absence of the attribute of truth, is a sign of extreme corruption. The Sefer HaChinuch uses strong language to describe it ( 74). It is well known, he writes, that everyone considers falsehood abominable and shameful. Nothing is more despicable. Misfortune and curses are found in the homes of those who love it. G-d is the Lord of Truth, and everything about Him is truth. Therefore, blessing can be found only among those who resemble Him in their behavior, who are truthful just as He is truthful. But those whose behavior is the opposite of His good traits, specifically those who embrace falsehood and are thereby the exact opposite of His traits, will not receive the blessings of joy, peace and pleasure, which are among [G-d s] traits. Instead the Lord gives an evil person a portion of worries, quarrels and pain. Therefore, concludes the Chinuch, the Torah uses an expression to characterize the prohibition against falsehood that it does not use to characterize any other prohibition elsewhere in the Torah. The Torah states, Mi devar sheker tirchak. Keep your distance from false words. Stay far away from falsehood, because it is so despicable. Throughout the Ten Days of Repentance, we beseech G-d to have mercy on us. We repeatedly refer to His attribute of truth and ask Him to judge us with that very attribute and bless us with a good new year. But if we are guilty of oshek and gezel, if we ourselves epitomize the attribute of falsehood, then we are the exact opposites of G-d. How then can we brazenly ask Him to bless us? G-d looks down upon us and says, Who is this person that is asking for a judgment of truth? He doesn t even begin to know the meaning of truth. On Yom Kippur, we beseech G-d to inscribe us in the book of life, blessing, peace and a good livelihood. We acknowledge that all these things are in His control. Whether or not we earn a decent livelihood in the coming year depends solely on Him, and in the light of our recognition of His absolute power, we ask Him to provide a decent livelihood for our families and ourselves. What kind of hypocrisy is it then to go out and cheat and swindle, to gain a few extra pennies by violating the laws of the G-d in Whom you have supposedly placed your trust? So what does this mean? Do you think you can earn G-d s mercy and blessing with insincere lip service? So this is where we must concentrate our efforts all year and especially on Yom Kippur. If we want to take upon ourselves just a single area of improvement, this should be the one, to desist from the oshek in our hands. The Torah demands of us honesty and integrity. Before we can approach G-d with any hope of acceptance, we have to give back all our ill-gotten gains. We have to pay up what we haven t paid or at least negotiate realistic terms that we intend to honor, even if our creditors have completely forgotten about the money owed to them. And we also have to ask their forgiveness for the wrongs we have done to them. Only then can we have a proper teshuvah. Only then can we approach G-d with clean hands. Sefer Mitzvos hagadol (the Smag) also addresses the importance of honesty but from an entirely different perspective (Mitzvas Asei 74): I have already spoken about this, he writes, to the exiles of Jerusalem in Spain and other places of exile. Now that the exile is stretching far too long, the Jewish people should turn away from useless worldly pursuits and embrace the Holy Blessed One s seal, which is truth. They should not lie to other Jews or to gentiles or deceive them in any way at all. They should sanctify themselves by refraining even from some things that are permitted to them. For it is written (Zephaniah 3:13), The remnant of Israel will do no evil, nor will they speak falsehood, nor will deceitful tongues be found in their mouths. Before we come to the startling conclusion of his statement, let us just take a few minutes to take note of the Smag s profound advice for those that want to achieve the attribute of truth, for those that seek to develop within themselves absolute honesty and integrity. Listen to the connection he makes. Turn away from useless worldly pursuits and embrace the Holy Blessed One s seal, which is truth. To be continued. Kol Tefilos Gemach Update We are happy to report our Gemach b h, has been very successful these past three years in raising funds for Yad Batya L kallah. We rent out laminated trifold pamphlets with special Tefilos recited during the chupah at weddings. This Gemach is for the neshamos of two very special women, Ethel Schwartz bas Rav Yitzchok and Gittel (Lew) Udya bas Rav Moshe Eliyahu. While working on this Gemach has been very uplifting for us, we would like to share one story told to us by a Mother upon booking our Tefilos for her daughter s wedding. 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79 July 27, 2017 Gala Celebration of Torah as Camp Agudah Hosts Worldwide Daf Yomi Siyum COMMUNITY NEWS thefjj.com 79 EVENT CALENDAR On Monday, July 17th, at Camp Agudah in Ferndale, New York, hundreds of people gathered in the Masmidim Beis Medrash for Agudah Israel of America s official Daf Yomi Siyum of Maseches Bava Basra. This gala celebration brought the lomdei hadaf worldwide one step closer to the 13th Siyum Hashas, which will take place on or around January 4th In addition to the many who flocked to the Catskills to take part, the more than 100 members of Camp Agudah s Masmidim program joined in the simcha. Their participation was a living testament to the vibrancy of the Agudah s Torah Projects, which have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands over the years. This event was unique in the way it linked two of the crown jewels of Agudath Israel of America, noted Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Bamberger, national coordinator of the Daf Yomi commission. The Daf Yomi program is one of the organization s most important flagship programs; Camp Agudah s Masmidim program, which was under the close guidance of Rav Yisroel Belsky, z l, for decades, is yet another one of our precious jewels. Hundreds more joined the siyum through a worldwide livestream broadcast, giving those who could not attend in person an opportunity to bask in the combined glow of simcha and limud Torah that permeated the beis medrash. The livestream recording is still available for viewing at agudathisrael.org/live-stream-dafyomi-siyum-of-mesechta-bavabasra/?cat=news. Rabbi Elimelech Belsky, who continues his father s legacy as head of Camp Agudah s Masmidim program, made the siyum on Maseches Bava Basra. As he concluded the final words of the 23rd masechta of Shas, a tremendous feeling of joy and accomplishment flooded the room. Rabbi Shimon Newmark, director of the Agudah Camping Network, said the Hadran, which was followed by joyous singing. Then Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, the camp s official Rav for the first half of the summer, began Maseches Sanhedrin. Addressing the crowd, Rabbi Reisman acknowledged that undertaking the limud of Daf Yomi can seem like a daunting commitment; however, he said, its regimented nature makes learning an integral daily part of a person s life. He spoke of the immeasurable rewards of the program, both in this world and in the world to come. Listeners were spellbound when Rabbi Eytan Feiner spoke passionately about the incredible joy that Daf Yomi brings. He discussed the many lessons that we can learn from Seder Nezikin, ideals so lofty and powerful that their implementation will undoubtedly hasten the ultimate salvation of Moshiach. Rabbi Newmark noted that while Camp Agudah was honored to host the siyum, having it take place in the Catskills brought home an important aspect of the program. Daf Yomi goes on all year around, even in the summer, he explained. Even when people go away on vacation, Daf Yomi comes along with them. By making the siyum in Camp Agudah, we had a great opportunity to offer tremendous chizuk to both our present day lomdei hadaf across the globe, and to those that will join their ranks in the future, making a lifelong commitment to limud hatorah b kvius. AUGUST Keren Aniyem - Annual Flatbush Event 28 Stop the Talking In Shul Historic Yahrzeit Seudah 8-10 Hidabroot - Convention SEPTEMBER Yeshiva Kesser Torah - Hachnasas Sefer Torah 12 Ten Yad - Auction NOVEMBER Yeshiva Derech Chaim - Chinese Auction 19 Yeshiva Beth Abraham Slonim of Jerusalem - Annual Dinner 21 Bikur Cholim of Flatbush Annual Tea/Mini Chinese Auction Agudath Israel Annual Convention DECEMBER Yeshiva Ner Boruch & Ateres Bracha Neve Annual Dinner 3 Yeshiva Toras Moshe - Anniversary Tribute Dinner 10 Mirrer Yeshiva Annual Dinner JANUARY Agudath Israel Yerushalyim Yarchei Kallah To add your Event, please EDITOR@THEFJJ.COM RECEPTIONIST F/T IN FLATBUSH OFFICE. Immediate opening for energetic, organized, and hard working person. Proficient in typing, Word & Excel

80 July 27, 2017 Yahrzeits licensed to the FJJ by Manny Saltiel & Anshe.org 4 Av Rav Menachem Azariah defano (from Pano), Italian mekubal, known as the Rema mipano ( ). Rav Benzion Halberstam of Bobov ( ). Born in Bokovosk, Galicia, to Rav Shlomo Halberstam, a grandson of Rav Chaim of Sanz. In 1893, Rav Shlomo moved to Bobov and appointed his son, Rav Benzion Rav of the town. His father s work at working with youth was sadly cut short when he died suddenly in 1905, at the age of 58. On the following Shabbos, Rav Shlomo s brothers appointed Rav Benzion the Bobover Rebbe. He followed in his father s footsteps by focusing on the youth. He was murdered with 20,000 Jews after being forced to dig a mass grave in a forest outside of Lvov (Lemberg). Rav Benzion was survived by two sons Rav Shlomo Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe (d. 2000), and Rav Yechezkel Dovid (d. 1978), as well as 7 daughters, the oldest of whom was Devora Leah Twerski, of Milwaukee. 5 Av Rav Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi from Tzefas, the Arizal ( ), born in Jerusalem, son of Rav Shlomo Luria Ashkenazi, who is believed to be descended from Rav Yechiel Luria, Av Beis Din of Brisk and author of Chochmas Shlomo on Shas and the Yad Shel Shlomo. His father passed away shortly after his birth, and Rav Klominus taught him. He and his family moved to Egypt when Ran Klominus died. There he learned with Rav Dovid ben Zimra, the Radvaz from age 14. Among the other talmidim was Rav Betzaelel Ashkenazi, author of Shitas Mekubetzes. He moved to Tzefas at age 36, in the same year that the Ramak, Rav Moshe Cordovero, was niftar. He was niftar 2 years later. Rav Gedalyah Chiyun (1750). Born in Turkey, he founded the Yeshivas Beis Kel (in 1732), which studied Kaballah according to the YAHRZEITS OF THE WEEK thefjj.com 80 approach of the ARI. His teacher was the great mekubal, Rav Chaim Alfandari. His greatest student was Rav Shalom Sharabi (Rashash) of Yemen. (5 Av, according to Yated 2007) Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky of Vilna ( ). Born in Ivye, a small town near Vilna where his father ( a talmid of Rav Yisrael Salanter) was Rav for forty years, preceded by his grandfather who had also served as Rav there for forty years, Rav Chaim Ozer was gifted with an infallible memory - never experiencing "forgetting," as he himself remarked, until his old age. At 15 years of age, he went to the yeshiva of Volozhin and was immediately accepted in Reb Chaim Brisker's select group. He married the daughter of the Vilna dayan, Reb Lazer, son-in-law of Reb Yisrael Salanter at the age of 20. Two years later, his father-in-law died, and he took thenposition of dayan in Vilna, and over the next 55 years, he became the unofficial Rav of Vilna. His only child, a girl of seventeen, became ill, was bedridden for three years, and died at twenty. Reb Chaim Ozer was one of the founders of Agudath Israel and the pillar of the movement throughout his life. He authored Sheilos Utshuvos Achi ezer. With his petira, the Jewish people lost three giants in 10 months: Rav Shimon Shkop, Rosh Yeshiva in Telshe for 25 years, and in Grodno (9 Cheshvan), and Rav Baruch Ber Levovitz of Kamenitz (5 Kislev) Rav Ezriel Hildesheimer, Rav of Adas Yisrael of Berlin ( ). The first Rosh Yeshiva of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, and formerly Rabbi of Eisenstadt, Hungary. The Berlin Seminary, which was created in response to the growth of Reform in Germany, continued in existence until the late 1930s under the leadership of such figures as R' Dovid Zvi Hoffman (until 1921), R' Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan (until 1924) and R' Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg. [other source claims 4 Tamuz] Rav Binyomin Paler ( ), a talmid muvhak of the Brisker Rav, Rav Yitzchak Zev Ha- Levi Soloveitchik. His mother was a direct descendent of the Rema. Born in Brisk, Rav Binyomin studied in Toras Chessed of Rav Moshe Sokolovski, author of the Imrei Moshe. In 1931, he transferred to the yeshiva of Rav Velvel Soloveitchik, the rav of Brisk. He traveled with the Mir yeshiva to Shanghai, where he drew close to the mashgiach, Rav Yechezkel Levenstein. After the war, he arrived in the United Sates and founded the Beis HaTalmud yeshiva in Brooklyn. Soon afterward he married the daughter of Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld of Mattersdorf. In 1967, he founded the Mekor Chaim yeshiva, where he taught for over thirty years. Rav Shimon Nosson Nota Biederman. Born in Tiveria to Rav Yaakov Yitzchak, the Admor of Lelov, a descendent of the first Lelover Rebbe, Rav Dovid, who himself was a talmid of the Chozeh of Lublin. When his father was niftar in 1981, Rav Shimon Nasan Nota became Admor and opened Mosdos Ohr Yaakov in his father s memory; these included kollelim and chessed organizations. ( ) 6 Av Rav Yehoshua Greenwald, Av Beis Din of Chust. After suffering the horrors of World War II, he followed the Rambam s advice and wrote that strolling in beautiful gardens, looking at pleasing works of architecture, and being surrounded by beautiful objects, alleviate depression and expand one's mind. Rav Shlomo Zalman Hanau (Katz) of Frankfurt-on-Main, author of Binyan Shlomo, a work on Hebrew grammar 7 Av Moshe ben Amram Greenwald (or Grunwald) of Chust, the Arugas Habosem (1915). A disciple of Rebbe Yusha Rokeach of Belz. His son, Rav Rav Yaakov Yechezkiya, became the Pupa Rebbe. Rav Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld of Mattersdorf, son of Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld. Rosh Yeshiva of the Chasam Sofer yeshiva. Author of Ma'aneh Simcha (1926) Don Yosef Hanasi Rav Shmuel, son of Rav Yitzchak Isaac Yankowitz, Rishon LeZion Rebbe (1999) 8 Av Rav Shmuel Shmelke Toibish, Rav of Yas (Jassi), author of Chayei Olam, Milchamos Hashem, and Mitzvas Chalitzah (1865). Rav Yehuda HaLevy of Ragoza, founder of the Jewish yishuv in Yafo (1878). Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter from Kelm ( ). After his marriage, he moved from Kelm to Kovno where he became a talmid muvhak of Rav Yisrael Salanter. In 1862, he opened the Talmud Torah of Kelm, in order to combat the growing influence of haskala. About 15 years later, he and his yeshiva were denounced as anti-government, and Rav Simcha Zissel had to change his last name from Broide to Ziv. His talmidim included Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel (the Alter of Slobodka), Rav Yosef Yoizel Horowitz (the Alter of Novardok), Rav Aharon Bakst, Rav Reuven Dessler, and his son Rav Nachum Ziv. The yeshiva was always highly restricted and at most it held 30 to 35 talmidim. Rav Shmuel Luvtzar, author of Olas Shmuel (1898). Rav Shimon Agasi was born in Baghdad ( ). His family originated in Persia. In Persian, his name Agasi, means "commissioner," a position some of his forebears, who were very wealthy and influential, had occupied in their native land. Rav Shimon's father, Rav Aharon, had been a very successful businessman who imported paint from India. At the age of eleven, Shimon began to study in Baghdad's Medrash Talmud Torah, founded by Rav Abdallah Somech. It developed rapidly to become the top Torah institution in the city, where over three thousand students studied free-of-charge. Among those who learned there were Rav Eliyahu Mani (the chief rav of Chevron), the Ben Ish Chai and Rav Salman Mutzafi. In 1865, a man, named Yitzchak Luria, came to Baghdad and attempted to open an Alliance school, which offered secular studies and tried to modernize the lifestyles of its students. However, Baghdad's sages placed a cheirem on the school and thwarted his efforts. From Medrash Talmud Torah, Rav Shimon proceeded to its adult division, Beit Zilcha, where he became one of its finest students. His main mentors in Beit Zilcha were Rav Abdallah Somech's two best students, Rav Shmuel Majled and Rav Nissim HaLevi. At the age of 17, Rav Shimon began to study Kabbalah from Rav Chaim Vital's Eitz Chaim. A number of years later, he joined the Chacham Yitzchak yeshivah, founded by Rav Yitzchak Berabi Mordechai Sasson, another of Baghdad's great sages. Among its illustrious students were Rav Yehuda Petaya, Rav Dovid Sofer, Rav CONTINUED ON PAGE 81

81 July 27, 2017 Mrs. Rosalyn Brezak z"l R' Avi Brezak, Husband R' Milton Elbogen, Brother Mrs. Rita Sobel, Sister R' Joseph Brezak, Son Mrs. Risa Schachter, Daughter Mrs. Mindy Brezak, Daughter R' Yosef Benisti z"l R' Shlomo Benisti, Brother Mrs. Sabina Weinreb z"l R' Yaty Weinreb, Son Mrs. Kicia Reiss, Daughter Mrs. Isa Wassner, Daughter Mrs. Yehudis Minna Brown z"l R' Nissen Mordche Brown, Husband Mrs. Feige Pollack, Sister R' Yakov Tzvi Brown, Son R' Moshe Meir Brown, Son R' Meshulem Zishe Brown, Son Mrs. Esther Leah Wiess, Daughter Mrs. Miriam Feig, Daughter R' Zelig Rosenberg z"l Mrs. Cathy Rosenberg, Wife R' Jake Rosenberg, Son R' Noach Rosenberg, Son R' Dovid Pesach Rosenberg, Son R' Avraham Yosef Rosenberg, Son MISASKIM SHIVA LISTING 2715 Ave M Flatbush 2 Zabriskie Terrace Monsey 825 West End Ave #6B Manhattan (Starting to sit shiva at this address on Monday morning.) 5 Lane St Monsey 1121 Neilson St Far Rockaway YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 81 YAHRZEITS OF THE WEEK Thursday 7/27/17 Thursday 7/27/17 Thursday 7/27/17 Friday 7/28/17 Thursday 7/27/17 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 80 Rafael Shlomo Laniado, Rav Nissim Kadouri and Rav Yitzchak Nissim. In 1898, his oldest son, Aharon, passed away on Purim of that year. Rav Agasi was the author of Shem MiShimon. Rav Meilech Silber, menahel of the Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway (1970). Born in Nuremberg, Germany, his lifetime of serving his fellow Jews began at the age of 7: Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Klein, leader of the Adas Yisroel community in Nuremberg, would send him on secret missions in the early morning hours, going to the houses of poor families, leaving an envelope full of money on the step, knocking on the door, and then running away as fast as he could. With the advent of World War II, the Silber family moved to America, settling in the Bronx. He learned at different periods in RJJ, Torah Vodaas and Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin. He also served as National Director of Pirchei Agudas Yisroel, as well as Head Counselor of Camp Agudah. In 1946, Reb Meilech was sent by Rav Hutner to a new yeshiva in the Crown Heights neighborhood which was searching for a principal. At the time, the yeshiva consisted of 10 kindergartners, two teachers and, now, a principal. From this humble beginning grew the renowned Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway. Throughout the next 25 years, Reb Meilech built the yeshiva into a dynamic force in Torah education. Today, Yeshiva Zichron Meilech, under the leadership of Rav Chaim Leib Epstein, takes its name from Reb Meilech and strives to continue in his path. Rav Chanoch Henich Dov Zilberfarb, the Koidenover Rebbe (1978). 9 Av Rav Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, the Chozeh of Lublin ( ), 8th generation from the Shelah HaKodesh; student of Reb Shmelke at Nikolsurg and Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk. Many of his insights were published posthumously in Divrei Emes, Zichron Tov, and Zos Zichron Mrs. Ann Kardysz z"l R' Sal Kardysz, Husband Mrs. Florette Klahr, Daughter Mrs. Rochel Diamond, Daughter R' Benzion Messner z"l Mrs. Miriam Messner, Wife R' Shimmy Messner, Son R' Henoch Messner, Son R' Dov Messner, Son R' Yitzchok Messner, Son Mrs. Suri Meyer, Daughter Mrs. Malkah Simha, Daughter R' Sheldon Kleeger z"l R' Judd Kleeger, Son R' Myles Kleeger, Son Mrs. Britt Halpern, Daughter Mrs. Rose Todres z"l R' Gerry Todres, Husband Mrs. Frieda Wachsman, Mother Mrs. Kate Silberberg, Sister R' Moshe Toldres, Son Mrs. Esty Kotlar, Daughter 1641 E12th St Flatbush 745 Mador Ct Far Rockaway Sitting in Israel 60 East End Ave #9B Manhattan st Street Queens rd Street, Boro Par 269 Ridge Ave, Lakewood Wednesday 7/26/17 Wednesday 7/26/17 Wednesday 7/26/17 Wednesday 7/26/17

82 July 27, 2017 A Tribute To Rav Pam zt l Based on an article written upon R Pam s petirah 28 Av 5761 YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 82 MARKING THE PERIOD OF RAV PAM'S YAHRZEIT YAHRZEIT: 28 AV - SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 Mordy Mehlman Hakol Toluy B mazal, Afilu Sefer Torah Shebeheichal Everything depends on good fortune even a Sefer Torah in the Aron Kodesh. The Sefer that is chosen to be taken out of the Aron and grace the bimah is dependent on mazel. We of this generation were zoche to the mazel of being graced with a living Sefer Torah Moreinu Horav Avrohom Pam, zt l - a Torah giant who led us and inspired us with unwavering grace and humility, Torah and Yiras Shomayim, love and friendship the personification of Torah U Gedulah B Mokom Echad! At the time of Rav Pam s petirah, I felt the need to humbly jot down some thoughts and memories that came to mind regarding this great man. I did so with the concept of hevey misabek b afar ragleihem as a mere unworthy mortal who dwelled in his dust and was left in the dust by the petirah of a true Torah giant. Over the years, I have been deeply involved in the Shuvu organization, and thus had the zechus to become close to Rav Pam, sometimes meeting with him almost on a daily basis. The impact of his influence, and fond attachment my family developed to him, shall remain with us always. First some thoughts on the petirah: The Rosh HaYeshiva was niftar on chof-ches Av, symbolic of the koach Av for he held the title of father of our generation. Immediately after his passing, many in the hospital remarked that in his great humility, Rav Pam himself would have picked only that day for his levaya (Erev Shabbos, Bain Hazemanim, and in the summer) when large groups of camps, Yeshivas or even many New Yorkers would be unable to attend. (Despite these obstacles, and the intense heat, well over 10,000 people traveled from upstate and the entire country to participate in Kevodo Haacharon!) I noticed that during the Kel Malei, Rav Pam was accidentally called Halevi, rather than Hakohen. How appropriate a mistake, for he truly considered himself a Levi in the sense of service to Hashem and his people, ready and willing to do anything necessary to spread Torah, Avodah and Gemilas Chasodim, ignoring his prominence to serve Klal Yisroel. The Haftorah that Shabbos contained the posuk Vchol Bonayich Limudei Hashem Rav Pam s self-proclaimed mission in life and his dream for the children of Shuvu and others throughout Eretz Yisroel. The Gemara tells us of a Shomer who was placed at the entrance of the Bais Medrash, and only allowed those who were Tocho K boro (their inner being was as sincere as their outward appearance) to enter the Bais Medrash. A Godol once asked who was that human able to discern the innermost thoughts of a person, something reserved for Hashem? He answered that the shomer wasn t a human, rather a giant padlock placed on the door of the Bais Medrash. Insincere talmidim showed up at the yeshiva and left upon seeing the door locked. The truly sincere ones found a way to get in, overcoming all obstacles to fulfill their mission. In the brief but inspirational stories that follow, I will attempt to offer a glimpse into our beloved Rav Pam. Let us share many instances where his sensitivity and respect for every Jew guided his service to Hashem and Klal Yisroel. His sincerity and determination will truly come to life in these stories: I once brought Esther Wachsman (mother of murdered Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman z l) to a private meeting in Rav Pam s home, after the Rosh Hayeshiva spoke in Yeshiva about the remarkable kiddush Hashem the Wachsmans effected throughout Eretz Yisroel and the world by showing their legendary emunah and bitachon in a time of great tragedy. Rav Pam spent the entire half hour praising Esther, calling her a true tzadeikes and hero of our time. A bochur moving out of his dorm room preparing to get married asked his friend to be careful with the black raincoat he was carrying it was Rav Pam s! Rav Pam had loaned him his own coat when he was stuck in the Rosh Yeshiva s house during a downpour. After a Shuvu event in his home, Rav Pam personally went over to the photographer to make sure he sat down and ate a proper dinner. When a bochur gave a lift to Rav Pam and a boy named Avrohom, the driver said Good night Avrohom to the boy. Rav Pam immediately answered good night back to the driver, never dreaming that the boy wouldn t dare refer to him as Avrohom. A prominent businessman and baal tzedokah told me that as a bochur in Torah Vodaas, Rav Pam assigned an older bochur to learn with him for a number of years a move that truly made a difference in his success in Yeshiva. Years later, he found out that Rav Pam had been paying for this tutor with his own money all that time. Once when Rav Pam took his hat from the coatroom, he inadvertently knocked over and broke a mug that someone had left there. Rav Pam searched the local hardware store for a replacement but was unable to find one. He wrote a personal apology note to the baal hakeli and left his name and number for the person to call him to collect payment. When signing Shuvu checks, I noticed Rav Pam liked the smoothness and boldness of the pen. I offered it to him, but he only agreed to accept it with full payment. I pretended not to know the price, so he took it on the condition that I tell him the price and collect payment at our next meeting. The next time I met him, a few weeks later, the first thing he said was Mordechai, we have to straighten out our cheshbon with the pen. A new receptionist was on her first day on the job at Citicom. I told her to block all calls for two hours so that I could complete various staff meetings. When she gave me the messages after two hours, Rav Pam s name was among the blocked calls. I immediately rushed to the phone and apologized to the Rosh HaYeshiva. His response I should apologize to you for trying to interrupt your important meetings! His dentist relates how profusely Rav Pam would thank him upon doing any of his dental work, and stress how lucky he is to do chessed for a living. When the dentist responded that he was doing it for parnosah, Rav Pam told him that it s the other way around the chessed is his mission and the money is an extra bonus. Whenever I asked Rav Pam about peace treaties with the Arabs and other important current events, he would respond with a posuk in Navi - lev melachim beyad Hashem. When it looked likely that Prime Minister Barak was chas v sholom going to give away Yerushalayim, Rav Pam told me emphatically Hayo lo nehiye it will never happen! I was once discussing satellite transmissions and other modern technologies with Rav Pam. He told me that when his mother received her first electric bill, she was amazed that everything is seen, and said it s a proof that ayin roeh. As is well known, Rav Pam had a special place in his heart for the children and mission of Shuvu, the organization he personally founded a decade ago. It was therefore no surprise to me that, when apologizing to him for having to sign an excessive amount of Shuvu checks, he responded It is my greatest pleasure ; when calling me to come to his home to pick up donations for Shuvu, he would say Mordechai, I have a surprise/presents for you. Rav Pam had a special touch for Yidden in distress. I have sent many families who lost loved ones due to illness or accidents to Rav Pam for chizuk. Many of them have told me that Rav Pam was the only one in the world that was able to console them and lessen their grief. In one instance, he himself started crying uncontrollably which in and of itself was their greatest consolation. My thirteen year old daughter cried uncontrollably in camp upon hearing of Rav Pam s petirah. My nine year old son was very sad, and to this day talks CONTINUED ON PAGE 83

83 July 27, 2017 A Tribute To Rav Pam zt"l CONTINUED FROM PAGE 82 of how he misses Rav Pam. It is certainly because of their personal interaction with this true godol, who related to all Jews of all ages, and spoke to them on many occasions as if a loving grandfather asking them about school and encouraging them to constantly be happy. Rav Pam once said that shomer amo Yisroel load means that Hashem watches the nitzchiyus of Klal Yisroel. This is a thought that is so pertinent and encouraging in this post 9/11 era. Rav Pam, who embodied the midah of menuchas hanefesh, certainly would have urged us all to remain calm in these turbulent times, through emunah and bitachon in Hashem. Rav Pam explained that the chait hameragelim was that they viewed Eretz Yisroel in a pessimistic way. When they saw the giants during their journey, they viewed it as a dangerous country with strong and dangerous people, instead of a healthy land that produced strong people. When they saw many funerals taking place, they failed to see the yad Hashem, that was distracting the inhabitants of Eretz Yisroel from noticing the meraglim. Rav Pam teaches that this is contrary to the midah every Jew should posses optimism, even in the most trying times. The Novominsker Rebbe shlita, in his address at Rav Pam s shloshim, pointed out that Rav Pam s actual name Avrohom Yaakov represents the Chesed L Avrohom and Emes l Yaakov that personified Rav Pam. He even openly surmised that perhaps the 9/11 tragedy would not have occurred if Rav Pam was still in this world, since a tzadik of that magnitude surely protects his generation. And finally he quoted from the Ponovizer Rov a yosom is not one who doesn t have anyone to worry about him, rather there s no one who understands him. We certainly now find ourselves in a true dor yosom without our beloved Rav Pam. Towards the end of the Six Day War, Israeli soldiers were the first to arrive at the newly conquered Kosel Hamaravi. The frum soldiers amongst them began to cry and daven to Hashem. One of the frum soldiers noticed a secular soldier who had not cried originally begin to cry a little later. He turned to him and asked loma atoh bocheh why are you crying? The secular soldier answered, ani bocheh al asher ani lo bocheh I am crying because I did not cry. When Rav Pam was niftar, I hardly cried although I personally witnessed the petirah in the hospital. Perhaps I didn t cry because Rav Pam himself was such an optimist and didn t want any sadness or pity. Perhaps I didn t cry because Rav Pam s dream of vchol bonayich limudei Hashem will certainly live on in his work for Jewish children throughout the world. Now in retrospect I cry with the realization that Rav Pam is no longer here to guide us with love, compassion and the utmost sincerity. The Chofetz Chaim once said At first I thought I would change the whole world, but realized it wasn t possible. Then I sought to change my entire city, but saw it wasn t possible. Finally I tried my entire family, but saw it wasn t possible. I then decided to try to change myself! Reb Elchonon Wasserman, his beloved talmid, then added Through himself he changed the entire world. Rav Pam taught the world by example. He taught the world by respecting others, smiling to a child, comforting an almonah, giving chizuk to the downtrodden and financial aid to the needy. He taught the world by working on himself, until he became as many people called him; the Chofetz Chaim of our dor. May Rav Pam be a meilitz yosher for all of Klal Yisroel who truly need his tefilos in these times of trial and tribulation. May Hashem comfort us all from this great loss. YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 83 Who Are The Talmidim Of Harav Avrohom Pam? Rabbi Yisroel Reisman A member of our Kollel was in a used book store, leafing through the books in the Judaica section. He opened a book and was surprised to see a hundred dollar bill tucked into a page. He turned further and found another hundred dollar bill, then yet another! Clearly, the store owner was unaware of the money, and since all books were sold as is, it seemed that this would be a book worth buying. But, was it the right thing to do? The young man went straight to the owner of the store and returned the money. Later, he was asked why he was so quick to return the money. He answered simply, Because I am a talmid of Rav Pam. Who are the talmidim of Rav Avrohom Pam? Our Rebbe s talmidim come in a great variety of sizes and colors. Many are Rabbonim and Roshei Yeshiva. Many others are businessmen or professionals. Some are government workers, even politicians. Rebbe s talmidim can be recognized by their p nimius, their inner values. A talmid is recognized by his love of yashrus, the straight path of normalcy and integrity. A talmid is one who shudders at the thought of taking money which is not rightfully his. A talmid is one who actually speaks politely, even to immediate family members. A talmid is one who has learned to react calmly, even when the going is tough. A talmid is one who loves Jews of all types and levels of observance. A talmid is one who wants a Jewish education to be available to all Jewish children, wherever they may be. A talmid smiles and thanks his mother (or wife) for breakfast. Or, as Rebbe would phrase it, Our talmidim have such n eymus...they are so pleasant. This may sound simple enough; but, sadly, this is a rare combination of midos. Shmuessen Rebbe shunned kovod, but he was thrilled that talmidim appreciated his shmuessen. He was excited when he sensed that his lessons were penetrating, forming the personalities of his young students. Rabbi Shlomo Gissinger, today a posek in Lakewood, was a talmid over thirty years ago. Rebbe would recall that after graduating to a higher class, the young Shlomo Gissinger would stand near the door of his classroom on Fridays, pushing the door open just enough to hear the shmuess. Soon, Rebbe invited his young talmid into the classroom. From then on, it became acceptable for former talmidim to attend the shmuess. Rebbe often expressed his gratitude to this talmid, who had made it clear that the shmuess was indeed having its intended effect. A few days after Rebbe published his sefer, Atara La Melech, he spoke to us about his excitement. He explained that the thoughts presented in the sefer were offered in a simple, concise and clear style, because the goal of the sefer was not to offer vertlach on the parshah. Rather, the goal was to present a clear review of the guidelines of proper behavior and discipline that were discussed so often. This was done primarily for the talmidim, so that you can see the shmuess and be reminded of the thoughts which you had previously heard. Long Distance Talmidim In his later years, as Rebbe became well known throughout the Torah world, his name came to portray a singular image. People who had never been in Rebbe s shiur were influenced by his unique style. Through his sefer, tapes of his shmuessen, and through the teachings of Rav Pam s talmidim, many others were attracted to his derech. Now, as we publish the first English sefer containing his shmuessen, thousands of others will benefit from Rebbe s message. Those who have already been inspired by Rebbe s words and reputation can now further assimilate these lessons. This sefer, too, is aimed at his talmidim... and to those who wish to join the ranks of his talmidim. Standing For Rebbe Rav Pam was speaking about his Rebbe, Harav Dovid Leibowitz, zt l, on the occasion of his fiftieth yartzeit. One must stand up for both a Rebbe and a Rebbe muvhak, but there is a difference between them. For a Rebbe, one must stand only while in his four amos, while for a Rebbe muvhak, he must remain standing as long as he can see his Rebbe. The Brisker Rov explained that these are two different mitzvos. In the case of a Rebbe, one stands up to show kovod, respect. Once the Rebbe has passed outside the four amos, it is no longer disrespectful to sit down. For a Rebbe muvhak, however, one must have yirah, awe. This feeling must exist even after the Rebbe has moved away, as long as he is still visible. Our Rebbe passed away many years ago. Still, on occasions such as this, we remember our Rebbe from far away. In our mind, he is still visible, although from a distance. At such a moment, we must rise, we must lift ourselves upwards, striving to reach higher, with the proper yiras hakovod for our Rebbe s teachings. Today, we are the talmidim; Rav Pam is the Rebbe that we see from the distance.

84 July 27, 2017 YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 84 A Personal Story About Rav Pam, In Honor Of His Yartzeit This story personally happened to me when I was a Sixth Grade Talmid in Yeshiva Toras Emes. When I was in Third Grade I got into a car accident and broke my ankle. The fracture on my ankle did not for some reason heal correctly, and for several years I had ongoing pain and discomfort. My parents took me to many Orthopedic Surgeons who recommended surgery. In Sixth Grade I was a talmid of Rabbi Diskind (a phenomenal human being). That year I joined TV Busters which meant not watching TV for 3 months. At the end of the three months we had the privilege to get a beracha from Rav Pam. The week that I was meeting Rav Pam I was scheduled to have surgery on my ankle. I went to Rav Pam and the Tsadik gave me a beracha, he told me that with Hashem s help I should have a complete refuah shelema without surgery. That week we had an appointment with the Orthopedic Surgeon in the Hospital. They took an MRI to get prepared for the surgery. My mom and I were sitting in the waiting room after the MRI for over two hours, we were extremely nervous. Finally the Dr. came into the room with several other Drs. and they looked astonished. He took us into the room and showed us the MRI. He showed us that the bone that was healing the wrong way has moved in the proper position and now is healed! He showed us the old MRI and the new one. He then told me that this is not medically possible and a miracle, it s only one in a million chance. He asked if I did anything. I told him the story and he and all the Doctors were awe struck! He told me that he was not a frum Jew but this story shows the power of G-d. A month later we had the Zechus to see Rav Pam again and he was very happy. He told our group that we will be Zoche to see Pnei Hamoshiach! I will tell you from experience that Rav Pam was a Tsadik. We Met In Washington Ahava Ehrenpreis This is written in memory of a special young mother who was taken from this world long before a full lifetime of living. In the years granted to her, she brought into the world a little boy and little girl. She followed the laws of the Torah with modesty and refinement. Those who knew her and loved her will never forget her beauty, both within and without. Her husband and children, her parents and siblings, as well as her friends, will keep her memory alive. They surely would, if it were possible. You see, I do not know her name, nor the exact date on which to light a candle in her memory. I saw her only in her final moments in this world before her soul returned to its Maker, before her departure to the World to Come. We met on a spring afternoon in Washington, D.C. She caught my eye, her beautiful, young face, one arm holding her baby close, the other tightly grasping the hand of a little boy about three years old. Though her face is serious, there is a sense of serenity about her, one she maintains as she keeps her two young children near her, the calm on their faces reflecting her attempt to shield them from the madness that surrounds them. It must be chilly, for she wears a coat that swings around her as she moves briskly forward. She wears a close fitting hat, not a single hair is showing. The two children are also wearing little jackets and matching hats. I have seen her before, pushing a stroller with the baby napping, the little boy holding on to the stroller handle. I have seen her standing in front of the grocery store on 13th Avenue, or was it in Geulah, outside the bakery as she chatted with friends on her way home to make supper. She is devoted to her home and family. She delights in keeping her little ones looking so neat and clean. She prides herself on preparing her special recipes for challah and fish. Her Shabbos table is set each week with an elegant white linen cloth, and the silver candlesticks given by her motherin-law reflect on the challah tray, each loaf twisted in six braids as her mother taught her to do on Fridays when they prepared for Shabbos together. I promised her that the world would know that she was a true eishes chayil and mother in Israel. That even in her last moments, she did not forget to maintain her modesty and fulfill her role as a mother. I do not know where her husband was then, or her parents or siblings. I see her, alone, with her children beside her. She walks deliberately, looking ahead to the unknown, but her eyes catch mine and I cannot look away. The brave German soldier is pointing his rifle at the terrible enemy. I do not know exactly when he fired. I only pray that somehow mother and children left this world at the same time, secure in one another s embrace. And surely, they were gathered together in the embrace of the One above, who welcomed them personally to their eternal place next to His Throne. I think of her often. I do not know who else is able to remember and mourn her passing. I do not know why she was chosen to serve her Maker in the ultimate sacrifice, together with Rabbi Akiva, the Ten Martyrs and the countless individuals throughout the centuries who served G-d bechol levovcha uvechol nafshecha. I often think that had my grandmother, whose name I proudly bear, not chosen to send her young son my father to her brother in Chicago, then I would probably not be here in a museum in downtown Washington on this sunny day in May. I would not be able to turn away from this picture, to leave the dark, heavy atmosphere, the model of a cattle car and the train tracks that carried my friend to the moment in which I saw her for the first and last time. I would not walk out into the bright sunshine and take quite another type of train to suburban Maryland and return to my own children after this short trip with their father. I would never walk down the street pushing a stroller with little hands clutching the handle as I pick up a few groceries to prepare for Shabbos. What prompted my grandmother to send her beloved youngest son to an unknown place so far from her protective love, knowing the likelihood of seeing him ever again was very small? Now she is gone, together with her eight other children, their spouses and their families who remained behind in Europe. Their awareness of the extent of the danger is reflected in their letters to the sibling in the Goldena Medina only at the very end, when escape had become impossible. It was one day in November when all the inhabitants of their small town outside Warsaw were gathered into the shul, where my father had learned and davened until he left for America, and burnt within it. I believe he heard this later from one who had escaped. I did not know any of them, but perhaps my young friend in the picture did. Do not think of the figure six million or the multi-syllabic word Holocaust. Please think of my beautiful young friend. If my calculations are correct, had she not been chosen to glorify her Maker by making the ultimate sacrifice, she would be a grandmother now. That little boy would have been her great pride as she watched him grow and learn Torah. She would have taught that little girl how to braid challah just as she had learned from her mother. And of course, she would have walked them both to the chuppah, and would now be able to delight in her grandchildren, baking special cookies with them as they visit their grandmother before Shabbos each week. You see, we have a tremendous responsibility, if we choose to accept it. We must show her memory the respect that all those unborn souls would have given her. We must live our lives fulfilling our responsibility to those who were chosen to give their souls al kiddush Hashem on that chilly winter day, suspended forever in a gallery in Washington, D.C. Originally printed in Bina Magazine

85 JULY 27, 2017 YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 85 Moreinu Horav Pam zt"l A Brief Biography 5673/ /2001 Horav Avraham Yaakov Hakohen Pam was born in 1913 to Reb Meir Pam zt"l, a product of Slobodka and Radin. Rav Pam studied in Kovna until shortly before his Bar Mitzvah when his family moved to the United States. Rav Pam then went to learn in Torah Vodaath where he became very close with Horav Dovid Leibowitz zt"l and Horav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt"l. After his marriage to Rebbetzin Sarah, nee Bulmath, Rav Pam began his teaching career at Torah Vodaath in 1939, which stretched for over sixty years. Rav Pam always expressed great gratitude to his Rebbetzin. She served as his secretary, screening his mail and appointment requests. Although by the 1970's Rav Pam was already Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath, a position that put him in the public eye, his picture was not yet well known in the yeshiva world, engendering the following amusing incident. When Rav Pam was in Bnei Brak for the single trip to Eretz Yisrael he took with his Rebbetzin, the Ponovezher Yeshiva was holding its annual Yarchei Kallah program. Rav Pam saw this as his golden opportunity to learn undistracted from Yeshiva duties, and decided to stay for the Yarchei Kallah. For the next two weeks, Rav Pam sat and learned until he was recognized. Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath, he was told. Please come sit up front on the dais. He immediately left Bnei Brak for Yerushalayim. After the petirah of Horav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Pam was appointed president of Chinuch Atzmai in the United States and a member of the presidium oftorah Umesorah. Rav Pam s teaching method was to treat every talmid as an entire world, and he excelled at it. When he first began teaching in Torah Vodaath, secularism was running rampant and motivating young boys to learn Torah was a challenge. But Rav Pam s method proved to be the correct one. His talmidim today include world famous Rabbonim, Roshei Yeshiva and lay leaders all over the world. They harbor fond memories of him with his trademark smile and soft critique. Rav Pam was most well known outside of Torah Vodaath for his activism with Jewish youth who started leaving the Soviet Union when its floodgates opened. At the 1990 Agudath Israel convention, in its keynote session, Rav Pam made an impassioned plea RAV PAM'S to inaugurate a network of schools in Eretz Yisrael for those immigrants. A Torah Vodaath alumnus, Reb SEFORIM Avraham Biderman, answered his call and thus Shuvu later renamed after BOOKS & BOOKS & Rav Pam s passing as Shuvu Chazon based on the shmuessen based & writings on of the Rav shmuessen Pam zt l Avraham was born. From then on writings of Rav Pam zt l & until his petirah, Shuvu became Rav HEBREW: Pam s focus. ספר עטרה למלך :HEBREW ספר מורה vryg צדק It is axiomatic that, aside from lknk his greatness in Torah, Rav Pam was הגדתsdv, מראה vtrn כהן ivf a giant in middos, particularly in lrs ENGLISH: vrun his unparalleled humility. Rav Pam Rav Pam did not dress in the traditional Rosh :ENGLISH Beloved by All Yeshiva attire, he sat in the middle of Rav The Pam Pleasant Way the Beis Medrash among his talmidim Beloved Rav Pam by on All Chumash and insisted on walking unescorted. The Rav Pleasant Pam on Festivals Way On 28 Av 2001, Rav Pam departed Rav Shabbos Pam on with Chumash Rav Pam Torah Vodaath and Klal Yisroel. But Rav A Vort Pam from on Rav Festivals Pam his legacy continues as the Yeshiva continues in his path producing the Shabbos Rav Pam with on Avos Rav Pam kind of Bnai Torah he dedicated his life A Rav Vort Pam from on Rav Haftaros Pam The Rav Pam Haggadah to nurturing; those focused on Torah, Rav Pam on Avos & Shir Hashirim avodas Hashem and middos tovos.

86 July 27, 2017 In Memory Of My Father R' Yeruchom Bergstein z"l I was young, once. It was a different time a time of innocence and joy, when the largest world problem I was concerned with was the grade on my next history test. It feels like an eternity, though I remember so much, so well. Plenty of people tell me I m still young. And in truth, they re right. I m just a few years into my twenties, and I m still working to earn a college degree. Shidduchim are around the corner, but I ve not reached that corner yet. Still, I ve aged a lot in my two decades and change on this planet and in the last decade in particular. My father departed this world ten years ago, on the 7th of Av, He left us very suddenly even just a few hours prior to his departure, you would not have assumed that anything was beckoning him to the Next World. Up to that point, in fact, he was among the liveliest and most caring people you could ever meet. Always willing to talk about a difficult day at school, never too busy with work to share a smile with one of his boys. If the world ever took a scary turn planes crashing into towers, soldiers going to war my father was always there to help me process my feelings. YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 86 His ability to discuss the severity of worldly events in a way that helped my understand their gravitas while still making me feel as though I was in good, protective hands remains unmatched. There was no problem too big that my father could not help me understand. There was also no problem too small that he could not bend his ear to, that he could not take my mind off with a dose of good-natured humor. Therein lay my father s greatest talent his ability to process any issue without letting it sully his positive outlook on life. It was his optimism that developed my own upbeat disposition in my early years, which has kept me going through my teens and even now, into adulthood. It was ten summers ago, not long before my bar mitzvah. Everyone was busy planning the big event. I had been nervous about leining in front of a large audience, but spurred on my father s confidence, my fears slowly ebbed away. Then I woke up one morning, and he was gone. Taken away. I never even had the chance to say goodbye. Tishah B Av occurred halfway through the week of shivah. I sat in a daze for much of the day, eating nothing. Thinking about everything. For weeks afterward, I was inconsolable. Without my father s warm smile to greet me every morning, I felt empty. Who could think of some silly bar mitzvah when one of the most important people in my life had abruptly left our world? It was only after much convincing on the part of some family friends, as well as my strong-willed, endlessly supportive mother, that I agreed to continue preparing for the ceremony. When the designated Shabbos came, I leined the parshah to the best of my ability. The following night was the larger celebration. Friends and family members came to wish me a hearty mazel tov. Because my family could not listen to music, an a capella band sang during the ceremony. Halfway through the speeches, I began to feel nauseous, and stepped outside for some air. Despite all my hard work and preparation, this all still felt wrong how could I throw a hearty celebration when the man who had most been looking forward to it was unable to attend? I wanted to leave. Just go home and forget everything. All of the sudden, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I recognized him. He had been a friend of my father s since they were both quite young, and they had kept in steady contact over the years. Is everything all right? I explained my feelings with as much clarity as a 13-year-old boy could muster, telling him that it felt wrong to throw a celebration that my father couldn t attend. He gazed at me for a moment, then spoke. Of course he can attend. In fact, he s sitting right in the front row And he s waiting for you. I was silent. We all understand if you don t want to stand up and give your speech, and no one in that dining hall will hold it against you. Here he paused. But if you do give your speech, I guarantee that no one in the room will be applauding as loudly as your father. He gave me another smile, and walked back inside. After a few moments, I followed him. I was young. Once. Y.B. Our Grandmother Bernice Brand---Batsheva bat Yacov was niftar on June 22-- Chof Chet Sivan. Granny, as she was affectionately called, was the center of the Brand family. She was the hub and we were the spokes. She was the Sun and her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren were her moons. On behalf of Granny s great-grandchildren, I would like to share a few thoughts. While the entire Eishes Chayil is very apropos to Granny, two Pesukim stick out to me. Yadeho shilcho bakishor, v chapeho tomchu folech. She stretches her hands out to the distaff and her palms support the spindle. Granny was the rock of our family. She supported us all and helped bring every member of the family closer together. Having a close and tightknit family was very important to Granny and we are a collective unit today due to the efforts of Granny and Great-Zada. Piha poscho bichochmo, v soras chesed al leshona. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and a lesson of kindness is on her tongue. Granny always spoke with such a clear sense of bina and daas. She had an innate wisdom that not many people in this world have. She was always in tune with exactly how a person felt and was able to provide them with what they needed to hear. Her advice was always on point and invaluable. Granny always spoke with kindness in her voice that only encouraged us to do the same. Baruch Hashem we were blessed to have Granny with us for so many years and she was able to share in so many of our family simchas. She was zoche to have approximately 125 descendants including children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. We all learned so much from our Granny. She was unbelievably steadfast in her emunah and bitachon. If anyone ever doubted for a moment if Hashem has a reason for what He does, just talking to Granny for a few minutes would put everything into perspective. Granny was always concerned for the wellbeing of others and always wanted to make sure everyone was ok, even if she herself wasn t doing so great. Her sincere interest and concern in all of our extended families is something to emulate. We are all so lucky that we had such a role model to look up to. We hope and daven that our children will grow up to develop these unique character traits that their great-great-grandmother embodied. We love you Granny and we will all miss you very much. Your Great Grandson, Jeffrey Granny spent her life living by the values of care, concern and emunah, whether it was her dedication of working at Torah Umesorah for over 50 years, taking care of my grandfather a h, and her concern for each and every one of her children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren or great - great grandchildren. Tefillah was the center-piece of her life. She davened every single day, and her tehilim was right by her side as well. Her emunah was steadfast. In the last week of her life, I heard her say Sam -which was my grandfather s name. Their anniversary was that week. May Granny join zaida and continue watching over us with the same continued care, concern and devotion. Granny, although you are not with us physically anymore, I have no doubt you will be with us forever watching over every single member of this beautiful family you helped create. We will miss you always and will make sure that our children grow up learning the values that you stood for and have always taught us. In your words Granny, we love you a whole bunch! Your Grandson, Stuie The Sun has set but her legacy lives on and her memory will remain in our hearts and mind forever.

87 July 27, 2017 YAHRZEITS TRIBUTES thefjj.com 87 The Chuster Rav- Harav Yehoshua Grunwald zt l Yahrtzeit: 6 Av *based on an article in Olomeinu Harav Yehoshua Grunwald was the last Rav in the city of Chust. He saw the city in its spiritual splendor, as well as at the time of its destruction, the annihilation of its men, women and children. Most of the city died al kiddush Hashem in Auschwitz. With the mercy of Hashem, the Chuster Rav was able to escape from the destruction, but was unable to forget what he had witnessed. The rest of his life he lived dressed in shrouds, and in his heart burned the fires of destruction which never allowed him to rest. The Chuster Rav was born in 1905 to his father, Harav Avrohom Yosef, eldest son of the renown Arugas Habosem zt l, the Chuster Rav, Harav Eliezer Dovid Rapaport shlita, Einikel of the Chuster Rav and to his mother, Rebbetzin Sara Baila. From his youth he displayed with extraordinary abilities while yet young he was known to posses a sharp mind filled with wisdom, and his advanced Torah knowledge was a wonder to all. He married the daughter of R Yechezkel Paneth, The Deja Rebbe, author of the sefer Knesses Yechezkel Al Hatorah. After his marriage, he continued learning with great diligence. In 1933, when he was just twenty eight years old, he became the Rav of Chust and its Rosh HaYeshiva as well. He devoted himself selflessly with his full heart to the needs of the city and quickly earned a reputation as a fitting replacement for his ancestors. He was a true leader to his flock; the entire community loved and respected their Rav for his greatness in Torah, and love and respect for all Jews rich or poor, Talmid Chochom or layman. He was successful in his holy work the city of Chust became renowned as a Torah center throughout the world. The city of Chust, populated by forty thousand Jews, was a very organized city with many institutions of Torah and Chesed. Many students throughout Hungary traveled to the Yeshiva to hear the wonderful Shiurim of the Chuster Rav and to saturate themselves in the light of his Torah and Chasiddus. He was able to convey deep Torah thoughts in a simple, clear manner, and his Talmidim loved and respected him greatly. He became a close friend to each one of them, concerned with their every need and helped them any way he could. The Chuster Rav had a heavenly disposition, and with his smile was able to remove pain and worry from all who met him. He was an eloquent orator, and his words, which emanated from his heart, entered the hearts of those around him and implanted in them a deep sense of belief and trust in Hashem. But the peaceful existence of the city of Chust was interrupted in 1939 by World War II. The city was occupied by Ukranians who oppressed the Jews there; they looted and plundered their possessions. The Jews managed to overpower them, and eventually reinstate the previous government, which continued to protect the Jews for some time. In 1944, a week before the commencement of Pesach, the Nazis entered Chust, torturing the Jews and breaking their spirits. The Rav attempted to strengthen them by offering chizuk and encouragement to each Jew individually. On Pesach, the Rav gave his last drasha, and parted tearfully from his beloved community. A few weeks later, on erev Shavuos, the Jews of the city were herded into cattle cars and transported to the valley of death known as Auschwitz. Upon his arrival in Auschwitz, the Rav was sent to the right, destined for life; a life of misery amidst backbreaking labor, a life where the women and children s cries of Shema Yisroel would reverberate in his ears for the rest of his days. From Auschwitz, the Rav was transferred to the concentration camp, Mathausen, in Austria, where he became a mere number among the multitudes of inmates. He was assigned the arduous task of digging drains, a most hazardous job on account of the frequent cave-ins of the trenches. One time, the Rav was trapped under a huge heap of sand, yet miraculously, he managed to extract himself safely. Despite the horrendous torture, the Rav never lost his spirit. He would gather the inmates in a corner of the barraks, and recount uplifting stories of Tzaddikim. He even gave a shiur on the mishnayos that he knew baal peh! He infused the inmates with hope and emuna that Hashem would bring their salvation. After many long months of suffering, Rabbi Yehoshua was zoche to witness the downfall of the Nazis. Upon liberation, the Rav cried out, Hashem li b ozrai v ani er eh b sonai. David hamelech davened, Hashem should help me, V ani- and what was done to me- I should be zoche to see done to my enemies. After relocating numerous times, the Rav of Chust reached the shores of America. He established the bais medrash Khal Yereim d Chust, in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn. There, he hoped to find a quiet corner where he could learn Torah undisturbed. However, droves of people flocked to learn Torah from his holy mouth, to seek his advice, and hear his shiurim in halacha and agadda. The Rav of Chust was one of few who were zoche to retain their clarity in learning and mind, and took every opportunity to discuss Harav Yehoshua Grunwald zt"l The Chuster Rav the churban of Europe, and extol the greatness of those kedoshim who gave up their lives al Kiddush Hashem. He emphasized the importance of remembering the atrocities enacted by the accursed Nazis. For this purpose, he wrote his sefer, Ein Dimah, (tearful eye) which is one of the most famous personal accounts of the Holocaust. Miraculously, some of the Rav s manuscripts of sheilos and teshuvos from before the war, were preserved, and eventually the sefer sheilos u teshuvos Chessed Yehoshua was printed in 3 volumes. Rav Yehoshua Grunwald was niftar on 6 Av, 1969, one day before the yahrtzeit of his grandfather, the Arugas Habosem, and his aron was sent to Eretz Yisrael. He is buried adjacent to the Belzer Rebbe, and thousands of people travel to daven by his kever. The bais medrash established by the Rav continues to be a makom torah and tefillah. His sonin-law, Rav Pinchas David HaLevi Horowitz, shlita, succeeds him as the Rav of the Chust kehillah. His einikel, HaRav Dovid Rapaport shlita, is the Rav of Khal Zichron Avrohom Yaakov here in Flatbush. He is the son of Reb Yehoshua s eldest daughter, (Ruzi) z l, who survived the Holocaust as well.

88 JULY 27, 2017 Rabbi Mansour: Parasha A COMPENDIUM OF PRACTICAL HALACHOT & ILLUMINATING INSIGHTS FROM THE WEEKLY PARASHA WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH The first verse of Parashat Devarim records the names of several places where Moshe spoke to Be ne Yisrael. However, as Rashi observes, these places do not actually exist; there are no locations called Mol Suf, Lavan or Di Zahav. In truth, Rashi explains, these terms subtly allude to the occasions when Be ne Yisrael sinned against G-d during their sojourn in the Wilderness. Mol Suf refers to their protests at the Yam Suf, where they berated Moshe for leading them out of Egypt; Lavan, which literally means white, hints to the incident when they complained about the Manna, referring to it as this white stuff ; and Di Zahav refers to the gold utilized in the fashioning of the Golden Calf. Moshe began his final address to the people by making indirect reference to their sins over the past forty years. Even as he prepared to administer rebuke, to criticize the people for their rebellious conduct, he made sure to do so gently and respectfully, in a manner that would insure that they would not lose face and feel humiliated. Very often, when we offer criticism, we do so without restraint, chiding and humiliating the individual for his mistake. Moshe teaches us that criticism must be expressed softly and delicately, with utmost respect. Even someone who committed a wrong, even a sinner, deserves our respect, and his dignity must be preserved. This lesson that emerges from the very first verse of Parashat Devarim is perhaps one of the reasons why this parasha is always read on the Shabbat preceding Tish a B Av. The Second Temple was destroyed SEPHARDIC HERITAGE thefjj.com 88 because of this very issue the people s failure to treat one another respectfully. This problem reached its peak, perhaps, in the well-known story of Bar Kamsa, who was inadvertently invited to a party hosted by someone who despised him. The host approached Bar Kamsa and told him to leave, and Bar Kamsa pleaded to be allowed to remain rather than suffer humiliation. But the host insisted, and even after Bar Kamsa offered to pay for the entire feast, the host had several of the guests physically escort Bar Kamsa from the building. The Gemara relates that Bar Kamsa chose to avenge his humiliation by falsely reporting to the Roman authorities that Jews had planned a revolt. These deceptive reports triggered the Roman government s campaign against the Jews that ultimately resulted in the Temple s destruction. Bar Kamsa was clearly evil; he was prepared to endanger the entire Jewish people by spreading false rumors. And yet, G-d allowed his efforts to succeed because of the humiliation he suffered at the hands of his fellow Jew. We are enjoined to show respect to all Jews, regardless of their level of observance, and even to sinners. In fact, after Bilam was scolded by his donkey, G-d had the donkey die so as to spare Bilam further humiliation. Even Bilam, wicked and corrupt as he was, deserved a sense of dignity. All the more so, then, must we exercise extreme care when speaking to good, decent people. Even when we must offer criticism, we must make sure to spare them embarrassment and to maintain their respect and dignity. As Moshe teaches us, we must Parashat Devarim: Preserving Man s Dignity make every effort to criticize softly and respectfully, in a manner that does not cause any humiliation or discomfort, and in this way we will rectify the mistake that led to the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash, and to so many centuries of bitter exile. Q: May one own a business that operates on Shabbat? Is it permissible to invest in a non-jewish company that conducts business on Shabbat? Rabbi Moshe HaLevi, in Menuhat Ahava (Helek 1, p. 394), rules that halacha would allow giving money to a non-jew during the week as an investment, even if it is clear that the non-jew will conduct his business on Shabbat. Since the non-jew does his work on Shabbat for his own convenience, and the Jew did not specifically instruct or request that the work be performed on Shabbat, no prohibition is involved. Even though the work performed by the non-jew on Shabbat directly affects the Jewish investor, who receives a percentage of the profits, the investment is permissible because the Jew did not specifically request that work be performed on Shabbat. Rabbi Moshe HaLevi adds that the issue of Mar it Ha ayin giving the mistaken appearance of violating halacha does not arise in such a case, because when the non- Jew conducts his business on Shabbat it is not evident that this work involves a Jewish investor. By extension, then, it is entirely permissible to own stock in a company that conducts business, opens its stores, and earns profits on Shabbat. Even though a Jew receives a share of the company s profits, nevertheless, since the employees do not work on Shabbat at the behest of the Jew, and do not give the appearance of doing so, no prohibition is involved. Thus, one may invest during the week in a non-jewish company that operates and conducts business on Shabbat. ADVERTISING MARKETING» EVENTS COORDINATION»

89 July 27, 2017 Maran Harav Ovadia RABBI YEHUDA HEIMOWITZ, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH SEPHARDIC HERITAGE thefjj.com 89 Group Decisions Unfortunately, Rav Zolty s tenure as chief rabbi of Yerushalayim was shortlived. On 30 Heshvan 5743/1982, he suddenly passed away, at the age of just 62. His passing came as a shock to everyone, for he was vibrant until his last day. In his hesped, Harav Ovadia related that on the day of his passing, Rav Zolty spent a long, hard day tending to Rabbanut matters, yet he still had energy to deliver an in-depth shiur to a group of advanced scholars. If Rav Zolty was sorely missed by Yerushalayim s scholars and laymen alike, how much more was his loss felt by his friend and colleague, Harav Ovadia. The lives of the two had intersected many times during their nearly five-decade friendship and especially during the last five years of Rav Zolty s life. During that last period, the two had collaborated to revamp the kashrut system in Yerushalayim that had been neglected for so many years. They would visit factories together and discuss important practical sh eilot with each other often involving Rav Elyashiv, Rav Goldschmidt, and Rav Shaul Yisraeli, their other colleagues from the glory days of the Beit Din HaGadol NEW AND COMPLETELY R E V I S E D to ensure that reliably kosher food was readily available in Yerushalayim. The Carmel-Mizrahi Question About two months before Pesah 5735/1975, a major sh eila arose that was liable to cause a shortage of a Pesah staple: wine. At that point, approximately 95 percent of wine used in Israel on Pesah was produced by Carmel-Mizrahi, which also exported large quantities of kosher-for-pesah wines. The sh eila therefore affected not only the vast majority of Jews in Israel, but world Jewry as well. Naturally, Harav Ovadia was called upon to clarify the status of the wine. Seeking the largest consensus possible to ensure that the eventual decision on this sh eila would be accepted by Jews from across the religious spectrum, he called together a group of the greatest poskim in Eretz Yisrael: Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rav Betzalel Zolty, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rav Eliezer Goldschmidt, and Rav Shaul Yisraeli. They heard testimony from Rav Yedidyah Yanovsky, the mashgiah of the Vintners Association at Carmel-Mizrahi s original and primary production plant in Rishon LeZion, בס ד and Rav Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, who would serve as the Sephardic chief rabbi 20 years after Harav Ovadia, but at the time was chief rabbi of Bat Yam and responsible for one of the two plants that had encountered the sh eila. They also heard from vintners and other industry experts. The issue started at the Asis plant in Ramat Gan and the Paka plant in Bat Yam, both of which produced the spirits that would later be added to the fermenting wine in Carmel-Mizrahi s Rishon LeZion plant to boost the alcohol content of the wine. There are many raw ingredients that can be used to create spirits, one of which is grain starch. Grain-based spirits are hametz, and any wine produced with such spirits cannot be used for Pesah. In order to produce Pesah wines, Carmel-Mizrahi would send actual wine to the Asis and Paka plants to ferment into spirits, and the spirits would then be shipped back to Carmel- Mizrahi to be added to the wines. For wines used during the year, the Asis and Paka factories would alternate between the raw ingredients used for the spirits. That year, after a production run of grain-based spirits, they switched to sugar beet as their raw ingredient, and only afterward did they produce the wine-based spirits. Before producing the wine spirits, they cleaned all of the production equipment with caustic soda, an extremely powerful cleaning agent, which would certainly render the equipment kosher for Pesah use. In the next stage of the process, the various forms of spirits would be stored in two huge tanks. The problem was that that year, after storing first the grain-based spirits and then the sugar beet spirits, they used the very same tanks for the wine-based spirits without cleaning the tanks. The sh eila actually affected more than just wine, since the sugar beet spirits had been used to produce liquor and arak for Pesah, while the wine spirits had been used to produce wine. Did the fact that they were stored in the same tanks used to store grain-based spirits render all of the wine, liquor, and arak produced in Israel unusable for Pesah, because they contained traces of hametz derivatives? The first fact the rabbanim were able to establish was that the sh eila did not pertain to the grape juice produced by Carmel-Mizrahi, because grape juice was produced on equipment that had been cleaned for Pesah and had not come into contact with any of the problematic spirits. After spending a few days deliberating the matter, the group of rabbanim accepted Harav Ovadia s approach, which resulted in all the wines and brandies produced in the factories being ruled kosher for Pesah use, even l chatchila. With regard to the liquors, arak, and vodka in question, the ruling was that these were permitted b dieved, but Harav Ovadia strongly urged people to be stringent and not drink them on Pesah. He wrote, however, that these beverages could be stored and used after Pesah, even for those who generally do not keep hametz-based liquors over Pesah. Because Harav Ovadia was both savvy and humble enough not to simply release this psak himself, but to gather this group of Torah giants to discuss the case with him, his psak was relied upon throughout Eretz Yisrael and the world. Pesakim & Minhagim of Chachmei Sefard Rabbi Moshe Boylan The following article is based upon the Sefer Kitzur Shulchan Aruch with the Hearos Yosef Daas from Rav Avrohom Avrohom Shlita. Brackets are additions from the author. If someone wakes up in the middle of the night to drink some water or go to the bathroom, he needs to wash Netilas Yadayim without a beracha. (Kaf HaChaim 4:52). Some hold that the Ikar HaDin is that one can say a beracha with Sheim U Malchus without washing Netilas Yadayim. What the person should do is to wipe his hands with a blanket or sheet or anything that will clean his hands and then he can make a beracha and drink the water. (The first opinion is that when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he must wash Netilas Yadayim if he wants to say a beracha. The second opinion is that he can rely on cleaning his hands with a blanket or something else that cleans, and then he can say a beracha.)

90 July 27, 2017 Echoes of the Maggid RABBI PAYSACH KROHN, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH A Savings Account thefjj.com 90 In April 1944, 17-year-old Beru (Yissachar Dov) Stern and his family were forcibly seized by the invading Nazis from their affluent home in Ungvar, Hungary, and taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau. There, the family suffered terrible ordeals of slave labor and persecution, and eventually Beru s parents and three of his brothers were sent to the gas chambers. Beru, his younger brother Chaim Asher, and their sister Ahuvah managed to survive. The Stern family had been very wealthy before the war, but after the liberation, the children were penniless. Beru wanted to go to Palestine after I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY FATHER S HANDWRITING AGAIN. WE HAVE NOTHING FROM HIM. NO CORRESPONDENCE, NO POSSESSIONS, NO SEFARIM. NOTHING. the war, but he was ill with tuberculosis and was sent to a hospital in Davos, Switzerland for treatment. Not having proper travel documents, he had no choice but to remain in Switzerland, where he painstakingly began to rebuild his life. Ultimately he moved to London and then to New York. Finally in 1953, he was able to make his long-awaited first trip to Israel. When Beru arrived in Jerusalem, he made his way to the old Battei Ungarin neighborhood, in the Meah Shearim section of Jerusalem. He went directly to the home of the impoverished Reb Chaztkel Leifer* and his family, to whom his father, Reb Moshe Stern, had sent money for many years. He knocked on the door and introduced himself. I am Beru Stern, the son of Moshe Stern from Ungvar. The door flew open and Reb Chatzkel came out and embraced Beru. I am so glad to meet you, said the elderly Reb Chatzkel. I thank the Ribono Shel Olam that my family and I have finally merited to have a member of Reb Moshe Stern s family in our home. Beru was offered cake and tea, but he was uncomfortable eating in this poor and unadorned apartment. He felt that any morsel of food he ate would come off the plates of the Leifer family. Your father was such a special person, said Reb Chatzkel, in sadness and reverence. Every Rosh Hashanah he would send us enough money to last us until Pesach and every Pesach he would send us enough money to cover us until Rosh Hashanah. But that alone was not the only thing that made him so exceptional. He used to write us the most beautiful letters, in a magnificent handwriting. He would quote verses of the Torah and teachings of our Sages to encourage and inspire us. By the time we would finish reading his letter, we felt that we were doing him a great favor by accepting the money, when really he was doing us the favor. Beru was in awe. He hadn t known about the letters, and he was deeply moved to hear these accolades about his father. Is it possible that you still have some of those letters? asked Beru slowly. I would love to see my father s handwriting again. We have nothing from him. No correspondence, no possessions, no sefarim. Nothing. Beru s voice trailed off. He cried as he remembered his parents. His family and their belongings had been totally annihilated, but maybe there was something here that he could recover and show his brother and sister. I am sure we still have some of those letters, said Reb Chatzkel. Come back in a few days and meanwhile I ll try to find them. Three days later, Beru came back and Reb Chatzkel gave him three letters. Overwhelmed with joy, Beru was speechless. He fingered the letters and read and studied each exquisite line. Indeed, his father had offered deeply sensitive encouragement and the words, a combination of Torah and Talmud, were masterpieces. You can have them, said Reb Chatzkel. We are happy and honored to give them to you. Suddenly it occurred to Beru that his father had written these letters not on personal stationery but on his business letterhead! This could be the proof he needed that his father had owned this former lucrative liquor distilling and distribution company. Beru had been trying to get reparations money from the Germans after the war, but they had denied him any funds. These letters could be the proof he needed that his father had owned a business before the war. After a while, Beru noticed another incredible thing. For reasons that he could not understand, the business stationery contained the account number of the bank accounts his father s business held in various Hungarian banks.with the help of lawyers and the proper authorities, Beru, by virtue of these letters and the information they contained, was able to procure tens of thousands of dollars for himself and his family. A LASTING TRIBUTE FOR THE KEDOSHEI HAR NOF! Eventually he used part of the money to build a shul in Jerusalem. The prophet Hoshea exclaimed: Sow for yourselves charity, so that you will reap according to your kindness (Hoshea 10:12). It is man who sows but it is Hashem who delivers the harvest. The harvest of Rav Moshe Stern s benevolence, in words and in deeds, was delayed so that it appeared in a different country, for a different generation. But it was a harvest that has caused his children and grandchildren to blossom and thrive until this very day. OVER 200 CELL PHONE LOCKER UNITS ARE NOW BEING USED AROUND THE WORLD! Yerushalayim Belgium Switzerland England Cincinatti Baltimore Los Angeles Chicago Lakewood Passaic Flatbush Boro Park Marine Park East Side Williamsburg Florida Vienna Australia In these turbulent times do!כבוד בית הכנסת something for Order a cell phone locker for your.מקום תורה ותפילה Call Join the worldwide movement to preserve the sanctity by not bringing cell phones or.מקום תורה ותפילה smartphones into the Due to the vision and initiative of HORAV ELIEZER GINSBURG shlita, there is finally a solution to the cell phone mageifah affecting our shuls and yeshivos! Rabbi Ginsburg has raised the initial funding to develop, design and produce over 200 wood cell phone locker units. Upon entering a Makom Torah Utefillah, cell phones are placed in personal secured numbered lockers under lock and key. The keys remain with cell phone owner until he exits the premises.

91 JULY 27, thefjj.com 91 In the sefer Moraim Gedolim (p. 79), a fascinating story is told of how the Kosel HaMa aravi, the last remnant of our holy Temple which had been hidden for years, was uncovered in the year 5300 (1540), four hundred and seventy four years ago. When the benevolent conqueror, Suleiman the Magnificent, captured Jerusalem, he made himself a residence in the old city for when he visited a chamber which was later used by Arab judges, called the Mahkamah in Arabic. One day he looked out the window of his newly renovated chamber and saw an elderly woman wrapped in rags carrying a huge sack of garbage, climbing up a heap of trash next to his building and dumping her pile in front of the heap. Suleiman was furious at the woman who dared deal with such filth right under the window of his private office. He ordered his men to bring her to him at once. What is this that you are doing? he shouted when she arrived. The terrified woman tried to justify herself before the Sultan. Your Excellency, I am a Christian woman and I live far from Jerusalem, a two-day journey. We have a time-honored tradition, dating back to the rule of the Romans, that anyone living in Jerusalem must bring their rubbish to this site every day. Those who live in the surrounding areas must bring their garbage twice a week, and those living a three-day distance from the city must bring theirs once a month. The Sultan was quite curious about this peculiar practice. What is the meaning of this tradition? he asked. She answered, On this site, stood the house of the G-d of Israel, which the Romans burned and destroyed. Only one wall survived, which the Roman legions were unable to bring down. They decreed that it should be covered with mud and garbage, so that an artificial mound is formed to conceal it. In this way, the Jewish Temple will be eradicated from memory. The Sultan was stunned when he heard this and ordered the old woman imprisoned until her story was verified. He instructed his men to surround the area and stop every person bringing garbage to this spot. The guards stopped one person after another and brought each one before the Sultan. Indeed, every person related the same tale: this was an ancient custom dating back over one thousand years, though not all of them knew the reason for it or its source. The Sultan considered himself an enlightened individual. Indeed, the rule of Suleiman and the subsequent Ottoman Sultans, brought an age of religious peace to Jerusalem; Jew, Christian and Muslim enjoyed the freedom of religion the Ottomans granted them and it was possible to find a synagogue, a church and a mosque all on the same street. The Sultan thus ordered the woman s release from prison. He then announced throughout the kingdom that anyone Your Excellency, I am a announced throughout the kingdom who wants to find favor in the eyes of the Sultan should come to the area near the Mahkamah and follow his lead. An enormous gathering assembled, consisting of men, women, adolescents and children. To the surprise of all assembled, the Sultan took a bucket and shovel and climbed on top of the mound of garbage. He scooped some trash and poured it into the bucket. Before he came down, he took a few handfuls of gold and silver coins from his pocket and threw them onto the mound. Immediately, the onlookers jumped onto the heap in a wild frenzy trying to retrieve the coins. Meanwhile, the Sultan s servants scooped the heap into buckets and carried them outside the southern gate of the city, called the Dung Gate. They worked this way for a full month until they had finally cleared away the entire heap and reached the ground. Once the pile had been cleared, the Western Wall of the Temple was revealed in all its glory. The Sultan appointed guardsmen to ensure that anyone who attempts to bring garbage to that spot would be incarcerated. He then called for the rabbi of the Jewish community and warmly asked him to rebuild the Temple, in all its majesty and grandeur, with funding provided by the royal treasury. The rabbi responded, We thank Your Majesty for his great kindness, but we wait for the Messianic redeemer who will soon be revealed, and he will rebuild the Temple. He did, however, request that the Western Wall be recognized as a place designated for Jewish prayer, a spot where Jews can pray for the rebuilding of the Temple. The Sultan granted this request and Jews have been praying at this holy site ever since. May the Temple be rebuilt speedily and in our days. She surely weeps, she weeps in the night, and her tears are on her cheek; she has no comforter among all who love her. (Eicha 1-2) Tisha B'av is not just a day of national mourning but it is also a night of crying. As the gemara tells us: "Why (must )סנהדרין קד:( we cry) at night? Because one who cries at night, his voice is heard. Another reason is, because one who cries at night, those who hear him will cry along with him." A person may feel his emotional heartstrings pulling within him, however, he is unable to pour forth the feelings of misery and grief that he feels. Thus, when he hears others crying with conviction and sadness over Klal Yisroel's tremendous loss, it can have the desired effect that will allow him to boil over and register his flood of emotions. The holy son of the Mezeritcher Maggid ZT"L was referred to by all as R' Avraham HaMalach ZT"L (the Angel). Why he was known with such a rare distinction was explained by R' Yitzchok of Radvil ZT"L, after he spent Tisha B'av one year in Chustov, with the holy tzaddik. סעודה המפסקת After eating the (meal of separation) and walking to shul to daven Maariv, the congregants all sat down on the floor as the reading of Megillas Eichah began. As the first words, were intoned, a "איכה ישבה בדד" loud and heart-wrenching groan of abject misery burst forth from the lips of R' Avraham HaMalach, and in a fit of uncontrolled weeping, he lowered his head between his knees and sobbed. He remained this way all throughout the Kriah and even after davening was over, R' Avraham had not moved from his place, nor had he even lifted his head, his cries continued unabated. The next morning found the Malach sitting in the same spot, head lowered crying incessantly, as he had been doing all night. Said R' Yitzchok, "This is not a man; this is a Malach - Angel!"up? Rabbi Dovid Hoffman is the author of the Torah Tavlin series of books on Torah, Haggadah shel Pesach, Yamim Noraim, and other Jewish topics, as well as the acclaimed Holocaust books entitled Heroes of Spirit and Heroes of Faith. His weekly Torah Tavlin parsha newsletters are disseminated all over the world. To subscribe, please go to his website where you will find archives, divrei Torah, stories, articles of interest, and much more. He can be reached at: Torahtavlin@yahoo.com R Mordechai Yoffe zt l would say: Why is the Book of Eicha, which everything we read on in his Tisha life B av, comes not from written Hashem, on parchment then Hashem is Megillas infuses Esther, attribute the Scroll of of Esther, HISTAPKUS which is read - on satisfaction, Purim? into When him Moshiach and he becomes comes, happy Tisha with B av his will lot. be Thus, transformed Yaakov from said, a For day of G-d sorrow has favored into a me day - of what rejoicing. I have is As from every Hashem; day, not we my await ments, Moshiach s and I have arrival. everything Making Eicha - I don t more need permanent anymore in by my committing life, for I it am to parchment is not really necessary truly richjkggggggggggggggggggggggggg and would imply that we have ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg already despaired, chas v shalom. ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg Purim, however, will also be ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg celebrated in the era of redemption, ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg and thus the parchment scrolls will ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg be used then. gggggggggg R' Yitzchok Meir Alter zt l (Chiddushei Harim) would say: "If a person is not able to shed tears on the churban Bais Hamikdosh, he should shed tears over his own personal churban. He should cry over the fact that he is unable to cry over the loss of the Bais Hamikdosh."

92 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 July 27, 2017 Beware of Friends There s upside-down clocks that make everyone late upside-down food that won t stay on your plate. Upside-Down World (Sesame Street) It s not about metal detectors. And how ridiculous that I should even have to say that. A child watching Sesame Street knows when things are upside down. Children learn the basics of gravity and even proxemics at a fairly young age. They understand that there s a certain amount of space that one must place between themselves and, say, a fire or a dog that s baring its teeth. Sadly, most Israelis have these basics internalized as well, but they have been forced to live in a reality where many things are upside down. Case in point: The situation now facing Israel, its citizens, and the many people who visit there is so far removed from the recent installation of metal detectors at the entrance to the Temple Mount that it s absurd to even suggest that this recent cause célèbre has any impact on what s occurring in the Middle East. The metal detectors are merely the latest excuse. The Salomon family members were not butchered because of metal detectors. There were no metal detectors when the Fogel family was murdered in their beds in Itamar. There were no metal detectors when Hallel Yaffa, an innocent 13-yearold girl, was slaughtered in her bed in Kiryat Arba. The presence of metal detectors at the Temple Mount is just another excuse to shed blood. Why? Because Israel s enemies live in a chasm of fake news and false motives. Metal detectors weren t suddenly installed to insult anyone. They were installed because two Israeli policemen were murdered, shot in the back by assassins who ascended the Temple Mount ostensibly to pray. And then turned and fired. These metal detectors were recently installed to protect people all people. So how does Mahmoud Abbas react? How does King Abdullah of Jordan react? Publicly, their reactions imply to their people and to the rest of the world that Israel, the Zionist enemy, has perpetrated the unthinkable upon the Muslim people. These Arab leaders have abandoned the avenue LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thefjj.com 92 of civil discussions and diplomatic relations and instead opted to incite days of rage. Rage. That is the edict from the so-called moderate leaders of the Arab world. These are the men who say they want peace for their people, peace for the region. Hamas and their ilk, the overt terror organizations, make no secret of their means nor the ends they seek. By contrast, Abbas and the Jordanian King are more polished and, consequently, somewhat more dangerous. Why? Because they hold out the promise of peace; they proffer the gift of life without terror, which all Israelis and civilized peoples hope and pray for. For the small price of trust, they say, we promise to bestow the precious gift of peace upon a generation weary of terror and war. Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. Beware of friends bearing gifts. Because with friends like these... Assemblyman Dov Hikind The Kosel Missing the Point In a recent edition of the FJJ, a number of articles were written about the current painful issue of Reform and Conservative Jews attacking the recent decision of the Israeli government freezing the plan for expanding a prayer place for these movements in part of the Kosel. Rabbi Lerner did a great job in defending the Orthodox position in this regard. However, I was quite perturbed about one of the other articles, written by Mr. Flatow. Let me first mention that Mr. Flatow has gone through much tzaros in the tragic death of his daughter, Al Kiddush Hashem. Additionally, he has written many articles that are on target about the double standard which Israel is placed in the world. Unfortunately, in the issue of the Kosel, I feel he has not represented the issue appropriately. Mr. Flatow said that he has no problem with the Reform and Conservative expressing their opinion about the Kosel, just that they should keep it in perspective that it is not an existential threat to Israel like Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran. In truth, however, as Torah Jews and followers of Gedolim, it is clear that we must fight strongly against the Reform and Conservative movements that are trying to get an inroad and foothold in Eretz Yisroel, chas veshalom. These groups are using the Kosel Hamaaravi as an excuse to break the status quo and ultimately destroy the monopoly that Orthodox have on religious decisions in the Rabbanut. Contrary to what you read in the secular media, this is not merely a way that Chareidi Jews are trying to take over the country. In fact, many people outside of Chareidim, such as significant and important members of Bayit Yehudi (which are not Chareidim by any stretch) oppose giving the Reform and Conservatives a foothold in the Kosel. We also must stress that there is absolutely no intention of limiting the Kosel Hamaaravi to the use of Orthodox Jews. In fact, over the last fifty years since the liberation of Yerushalayim from the Jordanians, thousands and thousands of secular, Reform, and Conservative Jews have prayed by the Kosel. In fact, even numerous non-jews (such as relatively recently, President and Mrs. Trump) have prayed at the Kosel Hamaaravi. The Rabbanut and other opponents of the frozen plan for the Kosel, only want the Kosel to be run according to the traditional way of Judaism, without any compromises that give other movements recognition in the government and in this holy spot. However, part of the status quo is allowing and even encouraging all groups to take advantage of the Kosel Maaravi to daven, assuming they show respect to our traditions. {As mentioned, President and Mrs. Trump prayed at the Kosel, each separately. They are not Jewish, but had no problems showing respect to the traditions of this holy place.} In addition to all the above, there is already one part of the Kosel Maaravi which is designated for non-traditional forms of worship (e.g. Reform and Conservative). Freezing the plan only prevents the expansion of this place and prevents a situation in which the Reform and Conservative would be given official status in Israel. For Mr. Flatow to imply that the only problem with the Reform and Conservatives is that they express themselves to strongly, is to miss the point entirely. The problem with the Reform and Conservatives is that they want to undermine Torah Judaism, and the Yud Gimmel Ikarim of Torah. As Torah Jews and the FJJ as a Torah newspaper, we have an obligation to protest their plans and uphold the Torah and the Daas Torah of our Gedolim to defend the status quo which helps maintain the commitment of Torah of Yidden in Eretz Yisroel. Hoping for more clarity about the issue of the Kosel Hamaaravi. MB Dear Editor or. The problem with writing letters only in response to other letters is that sometimes there are no other letters worth responding to. Take last week for example. There was not a single letter that inspired me to contradict or argue with it in some way. Someone didn t like women wearing too much perfume to shul <YAWN>. Another person decided that apparent drug deals taking place in Flatbush r l were simply nice gentlemen handing virtuous little Jewish kids innocent pieces of paper how do you even answer that? And then there was Oscar M. Lehmann, P.E., who obviously mistook the FJJ for the WSJ when he wrote, The Federal Reserve Board is enamored with their 2% inflation goal. Basically, maintaining the 2% rate amounts to a redistribution of wealth from the have nots to the haves [spoken like a true liberal]. The 2% inflation goal is another form of taxation implemented by a group of non-elected elite. I don t know about you, but that first paragraph alone was enough for me to be able to skip my Ambien for the evening. So I was stuck how do I write a letter with no grist for the mill? Don t laugh just because I don t get paid, it doesn t mean I m not under pressure. If I fail to send something in, I ll get an from Mordy saying, No letter this week?? Yes, I know: I can always take a week off, but how do you say no to those big puppy-dog eyes and furry little mustache of his? So inevitably I wind up scraping together some nonsense or another at two in the morning and submitting it. And the people rejoice. Sheesh. But this week was different absolutely nothing worth writing about. Zilch, nada, gurnisht. But then I had an epiphany. It was all the way in back of the fridge and there was a little green stuff growing on it, but I had it nevertheless. Instead of relying on my fellow Flatbushians for ridiculous letters, I decided to write some of CONTINUED ON PAGE 93

93 July 27, 2017 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 92 my own. These are complaints that I have never seen voiced herein, but it certainly would not be beyond the realm of imagination to see them bandied about someday in the future; especially after hand-clapping and nose-blowing made their proud debuts a few weeks ago. Anyway, here we go 1. STICKING MY NECK OUT Dear Editor, I am writing to bring to the oilam s attention a terrible problem afflicting our community. Men are wearing extremely loud and garish ties to shul!!!!! What kind of example are we setting for our holy kinderlach????? Believe it or not, I saw a man who otherwise appeared to be a regular, ehrliche ben Torah, wearing a BRIGHT GREEN TIE!!!!! Gevalt!!!!! What could he possibly be thinking????? Hasn t he ever heard of St. Patrick s Day????? Doesn t he understand that his choice of neckwear is a perfect example emulating Chukas Hagoyim????? Please, please, rabboisai: whether you re in Century 21 or TJ Maxx, make sure to only buy ties that are appropriate for the righteous lifestyle of our neighborhood, lest you corrupt some poor child who ll look upon your ostentatious get-up and think it s something that would be perfectly fine to imitate. Next thing you know, he s a drug addict, r l!!!!! Here s a good of thumb: Would I wear this to a levaya????? Signed, One Who Cares 2. NIX THE KIX, TRIX, AND CRISPIX! Dear Editor, I believe it s the height of irresponsibility for stores in our community to be selling the Kellogg s cereal Crispix. Don t get me wrong; I, too, love the way it tastes!!!!! But many of our friends and neighbors are not aware that in order to eat Crispix, one must recite two separate brachos!!!!! All you need to do is read the box to realize that Crispix presents a unique problem: Crispy rice on one side, it reads, crunchy corn on the other. So you re mamash eating two different things at the same time!!!!! In order to eat Crispix, one must first recite a mezonos and eat the darker (rice) side, and then a shehakol for the lighter (corn) side. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thefjj.com 93 Don t our local grocers realize what a huge achrayus is on their shoulders with every box? What if someone makes only a shehakol, chas v shalom????? Or worse, what if some kid whose hashkafos aren t very strong gets confused, throws his hands up in the air, and says, this is way too complicated for me I think I ll become a drug addict, r l!!!!! In fact now that I think about it, it might be a good idea to ban cereals altogether. Have you ever read a listing of brachos for all the commercially available cereals on the market? It s enough to make your head spin!!!!! Not only does one have to know what bracha to make, one also needs to know what the proper bracha achronah is. So I believe for the good of the k lal, all cereals should be removed from all the supermarket shelves immediately, lest the proprietors be oiver on lifnei ivair!!!!! Respectfully, Yerucham Binklefeld, President U.E.D.A. (United Egg Distributors of America) 3. IN A JAM! Dear Editor, In the old days, life was simple. A wife sent her husband to the store with a list: eggs, bread, milk, etc. No muss, no fuss. If by chance hubby got something wrong, the missus would lovingly explain when he got home: Yankel, you big dope don t you know we use the blue milk, not the green milk????? True, it meant a lot of guys had to get back in the gray Odyssey and go back to the store where he would talk to the highly cooperative manager: Sorry, I can t accept this return. Why not? It s past its sell by date. But I bought it twenty minutes ago! Sorry, but that s impossible. Are you calling me a liar? Chas v shalom. You re just mistaken. There might have been a teensy bit of agmas nefesh, but at least the supermarket aisles remained relatively navigable. Since the advent of the cell phone, that pox upon our community, Shopping has become mamash intolerable!!!!! I propose that storekeepers no longer allow husbands into their establishments with cell phones. I feel there should be cubbies set up outside, just like there are in some of our shuls. Now when a wife sends her husband to shop, the list in his hand is almost an afterthought; after all, 90% of the time he s going to get some (or most) of it wrong anyway. But nowadays, he holds a direct line to The Boss in his other hand!!!!! So there are poor, henpecked fellows clogging aisles all over the place, having conversations like this: 1. They don t have the Mehadrin strawberry, only the Norman s. No, you wrote strawberry. Miriam, I know the difference between strawberry and raspberry. Well, maybe if you didn t write like a chicken okay, hold on they have raspberry Mehadrin, but only the fit n free. Wait how about J&J? You know what? From now on you buy all the yogurt, okay????? 2. Okay, I m by the jelly section. What do you mean you don t want jelly? You wrote apricot jelly. What s the difference? Okay, I ll look. Yes, they have jam. Yes, it s Polaner. Okay, great, bye. What? Hold on yes, it has fiber. Why not? What s wrong with fiber? I m sure the recipe won t be ruined if okay, wait a second. Okay, I found one without fiber. It s called All Fruit. Why not? There s no sugar in it, isn t that better? Chani, it s just a fahrshtunkeneh hamantash, for crying out loud!!!! Meanwhile, people are trying to pass, but hubby is too busy getting his orders right to even notice that his wagon full of Pampers, Bounty and Bambas is completely blocking the aisle. And even if he was aware of the chaos he s causing, with a list in one hand and a phone in the other, he s pretty helpless to do anything about it anyway!!!!! It s simply not fair to the rest of the shoppers for clueless husbands to bring cell phones with them to shop. It might even be a fire hazard!!!!! And who knows? From all the stress and tension the guy is feeling, he might even become a drug addict, r l!!!!! Yours Truly, Proper Shopper Anyway chevra, the next FJJ issue doesn t come out until the end of August, so fire up those keyboards and get your little pet peeves off your chests. That way Your Humble Servant won t have to resort to voicing your concerns for you next time, okay? Have an easy fast, everybody Rocky Zweig No TV, No Smartphones As a kid growing up, if you had your own private telephone line in the house then you were probably from the privileged few. There were some who even had their own TV in their room. Fast forward 40 years later and it is truly an amazing phenomena that in today s day and age particularly, every kid has a smart phone in their pocket and some even a plasma screen on the wall in their room. It is in this vein that I have such tremendous Hakaros Hatov to Hakodosh Baruch Hu, that not only don t we have any TV/cable in our house, but our teenage kids have flip-phones or no phones at all. More importantly our kids, b h, never even asked for a TV or a smart phone. What an anomaly indeed! As a side note, periodically Time Warner calls our house asking if we would be interested in switching to their cable service. When I respond that we have no TV or cable, it just doesn t register with them - they keep on with their solicitation. I have to repeat myself two or three times before they get the message. Come the summer and the house that we rent in upstate New York comes fully equipped with a huge plasma - fully connected to a 200 channel cable service - parked in the living room. As my wife does every year, she takes a towel and covers it over and that s it - there is never any discussion whatsoever about even contemplating turning on this electronic device. Surprisingly enough, we are not Chasidish or super Yeshivish - just a plain, simple middle of the road family living in the heart of Flatbush. I sincerely believe that, b h, a large part of our hatzlacha stems from the fact that we send our children to a Yeshiva (Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel) that inculcates its student body with a well-balanced curriculum, together with a generous dose of extra circular activities that allow our teenagers to be fully occupied and fulfilled at all times. Shlomo Goldfedder Give Kids Time We are a Jewish nation full of rachmanos, caring, and giving, but that s fine until somebody s child goes off the derech, rachmana l tzlan! But why? Because we have labeled our children from the moment they start school. They CONTINUED ON PAGE 94

94 July 27, 2017 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 93 have tutors, resource rooms, and no mother waiting for them when they get home. By the time this child is in an older grade his pain takes over and he decides what his future looks like. Let s be there for our children when they come home, give them time to unwind and be there with them, maybe then we won t lose them to this shmutzig world. SK Blame for Family Issues I am completely dismayed and disillusioned when I go to a friend s or relative s home, a home where the bookshelves are brimming with seforim, a home full of Divrei Torah at the Shabbos table, a home where the ba al habayis does the Daf Yomi and davens with a minyan three times a day, a home full of hachnasos orchim, etc. etc. yet that same home has no compunctions, whatsoever, to hang that treifadika and tumadika monstrosity on the walls of the living room and bedrooms. Forty years ago, Rav Avigdor Miller zt l, said, If you have a TV in your home It is like having a sewer draining into your living room. And that was forty years ago. Today, the programming and the level of immorality has grown exponentially. Yet Chashuva Bnei Torah see no issue with veg ing out in front of their 64 inch plasma s for hours on end. Amazing indeed! In our home, Baruch Hashem, we have no television, no cable television, no sports channels, no movie channels, no HBO, no Cinemax, no History channel, no Disney channel, no Discovery channel, no shopping, travel, food networks, court TV, or DIY channels. Instead of spacing out and wasting precious hours, we and our children occupy ourselves with more lofty aspirations and b h the results have been sensational and phenomenal. For those who may be wondering about our family, we are about as middle of the road as you will find. Nope, we are not Chassidish, we are not Yeshivish, we are not Litvish, we are not Ultra Orthodox, we are your everyday FFB s where Torah im Derech Eretz is paramount. Yes, we figured it out that you can t have it both ways. If one s mind is geshtopped with all the shtussim, all the stupidity the world has to offer, then don t blame anyone LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thefjj.com 94 but yourself for issues that arise later on in your family life! When, in this day and age, where many new stumbling blocks have been placed before us in trying to raise a Torah-true family - who needs to make this obstacle course even more complicated and fraught with danger! Shlomo HaMelech said it best in Koheles, This alone I have found! Hashem made man upright/ straight, but they have sought out and made things very complicated and scheming! May we all be zoche, Be ezras Hashem, to see the light, the true light of unadulterated Torah in our homes - b korov! Simcha Geltzaler Evil for Kindness How you doing? Family, children, perhaps grandchildren, business, health? Baruch Hashem, you made it through another year! Mah Ashiv la Hashem - Kol Tagmulahee Alaiy? How can I ever repay You, Hashem, for all Your graciousness, lavishness, magnanimity, benevolence, generosity, all the everything that You have so kindly bestowed and conferred upon me and my family? The answer is a resounding nothing! Hashem has clearly done more for us than we can ever repay! What spurred me to write this letter were the words from the Ohr HaChaim HaKodosh! In the daily Shmiras Halashon broadcast sent L iluy Nishmas Michal a h bas Mordechai Shmaryahu, the Ohr HaChaim states that there is no one as guilty as the one who repays kindness with evil! And that was spoken about one s fellow man - kol v chomer - there is no one as guilty as the one who repays Hashem s kindness with evil! So if you, like me, realize that payback to Hashem is not even a remote possibility then at least think a million times before you ensnare, entrap, and entice your fellow man in sin and become a choteh u machtee! Think a million times before you ensnare your friend with words of Loshon Horah. Think a million times before you entrap your friend with shul talk. Think a million times before you tempt and entice your friend with improper dress. HaKodosh Baruch Hu so very much wants to bring the final redemption - at a minimum we should show our hakaras hatov to Him and not hinder and prevent its imminent arrival. Rafael Raffi Lebowitz Selective Mutism and ADD Dear Rocky: In last week s edition of the FJJ you mock a previous week s letter by a teacher who wrote about the condition of Selective Mutism. Just because you never heard about it does not mean it does not exist. There are specific descriptions of the condition that have to be met in order to diagnose a child with Selective Mutism. It is more than normal shyness. It is a form of anxiety that prevents children from talking except in the presence of close family members. This impairs their ability to function in a classroom setting. It is certainly treatable by mental health professionals who are skilled and experienced in working with children. You mention a classmate of yours who seems to have had Selective Mutism. He is now a successful author and lecturer. Maybe he received the proper treatment for his condition. Later in your letter you also mock the diagnosis of ADD. Again this is a recognized condition with specific behaviors that have to be present in order to diagnose a child with ADD. Children with this condition tend to be hyperactive and impulsive in addition of being inattentive. I agree with you that ADD is over diagnosed and medication over prescribed. However for many children with ADD, receiving the proper treatment is the difference between success in the classroom and constant failure. If a child is properly evaluated and diagnosed with ADD, and the proper treatment provided, most children improve. I certainly agree with you that a skilled, patient, and sensitive teacher can make a huge difference for a child with Selective Mutism, ADD, or any other condition. Respectfully, Jeffrey Wallach, LCSW-R If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem.. It occurred to me some weeks ago that for those who have a smart type phone, one can fulfill King David s directive to always be mindful of Jerusalem, by setting it s display to simultaneously give one s local time and Jerusalem time. May we find favor today in G-d s Eyes to finally be redeemed from this very bitter exile, and celebrate the coming Ninth of Av as the longawaited day of joy and gladness, Amen! Yitzchak Gelb Let s Talk - Disappointment! I m a world business traveler - there isn t a country or major city that I have not visited. When driving from the various airports to my destination, I marvel at the magnificent and opulent skylines of these major cities. New York, Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Melbourne, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Moscow, etc. etc. Wow! Amazing! But invariably, the disappointment, the depression sets in. Yes, there is one recurring thought that I have when I see the latest multi-billion dollar glass tower under construction. Yes, there is deep melancholy, a continual feeling of sorrow that envelops me as I watch the latest architectural monstrosity being erected. As I contemplate all the regal offices, the plush and luxurious apartments, the grandiose estates, the lavish hotel suites - all outfitted with every imaginable amenity - I am twinged with a pain that has at time brought me to tears. Call it a feeling of pensive sadness, a sobering preoccupation, when I come to the realization that Hashem s House, our home, the Bais Hamikdash lies in ruins! Those famous words of the Paytun, that we say every year at Neilah, ring loudly in my ears, All cities are built-up and standing, yet the city of Hashem is downtrodden and in ruins! I wonder, do we ever stop to think that perhaps Hashem, Kavayachol, is disappointed that his Holy Abode lies in rubble - plowed under that big dome atop the Har Habyis - while the rest of the world is standing tall and proud? To be sure, Hashem is ready at any given moment to bring Moshiach and the Bayis Shlishi. Do we even realize that we hold the key to the final redemption? As I sit in shul Shabbos mornings, and I see the continued madness and lunacy unfold around me, as I watch the complete and utter CONTINUED ON PAGE 95

95 July 27, 2017 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 94 lack of acknowledgement that we are standing in front of Melech, Malchei, HaMelachim, HKB H, I fully grasp and comprehend why our redemption is unfortunately not at hand. Alas, what if you/we are contributing to Hashem s ultimate disappointment? What if we are the ones holding back Hashem s decision because we just are not quite ready and worthy of His Ultimate Revelation? What if our personal disappointments in life - finances, relationships, children, health, peace of mind - are only a mirror image of Hashem s ultimate disappointment. No wonder the Chachumim said the sin of talking in Shul is Too great to bear! Hashem Yerachaim! Simcha Shmuel Sorenstein Hook Line and Sinker Baruch Hashem, we are very, very well-to-do - but you would never know it from looking at our house, our car, or for that matter any of our possessions. Our stucco clad house, situated on a 40 x 100 lot in the 20 s, is a pashuta 3 story wood frame structure. Ok, we did put in new Andersen windows and update our kitchen around 20 years ago - but that s it. Of course, we give huge amounts of Tzedakah and help many institutions and individuals - all in a very private manner. And although, we don t believe in any type of conspicuous consumption, I did splurge a few years on a huge purchase which, heretofore, I have not told any of my friends about! You see, I love boating and I love fishing! So in 2015, after we sold one of our buildings (too early - of course!!), I treated myself to a brand, spanking new 60 foot Hatteras yacht. This magnificent boat which, is docked year round in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, is a real beauty and is fully outfitted and equipped to meet the standards of a true tournament angler. For those who are interested - the cockpit includes a dedicated tackle center and in-deck fish boxes and below deck there are three large staterooms, a living room, kitchen, and three bathrooms! The twin diesel engines boasts an impressive top-end speed of over 40 knots (46 MPH) - even when the boat is fully loaded! There is a lot more that I could tell you about this spectacular and LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thefjj.com 95 impressive yacht but the main point of this letter is about an epiphany, a sudden realization, that I had a few weeks ago while sitting on the fly-bridge keeping an eye on the six massive fishing rods perched off the boat s stern. It was a late Thursday afternoon right after Shavous and the weather was stunning - not a cloud in the sky and the water was totally calm. I dropped anchor around 20 miles off the coast of Puntarenas and after setting up the aforementioned fishing rods, I sat back and waited for the tuna and snapper fish to bite. Within around 30 minutes, I caught eight nice sized snappers! As I am sitting in my cushioned and plush captain chair, waiting for my next customer to bite, I couldn t help but hear the fish in the in-deck fish boxes splash around - desperate to get back into the ocean again!! And then I started thinking about this most powerful and amazing analogy and metaphor! Here you have these innocent fish, who to their delight, came upon these juicy worms (I use night-crawlers) dangling and wiggling in the water. Wow, what a delight indeed! A nibble here, a nibble there, so far so good until the next thing they know they feel this sharp hook piercing their upper lip - and boom - they are now flopping around on the deck of some guys fishing boat! And that s when the epiphany struck me as I was reminded of the Mishna in Pirkei Avos, Chapter 3, Mishna 20, which states, A net is spread over all the living, the Merchant (Hashem) extends credit, the ledger is open...whoever wishes to borrow, let him come and borrow! [But remember] The collectors make their rounds constantly, every day, and collect payment from the person, whether he realizes it or not! Wow, Wow, Wow! Just like the fish who never saw the hook lurking behind the juicy bait, neither do we appreciate the fact that - as we go about our daily lives - the baited hooks are lurking at our every turn. And although my Rebbeim were right when they told me - the only place one is afforded true protection from the lures and temptations of this world are between the four walls of the Bais Hakneses/ Hamidrash - alas, even today that is not the case. One only has to watch on any given Shabbos morning as people engage (nibble) in conversation - when perhaps it is permitted - only to suddenly realize - Oops- they already started Chazoros Hashatz, Kaddish, or Kriyas HaTorah! But then it is too late - they have been hooked and now the serious damage is done. Of course, those who continually engage in Shul-talk on a regular basis - went for the bait a long time ago and don t even realize their dire predicament!! As I sat there - 2,200 miles away from home - contemplating my newly found metaphor, I thought to myself, yes, the summer is here, and at every turn the dangling and wiggling bait surrounds and envelops us. At a very minimum we should have some basic common sense not to go for the bait in Hashem s House and then be "Hashem we will be protected where ever else me may go!" As Shlomo Hamelech said, The beginning of wisdom, is fear of Hashem, Common Sense to all its practitioners! If you won t have fear of Hashem in His Own House don t expect to find it outside His House!! Time for us all to wisen-up before r l we go for the bait Hook, line and sinker! JJ Yankelowitz Cooking on Shabbos Of course, FJJ readers are familiar with the basic prohibition of cooking water on Shabbos. And of course, all FJJ readers understand that by turning on the hot water faucet at your kitchen sink, one has transgressed the "melacha of bishul". This is by dint of the fact that the cold water entering one's hot water tank is now letters to editor@thefjj.com DEADLINE: Monday pre-publication getting cooked via the hot water that is in the tank. In addition, if the hot water faucet stays on long enough then the fire under the tank will ignite causing additional Shabbos issurim. What many may not realize is that if you have a single lever kitchen faucet which controls both hot and cold water then if level is not COMPLETELY in the cold water position then cold water will enter your hot water tank - and the prohibition of bishul will have, R"L, been transgressed!!! If the faucet stays in that position long enough, then the fire under the hot water tank will ignite!! As the saintly Chofetz Chaim states in his introduction to the Mishneh Berurah Volume 3 that deals with the laws of Shabbos, that if "one does not constantly study and review the halachos of Shabbos one will inevitably come to transgress some aspect of these halachos!!". There are a few solutions. Either you can be careful to always push the lever completely to the right OR you can shut-off the hot water intake - either underneath the kitchen sink or at the boiler. Alternatively, you can put the gas intake switch on the hot water boiler on "Pilot". This latter solution would have to be done significantly prior to the onset of Shabbos so that the remaining water in the hot water tank is not hot enough to allow incoming cold water to be cooked. As I am not a Rav, it is recommended that one discuss the above with a competent posek. Yosef HaLevi Yudkowsky LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The FJJ reserves the right to edit letters due to space constraints or Rabbinic direction.

96 July 27, 2017 FJJ Opinions The Opinions column reflects the opinion of the author only, not necessarily those of the FJJ thefjj.com Mr. Trump, Stop Pressuring Israel 96 Stephen M. Flatow/JNS The pressure has begun. The State Department s evenhanded statement regarding the Temple Mount. The U.S.-backed Middle East Quartet s call for restraint. The announcement that President Donald Trump s international negotiations representative is going to the region to mediate between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). It all adds up to one thing: American pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians. The July 14 terror attack that killed two Israeli policemen is a clear-cut case of Palestinian aggression if ever there was one, and the Trump administration should have been clearly on Israel s side from the beginning. Security cameras videotaped a terrorist bringing a backpack full of guns and knives into the Al-Aqsa mosque. Since there were no metal detectors, he strolled right in without the slightest interference from the Islamic Waqf officials who administer the site. The security camera footage then showed the heavily armed terrorists coming out of the mosque and beginning their murderous rampage. Even before the two slain Israeli policemen were buried, the Palestinians launched a campaign of wild incitement. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, PA-salaried Muslim preachers and other PA officials openly called on Arabs to launch days of rage. The Arab mobs have been through this drill a thousand times before. They knew what to do. And they did it. In and around Jerusalem last Friday, they tried to stone and burn Israeli police and soldiers to death. The Trump administration should have been the first to speak out against the PA s blatant incitement to violence. After all, if we are to believe the news reports, an angry Trump yelled at Abbas over the issue during their May 23 meeting in Bethlehem, saying the Palestinian leader tricked him in an earlier meeting in Washington, D.C. You talked there about your commitment to peace, but the Israelis showed me your involvement in incitement, Trump said, according to Israel s Channel 2. Well, the shock must have worn off pretty quickly, because here we are two months later, and Abbas and company are openly inciting the mobs while Trump says nothing. In fact, his silence is worse than nothing. Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for Trump s State Department, declared, We support the status quo and we welcome all sides continuing their commitment to maintaining the status quo. We are encouraging both sides to not take any actions that would potentially escalate tensions. Every part of that statement is wrong. The U.S. should not support the status quo. The status quo had no metal detectors. That was the whole problem. The reason Advertise In The FJJ Upcoming Special Issue: ROSH HASHANA SEPTEMBER ads@thefjj.com the terrorist was able to bring those weapons into the mosque, the reason two Israeli policemen are lying in their graves today, is precisely because the status quo was enabling terrorism. Upholding the status quo at this point is the same as saying Israel should remove the detectors and permit terrorists to bring in weapons. The second part of Nauert s statement is just as bad. Calling on both sides to not take any actions that would potentially escalate tensions is to treat the aggressors and the victims as equivalent. The PA is the side guilty of escalating tensions; it is the PA that Trump should be condemning and pressuring. Then it got worse. The Middle East Quartet, which had faded into obscurity, suddenly reared its ugly head. The Quartet consists of the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the U.S. It cannot issue a statement without the cooperation and approval of the Trump administration. The Quartet s statement regarding the Temple Mount was to say it was very concerned about tensions, and call for a solution that assures public safety and the security of the site and maintains the status quo. No acknowledgement of Palestinian aggression. No condemnation of PA incitement. And, once again, a call for the status quo. This is even worse than the State Department s comments, because the U.S. is in effect collaborating with the U.N., EU and Russia in pressuring Israel. Now comes the announcement that Jason Greenblatt, Trump s international negotiations representative, is rushing to the Middle East to seek a mutually acceptable solution to the Temple Mount controversy. You don t seek a mutually acceptable solution between a cop and a robber. You don t seek a mutually acceptable solution between a terrorist and his victims. The solution should not need to be acceptable to the PA, because the PA is the guilty party. Instead of remaining silent about the Palestinian riots, the Trump administration should be reading Abbas the riot act. The U.S. should be making it clear that it supports metal detectors on the Temple Mount just as it supports the metal detectors that are in place at the Western Wall, at the Vatican, at leading mosques around the world and in every American airport. The Obama administration was notorious for its evenhanded calls for restraint on both sides, which was always a code word for pressure on Israel to make concessions that will appease the Palestinians. But appeasement only encouraged and emboldened Palestinian terrorism. The new administration should not repeat this mistake.

97 July 27, thefjj.com 97 FJJ Opinions The Opinions column reflects the opinion of the author only, not necessarily those of the FJJ. Mi Lashem Eilai Pesach Lerner I once heard HaRav Shimon Schwab, zt l, of Congregation K hal Adath Jeshurin, of Washington Heights, New York, (Rav Breuer s Community), tell about the one Shabbos that he spent in Radin, with the Chofetz Chaim, zt l. During the course of the Shabbos, the Chofetz Chaim asked Rav Schwab, perhaps you are a Kohen. Rav Schwab replied that he was not. The Chofetz Chaim then asked, perhaps your father or grandfather were Kohanim, and Rav Schwab, not fully understanding the rational for the follow up question, responded that they were not. The Chofetz Chaim then asked, perhaps you are a Levi, to which Rav Schwab replied that he was not. The Chofetz Chaim then said, have you heard that I am a Kohen; Rav Schwab answered, that he had heard. The Chofetz Chaim sighed and said to Rav Schwab, what a pity. Moshiach will come soon, the Bais HaMikdash will be rebuilt, and since you are neither a Kohen nor a Levi, you will not be able to be involved with the Avodah, the Korbanos, the Shira, the service of the Bais hamikdash. And do you know why not, asked the Chofetz Chaim? Because, over 3000 years ago, in the desert, at the incident of the eigel hazahav, the golden calf, Moshe rabbeinu called out, Mi lashem Eilai, whomever is for G-d, come to me! My alter zaida, my great grandfather, answered Moshe s call, your alter zaida did not. Said the Chofetz Chaim, next time you hear the call, Mi lashem Eilai, whomever is for G-d, answer that call! This is the message of the Chofetz Chaim, explained Rav Schwab. In every generation there is a call, and we must be prepared to answer it! I am reminded of that story because, in my humble opinion, today, we are being called, but not enough people are answering. We are being called to protect Kedushas Eretz Yisrael, Kedushas hamikdash, Kedushas Shabbos. Are we listening? The American reform and conservative movements, the women of the wall, numerous liberal organizations, have declared war on Torah Judaism in Eretz Yisrael. I cannot understand why the American (and to some degree, the Israeli) organized Torah community, and individuals of great influence, are remaining in the comfort of their offices and homes, basically, sitting on the sidelines of this battle. Don t we hear the call? Everyone reading these words knows of the battle going on for Kedushas HaKotel. The liberal American movements (yes, this battle originates from America and the American Torah community has a responsibility to fight this battle) want a mixed prayer section at the Kotel, equal in size, prestige, exposure, access, etc. to the traditional Kotel. They want it, no, they demand it, to be under their direction and control. And, if G-d forbid, they win, today it will be mixed prayer services, but tomorrow, it will be non-kosher events, Chillul Shabbos, even intermarriages, at the Kotel! These liberal American movements, and their Israeli counterparts, want their clergy s conversion, divorces, etc. to be accepted. Such acceptance will be a spiritual tsunami for Israeli Jews, worse than what is already happening in America. And what s next? Public official Chillul Shabbos, official non-halachic-- weddings and divorces, conversions and burials, etc. And these liberal movements clearly state their goals, we do not have to use any imagination. Gedolei Yisrael in Israel, from the Yeshiva and Chasidic worlds, have said--this is a battle that needs to be fought. So, where are our generals? Who is answering the call of Mi lashem Eilai? The Chief Rabbis of Israel are leading the fight, various Chareidei and Orthodox MKs, and a few, too few, Giborei Koach, men and women of valor, in Israel and the United States, are active. But where are the organized Orthodox and Torah communities? Where are those individuals who are usually involved in everything holy? Don t they hear the call? The leaders of the American liberal movements have made this their battle. They are losing their members, their youth are not interested nor involved. Their intermarriage rate is passing 70%. They have lost relevancy in America. So, they have made Israel their last stand. They send their leadership, often, to Israel, to lobby for their cause, to walk the halls of Knesset, to harass the Prime Minister. They have drafted America s and Israel s left wing media to deliver their message. They apply their pressure wherever they can. They make up their own rules; all in the name of true Judaism. They know, deep down, this is their last battle, they are giving it everything they have. And, I humbly ask, where are we, the Orthodox and Torah community of America and Israel? Are we sending missions to lobby in Knesset, to meet with the Prime Minister and members of his cabinet? Have we met with the official Israel government representatives in our communities? Have we sent thousands of s to members of Knesset, to thank those standing up for Torah, and to encourage the other MKs, to do the same? Have we written articles and opeds, sent hundreds of letters to the editor, to the media? Have we discussed the issues in our Shuls? Have we inquired of those organizations who represent Torah values, where are you, what are you doing, how are you fighting this battle? Have we added a few chapters of Tehillim to our daily davening? I write these words out of fear of what may happen. I pray that I write these words out of genuine concern. HaKadosh Baruch Hu is waiting to see what we will do, for His Honor. We dare not let Him down. He is calling, are we listening? Rabbi Pesach Lerner Executive Vice President, Emeritus National Council of Young Israel, Executive Board Member, Coalition for Jewish Values

98 JULY 27, 2017 The Person in the Parsha RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB Parashat Devarim thefjj.com 98 Devarim: A Sublime Autobiography There is a biography. And then there is an autobiography. Our biography is the way others see us. Our autobiography is the way we see ourselves. Typically, there are sharp differences between the two. Others see us from their own perspectives. Some biographers can be boldly objective, confronting us with facts about ourselves which we did not see, and perhaps do not want to see. Other biographers have their own agendas and interpret our lives to fit their perceptions, frequently distorting the facts and the meaning of our lives in the process. Similarly, in the accounts of our lives that we ourselves write, there are two broad possibilities. We can disclose all of our lives details accurately, hiding nothing. Or our autobiographies can be gross distortions of our life stories, intentionally falsified or unconsciously mistaken. PHOTO BOX Whomever we think we are, we are well-advised to be aware of how others see us. This week in the synagogue, we read the Torah portion of Devarim and thus begin an entirely new book, the fifth of the five chumashim: the Book of Devarim, or Deuteronomy. The book we begin this Shabbat differs fundamentally from the preceding four, so much so that the rabbis call it Mishneh Torah, a Second Torah, a review of much that came before. For me, there has always been something else that distinguished Devarim and made it astoundingly different, not only from the other Books of Moses, but from every other book in the entire Bible. It is an autobiography! Whereas the other biblical books are invariably written in the third person, Deuteronomy is written, or more correctly spoken, by Moses in the first person. Moses speaks to us in his own voice. Repetitively, until this week, we have read, And the Lord spoke to Moses saying This week, we will read again and again, And the Lord spoke to me... We will read not, And the Lord commanded, but, And I commanded The attentive reader of these texts cannot help but be astonished by this remarkable shift. This transition into the first person gives us the opportunity to relate to Moses directly, to hear his personal take on all that we have been reading about until this point. This week, we will hear Moses complain about the pressures of leadership in his own voice. We will overhear him exclaim, How can I alone bear your bothersome, burdensome, and petty squabbles? And we will eavesdrop upon him as he transcends his resentments and profusely blesses the people. And next week, again in his very own words, he will tell us of his enthusiasm for the Land of Israel, and of how desperately he petitions the Almighty to allow him entrance into the Land. And he will intimately disclose to us his disappointment when his prayers are rebuffed. As we proceed through the parade of self-disclosures of this book, we will learn more and more about Moses the person. He will not hide his faults from us, he will tell us his versions of events, and he will select the mitzvot which he deems important to introduce or to review. Devarim is the window into the mind and heart of Moshe Rabbeinu, Moses our teacher, the single most important personality in Jewish history. This week s Torah portion contains the opening chapter of what may very well be the world s oldest autobiography. Like every good autobiography should, it instructs the student, interests the reader, and inspires us all. It is instructive, for it teaches us how to be honest with ourselves. Moses is humble, but he knows who he is. His self-image does not change in response to the hostility of his detractors, nor does his head swell because of the flattery of those who adulate him. He never loses sight of his mission and task, no matter what is going on in his psyche. Reading it is a privilege because it is a rare example of a leader who allows us to peek into his inner life and who shares with us his doubts, fears, and hopes. But more than a privilege, Devarim is a challenge and an inspiration. We are challenged by the awareness that, in many ways, we are no different from Moses. We too have our frustrations, limitations, and unanswered prayers, and we too have the ability to cope, to overcome, and to graciously accept failure and disappointment. Finally, it is an inspiration to read of a leader who candidly and openly shares his innermost thoughts and emotions for all to know, and for all time. An inspiration surely for all who wish to learn, to strive, to hope, and to persevere. Have I convinced you that I was correct in the title I selected for this essay, Devarim: A Sublime Autobiography? YOUR UNIQUE PHOTO TO EDITOR@THEFJJ.COM FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED IN PHOTO BOX Because Seeing is Believing! The FJJ Comes to Life on your computer.... current issue. archives. advertising rates & schedule. flatbush news

99 July 27, 2017 Flatbush Focus PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS BY AARON AKSELRUD thefjj.com 99 Flatbush Maariv Directory FJJ Flatbush TO SUBMIT MAARIV TIMES Maariv Directory Let s Get Technical Now that the three weeks are upon us, we take a brief respite from those wonderful photos of so and so at the Ish/ Kabbible wedding as well as the junior askonim at the Whoozie-Whatsis bar mitzvah. But truthfully speaking, it is also a respite from many of the inferior quality photographs, and I use the term photographs loosely, which fill the pages of this weekly tabloid, yes I do mean tabloid. While I realize there is no way to stop the incessant stream of well-meaning participants wishing to share their pleasant experiences, there is a way to improve the photographic quality of these images; therein lies the focus, oops I ve done it again, of this week s article, improving the quality of iphone photos. I apologize to all of you who are Android phone users, my limited expertise is solely for those of you who are iphone users as I have zero experience with the Android photo system. But I do welcome your assistance in this matter. After a photo has been taken, you can view it by pressing the photos icon on your phone. At the bottom of the image you should see four icons. At the extreme right is the trashcan for deleting the image if you see fit. Next to it you see three horizontal lines with dots. While the other two icons have a use we will save those for another time. This is our subject for today, how to improve the image. If you tap on the image improvement icon you should come up with an enlargement of the image we wish to correct. At the top right you should see something like a magic wand. If you tap on this icon you should notice a slight change in the overall quality of the photo; but let s leave that alone for now and go down to the image improvement section. Once you tap the image improvement icon, you should see for little designs at the bottom of the screen. Once again, ignore all but the one indicated by the arrow. That is the exposure improvement feature. Now that you have tapped on this icon, let s see what happens next. Notice that we now have a progression of the same image going from left to right, or from darkest to lightest. Using your finger, slide the lower picture bar until you are pleased with the result, then press done and the resultant image is saved. Or if all else fails, tap the word cancel at the lower left-hand side of the screen and your changes will be cancelled. Have you ever used this feature before? Will you do me a favor, and try it at least once? Please let me know the results, one way or the other. To be continued.. 7:45 PM Agudas Yisroel of MIdwood Khal Beis Avrohom 817 AVENUE H 1524 E. 17TH ST 8:00 PM Agudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S Ahavas Shalom 864 E 26TH ST Bais Moshe Shmiel 1782 E 28TH ST Bet Yosef 2108 OCEAN PARKWAY Congregation Chizuk Hadas 1421 AVE O Khal Bnei Shlomo Zalman 1093 EAST 21 ST Merkaz Hatefilah 1898 BAY AVENUE (M&18) Merkaz Yisroel of Marine Park 3311 AVE S Sephardic Congregaton 2831 NOSTRAND AVE 8:15 PM Adas Yishurin Bais Moshe 3418 AVE N Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin 2913 AVE L Bnei Binyomin 727 AVEN O Knesses Bais Avigdor 1720 AVE J Sharei Eliezer 1882 NEW YORK AVE 8:30 PM Avenue N Jewish Center 321 AVE N Congregation Tenke 1643 E. 21ST ST Chabad of Marine Park 3040 NOSTRAND AVE. Cong. Bnei Avrum 197 WEBSTER AVE. Khal Keser Yisroel Mordechai 2016 AVENUE L Shaarei Halacha 3417 AVE L 8:45 PM Beis Medrash D'Bertch 3302 AVE P Beth Mordechai 1358 EAST 13TH ST Cong. Bnei Avrum 197 WEBSTER AVE Cong. Kehal Imrei Shaul D'Modzitz 1542 CONEY ISLAND AVE Lazewniks 1500 E. 9TH ST Marpeh L'Nefesh 3017 BEDFORD AVE 9:00 PM Agudath Israel of Flatbush 1302 OOCEAN PKWY Agudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S Bais Eluzer Dfaltishan 1516 E 24TH ST Bais HaMedrash Hagadol of East Flatbush 3120 BEDFORD AVE Bais Moshe Shmiel 1782 E 28TH ST Beis Avrohom 1524 E 17TH ST Bnei Israel 3190 BEDFORD AVE Bnei Yitzchok 1143 E 19TH ST Chasidei Gur 1409 OCEAN PARKWAY Congregation Sfard 1575 CONEY ISLAND AVE Congregation Shaaray Zion 1659 E 13TH ST Congregation Sheves Achim 1517 AVE H Ginzei Yosef AVE R BET. 12TH & 13TH ST Khal Beis Avrohom 1524 E. 17TH ST Khal Bais Ephraim 2802 AVE J Khal Bnei Shlomo Zalman 2002 AVE J Khal Kinyan Torah 1570 CONEY ISLAND AVE Khal Toras Chaim D'Flatbush 2201 AVE L Mapeh L'nefesh 3017 BEDFORD AVE Mayan Yisroel 3315 AVE N Nachlas Yehoshua 1655 E. 24TH ST Sasregen 1279 E 24TH ST Sharei Eliezer 1882 NEW YORK AVE 9:15 PM Bnei Torah Bais Naftoli 3514 FLATLANDS AVE Bnei Torah of Marine Park 3523 AVENUE S Bostoner Beis Medrash 2822 AVENUE J Congregation Bais Aryeh 1069 EAST 4TH STREET Congregation Ahavas Dovid 924 EAST 10TH Congregation Keren Orah 812 DITMAS AVE Congregation Nachlas Tzvi 2201 EAST 23RD Congregation Tiferes Tzvi 1307 E. 8TH ST Ginzei Yosef AVE R BET. 12TH & 13TH ST Kolel Zichron Shmiel Chenskowitz 1167 E. 13 ST Monastristch 2702 AVE M Narol Beis Hamedrash 2409 AVE U Rabbi Lezevnik's Shul 1500 E 9TH STREET Tehilah L'Dovid 1950 E 21 STREET Young Israel of Midwood 1694 OCEAN AVE Yeshiva of Brooklyn 1200 OCEAN PKWY 9:20 PM Kehilas Moreshes Yaakov 1757 OCEAN AVE 9:30 PM Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin 2913 AVE L Agudas Yisrael Snif Zichron Shmuel 2141 CONEY IS. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka 1177 E. 18TH ST Bais Hamedrash of Flatbush 1485 E. 29TH ST Beis Avrohom 1524 E 17TH ST Bais Medrash Ateres Shloima 2905 AVE K Beis Medrash Beis Y'shaya AVE I & E. 22ND ST Beis Medrash Bais Halevi 671 EAST 7TH ST Beis Menachem Mendel D'Flatbush 1703 AVE J Chasidei Gur of Midwood 1937 OCEAN AVE. Horodenke 3011 AVE. K Kehillah of Marine Park 3605 QUENTIN RD Khal Ohr Gedalyahu 1554 CONEY ISLAND AVE Khal Shalheves Kodesh 2920 AVE J Khal Talmidei Hayeshivos 1609 AVENUE M Khal Zichron Avrohom Yaakov 3203 BEDFORD Kollel Bnei Torah 1323 E. 32ND ST Kollel Bnei Yeshivos 2402 AVE P Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yisrael 2899 NOSTRAND Yeshiva Kol Yaakov 1197 E.17 ST 9:40 PM Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin 2913 AVE L 9:45 PM Agudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S Bais Eluzer Dfaltishan 1516 E 24TH ST Bais Hamedrash Kol Torah 2016 AVE M Cong Bais Yisroel of Kensington 693 EAST 7TH Congregation Bet Yaakob 1801 OCEAN PKWY Khal Zichron Mordechai 2645 NOSTRAND AVE Kol Torah 2022 AVENUE M Marei Yechezkel of Flatbush 1016 E. 15TH ST 9:50 PM Kollel Makarov 9:55 PM Avenue O Synagogue 3118 QUENTIN RD 808 AVENUE O 10:00 PM Agudas Yisroel of Madison 2122 AVE S Ahi Ezer 1885 OCEAN PARKWAY Beis Medrash Chasdei Chaim 1575 CONEY ISLAND Beis Medrash D'Bertch 3302 AVE P Bais Medrash Torah U'Tefilah 3304 BEDFORD Bet Yosef 2108 OCEAN PKWY Bnei Binyamin 727 AVENUE O Beth Mordechai 1358 EAST 13TH ST Cong. 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100 JULY 27, 2017 CHILDREN'S CORNER thefjj.com 100 DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF RABBI SHMUEL KUNDA Z"L The Torah True Talking Zoo BY SOLOMON MEHLMAN v"g Chesed: Kind D eds & Charity Making Hashem Proud by: Chaviva Krohn Pfeiffer Reprinted with permission from ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications Zev the Zebra I m Zev, the Zebra, and of course Since I look like the tiger, I m a tiger-horse. I come from Africa, across the sea But that s enough of talk about me! I want to talk about helping others. Aren t all the Jews really fellow-brothers? What a wonderful mitzvah it is, indeed, To help your fellow Jew in need! Always do Chesed - be helpful and kind Visit the sick, and guide the blind! Tzedakah is what you should always give! Hashem will make sure a long life you ll live! So, help the poor and visit the sick, And with tzedakah please be quick! A penny here, a nickel there! Even children can do their share! Standing Strong Rebbetzin Miriam Mann was a great tzaddekes who lived in Bnei Brak. She was especially known for her tznius (modesty). When Rebbetzin Mann was an older woman, she needed a difficult operation. She traveled from Israel to America so that a top doctor could do the operation. She came to the hospital together with her husband, her son, and an American friend. On the day of the surgery, a nurse explained to Rebbetzin Mann how to prepare for the operation. First, please change into this hospital gown, the nurse said. Then, sit in the waiting room until you are called. We will come to take your blood pressure and do other tests to be sure you are ready for the operation. Your family can wait with you. Rebbetzin Mann looked at the hospital gown and then at the waiting room. The hospital gown was a short robe made of thin material. It had some snaps but it did not close completely. The waiting room was full of men and women. Rebbetzin Mann was weak from her illness, but she was strong about her tznius. She told the nurse, I cannot go into that waiting room wearing this hospital gown. The nurse told her, Lady, everyone does this. You must change and go into the waiting room, otherwise we cannot do the surgery. Rabbi Mann and his son also tried to convince her. You must have this operation. Your life depends on it. For this you are allowed to do whatever you need to do. Please, change and go into the waiting room. In her small, weak voice, Rebbetzin Mann begged them all, Please, don t make me do this. All my life I have been so careful with tznius, and now you are going to make me do something so improper? I just can t! And with those words, she burst into tears. By this time the doctor had come in. What seems to be the problem? he asked. This lady does not want to follow instructions, said the nurse. She says she will not wear the hospital gown in a room full of men and women. The doctor looked at Rebbetzin Mann. Here was a woman who was about to have a serious operation, but that did not scare her. Although she was weak, she stood like a queen, ready to stand up for what she felt was correct. The doctor said, Never in my life have I met a woman like this. He told the nurse, Please prepare the special room on the seventh floor that we use for important patients. This special room was hardly ever used. It was opened only to protect the privacy of very important patients. I should prepare what? asked the nurse. But we have no permission... Please do as I say, said the doctor. I will take care of the permissions later. Now, just take this lady up to the special room and wait there with her for me. I have never met someone like this in my life, and I will not make her go against what she believes to be right and proper. When a Jew acts properly and does what is right according to the Torah, both Jews and non-jews respect him.

101 JULY 27, 2017 CHILDREN'S CORNER thefjj.com 101 DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF RABBI SHMUEL KUNDA Z"L

102 JULY 27, 2017 CHILDREN'S CORNER thefjj.com 102 DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF RABBI SHMUEL KUNDA Z"L Tales of Tzaddikim WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH The Staff and the Pouch You shall not cower before any man for the judgment is G-d s (1:17) When the Rebbe R Shmelke served as rabbi of Nikolsburg, he hung two articles up on a nail in his study, a walking staff and a pouch. These hung prominently, for everyone to see. When people asked him about these objects, he would answer, I want everyone to know, especially the parnassim, the leaders of the community who hired me, that when I sit as judge there is no favoritism, no partiality before the law. It makes no difference who stands before me. I will act according to the letter of the halachah. I will not honor anyone. And if any of you, he would add, looking directly at the trustees of the congregation, object and consider dismissing me, I am already prepared for that. I have my staff and pouch hanging in readiness on the wall. If you are dissatisfied with me, I will take them in hand and leave, even if I must go begging. But no one will enjoy any favors from me! She Wouldn t Have Cried For the judgment is G-d s (1:17) A woman dressed in rags, her eyes red and swollen with tears, came to the Admor, R Tzvi Hirsh of Riminov. Standing before him, she wept Save me, Rebbe! What happened? the Rebbe asked. I am the victim of a terrible injustice. I went to court and the dayan ruled against me on false grounds. Are you certain? he asked. She nodded. The Rebbe summoned the dayan and questioned him thoroughly. It came to light that he had made a grave error in judgment. Bowing his head, he admitted his mistake. But asked, Why did the Rebbe believe this woman, who does not know anything about the halachah? The Rebbe replied, I could not know in advance that you had truly erred. But the Torah s ways are pleasant ones. Even if you had ruled against this woman, but had ruled correctly, she would have accepted this decision in her heart and not challenged it. When she came here weeping bitterly, I felt that something must be wrong.

103 JULY 27, 2017 Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein: What if... RABBI MOSHE SHERROW, WITH PERMISSION FROM ARTSCROLL/MESORAH thefjj.com Parshas Devarim 103 Picking Your Mitzvos Small and great alike shall you hear (1:17) Q: Binny was walking in the street and found two bags whose owners had apparently lost them. He can carry only one of them. Should he attempt to return to its owner the larger (more expensive) of the two, or since it is the same mitzvah of hashavas aveidah A: either way, it makes no difference? The Gemara in Sanhedrin quotes Reish Lakish s explanation of the pasuk that beis din should judge equally all cases large or small, to mean that the case determining the owner of a penny should be as beloved as the case regarding $1 million. The Gemara explains that the judges cannot decide to adjudicate the million-dollar case before the case of a penny. The Erech Shai asks: If the case of the penny came in front of the judges first, how could I possibly think that they could have passed it over for the million-dollar case? Reish Lakish himself teaches us that one may not pass over a mitzvah. It seems obvious that beis din has to attend to the case that came to them first! Th e Erech Shai answers, based on the words of the Chacham Tzvi, that one may not pass over a mitzvah to engage in a different mitzvah, e.g., t e fi l l i n versus tzitzis. If, however, the two mitzvos are the same, one could indeed prefer the one that seems more pressing, even if the less-pressing mitzvah came to him first! Therefore, it might seem that the million-dollar case is more significant, and the judges could choose to put aside the less-significant case of the penny. That is the point of the pasuk, that the cases are equally significant. However, that is true only if the smaller case came before them first. If they came at the same time, beis din should hear the larger and therefore more-significant case first, unless the smaller case is for a poor person, since the penny of a poor man is equivalent to a large sum of a wealthy person. In our case, when Binny cannot return both bags, if one of them belongs to a poor person, he should return it to him, as it is as valuable to its owner as a much more expensive item is to a wealthy person. If the two bags belong to individuals of equal financial standing, he should return the larger of the two, as it is a greater mitzvah to save someone from a greater loss than a less- significant one. One In The Hand Small and great alike shall you hear (1:17) Dovid found a bag of pillows and blankets in the Q: street, and picked them up with the intention of returning them to their owner. After walking a few yards, he found a small case containing diamonds worth thousands more than the pillows and blankets. But Dovid cannot carry both of his finds. Should he put down the pillows and blankets and set out in search of the owner of the diamonds? A: Th e Erech Shai writes that if beis din started to hear a case concerning a small sum of money and subsequently a million-dollar case came to them, and they will not be able to hear both cases (for example, the witnesses for both cases are about to depart on an extended journey), then if all the litigants are wealthy, it is a mitzvah to adjudicate the greater sum, in order to prevent a greater loss. The mitzvah to judge the smaller case that came to them first is relevant only when they will be able to judge both cases. If they cannot judge both, then since the mitzvah involved in judging both cases is the same, beis din may halt the mitzvah in which they are currently engaged, in order to do the mitzvah that involves a greater loss. Conversely, in the case of returning a lost item it would seem that one should not put down the item he is already involved with, in order to return an item of greater value. Th e Shulchan Aruch rules that as long as the judge does not know in whose favor the case is leaning, he may refuse to judge it. Similarly, a judge can opt to arbitrate a different case first. In the case of a lost item, where someone is already involved in returning one item, he cannot decide to return a different item, since one who is involved in a mitzvah is exempt from performing a different mitzvah. Nevertheless, it seems that Dovid should put down the blankets and pillows in favor of the diamonds. The justification for doing so is because he can estimate the value of the blankets and pillows, and the owner of the diamonds will be obligated to pay the value of the bedding to their respective owner! This is based on the Shulchan Aruch s ruling that one who is carrying a barrel of wine must pour out his wine in order to save his friend s honey from spilling on the ground, as the honey is more expensive. The S ma explains that even if the owner of the wine is not present, the owner of the honey may empty the wine barrel to save the honey, on condition that he pays for the wine. In our case as well, Dovid may set aside the pillows and blankets in order to return the diamonds, on condition that the owner of the pillows and blankets will be compensated for his loss by the owner of the diamonds. If, however, he knows that the owner of the pillows and blankets will not be compensated (e.g., he is leaving imminently and cannot wait to be paid), then Dovid would have to return the lost item that came into his hands first. First Come Small and great alike shall you hear (1:17) Ariel walked into an electronics store to buy an ex- Q: tension cord. Before the store owner went to get the cord, a wealthy businessman entered the store and approached the counter. The owner asked him what he needed, and the businessman replied that he needed the most expensive sound system in the store pronto! The businessman was obviously impatient, and was also willing to spend a lot of money. May the store owner take the more profitable customer before Ariel, even though Ariel was there first, or is that improper? A: As noted, the Gemara in Sanhedrin notes that if a smaller case came to beis din before a larger one, they must judge the smaller case first. The Maharsha wonders why one would have thought otherwise. Certainly the smaller case deserves to be tried first, as it is as important to the litigants as the larger case is to its parties. The Maharsha suggests that the judges are entitled to collect payment to compensate for their losses due to time spent on the case, time which could have been used to earn money elsewhere. However, compensation can be collected only if the judgment exceeds the compensation plus the minimum amount that would justify a hearing. If the amount of the sum awarded by beis din that remains after the judges have been compensated will be less than the minimum amount for a court case, then the judges may not collect the money. Therefore, it might seem that the judges can choose to take the valuable case first, in order to allow them to be compensated for their time. That is why Reish Lakish had to teach us that they may not do so. The Erech Shai questions the conclusion of the Maharsha. Just as one does not have to spend his own money in order to return someone else s lost item, why would the judges have to forgo the more valuable case that would allow them to be compensated for their time? It would seem that the Maharsha s opinion is that since judging in beis din is a mitzvah bein adam la Makom, not bein adam la chaveiro like hashavas aveidah, a judge would have to judge the inexpensive case first, even though he will lose money as a result. When the obligation is to one s fellow man, one s own loss takes precedence to the loss of one s friend. A mitzvah in which one is obligated to Hashem, such as judging a court case, requires one to expend money as well. In our case, everyone would agree that the store owner may help the more profitable client first, since there is no mitzvah to sell electrical equipment, and the store owner s livelihood takes precedence to serving the customer who entered the store first!

104 July 27, 2017 Rabbinic Message CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 home. He could not be present. He told them where he lived, when to come, and what signal to look for to be sure it was safe to enter and commit the crime. Rav Galinsky was a sandak for the first time in his life and the baby was circumcised. Five weeks later, the rabbi saw the officer in the street and had the temerity to ask why he, a Communist atheist, had risked his and his wife s safety to have the bris performed. The man answered, The Jewish nation is over 3,000 years old. During those years we have had many clouds hanging over us. Now, with the hatred of the Nazis and Communists, it is one of the darkest clouds ever, but the Jewish people has always survived. This cloud will not last forever. When my son grows up, I want him to know he is a Jew. Then, let him decide for himself how he wants to live. Indeed, the Torah readings of the three weeks before Tishah B Av are concluded with Haftarahs containing frightening prophecies of impending destruction, suffering, and exile, but each Haftarah ends with an assurance that Klal Yisrael will be redeemed and returned to its pre-exile eminence. Even Megillas Eichah ends with hope. And for seven Shabbasos after the fast, the Haftarahs are lyrical songs of consolation and prophecies of a bright future. The Russian officer was right. What is the secret of Jewish eternity? What is the spark that still glimmered in a Soviet breast at a time when Jewry was on the brink of the greatest tragedy since the churban of the Second Bais HaMikdash? What is the blessed wind that will disperse the darkest cloud? The Nazis knew the answer. After the Holocaust, a document was found in Gestapo headquarters in Warsaw. The memo from Berlin said that the Nazis were willing to permit Jews to leave Germany and Austria and indeed half of Germany s Jews emigrated in the 1930 s, and many more would have been saved if America had relaxed its restrictive immigration quotas and if Britain had permitted more than a trickle of Jews to enter Palestine. Berlin explained that the assimilated Jews of Western Europe would blend into their new host countries and before long would lose their Jewish identity. But the Ostjuden, the Jews of Eastern Europe, must not be permitted to leave. They were too Jewish, too saturated with the Torah values and ethics that Hitler was sworn to eradicate. The Talmudisten, as the memo referred to them, would rebuild their institutions and way of life in the countries of their refuge. This, Nazi Germany could not permit. Those Jews had to be sent to Treblinka and Auschwitz. Can we dare we imagine what the Jewish world would look like today had small but significant numbers of Gedolei Torah and loyal Jews not survived? Miraculously, they came to America, Eretz Yisrael, Western Europe and other countries and did exactly what the Gestapo had feared. They built. They defied the surroundings and the odds, and thanks to them there are thriving communities and yeshivos throughout the Jewish world. Chazal declare The death of the righteous is worse for Israel than the burning of the Temples of our G-d. Strange? Not at all. The Jewish people has survived for nearly two thousand years without the Bais HaMikdash, may it be rebuilt speedily in our time. But we could not have survived without Torah and the righteous teachers who nurture the spark and spread it. The proof is in the many cities in America and elsewhere where Jews built shuls, but not yeshivos. Those communities assimilated and their shuls are empty or have been taken over by other religions. This phenomenon is in itself a Tishah B Av of sorts. But the communities that built yeshivos and day schools remain committed. Baruch Hashem we live in a time when Torah learning and observance is growing, as perhaps never before in history; certainly as never since the Destruction. Though we are still orphaned without the Bais HaMikdash and the mourning of Tishah B Av is as relevant as ever, we are privileged to live in a time when the encouraging words of the Prophets are being fulfilled. Who knows? Perhaps the circumcised son of that Russian officer in Lithuania was one of the heroic Russian Jews who embraced the Torah life of his ancestors. not hurt anyone. This may sound ludicrous, but this was a real conversation. Obviously, I told him not to use drugs or drive under the influence of drugs. These pot smoking clowns are obviously not a dugma chaya for our children. I have seen families destroyed, with the most common scenario being a husband who spends his evenings chilling out (getting high) with his buddies. Most of these drug using fathers are often not around physically or emotionally to be a proper husband and parent. Substance use and abuse strains marriages and can lead to divorce. The dependence and addiction a Jew is supposed to have is to be dependent only on Hashem and attached to Torah and Mitzvos. Our job on this earth for 120 years is to purify our thought, speech, and action which is not possible under the effects of hallucinogenic drugs. Smoking marijuana is an addictive, hallucinogenic, brain altering (new studies show marijuana does cause abnormal white matter changes in the brain as seen using advanced brain imaging techniques), and carcinogenic drug. A certain academician in the 1960s promoted Turn on (to drugs) Tune in (hippy music) drop out (of university). We as a community need to be turning on and tuning in to Hashem and Torah learning and not dropping out of Yiddishe life and Frumkeit. Yes, there may be other underlying reasons for students and adults to turn to drugs, but one must stop the drug use immediately and recognize that a problem exists. Once the substance use and abuse is stopped the addict can spend the time dealing with the psychiatric and spiritual reasons for which he/she chose that foolish thefjj.com 104 All That Grows Green is Not Clean: Facts Not Fable about the Marijuana Epidemic CONTINUED FROM PAGE 54 path. Current users or chillers as they like to call themselves should immediately find themselves a 12- step program to rid themselves of this addiction and dependency. Yes, I am sure I will get fan mail from pot head professionals telling me they are doing just fine and are able to make a parnassa while still smoking pot with their buddies in someone s basement, garage or behind the house (like a loser). If you are one of the above users, just ask yourself one simple question and it will save you much time and ink in writing to me: Do you want your Bais Din, Rav, local Rabbi, Mechanchim, Schochat, Mohel, Sofer, physician, surgeon, nurse, pharmacist, children s bus driver, accountant, or lawyer high on marijuana when providing service, care, or advice?! Some quacks will also write to me saying marijuana is a cure all for everything from itchy scalp to toe nail fungus. Save the ink please. No one should be gambling with their neshamah and physical health. When you play with fire you get burned. Lastly, I will probably also get letters by chevrah saying it helps them daven or improves their hisboddedus. I urge this crowd as well to save their ink. We have two fine examples of Nadav and Avihu showing us what Hashem thinks about intoxicated service and prayer. Sifrei Mussar and Chassidus clearly state that intoxicated service to Hashem is prohibited, and that Hashem wants service of the heart and mind with a complete unadulterated truth, and with a deep emes. Dope is for dopes. As Uncle Yossi Goldstein zt l, a famous mechanech of yesteryear, used to say on his records and during his Torah classes, If we do our best, Hashem will do the rest. Advertise In The FJJ Upcoming Special Issue: ROSH HASHANA SEPTEMBER 21

105 July 27, thefjj.com 105 Parsha Short & Sweet Parshas Devarim RABBI SHLOMO ZALMAN BREGMAN All Traffic Merges Ahead These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel Chatzeros... (1:1) Rashi explains that Chatzeros refers to the rebellion of Korach, and interestingly, in Loshon HaKodesh the same word also means courtyards. What is the connection between Korach s rebellion and a courtyard? There is a famous vort from Chiddushei HaRim that sheds light on our question. Shabbos 14b says that Shlomo HaMelech instituted a safeguard to the Torah laws of Eruv. Specifically, he prohibited transferring an object on Shabbos from one person s home to another unless the procedure of Eruvei Chatzeiros is followed. This Halacha allows one to combine or merge (which is what the word Eruv means) several homes that open into a shared area into a single unit, and thus allow carrying between homes. The Gemara records that Hashem was very happy with Shlomo s enactment, and it is commonly explained that Hashem rejoiced at this because it would lead to more Achdus. However, as we all know, Korach caused nothing but animosity and division. His rebellion had the opposite effect of Eruvei Chatzeros. He caused people to stick to themselves and become increasingly selfish and concerned with their own individual interests. And so, Chiddushei HaRim explains that the sin of Korach is known by the name Chatzeros, ie. courtyards, because he caused people to focus on themselves and their own space. Korach didn t merge the courtyards! Spectrum of Taste and Color These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel.. and Lavan (1:1) Rashi explains that the word Lavan is a reference to the episode in Bamidbar 21:5 in which the Jewish people complained about the Mun, saying our soul is disgusted with the insubstantial food. Why is the word Lavan evocative of the Mun? On a simple level, many commentaries suggest it has to do with the fact that in Loshon HaKodesh, the word Lavan means white, which was the color of the Mun (see Shemos 16:31). Avnei Nezer reveals to us another level of understanding. Of all the colors possible, why did Hashem choose to make the Mun white in color? Well, one of the most well-known, salient features of the Mun was its ability to taste like virtually any food that a Jew in the Midbar wanted it to. Avnei Nezer explains that just as within the spectrum of colors white contains all others, so too white is the most appropriate color for the Mun, because it contains the tastes of all foods imaginable. The Severity of Shaming Someone These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel concerning the Aravah between Paran and Tophel and Lavan and Chatzeros and Di Zahav. (1:1) Rashi explains that Moshe referred to the past sins of the Jewish people in a vague manner so as to spare them unnecessary embarrassment and to protect their honor. As such, this is a good opportunity to focus upon the terrible punishment awaiting those who shame others needlessly, and the importance of Kavod HaBriyos (treating Hashem s creations with dignity). Yevamos 105b tells the story of Abdan (a student of Rebbi) who insulted R. Yishmael the son of Rebbi Yossi. For doing so, the Gemara says that Abdan was punished with tzaraas, two of his sons drowned, and his two daughters-in-law dissolved their marriages with his sons. After relating to us this horrific punishment, the Gemara says, Blessed is the Merciful One, Who shamed Abdan in this world. R. Chaim Shmulevitz, ZTL (Sichos Mussar) and others explain that the Gemara is saying Abdan was fortunate to have received these punishments in this world because if he had to wait until the afterlife to receive his punishments and had gone to the Next World with these sins not atoned for, the suffering that would have awaited him would be even worse than this! Torah Without Limit Moshe began (Hoy il) explaining this Torah (1:5) How can the Torah make the claim that Moshe only began explaining the Torah right now, at the end of the fortieth year in the Midbar? Why, he had been teaching it all along! *Imrei Emes says that the point being made here is about the vastness of Torah. Even if one has spent the last forty years teaching Torah, day and night, the wisdom of Hashem is so vast, and there is so much to know, that it ll seem as though one has only begun to do so! Shelah HaKadosh makes a similar observation in reference to this pasuk. The verse says that Moshe began ( Hoy il ) explaining the Torah. The letters of the word Hoy il are Hey- Vav-Alef-Yud-Lamed. It s interesting to note that these are the same letters as the name of Eliyahu HaNavi, which is spelled Alef-Lamed-Yud- Hey-Vav. What is the significance of this? Shelah says that this alludes to the idea that the process of expounding and explaining the Torah which began with Moshe will continue through the millennium up until Eliyahu returns to the world, prior to the coming of Moshiach. The Heavy Price Of Heresy How can I alone carry your contentiousness, your burden (Masaachem), and your quarrels? (1:12) Rashi explains that when Moshe used the word Masaachem (your burden) he was referring to the fact that there were heretics among the people. What is the connection between burden and the notion of heresy? In a famous vort, R. Nachman of Breslov explains that being a heretic is a very heavy burden indeed. In my own words: If a person goes through life believing that it has no real meaning, that he descends from a monkey, that life is hefker, that when you die he suffers the same fate as a mule or a rodent, and that all of the suffering he endures in life has no meaning can there be a heavier sack of rocks to carry than this!? In truth, when we encounter people who are G-d forbid opposed to Yiddishkeit or speak ill of Hashem, I do not believe we should get angry with such people. Instead, I believe we should have tremendous pity on them, because the consequences of their belief system all but ensures that they re carrying quite a heavy burden and may be enduring a miserable existence! Short & Sweet on the Parsha is now onsale and available for order! Published by Feldheim, this 560 page sefer costs $24.99 and contains hundreds of electrifying insights into the weekly Torah portion. Contact R. Shlomo Zalman Bregman at Director@JELN.org to order yours today!

106 July 27, 2017 FLATBUSH SHUL DIRECTORY thefjj.com 106 ADAS YESHURUN BAIS MOSHE RABBI AVROHOM KLEIN 3418 Avenue N w Shacharis Sunday only 8am w Mincha Bzman Sunday only w Maariv Mon.-Thurs. 8:15 pm AGUDAS ACHIM OF MIDWOOD RABBI YOSEF STERN 1564 Coney Island Avenue w Shacharis Mon. & Thurs. 6:40 am, Tues., Wed. & Fri 6:45 am, Sun. 7:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia w Maariv after Mincha AGUDAS YISROEL BAIS BINYOMIN RABBI MOSHE TUVIA LIEFF 2913 Avenue L w Shacharis 6:25, 6:40, 7:30, 7:50, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00 am w Maariv after last Mincha, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 pm w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia, 1:05 Winter, 5:00 Summer AGUDAS YISROEL OF FLATBUSH RABBI MOSHE WEINBERGER 1302 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 6:00, 7:30 am w Mincha 6:30 pm AGUDAS YISROEL OF MADISON RABBI YISROEL REISMAN 2122 Avenue S w Shacharis Sun.-Fri. 6:20, 7:15, & 8 am w Mincha Mon.-Thurs.1:40 & bizmano w Maariv Sun.-Thurs.: Bzman, 9, 9:35, & 10 pm AGUDAS YISROEL OF MIDWOOD RAV DOVID GIBBER 817 Avenue H w Shacharis 6:25 am, Sunday 7:30 am w Maariv 7:45 pm AGUDAS YISROEL ZICHRON SHMUEL RABBI ELIEZER GINSBURG 2141 Coney Island Ave w Shacharis 6:40 am w Maariv 9:30 pm AHAVA VE AHAVA 1801 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 6, 7 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Sunset w Maariv After Mincha AHAVAS ACHIM RABBI ELIMELECH BLUTH 549 East 2nd Street w Shacharis 6, 7, 8 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia, 1:00 Winter, 6:00 Summer w Maariv 50 min. after Shkia AHAVAS CHESED RABBI TZVI BAJNON 3007 Avenue L w Shacharis 5:55, 6:30 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 55 min. after Shkia AHAVAS DOVID RABBI SHMUEL DOVID BECK 924 East 10th Street w Shacharis 7:10, 7:15 am w Maariv 9:15 pm AHAVAS SHALOM RABBI AHARON GULKOWITZ 864 East 26th Street w Shacharis 7:00 am, Sun. 8:00 am w Mincha 10 min. before earliest zman w Maariv after Mincha AHI EZER RABBI SHAUL MASELTON 1885 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 5:45, 7, 8 am Sun. 6, 7:30, 8 & 9 am w Mincha 15 minutes pre Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha, 10 pm AHI EZER YESHIVA 2433 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7:00 am AVENUE N JEWISH CENTER RABBI DANIEL EISENBACH 321 Avenue N w Shacharis 6:15, 6:30, 7:15 am Sun. 6:30, 8 am w Mincha Bazman w Maariv after Mincha AVENUE 0 SYNAGOGUE (OHEL YESHUA V'SARA) 808 Avenue O w Shacharis: 6:45 w Maariv: 10:05 AZ YASHIR 1301 East 18th Street w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 6:30 pm w Maariv after Mincha BAIS ALEXANDER 1215 East 7th Street BAIS AVROHOM RAV BENZION HALBERSTAM 1124 East 21st Street w Shacharis VASIKIN, 6:50, 7:30 am w Mincha 20 min. after Shkiah w Maariv 40 min. after Shkiah BAIS AVROHOM DKRULA SPINKA RABBI SHMIDMAN 1177 East 18th St. w Shacharis 7:00 am w Maariv 9:30 BAIS ELUZER DFALTISHAN RABBI YONASAN BINYOMIN KATZ 1516 East 24th St w Shacharis 6:45, 7:20, 8:00 am Shabbos 9:00 am w Mincha 10 minutes before shkiah w Maariv Sun.-Thurs. after Shkiah, 9:00, 9:45 pm BAIS EPHRAIM RAV YITZCHOK STEINWURZEL 2802 Avenue J w Shacharis 6:15, 7:05, 8, 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah, Summer: 6 pm w Maariv 9, 10:15 pm BAIS HAMEDRASH ISHEI YISROEL MODZITZ 1364 East 7th Street w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 1 hour after Shkiah BAIS HAMEDRASH HAGADOL OF EAST FLATBUSH RABBI YAAKOV ZAKHEIM ZT"L 3120 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 AM Sun: 6:30, 8 AM w Mincha Bizmano w Maariv after Mincha & 9 pm BAIS HAMEDRASH OF FLATBUSH RAV HERSCHEL ZOLTY 1485 East 29th Street w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 2O Min. Before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 9:30 pm BAIS MEDRASH ATERES SHLOIME RABBI MORDECHAI TWERSKY 2905 Avenue K w Shacharis Sun. 7:30, 9 am Mon.-Fri. 6:30, 8:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia w Maariv after Mincha, 9:30 pm BAIS MEDRASH BEIS Y SHAYA RABBI FISHER Avenue I & East 22 Street w Shacharis 6:50, 8 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following mincha & 9:30 pm BAIS MEDRASH BEIS HALEVI RAV YOEL HALEVI WOSNER 671 East 7th Street w Maariv 9:30 pm BAIS MEDRASH BRESLOV OF FLATBUSH 1909 New York Avenue / w Shacharis Shabbos 9:30 am w Mincha Erev Shabbos, 25 minutes after Licht Bentching BAIS MEDRASH YAAKOV MOSHE RAV NACHUM LEIB SACKS 1221 Avenue S w Shachris 7am Sun. 8 am w Mincha Sunday 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Sun: Following Mincha BAIS MOSHE SHMIEL RABBI ROTTENBERG 1782 East 28th Street w Shacharis 6:15, 6:45, 7:20, 8:00 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha, 8, 9 pm BAIS SCHNEIR RABBI SCHNEERSON 1126 East 12th Street w Shacharis Shabbos at 9:30 am w Maariv following Mincha BAIS TEFILOH 1217 East 36th Street BAIS YISROEL OF KENSINGTON RAV CHAIM KRAUSZ 693 East 7th Street w Shacharis 6:45 am w Maariv 9:50 pm BAIS YISROEL OF RUGBY 1821 Ocean Parkway BAIS YITZCHOK RABBI YERUCHUM LESHINSKY 1719 Avenue P w Shacharis 6:40 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah & Shabbos 25 min. before Shkiah w Maariv right after Mincha BEIS AVROHOM RABBI DOV OSHRY 1524 East 17th Street w Shacharis 6:15, 7, 7:30, 8 am w Maariv 10 min. after Shkiah, 7:45, 9, 9:30 pm BEIS MEDRASH CHASDEI CHAIM 1575 Coney Island Ave w Shacharis 8:15 am w Mincha 2:00 pm w Maariv 10, 10:30, 11:30 pm, 12 am BEIS MENACHEM MENDEL RABBI YOCHANON MAROSOW 1703 Avenue J w Shacharis 7:00 am w Maariv 9:30 pm BEIS MORDECHAI D'BERTCH RABBI TZVI ELIMELECH ROKEACH 3302 Avenue P w Shacharis 6:20, 7:15 AM w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 8:45, 10:00 PM BET SHAUL U'MIRIAM RABBI DAVID COHEN 2208 Avenue S w Shacharis 6:25, 7:00, 8:15 am w Mincha 7 pm w Maariv after Mincha & 10 pm BET YAAKOV 820 Avenue S BETH AARON OF FLATBUSH RABBI SHLOMO DOVID KATZ 1670 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 15 minutes after Shkiah w Maariv 45 minutes after Shkiah BETH EL JEWISH CENTER OF FLATBUSH 1981 Homecrest Avenue w Shacharis Sun. 7:45 am, Mon./Thurs. 7 am BETH EL OF FLATBUSH 2181 East 3rd Street BETH MORDECHAI RABBI MOSHE MANDEL 1358 East 13th Street w Shacharis 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 8:45 pm, 10 pm in the summer BETH TORAH RABBI Y. ARI AZANCOT 1061 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 8:00 am w Mincha 6:45 w Maariv following Mincha BETH TORAH RABBI NUTA WAIDENBAUM 3574 Nostrand Avenue w Shacharis 8:45 am only Shabbos BETH TORAH DAMESEK ELIEZER 403 Avenue I w Shacharis Sun. 7,8 am Mon. & Thurs. 6:40, 7:50 am, Tues., Wed. & Fri. 6:55, 7:50 pm w Mincha Sun 1:45 pm, Mon-Thurs 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 5 minutes after Shkiah, 9:00 pm BETH YOSEF 2108 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 5:45, 7:30 am w Mincha 7:45 pm w Maariv 8:00 pm BJX BEIS MIDRASH RABBI MOSHE FINGERER 2915 Avenue K w Shacharis Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am Sun 8:45 am Shabbos 9:05 am BNAI BINYOMIN RABBI SERUYA 727 Avenue O w Shacharis 6:50 am Sun 7:50 am w Mincha 20 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha, 8:15, 10:15 pm BNEI ISRAEL RABBI AVROHOM GARFINKEL 3190 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha BNEI SHAARE ZION RABBI SAUL KASSIN 2030 Ocean Parkway ShaarezionNY.com BNEI SHLOMO ZALMAN RABBI YOSEF FRANKEL 1093 East 21 St w Shacharis From 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30 w Mincha 20 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 11:00 pm BNEI TORAH RABBI SHLOMO CYNAMON 2917 Avenue K w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha only Sunday 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha BNEI TORAH BAIS NAFTOLI RABBI BENZION SCHIFFENBAUER 3514 Flatlands Avenue w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 am, Sunday at 8:00 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia w Maariv after Mincha, 9 pm BNEI TORAH OF MARINE PARK RABBI YONASON EPSTEIN 3523 Avenue S w Shacharis Sun. 7:45 am, Mon.-Thurs. 6:55 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah, Sunday only w Maariv following Mincha Sunday only BNEI YITZCHOK RABBI DOVID GOLDWASSER 1143 East 19th Street w Shacharis 6:20 am, Shabbos 8:45 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha BNEI YOSEF RABBI HAIM BENOLIEL 1616 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 20 minutes before sunrise, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 am w Mincha 1:45 pm BOSTONER BEIS MEDRASH RAV PINCHOS HOROWITZ 2822 Avenue J w Shacharis 6:45, 7:15, 8, 9 am w Mincha 1:45, 2:45, 7 pm w Maariv 9:15, 10, 10:30, 11 pm CHASIDEI GUR OF MIDWOOD RABBI CHAIM KOHN 1937 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis 7:00 am w Maariv 9:30 pm CHEVRA SHAS V'MISHNAYOS OF FLATBUSH 1564 East 7th Street w Shacharis 7:15 am w Maariv 9:00 pm CHEVRA SHAS ZICHRON ELIEZER 1666 East 7th Street CHIZUK HADAS RABBI GORNISH 1421 Avenue O / w Shacharis 6:25am w Mincha 7:30pm, Shabbos 1/2 hr. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:30pm CHUNA DOVID-TENKA 1336 Ocean Parkway CONGREGATION AHAVATH ACHIM RABBI ARI KAGAN 1741 East 3rd street w Shacharis 6:30 am - Mon. & Thurs. 6:20 am w Mincha Shabbos 20 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha CONGREGATION AVREICHIM RAV SHLOMO FEIVEL SCHUSTAL 1114 Avenue O w Mincha 1:30 pm w Maariv 9:45 pm CONGREGATION BET YAAKOB RABBI ELI J. MANSOUR 1801 Ocean Pkwy (Ave R) w Shacharis 6:45, 7 am w Maariv 9:45 pm CONGREGATION BNEI AVRUM RABBI LICTHIG 917 Webster Avenue w Shachris Shabbos 9:30 am w Mincha Shabbos 10 min. after candlelighting w Maariv Sun.-Thurs. 8:30 pm, Shabbos 1.25 hours after candlelighting CONGREGATION IGUD AVREICHIM RABBI PINCHOS FRANKEL 3017 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis Sunday 8:30 am, Mon-Thurs 7:15 AM, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha CONGREGATION ISRAEL OF KINGS BAY 3903 Nostrand Avenue w Shachris Mon.-Fri. 6:45, Sunday 8 am CONGREGATION KEHAL IMREI SHAUL D'MODZITZ RABBI NEWMARK & RABBI STEIN 1542 Coney Island Ave.(Ave. L) w Shacharis Mon-Thurs 7 am, Sunday 8 am w Maariv 8:45, Sunday 10 pm CONGREGATION KEHILLA ETZ CHAIM RABBI SHNAYOR BURTON 1102 Ave. L w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am CONGREGATION PREMISHLAN RAV SHLOMO HERBST 510 Avenue M w Shacharis Shabbos 7, 8:50 am w Mincha call for zmanim CONGREGATION SFARD RABBI DOVID SCHWARTZ 1575 Coney Island Avenue w Shacharis Shabbos 9 am, Sunday 8 am w Mincha Erev Shabbos 6:30 pm, Shabbos 2:15 pm w Maariv Thursday 9 pm DARCHEI YOSHER RABBI SHARF 1410 East 10th Street w Shacharis 7:25 am w Mincha 4:55 pm w Maariv 6:45 pm DERECH EMMUNA D VIEN RABBI CHAIM SEGELBAUM 2305 Olean Street w Shacharis Mon & Thurs 6:15, 7, 7:30 am Tues, Wed & Fri 6:30,7, 7:30 am DERECH HASHEM SEPHARDIC 2600 Ocean Avenue ETZ CHAIM OF FLATBUSH RABBI SIMCHA SILVERMAN 1649 East 13th Street FLATBUSH MINYAN RABBI MEIR FUND 1517 Avenue H w Shacharis 7am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha 5 min. before Shkia w Maariv 9 pm GINZEI YOSEF RABBI YOSEF ROSENBAUM 1305 Avenue R w Shacharis 7:15, 8 am w Mincha at Shkia w Maariv after Mincha & 9 pm GVUL YAABETZ RABBI DOVID COHEN 1580 Coney Island Avenue w Shacharis 6:50 am HAYIM SHAAL 1123 Avenue N HORODENKE RAV H. ASHKENAZI 3011 Avenue K w Shacharis 8 am w Mincha 30 minutes after Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha JEWISH CTR. NACHLATH ZION RABBI FRIEMAN 2201 East 23rd Street w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha KEHILAH OF MARINE PARK RABBI BARUCH P. MENDELSOHN 3605 Quentin Road w Shacharis Mon & Thurs 6:20 am, Tues, Wed & Fri 6:25 am, Sun 7:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha Friday 10 minutes before Shkiah & 10 minutes before Plag, Shabbos 6:30 pm w Maariv at Shkia, 9pm KEHILAS MORESHES YAAKOV RABBI AVRAHAM BINSKY 1749 Ocean Avenue w Maariv 9 pm KEHILAS ORACH CHAIM RAV MEIR SCHEINBERG 1002 Avenue M KEREM SHLOMO 1880 East 27th Street KESER YISROEL MORDECHAI RABBI MEIR PLATNICK 2016 Avenue L w Shacharis 6:40 am w Mincha Sunday-15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 8:30 pm KETER SION RABBI MASELTON 1922 East 8th Street w Shacharis 7:15 am w Mincha 6:15 pm w Maariv after Mincha & 10 pm KETER TORAH RABBI AHRON/RABBI MOSHE HARARI-RAFUL 2220 Avenue L w Shacharis Sun. 7:30 & 8 am, Mon-Thurs 7, 7:45 am w Mincha 7pm & 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv at Shkiah & 10 pm KHAL KINYAN TORAH 1570 Coney Island Avenue bet. Ave. J & K w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 3:30 pm w Maariv 9 pm KHAL POZNA RABBI AVROHOM EISEN 2422 Avenue I w Shacharis Sun 8, 9 am, Mon-Fri 6:25, 8 am w Mincha 1:30 PM & 5 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 8 pm in winter & 10 pm in summer KHAL TALMIDEI HAYESHIVOS 1609 Avenue M enter from Municipal lot, corner E. 17th & Chestnut w Early Shabbos Mincha 5 minutes before licht w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am w Mincha Shabbos 1 hour before shkiah KHAL SHAR HASHAMAYIM RABBI CHANOCH POSY 2916 Avenue M (bet. E. 29th & Nostrand) w Shacharis Shabbos 9 am KHAL TUKAI Avenue K & Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7:30 am KHAL VERETZKY (LANDAU'S) RABBI LANDAU Avenue L corner East 9th Street w Shacharis ½ hour until 11:00 w Mincha starting w/ Mincha Gedola w Maariv 15 min. til 1:00 am KHAL ZICHRON AVROHOM YAAKOV RABBI LEIZER DOVID RAPPAPORT 3203 Bedford Ave. w Shacharis 6:30 am KHAL ZICHRON MORDECHAI RABBI SHIMSHON SHERER 2645 Nostrand Ave w Shacharis Sun. 7:20, 8 9, Mon-Fri 6:15, 7:45 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:45 pm KINGSWAY JEWISH CENTER RABBI EITAN TOKAYER 2810 Nostrand Avenue w Shacharis 6:30, 7:30 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 10 min. after Mincha KNESSES BAIS AVIGDOR RAV AHRON KAHN 1720 Avenue J w Shacharis Sun. 8 am, Mon. & Thurs. 7:20 am, Tues., Wed. & Fri. 7:30 am w Mincha 12:45, 1:45 pm w Maariv 8:15, 10 pm KOL ISRAEL RABBI RAYMOND HARARI 3211 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis 6:10, 7, 8:45 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha KOL TORAH RAV LIPA GELDWERTH 2022 Avenue M w Shacharis 6:55 am, Sunday at 8 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv at Shkia, 9:45 pm KOLLEL BNEI TORAH RABBI YOSEF EISEN 1323 East 32nd Street w Shacharis Vasikin (30 minutes before Netz) w Mincha 2:30 pm w Maariv 9:30 pm KOLLEL BNEI YESHIVOS RABBI MOSHE SCHEINERMAN 2402 Avenue P w Shacharis 6:40, 7:30 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv bazman, 8:15, 9:30, 10 pm LAKEWOOD MINYAN OF FLATBUSH RABBI MORDECHAI MARCUS 1495 Coney Island Avenue w Shacharis Shabbos 8:30 am w Mincha Mon.-Thurs. 4 pm w Maariv 10 pm LAZEWNIKS RABBI LAZEWNIK 1500 East 9th Street w Shacharis 7, 8 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah, Shabbos 6 pm w Maariv 35 minutes after Shkiah, 8:45 pm LEV SOMEACH-ALESK 203 Avenue F call for zmanim MACHNE ISRAEL 2413 East 23rd Street w Shacharis Sun. 7:30 am, Mon-Thurs 6:30 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah, Shabbos at sundown w Maariv at Shkiah MADISON TORAH CENTER RABBI DANIEL TAWIL 2221 Avenue R w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 6:45 pm w Maariv after Mincha MAGRIV BEIS ARYEH RABBI SHEA KATZ 1069 East 4th Street I & J w Shacharis 7:20 am, Sun 8 am w Maariv 9:15 pm

107 July 27, 2017 FLATBUSH SHUL DIRECTORY thefjj.com 107 MAREH YECHEZKEL OF FLATBUSH RAV BINYOMIN RUTTNER 1016 East 15th Street w Shacharis 6:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Followng Mincha & 9:45 MARLBORO JEWISH CENTER RABBI DOVID LANG 2324 West 13th Street w Shacharis 7:30 am, Sunday 8 am, Shabbos 9 am MAYAN YISROEL RABBI VIGLER 3315 Avenue N w Shacharis Sunday 8, 9 am, Mon-Thurs 7, 7:45 am w Mincha Sunday 5 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Sun-Thurs after Mincha, Mon-Thurs 9 pm MERKAZ HATEFILLAH RABBI HOROWITZ 1898 Bay Avenue w Shacharis Sun. 8 am, Mon & Thurs 6:45, Tues, Wed & Fri 7 am w Mincha 2 pm, 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 35 minutes after Shkiah MERKAZ YISROEL OF MARINE PARK RABBI ELISHA WEISS 3311 Avenue S w Shacharis Sun. 8:30, Mon.& Thurs. 6:15 am, Tues, Wed. & Fri. 6:25 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha Sun. 15 minutes before Shkiah (followed by Maariv), Shabbos at candlelighting w Maariv Mon.-Thurs. 8 pm, Fri. 10 min. after candlelighting, Motzei Shabbos 50 min. after Shkia MIDRASH MOSHE BEN MAIMON RABBI ALFIA 59 Gravesend Neck Rd w Shacharis 6, 7:15 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv 10 pm MIRRER YESHIVA 1791 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7:30am w Mincha 1:50 pm MIRRER YESHIVA VASIKIN MINYAN RABBI SHOLOM STEINBERG 1791 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 30 minutes before Netz MONASTRISTCH RAV NOCHUM RABINOWITZ 1301 East 27th Street w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkia w Maariv after Mincha, 9:15 pm MYRCB ALUMNI MINYAN OF AVE I 911 East 13th Street w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am MYRCB ALUMNI MINYAN OF AVE L 3007 Avenue L w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am NACHLAS DOVID RABBI DONIEL OSHER KLEINMAN 1589 East 28th Street w Shacharis 7:20 am w Maariv 9:00 pm w Mishmar Thurs. 9:00 pm NACHLAS LEVI YITZCHOK RABBI LEVI HENDEL 3040 Nostrand Avenue w Shacharis 6:20, 8:15 w Mincha at Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha NACHLAS YEHOSHUA RABBI DOVID TOIV 1655 East 24th Street w Shacharis 6:40, 8:00 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv After Mincha, 9 pm NACHLAS YITZCHOK RABBI AVROHOM YOSEF SEKULA 3418 Avenue L w Shacharis Sun. 7, 8, 9 am, Mon-Thurs 6:40, 7, 8 am w Mincha 10 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 9 pm NETIVOT ISRAEL 1617 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 6 am w Mincha 4 pm w Maariv 10 pm NEVE YAAKOV 1359 East 9th Street OHEL MOSHE LUBAVITCH 849 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7 am, Sun 7:45 & 8:45 am w Mincha 2:30 pm OHEL YITZCHOK RABBI AVROHOM KELMAN 1419 Dorchester Road w Shacharis 6:30, 7 am, Shabbos 9 am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha Fri. 20 min. before Shkiah, Shabbos 25 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Shabbos Following Mincha OHEV TZEDEK OF FLATBUSH RABBI NAFTULI HERSH ROTTENBERG 1688 East 18th Street w Shacharis 7:30 am w Mincha 2:00 pm OHR GEDALYAHU RAV DOVID STAMM 1554 Coney Island Ave. w Shacharis 7:15 am w Maariv 9:30 pm PERSIAN CONGREGATION OF FLATBUSH RABBI SHMUEL SOLEIMANI 1434 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis Sun 7 am, Mon.- Fri. 6:50 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv After Mincha, 10 pm PRI EITZ CHAIM RABBI MELVIN BURG 2600 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha 10 minutes before sunset w Maariv following Mincha PROSPECT PARK YESHIVA CONG. RABBI LEIB KELMAN 1609 Ave. R / w Shacharis Sun 8 am, Tues.- Wed. & Fri 7:00 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:50 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 30 min. before Shkiah, Fri 5 min. before candlelighting w Maariv After Shkiah SASREGEN RABBI M. DOVID RUBIN 1279 East 24th Street / w Shacharis 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, & 9 am w Mincha At Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha SEPHARDIC CONGREGATION RABBI MOSHE MAYOR 2831 Nostrand Avenue w Shacharis 6 am w Mincha After Shkia w Maariv 8 pm SEPHARDIC HOME RABBI AVROHOM AMOR 2266 Cropsey Avenue w Shacharis 9am w Mincha 1:45 pm, Shabbos 4pm ADVERTISING SEPHARDIC LEBANESE CONGREGATION RABBI E. ELBAZ 805 Avenue T w Shacharis 5:45, 6:45, 8 am w Mincha 7:25 pm w Maariv After Mincha,10 pm Newspaper. Magazine. Radio. Graphic Design. Printing. SEPHARDIC INSTITUTE AND SYNAGOGUE RABBI MOSHE SHAMAH 511 Avenue R w Shacharis Sun. 7, 8 am, Tues.-Wed. & Fri. 6:20, 6:50 & 8 am w Mincha 7 pm w Maariv following Mincha SEPHARDIC YOUTH MINYAN OF MIDWOOD RABBI YEHUDA KRAVITZ 1694 Ocean Ave w Shabbos Shacharis 9:00 am followed by Kiddush SHAARAY ZION RABBI BRAUN 1659 East 13th Street w Shacharis 7:25 am, Shabbos 9 am, Sun. 8 am w Mincha Shabbos at candlelighing w Maariv 8:30, Shabbos 60 min. after Shkiah SHAARE SHALOM RABBI YOSEF DWECK Corner of East 21st and Avenue S w Shacharis 7:00,8:00 am w Mincha 15 minutes pre Sunset w Maariv Immediately following Mincha SHAAREI SHALOM RABBI RAPHAEL BERNSTEIN (NUSACH ASHKENAZ) 2961 Nostrand Ave. w Shabbos Shacharis 8:30 am SHAARE TEFILA RABBI YOSEF OZERI 1679 West 1st St w Shacharis 7:05 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv Immediately following Mincha SHAARE TORAH YESHIVA 1680 Coney Island w Shacharis 7:40 am w Mincha 3:15 pm SHAAREI TORAH RABBI MOSHE PLUTCHOK 98 West End Avenue w Shacharis 7:00, 7:45 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkia w Maariv After Mincha SHAAREI ZION 2022 Ocean Parkway check website SHALHEVES KODESH RABBI YEHUDA SHEINKOPF 2920 Avenue J w Shacharis Tues.-Wed. & Fri 6:20 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:10am Sunday 8am w Mincha Shabbos-10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:15 pm, 55 min. after Shkiah SHAREI ELIEZER RABBI YEHUDA HOROWITZ 1882 New York Avenue, w Shacharis 6:30, 8, 9, 10 am Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha, 9, 10 pm Shabbos 50 min. & 72 min. SHAREI HALACHAH RABBI ELIMELECH LEBOWITZ 3417 Avenue L w Shacharis 6:20, 7:10 am SHAREI ZION RABBI CHAIM HALBERSTAM 3210 Kings Highway w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah, Friday 10 minutes after candle lighting w Maariv After Mincha SHEVES ACHIM 1184 East 14th Street SHEVET ACHIM 708 Avenue T SHOMREI HADAS BIKOVSK 1340 East 9th Street SKVERER BAIS MEDRASH 1657 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis Sun 9 am w Mincha 25 min. after shkiah w Maariv 50 min. after shkiah STRETINER BAIS MEDRASH RABBI FLAUM 4609 Bay Parkway - Ocean Parkway off Ave I w Shacharis 6:45,8am Shabbos 9am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha TALMUD TORAH RABBI YAAKOV SHULMAN 1305 Coney Island Avenue w Shacharis 6, 7, 8:00 am w Mincha min. before Shkiah w Maariv Immediately after Mincha TALMUD TORAH AHAVATH ACHIM 1741 East 3 Street w Shacharis 6:30 am TEHILA LEDOVID RABBI BOAZ BAR-DEA 1950 East 21st Street w Shacharis 7:05 am Mincha 1 pm w Maariv 8:30 pm TENKE RABBI YITZCHOK ISAAC FRIEDMAN 1643 East 21st Street w Shacharis 6:45 am, Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha TIFERES AVROHOM ZIDITCHEV RABBI YECHESKEL EICHENSTEIN 4017 Avenue P w Shacharis 6:25, 7:00, 7:30, 7:55, 8:30, 9:05, Sun. 7, 8, 9, 9:30 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 10 min. after Shkia, 8:30, 10:15 pm TIFERES HATALMUD RABBI ELIAHU BRESSLER 1329 East 9th Street w Shacharis 9 am w Mincha Fri. 8 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Motzai Shabbos 50 min. after Shkiah TIFERES TORAH RABBI MICHAEL HABER 1741 East 3rd Street w Shacharis 6:55 am, Shabbos: 8:15 am, Sunday: 8 am TIFERES TZVI RABBI MICHOEL SPITZER 1307 East 8th Street w Shacharis 6:55 am w Maariv 9:15 pm TIFERES YAAKOV RAV AVROHOM SCHORR 1212 East 15th Street TOMCHEI TORAH RABBI SHOLOM PLUTCHOK 1966 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis Mon.-Thurs. 6:35, 8 am; all other days 6:45 am w Mincha 20 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 30 min. after Mincha, 10 pm TOMOSHOV CONG. KOL ARYEH RABBI SIMCHA RUBIN 1212 Avenue I w Shacharis 6:30, 8 am w Maariv 9, 10:10 pm TORAH TEMIMAH 555 Ocean Parkway TORAH UMESORAH 1090 Coney Island Ave (Foster & Ave. H), 3rd Floor w Mincha 2 pm TORAH UTEFILAH RABBI SHIMON ALSTER 3304 Bedford Avenue w Shacharis 6:30 am w Maariv 10 pm TORAH VODAATH DORMITORY MINYAN RABBI SCHORR 452 E. 9th Street w Shacharis 6:50 am w Mincha 7:45 pm (summer) w Maariv 8:30, 9:15 The Power of Success Citicom! (718) MORDY MEHLMAN, PRES. TORAS CHAIM D FLATBUSH RABBI CHAIM YISROEL WEINFELD 2201 Avenue L w Shacharis 6:20, 8:00 w Mincha 10 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv 8, 9 TVATIKIN 1950 East 7th Street w Shacharis 40 min. before sunrise, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:30 am, Shabbos 1 hour, 5 min. before sunrise w Mincha 15 min. before Plag Mincha w Maariv following Mincha, 10 pm YAD YOSEF TORAH CENTER 1032 Ocean Parkway YAM HATORAH RABBI YITZCHOK MOHADEB 1573 East 10th Street w Shacharis Mon.-Fri. 6:45 am, Shabbos 8:30 am, Sun 7:30 am w Mincha 20 minutes before shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 10 pm YAVNE MINYAN OF FLATBUSH RABBI DR. MOSHE SOKOL 1102 Ave L YESHIVA BAIS YOSEF NAVARDOK 1502 Avenue N w Shacharis 7:45 am w Mincha 1:30 pm w Maariv 9:30, 10:30 pm YESHIVA CHOFETZ CHAIM 1271 East 35th Street w Shacharis 7:40 am w Mincha 2:30, 2:45 w Maariv 7:10, 8:10, 10 pm YESHIVA GEDOLA OHR YISRAEL RABBI AVROHOM N. ZUCKER 2899 Nostrand Avenue w Shacharis 6:25, 8 am w Mincha 2:45 pm w Maariv 9:30 pm YESHIVA MIKDASH MELECH 1326 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 7:00, 7:40 am w Mincha 1:40, 3:15 pm w Maariv 10 pm YESHIVA SHAREI TORAH RAV HILLEL DAVID 1162 East 12th Street w Shacharis 6:00, 6:45 am w Mincha 15 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv 35 min. after Shkia YESHIVA ZICHRON ELIEZER 1543 East 9th Street w Shacharis Sun. 8:15, Fri. 7:15 am w Mincha 1:15 pm w Maariv 9:15, Sun. 9:30 pm YESHIVAS OHR YITZCHOK 1214 East 15th Street w Shacharis 6:30, 8, 8:25 am w Mincha 1:15, 2:30 pm w Maariv 9:45 pm YESHIVAT ATERET TORAH 901 Quentin Road w Shacharis 7 am w Mincha 1:30 pm w Maariv 10:15 pm YESHUOS CHAIM CHENTZKOVITCH RABBI SHMUEL TEITELBAUM 1167 East 13th Street w Shacharis 6:30 am w Mincha Sunday 25 min. before Shkiah w Maariv 9:15 pm YESHURAN MUZHAI ROPSHITZ 1454 Ocean Parkwayy YOUNG ISRAEL OF AVE J RABBI BARUCH DOV BRAUN 1721 Avenue J / w Shacharis 6:55 & 8am Mon. & Thurs. 6:45, 8 pm w Mincha 10 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv 1/2 hr after Mincha, 10 pm YOUNG ISRAEL OF AVENUE K RABBI ARYEH RALBAG 2818 Avenue K w Shacharis Sun. 7, 8 am, Mon. & Thurs. 5:40, 6:40, 7:55 am, Tues.-Wed. & Fri. 5:55, 6:55, 7:55 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv Following Mincha YOUNG ISRAEL OF AVENUE U RABBI YISROEL FELDSTEIN 2119 Homecrest Avenue / w Shacharis 6:15 am YOUNG ISRAEL OF BEDFORD BAY RABBI TZVI FRIED 2114 Brown Street w Shacharis Sun. 8 am, Mon. & Thurs. 6:20 am, Tues.-Wed. & Fri. 6:25 am, Shabbos 8:45 w Mincha 10 min. before Shkiah, Shabbos 5 min. after candlelighting w Maariv following Mincha YOUNG ISRAEL OF BRIGHTON BEACH RABBI EFRAIM ZALTZMAN 293 Neptune Avenue w Shacharis 7 am YOUNG ISRAEL OF FLATBUSH RABBI KENNETH AUMAN 1012 Avenue I w Shacharis 6:45 & 8 am w Maariv following Mincha, 10 pm YOUNG ISRAEL OF KENSINGTON 305 Church Avenue w Shacharis 6:30 am YOUNG ISRAEL OF KINGS BAY RABBI DOVID SIMPSON 3007 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis 6:45 am w Mincha 10 minutes before Shkiah w Maariv after Mincha YOUNG ISRAEL OF MIDWOOD RABBI ELI BORUCH SHULMAN 1694 Ocean Avenue w Shacharis 5:50, 6:50,7:30,8:30 w Mincha 15 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv 40 min. after Mincha, 8:15 YOUNG ISRAEL OF OCEAN PARKWAY RABBI STOLZENBERG 1781 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis 8 am Shabbos 9 am w Mincha 15 min. before Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha YOUNG ISRAEL OF REDWOOD RABBI S. MODES 619 East 76th Street YOUNG ISRAEL OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY RABBI SHIMON RABIN 2546 E. 7th Street w Shacharis 6:30 w Mincha 15 min. pre Shkiah w Maariv following Mincha, 30 min. after Shkiah YOUNG ISRAEL OF VANDEVEER PARK ZERAH KODESH D'SHENDISHOV 1450 East 4th Street ZICHRON ALTER 1486 Ocean Parkway w Shacharis Su 6:55 am/ Tu/We/Fri 6:45 am w Maariv 10:05 pm ZICHRON ARYEH LEIB RABBI YOSEF RABINOWITZ 2915 Avenue J w Shacharis 6:45 am w Maariv 10:10 pm ZICHRON MOSHE MIKOLAYEV RABBI Y. E. SCHNEEBALG 577 East 5th Street w Shacharis 7:20, 8 am w Maariv 9:30 pm Newsletters. Brochures. Mailings. Videos. Corporate Image.

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