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TO BE MODEST I AM HERE P. 1

WHAT’S THE PSHAT P. 9

FIND THE DIFFERENCES

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The Chayolei Hamelech Monthly Newsle'er A project of the CCH Keep-in-Touch ini a ve, powered by the Chayolei Hamelech main office. This newsle!er is published to help campers and staff of Chayolei Hamelech to relive their best summer ever and to assist them in soothing their pain of being away from camp during the year. The content included inside is for the eyes of Chayolei staff and campers exclusively. No responsibility is taken for those who were not present there and dare to read this publica on.

The CCH Newsle'er Editorial Commi'ee Manager-in-chief: Fussa on Editor-in-chief: Shmoozel Leemanov Contribu ng editors: BomBom and Co. The Rat The Tzfa Graphics: SELDOS Photos: Lishnarino and others Proofreading: Father of CCH

Dear campers, We all know that Hey Teves is a very special day, because “Didan Notzach”! We won the court case of the Seforim which were stolen from Aguch! As some of you may know, this story was full of action. (There are so many details to the story that when the story was printed they even called it Megilas Hey Teves!) The Rebbe would often Farbreng about it. In order to know what to learn a lesson from this victory of the Seforim, we need to ask the Seforim themselves: by learning them and then acting according to what they say. Now although the first and main Sefer, is the Sefer Torah, and there is a Chiuv for everyone to write themselves a Sefer Torah, nevertheless, now we can fulfill this Chiuv through printing it and learning from it.

We also see a big stress on the Seforim which were printed afterwards which explain the Torah, because they help us complete and understand the Torah. How does this apply to Didan Notzach? Generally when a person wins something precious he makes it even more precious and puts it away even safer than before. However Torah teaches us that the way to make the Torah more precious is through using it even more than before. Even if it means that the Sefer gets worn and ripped. Because learning these things helps us complete the Torah. Now that the last thing the Rebbe encouraged learning the most in Seforim was Inyonei Geulah Umoshiach, we should make sure this Hey Teves to use those Seforim out so much, that it will for sure bring the Geulah as the Rebbe reassured.

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I can’t wait to go to camp, because it is the only place where I take a shower. Even though at home I take a bath, I come out smelling. Anyway, so can a bath be cleaner than a shower? Of course not! In other news, I can’t wait for Asarah B’Teves, because it is a fast day, and that makes camp start faster! Now I have something very important to tell you: We must always… hold on one second... I just

forgot to remember not to forget what I wanted to tell you… Oh! Now I remember! I was thinking that if I would stop thinking so much then I think the following will happen: One: Nobody will be able to remind you that camp is almost starting (registration) and you should get going! Two: I should really stop thinking because if not… Forget about it… again I forgot to remember not to forget!

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Dearist diery. So eparently its bean 1 munth sints I last rote to u and not mutch has chaynged there where lotsa chassedishe yomim tovim that jist past lyke yud tes kislayve and now we are geting reddy for chanuka witch by the tyme yu get this it wud hav startid elready! I lyke splashing in the bathtub. Elso what I lyke about chanuka is that we are alowed to play with fire even tho awer parints doo not let us tuch it. Last tyme wen I burnded the how's to the growned my tatee waz reeliy upset and he duzint want to bye more howzez but enyway chanuka is the bestest. I just reliyzed that I shud probeblee put my shert bak on also yesterday I waz waking and I waz singing a funee song but eye doo not remember it becuz I have a good forgetory. I also tryed out for yeshivish boyz quier (they shud be caled yeshiva boys quiet - dju get it?) Enyway bak to chanuka and eye hope they letid me go on mivtoyim last year I got a hole bunch of peepool to lite menoyrah and we sangded songz also eyem lerning how to spinded the dreydel witch az evrywon noze iz

Teves Edition sumtymes maid out of cley and also my rebbi's nyme is rabbi mendelson witch actchewlee dosint ryme with cley so enyway my brother got engageded afew dayz ago and we had a lechayim and we played baskitball and before we playdid there waz a small lechayim in the hows and dey caldid it deh pree gayme and then we playde baskitball and my mummee says in lyke five years dey wil let me in the game and I can't wayte do yu no that my favarit resterant sels hot dogs and masht potatoes witch actchewly dosin have toes inside of it its just a joke! Okay? And did yu heer im soooo ecsiyted that der iz a new marvelis meedose masheen also I lyke fish fingers and fish and fingers Yu hav no eyedeea how hapee I am! I lisend too deh ferst 3 volyumez (witch I remember lisening two wen I waz a litel liteller) so dat I cud get into deh spirit and I also remembereded how mutch eye luv choclit coverd pickools wait a second midos alurt no mine mumee iz caling mee for super and itz my favirit super its choclit coverd shnitzool! Yumee Love me Pe es cant wate to speek to yu

This spot in the newsletter is reserved for Shmoozel.

egain Pe pe es I showerded yestirday

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While driving back from New Jersey the other day (I was there putting up Menorahs on 75 cars for the Grand Car Menorah Parade that my fourth cousin twice removed is making by his Chabad House) I got a call from someone who currently resides in our holy land. We s pen t 17 minutes catching up, I missed my exit three times in that time, and it was then he told me he called me to get interviewed. What?! Someone called me? Usually I have to chase people around for months and months! Without having to be asked twice, I pulled out my fancy shmantcy, solar operated, battery powered cordless recorder and got straight to the interview.

For clarification purposes I should point out that this person was none other than one of the most amazing counselors. The talented and funny foreigner Yossi Rodal. CN: Hey Yossi, tell our readers how you are doing. CCTLYRS: Wait, we're doing this in English? CN: What language would you prefer? CCTLYRS: Italian or Hebrew or Yiddish or anything besides English! CN: Ummmm Okay, Gracias? CCTLYRS: Okay. I think we should stick to English. CN: Thank you CCTLYRS: Anyway, Boruch Hashem, I'm doing great. CN: So where in Eretz Yisroel are you learning? CCTLYRS: I'm learning in Tzfas -

Teves Edition Yeshiva Gedolah, and Boruch Hashem its going great and I'm here with a few Chayolei staff members from years gone by. CN: And you guys making a Chayolei Shturem? CCTLYRS: Oh yeah and everyone (even the Israelis who can't read English) get really excited when the newsletter comes every month. Also every once in a while we make a shmaryonkee CN: Really? About what? CCTLYRS: About the play we made here. CN: Okay, now it sounds like you're getting a bit carried away. CCTLYRS: Yeah, maybe a little bit, but I'm so excited to be speaking about camp.

CN: Do you ever speak to your campers? CCTLYRS: Because of Seder and the time difference not too much, but everyone knows they can call whenever they want. CN: What else is doing? CCTLYRS: Nothing much. Learning as hard as I could. CN: Anyway, I guess the phone call is costing a lot. So we should wrap this up. CCTLYRS: Okay. Thanks, and I'm counting the days down to camp already, I can't wait for all the fun, and just to come to camp so we could runaway. Happy Chanukah. CN: You too

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Chayolei crossword puzzle Fill in the white boxes with English le!ers.

Below are the hints that tell you which word to put in.

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4. The camp video is being made by _____ Lipszyc 6. Chayolei has a new _____ fountain 7. A little big ___ nose 8. A sheep goes ____ 9. "I'll send you flying! flying means _____!" 11. More flags, more ___!

1. _____ Sandhaus is engaged! 2. Ain't gonna work on _________ 3. Team _____ here, Veyala Balagan 4. A _________ from Kiev 5. "Team now will be playing ____ later today" 10. This is the Teves ________ of the Chayolei newsletter

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Instead of inside this issue inside this issue what’s the issue with what’s the issue inside this issue. Explana on in next issue.

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Mazal Tov! To our dear head counselor, devoted Chayolei family member,

Zalman Sandhaus On the occasion of his engagement The editors of the Chayolei monthly newsletter, on behalf of the entire extended Chayolei Hamelech family, would like to wish you and your soon-to-be wife, and your families worldwide, an everlasting home built on the foundations of Torah, Mitzvos, and Chassidus. With hope that your new home will light up the world, preparing the world for the Geula Shleima. Hatzlocho Rabbah, B'gashmiyus U'B'ruchniyus!

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Once, a Lubavitcher Chasid, Rabbi Michoel Vishetzky, went to visit Rabbi Rabinowitz in the Rabbi's Shul in the Bronx, New York. Rabbi Vishetzky was surprised when he noticed that Rabbi Rabinowitz sat at a corner of the table rather than the head of the table. "No one sits in that place," the elderly Rabbi told Reb Michoel. When the Rabbi noticed Reb Michoel's surprise, he began to tell him the following story. "When I came to America, I was privileged to meet with the Frierdiker Rebbe. I told him everything that had happened to me in Europe and asked him what I should do with my life. The Frierdiker Rebbe said, 'Since you are a Torah scholar, you should look for a position as a community Rabbi. "Soon after that, I was offered a position in this Shul, here in the Bronx. I asked the Frierdiker Rebbe if I should take the job. The Frierdiker Rebbe said, 'A Shul is a Shul, and so it's very suitable. But I don't like the Shammash.' "Why did the Rebbe mention the Shammash? I wondered. The Frierdiker Rebbe saw that I was confused and repeated, 'A Shul is a Shul, but I don't like the Shammash.'

be going smoothly until I found out that the Shammash was not pleased with me. After the passing of the Shul's previous Rabbi the Shammash had assumed many responsibilities and had become the unofficial Rabbi. He felt that I had pushed him aside and he began to cause trouble for me. Eventually the situation became unbearable. "When it became too much for me, I went to see the Rebbe, who had assumed the leadership after the passing of the Frierdiker Rebbe on the tenth of Shevat, 1950. Before I even had a chance to open my mouth, the Rebbe said, 'My father-in-law said that a Shul is a Shul and he did not like the Shammash. Continue to serve as Rabbi in the Bronx. As for the tricks of this Shammash, he will soon need to worry about how long he will keep his job.' "I was amazed by the Rebbe's words. When I had spoken with the Frierdiker Rebbe, no one else had been in the room, and I had never discussed the matter with the present Rebbe. "A few nights later I couldn't sleep. At daybreak I decided to go to Shul a little earlier than usual. On my way, I was surprised to meet the president and

"Time passed. Everything seemed to manager also walking toward the Shul.

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The manager pointed to a light in the windows of the Shul. It looked suspicious. We quietly opened the door and walked in. The Shammash was holding the Tzedaka boxes and emptying the money into his pockets. Needless to say, we fired

"The night before the critical date, I had a dream which I will never forget. In the dream I went to the Shul and I saw the Frierdiker Rebbe sitting in the chair at the head of the table - the very same chair which I never let anyone sit in. Standing next to him was the Rebbe. He said, him. 'Don't worry. Hashem will let everything "The next few years passed peacefully. turn out for the best.' He then looked Then something even more incredible toward the Frierdiker Rebbe. 'The Rebbe happened. The Shul shared an adjoining told you that a Shul is a Shul. What do wall with a butcher's shop. Business went very well for the butcher, and the shop you have to worry about?' soon became too small. He found a much "I stood there in astonishment. The larger shop, and sold the old shop to the Frierdiker Rebbe was right there, even Shul as the congregation needed more though he had passed away ten years space. After some friendly negotiations, a ago. I was still marveling at this deal was struck. The whole transaction extraordinary sight when I woke up. I ran was conducted without a written to Shul as fast as I could. A crowd had gathered outside the Shul and people contract. were arguing with the policemen who "A few years later the butcher began to had blocked the entrance. They had look for a storeroom. When he couldn't started to remove the furniture. Then find one, he remembered that there was no official contract with the Shul. Without something very dramatic happened. any honesty, the butcher went to the "On a nearby street, in the butcher's large Shul management and asked them to shop, a light fixture fell suddenly from give him his shop back. He hired a lawyer the ceiling. The butcher was knocked and was positive that the court would unconscious. When he regained decide in his favor as there had been no consciousness, his first words were, 'Please, stop emptying the Shul.' When written contract of sale. the police arrived, the butcher admitted "After a short court case, the Shul board that he had made false complaints received a court order telling them to against the Shul. He had, indeed, leave the Shul by a certain date. If they did not listen, the police would be called received payment for the old shop. in. The date was drawing near. I went to "Now you understand why I don't let anyone sit in that chair. The image of the the Rebbe for a Brachah. Frierdiker Rebbe sitting there will be in "When I described the situation, the front of my eyes forever," Rabbi Rebbe said, 'My father-in-law told you Rabinowitz said as he finished telling his clearly that a Shul is a Shul. Everything story. will turn out the way it should.'

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‫חודש טבת‬ ‫ה‘ טבת‬ 5700: The Friediker miraculously

‫ט“ו טבת‬ 5620: The Birth of Rebbetzin Shterna

arrives in Riga during the second The

Sarah (wife of the Rebbe Rashab). ‫י“ט טבת‬ 5750: The court rules again that the

Federal Court rules that the Seforim

Rebbe Mh”m does not have to come

belong to Agudas Chasidei Chabad. ‫ח‘ טבת‬ 5621: The passing of Rebbetzin

to court, after an appeal from the

world war. 5747:

Chaya

"Didan

Mushka

Notzach"

(wife

the

Tzemach Tzedek). ‫י‘ טבת‬ 5731: The passing of Nechama Dina

other side. ‫כ“ד טבת‬ 5573: The passing of the Alter Rebbe. ‫כ“ח טבת‬ 5640: The birth of Rebbetzin Chana (mother of the Rebbe Mh"m).

(wife of the Friediker Rebbe).

When is the camp video coming out? 5.7% Coming out of where? 99% There is a camp video? 1% How do you spell Lipszyc? 40% Stop asking ques2ons!

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dried out due to lack of water. A dust storm pounded Melbourne,

The Chayolei Monthly Why do I need to thank Hashem for what I have?! I work and support myself!

Summary of Part 1 A wealthy man named Avigdor visited the Baal Shem Tov and gave him a large sum of money for Tzedakah. The Baal Shem Tov explained to him that we must say Baruch Hashem for everything we have. At the end of the visit the Baal Shem Tov asked Avigdor to deliver a letter to the Rabbi of his city - Brod. Gladly Avigdor took the letter and left the Baal Shem Tov...

And so Avigdor went back to his business and forgot about his meeting with the Baal Shem Tov...

Time past and Avigdor's business started to go down

People who owed him money didn't pay! His boats sunk in the sea! His forests burned!...

...Slowly but surely, he had to sell all of his belongings...

...The wealthy Avigdor became a really poor man! There is just one old coat left to sell!... ...Hey! Whatâ€™s in the coat?

Oh no... This is the letter that the Baal Shem Tov asked me to deliver 16 years ago!

Why didnâ€™t I realize!... The advice that the Baal Shem Tov gave me was a warning!

The Baal Shem Tov passed away a long time ago, however it's better late then never

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(The pictures are for illustration purposes only)

To be continued

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It was a typical packed Farbrengen by the Miteler Rebbe, there was an immense amount of pushing. All of a sudden it was quiet and the Rebbe started the Maamar. After a few minutes due to the pushing, the Farbrengen table in front of the Rebbe smashed to smithereens! In order not to disturb the Rebbe during the Maamar they took out the table piece by piece quietly without making too much noise and the Maamar continued… When the Rebbe finished, he turned to the Chassidim and asked what happened to the table? The Chassidim told the Rebbe what happened. The Rebbe said let me tell you a story: Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev once studied how to Shecht. Finally he was ready to Shecht the chicken. They gave him the chicken and he started to say the Bracha with closed eyes and intense Kavanah. As he was saying the Bracha the chicken flew away! When he finished he opened his eyes and the chicken was gone! He asked with surprise “where's the chicken”!!?? The Chassidim understood that the Rebbe’s point was: Don’t get carried away with Kavanos, also focus on Poel Mamash!!!

Scavenger hunt Can you ﬁnd on page 3 ﬁve words whose last le'ers spell out the word YONAH? Answer in next issue. Answer to last months scavenger hunt:

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The following missions are not only for Chayolei Hamelech campers, but for anyone who wishes to join! Pass the word around amongst your friends!

Hey Teves! We won the Seforim! Now use them.

Mission: Buy a Sefer (on Hey Teves) and learn from it on the same day. (Which will of course make you continue learning it!) If you did the mission, call 347-913-5772 and leave your full name, and say that you did the mission!

Campers waiting in line for their turn

The first car in “The Great Parade”

“Maybe if I eat some of this super-snack I will be as big as them” 5)

Weight limit should not exceed…

Don’t bump into a Paul

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As usual, we bring you the list of the birthdays of your fellow campers. Don’t forget to call them before or on (or a=er) their birthdays to wish them a happy birthday and to see how they’re doing. If we missed your name, please contact us.

‫טבת‬ Campers Avraham Lavian - 2 Teves - 718-263-1861 Devir Hasis - 2 Teves - 917-609-0811 Moshe Tzvi Cohen - 2 Teves - 718-773-1793 Shmuel Dickel - 6 Teves - 563-343-3514 Avrohom Turen - 10 Teves - 773-338-0080 Mendel Rutman - 10 Teves - 718-467-3524 Israel Arye Leib Cohen - 14 Teves - 917-474-0030 Menachem Steinmitz - 16 Teves - 718-773-5320 Hillel Kampin - 28 Teves - 718-998-7038

Staﬀ Amir Cohen - 14 Teves - 347-446-9488 Levi Gurkov - 22 Teves - 845-659-4331 For Chayolei news, call 347-913-5772

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