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History’s Most Mysterious Man
One of the most mysterious characters in all of Tanach is Pinchos. A seemingly unassuming grandchild of Aharon who goes ahead and kills Zimri, the leader of the tribe of Shimon, amidst his adulterous act, is then rewarded with the enigmatic “Brisi shalom”. Rabainu Bachya writes that this means SheLo Mes – he won’t die. Pinchos then goes on to become the navi Eliyahu, who has surfaced and resurfaced throughout the duration of Jewish history and continues to do so until this very day.
The Gemara in Sanhedrin (82b) states that when the Torah writes the word “Vayechaper” (and he will atone) in Hashem’s blessing of Pinchos (25, 13), it does so in the future tense, hinting to the fact that he will forever be the savior of the Jewish people. Pinchos/Eliyahu seems to show up wherever we go. At every bris we set up a chair for him. At every pesach seder we set up a cup of wine for him. We even go so far as to open the door, waiting for him to come in. Every time we bentch, we ask Hashem to send Eliyahu to bring us good news. Every motzei Shabbos we sing songs, hoping for his arrival. The list can go on.
What was it about Pinchos that gave him this honor? What did Pinchos do that granted him the status of being the perpetual savior of the Jewish people in every generation? Just because he got up and killed Zimri? We find many people in the Torah who did great things, and yet they were not rewarded with anything remotely as dramatic as Pinchos. Leaders like Shlomo and Dovid and Shmuel and Moshe and Aharon and Amram and Yosef and Yehuda. What was it about Pinchos that made him so remarkably great that he became the immortal savior of Jews for eternity?
Mr. Mystique
There is virtually no way to explain the mystique of Pinchos without entering, albeit cautiously, into the dazzling world of Torah secrets – the proverbial “deep end” of the Torah’s endless ocean. There we learn that Pinchos was not as unassuming as we may have thought. We learn that his spiritual energy was bottled up inside of him for years. In fact, it actually preceded him. The Ramah MiPano (an Italian sage who lived in Fano, Italy, 1548-1620), in his work Gilgulei Neshamos (pg. 155), and the Arizal in his work Sefer Geulah, both write that Pinchos was actually the gilgul, the spiritual reincarnation, of our forefather Yitzchok. The Zohar on parshas Pinchos points out that the gematrios, numerical values, of the word Pinchos and the word Yitzchok are the exact same – 208 – which tells us that they share the same soul. The Tikunei Zohar says that the name Yitzchok can be read ketz chai, alluding to the fact that the soul of Yitchok will be around until the end of days.
The question is, why? Why, of all the many holy souls that graced our planet, is the one that lives in this world forever, the soul of Yitzchok?
They explain that Yitzchok was the ultimate paradigm of spiritual strength. Our forefather Yitzchok willingly allowed himself to be bound up and burnt as an offering to Hashem. Yitzchok would live his life completely enveloped in God and his Torah. He was
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about as perfect as a human mortal could be. Perfect, except one flaw: he was blind. On that fateful day when Yitzchok was lying on the altar, waiting for his father Avraham to sacrifice him, the angels in heaven were looking down and crying. Those tears dropped into Yitzchok’s eyes and blinded him. Hence, writes the Arizal, there was one function he could not accomplish, and that was observing the world around him and lending kindness to it. Spiritual perceptiveness. He could not detect spiritual or physical detriments around him to the same extent a man with sight could, and this he needed to achieve before his soul’s mission could be complete.
Since Yitzchok’s soul was left a tad incomplete when it left this world, it needed to re-enter this world and achieve what it previously could not. It needed someone upon whom it could rely to accomplish its mission. Pinchos was the perfect candidate. He was the grandson of Aharon – the Kohen Gadol and spiritual leader, the ultimate lover of peace and practical “guidance counselor” to the Jews at the time. Conversely, he was also the grandson of Yisro, a former idol-worshiper and priest who converted to Judaism. Pinchos saw it all. Absorbed it all. The love of Jews. The titanic spiritual abilities of any man. The ludicrousness of idol worship. Additionally, Pinchos demonstrated great humility when all his cousins became kohanim and he didn’t. Unlike his cousin Korach, who made a big fuss about his status, Pinchos accepted his with a smile. He did what needed to be done. Koheles Rabba (3, 15) says that never in his life did Pinchos sin.
When the Torah focuses the story on Pinchos, it begins with the words (25, 7) “Vayar” – he saw –which means, explains the Rama MiPano, that he saw what Yitzchok could not. He picked up where Yitzchok left off. When Pinchos was standing there in the back of the crowd watching as Zimri, the leader of Shevet Shimon, committed his horrible act with a Midianite woman, a wave of spiritual energy suffused him. The soul of Yitzchok discovered its perfect landing spot and Pinchos realized that he was on this earth to defend the Jewish people. Presently, that meant to rid the world of sinners. So he grabbed a spear and killed them both in one blow.
Right then and there, Hashem took a look at Pinchos and took a look at Yitzchok sitting high up in heaven, and He knew. This is what the Jewish people need. A man with the spiritual dynamite of Yitzchok and the love, perception and determination of Pinchos rolled into one. He was perfect. He would be the one to ride the train alongside the Jewish people down history’s long tracks. He would be there to correct the wrongs, love the oppressed, steer the Jews when their path goes awry, and give them hope when all seems lost. Hence, Pinchos became Eliyahu Hanavi. Eliyahu, who would defend and protect the Jewish people time and time again. He would weed out the sinners. He would inspire repentance. He would encourage the blind, poor and needy. He was the only person in the history of the world to have an openly chronicled story of going to Heaven alive. He lived in both worlds. Much like Yitzchok, who, at the time of his akeidah,
went up to Heaven and came back down. Eliyahu, says the Alshich, went up to heaven specifically from the east bank of the Jordan River, for that is the precise location that Pinchos killed Zimri. They are one and the same.
Forever and Beyond
When it says in Moed Katan 26a that Eliyahu is still alive, it means that Eliyahu and Pinchos, carrying the soul of Yitzchok, exist in this world in a literal sense. He is here watching, listening and nurturing. Showing up when we need it the most. Defending us and empowering us.
The very last navi to prophesize for us was the prophet Malachi. He was the last person to have received nevuah. The very last thing he heard Hashem say was the following (Malachi 3, 23): “Hinei… Sholei’ach Lachem” – Behold, I will send you Eliyahu before the end of days and he will restore peace within the land. Eliyahu will be the one to herald in Moshiach, for he has been with us throughout our journey.
That is why we mention Eliyahu on many different occasions. We give him a seat at a bris, we give him a seat at our pesach table. We sing about him at weddings, mention his name while bentching and hear stories of people who are sure they’ve met him.
So indebted are we to his kindness and protection that we attach the words “Zachur Latov” – he is remembered for good – to his actual name. The goodness and blessing he gave and continues to give the Jewish people makes him so synonymous with goodness that we attach that title to his name. Eliyahu is referred to as Eliyahu Zachur Latov in more than sixty instances in Midrash and Gemara. Even the one time the phrase Zachur Latov is tagged onto someone else in Tanach (Charvona Zachur Latov, Talmud Yerushalmi 3, 7), the Ibn Ezra is quick to point out the Midrash in Esther Rabba, which says that Charvona (which is spelled differently than the first evil Charvona mentioned in the Megillah 1, 10) was in fact Eliyahu, saving the day yet again.
Rain or Shine
No person or book can possibly recount all the kindnesses and favors Eliyahu has contributed towards the Jewish people. His benevolence is incalculable. He is the one who taught our teachers Torah. Men such as Reb Beroka, Ben Chozei, Abuha, Minyamin, Reb Muri, Reb Pinchos, Reb Anan, Rabbeinu Hakadosh (Midrash Tanchuma Haazinu 8). He saved Rebbi from agonizing toothaches (Bereishis Rabba 33, 3). He appeared as a Roman soldier to save the life of Nachum Ish Gam Zu (Taanis, 21). He showed up as a horseman to save Reb Simi bar Ashi who was being attacked by a snake (Shabbos 109b). He disguised himself as an Arab to save a poor couple (Midrash Rus Zuta 1,20), and he dressed up as a woman to save Reb Meir from a band of barbaric Romans (Avodah Zara 18a). He was the man who informed Reb Shimon Bar Yochai of the Caesar’s death, and he was the one who showed up to Reb Akiva’s door and enabled him to go to yeshiva, facilitating his becoming one of the most important sages in the last 2000 years (Nedarim 50a). And these are just the instances we know about!
When Eliyahu is not traversing the world saving Jews in their times of peril, or teaching our teachers Torah, writes the sefer Seder Olam 17, he sits and writes down each and every mitzvah every one of us performs, signs his name on the bottom and puts it in a safe place, storing it for the day it will be read in Heaven. Aside from helping us in This World, he is the one ensuring our experience in the Next World will be the absolute fullest.
Of course, there were great men before Pinchos and great men after him, but few harbored as deep a love and as burning a desire to defend and help the Jewish people as did Yitzchok/Pinchos/Eliyahu. The Abarbanel (Malachim 2, 2, 12) writes that Moshe was on such a high level that upon his death he ascended directly to Gods throne in Heaven where he now sits beside. Not that he was rewarded with anything less than Pinchos. Not less, just different. Reb Yehuda Leib Kalisher adds that had Moshe not gone through the process of a “regular” death, the Jewish populace would have wrongly thought he was an angel and would have given up aspiring to be spiritually great, mistakenly thinking that spiritual greatness is reserved for angels and not mortal men. Pinchos on the other hand, posed no such threat.
Pinchos, with a burning desire to save the Jews threatened by a devastating plague that was brought about due to the adulterous acts they were performing, rose up and became the timeless defender of the Jewish people. He took the soul entrusted within him and showed up at the doorstep of Jews in distress for the duration of our history. With passion in his heart and a fire in his soul, he wants nothing more than to stand up for us when we are down, and lift us up when we lose hope. Be it physically, be it spiritually.
There is another intriguing reference to Eliyahu Hanavi. Anytime in the Gemara there is a question so piercing that none of the brilliant sages know the answer, the Gemara writes the word teku. The word teku is really an acronym for the words Tishbi Yetaretz Kushios Viubayos , meaning to say that Eliyahu (who came from the city of Tishbi) will one day tell us the answer. It may be later in our lives in the form of a mysterious sage, or at the end of times when Eliyahu ushers in Moshiach.
The Question Answerer
Why is Eliyahu the one to answer all our Torah questions, if Moshe was the one who handed us the Torah? Wouldn’t Moshe be the best candidate to tell us the answers to our toughest questions? Would it not be apropos for the Gemara to write meku, as in Moshe Yetaretz Kushos Viubayos ? Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev explains that Eliyahu is the most fitting to answer all our questions, for not only does he live comfortably in the Next World with access to
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the greatest reservoirs of Torah in existence, he has additionally been here on earth with us through thick and through thin. He understands us. He comprehends our issues and our struggles. He speaks our language. That is why he will be the one to take all our questions and answer them, for he, more than anyone, knows us intimately. He is the champion of our grandparents and the champion of our parents. He is the champion of us. Us in 600. Us in 1433. Us in 1654. Us in 1822. Us yesterday. Us today.
Similarly, Pirkei D’Reb Eliezer (15) writes that when Eliyahu is not crisscrossing the world helping Jews in need, he is sitting at the very entrance of Heaven. When a person dies and the soul ascends to Heaven, the very first person to greet it is Eliyahu. He quickly reaches for the scroll in which he diligently recorded all of the good deeds that person did, and calls out to Hashem how special and unique that soul is. Declaring how deserving that soul is of fabulous reward, Eliyahu welcomes him into Heaven.
He is the first to welcome us into Heaven, for he is the one who is forever watching us here on earth. He is guiding us and prodding us and saving us at the very last second. What better person to serve as Heaven’s doorman than he?
The Twin Towers Shteeble
On September 11, 2001, at 8:07 AM, 39 minutes before Al-Qaeda terrorists Mohammed Atta and Waleed al-Shehri flew American Airlines plane number 11 into the Twin Towers, a group of nine Jewish businessmen stood at a nearby shul waiting for a minyan. Normally there would have been more than enough people filling the minyan, but that morning over one hundred people were at the shloshim (one month anniversary) of Jews killed in a Grand Canyon helicopter crash. Utterly unaware of the tragedy that was about to take place, the men began losing patience. These were serious men, professionals, and all of them had to be at their desks in the World Trade Center well before 9 AM. At 8:11, 35 minutes before the horror began, the men were sitting in the shul impatiently tapping their watches.
“Let’s just daven b’yechidus (privately),” one of them said. “I have a meeting soon.”
“No,” another replied, “let’s wait just a few more minutes.”
They waited some more. At 8:15, 31 minutes before the first plane burst through the first tower, one man got up and said, “Okay, I’m leaving. I’ll just daven in my office.” Just as he was about to pick up his tallis bag and walk out, they heard the door of the shul creak open.
An elderly man they’d never seen before walked into the shul, marched right up to the amud and declared, “I have yahrzeit and must daven.”
The man about to leave sat back down in his seat. At 8:17, 29 minutes before the plane began its slaughter of thousands of people, the old man started davening. Unlike the other members of the minyan, he was in no rush. He had yahrzeit, and he was going to make it count. Excruciatingly slowly, the man carefully uttered the words. Wanting to leave but stuck there to ensure the quota of ten was complete, the other men stayed until the very last amen.
The very minute the old man finished saying kaddish at the end of davening, at exactly 8:46, the men picked up their belongings and ran outside, only to see a sight that remains seared into their minds forever: a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, setting the entire building aflame.
They stopped in their tracks. They looked up at the smoke. They looked up at the death. They looked up at the fire. They looked up to see hundreds of people jumping from the top floors of the buildings to their horrible deaths below. They looked up and realized that that could have been them. Had that minyan finished even two minutes earlier, they would have been dead.
They then realized that the seemingly ordinary old man, who just “happened” to show up at the shul, probably wasn’t so ordinary. They ran back in to see who he was but he was gone. Gone to help the next Jew from his plight. Gone to teach the next Torah scholar, gone to help the next young widow feed her children. The men looked at the empty shul and realized that if not for that mysterious old man, they would be a pile of ash. They went back outside and ran for their lives.
Each and every week for hundreds of years, Jews after making havdalah softly sing the song “Eliyahu Hanavi”. We look to the upcoming week and hope that Eliyahu will be there to guide us and inspire us. We sing, hoping that the soul of Yitzchok with the love and strength of Pinchos will be with us each day. But most of all, we sing the hope and the prayer that this will be the week where Eliyahu brings the news we’ve all been waiting for, the arrival of Moshiach.
Hillel Eisenberg, originally from Rochester NY, teaches courses on the fundamentals of Judaism at Princeton University as well as in Torah Links Yeshiva in Lakewood NJ. He is the author of the newly published book THE PARSHAH ON FIRE as well as the host of a podcast with the same name. His dynamic and passionate style of teaching the joy of Judaism has made him a sought-after teacher and lecturer throughout the United States. Feel free to reach out to Hillel by email Hilleleisenberg613@gmail.com or phone 585-414-9729.
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The Guy Next Door
Chapter 40
You know how, no matter how long you get ready for something important, when it’s suddenly sprung on you, you’re not ready? That’s how I felt when Xavier Roberts said he wanted the Nakamura Project (as I’d named it) to kick off that afternoon.
First I thought of a million reasons why it wasn’t convenient. Like I had work to do, an office to go to, a chavrusah to attend…
But all those reasons dissipated like smoke when I remembered it was Sunday. Nothing of any importance happened on a Sunday afternoon. Sundays were for relaxing with the family, taking them on fun trips by sitting in a lengthy traffic jam, having a barbecue, Brent Cross Mall opened at 12 on Sundays.….
Oh, and saving the world.
The best time for saving the world was definitely Sunday afternoons.
It was comforting to know I wouldn’t be saving the world all by myself. Xavier had said I’d have a backup team.
“My man with the dolly will be around at about 5 pm, is that okay?” Xavier’s voice whittered on somewhere in the background of my panicked consciousness. “He’ll come here first, and you’ll go next door to Nakamura together.”
“Okay, I’ll be ready!” I lied. I’d never felt less ready for anything in my entire life. Xavier left, leaving me alone.
I nervously wondered where everyone was.
I saw Debbie, halfway up the stairs.
“Hey, where are you off to?” I called to her.
“I’m going for my nap.” She continued up.
“A nap? Now?!”
Debbie paused and looked at me. “Nachman, you don’t need me. Even if I could do anything which I can’t, I have every faith in you to get the job done. You are
much more capable than you give yourself credit for. This is the only day I get to nap, and I’m going to nap. See you!” She turned back to the stairs, made it to the top, and a second later, I heard the bedroom door close. A bit too loudly for my liking.
I stood, stunned, for a while. Then I paced the house for a while, looking for someone, anyone, to support me. But I was on my own.
“Arrrgh!!” I yelled at the unresponsive walls. And I paced some more.
Then I caught sight of the clock on the wall and skidded to a halt, cartoon-style.
Five p.m. was just two hours away. I decided to practice my ten second ladder climb meanwhile to get it tip top.
I shook out the ladder and put it by my hapless light fixture which was, by now, giving me a baleful glare whenever I approached it. It was no doubt fed up with constantly having things attached and unattached to its innocent parts.
My panicked brain was feeding me bad scenarios. What if Mr. Nakamura had only spotlights fitted into the ceiling and no light fixtures? Many modern homes had that kind of lighting.
I couldn’t shake that fear, so I called Xavier and offloaded it onto him.
“My dear Nachman,” he said soothingly, “I told you we have many previous surveillance videos of the interior of Mr. Nakamura’s house. We are not an amateur operation. We know that his furnishing and lighting are out of the 1970s, and he has several central chandeliers of a particularly hideous design. As he is renting, I’m not blaming him for his lack of interior design and am grateful that he has these awful chandeliers. There are multiple locations for you to affix the camera.”
I practically shook with relief. I hung up and then I thought, what if he did some interior work since Xavier Roberts’s surveillance and now the house is festooned with built-in spotlights?
I almost called Xavier back but decided that even my
Recap: Nachman continues to practice installing the hidden camera until Xavier Roberts comes by. Xavier tells Nachman that he needs to head over to Mr. Nakamura’s house that afternoon.
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paranoia had its limits. Then I thought that if I did drive Xavier crazy with my paranoia maybe he’d give up and find someone else. That would be wonderful. It would let me off the hook so that someone else could save the world.
To my surprise, my head told me: No. You don’t want to hand this over to someone else. You want to prove you can do it and be a hero.
I was stunned at my head. I wondered if somewhere along the line, I’d had it swapped with someone else’s because it didn’t seem like my usual head.
With no time to lose I got practicing.
Up and down the ladder, fix the camera in record time, do it again and again and again.
Make sure it’s not visible from floor level. Make sure the batteries are fresh and long-lasting.
I did it twenty times. I never got it down to ten seconds, but I did do a reliable eighteen.
That would have to do.
At five o’clock my doorbell rang.
The guy at the door looked like he’d stepped out of one of those “send food to our soldiers” videos. So Israeli, so soldier like. And then there was me. What a pair.
His name was Gadi. He smiled disarmingly at me, showing a perfect set of pearly whites. He turned out to be American Israeli. Armed and in uniform, he’d have surely had enough medals to cover one of the potholes in our street.
“C’mon, Nachman, let’s do this,” he said. He had a large dolly, containing a bubble-wrapped appliance of some kind.
“What’s that?”
“A brand-new smart fridge,” Gadi said. “Our man’s gonna love it.”
I put my jacket on, folded up my ladder, put on my Hero’s persona — which didn’t fit me too well — put the camera in my pocket, and off we went.
“You ring his door. You’re the one who’s supposedly his best friend,” Gadi said when we got there. “I’m just the schlepper.”
I rang the doorbell. I was hoping Nakamura wouldn’t be in. Anything to postpone this hero thing. But he was.
As soon as Nakamura saw me, he smiled broadly and shook my hand with both of his. “Mr. Feld, my good friend!” he said, stepping aside. “Come in! Will you have a drink with me?”
I didn’t know what to say to that. I knew I had to find him something distracting to do so I could do my hero act, but I wasn’t sure yet what that would be. “I’ve actually come to bring you a thank you present from the institutions you donated so generously to,” I said, pointing at Gadi and his dolly.
“Oh my!” Nakamura said. “What is that? And why are you carrying that thing under your arm?”
“It’s your brand-new smart fridge!” I said, hoping I sounded at least two or three times at as enthusiastic as I felt. “And this is a folding ladder in case my worker here needs to do some electronic wizardry to set it up. He couldn’t push the dolly and carry the ladder at the same time, so I volunteered to help. I presume you have
an internet connection he can connect the fridge to?”
“How could you possibly have known?” Nakamura said excitedly. “The fridge I have in this rental here is on its last legs! This is such a perfect gift! And yes, of course, I have internet here. Come in, both of you, come in!”
How could Xavier possibly have known? I thought, as I stepped into the house. Gadi followed behind, heaving the heavy dolly up the slope to the front door and then over a single step so that we were both inside.
“Please, “Nakamura said apologetically. “Take off your shoes. It’s considered impolite to wear shoes in someone else’s house.”
Gadi and I both struggled a bit with our lace- ups, but we complied. We put our shoes tidily by the door as Nakamura indicated.
We both looked around. Xavier was right. The furnishings and fittings were straight out of the 1970’s, and even that was being generous. Old, dark, and plenty of chandeliers that just itched to have me attach something to them. I could almost hear them call to me.
“Why are you looking at my lights?” Nakamura asked, as we moved through his living area.
“Oh,” I improvised, “I was admiring them. They’re quite vintage, aren’t they?”
“That’s putting it mildly,” Nakamura said. Then he turned to Gadi. “I’m so excited about this new fridge. Can you disconnect and take away my old one?”
“All part of the service,” Gadi beamed, flashing his teeth again. “But if this is a rental, is that allowed? Shouldn’t you ask your landlord?”
Nakamura looked thoughtful. “Yes, you’re right. How about putting the old fridge in my garage then please, and I’ll speak to my bosses back in….” he almost stumbled. “Japan, to find out what they want me to do with it.”
Gadi complied by taking the new fridge into the kitchen and disconnecting the old one. “Can you show me where the garage is, please?” He asked a few minutes later, winking to show me this was my opportunity to attach the camera.
“It’s round the back,” Nakamura said. “I’m going to have a drink with my friend here while you do that.”
Gadi made a “what now??” gesture at me. I raised both my eyebrows in lieu of a shrug.
Nakamura wasn’t leaving me to do my ten-second trick. Well, eighteen.
“Mr. Nakamura, you can show this man where the garage is, It’s fine. I will wait here.”
“It is not polite to leave a guest on his own,” Nakamura said. “Come with me as I show him the garage, that way you’re not left alone.”
He was impassive, certain of his ground, whilst my ground slipped and slid beneath me.
What now?
Was he suspicious?
To be continued…
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TOO MUCH STUDYING?
Q: I am writing because my daughter is struggling in school. She is not doing poorly – actually she gets mostly Bs on her report cards. However, she studies much, much more than her peers. Sometimes she spends hours studying for a vocabulary quiz. For some reason, only part of what she studies seems to stick. Is there some way I can help her better remember what she studies?
A: Study skills are essential tools for elementary school and beyond. Even adults need memory strategies to remember important details in their personal or work lives.
A great way to ensure successful studying is to provide your daughter with a RIP toolbox. RIP stands for Repetition, Imagery, and Patterns. These three strategies can help your daughter better recall the information she is studying:
Repetition:
Repetition and rehearsal of information enhance a process called consolidation, the process by which memories are moved from temporary storage in the hippocampus (a small structure within the brain) to more permanent storage in the cortex (the outer layer of the brain). Multiple repetitions can be boring – and therefore children might turn their brains off, negating the positive effects of repetition. Therefore, here are some tips for repetition:
•Set the information to music. Singing a song can make the material easier and more fun to recall.
•Develop silly mnemonics to help remember the information. For instance, if you are working on state capitals, for Ohio, sketch a picture of a person saying, “oh, hi, oh Columbus.” This associates the word “Columbus” with the word “Ohio.
•Use flashcards. Creating the flashcards provides another opportunity for repetition and then flipping through them links the information to a motor skill.
Imagery:
Creating or studying images can help your daughter’s brain better store the information. Some types of images can even include motor images which translate the information into muscle memory. Here are some tips for study strategies that include imagery:
•Use graphic organizers. Graphic organizers can use key words, pictures, or icons. These mental images can help arrange the information in a coherent and streamlined manner.
•Develop motor images. Using air writing or imagining seeing letters can be a powerful memory tool for students learning to read. For some, these visual or motor images are easier to recall then the simple words on the page.
Patterns:
Our brains seek meaning through patterns. As we receive new information, we need a system to organize it – and patterns are an excellent resource for this.
•Utilize rhymes. Because rhymes rely on rhythms, they have built in patterns. Using this rhythm to integrate important information will help the material stick in your daughter’s brain.
•Invent mnemonics. Mnemonics, or a short sequence of letters or words that help your child remember the information can be very helpful. For instance, if your child is learning the order of the planets in the social system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto), she could use the sentence: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.
Your daughter might simply need to understand the way memory works in order to develop more efficient study habits. Just remember to praise her effort and persistence – even a hug and smile can do wonders for her morale.
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CHAPTER 10
“What about me ?” Zaidy West said with a little chuckle as he came into the kitchen, wiping his forehead and cheeks with a damp towel. “Ah, that’s much better.”
Mommy looked up from tossing the salad, her forehead all wrinkled. “Well, Ta…”
“It’s best that we talk a little bit later.” my father said, nodding at Ari and me.
It so annoying when adults do that.Ari and I were the ones who’d been there! We were the firsthand witnesses to the chaos at the supermarket. Hey, that sounded like a good title for a story, “Chaos at the Supermarket.”
Zaidy shrugged. “If this is about our shopping trip, it’s fine for the kinderlach to hear.”
Yes, Zaidy West!
“But,” Zaidy winked at my mother. “Let’s schmooze while eating your delicious schnitzel.”
“I second that,” Tatty said. He put Dini down and took his place at the table.
After the plates were filled, Mommy put her hand on Zaidy’s. “Tatty, the kids said you bought a lot of things at the store, and we were just wondering…well. Why?” She giggled and blinked a few times, and I saw her eyes
Recap: Liora and Ari are surprised when Zaidy takes them to his old house instead of the ice cream parlor that he promised them. When they come home, they tell their mother about their strange experiences with Zaidy that day.
get a little glassy,which made my stomach do a little somersault.
Zaidy took a couple of bites, then put down his fork. “I wasn’t quite ready to tell you. Things are still in the works. But I guess I must fill you in.”
Mommy bit her lip and stared hard at Zaidy and the room suddenly got super quiet, even Shaya stopped babbling, I kid you not.
“I met with this investor today, and he and a colleague…”
“Investor?” Tatty took a slow sip of water and carefully put down his glass.
“Yes, and he owns one of those hi-tech companies in San Diego.” He smiled wide and looked around the table at all of us. “A wonderful Israeli man, he drove all the way down here to do a gevaldig chessed .”
My father’s eyebrows shot up from behind his glasses. “Zaidy, you mean ‘drove up,’ right? Because San Diego is south.”
“Right. Wait, no, he drove down. Not San Diego, I meant San Jose.” Zaidy shook his head quickly. “Whatever, San something. It’s not important. What’s important is that he and his business partner are funding the whole trip, including donating the money for the necessities…”
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My mother shook her head and whispered, “What trip?”
“A trip!? I can come, Zaidy?” Dini said.
“Not this time, maidele .” Zaidy West laughed. “I’m going to see what’s happening, firsthand.”
“Excuse me?” Mommy said.
Tatty sat back in his chair and stroked his beard. All I heard was Dini clinking her fork on her plate and Ari tapping his foot against the leg of his chair.
Money for the necessities? Was that the large amount of cash Zaidy had had in his wallet at the supermarket? What had he said the other day, when we were playing Scrabble? Talking on the phone is not the same as looking someone in the eye, and them feeling that you care about them, and are right there. And then he’d rushed to call Uncle Yonason. He’s the one who can do this!
I jumped up and said, “You’re going with Uncle Yonason, right Zaidy? That’s why you bought all those things: the snacks and granola bars and sponges and toothpaste… It’s for all of the families who still can’t go home! For soldiers!”
My father smiled at me. “Is that what this is all about, Tatty?”
“She’s got it, the whole story. And when I come back with Uncle Yonason, I’ll tell you exactly what’s going on in our country.” Zaidy folded his arms on the table in front of him and slowly shook his head. When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with tears. “I must see for myself. I must see our people up close.”
My mother balled up her napkin and squeezed it tight. “Ta, how long would you be gone? Where would you stay? And Uncle Yonason, can he just take off from work? Anyway, I don’t think your passport is up to date.”
Shaya whined and kicked in his highchair, and my mother tugged a little too hard on the tray, which came loose with a jolt. Bits of food went flying everywhere. Mommy whisked Shaya up, stepping on the pieces of chicken and potatoes. “This is too much!”
“Raizy,” my father began. “Let’s just calm down and hear the details.”
“Thank you, Ezriel. Everyone, listen. This is a two-week trip. We’ll stay with Yonason’s kids in Yerushalayim for a few days. Then we’ll travel south, and Dr. Schneider will meet us at the kibbutzim. We have a tour planned, and visits to many of the Ki Ata Imadi families, of course. Up north, we’ll meet more families, stay in Tzfas…Yonason is working out the details. Baruch Hashem, my passport is always current. Raizy, Yonasan can work remotely. This is 2024.”
shake of her head, then she wiped Shaya’s cheeks and carried him out of the room.
“Ari, let’s have a geshmake game tonight!” I said, after we’d both finished homework. It was a warm night, and after all that had gone on today, it felt good to run up and down the cement outside. I didn’t even care that the ball kept getting away from me, or that I’d forgotten to put on my sneakers and was still wearing my loafers.
Ari snagged the ball from me and ran toward the basket, “Hey! Good steal!” I whooped.
He raced toward the basket, stopping a few feet away, then threw. Swoosh!
“Yay!” I yelled.
Ari fist-pumped the air, then dribbled back toward me. I didn’t even try to get the ball, but just ran along beside him as he made his way up court. I kept thinking about Zaidy, and that weird shopping trip, and that I’d been so worried – all for nothing! Zaidy was buying all those things for a reason – such a good reason!
He tossed the ball again, hit the backboard, and sank it. “I’m getting it, I’m getting it!”
A flock of birds made its way across the light purple sky, calling, caw, caw, caw as they soared. I let out my breath and thought, everything is going to be just fine .
Ari threw the ball to me, and I tossed it back to him, and we went back and forth for a couple of minutes before he said, “Do you think Zaidy meant to go to the old house?”
“Yes. I mean, no. I…I don’t know.” I held the ball and took a deep breath.
My father looked at my mother who gave him a tiny
“Well, I don’t. It’s totally out of the way, and he seemed like…he wasn’t really thinking. Just driving. Hey, pass.”
“Maybe he hadn’t planned it, but so what? He missed Bubby. He wanted to tell us about the house. And sometimes, y’know, you’re used to going a certain way, and you just drive that way…Tatty said that before.” I tossed him the ball, a little too hard, and it bounced off his shoulder and rolled away.
“Come on!” Ari called, and we both made a run for it, but he got to the ball first. Then he raced to the basket, stretched his arms high overhead, and threw the ball as hard as he could.
“Oh, no!” I yelled, and I shut my eyes, just as the loudest crash ! I think I’ve ever heard, filled the backyard.
To be continued…
Devorah Talia Gordon is a freelance writer, editor, and creative writing teacher. Her first book, The Impossible Project, a middle-grade novel, has recently been published by Menucha Publishers.
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Before the arrival of Moshiach, the final nation to rise to world power will be Yishmael.
“לפנ
- over his brothers, he (Yishmael) dwelt (Chaya Sarah 25:18). “םהרבא
“ These are the offspring of Yitzchok the son of Avraham (Toldos 25:19). קחצי
(The juxtaposition of these two pesukim teaches us that) when this one falls, Moshiach shall rise from the children of Yitzchok.
Feuling the Enemy
What great merit does Yishmael possess to rule over Eretz Yisroel and oppress the Jews?
רהוז )ב:ח”נ
: for 400 years the angel of Yishmael complained to Hashem- “One who has bris milah, does he deserve to inherit Eretz Yisroel?” Hashem answered, “Yes”. The angel countered, “Yishmael has bris milah, why does he not have Eretz Yisroel?” Hashem answered that Yishmael will rule the land when she is empty – הקיר
A sign of kedusha, a boundary on one’s actions representing an elevated lifestyle, limiting one’s desires, subjugating impurity, channeling our energies towards a higher, modest lifestyle.
הקיר הלימ תירב: The children of Yishmael perform a bris milah, but their lifestyle is empty, devoid of holiness and modesty. Gemara states )ב:ט’’מ ןישודיק ( 10 measures of z’nus (immorality) descended to the world. The Yishmaelim took 9 measures of z’nus
Therefore, they will rule the land of Eretz Yisroel, only when it is הקיר, empty- devoid of the Bais Hamikdosh, the avodah and the Sanhedrin, when the Shechina is in Galus
Empty Mitzvos!
“ונישאר תרטע הלפנ“ - The glory of our head has fallen (kinos of Tisha B’Av)
Today, there is a mosque where we should have had the kodesh hakodoshim. It’s ,לכ
It’s Yishmael that is taking over the glory that we should have really had in makom hamikdash
“הראפתב לארשי רטוע” who adorns Klal Yisrael with glory (Birchos Hashacher).
A woman’s tznius and specifically the covering which adorns a Jewish married woman’s head are her tefillin, her objects of glory that bind her to Hashem.
(Rav Schwab on the siddur)
Rebbetzin Rina Tarshish
Did you know that Jewish women possess the power to cause the downfall of Yishmael?
Our Ammunition: Fueling Am Yisrael
As women, our Tznius limits our desires and brings kedusha to our lives, parallel to bris milah. For a married woman, the manner she covers her head is her primary display of modesty. The following factors must be present in order for her to truly fulfill the purpose of the mitzvah:
1- Her hair is completely covered. None of her hair is exposed in public.
2- Her head covering is recognized as a covering, serving to lessen the natural attraction of her hair. It makes a statement that she is a married woman and therefore not available for anybody else.
3- Her head covering bespeaks modesty and refinement, more than a single girl. It does not attract attention, due to length, color or style.
Downing the Enemy Q:
If a woman wears a sheitel that is overly natural or has the power to cause attraction to other men, even if her hair is technically covered, is she fulfilling the essence of the Torah’s mitzva to cover her hair once married? Or is her covering considered a
Yishmael remains in power when our mitzvos are empty, devoid of true meaning and kedushah.
Meaningful Mitzvos overpower the empty lifestyle of Yishmael and are our strongest protection from them.
1) How many תובא יתב where there for ןועמש טבש?
2) Why did Hashem add a ה’ and a י’ to the names of the families of the Yidden?
3) Why weren’t the children of חרק punished like
חרק?
4) Who fought against the Yidden after Ahron was nifter?
5) What were the names of the children of הדוהי that died in ןענכ ץרא?
6) How many people were in the family of Binyomin?
7) Why was the name of רשא תב חרש mentioned?
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It was Thursday night when we heard the “ding a ling a ling” of the phone ringing. “Hi”, said my aunt, “We were supposed to go to Cleveland for Shabbos, but our plans fell through. Is there any way that we can come to you?” My mother wasn’t sure what to say. “We’d love to have you, but where will you all sleep?” My aunt has nine kids, and our house is small. “Just make some phone calls,” pleaded my aunt. “I’m not really comfortable asking my neighbors to host a couple with nine children”, said my mother, “but I’d be so happy to have you!” My mother hung up the phone, thinking that it would never happen. After all, she was too shy to make phone calls! Then, my mother went outside, and our NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR started schmoozing to her. She said that she had just had a cleaning crew and her house was spotless and her mother-in-law just invited her for Shabbos. “If you’d like to invite someone for Shabbos, you could totally have my house”, said my neighbor. My mother was shocked! Never in her life did a neighbor offer something like that! And it was right after my aunt had called! What hashgocha pratis! My cousins came for Shabbos and we all had a blast!
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We were supposed to go to the country for shabbos and I was really excited to go. Friday morning when I woke up my mother told me that our plans were canceled because there wasn’t enough room for our family in the bungalow and we’d have to stay home. I was very disappointed but she said we would go to chuckee cheese instead that day. I came home from school and our family went to chuckee cheese and we met our cousins there also and had tons of fun! Our cousins who were there also live right near us. They told us that our Bobby and elter Bobby were coming to their house for shabbos. I was so so excited to get to spent shabbos with my grandmother and great grandmother and although I was disappointed that Shabbos in the country didn’t work out, I got to spend it with them!
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We are privileged, in our time, to have many different genres of writing to sate the literary appetite of every type of frum person. In the books of Meir Uri Gottesman, we are exponentially privileged to find many genres coexisting in literary harmony: history, fantasy, suspense, science fiction, and most of all holiness and a soupcon of Olam Habah. These elements all intertwine to make Gottesman’s books unique, memorable, and deeply uplifting.
Actually, I would venture that Gottesman’s work is a genre of its own. A genre which I would call Soulrealistic.
Chevron is Gottesman’s new masterpiece.
To paraphrase Gottesman, the [book is] a living thing, a breathing thing, a holy thing, every inch.
Like all Gottesman’s books, this one is a page-turner. You want to see what happens next. And, it can be anything. Really.
Yossel Shamas, the gabbai of Beit Leo shul in New Jersey, discovers a strange and mysterious visitor who has been hiding out in the shul. The
Number of Pages: 224
Category: Fiction
Age Group: Young adults - 120
mysterious stranger has a strange claim and an even stranger request, which causes turmoil in the shul. But Meir Chevroni turns out to be founder of the shul and he has come to tell the congregants his remarkable story.
The author shares his name – Meir – with his protagonist. This is because Chevron is a semi-autobiographical book and Meir Chevroni, the mysterious man with a powerfully magical cane, is based on Gottesman’s persona.
Meir Chevroni has come to tell his life story to his children, his congregation. His story is interwoven with the stories of Jewish history, past, present, and future, and their lessons, which are eternal.
There is no real time and space in the history of the Jewish people. We are as close now to the time of Mashiach as we have ever been. We are as close now to the watershed events of Jewish history as we have ever been. We are as close to each other as we wish to be.
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Dear Vibes of Gratitude, I was recently in Israel — and had the unfortunate occasion to be in the ER there. Unfortunate, but fortunate, as Baruch Hashem everything turned out to be fine and was really just a scare. Still, I was fortunate to see the greatness of Yidden coming together to be mevaker cholim while spreading simchah and joy. From the chocolate and candies that were distributed at six o’clock, to the drinks distributed at seven, to the musical interlude — with prizes — at seven thirty, my threeyear-old son came back from the hospital on a high note — so different from the state of fear that enveloped him on the way there. As for me, I was simply grateful to belong to a nation that has so many people who set out every day, on a volunteer basis, simply to bring joy and light to others. The chocolate and candy came from a Yid of one kind, the drinks from Yidden of a different kind, and the music from still a different kind — but the feeling of achdus and ahavas Yisroel that they all exuded was one and the same.
Mi ke’amchah Yisrael.
Though this didn’t happen in Lakewood, I still hope you can print it.
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The 17th of Tammuz marks the beginning of the 3 weeks, where we mourn the destruction of Yerushalayim and the Beis Hamikdash. Although we are very sad during these 3 weeks, there are some special mitzvahs we can do to help build the 3rd Beis Hamikdash.
IMAGINE
After many years of hardships and troubles, the Jews were finally able to build a Beis Hamikdash. Not only was this a grand and beautiful home, it was a home for Hashem and the Shechina, Hashem’s presence. Sadly, it was destroyed, not once but twice. The first was in the times of the Babylonians and the second, in the times of the Romans. During the time of the second Beis Hamikdash, the Romans made a siege around Yerushalayim and no one was allowed to go in or out. On the 17th of Tammuz they broke through the walls of Yerushalayim and started their way towards the Beis Hamikdash. 3 weeks later on Tisha B’av the 2nd Beis Hamikdash was destroyed.
DELVING DEEPER
BRING IT HOME
What good deed can you do to help bring Moshiach?
This is obviously a day of great sadness. But besides for fasting, what can we do to help build the 3rd Beis Hamikdash? During the time from Shiva Asar B’Tammuz to Tisha B’av (when the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed), we can bring a special light into this world, the light that prepares the world for Moshiach. But how? Firstly, we can learn about Moshiach - learn about what the world will be like when Moshiach comes and how we can prepare for it. We can also try to be extra kind to our friends and siblings. When Hashem sees us caring for each other, Hashem will bring us the ultimate happiness, the coming of Moshiach.
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Monarch Butterfly
Currently there are 165,000 known species of butterflies and moths. Of the nicest butterflies is the Monarch Butterfly. Their bodies are colored in magnificent contrasting hues: a deep orange, black and white. When they flutter among the thousands of vivid flowers that Hashem created in our universe, the panorama is strikingly beautiful! They are found in the northern parts of America but they have also spread their population via ships to Europe and other countries.
Monarch butterflies have an astonishing life cycle replete with the most amazing wonders of creation. The cycle begins with the mother laying a single, tiny egg (picture top right), only a millimeter in size, and weighs 1/1000 of the mother’s weight! In her short lifespan, just about a month or two, she lays between 290 and 1180 eggs! Less than 10% survive.
The eggs, which were colored by divine providence in light green or off-white for protection, are laid and attached to special ‘milkweed’ leaves. After 3-8 days a caterpillar emerges (top right). It will feed on the leaves and shed its skin 5 times until its weight increases 2000 times.
After 2 weeks, the caterpillar will adhere with silk threads, suspended, usually under a leaf (first of 4 small pictures) and wrap itself in a membrane (2nd picture). Inside the cocoon, it is transformed from a caterpillar to a butterfly (3rd picture). The butterfly crawls out (4th picture), dries out in the sun, and starts its new life. Ma Rabu Maasechu Hashem!
Monarch butterflies flutter around and drink the nectar from all sorts of flowers. The nectar provides their energy and nutrition (pictures bottom).
A large portion of the population migrate in the winter months to warmer climates, where they can survive the cold and have flowers to eat. Masses, counting in the high thousands, set out yearly in this eye catching migration.
For years the scientist had no idea to where they migrate, until they discovered that they fly to Florida, Mexico, or California, where the climate is a lot warmer. In these warm states they converge in the masses on trees and fields, so much so that everything gets covered (top pictures) with millions of dazzling black and orange butterflies.
They will hover in areas where they have few predators, enough sun and water, and, of course, flowers to drink their nectar.
These that migrate will never make their way back, only their children and grandchildren, since their lifespan is extremely short.
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1. A huge army of monarch butterflies, after setting out on their yearly migration, landing on a field.
2. A caterpillar feeding on a ‘milkweed’ leaf, on which he was born.
3. A close-up picture of the head and antennae of a monarch butterfly.
4. A tiny egg, which was laid by a mommy monarch butterfly, on the underside of a leaf.
5. A newborn caterpillar, just hatched, eating the eggshell from which he was born.
6. A stunning monarch butterfly drinking nectar from an orange-yellow flower.
TIDBITS
Habitat: America and some other countries
Weight: unknown
Length: 2-2.5 inches
Wing: 3.5-4 inches
Eggs: between 290 and 1180
Food: as Caterpillars - milkweed leaves; as Butterflies - nectar from flowers
Predators: small animals, cold weathers and illnesses
Lifespan: maximum 1 year, normally 1-2 months
Population: more than 100,000,000
רעשעלפ ןיא רעדניק
לאַנאַק-ףיולפּאַ םעניאַ :38 לטיפּאַק
אָ – 'אָיסאָז' ךרוד ןראָוועג טראָוועגפּאָ יז טאָה עכלעוו – ןעמאָנ-דואָק רעשלאָפ
ראָי ןצפופ יוו רעמ טשינ ןייז וצ ןעזעגסיואָ ןגאָרטעג טאָה יז עכלעוו
ןצנאָג ןטימ ,סעיצקאָ המקנ" :טריפעגסיואָ ".ןרעוו טריפעגסיואָ ןלעוו ,טייקבראָה
-רעשידיאָ רעד ראָפעב גאָט אָ
יד טגיילעגסיוראָ טאָה טנורגרעטנואָ
-עציוו רעשידיאָ רעד זיאָ ,גנונעראָוו
ןסאָשעג ,ןיקייל בקעי ,ייצילאָפּ טפּיוה
ןופ םייהאָ געוו ן'פיואָ ,טיוט םוצ ןראָוועג
יד ןופ רענייאָ ,ןיקייל .עיצנאָטס-ייצילאָפּ
עכלעוו ןטנאָיצילאָפּ עשידיאָ ענלצנייאָ
זיאָ ,ןראָוועג טריטראָפּסנאָרט טשינ ןענעז
רעטעבראָטימ
ןעוו ךעליירפ ןעוועג טשינ רע זיאָ ,רעדניק ףניפ ,רעדורעג ליפוצ טכאָמעג ןבאָה ייז –רעבאָ – רעטש
םהרבא טאה :טצעזעגראפ ריד
12 servings20 minutes
Raspberry thumbprint cookies
ingredients directions
1 1/4 cups Almond Flour
1/4 cup Coconut Oil
3 Tbsp Maple Syrup
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
3 Tbsp Raspberry Jam
1.
Preheat oven to 350oF (175oC) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, add the almond flour, coconut oil, maple syrup, and salt and stir until well combined. 2.
3. Use a 1/2 teaspoon to press down the center of the cookies. 4.
Roll the dough into balls roughly one tablespoon in size and place on the baking sheet.
Fill the center with jam. 5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden. Enjoy! 6.
Bar mitzva
Vort
Sheva Brochos
Spinach Pesto Penne
3 SERVINGS25 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
3 cups Brown Rice Penne (dry)
1 1/2 cups Baby Spinach
1 Garlic (clove, small, chopped)
1/4 Lemon (juiced)
1 1/2 Tbsp Hemp Seeds
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
DIRECTIONS
1. In a blender, combine the baby spinach, garlic, lemon juice, hemp seeds, and salt.
Cook the penne according to package directions. Set aside.
2. While the blender is running, slowly add the oil through the top of the lid until fully emulsified.
4.
3 Toss the penne with the pesto and enjoy!
Visnitz Rebbe visits Beitar
Kosov Rebbe at a Rosh Choidesh Tish
Tenoim for Grandson of the Satmar Rebbe
Serving
8 Large or 12 Small
Preparation Time 15 minutes
Baking Time 20=25 minutes
Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
1 ½ cups of flour
¾ cups of sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/3 cup oil
1 large egg
1/3 cup of milk or milk substitute
1 cup of blueberries
Crumb topping
½ cup sugar
1/3 cup of flour
¼ cup margarine
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
Directions
Muffins
In a mixer; mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
Add oil, egg and milk. Mix well
Fold in blueberries
Spoon into muffin pan.
Crumbs
Mix with a fork; sugar, flour, margarine and cinnamon until crumbly
Put a spoonful on each muffin Fold in blueberries Bake 20-25 minutes at 350°
Easy Apricot Chicken
Prep Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 2 hrs
Servings : 4
Ingredients:
4 chicken bottoms
¼ cup ketchup
¼ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup apricot jelly
2 Tbsp onion soup mix
Procedure:
Lay chicken in pan, mix all other ingredients well and pour over chicken
Bake covered at 350° for 1 and a half hours
Uncover and bake another 20 minutes
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Quality Bookshelves, 38 years in the business, very low rent, Lakewood South - Tel 718.974.0505
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OLIVIA JEWELRY RENTAL
Gorgeous selection of fine costume jewelery for your simcha or special occasion. $25 for the first piece and $15 for each additional piece. Located in prospect square 35 lewin ave. Contact 773-5039132
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Chicks for sale
$5 each, 848-222-9148
Sell & Consign your Evening & Simcha-Wear with us:
Local Boutique Now accepting high quality, new/lightly worn women and teens simcha-wear
for bar mitzvas, family simchas, vorts, sheva brachos etc. Items must be fully cleaned and laundered to sell also accepting high quality dressy maternity Aleeza’s Boutique: 848-243-0927
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Natural toothpaste (Fluoride free), deodorant (aluminum free), shampoo, conditioner, sunscreen, aloe gelly for burns , and more. Please call: 732-806-1324
Children’s size 10 Reimagined ivory gown for $60, Please call/ text 347-668-1157
For sale Cole Haan zero grand shoes size 11 $95 call only 732-228-2103
For sale 500 gift card to Fino custom, call only 732-228-2103
2 brand new Honeywell 18 inch dishwashers, scratch and dent sold on Amazon for about $400 Selling for $175 each Call only 872 223 1831
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Selling Schwinn exercise bike in excellent condition, ($850 value) Solid frame, Has 99 resistance levels, Displays calories, distance and speed, has extra comfortable seat, the seat and handlebars are height adjustable, selling it for best offer. For more details please call or text
347-486-2240
Selling Gotrax E-Scooter : Selling gotrax GKS e-scooter
max speed: 7.5 mph max weight: 121 lbs
2 years old in great condition!
selling for $85 OBO call: 508-292-8589
Speaker for Sale:
Selling Samson speaker very big and in very good condition for $175 OBO call: 508-292-8589
Selling a grey glider in a brand new condition for $400 obo. Please call 929630-0658.
STUNNING GOWN
Custom ivory gown size 4/6 Pls call/ txt 848.226.9204
2, Brand New 54” Bed frames and mattresses $500 Call 732-773-9638
Upscale navy maternity gown. Really nice. Asking $550 OBO. call/text 8482210928
Selling almost new Verizon Kyocera flip phone. ( filtered, no browser) great phone for nontexters only issue is text is a bit slow. Bought for over 200 selling for 85$
Cute Kosher Chicks for Sale
$5 each, Westgate 848-222-9148
Ferragamo Crossbody bag
brand new in box from Bloomingdales that got as gift. Retail $850. Selling for $750 or best offer. 929-539-4427
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2016 Toyota camry silver se model.
94k- well maintained asking $14.3 Call/text (848)525-6633
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BEAUTIFUL SPARKLING
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Professional seamstress is available for all your alteration needs. Call/ text 848525-6619. Now offering embroidery service!
Female Lifeguard Available
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Found
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Library
Book library-adult & children’s book library. Over 1,000 books. Located near Segull Square plaza. Call /text(848) 525-5909.
Gemachs
New tznius hospital gowns in Oak and Vine. Please call: 347-4862994 or 347-633-6329
Vort Dress Gemach
If you have a perfect condition Simcha dress that you would like others to benefit from, please call/ text (848) 245-2633.
The Pickup Gmach-Picking up your current last season’s kids clothing in good condition and passing it on to local Lakewood families who appreciate it and wear it right. We keep outfits and matching together as sets. For pickups email pickupgmach@gmail. com
Deja New Clothing Home Pickups. We pickup your excellent clothing so others can enjoy them too! Text ‘pickup’ to 732702-3352.
Huge buckets of lego and duplo for your shabbos simcha. Call 732 370-2572 to reserve
New tznius hospital gown gemach in Oak and Vine. At no cost. Please call: 347-4862994 or 347-633-6329
Speaker System for Small Events (with mic) 7320-510-3917 call/text Jackson, Bates Area
Gemach Zichron Feige Stunning childrens gowns- matching collection from sizes 9 months untill size 18 for appt call 908-4610058
If you have up-to-date, beautiful childrens gowns in all sizes you’d like to donate to our gemach please call 908-461-0058
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Beautiful gowns size 0-20 (732) 908-8263
Simcha Toy Gemach Keep children busy, happy so the adults can enjoy the Simcha! Borrow toys for yourSimcha, Phone:732-730-9127 (notext)
Email:GemachNefeshChaya@gmail.com
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