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Our feature this week, Of Sandcastles and Water Slides, is — obviously — about sand. It’s also about beaches and water parks, with a generous smattering of fascinating trivia and safety tips sprinkled in, as they relate to these sites. The topic is apropos for this time of year, when the sun shines brightly and the heady scent of vacation is easily discernible amongst the variety of smells at our sparkling beachfronts.
But beyond the exhilaration of the sand and water, lies a message. We, Jews, are compared to the sand. And the Torah is compared to water.
The Torah grants us our strength and vitality. It is the secret to our nations’ continued existence.
As for the sand…In the same passuk that Hashem blesses Avraham with descendants who will multiply like the sand, He also blesses him that they will multiply like the stars.
It’s so much nicer to be compared to the stars, isn’t it?
Indeed, when we learn Torah and perform the mitzvos we sparkle as brightly as the stars. And…the midrash tells us…When we distance ourselves from the Torah and mitzvos, that is when the sand analogy is appropriate.
It’s somewhat disconcerting to think of our nation in this manner—superpower stars or lowly sand, but as Zeresh tells Haman in the megillah, “If Mordechai, is of Jewish stock, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him." (Megillah 6,13) Rashi explains that Zeresh was telling Haman that the Jews comparison to the stars and sand means that when they descend, they descend to the dust,
and when they ascend, they ascend to the stars.”
The water, the Torah, is our guide—and when we follow it, we indeed ascend to great heights. Both spiritually and physically.
There’s a further message embedded within the sparkling sand at the great seashore too. The Midrash Agada explains that we, Jews, are compared to the sand because like the sand, we too, keep the crashing waves at bay. Centuries of nonJews attempted to wield their power over us, but like the sand which so effortlessly keeps the mighty waters from crashing over them, we, too, have no reason to fear the power of the other nations. For never, ever, will they be able to wash us away.
The Torah is our compass, and by clinging to it, we ensure our permanence as a nation. We are guaranteed continuity—and the crashing waves are not a threat to our security and endurance.
I don’t think there’s a timelier message these days when the nations of the world are at battle with us and there are those who might fear that they will drown us. At moments like that, of fear and uncertainty, we will do well to look to the end of the passuk of Hashem’s promise to Avraham regarding his descendants which states, “And your descendants will inherit the cities of their enemies,” (Bereishis 22, 17).
By following Hashem’s trajectory for us, we will indeed witness the truth of this promise.
Have a great week!
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Holiness and Hollywood
Out of all of the events in the entire Torah, none has been more historically devastating to the collective Jewish people than the story of the meraglim. Nothing was even remotely as catastrophic as the negative report the twelve spies gave. Nothing brought with it nearly as many negative ramifications as this episode did. If not for the spies, the Jewish people would have been free to enter the land of Israel easily. If not for the spies, we would have erected the Bais Hamikdash as soon as we entered the land. If not for the spies, Moshe would have led us into the land instead of Yehoshua. If not for the spies, our spiritual utopian bliss we were promised would have been actualized.
And yet, because of the spies, none of this materialized. Because of the spies, the entire generation was killed out. Because of the spies, we had to wait an excruciating forty years to enter Eretz Yisrael. Because of the spies, Moshe did not lead us into the land. Because of the spies, the building of the Bais Hamikdash was prolonged hundreds of years. Because of the spies, the spiritual utopia we were supposed to enjoy never came to be. Because of the spies, Hashem declared (Sotah 35a), “The day the spies committed their sin will be a day of sadness and tears for generations.”
That day was the ninth of Av and became the genesis of Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. The original day that lives on in infamy. The day in which enormous amount of spiritual and physical destruction ravaged the Jewish people for thousands of years, including the destruction of the first Bais Hamikdash, the destruction of the second Bais Hamikdash, the Romans killing 580,000 Jews in the city of Beitar, the start of the first Crusade (August 15, 1096), the expulsion of Jews from England (July 18, 1290), the expulsion of Jews from France (July 22, 1306) , the expulsion of Jews from Spain (July 31, 1492), Germany’s entrance into World War One (August 2, 1914), Heinrich Himmler formally starting the Final Solution and the start of the Holocaust (August 2, 1941), the mass deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka (July 23, 1942), and the AMIA bombing of the Jewish Community Center is Buenos Aires, killing and injuring hundreds of Jews (July 18, 1994). All because of the twelve spies.
The question is, what exactly did the spies do wrong? What was their horrific sin? Did they go out on their mission and come back with lies and gross exaggerations, dissuading everyone from wanting the land? No. The Ramban (Beraishis 2, 9) cites a Pirka d’Rabeinu Hakadosh that says that the meraglim said the absolute truth. So what was the issue?
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The common explanation is that the spies stoked unnecessary fear in the eyes of the people and exclaimed that they were incapable of defeating the inhabitants of the land. They overly stressed the fact that the land harbored dangerous and giant people, when they should have been faithful in Hashem’s protection. Hence, they were punished.
Yet there is an obvious issue with this explanation. How could these Jews, some of the greatest who ever lived, truly think that Hashem wasn’t strong enough to wage war against the nations of the land? Didn’t Hashem just a few months prior wipe out the entire Egyptian army and bring perhaps the mightiest empire in world history to its knees? Did He not just take an entire ocean and split it in half? Did He not just rain mann from the sky and send miraculous clouds and fire to protect the Jewish people? Did He not just wage war against Amalek and send them flying? Wasn’t Hashem’s credibility established at this point? Wasn’t His reputation as an all-powerful, all-encompassing God proven without a doubt by now? How could they have possibly doubted Hashem? What was going through their minds?
The Fear of Success
The Lubavitcher Rebbe offers an enlightening approach. The spies were not afraid of the seven nations inhabiting the land. There was no fear that the all-powerful Hashem would fail in His protection of them. The spies did not fear failure; the spies feared success. The spies saw in the land the exact opposite of what their existence was in the desert. They saw land that would need to be farmed and lakes that would need to be fished. They saw houses that needed to be built and fields that needed to be plowed. They saw an existence that in their mind cut God out. In the desert, their life was one enveloped in God’s protection, with Hashem feeding them with miraculous food, clothing us with miraculous clothing, quenching our thirst with miraculous water, and protecting us with a miraculous cloud. The land of Eretz Yisrael was the diametrical opposite of that.
Not that it was dangerous and uninhabitable. On the contrary, precisely because it was safe and inhabitable. Because humans with their own hands could maintain a civilization on the land, the spies feared that God would be cut out. The spiritual rendezvous would come to an end.
That was too much for the spies to handle. “Why go into this land when it is only a step down in our relationship with Hashem?” they told themselves. “Why promote a land that will do nothing but claw us away from the intimate relationship we have with God?” Therefore, they convinced the nation that the land was too much for them. They
convinced the people that the land was not the place they ought to be.
But they made a grave mistake. What in their mind was perceived as a desire to remain close to Hashem was in reality a fear of having to maintain the relationship on their own. They wanted spirituality handed to them and the land wouldn’t do it. So they wanted out.
This mentality was lethal and had to be uprooted. The very purpose of the Jewish people in this world is to inject holiness into the mundane. To develop a spiritual relationship with Hashem in a seemingly unspiritual world. To inculcate godliness into the fields, forests and rivers flowing on this earth. Basking in a spiritual incubator does not accomplish that. Entering the land and spiritually developing it does.
The Holy Number Seven
In Judaism, the number seven is holy. Only after seven days is an infant holy enough to get a bris milah. The seventh day of the week is Shabbos. The seventh year is shmitah. After the 49th year is yovel. The seventh month of the year counting from nissan is the holy month of tishrei, home of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Succos. The seventh month of the year counting from tishrei is the holy month of nissan, the month of our spiritual redemption and Pesach. Succos is seven days long, as is Pesach. There are seven special fruits in the land of Israel. Following this pattern, it would make sense that the seventh word in the Torah is likewise holy. The seventh word in the Torah is the word ha’aretz. The land. The ground. The earth. Perhaps it is telling us that the land isn’t a landscape waiting for us to build our materialistic temples on it, rather it is there waiting for us to sanctify it. It is the ultimate medium for spreading Hashem’s holy glory. It is the place for us to plant our seeds of spirituality and have them grow across the globe.
The world offers a never-ending tsunami of immorality and mundanity. It is the job of the Jew to inject it with holiness. As Reb Hirsch explains, the Jewish nation is called the mamleches kohanim – a Kingdom of Priests – to mean that what kohanim are to the Jewish people, the Jews are to the rest of the world: safeguards and injectors of unadulterated holiness.
The Jews Of Hollywood
I once had a fascinating conversation with a man named David Sachs. David Sachs is a famous writer living in Los Angeles who contributed to some of the most popular shows of all time. More importantly, he is a frum Orthodox Jew. I asked him the following question.
I said, “Why, in your opinion, are there so many
Jews who succeed in Hollywood? In the film business, virtually everywhere you look you’ll find Jews – be it the actor, the producer, the writer or the director. Why is that?”
He looked at me, smiled and proceeded to give me a refreshingly sophisticated answer to the ageold question.
He said, “Jews have been around a long time. From the times of Avraham in ancient Mesopotamia to the times of Moshe in the desert. From the times of Shlomo Hamelech to the times of the Jews in Iran or Iraq. We’ve lived in Italy and Spain, Germany and France, Morocco and Tunisia. From the Jews in Russia and Ukraine to the Jews in Canada, Greece and Bolivia. Jews have been through virtually every villain the world has seen and have experienced almost every triumphant leader. The Jew has been through every possible plot twist and backdrop. Through every climax
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and every conclusion. The Jews have experienced every background and every falling action. The Jews have not only witnessed every possible form of drama on life’s huge stage. The Jews have taken part in every drama on life’s stage.
“Therefore,” he looked at me with a glow in his eye, “the Jew has developed an almost supernatural ability to tell stories, for the Jew has been through the duration of life’s stories. The Jew was there to teach history how to act. The Jew was there nurturing the world through its highs and its lows. The Jew has been there as a shining light when the world got dark. The Jew, no matter where it was sent, went with the Torah in its hand, ready to bring holiness to its new destination. Every Jew has a story to tell, for we are the safeguards of life’s stories.”
We are all living in a world scrambling for physicality. The Jew’s job is to inject it with
spirituality. The spies were afraid of that. They lost out on the zechus. It was our job then, and it remains our job now. The setting might be different, but the mission is very much the same: take an unholy world… and make it holy.
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 585-4149729.
Reb Dovid Deutsch
(October 22, 1755– June 3, 1831)
Reb Dovid Deutsch was the rav of Nowe Mesto (which literally means “new city”) in Hungary. The city was also known as Ir Chadash and Neustadt. He was a talmid muvhak of Reb Yechezkel Landau of Prague (the Nodeh B’Yehudah), and the author of Ohel Dovid on Gemara. Before that, he served as the rav, rosh yeshivah, and av beis din of other Hungarian communities. He was a staunch opponent of the Haskalah and the Reform movement. ***
In the summer of 1831, a terrible cholera plague swept through Galicia and Hungary, killing many people. When Reb Dovid saw what was happening around him, he decided to be moser nefesh for Klal Yisrael.
Reb Dovid declared, “I accept it upon myself to be a kapparah for Klal Yisrael.”
It didn’t take long.
On Chof Beis Sivan, erev Shabbos parashas Shelech, Reb Dovid was niftar.
As soon as he died, the plague in Hungary ended.
To backtrack a bit, Reb Dovid continued his avodas Hashem until his final moments. He davened Shacharis with a minyan even on his last day, reciting Parashas HaMan and the Akeidah, and he asked those present to learn mishnayos Kodshim. As they learned, Reb Dovid returned his neshamah to his Creator.
Reb Dovid had asked his wife, Miriam, not to cry after his death, and she indeed summoned all her strength to follow his directive, accepting Hashem’s will with love.
When the Ateres Tzvi of Ziditchov (in Galicia) heard about Reb Dovid’s mesiras nefesh, he said that he was prepared to be the kapparah for the Jews of Galicia.
The Ateres Tzvi passed away a couple of weeks later, on Yud Aleph Tammuz, and the plague ended in Galicia as well.
When Reb Dovid passed away, his childhood friend and colleague, the
Chasam Sofer, was in the medical resort town of Pistyan (modern day Piestany), Slovakia.
When the Chasam Sofer heard the news, he was greatly saddened, but because of his bad health he did not plan to travel to the levayah.
That was soon to change, however. At that time there was only one hot spring in Pistyan, and the waters of the spring welled up into a sort of pit covered with heavy iron doors. Every morning, after the doors were opened, they would remain open until evening so that people could come and bathe. The Chasam Sofer’s attendants arranged with the bathhouse managers that
when he came to bathe, no one else would be allowed in so that he’d be able to bathe in privacy.
That day, when the Chasam Sofer entered the bathhouse, the iron doors above him suddenly shut, trapping him in the pit of water. He was alone with no way to push the heavy iron doors open, and he knew that he was in mortal danger.
The Chasam Sofer started to think about why Hashem had sentenced him to such a terrible death and immediately remembered the ma’amar Chazal: “Whoever is lazy in eulogizing a talmid chacham deserves to be buried alive,” (Shabbos 100b).
The Chasam Sofer resolved that if Hashem would make a neis and save him, he would travel to Reb Dovid’s levayah and be maspid him as he deserved.
As he was still contemplating the matter, the heavy iron doors lifted themselves of their own accord. The dark, watery pit that the Chasam Sofer had been trapped in turned back into a country mineral spring, full of fresh air and sunlight.
The Chasam Sofer was able to walk away unharmed.
True to his word, he made the trip to Neustadt, for Reb Dovid’s levayah. There, the Chasam Sofer delivered a moving eulogy, even though Reb Dovid had insisted that he not be praised at his funeral.
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Reb Dovid’s yahrzeit is Chof Beis Sivan.
(Adapted from Nifla’os HaTzaddikim by Reb Yaron Amit)
Vibes of Greatness
Reb Yisroel Mordechai Twersky
The Rachmastrivka-Yerushalayim Rebbe (1929 – 2004)
“Reb Pinchas” was a rosh yeshivah in a large European community who had, unfortunately, been diagnosed with cancer. He was not responding to treatment, and the prognosis looked bleak.
His former talmid, “Netanel,” lived in Yerushalayim.
Netanel went to Reb Yisroel Mordechai, the Rachmastrivka Rebbe, to ask for a berachah for his sick, hospitalized rosh yeshivah. But instead, the rebbe said, “Tell the choleh that he has to do teshuvah.”
Netanel explained that the choleh was a big talmid chacham and marbitz Torah, but the rebbe repeated that he had to do teshuvah.
With a heavy heart, Netanel called up his rosh yeshivah. He stuttered and stammered and felt horribly awkward, but he passed on the rebbe’s message.
Reb Pinchas tried to figure out what he had to do teshuvah for. Then he remembered that a short while earlier, a member of his kehillah had dragged him into dealing with a messy family situation which had ended up in court. He had managed to resolve the situation, but one of the sides wasn’t happy about how things had ended up.
Reb Pinchas called that side up. The parties were hurt, offended, and upset. But when Reb Pinchas explained that he was very sick, and very much wanted them to be mochel, they agreed to forgive him.
Reb Pinchas called Netanel up and said, “You can tell the rebbe that I followed his instructions.”
Netanel agreeably told this to Reb Yisroel Mordechai, but the rebbe simply responded by shaking his head “No.” When Netanel explained the story again, the rebbe just shook his head another time.
“That’s not what I meant,” said the
Rachmastrivker Rebbe. “I meant that he should ask mechilah from his neighbor.”
Trembling, Netanel called Reb Pinchas and said, “The rebbe said that you have to ask mechilah from your neighbor.”
Reb Pinchas was shocked. He got along well with all his neighbors. What could the rebbe have meant?
He thought and thought, until he remembered something that had happened with the “Cohen” family decades earlier.
Mr. Cohen was frum, but the rest of his family was more lenient and didn’t live up to community standards. One person even felt that the Cohens shouldn’t be allowed to continue living there. Whether this was the correct decision or not, the way that this individual went about getting the Cohens to leave was definitely wrong. The individual was Reb Pinchas.
Reb Pinchas set out to locate the Cohen family. It was very hard to track them down. Their reputation had been destroyed, and they had moved from one community to another, trying to find a place that would accept them, until they ended up in an obscure Jewish community in Europe.
Reb Pinchas was released from
the hospital to travel to the Cohens.
When he arrived, he saw that Mr. Cohen was already an elderly man, wrinkled and bent— but he hadn’t forgotten what had happened.
“You ruined our lives! Parnassah, shidduchim — everything. It was all messed up because of you!” Mr. Cohen yelled. “And now you’re coming to say you’re sorry?”
Mr. Cohen’s outrage caused Reb Pinchas to burst into tears.
Eventually, however, he composed himself. “I know I don’t deserve to be forgiven,” he said. “I was young and stupid, and I made a very big mistake. You’ve suffered terribly because of me. But look at me. I’ve been through surgery, chemo, radiation — you name it. The doctors don’t give me long to live, and I’ve already paid a heavy price. Please. Please could you forgive me?”
Mr. Cohen softened a bit, but he still couldn’t bring himself to forgive Reb Pinchas.
Finally, he said, “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive you fully. But I don’t want you to be sick and die because of me. That much, I forgive you.”
Reb Pinchas thanked Mr. Cohen profusely and returned to the hospital. A few days later, the test results showed some improvement. He began to respond to treatment and was finally on the road to recovery.
Note: All identifying details have been changed, but this is a true story which can be found in the supplement to Hamevaser from Sivan 5778.
Reb Yisrael Mordechai’s yahrzeit is Chof Beis Sivan.
(Adapted from Nifla’os HaTzaddikim by Reb Yaron Amit)
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The Guy Next Door
“Do we really want motion sensor?” Avi asked Mr. Yamamoto. “I mean it’s in his house, so we’ll constantly be seeing him move around. Won’t it drive us nuts?”
“We have a lot of intel about the inside of San-Hoon’s house,” Mr. Yamamoto said. “If we put it in the kitchen or living room, yes, we will be constantly driven crazy. But we know he does a lot of his secret work in his study, so that’s where we’re going to put the camera. It has sound, of course, so we can listen and watch.”
“You keep saying ‘we’,” I said. “But as I’m the one with the app on my phone, won’t it just be me?”
“Of course not,” Mr. Yamamoto said. “We have the same apps on all our phones. We will be able to monitor the camera footage. In fact, there’s very little point in you having the app at all. We just need you to have it temporarily, so you can install it and make sure it’s working. Then, I think we’ll delete it from your phone.”
“My Dad is just the guy going up the ladder, basically,” Avi said.
“Exactly.” Mr. Yamamoto said. He spoke to Avi as if I wasn’t in the room. “He’s going to make friends with SanHoon to gain access to his house, and then he’s going to go up and down that ladder in ten seconds or less to install a camera in his study. It has a long-life battery that should last for several months, which is all we need.”
Mr. Yamamoto turned to me and acknowledged my existence. “We’re going to practice getting your timing down to ten seconds, starting now.” He pulled something very small and light out of a laptop-like bag.
It was a ladder. He shook it out, a bit like you shake out an unwilling umbrella, and it opened to its full height. It was, I had to admit, a remarkable piece of kit.
And I hated it on sight.
“I’m scared of heights,” I said.
“No, you’re not, Dad,” Avi said. “You do fine putting up the sukkah decorations. You can do fine on this.”
A glare passed between father and son.
I was the first to blink.
“Okay,” Mr. Yamamoto said to me in a businesslike tone that I didn’t appreciate. “You’re going to attach this camera to that light fixture.” He pointed upwards in the approximate direction of Neptune. “Up you go.”
The camera itself was very tiny. It was a cube shape, 1.18x 1.18 x 1.1 inch, with a 2.0mp image sensor, and a 120-degree wide angle lens. The camera captured 1920 x 1080P pictures at a wide angle and had night vision built in.
If you think Nachman Feld has suddenly got technical in his old age, nah. I just read the specs off the paper from the box. I had absolutely diddly squat idea what all of that meant, but it sounded impressive.
I took the camera, and the bits and pieces that attached it to Neptune, and started up the ladder. It wobbled a bit, and I panicked, so Avi took hold of the bottom of it to steady it.
Mr. Yakamoto put his foot down. Literally.
He pushed Avi away. “Your father will have to do this by himself when he goes into San-Hoon’s house. You can’t help him now or he’ll never learn.”
Avi stood back, reluctantly.
I took a couple more steps up the ladder.
“Come on guys!” came a fierce voice from the gym upstairs. “Lift those legs! Higher! Higher!”
The ceiling bounced. And bounced again. It made the whole room bounce, weirdly enough, and the ladder bounced right along with it.
In a few minutes that ladder would be the fittest thing in this room. Because I was heading out.
I started down a step.
Chapter 38
Recap: Nachman meets Mr. Yamamoto to learn how to install a hidden camera into Mr. Nakamura’s house. Avi accompanies him to the meeting.
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“Where are you going?” Yamamoto yelled at me. “You’re meant to go up, not down! Up, up, up, you go!”
“I’m sure,” I said, clinging onto the ladder for dear life, “that San-Hoon’s house doesn’t bounce.”
“Even better!” Mr. Yamamoto shouted, sergeant-major style. “If you can fix this here, standing on a ladder in a room that bounces, in under ten seconds, doing it for real in San-Hoon’s house will be a walk in the park.”
“But I don’t wanna!” I wailed.
“But you’re gonna!!” thundered Mr. Yamamoto. So I did.
I climbed up that dratted, bouncing ladder, while the guy in the gym above bellowed: “Work those muscles!!! Keep those thighs moving!! Up! Up!” I listened to him and climbed up, up, up, very carefully. When I got to the light fixture, and actually had to let go of the handrail at the top of the ladder with the ladder still bouncing (thankfully not too badly at this point), I leaned my knees against the top couple of rungs. Looking up (and not daring to look elsewhere), I reached up, and after a couple of false starts I successfully managed to attach the camera to the wiring underneath the light fixture.
“Bravo!!!” roared Mr. Yamamoto.
“Good job, Dad!!!” Avi yelled.
I climbed back down the ladder, shaking with relief and pride. To match the room, you understand. “I did it!” I said, as I stepped off the bottom rung and stood once again on terra firma. Well, not quite firma, as per the wobbling and bouncing coming from the ceiling. “Now can I go home?”
Mr. Yamamoto was consulting a stopwatch. “Mr. Feld,” he said. “You took three minutes and fifty-seven seconds to climb that ladder, affix the camera, and climb down again.”
“That’s not bad!” I preened.
“We need to get it down to under ten seconds,” he said.
“You have to be kidding.”
“He isn’t, Dad,” Avi said. “You won’t have three minutes and fifty-seven seconds to faff around Mr. San-Hoon’s house while he nips into the kitchen to get you a glass of water, or whatever diversion you will create. You’ll be lucky if you get as much as ten seconds.”
“Humph,” I said.
“Do it again,” Mr. Yamamoto said. “Now!!!”
So I did it again.
This time I got it down to two minutes, forty seconds. But to be fair, I did have to disconnect the camera and reconnect it again. He didn’t have another one to practice on.
“Again!” he thundered.
Thankfully, the class in the gym above us had ended. So the whole room remained where it was, for my third attempt.
Fifty-eight seconds.
Up and down the ladder I went. Each time I got a bit more confident, and a little angrier at being forced to do it.
At twenty seconds Mr. Yamamoto relented.
“You’ll practice in your own home now,” he said. “Avi, do you have a stopwatch?”
“On my phone,” said my techie son.
“Good, so use it and get him down to ten seconds. He’s almost there.”
“Right. Come on Dad, you’ve had enough for now, I think.”
“Nah,” I said. “I’m just working up steam.”
“Really?” Avi asked, clearly stunned.
“No,” I said.
“Don’t forget the ladder,” Mr. Yamamoto said, and he handed it to Avi, having folded it up to next-to-nothing again — which was how I liked it best.
“I’ll be in touch,” he said, “Avi, you let me know when your father is down to ten seconds, reliably. Not a one-off every now and then.”
“Don’t hold your breath,” I said, as we headed for the door. I’d never been so pleased to see a door in my life.
The next gym class was starting on the ground floor when we reached it, and I couldn’t resist yelling in, “Move those quads! Come on, you can do it!” before I ducked quickly for the street.
“Dad!” Avi said, but he was laughing. “I’ll admit, that was funny, all that bouncing going on upstairs.”
“It wasn’t that funny from the top of the ladder,” I said.
“It was from the bottom of it.” Avi chuckled.
I glared at him. “So the bouncing was you laughing, not the gym?”
“I wasn’t holding the ladder, remember, Dad?’
He had me there.
We walked into our house where Debbie was preparing lunch. Almost simultaneously, Rikki walked in from her cyber security course.
Debbie, Avi, and I said at almost the same moment: “Nu? How did it go?”
Rikki was glowing. “It was brilliant. I’m going to be just so much help to you, Dad! You’ll see!”
“After one lesson?” I smiled indulgently. Me, from my lofty standpoint of expertise in clambering up the most ridiculous ladder in creation, fixing something tiny to a light fixture, and clambering down again, had become a superhero. Nothing could touch me now.
“And what about you, Dad?” she asked.
Avi looked at me. “Show her, Dad.” He handed me the tiny camera, pointed to the light fixture in our living room, and shook out the ladder. “Show her your twenty second dash.”.
“Wow! That’s a ladder?” Rikki and Debbie said together. “I can’t wait to see this!” They stood there expectantly, already looking impressed.
I puffed out my skinny chest and got onto the first rung. Nothing bounced. The room remained solid.
The adrenalin drained away from me.
To be continued…
STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMUM SUCCESS S S
Rifka Schoenfeld
TEENAGERS’ LIFE SKILLS
Q: What can I do to help my teenager succeed? Is there something I can teach her or something that she can read? I just feel like we teach so many things in school, but life skills isn’t one of them.
A: Sean Covey, the son of Stephen Covey who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, followed up his father’s book with one specifically targeted at teenagers. The book is a great resource for teenagers – and for parents of teenagers who want to help their teenagers develop and grow into healthy, happy adults.
What are those seven habits that Covey recommends for teens? I’ve outlined the first five below:
#1: Be Proactive. It’s easy to blame others and to react to negative situations. Someone gets angry at you, you yell at them. You are hungry, you quickly shovel food into your mouth. You get a bad grade on a test, you say that it’s all the teacher’s fault. Instead of reacting to what life throws your way, the idea is to be proactive and take responsibility for your life.
How do you make this a habit? This is the part that takes work. You need to think about what your values you are and then systematically make decisions based on your values. For every issue that arises, you come up with multiple solutions instead of concluding, “There’s nothing I can do.” And, with each choice to be proactive, instead of reactive, you are ingraining the habit so that it will be easier the next time.
#2: Begin with the End in Mind. What if you never think about tomorrow? What if you start things will no plans to finish them? What if you live in the moment and never think about the consequences of your actions on your future? Life might be great today, but tomorrow will likely be much more difficult. Instead, start with a goal in mind, and work toward that goal.
How do you make this a habit? The first step is to write down your goals, both short-terms and long-term. Then, you can make a plan to get to those goals. In addition, it helps to constantly think about times when your actions
and values clashed. If you really value a certain goal, but don’t act in a way that is consistent with gaining that goal, what made you act that way? Figuring out those gaps will help you act with your goals in mind in the future.
#3: Put First Things First. Who doesn’t love to procrastinate? It’s much easier to do something fun than to sit down and do what you’ve got to do. But establishing what our priorities are can then help us fight that procrastination and accomplish our goals.
How do you make this a habit? Mark Twain famously said that you should “Eat your frogs first.” In other words, if you have to eat a frog at some point over the course of the day, you should just get it over with in the morning so that you don’t have to stare at it all day. The same goes with your priorities. Take care of the first ones first – and understanding what they are is the first step towards this habit.
#4: Think Win-Win. Is everything a competition? Is it always you vs. them? Or me vs. him? If it looks like you are going to lose, do you intentionally make others lose as well? A highly effective person needs to readjust his focus to see the world as a me and him and not a me vs. him situation. In other words, you can both win.
How do you make this a habit? When you catch yourself comparing or competing, take a step back. Don’t tie your self worth to winning or being above somebody else. Rather, get celebrate the successes of others. Place yourself in their shoes and revel in their achievements.
#5: Seek First to Understand, then to Be Understood. It’s easy to talk and talk and never listen. It makes sense to always want to tell your side of the story first. Why listen to other people’s opinions if you already know so clearly what yours are? The truth is that if you learn how to genuinely listen, people will learn how to talk to you. When you have honest and real conversations with other people, you can develop strong friendships and connections – and ultimately be very effective.
CHAPTER 8
“Since, it’s almost Tu B’Shevat, I’m thinking what about treeshaped sugar cookies, and containers of fresh fruit,” I said to Miri the next day as we planned for Zesty Delights #2, during lunchtime. “Oh, I know! We could decorate cookies with dried apricots and cherries!”
“Dried fruit on cookies? Yuck. That’s another dumb idea, Liora.”
That was just what Ari had said yesterday, after we played basketball for an hour, and he only made one shot. Look on the bright side, you made a basket! I’d said. “ This is a dumb idea! ” Ari had yelled, as he kicked off his sneakers and gave me the silent treatment the rest of the night.
I hated that.
“And kids don’t want fruit, anyway. Oh, hey! Let’s sell, ‘Fruit by the Foot’!”
“Brilliant, Miri!” I jotted down 5 boxes of fruit-foot , then sighed. “My mother keeps telling me that we have to subtract the amount of money we spend from our profits. Maybe five boxes is too many.”
“Listen, one box of “Fruit by the Foot” costs five dollars. If we charge two dollars for each piece, we would make…” Miri did the quick calculation. “Seven dollars on each box!”
“Awesome!” I said. “But, Miri, what did you mean by ‘another’ dumb idea?”
“Tovi’s shidduch. Like, how did you not know from the
Recap: Liora tells Miri that Yisroel Stern’s family has agreed for the shidduch with Tovi to go forward. She adds that Yisroel wants to move to Australia after his marriage. On the home front, Liora’s mother asks her not to discuss Zaidy’s confusion with anyone outside of the family.
beginning that he was Australian? Doesn’t he have an accent?”
“Ari said he has a tiny accent, I guess ‘cuz he moved here when he was just a kid.”
Miri ran her hands through her hair and then tamed it back into the neatest pony she could muster, given her curls. “Why would he want to go back there, anyway? His parents live here!”
“His grandparents still live in Australia, and so do his cousins, aunts and uncles. Once he’s married, he wants to learn in his uncle’s kollel in Sydney.”
“Fantastic!” Miri crumbled up her paper bag and shoved it into her lunch bag. “Now she won’t just move to the East Coast, but to Australia! That’s crazy!”
“That’s not crazy.” I stood up and did a little spin. “But what is kind of crazy, and also adorable, is…he wants to start a farm.”
“A what ?”
“A farm. Like with goats, and sheep, and lots of cows. In Australia, you know, there’s lots of land, and farming is very popular. One day, he could become a shochet …”
The bell rang, and Miri started for the school building. “I don’t want to hear anymore, Liora. Anyway, my mother will never say yes.”
I caught up to her and followed her down the hall toward our lockers. All the girls were schmoozing and rushing around, so I had to raise my voice. “He’s a really good learner. And he
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wants to do kiruv in Australia, and to have this farm…”
“Like Dovid HaMelech?” Miri laughed, slamming her locker door so hard that Chani Ross, six lockers down, looked over at us with raised eyebrows.
“Miri, come on! My mother said, ‘Young adults say all sorts of things, but you never know what will happen. It’s up to Hashem.’ Don’t you want Tovi to get married? Wouldn’t that be the best thing?”
She shrugged her shoulder.
“Just think how fun it would be to fly to Australia and visit! It’s like twenty hours! We could go together!”
Miri grabbed her stomach and grimaced.
“Oh, right. You hate flying.” ***
“It’s been quite a day,” Zaidy said, as we walked through the massive parking lot toward the big box store, as Ari ran ahead to grab a cart. “An Israeli investor from San Jose drove up to speak to me about Ki Ata Imadi. Baruch Hashem , he gave a large cash donation. Then, I met with a junior high principal and his staff, for two hours, on how to handle bullying in the seventh grade.”
No wonder Zaidy, who usually walked so fast I couldn’t keep up, was shuffling toward the doors.
Shoppers streamed out with stuffed carts, and Zaidy took my hand and squeezed it. I didn’t love crowds, especially in stores with so much stuff it made your head spin, but it was worth it to spend the afternoon with Zaidy. Plus, afterward he’d said he’d take us to the new ice cream shop.
“Over here!” Ari waved from inside, his head only a few inches above the shopping cart handle. When we reached him, he said, “We need cereals, oatmeal, olive oil, and Mommy said not to forget the coffee. Liora just loves little packets of guacamole, too. Ick!”
I wrinkled my nose at Ari. “And he likes cereal with raisins in it! Double, triple ick!”
“ Kinderlach, sha’ah . Let’s make a kiddush Hashem .” Zaidy whispered, handing me a piece of paper.
“Excuse us.” Zaidy smiled at her. “He’s just learning to drive. Cute doggie.”
The lady laughed. “Well, thank you, sir.”
People often called Zaidy ‘sir’. I guess because of his suit and tie.
“Ah, right here!” Zaidy stopped in front of the display of toothpaste. “I want those tiny, travel-sized tubes.”
Tiny tubes of toothpaste?
Ari pointed to one brand among the dozen different choices. “Here, you can get a box of ten of them, for only $7.99.”
“That’ll do.” Zaidy put three boxes in the cart.
Three boxes with ten each? Why so many?
Ari checked the list and ran back with a package of sponges. “Here’s twenty-four, Zaidy!” He stood back and tossed them into the basket, getting them right in. “Hey, two points!”
“Good job, tzaddike’le , but I need a few more packages. Say, four.”
“Four?” Though my math skills weren’t great, I knew four times twenty-four was a big number. Why in the world would Zaidy need that many sponges, especially since the only cooking he did was soft boiling eggs every morning?
I should call my mother, I thought, maybe she should ask Zaidy why he’s buying all this stuff. But she was working, and she always said to call only if it’s an emergency.
Maybe this is emergency , I thought, as Zaidy walked toward the display of protein bars and took five boxes.
Five boxes. Just for Zaidy!
After almost an hour, Zaidy strode toward the cash registers with our overflowing cart.
“Have you ever seen Zaidy eat a protein bar?” Ari asked me.
I squinted at the words that looked like they were scribbled by a second grader. That’s weird , I thought, Zaidy always had the neatest handwriting. Even when Bubby was alive, Zaidy was the one who signed our cards.
I bit my lip, then forced a smile. “I think toiletries are here, first. Ari, go to this aisle.”
Ari pivoted the cart and almost hit a small lady with a miniature poodle in her basket.
I shook my head. Since I was learning about how much things cost from Zesty Delights, I was beginning to worry about how Zaidy would pay for everything. But when it was our turn in line, he took out his wallet without a blink and handed the cashier four, hundred-dollar bills.
On the way home, my stomach growled as we crept along the freeway. Though ice cream sounded good (especially lotus butter, my favorite) I wanted to get home as soon as possible to tell Mommy what had happened.
Finally, the cars sped up. But Zaidy drove so slowly that people started honking and moving around him.
“Zaidy, are you okay?” I held my breath.
“Just fine,” he said quietly. Then he pulled off the freeway. But it didn’t look like we were anywhere near the city or the ice cream shop. All I saw were houses, an empty elementary school yard, and then a quiet, tree-lined street that looked very familiar.
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.
O F SAN D C A S T LES A N D WAT E R S L I DE S
Imagine the salty tang in the air, the gleaming yellow sand you can sink your toes into (if it’s not too burning hot), the white sea gulls soaring overhead or stalking your nosh as you jump over ocean waves ... There’s nothing more fun than a day at the beach—except, maybe, a day at a water park. But it’s hard to beat either. Although water parks lack nature’s beauty and smells, they offer thrilling rides like giant funnel water slides and bouncy simulated surfing waves.
Join us as we explore both and learn some important tips along the way to ensure a fun and safe experience. At the end, you can decide where you’d rather spend your summer day.
Let’s start with the beach.
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE SANDCASTLE
Ever thought you could dig a hole to China? It was probably disappointing when you learned that’s totally impossible. Your little arms would be way too sore by the time you got anywhere near the 20-30 miles deep layer of the first layer of Earth. Yes, the first layer is that deep, and there are four layers of earth altogether!
The last two layers of Earth are hotter than lava from a volcano, reaching temperatures up to 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit—as hot as the sun!
So, digging through to China is impossible, but there’s still a lot of fun to be had just by playing in the sand at the beach. There are so many options of things to create and build with a pail and a shovel. From sand mountains, valleys, villages, roads and highways to awesome sandcastles complete with towers, bridges, and even a moat—there’s plenty to do in the sand!
—> Fun Fact: Did you know that the world record for the tallest sandcastle ever built is 57 feet and 11 inches? It was created in 2019 in Binz, Germany. That’s taller than a five-story building!
—> Trivia: The world’s longest sandcastle chain was built in the Netherlands in 2015. It stretched over 9,520 feet, which is nearly two miles long!
Speaking of impressive feats, each year the U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge in San Diego draws professional sand artists from around the globe. These artists can spend up to four days sculpting their intricate and beautiful designs, turning simple sand into true art.
—> Safety Tip: Don’t forget to put on sunscreen before you start building, and take breaks to drink water. Building sandcastles can be hard work, and you don’t want to get sunburned or dehydrated.
What can be more fun than flying a kite on a windy day at the beach, running with it along the shore, and watching it climb higher and higher into the sky? Bear in mind that if it doesn’t take off as well as you’d like you might have to try a few times to get it up there. The upside of kite flying at the beach is that you don’t have to worry about it getting caught in tree branches!
Kite flying is an ancient activity that dates back over 2,000 years. It is believed that the first kites were flown in China and were made of silk and bamboo. Kites today are usually made from light and bendy materials — like fiberglass — for the frame, and strong fabrics — like nylon — for the sail. Some simple kites are still made with paper, especially for fun projects and parties.
—> Fun Fact: The largest kite ever flown was 10,426 square feet! It was flown in Germany in 2008.
—> Trivia: In 1752, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a thunderstorm to prove that lightning was a form of electricity. This experiment led to his invention of the lightning rod.
—> SafetyTip: Fly your kite in an open area away from power lines and trees. And be sure to watch out for other people on the beach.
CATCHING WAVES
Of course you’re not ‘catching’ a wave. Nobody can do that. Maybe it should be called riding the waves. Whatever you want to call it, though, climbing onto a 5-7 foot surfboard and riding waves on it, using the ocean’s power to glide across the water, is not an activity for the faint of heart. It’s certainly not an activity to be done without supervision! Something simpler, and more of most kids’ speed, is bodyboarding — where you ride waves using a small, rectangular board. In this activity, you lie down on the board and use your arms to steer as you glide across the water. It’s a cool way to feel like you’re surfing, but closer to the water.
—> Fun Fact: The largest wave ever surfed was a monstrous 80 feet tall, ridden by surfer Garrett McNamara in Nazaré, Portugal in 2011. All we can say is, don’t try that at home!
—> Trivia: Surfing has been around for centuries. Ancient Polynesians were among the first to ride waves on wooden boards.
—> Safety Tip: Always surf with a buddy and stay where you can be seen by lifeguards to keep safe.
HAMMERTOES
DIABETIC
Snorkeling is swimming on the surface of the water while wearing a mask and a tube called a snorkel, so you can see underwater life without holding your breath. Snorkeling has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Greek and Roman soldiers used hollow reeds to breathe while hiding underwater during military operations. Snorkeling at a beach, or in a water park’s designated area, is an exciting way to explore the cool life of sea creatures under the water. You can see colorful fish, coral reefs, and other marine life.
—> Fun Fact: Jacques Cousteau, a famous ocean explorer, helped invent modern scuba gear. His love for the ocean inspired many to explore the underwater world.
—> Trivia: The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, one of the most famous snorkeling spots, is so large it can be seen from space. It’s home to over 1,500 species of fish and countless other marine creatures.
—> Safety Tip: Always snorkel with a buddy and stay in areas designated for snorkeling. Make sure your mask fits properly and that you’re comfortable with your equipment.
Moving on to Water Parks…
WATER SLIDES
Water slides are a highlight of any water park visit. From twisting, turning tubes to steep, fast drops, there’s a slide for everyone. The first modern water slide was built in 1906 in New Zealand. Called the “Water Chute,” it was a simple wooden slide with water running down it to make it slippery. You can make your very own homemade water slide if you want. To do that you’ll need some kind of slope in your yard (or your friend’s yard). Lay a large plastic tarp down, secure it with tent pegs, and spray it with water from a garden hose. For extra fun, you can add a bit of soap to make the slide slipperier. Always check for safety and have a soft landing area at the end!
—> Fun Fact : The tallest water slide in the world, called “Kilimanjaro,” is located in Brazil. It stands at a jaw-dropping 164 feet!
—> Trivia : The longest water slide in the world, located in Malaysia, stretches over 3,645 feet. That’s longer than ten football fields combined!
—> Safety Tip: Always follow the rules of the water slide. Wait for the lifeguard’s signal before you go and make sure to sit or lie down properly to avoid injuries.
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WAVE POOLS
Wave pools use complex machinery to create waves and to mimic ocean conditions, providing a safe, yet exciting, experience for visitors. Wave pools are fantastic because they bring the ocean waves to you! You can splash and jump in waves that go from small ripples to big ones a few feet tall. Besides jumping, you can float on a tube, try bodyboarding, or just chill and let the waves bob you up and down.
—> Fun Fact: The first-ever wave pool was built in 1971 at Big Surf in Tempe, Arizona. It’s still a popular attraction today.
—> Trivia: The largest wave pool in the world is in Siam Park, Tenerife, Spain. It’s so big that it can create artificial waves up to 10 feet high, perfect for practicing surfing.
—> Safety Tip: If you’re not a strong swimmer don’t go too far into the deep end. Stay where you can touch the bottom of the pool, and always follow the lifeguard’s instructions.
LAZY RIVER RELAXATION
The concept of lazy rivers originated in the 1960s when they were introduced at public swimming pools in the United States. A lazy river in a water park is a slow-moving waterway where you can float around on a tube, relax and let the gentle current guide you along a winding path. It’s a great place to chill and take a break from faster rides, while laying back on your tube and daydreaming about all the fun you’re having.
—> Fun Fact: The longest lazy river in the world is at the Waco Surf water park in Texas. It’s a relaxing 5,280 feet long — just over a mile!
—> Trivia: The lazy river at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas is not only long but also features rapids and wave surges, making it a thrilling experience in parts (though not too relaxing).
—> Safety Tip: Keep an eye on younger siblings or friends who might not be strong swimmers.
There you have it—tons of fun activities at the beach and water park, with some cool facts and safety tips sprinkled in. Whether you’re snorkeling in the ocean deep, bodyboarding, or flying your kite and imagining you’re flying with it, there’s an adventure waiting for you. Remember to stay safe, look out for your friends, and most importantly, have an awesome time! Happy summer!
GENERAL SAFETY TIPS
Stay Hydrated
Whether you’re at the beach or a water park, staying hydrated is important. Bring a water bottle and take regular sips, especially if you’re active.
Apply Sunscreen
Apply sunscreen with a high SPF before you head out and reapply every two hours, or more often if you’ve been in the water. Sunburns can ruin the fun, and it’s important to protect your skin.
Keep an Eye on Your Belongings
Whether it’s your towel, shoes, or snacks, make sure to keep an eye on your belongings. Use a beach bag or locker to store your items safely.
Know the Rules
Every beach and water park has its own set of rules. Take a moment to read and follow them to ensure a fun and safe experience for everyone.
Buddy System
Always use the buddy system. Whether you’re swimming, exploring, or just relaxing, having a friend with you is always safer and more fun.
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We can be like Yehoshua & Kalev (the 2 spies who came back with positive reports), believing that Hashem gives us the ability to overcome challenges that come our way.
The eyes of one of the spies widen as he sees a tall shadow cast over their entire group. He looks up to see a giant, a person larger than he has ever seen. As the spies traverse the land, they are met with more sights of gigantic proportions, including the fruits. All 12 of the spies saw the same facts: huge giants, enormous fruit, and fortified walls. 10 of them saw this and believed it would therefore be impossible to conquer the land, while the remaining 2 –Yehoshua & Kalev – saw the very same situation with all of the challenges it seemed to pose, but believed it was possible to overcome. Their belief that Hashem gives us the power to overcome challenges is what eventually brought them success (though this did not happen till years later when the Jewish people entered the land).
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What is one way you can remain optimistic when facing a challenge?
Hashem sends us challenges in our lives sometimes. For example, one person might find it difficult to learn to read, or another person could find it difficult to find friends who will include him or her in their group. One way to view the challenge is to feel defeated, to feel that you will never be able to overcome it because it is too difficult. Alternatively, you could choose to look at it like Yehoshua and Kalev would view it: recognize that although it may be hard, if Hashem is putting this challenge in front of you, believe that He is giving you the tools you need to overcome it. An optimistic attitude is key to success. It is all about what you believe is possible.
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Pomegranate Painting
Cut out pomegranate template and trace onto canvas with your pencil.
Paint the top gold, blend all the colors together and let dry.
Dip the Q-tip into the red paint and outline the entire Pomegranate.
With the larger paintbrush, paint the bottom of the canvas white white.
Using clay, make a bunch of different sized balls, flatten them all around the pomegranate as seeds.
Your painting is now complete!
Continue with the middle, painting it yellow.
With the smaller paintbrush paint the entire pomegranate red.
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Paint: Red, Gold, Yellow & White
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The Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill bird is clearly identified with his long, curved yellow beak, which measures longer than his head.
Besides for their yellow beak, they are beautifully colored: black and white dotted wings, white body, grey neck, rose-pink encircling their eyes (and the lower neck) and jet black feet.
Their tail - which can be almost as long as their whole body, and is constructed of many feathers - serves as a ruder and assists them in balancing when flying.
Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill
The Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill is a medium sized bird. Despite weighing only 5-8 oz. they can reach a length of almost 2 feet. Hashem especially created them - and all birds - very lightweight, so they can easily take off and soar.
An interesting characteristic they possess: eyebrows (see picture top right). The ostrich is the only other bird that shares this feature. Between the thousands of bird species that Hashem created in the bird kingdom they are the only 2 that have eyebrows.
They are active in the morning, during the day and early evening. At night they ascend high up on a tree to sleep, so they are safe from hungry predators.
What does the southern yellow billed hornbill eat? Their diet is rich and colorful (don’t be jealous…) beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, spiders, and all sorts of insects that they find. If they stay hungry they will eat fruit, berries, nuts and even eggs belonging to other birds.
When eating they use the long beak Hashem created them with. They utilize it like 2 hands (see pictures) to grasp insects with the tip of the beak.
After ascertaining that their prey is dead, they will push it to the back of their mouth with the aid of their tongue and then swallow.
Most of their food they will find on the ground or on small low bushes. Many times they will flip over leaves or other objects to check if there are insects hidden and eat it!
It is fascinating the way they build a nest, which is usually a natural hole in a tree bark. The father will bring twigs, leaves and grass and insulate the nest. The mother will enter the nest and then conceal the opening with leftover food and mud, leaving only a small hole. The father will bring her food and throw it in through the hole (see pictures)!
Inside the mother will lay 2-6 eggs, from which the chicks will hatch after 24 days. When the babies grow a little the mother will break out of the nest and help the father bring food. The babies will re-conceal the opening until they are able to fly, and then it will be their turn to break free!
1. A small southern yellow billed hornbill peeking out of the nest.
2. A SYB hornbill caught a bat.
3. You can clearly see the opening of the nest concealed with mud and only a narrow gap remains to throw in the food.
4. A snake wrapped around a SYB hornbill on a tree captured for his meal.
5. A SYB hornbill jumping up on a windshield of a car that came to visit Africa.
6. The father SYB hornbill tossing food into the crack of the nest, where the mother and babies are hermetically sealed.
TIDBITS
Habitat: Some countries in South Africa
Weight: between 5 and 8 oz.
Length: between 19 and 24 inches
Wings: between 24 and 26 inches
Eggs: 2-6 at a time; usually 3-4
Food: Insects, eggs, small snakes, fruit and pits
Predators: Mongoose, eagles and many more birds
Lifespan: in the wild - unknown; in zoos: 20 years
Population: unknown
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Spinach Pesto Linguine
Liatt Ehrman is a Certified Nutrition Coach, Certified Prenatal/Postpartum Nutrition Professional, and Certified Transformational Life Coach. Her passion is to support and empower women with the physical, emotional, and spiritual tools to thrive during pregnancy, postpartum, and the years after. Bringing out the best version of themselves so they can be better wives, mothers, and Ovdei Hashem. She can be reached by email at liatt@trueyounourishment.com or 732-276-0276 Trueyounourishment.com 2 servings Nut
directions ingredients
6 ozs any Gluten free Linguine (uncooked)
1/3 cup Water (reserved from cooking pasta)
4 cups Baby Spinach
1/4 cup Pesto
Sea Salt & Black Pepper (to taste)
1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (optional)
Cook the pasta until al dente according to the package directions. Drain, reserving some of the cooking water. Meanwhile, add the spinach and pesto to a food processor and blend for two minutes until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring the pasta back to the pot. Add the spinach pesto and red pepper flakes (if using) to the pasta. Stir to coat. Add some of the reserved pasta water, a little at a time, to reach your desired sauce consistency.
Divide evenly between plates or bowls and enjoy!
ingredients directions
Add the basil, pumpkin seeds, lemon juice, garlic, nutritional yeast, and sea salt to a food processor.
With the food processor running, slowly stream in the olive oil. Continue to blend for 30 seconds until pesto is smooth and emulsified. Season with additional salt or lemon juice, if needed.
Transfer to a jar and enjoy!
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Pesto Chicken, Rice, & Broccoli
2 servings
directions ingredients
3 cups Water
1 cup Jasmine Rice (dry, rinsed)
8 ozs Chicken cutlets (cubed)
Sea Salt & Black Pepper (to taste)
2 cups Frozen Broccoli (thawed)
2 tbsps Pesto (Pesto recipe is on my other recipe page in tis magazine))
1.
Bring the water to a boil. Add the rice and chicken and season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
2
4.
Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 15 minutes. The rice and chicken won't quite be done yet.
3. Divide everything evenly between plates. Top with pesto and enjoy!
Remove the lid and add the broccoli. Cover and continue cooking for five to eight minutes or until the broccoli is tendercrisp. The chicken and rice should also be cooked through.
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1 cup of margarine softened
1 cup of brown sugar
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2 tsp of baking powder
3/4 tsp cinnamon
3 cups of oats
1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips or craisins (optional)
Method
In a mixer cream margarine and sugars
Add eggs one at a time
Add vanilla and mix well
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Refrigerate for half an hour
Roll into balls and place on greased baking sheet
2 inches apart
bake for about 12 minutes on 350°
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Directions
1 24oz bag of frozen broccoli
1 1/2 Tbls olive oil
1 1/2 Tbls sesame oil
1 Tbls of soy sauce
1 Tbls of honey
1 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 tsp of kosher salt
2 Tbls of sesame seeds
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Place broccoli on greased baking sheet
3.
Pour over broccoli
4.
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