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LETTER f rom the EDITOR T

he formidable day of Asarah B’Teves is on a Friday this year.

They were unable to communicate with those on the outside…

Asarah B’Teves is unique among the fasts for Yerushalayim and the Churban in that it marks the beginning of the process that led to the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.

The siege that our enemies laid to the walls of Yerushalayim on this day lasted for two and a half years, culminating in the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash on Tishah B’Av.

The Jews could have counteracted all of that with achdus.

The fact that Asarah B’Teves marks the beginning of the process is significant.

Halachically, our sources tell us that were Asarah B’Teves to fall out on a Shabbos, we would be required to fast. Hillel’s calendar has made this type of calendrical eventuality an impossibility. However, this is the only public fast day for Yerushalayim that can fall out on an erev Shabbos — and when it falls out on that day, like this year, we fast.

Why the halachic stringency for Asarah B’Teves? A stringency that is even more than Tishah B’Av to some extent — as Tishah B’Av cannot fall out on Friday, nor do we fast on Shabbos if it falls out then, and instead we push off the fast until Sunday.

The answer to this question is that Asarah B’Teves is the beginning of the process. And the beginning of any process holds immense potential — for good, or the opposite.

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The potential was there for them to use their tightly crowded confines to get rid of the factions that divided them and to establish a united front so as to combat the enemy.

Unfortunately, the Jews in Yerushalayim of old chosen not to do this. Instead, within the confines of the besieged city, they drifted further and further apart. And fought.

Calamity and tragedy doesn’t automatically result in the desired outcome. To achieve that outcome takes work.

And the potential for that work was there.

It’s there in modern-day Yerushalayim as well.

It’s there in Yerushalayim’s outlying cities, and in Jewish communities around the globe.

Ultimately, tapping into that potential for achdus and uniting will lead to the fulfillment of Zecharyah’s nevuah, which states, “The fast of the fourth [month], the fast of the fifth [month], the fast of the seventh [month], and the fast of the tenth [month] shall be for the house of Yehudah for joy and happiness…”

(Zecharyah 8:19).

Asarah B’Teves was the day that Nevuchadnetzar laid siege to Yerushalayim.

Had they chosen to do so, the Jews could have combatted the spiritual and physical impact of the siege.

The fast of the tenth month refers to the fast day of Asarah B’Teves.

They were forced into a confined area, with no option to leave… They had no way to receive supplies from outside of the city…

May that day come ver y, ver y soon,

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Leora Gruen

VAYIGASH Vayeishev Weeding Out Inconsistent Behaviors In this week’s parashah, when Yosef reveals himself to his brothers, the pasuk (Bereishis 45:3) says, “And Yosef said to his brothers, ‘I am Yosef.

Is my father still alive?’ But his brothers couldn’t answer him because they were confused before him.” Rashi explains that they were embarrassed because of what they had done to him.

The midrash in Bereishis Rabbah 93:10 comments on this, “Woe to us on the Day of Judgement.

Woe to us on the Day of Rebuke.” Yosef’s brothers couldn’t face him when they were rebuked. How will we be able to face Hashem on the day of judgment?

The Beis HaLevi asks, What, exactly, was the rebuke in Yosef’s words? Previously, Yosef had asked his brothers about Yaakov (Bereishis 43:27), “Is your aged father at peace? Is he still alive?”

The midrashim there don’t consider that question to be a rebuke. So what was different about the question in 45:3, “I am Yosef. Is my father still alive?” that made it a rebuke?

The Beis HaLevi explains that when Yosef asked, “Is my father still alive?” he wasn’t inquiring about Yaakov’s welfare. Rather, it was a statement of amazement. Yosef wondered out loud how Yaakov could still be alive after twenty-two years of enduring the pain of not knowing where Yosef was.

Yosef wasn’t asking a question but rather rebuking his brothers: If you were truly concerned about our father’s welfare and that’s why you think I should release Binyamin, why weren’t you concerned about him and the pain he carried for

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the past twenty-two years? You have contradicted yourself with your actions.

This is the rebuke that the midrash is referring to. Just as Yosef rebuked his brothers, so too Hashem will look at all our actions to check if they contradict each other. When we sin, we often excuse ourselves. However, we must be fearful of the judgement that will expose the contradictions in our behavior.

The pasuk in Mishlei 17:15 says, “Justifying a wicked person or condemning a tzaddik, both are despicable before Hashem.”

The Beis HaLevi wonders, If the word “both” is used to add something extra, what is being added here? And he explains: Some people always see the positive, even in wicked people. Others are the opposite — they look badly at others, even tzaddikim or respectable people. Both are problematic behaviors but can be tolerated.

However, if someone combines both finding good in wicked people and condemning the righteous, that is a contradiction that Hashem despises.

In the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu Zuta chapter 14, attributed to Eliyahu HaNavi, Eliyahu tells the following story.

“Once, when I was traveling, I met a man who hadn’t learned Torah or Mishnah and was joking about it. I asked him, ‘My son, what will you answer to Hashem on the day of judgement?’ The man replied, ‘I have an excuse. I will explain that I wasn’t granted knowledge and understanding.’

I then asked him, ‘What is your profession?’ He

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answered, ‘I am a hunter.’ I then questioned this paradox, ‘To bring linen, create nets, and throw them out to sea you have knowledge? But for the words of the Torah, about which it says, “They are very close to you,” you don’t have knowledge?’ Right away, the man began to cry. I told him, ‘Don’t feel bad. This is a very common answer. People claim one thing, but their actions reveal a different reality.’ ” How often do we display inconsistent, contradictory behavior?

The story is told about a bachur learning under Rav Avraham Yehoshua who struggled daily to wake up on time for shacharis. Most often, he arrived well into davening. Before Pesach bein hazemanim, the bachurim would go to the rosh yeshivah to say goodbye and ask for a parting berachah. When this bachur went to receive his berachah, Rav Avraham Yehoshua blessed him that he should miss his plane.

The bachur was astounded. The rav explained, “If you make it to the airport in time to board the earlymorning flight, there will be a severe claim against you in Heaven. How is it that you can make your flight on time but can’t get up for shacharis?” And, in fact, the bachur missed his flight!

There is a famous story told about a man who bought a lottery ticket and claimed he trusted in Hashem that he would win the one-thousand-ruble jackpot. That was only until Rav Yisrael Salanter offered him nine hundred rubles in exchange for the ticket. When he agreed to this offer, Rav Salanter questioned him, “If you truly trusted that this ticket would win, why are you willing to lose one hundred rubles?”

On the positive side, when one runs their life according to their values and without contradiction, it commands awe and respect.

One of my close friends revealed to me a behavior that illustrates this beautifully. On Purim, we often spend money without restraint on creating and sharing elaborate mishloach manos and a seudah.

But at the same time, we often fulfill the mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim with the minimum requirement.

My friend and her husband made a calculation how much money they spent on all the food, paper goods, containers, etc., that they bought for Purim and then gave the exact same amount of money for matanos l’evyonim. They didn’t want to be inconsistent in their actions.

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I heard the following story told over by Rav Gedalaya Schorr’s son, Avrohom, who heard it from the protagonist himself. A man had a serious tumor that required a surgery at the cost of $80,000, which he could not afford. He decided to strengthen his bitachon and trust that everything would be okay.

But then he questioned his behavior. He thought he might be doing this because of his laziness to raise the money. He decided to travel abroad to collect money, and he successfully raised the entire sum.

At this point, he said to himself, “Now that I know I’m not being lazy. I can have bitachon.” He then proceeded to give away all the money he had raised to tzedakah. Shortly afterward, he returned to the doctor, who reexamined him and sent him for more testing. The doctor reported in shocking surprise that there was no longer any growth.

Rav Avigdor Miller speaks about the importance of keeping routine. Perhaps this can be a solution for the inconsistency of our actions. No matter how upset one may be with their close family, Rav Miller exhorts us to keep up the routine. Even if you aren’t in the mood of cooking supper or doing the laundry for someone who annoys you, do it anyway.

Even if you often find yourself distracted during davening, keep the routine. Sometimes you may daven with more kavanah, and sometimes with less.

Rebbetzin Yitty Neustadt, z”l, used to say that even if your tefillos feel like a bunch of zeros, one day you will have a good tefillah. That good tefillah is the number one placed in front of all those tefillos that rated as zero. This creates a large number and brings all of them up to Hashem. We can pick one tefillah, one chesed, one good action, and do it consistently to create powerful avodas Hashem.

Yosef rebuked his brothers for their contradictory behavior. The midrash is warning us to be wary of our actions and to weed out inconsistency and contradiction. In this way, we will be protected on the ultimate day of judgment.

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than Auschwitz.

to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his

from the window. She saw what was

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happening but could do nothing to save

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her husband. Despite the great danger,

Reb Abraham Abba, to learn in yeshivos

she managed to run after them and give

in Hungary. Reb Avraham Abba married

Reb Avraham Abba his tallis and tefillin,

the daughter of the Nadvorna Rebbe,

as well as two rolls for Shabbos (because

and they both survived the Holocaust.

it was already Thursday).

After the war, he and his wife reunited

When Reb Avraham Abba reached the

with his parents in America, whom he hadn’t seen for seventeen years.

He succeeded his father as the Rebbe in Pittsburgh, and later moved the chassidus to Ashdod, Eretz Yisrael.

held, he saw that all the other Jews were clean-shaven and didn’t have pei’os, in line with the Nazi decrees. He was the only one with a beard and pei’os. He

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didn’t want to stick out, so he stood

Reb Avraham Abba lived in Chernowitz

facing the wall, hoping he wouldn’t be

with his wife. When the Nazis conquered

noticed. He davened and said tehillim the

Chernowitz, they immediately oppressed

entire time with tremendous kavanah.

the Jews. The Jews were concentrated

The next day, a commander announced,

in the ghetto, and the threat of

“In another two days a train will come

extermination loomed over their heads.

and take all of you to a labor camp.”

One day, a chassid snuck over to the

One can imagine how the prisoners

home of Reb Isamar’el, the Nadvorna

experienced that Shabbos. By then

Rebbe. The chassid, a respected member

some information had reached them

of the community, risked his life to come

about what the Nazis had done to their

and consult with his Rebbe. At the end of

brothers in Poland, and they trembled at

the visit, Reb Avraham Abba, the rebbe’s

the thought of their own fate.

son-in-law, escorted him out.

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chalat, which didn’t have a star sewn on

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arrived. What would befall the Jewish

To his misfortune, a Nazi policeman

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cars, bound for an unknown destination — which turned out to be none other

the train together with everyone else.

Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

He looked up and saw a Nazi. “Get out of line and stand over there, on the side.”

I’m the only one here with a beard and pei’os, Reb Avraham Abba thought. It must be that I’m being singled out for some sadistic Nazi torture. If my time is up and I’m going to be killed al kiddush Hashem, at least I’m going to die looking like an authentic Jew. The train station emptied out. All of the unfortunate Jews were sent off. Only Reb Avraham Abba remained.

The Nazi turned to Reb Avraham Abba.

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You’re a real rabbi, deserving of the title. I decided to depart from protocol and help you, despite the great danger to me. I’m setting you free. You can go home.”

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(May 28, 1935–January 7, 2017) Shira Yael Klein Israeli-born Rav Moshe Shapiro was a less-known Litvish rosh yeshivah and maggid shiur. He was a tremendous talmid chacham and masmid who knew all of Shas. He was perfectly capable of giving classic Litvish Brisk-style Gemara shiurim.

He did so mostly for bachurim, likely due to Rav Shach’s insistence that he not pull bachurim away from standard learning.

However, he is known for being one of the foremost contemporary baalei machshavah. Although he tended not to quote his sources, his students testify that he was clearly familiar with sifrei kabbalah as well as sifrei chassidus such as the Tanya, Sefas Emes, and even Likkutei Moharan. (L’havdil, he was an “information vacuum” who also absorbed all of the works of Kant, the works of other classic philosophers, and many other subjects and sciences.) He gave many machshavah shiurim on different levels, which were often closed to the public.

He taught both the elite of the yeshivah world as well as baalei teshuvah in Israel (including in yeshivas Ohr Somayach) and in Moscow.

doors with a rag soaked in bleach. The fear was that Saddam Hussein would not only bombard them with Scud missiles but that the Scuds would have chemical warheads, which would release deadly gasses upon impact. Every citizen was equipped with a bulky gas mask.

In the final few days before the Gulf war broke out, a group of bachurim together with one of their roshei yeshivah approached Reb Moshe Shapiro after his shiur.

“How should we prepare for the upcoming war?” they asked.

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Rav Moshe didn’t say that there wouldn’t be any missiles. But he seemed to totally mock the pervasive fear of chemical warfare — which was the main threat and the one that everyone was talking about.

At the time, no one imagined that thirtynine Scud missiles would land in Israel — thirty-nine standard missiles with familiar explosive warheads.

In the end, Reb Moshe was proven right.

There was, baruch Hashem, no chemical warfare.

All of the plastic sheeting and bleach and masks turned out to be one big Purim shpiel. In a clear neis, only one person was killed from the Scuds. However, there were something like thirteen cases of strangulation from not wearing the gas masks properly, and dozens of people who suffered heart attacks as they cowered in their sealed rooms. But there was a lot of secondary damage caused by the shock waves of the Scuds.

*** In 1990, the Gulf war broke out between Saddam Hussein in Iraq and a forty-twocountry coalition led by the United States.

Iraq openly threatened that if they were to be invaded, they would attack Israel.

Iraq hoped to provoke an Israeli military response, which would then encourage Arab states to withdraw from the coalition (so as not to be allied with Israel).

His advice seemed totally delusional.

At the time, all of the political analysts predicted either chemical warfare or no war at all.

Indeed, it turned out that Reb Moshe was right. The only thing that needed to be done was to back away from the windows.

There was no need to do more.

“Nu, nu,” Reb Moshe replied. “There will be a few explosions. Please don’t disfigure yourselves with those grubbe maseichos (coarse masks). There’s no need to turn the house upside down. But there is one thing that you should please be careful about. Stay away from the windows, because the shock waves are dangerous.”

That’s all Reb Moshe had to say about the impending war that was striking fear in everyone’s heart.

Did his advice stem from his incredible analytical abilities and sharp sense of humor, or from a spark of ruach hakodesh?

Reb Moshe Shapiro’s yahrzeit is Asarah B’Teves.

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Chapter 16

The Guy Next Door Ruthie Pearlman

Chapter 16 Recap: Nachman arrives home from a dif ficult day at work only to learn that Avi, who was away all day on a trip with friends, has not returned home. His friends, however, have.

“You sure you called all his friends? And you’ve

“I’m thinking. I’m thinking. Where’s Rikki? Is she

called his phone?” I knew it was a stupid thing to

okay, at least?” I suddenly stopped dead and stared

say, but I was still processing. Things hadn’t sunk in,

at Debbie.

and if they hadn’t sunk in, I was entitled to ask stupid questions until they did. It’s my absolute right.

phone, trying to find her brother,” Debbie snapped.

Debbie, on the other hand, wasn’t in the mood for me

“She’s calling all Avi’s contacts one by one. Not

being stupid, and responded with an exaggerated eye

only the ones he went out with today.” She paused

roll and total silence.

meaningfully. “At least she’s doing something useful,

My next move was to pace. I’m an expert pacer. I had

not just pacing.”

enough practice from when my kids were being born.

I ran upstairs to Rikki’s room. The door was open.

Okay, that was only twice, but you can learn a lot

She was sitting on her bed, looking at her laptop. I

doing something more than once.

made a “may I?” kind of gesture, and she beckoned

“Will you stop pacing and actually do something?”

Debbie burst out after a few circuits of the living room.

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me in. I sat down next to my daughter and saw her screen. She was looking at news sites with the key words “abduction,” “kidnap,” and “Novichok.”

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look at someone and roll their eyes at the same time,

“Anything?” I asked.

She shook her head. “I think you should go next door, Dad,” she said. “See what he has to say about this. Maybe he can point you in the right direction or something.”

that’s what they did.

“Well, is no one going to follow him?” I asked.

“Since we only have one car, and even Rikki on her roller skates isn’t fast enough to chase a car,” Debbie

“It’s the or something part that worries me,” I told

said, “I guess that would be you. On your own. I have

her, but I thought it was a reasonable plan. Everything

no intention of coming with you if that’s what you

weird that had happened in our lives had started

plan to do.”

when the guy next door had moved in. There was no disputing that fact.

I stared after the red Suzuki, which was pulling away from the curb now and making its way down Flower

“How can he have just disappeared from a crowd of friends?” I asked Rikki. “Was no one watching him?”

She rolled her eyes rather like her mother had done just a few moments ago. “Dad,” she said, “friends are

Street.

“I’ll go to the bowling alley,” I said finally.

“I’ll get my bag and phone,” Debbie said.

“Can I come too?” Rikki

out together. The operative word is together. They’re not

asked eagerly.

babysitting each other.”

“It would be more useful

“Where did they go?” I asked.

if you could stay here,” her mother said. “Keep phoning

She named a bowling alley in

around. Be here in case Avi

Finchley.

shows up or someone hears

“I’m going to head down

something and lets you know.

there,” I said. “Maybe they

If we’re all out, it could be a

have CCTV cameras that

problem.”

show

him

leaving

with

I had been about to say, “Sure,

someone.”

come along,” to Rikki, but, of Debbie

course, as usual, my wife was

standing in the doorway,

right and I was being stupid.

I

hadn’t

noticed

listening, until she spoke.

“Absolutely,” I said firmly to Rikki, as if the thought of her

“Now, finally, you’re thinking like a father and a man,” she said. “I’m coming with

coming along had never entered my head. “Someone

you.”

has to hold down the fort for when the Indians come.”

“So am I,” said Rikki.

Debbie shot me a look but wisely decided to say

“Shall I go next door first?” I asked, but the question was academic. Rikki looked out her window.

“He’s going out anyway,” she said. “No point.”

We all went to the window and looked out. And saw Xavier Roberts getting into his car, a dark-red Suzuki Vitara.

“I bet he’s going to where he’s hidden Avi,” I said. My wife and daughter looked at me; if it were possible to

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nothing.

Rikki looked disappointed but she was a bright girl.

She understood that having nobody at all at home made no sense.

“I’ll keep trying to find him from here,” she said manfully. Or womanfully, or whatever adverb you wish to deploy. I gave her one of those brief nods that superheroes give their seconds-in-command to show that we have an understanding. Then Debbie and I

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went back downstairs, and out into the car.

“Do you know how to get to Finchley Bowling?”

Debbie asked, buckling herself in.

“No clue,” I admitted. Debbie sighed and deployed Waze. Within seconds we were on our way.

religious Jewish people. You baby your kids from cradle to grave, don’t you? Never let them have a life of their own. Well, I’m not going to help with that.

Your son is probably having the time of his life for the first time ever, broken away from his Mummy’s apron strings, and you guys come looking for him. Well. You

The traffic was, of course, horrendous. It always

can whistle for those CCTV images. I’m not going to

is at that time of day in London, but eventually we

give them to you. Now go away before I call the police

arrived at Finchley Bowling. I managed to grab a

and have you forcibly removed from the premises.”

parking spot, and we went indoors. I explained the

With that, she turned back to her computer and away

situation to the girl behind the counter, and asked to see the CCTV footage. The girl looked at me like I was certifiable and she was already measuring me up for a straitjacket.

“We don’t just let random people come in and demand to see our CCTV footage,” she said. “You have to have a warrant for something like that. Be with the police.

Something official. It’s more than my job’s worth to go against the official ruling.”

from us.

We knew this interview was over. Dejected, beaten, and crushed, we turned away from the counter. From the girl’s point of view, she was right. A boy of twenty-two was a man, able to live his own life and not be helicopter-parented. But our culture was more nurturing, and yes, we did look after our kids from cradle to grave, although we wouldn’t exactly call it babying them.

She had a point.

We had to either persuade the police that Avi was

Debbie stepped forward at that moment. She burst

really missing and then they could come and ask for

into tears. “It’s our son,” she sobbed. “He’s missing!!

the footage, or find some other way. We had been

Don’t you get that? You with your ridiculous job’s-

stupid to think that Finchley Bowling would just hand

worth rules. He was with a group of friends. They

over the footage to some random parents.

went bowling. He got separated somehow. And now

Outside, we were too beaten to return to our car

he’s missing. If we could only see that footage, we could ascertain what happened. Please, miss. Please.

Have a little heart.”

immediately. We found a ledge, somewhere to sit down, and we sat side by side but alone, deep in our own misery, too unhappy to act, too dejected to do

The girl behind the counter looked momentarily

anything at all.

sympathetic. Hope sprang in my chest.

I slowly became aware that someone was sitting next

“I’m sorry, I really am,” she said. “How old is your

to us on the ledge. A young boy of mid to late teens.

son?”

He didn’t look Jewish, but these days, who could tell?

“Twenty-two.”

The sympathetic look instantly vanished. “Twentytwo?” she repeated in a disbelieving tone. “I thought you were going to say nine, maybe ten. Twenty-two?

I’m nineteen. I live in a shared flat with friends. I come and go when I like. My parents haven’t seen me in eighteen months, and they don’t care what I do and where I am.”

T shirt, jeans, a light-denim jacket, a baseball cap.

Then I saw the Magen David he wore round his neck.

“I heard what you were saying to Jennie there, behind the desk,” the boy said. “I saw the group of boys come bowling earlier. I work here. I help with the mechanics of the alley. I saw the crowd of Orthodoxlooking guys. And I think I saw your son going off with someone.”

She looked at us, suddenly aware of our ethnicity.

And a sneering look came over her face. “Oh, you’re

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“A” IS FO R A N XI ETY Managing School-Related Sadness & Anxiety in Children “*Miri gets so worried about her tests at school that she develops severe headaches. Nothing I say seems to relax her tension. What should I do?” “*Reuvain complains of stomach aches all during the week, but on the weekends he feels fine. Then, on Sunday night, they come back again. Just when I think he’s trying to avoid going to school, he actually throws up. What’s going on?” “*Tzippy’s teacher called to ask if there’s a problem at home that’s making her so sad and withdrawn. At home, she seems fine to us. I have no clue what is troubling her.”

Many students adapt very well to school; they feel good about themselves and their school work. For others, however, school is threatening. Getting through an average school day for some children is fraught with anxiety-producing situations and painful moments.

Like Miri, Reuvain and Tzippy, these children may develop physical or emotional symptoms that seriously hamper their performance and social integration.

Long-standing unhappiness in school can be part of a vicious cycle. A child having trouble in one or more aspects of school life may become saddened and anxious. These feelings make it hard to concentrate which, in turn, generates further failure—and consequently, more anxiety.

Such cycles can be hard to break. Mastering them depends, in part, on a good understanding of the sources of a child’s feelings of sadness. The following, say childhood experts, are the most common patterns.

General anxiety Some youngsters feel anxious most of the time for no apparent reason. Their anxiety has no specific boundaries. It may be part of their temperament, or it may be part of a pattern of behavior that is shared with other members of the family—almost a family trait. (“We’re all worriers. We’re all high-strung.”) If the anxiety becomes very severe, it may evolve into depression, interfering with the child’s ability to go to school, to concentrate and learn, and to socialize with others.

Anticipatory Anxiety Children with this type of anxiety have an exaggerated fear of the future. They are very aware of how things may go wrong and tend to fear the worst. They perpetually ask questions regarding the future, especially “What will happen if-?” type of queries that reflect their anxiety. Very young children continually ask the teacher “When are

we going home?” “When are we going to lunch?” “When are we coming in?”

Such students may gradually lose their anxiety as they become more confident, or may evolve into chronic worriers, fearing the possibility of illness, death or some other tragedy.

School Phobia Anxiety in children can lead to school avoidance. These youngsters may outright refuse to attend school or create reasons why they should not go, complaining of not feeling well, with vague, unexplainable symptoms.

Many of these children have anxiety-related symptoms over which they have no conscious control. Perhaps they have headaches, stomachaches, hyperventilation, nausea or dizziness. School refusal symptoms occur most often on school days, and are usually absent on weekends. When these children are examined by a doctor, no true illnesses are detected or diagnosed.

The child’s fear may represent a form of separation anxiety from parents or an irrational concern that something bad might happen while the child is away. This is especially true if there has been a death, divorce or other serious loss suffered in the home.

Fear of bullying, or problems with friendships, are also common.

Trouble with school work or with teachers may also play a part. Anxieties over using a public bathroom are not uncommon.

In most cases, the child is unable to pinpoint the precise reason for their anxiety, or lacks the language to put that fear into words.

Milder forms of school phobia are encountered in children who do attend school but who show bodily preoccupations, such as headaches and recurring abdominal pains. They make frequent trips to the nurse’s office or are absent excessively due to minor medical complaints.

Obsessive -Compulsive Behavior Obsessive-compulsive patters are often associated with anxiety.

Affected children practice various repetitive or ritualistic behaviors such as excessive hand-washing and endlessly writing and erasing to make something perfect. Often these youngsters feel bound to perform certain actions in a specific order and experience extreme anxiety when that order is changed. They may become distressed with any departure from routine.

Such children may work extremely slowly in order to ensure that the work is flawless. If his or her understanding of all new material is not

perfect and complete, the child may be suffused with anxiety.

What are the signs?

•Feeling fearful or panicky •Feeling breathless, sweaty, or complaining of `butterflies’ or pains in the chest or stomach •Feeling tense, fidgety, using the bathroom often.

These symptoms may come and go. Young children can’t tell you that they are anxious. They become irritable, tearful and clingy, have difficulty sleeping, and can wake in the night or have bad dreams.

Managing School-Related Anxiety At Home Excessively anxious children need sensitive care and understanding.

Parents should make every effort to create a safe and confidential atmosphere in which children can discuss their anxieties. Don’t trivialize a child’s fears or concerns Be emotionally supportive.

Comments that dismiss the child’s fears such as “That’s nothing to worry about,” “Just ignore it,” or “That’s silly,” are not helpful and simply communicate to the child that parents don’t understand.

1) Do everything possible to identify the sources of the child’s anxiety.

If a problem like a school bully or an unreasonable teacher is the cause of your child’s anxiety, become an advocate for him or her and discuss these problems with the school staff. The teacher or principal may need to make some adjustments to relieve the pressure on your child in the classroom or on the playground.

2) Children with extreme anticipatory anxiety often benefit from keeping a diary in which they record each night their current worries. At certain intervals, with the help of an adult, they should review the concerns they harbored. Realizing that most of the time, these worries did not materialize can help alleviate patterns of anxiety.

3) If your child stays home, be sure she is safe and comfortable, but she should not receive any special treatment. Her symptoms should be treated with consideration and understanding. However, her day should not be a holiday. There should be no special snacks and no visitors.

4) It is important to make a commitment to be extra firm on school mornings, when children complain most about their symptoms. Keep discussions about physical symptoms or anxieties to a minimum. For example, do not ask your youngster how he feels. If he is well enough to be up and around the house, then he is well enough to attend school.

Managing School-Related Sadness In School 1) Many anxious children improve dramatically when they feel school is a safe place. Teachers need to make classes as emotionally safe as possible.

One way to do this is to avoid causing the anxious child public embarrassment, such as calling her up to the front of the class to recite or perform when she is unwilling. Punishment that entails being made to sit out in the hallway to be viewed by all who pass by is never appropriate for such a child.

2) When dealing with an anxious child, a teacher should look of roles or activities in which the student feels competent and needed. Specific responsibilities, even errands, can give anxious students a feeling of self-worth.

3) Communication with the parents about their child’s anxieties is imperative. If the source of the anxiety is connected to schoolwork or testing, the sensitive teacher knows how to alleviate exaggerated worrying by reassuring the child that effort –not grades—is what counts.

4) If the child’s anxiety is connected to trouble with a fellow student or students, the teacher should make every effort to defuse the situation by calling the students aside and speaking to them individually or jointly— whatever is more appropriate.

5) If the anxiety is anticipatory—that is, the child is deeply preoccupied with possible dangers or problems and tragedies looming ahead in the immediate future, drawing the child out about these fears and offering sincere reassurance usually helps to minimize them.

Relief often comes from asking the child “What’s the worst thing that can happen to you if the thing you are worried about (the bus breaks down/ you get lost/ no one’s home when you arrive/) actually takes place?”

Together with the teacher, the child can then explore solutions and alternatives that drastically lower the anxiety threshold.

In extreme cases, children who are chronically anxious or who exhibit the signs of depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder, should be evaluated by a competent child psychiatrist or psychologist. In severe cases, anti-anxiety medication may be indicated.

It is unkind to expect a child to simply endure living with extreme anxiety. Remember, most adults would take pro-active measures to avoid experiencing this oppressive state of mind. We should not expect children to endure experiences that few adults would tolerate.

Do Children Grow Out Of It? The good news, advises childhood expert Dr. Mel Levine in Educational Care , is that most children do outgrow anxiety. Those who do not, however, may suffer side effects that can have long-lasting ramifications.

Not going to school, for example, means missing out on education and on making friends. Loneliness and lack of confidence can be long-term problems.

Often children are anxious in large measure because their parents are anxious. Children absorb the tension and fear from the atmosphere in the home. In this is the case, the child is unlikely to outgrow the condition until the parents learn to deal positively with their anxieties and problems.

Often, observing their child’s anxiety serves as the strongest impetus for parents to work out their own issues. With the parents’ growth and change almost always comes dramatic improvement in the anxious child. *Names have been changed to protect privacy.

An acclaimed educator and social skills specialist, Mrs. Rifka Schonfeld has served the Jewish community for close to thirty years. She founded and directs the widely acclaimed educational program, SOS, servicing all grade levels in secular as well as Hebrew studies. A kriah and reading specialist, she has given dynamic workshops and has set up reading labs in many schools. In addition, she offers evaluations G.E.D. preparation, social skills training and shidduch coaching, focusing on building self-esteem and self-awareness. She can be reached at 718.382.5437 or at rifkaschonfeld@gmail.com. You can view the web at rifkaschonfeld.com

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That Abba was siding with the enemy made no sense. Especially if that enemy was Nazis or neo-Nazis. Still, there was no denying that Abba had been unconcerned, and even blithe, about the listening devices they’d found planted around their house.

And that he’d tried to pass off their Thursday-morning intruder as a cleaning man.

What was going on?

On Sunday morning, Eli thought he might have found a way to resolve some of his questions. Abba was going to the embassy again, and if he played his cards right, he ought to be able to accompany him, and perhaps pick up some answers.

The first step was to prepare some freshly squeezed orange juice for his father and himself…

“Wow, what a treat,” Abba said some ten minutes later as he came into the kitchen for his customary cup of coffee. “Fresh orange juice is so much healthier than coffee, and it’s been a really long time since you made many.”

Recap: Jake and Eli go to the Zilberbergs’ for a Shabbos meal, and Jake enjoys himself immensely. On the way home, Jake is overwhelmed by a sense of foreboding. He and Eli find a threatening note with a swastika on it under the Katzes’ front door.

The last time had been before their move to Vienna, back in Holland, but Eli still had fond memories of standing and squeezing oranges and then drinking the homemade juice together with his father, mother, and oftentimes Rachel.

Sacred memories.

“I can also see that you really want something,” Abba said after several moments of silence had passed.

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Eli, who’d been trying to figure out how to best word his request, decided to simply blurt it right out. “I want to come with you to work,” he said, his voice coming out in a rush. “You’ve been so busy since we arrived here in Vienna, and I have the day off today. Maybe I can come with you.”

Mr. Katz adjusted his glasses so that they sat on the bridge of his nose, and he stared down at his son. “Vienna isn’t Holland,” he said quietly, but it was almost as if he were talking to himself and weighing his words rather than talking to his son.

“Are you going with Abba to his office, Eli?” Rachel asked, her voice materializing from seemingly nowhere as she sprang cheerfully into the kitchen, curls bouncing. “Can I come too, Abba, please?

Pretty please?”

Mr. Katz looked at Rachel and then Eli. He reached up to adjust the small yarmulke on his hair. “The embassy here isn’t like the one in Holland,” he began again, his voice demure, but after a moment his face softened, and his next words were injected with oomph.

“But you know what — why not? I’m only a diplomat, not an ambassador, and there’s really no reason why I can’t bring my kids to work. At least not today.”

Again, Eli got the feeling that his father was talking more to himself than he was talking to his children, but he drew a deep breath anyway, waiting for his father to arrive at a satisfactory decision.

At long last he did.

“I’m going to call them. It should be fine.” Abba rose.

Eli and Rachel exchanged wordless expressions of joy as Abba inserted his hand into his pocket and removed his phone. “I’ll make the call from my car, and in the meantime, you can tell Ima that you’re coming with me. Come outside in ten minutes.”

Two minutes was time enough to do what his father had asked, Eli thought, and he couldn’t help but think that the extra eight minutes were probably for Abba to speak directly to his boss.

“By the way, Eli, if you’re thinking of coming to Abba’s work like that, think again,” Rachel said, pointing down to Eli’s footwear. “Since when do brown and gray socks match?”

With a moan, Eli went off to change, and Rachel stood in front of the nearest mirror to smooth down her hair.

From the master bedroom area came the sounds of Ima puttering around. Rachel and Eli quickly finished their sprucing up and knocked on the bedroom door to inform her of their plans.

“And Abba okayed this?” Ima asked, a note of incredulity slipping into her voice.

“Yeah,” Eli said. He looked at Rachel’s face to see if she too thought Ima’s reaction was over the top, but she seemed completely oblivious.

What were his parents so worried about? Why shouldn’t he and Rachel be allowed to accompany Abba to the embassy in Vienna? In Holland they’d done so all the time.

“Eli made Abba his favorite orange juice,” Rachel added as she and Eli turned to leave.

“There’s more for you in the fridge,” Eli added.

The kids waved goodbye and left the house. A strange feeling filled Eli’s chest as he stepped over the threshold of his front door.

Only yesterday he and Jake had found a scarylooking note in that spot — and Abba had been tight-lipped in his explanations after he’d shown it to his father.

Would a visit to the embassy offer him the explanations he so sought?

Or was Abba doing his best to buy time, and that’s

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why he’d asked for a ten-minute respite in his car before the children would come outside?

“Another Sunday workday, eh?” Mr. Katz said lightly as Eli and Rachel buckled themselves into their respective seats. “Remember not to touch anything breakable in the office and to keep yourselves well out of trouble. We don’t need anyone getting annoyed.”

“We’ve grown up since Holland,” Rachel said, but her pout merely caused Eli to roll his eyes.

The car rolled through the streets of the city with ease before turning into the First District, where the embassy was located.

About twenty minutes after they’d left their house, they parked in front of a large, nondescript building with Israeli flags on it. “We’re here,” Abba announced. “The Shagrirut HaYisraeilit — Israeli embassy.”

To enter the building they needed to go through a security check — replete with metal detectors and

overhearing.

Eli stiffened. He wondered if his sister was right and if there was indeed some sort of threat hovering over them.

Actually, he knew that there was.

But was the threat related to the embassy?

Abba, several paces in front of the kids, waved at several embassy workers before leading the children through a small network of offices that eventually led to a small office.

“Welcome to my humble abode,” Abba announced in a drawl. “How can I help my two favorite Israeli citizens?”

Helping Israelis outside of Israel was Abba’s job description as a diplomat. But somehow, as Eli watched him turn on his computer and screw his forehead up with concern, Eli couldn’t help but wonder if Abba was perhaps involved in something else as well.

rods — but it was a check they were familiar with from Holland.

Something related to the threat that Rachel had just mentioned.

Still, there were some differences…

The threat that he knew existed.

“They didn’t use the rods on me in Holland,” Rachel announced in a stage whisper as they finally filed through the security checkpoint with Abba.

Eli turned to look sideways at the guards, making sure they weren’t insulted, before whispering, “I guess they’re just more thorough in Vienna than in Holland. It must be the Austrian way.”

Despite his reassurances, he tried to recall if Abba had been thoroughly checked in Holland too. It was strange that the guards had checked him so completely just now, when he was an official employee.

“It’s like they’re scared of some threat here,” Rachel whispered. This time, she spoke directly into Eli’s ears, clearly worried about someone

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‫ּפא ָ‬ ‫היּפא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫טאמוס‬

‫טאמוס' ‪ -‬וואס מיינט אויף אלט גריכיש 'טייך‪-‬פערד'‬ ‫ּפא ָ‬ ‫'היּפא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דער‬ ‫ איז דער דריטער גרעסטער חיה אויפן יבשה‪ ,‬נאכן עלעפאנט און‬‫'ריינאסארס'‪ ,‬וועלכער קען אנקומען צו א וואג פון ‪ 6‬טויזנט פונט‬ ‫(‪ 3‬טאן!)‪.‬‬ ‫מען דערקענט זיי גרינג דורך זייער מגושמ'דיגער‪ ,‬רונדיגן קערפער‪,‬‬ ‫גרויס‪-‬געעפנטע מיילער‪ ,‬ריזן לאנגע מסוכנ'דיגע ציינער‪ ,‬קערפער‬ ‫אנע האר און דיקע פיס ווי זוילן‪.‬‬ ‫טראץ וואס זיי עסן כמעט נאר גראז‪ ,‬זענען זיי פון די טויטליכסטע‬ ‫חיות אין אפריקע; זייענדיג זייער אגרעסיוו‪ ,‬זענען זיי שולדיג אין‬ ‫דאס מערסטע טויט‪-‬פעלער‪.‬‬

‫‪The hippopotamus-which means river horse in Greek‬‬‫‪is the third largest animal on land (after the elephant‬‬ ‫‪and rhinoceros) and can weigh up to 6,000 pounds (3‬‬ ‫‪tons!).‬‬ ‫‪With a barrel-shaped torso, wide-open mouth‬‬ ‫‪revealing deadly teeth, nearly hairless body, and thick,‬‬ ‫‪column-like legs, it is easily recognizable. Despite the‬‬ ‫‪fact that hippos generally eat grass, they are of the‬‬ ‫‪deadliest animals in Africa. Extremely aggressive, most‬‬ ‫‪deaths are attributed to them.‬‬

‫טאמוס' איז ‪ 18‬שעה א טאג אין וואסער‪ ,‬וואו אלע זייערע‬ ‫ּפא ָ‬ ‫'היּפא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דער‬ ‫אקטיוויטעטן ווערן געטון‪ .‬נאר פארנאכט גייען זיי ארויס אויף די יבשה צו‬ ‫עסן גראז‪ ,‬פון וועלכע זיי קענען עסן ‪ 150‬פונט אויף איין מאל‪.‬‬ ‫אפילו זיי זענען אין וואסער אזוי סאך‪ ,‬קומען זיי ארויף אטעמען יעדע‬ ‫‪ 3-5‬מינוט‪ .‬א קינד דארף אטעמען יעדע ‪ 2-3‬מינוט‪ ,‬און די מאמע וועט איר‬ ‫העלפן דאס טון דורך איר ארויפשטופן צום וואסערפלאך (זע בילד לינקס)‪.‬‬ ‫אונזער גרויסער באשעפער האט געמאכט אז דאס אטעמען קומט‬ ‫ביי זיי אטאמאטיש‪ .‬אפילו ווען זיי שלאפן אונטערן וואסער ‪ -‬ווען די‬ ‫נאז‪-‬לעכער זענען הערמעטיש פארמאכט ‪ -‬וועלן זיי זיך אליינס הייבן‪,‬‬ ‫ארויסשטעקן פון וואסער א טראפעלע די נאז לעכער (וועלכע זענען אויך‬ ‫בהשגחה פרטית אויבן פון זייער קאפ!) און כאפן אן אטעם‪.‬‬ ‫זיי זענען זייער ווילד‪ ,‬אטאקירנדיג אסאך מאל ‪ -‬מענטשן‪ ,‬חיות אדער‬ ‫אפילו קאלעגעס! ‪ -‬אן קיין שום סיבה‪ .‬בפרט א מאמע וועט אגרעסיוו‬ ‫באשיצן איר קינד‪ ,‬און מיט גרויס קנאות אטאקירן‪ ,‬אדער אפילו הרג'ענען‪,‬‬ ‫יעדן וואס זי דאכט זיך וויל טשעפען מיט איר קינד‪.‬‬ ‫‪The hippopotamus remains in water for 18 hours a day. At‬‬ ‫‪night, it emerges to eat grass, of which it can eat 150 pounds‬‬ ‫‪at once.‬‬ ‫‪Though the hippo spends a lot of time in water, it surfaces‬‬ ‫‪every 3-5 minutes for air. A young hippo, which needs to breathe‬‬ ‫‪every 2-3 minutes, is pushed to the surface by its mother (see‬‬ ‫‪left photo).‬‬ ‫‪Hakadosh Baruch created the hippo so that it can breathe‬‬ ‫‪automatically, even while asleep underwater, Though its nostrils‬‬ ‫‪are hermetically sealed, it rises to the surface, exposing its‬‬ ‫‪nostrils (which are, b’ hashgacha pratis above its head!) to air.‬‬ ‫‪Hippos are very wild, often attacking people, animals, and‬‬ ‫‪even other hippos(!)without rhyme or reason. A mother can be‬‬ ‫‪especially aggressive when protecting her child. She zealously‬‬ ‫‪attacks, and sometimes kills, those she suspects of threating‬‬ ‫‪her child.‬‬

‫זיי לעבן אין גרויסע גרופעס ‪ -‬בערך פון ‪ 30‬שטיק אבער צומאל קען‬ ‫זיין היפש איבער ‪ - 100‬ווען איין מלך‪ ,‬א זכר‪ ,‬געוועלטיגט איבער יעדן‪ .‬אויב‬ ‫איינער ווידערשפעניגט אין זיין מלוכה‪ ,‬און בייגט זיך נישט אונטער‪ ,‬וועט‬ ‫ער אים שנעל לערנען ווער איז בעל‪-‬הבית‪ .‬שנעל וועט ער צולויפן צום‬ ‫מורד‪ ,‬עפענען זיין ריזן מויל און מיט זיינע שארפע ציין אים צובייסן‪ .‬אויב‬ ‫ער וועט זיך נישט שנעל אונטערגעבן‪ ,‬קען ער ארויסגיין פונעם געשלעג‬ ‫א טויטער‪.‬‬ ‫דער באשעפער האט זיי געגעבן ספעציעלע אייגנשאפטן צו קענען‬ ‫עפענען די מויל ריזיג גרויס‪ ,‬כמעט ביז ‪ 180‬דעגרי‪ .‬זייער ציין וואקסט אן‬ ‫אויפהער און קען אנקומען צו זיין איבער ‪ 18‬אינטשעס לאנג!‬ ‫א מאדנע אין אינטערעסאנט זאך איז וואס זיי לעבן נעבן א צווייטע‬ ‫ווילדע‪ ,‬טויטליכע חיה‪ :‬דער שרעקעדיגער קראקעדייל (זע לופט‪-‬בילד‬ ‫היּפּפאס נאר גראז‪ ,‬דערפאר‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אונטן)‪ .‬קראקעדיילס עסן נאר פלייש און‬ ‫קריגן זיי זיך נישט איבער די זעלבע עסן און קענען זיך אויסקומען‪ .‬צומאל‬ ‫ווען א קראקעדייל וועט פארפירן‪ ,‬אדער סתם אזוי‪ ,‬קען דער היפפא מיט‬ ‫איין ביס אים ערלעדיגן‪.‬‬ ‫טראץ וואס אין וואסער זענען זיי גאר פאמעליך‪ ,‬נישט מער ווי ‪ 5‬מייל‬ ‫פער שעה‪ ,‬קענען זיי לויפן אויף די יבשה ‪ 20‬מפ"ש ווען עס פעלט אויס!‬ ‫‪Living in herds containing approximately 30 hippos‬‬ ‫‪(though the number can reach over 100), one male is‬‬ ‫‪designated as king and everyone must be submissive to‬‬ ‫‪him. If anyone revolts, the king approaches the ‘rebel’,‬‬ ‫‪opens his huge mouth, and bites him with his sharp‬‬ ‫‪teeth. If the rebel doesn’t instantly submit to the king’s‬‬ ‫‪will, he is killed.‬‬ ‫‪Hakadosh Baruch Hu bestowed the hippo with special‬‬ ‫‪features that allow it to open its mouth almost to 180‬‬ ‫‪degrees. Its teeth continuously grow, and can reach a‬‬ ‫!‪length of over 18 inches‬‬ ‫‪Interestingly enough, hippos share territory with‬‬ ‫‪another deadly animal; the crocodile (see aerial photo‬‬ ‫‪below). Since crocodiles only eat meat, and hippos‬‬ ‫‪only grass, they can co-exist; there is no fight for food.‬‬ ‫‪However, when a crocodile gets in the hippo’s way-or if‬‬ ‫‪the hippo is simply in the mood-it can, bring an end to‬‬ ‫‪the crocodile’s existence with one deadly bite. In water,‬‬ ‫‪the hippo is quite slow moving, at 5 mph. On land,‬‬ ‫‪however, it can run at 20 mph if necessary.‬‬

‫‪ .1‬א מאמע מיט איר קינד קומען ארויס פון וואסער‪.‬‬ ‫היּפּפאס אויסגעשפרייט אויפן פעלד עסנדיג גראז‪ ,‬זייער‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫‪ .2‬א גרופע‬ ‫כמעט איינציגע שפייז‪.‬‬ ‫היּפּפא אדער עלעפאנט?‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫‪ .3‬ווער איז בעל‪-‬הבית דא‪ ,‬דער‬ ‫היּפּפאס שלאפן אין וואסער‪ .‬זייער אויגן‪ ,‬אויערן און נאז‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫‪ .4‬א גרופע‬ ‫זענען בהשגחת הבורא אויבן זייער קאפ‪ ,‬און קען זיך ארויסשטעקן פון‬ ‫וואסער כמעט אומבאמערקט‪.‬‬ ‫היּפּפא‪ ,‬וועלכע וועט דאס‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫‪ .5‬א יונגער קראקעדייל קריכט אויף א‬ ‫נארמאל צולאזן און גארנישט טון‪.‬‬ ‫היּפּפאס ליגן איינגעטונקען אין וואסער‪ ,‬איינער נעבן דעם‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫‪ .6‬צענדליגער‬ ‫צווייטן‪ ,‬דורכן גאנצן טאג‪.‬‬ ‫‪1. A mother and child hippopotamus emerge from water.‬‬ ‫‪2. Hippos spread across a field, eating grass.‬‬ ‫?‪3. Who is in charge: the hippo or elephant‬‬ ‫‪4. As hippos sleep, the eyes, ears and nose atop their heads‬‬ ‫‪are barely visible above water.‬‬ ‫‪5. A young crocodile crawling on a hippo. Hippos are‬‬ ‫‪generally okay with this arrangement.‬‬ ‫‪6. Tens of hippos wallow in the water nearly the entire day.‬‬

‫פאקטן און ציפערן‬ ‫פלאץ‪ :‬עטליכע לענדער אין אפריקע‬ ‫וואג‪ :‬זכרים‪ 3,300 ,‬פונט; נקיבות‪ .2,900 ,‬גרויסע זכרים קענען אנקומען צו‬ ‫‪ 4,400‬און אמאל אפילו ‪6,000‬‬ ‫לענג‪ :‬צווישן ‪ 10‬און ‪ 16.5‬פיס‬ ‫קינדער‪ 1 :‬קינד יעדע ‪ 2-3‬יאר; גאר זעלטן א צווילינג‬ ‫עסן‪ :‬גראז אויפן יבשה; ווייניג‪ :‬פלאצונגען פון ים‬ ‫היּפּפאס קענען אמאל אטאקירט ווערן פון‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫שונאים‪ :‬כמעט נישט‪ ,‬יונגע‬ ‫קראקעדיילס און לייבן‬ ‫לעבן‪ 35-50 :‬יאר; איין געוויסע‪ ,‬אין א זו‪ ,‬האט געלעבט ‪61‬‬ ‫באפעלקערונג‪150,000 :‬‬

‫‪TIDBITS‬‬ ‫‪Habitat: Several countries in Africa‬‬ ‫‪Weight: Males, 3,3000 lbs; females, 2,900. Large males can‬‬ ‫‪reach a weight of 4,400-6,000 lbs.‬‬ ‫‪Length: Between 10 and 16.5 ft.‬‬ ‫‪Children: 1 every 2-3 yrs, very rarely a twin‬‬ ‫‪Food: Mostly grass, occasionally aquatic plants‬‬ ‫‪Predators: Barely any; young hippos can be attacked by‬‬ ‫‪crocodiles or lions‬‬ ‫‪Lifespan: 35-50 yrs. One famous hippo in a zoo lived 61 yrs.‬‬ ‫‪Population: 150,000‬‬

‫בעזהש י " ת‬

‫לעשער‬ ‫ער אין פ‬ ‫קינד‬ ‫‪16‬‬

‫וועלכע‬ ‫נדלער‪,‬‬ ‫ענ ַא סע‬ ‫פון איר‬ ‫שיכטע‬ ‫יכע גע‬ ‫מגלויבל‬ ‫די או‬

‫געט ָא‬‫ו ַארשע‬ ‫ער פון ו‬ ‫‪ 2‬קינד‬ ‫ט ‪,500‬‬ ‫ַאטעווע‬ ‫ויסגער‬ ‫ָאט ַאר‬ ‫ה‬

‫אין קורצן פון פריער‪:‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫פאר אידן וועלכע מען ָ‬ ‫אירענא סענדלער ָאן ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫רויסגעווארפן פונעם אוניווערסיטעט‪.‬‬ ‫דערפאר ַא‬ ‫האט געטשעּפעט און ווערט‬ ‫נאך ַאלס יונגע סטודענטקע‪ ,‬נעמט זיך‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫זי ארבעט אינעם סאציאלע‪-‬ארבעט ביורא געביידע אין ווארשע‪ ,‬וואו זי פעלשט דאקומענטן און אונטערשריפטן‪ ,‬צו קענען געבן פאר אידן מער שּפייז און‬ ‫העראאישע ַארבעט‪ .‬פרישע געזעצן קומען ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫טאג‪-‬‬ ‫געוואגטע‪,‬‬ ‫אירענא שטעלט אויף ַא נעץ פון מענטשן וועלכע זענען איר גרייט צו העלפן מיט איר‬ ‫הילף‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫טעגליך ַארויס קעגן אידן און זיין מוזן טראגן ארעם‪-‬בענדער מיט א געלער מגן‪-‬דוד דערויף‪.‬‬ ‫ליינט ווייטער מיט ַ‬ ‫שּפאנונג!‬

‫ַ‬ ‫קא ּפיטל ‪ָ :16‬אנגעשמירט!‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ווארשע‪ ,‬דעצעמבער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫‪ – 1939‬יאנואר ‪.1940‬‬

‫אין די ערשטע ָ‬ ‫וואכן פון דעצעמבער איז‬ ‫ַא פרישע מבול פון געזעצן ַארויסגעקומען‬ ‫געווארן איבער די ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫גאסן‪ .‬יעדע‬ ‫געהאנגען‬ ‫און‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫טאג‪-‬צוויי זענען פרישע גזירות ערשינען‪ ,‬און‬ ‫דערדרוקט די אידישע ַ‬ ‫באפעלקערוג‪.‬‬ ‫רבאטן ַ‬ ‫פא ָ‬ ‫"עס איז ַ‬ ‫פאר אידן ַאריינצוגיין‬ ‫סט‪-‬אפיס‪ַ ".‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫צענטראלן ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫"אלע‬ ‫ּפא‬ ‫אינעם‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫אידישע שולעס זענען ַ‬ ‫רמאכט‪" ".‬דער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫'יודנראט'‪ ,‬אין שּפיץ פון זייער הויּפט‬ ‫טשערניקאוו‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האבן די אחריות איבער דער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געזונט‪-‬צושטאנד פון ַאלע אידן‪ .‬עס איז נישט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ערלויבט ַ‬ ‫שּפיטאל‬ ‫פאר קיין שום ַארישער‬ ‫קטאר צו געבן הילף ַ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫ָאדער ָ‬ ‫פאר ַא איד‪".‬‬ ‫דווא ַ‬ ‫"אידישע ַא ָ‬ ‫קאטן זענען נישט ערלויבט‬ ‫ּפראקטיצירן געזעץ‪ַ ".‬‬ ‫צו ַ‬ ‫"אלע אידישע שולן‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫דארפן ַ‬ ‫און לערן‪-‬צענטערן ַ‬ ‫רמאכט ווערן‪".‬‬ ‫רא ָ‬ ‫"ביי וועם מען וועט טרעפן ַא ַ‬ ‫דיא‪ ,‬וועט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫טויט‪-‬שטראף‪".‬‬ ‫באקומען‬ ‫אין די זעלבע תקופה ָ‬ ‫וואס די געזעצן‬

‫‪732.930.2500‬‬

‫זענען ַארויס‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫האט מען ָאנגעהויבן צו‬ ‫מאמע ָ‬ ‫אירענא און איר ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫ציאנירן עסן‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫באקומען ראציאנען‪-‬קארטלעך‪ ,‬איינגעטיילט‬ ‫אין עטליכע קעסטלעך‪ .‬יעדע קעסטל איז‬ ‫פאר ַאן ַאנדער ָ‬ ‫געווען ָאנגעצייכנט ַ‬ ‫סארט‬ ‫וואס מען ָ‬ ‫מאס ָ‬ ‫עסן און ַא געוויסע ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫קארטלעך ָ‬ ‫באקומען‪ .‬די ַ‬ ‫דערפון ַ‬ ‫האט מען‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געקענט ניצן איבעראל‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫באזונדערע‬ ‫באקומען‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫אידן‬ ‫קארטלעך‪ ,‬מיט ַאן ַאנדער ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קאליר‪ ,‬וועלכע‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געהאט אויף זיי ַארויפגעזיגלט ַא מגן‪-‬‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דוד‪ .‬מען האט דאס געקענט ניצן נאר אין‬ ‫אידישע געשעפטן‪.‬‬ ‫האבן ַ‬ ‫לאקן ָ‬ ‫ּפא ַ‬ ‫דייטשן און ָ‬ ‫באקומען‬ ‫טאג‪ ,‬אידן ָ‬ ‫לאריעס ַא ָ‬ ‫קא ָ‬ ‫‪ַ 2,613‬‬ ‫נאר ‪;184‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫וואס אידן ָ‬ ‫די איינציגע וועג ָ‬ ‫געהאט‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫דורכצולעבן איז געווען‪ ,‬צו קויפן אויפ'ן‬ ‫שווארצע ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מארק ָאדער פון גע'גנב'עטע‬ ‫סחורה‪ .‬די ּפרייזן פון די ַ‬ ‫זאכן זענען געווען‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫בעפארן קריג‪.‬‬ ‫צען‪-‬מאל מער ווי‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫פרישע געזעצן און גזירות האבן נישט‬ ‫אויפגעהערט צו קומען‪ָ ,‬אבער די אידן ָ‬ ‫האבן‬

‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רעכטמאן‬ ‫שטארק‪ .‬אסתר‬ ‫געהאלטן‬ ‫זיך‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫פארציילט ַ‬ ‫האט ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אירענא‪,‬‬ ‫פאר איר חבר'טע‬ ‫איבער די חנוכה‪-‬טעג‪" .‬מיר צינדן יעדע‬ ‫נאך ַא לעכטל‪ ,‬צו ַ‬ ‫נאכט ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫פאראייביגן די‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫גרויסע ניסים‪ ".‬זי ָ‬ ‫"כ'האף‬ ‫האט צוגעענדיגט‪:‬‬ ‫דא צו זען ניסים‪ .‬גרויסע ַ‬ ‫נאך אויך ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫זאכן‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ּפאסירן‪ּ ,‬פונקט ווען מען חלומ'ט נישט‪".‬‬ ‫געהאט די ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫הארץ צו‬ ‫האט נישט‬ ‫וואס זי ַ‬ ‫פאר איר חבר'טע ָ‬ ‫זאגן ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האלט‪ .‬זי איז‬ ‫געבליבן שטיל‪.‬‬ ‫"די חנוכה לעכט שיינען ַ‬ ‫פאר אונז אין דער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט אסתר ָ‬ ‫טונקל‪ָ ",‬‬ ‫נאך צוגעלייגט‪" ,‬אזוי ווי‬ ‫אין די צייטן פון די העלדישע חשמונאים‪".‬‬ ‫⋅⋅⋅‬ ‫די דייטשע שרעק ַ‬ ‫פאר טיפוס איז נישט‬ ‫געווען איבערגעטריבן‪ .‬דער ערשטער ַ‬ ‫פאל‬ ‫געטראפן אין ַיא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫פון טיפוס ָ‬ ‫נואר‪,‬‬ ‫האט זיך‬ ‫נאך די דייטשן ָ‬ ‫נאטן ָ‬ ‫מא ַ‬ ‫סך‪-‬הכל דריי ָ‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫ָאקוּפירט ּפוילן‪ .‬מיט יעדע ַ‬ ‫פארבייגייענדע‬ ‫האבן זיך די פעלער ַ‬ ‫וואך‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫פארמערט‪ ,‬כמעט‬ ‫‪12/20/2023‬‬

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‫ָ‬ ‫נאר אינעם אידישן געגנט‪ ,‬וואו רוב פון‬ ‫אירענא'ס קליענטן ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האבן געוואוינט‪.‬‬ ‫יעדן ָ‬ ‫טאג ווען זי איז ַאהיימגעקומען פון‬ ‫האט איר ַ‬ ‫ַארבעט‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫מאמע געזוכט צווישן‬ ‫אירע קליידער צי עס געפינען זיך נישט‬ ‫דארט קיין לייז‪ ,‬וועלכע זי ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט פעסט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געהאט ַאז‬ ‫האט מורא‬ ‫צודרוקט‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫איר ַ‬ ‫שטארבן פונעם זעלבן‬ ‫מאמע וועט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קראנקהייט וואס איר טאטע איז געשטארבן‪,‬‬ ‫דורך ַא לייז ָ‬ ‫וואס זי וועט ַאהיימברענגען‪ .‬אין‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא איז געווען זיבן ָיאר‬ ‫ָיאר ‪ ,1917‬ווען‬ ‫טאטע ַ‬ ‫האט איר ַ‬ ‫ַאלט‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫באקומען טיפוס‪,‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאכן העלפן און באדינען אידן וועלכע זענען‬ ‫געווען ָאנגעשטעקט מיט ָאט די מחלה‪.‬‬ ‫דער ווינטער פון ָיאר ‪ 1939-1940‬איז געווען‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ריש‪-‬קאלט‪ .‬קוילן זענען געווען ווייניג‬ ‫היסטא‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫און זייער שווער צו ַ‬ ‫רשאפן‪ .‬מענטשן‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מאנטלען אפילו‬ ‫געגאנגען מיט‬ ‫זענען‬ ‫אירענא'ס ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מאמע‪,‬‬ ‫דזשענינא‪,‬‬ ‫אינדערהיים‪.‬‬ ‫געהאט ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫באקומען ַאן אינפעקציע אין‬ ‫האט‬ ‫געהאט הויך פיבער‪ .‬עס ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫האלז און‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫גענומען עטליכע טעג ביז‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫רשאפט ַא ָ‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קטאר‪ ,‬וועלכער איז געווען‬ ‫באזוכן איר ַ‬ ‫גרייט צו קומען ַ‬ ‫מאמען‪ .‬דער‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫קטאר ָ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געזאגט ַאז ער איז‬ ‫האט איר‬ ‫בעפאר ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געשלאפן די ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאר צוויי שעה‪.‬‬ ‫נאכט‬ ‫"זינט דער אויסברוך פונעם פלו‪-‬‬ ‫עּפידעמיע אין ָיאר ‪ָ ,1918‬‬ ‫האב איך נישט‬ ‫ּפאציענטן‪ָ ",‬‬ ‫קראנקע ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫געזען ַאזויפיל‬ ‫קטאר ַ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫דער אויסגעמוטשעטער ָ‬ ‫פארציילט‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫ווארטנדיג‪ ,‬ווען דער ָ‬ ‫אירענא‪ַ .‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קטאר‬ ‫פאר‬ ‫מאמע‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫האט אונטערזוכט איר ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט זי זיך‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דערמאנט ווען זי איז ַאלט געווען זיבן ָיאר‬ ‫קא ָ‬ ‫געשטאנען אינעם ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רידאר‪ ,‬נעבן‬ ‫און איז‬ ‫טאטנ'ס ָ‬ ‫איר ַ‬ ‫שלאף‪-‬צימער‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫טאטנ'ס‬ ‫דאקטוירים‪ ,‬איר‬ ‫עטליכע‬ ‫שּפיטאל אין ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ווארשע‪,‬‬ ‫קאלעגעס פונעם‬ ‫געארבעט אויף אים‪ָ .‬‬ ‫האבן ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאך ַא שטיק צייט‪,‬‬ ‫זענען זיי ַארויסגעקומען מיט ַ‬ ‫פארזיגלטע‬ ‫געזיכטער און איר ַ‬ ‫מאמע הינטער זיי‪.‬‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫האט ַ‬ ‫דזשענינא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רמאכט די טיר פונעם‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫"אירענא‪,‬‬ ‫שלאף‪-‬צימער און זיך ָאנגערופן‪:‬‬ ‫טאטע איז ַ‬ ‫דיין ַ‬ ‫קראנק‪ ,‬נישט עּפעס ערנסט‪,‬‬ ‫און ער שיקט אונז קיין ַ‬ ‫ווארשע‪ .‬מיר וועלן‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דארט זיין ביז די עּפידעמיע וועט ַאריבערגיין‪,‬‬ ‫אין ָא ָ‬ ‫טוואצק‪".‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דאן איז געקומען די צייט זיך צו‬ ‫געזעגענען‪" .‬שטייט ווייט ַאוועק פונעם‬ ‫קטאר זיי ָא ָ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫האט ַא ָ‬ ‫בעט‪ָ ",‬‬ ‫נגעזאגט‪ ,‬און‬ ‫שאקלענדיג מיטן פינגער ָ‬ ‫דאן ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט ער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געזאגט ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אירענא‪" :‬ריר אים‬ ‫פאר די קליינע‬ ‫נישט ָאן‪ .‬נישט קושן!"‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫עס איז געווען טונקל אין איר טאטנ'ס‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דאס ביסל‬ ‫שלאף‪-‬צימער‪ ,‬אויסער‬ ‫‪732.930.2500‬‬

‫וואס זי ָ‬ ‫לאמטערנע ָ‬ ‫לעכטיגקייט פונעם ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫געדאנק‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט זי‬ ‫געהאלטן‪ .‬יעצט‪ ,‬אין איר‬ ‫דאס שווערע ָ‬ ‫נאך געקענט הערן ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫כארכלען‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫און ָאטעם פון איר ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫טאטן‪.‬‬ ‫לאמטערנע צו ַ‬ ‫אויפגעהויבן דעם ַ‬ ‫באלייכטן‬ ‫זיין ּפנים‪ .‬ער איז געווען ַאליינס אין בעט‪,‬‬ ‫האלב ָאפן ווי ער ָ‬ ‫זיינע אויגן ַ‬ ‫וואלט געווען‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אינגאנצן געל‪.‬‬ ‫רשלאפן און זיין געזיכט‬ ‫פא‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא האט באמערקט רויטע פלעקן‬ ‫אויף איר ַ‬ ‫טאטנ'ס ָארעם – צייכנס פון‬ ‫טיפוס‪' .‬ס'גייט מיר נישט ָאן ָ‬ ‫וואס דער‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫קטאר ָ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געזאגט; כ'וועל אים קושן‪',‬‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט זי געטראכט צו זיך‪.‬‬ ‫וואס ָ‬ ‫פון די ליּפן ָ‬ ‫האבן זיך קוים גערירט‪,‬‬ ‫אירענא! איך ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט ער ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האב‬ ‫באפוילן‪" :‬ניין‪,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫איבערלאזן און‬ ‫דיר ליב‪ָ ,‬אבער דו מוזט מיר‬ ‫גיין מיט דיין ַ‬ ‫מאמען‪ .‬זיי מיין גרויסע מיידל‪,‬‬ ‫און גיב ַאכט אויף איר‪".‬‬ ‫די ווערטער ָ‬ ‫האבן געקלעבט צו זיין צונג‪,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נטשלאסן‪:‬‬ ‫ָאבער ער איז געווען פעסט ַא‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫לעמאל געדענק ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫כ'האב‬ ‫וואס‬ ‫"אירענא‪ַ ,‬א‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דיר געלערנט‪ .‬אלע מענטשן זענען די זעלבע‬ ‫– אבער עס זענען ָ‬ ‫דא גוטע און שלעכטע‬ ‫מענטשן‪".‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫טאטע‪ ".‬זי איז‬ ‫"כ'וועל געדענקען‪,‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געשטאנען צופוסנס פון זיין בעט‪ ,‬אירע אויגן‬ ‫וואס ָ‬ ‫ברייט ָאפן אין דער צייט ָ‬ ‫דאס לעכטל‬ ‫צאּפלט און ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫צאנקעט‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא‪:‬‬ ‫לעמאל געדענק‪ ,‬מיין טייערע‬ ‫"א‬ ‫אויב דו זעסט ווי איינער דערטרונקט זיך‪,‬‬ ‫זאלסטו אים ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ראטעווען‪ ,‬אפילו אויב דו‬ ‫קענסט נישט שווימען‪".‬‬ ‫סאך ָ‬ ‫דאס געהערט ַא ַ‬ ‫האט שוין ָ‬ ‫זי ָ‬ ‫מאל‬ ‫טאטן‪ָ ,‬אבער ביז יעצט‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫פון איר ַ‬ ‫האט זי‬ ‫וואס ָ‬ ‫פראגע ָ‬ ‫נישט געפרעגט די ַ‬ ‫האט איר‬ ‫ַאלס געעגבערט‪" .‬אויב כ'קען נישט שווימען‪,‬‬ ‫וועלן מיר זיך ביידע דערטרונקען?"‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫"דו מוזט עּפעס טון‪ָ ",‬‬ ‫געזאגט‪,‬‬ ‫האט ער‬ ‫"דו קענסט נישט שטיין אין דער זייט און זיך‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דערטראנקען‪".‬‬ ‫צוקוקן ווי ער ווערט‬ ‫פינף טעג דערויף‪ ,‬איז איר ַ‬ ‫טאטע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געשטארבן פון טיפוס‪.‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דריי‪-‬און‪-‬צוואנציג ָיאר שּפעטער‪,‬‬ ‫יעצט‪,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געהאנגען איבער‬ ‫איז די שווערד פון טיפוס‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט נערוועזערהייט‬ ‫זייערע קעּפ‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫שּפאצירט אין איר קליינע דירה‪ ,‬זיך‬ ‫פארלירן ָ‬ ‫זארגנדיג נישט צו ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאך איינע פון‬ ‫אירע עלטערן דורך די טויטליכע קרענק‪.‬‬ ‫קטאר ַא ָ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫האט דער ָ‬ ‫ענליך ָ‬ ‫ראּפגענומען‬ ‫מאמע'ס ַ‬ ‫סקאוּפ פון איר ַ‬ ‫סטעטא ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫הארץ‪,‬‬ ‫די‬ ‫און זיך ַא ָ‬ ‫ראּפגעזעצט‪" .‬ס'איז נישט טיפוס‪",‬‬ ‫געזאגט רואיג‪" ,‬ס'איז איר ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫הארץ‪-‬‬ ‫האט ער‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קראנקהייט‪ .‬זי האט צופיל פליסיגקייטן אין‬ ‫דאס ַ‬ ‫אירע לונגען‪ .‬ווען ָ‬ ‫ּפאסירט‪ ,‬קען אפילו‬

‫ַא קלייניקייט‪ָ ,‬א ַ‬ ‫נמאכן ַאן ערנסטער חורבן‪".‬‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט ָאּפגעטריקנט אירע טרערן‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫"וועט זי ָ‬ ‫דורכמאכן?"‬ ‫דאס‬ ‫"פון דעם – ָיא‪ָ .‬אבער איר ַ‬ ‫הארץ‪ ,‬וועט‬ ‫כ'האב מורא ַאז זי ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫נאר ווערן ערגער‪.‬‬ ‫קטאר ָ‬ ‫דא ָ‬ ‫לאנג צו לעבן‪ ".‬דער ָ‬ ‫נישט ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫קוים געקענט ַ‬ ‫האלטן זיינע אויגן ָאפן‪ .‬ער‬ ‫האט אויסגעטרונקען ַא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האלבע גלעזל טיי‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫און איז ארויס‪.‬‬ ‫אירענא איז געווען ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫שאקירט‪ .‬שטילערהייט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט זי געוויינט‪ ,‬נישט צו ערוועקן קיין‬ ‫רדאכטן ביי איר ַ‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מאמען‪.‬‬ ‫⋅⋅⋅‬ ‫ַא פרישע געזעץ‪ַ ,‬יא ַ‬ ‫נואר ‪:1940 ,20‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫"אלס געזונטהייט שוץ‪-‬מיטל‪ָ ,‬אּפצושטעלן‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫די אידישע פארשּפרייטונג פון טיפוס‪,‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דארפן ַאלע שולן‪ ,‬ישיבות‪ ,‬לערן‪-‬הייזער און‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מקוואות ווערן הערמעטיש ַ‬ ‫רשּפארט‪.‬‬ ‫פא‬ ‫צאמקומען צו ַ‬ ‫זיך ַ‬ ‫דאווענען‪ ,‬איז שטרענג‬ ‫פא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רבאטן‪".‬‬ ‫נאך איינס‪ַ ,‬יא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נואר ‪" :1940 ,22‬יעדער‬ ‫מאן‪ ,‬פון ‪ 12‬ביז ‪ָ 60‬יאר‪ַ ,‬‬ ‫אידישער ַ‬ ‫דארף זיך‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫'יודנראט' ַאלס ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫נדידאט‬ ‫קא‬ ‫רעגיסטרירן ביים‬ ‫טאג‪ַ ,‬‬ ‫צוואנגס ַארבעט‪ .‬אין צען ָ‬ ‫פאר ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דארף‬ ‫יעדער זיין רעגיסטרירט‪".‬‬ ‫נואר ‪ ,1940 ,23‬איז געקומען ָ‬ ‫ַיא ַ‬ ‫נאך‪:‬‬ ‫ציאלע‪-‬הילף אין ַ‬ ‫סא ַ‬ ‫"אלע אידישע ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ווארשע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫און ָאקוּפירטע ּפוילן‪ ,‬וועלן ַ‬ ‫מגעשמאלצן‬ ‫צא‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫קערּפערשאפט‪,‬‬ ‫צענטראלע‬ ‫ווערן אין איין‬ ‫סא ַ‬ ‫די אידישע ָ‬ ‫ציאלע זעלבסטהילף (דזשעי‪-‬‬ ‫עס‪-‬עס)‪".‬‬ ‫⋅⋅⋅‬ ‫נייע געזעצן זענען ַארויס כמעט יעדן ָ‬ ‫טאג‬ ‫– ָ‬ ‫נאך ַאן איינצוימונג‪ַ ,‬א נייע דערנידערונג‪,‬‬ ‫ַא פרישע גזירה‪ַ ,‬אלעס איינצוציען די‬ ‫שטריק ַארום דעם ַ‬ ‫האלז פון די צום טויט‪-‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דערשראקענע אידן‪.‬‬ ‫נאטן פון דייטשע ָא ַ‬ ‫מא ַ‬ ‫נאך זעקס ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫קוּפאציע‪,‬‬ ‫זענען די אידישע ַ‬ ‫גאסן געווען צוריק פול‪.‬‬ ‫ַאלעס ָ‬ ‫האט ָאבער אויסגעזען ַאנדערש‪ .‬מיט‬ ‫די קעּפ ַא ָ‬ ‫ראּפ און ַארויפגענייעטע ָארעם‪-‬‬ ‫האבן די אידישע מענער זיך ָ‬ ‫בענדער ָ‬ ‫געיאגט‬ ‫אויף די ַ‬ ‫גאסן‪ .‬זייערע מונדירן הענגענדיג‪,‬‬ ‫זייענדיג איין‪-‬צוויי ָ‬ ‫מאסן גרעסער ווי זייערע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויסגעדארטע קערּפער פונעם אנגייענדן‬ ‫הונגער‪ .‬פרויען ָ‬ ‫האבן כמעט מער נישט‬ ‫געטראגן קיין היטן‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאר טיכלעך ָאדער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דאס ָ‬ ‫ַאלטע קליידער‪ָ .‬‬ ‫איינגעלאדנט די‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ווערמאכט‪ָ ,‬אדער ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫נאך‬ ‫גרינע‪-‬מונדירן פונעם‬ ‫געסטא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ּפא‪-‬‬ ‫שווארצע‪-‬לעדערנע‬ ‫ערגער‪ ,‬די‬ ‫‪12/20/2023‬‬

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‫ָ‬ ‫בלוטדארשטיגע‬ ‫לייט‪ ,‬צו שטילן זייער‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויסגעמאטערטע אידן‪.‬‬ ‫רציחה אויף די‬ ‫נואר‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫טאג‪ ,‬שּפעט אין ַיא ַ‬ ‫אין ַא ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא געווארט אויף איר חבר'טע‬ ‫אסתר‪ ,‬אויף ַאן ָאּפגעשמועסטן ַ‬ ‫ּפלאץ‪ .‬זיי‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ּפגעמאכט זיך צו טרעפן אינמיטן‬ ‫האבן ָא‬ ‫גאס איז ַ‬ ‫טאג‪ ,‬ווען די ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫פארנומען און‬ ‫פול‪ַ ,‬אז קיין שלעכט‪-‬אויג ָ‬ ‫זאל זיי נישט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫באמערקן‪ .‬אין איר זעקל‪ ,‬אונטער ַא ּפעקל‬ ‫שטריק און שטריקעריי‪-‬שּפילקעס‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געטראגן ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫'קעננקארטעס'‬ ‫פאלשע‬ ‫אירענא‬ ‫רא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ציאנען‪-‬‬ ‫ציע‪-‬קארטלעך‪,‬‬ ‫אידענטיפיקא‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫קארטלעך און ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫סארט‬ ‫נאך עטליכע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דאקומענטן‪.‬‬ ‫סא ַ‬ ‫נאכן געוואויר ווערן פון דריי ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫לדאטן‬ ‫פראנט‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫געפאלן אויפ'ן ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫וועלכע זענען‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא – מיט די הילף פון ַאן ָארטיגער‪,‬‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫סימּפאטישער גלח – ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫רשאפט זייערע‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫נעמען‪ ,‬געבורטס‪-‬דאטומען‪ ,‬אדרעסן און‬ ‫אינפא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫רמאציע פון זיי‪.‬‬ ‫איבריגע וויכטיגע‬ ‫זייערע נעמען זענען ָ‬ ‫נאך נישט געווען‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫טויט‪-‬רעקארדס‪ַ .‬אזוי‬ ‫פארצייכנט אין די‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫איז געלונגען פאר די צוויי אירענאס‪,‬‬ ‫צו רעגיסטרירן אידן מיט ּפוילישע‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אידענטיפיקאציעס‪ ,‬ווען זיי ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דערנאך‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫סא ַ‬ ‫באקומען פולע ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ציאלע‪-‬הילף בענעפיטן‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫און אריער ראציאנען‪-‬קארטלעך‪.‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דאקומענטן‪,‬‬ ‫פאלשע‬ ‫טראגנדיג די‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אומבאשיצט‪ .‬זי‬ ‫אירענא געשּפירט‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫הויּפטקווארטירן פון‬ ‫האט אויסגעמיטן די‬ ‫רגא ַ‬ ‫צדקה‪-‬א ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ניזאציע‪,‬‬ ‫'סענטאס'‪ ,‬די אידישע‬ ‫ָאדער ַאנדערע אידישע צענטערן‪ ,‬אויס‬ ‫ּפא ַ‬ ‫געסטא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מורא ַאז ָ‬ ‫אגענטן‬‫דארט זוכן די‬ ‫טאּפן אויס מענטשן‪ .‬איר ַ‬ ‫און ַ‬ ‫כאּפן מיט‬ ‫קארטלעך‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫פאלשע ַ‬ ‫די ַ‬ ‫וואלט געמיינט‬ ‫געסטא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ּפא‬ ‫אויספארשונגען אין די‬ ‫ברוטאלע‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫טרויעריג‪-‬בארימטע‬ ‫קעלערן און טויט אין די‬ ‫'ּפא ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫וויאק' טורמע‪.‬‬ ‫ווארטן מער פון ַא שעה‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫נאכן ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫אירענא ָאנגעהויבן מורא צו ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האבן; אסתר‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫לעמאל געווען ּפונטקליך‪ .‬הינטער איר‪,‬‬ ‫איז ַא‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויפ'ן וואנט‪ ,‬איז געהאנגען א ּפלאקאט‬ ‫מיט נעמען פון מענטשן וועלכע מען ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַארויסגעפירט צו הינריכטונג ַא ָ‬ ‫בעפאר‪.‬‬ ‫טאג‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געשּפאנט נערוועזערהייט און‬ ‫אירענא האט‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מורא געהאט אויפ'ן ערגסטן‪.‬‬ ‫אינמיטן ָ‬ ‫האט איינער ַאריינגעשטעקט‬ ‫זיין ַ‬ ‫האנט כמעט אין איר געזיכט‪ .‬עס איז‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געווען ַא ַ‬ ‫רעם‪-‬באנד‪,‬‬ ‫מאן מיט ַא ווייסע ָא‬

‫געשנארט‪ָ :‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫וועלכער ָ‬ ‫"האט רחמנות! ַא‬ ‫האט‬ ‫אירענא'ס ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫הארץ איז צוריסן‬ ‫שטיקל ברויט?"‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫געווארן פונעם סצענע‪ .‬ער איז נישט געווען‬ ‫דער איינציגסטער‪ .‬אויסגעהונגערטע אידן‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫איבעראל אויסגעשטרעקט די הענט‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫נאך הילף‪.‬‬ ‫שּפאצירנדיג אויף די ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫גאסן‪ ,‬איז ּפלוצלינג‬

‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫לעמאל‬ ‫"א‬ ‫געדענק‪,‬‬ ‫מיין טייערע‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא‪:‬‬ ‫אויב דו זעסט‬ ‫ווי איינער‬ ‫דערטרונקט‬ ‫זיך‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫זאלסטו‬ ‫אים‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ראטעווען‪,‬‬ ‫אפילו אויב דו‬ ‫קענסט נישט‬ ‫שווימען‪".‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויטא‪ .‬די טירן‬ ‫ווערמאכט‬ ‫ָאנגעקומען ַא‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אויפגעּפראלט און אויפ'ן סעקונדע‬ ‫האבן זיך‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט יעדער ָאנגעהויבן צו לויפן‪ .‬דריי פעשע‬ ‫עס‪-‬עס לייט זענען ַארויסגעשּפרינגען און‬ ‫ָאנגעהויבן צו ַ‬ ‫האקן מיט זייער שטעקענעס‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויף די קעּפ פונעם עולם‪ .‬זיי ָ‬ ‫געכאּפט‬ ‫האבן‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ריינגעווארפן אינעם‬ ‫עטליכע אידן און זיי ַא‬

‫מא ָ‬ ‫דרא ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אויטא‪ .‬די ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט גענומען‬ ‫גאנצע‬ ‫ווייניגער פון ַא מינוט‪ ,‬און ווען עס איז געווען‬ ‫וועקגעפארן‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫אויטא איז ַא‬ ‫פאריבער‪ ,‬די‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫די גאס ווייטער געשטראמט‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האנט ָ‬ ‫ַא ַ‬ ‫נגעכאּפט‬ ‫האט ּפלוצלינג ָא‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אירענא'ס עלנבויגן‪ .‬זי איז אויפגעשּפרינגען‪,‬‬ ‫האט אויפגעהערט ָאטעמען‪ .‬אסתר ָ‬ ‫און ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫איר פעסט אנגעכאּפט און שנעל אנגעהויבן‬ ‫שּפאנען‪" .‬דו זעסט אויס ווי ַא טויטער‪ָ ",‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫האט ַ‬ ‫"וואס ָ‬ ‫געזאגט‪ָ ,‬‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ּפאסירט?"‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫אסתר ָ‬ ‫אירענא צו ַא‬ ‫האט געשלעּפט‬ ‫וואס זיי ַ‬ ‫זייטיגע געסל‪ ,‬אין דער צייט ָ‬ ‫כאּפן זיך‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט געפילט‬ ‫ָאן איינע די צווייטע‪.‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫געווארן‬ ‫אויסגעדארט‬ ‫שטארק‬ ‫ַאז אסתר איז‬ ‫פון הונגער‪ .‬זיי ָ‬ ‫האבן זיך ָאּפגעשטעלט ביי ַא‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט איר ַאהין‬ ‫קליין געשעפט‪ ,‬און‬ ‫האט זי ַ‬ ‫דאן ָ‬ ‫ַאריינגעצויגן‪ .‬ערשט ַ‬ ‫באמערקט‬ ‫שטארק ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫בלאס אסתר'ס ּפנים איז‪ .‬איר‬ ‫ווי‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האר איז אויך געווען אינגאנצן צושטרויבלט‪.‬‬ ‫"כ'בין שרעקליך נערוועז ַא ַ‬ ‫גאנצע צייט‪",‬‬ ‫סאך ָ‬ ‫"א ַ‬ ‫האט אסתר ָאנגעהויבן‪ַ ,‬‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫מאל שּפיר‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫כ'טראג עס מער נישט איבער‪ ".‬זי‬ ‫איך ַאז‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אויסגעבראכן אין ַא ביטערע געוויין‪.‬‬ ‫האט‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט זיך געפריידט ַאז זיי זענען‬ ‫גאס‪ .‬אסתר ָ‬ ‫מער נישט אינמיטן ַ‬ ‫האט זיך‬ ‫ּפרובירט צו ַ‬ ‫בארואיגן‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫"אנטשולדיגט‪ ,‬אירענא‪ .‬דו ווייסט אז כ'בין‬ ‫געווענליך נישט ַאזוי‪".‬‬ ‫ּפאסירט היינט‪ ,‬אסתר?" ָ‬ ‫האט ַ‬ ‫"וואס ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫האט‬ ‫כא ָ‬ ‫נא ַ‬ ‫אירענא ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫מאל געפרעגט‪" .‬דו קומסט‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫קיינמאל נישט שּפעט‪".‬‬ ‫"כ'בין געווען אויפ'ן וועג ַאהער‪ .‬צוויי‬ ‫דאן ָ‬ ‫געכאּפט‪ַ .‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫דייטשן ָ‬ ‫האבן זיי‬ ‫האבן מיר‬ ‫באפוילן ָ‬ ‫מיר ַ‬ ‫כ'זאל זיי העלפן רייניגן זייער‬ ‫דירה‪ .‬זיי ָ‬ ‫האבן מיר גענומען צו ַא גרויסע‬ ‫פא ַ‬ ‫האבן ַ‬ ‫וואס די דייטשן ָ‬ ‫הויז ָ‬ ‫רכאּפט און‬ ‫מיר געהייסן רייניגן דעם בית‪-‬הכסא‪ .‬עס‬ ‫איז געווען שרעקליך ַ‬ ‫פארשמירט פון ַאלע‬ ‫האבן זיך ָ‬ ‫לדאטן וועלכע ָ‬ ‫סא ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫דארט געפונען‪...‬‬ ‫כ'האב זיי געפרעגט ווי ַאזוי ָ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫כ'זאל עס רייניגן‪.‬‬ ‫מאנטל‪ָ ',‬‬ ‫'מיט דיין ַ‬ ‫האבן זיי געענטפערט און‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫אויסגעשאסן אין א געלעכטער‪ .‬נאכן ענדיגן‬ ‫פארשמירטע ַ‬ ‫האבן זיי גענומען מיין ַ‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫מאנטל‬ ‫און ָ‬ ‫דאס ַאריינגעשטוּפט אין מיין ּפנים‪".‬‬ ‫אסתר ָ‬ ‫האט זיך צוכליּפעט און געענדיגט‪:‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫"דאן ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫האט ער מיר ברוטאלערהייט אזוי‬ ‫ָ‬ ‫ַארויסגעשטוּפט אין ַ‬ ‫כ'האב געמוזט‬ ‫גאס‪.‬‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ַאהיימגיין‪ ,‬זיך ָא ַ‬ ‫אינגאנצן‬ ‫ּפוואשן און‬ ‫איבערטוישן מיינע קליידער‪".‬‬

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Chava Abrams has everything going for her — talent, looks, and money — and she’s thrilled to start married life with her new husband, Shalom. Her parents treat them to luxurious gifts, gourmet suppers, and a lavish vacation. But the picture-perfect marriage falters when Shalom is accused of a shocking crime. Was he set up? Can Chava trust him? And why are her parents so eager to tear them apart?

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Sooooo..... WHY does it bother us?

According to studies conducted on thousands of women across many countries and cultures, concern about weight ranked as number one or two on women’s priority lists, higher than job or financial concerns and for many even higher than relationship concerns.

Which brings us to ask again, WHY? 1. We wear it on us making it harder to hide than other addictions. Unless someone is a rare lucky species that doesn’t gain weight, it’s literally worn on us and can not be hidden.

2. Weight and size are often related to self worth, especially in some cultures/communities.

3. We don’t like to feel like we have a loss of control. People like to feel like they can control their behaviours and actions. No one wants to or likes to feel out of control.

4. Many health issues are blamed on weight even if it’s not our fault or our own doing, even when issues are genetic. I hear many stories of doctors being quick to blame medical issues (both minor and major) on one’s weight without even taking into account other factors such as genetics.

LET’S BE ACCURATE Is a binge and emotional eating the same thing?

labelling terms such as “I had a huge binge” while all they did was eat some extra food.

In my own non clinician way of differentiating the two I simply say that if you can pretty much list everything you ate then that’s NOT a binge.

Who Cares? Isn’t it just semantics?

Why do we want to differentiate between the two?

You know how teachers are instructed not to give out opinions or labels on their students to the next teacher because she will treat them accordingly?

Or how you should never label yourself or your child but rather their behaviour so that they don’t act like their label. It’s because labels cause us to continue or give ourselves a prognosis, often making it worse. It’s almost a self fulfilling prophecy.

Challenge: Identify your reasons for eating when not hungry and keep a log.

Which letter of the acronym is it mostly?

Angry? Lonely? Tired ? Stressed? Foodie? Bored ?

Write down 5 reasons this bothers you and why you want to stop. Only one reason can be about weight.

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Step 1: Using the brown paint, fully cover the MDF board or cardboard background that you’ll be using as your base.

Step 2: Take your knife and cut out stone shapes from the Styrofoam. They should not be perfect or symmetrical. Make some bigger and some smaller, like the real bricks of the Kosel.

Step 3: Take the knife and shave the Styrofoam “stones” so that they become jagged and worn looking.

Step 4: Paint the “stones” with the beige paint. While the paint is wet carefully apply the glitter to the edges of the stone. Don’t use too much glitter — a little goes a long way, and we just want an effect here, not a kindergarten project.

Step 5: After the stones are dry, glue them to the dry painted baseboard.

Step 6: Put one dot of glue on each of the four corners of your printout, and paste it on top of the “Kosel.” As the glue is clear, this should look very clean.

Step 7: Glue some string to the back of the board so you can hang it. Simply take a strong string and glue each side to the back, making a loop for it to hang on a nail.

Each time you gaze at your project, try to remember to do something small to bring the geulah one step closer. This will bring Hashem a lot of nachas — that you used some of your free time to make something to remember Him.

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In whose portion were the two ‫ בתי מקדש‬destoyed?

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What did Pharoah say that they should load up the animals with?

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Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins

Cranberry Pumpkin Muffin Ingredients

Directions

2/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC). Line a muffin tray with liners or use asilicone muffin tray.

2. In a medium bowl, add the oil, eggs, pumpkin, and sugar.

Whisk well.

3. To the same bowl, add the almond flour, baking powder, sea salt, andcinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Gently fold in thecranberries.

4. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Enjoy!

2/3 cup Pureed Pumpkin Ingredients 2 Eggs (large)

1/4 cup Coconut Sugar

1 1/2 cups Almond Flour

Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 tsp Baking Powder 1/4 tsp Sea Salt

2 Eggs (large)

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 1/2 cups Frozen Cranberries (coarsely p Pureed Pumpkin chopped in the food processor)

up Coconut Sugar

cups Almond Flour

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF (175ºC). L liners or use asilicone m 2. In a medium bowl, add the oil, eggs Whisk well.

3. To the same bowl, add the almond sea salt, andcinnamon. Stir with a

Roasted Maple/Mustard Carrots & Parsnips

d Maple/Mustard Carrots & Pa Ingredients 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 tsp Dijon Mustard

edients

1 tsp Maple Syrup 1/4 tsp Sea Salt

1 Garlic (clove, large, minced) 4 Carrots (chopped) 4 Parsnips (chopped)

1 tsp Rosemary rgin Olive Oil (fresh)

n Mustard

Directions 1.

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Preheat the oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Mix the oil, mustard, maple syrup, salt, and garlic together in a large bowl.

Add the carrots and parsnips and toss to coat.

Spread the vegetables onto the prepared baking sheet and cook for 25 minutes in the oven, tossing halfway through. The veggies should be browned and caramelized.

Garnish with the rosemary and enjoy!

Directions

1. 7. Preheat the oven to 375ºF (190ºC with parchme

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Lakewood Vibes News Annual Melava Malka for B”M Be’er Shmuel of Pine Lake Park Manchester. Rav Yisroel Monheit

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Bocharim in Yeshivas Ohr Olam light the Menorah in their New yeshiva building Rosh Yeshiva Reb Tzvi Berkowitz

At Kollel Gevoah Imrei Kohein Chanukah Mesiba in Lakewood Rabbi Eliyahu Kahanow is Rosh Kollel

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‫הילולת בעל טל חיים מאנטניא זצ”ל אצל האדמו”ר מאנטניא‬ ‫‪Yurtzeit of the Tal Chaim of Antenia Zt”l by the Antenia Rebbe‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬א‪ .‬אייזנבאך‬

‫האדמו”ר ממבקשי אמונה בעריכת השולחן לרגל הילולת אביו האדמו”ר מתולדות אהרן זצ”ל‬ ‫‪Mevakshei Emunah Rebbe at the Yurtzeit Seudah of his father the Toldos‬‬ ‫‪Ahron Rebbe Zt”l‬‬

‫האדמו”ר מתולדות אברהם יצחק בעריכת השולחן לרגל הילולת אביו האדמו”ר מתולדות אהרן זצ”ל‬ ‫‪Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe at the Yurtzeit Seudah of his father the Toldos Ahron Rebbe Zt”l‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שלומי טריכטער‬

‫שמחת הברית לנין האדמו”ר מנאראל‬ ‫‪Bris for a Great Grandson of the Narol Rebbe‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬יהודה פרקוביץ‬

‫האדמו”ר מויזניץ בביקור אצל האדמו”ר מבעלזא‬ ‫‪Visnitz Rebbe visits the Belz Rov‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אמ”ש‬

‫הילולת האדמו”ר מתולדות אהרן זצ”ל אצל בנו האדמו”ר מתולדות אהרן‬ ‫‪Yurtzeit of the Toldos Ahron Rebbe Zt”l by the Toldos Ahron Rebbe‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שלום קרויס‬

‫שמחת הווארט בבית קראלי ‪ -‬מעליץ ‪ -‬זכרון נפתלי ‪ -‬ראצפארט‬ ‫‪Vort in Courts of Krula, Melitz, Zichron Naftula and Ratzfert‬‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש בריזדוביץ‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Brizdovitz‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אברומי בערגער‬

‫ניחום אבלים ע”פ הרבנית מבארניב ע”ה‬ ‫‪Nichem Aveilem for the Barniv Rebetzin A”h‬‬

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At Lakewood Minyan Chanukah Mesiba with guest speaker Shawn Balva from Prison to Baal Tesh

At the Bris son of Shlomo Zalman Herbst

At the Jacobs family Chanukah Mesiba in Lakewood

At the Lancz- Wyne Vort- Toms river to Las Vegas

Levy Weiss harving away on M”S late at night

‫האדמו”ר מספינקא ביי הדלקת נרות חנוכה‬ ‫בבית מדרשו בלעיקוואוד‬

‫האדמו”ר מסקולען זאת חנוכה‬

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‫חנוכה אצל הגאון ר’ בנימין פינקל משגיח ישיבת מיר‬ ‫‪Chanukah by Hagaon Rabbi Binyamin Finkel Mashgiach Yeshivas Mir‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש וויעליפאל‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Vyelipoel‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אברומי בערגער‬

‫חנוכה אצל הגאון ר’ יצחק אזרחי ראש ישיבת מיר‬ ‫‪Chanukah by Hagaon Reb Yitzchok Ezrachi Rosh Yeshivas Mir‬‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש בלאזוב בלעיקוואד‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Bluzhev in Lakewood‬‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש ליזענסק בית שמש‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Lizensk Beis Shemesh‬‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש קאסאן‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Koson‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אברומי בערגער‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש דאראג‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Dorog‬‬

‫חנוכה בחצר הקודש ליסקא‬ ‫‪Chanukah in Liska‬‬

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‫השגחה פרטית‬

Writing Contest I missed the bus, and then I saw someone who really needed my help…

I was out babysitting and one of the kids had a strange-looking wart. I knew that my mother would know just the right way to treat it…

I was lost and crying when a woman offered to help me.

Turned out that she was my mother’s seminary roommate!

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Every featured story will receive a Lakewood Vibes Purse or Wallet!

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Send all entries to: Contest@lakewoodvibes.com Subject: Hashgacha Pratis Story Include your name and age with each entry.

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My mother pulled into a gas station on Friday afternoon. After her car was filled up with gas, she combed through her pocketbook until she realized she had no credit card on her to pay the $66.

The credit card was having an extended stay in my father's wallet, so my mother had sufficed with ApplePay for the whole week. But unfortunately, the gas station wasn't as accommodating and didn't accept ApplePay. My mother came across a Visa gift card and offered it to the clerk. But as it turned out, the gift card would not work to pay the gas bill either. The gas clerk began to get impatient and my mother started to count her cash. She didn't usually carry much cash around but figured it didn't hurt to check. The employee watched her carefully as my mother counted her bills. A few minutes later my mother handed over all the remaining cash in her purse - the exact total of $66. We saw major hashgacha pratis from here. My mother didn't have $65 in her purse nor $67. She had just the right amount to pay the gas bill and we clearly saw the wonders of Hashem. Thank You Hashem!

A. Neustadt, 13

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Congratulations to our winner!

I really wanted a calculator watch very badly. One day my aunt dropped off a bag full of all different things that her son doesn't use anymore. Suddenly on the bottom of the bag was the exact calculator watch that I really wanted! I was so excited! Hashem really loves me!

Sruly Rhine, 7

My mother used to work in a place and one day, they laid my mother off her job. The next day, my mother didn’t go to work so she took my sister to playgroup. When she came back, she saw smoke coming out of my house. She ran inside and saw that the downstairs bathroom was on fire.

She started screaming. My family’s neighbor (I Wasn’t born yet) must have heard her and saw smoke coming out of the house so the neighbor came and took the fire extinguisher and put the fire out. It was that my mother was fired from her job so that she was home by the fire so it didn’t burn my whole house down!

Kaila Levi ,11

One time my mommy and my Abba was driving home from out of town and there was tons of traffic.They stopped at a rest stop and my mommy told my Abba that she wants pretzels and Chummus. In the rest stop that they went to there is never kosher food with a good hechsher.

They went into the store and they looked around and found 2 pretzel and Chummus containers waiting for them!!!! It was such hashgacha that they had it so that they were able to eat something because they came home so late

R.C., 4

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‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש לעלוב‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Lelov‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש בית יצחק ספינקא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Beis Yitzchok Spinka‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש דזיקוב ויזניץ‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Dzhikev Visnitz‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אברומי בערגער‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש טשערנאוויץ‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Chernovitz‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש קאליב‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Kaliv‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש שידלובצא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Shidlovtza‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש צעהלים‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Tzehlim‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש זוטשקא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Zutchke‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה אצל הגה”צ ראש ישיבת שומרי אמונים‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah By The Shomrei Emunim Rosh Yeshiva‬‬

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We’d love to feature your photos in Lakewood Vibes Magazine!

Please share your captivating event snapshots with us at info@lakewoodvibes.com

We appreciate your contribution to our community and look forward to showcasing the vibrant happenings around us.

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‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש ראחמיסטריווקא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Rachmestrivkah‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫זאת חנוכה אצל פוסק הדור מרא דארעא קדישא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah by the Posek Hador‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬דוד ארזני‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש קאמארנא‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Kumarna‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש ערלוי‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Erlau‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש צאנז‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Sanz‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬משה גאלדשטיין‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש סקולען ירושלים‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Skulen Yerishulayim‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שוקי לרר‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש טשארנאביל‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Charnobile‬‬ ‫‪.‬צילום‪ :‬איציק ו‬

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‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש טאהש‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Tosh‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש זוטשקא ירושלים‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Zutchke Yerishulayim‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש ראחמיסטריווקא אוק ענד וויין‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Rachmestrivkah Oak and Vine‬‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש מעזיבוזש‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Mezhbizh‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬יהודה פרקוביץ‬

‫אסיפה לבחורי באבוב‬ ‫‪Asifah for the Bobov Bucherim‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬שלומי שווארץ‬

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MOVE Presented by your realtor: Elchonon Weinberg Email: eweinbergrealty@gmail.com | Call: 732-330-8344

Hi, can you tell us a little bit about

Jersey, with crews covering Passaic, Teaneck, Newark, the

yourself and what you do?

Oranges, and many other areas. Learning from him wasn’t

My name is Osher Kline. I’m the owner and operator of K-Line Builders, a contracting service company based out of Lakewood, New Jersey, as well as K-Line Tile Install — a sister company that focuses specifically on the professional prep and installation of tile.

What made you decide to go into this line of work?

just a lesson in construction — it was an education in dedication, precision, and integrity — the very principles that make up any good contractor. These skills learned, I transitioned from a foreman to a handyman to handling contracting jobs.

Can you educate us on when would be an appropriate time during a transaction to have a contractor come down to view a

Construction has always fascinated me; I remember that,

property? And what do you do for your

as a young boy, I played with friends for hours at various

clients (sellers/buyers)?

construction sites around town, watching how all the local now-landmark buildings were built. I saw structures being built from the foundation to the framing, the plumbing to the Sheetrock, and the finishings.

The right time to bring a contractor is during the fourteenday inspection period, which in New Jersey starts right after the three-day attorney-review period. The most optimal time is once you’ve received your checklist from

When I returned from yeshivah in Eretz Yisrael, I

the home inspector. This way the contractor has a more

worked for Avi Hirsch at Shnitzle Builders as a foreman.

informed list of all the improvements needed, and he can

Although a pretty comical name, Shnitzle Builders is one

also let you know of any additional costs that might come

of the most prominent construction companies in Central

up in the construction phase. This detail might impact the sale in terms of credits that you can request from the seller during closing.

A very common question is how much it costs to redo a bathroom or kitchen.

Business Vibes How is pricing structured for such jobs?

Generally, there are two ways to structure the pricing of

Is there anything that enables you to provide your clients with great service

a renovation job.

for a great price?

The first way, known as “cost plus,” is the more popular

So in the example you mentioned earlier, regarding

among contractors — especially when it comes to big jobs,

kitchens and bathrooms, I’m generally able to minimize

because for those it’s very hard to predict an accurate end

the costs of renovation by using my sister company,

price due to many unforeseen issues that come up during

K-Line Tile Install, for all the tile prep and installation,

the construction process. “Cost plus” simply means

which is usually a big upgrade when it comes to these

the customer will pay the total cost of the project, plus

projects.

a contractor’s fee (usually a percentage of the costs of materials and labor). This is agreed upon in the contract.

With the rapid pace of the growing

This means that the contractor has no right to mark up

Lakewood areas, what are common

any of the materials or labor that

things clients should

went into the project, and he also

lookout for or be

has an ethical obligation to keep

conscious of?

the costs as low as possible. pricing

It’s very important that when

structure minimizes the risks to

renovating the home you just

the contractor because he isn’t

bought you keep in mind the

liable if the construction ends up

future needs of the community

costing more than expected. But

in terms of layouts, number of

it also means he doesn’t need to

bedrooms,

overcharge just to cover himself

That will impact the value of

in case the costs go up for some

the home when it’s time to

unpredictable reason.

resell, since frum families have

Essentially,

this

The other pricing structure is known as a “set price,” which simply means there’s a specific number agreed upon beforehand, and the end price cannot exceed this number. According to this structure, all of the risk falls on the contractor, and all costs, including the contractor’s profit, are already factored into the contract beforehand. In this case, although the customer is gaining by knowing exactly how much the project will end up costing, the agreed-upon price is

living

areas,

etc.

certain needs that non-Jewish/ nonreligious families do not.

You need to make sure you keep those details in mind during the construction. For example, even if your family doesn’t need a big living room, a large deck, ample lighting, or more bedrooms, it’s important to consider the needs that a future frum family might have should you wish to sell in the future. These details will automatically boost the value of your home.

necessarily bloated in order to cover the contractor in case

Stay tuned for our next installment, when Elchonon sits

something goes wrong. This will generally mean that such

down with a moving company to discuss how to help you

a project will cost more than in the “cost plus” structure.

have a hassle-free moving day.

Osher Kline of K-Line Builders and K-Line Tile Install can be reached at 848-468-0637 or klinebuilderslakewood@gmail.com.

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‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש צאנז קלויזענבורג‬

‫זאת חנוכה בחצר הקודש קאסוב‬ ‫‪Zois Chanukah in Kosov‬‬ ‫צילום‪ :‬אברומי בערגער‬

‫שמחת הבר מצוה פון אן אייניקל ביי הגה”צ אב”ד מראה יחזקאל א זוהן פון בנו הרב יואל ראטה‬ ‫‪Bar Mitzvah for son of Harav Yoel Roth, son of Mareh Yecheskel Rov‬‬

‫הערליכע און פרייליכע חנוכה מסיבה פאר חולי ישראל און זייער פאמיליעס צוגעשטעלט דורך די בארימטע טאנצערס‬ ‫ארגאניזאציע‪ .‬חולי ישראל האבן הנאה געהאט פון א רייכע נאכטמאל‪ ,‬מוזיקאלישע פראגראם‪ ,‬און הערליכע חנוכה מתנות פאר‬ ‫די גאנצע פאמיליע‪ ,‬אן אווענט וואס האט זיי געברענגט א שטראל פון שמחה‬ ‫‪A beautiful Chanukah celebration presented by the famed Tantzers organization for the families of chronically-ill‬‬ ‫‪children of the community, bringing rays of light and joy during challenging times.‬‬

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5:54 PM

5:24 PM

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4:54 PM

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VINE

4:24 PM

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* Bus stop location at Evergreen untill 1:45 is after the entrance to plaza.

After 1:45 the bus stop will be before entrance to plaza.

12:06 PM

12:00 PM

DRIVER'S BREAK

10:06 AM

10:36 AM

10:00 AM

Cnr. Stamford Hill Rd.

5:36 PM

6:06 PM

6:00 PM

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

4:36 PM

5:06 PM

4:30 PM

DRIVER'S BREAK

1:51PM

1:36 PM

2:06 PM

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

1:21 PM

1:15 PM

1:45 PM

12:51PM

12:06 PM

1:06 PM

1:00 PM

12:36 PM

12:45 PM

12:30 PM

11:36 AM

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

10:06 AM

11:06 AM

11:00 AM

9:36 AM

10:36 AM

10:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

9:06 AM

9:00 AM

9:10 AM

SEAGUL SQUARE

Cnr. Stamford Hill Rd.

4:10 PM

4:40 PM

4:06 PM

4:36 PM

CHESTNUT

LOCUST STREET

3:40 PM

3:10 PM

4:30 PM

3:30 PM

2:10 PM

1:40 PM

1:10 PM

12:10 PM

11:40 AM

11:10 AM

10:40 AM

4:00 PM

3:06 PM

3:36 PM

3:00 PM

DRIVER'S BREAK

1:06 PM

1:00 PM

DRIVER'S BREAK

11:00 AM

10:36 AM

SEAGUL SQUARE

LO O P S C H E D U L E

Cor. Stamford Hill Rd.

CHESTNUT

10:30 AM

LOCUST STREET

Call to hear schedule changes and updates.

732.929.6929

SHUTTLE HOTLINE

Effective: November 1, 2023

SOUTH LAKEWOOD SHUTTLE SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

MONDAY - THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SUMMER SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE:

4

30. Pizza on wheels

Take your seat promptly and quietly.

8

CHESTNUT CENTER

TODD PLAZA

10

1

2 3

11

33. Freund’s & Family

32. Crunch Time

31. Kinder Pediatric

43. Sprinkles 44. Buckles

37. Evergreen Cleaners 38. Styled Child

54. Sushi Nation

52. Heads of Class

64. Asisa Urgent Care 65. Style And Trend 66. Augenbraun Bridal 67. Perroquet 68. Elemeno

58. Center of Town 59. J2 Pizza 60. Wine on the 9 61. Optical Eyeland 62. Brain Builders

12

5

76. Fleisch

77. Lulu Kids Clothing

!‫שטיצט אייער לאקאלע געשעפטן דורך איינקויפען לאקאל‬

‫ביטע שטיין ביים‬ ‫באס סטאפ פינף‬ ‫מינוט פאר'ן צייט‬ ‫וואס שטייט אויפן‬ .‫סקעזדשול‬

388 Chestnut

Flag-down shuttle 10:00 a.m-2:00 p.m

Vine cor. Wadsworth

Evergreen

Stop is by M&T bank cor.

Seagull Square

Cor. Stamford Hill Rd.

Chestnut

Vilna

Flag-down

Woodbine

GRANITE

GROVE

VINE ST

OTL

CEDARBRIDGE

FIRE HOUSE

CEDARBRIDGE

HANOVER

HARMONY VILNA

11:00

Hanover

12:00

11:55

11:53

11:50

11:45

11:45

11:40

11:30

11:25

11:20

11:10

11:10

11:05

11:03

11:02

11:00

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1:00

12:58

12:57

12:55

12:50

12:50

12:45

12:40

12:30

12:25

12:15

12:15

12:10

12:08

12:07

12:05

12:00

2:00

1:58

1:57

1:55

1:50

1:50

1:45

1:40

1:30

1:25

1:15

1:15

1:10

1:08

1:07

1:05

Gourmet Glatt | Clifton | Cedarbridge | Vilna Hanover | Grove | Harmony

RETURN BUS STOPS:

Clifton | Chemed | Gourmet Glatt

Hanover | Grove | Harmony | Vilna | Cedarbridge

BUS STOPS

10:55

10:53

10:50

10:45

10:45

10:40

Grove

Harmony

Locust

Across the Fire house

Cedarbridge

Bus Shelter near OTL

Cedar bridge

Corner of 4th St.

Clifton

Across Tag Office

10:25 10:30

Gourmet glatt

10:20

Chemed

Corner of 4th St.

Clifton

Across Lingerie Shop

Cedar bridge

10:10

10:10

Cedarbridge

At the Fire house

10:05

10:03

10:02

10:00

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Locust

Harmony

Grove

Granite

Granite

9:30

BUS STOPS

10:30

10:20

10:15

10:15

10:10

10:00

9:55

9:50

9:40

9:40

9:35

10:30

11:30

11:20

11:15

11:15

11:10

11:00

10:55

10:50

10:40

10:40

10:35

| Oak & Vine | Cedarbridge

9:30

9:20

9:15

9:15

9:10

9:00

8:55

8:50

8:40

8:40

8:35

8:30

Oak & Vine |

Granite

Gourmet Glatt | Clifton | Cedarbridge

RETURN BUS STOPS:

Clifton | Chemed | Gourmet Glatt

Granite

Oak & Vine

Across the Fire house

Cedarbridge

Bus Shelter near OTL

Cedar bridge

Corner of 4th St.

Clifton

Across Tag Office

Gourmet Glatt

Chemed

Corner of 4th St.

Clifton

Across Lingerie Shop

Cedarbridge

At the Fire house

Cedarbridge

Oak & Vine

Granite

MONDAY - FRIDAY

SHUTTLE SCHEDULE

office@carescouncil.org

1:00 Locust Route

12:00

added to the business listing please email:

#2 - GRANITE 1:00

The Rishon Center 130 1st St Lakewood 206. Golden Rose Flowers & Gifts 207. That Hat 208. Vaping Connection

Gourmet Glatt Plaza 1700 Madison Avenue 183. CSO Radio 184. Toys 4 u 185. The Nuttery 186. Vineyard 187. Gourmet Glatt 188. Verizon 189. Schreibers shoes 190. Hatcraft 191. The Gym Lakewood 192. Immediate Medical Care 193. Nails 194. Linen Garden 195. Kaylah's Jewelry 196. Zober Cleaners 197. Fraylich Uniform 198. J2 Pizza 199. Brooklyn Southwest 200. Step on Me Flooring 201. Judaica Plaza 202. Chase Bank 203. Shoppers Paradise 204. Sprinkles 205. Emporio

Shloimy's Plaza 95 East Kennedy Blvd 171. Shloimy's Kosher Supermarket 172. Coco Nails 173. Best Cleaners 174. Prime Ninety-Five 175. New Additions 176. Little Women Too 177. Trousseau 178. French Press 179. Shell Station 180. Photo express 181. Best cleaners 182. Upper Crust

158. Latin Bistro Grill 159. Celebration Boutique Lakewood 160. Technoman Repair & Services 161. Bagel Nosh 162. Lakewood Cleaners 163. Clearview Eyewear 164. Paradise Garden Boutique 165. Express Laundromat 166. Brothers Restaurant 167. Metro by T-Mobile 168. Ideal Travel Services 169. Latino Agency 170. Ruby Kitchen

MONDAY - FRIDAY

SHUTTLE SCHEDULE

Downtown Lakewood 140. DB Electronics 141. NPGS 142. Pizzaleh 143. Twin City Jewelers 144. Sewing Alterations By Edith 145. Suitshoppe 146. Creative Kids 147. Ladida 148. Authentic Kosher Chinese 149. Latino Community Connection 150. lI Center Electronics and Repair 151. Clover Women's Clothing 152. BMBGLLC 153. TechSafe Recyclers 154. Cesar's Beauty Salon 155. Eat a Pita 156. El Oaxaqueño Supermarket 157. Exito Fresh Market

Cedar Bridge Shopping 123. Polka Dot Boutique 124. TOTTINI 125. Piccolino 126. Focus Camera 127. A Shoe Dream 128. The Hat Box 129. Secure Data Recovery Services 130. Mike's Chicken 131. Tomahawk Steakhouse 132. Chase Bank 133. GB Clothing 134. Seasons Supermarket 135. Chai Urgent Care 136. Juice by Julie 137. Whimsy 138. The Cookie Corner 139. The Uniform Shoppe

CHEMED HEALTH 1771 Madison Ave 118. CHEMED 119. Cubicles 120. WIC Lakewood Office 121. Professional Career Services 122. Yapchik

104. Building Bridges 105. Brain Builders 106. Evergreen Supermarket 107. French Press 108. Asisa Urgent Care 109. STYLE AND TREND 110. Augenbraun Bridal 111. PERROQUET 112. ELEMENO 113. His Place Collection 114. Mefoar Judaica 115. Precious Health of Lakewood 116. Dr. Shanik 117. Children’s dental

For comments and suggestions or to be

Evergreen Plaza 945 River Ave 100. Center of Town 101. J2 Pizza 102. Wine on the 9 103. Optical Eyeland

Grand Central Plaza 355 Cedarbridge Ave. 62. Cosmetic Center 63. Direct Line Carpet 64. Simi's Socks & Shells 65. Molly's Jewelry 66. Trendsetting 67. Sary's Wig 68. Sole Connection 69. The Lighthouse 70. Kova Hats

37. Pizzano 38. Rena's 39. Health Market 40. Namery 41. Royal Kids 42. Copier Toners 43. I-optix 44. Rite Aide 45. M&T Bank 46. Glatt Bite 47. B&B Party Shop 48. Shoe Spot 49. Lakewood Nail Salon 50. Shalom Cleaners 51. European Finesse 52. Hosiery Plus

Clifton Shopping Center 163 East Kennedy Blvd

Cedarbridge Area 250 Cedar Bridge Ave. 27. The Lingerie Shop 28. Finale Boutique 29. Dimensions 30. Whimsy Childrens Wear 31. Coco Nails 32. Miri's 33. Out to Lunch 34. Step in Elegance 35. Caplan Cuts 36. The Custom Shoppe

22. Circa NY 23. Express Cleaners 24. Supreme Health 25. Emes Pharmacy & Grocery 26. Living Quarters

Washington Square 415 Cedarbridge Ave.

Partial list of local businesses the Lakewood Shuttle commutes Lakewood residents to:

#1 - LOCUST ST

Harmony

Todd Plaza

12

CNR 4th st

CLIFTON

CHEMED

Paid for, in whole or in part, under the Urban Enterprise Zone program.

Day | Day after Thanksgiving | Christmas Day

Labor Day | Columbus Day Election Day | Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving

President’s Day | Good Friday | Memorial Day | Independence Day

New Year’s Day | MLK’s Birthday | Lincoln’s Birthday

Lakewood Township observes the following holidays so please call the phone system Ext. 9 to check the schedule updates on these holidays.

Thank you for making this service a success!

Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

It is expected that all riders will be respectful of the driver and other passengers.

Take your seat promptly and quietly.

Allow passengers to exit the bus before boarding.

No food or drinks are allowed on the shuttle.

Strollers are permitted on the shuttle but must be folded prior to arrival of the shuttle.

Before planning your trip, please check with our phone system if there are any changes to the schedule.

Scheduled times fluctuate slightly, so it is important that you be at your stop five minutes early.

‫ביטע אויספאלגן די פאלגענדע אנווייזונגען‬ .‫פאר די טובה פון אלע "שאטל" באניצער‬

Hanover

9

11

GOURMET GLATT

across TAG office

SHUTTLE HOTLINE

732.929.6929

Effective: July 1, 2023

DOWNTOWN ROUTES

LAKEWOOD SHUTTLE SCHEDULE

PLEASE NOTE: Our goal is to provide reliable, safe, and affordable transportation to residents of Lakewood Township. For this to be successful, we need you, our passenger, to follow some basic guidelines and policies so everyone will have a positive experience.

Grove

Hanover

10

8

6

5

4

3

2

1

Pick-Up / Drop-off

‫געדענקט צו שעצן און באדאנקן‬ !‫דעם באס דרייווער‬

office@carescouncil.org

added to the business listing please email:

For comments and suggestions or to be

78. Gingerbread

74. Children’s Dental

73. Dr. Shanik

72. Mefoar Judaica

71. Moda Home

70. Eternity Jewelers

69. His Place Collection

Cross Plaza - 32 Cross St.

63. French Press

57. Evergreen Supermarket

6

56. Precious Health

55. Pizza on the 9

Evergreen Plaza - 945 River Ave.

53. Linen Loft

51. ZBerman

75. Scarpe

50. 3M Pharmacy

Chateau Plaza - 916 River Ave.

45. Nail Spa

42. Lakewood Family Dental

36. Royal Family Shoes

39. Toys 2 Discover

48. Friendly Urgent Care

41. Laundromat

35. Print flash 49. Westview Shop

47. Shell Station

40. Upper crust

34. Closeout Connection 46 Mr. Clipper

Todd Plaza - 1091 River Ave.

By shopping locally, you are supporting our local stores and businesses!

SEAGUL SQUARE

CROSS PLAZA

9

CHATEAU PLAZA

EVERGREEN SHOPPING CENTER

LOOP ROUTE MAP

Paid for, in whole or in part, under the Urban Enterprise Zone program.

Day | Day after Thanksgiving | Christmas Day

Labor Day | Columbus Day Election Day | Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving

President’s Day | Good Friday | Memorial Day | Independence Day

New Year’s Day | MLK’s Birthday | Lincoln’s Birthday

Lakewood Township observes the following holidays so please call the phone system Ext. 9 to check the schedule updates on these holidays.

Thank you for making this service a success!

Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

It is expected that all riders will be respectful of the driver and other passengers.

Allow passengers to exit the bus before boarding.

No food or drinks are allowed on the shuttle.

Strollers are permitted on the shuttle but must be folded prior to arrival of the shuttle.

29. Check Cashing

24. Burger King

23. Dollar General

22. M & T Bank

21. Beacon Flooring

20. Hazorfim

19. Shira's Salon

18. Pastel

17. TH interiors

Chestnut Plaza - 1201 River Ave. 28. River Pharmacy

15. Rebecca's

7. Exquisite Gowns

27. Eyewear Unlimited

14. Cross Fitness

6. Pediatric Dental

26. Condor

13. Photo Point

5. Shirtsleeve Mens Wear

25. Four Corners

12. Heads of Class Outlet

4. Judaica Square

Before planning your trip, please check with our phone system if there are any changes to the schedule.

11. Kiwi Health Food

3. Vineyard

16. The Yellow Door

10. Purple Orchids Lingirie

2. Toys 4 U

8. Borsalino

9. Cleaners

1. Gourmet Glatt

Gourmet Glatt / Seagull Square - 1328 River Ave.

Partial list of local businesses the Lakewood Shuttle commutes Lakewood residents to:

Scheduled times fluctuate slightly, so it is important that you be at your stop five minutes early.

‫ביטע אויספאלגן די פאלגענדע אנווייזונגען‬ .‫פאר די טובה פון אלע "שאטל" באניצער‬

Our goal is to provide reliable, safe, and affordable transportation to residents of Lakewood Township. For this to be successful, we need you, our passenger, to follow some basic guidelines and policies so everyone will have a positive experience.

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