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The Perpetual Dreamers
Parshas Ki Savo אובת
Hillel Eisenberg
The United States Navy Seals, considered by many to be the most elite group of soldiers on Earth, has a quote that they brand on the bottom of all their maps and stationery. It’s a quote that entirely encapsulates who they are. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” I believe the following quote is equally true: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of mediocrity is humanity’s obsession with normalcy.”
The difference between a soldier who remains on the bottom rung and one who becomes a Navy Seal is often not one of physical strength or size, but the ability to dream and remain determined to rise in the ranks. He does not allow setbacks, challenges, or failures dull the fire of the dreams burning inside of him.
What separates people who achieve greatness in their lives and those who do not is typically the strength of their desire to achieve. More often than not, success is not achieved by those blessed with unusual talents or abilities, but by regular people who really, really, really want it, and refuse to let the status quo and complacency of the rest of the world prevent them from getting it.
The same is true with spiritual greatness.
Geographically Odd Mountains
The parshah contains the blessings and curses given to the Jewish people on the mountains of Gerizim and Eival. Half of the Jewish people ascended Har Gerizim and the other half ascended Har Eival. One group heard the curses that would be meted out for wayward behavior, while the other heard the blessings that befall us if we act in accordance with Hashem’s will.
There is something geographically odd about these two mountains. The two mountains were mere feet away from each other and yet Har Gerizim, the mountain of blessing, was lush and beautiful, while Har Eival, the mountain of curses, was barren and desolate. How did that come to be? These two mountains, which can still be visited today, are less than 200 hundred feet from one another. They share the exact same ecosystem. They receive the exact same amount of rain, have the exact same amount of sunlight, and are exposed to the exact same air quality. Why is one lush and vibrant while the other is hard and dead?
Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch explains that the only difference between these two mountains is that one was resistant and one was receptive. Har Gerizim had small holes in it, allowing the nutrients, rain, and sunlight to penetrate, while Har Eival was closed off and impenetrable. Although both mountains were exposed to the exact same climate, only one allowed that climate to seep in.
Rav Hirsch goes on to say that it was not for naught that Hashem chose to issue the blessings and curses on those two mountains, for by doing so He was telling us the recipe for spiritual greatness, forever opening ourselves up to the spiritual bounty that permeates all around us.
Our Innocent Dreams
All of us had dreams once upon a time of being spiritually great. Whether it was in third grade when we learned the story of our foremother Rachel, or when we heard the story of Yosef HaTzaddik; whether it was when we first went off to yeshiva, or when we were hugely inspired in seminary. Perhaps it was when we heard a speech on Tisha B’Av, or when we experienced our first real Rosh Hashana. All of us had those flashing moments in our souls when we told ourselves, “We will be great!”
So what happened? What went wrong? Why are most of us regular?
The answer is that most of us don’t allow the spiritual nutrients that are whizzing all around us to penetrate into our very essence. We stop aspiring for greatness and become more interested in fitting in. We tell ourselves that normalcy is better than standing out, even if normalcy comes at the expense of greatness. We become so shackled to the status quo that all our dreams, hopes, and aspirations get replaced with an obsession to just fit in. We let the level of spirituality in our homes be dictated by the neighborhood around us, and the very moment one of our spiritual dreams goes up against what the current definition of “normal” is, we run right back to the safe haven of normalcy.
In no era could this motto be truer; the only thing necessary for the triumph of mediocrity is humanity’s obsession with normalcy.
By giving the berachos on Har Gerizim, a mountain that opened itself up to the nutrients around it, Hashem was telling us that the key to spiritual greatness is to allow the inspiration we have all around us to penetrate our souls, and let those spiritual nutrients blossom inside of us. To allow the spiritual ingredients floating in the air to help bring our dreams and aspirations to fruition, elevating us to greater spiritual heights. Far higher than those in the peanut gallery below us.
The Golden Ticket
One day, 3,000 years ago, a Navi (prophet) got up and gathered the Jewish people into a town square and made an announcement. He declared:
“The next leader of the entire Jewish people will be named Shmuel. He has yet to be born, but his birth is imminent.”
This, unsurprisingly, led to great excitement. A buzz erupted. Who would be the one to give birth to the next leader of the Jewish people? With dreams of being the parents of the future leader, people began naming their sons “Shmuel” in the hope that he would become the one.
Forty years went by and not one of the boys named Shmuel was appointed leader. Not until Chana came along, who, after years of being barren, finally gave birth to a son and named him Shmuel. He was the one who became the leader of the Jewish people. We all know the story.
But the part of the story that lots of people don’t know is what happened to all those other kids. All the hundreds of children whose parents, with hopes and dreams, named them Shmuel. The Chida (Rav Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai) says that despite not becoming the leader of the Jewish people, each and every one of those children nevertheless became a navi. For each and every one of them grew up with a vivid dream. A dream that they might lead the Jewish people. A dream that they could be the most important man in the spiritual universe. A dream that they could reach the loftiest spiritual heights. And that dream carried them on its wings and allowed them to soar to the level of prophecy, a level of spirituality attained only by the most elite members of our nation.
If we clutch close to our dreams and never let go, greatness can be attained. If we let ourselves do what most people do because that’s what most people do, our dreams of greatness slowly drift away.
Major League
The difference between a Major League baseball player who is making 33 million dollars a year and has his name plastered on every newspaper in America, and a Minor Leaguer who makes 76,000 dollars a year and whom no one’s ever heard of, is that the Major Leaguer has a
batting average of .280 while the Minor Leaguer has a batting average of .230. Meaning that when the Major Leaguer steps up to the plate, he hits the ball 2.8 times out of 10. The Minor Leaguer only hits the ball 2.3 times. Not a very big difference, yet one is a famous millionaire and the other is a regular guy who shops at the same Walmart you do.
What led to the drastic difference? Both dreamed about becoming a baseball superstar. Both aspired for baseball greatness. The answer is that the Major Leaguer refused to let his dreams go. He woke up a little earlier. He stayed in the gym a little later. He ate a little healthier. He focused a little more. He was in the batting cages when the rest of his friends were eating ice cream. He studied films of his swing while his friends called him a fanatic. He read books and listened to tapes and left no stone unturned in his quest for baseball knowledge, despite being called crazy by his peers. He refused to let the temptation to be regular hold him back from achieving greatness. And sure enough, greatness he achieved. We should all be the same. We should aspire to live a life with no lashon hara, and never let go of that dream. To dream of a house buzzing with chessed and see to it that it happens. To dream of being really tznius, and doing so despite the sneers and the social pressures. To dream of finishing Shas and to never stop dreaming. To take the dreams we all had when we were young and close our eyes and accomplish them.
No Knives
There is a strange halacha codified by the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 180:5). It states that whenever one is about to say birchas hamazon, one must first remove all the knives from the table. Only after the knives are removed can one begin bentching.
What exactly is wrong with having knives on our table? Why do the spoons and forks get to stay, but the knives must go? The Taz (Rav Dovid Segal, a Polish Rabbi who lived from 1586-1667, and a leading commentator on the Shulchan Aruch) provides the reason for this seemingly strange halacha. He writes that there was once a man who dreamed and thought of the Bais HaMikdash to such an unbelievable extent, that one day while bentching, when he reached the part about Hashem rebuilding the Bais HaMikdash, he got so distraught about its current state of destruction that he took a knife from the table and stabbed himself! Hence the custom to remove the knives from our table while we bentch, in order to prevent that from happening again.
Now, let’s ask the obvious question. This person was certainly a very holy man. But such an individual is an extreme outlier. Do the halachic authorities really think that there is a practical need for this halacha? This guy was one in a million. Why institute this halacha for the entire nation?
I heard a beautiful explanation from Rav Dovid Revach, the Rav of Adas Torah in Los Angeles. He said that of course the Rabbis were well aware of the unlikelihood of someone actually stabbing themselves while bentching. The Rabbis never instituted it for that reason. They instituted the requirement to remove the knives as a reminder to us that there once upon a time was a man who dreamed so much about the Bais HaMikdash, that when he read about its destruction, he was so distraught that he stabbed himself to death!! We are instilling in ourselves that there was a time when men dreamed about the Bais HaMikdash to such an extent that its absence caused so much pain and anguish that they couldn’t refrain from stabbing themselves. Not that we are on that level, but that we should at the very least know that that level exists and aspire to reach it.
We cover our knives as a small reminder to keep on
I’m having terrible indigestion, I feel bloated
and nauseous, I don’t feel comfortable.
dreaming. To never let greatness get away from us. To never let the conveniences of normalcy and mediocrity take precedence over the glory of greatness.
The World Cup Underdogs
Every few years, the world becomes transfixed by the World Cup, an event that takes over the global stage. Every country in the world trots out their best soccer team in the hopes of climbing to the top of the soccer world and claiming the coveted trophy. From Russia to China. From Argentina to the United States. From France to Australia. The world shows up.
But what fascinates me the most about the entire event are the smaller countries that manage to succeed. Countries like Costa Rica and Senegal. The Netherlands and Morocco. Croatia and Panama. Tiny little countries that often take down countries five hundred times their size.
When you think about it, it almost makes no sense. America, with a pool of 400 million people from which to select its soccer team, loses to the Netherlands, a country that has a mere 17 million people? Countries with every technological advancement and with access to every form of medical equipment are losing to Senegal, a third-world country in Africa that doesn’t have running water? How do you explain this phenomenon?
The answer is that America might like soccer, but these countries live it. These countries breathe soccer. These countries go to sleep thinking about soccer and wake up
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thinking about soccer. Every thought that crosses their mind is soccer, every dream they dream is soccer. And not only that, but they are children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of people who were obsessed with soccer. Soccer runs through their blood; it is infused into their very DNA. Hence, despite being 1% of the size, despite having no medical technology, despite living in a third-world, war-ridden, dilapidated country, they often come out victorious, because for them, soccer is everything.
We are a nation obsessed with spiritual greatness. We are a nation obsessed with Godliness. We think and speak and dream about Hashem. Godliness runs through our veins. It is part of our DNA. Our dreams won’t be dashed by the people who say we can’t. Our dreams won’t be dashed by the people who say we are wrong. Our dreams won’t be dashed by the people who call us archaic and outdated. The Jewish people clutch close to their dreams stronger and with more passion than any other dreamers out there. That’s why we are still here dreaming, while the nations of the world have taken their dreams and vanished long ago. We dream about spiritual greatness, and no one will ever convince us not to.
The difference between the people who achieve greatness and ones who don’t has little to do with their talents, upbringing, exposure, or environment. Many great people are brilliant, and many more aren’t. Many great people could sit and focus for hours, and many others can’t. Many great people are born leaders,
thinkers, and orators. Many aren’t. The common denominator among all great people is that no matter what and no matter when, they never stop dreaming. They take their hopes, dreams, and aspirations, and never let go as long as they live.
We are a nation of dreamers. We are a nation that got its blessings on Har Gerizim, the mountain forever open to the nutrients around it. Lucky are those people who never let go of their dreams. Lucky are those people who don’t let mediocrity, normalcy, and the pressure to be regular rip those dreams of greatness from them.
Lucky are the people who — despite being in a class of 36, a grade of 400, and a school of 5,000 — dream for even more and even higher.
We are a nation of dreamers. Lucky are those who know how to keep on dreaming.
Hillel Eisenberg, originally from Rochester NY, teaches courses on the fundamentals of Judaism at Princeton University as well as in Torah Links Yeshiva in Lakewood NJ. He is the author of the newly published book THE PARSHAH ON FIRE as well as the host of a podcast with the same name. His dynamic and passionate style of teaching the joy of Judaism has made him a sought-after teacher and lecturer throughout the United States. Feel free to reach out to Hillel by email Hilleleisenberg613@ gmail.com or phone 585-414-9729.
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Reb Yosef Chaim ben Eliyahu
The Ben Ish Chai (September 1, 1835 – September 30, 1909.
The Ben Ish Chai related that when he was seven years old, he fell into a deep pit in his family’s yard. He cried for help, but no one heard him. After several hours his throat was dry from thirst, his stomach rumbled with hunger, and he was exhausted and weak. He turned to Hashem and said, “Ribbono shel Olam, if You save me from this dark and dangerous pit, I will dedicate my entire life to Torah and avodas Hashem!”
No sooner had he finished his vow when people gathered around the pit. They’d heard his desperate cries and everyone suggested ways to rescue him from the dangerous pit. Every suggestion made was immediately dismissed. Finally, someone suggested taking a thick rope, tying a loop at the end, and lowering it into the pit. Yosef Chaim would then slip the loop under his arms and a few strong, young men would pull the rope and hoist him out.
And so it was.
For his part, the young Yosef Chaim kept his vow. From that day on, he dedicated his days and nights to limmud haTorah, avodas Hashem, and tefillah. He grew to become the Ben Ish Chai, a great posek and mekubal
The Ben Ish Chai lived in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1869 he undertook the long and dangerous trip to visit Eretz Yisrael. He traveled through the desert on unpathed paths until he reached Syria. There, he
was joined by prominent Syrian Jews who escorted him to Yerushalayim. They marveled that he sat and studied by heart all day long while bumping along in his carriage. Every night at midnight, he would wake up to recite Tikkun Chatzos and learn until dawn.
Before setting out, the Ben Ish Chai made a condition with the Arab guide of the caravan that he would not travel on Shabbos, and the guide agreed. But when Shabbos arrived, the guide insisted on traveling onwards. When he saw that the Jewish travelers, led by the Ben Ish Chai, were opposed, he began to frighten them, claiming it was dangerous to remain there due to numerous desert bandits.
The Ben Ish Chai paid him no heed. The Jewish travelers dismounted from their camels and prepared the food that they had brought with them lekavod Shabbos.
The guide pretended to continue on his way, but when he was a bowshot away, he concealed himself and waited to see what would happen.
Everything seemed calm and peaceful. But the guide had been speaking the truth — the area was full of dangerous bandits. On leil Shabbos, the bandits suddenly arrived and set up an ambush around the Ben Ish Chai’s tent. When the bandits’ leader burst into the tent, he saw the Ben Ish Chai sitting and studying Zohar.
The leader immediately ran out and fled with his men to the desert.
The Jews had been saved.
Meanwhile, the Arab guide saw the whole thing from a distance. It was clear to him that a miracle had occurred, and that the Ben Ish Chai was a holy man. He ran to the Ben Ish Chai, fell at his feet, begged for forgiveness, and pleaded for his life. He promised to honor his previous agreement from then on. And he did.
What made the bandits’ leader flee as soon as he set his eyes on the Ben Ish Chai?
The answer to this is that this was not his first encounter with the Ben Ish Chai. There was once a Jew who owed this bandit money. The bandit sued the Jew in court, but the Jew denied everything and was found innocent. The bandit then took the case to the Ben Ish Chai, who forced the Jew to admit that he’d denied his debt because he was unable to repay it. The Ben Ish Chai then pulled out money from his own pocket, gave it to the Jew, and instructed him to pay the bandit. From that day, on the bandit harbored a deep respect for the Ben Ish Chai
The Ben Ish Chai’s yahrzeit is Yud Gimmel Elul.
(Adapted from Nifla’os HaTzaddikim by Reb Yaron Amit)
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Reb Pinchas Shapiro of Koritz (1726
– September 10, 1791)
Reb Pinchas of Koritz was born in Shklov, Belorussia, to a learned, rabbinic, Litvish family. His father, Reb Avraham Abba Shapiro, was the great-grandson of Reb Nosson Nota Spira, the Megaleh Amukos. His mother, Sarah Rochel Shapiro, was descended from the Raavan (one of the Baalei HaTosfos). As befitting a scion of such a family, the young Reb Pinchas knew Shas and poskim, and wrote chiddushim which were later printed in the sefer Giv’as Pinchas. He also studied dikduk and philosophy.
The Shapiro family was forced to leave their hometown of Shklov due to some conspiracy against Reb Pinchas’s father. They moved to Myropol, where Reb Pinchas’s father got to know the Baal Shem Tov, and eventually became his talmid. Reb Pinchas followed his father’s footsteps and became one of the Baal Shem Tov’s primary talmidim. Reb Pinchas eventually became one of the leading chassidish gedolim after the Baal Shem Tov.
A German Jew from the city of Danzig came to Reb Pinchas of Koretz, seeking a berachah and advice for his daughter. She had suddenly gone blind, and the great doctors could not figure out why.
Reb Pinchas said to him, “The reason that she went blind is that her father is also blind, and this is a genetic illness.”
The man was astonished. “But I have perfect eyesight — I don’t even use glasses!”
“A truly blind person is one who sins,” Reb Pinchas explained. “We see this from Yeshaya (43:8), where it says, ‘A blind nation who has eyes.’”
“Anyone in your family who looks at you is also at risk of becoming blind,” Reb Pinchas continued. “Because it says in the Gemara
that ‘If one looks at a rasha, his eyes dim, (Megillah 28a).’”
When the man heard this, he began to cry. He would do anything to make his daughter see again — even if he had to make big changes in his life. He promised that from thereon he would start to behave as a Jew should.
“If you keep your word,” Reb Pinchas said, “your daughter’s sight will return to the way it was before. Furthermore, you should bring her honey from Eretz Yisrael, since the Gemara teaches, ‘Honey and all kinds of sweets light up a person’s eyes, (Yoma 83b).’”
The man returned to Danzig. As he’d promised Reb Pinchas, he kashered his home. And as Reb Pinchas had promised, his daughter was cured.
The daughter traveled to Koritz herself to see Reb Pinchas, and she even donated enough money to write two sifrei Torah.
One time Reb Pinchas of Koritz and the Shpetivke Rebbe set out on a journey together in an elegant, horse-drawn carriage. The news spread through a certain town that the tzaddikim would pass through the town on the way to their destination. Naturally, the townspeople gathered along the road to greet them. Among them was one deeply distressed woman.
When the tzaddikim’s carriage reached her, she lay down across the road, preventing them from continuing.
“My son is dangerously sick and a step away from death.” She sobbed. “I will not get up and let the carriage pass until the tzaddikim promise me that they will come and visit my son.”
Left with no choice, the tzaddikim agreed to the woman’s request. They came to her son’s room and sat down in front of him. Reb Pinchas then began to tell a story about something completely unconnected to the reason for their visit.
When Reb Pinchas finished the story, he and the Shpetivke Rebbe stood up to leave.
Reb Pinchas then turned to the deathly ill child and said, “We’ve done the mitzvah of bikur cholim, now you have to do the mitzvah of escorting guests. Get out of bed and escort us out!”
Just as Reb Pinchas said. The boy got out of his sickbed, and he did not return to it. He stood up on his feet and escort them — in perfect health!
***
The Reb Pinchas of Koritz’s yahrzeit is Yud Elul.
(Adapted from Nifla’os HaTzaddikim by Reb Yaron Amit; Wikipedia)
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The Guy Next Door
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Chapter 46
Recap: Xavier and Mr. Yamomoto come to the Feld’s home for a meeting. They plan for Rikki to hack Mr. Nakamura’s computer and for Nachman to continue to act as Mr. Nakamura’s friend.
I told the meeting that I’d be right back, I just needed the little boys’ room. But when I walked to the door and opened it, Debbie almost fell in. She managed to regain her balance just before she embarrassed herself and me by falling into the meeting room together with me.
She made a “shhh” motion with her index finger and mouth and pulled me outside the room to somewhere we could talk without being overheard.
“What are you doing listening outside the door, Debbie?” I hissed. “What if it wasn’t me coming out but Xavier or Yamamoto.”
“Who are roping you and my kids to do dangerous, risky work that is normally done by trained professionals, not teenage kids and a man past his prime,” Debbie said uncharitably.
“Past his prime?” I replied, enraged. “Let me tell you, I can still climb a mean stepladder. And Avi is no longer a teenager.”
“Gosh, you are never going to let that one go, are you? About the stepladder, not Avi,” Debbie said. “Anyway, Nachman, I’m sorry if I offended you. You are definitely not past your prime. I’m honestly just worried sick about what those two are letting my family in for. Cyber-hacking a North Korean arms dealer
and trying to bring him down? Really now, have you all gone completely off your trolleys? I’d like to keep my family alive and well, thank you very much, if that’s not too much to ask.”
Put like that, by my wife and life partner, I’ll admit, it did sound rather insane. And to say something like: “We, ‘Saving The World’ kind of people have to take risks, it comes with the territory,” sounded just as nuts.
“I’m only being his friend,” I said lamely. “To throw him off the scent, as it were.”
“I hope you do a good job pretending to be friends with an illegal arms dealer,” Debbie sniffed. “But okay, you don’t sound too high risk. But my kids? I won’t sleep a wink with all this going on.”
This worried me, because Debbie wasn’t a great sleeper at the best of times. But there was little I could do to decrease her worry, because, in truth, I was freaking out myself. Strangely though, I knew that a small part of me would miss being a Superhero. The fireside and my slippers would beckon but thinking of the “past your prime” jibe, I substituted that pipe and slippers for stints at the gym.
I pointed skyward. “It’s all in the hands of Him Up There,” I
said, “ He is guiding this mission, not Xavier Roberts or Mr. Yamamoto. So, davening will help more than not sleeping.”
“Oh I’m going to daven my socks off, don’t you worry,” Debbie reassured me. “But honestly…like … what on earth is happening to our family?”
I suddenly felt a surge of Superhero come on. I had no idea where it came from, no idea if it meant anything, but it certainly felt good. I looked at my wife, flexed my muscles (which isn’t saying much), and said in a deep, gravelly voice:
“Debbie, listen. This man could be a danger to the entire world if we don’t stop him. He could be doing a deal to ship a nuclear bomb to Iran, to bypass their lengthy program of building their nuclear capability so they have a nuclear weapon ready to aim at Israel. One bomb could potentially wipe out the entire Jewish state. How would you feel if we just siat back and let him do that, when we could have prevented things? I can’t deny there will be risks. But isn’t anything in life that’s worth doing, also full of risk?”
Gosh, that surge of Superhero was like an injection of the best energy ever. If I could bottle it and sell it, I wouldn’t need to go to the office again, ever.
To my surprise, Debbie nodded, and she looked at me, her eyes shining in appreciation.
“You’re right, of course,” she said. “Nachman, Rikki, Avi, go get ‘em!!” She said that even though our kids were not in the room where we were having our conversation. They were still in my man cave ironing out the details of the shakedown.
I looked back at her, sure that my eyes were shining too. But it would have looked weird if I’d glanced in a mirror to see.
“I knew you’d see it that way, if I just explained it properly,” I said. This time I tried flexing my biceps, but again I knew they weren’t very noticeable. More time in the gym, Nachman old boy. More time in the gym.
“So I can go back into the room without you falling in if the door opens again?” I asked with a grin.
“I’ll be in the kitchen. I have challah dough to prepare.”
Debbie smiled back at me. I gave an inaudible but heartfelt sigh of relief. If Debbie wasn’t on my side, no one was. Or no one who mattered, anyway.
I went back into the study, fully cognizant that I’d been out for far longer than considered normal for someone visiting the facilities.
“You okay, Dad?” Rikki asked predictably, looking concerned.
“Fine and Dandy, thank you Rikki,” I beamed broadly, and sat down in my place.
“So,” Xavier took up the reins again as if nothing had
happened, “this is what we are going to do. Avi is going to be the “purchaser”…” he made quotes in the air around the word. “He’ll show a lot of interest in some particularly nasty piece of weaponry, maybe even a nuclear device. Rikki will have set up the hacking so that it appears as if Avi is calling from Beirut or somewhere.”
“I will?” Rikki asked, looking somewhat anxious. Mr. Yamamoto took up the thread of the conversation.
“It’s easy. The IDF does it all the time, especially now with a war on, and especially in the north of the country. They scramble a lot of GPS signals from regular people’s cars so that their Waze says they’re in Lebanon instead of Kiryat Shmona or Tzefas. This is to prevent the enemy from knowing where ordinary Israelis are at any given time. It’s disconcerting for Israelis trying to plot a route, but it’s for their own safety.”
“So I should just call the IDF and ask them how they do it?” Rikki asked derisively.
“I thought you were doing a fancy shmancy course on cyberhacking,” Xavier Roberts said.
“I’ll ask my tutor,” Rikki replied, chastened.
“I think we’ll alter Avi’s voice electronically when he calls Nakamura,” Xavier said. “He has a very young and very Jewish sounding voice. Nakamura needs to think his wouldbe purchaser is of Middle Eastern descent, and I don’t mean Tel Aviv.” He smiled placatingly at Avi, who nevertheless looked miffed. “No offense, Avi, you’re a brilliant asset to this mission.”
“What’s a very Jewish sounding voice?” Avi asked, but no one even indicated they had heard, and certainly no one answered.
“Rikki will scour through Nakamura’s data files when she’s in there, and see what deals he’s trying to push the hardest. Those are the ones we’ll go for,” Yamamoto said.
“That I can do,” Rikki said, sounding relieved.
“And you Nachman, will be the genial neighbor. It won’t be easy. He isn’t the type you usually shmooze with after davening. But that’s your challenge. Make a friend of him.”
I nodded, feeling important. It wasn’t going to be easy. Who wanted easy when you’re a superhero?
“In the meantime, we will be working behind the scenes, getting everything set up,” Xavier said indicating himself and Yamamoto and then getting up. “So, everyone, you have your jobs to do. To work!!” To be continued…
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As soon as I got off the phone with my mother, Miri turned off the mixer and picked up a tehillim. “I’m sure your grandfather’s fine, but let’s say a couple perakim .” Leave it to Miri to always think of the spiritual thing to do. All Icould think of was calling Zaidy’s cell (so far I’d called it fourteen times) and cracking my knuckles until Miri gave me her death glare.
Mommy was on her way to the airport. She was hoping that Zaidy had jumped into an uber when he saw she that she hadn’t come on time.
But why didn’t he call, or pick up our calls?
I swallowed hard and pushed down that thought as I sat beside Miri at the kitchen table. She turned to perek chaf and we said the words slowly. After a few minutes I started to feel a drop calmer. When Miri continued baking, I said more tehillim while counting the minutes until the boys’ school was out and I could call Tatty (seven to go).
But I didn’t have to, because just then the phone rang.
“Did Mommy find Zaidy?”
“Not exactly,” Tatty said. “But she did find Mordy Lefkowitz, in the terminal. She keeps calling Zaidy. I’m going to drive to the airport after I go speak to Mrs. Klein at the building.”
“But Tatty, this is so weird,” I said quietly, as the tears started to come. Miri kept her eyes down as she measured the vanilla sugar, but I think I saw her lips moving ever so slightly.
Recap: Zaidy is upset that the family has asked a bachur who will be on his flight to be his travel companion. Liora’s mother goes over to Zaidy’s house to take him to the airport, but Zaidy isn’t there.
“You mean scary?” Tatty asked. “Yes, it is. But I’m sure Zaidy is okay. The Aibeshter is taking care of him, Liora.”
His voice sounded so calm and sure. I let out my breath.
We hung up and I was about to say another perek , when the phone rang. My heart practically jumped out of my chest: caller ID read, “Zaidy W.”
“Zaidy?! Zaidy!!!? Is it you?!!”
“Yes, it’s me. At least I think it’s me, and the people here who took my driver’s license and passport seem to agree.” He chuckled, and I wanted to give him the biggest hug ever. Miri gave me a thumbs up and went back to kneading the dough.
“What people?” I heard a lot of talking in the background, a series of beeps, and then a lady’s voice announce, ‘ Good afternoon, travelers’ . “Where are you?”
“I’m on the nice, roomy 747, and we’re about to take off. Tell me, what do you want from Eretz Yisroel?”
“Huh? Tatty just said that Mommy was talking to Mordy Lefkowitz, in the terminal. Doesn’t terminal mean airport?” How could Mordy be inside, if Zaidy was on the plane?
“Who?” Zaidy said.
“The chaperon, Yali Amster’s chosson. You know, he’s flying with you to meet Uncle Yoni.”
“Well, if he’s flying with me, he’s late!” My grandfather laughed. “Last night, I found a much better flight that gets me
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into Newark an hour earlier, so I’ll be sure to have plenty of time to catch the flight to Eretz Yisroel. Maybe I’ll even chap a minyan at the airport.”
Uh oh , this did not sound good.
“I need to call your mother before we take off.”
“Please, she’s very worried…” I didn’t add, we all are . As we were about to hang up, his words rattling around in my brain for a minute, something hit me, hard, like a basketball right on top of my head.
Newark ?
“Zaidy, you’re flying to JFK, right? Right?”
“Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to flight 4378 to Newark International Airport. Please turn off your phones and devices, and store all carry-on bags under the seat in…”
I heard a clicking noise, then a bunch of beeping. A lady’s voice, “Rabbi, uh, Yehudah, all electronics must be in airplane mode for takeoff.”
My hands were so sweaty the phone slipped onto the table. I scrambled for it while thinking: 4378, 4378, 4378 . “Zaidy, are you still there? Zaidy?” I grabbed Miri’s pencil and scribbled down the numbers on her pad of paper.
“What?” Miri mouthed.
“We’re taking off. Liora’le, tell your mother I’m fine. And she should tell Yoni I’ll be waiting for him by El Al. I get in around eight. Bye!” Beep, beep, beep … The line became quiet.
I shook my head slowly and felt that same sinking feeling I get when Mrs. Schoen raises her eyebrows at me while saying my name in that very serious tone, and I realize she’s been saying my name for who-knows-how-long, but I was too busy schmoozing with my friends, and all I want to do is crawl under the table.
“Miri, my mother adores you. Wanna tell her that Zaidy is on the wrong flight, going to the wrong airport?”
Miri’s shook her head slowly. “Oh, no.”
Seemed I had to do it. I pressed #2 on speed dial, and said, “Mommy, good news! I found Zaidy and he’s fine.”
Five hours later, the babkas were packed away in Miri’s freezer, the kitchen was spotless, and my family was in the dining room, not eating the pizza Tatty had picked up for supper. My father took out his gemara , and asked Ari to open up his mishnayos . Even Dini wasn’t eating, but was busy peeling the cheese off her slice, rolling it into tiny balls, and dumping them onto Shaya’s highchair tray.
millionth time, as she paced around the dining room with her phone glued to her ear. “Yoni, can’t you drive any faster?”
Tatty closed his phone and stroked his beard. “According to the airline, Zaidy’s flight will be landing in thirty-seven minutes. But he must get his luggage, right, so by the time he’s actually in the airport, I imagine it could be an hour.”
My mother shook her head. “Tatty, isn’t his luggage going through to Eretz Yisroel?”
My father shook his head. “That’s a good point. But who knows where his luggage is right now?”
“Wouldn’t the airline agent have realized he was supposed to be at JFK? And that he was flying on to Eretz Yisroel?”
“You’d think so. I don’t really know what happened, and how he finagled this flight…” Tatty sighed. “They wouldn’t give me any information, since he’s an adult and our names aren’t listed as his emergency contact. An agent will meet him at the gate., At least they’ll do that much, supposedly.”
“Yoni, what does Waze say now? Really? Forty more minutes?”
I got busy poking little lines into my paper plate with my plastic fork, picturing Zaidy getting off the plane and trying to find Yoni, maybe getting into an uber again to go to Yoni’s house, but the driver taking him somewhere else…
I looked over at Tatty, who was shuckling over his gemara. Ari sat next to him, his finger on the page of his mishnayos I was positive Tatty had told Ari they should learn shtark in Zaidy’s z’chus . Seeing that helped me breathe a little slower. Please, Hashem, their learning should protect Zaidy!
“Call me the second you know anything. Bye.” Mommy closed her phone and sat down, dabbing her eyes with a tissue. When she saw me watching her, she looked away. “He said I’m making him nervous, and he didn’t want to get into an accident.”
“I should have kept his passport,” Mommy said for the
I bit my lip; was there really nothing we could do, aside from wait?
“Don’t worry, Mommy. Hashem knows all the chesed Zaidy does, and after all, that’s why he is going to Eretz Yisroel! I know Hashem’s going to work everything out.”
My mother blinked several times, then took a breath. “You’re right, Liora. Of course He will. We’ve done all the hishtadlus we can do, for now, that’s for sure.”
Tatty cleared his throat and raised his voice, “ Amar Rabbi Chiya bar Aba, amar Rabbi Yochanan…”
Mommy looked over at him and managed a smile, then she dropped her eyes back to the balled-up tissue in her hand, rocking back and forth gently to the tune.
To be continued…
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My brother, Elchonon (17 years old) was packing for camp downstairs in my basement, looking for Sefarim. My other brother, Shimshie (12 years old) was helping him. He happened to be jumping on a pogo stick (something that you jump on). Suddenly, the pogo stick slipped and he fell backwards, on his head. Elchonon called, “Ma!” and I went downstairs to see what all the commotion was about. My mother came running down the stairs! Before, my mother kept calling Elchonon, and he kept repeating, “I’m coming in a second, Ma!” Baruch Hashem he didn’t come upstairs, because then Shimshie would have been too weak to cry for help! Right away, we all saw the amazing Hasgacha Pratis!
One time me and my brother went to a learning program which gave out nosh for all grades. The older grades got special things. One of those things was a trip to Sky Zone. I was in the last grade not to get the special things even though the year before I was able to go to Sky Zone. I was a little bit annoyed that I couldn't go but I got over it. That same day I was playing with my friend and all of a sudden my brother came home and told me that my friend in the same grade as me got a text from the learning program that they changed the rules and my grade was able to go to Sky Zone. My brother told me to run quickly to the man in charge to get a sky zone pass. I ran there. When I got there the man told me that he will be leaving in 2 minutes. It was such Hashgacha Pratic that my brother came at just the right time to tell me about the change. Because of that I was able to go to Sky Zone!
Me and my family went to a house in Vermont in between summer and school when we got there my sister wanted to go fishing and my mother did not know the community, so she gave my sister her phone. Later after my father came to pick her up, we could not find the phone. We looked all over the vacation house for it but couldn’t find it. The next morning my aunt in Connecticut called us to say she had called my mother’s phone to say hi and RIGHT THEN AND THERE a fisherman was fishing in that lake and heard the ringing of a phone. My sister had left it at the lake! The fisherman answered the phone and told my aunt he would leave it by the lake sign. My father drove to the lake and there the phone was on the sign! Then we were able to enjoy vacation.
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Basically, this year I will be making Rosh Hashanah at home for the very first time. It’s
three days, I know, but I’m very excited. For years we’ve been traveling to my in-laws’ home with our kids for Rosh Hashanah, but at this point my husband and I have decided that it’s finally time to strike it out on our own. We have a large family, ka”H, and we want to be near our regular shul. The fact that it’s a three-day yom tov is major, prep wise, but it also means an extra day of the special yom tov atmosphere. I’ve already begun planning my menu…
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Did you know that on average, humans spend about one-third of their lives asleep? Despite its prevalence, sleep remains one of the least understood aspects of our daily lives. Understanding sleep is crucial for overall health and well-being. From physical restoration to cognitive function, sleep plays a vital role in our daily lives.
Stages of Sleep:
The Science of Sleep
Sleep consists of several stages, each serving different functions:
• Light Sleep: Brain waves begin to slow down, preparing the body for deeper sleep.
• Deep Sleep: Essential for physical restoration, including muscle repair and growth hormone release.
• REM Sleep: Crucial for cognitive functions like memory consolidation and emotional processing.
Brain and Body Functions: During sleep, the brain processes memories, regulates emotions, and supports immune function. The body repairs tissues, releases essential hormones, and regulates metabolism.
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Physical Health Benefits:
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• Chronic sleep deprivation is linked to increased risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
Mental Health Benefits:
• Adequate sleep improves mood regulation, stress resilience, and cognitive performance.
• Insufficient sleep contributes to mood disorders such as anxiety and depression.
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Cultural Perspectives:
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• Practice relaxation techniques to reduce stress and promote better sleep quality.
• Limit caffeine and alcohol intake before bedtime, as they can interfere with sleep patterns.
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Summary:
• Sleep is a fundamental aspect of health, impacting physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• Prioritize sleep as an essential component of a healthy lifestyle,making small changes to improve sleep quality.
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• Ongoing research in sleep science offers hope for advancements in understanding and treating sleep disorders, aiming to enhance global sleep health.
How Sleep Works and the Effects of Interruption
Sleep occurs in cycles, typically lasting about 90 minutes, and is divided into four stages that fall into two main types: Non-REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep and REM sleep.
Stage 1 (Non-REM): This is the lightest stage of sleep where your body begins to relax, and you can easily be woken up.
Stage 2 (Non-REM): In this phase, your body temperature drops, and your heart rate slows. It’s a more stable phase of sleep, though still relatively light.
Stage 3 (Non-REM): This is deep sleep, crucial for physical restoration, cell repair, and strengthening the immune system.
Stage 4 (REM): During REM sleep, the brain becomes more active, and dreaming occurs. REM sleep is essential for cognitive functions such as memory consolidation, creativity, and learning.
How Many 90-Minute Cycles Are Needed for Quality Sleep?
On average, a person needs 4 to 6 sleep cycles per night to feel well-rested, translating to about 6 to 9 hours of sleep. For most adults, 5 full cycles—or about 7.5 hours of sleep—is ideal for maintaining good physical and mental health. However, individual needs can vary; some people may feel refreshed with just 6 hours (4 cycles), while others may require up to 9 hours (6 cycles) based on their unique needs and lifestyle factors.
The Impact of Sleep Interruptions
Interruptions can disrupt the completion of a full sleep cycle, impacting both mental and physical restoration. Waking up during lighter stages (1 or 2) might not have severe consequences, but waking up during deep sleep or REM sleep can result in grogginess, irritability, and impaired cognitive function. Frequent interruptions can lead to sleep deprivation, which affects mood, memory, and overall health, as the body misses out on crucial restorative benefits.
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LIGHTHOUSE PARENTING
“Parents are neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.”
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, whose first book Building Resilience in Teens and Children, recently came out with a second book that he co-authored with this twin teenager daughters Ilana and Talia. That book, Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love with Expectations and Protection with Trust, is a great guide for modern parents who would like to find balance in their lives.
Ginsburg uses the term “lighthouse parents” to describe the perfect balance between helicopter parents and absent parents. While helicopter parents are always hovering and anxious, attempting to prepare and control everything, absent parents are standoffish and not engaged. The middle? A lighthouse parent. A lighthouse parent acts as a role model, a beacon against which a child can measure his or herself. A lighthouse parent also watches the rocks to ensure that their children do not crash against them, but also looks out towards the distance and trusts their children to ride the waves.
Why do you want to be a lighthouse parent? What’s the goal of lighthouse parenting? As Dr. Ginsburg explains, as a parent you don’t just want to raise a successful fifteen-year-old. You also want to raise a successful thirty-year-old, and forty-year-old, and fiftyyear-old. If that’s the case, we need to figure out how to provide them with unconditional love, but also to set high expectations. We need to protect them, but also trust them.
Dr. Ginsburg explains, “We all want our children to be happy, but we need them to be resilient. We wish we could guarantee a future for them with bountiful opportunities and manageable bumps. Because we lack this control over the future, we must prepare our children to successfully handle both good and challenging times.
If resilience were a trait, something you had or didn’t have, there would be little we could do to foster it in our children. Part of what is so exciting – and important – about the work of youth development is that children’s resilience is largely determined by how parents and communities raise them.”
A few important pointers that Dr. Ginsburg (and his daughters) lay out are:
•It is important to set high expectations, but those high expectations should be tied to effort and not results. Therefore, as a parent, you should always praise effort, and never praise results.
•You should set clear boundaries, but then more or less get out of the way. When you set boundaries and then police them, children are less likely to be intrinsically motivated to respect them.
•Discipline means to teach, not to punish or control. Conse -
quences should match the problem so that the lesson is clearly understood.
•Unconditional love means that you love your children and even as you set high expectations for them, you understand that they will make mistakes and you will love them regardless. Children need to understand this as well.
•When we overprotect our children, we make them think they are not capable and that they therefore cannot succeed without us in the future. We need to give our children room to fail and rise up in order for them to learn that they are capable. Dr. Ginsburg explains, “Don’t install control buttons. Instill guidance.”
Dr. Ginsburg begins his book with two interesting questions that he believes are at the crux of what parents wrestle with when attempting to build resilience in their children:
How do I give my child the unconditional love needed to thrive while also holding him to the high expectations needed for success?
We know kids need both, but on some level these two concepts are in opposition to each other. Doesn’t holding expectations somehow undermine the unconditional nature of love?
How do I protect my child while letting her learn life’s lessons?
We parents all know intellectually that we have to get out of the way to let life be the teacher it is meant to be. We know coddled children lack the confidence to handle challenges. Yet it is absolutely our job to protect our children, and even letting our children experience emotional discomfort goes again our ingrained desire to protect them. We struggle with when to protect and when to get out of the way and watch from the sidelines.
Can we answer these questions? Well, Dr. Ginsburg certainly does his very best to answer both of these questions – with his daughters’ help! He argues that if we can “resolve the tension these two principles of resilience pose, your child will have the security she can only gain from you and the confidence she can only develop from experience. She will be more than resilient; she will be poised to thrive.”
Can you learn to be a lighthouse parent? In the days of helicopter parenting, it might feel like being a lighthouse parent is a bit too hands-off. In the long-run though your children will be significantly happier and more successful if you trust them to ride the waves. After all, if they never learn how to swim, they will need you to continually hover for the rest of their lives!
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When a farmer gave Bikkurim to a Kohen, he recited a text of thanksgiving to Hashem. This teaches us to thank and appreciate what someone does for us.
Farmers from all over Eretz Yisroel are heading towards the Beis Hamikdash with their full baskets of Bikkurim fruit, ready to give them to the Kohanim as a token of thanksgiving to Hashem. The sound of a flute accompanies the joyful procession. As each farmer comes up to the Kohen, he holds the edges of his Bikurim basket while the Kohen holds the basket from below and waves it in every direction. The farmer recites a passage of thanksgiving to Hashem, then places the basket next to the Mizbeach, to be distributed to the Kohanim on duty at that time.
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What are some words you can use or actions you can take to show Hashem your gratitude for all that He gives you? How about when it comes to thanking another person?
Expressing thanks is important, both to Hashem and to any person who helps you. When feeling gratitude, you might think it in your head, but the Mitzvah of Bikkurim teaches us to verbalize it and to do so with joy and intention. The farmers who brought Bikkurim put in extra effort to beautify their gifts, traveled to the Bais Hamikdash with songs on their lips, and verbally recited a passage of thanks to Hashem.While we cannot bring actual Bikkurim today, we can make a point to thank Hashem for the many gifts He has given us, as well as the people who have helped or done us a favor. Just as the Bikkurim were accompanied by a verbal recitation and brought with fanfare, we too can express our thanks and put thought into how we do so. For example, you can smile, look the other person in the eye, and specify what you are grateful for. If it’s appropriate, you can even give the person a gift with a nice note.
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The white-tailed deer is a widely spread and very popular deer (even here in Rockland County). Their population is growing exponentially in the last few years. Of the hundreds of species of deer, they amount to the mostapproximately 40-50 million!
They acclimate easily to many different environments and are found all over, from up north in the frozen Arctic in Canada down to the sweltering regions in Brazil. Originally from the American continents, today they are spread to many countries and continents.
White-tailed Deer
The white-tailed deer is colored reddish-brown in the summer and gray-brown in the winter. Their tail is brown on the top and a stark white below.
A mother deer - typically as young as 2 years old, and sometimes even only 1 year old! - is extremely devoted to her baby. When she goes to eat, she will hide the baby amidst the grass and the baby won’t move until the mother returns. The beautiful white spots serve as a camouflage so they shouldn’t be noticeable. After several months the spots disappear. Another aspect that strongly aids in keeping the baby deer inconspicuous is the fact that they emit no odor, as do the adult deer.
White-tailed deer eat very much (generally at dawn and dusk), mostly grass and leaves, and sometimes also nuts, fruit and corn. Their stomachs are especially strong, tolerating very sharp foods, like poison ivy. Their stomach is divided in 4 chambers and after ingesting the food they will find a safe place to chew their cud and digest the food through all 4 chambers.
Only males have antlers, which they use to fight with each other (picture top left). The antlers are shed yearly and regrow anew. It grows coated in soft velvet, which then peels off and the antlers harden (pictures left).
Who are their predators? Packs of wolves, cougars (= American lions), snakes (picture left), jaguars (in Brazil) and alligators (which pull them into the water to drown them). Other sorts of cats (picture left), bears, coyotes and some more animals, will kill young deer whenever possible. When in danger, they flee. The deer will wag their white tail like a flag to signal their offspring and other deer in the area, to escape in time. The white tail also serves as an indicator for the child, where to follow the mother. They can run 47 mph, jump 9 feet in the air, and leap a length of 33 feet! How marvelous! Undoubtedly, humans are their greatest enemies. It is legal to hunt them at certain seasons in the year, and they are hunted in the high thousands. Over a million are also killed in car accidents every year.
1. A white-tailed deer (the raised white tail is clearly visible) easily jumps over a fence.
2. Two white-tailed deer clashing with their antlers. The brawl lasts a few seconds and the loser slinks away in disgrace.
3. A white-tailed deer rubbing his head against a tree, transmitting his personal odor as a sign of ownership.
4. A black bear pinning down a white-tailed deer so he can’t escape.
5. A sharp arrow pierced through the head on a white-tailed deer in the wrong spot.
6. A WT deer steeling food from a bird feeder.
TIDBITS
Habitat: Originally on both American continents; today, many more locations over the world
Weight: male, 100-400 lbs.; female, 77-198 lbs.
Length: 37-87 inches (including the tail 4-14 inches)
Height: 21-47 inches
Offspring: first time 1 baby; after that 2-4
Food: grass and leaves, sometimes also nuts, fruit and corn
Predators: Wolves, cougars, snakes, alligators, bears and above all, humans by hunting and car accidents.
Lifespan: up to 10-20 years | Population: 40-50 million
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1 Apple (cored, thinly sliced and seeds removed)
1 tbsp Coconut Sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Coconut Oil (melted)
Preheat the air fryer to 325ºF (165ºC).
Place the apple slices in a bowl and add the sugar, cinnamon, and coconut oil. Toss well to combine.
Place the apple slices in an even layer in the air fryer basket, trying not to overlap too much. 3. Cook for 15 minutes, tossing every five minutes, until lightly browned and crispy. Enjoy!
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BY SUZZY KRAUS & ZELDY FELDMAN
INGREDIENTS:
1 jar PASSION ROOT 100% fruit apple jam
1 cup sweet red wine
4 cloves garlic, crushed
4 heaping tablespoons
Osem onion flavor soup mix
DIRECTIONS:
In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients. Pour the mixture over a full deli brisket and let it marinate for 1 hour.
BAKING OPTIONS:
Option 1: Bake at 400°F for 2 hours.
Option 2: Bake at 250°F for 6 hours.
Glaze with PASSION ROOT apple jam when serving.
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1 1/2 cups GF Oats (rolled)
2/3 cup Tahini (runny, drippy) 3 tbsps Raw Honey
1 tsp pure Vanilla Extract Add the oats to a food processor and blend until it reaches a flour consistency.
Add the tahini, honey, and vanilla and blend until combined and the mixture holds together. 2.
Use a cookie scoop or a tablespoon to scoop out the mixture and roll them into balls in your hands. Repeat until all of the mixture is used. Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS
8 garlic cloves
4 eggs
4 Tbsp of sugar
4 Tbls of lemon juice
1 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of black pepper
2 cups of oil (olive oil is best)
PROCEDURE
Mix everything besides oil in food processor on high very well
Slowly add in the oil and continue mixing until well blended
Pour into container and keep in fridge until use
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