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It had been touch and go with my cleaning ladies for a while, with some of them disappearing after two cleans, others disappearing after four, and still others getting themselves fired after their performance left more than just something to be desired.

At some point, I started to wonder if I’d ever find permanent cleaning help. If there was someone out there who might deign to tackle my house’s mess without a sigh or an eye roll.

I don’t know at what point it was exactly that I started to think that if I cleaned some of the mess before a cleaning lady arrived, perhaps said cleaning lady would agree to stick out the job.

Such was my thinking until the day that Emma arrived. Emma had been recommended by a neighbor, not an agency, and my neighbor reassured me that she was a thorough and enthusiastic cleaner.

I decided to give her a try.

Emma arrived that first week and indeed cleaned like a dream. When she was finished, however, I wasn’t confident she understood through our language barrier that I wanted her the following week again.

A week later, there was a knock at the door. I blanched when I realized that my house was completely and truly chaotic. No hiding behind a semidecent looking first room — this was an all-out children-induced avalanche.

Trembling slightly, I pulled open my door and allowed Emma to catch a glimpse of the mess. I thought she’d mumble

something about having misunderstood my instructions, but instead she took one look at the thoroughly stained floor and smiled.

“Wow,” she said. “There is work… I come right inside.”

And that is the sort of attitude that we’d do best to adopt in these days leading to Yom Kippur. When the Baal Shem Tov visited a town in which the people complained that their chazzan recited the words of Al Cheit in a happy tune instead of a solemn one, the Baal Shem Tov asked the chazan for an explanation.

“A king has many servants,” the chazzan said. “There are those who cook, those who play music, and those who clean. All the kings’ servants perform their tasks with equal joy and delight, happy at the opportunity to connect with their beloved king. And that includes the janitor, whose job is to scrub and get rid of the dirt.”

The chazzan’s joyful Al Cheit was an expression of his joy at the opportunity to clear the grime and grit of his soul and to connect more fully to Hashem.

The Baal Shem Tov greatly enjoyed the chazzan’s explanation.

In these days leading to Yom Kippur, may we perform teshuvah with true love, joy, and awesomeness — cleaning our souls with love because we’re members of Hashem’s Chosen Nation.

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1721–1786

There was once a Jewish wagon driver who set out on a journey on erev Shabbos, unfortunately arriving at his destination only after nightfall, on Shabbos.

Horrified at his inadvertent but blatant act of chillul Shabbos, the wagon driver asked the rav of his city if there was any way for him to do teshuvah.

“I feel terrible,” the Jew wailed. “I didn’t realize how late it had become and then, before I knew it, the stars were out and it was Shabbos. Please tell me what I can do to show my remorse.”

The rav, seeing that the Jew truly regretted his mistake, told him to donate a pound of candles to the local shul on erev Shabbos, where the shamash would light them. “That,” said the rav, “will be your atonement.”

Reb Yechiel Mechel, who lived in this wagon driver’s city, learned about the rav’s suggestion for the other man’s teshuvah and couldn’t understand it. How, he wondered, could the tiny act of donating candles on erev Shabbos atone for such a major aveirah?

Despite his misgivings, however, Reb Yechiel Mechel said nothing.

That week, the wagon driver purchased a pound of candles and brought them to the shul on erev Shabbos. He placed them in their appointed spot, and a feeling of relief washed over him.

Suddenly, a dog came running into the shul, grabbed the candles, and ate them.

The wagon driver was immediately overwhelmed by feelings of guilt and regret. Surely, he thought, the dog’s actions meant that his teshuvah

hadn’t been accepted.

“Please,” he begged the rav, “please tell me what else I can do for an atonement.”

“Do the same thing next week,” the rav told him. “It’s true that a dog came and ate your candles, but that doesn’t mean anything. Donate a new pound of candles to the shul next erev Shabbos, and all will be well.”

The following erev Shabbos, the wagon driver once again brought a pound of candles to the shul, but again something happened. This time, the candles melted completely even before Kabbalas Shabbos was recited.

Tov, and tell him your story.”

The town of Mezhibuzh was relatively close to the wagon driver’s hamlet. The wagon driver traveled there, and upon meeting the Baal Shem Tov, burst out with his tale of woe.

“Donate another pound of candles to the shul this Shabbos,” the Baal Shem Tov instructed him. “And this time everything will indeed work out.” In addition to this advice, the Baal Shem Tov handed the wagon driver a letter for Reb Yechiel Mechel, asking him to deliver it to him.

The wagon driver returned home and gave Reb Yechiel Mechel his letter. A few days later, on erev Shabbos, he brought his weekly pound of candles to shul. This time, they stayed lit, just as the Baal Shem Tov had promised, and he was greatly reassured.

What had happened?

The wagon driver was truly overwrought. He approached the rav and begged him for more advice.

“Bring another pound of candles to the shul next week,” the rav instructed, “and all will be well.”

Yet a third time, the wagon driver purchased a pound of candles and brought it to the shul as a donation. This time, however, a great wind came and extinguished the candles before kabbalas Shabbos was recited.

When the wagon driver approached the rav again, the rav contemplated the matter deeply for a moment before finally offering his advice.

“It seems,” he said at last, “that someone in this shul has cursed you. My suggestion, therefore, is that you travel to Mezhibuzh, to the Baal Shem

Several days earlier, upon reading the Baal Shem Tov’s letter, Reb Yechiel Mechel had packed up for a journey to Mezhibuzh just as the Baal Shem Tov had instructed. The journey to the nearby town should have taken a few hours. Instead, however, the horses strayed from their path, and it took Reb Yechiel Mechel days to reach the city. He arrived there only on erev Shabbos, minutes before candlelighting time.

When the Baal Shem Tov saw Reb Yechiel Mechel at long last, he told him, “Know that I saved you from chillul Shabbos. For a Jew who accidentally desecrates Shabbos but feels truly gut-wrenching remorse thereafter, a one-pound donation of candles on erev Shabbos is atonement enough.”

C.S. Ben Shachar

(Adapted from Sippurei Chassidim by S. Y. Zevin)

Rabbi Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik

The Beis Halevi (1820-1892)

One year on Yom Kippur toward midnight, the Beis Halevi saw a wealthy Jew sitting and saying Tehillim with a select circle of Jews who’d remained in shul after davening to sit and say Tehillim for blessings for a sweet new year.

“What are you doing, saying Tehillim?” the Beis Halevi asked the Jew. The man earned a respectable living as a royal contractor, but he was extremely miserly about sharing his wealth. “Why have you deserted the army? You ought to be tried for treason!”

Taken aback, the Jew looked up from his Tehillim and asked: “What do you mean?

I haven’t deserted any army. Why did you just say that I should be tried for treason?”

“I’ll explain,” the Beis Halevi said. “The Russian army, like every army in the world, has various battalions and divisions. A soldier doesn’t

get a choice as to which battalion he will be sent to. If he’s put into the cavalry unit then he’s expected to fight on horseback and if he’s put into the navy, he’s be expected

the Beis Halevi continued:

to fight in the water. A foot soldier is expected to fight on land and so on and so forth. A soldier who decides to switch from one battalion to the next on his own is acting against the czar and his actions are tantamount to army desertion and treason.”

Moving closer to the Jew,

“We Jews are all soldiers in Hashem’s army. Our sages teach that ‘royalty on earth is like royalty in the heavens.’ We don’t get a choice as to which battalion we will belong to. There are Jews who’ve been blessed with great strength in learning, and they belong in the Torah-study battalion. There are Jews who’ve been blessed with great yiras Shamayim and focus, and they belong in the daveners battalion. And there are Jews who have exceptionally pure hearts and they belong in the Tehillim-sayers battalion. You, who’ve been blessed with great wealth, belong to the tzedakah-givers battalion. To switch to a different battalion of your own volition, and to sit with the Torah learners when you should instead be giving tzedakah, is tantamount to desertion and treason. Stay in the battalion that was selected just for you.”

C.S. Ben Shachar

(Adapted from the work of Rabbi Tovia Preschel z”l)

Shabbos Shuvah

There can’t be a more marked contrast between the tone of Parashas Haazinu, often read on Shabbos Shuvah, and the haftarah of that same week. The former is full of fire and brimstone, anger and dire warnings, spoken like a master to a slave, while the latter is full of love and coaxing, hope and promises, almost like a father to a recalcitrant child.

Why such drastically different messages — and read one after the next?

The answer may lie in the intent of the nation. In Haazinu, Hashem lists all of the nation’s iniquities: “And Yeshurun became fat and kicked…and it deserted G-d its Maker and was contemptuous” (Devarim 22:15). Verbs like “provoke” and “ignore” are used to describe Israel’s behavior.

However, in a totally different tone, the haftarah says, “Whoever knows [that he has strayed] shall return and reconsider [his past]” (Yoel 2:14).

Shlomo HaMelech tells us, “There is no man so wholly righteous on earth that he [always] does good and never sins” (Koheles 7:20). Clearly, Hashem isn’t expecting us to always be perfect.

A student of the Maggid of Mezeritch met a friend while leaving the mikveh one erev Yom Kippur.

The friend said, “My brother! What will be with us with all our sins?”

The first answered, “Never mind the sins — for those we can do teshuvah. But what about our

mitzvos? We do such poor and soulless mitzvos. How will we do teshuvah for those?”

How often do we excuse errant behavior, arguing that it’s actually a mitzvah? Not only justify it but seek praise?

Hashem differentiates between brazen and willful disobedience and ignorance. Of course, He will unleash war, famine, and plagues against those who deliberately disobey Him. But how does He deal with the ignorant, the confused, the misguided?

We are living in very confusing times, where right and wrong have become not only muddled but interchanged. What would Rabbi Yehoshua’s son — who experienced a clinical death and came back and told his father he had seen an upside-down world (Maseches Pesachim 50a; Bava Basra 10b) — say today?

Today the problem isn’t so much that people rebel against Hashem on purpose; rather, they utterly mix up right and wrong. Like the student of the Maggid of Mezeritch said: What people consider a mitzvah might be not only a mitzvah performed incorrectly but a misguided act altogether.

Let’s take something minor as an example. I was at the post office. The post offices in Israel leave something to be desired in the area of efficiency. The one across the street from my house excels at this ineptitude.

I had scheduled an appointment and arrived a few minutes before my turn. I asked whom I was after. Nobody else had ordered a turn

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online like I had. By the rules that this system supposedly works on, my turn was next.

A woman who had been waiting argued that since I was early for my turn, it was actually her turn. She and another man set about screaming and hurling insults at me and all religious people in general. She told the clerk not to serve me, and he agrewed with her that I was making trouble.

While they were all yelling at me, I completed my transaction at a different counter and left, their loud abuse following me out the door. And my crime? Taking my turn.

They had acted as if I had mortally wounded them. I had — because I had challenged their assessment of right and wrong, which can become murky when our own interests blind us.

People will fight for their “right” without question or pause, and that’s when they get in trouble. We need to question and pause. And when we do, and when we sincerely want to do the right thing and are just not sure what it is, then Hashem illuminates the way, explaining with love and warmth.

As human beings with our own faults and frailties, misconceptions and misunderstandings, we err, we sin, and we make mistakes. From the beginning of Elul until Ne’ilah, we try do a cheshbon hanefesh, make amends, apologize, make promises and resolutions. And we mean it. We consult rabbanim, books, articles, mentors, attend shiurim, pray at cemeteries and holy sites, hoping these will help us see the light. On Yom Kippur, many people come to shul with explanations of the Vidui to help them relate more sincerely to their prayers.

Avinu Malkeinu isn’t recited on Shabbos Shuvah. Isn’t that odd? Of all days, shouldn’t Avinu Malkeinu be recited when we’re trying to get our Father in Heaven, our King, to look fondly and forgivingly upon us?

“The righteous will walk in them, but sinners

will stumble on them” (Hoshea 14:10). The Hebrew word for stumble is “yikashlu.” That can mean both “fail” and “stumble.” The Torah tells us that we’re not failing so much as stumbling. We’re lost, like little children, and so Hashem calls out to us, “Shuvah — return home,” and then He offers such beautiful imagery of what that return will look like: roses and trees, tranquility and shade.

So why on earth don’t we return?

Because the path is full of obstructions and we stumble. We want to return home, we really do. We want to crown Hashem King and be His loyal subjects, His children, His beloved bride, but we get so caught up in this topsy-turvy world where right and wrong, left and right, up and down, good and evil, and our own inclinations are so mixed up that it’s hard to see the proverbial forest for the trees.

There is one solution — and it’s really, really wanting to do Hashem’s will. It’s wanting more than anything else to be close to Him, to be upright and righteous and do what’s right every single minute of the day. And where there’s no ultimate right, the goal is to try and make the best possible choices.

This isn’t a job only for Shabbos Shuvah, the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, or the forty days of teshuvah that begin on Rosh Chodesh Elul. This is a 24-7, year-round undertaking. It involves constant self-analysis. And it’s a really hard job.

But if we do it right, Hashem promises a rose garden — literally — and the freedom and joy that come with almost absolute certainty. Of course, we won’t succeed all the time, like Koheles tells us. But if, at least, our mistakes stem from ignorance and not from rebelliousness, and if we work at honestly examining our motivations and actions and their results, then Hashem will relate to us not as an angry potentate confronted with a revolting mob of subjects but as a loving father forgiving the frustrated tantrums of his overwhelmed, wayward children.

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There was this eerie hush at the Street Party after the Bernsteins’ front door closed. Especially since we all knew he would be coming out again, as he hadn’t even started unloading his white Transit van.

We all looked at each other, not knowing quite what to say, and then it seemed that everyone’s glance swiveled around and gravitated to me. As if Xavier Roberts was all my fault.

I looked around at my friends and neighbors and said defensively, even though I knew it made little difference to the Case for the Prosecution, “Don’t look at me like that! Mottel and Gittel wanted to sell to

him. They needed the cash. They’re moving into Schindler Square. I can assure you, this wasn’t my choice!”

Natalie, never one to be lost for words, spoke up in a quavery voice, “I’m sure he’s a perfectly nice man. It’s just…” She stopped.

One of the kids asked his father in an overly loud voice, “Dad, he doesn’t look Jewish. Is he Jewish?”

A shocked pause followed, rather like someone had thrown a bucket of ice water over everyone.

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Recap: In the middle of the street party on the Felds’ block, the new neighbor, Xavier, arrives. The atmosphere at the party instantly freezes as Xavier takes a spot at one of the tables and offers everyone alcohol to drink.

unwanted candy wrapper. “So what if he’s Jewish or not Jewish? We welcome everyone onto this street!”

There was another pause as they struggled to think of anyone not Jewish other than Mr. Nakamura, two doors down from us, and he was hardly ever seen. He was either busy at his office from dawn to midnight, or flying back to Tokyo to see his family and report back on how much money he’d made off of us poor British suckers.

I didn’t think anyone had ever as much as even exchanged a “good morning” with Mr. Nakamura; he never seemed to empty his garbage cans or do any local shopping. Maybe he got deliveries of groceries, but no one had ever seen a Tesco or Ocado van outside his house either. Not that we were watching, of course. We weren’t that nosy. Oh no, we minded our own business.

Like it or lump it, ours was almost an exclusively Jewish street. More by accident than design, but, hey, that’s how it had worked out, and Xavier Roberts was throwing a rather large spanner into the works of Flower Street.

The atmosphere at the Street Party was weird now; no one knew quite what to do. Why couldn’t Xavier have chosen the next day to arrive, not the day of the party? There seemed to be no way back from this sudden downturn in events. And none of us knew how to fix it.

Natalie tried, in her chirpy way, although

the chirps sounded more like the croaks of a sparrow with a bone stuck in its throat. “Now, people! How about some more pizza?”

At that moment, however, G-d intervened. Did I mention the Weather earlier? Cloudless blue skies in England don’t mean diddlysquat. With biblical speed, a massive dark cloud, which had obviously witnessed the contretemps and wanted to help out, zoomed out of nowhere, screeched to a halt right over our party, gave us a wicked grin, and proceeded to empty itself all over our street.

A deluge wouldn’t even begin the describe it. Everyone and everything was instantly soaked. Women ran screaming for the shelter of their homes, clutching their previously pristine wigs now closely resembling drowned rats, leaving the men, whose hairdos didn’t tend to matter as much, to quickly gather the detritus of the party into black garbage bags.

Kids were requisitioned for cleanup too, with promises of hot cocoa with marshmallows if they did a good job. To give the rain cloud its fair due, it did an excellent job of cleaning off the Sukkos chairs, which ended up far cleaner than after the kids’ efforts with the dusters.

Within minutes, literally, the street looked like there had never been a party there. It was washed clean and glittered with the final diamond raindrops.

I looked up at the dark cloud. It was turning lighter by the second, and the rain

had stopped. I could almost hear the cloud say, in a deep, superhero voice, “My work here is done,” as it picked up speed again and disappeared over the horizon, leaving the sky blue and tranquil once more.

The weirdest thing was that someone went off our street for some reason and then called me on his cell phone to tell me the next street hadn’t even sustained a drop of rain. It had been totally reserved for us. Well, I knew the border between raining and not raining had to be somewhere. My only question was, why specifically our street if not to disperse the party?

It’s a question I never got an answer to in the whole eerie saga that followed. All I knew was, the Weather had saved us, and none of us minded. Not that year — the year of Xavier Roberts’s arrival.

The street was as empty as a dry well. Everyone was indoors now, even though the sun was out again. I was too, but I’m sure I wasn’t the only “curtain twitcher” who was watching the white van being emptied into the Bernsteins’ house.

Xavier seemed to have no one to help him. He was doing all the to-and-fro schlepping by himself. I agonized for a while about going out to help him. He was my neighbor, after all. And I was a big, strong lad — cough — compared to a two-year-old toddler, maybe. Finally, I

took myself in hand, told myself what my mother had always told me in situations like these, which was, “You won’t regret it if you do it; you might regret it if you don’t.” So out I went.

Xavier Roberts was schlepping in boxes of stuff. I seem to have thankfully missed the part where he schlepped in whole couches and armchairs, which might have seriously put my back out. I looked into the back of the van just to be sure there were no more lurking in there, waiting to pounce on me. I didn’t see any so I felt okay speaking up.

“Hey, neighbor, can I help you?”

Xavier, who was carrying a large, heavy-looking box, hefted it up a few inches to be more comfortable and looked me up and down before replying. I was reminded of the old stereotype of the ninety-seven-pound weakling who got sand kicked in his face at the beach. If I weighed ninety-seven pounds, I’d agree with the stereotype. Maybe add a hundred pounds to that, and you’d be closer to the truth. The weakling part, maybe.

“Well, thank you, my friend!” he said in a jovial tone. I still couldn’t place the accent, so I gave up trying. “Catch?”

I can’t exactly say he tossed the box at me, or I might not be here to tell the tale. He came over and sort of hoisted it into my arms. I nearly collapsed, but just

about managed to stay upright. He grinned at me with those perfect teeth of his. We Brits don’t do so well in the perfect teeth department.

“Too much for you, my friend?” He laughed again.

“Who you kidding?” I panted. “It’s fine! I’ll take it in. Where do you want it?”

“Oh, in the living room. It’s all books,” he said. I staggered into the house, the interior of which I knew like the back of my hand after all my visits to the Bernsteins. They had left all their furniture behind, so it was even more familiar, and even more sad, in a way. I dumped the box on the dining room table, and it kind of made a clattering sound. Not at all a sound that a box full of books makes.

I rattled the box again. Books don’t rattle. I looked at the top of the box, but it was sealed well. There was no way I could open it, unless…

“Hey, friend!” Xavier came in carrying another big box. “You’re taking your time with one box! I can do three in that time!”

I decided to start the way I meant to go on with this new neighbor. No point in being cagey this early in the game. If we were going to get on, honesty was the way to go.

“Uh, you said books,” I said, rattling the box some more to demonstrate exactly how unbook-like the box sounded.

He didn’t look shifty, nor did his eyes slide to the left, which apparently is a sure sign someone is lying. He just laughed uproariously, showing me every one of those perfect gnashers as he did so.

“Did I? I meant audio books. On CD, DVD, that sort of thing. And a few metal bits and pieces for my computer, and my DVD and CD players; I still have to put it all together. The Bernsteins didn’t have much technology, no?”

I had to admit, I had never seen much in the way of technology here. They didn’t have a TV, and they didn’t have anything else, like a computer, either.

It seemed like Xavier was about to fill the house with all the things he thought it lacked. I saw a huge packing box for a flatscreen TV lying against the wall. It would take up the entire wall, and only if Xavier removed about three of the old-fashioned light fixtures there. It was the kind of screen I had only seen on Tishah B’Av, when I went to see the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation video at our local school, along with several hundred other people. And this was just for him. Unreal.

I felt a bit ashamed that I had thought bad things about him and that box. It had even occurred to me that there might be guns in it. How dumb was I?

I smiled broadly at Xavier to show how embarrassed I was. It probably came across as a grimace, but it was the best I could do without preparation in front of a mirror.

“More boxes?” I asked. “Welcome to the neighborhood, Xavier!”

The words almost choked me with their insincerity, but at that moment they felt true, all at the same time.

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S S STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMUM SUCCESS

THE MISSING PIECE

It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece. And as it rolled it sang this song -

Oh I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin’ for my missin’ piece.

Sometimes it baked in the sun. But then the cool rain would come down.

And because it was missing a piece it could not roll very fast

So it would stop to talk to a worm, or smell a flower and sometimes it would pass a beetle and sometimes the beetle would pass it and this was the best time of all.

Oh I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece Over land and over seas

So grease my knees and fleece my bees. I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece.

…It found a piece But this one was too small And this one was too big. This one was a little too sharp. And this one was too square.

One time it seemed to have found the perfect piece, but it didn’t hold it tightly enough and lost it. Another time it held too tightly and it broke.

So on and on it rolled, having adventures, falling into holes, and bumping into stone walls…

-Shel Silverstein

Rifka Schonfeld

SOCIAL SKILLS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES

Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s book focuses on the struggles of making friends and sustaining relationships. The Missing Piece speaks to children of all ages and sizes, but there are some children who seem to struggle more than others. Children with learning disabilities (LD) and autism often suffer from social skills deficits because while other children easily pick up social cues and signals, some children need those skills to be taught to them. In the classroom and later in the workplace, social skills deficits are an acutely felt “missing piece.”

Dr. Malka Margalit, Head of the Constantiner School of Education at TelAviv University in Israel, is a leading researcher on the issue of loneliness among children with LD. According to Dr. Margalit there are several reasons why children with LD have more trouble making friends than other children:

Knowledge deficit

Children with LD may not have acquired the age-appropriate knowledge they need in order to develop satisfactory social relations. Children with LD might not understand what they need to do in order to be a “good friend.” When I work on social skills with children, I frequently begin by asking, “What is a good friend?” Often, children with LD have no response to this question or respond with significantly less understanding than their peers without LD.

Performance deficit

Regardless of their knowledge of the “correct” social behavior, some children with LD might not be able to translate that knowledge into appropriate behavior. For instance, when waiting in line for a turn at the swing in the park, Racheli might know that she is expected to wait patiently while the people ahead of her finish their turns; however, Racheli might not be able to contain her enthusiasm and push another child off of a swing in an effort to get on the swing more quickly. Of course, this type of behavior is unlikely to make her popular with her peers.

Adopting the behavioral style of the rejected child.

The cycle of rejection and low selfesteem can sometimes be self-fulfilling. For example, Dovid might want to join a group of boys playing handball during recess, but at the same time, he worries that they will not let him play. Before walking over, he prepares himself for rejection. Therefore, if he notices the boys laughing as he is walking over, he might be laughing at him. Before even asking to join, he might say something like, “You don’t need to play with me if you don’t want to. Forget it! I am leaving!” Without even intending to, Dovid has excluded himself from the game because of his fear of rejection.

For all of the reasons above, children with LD are more likely to experience problems when attempting to make friends, especially as they get older. Whereas when they are younger, understanding that they have to share their toys is all that is expected of them, as their peers grow and

mature, social relationships become more complicated and elaborate.

EARLY INTERVENTION: WHY DOES IT WORK?

One of the most painful incidents that a parent can endure is watching a child attempt to make friends and experience rejection. As parents, we feel it is our job to protect our children and provide them with life skills so that in the future they will be self-sufficient. We always think about academic skills as integral towards gaining jobs and parnasa. However, what many parents do not realize is that social skills are just as important as academic skills, perhaps, even more important.

First, let’s explain what social skills are: social skills are the behaviors, mannerisms, and expectations that we have when we are placed in different social situations. Generally, as we grow, we learn that there are different sets of rules that inhabit diverse settings. For instance, we understand that in the supermarket there are lines that we wait on in order to buy our food. We recognize that when someone is missing a limb or has another physical disability, we do not point and make a comment. And, we realize that when we sit down to the table at dinnertime, we eat with forks, knives and spoons.

What happens to a child who does not automatically pick up these social cues? What happens to four-year-old child who fails to recognize that hitting when he wants something is not the appropriate response? Unfortunately, children who struggle with

social skills early on do not “catch up” as they get older. On the contrary, they continue to fall behind their peers. Perhaps the reason for this unremitting slide stems from children’s inability to learn from their interactions with others. Rather than learning from experience, children with LD and autism must be specifically “taught” these social skills.

As with most things in life, social knowledge is cumulative. Therefore, starting early is essential so that your child will not be forced to deal with the rejection associated with social skills deficits. Here are some benchmarks for social skills development to look out for in your child:

Preschool:

• Makes eye contact when someone speaks to him

• Learns and uses peers names

• Stays and works on an activity for an appropriate amount of time

• Responds to questions posed by adults who are not strangers

• Takes turns/shares

• Correlates consequences and actions

Grades K-3:

• Follows multi-step directions

• Waits appropriately without interruptions

• Cares for personal belongings

• Adapts to changes in routine

• Completes activities in a timely manner

• circumstances (please, thank you, etc.)

If you notice that your child is missing

many of these benchmarks, the best course of action is early intervention. The sooner children with social skills deficits receive help, the more productive that help will be later in life. Early intervention can help teach the skills other children learn almost automatically, and provide plenty of practice in developing strategies which will help in ensuring greater social acceptance in childhood and adolescence as well as greater social and vocational competence in adulthood.

HOW CAN YOU HELP CHILDREN WITH SOCIAL SKILLS DEFICITS?

Great Schools, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and guide parents to become effective champions of their children’s education at home and in their communities, identifies three elements of social skills that are necessary for creating and maintaining relationship: social intake, internal process, and social output. What are those three elements and how can you help provide children with those skills?

Social intake:

Social intake is about reading social cues. Social interactions require a child to interpret, or “read,” what other people communicate. Picking up on spoken and unspoken cues is a complex process. A child with learning problems may misread the meaning or moods of others. Dr. Janet Giler outlines three potential problem areas for such kids:

• Inability to read facial expressions or body language (kinesis)

• Misinterpreting the use and meaning of pitch (vocalics)

• Misunderstanding the use of personal space (proxemics)

All interactions with other people entail social intake. Therefore, if a child is having trouble in one of the areas above – chances are – he will be struggling to make friends.

Internal Process:

Having read another person’s social cues, a child must next process the information, extract meaning, and decide how to respond effectively. For instance, your child might notice that someone is responding with an angry tone of voice, but not understand that an angry tone of voice means, “Watch out, you are on thin ice.” Consequently, your child might react inappropriately to their teacher or peer.

In addition, if your child is impulsive, he may react before processing all the social cues and deciding on an appropriate response. It’s difficult to observe exactly how your own child processes social cues internally. But if you’re concerned about how his internal “gears” process social data, you might gently probe by asking him how and why he decided to respond to someone in a particular manner.

Social output:

After a child interprets and internalizes social cues from other people, he then responds. This behavior, social output, is easy to observe. As a parent, this behavior can be painful if it consistently inappropriate.

Inappropriate responses can take many forms. If the child didn’t understand a question or comment, his response may seem silly (such as singing a song) or unintelligent (a completely off topic response). Another deficit in social output can be an angry response to an innocuous comment. In some severe cases, children have become so used to saying or doing the “wrong thing,” they simply don’t respond at all. One can only imagine the problems this lack of social output can cause in the classroom, during recess, and at the lunch table.

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

The good news about social skills deficits is that there are multiple strategies that educators and parents can employ in order to teach these social skills to children. Among them, self-talk, reinforcement, and role-playing.

Self-talk:

There are things that we do each day that involved social intake, internal process, and social output. Among them is looking in the mirror before we leave the house to ensure that we are presentable. However, we rarely say out loud, “I’m about to leave the house, but let me just make sure I look presentable.” Stating aloud the reasons for different social tasks will help educate your child in the daily ins and outs of social norms.

Reinforcement:

When a child does have the appropriate

response (even if you have provided it for them a few minutes before), let them know that they have succeeded. If they are having trouble reading social cues, they need to told when they do things right. So, if your child remembers to say hi to his grandmother and not ignore her when he walks through the door, reinforce that behavior by saying, “Good for you – you greeted Bubby. I am sure that made her feel happy.”

Role-playing:

Creating fictional situations and switching off with your child can give him “practice” with different social circumstances. Think about situations that might be difficult for him to read and show him appropriate responses. For instance, if you know that he has trouble with asking others to join their games, tell him you want to play an imaginary game. Then, model the correct behavior for him. This allows you to teach him about social skills without preaching.

SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING PIECE

Creating fictional situations and switching off with your child can give him “practice” with different social circumstances. Think about situations that might be difficult for him to read and show him appropriate responses. For instance, if you know that he has trouble with asking others to join their games, tell him you want to play an imaginary game. Then, model the correct behavior for him. This allows you to teach him about social skills without preaching.

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

Confessions Jewish Mother of a

You know what it’s like when you bring your kids to the local shoe store around noon — when you finally, finally get out of the house — scan the latest selection, and then, just before you stagger backward at the soaring prices, you notice your reflection in the spotless mirror behind the Venettinis and realize with a jolt that you’ve forgotten to look in a mirror today? And that even with washing your face twice since yesterday’s makeup, traces of it still linger, raccoon-like under your bleary eyes? (And you’ve met just about every neighbor and acquaintance you know, and no one has told you how bad you look?)

So you stand frozen like a deer in headlights, startled and frightened and

frazzled all at once. No? Oh. Well, that’s exactly how I felt when confronted with the challenge of writing an “amusing but not over-the-top” Yom Kippur article… …In the middle of August. Because — let’s be real — with the arrival of Rosh Chodesh Elul, Yom Kippur takes a grandstand and it’s serious business. Still, with the goal of showing readers that no one is in this alone, I’ve compiled this helpful aide.

You may recognize yourselves in some of the following snapshots, but you’re forgiven if you do not. Remember, the ultimate goal of this commentary (based on the Artscroll translation of Vidui) is to help you realize that you can — and will — do better next time!

We have become guilty.

She was hanging on to my skirt for dear life, and the Morah took her from me. She was reaching out for me… No idea what to do… I should have stayed… But then the Morah might have gotten upset. She might have a hard time adjusting… Like, what if she develops commitment issues later in life because of this? It’s all my fault… Maybe I should go back… I think I’ll just go home and cry my eyes out.

We have betrayed.

No, he doesn’t go to a different minyan. He comes late because it takes two hours to drag him out of bed in the morning.

We have robbed.

Where, oh where, is that Torino bar I took away from Shaindy yesterday? I could use a few bites just about now…

We have spoken slander.

I can’t believe he spoke to me that way, as if I was his pet horse or something! Where does that child come from?! Must be from your side of the family…

We have caused wickedness.

I’m not dealing with bickering now. Go to the basement and figure it out yourselves. But don’t get blood on the couch.

We have sinned willfully.

Tuesdays. That’s the only day that car pool works for me. Everyone else can jump in the lake. I’m the one organizing this, so I get to choose first.

We have extorted.

Want to draw pictures on Mommy’s back with your finger while I lie next to you and close my eyes? Big pictures, like a forest with lots of trees, and maybe an elephant with huge ears…

We have accused falsely.

Why is she shrieking again? Leave her alone! I’ve told you a million times already— Oh, it’s a centipede…YIKES! Call in the forest rangers!

We have given evil counsel.

What do you mean you’re not ready? You’re already home from seminary for two months! You want to be left with just the pickles? What will the neighbor’s think?!

We have been deceitful.

These carob chips taste just as good as the chocolate ones! Of course they do!

We have scorned.

That dress reminds me of something my great-grandmother used to wear. No, no. It’s not the color, it’s the whole cut.

We have rebelled.

Just give me half a slice. You know, so I don’t have to bentsh.

We have provoked.

Who emptied that bag of barley all over the couch?! It was supposed to be burned with the chametz!

We have turned away.

Minchah? With all the kids around?! HA HA HA HA HA! Give me another twenty years…

We have been perverse.

Grab that spot before the other lady gets it! It’s a mitzvah to be careful with our possessions and near-possessions, you know.

We have acted wantonly.

He said what?! Give me all the facts. Tachlis. He might be redt to my daughter one day.

We have persecuted.

Mommy’s writing now. No, I’m not available… Go play with the neighbors. It’s already suppertime? But it was just breakfast! In fact, I think the cereal and milk are still on the table from the morning. Enjoy! Toodle-oo! And lock the door behind you, will you?

We have been obstinate.

A three-course milchig meal on chinaware? No way. Not unless we get a milchig dishwasher.

We have been wicked.

If you don’t stop all the name-calling, I’m going to put a sock in your mouth. A dirty one. The one you’re wearing right now looks like a good fit.

We have corrupted.

Tell them I’m sleeping. Look, my eyes are closed.

We have been abominable. This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, and this little piggy had none…

We have strayed.

Not sure this shidduch is so shayach… What color did you say their tablecloth is?

We have turned away from your commandments and from your good laws to no avail.

OMG, that chocolate-lava cake was so not worth the calories. Okay, maybe it was.

Yet You are righteous in all that has come upon us…

Wow, I can’t believe it’s erev Yom Kippur already… Wasn’t it just Yom Kippur, like, a month ago?

For You have acted truthfully…

I hope someone remembered to buy the bananas and watermelon. And orange juice for after the fast.

While we have caused wickedness.

What on earth am I going to serve the little ones tomorrow??

What can we say before you, Who dwells on high…

Don’t forget to brush your teeth before the fast!

And what can we relate to You, Who abides in the highest heavens…

Yes, there are two kreplach left — but can I just daven minchah, please?! JUST THIS ONCE?

For indeed, everything that is hidden…

I have no idea where your other native is!!

And revealed…

I mean, let’s look for it together.

You know.

Sooo… Now that we’re alone — or semialone — I just want to say…Well, I’m not quite sure what to say…

You know the secrets of the universe…

So maybe I’ll just say that I’ve messed up this year. Again.

And the hidden mysteries of all the living.

Okay, so I’m a total failure. No, I shouldn’t be saying that… Oh, gosh, I should have grabbed a tissue before I started Shmoneh Esrei. Way to go, me.

You probe all innermost chambers…

I know I haven’t changed much.

And test thoughts and emotions.

I have raised my voice, mixed up my priorities, ignored my family plenty, and — let’s face it — have gone absolutely bonkers at times.

Nothing is hidden from You, and nothing is concealed from Your eyes.

I haven’t smiled at them enough. I’ve given them way too much junk food…

And so, may it be Your will, Hashem, G-d of our forefathers…

And not nearly enough vegetables…

That you forgive us for all our errors…

I’ve turned to ice cream and chocolate and cheesecake instead of to You way more than I care to admit.

And You pardon us for all our iniquities, and You atone us for all our willful sins.

I know this probably sounds like an interminably broken record, but… Can I maybe — please — have another chance?

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The Buzz on Bee Stings

Malkie Schulman

WithRosh Hashana behind us and Yom Kippur still ahead, whose head isn’t swarming with thoughts of apples dipped in honey, and lekach-cake still to come?

Which makes this the perfect time to dive into the fascinating world of the honey-producing insects we usually disdain for their stinging reputation.

Yeah, I know, bee stings aren't exactly on our list of favorite things, especially if you're allergic. But there's a cool twist to bee stings too and that is that they've been used for thousands of years to help people feel better.

Hashem made a glorious world entirely for our benefit, so it should come as no surprise that cures for illnesses and disorders are found in nature. Every creature has a beneficial side to it, whether we know it or not. But there are some creatures that ancient cultures have known for centuries carry cures and modern medicine is only beginning to discover today. The bee is one such creature. Nevertheless, the idea of bee venom as a cure is still considered controversial

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so treat at your own risk. There is still no solid scientific evidence that bee venom (poison) or any venom is a cure.

It's not just bees that have this healing superpower. Creatures like scorpions have also been on the medicinal scene for years. For example, ancient Chinese medicine used scorpion venom for centurie to tackle everything from skin problems to epilepsy.

So back to bees…

Bee-ware of the Bees or… May-bee not.

The first two things anybody will tell someone who’s allergic to bee stings, is to stay away from the little buggers and to always carry their epi-pen with them. Nevertheless, in the following amazing story, reported on the BBC, in an article written by Christie Wilcox, a woman named Ellie Lobel, who was deadly allergic to bees, claims that bee stings saved her life.

Way back in history, there was a ruler named Mithradates VI who ruled over a kingdom called Pontus in Anatolia which today is part of modern-day Turkey. Mithradates VI used steppe viper (a type of poisonous snake) venom to stop his bleeding after getting wounded on the battlefield.

There's a whole gang of creatures out there –spiders, snakes, scorpions, and bees – armed with seriously potent venoms filled with deadly compounds that can seriously hurt people. But at the same time, the same compounds combined in different ways or under different circumstances, can potentially cure or alleviate illnesses or their symptoms.

For example, while the venom of poisonous spiders can damage a person’s nervous system, scientists in Australia found that their venom might help humans too. They researched venom from 206 spiders, and guess what? Over 40 percent of them could potentially help block human pain. Specifically, the venom from the orange-fringed tarantula might be used to create a new painkiller that's not even addictive.

At 27, Ellie Lobel was bitten by a tick and caught Lyme disease. For the next fifteen years, she suffered from pain, memory loss, and other terrible symptoms. Nothing she did helped, and she was ready to give up. And that’s when a swarm of bees attacked her.

“I was standing near a broken wall and a tree when the first bee appeared just hitting me in the head,” Ellie remembers. “All of a sudden –boom! – bees were everywhere.” Her caregiver ran. But Ellie couldn’t run – she couldn’t even walk. “They were in my hair, in my head, all I heard was this crazy buzzing in my ears. I thought, Wow, this is it. I’m just going to die right here. I went limp. I put my hands up and covered my face because I didn’t want them stinging me in the eyes… The next thing I know, the bees are gone.”

Ellie thought she’d die of the stings because she was severely allergic to them, but instead of dying she started healing and her Lyme disease began getting better!

Ellie didn’t understand how it was possible that her Lyme disease symptoms were becoming more manageable until she started to do some research. She found a study that suggested that a compound in bee venom, called

“melittin” could destroy the Lyme bacteria. Ellie began trying bee venom therapy (BVT), where she purposely got stung by bees as a form of treatment.

Bee Venom Therapy is basically the practice of using bee stings as medicine. Some researchers and alternative health practitioners believe that the venom contains special healing properties that can help with pain and inflammation in the body. They believe that over time, after many stings, it can help treat certain diseases or conditions.

Starting with ten stings three times a week, Ellie’s Lyme disease symptoms began to go away. Today, Ellie feels better than she has in years, and she's now reduced her bee stings, as part of the therapy regimen, to almost none. “I just can’t believe where I was three years ago, and where I am now,” Ellie says. “I had all my blood work done. We tested everything. I’m so healthy.”

Dave Seyer and Nancy Dolan share a similar story. According to a report on Fox2News Dave got infected with Lyme disease while helping a friend build a hunting cabin in northern Missouri. After dozens of doctor appointments and hundreds of treatments, his desperation for a cure—or even relief—led him to fellow sufferer, Nancy Dolan.

“I had lost the ability to read and write, I didn’t know my name, every nerve group and every nerve in my body was severely damaged,” Dolan said of her Lyme disease but then she discovered BVT.

Nancy had been to twenty-six doctors and was taking sixty-seven pills a day for her pain before she found out about BVT . Desperate for relief, Nancy started the therapy and her medical

providers began noticing improvements in her health within three months. In five months, she was off all of her medication, and within a year she got her life back. After talking to Nancy, Seyer was convinced and began his BVT immediately with similar results.

For all you squeamish folks out there, BVT requires using real, live bees. Usually, the game plan is for the person to build up to getting stung by ten bees, with five stings on each side of their back, near the spine. Each stinger stays in the patient’s skin for twenty minutese before it’s carefully removed.

Treatment takes place every other day, about three times a week. In between treatments, the body takes a break to do its detox thing. And this isn't just a one-time deal; it's something people do for around two to three years.This definitely isn't a DIY project – make sure to speak with a healthcare expert before trying out something this unique!

As you would imagine, bee stings hurt! But according to everybody who’s done BVT and seen amazing results, it’s absolutely worth it because that pain is nothing compared to the pain they experienced from their disorders.

Bee venom therapy is not only helpful for folks with Lyme disease, as you will see from my friend, Sarah’s, experience.

“Back in 2011, I got really sick,“ Sarah shares. “After a throat infection, I started feeling weird soreness in my arms and legs, kind of like after a tough workout. Then my elbows, feet, and knuckles began to hurt. One morning, I woke up in more pain than I'd ever felt.

Soon, I found myself in the hospital because of my poor blood test results. It turns out, I

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had a strep infection that had gone undiagnosed and was now causing me lots of serious health issues that nobody knew how to treat. That's when I met an apitherapist, someone who uses bee products for healing. Believe it or not, this bee treatment cured my illness when nothing else worked!”

Sarah says she knew every stinging bee bite would bring her one step closer to a life out of bed, a life in the world of the living. “But it didn’t happen overnight,” she says. “It took a few years of going for my weekly stings before I started seeing results. But today that life of pain is completely over. I do everything I did before my strep infection.”

Despite the lack of medical validity from the conventional medical world, people have been using bee magic, or apitherapy, for years to treat things like Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and nerve pain.

Like Kelly Ames of Arlington, Massachusetts. She has multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that attacks the nervous system. Because of her MS, by age twenty-five, she needed a cane to walk and had lost sight in her left eye. Kelly tried many treatments, but nothing seemed to help much. Then, her mother learned about bee venom therapy which sounded strange, but they were willing to try anything.

Because of the effects of her MS, Kelly was so numb that she didn’t even feel pain from the bee stings for the first three months. Once she did start to feel the pain, she knew the venom was working. She would cry and pound her pillow as the bees stung her back, but she never gave up. After fourand a half months of bee venom therapy, building up to thirteen stings at a time on her lower back every other day, she could walk without a cane. And after

her fatherplaced a bee on the bone behind her left ear and let it sting here there, she was able to see out of her left eye again.

Although Kelly has had fantastic results from BVT, she knows it’s not a cure for MS. It’s something she has to keep up with consistently. At home, she has an observation beehive with three thousand honeybees. When she goes away for the summer to their home on Cape Cod, she brings about two hundred bees with her in a screen-covered Mason jar. Nevertheless, Kelly is thrilled to be where she is today. "I can put on my heels. I can go out with my girlfriends. I look like I have nothing wrong with me," she says.

More Buzz in the News

Recently, in 2020, there was some buzz about bee products maybe even helping against COVID-19, thanks to their antiviral and antiinflammatory abilities.

And get this, according to "Medical News Today", the FDA has even given the thumbs-up to use bee venom for immunotherapy. .

So, while bee stings might not be a cure-all, or officially on the list of anti-pain medications out there, they've been doing some cool healing work for ages. It seems Hashem gave these creatures a hidden talent that goes beyond their stinging reputation. So next time you see a bee buzzing around, remember that they're not just honey-makers— they're like little health heroes too.

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Two days later, Jake finally woke up on the right side of his bed. Figuratively, of course. It was the first morning since his family’s move to Vienna a week and a half earlier that he finally felt ready to face the world.

The move seemed to be growing on him.

In the kitchen, Mom, Becky, and Lillian were eating cereal when Jake entered.

“The weather’s stunning outside,” Lillian was saying. “I wish we’d finally go someplace.”

Jake nodded. The family had gone shopping twice since their arrival in the city, but that could hardly be called a proper outing, or tour, of their new surroundings. Too bad their father was too busy adjusting to work at the embassy to take them around.

Recap: Twelve-year-old Jake Green is upset about his family’s move to Vienna and doesn’t like the school that his parent’s chose for him. As he takes his younger sister to wash herself up after dinner, he notices a small window in the bathroom that overlooks a different apartment. There are two men dressed in gray in that apartment.

“Isn’t there anything to do in this city?” Lillian continued. “Some place to go to meet kids who will be at our school?”

“Meeting kids isn’t exactly called doing something,” Jake said. “Mom, can we go someplace exciting, please, today?”

“Go someplace. Go someplace,” Becky intoned.

“Actually,” Mrs. Green began, “Dad and I were talking last night, and it turns out that today Dad is—”

“Today Dad is what?” The front door to their apartment opened to reveal Mr. Green.

“Dad is off of work,” Mrs. Green finished with a smile. “What do you kids say to the idea of taking a family trip for the day?”

“Your choice of the Prater park, with a Ferris wheel that was at one point the largest in the world, or Schönbrunn Palace,” Mr. Green said, coming over to the table to sit down. “So, what do you kids say? Which one would you like to visit?”

“The amusement park!” Lillian shouted.

“The palace!” Jake exclaimed. Both parents laughed. “Predictable,” Mrs. Green said.

“I think,” Mr. Green said slowly, “that Prater is very nice, but if we want to get an authentic taste of Viennese culture, we’re better off visiting the palace.”

Lillian straightened the front her shirt. “Oh, okay,” she said good naturedly. “But I’d better get changed out of this shirt. Becky mashed cornflakes all over me here on this side.” She began to get up, but her father quickly stopped her.

“Just a minute. There’s something else happening today, besides this trip, that you both need to know about,” Mr. Green said, and then he turned to his wife so that she could nod her quick approval.

Jake drew his breath in. “What?” he asked tersely, his previous misgivings about the move returning full force. “What?”

“German lessons. There’s a nice German teacher who will be coming to our house today at four o’clock to teach you.”

“German lessons?” Lillian and Jake yelped together.

Mr. Green nodded. “Of course. There’s no way you can start in a new school in a foreign

language without preparing beforehand.”

“Of course,” Jake spluttered. “But—”

“The lessons won’t be too difficult,” Mr. Green said, looking at Lillian. Then, turning to Jake, he added, “And you can supplement them with more lessons from the computer. But this will be the very necessary minimum if you are to adjust properly to your new school.”

Jake frowned. He had no plans to adjust at all, and these lessons were both unwanted and unwarranted as far as he was concerned.

Still, at least there was the visit to the palace first to cushion the blow somewhat.

***

The palace was every bit as large as Jake had imagined it would be. There were more than fourteen hundred rooms, but the tour his family joined introduced them to only twentytwo.

“Can you imagine that people actually lived here once?” Lillian asked in wonder, looking down the seemingly endless hallway. “This place is humongous.”

“Imagine sleeping in this white-and-gold room like Empress Maria Theresa’s children,” Mrs. Green added as she took in the gilded furniture. “This place is too ostentatious for anyone to sleep here.”

“Sleep, sleep!” Becky wailed, prostrating herself on the floor. Mr. Green immediately bent over to lift her, and she pressed her head against his shoulder.

Mrs. Green eyed her daughter fondly. “I think it’s time to go. Becky missed her morning nap and is overtired, and Jake and Lillian both have their German lessons to go to.”

Jake and Lillian looked at each other and rolled their eyes. “Er, aren’t there another thousand or so rooms for us to still see?” Lillian tried.

Mrs. Green laughed. “The tour’s over, and

you kids can use a break from all this indoor walking too. How about we head outside to the gardens for a few minutes to enjoy the scenery and then head back to the same train station that we came from so that we can go home.”

Mr. Green had insisted that the family use the public transportation system to come to the palace to give them that “genuine taste of Viennese culture,” as he called it.

Sighing, Jake and Lillian followed their parents past several roped-off rooms toward the visitors’ exit and the luscious gardens beyond. Beautifully cultivated flower beds and trimmed tree hedges greeted them against the backdrop of a beautiful light-blue, cloudless sky.

Lillian drew a deep breath. “Wow,” she said. “The outside’s more beautiful than the inside.”

“I don’t know about that,” Jake said. “But it is nice.”

The acres of greenery were too beautiful for the Greens to spend just a few minutes enjoying, and so it was that they found themselves walking among the beech archways, lime trees, and rose gardens for far longer than they’d originally planned. Even Becky’s earlier crankiness was forgotten as she finally drifted off in her stroller somewhere in the middle of the garden.

At three o’clock, Mrs. Green finally glanced at her watch and gasped. “The private German teacher who we hired will be at our house in less than an hour. It’s time to go!”

A tired but at last content Green family made their way out of the expansive Schönbrunn gardens and across the street to the famous Hietzing station.

As a train station, Heitzing was underground,

but the Greens still had to switch from one of the train stations on the street-level tram, which afforded them a view of the many Viennese apartment buildings along the tram tracks.

“Great taste of Austria,” Mr. Green said with a grin as the family finally disembarked at the tram stop closest to their house.

“Taking our car might not have been such a bad idea, actually,” Mrs. Green disagreed, but there was a good-natured note to her voice as she steered Becky’s stroller down the street in the direction of their building.

Trailing behind his parents and overhearing their conversation, Jake knew he sided more with his father than his mother. Still, it was strange that he wanted to get better acquainted with a culture that he felt somewhat forced to become a part of.

“Hey, look,” Lillian told Jake as the family entered their building and began ascending the stairwell. “Doesn’t it sound like there are people on the floor of that empty apartment?”

Indeed, there was the sound of people talking — loudly — from the second floor of the building, the floor beneath the Greens’ home. And Lillian was right — the sounds seemed to be coming from the direction of an apartment that had been lying empty.

Curiosity propelling him forward, Jake hurried after his parents up the stairs, stopping in his tracks when he saw a man and boy standing near the door to the apartment that had been empty, suitcases between them.

Both the man and boy had small skullcaps on their heads.

New residents.

Like them.

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PretzelSoft-BiteCookies

1 stick butter, room temp.

1 cup sugar

1 Bakers Choice Pretzel Cream

2 eggs

2 ½ cups flour

½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda

Dairy milk chocolate bar, for garnish

Directions:

Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add the pretzel cream and beat together. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until combined.

Scoop 1-inch balls and place on a lined baking sheet. Bake at 350˚F for about 10 minutes.

gArnish:

Dip bottom of cookie in melted chocolate.

Note: Butter can be substituted with margarine for parve version.

Wishing you a הבוט הנש הקותמו

םינומא ירמוש שדוקה רצחב הנשה שאר יאצומו ברע Erev and Motzei Rosh Hashanah in Shomrei Emunim

ידוד ,ררל יקוש :םוליצ הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב ןעלוקסמ ר"ומדאה Skulen Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah יולה טבש שדוקה רצחב הנשה שאר יאצומו ברע Erev and Motzei Rosh Hashanah in Sheivet Halevi

יקוש :םוליצ

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הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב בובאבמ ר"ומדאה Bobov Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

רדנסכלא שדוקה רצחב הנשה שאר יאצומ Motzei Rosh Hashanah in Aleksander

ררל יקוש :םוליצ

הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב ב"הרא וואנישמאמ ר"ומדאה Amshinov Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב אנראמאקמ ר"ומדאה Kumarna Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

רעטכירט ימולש :םוליצ

הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב דארגימז זנאצמ ר"ומדאה

Sanz Zmigrad Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

וואלסינאטסמ ר"ומדאה

הנשה שאר ברע םירדנ תרתהב Stanislov Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

אזלעב הקבונחממ ר"ומדאה Machnivkah Belz Rebbe at Haturas Nedurim Erev Rosh Hashanah

ברע םירדנ

What happens when a holy Amora needs a rest?

Rabbi Zeira’s Rest

Rabbi Zeira toiled in Torah day and night.

I am exhausted. I should take a little break.

I’ll go rest at the entrance to the beis midrash of Rabbi Nosson bar Tovi…

Rabbi Zeira, why are you sitting here, at the entrance to the beis midrash?

I’m weak from learning so much, and I must rest a bit.

But why here?

Why not rest in your bed?

Here I can rest and also perform many mitzvos at the same time!

Look, I just fulfilled the mitzvah of standing up for an elderly person.

Now do you understand why I chose to rest here?

Here I can rest from my learning, but still do many mitzvos, such as standing up for Torah scholars and the elderly.

This is what

Rabbi Yochanan said: The halachah is not like Rabbi Yehudah, who said that if a person did not daven Mussaf by Minchah time he should first daven Mussaf and then daven Minchah.

Rabbi Nosson, who said the halachah today in the beis midrash?

Indeed!

This is what

Rabbi Yochanan said: The halachah is not like Rabbi Yehudah…

This is what

Rabbi Yochanan said: The halachah is not like Rabbi Yehudah…

Rabbi Zeira, is this the first thing you’ve ever learned from Rabbi Yochanan, and that’s why it’s so precious to you and you’re reviewing it forty times? Or did you think that another Sage taught this and you just discovered that it was actually Rabbi Yochanan?

Until now, I thought maybe Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi was the one who said this halachah.

Rabbi Yochanan said that?

Rabbeinu is very sick!

Rabbi Yochanan’s Parting Words

On his deathbed, Rabbi Yochanan taught his talmidim important lessons for life.

Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai was ill and dying.

Oh no! What will we do without him?

Rabbeinu, we came to visit you.

Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai is the gadol hador! Let’s go visit him and try to gain as much as we can from his wisdom! Rabbeinu, the light of Yisrael! The right pillar! The mighty hammer! Why are you crying?

If I was being taken to a human king, who is here today and gone tomorrow, and if he is angry at me his anger is not eternal, and if he imprisons me it is not forever, and if he puts me to death it is not an eternal death, and I can appease him with words and bribe him with money, I would still be crying…

How much more so when I am being brought before the King of kings, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, who is eternal, and if He is angry at me, His anger is eternal, and if He imprisons me I will be imprisoned forever, and if He puts me to death it is an eternal death, and I cannot appease Him with words or bribe Him with money! Not only that, but there are two paths before me. One path leads to Gan Eden and one leads to Gehenom, and I don’t know on which I am being taken! Should I not cry?!

Rabbeinu, please bless us!

May it be Hashem’s will that you fear Heaven the way you fear flesh and blood!

That’s all, Rabbeinu? Is Rabbeinu blessing us that we should only fear Hashem as much as we fear human beings?

Oh, if only you would reach that level! Know that when a person sins in secret, he says, “I hope no one sees me!”

At the time of his passing, Rabbi Yochanan reached tremendous spiritual heights. He told his talmidim that Chizkiyahu King of Yehudah had come to escort him to Olam HaBa, and he said: “Take all the utensils out of the house so they do not become impure, and prepare a chair for Chizkiyahu King of Yehudah who has arrived…”

Humpback Whale

שיפ-לאוו 'קעבפּמאה'

The humpback, from a family of huge whales, is approximately 60 feet long and close to 40 tons in weight! It has a very large body with a hump, knobs on the head, long fins and a huge tail.

When it needs to breathe, it swims up to the surface of the water for air. Hakadosh Baruch Hu created the humpback with nostrils on top of its head for easy access to air.

The humpback is renowned for suddenly leaping out of the water and subsequently slapping the water with its huge, majestic tail.

עכלעוו ,שיפלַאוו ןזיר ןופ החפשמ א ןענעז 'קעבפּמָאה'

!ןאט 40 וצ בורק ןגעוו ןוא סיפ 60 ןופ ךרע ןא גנאל ןענעז ענדאמ ,'עקיוה' א טימ רעפרעק עסיורג א ןבאה ייז

.לדייוו ןזיר א ןוא ןרעדעפסולפ עגנאל ,פאק ןפיוא 'ןעלצראוו'

ןעמיווש ייז ןוא ןעמעטא ןפראד שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה' טאה רעפעשאב רעסיורג רעד .טפול ןפאכ וצ רדסכ ףיורא ןלאז ייז ,פאק רעייז ןופ ןביוא רעכעל-זאנ רעייז טכאמעג

גנולצולפ ןטימ טמיראב ךיוא ןענעז ייז .ןעמעטא ןענעק גנירג

רעייז טימ רעסאוו יד 'ןגאלש' ןוא ,רעסאוו ןופ 'ןצנאטסיורא' .ןעלדייוו עשיטעטסעיימ ןזיר

עמעראוו ןיא שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה' יד ןלייוו םישדח רעטניוו יד ןיא ןריובעג םייב .רעדניק ערעייז ףיוא ןעוועדאה ןוא ןריובעג ייז ואוו ,ןרעסאוו ןטייצ עטשרע יד ןיא !ןאט 2 ןגעוו ןוא גנאל סיפ 20 'סיביעב' יד ןענעז טפול ןעמעטא וצ דניק ריא ןפוטשפיורא טפאשיירטעג טימ עמאמ יד טעוו .רעסאוו ןופ סיורא 'עקניפּ' א זיא עכלעוו - ךלימ ס'עמאמ רעייז ןופ ןעקנירט רעדניק יד ייז ןשימ ןטאנאמ 6 ךאנ ראפ .םישדח 6 - !טעפ טנעצארפ 50 זיא ןוא רילאק ,גידנעטשסבלעז ייז ןענעז ךאנרעד ןוא זייפש רעייז סלא ךלימ טימ 'לירק' .'לירק' ראנ גידנסע

סיורא טפור סאד ןוא - ןבאה ייז סאוו טפאשנגייא עטנאסערעטניא ןא ייז ןעמוק עכלעוו ,טלעוו רעראג יד רעביא ןטסירוט ןופ עסערעטניא יד ןוט ןענעק ייז עכלעוו ,רעסאוו ןופ 'ןצנאטסיורא' רעייז זיא - ןפיש טימ ןעז

ןזיר רעייז סיורא ייז ןפראוו טפארק סיורג טימ .וצ ןייא ןיא לאמ עגילנעצ

.ןקור ןפיוא פארא קירוצ ןעקסארט ןוא רעסאוו ןופ רעפרעק עטריצילפמאק ןוא עכיוה ,עגנאל ךיוא ןעגניז שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה'

העש 24 ייז ןעגניז לאמוצ

Winter months are spent in warm waters, where the humpback gives birth to and raise its calves. At birth, a calf is 20 feet long and weighs 2 tons!

In the beginning, the mother will push her child up to the water’s surface to breathe. A calf drinks its mother’s milk-which is pink in color and contains 50 percent fat-up to the age of six months. Over the next six months, its food is a mix of mother’s milk and krill. After that, it is independent and eats only krill.

A spectacular feat of the humpback whale-which attracts boatloads of tourists worldwide-is its leap out of the water. Often, the humpback whale will keep on ‘performing’ many times over. It energetically ‘throws’ its body out of the water and lands on its back.

The humpback whale sings long, loud and complex songs, for an average of 10-20 minutes. Occasionally, it sings for 24 consecutive hours.

Diagram: A person’s body size in proportion to the humpback whale.

וצ ןטפאשנגייא עלעיצעפס ןבעגעג ייז טאה רשב לכל םחל ןתונ רעד ןרענרע ראנ ,טשינ טעמכ ייז ןסע רעטניוו .זייפש רעייז ןפאשראפ ןענעק ןעמיווש םישדח-רעמוז יד ןיא .טלמאזעגנא ןבאה ייז סאוו סנטעפ יד ןופ ךיז עטלאק יד וצ 'ןטיערגיימ' ןוא ליימ רעטנזיוט ,ןעמאזוצ סעפורג עסיורג ,ייז .ךיז טניפעג ןסע רעייז ואוו 'עקיטראטנא' רעדא 'קיטקרא' ןיא ןרעסאוו יוזאיוו !ןסע רעייז ןופ ןוא וצ ראי א ליימ טנזיוט 16 ןעמיווש ןענעק ייז ?ןענאעקא עגיזיר יד ןיא 'סיעווייה' אד ןעד זיא ?ןיהא געוו םעד ייז ןסייוו רעד זא ,ןסייוו רימ רעבא .םעד ףיוא רעפטנע ןייק טשינ ןבאה רעשראפ יד !'ה ךישעמ ובר המ ,אי !ןיהא געוו םעד ייז טזייוו רעפעשאב רעסיורג ,ןשינעפעשאב עניילק ןופ תונחמ ןזיר ךיז ןעניפעג ןרעסאוו עטלאק יד ןיא שיפלאוו ןייא .)ןטנוא רעדליב ייווצ עז( 'לירק' ךיז טפור עכלעוו ,ראבעז םיוק סיפ 100( 'ץענ' סיורג א גידנכאמ ,זיירק א ןיא 'סלבאב' ןזאלב וצ ןא טבייה ,זיירק עדעי ייב .רעפיט ןיירא 'לירק' יד ןעמיווש עיצקאער ןיא ןעוו ,)סיורג טרעוו 'לירק' יד ןוא רעדורעג ךיוא ןכאמ ייז .רעלעמש גניר יד טרעוו .טימרעדניא טרירטנעצנאק קראטש טיירב רעליימ ןזיר טימ שיפלאוו עגירעביא יד ןיירא ןעמיווש ןאד טימ טשימעגסיוא רעסאוו-םי ןענאלאג רעטנזיוט ןיירא ןעמענ ,טנפעעג 'פוז' יד ךרוד רעסאוו יד סיורא ןפוטש ןוא ליומ סאד ןכאמראפ ,'לירק' ליומ ןיא ייז ייב טביילב סע ןוא ןבאה ייז סאוו )סטכער ןביוא

The Provider of all living things provides the humpback with a fascinating means of obtaining its food. During the winter it barely eats, living off the reserves of fat it has stored during the summer. In the summer, it swims thousands of miles in a large group, migrating to the cold waters of the Arctic or Antarctica where its food is found.

A humpback can swim 16,000 miles a year in the migratory process! How does it know the way? Does the vast ocean contain highways? Scientists don’t have an answer to this question, but we know that Hakadosh Baruch Hu guides the humpbacks all along the way. Ma rabu masecha Hashem!

In these waters they find large schools of very small-barely visible-sea creatures called krill (see photos below). One whale blows a large, closed circle of bubbles, creating a ‘net’ (100 feet in diameter). In reaction, the krill swim into the center of the circle. The whale continues forming concentric rings, each one smaller than the previous one, while vocalizing. At this point, the krill are concentrated in the center of the circle, and the rest of the whales swim in with their mouths open. They swallow thousands of gallons of seawater along with the krill. Then, they close their mouths and push the water out through a sieve of sorts, remaining only with thousands of fish in their mouths.

ךיוא גנילש 'לירק' ןסע ןעמוקעג זיא עכלעוו שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה' א .1 .לגיופ 'קראטס' עסיורג א ןיירא

.'קעבפּמָאה' א ןופ רעדליב טפאכ רעריפארגאטאפ א .2

ייז סאוו ךאז א ,רעסאוו ןופ סיורא 'טגנירפש' שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה' .3

.לאמ ךאסא ראג ןעוט

ןיירא טמיווש שיפלַאוו 'קעבפּמָאה א יוו דליב רעשיטאמארד א .4

טשינ ,קעווא םענייאניא ןפיול ייז ןוא שיפ-ןאמלעס ןופ הנחמ ןזיר א ןיא

.ןרעוו וצ ןסעגעגפיוא טמיווש ,ץענ-לבאב םעניא טפאכראפ ןענעז 'לירק' יד סאוו םעדכאנ .5

יד ראלק טעז ןעמ .הדועס ןייז ןסע וצ טימרעדניא ןיירא 'קעבפּמָאה' רעד .ןפא ליומ ןזיר ןייז טימ שיפלַאוו רעד ןוא םורא 'ךעלבאב'

1. A humpback whale came for krill and swallows a large stork as well.

2. A photographer films a humpback whale.

3. A humpback whale leaps out of the water-a common phenomenon.

4. A dramatic photo shows the humpback whale swimming around a school of salmon fish-and the salmons’ attempt to escape.

5. After the krill are caught in the ‘bubble net’ the humpback swims into the center for its meal. The bubbles around the whale, as well as its huge, open mouth, are clearly visible.

6. A dead humpback has washed onto shore on its back.

ןרעפיצ ןוא ןטקאפ

ןוא 'גנירעה' תונחמ

ראי 70-100 :ןבעל טנזיוט 85 :גנורעקלעפאב

TIDBITS

Habitat: All oceans and several

Weight: 80,000 pounds

Children: 1 every 2-3 years, weighing 2

Length: 40-55 feet, occasionally more than 60

Food: Mostly krill, occasionally other small fish and schools of herring or salmon

Life Span: 70-100 years

Population: 85,000

רעשעלפ

אטעג-עשראוו ןופ רעדניק 2,500

טעוועטארעגסיורא

ןיא רעדניק

:רעירפ ןופ ןצרוק ןיא עלוש-ךיוה 'ןואטנאינוי' יד ןיא רערעל א ,דראנאק .רמ ןופ סאלק םוצ רעבירא טייג ,טזאלעגרעביא םיא טאה עמאמ ןייז סאוו דניק א ,סרעבמעק סיאול יוזא ןוא רעדניק ערעייז ןבעגוצפיוא סעמאמ ןטעבעג טאה עכלעוו ,רעלדנעס אנעריא רעביא טפירשטייצ א ןיא לקיטרא ןא ןא טפערט רע .סעזנעק ןופ ייז .רעדניק 2,500 טעוועטארעג עקאט טאה יז ביוא ןרעוו וצ ריואוועג רע טריבורפּ טראוטס קיימ טימ ןעמאזוצ .אטעג-רעוועשראוו ןופ טעוועטארעג ייז .סנאק םעס טקעיארפּ םעניא ןעמענניירא ךיוא לאז ןעמ טעב רערעל רעייז .אטעג ןיא געט עכילקערש יד רעביא עיצאמראפניא ןפאש וצ ןא ךיז ןעגנערטש !גנונאפּש טימ רעטייוו טנייל

סאד יז טאה סאווראפ :4 לטיפאק

.החפּשמ עמירא ןא ןופ ןעמוק ןכאנ

טאה "?עטכישעג יד וצ וטסגאז סאוו"

.טגערפעג קיימ

.סעציילפּ ענייז טלקאשעג טאה םעס

סאד טאה יז סאווראפ ךיז רעדנואוו ךיא"

ךיז טפּוטשעג ריא טאה סאוו ?ןוטעג "?ןבעל סאד ןלעטשוצנייא

אזא ןעוועג טשינ סאד זיא רשפא"

.טגאזעג סיאול טאה ",הנכס עסיורג

ראפ ןגאז טלאוועג טשינ טאה םעס

טאה רע .טכערעג טשינ זיא רע זא סיאול

.טסואקאלאה ן'רעביא טסואוועג שפּיה ןיוש

ריא ןטלאוו סיצאנ יד ביוא זא ,ןיימ'כ"

טאה ",טע'גרה'עג ריא ייז ןטלאוו ,טפּאכעג גידנקוקפּארא ,טייהרעליטש טגאזעג םעס

ןייז טימ גידנעיירד ןוא ,טפעה ןייז ףיוא

.טנאה ןיא יילב

באה'כ" :טצעזעגראפ רע טאה ןאד

סאד ןעוועג זיא ןליופּ זא טנעיילעג לאמא

טריבורפּ טראד ןבאה סיצאנ יד .עטסגרע

וליפא באה ךיא .דיא ןדעי ןענע'גרה וצ

ןרעמונ יד ןענעז .ךעלביולגמוא שממ זיא'ס

ןביירש ןעגנוטייצ ,ןגאז וצ ןיימ'כ ?גיטכיר

שפּיה ןביירט ןוא תואמזוג לאמ ךאסא ".רעביא טאה ",טשראפעגסיוא סאד ןבאה רימ" ".תמא זיא'ס" ,ןפורעגנא ךיז סיאול

.רעליטש א רעייז ןעוועג זיא סנאק א ןעוועג זיא עטאט ןייז דלאביוו .ןראפעג ךאסא ייז ןענעז ,ןאמרעטילימ

,סלוקס יירד ןיא ןעוועג ןיוש זיא רע טלאוו םעס .ראי ריפ עטצעל יד ןיא םעד וצ ןגארטעגנא טשינ לאמנייק ךיז םיא טאה דראנאק .רמ רעבא .טקעיארפּ עגנוי ייווצ יד ןפלעהוצסיורא ןטעבעג ןוטעגניירא ףיט ןענעז עכלעוו ,ןטנעדוטס

-עיראטסיה רעטנאסערעטניא ראג א ןיא ףליה ןטאש טשינ טעוו סע" .טקעיארפּ טאה םעס ".טנעדוטס רערעטלע ןא ןופ

א ייס זיא דראנאק .רמ זא טגיטכעדראפ ,רעטעברא-עלאיצאס א ךיוא ןוא רערעל ,םיא טניוש ןוא ןייז ברקמ םיא ליוו סאוו

.1999 סעזנעק

ןופ טנעדוטס רעיינ רעד ,סנאק םעס לסיבא ןעמוקעגניירא זיא ,עמאהעלקא

ןיוש זיא סאד .104 רעמיצ ןיא טעפּש

טשינ זיא םעס סאוו געט יירד ךאנ ןעוועג

ןבאה קיימ ןוא סיאול .לוקס ןיא ןעמוקעג

ןגידנע ןכאנ ךיילג ,טראוועג טראד ןיוש .עלוש

טאה "?טריפּשעג טוג טשינ ךיז טסאה" .טגערפעג קיימ

טצעי .קנארק ןעוועג זיא עמאמ ןיימ"

ףיוא טלכיימשעג טאה םעס ".יעקא יז זיא

ןייז זא ןענאטשראפ טאה קיימ זא געוו אזא

,ןטסעבמא טשינ ךאנ ךיז טריפּש עמאמ

ןדער לאז ןעמ טלאוועג טשינ טאה ראנ ןפלעהסיורא טפראדעג באה ךיא" .ןופרעד

".רעדניק יד טימ ןעראפּ ךיז ןוא םייהרעדניא

יד ןענייל וצ טייצ סעפּע טאהעג טסאה"

"?ןבעגעג ריד באה ךיא סאוו לאירעטאמ .טגערפעג סיאול טאה

,אי" .פּאק ןייז טלקאשעג טאה םעס

Lotus

Fudge Cake

1 ½ c. flour

¾ c. brown sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

pinch salt

1 tsp. vanilla

extract

1 egg

¼ c. oil

½ c. water

8 oz. Bakers

Choice lotus

Cream

Lotus

frosting:

1 stick

margarine

1 cup

confectioners

sugar

6 oz. Bakers

Choice lotus

Cream

1 ½ Tbsp.

topping,

defrosted

Directions:

Cake: Combine all cake ingredients and mix well with a hand mixer or by hand. Pour into a lined 10 x 13-inch pan. Bake on 350 for about 20-25 minutes.

Frosting: Beat together frosting ingredients and spread over cooled cake. Cut into squares.

Wishing all of klal Yisroel a הבוט הנש הקותמו

ךיז טריפּש רע זא טכארטעג טאה קיימ

".ךעלסיבוצ ךיז ןקור ןכאז" .םעווקאבמוא

דראנאק טאה "?סיאול ,וד ןוא"

.טגערפעג

דלאוועג א טלמאזעג ןבאה רימ .אי"

וצ .טסואקאלאה ן'פיוא עיצאמראפניא

ןיימ'כ – אנעריא ףיוא רעבא .וליפא ךאס

".טשינראג טעמכ – רעלדנעס אנעריא

רימ ןראפ ,גאטסניד ךאוו עגידנעמוק"

",פּירט-שראפ א ףיוא ,יטיס סעזנעק ןייק

ריא" ,טרימראפניא ייז דראנאק .רמ טאה

ףיוא טקילבעג טאה רע "?אי ,עלא טמוק

ןלעוו ייז זא גידנפאה ,ןטנעדוטס יירד עלא

ראפ רעטנעצ א אד זיא טראד" .ןעמוקטימ

ןבאה ייז ןוא ,סעידוטש טסואקאלאה

ריא .עיגאלאנכעט ענעטירשעגראפ ראג

.עיצאמראפניא ןפערט רעכיז טראד טעוו

".טריטנאראג

קאזקור ןייז טגיילעגפיורא טאה סיאול

טאה רענייא .טשינ סייוו'כ" .שיט ן'פיוא

ןיא ןכוז ראנ ףראד ןעמ זא טגאזעג רימ ".ןקעטאילביב

,ןפורעגנא ךיז םעס טאה "!ייג ךיא"

ראג ןיב ךיא" ,טפעה ןייז גידנכאמראפ

".גירעגיינ קראטש

קיימ טאה ",ןוט וצ סאוו טשינ סייוו ךיא"

סעפּע גאט ענעי באה ךיא" .ןפורעגנא ךיז

".ליפּש-סטראפּס עגיטכיוו א

טאה דראנאק .רמ ".טעטיראירפּ ,קיימ"

.טריוורענ ןעזעגסיוא ,טגאזעג קיימ טאה ",סייוו'כ ,סייוו'כ"

"...טגאזעג רימ טאה טניירפ ןיימ רעבא"

ןעק ןעמ .קיימ ,לאווסיוא ןייד זיא'ס"

".םענייא ןדעי ןלעטשנדירפוצ טשינ

"?סיאול ,וד ןוא"

".םתסה ןמ"

"?סיאול ,ןיינ רעדא אי"

רע טאה לאמאכאנ ".אי ,םתסה ןמ"

ןוא ךאז עצנאג יד ןבעגוצפיוא קשח טאהעג

טנאמרעד ךיז רע טאה ןאד רעבא .גיטראפ

עדנלסיירטפיוא ןוא סענעצס עכילקערש יד

'עטסיל ס'רעלדניש' ךוב םענופ עטכישעג

.טעיירדעגרעביא ךיז טאה סעפּע ןוא .'עטסיל ס'רעלדניש' טנעיילעג באה ךיא" עכילביולגמוא ןא ןוא גידעקערש זיא'ס

עטכישעג יד זא ןיימ ךיא רעבא .השעמ

רעמ ךאסא זיא רעלדנעס אנעריא ןופ

זא טריפּשעג טאה סיאול ".ךעלביולגמוא

ןכיוה א ןגירשעגסיוא רע טאה םעד טימ

וצ ,םעס ןוא קיימ וצ ,דראנאק .רמ ראפ 'אי'

.ךיז וצ ןוא טקעיארפּ םעד

ןייז ןביוהעגפיוא טאה דראנאק .רמ

ריא" .עקשאט ענרעדעל ,ענעטלאפּשוצ

עדמערפ ןייק ראפ טשינ" ,גאלאנאמ ארומ קראטש וצ טלאוו ךיא .ןשטנעמ גיד'תמא ליוו ךיא .ןבעל ןיימ ראפ טאהעג

סאוו ;ןוטעג סאד טאה יז סאווראפ ןסיוו ,עכילרעדנואוו יד וצ טפּוטשעג ריא טאה ".ןטעטיוויטקא עטגאוועג .עמעט יד טשיוטעג טאה קיימ

טאה אנעריא ביוא ךיז רעדנואוו ךיא"

רשפא .ןליופּ ןיא החפּשמ טזאלעגרעביא ןגעוו רעמ ןלייצראפ ןענעק זנוא ייז ןלעוו ןשטנעמ ןפערט רימ ןענעק ראג רעדא .ריא ןענעז ןוא ,טעוועטארעג טאה יז עכלעוו ןעקנעדעג וצ סיורג גונעג ןעוועג ןיוש רעטרעדנוה אד ןענעז רעכיז .ןטייהלצנייא סלא ןראוועג טעוועטארעג ןענעז עכלעוו זא טשינ וליפא ןסייוו ןוא רעדניק עלעציפּ

".טעוועטארעג ייז טאה ןעמ ןיא טריצאפּשניירא טאה דראנאק .רמ .סאלק "?סע טייג יוזא יוו" ן'פיוא ןסקאוועג זיא לכיימש ס'קיימ ךאסא ןבאה רימ .טוג רעייז" :םינפּ ".רענעלפּ ןוא ןעקנאדעג "?םעס"

ןעוו ,השוב פארט

ןסאשעג ןבאה סיצאנ יד זא טנעיילעג

– ןדיא ןפלאהעג ןבאה עכלעוו ןקאלאפּ

ןיוש טאה טצעי ".אנעריא יוו יוזא ןשטנעמ

סאוו ןוטעג וטסלאוו" :טקוקעגפיורא םעס

"?ןוטעג טאה יז

ןסיוו טשינ לאמנייק ןלעוו רימ"

",ןוטעג סאד טאה יז סאווראפ ךילטקנופּ

טשינ זיא סע רעבא" ,טגאזעג קיימ טאה

ךיא .ךאז עגיטכיר יד זיא סע לייוו ראנ

זא טגאזעג טלאוו רענייא רעדעי זא ןיימ

טאה יז רעבא .ךאז עגיטכיר יד זיא סאד

רעלדנעס אנעריא .ןוטעג שיטקאפ סע

ןיא ךאז א ראפ ןביוהעגפיוא ךיז טאה

ןעזעג טאה יז .טביילגעג טאה יז עכלעוו עגיטכיר טשינ טוט ןעמ יוו טניואוועגייב ןוא ".ךאז םוצ ןוטעג סעפּע יז טאה ,ןכאז ,טפּאכעג ריא טלאוו ןעמ ביוא רעבא"

טע'גרה'עג החפּשמ עצנאג ריא טלאוו טייהרעליטש טגאזעג םעס טאה ",ןראוועג

סאד וטסלאוו" ,טייקטסעפ א טימ רעבא

עצנאג ןייד זא גידנסיוו ,ןוטעג ץלא ךאנ "?ןרעוו ןסאשעגסיוא ןעק החפּשמ

ןופ טכארטעג טאהעג ןיוש טאה םעס

טאה סאלק עטסקעז ןיא .ראפעב םעד

םענופ רעכיב עכילקערש טניילעג ןיוש רע

-רעוועשראוו

סיאול .אטעג

,טריפשעג טאה

ןבאה סאוו ןשטנעמ רעביא ,המחלמ יד טרעפטנעעג ןוא ערעדנא טעוועטארעג ,ראלק טסואוועג טאה רע .ךיז ראפ עגארפ ןייז טלעטשעגנייא טשינ טלאוו רע זא וצ רשפא .רעדמערפ א ןעוועטאר וצ ןבעל םעס .רעטנאנ א רעדא ,רעדורב א ןעוועטאר ןעמונעגרעביא ןצנאגניא ןעוועג זיא סנאק טעוועטארעג טאה אנעריא זא טקאפ םענופ .ןשטנעמ עדמערפ רעטנזיוט יד טאהעג טלאוו ךיא זא ףאה'כ" רעבא" .טרעפטנעעג קיימ טאה ",שזארוק רענייק זא ןיימ ךיא .טשינ תמאב סייוו ךיא ".ןא טמוק טנעמאמ רעד זיב טשינ טסייוו וצ טרעהעגפיוא טשינ טאה םעס ןבילבראפ ןענעז ןדיא יד סאווראפ ןטכארט טשינ ייז ןענעז סאווראפ' .אטעג ןיא רעצעלפּ ןייק ןעוועג טשינ ןענעז ?ןפאלטנא '?ןטלאהאב וצ ךיז ואוו לכיבציטאנ ןייז טנפעעג טאה סיאול ןגאזוצניירא זלאה ןייז טראלקעגסיוא ןוא טנעיילעג סנטצעל באה ךיא" :סעפּע ןופ טנעצארפּ ןייא ראנ זא ,ואווצעגרע

ןפלעה וצ ןוטעג סעפּע ןבאה םייוג עשיליופּ

.ןדיא יד – םינכש ערעייז ןעוועטאר רעדא

.ןוטעג טלאוו ךיא סאוו טשינ סייוו ךיא ".טאהעג ארומ טלאוו'כ זא ןיימ'כ רעבא

",טנעקעג טשינ טלאוו ךיא זא ןיימ ךיא"

םענעפא ןא ןיא טגאזעג םעס טאה

טגעלפ קיימ

ןייק ןא ,ןפא ןענייוו

טקוקעג טאה רע

ןופ רעדליב ףיוא

,טכער טימ ןוא אנעריא' רעד זא

רעלעדנעס 'טקעיארפ

.םיא ראפ טגנאלאב

סיאול .אטעג-רעוועשראוו ןופ רעדליב

רעד זא ,טכער טימ ןוא ,טריפּשעג טאה

טגנאלאב 'טקעיארפּ רעלעדנעס אנעריא'

סעלא סאד זיא ,םעס ראפ רעבא .םיא ראפ

.עיראטסיה ענעקירט ןעוועג

⋅⋅⋅

ךיז ןבאה ייז ןעוו ,רעטעפּש געט עכילטע

עדנע יד" :ןפורעגסיוא קיימ טאה ,ןפארטעג

סענעצס יד ןופ טפּירקס ןראפ ןימרעט ,קיימ ".םורא ןכאוו טכא ןיא לכה-ךס זיא

רעכיז טאה ,טנאה ןיא רעגייז ןטימ סלא

רעלעדנעס אנעריא' רעד זא טכאמעג .טייצ יד טימ טפּאלק 'טקעיארפּ

טעמכ ןבירעג ךיז ןבאה םעס ןוא סיאול

ךאסא טאה םעס .םוקמאצ ןדעי ייב

םענופ ןעיצוצסיורא ךיז טכארטעג לאמ

םיא טאה עמאמ ןייז רעבא ,טקעיארפּ .ןבעגוצפיוא טשינ טע'הצע'עג

ןימרעט עדנע ןא ןכאמ ךיוא ףראד ןעמ"

טאה ",ןכוז ןוא ןשראפ ןלעוו רימ ןעוו זיב

-ךאוו א ךאנ ןגאז רימאל" .טגאזעג קיימ

ןיא ,סעקעט ןיא ןרעטשינ ןוא ןכוז ןופ ייווצ

ךיז ןעמ ףראד ןאד .ןקעטאילביב ןיא ,רעכיב

".סיואראפ ןקור

הרוחס ךאסא רעייז אד זיא סע רעבא" ,טגאזעג סיאול טאה ".ןקוקוצרעביא

.טגיזאב גידנריפּש

רשפא" :שיטקארפּ ןעוועג זיא םעס

סע ,ךוב רעדא עקעט א ןעמענ רעדעי לאז

ןגידנעמוק םייב ןוא ,ןענעייל ןוא ןרעטשינ

ןוא םישודיח עלא ןסעומשכרוד גנוציז

ןלייט עלא ןביירשפּא טעוו ןעמ .ןסניפעג

טרא רימ .ליפּש ןראפ ןצינ ןענעק רימ סאוו

ןוא .עלוש ךאנ רעגנעל אד ןביילב וצ טשינ

"?סיאול וד

".ןייטשאב ןעק'כ ,אי .טוג סיוא טעז"

רעגייז ן'פיוא טקוקעג טאה קיימ

טאה רע .רעכיב ענייז ןעמונעגמאצ ןוא

ליפיוזא .ןטייז טנזיוט ןיא ןגיוצעג טריפּשעג

ןגעלעג םיא ןענעז ןטקעיארפּ ןוא ןכאז

.פּאק ן'פיוא "?זאלסטעברא עטאט ןייד זיא ,םעס"

.סעגארפ עטקעריד טגערפעג טאה סיאול

לאמ ןטייווצ םוצ טאה םעס

ןעוועג זיא רע" :ןגיוא ענייז טזאלעגפּארא

עטוג א סעפּע טצעי טכוז רע .יימרא יד ןיא

".גנירג טשינ זיא'ס .טעברא

ראי ייווצ גידנעייז זא ,טריפּשעג טאה רע רע ףראד ,ןטנעדוטס ערעדנא יד יוו רעטלע .רדס ןכאמ ןוא לאמוצ ןטערטניירא לאנאיצאמע ןעוועג ןענעז קיימ ןוא סיאול

טקעיארפּ םעניא ןוטעגניירא רעמ ךאסא ןייק ןא ,ןפא ןענייוו טגעלפ קיימ .םעס יוו ףיוא טקוקעג טאה רע ןעוו ,השוב פּארט

ןטלאהעגטימ ןוא ןעזעג ןיוש באה'כ ,טסייוו 'גאט עיראטסיה עלאנאיצאנ' ךאסא

סעפּע ךיז טריפּש סאד רעבא .ןטקעיארפּ

יד טאהעג טשינ טאה רע "...רעדנוזאב

סע" .ןקורדוצסיוא ךיז רעטרעוו עגיטכיר

ךילטקנופּ טשינ סייוו'כ – ךיז טריפּש

סיורג סעפּע .גידעבעל סעפּע – סאווראפ

עדעי .ןרעוו טקעדטנא וצ טראוו סאוו

ךיז ןכאמ עיראטסיה ןיא טייצ לקיטש

ןא אד טפּאכ ןעמ זא ריפּש'כ .ןכאז עניוזא ".לדייוו םייב רעגיט א

רע יוו ,פּאק ןייז טלקאשעג טאה רע

סאוו טשאררעביא ןעוועג טלאוו סניילא

,טכאנ עטוג א" .טגאזעג טצעי טאה רע

,טנעה יד טעכאפעג טאה רע ".ןטנעדוטס .סאלק ןופ סיורא זיא ןוא

ןביוהנא סעפּע טלאוועג טאה סיאול

.טפּאכעגסיוא םיא טאה קיימ רעבא ,ןגאז ןביוהעגנא ךיא באה ,קירוצ געט עכילטע"

".ליפּש יד ןביירש וצ סיאול טאה "?סאוו טסאה וד"

סאד וטסנעק יוזא יוו" .טצאלפּעגסיוא

ףיוא עיצאמראפניא םיוק ןבאה רימ ?ןוט "!אנעריא

,ןביוהנא רימ ןפראד ץעגרע רעבא ,תמא"

.ןשיוט טשינ סאד ןענעק רימ .סעפּע טימ "...קראטש ביילג ךיא

רעטייוו סיאול טאה ",םעד רעסיוא ןוא"

ןביירש וטסנעק ןעוו טייז" ,ןסאשעג

ןבאה ףראד ןעמ ?ליפּש א ןופ סענעצס

ןוא .רעביירש רעשיטאמארד א םעד ראפ

עניב א םיוק טאה עלוש עניילק רעזנוא ".לאז םעניא

",ןביוהנא ןעמ ףראד ץעגרע רעבא ,אי"

זיא סע" ,לכיימש ןייז ןריולראפ טאה קיימ

ןופ רעדעי .ןופרעד ןדער רימ זא גונעג טשינ

ראנ ףראד ןעמ .סענעצס ןביירש ןעק זנוא

טשינ זיא סאד ןוא ,השעמ עטוג א ןבאה

.עגידעקאנק א ראנ ,השעמ עטוג א םתס ".זיא סע זא ןיימ'כ

טגאזעג סיאול טאה ",טשינ רעדא" ןייז ןפראוופיורא ןכאנ ,שיטסאקראס .עציילפּ ן'פיוא קאזקור

זא ןיימ'כ" .טקאהעגניירא טאה םעס

ןעייג עלא רימ ביוא טוג ןעוועג טלאוו סע

רעמ ןעניפעגסיוא – יטיס סעזנעק וצ

ןביירש רימ ןענעק ןאד .יורפ םעד רעביא

ןעוועג זיא םעס ".ןעמאזוצ ליפּש יד

זא ןייז ןעק .סניילא ךיז ףיוא טשאררעביא

ביוא רעבא" טלאוו ןעמ ,טפאכעג ריא ריא טלאוו

Vibes of Taste

Honey Garlic Salmon

Bracha Shifrin

Crisp, flavorful, and effortlessly elegant, this honey garlic salmon is a light yet fulfilling dish that pairs beautifully with virtually any side – be it fluffy rice, roasted vegetables, or a zesty salad. Try it for the post-Yom Kippur seudah and you’re sure to add it to your regular repertoire of recipes.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

4 Salmon fillets

Salt

Pepper

Garlic powder

Paprika

For the Sauce:

4 tbsp Oil

3 Garlic cloves, crushed

1/2cup Honey

3 tbsp Soy sauce

2 tbsp Sriracha

2 tbsp Fresh lemon juice

For the Garnish:

Sesame seeds

Chopped green onion

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. Lightly season each salmon fillet with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Set aside.

3. Prepare the sauce combining the oil, crushed garlic, honey, soy sauce, sriracha, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.

4. Place the seasoned salmon fillets in a baking dish. Then pour the prepared honey garlic sauce over the salmon, ensuring that each fillet is generously coated.

5. Transfer the baking dish to the preheated oven and bake for approximately 25 minutes, or until the salmon flakes easily with a fork.

6. Once the salmon has finished baking, remove it from the oven and sprinkle it with sesame seeds and chopped green onions. Serve immediately.

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Berry Galette

The galette is a simple, rustic tart with a flaky crust and warm fruit center. Best served fresh from the oven with vanilla ice cream, and a sprinkle of confectioners' sugar, this impressive dessert can be the perfect end to your post-Yom Kippur seudah.

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.

2. Add the cold butter pieces. Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized butter lumps.

3. Add the cold water, mixing just until the dough comes together.

4. Shape the dough into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

5. In the meantime, in a bowl, toss the sliced fruit with sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, and lemon juice. Mix until the fruit is well-coated.

6. Preheat your oven to 375°F and remove your refrigerated dough from the refrigerator.

Ingredients:

For the Dough:

1 cup All-purpose flour

1/4 cup Granulated sugar

1/4 tsp Salt

1/2 cup Cold unsalted vegan butter or Margarine, cut into small pieces

1/2 cup Cold water

For the Filling:

2 to 3 cups Berries (strawberries and blueberries)

1/4 cup Granulated sugar

1 tbsp Cornstarch

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1 tbsp Lemon juice

For the Finish:

1 Egg,beaten (egg wash)

1 to 2 tbsp Coarse sugar for sprinkling

7. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a circle that’s about 12 inches in diameter. It doesn't need to be perfectly round — the rustic look is part of the galette's charm.

8. Transfer the rolled-out dough to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the fruit mixture over the center of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border around the edges.

9. Fold the edges of the dough over the fruit, overlapping as needed, to create a border.

10. Brush the folded dough edges with the beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar.

11. Place the galette in the preheated oven and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the fruit filling bubbles.

12. Allow the galette to cool slightly on the baking sheet. Serve warm or at room temperature and add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream if desired.

Yields: 1 Galette

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HAZELNUT COCOA BITES

Healthier chocolate nut fix...

Ingredients:

1 cup Hazelnuts

2 tbsps Cocoa Powder

2 tbsps Maple Syrup

Directions:

1/4 tsp Sea Salt

Preheat the oven to 375ºF (191ºC) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the hazelnuts and place in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until toasted. Remove and rub with a clean kitchen towel to remove the skins. Place in a blender or food processor to chop well. Reserve a small handful of the chopped nuts for rolling the balls in and set aside on a plate.

Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup and salt to the hazelnuts and process until the dough comes together.

Remove the dough and using slightly damp hands, roll into golf ball-sized balls. Roll each ball into the reserved chopped hazelnuts. Place in a sealed container in the fridge to harden slightly, about 20 minutes. Enjoy!

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Day 5

Exercise or stretch.

Day 10

Practice positive self-talk.

Do something nice for yourself.

Eliminate sugar + Eat protein & vegetables

Pay attention to micro moments of happiness.

Go to sleep 30min. earlier than usual.

Listen to calming music.

Day 15

Practice deep breathing.

Give yourself time out.

Do a creative activity to distract yourself.

Drink cold water.

Do something with your hands.

Cuddle with a weighted blanket.

Connect with a friend.

Use a mantra

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Identify 3 triggers.

Day 20 Day 25

Declutter your favorite space.

Drink herbal tea.

Spend time in nature.

Go on a digital detox. (off all devices) for 10 minutes.

Take a hot shower or bath.

Day 30

Use fidget toys.

Plan a 10 minute worry time.

Scratch something off your to-do list.

Find something to laugh about.

Set up a daily routine.

Gluten free Banana chocolate chip muffins

Gluten free Banana chocolate chip muffins

Ingredients

Ingredients

1 Banana (ripe, mashed)

1 Banana (ripe, mashed)

1 Egg

1 Egg

1/4 cup Coconut Sugar

1/4 cup Coconut Sugar

1 1/8 cups Plain Coconut Milk (unsweetened)

1 1/8 cups Plain Coconut Milk (unsweetened)

1 1/2 cups Oat Flour

1 1/2 cups Oat Flour

1/2 cup Coconut Flour

2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 cup Coconut Flour

1/8 tsp Sea Salt

2 tsp Baking Powder

1/8 tsp Sea Salt

1/3 cup Pecans (chopped)

1/3 cup Pecans (chopped)

1/3 cup dark mini chocolate chips or Coconut sugar

1/3 cup dark mini chocolate chips or Coconut sugar

sweetened mini Chocolate Chips (my company, sold in natures warehouse near wine on 9))

sweetened mini Chocolate Chips (my company, sold in natures warehouse near wine on 9))

Directions

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin pans with silicone or parchment paper liners

Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin pans with silicone or parchment paper liners

Mix all ingredients (except for the pecans and chocolate chips)in an electric mixer (for smoother results) until smooth and well blended

Mix all ingredients (except for the pecans and chocolate chips)in an electric mixer (for smoother results) until smooth and well blended

Stir in the chopped pecans and chocolate chips

Stir in the chopped pecans and chocolate chips

Divide batter into muffin pans using 1/4 cup measuring cup Bake for 22 minutes and let cool for 10 minutes before eating. Enjoy!

Divide batter into muffin pans using 1/4 cup measuring cup Bake for 22 minutes and let cool for 10 minutes before eating. Enjoy!

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Our house was buzzing with activity. A Rebbe was coming to visit and there was lots to be done. Aside from preparing cakes, fruit, cookies and drinks, a donation was expected as well. Knowing that he only stood to gain from it, my father gave more money than he originally planned to give. Later that day, much to our surprise, he received an e-mail stating that one of his real estate investments yielded a nice return. Aser Bishvil Shetisaser.

Schaindy S, 13

Our great grandfather R’ Mordechai Schwab z’tzal was once trying to catch a train but he decided to go to the Chofetz Chaim first then he would go to catch the train. So he went to the Chofetz Chaim and they were talking for a little and then as they shook hands it appeared that the Chofetz Chaim had fallen asleep, and he didn’t want to take his hand out because he thought that he would wake up the Chofetz Chaim. So he stayed there for about 10 minutes until the Chofetz Chaim woke up. Then he quickly ran to the train station but it was too late the train already came. Later he found out that the train had gotten into a massive crash and everyone on the train had died. It is such hashgacha pratis that he stayed a little longer at the Chofetz Chaim to make sure that he wouldn’t chas v’shalom wake him up. THANK YOU HASHEM!!

E.S. and C.B, 13

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