L'Covid You Issue 9

Le'covid Y Issue 9 Parshs Shelach 27th Sivan 5780

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Contents

3

Editors Letter

4

Story

5

A Letter From Oma

6

Baking

8

Back to School

9

Opposites Challenge

5

An open letter from Oma

6

Baking Frying Pan Pizza

10 Its Corona Time 11 Puppet Show 13 Learn Ivrit 14 Covid Jokes 15 Crossword 16 Photos

15 16

Picture Crossword

Pictures From Israel

Dear Readers, It is now 1.10 a.m. Thursday evening and my computer is wishing me good morning! I don’t need reminding and I still need to design the front cover. Then I’m going upstairs to give last minute instructions to Boruch Yechiel as to what needs to go in and then he is going to get to work! But from all the feedback I get, it seems well worth the effort!

Thanks once again for all contributions! Next week is our 10th edition, people so we’d love a bumper issue if possible (the weather is meant to improve in the UK next week so not much incentive to stay indoors). More and more kids are going back to school so that makes contributions limited too.

Have a good read and a good Shabbos, Aunty Cha It’s 3.32 am and I’m still working on it

Letters to the editor: Dear Editor, Firstly, I would like to thank you for the Le’covid You. I especially liked the “Good Old Days” and found the pictures funny which made me laugh. My mother explained all the things and I liked the ‘rag and boneman’.

Nosson Tzvi Weisfish

Dear Editor, In reference to the homophone competition, we had Family Prijs very busy. One fun homophone was 'clause' and 'claws', until Leah Prijs enlightened us, "Mummy, there's another claws. Like please 'close' the door!"

Anyone still not sure where we live??!!

Family Prijs:)

Dear Editor, We are so grateful for keeping us in touch with all our family. I know it's only been a few weeks, but we feel we really know the American Epsteins a bit now! We even know they have a Tatty and a Mommy, a Shimmy, a Malky and a baby Rochel!

And that they're doing really fun stuff at home:) We would love to see more pictures of the Israeli Epsteins, we used to know you but we need pictures to keep us up to date.

Wishing you all a wonderful Shabbos and a fun week ahead!

Family Smus

PLEASE NOTE: Baruch Hashem our magazine is growing each week. In order to minimise the workload submissions will only be accepted as follows: Photos: Please send all photos in one ZIP file by email Documents: Please send in Word format by email All submissions should be sent to lcovidyou@pweiss.co.uk Should you have any issues with the above please call 0330 354 5321 Due to requests we are happy to announce, back issues are available at issuu.com/lcovidyou

CHAPTER 3

The Unexpected Marriage a serial by shmully weisfish

Recap: The doctor came and said that R’ Itche would not survive and a few days later R’ itche was nifter and R’ Mordche took Miriam in and found her a chosson.

THE BOCHUR WAS CALLED YITZCHOK. YITZCHAK WAS BORN IN A SMALL VILLAGE SOMEWHERE IN LITHUANIA AND HAD COME TO POLAND TO LEARN. YITZCHAK HAD FINE MIDDOS AND WAS VERY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL BUT HE WAS VERY POOR AND HOPED TO FIND A GOOD SHIDDUCH AND B”H HE GOT HIS DREAM SHIDDUCH. THE ENTIRE TOWN GOT READY FOR THIS CHASSUNA AND ALL THE SHOPS GAVE OFFERS PRESENTS FOR THE CHASUNA AND SCHOOL WAS CLOSED SO EVERYONE COULD PREPARE FOR THE CHASUNA. FINALLY ON THE DAY OF THE CHASUNA PEOPLE CAME FROM THE NEXT TOWN TO HELP BUILD THE FANCIEST CHUPPAH AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHASUNA AND FOR THE SHEVA BERACHOS IT WAS LIKE A 7-DAY YOM TOV AND EVERYONE JOINED IN. A FEW WEEKS LATER YITZCHAK SPOKE TO MIRIAM AND ASKED HER “I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BUT I REALLY WANT TO HAVE A HOUSE TELL ME IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BUT I WANT TO HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF ORCHIM (GUEST) I KNOW IT MAY BE HARD I KNOW YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BUT PLEASE I MEAN IF IT IS TO HARD TELL ME” “NO NO DON’T SAY ANY MORE WHEN YOU GO TO SHUL THIS FRIDAY BY MINCHA INVITE ANY POOR OR LONELY PERSON TO US I WILL COOK UP A STORM FOR SHABBOS” RESPONDED MIRIAM. “THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU” SAID YITZCHOK. BUT ONE DAY YITZCHOK WENT TO A FAR TOWN AND HE HAD A CRASH WITH A DRUNKARD AND WAS NIFTAR.

to be continued...

Thank You Hashem The Lewises told me about their neighbour who made a competition about thanking Hashem. Oma just wanted to share with everyone how she thanks Hashem every day.

Thank you Hashem that all our families are well.

Thank you Hashem I could get up by myself, could get dressed by myself, could go downstairs easily to daven, and say to Hashem besides all the brochos in shacharis. Thank you Hashem I can smell, I can touch, I can hear, and I can enjoy my food of which you give me plenty.

I thank Hashem for my beautiful house and garden, but before that I have to thank Hashem for all my wonderful children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and thank you Hashem for the le’covid you that keeps me in touch with everyone all over the world from America to Israel to Manchester and Gateshead and even London.

I would also like to thank Hashem that I was able to celebrate Pesach on my own but in good health, with company from Rabbi krohn through his fabulous hagaddah.

Thanks to family weisfish I also had fantastic reading for the rest of yom tov.

Thanks to Hashem for the beautiful weather we had over yom tov, so lots of people came to visit me at my front door, so I wasn’t so alone.

This is just a little list of everything we have to be grateful for every minute of the day. Lots of love to the whole family

Stovetop Pizza BY: SHMULLY WEISFISH

Method time: 5 minutes Pan time: 15 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Comment: Use non-stick frying pan!

Comes out squeaky clean!

Ingredients: ½ cup self-rising flour ½ cup plain flour 2/3 cup warm water Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon dry yeast Pizza sauce Your favorite toppings Cheese

Method: I. put in flour, water, salt, honey and yeast in a pan II. mix III. put on the sauce, cheese and favourite toppings IV. cover with silver foil and let cook on low heat for 5 mins V. open silver foil a bit VI. let cook for 10 min VII. take out VIII. cut IX. enjoy

CHILDRENS BAKING CORNER BY: SHMULLY WEISFISH

No Snow Marble Preparation time: 10 minutes Oven time: 30 -40 minutes Total time: 40 - 50 minutes Comment: This is a quick marble cake for yummy rushes. It looks like a big recipe from the ingredients but fills 2 loaf tins.

Ingredients:

6 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup oil 2 cups flour cocoa

Method: I. mix all the ingredients beside the cocoa.

II. Pour into 2 loaf tins. but leave a bit of batter out III. mix the cocoa into the left over batter and pour the chocolate batter into the loaf tins and marbelize.

Oven: bake at 350oF for 50-55 minutes or until ready.

HALF BACK AT MECHINOH Before I start I want to let you know that my rebbe I am telling you about in this story is 69 ‫בלי עין הרע‬.

On Sunday we asked our rebbe if we can come to his back garden to learn as it was good weather and the topic had already been spoken about before and my rebbe said that if it’s good weather tomorrow we can come to his back garden to learn. We were excited! The day before we started the rebbe gave a whole ‫ שיעור השקפה‬and said that there is no covid 19 left in the air and that social distancing got changed to 2 mm instead of 2m. Everyone was wondering what the social distancing is really going to look like.

The next day and the first day {Monday} we got there, the tables set out like a ches(‫)ח‬...and there was nothing to look out for - everyone saw that there was no distancing...but everyone realised...it was actually squashy - three boys on a table made for two. That day {Monday} it was nice weather and the rebbe gave out ice lollies.

On day two {Tuesday} the rebbe sent his grandson [who is in my class] to the shop to buy ice lollies but the shop didn’t have any so we didn’t have any that day.

My rebbe lives in a very cut off and quiet area and we enjoy playing there for break. In the middle of break it started pouring with rain. The boys that weren’t playing quickly took all tables and chairs into the rebbe’s shed and the boys playing carried on and didn’t know what was going on with the boys that weren’t playing. I was one of the boys playing so I don’t know who arranged what. But when we were told break was over we were also told to take a chair from the shed and take it to the rebbe’s dining room. I thought I took a wrong step and instead of walking into his house I walked in a museum but I was wrong; it was his house. The furniture made me think I was in 1825.

We all sat round his antique, old wooden table and chairs. There were the oldest ‫ ספרים‬and bookcases I have ever seen. On the walls there was some old pictures and portraits of; ,‫ ר'ליב גורביץ‬,‫ חפץ חיים‬,‫סטייפלער‬,‫ך’’ ש רב‬,‫ר' עקיבא איגר‬ ‫חזון איש‬and my rebbe’s father ‫ זצ''ל‬and‫להבדיל בין חיים לחיים ; ר' דוד הלוי‬ ‫סאלאווייטציק שליט''א‬. There were 16 out of 18 boys that came.

It was so good to see everyone and start to get back to normal.

By Shmulli Lewis

OPPOSITES! New! Opposite’s competition!

The Oxford definition of opposites is: ‘Of a contrary kind as different as possible’ e.g. Hot and cold

How many pairs of opposites can you find?

Email your lists to lcovidyou@pweiss.co.uk

Winners will receive a small prize from family prijs

Yitzy and Yitzy

WHAT WILL YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN? 1)YITZY HAS TWO LESSONS AND BORUCH ALSO HAS ALSO TWO LESSONS BUT LONG ONES. 2)THE PHONE IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR. 3) TZVI YEHUDA HAS 3 LESSONS.

BY YITZY LEWIS NOW BY CORONAVIRUS, WE HAVE TO STAY AT HOME AND WE DON’T GO TO SCHOOL SO WE HAVE CONFERENCE CALLS. YOU SHOULD TRY TO STAY HOME BECAUSE CORONA IS A VERY CATCHY FLU. THE PERSON WHO COMES TO YOUR HOUSE SHOULD WASH THEIR HANDS. ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH US CAN COME TO THE HOUSE. IF SOMEONE COMES OR A WHOLE FAMILY THEN THEY SHOULD STAY IN THE FRONT GARDEN WHEN THEY COME TO CHAT AND TO GET ALL THE NICE NUSH. WE CAN’T GO TO CHASUNAHS OR ENGAGEMENTS OR BAR MITZVAH’S OF OUR COUSINS AND FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN EITHER LISTEN ONLY ON CONFERENCE CALLS OR ON ZOOM, WATCH AND LISTEN.

BY YITZY WEISFISH

Yosef Mokir Shabbos This week the Weisfish Family made a puppet show of Yosef Mokir Shabbos. These are some pictures we took. We hope you enjoy looking at them!

Narrator: Welcome to our puppet show!

One night, Ivan the Miser has a dream that all his money would go to the Tzaddik, Yosef Moker Shabbos.

Quickly, he goes to the market to buy a pearl using all his money...

...and sews it into his hat!

But alas! One day, the hat falls in the water!

A fish finds a delicacy. Yum! A pearl!

Yosef Mokir Shabbos buys the fish... for shabbos...

...and a fisherman comes and catches the fish.

...and finds the pearl!

Thiis is his reward for making Shabbos special.

How do you make it special?

LEARN IVRIT

ANIMALS ‫בעלי חיים‬ Baalei Chaim Horse ‫סוס‬ soos

Monkey ‫קוף‬ kof

Duck ‫ברווז‬ barvaz

Lion ‫אריה‬ aryeh

Unicorn ‫חד קרן‬ chad keren

Cow ‫פרה‬ para

(COVID) JokeS!!!

Year 2020!

January.

February.

Lock down...

December!

Why is it hard to have a chat with a goat?

Because it is always kidding!

I t s y a a g p sterd hat n i w v ye Dri ife like w Q y s B& d m wa big e e s k u a e as qu t w d the i e th aid e an B! s g e e Am n h h t s an w ora e as d a s from caug an e siz the ht s My mother told me, I teali neig And sam n h the g b ours was could never accomplish polic stea hing w a e sh ling aske anything by just sitting d wh ing line stea so he sa y yo ling; on the couch... and here i u ar he w d that h e ew as I am saving lives! shop doing o asn’t nline ping !

Tongue twister: farmer fred fried fresh fish from fren in france!!!

I called the government to ask how long lock down will remain? They answered “just a minute” so I hung up the telephone!

Due to my isolation I finished 3 books yesterday and believe me, that’s a lot of colouring!

By: Mordechai Lewis

Rebbe: “Yitzchock, name 2 pronouns.”

Student, “who, me?”

soup but n o s y m ) I fed , it so I did e k li ’t n he did uwwwww ‘’weeeeee e’’ but he n la p ir a , airplane airport a, n o r o ‘’c said, closed!’’

My house must be bigger than my mind; for 5 weeks I haven’t gone out of my house but I’ve gone out of my mind!

Picture Crossword By: Aunty Tirtza

I'M DREAMING OF A

Hi! From Family Marcus!

Smus' Best Pics

Words that Shloime Smus can say Blim Blambit Raaaa!

Tatty, Mummy

Mine!

Light

Cheese, cheese

Car

Oma

Cake

Bah

Toy

Tun-tun Hi, Bye

Sock

Kakker

More

‫אמן‬

Yitzi decorated the stage!

Creating our puppet Noson Tzvi made the props show!

Shmulli made the props and the stage

On a ramble!

Making minced-meat!

Hard at clay!