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Le'covid Y u! Parshas Korach (Chukas in EY) 4th Sivan 5780

10 Issue

Dear Readers, This week has seen BH more children back in school and the government cutting the social distancing to 1 metre plus (whatever that means). We are all trying to be careful but are doing a little bit more in terms of meeting others, shopping etc. This week we had a new experience of a conference call to compare our competition answers. That was fun and something else to bring us all together. Hatzlocho Family Prijs with moving day on Tuesday. We are waiting to see the pictures! May you have much hatzlocho and brocho in your new home. Wishing everyone a gut Shabbos and a successful week with all your learning, chores and enjoying each other, and make the most of the free time you have. IYH we will hopefully all go back to school, Kollel and work so let’s make hay when the sun shines! Kol Tuv Lots of Love to all Aunty Cha

Letters to the editor: Dear Editor, You know that I usually give pekelech for Shabbos. Now it’s my turn to get pekelech in return! That’s the Le’covid You magazine with all the contributions from everybody. It gives me sooo much nachas. Congratulations to the 10th edition – looking forward to more,

Dear editor, Thank you for all your hard -late night/early morning- work to make such an exciting magazine. We look forward all week to see the photos of our cousins - and the stories! Loads of love, the Lewises

Love Oma Just

Mazal Tov to: Boruch Yechiel for his 22nd birthday. May your new business become very prosperous this year (and mazal tov for your new car – may the garage not become prosperous from it this year!)

PLEASE NOTE:

Yitzy Lewis for turning 5 ½. What a special occasion to celebrate!

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

Menachem for turning 2. May you always continue to help in the house (mopping may be dropped for a different type of help). Uncle Avraimy and Aunty Chavi for their 23rd anniversary

Baruch Hashem our magazine is growing each week. In order to minimise the workload submissions will only be accepted as follows:

Due to requests we are happy to announce, back issues are available at issuu.com/lcovidyou

‫בס"ד‬ Dear Editor, Thank you so much for this amazing magazine. I really enjoy the articles and all the pictures. I find it amazing that notwithstanding everything, the little virus that has upended the world we know has brought us closer. When this pandemic started we were faced with doing all sorts of things to protect oneself. Who knew? , is it a regular virus? A computer virus …. No one was about to take any risks, especially old fat geezers with long white beards. I mean, all sorts of messages were being sent from the high and mighty doctors. Personally, I don’t think they knew any more than the shoemaker down the street but who’s going to listen to a shoemaker? Nothing like a few letters after a name to sound choshuv. Be it as it may, we had the pleasure of having Motti Weisfisch for an extended period. Lest you think this was a tirchah, think again . We enjoyed Carlebach style Havdalah ( well … to be perfectly honest, most of us, it wasn’t

something that Sorah is into… ). Being cooped up meant we got to smell the roses and watch the sun set.

So all told life behind bars wasn’t that terrible. Sleeping arrangements were a little

tight sometimes, but everyone was a real trooper and we all went with the flow. Even Elisheva didn’t object too much (she doesn’t like her Opa, every

time I look at her she either turns the other way looking desperately for someone else or, if there is no one around, she cries. It’s ok, I am not insulted, certain fine things like wine, cheese and Opas are a taste to be acquired).

Meantime, across the pond in Lakewood, NJ Shimmy got to have his Siddur Party social distancing and all. We have all had our fair share of silly pictures, movies etc, of all the crazy things that people get to during this time, well, ‫אנו עמלים והם עמלים‬, we all have to contend, its just what you do with it.

So little by little a semblance of normalcy begins to creep back into our lives, after all there is just so much we can tolerate. The kids begin to go back to school masks in hand (maybe they eventually get onto the face, I really don’t know since I don’t have to go to school anymore…)

And so we all stare off into the great blue yonder wondering what tomorrow or next week will bring. Baruch Hashem Eretz Yisrael has not anything close to what has been happening elsewhere. We continue to Daven that Hashem should keep us all safe. We invite you all to join us here in Eretz Yisrael … come early to beat the rush!

Sincerely, Uncle Aron

STORY TIME WITH SHMULLY Story #4 @ Issue 9

FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE Mr. Laron was a big lawyer in New York and had a relative in a small town in Eretz Yisroel whose son was becoming bar mitzva that week. So, Mr. Laron went to Eretz Yisroel to partake in the bar mitzva, and was surprised when he came there, that his relatives’ town had grown a lot and was almost a big town.

On the Shabbos of the bar mitzva. It was getting late for shacharis but Mr. Laron was still in his house and having a coffee while putting on his Tallis. He was disappointed when he spilt his coffee on his Tallis; on the other hand he was happy because it was only a bit in the corner so he went to shul. During the davening he needed to go be excused so he took off his Tallis and went to be excused. When he came out there were 2 Talliesim but none of them was his so he assumed that someone had taken his Tallis, so for the davening he would take that persons Tallis. While he was davening, he was constantly thinking about his Tallis and could not concentrate on what he was saying. So, he asked the people next to him if they were sure the Tallis they were wearing was theres but everyone said yes it is my Tallis till he got to the last person and when he asked why he was asking, Mr. Laron, said how when he came out from being excused he could not find his Tallis. So, the person said “you have now got an opportunity to thank Hashem. Think about the positive” so Mr. Laron went back to his seat and was thinking about how he had met so many people and had got a chance to see all the people in the shul. He thought as he looked around, but what was that coffee stain in the corner of that person in front of him, on the Tallis? It must be mine, he thought, so Mr. Laron asked the person in front of him whether the Tallis he was wearing was his, but the person looked at his Tallis and said “no it is not mine. is it yours?”. “Yes, it is. Here’s your Tallis” replied Mr. ler0n. Q: What can we learn from the story? A: We must always thank Hashem in every case and situation (for more information about thanking Hashem and a list of 30 things to thank Hashem for Issue 4 page 5 by Tzvi Yehuda)

Yitzy Lewis Writes... GOING TO THE PARK!!! I love going to the park, to play on the swing and slide, afterwards we go on the bench to eat and drink because we are all hungry and thirsty! We are waiting to be able to play on the toys again!

On Tuesday I turned 5 and a half. And Menachem turned 2 and we sang simon tov umazel tov. We made water balloons and it was fun.... and we also made pop corn and we saw pop jump pop jump pop jump. After we saw all the pop jumps we ate it all up and then we took the table out and we had supper. Boruch made Menachem a beautifully decorated crown. By: Yitzy Lewis

Green Fingers By Aunty Tirza (Oma) Have you ever heard of this expression (green fingers)? This means someone who is very good at looking after their indoor plants, or maybe also their garden. Well, oma really had been wanting to make the back of her garden into a rock garden. SO…… On Wednesday morning at 11, Oma, Yehudis Brocho, and myself went off to B&Q for a big shopping spree. Of course, in the shop, Oma and I still wore a mask. Anyhow, so there we were, and the first thing we did was to pick up 4 bags of earth, 2 bags of bark and 1 bag of pebbles. Then we went to look for flowers and shrubs. After that we went indoors. This shopping list consisted of a big spade (big money!!!), a little spade, a new spray gun for the end of the hose, some netting, ties and bamboo arches. Then… we had to lift it all into the car…….and back out of the car in leweston place, through the house and into the back. Well, that was more than enough for one morning. After a good cold cup of apple juice, we went home.

At six o clock that evening, we reconvened in the back garden, with Shifra for extra man power. We started by watering the earth because it was so dry, we couldn’t even dig!

Then, we tilled the earth as best as we could, put on the top soil, planned where to plant the stuff, planted, put down bark around the plants to limit weeds, and then , to deter the foxes and squirrels from digging it all up, covered everything with netting, then gave the whole thing another spritz. By the way, as we were gardening, we found a foxes lair, so we covered the entrance with stones to hopefully deter it being used. I called Oma this morning(Thursday) to find out if all o.k. She said that B.H. nothing has been touched. So lets keep davening that Oma’s flowers really flourish.

By Yitzy Weisfish (including title)

Now we are only writing about options at the bottom of the screen. When you have joined the meeting ID, then when you move your mouse then there should be at the bottom of the computer a few items that you can choose. Two funny whitish people. You can press that and you can write who you want to send a message to. Also you can mute and unmute yourself. You can turn off video from all those options with messages. All the other people and the host cannot see that person who turned off video, can hear that person but not see them and their background. Also there is a picture of a nice smiley and a funny medium plus. You can touch it and it will give you 2 options of funny pictures. Maybe you won’t be able to see the clapping picture but there is a clapping picture with 2 hands and in those 2 pictures then there will be a (thumbs up). If you press it then it will come in one of the corners of your video. Only if you are on video, you will see it. Virtual background: By video, for turning off and on video, then there will be an arrow. If you go to it and quickly go onto one of the options then go to the middle options then in the middle of your screen then there should come up a white thing or loads of funny pictures and you normal. (I don’t really know if hosts can do it). Then press one of the pictures you want to make you a background but you have to have a white background (or one of any colour) and it will look very cool for the other people. (Dictated entirely by Yitzi (“there are lots of thens – commented whilst dictating!” ). The boys have found a new entertainment – zooming each other from different computers – very noisy!!! {Editor}).

PRIJS FAMILY PICS….. making peanut chews with mummy

Miriam Brocho’s big brother

budding

Our

Talmid chochom

Playtime!!!!

SHHHH.Don’t tell anyone… our mother found a park that was not taped up……

s e t i s o p Op

COMPETITION Fun was had with Families Prijs, Nussbaum, Smus and Weisfish as we did a conference call (organised by Shmulli W) to compare opposites and see who has the most that no-one else has. The following are a list of words that each family thought of, that non other did. The familiy with the most was declared winner. Well done for all the children who participated and came up with such excellent stuff! Can we have another conference competition please Family Prijs?

Nussbaum

Prijs

RELIGIOUS-ATHEIST EXIT ENTRANCE FAMOUS-UNKNOWN BORING INTERESTING BLIND-SEEING TAHOR TAMEI DEAF-HEARING BUSY IDLE FOR-AGAINST RIGHT WRONG ACID-ALKALI COMPLICATED SIMPLE LADYLIKE-MACHO COVERED UNCOVERED EMPLOYED-JOBLESS DRESSED UNDRESSED INFORMED-CLUELESS LEND BORROW COMPLIMENTARY-INSULTING DRIVER PASSENGER FORE-AFT CAN CAN'T BOW-STERN ABLE UNABLE SWALLOW-VOMIT THIS THAT HOLY-SECULAR HORIZONTAL VERTICAL UNITE-DIVIDE TRANSPARENT OPAQUE BRAVE-COWARDLY PERMANENT TEMPORAR COMPARE-CONTRAST , WRITE ERASE, NIGHT DAY PROUD-HUMBLE KOSHER TREIF FLARED-STRAIGHT PRIVATE PUBLIC ORDER-CHAOS CHEAP EXPENSIVE MATCH-CLASH

That was close! Well done Fam. Weisfish!

Weisfish TINY, MASSIVE CAREFULL, CARELESS DISGUSTING, DELICIOUS THOUGHTFUL, THOUGHTLESS NERVOUS, CALM RIPE, UNRIPE HEAVEN, EARTH PLAIN, FANCY ACTIVE, INACTIVE HYGENIC, UNHYGENIC EXPAND, SHRINK LOYAL, TRAITORIOUS ROYAL, COMMON POLITE, RUDE ROSHO, TZADDIK SMELLY, ODOURLESS HOME-MADE, BOUGHT CLEAR, BLURRY UPRIGHT, UPSIDE DOWN ENTER, LEAVE MISERLY, GENERAOUS REMEMBER, FORGET OPPOSITE, SAME LOST, FOUND PUMPED, DEFLATED COOL, WARM

1. understand 2. bedroom 3. lockdown 4. watermelon 5. button hole 6. coronavirus 7. milk bottle 8. paper towel 9. tree trunk 10. ice lolly

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handbag

By Nosson Tzvi

10 compound words

10 JOKES FOR CORONAVIRUS

By Mordechai Lewis

I get most of my exercise these days from shaking my head in disbelief!

JOKE 1

Quarantine is an awesome creation...! when you can use it in scrabble!

JOKE 2

JOKE 3

I told my suitcase that there will be no vacation this year. Now I am dealing with emotional baggage!

JOKE 4

I truly hope the teachers are collecting money to buy gifts for the parents for the end of the year! Boris please open the barber shops; I don’t want my hair to look like yours!

JOKE 5

It’s gardening season! 5 weeks ago I planted myself on the couch and my, look: I’ve grown considerably!

JOKE 6

If you see my kids wearing the same clothes for the past 5 days, please don’t comment.... our home school has a uniform!

JOKE 7

I just called the council for permission to have a skip outside my house. They said “yes go for it! You could do with the exercise!”

JOKE 8 JOKE

In a million years I never thought I would be going to a bank with gloves and a mask and asking for cash!

JOKE 9

JOKE 10

The typical corona situation: A couple met over the phone got engaged on skype got married on zoom and ordered the baby on amazon!

JOKE

10 New Words This Era

Lockdown

Self-isolating

Shielding

Quarenteen

Covid 19

Social distancing

hand sanitiser

Coronavirus

(Social) bubble

10 Things From the Le'Covid You's. Can You remember which family is connected to which pictures?

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Zoo Poem

The lion’s roars are very scary, and the bears are very hairy. The monkeys have cheeks And the mice all squeak.

So many animals big and small, So many animals short and tall, Some are fast and some are slow. Some jump high, some crawl low.

Others swim like dolphins and whales, Birds can fly up in the sky, While tree frogs can climb high.

Cheetahs can run fast, Though tortoise are always last, Some have feathers, some have tails, So which is Others swim like dolphins and whales, my favourite? I hear you ask, Birds can fly up in the ZOO POEM!!! To answer that is a difficult task. The lion’s roars are very scary, Each one is a and the bears magnificent sight are very hairy. Some are The monkeys gentle some have might have cheeks Each animal And the mice is a fascinating creation all squeak. And cause for celebration So many animals big and small, Thank you So many HASHEM is what we say animals short and tall, Thank you in Some are fast every way and some are slow. Some jump For the high, some crawl low.Some have animals and the day feathers, some have tails, We will always continue to pray!

One of my friends wrote this poem and I thought you would enjoy it, Mordechai Lewis

MORE JOKES BY MORDECHAI I asked my wife if she would like a diamond bracelet for her birthday, she said that nothing would please her more...so I got her nothing!

DAD: Ee son, can you see the foorest oova there? SON:Na, dad, ’em trees are in the wey!

Did you hear the joke about the germ? Never mind. I don’t want to spread it.

It’s gardening season! 5 weeks ago I planted myself on the couch and my, look, I’ve grown considerably! I took 2 things upon myself. The first thing is to go to sleep early and the second was to start a diet. In the end, the diet went to sleep early!

I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink. Turns out it was the fridge! A Jew was asked ‘’what is the difference between ignorance and apathy?’’ He replied: ”I don’t know, and I don’t care!” Lock down MAY END by MAY END or MAY NOT END by MAY END as it MAY EXTEND but MAY END will be MAY END even if lock down MAY not END! (This was sent around mid-May; about a MONTH ago!)

On the gate of a field said a sign saying: entrance free but will charge later!

Home made Pitta and Bagels SIMPLE BREAD BAKING BY AUNTY CHA

Pitta type bread (no pocket)

use no rise pizza recipe and let rise until it is double the size. Make tennis-size balls and pat flat into pita shapes. Keep plain or spread olive oil and shake oregano/ mixed herbs on it. Bake on 180 till done but still white or leave in longer for more crusty type - see picture below:

(Cheating) Bagels

2 oz yeast 2 tbsp sugar 2 1/2 cups water 1 tbsp salt 8 cups flour Topping: 1 beaten egg extra topping ideas: oregano/mixed herbs /pizza spice Dried onions Poppy and/or sesame Dissolve yeast in sugar and warm water. Knead ingredients together and let dough rise for 10 mins. Form into bagel shapes, put on topping and bake on 200 until golden brown.

FOR MORE RECIPES, VISIT AUNTY CHA AFTER CORONAVIRUS@MELTON.COM

This Week at the Weisfishes Let's go fly a kite!

Eli jet skiing as a treat in Yeshiva!

I found a shell! Burying the chair

Fun in the water!

Home-made water slide

...And with an extension the next time

Covid at the beach By Aunty Tirza

 Well, with the decision that Shifra was going to iyh start school on Tuesday, we decided that we were going to give our extended holiday a rousing goodbye. So first, being that we live in England, the first thing was to find out the weather forecast. YAY! It was predicted to be a pleasant day of 25 degrees. O.K. next was to daven that it would ACTUALLY be that temperature. Next step was to work out with Uncle Yisroel if the car was available. It so happened that he had a very busy day, but understanding the importance (isn’t it really important to go to the beach?),he decided to hire a small car for the day so we could actually have our outing-3 cheers for him!!!!! Next, each of the girls wanted to have a friend come with them. So Yehudis Brocho called one friend, and shifra called another. We then got our rucksack ready with plenty of towels, froze some drinks, and went to bed as we were planning to start out early because it is an hour and fourty minutes to get to this sandy beach in Ramsgate. Brrring…… Aunt Tirza got up at 8 so she could daven shacharis before we leftshe davened hallel and mussaf on the beach, but more of that later. We put bags with frozen drinks, sandwiches, fruit, nush and sundries e.g. suncream into various bags (did you not know we were jewish?!), and then off we went to the beach.p We had a beautiful unadventurous drive down to the beach, as B.H. there was no traffic. Unfortunately. Yehudis Brocho’s friend couldn,t come in the end, but this proved fortuitous, as later on when the tide went out, Y.B. spent a lot of time making a sand model, -see picture, which she couldn’t have done if her friend had been with her. When we first saw the sea, we stopped the car, got out, and everybody said their brocho aloud individually so that the others could say omein. We then piled back into the car and continued down, until we got to the car park adjacent to the beach. The tide as right in, and waves smashed against the wall. However, further along there was part of the sand that was uncovered. WE went there and that’s where we stayed the whole afternoon. After the girls had put on their sunscreen and davened, they went down to the water. Just look at the fun! We had put in enough money for 3 hours -it was so so so expensive - £1 an hour!!!!!!! But the girls were all having such a good time and I was having such a good time watching them, that I went back and put on an extra hour.

After swimming in the sea, Y.B. wanted to use her creativity, and started making a man in the sand. She did such a good job of it, that a family that had just come onto the beach were watching her do it. They were most impressed. We then headed back to the car to go home. Whilst we were on the motorway, Uncle Yisroel called up and said he wanted to speak to me, but I should find somewhere to park the car first. Of course, I don’t speak on the phone when I am driving but put it on loudspeaker. I told him he could talk, I have a wire, but I don’t think he understood. I was therefore getting a little worried, but then I remember reading somewhere that 99 per cent of what people worry about never happens, so I stopped and told myself I will wait and see first what Uncle Yisroel wants. As we got off the motorway, we found a side street. Guess what Uncle Yisroel wanted? He was busy at home with a function and the place was upside down. Would we mind, instead of going home, could we go and eat out somewhere. WOULD WE MIND??????????? Of course not. Talk about a Make Bepatish for a fantastic day out. We couldn’t eat in, because at the moment with covid it is not allowed. Besides, the girls were wearing long slinkies full of sand with little socks on. Not quite Stamford Hill clothing. So whilst I drove the rest of the way to pizza Uri, Yehudis Brocho made an order. I had a mask in the car, so went in to collect the order. We then sat in the car and had- SUPPER. Talk about having a grand final day, I think you will all agree, it was amazing.

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