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Mrs. Henry Beer. A special mazal tov to the grandparents and the entire mishpacha.
Ariel Chamow (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Ari Muller (Brooklyn, New York). Mazal tov to their parents Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Chamow, Mr. & Mrs. Amrom Muller and Mrs. Chaya Brisk as well as to their siblings, nieces and nephews. Toby Perl (Brooklyn, New York) and Dovid Miller (Monsey, New York). Mazal tov to their parents Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo Perl and Mr. & Mrs. Avruhom Miller. Racheli Beer (Brooklyn, New York) and Shmuel Weber (Brooklyn, New York). Mazal tov to their parents Mr. & Mrs. Tuvia Weber and Mr. &
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BIRTHS
Gabriella Tova to Shifra and Tzvi Teitelbaum (Brooklyn, New York). Mazal tov to her grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Tully Teitelbaum and Mr. & Mrs. Shloimy Golomb. Yaakov to Chana Malka and Rabbi Ushi Green (Monsey, New York). Mazal tov to his older brother Dovid. A special mazal tov to his grandparents Michelle & Jeff Green and Shiffy & Leibe Wiedermann. An extra special mazal tov to his greatgrandparents Mr. Uri Wiedermann and Mrs. Adie Waxman.
ENGAGEMENTS Chumie Koppel (Brooklyn, New York) and Eli Kalatsky (Lawrence, New York). Mazal tov to their parents Judi & Dr. Shimon Kalatsky and Faigy & Ari Koppel. A special mazal tov to their grandparents Esther David of Kew Garden Hills, Miriam Schwitzman of Brooklyn and Chaim Koppel of Brooklyn.
Mindy Friedlander (Jerusalem) and Yoel Schaper (Tzfat/Netherlands).
Chava Steingroot (Cleveland, Ohio) and Martin Weinheber (Brooklyn/Baltimore). Mazal tov to their parents Judy & Jacob Weinheber and Sheila & Jacob Steingroot. A special mazal tov to their grandparents and the entire mishpacha.
Hadassah Basya to Melissa (Ducker) and Aaron Schon (Oak Park, Michigan). Mazal tov to her grandparents Pearl & Larry Schon and Reva & Stan Ducker as well as to great-grandfather Albert Ferleger.
Yocheved Kohn (Monsey, New York) and Zisha Schnitzler (Brooklyn, New York). Mazal tov to their parents Mr. & Mrs. Schnitzler and Mr. & Mrs. Kohn and to the entire mishpacha.
WEDDINGS Malkie Hauptman and Shloimy Weisz. Mazal tov to their parents Nechie & Rabbi Binyomin Weisz and Esther & Rabbi Yakov Hauptman. A special mazal tov to Bobby Klein.
Sacks
Continued from p.27 a happy ending. The other solution – unique, as far as I know, to Judaism – is to reveal the end at the beginning. That is the meaning of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is not simply a day of rest. It is an anticipation of “the end of history,” the messianic age. On it, we recover the lost harmonies of the Garden of Eden. We do not strive to do; we are content to be. We are not permitted to manipulate the world; instead, we celebrate it as G-d’s supreme work of art. We are not allowed to exercise power or dominance over other human beings, nor even domestic animals. Rich and poor inhabit the Sabbath alike, with equal dignity and freedom. No utopia has ever been realized (the word “utopia” itself means “no place”) – with one exception: the World-to-Come. The reason is that we rehearse it every week, one day in seven. The Sabbath is a full dress rehearsal for an ideal society that has not yet come to pass, but will because we know what we are aiming for – because we experienced it at the beginning. We now begin to sense the full symbolic drama of the making of the Tabernacle. In the wilderness, long before they crossed the Jordan and entered the Promised Land, G-d told the Israelites to build a miniature universe. It would be a place of carefully calibrated order, as the universe is a place of carefully calibrated order. Nowadays, scientists call this the “anthropic principle,” the finding that the laws of physics and chemistry are finely tuned for the emergence of life. (On this, see the book by the astronomer royal, Sir Martin Rees, Just Six Numbers:
ANNIVERSARY Heidi and Mel Rosenbach (New York, New York) – 30th Wedding Anniversary. Mazal tov to Drs. Michal & Dale Rosenbach, Leah Chana & Joseph Zyan, Tzipporah, Binyomin, Meir Yitzchok and Avraham Zev. The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe.) Just so did the Tabernacle have to be exact in its construction and dimensions. The building of the Tabernacle was a symbolic prototype of the building of a society. Just as it was an earthly home for the Divine presence, so would society become – if the Israelites honored G-d’s laws. The ultimate end of such a society is the harmony of existence that we have not yet experienced, living as we do in a world of work and striving, conflict and competition. G-d, however, wanted us to know what we were aiming at, so that we would not lose our way in the wilderness of time. That is why, when it came to the human execution of the building, the Sabbath came first, even though in global terms, the “Sabbath of history” (the messianic age, the World-to-Come) will come last. G-d “made known the end at the beginning” – the fulfilled rest that follows creative labor, the peace that will one day take the place of strife – so that we would catch a glimpse of the destination before beginning the journey. Only those who know where they are traveling will get there, however fast or slow they go. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth since 1991, is the author of many books of Jewish thought, and most recently provided the English translation and commentary for The Koren Sacks Siddur, the first English-translated Orthodox siddur in a generation. Adapted from Covenant & Conversation, a collection of Rabbi Sacks’s parshiyot hashavua essays, published by Maggid Books, an imprint of Koren Publishers Jerusalem (www.korenpub.com), in conjunction with the Orthodox Union.
A New Look To Credit Card Statements Customers can expect a new look to their credit card statements – the enhancements are designed to help consumers better understand their accounts and will be introduced in February when the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure of 2009, also known as the CARD Act, goes into effect. In addition to layout improvements, the new statements are easier to read and include information about how long it will take and how much it will cost to pay off your balance if you only make minimum payments. “It’s important for consumers to be aware of the changes to their credit card statements,” says Jenn Ehresman, customer experience executive at Bank of America. “The new statements will make it easier for consumers to manage their accounts and keep them in good standing.” Additional changes to credit card statements stemming from the CARD Act include: • Improved format for quick access to your information. • Account summary of monthly transactions in-
cluding totals by transaction category, total fees and interest for the statement period. • Year-to-date totals of fees and interest keeping a cumulative total of the fees and interest on your account. • Due date reminder, listing the date by which your card issuer will need to receive your payment in order to ensure on-time payment and prevent late fees. In addition to the new credit card statements, Bank of America is providing its consumer credit card customers with the Credit Card Clarity Commitment, an easy-to-read, one-page summary of their card rates, fees and payment information. The card issuer believes everyone should fully understand the benefits, costs and responsibilities that come with its credit cards, enabling customers to make more informed budget decisions. “In the end, when our customers succeed, we succeed,” Ehresman says. “Delivering simplicity and choice across our products and services will help our customers better manage their finances.” (ARA)