Issue 194

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(Re: Summer Soups, Issue 193)

Thank you so much for the delicious recipes for summer soups. But even more, thank you for not making a whole big matzav about dairy recipes for the Nine Days. I cringe when I see ads or articles promoting special dairy delicacies for this time of mourning. That’s not what the Nine Days are all about. If you have a good fish recipe, go for it, but it’s not the right time to make a big deal out of gourmet food — even if it’s not fleishig. Thank you for printing content that is in line with Torah values.

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Thank you for the beautifully written and informative article about attractions in Boston. Having grown up in Boston, I enjoyed reading about many attractions I have personally visited.

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PARSHAS VA’ESCHANAN

To Love Hashem

ONE NIGHT, a group of bandits broke into the home of Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt”l. They were angered at the Rav’s uncompromising approach to various factions that were trying to enact changes in Yerushalayim.

Rav Yosef Chaim remained cool and in control. This incited the bandits even more, and they went wild. Still, the Rav did not lose himself and stood before them courageously. He opened his shirt to reveal his chest and firmly said, “I am prepared to be mekadesh shem Shamayim! You can take my life. I will not budge from the truth!”

The stunned bandits stood in silence, giving Rav Yosef Chaim the opportunity to continue speaking. He explained his hashkafah to them in simple terms. When he was finished, the men left the house without a word.

When the incident became known to his talmidim, they asked, “How could it be that these bandits, who just moments before were ready to take the Rav’s life, were suddenly peaceful and open to listening?”

Rav Yosef Chaim replied with a story.

In the town of Shadik, Poland, there lived a man named Getzel. Getzel had earned himself a reputation as a worldclass thief. He had no issue pilfering anything he desired from the poor residents. As soon as he learned that someone possessed something he liked, he made sure it disappeared. Getzel also cultivated connections with the government authorities, and he frequently reported his fellow community members — whether the infractions were true or not.

Needless to say, Getzel grew unpopular, which served only to feed his desire for power and honor. He made him-

self comfortable on the mizrach wall of the shul and demanded that he be given the sixth aliyah every single Shabbos.

The community members could do anything but grit their teeth and seal their lips. They knew that if they fought Getzel, he would report them to the authorities.

Soon the rav of Shadik passed away and a new rav, who came to be known as Reb Nachum Shadiker, came to take his place. The kehillah decided not to tell him about Getzel. The new rav would find out what Getzel was all about in no time.

Sure enough, a short while later, Getzel’s true colors were revealed. Reb Nachum learned that Getzel was taking advantage of Mendel, a local peddler, by seizing his wares with no intention of paying.

Reb Nachum was upset. How could it be that the townspeople were letting Getzel get away with such behavior — and allowing him to act as if he were the sheine Yid in shul all the while?

The following Shabbos, when Getzel was called up for his weekly aliyah, the rav called out, “What connection does one who robs his brothers have with kedushah? How could a mouth that reports Yidden to the authorities make a bracha on the Torah?”

Getzel was shocked. He immediately lifted his hand to slap the rav, but fellow mispallelim stopped him. Red-faced, Getzel marched out of shul, not before calling out, “I’ll teach you a lesson!”

A few days later, Reb Nachum was called to perform a bris in a neighboring village. He climbed into his wagon, along with several community members. Since the conflict in shul, his devoted constituents had not left his side, fearing Getzel’s revenge.

In this week’s parsha , we read the fundamental words of Shema, which speak of the Oneness of Hashem and our duty to love Him.

This brings up the question: How can we be commanded to love Hashem? Love is an emotion. How can it be imposed?

Moments after they left town, they realized that the bris had been staged. It was just a ruse to get the rav into his wagon so Getzel and a group of bandits could attack him.

Reb Nachum was well aware of the danger, yet he remained calm and unruffled. He stood straight, steeped in thought. Getzel’s eyes flashed fire. The rav’s escorts formed a tight cluster around him, in a futile attempt to protect the rav. The tension was palpable.

Suddenly, Getzel drew nearer and said in a quiet voice, “I forgive the rav for embarrassing me. Will the rav forgive me for responding so brazenly?” Getzel broke down in tears, expressing his regret for his wayward behavior and promising to repent.

Reb Nachum climbed back into the wagon to return to Shadik. “Tell us,” his shocked escorts asked, “What caused Getzel’s sudden change of heart?”

“When I saw Getzel approaching, I thought of the pasuk in Mishlei (27:19), ‘Kamayim hapanim lapanim, kein lev ha’adam la’adam – like the reflection of a face in water, is the heart of one man to another.’ I tried to be dan l’kaf zechus I thought to myself that perhaps if Getzel would have received a proper chinuch in his youth, he wouldn’t have reached this point. I thought of how he needs such great rachamim to extract himself from his terrible state. This awakened my pity for him and I was able to remove any hard feeling I might have for him. My sentiments were mirrored by his, and Getzel softened.” * * *

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pleted his tale and explained, “That’s what I was thinking too, when the armed bandits stood opposite me.”

It’s human nature for a person to feel what is in his friend’s heart, even without words, and reply in kind.

In a separate anecdote, when the Ahavas Yisroel of Vizhnitz, zt”l, moved to Grossvardein, Hungary, he faced many misnagdim. The city, which was composed mainly of Ashkenazic Yidden, was not very welcoming to the new chassidishe Rebbe in their midst.

With his trademark ahavas Yisroel, the Rebbe declared, “I will love them so much that they will love having me here.”

And that’s what happened. It didn’t take long before the Ahavas Yisroel was a beloved figure in the community. * *

Reb Akiva Eiger explains that when one awakens feelings of affection to another, that person will automatically mirror the warmth to the same degree.

When one realizes how much Hakadosh Baruch Hu loves him, he will be aroused to love Hashem.

The bracha immediately following Krias Shema ends with the words, “Habocher b’amo Yisroel b’ahavah.” We are reminded of Hashem’s love toward us, and this immediately awakens feelings of love to Hashem — “kamayim hapanim lapanim.”

Once we recognize Hashem’s love, nothing in the world can stop us from effusively fulfilling the commandment “V’ahavta es Hashem Elokecha!”

Adapted from the teachings of Rav Mordechai Freundlich, zt”l.

This week’s haftarah is the first of seven consoling Klal Yisroel. It begins with the words, “Nachamu, nachamu ami.” The double language does not indicate two; it expresses the great intensity of this ongoing comfort and consolation.

With his trademark ahavas Yisroel, the Rebbe declared, “I will love them so much that they will love having me here”

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The Wall Street Journal reported that the lawsuit was filed on July 21 in the hopes of halting the nation’s first congestion plan.

Governor Phil Murphy slammed the federal government for circumventing the normal review process in approving congestion pricing, and that a fuller environmental impact study of the plan and its effects was warranted. Murphy has long been critical of congestion pricing, calling it a price grab to fund the New York City subway system that unfairly targets New Jersey residents who already pay $17 to enter the city at the Lincoln or Holland tunnels south of 60th Street. An environmental review conducted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will oversee congestion pricing, has acknowledged that toll prices could be as high as $23 per vehicle during peak driving hours.

The Federal Highway Administration declined to comment on the lawsuit. A spokesperson for the MTA called it “baseless,” noting that the environmental review that had been conducted “covered every conceivable potential traffic, air quality, social and economical effect.”

Congestion pricing could be implemented as early as next spring. Supporters of the plan have said it would reduce traffic by as much as 20%, and would also improve both travel times and air quality.

At Long Last, City Ordered to Speed Up Special Education Reimbursements

There was good news at last for parents of children receiving special education services through the New York City Department of Education: a Manhattan federal court judge put an end to a legal battle that has dragged on for 20 years.

Hamodia reported that special education advocates sued the NYC DOE in 2003 over the lengthy reimbursement delays for approved services such as transportation, therapies and tuition payments to private schools for those who cannot receive the services they need in public schools. According to The City, those delays have been as long as months or even years, leaving parents to choose between passing up critical services or paying for them out of pocket, with some taking out second mortgages on their homes to cover the costs until reimbursements come through.

The ruling handed down last week will require the NYC DOE to put into play 40 steps that were recommended this year by a special master appointed by the court, with the first ones slated to be implemented within the next three months. Those steps include requiring the NYC DOE to set up a hotline to keep parents updated on the status of any complaints and to create a mobile app that would allow service providers to log their hours by phone instead of the paper invoices that are currently being used.

State Senator Simcha Felder, who has long been an outspoken advocate for children with special needs and their families, praised the ruling which he described as long overdue.

“For far too long, families of children with special needs have suffered bureaucratic obstacles and been hurt by massive delays in accessing the services and payments that are legally required for their child’s education,” said Felder. “This ruling is a crucial step forward in ensuring that every child is given a fair chance to thrive. That means they receive the support services and reimbursements they are legally entitled to, in the timeframe mandated by the law.”

Felder expressed his appreciation to the families who had filed the 2003 lawsuit and battled the NYC DOE for years, noting that most would be unlikely to benefit from the ruling at this late juncture.

“Their dedication will pave the way to a brighter future for countless other students and families who won’t have to suffer the abuses of the current system,” said Felder. “After twenty years of neglect by the NYC DOE under previous administrations, I am cautiously optimistic that the Adams administration will take the court’s ruling seriously and implement these changes immediately.”

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CHAPTER 16

Lani and Riva enjoy a rare moment of closeness, which leaves Riva despondent about their strained relationship.

All Things Comfy looked like a baby stroller store rather than the robe store it actually was.

Lani parked her own stroller between a Doona and a Bugaboo Butterfly and hitched Shifra up on her hip.

“I thought if we came during school hours the place would be empty,” her mother said. “My goodness, look at this. What a mob.”

“This place is never empty. Also, the older girls are off for Pesach already.”

It took nearly an hour to pick out robes to try, and what felt like another hour’s wait for a fitting room. Lani chased Shifra around while her mother debated between solid black, black-and-white, and black with some flowers. She settled on the solid black in the end, as Lani had initially predicted.

“Look what I found for you,” her mother said, after collecting her stuff from the fitting room. “Someone left it

in there. Isn’t it gorgeous?”

Lani looked at the robe her mother was holding. It was a pretty blue color and a nice style; button-down until the waist and accordion pleated going down. She could see the style suiting her, but…

But she wasn’t buying a new robe.

“Go try it on. I’ll watch Shifra.”

She hadn’t come to this store for herself. Her mother wanted her opinion, okay, but she wasn’t spending close to $200 on herself when she had an okay robe in her closet from two seasons ago.

“Nah,” she told her mother. “I don’t need a robe.”

“Of course you do. You need to get something new for Yom Tov. Go, try it on.” She threw the robe over Lani’s shoulder and scooped Shifra up. With no choice, Lani went into the fitting room.

The robe looked amazing on her. “I’m so happy I found this,” her mother

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gushed. “It was hanging on the hook in the fitting room, just this one, in your size. Mamesh ah mazel! ”

Some mazel. What was she supposed to do now?

“Uh, I’m not really sure. Blue? It’s so daring. I think I’ll leave it.”

“No way! It’s a beautiful color! You have time to wear black when you reach my age. Please, Lani, don’t be silly. It’s gorgeous.”

A few other shoppers shared their unsolicited agreement with her mother. “It looks really good on you,” said a young mother holding an armful of robes. “You really should take it.”

“I’ll think about it,” Lani muttered. She returned to the fitting room to change. When she came out, she followed her mother across the store to wait in yet another line to pay.

When her mother wasn’t looking, Lani put the blue robe down on the corner of the counter. She didn’t want to make a scene, but she also didn’t want to buy the robe.

But a mother is a mother, would always be a mother. A moment later, Mrs. Miller swept the robe off the counter and folded it over her arm. The cashier called, “Next,” and Mrs. Miller walked up. “I’ll pay for these two,” she said briskly.

Lani’s cheeks went warm. “Maaaa,” she whispered.

Her mother didn’t listen, just swiped her card and requested separate bags.

“Please, Ma,” Lani protested as she retrieved her stroller and strapped Shifra in. “What did you do that for?”

“I’m not allowed to buy a new robe for my daughter for Pesach?”

“Uh… You’re… I mean, thank you. That’s so nice of you.”

Her mother waved dismissively. “I’m chalishing for a coffee. Are you in a rush or can we make a quick stop?”

She actually was in a rush — she had a whole list of errands to take care of before returning home — but after her mother’s generous gift, she didn’t have the heart to say no. They stepped into Black Mug and ordered two lattes.

Lani stuck a bottle into Shifra’s hand, and within a few minutes, the child was fast asleep. Lani sat across from her mother, sipping her latte. She waited for the magic to happen, for the brew to work its way through her system and wake up every bone, to

relax every last charged nerve. But it didn’t happen. She sat at the edge of her chair, her mind racing from one stress point to another. Around her, everyone seemed serene, enjoying a little break from their hectic day. She was the only one who couldn’t relax; it was as though a band was wound around her chest, challenging the flow of oxygen from her lungs.

“Lani…?”

“Yes?”

“What’s wrong, sweetie?”

Lani wrapped her fingers around her cup. She was afraid to look up, afraid she’d lose it if she met her mother’s warm eyes.

“Is it the house?”

Lani nodded. “I just… can’t think of making Pesach in that basement. I can’t. I feel like I’m going to snap.”

With the words out, the band that gripped her chest loosened, and Lani let out a gust of air.

She’d been trying, Heaven knew how she’d been trying. She’d tried to hold it together, for everyone’s sake. For Chaim Tzvi, for the kids. She’d pushed herself, pushed-pushed-pushed, until every last button had been pressed, until she felt like she was simply going to suffocate.

“You’re coming to me for Yom Tov,” she heard her mother say.

“What?”

“You’ll come to my house. Sell your apartment for Pesach. Lock it up and move in with us. I always tell you to do that, and you never want to. So you’ll do it this year. Tatty’s going to be so happy.”

Lani raised her head to face her mother. She felt her eyes fill, and she quickly blinked the tears back. “Ma… That’s… That’s unbelievably kind of you. I’m not even going to try to object. You have no idea what a relief this would be for me.”

Her mother beamed, her lips stretching across her face, her eyes shining. “It’s a win-win-win-win!”

Lani pulled her cup in front of her and inhaled the strong coffee aroma. This time, the scent filled her, and she relaxed in her seat, a pleasant warmth settling over her body.

Shifra was still sleeping when they finished their drinks. They stood up and threw their cups in the garbage. Her mother was about to open the door

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to leave the café when Lani inched up to her and wrapped her arms around her, giving her a tight squeeze. “Thank you, Ma. Thank you so much.”

The phone hadn’t stopped ringing since Riva had stepped into the office that morning. At every desk in the office, Kleenup staff members fielded calls. Riva was prepared for this; it happened every Erev Pesach. Many families moved during those two weeks and needed their new houses cleaned, and others simply hired a crew to clean their house for Pesach.

The only question was, why did people wake up at the last minute to book a cleaning company?

It was impossible to get to any of her regular AR work on such a day. “Customer service comes first,” Mr. Gabioff had made it clear to the entire staff during his last meeting. “If the phone rings, you answer.”

She’d never understood that logic. Why was customer service built into everyone’s job? Why didn’t he designate secretaries just for that, as many as needed, and let everyone else focus on their responsibilities?

But she wasn’t there to question her boss’s business model. Maybe Shuli had that kind of language with him. Riva definitely didn’t.

“I’m sorry, we have nothing on Wednesday,” she told a desperate Mrs. Meisels. “It’s just impossible. Every one of our crews have a full schedule. Even evening hours. I’m so sorry…”

Riva looked back up at Mr. Gabioff. “A full day?” she asked.

“As many hours as she needs.”

“As many hours as you need,” she repeated into the phone.

“Can they start at eight?” the customer asked.

“Can they start at eight?” Riva repeated to Mr. G.

“Yes,” he said.

“Yes,” she repeated.

Back and forth, back and forth. This was so ridiculous. Did he need her to transmit messages? Let him just take the phone and conduct the conversation on his own instead of making her feel like an ignorant new hire.

WHY WAS CUSTOMER

Finally, the call was over, the reservation recorded, although there was no crew listed next to the booking, because to the best of Riva’s knowledge, there was no crew left to assign to this job.

But to her boss, that didn’t seem to be a problem. “Do you enjoy turning customers away?”

“I… I mean… We don’t have a crew available…”

“We’ll have a crew available,” he told her, as though he was reassuring a nervous little kid. “We’ll make a crew available.”

The phone rang again. Riva put her hand on the receiver.

“Look out for my business,” Mr. Gabioff continued. “I can’t have you turning my customers away, you know. Do you think that’s how you do business?” He looked at her like she was some delinquent student, beyond hope. “Answer the phone,” he said tiredly.

Riva picked up the phone on the last ring, but the caller had already hung up.

“Why are you saying that?” Mr. Gabioff barked.

Oh goodness, when had he come in?

She eyed him nervously, rotating the phone away from her mouth. “I checked the schedule,” she told him quietly. “There isn’t a single crew available, and this is a new construction. She needs a full day.”

“I’ll get her a crew. Take the booking.”

Riva rubbed the phone in her hand. What did that mean? How would he get her a crew?

“Go ahead, book it,” Mr. Gabioff said.

She felt like an idiot returning to the customer. “Uh, Mrs. Meisels, my boss says he’ll get you a crew.”

The customer was delighted. “Can you arrange a full day? I need as many hours as we can get.”

Mr. Gabioff gave one of his most elaborate, long-suffering sighs.

“Turn customers away,” he muttered. “One after the other.”

Riva tapped her fingers on the silent phone.

Mr. Gabioff stood next to her desk quietly, allowing her to absorb the full scope of her inadequacy. Then he said, “I’ll need you to stay until six from tomorrow until Pesach.”

He’ll need her to what ?

“Uh, I’m not…”

“You’re not available? Well, you’ll have to make yourself available. This is our season, I need all hands on deck. Really, Mrs. Stroh, I trust you to figure out a schedule, make whatever arrangements. If you need extra babysitting hours, I’ll pay for it, don’t worry.”

Was she supposed to thank him for that kindness?

SERVICE BUILT INTO EVERYONE’S JOB? WHY DIDN’T HE DESIGNATE SECRETARIES JUST FOR THAT, AS MANY AS NEEDED, AND LET EVERYONE ELSE FOCUS ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES?

The day dragged along, the pressure mounting by the minute. She didn’t have time to exchange a word with any of her coworkers, to ask if their boss had requested that they work overtime as well.

By the time she arrived home after picking up Eli from the babysitter, she was so dizzy, she collapsed into the couch and sat there just breathing, breathing, breathing.

That’s how Yaakov found her when he stepped into the apartment a few minutes after her.

“Oh my, Riva, what happened?”

“My boss asked me to stay until six from now until Pesach. I tried telling him no, but he wouldn’t listen. Maybe I’ll just sleep over there, why come home at all?” Her voice cracked. “I can’t, Yaakov. I can’t. This is the end of me.”

She sniffled. For a few minutes, Yaakov said nothing. Then he pulled up a chair to face her. “Well?” he said.

“Well, what?”

“Well, what are you going to do?”

She knew what he wanted her to say. He wanted her to tell him that she was going to quit, right then.

The phone rang before she had a chance to say anything. Riva reached for the cordless, squinting at the screen.

“Hello?”

“Hi, this is Mrs. Schiffer calling, Fraidy’s teacher.”

“Oh, hi Mrs. Schiffer.”

The teacher started with some nice things about Fraidy, how well she was doing in school, what a mature girl she was.

It sounded forced, and with a level of dread, Riva waited to hear the real reason for the call.

“So I wanted to bring to your attention… I’ve noticed some… things… going on lately. A girl has been, um, starting up with your Fraidy. I think it was only verbal until now, some, uh… teasing and stuff. I haven’t seen it directly, because it doesn’t happen during class. It’s just a sense I was getting and I wasn’t sure where it was going. But today, it got a little worse. There was this incident in the yard where she kicked Fraidy and incited other girls against her.”

Riva pulled a couch pillow onto her lap and clutched it. Her head felt like rock. “Could you please tell me who this girl is?”

“Actually, uh… It’s your niece. Chevi Eisdorf.”

TO BE CONTINUED…

BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. THIS WAS SO RIDICULOUS. DID HE NEED HER TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES? LET HIM JUST TAKE THE PHONE AND CONDUCT THE CONVERSATION ON HIS OWN INSTEAD OF MAKING HER FEEL LIKE

CHAYA BEER COPYWRITING

PART 1

You don’t have to own a big business to do some advertising and marketing. Even running a playgroup, managing a photography or music studio, or giving art lessons will require advertising or marketing.

So you might start thinking about creating an ad or building a website. The first thing you usually think you need is a graphic designer.

And that’s true. You do need a graphic designer for those marketing assets. But there’s another professional who can take those marketing assets and turn them into a tool for real results. That marketing professional is called a copywriter.

Copywriter, Not Copyrighter

Nope, a copywriter doesn’t file for a copyright on your advertisement. A copywriter writes the strategic words on your marketing materials — the words that get people to look, and then to act. To book a session, or sign up for your class, or donate to the cause you’re advocating. Whatever the goal of the advertising, a copywriter’s job is to write the words that make it happen.

Copywriters aren’t hypnotists. They don’t have the power to force anyone to do their will. So how do they help generate actual results from marketing?

Know Your Customer

To write the powerful words that convince people to act, copywriters first need to know what type of people they’re writing to. Is it teenagers? Mothers? Businesspeople? Principals? Every kind of person speaks a different language, and for advertising to work, it needs to speak the specific language of the people they’re targeting.

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BUSINESS NAME: CopySprings

WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW: Copywriting = Marketing = Psychology. It’s not just writing pretty words.

TRADE SECRET: Helping businesses uncover their uniqueness. When you’re a rare commodity, it’s easy to stand out. (And it makes the copywriting fun!)

Figuring out what type of people you want to talk to, and what that person would want to hear, is all part of step one in the copywriting process. Research. There can be a few parts to the research stage. The copywriter talks to the business owner or whoever is placing the ad. They might talk to previous customers to hear what they like most about the business. They might talk to potential customers to hear what would make them buy or sign up.

The Write in Copywriting

After all the talking and research is done, it’s time to write. The words that a copywriter writes for the ad, site, or marketing asset are all written in the customer’s language. The message in the ads will address what the customer cares most about. This kind of strategic wording in an email, brochure, or fundraising campaign helps convince many more people to take the next step: sign up, buy or donate.

Flipping the Focus

Some people don’t see the point to all this research and strategy. They have some basic words to explain their business on their website, or their service in their advertisement, and pretty graphics to go with it. They think that’s sufficient.

But when you use strategic copywriting, there’s a real difference in the results. A typical person, when putting their business out there, is focusing on their own business or service. A copywriter, on the other hand, helps them focus

the marketing on the customer. Copywriters have a famous rule, “Customers don’t care about you or your business. They care about themselves.”

Real-Life Results

Here’s a real-life example: One recent CopySprings project was the website of a photographer who specializes in newborn photography. In this case, the customers are brand-new mothers of a little baby. Technically, we could have written all about the expert lighting that the photographer uses and her eye for detail.

But it was a lot more important to write about what a new mother wants. In this case, that was the pampering experience that this photographer provides. As feedback from past customers revealed, the experience was a big factor in making their session enjoyable.

On that website, the written copy mentioned what was most important to the customer:

• The breakfast every mother is served at the photoshoot

• The individualized attention each customer receives

• The patient care lavished on the newborn

Mothers who read about the experience grew excited, ready to book a session where they would enjoy such a delightful time.

Bottom line: What’s important to your customer should be important to you.

Chaya Beer is the strategic copywriter behind CopySprings, where she helps small businesses maximize their marketing to grow bigger or better. She’s not quite ready to give up creative writing, though, which is why you’ll still see her byline on the occasional magazine article in these pages. For more copywriting info, she can be reached at chaya@ copysprings.com.

DELECTABLE DESSERTS

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SANDWICH ICE CREAM

Creamy ice cream nestled between two soft, freshly baked cookies, topped with a generous sprinkling of crushed pistachios.

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate chip cookies (recipe below)

1 tub, approximately 56 oz. pareve vanilla ice cream

10 oz. chocolate, melted

1 cup crushed pistachios

(Note: Read both assembly options before baking the cookies.)

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 ½ sticks margarine, at room temperature

½ cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 T. vanilla sugar

2 eggs

3 cups Wondermills flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

½ bag chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1. Preheat the oven to 325°.

2. Cream margarine and sugars.

3. Add eggs and mix well.

4. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add it to the sugar mixture and mix.

5. Add chocolate chips and mix to incorporate.

6. Using a scooper, scoop the dough onto a lined cookie sheet.

7. Bake for 12 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool completely.

ICE CREAM

1. Thaw the ice cream until it reaches a spreadable consistency.

2. Spread ice cream onto a 9x13” pan in a layer about ¾-inch thick. Freeze.

3. Cut circles out of the ice cream using a round cookie cutter in similar size to the baked cookies. Transfer the ice cream rounds to a separate pan (line the pan for easy removal). Store the rounds in the freezer until you’re ready to assemble the ice cream sandwiches.

ASSEMBLY (OPTION 1)

Sandwich each ice cream round with two cookies. Dip half of each sandwich into melted chocolate and coat it with pistachios.

ASSEMBLY (OPTION 2)

1. While the cookies are still hot, cut each cookie with a round cookie cutter, to create perfectly uniform edges. Let cool.

2. Dip each cookie in melted chocolate, coating only the top of the cookie. Coat immediately in chopped pistachios.

3. Sandwich an ice cream round between two cookies.

CHOCOLATECOATED ICE CREAM SCOOPS

Indulge in the perfect balance of creamy ice cream scoops with a chocolate shell coating.

INGREDIENTS

1 large bucket, 1.65 liters pareve vanilla ice cream, divided into three equal portions

1 tsp. peanut butter softened

¼ cup crisp rice cereal

5 sandwich cookies, crushed, including the cream

Chocolate, for coating

PEANUT BUTTER FLAVOR

Add peanut butter and crisp rice cereal to a 1/3 portion of ice cream and mix well. Store in an air-tight container. Freeze.

COOKIE FLAVOR

Add the crushed cookies into 1/3 portion of the ice cream and mix well. Store in an airtight container. Freeze.

VANILLA FLAVOR

Store 1/3 portion of ice cream in an air-tight container. Freeze.

DIRECTIONS

1. Using a scooper, create scoops of each flavor.

2. Coat each scoop in melted chocolate.

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LEMON CLOUDS

This exquisite dessert features a soft, fluffy lemon cake topped with lemon cream and a light lemon-infused whipped cream, finished with fresh fruit.

INGREDIENTS

Lemon cake

Bakers Choice

Lemon Crème

Lemon whipped cream

Fresh fruit (blueberries, strawberries, lemon, squeeze of passion fruit)

LEMON CAKE

2 cups Wondermills flour

3 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

1 ½ cups sugar, divided

1 tsp. vanilla sugar

7 eggs, separated

¾ cup water

½ cup oil

1 ½ T. lemon juice

Zest of one lemon

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350°.

2. Beat the egg whites with half the sugar, until stiff. Set aside.

3. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar and the vanilla sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Add water, oil and lemon juice, and mix well.

5. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until well combined.

6. Add lemon zest and mix again.

7. Pour the batter into a silicone mold (I used a double-sided donut-shape pan), filling each section three-quarters full.

8. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool.

LEMON WHIPPED CREAM

1 (16 oz.) carton whipped topping

1 box instant vanilla pudding

½ tsp. lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

1. Beat the whipped topping until it’s stiff.

2. Add the instant vanilla pudding and lemon juice and mix again.

TO ASSEMBLE

1. Add a spoon of Baker’s Choice Lemon Crème into each hole in the lemon cake. Top with fresh fruit of your choice.

2. Place one lemon cake at a time on an upside down glass cup (the cup’s base should be smaller than the cake). This will help with decorating the dessert.

3. Spread lemon whipped cream generously around the cake. Using a spatula, spread the cream from the bottom to top several times around the cake. (Tip: turn the cup while spreading.)

4. Top with additional fresh fruit.

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The aroma and taste of warm, home-baked challah brings an ethereal whiff of kedusha and joy into a home.

In the times of the Beis Hamikdash, the mitzvah of challah was to tithe a portion of the dough being prepared and give it to a kohen. Today, unfortunately, we don’t have the opportunity to fulfill this mitzvah in its completion, but on Shabbos Nachamu, we are comforted that those glorious days of old will yet return. Until then, we take comfort in nurturing our bodies and souls with this exalted mitzvah of hafrashas challah.

GOLDIE ROSNER

Challah board and hafrashas challah card courtesy of and available at Waterdale

CHALLAH RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

4 ½ T. dry yeast

1 cup sugar

3 cups seltzer at room temperature (Use a new bottle of seltzer for higher carbonation.)

4 cups warm water (For the perfect temperature, put 2 cups of boiling water into a large measuring cup, and add 2 cups of cold water.)

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup oil

7 lbs. high-gluten flour

4 T. salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the yeast, sugar, seltzer, and water into the bowl of an electric mixer. Cover and let the yeast activate for five to ten minutes. The mixture should appear like a doughy liquid.

2. Add the eggs and oil. Cover and mix for about 30 seconds, until just combined.

3. Add three-quarters of the flour and the salt. Cover and mix for about 60 to 90 seconds, until the ingredients have barely combined and there is room in the bowl for the rest of the flour.

4. Add the remaining flour. Cover the bowl and mix, first on low and then on high, until a smooth dough has formed, about 7 minutes.

5. Spray a large bowl liberally with oil. Place the dough into the bowl, cover, and let it rise in a warm spot until it has doubled in size, about 40 minutes.

6. Divide the dough and braid your challos (see braiding step by step below). Then let them rise again in a warm spot for about 40 minutes, until they look fluffy and ready to bake.

7. Brush the challos with egg wash. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or topping of your choice.

8. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350° and continue baking for an additional 40 minutes.

9. Remove the pans and cool the challos on a wire cooling rack.

10. Place the challos in bags in the freezer until ready to use.

11. Reheat challos on Friday afternoon at 350° for 30 minutes. You don’t have to defrost the challos before reheating; you can transfer them directly from the freezer to the oven.

TIPS

Use heavy metal pans instead of disposable aluminum pans for a superior crust and flavor.

Brush your challos with egg wash twice, once right after they’re braided and again right before you add the seeds or toppings and bake them. This will give your challos an extra sheen and an extracrisp crust.

Every pound of flour used, makes one threepound oval challah. A seven-pound flour challah recipe makes seven beautiful three-pound challos. Use this ratio to divide dough into as many challos as needed.

Experiment with different toppings. Try poppy seeds, kosher salt, minced garlic, or everything seeds.

For added crisp, skip the cooking spray and sprinkle a thin layer of sesame seeds on the bottom of your challah pan. The challah will pop out very easily.

Shabbos morning, place your challos on top of your cholent pot or crock pot and cover lightly. The challos will taste freshly baked at your Shabbos day seudah, too!

For easy cleanup, slightly wet your counter or table and spread a plastic tablecloth on top. The water under the plastic will keep it from rolling and crumpling while you roll out and braid your challos. When done, just roll up the plastic. Your counter or table will be a breeze to clean!

Although any salt can be used when baking challah, kosher salt is the best option because of how clean it is from impurities. Also, it’s flavorful without giving the challah a distinctly salty taste. Any noniodized salt, such as sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, is a good option as well — just make sure the salt you’re using is finely ground and not coarse.

STEP BY STEP

1. Divide the dough into six equal parts. Roll each one into a 12-inch strand, with the center of the strand a bit thicker than its ends.

2. Connect and pinch the six strands on top and divide into two sections, with three strands in each section.

3. Take the INNER strand from the LEFT side (white) and fold it over to the top.

4. Move the OUTER strand on the RIGHT side (blue) around and up to the left of the white strand.

5. Move the white strand over the blue strand so it lands to the INNER side of the LEFT side. This is one cycle of braiding.

6. Now for the other side; Take the outer strand from the left side (orange) and move it around and up to the right side of the top strand (blue).

7. Move the top strand (blue) over the orange strand to the inside of the right set of strands.

8. Continue, always switching the outer strand from the side that has three with the one on top, bringing the top strand down toward the opposite side — the side that had two strands.

We don’t yet have the Beis Hamikdash, but when we bake challah in our mikdashei me’at we are reminded that we, like the kohanim, depend on Hashem for physical sustenance in order to perform our mission in life.

May we be granted our deepest desire and see the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash speedily in our days.

TIPS

1. When braiding, be careful not to pull the strands too tightly.

2. When the strands get too short to continue braiding, pinch all the pieces together.

3. Trim the two messy ends of the Challah so it looks neat and uniformed. Rolled the trimmed pieces of dough into a ball and place it under the center of the Challah so it appears fluffy and round.

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T. GESTETNER

A TIME TO DINE, A TIME TO SING, A TIME TO REFLECT

Apale purple tints the sky, making way for deep violet, and then golden yellow and red. The sun is bowing its majestic departure, heralding the close of our holy day of rest. But the respite of body and soul, which we’ve anticipated all week long, is far from over. The profoundest moment, the highlight of Shabbos, is just beginning.

The Zohar calls this time, “ rava d’ravin,” literally translated as “favor of favors.”

The timing of seudah shelishis is auspicious, a special eis ratzon. At this point of the week, Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s Will is most favorable toward us Yidden. Our tefillos are accepted easily and we are endowed with the ability to connect with our Creator on a supreme level.

HOW CAN WE CASH IN?

Just knowing that we are inhaling moments that are so steeped in kedusha already places the key to the treasures of the time of seudah shelishis in our hands. We can unlock the bounty by partaking in a seudah, the third of the series of Shabbos meals. (This is actually a mitzvah that even women are obligated in.) We can actualize the potency to be uplifted through songs that arouse the neshamah, divrei Torah, and heartfelt tefillah

The third and final Shabbos seudah as time for introspection and the profound inner avodah that has become a central theme in chassidus

A TIME FOR TEFILLAH

During their travels in self-imposed galus, the brothers Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk and Reb Zushe of Anipoli learned of a very special child living in the city of Biala. It was Reb Duvid’l Lelover in his youth. They went to Biala to meet the father of this holy wonderchild, who was known to be a simple Yid. They wanted to learn what he had done to merit such a child.

When they asked this man’s wife to tell them about her husband — how he deals in business, how he behaves with food, and how he handles all other earthly matters — she replied that he was like all other simple folk. The only thing she could think of sharing was the way he sang zemiros on Shabbos afternoon. Every week, at seudah shelishis, when he sang the words “V’yizku liros banim uvnei vanim oskim baTorah uv’mitzvos,” he would cry uncontrollably. In his great fervor, he would knock his head on the wall, begging Hashem to grant him a son who would be a tzaddik. His impassioned cries would cause him to faint, and she would need to revive him.

When the brothers heard this, they called out, “Now we understand how he was zoche to a son with such an elevated neshamah!”

WHAT MAKES THIS TIME SO PROPITIOUS?

Before brias ha’olam, there was a ratzon elyon, a supernal Will, aroused by Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s infinite love for Klal Yisroel, that prompted the creation of the world.

The first day of creation, as we know, was Sunday. Since a Jewish calendar day begins with nightfall, the creation began on Motzaei Shabbos. Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s deep, exceptional love for Klal Yisroel, expressed through His ratzon elyon to create the world, came to pass on Shabbos afternoon, at Mincha time.

Thus, every Shabbos at Mincha, this deep-rooted love recurs, making it a most promising time for us.

CHAZAL SAY THAT WHOEVER FULFILLS THE OBLIGATION TO EAT THREE MEALS ON SHABBOS IS SPARED FROM THREE TRIBULATIONS: THE SUFFERING PRECEDING THE COMING OF MOSHIACH, THE JUDGMENT OF GEHINNOM, AND THE WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG (SHABBOS 118A).

Reb Chaim Mordechai of Nadvorna often repeated that when one says “V’yizku liros banim uvnei banim oskim baTorah ub’mitzvos,” while singing the zemiros of seudah shelishis, it is a time mesugal for meriting ehrliche doros

Tefillah at this time is not limited to good children, but can effect any yeshuah one may need.

Reb Pinchas of Koritz instructed his chassidim to daven for parnassah during seudah shelishis, the time of “rava d’ravin.”

There is a mashal shared by Reb Noach of Lechovitch regarding a prince who was cast aside by his father. Unlike his brothers, who received royal protection, this son wasn’t treated with noble grace. Once, the king’s friend came for a visit, and just before he left, the prince begged the friend to intercede on his behalf. Perhaps his father the king would be swayed by his friend’s counsel.

Before the king’s friend accepted the task, he had a question. “If you are being mistreated, why did you wait until now to ask for my help? Couldn’t you have asked me right when I arrived?” The prince explained that it would not have been befitting to complain immediately upon the guest’s arrival, as it could have spoiled the visit. Now that he was leaving, the prince felt it was an appropriate time to ask the favor.

Shabbos is Hashem’s beloved. All day long, we should be joyous and relaxed, as if all our worries have disappeared. Only when the time comes for Shabbos to leave do we pour out our hearts and beg Shabbos to petition the King on our behalf.

A TIME FOR CAMARADERIE

Reb Itzikel of Skver was known for his astute perception, which sometimes brought the maskilim of his day for debates. With his sharp wit, the Rebbe managed to sway many.

Once, one “enlightened” fellow came with a whole list of questions. After speaking with the Rebbe at length, he decided he wanted to do teshuvah. Reb Itzikel told the man that if he would undertake never to go to the theater again, he would be able to repent properly. But the man did not see what was wrong with the theater. “But, Rebbe, it’s really nice!”

The Rebbe replied, “If you will develop a bit of feeling, you will see that there is nothing nicer than Yidden sitting together and singing Baruch Kel Elyon!’”

The maskil took the Rebbe’s words to heart, did complete teshuvah, and merited tasting this sweetness.

The custom of sitting together for a seudas shelishes during these lofty moments dates back to the Baal Shem Tov.

Once, the Baal Shem Tov spent Shabbos in a small village. After Mincha, the local leader gathered some villagers and ate and drank with them, amid song and joy. “Why do you spend specifically seudah shelishes together?” the Baal Shem Tov asked.

“On Shabbos, we each receive a neshamah yeseirah, and on Motzaei Shabbos, it is returned. I prefer that my neshamah leave alongside others from Klal Yisroel.”

The Baal Shem Tov was genuinely moved and he and his disciples for generations to come continue the practice of

“IF YOU ARE BEING MISTREATED, WHY DID YOU WAIT UNTIL NOW TO ASK FOR MY HELP? COULDN’T YOU HAVE ASKED ME RIGHT WHEN I ARRIVED?”

sitting and singing side by side, which amplifies our sentiments of purity.

A TIME FOR TESHUVAH

The avodah in the court of Peshischa was reserved, with hardly an outward display. There was one time a week, though, when emotion was expressed — during the seudah shelishis tisch. It was a time of tears and introspection, akin to Neilah of Yom Kippur. With the lights turned off, the hearts turned on.

The first time the Chiddushei Harim of Gur traveled to Peshischa, he went along with Reb Chanoch Henoch of Alexander to the Rebbe’s seudah shelishis. As they stood, completely involved and mesmerized by the holy atmosphere, Reb Chanoch Henoch’s hand brushed past the Chiddushei Harim’s face. He felt tears streaming down, and he said, “I realized then that er iz fun unzere,” indicating that the Gerrer Rebbe had become a Peshischa chassid.

The Kotzker Rebbe quoted the words of Chazal in Avos, “One hour of teshuvah and good deeds in this world is more precious than all the life of the World to Come.” This, he said, refers to the hour of seudah shelishis. Since this time is not for deep learning, it’s a time for in-

trospection, mussar and teshuvah

It is the minhag in many circles to share divrei Torah during seudah shelishis with the lights turned off. In times gone by, candlelight would have waned by this point, leaving chassidim to sit in the dark. This encouraged a whole new atmosphere. When the physical light is extinguished, the spiritual light — the neshamah — has space to illuminate.

In the darkness, those who wish to immerse themselves in thoughts of teshuvah have the space to express their feelings and cry unashamed.

A TIME TO TARRY

Keeping Shabbos alive by extending seudah shelishis into Motzaei Shabbos was not limited to chassidim, nor was it a new discovery.

WHY IS THIS MEAL CALLED SHALOSH SEUDOS?

With this meal, one fulfills all three. The first two, although a mitzvah, are eaten when a person is hungry and derives satisfaction from them. But when one eats a meal so soon after the preceding one, he demonstrates that he is eating for the sake of the mitzvah. Simply put, this meal completes the obligation to eat a three meal set. It is “proof” that the other two meals also were eaten for the sake of a mitzvah

The Chasam Sofer used to prolong seudah shelishis long past nightfall. Later, his son, the Ksav Sofer, would sit for at least an hour or two after the zman of Motzei Shabbos.

The sefer Ateres Tzvi on the Zohar Hakadosh writes, “Surely Reb Shimon [bar Yochai] and his acquaintances prolonged seudah shelishis…”

After all, these moments are so precious and potent… imagine if they could linger forever!

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Long Story

She dropped the potato she was peeling. “What happened?” she demanded.

“Everyone’s okay,” he said. “It was amazing. I’ll tell you the whole story at the seudah.”

A little later, my older son came home.

“Hatzolah came to the office today,” my husband told him.

“What happened?” he wanted to know.

“It was amazing hashgacha,” my husband said. “I’ll tell you at the seudah.”

By the time Shabbos arrived, all of the kids knew that Tatty had a dramatic story to tell. They could hardly swallow their grape juice fast enough.

“After Hamotzi,” he promised them.

I have a large family, six-month-old baby girl to a seventeen-year-old bochur. Although we usually “lose” kids from the table as the this time everyone stayed in their seats. My husband spun the tale over the fish and soup and chicken, and most of the kids were still at the table when bentching rolled around.

My husband doesn’t have drama at work every Friday, ruch Hashem. But he started preparing a story in advance each week, and then drop

ping a few hints to a couple of kids. Sometimes he manages to spin out the story over all three seudos. He usually tells stories of hashgacha pratis, or stories about tzaddikim, or little-known midrashim. Sometimes he talks about a nisayon that he faced during the week and what his thought processes were and how he handled it. I love that my kids get to absorb lessons, values and divrei Torah “without noticing.”

By now the kids know that the table talk is going to be interesting, and they’ve become

One busy Erev Shabbos, my husband walked into the bustling kitchen and told my daughter, “Hatzolah came to the office today.”

THE CHALLENGE:

As the seudah progressed, we would lose the kids

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Ceasefire

There is nothing worse than feeling like a parenting failure. But that’s what I felt like when my kids would fight during the seudos. Not the little kids; I consider that normal. I can handle the bickering over who got more soda and how annoying it is when your brother slurps his soup. But when the two oldest, both teenagers, spent the entire seudah sniping at each other and trading barbs, it destroyed the Shabbos atmosphere and put everyone in a bad mood.

They couldn’t let it go. As a matter of honor, they had to keep “getting back” at the other. The fighting went on for the entire meal.

For a couple of weeks, I tried to intervene. I asked them nicely to stop, I tried to distract everyone with spe cial foods, and I strategically placed a large flower ar rangement in the middle of the table so they couldn’t really see each other. But nothing helped. I tried switching some seats around, but no matter where they sat, they could still see each other, and that meant they could still fight.

One week, when the situation devolved to them flicking chickpeas at each other across the table, I had it.

I told everyone to stand up. Then I rear ranged the entire table. I moved my husband’s seat from the head of the table to the center on one side. On either side of him, I put the tormenting teenagers. My husband is very tall and well built, and sitting on either side of him, they couldn’t see each other at all. Finally!

I sat directly across from my husband, and my other kids sat around

the table. No one sat at the head.

I don’t know if I would have had the guts to do this if my stately mother-in-law or my very authoritarian grandfather had been present. Even without them, I was worried about the chinuch angle. What was I teaching the kids by moving my husband away from the head of the table? But I just knew, with certain conviction, that the toxic fighting was worse than these new arrangements.

I didn’t have to do it forever. After two weeks, I moved everyone back to their proper places. By then we had broken the cycle and moved on.

Sometimes you just need to “jam the system,” make it impossible to continue, in order to force a change. As for the chinuch concern, I hope I was mechanech my children to be flexible, creative thinkers, and not to get hung up on their own honor.

THE CHALLENGE: My kids wouldn’t stop fighting

All Clear

THE CHALLENGE: No one wanted to clear the table

I work so hard to make Shabbos, and by the time the seudah rolls around, my feet are aching. My little helpers are more or less happy to help serve… which is not always quite so helpful. They can bring out the dips and maybe the salads, but I need to do the hot soup and large serving platters. By the time we’re ready to clear the table, I don’t want to stand up again. But clearing is much simpler than serving. With everyone able to pitch it, it should go fast, right?

Wrong. Clearing is much more boring than serving. No one is in the mood of helping anymore once the seduah is over, and that’s when everyone starts keeping track of what everyone else did or didn’t do. And at that point, I am much too tired to beg, plead, cajole, threaten or bribe the kids into clearing the table.

But I don’t want to do it myself, either. And then the recriminating thoughts start: What’s the matter with you, that you can’t get your kids to cooperate? What’s the matter with your kids, that they ignore your instructions? They’re going to grow up lazy and entitled! When they get married, their spouses are going to blame you for their poor manners, and all of your daughters-in-law will hate you!

Okay, when I get up to their future mar ried lives, I know I’m going too far. But still.

I was discussing this problem with my neighbor, and she shared this trick: When it’s time to clear the table, she says, “We’re ready to play the clearing game!”

She calls the kids to the dining room, and everyone waits for a moment while she si lently scans the table. She mentally choos es one item on the table, and then tells the kids they can start clearing. Once the table is cleared, she reveals which item she chose, and the person who happened to have

cleared that item gets an extra dessert or nosh by the Shabbos party. This way, the kids are motivated to clear as many items as possible.

Since my neighbor said this works for her, I tried it. To be honest, it didn’t work so perfectly for me. After a couple of seudos, the novelty wore off, and the same kids who weren’t interested in “helping” before, weren’t interested in “playing” now. (I find that it’s a personality thing; some kids are by nature more inclined to help, and some are more inclined to see what they can get away with.) We still play “the clearing game” every seudah, though, because it did help to some degree. I even found that just the semantics — calling it a game — changed the atmosphere a little and removed some of the stress (as well as the images of angry future daughters-in-law). Plus, there’s always the excitement at the end: finding out who cleared the chosen item. And the table does get

In our house, the hardest part of Shabbos is clearing the table.

On a Roll

When I was growing up, my mother served the exact same menu every single Shabbos: challah, gefilte fish, chicken soup, potato kugel, chicken with duck sauce, cole slaw and apple cobbler. Shabbos day we had liver, cholent, kugel again and deli. Sometimes we had broccoli salad. Dessert was pareve ice cream. Every meal, every week.

So that’s what I did when I got married. I served the exact same menu every week, and my husband never complained. The only change I made was to add eggs and onions to the Shabbos day menu, like my mother-in-law served.

Honestly, I didn’t have a problem with the menu, and no one else complained, either. But I had a different problem: Some of my kids were not interested in being at the Shabbos seudah in the first place. I couldn’t put my finger on exactly why. Maybe because they were tired, maybe be cause they were teenagers, or may be it was just a stage. They weren’t complaining about anything specific; they just weren’t particularly excited or engaged. They came, they ate, but kind of reluctantly, like, fiiiiiine.

Then, one Friday night, as I was setting the table, for one moment I mentally zoomed out and looked at the scene from a distance. I saw the little kids, all picky eaters, tired and hungry; a moody teenager on the couch; a high-strung tween flopped on the floor, and I had an epiphany: Gefilte fish is boring

The kids were tired from a long week, and Erev Shabbos is intense in general. And now they were all starving

and cranky… and not interested in gefilte fish.

I didn’t say anything to anyone, but the next week I served sushi. I served gefilte fish, too. But in the center of the table I put a sushi platter, with wasabi sauce, sweet sauce and spicy mayo.

It was like pressing a button and watching the kids come alive. I didn’t have to call anyone to the table. They all came without complaint, and everyone was in a good mood throughout Kiddush and Hamotzi. The fish course was fun, with everyone choosing their favorite kinds of sushi and trying new ones, and the good mood lasted through most of the meal.

The next week I made sushi again. I also made deli roll for Shabbos day.

And the next week I made a three-layer chocolate mousse for dessert.

I still serve gefilte fish. And chicken soup and cholent and all the basics. But I try to change up the menu so the seudah should be interesting and exciting. I think of each of my kids and try to have at least one food over Shabbos that they really enjoy.

Maybe sushi at the Shabbos table sounds a little too contemporary. But having menucha v’simcha on Shabbos is one of our most precious traditions.

THE CHALLENGE: The kids didn’t feel excited

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WHEN IT ALL WILL BE OURS A WORLD OF CONSOLATION

RABBI BORUCH TWERSKY

The haftarah begins, “ Nachamu nachamu ami yomar Elokeichem ” — be comforted, be comforted, my people, says your G-d (Yeshayah 40:1). Elokim is Hashem’s name for midas hadin, strict judgment, indicating a precise accounting. The Kedushas Levi says that this means that every single tzarah of galus will be remembered. The Crusades, the Spanish expulsion and Inquisition, every pogrom, the Holocaust, the major events of history and the minor ones, those so bitter we tried to forget them and those too painful to think about… all will be remembered. Nothing will be overlooked, and Hashem will console us for all of these episodes.

HOW CAN WE BE CONSOLED?

But how can we be consoled? After suffering so much, what can possibly be said to us that will console us?

The answer lies in the word Elokeichem, your G-d.

Hashem’s name Elokim expresses His leadership in the world. Elokeichem, your G-d, tells us that everything Hashem does in the world is for us. We think that current events are not connected to us, but that is inaccurate. An earthquake in Turkey, a new king in England, a war in Ukraine, the wealth in Dubai… in some way, they are all for the benefit of the Jewish nation. This is the meaning

of Elokeichem: everything Hashem does in the world is for the Jewish nation (Kedushas Levi, Nachamu).

Let’s use the wealth of Dubai and the coronation of King Charles as examples. The Kedushas Levi (Pirkei Avos 2:5) tells a mashal. A king had to banish his son from the palace due to his bad behavior, and he sent him to a place where poor people live. The king figured that his son would not want to live there, so he would repent his ways and plead to return.

Initially, it was very hard for the prince to adjust to the lifestyle in the poor city. He remembered the good old days when he ate the best foods in his father’s palace and lived a life of wealth, honor, and pleasure. Now he had to work hard all day long to earn a few pennies. At night, he drank dirty water and ate stale bread to stave off his hunger, and then he fell into an exhausted sleep on a bed made of prickly hay. But with time, he became accustomed to his new lifestyle, and he stopped yearning to go home.

The king knew that this would occur, so he sent one of his officers to the area. This officer wore royal clothing, rode an expensive stallion, and was escorted by several servants on his right and left who played music for him and told everyone to honor him. The prince saw the wealthy lifestyle and the pleasures of this officer, and he remembered that all of this, and more, used to be his, for he is the king’s son. This prince repented his wayward ways, begged the king to take him back, and the king did so.

The Kedushas Levi concludes, “All the details of this story happen to us, Bnei Yisrael, Hashem’s nation.” The reason Hashem gives wealth and success to the nations of the world is to remind us of what will be ours when we return to Hashem, with the coming of Moshiach. The wealth and glory we see in New York, Paris, Dubai, and all over the world, is so we will have a tiny inkling of what will be ours when we return to Hashem.

IT’S ALL FOR US

The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 224) states, “It is a mitzvah to see even non-Jewish kings.” The Kedushas Levi explains that the purpose is to remind ourselves of the outstanding honor that will one day be ours.

This is the reason there is wealth in Dubai, and this is the reason that this year there was the coronation of the king of England. It isn’t for them. It is for us, to remind us of the far greater honor that will one day belong to the Jewish nation. Similarly, the purpose and the objective of everything that happens in the world is to benefit the Jewish nation.

There was a town that had only one tavern, run and owned by a Yid. The priest of this town told his congregants that they shouldn’t buy alcoholic beverages, in order to harm the Jewish tavern owner. The tavern owner ran to the Yeitav Lev, zt”l, and told him that the priest’s decree

was causing him to lose his parnassah. The Yeitav Lev replied that Hashem created the nations of the world so Yidden will have parnassah. “You have nothing to fear. They will support you, because that is why they were created.” He said that this is hinted in the bracha of Borei Nefashos: “borei nefashos rabos… l’hachayos bahem nefesh.” Rashi (Bereishis 46:26) teaches that the umos ha’olam are called nefashos and Yidden are called nefesh We say borei nefashos rabos, Hashem created many nations, l’hachayos bahem nefesh, to give parnassah to Yidden.

Soon afterward, the people in the town became ill with a contagious epidemic. The doctors attributed the epidemic to the fact that the residents had stopped drinking alcohol. They believed that since alcohol kills germs, their refraining from drinking alcohol brought on the epidemic. The priest, who was responsible for this epidemic, was punished severely.

THE ULTIMATE CONSOLATION

In this week’s parsha, the pasuk states, “Gedolim v’atzumim mimchah,” – nations greater and stronger than you (4:38). The Midrash quotes this pasuk and discusses the halachos of Borei Nefashos. To explain this Midrash, the Satmar Rebbe, zt”l, tells the story above, which shows us that everything happens for the Jewish nation. The umos ha’olam were created for our benefit. He says that we should translate the words “gedolim v’atzumim mimcha” to mean “nations great and strong because of you.” The reason they are mighty and strong is for your sake, because everything that occurs is for the benefit of the Jewish nation. The Midrash connects this pasuk to the bracha of Borei Nefashos because this bracha tells us that the nefashos rabos, the many nations, were created l’hachayos bahem nefesh, to give parnassah and success to the Jewish nation. Everything is for us.

The Likutei Moharan (vol. 1 21) states, “[When Moshiach comes] even the umos ha’olam will have a lot of wisdom… and they will know that the greatness that they had in galus, and our inferiority in galus, was all our greatness. Today, it is impossible to understand this, because one cannot deny what he perceives [and it seems that the umos ha’olam are superior and we are inferior] but then there will be a lot of wisdom and awareness in the world, and everyone will know that the greatness of the nations was actually our greatness and their inferiority.”

The Maharil states that on Shabbos Nachamu, “The entire nation shall be happy and trust in the redemption.” On Shabbos Nachamu, Hashem promises us that better times are coming. The geulah is approaching. All problems, communal and private, will be resolved. Then we will be shown that even in galus, Hashem was always with us, and everything was for our good.

And then we will be consoled.

THE REASON HASHEM GIVES WEALTH AND SUCCESS TO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD IS TO REMIND US OF WHAT WILL BE OURS WHEN WE RETURN TO HASHEM

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Most tick bites are painless and cause only minor signs and symptoms, such as a change in skin color, swelling or a sore on the skin.

When to see a doctor

See your healthcare provider if:

If you notice a Tick on yourself or a member of your family it is time to visit your local healthcare provider. Your provider will use special tools that will remove the tick carefully from the skin to make sure that no part of the tick or its legs remain attached to the body. The longer the tick remains attached to the skin, the greater the risk of getting a disease from it. Your skin may also get irritated.

When to seek emergency care

Call 911 or your local emergency number if you develop:

• A severe headache

• Difficulty breathing

• Paralysis

• Heart palpitations

A DIY sukkah decoration series

Chava Schwartz

It’s summertime, the perfect season to take on a fun and creative project. This painting project will teach you many painting skills while showing you how to create beautiful artwork for your sukkah.

Over these eight weeks, we will guide you on how to complete a beautiful, hand-painted shivas haminim sukkah decoration. Each of the shivas haminim will get a separate painting as part of this series, and the last week of instructions will be reserved for writing the names of the shivas haminim onto the completed paintings.

The paintings will be taught in a step-bystep manner so everyone can join and enjoy. You do not need to be an artist to create this masterpiece.

Happy painting!

WEEK 5

Rimon | Pomegranate

For week 5 of the series, we’ll be painting the rimon, the pomegranate. The pomegranate is full of symbolism and is associated with many traditions, and is very meaningful to paint. Have fun!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Acrylic paint is not washable. Make sure to dress appropriately or wear a smock.

If clothes do get dirty, wash with soap and water immediately.

TIPS:

• Before you paint, put the paint colors you’ll be using onto the plate or palette. Fill your cup with water, and keep a paper towel nearby.

• Use baby wipes to fix mistakes while the paint is still wet.

• Keep your brushes in the water when they are not in use.

• When you finish painting, wash your brushes with soap and water.

THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO PAINT! EACH PERSON’S PAINTING WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. REMEMBER TO ENJOY THE PROCESS INSTEAD OF BEING FOCUSED ON THE RESULTS.

SUPPLIES

• Smock

• Plate or palette

• Cup

• Paper towel

• 8x10” canvas

• Large brushes

• Medium brushes

• Thin brushes

• Easel (optional)

ACRYLIC PAINTS

• Magenta • White • Ultramarine blue

PHOTO BY MOSHE GRUNFELD PHOTOGRAPHY

The Boro Park View

STEP 1

Mix white with some magenta for a light pink. Fill the top two-thirds of the painting.

STEP 2

Mix magenta with a little bit of white and fill the rest of the painting. Add more white to the magenta and add this lighter shade around the edges of the painting and blend it into the darker part.

STEP 3

Mix ultramarine blue and magenta. Use your thin brush to sketch the pomegranate by creating a large circle, half in the dark pink background and half in the light pink. Toward the top right, add a crown.

STEP 4

To the right of the large pomegranate, create a curved line using the dark purple shade created by mixing magenta and ultramarine blue.

STEP 5

Mix a bit of ultramarine blue and magenta. Fill the bottom of the pomegranate with strokes of this dark shade. Add more magenta to the mix and add some strokes of this above the darker strokes. Add some white to the paint mix and fill the rest of the pomegranate. With a small, clean brush, paint over the original strokes softly, to blend them in slightly.

STEP 6

Mix white with a little bit of magenta. Add a little circle on top of the curved line, leaving some darker spaces in between. Add more magenta to the white and fill in those spaces with a darker pink (lighter than the background, darker than the pomegranate seeds).

Add white dots to the pomegranate seeds on the top row.

STEP 7

Mix ultramarine blue and magenta for a dark purple. Add a dark, curved line beneath the large pomegranate and the pomegranate piece. Use a clean brush to drag and blend this line to the area below. Add more of the original pink color to blend it in, if needed.

STEP 8

Proudly sign your painting!

Until next time, Chava

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MAKDIM HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT

Last week’s Health Awareness Event was a resounding success. Close to 1,000 people attended in person – with many more following the speeches and medical panel virtually – hearing about the importance of caring for one’s health and regular visits to a primary care physician.

The focus of the event was for all of us to take a step back and take responsibility – to ourselves, our families, and to the Ribono shel Olam, the Healer of all.

PREVENTION IS THE BEST CURE

Reb Yitzchok Stralberg, MC, recounted how we use the word ‘unfortunately’ when talking about health. “Speak to any Hatzalah member, any doctor, or anyone at the organizations dedicated to helping cholei Yisrael. They’ll all tell you that the number of young-to-middle age people in our community faced with severe illness is unprecedented.

The worst part is that so many of these unfortunate diagnoses are not acute – they didn’t suddenly show up. High blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, chronic heart disease, and strokes, are all conditions that are worsened by ignorance and neglect.”

That’s Makdim’s mission statement: To bring awareness around health and shake up the status quo of our complacent lives.

Don’t neglect your health! Spend half an hour at the doctor’s office once or twice a year and know which conditions are hereditary. What is your A1C? What are your cholesterol levels? Don’t think that because you’re ‘only’ 35 or 40, you’re too young to be invested in your health.

AWARENESS CAN SAVE LIVES

The atmosphere turned somber when Reb Stralberg told of a personal anecdote: In February 2020 he woke up and suddenly felt excruciating dizziness and numbness on the entire left side of his body. His speech was slurred and his facial muscles became paralyzed. He remembered an EMT course he had taken years earlier and realized he was in

the throes of a stroke.

Before he collapsed he barely managed to tell his wife to call Hatzalah and tell them he was experiencing a stroke. Months of rehab followed, where he had to relearn how to use every single one of his limbs.

The point that Reb Stralberg wanted to make, occurred the next day. His neurologist entered the room and asked what medication he was on to treat his diabetes. Utterly taken aback he stuttered, “I’m not a diabetic.”

His blood sugar levels were three times the amount of those of a healthy individual. The doctor shot back, “Are you surprised by what happened? You’re literally a walking timebomb and should be thankful you’re alive.”

CARING FOR YOUR HEALTH

Dr. Shimshi Zimmerman, Medical Director of Hatzalah New York, started the medical panel by asking the doctors about the importance of a primary care physician.

Dr. Eli Inzlicht, Medical Director at Premium Heath, explained that the role of a PCP is to get to know each patient personally and do basic testing. People of all ages need to build a relationship with a PCP since many health conditions can manifest at a young age. Furthermore, a PCP will refer their patients to specialists when there are issues that require more specialized care. When asked about hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart disease, Dr. David Sherman of Columbia Presbyterian explained that if a male family member under the age of 55 had a heart attack, you’re at greater risk of developing heart issues yourself. It’s important to be aware of your family history and get testing that may not be so routine for the general population.

Hypertension is known as the ‘silent killer’ since living with high blood pressure can go undetected for many years but will lead to complications. It’s therefore incumbent on everyone over the age of 35 to check their blood pressure regularly

– at home and at the doctor’s office – and get familiar with their numbers and follow up with their PCP if they are elevated. When asked about preventative screenings, Dr. Aaron Tokayer, Professor of Gastroenterology, started by highlighting the success of Makdim’s efforts in raising awareness for preventative testing. Over 1,000 people got screened in the past six months and 60% of those who got colonoscopy screenings had polyps found that, if left untreated, could have become cancerous.

Most people are aware that diabetes equals high blood sugar, but many don’t realize how much deeper it can go. Elevated sugar alerts us that someone might be pre-diabetic, but diabetes can cause vascular (blood vessel) problems that can affect our bodies in many ways – including heart issues, kidney failure, diabetic ulcers, and vision problems. But all that, and more, can be prevented with regular screenings and lifestyle modifications.

BUSYNESS IS NOT AN EXCUSE

Reb Stralberg passionately implored the audience to take it upon themselves to visit the doctor at least once a year. He told those who excuse themselves with their busy lifestyle, to view it as one of the mitzvos we perform once a year: biur chametz, tashlich, and mishloach manos. No one forgets to do those mitzvos –they’re an absolute privilege!

Let’s all hold the mitzvah of venishmartem meod lenafshoseichem just as dear and make it a priority.

Schedule that doctor’s visit today!

Makdim is now working with PCP offices that will provide appointments during regular office hours and after hours, making it easier for everyone to schedule that important check-up – regardless of their schedule.

Reach out to Makdim at 718-925-2943 for more information.

Visit makdim.org to watch a replay of the event.

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HOW THEY GROW

Sesame seeds are flat, oval and tiny, with that crunchy and nutty texture that begs for savory exploration and is used in food around the world and in skin care.

Where do they grow? I’ll admit I never thought about it. Nothing to be ashamed of, though, because sesame isn’t quite grown in our national backyard. Far from it.

Sesame seeds are actually derived from the Sesamum indicum, native to China, India and Turkey. It’s an annual plant, which are those that give you a run for your money by producing for only one year. “You want me again? Replant me,” they say. All fuzzy dark green leaves and light flowers, the plant grows seeds in pods that are then picked and processed for their many uses.

Though you can plant a sesamum plant in your garden from seed, you’d need a long, hot summer for it to flower and produce more seeds. Hence the plethora of sesame products originating from the sunny regions, and the top five international producers of sesame being Sudan, India, Tanzania, Myanmar and China, all sun-baked countries.

HOW THEY’RE PROCESSED

How does a sesame seed travel from plant to plate? Technology has rendered the entire process mechanical. The seeds are harvested, cleaned, sorted and pressed by a variety of machines that prepare them for the consumer’s market.

Cold-pressed seeds give you aromatic salad oils, while hot-pressed seeds result in a lower-grade oil product.

Say the word sesame and see what comes to mind. Challah. Halva. Tehina. Each bursting with memories and flavors, all owing to the same humble seed. So tiny and mighty, the sesame.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sesame seeds come in many varieties and colors, including white, black, red, brown and tan.

Approximately 0.23% of U.S. children and adults are allergic to sesame.

Healthiest way to eat your sesame? Go for hulled and roasted. These processes reduce oxalates and phytates, compounds that interfere with digestion and the absorption of protein.

TOTALLY TAHINI

Back to the Middle East! Here’s where tahini — a condiment made from sesame that is toasted, ground and hulled — reigns supreme. In Israel especially, tahini is a staple, showing up as a dressing or topping, a sauce for meat or fish, or an additive to sweet desserts. And let’s not get started on the towering chunks of halva that you can find under the cerulean Mediterranean sky! A word of caution to the enamored: though sesame is packed with protein, iron and fiber, rich in health benefits and considered a superfood, it’s also high in calories.

IN NUMBERS

Numbers aficionados, this is for you.

35% 65% of sesame seeds are used in food in oil production.

Within the food area, about 36% is washed sesame, 42% roasted sesame, 10% roasted sesame seeds with salt and another 12% is ground sesame.

SESAME TURNED SINISTER

The ninth most common food allergy among children and adults in the United States, on January 1, 2023, sesame became the ninth major allergen required to be labeled in plain language on processed food in the United States.

An allergic person exposed to sesame has its proteins bind to specific IgE antibodies made by his immune system. This triggers his immune defenses and leads to reaction symptoms ranging from itchiness to the potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Reports suggest that the sesame allergy has increased worldwide in the last two decades — but are unclear if this is because of increased sesame presence in food products or increased awareness. Whatever the case, if you’re allergic, read food labels, carry an Epipen and make others aware of your allergy.

WHAT’S THIS?

MY NEWEST INVENTION. I CALL IT THE ANGRY PEACOCK! THROW IT NEAR THOSE GUYS ON MY MARK.

I’LL GET YOU!

RECAP: YOSEF AND RACHEL WANT TO HELP A STRANGE MAN BEING ATTACKED BY BANDITS. BUT HOW? AS ALWAYS, YOSEF HAS A PLAN…

HERE COMES THE PEOPLE’S ELBOW!

ANOTHER LUNCH-LAUNCHER! AND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS —

HIE, FOUL BEHEMOTHS!

NOW!

LOOK OUT!

BY TWO JEWISH KIDS — WHO REALLY DON’T LIKE ROBBERS!

WHAT?

STAY THEE SAFE!

WE’RE BEING ATTACKED BY A... BY A… BY WHAT?!

LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE!

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

GET THAT KID!

by: YONAH KLEIN illustration: JACKY YARHI

יד טאהעג ה"ב ןבאה רימ זא ךרבתי םשה וצ קנאד ןוא ביול טימ !לכה ןודאל חבשל ונילע ןוא עוויסאמ ,עטמיראב-טלעוו ערעזנוא טימ לארשי ללכ ןייז וצ הנהמ 'יכז עכילביולגמוא ןליפש "קיפע" ענעגנולעג

ראג ד"סב טליפשעג פארא ,סעטכישעג עגיד'נכות ,עגיטפאהרעטסיימ עשיטאמארד

עכלעוו ןופ ,טאמראפ ענעטלאהעגסיוא ןוא עלעדייא ןא ףיוא ,ךילרעה ןוא לאנאיסעפארפ

םענעטלעז א ףיוא טאהעג האנה ה"ב ןבאה טלעוו יד רעביא ןדיא רעטנעזיוט רעגילדנעצ .םענראפ

ןדנעפאכראפ-םעטא ,עכילרעה ,עטפניפ רעזנוא ףיוא לאמארעדיוו ךיז רימ ןטיירג דניצא

א רימ ןטעב ,םשה תרזעב ט"לעבה תוכוס דעומה לוח ןגידנעמוק םעד ,ליפש טאמכאש

ןבלעז םעד ףיוא לארשי ללכ ןייז וצ הנהמ לאמאכאנ ןייז הכוז ןלאז רימ ,דיתעה לע השקב .רעטקאראכ םענייר ,ןלעדייא ןוא ןכיוה

סנעמעוו ,רעדניק עשידיא ראפ טלעטשעגוצ טרעוו ליפש רעזנוא :תוצראה ייוגכ ונשע אלש

ןעגנערבראפ וצ בוט םוי תחמש דובכל ,תווצמו הרות ןוא טייקרעכעה ףיוא טעיובעג זיא ןבעל טיילגאב ןוא טפיזעגכרוד טרעוו סאוו ,ש"ריו ןכות אלמ ליפש א ייב ,הביבס עשימייה א ןיא .א"טילש םילהנמ ןוא םיכנחמ ע'בושח ךרוד

ליפש רעזנוא רעביא תועדומ עגידנעמוק יד ןלעוו א"טילש םיכנחמ יד ןופ גנאלראפ ן'פיוא

ה"זעב ןפאה רימ .טפיוקראפ ןרעוו ןלעוו סטעקיט יד ןעוו ,ליפש םוצ טנאנ זיולב ןעמוקסיורא .בוט םוי תחמש ןגיטכיר א טימ ןראי עגנאל ףיוא לארשי ללכ ןייז וצ הנהמ

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HOW TO PLAY:

1. Gather round the table to play a family game of Boggle, using this Boggle board.

2. Once you have a winner, fill out the form below in its entirety.

3. Email the form to comments@thebpview.com or fax to 718-408-8771 by Sunday at midnight.

4. Two winners will be drawn each week, each of whom will receive a $15 gift card at Judaica Corner!

PLAYING RULES:

Find words on the board containing four letters or more. Letters of a word must be connected in a chain (each letter should be adjacent to the next either vertically, horizontally or diagonally), and each letter can only be used once in a given word.

The following are not allowed in Boggle:

Adding “s” to a word • Proper nouns

• Abbreviations • Contractions • Acronyms

POINTS

4-letter words: 2 points

5-letter words: 3 points

6-letter words: 5 points

7-letter words: 7 points

8-letter words: 9 points

9+ letters: 12 points

EN D N S

BG U F

I A E T E C K O N

Family name: _________________________________ Phone: __________________

Full mailing address: ____________________________________________________

Full name of winner: _________________ Amount of points: __________

Full names of competing players: List some words only the winner found:

The longest word found on the board: _____________________________

A new word you learned from the board: __________________________

Only complete forms will be entered into the drawing.

H O 176 www.thebpview.com 718.408.8770 The Boro Park View July 26, 2023

BOGGLE WINNER

Bring this page in to the Judaica Corner to claim your $15 gift card.

Family name: Kahana, 718-xxx-9188

Name of winner: Mommy

Amount of points: 143

Names of competing players: Mommy, Faigy, Chava’la

Some words only the winner found: racism, flunk, moist, clear, racist

The longest word found on the board: stickler

A new word learned from the board: fiend

BOGGLE WINNER

Bring this page in to the Judaica Corner to claim your $15 gift card.

Family name: Posner, 718-xxx-0911

Name of winner: Mommy

Amount of points: 176

Names of competing players: Gitty, Etty

Some words only the winner found: sickle, null, cleat, hulk, election

The longest word found on the board: generation

A new word learned from the board:

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Send your colored page to The Boro Park View to enter a drawing for a chance to have your artwork featured in our pages and win $5 at Toys4U! Ten lucky winners will be announced each week!

To enter the raffle, email your colored page with your full name to comments@thebpview.com or mail it to 1274 49th Street, Suite 421, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Submissions will be included in the drawing only if all information is filled in.

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VACATION HOMES FOR RENT

Woodridge vacation homes for rent yearround. Fully renovated & up to date air conditioned & heated worth 2 pools, swing set, playgrounds, on approx 15 acres of grass. 3 houses: 2 bdrm/1 bth this just has a kitchen (no dining room or washer dryer), 3bdrm/2 bths & 5bdrm/2bth. Linen & towels incl. Can be rented together or separately. For more info Call 718-2151609 ext 103 or email Woodridgehousesfor rent@gmail.com. Or visit us online & see pics at www. yasharmanagement.com

FORSHAY / NEW HEMPSTEAD AREA

3 Beautiful 5 Bedroom Homes For rent for Shabbos ,And weekdays. Towels and linen included. Please call 845-587-7611or 347-633-0777

CATSKILLS

Never seen before! Just completed Mansion. Enjoy the colony, and still relax in privacy. 4 MBR w/ priv bath & balconies, VIP master suite, 21+ beds. Eye-catching panorama, walk to shopping, minyanim centers. 347-9314731

LINDEN RETREAT

Beautiful Bright new 4 Bedroom house 9+ Beds for Shabbos/Weekday stunning in-ground pool. w/Linen & Towels next to shul & neighbors. 718-437-4924

2 BEDROOM BUNGALOW with washer and dryer in chochmas hatora/kalov meals provided daily available from August 6 - 27 $1800 per week Please call 347-946-4211

SHABBOS RENTAL W/POOL

Chestnut Ridge 4BR 3 Bath (Sleeps 7) Thurs-Sunday $1950. (Aug 5th unavailable). Text 347-674-6854

SHABBOS NACHAMU RENTAL

Big house for rent in Monsey for this shabbos. 845-5178409

HELP WANTED

SECRETARY POSITION

Milestones Early Intervention is seeking an efficient secretary with great communication skills. Join a warm, supportive office environment and enjoy great pay and benefits. Email resumes to milestones@ hamaspikkings.org or call 718-387-8400 x 637.

SPECIAL ED TEACHERS

Now hiring a devoted special ed classroom teacher for the 23-24 school year. Small class size, excellent training, supportive environment. Resumes@yadyisroelschool. org 718-650-6400

F/T PARAS

Now hiring paras to work full time in a special education school for the 23-24 school year. Supportive and heimish environment. Transportation provided. Resumes@ yadyisroelschool.org

HEADSTART TEACHER

YVY Head Start Williamsburg Immediate teaching position available for 4-5 year old class. Minimum 90 credits required. Great pay, Fringe Benefits. Call: 718.514.8925 or 718.909.9473

JOB RESUME

Need a great work resume? Resumes are what we do (new grads or experienced)! Call/text 845-554-5778 or email info@resumakerpro. com.

STATEN ISLAND LEAD TEACHER

Seeking a warm and enthusiastic experienced Lead Teacher for 4-5 years old. Positive and friendly environment, great benefits, Min. 90 Credits and above. Salary $41,600.-$68,652. Email: HRubinstein@yeled. org Call: 718.514.8865

STATEN ISLAND ASSISTANT TEACHER

Seeking a warm and caring assistant teacher. (No teacher’s prep required!) Positive and friendly environment. Great benefits. Salary begins at $30,150.+ depending on credentials. Email: HRubinstein@yeled. org Call: 718.514.8865

PART TIME TEACHER

Yeled V’Yalda Williamsburg

Part-time teaching position available for the coming year for 2 year old classroom, experienced warm individual, College credits and BA a plus. Email resume to:Lfischer@yeled.org Call: 718.686.2415

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS

September 2023 opening: Yeled V’Yalda Project REACH seeking Yiddish-speaking preschool teachers to work afternoons and Sundays in the Boro Park area to service children in their homes. High paying position $28,000 - $32,000 annually with lots of flexibility. Must have HS diploma, preschool experience a plus. Email resume to mhersh@yeled.org

TITLE I TEACHERS

Great Opportunities for upcoming school year! Seeking experienced Title I teachers for Flatbush girls’ school ·Upper elementary math ·High school math, with possibility of other subjects ·Warm, supportive environment, small groups ·Competitive compensation, $75/ hour. BA required. Email to: Titleone@yeled.org

ASSISTANT TEACHERS

Yeled V`Yalda Head Start Boro Park, Seeking Assistant Teachers, wonderful work environment, great pay, exp. with children, responsible & ability to multitask. Email to: RAbelsky@yeled.org Or Call: 718.686.3501

PLAYGROUP TEACHERS

Heimishe Playgroup in Williamsburg seeking for Sep. Playgroup Teachers & Assistant Teachers. Great pay very punctual weekly, will train. No degree required. Call: 917.763.2178

FT/PT MORAH

FT/ PT morah. Yiddish speaking. For small voucher playgroup, for September 23’. Located 47th between 18/19. Great pay! 718-853-4139 or 929-287-2054

AFTERSCHOOL SEITS needed for home case at Higher rates. Call: 917.968.2292

PLAYGROUP ASSISTANT Looking for FT/PT Yiddish speaking playgroup assistant/co-teacher for the upcoming school year, Well paid. Call 347-486-1327 if no answer lv msg

TEACHER ASSISTANTS

Yeled V`Yalda Early Head Start in Boro Park Seeking full time Teacher assistants for Sep. Excellent salary and benefits, Childcare included. Email resume: hdembinsky@ yeled.org

LOOKING TO HIRE

Looking to hire smart, personable and confident twelve grade graduate for customer service rep/phone orders. Great people skills and fast computer work is a must! Flexible hours available. Good pay! Email resume to kjobresume@gmail.com

Classifieds

JOBS AVAILABLE

Part-time & Full-time jobs available. Email TopPartTimeJobs@ gmail.com

F/T POSITION

BP RE Management Office, Friendly environ (all female) Will train, some computer knowledge pref, email resume to resumesbpmgmt@ gmail.com. Flexible start date.

LOOKING TO HIRE

BP Office is looking to hire F/T Secretary. Must be detail-oriented, organized, and good at customer service. Email resume: Rosenberg4231@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Heimish BP multi girl office seeking a f/t female secretary. Great environment. Great pay. Email resume:resumessfs@ gmail.com

OFFICE POSITION

Yeled V’Yalda Early Head

Start Boro Park is looking to fill an office position 22-25 hours weekly. The ideal candidate has: strong administrative abilities, previous office experience, excellent communication skills, The ability to develop strategies, attention to detail. Email resume to: ehsjob@ yeled.org

SECRETARY POSITION

B.P. Multi girl heimishe insurance office, f/t. Grads welcome. Will train. Fluent in Yiddish and English. Email resume: hiring1228@ gmail.com

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Insurance office in Boro Park seeking to hire F/T female secretary. Good pay. Heimishe environment. Graduate preferred. Email resume to position515a@ gmail.com.

SECRETARY WANTED

Local busy salon looking for a secretary, must be able to multi task,super organized, work with a team and provide customer service. Please email resume to Info@ tobywigsalon.com

FEMALE PARAS

Boro Park & Flatbush. Full time or part time. Special rate for late afternoon/eve. Hours. Pay ranges $22-$35 per hour commensurate with experience. Call: 718.686.2376 Email: para@ yeled.org

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Seeking experienced Physical Therapist for Special Ed school in Brooklyn. Excellent salary and collaborative working environment. Resumes@yadyisroelschool. org

GREAT JOB FOR WOMEN

Amazing full time opportunity for women to work in an ABA clinic in Kensington/Boro Park. Pay $22.-$30. Per hour. Must be able to work from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM. Call/Text: 917.968.2292

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Seeking a motivated & organized Individual to join our team as An Administrative Assistant. Female preferred, full time, strong computer skills, Microsoft Office And Outlook Salary: $50,000.-$70,000. Call: 718.557.7038 Email: sagluck@yeled.org

FEMALE POSITION IN BORO PARK

Seeking a Health Care Coordinator and Administrative Assistant in Boro Park. All women atmosphere, Geder Shield internet, No experience necessary but must be computer savvy and motivated. Call: 917.968.2292

TEACHING POSITION

Chasidishe Girls HS, BP seeks: Teacher Grade 11 Computers 2 periods weekly, Literature 2 periods weekly. Call: 212-991-2813 ext 3430 Fax resume: 718-414-1743

PLAYGROUP TEACHERS & ASSISTANTS

Seeking warm and devoted teachers and assistants for a Yiddish speaking playgroup in Boro Park! Great environment! Great pay! Call/leave msg 646-887-5634

DAYCARE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Heimeshe daycare in Boro park Seeking warm responsible yiddish speaking teacher /co teacher/babysiters for September stunning place amazing environment please call 3473741807

LICENSED TEACHER

Chasidishe school seeking licensed teacher and secretary with some credits, for upcoming school year. Email sbbaissarah@gmail. com or call 347 587 9454.

TEACHER NEEDED

Girls school in Boro Park seeking teacher for upper elementary with at least one year experience. Please email gradeschoolresumes@gmail. com

SPEECH THERAPIST

Seeking a Speech Therapist for Sep. In Boro Park at enhanced rate. Call: 917.968.2292

SALES PERSON WANTED

Seeking inside/outside salesperson. Must have some jewelry experience as well as good computer skills. Call 917-494-7801

HEAD START TEACHER

Head Start in Williamsburg seeking teacher for the upcoming school year with/ without credits. Call: 718-2185511 leave message

STATEN ISLAND

FAMILY WORKER

Enjoy checking off lists and multitasking? Enjoy the perks of working locally! Seeking a FULL time and PART time Family Worker. Microsoft Office and Basic computer knowledge

Required. Salary begins at $31,000.+ depending on credentials. Great benefits. Email: HRubinstein@Yeled. org Call: 718-514-8865

PART TIME TEACHER

Yeled V`Yalda Early Hard Start Williamsburg Seeking a Part Time Teacher for Sep. 2023. 2 year old classroom, experienced warm individual, College credits and BA a plus. Email to: HHalberstam@yeled. org Call: 718.514.8968 or 917.940.2310

JOIN OUR SALES TEAM! Be Your Own Boss! Join New York Life Insurance Co. as a seasoned salesperson or our fast track to management program. Experience top training, support, and retirement benefits. Make an impact, secure your future. Connect today! dglick@ newyorklife.com or Call 845639-5216

FRONT DESK REP & FEMALE LIFEGUARD

Needed at YVY Fitness Center during women`s hours Sundays year round. Front Desk applicant should be computer literate, friendly, patient and energetic. Apply by sending resume to: fitness@yeled.org or calling 718.686.2404 please leave a clear message including your phone number and email address.

MEDICAL BILLING MANAGER

Looking for an experienced Medical Insurance Billing Manager to manage the full billing process in a facility. Experienced only. Call 917543-4117.

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ENDORSED BY MANY RABUNIM

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SELF-CONTAINED

Self-Contained

GIRL’S ELEM ENTA RY PROGRAM SEEKS:

Girl’s Elementary Program Seeks: Social Worker/School Psychologist

• Upper Grade Elementary Language Arts Teachers Hours 2:30-4:00.

Yiddish Speaking

• Full-Time Certified Co-teaching positions

COMPETITIVE SALARY FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Chassidishe School in Boro Park

Chassidish and Litvish schools, Brooklyn Locations

Experience Preferred

Experience Preferred

Email: girlsichudjobs@gmail.com

Warm and Professional E nvironment

Competitive Salary

Fax: (718) 375-1516

Email: girlsichudjobs@gmail.com

PARNASSAH SHIDDUCHIM HEALTH NACHAS CHILDREN SUCCESS SHALOM BAYIS

Classifieds

PART-TIME JOB

Seeking a mature, sociable woman with creativity to coordinate and implement activities and events for adults. Some computer knowledge a must. Email director@bpscc.org or call 718-854-7430 ext. 103

P3 PROVIDERS

Seeking experienced P3 providers and girls with a BA to work in an after school program, well paid. 347-9712490

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Seeking experienced Occupational Therapist for Special Ed school in Brooklyn. Excellent salary and collaborative working environment. Resumes@ yadyisroelschool.org

PART TIME SUPERVISOR

Yeled V’Yalda Early Head

Start Boro Park seeks part time supervisor for our weekly Mommy & Me groups. Candidate must have experience working with children or families in the community, administrative abilities, excellent interpersonal skills, and leadership qualities. HS/EHS experience a plus. Will train. Please email to: homebased@ yeled.org

WRITING TEACHER

Writing teacher, Williamsburg girls’ high school. Knowledge of academic writing genres and grammar required. Two or four afternoons weekly. 917880-2513

LOOKING TO HIRE

A Heimishe office in BP is looking to hire a F/T female executive assistant 4 days a week, skills: phone communication, good grammar, and know Microsoft word and excel. Great environment and good pay. please email resume to: sgmminsurance@gmail.com

SUPERVISOR PART TIME

Yeled V’Yalda Early Head

Start Boro Park seeks part time supervisor for our weekly Mommy & Me groups. Candidate must have experience working with children or families in the community, administrative abilities, excellent interpersonal skills, and leadership qualities. HS/EHS experience a plus. Will train. Please email to: homebased@ yeled.org

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Looking for BA and P3 providers to work in afterschool program and at home. Great pay. For inquiries 718-691-3022 #104

RECEPTIONIST

Boro park- looking for a lady/ young woman to serve as a receptionist in a fast paced optical store. Sundays a must. Hours 11 to 7 computer skills and great phone skills required. Friendly and positive vibe. Amazing pay for the right candidate. 845 540 2601 malka@ hiresolutionsny.com

CASE MANAGER POSITION AVAILABLE

Are you efficient, able to multitask and have great communication and computer skills? Applied ABC is seeking additional case managers for their growing team. Offices are located in Boro Park and Crown Heights. *Great work environment * Room for growth *Competitive pay and bonuses* Please email your resume to Resumes@ appliedabc.com or call/text (240) 332-4993.

AFTERNOON TEACHER POSITION

Afternoon limudei kodesh teacher and associate teacher positions, chassidish sp-ed girls program. Exp. preferred, great environment. Email resume to school718438@gmail.com.

POLISHED RESUMES

200+ clients employed in high-paying positions. Contact Sarah Menczer, Certified Copywriter thejewishwriter@gmail.com Call/Text 347-409-5182

SECRETARY NEEDED

Seeking a secretary for our transportation department. Full-time, excellent pay and benefits. Beginners welcome. Email resume to steichman@ hamaspikkings.org.

POSITION AVAILABLE

Are you the type that gets things done? Seeking an efficient and energetic individual motivated to ace an impactful role as first-level support to the director. OPWDD experience preferred but not required. Great computer and communication skills required. Tremendous, longterm potential. Email resume to cfisher@hamaspikkings. org

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Help us build better futures. Hamaspik of Kings County’s maintenance department seeks an experienced secretary to manage a variety of tasks. Full-time position, stimulating environment, great pay and benefits. Contact orubin@ hamaspikkings.org

POSITION AVAILABLE

Are you seeking a wellpaying job in a social, heimishe environment? Join our driven team today. Must be responsible and have excellent phone and writing skills. Excellent pay and benefits. Grads welcome! Send resume to greatofficeopportunity@ gmail.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

For a list of part-time and full-time career opportunities. Email TopParttimeJobs@gmail.com

P/T RECRUITERS

Earn a minimum $50k a year while only working 20 hours a week, We are seeking to hire additional female part-time recruiters in-office recruiters. Email TopCareerNY@gmail. com to apply.

FLEXIBLE POSITION

Do you have 10+ years of work experience? Do you want a flexible schedule career with unlimited income ? Email a resume TopCareerNY@ gmail.com to apply. (Female oriented career)

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Do you enjoy working with individuals with special needs? HCS is seeking energetic girls/ young women who want to help people have a meaningful and fulfilling day, to work at our Dayhab program. Monday thru Friday. Competitive salary and benefits. Please forward resume to jobs@hcsny.org

Please call 718-854-2747 Ext. 1210

MANAGER WANTED

Seeking to hire an ambitious and qualified male to manage a company. Responsibilities include office maintenance, meeting prep, event organization and more. Great pay for the right candidate. Contact 845-587-5829 or tfeder@hireexteam.com

ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT TEACHERS

Looking to hire associate/ assistant teachers for grades 1-2, you will have the opportunity to assist veteran teachers and coteach multiple subjects across the curriculum. MondayThursday afternoons, Excellent Pay-Great working environment. Please email resume to Byteach21@gmail. com

AFTERNOON JOB

Great babysitting position available starting Sept. 17 & 53 area 347-853-4421

DO YOU LOVE CHILDREN?

Come join our warm, fun environment in our brand new state of the art facilities. We are hiring teachers and assistants with/without a degree. Call: 347.709.9004 or email resume to: jobschildcarebp@gmail.com

to find out about our competitive salary and benefit package.

is for Make a difference in the lives of individuals with special needs and mental health challenges, and get paid too!

Classifieds

HR ASSISTANT

Looking for a part time HR Assistant. Should be able to interact with management regarding staffing requirements, recruiting, posting job listing in various venues, screening resumes, coordinating interviews and the entire onboarding process. Candidate must be computer savvy and detail oriented. Must have excellent organizational and communication skills. jobs@ hcsny.org

F/T POSITION

HCS is looking for a full-time, responsible and organized persons with excellent communication and computer skills to work with parents, workers and care managers. Responsibilities include coordinating services, recordkeeping and collaborating with a team. Please forward resume’ to jobs@hcsny.org or call 718854-2747 ext. 1175

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS

HCS is seeking female Direct Support Professionals to work in a beautiful group home in Boro Park for highly independent young women. Experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities a plus. Driver’s license Preferred. Full-time, flexible hours. Monday through Friday 3:00 PM to 10:30 PM. Please contact 347-598-3127

PM ASSISTANT

Special Ed Yeshiva in Brooklyn seeks PM ASSISTANT Warm supportive environment, Competitive Salary. Email resume: jcse1760@gmail.com

F/T SECRETARY

Office located in Central Boro Park looking to hire a fulltime secretary. Diversified and accomplishing tasks. Contact 845-587-5829 or tfeder@hireexteam.com

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Chasidish boys preschool looking to hire assistants for Sep. With and without degree, Heimishe environment, Great Pay. Email: daycarejob42@gmail. com Call: 718-812-5984

TEACHER ASSISTANTS

Special Ed. Girls’ School in Brooklyn Seeking Full Time TEACHER ASSISTANTS

Great work environment, competitive pay. Email resume: schooljobs2023@ gmail or call 718-534-8711

F/T COTEACHERS

Early headstart daycare seeking qualified full time coteachers. Amazing work environment with great pay + benefits. Call for more information - (347) 450-6188.

RECRUITERS NEEDED

Are you an experienced recruiter earning under $100k annually? Email TopCareerNY@gmail.com to earn more and work a flexible schedule.

COMPUTER TEACHER

Special Ed School in Brooklyn Seeks FULL TIME COMPUTER TEACHER, Experience preferred. Warm supportive environment, Competitive Salary. Email resume: jcse1760@gmail.com

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Insurance company looking to hire for several open positions. Level entry and management .If you’re smart, competent, and ready to work, this is for you! Contact 845-587-5829 or tfeder@ hireexteam.com

AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Looking for a afterschool program director in boro park must have good leadership and communications skills. Please email resume to yeshiva11219@gmial.com

DAYCARE TEACHERS

Heimishe chassidisha new daycare looking for teachers with or without degrees. Please call 347-633-3076 or email Mskindervinkel@ gmail.com

AMAZING ABA JOB

For the upcoming school year. Top pay, flexible schedules, Locations in Boro Park, Flatbush, Williamsburg, Crown Heights. Call/Text/ WA: 917.968.2292

FEMALE POSITION BP

Afternoon and Evenings PT or FT or Sundays. Good for high school, college student or mature adult. Help High functioning Women with daily living skills. Beautiful environment. Call Chana 347-598-3127 Send resume to c.rabiner@hcsny.org

FEMALE 1:1 INSTRUCTOR

Chayeinu Academy is seeking female 1:1 instructor for the 2023-2024 school year. Please email resume to info@ chayeinuacademy.org or call 718-303-9170

CLASSROOM TEACHER

Chayeinu Academy seeking classroom teacher with Masters in Special Ed. for ’23-’24 school year. Please email resume to info@ chayeinuacademy.org or call 718-303-9170 ext. 0

SUMMER JOBS

ABA COUNSELOR

Amazing summer opportunity working as an ABA Counselor In Boro Park & Upstate. Call/Text 917.968.2292

HEAD COUNSELOR/ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Head Counselor/Assistant director for Sp-ed integrated chassidish girls camp program, second half. Exp. preferred. Call 929-254-0080 x402.

PLAYGROUP ASSISTANT

Looking for an assistant in a heimishe playgroup for second hal. Girls welcome 347-672-3139

BOYS LIFEGUARD POSITION

Bungalow colony in Monticello looking for boys lifeguard, Monday to Thursday

6:45 -8:00, Fridays

3:30 - 5:30. Please contact (917) 648 2678

COUNSELOR POSITIONS

Second half camp counselor positions available for chassidish girls sleepaway program. Exp. a must. Call 929-254-0080 x402.

MOTHER’S HELPER

Second half mother’s helper position in camp upstate. Well paid, located in Camp Chayei Sura. Call 929-2540080 x402.

COUNSELOR POSITIONS

Second Half Day camp counselor positions available, chassidish girls integrated sp-ed program. Exp. Preferred, 11th grade and up. Well paid, Youth Corp opportunities available. Email hr@yesodeibina.org.

COUNSELOR

Seeking girls counselors for preshcool age kids in Kiamesha area. Lots of fun pls call 1347 742 0208

COUNSELORS NEEDED

A heimishe chassidishe girls day camp in Boro Park is looking for counselors for the second half. Please call: 347-675-2825 / 718-871-7878 ext 105

LIGHT ALTERATIONS

Please Call: 718.450.4700

Classifieds

ELECTRICIAN

All Electrical work, outlets, switches, fixtures, new lines for washer/dryer or a/c, shabbos clocks, circut breakers. 718.951-0090

HANDYMAN & PAINTING

Experienced & Reliable handyman. Small jobs our specialty! Plumbing, Electric, construction, Locksmith, painting, plastering. Shabbos clocks, outlets/switches, call: 347.275.5408

PHOTO ALBUMS

Custom photo books, weddings, engagements, Chosson/Baby, Upsherin, etc. Also professional photo editing. Photo Dreams 347.563.5153

AYIN HORAH

The renowned Rebetzin Aidel Miller from Yerushalayim Is now available to remove “Ayin Horah” over the phone. Call: 718.689.1902 or 516.300.1490

COSMETICS

Mary Kay, Careline, Ga-de, Static. Free Delivery with min order. Free Consultation and Application Tips for Grads & Kallahs! 718-930-4946

BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE

GARTLECH

Hand crochet, Hand knit, Silks & more with beautiful Gartel bag. Text or call: 718.283.4589 Wholesale orders available.

KALLAH SHOPPING LIST

Itemized kallah list to make kallah list calmer and easier minimal fee. Call 3475346184

FURNITURE REPAIRS

Furniture, Cabinet & General Repairs, specializing in Chosson-Kallah Apartments. Call: 718.633.6231

EASY AS ABC

Start the process now! Get P3 services by next year! Serious and fun English classes for boys. 11th & 50th. Call/text 347-645-2155

CUSTOM ALBUMS

Design your photo album now for just $150! Call Outlines Design 347-673-3981 *Albums *Ads *Catalogues

CLOSETS

Surprise your family with the closets they’ve been waiting for, And get surprised with our cheap rates. Call the expert @ 347-405-0631

WOOD REPAIR

Professional repairs, revamp, & color change to: kitchens, furniture, staircases, exterior wood doors, libraries, shuls, aron kodesh. Also do hi end stunning designer custom all uph & wood beds. Commercial, residential, best pricing & svc. Txt 212-9918548.

GARTEL FRINGES

We make professional gartel fringes and mend gartelach. Same day service. In the heart of BP. (347) 693-4920 or (718)435-7644

ATTENTION TEACHERS

Teaching for years with great sheets? Get your sheets computerized for great prices! Call Chumee S. 929630-0883

SARNO COACH

Experiencing chronic pain/ symptoms? There is a way out! Heal based on the Sarno method! Call Binah Schiff RDCS, Mind Body Educator and Coach 917-446-5360

CAMERA COURSE

Camera טימ ךיז ןעקאב

ןייד Photography course in Yiddish. No internet/ computer needed. 8452321271

רעדנעלדעירפ י ךרוד

PRENATAL YOGA

In home personalized sessions that ease aches, support mental clarity, prepare you for labor! Text PRENATAL YOGA to 5039615609 to inquire.

GARTLECH

We fix knitted & crochet Gartlech & make beautiful professional fringes. We also teach how to knit & crochet. call: 917-414-3281

CONSTRUCTION

Bathrooms, kitchens, closets, decks, extensions, additions, Basements, all electrical, plumbing, Carpentry. Lowest prices, fastest service. 718.951-0090

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

Attention Electricians, contractors and Home owners! Are you tired of high prices, bad attitudes, short stock and no service? Now you can get the best prices, on time delivery and the best attitude! Call 718306-9779 Email sales@ circuitsupplyny.com

DONATE YOUR VEHICLE

(Car, truck, van, Suv) Help build children. Get $1,500 tax deduction + $500 Gift card or we pay cash for cars too. 718-974-9428

MUSIC

Now offering guitar lessons! For women, girls, and young boys for a great price! Call/ Text 917-618-1174

PHOTOGRAPHY

Children, Portraits, Family, Upsherin. Slideshows for any occasion, family Gatherings, Anniversaries, events, etc. Photo Dreams 347.563.5153

HANDYMAN & ELECTRICIAN

Electrician, plumber, sewer service, Carpentry, sheetrock, locks, etc. 718.951-0090

DRIVER AVAILABLE

Driver with many years exp. available to do long distance trips with brand new minivan. Reasonable rates. 917.405.8469

SPRINTER & MINI VAN SERVICE

Heimishe driver available to do deliveries. Local & long distance, we shlep with a smile! Call: 718.951.0090

WIG & HAIR

Wig wash & sets, haircuts, and hairstyles for great prices! Call/Text: 917-618-1174

HEATED POOL

Beautiful heated pool in Staten Island $100 per hour. 14x28 aqua class/ swim Instructions. Well lit, Evening slots available (347)393-6094

BABYSITTING

HEIMISHE EXPERIENCED

BABYSITTER

Beginning September, up to 4 children. 18th & 50th, references available 845-2699782 / 718-436-2994

BABYSITTING

Going shopping on 13th? Have an appointment?

Experienced babysitter

available 13/55 for spontaneous drop-offs. Ages 0-3, minimum 2 hours. 7188203551

PLAYGROUP

SLOTS AVAIL

Kinder shpiel playgroup located on 12/50st with experienced teachers. Still have voucher slots for ages 22 m or older. For more info call 3479326524

NEW GROUP!

Beginning Sept, up to 4 children age 1-2 with experienced babysitter. References avail, hot lunches provided. 13/55, call 718-8203551

ODDS & ENDS

DONATE VEHICLE

Donate any vehicle, get $2,400 gift for shopping and $1,500 tax deduction. 718-974-9428

FOUND

two packages that fell out of a car on 12th b/w 56th & 57th 718 207-2207

Black airpod case end of school year 718-435-3615

FREE GIVEAWAYS

Dining room table 38x78 with 2 18’’ leaf 347-436-6368

Sony stereo speakers Pickup 1574 53rd St.,back porch

Italian curio with clock in it . Text 934-234-9405

Daybed with trundle,4 door Breakfront,Master Bedroom - Beds and night table 323536-2492

LATE ADS

LICENSED NURSERY

TEACHER

Bais Jacob Day Care Center is looking for a licensed Nursery teacher. Hours: 8:454:00. Please call Tzipora at 718-435-5755 Ext. 263 or send resume to adlert@bjbp.org

dsp@hcsny.org

GEMACHIM

Pidyon Haben 646-419-0782

Doona 260-366-6293

Doona gemach 3473689763

Twin Carriage (718) 522-3891

Carseats, snap n go strollers, pack n play & bassinets 718-854-6829 buy/sell Neocate/baby formula 347.369.4886

Chocolate molds BP 718-9724768. Williamsburg 718-522-3445

Bris Accessories 347- 244- 2065

Baby carriers 718-809-9707

Baby earbands 347 409 9479

Bris Accessories 718-435-0664

Kallah Cape 718 - 633 - 8261

Bridal Shoe Gemach 917-9368997

KALLAH ACCESSORIES BP. 718551-8714

Tehillim for Cholim www. tehillimonklaftefilah.org

Shoes & Crowns BP 718-9724768.

Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text (BP) 917-538-8500

Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text

(Willi) 929-275-1820

Pack n plays 718-851-1017

Twin Clothing (newborn-3) 347742-7189/718-972-0765

Clothing gemach (for women) 646-904-1247

Shidduch Resume 3473882336

Lingerie Conversions min fee 718437-0428

Briefcase gemach 7184360936

Baby Scale 718-633-9266 or text

718-473-5268

Maternity Clothing 3477293747

Youth Corps Working Papers 718854-0961

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Reflector Belts 718-853-4966

Warm Mist Humidifier 917-3732079

Communication Class 347-5767204

Dr Sarno Books 347-461-7330

Mezuzos (718)666-7222

pediatric wheelchair-walkershower seat- cast cover for shower call 7183883079 lv msg

Dr Sarno Books 347-461-7330

Baby Scale (Wmsbg) text 347675-9509

New ladies clothing 646-904-1247

Lighting 9292762404

Simcha Décor 917 -536-1742

Simcha Caps 718-633-1084

Purim Costume Gemach Call/Text 347-737-6771

Musical Kumzitz 347-543-2195

Lace & fur Kallah capes 718-4386250

Natural health support text 347228-7578

Bechers, Challah cover, Benchers 1718 854 1760

Easy birth from Koznitzer Maggid 917-514-9461

Laminated chuppah cards call 718-807-8932 lv msg

Boys Simcha Wear sizes 9m-7 347.462.4596 Sundays 2:30-5

Kallah/Mechteniste Capes Wsbg 718-300-9894/ BP 917-683-5557

Kallah Looseleaf Yom Hachuppah 718-435-3492

Simcha basket 718-614-7274

Clothing, Shoes, linens (347) 816-6406.

Folding and Air Beds - (405) 345-6831

Donate clothing 718-974-9428

Chupah Cards Color 347-8855114

Scooters 718-431-7942

Chassidishe Winter Coats for men 917-204-6838

Tzniusdig Hospital Gowns 347930-8465

Gemach in desperate need of elegant clothing size 6-8 for Kallah getting married beginning September, shoes/heels 6.5 and 7. call: 9292762404

Laminated Tfillos for Chuppa 718854-1223 or 917-974-0690

Zoom morning-meditation: 347395-4388

Kallah Accessories Wmsbg 347563-1840/718-782-6136

Property / land in Pennsylvania, high value. 212-470-1708 lv msg

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· Beautiful sunroom featuring a skylight, along with an additional kitchen.

· Large patio off the main kitchen and another on the second level for added play space or just to relax.

· The main level also includes two half baths and a guest suite with a full en-suite bath, separate entrance, and AC to host your loved ones anytime.

· Radiant heated tile flooring.

· 10 ft ceilings throughout the house, with 20 ft ceilings in the foyer for added air and brightness.

Of Keller Williams Hudson Valley Realty

5 Miele Rd - Monsey

5 Miele Rd - Monsey $2,850,000

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