Issue 269

Find balance amongst the busy-ness

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PROUD TO BE PART OF EVERYONE

(Re: POV, Issue 268)

This week’s POV, about the things we do because that’s what everyone does, got me thinking. Many of us would like to see the changes described, but most of us continue to conform to the “rules.” None of us skip the expensive makeup and hair for a wedding. Most people won’t make a small, simple supper get-together in place of an elaborate sheva brachos

I’m not writing to tell you all to be the ones to abandon social norms and change. I’m not trying to create a movement to normalize going out in sneakers and a snood — even though I’m all for it.

Instead, I’m writing to help you understand that most of the “rules” we decry and resent actually developed for a defensible reason. For example, one reader wrote that she can’t understand why schools give so many days off. But as a teacher, I can’t understand why schools give so few days off. (Just a couple days before Pesach?) But schools are trying to do their best to juggle everyone’s conflicting needs.

Sneakers and snoods? Old lady carts? Coming into a simcha dressed in whatever you’re wearing that day? Sounds super comfortable and convenient. But these social “minhagim” have developed for a reason. We are respectable people. We value dignity. The Queen of England didn’t go out in sneakers.

That’s not to say we value peer pressure when it comes to simchas or designer clothing. But the peer pressure exists because of a beautiful thing: We are a united community, geknipt and gebinden. One Yid makes a simcha, the entire community “halts mit.” We marry into each other’s families, send our children to the same schools, raise money for each other when there’s a need, and in general, operate like one big family. The side effect of caring is that people care too much — they’ll notice if you need help, and also how you look. This is not an excuse, but an explanation, and each individual should certainly account for whether he cares enough in certain areas or cares too much in others.

Many of our social rules are bothersome, but they also make me so proud to be a part of this community. So proud that I’m not quite ready to drop any of the inconvenient customs readers mentioned. I’ll walk proudly in the street in my shiny tight loafers, carrying my inconveniently sized designer bag, and I’ll carry all the grocery bags all the way back home.

G.T.

(Re: POV, Issue 268)

Here’s a simple hack for the POV reader who doesn’t like to change just to go say mazel tov. When I know I have to go out in the evening, I plan my daytime wardrobe around a black shell and skirt. It takes just a few minutes

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to change into a more festive top, run a brush through my sheitel, and apply a dab of color to my face. Unless I happen to be wearing sneakers, I don’t always change my shoes. A Bubby Who Does This All the Time

WORKING IN THE REAL WORLD

(Re: POV, Issue 268)

I found myself nodding along with almost all of the POV responses this week. I’d like to reply to the reader who complained about schools having so many days off.

Today, many mothers work either because their husbands are in kollel or because two salaries are needed in order to survive financially. I’m grateful that I have a steady job while my husband is in klei kodesh, but the school schedules are impossible to work with. In all my years of working, I have never taken a vacation. All my vacation time is used when my kids are home sick, when my kids are off for snow days, when my kids are home in between school and camp and then again in between camp and school, and when they are off before Yom Tov, after Yom Tov, midwinter vacation, Chanukah vacation, and fast days. These off-days use up (and usually exceed) all of my personal, sick and vacation days, which means I go to work even though I have the flu or need to clean for Pesach. Maybe teachers do work harder than I do (though I highly doubt it) and therefore “deserve” a vacation more than I do, and I’m happy for them. But what I think is really at play here is a lack of accommodation for people who work for businesses, or any job outside the school system. The school environment revolves around support and accommodation for our not-yet-grown-up students, and that attitude spills over to the expectation of flexibility for the teachers as well — something that most working adults cannot expect from their employers.

My idea is to hire high school girls to create “camp” for all those off days. It would be a win for everyone. Finally, I wish the schools would be more considerate and provide better options for all parents.

Thank you,

I TRIED TO FIGHT CITY HALL

(Re: POV, Issue 268)

A Fellow Reader

I recently proposed the following to my three granddaughters, ages 20, 17 and 16:

For $20 would you be willing to go to school without a center part in your hair (while obviously still looking neat)?

Well, the oldest mulled it over, the middle one jumped at the offer, and the youngest agonized over how she would be seen.

A very sobering reflection on our society.

Zvi Benaska

A WEEKLY FAVORITE

(Re: Parsha, Issue 268)

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Thank you for the weekly parsha column by Y. Levenstein. I read it weekly and find it helpful, informative and well written. Chazak v’amatz, and thank you!

Rabbi T.

NON-DAIRY DELICACY

(Re: Friday Night Munchies, Issue 268)

Thank you for these fun and yummy recipes. I want to make readers aware that most hot cocoa mixes sold in stores are dairy, so if you’re making Hot Cocoa Muddy Buddies to snack on after the Friday night seudah, make sure to use a pareve hot cocoa mix.

B.M.

A DELICIOUS ADDITION

(Re: Bump Up Your Basics, Issue 267)

I noticed a new face in your recipe column: Frimy Silberman. I’m really enjoying her excellent recipes and appreciate that her instructions are super detailed. I love how she explains exactly what to do instead of just saying “follow package directions” when relevant, such as when explaining how to cook quinoa.

I’m looking forward to more of her work!

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YOUR SAY

CHINUCH IS FOR EVERYONE

What is happening to our children? How can we, as a community, stand by and allow even one child to be left behind? We are one family, bound by the same values, and we must always remember that we share a common purpose. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow, thrive, and reach her full potential. It is unthinkable that any girl should face rejection when seeking a place in high school. How can we accept the possibility that, in the coming year, there might be a Bas Yisroel without a school to attend? This is not

just an administrative issue; it is a moral imperative. The responsibility we hold for the next generation is not a light one. It is a sacred duty to protect, guide and nurture our children with the goal of a future filled with hope and possibility.

Every Bas Yisroel deserves to be accepted for who she is — beautiful, capable and full of potential. Each of our daughters has the right to be embraced with love and respect. There is no justification for turning away a child who simply wishes to fulfill her potential in an environment that will support and nurture her.

When a child is rejected, it is far more than a one-time experience. It is an emotional wound, one that can have lasting effects on her self-worth and future. The pain caused by rejection ripples far beyond the immediate moment, affecting her sense of belonging, her confidence, and her faith in the community. We cannot allow this to happen to any girl.

While I understand that not every school may be the perfect fit for every student, this does not absolve us of our responsibility to place each girl in a school where she will be valued, nurtured and given the tools to succeed. We must ensure that every single eighth grader is accepted into the high school that is best suited for her — on the first try, and with respect. If even one girl is turned away, if even one Bas Yisroel is denied a place in a Bais Yaakov, we must ask ourselves: What have we become as a community? What are we teaching our children?

This issue is about far more than school placements; it is about the future of our children and the future of our community. Let us work together to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to thrive. I urge you to consider the far-reaching impact of each decision, and to act with the understanding that every Bas Yisroel deserves a place where she can flourish. Let us commit, as a community, to fulfilling this responsibility with love, care and unwavering commitment. We cannot afford to let even one child fall through the cracks.

With sincere hopes for a brighter future for all of our children,

A Concerned Member of Klal Yisroel

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WHAT’S ONE THING ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER AND/OR SCHOOL YOU REALLY APPRECIATE?

HAVE YOU CALLED THEM TO PASS ON YOUR FEEDBACK?

My daughter’s teacher spends recess time teaching the girls how to jump rope and play other games in the classroom. She uses her spare time to create structured fun and to teach the girls skills that will come to good use. This also means that these kids get physical exercise every day, even during the winter months.

As a school secretary, I see what it does to teachers when they feel appreciated. Even if it’s just a phone call, or a little note with a small something… The teachers walk into class that day with more cheishek to teach their charges — your little one included!

We appreciate it when a rebbe or teacher is able to see a child for who they are, meet them where they’re at, and help them keep climbing. And while positivity is nice, we appreciate honesty. I remember when a teacher told me at PTA that while my daughter is a great girl, she’s intense and takes life quite heavily. We can’t always fix things, yet seeing how in tune she was was comforting. We tip generously and write notes to thank our children’s educators and let them know we appreciate them.

Whenever I’m impressed with a lesson, a creative arts ‘n crafts that the kids made themselves or the weekly newsletter, I try to remember to write that specific compliment on my daughter’s mitzvah note. As a teacher myself, I believe every teacher appreciates positive feedback — and yes, first-year and tenth-year teachers need it just the same; trust me on that one!

The bus tracking system is a game-changer! I don’t know how our mothers made the bus without it.

I really appreciate that my sons’ cheder serves breakfast every morning, and pizza on Fridays right before dismissal. Some years, they also served a mini hot supper on the days before Pesach.

The thing I appreciate most is Geo Track! It’s a lifesaver! Although we’ve all grown accustomed to it and we take it for granted, most of us remember the days when we would wait (and wait and wait) for the bus in the freezing cold or scorching heat only to find out that we had long missed it.

My child’s school has two really dedicated secretaries who really make the school feel like a warm and safe place to be. The kids know that they can ask them for whatever they need, from a Band-Aid to help making their hair, and I know that I can reach out whenever I need something from the school, and my request will be taken care of. Kol hakavod to those who are working so, so hard to make our children’s schools a wonderful place to be!

I love newsletters with pictures — the more the merrier so I can see what’s going on in my child’s classroom. Also, as a teacher, better than all the compliments, cards, gifts and money is when a parent passes on positive feedback to my principal about me. It’s the best gift you can give a teacher and it doesn’t cost a penny.

I so appreciate that my daughter’s teacher is so accepting and flexible with my high-spirited kid! She sees her feisty, adorable personality, and not just a jack-in-the-box nuisance.

I’m coming from the other side. As a preschool morah, it really means a lot to me when a parent will tell me how they appreciate something — even if all they send is a short text message or a P.S. on a mitzvah note. Yes, we teachers truly appreciate the Chanukah tips, and please keep those coming, but a little message every now and then really goes far.

I’m a high school teacher, and I rarely receive feedback. From the 500+ students I have taught over the years, I can count a handful of phone calls, tips or gifts I’ve received. And I’ll fill you in on something you might be unaware of: Just because I’m the high school teacher doesn’t mean I don’t care. I know your daughter has multiple teachers a day, and some of them come to school solely to teach, and then they leave. Yet others sincerely care about your daughter. They extend themselves, are tolerant and patient — and yes, all to the student who might be your child! Your daughter thrives in a specific teacher’s class? The teacher must be doing something right. And if she is, she deserves some appreciation and feedback.

My daughter’s English teacher does brain exercises with the girls between every subject. These little things really make a difference; my daughter loves going to school. I told the teacher how much my daughter loves it and how amazing it is for the kids. I also sent an email to the dean thanking her for hiring such amazing teachers.

My toddler was on a messed-up schedule and waking up in the middle of the night, until we realized that the nap she took at her daycare center was the issue. I gently broached the subject with her morah, who was very understanding and agreed to try skipping her nap. Since then, my two-yearold enjoys a private hour with her beloved morah while the rest of the children are sleeping — and her mother gets to have a peaceful night. Thank you, Morah!

Some teachers write personal notes to their students and place them on their desks. My daughter keeps these notes throughout the year, and they serve as a reminder that her teacher thinks highly of her.

My daughter’s school requests that students bring only ha’eitz and ha’adamah snacks for recess time in the morning, which ensures that the students eat something healthy every day. She is in the younger grades now, but I hope the school sticks with this rule through eighth grade.

I don’t have children in the school system yet, but I am a teacher myself. I must say that the mothers who call me up to pass on their feedback don’t even know how much their words boost and encourage! It’s incredible to receive some simple words of thanks, and its repercussions are everlasting. Keep it up, grateful moms.

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PARSHAS VA’EIRA

To Hear the Cries

Y. Levenstein

Hakadosh Baruch Hu revealed Himself to Moshe Rabbeinu and said, “V’gam Ani shamati es na’akas Bnei Yisroel — I have also heard the cries of the Bnei Yisroel” (Shemos 6:5). He then promised to take them out of Mitzrayim, sharing the four expressions of geulah with Moshe.

A WEALTHY MAN once entered the room of the Chasam Sofer and asked for help.

“As everyone knows,” the man began, “I’m a successful businessman. But recently, my businesses have had some problems, and I’m nearing bankruptcy. I ask the Rav to offer his blessing that the problems should be easily resolved, and I should retain my wealth.”

“Yes, I’ve heard about your difficulties,” the Chasam Sofer responded. “But I also know something else. You have a brother who lives in poverty. He needs help with parnassah, but it seems you choose to close your eyes rather than extend a helping hand.”

“Pardon me,” the man mumbled in confusion, “but right now, my financial complications don’t allow me to help. But when I get out of this mess, I’ll surely help him!”

The Chasam Sofer listened and then said, “In this week’s parsha, Hakadosh Baruch Hu says, ‘V’gam’ — I have also heard the cries of the Bnei Yisroel. It seems there is an extra word in this pasuk. Why does Hashem express himself by saying, ‘I also heard’? It seems as if someone besides Hakadosh Baruch Hu also heard the cries of the Yidden. Who?

“It must be,” explained the Chasam Sofer, “that at the time when the Yidden cried out, unable to tolerate the enslavement, each and every one of them also heard the cries of his brother. Despite the backbreaking labor, everyone tried to make it easier for his friend to handle the difficulties, and in reward for their listening to each others’ cries, Hakadosh Baruch Hu also listened to their cries and came to their aid.

“If you commit to helping others,” the Chasam Sofer concluded, “surely, Hashem will save you from your tzarah, too.” * * * * *

The Chofetz Chaim, citing the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu, says that when the Yidden saw that there was simply no way they could be saved from Pharaoh’s terrible decrees, and the enslavement was just getting stronger and harder with each passing day, what did they do? They joined together and promised each other to perform kindness with one another in order to awaken the middas hachesed of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. With this, they hoped Pharaoh’s decrees would come to an end.

* * * * *

When Rav Moshe Schwab, zt”l, Mashgiach of Gateshead Yeshivah, was growing up in Germany, not every boy merited going to learn in yeshivah. There weren’t many yeshivos in Germany, and it was typical for families to send one son to yeshivah and keep the remaining children home to help out with the family parnassah

Young Moshe begged his father to allow him to go learn in the renowned yeshivah of Baranovich, where his older brother was already learning, and despite the practice of the time, his father agreed.

Baranovich was known to be a great makom Torah, but at the same time, it was also known as a place with poor conditions in gashmius. It was not a very clean, neat or well-equipped place, something that struck Moshe, coming from his clean, organized, proper German home. Moshe found it very difficult to adjust.

“You have a brother who lives in poverty. He needs help with parnassah, but it seems you choose to close your eyes rather than extend a helping hand”

“If this is what yeshivah life is all about,” he thought, “I’d rather remain here, even without optimal conditions, so I, too, can grow to be a ben Torah with middos tovos”

“If you feel you can’t handle it,” his older brother told him, “you have no choice; you should return home.”

In the meantime, though, there were no trains, and no way for Moshe to leave town just yet. His brother suggested that he join him for dinner at his lodgings, sleep over, and the following morning after breakfast, he would be able to catch a train home. Moshe agreed.

Moshe sat beside his brother at the supper table, ready to be served the meager meal typical of Baranovich. The cook brought out a kettle with boiling hot tea and set it on the table. It was very cold outside, and she hoped the tea would warm the bachurim and fill them up.

One bachur lifted the steaming kettle and poured himself a glass. In his excitement for a bit of warmth after a long, cold day, he poured quickly and not carefully enough. The glass of tea turned over and spilled on the foot of the boy sitting near him. The boy winced and shrank back in pain. It was a real burn.

The cook watched what happened and felt terrible. She ran over and asked the boy how she could help him. “What can I bring you to relieve your pain? This looks like a bad burn! Just tell me what you need, and I’ll do my best to get it for you.”

“There’s one thing I need,” the bochur replied, “but I’m afraid it will be too difficult for you to do it.”

“Even so, please tell me,” the cook said. “I’ll do my best.”

“Look,” said the boy. “My friend didn’t spill his tea on purpose. He was just hungry and very, very cold. That’s why his glass turned over and spilled on me. But now he’s feeling too embarrassed to ask for another glass of tea, so he’s being left with no tea and a very bad feeling. He’s going to stay hungry and cold! Please prepare him another cup of tea.”

Hearing this request, the cook burst into tears. She was overcome by the expression of deep empathy this bochur had for his friend — despite his personal pain. She ran to boil up some more water for tea.

Young Moshe, who observed the entire scene, was overcome as well. “If this is what yeshivah life is all about,” he thought, “I’d rather remain here, even without optimal conditions, so I, too, can grow to be a ben Torah with middos tovos.”

Indeed, Rav Moshe Schwab grew up to be a famed mashgiach and prominent Torah leader in England.

* * * * *

The best way to awaken rachamim from Hakadosh Baruch Hu, says the Chofetz Chaim, is through gemilus chesed and looking out for one another. May we all look out for one another, and may we be zoche to the ultimate rachmei Shamayim with the geulah sheleimah.

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Chassidic Yeshivas Sue NY Education

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After years of scrutiny, regulations and ultimatums, multiple Brooklyn mosdos filed suit against New York’s state and city education departments, saying they have been unfairly targeted by the two agencies.

The 20-page lawsuit was filed in federal court on January 13 by attorney Avi Schick on behalf of Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion, Oholei Torah, United Talmudical Academy, and Yeshiva and Mesivta Arugas Habosem. The complaint charged the city and state education departments with discriminating against the plaintiff schools, and petitioned the state and federal Office of Civil Rights to investigate the agencies’ behavior and remediate their conduct.

The filing includes numerous examples of the bias reportedly faced by the plaintiffs, which includes penalizing yeshivas for giving non-English instruction to students, even as the state and the city both support dual language curriculums in public schools. Also cited in the complaint is the requirement for yeshivas to use a preapproved “range of fiction and non-fiction texts” as part of their curriculums, making it clear repeatedly that only secular volumes met the education departments’ standards. Similarly, the lawsuit charges both education departments with federal constitution violations for insisting on being involved in the schools’ hiring processes, and refusing to offer reasonable accommodations for yeshivas’ customs and practices.

Professor Aaron Twerski of Brooklyn Law School told Yeshiva World News that the lawsuit is justified.

“The state and city education departments have unfairly targeted our schools,” said Twerski. “Their refusal to recognize Jewish studies as part of a satisfactory curriculum is abhorrent. Their actions would lead to the destruction of Torah education in our schools.”

Congestion Pricing a Nightmare for Drivers

Two weeks after congestion pricing became a reality, motorists traveling south of 60th Street are struggling to find ways to cope with the pricey Manhattan toll.

While parking has never been easy in the city, residents of Manhattan’s northern neighborhoods now find themselves competing with commuters for the few available spots. One Washington Heights man told the New York Post that he spotted at least 20 cars with New Jersey plates during the two hours he spent trying to find a place to park after coming home from work one day last week. Similar reports have emerged from the outer boroughs, where parking spots have become a precious commodity, with commuters leaving their cars near subway stations so that they can take mass transit to complete their trips to work.

Motorists who utilize the 615 parking garage located at 11 E 61st Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, located just outside the central business district, are facing a particularly unusual situation. Because they can only turn south onto Fifth Avenue as they leave 61st Street, those drivers are forced to cross 60th Street, where they are hit with the $9 toll. Similarly, residents of a 61st Street luxury building, whose only exit is directly on Fifth Avenue, have no way of avoiding the toll, even if they plan to travel north of 60th Street.

Ironically, several lawmakers who supported the measure are exempt from the toll, including Mayor Eric Adams, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and Comptroller Brad Lander. All are chauffeured around the city by NYPD security details which, as law enforcement vehicles, aren’t being hit with the $9 fee to travel city streets in the central business district.

“How convenient for them to support the congestion pricing tax when they don’t have to shoulder the cost like everyday New Yorkers,” said Susan Lee of New Yorkers Against Congestion Pricing Tax.

Is there hope that the toll will be eliminated now that President Trump has taken office? Only time will tell, but Trump told Republicans members of Congress at a January 11 meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort that he would try to eliminate congestion pricing.

Storage Facility Cracks Down on Simcha Parking, Cars Towed

Finding parking when you go to a simcha is never easy, but those who availed themselves of empty spots at a 36th Street storage facility found themselves facing real issues when they went to retrieve their vehicles.

The problems arose last week when a wedding guest returned to his car, which he had parked outside the Extra Storage Space facility, located between 13th and 14th avenues. Much to his horror, the driver found his car being hitched to a tow truck, with the operator only agreeing to release his car in exchange for a $200 payment. Signs posted to the wall clearly indicated that parking is reserved for the storage facility, and that unauthorized vehicles will be towed to a Coney Island address.

While the empty Extra Storage Space spots may look appealing to those attending simchas at the area’s wedding halls, the threat of being towed, even at midnight, makes it advisable to find alternate parking. Drivers should also be aware of New York City’s regulated towing rates, which can depend on size, weight and location, to prevent being overcharged, and can report any violators to 311.

Adams and Trump Have PreInauguration Meeting in Florida

Mayor Eric Adams escaped New York City’s cold weather last Friday, heading down to Palm Beach to meet with then-President-elect Trump near his Florida estate. Whether or not the topic of a presidential pardon arose remains unknown.

According to the New York Post, the two met at the Trump International Golf Course in Palm Beach. With Adams facing a federal bribery and corruption indictment, many have speculated that he is hoping to elicit a pardon in advance of the hotly contested mayoral primaries set to take place in June. If convicted, Adams could not hold public office in New York City.

Trump had said in the past that he felt that the mayor was unfairly targeted by the White House for speaking out against the migrant crisis. Adams shot back at those who felt he was cozying up to Trump in an effort to pro-

cure a pardon, and insisted that meeting with the incoming president was a no-brainer.

“To be clear, we did not discuss my legal case, and those who suggest the mayor of the largest city in the nation shouldn’t meet with the incoming president to discuss our city’s priorities because of inaccurate speculation or because we’re from different parties, clearly care more about politics than people,” said Adams.

Advocating for School Safety, Hochul Looks To Ban Parking Within 20 Feet of Crosswalks

Delivering her State of the State address in Albany on January 14, Governor Kathy Hochul emphasized the importance of pedestrian safety, proposing that a state law limiting parking at intersections be further expanded.

New York has a law on the books that increases visibility at intersections by prohibiting parking within 20 feet of all crosswalks, a concept known as “daylighting.” But New York City has the authority to set its own rules for “parking, standing, stopping and backing vehicles,” and it only bans parking within crosswalks in the five boroughs, saving thousands of adjacent parking spots from being eliminated at its approximately 40,000 intersections.

Hochul’s proposal would bring New York City in line with the rest of the state on the crosswalk parking issue, at least in elementary school zones. If approved, it would apply to all schools that educate children through fifth grade.

“When parents send their kids to school, they deserve the peace of mind that their kids will be safe getting to the classroom,” said Hochul.

Citing accident statistics, advocates have long tried to get New York City to daylight its intersections, in compliance with state law. Mayor Eric Adams has been on board with that idea, but his administration has fallen short of its 2023 promise to daylight 1,000 intersections each year.

American Dream Defies Blue Laws, Stays Open on Sundays

Bergen County’s blue laws prohibiting the sale of all nonessentials on Sundays may be more than 200 years old, but the owners of the American Dream mega-mall and entertainment center are looking away from the difficult restrictions, keeping the doors of all of their retail establishments open for shoppers.

American Dream has been fully open on Sundays for more than a year, reported NorthJersey.com, and county officials haven’t had an easy time finding an authority willing to enforce the blue laws, which many consider to be antiquated. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which owns the parcel of land where American Dream is situated, said that it lacks the authority to enforce Bergen County’s blue laws. Efforts to have the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office clarify the matter ended similarly, with a spokesperson saying that information isn’t provided to the media, and that the agency does not interpret state statutes or regulations.

Bergen County officials have said that being open on Sunday gives American Dream an unfair advantage of other area businesses who are complying with local blue laws. Proponents of the laws have hailed it for keeping Bergen County’s roads free from the traffic that clogs its roads during the week, as shoppers flock to the area’s many stores and shopping malls.

A statement released by Don Ghermazian, CEO of Triple Five, which owns the shopping center, said that the mall is “ecstatic that our list of offerings operate on Sundays, allowing everyone to enjoy the very best of American Dream whenever they want.” Malls all over the country have been struggling in recent years as consumers have warmly embraced the convenience of online shopping.

New Jersey’s original blue laws were enacted in 1704, and were incorporated into a formal law in 1798. Eleven Garden State counties ditched the blue laws in 1959 when they were included on an election ballot, and by 1985, Bergen was the only county statewide that kept its blue laws intact. Efforts to repeal the blue laws were rejected by Bergen County voters in 1980 and 1993. A 2013 effort to put the matter up for vote again did not garner enough signatures to make the ballot, although the blue laws were paused for two consecutive Sundays in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy devastated the area.

Retailers face a $250 penalty for their first blue laws violation, an amount that can jump as high as $1,000 for second offenses, and can result in penalties of up to $5,000 as well as six months in jail for additional violations.

Roiza returns home.

Perela was doing the last stretch-andfold on her batch of Yom Tov sourdough while handing out snacks to the kids as they arrived home from school and cheder. There were three arts ‘n crafts honey dishes on the table. All of them were made of portion cups and lids. All of them were sticky.

The kitchen looked like a zoo where the cages had been unlocked. She never cooked and baked at this hour, and now she knew why.

The scene contrasted sharply with the spotless, modern office where she had spent the morning. She’d nursed a freshly brewed coffee alongside a perfectly sugared cheese Danish, offering advice to people who actually listened — all while she got paid and complimented.

She was in a weird kind of limbo — a non-working working mom. She’d spent the entire morning with Tziri reviewing past successes and failures and strategizing for the future. But she hadn’t been formally hired, hadn’t formally committed to this job.

“Let’s do this on trial basis,” she’d told Tziri. Because as long as she didn’t commit, she didn’t have to come to a final decision.

As soon as Ezriel got home from cheder the day before Erev Rosh Hashanah, he poked his head into the kitchen. “I’m taking the boys for kappelach and tzitzis now, is that okay?”

“Great!” Perela said. “I can so use an hour to get this house in order. And can you please drop off the food at my mother’s house?” She pointed to a few Ziploc sandwich bags with individual portions of sweet carrots. “Take the small challahs from the upstairs freezer too, please.”

“Kids! Into the car,” Ezriel announced. He went upstairs to retrieve the challahs as the kids tumbled outside.

“And one bag of honey cookies,” Perela called after him. He reentered the suddenly-quiet kitchen with his arms laden and looked for a place to put the food down. There was not an inch of space on the island.

“Were you at your mother’s house today?” he asked sympathetically.

Perela blushed furiously. She couldn’t lie. “No,” she answered. She grabbed a wet dishtowel to drape over the challah dough.

“Oh?”

“I was out. And I had to cook for Yom Tov, and I also made the food for my mother.” Her ears flushed as she rambled.

Ezriel silently filled the shopping bag with challah, cookies and carrots.

“Out?” He turned to look at her. “Aha…” he said slowly. “I see.”

* * * * *

Eating the fish head was easier than cooking it.

Kaily pulled on a pair of gloves and removed the raw fish head from the foam tray. She dropped it into the disposable aluminum pan. These shortcuts were invented for fish heads.

It was Erev Rosh Hashanah. Another year, another

CHANIE SPIRA

fish head. Still in the same, temporary apartment downstairs from her mother, still stuck in the same place. She turned on the flame and watched the foil pan quiver from the heat. Her mother would be scandalized to see her cooking in an aluminum pan; that’s why she was cooking downstairs. Also, because her mother would be pained to see her cooking at all. It had always been her mother’s job.

The last two days had been so hectic — and so frightening.

Her mother had changed. And every moment brought those changes home. Literally. Suddenly, the bathroom wasn’t accessible. The kitchen became tiny when the wheelchair appeared. Even a simple task like getting a drink required complex maneuvers.

Kaily sighed as she set the timer for thirty minutes. A half-hour would give her time to give her mother her breakfast and maybe set the table.

She ran up the short flight of stairs and peeked into her mother’s bedroom. She was still napping. So breakfast would be even later. What else did she need to cook? Farfel. She raced downstairs again and sautéed some farfel — in a real pot this time, because she’d probably burned fifty pounds of farfel in aluminum pans already.

The oven timer was set for the fish, so she stood staring at her watch.

It was eleven o’clock. Seven hours until Yom Tov. She had to make sure all of her mother’s meds were organized and that Eli would get someone to blow shofar at the house.

She would make it.

There was a loud thump upstairs. She ran up to see Eli stopping by with his Chuni.

“Checking in,” he said, panting, holding tightly onto Chuni’s arm. “And occupying him. There’s no school today, and I don’t know how Chavi is going to make it to Yom Tov with him around.”

Chuni was flapping his hands wildly and inching toward the vacant wheelchair. He loved anything with wheels.

“Kaily?” she heard her mother call. Ugh. Now her mother’s nap was ruined. She hurried to the bedroom. “Kaily, there’s a smell coming from

your house.” Another effect of the fall was her mother’s obsession with the possibility of smoke.

“I’ll check, Mommy, okay? Anything else you need?”

Her mother shook her head and closed her eyes again. “There’s a smell,” she whispered.

Maybe her mother needed trauma therapy from the fire?

There was a smell… the farfel! Kaily ran downstairs to the blackened pot.

She quickly opened the door and the windows, scraped the pot, and put it to soak. From upstairs she heard something crash.

“KAILY!” Eli’s voice shook the house. “COME QUICKLY!”

Kaily dropped the pot, left the sink running, and ran upstairs.

“What happened?!”

“Mommy’s dancing! Her hands. Her face!”

She raced into the bedroom.

“What’s going on?” she yelled. Her mother was doing a weird dance. Her hands and face were moving to a beat she couldn’t hear.

Finally it ended. Whatever it was. “Ma! Are you okay?”

Her mother’s face was ashen, and she looked terrified. “I’m not sure,” she whispered, her eyes huge. “Suddenly, I started shaking all over. I couldn’t stop!” The helplessness in her voice made Kaily breathless.

“Call the doctor, now!” Eli ordered.

Kaily nodded. She quickly located the discharge papers and found a phone number. Why hadn’t she insisted on getting a direct number? After being transferred from one extension to the other, she left a message with the secretary who promised to relay the message.

She reentered her mother’s bedroom. “Okay. I left a

How was she so calm?

By Rebbetzin Ruchi Chaimowitz

“ELI,” SHE SAID AS SHE REENTERED THE KITCHEN. IT FELT GOOD TO HAVE ANOTHER ADULT NEARBY TO DISCUSS THE CALL. EVEN IF THAT ADULT WAS RESTRAINING AN AUTISTIC PREADOLESCENT WHILE CLEANING UP A FLOOD

message for the doctor. I hope we’ll get to the bottom of this soon.”

Her mother still looked like a frightened child.

“Are you ready for breakfast?” she asked softly.

Her mother nodded.

Eli followed Kaily to her apartment. “Kaily, this is scary!”

Kaily nodded. She had nothing to add. A sound made her turn. “Where’s Chuni?”

They found him in her kitchen, sitting in a pool of water on the counter. The flame under the fish was still on, and the timer was beeping relentlessly.

She quickly turned off the flame — yes, the fish head was charred — while Eli grabbed his soaking son off the counter.

Silently, she brought all the towels they owned and started wiping the flood. Eli stood by helplessly, holding Chuni tightly. Chuni was laughing uproariously while spinning a spoon he found on the counter.

Her phone rang.

“It’s the doctor,” she told Eli. “Finish up here, I’ll speak to him in my room.”

Distantly, she heard the doorbell.

“Hi,” the doctor said.

Kaily explained what had happened.

“Read me the dosages and names of the medications your mother is taking.” Kaily ran up with the phone to her mother’s medicine cabinet.

“This explains it,” the doctor said triumphantly when she read one of the prescriptions. “It’s called dyskinesia. It’s from the medication. The dosage isn’t right. It shouldn’t have happened. It usually happens after a few years, but it can happen if you take too much too soon.”

Yiddy would sue if he heard this. She would make sure he didn’t. “So

what should I do?” Kaily asked. She wished she could sound a bit more intelligent, but she felt so lost.

“Don’t worry. Bring her in, and we’ll adjust the meds. Meanwhile, keep her off the Levodopa.”

“Eli,” she said as she reentered the kitchen. It felt good to have another adult nearby to discuss the call. Even if that adult was restraining an autistic preadolescent while cleaning up a flood. “It’s a medication issue,” she told him briefly. “Mommy needs to go in again.”

Chuni lunged at a beautifully wrapped chocolate platter on the counter and tore it open, grabbing at the chocolate.

Eli grabbed him, but it was too late. The chocolates became part of the general mess on her floor.

“Oy! This package came for you while you were talking to the doctor. Look at it.”

The package was a mess of truffles and assorted mini jars of flavored honey. It had to be from Bina. She was such a sweetheart!

“Don’t worry,” Kaily reassured Eli. Her heart hurt for her brother. This was his life every single day. “I have a wedding coming up. I’d rather Chuni eat the chocolate than me.”

But she looked longingly at the damaged platter. How had Bina known how much she loved caramel truffles?

Her cellphone timer rang. Time to give her mother her medication.

“I’m running up to Mommy,” she said.

Eli called, “There’s a card, too. I’m putting the card and whatever is left of the platter on top of the fridge.”

Kaily, halfway up the stairs with her mind on her mother, barely heard him.

The premise and promise of chomesh

CHAPTER 1 OF 4

AHUVA GANTRY

Right after my husband and I got married, he asked me if I’d ever given maaser. Somewhat sheepishly, I told Yaakov that I never had.

“Well, maybe you could give the maaser now,” he suggested.

And since I’m a stickler for rules, and since I liked making my brand-new husband happy, I said that I thought it was a wonderful idea.

Yaakov took a picture of me holding the wad of bills, to commemorate the moment. I had saved up quite a considerable sum over my years working as a single girl, and the maaser wasn’t an amount to sneeze at. I won’t deny that my heart pinched a little, but something deep inside told me that I was doing the right thing.

That was my introduction to the idea of setting aside maaser from my earnings. It was tough, coming as it did after a few years of doing nothing of the sort, but I knew that when it comes to tzedakah, Hashem promises reciprocity and invites His children to “put Me to the test” (Malachi 3:10).

A few years passed, and

Yaakov and I were always on top of our maaser. Despite our status as a kollel couple, we also always felt Hashem at our side, and we believed it was the maaser that provided us with this extra level of siyata d’Shmaya.

One day, Yaakov came home and said that his Rosh Yeshivah, Rav Orenstein, personally gave chomesh

DID YOU KNOW?

According to our rav, chomesh can be used to pay debt owed to people (in contrast to a mortgage or any other official loan, which one cannot use chomesh for). So after borrowing some money to buy our house, the chomesh we were setting aside was used to pay back what we owed: win-win.

Do you have debt owed to people? Begin keeping a careful record of your earnings, set aside another 10% after maaser, and earmark those funds to begin paying what you owe. Now open your eyes to find the bracha, all while shrinking your debt.

“Chomesh?” My eyes opened wide. “A fifth?”

“Yes,” my husband said. “But you know what? He’s been sitting and learning all his life, and somehow, he owns his own house, earns rent from a few apartments he owns, and helps his older children marry off their kids. So chomesh is not causing him any harm. In fact, it’s probably the key to his hatzlacha. How else could this be possible?”

I was sold.

We began giving chomesh, and somehow, money matters simply fell into place with more ease than ever before. Bills came, and so did checks. Needs arose, and gaps were filled. And even though Yaakov was still in kollel, and even though we weren’t well off by far, somehow, things were okay.

More time passed, and we were quickly outgrowing our two-bedroom apartment. With four little kids in tow, we managed to find a fairly affordable home in a fairly desirable neighborhood in Brooklyn that was starting to attract members of our community, and we signed contract.

Before moving in, I had a designer come by for one hour to help me choose paint colors. When the hour was up, she turned to me expectantly and said it would be $200.

I looked at her, dumbstruck. I’d met her on site without money in my pockets; I’d assumed the contractor who was helping us with the renovations would be paying her directly.

“Just a minute,” I said, heat rising to my face. “I thought Mr. Cohen would be paying you…”

The designer didn’t say anything, just continued waiting.

I rooted around in my wallet — and out came $200 from a tiny pocket on the side. I had this vague recollection of stashing the money there at some point in the past, and now I handed it over with relief.

THE CHOMESH CHESHBON

We know that Avraham Avinu and Yitzchak Avinu both gave maaser — Avraham after the war of the four and five kings (Bereshis 14:20), and Yitzchak after planting a field that produced “meah shearim,” one hundred times more (Bereshis 26:12).

Yaakov Avinu, on his way to Charan, was the first to pledge in advance to give tzedakah from his income. As it says (Bereishis 28:22), Yaakov said, “ V’chol asher titen li, aseir a’asrenu lach — and of all that You give to me, a tithe I will tithe to You.”

The Gemara (Kesubos 50a) says that from the double lashon of “aseir a’asrenu,” we learn that Yaakov Avinu gave chomesh — 10% once, and then 10% a second time.

The Vilna Gaon (Keser Rosh 123) writes that one who gives maaser from his income is guaranteed not to lose money, but one who gives chomesh brings wealth upon himself.

The Gra continues: “If all of the Jewish nation would be scrupulous with this mitzvah, there would be no poor people, and the pasuk that promises ‘ki lo yiyeh becha evyon,’ there will be no needy among you (Devarim 15:4), would come to fruition.”

The story repeated itself after we moved in, when we needed a handyman to do a few odd jobs around the house. The bill came to $400, and that very day, my husband received an unexpected $400 check from someone he’d done a little work for. And that was that — another bill paid.

These stories kept happening, too often to be remembered and marked in awe, but we knew with certainty that Hashem was at our side.

And if we needed any further proof of how chomesh paved the way for us, a year later, similar homes in the area were being sold for $150K higher than the price we’d paid.

We thanked Hashem for miracles, both big and small, and continued settling into our new home.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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SWEETLY SOURDOUGH

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Using sourdough discard in baking is tasty and fun. It adds moisture and flavor to your baked goods and has added health benefits as well. What’s there not to like?

If you don’t have enough discard, you can feed your starter with the desired amount needed for your recipe and allow it to sit in a warm spot for two to three hours before using.

DEEP DARK SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CAKE

The richest, moistest chocolate cake ever!

INGREDIENTS

1 heaping tsp. coffee, dissolved in

½ cup hot water

1¾ cups Wondermills flour

¾ cup cocoa

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

1 cup oat milk

⅔ cup sourdough discard

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1⅓ cups sugar

¾ cup oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 375°.

2. Dissolve coffee in the hot water and set aside to cool.

3. Sift dry ingredients into a medium bowl and set aside.

4. In a separate bowl, mix the oat milk and sourdough discard. Add the eggs, vanilla extract, sugar, oil and cooled coffee. Mix until combined.

5. Add the dry ingredients, and mix until just incorporated.

6. Pour the batter into a lined 9x13-inch pan or two small 9x5-inch loaf pans.

7. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Sweet, soft and incredibly delicious. Bake these right away (like I did) or refrigerate the dough for up to a week to increase the health benefits of using sourdough.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup sugar

¼ cup oil

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 eggs

½ cup sourdough discard

2½ cups Wondermills flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

1. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil. Add vanilla, eggs and sourdough discard. Mix to incorporate.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Add to the wet ingredients along with the chocolate chips. Mix until a smooth dough forms.

3. Using damp hands, form dough into balls, and place on a lined baking sheet.

4. Bake at 350° for approximately 20 minutes until lightly browned at the bottom.

SOURDOUGH MUFFINS

Throw together a quick batch of breakfast muffins using your leftover sourdough starter. Feel free to substitute the chocolate chips with any other desired additions.

INGREDIENTS

110 grams (4 oz.) sourdough discard

1 egg

½ stick margarine, melted

¼ cup oat milk

½ cup sugar

1 cup Wondermills flour

¾ tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

⅛ tsp. nutmeg

⅓ cup chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350°.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sourdough discard, egg, melted margarine, oat milk and sugar.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining dry ingredients.

4. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl, and beat until just incorporated.

5. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.

6. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups, and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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IS GETTING A DEGREE ALWAYS WORTH IT?

Well, of course! Going to college is always a good idea — if you’re the one who owns a college, that is. For the rest of us, let’s take a look at this like educated consumers. If we’d ask this question about buying a car, for example — “Is buying a car always worth it?” — the answer would probably be: “It depends.” What do you need it for? Will you use it long-term or just this year? Should you take out a loan to pay for it? Do you need a luxury model, or will a basic option fit your needs?

Asking those same questions about a degree will help put things in perspective.

BREAKING IT DOWN

Luckily for colleges, this myth has been perpetuated for years: “If you have a degree, you’ll always get paid more, and you practically have insurance against unemployment.” Now, this wasn’t a myth in the pre-internet days of 20 and 30 years ago, but times have changed, and our beliefs should too.

Remember, most colleges are profitable businesses that benefit significantly from the widespread belief that a degree is the magic bullet to a high-paying job. But before following that route, find out if it’s actually the right investment for you and your chosen career:

Would you learn more about your profession by actually working in the field?

If you took the same $50,000 and invested it in books, courses and a way to live while doing an internship or apprenticeship, would that be a better or worse use of your money?

There are many paths to a good career, and college is only one of them.

Living in the digital age has completely shifted both our learning and work options. The digital world has created training opportunities where people have a smorgasbord of learning options, from college degrees to short certificate programs, all easily available. At the same time, the heimish community has grown, all while achieving incredible internal economic success. This enables individuals to spend their entire lives working in a local heimish business, while collaborating with people and businesses across the globe without ever leaving town.

A unique benefit at many heimish companies that many of us take for granted is the lack of a “paper ceiling,” a term used to describe the barrier that high school graduates without degrees face when applying for jobs that require a bachelor’s degree. Within the community, being a card-carrying member is often the main prerequisite for getting in the door, with in-house training being expected and paid for. Even past entry-level positions, the requirements are looked at from a “Yiddishe kop” perspective: Can you do the job? Can you do it well? Can you prove to us that you’ve done it before? If the answer is yes, whether or not you hold a degree in the field doesn’t matter much to many employers.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Now, before you start spending your college fund (just kidding — you don’t actually have one, do you?), there are scenarios where you still might need a degree, or where it’s a wise investment.

If you’re interested in a career that you legally cannot do without a degree. No matter how knowledgeable you are, you cannot be paid as a doctor, lawyer or engineer without a degree and license.

If you’re someone who learns better in a structured environment. Although you can learn on the job, you like having things taught thoroughly instead of being expected to just “pick things up” while having professional responsibilities.

If there is a profession where the pay rate for the same role is significantly higher for degree holders — such as ABA therapy — it may be worthwhile to pursue a degree. Sometimes it’s possible to work in the field without a degree, but your hourly rate would change drastically with the degree.

In this third kind of scenario, solve a simple education equation:

If I get $10 more an hour if I have a degree, based on a 40-hour workweek, how much more will I earn? If earning the degree costs around $30,000, how many years will it take to break even and then benefit from the investment (without factoring in the time and effort)? How many years do I plan to remain in this industry? Is the funding for such programs similar if I move elsewhere? These questions should give you a clear answer.

An argument commonly heard from the older generation is the “education reputation”: “You should just have a degree. No matter where you live or what you do, you’ll be considered a professional.” The thing is, however, that your bank account doesn’t care what you’re considered by people who aren’t paying your bills. We all know unemployed people with degrees, and employed people without degrees. Obviously, for a career where a degree is an absolute requirement, it’s non-negotiable. In a number of growing fields, though, the time spent earning a degree would better have been spent gaining practical skills on the job.

TIME BETTER SPENT

Once you’ve determined whether or not a degree is mandatory, do keep in mind that even when a degree is necessary, it’s far from a golden ticket to a guaranteed job.

Consider this scenario of a young man I recently spoke to. He was pursuing a

AM-I-A-COLLEGEGIRL CHECKLIST

Do I know what career I really want to pursue?

Does this career legally require a degree to practice?

Are there people who do this without a degree and make as much money as people with a degree?

Am I more of a “learn-on-thejob” type, or someone who prefers to first study how something is done before trying it myself?

Is the return on the investment worthwhile?

master’s degree in Industrial Psychology, with a day job as a gym teacher, which he planned to keep until he completed his degree. I pointed out that if he did so, completing the degree wouldn’t get him out of the gym, making his investment nothing more than expensive edu-tainment for himself. Gaining relevant experience is equally important to making a degree usable.

In a field where a degree is not mandatory, think about what is more valuable — someone who has worked in the field for five years, or someone who has the piece of paper to prove that they’ve studied it for five years? Instead of starting out by spending time and money on gaining background knowledge, for many business-related roles, I suggest starting with getting experience in a field and then getting the degree when and if you actually require it to get to the next step in your career.

Personally, I’ve come up with a theory on why so many people who don’t need them invest in college degrees. Once the standard educational path is complete, people feel very destabilized when they don’t have a clear path laid out for them of exactly what to do and how to do it. A degree feels like a very safe template to follow: If I spend four years in school, then I can say I’m a ____, and then I will get a job as a ____. While true, this kind of thinking ignores the critical question of whether or not the career is a good fit. Unfortunately, I see too many people who simply didn’t realize until they arrived at the job itself that the field didn’t actually interest them.

Heading quickly down a well-paved path in the wrong direction doesn’t get you where you want to go any faster, especially if you don’t know where you want to go. Instead of asking whether or not college is worth it, ask yourself (with the guidance of a professional when needed) what you really want to do. Once you know where you’re going, you’ll know whether or not following the map of the college route is necessary, optional or completely out of your way. Either way, keep your eyes wide open and make sure that you’re making the decision that’s right for you.

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new things, the flexibility to make changes, and the motivation to achieve. To varying degrees, those traits can fade with age… Or not.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE REFUSES

TO CONSIDER THEIR AGE A FACTOR?

Four true tales of people who learned something new — at an unusual age

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LEAH ELIAS

WHO: Mrs. Miriam Elias

WHERE: Monsey, New York

AGE: 54

NEVER TOO LATE… to publish a book

My Oma, Mrs. Miriam Elias, a”h, was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1928. When Oma was eight years old, her family emigrated to England, thereby escaping the Nazi regime. Oma spent years as a child in Shefford, and then went on to Gateshead sem, where she studied directly under Rav Dessler, zt”l. Following her marriage to Rav Joseph Elias, Oma relocated to the States, where she raised her four children.

At the age of 54, Oma no longer had young children at home. She was caring for her elderly father-in-law, which meant she had to leave her teaching position. And although she thoroughly enjoyed cooking, baking and her weekly art lessons — all of which she excelled at — Oma wanted something more to fill her time.

With her husband’s encouragement, Oma enrolled in a writing school in New York City. Opa would drive Oma to her classes each week, where she would develop her technique and skills as a professional writer. Whereas previously she had written school plays and articles for children’s magazines, upon completing her year-long course, Oma went on to author no less than ten young adult novels and two books for children — all this at a time when quality frum English literature was in its infancy.

Opa encouraged Oma throughout this venture and was proud of Oma’s accomplishments. If an article or book dealt

with a particular Chazal or lesson, Opa was the researcher and proofreader who ensured accuracy. Opa and Oma once traveled together to a museum of natural history to learn more about the characteristics of stones and rocks, as it pertained to a particular article Oma was writing. This was despite Opa’s busy schedule as a renowned educator and talmid chacham. They cherished each other and valued each other’s work, and this was evident in everything they undertook. Oma’s writing was no exception.

Oma never simply wrote; she would always first seek to learn and understand who and what she was writing about, and worked hard to conjure up the appropriate feelings before putting pen to paper. She spent many hours interviewing individuals connected to the stories she wrote — like a scoliosis patient, or a speech therapist — before writing about those elements. Additionally, a lot of her writing reflected her own life and feelings. Scenes of nature are described in fine detail

and with awe and love of Hashem’s world. She always had an objective and message through which the reader could grow and become more connected to Hashem and those around them. Ultimately, all of her books were both purposeful and captivating.

Despite the seriousness with which Oma took to her work, throughout her writing she would indulge in two small delights. First, she would use the names of her children and grandchildren in all of her stories. Oh, how we grandchildren loved spotting “our” characters as kids — and how we all dreamed our names would be used for the most personable, charming person in the plot! Her second treat was the dedication page, where she would include a note and the name of a person she admired and wanted to

honor, such as a great-nephew or a teacher from years gone by.

The love Oma put into her books was mirrored in the letters that poured in from readers across the globe. Appreciative adults and young teenage readers sent feedback, expressing their thoughts and thanks. Oma cherished those letters and would write back to every person, no matter how young, in her meticulous handwriting, with her beautiful colored ink pens.

From all of Oma’s writing, there was one book that just couldn’t seem to make it to publication. It wasn’t a novel, but a children’s book, the sequel to the beloved book Shimmy the Youngest. The manuscript was titled Avi the Middle Triplet, and it was a direct reflection of Oma’s attunement to young children and their issues, which she addressed with wisdom and charm.

Thanks to a particularly caring and ambitious granddaughter, the manuscript was resubmitted to a publishing house in the final months before Oma’s petirah. The story was accepted, and a finished copy was expedited to her bedside days before she passed away at age 87. Today, that book, along with Oma’s many others, has taken on a life of its own and continues to sell and inspire readers.

What strikes me the most about Oma is her unceasing interest and determination to learn and accomplish something new. After Oma’s petirah, family members found a packing list that Opa and Oma used every time they traveled. After the list of various clothing and technical items, there was a line with a checkbox labeled “works in progress.” Because Opa and Oma were always working on something new.

A sefer, a book, a project for the klal, an educational initiative — there was always something more to be done, another ability to develop, and the understanding that no matter their age or stage, their talents could be used to bring greatness to Hashem’s Name.

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Uber Bubby GITTY SIMONS

WHO: Bubby Stahl

WHERE: Monsey, New York

AGE: 86

NEVER TOO LATE… to learn how to use Uber

Shortly after I married into the family some twenty-plus years ago, Bubby Stahl invited me out for lunch.

“I’ll meet you at twelve. Is that good?” she asked. It sounded more like an order than a request.

I didn’t know what to make of it. I called my sister-in-law, who laughed.

“Get to know Bubby!” she informed me. “She takes out all of her new einiklach for a coffee date. She’ll be there right on time!”

She was. At twelve sharp, Bubby appeared at the local coffee shop. She waved me over, tapping her watch in a huff of impatience.

What we ate at the local coffee joint eludes me, but over time, Bubby became a treasured grandmother. And when the kids came along, they adored her too. She was the most onthe-ball grandma, always on the move, and eternally curious, too.

Bubby had grown up in grinding poverty, in the Bronx in the late 1930s. With necessity being the mother of invention and all that, the poverty gave birth to a lifetime of resourcefulness and curiosity. She was an eternal student, too; her

table always sported an interesting array of books checked out from the library, spanning the gamut from hefty biographies to self-help classics.

Every new gizmo somehow made it into her home. I remember her buying the first digital camera. After she mastered the basics, she gifted it to a graduating grandchild. Her kitchen was like a Pesach advertisement for a hardware store: Every chopper, spiralizer, bread machine and gadget littered the counters. The pattern was the same: Master the skill, use it once or twice, and then give it away. I’ll never forget watching how she taught my daughter how to use a chopper. She was 80 at the time, but I thought it was totally normal. Bubby is also the proud owner of a substantial toolbox (her interest in home improvement developed after Zeidy passed away), but that’s a whole ‘nother story.

One thing was an anathema to her. Try as she might, Bubby could not master the computer. And really, she didn’t need to. So long as she was active, she could get anywhere. For years, she walked to the grocery store, to the doctor, and even just to explore her neighborhood. Her energy seemed boundless.

Until she couldn’t anymore. We saw the signs coming, but refused to acknowledge them. Then came the day that my mother-in-law called to tell me that Bubby had fallen and injured her knee. Much as we tried to deny it, Bubby was growing older and needed to slow down.

Strong-willed as she was, Bubby didn’t relinquish her independence easily. Because getting around on her own didn’t only mean she was active; Bubby’s ability to walk and get places meant she had the ability to be her own person. Now she

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would no longer be able to come and go at will, but would have to depend on the availability, schedules and kindness of others. She was 86. It was the ultimate coup by old age.

But we needn’t have worried. Bubby simply learned to use Uber.

I have no idea which grandchild educated her. But what I do know is that Bubby ordered herself a kosher phone that had an Uber app, harassed a grandchild to set it up, and began finding her way around the app.

The first few times she tried, she held the phone upside down. It was a challenge for her to master the unlock screen, or navigate her way to ordering a car.

More than once she considered throwing in the towel. “Not for old fogies like me,” she announced after I showed her that she’d ordered a car to Nantucket, Massachusetts, instead of Nanuet, New York, where her podiatrist was. But her innate curiosity won out, and she kept trying.

It took a couple of weeks, but before long Bubby was on the road again. She figured out how to leverage Uber’s tipping prompt in her favor, promising sizable tips to those who helped her up the steps, and threatening to leave zero-star reviews for those who balked.

“Bubby, one star is the lowest you can go,” my daughter explained.

“Well, that guy deserved zero stars!” she huffed.

Uber gave Bubby back her independence in her old age. She runs her own schedule, replete with her many social engagements, and is free to come and go without relying on her children. It’s kept her healthy and happy.

Sometimes things do go awry, but they’ve never stopped Bubby Stahl.

“I visited Mina in the city,” she once told me conspiratorially, “and that rascal drove me to East 53rd Street instead of 53rd Street. Did I give it to him!”

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HINDY KVIAT

WHO: Rav Dovid Kviat, zt”l

WHERE: Brooklyn, New York

AGE: 78

NEVER TOO LATE… to learn to use a computer

A talmid chacham sits bent over a notebook, writing on a table strewn with seforim. Nearby, a sewing machine hums as his wife mends a child’s dress. On the floor, two children argue about whose turn it is in the game. Back and forth stomps a toddler, zooming his truck across his imaginary highway.

The talmid chacham writes on, oblivious to the noise and distractions.

Every now and then, as he reaches for a sefer to look something up, he turns his head in the direction of the children and gives them a loving smile, or answers a question posed by his wife.

A typical scene in the Kviat house.

My father-in-law Rav Dovid Kviat, zt”l, legendary mechaber of the Sukkas Dovid seforim, was able to learn and write his chiddushim surrounded by the hubbub of a vibrant, lebedig home full of children and grandchildren. No matter what was going on, he tuned out the distractions and wrote on. Laser-focused on learning, every minute was dedicated to more Torah, more writing of his chiddushim. And so he diligently composed 37 seforim: volumes on Gemara, parsha, chagim/moadim, and special occasions and milestones in a Yid’s life. The seforim were published and enjoyed by countless people. (The family is currently in the process of reprinting them.)

The idea to produce a sefer in the first place was planted when fellow maggidei shiur in Yeshivas Mir of Brooklyn kept borrowing Rav Kviat’s bichelech, as his notes were called, and thanking him profusely afterward for assisting them in preparing their shiurim with clarity and elucidation. This went on for years, until it occurred to Rav Kviat: “Why not enable more people to benefit from my notes?” The impetus to follow through came in 1968, after the petirah of his father-in-law, Reb Moshe Yehuda Hakohen Lieberman, z”l.

The first sefer, written on Maseches Kiddushin, went to print l’ilui nishmaso Rav Kviat’s father-in-law, with the extended family helping to sponsor it.

Thereafter, the profit of each printing was used toward the publication of the next sefer, adding new links to the holy chain of seforim. Rav Kviat wrote the first draft of each sefer in a spiral notebook (bichele), and then wrote two more successive drafts, until it was ready for the typesetter.

Years of learning and days of writing resulted in more and more seforim in the Sukkas Dovid series. But as Rav Kviat aged, his hands began to shake, and his handwriting, which had always been difficult to read, became so illegible that he himself struggled when reviewing what he wrote. Mention of this challenge brought a suggestion, perhaps in jest: “It would be great if you could type your chiddushim on a computer.” Almost 80 years old at the time, Rav Kviat’s immediate reaction was: “I could never learn how.”

Older people are often set in their ways, anxious about learning new things and scared off by technology. But Rav Kviat’s remarkable nature, along with his cheishek to spread more Torah, prompted him to reconsider his initial doubt.

The odds were against him: He had absolutely no technological knowhow, and he was almost 80. But neither of these factors deterred him, and he decided to try.

Hashgacha put the inimitable Rabbi Yair Hoffman in Rav Kviat’s path. They had both spent summers in Camp Ma-Na-Vu; Rav Kviat had served as camp rav and Rabbi Hoffman gave shiurim on Shabbos. Rabbi Hoffman also became, as Rav Kviat would lovingly and appreciatively refer to him, “Mein alef-beis rebbi! ” The first day at the keyboard, using but one finger, Rav Kviat typed 1,000 words! After two weeks, he’d managed to reach 3,000 words per day. He didn’t just believe “ein davar omed bifnei haratzon”; he lived it.

challenges and desperate SOS phone calls. After horeving over a sugya for hours, Rav Kviat would suddenly see a blank screen. Panic! His son-inlaw would come running to retrieve the document. Usually, the text had disappeared because Rav Kviat had accidentally selected the page and then continued to type, automatically deleting what had been there previously. It took him time to learn how to make use of the Undo button. Slowly, he also learned how to save his work, and for added protection, had an automatic backup installed.

As a child, the Netziv wasn’t successful in his learning, and one day overheard his parents’ plan to apprentice him to a shoemaker. He cried that he wanted to learn Torah and begged his parents to give him another chance. With much tefillah and toil, he became the renowned Netziv. He would later say, “After 120, I will be asked: Where is the Ha’amek She’elah? Where are your 10,000 talmidim? Imagine had I become a shoemaker; I would be shocked to be asked these questions. Who, me? The am haaretz who couldn’t learn? But the Beis Din Shel Maalah would demand an accounting based on my potential. Baruch Hashem, I was zoche to realize it.”

There’s more to using a computer than just typing. Navigating the mouse proved too difficult, but the touchpad worked wonderfully. A few months in, Rav Kviat was again ready to try something new.

Rabbi Hoffman got a call: “Ich vill a leptop.” A laptop allows for more mobility; he’d be able to type outdoors where he loved to sit and learn in warmer weather, and he could carry it with him when he traveled. All he saw were the opportunities, not the complications.

The success was punctuated by

Rav Dovid Kviat’s accomplishments include being the Rav of Agudas Yisroel of 18th Avenue, the Rosh of Agudath Israel Shul Rabbonim, distinguished maggid shiur in Yeshivas Mir, and mechaber of the Sukkas Dovid seforim

And because he exerted himself to learn to use a computer at an advanced age, when he faced the Bais Din Shel Maalah, he was not stumped by the question, “Where are the additional thirteen seforim you were supposed to write?”

Letter by letter, one finger pecking at each key, the elderly Rav Dovid Kviat, paying no heed to his age, typed his way to ever greater heights.

“Di Beste Sechoirah”

CHANA HINDY SCHECHTER

WHO: Shimon Breur*

WHERE: London

AGE: 65

NEVER TOO LATE… to learn full time in kollel

Shimon was born in London in 1945, shortly after the war ended, to hardworking parents who were ehrliche yirei Shamayim. From a young age, he was blessed with a quick mind, fluency with numbers, and a strong command of the Queen’s English. He was also confident, unafraid, and had a huge heart pulsating with warmth and feeling.

As he matured, Shimon took on many askanus projects, which he ran from his kitchen table. These included heading the chevra kadisha, governing the boys’ cheder, or singlehandedly raising money for poor families in Eretz Yisroel. Materialism never spoke to the Breuers — “as long as it worked, it was good” — and although they lived in an affluent suburb of Golders Green, their green carpets and mismatched furniture were never replaced or updated.

Throughout these busy years, Shimon worked hard at his accounting business. Eventually, he became partner and “struck it gold,” which meant he could support his tzedakah causes and bnei Torah descendants with ease. With the ability to delegate menial tasks, work shorter days, and enjoy his nachas, it should have been a comfortable retirement.

But not for a man like Shimon Breuer, who was brimming with the love of Torah and yearning for more…

At the age of 65, like a young man, Shimon applied to a high-caliber kollel in the neighborhood. Once he was accepted, he hired an avreich to learn with him and get him back into yeshivish learning mode. He says his focus and determi-

nation, polished over the decades, were vital to his success as he waded into the depths of intense Gemara learning again. After decades in a fast-paced business environment, slow, steady learning was an adjustment, but he kept at it, sometimes breaking for a short walk to refresh himself. Now, he can hondle in learning with his bochurishe einiklach, horeving, debating, and sharing the joy.

When a donor of the kollel who was Reb Shimon’s friend came to visit the kollel, he assumed Shimon was also there as a guest. But Reb Shimon stood up to his full height and proudly declared himself to be a full time avreich

A sign on his study proclaims, “Do not disturb! Zeidy is learning!”

Reb Shimon says he feels calmer, more satisfied, and has a greater sense that things are right.

“It’s the best deal I ever made,” he affirms as he tucks a Gemara under his arm and lets himself out into the sunshine.

*Name has been changed.

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Q. WHAT STUDYING TOOL OR SPECIFIC NOSH IS NECESSARY FOR MY STUDYING SUCCESS?

Popcorn

Food, peace and quiet

Jellybeans

Chocolate

A cozy room and clean environment

Sorbet

Licorice is a must.

Sour sticks; it really works

Pens and papers

I need music.

A quiet room and phone

A pen to bite

A milkshake, razzle or big drink

A lot of water

Good, clear notes from another classmate

Jolly Ranchers

I need sunlight; my brain is much clearer and fresher during daytime.

I study best in the noisiest room, like at the supper table.

Coffee — it clears my mind

Mint chocolate

Chocolate and sleep

After every chapter I study, I release all of my energy on a trampoline.

Q. CAN YOU SHARE A HELPFUL STUDYING TIP?

I wake up to study at 6:00 a.m., when my brain is still fresh and clear. Try it!

Keep a pen and whiteout handy to fix mistakes in your notes.

I love making an outline before I start studying; I find it really helps.

Don’t push it off for the last minute. I’ve tried that a few times; it isn’t worth it!

Read your notes out loud, and then rewrite them

Take short breaks every hour or two.

Review your notes, then study with a friend.

Do what you can, and Hashem will do the rest.

Study in a quiet, clean room.

Fact, tried and proven: Tests studied for only once get better marks than tests studied for a long time.

Eat nosh and make it fun for yourself.

Set a timer, and study the most you can in that timeframe.

Read your notes a few times until you know it by heart.

Never leave all studying for one day; divide it over a few days.

Don’t focus on one thing for a long time.

Record yourself saying the info, and then listen to it.

When studying with friends, repeat the material to each other.

First air out, do some warm-up exercises, eat something — and then study.

Make up songs or hints to help you remember information.

Write all important facts on a small whiteboard.

Set goals and take breaks.

When studying Chumash, first read the pesukim and then the notes.

Try not to go to sleep late, and wake up early to study.

Study in a fun place, like outside in the playground or on a beanbag.

Listen well in class, and study less!

When studying for a midterm, start with the material you weren’t tested on yet, and then briefly skim through the rest.

As you go along, read your notes and write down all the words you need to memorize.

Review your notes a night before you need to study so that the information is already familiar by the time you start studying.

Take quizzes seriously! It makes test studying much easier.

Read one page of notes, and then get someone to test you.

Songs, poems, chants, rhymes all help with memorization.

Having fun is a must because it clears the tension and makes studying a lot more fun.

TESTING, TESTING1-2-3 THE TEACHERS’ TAKE

DO YOU REUSE YOUR TEST FROM YEAR TO YEAR? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU DEDICATE TO PREPARING A TEST?

MRS. POSEN* I do reuse them but end up making changes to the tests based on the material I cover. If a question was too challenging last year, I might remove it or rephrase it, and I’ll also modify sections that were too lengthy.

It takes me about fifteen minutes to sit down and make these modifications to the tests.

MRS. COHEN* I reuse the base of my tests, but I tweak them every year so they align with my lessons. My lessons vary each year, especially if I introduce new skills or focus on specific topics like current events or intriguing subjects that I believe will resonate with my students.

Preparing tests is time-consuming; it takes around three or four hours to create a new test. As part of the process, I review all of my notes to ensure I cover all necessary skills and material. I also aim to create a balance between long and short answers, allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge through different answer styles.

MRS. KLEIN* I do reuse my tests. I invest a lot of effort into creating them, and they are generally good from year to year.

If I do need to create a new test, it takes me quite some time to prepare it; I need to make sure my tests include a variety of components, such as document-based questions, multiple-choice questions and critical thinking exercises.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND MARKING EACH SET OF TESTS? DO YOU CHOOSE A FORMAT THAT SIMPLIFIES THE MARKING PROCESS?

MRS. POSEN It takes me around forty-five minutes to mark a set of tests. If the test has an essay or a part with longer answers, it can take longer than that. I prefer to grade my tests part by part, memorizing the answers (like multiple-choice questions) in each section, which makes the process much quicker.

MRS. COHEN A set of tests can take me a solid few hours to mark. If I mark the tests the day my students take them, it goes much faster because I’m motivated to see their feedback and understand how well they grasped the material. I compare grading tests immediately to folding freshly-dried laundry; if I let them sit for a while, whether it’s the laundry or the tests, it somehow takes much longer.

When I have ungraded tests, I feel guilty about doing anything else until the tests are taken care of, because I know how invested my students are and how eager they are to receive their results.

Instead of procrastinating marking a test, I do what I call a “mark-a-thon”: I reach out to another teacher who also has a stack of tests to mark, and we tackle them together. This motivates me to complete the marking.

MRS. KLEIN A test can take me a few minutes to mark, but if it includes an essay, it will take me longer. I invest considerable effort into designing my tests to ensure they are quick to grade. I include many multiple-choice questions (which even accommodates spelling), fill-ins, and questions that require short answers.

HAVE YOU CHANGED ANYTHING OVER THE YEARS?

MRS. POSEN I update my tests each year according to the material I cover in class.

MRS. COHEN I’m not out to trick my students; I simply want to see if they know their information. If I notice that everyone knows the answer to a question, I include it on the test. I tell my students the parts beforehand and even provide them with an example of each part.

I like when my students earn extra points. I offer extra-credit assignments related to the subject that they can complete at home, and I use these points toward the test grade.

MRS. KLEIN Over the years, my tests have become more professional and precise. I try to be reasonably challenging, asking different types of questions to accommodate the different thinking and learning styles of my students. My goal is not to deceive them; the tests are a reflection of how well they mastered the material.

HOW LONG IS AN AVERAGE TEST, AND HOW MANY QUESTIONS DOES IT INCLUDE?

MRS. POSEN Typically, an average test consists of 50 questions, while midterms and finals generally include 100 questions. Of course, every subject varies; for instance, a literature test may feature around fifteen questions that necessitate more in-depth answers.

MRS. COHEN A midterm usually has 100 questions, and an average test contains 50 questions. For a Chumash test, the question count typically hovers at around 60. My students complete tests during a single 45-minute period, whereas midterms and finals require for two periods to finish.

MRS. KLEIN An average test is taken in a 45-minute period and includes between 33 and 40 questions. I work with a calculation that totals to a hundred points. Students sometimes find it challenging to adapt to taking tests in just one period, since in elementary school, they are given more time. However, while my tests are detailed, I design them to take no longer than 45 minutes to take. Finals and midterms contain more material, and therefore require additional time.

DO YOU GIVE MODIFIED TESTS?

MRS. POSEN I do, but I find myself giving them less frequently over the years. I think schools are becoming stricter as to who qualifies for a modified test.

MRS. COHEN Absolutely. It’s my pleasure to give a student a test that helps them succeed. Usually, a modified test is written in Yiddish instead of the standard Lashon Hakodesh. I think it’s responsible and mature when a student expresses her needs, as teachers may not always know which students would appreciate the modified tests. When a girl approaches me for a modified test, I ask her what aspects she finds challenging so that I know how to accommodate her needs.

MRS. KLEIN Yes, I do provide modified tests. After my students take their second test (since the first one can make many girls anxious, which affects their performance), I gently reach out to those who appear to need extra support. Modified tests are crucial for girls who need them; they allow the girls to feel success on their own level.

DO YOU MARK TESTS WITH A RED PEN? DO YOU INCLUDE MARKS ON THE TESTS OR PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS?

MRS. POSEN I use whatever pen I have on hand, and I always place a mark on each test. My comments are usually just a word or two, but if I really like a particular sentence, I’ll note that. I also enjoy adding smiley faces.

MRS. COHEN I use a red pen and put a mark on the tests. While I mark a student’s test, I see her smile and feel a connection, making it easy for me to compliment and add comments to her test. I also write comments near a completed part. Writing feedback is my top priority, and my compliments are sincere.

MRS. KLEIN I mark with a red pen and put the score on the test. On a regular test, I typically write a simple comment, such as Amazing Work! If I have something special to say, I comment directly on their work and highlight what I appreciated.

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MIDWINTER EXCURSIONS: BALTIMORE, MD

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Mid-winter vacation is a great opportunity for a quick getaway to break up the long winter and create everlasting memories. Since this itinerary has been built around a two-day, one-night stay, you won’t want to be busy preparing meals or traveling far for a minyan, so I chose a place with many familyfriendly attractions and Jewish amenities: Baltimore!

Baltimore is a city with many wonderful attractions your kids will love, plus all the Jewish amenities you could possibly need. We’re lucky to have family there, so we visit often and are excited to share our favorite spots with you. As an added bonus, you can expect the temperature in Baltimore to be five to ten degrees warmer than in New York. On that note, let’s hit the road!

Distance from Boro Park

3 HOURS

Traveling at night can sometimes save you about a half-hour of driving.

Washington, D.C., is on the way and may make a great combo destination! See The Monsey View, Issue 211, to plan your bonus itinerary.

It’s worth getting an early start so you can maximize the time you spend on the road! Prep snacks and lunch in advance so you don’t have to stop to eat.

If you’d like to visit an attraction on the way to Baltimore, consider stopping by at the Franklin Institute, which is located almost two hours into your trip and accounts for only a short detour.

This science museum offers three floors of hands-on exhibits and live shows that kids are sure to love. Don’t miss Sports Zone, Sir Isaac’s Loft and Franklin Air Show. You can easily spend three to four hours here, so make sure to leave enough time to explore it all and get your money’s worth.

Mid-Route

Franklin Institute

222 N 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

215-448-1200

Open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The parking fee is $25, but you may be able to find street parking or park at a discounted garage a few blocks away. You may want to consider getting membership ($175 for 2 adults and up to 4 children) if you want to come back again on Chol Hamoed or in the summer. Members save $10 on parking.

Once you hit your destination, your kids will have a lot of energy to release. Your first stop is Hyper Kidz , an amazing indoor playground for ages 0 to 13. With mazes, slides, ball pits, and a special area for toddlers, your kids will have tons of fun running around for a couple hours.

Attractions

Hyper Kidz Baltimore

11460 Cronridge Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

410-231-7570

Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For those with older children, check out Sky Zone Timonium, which has indoor trampolines and other jumping activities more suited for teens.

Sky Zone Timonium

23 West Aylesbury Road, Timonium, MD 21093

410-842-1661

Open 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Note

BALTIMORE, MD

If you’re planning to drive directly to Baltimore, and you’d prefer to visit a more major attraction on your first day, see Day 2 attractions for some ideas.

When it’s time to daven, Rav Eichenstein’s shtiebel is a heimish minyan factory offering Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv in a warm environment. The earliest Shacharis is at 6:15 a.m., and the last Maariv at 11:30 p.m. Another option is Agudath Israel of Baltimore which is a two minute walk from the Kehal Chassidim area. Shacharis starting at 6:30 a.m., and the last Maariv at 11:00 p.m.

Minyanim

Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah

6500 Baythorne Road, Baltimore, MD 21209

410-358-0989

Agudath Israel of Baltimore 6200 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215

410-764-3333

After all the fun running and jumping around, everyone will have a hearty appetite. Accents Grill is a family-friendly fleishig restaurant that will fill everyone up and cap off a wonderful day. For a milchig option, try Mama Leah’s.

Supper

Accents Grill

2839 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209

Star-K hashgacha

410-602-2224

Open 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Mama Leah’s

1500 Reisterstown Road #222, Pikesville, MD 21208

Star-K hashgacha

410-653-7600

Open Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

BALTIMORE, MD

Lodging

Doubletree by Hilton Baltimore North

Soon it’ll be time to wind down for the night. This highlyrated Hilton hotel is conveniently located near everywhere you’ll be going, so you can spend less time driving and more time relaxing.

In the area of Kehal Chassidim, led by Rabbi Amrom Jungreis, visitors can also choose to rent a beautifully prepared and well-priced house or apartment.

1726 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21208

410-653-1100

Rabbi Amrom Jungreis

amromjungreis@gmail.com | 347-666-1765

If you are at the hotel and forgot anything, there’s a large Target across the street from the Doubletree, Market Maven about a minute away, and another huge kosher supermarket called Seven Mile Market about five minutes away. These kosher supermarkets are stocked with everything you could want and also boast several ready-to-go food options.

Shopping

Target

1737 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208

410-486-4141

Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Market Maven

1630 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208

410-844-8000

Open from 7 a.m. Closing time varies.

Seven Mile Market

201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208

410-653-2000

Open 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Day 2

The next morning, you can start your day either at Rav Eichenstein’s Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah or at Agudath Israel of Baltimore.

After Shacharis, head back to the hotel to pick up your family and start your day just down the road with a delicious meal at Goldberg’s Bagels, which offers Baltimore’s best bagels and lots of other hearty breakfast options.

Afterward, you may want to cross the street to Croustille Café, a French bakery with yummy pastries to snack on throughout the day.

Another milchig option is Caramel’s Ice Cream & Pizza, which offers pizza, sushi and ice cream.

On your second day of your visit, plan for some amazing family-friendly activities. Plan to spend two to two and a half hours wherever you go.

Port Discovery is an amazing children’s museum with three floors of activities to keep everyone busy. We’ve visited several times, and our kids always leave with big smiles. Don’t miss SkyClimber and Adventure Expeditions. It’s only open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is closed in the winter on Mondays and Tuesdays.

If you plan to visit on those days and you want an alternative attraction, explore the trains at the B&O Railroad Museum, which also offers excellent, hands-on activities.

National Aquarium is a fascinating aquarium, one of the highest-rated in the United States. Although tickets are pricey ($49.95 for adults; $39.95 for children), this attraction will keep your family entertained for hours. Parking is free.

Please note that strollers are not allowed indoors. Visitors are advised to make use of baby carriers and the benches that are conveniently and strategically placed throughout the aquarium.

Since the aquarium is located at Baltimore’s iconic Inner Harbor, look out for the historic ships docked there, including the USS Constellation, USS Torsk and USCGC Taney WHEC-37.

Tour these historic ships! Tickets are available on site or online, with both guided and self-guided tours available.

Breakfast

Goldberg’s Bagels

1500 Reiserstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21208

Star-K hashgacha

410-415-7001

Open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Croustille Café

1404A Reiserstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21208

Star-K hashgacha

410-559-6940

Open 7:30 a.m. to 6 pm.

Caramel’s Ice Cream & Pizza

700 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208

Star-K hashgacha

410-486-2365

Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Attractions

Port Discovery Children’s Museum

35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202

410-727-8120

Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

B&O Railroad Museum

901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

410-752-2490

Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

National Aquarium

501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

410-576-3800

Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Port Discovery

National Aquarium

B&O Railroad Museum

By now you’ll be hungry for lunch, and milchig Cocoaccino’s will fill you all up with pizza, pasta, sandwiches, salads and much more. Otherwise, see options listed under Day 1’s itinerary.

Since Rav Eichenstein’s Mercaz Torah U’Tefillah is just around the corner from Cocoaccino’s, now’s a great time to catch an early Mincha before your last stop.

Lunch

Cocoaccino’s

2831 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209

Star-K hashgacha

410-653-3888

Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

After two days of family time, you’ll be packing back into your car with lots of great memories of your wonderful midwinter vacation. These, and your photos, will make great “remember when” conversations in the remaining winter months ahead.

Happy travels!

Hechsherim

Star-K is based in Baltimore, and most eateries are under their hashgacha. Before starting your trip, ask your local rav about different eateries and options. You may also want to inquire at each eatery where specific ingredients are sourced (think vegetables, chicken, meat).

Pro Membership Tips

We all love getting a good bargain. Here are some ideas to look into when planning your trip:

• At some museums, EBT members may be eligible for a limited amount of free entry tickets. At each museum, ask for more information before purchasing tickets for your family.

• Look into membership options, which can often provide better packages than paying per person at each attraction.

Rest Stops

If you’re traveling with kids, you’ll need stop areas along the way. Here are two suggestions.

Chesapeake House

John F Kennedy Memorial Hwy, North East, MD 21901

Maryland House

I-95, Aberdeen, MD 21001

Bonus Attraction

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

History-lovers who are lucky enough to get beautiful weather should consider visiting Fort McHenry. Part of it is outdoors, and entry is free. Additionally, when visiting, look out for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which made news last year when a container ship crashed into it.

2400 E Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230

410-962-4290

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Does melaveh malka get neglected in the flurry of Motzei Shabbos?

Do you sometimes feel like you just can’t wash again?

According to the Rambam, the departing Shabbos should be honored with a seudah just as she was when she arrived.

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I TRUST THIS KID BECAUSE HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF MORE USEFUL THAN THE TWO OF YOU SO FAR.

HE DIDN’T LOSE OUR LUGGAGE. HE KNEW NOT TO GET LOST AND LED US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HE WARNED US WHEN THE FOOD WASN’T SAFE TO EAT.

AND UNLIKE THE TWO OF YOU, HE DOESN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HEAT OR THE MOSQUITOES.

WE’RE NOT COMPLAINING! JUST POINTING OUT HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS!

FIND A BOY WILLING TO FAKE STEALING PEDRO’S WALLET, CATCH THE BOY, AND OF COURSE, RELEASE HIM SO PEDRO WOULDN’T QUESTION HIM AND FIGURE OUT THAT I SENT HIM WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO PICKPOCKET PEDRO...

BARUCH HASHEM, I MANAGED TO GAIN PEDRO’S TRUST. IT WAS A SIMPLE TRICK.

NOW I JUST HAVE TO STOP THEM FROM FINDING TATTY AND MISHA AND ROBBING THEM.

OVI IS GOING TO ROB THOSE RUSOS.

QUIET! LET’S GO. WE NEED TO FIND THOSE RUSOS AND ROB THEM.

RECAP: TYPHOID BREAKS OUT AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS. YISHAI WANTS TO HEAD TO BUENOS AIRES TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO TO HELP THEM.

ROB THEM? IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THEY HAD ANYTHING WORTH STEALING.

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?

TRUE, BUT THEY HAD A MAP OF A HIDDEN TREASURE IN THE AREA OF THE SAVANNA WHERE THE JEWS USED TO LIVE.

EXACTLY! BUT OVI IS SO BRAVE. I HEARD THAT A FAMILY OF JAGUARS HAS TAKEN OVER THE RUINS IN THAT AREA.

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…AND LEAVE THOSE RUSOS TO THE JAGUARS.

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REALLY? THE LOST CITY OF THE JEWS? THEY SAY THEY WERE VERY WEALTHY FROM ALL THE SUGAR THEY SOLD.

THE SAME THING YOU WANT — THE RUSOS’ TREASURE.

PIETRO, PABLO.

PERFECT! THEN YOU CAN TAKE US WITH YOU.

YEP, BOOM-BOOM.

TREASURE? WHAT TREASURE? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HOW DOES THAT SAYING GO? OH, RIGHT: “YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE.” CHOOSE.

BITS OF WITS

SHEVY HOLLANDER

A LITTLE BIT OF SCIENCE WONDER

THE CHANGING FACE OF:

Just like some other French words that have made their way into English, liaison is one many people tend to misspell. (They usually drop the second i and spell it liason, and we get why!)

FLOWER POWER

Use the following letters to list 5 words, each using 7 letters and up. Only the center letter must be used, and letters can be repeated. Bonus points for pangrams (words that use all seven letters).

TANACH TEASER

YOU NAME SIX COUPLES MENTIONED IN TANACH, EACH OF WHOSE FIRST NAMES (BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE) STARTS WITH THE SAME LETTER?

The cone-shaped peak of 1,519-foot Kirkjufell Mountain in Iceland shines dramatically against the backdrop of the Northern Lights.

P I T A M L R

Asara b’Teves of 5760 landed on December 19, 1999, and Asara b’Teves of 5761 landed on January 5, 2001.

ADD TO DICTIONARY

Can’t make out the words someone has handwritten? You’re probably looking at griffonage, which is a noun meaning careless or illegible writing, or a synonym for “a hasty scrawl.”

SAY IT WITH A TWIST

LESSER LEATHER NEVER WEATHERED WETTER WEATHER BETTER.

SO RANDOM!

The Staples logo has always incorporated a staple in it. The L used to double as a half-open staple. The 2019 rebrand gave them an open staple at the side. While we’re on the topic of staplers, did you know that most staplers include a feature for temporary stapling? The plate where the staples get crimped have two sets of indentations. The indentations that are closer together result in regular staples. Rotating the plate so the staples get crimped on the indentations that are more spread apart result in easy-to-remove staples.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

THE SEASON WITH THE LEAST SNOW ON RECORD IN NYC (WHICH HAS BEEN KEPT SINCE 1869) WAS THE WINTER OF 2022–23, WHICH SAW ONLY 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW IN CENTRAL PARK. THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL RATE IN NYC IS CURRENTLY 24.4 INCHES, THOUGH THE AMOUNT DEFINITELY VARIES PER YEAR.

We welcome local trivia, historical facts and photos, and Torah-themed riddle submissions. We’d also love to hear if you have additional answers to our puzzles! Email comments@thebpview.com to add your very own bits of wits. Please include your name and contact information.

Malky Pollak, 8, Pupa

Menachem Duvid Feuerweker, 6, Vien

BOGGLE TOURNAMENT

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 718-4088771 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

HINT

Each Boggle board hides a word of nine letters or more!

L G B A I X S E S H R Y I M T O D F O R N L P A F

Full mailing address: _________________________________________________________

Full name of winner: _________________________________________________________

Amount of points: ____________________________________________________________

Full names of competing players:

List some words only the winner found:

FAMILY

NAME OF WINNER: Yiddi

AMOUNT

FAMILY

NAME

AMOUNT

Itzikel Rabinowitz

Frimet Waldman, 7

Shlomy Steinberg

Moishy & Shloimy Krausz

Chesky & Meir Fischer Chaim Dovid Schonfeld, 7

Mordche & Rechy Schneebalg

Moishy Banda, 5

Mendel Landau

Eli Simonowitz, 5

Shulem J.

Nachmi Horowitz

Shabsi & Nachmi Horowitz

Family Bayer

Ruchie Friedlander

Etty Schwartz, 5

Esty Fischer, 4

Blimi K.

Moishe Yechezkal Deutsch, 5

Eliezer B., 5

Avrumi Fishman & Arie Katz

Avrumi Goldfinger, 8

Moshe Linkenberg, 4

Jacobowitz Family

Lipa Bick

Menachem Klein, 4

Mutti & Chaim Greenzweig

Moishy Meyrowitz

Eluzer Kaff

Shimmy Wolpin, 7

Yanky Fisher

Arala Solomon

Esty & Yitzy Engel, 6 & 2

Henoch & Breindy Weisz

Miri Rothman, 6

Herskovitz Family

Esty Eichenstein, 9

Moshe Berkowitz

Sholi Solomon

Classifieds

FOR SALE

NEOCATE/BABY FORMULA

Neocate $46.99 per can. Kendamil Similac L’Mehadrin in stock!! We buy off any formula for a good price and trade as well. Call for other types of formulas. New! Option of shipping case of 6 Kendamil directly to you from England. Formula Trade 347.369.4886

DOONA STROLLER

Doona Stroller, multiple colors available! cll/txt 1-201614-4045

BEBE ORGANIC SET

Looking to sell a natural color bebe organic set, size 3 mths, with matching bonnet and blanket, beautiful for vachnacht. Please call 347 382 0905

CANON CAMERAS 2ND HAND

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THE JEWELRY EXCHANGE

Gorgeous flower ring. Yellow gold with diamonds. Never worn, from Molly’s. Bought for $1800, selling for $1000. C/T 848-245-4128 TJENJ.com

GYM MATS FOR SALE

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CYBEX MIOS

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MASTER BEDROOM FURNITURE

To sell a master bedroom furniture dresser, option of taking the full set. Used for 5 years, in excellent condition. For best offer please call 347675-9306

REAL ESTATE

WEST PALM BEACH

APT. FOR SALE

Century Village-Golf Edge, 1 ½ bedroom apt. 2 baths, Brand new appliances, Ready to move in now. Price $200K or best offer. Call: 845.325.0500

HOLLYWOOD, FL

House for SALE! over 3000 Sq Ft, Saltwater POOL, amazing neighborhood and walking distance to great shul. Contact 848.299.1099.

AIRMONT HOUSE

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MIAMI BEACH

Newly renovated beautiful ocean view 1 bedroom apt. for rent. 347.760.0570

FLORIDA RENTAL

Beautiful 3 bedroom 3 bath villa with inground heated pool and hot tub available in North Miami, Price per night $389. Pictures available. Call/ Text 845-327-7153

WEST PALM BEACH

No. 1 Real Estate Broker. Aaron Rose 561.308.5766

LINDEN LUXE

New Pristine Cathedral Ceiling House. 6 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms, jacuzzi. Sleeps 20+. Stocked Playroom. Swing Set. Trampoline, gameroom. All Amenities. 5 min to shul. 3 blocks to grocery/ pizza store. Avail for Shabbos/Weekday. call/text 718-989-1406.

WEST PALM BEACH

FLORIDA

For the best Real Estate deals call Mrs. Debby Schwartz 203.667.2785

TOMS RIVER, NJ

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WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE

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LAKEHOUSE VILLA

Luxurious 3 bedroom lake house villa in Case Grande Arizona. Private pool fully stocked kosher kitchen. 520.251.4459

MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA

Carriage Club North, beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath, ground floor, for rent. Call: 347.499.0031

WEST PALM BEACH FOR SALE

Wellington M, 2 Bedroom apt. Ground Floor FOR SALE. Call: 347.760.0639

LINDEN VACATION

Exlusive brand new fully- furnished house, all amenities. included, sleeps 11 +2 cribs 7 min walk to shuls option to add shabbos food (monthly rates available)/Text 601- 675-2665/ Crownprincevilla@gmail. com

Director Of Operations (DME)

$150k-$250k Brooklyn

Administrative Assistant (ABA)

$75k-$150k Flatbush

Email: TobyF@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Industrial Mechanic

$120k-$170k Newark, NJ

Salesperson (Exp Required)

$60k-$80k + Commissions NJ

Physicians Assistant (Spanish Speaking)

$70-$75/Hourly Long Island

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Payroll Director (Healthcare)

$125k-$175k Brooklyn

Event & Production Management

$100k-$125k Brooklyn

Commercial Lines Dept Manager (Insurance)

$95k-$120k Brooklyn

Personal Lines Dept Manager (Insurance)

$85k-$110k Brooklyn, NY

Payroll Specialist (Healthcare)

$60k-$90k Brooklyn

REFER A CANDIDATE, GET $500 ONCE HIRED

P&C Insurance Underwriter

$50/Hourly Boro Park

Front Desk Receptionist (Healthcare)

$25/Hourly Brooklyn

Email: ChanaG@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

CEO (Lab Exp Required)

$200k-$300k Hybrid

Nurse Practitioner (Wound Care)

$150-$190K Brooklyn

Physician (P/T)

Offering Equity Tri State Area

Director Of Billing

$100k-$150k Queens NY

Email: AdinaS@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Life Insurance Agent Commission Based NY/NJ

Email ChanaF@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Sales Rep/Outside Sales

$80k-$100k+ Commissions Wood-Ridge NJ

Email: Rivka@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Controller

$120k-$150k Brooklyn

Purchasing Manager (Lighting)

$75k-$110k Haverstraw, NY

Director Of Operations/ office Manager

$70k+ Great Neck NY

Traveling Medical Assistant

$30/Hourly Brooklyn

Email: Peri@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

IT Tech Level 3

$180k-$200k Brooklyn

Bookkeeper (Female Office)

$52k-$60k Brooklyn

Email: EstyR@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Experienced Auditor

$65k-$85k Remote

Email: Sophia@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Salesman (IT)

$60k-$100k Brooklyn, NY

Accounts Receivable

$50k-$60k Staten Island

Email: RickyR@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

HR Manager (Healthcare)

$60k-$90k Five Towns/Brooklyn

Email: Hindy@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Classifieds

NORTH MIAMI FL

2-bedroom, 2-baths with private heated pool and spa. Call/Text: 917-382-4810, email: 1752nmb@gmail.com www.themangotreat.com

MONSEY VACATION/ SIMCHA RENTAL

Beautiful fully furnished Shabbos equipped 6 bedroom 4 bath house Highview/ College. Call/ whatsapp 718541-0292

BEAUTIFUL VILLA RENTAL

Beautiful villa in serene area outside Monroe. 9 couple rooms, teen room 8 beds and many kids mattresses. Huge private pool with stunning grounds. New!!! Jacuzzi Hot tub. Pictures at hotelfifteen. com .still avail for sukkas 845 837 5662

VILLA IN CASA GRANDE ARIZONA

Gorgeous upgraded villa available. 14 comfortable beds, 3 baths, kosher kitchen. Beautiful private backyard with heated pool. Near Shul & Grocery. Call/text 929-592-0368 / 929-441-5709 Arizonakoshervilla.net. Villa in Tuscon also available.

SELL YOUR BUSINESS

TODAY

$$$ Sell Your Business For Top Dollar! Email: LocalBusinessBrokers@ gmail.com $$$

PRIVATE HOUSE SHORT TERM

Fully equipped furnished 7 bedroom house (18+beds) with linen/towels hotel style in Blooming Grove. Rent for days, weeks, or weekends. Breathtaking beautiful grounds. Call/text 845-2385633

AIRMONT RENTAL

Book your next vacation! 5 bedroom 3 bathroom magnificent villa serene property in Airmont. Fully furnished ALL amenities included! 347-420-4945

SURFSIDE SHORT TERM RENTAL

Newly renovated Fully Furnished beautiful 1 bed 2 bath apt. 91st and Collins, walking distance to Shul, daily, weekly rental. across from beach. Call/Text/ WhatsApp 917 705-9667

MONTICELLO

A nice private house is available for weekends/ midweeks, in the heimishe area. Linen & towels etc. included. 549$-(weekends) please call 718-614-4368 “come and relax”

MONEY

Are you looking to make some extra money in an enjoyable way? Text MONEY to 347-794-9935 to find out how

6 BEDROOM VACATION RENTAL

New luxurious house near KJ available for day, week, weekend. Stocked kitchen, linen, towels. Beautiful outdoor furniture. Call/text 917-652-1468

DESKS AVAILABLE

9-5, prime area, Heimish Multi girl office. Text 347645-7548

AVE I AND EAST 13TH ST

Walk-in basement 2 bedroom apt plus Studio apt (can be combined as 3 bedroom). Tiled floors, remodeled. Furnished/ unfurnished. Washer, Dryer (hookup). 347489-7727

HELP WANTED

JOB OPPORTUNITY

A Heimishe playgroup in boro park is looking for teacher and assistants. Must be warm, loving, and caring. Please call 7184377261

SALESMAN

Looking for a salesman with experience for a commercial flooring company. From generating leads, to closing the sale. Large earning potential opportunity. Base plus commission. Email: info@directlineflooring.com

POSITION AVAILABLE

Looking to hire a full time employee for an office position with or without experience. Please reach out to 718-957-1713/ apply@ winwinhires.com

JOBS AVAILABLE

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

IT TECHNICIAN

Heimishe office in Boro Park is seeking a full time IT technician. Must have experience in Azure. Please send resume to: itjob0924@ gmail.com or fax to: 718-2286350

SECRETARY WANTED

BP Insurance office. F/T. Email resume brandy@ sdfassociates.com

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Central location - corner 50th & 15th, 9’ x 12’. Ground floor. Place for 2-3 desks. Util. included. Call: 718-851-7487

SEEKING MENTORS

Are you passionate about helping children? Na’aseh is seeking mentors to work with children after school hours. Excellent rates and support provided. BA required. Call: 718-500-3765 ext. 103 or email hr@naaseh.org.

Classifieds

COOK WANTED

Brooklyn based olderadult center and Home Delivered Meals Program, seeking cook to do menu planning, submitting orders, coordinate food preparation and take inventory. Prior experience as a cook, valid food protection certificate, Ability to stand for long hours and lift heavy objects. Can read and write in English, knowledge of kashrus laws. Full Time. 30 hours a week Pay $29. per hour. Email resume to: careers@jccgci. org or call: 718.449.5000 Ext. 2298

P/T PARA

Part-time para position available. Mon-Thurs from 1:00-3:00, including Friday’s. Email resume to info@ littlegiantscc.com or call 718-577-8486 ext: 1 for more details.

WORK FROM HOME

Great opportunity to manage your own business from home. No experience needed, no computer necessary. Huge potential to grow big. Call: 438.529.1216

BUS DRIVER

The driver is responsible for driving older adults to appointments and other such errands. Must have CDL Class B with Passenger endorsement, Clean driving record, ability to lift 30 pounds. Sensitive to older adults, ability to drive 16-30 passenger vehicles. Full Time. Pay $22-$26 per hour. Email to: careers@jccgci.org or call: 718.449.5000 Ext. 2298

ABA IN FLATBUSH

Now hiring evening ABA support staff, we`re expanding our team and looking for experienced ABA professionals to onboard for our Flatbush families. No direct ABA experience? No problem. If you are passionate and have a desire to make a difference, Call/ Text/WA: 917.968.2292 or email to: Scaplan@yeled.org

SALES POSITION

Heimishe office seeks to hire: Sales Position, Female, Professional Phone Skills, Computer Savvy, Able to multi-task, strong organizational skills, detail oriented, room for growth. Call : Chaya 718 851-0004 ext 201 Email resume: conbldg@ thejnet.com

ATTENTION LADIES!

Do you need an extra income? Work only a few hours a week, no risk, full training and support provided. Call/text 845-3245182

ABA EVENING SUPPORT ROLE

Want to make a positive impact on children’s lives? Join us as an ABA evening mentor in Boro Park or Flatbush! Help kids develop their social skills and confidence after school hours. Excellent rates for evening shifts. Please call: 917.968.2292

YOUR DREAM JOB

Woman, Looking for pocket money to become big money? Please call 347-638-4236

GREAT JOB! GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! WORK FROM HOME WITH YOUR OWN HOURS! INTERESTED IN MAKING SOME EXTRA MONEY? HUGE POTENTIAL! CALL: 347-415-7269

KEY TO GOOD LIFE

Join forever today for a happier and healthier tomorrow. Listen to this presentation. 605-313-4101 access code 6036621##. For more info call Aloe Island 718-308-7169

SALES LADY

Retail store in Flatbush is seeking for a F/T or P/T sales lady. Excellent pay and great environment. please call & leave message or text 347725-0898

ABA AGENCY LOOKING TO HIRE

Are you efficient, able to multitask and have great communication and computer skills? ABA Agency 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.

BILINGUAL SPEECH THERAPIST

Chassidishe Cheder seeking female Bilingual Speech Therapist for preschool. Full case load. Email: jobopportunity341@gmail. com

$65K+ PART-TIME

Have HR/recruiting experience? Earn $65K+ part-time! Email ProRecruiterNY@gmail.com to apply.

ATTENTION WOMEN!

Create a successful retail business in the comfort of your home with full training and support. No risk.. To hear more, call - 605-3134101 6036621- Ref 1#. Done listening? Call 347-756-2666 and leave a message.

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM TEACHER

Are you passionate, invested, and love teaching? Naaseh Montessori is seeking to hire a provider for our center. Great work environment! Hours: 3-5:45. BA required. Email resume to t.wosner@ naaseh.org or call 718-5003765 ext. 102

CLIENT ADVOCATE – BORO PARK (F)

Seeking tech-savvy, driven, and solution-oriented candidate with excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Serve as the primary liaison between families and schools, ensuring smooth service coordination and client satisfaction, taking full ownership of tasks from start to finish. F/T. $25–$30/hour. Email Talent@ Encoresupport.org.

BABYSITTER

Afternoon Babysitter Needed for small babysitting group in a school. Central BP Location. Mon - Thurs From 1:00 pm4:00 pm. Call 646-571-0765.

Classifieds

LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Boro Park. Seeking Behavior Techs: M providers for full day/ afternoon hrs., F providers for afternoon/ evening hrs. No ABA exp? We provide training! Email: talent@encoresupport.org / Text: 929-678-4402

P3 PROVIDER

Bais Yaakov of Boro Park is seeking P3 Provider for elementary school students. Please call Mrs. Twersky (718) 436-7300 Ext. 507 and email resume to twerskydp3@bjbp. org.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Heimishe office in BP seeking a bright, organized, and detail-oriented individual with bookkeeping experience to lead our billing and bookkeeping department. F/T or P/T position. Strong communication skills, multitasking ability, and problem-solving skills a must. Excellent pay and great work environment. Interested candidates should submit a resume and references to leah@ aimfurther.org.

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS

A medical company is seeking to hire dedicated medical assistants to travel to patients’ homes for vital sign checks and test administration. Training provided. Candidates should be based in Flatbush/Boro Park/Williamsburg. This is a full or part-time role with flexible hours. Well paid. Send Resume to: hr@ theritecare.com (848)3291085

GOT TALENT?!

Do you specialize in art/ musical instruments/ photography? Seeking provider to teach children a specialty. BA required. Great pay! Call now: 718-500-3765 ext. 106 or email f.gluck@ naaseh.org

ASSISTANT TEACHER

Heimishe Preschool in Flatbush seeks an assistant teacher. Transportation from BP. Great Pay! Call 718-872-6051 ext 205 or email resumes@Lbaps.com

COCOON DAY CARE

Do you love children? This job is for you! Limited teaching positions available. Reach out to us at 718517-8282 or email us at Fg.cocoon@gmail.com

ABA PARAS

Seeking female ABA paras for full-time/ part-time in-school opportunities in Boro Park and Flatbush. Evening home cases available as well. Great BCBA supervision. Please call 718-285-7522 EXT.105. Please send your resume to hr@ discoveraba.org

SERVICES

LIGHT ALTERATIONS

Please Call: 718.450.4700

MAKEUP ARTIST

Certified makeup artist for all your special occasions. Call: Yides Neuwirth 917.309.6000 or 718.858.0815

MR. WERTZBERGER’S RENTALS

We rent out wireless wi-fi, tablets, laptops, clarinets, violins. Prices are between $13-$25 per week. Clarinet and violin comes with free MP3 lessons in Yiddish or English. We also offer private keyboard lessons on the phone. Call hotline 718-4351923

GARTLECH

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

WOOD REPAIR PROFESSIONAL REVAMPING, REPAIRS & TRANSFORMATION TO UR KITCHEN THRU DESIGNER COLOR CHANGE. WE ALSO RESTORE ESTATE FURNITURE, REFURBISH, REDECORATE UR EXISTING DRM, CHAIRS, BDRMS, LIBRARIES, STAIRCASES, EXTERIOR WOOD DOORS.

UPGRADE UR ORIGINAL PCS. THE QUALITY OF YESTERYEAR, DESIGN OF TODAY! TXT FOR DECORATORS CONSULT, BEST PRICING & SVC. 212-991-8548.

HANDYMAN & ELECTRICIAN

Electrician, plumber, sewer service, Carpentry, sheetrock, locks, etc. 718.9510090

CONSTRUCTION

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

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

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

PHOTO EDITING

Professional photo editing, many years of experience. Special rate for photographers. Also specializing in Custom photo albums, Chosson, wedding, etc. Photo Dreams 347.563.5153

BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE GARTLECH

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

ROOM DIVIDER

We make WALL to split existing room and make second bedroom. It includes regular or sliding door. We also install plastic ACCORDION partitions that fully fold to one or both sides. LIGHT-fixture+switch+outlet in new room . We work Sunday too. Call/Text:929430-7551 /646-288-0185. E-mail:roomdividers11219@ gmail.com

NEW WEBSITE?

Get your Beautiful, Fast, SEO-Friendly Website done in 14 days, guaranteed. Email efraim@rapidquill.com

HANDYMAN/PROF CARPENTER

Repair all cabinets, Table & chairs, doors, locks, hinges, tracks, drawers, blinds, shelves, bookcases & furniture assembling and cutting, hang pic frames & more, free est, warranty on service, 917-704-3514

YEHUDA

ATT. DAYCAMPS!

Let us do the work for you! Full program planned with all the details! Daily minute to minute schedules. Customized theme with crafts and activities. Early bird discount - Call today! 845-376-5853

FURNITURE REPAIRS

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

WHOLESALE FISH

Buy by the case & save. Baby & Regular Salmon. Hashgucha Volove Rav. Free delivery to your home. Call Eli: 516-270-6755

RESUME WRITER

Need a great work resume? Resumes are what we do! All levels including new-grad and experienced. Call/text 845-554-5778 or email info@ resumakerpro.com

PHOTO ALBUMS

Specializing in Custom Photo Albums, Chosson, Wedding, etc. Also professional Photo Editing, many years of experience. Special rate for photographers. Photo Dreams 347.563.5153

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

MASSAGE THERAPEUTIC

For women. Lymphatic, Ache healing, sciatic pain relieving, deep tissue relaxing, circulation improving, sport injury repairing, toxin/stress releasing. Sigal 347-4097709

CUSTOM PHOTO ALBUMS

We specialize in custom Photo Albums, Chosson, Wedding, etc. Also professional Photo Editing, many years of experience. Special rate for photographers. Call: 347.563.5153

ROWENTA REPAIRS

Expert repairs on Rowenta steam stations. Reasonable prices. Fast service. Located in boro park. Call 646-2613809

FENCES

“With snow all around and the weather intense, obtain safety on your grounds and plan your fence” Catskill Fence Co. 845-53-FENCE 845-533-3623

LIGHTING FOR YOUR SIMCHOS

Light up your Simcha or event with beautiful up lights. Call us today to make sure your next event is truly next level! 845-274-7740

UNLOCK YOUR SON’S POTENTIAL!

Free evaluations for bochurim & pre-bar mitzvah boys – call 917-201-8425!

SETSS STRESS??

Progress Reports. Session Notes. Meeting Prep. Don’t Wait until the Last Minute! Call Now! 732-994-3956 Email: reportsdone1@gmail.com

WEB DESIGN

Beautifully designed and developed websites for small businesses! Custom sites with great rates and quick turnaround to get your business online fast. Contact sury.webdesign@gmail.com.

FREE HOMEWORK TUTOR

Free homework tutoring in my house art 17 and 58 pls call 7186648670

GLUTEN FREE

Heimishe Gluten free Challah/Bilkes. Hamotzei. Made with Badatz Molino flour. Call/text 347-300-0522

PHOTOGRAPHY

Portraits, Family, Upsherin, Lifestyle. Special service for newborn, we come to you with all the props. Photo Dreams 347.563.5153

WASH & SET

Give Your Wig A Fresh WASH & SET! Special: $45. Text / Call 347-581-0495. 15/56 st. Wigs By Yides

Classifieds

POEMS & SONGS

Want to express appreciation? Send an invitation? Write a song in honor of a celebration? We write poems, songs- yiddish & english: 917-538-3365

PHOTOGRAPHY

For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929-327-4621

VAN SERVICE

Yossi`s Van Service 15

Passenger van Local & long distance Airports & delivery. Call: 718.962.4664

SPRINTER & MINI

VAN SERVICE

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

WE’VE GOT A SOLUTION!

Suffering from acne? Eczema? Get rid of it naturally and effectively. Try it! MONEY BACK GUARANTEED! 917-5887416

GOWNS

WHITE GOWN

Looking to sell a size 2-4 white gown for sister of the bride, Please call 347 628 9586

WHITE CHILDRENS GOWNS

2 white gowns to rent or sell childrens size 4 & 6 call 7189388597

BLACK PRE/ MATERNITY GOWN

Beautiful pre-maternity/ Maternity black gown. Size 8-10. Call/text 929-275-5330

KIDS GOWNS

Ivory girls gowns for sale. Sizes 4,6 and 10. Worn once. $175 each or $500 for all 3. Pics available. Call or text 347-243-7721

CHILDREN’S WHITE GOWNS

2 gorgeous white taffeta Children’s gowns with handmade beading. size 7 & 14, Rent or sale. Call 917-2468156

GEMACHIM

Kallah Looseleaf Yom Hachuppah 718435-3492

Maternity Clothing 3477293747

Pidyon Haben 646-419-0782

Doona 260-366-6293

Twin Carriage (718) 522-3891

Carseats, snap n go strollers, pack n play & bassinets 718-854-6829

Baby Carriers 718-809-9707

New baby clothing 3472218317

Neocate/baby formula 347.369.4886

Baby earbands 347 409 9479

Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text (BP)917538-8500

Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text (Willi) 917-648-9130

Baby Scale (Wmsbg) text 347-675-9509

Easy birth from Koznitzer Maggid 917514-9461

Bris Accessories 347- 244- 2065 Free Mohel 347-383-5696

Kallah Cape 718 - 633 - 8261

KALLAH ACCESSORIES BP. 718-551-8714

Shoes & Crowns BP 718-972-4768.

Kallah/Mechteniste Capes Wsbg 718300-9894/ BP 917-683-5557

Bridal shoe gemach 1917 936 8997

Kallah Accessories Wmsbg 347-5631840/718-782-6136

Lace & fur Kallah capes 718-438-6250

Pack n plays 718-851-1017

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

Reflector Belts 718-853-4966

Communicate Effectively 347-576-7204

Mezuzos (718)666-7222

Warm Mist Humidifier 917-373-2079”

Chocolate molds BP 718-972-4768. Williamsburg 718-522-3445

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

New ladies clothing 646-904-1247

Fix necklines 845-238-6691

LEV SIMCHA music group/Visits 8456082676

Moving boxes 929-271-6021

Invitations emailed for free 646-4504608

Twin Clothing (newborn-3) 347-7427189/718-972-0765

Cd’s on Dr Sarno’s Method 347-4617330

Briefcase gemach 7184360936

Youth Corps Working Papers 718-8540961

Cradles with accessories 917-2073341/917-692-9397

Lingerie Conversions min fee 718-4370428

Baby bassinets Brooklyn 917-618-0909

Pidyon Haben Gemach 718-252-1517Flatbush

For women suffering from miscarriage call 718-853-0722/text 347-623-3115

Musical Kumzitz 347-543-2195

3 black foldable mechitzas 718-2983835

Free organising tips & ideas 718-4353615

We sponsor your wig recut for tznius purposes . 929-675-9838

Scooters 718-431-7942

Financial planning 7188536016

Natural health support text 347 2287578

Folding and Air Beds - (405) 345-6831

Zoom morning-meditation: 347-3954388

Chassidishe Winter Coats for men 917-204-6838

Purim Costumes Call/Text 347-737-6771

Tzniusdig Hospital Gowns 347-930-8465

Shidduch Resume 3473882336

Lighting 9292762404

Simcha Décor 917 -536-1742

4 tall glass square vases BP 929-9695261

Hairstyling 3479485701

ODDS & ENDS

MERZBACH METHOD

I would like to form a group to bring the Cognify course to Boro Park. The Cognify Course is based on the Merzbach method. It is for mother’s of healthy children to boost cognitive, social, emotional and language skills. Participants have seen major changes on everyday challenges such as sensory issues, fears, concentration, bedwetting and much more. Help each child reach their potential! To join call 929270-9852.

LOST

toys for u bag with unopened game “speedy” Sukkos time in BP 718 290 3396

Bechers, Challah cover, Benchers 1718 854 1760

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

Chuppah Cards 347-885-5114

Chairs & Tables 347-452-9554 or 347452-0554

BP Maternity Clothing 718-490-9886

Twin Clothing Exchange 646-689-2129 or 347-675-9139

Music and sound equipment 929-3649765

Speakers 347-656-1210

Elegant Evening Wear 347-524-6395

Glass table decor 718-854-3017

Simcha Caps 718-633-1084

Chupah Cards Color 347-885-5114

Simcha basket 718-614-7274

Medical Equipment 646-270-0746

Air mattresses 6467038612

Luxury Folding Beds 405-345-6831

Laminated Tfillos for Chuppa 718-8541223 or 917-974-0690

Twin layette gift box 718-972-0554

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Baby Headphone Gemach 845-3049694

Tools gemach zichron yaakov 347-447-0635

ladies silver ring Shabbos parshas Shhmos possibly in Lumiere 13/14 ave and 50 street. 718-290-3396

pair of expensive progressive eyeglasses. Pls call 718.568.4206

Tennis bracelet with silver & blue diamonds 15th Ave b/w 57 & 42, 347-622-1391

FOUND

Gold Necklace Wednesday Vayechi 51 & 13 718 851-1227 lv msg

money in Feldman Jewelers 718-438-8895.

Diamond bracelet in Willi 917-246-8156

FREE GIVEAWAYS

Natural color big crib

718.851.4730

matching boys tops size 10 and 12. matching set of boys top 18yr and girls dress 14yr 718.435.2957 lv msg

Six antique dining room chairs, p/u, Call or text 718290-4290

some open bottles of sleeping vitamins and Melatonin 347563-5096

APT FOR RENT

Spacious, sunny, large 2 bedroom apartment with private backyard. Indoor heated parking available, Please call 718-404-4036

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Deeply moisturizes skin with nutrient-rich serums and mask, protecting against future

hydrating facial

Facial steam to open pores and remove impurities from the skin. Cooling mask is applied, followed by moisturizer and SPF.

serums and mask, protecting against future the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes

Recommended for skin types: Dry, Sensitive

brightening facial

Deeply moisturizes skin with nutrient-rich serums and mask, protecting against future

Recommended for skin types: ALL

Leaves skin feeling rejuvenated. Improves the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes

hydrating facial

Recommended for skin types: Dry, Sensitive

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

brightening facial

Deeply moisturizes skin with nutrient-rich serums and mask, protecting against future

917-231-5833

applied, followed by moisturizer and SPF.

Recommended for skin types: Dry, Sensitive

applied, followed by moisturizer and SPF.

Recommended for skin types: ALL

4023 18th Avenue (side door)

4023 18th Avenue

Leaves skin feeling rejuvenated. Improves the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes and dark spots.

hydrating facial brightening facial

brightening facial

Deeply moisturizes skin with nutrient-rich serums and mask, protecting against future dehydration.

Deeply moisturizes skin with nutrient-rich serums and mask, protecting against future dehydration.

Recommended for skin types: Dry, Sensitive

Recommended for skin types: Dry, Sensitive

hydrating facial brightening facial

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

Leaves skin feeling rejuvenated. Improves the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes and dark spots.

Leaves skin feeling rejuvenated. Improves the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes and dark spots.

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

Leaves skin feeling rejuvenated. Improves the skin’s complexion, targeting blemishes and dark spots.

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

Recommended for skin types: Dry-Normal, Combination

917-231-5833

917-231-5833

4023 18th Avenue (side door)

4023 18th Avenue (side door)

Opening Presentation

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MRS. RIVKA HERMAN 'יחת An Intriguing Tale of Self Identity

A Mother’s Pride AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATION