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PANTRY PEOPLE

(Re: A Different World, Inbox, Issue 291)

The letter-writer is right that we shouldn’t be “bringing Dubai into our homes” by creating an outside focus on materialism. I just didn’t like the example she gave: pantry bins. I think every Yiddishe home should have pantry bins. This is where you live, and your avodas Hashem should be organized and pleasant. You don’t have to take pictures of your pantry bins and share them with all your contacts. In fact, that’s where the problem lies — not in the pantry bins.

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NOT ON VACATION

(Re: A Whale of a Trip, Issue 291)

I found the last two issues, which both focused on summer vacations, a little depressing. The first one was about Dubai. So okay, Dubai is out of reach, and probably out of reach for most people, so I was mostly able to put it out of my mind. But the next issue was full of road trip meal suggestions, and the Catskills summer series, and the whole it’s-vacation-time-now vibe.

I haven’t been on vacation in years. With many small children and my husband’s work schedule and our budgetary limitations, it’s just not feasible. I know it’s “normal” to go on vacation, and in 2025 we love to say how it’s “necessary” to go on vacation, but it’s out of reach for us, and it hurts. I appreciated the article about the day trip to Cape May, but the truth is that it’s a little too far to be practical with several young children, and the attractions (besides the zoo) were very pricey.

Am I the only one who doesn’t get to go away?

Is there any way to get a free, or almost free, vacation close by?

I’m looking forward to readers’ responses.

HIGH ON DUBAI

(Re: Dubai: A City of Prosperity and Opportunity, Issue 290)

Your content about Dubai was filtered through the correct Yiddishe perspective. I approve.

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DAIRY DAYS

(Re: A Dairy Dream, Issue 289)

I enjoyed your article about the early years of the cholov Yisroel industry, but I want to correct some facts. When I was growing up in the 1950s, J&J only produced milk. There were two other milk companies: Kahal (as mentioned in the article) and a small farm named Balsam that sold milk in a few neighborhoods. In the early 1960s, a Mr. Schnall opened a dairy, but it was shortlived. Butter, cottage cheese and sour cream were the only dairy products available in cholov Yisroel, and they were produced by Mehadrin (which, much later, merged with J&J). Cholov Yisroel cream cheese, yogurt, leben and other

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A HARD LOOK AT SCHOOL TRIPS

Dear Schools,

I really appreciate all the work you put into giving my children the best education.

There’s one thing that really troubles me: the end-of-year trips. All year we try to imbue in our children a Torah’dik chinuch: to live altruistically, and not spend on extras. These values enable our home to be a true Torah home. Then comes the end of the year, and my child brings home note after note. Shacharis trip, English trip, end-of-year trip – each one with a bill of $25 or more. The child naturally expects us to shell out the money for each one; after all, they earned it by going to Shacharis/behaving during English/ celebrating the end of the year.

How did they earn the right for me to spend an enormous amount of money on these extras? How can you expect parents to shell out such large amounts of money for unnecessary activities? You see we’re struggling to pay tuition, and not because we are buying extras. It’s extremely difficult to put together the money for these trips.

If the school feels the need to incentivize the children, please do it in a simpler manner. Children have no need for such a big prize, and the more we give them, the more they will expect. This undermines the chinuch we spent the whole year building.

Yehi ratzon that you continue to be the right shaliach to help our children grow up to be true yerei Shamayim and ovdei Hashem

A Concerned Parent

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The One-Hour Miracle: How Dr. Gedaliah Mordechai Stern Has Redefined Dental Implants in America

By Ben Horodenker

In the world of dentistry, few names evoke the same level of reverence and trust as Dr. Gedaliah Mordechai Stern. With more than 35 years of experience and tens of thousands of implants to his name, Dr. Stern is not merely a practitioner—he’s a pioneer. Patients from far and wide travel to his Brooklyn clinic to undergo what many describe as nothing short of a dental miracle: full-mouth dental implants usually completed in under one hour, most often without stitches, bone grafts, or prolonged recovery. It’s a technique that blends science, precision, and artistry—and it’s changing lives.

A Career Built on Excellence

Dr. Stern’s credentials are as formidable as his results. He earned multiple academic degrees from prestigious institutions including New York University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Boston University, training as well in Maimonides Hospital, Department of Surgery. He is held in high esteem by the most elite international organizations in implantology and oral rehabilitation. He is a “Diplomate” of the American Board of Oral Implantology, has “expert” status with the International Congress of Oral Implantology, and has advanced training and certification with the International Academy for Laser Dentistry. This level of recognition places him among a distinctive group of dental professionals recognized across both the United States and Europe for their expertise.

What sets Dr. Stern apart, however, isn’t just his training—it’s his mission.

“People don’t come to me for implants,” he says. “They come to me for comfort, function, health, and aesthetics they thought were gone for good. The teeth are just the means. What we’re really restoring is quality of life.”

The Stern Method: Speed, Precision, and Care

At the heart of Dr. Stern’s approach is a unique protocol that allows for full-arch implants in under one hour. For single-tooth implants, the process can take mere minutes. Most remarkably, patients usually leave the clinic able to eat immediately, without any restrictions or lengthy healing times typically associated with dental surgery. Almost always, “Teeth in an hour” means not having to wait months for teeth.

The Stern Method: Speed, Precision, and Care

The secret? A combination of cutting-edge laser technology, a wide array of specialized implant types—over 100, tailored to individual anatomy—and an approach honed by decades of study and innovation.

“You wouldn’t use the same screw for drywall and concrete,” Dr. Stern explains. “It’s the same with the jaw. Each patient requires a specific implant that fits their bone structure exactly. That’s how we achieve optimal results quickly and safely.”

Even more impressive: Thanks to his advanced techniques, most procedures are done without incisions, without sutures, without sinus lifts or bone grafts—procedures that are typically considered standard. The in-office 3D digital radiograph replaces the high exposure of CT scans.

A Legacy of Learning, A Gift of Mentorship

Dr. Stern is the first to credit the giants on whose shoulders he stands. He speaks humbly of the mentors who shaped his professional journey—legends such as Dr. Alvin Strock, Lenny Linkow, and Jack Wimmer.

“I’m not the genius who invented these techniques,” he says. “I had the privilege of learning from the greatest minds in the field. They took me under their wing, and I carry their legacy into every case I treat.”

And while Dr. Stern brings his own unique synthesis of techniques to the table, his work is rooted in peer-reviewed research and clinical rigor. Every technology, tool, and material he uses is approved by the U.S. Department of Health, and every patient receives care at the highest international standard.

Despite the accolades, degrees, and decades of experience, Dr. Stern is clear about where his true strength lies.

“The most important element in this entire practice is Siyatta D’Shmaya. We’ve learned that the greatest factor of our unique success is Hakadosh Baruch Hu. He’s the real Healer—we’re just the shelichim.”

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WHAT DO YOU SERVE IN HONOR OF SHALOSH SEUDAS ON LONG SUMMER SHABBOSOS?

54% of respondents serve something dairy

43% serve salads or other vegetables

I don’t believe in serving sourdough for the first two Shabbos meals. I feel it’s not proper challah (which should contain seven ingredients and be braided). So we have sourdough for shalosh seudas, and everyone looks forward to it.

38% serve some kind of fish

35% serve ice cream

22% serve some kind of fruit

I serve fruit salads and some light cake.

Fruits and salads... there is nothing better than those refreshing options after a long Shabbos!

Though I dream of serving up elegant salads and slices of lox, the reality looks more like opening a can of tuna and enjoying it with leftover challah from the morning. Nova lox and sable are our shalosh seudos specialties.

At our bubby’s house, we get served a delicious spread of sliced challah, Israeli salad, tuna and avocados; eggplant, olive, and tomato dips; and chips and wafers.

Is that even a question? Ice cream, of course!

Challah with nova lox and vegetable cream cheese.

In addition to challah and tuna, I serve a variety of fruits and veggies. Melon, mangoes and grapes are very refreshing to snack on in hot weather.

Salads, dips and cheesecake. Calories don’t count on Shabbos, right?

We all crash at my grandmother’s house, where she serves us her signature ice cream.

I warm up extra challah on Friday so we have challah for shalosh seudos that we enjoy with leftover dips. I also keep ready chopped lettuce, grape tomatoes, shredded carrots and purple cabbage handy. I mix it in a bowl, but don’t dress it. I put out dressings on the side, so everyone is free to dress their salads, and the vegetables don’t get soggy.

My kids especially love summer because my husband eats shalosh seudos at home with us instead of in shul. It’s a beautiful time that we spend together as a family. We play games together, nosh on fruit and then bring out the food. There are spreads, salads, and ice cream, of course, since we’re usually able to have dairy by that time.

We usually walk over an hour to my mother, and it’s definitely worth it. We enjoy the best challah (that only Bobby can make) and her leftover dips from the meals. We usually don’t prepare anything lavish. It’s the fact that family and cousins are getting together that makes it such an enjoyable time!

I prepare salads and serve them with leftover fish and dips from the Shabbos seudos

We make our own cured fish platters and play around with a variety of salads. And perhaps most exciting, ice cream!

In our home, every child gets to choose an ice cream from the grocery on Friday, which they get on Shabbos afternoon. This also gives some excitement to the long Friday afternoons.

I make sure to have enough challah, which I serve with leftover dips and fish. Sometimes, if I am in the mood, I cut up a salad or watermelon.

We make a salad bar, and buy cut challah, some dips and spreads.

I like to serve sourdough with salads and assorted spreads. The kids get dairy ice cream in a cone.

On long Shabbosos, I am lucky to be served shalosh seudos at my parents’ whom we visit in the country for Shabbos. Iced coffee and salads are two treats we regularly enjoy.

I serve challah or matzah with avocados, nova lox, tuna and salad. Years ago I used to visit my in-laws in the Canadian countryside, and my mother-in-law would make pudding and cheese blintzes each Friday to serve at shalosh seudos. I really looked forward to that.

We are a bunch of sisters and sisters-in-law, and we all get together by our grandmother’s house. We all bring our leftover challah, and we usually have a full spread of dips, salad, tuna and lox, and ice cream for dessert.

Since many of us can already have milchig by shalosh seudos on long Shabbosos, I serve frozen blueberries or strawberries with sour cream or plain yogurt and a sweetener.

Challah, spreads, crunchy veggies, and best of all, delicious dairy desserts like cheesecake and dairy miniatures.

Ice cream, cheesecake or other dairy goodies. Milchig ice cream, and sometimes sweet cereals.

Besides a regular meal, I try to have ice cream for the kids and cheesecake for the adults to enjoy with coffee.

Shalosh seudos in our house consists of bagels, cream cheese and lox.

I make this easy, scrumptious dessert: I place whole frozen strawberries on the bottom of a large pan, cover it with ice cream, and then drizzle lotus cream on top. It’s my family’s favorite!

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CONVENTIONS

PARSHAS BALAK

Does That Speak to You?

Y. Levenstein

The Mishnah in Pirkei Avos (5:6) describes ten things that were created on the sixth day of Creation, on Erev Shabbos at twilight. One was the mouth of the donkey, which was to become famous for its incredible ability to speak. When Bilaam would ride his donkey on his way to curse Klal Yisroel, this donkey would open its mouth and try to stop Bilaam from moving ahead with his plan.

Certainly, if Hashem found the need to create a special creature for this purpose, it had extra importance. Yet we see that the donkey didn’t accomplish its goal; it opened its mouth and spoke to Bilaam, but Bilaam remained unmoved and proceeded with his devious plot. Why didn’t the donkey succeed?

THE LINE WAS LONG, and it was moving ever so slowly. Naftali* looked at his watch. The flight was scheduled to depart in just over an hour, and there were still several people ahead of him, waiting to check in. The two agents at the check-in counter in Rome Fiumicino Airport seemed flustered.

Naftali glanced at the passengers ahead of him. They seemed like a group of irreligious Jewish students, all traveling together. And they all looked impatient. What was taking so long?

The student at the counter had his suitcase on the scale, and he was arguing with the check-in agent.

“Sir, your bag is overweight,” the check-in agent said. “You need to move over to the ticketing counter to pay the overweight fees.”

“But the things inside this bag aren’t

worth even half the fee!” the passenger argued. “It’s just plain old clothes — nothing of value.”

“Remove your bag. It is overweight,” the agent repeated.

The passenger was adamant. There were too many things inside his suitcase to begin shifting and moving around. And he was determined to make his flight.

All around, the rest of the students in the group were getting edgy. They all wanted to check in and get onto the plane.

But the passenger at the counter would not let up. “I don’t have an extra $100 on me,” he continued to argue. But the agent wouldn’t budge.

Some of the other students in the group called out for him to take his bag and get off the line. “At least let the rest of us check in and get going,” they said. “Don’t hold up the line!”

Observing the scene, Naftali stepped up. “My suitcase has less than half the allowed weight,” he told the check-in agent in an even voice. “Do us all a favor and consider his extra pounds as mine.”

This was totally against airline protocol, and the agent began to resist. Then, on second thought, he decided to put an end to the squabble and get the line moving. He started the conveyor belt, and the student’s suitcase moved along. The student grabbed his boarding pass and ran to the security line, but not before quickly thanking his frum benefactor. “Name is Michael,” he said. “Thanks for saving me there!”

“I don’t have an extra $100 on me,” he continued to argue. But the agent wouldn’t budge

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“But you were different. Not only in dress. I noticed it right away. It was your demeanor”

A short while later, everyone was seated on the plane. About a half hour after take-off, Michael noticed Naftali sitting several rows ahead of him, and he came over.

“Do you by any chance have a pair of tefillin on you?”

Naftali stood up and pulled out his tefillin from his handbag. “Here, you can use them.”

Now Michael sounded a bit apologetic. “Can I trouble you to put them on me? I’ve never worn tefillin before.”

Naftali was only too happy to help. He wrapped the retzuos around the young man’s arm and recited Shema aloud, and Michael repeated word for word after him.

When they were done, Naftali asked Michael what had prompted him to ask for tefillin.

“When I was arguing with the checkin agent,” the student began, “I noticed the impatient looks on the passengers all around. Even my own friends, the students learning in university with me these last few months, had no pity on me. They couldn’t care less about my problem. And why should they? Everyone just keeps to himself and thinks only of himself… When someone or something stands in their way, all they care about is getting rid of the problem so they can move forward.

“But you were different. Not only in dress. I noticed it right away. It was your demeanor. You didn’t look annoyed. You just came over and tried to help. You did what my closest friends wouldn’t do for me.

“You amazed me right then, but it was only once I was calmly settled in my seat that I had a chance to think more about it. You are obviously an observant Jew. And what you did showed that you don’t just live for yourself. You were able to see someone else’s issue and try to help out. I realized this must be coming from somewhere. It’s probably something you’ve learned from the Torah.”

Michael continued to explain that he had grown up in a completely secular home, and although he knew that Torah and mitzvos existed, he had never learned anything about them. The only mitzvah he was exposed to was tefillin.

He saw others don tefillin, but he himself had never done so, nor did he have any interest.

Until today. “Thank you again for your help earlier, and for helping me do this first mitzvah of my life,” he said, before returning to his seat.

* * * * *

Let’s examine Bilaam and his donkey.

Hakadosh Baruch Hu performed a miracle, and the donkey began to speak just like a human. It would be foolish to ask why the donkey didn’t morph into a person; a donkey remains a donkey! He is born an animal and will die that way. He has no daas or chochmah, no middos or emotions, and thus, he cannot change and improve, even when miracles occur.

But a person, who does have intelligence and wisdom, has an advantage over an animal, so everything he sees or experiences in life must have an effect on him. This is especially true when he witnesses something miraculous. When he views nature being changed, it should change him as well.

Bilaam saw the donkey behave in a totally unnatural way. The expected response of any thinking person who encounters a speaking animal would be to change. Especially Bilaam, who was a navi, one who was “yodei’a daas elyon.” But Bilaam paid no heed to the miracle he was observing and remained just as evil as he had been before. It was as if nothing had happened. He simply argued with the donkey, as if he were speaking to a person!

We see that one can be a prophet like Bilaam, and see marvelous wonders, yet remain evil. Bilaam was steeped in pursuit of his personal desires. Even great miracles cannot effect such a person, since in order to change, one must be open to changing.

Two people may see the same thing, and one will change while the other won’t. The difference is whether one is ready to accept and change.

The power of the Yiddishe neshamah is that even the simplest Yid, far from Yiddishkeit, retains a spark of kedushah and the bechirah to grow that spark into an enduring flame.

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Tuition Breaks on the Horizon as Trump Signs Big Beautiful Bill

It was the subject of much debate between Washington Democrats and Republicans, but the spending and tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4 is good news for yeshiva parents.

Dubbed the Big Beautiful Bill by the president, the law lays out Trump’s financial agenda for this second term. Among its hundreds of provisions is one that will enable school choice nationwide starting in 2027, by allowing donors to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions made to nonprofit scholarship organizations. Those nonprofits would use that funding to provide scholarships to eligible students in grades kindergarten through 12.

The tax credit is permanent, with a maximum contribution of $1,700 per taxpayer each year. While the money cannot be designated for a particular student, it can potentially be earmarked for a school, or group of schools. Scholarship granting organizations, known as SGOs, are subject to certain requirements, and must have 501 c3 status and be approved at the state and federal levels.

In order to receive the tax credit, students must belong to households whose income is at 300% or below the area’s median income. SGOs will determine scholarship amounts, which will be based on how much money they receive and how many students apply. In addition to being usable for private school tuitions, the scholarships can be used for a wide variety of eligible expenses, which can include fees, academic tutoring, special needs services, books, supplies, equipment, room and board, uniforms, transportation, supplementary items, and service and computer technology, equipment and services.

Motzen, the Agudah’s national director of government affairs, said that the tax credit brings Trump closer to his promise of providing universal school choice. With the Big Beautiful Bill finally being passed into law, Agudah’s school choice advocacy efforts will continue unabated at the state and federal levels.

“We will work to ensure that all states participate and enable their families to benefit from this new scholarship whether they attend public, private or religious schools,” said Rabbi Avi Schnall, the Agudah’s director of federal education affairs.

BP Shomrim Help NYPD Nab Tire-Slashing Thieves

Their modus operandi was quick and efficient, but thanks to the diligent efforts of Boro Park Shomrim, two men who have been targeting victims known to be carrying large sums of cash have been apprehended. The arrest came after the pair followed a van whose driver had just left a Flatbush check-cashing store with a significant sum of money. One of the suspects followed the van on a bicycle and punctured one of its tires, with the second jumping in to take the large wad of cash as the driver got out of his vehicle to check on his suddenly-flat tire. As the two criminals left the scene, they were followed by Shomrim members, who had noticed their unusual behavior, with the NYPD called in and informed of their whereabouts.

Police arrested the pair near 18th Avenue and Dahill Road. NYPD detectives are investigating the incident, which may be connected to a rash of similar thefts that have taken place throughout the five boroughs.

Extraordinary Chesed Brings Woman From Cremation to Kever Yisroel

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Multiple people were involved in a true chesed shel emes, as a woman who was slated for cremation was brought to kever Yisroel.

Rabbi Yerachmiel Rothberger, the Jewish community liaison at Calvary Hospital and Calvary Hospice, set the incredible chain of events in motion. After hearing that a recently deceased woman named Marcia Weinstein was due to be cremated, Rabbi Rothberger invested the time and effort into getting permission for her to be buried k’halacha in a Jewish cemetery.

Rabbi Rothberger reached out to Rabbi Menachem Shor of Chesed Shel Emes to discuss having Mrs. Weinstein interred in a cemetery that is used for mesei mitzvah upstate. Instead, arrangements were made to have Mrs. Weinstein laid to rest at Washington Cemetery, where a local oral surgeon has donated burial places in a family plot for those who were originally slated for cremation. Several similar burials have been conducted in recent weeks, which the value of each plot estimated at $25,000.

More than ten volunteers from Chesed Shel Emes gathered at Washington Cemetery on July 2 as Mrs. Weinstein was buried, with a passerby offering to say Kaddish for her neshamah. It was a truly memorable moment, with Mrs. Weinstein escorted to the Olam Haemes through the generosity of strangers.

State Invests Nearly $10M in Route 17 Roadwork

A five-mile stretch of Route 17 is in the process of getting a facelift, with Governor Kathy Hochul announcing a resurfacing project that will translate into a better drive from the Town of Walkill to Exit 119 in Pine Bush.

The $9.7 million project includes milling and resurfacing the existing roadway with a special asphalt mix that is said to be longer-lasting, more durable and minimizes cracking. The New York State Department of Transportation will also be installing grooved inlay striping with reflective epoxy pavement that will increase visibility during storms.

While the project’s timing during the busy summer travel

season may be questionable, it will ultimately benefit drivers. One lane of Route 17 will be closed to traffic while the work is being done, with much of the project scheduled to take place at night, to minimize the impact on travelers. Roadwork is also being done on a three-mile stretch of Route 52 that connects Dutchess and Putnam counties.

“We are putting the pedal to the metal in our drive to give New Yorkers the modern and dependable transportation network they deserve,” said Hochul. “Hudson Valley travelers know all too well the difference that quality roads can make in their daily lives, and these two projects will help restore two of the region’s key roadways, providing smoother commutes and fewer hassles.”

Spring Valley Tesla Supercharger Station Nearly Complete

Travelers heading up to the Catskills in their Teslas will soon have a new place to charge their EVs’ batteries when a new Supercharger location opens just minutes off the New York State Thruway in the greater Monsey area.

Twenty-four Superchargers are currently installed at The Marketplace. According to a spokesperson for The Marketplace, the location will be Tesla’s largest Supercharger location in New York State, with its opening date yet to be announced.

“They ran the dat,a and there are 220,000 people traveling daily on the Thruway and another 40,000 on Route 59,” said the spokesperson, who declined to share their name. “With the confluence of the Palisades, the Thruway, Route 59 and New Jersey’s Route 17, this property checks off all their boxes, which is why Tesla put their largest investment in the state at The Marketplace.”

According to Tesla, Superchargers can get a vehicle charged for a 200-mile drive in just fifteen minutes. The company owns and operates 70,000 Superchargers worldwide, with many located on major roadways and near convenient amenities.

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Perela is pleasantly surprised to be greeted by Ezriel and the kids at the airport. She decides to visit her mother and Kaily that very evening.

Perela knocked lightly and unlocked the door. “Hello!” she called. “Surprise!”

chapter THIRTY-SEVEN

Perela held the dress bag in front of her like a shield. She hadn’t outgrown her desire to spring surprises on her siblings. As a kid, she’d gloated over her ability to scare the wits out of her older brothers; she had been outnumbered, but not outwitted.

Anticipation built inside her. She couldn’t wait to see Kaily’s face. That pure disbelief when she realized her little sister wasn’t all selfish, that her little sister did realize how hard she worked. Her little sister had learned a thing or two.

She had. She really had.

The kitchen lights were on, and the shades were pulled up all the way. She chuckled. Only an hour ago, she had to bite her lips not to snap at her kids for leaving the shades up at night. And this house, which only adults inhabited, had its shades up close to midnight.

She skipped up the outdoor steps, prodded by nothing more than anticipation. Her mother would be thrilled to see her. She would ask about her trip, her successes and her experiences.

Poor Tziri. She’d been missing out on all this ever since she put her mother in a nursing home.

They must be shell-shocked, Perela realized, because no one responded.

She stood in the foyer downstairs and waited.

The house was quiet. Every light was turned on, and there were a bunch of dirty footprints on the steps.

Her excitement vanished instantly. This didn’t feel right.

She cautiously walked up the steps and poked her head into the kitchen. It was empty, but it looked like people were around. The pill box was open on the counter, and there was a half peeled clementine sitting on the table. She pulled down the shades and headed to the open living-slash-dining room.

Empty.

“Ma? Kaily?” she called again. Her head was heavy from the flight. She was suddenly drained of all energy.

Across the hall, the powder room door was open. It looked worse than the bathroom in her own house after all her kids’ baths. Kaily’s sheitel box was unzipped and empty in the tiny space next to the sink, and sweaters and skirts coated the floor.

Not Kaily’s type. Did they have a wedding she was unaware of? It looked like Kaily had gotten dressed to go somewhere. Her jewelry box was open, and her foundation, which had been left open on its side, was pooling on the miniscule counter.

Perela relaxed. It had to be a wedding, though her muddled brain couldn’t really remember which wedding they

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KAILY’S EYES WERE BLOODSHOT. SHE WAS DRESSED IN HER SHABBOS SWEATER AND HER ELEGANT SHEITEL, YET SHE LOOKED RUMPLED AND EXHAUSTED

could have had today, and even if they had a wedding, why would Kaily empty her entire closet for that?

Her mother’s bedroom, though, made her pause. The bed was unmade, the closets were all open, and the rocking chair stood in a very weird place next to the armoire.

Had they been robbed? Or worse?

Then she noticed a wrapper from an alcohol swab on the floor along with some gauze.

Perela dazedly hung the garment bag holding Kaily’s gown in the closet and sat down on the bed. Her brain finally cleared a bit to think of the logical next step.

Call them! Of course. Or maybe she should call Ezriel first?

The bedroom door flew open.

“Kaily!” Perela screeched. Kaily had surprised her, instead of the other way around.

Kaily’s eyes were bloodshot. She was dressed in her Shabbos sweater and her elegant sheitel, yet she looked rumpled and exhausted. Perela could see remnants of makeup blotches on Kaily’s cheeks, and she was wearing only one earring. Why was she noticing earrings when there was obviously something much more important going on?

“Perela,” Kaily said dully. Not like someone who was welcoming her sister four hours after she landed from a trip to the other side of the world. But like someone who was drained to the point of no emotion. “So that car was Ezriel’s. I couldn’t imagine what he was doing here. I didn’t think anyone remembered to call him.”

“Call him about what?” Perela asked.

“Mommy fell,” Kaily said. Her voice was flat with a sharp edge. Each word whipped the air with something raw and dry. “Bad. She hurt her head and got a concussion. She was unconscious for almost an hour.” Perela opened her mouth, but Kaily continued talking. “There’s a brain bleed, too. Small, but still, her brain.”

“Is she… awake?” Perela felt her body starting to shake.

Kaily nodded. “Yes, but she’s very disoriented and confused. She sprained her ankle and hurt her wrist. Miracle, no broken bones. I was trying so hard to do it all. Apparently, it wasn’t enough.”.”

“What has that got to do with anything?” Perela protested hotly. If Kaily was blaming herself for the fall, where did that leave her?

“Nothing. Nothing,” Kaily said. “It was just — never mind.”

Perela let it go. “When did it happen?”

“Six-ish.”

“But it’s after eleven now! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Call me? Text me? And why didn’t anyone call Ezriel? I would’ve come straight from the airport! I landed at seven.”

Kaily looked her in the eye.

PERELA IMAGINED HER SISTER LOOKING LIKE THIS IN TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW. OLD, SLUMPED AND SO ALONE

In that instant, Perela knew that their combined exhaustion was not going to look pretty.

“You know why?” Kaily said woodenly. “Because you don’t care.” All the emotion she was lacking until now rose to her face.

“You only care about yourself! Did you call this week at all? No! Did you care that I was here alone without anyone taking a single shift? No! Do you ever care that I don’t have a soul who I can talk to? My best friend got married, my mother is sick, and my one and only sister is wrapped up in her little bubble halfway across the world! It’s all about you, you, you! How you feel. How you work so hard. How it’s so hard to be a busy mother. And just so you know, you’re one of the luckiest people around. Just open your eyes and you’ll see!”

Perela stared at her sister.

But Kaily wasn’t done. “Do you ever think for five minutes what it’s like to be me? Or is that too much to ask for? Because then your soul, your creativity, might be burdened. And it’s me who doesn’t get you. But I’m fine. I’m used to sacrificing myself. So big deal.”

Spent, her sister crumpled onto the rocking chair.

Perela was silent. She was speechless in the face of this rawness and humiliation. Her big, strong sister had called her heartless and selfish. Her sister who always, always stoically pursed her lips and did what she had to.

She was hurt beyond words. Tears gathered in her eyes. She had just landed, just met her kids after a tumultuous week. She wasn’t equipped for this now.

She’d come here because she wanted to make everything right

She lifted her face to look at her sister. The single earring jumped out at her again.

“Why are you only wearing one earring?” Perela asked.

“Why?” Kaily echoed. Her eyes traveled to the bedroom mirror. She took in her appearance.

“Why?” she repeated, obviously

hesitating. “You don’t want to know. But I’ll tell you anyway. It’s my fault Mommy fell. I had a shidduch scheduled for today. I was actually getting ready to meet someone. For the first time ever… since… whatever. And the fall happened between putting on my two earrings.”

Perela stared.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” she croaked again.

“Because you were in China. Anyway, I didn’t tell anybody. Not a soul because, really, I knew that I wasn’t doing the right thing with Mommy relying on me.”

Her hands were shaking. “And now, of course, it’s all over.”

Kaily slumped even lower in the chair. She looked old and wrinkled sitting in an old-lady chair. Perela imagined her sister looking like this in twenty years from now. Old, slumped and so alone.

“I’m sorry, Kaily,” Perela said, her own eyes wet. “I don’t know what to say except for that I feel absolutely horrible. And… you’re right.”

Kaily nodded. “I’m… sorry, too. It’s not fair that I took it all out on you. I’m just… tired, and emotionally exhausted. Anyway, I have to rush back to the hospital. I came home to get Mommy’s stuff. Eli has to go home soon, so I’d better be on my way.”

“I wish I could help you,” Perela said helplessly. “I promise. I’ll be at the hospital tomorrow. Okay?”

Spontaneously, she went over to Kaily and hugged her. “I know you feel like no one cares, but we really do,” she said softly. “Good night and besuros tovos.”

Perela retreated and then paused at the doorway. To show Kaily the gown or not?

She turned slowly and made her way down the hallway, reeling from their encounter. When she reached the door she pulled it open and slipped through silently, leaving the exquisitely beaded gown hanging forlornly in the closet.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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SWAN LAKE

The Swan Lake Story

On a sweltering August day in 2023, a group of middle-aged folks gathered in the center of Swan Lake to unveil a historical marker with great pomp. They had come to commemorate the Swan Lake of their childhoods, the hamlet that had once been the epicenter of the upscale Catskills hotel industry. In its heyday, Swan Lake had boasted over thirty hotels and sixty bungalow colonies, and the commemoration was as much a eulogy

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as a dedication; the world the participants were remembering with fondness was now gone.

But while that era may be over, Yiddish life in Swan Lake is flourishing more than ever.

Interestingly, the hamlet of Swan Lake (which was previously called Stevensville) was not named for any actual swans. The name is a nod to Alden S. Swan, who had purchased large tracts of land from the Stevens brothers (the original owners of Stevensville). The land was subsequently developed by Henry Siegel and the very aptly named Jacob Kretchmer.

The Stevensville was one of Swan Lake’s most iconic hotels. Today it houses the Kita Tes boys of Satmar Camp. Some intrepid boys who have wandered through the sealed up (and verboten) outbuildings have reported that many of the hotel’s treasures are still there, rusting away. They have sighted a grand piano, and a bar with its glassware still intact!

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Swan Lake is located in a particularly scenic part of the Catskill Mountains. The mountainous terrain ensures that the weather is a tiny bit cooler than in other

places, and the lake only adds to its natural beauty. Swan Lake is home to many bungalow colonies and has a large concentration of summer camps, for boys as well as girls. It also has a healthy population of… bears. So keep an eye out for the kinderlach on bikes and scooters, the yeshivah bachurim going on hikes, and… the bears!

Swan Lake’s main street is Stanton Corner Road, home to its post office, fire station and other municipal buildings. The street boasts a comfortable variety of kosher establishments: Zaftig, an eatery takeout place; Tyberg’s Supermarket and its iconic pizza shop, where many a Visiting Day has been spent over a luscious slice of pizza; as well as a kosher wine and liquor shop. Also on the main road is Congregation Ahavas Achim, a 100-year-old shul that holds summer minyanim

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In the center of town is the famous Swan Lake, a beautiful artificially created lake that was formed by the damming of the Mongaup River to serve the tannery that was located in the center of the town in the 1800s. The lake is fronted by a pretty little park that is lovingly maintained by local volunteers (a fact that one should bear in mind when visiting).

Kids love getting onto the flat rocks at the water’s edge to view the “katchkelech,” and Swan Lake Park is a nice place to spend Visiting Day. The lake is fed by a small waterfall across the road, which is also a pretty sight to enjoy.

The Skvere community is planning an expansion in Swan Lake. The kehillah is planning to build several hundred homes in this hamlet and for a shtetl by the name of Kiryas Skver. A magnificent beis midrash is under construction, and the first residents are slated to move in shortly.

Swan Lake Landmarks

If you follow Stanton Corner Road, you’ll soon encounter the iconic Adler’s Bungalow Colony. If you’re chassidish and have lived for a couple of decades, chances are that you’ve made your summer sojourn there at least once. Adler’s is one of the oldest and most instantly recognized frum bungalow colonies in

the Catskill Mountains. Just a little farther up is the famous Camp Bais Yaakov, established by Rabbi Newhouse in 1944. In years past, catching a whiff of the egg farm that used to be up the road was the best indication that the camp was almost within sight!

Also in the area is Pupa Girl’s Camp, one of the oldest summer camps for frum girls in the Catskills. My mother, a”h, had the fondest memories of both camps, as she started attending camp at the nowadays unheard-of age of six. Those were different times, in the 1950s and ‘60s, when many mothers were working in factories to enable their families to get by. The sweltering city was no place for Yiddishe kids, especially as the system of day camps had not been fully developed yet. So off to camp the little kids went, and they didn’t need much to create the best memories.

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“Things were much simpler then,” says Layie, a camper from those years. “We would splash around in the brook, and we had so much fun, even though the activities didn’t compare to the major activities from nowadays!”

Pupa Camp became legendary for their beautiful major plays, and country folks would stream from every corner of the mountains to be entertained and wowed by the girls’ hard work. (And of course, to hear the timeless jingle: P-U-P-A, P-U-P-A! Happiness and friendliness in P-UP-A!)

Appel’s bungalow colony is right near Pupa Camp. It was purchased back in the day by Pupa chassidim who chose to spend their summers in Swan Lake and bask in the closeness of the Pupa Rebbe, zt”l.

One of the older bungalow colonies in Swan Lake was made famous for having hosted the Skulener Rebbe, zt”l, over the course of many summers. Rosen’s Bungalow Colony was the site of many uplifting tishen, and the highlight of the summer was the Shabbos Nachamu celebrations, when hundreds of Yidden would stream to be inspired by the Rebbe. Rivka, who summered in Swan Lake growing up, reminisces: “The menfolk would embark on the 25-minute walk from our bungalow colony to have the privilege of joining

the Rebbe for Shacharis. The rest of us would wait for them until long after everyone else had finished their Shabbos seudah, when they’d finally trudge back after 4 o’clock in the afternoon!”

Old-time frum Swan Lakers remember a Swan Lake that was very different from today.

“The biggest treat for us was to go to ‘town,’” remembers Suri. “There was a store there called Granny’s Attic that was filled to the rafters with shmattes from Mesushelach’s times. They were great for dressing up at mock weddings and masquerades.”

The only kosher stores back then were a muchsmaller grocery store, the pizza shop and Feldman’s Fish Store. “But you could get the most delicious potato kugel by the shammes at Noam Elimelech Bungalow Colony.”

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WHEN ASKED FOR A STATE THAT BEGINS WITH THE LETTER M, MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIST MICHIGAN OR MISSISSIPPI –OR EVEN MISSOURI – BEFORE COMING UP WITH MONTANA. BUT FOR RABBI RAFOEL FRANKLIN, MONTANA WAS HOME.

“While I was born in New York, my family moved to Montana when I was a young teenager,” Reb Rafoel says. “We lived in an area where, for miles around, there was no electricity. There, in the backwoods of Montana, we lived like people lived hundreds of years ago. We hunted for food and lived off the earth, and we were all perfectly content.”

The Franklins knew they were Jewish, and strongly identified as such, even though they weren’t shomer Shabbos. At most, they could be considered traditional. But growing up, young Rafoel knew he wasn’t like his neighbors. There was an everpresent divide, what Rabbi Franklin calls “this solid Jewish consciousness,” and the knowledge that he’d one day need to make his way to New York to find his destiny.

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Speaking with Rabbi Franklin today, it’s difficult to tell that Yiddish isn’t his first language. But he’s frank as he shares the many stops along his personal journey.

“When I was twenty years old, my grandfather passed away. An uncle of mine who lived on the East Coast began saying Kaddish, and one thing led to another, until he eventually became a baal teshuvah. He used to send me books and seforim, one after another — he wouldn’t stop.

“At that point, I left for New York. My mother encouraged me to go, my father less so — but they were both on board in the end.”

Once in New York, Rafoel moved from one yeshiva to the next, but no matter where he went, he was miserable. He’d grown up in the peaceful silence of trees and snow; more recently, he’d been working in wildlife management in one of the most beautiful places in the world; and now the madness of New York was too

much for his senses. And besides, he couldn’t find his place.

“One day,” Reb Rafoel continues, “I met a Lubavitch bochur who pointed me in the right direction. ‘You have to meet Rabbi Freifeld of Far Rockaway,’ he told me. ‘He’ll help you find your place.’”

Rafoel did as he was advised, and he went to meet Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld.

“Rabbi Freifeld had a long beard and peyos, and he was very warm to me,” Reb Rafoel remembers. “He asked me my name and where I was from, and when I said Montana, he leaned forward and said, ‘Takkeh? What do you do in Montana?’”

Rafoel’s answer was simple: “We hunt.” But in his mind he thought, here we go again… This wasn’t the first time he’d been asked this question, and the reactions were often quite colorful.

But Rabbi Freifeld was different. He asked Rafoel a long string of genuine questions. He wanted to know how hunters attracted animals, how they followed animals, how they stayed safe — and Rafoel was in his element as he explained the skill.

“Afterward,” Reb Rafoel remembers, “when I was comfortable, he said to me, ‘Rafoel, do you want to join the Hungarian navy?’”

Rafoel was dumbstruck. “What?!”

Rabbi Freifeld explained: “When

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joining the Hungarian navy, they throw you in the water. If you sink, you’re out. But if you swim, you’re in. Be in yeshiva at 9 o’clock.”

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Rafoel loved learning in yeshiva. The mental gymnastics of Gemara were right up his alley, even though he still had difficulty fitting in.

“I spent summers at home in Montana and winters in yeshiva in New York, and the other bochurim didn’t like it that I spent only five or six months of the year in yeshiva; it didn’t follow the typical seder. But the Rosh Yeshiva was on my side.”

He would tell the other bochurim, “If

you would all learn with Rafoel’s hasmadah, you could also take it easy the other half of the year.”

“He was on to something,” Rabbi Franklin admits. “When I was in yeshiva, I almost didn’t sleep. I really threw myself into my learning. Besides, New York still wasn’t home, so it wasn’t like there was anything else other than the four walls of yeshiva that interested me.”

The Rosh Yeshiva, familiar with Rafoel’s background, also encouraged him to pursue shechitah and mohalus

“He knew about my history of hunting, and he told me that I need to be mekadesh this, that I need to turn this interest into something heilig. And so I did.”

Eventually, Rafoel met his wife, a born-and-bred New Yorker. In the early days of their marriage, Rafoel remained hopeful that his wife would be willing to move to Montana, but such a future wasn’t realistic.

“She’s a lot smarter than that,” Rabbi Franklin says now with a smile. “But we did spend a few months in Montana, and I showed her the setting of my childhood and all of my favorite places.”

It wasn’t easy for this young couple to find a home. After checking out Calgary, Canada, and Seattle, Washington (they were each too much of a city for Rafoel), the young Franklins settled down on 526 Happy Avenue in Swan Lake, in upstate New York.

“We lived there for about five years,” Rafoel says. “We drove our oldest son to South Fallsburg every day so he could attend cheder.”

But after about five years of living a life of bliss on a farm, it all got a bit too much. Rafoel was already a shochet at the time — also in the Catskills — which meant that his wife was often alone with two little kids. Some other friends who had started out living in the area had all returned to suburbia at that point, and so the Franklins followed their lead.

“We moved to Monsey,” Rabbi Franklin says, “and I commuted to Swan Lake every day. In fact, I did that for about eighteen years, until we returned here full time. We still own our house in Monsey, but we rent it out.”

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house. As per tradition, a shochet is usually someone whose background is well known, someone who could be trusted blindly, and Rabbi Franklin’s acquaintances were afraid that he’d have no customers. His rich Yiddish notwithstanding, Rabbi Franklin was a true, self-proclaimed Yankee.

Working as a shochet, Rabbi Franklin was witness to the manner in which hashgacha and business intersected, and there were issues that bothered him to no end. He would share his concerns with his rosh yeshiva, who would just listen. Eventually, Rabbi Freifeld gave Rabbi Franklin some advice.

“Rafoel,” he said, “do you really want to be mesakein in shechitah? Either learn a blatt Gemara with a weak talmid 100 times until he understands it very well — or open your own slaughterhouse.”

Learn a blatt Gemara 100 times? What’s the connection?

“It’s real chassidishe stuff,” Rabbi Franklin says. “In any case, I decided to open a shlacht-hois.”

The pushback was intense. People couldn’t understand how a baal teshuvah could open and run his own slaughter-

“But when you’re a baal teshuvah,” Rabbi Franklin says candidly, “you’re also an idealist. That’s the way it is. I was determined to go ahead anyway, and with the support of rabbanim, I did.”

At the time, Rabbi Franklin was still working as a shochet elsewhere, so he started small, with his own operation shechting only ten chickens a week. The mini slaughterhouse, as it were, passed state inspection and was certified by an ehrliche and well-known baal machshir, who was happy to give Rabbi Franklin hashgacha when he saw that everything was set up properly and running just the way it should.

“We were raising our own chickens then,” Rabbi Franklin remembers, “and we started out with three customers in South Fallsburg and Monsey.”

As business picked up, Rabbi Frank-

lin began working fewer hours as a hired shochet, and soon the newly hatched Pelleh Poultry was shechting 50 chickens a day, three times a week.

“I did the deliveries myself,” Rabbi Franklin adds. “I often used a baby stroller to get around.”

One night, he got a call. On the other end was the son of Kashauer Rav.

“I was trembling when I took that call,” Rabbi Franklin says. “It was like a malach was talking to me. I felt in my bones that this was a turning point.”

The man on the other end was direct. “I heard about your shechitah, and I have a very strong interest in coming by to look around. Would that be okay?”

Of course Rabbi Franklin agreed, and agreed again when the young rav asked if he could bring along someone else.

When the two showed up, Rabbi Franklin’s first thought was that he was in deep trouble. The second visitor was a chassidishe rav, originally from Eretz Yisroel, who was known for speaking out against many shechitahs. (This seems to be a strong theme of the time, but nowadays, the bar of kashrus has been raised to extremely high standards, and the concerns of those years no longer exist.)

The two accompanied Rabbi Franklin on his farm for hours. They watched quietly as he went around doing his business, and afterward inspected his chalaf

Finally, the second man pointed to the basin where the chickens were draining after being kashered. “How many of ofos in that tub?” he asked.

“Around 50,” Rabbi Franklin replied.

“I’ll take them all,” the man said.

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Once Pelleh Poultry got the stamp of approval from Kashau, the word was out: Pelleh was the place to get poultry.

As Pelleh grew more and more popular among discerning customers — both in terms of kashrus and health — Rabbi Franklin learned that another shechitah, one run by Reb Usher Farkas, was losing business. As soon as he found out, he implemented a system in which new customers were vetted: Anyone who was a customer at Reb Farkas’ shechitah couldn’t purchase chicken from Pelleh.

“Eventually, we bought them out,” Rabbi Franklin says, “and Reb Farkas became our primary shochet until his retirement.”

Today, the main shochet is Reb Shmiel Menachem Zeig from nearby Kiamesha Lake, and the Pelleh facility is a state-of-the-art establishment with a tremendous pool of customers who insist on purchasing only Pelleh products for their super high standards in both kashrus and quality. In addition to chicken, Pelleh shechts turkeys, doves and ducks, pleasing people with varying palates.

“It’s incredible to look back,” Rabbi Franklin says. “In the early days, a busy week meant shechting 1,200 chickens. Today, under my son’s management, we’re shechting over 12,000 chickens a week. We also shecht for Klausenburg, Sanz, Stolin — they bring their own

shochtim, and we do the rest. Overall, it’s grown into quite an operation.”

CREAM OF THE CROP

Aside from Pelleh Poultry, Rabbi Franklin’s farm is also home base to Bethel Creamery, a dairy company that produces a full selection of high-quality dairy products.

Today, Bethel Creamery is the brand of choice for consumers looking for fresh, wholesome dairy products. The farm’s cows are left to graze freely — no grains for these cows — and the difference is obvious in the taste and quality of the final product.

But Bethel’s start was a modest one.

“Our first customer was the previous Viznitzer Rebbe of Monsey, Rav Mottele Hager,” Rabbi Franklin says, and then shares the backstory. “When our farm was smaller, we also used to raise sheep for their meat — we shechted lamb every other week after raising them for a year — but not beef. However, more and more people were asking that we also sell ‘rindene fleish,’ better known as red meat.”

Eventually, the Franklins got hold of some milking cows and bull calves from a nearby dairy farm (dairy farms only keep the female calves), and they began a small shechitah. The bulls were raised on the milk from the cows before eventually being shechted, and so it went on for a couple of years.

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“Then came 2008,” Rabbi Franklin continues, “and the economy did a flip-flop. The non-kosher restaurants that were buying our veal stopped purchasing what was quickly becoming a luxury, and without our non-Jewish customers taking the parts of the beef that we don’t eat, there was no longer any point to shechting beef. We can’t afford to shecht a bull when half of it will be discarded.”

A few days after they stopped selling veal, Rabbi Franklin got a surprise phone call from Reb Moshe Goldman of Viznitz. He’d heard that the Franklins had dairy cows, and he wanted to purchase milk for the Viznitz Rebbe of Monsey and a few other Yidden.

“A very ehrliche Yiddene was charged with preparing the Rebbe’s food,” Rabbi Franklin says, “which she didn’t do as a business. Still today, a lot of chashuve Yidden buy the dairy products she prepares from our milk.

After that initial arrangement between Reb Moshe Goldman and the Franklins, people began hearing that the Viznitz Rebbe consumes milk that comes from their farm.

“Business picked up, and that’s how Bethel Creamery came to be,” Rabbi Franklin finishes. “My son runs that part of the business today, and we keep adding new products to our line of healthy, wholesome, hormone-free dairy.”

THE FARM TODAY

When Rabbi Franklin describes what life is on the farm today, it’s like a scene out of the storybooks: grass rippling in the breeze, cows calmly grazing in the fields, and a sheepdog rounding up a brood of hens who should be returning to their coop.

“In the summer, we like giving tours,” says Rabbi Franklin. “It’s when new animals are born, when we’re preparing hay for the cows to eat in the winter… it’s a very involved situation. In truth, this is the way our ancestors lived, but I think I’m the only frum Yid in America actually living like this today.”

As of now, the farm is home to some 30 cows (two other dairy

YIDDEN: A FARMING PEOPLE

Rabbi Franklin firmly believes that, historically, Yidden were never city people. Over the last century or more, it’s become this way, he says, but farming is in our blood, in our genes.

“It’s the same with owning a dog. Today it’s an anomaly, and there’s no changing that, but everyone in the shtetl had a ‘hint.’ And going back ever further, to the times of our Avos, when they were blessed with wealth that included thousands and thousands of livestock, it only follows that they had sheepdogs to manage them.”

Rabbi Franklin quotes a midrash in Parshas Vayeitzei that says that Yaakov Avinu had 600,000 dogs to handle his tremendous flocks of livestock. “It’s possible that it’s a gizmah,” he says, “but where there’s livestock, there are dogs.”

It’s the same when the Shevatim wanted to kill Yosef, Rabbi Franklin adds. According to meforshim, Yosef’s brothers sent the dogs after him.

Rabbi Franklin’s current dog is a sweet and obedient border collie he purchased from an Amish farmer who specializes in training sheepdogs.

When Pelleh Poultry and Bethel Creamery were still certified organic (it’s still the same organic now, except Rabbi Franklin doesn’t bother getting certified because he claims it’s a waste of money), Rabbi Franklin met and got to know some Amish farmers from upstate.

“We’d exchange conversation in a mishmash of my Yiddish — minus expressions from the Gemara — and their Pennsylvania Dutch. They’re fascinating people.”

When he needed a new dog, Rabbi Franklin purchased one directly from the Amish. The dog responds to both verbal and hand commands, the latter of which is super helpful when she

needs instructions from a great distance.

“Every morning,” Rabbi Franklin says, “my wife, siddur in hand, walks around the farm with the dog as she davens. One morning last spring, she came face to face with a bear, which our dog promptly chased up a tree. My wife was afraid, but she didn’t have to be. The dog was with her.”

But while Rabbi Franklin accepts his dog as a fact of life, not everyone shares his opinion. When the second visitor from Kashau once visited the farm and spotted the dog, he got very upset.

“How does a shochet have a dog?” he demanded.

Rabbi Franklin was very hurt.

But a couple of weeks later, the man called back and said, “I’d rather eat parve, but my wife is crying, she needs meat for Yom Tov. So be mochel me, I’ll be back, but put away the dog.”

When he returned, Rabbi Franklin told him all that he knows about the intersection between our nation’s history and dogs.

“He was very nispaol,” says Rabbi Franklin. “And then I told him, ‘You know, she responds to Yiddish commands,’ and he said, ‘ Veiz mir. Ich gleib nisht.’ Show me. I don’t believe you.’”

Rabbi Franklin proceeded to give the dog hand commands, while saying the commands out loud in Yiddish. The visitor was blown away. “Ich ver tzirik ah koneh,” he said. “I’m becoming a customer again.” And so it was.

farms nearby provide another 60 to 100 cows for the Franklins’ use, and they’re planning to expand the current herd on the farm as well). The cows go out to the fields to graze from May 1 to November 1, and they come in twice a day to get milked.

“The cows usually come to get milked when called,” Rabbi Franklin adds, “but when the grass is really geshmak, we have to send our sheepdog, a border collie, out to collect them.”

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When the cows are out grazing, it means less feeding work for the crew, but that’s when they’re busy cutting and drying hay for use over the winter, so there’s always work to do on the farm.

A DEER DELICACY

Rabbi Franklin is up at six every morning to get the first round of milking started. Each round takes about three hours, because the equipment is

Since kosher shechitah only benefits from half of every bull shechted, and that’s only if the bedikah resulted in glatt kosher beef to begin with, kosher slaughterhouses have arrangements set up with non-kosher establishments that purchase the non-kosher parts of the meat.

One customer Pelleh Poultry has done business with over the years is a high-end, non-kosher restaurant located in Tarrytown called Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

“It’s a very exclusive establishment, one that has hosted kings and queens,” Reb Refoel says. “And even though the place isn’t kosher, the owner is in fact a Yid, and once every year, the restaurant gets kashered for a super high-class fundraiser for Our Place, which is a Jewish rehab for struggling teens.”

inspected for cleanliness before milking, and the milking area gets cleaned out after milking. In the afternoon, the process begins all over again.

In honor of this fundraiser, which typically raises six-figure sums, Reb Refoel and his son, who is heavily involved in Pelleh Poultry as well, try to procure special meats for the guests to enjoy.

“We’ve shechted doves, ducks — we’re always looking for something interesting to supply for this fundraiser. This year, we came across a farm in Pennsylvania that raises large red deer that are native to Europe. They have a system in place where they can lock a deer into a pen, which makes shechitah possible.”

While shechting deer isn’t common, he explains, it’s more due to the fact that they’re difficult to restrain than the actual concern of a kosher shechitah

Sure enough, Reb Refoel shechted four red deer for the occasion. But were they all glatt?

“Wild animals are almost always glatt,” Reb Refoel says, “in contrast to cattle.”

He explains that when it comes to cattle, everyone wants their beef fatty, which means cattle are usually raised on more fattening grain instead of grass. But grass-fed animals — as well as gress-fed cattle — are much more likely to be all glatt

After delivering an interesting cut of meat to Blue Hills at Stone Barns once again, Reb Refoel kept the tongue of each deer for his own use.

“Some we enjoyed over Pesach,” he says, “and one we put away for Rosh Hashanah, to eat instead of the head of a lamb. Sheniyeh l’rosh! ”

Besides the milking process, there’s also general cleaning that needs to be done, and in the summer, there are also calves that need to be cared for and fed.

“Cows give birth to calves once every year from age two and on,” Rabbi Franklin explains. “We sell the bulls and keep the female calves. By now, all of the cows on the farm were actually born here.

“One of the fun things about cows,” Rabbi Franklin continues, “is that they’re not just dumb animals. They have personalities, and they recognize people. Some people they’ll try to avoid, and others they’ll always be happy to greet. Then there are cows who like to get milked and move on, and others who will be more mischievous and will keep us on our toes during the milking process. They’re all different.”

The farm is often host to bochurim who need to relearn how to connect to the earth and to themselves, and when they’re around to lend a hand, Rabbi Franklin gets a break from the milking. Not that he’s ever bored; he’s also the on-call construction guy, and there’s always something that needs to be done.

“We have a log cabin with no electricity and plumbing, and those visit-

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ing boys love it here. It’s an adjustment at times, but the farmwork fills them up like nothing has ever filled them up before.”

In addition to the cows, the farm also has a flock of 30 hens and a rooster.

“This gives us way more eggs than we need,” says Rabbi Franklin, “so we sell some in our small, roadside store where we also sell some of our dairy products. We used to have an open cash box, and people would pay what they owed. We’d get comments from customers who were so happy that there

was still one place in the world where people still trusted others with money, but unfortunately, that’s changed recently.”

Six months ago, money disappeared twice, and more recently, six dozen eggs vanished after being placed in the store.

“The locals are all honest, but between all the workers we have on-site, all you need is one dishonest man who sees the opportunity and takes advantage, and that’s it. Now we keep everything locked up.”

One of the many hats Rabbi Franklin wears is that of a wildlife biologist. In that capacity, he’s encountered strange behaviors in wolves, which he likes to interpret from a Torah perspective.

“We’ve all grown up with stories about wolves, and in all those stories, the wolves are only interested in livestock. As a rule, they’ve never been interested in pursuing people. In the last two years, however, that’s changed. There’ve been a number of reports of wolf attacks.”

Rabbi Franklin explains this with a two-pronged reasoning. First, he believes that since it has become more commonplace for people to build grand second homes, and acres upon acres of land are being cleared for this purpose, ever so slowly, the human population has been encroaching on wolf territory.

“Second,” Rabbi Franklin continues, “the fact is that people out in the world have been living more and more like animals. B’derech hateva, animals are afraid of upright creatures. But since humans in general have fallen to animal level, I believe that animals are losing that pachad they’ve always had toward the people around them.”

As it turns out, it isn’t only the Franklins who thrive on a farm setting. There are a few neighbors in the area, and every Shabbos, there’s a beautiful, heimishe minyan on-site.

“We recently built a mikvah here,” adds Rabbi Franklin, “so now we really have everything we need.”

For those who’d like more than a quick tour, the farm also boasts three apartments that the Franklins rent out to visitors who want to come and absorb that magic that is Pelleh.

Because it seems that Rabbi Franklin is right: There really isn’t another place like it.

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THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

FOUR ACCOUNTS

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COUNTERFEIT PLEASURE

B. WERTHEIMER

It was the summer of eleventh grade. In a drunken moment of teenage overconfidence, I accepted a job at a camp where not a single one of my friends was going. I was excited to be the head counselor to the staff kids, but the real reason I chose this camp was for the other role I would play: The last two weeks of the summer, I would coach the actresses in the camp’s major production, a longheld dream that was finally coming true.

But my dreams were shattered — literally. Exactly one week into camp, my bunk was scheduled for the highlight activity: trampoline. This was our chance to go crazy, flipping cartwheels and showing off handstands. I jumped high, flying midair… The next thing I knew I was kind of floating in a cloud, watching in slow motion as my body landed on the trampoline with a sickening craaack, and my ankle twisted out at a horrific angle.

The rest of the incident is a blur. I tried not to look at my leg, which was completely numb, as the nerves in my ankle had been badly damaged. The bumpy ride to Westchester’s trauma center passed in a daze of tension, with my terrified parents meeting us en route.

I was lucky, the doctor said. Had the injury been on my head or spine, I would’ve been paralyzed for life, or worse.

Lucky meant I got to spend endless summer days bound to a sweaty plastic hospital mattress as I cried over my lost dreams. For the first two days I resisted visitors, feeling like the world’s biggest nebach, but by day three absolute boredom won,

MY LOVELY VISITOR TURNED OUT TO BE A FRESH GRADUATE, SEMINARY DIAMOND DUST STILL GLITTERING ON HER SHOULDERS

and I grudgingly acquiesced to serve as some dogooders’ chesed case.

My lovely visitor turned out to be a fresh graduate, seminary diamond dust still glittering on her shoulders. I don’t know how she had the chutzpah to start lecturing a teenager in a hospital bed, but within three minutes she had me thumbing through a beautiful pamphlet called The Five Levels of Pleasure, based on a class by Rabbi Noach Weinberg, zt”l. Lying in Westchester hospital and reading about pleasure was quite the paradox, but somehow I was hooked. Rabbi Weinberg outlined the different levels of pleasure that Hashem established in this world, with the lowest level being physical pleasures like eating, and higher pleasures being love, having a cause and a mission, being creative, and being close to Hashem. Suddenly, I was galvanized. I had lost my dream summer, but right here from this bed I could tap into pleasure and joy of a much higher caliber.

But there was a catch.

Each level of pleasure also featured a counterfeit pleasure — the way the yetzer hara fools us into thinking that something is pleasurable and cheats us with instant gratification, like looking good instead of being good, or eating junk food instead of food that is satisfying and nourishing. The counterfeit pleasures make you feel good in the moment, but prevent you from sweating to get the real

My recovery was a long haul, including surgery and months of physical therapy. But instead of seeing it as a drag and waste of time, I was able to view it through the lens of short-term pain versus long-term pleasure. I could choose to quit my therapy sessions and the accompanying excruciating pain, but then I’d never walk again. Rabbi Weinberg’s teachings helped me keep perspective: The painful surgery, and every session of PT, was building me up and improving my muscles. I wasn’t only regaining my physical ability to walk, but also building emotional resilience, compassion and empathy for others in pain.

How did that summer change my life? I have the leg of an old lady. I feel the rain and the change of weather in my aching bones. But since that broken ankle, broken summer and encounter with an overeager seminary girl, I forever carry with me a treasure of wisdom and wonderful perspective on life that I picked up in room 202 of Westchester’s Pediatric Ward.

TAKEN FOR A RIDE

AS TOLD TO ESTHER KING

I was that kid who loved camp, lived for camp, sang the songs from summer to summer, and basically viewed the entire school year as a regretful but unavoidable pause from real life, which I defined entirely as “camp.”

But the summer after twelfth grade, something went wrong.

I hadn’t ever considered that you could outgrow camp. Even now, the idea seems sacrilegious to me. But the job I had taken was a “specialty,” which meant I didn’t have my own bunk to be responsible for, or a group of other staff members to be with all day. The job didn’t take up the en tire day either, and I felt kind of removed from all the ac tion. There was no pump. There was no joy. I couldn’t really believe it, but I felt kind of bored and lonely.

Then my friend Yocheved got engaged.

Yocheved was a school friend, not a camp friend. She wasn’t in camp; I don’t think she had ever been to sleepaway camp in her life. She was definitely the type to get engaged straight out of high school. And it was so exciting, those very first kallahs! I desperately wanted to go to her that Sunday night.

The problem was, I was in camp.

It was still hard for me to admit that being in camp was a problem. But aside from that, the camp itself wasn’t located near most other frum camps and bungalows. That meant there wasn’t such a thing as “finding a ride” back to Brooklyn. We weren’t anywhere near any public transportation either. I was basically stuck in camp.

I was stuck in camp, and I was missing Yocheved’s vort, and I didn’t even really have any friends in camp to cry to. But the disappointment at what camp was turning out to be, and my desperation to be at Yocheved’s vort, really made me want to cry.

I RAN BACK TO MY ROOM, GRABBED SOME CLOTHES AND SHOES, AND RACED HALF A MILE UPHILL TO THE OFFICE. HUDI WAS ALREADY THERE, AND OUR RIDE WAS READY TO LEAVE

So I cried to Hashem. Feeling slightly ridiculous, but overwhelmed with emotion nonethePlease Hashem, I really want to go to Yocheved’s vort!

On Sunday morning, Hudi came to find me. I wasn’t really friends with Hudi, but she was friends with Yocheved. And she had been in the camp office, and there was a man there talking to his wife, and Hudi heard him say they were driving back to Brooklyn, and she asked them if they could give us a ride, and THEY SAID YES. So I better run to my room and get whatever I needed because they were leaving right away, and Hudi had already called her father to confirm that he could pick us up and drive us to the vort when we got into town! It was a miracle. I ran back to my room, grabbed some clothes and shoes, and raced half a mile uphill to the office. Hudi was already there, and our ride was ready to leave. I jumped right into the car, and we just roared off.

Then I just sat there in the backseat, trying to catch my breath, kind of shell-shocked that this was actually happening.

After a little while, I remembered to say tefillas haderech. I pulled out a siddur and read the words. When I reached the conclusion of the bracha, I started to smile:

Ki Kel shomea tefillah v’sachanun ata… Because You are the G-d Who listens to prayers and pleading… Baruch ata Hashem, shomea tefillah!

It was a turning point in my life. I now had actual experience, incontrovertible proof, that Hashem listens to tefillos. I had known it before, of course… but now it had happened to me, and it changed everything for me forever. From that moment onward, I knew I could count on Hashem, that tefillah does work, because He listens to our prayers. That’s Who He is — Keil Shomea Tefillah. I had asked, and He had answered, and I continued to do so throughout my life, with the joyous confidence that He’s really there and really listening.

THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING

SIVI SEKULA

How do you explain the intifada to an eleven-year-old? I didn’t need anyone to explain it to me; I saw it unfold with my own eyes.

The summer before I turned twelve, my parents sent me to Eretz Yisroel to vacation with my uncle’s family while they cared for my elderly grandmother. We spent a week at a hotel, where my uncle’s family was staying for the week. In the mornings, we’d hit the pool before heading off on a day trip, and every night after supper, there was some kind of entertainment.

The last night of the program was supposed to be the high light: a festive program with live music and singing. But then, mid-program, the music stopped unexpectedly. One of the organizers took the mic.

“I’ve just been informed,” he announced gravely, “that there’s been a terror attack in Yerushalayim. A bomb went off on the Number 2 bus. Many yidden have been wounded.”

There was silence. This was before the technology so common today; he was our only source of news.

Some guests rushed out to find a phone so they could check on their loved ones.

“We’d planned a special program for tonight,” the organizer continued, “but it doesn’t feel right anymore. Should we cancel the festivities, or go on?”

To me, the answer was obvious. Who cared about a fire-breathing clown when people had just been blown to pieces? I was stunned to hear others

FOR YEARS I CARRIED ONE BITTER QUESTION: HOW COULD THOSE HOTEL GUESTS CALLOUSLY WATCH A SHOW WHILE THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS LAY BLEEDING TO DEATH?

disagree. The crowd was split — some wanted to cancel, some wanted to continue.

In the end there was a compromise: no more music, but guests could stay for the rest of the evening if they chose to.

When we arrived home the next day, we discovered the extent of the tragedy: 23 dead, over a hundred wounded. The papers printed names, photos and bios of the victims — pages and pages! My cousin learned that a friend of his was among the dead. One victim had the same name as my mother. It was chilling to see it in those dreaded bold, black letters.

My uncle lived right near the Shamgar Funeral Home. All day long, throngs of mourners filled the street, and pitiful, heart-wrenching sobs filled the air.

How could anyone forget that summer?

For years I carried one bitter question: How could those hotel guests callously watch a show while their brothers and sisters lay bleeding to death?

Now that I live in Yerushalayim, where my kids are crammed into the cheder mamad because of incoming missiles, I’m beginning to understand their attitude.

That bombing happened in August 2003, after three years of near-daily terror. Every restaurant, bus, shopping mall and wedding hall was a potential target. People left home with a prayer on their lips. And still, life went on. What other choice was there?

The cognitive dissonance was so jarring to my eleven-year-old self, I’ve carried that memory with me now for decades. But with the wisdom that grows with time, I think I know now where that reaction came from. The ability to watch a show after hearing bad news is the same ability that spawns the strength to go on no matter what happens. Of course, the trick is to know when to flip the switch. But instead of seeing callousness, I try to see resilience. Instead of indifference, I focus on their determination to keep going. I can go back to that memory as a turning point — not only as a visceral encounter with evil, but with a compassionate understanding of the dichotomy of human nature, and the imperative to continue going, no matter what comes our way.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

MALKY BLUM

The camp cantata was next level. Sad and soulful songs conveyed the churban theme, while burning candles placed strategically around the stage — for the 70s, this was cutting-edge — created a somber effect. I was ten years old, in sleepaway camp, with an imagination that blew everything up in vivid color, and I loved watching performances. Entranced, I sat in the old, musty casino, swept away by the visuals — when the world erupted. Girls screaming, shrieking, pushing, running. The mayhem swirled around me. My survival instincts kicked in as I desperately tried to get out. Out. Out the darkness, I jumped over a toppled bench, trying to squeeze through the crush of campers blocking my way while terrifying thoughts ricocheted around in my brain.

Why was everyone screaming? What were we running away from? Had a wild dog barged into the casino, on the attack? Per haps a “dining needle” bug, the greatest fear of my childhood, had descended on us, ready for blood? Fire! It must be a fire. The candles on the stage must have fallen; surely the girls sitting in the front row were trying to escape the flames and trampling us in their desperation. I was certain this was the explanation for the stampede. In my irrational state of

I BEGAN TO CRY AS THE FRENZIED CROWD AROUND ME SCREAMED AND SHOVED, TRYING TO REACH THE EXIT

fear, it didn’t occur to me to question why I didn’t see flames or smell

Although this happened decades ago, I know exactly what I was thinking in those panicked moments, because I have a letter to my mother in which I described this “exciting but sad happening.”

And then, the letter I saw a big ghost dressed in a white sheet and a big mask!

(To be honest, I don’t recall this detail at all. In fact, I remember seeing a man wielding a knife. But alas, he doesn’t appear in my letter. I must have adopted that visual from a bunkmate’s version. When you’re in that kind of panic, not everyone sees — or imagines — the

I began to cry as the frenzied crowd around me screamed and shoved, trying to reach the exit. Benches , the letter conChairs were broken. Children were thrown onto the floor (in my letter, I estimate it was 20 minutes, which shows how long it seemed to me) the lights turned on, and then we heard someone scream, “Color War is

How could the camp scare us like this? For a breakout? Confusion, and a sense of betrayal, set in. We found out later that the original plan had involved four non-Jewish camp employees barging into the casino holding signs. They had decided on their own to dress up and yell war whoops as they ran in. What turned the breakout into a disaster was that the person des-

ignated to turn on the lights when the workers entered, didn’t. Maybe they forgot, or couldn’t reach the switch; I don’t know. The result was absolute terror and chaos.

I was extremely shaken up. Even once I understood that it had just been a breakout, I begged my sister, a counselor, to let me sleep in her room. She couldn’t accede to my request; the camp wouldn’t allow it, and she wouldn’t even be going to sleep in the near future on this pre-Color War night, when the counselors would stay up all night planning and working.

Our counselors tried to shepherd us to our rooms, but not before we witnessed another commotion: a high schooler sobbing hysterically, almost fainting from fear. She had grown up in Eretz Yisroel and thought the breakout was a terror attack. I remember feeling a twinge of jealousy that the counselors hovered around her, comforting her, while I, equally terrified, was forced to go trembling to my room. I was worried about that girl (I even recorded the name of the counselor who calmed her down), but felt sorry for myself at the same time, because I knew I’d have nightmares. The camp mother, and a parent who was a camp guest, went from room to room giving us apple juice, orange juice and red lollipops — coveted items in the 70s — but it didn’t do much to make us feel better.

I finally fell asleep, I wrote to my mother. But not before a new reality opened up for me, a child of a Holocaust survivor. The cantata’s special effects were intended to put us into a galus mindset, but the breakout was what did it for me.

Living in Warsaw, Poland, in September of 1939, my father suffered through the horrors of the ghetto, lost his entire family and world, and was terrorized in four concentration camps, until he was liberated in 1945. Six hellish years whose memory was hidden away in some out-of-reach corner of our home, but which hung over us children in a haunting, yet off-limits way. Without them being discussed, I knew my father’s experiences were harrowing and horrendous.

But that summer night, as I was clawing my way out of the terror chasing me, was the first time I felt it. I had gotten a taste, for a mere few minutes, of being chased, of fleeing danger, of being “overfrightened,” a word I coined in my letter. It was no longer a faraway concept; I connected to my father’s Holocaust past in the present tense.

The next lines in the letter show how quickly I moved on, as one grabs away one’s finger from a scorching pot: I listed the team names, colors and wrote that our team had won. But the drama, and trauma, wasn’t over for me. I will tell you more about it when you come on Sunday, was how I ended my letter.

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Not all of us are lucky enough to have a backyard that’s a blank slate for planting (or a back strong enough to plant in the first place), but that doesn’t mean we can’t grow our own food. Whether you live in a high-rise or a house, the dream of stepping outside and picking a sun-ripened tomato, a crisp cucumber or a handful of fragrant basil is completely within reach.

Container gardening isn’t just bedi’eved; it’s its own form of art. When done right, it’s tidy, productive and its yield surprisingly generous. And while the glossy seed catalogs and gardening books might overwhelm you with technical details, the truth is, you don’t need to be either a buki or a botanist to start growing vegetables in pots. You just need a few containers, some decent sunlight and a little bit of savlanus Let’s break down exactly how to get started — and keep things going — with container-grown vegetables.

Container Gardening 101

First things first: the container. Almost anything that holds soil and has a drainage system can be used to grow vegetables. But for best results, as summers get hot and roots need room, aim for pots that are at least twelve inches deep and wide. Bigger is usually better

— especially for tomatoes, squash or cucumbers, whose roots like to stretch out.

Plastic pots are affordable and hold moisture well, but those made of ceramic and terracotta have chein (and weight — they won’t blow over or be kicked over by the kinderlach so easily). Make sure your container has holes in the bottom. No drainage means soggy roots and sad plants.

up with a mabul every time you water them.

Don’t forget about what goes under your pots. A simple plant saucer can keep your patio from becoming a muddy mess. For balconies or fire escapes, lightweight fabric grow bags are an excellent choice—they’re breathable, foldable and easy to move.

The Soil Story

Stam backyard dirt isn’t going to cut it here — it’s too dense. You’ll want a high-quality potting mix that’s light, fluffy and designed for containers. These mixes retain moisture while providing good drainage. Many are fortified with compost or slowrelease fertilizer, which gives your plants a good boost right from the start.

For a truly fuss-free start, you can even buy “container garden” kits or blends designed for vegetables. If you’re more DIYminded, look for mixes that list ingredients like peat moss, perlite and composted bark.

TIP: Don’t fill your pots all the way to the top. Leave an inch or two of space so you don’t end

Choosing What to Grow

Here’s the beauty of plant-pot gardening: You can grow almost anything in them. Some vegetables, however, are especially suited for containers:

TOMATOES

Cherry or patio varieties thrive in pots.

EGGPLANTS

These love heat and grow well in deep containers.

PEPPERS

Bell and hot peppers do well in containers, especially in warm spots.

LETTUCE AND LEAFY GREENS

These do well in shady spots and window boxes.

Location, Location, Location

Most vegetables need six to eight hours of sun a day. Southfacing porches, sunny patios and even stoops can work. If you don’t get full sun, focus on greens, lettuce or herbs; these tolerate partial shade better than fruiting vegetables like tomatoes.

If your pots are mobile (on wheels or trays), you can follow the sun around your space. Just make sure they’re not sitting in a wind tunnel; plants don’t like being wind-battered (who does?).

Watering: The Art of Not Forgetting

Container plants dry out faster than in-ground ones, especially in hot weather. Plan to water them on most days, and maybe twice on very hot ones. Stick your finger into the soil; if the top inch is dry, it’s time to water. When you do, water deeply until you see it draining out at the bottom.

CUCUMBERS

Bush types are best for containers.

ZUCCHINI OR SUMMER SQUASH

These need a big pot and full sun.

HERBS

Basil, parsley, mint (best in its own pot), oregano and thyme are all excellent container plants, and there’s nothing like freshly picked herbs to give food a real geshmak

The morning hours are the best time to water plants. It gives them time to absorb the moisture before the sun gets strong, and it also reduces the risk of mildew.

PRO TIP: A layer of mulch (like straw or wood chips,

Feeding Your Plants

Unlike in-ground gardens, container plants rely entirely on you for nutrients. Most potting mixes will run out of ko’ach after a few weeks. Using a gentle, all-purpose fertilizer every couple of weeks helps keep the growth strong.

If you notice pale leaves or slow growth, that’s your cue to give your plant a boost. You can use organic options like compost tea, or conventional vegetable fertilizer. Just follow the package directions and avoid overfeeding — too much food won’t help and can harm plants. (It’s not a great idea for people either — just saying.)

Quick Guides for Vegetable

TOMATOES

Choose compact “determinate” varieties (bush-type plants that grow to a set size and produce all their fruit in a short period) when planting in containers — like patio or bush tomatoes. Give them full sun, a large pot (at least five gallons), and support right from the start — either a cage (a wire structure that surrounds a tomato plant to keep it upright as it grows) or a stake to climb on. Water consistently and avoid wetting the leaves to prevent disease. Pinch off the “suckers” (those little shoots between the main stem and branches) if you want to optimize growth.

CUCUMBERS

Go for bush varieties like “Bush Pickle” or “Salad Bush.” They love vertical space, so give them a trellis or mesh to climb on. Keep them well-watered; dry spells lead to bitter fruit. Harvest often to keep them producing.

EGGPLANT

A real heat-lover, eggplant does well in warm spots with full sun. Use a large container (over five gallons), and support the stems as the fruit grows heavy. They appreciate rich soil and consistent watering.

PEPPERS

Bell and hot peppers both thrive in containers. They prefer warm roots and full sun. Don’t panic if they’re slow to start; once the heat kicks in, they’ll flourish. Peppers do great in pots sized between three and five gallons. Stake them early if they start to lean.

ZUCCHINI/SQUASH

Zucchini needs more space but rewards you with loads of produce. Use a wide container (minimum five gallons), and make sure there’s good drainage. Expose them to full sun and allow lots of room for the leaves to sprawl. Don’t let the fruit grow too big; they’re tastier when smaller.

LETTUCE AND GREENS

If you’re short on sun, try leafy greens like romaine, leaf lettuce or Swiss chard. These grow fast and don’t mind partial shade. They’re great options for window boxes or shady balconies.

Suggested Weekly Checklist for Beginners

SUNDAY

After their Shabbos break, check soil moisture, and water deeply if needed. Rotate pots slightly to ensure even sun exposure.

MONDAY

Peek under leaves for bugs or white spots. Pick herbs or snip greens to keep plants productive.

TUESDAY

Give them a light feeding. Use a water-soluble fertilizer or compost tea if needed.

WEDNESDAY

Support check: Are the tomato cages still upright? Trellises holding strong? In hot weather, this is also a good day for a midweek deep watering.

THURSDAY

Harvest anything ripe l’kavod Shabbos kodesh Wipe down the pots if they’re getting gunky or salty.

FRIDAY

A quick tidy-up: Remove yellowed leaves or crowded shoots. Water deeply before Shabbos.

Troubleshooting and Tips

Yellow leaves? This could mean too much water — or too little. If the leaves feel soft and limp and the soil stays soggy, the cause is likely overwatering. You might even spot fungus gnats or mold on the surface. On the other hand, if the leaves are dry and brittle and the soil feels parched a couple inches down, your plant is probably thirsty. A quick finger test — pressing into the soil about two inches deep — will usually tell you what’s going on.

No flowers or fruit? Make sure your plant is getting enough sun and isn’t overcrowded.

Leaves chewed? Check for caterpillars or beetles, especially under the leaves. Pick off the bugs or shpritz them with a mild, family-safe insecticidal soap.

Plant bolting (going to seed too early)? That’s often caused by too much heat or lack of water — especially in lettuce or spinach.

In the End

There’s something quietly powerful about growing food. It’s fun, satisfying and calming — for children and adults alike — and it reminds us that food comes from the miraculous chesed of Hakadosh Baruch Hu, not the supermarket delivery truck. Making a bracha on a cherry tomato ripened on your porch is a much tastier experience than doing so on anything from the store — not because it’s sweeter (though it often is), but because it’s yours.

Nesanel Yoel Safran is a writer, chef and student of Torah and life. You can read about all of this and more on his blog Soul Foodie (soulfoodiecom.wordpress.com) and contact him at soulfoodie613@gmail.com.

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Founded in 1837, John Deere started as a humble blacksmith shop in Illinois. Today, it’s a global giant in agricultural and industrial machinery. Basically, if it plows, hauls, digs or mows, Deere likely makes it.

During WWII, John Deere didn’t just stick to farm fields; they contributed to the war effort by building tank parts and training soldiers in mechanical repair.

In the 1970s, for a brief and rather unexpected moment, they made snowmobiles — in the same recognizable green and yellow colors of their agricultural machinery. Though they didn’t last long, collectors still seek out these rare winter machines, proving even a tractor company can go off-trail once in a while.

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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

Snap Source 87 Penn St suite 111 Sunday 1:30-2:30, Tue 8:30-9:30. 347-871-2330 Shipping $10. Beautiful G16 in stock

BUGABOO FOX

To sell a BUGABOO FOX grey carriage in great condition. Looks like brand new with bugaboo bunting, bugaboo liner and plastic for a great price. Call/text 347-461-7966.

URGENT MOVE!

Washer/dryer, daybed, curio, table, armoire, dressers— many more! Buy big, get surprises. Must sell fast. Call 718-406-3285 now.

REAL ESTATE

MIAMI BEACH

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

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. pool rental avail nearby. 3 blocks to grocery/ pizza store. Avail for Shabbos/ Weekday. call/text 718989-1406.

NORTH MIAMI FL RENTAL

Beautiful 3 bedroom 3 bath villa with private heated pool and spa available in North Miami, Price per night $289. (We help book flights) Pictures available. Call/Text 845-327-7153

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

APARTMENT FOR WEEKENDS

Upscale furnished 3 bdrm 2 bathroom large DR available for Shabbos and Y”t. Fresh linen and towels provided. 12&44. Call/text 845-4455453

OFFICE SPACE

AVAIL. FOR RENT

Central location - corner 50th & 15th. Ground floor. Options: 9x16 $550 & 11x22 $750. Large Windows. Util. included. Call:718-851-6900

4 BEDROOM APT

BP, Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2 full Baths apartment for rent, Porch, Low 40’s. Call/Text 718-419-0776/ 347-631-9535

BP OFFICE FOR RENT

15th & 58th St. Large room, Basement approx 1200 sq ft. 8 1/2ft ceilings. 2 entrances. 718-437-1811

WEST PALM BEACH

No. 1 Real Estate Broker. Aaron Rose 561.308.5766

LAKEHOUSE VILLA

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

WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA

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

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

NORTH MIAMI FL RENTAL

2-bedroom, 2-baths with private heated pool and spa. Summer Price $300 per night. Call/Text: 917-3824810, email: 1752nmb@gmail. com www.themangotreat. com

LINDEN VACATION

Exlusive beautiful fullyfurnished house, all amenities included, 5 bedrooms sleeps 11+2 cribs 6 min walk to shuls Beautiful In ground Heated pool. Call/Text 601-675-2665/ Crownprincevilla@gmail.com

MONSEY VACATION/ SIMCHA RENTAL

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

WOODBOURNE HOUSE

Woodbourne private house in great neighborhood, huge playground call /text 8455371162

PRIVATE HOUSE SHORT TERM

Fully equipped furnished 7 bedroom house (18+beds) with linen/towels hotel style in Blooming Grove. Rent for days, we eks, or weekends. Breathtaking beautiful grounds. Call/text 845.238.5633

SWAN LAKE

Book your ultimate family vacation experience.!! 5 bedroom 3 bath private house with above ground pool, kids playground and Near shul. Call 347-766-5167

BUNGALOW RENTAL

2 beautifully renovated 2 bedroom connected bungalows near heimishe colony available with access to all colony amenities, please call or text 347-986-7860

JACKSON RENTAL WITH POOL

Private beautiful 3 bedroom/ 2.5 bath house with inground pool on quiet cul-de-sac in Jackson NJ available for week/ weekend. Walking distance to Royal Grove and Vineyards. Call/text 845-459-5939

VACATION IN LINDEN WEEKENDS

Brand new 3 bedroom basement. Living area and kitchen. Private backyard with inground heated pool. Call/text 929-592-0368

HIGHLAND MILLS RENTAL (NEAR KJ)

Fully furnished beautiful spacious house. 4 bedrooms available daily, weekly and weekends. Linen, towels and all amenities. Beautiful private grounds, with heated pool. Near shul. Call/Text/ WhatsApp 917 705-9667

PINE ESTATES RENTAL

4 bedroom house in pines Estate. For Shabosim Only. Pool on premises. Near Yeshiva. 845-791-0384 or 845-436-0438.

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VACATION RENTAL

Gorgeous 3/5 bedroom, 2/3 bath Villa available in Mountaindale. Near shuls. $350 per night (pictures available). 845-327-7153

SPACIOUS CHESTNUT RIDGE SUMMER RENTAL

4BR/3BA, separate basement apartment 1BR/2BA available, large yard, 3 additional Summer rentals next door available. Booked until August. 646-642-1493

WEEKEND RENTAL

Large 5 bedroom newly built home in Pomona, 5 minute walk to shul available for weekends and Shavuos. Contact Rikki 347-930-9736.

BUNGALOWS FOR RENT

A heimishe bungalow colony has bungalows available for rent. Pls call 845-662-3004

HOUSE FOR RENT

CHESTNUT RIDGE

4 bedroom house for rent for weekends. Brand new pool, basketball court, swingset. Call or text 845-376-2137

MONSEY HOUSE RENTAL

Big 4 bedroom house in Monsey available weekly & weekends for July & August. Quiet scenic street. Pool access. 10-14 beds. Linen & towels. 845-521-2029 no text

VACATION PROPERTIES

Luxurious vacation properties for short-term rentals in the Monsey area. Some with POOLS. can accommodate 18 to 150 guests, ideal for large families, Shabbatons, and more. Great Minds 845-5203250.

JOBS

LADIES!

Create a successful business by working 1-2 hours a day. Call/ text for details 845.637.1861

JOBS AVAILABLE

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

DAYCARE TEACHER

Chassidishe daycare in a school seeking to hire teachers without degrees for infant/toddler classes . A child care slot is an option for those who qualify. Please email your resume to ms@ kindervinkel.org or call 347633-3076.

VOUCHER BABYSITTING

Seeking warm heimishe teacher/babysitters in a home 15 & 50 St. PT/FT great pay. Starting September. Slot for baby is an option call 347597-2652

DAYCARE TEACHER

Yiddish speaking. For small voucher playgroup, for September 25’. Located 47th between 18/19. Great pay! 718-853-4139 or 929-287-2054

BABYSITTING

Seeking babysitters warm and loving with experience/ references for Babysitting group 18 and high 40s area. 3473521724

ENTRY LEVEL

BOOKKEEPER POSITION

All female department. Amazing guidance and training. Full time in person only. 1312 38th Street Boro Park. Salary range $45,000. To apply please send resume to:smarkovic@yeled.org

CLASSROOM STAFF

BP Early Head Start Center seeking classroom staff - Teachers, Assistants, and Babysitters for September. Wonderful environment, exceptional pay. Email resume to yitty@zeeskites. com or call (347) 620-2210.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

ITS, a SEIT agency is looking for a full time, young, enthusiastic professional. Applicant should be a team player who will enjoy interacting with schools, teachers and parents. This position requires strong organizational and computer skills. Prior experience is a plus, but not a requirement. Competitive salary with pension plan. Great Borough Park office. hr@ itstherapygroup.com.

TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS

Chassidish preschool looking for warm, devoted teachers and assistants with\ without degree, graduates welcome. Email resume to chinuch4kinder@gmail.com

HEADSTART/UPK TEACHER

Yeled V’Yalda Headtstart located in Yeshiva of Brooklyn is looking for a Headstart/UPK teacher for the upcoming 20252026 school year. Please contact: 718.431.5172 Email: sgugenheim@yeled.org

HCS DAYHAB - DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

We’re looking for motivated, energetic individuals to join our Women’s DayHab program, where you’ll help adults with special needs learn, grow, and thrive in a fun and supportive environment. Monday – Thursday 9:30-3:30 & Friday (winter) 9:30-1:00 Friday (summer) 9:30-1:30. Training provided. For more information, or to apply, please email your resume to r.walzer@hcsny.org or call 718-854-2747 ext. 1322.

TEACHERS WANTED!

Looking for a teaching position for the 2025–2026 school year? Browse hundreds of open roles at macherusa.com – the largest Jewish jobs website.

PLAYGROUP MORAH

Seeking Morah for voucher playgroup class of 12. 9-3. 18 and 47. Get to take one day off per week! great pay! 917587-9379

DAYCARE SEEKING

Seeking warm teachers & babysitters for a daycare located on McDonald and 18 ave. Great environment! Well paid! Please send resume to rweinbaum@littleroses.org

AFTERNOON SECRETARY

We are looking for a responsible, organized, and friendly girl to work as a secretary in the afternoon hours/ will train. Email resume to; resume.actd@ gmail.com

CO-TEACHER

Seeking a co-teacher for a playgroup, starting Sep. With or without degree. Email resume to playgroup2812@ gmail.com

DAYCARE SEEKING

Teachers NYS certified and assistants. Yiddish a +. Summer and Sept. please email: Teamforkidz10@ gmail.com

TEACHERS POSITIONS

Heimish school in Boro Park seeking experienced 8th grade ELA teacher 2:30-4:15. Warm environment. Email resume: 613schoolposition@ gmail.com

DAYCARE TEACHER

Looking for a teacher for a home based daycare starting in September. Hours Mon-Thurs 10-2:30. Pay $32/hour. Call 917805-0660 between 8-10pm

DAYCARE TEACHER

Daycare Seeking

experienced, warm and responsible teacher for twelve month old class. September opening. (With or without B.A.) Competitive pay, Childcare slot, Great warm atmosphere! Call 3473654616

Find a position that suits you

Beginner or expert, full or part time, extrovert or introvert – we have a position for you.

NHTD COORDINATOR

Help enhance quality of life for elderly people. Experience working with the disadvantaged population, and a driver's license

BP/Flatbush Part Time Degree Needed

HCBS COORDINATOR

Help clients access services and resources to support and enrich their lives. Requires efficiency, excellent communication, problem solving, and collaboration skills. Work experience required.

BP/Flatbush Full Time No Degree

CARE MANAGER

Coordinate care for children with behavioral or mental health challenges. Strong communication and collaboration skills required.

Boro Park/ Williamsburg/Remote

Full TIme Degree needed

FI COORDINATOR

Help clients with fiscal intermediary services. Great communication and written skills needed. Needs to be a team player, detail oriented and adaptable to change

Flatbush/Queens Full Time No Degree

COMPLIANCE SUPPORT MANAGER

Assist CCO with compliance tasks by providing immediate support to department directors and ensuring smooth daily operations. Attention to detail and excellent communication skills needed.

Boro Park Full Time Degree Needed

ARTICLE 16 SECRETARY

Manage secretarial tasks for the Article 16 Clinic. Candidate should be personable, detail-oriented, and have excellent communication and organization skills.

Williamsburg Part TIme No Degree

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F/T SECRETARIES

Eis Laasois Early Intervention Office in Boro Park seeking full time secretaries. Female only environment. New graduate preferred. Please call 718-303-9400 ext. 432. Or email resume to gfischer@ elsbs.org.

EXPERIENCED SALESPERSON

For Electrical & lighting supplies co. No car necessary, commission only. Top $$ paid, male or female, work from home, partnership opportunities available. Call: 212.662.1300

PARA POSITIONS

Now hiring paras to work full time in a special education school for the 25-26 school year. Supportive and heimish environment. Transportation provided. Resumes@ yadyisroelschool.org

PARAS

Seeking paras for September. Graduates welcome. Amazing environment and location! Call 718-577-8486 ext:1 or email resume to info@ littlegiantscc.com

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

THE JOB YOU’RE LOOKING FOR!

Want to have money flow into your pocket? Call/text 845324-5182

ENTRY LEVEL SECRETARY

Looking for a full time entry level secretary for an all-female heimishe office in Boro Park. Should have excellent communication skills, ability to multitask, and be very detail oriented. Great environment and benefits. Email your resume to: bbraver21@gmail.com

SECRETARY

BP Real Estate Office secretary. Capable, Computer savvy. Pleasant Environment, Great Potential Fridafrankel@gmail.com 3475783955

OFFICE SECRETARY

Seeking a secretary for a real estate management office. Competitive pay. Please email resume to Jobs@eppmgmt. com

SPECIAL ED

Seeking a Special Ed teacher or co-teacher for a selfcontained class in Heimishe girls school in BP. Experience a must. Professional and Warm Environment. Email to resumes5785@gmail.com

P3 POSITION

P3 positions available at Shaare Torah Girls

Elementary for enhanced cases 12:45- 3:45. Email resume to esther.mizrahi@ ystschools.net.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Start earning a monthly income by selling the famous Forever Living products. Join today! call now to hear more about this amazing opportunity! 845-274-2591

CLASSROOM STAFF

Preschool and Daycare in Kensington seeks Classroom Staff - Teachers and Assistants. Warm and Supportive Environment. Competitive Pay. Email Resume: preschool@ ystschools.net

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Ivdu Schools in Boro Park seeks Administrative Assistant who is efficient, organized, able to multitask, detail oriented, strong computer skills. Opportunity for growth. Excellent environment and competitive salary. Email resume ivdu@ou.org.

PARA

Seeking conscientious and devoted Yiddishspeaking male and female paraprofessionals for full-time and parttime positions for the upcoming school year Applicants must be positive, must be positive, patient, and willing to assist. Interested candidates should submit a resume and references to leah@aimfurther.org.

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

HCS is seeking Direct Support Professionals to work in a beautiful group home for women in Boro Park for highly independent young women. Experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities a plus. Driver’s license Preferred. Full-time, flexible hours. Tuesday through Thursday 2:30 PM to 10:30 PM, and some Sundays. Please contact 347-598-3127.

CARE MANAGER

Care Manager needed to conduct patient screenings by phone—flexible workfrom-home or BP office options available. Ideal candidate is compassionate, organized, and comfortable making outreach calls to help connect patients with needed services. Email resume to chavie@nsipa.com.

SECRETARY

Secretary position for fast paced sp-ed school office. F/T, heimish environment, experience and graphics knowledge preferred. Send your resume to school718438@gmail.com.

POSITION AVAILABLE

Girls school in boro park seeking pleasant individual to assist with bus dispatch remotely 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM. Please email resumes5785@ gmail.com

LICENSED TEACHERS

United Academy Headstart (Whyte Ave) is seeking licensed teachers with a BA, who will pursue a Masters in ECE. Fantastic environment with great benefits! Reach out to 929-382-9370

HELP WANTED

Seeking a middle aged woman to work with a newlywed girl to teach homemaking skills in boro park either in her home or in yours. Great Pay! 7188726051 ext 205

PLAYGROUP TEACHER/ ASSISTANT

Looking for a Main teacher and an assistant teacher for a playgroup in the Kensington area. Warm environment, Pays on time. Please call/txt 6468831644.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY!

Thriving medical billing company hiring Account Managers. Must be organized and tech-savvy. Graduates welcome. Billing experience a plus. Apply now! Jobs@ exponaservices.com

PT / OT / SPEECH THERAPISTS

Chayeinu Academy is seeking full/part time OT, PT and Speech therapists to join our growing therapy team! Please submit resume to info@ chayeinuacademy.org or call 718-303-9170.

DAYCARE TEACHER/ ASSISTANTS

HelloKiddie Daycare hiring teachers/assistants with or w/o Degree call now 347997-0454 HelloKiddie4023@ gmail.com

FITNESS CENTER MANAGER

Looking for a male Fitness center manager in the heart of Boro Park who can also step in as a lifeguard from time to time. Total 20 hours per week. Call: 917.968.2292

Classifieds

JOB OPPORTUNITY

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

DIRECT SUPPORT

PROFESSIONAL

HCS is looking for a respite worker to assist an 8-yearold girl in Farsite Bungalow Colony 736 Route 17B. Please call 718-854-2747 Ext.1507

GREAT SUMMER JOB

Work from the comfort of your home! Call 605-3134101 access 6036621 then 1#. Listened and interested? Call: 929-630-0420 to get started!

BUS TEACHER

Girls school in boro park seeking Staten Island bus teacher for AM & PM routes. Competitive pay. Please email resumes5785@gmail.com

JOIN KINDLERS!

Hiring Case Coordinator & Recruiter. Manage cases, recruit talent. Strong org and people skills needed. ABA exp a plus. Apply: jobs@ kindlersupport.com

SUMMER JOBS

SUNDAY TEACHER

Playgroup seeking heimishe Yiddish speaking teacher for Sundays and/or Fridays starting in September. High school grad preferred. 718854-1092

ASSISTANT LIFEGUARD

assistant lifeguard

off grounds

ext 102 718-633-6060

PARAS

Child Center seeking paras for August. Mon- Thurs 9:303:00. Call 718-577-8486 Ext: 1 or email resume to info@ littlegiantscc.com

COUNSELORS NEEDED

Counselors needed for 2nd half chassidish girls sp-ed day camp . Small group size, Yiddish speaking and experience preferred. Youth Corp opportunities available. Please call 929 254 0080 x403. Or email: ybecampstaff@gmail.com

CHILDCARE

NON VOUCHERS KINDERGROUP

42ND & 12TH AVE

Some summer slots still available. Registration open for September. Big backyard outdoor play. Warm experienced teachers. call718-633-3263 or text347232-7608

NON VOUCHERS KIDDIE GROUP

14months and up, for September. Optional Fridays and extended hours. 15th /41st St 718-854-1092

PRESCHOOL SLOTS

BP Prenursery has slots for 2-3 yr olds. Experienced morahs, beautiful outdoor facilities, voucher & private pay, transportation. Call 718854-5351 lv msg

PLAYGROUP

An amazing playgroup with experienced teachers. Registration open now for September. Few slots left. 15/16 mid 50’s. 929-617-4021 lv msg

VOUCHER BABYSITTER

Few slots left for babies in home based daycare 1518 50th. Starting September. PT/ FT staff position available. 347-597-2652

PLAYGROUP 12/46

Vouchers playgroup registration open for sept / oct 15 months + also seeking teachers pt/ft slot for baby if applicable located on 46 and 11 call or text 929-283-0626

VOUCHERS BABYSITTING

Few slots left for babies up to age 12 months in home based daycare on 18th & 50th. Small group with experienced babysitters 347-988-2169.

MOVING TO STATEN ISLAND?

Reserve a slot for your toddler in a warm and caring playgroup in the heart of willowbrook!Call 347.446.7961

BABYSITTING

Afternoon babysitting: Mon-Thu, small group, in Kensington. 929-417-3295

VOUCHER SLOTS!!

12&13 47th, Small Group, Early morning option. Please call: 646-856-3142

SHARE BABYSITTER

Have a great babysitter in my house- 15th and 52nd St, from 9:00-3:00. Looking to share. Great Price. 917-2316744

BABYSITTER BP

Yiddishe Warm Babysitter to babysit small group in your home. You get discount $6. Excellent References. No voucher. 347-574-8150.

VOUCHERS PLAYGROUP

One slot became available Vouchers playgroup 13 & 46th. 20months+. C.G. Miller 929-283-0975

LIMITED SLOTS LEFT!

Small cozy voucher babysitting group with experienced warm babysitter, pt/ft, 15th ave upper 40, call now to reserve. 347-452-8922

DAYCARE

Vouchers babysitting. 55 15/16 limited slots available. 0-12 months also some toddlers. Fantastic teacher. 929-6254616

VOUCHERS BABYSITTING

Morning hours. 44 & 12. 929585-2257

DAYCARE

NON-VOUCHERS: new playgroup, toddler group and babysitting groups. 57 13/14 starting September. separate classes for different ages 929625 4616

BABYSITTER

Warm and experienced babysiter Available at your home. References Available. 347-546-7803

SERVICES

AUTHENTIC CONSTRUCTION

Attn homeowners & property managers: licensed repairs for: roofing, waterproofing, brick pointing, cement jobs, also do plumbing, electrical, sheetrock jobs. Wood & stone flooring installed. For precision, timely svc, competitive pricing, call, txt 212-9918548

LIGHT ALTERATIONS

Please Call: 718.450.4700

IS YOUR CHILD STRUGGLING?

Socially, with fears and anxieties, or other issues, and you think you tried everything? With Hashem’s help Energy Therapy can be the Yeshuah for your child. 15 minute free consultation. Call 845445-8252, or email chany@ rapidrecoverycoaching.com

CAMERA COURSE

!camera ןייד

Audio USB Course w/book to follow along. שידיא. No computer needed. 845 232 1271 $150

CONSTRUCTION

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

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GUITAR LESSONS

Now offering guitar lessons for women & girls. Learn all the basic skills. Located in BP. Call/text 917-618-1174

KRIAH TUTORING

An experienced first grade Morah has a few slots available for tutoring. Please call Mrs. Ziegler, 718-8549775 or 347-578-5272

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

HANDYMAN & ELECTRICIAN

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

ELECTRICIAN

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

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

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

BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE GARTLECH

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

FURNITURE REPAIRS

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

NEW WEBSITE?

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

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

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

TEETH WHITENING

Smile Bright is offering half hour sessions for only $150. Spectacular Results! Call/ Text 718-483-0269

WOOD REPAIR

Professional transformation to ur kitchen cabinets thru design & color chg. Also revamp, repair estate furn, drm chairs, bdrms, libraries, & ext wood doors. Best price, svc & decorators consult txt or call 212-991-8548.

VAN FOR RENT

Refrigerated van for rent daily or weekly with or without a driver. Call or Text: Eli 516.270.6755

ROWENTA REPAIRS

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

SUMMER TUTOR

Experienced teacher available to help your child be up to par for the upcoming school year; reading, kriah, math, etc. Call/text 646.829.6483

PAINTERS

Going upstate? Come back to a freshly painted home! Reliable, clean, honest painter. Call/text Yechiel: 929 539 2773

MATH TUTOR

Licensed tutor with many years of experience. Specializing in test prep, SAT, and Regents exams. Call Esther Fishman at (929)454 4869.

AYIN BEAYIN

Your business picked up, your cash flow’s strong... A quiet shprech can help it along. Call 718-400AYIN (2946) Today

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 .Call/Text:929430-7551 /646-288-0185. E-mail:roomdividers11219@ gmail.com

DAYCARE DESIGN

Get your full design package (hi quality vector logo, ad, registration forms and newsletter template) for only $350. Reach out for details/samples. Call 347-907-6707 or email customtemplates2go@gmail. com.

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

PHOTOGRAPHY

For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929-3274621

PHOTOGRAPHY

For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929-3274621

A SUMMER MUST-HAVE

Try our amazing all natural sunscreen, full of zinc and pure aloe for true protection from the sun. great for babies, adults and sensitive skin. Call 917-588-7416.

DRIVER AVAILABLE

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

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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

FENCES

Because boundaries done right don’t just block— They beautify and frame your block. Catskill Fence Co. 845-53-FENCE 845-533-3623

SPRINTER & MINI VAN SERVICE

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

VAN SERVICE

Yossi`s Van Service 15 Passenger van Local & long distance Airports & delivery. Call: 718.962.4664

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

HANDYMAN & PAINTING

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

CLARINET RENTAL

Clarinet rental for $18 per week. Comes with MP3 lessons in Yiddish or English. 718-435-1923

MASSAGE THERAPEUTIC

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

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WIG & HAIR

Wig wash & sets. Hair styling. Wig & hair cuts. Reasonably priced. Located at 10/46. Call/ text 917-618-1174

WIG

Wash and sets. area of dahill and 43rd. 631-691-8770

GOWNS

WHITE GOWN

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

WHITE EYELET GOWNS

Sister of the bride stiff white eyelet gowns, girls sizes 4-5, 5-6, and teen 14-16. Call 646983-1636

GOWNS FOR SALE

Beautiful sister of bride gowns designer ladies size 00, pink girls size 7, 14 , blues various sizes, call/text 347424-5609

ODDS & ENDS

SUB AVAILABLE

A Heimishe Yingerman is available to do subbing in the summer for all kinds of subbing (in city, +has a car) 929-359-2745

WE BUY

Looking to buy your extra Diabetic Test Strips / insulin supplies - Strictly Confidential 347.871.7574

LOST

Phone in a car on way home from Ribnitz to Williamsburg or in front of Vien shul on Lee 917-202-7392/718-350-4342

Orange wallet with case on 13th Ave 347799-5520

Gold bracelet 347-834-5535

Baby/Toddler Glasses on June 25 between 12-13 Ave in the low 40s 347-436-5905

FOUND

on 13th/ 45th, on 6/23, bag with pants and baby undershirts. 347-243-2476

Tfilas Haderech card w attached loop. 718-851-2662

pillow and linen set on street in BP, seems like fell out of car/truck 718 384 1879

Pink & white baby blanket 16th Ave 929355-6131

gold/diamond necklace, 16th Ave & 41st St, Erev Shabbos Parshas Korach. (718)3087730

SD card 18th Ave park 347-585-3070

Tfilas Haderech card w attached loop. 718-851-2662

gift card on McDonald corner Ave F. Call: 718-435-2621

FREE GIVEAWAY

Nutri-Supreme ‘whey protein’, flavor creamy chocolate, wooden draw, for pax IKEA closet, size 19” width 13” dept. TEXT 3475635096.

Dress robe and white tablecloth 347-7332715

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KITCHEN K E EPSAKES KITCHEN K E EPSAKES

RECIPES

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Classifieds

Gluten-Free Pesach cakes and cookies. call 917-301-1030 between 6-8 pm.

Beautiful dining room set available due to moving, (in Boro Park). Free of charge. 1929 628 5742. lv msg

LATE ADS

VOUCHER BABYSITTING

for September, ages 12 to 16 months,15 57’th area. 347786-3657

MONSEY WEEKEND RENTAL

3 bedroom house for rent in Monsey including towels, linen, hotplate, percolator. Close to shul and shopping. Spacious grounds. 845-4267846

PRIVATE HOUSE IN ELLENVILLE

Walking distance to BaitV’gan available to rent for weekends. 3/4 bedrooms, 2 baths, can split into 2 separate apartments. Call/ text 917-520-2170

Servicing all over New York

Barter or Cash for Cans

All Formula Brands

All Formula Brands

Choice of Baby Products

Choice of Baby Products

Free Pickup & Delivery

Free Pickup &

Same-Day or Next-Day Delivery

Same-Day or Next-Day Delivery

OPEN LATE OPEN LATE

Exchange your extra formula for baby products you need.

Feels just right.

Hands-Free Belt Holster

Sleek Card Wallet

Leather Case with Magnetic Grip

Coordinated Wallet

2-Piece Leather Case

3 Versatile Straps Wristlet, Crossbody & Neckband

PUBLISHER Yoel Itzkowitz EDITOR

Esther Malky Neiman

ASSOCIATE

Zivi Reischer

MANAGING

Libby Tescher

FOOD

M.P. Wercberger

CREATIVE

AJ Wachsman

PROJECT