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ANOTHER SPIN ON WASHING MACHINES
(Re: Tide and True, Issue 294)
Regarding the washing machine review column, it was a wonderful read. Bruchy, it was great to hear your opinion. I’d like to make you aware of another aspect of the LG/GE debate. When I needed a new washing machine about three years ago, those were already the two top trending machines. I was researching the two and trying to make an educated decision when something prompted me to check the dimensions. The two machines have around a 3-inch difference (although it may have been the dryer; I was looking into a stackable set), and after checking with a few installers, it was clear that the slightly larger GE machine wouldn’t fit into my laundry closet. This may be another reason the LG machine is so popular.
Thank you for all the hard work you put in to produce a publication of this caliber on a weekly basis.
A Local Balebusta
CLOTHING TAKES TIME
(Re: Overloaded, Issue 294)
I’d like to respond to the woman who wrote that she puts all her clothes into the dryer, rather than hanging them to dry, because she doesn’t need her clothing to “outlive her.” I have a different take on this. First, I hang most of my laundry, and I don’t find it much more of a hassle than drying them. Second, if I spent the time shopping for them, I want them to last as long as possible. It’s not about clothing outliving you; it’s about valuing the time and effort spent shopping for them.
I do think it’s wrong to spend so much time, effort and money each season revamping each child’s wardrobe. Only a few years ago, most mothers chose to spend more quality time at home with their children, and didn’t run around shopping in order to dress their kids in brand-new clothes every four months. They pulled out clothes from an older sibling, or maybe tried on stuff from the year before to see if it still fit. In general, there was more value, not for the clothing, but for the precious time that could instead be spent reading to children, playing with them, or even just talking to them, as opposed to scrambling down the avenue for a complete turnover because the new season has arrived — or just went on sale.
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A MOTHER’S LEGACY
(Re: Lasting Impression, Inbox, Issue 294)
I love your magazine and really appreciate all the hard work that obviously goes into producing such a wonderful, informative read.
Regarding the letter about my grandfather, Reb Yakov Potash, the famous Yakob, I would like to clarify that, unfortunately, he did not live to be interviewed when “he was already elderly,” as he was niftar at the age of 52. Also, I don’t recall my father ever telling us about Rosh Chodesh, though it may be true; it was Yakob’s memory of his mother’s licht bentchen and Shabbos food — specifically the effort and hartz she put into making sure the kishke should be tasty in honor of Shabbos — that kept him strong.
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(Re: Give or Take, Issue 294)
This is a long overdue thanks to Chanie Spira of Give or Take. It’s literally the first thing I turn to every week. The story has been keeping me in suspense from the very first chapter!
The characters are so true-to-life. Their feelings and thoughts are so well expressed in writing, I almost feel like I am breathing along with them.
And thanks for not ending the story in last week’s issue; some writers would just leave us hanging right there.
Looking forward to a happy ending!
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(Re: Woodridge, Issue 293)
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I’ve had the pleasure of owning a second home in Woodridge for over 25 years, and I have watched the growth and development of this wonderful village. Thank you for your beautiful article about this gem in the Catskills.
While there are many people worth mentioning who’ve contributed to the expansion of Woodridge, Rabbis Irving Goodman and Hillel Grossman merit special acknowledgement. Both rabbis made Congregation Ohave Sholom a special makom Torah u’tefillah, where all types of Yidden feel welcome all year.
A sentence in your article read, “It still contains a yearround population consisting mostly of aging residents...” It may interest your readers to know that there are at least ten young couples who make Woodridge their year-round home. (One of them, Moshe Weinberger, was featured in a recent article in The Boro Park View, which introduced readers to the fascinating wooden wonderland he built on his property.) With a Greyhound bus to the city as well as remote work opportunities, young families have found affordable housing in a community that has a shul, grocery, mikvah and chinuch infrastructure. The women have also started a N’shei and plan activities throughout the year. Overall, Woodridge has become an attractive out-of-town option
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(Re: Farm of Eden, Issue 292)
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IF YOU READ THE YIDDISH CHURBAN BEIS HAMIKDASH
ON TISHAH B’AV, DO YOU READ IT ON YOUR OWN, OR DO YOU LISTEN IN BY TELECONFERENCE? AT WHAT AGE DO YOUR CHILDREN JOIN YOU?
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I listen via teleconference.
7%
I go to my mother’s house, where we read it together.
All the women in my bungalow colony gather in one bungalow, and the older ones among us take turns reading. Sitting together on the floor creates a real mourning atmosphere.
14%
I read it at home on my own/with my children.
43%
I listen/read with my neighbors/ bungalow colony women.
While the men are in shul on Tishah B’Av night, I take the kids to my mother’s house, where we, as well as some of my sisters, listen and read about the Churban while the little kids play together.
We all go over to my mother’s house, where my mother reads Megillas Eicha out loud. She cries as she reads, and I appreciate that the grandchildren witness that.
I read it out loud, and whoever wants can join. The kids usually start out sitting next to me and eventually scatter.
Our extended family has a teleconference on Tishah B’Av night and morning. Someone reads the Eicha/Kinnos text, and then someone talks about the war or other struggles.
I listen to a teleconference on speakerphone so my children can hear as well. I also call in in the morning, but it’s just background noise while I tend to the children. I prefer not to give up the actual calling despite the fact that I’m not fully tuned in, because I do hear some snippets here and there, and it keeps me connected to what the day is all about.
From when I remember, Tishah B’Av night meant that all the kids gathered in pajamas in the darkened dining room. We sat on blankets as my mother read Eicha out loud in a choked-up voice using a flashlight.
I read it out loud myself, and some of my married kids join me.
I listen to the reading of the Churban on a teleconference. Whoever wants can join me — usually family members from ages seven and up are interested in listening in.
I don’t enjoy listening to a hotline. I’ll either say it by myself or read it together with my fellow countrymates.
I usually read it by myself; my concentration is so much better that way.
We listen to Shaindy Kleinman speaking about the Churban.
My mother always read to us from Eicha and also the Churban Beis Hamikdash in Yiddish. Even after my siblings and I got married, we continued making a conference call to have my mother read to us. It’s been many years since, and many grandchildren have joined the conference at this point. It’s been years and years that we’ve wished one another “l’shanah habah b’Yerushalayim,” and we continue to have emunah that Moshiach is at the door, and that this year Tishah B’Av will be a Yom Tov!
Growing up, the neighbors got together at my parents’ house on Tishah B’Av night. The lights were dim, and we all sat on the floor. The women took turns reading the Kinnos. One year, one neighbor’s Bubby came and shared stories of the Holocaust. It was a very solemn and appropriate atmosphere for the day.
Tishah B’Av is a day that visions of my youth flood my memory. My mother, a”h, used to read it in the bungalow colony for whoever wanted to hear. I am not really a fluent Yiddish reader, but when it comes to Tishah B’Av, I still hear my mother, a”h, reading with that special tune, and I do the same. My children join me from birth. If they are old enough to be up at night, they stay up to listen, and in the morning, they listen in as well. They love listening to the story of Chana and her seven sons. I’m always surprised at how much they understand and absorb. May Tishah B’Av become a Yom Tov this year.
I prefer to read it together with all the women outside in the circle. Sitting huddled together on low chairs beneath the stars creates this sad atmosphere that you can’t really have in a brightly lit kitchen.
I read it to my children. From when they can sit quietly (at around six years of age), they join on little stools. I read it on my own. My children are too young to read it, but I do take the time to sit down and tell them about the Churban on their level.
I listen to a teleconference at night when my children are already asleep. In the morning, I read together with them from a Yiddish children’s sefer, titled Uvnei Yerushalayim
PARSHAS DEVARIM
To Love Every Yid
Y. Levenstein
Devarim begins with Moshe Rabbeinu’s repetition of the Torah. The pasuk says, “These are the words Moshe spoke to all of Klal Yisroel (on the side of Yarden in the Midbar)… between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Chatzeiros and Di Zahav” ( Devarim 1:1).
Rashi explains that Moshe wanted to give the Yidden mussar for all the times they angered Hakadosh Baruch Hu, but rather than explicitly bringing up each incident, out of respect for Klal Yisroel, he merely alludes to them by mentioning the names of the places where they occurred.
Interestingly, we find that as Sefer Devarim continues, Moshe Rabbeinu does rebuke Klal Yisroel openly, discussing their various sins. What was the point of starting off with these hints if Moshe ended up giving direct mussar in the end? And if he didn’t want to give rebuke outright, why did he do so later?
Moreover, one place mentioned is Di Zahav, which Rashi, citing the Midrash, says is a reference to the chet ha’egel. Moshe Rabbeinu said that since Klal Yisroel was given gold and silver in such abundance, it caused them to make the egel. It sounds as if Moshe wanted to remove the blame from the Yidden. Later on, however, we see Moshe does scold Klal Yisroel for the egel
BESIDES HIS GREATNESS IN TORAH, the Ahavas Yisroel of Viznitz stood out for his greatness in chesed. As the rav in town, he shouldered responsibility for the poor and unfortunate with real fatherly love.
One day, the Ahavas Yisroel asked his gabbai to join him on a walk through town. Soon they neared the large, impressive house of the manager of the local bank. A wealthy man, the manager was aligned with the maskilim. The Rebbe told his gabbai to knock on the door and ask if they could come in for a visit. The maid who opened the door ushered the guests inside and ran to call the head of the household.
The wealthy man welcomed the two rather warmly and invited them to take a seat in his opulent living room. He waited for the Rebbe to explain the reason for his visit, but the Ahavas Yisroel didn’t open his mouth. He sat in his seat silently as several minutes passed.
The bank manager looked on quietly, waiting to hear what the Rebbe had to say. He signaled with his eyes to the gabbai as if to say, “What is the reason for this visit?”
But the gabbai merely shrugged his shoulders mutely. He had no idea; the Rebbe had not let him in on the mystery.
Finally, the Ahavas Yisroel stood up, nodded at his host, and began to walk toward the door. The wealthy man followed
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“I came to you and did the mitzvah of not saying something that will not be heeded”
them out courteously, but he could hardly contain his curiosity.
“Pardon me, Rebbe, for asking,” he said, “but I don’t understand. What was the reason for this visit?”
The Ahavas Yisroel replied, “I came to do a mitzvah, and baruch Hashem, I managed to do it.”
“Which mitzvah?” the man asked.
“Chazal say that just like there’s a mitzvah to say something that will be heeded, there’s a mitzvah not to say something that will not be heeded [Yevamos 65b]. I came to you and did the mitzvah of not saying something that will not be heeded.”
The man was taken aback. “Tell me! What have I not heard?”
“Well, if I tell it to you,” the Rebbe smiled, “then I will not have accomplished the mitzvah. Since I know you will not heed my words, I don’t want to say them.”
“Why is the Rebbe so confident that I won’t listen? Perhaps I will heed your words,” the man argued.
The Ahavas Yisroel agreed to share. He explained that there was a widow in town who could not pay her debt to the bank, and the bank was in the process of evicting her and foreclosing on her house. “The poor woman will be left on the street, literally. You must erase her debt!”
“But I’m just the manager!” the man sputtered. “How can the Rebbe expect me to do that?! I don’t own the bank.”
“Oy! ” the Ahavas Yisroel cried, pain evident on his face. “What a shame! Didn’t I ask you to allow me to continue to keep the mitzvah of not saying something that wouldn’t be heeded?! Why did you push me to share?”
The Ahavas Yisroel left the beautiful house, leaving the manager feeling uncomfortable about the entire exchange.
Eventually, he let the Rebbe know that he decided to pay the widow’s debt from his own pocket.
* * * * *
In his younger years, Rav Reuven Elbaz, shlit”a, Rosh Yeshivah of Ohr Hachaim in Yerushalayim, once spent Shabbos in Tiveria. As he walked back from shul after davening, he noticed a man watering his garden. Rav Reuven was surprised. The man had been a part of their minyan that morning!
“I felt like yelling at him,” Rav Elbaz related afterward. “I wanted to say, ‘Fool! You get skilah for that!’ Watering plants on Shabbos?!”
But Rav Elbaz restrained himself; that’s not the way one should give mussar. Instead, he tried a softer approach. He walked over and said a warm, “Good Shabbos! It was so good to see you in shul today!”
The man smiled.
“You know,” Rav Elbaz continued, “there is a halacha about watering the earth on Shabbos. It’s like planting, which is forbidden on Shabbos.”
“Oh, of course I know it’s forbidden to plant on Shabbos,” the man replied. “But I’m not planting anything; I’m just watering. The poor flowers, in such heat — over 100 degrees —
“I felt like yelling at him,” Rav Elbaz related afterward. “I wanted to say, ‘Fool! You get skilah for that!’ Watering plants on Shabbos?!”
they could dry out. I’m just giving them a little drink so they shouldn’t die.”
The simplicity astounded Rav Elbaz. This man was sure he was being a complete shomer Shabbos. He went to shul, made Kiddush, and refrained from turning on the light. All he did was give his plants a drink!
With warmth in his voice, Rav Elbaz asked, “Would you like your plants to live and you should, chas v’shalom, die? What you’re doing in your garden on Shabbos is punishable by skilah.”
The man invited Rav Elbaz inside, and the two spoke for a while. The man’s heart was open to hearing, and Rav Elbaz reviewed hilchos Shabbos as they pertain to the field. It was a pleasant experience for both men.
As Rav Elbaz left the man’s home, he couldn’t help but marvel at how one warm “good Shabbos” could turn a piece of mussar from garnering a response like, “You can’t tell me what to do!” into “Thank you for teaching me the right way to keep Shabbos.”
* * * * *
There is a mitzvah to give mussar, but one must know how to say it.
Human nature is such that people don’t like to be reprimanded and will often not listen to rebuke. However, it’s possible to give mussar that will be accepted.
Shlomo Hamelech says in Mishlei (9:8), “Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.” If we use wisdom and understanding, we can rebuke another in a manner that will allow him to accept our words and remain on good terms. The key is to truly care about the person and be careful to retain their respect. Words of mussar that come from a place of love and respect stand a chance of being accepted.
Had Moshe Rabbeinu begun with sharp words, the Yidden would have had a difficult time accepting them. In his great wisdom, Moshe began with hints, retaining Klal Yisroel’s dignity. He made it sound as if their actions weren’t all their fault. And therefore, later, Moshe was able to give a sharp rebuke — which was accepted.
* * * * *
The Gemara (Yoma 9b) says that the second Beis Hamikdash was destroyed because of sinas chinam. When one gives another mussar from a feeling of hatred, it’s sure to bring only negative results. But if one speaks from ahavah, the listener will feel the love and accept the rebuke.
This is the time to be mechazek our ahavas Yisroel, be mevater to one another, and forgive each other, to correct the sin of sinas chinam and be zoche to love every Yid.
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After months traveling back and forth between two kehillos, the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Aron Meir Portugal, shlit”a, will be relocating to Boro Park at the end of the summer.
The Skulener Rebbe succeeded his father, the Yeshuas Yaakov, after his petirah last summer. Since that time, the Rebbe has been splitting his time between Monsey and Boro Park in order to stay connected with Skulener chahsidim in both communities.
The Rebbe has been living in Monsey since his marriage, to be near his father-in-law, Rav Shlomo Eliezer Braunstein of the Tarnover kehillah. A pre-summer schedule announced that the Rebbe would be spending Shabbos in Boro Park on the weeks of parshios Pinchas, Devorim and Re’eh.
The Rebbe will be moving into a newly renovated home on 55th Street, close to the Skulener beis medrash on 54th Street just off 13th Avenue.
Keep Digging, Says Felder
Repair crews have been out in full force on Boro Park’s roads in recent weeks, the timing of their efforts deliberately chosen to take advantage of the summer lull.
Long-overdue sidewalk repairs, upgraded intersections, and freshly marked crosswalks are popping up throughout City Councilman Simcha Felder’s district. With schools closed, many people away and less traffic than usual, the summer months are an optimal time to perform much-needed work, some of which has been directly requested by Boro Park residents.
“You spoke, and we heard you loud and clear,” said Felder. “The results are now showing up on every block.”
Felder credited the Adams administration, city agencies and local community boards for orchestrating the process of translating community input into definitive results. With parking regulations shifting as the work progresses, residents are urged to check all posted signs regularly to prevent any potential problems.
“This approach is rooted in practicality and community sensitivity,” said Felder. “It cuts down on the level of disruption we would face when everyone is around. These projects address real everyday issues that people have raised. It’s a coordinated response that will be enjoyed in the form of safer streets and more walkable sidewalks throughout the neighborhood.”
Finally: Family-Friendly Policies for TSA PreCheck
Flying with your family will be getting a lot easier as the United States Department of Homeland Security begins rolling out its Families on the Fly campaign in the weeks and months ahead.
Announced on July 18 by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, the family-friendly version of TSA PreCheck will create special lines for families traveling together at selected airports. While children under thirteen are automatically included in their parents’ TSA PreCheck memberships, thirteen- to seventeenyear-olds can only take advantage of the streamlined security if they are on the same reservation as a parent enrolled in TSA PreCheck, unless they themselves are also enrolled in TSA PreCheck. (According to the DansDeals travel website, children
under eighteen whose parents are enrolled in Global Entry can be enrolled in the program at no additional charge, which automatically makes them TSA PreCheck members.)
“DHA and TSA are committed to making the airport security experience as smooth and stress-free as possible for traveling families,” said TSA spokesperson Adam Stahl. “The Families on the Fly campaign, being rolled out at select airports, aims to mitigate the unique challenges families face when traveling, and minimize stress, while maintaining the highest level of security.”
Currently, Families on the Fly has only been implemented in Orlando, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, with plans in place to phase in the program in Honolulu, Hawaii, and John Wayne Orange County Airport, California. Further rollouts will take place in Charleston, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Providence, Rhode Island; San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Tampa, Florida, with others to be announced in the coming months.
Families on the Fly will also be offering discounted TSA PreCheck enrollment rates in the future. The program is one of several TSA initiatives launched to improve service at 435 United States airports.
Incorrectly Mounted E-Z Pass Tags Trigger Higher Toll Rates at Port Authority Crossings
Drivers whose E-ZPass transponders are incorrectly mounted may be in for a rude surprise when they see their next automatic tolling statement, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey charging them higher rates than their fellow motorists.
According to the Port Authority, the new $18.72 mid-tier toll rate was created to encourage drivers to properly position their E-ZPass transponders on their windshields so that they can be read accurately by the overhead toll gantries. The agency has said that it incurs higher costs when processing tolls for vehicles whose transponders aren’t positioned correctly.
The new rate category went into effect on July 6, and is
priced higher than the regular $16.06 peak and $10.56 off-peak E-ZPass rates, but lower than the toll by mail rate of $22.38. The mid-tier toll rate will be adjusted with toll increases as they occur.
According to the Port Authority, approximately 9% of all EZPass users have their tags incorrectly mounted. A video released by the agency explained the proper positioning: tags must be placed on the upper inside portion of the windshield, at least one inch to the right of the rearview mirror’s center support, and at least one inch below the tinted portion of the windshield, with the arrows pointing up. For vehicles whose technology displays information on the windshield behind the rearview mirror, tags should be mounted to the left of the mirror.
Despite Calls for Him To Withdraw, Sliwa Vows To Stay in Race
With New Yorkers growing concerned about the prospect of Zohran Mamdani becoming their next mayor, calls to narrow the field and unite behind a single candidate aren’t motivating Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race.
In an interview with CBS News, Sliwa said that discussions of the best way to block Mamdani from winning are both unrealistic and unfair to voters.
“Let the people decide,” said Sliwa. “Nobody’s dropping out.”
Former governor Andrew Cuomo and Jim Walden, who are both running as independents, have said that they would abandon the race if Mayor Eric Adams is ahead of them in pre-election polls. Adams has already called on Cuomo to give up his mayoral bid, given his lackluster performance against Mamdani in the June Democratic primary.
Sliwa noted that those who think that strategic maneuvering of candidates to prevent a Mamdani win are engaging in “fantasy politics,” a concept that just doesn’t work, and would have large financial repercussions for mayoral hopefuls.
“If you’ve received matching funds and you drop out, you gotta give it all back,” said Sliwa. “You think Cuomo’s gonna give it all back? You think Jim Walden’s gonna give it all back? Not gonna happen. You think I’m gonna give it all back? I’m not independently wealthy.”
Sliwa made it clear that he has no intention of dropping out of the race to help Adams or Cuomo defeat Mamdani. And even if he were willing to walk away from the mayoral race, Sliwa said that his name would remain on the ballot, and that many of his supporters wouldn’t vote for Cuomo under any circumstances.
Living Legends and Chaim Medical Facilitate Rare Quadruple Liver Transplant
It was a medical procedure that took a full year to orchestrate and involved multiple members of the Jewish community, with the region’s
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first-ever quadruple liver transplant from a live altruistic donor taking place in recent weeks.
The historic transplant came about when a Philadelphia mother decided to donate part of her liver to an English boy who needed a lifesaving transplant. (The liver is unique in that it can regenerate itself over a period of months, so donors need only donate part of their liver for a successful transplant.)
While the English boy was suffering from a rare metabolic disorder that prevented his liver from functioning properly in his body, the organ was still healthy enough to be used for others. That reality facilitated a double donation, with his liver split in half and given to two Jewish women, one from Eretz Yisroel and another from Virginia.
The four-way transplant took place at Columbia hospital in Manhattan, and was facilitated by Living Legends and Chaim Medical.
Maimonides Opens New Psychiatric Emergency Department
Multiple elected officials turned out at Maimonides Medical Center on July 24 for the ribbon-cutting of a new department that will provide emergency psychiatric care in a facility that will be located outside of the hospital’s general emergency room.
Maimonides’ Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Department will provide specialized comprehensive care for those experiencing behavioral crises when it opens next month. The state-of-the-art facility will be open around the clock and is being constructed with a $6 million grant from the New York State Office of Mental Health, part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s $1 billion mental health program.
“Today we celebrated the opening of the new Psychiatric Emergency Department,” wrote City Councilwoman Susan Zhuang on social media. “We are fighting for resources like this in our communities, always.”
A statement from City Hall ac-
knowledged the important opening, saying, “New Yorkers in crisis need access to treatment right away, and this new Emergency Department will strengthen the community and take care of our neighbors in need.”
A Meltdown for Chocolate Lovers as Cocoa Prices Continue To Rise
You’re not alone if you find yourself wondering why something as basic as a bag of chocolate chips costs twice as much as it used to. And, unfortunately, that reality isn’t going to be changing anytime soon.
The Associated Press reported that chocolate giant Hershey announced last week that they will be forced to raise their prices yet again. The problem isn’t exclusive to the Pennsylvania-based chocolatier; supply issues are affecting chocolate companies throughout the world.
“This change is not related to tariffs or trade policies,” read a statement released by Hershey. “It reflects the reality of rising ingredient costs, including the unprecedented cost of cocoa.”
Bad weather and disease have devastated western Africa’s cocoa crop, which supplies nearly three-quarters of the world’s cocoa. According to the International Cocoa Organization, production issues in Africa’s Ivory Coast had prices rising in June, but then easing when optimistic forecasts emerged for cocoa production in nearby Ghana and Latin America. Cocoa prices surged again when heavy rains drenched western Africa, which may translate into an outbreak of disease that will devastate the local cocoa crop.
Nielsen IQ, a market research company, said that the average price of a chocolate bar rose 41% since July 2021, prompting a decrease in cocoa sales over the past year.
Whether or not tariffs will have a detrimental effect on cocoa prices remains to be seen. President Donald Trump had threatened a 21% tariff on cocoa and other products imported from the Ivory Coast, but those measures remain paused at this time.
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Sruly doesn’t want to come home for the last few weeks before his wedding.
me think about it.”
“Ma,” Chaim said urgently. He must have heard her pain. “Sruly loves you and wants to be with you… but it’s impossible for you to care for Babi and have time for him. Maybe in a week or two… And also, it’s not really his house.”
Was she about to lose that last month together with Sruly? Kaily leaned on her shopping cart for support.
She’d willingly sacrificed her entire life for her kids — let all the shadchanim know early on that she wasn’t interested in remarriage until they were all married. She’d worked hard at a dead-end job all the years, just so she could be there for her children.
But she’d failed them. Her home was not a place where they wanted to spend time.
The facts stared her in the face. Sruly didn’t want to come home. Her sons hardly visited. Yes, she knew they lived a two-hour drive away, and they called often enough. But still.
Chaim was right. Her home was not the place for a chasan. So he would host Sruly instead. A neat solution.
“That’s so nice of you to offer, Chaim,” Kaily lied. “Let
Weakly, Kaily maneuvered the cart to the checkout counter and started unloading the food she could barely afford and no one was going to eat.
Until now, she always had to choose between her mother and herself. Her kids or herself. The needs of those around her versus her own needs.
It had been easy for her to choose. She never chose herself.
But to choose between her son and her mother was a different story.
She could just surrender and allow Sruly to live with Chaim or Gedalya. Continue her solitary existence as her mother’s caregiver and show up at the wedding on January 13 as a guest.
Or she could choose to believe that people did care about her. Her mother, her siblings… and her children.
The Hispanic cashier looked at her curiously as she swiped at her eyes, but she didn’t care. She dumped the clementines onto the counter as her phone started ringing.
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Yiddy. He was doing the shift at the hospital now. She didn’t have the luxury to ignore the call.
“Hello,” she said faintly.
“Kaily,” Yiddy said, “I’m putting some documents on the little table. You need to sign them for insurance purposes.”
“Okay,” Kaily said automatically, and hung up.
The phone rang a second later. Yiddy again.
“Kaily, what’s the matter?”
“Nothing.”
Yiddy let out his trademark tooloud chuckle. “I call you and you don’t even ask how Mommy is doing. You don’t even ask if the doctors came by and if her wrist is better! That’s not like you.”
Wow. Someone had noticed.
And then, because he was her brother, and he did, apparently, have a heart, Kaily blurted, “Sruly is supposed to come home for Shabbos, he’s getting married in less than four weeks. But he feels he needs his space.”
“Kaily, what are you trying to say?” Yiddy asked.
She summoned up all her courage. “I think I need help. At least for Shabbos,” she said.
A beat. “I’m on it,” Yiddy said.
* * * * *
There was not a lick of matbucha left, and not a peanut to be found.
Her mother’s small kitchen was overcrowded with Kaily’s family listening to Havdalah.
“Baruch Atah Hashem… hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol,” Chaim finished, and extinguished the candle in the grape juice. He inhaled the smell of the burnt wicks deeply.
“Ah gutte voch! Ah mazal’dig voch!”
“Amen,” his brothers chorused.
Kaily fervently whispered amen, too. Only a week ago, she’d been davening for clarity about her shidduch. She’d been full of dreams and hopes for the week to come. Instead, she’d spent the week in the hospital, and her dreams of a happier future had disappeared more quickly than the ambulance that had rushed her mother to the hospital.
But different dreams had come
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Shabbos had been a dream, a dream that had been so unrealistic, she hadn’t even dared dream it.
When Yiddy had said, I’m on it, he meant it. He and Estee had offered to have her mother for Shabbos. “We have full-time help and a separate suite.” Then Yiddy had this brilliant idea of making Sruly a welcome Shabbos with all of his siblings.
On Friday morning, Kugelz and Ko. had delivered a Shabbos like she’d never seen before. There was a meat board and cured fish, dips and desserts, and a cholent that seemed to contain an entire cow.
The sleeping arrangements hadn’t been all that luxurious. Sruly had even slept on the couch. Turned out, Sruly didn’t need privacy and a king-sized bed to be happy. He needto be happy.
“I want the grape juice,” Chaim’s son Moishy said as soon as he spied the half-full becher. Kaily kissed him and handed it to him. Another family member who had grown so much, she barely recognized him.
They’d all grown, her boys, and it wasn’t only because they were all a head taller than her. She’d watched Chaim and Gedalya interact with their families, and her heart had expanded. See? Even without a twoparent home, they successfully navigated adulthood.
“What are we having for melaveh ?” Sruly asked.
She groaned. “We just finished eating. But you know what? If you boys finish stuffing the invitations, I’ll go make you something.”
“Ugh, the worst job,” Gedalya grumbled. “Anyway, who cares about invitations? The people who care will show up regardless.” melaveh malka, then,” Kaily
“All right, all right.”
That settled things.
Malky, Suri and Kaily headed to
the kitchen.
“It was so beautiful,” Malky, Chaim’s wife, said. The same daughter-in-law she once overheard telling her son, it’s so awkward. Three women and you at a meal
That comment had stung for years.
And since then, she’d hardly invited them. Hardly invited Gedalya and Suri when it was their chance. Chose them over herself. Why hadn’t she ever believed that her daughterin-law might also grow up? And that maybe her daughter-in-law had been right? Maybe it had been awkward?
“I have a yummy recipe for homemade pizza,” Suri said shyly.
Kaily showed her where to find the ingredients. Malky offered to whip up some milkshakes, and Kaily grabbed some vegetables for a salad. The three of them chattered comfortably. She’d forgotten how fun girl company was.
Then the phone rang. Yiddy.
Kaily grabbed the handset. She should’ve called right away, but she’d wanted to hold on to the serenity of Shabbos a bit more.
“Gut voch,” she greeted her brother. “You can’t imagine how nice it all was,” she said warmly. “Thank y—”
But her brother wasn’t listening. It seemed like he’d been holding in mountains of words all of Shabbos.
“Kaily,” he said in a rush. “We’ll talk about that later. Now tell me... Tell me how you manage. This is a full-time, and I mean twenty-four hour, job. It’s not really normal to do this. We didn’t sleep, even with help.”
Kaily let him talk until he ran out of steam.
“It’s only like this now,” she placated him. She picked up the knife and absently started dicing some cucumbers, aware that her daughters-in-law were listening intently.
“It gets a bit easier, I think, or maybe I’m just used to it.”
“Even so,” Yiddy said. “It’s not
a job for one person. Every cup of water, every change of clothes, every move is complicated.”
“So… are you bringing her back tonight?” Kaily asked. She’d hoped for one more night with her family.
“No,” Yiddy said. “I’ll keep my promise and drive her home tomorrow. But… we have to make a plan. It’s not sustainable. Especially, you know, if this shidduch thing… whatever. Who will care for her?”
“Okay, we’ll talk tomorrow,” Kaily agreed. “Thanks again, Yiddy.”
“Was that Yiddy?” Sruly asked, his nose in the pantry.
“It was,” she said. “Aren’t you supposed to be doing invitations now?”
“We are, Ma, but we’re hungry.”
He rummaged in the pantry, finally pulling something from the top shelf.
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“This chocolate platter looks good.” He reached out to get the platter she’d hidden on the top shelf. “You can’t hide anything from me,” he teased.
“No!” Kaily said urgently. “It’s mine.”
“Oh, sorry,” Sruly said uncomfortably. “I thought you weren’t eating chocolate… to fit into your gown…” He stared at her strangely. Kaily’s boys, probably wondering whom she was yelling at, slowly inched their way in from the dining room.
The kitchen was quiet.
“It doesn’t matter anymore,” Kaily said, finally breaking the silence. But then she looked at the concerned faces around her. She swallowed.
“But then again, maybe it does matter.”
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WILLIAMSBURG
by Zahler
C.G. HOFFMAN
COMING TO LIFE THE CATSKILLS
MONTICELLO SWAN LAKE WOODRIDGE
SOUTH FALLSBURG WOODBOURNE
CATSKILLS EXPLORINGTHE
WEEK 5
WOODBOURNE
Walk up to any Yid in the Catskills and ask where you can get the biggest variety of kosher food in the mountains. The unhesitating answer will be Woodbourne.
Woodbourne is just about the only place in the Catskills whose main street, Hasbrouck Road, is lined with exclusively kosher and Jewish stores. Whatever you’re in the mood for, whether it’s pizza (there are two pizza shops), fleishigs, upscale milchigs, or ice cream, Woodbourne is the place. Sury, who’s been summering in Woodbourne for over 20 years, says, “People come for the food!”
Woodbourne of Old
In the Borscht Belt days, Woodbourne was more famous for its “kuchaleins” than for glitzy hotels. (Kuchaleins means exactly what it sounds like: Guests would cook for their families since they couldn’t afford the more upscale establishments.) However, there were a few famous hotels in Woodbourne. The Aladdin hotel was one of the last to go and hosted “Passover Seders” until its last gasp in the 1990s. The menu featured good old Jewish delicacies like gefilte fish (with horseradish sauce), chopped liver and flanken. It’s now the site of Beirach Moshe bungalow colony, which has one of the biggest chassidish cheder day camps in the mountains, bussing Yiddishe yingerlach in from all the corners of the Catskills.
Down the road from Beirach Moshe is the crumbling facade of the Chalet Hotel. Before it was the Chalet Hotel, it was Chester’s Zunbarg. This was supposed to be a meeting place for the very Jewish, but very secular, Yiddish-speaking intelligentsia, and they prided themselves on being a safe haven for Jewish com-
munists who were blacklisted during the height of the anticommunist panic of McCarthyism in the 1950s.
Today’s Panorama
Today Woodbourne is flourishing. Many summer home developments have cropped up, leading to many city folks coming up to “the country” all year round. Much of the growth has been encouraged by the astonishing reemergence of Woodbourne’s iconic shul, the “Klal Yisroel Shul.”
The original shul building has been there since at least 1920. For years, it stood right next to a theater, personifying in real
CATSKILLS EXPLORINGTHE
life the words of Chazal, “Anu ratzim v’heim ratzim.” The theater has long been shuttered and every year deteriorates further. The shul, on the other hand, has seen fantastic growth under the guidance of the Nikolsburger Rebbe Rabbi Jungreis, shlit”a, who serves all of Klal Yisroel. It is now the minyan factory of the Catskills and is the place where every Yid is welcomed for a warm tefillah and a hot plate of cholent. Visitors to the shul will find the heartwarming sight of every kind of Yid, whether dressed in shorts and a t-shirt or a shvartze rekel, all shuckling with a bren to the same Eibishter. There is even a local legend that one day a local Jew came riding by on his horse and stopped by the shul to get a blessing from the rabbi. (We don’t know if he dismounted before the blessing!)
Although in years past Woodbourne had a somewhat seedy reputation, it is now one of the most family-friendly places to spend the day. After chapping ah vareme Mincha at the Klal Yisroel shul, you can park your husband at Hakol B’sefer, a Woodbourne fixture for seforim and books for many years. Right next door is Café Chocolat, followed by a fleishig restaurant. Bubby’s is every camp girl’s favorite haunt, where you can find everything from jewelry to tichels to souvenirs.
“The stores on Main Street have really changed
over the years,” says Sury. In years past there used to be little hole-in-the wall stores on Main Street. There was a fruit store (Banda’s) that also sold fish, and a candy shop that closed down after a garbage truck crashed into it and the whole thing came down. Now Woodbourne is served by Zest, a large supermarket. The town is also famous for Dougie’s, a fleishig restaurant with outdoor seating, as well as its two pizza shops, Citrus Café and a Satmar butcher shop.
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Popular Landmarks
Right around the corner from Zest Supermarket is the highlight of many a child’s Sunday: the creek. There is a little excuse for a park on the banks, which isn’t much to write home about. But the creek is home to quite a few flocks of “katchkelech,” and the many challah pieces strewn about are evidence of the many visits from delighted Yiddishe kinderlach. The more intrepid can sometimes be seen canoeing along the creek/ river (when it’s dry it’s a creek, when there’s been lots of rain it’s a river!).
One of the most famous Woodbourne camps is Camp Tubby. It’s practically a Woodbourne institution, having opened way back in the 1960s. It became famous for its highly professional major plays, which draws an audience of hundreds of excited summer residents.
One site that is definitely not on your visiting list is actually what Woodbourne is most famous for: The Woodbourne Correctional Facility. It’s a medium-security men’s prison and looms over the mountaintop where it sits, watching over the Catskills and the little
kids who don’t want to go shluffy. (Interesting anecdote: I know someone who once went there to service their large format printers. Why the prison has a print shop I don’t know! The entire prison does not have air conditioning, but the print room was fully air conditioned. Turns out, the inks don’t work very well when it’s too hot.)
Today the grand hotels have long been closed, sold or burned down. The theaters have been consigned to the Borscht Belt graveyard. Down the road from where assimilated Jews spent their summer, Yidden of all stripes now gather en masse to connect with their Creator. Where Jews once sat in elegant dining rooms in evening dress and dined nostalgically on chopped liver and gefilte fish, little boys in curly peyos now recite the alef-beis in a sweet sing-song, connecting to a long chain of Jewish tradition that continues to flourish even in this modern day and age.
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After a long summer fast, there’s nothing like that first sweet bite of goodness to rejuvenate you.
CLASSIC CINNAMON BUNS WITH COFFEE FROSTING
These cinnamon buns hit all the right notes: soft, gooey, loaded with pecans, and topped with a dreamy coffee cream frosting. Around here, they never last more than a few minutes after the fast ends.
BASE DOUGH
1½ cups milk
2 T. sugar
1 T. dry active yeast
4¾ cups Wondermills all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
4 T. unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla extract
BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON FILLING
¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon
1½ cups pecans, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
FROSTING
8 oz. cream cheese
¼ cup unsalted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
¼ cup half-and-half
2 tsp. coffee or espresso, diluted in a drop of water
1 tsp. vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two 9x13-inch baking pans with parchment paper or grease lightly. Set aside.
2. Heat the milk gently until it reaches 110°, warm but not boiling.
3. Stir in the sugar and yeast, and let the mixture sit for 10 to 12 minutes, until it starts to bubble and become foamy.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, salt, additional sugar, eggs, melted butter and the activated yeast mixture. Mix for about 2 minutes until just combined. Add the vanilla extract.
5. Continue mixing the dough for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Lightly oil a large bowl, and place the dough inside.
7. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap, and let the dough rise in a warm spot for about 45 minutes, or until it has doubled in size.
FILLING
1. Once risen, roll the dough out into a large rectangle on a floured surface.
2. To prepare the filling, in a bowl, beat together the softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until it forms a spreadable paste.
3. Spread the cinnamon filling evenly over the dough, and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
4. Roll up the dough jelly-roll-style, and cut into 1½-inch rounds.
5. Place rolls face-up on the prepared pans. (This recipe will likely require two pans.)
6. Cover with saran wrap, and allow to rise again until the rolls have doubled in size, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
7. Pour 1 cup of heavy cream evenly over the rolls before baking.
8. Bake at 350° for 25 to 27 minutes, or until lightly golden. Do not overbake.
FROSTING
1. Let the rolls cool in the pan while preparing the frosting.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine frosting ingredients. Beat until soft, smooth and fluffy.
3. Once the rolls have cooled, generously top each one with a dollop of the coffee cream frosting. Serve warm and enjoy.
S’MORES CINNAMON BUNS
These S’mores Cinnamon Buns are great fresh out of the oven, with the marshmallow fluff all toasty and golden. They’re perfect for those slow summer nights when everyone’s gathered around the table.
BASE DOUGH
1½ cups milk
2 T. sugar
1 T. dry active yeast
4¾ cups Wondermills all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
4 T. unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla extract
BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON FILLING
¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon
1 cup heavy cream
TOPPINGS
1 sleeve graham crackers (9 crackers)
3 (3.5 oz.) bars dairy chocolate
1 (6.3 oz.) tub marshmallow fluff
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two 9x13-inch baking pans with parchment paper or grease lightly. Set aside.
2. Heat the milk gently until it reaches 110°, warm but not boiling.
3. Stir in the sugar and yeast, and let the mixture sit for 10 to 12 minutes, until it starts to bubble and become foamy.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, salt, additional sugar, eggs, melted butter and the activated yeast mixture. Mix for about 2 minutes until just combined. Add the vanilla extract.
5. Continue mixing the dough for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Lightly oil a large bowl, and place the dough inside.
7. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap. and let the dough rise in a warm spot for about 45 minutes, or until it has doubled in size.
FILLING AND TOPPING
1. On a floured surface, roll the dough out into a large rectangle.
2. To prepare the filling, in a bowl, mix the softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon into a smooth paste.
3. Spread the filling evenly over the rolled dough.
4. Sprinkle the crushed graham crackers over the cinnamon filling, then top evenly with the chopped chocolate.
5. Tightly roll up the dough jelly-roll-style.
6. Slice into 1½-inch rounds, and place them face-up on your prepared baking pans. (You’ll likely fill both pans.)
7. Cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rise again until doubled, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
8. Pour 1 cup of heavy cream evenly over the risen rolls.
9. Bake at 350° for 25 to 27 minutes, or until goldenbrown. Do not overbake.
10. Once baked, dollop or spread the marshmallow fluff over the top of the warm cinnamon buns.
11. Return the pans to the oven, and broil at 400° for 5 to 7 minutes, until the marshmallow topping is lightly golden and just toasted. Keep a close eye as it can burn quickly. Serve warm and enjoy!
PEACHES AND CREAM CINNAMON BUNS
These Peaches and Cream Cinnamon Buns are warm and bursting with the sunny flavors of ripe peaches and cozy cinnamon. Whether you’re serving them fresh from the oven or slightly chilled, they’re the perfect way to ease back into comfort after a day without food.
BASE DOUGH
1½ cups milk
2 T. sugar
1 T. dry active yeast
4¾ cups Wondermills all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
4 T. unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla extract
BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON FILLING
¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon
1 cup heavy cream
PEACH JAM
3 ripe peaches, sliced
2 tsp. sugar
3 tsp. corn starch
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 peaches, thinly sliced, for topping
CRUMBLE
¼ cup + 2 T. light brown sugar
½ cup Wondermills all-purpose flour
½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. kosher salt
3 T. margarine, softened and cubed
CREAM
8 oz. cream cheese
¼ cup unsalted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
¼ cup half-and-half
1 tsp. vanilla extract
PEACHES AND CREAM CINNAMON BUNS
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two 9x13-inch baking pans with parchment paper, or grease lightly. Set aside.
2. Heat the milk gently until it reaches 110°, warm but not boiling.
3. Stir in the sugar and yeast, and let the mixture sit for 10 to 12 minutes, until it starts to bubble and become foamy.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, salt, additional sugar, eggs, melted butter and the activated yeast mixture. Mix for about 2 minutes until just combined. Add the vanilla extract.
5. Continue mixing the dough for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Lightly oil a large bowl, and place the dough inside.
7. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm spot for about 45 minutes, or until it has doubled in size.
PEACH JAM AND FILLING
1. In a small saucepan, combine sliced peaches, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice.
2. Simmer over medium heat until the peaches break down and the mixture thickens.
3. Remove from heat and cool completely.
4. On a floured surface, roll the risen dough into a large rectangle.
5. To prepare the filling, in a bowl, beat together the softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until a paste forms.
6. Spread the cinnamon mixture evenly over the dough.
7. Spoon the cooled peach jam over the filling.
8. Add a layer of thinly sliced fresh peaches on top.
9. Roll the dough tightly into a log, and slice into 1½-inch rounds.
10. Place into two parchment-lined or greased 9x13-inch pans.
11. Cover and let rise again for 45 minutes, until doubled in size.
CRUMBLE AND CREAM
1. Add all crumble ingredients to a Ziploc bag. Use your hands to mix and form crumbles. Sprinkle crumble evenly over the buns.
2. Pour 1 cup heavy cream evenly over the buns just before baking.
3. Bake at 350° for 25 to 27 minutes, until golden and set.
4. Let cool slightly before frosting.
5. To prepare the cream, beat together all ingredients until fluffy and smooth. Add a generous dollop of cream over each bun before serving. Enjoy!
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LEAH STERN
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These cakes are uncompromised in taste, texture and (dis)appearance, despite being mixed by hand.
Revisiting the timeless recipes of our beloved food columnist, Leah Stern, a”h
CHOCOLATE BROWNIE
Dense brownies should never be overmixed. Therefore, they make the perfect mix-by-hand cake.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup oil
½ cup cocoa
2¼ cups sugar
6 eggs
2¼ cups flour
2½ tsp. baking powder
1 T. coffee, dissolved in 2 T. hot water
¾ cup water
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
2. Mix oil, cocoa and sugar.
3. Add eggs and mix.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients, and mix until well combined.
5. Pour batter into a 10x16” pan, and bake for 50 minutes.
COFFEE CRUMB CAKE
This moist cake is the perfect accompaniment to coffee. Add mini chocolate chips to the crumb topping for even more chocolate flavor.
INGREDIENTS
4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 T. vanilla sugar
1¼ cups oil
4 eggs
2 T. coffee, diluted in 3 T. hot water
7 oz. water
3½ tsp. baking powder
TOPPING
¾ cup of the 4-ingredient mixture (see instructions)
2 T. cinnamon
1½ T. cocoa
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
2. In a bowl, mix the first four ingredients by hand. Set aside ¾ cup of the mixture for the topping.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients, and mix with a fork.
4. Pour batter into a lined 9x13” disposable pan.
5. Mix cinnamon and chocolate into reserved crumbs. Sprinkle over batter.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
TIP:
Spray bundt pan with flour-based baking spray and freeze it while preparing the batter.
Swirl Bundt
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 ½ cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup orange juice
10 oz. Bakers Choice
Crunchy Hazelnut Cream
GLAZE:
¼ cup whip topping
2 tbsp. margarine
3 oz. Bakers Choice
Baking Chocolate
¾ cup confection sugar
¼ cup Bakers Choice
Hazelnut Brittle
DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a bowl, beat eggs and sugar until fluffy, then mix in the oil. Fold in the remaining ingredients, except the crunchy hazelnut cream, until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, add the crunchy hazelnut cream, and swirl to marbleize. Bake for 50 minutes, then let cool completely.
For the glaze, melt margarine, whip topping, and baking chocolate in a double boiler. Stir in confectioners’ sugar until smooth, then mix in hazelnut brittle. Pour over the cooled cake and let set before serving.
Bakery Style Chinese Cookies
6 cups flour
1 ¾ cups sugar
3 eggs
2 sticks margarine
¼ cup oil
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
½ Bakers Choice
Vanilla Sugar
1 tsp. Bakers Choice
Almond Extract
3 oz. Bakers Choice
Liquid Marble
Bakers Choice
Chocolate Glaze
DIRECTIONS: Mix all the ingredients together, except for the liquid marble. Once combined, add the liquid marble and mix just enough to create a marbled effect. Shape the dough into logs and freeze until firm. Slice the logs into cookies and arrange them on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F for 10–15 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool.
Melt the chocolate glaze and pipe it onto the center of each cookie.
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We’re in a period of mourning, a period that brings our reality into stark focus — a nation cast away, yearning for freedom, for home.
Yet for some Yidden, the longing for freedom is part of their day-to-day existence. For these people, the desire for home is constantly at the forefront of their minds.
Here, The Boro Park View speaks with Mr. Shimon Kaplan*, who has spent the past few Yemei Hadin davening alongside these Yidden in a place devoid of any hint of freedom — the prison compound.
It began two years ago on a sweltering August day, when Mr. Kaplan received a call from Mr. Braun*, a man he describes as “a huge baal chesed.” Mr. Braun visits Yidden in prisons, and he arranges minyanim for them for Yomim Tovim. He had a request.
There was a maximum security prison in Upstate New York, he explained, where a handful of frum Yidden were incarcerated, r”l. They were allowed to bring in enough guests to form a minyan only once a year — Yom Kippur. Mr. Braun had been arranging their Yom Kippur tefillos for a number of years, and never once, he told Mr. Kaplan, did he succeed in getting a kohen to join the group. Yom Kippur was approaching once again, and he desperately wanted to give these Yidden the experience of Birchas Kohanim. Would Mr. Kaplan be willing to spend Yom Kippur in the prison compound to give these unfortunate Yidden the privilege of the blessing?
“I didn’t even hesitate,” Mr. Kaplan shares. “I immediately knew the answer was yes.”
Mr. Kaplan’s wife, Faigy, needed no convincing either.
“It was a scary thought,” she admits. “I
was a wreck that first Yom Kippur, contemplating where my husband was and fearing for his wellbeing.” But she knew he was doing something huge, something only a minority of the population was qualified to do.
“That’s why we’re here,” Mr. Kaplan says, “to perform chesed for Yidden, especially on Yom Kippur, when we all need more zechusim. What was even the question?”
There was another factor that prompted Mr. Kaplan to push past his comfort zone and perform this unusual chesed. “A Yid from my community, someone I know well, has been incarcerated there for years, through no fault of his own.”
Mr. Kaplan had long wanted to visit the man, but
“That’s why we’re here,” Mr. Kaplan says, “to perform chesed for Yidden, especially on Yom Kippur, when we all need more zechusim. What was even the question?”
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Mr. Kaplan had been cleared to spend the holiest day of the year in a maximum security prison. He was overjoyed — and a bundle of nerves
the compound, religious items are, on some level, above the law.
“For example, they don’t allow shoelaces,” Mr. Kaplan says, “so we all have to wear shoes without laces.”
strangely, his every attempt to arrange a visit had been thwarted. “There was always a different reason why I was unable to visit him, despite my numerous arrangements and efforts.”
Now this turned out to be an amazing stroke of hashgacha. Prison regulations dictate that religious services must be a purely religious matter, with no overlapping social motives. Thus, outsiders allowed in for the tefillos must have no personal connection with any of the inmates.
“Before I was cleared to join the group, I had to sign an affidavit stating that I had never visited any of these Yidden. Had I managed to visit once — just once — I would have been instantly disqualified.”
Getting Cleared
The approval process, in Mr. Kaplan’s view, seems designed to discourage potential visitors. There are mounds and mounds of paperwork, a background check, questions and forms, and yet more questions, some of them quite intrusive.
“I had to write an entire essay about why I wanted to join this effort and what motivated me,” he recalls. The paperwork was submitted through Tzedek, an incredible organization that serves as a liaison between people like Mr. Kaplan and the often-formidable prison system. “I would not be able to do this without them,” he says.
Finally, after weeks of bureaucracy, Mr. Kaplan got the word: He was in. He’d been cleared to spend the holiest day of the year in a maximum security prison. He was overjoyed — and a bundle of nerves.
“Erev Yom Kippur,” Faigy says, “I served a seudah, but he couldn’t even eat. He nibbled at some challah while the married kids trickled in so he could bentch them before he had to leave.”
All the while, Tzedek kept calling with more instructions, more rules to bear in mind. It was frightening, Faigy remembers. “I was terrified he’d mess up and end up getting arrested himself.”
The Process and Prep
“Every year, we bring along everything we need for davening,” Mr. Kaplan says. “Talleisim, machzorim, a Sefer Torah and a little shtender.”
While prisons can be stringent with regard to what items are or aren’t allowed into
But the prisoners are all allowed tefillin, and no one made a fuss when the group once brought in a gartel, which is essentially one gigantic shoelace. No Crocs can be worn, though — the group has to come prepared with alternate Yom Kippur footwear, for Crocs, apparently, are a lethal weapon.
“I think they once had a bad story that somehow involved Crocs,” Mr. Kaplan says. “And since then, Crocs have been banned.” Much like the TSA, prison regulations are often guided more by isolated occurrences than common sense.
For the duration of the Yom Tov, Mr. Kaplan’s “home” is a trailer in the prison’s parking lot, though he spends the majority of his 26-hour stay inside the prison building, davening with the inmates.
“There’s a Yid who donates these trailers to all the prisons in the area so the inmates can have minyan for Yom Tov,” Mr. Kaplan explains.
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Entering the Compound
The actual prison building, Mr. Kaplan says, looks much like the prisons portrayed in children’s books.
“These buildings are over a hundred years old, and in the past century, the only update has been the addition of cameras all over,” Mr. Kaplan says. The walls are brick, with exposed pipes running along them, and there are bars everywhere. There is no air conditioning in most of the building. “In the room where we daven there are fans, and the heat is awful despite them. The cells, however, don’t even have fans.”
Entering the prison complex involves a lengthy and somewhat unnerving process. “First, you have to hand in your ID, and you get a locker to store your possessions. Then your hand gets stamped with an invisible stamp, and you go through a metal detector.”
The group is then escorted through multiple hallways, one leading into the next. “Every time a door opens in front of you,” Mr. Kaplan relates, “another one first locks behind you.” At the end of the journey, the groups’ hands are scanned by a UV light, and then they’re allowed
access to the cell area. From that point onward, no one can go anywhere on their own. The entire group, inmates and visitors, gets locked into the room where the davening is held, with guards stationed outside. If anyone needs to leave, he can do so only accompanied by a guard.
The expected duration of the tefillos must be submitted in advance, and precisely at the scheduled end time, the guards will disband the group. Mr. Kaplan and his group make sure to allow ample time when scheduling so they don’t run the risk of the tefillos being prematurely terminated.
The Tefillos
If the atmosphere in the building is gloomy, the mood in the makeshift shul is anything but.
“These buildings are over a hundred years old, and in the past century, the only update has been the addition of cameras all over,” Mr. Kaplan says
“There are smiles all around when we walk in,” Mr. Kaplan says, “everyone seems to be in good spirits.”
There are, sadly, five frum Yidden incarcerated in that prison. The visiting group is comprised of six to ensure a complete minyan.
And the inspiration? That’s provided by the inmates themselves.
“They’re unbelievable,” Mr. Kaplan marvels. Most of them have spent years in the facility, with many more left to their sentence. “The person I’d wanted to visit has been there for over ten years, yet he assured me, ‘Hashem doesn’t make mistakes. I’m exactly where I’m meant to be, and when the right time comes, I’ll get out.’”
The tefillos themselves are, in Mr. Kaplan’s words, “extremely derhoiben.” He explains, “They daven with a minyan only once a year, so it’s a very intense davening.” It’s as if these people are transported, past the guards, beyond the bars. For those few hours, it’s just every Yid and his Father.
Remembering last Yom Kippur, Mr. Kaplan says that Birchas Kohanim was unlike any he’s ever experienced. “I felt like my voice was reverberating throughout the entire prison complex.”
Mr. Kaplan recalls a particularly touching moment, when one of the inmates addressed his friends in preparation for the prayer of Ne’ilah.
“Yidden!” He thundered, “One year passes, then another and another, and we’re here, we’re still here! Sometimes we get used to it, our hearts turn to stone, and we start thinking that it’s okay.” But now he beseeched his fellow Yidden to let themselves
“Sit down,” one inmate begged Mr. Kaplan. “Let me serve you. When do I get the opportunity to do a chesed for a Yid?”
feel, to daven, really daven. “It’s Ne’ilah now, it’s a powerful time. Scream, Yidden, you can poel your yeshuah now!”
His electrifying words, spoken from the depths of his very being, shook every person in the room. The ensuing Ne’ilah seemed to shake the universe itself.
As the skies darken and the walls echo with the fervent hopes of “Leshanah Haba,” food is brought in so the group can break their fast.
“They get a nice meal,” Mr. Kaplan says. “Challah, grape juice, fish, danishes,”
The inmates, in a show of appreciation, ply their visitors with food. “Sit down,” one begged Mr. Kaplan. “Let me serve you. When do I get the opportunity to do a chesed for a Yid?”
Yidden and the Prison System
In his dealings with the prison authorities, has Mr. Kaplan ever encountered antisemitism or hostility?
“Never,” he asserts. “On the contrary, I’ve found the guards to be extremely accommodating and respectful of our religious needs.”
The official facility rules mandate that all of a visitor’s possessions must be removed by the visitor upon exiting the building. On Yom Kippur night, as the group prepared to leave after Maariv, they found themselves in a quandary. Their arms were laden with taleisim, machzorim and everything they’d brought in — and they were now expected to carry all of it out of the prison building. Only… there was no eiruv on premises. There was no way they could take their possessions back to the trailer ‘home.’
“We explained the issue to the guards, and they were very understanding. They made an exception for us, allowing us to keep our things in the locker overnight.” The next morning the group arrived empty-handed, simply removed everything from the lockers, and they were set. “There’s a measure of respect for us and our religion.”
Lasting Impressions
Mr. Kaplan has one message for the community at large: “Daven for them,” he says simply. “I meet erliche Yidden in prison, wonderful people. And when Yom Tov is over, I go home to my family, to my life, and they cannot.”
Especially now in the summer, Mr. Kaplan’s thoughts keep going back to the people he’s met.
“Go visit them,” he urges, “visit as much as possible. As long as an inmate is with visitors, he gets to sit in an air-conditioned room. The rest of the time, he’s stuck in a cell, in this unbearable heat, with no cooling system.”
Most of all, he repeats, daven. Daven with the awareness of their suffering, with the yearning for their release, and with the knowledge that your tefillah can bring it about.
SIVI SEKULA
Steel bars. Concrete walls. Armed guards. These are supposed to be impenetrable, ironclad symbols of justice and order.
Occasional headlines, however, tell a different story. Time and again, those walls are breached, their silence shattered by the sound of footsteps running toward freedom.
A prison break isn’t just an escape. It’s a rupture in the system — a moment where control is lost and chaos erupts. It sets off alarms, ignites manhunts and rattles the public’s sense of safety. Each escape tells its own story of planning, opportunity, desperation or failure in security. Some are quiet and methodical, others erupt in violence. But all of them force society to reckon with the limits of control and the high stakes of confinement.
THE TEXAS SEVEN
December 13, 2000. In the John B. Connally Unit, a maximumsecurity prison in Texas, seven inmates carried out one of the most infamous escapes in American history. The group — Joseph Garcia, Randy Halprin, Larry Harper, Patrick Murphy, Donald Newbury, George Rivas and Michael Rodriguez — were serving sentences that ranged from 30 years to life. Their escape would later be compared to the infamous 1962 Alcatraz breakout.
At around 11:20 a.m., the seven inmates took civilian workers and prison staff hostage in the maintenance area. Disguising themselves in uniforms they had seized from the hostages, they used stolen ID cards and keys to access secure areas. In just under an hour, they’d overpowered guards, stolen sixteen weapons and a hundred rounds of ammunition, and escaped in a maintenance vehicle, leaving chaos behind.
Once free, the Texas Seven went on a weeks-long spree that gripped the nation. They robbed stores for supplies, evaded law enforcement across state lines, and eventually held up a sporting goods store in Irving, Texas. It was during that robbery that Officer Aubrey Hawkins of the Irving police department responded, and was ambushed and murdered by the escapees.
The killing intensified the manhunt. With tips pouring in and national media coverage heating up, the FBI placed all seven on its Ten Most Wanted list. Their break came to an end in January 2001, when a series of tips led authorities to an RV park in Woodland Park,
Colorado, where the fugitives were posing as missionaries. As authorities closed in, one member, Larry Harper, took his own life. The others surrendered.
All six surviving members were sentenced to death. Michael Rodriguez later waived his appeals and was executed in 2008. George Rivas, the ringleader, was executed in 2012, and Donald Newbury and Joseph Garcia were executed a few years later. Randy Halprin and Patrick Murphy remain on death row, serving as a grim reminder of a breakout that cost lives and exposed deep flaws in the system.
THE IRANIAN SPY
Daniel Abed Khalife, a 21-year-old former British Army soldier of Iranian descent, shocked the United Kingdom in 2023 when he escaped from HM Prison Wandsworth while awaiting trial on serious national security charges. Khalife was accused of terrorism and espionage, having allegedly shared classified British military intelligence with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He had worked in the Royal Corps of Signals and reportedly used his position to access sensitive information related to elite military operations.
While held on remand, Khalife carried out a bold escape. On September 6, 2023, he exploited his position working in the prison kitchen to access the loading area. There, using improvised straps, he secured himself to the underside of a delivery truck and was driven out of the prison completely unnoticed.
His escape triggered a massive nationwide manhunt. Police locked down airports and major transit points, while intelligence services scrambled to assess the scale of his betrayal.
Three days later, Khalife was recaptured on a canal towpath in West London. His escape not only humiliated prison authorities, but also exposed serious lapses in the UK’s ability to contain high-risk suspects. The British press reacted with outrage, calling the breakout a national embarrassment and a glaring failure of security. Headlines described Khalife as a “dangerous fool” and a “fantasist,” while editorials demanded urgent reform of prison oversight and intelligence protocols. It reignited concerns over insider threats and the reach of foreign intelligence operations within Western military institutions.
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ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA
In June 2015, two convicted murderers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, in one of the most elaborate and publicized prison breaks in modern U.S. history. The escape was not only daring, but also deeply embarrassing for state officials, revealing significant failures in oversight, staffing and security at one of New York’s most secure prisons. The two men spent months planning their escape, enlisting the help of a civilian prison employee. This employee smuggled in tools concealed in frozen meat that allowed Matt and Sweat to cut through steel walls and access tunnels beneath the prison. Over several nights, they sawed their way through cell walls, squeezed through a narrow catwalk, and eventually emerged through a manhole cover outside the prison’s 40-foot walls.
Their disappearance set off a three-week manhunt involving over 1,500 law enforcement officers. The search spanned hundreds of miles of rugged terrain in upstate New York. On June 26, Matt was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents. Two days later, Sweat was captured alive near the Canadian border.
Their escape led to an overhaul of security procedures at Clinton and at other state prisons. Investigations revealed a culture of complacency, poor training and staff misconduct. The rogue prison employee was sentenced to prison, and a prison guard was also charged with aiding the escape.
The Dannemora escape was a chilling reminder that even in highly fortified facilities, human error and manipulation can defeat concrete and steel. It exposed how relationships, trust and negligence can become fatal weak points in prison security.
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SUPERMAX SUCCESS
If there is a fortress designed to crush escape entirely, it’s the ADX Florence in Colorado.
Nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” this supermax facility was built with a singular goal: to make escape not only impossible, but unimaginable. It houses some of the most dangerous criminals in the United States, including terrorists, drug kingpins and spies. Inmates are confined
to their cells 23 hours a day, often in solitary confinement, with their every movement, breath and blink under relentless observation.
What sets ADX Florence apart from even the strictest high-security prisons is its multilayered defense system. Its 29-acre perimeter is secured by razor wire fencing, vibration sensors, pressure pads and continuous patrols by armed guards and trained attack dogs. Inside, more than 1,400 steel doors are remotely controlled, allowing the facility to lock down instantly at the first sign of trouble. Surveillance cameras eliminate blind spots, and biometric and RFID systems monitor the whereabouts of inmates and staff at all times.
Even within their cells, inmates are not left unchecked. The architecture is deliberately disorienting — narrow windows prevent visual orientation, soundproof walls muffle communication, and concrete furniture removes any possibility of concealment or weapon creation. The air, lighting and water systems are all optimized for monitoring and control. When prisoners are moved, they are escorted by multiple armed officers under strict protocol.
For the first three years of incarceration, prisoners do not come into con-
tact with anyone other than their jailers. Unlike in other facilities, ADX Florence has no public dining room or library where inmates can meet. Instead, meals are delivered to each cell.
MAXIMUM SECURITY
Not all prisons are created equal. Unlike the facilities that housed the Texas Seven or Daniel Khalife — where poor oversight, staff shortages or outdated procedures played a role in security failure — some prisons have proven practically inescapable.
Perimeter fences are laced with razor wire and watchtowers. There are reinforced walls, soundproof cells, underground holding blocks and sally ports. (Sally ports are secured spaces with two interlocking doors, with the first door closing before the other opens. This security measure slows movement between zones and prevents anyone from rushing through unchecked.) Each element of security serves one purpose: containment.
Escape attempts have been made, but none have come close to success. Inmates have tried to manipulate guards, forge documents and stage internal distractions, but the design and operations at ADX Florence are such that even minimal deviations from protocol are immediately detected and contained. High-profile prisoners like al-Qaeda terrorist Ramzi Yousef, Richard Reid (aka the “Shoe Bomber”), and Ted Kaczynski (aka the “Unabomber”) have been held there without incident. Another infamous prisoner who escaped two maximum-security prisons in Mexico, has made no escape attempts at ADX — testament to its unbreachable reputation.
Eyes never blink in modern prisons. High-definition surveillance cameras are placed to eliminate blind spots, streaming footage to command centers staffed around the clock. Biometric scanners confirm the identity of every person moving through each secure area, while radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags track the movement of both inmates and staff.
Motion detectors and seismic sensors can pick up digging or tampering attempts, while laser tripwires guard sensitive zones like gates and control rooms. Some institutions deploy drones for aerial patrols, and others have begun incorporating artificial intelligence that monitors behavior patterns to flag suspicious activity before it escalates.
At the cutting edge, digital mapping systems and automated lockdown protocols can isolate specific cells or wings within seconds. For prisons like ADX Florence, this digital fortress model is the new standard.
The battle against wannabe escapees isn’t just physical. It’s psychological, technological and constant. Modern prisons aim to seal every crack before it’s even noticed.
While critics argue that the conditions inside amount to psychological torture and raise serious human rights concerns, supporters maintain that ADX is a necessary tool for housing the “worst of the worst.” In a world where prison breaks can cost lives, ADX stands as a monument to control — unyielding, unflinching and so far, utterly secure.
EL SALVADOR’S MEGA PRISON
El Salvador’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) is another maximum security facility, which drew global attention in 2023 when President Nayib Bukele launched it as the centerpiece of a militant crackdown on gang violence. Nestled at the foot of the San Vicente volcano near Tecoluca, the 57-acre facility and its 346-acre surrounding military buffer has space for 40,000 inmates, making it the largest prison in Latin America. By mid-2024, it housed over 14,500 prisoners, with plans already underway for expansion.
Security at CECOT is unmatched. Two concrete walls — one almost 30 feet tall and another almost 2 feet thick — are topped with electrified wire and backed by nineteen guard towers. Crushed gravel alerts guards to every step, and double layers of electrified fencing act as further barriers. Inside, cell blocks under constant CCTV surveillance can house dozens of inmates each. Anyone entering faces strict inspections, including X-ray screening. Those labeled gang or terrorist affiliates are placed under prolonged solitary confinement and 24-hour artificial lighting, ensuring no darkness or privacy.
Since CECOT’s inauguration, and the extension of the “state of exception” in March 2022 (a legal measure that suspended certain constitutional rights and enabled mass de-
tentions of suspected gang members without warrants), El Salvador has experienced an astounding drop in homicides. In 2019, the year before Bukele took office, there were approximately 2,398 homicides (about 38 per 100,000 people). By 2024, the number dropped to 114 homicides, or 1.9 per 100,000, marking the lowest rate in the Americas and representing a decline of more than 95%.
CECOT also made headlines due to a controversial deal with the Trump administration. In March 2025, the U.S. began funding the deportation of illegal immigrants with criminal records to be housed in CECOT, paying El Salvador $6 million for the service, raising alarms about sovereignty, legality and human rights.
Human rights watchdogs, including the UN and Human Rights Watch, have called out the facility’s harsh conditions: overcrowded cells with often less than 1 square meter per inmate, forced head-shaving, round-the-clock lighting, no family visits, and limited legal and medical access. One critical editorial described it as “Guantánamo on steroids,” warning that its existence normalizes authoritarian methods in civilian society. Still, many Salvadorans, weary of years of gang-related extortion and murder, see CECOT’s effect: the enormous drop in murders. Yet the prison’s rapid expansion, mass detentions with minimal due process and its use in international deportation schemes raise profound questions about balancing security and human dignity.
Prison breaks make headlines — but their impact runs deeper. Each escape challenges the systems meant to protect society, and reminds us how thin the line between order and chaos can be.
THE FALL OF ASSAD
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 reverberated through Syria’s most notorious detention center — Sednaya Prison, located north of Damascus. Initially built in the 1980s and notorious for its brutal treatment of political prisoners, including women, children and dissenters, Sednaya became symbolic of Assad-era repression.
On the night of December 7, 2024, forces aligned with the rebel coalition entered and seized the prison. Hundreds of prisoners walked free: a mix of political dissidents, journalists, entire families and children — many of whom had been held for years without trial.
The breach of Sednaya was more than a physical escape; it peeled back two decades of state secrecy: hidden torture chambers, mass graves and forced disappearances. Survivors emerged disoriented and traumatized, while the international community grappled with conflicting narratives — celebration of liberation on one side, and fear of extremist resurgence on the other.
PRISON BREAK STATISTICS
How often do dramatic prison escapes really occur? Surprisingly infrequently, but when they do, the world takes notice.
UNITED STATES
Roughly 2,000 escape attempts each year, mostly from lowersecurity facilities. High-security breakouts are virtually unheard of.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Higher numbers due to corruption, civil unrest and underfunded institutions.
EUROPE
Much lower rates due to rigorous oversight, staff training and tight regulations.
What happens to escapees?
Here are some facts.
Over 85% of escapees are tracked down and recaptured within 72 hours.
For those who evade the arm of the law longer than that, the average time on the run until recapture is about one month.
Around 36% of escapees commit additional crimes during that time, with more than half involving violence.
The fact is, while breaking out of prison is hard, staying out is harder.
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A Displaced Memory
The rich smell of cooked beets filled the air in the mess hall, and Hinda’s mouth watered. It also flooded her with memories, a fact she found surprising. She’d gone through gehinnom, managed to cling to life on a rope knotted with miracles, and lost her family, home and basic human dignity all in one go. How could she still remember her mother’s borscht?
Her mother was no longer here, and her pickling jars were probably being used by some gaptoothed homemaker smug at her nation’s success at banishing the Jews. Hinda could imagine the woman mixing the contents of the jars with the wooden spoon marked with an X for parve. She probably let it drip onto the floor Hinda’s mother had kept so clean, it was no big deal if the baby crawled around with bare legs.
So many sweet babies, grown tall and sturdy and handsome on her mother’s dumplings and her father’s love, all gone.
Hinda stood in line, a soup bowl in hand. A relief worker ladled some soup into her bowl, and Hinda, inhaling, let the steam waft over her face.
She carried her soup to the wooden table and sat down on the bench. Next to her sat Gittel Kahan, from a small town in Romania. It was hard to talk to Gittel. Hinda wasn’t sure whether it was due to her personality, or whether the girl’s near-silence was the result of spending nearly five years living her last hour every hour.
Tearing off a chunk of bread from the slice in front of her, Hinda dunked it into her soup and stared at the pink seeping all the way up to the crust. Then she caught the piece of bread with her spoon and lifted it to her mouth.
“My mother used to make the richest borscht,” said a girl from across the table. Ruchel, her name was. From Czechoslovakia. Her new tichel was neatly tied at the nape of her neck.
“So did mine,” Hinda said. “She also used to make a delicious, garlicky beet soup. When I have a kitchen of my own, that’s the first thing I’ll cook in it.”
Gittel eyes followed the conversation silently. Then she looked back into her plate and continued eating.
TBut Hinda couldn’t tell Ruchel that it was all right for her to get married, when her husband came from a family who were mechutanim with her own family. Hinda, too, would marry, but only when she’d find a man who knew her yichus, who remembered the way her father’s smile would light up the shul whenever he shared a good vort with his kehillah, or offered a word of chizuk to a bochur. He had been the venerated Rav Rubinstein, and the knowledge filled the hole in her heart.
She was royalty, only no one in Bad Gastein knew it. She was a displaced people, not a displaced person. And she would only marry the man who knew it too.
She was royalty, only no one in Bad Gastein knew it. She was a displaced people, not a displaced person.
And she would only marry the man who knew it too
he Bad Gastein displaced persons camp offered vocational training to the DPs living there. (Hinda disliked the word persons. They were all individuals, few had family, but they were still part of a People.)
Hinda had chosen to learn millinery. Her father had been a rav in their native Pinsk, and her mother, as a proud rebbetzin, had covered her sheitel with a beautiful hat. Her father’s face always broke into a smile when he saw his wife don her hat.
“Dein panim sheint in dus,” he would say. “Your face shines when you put that on.”
And Hinda, as a little girl, could hardly wait to wear her own hat, and have her own husband praise its beauty, its grace. So she chose millinery, the art of hat-making.
Many of the girls in the camp had already celebrated their own weddings. Some had even been blessed with a child. But she fashioned hats, and waited.
“What are you waiting for?” Ruchel kept asking her.
The gossamer thread between what a human heart can tolerate and what it can’t is often a whisper of hope, a flicker of light yet to come.
Displaced people, Hinda thought, spent their days clinging to hope and noticing the light so their hearts could stay alive, pumping life-giving blood along with enough optimism to keep them from getting lost in the dungeons of their memory.
But sometimes things slipped… and that’s when it was obvious how broken, how battered, her fellow DPs were.
Hinda was back in the mess hall, again with Gittel at her side, when a commotion at the serving table caught her attention.
“WORMS!” a white-haired man howled. “WORMS!” Straightening his stooped back as much as he could, he took his bowl of soup and threw it against the stone wall. It shattered upon impact and landed on the floor in a puddle of worm-like noodles, soup and earthen smithereens.
Silence fell over the mess hall. Several men jumped up, napkins in hand, and went to clean up. Another man, tall and thin, approached the white-haired man, who was by then crouched on the floor, fist over his mouth, keening. The taller man placed a gentle arm around the smaller fellow, helped him up, and led him to an empty table in the corner of the hall. Then he sat down next to him, murmured something gently, and patted him on the arm.
Slowly, the murmuring in the room picked up again, and Hinda tore her eyes away from the two men in the corner. Ruchel, who was sitting farther along at the table, exchanged a glance with her, and Hinda knew what she was thinking: That could be any of us.
“You should marry him,” Gittel said abruptly, an idea so
strange, Hinda almost forgot to be surprised by the fact that the girl was talking to her at all.
“He — he looks like he’s eighty,” said Hinda, spilling the first thought that came to mind.
“He’s thirty-two,” Gittel said, with obvious effort. “White before his time. But I meant my brother. The other man.”
Hinda looked at her, flummoxed. “Why?”
“He’s a good man. Meet him — just once?”
And more out of pity for Gittel than anything else, Hinda agreed.
Yecheskel Kahan turned out to be a kind, soft-spoken man, and a talmid chacham. Hinda recognized the singsong in his voice, and the sefer peeking out of his pocket. He spoke about his extended family, chashuve Yidden some of them, and about his father, who had been a mohel inderheim.
Then he mentioned his late wife, who died still on the trains, and Hinda’s heart stopped.
“I — I didn’t realize you’d lost a wife,” she said haltingly. “I’m so sorry to hear that. Gittel didn’t mention anything.”
Then Hinda thought she heard Yecheskel mention “Pinsk,” and her heart jumped.
“...for a Shabbos. My chavrusa got married there on a Sunday,” he was saying.
Hinda grasped at that thin strand of possibility. “Do you — do you remember the shul you visited?” she asked, desperation clawing at her words. “It wasn’t the more modern city synagogue, was it?”
All Hinda could think were the words her father used to say when shadchanim called about her older sister Surale: “Torah, yiras Shamayim, and middos, middos, middos”
“Gittel doesn’t say more than she needs to,” Yecheskel said, a sad smile in his beard. “I apologize; we didn’t mean to mislead you.”
“No, no,” she said, shaking her head. She could hardly be misled when she knew next to nothing about this man, and couldn’t find out more even if she wanted to.
She also took a turn sharing stories and memories, some of inderheim and some of gehinnom, and Yecheskel listened respectfully, and thoughtfully.
All Hinda could think during their meeting were the words her father used to say when shadchanim called about her older sister Surale: “Torah, yiras Shamayim, and middos, middos, middos.”
She was on her own here, on a quiet bench in an Austrian DP camp, but she thought her father would approve.
But could she give her heart to a man who already carried so many memories in his own heart?
And how could she marry a man who didn’t know where she came from? Didn’t remember the home she was raised in? Didn’t understand that she grew up on the melody of Torah and tales of Tanach, and that she longed for a home like that, one built on a foundation of peace and truth?
“I remember some of it,” Yecheskel said. “The beautiful leining, the aufruf, pekelach falling to the bimah right under the chandelier… I was afraid crystals would fall off,” he said with a small laugh.
Hinda pictured the scene hungrily. “Yes! That sounds just like my father’s beis midrash!”
“It may have been,” Yecheskel said cautiously. “I don’t know for sure. I’m not sure the rav’s name was Rubinstein, but I’m not sure it wasn’t, either.”
There was a pause as Hinda pinned hope to hope, chained light to light.
Yecheskel stood up, and Hinda blinked away the deluge of memories.
“Well,” he said. He took off his hat and adjusted his yarmulke. “It’s almost time for supper.” He threw a shy smile at Hinda. “Thank you for your time.”
Hinda watched him walk toward the mess hall. He seemed to be a kind man. A good man. Did she have the luxury of waiting for someone like she always imagined she’d marry? Some landsman from Pinsk, some family of family?
The months were marching forward, and it was time to rebuild.
Hinda and Yecheskel stood under the chuppah a few weeks later. It was a balmy summer day, and the weather was delightful. Hinda wore the gauze-turned-veil Ruchel had worn to her own wedding, and a white dress donated by the Joint. The dress, too, had been worn by previous kallahs in the camp, and Hinda hoped all of their collective tefillos rose straight up through the chuppah to their Father on high.
Ruchel and Gittel walked Hinda to the chuppah, and Ruchel’s husband and Yecheskel’s chavrusa escorted the chasan
The brachos were recited, and Hinda stood, eyes clenched, as tears streamed down her face. She tried controlling her
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sobs, tried to cry silently, but she felt her parents’ presence, hoped they were proud, and hoped she and Yecheskel would bring them nachas
The official wedding ceremony was over fairly quickly, partly because there were two more weddings taking place that day, and the veil had to go from kallah to kallah.
But supper that evening was festive. Yecheskel had gotten a shochet to prepare some meat, and the new couple and some friends enjoyed a meal in an empty room off the mess hall. The mood was upbeat, and afterward, the guests moved to the then-empty mess hall to dance to music played by a round-shouldered man with an accordion.
As she danced with her friends on the women’s side of the makeshift mechitzah, Hinda kept glancing over at the musician. He sat near the mechitzah, angled toward the men. The accordion sat on his lap, and his feet were tapping in time to the music while tears rolled down his face. He captured the essence of the moment with quiet, profound eloquence that Hinda found very fitting.
After their marriage, Hinda and Yecheskel moved into a room in one of the requisitioned hotel buildings that comprised Bad Gastein. American soldiers surprised them with some chocolate in honor of their wedding, and over the next week, Hinda and Yecheskel slowly made their way through this sweetest of gestures.
know Gittel either.
It was just Yecheskel she knew, and for Hinda, it was like they were floating about in the big wide world with no tether to the ground.
Those first few months after their wedding involved the delicate balance of creating a new reality while healing past scars — scars that would never fade, no matter how long Hinda and Yecheskel would live.
Just like the girls with whom Hinda used to share a room, she and her new husband soon grew accustomed to each other’s nighttime terrors, triggers and sources of illogical terror.
There was no other place to keep bread or fruit, and there was no way she could live in a room that didn’t have at least some food hidden away — just in case
For the rest of Hinda’s life, chocolate would always taste like that new beginning in Bad Gastein.
After settling into their new home, they agreed that America was their next stop. Both had family there, and they began actively working on their immigration applications.
Hinda’s new last name was Kahan. Kahan was a very special name, really, harkened back to those beautiful days of glory. But who was she, Hinda Kahan? She didn’t know her in-laws, and she suspected that the Gittel Kahan she knew was only a shell of her former self, which meant Hinda didn’t really
Like the white-haired man who couldn’t abide noodles in soup, Hinda soon learned that Yecheskel didn’t like closing doors that led to small spaces. This drove Hinda crazy sometimes. They were living in their own, cozy space, and no matter how neat she kept their tiny apartment, those open closet doors always got under her skin. But who was she to argue with nightmares of demons who sprung out of closets?
Besides, Hinda knew Yecheskel grew mildly irritated when she herself tucked leftover rolls and fruit inside their armoire — and he said nothing at all.
(Middos, middos, middos, Hinda always thought to herself when he was kind to her like this, and she would imagine her father looking down at her, beaming with happiness at her good fortune.)
It wasn’t like she thought it was perfectly normal to store clothes and food in one place, either, but there was no other place to keep bread or fruit, and there was no way she could live in a room that didn’t have at least some food hidden away — just in case.
Just in case what? Just in case she was hungry in the middle of the night. Hinda remembered those nights where she was so hungry, she contemplated eating the splinters from her bed.
She couldn’t abide being hungry. She was ashamed at how many weeks in advance she dreaded fast days. (Over the years, Yecheskel learned how to help. He’d fill the house with food before Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, and while for most people, seeing an overabundance of food was a terrible tease on a fast day, for Hinda, it was just what she needed to
counter the hunger.)
So Hinda grew to know Yecheskel’s terrors, and Yecheskel grew to know hers, just like they were growing familiar with each other’s mannerisms, and word choices, and eating habits. It was all part of getting married and linking their lives together.
One day, with Elul in the air, Hinda and Yecheskel were taking a stroll around the camp. As they walked, Hinda described to Yecheskel what their family sukkah looked like back home.
“Everyone knew to visit Rav Rubinstein’s sukkah,” Hinda said, a trace of pride in her voice. “It was very spacious, and the walls were hung with glittering fabric my mother once bought in Vitebsk.”
“Did people use your father’s sukkah, or did all the members of the kehillah have their own?” Yecheskel asked.
Hinda shook her head. “All of Pinsk was dotted with sukkahs. Well, maybe not all of it,” she amended, “but the Jewish section, certainly.”
Yecheskel’s head snapped up. “Did you say Pinsk?” he asked. “I thought you grew up in Minsk!” Hinda just looked at him. Her eyes were dimming. “So — so that Shabbos aufruf was in…”
Hinda accepted the handkerchief and blew her nose like a trumpet. Neither of them cracked a smile.
By now her breathing had slowed, and she sipped from the water.
“That Shabbos in Minsk, you thought Pinsk…” Yecheskel began carefully. “Was that why you married me? For a memory?”
There was bewilderment in his gaze, and more than a little hurt, and Hinda’s heart broke a little more.
She shook her head quickly, maybe too quickly, and thought to herself, Torah, yiras Shamayim, and middos, middos, middos. But she didn’t say it.
“It — it was just a good sign,” she said instead, her voice scratchy with tears.
She’d lost everything — her family, her home, her health — and now she had lost her one remaining dream
“Minsk, yes. I’m sorry,” Yecheskel whispered. The raw compassion in his face was too much for Hinda, and she looked away.
“I — I need to — ” she began, and then she broke off and began running toward home.
She didn’t make it too far before she fell, kneeling to the ground beside the road, as a torrent of tears surged out of her very soul.
She’d lost everything — her family, her home, her health — and now she had lost her one remaining dream.
After a few minutes of inconsolable weeping, Hinda sensed a Yecheskel-shaped shadow fall over her. She swallowed her sobs, gulping and gasping for breath, until she was composed enough to follow her husband home. Inside, she followed her husband dumbly to a chair and sat down. Yecheskel brought her a glass of water and sat down next to her.
“I’m so sorry,” he said quietly. “I’m sorry I caused you pain.”
Hinda only shook her head. She didn’t trust herself to speak.
Yecheskel stood up and retrieved a clean handkerchief, which he placed next to Hinda’s glass of water.
Yecheskel nodded, and then he said, “And now, do you feel like it was all a mistake?”
“No,” whispered Hinda. “My father would say it was meant to be. I’m just sad you don’t know where I come from.”
There was silence in the room. Hinda took another sip of water.
Then Yecheskel spoke up. “I didn’t know my shver, that’s true,” he said. “But I believe you are, and always will be, a daughter of your parents’ home.”
Tears began dripping from Hinda’s eyes again, each one hitting the table with a tiny splat
Yecheskel stood up to give her some privacy, and all Hinda could think was, middos, middos, middos.
Yecheskel was an early riser. He was usually gone by the time Hinda woke up, and the next morning was no exception.
As she entered the main area of their small apartment, Hinda noticed a note sitting on the table. It was written in Yecheskel’s still unfamiliar scrawl, and she sat down to read it.
Dearest Hinda, America will be a new beginning for both of us. In addition to relocating to a new home, I would also like to change our names. You and I, we will be Yecheskel and Hinda Rubinstein. I feel honored to perpetuate your father’s legacy.
Have a good day,
Yecheskel
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TISHA B’AV DAY CAMP
Dearest Preteen,
The Boro Park View is back this year with another wonderful day camp schedule!
Come Tisha B’Av, your mother and sisters will be fasting, and your help will be super appreciated. We know running a day camp for your siblings might be hard, but with mounds of positivity, we’re sure you’ll do an amazing job!
Here are two tips to keep in mind:
1. Being calm and kind to the kids will make your day so much easier, and so much more successful. We’re sure you can do it!
2. The schedule below has been created to help you out. If you feel that any part of it isn’t a good fit for you or your family, simply choose a different activity that will be more suitable.
Hoping to meet you all in Yerushalayim!
Trany
9:45–10:15
Getting Dressed
Start your day the night before by setting out the kids’ clothing. This will make it easier for them to get dressed on their own without having to wake anyone who’s fasting. It’s okay for them to do their hair themselves; they’re not going anywhere! Remember to make sure that everyone washes negel vasser — but only until the knuckles!
10:15–10:45 Breakfast
Spread out a plastic tablecloth for easy cleanup, and seat the kids around the table. Serve a filling breakfast they like — you want everyone to eat it happily! Ideas: Bread with peanut butter or scrambled eggs, yogurt, or cereal and milk.
10:45–11:00
Davening
This is a great opportunity to explain to your younger siblings that Tisha B’Av is a time to daven for the Geulah.
Davening with kids of different ages might be a challenge. Start by saying Modeh Ani with everyone present. Then direct the older kids to continue davening on their own, while you sing together with your younger siblings.
11:00–11:10
Tehillim
Say a kapitel Tehillim pasuk by pasuk with the whole group, and ask for Moshiach to come very soon.
11:10–11:30
Storytime
Gather everyone together in a cozy cuddle on the couch, and tell them an exciting story. You can choose a book in advance, or it could be a story you heard in school and will repeat for your siblings.
Get everyone involved by cueing them to chant repeating words from the story using exaggerated facial expressions, choosing different voices for different characters, and acting out what’s going on as you read.
Another option is to play a story CD. It can be a new one, which is exciting, or one you know they love. You can set up crayons and paper for the kids to color while they listen.
11:30–12:00
Tower Game
Are the kids ready for some real fun?
Help them build a tall tower with plastic cups! On Tisha B’Av, the tower is the Bais Hamikdash, built with our mitzvos.
SUPPLIES
1 pack of plastic cups
Permanent marker
HOW TO PLAY
STEP 1: Have kids think of any mitzvah that could help build the Bais Hamikdash.
STEP 2: Give each kid a turn to share their ideas, and write each mitzvah on a plastic cup with the permanent marker. Make sure to praise the kids for their creativity!
STEP 3: Use the cups to build a tower. How high can your mitzvah tower go?
Alternatively, you can divide the cups into two equal piles, and have two teams race to finish their tower.
12:00–12:30
Writing Letters
Encourage the kids to write a letter to someone they miss, or just want to thank. It could be a mother, grandmother, friend or sister in camp.
SUPPLIES
Colored papers
Markers
Stickers
Envelopes
Stamps
INSTRUCTIONS
Give each kid a paper to write a letter to someone they love. Give them craft supplies to decorate it. Once they’re done, help them stamp and address their envelopes, and walk together to the nearest mailbox to mail it.
12:30–12:45
Cleanup Time
Direct the kids to clean up all the supplies from the morning’s activities. Give each child a specific task. Sing a cleanup song to make it more fun.
12:45–1:30
Lunch Time
Spread out a plastic tablecloth for easy cleanup, and seat the kids around the table. Cut up vegetables like peppers, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, and serve it to the kids with some water or juice to drink. While they’re eating, make pizza in the Betty Crocker. To keep the kids at the table during lunch, play 21 Questions while they eat.
Say the brachos aloud so everyone can answer amen! Bentsch together, and then clean up.
1:30–2:00
Food Fun
SUPPLIES
Marshmallows
Toothpicks
INSTRUCTIONS
Give each child a plate with marshmallows and toothpicks. Use toothpicks to connect the marshmallows to each other and build unique shapes or creatures. For kids who need ideas to get them started, suggest they build a swing, house or flower (see photo).
2:00–2:30
Free Play
Have each child choose a toy for free play. You can direct them to age-appropriate toys like MagnaTiles, puzzles or LEGO.
2:30–3:15
Craft Time
Let’s create a beautiful sign featuring the stones of Yerushalayim! This is a great project that works well for all ages.
SUPPLIES
White cardstock
Masking tape (natural color)
Green colored paper
Black marker
Instant coffee
Hot water
Paper towels
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Give each kid a piece of white cardstock before helping them with the following instructions.
STEP 2: Rip off a 1-inch piece of masking tape, and stick it on the bottom corner of the page. Continue placing small pieces of tape in a row across the bottom of the page, leaving small spaces between them. These will become the first row of stones.
STEP 3: When the bottom row is done, create a row above it. Continue creating rows of tape until you are about 2 inches from the top of the page.
STEP 4: Mix 2 tablespoons of instant coffee with hot water. This will be used as a “stain” for the maskingtape “stones.”
STEP 5: Dip a paper towel into coffee, and start “painting” the stones. Brush lightly so the cardstock doesn’t get too wet.
STEP 6: Tear off a small piece of green colored paper, and crumple it to resemble grass. Stick it between the stones, so it looks like grass growing from between the stones. Add several throughout the wall.
STEP 7: With a marker, write םילשורי
in the sky (the 2-inch space above the stones). Finally, let the cardstock dry, and hang it with pride!
3:15–4:00
Baking Cookies
After so many fun activities, a simple baking activity will help everyone wind down.
(You may choose to prepare the dough in advance to make this activity shorter and more doable with little kids.)
INGREDIENTS
2 sticks margarine
3 eggs
4⅓ cups flour
1 T. vanilla sugar
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Mix all dough ingredients well to form a smooth, soft dough. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
STEP 2: Give each child a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, or sprayed with oil.
STEP 3: Divide cookie dough evenly among the kids.
STEP 4: Form cookies with cookie cutters, or by hand. Optional: Distribute sprinkles and chocolate chips to add fun and flavor to the cookies.
STEP 5: Once the cookies are ready, bake at 350° for 10 minutes.
While the cookies are baking, clean up. Assign each child a specific task.
When the cookies are ready, have each child choose one or two as a snack, which they can eat while looking quietly at a book.
Congratulations!
You did a great job keeping everyone busy and occupied in a meaningful way! May we celebrate next Tisha B’Av as a Yom Tov, together in Yerushalayim!
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PLAYMOBIL
BACKSTORY
Born in Germany in 1974, Playmobil was the brainchild of Hans Beck, a model aircraft enthusiast turned toymaker. During the oil crisis a year earlier, plastic was scarce, so Beck was tasked with designing a small toy that used very little material, but delivered big play value. The result was the iconic three-inch figure with movable limbs and a fixed grin. Did you know that the classic Playmobil faces intentionally lack noses? Beck designed “nameless, nose-less” figures that could be anyone, anywhere, so that kids could project their own ideas onto them.
At first, no one was interested in the toy. Then, at the 1974 Nuremberg Toy Fair, a Dutch buyer ordered an entire year’s production on the spot. That one order sparked a global empire, and by year’s end, Playmobil had earned a whopping one-sixth of its parent company’s total revenue.
The line has remained timeless. No licensed gimmicks, no batteries; just modular simplicity, molded in Malta, where one machine nicknamed “the Octopus” cranks out 100 million figures a year. It’s humble, wholesome, and very hard to outgrow.
LOGO
The cheerful blue logo features a friendly, smiling face above the wordmark in a chunky, rounded sans-serif, and the splitdot “i” gives it a quirky charm. The emblem evokes warmth, trust and fun — the very feelings Playmobil inspires in kids everywhere.
TISHA B’AV YAHRTZEIT OF THE RAV YAAKOV YITZCHOK HALEVI HOROWITZ, THE CHOZEH
OF LUBLIN (1745–1815)
The Chozeh of Lublin, zt”l, one of the greatest tzaddikim of the early chassidic movement, was known as the “Seer of Lublin” for his spiritual vision and ruach hakodesh. A towering figure in Polish chassidus,
How did the business get started?
STREET VIEW
Our grandfather, Shia Freund, bought the business right after the war. At the time, the neighborhood was a high-end place with expensive condos and wealthy residents. Eventually, the neighborhood changed, and things got rough.
There was a fruit store next to the fish store, and the two establishments shared a phone, which was installed in the fruit store. When a call came in for the fish store, they’d klap on the steam pipe to let us know. The Italian owner of the fruit store would never go home early because he didn’t want to leave Zeidy alone; that’s how dangerous it was.
Back then, the Manhattan fish market was run by the mafia. If you wanted to buy one box of whitefish, you had to take ten boxes of other fish you didn’t need. Later, Zeidy started going straight to the wholesalers, even driving to Canada at times to get the fish he wanted.
Most days, Zeidy would wake up at 3 a.m., take the train to Williamsburg, buy the fish, and deliver it himself. Soon business was booming, and since there were no other workers, Moshe Freund, even as a bochur, would come by after yeshiva to help out.
What is your most popular fish?
Today it’s salmon, followed by bronzini. Around 50 or 60 years ago, halibut was more popular, because salmon was so expensive; in fact, it was treated almost like gold. At $20 a pound, which would be about $270 a pound in todays
he drew thousands of chassidim from across Europe, and his influence continues to shape chassidus to this day.
Born in 1745 in the town of Dukla, Poland, Rav Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz came from a family of distinguished rabbanim and talmidei chachamim. He became a talmid of the Maggid of Mezritch, and later of Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk, who molded his approach to avodas Hashem and uplifted his holy neshamah
After the passing of his rebbe Rav Elimelech, he settled in Lublin, where he became known as the Chozeh, the Seer of Lublin, because Yidden believed he could see things far beyond the physical — from deep inside a person’s ne-
market, Zeidy would take it home at night just to make sure it didn’t get stolen. It was transported by car, where it sat in a bag in the front seat.
What’s the most challenging part of the business?
Keeping the fish super fresh and of high quality. Every single box that comes in must meet the Freund standard. We’re known for that. Getting orders out on time is also a huge job, especially with today’s demand.
Can you share any memorable stories?
Years ago, Tzvi Dov and Pinchus Yoel Freund would drive up to the Catskills themselves, and at each destination, they would call out on a mic that the fish truck had arrived. Without today’s technology, the announcement would let people know to come to the truck and pick up their fish.
We also remember that rabbanim and ehrliche Yidden would often come into the store in person to buy their fish l’kavod Shabbos.
What do you want customers to know?
No one has fish like us. Our fish goes from the water to the store, and is sold on the same day. It’s also tracked by a computerized chip for temperature and freshness every step of the way. That’s what makes it premium.
shamah, or even matters in Shamayim. With just one look, he seemed to know a Yid’s struggles, thoughts and potential.
The Chozeh of Lublin, together with Rav Mendel of Rimanov and the Kozhnitzer Maggid, joined in a hidden effort to bring Moshiach. With fiery tefillos, fasts and deep kavanos, they tried to awaken the Geulah early. But in Shamayim, it was decreed that the time had not yet come, and all three tzaddikim were taken from the world within the same year.
Though his mission was cut short, the Chozeh’s avodah left a deep imprint on the world, planting sparks that continue to illuminate the path toward the final Geulah.
Est. 1949
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Find words on the board containing four letters or more. Letters of a word must be connected in a chain (each letter should be adjacent to the next either vertically, horizontally or diagonally), and each letter can only be used once in a given word. The following are not allowed in Boggle: Adding “s” to a word • Proper nouns • Abbreviations • Contractions • Acronyms
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FAMILY NAME: Horowitz, 718-xxx-5237
NAME OF WINNER: Mommy
AMOUNT OF POINTS: 59
NAMES OF COMPETING PLAYERS: Chavy
SOME WORDS ONLY THE WINNER FOUND: salute, vault, boast THE LONGEST WORD FOUND ON THE BOARD: accumulate
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FAMILY NAME: Berg, 347-xxx-5609
NAME OF WINNER: Shaindy
AMOUNT OF POINTS: 77
NAMES OF COMPETING PLAYERS: Sury, Chaya’la
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Gorgeous 3/5 bedroom, 2/3 bath Villa available in Mountaindale. Near shuls. $350 per night (pictures available). 845-327-7153
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Large 5 bedroom/4 bathroom home in Pomona, 5 minute walk to shul, available for rent weekends & yomim tovim, from Sept 18-October 19. Contact 845-828-2570.
VILLA IN CASA GRANDE ARIZONA
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BEAUTIFUL HOME RENTAL NEAR KIRYAS JOEL
Spacious, fully furnished home with 4 bedrooms available for rent—daily, weekly, or for weekends. Includes linens, towels. Enjoy beautiful big private grounds with a heated pool. Conveniently located near shul. Call or Text: 845-6004054
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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.
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MONSEY VACATION RENTAL August week/weekends. Huge house, 8-9 bedrooms = 16 beds (with linen), mattresses, cradles, pack ‘n plays etc., x-lge furn deck, fully stocked playroom, massive outdoors, basketball, trampoline, tetherball, volley ball, oversized back yard. C/ Txt: 845-450-1441/ (no pool) springvalleyvacation@gmail. com
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SURFSIDE SHORT TERM RENTAL
Newly renovated Fully Furnished beautiful 1 bed 2 bath apt. 91st and Collins, walking distance to Shul, daily, weekly rental. across from beach. Call/Text/ WhatsApp 845 600-4054
4 BDRM HOUSE MONSEY (CHESTNUT RIDGE)
4 BR BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AVAIL FOR RENT THIS SUMMER CHESTNUT RIDGE NEXT TO PARK AND SHUL W MIKVEH HUGE DECK W AWNING SWING SET, avail Shabbos Nachmu. TEXT 516318-1015
HAVERSTRAW, NEAR MONSEY
Spacious, beautiful 4/5BR House w/ Pool & Jacuzzi. Available Aug 16–19 & Labor Day Weekend. All-inclusive: $2,495. 917-231-5988 | awemarketllc@gmail.com
MONSEY WEEKEND RENTAL
3 bedroom house for rent in Monsey including towels, linen, hotplate, percolator. Close to shul and shopping. Spacious grounds. 845-4267846
SUMMER HOMES FOR RENT
3 houses in Woodridge NY avail. 5 bdrm house, 3 bdrm house & 2 bdrm house. Pool & playground on site. Shul & mikva 4 min walk. Pls email Office@yasharmanagement. com Or call 718-854-8180
SOUTH FALLSBURG
6 bedroom beautiful house in South Fallsburg available to rent for shabbosim. 845423-8070 Please call as I don’t have text
FALLSBURG RENTAL
Beautiful luxurious home, 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms on 3 floors. Nice spacious kitchen, DR & LR. Large porches. Next to Yeshivah and grocery. Fresh linen & towels. 845213-5142
HELP WANTED
TEACHER WANTED
The Hamaspik School is seeking a teacher for a class for children with special needs. License required, great pay. Please call 718-4085444 ext. 5230
BABYSITTER
Seeking babysitter for September 38 st btwn 13 and 14 ave part-time full-time option small group great pay, you can bring your own baby 347-248-4466
TEACHERS WANTED!
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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
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.
PLAYGROUP TEACHER
Looking for a playgroup teacher for Fridays throughout the school year. Please call: 347-226-0348
DAYCARE TEACHER
Chassidishe daycare seeking teacher with ba for infant class, must be at least 21 years old. Please call 347-633-3076
BABYSITTING
Afternoon babysitting: Mon-Thu, small group, in Kensington. 929-417-3295
PARAS
The Hamaspik School is looking for full/part time paras. Please call 718-4085444 ext. 5245
DAYCARE JOB
Seeking warm heimishe teacher/babysitter in a home 1518 50. PT/FT great pay. Starting Sept. Slot for baby is option. 347-597-2652
YESHIVAH/BET
YAAKOV SEEKING:
Teachers and Assistants for the upcoming school year: *Preschool - Kindergarten Teacher* Lower Elementary: Pre-1-A Teachers, First grade teacher, and assistants. Warm, friendly environment, Exciting program, Responsible and caring, Competitive salary. Please call School Office - (718) 808 - 0369 or email resume to: Office@peerhatorah.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 IN WILLIAMSBURG
Looking to hire headstart teachers for 25/26 school year. Must have a BA with plans to pursue a masters degree in early childhood education. Transportation provided. Competitive Salary. Insurance and childcare slot provided. Email resume: teacherspositions@gmail.com
DAYCARE TEACHERS
BP Daycare Center seeking Infant, and Toddler Teachers for September. Wonderful environment, great pay, and benefits. Email resume to daycarecenterpositions@ gmail.com or call (862) 294-0317.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Yeshiva Chaim Berlin Is seeking a Permanent Sub and Teachers’ Assistants 2:004:30 Email resume: chavyk@ yahoo.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.
TEACHER’S ASSISTANT
Preschool seeking licensed/unlicensed teacher’s assistant. Great environment! Email resume: preschooljobs550@gmail. com
TEACHERS WANTED 4th & 5th Grade (Boys’ Yeshiva). Seeking both licensed and non-licensed teachers for a small 4th & 5th grade boys’ class in a warm Yeshiva setting. Days: Monday–Thursday. Hours: 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Great Pay. Supportive, small-class environment. Please email your resume to: resumes@ Lbaps.com
DAYCARE TEACHERS/ ASSISTANTS
HelloKiddie Daycare hiring teachers/assistants with or w/o Degree. Great pay! call now 347-997-0454 HelloKiddie4023@gmail.com
TEACHER WANTED
Heimish school in Boro Park seeking experienced 8th grade ELA teacher 2:30-4:15. Warm environment. Email resume: 613schoolposition@ gmail.com
DAYCARE SEEKING
Teachers NYS certified and assistants. Yiddish a +. Summer and Sept. please email: Teamforkidz10@ gmail.com
Classifieds
CLINICAL SUPERVISOR
– CHILDREN’S WAIVER PROGRAM
Join our dynamic team as a Clinical Supervisor in the Children’s Waiver Program! In this role, you’ll provide clinical oversight and develop individualized, goal-driven service plans that are both effective and easy for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to implement. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of the Children’s Waiver, excellent communication skills, and a passion for supporting children with behavioral challenges. Candidates must have an LSCW or an LMSW. Great work Environment! Full benefits include health insurance, paid time off and retirement plans. For more information or to apply please send in your resume to Jobs@hcsny.org or call 718854-2747 ext. 1175
PART TIME POSITION!
Looking for a devoted Yiddish-speaking teacher, for a home based daycare. Call: 646-820-3422
YIDDISH SPEAKING MORAHS
Warm home-based daycare looking for Yiddish-speaking Morahs. FT/PT options avail. 17th & 45th area. Text: 347500-7872
CLASSROOM STAFF
Early Head Start Daycare Center located at 59 and 13 seeking full time classroom staff - Teachers, Assistants, and Babysitters for September. Wonderful environment, exceptional pay. Email resume to yitty@ zeeskites.com or call (347) 620-2210
F/T SALES LADY
Retail store in Boro park is seeking for a F/T sales lady. Excellent pay and great environment. please call & leave message or text 347725-0898
JOBS AVAILABLE
Part-time & Full-time jobs available. Email TopPartTimeJobs@ gmail.com
OFFICE SECRETARY
BP Real Estate Office secretary. Capable, Computer savvy. Pleasant Environment, Great Potential. Fridafrankel@gmail.com 3475783955
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Heimish, all-women office in Brooklyn Square, fulltime employee needed No experience needed .Will train. Great pay, benefits, and a warm, supportive environment. Email resume to Blimies@devington.com
PERMANENT SUBS
The Hamaspik School is looking for permanent subs for the upcoming school year. Please call 718-408-5444 ext. 5301
THE JOB YOU’RE LOOKING FOR!
Want to have money flow into your pocket? Call/text 845324-5182
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
ABA PARA
ABA PARA for 3rd grader in Torah Vadaath 1-430. Mon-Thursday. Hrs flexible. Female. Call 347-278-9640
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
WORK FROM HOME
Need extra income? Work from home minimal hours and earn big! Great potential for growth! Full training and support provided. 718-9865094
LOAN PROCESSOR
We are seeking an experienced full-time loan processor. Excellent pay + bonuses. Email: mortgage123process@gmail. com
ABA PROVIDERS
Kesher School in Yeled V`Yalda Boro Park are hiring responsible and capable girls as ABA providers. Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Must be High School Graduate. Amazing supportive environment. Salary range $25+ based on experience. Paid via ABA Insurance. To Apply. Call/ Message: 347.946.4506
AMAZING AFTER HOURS JOB!
Work with a child from your community with additional needs 2-5 nights a week. All training provided. Must be High School graduate. Salary range $25+ based on experience. Paid via ABA Insurance. To apply Call/ Message: 347.946.4506
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Exciting position available in a multigirl office FT/PT. Title insurance or real estate attorney experience required. Great potential! Send resume to: newpositioninbp@ gmail.com Call/text: 845-234-4627
RECRUITERS
Hiring experienced recruiters! With a clear path to earn $100k+ while working part-time. in-office only. Email resume to TopCareerNY@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
OUTSIDE SALESMAN
Are you ready to take your sales career to the next level? We’re on the lookout for an ambitious and driven Outside Salesman in the construction industry. Commission structured pay. Opportunities for growth and advancement. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and love building relationships, we want to hear from you! Email baily@ theprimestaffing.com
ASSISTANTS WANTED
Chasidishe Girls School in BP is seeking Assistants for Grades 1 & 2. From 9am-1pm & from 1-4pm. (does not have to be same person). Great pay & excellent environment. Pls email to lgordonbydg@gmail. com or call 718-757-9117 or 718-338-8617
PARA
Seeking a conscientious and devoted Yiddish-speaking male paraprofessional from 10 am-4 pm for the upcoming school year in Boro Park , ALSO English speaking paras for morning positions in Flatbush & female paraprofessionals for afternoon positions in BP and Flatbush . Applicants must be positive, must be positive, patient, and willing to assist. Interested candidates should submit a resume and references to leah@ aimfurther.org.
Classifieds
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
HCS is looking to hire a Quality Assurance (QA) Manager to join our team. The QA Manager will be responsible for ensuring departmental compliance with Department of Health (DOH) regulations and internal policies by implementing structured quality assurance systems and maintaining documentation standards. The candidate will be responsible for addressing and resolving any questions, document submissions and accuracy clearly and promptly. Great work Environment! Full benefits include health insurance, paid time off and retirement plans. For more information or to apply please send in your resume to Jobs@hcsny. 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.
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.
PARA JOB
Seeking Paraprofessionals
Upstate imediate start for second half of summer: -South Fallsburg -Ellenville -No degree needed. For more info please call 929993-6673 Or email gila@ flyingcolorsaba.com
RECEPTIONIST/ SALES POSITION
BP furniture store looking to hire a full-time receptionist / sales. For more information, email furniturehire2023@ gmail.com or call 347.361.8552
OFFICE POSITIONS
Hiring entry and mid level office positions! Join a positive work environment where you make an impact. Email resume: boroparkjobopportunity@ gmail.com
FT SECRETARY
We are seeking an organized, proactive individual to manage phone communications and handle a variety of administrative tasks, including data entry. Will train. Email resume : secretarypositionbp@ gmail.com
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Executive Assistant Role at a Fast-Growing Medical Billing Co.! Great opportunity. Qualifications: *Efficient *Attention to detail *Computersavvy *Organized *Experience a plus. Apply:jobs@ exponaservices.com
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Do you love sharing your passion for dance, music, baking, cooking, or art? We’re looking for dedicated and kind teachers to inspire a sweet 10-year-old girl near Boro Park call 845-540-3065
OFFICE STAFF
Fast growing ABA company in flatbush seeking Office staff in various departments. Entry level to Mid level positions Excellent Salary Email Resumes@Lbaps.com
PLAYGROUP TEACHER/ ASSISTANT
Yiddish speaking playgroup seeking part time teacher/ Assistant for September. Morning 9-1, afternoon 12:30-3:30. Also looking for sub Aug 6- Aug 22. Call/text 718-344-6067
CHILDCARE
BABYSITTER BP
Yiddishe Warm Babysitter to babysit small group in your home. You get discount $6. Excellent References. No voucher. 347-574-8150.
EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER
Still has one slot available beginning September. 18th Ave area 718-436-2994
VOUCHER SLOT
2 slots left in home based daycare 1518 50 St. Warm environment. Starting September. PT staff position available. call 347-597-2652
VOUCHER BABYSITTING
6-12months old, 12th & 39th. 718-633-1369
PLAYGROUP
Two cash slots available in fantastic playgroup 13&54 area. Warm, Heimish & loving environment. 2 amazing Yiddishe Teachers & a helper. Call 347-743-6591
VOUCHERS BABYSITTING
Attention High school English Teachers. The hours work just for you! 15th/50th area. Up to 12months. 347-315-3855 lv msg
VOUCHER PLAYGROUP
Warm Heimshe playgroup on 14/44th still has some slots for children being 20+months in September. 1 Slot available for younger child starting November. Call/text Rivky Sekula 347-645-7944
VOUCHERS BABYSITTING
One slot left for babies up to age 12 months in home based daycare on 18th & 50th. Small group with experienced babysitters 347-988-2169.
VOUCHER BABYSITTING
One slot just became available in a small home based daycare. 15/16 51st. 8am-2pm. 0-12months. Call 718-801-2269
PLAYGROUP
Kinder shpiel playgroup has available slots for September located 12/51 experienced teachers. call 3479326524
KIDZ PLACE DAYCARE
Home-based daycare. 17th & 45th area. Babies 0–2yrs. Hrs: 8:45-2:30 P/T slots + ltd F/T avail. Text 347-500-7872 to apply.
BABYSITTING
Vouchers babysitting opening for September! Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:45-1:30 Friday-8:45-12:15 14/15 48th street. call: 347-585-9068
VOUCHERS BABYSITTING 14/49, early morning hours, Monday-Friday. R. Levy 347834-6075
VOUCHER SLOTS
1. New! Voucher slots available. 16 & 61st ST area. Call 347-628-9845 to reserve a slot. 2. Limited voucher slots available. 16 & 60th ST area. Call 347-628-9845 to reserve a slot.
NON VOUCHERS
TODDLER GROUP
13months and up. 15/41. 718854-1092
VOUCHER BABYSITTING
Small cozy voucher babysitting group with experienced warm babysitter, pt/ft, immediate slots. 18th ave upper 40, call now to reserve.347-452-8922
GOODBYE, FOREVER!
Classifieds
VOUCHERS BABYSITTING
Heimishe babysitter, 15 and 43rd, hours8:40 am till 1:00 pm. Call 646-491-2477
BABYSITTING GROUP
Small heimishe babysitting group, 53rd 14/15, Few voucher and non-voucher slots available for September. Morning hours. Call 718-207-8942 lv msg
BABYSITTING GROUP
Small cozy voucher babysitting group with experienced warm babysitter. P/T and F/T. 53rd St b/w 14/15. Call now to reserve 929-568-6118
SERVICES
LIGHT ALTERATIONS
Please Call: 718.450.4700
SARNO COACH
Experiencing chronic pain/symptoms? There is a way out! Heal based on the Sarno method! Call Binah Schiff RDCS, Mind Body Educator and Coach 917-446-5360
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 845-445-8252, or email chany@ rapidrecoverycoaching.com
CAMERA COURSE
!camera ןייד טימ ךיז ןעקאב Audio USB Course w/book to follow along. שידיא. No computer needed. 845 232 1271 $150
MAKEUP ARTIST
Certified makeup artist for all your special occasions. Call: Yides Neuwirth 917.309.6000 or 718.858.0815
GARTLECH
We fix knitted & crochet Gartlech & make beautiful professional fringes. We also teach how to knit & crochet. call: 917-4143281
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
HANDYMAN & ELECTRICIAN
Electrician, plumber, sewer service, Carpentry, sheetrock, locks, etc. 718.9510090
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
CONSTRUCTION
Bathrooms, kitchens, closets, decks, extensions, additions, Basements, all electrical, plumbing, Carpentry. Lowest prices, fastest service. 718.951-0090
ELECTRICIAN
All Electrical work, outlets, switches, fixtures, new lines for washer/dryer or a/c, shabbos clocks, circut breakers. 718.9510090
HANDYMAN & PAINTING
Experienced & Reliable handyman. Small jobs our specialty! Plumbing, Electric, construction, Locksmith, painting, plastering. Shabbos clocks, outlets/ switches, call: 347.275.5408
AYIN HORAH
The renowned Rebetzin Aidel Miller from Yerushalayim Is now available to remove “Ayin Horah” over the phone. Call: 718.689.1902 or 516.300.1490
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, SEOFriendly Website done in 14 days, guaranteed. Email sales@ stratadigitalgroup.com
WHOLESALE FISH
Buy by the case & save. Baby & Regular Salmon. Hashgucha Volove Rav. Free delivery to your home. Call Eli: 516-2706755
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
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
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
PHOTOGRAPHY
For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929-327-4621
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
VAN FOR RENT
Refrigerated van for rent daily or weekly with or without a driver. Call or Text: Eli 516.270.6755
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.
HAIR BY SHPRINTZIE
Pro-addiction, wash & set, styling. Located in Brooklyn. Call: Shprintzie Gelb 845.798.4525
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
KALLAH SHOPPING LIST
Make your kallah shopping a calm experience call 3475346184
PHOTOGRAPHY
For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929-327-4621
DRIVER AVAILABLE
Driver with many years exp. available to do long distance trips with brand new minivan. Reasonable rates. 917.405.8469
Classifieds
MASSAGES
Licensed Massage Therapist offering personalized massage for women, addressing various health concerns with attentive support and restorative comfort, Text/message: 718-6756093.
NATURAL SOLUTION
Are you suffering from hair loss, thin hair, dandruffs, dry and/or itchy scalp? The natural shampoo that WORKS. Try It! MONEY BACK GUARANTEED! 917588-7416
GUITAR LESSONS
Now offering guitar lessons for women & girls. Learn all the basic skills. Located in BP. Call/text 917-618-1174
VAN SERVICE
Yossi`s Van Service 15 Passenger van Local & long distance Airports & delivery. Call: 718.962.4664
WIG & HAIR
Wig wash & sets. Hair styling. Wig & hair cuts. Reasonably priced. Located at 10/46. Call/ text 917-618-1174
VENDOR PORTAL
Do you need help setting up your vendor portal for P3 billing? Call: 646 450 5301 or email: vendorportal5301@ gmail.com
SPRINTER & MINI
VAN SERVICE
Heimishe driver available to do deliveries. Local & long distance, we shlep with a smile! Call: 718.951.0090
TOBY PAL
Toby pal wig salon is looking to hire a secretary. Must be responsible, multitasker, organized and a people’s person. Serious inquiries only. Please email your resume at info@ tobywigsalon.com
ROWENTA REPAIRS
Expert repairs on Rowenta steam stations. Reasonable prices. Fast service. Located in boro park. Call 646-2613809
GOWNS
WHITE GOWN
Looking to sell a size 2-4 white gown for sister of the bride, Please call 347 628 9586
GEMACHIM
Kallah Looseleaf Yom Hachuppah 718435-3492
Maternity Clothing 3477293747
Pidyon Haben 646-419-0782
Doona 260-366-6293
Twin Carriage (718) 522-3891
Carseats, snap n go strollers, pack n play & bassinets 718-854-6829
Baby Carriers 718-809-9707
New baby clothing 3472218317
Neocate/baby formula 347.369.4886
Baby Banz Headphones 718-207-7549
Baby earbands 347 409 9479
Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text (BP)917538-8500
Luzy’s cuddles & cradles. text (Willi) 917-648-9130
Baby Scale (Wmsbg) text 347-675-9509
Easy birth from Koznitzer Maggid 917514-9461
Bris Accessories 347- 244- 2065
Free Mohel 347-383-5696
Kallah Cape 718 - 633 - 8261
KALLAH ACCESSORIES BP. 718-551-8714
Shoes & Crowns BP 718-972-4768.
Kallah/Mechteniste Capes Wsbg 718300-9894/ BP 917-683-5557
Bridal shoe gemach 1917 936 8997
Wedding Kit 718-436-0927
Kallah Accessories Wmsbg 347-5631840/718-782-6136
Lace & fur Kallah capes 718-438-6250
Pack n plays 718-851-1017
Clothing, Shoes, linens (347)816-6406.
Reflector Belts 718-853-4966
Communicate Effectively 347-576-7204
Mezuzos (718)666-7222
Warm Mist Humidifier 917-373-2079”
Chocolate molds BP 718-972-4768. Williamsburg 718-522-3445
pediatric wheelchair-walker-shower seatcast cover for shower call 7183883079 lv msg
New ladies clothing 646-904-1247
Fix necklines 845-238-6691
LEV SIMCHA music group/Visits 8456082676
Moving boxes 929-271-6021
Invitations emailed for free 646-4504608
Twin Clothing (newborn-3) 347-7427189/718-972-0765
Cd’s on Dr Sarno’s Method 347-461-7330
Briefcase gemach 7184360936
Youth Corps Working Papers 718-8540961
Cradles with accessories 917-2073341/917-692-9397
Baby bassinets Brooklyn 917-618-0909
Lingerie Conversions min fee 718-4370428
Pidyon Haben Gemach 718-252-1517-
Flatbush
For women suffering from miscarriage call 718-853-0722/text 347-623-3115
Musical Kumzitz 347-543-2195
3 black foldable mechitzas 718-298-3835
Free organising tips & ideas 718-4353615
Scooters 718-431-7942
Financial planning 7188536016
Natural health support text 347 2287578
Folding and Air Beds - (405) 345-6831
Zoom morning-meditation: 347-3954388
Chassidishe Winter Coats for men 917204-6838
Purim Costumes Call/Text 347-737-6771
Tzniusdig Hospital Gowns 347-930-8465
Shidduch Resume 3473882336
Lighting 9292762404
Simcha Décor 917 -536-1742
4 tall glass square vases BP 929-9695261
Bechers, Challah cover, Benchers 1718 854 1760
Hairstyling 3479485701
Boys Simcha Wear sizes 9m-7 347.462.4596 Sundays 2:30-5
Chuppah Cards 347-885-5114
Chairs & Tables 347-452-9554 or 347452-0554
BP Maternity Clothing 718-490-9886
GOWNS FOR SALE
Beautiful sister of bride gowns designer ladies size 00, pink girls size 7, 14 , blues various sizes, call/text 347424-5609
WHITE LACE GOWNS
2 beautiful Eloisa white lace kids gowns sizes 5 & 7, perfect condition. 646-830-0822
CHILDRENS GOWNS
12 magnificent white custom gowns for sale sizes 3-16. 347409-8356 LOST
heart shaped diamond necklace on erev Shavuos call/ text 917-914-4336
New skirt in Lulu bag 917704-9917
Twin Clothing Exchange 646-689-2129 or 347-675-9139
Music and sound equipment 929-3649765
Personalized chizuk writing rainbowsandsunshineallday@gmail.com 347-688-3228
Speakers 347-656-1210
9pm ET ladies Teleconference for Geulah, (774) 323-4400, 10970#
Elegant Evening Wear 347-524-6395
Glass table decor 718-854-3017
Infertility guidance 718-305-7767
Place for Challah bakes 718-435-0672
Baby Banz Headphones 718-207-7549
Simcha Caps 718-633-1084
The Teen Hotline! 518-988-1364
Chupah Cards Color 347-885-5114
Sheital Gemach 917-474-4305
Simcha basket 718-614-7274
Medical Equipment 646-270-0746
Air mattresses 6467038612
Luxury Folding Beds 405-345-6831
Laminated Tfillos for Chuppa 718-8541223 or 917-974-0690
Twin layette gift box 718-972-0554 lv msg
Yeled shaashuim 7186771483
Baby Headphone Gemach 845-304-9694
Tools gemach zichron yaakov 347-447-0635
Place for Challah bakes 718-435-0672
Gold bangle in Botanical gardens
Chol Hamoed Pesach 929-620-9067
gold bracelet with diamonds and ruby stones in mishkanos bungalow colony if found pls text/ call 347-391-4806
3 colored diamond necklace 929441-5709
heart shaped diamond necklace on erev Shavuos call/ text 917-914-4336
FOUND
Atura for Tallis left at ice cream center 13th Ave 718-438-0018
57TH STREET SMALL KIDS
MOTORBIKE TOY. CALL 718-8536481
Money b/w 14&15 and 49th 929675-6815
hoopla gift card in BP 929-675-9993 (Pls call:2-3/7-8 PM
gift certificate to Satmar Meats in bingo a few weeks ago. 917-807-0756
Doona bag 46/New utrecht 929620-9067
diamond earring on 46th st 718 208 7714
Black fuzzy jacket size 6 in 15 passenger car service 929-283-0456
Receiving Blanket @ 17 & 49, 718 851 5250
FREE GIVEAWAYS
silver cross carriage in great condition 718 972 1129
Brochos cards for Moshiach’s arrival at moshiachbrochoscards@ gmail.com. Endorsed by Gedolei Yisroel
2 Ikea highchairs (needs to be cleaned) 4 bags Gluten free flour text 845-659-2655
Shabbos robe size m2 and white tablecloth 347-733-2715
Gluten-Free Pesach cakes and cookies Please call 917-301-1030 between 6-8 pm.
Looking to Dedicate Brand New Sefer Torah to a Shul in Need of A New Sefer Torah call 718 644 7684
Treadmill in good condition 347436-6368
I texted all 7 numbers you gave me, and no one is responding!! רימ קיש ןייק טשינ .סרעבמאנ רימ קיש ןייק טשינ .סרעבמאנ
“HIDDEN COURAGE”:
Yad L’Achim’s New Tisha B ’Av Film Featuring Rescuer and Three Other Incredible Stories
Hidden Courage presents four powerful accounts of Jewish resilience—Rabbi Paysach K rohn on surviving a stroke, Shai Graucher on coping with the loss of his father Dedi, Yad L’Achim rescuer Koby on his daring missions into Arab villages, and Rabbi Elchanan Danino on the loss of his son Ori HY”D in Gaza.
By: Mordechai Weintraub
Following last year’s groundbreaking success of Unbroken, the most-watched Tisha B’Av film in the Jewish world, Yad L’Achim proudly unveils its extraordinary new documentary, Hidden Courage. This moving presentation features four inspirational stories of people who overcame extraordinary odds and discovered their hidden courage. Hidden Courage will take you on an emotional journey and inspire you to keep going.
Rabbi Paysach Krohn—renowned throughout Klal Yisrael as a beloved maggid, mohel, and author—shares an intensely personal experience: his remarkable recovery from a frightening stroke. His moving reflections on vulnerability, emunah, and the power of heartfelt tefillah offer deep encouragement to those struggling with life’s unexpected hardships.
Rabbi Elchanan Danino courageously recounts the story of his son, Ori Danino H Y”D, a brave young soldier who made the ultimate kiddush Hashem. Ori—known for his kindness and dedication to others—gave his life heroically while rescuing friends during an attack in Gaza. Rabbi Danino’s heartfelt message speaks directly to the Jewish soul, emphasizing that even amidst unimaginable grief, a life devoted to chesed and mesiras nefesh can generate enduring strength.
Hidden Courage also introduces viewers to Koby, one of Yad L’Achim’s heroic volunteers. With great humility and mesiras nefesh, Koby regularly risks his life to rescue Jewish women trapped in Arab villages. Through his courage, viewers gain a deeper understanding of Yad L’Achim’s sacred
work and the boundless dedication of those committed to saving Jewish lives— one soul at a time. Koby shares the story of his most dramatic rescue - not to be missed.
Lastly, Shai Graucher, son of the legendary singer Dedi Graucher z”l, shares his personal journey of overcoming deep loss and crippling depression to become a beacon of chesed and leadership. His story is a testament to how faith and compassion can transform pain into purposeful action.
Building upon the tremendous acclaim and community impact of last year’s Unbroken, this year’s Hidden Courage promises to move and inspire audiences even further. Each of the four featured stories is a powerful lesson in resilience, emunah, and the hidden strength within every Jew. Including you!
Hidden Courage is hosted by the widely respected author and lecturer Rabbi Nachman Seltzer, together with Nesanel Gantz. The film is more than an
emotional narrative; it provides powerful insights and practical inspiration for viewers of every age and background.
As Tisha B’Av approaches, Yad L’Achim invites all of Klal Yisrael to watch this unforgettable film at TishaBavFilm.com.
The website features the full film along with a compelling trailer, available free of charge. Communities, schools, shuls, and families are encouraged to organize viewings, using this meaningful production as an opportunity for reflection, growth, and connection.
Early viewers of Hidden Courage have already praised the film for its profound emotional impact and practical chizuk. Each story serves as a timely reminder of the strength within every person. You will be inspired and moved and tap into your own hidden courage.
Hidden Courage is more than a film; it is an extraordinary portrayal of Jewish resilience and unwavering emunah, offering comfort and strength as we commemorate Tisha B’Av. Watch now and experience firsthand the power of hidden courage within our nation.
To view Hidden Courage and for more information, please visit TishaBavFilm.com.
For media inquiries or community screening arrangements, please contact: Yad L’Achim
Email: support@yadlachim.org Call: 646-568-1988 Website: TishaBavFilm.com
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR Zivi Reischer
MANAGING EDITOR Libby Tescher
FOOD EDITOR M.P. Wercberger
CREATIVE DIRECTOR AJ Wachsman
PROJECT COORDINATOR R. Itzkowitz
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4 INCREDIBLE STORIES OF JEWISH RESILIENCE THIS TISHA B’AV , YAD L’ACHIM PRESENTS:
Rabbi Paysach Krohn on surviving a terrifying stroke
Elchanan Danino’s son Ori HY’D was killed in Gaza while rescuing friends
Koby, a Yad L’Achim hero, rescues Jewish women from Arab villages
Shai Graucher on overcoming the loss of his father Dedi
Presented by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer & Nesanel Gantz
Yad L’Achim