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(Re: Teachers Give Their Hearts, Issue 300)

Thank you so much for the beautiful stories about teachers who went to the nth degree to be there for their students. It was exactly what I needed to hear as we started the new school year. You send your kids on the bus with your heart in your throat, just hoping the teachers will see them, understand them and give them what they need. Reading these stories was very comforting, a reminder of the very special teachers and rebbeim that we are lucky to have.

I have a friend who teaches high school, and she called me a few days before school started to share that she was feeling a sense of loss. She would be back in the classroom soon — but her students from the previous year wouldn’t be there! “I’m so excited to go back to school, but I’m going to walk into the classroom and Chany and Zahava and Shifra and everyone else won’t be there!” She was laughing at herself, knowing how she gets attached to her new students every year, but I was very moved by how much she must love them if she misses them so much.

To all of our teachers and rebbeim, we really appreciate you!

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(Re: Seamless Success, Issue 299)

It was interesting to read your recent article about Fraylich Uniforms. It’s amazing to see how much planning and detail goes into every uniform worn by our precious bnos Yisroel

My warm memories of shopping for uniforms at Fraylich a decade or two ago center around the selfless and upbeat proprietors, Reb Chaim and, yblc”t, Leah Zelcer. Together, as a unified and dignified team, they built this business from the ground up. I remember Chaim, a”h, for his positivity and charm, and Leah for her expertise, organization and sensitivity. Every customer was greeted with a smile and treated like royalty. Chaim would go up and down those ladders to find the right size shirt all day long, and when he found what you needed, his face shone with happiness because he was giving to another Yid.

More than once I witnessed him packing up a full family’s worth of uniforms — numerous shirts, skirts and sweaters — into those huge shop-

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ping bags, and giving it to the family completely free of charge because he knew the family was struggling financially. He especially loved doing this for kollel families, always adding, “Tell your husband to learn some extra mishnayos for me.” He was happiest when he gave — time, patience, and of course, uniforms. We will never know how many uniforms were dispensed as tzedakah, but this may be one reason why Fraylich Uniforms has seen such success.

Working alongside Reb Chaim stood his wife, Leah, who continues to serve customers with grace and patience to this day. Leah was and continues to be extremely sensitive to the feelings of the young students shopping for uniforms. If a mother hurriedly changes her “little girl” without waiting for a fitting room, Leah gently reminds her about the importance of tznius Leah is very tuned in to the needs of the girls and teens who are more difficult to fit. She ensures that uniforms are always available in all sizes, so every student will feel comfortable and confident.

May Hashem continue to bentsch this family endeavor with hatzlacha and bracha

A Reader

ANOTHER FACET

(Re: A Brilliant Solution, Issue 297)

I have no formal training or experience in the jewelry field, but by closely examining a diamond I can guess pretty accurately whether it’s lab grown, based on its size, color and clarity.

Although I never confirmed it by asking my mother-in-law, I’m pretty sure the diamond in my engagement ring is lab grown. It sparkles beautifully and does the job of making me feel special. As for resale value, I daven that I will never reach the point where I need to sell my jewelry in order to buy food.

I think we enjoy diamonds because they’re beautiful — and lab diamonds certainly qualify — rather than their resale value, and that should inform our buying decisions.

Of course, patronizing a Yid is the greatest form of tzedaka. Name Withheld

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I recently read about an organization called Monsey Shidduch Initiative that facilitates shidduchim by assigning advocates to single girls. Their numbers are very impressive: 872 first dates resulted in 183 engagements. If you do the math, that’s a success rate of a little over 20%. Wow!

I am also aware of an organization in Lakewood called Simchaseinu that incentivizes teachers to make shidduchim for their students. Although everyone claims they know “so many” girls and “no boys,” everyone knows one boy. Teachers are encouraged to look through their class lists and try to find a shidduch for that one boy they happen to know. Their numbers are even more impressive: 445 first dates led to 154 engagements, a success rate of 25%.

I did not discuss with either organization to what they attribute the success of their model (in terms of hishtadlus, obviously; the actual results are obviously only attributed to Hashem). My own thoughts are that suggestions made by someone who really knows the people involved are usually of greater quality than those of someone who knows them only peripherally (even if they are a “professional” shadchan), so the chances of success are much higher.

The Simchaseinu success rate is so impressive that at least one major yeshiva that I am aware of is seeking to replicate the model, with roshei chaburah trying to make shidduchim for their bochurim

One obvious takeaway is that many (perhaps most) successful shidduchim are arranged not through professional shadchanim but by close family and friends who know the singles or their families well. Another encouraging feature seems to be that you don’t need to know many boys/girls to arrange a successful shidduch; even within your small pool of acquaintances you can be successful if you stay focused. I hope these numbers give chizuk to everyone to try their hand at making shidduchim. Name Withheld

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WHEN A KID COMES TO YOUR DOOR,

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DO YOU LET YOUR KIDS KNOCK ON DOORS TO COLLECT TZEDAKAH?

I allow my children to collect from people I know in the neighborhood.

I usually allow my children to collect tzedakah on the block, but we have a firm rule that they are only allowed to go to each neighbor ONCE.

When I was a child, my mother never let my brothers go around to the neighbors to collect for their chadarim and other causes, no matter how much they begged. Today, I finally understand her. Come Chanukah or Purim, the knocking does not stop.

My boys collect tzedakah in shul at the minyan that my husband attends.

I allow my children to collect tzedakah door to door in peak seasons only.

We don’t allow our girls to knock on doors to sell raffle tickets or collect tzedakah due to tznius concerns.

I find the constant knocking on the door for tzedakah very difficult. I would appreciate it if kids could be taught to only go collecting on Sunday afternoon. Sometimes neighbors’ kids come to me for tzedakah one day after another. I kindly tell them that I already gave a donation and that they can try others now.

I don’t mind the constant knocking of youngsters collecting; we are Am Yisroel, and this is what we do for one another (because yes, giving that dime is a chesed to that child, even if it doesn’t help the cheder as much). However, the knocking on the door during suppertime and bedtime is really annoying. Some of these junior collectors will ring the doorbell nonstop until someone comes to the door. (Mothers, please teach your children some basic manners!)

I try to work on myself not to get annoyed by the steady stream of little kids who knock on my door for tzedakah when the chadarim give them pushkas. I understand that it gives them valuable skills, but it’s really hard to stop to open the door so many times during supper and bedtime.

My kids are only allowed to collect from our immediate neighbors, and also only when they get raffle books from school.

I do not like letting my kids go door to door to collect. However, the mosdos do send home pushkas, and so the kids want to go. I therefore try to send an older sibling along with the child who’s collecting. I let them go together for short periods of time before it gets dark.

I encourage my children to make phone calls to relatives rather than collect tzedakah door to door. Once my sons reach a certain age, I am okay with them collecting on the street or in shuls.

When kids come to the door, I try to be extra friendly, offer a nosh and give them chizuk When our family needed a yeshuah, our Rebbe advised us to give more tzedakah and to be extra nice to people who are collecting, which obviously includes the kids.

We allow our kids to collect only in our area, where we know the families.

During hot seasons (Purim/ Chanukah), I prepare a container of coins near the front door so I don’t have to fish around for loose change in drawers and pocketbooks every time someone knocks.

Collecting tzedakah is a huge zechus, and I actually encourage my children to collect. I let them collect on our block independently. If they want to collect from families who live a little farther away, I walk them to other blocks. My request to all of you neighbors: Please don’t tell my children to come back later because my kids take this request very seriously and will make the effort to come back. Also, saying, “I don’t have anything now” is very discouraging to kids. Everyone can afford to give something, whether it’s a dollar, a quarter, a dime or a nickel. Even a penny is better than nothing.

I live in an area where, during peak season, I can easily have eight kids knocking on the door for tzedakah in fifteen minutes… while I’m bathing my little kids. I don’t open the door each time because I simply can’t.

I think it is highly irresponsible to let kids go knocking on doors that are past shouting distance.

We usually feel comfortable letting our kids collect tzedakah near our home, where they know their surroundings and we know they are safe.

I do not allow my son to knock on doors to collect money. There are multiple issues with that practice. First, whatever happened to stranger danger? When did it become okay for kids to knock on every door they see? Second, the competition among the kids to see who collected more is beyond intense, the pressure to get the best prize is fierce, and the attitude this fosters goes against everything we teach them.

In addition to a coin for young tzedakah collectors, we also like to give them a little nosh if it is appropriate. Our goal is to show them respect and to make them feel appreciated and valued for the wonderful mitzvah they are performing.

Thankfully, I live in a heimish area where I can trust my kids to collect tzedakah when needed.

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The Power of Love

Y. Levenstein

In Parshas Ki Savo, Moshe Rabbeinu delivers the tochacha — the series of punishments Klal Yisroel will face, chas v’shalom, if they fail to follow the Torah and mitzvos. The tochacha takes up the bulk of the parsha. Before the tochacha begins, there are several beautiful pesukim expressing Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s intense love for us.

“You have selected Hashem… and He has selected you to be His am segulah… And to make you supreme above all nations” (Devarim 26:17–19); “This day, you have become a nation to Hashem” (ibid. 27:9; as well as other pesukim along these lines.

Only after articulating this special connection do the punishments begin. After the tochacha, the Torah once again reiterates the love and bond between Hashem and Klal Yisroel. Moshe Rabbeinu tells Klal Yisroel: “You have seen all that Hashem did before your eyes in Mitzrayim…” (ibid. 29:1), and goes on to discuss the great miracles we merited. Rashi explains that these are pesukim of consolation, which once again demonstrate Hashem’s love for us.

In this parsha, we see that stinging rebuke is cushioned with affection and brachos. Why the combination? Is it time for harshness, or for love?

PESACH IN THE HOSPITAL — not quite the setting most people would choose for such an elevated Yom Tov. But that’s where Reb Amrom Bineth found himself last year. In the next bed lay a Yid in his seventies. He did not appear to be frum, but he was pleasant, and didn’t exhibit any discomfort at being placed together with a chareidi patient.

Reb Amrom tried to maintain a Yom Tov spirit, and in the process, he struck up a relationship with his roommate. He asked how he was feeling, and when the man went for testing, he wished him well. When they awoke in the morning, Reb Amrom asked how he slept, and before going to sleep in the evening, he wished him a good night.

It seemed the man enjoyed these relaxed and entertaining interactions. It felt good to have someone take interest in him.

Chol Hamoed and Shevi’i Shel Pesach passed in this fashion. When Isru Chag rolled around, Reb Amrom’s family members brought him his tefillin, and he davened in his hospital bed. After davening, Reb Amrom turned to his roommate. “Do you want to put on tefillin, too? You’re stuck in bed in either case and there isn’t much to do here…”

The man thought for a moment and then replied, “Amrom, the truth is that any time anyone offers me tefillin, I refuse. I don’t like it when people tell me what to do. But, you — I cannot refuse. You’re so full of love and warmth. I know that you’re offering your tefillin because you truly care about me and not because you’re thinking of yourself… so I agree.” He paused. “But I have no idea how to do it. I need you to put it on me.”

Reb Amrom was emotional. This was the first time he’d be putting tefillin on someone other than himself! He felt it was a huge zechus. Slowly, slowly, he wrapped the leather straps around his roommate’s arm. As he tied the tefillin shel rosh, he saw tears falling from the man’s eyes. Reb Amrom didn’t say a word. He was overwhelmed with emotion,

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and nearly cried along with the man.

After his roommate said Krias Shema, Reb Amrom asked, “When was the last time you put on tefillin?”

“I only did it once before, at my bar mitzvah about sixty years ago. After that, I never put on tefillin again.”

Later, the man confided that he, too, had only donned tefillin once before in his life — and that was sixty-five years before, on the day of his bar mitzvah

Soon after Pesach, Reb Amrom was discharged. He parted from his new friend, knowing they would probably never cross paths again, but hoping his impact would remain.

A while later, Reb Amrom returned to the hospital for in-patient testing. Again, he found himself in a room alongside a non-frum, elderly man. This time, it wasn’t Yom Tov, but Reb Amrom still tried to create a positive atmosphere in the dismal hospital room. He drew his roommate into light conversation, and they formed a warm connection.

The following morning, a young volunteer came around, offering to help the patients put on tefillin. He passed Reb Amrom’s bed, and the two began to speak. The man shared that he comes to the hospital every Friday to put tefillin on the patients, and Reb Amrom expressed his approval.

Then the man stopped at the bed of Reb Amrom’s roommate and asked if he wanted the chance to wear tefillin. The man, who had been listening to their previous exchange, gave a surprising answer. “Yes, I’ll do it — but just because of Amrom. He loves me so much, and I don’t want to disappoint him.”

Reb Amrom was shocked. He hadn’t said anything at all about tefillin, yet evidently, his very presence and the warm connection he had nurtured with this unaffiliated Jew had an effect.

Later, the man confided that he, too, had only donned tefillin once before in his life — and that was sixty-five years before, on the day of his bar mitzvah.

Reb Amrom could not get over the fact that Yidden whom he had known for only a few days didn’t want to disappoint him. Such was the power of simple, pure love.

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It was a bein hazmanim flight — full of bochurim traveling to yeshiva and frum

families returning to their homes in Eretz Yisroel after Yom Tov. To Tzvi’s dismay, amid the sea of black and white, hat boxes and tefillin bags, the passenger sitting beside him was an irreligious fellow.

Yoav, it turned out, wasn’t all that thrilled, either, to be sitting sandwiched between Tzvi and other frum Yidden. “I couldn’t have gotten a worse seat,” he muttered.

Tzvi could relate, but he tried not to show it. He said a polite hello, and turned to talk to his wife, who was sitting in the window seat beside him.

A short while after takeoff, the crew prepared to serve the first meal of the flight. Since the passengers requesting regular, non-kosher meals were largely outnumbered by the frum passengers who had ordered kosher food, the flight attendants served the non-kosher trays first. Then they rolled their carts down the aisle again and distributed the kosher food.

Yoav seemed increasingly agitated until he burst out, “What is this?! How come I’m the only one here getting different food?”

“You probably didn’t order kosher,” Tzvi said.

“Oh,” Yoav replied. “I thought I was missing something, but if that’s the case, I’m sure my food is even better.” Yoav lifted his disposable fork and dug into his meal.

Tzvi could hardly watch his seatmate enjoy a portion of non-kosher meat like that. “I understand you don’t keep the laws of kashrus,” he told Yoav, “but if you want, I can give you my meal. My wife and I will share hers.”

Tzvi knew the chances of Yoav accepting his offer were slim to none. But getting this man to refrain from eating non-kosher food, even just this once, would surely be a zechus.

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something in his attitude changed. The black-hatted fellow beside him was not out to get him, as he’d presumed. He was a man with heart, who had his interests in mind. Soon, Yoav struck up a conversation with Tzvi.

When the flight attendants came around with the second meal, Yoav was once again among the very few who received a non-kosher tray.

“You know,” Yoav told Tzvi, “when we ate the last meal, I noticed that you were disturbed by what I was eating. I want to understand — what difference does it make to you what I eat? I understand that you want to keep kosher, but why do you care what I eat? Are you forbidden from watching me eat non-kosher?”

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Tzvi replied with the famous mashal of the person who drilled a hole in the ship. “We’re all in the same boat,” he explained. “If one Yid does something wrong, it affects all of the klal.”

Yoav did not eat his meal. “I don’t want to disappoint you,” he said. “I’d rather not eat non-kosher in front of you.”

When the plane landed, the two parted, each continuing to their own destination. But something had changed. Yoav, a tinok shenishba, had boarded the flight disconnected from anything related to Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and here he was leaving with warm feelings toward a frum Yid — and ultimately to Torah.

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These stories teach us a great lesson. With the tochacha, the Torah issues a strict warning to anyone who does not keep the mitzvos. These statements are harsh and painful for us to hear, which is why the baal korei reads the tochacha in a quiet tone. At the same time, we see that the warning for these difficult punishments comes only after brachos, chizuk and the confirmation of Hashem’s love for us.

One may think that “smol doche” — the left hand that pushes others away — is one approach, while “yemin mekareves” — the right hand that draws another near — is a separate approach, and that in every situation, he may choose the style that suits him better.

This is a mistake. Mussar and punishment, while sometimes necessary to create healthy boundaries, can only have a hashpa’ah when surrounded by love and care. Only after imbuing solid feelings of closeness can one discipline properly.

This is just what Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants to show us in this parsha. First comes Hashem’s love for us, and only after that, tochacha

Adapted from the teachings of Reb Amrom Bineth.

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A decision handed down by a New York State Supreme Court last week spells good news for yeshivas, with attempts by the New York State Education Department to shut down multiple schools soundly defeated.

As previously reported in The Boro Park View, parents at six yeshivos that were declared “nonequivalent” by the New York City Department of Education received letters last spring telling them that their schools were no longer being considered schools, and would be closed as of June 30th. The letters provided parents with specific instructions on how to enroll their children in public schools.

The ensuing lawsuit attempted to bypass legislation passed this year in Albany that provided a pathway for nonpublic schools to satisfy the state-mandated substantial equivalency requirement. While the SED argued that schools that had previously been deemed nonequivalent could not take advantage of the new legislation, the court rejected that claim, categorizing it as “arbitrary, capricious and contrary to the law.” The court also ruled against the SED’s claim that nonequivalent schools should be classified as non-schools, a categorization that would render them ineligible to pursue alternate substantial equivalency pathways.

According to Agudath Israel of America, which has been leading the charge to defend yeshivos, the court’s ruling impacts not only the six yeshivos that were called into question last May, but could also benefit any school statewide that is deemed non-equivalent by the SED.

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Efforts to oppose Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the upcoming mayoral race appear to be heading in a different direction, with word emerging last week that senior White House officials were offering Mayor Eric Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa prime positions in exchange for dropping their election bids.

As previously reported in The Boro Park View, having voters coalescing behind a single candidate appears to be the only way to prevent a Mamdani victory. But Adams, former governor Andrew Cuomo, and Sliwa have all refused to abandon their campaigns,

claiming confidence in their ability to defeat their socialist challenger.

Exactly what position has been offered to Adams remains unclear. According to the New York Post, Adams could be offered the ambassadorship of his choosing, a position that dovetails with his long-stated plan of engaging in international consulting work once he leaves City Hall. Politico, however, reported that Adams has been offered a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

While the Adams team has reportedly tried to push the mayor to make the leap to Washington, he made his intentions very clear at a September 5 press conference, where he accused Cuomo of being “a snake and a liar” and insisted that he is the only candidate who can beat Mamdani. He also described Cuomo and Mamdani as “spoiled brats” who were “born with silver spoons in their mouths, not like working-class New Yorkers.”

“I’m a working-class New Yorker,” said Adams, hoping that his narrative will resonate with voters. “They are not like us.”

As for Sliwa, the Republican candidate said that he hadn’t been in touch with the White House, nor would he want to be in its employ.

“My focus is right here in New York,” said Sliwa. “I’m the only candidate who can defeat Mamdani, and I’m committed to carrying this fight through to Election Day. The people of New York deserve a mayor who truly cares.”

Amid all the recent developments, there was one mayoral candidate who decided to throw in the towel, purportedly for the greater good. Independent Jim Walden ended his mayoral campaign on September 2, saying that it was clear to him that a one-on-one race is the only way to defeat Mamdani, and that he did not appear to be the strongest candidate. The polls supported that theory, showing that Walden would likely draw just 3% of the vote.

More Services and Expanded Opportunities, as BPJCC Opens New Community Center

Hundreds of people turned out to witness the ribbon cutting at the Boro Park Jewish Community Council’s new walk-in community center, a facility that is expected to become a hub of communal activity.

Located on 13th Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets, the 5,000-square-foot space for the community center was donated by Metropolitan Commercial Bank, which is located right next door. BPJCC CEO Rabbi Avi Greenstein said that he looks forward to being able to use the extra square footage to expand the services being offered to community members, particularly since there have been past instances where people who applied for parenting workshops and business courses were turned away because of space constraints.

“Now we finally have the space to be able to accommodate many more people,” Rabbi Greenstein told The Boro Park View

“This facility will be utilized every day, throughout the day, with a multitude of services that we simply couldn’t provide before.” One of the event’s highlights included the recognition of Metropolitan Commercial Bank president and CEO Mark DeFazio. Also honored at the grand opening event were Congressman Dan Goldman, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and Assemblyman Kalman Yeger.

Possible Expansion at KRM

Extensive scaffolding that has appeared outside the KRM Kollel Supermarket on 39th Street may be the first step of a massive expansion at the mega-grocery.

According to BoroPark24, store representatives have said that KRM is hoping to be able to build upward, creating more selling space and extra parking spots. While the project has yet to be approved by local officials, the scaffolding was constructed to meet legal obligations as discussions about a potential expansion continue.

A spokesperson for KRM declined to share additional details as of this writing.

Image in Real Estate Listing Leads Investigators to Valuable Painting Looted by Nazis

It sounded like a plot of an espionage novel, but the story of a valuable painting looted by the Nazis being recovered last week was completely true, despite the unusual circumstances.

According to NBC News, the full-length painting known as Portrait of a Lady was spotted in an online listing for a property located in the Argentinian town of Mar del Plata. The 18th century painting had been part of the massive collection of Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who died in 1940 while trying to escape the Nazis.

A trio of journalists who had been investigating Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien for months were elated to discover a real estate listing for his coastal estate, and stunned when they realize that it showed Portrait of a Lady hanging over his couch. The painting had last been seen in the 1940s as part of Goudstikker’s collection.

After multiple attempts to contact Kadgien’s daughter, Patricia, about the artwork proved fruitless, the journalists shared their story with the media. Federal agents who raided Kagdien’s estate found a tapestry hung in the spot where Portrait of a Lady had been spotted in the real estate listing, while the famous painting was nowhere to be found.

After being placed under house arrest,

Kadgien and her husband handed over Portrait of a Lady to Argentinian authorities. According to Elle Décor, the painting is likely valued at $100,000.

Goudstikker’s daughter-in-law told reporters that she first began searching for the missing artwork in the late 1990s and that she hopes to recover the entire collection.

E-Bike Battery Crackdown May Be Coming to NYC

A rash of deadly fires sparked by electric mobility devices has New York City considering regulations that would allow the Sanitation Department to confiscate and dispose of any uncertified e-bike lithium batteries that it discovers.

According to the New York Post, the FDNY drafted the rules, which would make it illegal for uncertified e-bike batteries to be stored anywhere within the five boroughs. City officials have already contacted delivery companies that operate in the Big Apple to ensure that their e-bike batteries are certified safe by an accredited testing laboratory.

An October 1 public hearing on the new e-bike battery rules will give New Yorkers an opportunity to share their thoughts on the matter before the FDNY adopts any new regulations.

New York City saw 99 injuries and six deaths that were connected to e-bike battery fires in 2024, with 29 injuries and one death reported through July of this year.

Coming Soon: Fall’s Finest Foliage

The nights are getting cooler, Shabbos is getting earlier and the kids are back in school — and you know what that means. Fall is just days away, with trees in our area getting ready to put on their stunning autumn fashion show, as their leaves change from green to yellow, orange and red in the coming weeks.

The official I Love NY fall foliage report, which tracks color changes in eleven regions statewide, shows the first signs of nature’s annual pageantry appearing in the northern parts of the Hudson Valley area starting the week of September 18. Local foliage is expected to hit its mid-point during the week of October 9, with a final riot of color erupting in the days following Simchas Torah.

Fall foliage typically turns about a week earlier in the Catskills, and approximately ten days later in New York City and Long Island.

According to The Journal News, the best places to go leaf peeping locally include Harriman, Bear Mountain, Rockland Lake, and Blauvelt state parks, as well as Tallman Mountain Park, Kakiat Park, Hook Mountain, Buttermilk Falls County Park and Bowline Point. Those looking to venture a little further out can enjoy the changing leaves in Orange County at the Sterling Forest Visitor Center in Tuxedo Park, Hawks Nest in Sparrow Bush, Fort Montgomery, and Wright Family Farm in Warwick.

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CHAPTER 002

Jacob Solomon is left without work when his eldest brother and employer, Gideon, moves to Philadelphia. Moses Cohen, his friend, tells him that if he joins the Continental Army he will find fellow Yidden and fair pay. Meanwhile, his wife Rebecca finds motherhood a challenge.

Rebecca

The room is hot and moist, unusual for so early in the season, but it does not matter. At last the baby has fallen asleep, and Rebecca stays perfectly still so as not to wake him. He is finicky, her Gabriel. He will sleep soundly through the clap of a thunderstorm and then awaken at the sound of her rustling skirts; he will fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon without any direction and then howl with rage in the evening at her audacity to rock him to sleep.

It is not so bad, sitting beside him. She is learning him, slowly. His little chest rises and falls with each deep breath, his fists curled up beside him. He is so small, yet has so much power over her. Did Mama feel the same, when Raphael was born? Was she scared when she held the wailing child close to her?

No. Mama had her own Mama with her, who surely told her with words of honey all that a new mother must know. But Rebecca is alone.

A sound from outdoors breaks the heavy quiet of the room, and Rebecca

sits up straight. Someone is approaching the front walk. She can hear their footsteps through the window. Rebecca hopes the visitor will not knock, will not make any noise that will cause the baby to stir. But even as she holds her breath, the visitor announces themselves with a hearty knock at the front door, and little Gabriel cries loudly in protest.

Rebecca sighs, quickly picking up the wailing bundle from the cradle and stomping down the stairs to the foyer below. If Agatha were here, Rebecca would not have been bothered with the door. But Agatha was sent away with the rest of the help, and it is only Rebecca and a wailing Gabriel for company.

She peeks through the looking-hole, catching the top of a fine lace bonnet standing on the front stoop. Judith. Gritting her teeth, Rebecca swings open the door.

“Good day, Judith.” Her voice is cold, she knows that.

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But in her arms, Gabriel lets out a vicious howl, and Rebecca cannot smile at her brother’s wife who has chosen such an inopportune moment to call.

“Good day, Rebecca.” Judith’s voice is small, flat. Her eyes flit from Rebecca’s to the baby squirming in her arms, and she takes a step back. “I came to see how you are faring with the new baby, but I see that it is not a good time.” Her words are said quickly and coldly, as if she is glad to be rid of this chore. Surely Raphael insisted that she visit his poor little sister. “I also wanted to inform you that the women of the shul will be gathering in my home tomorrow evening, if you would like to join us. We will be saying Tehillim in the merit of the Jewish soldiers in the Continental Army. They are setting out again next week.”

“A Loyalist’s wife? Praying for the Continental Army?” Rebecca smiles.

are, Judith! Don’t worry, I shan’t tell Raphael that you will be fraternizing with the enemy.” Gabriel wails loudly, his dimpled chin quivering, and Rebecca drops Judith’s gaze to look at her son. “I’m sorry that I cannot talk any longer; I must attend to the baby. Send Raphael and Abraham my warmest regards.”

With that, she firmly shuts the door behind her.

Jacob

The soldiers daven at the front of the shul, only two rows behind the chazan. Jacob watches them as they pray, watches how the brass on their uniforms catches the sun’s glint as they sway. A flash of metal, sway, a flash of metal, sway.

The chazan calls out a prayer, and Jacob realizes that the rest of the congregation is rising for kedusha. He lifts his heels from the floor quickly, his mouth answering to the holy prayer on its own, and keeps his gaze lowered. But his mind keeps showing him an image of a soldier in a dapper navy waistcoat, holding a musket firmly on his shoulder.

Jacob watches them as they pray, watches how the brass on their uniforms catches the sun’s glint as they sway. A flash of metal, sway, a flash of metal, sway

The hot words are soothing as they leave her lips.

Judith pinches her lips together and raises her eyes to meet Rebecca’s. “If you don’t wish to join us in prayer, you may decline politely, without disparaging your brother and his sentiments toward the war.” She pauses, falters, and does not say the words that Rebecca knows are on her tongue. That it’s only her husband’s kindness that keeps a roof above Rebecca’s head. Instead, Judith smiles stiffly at Rebecca, her gray eyes clouded. “I do not let the political leanings of a man sway my heart from doing kindness to a fellow Jew.”

Rebecca throws her head back and laughs. “How magnanimous you

How must it feel, he wonders, to carry such responsibility? To know that the future of a nation depends on your bravery and sacrifice? The soldiers stand tall, proud. When was it last that he felt that way? To know that his deeds were greater than himself, to live for a cause that was worth dying for?

David Cordozo stands in front of the shul, holding the Torah scroll aloft high above his head. All have heard of his bravery under Captain Lushington, how he did not get lost in fear as he led the others into battle at Beaufort. Jacob looks down at his hands. They are smooth. A tailor’s hands. Skilled and quick. They are small.

Next to Jacob stands Raphael, eyes closed tightly in concentration. His brother-in-law, the Loyalist. What would he say if Jacob were to join the army? Jacob all but laughs at the thought, then remembers where he

bright + practical

is, where he is standing. He looks around quickly to see if anyone in the shul witnessed his lapse in concentration, and locks eyes with Moses Cohen. Moses smiles, offers a quick wink, then looks back at his siddur with great fervor.

What was it that Moses had told him earlier this week? Ah, yes. He had mentioned the army’s salary. Jacob looks at Moses once more, and smiles. The image of the soldier flashes in his mind again, solidifies, and smiles back at him. It is himself, Jacob Solomon, proudly wearing the colors of the Continental Army.

“Jacob!” David Cordozo approaches him after Shacharis. “I’ve heard the wonderful news! How is the new son?”

“Quite loud.”

“I have considered it.” The lie feels rotten on his tongue, but Jacob stands tall, looks David directly in the eye. “It is only that my wife is so soon from the bed with a son, and I would feel badly to leave her as she is. I must discuss it with her.” He sets his hat firmly on his head, the three corners

Jacob had not thought of how Rebecca would fare on her own. She would not wish him to leave, that is for certain

David laughs heartily. “Ay, as a good baby ought to be. My poor wife has had to contend with my brood while I’ve been away at battle, and she is loath to allow me to set out again.”

Jacob had not thought of how Rebecca would fare on her own. She would not wish him to leave, that is for certain.

“But now that I am home with all of my limbs still intact,” David continues, “my wife has forgiven me somewhat. She is a fierce Patriot, as is most of the kehillah. All that is besides for your brother-in-law, eh?” David laughs, gesturing to the table at the back of the shul where Raphael sits and studies. “The pious one has favored the British, I’ve heard. And yourself, Jacob? What do you feel toward the call for independence?”

Jacob hesitates. Whatever he says will certainly be overheard and repeated to Raphael.“I am very much —”

“Tell me, Jacob.” David puts a firm arm around him as they walk out of shul. “Why have you not enlisted in the army yet? I have heard of Gideon’ s departure to Philadelphia. Surely you must be in need of income?”

There is a heat rising in his cheeks, and it has nothing to do with the rising sun above them. Is his lack of occupation common knowledge in all of Charlestown? David’s eyes are kind, but they look downward at him, pitying.

precisely placed, and turns to go.

“Moses, my good lad!” David beckons Moses Cohen over from across the way. “Come, you must help me in convincing our friend Jacob to join the Continental Army.”

Moses laughs. “I wouldn’t want to face the wrath of his brother-in-law. I owe him too much money.”

“Oh, hush!” David swats his hand. “Even the great Raphael Levy knows that he stands apart from the kehillah. He only feels as he does because his business does very well under British rule. He will not fault our Jacob for joining the Patriots.” He claps his hand on Jacob’s arm, smiling. “Whenever you are ready to fight the good man’s fight, we are waiting for you, Jacob.”

Jacob walks home from the shul deep in thought, watching his feet stir up clouds of dust in the street. He must do something about money. They are running out of credit at the shops, and it won’t be long before he will have to ask Raphael for a loan again.

He kicks a stray pebble in the street, sending it ricocheting off the wheel of a wagon. No. He will not let it come to that. He will figure something out. Without Raphael’s help.

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The 1980s: Bais Ruchel Blossoms

By the mid-1980s, something remarkable was happening at Bais Ruchel. For the first time in its 35-year history, the principal could walk into any classroom and see exactly what the Satmar Rebbe, Harav Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l, had envisioned back in 1950: Orthodox Jewish teachers teaching Orthodox Jewish students from properly censored books, speaking the right languages, singing heimishe songs, and embodying the right values.

It had taken more than three decades, but Bais Ruchel had finally grown up.

The change was most visible in the faculty lounge, or what was called the “teachers’ room.” Gone were the days when you might hear a mix of accents and backgrounds — the Holocaust survivors teaching limudei kodesh, with non-Jewish or non-heimish teachers handling English and Bais Yaakov graduates filling in where needed. By the late 1980s, Bais Ruchel had achieved something that once seemed impossible: They were staffing their school almost entirely with their own graduates.

This wasn’t just a hiring preference; it was a revolution. These young women had grown up in the system, understood its values instinctively, and could teach both secular and religious subjects without any cultural acrobatics.

One of the most symbolic changes was the end of the morning English classes that

had been a fixture since the 1970s. For years, the school had scheduled secular subjects first thing in the morning so teachers could work at Bais Ruchel and then head to Bais Yaakov for afternoon shifts.

Starting the day with English, instead of davening and limudei kodesh, had always bothered the administra-

tion; it went against everything an Orthodox Jewish school should represent. But necessity had forced their hand. As the Yiddish saying goes, “Noyt brecht eizen”—necessity breaks iron.

By 1986, necessity was no longer calling the shots. Bais Ruchel had enough qualified teachers from their own community to structure the day properly: limudei kodesh first, secular subjects afterward, just as the Rebbe had originally intended.

No More Culture Clash

The cultural shifts were just as dramatic as the staffing changes. The popular songs from goyishe singers disappeared from the curriculum entirely. In their place came tunes composed and performed by chassidish singers, the lyrics often composed by Satmar girls or teachers themselves. It might seem like a small change, but its implications were enormous. Students graduating from Bais Ruchel in the 1990s would have virtually no knowledge of popular culture compared to their predecessors from the 1960s and 70s. To the outside world, this might look like a step backward. To the Satmar community, it was exactly the opposite. Finally, they were achieving their original goals.

Insights and Inspiration

The Bais Ruchel story offers insights that extend far beyond the Orthodox world. In an era when many communities struggle to maintain their distinctive characteristics while participating in modern society, the Satmar experience suggests some strategies worth considering.

START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

The Satmar Rebbe didn’t wait for perfect conditions. He began with six students in a borrowed room and continued building from there.

COMPROMISE TACTICALLY, NOT STRATEGICALLY. The community was willing to bend on less-thanperfect methods while never losing sight of ultimate goals.

INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION. Even when money was scarce, education remained the top priority because it was the key to long-term survival.

PLAY THE LONG GAME. The transformation from compromise to idealism took four decades, but the community never lost faith in the eventual outcome.

If you walk down Morton Street in Williamsburg today, you won’t find any trace of that original classroom where Bais Ruchel began. But the community it launched surrounds you on every block: families walking to shul, children in modest dress heading to school, shop signs announcing sales in Yiddish — all the rhythms of a culture that refused to disappear.

In an age when many worry about the fragmentation of community and the loss of tradition, the Bais Ruchel story offers a different possibility: that with enough patience, strategic thinking and commitment to longterm goals, it’s possible to build exactly the world you want to live in.

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What’s one thing that was better about the school in those early years compared to today? Conversely, what’s one thing that has improved over time?

In those years, the focus of our studies was on yahadus, middos and tefillah. There was less focus on scores, and how the students did academically. The idea was creating a space where ehrliche Yiddishe girls could grow up to be ehrliche Yiddishe mothers.

Also, in those years, parents were considered part of the team. When a child’s homework wasn’t completed due to something going on at home, whether a simcha or medical difficulty, the kids were excused more easily. The mother would send a note, and the note was honored. This taught the girls that parents are to be respected.

Today I find that parents need to call in to the office, explain exactly what’s going on at home, which is often so demeaning. I’m sure this came about because people abused the system, but there’s a balance we can try for. In such cases, the majority suffers because of the minority that takes advantage.

Conversely, we can definitely see how our schooling in general has improved over time. Decisions are given more thought, goals are set with more intention and weaker students are taught in such wonderful ways.

Here’s a story that illustrates what it was like back then: In my grade, there were three very large classes — about 40 girls in each. One day, after the decision was made to add another class to the grade, the principal walked in and asked, “Who wants to join a new class?” Many of the weaker students volunteered, thinking things would be easier if they switched into another class; the grass is always greener elsewhere. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a mistake. That class had all the weak students, and the imbalance created challenges that lasted throughout their school years.

Looking back, that kind of decision — allowing the girls to choose whether or not to join a new class — would never happen today, when there’s so much more collective educational experience and awareness about class composition.

But Bais Ruchel wasn’t only becoming more religiously conservative; it was also becoming more academically sophisticated. The late 1980s brought Mrs. Shaindy Berkowitz as the new principal of general studies, and she revolutionized the secular curriculum.

Literature and science, which had been taught haphazardly or not at all during the early 1980s, became serious, mandatory subjects. Students were getting a more rigorous education even as they were being more carefully shielded from outside influences.

This wasn’t really a contradiction; it was the luxury of choice. When you’re scrambling to find any teacher who can speak English, you can’t be picky about curriculum quality. When you have a pool of highly educated graduates from your own community, you can demand both ideological purity and academic excellence.

From Rags to Riches

The transformation of the 1980s represents the fulfillment of what can be called Bais Ruchel’s “rags to riches” story. Not financial riches — though the school was certainly more stable in that area too — but something more valuable: the riches of being able to live according to your principles without compromise.

Think about what the school administration had achieved by the late 1980s:

They owned their own building.

They employed teachers from their own community.

They had established relationships with textbook publishers.

They hired professional staff to handle censoring.

They had enough students enrolled to justify specialized programs.

Most importantly, they had proven that their model worked. The Satmar community hadn’t just survived in America; it had grown exponentially. The original six kindergarten girls had become mothers sending their own daughters and granddaughters to Bais Ruchel, often taught by teachers who were themselves Bais Ruchel graduates.

The transformation at Bais Ruchel reflected what was happening in the Satmar community as a whole. With Hashem’s help, they had moved beyond survival mode. They were no longer refugees figuring out how to preserve their traditions in a foreign land; they were an established American community confident enough to set their own terms.

The school that had started with six girls looking out the window for entertainment now had the resources and confidence to custom-design exactly the educational environment they wanted. They no longer had to make do or compromise. They could simply decide what they wanted and make it happen.

In many ways, the Bais Ruchel of the late 1980s was finally the school the Satmar Rebbe had announced he would create back in 1950. It had only taken a few decades to build the community that could sustain it.

From Six Girls to Six Thousand

About 75 years have passed since six little girls first sat in Mrs. Moskowitz’s home on Morton Street. Today, the Satmar school system that began with that humble kindergarten class serves thousands of students across multiple areas in New York and beyond.

It’s a success story by any measure, but it’s also something more complex and interesting than a triumphant narrative. The journey from that makeshift classroom to today’s established institutions offers lessons about community building, adaptation and what it really means to preserve tradition in an adopted country.

The numbers alone tell an incredible story. Those original six students have become the foundation of a community spanning Williamsburg, Boro Park, Monsey, Monroe, Lakewood and smaller towns throughout the region. Thousands of Satmar families now live according to the values that the Satmar Rebbe espoused when he made his bold announcement in 1950.

But the real measure of success isn’t just quantity; it’s continuity. The daughters and granddaughters of those first Bais Ruchel students are now sending their own children to Satmar schools, usually taught by teachers who are themselves products of the system. It’s become a self-sustaining cycle of education and values transmission.

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7 eggs, separated

2 cups sugar, divided

1 tsp. coffee dissolved in ½ cup hot water

½ cup oil

1 T. vanilla sugar

1½ cups Wondermills flour

½ cup + 2 T. cocoa

2 tsp. baking powder

MARSHMALLOW CREAM

3 sticks margarine, softened and sliced into ½” slices

2 containers Marshmallow Crème (total 12–13 oz.)

½ cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

CHOCOLATE GLAZE

6 oz. whipping cream, defrosted (weighed, not measured in a cup)

7 oz. high-quality baking chocolate, chopped

2 tsp. light corn syrup

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CAKE

1. Preheat the oven to 350°, and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Transfer the beaten whites to a large bowl, leaving 1 cup of the mixture in the mixer bowl.

3. Add yolks and the remaining cup of sugar to the mixer, and beat until fluffy. Add the remaining ingredients in order while beating on medium speed.

4. Use a rubber spatula to fold the yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites.

5. Pour batter into the lined cookie sheet, and smooth the top with a spatula to distribute the batter evenly. Bake for 23 to 25 minutes. Let the cake cool, then freeze it for 3 to 4 hours prior to assembly.

MARSHMALLOW CREAM

1. Fit your electric mixer with the paddle attachment. Beat the margarine until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.

2. Add the Marshmallow Crème, and beat until smooth.

3. Add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla extract, and beat for 2 more minutes until smooth and fluffy.

GANACHE GLAZE

1. In a medium saucepan, cook the whipping cream just until it begins to simmer.

2. Remove the pot from the heat, and add the chopped chocolate. Wait one minute, then stir the mixture with a wire whisk until smooth.

3. Add the corn syrup, and whisk to combine. Transfer the ganache to a container, and refrigerate for 20 minutes, or until it has thickened to a creamy consistency.

ASSEMBLY

1. Remove frozen cake from the freezer. Use a sharp knife to trim the uneven ends of the cake.

2. Cut the cake into 3 even strips down the width of the cake, cutting through the parchment as well. Place one strip on a cake board or serving tray.

3. Use an offset spatula to spread a thin layer of chocolate ganache evenly over the first strip of cake.

4. Spread a generous layer of marshmallow cream over the second strip of cake. Carefully flip the second strip onto the first, cream side down. Spread a thin layer of ganache onto the second strip. Spread marshmallow cream onto the third strip, and flip it onto the second strip, cream side down.

5. Spread a thin layer of marshmallow cream onto the completed cake. Smooth it with an offset spatula. Freeze the cake for 3 to 4 hours.

6. Once the cake is frozen, use a very sharp knife to trim the edges all around the cake, ensuring the sides are perfectly even.

7. Fit the piping bag with tip #125. Starting at the left top corner of the cake, pipe a row of petals as follows: Hold the bag at a 45-degree angle, with the narrow end of the metal tip facing away from yourself. Hold the bag just slightly above the surface of the cake, and squeeze the bag while moving it in an arching motion to form a petal. Continue piping petals from left to right until the surface of the cake is completely covered in petals.

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PRALINE LAYER Cake Luxe

Luscious layers of nut cake and rich praline cream will make every bite a sensational experience. This is definitely one of the most luxurious cakes I have ever created.

PECAN CAKE

10 eggs, separated

1⅓ cups sugar

6 T. Wondermills flour

⅔ cup ground pecans (or any ground nuts)

1 tsp. coffee, dissolved in a drop of hot water

1 T. cocoa

1½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. lemon juice

PRALINE CREAM

10 oz. baking chocolate

¼ cup + 1 T. water

¾ cup sugar

1 T. hazelnut-flavored coffee

2 sticks margarine

2 eggs

1 T. vanilla extract

4 oz. praline paste

¼ cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted

SPECIAL SUPPLIES

1 16” piping bag

2 12” piping bags

Tip #4B (French star)

Tip #21 (small star)

Tip #6 (small round)

PECAN CAKE

Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites on medium. When the egg whites start to foam, gradually add half the sugar (⅔ cup) and continue beating on high speed until stiff peaks form.

3. Transfer the whipped egg whites to a large bowl. Leave about 1 cup of egg whites in the mixer bowl.

4. Add the yolks and the rest of the sugar to the mixer bowl. Beat for 2 minutes.

5. Add the rest of the ingredients, and beat to combine.

6. Using a rubber spatula, fold the yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites.

7. Pour the batter onto the lined cookie sheet. Spread batter evenly using a spatula.

8. Bake the cake for 20 to 22 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake, and freeze for 4 to 5 hours prior to assembly.

PRALINE CREAM

1. In a small saucepan, bring the first four ingredients to a boil.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the margarine and eggs until fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and beat again.

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3. Add chocolate mixture, vanilla extract, praline paste and confectioners’ sugar to the mixer, and beat until combined.

4. Refrigerate the cream for two hours until set. Bring to room temperature before use.

ASSEMBLY

1. Remove the cake from the freezer. Use a very sharp knife to cut away 1 inch of the edges of the cake. Cut the cake into three even strips down the width of the cake, making sure to cut through the parchment paper.

2. Flip one strip of cake onto a cake board or tray. Carefully peel the parchment paper away from the cake. Spread a generous layer of praline cream onto the cake.

3. Flip the next strip of cake onto the first, and peel off the parchment paper. Spread more cream onto it.

4. Flip the last strip of cake onto the first two layers. Spread a generous amount of cream onto the cake. Smooth with a knife or an offset spatula.

5. Freeze the cake for at least three hours. Use a very sharp knife to cut away the uneven edges of the cake on all sides.

6. Fit the 16” piping bag with tip #4B. Fill the bag with approximately 1 cup of praline cream. Pipe shells coming down the center of the cake.

7. Fit the next bag with tip #21, and fill with ½ cup of cream. Beginning at one end of the cake, squeeze out a star: Hold the bag in place and release the pressure. Pull the bag towards you to elongate the star. Continue piping until you have completed two lines on the two sides of the cake.

8. Fit the last bag with tip #6. Fill the bag with ¼ cup of cream. Pipe 2 lines of thin, elongated beads between the lines of stars. Do this by squeezing a dot of cream while moving the bag down while piping.

CRANBERRY MIDNIGHT GRAY

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STRAWBERRYLIME Cake

I always enjoy a light, tart and fruity dessert. The lime flavor in this cake is quite prominent, making it a suitable match for the strawberry filling and vanilla cream.

CAKE

8 egg whites

6 egg yolks

1½ cups sugar, divided

½ cup water

½ cup oil

Juice of 1 lime

1 tsp. grated lime zest

1¾ cups Wondermills flour

3 tsp. baking powder

2–3 drops green food coloring (optional)

STRAWBERRY LIME FILLING

9 oz. frozen strawberries, chopped

¼ cup + 2 T. sugar

1 T. strawberry jam

1 T. fresh lime juice

3 T. cold water

2 T. corn starch

VANILLA CREAM

1 cup whipping cream, defrosted and cold

3 oz. parve cream cheese, softened

¼ cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted

½ tsp. vanilla extract

1 drop red food coloring

SPECIAL SUPPLIES

1 16” piping bag

Tip #1A (large round)

CAKE

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until they form soft peaks. Add the sugar gradually, 1 cup at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Transfer the beaten egg whites to a large bowl.

3. Beat the yolks with the remaining ½ cup of sugar until pale yellow (no need to wash the mixer bowl between steps 2 and 3).

4. While the mixer is beating on low, add the water, oil, lime juice and lime zest.

5. Add baking powder, and then add flour. Add coloring, and beat to incorporate.

6. Take 1 cup of beaten egg whites, and mix into the yolk mixture.

7. Use a rubber spatula to fold the yolk mixture into the beaten egg whites.

8. Spread the batter evenly onto the lined cookie sheet.

9. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool, then freeze it for a few hours before assembling.

STRAWBERRY FILLING

1. Place the strawberries and sugar into a saucepan, and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.

2. Add jam and lemon juice, and stir while cooking for another 3 to 4 minutes.

3. Remove the pot from the heat, and blend the strawberry mixture with an immersion blender.

4. Return the pot to the heat, and let the mixture simmer on medium-low.

5. Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water, and add it to the pot. Whisk continuously until the mixture thickens. Cook for another three minutes before turning off the heat.

6. Press the glaze through a fine mesh sieve. Let cool.

VANILLA CREAM

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the whipping cream, and beat until stiff peaks form.

2. While the mixer is beating on low speed, add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract and food coloring.

ASSEMBLY

1. Cut away the edges of the frozen cake. Cut the cake into three even strips (measure for best results), making sure to cut through the parchment paper.

2. Dust a large piece of parchment paper with confectioners’ sugar. Flip the cut cake onto the dusted parchment paper. Gently peel the parchment paper away from the cake.

3. Place one strip of cake onto a serving platter. Spread the strawberry filling over it.

4. On another strip of cake, spread a thick layer of the soft pink cream. Flip it onto the glazed cake.

5. Spread glaze onto the strip that was just flipped.

6. Spread a thick layer of cream onto the last strip of cake and flip it onto the second layer.

7. If you have any strawberry filling left, mix it into the soft pink cream. Spread a thick layer of cream over the top of the cake.

8. Freeze the cake for two hours until it is firm again. Use a sharp bread knife to cut away the edges from all four sides.

Note: Because of tola’im concerns, wash and scrub the limes very well under warm running water before juicing and zesting.

BROWNIE FUDGE:

1 ¼ cups sugar

2 eggs

⅓ cup oil

1 Tbsp. vanilla sugar

¾ cup flour

½ tsp. Bakers Choice baking powder

⅓ cup Bakers Choice Dutch Cocoa

¼ cup boiling water

ICE CREAM:

56 oz. parve vanilla ice cream, defrosted

1 Bakers Choice Pretzel Cream

½ jar Bakers Choice Mini Real Chocolate Chips

Bakers Choice Chocolate Crunchies, garnish

DIRECTIONS: Beat the sugar and eggs until creamy, then add the remaining brownie fudge ingredients and mix until fully combined. Pour the batter into two 3-pound loaf pans and bake at 350°F for 20–25 minutes. Let cool completely.

Scoop ice cream into a food processor, add pretzel cream, and blend with the S blade until smooth. Stir in the real mini chocolate chips by hand. Spread the ice cream mixture evenly over both cooled brownies. Sprinkle chocolate crunchies on top and freeze until set.

BATTER:

6 eggs

2 cups sugar

½ cup oil

2 ¼ cups flour

1 tsp. Bakers Choice baking powder

3 squares frozen seedless passion fruit, defrosted

FILLING:

1 Bakers Choice

Vanilla Custard

4 squares frozen seedless passion fruit

½ tsp. corn starch

GLAZE:

4 squares frozen passion fruit with seeds

½ tsp. corn starch

DIRECTIONS: Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Add in the rest of the batter ingredients and mix well. Pour into a lined baking sheet and bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes. Freeze while preparing the filling.

FILLING: In a small saucepan, bring the seedless passion fruit and cornstarch to a boil, stirring well to combine. Let cool, then mix well with the custard. Spread over the frozen cake. Cut the cake in half and layer one half on top of the other.

GLAZE: In the same saucepan, bring the passion fruit (with seeds) and cornstarch to a boil, stirring well to combine. Let cool, then pour over the cake as a garnish. Slice into squares, then cut each square in half to form triangles.

DOUGH:

2 ½ cups flour

1 ¼ sticks margarine, room temp.

⅓ cup orange juice

¾ tsp. Bakers

Choice Baking Powder

⅓ cup sugar

3 egg yolks

FILLING:

6 plums, sliced thinly

6 peaches, sliced thinly

3 apples, sliced thinly

¾ cup sugar

2 Tbsp. vanilla sugar

1 Tbsp. corn starch

Bakers Choice

Ovenproof Apricot Jam

¼ cup breadcrumbs

confectioners sugar, garnish

DIRECTIONS: Mix the flour and margarine until crumbly, then add the remaining dough ingredients and mix until a smooth dough forms. Set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together the cornstarch and sugars to make a slurry, then add the fruits and toss to coat. Let sit for a few minutes.

Divide the dough in half and roll each piece to fit a 9x13-inch pan. Spread

3 Tbsp ovenproof apricot jam over each and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Place one sheet, jam side up, in a greased 9x13 pan. Spread the fruit mixture on top evenly, straining excess liquid with a slotted spoon. Top with the second dough, jam side down. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour. Cool completely, cut into squares, and dust with confectioners' sugar.

1 lbs. carrots, cubed (about 3 medium carrot)

2 ¼ cups flour

1 ½ cup sugar

1 Tbsp. Bakers Choice

Vanilla Sugar

¾ cup oil

3 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

Bakers Choice

Vanilla Cream

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DIRECTIONS: Finely process the carrots with the S blade in a food processor. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full with batter. Spoon 1 teaspoon of the vanilla cream into the center of each cupcake and sprinkle the tops with vanilla cookie crumbs. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Yields about 24 muffins

I remember the day my sister called from my parents’ house, where she was taking her turn in their care rotation. My father had already been infirm for a couple of years by then, but this was a low point. He was going through an intense medical situation, and that day the insecurity and anxiety became overwhelming. His blood pressure was rising, and although my mother was there with him, as always, this time she wasn’t succeeding in calming and reassuring Tatty.

Nothing my sister tried worked, either.

I took the phone and said, “Ta, let’s say Ani Maamin together.” We said the thirteen Ani Maamins from the siddur, slowly, word by word, and the intense anxiety passed.

“Tatty’s face transformed as he said the words with you,” my sister told me later.

This was our beloved father, a talmid chacham and respected community member, who knew Tanach by heart. Age and illness had made him into a shadow of who he was. Harder than managing my parents’ care was the pain of watching them become so frail and insecure.”

— TZIPORAH DICKSTEIN

REFLECTIONS ON THE PRIVILEGE AND PROCESS OF CARING FOR ELDERLY PARENTS

RIKI GOLDSTEIN

We lean on our parents for support all our lives. As they age, however, they need our support — emotional support, technical support and eventually physical care. Despite the emotional and practical challenges, caring for parents can be richly rewarding. The Torah itself assures us “l’maan yarichun yamecha” — the reward is arichas yamim.

Tziporah* and her siblings were raised by active, devoted parents, whom they looked up to and respected. As children and even as adults, they knew that their parents were behind them with wholehearted support. But as their parents’ golden years approached, the balance of the relationship shifted. Rabbi Weiss, Tziporah’s father, suffered from a heart condition and underwent open heart surgery. Not long afterward, he was treated for a cancerous growth. During this time, he fell and broke a hip, which limited his mobility even further. After decades of being a rock of support for his children, the revered patriarch now needed their help.

The Weiss family decided that the best place for their father to live and be cared for was in his own home.

“There were many hospitalizations, but after each one, we brought Tatty home,” Tziporah says. “After the hip surgery, he spent a period in rehab, but after that he returned home again, and we set up a mini hospital in my parents’ house.”

After decades of being a rock of support for his children, the revered patriarch now needed their help

While some families move their elderly parents into a grown child’s home, in the Weiss’s case, that didn’t work out, partly due to the amount of apparatus Rabbi Weiss needed, and partly because staying home was more comfortable for him.

GRAB THE DIAMONDS

The daughter of Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, once asked him why he always personally attended to his elderly mother. “Why don’t you leave more for your brothers to do?” she wanted to know.

“Mein kind,” the gadol said, “if you saw diamonds lying on the street, you wouldn’t say to me, ‘Why are you collecting them? Let your brothers do it!’ Whatever I can do for my parents is a diamond, just lying there for me to grab.”

HELP AT HOME

We’re all used to seeing elderly people with the helpful presence of an aide at their side. Jenna and Barbara and Phil know how to shop for kosher products, bring Bubby her Tehillim and reading glasses, and help Zaidy stand up in place for Shemone Esrei. Kathy might even have the family cholent recipe down pat. But do they warm their own food in the milchig microwave when no one else is home? Are they careful to do everything in the most comfortable way for the patient, or do they take shortcuts? Many people quickly find suitable long-term aides who “click” with their elderly parents and understand their multidimensional role well,

DOS AND DON’TS OF ELDER CARE

The most important thing is that your parents should never feel they are a burden. If you are caring for them out of pure obligation, your parents will sense this unease. Bring on the good vibes.

Hire a Yid as a companion to be with your Zaidy in the mornings. He should take him to shul if possible and help him put on tefillin. Otherwise, have a family member do this. This service can be expensive, but it is invaluable. It is a role the aide cannot fill.

Make sure that the responsibilities are distributed among the children and don’t all fall on one person. Even if one sibling is naturally “the type” to take on a lot, it’s best to spread it out, as caring for your parents will be a long-term project.

The most important thing is that your parents should never feel they are a burden

Every single call and visit to your parents and grandparents is a mitzvah. Just make sure you are doing it right. Check the timing with one of the children in advance. Coming at a steady time, such as Friday night after shul, or Tuesday at lunchtime, can be a good system, as they will look forward to seeing you. Don’t overstay your welcome; the older person may need to take medications, eat or use a feeding tube, and they won’t want to do that with visitors present.

If you live far from your parents, keep checking in on them. After Shabbos, after a medical appointment, before a taanis, or in honor of a simcha, hearing from you often will make a difference. Messages and pictures will light up their days.

Last but not least, don’t wait until your parents are frail to be there for them. Do all you can for them even while they’re still young and vibrant. This mitzvah won’t be available forever.

Bringing them to appointments is important, but not enough. Someone needs to be involved in medical decisions so the elderly patient’s medical needs are fully addressed

but others struggle to find the right person.

Rabbi Weiss had to be lifted off the bed and required a lot of physical assistance. It was hard for Mrs. Weiss to accept that a non-Jewish man needed to join the household and live under their roof. It meant an irreversible loss of privacy, and felt like a breach of the home’s sanctity and atmosphere.

There were also other roadblocks. When the Weiss children finally found a satisfactory aide, he was used to an easier job, where he had lived alone with a very compromised individual. In the case of Rabbi Weiss, he needed to accept that Mrs. Weiss and other family members were constantly present and supervising him. He wasn’t his own boss in any way.

“There’s a balance,” Tziporah explains. “The aide has to feel trusted, because otherwise they inevitably become resentful, which means the arrangement won’t last. But you have to be sure they’re doing what you want them to do.”

After a challenging year — this was during Covid — the first aide left. For a frustrating period, the family went from one aide to the next. Some were too rough in their speech, demeanor and manner, and others were lazy. How did the Weiss children know? Many families find that installing surveillance cameras gives them information and peace of mind, but the Weiss children went one step further and created a shift rotation to ensure that their parents were never alone with just the aide present. They had heard enough cautionary tales about issues ranging from neglect to kashrus.

THE WHOLE POINT

I heard from a respected talmid chacham that one reason why the elderly get sick and become limited is so that their children should be able to receive reward for taking care of them. That’s actually the purpose of their needs — so that you should accrue zechusim. Don’t miss the opportunity.

If you view your parents as your most precious “possession,” you won’t take any shortcuts with their care, and you won’t entrust all of their care to a non-Jewish aide, without your involvement.

FREE TIME

“L’maan yarichun yamecha ” means that your days will be lengthened.

The Belzer Ruv, zt”l, explained that this is because the time you spend doing kibbud av v’eim is not drawn from the time allocated for your years in this world, but comes “free.”

A HOME HEALTH AIDE SPEAKS

The Boro Park View speaks with Kathleen, a home health aide

How do you perceive your role?

My job is to make the client as comfortable and happy as possible.

What challenges come with the job?

I don’t always understand the words clients use in Yiddish or other languages. Jewish law is also complicated. One my first day on the job, it was explained to me that if I want to cook something for the client in the Betty Crocker, then according to Jewish law, I have to ask a Jew to plug it in. Later that day I wanted to vacuum, so I called a granddaughter to come over to plug the vacuum in. I was just trying to follow Jewish law!

What are the rewarding parts of the job?

It feels very rewarding when clients and their families show their gratitude. We work very hard. Someone once bought a doll for my daughter’s birthday. That was a very thoughtful gesture that made me feel seen and appreciated.

What advice do you have for children and grandchildren who want to visit?

If you arrive for a visit and your parent is sleeping, ask me what to do. Sometimes they were up all night, or maybe they’re in pain and finally sleeping comfortably. It’s wrong to wake them up just because it’s a convenient time for you to visit. In other instances, the client is lonely and bored and only fell asleep because they had nothing to do. They would be thrilled to be woken to enjoy your visit.

Also, when visiting, engage your parent as strongly as possible. Smile and share stories. You can even dance!

Any other advice for loving family members?

Don’t do anything you’re not trained to do, like using the hoyer lift or administering the feeding tube. It can cause more harm than good. Additionally, always ask your parent before administering care, for example, “Can I change you now? Can I cover you?” Elderly parents are still human beings who deserve respect and as much agency as possible.

For families looking for that right someone, what qualities are important in a home health aide?

When choosing an aide, look for someone gentle, who won’t rush the client, and will always make them feel safe.

It feels very rewarding when clients and their families show their gratitude

Bringing them to appointments is important, but not enough. Someone needs to be involved in medical decisions so the elderly patient’s medical needs are fully addressed

Since they are a large and loving family, the Weiss children had enough manpower to cover all the hours of the day. Tziporah remembers how they started the system.

“My sister wrote a beautiful poem to let the entire family in on what my parents were going through, kind of to warm everyone to the idea of pitching in, and then we worked out a rotation of children and grandchildren. Everyone who wanted to be involved gave their cell phone number to a couple of us who organized the shifts.”

This system was in place day and night. Since Rabbi Weiss was uncomfortable sleeping with the aide in his room, the adult grandchildren would sleep in the room and call the aide as needed. The children who lived overseas would schedule visits and take their turns too. As Mrs. Weiss also aged, the children and grandchildren spent a lot of time coming and going from the Weiss home, simply being present.

ON CALL

A crucial part of caring for the elderly is managing their medical care. Bringing them to appointments is important, but not enough. Someone needs to be involved in medical decisions, asking questions, staying informed, liaising with the medical team, and researching options regarding medication, treatments and nutrition so the elderly patient’s medical needs are fully addressed and care is optimal.

“It was ironic,” Tziporah recalls. “Although my father was the one who was constantly sick while my mother aged relatively well, my mother suddenly became ill at age 82, and then passed away, leaving the family reeling in shock and grief.”

To support Rabbi Weiss in his intense anguish over losing his spouse, the family intensified their efforts to be present for Zaidy, to care for all of his needs and mitigate his loneliness.

This great effort would turn out to be their last opportunity to fulfil kibbud av. Just eight months after losing his wife, Rabbi Weiss was niftar. The chapter was closed, but as Tziporah says, “Being there for my parents at the time they needed us was one of the most important things I’ve ever done.”

*Names have been changed.

HIS HONOR

Kibbud av v’eim is the fifth of the Aseres Hadibros, appearing on the first side of the luchos, which is devoted to mitzvos bein adam laMakom, between man and Hashem. This is because Hashem considers the honor given to parents as if it were honor given directly to Him.

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Although he was relatively young, Dovid developed a close relationship with his grandfather who lived in their home, serving him and connecting in a deeply meaningful way. HIS LEGACY LIVES ON

When I think of Zeidy, the first thing I remember is… how he lived for his children and einiklach. He loved us, and we were so proud to be his nachas

My job was… to push Zeidy to shul in his wheelchair. Always the independent type, he didn’t want to be a burden. Very often, he used to press a dollar bill into my hand to show his appreciation. (Zeidy warned me not to tell my parents, since he knew they wouldn’t approve!)

A perk of having a grandparent in our house was… watching Zeidy up close and gaining from his perspective on life. More than a decade later, not a day passes that I don’t think about Zeidy and what he would do in any given situation that comes my way.

Zeidy is famous for saying… “Who would have believed?” and then say the name of the Yom Tov or simcha we were celebrating. He could never have pictured enjoying such nachas 70 years earlier, during the Holocaust. Zeidy also reminded us often not to forget him after his passing. I didn’t understand his worry; Zeidy was such a big part of my life, there’s no way I could ever forget him!

Zeidy enjoyed… entertaining listeners with stories. He talked about his youth and his Holocaust experiences and liked to shared vertlach. Although we heard his stories many times, we still enjoyed listening to them.

Shabbos was special… especially when Zeidy was strong enough to make it upstairs for the Shabbos seudah

I’ll never forget… Zeidy’s emotional Shehecheyanu.

I’m forever grateful… that I had the opportunity to name my child after Zeidy.

WHAT A ZECHUS!

When Malky’s grandmother decided to move to Eretz Yisroel in her golden years, the plan was to move into an apartment next door to Malky. In the end, Oma moved into Malky’s home.

For several years, Malky and her growing family of six little children shared their home with their great-grandmother.

When I think of Oma, the first thing I remember is… what a calm, easygoing person she was in her years in our home. She was so easy to be around! The kids could make a racket, yet she remained calm and undisturbed. She used to play along with them when they played hiding games behind the couch, for instance, or other games.

My job was… making sure Oma was comfortable, and providing meals and doing the laundry. My husband handled the medications and prescriptions, and a cousin helped out with appointments and the like.

A perk of having Oma in our house was… having my children grow up with a great-grandmother in their lives and all the experiences that come along with that. When children see it up close, they automatically imbibe an appreciation for chesed and kibbud horim

I found it challenging when… Oma aged rapidly. It was emotionally draining to watch up close.

Oma enjoyed… reading and learning. We can all picture her sitting with an open Chumash and reading through the parsha. She simply got lost in it!

Shabbos was special because… we got to host our extended family for seudos. While we did it to make a pleasant, nachas-filled atmosphere for Oma, it was nice for me and for the kids to be more in touch with cousins.

A story I’ll never forget… At the very end, I gave my kids pots to bang on so we could keep Oma awake when she sat at the table during mealtime. Her medical condition made it difficult for her to keep her eyes open, and she would doze off in the middle of eating — which wasn’t good for her, because especially with her decreased appetite, it was difficult to make sure she was eating enough. So for a change, making noise to wake our grandmother was actually a chesed !

A lesson I learned… Oma taught me a lot about the spirit of Yiddishkeit. Of Yekkish descent, Oma had very strong, straight hashkafos, and she exuded a real spirit of Yiddishkeit, which my children picked up without even realizing it.

I’m forever grateful… that we were zoche to host Oma. It gave us lots of zechusim, and many lessons along the way. It was an experience not many get.

PART OF THE FAMILY

When

Rechy was in Pre-1a, her grandparents moved in downstairs. In the four years that followed, until his passing, life pretty much revolved around Zeidy, who had a larger-than-life personality and a growing need for physical assistance. Bobby remained part of the family until her passing during COVID, eight years later.

When I think of Bobby, the first thing I remember is… how she was always happy. She never, ever complained. Everything was always good!

My job was… to help Bobby up the stairs. There were times when I slept in her room, and I spent lots of time keeping her company.

A perk of having grandparents in our house was… that our home became an important place for the entire extended family. Aunts, uncles and cousins would come visit, and we were at the center of the action.

Bobby is famous for writing… “Stay safe and healthy.” Good health was always a priority for her. So was treating her einiklach to an appreciative tip of $20 and a thank-you note every now and then.

I’ll never forget… the realization that mitzvas kibbud av v’eim has an expiration date. As Zeidy grew more and more medically fragile and my fears grew, my mother explained that each day with Zeidy around was a special gift.

A story that impacted me… was when our Chol Hamoed outing was canceled because Zeidy fell. While it was disappointing, we naturally accepted it as part of our mitzvah.

Shabbos was special because… Zeidy and Bobby were there. I was recently setting the table, and I nearly put out a setting for Bobby even though it’s more than five years since her passing. Bobby was just so much part of our family.

A lesson I gained… is a deeper understanding of the mitzvah of kibbud av v’eim. Just watching how my parents so happily gave of themselves inspires me until today. Despite all the hard work and being super-involved in Zeidy and Bobby’s day-to-day care, they taught us by example to view it as a privilege, and never a bother.

I’m forever grateful… for the close relationship and strong connection I shared with my grandparents. Not everyone is zoche to be so intimately connected to their grandparents — especially Holocaust-survivor grandparents, who made our link in the chain of mesorah feel like a genuine reality.

IMPRESSIONABLE IMPACT

Zeidy and Bobby are part and parcel of Yitzchok’s childhood memories. They lived upstairs, in an attached apartment. Hosting them was a full-time occupation, especially as Bobby was sick, frail and blind. Yet Zeidy and Bobby’s presence shaped who Yitzchok is today.

When I think of Bobby, the first thing I remember is… how involved she was with us einiklach, even without being able to see us. She was a real tzaddekes. She never yielded to her limitations and remained an inspiration to everyone who saw her.

And when I think of Zeidy… I remember waking up Shabbos morning to the sound of Zeidy being maavir sedra. He would also say Tehillim out loud together with Bobby, who couldn’t read but could point out the tiniest mistake. Their ehrlichkeit went into my bones.

Bobby enjoyed… song. She always asked us to sing, and she would record us on her old-fashioned tape recorder. She especially loved Machnisei Rachamim and Ani Maamin

And Zeidy enjoyed… learning with us. He used to prepare tea and seven-layer cake, and serve it to us boys with such love. The first question he asked grandchildren who called was always about how the learning was going.

A perk of having grandparents in our house was… Hamapil gelt! Bobby wanted to help our mother with bedtime, so she would give us fifty cents a week for promising not to speak in bed after wishing her good night. After a few months, we went to the store and spent the money on prizes. She was always so excited to see what we chose.

I’ll never forget… the sight of Bobby sitting on a chair on

Erev Yom Kippur, crying. She shed hot tears every Erev Shabbos by licht tzinding, too.

I think of Zeidy when… I say Akdamus every Shavuos. He would say it with such emotion. I also think of Zeidy on Motzei Yom Kippur; I remember the way he’d come home every year exhilarated that he’d managed to fast despite his medical difficulties.

A story that impacted me… was when our new kallah came for melaveh malka. Some of the drink Bobby was sipping accidentally dripped down her shirt, but because she couldn’t see, she didn’t notice. My sisters wanted to wipe it clean, but my mother put her finger to her lips. “Shh! Don’t say anything. I don’t want Bobby to be embarrassed or feel bad!” My mother really cared to preserve her mother’s dignity.

I can still picture… Hatzolah lights flashing as I turned the bend onto my street and just knew that it was outside my house, for Bobby again.

A lesson I learned… was the extent of kibbud av v’eim My mother was the most devoted daughter possible. She ran upstairs to help her mother the second she heard a floorboard creak. She literally gave up nights of sleep and her entire hartz and neshamah for her parents.

I’m forever grateful… for the appreciation I gained for the previous generation.

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When I was a child, the running joke in my family was that I was being raised in a nursing home. I’m the youngest child by more than a decade. I also grew up with my elderly grandparents living right next door, so throughout my childhood and teens, I had a close-up look at what goes into elder care. I observed many visitors and saw what made for a successful or awkward visit.

When an elderly relative is no longer fully mobile or communicative, visiting can feel intimidating. There’s a fear of uncomfortable silences, of not knowing what to say or how to act. When young children are involved, it can feel even more challenging. What if they get bored? What if they don’t behave?

But with just a bit of planning and thought, these visits can become deeply meaningful for everyone involved — the relative, the visitors and the caregivers who support them.

Below is a collection of tips drawn from my own experience.

NOTE:

For the purpose of this article, elderly people who are mobile and independent are considered “senior.” Those who have limited mobility and/or speech and require 24/7 care are referred to as “infirm.”

1Plan Ahead — But Stay Flexible

One of the most common mistakes people make when visiting elderly relatives is showing up unannounced. While spontaneity might work for a neighbor dropping off soup, it’s not ideal when your relative is elderly and possibly infirm. They might be sleeping, out at a doctor’s appointment or simply not up to seeing guests. Worse, you could arrive just as the caregiver steps out for a break or is assisting with something private, such as bathing or dressing.

A quick call or message in advance makes all the difference. Ideally, coordinate with the primary family caregiver, who can let you know the best time to visit — and when it’s best not to.

That said, don’t be discouraged if you’re turned away on occasion. Life with the elderly is unpredictable. Sometimes they’re just not up to having company. That doesn’t mean your visit won’t be appreciated. Keep trying.

It can feel uncomfortable or even a bit pushy to keep calling friends and relatives and asking them to visit. However, the truth is that many people do want to come; they just need a reminder, some direction or a bit of encouragement. And ultimately, it isn’t a favor to you; it’s part of your obligation of kibbud av v’eim and their obligation of bikur cholim. Try setting up a visiting rotation a few weeks at a time, aiming for one or two visits per week. That’s usually enough to create consistency without being overwhelming. If you keep the system manageable and structured, it will become easier for you to maintain, and your parent will benefit from regular, meaningful connections.

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Keep it Short and Sweet 2

A good visit doesn’t have to be long. In fact, it shouldn’t be.

Fifteen to twenty minutes is ideal. That’s long enough to connect, but short enough to stay focused, avoid awkward pauses and not exhaust the elderly person. Remember, even just sitting upright and focusing on conversation can be tiring for someone who is frail. Keeping visits short also helps visitors avoid feeling bored or unsure of what to say. This applies even when your relative is a sprightly senior; it’s normal to struggle to connect with someone from a different generation. When you know your time is limited, you use it more intentionally, and the visit ends with everyone feeling good.

It won’t always be possible for you to be present when a visitor comes, nor is it always necessary. However, if your parent is infirm and relies on 24/7 care, it’s helpful to have a system to keep track of the people who visit when a family member is not present. Buy a visitors’ book and have the aide ask visitors to write down their name, phone number and the time they came. The next time you’re with your parent and the aide mentions that some woman with a blonde wig stopped by, you’ll know exactly who it was. Take the time to call the visitor to thank them for their visit; they’ll be more likely to return soon. And if they happened to have come at an inconvenient time and were turned away by the aide, you’ll be able to reschedule their visit.

I’m willing to bet that curious einiklach will flip through the book on their own visits. Seeing how many people take the time to visit their grandparent/s will hopefully encourage them to keep doing the same.

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One of the hardest parts about visiting an infirm relative is realizing how much the relationship has changed. The person who once led the Pesach Seder or walked you to shul now needs your help — physically, emotionally and conversationally.

This role reversal can be painful, but it’s also an opportunity for growth.

Come prepared to lead the conversation. Don’t expect your Bubby to entertain you; instead, bring a “prop” to help you propel the conversation. This can be a small photo album of the kids, a cute anecdote about an einikel, or updates about different relatives. These stories offer more than just entertainment; they’re your gift to the person you’re visiting. You’re sharing your life, your nachas, your connection.

For men visiting their zaidy or elter-feter, this might mean sharing a short vort on the parsha, or bringing a sefer

and learning a daf out loud together.

I’ll never forget when a relative from abroad came to visit my infirm grandfather. He took a Gemara from the seforim shank and learned with my grandfather for quite a while. Based on Zaida’s shining eyes, it’s fair to say that this was hands-down his favorite visitor. In fact, when the relative returned two years later, Zaida immediately reminded him which daf they were up to, and they continued where they had left off.

You can also ask if your relative has put on tefillin today, and offer to help if needed.

You may know your grandfather as a successful businessman who was always following market trends. But elderly people seem to become increasingly more interested in spiritual pursuits as they age, so don’t be surprised to find that Zaidy is now more interested in a short dvar Torah than the latest headlines.

If you are present during a relative’s visit, you’ll probably notice that the visitor looks to you for guidance in steering the conversation. Often, that results in a conversation between you and the visitor, while your parent ends up being entirely left out of the conversation. Gently encourage the visitor to speak to your parent directly, while you remain on hand to assist if needed.

Another thing to be mindful about is discussing your parent’s health in front of them. Visitors will often ask for updates, but giving detailed reports while your parent is present can feel like a violation of their privacy — even if they seem less alert. If someone needs an update, offer to speak privately or suggest they call you later. Always err on the side of preserving your parent’s dignity.

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Bring the Kids — But Prepare Them First

Bringing your children on visits to elderly relatives is a powerful chinuch opportunity. It teaches them kibbud av v’eim, chesed and derech eretz. But it also requires preparation.

Before the visit, explain to your kids where you’re going, who you’ll be seeing and what to expect. If the relative is frail or looks significantly different from the last time they saw them, let your kids know about this in advance. If necessary, remind them of their relationship: “This is Mommy’s bubby” or “Tatty’s elter-zaidy.”

One great trick is to share a fun memory you have of the person you’re visiting. This helps children see them as real people, not just someone old and sick. Then, when you arrive, you can retell the story in front of your relative. You can expect everyone to laugh together, which will naturally lighten the mood.

If your child is the confident type, help them prepare something simple to share clearly: a parsha song, a joke or an anecdote about something that happened recently. This will allow them to feel like part of the visit, not just a spectator.

Don’t be afraid to bring along very young children, but do be extra prepared so they don’t get bored or antsy. Bring along coloring books or small toys to keep them occupied while you schmooze, and make sure to clean up before you leave.

While it’s normal for kids and teenagers to feel a bit apprehensive about visiting an older person, your child may surprise you with how much they enjoy the experience. When my nephew was about five years old, he came to London with his family for Pesach. Every day, he made sure to go next door to visit Zaida. He would pull up a chair next to Zaida’s recliner, place his small hand over Zaida’s gnarled one, and spend ten minutes gently stroking his hand without saying a word. It was the most heartwarming sight. Then, just as suddenly, he would jump up and say, “Bye! I need to go back to London now!” and run back to our house. (“London” was our house; Zaida’s house, in his mind, was somewhere else entirely. That little mix-up always made my grandfather chuckle.) When this nephew was a little older, probably around eight or nine, he would solemnly follow behind Zaida with his wheelchair as Zaida did his daily exercise, walking up and down the hallway with his aide. The wheelchair was there in case Zaida needed to rest for a moment, and my nephew took his unofficial role as “wheelchair escort” very seriously.

Keep a stockpile of small treats in a cabinet. Train the aide to help Zaidy offer a treat to each child during the visit. This small gesture will give Zaidy dignity and authority — and will help the kids stay quiet and engaged while the adults are chatting.

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Lunch at Bubby’s: A Win-Win Idea

A couple of years ago, while visiting the States, we drove to Brooklyn for some shopping and to visit my husband’s grandmother. After we completed our shopping spree, we called Bubby to check whether she was available for a visit. Then we bought some to-go meals for everyone and ate lunch at Bubby’s house. This was an excellent format for a visit; it really checked all the boxes. The visit was short and

natural, and didn’t leave Bubby feeling obligated to host us or feed us. The kids were occupied with their food, and the visit came to a satisfying end when we finished eating.

This idea worked so well that we replicated it recently when we visited our grandmother in Monsey.

If your grandparent has an aide, don’t forget to bring lunch for them as well.

Respect the Aide

Speaking of aides: remember that they are often the unsung heroes of elder care.

They are not just employees; they’re companions, advocates and support systems. Treat them with the kavod they deserve. It’s essential to build a warm, respectful relationship with the person who’s taking care of your loved one, day in and day out. Say hello when you arrive, and bring

a small treat or gift for them to show your appreciation. If your kids are loud or disruptive, take responsibility and redirect them. Don’t expect the aide to clean up after you; they have enough responsibilities as it is.

When you show respect to the aide, you’re also showing respect to your relative. You’re acknowledging the reality of their life — and the people who make it more livable.

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Don’t Wait for Big Moments

A visit doesn’t have to be in honor of a birthday, Yom Tov or family simcha. Often, the most meaningful visits are the regular, uneventful ones. A Tuesday morning dropin. A Sunday lunch. A quick hello on Erev Shabbos, perhaps with fresh kugel or cake in hand.

These small moments add up. They create a sense of consistency and connection that matter more than grand gestures. In the case

of the very infirm, it’s important to remember that visitors provide chizuk not just for the patient, but also for their spouse and close family. No one wants to feel forgotten.

If you live far away and can’t visit in person often, set a regular reminder to call, send photos or make a short video message with your kids.

Your presence — even from afar — can bring incredible comfort.

Final Thoughts

Elder care is not glamorous. It’s rarely convenient. But it is holy work, and it can be surprisingly uplifting when approached with the right mindset.

As someone who “grew up in a nursing home,” I can say that the greatest gift we give our aging relatives is not our advice, help or even jokes; it’s our presence. Just showing up, being there and sitting by their side means the world.

When we do it right — with planning, respect and heart — those visits become more than just a chesed; they become a family legacy.

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T. GESTETNER

Almost everyone I know needs a yeshuah, or knows someone who does. Maybe that’s why there’s so much talk today about all kinds of segulos people try in order to merit Hashem’s help. But there’s something even more potent than a segulah; it’s an outright promise in the Torah: “Honor your father and your mother… so your days may be lengthened and it shall be good for you” (Devarim 5:16).

Kibbud av v’eim is one of the Aseres Hadibros, and we’re educated about it from the time we can talk. But we don’t want to keep our understanding of this most fundamental mitzvah on a preschool level; there are so many details to the obligation of honoring our father and mother. What follows is just a sampling of scenarios that occur frequently — and have important implications in terms of this special mitzvah.

PHONE MATTERS

Chany is catching up with her friend, Shiffy. Life is busy on both ends, and they phone tag for a few days before managing to get in touch. Just as the conversation gets juicy, Chany’s phone beeps to indicate an incoming call. It’s her mother. Must Chany cut the conversation short and take the call?

When a father or mother calls upon a child, the child is obligated to respond immediately and follow the parent’s instructions. The phone is no different. When a parent’s phone number comes up on Caller ID, one must answer right away unless he knows his parent specifically prefers he not interrupt other conversations for them.

Similarly, if a child is speaking with a parent, he should not take any other calls. Interrupting a conversation to take another call portrays a lack of honor toward the first caller. If the new call is important, the child may ask permission to take the call.

The phone is an amazing tool for the performance of kibbud av v’eim. Just a short phone call inquiring how a parent’s day went is a mitzvas asei d’Oraisa!

Shortly before Rav Mordechai Waldman, menahel of Yeshivah Beis Dovid, was niftar, he asked for three Yidden to come to his bedside, where he was suffering tremendous yissurim. He told them, “Every day, I call my mother on the phone. Before doing this mitzvah, I get dressed in my Shabbos clothes, but now, in my weak state, I cannot keep this minhag, so I would like you to be matir neder.” (Sefer L’maan Yaarichun Yamecha)

CONTRADICTING

Yehuda is visiting his parents, who live in a different city. As he accompanies his father to shul, his father is proud to introduce him to every person they meet. “This is my son, Yehuda! He is a rosh yeshivah in Yeshivas Ahavas Torah.”

The truth is, Shalom is not a rosh yeshivah; he’s just involved in the administrative functions of the yeshivah. He feels uncomfortable with the excessive title, and says, “Not quite! I’m just the administrator.”

One aspect of yirah, when it comes to parents, is avoiding contradictions. We are not allowed to disagree with a parent, even if we know that what the parent said is untrue. A child does not need to agree on everything a parent says, but they may not invalidate the parent’s statement. Deriding a parent’s opinion or correcting an inconsequential statement they make is problematic even in private, and all the more so in front of others.

It’s important to note that not every statement requires a response. If it makes no difference to the listener and there is no loss involved, the best response is no response. No parent wants to be corrected by their child.

When it comes to a statement that will cause the child loss or damage, the child is entitled to speak up and clarify the matter. Nonetheless, the child must use language that displays yirah, and make sure the parent is not embarrassed in the process.

What happens if the parent is talking about you? What if a father or mother overstates the facts or is painting an image that is different from the one you’d like to project?

If the statement is one of exaggerated praise, one should view it as a zechus to be a source of their parent’s happiness, and let it go. If the comment is humiliating, the child is allowed to defend himself to deflect the humiliation. The best way to do it would be to ask for permission to explain.

USING THEIR SERVICES

The extended family is sitting together for shalosh seudos in Bubby’s home. The table is beautifully set with challah, salads and spreads.

Bluma notices there are no forks, and she calls out to her mother, who is in the kitchen, “Ma, can you bring some forks?”

From a young age, we’re accustomed to asking our parents to do things for us and to care for our needs, which makes it confusing as we grow older. The halacha is that children must serve their parents — not the opposite.

When a father wants to serve his son, it’s okay for the child to accept. If a child knows that it will bring his parent joy to do something for him, or that it will cause the parent pain if he refrains from asking for help, one is allowed to ask. It goes without saying that the request may not come across in a demanding way, such as “give me,” or “come with me,” but rather be phrased as a question, such as, “Would you mind giving me a ride?”

When Rav Chaim Kanievsky once lay ill in bed, his father, the Steipler, stopped by to visit.

The Steipler told his son that he was on his way to the printer to drop off his manuscript. “I also have chiddushim that are ready for publishing,” Rav Chaim commented. The Steipler replied, “Give them to me. I’ll take yours, too.” Later, Rav Chaim attested that he never experienced so many difficulties when publishing a sefer as he did with this one — and he published a sefer every year. He attributed it to the fact that he had used his father’s services for it.

SHARING

Arriving in shul one morning, Mr. Gold is bombarded with comments. “I hear your son-in-law signed on a house in Green Park!”

Mr. Gold tries to hide his shock. His daughter didn’t tell him she was thinking of moving or buying a house, and now everyone seems to know about it before him!

It is a mitzvah for children to share with their parents what’s going on in their lives. This shows they value the relationship, which is a demonstration of kavod. In some cases, a child is obligated to share updates, since if they do not, the parent may be hurt that they are not included in the important experiences in their children’s lives.

Picture a parent’s feelings when they find out only after the fact that their child made a major life change, like switching jobs or buying a house. Or think of the pain that could be avoided for a parent who davens daily for a child, without the child sharing that they already have good news. Not knowing where a child is can also be a source of worry, which makes it important to keep parents updated when you are traveling.

At the same time, it isn’t always necessary for children to talk about a loss or negative experience that happened to them or to their children, since this can cause their parents pain or concern. At times of challenge, children should use their judgement and take their parents’ natures into consideration to decide what and when to share.

Ayungerman in Yerushalayim was once imprisoned. After two months, he was released, and he went straight to the Satmar Rav, who was in Eretz Yisroel at the time, to share the good news. The first question the Divrei Yoel asked was: “Did you notify your father yet?” The yungerman replied in the negative; his father lived in Tzfas and had no telephone. The Rebbe chided him, “What kind of answer is that? Don’t wait; take a car right now and travel to Tzfas to tell your father the good news.” The Rebbe nearly shoved him out of the room!

HONORING DESPITE FAULTS

“I’ll give you money for a new book tomorrow,” Rochel’s father says.

Rochel holds back her retort: “Oh, yeah? Just like the new pencil case you said you’d give me back in September, and the pizza you promised me last week?”

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Rochel is fed up with unfulfilled promises that leave her with little confidence in her father’s word. How can she be expected to respect her father?

Every person has faults. The fact that a child — who often intimately observes their parents’ actions and behaviors up close — is aware of those faults should not impede their ability to respect their parents. It isn’t necessary to justify everything a father or mother does, or reevaluate who the parent is, in order to regard them positively. The key is to try to look out for their positive qualities and traits and focus on those.

If the opportunity arises, a child may sensitively discuss the shortcoming in an indirect way. For example, Rochel can speak about herself, and point out how important it is to her that a promise be kept. Keep in mind that it is never a child’s responsibility to educate their parents or help them to improve their ways, even if they are making a mistake.

When a parent falls short in their child’s eyes, the child should try to be dan l’kaf zechus. Perhaps the parent would love for things to be different, but cannot change matters for a reason unknown to the child. We are all a work in progress.

Before finalizing a potential shidduch, a bochur went to speak with the Chazon Ish. The girl was more frum than her family, which made him hesitant about the shidduch. The Chazon Ish asked what relationship the girl intended to have with her less-religious parents after the wedding. Her reply was emphatic: “I don’t want to have anything to do with them!” The Chazon Ish advised the boy against going ahead with the shidduch. Respecting one’s parents is d’Oraisa, even if the parent is less frum than the child.

In Kiddushin (31a), the Gemara tells of two different people. One served his father luscious meat, while the other served nothing to his father, but made him stand at the millstone and grind wheat. Nevertheless, the first received punishment, while the second was deserving of eternal reward in Olam Haba. Why?

The first one gave his father the nicest and the best, but he gave it begrudgingly, with a sour face. The second man was mechabed his father and gave him the ultimate dignity of feeling needed.

Rashi cites a similar Yerushalmi: When the first son served the meat, and his father asked how he could afford such an expensive cut, the son retorted, “What difference does it make to you? Eat it!” This showed that it was hard for him to give it. On the other hand, the father who stood with his back bent over the millstone had received an order to come serve the king. In order to spare his father the interminable labor, the child hired him to work at his mill and went to serve the king in his place.

The question remains: Why was the first son punished? After all, he did go down to the store, paid for the meat, cooked it and served it. Why is he punished rather than rewarded?

The answer is that the main feature of avodah is the heart.

The Torah wants us to honor our parents at all times. The actions that fall under the category of kibbud av v’eim should reveal our appreciation for them. If a child serves his parents unhappily, it is as if he hasn’t served them at all, even though the basic act of service was performed. The whole point of the mitzvah is to show that he values his parents and that it’s his privilege to serve them. Our parents don’t need our actions; rather, the Torah requires of us to show our appreciation and respect.

With this understanding, it becomes clear that what constitutes the epitome of kibbud av v’eim for one parent may be a complete lack of respect for another parent. We must serve our parents on their terms, treating them the way they want to be treated and ensuring their honor is maintained — and most of all, must do so with a smile.

OFFERING ADVICE

Shany is helping her mother get ready for the family Chanukah party, which will take place in a nearby hall.

“I need Tatty to carry the kugel to the car,” her mother says. “Come on, Ma!” Shany replies. “Don’t act like an old lady! Take the kugel out yourself!”

Would one speak that way to a king? When we speak to our parents, we must do so with the highest level of derech eretz, the way one addresses royalty. Every word must be measured, thought out and expressed gently, with an attitude of veneration.

Before offering advice to a parent, one must evaluate the way he says it. Will the statement put down the parent or make it seem like the child is greater, more knowledgeable or more capable? Is the child putting himself in his parents’ shoes and trying to understand what they are going through? Commanding a parent to do something is always improper. When there is advice that must be shared, it must be done appropriately. A child must first reframe his thought process — and then rephrase his comment.

So, if Shany is disturbed that her mother is limiting herself unnecessarily, she can politely present it as a question. “Mommy, maybe you could manage to carry it?”

She should show concern and make a suggestion, and not tell her mother outright what to do. Better yet, she can offer to help and do the act together with her mother, so the job gets done with her mother’s dignity intact.

Honoring one’s father and mother is a basic human ethic. But when we consciously follow the Torah’s guidelines for kibbud horim, as spelled out in Shulchan Aruch, we are doing something else entirely: We are being mekayem a mitzvah for which Hakadosh Baruch Hu promises we will be zoche to long life and all the brachos in the world. What an opportunity!

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4-letter words: 2 points | 5-letter words: 3 points | 6-letter words: 5 points | 7-letter words: 7 points | 8-letter words: 9 points | 9+ letters: 12 points

HINT

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

R M E G U A A N D P F C E O L F T H I C S A B N K

Family name:

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Full mailing address:

Full name of winner: _________________________________________________________

Amount of points: ____________________________________________________________

Full names of competing players:

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winner

WINNER 1

FAMILY NAME: Binet, 718-xxx-4452

NAME OF WINNER: Yitty Benedikt

AMOUNT OF POINTS: 34

NAMES OF COMPETING PLAYERS: Devoiry Binet

SOME WORDS ONLY THE WINNER FOUND: road, real, heap, then THE LONGEST WORD FOUND ON THE BOARD: spare A NEW WORD LEARNED FROM THE BOARD: raid

WINNER 2

FAMILY NAME: Strohli, 929-xxx-5433

NAME OF WINNER: Chaya Sury

AMOUNT OF POINTS: 21

NAMES OF COMPETING PLAYERS: Malky

SOME WORDS ONLY THE WINNER FOUND: sleat, area, snore, sprain

Libby Wieder, 8, Belz

Riki Kresch , 6, Bnos

Yisroel

Aidy Horowitz, 5, Bnos Bobov 45

Malky Reinman, 11, Bnos Chaya

Classifieds

FOR SALE

NEOCATE/BABY FORMULA

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

DOONA STROLLER

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

BEBE ORGANIC SET

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

CANON CAMERAS 2ND HAND

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

DONATE YOUR VEHICLE

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

BOOKCASE

Stunning 3 unit seforim shank for sale. Beautiful condition. Selling for great price. Pictures available upon request. 929 625 4616

BOOKCASE

Nice T Section bookcase, brand new condition, for sale. Call or text 845-376-4412

REAL ESTATE

MIAMI BEACH

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

LINDEN LUXE

New Pristine Cathedral

Ceiling House. 6 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms, jacuzzi. Sleeps 20+. Stocked Playroom. Swing Set. Trampoline, gameroom. All Amenities. 5 min to shul. pool rental avail nearby. 3 blocks to grocery/ pizza store. Avail for Shabbos/ Weekday. call/text 718989-1406.

NORTH MIAMI FL RENTAL

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

FOR SALE MONSEY

Large 5 bedroom, 3 bath bi-level on 1/2 acre. Updates: roof, skylights, attic fan (2021). Driveway repaved (2023), New furnace, HVAC and deck. Sauna (lower level). Priced to sell at $1,280,000!! Deera Homes, Sarah Schwab, Broker 914-261-6432. Won’t Last!!

WEST PALM BEACH

No. 1 Real Estate Broker. Aaron Rose 561.308.5766

WEST PALM BEACH APT. FOR SALE

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

CHUSSEN KALLAH APT

Brand new furnished 1-bedroom basement apartment with a large modern kitchen. 17th and 45th area. Avail after Sukkos. Call 718-404-3174.

FURNISHED APT FOR RENT

19 53 brand new spacious 1 BR bsmt, light, high ceilings G/E included. Chosson /Kallah. call/text 7189542978

FURNISHED APT FOR RENT

Brand new 1 bedroom furnished apt in the heart of Boro Park available for rent for Sukkos, month or year. Call 404-6006

LAKEHOUSE VILLA

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

WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA

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

SUKKOS JACKSON

Spacious 3 Bedroom private house w/ pool on quiet culde-sac for rent in Jackson. Available for Sukkos, weekends/ midweek. Walk to Royal Grove shul/mikvah. Please call/text 845-459-5939.

BEAUTIFUL VILLA RENTAL

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

MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA

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

WEST PALM BEACH FOR SALE

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

SUKKOS RENTAL

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

YAMIM TOVIM RENTAL – SURFSIDE FLORIDA SHORT-TERM APT

Newly renovated, fully furnished 1-Bed / 2-Bath apartment, 91st & Collins – prime Surfside location Directly across from the beach Walking distance to Shul. Available for Succos, Holidays, daily or weekly rental (845) 600-4054

SHABBOS/YOM TOV RENTAL

Large 5 bedroom/4 bathroom home in Pomona, 5 minute walk to shul, available for rent weekends & yomim tovim, and from Sept 18-October 19. Contact 845828-2570

Scottsdale AZ- 12821 N67th St. HOUSE FOR SALE

$1,599,000

4 Beds,3 Bath, Pool, Beautiful Secluded Garden

Short walk to Shuls/Mikvahs Call Esther Bronsteyn 602 570 6575 esther@eandgrealestate.com

Accounts Receivable Supervisor (Healthcare)

$125k-$200k Brooklyn, NY

Sales Director (Freight)

$120k-$180k Brooklyn (with travel to Monsey once a week)

Revenue Cycle Manager (Medical Billing)

$100k-$150k Williamsburg

Early Childhood Education Director

$120k-$140k Williamsburg

Construction Project Manager

$100k-$120k Brooklyn

Accounts Receivable Managed Care Specialist

$70k-$90k Brooklyn, NY

Purchasing Specialist (Nursing Facilities)

$65k-$85k Brooklyn, NY

Teacher BA Required (P/T)

$3k/Monthly Williamsburg

Office Admin (Commercial

Cleaning Supplies)

$30-$35/Hour Boro Park

Executive Assistant (Female Environment)

$30/Hour Williamsburg

Loan Processor

$60k-$75k Williamsburg

Email: Frimy@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Takeout Manager

$130k Boro park

Customer Service Manager

$100k + Commission Bronx , NY

Physical Therapist P/T (School)

$80k-$100k Williamsburg

Current Career Opportunities in Brooklyn & Surrounding Areas

Store Manager (High-end)

$60k-$90k Williamsburg

Store Salesman (High-end)

$60k-$80k Williamsburg

Email ChanaF@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Homecare Administrator

$200k-$300k Brooklyn

Marketing Director (Healthcare)

$200k-$300k Remote Within USA (Travel Required)

Director of Account Management (Inside Sales)

$150k-$200k Clifton, NJ

Customer Service Manager

$140k-$180k Newark, NJ

Director Of Operations /Property Management (Female Office)

$120k-$160k Brooklyn

Sales Director

$120k-$150k + Commission NY/NJ

Sales Manager (Construction)

$130k-$150k Brooklyn

Director Of Coordination (LHCSA Exp)

$110k-$130k Brooklyn

E-commerce Account Specialist

$100k-$120k Clifton, NJ

Logistics Project Manager

$100k-$120k Newark, NJ

Insurance Underwriter

$80k-$130k Brooklyn

Finishing Supervisor (Manufacturing)

$80k-$120k Newark

Production Scheduler

$75k-$85k Newark, NJ

Email: Yisroel@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Sr Estate Planning Attorney (Law)

$200k-$300k Brooklyn, NY

Sr Wealth Lawyer

$200k-$300k Brooklyn

Capital Markets Leads (Finance/ Banking)

$120k-$160k + Commission

Remote Within The USA

Salesperson (Construction)

$120k + Commissions Brooklyn

CRE Sr Loan Officer/Originator (NJ, PA Portfolio)

$100k-$150k+ Commission Fort Lee NJ

Sr Commercial Loan Underwriter

$100k-$125k+ Commission New Jersey

Production Execution Manager (Construction Material) Female Environment

$75k-$135k Northern, NJ

Email: HindyS@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Nurse Practitioner

$155k-$190k Williamsburg

Email: AdinaS@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Interior Designer

$70k-$100k Boro Park

Email: Hindy@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Accounting Team Member

$95k-$100k NYC

E-commerce Operations

Specialist

$80k-$100k NYC

Email: RickyR@ SwiftStaffingGroup.com

Classifieds

YOMIM TOVIM RENTAL LINDEN

Brand new 3 bedroom basement. Living area and kitchen. Private backyard with inground heated pool. Sukkah provided. Call/text 929-592-0368 Also available for weekends

BEAUTIFUL SUKKOT RENTAL NEAR KIRYAS JOEL

Celebrate Sukkot in a spacious, fully furnished 4-bedroom home. *Linens and towels provided. *Private, expansive grounds. *Convenient walking distance to shul. *Perfect for families celebrating the Yom Tov. * Big Sukkah included. Call or Text: 845-600-4054

SUKKOS JACKSON

Spacious 3 Bedroom private house w/ pool on quiet culde-sac for rent in Jackson. Available for Sukkos, weekends/ midweek. Walk to Royal Grove shul/mikvah. Please call/text 845-459-5939.

SUKKOS RENTAL HAVERSTRAW

Beautiful 4 Bedroom apt in Haverstraw with spacious living room/ Dining room, 3 bathrooms. Big deck, front & back lawn. 5 min walk to Heimishe shul. Call 718-4046006

NORTH MIAMI VACATION RENTAL

Beautiful, modern 4 Bdrm 3 Bthrm house for rent. Private Heated pool with spa. Pergola and covered dining area in backyard. Quiet, private neighborhood. For more info, please call or text 646-9261260

MONSEY VACATION/ SIMCHA RENTAL

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

APT RENTAL NEAR MONROE

Newly renovated apt for rent for Shabbos, Yomim Toivim, Sukkos. Inground pool. Near shul, minyan. 929-627-6978

YERUSHALAYIM

Two bedroom apartment in Yerushalayim, next to Geula, with huge sukkah porch available for rent for the whole Tishrei. 19294965011

SOUTH FALLSBURG SUKOS RENTAL

Beautiful private house in South Fallsburg. Across MBR. 5.5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, C/A and heat, huge porch with Sukkah and awning. Backyard- swings, treehouse. 917-705-1704

HELP WANTED

BOOKKEEPER

We are currently seeking a bookkeeper with excellent communication skills, along with at least two years of bookkeeping experience. This is a full time female position. reach out to esti@ theprimestaffing.com

WRITING TEACHER

Looking for a once a week experienced writing teacher for upper elementary class. Email - teacherbp2004@ gmail.com

KESHER/YELED V`YALDA BORO PARK

Hiring girls to work with children with additional needs in a busy, warm environment. Mon–Thurs. 3:00 pm-4:30 pm (option to continue till later) Paid via ABA Insurance. High School Diploma required. Please Call or Message: 347-9464506

HIRING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Work with a child from your community with additional needs, after school/on weekends $25- $30 an hour based on experience. Paid via ABA Insurance. Please call or message 347.946.4506 Email: smarkovic@yeled.org

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Bais Yaakov of Boro Park is seeking substitute teachers for pre-school and grades 1-8 A.M. & P.M. Please call Mrs. Weinman (917)331-3714.

ASSISTANT POSITION

Chasidishe Girls School in BP is seeking Assistant for 2nd grade. From 1-4pm. Great pay & excellent environment. Pls email to lgordonbydg@gmail. com or call 718-338-5600 X313

JOBS AVAILABLE

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

THE JOB YOU’RE LOOKING FOR!

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

F/T SECRETARY

Seeking F/T secretary until 6:00 PM including Sundays. Candidate should be detail oriented, able to multi-task & have organizational skills. Email jobinbp679@gmail. com.

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

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

ABA OPENING

Excellent ABA opening in heart of Boro Park. From 12:30 PM-4:30 PM or at some point till 7:00 PM. Excellent pay, great environment. Please call for more info. : 917.968.2292

ABA

Incredible 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM ABA opening for woman Boro Park 38th &13th Ave. Excellent training, competitive pay. Call: 917.968.2292

STORE MANAGER

Manager/Mashgiach avail for OPENING shift in a grocery store or supermarket. Knows computer and register with reliable transportation. (732) 996-9213

ar-old girl needs a playmate

Williamsburg

A 13-year-old boy needs a musical person to teach him music.

A 4-year-old girl needs a warm companion weekdays and weekends.

A 39-year-old needs help with household/organizing tasks.

Manhattan

A 13-year-old boy needs a homework helper.

A 15-year-old boy needs a caring ‘big brother’.

A 5-year-old with medical challenges needs a companion in the afternoons.

Boro Park

An adult needs a warm friend to spend time with her.

A young child needs someone to spend fun time together.

A client needs a companion to take her to therapy on weekdays

A 9-year old needs a playmate

A 12-year old boy needs an energetic exercise partner.

Flatbush

An 8-year old boy needs a helper in the mornings.

A 20-year-old young lady needs a friend on shabbos afternoons.

An 11-year-old boy needs a big brother to entertain him and to be his friend.

Choose a location. Choose a time. Choose to make an impact.

Classifieds

RN POSITION IN STATEN ISLAND!

Looking for a part-time RN for a Childcare Facility. Must be a Registered Nurse, and Must have good computer skills. Ability to work with young children and parents. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Please email resume to: mrosin@yeled.org

ABA OPENING FOR WOMEN

Women’s ABA Jobs in Boro Park Full-Time & Afternoon Shifts 2:30–5:30 PM. Quick hiring process. Call 917.968.2292 or email: HRrecruitmentNY@gmail. com

ADMIN ASSISTANT

Seeking an Admin Assistant for an office in Brooklyn. Must be detail oriented and good at multitasking. Must have great communication skills. Email resume: jobsat1021@gmail.com

F/T SECRETARY

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

FEMALE PROVIDER

Seeking Female provider to tutor groups 3:45-5:15. Art provider for Sunday grps as well. 1-3pm. email resume elcagencyinc@gmail.com

PART-TIME - $100K+

Hiring experienced recruiters! With a clear path to earn $100k+ while working part-time. in-office only. Email resume to TopCareerNY@gmail.com

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

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

TEACHER’S ASSISTANT

Looking for a full time teacher’s assistant for a special Ed school. Warm, collaborative, and competitive pay. email info. pathwaystudycenter@gmail. com

AFTERNOON TEACHER’S ASSISTANT

Looking for an afternoon teacher’s assistant for a special Ed school. Warm, collaborative, and competitive pay. email info. pathwaystudycenter@gmail. com

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Looking for a full time occupational therapist for a special Ed school. Warm, collaborative, and competitive pay. email info. pathwaystudycenter@gmail. com

AFTERNOON SPECIAL ED TEACHER

Looking for an afternoon Special Ed teacher for a special Ed school. Warm, collaborative, and competitive pay. Email info. pathwaystudycenter@gmail. com

CUSTOMER SERVICE REP

Looking to hire smart, personable and confident twelve grade graduate for customer service rep/phone orders. Great people skills and fast computer work is a must! Good pay! Email resume to Joboffice11219@ gmail.com Or call and leave a message: (347)669-3671

HR MANAGER

Are you a people person? Do you enjoy getting to know people, understanding people, resolving conflicts? Do you have the skills for hiring and firing? We are looking for a Full time HR manager in Boro Park. Great environment and pay. Chana@hiresolutionsny.com or call 845-422-8098 ext 108

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

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Are you a people person with a passion for making a positive difference in families’ lives? We are currently seeking a professional and driven candidate for a Case Manager position. This is a full time position. BA not required. reach out to esti@ theprimestaffing.com

SUNDAY PROGRAM

Fit with Friends respite program seeks responsible, energetic counselors to join the Sunday program, filled with fun trips, engaging workshops, and delicious lunches. Boro Park, great pay! Receive a bonus when you sign up with a friend! Contact 347786-2666 (leave a message if no answer) or email Ebdresdner@ hamaspikkings.org

PLAYGROUP TEACHER/ ASSISTANT

Playgroup looking for a part time- afternoon teacher/ assistant. 718-686-1689. Pls leave a message

GREAT EVENING OPPORTUNITY

for graduates or sem student! Seeking efficient secretary for an extra-curricular program for young women with special needs. Must be able to manage the office and pay attention to detail. Proficient in Canva a plus! Weekdays, 4:30-7:30 OR 6:308:30. Pick the shift that works for you. Enjoy great pay and a positive atmosphere. Call 718.302.3333 ext. 5218 (leave a message) or email hlang@ hamaspikkings.org

GROUP LEADER

Fit with Friends after-school program seeks capable and energetic Group Leader! Enjoy dancing? Looking for someone to choreograph our dance classes! Perfect for high school graduates. 7:00-8:30, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Enjoy great pay and a positive atmosphere. Call 718.302.3333 ext. 5218 (leave message) or email hlang@hamaspikkings.org

AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR

Do you have an extra hour in the afternoon? Supervise a group of girls with special needs as they travel to the after-school program that enriches their lives. Short route from Flatbush to Boro Park, MondayThursday 3:30 - 4:00 PM, starting September. Contact Tgruenwald@ hamaspikkings.org or 718387-8400 ext. 5225 (leave message)

SPECIAL NEEDS COUNSELORS

Haktanim is seeking fun-loving, responsible candidates to be counselors for a group of adorable young children with special needs. Mon to Thurs 3:30-5 or Sun 11:30-3:30. Great pay and heimishe environment. Email Lzaidman@ hamaspikkings.org or call 718-302-3333 ext. 5450 (leave a message)

Classifieds

AFTER SCHOOL RESPITE PROGRAM

Fit with Friends after-school respite program seeks capable, responsible group leaders. Perfect for high school graduates. Experience with special needs a must! 5:00-7:00 or 7:00-8:30. Pick the shift that works for you. Enjoy great pay and a positive atmosphere. Call 718.302.3333 ext. 5218 (leave a message) or email hlang@ hamaspikkings.org

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.

OPWDD JOB TRAINING

Let your Son Gain knowledge, understanding and experience at our Full Day Job Training Center in a real work / office environment, conveniently located in BP, ages 17+. Please call 718-5411538 To see if your son in eligible.

SECRETARY

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

SITE MANAGER

Seeking a site manager to oversee insulation teams. Construction, property mgmt, or on-site mgmt experience needed. $70100k DOE. 8 am-4 pm or 9am-5 pm. Email tc@ candidrecruits.net or call 845-376-2745 to apply!

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Do you have office experience and are looking for a rewarding full-time position?

A well-established local office is seeking to hire a motivated individual to join our team. Please email your resume to matti@hireexteam.com

ASSISTANT MORAH

Kindergarten Assistant Morah, Flatbush boys yeshiva, Monday through Thursday 8:30-2:30 Friday 8:30-12:00. Transportation provided. Starting immediately. Please email yeshivahiring99@gmail.com

INSURANCE OPPORTUNITY!

We’re looking for anyone who possesses a minimum to mid level insurance experience to join our team. Great benefits and pay. F/T preferred. Email rikki@hiresolutionsny.com

GREAT OPPORTUNITY

A well-established property management company is looking for a secretary . Candidates should have at least 1 year of office experience and skilled in providing excellent customer service. Please reach out to hudis@hireexteam.com

1:1 PROVIDER

Are you passionate about helping children? Seeking dedicated one-on-one providers to work with children after school hours. Fantastic resources and support provided. BA a plus. Select P3 positions available. Call: 718-500-3765 ext. 103 or email hr@naaseh.org.

F/T SECRETARY

Heimishe organization is looking for a full time secretary, basic computer and phone skills required. Please email resume to sbf4144@gmail.com Call/text 929-592-0368.

CHILDCARE

VOUCHER PLAYGROUP

Warm Heimshe playgroup on 14/44th still has some slots for children being 20+months in September. 1 Slot available for 18month+ starting November. Call/text Rivky Sekula 347645-7944

VOUCHERS BABYSITTING

Full time care including Sunday & Friday. 12th and 45. References available, 929585-2257.

NON VOUCHERS

TODDLER GROUP

13months and up. 15/41. 718854-1092

HEIMISHE BABYSITTING

Heimishe babysitting 16th/52nd St. Monday-Friday. 8:30-4:30. 917-960-0126

PREMIUM DAYCARE (VOUCHERS)

Exp staff, Beautiful space, Warm env. Ages 0-15 mo. Hrs 8:45–2:30. 17th & 45th area. Text 347-500-7872.

JOB SEEKERS: THIS IS FOR YOU!

I Love My Job career coaching. We’ll guide you step-by-step. Discover your strengths. Prepare for interviews. Connect with employers. 718-314-7158. Email- ilovemyjobcareers@ gmail.com

DAYCARE SLOTS

Daycare near 37th St and 12 Ave. has slots and limited slots for newborns. Extended hours! Call/text 718-831-2980 (leave a voicemail).

HEIMISHE BABYSITTER

AVAILABLE

Area of 15th/59th. Full time and drop ins welcome. Please call 917847-5495

BABYSITTING

Warm heimish loving babysitter. Many years experience! Many happy parents! Newborns are welcome! 16&47. Call 347405-2072

VOUCHER BABYSITTER

A voucher slot just became available by an experienced and warm babysitter! 12 ave and 45 st. 8:30-1:30. Call 347743-9539

PLAYGROUP 12/46

Vouchers playgroup a few slots still available. 15 months + also seeking teachers pt/ ft slot for baby if applicable located on 46 and 11 call or text 929-283-0626

BABYSITTER IN KENSINGTON

Warm loving babysitter with over 20 years experience. Kensington. No vouchers 917 753 5159

VOUCHER GROUP

14&60th Street Area, 12-21 Months, Open from 8:15 AM! Sunday morning hours available! 917-375-8135

NON -VOUCHERS BABYSITTER

Reliable, caring, and experienced babysitter has few slots left for Sept. Location 12&44. Call/text: 845-445-5453

VOUCHER BABYSITTING

Zeeskite the coziest spot! Only 4 babies in the group. Located in the Pinnacle by 20th/50th. Call 929-466-1424

BABYSITTING

Sunday & Friday babysitting, 15th & 41st, 718-854-1092

Classifieds

VOUCHER BABYSITTING

One slot left for babies 1518 50th St. Warm teacher. Call 347-597-2652

VOUCHERS BABYSITTING

Small group, individualized attention, located at 12 Ave & 55 St. Newborn -15 Months. 347-546-5546

SERVICES

DOULA

Lifsha Kleinman, Experienced Doula 718-7447135. Doula on Demand - Call even in labor. Most insurances accepted. LaborSweetDoulas@gmail. com

IS YOUR CHILD STRUGGLING?

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

GUITAR LESSONS

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

PERINATAL YOGA

Ease aches, calm anxiety, prepare for labor, learn more! Text PRENATAL YOGA to 5039615609 to inquire

ART CLASSES BY CHAYA HINDY

Accepting OPWDD/Self Direction. Mixed Media & Acrylic. $150/hour per person. chayahindy.com 718.864.3638

MAKEUP ARTIST

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

LIGHT ALTERATIONS

Please Call: 718.450.4700

MR. WERTZBERGER’S RENTALS

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

GARTLECH

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

HANDYMAN & ELECTRICIAN

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

CONSTRUCTION

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

ELECTRICIAN

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

HANDYMAN & PAINTING

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

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

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

FREE WEEKLY DRAWING

Win free music lessons for one year! Call hotline 718435-1923

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

HAIR BY SHPRINTZIE

Pro-addiction, wash & set, styling. Located in BP/ Flatbush 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

PROFESSIONAL COACH

Heal your life. Heal your body. Heal your past. Experienced. Successful. Personable. Expertise in anxiety, panic and trauma. Mrs. Esty Frank 7188518636

Challah for all occasions: *weekly batches *yur tzeit seudas *any simcha. ORDER YOUR ROUND CHALLAHS NOW. Mrs. M B 917-684-9184

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 new beautiful website done hassle free! Affordable pricing! Satisfaction 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: 516-270-6755

RESUME WRITER

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

PHOTO ALBUMS

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

ROWENTA REPAIRS

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

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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

HIGH SCHOOL MATH

P3 PROVIDER

P3 provider, specializing in high school math, has some availability evening hours. Please call 845 587 0501.

WRAP IT UP

Beautiful gift wrapping for every occasion. Call or text 929-363-4524 Email wrapitupmg@gmail.com

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.

DRIVER AVAILABLE

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

SPRINTER & MINI VAN SERVICE

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

HOUSE FOR SALE

YIDDISH/ENGLISH WRITING

For all your Yiddish/English writing needs. Call 718-4903739 Specializing in songs & poems

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

FELDENKRAIS

For Children and Adults. Personalized attention. A natural way to deal with a wide range of motor, emotional, behavioral difficulties. Also pain, posture, balance, stress. Lucia Campoy # 631-460-5355 50th st and New Utrecht

PERSONAL LIFE COACH

Enhance relationships, eliminate barriers in your interactions with others, achieve clarity and confidence when making decisions, and so much more. 16+ years of experience in guiding clients to emotional success. Bruchy Greenfeld 845-659-1848.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

For all your photography needs! (Portrait, Family, Upsherin, Baby, etc.) Many props avail! Great rates! Photos by Devorah 929327-4621

WIG & HAIR

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

CFO SERVICES

Keep Track of Your Finances the Professional Way. 1.Personal Finances Tracking. 2.Business Accounting & Analysis. 3.Track Investments. 4.Forensic Accounting. Personalized Service –Strictly Confidential -718-757-6153 –CFOSERVICESUSA@gmail.com

WE’VE GOT A SOLUTION!

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WASH & SET

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BUILD MY SUKKAH

WE’RE THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO, EARLY BIRD SPECIAL, OFFER END SEP20. 3479887775

TREE-TRIMMING

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SELL YOUR BUSINESS

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PROFESSIONAL RESUMES

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FOREVER LIVING PRODUCTS

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ELECTRICIAN

For all your electrical needs. Call/text 347845-2726

WIG

Wash & sets area of Dahill & 43 631-691-8770

ATTENTION BAL SIMCHA

Making a Simcha? Need Peklach for your Oifrif/ Vach Nach / Upsherin etc. Order from us and Support the Special Needs at Wholesale Price. Please text 7185411538

ODDS & ENDS

SEEKING SPACE

Aurora Outerwear is loooking to rent storefront or basement. After Succos for our winter season coat pop up. Text 732806-0211.

GOWNS

WHITE GOWN

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

FOUND

Diamond earring 46th b/w 14/15th 718208-7714

Cufflink in area of 15/54, 917-588-0522

Bugaboo adapter 929-454-2681

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Gift card to Eichlers 929-561-1609

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