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10 32Self Made Man?A friend was once laid up with a bad back. Whathappened? He picked up a little bicycle for his5-year old. A tiny nonsense but it left him flaton his back for weeks.

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Wishful ThinkingYankel would spend a few of his preciouskopeks each week to by a lottery ticket. Andevery week he would come home from workthat much poorer.

Parshas BehaaloschaRabbi Mordechai Kaminetzky

Jewish IdolWhen a Jew succeeds, it shows that eachamong us has the opportunity to succeed.Each among us could reach our dreams.Each among us can conquer whatever bar-riers we face.

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Allergies & The Purpose of LifeIt begins with a tickle and a rub, but quickly de-teriorates into a runny nose, and an itchy throat,stuffed ears, violent sneezing, until your entireupper plumbing system begins to drip and leaklike the eroded pipes of an old house.

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The Almost Jewish American Idol

Why It Matters to Us That Someone in the News is Jewish


Much has been written in the general press about the naming of this year’s “American Idol.” Forthose of you who don’t watch this cultural phenomenon on television or follow the weekly“news” from this show, there was a real shocker in the show’s finale. The clearly more talented

and better singer lost in this contest which is supposed to be about singing. The folk-singing Christian music coordi-nator with a sweet “boy next door image,” Kris Allen, was voted the American Idol. The eyeliner wearing Jewishsinger Adam Lambert with the unsure sexual orientation but with the greatest voice ever on this eight year old showcame in second.

Mainstream news media discussed the cultural clash between the “traditional” values which seemed so much a partof Kris Allen’s image as contrasted with Adam Lambert’s rocker image and black nail polish. Some of the media havehighlighted an apparent “scandal” which may have impacted the voting. It seems that AT&T, the only cell phonecompany where the public could cast votes for the American Idol by texting, sent employees throughout Allen’s nativeArkansas to teach consumers not only how to vote by phone but also how to vote multiple times in a single text, a vi-olation of the voting rules for the show. There are still daily articles in the newspapers and weekly pieces in the majormagazines weeks after the final show aired.

While most of the media write on these topics, most of the Jewish media write about a single issue: The Jewishnessof Adam Lambert. They discuss his Jewish upbringing in San Diego. They discuss his occasional singing for the Syn-agogue for the Performing Arts. Jews have expressed excitement that one of our own is being saluted for his talentand was on television twice weekly with the show. There has been a running preoccupation throughout the Jewishcommunity and media that a Jew was in the finals of American Idol. All other issues discussed about the show, andabout Adam Lambert, were secondary to the fact that a “Member of the Tribe” did good.

This fascination of seeing fellow Jews in the news is not new. Philip Roth wrote a short story about 50 years agowhere the mother in the story looks in the paper every day to find Jews in the news. The woman in that story wentthrough lists of those killed in plane crashes to count the Jews who died. (She describes problems in her counting asshe is uncertain whether to count a man named Miller as Jewish or not.)

We have long celebrated Jews who made the news. We celebrated Sandy Koufax. The Jewish Journal in a recentissue highlighted the Jewish background of Jordan Farmar of the Lakers. We count the number of Jewish City Councilmembers. We know the names of all the Jewish Senators in the U.S. Senate. We boast of two Jewish Supreme Courtjustices. Both those who support the politics of Rahm Emanuel, the Chief of Staff in the White House, and thosewho don’t support his politics know and read about his Jewish and Israeli origins.

Why is it so important that we follow these noteworthy Jews? Are we racists? Are we blinded by our religious pride?What’s the deal with this seeming preoccupation?

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After the conquering of Jerusalem by the Romans, we are a people who had to search for a place to callhome. We were dispersed to the north, south, east, and west. Our journeys took us through Europe,the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and even Australia. We were subjected to discrimination,pogroms, the Inquisition, and the Holocaust. We were outlawed from owning land in many countries inwhich we settled and from pursuing many jobs. Even with these roadblocks, we saw many Jews rise tothe top in various fields. Even in the midst of the horrors thrown upon the Jewish people in the Twen-tieth Century, we witnessed an Einstein who changed the very understanding of science.

In the last hundred years, our small people have counted untold recipients of Nobel prize laureates.We have seen a Henry Kissinger who could bring peaceful resolution between the United States and Rus-sia as well as China. We have seen Jews who provided the understanding of the changing economy. Wehave witnessed Jewish artists and musicians. Our little people could boast of outstanding and noteworthycontributors to most every major field.

As the Hitlers (may their names be wiped out) tried to destroy us, we were able to still boast of Jewswho made a difference. We could boast of having two to three times as many Senators than our per-centage in the population would seem to justify. We have had Jewish astronauts, Jewish all stars in sports,even Jewish country singers.

We developed a habit, a good habit. No matter how downtrodden the condition of any particular Jew,each Jew would hold up the Jews in the news as examples of success. The poor Jew in Boyle Heights orthe Lower East Side of Manhattan would boast of a “relative” who made it. It would raise up the lowliestamong us to know that a fellow Jew made the news and reached the top. We developed this habit ofchecking the news everyday to see who among our Jewish brothers and sisters had reached the pinnacleof success. Even now after discrimination against Jews has thankfully diminished in many parts, this

habit remains.

When a Jew succeeds, it shows that each amongus has the opportunity to succeed. Each amongus could reach our dreams. Each among us canconquer whatever barriers we face.

As so we take pride in the achievements ofeach and every one of our people, especially inthose few who reach the top.

We may not have too much in common withAdam Lambertt, the almost Jewish AmericanIdol. But the common link of Jewishness isenough to make us brim with pride.

In America, everything is possible. One of usreached the finals of the most popular televisionshow. We all share the nachas, the pride.

Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., is a licensed psycholo-gist in clinical practice in Encino, California.

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Allergies&ThePurpose of Life

By Simon Jacobson


WHY DON'T YOU EVER SEE A CONCERT PIANIST

OR AN ACTOR YAWN OR SNEEZE FOR OVER 4HOURS ON STAGE?!

Entering the summer season also means the onset ofmisery for millions of people. I don’t mean the misery ofloneliness in the vacation season; that deserves a discus-sion of its own. What I am referring to here is the miseryof the allergy season.

Those beautiful brisk summer mornings, with an idealbarometer and a perfect breeze, also mark the worst pos-sible day for an allergy sufferer. Nothing life threatening,but that first tickle in the throat, and the rub in the eyessignal yet another tormenting summer.

It begins with a tickle and a rub, but quickly deterioratesinto a runny nose, and an itchy throat, stuffed ears, violentsneezing, until your entire upper plumbing system beginsto drip and leak like the eroded pipes of an old house.

My particular ragweed intolerance began in summercamp in Detroit when I was 16 years old. I never got tothe bottom of it, but I guess Fenton had an overabun-dance of overhormoned ragweed, which unleashed my la-tent allergic reactions. There went my summers. Year afteryear, I joined the ranks of those despising summer

breezes, and desperately awaiting the arrival of the firstfreeze. Yes, like so many of my compatriots whom Iwould meet in bathrooms restocking on tissue supplies, Ibegan researching ridiculous solutions to this annoyingnuisance. Maybe I’ll move from mid-August to the end ofSeptember (the height of the ragweed season) to somearea in New Hampshire, which has been cleared of theseplants for hundreds of miles. Better yet: Why not escapeto Alaska?…

I developed a new hatred for this invisible plant. Whatexactly is ragweed? Where can it be found? People call it‘hay fever’ (why I still don’t know). As I would drive onthe highways I would silently sneer at the slender, yellowdotted branches – all ripe and ready to launch their pollenattack. They seemed so proud of their conquest. Some-times I would get out of the car, and crush a few plantsjust to make a statement. Hey, I won’t go down without afight…

It got so bad that one summer day I had a borderlineasthma attack, and needed medication to keep my con-stricted air passages open.

That was it. After the summer I went off to a famousallergist in New York. Dr. Redner must have been 85 yearsold when I went to see him (or so it seemed to a cocky 23yr. old squirt). He tested my sensitivities with scratch teststo my upper arm. They scratch you with dosages of vari-ous foods, molds, dusts or plants to test your reactions.They then recommend a series of shots for an extendedperiod to build up your immunity to your respective aller-gies (I don’t know if they still do this today, but that’s howit was in the good old days, ‘before the war’…).

The dust and ragweed scratches triggered in me a violentreaction. My arm swelled up and I literally began gaspingfor breath.

Dr. Redner reacted immediately by injecting me with ashot of something that instantaneously cleared up all mysymptoms. A miracle! Here I was in middle of a gorgeousAugust afternoon, with a pollen count who knows howhigh, which regularly would have boded serious aggrava-tion, and all my passages are clear and unfettered. I feelfree! Remarkable!

(If you never suffered an allergy attack you may not re-late to this feeling. But if you have, you’ll know exactlywhat I mean. Yet even for you lucky non-allergic onesplease read on for a fascinating lesson in life for all of us).

Highly curious – and quite desperate – I ask the good


doctor, ‘What did you just inject me with that rid me ofall my allergy symptoms?” “Adrenalin,” he answers.“Adrenalin?! Do you mean the same adrenalin that we hu-mans produce when we get excited or panicky?!” “Yes sir,”the doctor responds.

At that moment a thought struck me. For some strangereason I never felt allergic symptoms on Sundays. I alwaysthought that the reason for this was because Sunday wasmy busiest day of the week. At the time (beginning in1979 and for 13 years, until the Rebbe’s stroke in 1992) Iwas the primary writer of the Rebbe’s talks. My responsi-bility was to listen and memorize hours of the Rebbe’sdense scholarly dissertations, which had to be memorizedon Shabbat and Holidays (when recordings and note tak-ing is not permitted), and then research, document, anno-tate and publish these talks for posterity. We had a smallbut powerful staff, and my role was the main writer.

Sunday, the day immediately following Shabbat, was mymost intense day of work. I was completely inundated bythe effort to reconstruct the words we heard on Shabbat.No words can describe the mental exertion necessary toboth remember and then commit to paper these complexand diverse expositions.

I always felt that this was the reason that I didn’t expe-

rience allergic symptoms on Sundays. Not because I didn’thave any, but because I was so consumed that I was obliv-ious to them.

But now that the doctor mentioned adrenalin, a newthought came to me. So I asked the doctor: “Is it possiblethat intense focus and pressure would generate a naturaladrenalin rush that would subdue allergic symptoms, justas your injection of adrenalin just accomplished?”

“Why, of course,” Dr. Redner replied. “Didn’t you evernotice that concert pianists, Broadway actors and operasingers never yawn or sneeze in middle of their perform-ance, even if its hours long? A sneeze and a yawn are nat-ural bodily reactions that can’t be suppressed. So how is itthat they can maintain such control on stage for hours onend? Because the adrenalin rush produced by the intensepressure of performing on stage infuses a person with an-other level of control that one usually is unable to muster.

“Adrenalin,” the doctor went on, “in some mysteriousway brings to the surface superhuman energy and abilitiesthat are conventionally inaccessible. People in danger, forinstance, have been seen lifting objects, fitting into spaces,reaching heights or achieving other feats that they natu-rally are incapable of.”

“Why then,” I asked the doctor, “don’t you just give me


adrenalin to inject myself with every morning when I feelthe onset of allergic symptoms?” “Because you wouldeventually build up immunity to the adrenalin and contin-uously need stronger dosages to achieve the same result,which would ultimately burn out your system.”

This taught me – and this is why I am writing about it –a most powerful lesson in life:

Having a compelling mission in life is not just good forthe soul; it’s good for the body. Health – physical healthincluded – is not merely about oiling the machine, eatingright and exercising; it’s about allowing your system tobreathe.

It’s about waking up in the morning jumping out of bedwith excitement to take on a new day. When was the lasttime that you felt that way?

We all need a passion, a mission in life – a calling thatdemands a sense of urgency. This passion not only keepsyour mind and heart healthy but it also produces chemicals

that actually strengthen your immune system.

Until that day at the doctor’s office I never connectedour spiritual mission in life with our physical well-being.That day taught me that there is a profound link and rela-tionship between your body and soul. Your strong andhealthy commitments and passions open up new possibil-ities and access new strengths that otherwise lie dormantin your inner system.

Do we need a better example than this for bridging spiritand matter?

I wonder how many addictions would be prevented ifwe had a natural adrenalin flow generated by a passionatecommitment to our life’s mission.

As we enter the care free and laid back summer days,there is much we can learn from the allergy season.

Was this why I was blessed with allergies in the firstplace? •

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PARSHAS NASO

Naso is the longest portion in the Torah. It did nothave to be that way, but the Torah chose to include seventyverses that say the same thing -- over and over again.

The end of the parsha discusses the dedication of theMishkan (Tabernacle). It describes the offerings that everyNasi (prince) brought in honor of the auspicious occasion.Each Nasi brought the same items.

Numbers 7:12: "On the first day, Nachshon the son of Ami-nadav brought his offering. It was (comprised of) one silver bowl thatweighed a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver basin that weighedseventy shekels. Both were filled with fine flour and oil. One goldenladle filled with incense. A young bull, a ram, a sheep, and so on."The Torah uses six verses to expound, in precise detail,the exact measurements and components of the offering.

On the second day, Nesanel ben Tzuar of the tribe of Yis-sachar brought the exact same offering. On the third dayEliyav of Zevulun performed the same ceremony. Elitzoorben Shdayoor of Reuvain repeated the same ritual on thefourth day, and on the fifth day of the dedication, Shi-mon's prince Schloomiel, repeated the same. This was re-peated twelve separate days, by twelve different N'siim(princes). And each day the Torah repeats verbatim theentire offering, changing only the name of the presenterand his tribe.

Normally, the Torah is concise and abbreviated. It leavesus to expound the hidden and to deduce the conclusions.In fact, the two Talmudic Tractates that explain the intri-cate laws of marriage and divorce are derived from only ahandful of verses in Deuteronomy. Why, if all twelvebrought the exact same gifts, is each and every Nasi's of-fering detailed over and over?

The Torah should simply say the following: the daily of-fering was brought on twelve consecutive days. It con-sisted of the following: "one silver bowl that weighed a hundredand thirty shekels one silver basin that weighed seventy shekels filledwith fine flour and oil. One golden ladle filled with incense a youngbull, a ram, a sheep, and so on."

Next, the Torah should list the names of the twelveprinces who brought the offerings. The first day... Nachshonof Yehudah; the second day... Nesanel of Yissachar; and soon. That way, seventy verses would be compacted into nomore than ten or fifteen! And Parshas Naso would be fiftyverses shorter.

A noted American Rabbi was invited to address twomajor cities in South Africa. Since the cities were hundredsof miles apart, he only prepared one speech for bothevents. It was a wonderful lecture. It encompassed a widespectrum of Jewish ideas and was filled with Midrash andJewish law. Informative, enlightening and entertaining, itwas the best speech he had ever prepared.

The first night's audience attested to that. They sat withtheir mouths open, taking in every nuance and motion ofthe dramatic presentation. After the lecture a crowd gath-ered around the Rabbi to both praise him and hear varia-tions on his poignant theme.

After such a wonderful reception, the Rabbi thoughtthat the second evening on the other side of the countryshould be a breeze. As he walked up to the podium to de-liver his magnum opus he looked at the crowd and froze.He spotted at lease fifty faces of people he was sure hadattended the previous night's speech.

Stunned, he quickly ruffled through the index cards ofhis mind. He pieced together parts of an old High HolyDay speech, added little from Chanuka, Purim, and theHagadah. What resulted was a scattered array of varyingthoughts. To say the least, it was not his best performance.

After the speech the same faces of the previous eveninggathered once again around the Rabbi. "I'm sorry," hestammered to them, "I had originally planned to repeatlast night's speech. Seeing your faces, I hastily arranged apiecemeal lecture based on some previous talks. Had Iknown you were coming, I would have prepared a totallynew talk. I am sorry for my poor performance."

"But, Rabbi," they replied. "That is exactly why we came!Last night's talk was the most fascinating we had everheard. We expected you to repeat it. We came all the wayto hear it over again word for word!"

The Torah, in repeating the twelve offerings, and spend-ing six verses on each one, leaves us with a message thatis as powerful as it is pertinent. Many of our deeds are re-peats of generations passed. Many are repeats from yes-terday. They are all beloved and cherished. Day after dayafter day... Hashem wants to hear and see the exact sameprayer, blessing charitable action over and over again. Itis as dear as the first time. •

by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky www.torah.org

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Wishful Thinking

PARSHAS BEHAALOSCHA


This week the Torah tells us that the Children of Israel once again complain. This time they want meat in thedesert. They recall what they now consider a better time in a better place. Like many of us who are discon-tented with the world we live in, they talked about the good old days — in Egypt of all places!

“The rabble that was among them cultivated a craving, and the Children of Israel also wept once more, and said, "Who will feed usmeat? We remember the fish that we will eat in Egypt free of charge; and the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But now, ourlife is parched, there is nothing; we have nothing to anticipate but the manna!" (Numbers 11:4-6) The commentators are botheredby two simple questions; the first a grammatical, the second, a historical one.

The words that the complainers used were “zacharnu et hadagah asher naochal - we remember the fish we would eat or actuallywill eat.” They did not use the pure past tense “achalnu, we remember the fish that we ate.” Why do they complain of re-member fish that was to be eaten in the future, instead of fish to be eaten in the past?

Second, the Talmud and later commentaries ask, “Straw for bricks was not given to them, how was it possible that they had free fish?”The Talmud indeed implies that there was no fish, and the implied freedom refers to freedom of the yoke of mitzvos.So, if that was the case, what were they truly complaining about? Why mention non-existant fish?

Yankel would spend a few of his precious kopeks each week to by a lottery ticket. And every week he would comehome from work that much poorer.

When his wife got wind of his habit, she repeatedly implored him to stop. She said his efforts were futile and itwould be impossible for him to win.

It was, however, to no avail. Yankel would keep on betting the almost impossible odds that one day he would win.One day she could take it no longer. She shlepped him to the rabbi who was going to make him assure them that hewould no longer waste his money on the lottery.

When he finally acquiesced, his wife put her hands on her hips and reminded him of her predictions. “For the lastfive years, you did nothing but lose the lottery. What a waste!”

Poor Yankel shrugged. “My dear wife he sighed, you don’t understand. Every night before the big lottery drawing,I went to sleep winning the lottery! And that my dear was surely no waste!”

The Sefer Shalal Rav brings quote the following interpretation: Sometimes, it seems, people think that it is better tothink of the world that would be instead of the world that is. They refuse to revel in the good realities of life andinstead would rather fantasize about a better world that was not to be. The Jews in the desert, talked about the fishthey dreamt of in Egypt.

To them, like to many of us, the imaginary fish was more appealing than real Manna. In the world of wishful thinking,it seems that obsessing about imaginary dreams may be more appealing than reveling in the real good that G-d hasgiven us and the mitzvos that we are able to relish. And that is more than fishy. It’s scary. •

by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky www.torah.org

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Not realizing I had developed a mild form of Post PartumDepression, I fell pregnant with my daughter when my sonwas 10 months. From there the anxiety escalated into panicattacks. If my husband would leave me alone to go to thesynagogue I would panic, start hyperventilating, sweating. Iwas scared and very lonely. I became very scared and utterlyexhausted because I couldn’t fall asleep. This moved into afull blown depression where I was unable to cope with littleactivities such as bathtime, etc. I always did everything totake care of my kids but I didn’t take time for myself and Iwas suffocating behind a veil of depressive thoughts and al-most robotic actions.

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Yoni, an Israeli Defense Force soldier stationed inHebron, was shot by an Arab terrorist. It happenedvery early in the morning, and no one else was

awake to hear it. Yoni passed out and was bleeding steadily,his life heading toward a silent end.

But another soldier stationed nearby heard the shot andwent to investigate. He found a fellow Israeli soldier bleedingto death. He tried the best he could to stop the bleeding andcalled for help. Waiting for help to arrive, he kept applyingpressure to the wound--literally holding Yoni's life in hishands.

Yoni was taken to a hospital in Be'er Sheva where he under-went surgery. Yoni's parents were notified and they rushedto the hospital. Imagine the fear of the parents who wereonly told "your son has been injured and is in the hospital."When they arrived the doctor told them that Yoni was shotbut will be alright. However, had it not been for the imme-diate actions of the other soldier, their son Yoni would havebled to death.

It was a miracle that the other soldier heard what no oneelse heard, and managed to locate Yoni as quickly as he did.The parents wanted to thank that soldier, but he had just leftthe hospital after hearing that the soldier he helped wouldsurvive.

While recuperating at home, Yoni and his parents called thearmy to find out the name of the other soldier so they couldthank him personally. Unfortunately, that soldier's name wasnot recorded and although they tried to ask around they sim-ply couldn't track down who that other soldier was.

Yoni's mother knew that the important thing of course isthat Yoni is well, yet she could not help feeling that as longas she couldn't meet and thank the solider who bravely savedher son's life--the entire frightening episode would not befully over. Not being able to thank the soldier continued togive her an empty feeling…but then she had an idea.

The couple owned a grocery store in Kiryat Malachi (a townnear Ashdod), so they decided to put up a sign in the store,describing what happened, figuring that Israel is a smallcountry and eventually they might found out who the mys-tery soldier was.

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The families soon gathered for an emotional "rendezvous".The soldiers recounted army experiences and finally after allthis time Yoni's mother could stand up and thank Yair forsaving her son's life or as she put it, "You saved my world".She looked forward to feeling "completion" after all this timeby thanking the soldier, but little did she know that the storywas hardly complete.

After the tearful thank you, Yair's mother quietly pulled heraside and asked to speak with her outside. The two womenwent out alone. And she asked Yoni's mother: "Look at me-- don't you remember me?"

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The other woman answered, "Twenty years ago I used tolive around here and came all the time to buy milk and bread.One day you noticed that I looked really down and you werevery nice and asked me why I seemed so down and I con-fided in you. I told you that I was going through a very dif-ficult time and on top of that I was pregnant and planningon having an abortion. As soon as I said "abortion" youcalled your husband over and the two of you seemed to for-get about your own store and business, and just sat downand patiently listened to me. I still remember clearly whatyou said.

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By Rabbi Yossy Goldman


"He is a self-made man who worships his creator."Who said it? About whom? It doesn't really matter as long as we make sure the description doesn't fit us.

This week's parshah details the offerings of the princes (nessi'im) of the twelve tribes at the time the Mishkan, theportable Sanctuary in the wilderness, was completed. Previously, towards the end of the Book of Exodus, we hadread that Moses blessed the people when they finished their work. What blessing did he give them? Our sages relatethat he blessed them: “May it be G-d's will that the Shechinah, the Divine Presence, should come to rest upon the work of yourhands.” He also blessed them with the phrase that would become part of Psalm 90; “May the pleasantness of my L-rd, ourG-d, be upon us…May He establish for us the work of our hands.”

Why pray now? Surely the time for prayer was before the sanctuary was built. Then it might have been needed to in-spire the people to bring in their offerings and contributions, to execute the huge amount of work that was requiredto create this new sacred structure. But now the work is done, everything is in place. Why pray now?

The answer is that Moses understood that building G-d's sanctuary is not in our hands alone. Sure, we can erect astructure. That's the easy part. The question is: will G-d see fit to live there, to make it His home? For this, a specialprayer was called for. We needed a blessing upon the work our hands.

How often people imagine that they do it themselves -- all by themselves? How many boast that they are "self-mademen"? So anyone who didn't have a rich father before him is a self-made man? Do you really believe that your successis all your own doing? Your hard work, your business acumen, your clever trading technique--these are the secrets ofyour success?

And where did all that wisdom and ability come from? The skills and talents we possess are G-d-given gifts we shouldacknowledge and be grateful for. And that's not humility. It's reality. You were born with that natural talent and flair.Give credit to your Creator.

A friend was once laid up with a bad back. What happened? He picked up a little bicycle for his 5-year old. A tinynonsense but it left him flat on his back for weeks.

I remember some years ago catching some kind of "bug" and losing my voice for quite a while. There I was, therabbi, the preacher, the speaker and the radio personality -- the man of words whose entire profession is built aroundhis ability to say the right thing for every occasion -- and suddenly I'm rendered absolutely speechless. Overnight, Iwas made useless and unproductive -- all by a tiny germ.

To get sick takes a minute, to get well can take weeks and months. We all need to remember our frailties and limita-tions. No matter how strong, clever or talented we may be, we are all subject to higher forces. Nobody can do it alone.There is no such thing as a self-made man.

And so Moses reminds us all that even when our work is done, we still need that blessing from Above. Even whenwe work hard, concoct the most intricate business schemes, or present the most wonderful proposals, ultimately oursuccess needs a prayer. We need to recognize the hand of G-d in our lives and, hopefully, in our success. Let us do ourwork as best as we can and then let us not forget to ask Him to bless the work of our hands.

Rabbi Yossy Goldman is Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Highlands North Shul since 1986, & Chairman of the South African Rabbinical Association.


Here is the kind of news flash that is all too rarethese days: Good News! Most of our teenagegirls are doing well, working hard at school, help-

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Ah, where's the evidence, you ask? Exhibit A: a delightfulOrthodox girls' magazine called Shoshanim, full of articlesand artwork by and for teenage girls. This magazine, skill-fully edited by Sterna Citron, comes out four times a yearand is eagerly awaited by subscribers all over the countryand overseas as well. One of those subscribers is my owndaughter who keeps a pile of back issues under her bed!

Among the features we enjoy (yes, moms read Shoshanimtoo!) is the Teens Talk feature, in which teens are inter-viewed about their lives. One issue features a 17-year-oldgirl whose father is a landscape architect in Jerusalem; shedescribes how she and her family had to live more simplyduring the recent shmitta year when her father’s work waslimited. In another issue, two sisters of a Down syndromegirl are interviewed; their love and acceptance of their hand-icapped sister are heart-warming. A 12-year-old describeslife in Sderot when it was under daily bombardment fromGaza Arabs: “I didn’t know if I’d be able to open the door,grab the baby, and run with my other brother to the shelterin time….”

An interview with a friend of Rivky Holtzberg Hy”d wasa highlight of the winter issue. A new ba’alas teshuva, YaakovaBaum, had spent a month at the Holtzbergs’ home in Mum-bai and had found a haven of warmth and comfort there.Asked if she had any thoughts of inspiration, Yaakova re-sponded, “When this happened, it really brought Jews to-gether. Everyone cared and worried, davened and cried. Wewere all so united.”

On a practical note, every issue has valuable advice abouthealth, recipes, getting along with siblings and classmates,arts and crafts (“Create your own challa cover”). One pop-ular regular feature is the “Ask the Rebbetzin” column inwhich teens write in with real-world questions. (“My motherwants to take me along to visit our great-aunt and uncle, butI’m so bored there.” “My classmate wears really shabbyclothes. Is it okay to give her some of my clothes?”) A re-cent cover feature was a “Seminary Guide” which show-cased girls’ seminaries in Israel, Montreal, Florida, andGateshead. There was a brief description of each seminaryalong with contact information. This was a particularly use-

ful feature, and I was impressed by the broad spectrum ofseminaries that were included.

This month Shoshanim is featuring a special art contest,with prizes in two categories: grades 7-9 and grades 10-12.First prize is a digital camera. Other prizes include Judaicaand lovely Yardena silver jewelry. A quick perusal of previ-ous issues of Shoshanim will provide evidence of the artistictalents of many teens.

Last year, Shoshanim ran a different kind of contest—ashort-story contest. It elicited many wonderful prize-win-ning entries from girls in Miami, Toronto, New York, De-troit, Chicago, and many other cities all over the UnitedStates, England, and Israel. Among the girls' schools thatwere represented were many Bais Yaakov schools, BaisRivka (Chabad) schools, and schools from across the spec-trum of Orthodox Jewry. One prize-winning story evencame from a special public school for advanced students.

The winning stories showed a truly impressive range oftalent with humor, pathos, wisdom, and fine writing onabundant display. I found most of the stories to be movingand inspirational, but my personal favorite was a hilariouspiece by 12-year-old Frimet Weberman about the “first frummarathon” for people who are “in terrible shape.” Since 26miles is way too long, the marathon is only ten blocks. Andhow to motivate people to run? “Then it hit me! What doeseveryone in the frum community relish more than anythingelse? Food!....The winner will have a huge smorgasbordwaiting for him at the finish line!”

All of the stories that were printed were illustrated byamazingly proficient artwork done by readers of Shoshanim.(The new art contest is sure to attract many more talentedartists). I look forward to seeing the original and beautifulwork of the prize winners, and I know that my daughter'scollection of Shoshanim magazines will keep growing.

Teen Art Contest Guidelines:Send your artwork to Shoshanim, 723 N. Orange Dr., L.A.,

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All art submitted to Shoshanim is automatically considered for publi-cation in one of the upcoming Shoshanim issues.

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Exquisite Studio Apartment / Office - with Kitch-enette. Brand New A/C & Appliances. Fully tiled fullBathroom. Private Entrance. Totally Detached. Utilitiesincl. Centrally located in the Heart of the La Brea/Bev-erly Area- Walking distance from Shuls & KosherStores, Ideal For someone single and frum. Please call:323-708-5122 -1434-••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Office SpaceWant to rent an office but can't afford the whole room?Rent a cubicle in our office!!! Clean, casual business en-vironment, no limitations on schedule - come in andout any time, All utilities are paid, no worry no hassle.Convenient location on W. 3rd & La Cienega. Cometake a look or any questions please call 310-285-0200. The office: $350/mo. Want to rent whole room -$950/mo E- mail: [email protected]

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1415 POINTVIEW ST. #5 , LA, 90035 BeautifullyRemodeled 3 Bedroom and 2 Baths (Very Large andspacious), Section 8 is welcomed, Hardwood Floors/New Paint, Balcony, Underground Parking, SecurityBuilding, Owner Managed, Concessions for newrenters, Great Location near Crescent Heights/ PicoBlvd. More information, please Call Vicky at 310-277-5167••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Room for rentsmall, frum family has a lovely, spacious, furnishedroom for rent in a large downstairs duplex apartmentin Hancock Park. Private entrance and bathroom, cen-tral air, security, on a quite beautiful street. Kosherkitchen, washer/dryer, walking to distance to shul,kosher stores and restuarants. $750 per month. Please

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Room for rent for woman only, beautiful garden,Pico/Robertson, Shomer Shabbos, Call Sarah at 818-451-5622

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