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The Kosher Bookworm
Aish Kodesh rabbi translatesRav Kook’s seminal workBy Alan Jay Gerber
In what will be one of this season’s most popular commentaries, Rabbi Moshe Wein-berger of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Wood-mere has written a translation of Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook’s “Orot Teshuvah.” Entitled “Song of Teshuvah Volume One” [Penina – Urim Press, 2011] this new work is the result of over seven years of a shiur that Rabbi Wein-berger gave on Friday mornings at his shul.
“Our erev Shab-bos adventure became the mikveh before the mikveh. Together —anywhere from forty to seventy individuals — we toveled in the stormy, yet soothing waters of Rav Kook’s seminal masterpiece,” Rabbi Weinberger said. “We marveled at how Rav Kook was able to lift us up from the weekday grind of New York life and carry us into the
sweetness of Shabbos. In his light, we were able to catch a little glimpse of Yerushalayim.”
To best appreciate the importance of this work, especially at this time of year, consider these words written by one of Rav Kook’s premier students, Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria, of blessed memory. “It is pleasant and fi t-ting for Rav Kook’s name and memory that these days of study should center round the subject of teshuvah,” Rabbi Neria wrote. “In my student years in his yeshiva, the Merkaz
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Leading scholar says
Red tape may be best weaponvs. Abbas bid for statehoodBy Sergey Kadinsky
The Palestinian Authority’s move this week for aUnited Nations vote on statehood will not go far, it issimply a move to push Israel back towards negotia-tions on the topic, according to a leading scholar on the Israeli-Arab confl ict.
“I am not sure the script has been decided upon.There are procedural policies that could keep it bot-tled for months,” said David Makovsky, the director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at TheWashington Institute. “It is possible that the U. S. doesnot want to exercise its veto power so soon. It woulddeescalate it through procedural moves.”
Frustrated with an inability to achieve progressthrough negotiations, the Palestinian delegation is us-ing the UN as a platform for a diplomatic upgrade, which stops short of full UN membership, but could cost Israel in other international venues.
“The American legal interpretation is that anupgrade status is the ability to pursue war crimescharges in the International Criminal Court,” Ma-kovsky said. “The court took the Palestinian applica-tion and is awaiting for a UN advisory view on theirstanding.”
In 2009, a British court indicted former IsraeliForeign Minister Tzipi Livni on war crimes charges.Although the case was withdrawn, it raised fears thatIsraeli military and political fi gures would be subjectto arrest as a result of Palestinian membership in theICC.
Seeking to prevent a UN vote, Israel lobbied mem-bers of the Middle East Quartet to stand alongside theUnited States in preserving the policy of negotiationsas the only path towards a Palestinian state.
So far within the Security Council, only three ofthe 15 member states vow to oppose the PalestinianUN membership bid: the U.S., Germany and Colom-bia. Eight states are leaning towards endorsement,
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Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim with his wife, Rivkie and two of their children.
No shul yet, but Chabad takes root in HewlettBy Sergey Kadinsky
As the Oceanside Chabad celebrates own-ership of its center, the nearby Chabad of Hewlett has begun its own search for a per-manent center, as the year-old organization continues holding events around the com-munity. “There is the Chabad of Five Towns and they’re doing a lot, they needed a branch in Hewlett,” said Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim. “They gave us a list of names and within a month, we met hundreds of families waiting for something fresh.”
Raised in Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Tenenboim attended Chabad’s Morristown seminary, re-ceiving his semicha from former Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. His training in shlichus includes lecturing at Chabad’s Mid-town Kollel and the Ohel Chabad in Queens.
His wife Rivkie attended teachers’ semi-naries in Jerusalem and Vienna, before re-turning to New York to teach. Speaking in a strong Israeli accent, Rabbi Tenemboim views his Hebrew as a plus. “Americans who want to improve their Hebrew ask for me to speak to them in Hebrew.”
The lack of a permanent center has not deterred his supporters — a recent Shavuot event drew 150 participants. In the couple’s house, numerous life cycle events have taken place, with their children as the stars.
In July, their son Yossi had his ushering at their home, which brought in curious on-lookers unfamiliar with the custom. “Some of the guests have never seen an ushering before, and they took turns cutting [Yossi’s] hair,” Rabbi Tenenboim said.
Three weeks ago, the bris for their new-born Mordechai also attracted a diverse crowd. “So many different people who wouldn’t usually appear in the same place were brought together by this act,” Rabbi Te-nenboim said.
For Rosh Hashana, the Tenenboims prom-ise an easy to follow service, with voluntary donations at a yet to be determined location.
“We learned the history of Hewlett and fundraised from the start,” Rabbi Tenenboim said. “We offer Jewish services, arranging ev-erything — mezuzot, tefi lin, bris milah, chal-lah baking.”
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leaving one swing vote in the balance for the two-thirds majority.
Arriving in New York on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiter-ated Israel’s goal of resuming talks, but his Palestinian counterpart was less optimistic.
“I will meet any Israeli offi -cial any time,” Abbas said in a Fox News interview. “But there is no use if there is nothing tan-gible,” referring to the Israeli po-sition of no preconditions ahead of talks.
Makovsky said that Israel al-ready tried this with a ten-month freeze on settlement building, an opportunity for a change in poli-cy that was missed.
Instead of a renewed freeze, Israel’s current
precondition for talks is the Palestinian recog-nition of Israel as a “Jewish state,” while the Palestinian precondition remains a settlement freeze with the pre-1967 armistice line as a starting point for negotiations.
In the meantime, Makovsky does not ex-pect day-to-day policies among United States, Israel and the Pal-estinians to change.
“There should not be an im-pact on security cooperation. It has been excellent for the past four years. The worst nightmare would be a third intifada,” Ma-kovsky said, crediting Palestin-ian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad for changing the narrative and improving the would-be state’s economy. “Fayyad changed the Palestinian story from victim-
hood to accountability.”
Red tape at U.N. may be best weapon vs. Abbas’ bid for a Palestinian state
By Dr. David B. Chideckel
Sound of the ShofarAlerts congregants for a monthSolemn ceremony reservedPartner calling the notes
Count to one hundredBefore blessing the wineApples dipped in honeyAge-old tradition alive
Bread crumbs in a plastic bagStroll like a riverArm of a pitcherOn a primary school student
Clucking chicken held by the feetSwung circles around a headYoung children watchingForming questions in their minds
Dumplings for a pre-fast dinnerSoft on the salt intakeFluidless hoursUntil the end of the fast
Ram sacrifi ced its hornsClarion call to alertFoes in the distancePersonal issues covered up
Shower in preparationEars cleansed with special careDeferring food and waterAllowing time to purify a soul
Before fl ight to libationCookies calling your nameShake hands with your neighborSincere good wishes for a New Year
Dr. Chideckel is a psychiatrist in privatepractice based in Woodmere.
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Zev Wolff, 9, a Woodmere resident, was diagnosed at age 3 with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. In addition to radia-tion and surgery, he was treated with mul-tiple rounds of chemotherapy. After nine months of treatment he was put into remis-sion. A year and a half later, however, he relapsed and once again had to be treated. When Zev’s body rejected the drug that was necessary to keep him in remission, his fam-ily and friends united to raise money for a new drug, one that he would be less likely to reject, to help combat the disease.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center recently announced that the Food and Drug Administration had approved initial clinical use of the humanized antibody referred to as Hu3F8. The clinical trial of the new drug be-gan 3 weeks ago. It is currently being given to a majority number of children affl icted with neuroblastoma. Many children had de-veloped a resistance to an earlier, “non hu-manized” version of the drug. Hu3F8 will be used as an adjunct to chemotherapy because chemotherapy alone doesn’t always destroy the cancer. Much of the funding for the de-velopment of the new drug came from Zev’s Fund, which was started in late 2007 by Rab-
bi Hershel Billet, Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Elliott Platt, Peter Steinerman and Joe Steinfeld.
“The effort began when a group of twenty parents of children with neuroblastoma, des-perate for more treatment options, decided that they would begin funding the research and development of a new drug.” said Dr. Ranan Wolff, Zev’s father, “We rose to the challenge to make this happen and with the help of the world wide community we fund-ed $1.2 million of for the approximately $3 million needed to bring this new treatment to the clinic”
The Wolffs viewed the fundraising chal-lenge as a race against time. “Unfortunately, a number of children from the initial group of parents did not survive, but to those who still battle the disease this brings new hope and promise,” Wolff said. Another parent group, Band of Parents, made a sizeable contribution to this end. It was thanks to the Young Israel of Woodmere, which ran a Yom Iyun fundraiser (learning event) in 2007, that Zev’s Fund got off the ground and was able to raise the necessary funds.
Dr. Nai-Kong Cheung, the head of the Neuroblastoma department at MSKCC Hopsi-tal recently sent a letter of thanks to the rep-resentatives of Zev’s Fund. “I want to thank Zev’s Fund for its generous donation and
for the dedication to this enormous effort.” Dr. Chung, a Neuroblastoma researcher also wrote, “Hu3F8 (the humanized antibody) is one of the very few drugs specifi cally made for treating neuroblastoma patients and after overcoming many hurdles, we were able to administer the fi rst ever humanized form of 3F8 to children this week.”
While Zev’s parents urge the community to continue to daven for Zev Eliezer ben Chaya Sheindel, Zev has returned to a life of relative normalcy, starting fourth grade at Yeshiva of South Shore, where he is begin-ning to learn Mishnayos. “He’s doing well, but like all patients, he is presently experi-encing some of the late effects of his treat-ment,” Wolff said.
“Living in the Five Towns and receiv-ing support from people who know us, and from many people who did not previously know us, was absolutely invaluable. It made an enormous difference to our entire family during a very trying period,” Wolff said. “The knowledge that so many people continue to pray every day for the continued refuah of our son, gives us tremendous strength.”
For more information on Zev’s Fund, visit ZevsFund.org or email Peter Steinerman at [email protected].
From Elul to Tishrei, a poem
FDA approves trial of drug funded by Zev’s Fund
Photo courtesy of the Wolff family
Zev Wolff is back home as his namesakefund continues to benefi t other children.
GOP’s Rick Perry speaks on Israel, Iran and UNAt a packed Manhattan news conference on Tuesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a leading Re-publican presidential candidate, stood alongside Israeli lawmakers Danny Danon of Likud and Nissim Ze’ev of Shas. Perry reiterated his sup-port for a two-state solution, while vowing to cut off funding to the Palestinians if they receive UN statehood without negotiations. Perry also promised that under his administration, State Department employees working in Israel would be based in Jerusalem, a reference to moving the U.S. embassy to the Israeli capital city. Dr. Joseph Frager and Dr. Paul Brody, seen standing behind Perry, organized the conference.
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Opinion
P resident Barack Obama wants the Jewish vote. Really, he needs it. After his party’s embarrassing defeat in the
Ninth Congressional district to Republican citizen-candidate Bob Turner last week, the president has made some “painful conces-sions.”
When the staff of the Israeli embassy in Cairo was besieged by a rampaging mob, the administration reached out to Egypt’s military rulers, who re-ceive $1.3 billion in an-nual military aid from Washington. Following the phone call, Egyp-tian police rescued the trapped Israeli diplomats.
At this week’s UN Gen-eral Assembly, the presi-dent vowed to veto any possible vote for full Pal-estinian membership if it does not involve negotia-tions with Israel.
The same president who reached out to the Arab masses at Cairo’s Al Azhar University in July 2009, now risks losing the pro-American good-will that came with the Arab Spring, in order to stand by Israel.
Obama deserves credit where it is due, but these actions are par for the course for an American president, and they will not stop the gradual Jewish departure from the Democratic Party. The president must make a gesture that would secure him forever in the annals of Jewish history, something far more memorable than this week’s New York Magazine cover lauding him as “The fi rst Jewish president.”
Among the presidents, George Washing-ton stands out for his 1790 letter of toler-ance addressed to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, outlining the newborn coun-
try’s vision of religious freedom. Abraham Lincoln is honored for rescinding General Ulysses Grant’s order forbidding Jewish merchants from trading in the South dur-ing the Civil War. Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his forceful rebuke to the Russian czar after the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev. Above all, Harry Truman rebuffed his State Department advisors and signed off on the recognition of newborn Israel.
Obama certainly has his options laid out. He can pardon Jonathan Pollard, gaining the grat-itude of the community for a man who expressed his remorse numerous times during his 26 years in federal prison.
He can move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the eter-nal capital of the Jewish people. He can recognize Menachem Zivotofsky’s request to stamp “Jerusa-lem, Israel” as the birth-place on his passport.
We are not asking Obama to plant trees on a Samarian hilltop, nor to suspend funding for the
Palestinian Authority, nor to stop routinely ignoring Saudi human rights violations. He does not even have to visit Israel. Sure, these gestures would be admirable, but we can’t ask Obama to be more Zionist than most American Jews.
Recognizing the injustice of Pollard’s sen-tence, moving an embassy to a capital city, and acknowledging that city as the capital, these are gestures that would make Ameri-can policy towards Israel as fair as towards any other nation. These simple acts can give Obama credibility as a friend to Israel and strengthen the partnership in peace, security, trade, and values that it we have always had.
Letters to the editorFive Towns
Far Rockaway Mikvah Project
Dear Members of Our Community:As we embark on this sacred sea-
son of the Yomim Noraim, and with deep gratitude to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, we are pleased to join in an-nouncing plans for our community’s construction of a new community Mikvah.
Chazal teach us that the estab-lishment of a proper Mikvah is the primary responsibility of a Jewish community and its leadership. For decades, the Five Towns and Far Rockaway community has been served effectively and loyally by our two existing community Mikvah lo-cations in Far Rockaway and Wood-mere. As the community continues its unprecedented growth, Baruch Hashem, sustained overcrowding and strained resources at both exist-ing facilities have become apparent. Our merit in witnessing our commu-nity’s expansive growth has brought with it a responsibility to build a third Mikvah facility to accommo-date all our families.
We are delighted that a central-ized location on Spruce Street in Ce-darhurst has been identifi ed, and the properties there are being purchased for the Mikvah project. Moreover, through the hard work of lay vol-unteers, zoning approvals from the Village of Cedarhurst have been se-cured. Rabbinical experts in Mikvah construction have been consulted and have been engaged to supervise construction in accordance with the highest, universal standards. With these preparatory steps complete, we are now ready to launch this community-wide project to build a state-of-the-art, beautiful Mikvah commensurate with the sanctity of the mitzvah and the commitment of our Kehillah.
We have the special privilege ofundertaking this critical project asone that unites each and every fam-ily from Bayswater to North Wood-mere, with the active participation of all the shuls and the guidance ofall the Rabbanim. In the days andweeks to come, you will be hearingand seeing more about our exciting new Mikvah plans and the ways inwhich everyone may play a role.
May the Ribbono shel Olam bless with success both our efforts to en-hance the purity and unity of KlalYisroel, and those who merit joiningin this holy work.
With our profound brachah for a kesivah vechasimah tovah.
Rabbi Yaakov BenderRabbi Hershel BilletRabbi Yissachar BlinderRabbi Heshy BlumsteinRabbi Aaron BrafmanRabbi Dov BresslerRabbi Pinchas ChatzinoffRabbi Saul ChillRabbi Eytan FeinerRabbi Yaakov FeitmanRabbi Yitzchok FrankelRabbi Aryeh Zev GinsbergRabbi Itzehek GoldshmidRabbi Kenneth HainRabbi Yehoshua KalishRabbi Moshe KatzensteinRabbi Samuel KlibanoffRabbi Aryeh LebowitzRabbi Simcha LebowitzRabbi Yechiel PerrRabbi Zvi RalbagRabbi Yaakov ReismanRabbi Shaya RichmondRabbi Smelka RubinRabbi Pesach SchmerlingRabbi Yehuda SeptimusRabbi Mordekai ShapiroRabbi Shmuel SpiegelRabbi Asher SternRabbi Moshe TeitelbaumRabbi Nochem TeneboimRabbi Dovid WeinbergerRabbi Moshe WeinbergerRabbi Shnueur Wolowik
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Editorial
The pro-Israel checklist
Note from the Editorial StaffDavid F. Nesenoff is making aliyah this month, fulfi lling a lifelong dream of living in Jerusalem. The Jewish Star staff wishes David a tzeitchem l’shalom and mazal at his new home in the ir hakodesh. We are accepting applica-tions for the position of Publisher/Editor-in-Chief through [email protected]. All inquiries related to news content, community events, and letters should be sent to Acting Editor-in-Chief Sergey Kadinsky at [email protected]
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Why Does Steve Israel accept donations from a man linked to Iran?
Y ou can tell much about a politician from the donations he accepts. Where I live, my representative in Congress is
Steve Israel. He is also the chair of the Dem-ocratic Congressional Campaign Commit-
tee. Mr. Israel accepts money from at least one donor who should make people wonder about his support for his eponymous ances-tral nation.
The donor’s name is Parviz Lavi and ac-cording to campaign fi nance reports fi led with the Federal Elec-tion Commission, Isra-el has received $6,500 from Lavi since 2006. Donating to your fa-vorite candidate is fi ne, but in March 1998, Lavi was arrested by federal agents (and pleaded guilty) for conspiring to
illegally smuggle fi ghter jet engines and their parts to Iran.
Owner of the Hicksville-based Omega Turbine Corporation, Lavi had been under investigation since 1991 by customs agents.
According to court papers, Lavi had been wiretapped since 1992 discussing various
schemes to sell the F-14 engines and their parts to Iran by shipping them fi rst to associates in Holland. At one point, Lavi discussed paying between $125,000 and $150,000 for six of the TF-30 jet engines, the court papers said.
The engine is used only on U.S. and Ira-nian F-14 fi ghters. The U.S. government sold 80 of the F-14s to the shah’s government be-fore the revolution in Iran in 1979 but since then has barred the export of military equip-ment to Iran.” (“Man Held In Plot To Sell F-14 Parts,” Newsday, March 4, 1998)
The New York Times corroborated the Newsday story and took it even further. “Un-dercover agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and businessmen in-volved in the arms trade who were cooperat-ing with the Government agreed to sell him what he wanted: 500 metal vanes, or blades,
for the powerful TF-30 engines on the F-14s. The sale price was $25,000, but the authori-ties said the value of the parts to Iran’s mili-tary was inestimable.”(“L.I. Man Is Seized in Scheme To Smuggle Jet Parts to Iran,” NY Times, March 5, 1998)
After being indicted later that month, Lavi and some of his associates pleaded guilty to the charges. According to an April 1998 Virginian-Pilot article, “A former employee of the alleged mastermind of a plot to smuggle F-14 jet parts to Iran pleaded guilty in fed-eral court Wednesday to helping negotiate the purchase and sale of the parts. In his plea agreement, Tony Zar agreed to testify against his old friend, Parviz Lavi — charged with heading a conspiracy to purchase and ship the American-built parts — and others alleg-edly involved in the scheme.
“Zar, also known as Mehrdad Zar, 38, toldagents he knew of at least two shipments ofjet parts sent to Iran after he began workingat Lavi’s Long Island company, Omega Indus-tries International, in 1992,” the Virginian-Pilot article stated.
Congressman Israel claims to be a hugesupporter of the state of Israel and other Jewish causes. His deeds however, do notback up his words. While he has signed let-ters with other Congressman, not once hashe stood up publicly to President Obama tocriticize the administration’s anti-Israel poli-cies. When the President was trying to le-gitimize the anti-Israel group J Street, SteveIsrael obeyed orders and lent his name tothe organization so they could recruit morepeople to its convention.
Now we learn that Congressman Israel istaking campaign donations from a man whowas convicted of selling arms to a terrorist-supporting regime whose goal is to destroy the Jewish State. It’s time for Israel to get be-yond campaign mode and decide what sidehe is on. Would he support sympathizers ofterrorist states, or does he support the rightof the Jewish State of Israel to exist in peace? His words say one thing, but his actions say another.
Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of thepolitical blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com).Jeff lives on Long Island.
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Jeff Dunetz
Congressman Steve Israel, left,
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state of Israel. His deeds however,
do not back up his words. Not once
has he stood up to President Obama
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M oshe’s goodbye speech that is the book of Devarim contains a number of ref-erences to the fact that he will not ac-
company the people into the Promised Land. He talks about how he requested, knelt, plead-ed before G-d to be given a chance to enter the land — if only for a short time — and how each request was summarily rejected.
In the beginning of Devarim, Moshe pins the reason on the event of the spies (1:37). Sometimes, the reasoning becomes more
of G-d’s design than a mundane punish-ment. The Or HaChaim (1:37) quotes a gemara (Sotah 9a) and the Mi-drash Tehillim (79) to explain how Moshe’s non-entry into the land was part of a plan that would ultimately save the Jewish people. Had Moshe entered the land, he would have built the Temple, which G-d would never allow to be destroyed.
G-d’s ensuing wrath over the people turn-ing from Him was taken out on wood and stones (the destruction of the Temple), rath-er than against the Israelite nation.
In his work Siftei Tzadikim, Rabbi Menach-em Mendel of Rimanov says that Moshe, the ultimate shepherd of Israel, fulfi lled his des-tiny particularly in death, through granting Is-rael an everlasting chance at eternal survival.
To bring the matter to an even more direct level, the Mareh Yechezkel (Rabbi Yechezkel Panet) gives two additional explanations for why Moshe needed to remain outside of the land: for the merit of those who per-ished in the wilderness, and to serve as a defense against the prosecution of Baal Peor, who would not be able to stand up against Moshe’s grave, which is in the mountains of Moav, overlooking the place where the nega-tive incident of Bamidbar 25 took place.
In our parsha, Moshe says “Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer come and go. G-d has [also] told me that I would not cross the Jordan.” (31:2)
What does Moshe mean when he says “I can no longer come and go?” Is Moshe re-ferring to his physical prowess? Is Moshe re-ferring to the reality that the end of his life has arrived? Is Moshe saying that he can no longer argue the point with G-d because it is hopeless for him to enter the land?
Ibn Ezra suggests Moshe could no longer lead the people in battle. Rashi rejects the idea that Moshe’s physical strength was ebbing, as he offers Moshe’s inability (permission-wise) to enter the land, and that Moshe was no longer capable of deep Torah thoughts. (Ramban prefers this latter interpretation.) Different Tosafi sts point to Moshe’s old age as his reason for not being able to continue – following the logical fl ow of the verse. The Sforno has echoes of Moshe’s destiny when he says “Even if I could physically make the trip (go and come), since G-d said I can not go, it will be better for you if I do, because this will allow you to pass over the Jordan River, to enter the promised land.
There are no set rules for when the body begins to break down. Some people might begin experiencing debilitating ailments or conditions at an early age, some at a later stage, and some go through life as healthy as can be past becoming centenarians.
The big challenge for many of us is how to deal with the cards we’re dealt. The Torah says Moshe did not lose his physical strength. But Moshe was no longer able to lead a battle, or to maintain his highest intellectual capac-ity — especially after he anointed Yehoshua his successor and gave Yehoshua some of his own “glory.”
Moshe grew to accept his reality and to understand that some things, which are clearly part of G-d’s master plan, are what they are. No amount pleading could change his destiny once the decree was given.
Does this mean Moshe did not possess free will? Of course not. Moshe demonstrated his free will many times in the Torah.
But it also means Moshe was able to rec-ognize when his time was up, so he could walk off into the sunset while still as close to the top of his game as he could possible be.
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HaRav yeshiva, I was privileged to see him in the mornings of the month of Elul, after the morning service, striding up and down in the main room of his house, studying his own book, the Orot HaTeshuvah.
“His words had been written not only for others but also for himself; and in the days set apart for teshuvah, he devoted himself to its cleansing and elevat-ing content.”
In the years to come, the need for an English translation became ever more urgent. Finally, in 1968, Rabbi Dr. Alter Metzger published an el-egant and lucid translation of this otherwise daunting work.
But as time passed, the need for a comprehensive commentary was deemed essential by most rabbis and educators. To this end Rabbi Weinberger’s efforts and skilled scholarship helped fi ll the void.
The timeliness of this publication can best be dem-onstrated by the comments of the Ramat Gan Rosh Yeshiva Rav Yehoshua Shapiro.
“Orot HaTeshuvah not only reveals the lights, ‘orot,’ of ‘teshuvah,’ repentance, it re-veals that repentance itself is a great light.” Rav Kook’s view was to make teshuvah a pos-itive spiritual experience.
Also to be found in this commentary are
numerous sources from all the major teach-ings of our faith, further enhancing Rav Kook’s teachings to make them ever more relevant to the reader.
This factor is what makes Rabbi Wein-berger’s research all the more endearing to this writer.
Examples of this can be seen threaded throughout this work. Even such an esoteric issue as evolution fi nds a place in Rav Kook’s teaching. Con-sider the following:
“Rav Kook had the unique ability to fi nd ho-liness in everything, to remove the barriers cover-ing an idea and unveil its kernel of holiness. There-fore, he saw a remarkable seed hidden in evolution. For Rav Kook, this theory offered an insight into Jewish faith and showed a way to draw close to Hashem. According to Rav Kook, evolution is a spiritual process that takes place deep within
each Jew. It is a movement pro-pelling us forward, pushing us inevitably to-wards perfection, health and teshuvah.”
The organic wholeness of our people is further explored by Rabbi Weinberger in Rav Kook’s ideological and practical involvement with Zionism.
Rabbi Weinberger demonstrates to the reader that, “Ultimately, the source of Zion-
ism, of a Jew’s longing to return to Yerusha-layim, is Hashem and the Torah, as expressed in G-d’s promise to Avraham that Eretz Yisrael belongs to us. For a few generations the idea persisted that the longing for Zion can exist without mitzvos. But secular Zion-ism has reached the point of exhaustion.”
This spirited defense of Zionist ideology within the Jewish religious context marks the fi rst time that a major American Jewish reli-gious fi gure has stepped forward to explain in clear and concise language Rav Kook’s ideological formulations on this matter.
While no ideological partisan argument is given primacy, the fairness and balance with which Rabbi Weinberger presents these issues is a welcome respite from those who seek only division, machlokes, in all Jewish religious matters.
Prayer, tefi llah, in the context of teshuvah is noted with great care and sensitivity.
“And we thus see that the service of the entire Torah and all of its wisdom is the on-going revelation of the concealed prayer of the soul,” Rav Kook wrote.
“That is the refi nement and pleasure, glo-ry and beauty of prayer. It is like a rose that opens its beautiful petals to greet the dew or in the presence of the rays of the sun… Prayer is only rectifi ed as a result of a per-son’s thought that in truth the soul is con-stantly praying,” he added.
Within the context of prayer, Rabbi Wein-berger skillfully brings together the teachings of such diverse personalities as the Chofetz Chaim, the Rebbe Rashab and Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin to reinforce Rav Kook’s teachings on the integrity of Jewish prayer.
A Personal NoteIn a review essay published on Rabbi
Metzger’s work a couple of years ago, I ex-pressed my wish that a full commentary bepublished on Orot HaTeshuvah. I then suggest-ed, “It is my opinion that either an additional forward or commentary be penned by one ofthe Rav’s foremost contemporary interpretersof Orot HaTeshuvah, Rav Moshe Weinbergerof Cong. Aish Kodesh of Woodmere. It was he, through his popular shiur on Orot HaTeshu-vah given every Friday morning at his Wood-mere bais medrash that brought the practicalimportance and relevance of this work to myattention.”
Sometimes it is said that you have to be care-ful about what you wish for. In this case, my wishhas come true. For this I am extremely happy,and so will you be after reading and learningfrom the teachings of Rav Kook and Rabbi Wein-berger especially at this sacred time of year.
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There is a mystical idea, which suggests, that hidden within every fi re of destruc-tion is the spark of redemption. Such,
for example, was the case on Aug. 3, 1492, which was also the Ninth of Av, the anni-versary of the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. On that day, the Inquisition was imposed on the 250,000 Spanish Jews, faced
with the choice of ex-pulsion, conversion or death.
On that fateful Au-gust morning in 1492, the very day 80,000 Jews followed Don Yitzchak Abarbanel across the border into Portugal, and thou-sands of boats fi lled the harbor setting sail with the better part of the Spanish Jewry — that same morning, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, sailed out of the harbor to discover a new world, which would one day save the
remnants of the Jewish people from the Ho-locaust.
And just as the fi re of destruction hides within it the spark of redemption, so too, the fertile fi elds of victory hide within them the potential dust of defeat. Thus, it was the mood created by Israel’s lightning victory in the six-day war of 1967 that bred the over-confi dence, which allowed for the debacle of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
Yanosh, and the story of the seventh bri-gade, is a case in point. As the summer of 1973 wound down, the seventh brigade, one of the Israeli armored corps units whose battles in 1948 are the stuff of legends, was stationed on the Bar Lev line, along the Suez Canal.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the brigade was given a week’s leave for the holidays and a skeleton crew was left behind for guard duty.
As the men headed off for R&R all over the country, Yanosh, the brigade command-er, stopped off in the General Staff base in Tel Aviv on his way home. For Yanosh, a full bird colonel, it was an ingrained habit to keep abreast of intelligence reports.
What he saw alarmed him: Egyptian and
Syrian troop buildups along the Suez Canal and in the Golan Heights, a great increase in Arab military radio traffi c, and an unusual amount of activity in the Arab airfi elds. Two weeks before that fateful Yom Kippur, Yanosh became convinced the country was headed for war.
He immediately went to the Central Command radio room and put in a call to his division commander, advising him of his opinion, and asking for a fi rst-stage general call up of critical reserves, and the recall of all the troops that had been given leave that very afternoon.
But that is a lot of work, and intelligence reports can be interpreted in different ways, so the Division Commander disagreed.
Yanosh had somewhat of a reputation as an impulsive fi rebrand, and didn’t give up easily, convinced as he was that his coun-try was in grave danger, and going over his commander’s head, he appealed to the Com-mander of central command, then the chief intelligence offi cer of the I.D.F., and fi nally the chief of general staff himself, commander of the entire Israeli army at the time, Dado Elazar.
But no one wanted to listen; fl ushed with the success of the Six Day War, Israel could not imagine the same Arab armies poised ready to destroy the state of Israel, and so the phone calls were not made, the highways remained silent, and Israeli troops went on leave for the holidays.
In retrospect, one opinion in the intelli-gence community is that the Arabs want-ed to see over the Rosh Hashanah holiday,
whether a major troop buildup would cause the Israelis to keep more troops on alert. The results were the last stage of the Arab deci-sion to go to war. And the Israelis were still sleeping.
Yanosh fi nally concluded no one was lis-tening, but the continued reports of major troop buildups would not allow him to let it go. Finally, he decided that at the very least he commanded his own brigade and that was better than nothing.
The situation in the North, along the Go-lan Heights was in one respect, much more tenuous than in the south, as there was no buffer zone in the North. If Yanosh was right, and Egyptian troops came pouring across the Suez Canal, at least they would still have hundreds of kilometers of desert to negotiate
before arriving at Israeli cities and towns. In the Golan, half an hour on tank treads from Tiberias, Israel had no such luxury.
So Yanosh decided to rotate his brigade north to the Golan Heights, and eventually, fi guring it would be easier for them, the high command acquiesced.
Recalling an entire brigade, spread out on holiday leave all over the country, getting them all the way down to the southern tip of the Sinai, and then transferring an entire ar-mored brigade the length of the country north up into the Golan heights was no easy task.
E veryone thought Yanosh was mad, and this move did not bolster his image in the eyes of his men, who had just lost
a week’s leave But this single Brigade Com-mander’s determination and conviction brought an entire brigade on line in the north, three days before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War.
And when 2,000 Syrian tanks poured across the border on the afternoon of Oct. 6, instead of 75 Israeli tanks, there were 150 on line, something that made all the difference.
Hidden in the brilliance of the 1967 victory, was the spark that would blind so many to what was coming a short six years later. And, as well, the same character traits of pride and conviction, which blinded so many, were also the seeds of conviction that had one man in the right place, at the right time.
This week, Israel and the entire worldwill be watching events as they unfold in the United Nations, with much uncertainty.But often, what that we see in the moment isonly a small part of the much larger picture.
This week’s portion, Nitzavim, is viewedby many as the consolation of G-d for the dif-fi cult verses in last week’s portion, Ki Tavoh.After hearing all of the calamitous events(the “Tochacha” or curses”, see chapter 28 ofDevarim) that will occur to the Jewish peo-ple in the event they stray from their mission, this week, Moshe comforts and assuages thepain of the Jewish people by telling them:
“Atem Nitzavim HaYom Kulchem Lifnei’Hashem Elokeichem….”
“You are standing today, all of you, beforethe Lord your G-d….”
(Deuteronomy (Devarim) 29:9)No matter what you will or may go
through, and how you may disappoint G-d,He will always love you, and you will remainclose to Him.
It behooves us to recall, especially today,as a generation that has seen so many mod-ern day miracles, that things are not alwaysas they seem.
Rav Binny Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Oraytain Jerusalem’s Old City is a Company Com-mander in the IDF reserves, and lives in Efratwith his wife Doreet and their four children. His weekly Internet ‘Parsha Bytes’ can befound at www.orayta.org
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What’s your favorite Jewish holiday?
“Pesach because we only sell chametz here.”
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“Succot. We get to build a succah on the roof of our building in Manhattan, and enjoy long meals with family and friends.”
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TALIA ROSENBLOOMSenior, HAFTR High School Lawrence
A s we approach Rosh Hashanah I think back to my time at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. I remember our rebbeim putting a heavy emphasis on preparing our-
selves for the coming Days of Awe by taking an introspective look back on our year and making amends with those whom we have wronged. I would like to start with the amends fi rst.
After carefully thinking about it, I realize that I am long overdue to apologize to a group that I have repeatedly offended.
That group is the Kosher Vegans who have consistently raised objections to my articles because of my implied advocacy of a carnivorous lifestyle.
I took their admonishment with a grain of salt. After perusing their com-ments and websites, it seemed to me that their arguments for veganism were grossly misinformed — with more emo-tion then intellect.
But I realize now that I was very wrong and that these wonderful vegans were simply trying to impart to me their sense of moral justice and compassion.
Admirably, they have decided to ig-nore the obvious health risks associated with veganism and stand for what they believe is right no matter how defi cient in B12 they may be. These beautiful
souls have chosen to brave the reality that is iron and cal-cium defi ciency and possible megaloblastic anemia because no matter how many volumes of halachic text there may be to support the eating of meat they will not bow to the pressures of self-preservation if it means hurting an animal.
Taking a look back on the culinary year 5771, I have been fortunate enough to sample a few truly excellent dishes at a number of outstanding restaurants. After carefully consider-ing everything I have tried in the course of my restaurant reviews I have come up with the top three dishes I have eaten this year:
■ PARDES — Napoli style beef cheek pizza with 24-hour roasted tomato and fresh basil: Unquestionably the Beef Cheek Pizza from Pardes is in my top fi ve all time favorite foods and belongs as the front runner on this list. The pizza has a fantastic crunchy crust that goes amazingly with the fatty, saltiness of the beef cheek. Cutting through those fl a-vors is the wonderfully earthy sweetness of the tomato that lends a slight acidity. The basil of course brightens the whole dish up making it just spectacular.
■ PRIME KO — Gyu Kakuni a 12 Hour Sake braised short rib: Prime KO’s Gyu Kakuni may be one of the fi nest examples of a braised short rib available. It is served on a bed of fl uffy mashed potatoes and covered in a sake and mushroom reduc-tion. The short rib is beautifully tender with a mildly sweet earthy fl avor that is enhanced by the addition of the sake reduction. Thanks to the mashed potatoes there is a pleasant balance to the dishes texture making this appetizer feels like a more substantial dish. It was because of the Gyu Kakuni that I began believing in umami.
■ LA MARAIS — Les Rillettes du Boucher Duck and Veal pate: Served with crostini and and thin slices of a home made veal sausage this dish is a rich and earthy. The pate is prepared perfectly and melts in the mouth. Paired with the sausage and crunchy bread this dish makes for one of the most fl avor-ful offerings I have ever been served. Though it is far from the most creative thing I was given during a tasting it’s fl avor and rarity make it a truly stand out dish in the kosher world.
If in the year 5771 you have not yet had the opportunity to try these kosher dishes at their respective restaurants then I hope that the year 5772 will provide you with ample time to try these and the many other wonder kosher options avail-able throughout the New York area.
Zechariah Mehler is a widely published food writer and expert in social marketing. Follow him on Twitter @thekoshercritic
5771: a good year for good eating
THE KOSHER CRITIC
Zechariah Mehler
Editor’s note: With a double parsha this week and the calendar edging closer towards Rosh Hashana, we present a second Torah column. Rabbi Etengoff is dedicating the fol-lowing dvar Torah in memory of his sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra, and the refuah shlaimah of Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam.
Judaism is, fi rst and foremost, a religion of action wherein the deed, in the form of the mitzvah, is the primary mode of
connecting with the Al-mighty.
Little wonder then, that one of Judaism’s greatest heroes and spiritual giants was none other than Nach-shon ben Aminadav, the fi rst person to en-ter the Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds) in expectation of Hashem’s imminent salvation.
Indeed, Midrash Bamidbar Rabbah 13:7 teaches us that his name foreshadowed the literal leap of faith that will forever re-main emblazoned in
the memory of our people: “Why was he named Nachshon? This was because he was the fi rst to go into the surging waves of the Sea (nachshol sheb’yam).
“The Holy One blessed be He said to Moshe: ‘He who has sanctifi ed my name in the Sea will be he who will bring the fi rst sacrifi ce [in the dedication of the altar in the dessert].’” Nachshon was a true hero who embraced action, driven by the noble spiri-tual desire to sanctify Hashem’s name.
This week’s parshiot call upon us to sym-bolically emulate Nachshon, to jump into the Yam Suf of our lives and do teshuvah:
“And it will be, when all these things come upon you the blessing and the curse which I have set before you that you will consider in your heart, among all the nations where the Lord your G-d has banished you, and you will return to the Lord, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will listen to His voice according to all that I am commanding you this day you and your children, then, the Lord, your G-d, will bring back your exiles, and He will have mercy upon you.” (Devarim 30:1-3)
In order to do heartfelt and meaningful teshuvah, we need to know what its consti-tutive elements are. Maimonides devoted an entire section of his Mishneh Torah to this topic. Thus, in Sefer Madda, Hilchot Teshu-vah (2:2), he asks, “What is teshuvah?” Sum-marized, it contains four key elements:
Rejection of the sin: takes place in the present (azivat hacheit).
Feel badly about what has been done: re-fers to past actions (charata al ha’avar).
Resolve to change: refers to the future (kabbalah al he’atid).
Declare and confess (verbally) to Hashem to never be involved in this sin again (vidui devarim).
As we can readily see, true teshuvah is an all-encompassing process. It incorporates a radical shift in the mind of the former sinner so that he will be able to return to the proper path of serving Hashem. It requires unfl inch-ing honesty and the strength to conquer the natural tendency to rationalize one’s actions and behaviors.
Perhaps the single greatest barrier to genuine teshuvah is arrogance (gaavah). It blinds us to the ramifi cations of our behav-ior and makes us feel as if we are living on a higher plane of existence than the rest of mankind. Nachmanides, in his famous Igeret Haramban, warns us against this dangerous character trait:
And now, my son, understand and ob-serve that whoever feels that he is greater than others is rebelling against
the Kingship of Hashem, because he is adorn-ing himself with His garments, as it is writ-ten (Sefer Tehillim 93:1), “Hashem reigns, He wears clothes of pride.” Why should one feel proud? Is it because of wealth? Hashem makes one poor or rich (Sefer Shmuel I: 2:7). Is it because of honor? It belongs to Hashem, as we read (Sefer Divrei Hayamim I: 29:12), “Wealth and honor come from You…”
One who is proud of his wisdom surely knows that Hashem “takes away the speech of assured men and reasoning from the sag-
es” (Sefer Iyov 12:20) So we see that every-one is the same before Hashem, since withHis anger He lowers the proud and when Hewishes He raises the low. So lower yourselfand Hashem will lift you up!
(Translation, http://www.pirchei.co.il/specials/ramban/ramban.htm)
Herein Nachmanides is teaching us thatG-d alone has the right to act with greatness.The wealth, honor, and wisdom that He be-stows are but a passing shadow. Arrogancedrives a wedge between G-d and man, andprevents us from apprehending authentic To-rah values.
When we truly feel ourselves to be in G-d’s presence, we will naturally act with humil-ity before Him and with restraint and dignity toward others.
Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching, andwith G-d’s help, may we have the wisdom and discernment to reject gaavah and em-brace anavah. May we ever be ready to bespiritual Nachshons, to jump fearlessly intothe whirlwind of confusion that is our livesand actively change them for the better.
Kativah v’chatimah tovah and tizkul’shanim rabot
Rabbi David Etengoff is the Director ofEducational Technology at Magen David Ye-shivah in Brooklyn and a resident of Cedar-hurst. His previous parsha columns can be found at http://reparashathashavuah.weebly.com. Sign up for his weekly parsha email [email protected].
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Dear Keeping the Bliss,The fi rst tip I have is to work on your mar-
riage before it gets less-than-great. You and your spouse will be more willing and able to feed your marriage when you’re having a good day, or even a neutral day.
Waiting until waters get choppy will dras-tically cut your chance of coming out un-scathed. I know I’m using harsh metaphors when we are just talking about a relationship, but if you’ve ever seen a couple go through a rough time, or even a divorce-able time, you will be struck by how they look like they are fi ghting for their lives.
That’s because, according to Dr. Sue John-son, we need an emotionally close, support-ive relationship with someone in order to live. So if we feel like we are losing that sort of relationship, it can feel like our air supply is cut off.
The trick is to be able to balance the breathing with this other person without suf-focating him/her.
And from the other side, the trick is to let the other know when you are feeling suffo-
cated without rejecting the other.Enough abstract. Let’s concretize things.
You are looking forward to a quiet Shabbos without guests. You prepare a modest meal for you and hubby and are looking forward to relaxing on the couch after with an easy-going game of Blokus. (Blokus is a really cool game. Check it out.)
What happens? Everything goes as planned until after the soup. You and your spouse are bringing the main course to the table when you spill a little gravy on your skirt. You go change in your room and come out to a sleeping, snoring lump on the couch. “Sweetie?” Nothing. “Honey, I’m back.” A mere eye fl utter. Hmm. Now you’re not cov-ered in gravy—you are gravy.
He wakes up in the 73rd minute and is upset that he missed bentching, and is sur-prised to see you playing all four colors in Blokus. “What’s going on?” he squints.
Now here is where you make things hap-pen. Somewhere inside, you are feeling dis-appointment and even rejection. You are feeling slightly insignifi cant and sad. But, you cannot let on that you have such human characteristics! No, not you! It is clearly the time to take the holy high road of Distract and Protect.
“What’s going on?! I’ll tell you what’s go-ing on! You just totally blew your chance at bentching and now you got the BIGGEST aveira right before Rosh Hashana! I know that I did my part to wake you, so don’t try
to blame it on me!”Lady, he was so not looking to blame you.
And talk about missing your chance—youjust missed your chance at getting closer. Try this next time:
“What’s going on? Well, I went to changemy skirt and when I came back you weresleeping. I know you’re tired, but I tried towake you because I was looking forward tohanging out. But when you didn’t wake up, it made me feel kinda lonely.”
When you are hurt, it is much wiser tomake yourself vulnerable than to try to pro-tect yourself. If you have your shield up andyour gun blazing, the average spouse willshoot back at you or fl ee (emotionally orphysically). Then you will either try to winthis battle with blame and criticism if he’sfi ghting back, or lasso him in with nags andwhines if he withdraws.
Instead of being needy, allow yourself to be “in need”. When you are sad, lonely, re-jected, let down or upset, admit it to yourself.Don’t hide it behind a blank smile or anger.Admit it to yourself and then share it withyour spouse in a detached sort of way. Be un-emotional when describing these emotions.
Then ask hubby to be there for you (spec-ify how). Knowing your needs will increasethe likelihood of having needs met.
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Sept. 24Scholar in residenceYOUNG ISRAEL OF LAWRENCE-CEDARHURST, located at 8 Spruce Street in Cedarhurst, is hosting noted lecturer Charlie Harary, who will be speaking on the topic “Teshuvah: genes, judgment and Judaism.” The Shabbat drasha will be “Our day in court: how to ensure a favorable judgment.” For seudat shlishit, he will speak on “Power genes: tapping into the greatness of our forefathers.” Prior to the midnight selichot ser-vice, his topic will be “Judaism’s Midnight Mad-ness: how teshuva season can change your life.” Harary is a Woodmere resident and founder of Milvado Education, which promotes innovations in teaching spirituality. He is a senior lecturer at Orthodox Union, Aish Hatorah and NCSY. For more information, contact 516-569-3324
Pre-Selichot ProgramCONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence is hosting Dr. Norman Blumenthal and Dr. Rona Novick for a pre-Selichot program. The speakers will address the topic “Making amends & making meaning: the importance of forgiveness & purpose.” Dr. Blumenthal is the director of bereavement and crisis intervention services at Chai Lifeline. Dr. Novick is the director of doctoral studies at YU’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. The event begins at 10:30 p.m. followed by selichot by chazzan Joel Kaplan at midnight. For more information, contact 516-569-3600.
Sefer Torah for AvinoamYESHIVA DARCHEI TORAH is holding a siyum on the completion of a sefer Torah in memory of alumnus Avinoam Grossman, a”h. The Torah dedication will take place at the home of his parents Shmuel & Rachel Grossman, at 56 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst. The event begins at 9:30 p.m. Afterwards, the sefer Torah will be brought to Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway. For sponsorships and information, contact Rabbi Baruch Rothman at 718-868-2300 ext. 706.
Sept. 24-25Fall FairFIVE TOWNS COMMUNITY CHEST is holding its annual Fall Fair in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park. A movie will be presented on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. with a full day of games,
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Sept. 25-26Cahal Bake SaleCAHAL, an organization serving local students with learning disabilities, is holding its third annual bake sale at the home of Jenny & Mordy Lent, located at 81 Washington Avenue South in Lawrence. The event will run on Sept. 25 from 2
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Sept. 26Emunah Bake SaleEMUNAH, the religious Zionist women’s organiza-tion, is holding its day-long Rosh Hashanah Bake Sale & Boutique at the home of Esther & Baruch Weinstein, located at 4 Iris Street in Cedarhurst. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Besides food, the event includes jewelry, giftware and fl owers. For more information, contact Shari Shapiro at 516-413-6927.
Oct. 2Refl ections on teshuvaCONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence, is hosting Rabbi Yehuda Septimus, who will be speaking on the topic “Refl ections on teshuva: A pairing & sharing of religious leaders and thoughts.” Rabbi Septimus is the rav of Young Israel of North Woodmere. The event is sponsored by the Orthodox Union. For more information, contact Hannah Chornock at 212-613-8351.
Oct. 4Introspection & InspirationTORAH CENTER OF HILLCREST, located at 171-05 Jewel Avenue in Hillcrest, is hosting noted lecturer Rabbi Paysach Krohn, who will be speak-ing on the topic “Introspection & Inspiration: An Approach to the Yimei Hadin.” The event begins at 8 p.m. and costs $12, with proceeds benefi t-ing Nishei Yeshiva Madreigas Ha’adam. For more information, contact [email protected].
OngoingEvening Daf YomiSH’OR YOSHUV INSTITUTE, located at One Cedar Lawn Avenue in Lawrence holds weekly evening lectures on the Dar Yomi by Rabbi Yechiel Weber-man in the upstairs beis medrash of the yeshiva. The lectures run Sundays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. For learning times on Fridays and Shabbat, call in advance to 347-210 0299.
Thursday night learningKEHILLAS BAIS YEHUDAH TZVI, located at 391 Oak-land Avenue in Cedarhurst has a Thursday night learning program with video lectures by noted lecturers Rabbi Eli Mansour at 9 p.m. and Rabbi Yissocher Frand at 10:30 p.m. Hot chulent will be served, concluding with maariv services at 11:15 p.m. For more information, call 516-374-9293.
Parkinson’s groupJCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS is sponsoring a support group for those affected by Parkinson’s. The group meets on Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m. at the JCC, located at 207 Grove Avenue in Cedar-hurst. For more information call Cathy Byrne at 516-569-6733 ext. 220.
HANC students make their own shofarsSixth grade students at Hewbrew Academy of Nassau County made their own shofars, learning about the mitzvah and the process of creating the ram’s horn instrument. “In anticipation of Rosh Hashanah the students are delighted by the opportunity to have a hands-on experience with shofar making,” said Rabbi Michael Merril, the student programming director. “It will enhance their Rosh Hashanah experience.”
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L ast week a witness refused to answer any questions that I was asking by pleading the “Fifth Amendment.” Although the
case was a civil matter, this witness was fully protected by the Bill of Rights, from respond-
ing for fear that his answers might later be used against him in a criminal case.
The theory of “pleading the Fifth” is simple. In the past, governments have abused their citizens by obtaining forced con-fessions, often with the use of physical or emo-tional force.
However, the United States Bill of Rights, prevents such abuse by guaranteeing that our government would not and could not force its
citizens to testify. According to Wikipedia, the common
man’s encyclopedia, the “Fifth amendment”, right to remain silent traces back to due pro-cess found in old English Common Law, and ultimately the Magna Carta of 1215.
The truth is that Wikipedia is about 1000 years off. The Talmud, codifi ed around the third century, specifi cally records that Jew-
ish law forbids self incriminating testimony.However, unlike the Fifth Amendment whereone may voluntarily testify against oneself, Jewish Law forbids a witness in or out ofcourt from offering any testimony which isincriminating, even voluntarily.
There are two reasons for this. The fi rst is to fully protect due process of law. All con-fessions have the “possibility” that they wereobtained through force, and therefore do not contain the truth.
The only way to ensure that truth prevails is for the court to rely only and solely on non-party witnesses who have no interest in the outcome of the case.
There is a second and equally compelling reason why confessions against ones interestare never accepted, even purely voluntary.The Talmud states that “a human being can-not/should not testify that he is evil.”
Obviously this does not mean that wecannot physically testify against our inter-ests, as we all know we can. It is done all thetime. Just read the papers. What the Talmudmeans is that, in order to maintain our dig-nity as human beings, we can never let our-selves view ourselves as evil.
For how we see ourselves is key to howwe behave. It is a self fulfi lling prophesy. Thisweek I attended my son’s pre-1A grade ori-entation. The Rabbi stressed how important it is for each child’s self esteem that he be
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This same idea is em-bedded in the Jewish Fifth Amendment rule. Rather than a “right” to remain silent, the Torah “demands” that we remain silent and thereby preserve our human dignity in the face of the throes and battles of the courtroom. Sure we can and should admit to our mistakes. Sure we can and should confess our sins, but only in the context of prayer, or as part of repentance, or in shul, or better yet over a sacri-fi ce in the Temple Mount, where our hearts
and minds are in the right place. The truth is indeed central to Judaism, its teachings and overall philosophy. But we must always re-
member the story of Abraham and Sara, and how he tried tohide the truth from his wife so as to protect her dignity….you see human dignity trumps… as we are all created in G-D’s image, and that’s the greatesttruth of all.
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The increasing pressure to delegitimize Israel, including this week’s move for Palesit-nian statehood at the UN and the Durban III conference have raised concerns about renewed anti-Semitism in the mainstream.
Taking a historical ap-proach to a fi ctional place in the future, West Hemp-stead resident Michael Stein penned Decision 2030, a book about a future generation of Jews suffering from physical and political attacks.
The novel was published at the end of July. “[Anti-Se-mitic events] have been hap-pening all over the US, and even in Norway,” Stein said. “In San Francisco they had on the ballot that they wanted to outlaw circumcision.”
In Decision 2030, the fi c-tional suburban community of Grayvelt is torn in two dif-ferent directions.
On the one hand, some in-dividuals choose to remain in the United States and to fi ght with the help of civilian soldiers. Others decide to part with America moving to a new community of olim in northern Israel.
“The seeds of hate for the Jew could nev-er be completely eradicated,” wrote Stein. “America, land of the most expansive consti-tution to guarantee every freedom possible, land of thirty amendments to promise every citizen that their rights would not be with-drawn, was now a place where one group was experiencing a serious curtailing of its
right to live in peace, dignity, and freedom. Its Jewish people didn’t want to believe it.”
Stein had begun writing a similar book 40 years ago, and had nearly 350 pages
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He returned to it a cou-ple of years ago and put it through roughly 15 revisions, mostly in response to news events that resonated with his story.
“I feel that reading the book will fi nd that many of the familiar problems with anti-Semitism will still take place in the year 2030,” Stein said.
Stein shows numerous viewpoints in his book, with characters from various reli-gious backgrounds and walks of life. The names of the two major Jewish communities—“Grayvelt” in America and “Kfar Afar” in Israel—illus-trate the fact that things ex-ist not in black and white ex-tremes, but rather in shades of gray. [“Grayvelt” means “gray world” in Yiddish, and
“Kfar Afar” means “gray village” in Hebrew.]While Stein said that the heroes in his
novel were not based off of real life people, he did say that there are “people in the story whose personalities are a little similar [to real life people].”
“[The character] Rabbi Weinhauser is a little bit like Rabbi Kelemer in terms of his photographic memory,” he said.
Though the future presented in Decision
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West Hempstead author sees anti-semitism in our future
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2030 may seem bleak, Stein, who taught history in the New York City public school system, sees it as realistic.
“I really feel that the Jewish people are always going to be in trouble simply because we’re Jewish,” said Stein. “I just think it’s the old adage and it’s never going to change.”
Stein majored in history at City University in Manhattan.
He went on to teach in the
New York City Public School Sys-tem for 25 years. After working in sales for a number of years, hereturned to teaching history, andhas spent the last three years writing novels involving the his-tory of the last century.
Decision 2030 is available for purchase at Long Island Judaicain West Hempstead and at Ama-zon.com. It is also available from the publisher, Xlibris, at www.xlibris.com.
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