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By Rabbi Dani Staum -- Leonardo da Vinci By Shmuel Sackett By Jacques Rothschild By Caroline Schumsky once had the opportunity to By Eytan Kobre hear a former governor of hile everybody is con- n the very recent past, just o your designer glass feels INew Jersey speak at a din- gratulating Senator before the announcement half empty, huh? ner. He quoted Ben Franklin, hiker stopped at the bank WChuck Schumer’s deci- Iof the deal with Iran, and al- S Feeling forlorn, gloomy, who referred to New Jersey as “a of a raging river. Spotting sion to vote against the Iran deal, most forgotten by now, Israelis and glum? People around you valley of humility between the Aa simple fellow on the I want to make it very clear that were hit on two extremely sensi- say, “Quitcher fussin.” Or they haughty hills of New York and CONTINUED ON P. 11 CONTINUED ON P. 32 CONTINUED ON P. 19 CONTINUED ON P. 21 CONTINUED ON P. 34 SEE PAGE 7 2 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) • August 20, 2015 5 Elul 5775 • Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 3 4 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) • August 20, 2015 5 Elul 5775 • Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 5 Stories Of Greatness R’ Dovid Hoffman A Message From Heaven hazal tell us of the great importance whatever reason. Since its inception, his was to be sent the next day to a local uni- Chesed Shel Emes volunteers were im- of burying a meis mitzvah– a de- organization has seen amazing hashgachah versity where it would be used for medical mediately dispatched to that address and Cceased and unclaimed body without pratis. research. asked the neighbors if they remembered an family or friends to provide a proper Jewish Rabbi Rosenberg once received a phone The woman had passed away in N.Y. elderly lady by the name of Mrs. Schwartz. burial. If a person is en route to doing a call from a man who said he had been con- Methodist Hospital and her body was sent Although some remembered her, they did mitzvah, such as korban Pesach, or bris mi- tacted by the New York City Medical Exam- to the Medical Examiner’s Offi ce. Rabbi not know her fi rst name or much about lah, and he comes across a meis mitzvah, iner in reference to the body of a woman Rosenberg contacted the hospital and was her. One neighbor said he thought her he is obligated to take care of the neglected husband’s name was Avraham Mordechai corpse fi rst. Even the Kohen Gadol is obli- and that he had been buried in the Sigeter gated to occupy himself with this mitzvah. At night, the husband of that elderly couple chelka (cemetery plot) in New Jersey some One can only imagine how great the heav- appeared to his wife in a dream twenty years earlier. However, when the enly reward for this mitzvah is. Sigeter chelka administrators were con- Rabbi Mendel Rosenberg, founder of the tacted, they had no record of a man by this world-renowned organization “Chesed Shel by the name of Mrs. Schwartz. The med- told that the woman had been brought name. Emes,” is a person who looks out for every ical examiner said that the body was at there from a nursing home. The nursing On Tuesday morning, the day after Rab- single Yiddishe neshama (Jewish soul), and his offi ce and this man’s name was listed home said that she had been a resident for bi Rosenberg had arranged for the release especially those who don’t have anyone to as a contact since he had been a neighbor ten years and her original address was 85 of the body, which was being prepared for deal with the details of his or her burial, for of Mrs. Schwartz. He added that the body Taylor Street in Williamsburg. burial in a Chesed Shel Emes chelka, he re- ceived another phone call from a man who related the following: His mother-in-law used to visit an elderly childless couple at 85 Taylor Street in Williamsburg. Occasion- ally, when she couldn’t go, his wife would go instead. Sometimes she took some of their children along on these visits. Last night, the husband of that elderly couple appeared to his wife in a dream and said, “My name is Moshe Zev and I am bur- ied in the Sigeter chelka in the third row behind the fence.” The woman did not pay much attention to her dream. However, that same day, her son from Lakewood, who remembered the Schwartz couple from when he was a child, called and told his mother about a dream he had the previ- ous night, where he saw Mr. Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz told him, “My name is Moshe Zev and I am buried in the Sigeter chelka in the third row behind the fence.” This was really strange and it prompt- ed the woman’s husband to go back to 85 Taylor Street to see if perhaps the wife of Moshe Zev was still alive to talk to her. When he inquired, neighbors informed him that she had passed away recently but that an organization called Chesed Shel Emes had been there the day before trying to obtain information about her. So through clear divine intervention, he called the offi ce of Chesed Shel Emes. Rab- bi Rosenberg quickly contacted the people in charge of the Sigeter chelka. Of course, the gravesite of Mr. Moshe Zev Schwartz was immediately located, along with the information that an adjacent plot had al- ready been purchased for his wife. On a bright morning, three months after she passed away, and after miracu- lously being saved from the medical uni- versity’s research labs through the help of Chesed Shel Emes, Mrs. Schwartz was interned in her fi nal resting place in the Sigeter chelka. Rabbi Dovid Hoffman is the author of the popular “Torah Tavlin” book series, fi lled with stories, wit and hundreds of divrei Torah, including the brand new “Torah Tavlin Yamim Noraim” in stores everywhere. You’ll love this popular series. Also look for his book, “Heroes of Spirit,” containing one hundred fascinating sto- ries on the Holocaust. 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To receive Rabbi Hoffman’s weekly “Torah Tavlin” sheet on the parsha, e-mail [email protected] 6 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) • August 20, 2015 5 Elul 5775 • Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 7 Regular Features As I see it – Cynthia Zalisky ............................................. 20 Beauty briefs – Rissele Naimark ..........................................43 Blue and white – Shmuel Sackett ...........................................1 Classifieds ...........................................................37 Community calendar – Rebecca Wittert ....................................30 Community corner – Susie Garber ...................................... 24-30 Dating today – Goldy Krantz ..............................................33 Financially forward – Gerald Harris ........................................22 Frontlines – Dr. Joseph Frager ............................................35 The Fun side – QJL Staff ..............................................48/49 Hooked on healing – Caroline Schumsky ....................................1 House and home – Sarah Newcomb ......................................36 Rabbis musings & amusings – R’ Dani Stam .................................1 A Shabbat thought – R’ David Algaze .......................................14 Shabbos inbox – Eytan Kobre ............................................. 1 The Shmuz – R’ Ben Tzion Shafier . 16 Snippets of strange – QJL Staff ........................................ 17/18 Stories of greatness – R’ Dovid Hoffman ....................................6 Style myths debunked – Meira E. Schneider-Atik .............................47 Weekly Tefilah Focus ...................................................41 Special Articles Kissena Park: A Hidden Gem In Queens – Susie Garber ........................25 100th Anniversary Of Leo Frank’s Lynching Commemorated In Glendale – Nadia Chait ..........................................................29 Can It Really Be About Human Rights?– Jacques Rothschild ...................... 1 PUBLISHED BY Queens Jewish Link, LLC RABBINIC CONSULTANT Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld MANAGING EDITOR Forecast Naftali Szrolovits SENIOR CONSULTANTS FRI • AUG 21 TUE • AUG 25 Yaniv Meirov 83° 84° Cynthia Zalisky Helen Hoffman 70° 65° Jennifer Jaffe Scattered AM Showers ADVERTISING MANAGER Thunderstorms Yaakov Serle SAT • AUG 22 WED • AUG 26 COPY EDITORS 83° 84° R’ Yisroel Benedek Rivky Bergstein 70° 65° STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Scattered Thunderstorms Sunny Aharon Katz SUN • AUG 23 THU • AUG 27 85° 85° [email protected] 70° 65° Scattered 917.549.6145 Thunderstorms Partly Cloudy www.QueensJewishLink.com Design by Design2pro.com MON • AUG 24 FRI • AUG 28 Design & Production 86° 87° MICHAEL KUROV • Art Director 67° 66° Distributed by Scattered Prime Media Distribution Thunderstorms Partly Cloudy 8 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) • August 20, 2015 5 Elul 5775 • Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 9 10 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] Vol. IV No. 30 (#125) • August 20, 2015 Shabbos Inbox Eytan Kobre A Pashuter Yid CONTINUED FROM P.