Community 15 ELUL 5771 SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 HAMODIA C45 Skulener and Harav Salomon Call Asifah on Challenges of Technology BY NOCHUM MANDEL their joint Kol Korei to More importantly, the objec- Indeed, the invitations ern digital technology. Rabbanim urging their atten- tive of the gathering is to devel- mailed to the Rabbanim feature The organizers note that due On Wednesday afternoon, dance at the gathering, the op an effective and realistic an unprecedented united call to difficulties with mail service, 22 Elul, hundreds of Roshei Rebbe and the Mashgiach approach to harnessing tech- by over 35 of Klal Yisrael’s ven- numerous Rabbanim and Yeshivos and kehillah bemoan the tragic pitfalls that nology in a manner that satis- erated Admorim and Roshei Roshei Yeshivos have reported Rabbanim from the greater the various technological fies the demands of today’s Yeshivos. The Gedolim speak of that they have not yet received New York area will gather at devices and media have business environment, while their firsthand encounters with their invitation. An effort is the main conference hall of the wrought on families and indi- protecting and securing the the terrible consequences being made to reach out by Ramada Newark International viduals of all age groups. integrity of Kedushas Yisrael. brought about by the destruc- phone or in person to all Roshei Airport. In addition to the breakdown The Rebbe and the tive forces of technology. They Yeshivos and communal The purpose of the asifah is in the barriers of kedushah and Mashgiach stress in their letter underscore the importance of Rabbanim. As stated above, all to raise awareness in a public modesty, the unrestricted and the crucial importance of the attendance of all Rabbanim kehillah Rabbanim and Roshei forum regarding the true pro- spontaneous lure of electronic achdus in facing today’s nisy- and Roshei Yeshivos, pointing Yeshivos in the greater New portions of the havoc and media has unwittingly swept up onos and have reached out to out that the key to successfully York area are invited and urged destruction that modern tech- so many of our finest bachurim the manhigim of literally the implementing any type of to attend. nology is wreaking on our kehil- and avreichim into whiling entire spectrum of chareidi widely accepted guidelines is For further questions and los. The driving forces behind away precious hours on futile Jewry to join them in calling for first and foremost to sensitize information, please call the the asifah are the Skulener nonsense, which often involves this historic asifah. Every one the public to the dangers inher- office of Ichud Hakehillos Rebbe, shlita, and Harav lashon hara, leitzanus and the of them has wholeheartedly ent in the unrestricted and L’Tohar Hamachaneh at 646- Mattisyahu Salomon, shlita. In zilzul in values joined the call. wholehearted embrace of mod- 578-6859.

Capitol Hill Wallenberg ’s Daf HaYomi B’Halachah: Luncheon to Announce Learning and Understanding Halachah Congressional Gold Medal Bill Anyone who has learned hil- mastery of halachah. Yisroel of Edison–Highland chos Shabbos — even superficial- The concept of Dirshu’s pro- Park, is giving a in Agudas On September 21, the (RWCCC), a project of the ly — knows that there are few gram is very simple. For five days Yisroel of Edison–Highland Congress of the United States Friedlander Group, is launching areas of daily living with a more each week, participants learn an Park. It will be held from Sunday plans to announce the introduc- a national campaign to high- complex set of laws. The Chofetz amud of Mishnah Berurah; two to Thursday, 9:30 p.m.-10:00 tion of legislation to award a light the incredible heroism Chaim himself wrote in the pref- days are devoted to chazarah. p.m., preceded by Maariv at 9:15 Congressional Gold Medal to exhibited by this individual. Its ace to Mishnah Berurah chelek They can either attend one of the p.m. legendary Holocaust humanitar- goals include the ceremonial gimmel: “It is impossible to many shiurim that are given on In Savannah, Georgia, ian Raoul Wallenberg in honor naming of public streets in avoid chillul Shabbos if one does this topic, dial in to Kol Yoni Maccabee will be giving a of the centennial of his birth. major U.S. municipalities and not learn hilchos Shabbos thor- Haloshon or do it on their own. shiur starting The announcement is set to the creation of educational oughly.” There are, literally, Voluntary tests are given Elul in the chapel of be made at a luncheon in the materials for public dissemina- thousands of common ques- monthly, with monetary Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob, historic LBJ Room, right off the tion. tions that arise on Shabbos that stipends distributed to award located at 5444 Abercorn Street. floor of the U.S. Senate The Wallenberg Commission can lead one to unwittingly be those who do well. It will be held from Sunday to Chamber. Among other is comprised of a powerful mechalel Shabbos, chas Currently, there are well over Thursday, 8:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Members of Congress, it will Board of Governors that will v’shalom. one hundred shiurim in the Daf The shiurim are open to feature the personal participa- oversee its activities throughout Food preparation on Shabbos HaYomi B’Halacha Program everyone. Participants who wish tion of Senate Armed Services the centennial year, including: is one of the main sources of worldwide, with thousands of to commit to taking the monthly Committee Chairman Carl Rabbi Elie Abadie, the Hon. common questions. Although participants. The following new tests can earn a stipend. To find a Levin and Co-Chairman of the Emil Fish, the Hon. Yitzchok people are naturally attuned to shiurim have just started: shiur near you, please contact Helsinki Commission on (Jules) Fleischer, Leon be on the lookout for issues that In Edison, New Jersey, Harav Dirshu at 888-5-DIRSHU (888- Security and Cooperation in Goldenberg, Ben Hofman, may arise with hot food, there Reuven Drucker, of Agudas 534-7748). Europe, Senator Ben Cardin. Rabbi Asher Lopatin, Lyon are many less obvious questions Raoul Wallenberg is widely Roth, and David Storobin. to be aware of with regard to the celebrated for his successful Mr. Goldenberg, the son of preparation of simple cold dish- efforts to rescue thousands of Holocaust survivors, stated that es such as salads and fish. For in Nazi-occupied Hungary “... it is our responsibility to rec- example, may one salt vegeta- from the Holocaust, during the ognize individuals who risked bles on Shabbos? How small later stages of World War II. their lives, went the extra step may one cut vegetables on While serving as Sweden’s spe- and saved so many people. Had Shabbos? May one add mayon- cial envoy in Budapest between there been more Wallenbergs, naise to tuna fish or salad on July and December 1944, perhaps my brother, four sisters, Shabbos or mix mayonnaise Wallenberg issued protective and many more family members together with horseradish? passports and sheltered Jews in would be alive today. Along While all Torah Jews natural- buildings designated as Swedish with their deaths, their hopes ly wish to know the laws of territory, saving tens of thou- and dreams for the future died.” Shabbos in order to observe sands of lives while putting his A Congressional Bill will be Shabbos in the most perfect way own life in grave danger. introduced by Representatives possible, many individuals who On January 17, 1945, during Gregory Meeks and Nan master these halachos find that the Siege of Budapest by the Hayworth of New York in the proficiency in this area also Red Army, Wallenberg was coming days and will be fol- leads to a greater appreciation detained by Soviet authorities lowed by a Senate version later for and sensitivity to the mean- on suspicion of espionage and in the month. ing of Shabbos. subsequently disappeared. It is “It’s all about building The Daf HaYomi B’Halacha believed he was executed or momentum,” said Ezra Program was founded at the urg- made to disappear in the gulags. Friedlander, CEO of the ing of Gedolim in Eretz Yisrael, As the world gears up for Friedlander Group and including the late Rav Michel Wallenberg’s centennial in spokesman for the Commission. Yehudah Lefkowitz, zt”l, in 2012, the world will remember “As Jews, we have the most to response to a very real need. The and honor the fact that today be grateful for in regard to the Gedolim recognized that despite there are hundreds of thousands heroism of Raoul Wallenberg the proliferation of yeshivos and of American Jews who are the and his life-saving actions. lomdei Torah in the past several direct descendants of those he “... it’s important that the decades, there has been a saved, proud American citizens Jewish people come together to marked decline in proficiency in who appreciate the freedom remind the world that we will halachah. With the emphasis on America stands for. never forget what Raoul in-depth learning of Gemara, The Raoul Wallenberg Wallenberg did for us in many people do not have a prac- Centennial Celebration Budapest back in 1944.” tical way to help them gain a