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Chirik: ☎ 718~604~8000 ext 38 ❖ Sun~Thu: 5:00pm to 9:00pm 2 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008 The Vaad Hakohol May one instruct a non-Jew on Shab- bos to wheel a baby carriage in the street? Dear Editor, I would like to add to the “Our Heroes” column of June 6th By Rabbi Shlomo Segal lenient in the eyes of people and they written by Reb Michoel Seligson, about the chosid Rabbi might begin doing work themselves. Michoel Dworkin, z”l. Member of the Bais Din of Crown As result of the above-mentioned three Reb Michoel lived in my grandparents apartment at 1018 Park Heights reasons, our sages are very stringent Place. In fact, that is where he passed away. My grandfather, regarding instructing a non-Jew to do Reb Menachem Mendel Maizes z”l and my grandmother Question: work for a Jew on Shabbos and have Basya Maizes a”h (daughter of Reb Meir Simcha Chein), instituted decrees: 1) Even when the welcomed him into their home. May one instruct non-Jew is doing the work on his own a non-Jew on for a Jew, although the Jew did not My mother, zol gezunt zein, Rebetzin Rivka Zajac, remem- Shabbos to wheel transgress any prohibition, the Jew is bers Reb Michoel walking into the apartment with just a a baby carriage not permitted to benefit from the work. small sack with all his wordly belongings in one hand and in the street when the parents want This also applies to Motzoei Shabbos his tallis and tefillin in the other hand. He walked through to visit friends or family and eat the that one cannot benefit from this work the apartment and chose the last bedroom for himself. He seudas Shabbos there or they wish until after the duration of time of the said: “Basske, dos iz mein tzimer.” to participate in a Bris, Bar Mitzva or work. For example, if the job was done My mother remembers his perpetual smile. He was like the something similar? in one hour, the Jew cannot benefit from zeide in the house, always singing and telling beautiful stories. this job until an hour after Shabbos, In fact, she often reminisces about that time in her life. Answer: because on another occasion, he might directly instruct the non-Jew to do this On Erev Shavuos of 1949, after having gone to the mikve, The prohibition of instructing a non- job for him (see Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Reb Michoel came back to the apartment holding cherries. Jew to do work for a Jew is explained Aruch 243:2). My grandmother was busy in the kitchen. The house was in great length in the Alter Rebbe’s spotless. Reb Michoel laid down on the couch and asked my Shulchan Aruch in many different TheA lter Rebbe also cites this concept mother to bring him a shissel. He was not feeling well and chapters including the comments in in Hilchos Yom Tov (chapt. 515:1), did not want to dirty the floors. He was very considerate and the footnotes. “The same applies on Yom Tov--our kind. My mother, who was 10 years old at that time, ran and Sages are concerned that if they will brought it to him. He started making throaty sounds. His Three reasons are given for this allow one to benefit from a non-Jew’s eyes and face turned upwards. My mother had the feeling prohibition: job done on Yom Tov immediately on that this is what happens before a neshomo goes back to its Motzoei Yom Tov, he might instruct source, and started to say shma yisroel. She felt awe and was 1) When a non-Jew does work for Jew, the non-Jew to do something for him afraid as his eyes rolled over, and then he went quiet. because he was instructed by him, it is on Yom Tov in order to have it ready considered as he is his shliach, emis- for Motzoei Yom Tov. Additionally, sary, and an emissary is considered as instructing a non-Jew has become very the person who has instructed him. casual and is treated lightly by people; Although, we do not use this prin- therefore, our sages have decreed not ciple according to Torah unless it is an to benefit from the jobs done until after instance of one Jew doing a something the time duration of the work, in order My mother ran into the kitchen to call her mother. My for another Jew, still our sages have one would not benefit from a job done grandmother ran to the living room, clasped her hands considered a non-Jew doing work for a on Yom Tov. together, started to cry and then phoned my zeyde to come Jew as a shlichus, serving as an emissary back from work. My zeyde came in with the chevra kadisha. for the Jew. We also find that our sages are stricter The tahara was done in the apartment. in this matter and even more than a pro- As there were no yorshim, my grandfather really wanted to 2) There is an allusion to this prohibi- hibition of Torah as stated in Shulchan keep the tefillin of this great tzaddik and chossid. He felt that tion on Shabbos and Yom Tov in the Aruch (chapt. 318:1): “When one cooks it should belong to him. Merkos Leinyonei Chinuch also had Torah (Shmos 12:16), “On Yom Tov on Shabbos or does other melochos, the an interest in the tefillin, but in the end it was decided that work should not be done”, implying that food is permitted to be eaten by other my grandfather should have them. even by someone else. If this prohibi- people on Motzoei Shabbos without He treasured these special tefillin tion is relevant on Yom Tov, it is surely waiting until after the time duration the rest of his life. effective also on Shabbos. of the work, although it was cooked for these people. But regarding the My mother always remembers Reb 3) In order that Shabbos should not be instructing a non-Jew to do work for Michoel fondly, and I am proud to a Jew--if we would allow him to use be able to give some insight into the Newspaper it immediately on Motzoei Shabbos, past column on this truly remark- Community there would be a suspicion that he might able chossid. instruct the non-Jew to do the work on 392 Kingston Avenue Shabbos in order in order that he would Brooklyn, NY 11225 have it ready for Motzoei Shabbos. Nechama Barber Published & edited weekly by the Vaad Hakohol Therefore, our sages have decreed that of Crown Heights. even when the job is done for others, Moshe Rubashkin, Rosh Hakohol one should wait until after the time Dr. Tzvi (Harvey) Lang, Chairman duration of the work. Rabbi Plotkin, Secretary in a shul. 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And in otherwise attributed., and cannot be reproduced 306:5) is cited, “One is not allowed to without the consent of the publisher. a status of public domain, one cannot do work through a non-Jew even if it Composition responsibility: This newspaper will not Therefore, from all the above, it is permit it even if it was for the sake of is for the sake of a Mitzva and he was be liable for errors appearing in advertising, beyond obvious that instructing a non-Jew a Mitzva.” the cost of the space occupied by the error. Advertiser instructed before Shabbos. assumes responsibility for errors in telephone orders. on Shabbos to wheel a child in a car- All advertisement designed and prepared by the riage through the street is forbidden, Therefore one should alert people who The same is cited in Shulchan Aruch CHCommunity Newspaper are the property of the especially according to the Alter Rebbe assume it is permitted that they should newspaper and cannot be reproduced without the (chapt. 331:8), “It is forbidden to take in chapt. 325, where he writes, “One refrain from doing so on Shabbos. consent of the publisher out a child from his house to the Bris June 20, 2008 ~ crOWN heights Newspaper 3

The Rebbe's Sicha Parshas Shelach 5740

The spy that is within us Every physical act also has a spiritual made to conquer the land. The scope G-d in all your ways,” is an important parallel. For example, the sacrifices of their mission was to determine the service. Furthermore, it reveals the Published and copyright © by Sichos In in the Temple were paralleled by the best way to achieve that conquest, to importance of the commands, “Love English service of prayer. Furthermore, even find out the most direct natural means your fellowman as yourself” and “Do after the physical act of the sacrifices to accomplish that goal. It was not their not stand by (the spilling of) the blood Parshas Shelach teaches us the story ceased, the spiritual parallel remained place to question G-d’s command or of your fellowman,” which obligate one of the spies. These men were among relevant. Similarly, in this case, though to convince the Jewish people not to to become involved with other Jews. the leaders of the nation and were sent the actual story of the spies took place follow it. Similarly, the Yetzer Horah by Moshe to spy out the land of Israel. years ago, its spiritual parallel applies in its guise as a “spy” should not be In order to succeed in our involvement Nevertheless, when they returned they in the present time as well. able to influence one to hold back one’s in the world and with other Jews, spy- tried to convince the Jewish people not involvement in the world. It should ing is necessary. In order to influence to enter Israel, protesting, “The nation The intention of the spies’ journey was have no effect even though it argues someone, it is necessary to appreciate that resides in the land is strong... we are to assist in the transformation of the that Israel is a “land that devours its his level, to understand what his posi- not able to go up against the people; for land of Canaan into the land of Israel, inhabitants,” i.e. that if one becomes tion is so that Torah can be presented in they are stronger than we.” The portion a land of which it is said, “The eyes of involved in the world and with other a form that relates to him. To cite a gross continues showing how rather than save the L-rd, your G-d, are upon it from the Jews, one will be swayed away from example, if a child only understands the Jewish people through their advice, beginning of the year until the end of Yiddishkeit, overcome by material English and someone should try to they caused the Jews to wander in the the year.” In our lives, the parallel is that desires. Therefore, it will argue, it is educate him in Hebrew, arguing that desert for forty years. On the other we make every effort to conduct our better to remain above the influence it is the holy tongue, the language in hand, Calev and Yehoshua, who strove daily activities in a manner in which of the worldly affairs. The story of the which the Heavens and the Earth were to negate the spies’ counsel, entered “all your deeds will be for the sake of spies shows that those who adopted created, he would not succeed. Rather, Israel and received a good portion. The Heaven” and “know G-d in all your this approach brought the Jews into the child must be taught in English. In Torah is eternal. The relevance of its ways.” In the midst of these efforts, great danger, while Calev and Yeho- this manner, one will be successful, stories is not limited to a specific age the Yetzer Horah may protest, as did shua, who forcefully argued in favor of fulfilling the command, A“ nd you shall or generation, but rather extends to all the spies, arguing that the nation is too the entry into Israel, flourished. teach your children — the students.” times and places. More particularly, the strong and the land is too strong, i.e., portion of the Torah read on Shabbos that the physical and material nature of Asking Moshe Trans. Note: The Rebbe continued provides a particularly applicable the world cannot be transformed. If one explaining that another lesson can be lesson, as the Alter Rebbe comments, remains adamant, stating that G-d sent The spies claimed they were Moshe’s learned from Parshas Shelach that is “We must live with the times — adapt each Jew into the world to transform it, emissaries as did Yehoshua and Calev, directly applicable to our times. He our lives to the teachings of the weekly the Yetzer Horah will protest: “I am a and the common people had no alter- compared the slandering actions of the portion.” spy sent out by Moshe to appraise the native but to ask Moshe himself what spies to the defeatist approach that is situation and in my opinion, the world Spies in our present times he thought. Similarly, the only way we governing the actions of many in Israel is impossible to conquer.” can find out what to do when faced with today. Mentioning the group Sholom The relevance of the story of the spies Nevertheless, though the spies were such a question is to look into the Shul- Achshav by name a number of times, to our present times can be explained Moshe’s emissaries, he did not send chan Aruch. There it clearly states how the Rebbe emphasized that such an in terms of the fact that every action them into Israel to try to evaluate the service of “all your deeds should approach threatens the very safety of that a person carries out has two facets. whether or not an attempt should be be for the sake of Heaven,” and “know Israel and its people.

Zuh) refers to) זה And finally, the Torah ends with a ‘mem’ The final vowel Ze Keili“ זה אלי ואנוהו ,Rebbe's Story when it closes (“Hashem yevarech es Hashem, as it says amo bashalom” – G-d blesses his nation V’anveihu. – this is my G-d and I will The Mezuza and the Jewish Home in peace). glorify him.” A home glorifies Hashem through family purity. Zu”) of Mezuzah refers to the“) זו The “When one tells a story about his Rebb, he I responded, “We bought dishes for Jewish people, and specifically to the In summation, the Mezuzah corre- connects to the deeds of the Rebbe” the kitchen.” women, as the Gemara says, “Bayis sponds to the three factors that define (Sichos 1941 pg. 68) zu ishto – the wife is the home.” The a Jewish home: 1) Torah, 2) The Jewish “What else?” This continued for some women are directly involved and active woman, and 3) Hashem. time until the Rebbe had asked about Rabbi Sholom Ber in the identity of the Jewish home. every last detail of our new home. The Rebbe’s explanation is just one Schapiro Also, the woman of the household example of how the Rebbe instilled related an is privileged in being responsible for After many questions, the Rebbe many with the importance of Mitzvos, encounter having guests, a mitzvah that makes turned serious, and he said to and, one by one, enlightened the actions between the home radiate from within. me, “When a Jewish home is of the Jewish nation. the Rebbe being built, the first thing you and a Chos- do is post a Mezuzah on the son in which door.” Then the Rebbe gave t h e R e b b e me an in-depth explanation shared a beauti- of this unique Mitzvah. ful explanation of the Mitzvah The word mezuzah has of Mezuzah. To three syllables: 1) meh, learn more about 2) zu and, 3) zuh. the Rebbe visit www. mem), which) מ inspiringageneration. The com has a numerical value of 40, relates to the “When I entered the written Torah: The Rebbe’s room, the Rebbe Torah was given inquired about my wedding over to Moshe preparations. I replied that, Rabeinu over 40 “Baruch Hashem, everything days and 40 nights. is in order.” When the Rebbe asked for details, I told the The Torah She’bal’peh, the Oral Torah, Rebbe we bought tables and chairs. begins with a ‘mem’ when it opens, - (“maimosay korim מאימתי קורין את שמע What else?” the Rebbe wanted to“ shema”.) know. 4 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008 Our Heroes

Horav Hagaon Hachossid Reb Yehuda Kalman Marlow The Rav in Crown Heights at the time was Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin. 1932-20th of Sivan, 2000 Rabbi Marlow related that in 1953 Yehuda Kalman by his first name. He Rabbi Marlow did not want to “Pasken, he had been at the Yud-Bais Tammuz asked him if he had already drunk the issue a verdict, in the presence of his By: Rabbi Michoel Seligson Farbrengen. At the conclusion of the four cups of wine and poured wine for teacher,” and therefore would not [Adapted from the sefer Zikoron Tiferes Farbrengen, the Rebbe distributed him from the bottle on his table. answer directly when asked for a psak. Yehuda Kalman] mashke and spoke with each participant He would open the Shulchan Aruch to Shabbos Meal At Midnight regarding their future. When Rabbi the section that addressed the topic and Rabbi Yehuda Kalman Marlow was Marlow passed before the Rebbe, the In 1959, Rabbi Marlow married Ms. learn it with the questioners until they born on the 10th of Adar 1932 in Rebbe spoke to him for a longer period Chaya Reicher. Her mother had been understood on their own. Frankfurt, Germany, to Reb Avrohom of time. Rabbi Marlow was unable to murdered by the Nazis in a concentra- Yeshaya and Rochel Malinowsky. His Rabbi Marlow acquired his incredible hear everything the Rebbe said because tion camp, but she had miraculously father valued Torah learning and had proficiency in ShulchanA ruch through of the commotion of the surrounding survived and immigrated to America. a special love and appreciation for his intensive studies. Before every crowd. What he was able to hear was, She was welcomed with open arms by people who studied Torah. His mother Yom Tov he reviewed all the relevant the Becker family, who adopted her descended from an unbroken chain of halachos in depth. When Rabbi Marlow as their daughter. The Rebbe was the famous Rabbonim beginning with the would lie down for a brief rest before mesader kiddushin and officiated at great gaon Reb Heshel, the Av Bais Din Pesach, he would ask his son to sit near the wedding. of Cracow. Referring to him, the Chido, his bed with a Shulchan Aruch and test Reb Chaim Dovid Azuloi wrote: “His Rabbi Marlow taught in the Lubavitcher him on the index, published in the back descendents had many Rabbonim in Yeshiva. After work, he would go to a of the Shulchan Aruch. His son would previous generations, and may they shul where he sat and learned and mention a topic, and Rabbi Marlow live and be well, Rabbonim in our would return home late at night. would respond with the chapters that generation.” dealt with the topic. This was Rabbi Rabbi Marlow had a special program of Marlow’s “rest” on Erev Pesach. After the Nazi party gained control of study on Shabbos. After davening, he the German government, remaining in would place two tallis bags full of sforim Knew Torah by heart Germany was no longer a possibility. on the table and would study them in Aside from his incredible mastery of The Malinowsky family succeeded in a certain order until approximately Shulchan Aruch and other halachic leaving Germany, and in 1938, they 11:00 p.m. He would then return home works, he knew the entire Torah by moved to Newark, New Jersey and for the Shabbos meal. His son, Rabbi heart with Rashi’s commentary and subsequently shortened their name to Yosef Yitzchok Marlow, recalled that as Targum Unkelus. “He knew Targum Marlow. The family underwent a period a child, his mother would serve him the U nkelus like we know Ashrei,” testi- of financial hardship as Reb Avrohom Shabbos meal before he went to Maariv, fied Rabbi Yosef Schechter. He was refused the many jobs that at the time, in order that he would be able to go to also an exacting baal koreh, fluent in required working on Shabbos. He “Nehenin mimenu eitza v’sushiya,” they sleep directly afterK iddush which took the taamei ha’mikra, the sounds of the worked at difficult jobs and took part- benefit from his advice and counsel. place late in the evening. Torah reading for the words. His son time work in order not to desecrate the Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim On Shabbos Mevorchim Rabbi Marlow related that in the last weeks of his life, Shabbos. There were periods that the would not go to sleep. After the meal, there was a minyan in his house, and six-year old Yehuda Kalman went with- One year, the bochur Reb Yehuda he would nap in his chair for about two Rabbi Marlow confined to his bed and out food. Nevertheless, Reb Avrohom Kalman had Yechidus with the Rebbe hours and get up and wash his hands. unable to look inside a Chumash, would sent his young son to Yeshiva Torah in honor of his birthday. He was asked Then he would say Birchos HaShachar nonetheless correct the Baal Koreh on VoDaas. There he established contact what masechta he was learning. He and begin reciting Tehillim. He would even minor errors. with Lubavitch through Horav Sholom responded that it was Gemoro Gitin. typically finish the entire Tehillim Ber Gordon, who had immigrated to The Rebbe asked how he had learned Presumably, he was knowledgeable in twice every Shabbos Mevorchim. the United States a few years earlier and it. Reb Yehuda Kalman said that he Sifrei Kabbalah too. Reb Yosef Brook served as a Rav in New Jersey where learned the Gemoro with Rashi, Tosfos, Every year Rabbi Marlow would com- worked alongside Rabbi Marlow for he spread Chassidus in the Jewish and additional commentaries. The plete a specific number of mesechtos many years. He once asked Rabbi schools. Rebbe asked him, “And what about which he studied in depth. Rabbi Marlow, who was involved in building the poskim, Halachic sforim on the Marlow, a first born son, would make mikvaos, why round mikvaos weren’t Reb Avrohom did not come from a Gemoro?” From then on, Reb Yehuda a siyum on a Gemoro on Erev Pesach. built. He had asked many Rabbonim, Chassidish family, but he loved the Kalman put a special emphasis on Despite making the siyum, he would and nobody had an answer for him. ways of Chassidim. When the Previous learning the practical halachic applica- also fast. Fasting on such a busy day did Rabbi Marlow told him that the shape Rebbe came to the United States, Reb tions of whatever Gemoro was being not stop him from remaining in shul of the Mikva was based on Kabbala and Avrohom traveled with Chassidim to learned in yeshiva that year. after Maariv for his regular shiurim.A referred him to the Kabbalistic source participate in the Rebbe’s Farbrengens few hours after the last person left the which gave the reason. and merited to attend them quite Studying in Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim shul, he would go home to break his fast often. Since young students were not in 770, Reb Yehuda Kalman was known Rabbi Marlow’s memory was truly and conduct the seder. allowed entry into the Previous Rebbe’s for his tremendous diligence, and remarkable; he remembered everything Farbrengen, the young bochur Yehuda his teachers predicted greatness for Rabbi Marlow’s son-in-law, Reb Yosef he learned and heard. In later years, Kalman needed to hide in order to hear him. He received Smicha, Rabbinic BZ Schechter, remembered the seder after he was elected Rav, he began the Farbrengen. When he reached Bar ordination, from the Roshei Yeshiva as a very special experience. “The Rav officiating as the mesader kiddushin. Mitzva, his father wanted to bring at a young age. would sit and read the Haggada in an After writing the tenaim and the kesuba his son into Yechidus, but the Rebbe intense way, pronouncing each word with all its details, including the names Rabbi Groner related the following became ill, and the Yechidus never exactly the way we say `Hashem hu of the cosigners and the witnesses, he story. One night the Rebbe asked Rabbi took place. ho’Elokim’ in Ne’ila at the conclusion would hand the kesuba to the chosson Groner why the lights in the zal, the of Yom Kippur.” and read it through again in order to On Shabbos, Yud Shvat 1950, Reb Beis Medrash, were burning at such a ensure that there were no mistakes. Yehuda Kalman was in Newark when late hour. Rabbi Groner told the Rebbe A Walking Shulchan Aruch People noticed that the copy the Rav he received the news of the Previous that Reb Yehuda Kalman was still Although Rabbi Marlow was modest, was reading was blank and did not have Rebbe’s histalkus. He took part in the sitting and learning sifrei poskim. The he couldn’t conceal his tremendous the names of the chosson, Kallah, and levaya on Sunday. He was now attend- Rebbe asked him to shut all the lights diligence from those who observed him witnesses filled in. Although he had ing Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in New except for the one directly above Reb in shul. They always saw him sitting in only heard the names one time, he read York, and from time to time he would Yehuda Kalman. Deeply absorbed in his corner delving deeply into sforim. from the blank copy as though he were visit Crown Heights and participate in his studies, Reb Yehuda Kalman didn’t People began approaching him with reading from the kesuba itself. the Rebbe’s Farbrengens. notice Rabbi Groner enter the zal and their halachic questions and discovered shut off the lights. The Incident in the Sukka in 1970 “They benefit from him advice and that he was fluent in all of the Alter counsel” At the Seudas Moshiach on Acharon Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch.. When the Rebbe ate the Yom Tov meals Shel Pesach 1958, the Rebbe called Reb on the second floor of 770 with the elder June 20, 2008 ~ crOWN heights Newspaper 5

chassidim, young men would ask the Adar 5745, Rabbi Dworkin, the Rav of Av Bais Din and Rav of the Chabad expressed itself not only in money. Rashag, the Rebbe’s brother-in-law, Crown Heights, was nifter.L ess than a community in Montreal, said that he On Hoshana Rabo morning at 9:00 interesting questions that he would year later, elections were held in which once heard the Rebbe refer to Rabbi A.M., an individual called telling Rabbi in turn ask the Rebbe, and the Rebbe Crown Heights residents selected Marlow as an “Ish Halacha.” Marlow that the doctors wanted to would answer. three Rabbonim; Rabbi Marlow, Rabbi remove his daughter from the respira- Modesty Avrohom Osdoba, and Rabbi Yosef tor. Rabbi Marlow calmed him down On Sukkos 5730, Rabbi Marlow asked Heller. Rabbi Marlow was selected the Once, Rabbi Marlow was waiting and told him that he would take care the Rashag why the Chabad custom mora d’asra of the community. For years in a long line at the bank. Someone of it. Rabbi Marlow was on the phone was not to sleep in the sukka although previously, he had been a member of the approached a bank officer and sug- until 3:00 P.M., when he successfully according to Halacha there seemed to Bais Din Rabbonei Lubavitch headed gested that Rabbi Marlow should convinced the doctors to continue with be an obligation to do so. by Rabbi Dworkin. receive service promptly. Rabbi Marlow the respirator, and that is when he went The Rashag asked the Rebbe this ques- rejected the courtesy saying that this to daven. On Erev Pesach 5747, after being tion, and at the farbrengen on the second would not cause a kiddush Hashem. elected as Rav of the community, Rabbi “It is in order; I have already day of Yom Tov, the Rebbe referred to When the person returned to the bank Hodokov, the Rebbe’s secretary, called davened” the question and explained the Chabad officer, telling her that the Rabbi had up Rabbi Marlow and told him that custom at length. After completing the rejected the courtesy, she said, “Well, After Tishrei 2000, it was discovered the Rebbe asked that he come to 770. explanation, the Rebbe smiled and said that is why he is the main rabbi.” that Rabbi Marlow had a brain tumor. Rabbi Osdoba and Rabbi Heller were that since “All who delve into the laws Before he went to surgery, he asked his there as well. Rabbi Hodokov relayed, His son-in-law, Rabbi Schechter, of sleeping are as if they are actually son to remind him about Maariv. Wor- in the Rebbe’s name, that during the recalled that in his last months, his sleeping,” they should sing a happy ried and concerned about his father’s year between Rabbi Dworkin’s passing father-in-law was unable to use his niggun. The Rebbe strongly encouraged condition, he forgot to remind him. It and the elections, the Rebbe had sold regular Mikva and instead used a the singing, and the large crowd danced was at 4:00 A.M. when he entered his his chometz to Rabbi Yisroel Yitzchok private mikva more convenient for him. in place with vigor. father’s room and was told, “You came Piekarsky who was one of the Roshei In order that the owner of the mikva to remind me about Maariv? It is in A pile of benches collapsed onto Rabbi Yeshiva in 770. Since one could not should not feel rejected, he advised his order; I have already davened.” The son Marlow’s leg. Despite the terrible pain, sell chometz to three Rabbonim, this grandson to use the regular mikva. analyzed the situation. “My father had he didn’t call out so as not to disturb year the Rebbe would again sell his His son, Reb Yosef Yitzchok, shliach just experienced a very difficult brain the farbrengen. The organizing com- chometz to Rabbi Piekarsky. However, of the Rebbe in North Miami Beach, surgery and was in great pain. For an mittee rushed over and began moving since they were the Rabbonim of the told of an occurrence when there average person it takes weeks to recover, people aside. At this point he was community, the Rebbe asked that each was a dispute in his shul. During that and he was successful in remembering, lying on the ground, and when they of them be given a hundred-dollar bill. entire time, his father refused to visit hours after his surgery, that he needed tried moving him, they noticed his leg From then on, the Rabbonim received the shul, so that his visit would not be to daven Maariv!” under the fallen benches. The singing a hundred-dollar bill from the Rebbe interpreted as an attempt to convince had stopped, and the Rebbe looked on every Erev Pesach. On Thursday night, the 20th of Sivan the community to side with his son. gravely. 5760 (2000), Rabbi Marlow was nifter. Rabbi Yitzchok Gansburg remembered Baal Tzedoko He left behind, his wife Rebbetzin After great effort, they managed to that at one of the farbrengens, the Rebbe Chaya; his daughter Mrs. Rivka Schech- transport him to the hospital. His leg was upset that people didn’t cry out Rabbi Marlow was a great Baal Tze- ter, the wife of Horav Reb Yosef Ben- was in a cast for six months, and the strongly enough, “Ad mosai,” referring doko. When his secretary in the Bais zion, a sofer in Crown Heights; his son Rebbe showed concern about every to the golus. He asked the Rebbe, “What Din organized the papers, he realized Reb Yosef Yitzchok, the Rebbe’s shliach stage of the treatment. does the Rebbe want from us? We are that many checks given to the Rav had in North Miami Beach; his daughter, screaming, crying, and pleading!” never been deposited. When he received Rabbi Aharon Chitrik, who had been Mrs. Leah Shmukler, the wife of Horav a check for officiating at the wedding of standing near Rabbi Marlow when the The Rebbe responded, “Crying?! It’s Meir Shmukler, Crown Heights. a family in financial difficulty, he would benches fell, related that on Motzoei forbidden to cry on Shabbos.” Point- not deposit the check. The same thing Yehi Zichro Boruch! May Rabbi Mar- Simchas Torah of that year, two of ing in Rabbi Marlow’s direction, the happened when people sent checks for low, a legendary chossid known for Rabbi Marlow’s friends took him out Rebbe said, “There is a Rav here who Pesach. When some people gave him his discipline in utilizing every spare of the hospital and brought him to the will declare that it is forbidden to cash, he would immediately distribute moment for a meaningful purpose, Rebbe’s farbrengen. The Rebbe was cry on Shabbos.” Rabbi Marlow was it for Tzedoko. In general, he had no and for sacrificing his cherished time in the middle of a Sicha when they standing close to Rabbi Gansburg, and interest in money. to guide and help others as the Av Bais entered, and Rabbi Marlow stood to he quietly said that it was forbidden to Din and as a Baal Tzedoko, although the side so as not to attract attention.A t cry on Shabbos. The Rebbe was not When he was in the hospital, his daugh- by nature he shunned public affairs the conclusion of the Sicha the Rebbe satisfied. He asked the Rav to stand in ter received a call from a woman whose and publicity; inspire us to share our looked in his direction and motioned his place and loudly announce that it son was planning to travel to yeshiva time and energy with our fellow Jews, for them to bring him up to the bima was forbidden to cry on Shabbos. Only in Israel. She did not have any money guide them in a spiritual sense, thereby and gave him L’chaim. after the Rav did so did the Rebbe begin for a ticket and asked for advice. Rabbi enhancing their life and physically and a joyous niggun, and the Farbrengen Marlow advised her to purchase a ticket, In the next Sicha, the Rebbe said that spiritually. continued. and he would arrange the payment. He this was the occasion to complete the paid for the ticket from his personal We should speedily witness, “The ones topic that was discussed on Sukkos Mora Horo’o funds. who dwell in the dust will awaken and regarding the Chabad custom not to Rabbi Shneur Zalman Lipsker, the rejoice,” with Rabbi Marlow amongst sleep in the Sukka. After that Sicha, In his last weeks, when he was unable Rebbe’s shliach in Philadelphia, recalled them. Rabbi Marlow said that he realized to distribute Tzedoko himself, he that in 1977 the Rebbe had already told that the Rebbe knew exactly who had instructed his daughter to write checks Rabbi Marlow to become a Rav mora asked the question about the Chabad in great sums for certain needy people. horo’o, issuing verdicts. This is how it custom of not sleeping in the Sukka. Actually, he distributed almost his came about. He felt that this was the Rebbe’s way entire salary. One recipient recalled that Rabbi Marlow and his Class - ULY of saying welcome. In 1977 N’shei Chabad produced a Rabbi Mar- cookbook, and Rabbi Marlow was the low would On Sukkos, he acted stringently and person responsible for the halachic g ive h i m did not go to sleep. Even in his last year, aspects of the book. After the book money as he weakened by his illness, he did not get was published, Rabbi Marlow gave the was repay- into bed from the beginning of Yom Rebbe a copy at a farbrengen. Rabbi ing a debt. Tov until Motzoei Simchas Torah. He Lipsker, who was standing nearby, danced at night at the Simchas Beis Consider- heard the Rebbe say, “Enough already HaShoeiva and at most, would nap in ation for being nechba el ha’heilim,” modest and his office while sitting in his chair. another humble. “The time has come for you to Yid The Elections for the Rabbanus be a mora horo’o to the public!” The charity On Motzoei Shabbos, the 17th of Rabbi Yitzchok Hendel, who was the 6 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008 Shiduchim

A Needle in a Haystack Until now the focus of these articles about. As they are so fond remember is to keep the dialogue open has been on the traditional way to find to say in this country, when with your child. Even if one of the par- a match, a regular shiduch through a you are given lemons, make ents cannot be rational or logical in this shadchan, professional or otherwise. lemonade. Maybe this is a situation, the other has to stay in touch It is becoming more common and good thing for your child, and and maintain an open channel. When even accepted to go though some non- if you manage this correctly, you show your displeasure to your child, traditional paths to find a shidduch only good will come from it. make sure he/she understands that it is as well. I will try to explore some of Consider the situation from the circumstances and his/her choices them. this point forward. Do the that you are displeased about, but that research into the boy or girl you still love him or her. It is the action Many articles on shidduchim bemoan as you would do in a normal you hate and not the child. the fact that shadchonim do not make case. If for no other reason, do the cut anymore. They are not flexible it at least for your own peace A benefit of keeping an open channel enough or not thorough enough or of mind. Share your research with your child is that they may listen not involved enough. I am sure you with your child. If what you to your advice on how to build a Bayis all have heard all kinds of reasons why find is negative, explain your Neemon. They may be willing to accept the traditional way is not the way to concerns to your child, calmly a slightly more stringent lifestyle than go. We are not discussing shiduchim and logically. You may be able they would otherwise because you made by friends. I will speak next week to influence him or her to your were logical and persuasive about the about ChabadMatch and the lists. way of thinking, or you may necessity of keeping certain mitzvos Other non-traditional ways may be, give yourself more time, and and boundaries. for example, taking matters initially in anything may happen with one’s own hands and following a chance time. An infatuation may be To be continued encounter in the street or at a wedding replaced by another interest, Any constructive comments are welcomed by with a request to a parent or shadchen to or they may fall out of “love” because of looks, or because their angst the editor. Write to CHP5768 @gmail.com follow through. Or taking this one step just as they fell into it. and frustration is directed at the same or directly to the author at Basmelech@ further, if a conversation came about thing, or even because they have a lot gmail.com between a boy and a girl, by chance, and The one most important thing to of superficial things in common. The then the couple can find out basics and friendship could develop into a relation- present the idea to the parents, or the ship, but the important points do not Solar Energy and Jewish Thought couple decides to explore the possibly get discovered. Are the long term goals a little bit more before bringing it to the of both the same? Are they thinking of parents by seeing each other again as a the future or just of the present “feel By Yonason Gordon to love one’s fellow Jew. Who would “date”. Then if they both feel that it has good” relationship? Is this a fling or is even talk about the sun if it cared, G–d merit, they would bring it to the parents On Wednesday, June 11, 2008, Arnold it for marriage? forbid, about warming only itself?’” to further explore the prospects. Goldman, a thirty-year leader in solar energy technologies, announced per- Mr. Goldman firmly believes that Meeting someone and jumping into Although the reaction of a parent haps the world’s first commercially Jewish thought and scientific dialog are a relationship right away takes away when faced with such a request might viable solar plant. Mr. Goldman’s part of a shared vision. To this effect, he the objectivity from that person. Now resemble something somewhat closer company stated that their advance- published a book entitled ‘Moving Jew- they are in a very emotional state. They to fireworks than flowers, they should ments could cut the costs associated ish Thought to the Center of Modern cannot think clearly about the other’s realize that the children did come to with solar energy by 30 to 50 percent. Science.’ In his observation, both the defects or even the qualities because them and want to do this in the proper In their words, “With the launch of material and the spiritual effects of the they are wearing rose colored glasses, manner after all. They are including this Center, we are proving that clean Sun carry great import.” and they are blinded by their “love” the parents at a relatively early stage, energy can be generated reliably, more which may be infatuation or whatever As we witness the scientific world’s and one can say that the original meet- efficiently, and at lower cost than ever you may call it, but it is not true love. advances in the ability to harness ing was definitely Hashgacha Protis. before.” solar energy, Professor Gotfryd sug- Although they decided to go a little A parent may find out about such a As Professor Arnold Gotfryd, an over gests focusing on the more spiritual beyond tradition with a further meet- relationship at a very late stage. The 20-year proponent in enriching sci- implications: ing, it was in good faith in order not to kids have gone out numerous times entific thought with concepts from get involved in a long research and set “We should learn how to be warm and have hopefully decided that they Judaism, stated that harnessing the up process when there was nothing people, superconductors of positive want to get married. A worse scenario power of the Sun is a topic of great really there. Hashem does bring about energy. Technological advances, in is that the parents found out that their significance: shidduchim in a lot of different ways, truth, are indicative of great progress child is just happy dating and has no and maybe for this couple this was the “The great spiritual leader of our genera- rooted in our spiritual core.” thought of marriage! But let us look at way it was supposed to work out. tion, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the more positive way: either the kids once relayed to Profes- tell the parents they wish to get married Unfortunately, this is the mildest form sor Herman Branover, and need their help with the wedding, of non-traditional dating. May none a Jewish scholar and or the parents find out on their own and of us find ourselves in the following leader in the field of confront their kids. situation. Magnetohydrodynam- ics: ‘Since you work with Either way the parents should take a The following is naturally not the norm, solar energy, tell the deep breath and count to ten before but this is happening in our midst and conference participants even thinking about the situation. Do closing our eyes to the situation could that you suggest that not, absolutely do not, say the first thing be detrimental. every Jew act like the that comes to mind. You are closing the sun. Everyone likes the door before it is even open. By coming Therefore, let us discuss all those sun, not because it is so to you, the couple is acknowledging that meetings between boys and girls at big and hot, but because they cannot do this alone and hopefully parties and social events. This is a it shines, projects light, they are willing to listen to your advice. much scarier situation for the parents. and warms everything You have to realize that rehashing past Their kids are mixing with the opposite around it. This is what behavior at this point is counterproduc- gender without any kind of supervision. a Jew is supposed to do, tive. You have been put in a spot you Meetings and close friendships spring according to the mitz- do not wish to be at but have no choice up for the wrong reasons. It could be vah of ahavat Yisrael, June 20, 2008 ~ crOWN heights Newspaper 7 From Shedlitz to Safety A Young Jew’s Story of Survival By Rabbi Shimon Goldman During this difficult period, I merited noon, to demonstrate their solidarity effort teaching his children Torah, to be with the Amshinover Rebbe. Most with the grief of the Jewish nation. A hoping and praying they would one Exerpted from the book with the Jewish refugees had been transferred half-day fast was also declared. The day become Torah scholars. Indeed, author’s permission to the new ghetto but, apparently, notice was signed by Rabbi Ashkenazi, his dream came to fruition.) Continued from previous issue someone influenced the Japanese not the Amshinover Rebbe, Rabbis Shmu- to disturb the Rebbe. Hence, the Rebbe levitz and Leventstein of Mir, and three After the gathering, we continued A World in Mourning continued living in a more comfortable Jewish organizations. collecting as much information as we neighborhood, together with many could about the situation in Europe. After some time, reports reached us Russian Jews. That day, every Jewish store, school Naturally, our interest in other worldly describing the horrific decimation of and business closed their doors, as events grew as well, and we received European Jewry and their methodical Many stories are told about this special thousands of Jews from every corner constant updates regarding the ongoing execution by the Nazis and their crazed tzaddik. TheA mshinover Rebbe worked streamed into the New Synagogue. war effort. Though we were living quite leader. We could hardly believe our ears incessantly to improve the lot of those Heavy grief and shock permeated the comfortably in Shanghai, physically when we heard about the extermination trapped within ghetto boundaries. His assembly. The pain was palpable, an far from the European massacre, our camps, the gas chambers, the mass superhuman efforts dwarfed the work overpowering grief that could not be minds stayed focused on those suffering graves, the inhuman tortures. We had of others around him. In one instance, assuaged. Distinguished rabbis and back home. Yes, we had clothing and heard various rumors before, but they the Rebbe personally intervened to communal leaders representing the food — and even a cook to prepare all seemed so farfetched and illogical. assist some Lithuanian rabbis. The entire spectrum of Shanghai Jewry our meals — but we were far from At first, we were in a state of denial, rabbis had no idea that the Rebbe was addressed the huge gathering, lament- complacent. The war occupied our convincing ourselves that such atroci- responsible for their deliverance, and ing the unbelievable destruction of minds constantly. We discussed all the ties could simply never occur. After the Rebbe wanted it that way. He did European Jewry. latest news, argued and debated with all, this was the twentieth century! things without fanfare; he abhorred one another, and waited impatiently The devastating news stunned us; we publicity. His mission was to help others A ripple of awe swept the huge gathering for good tidings. Our studies in yeshiva could hardly fathom how anyone could in need, even when his efforts remained when the Amshinover Rebbe stepped continued regardless, but the general eradicate millions of innocent human up to the podium. atmosphere on the street was one of beings so efficiently.A s the days passed His patriarchal tenseness and agitation. and more news filtered into Shanghai, appearance aroused the magnitude of our loss began to feelings of venera- The months passed quickly and, in sink in. tion and emotion. 1945, we began hearing reports that All the assembled Hitler’s Third Reich was in its death Our world was plunged in mourning. knew the Rebbe as a throes, having suffered irreparable We all had close family members still bastion of strength damage from the Allied forces. The living in Poland and Germany — par- and encourage- Japanese, having taken the side of the ents and grandparents, brothers and me nt , y e t t he Germans, began to fear Allied retribu- sisters, cousins and other relatives. Rebbe could barely tion. Most of all, the Japanese feared the Bitterly, we suddenly realized that we compose himself military genius of General McArthur. would never again see our loved ones. to talk about the Ironically, the general later wrote the Even now, I cannot find the words to terrible Holocaust. truce of surrender, which the Japanese adequately describe our grief. We were He mouthed a few signed submissively at the end of war. young teenagers torn away from our inaudible words and Information and news trickled into the families, worrying incessantly about unrecognized. burst into tears; said another sentence ghetto day by day, until we heard an our uncertain future, and the tragic and began crying again. announcement signaling the surrender news left us absolutely shattered. When I visited the Rebbe, he was lying of Japan and Germany, effectively end- in bed, moaning and groaning in pain. The gathering broke out in a fit of ing World War II. We were constantly tormented by The devastating news emanating from wailing and weeping. We saw a broken doubt. Did any of our family members Europe had made the Rebbe physically tzaddik standing before us, a righteous, When the news broke, a scene from manage to escape the Nazi death ill. Still confined to his bed, the Rebbe spiritual soul drenched in blood and the past flashed through my mind. I machine, or were we all alone in this quietly began laying the groundwork tears. The Rebbe’s pure soul dissolved in remembered Rabbi Eichenstein, weak huge, unfriendly world? These madden- for a mass rally of Shanghai Jewry. The pain over the hellish treatment suffered and confined to bed, and his words ing thoughts gave us no respite, as we Rebbe wanted everyone to assemble in by our brethren at the hands of the resonated in my ears. “O enemy, your agonized over the fate of our loves ones. one of the synagogues, to mourn the Nazis and their cohorts. The crying rose ruins are [gone] forever (Psalms 9:7),” May G d grant that no Jew experience unspeakable calamity that had struck to a crescendo, the very walls seemed he had said. “Even when the foe is such mental torture ever again. European Jewry, and pray for Divine to bend and shed a tear. Six million! Six vanquished and the war is over, the mercy. The entire Jewish population million pure and innocent martyrs! ruin they have brought on the world For days afterwards, we roamed the would be invited to the gathering — — and particularly the Jews — will be ghetto like living corpses.N o one could rabbis, merchants, judges and Jews of What more can I say. TheA mshinover everlasting.” eat; no one could sleep. One consuming every persuasion. Rebbe aroused the congregated masses thought filled our days and nights: did in a way that defies description. His How terribly right he was. anyone in our families survive? At night In his legendary humility, the Rebbe presence up there on the podium evoked we all lay awake on our beds, our minds preferred to hide his involvement in the strongest emotions, an outpouring Close Friends racing in the dark. The room was totally the matter. The public thought that of sorrow and bereavement. Reb Meir quiet — an eerie silence full of scream- a group of distinguished rabbis and Podrabinik, a Jew from Bialystock, Before concluding my recollections of ing thoughts and searing questions. We laymen had organized the event, but heightened the flood of emotion when Shanghai, I would like to mention some were powerless, totally unable to help I knew the truth. Almost alone, the he chanted the E-l Moleh Rachamim of the friends I had during this difficult those who had stayed behind. Strong Rebbe carefully nurtured the project in memory of those who perished in period. One of my closest friends during feelings of guilt surfaced, particularly through its many stages. the Holocaust. Blessed with a sweet our many travels and ordeals was Reb when we contemplated our relative and powerful voice, Reb Meir’s voice Nochum Prager. Originally from Brisk, safe lives compared to those butchered A printed notice was circulated around resonated throughout the shul as he Nochum went to learn in Tomchei back at home. Why were we chosen the Jewish areas of Shanghai, provid- put his heart and soul into this special Temimim of Otwock and, when the to survive, while so many perished ing information about the upcoming recital, evoking a new rush of tears. Germans approached, Nochum fled innocently? gathering. The somber Yizkor service back to Brisk. The Germans had not yet was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., on (Reb Meir, a refugee like so many of us, captured Brisk, but Nochum decided to Sleep evaded the Shanghai ghetto for February 28th 1946, in the New Syna- deserves special mention of his own. leave home anyway and join Tomchei a long, long time. gogue on Rte Tenant de la Tour. All Reb Meir put Torah first and foremost, Tmimim of Vilna — then still under Jewish stores and offices were requested despite the difficult conditions he faced Lithuanian rule. A Memorable Gathering to remain closed until one in the after- in Shanghai. He spent much time and 8 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008 Parshas Hashavua

take along all those who were buried at and the fruit. This is exactly what they Vedibarta Bam ~ Shelach the same time. did. What crime did they commit? By Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky concluded his recitation, a Heavenly For a long time they were storing their ANSWER: The spies were sent only ,voice proclaimed, “You have brought dead, until finally the famous and to spy out and report back; however “ומה הארץ...היש bikkurim today; may you merit to do righteous Iyov passed away (see Rashi they went a step further. In addition בה עץ אם אין” so again next year” (Devarim 26:16, 14:9). The day Iyov was buried people to reporting about the land, its inhab- “And how is the Rashi). Thus, the mitzvah of bikkurim is were busy throughout the entire land itants, and its fruit, they also drew land...are there a means to receive a Heavenly blessing burying all the deceased who had been conclusions and shared them with the trees in it or not?” for longevity. in storage. people at large. It was not for them to (13:20) decide that, “We cannot go forward The spies, through their evil tongues The spies, unaware of this custom, QUESTION: against that people, for they are too shortened the lives of the people in were astounded by the large number Rashi comments strong for us.” the wilderness (14:29). Consequently, of funerals they encountered wherever that Moshe instructed the spies to see it is most fitting that the mitzvah of they visited. Since so many people No one asked the spies to tell how they if there were any righteous people there bikkurim, which rectifies their iniquity, were being buried, they concluded that felt in relation to the giants. Though whose merit would protect the dwellers should earn longevity for those who something was wrong with the land. they heard the giants talking about of the land. them and comparing them to ants, they )שפתי כהן( (פרדס יוסף החדש) .observe it If Moshe was looking for righteous did not have to tell the people, “We were .(like grasshoppers in our eyes” (14:1 “ויציאו דבת הארץ אשר תרו אתה אל “ויהס כלב את העם אל משה ויאמר people, why didn’t he instruct the spies בני ישראל לאמר...” עלה נעלה וירשנו אתה” to search the synagogues, rather than For these conclusions, which had a asking them to search the fields? “Kaleiv silenced the people toward “They brought forth to the Children chilling effect on the entire community ANSWER: Moshe was incidentally Moshe and said, ‘We shall surely ascend of Israel an evil report on the land that and which incited them to rebel and not conveying a message to K’lal Yisrael and conquer it.’ ” (13:30) they had spied out, saying...” (13:32) want to enter Eretz Yisrael, they indeed concerning the intrinsic qualities of deserved to be punished. QUESTION: Why didn’t Yehoshua QUESTION: When Moshe sent spies a truly righteous person. He is not join Kaleiv in this proclamation? to Canaan they were all kesheirim — “ויהושע בן נון וכלב בן יפנה...קרעו one who goes into seclusion and locks בגדיהם” himself up in the synagogue or Beit Hamidrash. A truly righteous person is “Yehoshua son of Nun and Kaleiv son of compared to a tree; He is out among the Yefuneh...tore their garments.” (14:6) people producing fruit (good deeds). QUESTION: Yehoshua and Kaleiv Similar to the tree which casts a pro- directly announced their opposition to tective shade on its surroundings, the the spies. Why did they also tear their righteous person should endeavor that garments? his influence be felt throughout his ANSWER: The outer appearance ((עיטורי תורה) .entire city of a person is the first thing the eye perceives. For instance, a beard and “ויכרתו משם זמורה ואשכול ענבים... peiyot are the outer signs of a devout ומן הרמנים ומן התאנים” person. Unfortunately, sometimes it “And they cut from there a vine with one is only a facade and the person is not cluster of grapes...and of the pomegran- really what he appears to be. Likewise, ates and of the figs.” (13:23) clothing can be a cover-up to disguise QUESTION: The spies used the fruits a bodily deformity. of Israel to disgrace the land. How is The ten spies pretended to be obser- this iniquity corrected? vant and G‑d fearing Jews. However, ANSWER: According to the Arizal one inwardly they were debased and cor- purpose of the mitzvah of bikkurim — rupt. Yehoshua and Kaleiv tore off ANSWER: Yehoshua heard Eldad and honorable and righteous (see Rashi bringing to the Beit Hamikdash the first “their (the spies’) clothing (facade)” and Meidad’s prophesy that Moshe would 13:3). Why didn’t they want the Jewish fruits of the seven species, by which exposed their true identity to the entire die and Yehoshua would bring the people to enter the land? (הדרש והעיון) .Eretz Yisrael is praised — is to rectify community people of Israel into the land (see 11:28 the sin of the spies. The spies despised ANSWER: In the wilderness the Jews Rashi). Therefore, he was reluctant to “ואתם אל תיראו את עם הארץ כי Eretz Yisrael and spoke against its fruit had no association with material and speak in favor of going to Eretz Yisrael, לחמנו הם סר צלם מעליהם” while the Jewish people, by bringing earthly matters. They ate manna from lest he be accused of personal interest, bikkurim, demonstrate their love for heaven, water was provided from namely, wanting to become the leader as “You should not fear the people of the land and its fruit. Miriam’s well, and the Clouds of Glory quickly as possible. Hence, he remained the land, for they are our bread; their cleaned and ironed their clothing. silent while Kaleiv rallied the people in protection has departed from them.” Upon entering the land of Israel, all this (14:9) (כתב סופר) .support of Moshe The Mishnah (Bikkurim 3:1) says: would change. The Jews would have to be involved in the daily activities of QUESTION: What is the significance “ארץ אכלת יושביה” ?How does a person set aside bikkurim“ He enters into his field and notices plowing and planting the fields, etc. of the comparison to bread? a newly-ripened fig, a newly ripened “A land that devours its inhabitants.” The spies, therefore, considered it ANSWER: Bread is a staple which grape cluster, and a newly ripened (13:32) better to remain in the wilderness and sustains life. If, G‑d forbid, a person pomegranate. He ties a blade of grass QUESTION: Rashi writes that the be totally immersed in Torah study lacks bread, he will do everything around each one and declares, ‘This is spies reported that wherever they went and spiritual matters than to enter the possible, including even the seemingly for bikkurim.’ ” they saw the Canaanites burying their land of Israel, where they would have to impossible, to obtain it. (לקוטי תורה) .Though the mitzvah of bikkurim applies dead. pursue mundane affairs With the words, “they are our bread” to all the seven fruits with which Eretz Why did so many Canaanites die when Yehoshua and Kaleiv were declaring “ויציאו דבת הארץ אשר תרו אתה אל ,(Yisrael is praised (Devarim 26:2, Rashi the spies toured Eretz Yisrael? to the people that Eretz Yisrael was בני ישראל לאמר...” the Mishnah mentions only these three as important to the Jewish people as to signify the particular connection ANSWER: The Canaanites of those “They brought forth to the Children bread to a living man. Consequently, between them and the spies: that by days had a very strange custom: When of Israel an evil report on the land that they had to be ready for anything, even bringing them as bikkurim one rectifies an ordinary person died, they would they had spied out, saying...” (13:32) mesirat nefesh — the profoundest self the spies’ crime against them. store his body and delay the burial until sacrifice — in order to acquire it. a prominent person died. They believed QUESTION: When Moshe sent the )ר’ מנחם זמבא הי”ד( )ר’ שלום מרדכי הכהן ז”ל מברעזאן( that since the prominent person was spies to Canaan, he told them to bring When one who brought bikkurim definitely going to “heaven,” he would back a report about the land, the people, June 20, 2008 ~ crOWN heights Newspaper 9

Vedibarta Bam ~ Pirkei Avos ing became clear to him: The Rabbi you will have before you everything was showing him that in unity there of the past, present, and future, and be ,is strength. When coals are together, capable of passing judgment. Till then “עשה רצונו” “הוי זהירין ברשות” one keeps the other glowing. When however, do not judge your friend. “Be wary of those in power.” (2:3) “Make His will.” (2:4) one coal is taken out and separated )ר’ נחמן זצ”ל מברסלב( from the others, it quickly becomes QUESTION: Pirkei Avot is known as QUESTION: Instead of “asei” — extinguished. “ובמקום שאין אנשים השתדל להיות ”mili dechassiduta” — guidelines for “make” — it should have said “kayeim“ איש” pious conduct beyond the measure of — “fulfill”? To people who claim “I do not join the the law (see Bava Kamma 30a). This community because some of the mem- ANSWER: This teaching conveys a “And in a place where there are no men, Mishnah is giving sound advice, but bers do not meet my standards,” Hillel fundamental lesson: Each of us has the strive to be a man.” (2:5) how does this policy enhance piety? says, “Do not condemn your fellowman ability to remake Hashem’s will, as it until you have stood in his place.” QUESTION: In all times and in all ANSWER: The authors of the previous were, to arouse a new desire on His part. places one should strive to be a man. two mishnayot were Rabbi Yehudah To apply this principle, a person might To those who say “I avoid the commu- Why the emphasis of “In a place where HaNasi, and his son Rabban Gamliel, think that since it is Hashem’s will nity because whenever I speak up, no there are no men?” who succeeded him as Nasi — leader. that we are in exile, we should resign one listens and appreciates my insights.” The term “reshut” is not limited to ourselves to the situation. Nothing Hillel says, “Possibly the fault is yours. ANSWER: Some people act very the ruling power, i.e. government, is further from the truth. Hashem is Do not make an ambiguous statement frum — pious — in the company of but includes any communal position anxiously waiting for us to arouse a new which is not readily understood.” their friends, but when they are alone which gives its holder some power and will on His part. He is waiting for us to at home with no one watching, there Many have keen vision in detecting the leadership. motivate Him to bring the redemption. is much to be desired. For example, in faults of others, but fail to see their own ( ) shul they daven slowly and with much foibles and shortcomings. A housewife ביאורים לפרקי אבות Usually, such positions are attained on kavanah, but at home they rush through the basis of popularity and competency. once complained to her maid that the the davening in a few minutes. When “הלל אומר: אל תפרוש מן הצבור, In pursuit of the office, a person tends house was not cleaned and dusted invited to a catered meal they make ואל תאמין בעצמך עד יום מותך, ואל to make insincere and at times even properly. The maid was flushed with many inquiries regarding kashrut, but תדין את חברך עד שתגיע למקומו, ואל impossible promises to everyone. Once amazement, for all looked immaculate. in their home they are very lax and תאמר דבר שאי אפשר לשמוע שסופו the desired office is acquired, the people Finally, she turned to the housewife and .extremely lenient להשמע, ואל תאמר לכשאפנה אשנה, said, “Madam, I think the dust you see שמא לא תפנה” who were given the promises are in total dismay since the person who appeared is on your own glasses.” The woman To them Hillel says, “When you are in to love them when he needed them now “Hillel says: Do not separate yourself removed her glasses and, sure enough, a place where there are no men,” i.e. in does not recognize them when they from the community; do not be sure of the lenses were covered with dust. the privacy of your home, “strive to be a need him. yourself until the day you die; do not man.” Be the same man as you are when Finally, to those who push off involve- condemn your fellowman until you you are in the company of others. Bear The Sages are alerting those people who ment in the community due to lack of have stood in his place; do not make in mind that though no one sees what are seeking leadership to beware of the time and hope to get involved when they an ambiguous statement which is not you are doing, Hashem does. pitfalls and not emulate false ways of retire, Hillel advises, “Do not wait till )מדרש שמואל( ,readily understood; and do not say the “seasoned politicians.” At all times later; perhaps later will never arrive.” ‘When I have free time I will study, )מדרש שמואל( a person should be careful about giving “מרבה צדקה מרבה שלום” for perhaps you will never have free his word. If he does not mean it, or time.” (2:4) ”.Increasing charity increases peace“ “אל תדין את חבירך עד שתגיע knows he will not be able to produce, he (2:7) למקומו” -must not deceive people in his pursuit QUESTION: Why are these five say of personal greatness. ings of Hillel placed together in one “Do not condemn your fellowman until Mishnah? QUESTION: What peace is made by you have stood in his place.” (2:4) giving charity? ANSWER: In this Mishnah, Hillel QUESTION: Instead of “limekomo” Aharon was the Kohen Gadol — High actually makes one statement, namely: — “his place” — why doesn’t it say ANSWER: On the pasuk, “Do not Priest — who kindled the menorah for “Do not separate yourself from the com- “lematzavo” — “his situation”? glorify a destitute person in his griev- the entire forty years the Jews sojourned munity.” In the additional remarks, he is ance” (Shemot 23:3), the Or Hachaim in the wilderness. The Torah says of refuting the popular excuses that people ANSWER: “Mekomo” — “his place” asks, “What is the grievance of the poor him, “Vaya’as kein Aharon” — “And give for violating this principle: — does not mean your friend’s place, man?” He answers, often the poor man Aharon did so [as Hashem had com- but it means Hashem’s place. According To those who say “I do not need the is grieved about his economic situation manded Moshe]” (Bamidbar 8:3). Rashi to the Midrash Rabbah (Bereishit 68:9) community and can manage very well and may express his frustration and explains that the Torah emphasizes that Hashem is referred to as “HaMakom” on my own,” Hillel says, “Do not be sure anger against Hashem: “Why does “Aharon did so” to declare Aharon’s — “the place” — to emphasize that the of yourself until the day you die.” He take care of everyone and forsake praise — “shelo shinah” — that he did world is contained in Him and not He me?” not deviate. Once, a Rabbi noticed that a person who in the world. He is not limited by space attended the Synagogue regularly was and therefore is everywhere. When one extends tzedakah to the Would anyone suspect that Aha- absent for a few weeks, so he decided needy, he refutes the contention of the ron would depart from Hashem’s The Mishnah is teaching that you should to pay him a visit. Entering the living poor man. Now that his situation is command? judge yourself and not others. The only room, he noticed the man sitting by alleviated, his complaining will cease time when you can judge your friend is Aharon was an “oheiv shalom vero- the fireplace, seemingly in good health, and he will be at peace with Hashem. when you reach Hashem’s place. Then deif shalom” — “lover of peace and and sat down next to him. The Rabbi )מדרש שמואל( pursuer of peace” (Avot 1:12) — and politely inquired as to the reason for was therefore loved by every Jew. An his recent absence and the man replied ordinary citizen is often affable and that shul was crowded and noisy. He involved with people and their needs. had decided that his prayers would PIRKEI AVOS SHIUR However, a person who is appointed be more meaningful if he were alone The longest running English Shiur in Crown Heights--26 years to a high office may become conceited and undisturbed. The Rabbi did not and still going strong! and distant. respond, but stared at the fireplace, For Women and Girls which was filled with glowing coals. Aharon’s greatness is that even when 5:30-6 PM Halachos of Tefilla with Rabbi Michoel Seligson Then he rose from his seat, removed he became Kohen Gadol, holding the 6-7 PM Pirkei Avos and Hachona L’Matan Torah with Rabbi one coal from the fire with the tongs, second highest position in the Jewish Moshe Bogomilsky and placed it on the floor in front of the community, “lo shinah” — he did not fireplace, saying: “I hope to see you back Different Speaker on Pirkei Avos each week. change toward his fellow man — he in shul shortly.” still remained the same “oheiv shalom Congregation ANASH 770 Montgomery St. verodeif shalom” — “lover and pursuer At first, the man was puzzled by his Use women's entrance on the side of the building. -of peace Rabbi’s actions, but soon the mean.” )ר’ מאיר זצ”ל מפרעמישלאן( 10 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008 CHJCC

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The Performing Arts Conservatory training in chorus, movement and The camp also fills a practical need By Chaya Devorah Welner drama. Elective classes will include in Crown Heights in that there is no artist who is now a Machon Chana photography, painting, drawing, sculpt- other camp for girls in this age group. student to direct the Conservatory. The Performing Arts Conservatory, a ing and more. In the backstage techni- The Conservatory will run for seven girls’ performing arts summer camp, cal arts track, girls will learn techniques weeks beginning Monday, the 4th of The Conservatory will strive to mold will open this summer, the first camp of of stage make-up and costume design as Tammuz, July 7th. There is also an the girls into well-rounded perform- its kind in Crown Heights. Girls enter- well as stage setup and backdrop design. option to attend for half of the session. ers and artists. The camp will have ing grades 6 through 10 will have the At the end of the summer session, the To enroll or for more information, call two separate tracks: a performing opportunity to work with professional girls will showcase their talents in a per- 786-294-3785. Limited enrollment. arts track and a backstage, technical artists, directors and performers to formance, a Moshiach-themed musi- arts track. In the performing arts develop their talents either in perform- cal entitled 24 Hours: The Countdown. track, each girl will receive intensive ing arts or the backstage, technical aspects of performance. As a project of Machon Chana, the Conservatory will use the new Machon Chana facility on Crown St. and Albany Ave. Among the performers on our faculty is Miriam Arman, a Vocal Pedagogue, who will direct the choir.

This camp fills a current void, provid- ing a creative outlet for girls in the community. This was the impetus which prompted Deborah Melamed, a local performing artist, to approach Machon Chana with a request to create the Conservatory. Melamed previously volunteered in Beis Rivka and Bnos Menachem high schools and served as choreographer for their school productions. During this time, she became convinced that girls could derive tremendous benefit from per- forming arts classes. “I see that there are so many talented girls who crave a creative outlet. I feel compelled to help them develop their talents in a Chassidishe environment.” Melamed is a singer, songwriter and musician for the band “Return,” and she is profes- sionally trained in music and dance. She has teamed up with Shelly Shabbat, a Hollywood-based, celebrity make-up June 20, 2008 ~ crOWN heights Newspaper 13 Matters of Interest

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Lebanon Lebanon was Israel’s Vietnam. Israel was America’s genuine interest, it was clearly of the war had not been achieved. And forced to fight with one hand tied behind to back Israel. yet, too afraid to actually achieve those Published and copyright © by Sichos In her back because of cries for peace from objectives, they left their soldiers in English It is true that America may have made its own populace. enemy territory, sitting ducks for terrorist some protests to Israel. But they were not In 1982, after the residents of theU pper attacks. Life after life was sacrificed on Had they not entered into a war, one accompanied by threats. Indeed, directly Galilee had been forced to spend night the altar of indecision as a government might have debated whether it was after the onset of hostilities, President after night in bomb shelters out of fear hamstrung by fear of what the world justified. But they had entered a war; Reagan undertook a diplomatic mission of Katyusha rockets, the Israeli army would say ruminated about the steps it they had already suffered casualties, and to Europe for nine days, granting Israel invaded Lebanon with the intent of root- should take. the enemies they were fighting were not time to complete unfinished business. ing out the PLO terrorist bases there. humanitarians, but terrorists who had While on the road he would have had Months before the war the Rebbe called At the outset, the campaign met with killed women and children. ample reasons to explain why he had in several of Israel’s leading chassidim almost miraculous success. One enemy done nothing to restrain the Israelis. and directed them to begin writing a Our Sages teach: “Whoever is merciful to position after another fell until the And shortly afterwards, Secretary of Torah scroll, each letter of which would the cruel, will ultimately be cruel to the Israelis had surrounded the PLO head- State Haig resigned, giving Israel more be inscribed for a particular Israeli merciful.” The misplaced mercy during quarters in East Beirut. The majority of time to use while the State Department soldier who had sponsored it. This the the time of the war in Lebanon has been the leaders of the terrorist groups who changed hands. Nothing would have Rebbe did as a means to promote the responsible for the death of hundreds of had attacked Israel for years could have happened if Israel had gone about taking safety and security of the Israeli army in Israelis in the years that followed. been captured and the backbone of the care of her own priorities and made her general and of every participating soldier terrorist organizations broken. The second reason for holding back was explanations afterwards. in particular. fear of US pressure. Once again Israel And then Israel stopped. They could have Not only was this not done. As mentioned Throughout the war the Rebbe was repeated the errors of the Yom Kippur cut off food, water, and electricity; they above, Israel was her own worst enemy, outspoken in his criticism of the Israeli War. It seems almost too simple to say: could have reduced the city to rubble. taking blame for atrocities when there government for its vacillation and hesita- No nation sacrifices its soldiers and its But they didn’t. Instead of demanding was no need or justification for her to tion, for its willingness to sacrifice the critical objectives because of possible unconditional surrender, they let the do so. And for her pathetic attempts at lives of its soldiers and citizens in order censure from other nations. Surgeons do terrorists leave - taking their weapons proving her humanitarian intent, she was to humor the whims of world opinion. not stop operations in the middle. with them. rewarded with censure after censure. Above all, the Rebbe pointed his finger Moreover, the Israelis misjudged the at the root of the problem: the unwill- No war is desirable. But if an unavoidable The most painful aspect of the war was intent of the Americans. TheU S had no ingness of Israelis to look in the mirror war has been undertaken, if casualties the months - and years - of limbo when love for the PLO. Particularly, at that and identify their own security as their have been suffered, and total victory is in Israel had halted its actions against the time, Cold War tensions were high, and foremost concern. sight, it is ludicrous not to seize it. terrorists, but kept its army in Lebanon. the PLO were identified with Russia. Why did the soldiers remain? Because the What prevented Israel from seeking total Moreover, they were terrorists who had government realized that the objectives victory? First of all, criticism at home. attacked Americans. If one looked at Want to get the paper by Email?? Remember that essay you wrote about your Write it down! Send an Email with Subscribe in the father’s cousin’s uncle’s subject to nephew’s brother? 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This week we continue with theY ahrzeiten of people who lived in our shechuna. Horav Hachossid for clothing, as well as other necessities. We are also including the Yahrzeiten of Shluchim. In mentioning them we Hatomim Reb Yaa- He initiated projects resulting in large come to “v’Hachai yiten el Libo”. We learn lessons from their lives that we can kov Lipsker accomplishments on the part of the incorporate into our own. This column includes the Yahrzeiten of the 16th of students, such as studying Mishnayos Sivan through the 24th of Sivan. The respective resting places of the individuals The son of Horav by heart. He was nifter while still a noted in this column near the holy Ohel, (unless otherwise specified). Hachossid Hatomim young man in 1990. Reb Chaim Tzvi, he Men He devoted himself to studying Chas- sacrificed himself on Horav Hachossid 16th of Sivan sidus and Avodas Hashem, and as a behalf of the Yeshiva Hatomim Reb manager of the “Ezra” printing firm he Tomchei Tmimim in Shmuel merited to publish numerous Chassidus Kutaisi, Russia. He merited to serve the Motchkin Horav Hachossid sforim over the course of thirty-four Rebbe in Paris in 1947 and worked with H a t o m i m R e b The son of Horav years. He greeted every person in a special devotion in matters of chinuch. Moshe Noson Hachossid Hato- cordial manner, was a hartzige person, A gabai in 770, he built the Aron Kodesh Garelik mim Reb Peretz, a pnimius Chassidisher Yid and a Baal for the shul in 770, as well as other klai he took pleasure in doing a favor for a The son of Horav Tzedoko. He was born in 1927 on the kodesh. He was nifter in 1985. Yid. He saved many Yidden in during Hachossid Hatomim 18th of Kislev in Klimovitch and was 23rd of Sivan the hunger in WWII in Russia, dis- Reb Benzion, he was nifter in 1987. tributed Tzedoko with a broad hand, a student in Yeshiva Horav Hachossid Hatomim Reb Horav Hachossid and was very generous in a modest Tomchei Tmimim Tzvi Hirsh Bronshtein Hatom im R eb manner, especially for Yidden in in Lubavitch and sacrificed himself to Moshe Yitzchok The son of Horav Hachossid Russia. He was arrested and exiled spread Torah in Russia and educated Konikov Hatomim Reb Schneur Zal- to hard labor in Siberia. He was young children with a genuine chinuch. man, he was mekushar to mekushar to the Rebbe and He was nifter in 1985. The son of Horav the Rebbe, educated Jewish took a delight in Chassidim HaChossid Hato- children, and was active in Farbrenging together. He was Horav Hachossid mim Reb Chaim the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim. nifter in 2002. Hatomim Reb Eli- Tzvi Hirsh, he was He was among the yohu Engel among the first talmidim in 770 when first teachers in the Women Tomchei Tmimim was established in Rabbi Eliyohu Engel network of Reshet 20th of Sivan Brooklyn, and he merited to lain for passed away on Tes Oholei Yosef Yitzchok the Friediker Rebbe during the week Mrs. Shifra Zalmanov Zayin Sivan 2007 Schools in Israel, and for several years. Moshe Yitzchok after a sudden brief later taught in Flat- The daughter of Horav Hacho- lived in Springfield, Massachusetts and illness. He was the bush. In his last years, ssid Reb Avrohom Dov Winner, served as a Rabbi, baal tefilla with great son of Rabbi Shaul he was a director of the she was involved in the study of kavono, a baal koreh, and a baal tekiah Engel, the author of the sefer Hilchos FREE Organization and Chassidus and its teachings. She was in various shuls there with the Rebbe’s Shabbos of which the Rebbe said it will assisted Yidden newly arrived nifter in 1999. Brocho. He succeeded in convincing be instrumental in bringing Moshiach. from Russia with their spiritual and numerous people to send their children Mrs. Etel Hodokov Rabbi Eliyohu Engel was a shliach of physical needs. He was nifter after a to yeshiva for a Torah education. He the Rebbe to Australia where he has lengthy illness in 2003. The wife of Horav Hachossid Reb also donned tefillin with numerous several Baalei Teshuvah to his credit. Chaim Mordechai Aizik, the Rebbe’s yidden on a daily basis. He dedicated 24th of Sivan He devoted his life to the Rebbe's chief secretary, she educated many his life to the care and chinuch of his Inyonim and was moiser nefesh to start Horav Hachossid Hatomim Reb students during her years in Europe, children and always received everyone and strengthen a children's Minyan Peretz Chein as well as and also in the U.S. in Bais with a Sever Ponim Yofos. in Bais Levi Yitschak shul and a solid Rivka. Her lectures for Nshei Chabad The son of Horav Hachossid Hatomim mishnayos B'al peh group. Spreading 20th of Sivan were popular, and she was advised by Reb Dovid, he sacrificed himself for the the present day Miracles of the Rebbe the Rebbeim to translate the Sefer “Der Horav Hachossid Reb Yaakov Yitz- observance of Torah and Mitzvos in was his very special Mivtzah at his place Rav”, the Alter Rebbe’s biography into chok Zukerman Russia and was mekushar to the Rebbe of work and wherever he went. Yiddish. She merited to be included Rashab, the Previous Rebbe and the The son of Horav Hachossid Reb together with her husband in the Previ- 17th of Sivan Rebbe. He was nifter in 1973. Yerachmiel, he was a shochet and was ous Rebbe’s entourage in 1940, when nifter in 1957. Horav Hachossid Hatomim Reb Levi he traveled to the United States. She Horav Hachossid Hatomim Reb Yitzchok Schapiro was nifter in 2006 on Friday. Yisroel Jacobson Horav Hachossid The son of, may he live and be well 24th of Sivan The son of Horav Hachossid Reb H a t o m i m R e b Horav Hachossid Hatomim Reb Lipe, Yaakov Leib, he served as the Rav in Yehuda Kalman Mrs. Shaina Soro Nemtzov he served as the assistant principal of the Bobruisk shul in Brownsville and Marlow Yeshiva Oholei Torah and merited to The daughter of Reb Dovid Yehuda was a mashpia in Yeshiva Tomchei The son of Horav Reb be involved in the chinuch of Jewish Leib, she was the wife of Horav Hacho- Tmimim. He fulfilled the directives Avrohom Yeshaya, he children for many years, day and night. ssid Reb Sender Nemtzov, and the of the Rebbe’im in establishing and was a maggid shiur in With an exceptional devotion, he mother-in-law of Dr. Mindel. She was strengthening Yeshivos Tomchei the Lubavitch Yeshiva attended to their spiritual, as well as to nifter in 1987. Tmimim, Achei Tmimim, Bais Rivka where he educated their physical needs establishing funds and Hadar Hatorah in the United many students and States. He was born in 1856 on the 3rd was later appointed as the Av Bais Din of Kislev in Zurowitz and was nifter of Crown Heights. A mekushar pnimi in 1975. to the Rebbeim and their Torah, and 19th of Sivan especially to the Rebbe from whom he merited a special kiruv; he strengthened Horav Hachossid Anash in their hiskashrus to the Rebbe Hatomim Reb Sho- and to Inyonei Geula. He was born in lom Ber Pewsner 1932 on the 10th of Adar in Frankfurt, Germany and was nifter in 2000. (See The son of Horav our Heroes). Hachossid Reb Shmuel, he sacri- ficed himself to 21st of Sivan study in Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim. 16 CROWN HEIGHTS Newspaper ~June 20, 2008

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Nestled in the heart of old Midwood which he lays out the plan for learning Flatbush on a majestic leafy block in Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. resides a vibrant Lubavitch com- munity, Kehillas Bais Menachem In the last bechina given by Harav Mendel. Building upon the needs Yeruslavsky, he was deeply impressed of the community, this past Elul with the depth and breadth of the they opened a Yeshiva for Semicha knowledge of the bochurim. The bochrim. TheY eshiva has seen great accommodations the bochurim live success in its first year. Bochurim in are first class, enabling them to from around the world have come concentrate exclusively on their studies. together to acquire not only semicha, The yeshiva does not charge tuition, as but a real derech halimud, the req- the overwhelming majority of the boys uisite tools to know how to pasken come from the homes of shluchim and/ halacha lemaaseh should the need or large mishpochos. arise later in their lives. Under the leadership of its Rosh Yeshiva, Harav TheY eshiva plans to open its program Yochanan Marosov, and its Mashpia, next year exclusively for serious, com- Harav Chaim Chazan, the hanhala mitted bochrim. They will iy”h add a has instilled in the bochurim the Halacha L’maaseh component to the need to learn the material compre- semicha program in which they will hensively, learning the Gemora and get an overview of important sugyos the Meforshim that lead up to the l’maaseh, such as Kedushin, Gittin, Halachah. The method of learning Aveilus, Rabbis, Airuvin, Geirus, is based on the Kuntres Eitz Chaim Mechiras chometz, etc. To apply, please written by the Rebbe Rashab, in call 917-916-9080.

Brochos Keep Raining on our Heads By Mrs. M. Resnick by sending the now famous elegant pearl bracelets to all the “Pesach Sheni” Hashem’s Brochos continue to shine newcomers. And then, of course, came upon the Summer Tznius Challenge the success stories of the girls them- Contest. family. Yasher Koyach! May you Schepp upon hours of her talented time to not selves who shared Tznius milestones much Chassidishe Nachas. only coordinate the entire project but At the two latest Chizuk meetings, the as would people at a Weight Watchers also to artistically design the flyers, Brochos took on the form of an inspir- program. And of course, we must not forget, a score cards and challenge sheets and ing lecture, more bracelets, a sound long overdue, big, big Yasher Koyach to One girl found it very hard at first to to disseminate news of our contest to system, new resolutions and a general our own Mrs. C. Scharf, the backbone put on socks as soon as she got out of Chabad Girl’s Chinuch Mosdos around excitement in the air. of The Tznius Summer Challenge bed. But one night she discovered that the world. project, who has been devoting hours On the week before Shavuos we were she was automatically looking for her privileged to have an inspiring lecture socks even though she woke up at 4am. by a Shliach of the Rebbe and Mechan- Another, whose relative owns a clothing ech in Morristown. Wearing a long store in Crown Heights, recounted that NIGHTLIFE! coat and with curly peyos gracing his the owner noticed a marked difference face (the Rebbe often told people to in the way the “pearl-bracelet wearers” Upcoming Events keep their family minhogim even after were shopping for clothes. Monday June 16, 8pm they became Lubavitch), Rabbi Aaron Real Stuff vs. Actual Fluff: A Practical Approach To Rec- Many girls said they became more Gancz started his lecture by asking our ognizing What's Ikur and Taful on the Dating Scene aware of the layered look with the permission not to speak about Tznius. with Mrs. Chaya Teldon undershirts sticking out and were We agreed, and he did not disappoint. tucking them in. Some girls told us they Thursday June 19, 8pm The date was Beis Sivan-Yom Hameyu- were being more careful in choosing The Five Languages of Love chas, the day that Hashem charged lighter colors for their nail polish. All with Mrs. Dena Gorkin the Yidden to become his - Am Segula I can say that from week to week there Sunday June 22, 8pm (Chosen Nation) and Mamleches is a noticeable difference in all of us, Flower Arranging Kohanim (Nation of Priests). Such participators and organizers alike. with professional party planner, Tammy Polatsek glorious designations! Who could (Please note the change in my by-line - a regard them as burdens and seek for result of someone pointing out to me Monday June 23, 8pm heiterim, he asked the girls. that we are not as careful about exces- Workshop: Thriving vs. Surviving sive familiarity…more on this subject with Rabbi Daniel Schoenbuch Does a man look into his K’suba and at a later date.) ask where does it say that I have to help Thursday June 26, 8pm with the dishes? Why on earth would The next blessing came via Mr.Y echiel Topic to be announced one look for ways out of this special Goldstein (of the technologically with Mrs. Tzameret Borevitz relationship with Hashem Yisborach? endowed Goldstein family), who felt so All programs are held at The NIGHTLIFE Lounge: So inspired were the girls that many enthusiastically privileged to be asked Rubashkin Residence - 1349 President Street requested a tape of the speech to share to assist in this Tznius project that he email: [email protected] with their friends. (The tape will soon willingly set up a sound system for the Blog: www.CHnightlife.wordpress.com be available at the Taharas HaMishpa- meeting’s video presentation. After it cha Office. I highly recommend it.) was over, he overwhelmed us by his NightLife programs are a joint project of CHJCC and BYIT and generosity when he donated the sound sponsored by the CHJCC At the 4th Chizuk Meeting Mrs. Ella system to our cause in the name of his Lerman surprised the girls once again