CHESHVAN 5733 / OCTOBER 1972 VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 8 THE FIFTY CENTS

Roars OF RELIGIOUS STRIFE IN THE HOLY LAND -an analysis

"REB ARCHIK" -a reminiscence

THE STEADFAST JEW IN THE MOBILE SOCIETY -a proposal

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ROOTS OF THE RELIGIOUS STRIFE IN THE HOLY LAND, Moshe Schonfeld, translated by Miriam Margoshes ...... 6

WISDOM-AS THE COCK CROWS, Moshe Spero 10

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frogged from local Rav to our great neighborhood lasts twenty years, Cities-a Concrete Prison leaders by telephone, or short-cir­ that would be $100,000 per year. cuted by the wisdom of some local Can comparable facilities be leased To the Editor: Rebbe .... As for education, I shall for less? Or does it make sense to I read your articles on Crisis for continue to make full use of my build grandly and then hope to sell the Urban Jew with fascination. The freedom of choice, with car pools or "on time"? Flushing does not show presentations were 1nasterful, but dormitories, for answering the chi­ promise of becoming a kehilla, and their points of view ~ere all wrong. nuch needs of my children - in the typical school clientelle will be We Jews have been urban cre­ institutions that enjoy independence moving out once the neighborhood atures, but not incurably so. Old and creativity far superior to many stability flickers toward change .... a Kehilla-locked school. areas are ugly, decaying, demoraliz­ I am looking to JO for good diag­ ing, and inextricably bound with all We still live in a radial society, nosis of our ills-this is being met. the evils of urban America. Contact with our leading personalities and But I would also welcome some with undesirables in urban streets institutions at the nucleus-radiating innovative thinking. and on inner-city transit is an in­ hashpa'a and influence outward; but Build on what is-not on what evitability. A concrete prison that the screen and radial distances are \Vas, but is no longer! tolerates no vegetation and denies not spatial or geographic. They are the changing seasons, shuts out any defined in terms of commitment, not YERACHMIEL WAGNER awareness of the existence of the proximity. East Meadow, L. I. Creator. Now that we finally have the opportunity to free ourselves Instead of wishing Warsaw on Wichita or Lvov on Los Angeles, I Harcl-headecl Idealism versus from this, we should not hesitate to Flighty Pragmatism do so. would suggest that the Jewish Ob­ server accept America as an expand­ True enough, European cities ing golus-golus and advise its read­ Rabbi Scherman Replies: breathed a sense of eternity by vir­ ers to form fast bonds of loyalty with No doubt the physical and social tue of that aura of (short-lived) those institutions and personalities aspects of today's urban "concrete permanence. America is a cardboard that are accessible - (by phone, prisons" are not conducive to an culture-use, discard, replace-and visit, correspondence, whatever) - awareness of the Creator. The lyric has invested its com1nunities with even if not within walking distance. phraseology of Mr. Wagner's open­ built in obsolescence; and a small Cultivate these relationships: sink in ing paragraph suggests that the sure band of Jews, no matter how hardy, a root, let it branch and flower, and path to spirituality is via the sub­ can not hold back the black tide of let Fear of G-d grow through nur­ urbs. Experience does not bear out change. turing the contacts. Perhaps JO his contention. The outward path As for the magic of the KehiJlos could arrange for exposure of your of America's Jewish migrants has -where they exercise their magne­ exurbanites to the Gedolim and seldom led them up to spiritual tism, more power to them! Let them their spokesmen through more ar­ heights. One finds few bedroom continue to do so! Otherwise, why ticles from their pens or arranging communities that match the relig­ stay in old decrepit areas and regional public appearances and ious vitality of former inner-city pretend? lectures. Jewish centers. The point regarding second-level As for the tragedy of abandoned Mr. Wagner is correct to call for leadership is an excellent one. Let neighborhoods and community fa­ innovative solutions to a serious our Yeshivas provide us with men cilities, perhaps we are over-invest­ problem. But I for one can see no who can handle our pot-and-spoon ing in our schools and our com­ innovation in surrendering to Amer­ problems, and I'll be glad to con­ munity structures. A well-known ica's cardboard culture by allowing sult them. My major problems will Queens Yeshiva, for example, has our own communities to become still be brought directly to our Ge­ just announced plans for a $2 mil­ obsolete. It might even be revolu­ dolim, instead of having them leap- lion structure in Flushing. If the tionary to suggest that, once and

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 for all, we strike roots and stay put. were true that "the institutions that every-man-for-himself approach that Surely no one can suggest that the enjoy independence and creativity" started the exodus and eventual shoddy building and poor planning were superior to the best of the destruction of so many of our finest that characterizes much of suburbia large city yeshivas. Many a day neighborhoods. are more conducive to permanence school administrator and teacher It is easy to dismiss neighbor­ than the cities of half-century ago. would smile bitterly, learning that hoods as being inherently extinction­ The shiny new suburbs of 1950 are, he is "independent." Many subur­ prone. But it simply is not true. in many cases, already showing signs ban and out-of-town yeshivas do Neighborhoods go down when peo­ of decay, and are not any better maintain very high standards, but to ple move and create vacancies for than concrete prisons from the long­ imply that the general level of edu­ undesirables. A little staying power, term point of view. cational achievement is superior to and most neighborhoods can easily The individual parent certainly the inner city yeshivos is simply to be saved. Now this is the refrain of has the right to make full use of ignore the facts. Aside from that, city dwellers; in a decade or t\VO it car pools and dormitories to find the the car pool-dormitory option is \vill be echoed in the "safest" sub~ best for his child. But that is not open only to the relatively well­ urbs unless American Jews take a the panacea either. Would that it to-do. It is precisely this sort of broader, less self-centered view of their communities. "We must not surrender to the cardboard culture, It is nice to know that there are allowing communities to become obsolete." those who are willing to take their pots and spoons to a local rav­ provided, of course, that competent rabbis are provided by the most convenient whipping boys, the yeshivos. Competent rabbis will emerge, but only if the community is ready to make use of them. It is precisely the attitude that American­ trained rabbis are reserved only for the most trivial questions that will insure a lack of competent morei hora'ah. Of course a good second-line rabbi will often consult the most eminent authorities on questions that he finds beyond his competence! Was this not always the case? The authoritative books of responsa are replete with questions coming from recognized rabbonim consult­ ing the acknowledged masters of their day. Major questions should be filtered that way-just as judicial matters advance through the court system up to the Supreme Court. A competent rabbi may not know all the answers; but he does know what questions to bring to higher authori­ ties and how to phrase them. By­ passing such normal channels makes as much sense as bringing all ques­ tions of law directly to a Supreme Court. One must not underestimate the influence of neighborhood mare's. Eastern Parkway and Prospect Place-for over fifty years the Brownsville home of The same people will dress and act Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, now relocated in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. differently-not necessarily better or

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 worse, just differently-depending of his neighborhood after several Scherman did not make in his ar­ on whether they live in Williams­ decades or outgrew it socially and ticle: "The'Battle of Forest Hills" is burg, Boro Park, or Far Rockaway. financially, and began to look for not only a local issue. Its practical It is naive to dismiss social pressure greener pastures. scope is much greater than meets the in favor of commitinent; both are In my appeals to the people not eye, and its possible disasterous con­ important and both must be used to panic and not to flee, I point to sequences go beyond the immediate to further Torah life. the communal responsibility of the concern of the Orthodox commu­ ( hardly wished Warsaw on Jew to his sacred institutions. It is nity. Since 1960, the Jewish pres­ Wichita or Lvov on Los Angeles, not an exaggeration to say that al­ ence in New York, numerically, has though such influences might not most all Israelis would give their dwindled to a point where we are no hurt. My point was that each neigh­ lives to prevent the Kosel from ever longer the largest single minority borhood can and should develop its falling into the hands of the enemy. group in New York. It is of utmost own distinctive flavor. And it would, How, then, can we so readily accept importance for Jews in America, for if it could last long enough. the idea of abandoning our Botei Jews throughout the world, and for As for over-investment in facili­ Mikdash M'at, our Sanctuaries in Israel in particular, that we maintain ties, son1e institutions may have miniature-the Yeshivos and Syna­ a strong Jewish presence in N.Y.­ favored ostentation- over utility. gogues built with the love, toil, and the nerve center of America. Generally speaking 'though, $100,- sacrifice of thousands of Jews? RABBI JOSEPH GRUNBLATT 000 a year for a well-equipped Our problem in this regard is that Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills school building that can handle in spite of its viability, the Orthodox Vice-President of Vaad Horabonim 600-800 children is not a high price. community of Forest Hills is a mi­ of Queens Boards of Education everywhere nority community. Furthermore, this pay more for leased space. Besides, minority is very heterogeneous and the investment in bui1dings cannot not subject to the moral regimenta­ Administrative Procedures-a be avoided, because classroom tion of the Lubavitcher group in Blow to Orthodox Comm11nities space simply is not available other­ Crown Heights, the Satmarer in wise. Williamsburg or the K'hilla of To the Editor: There is much that writer Wag­ Washington Heights. The two articles on "Crisis for the ner says that seems to be practical, The "Battle for Forest Hills" has Urban Jew" were well written, and in line with De Gaulle's statement, been led by two factions, the Resi­ pointed out part of the problem­ "Politics is the art of anticipating dents Association headed by Jerry Jews fleeing!Some left because their the inevitable, and then ushering it Birbach and an alliance of Jewish parents' shuts were too "old fash· in." So much for political prudence. local and national organizations ioned," the shuls did not change Idealism is the science of divining which have protested from an ethnic with the times-in ways that are the ultimate good and striving for it stance for the preservation of Jewish halachica/ly permissible - sermons -through reaching up or hanging neighborhoods. and classes in English, or giving a on, as the case may be. Our ap~ Our stand has even affected, in voice and increased responsibility to proach is meant to be idealistic, not some measure, the "liberal establish­ the youth in tbe affairs of the shul. political. NossoN SCHERMAN ment," which has suddenly become Others left for more pleasant phy­ sensitized to the ethnic problem and sical environments. In the older Forest Hills is Different has taken a stand against another neighborhoods deterioration of the pernicious program, 1'affirmative ac­ buildings had begun. When Jews. To the Editor: tion" which threatens to legitimatize left or died, the neighborhood did I would like to commend the a quota system in academic and not attract others-neither from its writers of the articles On Changing government employment. Our un­ own youth nor from the outside. Neighborhoods, particularly Rabbi tiring battle has finally moved a Vacancies were made available to· Scherman who so keenly analyzes formerly intractable Mayor to con­ relocatees and poor minorities~the the derogatory effects of these sider the "Cuomo compromise" only ones who would accept deteri­ changes on religious Jewish life. Our which would cut the project in half. orating housing in a deteriorating situation in Forest Hills is in a way Our continued struggle may pos­ neighborhood. As physical and unprecedented in that a stable and sibly bring us more concessions that social deterioration set in, such thriving Jewish community is threat­ would reduce the social risks of the areas, as well as adjacent areas, be­ ened by a governmentally planned "scatter-site housing experiment." came ripe for unscrupulous block­ imposition of anti-social elements. To this end, we urge and solicit the busters (real estate dealers) as well In the past, some Jewish neighbor· support and encouragement of all as large scale Urban Renewal, in­ hoods deteriorated because of the fellow Jews throughout the city. cluding public housing projects. "wanderlust" of the Jew who tired May I stress one point that Rabbi (Continued on pa!{e 28)

The Ji:wish Observer I October, 1972 5 - Moshe Schonfeld The Roots of Religious Strife in the Holy Land

The bitter confrontations between the religious and secular com­ munities in Israel are all the more shocking because they represent struggles between Jew and fellow Jew-and because they are taking place in the Holy Land. There are those who view each such crisis-whether draft of :women. "right to work" permits on Shabbos, or immigrant-absorption policies-as the inevitable by-product of administering a mixed society. According to this view, leaders of the Medina may indeed be irreligious in their personal lives, but they endeavor to take into account the needs and the rights of the religious sector and, for that matter, the religious roots of Israel when administering the country. Indeed, the proponents of this view will point to veshivos and other Torah schools that are flourishing in Israel, often with a substantial assist from government funds. At the very worst, they contend, bureaucratic convenience or personal predilection may dictate decisions in favor of anti-religious measures, but these stem from ignorance and estrangement, not sinas hadas-a naked animosity for religion, per se. As a result, we are assured, a proper blend of patience, good-will, and public education on the part of the religious community will go a long way toward healing the fissures in Israeli society. ls this view really adequate? Might it not be self-deceptive? Behind all the nagging conflicts one might perceive an underlying clash of ideologies based on a driving desire to secularize the Jewish people­ even though many government officials may not be aware of pursuing such a course. MOSHE SCHONFELD of Bnei Brak, an engineer by profession, is widely respected as a profound thinker. He has maintained a close rela­ tionship with many Torah leaders, notably the Chazon lsh ?":O:l. Many of his thought-provoking pieces have been featured in respected journals in Israel. Mr. Schonfeld's article, which follows, is based on his analysis of the writings and remarks of the founders and leaders of Secular Zionism, and on the assessment of famed Torah authorities with whom he was close. While there are undoubtedly those who will take exception to some of the nuances of Mr. Schonfeld's piece, we deem it a privilege to present his views on a public forum.

INSTEAD OF REGISTERING SURPRISE at each cr1s1s Ill examine secular Zionism as the common source. Al­ religious life in the Holy Land:-"Who would have though it n1ay be moribund as an ideal, secular Zionism imagined that such things could possibly happen in a still represents the roots of the State, and as such should Jewish state!"-it would be much more prudent to offer a fruitful field for analysis.

6 The Jewish Obs~rver / October, 1972 Studying the backgrounds and motivations of the underlying philosophy, his own writings as well as his visionaries and founding fathers of political Zionism personal life betrayed a very deep alienation from will show beyond question that the lyrical "To be a Judaism, and rtveal root-causes for many individual free nation in our own land" (from "Hatikva") means crises in Israel today-especially those that grow from to be free of Torah and mitzvos. It is a soroid study negative attitudes toward rabbinical authority, toward and an unpleasant one, but it is far better to abandon protective barriers against assimilation and inter­ illusions sooner than to suffer the jolt of cruel awaken­ marriage, and toward the integrity of the Jewish People ings at a later time. and its religious heritage. Prophetic Wisdom To quote Dr. Herzl in Der Judenstaat: "The clergy shall rule over us? Never! We will lock them up in their THE GAON, REB CHAIM SOLOVEITCHIK ':>''~! of Brisk synagogues as one confines an army to its barracks. (1853-1918) demonstrated that the "wise man per­ We will certainly not allow them to interfere in affairs ceives more clearly than the prophet," when he offered of state." his definitive evaluation of Zionism. Zionism demands a Jewish state, said Reb Chaim, not because it cares for a Jewish state for its apparent value, but only be­ "If our state were in existence cause it vielvs the r!xistence of a Jewish state as the 1nost practical med~s to its real end: revoking the no citizen could be prevented Covenant of Sinai and converting a holy nation into a from marrying a Gentile. Upon secular one. As such, Zionism represents the collective marriage, she would become a yeitzer hara of the Jewish Nation. 'Jewess,' regardless of her re­ Our Sages said: "Why was Sinai called by that name? Because of the Torah that was given on its slopes, ligion." sinah-hatred and anti-Semitism--descended into the -Theodore Herzl world." Secular Zionism is in full agreement with this (from MEMOIRS OF NORDAU) diagnosis of our suffering, and as a result offered its own solution to the Jewish Problem: remove the initial When his friend and colleague in the Zionist Move­ cause of anti-Semitism, renounce the unique Torah­ ment Dr. Max Nordan married a Gentile woman, Herzl observance which so arouses the passionate hatred of was most encouraging (from _The Memoirs of Nordau, the Gentiles; create a state just like every other-a p. 108): "Your fears concerning the reaction of the secular state; this would solve the Jewish Problem with fanatics to your mixed marriage are perhaps exag­ finality-by eliminating it! gerated. I don't believe that any sensible preson can Thus Theodore Herzl's suggestion of Uganda as a reprove you on this score. Ideally, we would already be possible location for the Jewish State is not an anomaly. citizens of the Jewish State, which it is our supreme And those Zionists of Eastern Europe who disagreed purpose in life to bring into being. If our state were and held out for Palestine, did so for pragmatic reasons already in existence, surely no one of its citizens could only. They knew well that the Jewish masses were not be prevented from marrying a foreign Gentile. Upon so bewitched by the nationalistic ideal that they could marriage she would become a 'Jewess' (i.e. a citizcn­ be attracted to a synthetic African "homeland." They by-marriage of the Jewish State) regardless of her had to bank on the ancient and deeply-rooted longing religion. If she subsequently would have children, they for Eretz Yisroel, which could be harnessed to a Pales­ too would be 'Jews' as a matter of course. tine-based nationalism with bonds of love. It was on the matter of location alone that his colleagues differed "Incidentally, you can always say that you are fol­ with Herzl; otherwise they identified completely with his lowing in illustrious footsteps; if I am not inistaken, concept of the "new" Jewish nation. Moses himself married a Midianite woman.'' Dr. Herzl argued that it was necessary to establish a Jewish state for those Jews who could not or would "The clergy? . .. we will not assimilate-mainly the Jews of Eastern Europe. certainly not allow them For the Jews of Western Europe, he had a different to inter!ere in affairs of solution to offer: wholesale conversions. From his diary: state." DER JUDENSTAAT "I wanted to solve the Jewish question, in Austria at least, with the help of the Catholic Church. I wanted to Dr. Herzl: A Founding Father assure myself first of all of the help of the princes of in Word and Action the church, and through them to obtain an audience WHILE ONE MAY SHRUG OFF Dr. Herzl's Uganda sug­ with the Pope, to say to him as follows: Defend us gestion as a chance proposal, not related to any against the anti-Semites, and I will found a strong

The /elvish Observer / October, 1972 7 The Absorption Minister and his appointees are orthodox ltfarxists, who consider religion the "opiate of the masses." They would no sooner meet the religious needs of the olim than supply addicts with hashish.

movement of Jews converting to Christianity, proudly presence of the writer of these lines) to bemoan the and of their own free will. The leaders of the move­ "Law of Work and Rest," which violated the very ment, myself in particular, will remain Jewish, and it essence of the Shabbos day. The Chazon Ish answered will be as Jews that we will advise and recommend him, "I am surprised at your complaints. I had per­ willing acceptance of the dominant faith. The mass sonally thought that the lawmakers of a secular state conversion will take place at high noon of a Sunday would go so far as to force religious Jews to open their amid the pomp. of a ceremonial parade and the ringing stores and to report to the factories on Shabbos and of the church bells of St. Stephen's-not furtively and Yom-Tov! And you are disappointed with the present with humiliation as Jews have converted until today, law?" but standing tall and proud! All this on condition that The Chazon Ish went on to say, "A few days ago the leaders will remain as Jews; accompanying the the Rav of Petach Tikvah came to see me, pouring out people to the threshold of the church, they themselves his bitterness over the women's rights clause in the will remain outside; this will add stature to the pro­ Law of Inheritance that the government wants the ceedings, which will acquire the aura of a great revela­ Rabbinical Courts to administer. I said to him, 'Do yon tion. We strong ones will be a transition generation. We really think that the State of Israel would maintain ourselves will remain within our faith, hut we will Rabbinical Courts at its own expense, and grant them convert our small children to Christianity before they jurisdiction, so they should render judgment on the reach an age to decide these things for themselves." basis of halacha? Why, that is a contradiction in terms! Dr. Herzl had an only son named Hans, whom he They will mount ever-growing pressures on the rabbis wished to spare the burden of belonging to the Jewish to compell them to deviate from the ha/acha and to nation. He therefore refused to allow the child to be open grave breaches in the wall of Torah observance.' " circumcized-entered into the bris of A vrohom Avinu. Our sainted teacher offered a prophecy and he knew Towards the end of his life, Hans Herzl converted to whereof he prophesied. Christianity. Jacob Wiinschel, a leader of Herut, tells us in his biography of the younger Herzl ( p. 45) : And indeed, several months ago in an interview with a French journalist, Prime Minister Golda Meir was "When Hans was born, his father would not circum­ asked her opinion of the current religious strife in Israel. cize him, for reasons of his own. At that time, Herzl She said, "Six hours after we achieve peace with our himself did not yet see a way out of the Jewish dilemma. neighbors, the current strife will come to an end." Her He feared that some Jews would have to accept Ca­ intentions are obvious. With the advent of peace, the tholicism, others . . . Socialism. . . . He himself saw existence of the State will no longer be dependent on abandoning Judaism as incompatible with human dig­ funds from abroad, nor will it require any longer the nity. But he did not care to solve the problem in moral and political support of Jews from around the advance for his son." world; so the secularist government will be free to In this un-retouched word portrait of the founder carry out its designs on religion without interference. of Zionism and the circumstances in which Zionism was born, one can discover the roots of everything "Klitah" Problems taking place today--especially the antipathy for the THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY surrounding the Absorp­ Rabbonim as bearers of ha/acha and tradition, as op­ tion Ministry's announced intention of assigning posed to the official tolerance toward n1ixed marriages Russian olim to irreligious Kibbutzim does have its and missionary activities. apologists. They see this policy as simply another un­ fortunate manifestation of an insensitive bureaucracy Secular Pressures: No Surprises at work. This approach is both shallow and naive. The THE CHAZON !SH, OF BLESSED MEMORY, often expressed Minister and his appointees are members of Mapam, a harshly condemnatory assessment of secular Zionist orthodox Marxists, who consider religion "the opiate of leadership. Meir David Lewenstein, Agudah Member of the masses." They would not allow the Georgian immi­ the first Knesset, visited the Chazon Ish (in the grants to settle together in order to preserve their time-

8 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 honored way of life, or provide them with shuls, mik­ of anti-religious decrees. However, I am fearful of the vaos, and schooling facilities any more than they would sweetness of the Medina becoming attractive to the think of supplying addicts with hashish and pipes for faithful Jew .... Evil decrees are ultimately abolished, smoking. but the lure of false Messiahs has wrought frightful Just as one disperses drug addicts to wean them away havoc in the vineyards of Israel." from narcotics, so does the Mapam Minister see it as And the Chas am Sofer said, "It is written: A song his duty to scatter the Georgian immigrants within a of Asaf, Nations have invaded your lands (Tehil/im secular environment and to do his best to dissociate 79: 1). Why does the Psalmist introduce this as a song? them from the tradition of their fathers. It is only dis­ Surely this would be the occasion for a dirge! But we cretion and a fear of public opinion-especially from sing because it was the nations who entered Jerusalem outside Israel-that prevent the Minister from stating and reduced it to rubble, and not Jews. Had the Jews, his views openly, and force him to tread with care G-d forbid, destroyed the Bais Hamikdosh, then a dirge and work with circumspection. would indeed be appropriate ...." We do not share his need to be circumspect. Before When Arab workers accidentally drilled four small us we behold a tribe unique in that its every member, holes in the Kosel, the press erupted in condemnation without exception, is Torah-observant! And here, in and the government immediately set up a Board of Israel, this group has been threatened with the fate of Inquiry. Yet when the rulers and legislators uproot the Yemenite, Moroccan, Iraqi, Libyan, and Cochin entire passages from the Torah, which is beyond ques­ tribes which preceded it-the fate of spiritual extinc­ tion more ancient than the Kosel and beyond measure tion. This is meant to be yet another conqncst in the holier, there are even "frum" Jews who do not inter­ triumphal march of Secular Zionism, which proclaims rupt their daily routine. They make peace with the that here, at the shores of Israel, one casts off at 1ast reality of the State and even complete the Halle! every and throws into the sea the burden of being Jewish­ Fifth of Iyar in its praise .... the Yiddishkeit which was preserved with such sublime self-sacrifice in the dark and far-flung gala. When forced to face the implications of the k/itah policies and the de-Judaizing of the Georgian olim, Co-existence-a Destructive Delusion these well-meaning religious Jews found it impossible to fully digest the situation. Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz gave IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, co-existence of holiness and voice to harsh truths in a Knesset speech when he said: profanity is a myth. As the Chazon Ish said to Ben­ "If it is inevitable that Jews of Georgia must desecrate Gurion: If a loaded wagon and an empty one would the Shabbos in Israel, it would be better for them come to a narrow alley where both cannot pass at the rather to continue to sanctify G-d's name in the Russian same time, which must stand aside? Surely the empty go/a (than to come to Israel at all)." The indignant one must allow the loaded one to take precedence. By challenges to this statement even came from religious the same token, the passage is too narrow for a wagon Jews. They had overlooked the basic tenet that "he loaded with Torah and mitzvos to allow the empty who causes another to sin is more guilty than if he wagon of secularism to pass at its side . ... Secular­ would kill him." The oversight is tragic but inevitable, ism's tolerance for religion is not genuine; and for the since their way of thinking and their we/tanschauung is forces of religion to be tolerant of the secular is to nourished more by Maariv and Yediot Achronot than be self-deceptive to the point of self-annihilation. (lehavdil) by the words of the holy sages. In their confusion, the Religious Nationalists (Maf­ "/ am not afraid of evil decrees, ... dal) and other nationalistic religious groups said that Rabbi Lorincz's impassioned cry would refute the [which are] ultimately abolished, well-known fact that the mitzvah of Yishuv ha'Aretz but the lure of false Messiahs has (settling the Land) is equivalent to all the other mitzvos of the Torah put together. In other words, they found wrought frightful havoc in the vine­ it preferable to desecrate the Shabbos inside Eretz yards of Israel." Yisroel. Yet less than 100 years ago, the gaonim the The Chazon Ish Netziv and Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever of blessed memory, leaders of the Chovevei Tzion movement (which the Mizrachi claims as its forerunner) directed Secularizing the Georgian Jews is just the opening their representative Dr. Pinsker to take any appropriate shot in a renewed campaign against Torah observance, action against the members of Bilu who had settled in and we would be wise to be better prepared for it; for Gedera, because the word had gone out that they were many of the skirmishes will not be of such an obvious careless in observance of the mitzvos. " ... to purify the nature. The sainted Chazon Ish said, "I am not afraid Land of these destructive elements, even at the cost of

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 9 several thousand francs to enable them to leave the Moshe Spero Land, and in their place to settle there religious people from Yerushalaim who are interested in farming" (from To/dot Chibat Tzion, by S. L. Citrin). Dr. Pinsker wrote back: "We certainly must ascer­ tain that the colonists do not willfully break the laws of the Torah. It goes without saying that those in Wisdom-as the Eretz Yisroel who are supported by their fellow Jews in the go/a must be shomrei mitzvos, and that the irre­ ligious are not entitled to such support." What a great distance we have traveled since then! Cock Crows Even the secularist Dr. Pinsker understood that the non-observant are disqualified from being builders of the Land. Yet today, religious Jews believe that when faced with the choice between aliya to Bretz Yisroel "Blessed ... Who gave the rooster the knowledge or observance of Torah, aliya takes precedence! to distinguish between Day and Night." Indeed it wa~ this lamentable confusion of mind that from ~forning Blessings provoked Rabb'i Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (the Brisker Rav) '"lT to dissolve into tears during Yomim Noraim at the phrase: 1'1~ l11Y1 mi~., " ... to probe our atti­ tucles in judgment." He explained that Hashem judges us not only for what we do but also for what we think and believe. "Who can be certain of emerging safely from the Day of Judgment," he would say, "when our IT MUST SEEM strange that we begin our morning minds are constantly being infiltrated by the perverted blessings by focusing our attention on the wonders of ideologies of the outside world, so opposite in every the rooster's discriminatory powers. The cock's crow way to the principles of faith?" may be the natural time piece in rural surroundings, but it has ostensibly little bearing on the automated Redemption from Ideological "Goins" life of modern man. Moreover: to a Jew, what purpose is there, besides simply extolling G-d for another of KABA LAH TEACHES us that the go/us of the intellect exists His great wonders, in the specific praise of the intelli­ in tandem with the go/us of the Shechinah. Self redemp­ gence of a fowl? tion from false and misleading ideologies must precede the redemption of the Shechinah. This is one of the The first step, obviously, is to understand the par­ most difficult tasks facing the Jew who aspires tc ticular substance that we single out for praise: Indeed holiness. what is meant by "clay and night?" What is this gift The Baal Haturim tells us that the word pedus (re­ of binah that enables the rooster to differentiate between demption) appears three times in the Torah. Chassidic the hours of light and darkness? And, indeed, what literature links the three peduyos to three states of are the implications of this act of differentiation? go/us. Many commentaries view the bracha as a symbolic 1~l7 1'~1 '~Y 1'~ n11n 'l1~lV1 "I shall place redemption reference to the heart as the seat of emotional discre­ between My people and your people" (Shemos 8: 19 )­ tion. At the dawning of each new day, man expresses this refers to the dispersion of the Jews among the his gratitude to Him who endows him with the ability Gentiles. to think-and more, to feel-the differences between i~y? n.,lV 1111~ "A redemption dispatched to His dark and light-good and evil. people" (Tehillim 111 :9), hints of the go/us of Jews among Jews. 1111~ i~y c~im "And a bounty of redemption with Light of Judaism ... Torah ... and Moshiach Him" (Tehillim 130:9)-this is for the estrangement of a person from his own ideal self. Because this last is the most perfidious go/us of all, ONE CAN DISCERN an even more profound sym­ . the pasuk speaks of this redemption as a strong one bolism in this bracha ... Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (bountiful). Only when we are indeed free men-free once commented that darkness symbolizes the error of all foreign influences swimming against-not with­ and evil in the other nations of the world, while light the tide, can we withstand the militant secularism with which we are confronted. C MOSHE SPERO studies in the Bais Ha1nidrash of the Telshe Ye­ Translation from the Hebrew by Miriam Margoshes. shiva of Wickliffe, Ohio.

to The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 represents the Jewish People. "When the darkness of up for Minyan this morning, so you c,an save your error still enveloped the nations, the Jewish People strength for learning and other more worthwhile pur­ had already been sent forth as the wakeners of dawn." suits. The joke is too frequently on us. For how many, We therefore bless G-d for His participation in human at the time of decision, know how to choose one value events-that is, His shedding light, or guidance, on the over the other? history of man through His Torah ("Torah is Light") and His People. Instinctive Discrimination This illumination is diffused by the Jewish people at all times. Whether it is the Jew as a doctor, an inventor or a Talmudic sage, his Judaism is the factor Tms LEADS TO THE explanation of the specific ex­ that guides man as he gropes his way through the ample of the rooster. The rooster does not actually amorphous grimness of this world. Even when the Jew "know" day from night. He acts on instinct. He has an does not play the active role, but is forced to be the internal biological clock that enables him, without the victim in some despotic plot against his life, his mere slightest intention or plan, to announce the new day. existence, his stamina, his faith, and even his death The fact that it is a particularly cloudy day, or that the al pi kidush Hashem floods the world with the light of spring sun rises earlier from day to day, does not G-d. confuse his system. He instinctively goes about his act of differentiation. This is the point to which the bracha Finally, this light is the sunburst of Moshiach, which cans our attention. -like a beacon in the dark-will cut a path to G-d for the righteous to follow. In Moshiach's era the Man, as an outgrowth of his intelligence, possesses Torah will be recognized as the sole and all-enveloping the capacity to rationalize where necessary or con­ light in the Universe. venient. He can justify any evil and forfeit any good. (If he thinks he cannot manage such a task on his own, For the light of Judaism in its various forms, and the yeitzer hara offers its services-gratis.) Therefore, our ability to recognize it, we express our gratitude a man cannot afford to trust his own conscious intelli­ every morning. gence alone. He must develop an instinctive and inherent system-an automatic ability-to be able to repulse evil and pursue good. Only in this way can Dark Days, Bright Nights man be secure in his life. Through a sound Torah foundation, he slowly programs himself with Torah values. This becomes an instinctive reflex, and slowly THERE Is AN ADDITIONAL facet to the previous ex­ becomes a permanent feature of his personality. planation--dark and light as symbols of good and evil -that leads to a fascinating insight into the ideal The Midrash (Bereishis Rabba 34) says: "The wick­ Jewish personality. To be sure, man attempts to fight ed are under the power of their hearts; and as for the sin and perform acts of goodness. So we thank G-d for righteous their hearts are under their control." having given us the power to distinguish between good This is a further example of man's blindness to the and evil. But at this point a major problem is en­ demarcations between good and evil, and proof to our countered. The exact point of change from night to day theory. The more involved one becomes in evil, the is a precise one and of extremely short duration. There less sensitive he becomes to it, and his obsessive passion arc clear nights and cloudy, overcast days. There are leads him from one vice to another. The heart is the dusk and dawn, which are each confusing mixtures of playground of destructive impulses and desires. If daylight and darkness. So, too, the exact definition of unguarded, it is seduced by the wily charms and pre­ what constitutes good and bad is not always clear. tenses of evil. The rasha, without defenses established Many times the greatest evil is sweetly scented with through Torah, is void of protection and cannot over­ good and the most meritorious good is laced with evil. rule his heart. Instead it rules him. On the other hand, How many people, in calculated calm, commit crimes the tzadik, having developed this potent subconscious for the sake of some ultimate good? In due time, they defense mechanism, can withstand the repeated attacks completely exchange good for evil-and evil for good, of his natural inclinations. He, the conquerer of his as well. desires, rules his heart. Indeed, "Woe unto him who The "!rummer yeitzer hora'' ("righteous" evil incli­ does not know the difference between good and evil" nation)-that master of trickery-is also part of the (Sanhedrin 103a)-one who cannot immediately and problem. With the proper excuse, it can produce foul instinctively differentiate between the two values. It is play from the most innocent at heart. There is, of for this ability that we give thanks to our Creaor and course, one of its better known lines (especially force­ offer praises about the wonders of the rooster and his ful during the Yeshiva years): Don't bother getting instinctive gift of discriminatory powers. 0

The Jewish Ohserver / October, 1972 11 with a lower level of Hebrew literacy, has generated the translation of classic sa"cred literature into graceful The English, as well as the creation of original works in English .. The Jew is not fazed by the rapid changes of our times. One of the most profound marks of our era is that Steadfast constant migration has virtually become a way of life in the United States, and involves the Orthodox Jew as well. It is not within the thesis of this article to judge Jew ... whether or not such movement is inherently harmful or religiously deplorable. Enough comment has been forthcoming about an age when one has breakfast in London, lunch in New York, dinner in San Francisco, and luggage in Tokyo. Super highways are thought to be reflections of our mobile society in the sense that they are fast, lonely, and anonymous. Rather it is my intention to examine the phenomenon in the specific context in which it exists, and its implications for the observant Jew. Although moving from community to community within a city does involve problems, the move is usually discretionary, and in search for some type of "better­ ment." The individual is usually aware of what he will be encountering, and the trauma is not so intense. Inter-city migration, by contrast, is often arbitrary and the problems are much more severe, and its wby's and wherefore's require examination.

Job Placement . The Orthodox Jew has kept pace with the growing sophistication of industry, and working for multi-loca­ tion corporations makes periodic movement inevitable for him. Some areas of the economy-such as aero­ space, computer technology, and other research orient­ ed industries-have been especially vulnerable to mark­ ket fluctuations and employees without seniority are often forced to seek employment in less affected areas. Even professors move in search of promotions, tenure, prestige, and greater monetary rewards .

. . . and Enhancement Flying is not uncommon for out-of-town business appointments and trade fairs; while academicians, col­ by Lionel S. Reiss. laborating on joint research projects or participating in scholarship-oriented conventions, find themselves at The Jew's resiliency has enabled bim to meet a host isolated vacation spots or campus retreats fifty miles of challenges in today's rapidly changing society, with from nowhere. his arsenal of ingenuity, adaptability, and stubborn­ Nor is distance still considered a barrier to sharing ness . ... Need for a secular education, as a requisite a simcha or a personal tragedy with friends and rela­ for earning a livelihood, brought about the Jewish day tives. Thus even the insulated Jew often participates in school movement .... Our utter dependence upon pre­ Jet Age mobility. pared foods and the proliferation of products con­ taining diverse ingredients and additives has resulted in wide-scale kashrus supervision through such agencies by Philip E Meyer as the (ij), . . . High level intellectual interest, coupled

12 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 The Involuntary Move • Military service does not allow for asking questions ••• lll the regarding religious conditions or looking for ideal answers. Neither, for that matter, does modern hospi­ talization-with its prestigious medical centers, re­ nowned clinics and specialists-each in its own far-flung Mobile Society locale. Patients and their immediate families often cannot afford the luxury of comparison-shopping for convenience, and find themselves "assigned" to un­ expected places. And then, new categories of "unforseen circum­ stances," ranging from grounded airliners to disabled automobiles stranded in the most unexpected places, usher in an entire galaxy of predicaments for which preventative planning is precluded.

The Jewish Move Although the general populace has taken mobility in its stride-along with airline shuttles, across-the­ counter car rentals, computerized hotel reservations­ the traveling Jew must also consider kashrus, Shabbos, worship facilities, and more-both on the transient level and the permanent. stranded traveler who finds himself in an unfamiliar Consider first the question of selecting a city and a community. - Contemplate a lame automobile on a specific neighborhood in which to locate one's family strange expressway on a late Friday afternoon-is there and in which to reside. What about the Orthodox a nearby Jewish community? Where is prepared kosher synagogues, their respective religious orientations, spi­ food to be obtained-a restaurant, a delicatessen, a ritual leadership, adult education classes and member­ Hillel house, a hospitable family, a Jewish Community ship profile? Is there availability of supervised kosher Center, a kosher bakery? Where is the synagogue with products; the presence of reliable local or regional daily services, and at what times are the services con­ kashrus supervision; access to baked goods, glatt kosher ducted? And the Shabbos problems-obtaining an in­ meat and poultry, Cholov Yisroel; and Sabbath obser­ vitation to a Shabbos table, locating a geographically vant ownership of local food outlets? Another important convenient hotel, identifying a synagogue with an ap­ area is Jewish educational facilities - Jewish day propriate mechitza. . .. Enroute, one would want to school(s): administrative leadership, teacher quality, know which airlines provide kosher food upon request religious orientation and number of grades, the exist­ and which hotels can provide kosher airline meals, ence of coeducational classes, kindergarten and nursery which ocean cruises provide meals, what are the reliable programs and organized summer activity. Other con­ restaurants and synagogues in vacation communities siderations include the presence of a mikvah, chevra and in foreign countries? kadisha, and a Jewish hospital, as well as a religiously compatible peer group, well-defined Jewish neighbor­ And consider the uncertainty of attending an out-of­ hoods, and the possibility of any anti-Semitism. town celebration-regarding the kashrus of an unknown These are the hard core criteria that are utilized by catering establishment. observant Jews who seek to relocate in a new com­ These questions are real. They are encountered by munity. Answers to these questions are as vital to the persons with long histories of observance, and to a decision-making process as the social and economic greater degree because of lack of contacts, by the more motivations for such transitions. Reliable information is recently enlightened. To the extent that a dynamic sought, but well-defined sources of such information do society poses new challenges and opportunities, all in­ not currently exist other than by word of mouth, to dividuals are continually confronted by new and novel which many seeking persons have virtually no access. situations. Change invites its participants to err, un­ knowingly and innocently. In an environment where Transient Problems

The same problems of worship and food have differ­ DR. ~1EYER is a professor of accounting in Boston University. ent ramifications for the business man, professional, or This is his first appearance in THE JEWISH OBSERVER.

The Jewish Obserl'er / October, 1972 13 As travel has expanded, so must we refine, expand, and implement workable methods of Hachnosas Orchim.

. travel is a national pastime and faraway places are solutions through various media-travellers' aid society, "where the action is," all are effected. welcome wagon, automobile clubs, and toll-free tele­ phone hot lines-so must we. As a case in point, the inspiration for this very paper resulted from this author's own quests for information As a start, the following two-dimensional course of in recent years. Only through chance and indirect action is suggested. Through the combined human re­ contacts was he only sometimes able to determine, for sources, contacts, and membership of the major Or­ example, 1) which Big Ten university campuses offered thodox organizations, let there be launched an initial kosher eating facilities, 2) how to live Jewishly for effort to gather basic critical data. And why shouldn't three weeks in the business district of a large Mid­ an organization such as Agudath Israel of America be western metropolis, 3) where to seek Sabbath hospi­ at the forefront of this fact-finding endeavor? The said tality when part1cipating in a professional development data would be published in an annual directory com­ course at a picturesque New England campus, 4) parable to, and with the wide distribution of, the Kosher characteristics of Jewish life in a good-sized upstate Products and Services Directory of the existing @ New York community, 5) availability of kosher food program. during a possible Puerto Rico stay and 6) availability The second phase of the program would involve es­ of kosher meat or baked goods while participating in a tablishing an information center. Such a facility would professional meeting at a college campus in the South. have on its staff personnel who would respond to re­ A cynical reaction to such quests for information quests for information. Queries, not of a pressing might be to question the author's apparent creation of nature, would be handled by mail; inquiries requiring the cited problem-laden situations. Such a response, immediate attention would be expedited by use of a however, is naive at best. Consider that every com­ toll-free telephone system. Critical to the effectiveness munity in the United States with 7,500 Jewish residents of the project would be the cooperation of qualified now has a Hebrew Day School. It is obvious. then, persons scattered throughout the United States. Such that not every observant Jew is limited to the five individuals would serve as sources of information when boroughs of New York, supplemented by occasional compiling the annual directory, when specific inquiries ventures into the Catskill Mountains. cannot be resolved by the centralized personnel, and when there is a need to locate Shabbos hospitality in the respective communities. Formalize the Information Network The uniqueness of this proposal is that it is merely a The existing piecemeal approach to obtaining in­ forn1alized extension of an existing "system.'' By virtue formation might aptly be characterized by a concept in of being in contact with out-of-town relatives, friends the Talmud (Baba Basra 27b) "Your friend has a and associates, some observant Jews are already pro­ friend and your friend's friend has a friend." News grammed into intelligence networks. Yet, even such travels by word of mouth-most definitely an informal access is limited to passingly familiar geographic re­ communication system. A partial effort to create struc­ gions. Most Orthodox Jews, however, do not not cur­ ture is represented by the "Jewish Travel Guide," ,,;hich rently participate in the existing "give and take" be­ contains names and Jocations of synagogues and restaur­ cause ready access has eluded them. ants in various parts of the world. Its self-defined scope falls short of generating the information needs set In summary, we ask not for massive ingenuity nor forth above. for gargantuan fund raising. Rather, we seek to organize a Hachnosas Orchim system that is responsive to the It is our thesis that as travel has expanded, so must needs of mobile Orthodox Jews. That such mobility we refine, expand, and implement workable methods pervades our lives is increasingly apparent. That such of Hachnosas Orchin1-befriending and aiding guests­ mobility poses new challenges to the observance of in our homes, in our synagogues, and in our com­ ha/acha should he obvious to the vast number of our munities. The uninformed traveller, visitor, out-of­ people who are mobile. That befriending and assisting towner, in need of counsel and advice, requests neither persons merely in need of compact information con­ loans nor handouts-he seeks warmth, understanding, stitutes an act of Gemilas Chesed is self-evident That n1oral support, and, certainly, hard-core information. such a state of affairs demands a workable response is Just as society at large has responded with imaginative a challenge that now faces Orthodox Jewry. D

14 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 Horav Aaron Yoseif Baksh!, who was lovingly Chaim Shapiro referred to as "Reb Archik," served in no less than thirteen cities, from Stalingrad deep in Russia to Shavl in the heart of Lithuania. Yet he was known mainly as the "Lomzer Rav" the rav of my ho1nc town. Reh Archik When a delegation came to the town of Suvalk to invite him to serve as rabbi in Lomza, Reh Archik refused. He explained that he had a kolel of young men whom he was teaching and training for the rabbinate. Since Lomza already supported a large yeshiva, he would not impose on the community the further responsibility of supporting a kolel. When Hagaon Reb Yechiel Mordechai Gordon 7"l!, the Rosh Yeshiva in Lomza, heard this, he immediately make the trip to Reh Archik to personally plead with him to accept the rabbonus. Rather than compete with the Yeshiva, he insisted, the kolel would be an asset to the Yeshiva, as an inspiration and a direction for continuation. And knowing the people of Lomza, the Rosh Yeshiva assured the Rav, the community would certainly take care of both!

Arrival in Lomza The city's entire population lined the road leading to Lomza, awaiting the arrival of the new Rav. With much pomp he was taken to the Central Synagogue, where he delivered his maiden speech. With the voice of a roaring lion projecting his dynamic personality, expressing his mussar approach, he made a lasting impression on the entire community. It was assumed that the Rav was fatigued from his trip and the welcoming parade, and he was taken immediate to the spacious apartment the Kehilla had always reserved for the Rav. To everyone's surprise, the Rav insisted on visiting the Yeshiva first. Entering the Yeshiva, he glanced into the sefer a student was immersed in. It was open at Yore Dea Horav Aaron Yoseif Baksht

The Je1vish Observer ;- October, 1972 15 "Know What to Answer" criticizing constantly. However, should an outsider -a non-Jew or an irreligious Jew-criticize the klal, By nature he was a man of bounding enthusiasm he would tear him apart. Once an American diplomat -a basic ingredient for imparting mussar (Torah (the typical "ugly American") criticized his Kehilla ethics) .... Thus as a young lad in Volozhin, where he was recognized as a potential giant in Torah scholarship, he caught the eye of Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer (Reb Itzele Peterburgcr)-a disciple The "Ugly American" said his of Reb Yisroel Salanter, founder of the mussar piece, and the crowd bristled movement-and Reb Itzele introduced him to mussar. with offense. All eyes focused He eventually moved to Kelm where he became attached to Reb Simche Zisl Ziv, another disciple of on the "Rav," hoping for a Reb Yisroel Salanter. Reb Archik emerged as a giant rebuttal, yet fearing for the dig­ in Torah and mussar, the two unseparable banners nity of the visitors. which he carried with enthusiasm all his life. Reb Archik was a gifted orator. His Rebbes therefore assigned him the task of spreading the mussar movemei\t-not in the Yeshiva world, but in in his presence. Reb Archik, like a faithful shepherd, the streets, among ba'alei batim (laymen). He would rose in defense of his flock. debate maskilim and apikorsim with relish. His favorite While non-Jewish orphans would run the streets argument that Torah is min hashamayim was from without supervision, often turning to a life of crime, Leviticus 11, where the two signs of Kashrus are the Jewish orphans in Lomza were cared for by named-chewing a cud and possessing split hooves. the "Chevra Hashgochas Yesomim." Two separate The Torah lists the three animals that chew a cud homes were maintained-one for boys and one for but do not have split hooves-the camel, the girls-where they would be kept until they reached rockbadger and the hare-and the one animal that 18, when they set out on their own with an education does have split hooves but does not chew the cud­ and a trade. Many of the boys would continue to the swine. The Talmud in Chulin 59 comments: "The study in the Yeshiva. Ruler of the world knows that there are no animals After the First World War, however, applications but these that possess only one of the two signs of to the orphans' homes tripled. There was no room, kashrus. nor was it within the capacity of the Chevra to take "Now," Reb Archik would exclaim, "in all these care of so many children. A call went out to America, years no one has ever found an animal to disprove those and as always, American Jewry responded quickly sentences in the Torah! Isn't that proof that Torah and generously. The Joint Distribution Committee is min hashamayim (written by G-d) !" sent sufficient funds and a new building with all To demonstrate the veracity of the Talmud he facilities went up. The poor children who had parents would quote his Rebbe, Reb Simche Zisl: "In Chulin would quip, "We are not lucky enough to be orphans." 127 the Talmud says: 'All animals found on earth A delegation from the Joint, accompanied by a have a counterpart in the sea, except the hulda (cat).' representative of the American Embassy in Warsaw, Now listen carefully," he would exclaim, "how the ·Came to Lomza to dedicate the new building. In the Chazal opened themselves to disproof. If they would ;presence of Polish Government delegates and the say 'including the cat' and we never found a cat in City Hall officials, the American diplomat delivered the sea, that would never prove them wrong. Did a speech criticizing the Jewish Community for anyone ever check all the seas of the world for a cat? constantly extending its hands to America. However when the Chazal dared state 'except the cat'­ Wrapped in diplomatic fine-talk he demanded that if one would ever find a cat in the sea, even a the community try harder to muster together its own thousand years later, he would have proven the resources without begging from America! Chazal false!" My uncle, Reb Yechiel Kamchi, who was one of (This last statement became especially clear to the trustees of the Chevra used to tell how shocked me while visiting the aquarium in Eilat. There one everyone was-hut who could dare talk up against an can see a variety of ocean-animals which are found in American diplomat? And how could one reply to the Red Sea. I was impressed by the "sea-lion" and him without insulting the Joint delegation? They were others-but no cat!) charitable Jews who furnished the necessary funds, and were certainly not responsible for the tactless "Ahavas Yisroel-Kovod Yisroel" speech of their Embassy official. All eyes turned to the In his speeches he would make great demands on Rav. One could see from his face that a storm was his community, raising the Jew to higher levels, brewing within him. The Rav began his speech

16 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 calmly, telling of the various charity activities in the items that had been deposited for collateral. One Jewish community of Lomza. "When it comes to night thieves broke in and st6le most of ihe valuables. charity, the Jews are second to none. And when the People knew all the thieves in town, so the suspects Chevra finally did turn to America for help, it was were recognized. However no charges could be because of the war, and the poverty it brought to made, for there were no clues. The Rav announced the people." He then quoted a Mid rash, which three warnings, promising no prosecution: he asked tells of a woman who came before King Solomon to sue for a return of the items or he would proclaim a G~d Himself! She complained that she was a poor cheirem (banishing the guilty parties from the Jewish widow and that she had been collecting grain in the community), because many poor people and widows field-as she was entitled by law-when a fierce lost their last small treasures and the Chevra was storm-wind blew away all the grain she had collected, ruined, unable to pay for the damages and unable and she and her little children were forced to hunger to continue in its charitable activities. With no the entire night. The King summoned the wealthiest results, the date of the cheirem was set. The community merchant in Jerusalem, asking him how his business gathered in the largest shul, black candles were lit, was faring. and the Rav opened the Aran Hakodesh, proclaiming "Excellent," replied the merchant. His ships were in the name "of the Holy one, in the name of the at sea, and a strong wind brought them to port Torah." Then a list of curses followed that made three days ahead of schedule. So he hit the high everyone shudder with fear. ... market and made a killing. "Pay the poor widow," Before the year was over, two known thieves ordered the King, "for the same storm that made became ill. Not only did the physicians fail to prescribe you rich made her hungry." a cure, they could not even diagnose the ailment, "Gentlemen," concluded the Rav, his eyes piercing so strange were the symptoms; and the two died in a the diplomat, "the very same war that orphaned matter of days! That must have been the last cheirem these children made America rich! And it is no in all of Poland. more than right that you pay the bill!" Lodz and Shavl The Wisdom of Solomon Reb Archik eventually left Lomza. At first it Two women once came to Reh Archik with a seemed that he would go to Lodz, the second largest din Torah. They were neighbors who shared a city in Poland, and without a Rav for years. A former clothesline and now each claimed an entire wash as Rav of Lomza, Reh Ely Chaim Maize!, had once her own. Reh Archik told them to leave the laundry been Rav in Lodz and had brought order to the city. with him and he would announce his psak (verdict) Again Lodz looked to Lomza, and invited Reh Archik. the following morning. After the women left, he However, there were two stumbling blocks to over­ took some of his own clothing and mixed it with the come. First, how could a Chassidic city like Lodz bundle they had left. The next day he called in accept a mussar exponent like Reh Archik? In one of the women and she immediately picked out addition, would they support his kolel? her laundry, separating Reh Archik's from it, stating, Two members of the kolel, my uncle Rabbi Hirsh "These are not mine." Y. Margolis and, yibodel lechaim, Rabbi J. H. When the other woman's turn came, she looked Feldman (formerly of Baltimore, presently in over the laundry and stated with a conviction that Jerusalem) went to Lodz to surmount these difficulties. betrayed her dishonesty: "The entire laundry is mine!" Both were Chassidim and had spent many years in The city of Lomza was astir over the practical the Yeshiva of Lomza and in Reh Archik's kale/. wisdom of their Rav. They negotiated with Ger ( Gerer Chassidim were the most powerful faction in Lodz) and they almost succeeded in bringing their beloved Rebbe to Lodz. The Cheirem Then the Polish Authorities vetoed the move. This Among the many charity "chevras,, in Lomza was was at the height of Polish-Lithuanian animosity a Chevra Gemilas Chasodim Al Mashkonos-a free (see "Of Russia, Poland ... and the Jews," Jewish loan society on collateral. Thus many poor people Observer Nov. 71) and the Poles would not permit a would borrow before the market day and then Lithuanian Rabbi to become head of the second repay the day after, when they had made their largest city in Poland! (Although there were many profit-living from hand to mouth. Some would repay Lithuanian rabbis in Poland, they had won their in a month or six month or a year. The society's positions before Poland became independent.) building had a shul in front with a storage area in And so Reh Archik moved back to his native the rear-always full of jewelry and other valuable Lithuania and became Rav in Shavl.

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 17 Surprises: Flight ... meant, and he rushed to his mother to tell her the Rav's command. She unhesitatingly gathered her sons After World War II, I had thought that Reb Archik, and began the long march to safety. his activity, and his entire world were totally wiped out. Then I had several surprises. While waiting On foot for many miles, then by truck and train, for a train in the Paris Metro a lady approached me, under a constant shower of bombs, with people calling me by name. She was Reb Archik's danghter, falling to the left and the right they made it deep into . who miraculously came out alive from the Shavl Russia-all the while guarding the Rav's treasury, Ghetto. She recognized me, for my father would the manuscripts, with great mesiras nefesh and often take me along as a small boy on his frequent personal risk. In those dark days, with the absence visits to the Rav. She told me about her brothers­ of seforim, the boys would take out those pages and rabbis in London, one of whom eventually settled in study them. There was sh'eilos u'teshuvos (responsa), Jerusalem. commentaries and mussar shmuessen. Then came the surprise of Ely Galupkin. In Win­ sheim-Nurenberg, the Vaad Hatzala (the rescue arm ... and Return of American Orthodoxy) opened a Yeshiva for the Wen the war ended, the Galupkins returned to survivors of alLEuropean yeshivas. There I met a Shavl with the manuscripts, just as the Rav had Telshe Talmid, ·Ely Galupkin. Discovering that he is promised. But the country was empty of Jews-the a native of Shavl, I asked him about Reb Archik, Germans, with the active, enthusiastic help of the and indeed he had a story to tell. Lithuanians, had wiped out Lithuanian Jewry. Ely Reb Archik would learn with him and his brothers, 1ealized that Soviet Lithuania was no place for a for he had a deep love for bnei Torah and a craving ben Torah and he decided to escape illegally from for harbotzas-Hatorah-promoting Torah study. When the U.S.S.R. While he was ready to risk his own life-­ the Soviets occupied Lithuania and began to arrest for he would have to cross one border into Communist leading personalities, shipping them off to Siberia, Poland, another border into Soviet occupied Germany, the Rav was afraid of being arrested at any moment. and then on into the American Zone-he did not He therefore handed over to Ely a valise full of dare risk the manuscripts. Thus he left them with manuscripts, his seals, all kinds of documents, his mother. Ely made it across all those borders to plus thirteen ksav Rabbonus from the thirteen cities the Yeshiva in Windsheim, then on to the other he had served as Rav. He asked him to hide the valise Vaad Hatzala Yeshiva in Bailly, France, and finally so the Soviets would not take these papers. to the Telsher Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, where Then came the dreadful day of June 22, 1941- he is now a Rosh Yeshiva. the German attack on Russia. On the very first day, Throughout these years he tirelessly tried to get all cities along the border were bombed, including the manuscripts out of Vilna, but to no avail. First Shavl. Galupkin understood that the Russians had his mother, an elderly woman, had received their hands full with the war and they would not permission to emigrate to Israel years before the bother the Rav anymore, so he returned the valise mass emigration started, and she took the manuscripts to the Rav. Reb Archik took out some of the papers, along. The Soviet inspectors spotted them and returned the rest to Ely and told him to take them confiscated them. A shock wave passed through her and leave town immediately with his family, adding, old bones as she watched the Russian's hands rifle "I am batuach (I have faith) that you will take good the holy papers. Risking everything, she managed to care of this and that you will return Iesha/om." When slip them out from under his hands and hand them over Ely pointed out that his father was out of town and to her son who was waiting outside the plane. Later, there was no way of communicating with him, the the son tried to mail it page by page, first to Israel Rav stamped his feet on the floor and ordered: and then to the U.S., but they would always be "Get out! Get out of the city at once!" repeating his returned with a note from the Soviet inspectors, blessing: "I am batuach you will return Iesha/om." stating that sending out these materials was unlawful. With the valise under his arm, Ely went home to Finally the brother got his exit visa to Israel. Again inform his mother of the Rav's order. On the way the inspector discovered the manuscripts, but this a gnawing question dawned on him: What if the time there was no one to leave them with. For three Germans push the Russians out of Lithuania and march days Galupkin refused to board the plane without into Russia? Does the Rav's order mean even to the manuscripts. One can imagine the frustration, run into Russia? He turned around, under a hail of after waiting for five years for an exit permit; and German bombs in hope of clarifying the matter with now at the gates of freedom he refused to leave the Rav. He found the Rav's house totally empty. without these papers! Finally on the fourth day, he He decided that this was exactly what the Rav had managed to hand over all his cash-savings to an

18 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 inspector, and with the manuscripts in his possession, G-d grant Your powers of judgment to a King, Your he finally arrived in Israel! righteousness to a King's sori." * * * * * * How old was Reb Archik when he was tortured Kial Yisroe/ owes a debt to Rabbi Ely Galupkin and and finally murdered by the Lithuanians and Germans? his family for their mesiras nefesh; and now it Rabbi Galupkin has a most characteristic reply. is hoped that the children, talmidim and admirers of Reh Archik used to tell him that he adopted a Reb Archik will publish the manuscripts. This treasury minhag (custom) from his late mother. Every day belongs to Kial Yisroel, for it is the fruit of the she would recite the Chapter of Tehillim (Psalms) mind and heart of a Torah and mussar giant-the that corresponded to her age. The year Reb Archik kadosh and tzadik, Reb Aaron Yoseif Baksh!, was murdered he would say with deep emotion zechuso yogen aleinu! D every day Chapter 72: "On behalf of Solomon: 0

THE JEWISH VOTE -Getting Filled Up

"Good evening, Roy." packaged me wrong. Either way, I'm with Nixon-at "Hello there, Sam. What'll it be? least that part of me that's over 27, married, and in "The usual.'' business." "A Bloody Mary?" "Well, your college graduate part hasn't swung-" "Oh, no! Not anymore!" "My BA of PhD segment?" "Sorry. Forgot you stopped drinking Russian "-quite so radically away from your liberal lean­ Vodka." ings .... Or am I prying?" "My thirst should fatten the purses of those ransom­ "No, ifs all right. Everybody's been picking me apart takers? Never! lately." "Uh-huh." "I suppose it's nice having all those people care "And tomatoes picked and squeezed by non-union about you." hands-What kind of liberal would that make me?" "Nice?-Care about me? I wish they'd leave me "Uh-uh. So what'll it be?" alone! After Nixon wins, and he and Golda-I mean "Sabra-on-the-rocks.'' Pat-go on their vacation, believe me, I'm slipping out "That sweet Israeli liqueur?" of town pronto. They're examining my kids in school/ "Yep!-Say do you get many requests for it?" checking out my wife in the supermarket; they're comb­ "Well, after the Wednesday matinees it goes big. I ing my Hassidic enclaves for some esoteric peyos power; guess you want to see your people over there making they're rifling my stock-portfolio for Russian invest­ a living." ments, my correspondence for lobby-letters-even my "-And safe and protected from those blood-thirsty recreation schedule for Hurok Dance Festival tickets! Arabs-gimme another shot o'the stuff." I've been sliced vertically, horizontally, diagonally­ "So that means you're voting for Nixon, I suppose." examined from the fringes and conjectured inward, "63% of me. But that's down four points since from the core and projected outward." McGovern made his anti-Cairo state1nent last week." "Well, I suppose America always was an open "Oh?" pluralistic society." "That's the way Harris reads me. Of course, Yan­ "A re you kidding? Exposed maybe, but not open. kelovich saw me bigger on McGovern ever since Nixon Until ten_ years ago, if a Congressman was named vetoed the welfare package. My traditional liberal lean­ 'Mendel' or 'Rubin' he had to be a 'gay.'" ings took care of that." "But there have always been Jews in politics-haven't "I thought Gallup had you-" there?" "He did, he did. But the Newsweek exclusive said he "Sure, but they kept their Jewishness in the back-

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 19 CATERING TO THE JEWISH VOTE - TIME, Oct. 16, '72 ... If the Senate action was an in­ They are prominently represented in this year because they seem to feel trusion into Russian affairs, it was the press and academic professions, somewhat on the defensive .... also a remarkable display of the and they also contribute more All kinds of interests lobby and power of the Jewish vote in America. heavily to political campaigns. Their persuade.... But the process can­ ' ... Jewish organizations had worked power is enhanced this year because not be overloaded indefinitely with the corridors of Congress.... Those their vote is split ... the Jewish special demands; it just might break who hesitated received phone calls. voters may be even better mobilized down. Charles Percy ... was attacked on the issue by his Democratic oppon­ 'fn response to Senator McGovern's charge that the President does not care enough ent•... It was not a reassuring per­ about Israel, White House Gardener Saul Sternberg said today ..." formance from a body that feels it should have more say in foreign policy.... There is a q~stion . . . whether such help is best offered through clumsy economic blackmail or through more subtle means .... McGovern told a crowd in New York that he would ... commit U.S. troops to Israel-a pledge not even the most ardent Israel supporters have asked from the candidates. Jews constitute only 3% of the population, but they are strategically located in th,e big electoral states. They vote proportionally in greater numbers than any other ethnic group. ground. I mean, why anger the WASP electorate? I "Wrong! I mean 'right,' it's a democracy - but would disolve into the mainstream of American thought, 'wrong,' it's not good for the Jews." and point liberal, like a positive thinking, non-ethnic "How's that?" .compass." "See this article in Time magazine? Look-75 Sena­ "Come now, Sam. Some of my favorite politicians tors voted against granting favored-nation status ta are Jews." USSR as long as a price is placed on emigration rights "Mine too. But-say do you have any imported of Jews." Scotch? Yeh, with soda . ... As I was saying, nowadays "That's fair and square." I got this ethnic thing-the New Politics, ya know?" "Right! But wrong! It hurts American business inter­ "Uh-huh" ests, so Time says the Jew is getting too pushy." "-where you don't hide your private interests, but "Well now, I-" "I know, Roy. Some of your best friends are pushy. you push them, openly. You organize, and demonstrate, and flex your 1nuscles, and make the media scene-" But as a Jew I'm never right. If I vote too seldom I'm indifferent. If I vote too heavily, I push my weight "Confrontation politics?" around beyond justification of my number. If I stay "You hit it on the head, Roy. You must be reading in the background I've got a Polish Ghetto-complex. If I Commentary lately. discover New Politics, and my rabbi aspect takes sides, "Well, I do dabble a little in-" I'm too political. If I'm poor they root for me, but "So, like I mentioned-Rabbis run for office, yeshiva G-d forbid I should succeed!-So what's new?" boys man the hustings, I'm a somebody and I project­ "Well, I do have a new bracing whisky, just in from same as black power, labor muscle, business com­ Ireland." munity-and I'm visible, right?" "Yeh? Northern or Catholic? You know, I can't "I think it's right, Sam. This is a democracy." afford to take risks . ..." N. W.

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The Jewish Observer / October; 1972 21 Residents of Boro Park & Bensonhurst: Re-elect Congressman The HUGH L. CAREY Little TO CONGRESS ON NOVEMBER 7th Fellows Representing the 1Sth Congressional District a Story by Mendel Weinbach

A shofar's blast ... a still small voice ... the trem- bling of angels .. . THE SCALES MUST BE BALANCED! A whispered response: Alter the dimwit ... Dr. Isaacs . .. Old Man Haimson ...... the little fellows who somehow make a big difference. i ALTER .•• you'd hardly imagine one calling him a mashgiach. He never rose above the rank of scham­ mus to the schammus in the Williamsburg shtiebel where so many spent their evenings in limud haTorah. Cong. Ca1ey receiving recognifion from Agucfath lstael, 1967. None of a mashgiach's intellectual gifts had been bestowed upon this dimwitted caretaker-but no mash­ We need CAREY in Congress becouse: giach guarded his charges with more passionate dedi­ * Congressman Carey has fought for and obtained cation. Alter would not return to his rented room until Federal Aid to Yeshivos. the last masmid had departed and the shtiebel could be * He is co-sponsor of the Carey-Byrnes Tax Credit locked for the night. None of a mashgiach's moral and Bill, providing up to $200 Federal Tax Credit psychological strategies were at Alter's disposal-hut per pupil for parents of yeshiva students. he managed unparalleled efficiency in making his * Hugh Carey has protected the interests of the point. A chavrusa surrendering to the urge to steal a Jewish Community in Congress in areas such as few minutes of gab over the Gemora about the hard Shechita and Kashruth. day at the office suddenly found the lights above them * Congressman Carey has been an ardent sup­ extinguished ... and Alter mumbling something about porter and friend of Israel and has visited Israel. the shtiebel not providing precious electricity for * Hugh Carey fights for fair immigration laws and schmoosers. has been a spokesman for the rights of Jews DR. ISAACS ••• guess you'd call him a general prac­ behind the Iron Curtain. titioner who was a specialist in chessed. The Rosh Ha­ * Congressman Carey is a member of the import­ yeshiva wouldn't think of using another doctor. He ant House Ways and Means Committee and has helped obtain increased social security benefits knew how to appreciate such a patient, too, and showed and needed programs for our senior citizens. it by taking him into his office ahead of everyone else in the waiting room. One day he didn't. That was the Regardles of party affiliation or phi1osophy, time Motte], the kabtzon who always came around to we need you. the Yeshiva for handouts, arrived in the waiting-room Help keep Cong. Hugh Carey in Congress first. Dr. Isaacs invited him in and asked the Rosh to continue his work for our community. Yeshiva to wait his turn. When his turn finally came, HUGH CAREY LISTENS TO US one of the talmidim who had accompanied the Rosh AND CONGRESS LISTENS TO HUGH CAREY Yeshiva asked the doctor why he always passed over Citizens Committee for Re-election of RABBI WEINBACH a frequent contributor to these pages, lives in CONGRESSMAN HUGH CAREY Jer11Salen1, where he lvrites for several Anglo-Jewish publi­ 44 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y. cations.

22 The Jewish ObserVer I October; 1972 his wealthiest clients to favor his master and had re­ verted to the rules for lowly Mattel's sake. "If I let Motte! wait," explained Dr. Isaacs, "he is certain to think that the reason I am doing so is because I treat him free of charge, and don't feel that be deserves to come ahead of paying patients. No need to add pain to poverty, is there?'' OLD MAN HAIMSON ... hardly seemed like the hero type. But heroes and knaves are not limited to battle­ fields and stages. They can flourish in even the unlikely setting of a half-empty shul on Simchas Torah eve. This is a sbul in a dying section and a petty man has gained THE FIRST KOSHER DRIVE-INS IN AMERICA leadership of the few minyonim of Jews who bad not Char-broiled Burgers, French Fries, Franks, Farm yet moved away. Alto Horaisso had been sold, and its Fried Chicken, corn on cob. Fillet of fish & More. buyer gave the president the privilege of handing out the honors of saying the p"sukim which launch an @ Supervised • Glatt Kosher • Shomer Shabbos evening of Torah .:Celebration. The crowd was small 96 MAIN STREET, NEW ROCHELLE enough for everyone to get a possuk, but petty men will Boston Post Road - Just North of the Mall seek to settle scores at even such a moment of spiritual and elevation. Berel, the unfortunate family-less friendless SURF AVE. & W. 15th ST., CONEY ISLAND schlimazzel, rubbed the president the wrong way. So he was bypassed. The slight was not lost upon the small congregation, but who had time for demanding justice ti 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ?;! when the long-awaited hakofos were about to begin? Well, Old Man Haimson, who appeared to be the last § OHEL ~ man in the world to even be aware of what's going on, suddenly came up with a request that Atta Horaisso be ~ CHILDREN'S ~ sold a second time. What shul president would pass HOME up an opportunity to effortlessly gain a few more dollars ~ ~ for the congregation's depleted treasury? Old Man § The only Orthodox child , , ', ':-'/1, .. § := caring agency in the U.S .... 1 5>_ ~ . := Haimson won the bidding with a respectable sum and :: proudly announces the opening of its new ;: asked the president to honor Berel with the very first possuk. = GROUP HOME FOR TEENAGE BOYS -= ::- "For the young man who cannot live at honie - -:; ... Little fellows tipping the scale up there? : Ohel fa ready to help!" : Remember what Yossef told his father, Rebbi Ye­ :;: O Serving young men ages 14-21 D Small home-like ; hoshua hen Levi, about his vision of heaven as he : setting in a beautiful residential neiµ;hhorhood. D Pro- ;: =: viding a full line of comprehensive medieal, educational, :: momentarily stood on the threshhold of death: §_ psychological, psychiatric and other professional services. ;: "/ saw a topsy-turvy world. Those who are on top :;_ GENUINE TORAH ENVIRONMENT § in this world are lowly up there, while those on the _ Our Group Home is the latest addition to our growing _ :: list of services: 1) Group Residence for younger boys :: bottorn here are on top up there." :: 2) Foster Care Division 3) ~>ldoption Service. :: Little fellows? :;_ Ohel Childrens Home devotes itself to serving the entire =- It's all a question of perspective. Jewish Community through providing needed social services E' by dedic:1ted Torah professionals. :: § If you know of any child who needs any of our services § =- c•ll Ohel •+ (212) 851·6300._=-­ The children of Ohel are grateful to you for your help in the SCHECHTER & HIRSCH'S ::= past and look forward to your continued support. S :; BOARD OF DIRECTORS :; - All contributions are tax deductible. - =- OHEL CHILDREN'S HOME =- K:~:l/a7ill£11#H@L ~ 4905 16th Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y. 11204 ~ ENTIRE OCEANFRONT BLOCK- 31th ,, 31th St. MIAMI BEACH ;:; 11111111111 Ill 111111111111 Ill 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Ill 1111 r; ••• is a GREAT Kosher Hotel - you'll love it! ·• DIA-I. for Reservarions Speak to Bus. M'gr. MIAMI SAM SCHECHTER FREE PARKING Jfill- Yit%chok Braun BEACH 800 - 327- 8165 PR.lVATE POOL (212) 633-3381 AND c!!Ja&Ht FREE! Or Call N.Y. Off: Pl 7-4238 SANDY BEACH Evenings & Sunday FA 7-1742 Michael Harbater ®rrfrcstras (212) 327·5526

The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 23 ..... - FINAL CALL!

Agudath Israel members can second looks spend three exciting days at the at the jewish scene 50fh National Convention Strangers at N eilah: Thursday noon thru Sunday The Circus or the Sanctuary? November 23-26, 1972 (Thanksgi;ing weekend) Yomim Noraim are days of re­ misgivings with a shrug of superi­ newal of commitment to principles ority and contempt. When a stran­ at the and practices as old as the world ger enters your shul (or mine) for a itself. It is always jarring, then, to Bar Mitzvah celebration, does he Sheraton - Deauville Hotel read of innovative services prepared find himself experiencing a solemn Atlantic City, N. J. expressly for High Holy Days. An initiation into adult responsibility­ item in the New York Times on or watching a circus from a ringside The 50th National Convention September 13 was typical in its seat, or from one of the rings? Is he of Agudath Israel of America report of Rosh Hashona services overwhelmed with awe or under­ will also mark the 60th anniver­ held by a Spring Valley (N.Y.) whelmed with ennui? sary of the Agudath Israel as a group iu which spontaniety was the Unless the stranger is prejudiced world movement. The Conven­ dominating mood. This was intend­ by an antipathy for the traditional, tion promises to be a colorful ed to avoid the "circus of Bar Mitz­ his exposure to genuine tefillah exciting gathering at which the vahs aud generally stultifying should make him a witness to the foremost lay and rabbinic leaders atmosphere" of the traditional of Torah Jewry face up to the Jew-as an individual, and in com­ synagogue, and as such it was hailed munity with coreligionists of today contemporary challenges of K'lal a success. Yisroel. and of the distant past-in com­ One customarily dismisses ex­ munion with his Creator. This periments in tefillah as designs in should be the nature of the experi­ This convention will be DIF­ spiritual disaster - any emotional ence, and on occasion it is. FERENT, as it marks, thru a uplift realized, notwithstanding. seri,es of historic flashbacks: It must be close to a hundred After all, how can a handfull of years since a young stranger wan­ • 50 years of Agudath religious amateurs, groping for a dered into a shul in Lyons at the Israel on the American fresh experience, pretend to compete conclusion of the Yorn Kippur scene. with the Anshei Knesses Hagedola services. The young man, Aime - which included prophets in its • 60 years since the Palliere, was a devout Catholic and number-in formulating words and a stranger to the religion, the lan­ founding of the world procedures to convey the Jewish guage, and the ritual of the Jew. movement. People's individual and collective Yet he was so effected by what he Only several vacancies left. entreaties to the Almighty? They had witnessed in that shul that his simply cannot. Tefillah needs study, concepts of self and of Judaism were practice, the preparatory "gartel''* For further information, call or write: unalterably changed. In his own of separation to keep thoughts and words, as recorded in his The AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA motives pure. 5 Beelrman Street, New York City 10038 Unknown Sanctuary: (212) WO 4-1620 But it would also be unwise to When I was seventeen years of dismiss the Spring Valley group's age a strange incident occurred For 3 days, the entire hotel is taken over by Agudath Israel and all meals catered by which came to exercise an infiuence a N.Y. caferer appointed by and directly * The black belt wrapped around over my whole life . ... On a cer­ supervised by Agudath Israel of America. midriff before prayer by Chassidic Jews. tain Thursday in the autumn when to separate the heart from the lower parts of the anatomy. I was ... at Lyons, I was walking

24 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 with a comrade on the Quai Tilsitt crowd, just like the priests . ... In this spirit revealed itself to me in where the synagogue stands. . . . the second place it seemed to me the silent ''amida" of the closing of My companion suggested that we that this silent assembly was in ex­ Y om Kippur. . . . Every Christian enter the temple . ... The synagogue pectancy of something about to brought up within the pale of the was quite filled. All the notaries happen . ... Thus was revealed to church thinks the Jew lives on today were standing and silent. I had ar­ me ... two characteristic traits: the only as a blind and powerless wit­ rived at the moment of the prayer form of collective priesthood of ness of the truth of prophecies of Neilah on Yam Kippur . ... The which the Judaism of the dispersion fulfilled to his hurt. ... And now Jewish cult does not generally pro­ consisted, and the spirit of expect­ suddenly Israel appeared to me, still duce a religious emotion in the ancy and of faith in the future which living its own life, with nothing to Christian, but rather a feeling of stamps its entire cult with a special indicate the foretold decrepitude. strangeness. All is too new for him. seal . ... In fact, in the S)'nagogue This Judaism of the diaspora ap­ . . . Ordinarily he enjoys precisely service all Jews are equal, all are peared to me a strongly organized ... things borrowed from his own priests, all may participate in the collectivity~ which since nineteen environments; the songs, the organ, holy functions, even officiate in the hundred years . .. continued to exist. the majesty of the service. That natne of the entire community, when ... This is what I realized on that which is especially ,~Jewish escapes they have the required training . ... day .... him. In order to discover in the tra­ It is thus that rites and S)'mbols The breath of the race filled the ditional Jewish service the element often constitute a more expressive precincts of the synagogue and my of adoration the non-Jew requires language than the best of discourses. own soul was penetrated by it. ... an acquaintance, a veritable initia­ The practices which have had the Beloved and ancient race which tion perhaps even the knowledge of consecration of centuries come to holds so much of grandeur and of Hebrew . ... That which revealed us charged with the accumulated moral wealth side by side with so itself to me at that moment was not thoughts of believing generations. many defects, some day I shall know at all the Jewish religion. It was the They preserve the poetry, the in­ some of thy beautiful spirits, true Jewish people. The spectacle of that comparable power of evocation. Jews of biblical times, still vibrant large number of men assembled They may be suppressed, hut not with ever renewed youth . ... But their shoulders covered by talisos replaced. A precious legacy of an­ it was on this day of Atonement that suddenly disclosed to my eyes a far­ tiquity, and yet Judaism's trend is my eyes first beheld thee and that ofj past . ... But two details struck not toward the past, but toward the I knew that thou wast ever a people me particularly . ... At first on see­ future . ... It awaits the Messiah . ... blessed by the Eternal! ing the prayer shawls uniformally Later l was to understand how True, not every stranger has the worn by all the participants in the the aspirations of national resurrec­ sensitivity or perception of Aime service, I thought that in a way they tion complete and define in Israel Pelliere. But what tableau unfolds were all officiating. Several of them this attitude of expectancy so differ­ before the eyes of a visitor to our robed in white shrouds were scat­ ent from the conceptions of other own shul, shtibel, bais midrash? tered about here and there in the religions, but from my first contact The circus or the sanctuary? D

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The Jewish Observer I October, 1972 27 MEHL FAMILY needed for survival, by bringing in Leffers to the Editor outsiders, unsympathetic and hostile to the Orthodox way of life. The PD"!iiii~~r:r""~r ~~ present lack of any genuine "mid­ dle-income" housing program for the family with average income, at reasonable rentals, further compli­ (Continued from paf.?e 5) cates and frustrates the entire pic­ The availability of public subsi­ ture. dies enabling poor families to buy On the other hand, poor Ortho­ their own homes has accelerated the dox Jews in need of and eligible for whole process. It has led to the such housing, are referred and re­ scandalous practice of realtors buy­ located by the bnreaucracy to proj­ ing old homes at depressed prices. ects in non-Orthodox areas, where After performing cosmetic repairs, they will help "integrate" the areas they resell to an eligible poor family -at least as far as the official statis­ at well over 100% profit, with the tics are concerned. Poor Orthodox new mortgage backed by the Fed­ Jews have been scattered to the J2,-~IBASS}!i eral Housing Administration. When winds in the name of "integration." the ceiling starts to cave in, the new When they try to get back together, CATERERS owners, not being able to perform Announce that they are now the exclusive near their old shul, with the encour­ Glatt Kosher Caterers, available under the expensive repairs, "abandon" agement of the local administration, supervision of Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, their homes, leaving the government they find themselves challenged by maintaining their own Glatt Kosher Kitchen (F.H.A.) stuck with the. property. AT other minorities, claiming the site This causes further social and phy­ preferences mandated by law or sical deterioration of the neighbor­ other bureaucratic ad1ninistrative hood, as such "abandoned" houses procedure. Witness the current fm 1!~~~~~~!~-~!-~lJ~ are a haven for dope addicts, unde­ squabble in the Lower East Side Your own special occasion, catered to sirables, arsonists, etc. This phe­ where the local administration hopes perfection, in the most dramatic setting, nomenon was particularly acute in offering spectacular panoramic views of to successfully appeal this case in the entire City of New York. Detroit. favor of the Orthodox community. • Governmental aid is needed to Needed are special exemptions in ACCOMMODATIONS FOR renew our Orthodox Jewish areas. the laws and administrative proceed­ 100 lo 1000 GUESTS However, present laws and prac­ ures, giving "minor minority groups" With Parking & Open Chupah tices mandate a required amount of special treatment to preserve their Also still available af all integration. They give preference identities and their communities. leading Hotels and Tempfes. for low and moderate income relo­ This is in the interest of the broad Cnll (212) BO 3-1070 or 592-5000 catees from other urban renewal public, because these ethnically co­ for choice Weekend or Weekday dates. areas, making it virtually impossible hesive groups tend to stabilize • to procure this kind of aid for these neighborhoods. 111 St. at 52 Ave., Flushing, Queens Orthodox areas without significantly ELLIOT METZ diluting the Orthodox concentration New York City SERVICES ARRANGED IN YOUR COMMUNITY "' Sale · Sale · Sale CHANUKAH Sale · Sale · Sale Norman L. Jeffer at IFILOHIS COMMUNITY CHAPELS, Chanukah Lamps fram $1.98 & up - Records from 99¢ & up Inc. Sterling • Chrome - Israeli GIFTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 47th Street & Ft. Hamilton Parkway Direct Importers of Sterling Silver • Silver Plate • Crystal Brooklyn Phone UL 3-4000 BUY FROllf US AND SAVE Mikvah under Supervision of Bikur Cholim of Baro Park 4603 13th AVENUE 854-0865 BROOKLYN, N. Y. ~m5i!ill0.'ii!ill0.'ii!ill0.'i25"m525m5~~;25252!;25252!;25252!;r52525~

28 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 R e f o r m "thinking" communal the field. I might suggest the Wein­ A Jewish Social Service Program workers. bergers review the ·program and The school has several programs speak to students and graduates of To the Editor: including a joint Masters program the program. I am writing in reference to the with the University of Southern STEPHEN DoNsHIK, M.S.W. article entitled "Religious Tradition California, leading to a Masters of Forest Hills, New York arn:j Social Service" by Paul and Social Work and a Masters of Jew­ Dorothy Weinberger. I feel they ish Communal Service over a two Not the Ideal Program have misjudged a program which year period. is meeting the needs they so clearly As a graduate, I feel the Wein­ The Weinbergers Reply: define. The first step in the process bergers have short-changed the pro­ they discuss is to transform com­ gram. True it is new, in its fourth We are quite well acqnainted with munal workers who are Jewish into year, but it is growing, and the the School of Jewish Communal Jewish communal workers. curriculum is changing. The impor­ Service on the Los Angeles campus The School of Jewish Communal tance of the school is shown by the of Hebrew Union College. The Service at the Los Angeles branch students who are attending, their School's director is sincere and dedi­ of Hebrew Union,~ College-Jewish backgrounds and their professional cated; the goals of the program are Institute of Religion is one place roles. In the two years I was in the laudable and constitute recognition where the change is occurring. (Per­ program, backgrounds span from that reform of Jewish commnnal sonally, I am an observant Jew and Orthodox to secularist, with no in­ agencies is an urgent necessity. have a fairly strong Jewish back­ fluence or pressure to change. Pro­ Segments of the program's content ground, and the School has a place fessional roles stretch from Rab­ contain nseful information for stu­ for me.) The School offers a two binical students to Federation work­ dents whose knowledge of Jewish summer program leading to a Cer­ ers to family agency workers, like communal life is limited. tificate in Jewish Communal Service myself. Overall, we question whether this which is independent from the Re­ The inflnence of such a program program can attain its objectives of form approach to Judaism. In no will be seen, as we, as professionals, making Jewish social services more way is the School slanted to produce return to our roles and influence Jewish. While the program does not

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30 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 vidual barrier between man and his Finds ''Tears" Lacking solved is that not every spoken Creator and the national spiritual word can 15e printed. A clarification To the Editor: alienation: If a person feels of the concept of tears should be estranged from his immediate and featured in an article as its central While I enjoyed your article on lifelong goals or purpose, this real­ theme. "Shabbos in the Soviet Union," ization should be enough to awaken your recent one, "Weep for the TUVYA LASDUN in him his closeness to 0-d. Neither New York City Destruction - Weep for the Re­ our national calamity is needed nor den1ption" is lacking logic, oversim­ can tears help any more (and if he Editor's reply: plifying concepts, and partly un­ does not realize this, tears would realistic. not help). Neither do I believe that The essay on tears was based on Your claim that Joseph became we should simplify the idea of "The a piece by Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer weakened in his resolve because of Gates of Tears." Dessler ~"'I!, as printed in Michtav his explanation is unjustified. After When Tisha B'Av approaches we MeEliyohu. volume II (pp. 45-48). repeatedly saying "no," he also should try to make ourselves aware Uudoubtedly, some is lost in tran­ wanted to explain his refusal in a of the fact that all our physical scription, and more in the transla­ way understandable- to Potiphar's suffering has its source in Kl1l'~11/ tion, but Rabbi Dessler's basic wife, as the Ramban'says (Bereishis Kl117l~, in the destruction of the premise was that tears for personal 39:9). There is no proof that such Bais Hamikdosh. loss can bring one to recognition a confrontation with evil can be Tears are a symptom and sign of of the bankruptcy of an egocentric counterproductive. Her constant pain, but also a relief. One who is value system. These tears, in turn, insistence needed strong counter­ ab le to cry because of galus ha­ can embrace national tragedy and means, like the envisioning of Shec hina shows that he understands galus haShechina. Jacob's presence. the cause of our calamity. It is this The example of Joseph and Po­ Tears are shed by personal in­ that gives our tears their significance. tiphar's wife was inserted paranthet­ volvement. This should be the beginning of ically, as an example of Rabbi As a child I wept when hearing our feeling and awareness, uot the Simcha Zisel Ziv (of Kelm)'s rec­ M'chiras Yosef; as an adult, mis­ order you present: first reminis­ ommended approach of evasion rather than confrontation with the fortune and tragedy of national cence, national and personal trag~ character cause us to shed tears. edics, and only later the destruction yeitzer hara. N. W. I must admit that I have not of the Bais Hamikdosh. cried because of my alienation from In reality we do not live with this i1'?'.::i1 ll!l1"1 Hashem. During Yomim Noraim I conviction and our tears are no EV 7-1750 am closer to this idea, but it never expression of yearning. i,mic i!'l!l causes nle to weep. The reason that your article has WW!i'C/'!'1 'C':.'W!ii'1~l/ You mention the persona! indi- created more problems than it

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32 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 TAX CREDITS FOR NON-PUBLIC 1,000 ORTHODOX ACTIVISTS TO BE SCHOOL PARENTS BILL AT AGUDAH CONVENTION AN IMPORT ANT POSTPONED TO NEXT SESSION Over one thousand Orthodox activists ANNOUNCEMENT from every part of the United States and To everyone interested in Washington, D.C.-In the rush to ad­ learning the views of the Canada wilt participate for the entire journ its current session, to allow legis­ world· renowned Gaon lators to return home for local election three days of the 50th national conven­ can1paigns, the bill granting federal in­ tion of Agudath Tsrael of America, Horav Reuvain Grozovsky come tax credits for non-public school which opens on Thursday noon, Thanks­ jj~i:i? i''1:l .,,,1 parents was postponed for action until giving day, November 2 at the Sheraton­ on current Jewish problems: Congress resumes sessions in January. Deauville Hotel in Atlantic City, New you must get a copy of the Despite a massive effort by the multi­ Jersey. Several thousand more observers new enlarged edition of his faith C.R.E.D.I.T. (Citizens Relief for are expected to visit different sessions 1!ltn '11')1:1 Education by Income Tax) coalition, of the conclave, especia!Iy the traditional Send $2.50 to headed by Rabbi Moshe Sherer, to Thursday evening symposium and the RABBI S. GROZOVSKY dislodge the bill in the last days before huge keynote session on Saturday night. 525 Neptune Ave., B'klyn, N.Y. 11224 adjournment, the heated controversies The roster of distinguished speakers at the gathering, which will continue over the busing and debt-ceiling bills THE WORLD FAMOUS left no time for the tax credit measure, through Sunday afternoon, includes the which had been approVed by the House most famous Torah authorities in the DIGEST OF MEFORSIIIM \Vays & 1Ieans Committee. country, as weII as eminent Torah lead­ '~1p':i il1::l '~1p7 In an interview, Rabbi Sherer dec­ ers from Israel and other parts of the '"~f 'i~'O;N ;~fl~il! '"1 :'1 1,ii"1il);) lared: "This last-minute rush by Congress globe. Special interest has been aroused Available af to adjourn, which grasped imminent vic­ by the fact that the convention will also LEKUTEI INC. tory out of our hands, naturally is dis­ mark the 60th anniversary since the in­ c / o I. Rosen berg ception of the Agudist world movement. 10 West 47th Street, Room 702 appointing to all who seek to redress the New York, N. Y. 10036 injustice which non-public school parents In order to make this convention dif­ 20 Volumes on Torah, Perek, suffer, by granting them tax credit relief. ferent in form-, a task force has prepared Medrash, Megilas and Talmud. This postponement is even more of a let­ a series of documents covering the en­ Proceeds of sales distributed among down because a firm headcount of both tire span of Agudath Israel world his­ Yeshivos and used for reprinting Houses clearly indicated that we had tory and of the record of the organiza­ of volumes out-of-print PRICE $4.00 PER VOLUME sufficient votes to pass the tax credit bill tion in this country the past half cen­ in the House and the Senate by a big tury, which will be shown in two dra­ majority. Nevertheless, we are confident matic presentations on Thursday evening that the continued efforts of all Amer­ and Saturday evening, using various vis­ 'O 0 i icans who seek fair play for non-public ual aids and other communications ma­ .~ school parents wil result in this bill be­ terials. These historic flashbacks will be ~il~ ing passed early in the new session, es­ related to current Jewish problems. _,.... pecially since it was approved by the Zeirei Agudath Israel and the Nshei UNITED House Ways and Means Com·mittee by Agudath Israel wiII convene sessions of more than a two-to-one majority." O their own during the same weekend. 0 Chevra Kadisha CONGRESSMAN URGED: DROP NATIONAL YEAR-ROUND DAYLIGHT BILL D'chasidim • Har Hamnuchot Founded 1856 Illinois Congressman Daniel Rosten­ hour before sunrise. As a result, during kowski was urged to withdraw the bill winter time, prayers cannot begin before BURIAL IN JERUSALEM he had introduced in the U.S. Congress 6: 15 A.M. By advancing the clock one AND ALL CEMETERIES IN ISRAEL to extend daylight saving time through­ hour, the observant Jew would not be out the entire calendar year. This plea able to begin his morning prayers until • was made by Agudath Israel of America, 7: 15 A.M. This would create an anoma­ through representations made by Rabbi lous situation for thousands of religious maat1n sako<)€sh Moshe Sherer, executive president of the Jews who must be at work by 8: 30 A.M. SOCl€ty movement, and Rabbi Chaim· C. Keller, Agudath Israel also pointed out that chairman of the Public Affairs Commis­ in the pa~t the organization had con­ 44 CANAL ST. sion of Agudath Israel of Chicago. The vinced local legislators to withdraw NEW YORK CITY 10002 Agudah spokesmen pointed out that similar proposals on a state-wide basis, Nr. E. Broadway Sta. "F" Train despite the possible- benefits accruing after it was pointed out to them that from an extra hour of daylight during such a Jaw would "severely infringe upon Day & Nife Phone the early evening hours, year-round the freedom of religious practice of a 925-2277. 8 daylight saving time would create a large number of citizens." This action major problem for religious Jews. Was taken by Sen. J. Marchi (N.Y.) in In Canada: 1969, and in 1971 by Sen. Roy Goodman Chevra Kadisha According to Jewish religious law, the of United Jewish Con9re9atfons earliest time for morning prayers is one (N.Y.) and Ill. State Rep. H. Katz. D Montreal Tel.: 273~3211

The Jen'ish Observer I October, 1972 33 700 CHILDREN TASTE YIDD!SH­ REP. WILBUR MILLS MEETS WITH RESCUE REPORT AVAILABLE ,KEIT IN NEW AGUDAH PROGRAM EDUCATORS AT AGUDAH HDQTRS. A free report of the activities of the Seven hundred Jewish children from Congressman Wilbur Mills, chairman Russian Immigrant Rescue Fund, the -diverse backgrounds were given the op­ of the House Ways and Means Com­ major Orthodox rescue agency for the portunity to live a day of Torah-true-life mittee, predicted to a conference of Jew­ spiritual absorption of Russian immi­ this past holiday season by a group of ish educators convened by the Legislative grants in Israel, can be obtained by -volunteer Zeirei Agudath Israel youth Commission of Agudath Israel of Amer~ writing to its American office: 5 Beek­ , leaders. Three action-packed Succos out­ ica, that federal incom·e tax credits for man Street, New York City 10038. ings on which these youngsters were non-public school parents should "sail The newly-released report provides taken were part of a new reach-out pro­ smoothly" through the new session of highly interesting details of the broad gram by the Agudath Israel youth Congress in 1973. Addressing a confer­ range of projects conducted by the Rus­ divisions aimed at introducing Jewish ence of principals of Torah institutions sian Immigrant Rescue Fund in the Holy children to Yiddishkeit at an early age, throughout New York State on October Land. D before the influence of the secular street 19th in the national headquarters of has done irreversible harm. These out­ Agudath Israel, the powerful congres­ ings are part of a new Project TASTE­ sional leader was Jess firm about the in keeping with the Psalmist's advice reaction of the Senate to this legislation, Assured Taste and see how good is G-d. and suggested that the non-public school sector "do its homework" with the na­ The children Were taken to parks tion's senators during the coming months. where they enjoyed a day of refresh­ Chairn1an Mills, who was introduced by m·ents, recreation and Torah lectures by KASHRUTH Rabbi Moshe Sherer, executive president the Zeirei Agudath Israel leaders. A port­ of Agudath Israel of America and chair­ able succah was speedily assembled at man of the national C.R.E.D.T.T (Citi­ the parks so that the children could QUALITY zens Relief for Education by Income experience the mitzvah of living in a Tax) coalition, was followed by Con­ succah. A large number of children, gressman Hugh Carey, a chief sponsor exposed to a succah, esrog, and lulav for of the tax credit bill, who explained how VARIETY the first time in their young Jives, were it would operate. when you ask for visibly excited at their new experience. The House Ways and Means Com­ -The ZAI leaders intend to maintain con­ mittee earlier this month approved by stant contacts with the youngsters to 18-7 majority a bill granting federal in­ supplement whatever religious training come tax credits of $200 per child to they are undergoing. non-public school parents. Rabbi Mena­ Leaders of the new ZAI program are chem Shayovich, chairman of Agudath currently mapping out a long-range pro­ Israel's Legislative Commission, who Clatt Kosher gram to communicate with larger num­ served as the chairman of the confer­ bers of children in an effort to expose ence, stated that "although a poll of them to a true meaning of living a Torah senators taken last month indicated a Airline Meals way of life. Throughout the winter, clear majority in favor of the tax credit wherever you travel by air on major national and international groups of volunteer ZAI leaders plan to bill, it would be important for non-public -visit suburban areas where they will airlines. INSlSTON SCH REI BER'S school advocates to intensify efforts and be SURE •.•• o·encious n1eet with Jewish children of the com­ during the coming months to nail dov;•n_ STRICTLY KOSHER Breakfasts, munity to spend a day in a Torah-true congressional support before the measure Lunches, Dinners, Snacks. atmosphere. The youth leaders also plan comes up for a vote in the next session." r , -to arrange for groups of children to The yeshiva educators discussed pos­ j spend a Shabbos in such Orthodox con1- sible vehicles of government aid for the """'" ""°'" "'"'"'"!.-@ munities as Boro Park, Willaimsburg, '"""''"'°' ot '"' ""'o" U financially-stricken schools and their O' O"NOOOX

34 The Jewish Observer / October, 1972 ~~ ..,<() °" l1'llJ ll • mn 'f'll' ' 7~1tll' f1~:! 1)1Ui1 1)1?.l7 We Mourn the passing of REB BINYOMIN WILHELM 7"::1T, Founder of MIFAL TORAH VODAATH OF JERUSALEM ephardic Youth cared for and taught S Torah studies daily nder guidance of dedicated, highly U skilled Rebbes proper care after school hours

a rents are included in "Chinuch" P education when necessary over 700 children in our 20 "Centers"

oshei Yeshivos and Gedolim of America R and Eretz Yisroel acclaim Mifal yorah study in preparation for Yeshiva entry MIFAL TORAH VODAATH was the final achievement in t11e rich and productive life of REB BINYOMlN WILHELM, ztl. In the early 1920's he pioneered yeshiva education in America, founding Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn; and then introduced the Bais Yaakov Movement to these shores '"·ith the Bais Yaakov of Williamsburg. He never rested in his efforts for Toral1 and Klal. Four years ago Reh Binyomin Wilhel1n moved to Eretz Yisrocl, where he was shocked by the spiritual deterioration of Sephardic youth. . Although in his 80's Reh Binyomin Wilhelm established MIFAL TORAH VODAATH. It has grown from a mere handful of youngsters to 20 centers on the outskirts of Jen1salcn1, and has viron acclaim from Gedolei Yisroel, Torah Dignitaries and Orthodox organizations. Hundreds of yonngst~rs once far removed from us are now ret11rning to the Yeshiva world and into the mainstream of Je,\7tsh orthodox life. Reh Binyomin Wilhelm considered :YHFAL TORAH VODAATH to be the most important undertaking of his life. W'e 'vould like to spread our ,vings and embark on a similar educational progra1n for girls. WE NEED YOUR HELP MORE THAN EVER. HELP US CARRY OUT HIS VITAL WORK. To quote Hagaon Horav Yaakov Kamenetsky, "Ultimately, reclaiming our Sephar{lic n [ brothers will have a major impact on Jewry in Eretz Yisroel an(l all over the world!" Clip and Mail Today~l ~)IlFAL ToRAH VoDAATH ------,, Endorsed by I 157 Division Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. I Gentlemen: HAGAON HoRAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN I I hereby pledge the sum of $...... as my contribution. HAGAON HoRAv YAAKov KAMENETSKY D Amount enclosed 0 Kindly mail statement HAGAON HoRAV YECHESKEL ABRAMSKY NAME. .... HAGAON HoRAv OVADIA YosEF ADDRESS·········-············· CITY...... STATE...... ZIP.... HAGAON HORAv CHAIM BRIM ------______.... RABBI MENDEL YITZCHOK BELSKY, Committee Chairman RABB[ DAVID SINGER, RABBI YISROEL BELSKY, RABBI MosHE GREENES, RABB[ AVNER GER;\fAN, EDDIE J. SITT, YITZCHOK EICHENTHAL, JACK C. BENVN, A. ROMI COHN, JOSEPH WILHELM, RABBl YAAKOV GOLDSTEIN.

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