Notjustacheese, a traClition••• :. Haolam, the most trusted name tn Choluv Yisroel Kosher Cheese. ~\ A reputation earned through 25 years of scrupulous devotion to quality ? and kashruth.With 12 delicious varieties. Under the strict Rahb1n1cal ' supervision ofK'ha! Adas Je~hurun, N. Y. Haolam, a tradition you'll enjoy keeping. I I Kosher for Passover -- Cholov Yisroel ao THURM BROS WO!<LllCHH.Sf.CO ISC NEW YORK s y .-..-~ The Thurm families wish Kial Yisroel a ;i::iiu i1r.l"nni ;i::i.,n:J Under rhe s-tn<:t R.1:1bbink.a! ~upervisioti: ofK'hal Adas Jesharun, N. Y AN ILLUSTRIOUS PAST Erev Rosh Hashanah of 1896, the Brisker Rov, Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin ZT'L, founded Kolel America, the American Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity, to help Americans in Israel. A DYNAMIC PRESENT Kolel America has grown to meet the needs of our fellow Americans in Israel in their time of desperation and crisis. Today, thousands benefit from its many projects. • Kolel Stipends • New Mother and • Housing Network Child Care • Holiday Grants • Marriage Costs (Hachnosas Kallah) • Free Loan Fund • Aged, Widow and Orphan Support • Medical, Dental and Hospital Expenses A BRIGHT FUTURE The number of Americans in Israel has passed 65,000. We must increase our activities and expand to meet the challenge of being The American Helping Hand in Israel. ONLY WITH YOUR HELP This Rosh Hashanah, help Kolel America Rabbi Meir Baal Haness provide for our fellow American Jews in Israel and reap the 90 year old written vow of our founder, ZT'L, "I will be a Heavenly advocate interceding for the supporters of Kole/ America. They surely shall be inscribed and sealed in the Book ofLife!' ------------------------------------------Here is my Rosh Hashanah-Succos donation for... D $1000 D $550 D $250 D $120 D $50 D $25 D $18 D ___ Medical Expenses A Family A Couple A Widow A Student A Child Chai For life Every Amounts Helps D Please send me a Charity Pushka D Please send me a Free Rosh Hashanah Nome _____________ Food For Life Guide Address ____________ City _____________ KOLELAMERICA 132 Nassau Street• New York, N.V: 10038 State Zip ____ Donations to Kole! America are tax deductible. \Vhat would you do ifyou could not work for one full year? How would you pay for food, clothing and lodging for the entire year? his may sound ridiculous to you now, but to several thousand families in Eretz Yisroel who will not work this year because ofShmitah, it is a reality. Here, in T America, we have an opportunity to share in this awesome Mitzvah that comes along only once in seven years and to help those courageous farmers survive a very difficult year. The famed Merkaz Artzi leShomrei Sh'viis, founded by the world renowed rnembers of Moshav Komemius under the leadership of their sainted Rav, Rabbi Binyomin Mendelson, 711 :lt, is the major force in Eretz Yisroel that has spread the consciousness of Mitzvos Sh'viis throughout the land. Through its programs of public education, economic support, and alternative employment systems, the ranks of Shn1itah­ observant farmers will jump this year to an estin1ated 3,000 in almost 200yeshuvin1 of all stripes and colors. But funds are desp~rately needed now to sustain this work and to help our brothers in Eretz HaKedosha. All ofthe major Torah leaders in Eretz Yisroel and America have appealed to you (see inserts) to help these heroic farmers in their holy task Don't let this Mitzvah opportunity slip away ... respond today. Remember, your one donation has to last a whole year, so make it a large one, please. RABBI ELYA SVEI RABBI YAAKOV PERLOW (Noveminsker Rebbe) Treasurers RABBI AVROHOM KLIERS Director I wish to respond to the appeal ofthe Moetzes Gedolei, HaTorah by enclosing my con- tribution of$ to Keren HaSh'viis. D $1000 D $500 D $360 D $180 D $100 D $50 D Other Mail to: Keren HaSh'viis Name ----------------------- Address _______________________ Suite 910 5 Beekman St. City _____________Jtate ____u!p ____ New York, NY 10038 E RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN ;i),:i? p>;~ ,)t TI!E JEWISH OBSERVER (ISSN) 8 0021-0615 is published monthly An Appreciation except July and August. by the Rabbi Nasson Schennan Aglldath Israel ofAmerica, 5 Beek­ man Street, New York, N.Y. 10038. 32 Second class postage paid at New Remembering the Rosh Hayeshiva York, N.Y. Subscription $18.00 per Rabbi Nathan Lomner year; two years, $30.00; three years, $40.00. Outside of the United States (US funds only) $10 sur­ 35 charge per year. Single copy: $2.50; "Bas Kol," Heavenly Voices ... foreign: $3.00. Send address and the Call to Teshuva changes to The Jewish Observer, 5Beekman St., N.Y .. N.Y. 10038. Rabbi Avmham Chaim Feuer Printed in the U.SA General Studies in the Yeshiva RABBI NISSON WO LP IN Editor 45 Benefits and Booby Traps, Mrs. F. Diskind Editorial Board 53 "Rebbe, That Was Great!", Yitzchak Kasnett DR. ERNST BODENHEIMER Chairman RABBI JOSEPH ELIAS 57 JOSEPH FRIEDENSON Second Looks on the Jewish Scene RABBINOSSONSCHERMAN A Jewish Version RABBI MOSHE SHERER Management Board 59 NAFfOLI HIRSCH Letters to the Editor ISAAC KIRZNER RABBI SHLOMO LESIN NACHUM STEIN RABBI YOSEF C. GOLDING Business Manager TuE JEWISH OBSERVER does not as­ sume responslbility for the Kashrus of any product or service advertised in its pages. ©Copyright !986 COVERElie Benzaquen OCTOBER86, VOL. XIX, NO. 7 ... to join the broadest coalition of Orthodox Jews, headed by the eminent Torah authorities of our generation, for a four-day Torah experience atthe ~th National Convention of \9FAgudath Israel of America This year, at a beautiful new location: ~~!!"~!'~~uust 12 minutes past Ry~ N.Y.) Thursday through Sunday November27-30, 1986 t 11Y.)\'-lll , )1\1-ln n:> - n:> THE THEME: A Growing Orthodoxy Faces Emerging Challenges: A Time of Crisis, A Time of Opportunity . ·----------·-----------------·--~-------------------------------------~----------~~·--·-----·-------·----------~--·--~-----------· Please reserve accommodations for persons to the Check type of accommodation requested. (Give first and sec one 64th National Convention of Agudath Israel of America, choice.) All rates are for double occupancy. If accommodation Thursday through Sunday, November 27-30, 1986, requested is not available, next category will be assigned. at The Westin Hotel, Stamford, Connecticut. Rates Per Person (For 4 Days, 3 Nights) D Economy* D Standard* D Preferred D Superior ADDRESS •• _------------------ $249 $279 $309 $349 cm __ -----"TA"~----~1P·--- D Deluxe Junior Suite $)99 TELEPHONE: Day(~--l _________Evening(_) D Single Occupancy {Limited) $399 $ 7 5 Per Person Deposit Required. Please Enclose. •These rooms contain one king-size and one rol~away bed. (Reseroations are subject to confirmation) I am enclosing A limited number of 2 and 3 room Deluxe Executive Suites are also available. Call (212) 791· 1800 for rates and details. D Deposit $75 per person: $__ _ D Please send information regarding day camp and children's rates 5747 Membership Dues: $ 25.00 Please note that 15% will be added to the bill to cover all gratuities. TOTAL ENCLOSED $ ---- It will also include the registration fee and delegate kit. PLEASE DON'T TURN THIS PAGE ••••• • Unless you want this building to remain an empty shell. shiva Derech Chaim recently embarked on an This is the same Yeshiva Derech Chaim that has won mbitious building campaign to purchase and world-wide recognition for its success in building a way of completely renovate the above building to house life for each student through its old-fashioned, heart-to· its ever-growing student body. At present the facilities are heart, mind-to-mind, one·to·one contact between rebbe unbearable. Students and staff are suffering from un· and talmid, disciple and mentor. believably crowded conditions, where libraries become This is the same Yeshiva Derech Chaim with students study halls, and double as lecture rooms, except when from 21 cities in 8 different countries, ranging in age they are converted into dining rooms ... where faculty from 17 to 30. From post-high school to post-graduate meetings are convened in the kitchen ... where meals, level. With a legacy of devotion to the individual student. cooked in the deans' homes, are brought to be warmed Please don't tum this page without helping the yeshiva up ... where the office is wherever the registrar happens to move into its new home, with a large airy Beis HaMedrash, be sitting, and his lap serves as his desk ... where "the 8 lecture halls, a spacious dining hall with 2 kitchens, a campus" consists of scattered rooms, converted apart· fully equipped library, dormitory facilities and more. ments and borrowed quarters. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are still The immediate need is:Much more space to house the needed ... and if we can't turn to you for yeshiva's round-the-clock Torah activities. help, to whom can we tum? But now Yeshiva Derech Chaim is faced with a potential Please help generously ... today! disaster! The building was purchased ... construction was started ... and now it's about to stop. The contractors will ,· ;; u not continue work without money and the yeshiva has run JN':·~ .. out of funds. !~:f'u _____ " Rabbi Mordechai Rennert Dr. Yehuda A. Sorscher Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Rabbi Y1Sroel Plutchok Menahef Chairman of the Board Rosh Ha Yeshiva Rosh Yeshiva ------------------------------------------------ Onlock the future for Yeshiva Derech Chaim, the Yeshiva that unlocks the potential of its every student, guiding him to maximal realization of his own Derech Chaim, his personal road to fulfillment. Menorah .................. $J0,000 Memorial Plaque ............ $ ],000 Separate Plaque in Mezuzah . .. .. $500 Bais HaMedrash ............. $5,000 Chair. ...................... $250 Bookcase .................. $2,500 Brick ....................... $JOO Window .................... $1,800 Additional Opportunities Available Send your tax deductible contribution to: Name-----~---~---~~~-~---~---~ Building Campaign Yeshiva Derech Chaim Address ___~~---~--~------------~ 4907 18th Avenue City __________ State __________ Zip.