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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Rabbi YY Rubinstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Rabbi Berel Wein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Between the Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 All Things Considered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

LIFESTYLES 613 Seconds with Moshe Heideman. . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Donald Trump and the Dangers of a Strong Presidency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Health & Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Parenting Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Cooking for the King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Dear Readers,

The rain we experienced last Shabbos began with what looked like a severe thunderstorm that did not want to end. I am sure many basements did not fare so well but B”H the brunt of it missed us by just a few miles. Other parts of Maryland, specifically Ellicott City, unfortunately saw some major devastation. Current events indicate that we seem to be experiencing the erosion of the status quo. The Arab spring brought revolution and chaos to country after country in the Middle East. In Europe the social fabric is beginning to tear at the seams as attacks in the name of radical Islam continue and movements such as Brexit demonstrate the dissatisfaction of the populace with the ruling class. Here in America, one of the major parties has nominated a shoot-from-the-hip opportun-

ist who will say anything to get what he wants, and the other chose a corrupt well connected politician who claims to take the high road while being as selfish and power hungry as they come. Nobody saw this coming. It’s not so farfetched to envision Israel becoming one of the most stable and successful countries to which much of the world looks for responsible leadership. Granted, the ultimate redemption is much greater than physical success, but we must not be blind to what is taking place right in front of our eyes; the return of the Jewish people to their land as a light among the nations. Events are quickly unfolding; let us keep pace by increasing our acts of goodness and kindness. Wishing you a wonderful and reflective Shabbos, Moshe Meir

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State Of Emergency Declared In Ellicott City After Major Flooding BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

A state of emergency was declared in Ellicott City after major flooding destroyed much of its downtown area -- leaving businesses damaged and cars turned over Saturday evening, July 30th. City officials evacuated people from flooded areas of Main Street and took them to a local community center. A flash flood warning was issued Saturday for much of the region; alerting residents of dangerous conditions -- but what happened in the historic city wasn’t what anyone was expecting. Around 9:30 p.m., fire crews began conducting water rescues throughout the city. Posts on social media sites captured the moments as water rushed

through the downtown area, flipping cars over onto their sides and damaging buildings. Residents say the water was able to reach their waists and many of the cars downtown were covered by the

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water and in some cases swept away. According to officials, there were downed trees, downed power lines and people trapped in cars. Fire officials asked residents to

stay off of Main Street while they assisted the displaced people. Crews moved residents from flooded areas of Main Street to the Roger Carter Community Center.

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Yoshon season has officially started. Many people get confused about what the terms Yoshon and Chodosh are. Here we present a brief explanation of each, followed by some product information. The Torah (Vayikra 23:14) states that the new (i.e., Chodosh) crop of the five grains may not be eaten until after the second day of Passover (i.e., in Israel; in the Diaspora, not until after the third day). This means that the grain harvested this summer would not be allowed until after Passover of next year (i.e., 2017/5777). The term Yoshon (literally, old) refers to crops harvested last summer that became permitted after the following Passover. Thus, the 2015 crop of grains, harvested last summer, became permitted after this past Passover (i.e., 2016/5776). Grain planted at least two weeks (see Dagul Mervava Y.D. 293) or more before Passover is permitted upon harvest since it took root before Passover. Outside of Israel, there are various customs based on numerous sources

whether or not one needs to be stringent about only using Yoshon products. Each person should consult their Rov for guidance. In Israel, however, these leniencies do not apply. Therefore, any Israeli product bearing a reliable Kosher certification is definitely Yoshon. Wheat in the USA has two planting seasons a year: winter and spring. Winter wheat can be planted anytime between October and February. The wheat grows to a young plant stage and remains in a stalled vegetative state until spring, at which time growth resumes. Once the wheat matures, it is harvested, usually in late spring/early summer. Spring wheat is planted between April and June and harvested as

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soon as it is ripe, typically 6-12 weeks after planting (usually at the end of July). Since winter wheat is always planted at least two weeks before Passover, it is always Yoshon. Spring wheat, however, is planted right around Passover and [so far] never more than two weeks before, and thus always a Chodosh concern. Unlike wheat, the remaining four grains are single-season crops. Oats and barley are spring crops, planted around Passover and harvested in the summer, and therefore pose a Chodosh concern. Rye and spelt in the USA are winter crops and therefore never Chodosh. Between Passover and the end of the summer (mid-August), all grain products are permitted because they are all either from a winter crop or the previous year’s spring crop. The new spring crop only enters the market around August, which signals the start of “the Yoshon season.” At that point, any products containing the new spring wheat, oats or barley may not be eaten by those who adhere to the

stringency of Yoshon until after Passover of the following year. STAR-K policy does not require our certified grain products to be Yoshon. However, any grain products made available at STAR-K certified facilities (e.g., all local bakeries) and characterized as Yoshon or retail products which make a Yoshon claim on the label, are required to be certified as Yoshon by the STAR-K. This means that STAR-K’s oversight program will include verifying the Yoshon status of any products we certify which are marketed and/or labeled as Yoshon. The Guide to Yoshon by Rabbi Herman, which is updated and published every year, explains how to read the codes on various products to ascertain if they are produced from Yoshon or Chodosh grains. Due to the difficulty some people have in using this guide, we have prepared an abridged version, which will be available on the Star-K website, containing the most commonly used items and the date code information for those products.

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Ner Yisrael Kolel Chullin Chaburah Celebrates Siyum and Publishing of New Sefer BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

This past Sunday the Avodas Levi Kollel of Ner Yisrael celebrated a siyum by the Chullin Chaburah. The Hanholas Hayeshiva, the Chaburah’s 40 members and their wives came together to celebrate the siyum and the publishing of Avodas Hashechita, the Chaburah’s new sefer on Shechita. Rabbi Yosef Berkowitz and Rab-

bi Moshe Makovoz, the two Roshei Chaburah along with members Rabbi Duvi Rubin and Rabbi Moshe Chaim Kimche worked tirelessly on the sefer. The gathering was also an opportunity to bid farewell to Rabbi Berkowitz who will be becoming a Maggid Shiur in Bais Hamedrash U’Mesivta D’Baltimore next school year

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“Hadran Alach Seder Taharos, Tanach, Shisha Sedarim V’Shas Bavli v’Hadrach Alan.” So began Reb Nosson Horowitz as he, on behalf of the entire Baltimore community, recited the Hadran on Kol HaTorah Kulah – all of Tanach, Mishnayos and Gemara Bavli. Learning began in earnest last summer for this 25th cycle of Baltimore’s Siyum HaTorah, as community members joined together to do what no one person could do by himself. Rabbi Zvi Teichman began the 26th cycle with the first Mishna in Brachos. Congregants of Rabbi Teichman’s shul, Ohel Moshe, joined in this year’s

Siyum by completing four of the Sedarim of Mishnayos and hope to complete all six Sedarim for the coming cycle. Masterfully MC’d by Rabbi Chanan Daniel Skurnik, a festive meal ensued and the crowd of over 200 was addressed by Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger and Mr. Seth Gerstman, co-chairman of the event along with Rabbi Menachem Dreyfuss and Mr. Avraham Shugarman. Everyone spoke of the Siyum as a unifying factor in Baltimore and an important merit for our community. Those who participated in the learning were thanked, as were those who came

to celebrate the accomplishment of the community. Special recognition was given to the wives and families who support the learning that takes place. Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff, Rav of Agudath Yisroel Bais Binyomin of Brooklyn, was the guest speaker. Rabbi Lieff enthralled and uplifted the crowd, citing sources and telling entertaining stories proving how special our community is and the part the Siyum plays in unifying Baltimore. He quoted Rabbi Ruderman as saying that Shalom is something that needs to be worked on. It doesn’t happen on its own and Torah is our unifying factor. One participant in the Siyum com-

mented how learning his part was very difficult for him, yet hearing the words “Hadran Alach” made it all worthwhile. Another participant commented that this type of Siyum will never be something that he could manage on his own, but he takes satisfaction in knowing that learning his one part plays such an integral part in the community being able to accomplish this Siyum. The signing up for next year’s Siyum has begun and any individual or shul that would like to get involved is asked to contact Seth Gerstman.

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A Visit from the Mirer Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok/Torah Institute had the privilege of hosting the Mirer Rosh Yeshiva, Harav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel Shlita. Although the Rosh Yeshiva schedule during his short stay in Baltimore was jam-packed, with hardly a moment to spare, he made time to give chizuk and brachos to the talmidim of the Cheder. Even before the Rosh Yeshiva entered the school, the excitement was palpable. The entire student body, ea-

gerly awaiting the Rosh Yeshiva, lined the walls of the lobby, in a wonderful display of kavod HaTorah. Once the Rosh Yeshiva entered, everyone burst into joyous singing, and the Rosh Yeshiva was escorted to the Beis Medrash by the talmidim and their Rabbeim. In the packed Bais Medrash, Harav Finkel delivered a shmues. Although he spoke in Hebrew, the language gap could not mask the Rosh Yeshiva’s

warmth, his ahavas haTorah, and his ahavas Yisroel. In the middle of his remarks, the Rosh Yeshiva spoke a few words in English, urging each talmid to realize that he has tremendous potential, which he dare not underestimate. Afterward, the Rosh Yeshiva warmly greeted each talmid individually. He was then escorted back to his car, once again amid enthusiastic singing and dancing. Before entering his

car, the Rosh Yeshiva himself joined in the singing and dancing, widening smiles and warming hearts. Gedolei Yisroel are the lifeblood of Klal Yisroel, a truth that is continually stressed in the Cheder. Thus, when the Cheder has the privilege of hosting a Gadol, it jumps at the opportunity, knowing that such visits leave an indelible impression on its talmidim. .

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Yard sale brings in over $1,100 for purchase of Hatzalah AEDs What an amazing story! This past Sunday, 11 year old Avigayil Zelinger with the help of friends, Batsheva Stengel, Blima Singal, Deeni Frand, Malky Stein, Naomi Kreymer and Tamar Waldman ran a yard sale to benefit Hatzalah of Baltimore. By days end they had raised over $1,100 which is enough to purchase two new AEDs for current Hatzalah members who do not yet have them. What is an AED? An AED is an

Automatic External Defibrillator that helps jump-start the heart in case of a heart attack. Every member should have one. To donation to Hatzalah of Baltimore either visit their website, http:// hatzalahbaltimore.org or call (410) 585 â€“ 0054. Tell them Avigayil Zelinger and friends inspired you to donate! Tizku Limitzvos!

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Moshe Heideman - not quite the real deal, but not that far behind either. This gives our community many advantages over the hustle and bustle of places like New York. Yankees or Orioles? Let’s Go Mets!! We hear you’re the president of R’ Weiss’ Shul? Tell us about Moshe Heideman?

How does it feel to be a New Yorker living in Baltimore? Have people accepted you for who you are? Actually, that’s been a pleasant surprise moving here. The community is great. Baltimore has preserved a special type of closeness that isn’t really seen anywhere else. Baltimoreans shouldn’t sell themselves short. They like to think they’re stuck in the stone age. It’s more like vegan cheese

Are you the youngest Shul president in Baltimore? That probably depends how you define a Shul. They seem to have their own dictionary for these things around here. What are some of your goals for your presidency? Well Rabbi Weiss is an incredible manhig and our talented board is working on some great intiatives. In addition to the obvious, I’ve always thought a Shul’s purpose is to anchor families and provide a buffer against the vicissitudes of life. In that regard, we are looking to expand our efforts to create value for the whole family. We are listening to what our members would like to see, and trying to take

What do you do for a living? I operate Heideman Design, which is a branding firm specializing in corporate identity and marketing consulting, but we do everything from product campaigns to logo designs to event marketing. We tell stories, and help refine clients’ messaging. What made you decide to go into that field? Actually, when I was a Madrich in Yeshiva (OJ shoutout) they had me in charge of the Mishmar program. I had to make flyers every week, and I’ve been designing ever since. I started with general advertising, but soon realized that effective marketing can only come from strong branding, so I moved into that niche. I love the creativity involved in developing a new identity for a company or organization and the exposure to various industries keeps it interesting. I think the passion comes because of the direct impact branding has on every business. What we do matters the next day and every company can benefit. Pro bono work is also immensely gratifying when

your cause is that much more effective because of clear branding, strategic marketing, or stimulating visuals. What makes your company unique? We take a really macro view of our clients’ needs. Whether it’s a business card or a billboard, we tie it in to the bedrock essence of the client’s business model and reason for being. I think this is hard to find in general graphic design firms that doesn’t have a real focus on branding. That is something that really hits the bottom line, because you end up selling your customers on you and not just your product. Favorite thing about Baltimore? Dougie’s Tenderloin Steak. Rare, with fries and coleslaw. Worst dating story? I told my wife on our first date that I would definitely marry her. A little advance notice is always a good thing. Then she tried to break up with me but I didn’t let her. All’s well that ends well. Hidden Talent? Doing the Rubix Cube?

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I grew up in the tri-state area and moved down here to learn in Ner Yisroel. Another incentive was that all the Dougies’ up there closed down. Soon after coming to Baltimore, I met my wife and the rest is history. I don’t like tomato sauce or chocolate. With that, I’d understand if you want to stop the interview right here.

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cues for what the Shul means to them. Also, part of the challenge of operating in a very transient neighborhood is that the feeling of belonging that is often missing. I think it’s important to ignite that and build that intimate atmosphere.

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Facebook Sweetheart Not So Sweet The story of a Jewish man who said something kind to a young Muslim woman in Barnes & Noble last week has turned out to be more complicated. Social media sites were very active this week with the story of Lenny, a 90-year-old Jewish man, who noticed Leena Al-Arian and apologized to her for “the general anti-Muslim sentiment in our society today,” Al-Arian wrote on Facebook. Lenny also told her “that he feels awful about the bigotry my kids might one day experience, and that as a Jewish man whose parents didn’t speak any English growing up, he personally understands what it feels like to be rejected and discriminated against.” But Al-Arian is not just a typical Muslim. Many may recognize the surname “Al-Arian” in a different context. Her father is convicted Islamic Jihad terrorist Sami Al-Arian, who was indicted on 17 counts of aiding and abetting the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad in 2003. Al-Arian served time in a United States prison until 2015, when he was deported to Turkey. He was working as a computer engineering professor in University of Southern Florida at the time.

Although prior to his arrest Al-Arian praised the Muslim Brotherhood

and had on multiple occasions called for violence against “Israel and Westerners,” his family feels he was “persecuted” because of his background. At a protest in 2003, his daughter, Leena, said that her father was ”crucified because of who [he is].” Leena is not the sweet person that social media has been portraying this past week. While at the University of South Florida, she was the vice president of the radical Muslim Students Association. The blog she wrote often ranted against Israel, Holocaust education and Zionism. “I am just so tired of reading blatantly biased writings on the Holocaust... [T]he thought of sitting through that nauseating three-hour class makes me want to put a bullet through my head. I am sick of the likes of propagandists such as Elie Wiesel, Rubenstein, and others who continue to exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust to justify the continued, unjustifiable suffering of the Palestinians,” Leena wrote in 2004. Maybe if Lenny had Facebook, he would have thought twice…

Lebanese Series Celebrates Hezbollah Kidnapping The Lebanese have a warped idea of what makes for entertaining television. Al Mayadeen, a TV channel in Lebanon that has close ties with Hezbollah, produced and aired a threepart series that shows the training for and the kidnapping of IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. In 2006, Goldwasser and Regev were kidnapped and later killed on the Israel-Lebanon border, leading to the breakout of the Second Lebanon War. The series is part of a special program in honor of 10th anniversary of the war.

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In the first episode, Hezbollah’s international operations chief, Imad Mughniyah, is seen giving instructions to his soldiers. Mughniyah was killed in a Mossad-IDF joint assassination operation in 2008 in Damascus. The episode also shows how Hezbollah terrorists would trail IDF patrols along the kidnapping route. Throughout the segment, the commander of the Hezbollah cell is interviewed and portrayed to be a hero. According to the series, Israel noticed suspicious activities by the kidnapping cell but was unable to pinpoint the exact details and therefore was unable to prevent the capture. The attack was a surprise, as Hezbollah forces raided Israeli outposts to distract the IDF and carry out their kidnapping plans. During the chaos, Goldwasser’s and Regev’s humvees were shelled with explosives; they were then abducted and later killed.

“Black Lives Matter” Travels to Israel

As if the Black Lives Matters movement wasn’t spewing enough hateful rhetoric here in the States, they

have now sent a delegation to Israel to stand up for the oppressed Palestinians at the hands of what they are calling “Zionist vigilantes.” The delegation went to the Holy Land last week to promote the group’s fight for “dignity, justice and freedom.” The movement, which argues that law enforcement officers are explicitly hunting down young black males, participated in a violent anti-Israel protest in the village of Bilin that landed two Arab protesters in custody. Why can’t they just stay in the country of the red, white and blue? Well, the group’s international goals are laid out on its Facebook page. On Facebook, BLM states that they are “committed to the global shared struggle of oppressed people, namely the people of occupied Palestine and other indigenous communities who for decades have resisted the occupation of their land, the ethnic cleansing of their people, and the erasure of their history and experiences. “In this violent, political climate, it is urgent that we make clear the connection between violence inflicted on Black people globally that is encouraged and permitted by the state and the profiling, harm, and genocide funded by the United States and perpetrated by Zionists vigilantes and the Israeli Defense Forces on Palestinian people,” the movement asserts. “Our collective oppression mandates that we work together across geography, language and culture to decry and organize an end to capitalistic, imperialist regimes.” On that note I have a burning question: do the lives of innocent Israelis matter? Does the life of a 13-year-old girl sleeping in her bed in Kiryat Arba matter? Or how about the life of a mother of six children? I would really like an answer from the BLM leader.

What Really Happened to the Yemenite Children? A very disturbing chapter in Israel’s history is being investigated by Tzachi Hanegbi of the Likud party.

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The terror group has agreed to participate in the upcoming municipal elections in the Palestinian territories on October 8. These will be the first elections Hamas has participated in since the 2006 legislative elections.

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The “Yemenite children affair” has been investigated many times over the past five decades. However, the specific details have yet to be made public. Rumors have been circulating and accusations have been made that in the early 1950s, the Israeli government participated, in some capacity, in the kidnapping of hundreds of Yemenite children from Israeli hospitals and put them up for adoption. For many years now, Yemenite and North African families strongly believed in this conspiracy theory. . The affair has been probed by three government-appointed investigative committees over the past few decades and all have concluded that the missing children all died in the hospital and were buried without telling the families. The most recent report, from 2001, found the same conclusions but sealed some of the testimony in government archives until 2071. Hanegbi was appointment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to decide whether these documents should be declassified sooner. “Did the establishment have knowledge [of the kidnappings] or did they not know, did they organize it or not? We may never know,” Hanegbi said. “In the past weeks and months the Israeli public has begun to understand that this is not a hallucination.” Groups are putting pressure on the government to release the documents. If the children died and were buried, they argue, why should the documents be sealed? The investigation will hopefully shed some light onto this dark time in Israeli history and perhaps provide some closure to the families of those who were lost.

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A Chance Encounter It was Friday in Hawaii, and Ma-

tisyahu, the famous reggae musician, was buying a coffee. In the corner of the room stood a man, Alama Clint, playing on the ukulele. The song? Matisyahu’s 2009 “One Day” hit. While waiting for his brew, Matisyahu, wearing shorts and a plaid red shirt, joined in the singing, clearly enjoying the tune. When the song and the duet between the Alama and the musician

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Cellphones Barred from this Bar

If you’re heading to this bar, you’re either talking or drinking but you’re not texting about what you’re imbibing. Steve Tyler of the Gin Tub in England has put silver foil in his walls and a copper wire mesh in the ceiling of his pub. These additions block cellphone capabilities, ensuring patrons are talking to each other instead of WhatsApping with their other mates. “I’ve seen it progressively get worse and worse and I thought, ‘I want to stop this,’” Tyler said. “I want people to socialize with the people they are with, rather than the people they are not with.” Those who are drinking at the Gin Tub seem to enjoy the connections they’re making with their friends. They know they can step out to make calls, if need be, and Tyler has assured that the bar has a landline in case of emergency. “I’ve had one complaint from a customer, and it was that she got a [cellphone] signal. We moved her to another table.” Talking to the person you’re with is becoming so ancient that it’s almost cool.

The Smile Ball Hate peeling onions? Well, these won’t make you cry. A new invention in Japan called the Smile

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Regular onions release a gas when their cells are damaged by slicing, and that gas irritates people’s eyes and makes them cry. The Smile Ball onions release no such gasses, so they can be chopped with impunity. Even better? They’re also reportedly sweet like fruit when eaten raw. The price, though, can wipe the smile off your face. The Smile Ball onions will cost about $4.30 for a pack of two when they go on sale in supermarkets in Japan this fall. And that’s enough to make you cry.

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When is a $6 chair worth more than $6? When it has $6,000 worth of

diamond jewelry stuck inside. Years ago, Angela Milner-Brown, 50, and her husband, Angus, 47, bought a chair at auction. Not having the funds to have it reupholstered, it was relegated to the attic. Recently, Angus removed the stuffing to bring it to be reupholstered and found a startling surprise: many pieces of diamond jewelry were hidden in there – approximately $6,000 worth. He had new cushions put on and they were able to enjoy the new chair, but never told his wife his new secret. But then their anniversary came around and Angus surprised Angela with a new diamond ring. A few months later, he gave her a pair of diamond earrings, which was followed by a diamond broach.

“They must have been hidden inside the chair by previous owners. We just couldn’t believe it,” Angela explained. Eventually, overwhelmed by all the jewelry Angus told Angela the story. “It was an amazing, wonderful discovery for us,” they said.

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the hotel for safety. At just $107 for a double room, it sounds like a great way to cross two countries off your traveling bucket list.

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Looking to vacation in France this year? Or maybe you should head to Switzerland. Perhaps you can do both. Hotel Arbez is an Alpine inn that straddles the French-Swiss border in the village of La Cure. In fact, the border runs right through the hotel – and in some rooms, right through the beds. Essentially, your head can be in France while your feet are sleeping in Switzerland. One room is entirely in Switzerland, but when you head to the bathroom in the morning to brush your teeth, you’ll be flossing in France. How about the food? Well, if you’re in the mood of some Swiss chocolate, you’re in the luck. And French crullers are also on the menu, so you can get the best of both nation’s cuisine. “Two nations sleep in the same bed and eat at the same table,” the hotel’s website reads. The hotel came to be in the 1860s, when an agreement was draw up between the two countries to redraw the border. An intrepid businessman bought the land and built a store right on top of where the new border would be. He hoped to have a bar on one side servicing the French and a grocery store on the other for the Swiss. It eventually became a hotel in 1921. Interestingly, in World War II, Nazis were unable to enter the hotel’s stairway because it crossed into neutral Swiss territory. Many fugitives were able to find safety in the hotel’s second floor. You, though, won’t be heading to

Sometimes we think we need to put a GPS locator on our glasses or our phones or even our kids. But one couple thought even more practically and engraved the coordinates of their wedding venue on their wedding rings, eternalizing their special love in a special way. This summer, in July, while Brandon and Megan Schumacher were vacationing on the beach in Hawaii, Brandon took off his wedding ring and put it in his goggles for safekeeping. But goggles are not really meant to guard rings, and the ring was lost even after hours of searching. The newlyweds returned to their hometown in Oregon saddened that one of their fingers was missing its ring. But two weeks later, another couple was walking on that same beach and they found Brandon’s ring. Inside the ring, the Schumachers inscribed the coordinates of their church. The couple that found the ring contacted the church, which connected them with the elated Schumachers. The ring came to them via UPS along with a note, urging them to go on another vacation and enjoy themselves but to “leave their rings at home.” Anyone know the coordinates of Eden Palace?

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Torah Thought Crying Over Spilled Blood Rabbi Zvi Teichman

The Talmud ).‫ (שבת לג‬informs that as a consequence of the sin of ‫שפיכת‬ ‫דמים‬, murder, the Temple was destroyed and the Divine Presence departed from the land. This is based on the verse that states )‫לד‬-‫(במדבר לה לג‬: ‫ולא־תחניפו את־הארץ אשר אתם בה כי‬ ‫הדם הוא יחניף את־הארץ ולארץ לא־יכפר‬ :‫לדם אשר שפך־בה כי־אם בדם שפכו‬ You shall not bring guilt upon the land in which you are, for the blood will bring guilt upon the Land; the land will not have atonement for the blood that was spilled in it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.

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‫ולא תטמא את־הארץ אשר אתם ישבים‬ ‫בה אשר אני שכן בתוכה כי אני יהוה שכן‬ :‫בתוך בני ישראל‬ You shall not contaminate the Land in which you dwell, in whose midst I rest, for I am G-d Who rests among the Children of Israel. The implication being that G-d’s continued “dwelling”, i.e., His Presence in the Temple, is contingent on the land remaining uncontaminated of any taint of murder. Thus, the absence of His Presence, i.e., the destruction of the Temple, is a result of their murderous tendencies. The word used here for “guilt”, ‫חניפה‬, is generally used to imply flattery and hypocrisy. Indeed, the Ramban understands the use of this verb here precisely in that way. The context of these verses follow prior to those that warn us not to accept any ransom from an intentional or unintentional murderer to exonerate themselves from their prescribed punishments, death and exile respectively. The Torah therefore continues to discourage us from being intimidated by the murderer’s social standing or political influence in releasing them from their due justice. We may not “flatter” them and must hold them fully accountable for their actions. The Ramban goes on to explain that the term ‫חנופה‬, means “to act contrary to all appearances”. In this

light he goes on to interpret the rest of the verse where it relates a measure for measure consequence for this obsequious behavior insofar as the earth too will be effected by this attitude, ‫"יחניף‬ "‫את הארץ‬, and dupe us by giving forth great bounty that we will be unable to benefit from. It seems that the sin being emphasized here is one more of duplicity rather than murder. Truth be told, many Rishonim ‫ רבינו יונה שע"ת ג קפז‬,‫(יראים סי' רמח‬ )‫ ועוד‬count this verse among the 613 commandments, instructing us not to be two-faced in our dealings. How then do we understand this in light of the Talmud’s previous claim that it is the sin of murder that drives G-d away? The Holy Sifsei Cohen of Tzefas quotes a remarkable and very timely interpretation of this verse that alludes to one of the terrible tragedies that we recall on Tisha B’Av. )‫(קינה יום אכפי לד‬ On the seventh day of Av, the chief of Nevuchadnezzar’s army, Nevuzradan, began the destruction of Jerusalem. The walls of the city were torn down, and the royal palace and other structures in the city were set afire. When Nevuzradan entered the Temple he found the blood of Zechariah continually bubbling and seething. He asked the Jews what this phenomenon meant, and they attempted to conceal the scandal, but he threatened to comb their flesh with iron combs. So they told him the truth: “There was a prophet among us who chastised us, and we killed him. For many years now his blood has not rested.” Nevuzradan said, “I will appease him.” He then killed the members of the Great and Small Sanhedrins, and then he killed youths and maidens, and then school children. Altogether, he killed 940,000 people at that juncture alone. Still the blood continued to boil, whereupon Nevuzradan cried: “Zechariah, Zechariah! I have slain the best of them; do you want all of them destroyed?” At last the blood sank into the ground. At that moment, a desire to repent awoke within Nevuzradan. He said to

himself, “if for a single life this is the punishment, how much worse will be the punishment for me who has killed so many people”. He fled, sent a letter with an inventory and disposal of his possessions for his family and converted. ):‫(גיטין נז‬ The Sifsei Cohen points out that in our verse; ‫לא־יכפר לדם אשר שפך־‬... ‫בה כי־אם בדם שפכו‬, the land will not have atonement for the blood that was spilled in it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it, the word ‫בדם‬, the blood, is numerically equivalent to 46, alluding to the two Sanhedrei K’tanah, Smaller Courts, each consisting of 23 members, one situated at the Courtyard and one on the Temple Mount, that were slaughtered to atone for Zechariah’s blood. The next set of words ‫כי־אם‬, except, equals 72 corresponding to number of judges in the Sanhedrei G’dolah, Larger Court, who too were butchered. The first and last letters in the word ‫שפך‬, was spilled, are equivalent to the value of 320 ,‫נבוזראדן‬. The first letters of the phrase ‫אם‬ ‫בדם שפכו‬, the blood of the one who spilled it (adding 1 for ‫ ;כולל‬entire sentiment), are equal to ‫זהו דם זכריה‬, this is the blood of Zechariah, 304. Finally ‫ זכריה‬equals ‫רבם‬, their teacher, the Teacher of Israel, 242. This episode certainly suits the message implied from this verse as expressed in the Talmud regarding the severity of the sin of murder and it’s far reaching significance, but where does it reflect on the character flaw of flattery? The Torah often uses the phrase ‫שפיכת דמים‬, spilling of blood when referring to killing. Does that sentiment do justice to the taking of a life? ‫נטילת‬ ‫נשמה‬, taking the soul, the expression used in the Talmud, seems much more accurate in its implication and affect.

The act of taking a life is definitely most extreme amongst the categories of sin. But it never just starts with an impetuous act of selfishness; it begins when the seeds of devaluing another human take root. Spilling connotes a discarding of something, a lack of regard for the item being cast off. ‫דמים‬, can also infer “value”, thus the “spilling of blood” is the lack of appreciating someone else’s worth. When one acts with ‫חניפה‬, duplicity, one is asserting a need to be primary while the person opposite me is merely secondary, to be used to achieve and advance “my” goals and objectives. Society often acts with decency solely because it is an expedient towards creating a facade of healthy interaction that makes people vulnerable, making them ripe to be taken advantage of. We “kill” people with our attitude of degradation. It is only a matter of time that holds one back from eventually “discarding” another with the ultimate act of murder. The murderer of Zechariah was the king Yehoash. He was seven years old at his coronation. His father Achazyah had died when he was only one year old and the queen Atalia (mother of Achazyah) proceeded to kill all descendants from the house of David to prevent them from becoming king allowing her to reign. Yehoyada HaKohen together with his wife smuggled Yehoash from among the king’s sons who were being killed. He remained with her in the Temple, hidden for six years while Atalia reigned over the land. The Midrash teaches us that during this time he lived above the ‫קודש הקדשים‬, Holy of Holies. Yehoyada HaKohen then started a revolt killing Atalia, and installing Yehoash as the next king. Although initially “Yehoash did what was proper in the eyes of G-d all his days that Yehoyada the Kohen

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was in Los Angeles visiting family and friends when someone asked if I could make time to speak to an organization. I had never heard of it before and of course I had to find out what the organization was and who the people were I would be addressing. The last item on the list on these occasions is the unpleasant part (at least for me) of discussing a fee. The organization is called Links and when I heard what they do, there was no hesitation and no fee. Actually, I would have paid them to be allowed to speak to the girls they support. All of them have lost a mother or a father and sometimes even both. It turned out that one of the Links girls knew my youngest daughter, who like her, had lost her mom. The Links girls knew that I would understand what they had or were going through, and sadly, they were right. That was why they wanted me as a speaker. That first talk lead to an invitation to speak at their annual Shabbatons and meet many, many more girls struggling with profound pain and loss. All of the speakers who give their time and their hearts to Links have an equivalence of suffering. The

famous Rabbi Paysach Krohn, shlita, lost his father when he was a young man of twenty-one. He too is a passionate supporter of Links and has set up a recorded message that reaches all of the girls every erev Shabbos. At my first Links Shabbaton the organizers asked me if I could speak to a young lady who had lost her father suddenly three years before. Now only fifteen, her mother had just been diagnosed with cancer of the liver. I mentioned this story to a friend recently and he asked me, “What do you possibly find to say to someone in that amount of pain?” I could honestly reply that hadn’t a clue what I said then any more than I would have the slightest idea what to say now. I recall that somehow I did find the right words but that was only through Siyata D’Shmaya, not any wisdom I may or may not have. Many years ago in Manchester I received a phone call from the Rebbetzin of the Rosh Beis Din, Dayan Krausz, shlita. She told me a terrible story about a family that was sitting shiva. A young woman had been married for nine months and was six months pregnant. Her husband had

just been killed in a road accident. The Rebbetzin explained that the family wanted to speak to a rabbi and for some reason, although I didn’t know them, had asked for me. Of course I had to go. In the UK, around eighty percent of Jews belong to Orthodox shuls, although levels of observance range from strict to three-times-a-year attendees. The family was traditional in their Jewish observance. I assumed that they were very hurt and angry at Hashem about what had happened. If they could not let their anger out on Him, then one of His rabbis would be the next best thing. Rebbetzin Krausz told me I was wrong and that the family just wanted someone to answer their questions. When I arrived at the shiva house, the entire family brought their chairs close together so they could ask their questions and hear my answers. The Rebbetzin’s explanation of what she thought I would find was correct. Seven or eight deeply hurt people were searching for the answers to the deepest question of all: Why do very bad things happened to very good people? If my friend were to ask me the same question about this story, I

would have to give the same reply. Once more I haven’t a clue what I said. Somehow though, Hashem guided my words and an hour later those words seem to have brought a little comfort. When I got up to leave two members of the family asked to speak to me privately. This was a different story of deep hurt and pain about a father estranged from a daughter whom he had not seen for very many years. It was also a request now that the man was elderly and ill to see if there was any way I could bring the two back together again. This prove to be a mission that was easier to accomplish than solving the riddle of tzaddik v’ra lo. I remember thinking that perhaps this was the real reason why a family who did not know me had selected me from all the rabbis in Manchester to come to their shiva. After all, even if we can point to the explanations to human suffering contained in the third chapter of Shaar HaBetochon of the Chovos HaLevovos and elsewhere, these only reach the mind. The heart, broken and bruised, will be unable to hear those explanations for a very long time. Two years after this incident I was

The Ohr HaChaim quotes the Gemara in Taanis 9a and says, “No, the fault was Moshe’s for describing them that way!” But surely they did not mourn Miriam appropriately. The Ohr HaChaim once more leaps to their defense propelled by the Torah’s own

“I know it’s what Hashem wants and is all for the best.”

her mother’s last days. She began by saying, “I know it’s what Hashem wants and is all for the best.” I wondered if perhaps the reason that I could not remember what I had said to the young wife who had lost her husband so tragically all those years before and why I could not recall what I had said to this young girl when we first met is because it was what they said to me that was important, not the other way around. Perhaps people with a simple and unbreakable faith don’t need so much to hear what a rabbi has to say; perhaps a rabbi has to hear what they have to say and witness a simple and unbreakable faith.

Rabbi Y Y Rubinstein is a writer and author who speaks all over the world. He lives in Inwood.

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I saw something recently that struck me as crucial and critical for every Jew to hear. It was in the commentary of the Ohr HaChaim on Pashas Chukas. As I was in Eretz Yisroel when it was read in shul and the same sedra was read again the following Shabbos in chutz l’aretz, I heard it twice so its impact was reinforced Bamidbar, Chapter 20:1: “And the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel came to the desert of Tzin.” What follows, of course, is the death of Miriam and Moshe hitting the rock. The Ohr HaChaim says that the phrase “Bnei Yisroel” refers to the entire Jewish people being “righteous” and “tzaddikim.” The Torah emphasizes it, he says, because what comes next would lead you to the opposite conclusion. After all, Moshe himself called them “rebellious.”

testimony, “The entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel” were still “righteous” and “tzaddikim.” Yet Chazal point to these mistakes that the Ohr HaChaim disputes and more, like the people who made fun of Moshe claiming that he should show his mettle by hitting any old rock.

I think what the Ohr HaChaim is saying is that even though Klal Yisoel makes mistakes and slips up, that does not alter their intrinsic nature; they remained and they remain “righteous” and “tzaddikim.” Entering the Three Weeks yet again and recalling as we should the rivers of tears caused by our many mistakes, from the Meraglim to Churban haBayis, we must remember that they do not change the nature of Klal Yisroel: “righteous” and “tzaddikim.” The bitter exile in all its manifestations still finds a People with a simple and unbreakable faith who suffered and suffer and yet echo the words of an orphaned eighteen-yearold girl, “I know it’s what Hashem wants and is all for the best.”

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When I returned from speaking in Raanana, I heard from the organizer of Links that the fifteen-year-old – who is now eighteen – had just lost her mother too, leaving her and her sixteen-year-old sister all alone. Despite jetlag and a flu courtesy of ElAl, I drove the two hours to New Jer-

sey to be menachem ovel on the last day of the shiva. Walking towards the door of the house, once again I kept thinking that I hadn’t a clue what I should say. It was a quiet moment and the two sisters were sitting alone. The oldest sister remembered me well and I started to ask her about

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speaking in one of Manchester’s largest shuls on Yom Kippur. When I finished I had to quickly walk to another nearby shul to speak again. I went to collect my coat. A young woman knelt, doing the buttons up on her daughter’s coat. I smiled and wished her a gut yom tov and she returned the greeting and the smile. The next day, I met the mother and toddler again as she was strapping her little girl into the child seat at the back of her car. She greeted me and said, “You don’t remember me; do you?” I was sure she was not referring to our brief encounter outside the shul cloakroom and shook my head. She was the young married woman who had lost her husband in the car crash. “I want to thank you for what you said when you came.” She went on and then added, “I’m getting married in a few weeks’ time!” From tragedy and pain where she could have been angry at Hashem and turned her back on Him forever, she had instead turned towards Him and was now marrying a religious Jew who matched her now-higher level of observance. I met that lady recently when I spoke in her shul in Raanana in Israel. The rav was one of my earliest talmidim and a dear friend. He had passed way a few months before after a short illness. He left behind a shul that is now a sad and heartbroken community. So once more we met in tragic circumstances and once more she and the members of her kehilla, despite their pain, had determined to turn even more towards Hashem. This even though neither they nor she has or can have the answer to why very bad things happen to very good people. It’s a Jewish thing. People who have suffered so much, whatever the reasons may be, so very often come closer and grow stronger in their attachment to Hashem, despite their pain.

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illary Clinton’s c o n v e n t i o n week featured two of the most effective communicators in the Democratic Party offering different images of the nominee. In Bill Clinton’s version, she is a “change-maker” who has “never been satisfied with the status quo.” In Barack Obama’s telling, she has the “intelligence” and “judgment” to carry forward his administration’s ideals into a third term, because the status quo is pretty darn good. When the spotlight finally came, the nominee was very much herself – a tenacious plodder, advocating halfa-loaf liberalism. This is closer to Obama’s description than her husband’s. In Philadelphia, she made the high-stakes decision to present herself as conventional, normal and safe, in sharp contrast to a small, unstable man “moved by fear and pride.” If this is a normal election – in which the composition of the electorate and the turnout of various groups roughly match recent presidential contests – Clinton’s argument should be enough. If this is an anti-establishment wave election, she has the worst possible political profile – boasting of her roy-

al resume during the French Revolution. There is no doubt about Clinton’s ideological framework. Down with Citizens United! Climate change is real! Raise the minimum wage! Free college for everyone! Clinton called this agenda “bold,” which is true in the same way as Donald Trump calling himself “a really smart person.” She said nothing creative from the podium that would have offended your average Bernie Sanders supporter (except the ones who believe America should defend itself with truculent self-righteousness rather than weapons). Clinton missed her best opening when it came to describing America’s unifying ideals. In Cleveland, Republicans – shockingly, disturbingly – left this rhetorical ground unoccupied. In his convention speech, Obama skillfully took this ground. But Clinton could not hold it. She strained mightily, consulted a Broadway musical, and produced a slogan: “Stronger Together.” I get that inspiration is not Clinton’s “thing.” But a candidate has weeks and months to produce a memorable convention speech. Clinton’s speechwriting process – which includes some fine writers and

too many political overseers – delivered the functional equivalent of a State of the Union address. The speech sounded so much like the product of a committee that you could almost picture the Post-it notes. In making her case about America’s future, Clinton highlighted her book (“It Takes a Village”) published in 1996. The liberal communitarianism found in those pages does not seem particularly well-suited for outreach to working-class whites, if that is one of her goals. In her attempt to identify with a cartoon version of the blue-collar everyman, her focus was on economics. The progressive version of homo economicus leaves out cultural matters entirely. What assurance did Clinton provide that Democratic elites even tolerate more conservative views on, say, abortion? What was her version of school uniforms or welfare reform – her husband’s symbols of outreach to cultural conservatives? As a policy matter, Democratic centrism is still dead. Clinton’s defense of the honor of the military against Trump’s ridicule was effective and needed. But it does not count as innovative policy outreach. Similarly, the mention of her Methodist

faith was an improvement on Trump’s secular silence. But it was brief and untethered to the rest of her reasoning – more an ornament than a foundation. The speech shined in attack mode – dismissing Trump as the outsourcer

say that the Founders would have held the main thesis of Trump’s candidacy – the promise of a man on horseback to save a frightened and supine nation – in utter contempt. It also says something that one of the strongest attacks on the Republican

The speech sounded so much like the product of a committee that you could almost picture the Post-it notes.

in chief, the breaker of alliances, the purveyor of casual misogyny, the Twitter troll who must be denied the nuclear codes. It says something that the most negative aspects of Clinton’s remarks were the most memorable. She is a fighter. And Democrats seem happy that their policy wonk moonlights as a cage boxer. In the speech, she put her finger on the most frightening element of Trump’s appeal: “Our Founders fought a revolution and wrote a Constitution so America would never be a nation where one person had all the power.” It is fair to

nominee is the defense of self-government. This is an extraordinary political moment. Any reasonable Republican presidential contender other than Trump probably would be beating Clinton handily. Any reasonable Democratic contender other than Clinton probably would be beating Trump handily. The parties, in their wisdom, have chosen the untrusted against the unstable, the uninspiring against the unfit. Take your pick, and take your chances. (c) 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

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Parshat Matot By Rabbi Berel Wein

hroughout the entire Torah it seems clear that the Jewish people were to maintain the system of separate tribes with separate leaders. At first glance, it seems that this system of separate tribes would always guarantee a strong element of disunity within the Jewish people. Would it not have been better to discard the original tribal system of the house of Jacob and build instead a more unified community? Also, when the Land of Israel was settled and inhabited by the Jews at the time of Joshua, it was distributed in tribal sections, according to the rules of the Torah. The next few cen-

turies, as the Bible itself records for us in the book of Judges, disunity, if not even chaos, reigned in the Jewish community. Each tribe looked at itself as a separate and distinct entity having little responsibility or connection to the broader Jewish community. Eventually, the sad fact would arise that the tribes at certain stages of biblical history would even conduct civil war amongst themselves. The Torah obviously was aware of this danger but continued to emphasize the tribal nature of the Jewish people and of its leaders. The Torah explicitly names the individual leaders of the tribes and counts the population

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of each tribe separately, one from another. Though this question is rarely addressed directly by the commentators to the Torah, it does underlie much of their insights and viewpoints into the Jewish story of the biblical period. It seems to me that the Torah here is emphasizing the important, but often overlooked, difference between unity and conformity. Each of the tribes, and certainly each of the leaders of those tribes, bring something different to the table of society. The Talmud teaches us that just as the physical features of human beings differ one from another so too do their opinions, thought processes, and worldviews differ. Conformity amongst human beings is against our very nature. That is why children raised in the very same home and who are products of the very same genetic makeup are frequently very different from one another in temperament, behavior and opinion. Often, these differences

present problems in families and in societies. Nevertheless, the Torah is willing to deal with these problems rather than enforce a rigid conformity upon the Jewish world. The unifying force in Judaism and in Jewish society is the Torah itself. Every Jew has a share in it and is bound with a commitment to honor, study, observe and live by its values. But that unity, as is evident from an even cursory observation of the Jewish world today, and in fact of all of past Jewish history, never advocates a society of conformity. Dictators and tyrants have from time immemorial attempted to impose conformity on their subjects and citizens. Eventually such attempts fail simply because they are contrary to human nature. The task of ancient and modern Israel – and of the Jewish people as a whole – is to create the unity of spirit and commitment that the Torah represents, without falling into the trap of tyrannical conformity. Shabbat shalom.

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onald Trump has promised not only to be the voice of the American people, but also to take decisive, immediate action. As president, he has said he would move fast to destroy the Islamic State, scrap bad trade deals, build that wall, “stop the gangs and the violence,” and “stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.” He would “immediately suspend immigration” from countries where terrorism is rampant. He might even defy treaty obligations and decline to aid NATO allies. The Republican nominee has led some to conclude that he intends a sweeping expansion of presidential au-

thority. His rhetoric implies a muscular, almost unitary, presidency that would be at least as expansive as what historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. famously dubbed the “imperial presidency” – his critique of Richard Nixon’s abuse of power in the era of Watergate and Vietnam. But scholars of the presidency say that Barack Obama, George W. Bush and their predecessors have added so many powers to the White House toolbox that a President Trump could fulfill many of his promises legally – and virtually unchecked by a Congress that has proven incapable of mustering much pushback for decades. “Every president ex-

pands the power of the presidency,” said Neal Devins, a law professor at the College of William & Mary. “This is a constant pattern. They never shrink the presidency. A President Trump could say, ‘I’m going to use the Obama playbook,’ and go pretty far. The difference between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is not going to be one of lawlessness, but of the policies they pursue.” Plenty of politicians have pledged wholesale, game-changing shifts in policy, but Trump’s hot rhetoric stands out because his promises are rarely accompanied by details on how he might implement his initiatives. He doesn’t say how he might punish companies

that ship jobs overseas, or how he’d get Mexico to pay for a border wall, or how he would impose a ban on Muslims entering the country. He says he will make it happen – “believe me.” Trump’s critics hear his sweeping promises as the words of a classic strongman, a ruler who seems prepared to push aside the cobwebs of bureaucracy and the checks and balances of American federalism to produce instant, decisive action. They’ve compared him to Mussolini, Hitler, Vladimir Putin, Saddam Hussein and Argentina’s Juan Peron. Trump has praised Putin and Hussein for being tough on terrorism. In the past, Trump has singled out

China’s crackdown against pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989 as a demonstration of “the power of strength.” “Certainly rhetorically, Trump’s idea that ‘I alone can fix this’ does go beyond the template that President Obama and President Bush before him came in with, the idea that you try to fix things together,” said Andrew Rudalevige, a professor of government at Bowdoin College. Trump’s defenders argue that his statements, whether off the cuff at rallies or in his scripted acceptance address at last week’s Republican convention, are not policy prescriptions but rather reflections of popular frustra-

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ministration to use torture against alleged terrorists and allowed the Obama administration to expand the use of drones to kill terrorist suspects. Recent presidents have used their constitutional authority as commander-in-chief even to

Will Congress be able to fight back against an “imperial presidency”?

presidency without an invisible Congress that is willing to take a back seat because it doesn’t want to be blamed for a war or some other unpopular policy.” There’s only one effective way to push back against presidential power grabs, he

dents will continue to assume broader powers unless Congress fulfills its constitutional duty to “protect the American people from exactly the kind of arbitrary, unaccountable government-without-consent that Congress now for its own

“He doesn’t have to call the Congress. He doesn’t have to check with the courts. He has that authority because of the nature of the world we live in.”

concluded in a recent study: “Congress has to do its job.” That hasn’t been happening, however. The country is so politically polarized that many members of Congress are now elected on promises to resist the kind of compromise that is necessary to build majorities and be an effective check on executive power. “The constitutional order set up by our founders is breaking down,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote this month in National Review. “What Congress wants today is to be weak … for fear of the political consequences of hard choices.” Lee argued that presi-

selfish reasons enables the executive branch to practice.” In recent decades, presidents have stretched their ability to act unilaterally, bypassing Congress through executive orders, executive memos, national security orders, findings, signing statements and prosecutorial discretion. After Vietnam and Watergate, Congress pushed back with a series of laws designed to rein in the president. But the War Powers Resolution, the Intelligence Oversight Act, the Congressional Budget Act and the independent counsel act – all designed to limit presi-

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take actions that are specifically restricted by law. In 2014, Obama announced a prisoner swap in which Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was brought home from Afghanistan in exchange for five Taliban commanders who had been held at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Congress had passed a law requiring the president to notify it 30 days before the release of any Guantanamo detainee, but Obama insisted he had a higher duty to protect American lives and U.S. soldiers. “The presidential toolbox of unilateralism is quite deep,” Rudalevige said, “but you can’t have an imperial

dential unilateralism – have proved toothless, and Congress since has ceded even more authority. After 9/11, the rush to expand the president’s ability to respond quickly to attacks and to ferret out terrorists shifted the balance of power ever more decisively toward the White House. Then-Vice President Dick Cheney, a proponent of a stronger presidency going back to his days in Congress three decades earlier, argued that the fragility of a world with nuclear weapons mandated an expansive presidency: The fact that the president is accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying the nuclear codes, he said, means that “he doesn’t have to check with anybody. He doesn’t have to call the Congress. He doesn’t have to check with the courts. He has that authority because of the nature of the world we live in.” A president who might act unilaterally was one of the chief fears expressed in the original debates about the Constitution. Writing in the Anti-Federalist Papers in 1787, the pseudonymous Cato warned against the presidency becoming “a Caesar, Caligula, Nero, and Domitian in America.” The system of checks and balances – giving Congress the

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tion. When Trump says he’s going to fix a problem immediately, some supporters say, he’s throwing down his marker, taking a stand rather than spelling out a plan. A spokesman for Trump declined to comment for this article. Some Trump initiatives, such as repealing the Affordable Care Act, cutting taxes or expanding Social Security, would require extensive, close work with Congress. But presidents already have the power to do much of what Trump has proposed. Congress has given the president the authority to negotiate trade deals, for example, and Trump could try to renegotiate the nuclear deal with Iran. Other promises put him in disputed terrain, such as his vow to bomb the Islamic State, “circle” their territory and “take the oil.” Some argue that such actions must be authorized by Congress under the War Powers Resolution, which was passed over President Nixon’s veto in 1973. But presidents since then have routinely ordered military action without seeking a congressional greenlight. Trump could justify an all-out assault on the Islamic State by pointing to the same kinds of authority that allowed the Bush ad-

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Bush used his power to deal with alleged terrorists

authority to make laws and decide how money is spent, and giving the Supreme Court the last word on what laws comport with the Constitution – was supposed to rein in the president. But as the size and scope of government ballooned, the president became the de facto manager of a sprawling, vital sector of the economy, and presidential authority expanded almost continuously. A century ago, Theodore Roosevelt argued that presidents were allowed to do anything not specifically prohibited by law or the Constitution. And Nixon famously asserted, after he had resigned from office over the Watergate scandal, that “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” By 2004, George W. Bush could state that when “Congress wouldn’t act,” he had no choice but to issue an executive order expanding access to federal grants for faith-based charities. Obama similarly said in 2014 that “when Congress doesn’t move on things they should move on … I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”

In today’s hyper-partisan politics, accusations of overly expansive presidencies fly across the aisle as a matter of course. “A strong presidency is one who is of your own party and an imperial presidency is one from the other side,” Rudalevige said.

President Obama released Guantanamo prisoners without Congress’ approval

“especially if we still have an eight-member Supreme Court,” assuming that the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat remained unfilled. If a president does overstep his authority, Congress could cut off his funding or impeach him, but a President Trump could counter

the Patriot Act and establish the Department of Homeland Security – a sharp contrast to the administration’s failure to move on domestic initiatives such as overhauling Social Security and reforming immigration. What made the difference, Hagin said, was public opinion,

“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”

Potentially dangerous clashes could develop: If Trump were to ask the military to target terrorists’ families – an idea he has at various times proposed and disavowed – some military and intelligence officials have said that commanders might refuse to follow such orders. “The American armed forces would refuse to act,” former CIA director Michael Hayden said earlier this year. “You are required not to follow an unlawful order.” That scenario could lead to “a constitutional crisis,” Rudalevige said,

with the power of the bully pulpit. “Any new president comes in with a certain degree of goodwill and political capital,” said Joe Hagin, who spent 14 years as a White House aide in Republican administrations, culminating in eight years as deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush. “What’s happening in the nation and the world at any given time affects your ability to move quickly. And if you look at what we were able to do post-9/11, it’s almost unprecedented.” Congress acted within weeks to authorize war, pass

and Trump’s knack for blunt communication could be an effective defense against efforts by Congress to rein him in. “He’s thrown the rulebook out the window, and that could be a very good thing,” Hagin said. “He certainly understands how to communicate with a certain segment of the population, and the question is, can he expand that to a majority of the population?” Public opinion also would likely have a big impact on Congress’s willingness to push back. “No one knows what

Trump would really do, which is why people are so freaked out,” said Devins, the law professor. “If he did push the boundaries dangerously, it really would depend on Congress, and it would take an awful lot for Republicans to join with the Democrats to assert themselves and slap him down. “It took Watergate for the parties to stand up to Nixon and attempt to constrain the presidency. The question really is, what unilateral action against ISIS would be so extreme that Congress would pass a funding ban?” Asked about Trump’s proposals to ban Muslims or build a border wall without congressional approval, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said last month that he “would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers.” But Devins has concluded that the record of the past two decades shows that Congress “lacks both the will and the way to check the presidency. “Today’s system of checks and balances,” he said, “is an abject failure.” The Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis contributed to this report. (c) 2016, The Washington Post

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“Say What?!”

Yesterday at the DNC, Elizabeth Warren said, “Trump’s entire campaign is just one more late-night Trump infomercial.” Trump called her “stupid” then said, “But wait there’s more...”

The manager of English soccer team Manchester United has banned his players from playing Pokémon Go. The Manchester United manager said, “I want my players thinking about soccer, not some fun game where interesting things happen.” – Conan O’Brien

– Seth Myers

It raises questions about the natural instincts of Clinton that when confronted with a serious domestic political scandal, she tries to blame the Russians, blame the Chinese, et cetera. Because if she does that while in government, it could lead to problems. – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on CNN responding to Hillary Clinton’s allegations that the Russians were behind the DNC email hack

– Seth Myers

I was treated like dirt. I don’t think the Khan family was treated that way. But I was treated like dirt, I was called a liar. [Hillary Clinton] went on TV many times and nodding her head, thinking that she’s so wonderful and she knows everything and I know nothing… I don’t like her decisions, she kills people! - Patricia Smith, whose son Sean was killed in Benghazi, talking how she was mistreated by the same politicians that are outraged about Trump’s reaction to Khizr Khan

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Hillary Clinton introduced her new running mate Senator Tim Kaine at an event in Miami…She found Kaine while searching a stock photo database for “white businessman.”

President Obama appeared on Face the Nation this weekend and said of Hillary Clinton, “She’s not always flashy, and there are better speechmakers, but she knows her stuff.” Man, I’d hate to see Obama set somebody up on a blind date. “She’s got one wonky eye and she talks too much, but you don’t wanna die alone, do ya?”

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44 Last night at the Democratic Convention, Bernie Sanders supporters staged a walkout. Witnesses say they’ll never forget the sound of 6,000 pairs of Crocs leaving the convention. – Conan O’Brien

I’m Jewish. My father’s family died in concentration camps. I will do everything I can to rid this country of the ugly stain of racism… Lots of hate is being generated against Muslims in America. If we stand for anything we have to stand together and end all forms of racism. – Tweets by Bernie Sanders, who after many months of neglecting to show any pride in his religion or origin, used his religion to criticize Donald Trump

After Joe Biden used the word “malarkey” in his speech, it became the most searched word on the internet. Mostly from people who thought “Malarkey” was a new Pokémon.

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– Conan O’Brien

It would be interesting to see, I will tell you this, Russia, if you’re listening I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. – Trump at a press conference after reporters repeatedly asked him whether Russia was responsible for hacking the DNC’s emails

Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling, and just in case that point was lost on you, with Trump so close to the presidency, Hillary just became the largest “break glass in case of emergency” ever. – James Corden

It was a historic night. We’re either going to have our first female president, or the first president who sold a line of steaks at Sharper Image. - Jimmy Kimmel

This was a speech that could have been given in Moscow during the Cold War. Instead it was delivered to an enthusiastic audience of Democrats who love the idea of taking away someone else’s money. Beneath all the distractions, the celebrities and family stories is the fundamental idea that Hillary has more of a right to your money than you do because she is “humbly” more enlightened than you are. There’s a name for that ideology. It comes with a hammer and sickle, with the color red, with gulags and firing squads, with little red books and big black prisons, and the death of the human soul. Hillary made a mistake by wearing a white pants suit to her coronation. She should have worn red. - Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage Magazine, critiquing Hillary Clinton’s convention speech

You looked like a husband who was sitting there [outside] the waiting room while the wife tries on clothes. - Bill Mahar asking Bernie Sanders why he looked so angry during Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democrat Convention

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– Jimmy Fallon

Verizon has purchased Yahoo and plans to merge it with AOL. Verizon said its goal is to become the RC Cola of the internet. – Conan O’Brien

Turns out Melania Trump’s professional website has been deleted following allegations that she lied about graduating from college. She just deleted the whole thing. As if copying Michelle Obama wasn’t enough, now she’s copying Hillary Clinton.

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Donald Trump will be holding a Q and A session on the online message board Reddit during the Democratic Convention this week — though Trump’s Q and A will be unique in that he will both ask and answer the questions. “Am I the most handsome candidate in history? Interesting question, thanks for asking. I will say, a lot of people think so.”

The summer Olympics start this Friday, and I read that the organizing committee will stay aboard a docked cruise ship called “The Getaway,” which will act as a floating hotel. ‘Cuz nothing makes you feel safer about the Olympics than the organizers staying in a getaway boat. “You kids have fun! We’ll just be over here – with the engines running in case things go south.”

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I saw that Apple CEO Tim Cook will hold a fundraiser later this month for Hillary Clinton. He had a long list of terms and conditions for the event, but Hillary just said “Agree!” without really reading them.

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MORE QUOTES It’s alleged that almost 100 athletes are suspected of using banned substances in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. And they suspect many athletes this year, too, because anyone who wants to go to the Rio Olympics has to be on drugs. – James Corden

Bernie Sanders said that he knows people are disappointed in the results of the primaries, saying, “I think it’s fair to say nobody is more disappointed than I am.” At which point, Jeb Bush threw his empty Haagen-Dazs container at the TV. – Jimmy Fallon

- Fox News’ Chris Wallace to Hillary Clinton, referencing last month’s hearing where the FBI director acknowledged several times that Hillary Clinton was untruthful with the public about her email server

Chris, that’s not what I heard Director Comey say, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to, in my view, clarify. Director Comey said that my answers were truthful. - Clinton’s response

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The emails … I want to ask you about just one aspect of them, and that’s what you told the American people. After a long investigation, FBI Director James Comey said none of those things that you told the American public were true.

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You know you have been in Russia too long when... G You have 6 gold teeth and you’re not a rapper.

G You have more furs than a beaver.

G You play chess bare-chested in the park…when it’s 20 degrees outside.

G Your favorite non-alcoholic beverage is pickle juice.

G You make sure that your liquid intake consists of at least 8 glasses of vodka a day.

G You have 16 different engineering degrees but you still drive a taxi.

G You’d rather smell like a rodent than wear deodorant.

G You think Siberia is a great place to cool off.

G You have a selfie with icicles in your beard. G You think Budapest is the Bahamas. G You feel no need to go to Yosemite National Park because sitting on the benches on Ocean Parkway (that’s in Brooklyn) while cars are whizzing by at 70 MPH is perfectly scenic.

G You dance the kazatzka when your local soccer team wins a game. G After eating your meal of potato salad, potato kugel, potato soup and potato bread, you eat potato ice cream. G You spend your leisure time hacking U.S. government emails.

3. How many time zones does Russia have? a. 5 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11

6. What did Russian President Vladimir Putin bring to a meeting with Russian Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2007 that reportedly intimidated her? a. A large black Labrador dog. b. 27 advisors (even though the meeting was supposed to be a one-on-one meeting). c. A copy of the Potsdam Agreement which was the 1945 agreement that put Western

Answers 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. G 5. B- This is a true story that was reported in “The Clinton Tapes,” a book which is based on interviews historian Taylor Branch had with Bill Clinton 6. A- Merkel is known to have a fear of dogs since she was attacked by one in 1995. But, that didn’t stop Mr. Putin from bringing his large black dog to a meeting with her. Putin “tried to calm Merkel’s nerves” at the beginning of the meeting by saying, “The dog does not bother you, does she? She’s a friendly dog and I’m sure she will behave herself.” Putin later denied that he was trying to intimidate Merkel. Answer Key: 5-6 correct: удивительно! (For all of you non-Russian speakers, that means amazing!) 3-4 correct: You are lukewarm. Nothing good is lukewarm…except for vodka. 0-2 correct: Vot, doz my beeeg dog eenteemeedate you?

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4. What is the average temperature in the Russian town of Verkoyansk, which has a population of approximately 1,300 people? a. 50 degrees Fahrenheit b. 32 degrees Fahrenheit c. 14 degrees Fahrenheit d. 0 degrees Fahrenheit e. -14 degrees Fahrenheit f. -32 degrees Fahrenheit g. -50 degrees Fahrenheit

Germany under Soviet control. d. A massive sword that Joseph Stalin owned

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2. What is the currency in Russia? a. Yen b. Pound c. Ruble d. Zloty

5. In 1995 while visiting Washington, D.C., thenRussian President Boris Yeltsin got so drunk that he did the following: a. He came 3 hours late to a scheduled meeting with President Clinton. b. He was found by Secret Service agents on Pennsylvania Avenue, wearing only his underwear and trying to hail a taxi to go get pizza. c. He stood up to make a toast to President Clinton at a state dinner and called him, “Mr. John F. Kennedy.” d. He tripped while walking up the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial.

Answer to riddle: Nothing. It was supposed to sink—it’s a submarine…duh.

1. Which Russian leader’s name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov? a. Lenin b. Stalin c. Putin d. Yeltsin

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to go about it is by stuffing everything and anything into their mouth before the fast in order to tide them over. This, however, along with many other misconceptions, may make the fast more difficult than it should be. By understanding the way our bodies work and how to properly fuel them, we can make the right decisions and thereby have a healthier and more successful fast. One of the most vital aspects to healthfully preparing for a fast is ensuring proper hydration. Our bodies are incredibly dependent on water and when inadequately hydrated, the consequences are felt almost immediately. Feelings of dizziness, lightheadedness, extreme fatigue, difficulty focusing, and headaches are incorrectly attributed to hunger but, in fact, are symptoms of dehydration. It is important to spend the days leading up to the fast drinking lots of water. This is especially important for a fast in warmer temperatures where we lose even more water. By keeping a large water bottle by your side in the days leading up to the fast and ensuring that you are constantly hydrated, you will enter the fast better prepared and healthier. Additional means of hydration can be found in zero calorie Gatorade or Powerade, ice pops, and diluted juices. Many fruits like watermelon, grapes, peaches, strawberries, and melons are additional choices to stay

hydrated. Though drinking lots of water is great, drinking caffeinated beverages might not be the best idea. Caffeine is a stimulant for the nervous system that can cause dependency. When people ingest large amounts of caffeine on a daily basis and then abruptly stops, they may feel withdrawal symptoms that are extremely unpleasant, such as severe headaches. The most obvious source of caffeine is found in coffee. Additionally, tea, soda, ice cream, chocolate, and even decaffeinated coffee also contain some caffeine. The best way to cut back on the caffeine before a fast is to slowly eliminate caffeinated coffee and other sources of caffeine during the days leading up to the fast. Another solution is to use caffeine suppositories during fasting. Extremely salty foods are also good to avoid before a fast. These thirst-inducing foods, such as pickles, cheese, soups, lox, and processed foods like chips, should be limited the day before the fast. These foods require excess water to rid the body of the high amounts of sodium and can therefore leave you dehydrated. Another important tip before a fast is eating well balanced-meals throughout the day while focusing on healthy carbohydrates. The word “carbohydrates » actually has the word hydrates in it because it works with water to keep your body full but

be fed again for another 24 hours. Hydrating yourself after the fast is vital. The first thing that enters your system should be an 8 oz. glass or more of fluid. This can be water or even a fruit juice. By doing so, one will counteract the dehydration and fill some of the hollow space in your stomach, thereby dissuading you from gorging yourself with food. Reaching for some fresh, cool watermelon or cantaloupe may also be a wise decision since they’re so water-rich and also have some sugars to give you some quick, much-needed energy. As with the pre-fast meal, complex carbohydrates are a great choice in the post-fast meal. Replenishing with foods that provide energy but are slowly digested is the optimal choice. These can include wholewheat pasta, yams, whole-wheat crackers, oatmeal, or whole-wheat toast. Though bagels are a popular choice, it may be best to stick to only half of a scooped out (and wholewheat for more fiber if possible!)

as to not overload your system. But note that the simple carbohydrates like cake, cookies, or candy may be a poor choice since they are digested so rapidly and may shock the digestive system. While we try to make healthful choices on a daily basis, it is also important to make healthful choices before and after a fast. Ingesting foods and liquids that will leave us satisfied and energized as well as ensuring that we are properly hydrated are the keys to successfully entering a fast. As for culminating the fast, hydration and small, controlled choices will bring our bodies back to normal. Wishing everyone an easy and meaningful fast!

Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com.

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way to enter the fast. The protein will keep you feeling full, and the healthy fats, such as olive oil, avocado, or nuts, digest slower and will keep you satisfied. A meal such as grilled chicken, brown rice or quinoa, sweet potatoes, a salad with avocado and nuts, and watermelon for dessert is an ideal way to start the fast. It is important to note, however, that eating a very large meal before the fast is not going to tide you over and help you during the fast. Overeating will just make you feel uncomfortable and stretch out your stomach, which will leave you hungrier by the next morning. Avoiding overeating is also crucial when it comes to breaking the fast. After spending a full day fasting, your body’s digestion is very slow and needs to be eased back to food thus the proper selections are necessary. The body is also in starvation mode, and most of what we eat after the fast the body is hoarding as fat, because it’s so nervous and thinks it may not

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also hydrated. The chemical makeup of carbohydrates causes the body to maintain water. There are, however, different types of carbohydrates and before a fast you want to try to make the smartest choice. Simple carbohydrates are rapidly broken down in the body and used as energy. This causes our blood sugar to spike. Simple carbohydrates are found in many processed foods, such as candy, baked goods, and sugary drinks. Complex carbohydrates are the fiber-rich, whole foods that are broken down more slowly and used as energy sources for the body to function. These include whole-wheat breads and grains, pasta, oatmeal, vegetables, sweet potatoes, corns, beans, and lentils. These foods will maintain your energy stores for a longer period of time and will keep your body full for longer, making them the optimal dietary sources before a fast. Eating a carbohydrate-rich meal coupled with some protein and healthy fats before the fast is the best

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his week’s author of the What Would You Do If question decided that she did not want her question to go to print at the last minute. I usually mentally prepare my response on Sunday and sit down to write Pulling it All Together on Monday evening, just making my deadline. This is one time I can say that my procrastination has worked to someone’s benefit. I apologize to the wonderful panelists who provided insightful and thought-pro-

voking responses for not seeing the fruits of their labor, and to you, the reader, who looks forward to our content. I hope we all agree that respecting someone’s wishes for privacy trumps all. So, what’s a Navidater to do without a What Would You Do If? Leaving you empty-handed is not an option. So, I thought we could discuss somewhat of a hot topic and “navidate” the waters of vulnerability in dating and relationships in the orthodox world. Many singles and marrieds alike are struggling with being open about their thoughts and feelings in their relationships. If you’re an avid reader of the column, you’ll notice that I generally propose that the author speak di-

rectly to whomever he/she is writing in about. What I am really suggesting is vulnerability. “I don’t know if I have feelings for her.” Talk to her about it. “My mother is driving me crazy about my weight.” Talk to her about it. “I don’t know how to tell the guy I’m seeing that my brother battles clinical depression and I think I may also.” Tell him there’s something on your mind that you want to share but are having a hard time sharing it. It’s so obvious and yet we all, myself included, struggle with sharing our truth at times; maybe when we feel that something is at stake or a relationship is on the line. I am not one to generalize and actually abhor generalizations about groups of people. I will say, however, that in the Orthodox world of dating, relationships, engagement and even marriage, too many people are struggling with being vulnerable.

They are encouraged to “open up,” but can’t. And who can blame them? The message out there is that you must be pretty close to perfect in order to find a shidduch or soulmate. You know… your family cannot have a history of mental illness, drug or alcohol abuse, no siblings with special needs, no girl over a size 10 (and that’s pushing it), and no history of anorexia or bulimia. Let’s see…you must be very involved in chessed, and you’ll be very sought after if you’re from a well-to-do family. Young divorcees are not suitable for young daters, and if you are older and have never married, well, something must be wrong. Young singles are expected to have chosen careers, be able to support a family or at the very least have parents willing to support them. And who can forget “having a past”? He has somewhat of a past. I don’t think it’s a good shidduch. It is

The feedback from our readers has been remarkable. In order to facilitate further discussion, you can now continue the conversation anonymously on our website. Every Sunday, we will upload the weekend’s most recent edition of What Would You Do If to the dating forum at thenavidaters.com. Join The Navidaters and your fellow TJH readers in a comprehensive dialogue with regard to dating, relationships and marriage. The forum will be moderated daily for everyone’s comfort and safety. See you there! Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise offer resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, but to offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

and relationships is to take that risk and get vulnerable when the time feels right. It is a risk, indeed, because the truth is you may be rejected. But the other risk is to never open up, to never share, to never be vulnerable and to never feel a true connection with another person. I guess it boils down to what feels like the bigger risk for you. Stepping off my soapbox, Jennifer

And who can blame them? The message out there is that you must be pretty close to perfect in order to find a shidduch or soulmate.

“thank you for trusting me. I feel so much closer to you now.” I have some ideas about how to change the narrative our society tells, and they involve getting into the school system and talking to young men and women in high school about dating, relationships, vulnerability, and emotional intimacy. Until this is addressed societally, my advice to singles navigating the waters of dating

Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed, clinical psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up an appointment, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. Follow The Navidaters on IG and FB!.

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other? (Once we have married off all our children? That was a joke). I heard a great quote and it went something like this: “When perfection is in the driver’s seat, shame is riding shotgun.” Shame lies to us. Shame silences us. Shame makes us keep secrets. Shame tells us that if we share something “bad,” someone may not love us anymore. Shame tells us that in order to be loveable we must be perfect. The more we give into our shame, the larger it becomes, until we have no voice and we live our lives avoiding and denying. If you live with something you feel ashamed of, then you know exactly what I am talking about. Pretty hard to let someone in and get to know us when we’re trying to be perfect. You know what the antidote to shame is? Vulnerability. Talking. Sharing. Telling. Shame withers away in the light of day. Imagine someone responding to you with “me too,” or “I’m so happy you told me” or

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highly frowned upon to come from a divorced home, or a home where the parents fight. And for those of us reading this and thinking, “I don’t know, my family doesn’t have any problems. We really are the perfect family…” Some might say that your family has repressed all their feelings and lives in a constant state of denial…and you are not acceptable either. Freud estimated that 90% of the population is mentally ill. Perhaps a bit extreme in his view, we can conclude that we all have some meshugas! Some of us try to control every variable when dating, and yet the rate of divorce is increasing. And so I ask the universe and you, from my dining room table, is there a way to change the message that our singles are receiving? Must we as a society feel so ashamed of what we perceive as imperfection that we are driven to project a false image of perfection? When will be able to get real with each

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10 Super Strategies to Strengthen Preschoolers’ Skills through the Summer by Elana Fertig

READ: Read to your child, with your child. Have your child look at books, if they are not ready to read yet. Ask your child questions: What is the name of the boy in the story? Where did he go? What did he like?

EYE CONTACT: Remind your child to look you and other people in their eyes (especially when talking). Ask your child what color different people’s eyes are so they take the time to look and notice.

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SWIM: Swimming is a great skill to strengthen core muscles, focusing, hand-eye coordination, gross motor skill and fine motor skills. (Painting on an easel helps these skills too.)

DIRECTIONALITY: Ask your child to help set the table. Ask them to put the fork next to the plate, the napkins under the fork…etc. Words such as: up, down, next to, near, under, over, are all helpful for learning math.

LETTER RECOGNITION: Point out letters and signs on the street or on a cereal box. Help your child to become familiar that words are everywhere. If he is ready, you can ask him, “What sound does this letter say?”

ATTENTION TO DETAILS: While taking a walk or riding in the car, help your child to notice things. Did you see that man wearing the hat? What color was his hat? Did you notice if that child had glasses? Did you see that bird? Let’s find out what kind of bird it was.

PENCIL GRIP: If your child is ready to start writing, show him how to hold the crayon or pencil in the correct way. It is helpful to begin writing with small chunky crayons to strengthen their grip.

FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Ripping paper is helpful to strengthen their fine motor skills and help them before they are ready to cut with scissors. (Of course cleaning up the ripped papers is a helpful skill too )

PROBIOCEPTIVE INPUT: Lifting or pushing heavy things can help build your child’s core strength, help him focus, and also help him work with his extra energy. Have him help you carry shopping packages, put things away, carry the laundry basket downstairs.

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BE A MENSCH: Of course, this is number one. Remind your child to be nice to others and to make a kiddush Hashem wherever he goes. Greet people with a smile and hold doors open (never too early to start!). Be kind, especially when playing sports, where not all children have the same skills.

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Between the Lines

Assault and Flattery By Eytan Kobre

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. -Edmund Burke

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king was once warned of a notorious flatterer coming to his palace. “Be on guard, Your Majesty,” his advisors cautioned. “This fellow wins favor through flattery, and then uses it to his own advantage.” “Don’t worry,” the king replied confidently. “He won’t get far with me.” When the man arrived, he wasted no time. How honored I am to be in the same room as the mightiest of monarchs. I find myself blinded by the radiance of your beauty, the glory of your presence, your divine charm, your grace, your elegance… He carried on for a full twenty minutes. When he paused for breath, the king’s advisors seized the opportunity. “Didn’t we warn you, Your Majesty?” “Rest assured,” answered the king, “the moment he starts to flatter me I’ll have him thrown out. But thus far, he has spoken nothing but the truth.” In connection with the ills of murder, we are cautioned against “polluting the land” (Bamidbar 35:33). Because the word for “pollute” is the same as the word for “flatter,” however, the verse also is regarded as a prohibition against flattery (Sifri 161; Ramban, Bamidbar 35:33). Indeed,

flattery is regarded as an outright Torah prohibition (Yereim 55; Chofetz Chaim, Prohibition 16; Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvos, Shoresh 5 and Ramban ad loc.; Orchos Chaim 103). As commonplace as flattery has become in today’s society, it is nonetheless considered a grave sin. A flatterer, among other things, “brings anger to the world,” causes “prayers to go unanswered,” and “falls to Gehinnom” (Sota 41b). So severe a sin is flattery that a flatterer may be exposed publicly (Yoma 86b), and flattery requires daily confession (Mishna Berura 239:9). A congregation that flatters is regarded as “disgusting” and will ultimately be exiled (Sota 42a; see also Menoras HaMa’or 2:3). For example, when King Agrippas (grandson of the non-Jewish King Herod) became distressed to learn that his non-Jewish lineage disqualified him from being a Jewish king, the sages soothed him by saying, “You are our brother, you are our brother,” and this improper flattery doomed the Jewish people to destruction (Sota 41b). Likewise, the sages’ failure to protest the Kamtza and Bar Kamtza affair represented the very worst in flattery (Maharsha, Gittin 55b) – and look where it got us. Some enumerate nine categories of prohibited flattery: (1) telling a wicked person that he has not sinned; (2) publicly praising a wicked person as having positive attributes; (3) privately praising a wicked person; (4) befriending a wicked person;

(5) endorsing an unfit leader; (6) failing to protest the bad acts of others; (7) failing to protest the bad acts of others out of fear that it will not have the desired effect; (8) failing to protest improper speech; and (9) honoring the wicked out of a (misguided) sense of peace (Sha’arei Teshuva 3:187-199; Orchos Tzaddikim, Sha’ar HaChanifus). Others categorize flattery as only “bad” and “worse” (Pele Yo’etz, “Chanufa”). So it is no surprise that our leaders have gone to great lengths to avoid flattery. R’ Akiva Eiger gave his son two instructions for the printing of his books: use quality paper and delete all titles ascribed to him by others. R’ Yisrael Salanter would fold letters he received so as not to see the titles ascribed to him by others (only later did he relax this practice when he realized that everyone used these titles to describe just about anyone). And the Bais HaLevi famously moved out of his town of Slutzk rather than flatter a sinner by attending his son’s bar mitzvah celebration. R’ Naftali of Ropshitz would explain, only half in jest, that he was initially reluctant to enter the rabbinate for fear he might be expected to flatter his followers. So he thought about becoming a tailor. Then he discovered that tailors flatter their customers. So he thought about becoming a shoemaker. Then he discovered that shoemakers flatter their customers. If everyone flatters, he concluded, I might as well enter the rabbinate. And so he did.

Now, to be sure, not all flattery is off-limits. A man should flatter his wife for the sake of marital harmony, his creditor to stave off demands for repayment, and his rabbi to teach him Torah (Orchos Tzaddikim, Sha’ar HaChanifus). It also may be permitted to flatter someone so that they will accept rebuke (Orchos Tzaddikim, Sha’ar HaChanifus). Some are of the opinion that flattery is permitted to escape danger (Tosfos, Sota 41b; Torah Temima, Bereishis 33:10; Yere’im 248); others disagree (Sha’arei Teshuva, 3:18788); and still others chart a middle course, distinguishing between imminent danger (flattery is permissible) and a more remote or theoretical danger (flattery is forbidden) (Yad Ketana, Dei’os 10:13; Ha’aros of R’ Elyashiv, Nedarim 22a). Flattery may also be permitted to avoid sizeable financial loss (Torah Temima, Bereishis 33:10). R’ Moshe Feinstein was asked whether the honor of opening the Aron Kodesh could be bestowed upon a philanthropic Jewish doctor married to a non-Jew (Igros Moshe, Orach Chaim 2:51). The congregation posing the question was concerned that the doctor would withhold financial support unless given some honor. In ruling that the honor was permissible, R’ Moshe explained that the core prohibition against flattery assumes some correlation between the deplorable act(s) and the honor being bestowed, such that the honor could be construed as approval of the

55 court flattered him endlessly. You are the greatest, most powerful king of all…there is nothing you cannot do, nothing in this world dares disobey you. The king eventually grew tired of such foolishness and decided to

If everyone flatters, he concluded, I might as well enter the rabbinate. And so he did.

teach them a lesson. “So you say I am the greatest man in the world and all things obey me?” “Oh, yes, sire,” the servants responded. “In that case, fetch my throne and place it down by the seashore.” The servants scrambled to carry the throne over the sands, placing it at the water’s edge. The king sat

to distort reality with disingenuous toadyism. Sincere compliments can build relationships, but flattery undermines them. Rightful praise develops self-esteem, but flattery makes us feel patronized and empty and cheap. Flattery creates, for giver and receiver alike, an artificial harmony and a false reality. Metaphorically, then, the prohibition against “flattering the land” is a prohibition against creating an atmosphere of disingenuousness and insincerity. Don’t get me wrong – I enjoy flattery as much as anyone. But I won’t be deluded it. Like the king who was warned of the notorious flatterer, I’d like to think I could not so easily be seduced. At least not when what others say is the truth.

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Flattery is heinous because it substitutes fear of man for fear of G-d (Tosfos, Sota 41b; Kad HaKemach, Chanufa). Indeed, flatterers “will not receive the face of the Divine Presence” (Sota 42a) as a punishment and also as a natural consequence of prioritizing man’s esteem over G-d’s (Michtav M’Eliyahu, Vol 5, pg. 102). There was once a king whose

down and surveyed the ocean. “I see the tide is coming in. Will it stop if I give the command?” “Give the order, great king, and it will obey.” “Sea,” the king called out. “Come no further! Do not dare touch my feet!” He waited a moment, and a wave rushed up the sand and covered his feet. “How dare you! Ocean, turn back now!” The king remained on his throne throughout the day, screaming at the waves to stop. But in they came anyway, until the seat of the throne was submerged. Finally, the king turned to his servants. “It seems I do not have quite so much power as you would have me believe. Perhaps now you will remember there is only one king, and He is all-powerful. I suggest you reserve your praises for Him.” Flattery stems from an inability to accept reality (Da’as Torah, Shemos 18:21), and so flatterers seek

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errant act(s). Since opening the Aron Kodesh was unrelated to the doctor’s intermarriage, R’ Moshe ruled that it was permissible. But these narrow exceptions must never be allowed to dull the gravity of the sin.

Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, mediator, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook.com.

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the porch and those landing on the ledge near the trissim?” she asked as we watched the Jerusalem sun drop behind the mountains in the distance. “Every morning,” she continued, “when I see these birds, I am overtaken with a fierce surge of jealousy. Why is it that they have the privilege of living in this Holy land, if they so desire, while I may not continue to have that option?” Now, when I recall that conversation, I consider the fact that yes, birds can indeed fly wherever they choose, at will, but I wonder if they ever sense a connection to a place called home the way that humans do. This reminds me of the lot of the Jewish people. In all our travels, for thousands of years, we have never truly arrived back home to the way things once were and to the way they will be once again. It has been said that each Jewish soul has a particular affinity to one of the four major cities in Eretz Yisrael –Jerusalem, Tzfat, Chevron and Tveriah. There is something akin to be a magnetic pull that draws each of us to a particular place; because it is there that our souls are rooted. That particular city feels comfortable and welcoming. It is similar to how I feel when I visit my childhood neighborhood from which I moved nearly four decades ago, where nothing is the same and yet everything feels familiar. As we near Tisha B’Av, the day laden with tragic history, our hearts are stirred once again with a yearning to return, because home is where the heart is, and Libi Bamizrach, my heart and home will always be in the east. One day, very soon, our constant moving will come to an end. We will no longer merely be in the process of going, but finally, we will know that we have arrived home – that we arrived back to our roots and to our core, to be all that we were meant to become, and to fulfill an awesome legacy with great responsibility. And free as a bird. Chasida Teichman is a Certified Life Coach who resides in Baltimore, Md. To contact her, please email chteichman@gmail.com.

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mericans love peeking into the wallets of the rich and famous. Just how much are they really worth? How did they get there? And who’s on top of the pile? For years, Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($76 billion) has been the king of that particular gilded hill, with Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett ($65 billion) capturing a respectable second place. But last week brought news that there’s a shakeup near the top — and taxes played a big role in that change. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns about 18% of the company, has seen his stock shoot up over 50% since its recent low in February. At the same time, Warren Buffett has seen his Berkshire Hathaway shares languish. On Friday, July 22, Bezos’s uptick and Buffett’s downtick crossed, making Bezos the second-richest man in America and the third-richest man on Earth. Now let’s look at just a few of the ways taxes played in growing Bezos’s wealth: 1. Amazon got an early boost by helping customers avoid the state and local sales taxes they would pay

at a local brick and mortar retailer. Buying online already meant saving a trip to the store. But skipping the tax bill made the whole proposition even more attractive. Even today, the company collects sales tax in just 28 states.

like something a James Bond villain would name his tax plan, but it earned the name because the goldcrest is Luxembourg’s national bird.) For example, Amazon used a 28-step (!) series of intracompany transfers to shift income from in-

On Friday, July 22, Bezos’s uptick and Buffett’s downtick crossed, making Bezos the second-richest man in America and the third-richest man on Earth. 2. Amazon’s international headquarters is based in low-tax Luxembourg, where it benefits from a sweetheart ruling negotiated with local authorities seeking to lure multinational corporations. Low taxes mean the company has more to reinvest in growing its business. 3. The company profits from an elaborate structure, dubbed “Project Goldcrest,” designed to shift income from high-tax jurisdictions to low-tax jurisdictions. (It sounds

tellectual property like software, trademarks, and brand names to a nontaxable Luxembourg partnership before passing anything back to the United States. 4. Bezos’s taxable salary is $81,840 — just $14,000 more per year than what a lowly Facebook intern makes for fetching Mark Zuckerberg’s coffee. (Bezos has no nanny for his four kids, and his wife picks them up from school in a Honda minivan.) His net worth

grows through stock appreciation, which isn’t taxable until he sells his shares. If he dies while he still owns the stock, his heirs will avoid income tax on that appreciation entirely. 5. Finally, on July 14, Buffett donated $2.9 billion to a group of private foundations. Buffett is a legendarily generous guy, who’s already pledged to give away the bulk of his fortune at his death. But he’s also a legendarily smart guy, and he certainly won’t be passing up the sweet tax deduction he gets for his gift. Of course, that tax-advantaged gift helped close the final gap between Bezos and Buffett. Here’s the moral of the story. Smart tax planning didn’t just help Jeff Bezos make Amazon more valuable. It was a crucial part of his strategy, right from the start. Shouldn’t it be part of your strategy?

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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2 2/3 cups gluten-free oat flour (such as Bob’s Red Mill ) 2/3 cup sorghum flour 2/3 cup tapioca flour 4 tsp. yeast (dissolved into ½ cup of warm water with 1 Tbl. sugar) 2 tsp. xanthan gum 2 tsp. granulated garlic 2 tsp. fresh rosemary (finely chopped)- optional 6 Tbl. sugar 2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. white vinegar 1 ¾ cups warm water 4Tbl. oil 1 egg plus 5 egg whites- warmed

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Remove oven racks, and preheat oven to “warm.” For this recipe, you will need a small, medium, and large bowl. 1. In small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, and add 1 Tbl. sugar. Set aside. 2. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients (i.e., flours, xanthan gum, garlic, rosemary, sugar, salt, and baking powder). Set aside. 3. In bowl of mixer, fitted with whisk attachment, beat egg whites until foamy. Add 1 Tbl. of sugar and continue beating until stiff. Put most of the egg whites into medium bowl, and set aside. 4. Add whole egg, oil, 1 ½ cups of warm water, and vinegar to mixing bowl with whisk attachment. Add yeast mixture to it. Slowly, add all dry ingredients to same bowl, and beat for about 3 minutes (to allow xanthan gum to work). Add additional water until batter is like thick pudding. 5. Put batter into bowl that had had dry ingredients. Fold egg whites into the batter. Take off challah (about a large Tbl. of dough and burn it. 6. Spray muffin tins with oil and fill with ¼ cup of dough. 7. Turn oven temperature off, and replace racks into oven. 8. Place pans into oven and let rise until double (about 1 hour). Spray tops with oil spray and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds. Bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes or until brown. When cool, remove from pans and cool on cooling rack. Enjoy!

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Makes: 5-7 main course & 8-10 appetizer servings | Can make ahead, can freeze | Active time: 25 minutes | Cooking/resting time: 1 hour

Ingredients: ∙ 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup vegetable oil ∙ 1 small onion, peeled and diced (about 1 cup) ∙ 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced (about 1 cup) ∙ 2 garlic cloves, minced ∙ 1 tablespoon water ∙ 3-4 slices soft bread such as challah

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∙ 1 1/2 pounds cooked boneless salmon, flaked ∙ 4 slices pickled jalapeno, diced ∙ 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped ∙ 1/3 cup mayonnaise ∙ 1 tablespoon chipotle seasoning or substitute 1 tablespoon chili powder plus 2 teaspoons smoky bar-b-qua sauce ∙ 1/2 teaspoon salt ∙ 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preperation: 1. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a large non-stick skillet over high heat. Cook onion and bell pepper, stirring until onion is transparent, about 3 minutes. Lower heat to medium, add garlic and water, stirring constantly so garlic does not brown, about 1 minute. 2. In the work bowl of a food processor, process bread into fine breadcrumbs. There should be about one cup. 3. In a medium mixing bowl, gently combine 3/4 cup of the bread crumbs with the salmon, sauteed vegetables, jalapeno, cilantro, mayonnaise and seasonings. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes. 4. Form mixture into 2” fish cakes, there should be about 10 patties of the same size and thickness. Coat with reserved bread crumbs. Refrigerate 1 hour. 5. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat remaining oil. Brown fish cakes 2 to 3 minutes per side, remove to a baking pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes until set. Serve warm.

Active time: 20 minutes | Total time: 1 hour | Can make ahead

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 medium bell pepper, 1/2 "cube 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 medium yellow squash or zucchini, 1/2” cube 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes 4-5 slices challah, toasted and cubed 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 cup soft breadcrumbs or shredded cheese 2 teaspoons margarine or oil

Preperation: 1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and add onions and bell pepper and garlic. Cook uncovered, stirring often for 5 minutes until onion is translucent. Add squash and continue cooking for 5 minutes. 2. Stir in tomatoes, breaking up large chunks and simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes. 3. Preheat oven to 350°. Remove vegetables from heat. Stir bread cubes and seasonings into the skillet. Toss well, then pour into a 2 quart casserole or pie pan. Sprinkle top with breadcrumbs or cheese and dot with margarine or drizzle with oil. 4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes until tart is set and topping is golden.

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OVEN FRIED EGGPLANT

Oven Fried Eggplant is a recipe from my catering menu that customers often ordered in double quantities. It seems that one order was rarely enough, the first having usually been devoured in the kitchen before making it to the table. This recipe makes a creamy, crunchy side dish, plus it is the basis for Eggplant Parmesan, next recipe.

Pareve or Dairy | Makes: 6-8 servings | Active time: 15 minutes | Total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant, peeled and sliced into ¼” discs 1 cup toasted cornflake crumbs or breadcrumbs ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, optional 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ teaspoon dried parsley 1 cup mayonnaise ½ onion, finely minced or 2 tablespoons dried minced onion ½ cup marinara sauce

PREPARE AHEAD: Keep refrigerated, in a tightly sealed container, for 2 days. Can freeze for up to 2 months.

Dairy | Makes: 6-8 servings | Active time: 15 minutes | Total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter  1 tablespoon olive oil  1 medium onion, chopped  4 cloves garlic, minced  ¾ cups dry red or white wine  3 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes  6 sun-dried tomatoes, minced  1 tablespoon dried oregano  1 teaspoon salt  ½ teaspoon pepper  1 recipe Oven Fried Eggplant  1 ½ cups grated mozzarella cheese  ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Preperation: 1. In a large frying pan over medium heat place the butter and oil. When butter melts, add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 10 minutes until soft. Stir in the garlic and cook for one minute until fragrant. Pour in the wine and scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the flavorful bits off the bottom.  Add the crushed tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper. Simmer uncovered for 15-20 minutes until sauce thickens. 2. Carefully lay Oven Fried Eggplant slices in overlapping circles on top of the sauce and cover in grated cheeses. Cover frying pan with lid or foil and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted and eggplant is thoroughly heated. PREPARE AHEAD: Keeps covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. RubyLaskerDesigns

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Preperation: 1. Preheat oven to 425º In a large plate or pan combine the cornflake crumbs, Parmesan cheese if using, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dried parsley. In another, smaller bowl mix the mayonnaise with the minced onion. 2. Spread a thin coating of the onion-mayonnaise mixture on each side of sliced eggplant and dredge in the seasoned crumbs. Place the coated eggplant slices on a baking pan lined with parchment paper. 3. Bake 15 minutes in preheated oven. Carefully flip slices and bake another 5-10 minutes, removing when slices are a golden brown. Thinner slices will brown much quicker than thicker. Serve with marinara sauce.

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