Aneinu Car Accident New York,

State Thruway. The son has asked people to daven for the following members of his family: Yehuda ben Meirav Yosef Chaim ben Meirav Shlomo ben Meirav Alon Dovid Shalom ben Mazal

Aneinu Please Daven

Update - Shuva bas Michal Unfortunately, she has taken a turn for the worse. She was operated on today due to internal bleeding. Please daven for her refuah shlema and for Rachomei Shomayim.

Aneinu Goldzweig Shiva House Number

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Nachum Features Artscroll’s New Release “Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz”

Nachum welcomed Rabbi Yisroel Besser and Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz to the studio during this morning’s JM in the AM for an in-depth look at Artscroll’s new release, “Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz. ” From Artscroll: “He taught so many of us to learn. He taught so many of us to pray. Now, through his engrossing life story, Reb Meir Zlotowitz will teach us how to become better parents, better children, better friends. Better people. Many of us know the story of how Meir Zlotowitz, a young graphic artist, started a company — and a Torah revolution — called ArtScroll. In this scrupulously researched and beautifully written biography, author Yisroel Besser paints a stunning portrait of a remarkable man, one of the greatest Torah disseminators of our time; a giant with global impact who managed, at the same time, to be devoted to his family and loyal to his friends. Busy building a Torah empire, he somehow always managed to find the time to advise and help the countless friends and strangers who sought him out. What was the secret of Rabbi Zlotowitz’s phenomenal success? How did he establish relationships with the greatest Torah luminaries of the time? How did his personal challenges affect the person he became? What role did his rebbi, Rav Moshe Feinstein, play? How did he attract supporters from the entire spectrum of Jewish life even while being unapologetically rooted in the world of the yeshiva? What sort of advice and guidance did he offer younger businessmen, educators and activists who looked to “Uncle Meir’ as a mentor? Most important of all: How did he maintain his care and concern for every individual, while devoting himself so wholeheartedly to the entire Jewish people? This book is a page-turner, a hard-to-put-down masterpiece that will inspire you to reach out and change the world — while investing yourself in those closest to you, your family and friends. It’s a story not only about what Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz did, but about what he was. A story of one man’s courage, his vision, and his unwavering faith in the Jewish People and their Torah.”

New/Live Music Alert! Nachum and Yehuda Green Debut “Neshamaleh”

Nachum hosted Yehuda Green and David Ziff live at JM in the AM for some live music and for the official JM in the AM debut of Yehuda’s new CD, “Neshamaleh.” They played and discussed several of the new songs that make up this exciting new project. You can watch the interview on the NSN Facebook page HERE.

New Music Alert! Nachum and Yaakov Shwekey Debut “Musica”

Nachum welcomed Jewish music superstar Yaakov Shwekey to this morning’s JM in the AM live via telephone to officially debut his latest CD, “Musica.” This brand new 13 track CD boasts an eclectic collection of songs that are sure to connect with the wide array of tastes in Jewish music. Nachum and Yaakov played several of the songs and discussed what went into making this monumental new project.

Aneinu Name Correction Please Daven

The correct name is Dafne Erela bat Dina Malka **************************** Please daven for Dafna Ariella bat Dina Malka, a little girl in our community who is having open heart surgery today. 

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Please daven for Dafna Ariella bat Dina Malka, a little girl in our community who is having open heart surgery today. 

Aneinu Please Aay Tehillim Surgery Today

Please say Tehillim for a member of our community who is having a very serious surgery today. Tzuriel Aharon ben Sara We should hear bsoros tovos .

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Please say tehillim for Shaifka bas Nosson HaLevi, who was nifter erev Shabbos, to help her have a kosher Jewish burial. 

Aneinu Tefillos Needed for little girl who drowned in NJ

Please daven for the cousin of an Aneinu member, a young father in Eretz Yisroel, who was just in a terrible car accident. His name is  נתנאל דוד בן שרה רייזא Nesanel Dovid ben Sara Raiza

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Please daven for the cousin of an Aneinu member, a young father in Eretz Yisroel, who was just in a terrible car accident. His name is  נתנאל דוד בן שרה רייזא Nesanel Dovid ben Sara Raiza

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Fwd: [Aneinu] A Kashrus Legend: Rav Chaim Goldzweig zt”l

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Subject: [chicago-aneinu] A Kashrus Legend: Rav Chaim Goldzweig zt"l

A Kashrus Legend: Rav Chaim Goldzweig zt"l

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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Chaim Goldzweig zt"l, rov of Congregation Tiferes Moshe in Chicago, senior mashgiach for the OU, and a board member of Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago.

Rav Goldzweig retired a number of years ago and relocated with his rebbetzin to Chicago to live near their son, Rabbi Zev Goldzweig, maggid shiur in Yeshivas Hachaim in Los Angeles.

Rav Goldzweig, known as "the mashgiach's mashgiach," was among the most important figures in the kashrus industry in the United States over the last 50 years.

A native Chicagoan and a son of renowned mekubal Rav Moshe Gershon Goldzweig zt"l, young Chaim was sent to learn in Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland. Upon his marriage and return to Chicago in 1960, he took a position as a field mashgiach for the OU.

Rabbi Goldzweig soon developed encyclopedic knowledge of virtually every kosher ingredient, including intricate coding sequences, which he would recognize in an instant. His vast knowledge was helpful to the entire kashrus industry.

Although he was based in the OU, other national agencies, including the Chicago Rabbinical Council and the Star-K in Baltimore, benefited from his expertise. His humorous manner endeared him to many food manufacturers, whose natural instinct would seem to be antagonistic to a rabbinical supervisor.

The Beginning of a Career

One day back in 1960, while America was in the midst of the Cold War and about to enter the space age, the phone rang in the Goldzweig home in Chicago. At the request of Rabbi Alexander S. Rosenberg, Rabbinic Administrator at the OU from 1950 to 1972, Rabbi Shlomo Hecht of Chicago asked Rabbi Moshe Goldzweig of Tzefas, Israel, if he knew of anyone in the area able to fill a position as an RFR for a company just starting to run kosher glycerin. Rabbi Hecht called, hoping Rabbi Goldzweig's oldest son would take the position. There was one problem; his son didn't drive a car. Then Rabbi Goldzweig's fateful question: "What about my younger son, Chaim?"

After ten years at Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Rav Chaim accepted the OU job as Rabbinic Field Representative for Proctor & Gamble. At the time, the world of organized kashrus supervision was still very young.

"The public didn't know about ingredients in those days," recalled Rabbi Goldzweig. "As long as the ingredients panel didn't list lard, everybody thought it was fine. And companies didn't have to list everything."

Learning as he went, Rabbi Goldzweig educated the companies along with himself.

"Everything has to be looked into," he once related. "When checking out a new plant, I get all the information I can."

He began jotting each relevant fact on paper, putting slip after slip into his pockets and committing every essential detail to memory.

"When I started out, there were maybe ten people in the OU office," Rabbi Goldzweig recalled in an interview.

All issues of ingredient approval would go through him. He would take along stacks of papers of ingredient requests submitted by companies, relying on his foolproof memory, which predated and was likely more reliable than the computer. As his experience in kosher supervision increased, so did his breadth of knowledge about ingredients, ingredients within ingredients, all aspects of food manufacture, and every nook and cranny of plants worldwide.

Although he was considered the OU's undisputed most senior expert in the field, Rabbi Goldzweig never wore his revered reputation on his sleeve. During his initial visits to plants requesting OU certification, employees' heads would inevitably turn as an elderly gentleman with a straggly beard and bulging pockets – filled with notes and an array of pens – sauntered past them, smiling broadly at each puzzled face.

"I once visited a plant with him," recalled Rabbi Menachem Genack, Chief Executive Officer of OU Kashrus. "We found a box without kosher certification on it or any indication of what it contained. The plant manager hadn't a clue as to what it was. Rabbi Goldzweig eyed the assorted numbers on the package and nonchalantly said, 'Don't worry. It's a Durkee code' (a manufacturer of shortenings). He knew exactly what it was."

Within a short time, everyone on the plant floor considered him his buddy, certain that the feeling is mutual.

"He was a master at being able to win people over and making them feel comfortable as he's getting the necessary information from them," said Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator at the OU. "This is one of the most important aspects of kashrus supervision. You don't want the company to feel that you are checking up on them or looking over their shoulders. No one likes to be monitored. He was extremely successful in his own home-style way of getting the needed information."

Rabbi Goldzweig often added a package of salami to his pocket assemblage as a gift of goodwill and gratitude to many a plant manager.

"He was a man with outstanding ability, direction, and warmth," said Rabbi Genack. "He was the OU's kosher Columbo."

For the past 50 years, "Reb Chaim," as his colleagues affectionately referred to him, brought his disarming personality and kosher expertise to people and plants around the world. He went as far as China, the Far East, Kuwait, India, and Poland, to name a few places.

"I have more stamps than Carter has liver pills," Rav Chaim once said in his inimitable fashion.

He also had to keep up with the food industry's technical advances, as well as the increasing number and complexity of ingredients.

After a few-day stint supervising the kashrus at a plant in a faraway continent, Rabbi Goldzweig often returned home with many enthralling, sometimes chilling stories to tell, the "miracle in Colombia," for instance.

His plane landed at the airport, on September 9, 2001, two days before the 9/11 attacks. Rabbi Goldzweig waited for his pick-up person to take him to his assigned plants. He waited and waited, wondering if someone would show up. A man approached him and asked in English, "Rabbi, are you lost?" He replied with his customary quipping, "I know what country I'm in, but have no idea who's coming to get me."

He showed him a piece of paper with the name of the company. Recognizing the name, the man made a number of calls on his cell phone, speaking fluent Spanish. He informed Rabbi Goldzweig that he would be picked up shortly.

"I'm thinking," Rabbi Goldzweig later recounted, "I don't know this guy; he could be a terrorist."

The man pointed to his car and instructed Rabbi Goldzweig to wait there with his suitcase for a minute.

"I looked at his license plate and felt relieved; it read: U.S. State Department," Rabbi Goldzweig recalled. "When he returned, he said I shouldn't worry about going into his car because it was bulletproof! Then he advised that I not take any cabs in this city and never leave the hotel without someone who speaks fluent Spanish."

The RFR finished his work in two days and eagerly anticipated his flight back home. As he entered the airport, all the monitors flashed the dreadful sight of two planes pummeling through the World Trade Towers. Loudspeakers repeatedly blared, "The Airport Is Now Closed." The rabbi reluctantly stayed another week in Colombia, not sure when he'd be able to get back to the United States. And Rosh Hashana was only a few days away. It dawned on him that he still had the card of the fellow who had helped him at the beginning of the trip. He fished it out of one of his crammed pockets and realized the man was a diplomat from the United States. That Motzoei Shabbos, his helpful acquaintance arranged for a treasured ticket home. "I got back just hours before Rosh Hashana," recalled Rabbi Goldzweig. "Hashem wanted me home for the Yomim Noraim."

A Love of Kashrus

With all his traveling around, the crazy hours, and unusual interactions with all kinds of individuals, Rabbi Goldzweig absolutely loved his work.

"I dream about ingredients!" he once said. "I believe it's a mitzvah to help people eat kosher food. An RFR has to be a person who wants to help people."

Those fortunate enough to cross Rav Chaim's path said that he delighted in reaching out to others.

"I was single and working in the West Coast region," said Rabbi Michael Morris, Rabbinic Coordinator. "One evening, I had just finished eating my dinner, which, for a bachelor, consisted of a sandwich, when the phone rang. It was Rabbi Goldzweig calling from a plane flying to Los Angeles from San Francisco.He told me that he was changing planes at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) to return to his hometown in Chicago and had a few hours to spare. He said, 'You probably haven't had a good meal in a while. Pick me up at LAX. We'll go to a restaurant for dinner and then you can bring me back to the airport to continue my journey.' I cherished both the meal and the company."

Whether a kashrus veteran or novice, Rabbi Goldzweig's colleagues knew personally of his no-holds-barred willingness to go all out to improve another's lot.

"When I was a relative newcomer to the OU," said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Rabbinic Coordinator,"I met with Rabbi Goldzweig to review some potato plants in Maine. This was my first long-distance OU business trip. As he drove me to the airport for my return flight to New York, it began to storm heavily.We found out the flight had been cancelled. Seeing that I was itching to return home, he insisted upon driving me to another city in Maine to catch another flight. After finding out that flight had also been cancelled, he told me to call my wife to let her know what was happening. Five minutes after I hung up, he advised I call her again to say hi and shmooze,as it was the right thing to do. He then took me to a local hotel. As I exited the car about to thank him, he got out with me, accompanied me to check in, and escorted me to my room to make sure it was okay. I will never forget his amazing kindness and warmth."

Rabbi Goldzweig's ample experience, knowledge and congeniality made for the consummate OU RFR.

"I learned how to relate to people when conducting an inspection with him," says Rabbi Luban. "He also demonstrated to all of his colleagues that the more one knows about food technology, the more profound must be one's understanding of everything going on in a facility. The RFR's responsibility grows as the industry becomes more complex. He was called upon by virtually all kashrus organizations for his services."

Company managers and employees worldwide became aware of his acute attentiveness to detail.

"Once, during an annual inspection, Rabbi Goldzweig saw a single pallet on the top rack of our warehouse," said Jim Peacock, former Kosher Coordinator at Dawn Food Products in Louisville, KY. "From 15 feet below he recognized a particular product and supplier as one that required a rabbi's signature on the label, and he knew exactly which rabbi. I am happy to say it had the signature."

According to Rabbi Genack, Rabbi Chaim Goldzweig was the OU. "The kashrus department was built on his shoulders," he says. "He was a man of commitment, knowledge and concern for every aspect of the job, the technical and human. He viewed kashrus as a mission. I couldn't imagine Chaim Goldzweig not doing kashrus work. He is what we called the 'Super-Mashgiach.'"

Yehi zichro boruch.

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Aneinu Baruch Dayan HaEmes

Baruch Dayan HaEmes. With a heavy heart and much sorrow I inform you of the loss of HaRav Chaim Tzvi ben Malka, Rabbi Chaim Goldzweig zt"l. More information when it becomes available. HaMakom yenachem eschem bsoch sha'ar aveilei Tzion v'Yerushalayim.

Ywn TEHILLIM – Man Critically Injured When His Bike Was Struck By A Vehicle In Staten Island

A young man has been hospitalized with critical injuries on Friday, after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike in Staten Island. The NYPD says the accident happened at Victory Boulevard and Renwick Avenue in the Sunnyside section of Staten Island on Friday morning. The 32-year-old Staten Island resident was transported to a Staten Island hospital with a brain injury. He is scheduled to be transported to a Manhattan hospital before Shabbos. He is reportedly in critical but stable condition. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene, and no arrests have been made. The victim is the son-in-law of the renowned Baal Chesed, Reb Mendy Rosenberg, the founder of the Chesed Shel Emes Organization. Please say Tehillim for Moshe Eliezer ben Hinda.

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Subject: West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Found in Lincolnwood and Skokie

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District has found the first West Nile virus positive mosquitoes to occur in our traps in Lincolnwood and Skokie this year. Batches of mosquitoes, collected on June 18, 2018, from NSMAD traps in Lincolnwood and Skokie, tested positive for West Nile virus in our lab on June 21. This year, WNV positive batches of mosquitoes have also been found in NSMAD traps located in Glenview, Morton Grove and Niles. While the risk of being infected with West Nile virus is low at this time of year, the NSMAD recommends that residents take personal protection measures to minimize mosquito bites including: using insect repellent, wearing loose fitting clothing and avoiding peak mosquito feeding times during the hours around dawn and dusk. Residents are urged to examine their property and eliminate any items that can hold water, particularly smaller items that may be easily overlooked. Remember, if it can hold water, it can breed mosquitoes.   North Shore Mosquito Abatement District 117 Northfield Road Northfield, IL 60093 Questions? nsmad@nsmad.com 847-446-9434 www.nsmad.com North Shore Mosquito Abatement District · 117 Northfield Road · Northfield, IL 60093 ·  (847) 446-9434

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Aneinu Please Daven for South of Eretz Yisrael

16 rockets were fired from gaza tonight (tues to weds am) that means sirens went off in ashkelon etc, sending thousands into bomb shelters in the middle of the night. this is so traumatic especially for those who have lived thru it before. Please daven

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Please say Tehillim for a Chicagoan, Baruch Yonah ben Rivka, who is having a biopsy this afternoon.  Please daven that the results should show that he is healthy and bring besoros tovos.  

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Please daven for Shalom Yaakov ben Shifra Frimet, the 13 year old grandson of an Aneinu member who is having surgery this afternoon on his face and nose after a car hit his bicycle.

Aneinu Please Daven Severe Pain

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Yehuda Moshe ben Fayga Tzipporah who is in severe pain.

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Please daven for a Chicagoan on our refoeinu list,  Shlomo Aaron ben Bayla Freidel, brother-in-law of an Aneinu member who needs our tefillos.

Collive.com Thousands Join Global Unity Event

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Please daven for the daughter of an Aneinu member, Baylah Hinda bas Yocheved Devorah who is in the hospital.

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n the auspicious days of Gimmel Tamuz, the family of Aharon Ben Chana asks that anash continue to pray for a refuah shelaima. Please continue to pray the young husband and father Aharon Ben Chana who is in desperate need of our tefilos.  The family requests: as we find ourselves in these auspices days of Gimmel Tammuz, when thousands of Anash will be visiting the Ohel, and the gates of heaven are open. We ask of everyone to mention Aharon Ben Chana (Magid Shiur in Mesivta Lubavitch of Monsey) for a speedy recovery, and definitely tefillas horabim will be accepted.

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Rabbi Karasick, a former president of the Orthodox Union, is both a front-row witness and contributor to the flourishing of Orthodox Judaism in America. Rabbi Karasick was at the forefront of a group of dedicated and talented individuals who helped turn the tide toward the survival of Orthodox Judaism, and his memoir brings this crucial period in American Jewish history to life. Thirteen Steps contains more than a description of Rabbi Karasick’s trajectory of leadership and communal involvement in the Jewish organizational world. Woven into the narrative are the strands of a complete and well-rounded life: the saga of Rabbi Karasick’s illustrious family history and the challenges and rewards of his formative years, the adventure of his wife Pepa’s family’s incredible survival of the Holocaust, the raising of an Orthodox family in twentieth-century New York, anecdotes of travel, all come together with the record of his communal dedication to describe a wholeness of existence truly greater than the sum of its parts. A natural leader, eloquent speaker, erudite rabbinic scholar, and successful businessman, Rabbi Karasick was active in a host of Jewish organizations and institutions and quickly rose to the presidency of the OU. Included as an integral part of his life story are his descriptions of interactions with such prominent personalities as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Elie Wiesel, Nahum Goldmann, Baron Alain de Rothschild, and many others. Thirteen Steps is a chronicle of a remarkable individual and is an exceptional window on a formative era in Jewish history, when Orthodoxy in America, on both a communal and a personal level, was coming of age.Order here.Nachum Segal and Rabbi Joseph Karasick on Rabbi Karasick’s OU Press Release “Thirteen Steps – Orthodox Judaism in America Comes of Age: My Life and Times”

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There are many discomforting and even unpleasant experiences that await those of us who travel by airplane in our current world. Air travel was once considered a luxury experience, apart from one’s final destination. Well, the combination of terrorism, enhanced security measures, crowded planes, narrow seats, somewhat surly service and other sundry annoyances have turned air travel into a chore at best. But perhaps the most dreaded of mishaps, when the plane does arrive at its destination, is the sinking feeling that one has at the baggage carousel when somehow one’s baggage does not appear.

OU TORAH Parshas Shelach By Rav Moshe Twersky, HY"D

In the Midbar, miraculous divine guidance was a constant. If someone would do an aveirah, the punishment would be immediate. All the more so when someone would do a mitzvah. The bracha that it would bring about was immediate, and as correlatingly clear as could possibly be. Once Klal Yisrael entered Eretz Yisrael, though, we do not find that this form of divine guidance continued. Rather, things took on a more natural form, wherein the consequences of good or evil were not nearly as immediately apparent. And that is what the Meraglim were afraid of. “And we were like grasshoppers in our own eyes.” What this means is that they felt insignificant. They did not feel that they were on a high enough level to meet the challenge of living within a more natural system. They feared that, in the absence of immediately apparent consequences for one’s actions, the danger of falling into a pattern of repeating sins was too great. The root of the Meraglim debacle, then, was the lack of recognizing the true greatness and significance of their stature. And this failing continues to lie at the root of many problems that we continue to face today. Take individual nisyonos (tests) for example. Isn’t it true that most people do not view the nisyonos that they face in the same way that they view the nisyonos of Avraham avinu? The nisyonos of Avraham avinu, we think, now those were truly of seminal import! Those were nisyonos whose significance is simply beyond measure! But our nisyonos, we think, why they aren’t much more than an insignificant footnote, lost in the endless reams of Jewish history. Because we feel this dismissive attitude towards our individual nisyonos, we may fall short of putting forth as much effort as we really could towards rising to the occasion. If a person would view his nisyonos in their true light, that they are of inestimable import and significance, he would fight like a warrior to overcome them! The same thing applies to mitzvos. Chazal tell us that there are mitzvos that people “step on with their heels”. They aren’t taken so seriously, if at all. If we would recognize, though, the true significance of every single mitzvah that we do, our avodas Hashem could look quite different. The well-known story about the Gra’s wife highlights this point very well (Ed. – There is a story about how the Gra’s wife and another woman used to jointly collect and distribute tzedakah. They once made an agreement that whoever would die first would come to the other in a dream to tell her what it looks like in the World of Truth. The Gra’s wife died first, and, a few days later, appeared in her friend’s dream. “I am not permitted to reveal to you,” she said, “what it is like here in the World of Truth. But one thing I can tell you. You remember how, one day, as we were making our rounds to collect tzedakah, I suggested that we go to the home of so-and-so who is a man of means. When I made that suggestion, I pointed with my finger in the direction of his home. Well, for just that little act of pointing my finger towards his house, the immense degree of reward that one receives is simply unfathomable!). Finally, this concept is equally applicable to limud ha’Torah, and perhaps with particular relevance to those who dedicate their lives to limud ha’Torah. We have a tendency to get used to what we are doing, and can wind up assuming a kind of blasé attitude. It’s because, in our minds, we aren’t assigning to what we are doing by learning Torah its true significance. The fact is that it is limud ha’Torah that keeps the entire universe extant. It is not just a nice thing that we like to say; it is the actual reality. Recognizing your true significance empowers you to reach heretofore untold levels of achievement. (Related by Reb Zev Flamenhauft)

OU TORAH Shelach: ‘Meraglim’ or Fact Finding Mission? By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

What was so terrible about the sin of the “meraglim”? After all, they were instructed to report the facts, and that’s exactly what they did! Furthermore, even if we consider their report as deliberately slanted, why was the entire nation punished so harshly for being misled by a small group? Finally, even if the people’s initial reaction was improper, immediately afterward they repent by declaring their willingness to take the challenge of conquering the Land! Shouldn’t this repentance have been accepted? Why then is “Dor HaMidbar” [the generation of the desert] punished so severely? Why must Am Yisrael wander for forty years until they perish! This week’s shiur examines this tragic event in an attempt to understand why.

OU TORAH Shelach 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Behar-Bechukotai 5778

Toronto Torah for Behar-Bechukotai 5778 includes articles on the parshah, Peki'in, the fallout of the Disengagement for Religious Zionists, Jerusalem, and more!

YU TORAH Shelach By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

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OU TORAH Caleb at the Crossroads By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Imagine standing at a crossroads. We have all been there. We have all experienced moments in our life’s journey when we had to make a crucial choice and decide whether to proceed along one road or along another. (Except for Yogi Berra, of course, who famously said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”) We have all also experienced moments much further along in our journey, often many years later, when we reflected back upon our decision and wondered what would have been if we had pursued the alternative road.

OU TORAH Seeing What Isn’t By There Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

In Philadelphia there lives a gentle, gracious, grey-haired man, by now in his late-90s, whom Elaine and I have had the pleasure of meeting several times and who is one of the most lovely people we have ever known. Many people have reason to be thankful to him, because his work has transformed many lives, rescuing people from depression and other debilitating psychological states.

RAV KOOK ON Shelach Part 2: The Lesson of Shiloh

A certain Torah scholar, recently arrived from America, was greatly agitated. He went to visit Rav Kook, unburdening his complaints and severe disappointment in the state of religious observance in Eretz Yisrael. He was shocked by the sight of irreligious Jews desecrating the Sabbath, eating non-kosher foods, and rebelling against Jewish traditions in the Holy Land. How could he raise his children in such an environment? He was so disturbed by what he saw that he contemplated returning to America. Traveling to Shiloh Rav Kook told him: Surely you remember the story from the beginning of the book of Samuel, a story which you studied as a child. It is related how Elkanah, the father of the prophet Samuel, “would ascend each year from his town to prostrate himself and bring offerings to God at Shiloh. There [in Shiloh], Eli’s two sons Hophni and Pinchas served as kohanim to God” (I Sam. 1:3). It is curious that the verse mentions the High Priest’s sons, Hophni and Pinchas. What did they have to do with Elkanah’s yearly pilgrimage to Shiloh?

RAV KOOK ON Shelach Part 1: Garments of the Soul

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them to to make tassels (tzitzit) on the corners of their garments for all generations. They shall include a thread of sky-blue [wool] in the corner tassels.” (Num. 15:38) Three Levels of the Soul How is the human soul recognizable to the outside world? We may speak of a hierarchy of three levels: The soul itself. Its character traits — compassion, generosity, tolerance, humility, and so on. Its actions and conduct. The innermost level, the soul itself, is in fact hidden from the outside world. The soul can only be observed through the outer two evels, its traits and actions. Character traits are like the soul’s ‘clothing.’ Through its distinctive characteristics, the soul reveals itself to the outside world. This is similar to the way we present ourselves to others through our garments. We are judged by the style and quality of our clothes. Yet, we are not our clothes; we may change them at will. So too, we are judged by our character traits, but they are external to the soul itself, and may be changed.

Aneinu OU Kosher Advisory

OU Kosher Advisory - Entenmann's July 13, 2017 Brands: Entenmann's Products: Pastries Company: Bimbo's Bakeries, USA Issue: Most of the product line is certified as OU-D Dairy. A few items are not certified and do not bear the OU-D symbol. Consumers should always check each item when purchasing to verify that there is a kosher symbol on the product. Never assume because one product of a brand name is certified, that the rest of the brand is also certified.

Fwd: [chicago-aneinu] Re: Kashrus Alert - Entenmann's products

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Date: 6/11/18 3:09 PM (GMT-06:00)

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Subject: [chicago-aneinu] Re: Kashrus Alert - Entenmann's products

From another Aneinu member:

FYI...

I purchased Entenmann's Cheese Filled Crumb cake this past week at Jewel and it has an OU-d on the top and bottom of the box.  Perhaps the cupcakes had a recipe change.  However, the message to always check the package is still a good idea because things do change even on products that have been kosher for years. In addition, because a company has some kosher products - not all products by the company are kosher.

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From an Aneinu member:

Please warn people about Entenmann's products.  I was at the grocery this morning and bought what looked so delicious...entenmann's cupcakes.  Came home and opened the pkg, and then the individually wrapped cupcake. For the heck of it, I decided to read the label before eating it, (but after licking the frosting from the packaging).  I was shocked that I could not find the OU on the box.  After re-checking numerous times, I called the company, and asked when they stopped being kosher.  The lady did not answer, but wanted my name, and the zip code, etc etc.  I said I called to ask you a question, not have you asking me all these things. She did not know when or what, so I asked for a supervisor.  She said he was not there and the Rabbi was not available.  I said I bought these, and do not think the store would take an opened package back, so she said she would send me coupons to replace the products that I bought.  I pointed out that coupons for an already non kosher product would be useless.  If they are not kosher,, why would i want to get more of it?  After a lot of pushing, i tried to get her to send me my money back.  She finally agreed to send a prepaid visa, that can be used anywhere.

I am actually shocked even more about this.  Just called back and spoke to a manager, since earlier, they claimed none were available. He says this change took place early last summer.  Whoa, I wonder how many of us have been eating traife product, unknowingly.  I do not get this stuff often, just was at the store, and it looked good.  I 'knew' it was kosher, so took some home.

Thank you for your help in getting the word out.

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Subject: [chicago-aneinu] Kashrus Alert - Entenmann's products

From an Aneinu member:

Please warn people about Entenmann's products.  I was at the grocery this morning and bought what looked so delicious...entenmann's cupcakes.  Came home and opened the pkg, and then the individually wrapped cupcake. For the heck of it, I decided to read the label before eating it, (but after licking the frosting from the packaging).  I was shocked that I could not find the OU on the box.  After re-checking numerous times, I called the company, and asked when they stopped being kosher.  The lady did not answer, but wanted my name, and the zip code, etc etc.  I said I called to ask you a question, not have you asking me all these things. She did not know when or what, so I asked for a supervisor.  She said he was not there and the Rabbi was not available.  I said I bought these, and do not think the store would take an opened package back, so she said she would send me coupons to replace the products that I bought.  I pointed out that coupons for an already non kosher product would be useless.  If they are not kosher,, why would i want to get more of it?  After a lot of pushing, i tried to get her to send me my money back.  She finally agreed to send a prepaid visa, that can be used anywhere.

I am actually shocked even more about this.  Just called back and spoke to a manager, since earlier, they claimed none were available. He says this change took place early last summer.  Whoa, I wonder how many of us have been eating traife product, unknowingly.  I do not get this stuff often, just was at the store, and it looked good.  I 'knew' it was kosher, so took some home.

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Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Tomorrow

Please daven for a Chicagoan who will be having his 2nd surgery tomorrow (Tuesday), to remove some cancer from his kidney. Please have kavanna for a refuah shleimah (& recovery) for Menachem Mendel ben Chaya Leah.

Aneinu Please Say Tehillim Surgery Today

Please say Tehillim for Pinchas Yirmiyahu ben Sara who is in Chicago having surgery today. Please daven that the surgeon should accomplish what needs to be done and it should be the start of a complete refuah

Muqata Aneinu Please Daven For Terror Victim

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Shuva bat Michal (seriously wounded 18 year old in Afula stabbing attack, June 1

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Please daven for Shuva bas Michal   Girl brutally stabbed on way to matriculation exam Mother of girl badly wounded in stabbing attack, says daughter's life saved by 'great miracle.'   Contact Editor Arutz Sheva Staff, 11/06/18 19:30   Shuva Malka, 18 from Migdal HeEmek and student of the Jean Gluck Ulpana in the town of Beit El, was identified as the young woman who was stabbed in Afula and seriously wounded.   "G-d made a great miracle for us. She was on her way to exams when she saw a terrorist with a knife in front of her and shouted 'wicked one!' at him.   "He stabbed her brutally several times," she continued. "I expect the State to feel responsible for the children, so they can feel safe while waiting at a bus stop, without dangers laying ahead."   The terrorist was identified as Nur a-Din Shinawi, a Jenin resident in his twenties who fled the scene and was caught a short time later.   Migdal HaEmek Mayor Eli Barda said "we were shocked to hear about the stabbing of a daughter of Migdal HaEmek in the center of Afula by a despicable delinquent, and I'm certain security forces will do everything to take care of him and the house from which he comes. We wish her a speedy recovery. The connection between Migdal HaEmek and Afula reminds us of the murder of Afula resident Shelly Dadon in Migdal HaEmek four years ago."

Aneinu Please Daven Test Today

Please say t’hilim for a Chicagoan, Yeshaye Leib ben Esther who is having major testing tomorrow.

Aneinu Please Daven Critically Ill

Please daven for daughter's boss, Yisrael Meir Hacohen ben Yehudit Elka, who is critically ill.

Nachum Features the New Documentary: “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel”

Nachum welcomed Jeremy Newberger, two-time Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and CEO of Ironbound Films to this morning’ JM in the AM to discuss his latest film, “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel.” From the film’s website: “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel is the David-and-Goliath story of Israel’s national baseball team as it competes for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of crushing defeats, Israel finally ranks among the world’s best in 2017. Its roster includes many Jewish-American major leaguers, most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, barely any ever having set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them from the Holy Land where they are hailed as modern-day Maccabees to the tournament in South Korea where they must debunk their reputations as has-beens and wannabes. The connection to Israel that the players forge pushes them to unexpected heights as they represent the country on the world stage.” Visit the film website HERE.

Aneinu Tefillos Needed

From an Aneinu member: Please daven for this boy in Israel who is in the hospital with a cerebral hematoma after a car accident.  His father was in Morocco as the mashgiach on a tour when he received the call from his wife only hours before last Shabbos. Amican Yisroel Meir ben Irit Yehudit.  May he have a refuah sheleima. B’soros tovos

Aneinu Please Daven for Rabbi Esformes

Please daven for Rabbi Moshe Yitzchok (Morris) Esformes,  Moshe Yitzchok ben Rivka, who will be undergoing a heart procedure tomorrow, Friday, June 8, at 9 a.m.

NSN Partners with ALEH for the 2018 Celebrate Israel Parade Broadcast

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New Music Alert! Nachum and Yerachmiel Begun Debut “Le’olam Va’ed – Forever”

Nachum hosted legendary choir master/composer Yerachmiel Begun to this morning’s JM in the AM for the official debut of the new 13 song Miami Boys Choir (MBC) CD: “Le’olam Va’ed – Forever.” They played and discussed several of the new tracks and talked about the process that resulted in another monumental MBC project. You can watch the video on the NSN Facebook page HERE.

OU TORAH DAF B'IYUN ZEVACHIM DAF 53-54 Kedushat Yerushalayim By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH YU TORAH and NAALEH.COM Honorable Humility By Shira Smiles

Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein One of the verses in Parshat Beha’alotcha describes Moshe as being exceedingly anav/humble. Since Moshe himself wrote the Torah, ask our commentators, how could he, in all humility, write that he was humble? What, in fact, is humility? Should it be mean not acknowledging one’s talents and skills? Rashi’s explanation of anav as shafel vesavlan/low and enduring, patient, tolerating also needs further exploration and examination, especially since anivut/humility is considered to be the highest form of praise for an individual. Its antithesis is ga’avah/haughtiness.

RABBI WEIN ON B'HALOTCHA 5778

Human beings are by their very nature creatures who are eternally dissatisfied and fearful. It is a rare person that, even at a joyous family occasion, can grasp the moment and fully enjoy it. Even as the bridal couple stands under their marriage canopy, observers and the families of those concerned are already fretting about what the future will hold for the young couple. Rarely can a person truly live and enjoy the present.

RABBI WEIN ON GRATITUDE

As I have often pointed out in these columns, Judaism is to be seen not only as a system of laws and commandments but, even more importantly, as a system of values and overriding attitudes. It really is the value system of Judaism that determines the application of the laws and commandments of the Torah. Without a true understanding of the underlying values and attitudes of the holy and eternal Torah, Judaism can often be misinterpreted and even distorted to represent ideas that are in reality antithetical to the Torah itself.

OU TORAH Behaaloscha 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Behaalotcha 5778

Toronto Torah for Behaalotcha 5778 includes articles on the parshah, Montfort Castle, the Modern Levi, Rabbi Yehudah Ayyash and more.

YU TORAH Beha'aloscha By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

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OU TORAH Parshas Beha’aloscha By Rav Moshe Twersky, HY"D

Tosafos (Menachos 86a) brings an argument between Rashi and the Riva regarding how to understand the statement that the middle ner (candle/light) of the menorah was “the one with which the lighting would begin and end”. According to the Riva, the other six neiros were doused and the cups were cleaned out and refilled with new oil and wicks. All this time, the middle light would be left burning in its place. Then, when all the new oil and wicks were in place in the other six branches, they would be lit from the middle ner. After that, the middle ner would be doused, cleaned out, set up with new oil and wick, and lit from the others (this was possible because the wicks were very long). According to Rashi, though, the wick of the middle ner was removed while it was still burning, and would remain so either in the hand of the kohen or in a different cup while the middle ner was cleaned and set up with new oil and a new wick. Once it was ready, he would use the old wick – which was still burning – that was in his hand to light the new wick, and then he would light the rest from the new middle wick. Tosafos strongly objects to this interpretation of Rashi, and, in the course of explaining his objection, says that once the wick has been removed from the menorah, it no longer has any mitzvah status. It no longer can be considered a menorah light. Apparently, though, Rashi himself holds not like that. Rashi holds, explained Rav Chaim Soloveitchik, that as long as the kohen is holding the burning wick, it still has the full menorah-light status. The hand of the kohen has the equivalent status of the klei shareis (Temple vessels). This may well be what Chazal mean when they say that the reason this topic of the menorah-lighting follows right on the heels of last week’s discussion of the offerings of the nesiim that consecrated the Mishkan, was in order to allay Aharon Ha’Kohen’s dismay at his shevet having been left out of that. The subject of the menorah-lighting is to indicate to Aharon, shelcha gedolah mi’shelahem, yours is greater than theirs. Why is it greater? Because it is not just something that you do, it is who you are. Your very essence is avodah, as evident from the fact that your hand is like an extension of the menorah. (Heard from Reb Yechezkel Lang)