Sunday, September 30, 2012
URGENT COMMUNITY ALERT
Individuals of Middle Eastern descent have recently approched members of our community,
and posed questions about locations where Jews congregate.
It behooves us all to be vigilant and aware of our surroundings.
Please exercise care with your children.
The Chicago Police Department, in consultation with Alderman Silverstein and community Rabbonim,
will have police cars stationed on Devon (Bnei Reuven), California (mostly near KINS) and Touhy (JCC)
the first 2 days of Yom Tov.
Additional police cars will be patrolling our neighborhood.
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT A POLICE OFFICER
SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER A SUSPICIOUS INDIVIDUAL OR ACTIVITY.
IF IT IS AN EIS SAKANA, PLEASE DIAL 911 (if possible, with a shinuy).
Our thanks to Alderman Silverstein and Commander Roussell for their prompt response to this situation,
and ensuring an increased police presence in our neighborhood.
Wishing us all a wonderful Yom Tov and Chag Kosher V'Samayach.
HaRachaman Hu Yakim Lanu Es Sukkas Dovid HaNofales
YWN Rav Greinman Suffers a Stroke
Rav Yitzchok Dovid, 66, the eldest son of HaGaon HaRav Greinman suffered a stroke on shabbos and he was transported to Sheba Medical Center in a MDA paramedic unit.
An ambulance was summoned at 19:45 on Friday night to Radak Street in Bnei Brak. He has already undergone a catheterization procedure and has since responded to his environment, a positive sign according to doctors.
The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for רבי יצחק דוד בן חנה דבורה לרפואה שלמה בתוך שאר חולי עמו ישראל.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
YWN Yungerman In Serious Condition Following Unknown Medical Emergency; Name Added
Lakewood Yungerman is R”L in serious condition following an unknown type of medical emergency The father of four was flown to a Hospital on Motzei Shabbos after being transported to a local Hospital by Hatzolah. He was placed on a respirator.
Following an unsuccessful emergency surgery which last several hours, the name “Raphael” was added.
Please take a moment to be Mispallel for Raphael Tzvi Ben Chana, who remains in critical condition.
(Reporting by TLS)
[chicago-aneinu] Please daven for the grandparents of this young woman. Both are hospitalized and somewhat isolated from the Jewish community.
hilaryjkahn@gmail.com
Please daven for the grandparents of this young woman. Both are hospitalized and somewhat isolated from the Jewish community.
They are Russian speaking if anyone is able to visit downtown.
Velvel ben Ida
Nesya bas Frada
Friday, September 28, 2012
Schottenstein Interlinear Succos Machzor Full Size Ashkenaz and Schottenstein Interlinear Hoshanos Pocket Size
YWN Search Launched for Missing Teen in Flatbush
Thursday, September 27, 2012
JI AND JMR Shloime Gertner Vehiskin Now Available!
YWN Accident Victim Flown to Eretz Yisrael from the Ukraine
A number of mispallalim heading to the tziyun of the Bal Shem Tov were involved in an accident on erev Yom Kippur. The driver, a resident of Netanya, 26, sustained a head injury and listed in serious condition. A Hatzalah Ukraine ambulance under the command of Rav Hillel Cohen of Kiev responded. Chadrei Chareidim reports Nosson Goldman headed the medical team that evacuated the injured man to an Uman hospital. Apparently, due to that hospital’s lack of trauma capabilities the victim was escorted by a paramedic team which included Azriel Schnitzer to the Kiev Public Hospital. The victim was placed in an ICU with head, back, pelvic and others injures.
After consulting with medical professionals it was decided to move the victim to a hospital in Eretz Yisrael now that his condition is listed as moderate-to-serious. A private aerial ambulance service was contracted and אלעד בן יהודית was flown to Ben-Gurion International Airport and then transported to Tel Hashomer Hospital.
The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for אלעד בן יהודית b’soch shar cholei Yisroel.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
RECORDED CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION(CCHF) 14 ANNUAL TESHUVA DROSHA IS NOW ON CHAZAK
Monday, September 24, 2012
[chicago-aneinu] Request for Tefillos
From an Aneinu member:
Yesterday there was a terrorist attack in Eretz Yisroel. Three terrorists opened fire on Artillery Corps troops securing workers building the southern border fence; one soldier was killed, another injured.The wounded soldier is recovering in Be'er Sheva. He was shot in the stomach, and a true nais occurred that no organs were damaged. This young man is my cousin's grandson.
The Soldier who was niftar is from Nof Ha'Alyon.
Tehilim should be said for the surving soldier: Mattisyahu ben Leah
CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION(CCHF) 14TH ANNUAL TESHUVA DROSHA IS NOW
YWN V’Ani Tefillah Foundation Announces Yom Kippur Initiative
Friday, September 21, 2012
[chicago-aneinu] Lincolnwood / Peterson Park eruv is down indefinitely
The Lincolnwood / Peterson Park eruv is down indefinitely. (I have no more details.) Please check the eruv hotline.
[chicago-aneinu] OU, RCA Call Upon Shuls to Daven On Yom Kippur for End to Iranian Threat
The Orthodox Union (OU) and the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) today called upon all congregations to dedicate a specific moment during their services on the upcoming holy day of Yom Kippur to daven for an end to the threat of a nuclear armed Iran. The OU and RCA leadership issued the following statement:
“On Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Jews worldwide spend the day in fasting, prayer and repentance. Yom Kippur is not a day for politics.
But Yom Kippur 5773 is different.
On this Yom Kippur - the world faces an evil regime whose leaders have publicly committed themselves to destroying the State of Israel and to harming Jews worldwide; in addition, the Iranians are a threat to the global community.
On this Yom Kippur - the leader of that evil regime will address the United Nations General Assembly and again preach his hatred;
On this Yom Kippur - the words found in the High Holiday prayer book, “God determines which nations shall face war and which shall enjoy peace,” prompt us to contemplate with anxiety the fate of the State of Israel and her people, of Jews throughout the world and, indeed, of civilization as a whole.
The threat is dire and demands our attention on our holiest day. Therefore, we call upon all congregations to dedicate a specific moment during their services on the upcoming holy day of Yom Kippur to pray for an end to the threat of a nuclear armed Iran.
On Yom Kippur, may Israel and its people be sealed in the Book of Life for a year of life and peace.”
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven
From an Aneinu member:
My brother (Yossi) was just diagnosed with an aggressive carcinoma inside his head. Please pray to Hashem on his behalf - Moshe ben Dalish Rivka. Moshe is a 45 year old husband and father of 6, with 3 kids married and 6 grandkids. Your prayers and mitzvot will surely create merit for his refuah shelayama.
[chicago-aneinu] Warning Regarding Arsenic Levels in Rice
http://gma.yahoo.com/arsenic-rice-report-finds-worrisome-levels-050450243--abc-news-health.html
Arsenic in Rice: New Report Finds 'Worrisome Levels'
By SERENA MARSHALL | Good Morning America – Wed, Sep 19, 2012 1:04 AM EDT
A major consumer magazine is warning Americans to limit how much rice they eat because of concerns over arsenic.
According to a sobering report released to "Good Morning America" by Consumer Reports magazine this morning, rice eaten just once a day can drive arsenic levels in the human body up 44 percent. Rice eaten twice a day can lead to a 70 percent increase in arsenic.
"We think that consumers ought to take steps to moderate their consumption," said Urvashi Rangan, director of consumer safety and sustainability at Consumer Reports.
Consumer Reports tested many forms of rice for arsenic, from cereal for babies and adults, to brown and white whole grain, pasta and drinks. More than 60 rice and rice products were tested overall, including name brands.
Many contained what the magazine calls "worrisome levels of arsenic"— some products had up to five times higher levels than the arsenic found in oatmeal and one and a half times more than EPA's legal standard for drinking water.
The researchers also found geographical distinctions in arsenic levels, with white rice grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, containing higher levels than rice samples from other parts of the country. Those four states account for 76 percent of domestic rice produced.
Inorganic arsenic is considered a level one carcinogen, linked to lung and bladder cancer. Today, the FDA will announce it has concerns about rice and arsenic and is studying the issue, but in the meantime recommends a varied diet. Consumer Reports calls for more.
"Foods really shouldn't be any different and as we look at the levels we're finding in these products there needs to be a standard set for these foods already," Rangan said. "We called for that on apple juice in January, we're calling for that again in rice products today" referring to a January investigation of data released by the FDA of arsenic levels in apple and grape juice.
Surprisingly, when it comes to arsenic the less nutritional white rice is better than brown. The carcinogen is most prevalent in the outer layers of the grain and white rice is polished removing some of those layers.
Consumer Reports suggests rice eaters limit themselves to one serving a day, especially for babies. Rinsing and then boiling rice in a 6 to 1 water ratio removes about 30 percent of its arsenic. They also caution that children under the age of 5 should not be given rice drinks as part of their daily diet.
"We're not saying never do that," Michael Hansen, senior scientist on the Consumer Reports study said. "We're saying it should be very infrequent."
Although no products were named in the report, Nestle, the parent company of Gerber, said in an unsolicited statement to ABC News "all Gerber products are safe to consume, including Gerber rice cereal and Gerber SmartNourish organic brown rice cereal." They added that although they monitor arsenic levels, consumer concern led them to "exclusively use California rice in the production of our rice-containing infant nutrition products… because California rice has the lowest naturally occurring arsenic levels for rice grown in the United States."
The USA rice federation does not dispute the findings, but says the results are overblown since there is no documented evidence of actual illness linked to rice.
"These are very, very low levels," Dr James R. Coughlin, president and founder of Coughlin & Associates, an independent toxicology consulting company for the USA Rice Federation, said. "Rice is a safe and nutritious food and in fact people who consume rice more frequently in their diets are actually healthier than other Americans."
Rice contains more arsenic than other grains experts say, because it is grown while submerged in water. Arsenic does appear naturally in the earth, but Consumer Report says levels have been increased by use of arsenic-laced fertilizer.
Consumer Reports scientists explain that arsenic is fed to chickens, turkey, and pigs, and their manure is used as fertilizer for rice and other crops.
"All of those uses introduce arsenic into our environment, into our food supply, and we essentially are doing a lot of things to ourselves that deliberately introduce arsenic into food supply," Rangan said.
The National Chicken Council, however, released a statement following this morning's broadcast "strongly condemning these insinuations."
"Chickens in the United States produced for meat are not given arsenic as an additive in chicken feed," said Tom Super, NCC vice president of communications. "Some flocks used to be given feed that contained a product called Roxarsone, which included safe levels of organic arsenic. Even though the science shows that such low levels of arsenic do not harm chickens or the people eating them, this product was removed from the market last year, it is no longer manufactured and it is no longer used in raising chickens in the United States. No other products containing any amount of arsenic are used in chicken production."
In a response provided to ABC News, Consumer Reports said: "There are around 100 arsenic-containing drug formulations currently approved for use in healthy chickens to promote growth, improve pigmentation, and prevent disease, including Roxarsone, which Pfizer voluntarily and temporarily suspended sales of in July of 2011. There are also other arsenic containing drugs approved for use in food animal production including Nitrasone which is currently on Pfizer’s website. If the Chicken industry’s current stance is that arsenic containing drugs are not required to grow chickens for meat, then they should be more than willing to support our position on a complete ban on the use of arsenical drugs in poultry production."
This report follows a February Dartmouth report that found organic products containing brown rice syrup could have high arsenic levels.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
[chicago-aneinu] Missing Jewish Teen Found Alive In The Bronx
Thursday September 20, 2012 3:50 PM
Caroline Starkman, the missing 18-year-old Jewih girl from Engelwood, New Jersey, who disappeared from Coney Island, Brooklyn, last month, has been found alive. She will soon be reunited with her family, sources say.
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, the family’s rov at Congregation Ahavas Torah of Englewood, stated, “We are gratified beyond measure to inform the community that Caroline Starkman has been found without serious injury. The family firmly believes that the prayers and support of the entire community have enabled them to reach this moment and they express their deepest gratitude.”
In the immediate days to come, the family has asked for privacy to enable them to chart the best course for Caroline.
“They will share developments with the community in the future,” said Rabbi Goldin. “Caroline’s family deeply thanks all of you once again for your support and tefillot.”
Starkman was a student at Touro College.
After she went missing, her parents hired a private detective to assist the NYPD in searching for her.
{Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter}
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven for Child
Please daven for a young Chicago child with meningitis, Tzipporah Baila bas Shulamis Tova.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
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[chicago-aneinu] Warren Weinstein's Hebrew Name - Please Daven
Please daven for Yisroel Yitzchok ben Faigela, Warren Weinstein, the man who was abducted by Islamic militants in Pakistan. His wife is extremely grateful for our tefillos.
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven
Hit by a car while walking home from shul yesterday in East Brunswick, NJ:
Amiyad Nisim ben Sora
Yirachmiel Natan ben Liba
Hadar Yocheved bat Chaya Sara
May all Cholim experience a Refuah Shelaimah, IY"H.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Schottenstein Talmud Yerushalmi -English Edition [#24] - Tractate Rosh Hashanah IS AT KESHER STAM
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven for Warren Weinstein
Warren Weinstein, a relief worker with USAID who was captured in Lahore, Pakistan, in August 2011,
appeared in a video on Islamist websites, the US-based monitoring group said.
In another video appeal in May, he asked US President Barack Obama to accept the demands of his kidnappers for an end to air strikes and the release of Islamists held in the United States.
Weinstein, who was shown wearing a white T-shirt, said Obama had shown "no interest" in his case.
"Therefore, as a Jew, I am appealing to you, Prime Minister Netanyahu, the head of the Jewish State of Israel, as one Jew to another, to please intervene on my behalf, to work with the mujahedeen and to accept their demands," he said.
Please daven for Warren Weinstein's release.
Nachum Segal Debuts Shauli's New Single ''Shiviti''
OU TORAH How to Tell When You Are Not in Danger(Berachos Daf 32) By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven for Reb. Esther Jungreis
BS"D
Dear Aneinu Members,
Please add "Esther bas Miriam", Reb. Esther Jungreis, to your refoeinu lists. Unfortunately, Reb. Jungreis, who is recovering from a broken hip, told me tonight that she is going to be having another surgery. Klal Yisroel needs Reb. Jungreis and we need to daven that she have a speedy refuah shlema.
Ksiva v'chasima tova,
Chaya Miriam
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
CCHF Today, on the Chofetz Chaim's Yahrtzheit...heed his advice.
OU TORAH Yerushalmi - Berachos 1 By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
Monday, September 10, 2012
Schottenstein Edition Interlinear Selichos: Full Size Nusach Lita Ashkenaz
[chicago-aneinu] Please Daven for the Nikolsburg Rebbe
Please daven for Yosef Yechiel Michal ben Yentel.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
JI THIS SUNDAY! CHABAD TELETHON
JI AND JMR ARON RAZEL in FIRST EVER Video Interview + FREE Song Download
