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YOUNG ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD-FT. LAUDERDALE

JANUARY 2015 - TEVET-SHEVAT 5775

Volume 7, Issue 5, January 2015 EDWARD DAVIS, Rabbi YOSEF WEINSTOCK, Associate Rabbi STEPHEN KURTZ, President

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SIMCHAS FROM OUR FAMILIES -MAZEL TOV TO: BIRTHS Mazel Tov to Fay & Wally Fingerer on the birth of their granddaughter Esther Atara to Reuchama & Doni Roth Mazel Tov to Maish & Tziviah Staiman on the birth of their granddaughter to Rachael & David Lavon in Israel Mazel Tov to Josh & Gitty Levine on the birth of their daughter Adina Michelle. Mazel Tov to grandfather Norman Levine and

uncles & aunts Marc & Talia Levine and Shira & Ari Sipper Mazel Tov to Alan & Lihny Blaustein on the birth of their granddaughter Chaviva Fayga to Zach & Rachel Blaustein. Mazel

Tov great uncle & aunt Fred & Lori Wittlin BNAI/BNOT MITZVAH Mazel Tov to Daniella Lewinger on the celebration of her Bat Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to her parents Rachelle & Noah Lewinger Mazel Tov to Barry & Lois Levontin on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Shmuel Silver, in Efrat, Israel Mazel Tov to Rachel Moses on the celebration of her Bat Mitzvah. Mazel to her parents Aaron & Michelle Moses Mazel Tov to Yitz & Shelly Tuchman on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah in Yerushalayim of their grandson, Louis Tuchman Mazel Tov to Yaakov Eisenmann upon on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to his parents Marc & Astrid

Eisenman Mazel Tov to Maia & Sophia Purow upon the celebration of their B’not Mitzvah. Mazel Tov to their parents Joshua &

Tammie Purow WE WARMLY THANK OUR SHABBAT SPONSORS:

KIDDUSHIM Irwin & Fran Gottlieb to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Ed & Marilyn Kaplan to commemorate the yahrzeit of her mother Rabbi Yehuda & Shaindy Fensterszaub to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Yacov Meir ben Avraham Sammy & Lisa Rhein in honor of David’s birthday and Bar Mitzvah Shabbat Jim & Nessa Reich in honor of all the children in the Youth Minyan and in honor of Masorat Yehudit Day School and the 4th

grade Shabbaton in the Young Israel of Hollywood Jason & Lauren Segelbaum in honor of Gabe’s 6th birthday and Bella’s 4th birthday Marc Eisenmann ( B’Seder, Inc.) in honor of his son Yaakov’s Bar Mitzvah Sam & Heather Sered to commemorate the yahrzeit of his mother Chanu Goldis and David Goldis in honor of the 7th birthday of their triplets, Gavriel, Arielle, and Adielle Alex & Aliza Markovich Josh & Susie Loberfeld Martin & Marvin Schenker in memory of his mother Sara bas Meir z’l Yaakov & Stacey Waldman in honor of their son Asher’s birthday PULPIT FLOWERS Tzvi, Shmuel, Adina, Binyomin and Yehuda in honor of Yaakov Meir Eisenmann SEUDAH SHLISHIT Moe & Michelle Levy to commemorate the yahrzeit of his father Shlomo Levy

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY UPDATE New Address: Harrison & Michelle Nadel, 5861 SW 37th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Rabbi Yehuda & Shaindy Fensterszaub 5851 SW 36th Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale, 33312 Yehuda 347-267-4204 Shaindy 347-276-1979 Marc & Shira Freitag 4870 N. Hills Drive, Hollywood, 33021 Marc 917-861-3299 Shira 561-302-1604

MESSAGE FROM OUR MEMBERS We wish to express our deep feelings of gratitude to the membership and leadership of the Young Israel for all the kindness, visits, and words of comfort received during the shiva for Stephen’s father Alan Danis, a”s. We are blessed to be part of this wonderful community. –Stephen & Susu Danis

REFUAH SHLEIMAH TO OUR CONGREGANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES: Adina Minya bat Devorah Elkah (Adina Ciment), Benzion Klonimus Chaim ben Leah Rachel (Alec Feintuch), Binyamin ben Chemla (Binyamin Israel), Dovid Tzvi ben Alter Rochel (David Breier), Devora bat Sheina Baila, Eliezer HaLevi ben Chana (Leon Brauser-Joel Brauser’s father), Lazer Yosef ben Sara (Leo Paul-Ettie Langer’s father), Meir Yehuda ben Hinda (Leon Lerner), Mordechai ben Michal (Maurice Babouri-Deborah Stayman’s father), Rachel bat Shaindy (Renee Messing-Danielle Behar’s grandmother), Sara Leah bat Rochel (Cynthia Lynn Haber-Cheryl Hamburg’s sister), Shaul Meir ben Krayna (Rabbi

Saul Ganchrow), Sara Leah bat Bracha (Stacey Deutsch), Sara bat Temma (Susan Brisgel), Shifra bat Esther (Sylvia Babouri-Deborah Stayman's mother), Shira Raizel Esther bat Mina Zosha (Ruth Messer’s granddaughter),

Shmuel ben Golda (Sam Schachter), Yocheved bat Tzril (Joan Niad)

OUR CONDOLENCES TO: Sara Friederwitzer on the loss of her sister Faigy Vinagray

Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale on the loss of his father Mr. Irving Nightingale Tova Courtney on the loss of her brother Chanan Moshkovsky

May they be comforted amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

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RABBI’S MESSAGE LESSONS FOR POST CHANUKAH

The real story of Chunukah is not the military victory, nor the rededication of the Temple, but rather what happened when two cultures collided in the country of Israel. The story really began when Alexander the Great conquered the Land of Israel in 332 B.C.E. Up until that moment the Jewish people fared very well with the encounters they had with all the pagan peoples and their ideas. Each of these societies, Egyptian, Canaanite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, had something to offer but were always considered, and properly so, beneath us in terms of the wisdom and the enlightenment of Torah. Whatever these pagan societies embraced we would consider inferior and shallow. The Greeks, though, were quite different, and we see from the literature after that century that many Jewish people felt that Greek thinkers like Euclid, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, all had something to say which interested us. If one looks at the way Alexander the Great was treated by the Talmudic literature, it was all positive. They picture him as an individual who was a friend of the Jewish people. In reality, Alexander was different from other conquerors. He did not force his religion upon those he conquered. He felt: they have a god, I have a god – my god is obviously better than your god because I won – hence you should continue praying to your god because he is a loser and that way you won’t be befriending my god and you won’t be a real rival and a competitor to me. Consequently Alexander treated the Jewish people well and his name became a Jewish name in his time, and continues to do so in our time as well. I even have a grandson named Alexander! In one Greek source the author writes about an encounter between Aristotle and a Jew. He mentions that the Jewish person conversed with several Greeks, including Aristotle, and discussed philosophical issues. They even made a trial of their skill in philosophy because the Jewish person was known to be a learned individual. It ended up that the author felt that the Jew was communicating more information to the Greeks than he received from the Greeks. We also see that in certain cases the Talmud mentions things that make it obvious that there was an interchange between the Greeks, or at least Greek wisdom, and the Sages. In the Talmud (Eruvin 14a) there is a discussion about the relationship between the diameter and the circumference with a factor of 3. Even Tosfot mentions that it was known among our Sages that the real relationship of Pi was known to be more than 3 – they knew it to be 22/7 – but the calculation in the Talmud need not have been precise. The same is recorded in the Rambam where a 3 to 1 relationship between the circumference and diameter was acceptable since the Rabbis did not require precision. The inference is that they did know about the Greek formulation of Pi and its relationship with the mathematics of figuring out the circumference of a circle. There is also a Talmudic discussion in Shabbat, Chapter 11, discussing the moving of an object on Shabbat from a private to a public domain, and the transgression of

carrying in doing so. When something goes from a private domain to another private domain through a public domain, as in the case of throwing a ball from one balcony to another balcony, this might not be considered a Biblical transgression. Rabbi Akiva (who died in 137 C.E.) felt that maybe it is prohibited because the arrow in flight might be considered at rest at any given moment during its flight. This represents what the Greek scholar Zeno talked about centuries prior to Rabbi Akiva. Was Rabbi Akiva aware of Zeno’s discussions on the matter? I would think so. The crux of the matter is that I believe that many of the Talmudic Sages were aware of Greek thinking and their contribution in many areas of mathematics, science and philosophy, and did not rule them out just because of their non-Jewish origin. The critical point, I believe, can be discussed within a thought that I heard from Rabbi Aharon Soloveitchik, zt”l, when he eulogized his brother, Rav Soloveitchik, over 20 years ago. It was Chol HaMoed Pesach and a full eulogy was not permitted, but Rav Aharon discussed the Rav’s ability in knowledge and used the example of the rainbow. Each color represents a different discipline of knowledge, and the Rav had the ability to analyze each one, and always did so through his Torah glasses, so to speak. The message I heard that day from Rav Aharon is one that I observed and absorbed from the Rav in the years when I sat in his class: It is important to constantly be wearing one’s Torah glasses. Don’t be afraid of the other disciplines of knowledge and information. The encounter that the Torah has with other disciplines will always benefit the Torah. With one’s Torah glasses one can observe and ascertain whether this foreign discipline is kosher or treif. Just because it comes from something foreign does not necessarily mean that it is unacceptable to us. The Or HaChaim wrote in his commentary to Parshat Yitro on the question of why the Ten Commandments are given in a parsha named for a non-Jew. In essence, the Or HaChaim says that wisdom is not the monopoly of the Jewish people, and the Jewish people should accept wisdom from wherever it comes. I never thought the Or HaChaim was that cosmopolitan in his outlook, but what he said is correct. Don’t be afraid, but it is absolutely necessary for every Jewish person to be sourced and based in Torah knowledge. Without proper instruction in Torah it would be impossible for us to look at other disciplines of knowledge. The story of Chanukah took place more than 150 years after Alexander’s time. It was a difficult time to be Jewish. The Al HaNissim records that the Greek-Syrians wanted to eradicate Torah from our lives. The victory was not just military; the victory was a religious one as well. The task of every Jew in our world is to be steeped in Judaism and yet able to be a part of the modern world. I have to be a part of it and apart from it as well. This victory exists only because we wear Torah glasses and we are proud of it at all times.

RABBI EDWARD DAVIS

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MITZVAH MONITOR Reaching Out To Those Less Jewishly Knowledgeable or Affiliated

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock What is our responsibility towards fellow Jews who are unaffiliated or less knowledgeable about their Jewish traditions? From a perusal of the Torah, one might point to the mitzvah of tochecha, to reprove a friend that is making a mistake (Vayikra 19:17). However, many contemporary Poskim limit the parameters of this Mitzvah, especially in cases where one’s friend is uneducated in Jewish tradition and is not aware that s/he is doing anything wrong. The Rabbis of the Talmud already appreciated the need for sensitivity as it relates to rebuke and the detriment that misplaced rebuke can create: “'Just as there is a mitzva to say something that will be accepted, so there is a mitzva for a person not to say something that will not be accepted” (Yevamot 65b). It therefore is clear that our interaction with our fellow, less-observant Jews cannot be based on the mitzvah of rebuke today. Maimonides (Sefer Hamitzvot Asei #3) writes that one way to fulfill the mitzva of Ahavat Hashem (Loving God) is to expose others to Hashem, His Torah and inspire them to seek further. The model for this is our patriarch Avraham. He is credited both with (re)founding monotheism, but also for sharing his passion for Hashem and His ways with others: “the souls that he made in Charan” (Bereishit 12:5). Another possible source for our spiritual concern for fellow Jews may be based on the pasuk: “Love your neighbors as yourself.” We who have been exposed to a lifestyle based on Torah and mitzvot, should want others to experience the meaning, purpose, transcendence and joy that we do. People n’t know what they’re missing. We do know. And if we care about them we should want to expose them to the beauty of observance that we are aware of. A more novel source for our obligation towards the spiritual welfare of others can be gleaned from the verses concerning returning lost objects (Devarim 22:1-3). Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz (The Shelah) offers that if we are commanded by the Torah to feel a sense of responsibility towards the possessions and property of our fellow Jew, then certainly we must feel responsible for their spiritual wellbeing. And just as we are commanded to return a lost object to its rightful owner, so too should we realize our responsibility to help a Jewish soul return to its source - i.e. Hashem, Torah and Mitzvot. Reaching out to our neighbors, friends and relatives and inviting them to share in a Jewish experience with us is a mutually beneficial enterprise. If we have a non-affiliated guest at our Shabbat table we and our children will (hopefully) be on our best behavior. We will try to act in an ideal manner- sharing Divrei Torah and maybe even singing a song. Such an experience may also force us to think about what we do and why we do it, and why we feel it’s worth sharing with others. In this way, sharing Jewish experiences with those less affiliated can enrich our lives as much as it can enrich our guests. Some people may feel that they are not worthy or knowledgeable enough to reach out to those less affiliated. We should remember the words of Pirkei Avot (2:5) “Where there is no one, strive to be the person to act.” The Tiferet Yisrael on the Mishnah notes: Don’t think I’m not great enough. Realize that compared to others you know a great deal and have a lot to offer. I thank those members who positively responded to my Rosh Hashanah sermon and follow-up e-mail and committed to sharing a Jewish experience with a less-affiliated relative, neighbor or friend between Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah. If you would like to commit to being a part of this project between now and Pesach, please sign up at: http://yih.shulcloud.com/shabbat-project-2014.html

Halachik Legacy of World War One Commemorating 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War

Presented by Rabbi Yosef Weinstock

Tuesday January 20th at 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel: Civilian Casualties Wednesday January 28th at 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel: Wartime Gittin

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Across the Pond This month's path takes us on a journey across the world before landing in Hollywood. I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Aaron Moses who discussed with me his worldwide journey to the Young Israel of Hollywood, FL.

In speaking with Aaron I quickly knew he spoke the proper English of a native Englishman. I was correct in that he hails from Stamford Hill in London with his parents, two brothers and extended family. The Sephardic community came from Calcutta, India in 1961 as the British government permitted Jews to relocate within the United Kingdom. Aaron’s father and uncle Sir David Elias along with Rabbi Solomon Sassoon were instrumental in the founding of the Benjamin Elias – Gan Eden Synagogue supporting the growing Indian community in London. Aaron’s father served as the Chazzan and his uncle was the president who was recognized by the Queen with the British Empire Medal in 1991 for his service to the greater community.

Aaron’s grandparents had come to India via Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar) and Iraq. His family remains closely connected to synagogues in Burma through financial support.

Aaron’s early education was in Hasidic schools in London. After his Bar Mitzvah, he studied in France for three years, learning in the Novardek Yeshiva. He returned to England for a short time before he then decided to move to Israel where he served in the Israeli Air Force working with Public relations during the first Gulf War. During his time in Israel he was also successful in tourism, earning national and international awards.

His path to Florida soon came into sharper focus when he met Michelle. While Aaron’s mother and brothers still hail from London, the roots and connections via Burma, India and Iraq are now in Hollywood. Aaron calls his decision to join the Young Israel of Hollywood the best decision of his life for his health, happiness, personal and spiritual success.

Aaron and Michelle are amazingly proud of the unity of Hollywood and they exhibit this daily with their commitment to our community. The Sephardic Torah housed at our shul is a 150 year old scroll from the Moses family that has made its way from Iraq to our community. Michelle came from corporate finance to commit herself to the community at Brauser Maimonides Academy. Aaron’s support of PATH, Chevra Kaddisha, the Sephardic Minyan and innumerable private learning sessions make Aaron and Michelle invaluable members of our Young Israel community.

BH, the Moses’ are most proud of their children Jacob, Linda, Abraham and Rachel and their ongoing learning, chesed and commitment to our traditions. Our Young Israel is enriched by Aaron and Michelle and their family, may they continue to celebrate simcha each and every day.

Stephen Kurtz

President

SISTERHOOD MESSAGE

This January we celebrate both Tevet and Shevat on the Hebrew calendar. Rosh Chodesh Tevet began with the last days of Chanukah, allowing us to internalize the message of the ever-increasing lights of the menorah, a reminder of the power of good over evil which reveals the good which is hidden in our lives and in the world around us. The high point of Shevat is the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, (which falls out in early February this year) known as the “New Year for Trees.” This is the day when the sap begins to rise in the fruit trees in Israel—the start of a new growing season.

It is interesting to note that both months host holidays which show us the importance of food in our lives. Asarah B’ Tevet, the 10th day of Tevet, is a fast day which commemorates the start of the siege of Jerusalem which led to the destruction of the first Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) three and a half years later on the 9th of Av. On a fast day, the divine attribute of mercy is able to be drawn down into this world. By fasting over the destruction of the Temple, one “sweetens” G-d’s anger with Israel, the cause of the destruction. Our sages explain, “Every generation for which the Temple is not rebuilt, is as though the Temple was destroyed for that generation.” As such, there are those that claim that a fast day is not really a sad day, but an opportune day. It’s a day when we are empowered to fix the cause of that first destruction, so that our long exile will end. Tevet is a time of return and redefinition.

Tu B’Shevat holds legal significance in Jewish law with regards to the tithing of fruit in Israel, and is celebrated with joy as we look forward to the sweet bounty of the coming year. There are a number of customs associated with this holiday. One custom is to eat a new fruit on this day, or to eat from the shivat haminim, the seven Species, described in the Bible as being abundant in the land of Israel. The Shivat Haminim are: wheat, barley, grapes (vines), figs, pomegranates, olives and dates (honey) (Deut. 8:8).

We hope you take the month to really enjoy the blessings in your life and to recognize the good that Hashem has given us individually, and as a community! Upcoming Sisterhood Events: Monthly Chizuk Meeting- Held the first Wednesday evening of every month February 21- Panoply Night at Young Israel of Hollywood If you would like to get involved with the Sisterhood Mishloach Manot, please contact us directly at yihsisterhood1@gmail.com.

Bari Girnun &Kara Kastan Sisterhood Co-Presidents

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FACTS I DISCOVERED WHILE LOOKING UP OTHER THINGS

NETZER SERENI… This is a kibbutz in central Israel. In 2006 it had a population of 534. The kibbutz was founded in 1948 by 120 members of Kibbutz Givat Brenner who broke away for ideological reasons. The kibbutz was named for Enzo Sereni, a Jewish Italian intellectual, a Zionist leader and Jewish Brigade officer. Sereni was born in Rome; his father was a physician to the King of Italy. He grew up in an assimilated household but became a Zionist as a teenager. After attaining his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rome, he immigrated to Palestine in 1927 and helped found Kibbutz Givat Brenner. He was a pacifist who advocated coexistence with the Arabs and integration of Jewish and Arab society. He was sent to Europe in the early 40’s with the youth aliyah and to help smuggle money and people out of Germany. He was also sent to the United States to help organize the Zionist movement here. During World War II he joined the British army. The British sent him to Iraq and he spent some of the time there working with Jewish aliyah. He was part of the Jewish parachute unit that was sent into occupied Europe. On May 15, 1944 (age 39) he was parachuted into northern Italy but was captured immediately. He was shot and killed in the Dachau concentration camp in November 1944. With his unit there was one other famous name: one of his comrades on that ill-fated mission was Hannah Szenes. MORRIS “TWO-GUN” COHEN… There have been two books written about “Two-Gun” Cohen. Part of the punchline really is that he was a general in the Chinese campaign against the Japanese in World War II and a senior advisor to President Sun Yat-sen. He persuaded the Chinese delegation in the U.N. to abstain on the Partition Resolution to the General Assembly and helped it pass. Cohen was born in Poland in 1887 and brought to London as a toddler. By the time he was 12 he became a skilled boxer and pickpocket. With jail time and reform school he was sent to Canada to work on a farm near Indian reservations. Farming bored him; he preferred work in a carnival and as a con man. More jail time. Wandering the Canadian west he became friendly with local Chinese and liked the Chinese outlook on life. One time he walked into a Chinese eatery while it was being robbed. Cohen beat the robber to a pulp. The Chinese embraced Cohen as one of their own. After serving in World War I as a Canadian soldier, Cohen headed off to China in 1922. Eventually he became close to the president and led the guard that protected him from attempted assassinations. He was the only European ever to serve as a Chinese general. He spent time as a Japanese prisoner-of-war in World War II. After China he lived in Canada where he helped Zionists obtain arms for the War of Independence. He eventually retired to life in England where he and his cousins went into the raincoat business. He died in 1970 and on his tombstone in Manchester his name appears in English, Hebrew and Chinese. His funeral was attended by representatives from both Chinas which were still at

war with each other. It was the only thing in the world on which they could agree. MOSES SCHWARTZBERG… Schwartzberg was an anti-Soviet Russian who had been part of a plot to assassinate Lenin in 1918. He became “Two-Gun” Cohen’s sidekick in China. Because of the importance of the Schwartzberg/Cohen pair, Yiddish became one of the three languages in the Chinese Secret Service after Mandarin and English. Schwartzberg would later organize a regiment of 1,200 Jewish volunteers to fight for Israel in the War of Independence. Moses Schwartzberg was educated as a medical doctor and the two Moshes, Cohen and Schwartzberg, made an interesting tandem in the Chinese presidential circle. RAMBAM ON JESUS… In his Letter to Yemen written in about 1172 addressed to Rabbi Yaakov Ben Netan’el El Fayyum, head of the Yemen Jewish community, the Rambam wrote about “…new sects which attempted to wipe out every trace of the Jewish nation of religion. Jesus…was a Jew because his mother was Jewish.” The Rambam states that Jesus’ father was not Jewish; he was a non-Jewish (Roman?) pagan. Nevertheless Jesus himself was legitimately Jewish. Jesus “interpreted the Torah and its precepts in such a fashion as to lead to their total annulment, to the abolition of all its commandments …the Sages of blessed memory, having become aware of his plans before his reputation spread among our people, meted out punishment to him.” The interesting part of this portion of the famous Letter to Yemen are the statements by the Rambam that Jesus’ father was not Jewish; and even more interesting is that there was Jewish involvement in Jesus’ demise. SCHOLAR’S FESTIVAL… After the Hadrianic Roman victory over Bar Kochba and the Jewish people in 131-132 C.E., Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, issued harsh decrees, including making Jerusalem “Judenrein” and banning the learning of Torah. The surviving students of Rabbi Akiva and the other murdered Rabbis would still get together to study and teach Torah in the mountains of Galilee. When these scholars would gather in secret meeting places, they would often dress as hunters and carry bows and arrows. By doing this the Roman soldiers never suspected their true purpose. Lag B’Omer became the Scholar’s Festival and commemorates the bravery of the students of Rabbi Akiva. (From “Pathways Through Jewish History” by Ruth Samuels.) Hence we have some tradition of bows and arrows on Lag B’Omer, although I failed to remember the connection to Scholar’s Festival. (Many of the students and the other Jews left Eretz Yisrael to Egypt and to Babylonia to join friends and relatives there. Other Jews were taken as slaves to Rome.)

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q: At Sheva Brachot the person leading the benshing is making the Borei Pri HaGaffen at the end of the seven blessings

and he drinks of the wine. The bride and groom are drinking from the mixed wine from both cups. My question is: Is there a custom that other people should or may drink from these cups of wine at Sheva Brachot?

A: Actually it is brought down amongst Poskim that the proper custom is that all people present at Sheva Brachot should drink from the cups of wine. I have never personally done this myself, but only because you asked the question did I research it. It is very interesting that somebody brought it up, but that is the way it is brought down and hopefully in the future I will research it further to see if anyone really has a good reason for this custom.

Q: On the subject of immersing utensils in a mikvah: What is the law if one failed to notice a label and immersed the utensil

in the mikvah? Must the immersion be repeated after removing the label? Secondly, when I have to kasher a utensil and also immerse it in the mikvah, which do I do first?

A: The obligation of immersion is to place the utensil completely under the water. All parts of the utensil, inside and outside, must be in contact with the water at the same time. During the immersion the utensil must be completely clean. All dirt, rust, tags and labels that may prevent any part of the utensil from being touched by the water must be previously removed. If a utensil was unclean at the time of immersion, then the immersion must be repeated after cleansing the utensil. If it was a very small of piece of material no-one bothered to clean up before immersing then you do not have to repeat the immersion. The immersion may be performed on utensils with irremovable stains.

When a utensil requires kashering it should be kashered first and then immersed in the mikvah afterward. If it was immersed prior to the kashering, then the immersion should be repeated without reciting a blessing.

Q: May I employ a non-Jew to help me perform the immersion of utensils in a mikvah? Secondly, may I perform the mitzvah

without the owner’s permission?

A: A non-Jew may perform the immersion if a Jewish adult is simultaneously performing it and reciting the blessing with the intention of helping the non-Jew. I believe that if the Jewish person is observing and supervising it would be acceptable as well. A further note is, if a child under the age of 13, or a female under 12, is doing it, the Jewish adult must be watching. If the child did it without an adult supervising and watching, the process must be repeated but without a blessing.

One may perform this mitzvah with another person’s utensil without that person’s knowledge. Either a Jewish man or woman may perform this mitzvah. If a utensil accidentally fell into a body of water where the

mitzvah may be performed, this counts and does not require immersion again. Q: I heard that if a utensil that needs to be kashered has not been used for more than 12 months then kashering is not

necessary.

A: This is not true. A utensil that requires kashering must be kashered even if it has not been used for 12 months. To elaborate further, a man or a woman may kasher utensils. No blessing is recited for kashering utensils and utensils may not be kashered on Shabbat or Yom Tov.

Q: What is the source for adding a name to a person who is ill?

A: The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah16b) states that four things can avert an evil decree for a person and they are: giving tzedakah, davening, changing one’s name, and changing action. The changing of a name is sourced from the change of Sarai’s name to Sarah, as well as that Avram could not sire a child but Avraham could. The Rambam mentions in Halachahs of Repentance (2:4) that when a person changes his name the step of repentance is such that he can say he is not the person who sinned but is a different person, thereby changing the actions of his life. The Aruch HaShulchan (E.H.129:12) says that the changing of the name should be an actual change of the name, not like the custom prevailing today of just adding a name. He sources this back to the story of Avram and Sarai whose names were actually changed.

We find that Rav Chaim Sonnenfeld from the early part of the 20th century Yerushalayim added the name Yosef to his name when he suddenly took ill. When the crisis abated and he spent weeks in complete recovery he then accepted his new name of Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. His contemporary during that time period in Yerushalayim was Rav Kook. He became quite ill in the mid 30’s and they added the name Yechezkiyahu; but because he never recovered from that illness they did not keep the name and it was not recorded on his tombstone.

This becomes a subject of some discussion in our day. When you add a name, what constitutes recovery as to whether we ultimately keep the name or not? When my mother was very ill when I was a young boy they added a name. She never really recovered from the cancer and died, but the rabbis had decided that since she lived for months they kept the name and it is recorded on her tombstone. I would have disagreed, but such is the case.

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Young Israel of Hollywood – Ft. Lauderdale Adult Education Committee Presents

Scholar in Residence Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet Shabbat Parshat Shemot ~ January 10, 2015

Shabbat Morning January 10th after 9:00 Minyan in the Sanctuary (approx. 11:30 a.m.)

Jew vs. Israeli: Balancing the Pressures of Halacha & Politics

(Kiddush will take place in the Social Hall after the presentation)

Shabbat afternoon at 4:25 p.m. in the Sanctuary:

Pioneers who Shaped the American Torah Scene A Historical Retrospective

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff is Professor of Rabbinic Literature

at Yeshiva University's Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in

Jerusalem. He is a noted scholar, author and teacher who has taught thousands of students throughout

his over 55+ years of teaching. He spent four years studying under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

Rabbi Rakeffet was a pioneer in Torah education for diaspora

students in Israel. He was a member of the initial 1969 faculty of

Jerusalem Torah College (BMT) and taught there for twenty years.

He also taught at Machon Gold and Michlalah. He was a founding faculty member at Midreshet

Moriah. Rabbi Rakeffet has been a member of the Gruss Kollel faculty

since its inception in 1976.

Rabbi Rakeffet served in the Israel Defense Forces until the maximum

allowable age. He served in Lebanon during the 1982 Lebanon War. In 1980 he was recruited by Aryeh Kroll to join the Mossad's

clandestine Nativ operation to teach Torah in the Soviet Union. Rabbi

Rakeffet visited the Soviet Union in 1981, 1985, and 1989 together with his wife Malkah, and recruited 200 others to also visit. His initial visit

motivated him to help found the Shvut Ami organization.

Rabbi Rakeffet finished his 10 year effort of writing his personal

scholarly memoir, "From Washington Avenue to Washington Street", with its publication in 2011. It was his seventh published volume.

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Howard & Carol Bienenfeld in memory of Tova Courtney’s brother In memory of Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale’s father Dick & Bunny Blattner in honor of Yaacov Eisenmann’s Bar

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brave soldiers who fought with dignity and humanity. Howard and Carol Bienenfeld in honor of our grandchildren. The Chames Family Stuart & Tova Courtney in loving memory of Tova’s father Asher Moshkovsky ( ” ) & Stuart’s parents Richard &

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