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DON’T COMPLAIN AND NEVER EVER CURSE Yaakov is known as the B’chir sheb’Avos, the Choice One of our Forefathers. Yet, he only lived until the age of 147, an age thirty-three years fewer than the lifespan of his father Yitzchok, who passed away at 180. Two reasons are given for his earlier demise. The first, taught in the Medrash and cited by Rashi, is because when Paroh asked him, “How old are you?” Yaakov answered,		HIKIND PRAISES DE BLASIO OVER BRATTON APPOINTMENT Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) had high praise for NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio regarding his appointment of William J. Bratton to head the New York City Police Department. “William Bratton has a distinguished record,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “He played a key role in the 1990s in New York, bringing law and order back to our city. His reputation for working with communities was impeccable and our community is

CELL PHONE ELBOW AND CELL PHONE NECK

Cell Phone Elbow: Symptoms include tingling and numbness into your little finger and possible weakness of your hand. Cause: Continually bending your elbow to hold the phone to your ear. What you can do: • Use the speakerphone feature or hands-free ear devices when feasible to...

“THE HORSE THIEF”

They called him a horse thief. That was the worst possible epithet that one could hurl at a young man in the early 19th-century shtetl, or village, of Czernovitz. Back then, a horse was a very necessary item, and many of the townspeople spent all of their hard-earned savings to procure one....

A CHANUKAH MIRACLE IN SAMARIA PALESTINIANS KIDNAP ISRAELI GIRL IN CARJACKING; FATHER SAVES HER

It was true Chanukah miracle for a young couple from Dolev, whose one-year-old daughter was kidnapped by local Palestinians that had hijacked the family’s car on Tuesday afternoon, December 3. Driving home to Dolev, a community located in the southern Samarian hills north of...

IDF SOLDIERS CONSUME 300,000 DOUGHNUTS ON HANUKKAH

One of Hanukkah’s delights in Israel is the eating of the traditional Sufganiyah, the deep-fried round jelly doughnut topped with powder sugar. The IDF doesn’t want to miss out, and so the provisions branch has acquired over 300,000 doughnuts which will be devoured by the fighting...

WAGONS, CALVES, AND RESPONSIBILITY

I have been blessed with many fine teachers. She was one of the best. Her name was Mrs. Lachmann. I no longer recall her first name. She taught an advanced course in world literature at the college I attended, and she insisted that we call her Mrs. Lachmann, although, as I later discovered,...

DEVELOPING HAND DOMINANCE IN CHILDREN: WHEN TO BE CONCERNED

By: Reina Chaifetz Hand dominance, also called hand preference, refers to the hand which a person uses more consistently than the other hand, as well as the hand which is more skilled while performing tasks. When does hand dominance develop? Essentially, babies start off using both...

SWEET POTATO & BROCCOLI CAULIFLOWER LATKES RECIPES

Sweet Potato Latkes Ingredients: 3 large sweet potato, boiled 1 Tbsp. margarine 2 eggs, beaten 2 Tbsp. flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp. nutmeg 3 Tbsp. brown sugar Canola oil Directions: Peel and mash sweet potato with margarine. Add eggs, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar mix...

ARI GOLDWAGS "AM ECHAD" IS LIGHTING UP THE CHARTS

Singer/Song Writer Ari Goldwag recently sat down with Ari Hirsch from The Vues magazine for an exclusive Interview about Ari and his new album “Am Echad”. As a child soloist, Ari Goldwag already performed and appeared on the worldwide stage of Jewish music as part of the...

WRITE TO JONATHAN POLLARD TO GIVE HIM STRENGTH

Write to Jonathan Pollard to give him strength as he enters his 29th year of a life sentence with no end in sight. http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2011/070711.htm Write to Jonathan Pollard Your letters - the only ray of light in Jonathan's dreary cell. Jonathan Pollard is serving...