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Cheder 2010 Reception

Dominican Convert to Judaism Speaks at RCC

More than 150 students, faculty, and community members attended a lecture by Aliza Hausman this week sponsored by the Center for Jewish Life at SUNY Rockland.

Aliza Hausman, a freelance writer whose work has been published on chabad.org, is a Dominican woman who grew up in Washington Heights. She was inspired as a teenager by a talk by a Holocaust survivor to investigate Judaism, and, despite strong family opposition, went through the conversion process as a young adult. She is currently married to a rabbinical student.

Kesser Distributors Pesach Order Deadline

To have your beef guaranteed in time for Pesach please be sure to place your order no later than this Wednesday, March 17.

For a full price list, more information, and to order, please contact Chaim Holtzberg at yourkesser@gmail.com or 914-729-0838.

All chicken and meat is from David Elliot under CHK and shechted by Lubavitcher shochtim.

Meals for Aveilim

Mrs. Rochie Liberow has recently begun arranging homemade meals from people in the community for families who are sitting Shiva or going through other difficult situations. If you are able to cook a meal please call her at 845-517-9034.

N'shei Chabad Bookstore News

Visit the N'shei Chabad Bookstore for all of you Pesach book needs. Please call Yehudis Abramowitz at 845-558-8249 or visit us at 6 Zabriskie Terrace.

• Countdown to the Seder
• Spice and Spirit - Kosher for Passover Cooking
• At Our Rebbe's Seder Table
• Haggadah for Pesach
• Kol Menachem (Gutnick) Haggadah - Nusach Ari/Nusach Ashkenaz
• Ki Yishalcha Bincha
• Hilchos Leil HaSeder
• Kleiman Illustrated Haggadahs
• Q&A Haggadah
• Out of Egypt (Book, CD and DVD)
• A Touch of Passover
• Tehillas Hashem Special Siddur for Pesach
• Time for Torah - New Children's Book from HaChai
• Dear Tree - New Children's Book from HaChai

Seeking Ride to CH

Seeking a ride for high school girl from Monsey to Crown Heights this Motzai Shabbos or early Sunday morning. Please contact Robin Luchins at 845-304-3788 or Robin@RobinLuchins.com.

Boruch Dayan HaEmes - Mrs. Bassie Palace A"H

Boruch Dayan HaEmes - We are deeply saddened and pained to inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Bassie Palace A"H, wife of y"blct Reb Moshe Palace.

Levaya:
The Levaya will take place tomorrow, Friday, March 12, at 8:30 AM at the Palace home, 15 Wallenberg Circle in Monsey from where it will go to Brooklyn and pass by 770 at approximately 10:30 AM and then proceed to the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens (near the Ohel).

Shiva:
Reb Moshe and his children will be sitting shiva at the Palace home, 15 Wallenberg Circle in Monsey. The davening times will be posted on the website shortly.

Meals:

If you are able to cook a meal for the family of aveilim please call Rochie Liberow at 845-517-9034.

.המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים

Doron Kornbluth to Speak at RCC

Doron Kornbluth will be giving a lecture entitled Loving the World, Loving My People at RCC as part of Jewish Heritage Month this Tuesday, March 16 at 8:00 PM at the RCC Student Union Room 3214. Refreshments will be served. All are invited to participate!

Doron Kornbluth is a sought-after international speaker. He has lectured audiences of all ages and backgrounds in over 100 cities around the world. His unique inspirational and humorous Why Be Jewish? and Jewish Pride seminars have been popular and effective with young Jews everywhere. His much-awaited book Raising Kids to Love Being Jewish has just been released.

Mazel Tov Perlines!

Mazal tov to Mayer and Shternie Perline on the birth of a granddaughter born to Chana and Schneur Hayes of Ottawa, Canada!

Daily Mincha & Maariv

Beginning this Sunday and for the week the daily Mincha minyan will be at 6:30 PM followed by Maariv at 7:45 PM and again at 9:30 PM.

Welcome Ratners!

Welcome to Bob & Camille Ratner and Josh & Amy Ratner on their move to our community (Powder Horn Drive)!

Boxes to Monsey

If you are able to bring a box, or a few boxes, from Crown Heights to Monsey - the boxes contain Neiros Shabbos Kodesh for mivtzoim for the Shliach to Zhitomor in the Ukraine - please call Mordechai Shulman at 845-499-5949.

In the Tzemach Tzedek Parking Lot

Change Your Clocks

This Motzai Shabbos – or Sunday morning, March 14 at 2:00 AM to be precise - remember to move your clock forward one hour for daylight savings time.

Mazel Tov Marrus Family!

Mazal tov to Pinchas and Sarah Marrus on the engagement of their daughter Chaya Mushka to Dovid Nacca of Buenos Aires, Argentina!

Cheder Boys Visit New Candy Store

The 2nd grade boys of Cheder Chabad visited the new iCandy store in Wesley Hills where they all received Pucker Powder as a reward for a job well done on their reading assignments.

Monsey Group Says Lox Study Misinterpreted: 'It's kosher'

By Jane Lerner, The Journal News

MONSEY — A Rockland group that caused an uproar when it purportedly put the pox on lox by claiming that the popular Jewish nosh isn't kosher said Tuesday that the warning was nothing but a fish tale.

"Go ahead, eat lox," said Yisroel Neiman, a member of Chevra Mehadrin, a Monsey organization that prepared a report recently on fish and Jewish law. "It's kosher — I just had some."

Neiman said he had no idea why the report was being interpreted to mean that salmon, the fish from which lox is made, violates Jewish dietary law.

"They made it up," Neiman said, referring to media organizations that attributed the ban on lox to the report. "It's a lie. We never said lox isn't kosher."

Neiman spoke to The Journal News briefly in the hall of the Monsey office where the organization is headquartered.

He said he was aware of the head scratching caused by the erroneous ruling on lox. That was not the intention of the organization, whose name means "group of the strictest level of kosher supervision," when it prepared its report, Neiman said.

"The purpose of Chevra Mehadrin is to inform the interested public of the kashrus (kosher)-related practices and protocols of each retailer so that consumers should know whether the products they are eating meet their kashrus expectations and standards," the report reads.

The group's report reviewed both Jewish law and modern methods of harvesting and preparing fish. It also included questionnaires sent to fish stores in the Monsey area about their practices and methods.

The report also discusses specific fish, including salmon, salmon fillets and lox. Under Jewish law, fish is kosher if an inspection shows that it has fins and scales.

The report notes that some inspectors classify salmon as kosher based on the fish's reddish appearance, but the group warns that modern practices can make nonkosher fish appear red and suggests that consumers ask their rabbi if they can rely solely on the color of the fish, instead of an inspection.

Even before Neiman said the ban on lox was false, many suspected something was fishy.

"Lox? Not kosher?" said Rabbi David Eidensohn, a frequent Orthodox Jewish commentator on family issues. "If you had asked me two weeks ago, I would have thought it was a Purim joke, and a bad joke at that."

At Kisco Kosher deli in White Plains, owner Zeev Bain said he would continue to carry lox as long as his rabbi-inspected suppliers assured him that the salmon being used was kosher.

"If there are two Jewish people involved in an argument, there should be three opinions, and all of them are valid," Bain said from behind the deli counter. "So, each person should decide for his own what he should adhere to."

Customer Phil Pearle of Mahopac had one thing to say about the idea of lox not being kosher: "It's ridiculous."

Mandy Ganchrow, a retired Monsey physician who formerly served as president of the Orthodox Union, the largest organization in the world that provides kosher certification, said he had heard about the reported ban and promptly rejected it.

"I'll be eating lox for lunch," he said. "It's a staple kosher item throughout the world."

Ganchrow said there was a tendency of some groups to go too far when interpreting finer points of the thousands of years of Jewish law.

"Everyone wants to be more frum — more religious — than the next guy," he said.

Rabbi Moshe Elefant, chief operating officer of the kosher division of Orthodox Union, said Jewish scholars had long debated the issue of salmon and the parasites commonly found in many fish and that they had concluded the food is kosher.

"This isn't a new question," he said. "It's discussed in the Talmud."

Elefant said he never heard of Chevra Mehadrin and had not seen the report.

"I'm not trying to belittle what they are doing," he said. "We welcome people asking questions, but if they have a question, they should come to us and ask it."

The lox uproar hasn't had an impact on sales at Bubba's Bagels, a popular store and cafe in Wesley Hills.

"We sell hundreds of packets a day," owner Hal Roth said. "No one is talking about not eating lox."

Herschel Lorenz of Monsey was buying lunch at Bubba's. He didn't order lox, but he does eat the fish from time to time.

"When I hear from a reliable rabbinic source that I shouldn't eat lox — that's when I'll stop eating lox," he said. "I haven't heard anything that makes me think I shouldn't eat lox."

Women's Wednesday Night Shiurim on Hilchos Pesach

Beginning tonight and for the next 2 weeks the weekly Wednesday night shiur for women by Rabbi Lesches will address the Halachos of Pesach. The shiur is at 8:00 PM at K'hal Tzemach Tzedek.

Help Families in Our Community Make Pesach

Touger Seudos Hodaa

Rabbi Yossi and Sara Michal Touger invite you to a Kiddush and Seudos Hodaa for their son this Shabbos following davening at K'hal Beis Menachem.

Seeking Ride to Crown Heights

If you or someone you know is going to Crown Heights this Friday, March 13th, and has room for 1 girl please call Dini at 845-406-3960.

Kagan Bar Mitzvah This Shabbos

Save the Date - Cheder Dessert Reception

Mark your calendar. The Cheder Chabad of Monsey annual Dessert Reception will take place on Sunday evening, May 30, 2010 (Memorial Day weekend) in the main sanctuary of Congregation Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch of Monsey.

Important Beis Menachem Meeting Tonight

There will be an important meeting tonight, Monday, March 8, concerning the finances and future housing options for K'hal Beis Menachem which is under the leadership of Rabbi Dr. Chaim Dovid Kagan.

The meeting will take place at 8:00 PM at the shul. All shul members and friends are encouraged to participate.

Gartel G'mach

Over the Purim weekend a few gartels were borrowed from the Rabbi Shusterman Gartel G'mach and not returned. If you borrowed a gartel and forgot to return it please return it to Rabbi Shusterman's shtender as soon as possible for the benefit of the Kehilla.

In Haifa, Reach the Depths

Pothole Map

Do you have annoying or dangerous potholes in your neighborhood that are not getting fixed? You can now mark them on an interactive map which will show the highway department where attention is needed. Click here for the map.

Hanson Birthday Farbrengen

Reb Mayer Duvid Hanson will be making a farbrengen in honor of his birthday this Thursday night, March 11, at K'hal Tzemach Tzedek following the 9:30 PM Maariv minyan. All are invited to participate!

New Baseball Stadium Coming to Town

By Steve Lieberman, The Journal News

RAMAPO — Minor league baseball is coming to Rockland County.

Opening day is scheduled for June 1, 2011. A singer already has been chosen to sing "The Star Spangled Banner." Ticket prices have been set.

Right now, the site is 65 acres of woodlands, with renderings displaying a 3,500-seat stadium off Firemen's Memorial Drive, near Route 45 in Ramapo.

"What we will have is a family-oriented experience with the American pastime of baseball," Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence said during a preview of the stadium with the designers on Thursday.

Aside from 50 professional baseball games from June to Labor Day , officials said, the stadium can provide an economic boost to the county and create more than 100 construction jobs through union labor, about 25 full-time jobs and up to 75 part-time jobs.

"Minor league baseball will make Rockland a destination point," St. Lawrence said.
Known as "Project Grand Slam ," the stadium will cost an estimated $25.5 million — $17.5 million for the stadium and the $8 million cost for last year's purchase of 67 acres. The stadium and parking will sit on 25 acres.

There will be a $1.295 million fee to become an expansion team in 2011 with the Canadian American Association Professional Baseball league, known as CanAm.
Tickets are projected at $12 for the field seats and $7 for the second tier, officials said.

Ramapo will bond the cost of the stadium, which would be located off Palisades Interstate Parkway Exit 12, over 30 years.

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Mashgiach & Butcher Positions Available

A supermarket in New Jersey that is a 35 minute drive from Monsey is looking to hire a competent Mashgiach and an experienced butcher as soon as possible.

It is a good working environment and the jobs offer great benefits. If interested, please email shalomlubin@hotmail.com.

Shot Glasses in Cheder Mishloach Manos

Please note that the shot glasses that were in the Cheder Chabad Mishloach Manos were not toiveled. Please do not use them before toiveling them in a Mikvah for Keilim.

The glasses were provided by Blue Mark Promotions - yossi@bluemarkpromo.com.

Local Jobs Available at Yedei Chesed

Yedei Chesed, Inc. an affiliate of Bikur Cholim of Rockland County, NY, is seeking to fill the following positions. We provide a positive and rewarding work environment were you have the ability to directly and favorably impact the life of others.

Direct Support Professional for Women’s Day Hab Program:
We are seeking an energetic, positive-thinking, creative and dedicated person. Hours: Mon-Thurs 9:00am – 3:00pm with a potential for Fridays from 9am-1pm. Valid drivers license required and reliable transportation a must.

RN-Administrative Position:
Approx. 8 hours a week on-site. This person will be responsible for providing oversight and medical scheduling for clients in a group residence facility. The candidate must be flexible, well organized and be available for calls concerning the residents.

Please send your resume to humanresources@yedeichesed.org or call 845-425-0887 x276 to schedule an interview.

Kiddush at Tzemach Tzedek

Sruli and Faige Bruck invite you to a Kiddush/Farbrengen this Shabbos following davening at K’hal Tzemach Tzedek in honor of the birth of their daughter Chana Leah.

Kesser Weekly Chicken and Beef Specials

Kesser Distributors specials of the week are:

Whole Chicken 1/4 for $2.09 per lb.
Chuck Eye Roll Netted for $5.49 per lb.

All chicken and meat is from David Elliot under CHK and shechted by Lubavitcher shochtim.

For a full price list, more information, and to order, please contact Chaim Holtzberg at yourkesser@gmail.com or 914-729-0838.