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The Great Hadassim Scam
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Psst . . . Hey, Buddy, wanna buy some arba minim? I got lulavs, esrogs, and some good hadassim for you.” The hadas, or myrtle, is a woody evergreen plant with...
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On Knees And Ne’ilah
By Larry Gordon Just the other day, before hundreds of National Football League players were protesting something about America—this land of the free and home of the brave—many of us also “took a...
View ArticleSeeing Sea Stars
By Mordechai Schmutter Chol ha’moed trips are an ancient tradition dating back thousands of years to Biblical times. Our forefathers had a long Sukkos—40 years actually—but they couldn’t just sit in...
View ArticleA Bee-utiful Holiday
By Hannah Reich Berman Both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have passed. But there are still more holidays to celebrate. It should be noted that what these “celebrations” mean for many of us is...
View ArticleA Sprinkling Of Summer Homework
Shulamith School students Tehila Mishaan, Ella Zylberberg, Leora Lax, Daniella Gewirtz, Leah Mandelbaum, Yael Schick, and Chevi Grinspan were treated to an ice-cream party last week for completing...
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Fall Favorites
By Jamie Geller Joy of Kosher Green Quinoa Bowl Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 20 minutes Servings: 1 This bowl is the best way to use up leftovers. Take all the bits and pieces from leftover meals—like your...
View ArticleIsraeli Trauma Expert Had Issued Las Vegas Warning
By Ben Sales When Dr. Avi Rivkind landed in Las Vegas three years ago to lecture as a trauma-care expert, he saw something that troubled him. The airport, McCarran International, felt too open, almost...
View ArticleMaking A Good Husband
By Elliott Katz Bereishis, the first Torah portion, offers helpful marriage advice for men today. For men who feel their wives have lost respect for them and aren’t supportive partners, Bereishis has...
View ArticleAccounting For Shabbos
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There are men who know that if they fail to bring home Binah or Mishpacha Magazine for Shabbos or yom tov, well, they may as well not come home. This is...
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Build My Sukkah
By Larry Gordon If not for these two young gentlemen from Denver, who would have built all the sukkahs here in the Five Towns and surrounding areas over the last few weeks? Maybe our kids, spouses,...
View ArticleThe Chol HaMoed Circus
The Simchat Beit HaShoeivah By Rabbi Yaacov Y Schwartz When I was growing up, chol ha’moed (at least on Pesach) meant getting tickets for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. We would...
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All In A Week
By Larry Gordon It is difficult to fathom. We are, at times, our own worst enemies. Why is it that so many Orthodox Jewish, Torah-oriented, and fundamentally frum companies and organizations patronize...
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Miller Hosts Successful Disability Awareness Fair
Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, her son Oliver, and many other attendees enjoyed some of the fun activities, such as Pop Earth painting,at her first annual Disability Awareness Fair on October 15...
View ArticleKaminsky And LI Cares Collect Supplies For Puerto Rico
Senator Todd Kaminsky’s office will serve as a collection point for supplies to benefit the Hurricane Maria relief effort. The senator is partnering with Long Island Cares, who will ship the collected...
View ArticleSantino And Kaminsky Respond To Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Standing next to a Baldwin Park play structure that was vandalized with hate graffiti, Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony J. Santino and Senator Todd Kaminsky responded to the defacing of children’s...
View ArticleRally: Free Lunch For All
Teach-NYS, a project of the Orthodox Union, along with Jewish and Muslim community leaders, students, Public Advocate Letitia James, and members of the New York City Council rallied on the steps of...
View ArticleLIRR Modifies Friday ‘Sundown Service’
The Long Island Rail Road, acting upon the recommendation of Senator Todd Kaminsky, will expand the Friday “Sundown Service” train schedule on the Far Rockaway branch by departing 16 minutes earlier to...
View ArticleThe Real Kaminsky
Bill Seeks To Ban Anonymous Ads Earlier this month, State Senator Todd Kaminsky was joined by Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Senators Michael Gianaris, John E. Brooks, and Leroy...
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Keeping It Fresh
By Shmuel Katz Preparing bread for the oven I’ve been writing for almost 11 years about our move to Israel, and sometimes I burn out. How many times can I write about the rain (which will be coming...
View ArticleThree-Day Odyssey
By Larry Gordon Miami Beach, Florida—After the last set of what we affectionately refer to as three-day yomim tovim, it seems that here, in what can proverbially be considered an out-of-town locale,...
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