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Located in New York.

Great opportunity to develop career in early childhood education.

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In memory of Rabbi Gavriel & Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg HYD - Shluchim to Mumbai, India

In response to your question, where to teach, you should continue teaching in the school where you will have greater success. This includes a school where the students speak the same language as you, their nature, personalities and education is similar to yours, etc.
Ibid. p. 92

Compiled by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin .

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A drama unfolded today at the Mishmeret Hamitzvot bakery in Bnei Brak. The members of a “chavura” that had come to the bakery to bake matzos for Pesach discovered that grains of wheat were lying on the matzos! The group was very shocked at how close they had come to breaching the Torah prohibition of eating chametz on Pesach.

It all began in the early morning, when the chavura arrived. The chavura had rented the bakery from its owners, including the work surfaces and ovens, so that they could prepare their own matzos for Pesach. The bakery is often rented out to various groups, who use its work surfaces and ovens, and these chavuras can also use the hechsher of Rabbi Moshe YehudaLeib Landa, Chabad Chassid and Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak, who supervises the matza baking process.

If the chavura wishes to use this high-quality hechsher, they have to adhere to all of the necessary rules. The bakery is cleaned to the satisfaction of the mashgiachim from the hechsher, and then the chavura bakes its matzos.

In today’s incident, the chavura brought many bags of flour with them, and after the end of the process grains of wheat were found on the baked matzos.

The owner of the bakery told the leaders of the chavura that he was obligated to inform Rabbi Landa and ask him what to do with the matzos that were baked. Rabbi Landa immediately arrived on the scene, checked what was going on, and decided that the oven needed to be re-koshered. The matzos that were baked were declared to be chometz lemehadrin.

As a result of this incident, the owners of the bakery have decided to introduce stricter working practices, including not allowing private chavuras to bring any flour into the bakery.
(SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL).

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Rashi & Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin left @ Eber's Liquor and Wine store - Please come in and pick it up..

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MAY IT BE G-D'S WILL THAT THIS LIST ONLY GETS SMALLER WITH A REFUA SHLEIMA KROVA FOR ALL THOSE IN NEED!

Hisha bas Sarah
Rochel bas Tova
Shaina Devorah bas tamar
Shneur Zalman Ben Dabrusha
Levi Yitzchok ben Tzirel
ASHER ANSHIL ben MIRIAM
Aryeh Tzvi ben Sora Rivka
Gittle Sheindel bas Shalamit

Eliezer Dovid ben Chaya
Daniel ben Raizel
Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba
Rivkah Chana Chava bas Chaya
Chaya Sara bas Tali Pessa
Mordechai ben Menucha
Yaakov Shlomo ben Rivka
Binyomin Zev ben Tzivia Hinda
Meira Mindel Bas Chava Golda
Avrohom Reuven ben Eta
Elka Tzivya Bas Vivian
Nechemia Avraham ben Baila Rochel
Sarah bas Mina
Elozor ben Baila
Sterna Bas Rochel Devorah
Binyomin Tzadik ben Aidel Gittel Elana
Channa Bas Rivkah
Tinok ben Chana Feiga Chaya
Avrohom ben Bintza
Mordechai Dov Tzion ben Chana Leah
Naftali Tzvi Yehuda ben Eza Baila
Chana Miriam bas Eza Baila
Tziporah Bas Shoshe Raizel Yocheved
Miriam Dalia bas Shoshana
Lea bas Zahava
Chana Pessel bas Raizel
Refoel Chaim Simcha Binyamin ben Devorah Aliza
Shoshana Etta Bas Masha
Chaim Ben Gittel
Golda Bas Sarah Rachel
Lorraine Bas Nita
Sora Shulamis bas Malka Chana
Michael Hirsh ben Sorah
Brocha Mazel bas Sarah
chaya basya bas alta nechama
Chiyena bas Fruma

Yosef ben Simcha
Chaya Leah bas Yenta
Chaya Rochel bas Devora Mindel
Chay Sarah Rachel bas Fechke
Aidel Gittel bas Mariasha Risha

Michoel Ezra Ben Leah
Bracha Basya Esther Bas Miriam
Leora Pearl bas Gila Shulamit

Yoel Ben Nessie
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(IsraelNN.com) United States Vice President Joe Biden condemned the planned construction of 1,600 homes in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem, announced earlier Tuesday. Biden said that “the substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions that I’ve had here in Israel.” .

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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Moshe & Toby Benshimon - Johannesburg, South Africa - on the birth of a son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.

BY POPULAR DEMAND - BECAUSE MAZEL TOVS CAN'T WAIT! .

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Thursday the 23rd of Adar marks the 16th Yahrtzeit of Ari Halberstam HYD OBM. Ari passed away from wounds suffered after terrorist Rashid Baz YIMACH SHMO shot him and a van full of Bochurim returning from saying Tehillim for the Rebbe at the hospital.

Please remember Ari in your tefillos, by giving extra tzedakah in his memory and through doing acts of goodness and kindness in his merit.

May we speedily merit VEHUKEETZU VERANENU SHOCHNAY UFUR VEHU BESOCHOM!

CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL ARI HALBERSTAM MEMORIAL SITE .

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Daniela Jessica Bas Michoel.

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By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

For hundreds of Texas residents whose special needs preclude the possibility of independent living, state-supported residential facilities provide the care and support unavailable at home. And while they’re a distinct minority, Jewish residents – whose spiritual needs were, just a generation ago, frequently neglected by government agencies – can take part in a variety of programs offered by a decade-long partnership between caregivers and a Houston non-profit.

Back in 1999, Rabbi Dovid Goldstein, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of West Houston and associate director of Chabad Outreach of Houston, began visiting Jewish residents at the Richmond State Supported Living Center southwest of the city to coordinate Shabbat and holiday programs. The program grew and today comprises the adult division of Houston’s Friendship Circle, part of an international network of projects more commonly known for pairing teenage volunteers with children with special needs.

Similar initiatives provide Jewish programming three of Texas’ 13 state-supported facilities.CONTINUE... .

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by Chana Katz - Cairo, Egypt

(lubavitch.com) About a dozen Chabad emissaries participated Sunday in the festive rededication of the ancient Maimonides synagogue in Cairo.

They joined some 150 delegates from Jewish communities around the world who traveled to Egypt amidst very heavy security to rededicate the historic shul, which lay in ruins in the "old Jewish quarter" for some 60 to 70 years.

"For sixteen years straight we went to Egypt to complete the yearly Rambam learning cycle and we also visited what remained of the shul," Rabbi Yosef Hecht, Lubavitch emissary in Eilat who joined th Cairo festivities, told lubavitch.com.

The synagogue, where Maimonides prayed 800 years ago, was renovated by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). It is one of about 10 synagogues that authorities have included in its plan to restore major religious sites in Egypt.

"It was really in ruins, with broken walls and windows. It was moving that after so many years we could sit in the renovated shul." continue... .

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by Bentzion Elisha - Crown Heights

BS"D

Random items appeared to be missing from our apartment.

Could it be our sweet hardworking cleaning lady who came highly recommended by neighbors who had her for the last 7 years?

After discussing the matter with our parents , my wife and I concluded it just couldn't be her.... My father-in-law dismissed the idea saying "everyone blames the cleaning lady first and it never is, it's too obvious."

My mother related to us what happened with her one time. My fathers passport was missing. Immediately panic set in. Passports sometimes are sold for much money on the black market. He had my mother fire their cleaning lady only to find the passport on a shelf a few months later. Oops.

Nevertheless, things were missing, including the ring with my grandmothers' diamond I gave my wife for our wedding.

Rationalizing that the items were just "lost" and were going to be found in the near future eased our minds.

However, last week, Divine Providence taught us a lesson in trusting 'sweet' strangers.

My mother got our newly pierced-eared girls gold earrings to avoid infection. Designating them as a gift for Shabbos, my wife put them in a cup on a shelf in the kitchen. The girls would look at the cup on the shelf excited for Shabbos to come and also when they will wear their grandmothers' earrings for the 1st time.

But on Erev Shabbos we realized that the earrings were missing.

After asking everyone in the family, we learned that the earrings weren't moved by anyone of us. Funny, the cleaning lady came the day before and all of the sudden the earrings were missing. Self doubt set in as we could have unintentionally misplaced them somewhere in the kitchen. After a lengthy search our suspicions were solidified. We then realized that the items weren't missing, but were rather stolen, and the cleaning lady had to have done it.

What should we do? A confrontation was necessary.

Since the cleaning lady hardly spoke English, a Spanish speaking friend came to the rescue. My wife's friend told our cleaning lady that we knew she took things from our home, and that my wife feels very sad about losing the engagement ring and the other items. My wife was willing to give her one chance to return them or else. The cleaning lady did not confess immediately, but rather exclaimed that she knew where they were and offered to look for the items.

Our Spanish speaking friend suggested we have Miriam Shultz call her as well. Miriam runs Miriam’s Cleaning Service where she screens the ladies thoroughly, and of course, she speaks Spanish.

I don't know what Miriam said, but I know that she did scare our cleaning lady. Instead of coming the next day to clean our apartment and "show my wife where she put things", the cleaning lady came with her daughter that very evening with a bag full of our jewelry, including the engagement ring! Her daughter explained that her mother "found" these around the house when she was cleaning and put them in her pocket. She intended to return them, but she forgot.

More shocked by the miraculous return of many of our precious items that had been stolen, we were shocked that she really did do it!

How could this quiet, sweet, hardworking lady to whom we opened our home, betray us? How could we have sometimes left her in the house by herself? On occasion, how could we have left her with our babies alone, while getting her money from the bank? Are we going to get back the other items that were "missing", that have been taken as well, such as some more jewelry, silverware, the Ipod, some kids shoes and other items we don't even know about?

Meanwhile, we informed our previous neighbor, the one who recommended us her 'trustworthy good' cleaning lady to us of our most current events. Wowed and scared at the same time, she was dumb struck by the news. She had this cleaning lady for 7 years! Furthermore she was alarmed at how she routinely left the house with the cleaning lady alone as well as left her children with her. Every once in a while when things went missing she wouldn't pay much attention to it, thinking the kids misplaced it. She made a quick list of recent losses: Her daughters China dolls, $100 bill from a guests luggage, a $20 bill from her sons room, an Ipod and the list goes on.

Another tough call from Miriam to our 'sweet, good and trustworthy' cleaning lady had her calling us again. She offered to give us money for the other items. Sifting through various belongings, seemingly from other people, she could no longer find our other possessions. We were just the tip of the iceberg. Cleaning provided her with a paid pass into peoples homes like ours, whose trust was gained after years of 'good service'. She scouted out the house for valuables to take that paled in comparison to the few dollars an hour she received in monetary value.

We called a Rov not knowing exactly how much to charge. We didn't want to steal from our thief... He told us we can charge her whatever we felt covered the amount since she wasn't telling us exactly what else she took. He also took the opportunity to reprimand us for leaving the cleaning lady in our apartment by herself. In addition to putting ourselves in danger he said it could be a serious problem of Kashrus.

Regarding theft, a common practice among cleaning ladies, I heard about after telling this story to numerous people, is that the cleaning ladies put items they take in the garbage which they take out. Later either they or someone from their family comes around and takes it from the garbage...

The Rebbe teaches us to share what we learned with others. My family learned a big lesson from our 'sweet, good and trustworthy' cleaning lady. Now we are sharing the lesson we learned with you. A person easily trusts an individual they see often, like the 'nice and good' cleaning lady. A person might say "Our cleaning lady is a good one...", but ask yourself, are these cleaners' morals just like yours? Please protect yourself.

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A friend from Williamsburg shared with me two cleaning lady/nanny horror stories that unfortunately occurred there, G-d forbid.

The first one involved a family who had a woman come to clean and baby-sit their newly born baby so the mother could go back to work. As time passed they noticed that their baby wasn’t behaving normally, something wasn’t right. One time the nanny couldn’t come, so the mother stayed with her children. At one point the baby cried bitterly and wouldn’t be appeased regardless of what the mother did. Her seven year old then came to the mother and asked her why doesn’t she do what the nanny/cleaning lady did with the baby to stop the crying. “What did she do?” The mother asked. The child took the mother to the kitchen and told her the lady put the baby by the oven and turned the gas on without turning on the fire until the baby fell asleep, aided by the gas fumes!

The 2nd story involved a family who had a lady clean and cook for them for many years. They loved her as she was part of their family. As years passed and the lady wanted to retire, she bought a house in her native Poland. The family drove their beloved house keeper to the airport.

By the last checkpoint where the family couldn’t follow her any further she stopped and said “Well now that I'm leaving you are surely going to miss my cooking!” “Oh yes, we definitely will.” the family said warmly.

Smiling she said to them “You know, whenever I cooked for you I always added a special ingredient with a special flavor, pork, that’s why you liked my cooking so much!” Their close ‘family friend’ turned around and walked to the plane leaving the family completely and utterly stunned. .

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In memory of Rabbi Gavriel & Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg HYD - Shluchim to Mumbai, India

The purpose and goal of the Beis Rivka girls’ schools is to educate the girls with a deep understanding of Hashem, and a strong desire to be an akeres habayis, raising Jewish children and families.
Igros Kodesh, vol 26, p. 24-25

Compiled by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin .

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Yesterday, Gen. Uzi Dayan (res.), former deputy chief of staff and director of the National Security Council, paid a rare visit to the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem.

Gen. Dayan toured the various sections of the museum and learned about its main topic very thoroughly. He spent three hours at the museum, accompanied by the director of the museum, Shlomo Wasserteil.

Gen. Dayan showed an interest in every aspect of the museum and was clearly moved. He later said that the main message and lesson to be learned from the story of Gush Katif is that such a thing should never happen again. He also felt that as many visitors as possible should be brought to the museum so that they could clearly learn the implications of the expulsion from Gush Katif and how it has affected the region’s former residents.

During his visit, Gen. Dayan lit candles in memory of those who lost their lives in Gush Katif. In the visitor’s book, Gen. Dayan wrote, “Never again.” ….
(SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL) .

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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Gabriel & Shulamit David - Jerusalem - on the birth of a daughter.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.

BY POPULAR DEMAND - BECAUSE MAZEL TOVS CAN'T WAIT! .

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