Congratulations to Rashi Septimus on the birth of a great-granddaughter; to the parents Shoshana  Aidle and Yaakov Glucksman; and to the grandparents Yocheved and Shylie Monczyk, and Toby and Moshe Glucksman…..AND…..on the engagement of her grandson Eliezer Shraga Monczyk, son of Yocheved and Shykie Monczyk, to Chani Aron, daughter of Leah and Rabbi Michoel Meir…

Congratulations to Sarah and David Hammerman on the birth of a great-granddaughter; to the parents Rebecca and Benjy Mayer; to the grandparents Naomi and Shlomo Mayer, and Debbie and Bill Shrag; and to the great-grandparents Marilyn and Manny Sklar, Esther Blumenthal, and Sondra and Danny Shrag.

We regret to inform you of the passing of Florence Newman. The levaya will be a graveside service at Wellwood Cemetery on Friday (10/7) at 11 am. Shiva will be observed at 813 Roosevelt Court, Far Rockaway through Tuesday afternoon (10/ 11).

We regret to inform you of the passing of Shmuel Borenstein, beloved father of our member Yitzchok Borenstein. Shiva will be observed at the Borenstein home 141-54 76th Road, Kew Gardens Hills, NY through Tuesday morning.

We regret to inform you of the passing of Robert Rauch, beloved father of Steven Rauch. The funeral took place. Shiva will be observed  through Sunday (10/2) at noon at the Rauch Residence, 96 Neptune Ave, Woodmere, NY 11598

We announce with sorrow the passing of Leah Kochanowitz  a”h, beloved sister of our member Ari Schreier The levaya will place in Eretz Yisrael on Friday morning (9/23) Ari has already begun sitting shiva at the home of his brother, Rabbi Dov Schreier, 1061 Fulton Street, Woodmere, NY. and will be sitting until Wednesday morning September…

            The parshah almost appears to be a repetition of parshat Bechukotai, if you follow G-d’s commandments, you will be rewarded, and if you don’t follow G-d’s commandments, then you will be punished.  A recurring theme in any religion.  Let’s review some interesting points up close.             For forty years, the Jews were in the…