Chayolei Kislev
-
Upload
chayolei-newsletter -
Category
Documents
-
view
243 -
download
4
description
Transcript of Chayolei Kislev
749
Newsletter Vol. 5 Issue 1 - Kislev 5772
ב“כסלו תשע -שנה ה גליון א
THE דדד“““בסבסבס
Inside this issue:
AN INTERVIEW AN INTERVIEW
WITH BERKO WITH BERKO
P. 6P. 6
THE MEANING OF THE MEANING OF
AIBEEDOOLAAIBEEDOOLA
P. 21P. 21
CHICKEN WRAP CHICKEN WRAP
RECIPERECIPE
P. 749P. 749
MISSING PAGES? MISSING PAGES?
WE CAN HELP!WE CAN HELP!
P. 0P. 0
2222
The Chayolei Monthly
The Chayolei Hamelech
Monthly Newsle-er
A project of the CCH Keep-
in-Touch ini�a�ve, pow-
ered by the Chayolei
Hamelech main office.
This newsle$er is published to help
campers and staff of Chayolei Hamelech
to relive their best summer ever and to
assist them in soothing their pain of
being away from camp during the year.
The content included inside is for the
eyes of Chayolei staff and campers
exclusively. No responsibility is taken
for those who were not present there
and dare to read this publica�on.
The CCH Newsle-er
Editorial Commi-ee
Manager-in-chief:
Fussa�on
Editor-in-chief:
Shmoozel Leemanov
Contribu�ng editors:
BomBom and Co.
The Rat
The Tzfa�
Graphics:
SELDOS
Photos:
Lishnarino and others
Proofreading:
Father of CCH
Hey guys how’s it been since
you left camp! I hope everyone
is having a great year!
I can’t believe it’s already Kis-
lev! There is so much that I
could write about it! Here’s
something small - but im-
portant!
We all know that the month of
Kislev is the month with the
most Chassidishe Yomim To-
vim. Starting with; Rosh Cho-
desh, one of the most important
days of the year for a Chossid
in Dor Hashviyi.
It was Shmini Atzeres 5738
after the Rebbe suffered a heart
attack, 770 was in a big confu-
sion, no one knew what to do.
Chassidim never experienced
such a thing - that we cannot
see or be together with the Reb-
be. Our Rebbe was in a sense
concealed from our eyes! Many
“Choshuveh” people tried
giving ideas of what to do,
some said; we must say
Tehillim, some said; we must
be absolutely quite so the Reb-
be can rest, and so on. There
were Rosh Yeshivos, Mash-
pieim, and Eltere Chassidim
and nobody knew what the
right thing to do was. Until a
message came from the Reb-
be’s room, in the name of the
Rebbe; “if you want me to feel
better, then dance with the most
Simcha possible!”
And that is just what the Chas-
sidim did the rest of Yom Tov,
they danced until they had no
more strength, and then they
danced some more!
And finally on Rosh Chodesh
Kislev the Rebbe left 770 for
the first time since Simchas
Torah!
Soldiers of the Rebbe! We stand in a time when our
Gashmius’dike eyes can't see
the Rebbe, we have this
"Mechitza" that is blocking our
view, and the last thing that we
heard from the Rebbe MH”M
about how to bring the Geulah
is through learning Inyonei
Geulah U’Moshiach, each one
on his level, to learn about the
Geulah and what we can do to
help bring Moshiach faster.
But as well as that, we must
remember one very important
thing, we must always be
Besimcha and like the Rebbe
says; “from our Simcha, will
come the Simcha Amitis” with
the Hisgalus of the Rebbe
Melech Hamoshiach now!
Have a great year!
Your head counselor,
Zalmen
Your attention all
campers and counse-
lors, your attention
please! There is less
than seven thousand
hours left until camp
begins!
That means that there is
only three thousand
hours left to sleep.
One thousand hours to
brush your teeth
(continue brushing if
yellow remains).
One thousand hours to
say goodbye to Tatty
and Mommy and pack.
One thousand hours to
wait for the camp video
(or journal?).
Less than one thousand
hours to read this and
upcoming newsletters.
And one minute to eat
your sandwich!
Yup that’s right! One
minute left to eat your
sandwich. If you finish
eating before the minute
is over, you can also do
your homework (you
might want to take “fast
homework” lessons!)
Bottom line:
finish up your
sandwich and
do you r
h om e w o r k
fast, because
camp is going
to begin.
3333
Kislev Edition
The Chayolei Monthly
4444
Dear Diary
High! Sea I lernt how to spel a litel more. I gest wunted to tel yu
wat eye hav bin duing
laytlee ferst I waz lisen-
ing two myami boyz
quayer and dey were
skweeking more then
mee but that waz last
weak enyway I danced-
ed with the torah on
simches torah and dat
waz awlso a nog tyme ago but I hav not ritten 2 u in so so long oh
look this thing I piked up off of the flur eye think eye can Eet it my
shirt is yelo and blak eeven though wen eye put it on 3 dayz ago it
waz wite now we r geting redy for rosh choidesh kislev we are go-
ingtu hav a massiv farbrangenish. Did yu no they payved kingsten
avenyu and now know 1 has to trip when they walk ecsept for pee-
pool lyke me hu sumtymes don't look wen dey walk (I tryed to spel
don't. Without dat litel yud in between the en and the tea but my
computeh dosent no how to spel so it puts deh yud there auter-
maticly) remember de atm in camp? He was funnny and I luved
camp and de bunkhowzes and all de fun in nite activiti and shabbis
and all deh free pops and laphy taphyeez my mummee sez dat so
mutch candee iz not so good for me but we no beter rite?
Kislev Edition
5555
Eye lernt to be a good riter you hav to hav brakes between sum
of the wordz dats y I mayde a brake
now did you no dat it snowded a few
weeks ago I don't have a cote but itz
fine becoz I have a lot of tishuze for
wen I catch a cold ooh a ranning
nose datz discussting elso eye am not
so good at caughting stuf so eyem
not two wurrid hav yu ever eeten
sooshi it tayst so good but I don't no
wat it iz so let me tel u ebout my weak so far firstlee eye went
to lefertz park and I stil hav these litel blak turf stuf in my
shooz eye wil tayke them out won of theyze dayz and we playd
hoola hoops it waz lodez of fun in skool I lernt ebout yitzchok
in the parsha his name iz funnee (get it?) I went to my frendz
hous and we playded a bunch of gaymz and we watchted a
videeoh ebout uncool moyshe hu iz as silee uz uncool
chatzcool and den eye went home but I walked slowlee becoz I
wantid to stay up past my bed tyme and elso oh man I have a
phew holes in my soks bye the way my frend mumee maykes be-
te mins meet den my mumee (eye hope she dosint confisgate my
dieree egain and reed this) k supeh tyme I hav to go we r having
minst meet
Bye
Love me!
Pe es I showereded more tymes dis
past week then deh hole sumer in
camp
Pe es dats onlee becoz it rainded alot
The Chayolei Monthly
6666
So there I was, lounging in my oh-
so-comfortable couch, when I get
a phone call from a very scary per-
son, who tells me the interview is
needed for the first
newsletter of the
new year. At first I
didn't believe him,
because the Journal
still didn't come out
yet. But he - as I
told you already - is
very scary, so I told
him I'd get right to
it and write the in-
terview as soon as possible.
Three weeks have passed and here
I am.
I needed someone to interview,
someone really funny.
So who would it be? Just then I
saw one of my favorite people in
the world and asked him to con-
nect me on the phone to his
brother, and there I was in the
middle of Kingston Ave (literally)
interviewing the funniest person I
know - BERKO! Yes lifeguard Yis-
roel Berkowitz!
CN: Hello.
YB: Hello, who is this?
CN: This is me. I'm call-
ing from The Chayolei
Newsletter Inc.
YB: I can't hear you. All
I hear are cars beeping,
maybe get off the road.
CN: Okay, is that bet-
ter?
YB: Yes
CN: Good, also the cars were get-
ting mad at me. So can we inter-
view?
YB: I'd rather not, I think I did this
last week.
CN: Great! Question 1 - Well,
what's up?
YB: The ceiling or helium. Is this a
trick question?
Kislev Edition
7777
CN: Where are you now?
YB: I'm in the hallway.
CN: No, No. Where in the world
are you?
YB: Oh back in my home state -
California - right near Uncle Crazy
(no offense to my uncle)
CN: So you ever think about
camp?
YB: All the time. My linen still has
that smell, how could I not?
CN: That's it?
YB: No. Also my towels and
clothes.
CN: I mean what else about
camp?
YB: The Staff trip.
CN: And?
YB: After lights out.
CN: I feel like you're not being
serious!
YB: How could you feel anything?
We're speaking through a tele-
phone.
CN: Oy. What else is news?
YB: Well I
finally got
used to
not walk-
ing
around in
a bathing
suit all
day long.
CN: It took you so long?
YB: Yeah! It was bad. Tahalucha
was the worst, you should have
seen the looks I was getting.
CN: You're joking...
YB: I'm not sure if that's a question
or a statement.
CN: I was really just talking to
myself.
YB: Yes, you seem to do that a
lot.
CN: Anyway, I'm going to go. I've
walked all the way down I'm past
Maple.
YB: Well enjoy the walk back up.
CN: Any last messages?
YB: Yes. I really miss camp. I sing
all the songs and do all the fun
stuff all day. I send my best re-
gards to all the campers that re-
member me! And see you in 770 -
Yerushalayim NOW!
CN: Amen. Thanks for your time.
YB: You didn't give me an option
The Chayolei Monthly
8888
1
4
2
5
10
8
12
9
11
6 7
3
Chayolei
crossword
puzzle
Fill in the boxes with English
le$ers.
Below are the hints that tell
you which word to put in.
ACROSS
2. The absolutely marvelous night ______
4. Our EMT is a also a ___
5. Watch your back___
6. Yanki Greenberg ____ to town
10. Who is the king of corny jokes? ______
11. We want _________ NOW!
12. Hayom Yom Huledet Yossi __________
DOWN
1. Chayolei is in ____________
3. Kol Hakavod ____ Meod
6. Uncle _______
7. Zushe der _______
8. ______! Woooooooooow!
9. Yossel has a ____
Q: Why should bowling alleys be quite?
A: So you can hear a pin drop!
Kislev Edition
9999
Q: Why did the police go to the baseball g
ame?
A: Because someone was stealing a base!
Q: Why can’t a bicycle stand up? A: Because it’s two 8red!
Q: Why did the basketball player go to the doctor?
A: He wasn’t ge:ng enough shots!
Q: What does a winner of a race lose?
A: His breath!
The Chayolei Monthly
11110000
All this popcorn and
pizza is making me
hungry!
Kislev Edition
11111111
‘א
5658: The 'Rashag' (the Rebbes
brother-in-law)'s birthday.
5738: The Rebbe MH"M returns
home for the first time since Shmini
Atzeres.
‘ב
5748: The Seforim (that were
stolen) were returned to the library.
‘ה
5564: The wedding of the Tzemach
Tzedek (to the Mitteler Rebbe's
daughter).
‘ו
5689: The Rebbe MH"M's 'Tenoim'.
‘ט
5534: The Mitteler Rebbe's
birthday.
5588: The Mitteler Rebbe's
Hillulah.
‘י
5587: The Mitteler Rebbe was
released from prison.
א“י
5689: The Rebbe MH"M's 'Uffruf'.
ג“י
5746: The federal court ruled that
the Rebbe MH"M does not have to
come to court. ("being that a King
does not testify!")
ד“י
5689: The Rebbe MH"M's wedding.
ו“ט
The Alter Rebbe (at five years old)
becomes a member of the Chevraya
Kadisha
ט“י
5533: The Mezritcher Maggid's
Hillulah.
5559: The Alter Rebbe was released
from prison - "Rosh Hashanah
L'Chasidus".
5559: Menucha Rochel (the Mitteler
Rebbes daughter)'s birthday.
‘כ
5557: The Tanya was officially printed
for the first time.
5559: The Alter Rebbe finally reunites
with the Chasidim.
ו“כ
5621: The Rebbe Rashab's Bris (even
though he was born Chof Cheshvan).
ז“כ
5561: The Alter Rebbe was released
from prison after his second arrest.
ט“כ
5561: (Some say that this is the day
the Alter Rebbe was freed from prison
the second time, and some say) Chas-
sidim were released from prison.
חודש כסלו
The Chayolei Monthly
11112222
“What will be with me?” thought Yaa-
kov to himself, depressed. “When will
my luck start to change?”
It was only a few short years since
Yaakov ben Ari had made the deci-
sion to return to Jewish observance
and had become close to Chabad
Chassidism. He had studied in various
Chabad Yeshivos, including the Reb-
be’s own Yeshivah in Brooklyn. Now
Yaakov was close to 30 years old and
eager to start a family of his own.
However, his unique background and
his relatively advanced age compared
to his friends made this no simple
endeavor.
At the time Yaakov was studying in a
Yeshivah in Kfar Chabad, Israel. One
night, while sleeping in the Yeshivah
dormitory, Yaakov dreamt that he saw
the Rebbe, surrounded by Chassidim.
As the Rebbe and the Chassidim
passed, Yaakov tried to join them but
did not succeed. At one point he was
able to grab the jacket of one of the
Chassidim, and begged him to please
approach the Rebbe and ask him for
a blessing to get married. The Chassid
agreed happily, approached the Reb-
be and then returned to Yaakov and
said, “The Rebbe says that you should
speak to Rabbi Abuchatzeira.”
When Yaakov woke up, the dream
was still vivid in his mind and he was
at a loss to interpret its meaning. Why
was the Rebbe sending him to Rabbi
Abuchatzeira?
He also did not know exactly where to
turn, as the famous Kabbalist Rabbi
Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali of
blessed memory, had recently passed
away. Yaakov happened to have been
one of the last people to receive a
blessing from Rabbi Abuchatzeira. It
was on Shabbat, 3 Shvat, 1984, the
day before the Baba Sali’s passing.
Yaakov had been invited for a Shab-
bat meal with a family in Beersheba
who lived not far from him. That
week, one of the guests was the rabbi
of the nearby Soroka hospital. After
the meal, the rabbi mentioned that he
was going to walk to the hospital and
visit Baba Sali, who was then hospital-
ized. He suggested that Yaakov join
him.
When Yaakov entered the Baba Sali’s
room, the attendant introduced him
The Rebbe’s message that came in a dream
Kislev Edition
11113333
as a returnee to Judaism who had
become close to Chabad. The Baba
Sali, despite his frailty and pain,
raised himself up, placed his hands
on Yaakov’s head and gave him a
blessing.
Now Yaakov wondered if there was
a connection between that event
and his dream. He also wondered
who he should turn to now, after the
passing of the Baba Sali.
After consulting with his Rav, Rabbi
Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky, the
head of the Chabad Yeshivah in
Tzfas, Yaakov decided that he would
visit a Kabbalist of the Abuchatzeira
family who lived in his city of Beer-
sheba. Thus, Yaakov arrived at the
home of Rabbi Elazar Abuchatzeira
of blessed memory, a grandson of
the Baba Sali.
As was his custom, Baba Elazar sat
with his head downcast and his eyes
closed. An attendant was also pre-
sent in the room, and Yaakov told
the attendant, in the Rabbi’s pres-
ence, the purpose of his visit. He
described his dream in short and
asked for a blessing to get married.
The attendant repeated his words to
the Rabbi and the Baba Elazar
blessed him – “may it be immediate-
ly.”
Yaakov left his home encouraged
and full of hope. He returned to
Yeshivah in Kfar Chabad and waited
to see what the outcome would be.
Shortly afterwards, Yaakov became
ill and suffered from terrible ab-
dominal pains. From experience he
knew that eating plain rice would
help with this illness.
A good friend by the name of Yehu-
dah Adot, who lived in Kfar Chabad,
offered his assistance. “My wife will
be happy to prepare the rice for
you. Come to my house this after-
noon.”
When Yaakov came to the Adot
home for lunch, it occurred to Mrs.
Adot that he would be a perfect
match for one of her friends. She
took upon herself to be the match-
maker and arranged a meeting be-
tween Yaakov and her friend. In-
deed, the two enjoyed each other’s
company, and after a short court-
ship they both wrote to the Rebbe,
asking for his blessing for the match.
It did not take long and they re-
ceived the Rebbe’s blessing for their
engagement. The two stood under
the Chuppah together on the 28th
of Sivan, 5744 (1984).
Baba Elazar’s blessing, that it should
happen immediately, was fulfilled in
its entirety. Yaakov, today Rabbi
Yaakov Ben Ari, conducts Chabad
activities on a number of Israeli kib-
butzim. He does not know exactly
why the blessing had to come via
the Baba Elazar, but “the main thing
is that the blessing was fulfilled,” he
concludes happily.
The Chayolei Monthly
11114444
What’s a pole?
99% Yossel and Mendy Paul’s nickname
5.7% The staff giA
87% Where the counselors of bunk Chof-Ches Daven in 770
40% What’s a poll?
The cam
p vid
eo is
alm
ost ready!
The cam
p vid
eo is
alm
ost ready!
The cam
p vid
eo is
alm
ost ready!
The cam
p vid
eo is
alm
ost ready!
Get it now!
Get it now!
Get it now!
Get it now!
One of the prophecies about the future redemption is that at that time there will no longer be any wars. The world will use its weapons and war machines only for good things. Well, on January 31, 1992 the President of the United states and the Prime Minister of Russia, together with some leaders of other powerful countries, gathered to-gether at the central meet-ing place of the United Nations (a special organi-zation whose goal is to create peace and harmony among the different nations) and decided that once and for all they were really going to put an end to war. This would be done by each country de-stroying a certain amount of its weapons and by working together to create peace, unity, harmony and friendship among them-selves. There is another event which took place not long ago in which we see these words of the prophet coming true.
There is a country in Africa called Somalia which had a terrible civil war in 1991. The main fighting took place in the capital - Mogadishu. As a result of the war there was not enough food in the city, and so about four million people were in danger of starving to death. In fact every day, hundreds of people were starving to death. When the United States of America heard about this, they sent warplanes loaded with food, medicine and clothing to help out these people. Rather than using these planes for war, and rather than keeping the food and clothing for themselves, the USA was now using these things to help out needy people who were not related to them and never had anything to do with them. This is the exact opposite of how things used to be. We are seeing how the entire world is beginning change and just as the prophet said - they are beginning to change for the better.for the better.for the better.for the better.
Kislev Edition
11115555
The Chayolei Monthly
11116666
One day, a wealthy man visited
the Baal Shem Tov, and donated
a large sum
of money for
Tzedakah
How can I repay you for your generous
dona8on Avigdor?
No thanks!
Maybe a
Brocho?
No thank you Rabbi, I have everything I need! Thanks
to my hard work, I have created a successful business
selling the highest quality wood!
And my
health is
great, my
whole
family is
doing fine, I
don’t need
anything!
NU! Everything is
good by you, that's
great, but why
haven't you said
“Baruch Hashem”
even once!
For
what?
Listen here Avigdor, every 8me Hashem does good
for us in our life we must remember to say “Baruch
Hashem”!
Even though it seems odd,
why would Hashem need our
thanks? Nevertheless we
must recognize that all good
that comes to us; Parnasa,
Famly, and Health, it all
comes from Hashem and we
must thank him for it
I very much wanted to give you a Brocho
or someway to repay you, but since you
refuse, let me at least ask you for a small
favor .
Please give this le-er to the Rabbi of your congrega8on in Brod!
Ok! All the
best Rebbe!
Here is a man who believes only in his own
strength, right Rebbe?
I hope that he
will at least think
about what I told
him…. To be con8nued (The pictures are for illustra8on purposes only)
Scavenger huntScavenger hunt
How many 8mes does it say the word Chayolei or
.in this newsle-er? Answer in next issue חיילי
Kislev Edition
11117777
The Chossid Reb Yisroel Nevler once gave
over an interesting Vort by a Farbrengen:
There is a Posuk in Tehilim
מיד ּכלב יחידתימחרב נפׁשי הצילה
Save me… from the hand of my only dog.
To understand this Possuk he gave a Moshol:
There was once an area, where there were a lot
of big dangerous dogs that could attack, and weren’t pleasant to have an
encounter with. There was someone that wanted to pass through that area.
So he came at a time that all the dogs were sleeping, that way, it wouldn’t
be so dangerous. The problem was that there was a little dog there that
was still awake, and as soon as he started to pass through, the little dog
started to bark...
Reb Yisroel explained that this is a lesson to us.
When we are learning (for example), there are good times - when the Yet-
zer Horos (the dogs) are sleeping and the learning is going great! Then
someone wants to throw a little joke in or some kind of disturbance that is
not necessary. His little Yetzter Horo is still awake and can wake up all
the other ones!
That is what Dovid Hamelech was asking in this Possuk in Tehilim, that
Hashem should save him from the “only dog” that could ruin everything!
The Chayolei Monthly
11118888
1) “I’m going to hit that camp-
er who threw garbage on the
floor”
2) “Why are campers always
laughing at me”
3) Davening to “Yonah, Yonah,
Yonah Meir Shifrin”
4) Campers doing Mivtzoyim
5) Find the Makom Hachalal
Chodesh Kislev is a month of Farbrengens.
Mission 1: Take upon yourself a Hachloto this month!
Chanukah! A great opportunity to do the Rebbe’s Mivtzoyim.
Mission 2: Hop on a tank and help other Jews light up the world!
If you did the missions, call 347-913-5772
and leave your full name, and say that you did the missions!
The following missions are not only for Chayolei Hamelech campers, but for
anyone who wishes to join! Pass the word around amongst your friends!
Kislev Edition
11119999
As usual, we bring you the list of the birthdays of your fellow campers. Don’t
forget to call them before or on their birthdays to wish them a happy birthday
and to see how they’re doing. If we missed your name, please contact us.
כסלוCampers
Aaron Goffstein - 9 Kislev - 513-477-8640
Yechiel Vogel - 12 Kislev - 718-467-6505
Yeremiyahu Hutcheson - 24 Kislev - 210-213-3322
Solomon Weller - 26 Kislev - 513-631-0177
Tuvia Nissim Jacobs - 27 Kislev - 563-380-8689
Staff
Zalmen Sandhaus - 8 Kislev - 646-248-3913
Zalman Baumgarten - 14 Kislev - 718-930-0902
Mendy and Zalmy Spritzer - 17 Kislev - 718-774-9787
Mendy Ross - 17 Kislev
Shiya Lishner - 30 Kislev - 718-771-3780
For Chayolei news, call 347-913-5772
Chayolei Hamelech Newsle-er Inc.
319 Kingston Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
347-913-5772
www.chayolei5772.blogspot.com