Community Corner

On Tuesday, January 3, the Chazaq Organization was proud to have hosted Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel of America at the Chazaq Headquarters.

Rabbi Zwiebel met with Chazaq’s President Rabbi Yaniv Meirov about the history, present, and future of the organization and all of the important work they do.

An opportunity not to be missed!

Tivuch Shelly has been privileged to be heavily engaged in building up the city of Jerusalem and Arnona for the past 35+ years and is continuing to develop Arnona with a large, beautiful new housing project.

BIRTHS

Dovid and Devorah Friedman on the birth of a son. Mazal tov to the grandparents, Baruch and Hindy Amsel, and Ari and Idy Friedman.

Ari and Michelle Glatt on the birth of a son, Yishai Dovid. Mazal tov to the grandparents, Avram and Bonnie Sigman, and Rabbi Dr. Aaron and Margie Glatt.

In Parshas VaEira, Hashem commanded Moshe Rabbeinu to first warn Pharaoh about the impending plague. Moshe told Pharaoh that if he refused to free the Jews to serve Hashem, “so said Hashem, ‘In this you shall know that I am Hashem.’ Behold I am going to strike with the staff that is in my hand upon the water that is in the river, and it shall turn to blood.” After warning Pharaoh, Moshe is then commanded: “Tell Aharon, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt…’” Why does Hashem specify that Aharon be the one to initiate the plague? In addition, this pattern is repeated with the next two plagues – frogs and lice.

Gedolei Yisrael From Across the Spectrum in Attendance

“In our city of Antwerp, we have morei horaah and poskim who have completed the Dirshu Kinyan Halacha program, both the first five-and-a-half-year machzor and the second five-and-a- half-year machzor. They have covered all major areas of horaah and are incredibly learned and expert morei horaah!” Those were the words of HaGaon HaRav Aharon Schiff, shlita, Rav of the Machzikei Hadas umbrella kehillah of Antwerp’s Charedi community, said at the Dirshu Kinyan Halacha European siyum, held at the prestigious Hall of the Aviation Suite, Thistle London, Heathrow.

Outgoing President Mark (Moishe) Bane Hands Reins to Mitchel Aeder After Six Years Successfully Leading the Organization

This week, Mitchel Aeder began his term as the 18^th president of the Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization. Aeder takes over from Mark (Moishe) Bane, who served as OU president for the past six years.