Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
After months of intense negotiations, Governor Kathy Hochul and the legislature finally came to an agreement on a $220 billion budget over the weekend. Significantly, this budget addresses many of the priorities that Agudath Israel and its coalition partners requested on behalf of yeshivos and parents.
Passover commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which our Jewish ancestors left Egypt and began the trek to freedom towards their homeland in Israel. Whether you choose to make Aliya or invest in Israel, you are choosing to realize and fulfill not only your personal dreams but the dreams of the Jewish people for thousands of years. We, at Tivuch Shelly, realize the importance of the state of Israel and have been settling Olim for the past 35+ years and providing properties that are of the highest quality and in popular neighborhoods.
If you ever had orthopedic surgery which required a metal implant in your body, you probably wish there was something made out of a material that is more similar to bone. You probably had many concerns about the metal implant. Is it safe for it to be living under your skin, will it need to be removed, and what if it loosens? These are all common and valid concerns of orthopedic metal implants.
Covid-19 has taught us a lesson or two regarding advance planning (futile) and flexibility (crucial). And so, with Covid on the rise again, albeit with most cases being minor, Meir Panim is continuing with operations to provide necessities for Passover, and where needed, a place at the Seder table. That said, Meir Panim is aware of the need to pivot with the times, and to be ready in short order with a “Plan B.”
The majority of spinal surgery done in the USA is done via an incision in the back. Makes sense!
The Torah commands us to count the days from Pesach to Shavuos in order to connect the Exodus on Pesach with the giving of the Torah on Shavuos. The days of S’firas HaOmer are a time to rectify character attributes. Rav Moshe Feinstein explains that the name Shavuos, literally “weeks,” so beautifully conveys this idea since the holiday of Shavuos is an outcome of the weeks that precede it. For this very reason, the date of the holiday of Shavuos is determined by the 49 days of S’firas HaOmer, and not the date, because the 49 days prior, that are used to prepare, are essential to the holiday, and are required in full (see Sheim MiShmuel, BaMidbar 5675).
