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After my guinea pig, Oreo, died three months ago, I went to the animal shelter where I adopted my other guinea pig, Squirrel, and picked out a new buddy for Squirrel. The new pet was known as Pollie (we changed his name to Slinky because when he stood on his hind legs he stretched like a slinky).
Another Jewish paper published an ad by a messianic Chabad group that believes that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is the Mashiach. I assume that it was published to correspond to his Yahrtzeit. There may be some individuals who were upset that the paper printed the ad, but I think that they did the community a service by publishing it. It is a reminder that within the Chabad community there are those who believe that the Rebbe is the Mashiach. Clearly there has been a reduction in public pronouncements since the original fervor. Is the belief in the Rebbe as Mashiach lessening or are there other factors for publicly toning down the claim, such as it is “bad for business”? Although I do not have an answer, the question is something we should have in the back of our mind.
Two weeks ago, I called on everyone, especially those who are frequent letter writers to the paper, to write to the Committee on Character and Fitness if you are opposed to Fatima Mousa Mohammed being admitted as an attorney. I wrote:
In last week’s edition of the Queens Jewish Link, I wrote about becoming proactive in responding to the speech by CUNY Law School graduate Fatima Mousa Mohammed. I did receive a copy of a letter that someone was sending to the executive director for the second department admission committee voicing his objection to Ms. Mohammed’s admission to the bar. I hope that there are many people who make the effort.
“It’s a boy!” is a phrase that you do not hear too often in my and my wife’s family. My wife had two sisters and her mother had two sisters. We have four daughters. My daughter Penina had a girl. Thus, for four generations, there were only girls in my wife’s line.
I have a good excuse for not writing last week, since my daughter Yael Rebecca got married to Dani Miller, plus there was a week of sheva brachos. Now I may be able to get back to my regular routine.
