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Recap: Star rushes outside and there are wolves out there, so Teddy runs out to rescue him. Then Joe ran out to rescue Teddy and Star. The wolves are howling, and Akiva fears the worst. Then there is a loud bellow and a moose came. The wolves went after the moose, so Teddy, Joe, and the dog are saved. The blizzard is going on, and Akiva worries if his parents will be able to fly in for his bar mitzvah.

NEW YORK NEWS

 Amidst the fury sparked by the vandalism of the Central Park World War I memorial by anti-Israel protesters, Mayor Eric Adams took a firm stance, expressing his love for America and pledging $5,000 of his own money to the reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators. Emphasizing the importance of defending symbols of freedom, Adams condemned the desecration and stressed the need to speak out against such acts.

Recap: A blizzard started up while Akiva and Betzalel were in Mount McKinley National Park with Joe and the dog sled. Things are really going wrong. Akiva trips and hurts his ankle. Akiva is worried that his parents won’t be able to fly in from Seattle for his bar mitzvah because of the snow. He also hopes their Zeidy isn’t worried about them. Joe goes out to gather firewood because there’s a pack of wolves outside.

This week’s parshah is a powerful exhortation to live a life of k’dushah. Haftaras K’doshim links the rejection of k’dushah to Galus. If we Yidden fall into error – G-d forbid – then we are ejected from our Holy Land and thrown into the mouth of the lion.

Daniel Kravitz, the owner of a secondhand furniture shop in Denver, was taken aback by the customer who entered his store. The young man was dressed like a hoodlum, with a shaved head and bare arms covered with tattoos, including the venomous message, “Kill Jews!” It was clear he was a neo-Nazi.