Community Magazine January 2003

Ask the Hacham Silk Screen Sefer Torah, Hacham Obadyah Yosef To Your Health Friday Night Dental Emergencies, Jacques Doueck DDS Giving Your Child Every Advantage, Sarah Tyberg What’s Bothering You? MTA Fare Hike, City Sewer Line Backups The Lighter Side Joke Contest, Things Kids Say, Loony Lawsuits Life In The Big City Tax Amnesty, Points on License, Parking Schedule Giants of The Glory Days Hacham Yosef Yedid Halevi, Rabbi David Sutton Holiday Highlights Tu B’shvat, Order of Blessings, Rabbi Eli David Are You Game? Science: Fire Proof Ballon, Magic: Mind Read Cards Latest and Greatest Waterbased pillow, Why Cry, E-daf, Palm Pilot Words of Wisdom Behold a Nation Dwells Alone, Rabbi Haim Benoliel Food Fight Are the Foods You Eat Working Against you? Sketching The Scams Nigerian 4-1-9 Scheme,Carribean 809 Scam You’ve Got Class Current Torah classes and learning programs agazine 6 12 22 28 46 Or HaTorah to be Honored as Torah Umesorah School of the Year In only its sixth year serving Brooklyn’s Sephardic Community, Yeshivat Or Hatorah was recognized by Torah Umesorah for its outstanding academic program and strong focus on character and values. By: Victoria Matalon Overspending on Parties: Has it Become a Crisis? As the cost for an average wedding in the Community continues to climb well into the high five figures, an increasing number of households find themselves borrowing heavily to keep up. Is there a solution? On the Money: The Correct Perspective on Wealth The Rabbis teach that the most righteous Jews love their money. This statement, which appears to contradict everything we know about piety, can only be understood by examining the reasons behind their love. By: Rabbi Eli Mansour Corporate Scandals, International Criminals…and a Yeshiva Student Known in the Community as a diligent, mild mannered young man, a local Yeshiva student learns that his bank accounts are frozen and no one is willing to explain exactly why. The Inside Secret to Getting What You Need Analysis of an event involving our forefather Abraham reveals a simple technique that could accelerate prayers. By: R. Levy Shvat 5763 January 2003 Volume II Number 3 Community Magazine is published bimonthly by Bnei Aram Soba, 1616 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Application to mail at Periodicals postage rate is pending at Brooklyn, NY. Advertising and sponsorship proceeds are used exclusively for charitable purposes. Advertisements do not necessarily carry the endorsement of the Publisher. Copyright 2002 by Bnei Aram Soba. Subcription price of $3 is included in membership dues. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Community Magazine, 406 Avenue M, Brooklyn, NY 11223 T HIS P UBLICATION CONTAINS MESSAGES OF T ORAH AND HALACHOT , PLEASE HANDLE IT APPROPRIATELY . Feat u res 27 30 18 16 44 34 40 48 52 54 32 Depar tmen t s 38 Corporate scandals hit home as a Yeshiva student is mistaken for a criminal. Page 28 Excessive parties driving families into debt. Page 12 36