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neighborhoods and driving hundreds of ticular struck me as very refined and day – has severe ADHD. He comes from
people from their homes. attentive. When the shiur was over, Rabbi a broken home; his parents were
Greenberg ushered us in to his office. divorced. His mother is not even func-
We parked the car on Bilu Street, tioning – and he was living with his
looking for #7. Haifa with its hills remind- The father told his story. I then asked mother!”
ed me of San Francisco. It was a quiet, the mashgiach what was the difference
quaint little neighborhood with small between this place, Yeshivat Simchat I was shocked. The description of the
shops and old buildings that made me a Hatorah, and the school in Zichron boy’s background didn’t seem at all to
feel that I was back in the Israel of the Yaakov. match the boy (at least his exterior) at all!
1950s. There were a few chareidi people In fact, I have never seen in my entire life
walking around in what appeared to be a “The school in Zichron is what you such a nice group of boys. The little I saw
mostly secular neighborhood. would call a yeshiva tipulit (remedial was that of camaraderie, caring, and
yeshiva). They have special programs, good manners. The students, like the
The yeshiva for boys was inside a activities, etc., that are expressly designed neighborhood they were located in,
large old shul building that had serviced for boys with emotional and educational seemed to come from another era.
the old neighborhood in bygone days. difficulties. We are a regular yeshiva but
We walked upstairs to find a shiur in through our dedicated and talented staff, I asked to be shown the restroom. We
halacha being given by the mashgiach, we end up having the same effect on the went up some stairs to the dormitory.
Rabbi Greenberg, in the main sanctuary boys without the formal stuff. And at Everything looked very dilapidated. The
of the former shul. The kids were almost least a third of our students come from lavatory looked even worse. The kids
all Ashkenazim. When some of the boys troubled backgrounds. Would you like to were high class and dressed and acted
saw us standing outside looking in, they meet one of them?” with refinement, while their living condi-
took out chairs for us to sit down. I was tions were subpar and decrepit. It really
a bit taken aback by their politeness and The father wasn’t interested, but I was hurt me to see this. They deserved better.
consideration. Eventually, we ventured curious, so one of the boys was called in. And they didn’t complain (at least to me
inside, and listened to the shiur on Yaakov was asked a few questions – how they didn’t!). But the yeshiva was running
tevilat yadayim (dipping the hands into he’s faring, how he gets along with the on an 80,000 shekel a month deficit.
water for the purpose of eating bread, as other boys. That was the very kid who
opposed to washing them). Most of the struck me earlier as being very refined. We left Yeshivat Simchat HaTorah and
boys were taking notes. One boy in par- We thanked him and he left. headed home. More fires reported on the
radio: Beit Meir and Nataf outside
“Yaakov is taking 60 mg of Ritalin a
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people from their homes. attentive. When the shiur was over, Rabbi a broken home; his parents were
Greenberg ushered us in to his office. divorced. His mother is not even func-
We parked the car on Bilu Street, tioning – and he was living with his
looking for #7. Haifa with its hills remind- The father told his story. I then asked mother!”
ed me of San Francisco. It was a quiet, the mashgiach what was the difference
quaint little neighborhood with small between this place, Yeshivat Simchat I was shocked. The description of the
shops and old buildings that made me a Hatorah, and the school in Zichron boy’s background didn’t seem at all to
feel that I was back in the Israel of the Yaakov. match the boy (at least his exterior) at all!
1950s. There were a few chareidi people In fact, I have never seen in my entire life
walking around in what appeared to be a “The school in Zichron is what you such a nice group of boys. The little I saw
mostly secular neighborhood. would call a yeshiva tipulit (remedial was that of camaraderie, caring, and
yeshiva). They have special programs, good manners. The students, like the
The yeshiva for boys was inside a activities, etc., that are expressly designed neighborhood they were located in,
large old shul building that had serviced for boys with emotional and educational seemed to come from another era.
the old neighborhood in bygone days. difficulties. We are a regular yeshiva but
We walked upstairs to find a shiur in through our dedicated and talented staff, I asked to be shown the restroom. We
halacha being given by the mashgiach, we end up having the same effect on the went up some stairs to the dormitory.
Rabbi Greenberg, in the main sanctuary boys without the formal stuff. And at Everything looked very dilapidated. The
of the former shul. The kids were almost least a third of our students come from lavatory looked even worse. The kids
all Ashkenazim. When some of the boys troubled backgrounds. Would you like to were high class and dressed and acted
saw us standing outside looking in, they meet one of them?” with refinement, while their living condi-
took out chairs for us to sit down. I was tions were subpar and decrepit. It really
a bit taken aback by their politeness and The father wasn’t interested, but I was hurt me to see this. They deserved better.
consideration. Eventually, we ventured curious, so one of the boys was called in. And they didn’t complain (at least to me
inside, and listened to the shiur on Yaakov was asked a few questions – how they didn’t!). But the yeshiva was running
tevilat yadayim (dipping the hands into he’s faring, how he gets along with the on an 80,000 shekel a month deficit.
water for the purpose of eating bread, as other boys. That was the very kid who
opposed to washing them). Most of the struck me earlier as being very refined. We left Yeshivat Simchat HaTorah and
boys were taking notes. One boy in par- We thanked him and he left. headed home. More fires reported on the
radio: Beit Meir and Nataf outside
“Yaakov is taking 60 mg of Ritalin a
Under the orders@koshertruck.com
Star-K 443-804-2838
K
2 Pack of Cornish Hens: ©WWW
$3.00 lb
Organic Drumsticks:
$3.50 lb
Leg Quarters 15-20 lbs, $2.40 lb Ground Options -12 packages of 1 lb each
Thighs (no drumstick) 24-30 lbs $2.40 lb Chicken $3.60 lb
Drumsticks 15-20 lbs $2.65 lb White Turkey $4.30
Boneless Skinless thighs 15-17 lbs $5.25 lb Dark Turkey $3.35
ORGANIC Whole Chickens
Chicken cut in 8ths 30-35 lbs $2.75 lb approx 50 lbs, $3.80 lb
Cutlets 30-36 lb $5.50 lb
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