27 Feb SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER

FREE MEDICAL SCHOOL
Dear Vues Master
This past Monday, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
in the Bronx received a $1 billion donation from Dr.
Ruth Gottesman, former professor and chair of the
school’s board of trustees. The massive donation — a
“transformational gift,” the school said — is among the
largest ever made to a university in the United States
and seemingly the largest made to an American medical
school, according to the institution. Dr. Philip Ozuah,
president and CEO of Montefiore Einstein, the umbrella
organization for Albert Einstein College of Medicine
and Montefiore Health System, said that the $1 billion
donation will ensure that no student at Einstein will have
to pay tuition again.
Vues Master’s Note: I’m waiting for someone to give a
billion dollars to my kids yeshiva so I don’t have to pay
them again!

ANTI-SEMITISM IN MONTICELLO
Dear Vues Master
This past weekend the Mid-Hudson News obtained
a recording of Village of Monticello Mayor George
Nikolados attempting to Blackmail Orthodox Jews to
vote for his reelection. Nikolados promised revenge
on members of the Orthodox community if they didn’t
vote for him in the upcoming March election and that he
would track them down and F— with them personally.
Vues Master’s Note: This is a very big story. It’s going to
get bigger as we get closer to the election. Antisemitism
should never be tolerated.

NETANYAHU’S GIFT TO THE
PALESTINIANS
Dear Vues Master
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu received an item
from the leader of Hamas during the recent cease-fire.
The leader of the Palestinian terrorist organization,
Khaled Mashal, sent a “gift”..(actually, it was a gesture
of hate and contempt to the Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu), in an elaborate box with a note.
After having the box checked for safety reasons, Prime
Minister Netanyahu opened the box and saw that the
content was cow dung. He opened the note, handwritten
in Arabic by Mr. Mashal, which said, “For you and the
proud people of the Zionist Entity.” Mr. Netanyahu,
who is literate in Arabic, pondered the note and decided

how best to reciprocate. He quickly did so by sending
the Hamas leader an equally handsome package, also
containing a personal note. Mr. Mashal and the other
leaders of Hamas were very surprised to receive the
parcel and opened it, very carefully, similarly suspecting
that it might contain a bomb. But to their surprise, they
saw that it contained a tiny computer chip. This chip
was rechargeable with solar energy, had a 1.8 terabyte
memory, and could output a 3D hologram display
capable of functioning in any type of cellular phone,
tablet or laptop. It was one of the world’s most advanced
technologies, with a tiny label, stating this item was
“Invented and produced in Israel .” Mr. Netanyahu’s
note, personally handwritten in Arabic, Hebrew, French,
and English, stated very courteously… “Every leader
can only give the best his people can produce!”
PTH
Vues Master’s Note: Love it!

IT’S TIME TO MAKE ALIYAH
Dear Vues Master
Last week, The Jerusalem Post’s Eliav Breuer wrote
about Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Ministry, which,
in collaboration with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
and Jewish Agency chairman Doron Almog, introduced
a plan to boost aliyah by enhancing services for new
immigrants (olim) both before and after their arrival.
The plan focused on three main principles: utilizing
aliyah to spur economic growth, integrating immigrants
into communities, and strengthening Israel’s integration
infrastructure. Key components of the initiative
include monthly rent subsidies for olim settling in
specific regions, full rent coverage for young families
in community integration centers, comprehensive
support for university students, including tuition, rent
aid, and community support, pre-arrival programs for
prospective immigrants, and improvements in Hebrew
language education. The plan came as a result of the
sharp increase in antisemitism in the US and Europe
since the war broke out on Oct. 7, which has led to a
dramatic rise in people registering for aliyah – a 300%
rise in France compared to the parallel period a year
before; a 100% rise in the US; 150% in Canada; and
40% in the UK.
Vues Master’s Note: We all should be thinking about
making aliyah now. The world is very scary & we only
have one homeland. (and it’s not America)

R’ AHARON KOTLER’S HOT CUP
OF COFFEE
Dear Vues Master
Mashal: There was a certain student who
would always bring R’ Aharon Kotler zt”l, a
hot cup of coffee each day at a specific time.
One day, the talmid brought the coffee as
usual, but when he passed the Rosh Yeshiva
an hour later, he noticed that the coffee had
not been touched. He thought R’ Aharon might
not have noticed it since he was engrossed in
learning, and he brought another steaming cup
of coffee for his Rebbe as the first cup was
now cold. However, this one too, remained
untouched. The talmid was concerned, and
he asked the Rosh Yeshiva if something
was wrong. R’ Aharon replied as follows: “I
am aware of a certain family that is making
inquiries for a Shidduch concerning a young
man who had once studied under me. If the
family calls me, I will be in a difficult position
to respond accurately. I cannot say something
that is not true, however, I also cannot say the
truth about this young man, because the truth
does not speak well for him. Therefore, I have
accepted today as a fast day upon myself,
in the hope that in the zechus of my fasting
and davening, this family will not ask me
any questions about this boy!” NIMSHAL:
Chazal teach us (Arachin 16a) that each
article in the Kohen Gadol’s outfit atones for
a different transgression. However, not every
transgression is covered, so apparently the
ones that are accounted for have a tremendous
significance. Hence, it is interesting to note
that the Me’il is worn to atone for the sin of
lashon hara, saying, “Let an item like a bell,
that gives off sound, come and atone for a sin
done with sound.” It is said that for this reason,
the holy Chofetz Chaim zt”l put so much effort
into highlighting this terrible sin, devoting his
life to Shmiras Halashon.
VH
Vues Master’s Note: Wow! What noseh be’ol.

DEPUTY CHIEF
Dear Vues Master

Last Friday, Inspector Richie Taylor (AKA-
the Jewish Vues model) was promoted to a

Deputy Chief. With that title, Richie is the
highest ranking yalamke wearing Jewish
officer ever to be in the NYPD. What a
kiddush Hashem! Mazel Tov Richie!
Vues Master’s Note: I think we should put
some pictures of Richie in the paper this
week:)

PRO OR CON
Dear Vues Master
Can someone explain how the United States
can both defend Israel’s “occupation” of the
West Bank as legal on Thursday, and then
declare them “inconsistent with international
law” on Friday?
RUP
Vues Master’s Note: That is politics even
when they don’t move their lips they are lying!

A SPECIAL REWARD FOR BIKUR
CHOLIM
Dear Vues Master
Rav Yechiel Spero writes a great story. The
Bobover Rebbe was attending the Bris Milah
of the son of one his Chasidim, and he had been
honored with being the Sandak. The Rebbe
was unusually happy, and the smile on his
face could hardly be contained. His demeanor
was always one of great joy, but his happiness
on this day was unusual. When asked about
his incredible happiness, the Rebbe shared
an extraordinary story about kindness and
hope. Meir and Rifka Zoberman were terribly
discouraged and unhappy. They had dreamed
about becoming parents many years ago, but
this dream did not become reality for a long
time. Nothing seemed to work for them. Not
the doctors’ advice, not the Brachos they had
received, and not their Tefilos either. Their
dream was fading away. Meir had gotten
Brachos from the Rebbe many times, and the
Rebbe’s Brachos had always been fulfilled,
until now. The young couple did not know
where to turn. With extra time on her hands,
Rifka decided to visit the local hospitals. She
made many friends on these visits, and she
felt fulfilled to be helping those in need. One
day, as she was about to leave Maimonides
Hospital, Rifka heard a woman groaning in
one of the rooms. Peeking in, she noticed
an elderly woman who was all alone, so she
walked in and sat down on the chair next to
the bed. The woman was not at all interested
in making conversation with Rifka, and she
was even a little bit rude, but Rifka somehow
sensed desperation and loneliness in the
woman’s voice. Rifka noticed that the room
was bare. There was not even one card or a
single flower. Just bare walls. Gently, Rifka
asked, “How long have you been here?” The
woman ignored her and stared at the empty
wall next to her bed. But Rifka would not back
down. She prodded a little, until the elderly
woman finally began talking, but Rifka could
pick up on some resentment in her tone. But
Rifka was satisfied that she had accomplished
this small achievement. An hour passed and
Rifka had even elicited a small smile from
this woman. As it turned out, this woman
had no family, and no one to turn to. Rifka
promised her that she would be back to visit,
and she kept her promise. The next day Rifka
returned, and she was greeted with a smile.
The two spoke for an hour. The woman had
so much to say and finally, she had someone
who would listen to her. Day in and day
out, Rifka visited with this lonely woman,
and slowly, her barriers were worn down.
Their relationship continued to develop, and
clearly, Rifka’s visit was the highlight of this
woman’s day. However, as her happiness
improved, her health deteriorated, and sadly,
within a few months, her illness had taken
over her body. Rifka sat by her side and
cared for her as if she were a longtime friend.

Finally, the day came. Her breathing slowed
and it was becoming more and more evident
that she was going to pass away. Rifka sensed
that her older friend was anxious and worried,
and Rifka did her best to soothe her, and allay
her fears. Rifka noticed that for the first time,
the woman was crying. She wiped the tears
from her cheek and calmed her. An uneasy
silence filled the room when, finally, the
woman spoke. She said, “Rifka, I don’t know
how I can ever repay you for what you have
done for me. I have no money and no family
who can pay you for your time, but one thing
I can promise you. After I go up to Shamayim,
I will approach the Kisei HaKavod, Hashem’s
Heavenly throne, and I promise you I will not
leave there until Hashem grants you the child
that you want so much!” And then she closed
her eyes one final time. The Rebbe smiled at
the crowd and said, “And this baby is that
child!”
TUT
Vues Master’s Note: Great story! Thanks for
sharing!

THE KING’S RING
Dear Vues Master
I just read a great story of faith by Rabbi
Elimelech Biderman Shlit”a. The king
of Egypt was very fond of Reb Eliezer
Ashkenazi and gave him his signet ring. This
aroused the jealousy of the king’s non-Jewish
ministers. The king invited all his ministers to
celebrate the king’s birthday. Reb Eliezer was
on the way to the palace for the celebration.
As he was traversing a bridge over the Nile,
he met with one of the king’s officers. “Did
you remember to bring the king’s ring?” the
jealous officer asked. Reb Eliezer showed
him the ring, and the officer grabbed it and
threw it into the Nile. Miraculously Reb
Eliezer caught the ring before it dropped into
the Nile River. He realized it was a miracle.
At the party, the king accorded Reb Eliezer
great honor, more than all the other ministers.
And after the party, the king walked Reb
Eliezer out to the entrance of the palace. Reb
Eliezer realized that he reached his peak,
and this frightened him. He miraculously
caught the ring, and was accorded inordinate
honor by the party. He thought of the passuk,
גאון שבר לפני,” Before one breaks, he
becomes great” (Mishlei 16:18) and he
knew that when one reaches the top, it’s an
indication that he will soon have a downfall.
He decided right then, that it was time for him
to leave the country. That night, he packed a
case with precious gems, and took a ship to
Turkey. He later discovered that this saved his
life, as that night, the king’s officers slandered
Reb Eliezer, and the king ordered his arrest.
If he would have stayed home, his life would
have been in danger. The boat he was on
shipwrecked near Turkey, and all his wealth
got swallowed by the sea. Reb Eliezer was
just barely able to swim ashore. He arrived

as a poor man, to Constantinople. Reb Eliezer
understood that he was being punished for
bitul torah. His closeness to the king had
taken away a significant amount of time
from Torah study. He decided to improve
in this area. He sought a small apartment
where he could spend his days and nights
studying Torah. A poor widow gave him an
apartment, and she served him a portion of
her meager meals. Once, all she brought in
was a drop of soup. He was about to eat it,
when a spider fell in, and Reb Eliezer didn’t
have anything to eat to appease his hunger.
Reb Eliezer knew that he had reached a nadir,
and he was certain that his mazal will now
rise. The king of Constantinople announced
that he was looking for a chess champion to
play with. The previous champion had died,
and he now sought someone else to compete
with. Reb Eliezer applied and was hired for
this position. He kept track of the amount
of hours he played chess with the king, and
would match those hours by studying Torah
late into the night. This schedule was difficult
for him, as he was often very tired, but he
remembered that he was once punished for
his laxity in Torah study, and he didn’t want
to make that mistake again. Late one night,
while playing chess with the king, Reb Eliezer
fell asleep in the middle of the game. The
king could have become angry at him for this,
but instead he had mercy on him, and placed
his own cushion under Reb Eliezer’s head.
When Reb Eliezer awoke, he realized that he
had reached a peak, and his mazal would soon
begin to descend. Therefore, he left for Posen,
where he became the rav. Later, he became a
rav in Krakow, and that’s where he’s buried.
In life, things are never perfect, and that’s for
our benefit, because when matters are perfect,
it means that he must fall from that level.
RYR
Vues Master’s Note: Interesting!

YETZER HORAH
Dear Vues Master
There was once a Yid, a Rosh Kollel, who was
collecting money in a particular town and was
being about as successful as you can imagine.
He was getting more and more discouraged as
the days went on. He bumped into someone
who told him the following vort, b’sheim
the Chofetz Chaim. He said that the Abishter
gave the Yezter Hora 100 koach points to
accomplish what he needed to accomplish.
Now, he could go and use up all of his power
points on all of the givers of tzedakah. But,
he will be using one power point per person,
which isn’t much. Or, he can use all 100
points on the Rosh Kollel. So that’s what he
does. He tackles the person who is hitting
everyone else, and makes him feel the way
you do. That’s why it says in Parshas Terumah
is Torah The תרומה לי ויקחו איש כל מאת
speaking to those who are taking money from
others for the Abishter. To those who are

collecting from others to give to Hashem,
those are the ones that are so important
that the Yetzer Horah puts all his strength
into derailing their efforts..This way he
accomplishes the same thing, and can use
all his koach on one person. So, to all those
working for the Klal, let this be a lesson to
you. You are famous, because the Yetzer
Hora is focusing all of his attention on
you.. May you have the strength and Siatah
D’shmaya to overcome.
AZ
Vues Master’s Note: Lefum Tzara Agra.

OXY MORONS
Dear Vues Master
The anti Israel crowd are some of the
most morally deprived, but also incredibly
unintelligent people in the world. They chant
about the river to the sea but they don’t even
know what river or what sea. They chant
intifada now and ceasefire now, without
realizing they are chanting two contradictory
things. They still think the “We are not
antisemitic, only anti Zionist” claim is
believed by anyone after seeing them attack
Jews who have never even stepped foot in
Israel. They wear masks to their protests
while disturbing innocent Americans’ lives,
in the hopes that, what exactly? I’m sure
that’ll “Free Palestine.” Many of them have
dedicated their lives to values for which
they’d be lynched and murdered if they
even stepped foot in Gaza. They get caught
lying almost on a daily basis, whether it’s
with doctored videos, or quoting ridiculous
casualty numbers provided to them by
Hamas. Self goals are a daily occurrence,
sometimes by showing a coin from
“Palestine” that literally says “The land of
Israel” on the coin or sharing some historical
document that clearly proves that Palestine
was Israel before 1948 and there was never
an Arab Palestine. If they want a state for
the Palestinians (which, let’s be honest,
most of them don’t want or care about. They
just want to protest against Jews.), perhaps
someone should tell them that openly
supporting rape is not a good look and won’t
really help their cause. They have a difficult
time distinguishing between a terrorist who
is in jail for murder and a grandmother who
was abducted from her bed. It’s not that
complicated, guys. Pretty sure a 3rd grader
knows the difference between offense and
defense, between an attack and a retaliation.
Maybe these activists should have their kids
explain it to them. These geniuses regularly
yell about how there is no fuel, electricity,
or internet in Gaza while we all see Hamas
firing rockets into Israel (which they need
fuel for), while Gazans tweet photos on their
phones, which somehow doesn’t require
electricity or internet. It’s a miracle. What a
bunch of morons, it’s almost comical. Then
again, this should come as a surprise to no

one. You can’t support an organization like
Hamas and claim to have a brain in your
head……
Hillel Fuld
Vues Master’s Note: Why should anyone be
surprised? They don’t want us anywhere,
except dead.

KADDISH
Dear Vues Master
R’ Binyamin Cohen shlita is a rabbi in a
community in Israel with both religious
and non-religious Jews. At one of his
nightly classes, R’ Cohen noticed a young
man standing outside, peeking his head
in the window to see when the shiur was
over. As it were, when the shiur finished,
the man came inside, put on a yarmulka,
said Kaddish, and then disappeared.
When this happened consistently for a
few weeks, R’ Cohen ran after the young
man and asked what was going on. The
man explained himself: “My father passed
away recently and left an inheritance of
twelve million shekels. In his will, he gave
two million to me, his son, and two million
to my sister. The remaining eight will be
mine on condition that I say Kaddish
during the entire year. But, if I miss even
one day, then my sister and I split the
entire 12 million evenly.” Determined to
get half of the full amount, the sister hired
private detectives to catch her brother
missing his daily Kaddish. However, a
few months into the year, they reported
back that her brother had yet to miss one
day! Realizing that she was dealing with
a very determined brother, she approached
R’ Cohen and offered him a deal. If the
rabbi will somehow arrange that her
brother will miss one day of Kaddish, she
would give 400,000 shekels toward any
of R’ Cohen’s needs, either to any of his
tzedakah purposes or for his own personal
use. R’ Cohen didn’t know what to do.
He knew he could do a lot of very good
things for the community with that money,
things that would have an impact much
more than the brother’s single Kaddish.
Anyway, he reasoned, the young man
saying Kaddish wasn’t doing anything
else spiritually. Still, he brought the matter
before R’ Aharon Leib Steinman zt”l to
ask him what he should do. R’ Aharon
Leib didn’t agree with R’ Cohen’s logic at
all. “If one day of Kaddish is missed, their
father won’t have a Kaddish said for him.
You don’t know what the father would
prefer – a Kaddish or all that ‘honor’ from
the tzedakah you give. Since you don’t
really know what is preferable, you can’t
do it.” R’ Cohen suggested that perhaps
the man saying Kaddish and nothing else
is an embarrassment to Torah. After all,
he doesn’t keep any other mitzvos or learn
a word of Torah, so just this one act of

saying Kaddish actually makes him look
very bad in Shamayaim. R’ Aharon Leib
responded with sharp words. “Are you
the Torah? Do you know that the Torah
would rather – 400,000 shekel over one
Kaddish?” R’ Cohen was convinced and
left it at that. He never tried to foil the
brother’s Kaddish. One day, the brother
didn’t run away after Kaddish but instead
approached R’ Cohen and asked, “How
is it that you are so kind to let me sit
outside every night, not partake in any of
your classes, and yet you don’t chase me
away?” Knowing that the young man was
only coming to the shul to secure his extra
eight million shekels, the rabbi responded,
“I’m offering precious stones, gems and
diamonds. If you don’t want them, it’s
your loss, not mine.” “Diamonds?!” the
boy asked, his interest piqued. “What
kind of diamonds?” “I’ll tell you what,”
answered R’ Cohen, realizing that this just
might be the “hook” he needed. “Come
to our next class tomorrow evening, and
you’ll see what type of diamonds I’m
talking about.” The man did just that. The
newcomer was warmly welcomed, heard
the rabbi’s “diamonds,” started attending
more frequently, and as a result, relates R’
Shlomo Farhi shlita, who tells this story, he
renewed his commitment to Hashem. He
began to become observant and fulfilled
many more mitzvos. In the end, he made
it through the entire year and never missed
a Kaddish for his father, thus earning the
remaining eight million shekels. Now, no
one could foil his plans anymore. Indeed,
R’ Aharon Leib’s lesson stands strong and
firm: we don’t know the value of even
one Kaddish. We cannot decide the value
of one mitzvah. In this case, that mitzvah
began the boy’s journey toward Torah and
mitzvos.
RBT
Vues Master’s Note: The neshama should
have an aliyah.

MANIACAL TIMES
Dear Vues Master
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PLO’s
Palestinian Authority and the other Islamic
terrorist groups who make up the official
“Palestinian” leadership have been invited
for unity talks in Moscow. The terrorist
unity talks scheduled by the Putin regime
for the end of February are a homecoming
for a “Palestinian” movement invented by
Soviet propagandists. Mahmoud Abbas,
the long-serving dictator of the PA, wrote
his Holocaust denial thesis while studying
at Moscow’s Patrice Lumumba University

which had trained a generation of third-
world terrorists. Some of the same ex-
Soviet operatives who helped set up and

fund the PLO, the PFLP and the rest of the
“Palestinian” movement are now trying

to unite them all under one single banner.
While the State Department in D.C. and
British Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron
are talking about immediately recognizing a
“Palestinian” state as soon as they can force
Israel to stop its campaign to destroy Hamas,
the Palestinian Authority is trying to bring
Hamas into the state. It is becoming clearer
by the day that this war is between Israel
& the United States versus Hamas, Russia
& Iran. I’m scared of the United States &
Russia’s agendas. We are living in very scary
times. One needs emunah more than ever!!
AC
Vues Master’s Note: Hashem Yishmor.

OAT WARNING
Dear Vues Master:
This news just came out and I thought that
the community should be made aware of
it: According to the New York Post, the
Environmental Working Group (“EWG”)
published research in the Journal of Exposure
Science & Environmental Epidemiology that
found that 80% of the people in the group’s
research tested positive for chlormequat,
a pesticide. Although no human research
has been done on this chemical, the study
said that in animals, it has been linked to
reduced fertility, altered fetal growth and
delayed puberty. Chlormequat was only
allowed for use on ornamental plants in the
U.S. until 2018, when the EPA permitted
the import of foods treated with it. A news
release on the website of the EWG stated
that after testing 14 oat-based foods, it
detected the chemical in 92% of oat-based
foods purchased in the summer of 2022.
The study said that Quaker’s Old Fashioned
Oats had the highest concentration, at 291
ppb, and the next highest samples, all above
100 ppb, which the EWG believes is unsafe,
included two more Quaker products, Honey
Nut Oatmeal Squares and Maple and Brown
Sugar Instant Oatmeal, as well as Great
Value Oats & Honey Granola and Cheerios.
In April 2023, the Biden administration
proposed allowing chlormequat to be used
on barley, oat, triticale and wheat grown in
the US. The proposal is under review. EWG
urged consumers to purchase organic oats
grown without the use of chlormequat.
DZ