“They are really part of people’s identity.” “They have both become major social events,” Ms. But the knowledge that Tour de Simcha and Bike4Chai benefit gravely ill children gives participants more than just a good workout. The mother of five children, ranging in age from 8 to 24, she is very athletic she does triathlons and recently completed a 100-mile Gran Fondo bike ride with a group of friends. Sari Schiff, Bibi Pavel, and Tova Gerson gear up for the Tour de Simcha. Many of the women who were interested didn’t even have bikes,” Ms. “Then I went with Mindy to Queens and Long Island and we recruited adventurous women. (They checked and found that there are no legal problems in using a similar name.) It was very meaningful and personal for me.”Īt a Brooklyn brainstorming session with several friends and with Mindy Tyner, then coordinator of Bike4Chai and later director of Tour de Simcha, fellow Rockland County resident Roz Feinsod came up with the catchy name of the ride, riffing off the Tour de France. “I love Chai Lifeline and I love their cause and I’m close with some of the families they serve. “I made a kickoff party in my house and told everyone I knew about it. When she broached the idea to her contacts at Chai Lifeline, they asked, “Would enough women besides you want to do a long-distance bike ride?” Absolutely, she assured them. Akerman says, envisioning a similar grand entrance during Camp Simcha’s session for girls. Get The Jewish Standard Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories That route finishes on an emotional high with a grand entrance at Chai Lifeline’s Camp Simcha boys session in Glen Spey. At that point, her husband had participated in the first two annual Bike4Chai 180-mile men’s rides for Chai Lifeline. Akerman is delighted about the success of Tour de Simcha because it was her idea in the first place, back in 2011. (KSA 139:1)ģ) The Menorah was made of gold and had seven branches.Ms. This charity, should be given particularly to poor Torah scholars. One should increase charity in these Hanukah days, for this can help mend any defects in our souls. One should tell one's children the story of the miracles that were done for our fore-fathers in those days, (see Josephus) However, these meals are not considered as part of the commandment unless one says at the meal songs of praise. Another reason is because the work of (building) the Sanctuary (in the desert) was completed in these days. Also some say that it is a commandment to increase slightly the festive meals on Hanukah. and also because of those days they (re)-dedicated the house (Temple) which their foes had defiled. These days are called ''Hanukah'' that is to say ''they rested'' (chanu) on the ''25'' ('th of the month) because on the 25th they rested from their enemies. One lights on them lamps at evening at the entrance to the houses, every evening of the eight nights to show off and demonstrate the miracle. For these reasons, decreed the Sages of that generation that these eight days that begin on the 25th Kislev, will be days of joy and praise. But they lit from it the lamps of the Menorah 3 for eight days, until they could crush olives and produce a (new quantity) of pure oil. When the Jews overcame their enemies and destroyed them, it was the 25th of Kislev 2 when they entered the Sanctuary (inner room) and did not find pure (olive) oil in the Temple, except one jar sealed with seal of the High Priest, and it did not contain enough to light except for one day only. They appointed a king from the Priests, and the kingdom of Israel was restored for more than 200 years until the destruction of (the) second (Temple).
Then overcame, the sons of the Hasmonean High Priest, (the Greeks) and killed them and saved the Jews from their hands. The Jews were in great distress because of them and were much oppressed, until the G-d of their fathers had mercy on them, delivering them from their hands and saving them. They entered the Temple, destroyed and made the pure unclean. They put their hands on their property and their daughters.
Mental health (psychotherapists / counselors)ĭuring the Second Temple, the Greek empire reigned (over Israel), 1 and they (the Greeks) passed decrees against the Jews and (tried) to erase their religion, and did not allow them to carry out Torah (study) or the commandments.
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