| Lifecycles
Mazel Tov to Shalom and Chaya (Hiller) Yachnes (Class of 2001) on their recent marriage.
Mazel Tov to Dovid Heching (Class of 2002) on his engagement to Elysse Sitzer.
Mazel Tov to Gavriel and Lena Prero (Class of 2000) on the birth of a girl.
Mazel Tov to Tzvi and Tybi Ray (Class of 1989) on the Bar Mitzvah of their son.
Mazel Tov to Rabbi Shmuel and Malka Rosenthal (Class of 1985) on the Bar Mitzvah of their son.
Mazel Tov to Rabbi Shmuel and Gita Kay (Bais Medrash) on the marriage of their daughter Tzippy to Gershon Meisel.
 Donate $18 to WITS in honor of a lifecycle. E-mail me at alumni@witsyeshiva.com which lifecycle the donation is in honor of.
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WITS Walking
Sorry- no video this week. Here is a picture of senior Yosef Smilowitz taking Rabbi Cheplowitz's first Gemorah test of the year. They might take the tests on computers these days, but it still brings back nostalgia of the feelings of taking a test before an outshabbos.  |
 A new alumni collaborative mishnayos project is underway for 2008-2009. The goal is for alumni to collectively complete all of mishnayos by June 7, 2009. (graduation) So go to shloshim.org and grab your mesechata now. Listing is under Leah Chinyah bas Kalman Melech A"H.
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| A Letter from a WITS Alumnus
Dear Rabbi Wachsman, I've been thinking of you a lot lately.
At some point during my high school years(1988-1992), you taught us Hilchos Shabbos using a black sefer entitled "Kitzur Hilchos Shabbos" written by Rabbi Posen from KAJ in Washington Hts, NY.
When we learned about Borer, I clearly remember you teaching us to always remember these 3 expressions: "Miyad, Biyad, & Ochel Mitoch P'soless".
Miyad = separating for immediate use, Biyad = separating with one's hands (or eating utensils) as opposed to a utensil designed to separate - like a strainer, Ochel Mitoch P'soless = Removing what I want from what I do not desire.
Those are the 3 conditions under which one can avoid all Borer prohibitions.
(I also remember your test wherein you asked us how we could help your son Yossi pick out the red socks he wants to wear on a Shabbos morning while avoiding Borer.)
Fast forward to 2008. Each morning after davening at Kesher Israel in Harrisburg, PA, I learn a brief Halacha from that same black Kitzur Hilchos Shabbos sefer. We are currently in the middle of Borer. On several occasions I have told the shul about your insisting that we always remember Miyad, Biyad, & Ochel Mitoch P'soless, as those terms are the keys to avoiding Borer.
I know it's a bit delayed, but thanks for teaching us Hilchos Shabbos.
If only I had hung on to my notes . . .
All the best,
Akiva Males (1992)
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