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Pardes Boys Camp for 1st – 5th Grade

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~Camp Pardes 2015 at Height Jewish Center
~Due to many requests we have extended our specials for 2nd-5th graders until 11:59 pm Monday June 8th!
~We accept credit cards free of charge including amex!
~Rebbeim on staff: Rabbi Boim, Rabbi Dym, Rabbi S. Levitansky and Rabbi S. Y. Mann!
~For Mosdos students who want to join for the whole summer- get picked up from school at 12:40 pm and join camp until 4:00 pm for the first 9 camp days. Full day of camp for the rest of summer. $780 for 8 weeks! (if registered by June 8th)
~Pardes Junior Head Counselors: Mrs./Morah Bluma Kazen and Seema Kazen!
~Best value package at Camp Pardes: boys going into 1st grade and 4-6 yr old boys and girls 8 weeks, 9-4 pm for just $85/week!
~First 50 campers to register will be entered into a raffle to win a prize the first day of camp!PardesNewer

House for Sale – Cleveland Heights – Bendemeer Road

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20150507_120520My lovely Cleveland Heights home is now for sale.
It is a Tudor style tapestry brick structure built in 1935.
The builder, Mr Neff, reserved it for his own family. It has 8 rooms: 4 bedrooms, 2. 1 baths, living room, dining room, dinette, kitchen and library. There is a separate 2 car garage.  The house has a number of unusual features:  high ceilings, leaded glass windows, beveled mirrors, oak wood floors throughout the hose, 2 fire places, finished rec room.  There is a large laundry room and a pantry, as well as 2 additional storage rooms. The rooms have elegant woodwork throughout, beveled mirrors on walls as well as in closet doors.
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Cleveland Heights studies options, including rate hikes, for rescuing water system

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waterglass(Cleveland.com)

Water bills could climb by more than 130 percent — from about $69 to $160 a month — under one city plan to balance the water-system budget.

However, the city is studying other options, including joining the Cleveland Division of Water. City officials said Monday they expect to receive a proposal from Cleveland water within two weeks.

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Shidduchim and Loshon Hora By Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

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(RabbiKaganoff.com)

This week’s parsha teaches about Miriam speaking loshon hora about her brother, thus providing an opportunity to discuss the questions about Shidduchim and Loshon Hora.

How should one ask and answer shidduch- related questions?

Question #1: “Someone called me inquiring about a neighbor for shidduchim purposes. From years of dealing with this boy, I know that his midoscould use some polishing. What should I say?”

Question #2: Yaakov* calls to find out about a neighborhood girl, Rochel. She is one of the most wonderful people walking the face of the earth, and you would love to see her happily married; Yaakov sounds like a real mensch. However, her father, Mr. Weiss, is one of the most dishonest people you have ever met. Do you say anything to Yaakov about Rochel’s father?

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