נייעס פון זשעיל פארט דיקס Fort Dix

Baruch Hashem, Motzoei Tisha B'Av, 5771, Kiddush Levanah in Ft. Dix - a moiredige maase.

We are now after hoben di zchia to make Kiddush Levanah here in Ft. Dix, and we want to share with you the

Chasdei Hashem. B'chasdei Hashem, as we fasted here as all other Yidden in the whole world - we had the

mitzvah to fast here and to thank Hashem that the weather wasn't so hot, and it was relatively easy to do the fast.

After Maariv, it was cloudy and there was no levanah visible. It happened about 10pm that I called my daughter

and I wanted to speak to her husband. And she told me that he's by the kiddush levanah. So I asked if it's a nice

levanah, and she said yes - she'd seen the levanah, and it's nice. I went to check here, and saw a nice levanah -

nice and clear. Nu, I had the desire to make kiddush levanah here too. I went to call the other chaveirim here in

the unit, but what can we do - I went to check the tier, and the tier was farmacht - farshpat. Vus tit men du?

I didn't have the cheishik to ask for the shomrim tzi helfen because in di letzte few months, whenever ich hob

probiert, tzi beten dem shoite, tzi effenen di tier, hot zich nisht oisgearbet in mir hoben gedarft machen kiddush

levanah inaveinig un di tier nisht offen. And I had the debate in my mind - I didn't feel to go this time. After the

debate back and forth, I decided I could not try to make the kiddush levanah before at least I go to ask, as I have

to do my part. And if I do my part, whatever the results will be, I know I did what I had to do.

We went to take the siddurim. And with the siddurim, I was walking down from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor tzi

geien reden mit dem shoite. Azoi vi mir geien, hoben mir gezehen dem shoite in dem driten floor. In ich hob em

gezugt in gebeten. In er hot geentfert zeir geren kimm ich vil effen men di tier. In er freigt "shoin?". Hoben mir

em geentfert - take your time and finish what you're doing. Un mir varten inten by di tier. Un azoi iz gevein. I

was very surprised the way he was talking - so friendly, etc.

Mir hoben gevart apur minute. In er iz gekimmen, un ge'effen di tier, in geshtanden mit ins, in gemacht a

leibidige kiddush levanah mit groisse simcha far zehen di chasdei Hashem that was not expected and surprised

that it worked out this way. We gave him a hatzedige dank, and told him he also benefits from the blessings. He

told us thank you very much, and G-d bless you.

Rabbosai, I can tell you, the way he was so kind and good, I told the people it was a shut, if he was so kind, (we

could freig em er zol effen di tier un ins lozen geien heim). We have to learn from this thing, we always have to

try, and we never know when we have the eis rutzon. Imagine if I didn't ask him - all I had to do was ask, and we

have the chasdei Hashem. This gave us great strength and chizuk that we have to do, in that Hashem gives the

blessing un iberachtichu l'chol asher taaseh. And it means you have to try even when you think it's not going to

happen - as Hashem is doing it. The same thing we try yesterday can be "no", and tomorrow can be opposite.

Same in the opposite direction. The lesson is we have to try every time and not give up.

Also, it could also be as well known the vort from Yismach Moshe of the Gemara "yugatu i'mutzusu tamim". So

asks Yismach Moshe, why does it say i'mutzusu - this is a lashon metzia and a metzia iz b'esech ha'daas. So he

answers, that sometimes yugatu means you struggle to get something, and you don't get it - but another time

when you don't do any struggle and you find it. So today you have yugatu, but another time you have mutzusu -

you achieve easily your goal with no struggle.

So the bottom line - Hashem should help us and gantz klal Yisroel that we should have relief, and all go home,

and we should all zoche zein di nechomos Tzion i'Yerushalayim, un zoche zein tzi di yeshia fin gantze klal Yisroel

with yeshias olamim in gichen, and we should misgalel veren kvod malchuso of the gantze velt. Bimheiru

b'yumeini - umein! A gitte nacht, besiros tovos.

As regarding to the request of people asking what's happened, we shall write a baricht.

BS"D Sheva Asar l'Tammuz 5771

Ba'lailu ha'hi, in the night of ohr l'yom yid gimmel Tammuz, as well known by the Yiddishe kinder that haluche

yudia she'Eisav sonei l'Yaakov. Every goy, all goyim, all generations since Eisav, the brother of our father

Yaakov, has a desire simply to agen all Yidden. Every time, they're looking for the opportunity, and for good

excuses. You can never rely on any goy, because this goy whom you think is your friend - the bottom line is you

find that he's your biggest enemy. And this is well known; it's not new. As Chazal say also, "achoinov l'rushe sof

noifel l'yudoi".

Living between the goyim all over, every day, different things we're hearing, and Hashem yishmireini, u'matzileini

m'yudom. As we're saying in the Haggadah Pesach " v'hi she'amda l'avoiseini she'loi echad echad umad uleini

l'chaloiseini, elu she'b'chol dor v'dor oimdim uleini l'chaloiseini, v'Hakadosh Burich Hi, matzileini m'yudom". The

truth of the matter, everyone doesn't even know the miracles that Hashem is doing for us each day - the plans

that they have, and we don't even come to know about these. As this is in the street, here in Ft. Dix, it's a 1000

times more. We're living here between murderers, the biggest low-life people, and they're looking with their

plans, and looking for opportunities to hurt us. And this is included for the assirim mit di angeshtelte fin groiss bis

klein. And that's what's happened, and this is what we're going to tell you about - and you will be shocked to hear

what's happened.

To explain the developments, with the excuses of what's going on here - in jail is also like a culture - they're

looking at different cases and different things and judging. They say certain cases - people have the right to

extort or beat-up, or otherwise harm these people. They also look for the weak people to extort, etc. As

everyone knows, against the Jews, they're always looking for a way to get our money or harm us. So, a week

before this past Thursday night, we were sitting in the room at the desk and reading/working. This one individual

(the rasha) came into the room and asked a Yid "where's the things you were supposed to get for me?". So the

Yid responds that he was never given a list (the Yid had agreed to help the other guy out a little in his time of

hardship). So the rasha announces to the room that everyone's paperwork in this room is no good; and someone

better give him $20 of stuff, or he'll take it himself. Another goy in the room speaks up and asks what he's talking

about. So the rasha from outside the room attacks him saying - "you - you're going to give me $20 or I'll take it.

Is this your locker?" And so this rasha goes over to the locker and starts loading his bag with all the commissary

food items this guy has, and ends up taking about $75-$100 worth of stuff.

And then the rasha says to the goy that every month to come, he's going to be back for more. B'chasdei

Hashem, nothing happened to any Yid at this time. We have to explain that there was a warning that no one

should say anything as the rasha left. And the situation is like this - it's not like when outside that when there's

any problem you call the police; as when you call the police in here, a person is considered a snitch. Also to go

amongst fellow inmates can be a problem, as these people that they rob have different cases that they don't like

and feel justified robbing them. To further explain, to tell the readers, the scenario to see what's happened in this

situation is not less than when a murderer comes to a house and says "your money or your life". And this was a

plan by people inside the room to create this situation.

Unfortunately, as they had success this night, they knew automatically as we didn't stop them, that they could

easily come again and continue their rishus. The entire week we tried to settle this and come to an end to this

thing between the inmates. And we even came to a "so-called" agreement. There were other details, but in the

end, there was an "agreement" that things would be ok, and the rishus wouldn't continue. But the truth is that we

can't trust them, as every night we have to sleep with one eye open, and the other closed. As we said before,

they have their plans.

 (Between this time and the following paragraph, there were some continuations of arguments back and forth; but

the "end result" was that things would remain quiet and no more problems would come....or so we agreed

anyways.)

Thursday night, we went to bed, sleeping every night, hoping to have a peaceful sleep and hoping to get up in the

morning for avodas Hashem. So at approximately 3:15am, after 3am count (the officers count us at scheduled

times throughout the night), 10 masked, armed robbers entered our room with knives. They took one Yid who

was sitting up at the table with his book light reading captive at knife point, telling him not to make a sound nor

say anything. So this Yid was held captive with a robber having his hand over this Yid's mouth and a knife at his

throat. And 2 robbers emptied and destroyed his locker - looking for valuables. The same situation for a number

of other people's lockers - 2 robbers to each locker searching for valuables.

There were 3 people in the room who had arranged for this robbery to occur. They pretended to remain asleep

while everyone else was awake, but too scared to say or do anything. So one of these three "organizers" who

were our roommates, was trying his best to keep from laughing during the terrifying experience.

In the end, the robbers waited for the "all clear" signal, and then they left the room like a group performing a pre organized

raid - running through the halls, peaking out of the bathroom and TV rooms, etc. - like a act you see on

TV.

The reader should understand - if this scenario were to occur on the street, it would be breaking news all over the

USA.

We ask all Yidden, they should be mispallel zein for a yeshia, and that we should overcome all other challenges

that arise every day in all other matters. B'vias goiel tzidkeini bimheiru b'yumeini - Umein!

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