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“Please check on the patient in Room 5,” the nurse repeated, and I was strangely irritated by her clinical tone

“Shabbos is Shabbos,” he said with finality. “Shabbos comes first. Looking for heterim is not the proper approach”

“I just stitched up a boy who fell out of bed and bumped his head — for real! How’s supper coming along?”

It never entered my mind that this was something that I, Ayala Rubin, could actually do

The annoyance and inconvenience of the flip phone isn’t just a mistake — it’s a big part of what makes it less addictive

“Chavy, chas v’shalom!! Don’t talk like that! Of course you’ll have a big family! Really really soon! Say amen!!”