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It Happened at Midnight: Pesach Theme 5783
While the world dreams and the stars twinkle, the Creator neither slumbers nor sleeps. Ten stories of midnight miracles, epiphanies, and revelations
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Jolly Solly
The troublesome two faced each other, fists clenched — but were distracted by Jolly Solly’s voice nearby
R. Atkins
Jolly Solly
“Burst pipe!” he called to his fellow workmen inside.  “Somebody turn off the water mains!”
R. Atkins
By the Letter
Rebbetzin Kamenetsky is a unique portrait of bein adam laMakom and bein adam l’chaveiro uniting in harmony. Here are her words, her wisdom, and the loving testimony of her distinguished children “My mother is from a previous generation.” As I sit talking to Rebbetzin Kamenetsky, I intuit the truth of her son’s words. The Rebbetzin
Mindel Kassorla and Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
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Life is a cycle — and a spiral that pushes us higher
Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
The boys would go home for Pesach and Succos, and the place lost its energy; the town became a shadow of itself
Rivka Streicher
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
Rebbetzin Kamenetsky is a unique portrait of bein adam laMakom and bein adam l’chaveiro uniting in harmony. Here are her words, her wisdom, and the loving testimony of her distinguished children “My mother is from a previous generation.” As I sit talking to Rebbetzin Kamenetsky, I intuit the truth of her son’s words. The Rebbetzin
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Grab the Reins
“These addicts give up everything to get clean. They leave their homes, their families, their jobs, they leave their creature comforts and everything else behind” ,Grab the Reins: Chapter 34,“These addicts give up everything to get clean. They leave their homes, their families, their jobs, they leave their creature comforts and everything else behind”
Shoshana Schwartz
Grab the Reins
“When something really does bother you but you don’t let yourself feel it, that’s a problem. That’s what causes resentments”,Grab the Reins: Chapter 33,“When something really does bother you but you don’t let yourself feel it, that’s a problem. That’s what causes resentments”
Shoshana Schwartz
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