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She looked around. If anyone passed by, she was safe, for Papa would not hit her too hard in front of others

“I always find it fascinating how people can find pleasure in things I loathe,” her mother-in-law finished

“Okay, we’ll make cookies today.” That would be enough doing of something to feel like it was a day in her space in Chicago

Mashiach — the anointed one — he must be here, somewhere, born and walking the earth, waiting to pick up all the fragments of their nation, to bring peace

She relaxes. Surely, it is a beit medrash of sorts. Perhaps they learn here the Zohar, the esoteric subjects, a soul’s journey in this world

“That’s sooo cute,” Shira gushed. Eva tried not to flare her nostril. Was everything cute and sooo?