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Nick-of-Time Newborn 
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Beth Perkel
Speak Up
What’s the best vacation you ever went on? What made it awesome?
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Elky Pascal
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Quiet People in a Noisy World
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Miriam Bloch
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Racheli Plancey
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Shmuel Winiarz
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Rav Ovadiah always viewed Shas as a bridge between religious and secular forces in Israel
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Special Tribute Supplement: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
Sefarim were his Bread
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Mishpacha Contributors
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