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"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Ariella Schiller
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Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
Ariella Schiller
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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It was for a great reason, but it sure was awkward. I had to reach out to my new mechutanim before my obstetrician   “How did I get lucky like this?” I asked myself repeatedly that day. I was slightly amused, very excited, yet somewhat abashed. And I now had an uncomfortable phone call to
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It was for a great reason, but it sure was awkward. I had to reach out to my new mechutanim before my obstetrician   “How did I get lucky like this?” I asked myself repeatedly that day. I was slightly amused, very excited, yet somewhat abashed. And I now had an uncomfortable phone call to
Danielle Renov
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I served this soup to my guests last Succos, and it was a huge hit! It does require some advance prep work
Naomi Nachman
School Daze
There are a lot of other ways to be successful than being academic. You are so much more than the grades you get!
Perel Stone
School Daze
Who would guess that the girl who was making every teacher miserable had such talent!
Perel Stone
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