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Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
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If you focus on what your husband is doing for you, you’ll find your resentment lessening rather quickly
Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
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“People used to view a kumzitz as two hours of slow, heartfelt singing, but that’s changing”
Riki Goldstein
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Is there a special niggun that has transformed your classroom?
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Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Motti Levy’s been driving for Egged since 1969, when access to the Kosel was still a newly won thrill
Penina Steinbruch
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
We hope you can savor this offering as we pray for the time when the Kosel will again be not a final destination, but a gateway to Hashem’s presence on earth
Nomee Shaingarten and Shoshana Friedman
50 Reasons
WOLVES When I am older and my kids are married I will buy myself Danishes and croissants hazelnut frappés and Rosemarie chocolate bars wafer rolls and brownie bars. But a treat is not a treat if you have to eat it with one hand while using the other to fend off the wolves howling for
Ariella Stern
50 Reasons
WOLVES When I am older and my kids are married I will buy myself Danishes and croissants hazelnut frappés and Rosemarie chocolate bars wafer rolls and brownie bars. But a treat is not a treat if you have to eat it with one hand while using the other to fend off the wolves howling for
Ariella Stern
War Diaries
He’s sending us lots of friendly reminders. Let’s not forget them
Raizy Jotkowitz
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Anti-Semitism is a sickness that spreads across the world… even to distant Australia
Sara Bonchek
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