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Pendulum: Succos Supplement 5784
The more we know about people, the more we know about the past. The more we know about the past, the better we are able to assess the present.
Rabbi Berel Wein
Pendulum: Succos Supplement 5784
“This shameful bill passed controversially in the Knesset, is responsible for many premature deaths in dangerously ill people who avoided medical treatment out of fear of the draconian regulations allowing their body to be dissected after death.”
Rabbi Eliyahu Gut
I of the Storm
I pinched myself. Could it be that the entire Shafer crew is cooperating, smiling — and genuinely happy? Could it be that our family portrait is not a complete farce?
Ilana Shafer
I of the Storm
So I’m not a tzadeikes, I shot back to my ever-present faultfinder. I haven’t got bottomless reservoirs of patience. But I’m not so bad, either
Ilana Shafer
Reflections
Boring mental tasks can help with insomnia
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
5 Things to Know About
There very rarely is an easy or simple “blended family”
Shoshana Itzkowitz
5 Things to Know About
It’s really no different than telling someone in a wheelchair that she should move faster because she’s in your way.
No Food Left Behind
If you want to experiment with an intense flavor shakeup and impress both your guests and your palate, this recipe is for you!
Beth Warren
No Food Left Behind
Let’s not discount the sides to balance your macros out!
Beth Warren
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You’re probably thinking, she means she needs an assistant, a secretary, an organizer. But I know what I’m saying. I don’t need a little help, I need a lot of help — and for that you need a wife.

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My husband chews a pen as he calls Directory Enquiries. Hirschlander from N16, London, he asks. There are six numbers and he takes down all of them. He’s looking for Uri Hirschlander, he explains once, twice, four times. The fifth number has a lead. “Oh, you mean our nephew? He moved to Baltimore. Or was

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I am a home day-care provider. I love the kids I spend my day with. It’s some of their mothers that I don’t like. Lots of people annoyed me when I was younger and less experienced — the mother who brought her baby with a dirty diaper every single day, and the ones who dropped off

By Esther Rabi

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Don’t stop laughing because of me.

By Chavi Fuchs

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As I walked across the large stone slabs of the teacher’s entrance, I couldn’t help feeling that I was leaving half my life behind

By Chany. G. Rosengarten

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Emes is not about a crashing orchestra, a vision of high drama. Jewish life is the tiny silver chime of truth.

By Leah Gebber