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Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
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My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
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Bittersweet Return
As selected hostages emerge from Gaza, joy mingles with dread
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Resolved
There is no laundry that needs to get done, no appointments to keep. And no dishes in the sink that need to be washed   I visit my daughter and her family. I sit on a couch that I don’t have to clean, close to children I don’t have to dress, and I open a
Boaz Bachrach
In the Numbers
Two Miracles
“He said you will definitely have two children, maybe even three.”
Rabbi Akiva Fox
Normal
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As Mimi’s world came to life, I began to wonder… is normal simply a myth that we’ve created?
Rochel Samet
Normal
Normal: Chapter 57  
Mimi feels a twinge of — what is it? Pity? Protectiveness? Caring? — for her sister
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TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 2) Feat. Rav Aaron Lopiansky
In part two of this important topic, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield continue their discussion about gemara with Rav Aaron Lopiansky. How do you reconcile the Torah's view of the age of the world with the theories that the scientific community suggest? How should we be teaching children that eisav soneh Yaakov practically, when they might have regular interactions with the umos haolam? And the BIG QUESTION: How do we relay to boys who are struggling with gemara that they are as equally as important as the metzuyanim?  
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 1)
On our first ever episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss the burning questions parents have about raising their children. Is there any validity to the opinion that forcing middle school boys to go to shul on Shabbos is the way to go? When your child reports "facts" that don't line up with that the teacher says, who do you believe? And the BIG QUESTION: Is it possible my son is not cut out for Gemara?
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
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