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The Explainer
There is work to do, but the foundation has been laid — and for the first time, tuition relief for parents feels within reach
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At the US-Iran nuclear talks
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The Best: Music Collection
A new hit composition by Yisrael Meir Friedberg, featured on 'The Best' Music album in the Hebrew Mishpacha Succos Edition
The Best: Music Collection
A moving melody with powerful words, composed and sung by Noach Paley, featured on 'The Best' Music album in the Hebrew Mishpacha Succos Edition
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The Rosh Yeshivah used five-minute blocks of time to become an expert in the voluminous seforim of the Aruch Hashulchan
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Closeup tales of greatness
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Tempo: Second Guessing
When I tell Shmuel that I want to host, he thinks I’m a few flowers short of a full bouquet
Ariella Schiller
Tempo: Second Guessing
All I can think is... Should I have done  anything differently?
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The Last Flask
And then they found it — the last flask, the small bottle that would enable them to start anew. 12 writers share the last flask that lit up their own lives rattle of hope
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