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No Quitting
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Machul, Machul, Machul
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Checkmate
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Etched in Memory: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Etched in Memory
Sometimes there are events so monumental they’re perfectly preserved as a snapshot, never forgotten. 5 readers share the moments forever
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50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 17
“Hopefully you’ll make a better doctor than a chess player" he told me   Jonas was a young man who was stuck at the state psychiatric hospital, and I was his medical student. Jonas was an only child who had grown up in a comfortable suburb of Springfield, Massachusetts, where mom and dad lavished chess
Ariella Stern
50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 16
“Hopefully you’ll make a better doctor than a chess player" he told me   Jonas was a young man who was stuck at the state psychiatric hospital, and I was his medical student. Jonas was an only child who had grown up in a comfortable suburb of Springfield, Massachusetts, where mom and dad lavished chess
Ariella Stern
Freeze Frame
Newness in the Details
I often search for ways to add freshness to days that feel boring
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Becoming a Vessel
I want to become a vessel ready to catch and contain the brachah around me
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In the Nick of Time: Jr. Pesach Supplement 5782
Midnight Party
Without my friends to distract me, I realized the pit in my stomach wasn’t only from overeating, it was also from unease
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In the Nick of Time: Jr. Pesach Supplement 5782
Crumbless Crust Creation
Dovid shook his head. “It’s not ready. We have to perfect the hermetic seal that attaches the bag to the mouth of the bread eater”
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Shared Space: The Follow-Up
As the serial draws to a close, we reached out to voices of authority within the community to discuss some of the underlying threads of Shared Space. This week, Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger weighs in on the issue of hard moneylending
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