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Driven to Make the Minyan
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He Knew Everything
It is impossible to feel the impact of Rav Chaim’s brilliance unless one experiences it firsthand 
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The House on Rechov Rashbam
What made the house such a magnet wasn’t just the almost tangible Torah in its air. It was the open hearts of Rav Chaim and Rebbetzin Batsheva
Ezriel Yudkowsky
Sunshine Season: Summer 2025
Sharing Light 
“It’s not just about the bugs. It’s about us. We’re supposed to be more sensitive. To be more like Hashem”
Chaia Frishman
Sunshine Season: Summer 2025
When Tragedy Strikes
Lessons for life I learned on summer break
Riki Goldstein
Personal Accounts
Close Encounters
How does one learn courage and dedication from people who eat treif and can’t read a pasuk of Chumash? The synagogue where I grew up taught me the answer M y father’s kehillah expressed devotion by driving to Shabbos services — but their loyalty sustained a shul that stood for all the right things After my
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The Year of the Song
This year, this niggun was an anthem because we showed it. He’s always there for us, but this year, we were there for Him too.
Yisroel Besser
Fork in the Road
Fork in the Road: Barnea Bistro
How does one learn courage and dedication from people who eat treif and can’t read a pasuk of Chumash? The synagogue where I grew up taught me the answer M y father’s kehillah expressed devotion by driving to Shabbos services — but their loyalty sustained a shul that stood for all the right things After my
Michal Frischman
Fork in the Road
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How does one learn courage and dedication from people who eat treif and can’t read a pasuk of Chumash? The synagogue where I grew up taught me the answer M y father’s kehillah expressed devotion by driving to Shabbos services — but their loyalty sustained a shul that stood for all the right things After my
Rivki Rabinowitz
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LISTEN: Join Gedalia Guttentag as he speaks to voters at the polls in Israel's key swing areas
Gedalia Guttentag
Podcast: Knesset Channel
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What does MK Moshe Gafni expect from Monday's elections? What's it like to run the Finance Committee without a government? And what does Rav Chaim think about the Trump Plan?
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