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With so much fish being served over Yom Tov, here’s a pretty yet simple plating idea.
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Pretty for Pesach
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Teachers of Humility 
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Hashem, I whisper, please help me. I have no idea what to do. I don’t want to hurt anybody. And I’m just really, really tired
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The only effective filter is the one to be attached to the Jewish heart and mind   Longtime readers of this column will recall that over the years, I’ve written quite a bit about what many gedolei Torah have called the “challenge of our generation”: how to battle the effects of digital technology on our
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