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“Focus on doing what you love, and everything else will fall into place”

They walked along endless rows, peering at the names of the dead, looking for the tall matzeivah of Reb Yosef HaKohein

Just as communal tragedies are a religious wake-up call, so also is communal abandonment of Torah norms

Her daughter’s being punished for her at-risk sister

They say, at the end of the day, it’s not really a big deal. What they don’t tell you is no one else believes that

Families had been decimated. So whom do you socialize with? Neighbors and fellow mispallelim filled the slot