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Make Her Day: Succos 5782
“Strong” is so overused that it’s too trite to give people a real understanding of who she is and what she has gone through
Ariella Schiller
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
"I’d love to give her something to brighten her Yom Tov so that she feels special and knows how loved she is"
Ariella Schiller
Kovna Rewrite
Stepping into the Moadon HaYehudi in Kaunas, Lithuania, feels like venturing up (down?) Penrose’s impossible staircase, stepping back in time while moving forward just the same. It’s been almost two years since we left, and we’re back as visiting lecturers.,Kovno Rewrite — Revisited,We’ve gone back in time in Lithuania
Esther Teichtal
50 Reasons
Rav Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), brought the town of Lubavitch to prominence as a center of Torah and chassidus Title: Captain of Kapust Location: Bobruisk, Russia Document: Der Tog Time: 1923 The Tzemach Tzedek, Rav Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), brought the town of Lubavitch to prominence as a center of Torah and chassidus over the
Ariella Stern
50 Reasons
Rav Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), brought the town of Lubavitch to prominence as a center of Torah and chassidus Title: Captain of Kapust Location: Bobruisk, Russia Document: Der Tog Time: 1923 The Tzemach Tzedek, Rav Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), brought the town of Lubavitch to prominence as a center of Torah and chassidus over the
Ariella Stern
Staff Room
A dish that encapsulates generations of keeping Shabbos and following our Sages. And yet, no two cholents are the same
Mishpacha Staff
Staff Room
I always make a big brunch seudah in the morning — two big shakshukas, tons of fresh bread, and lots of fresh, cold grapes and watermelon to help everyone start to hydrate.
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The lesson the Rosh Yeshivah taught us when coping with his tremendous loss was perhaps the greatest lesson of all
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