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 I told my husband on Motzaei Simchas Torah not to come home until the soldiers do H e’s home. He’s home, and as of tonight, he’s going to be sleeping in his bed in his room at my parents’ home. That’s a good thing. That means that when I wake up in the dead of
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 I told my husband on Motzaei Simchas Torah not to come home until the soldiers do H e’s home. He’s home, and as of tonight, he’s going to be sleeping in his bed in his room at my parents’ home. That’s a good thing. That means that when I wake up in the dead of
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