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C. Saphir

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LifeLines
Wednesday, August 02, 2017
“I tell you, geirim have bad blood. I’ve known a few of them, and I see that they usually revert to their old lifestyle.” She went on and on, bringing examples to prove her ridicu ...
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
My panic attacks became regular occurrences. I’d get upset about something someone did wrong, or about something I myself did wrong, and boom, the attack would start
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
I had never seen or experienced thirst and passion for doing mitzvos — a passion that was riveting, and addictive.
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Elisheva was the frummest of all our children, exemplary in her tefillah, her chesed, her middos. We called her “the re ...
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
None of the other doctors had thought to test for Cushing’s disease. But testing showed that the diagnosis of the derma ...
LifeLines
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Who’s going to marry him? I asked myself. Who but I, the friend of the downtrodden, the patron of the needy.
LifeLines
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
The first interview question was, “What would you do if you’d walk into a jail cell and find an inmate hanging from ...
LifeLines
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
I’ve never understood mother-in-law jokes. It’s been six years since my mother-in-law’s passing, yet each time I think about ...
LifeLines
Monday, May 29, 2017
“I really don’t need all these dates — there’s only one person I need. So please Hashem don’t send me any more shidduchim until it’s the right one.”
LifeLines
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The yeshivah’s Torah classes were something to get out of the way so I could get on with the real business of lif ...
LifeLines
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The first I heard about the vicious, year-long court battle that preceded Menachem’s get was when I was married for bar ...