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C. Saphir

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LifeLines
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
When I saw these boys winking at her, I knew it was time to take drastic action
LifeLines
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
At the time of my diagnosis, when I was 35, I had struggled mightily with the question of whether to tell my parents
LifeLines
Wednesday, September 05, 2018
In those days, Jews were Jews, and I, the grandson of the Rosh Yeshivah, played ball with Bernie, the kid whose father worked on Shabbos
LifeLines
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
I resolved to show them that I was still their son and that they were not losing me to my kallah, Penina
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Two years had passed since the petirah, and Avrumi still hadn’t gotten back to his easygoing self. He was always sad, stressed, and on edge
LifeLines
Sunday, July 22, 2018
When Racheli was six, it occurred to me that perhaps we shouldn’t wait until we had finished raising our own children before taking in a foster child
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Why would Ahuva text me randomly when she knew I was with clients? “Give me a minute,” I said to my client. “It’s my babysitter”
LifeLines
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
After years of outreach and Shabbos meals, I realized my guest just wanted the cholent
LifeLines
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
While I had refused to listen to any of these dirt-fresh-on-the-grave suggestions, as the months passed it became clear that I had to remarry
LifeLines
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I remember sitting at the Seder table with my husband, Yehoshua, that year and exclaiming, “I can’t believe it! Our first Pesach, and we’re all alone!”
LifeLines
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
“I can tell you one thing: My wife doesn’t know how well I learned today, but she absolutely knows if I took out the trash”