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Esty Heller

Esty Heller

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Calligraphy: Pesach 5785
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
It was not my place to tell Yocheved what to do. This was her business, her responsibility. I couldn’t change the world
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Today she was Chaya Davidowitz, a conflicted being, tortured by her own insecurities
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Wednesday, March 04, 2020
I took the dress and turned it inside out. The seams were perfect, neatly serged. Professional
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
It took me a second to absorb that. Mommy — I had a new son. This was all so strange
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
It was emerald green with silver beading, a silver sash draped over the shoulders. It was a pretty dress, definitely elegant. But…
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
For a moment, my stomach twisted as I observed those flowers — a blatant violation of takanos law 
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
This whole situation was super strange, but the fact was, I hadn’t done anything wrong
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
I definitely hadn’t done anything wrong here. And yet, something niggled at my memory. I knew the answer, I’d heard it somewhere. Where?
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
She spoke to me like I was a child who didn’t understand her arithmetic. Anuradha grinned smugly
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020
How — how — had she gotten hold of this gown? She couldn’t—