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"It was truly a holy moment, and I felt privileged to witness it"
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A dish that encapsulates generations of keeping Shabbos and following our Sages. And yet, no two cholents are the same
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If I flip out, as I sometimes, um, rarely, do, could it be that this was too close to home?
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Then Chayala spoke, quiet, but sure. “I know my parents are proud of me, but I feel like I’m letting them down in so many ways”
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Optimism? It clashed with my inculcated weltanschauung, that of straight-up fear
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Moishy and Miriam Morris trailed home gloomily. Sunny Lane wouldn’t be the same without Jolly Solly
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“Rebbetzin Weinberg expected us to set up homes according to Torah values, but she didn’t want us to stick out as obvious baalei teshuvah”
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“You’re staying with us tonight, you can’t be home alone,” Aunt Chana says, like it’s obvious. “There’s plenty of space, you can share Raizy’s room”
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Unfortunately, there is often a stigma surrounding the use of medications to manage ADHD
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I didn’t need anyone to break the news to me. There was no crushing shock. I knew it already
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Musical colleagues mourn Yiddish composer and singer Michoel Schnitzler