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16 Beggars
16 Beggars
Three years ago, on Koby’s 16th birthday our family went to the Kotel, the retaining wall that remains from the destruction of the temple in the second century. God promised the...
Mar 17, 2006
By Sherri Mandell
An Amen at the Right Moment
An Amen at the Right Moment
Everyone knew that the only weddings the late Bobover Rebbe, R. Shlomo Halberstam zt”l, ever attended were those of family members and orphaned chasanim. On those rare occasions, the Rebbe was always...
Mar 16, 2006
By By Esther Stern
The Wandering Purim Pie
The Wandering Purim Pie
The story of Purim is a tale of venahafoch hu – things turning around and about and turning out, much to everyone’s surprise, just right. Things like that happen nowadays too....
Mar 8, 2006
By By Yaffa Ganz
The Reading Lesson
The Reading Lesson
My father always used to say to us that the story of George Washington and the cherry tree is not a good one for Jewish children to hear. He cut down...
Mar 2, 2006
By By Gita Gordon
An Artist’s View of Jewish History
An Artist’s View of Jewish History
I grew up in a household of non-practicing Jews in Brooklyn, NY. The once a year Passover Seder was my only link to my heritage. In fact, I had no idea...
Mar 2, 2006
By By Joyce Ellen Weinstein
Shabbos Waits for No One
Shabbos Waits for No One
My father passed away on the 29th of Sivan, June 18, 2004. “How did he die?” many visitors asked during the week of shiva. I answered, “I’ll tell you how my...
Feb 23, 2006
By Chava Willig Levy
Missing the Rabbi
Missing the Rabbi
Rabbi Shlomo Twersky,ztl, with his son, some years ago. Most people are highly corruptible. They may have ideals and lofty visions, but very often, they can be deflected off course by...
Feb 22, 2006
By Varda Branfman
Tipping the Scales
Tipping the Scales
I met her in the park in Bayit Vegan last week and she told me the story. I saw the glad look on her face and knew she had good news...
Feb 15, 2006
By by Sheila Segal
Super Bowl Champion Becomes Super Ba’al Teshuvah
Super Bowl Champion Becomes Super Ba’al Teshuvah
In 1992, Alan Veingrad, former offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, made all the right moves to protect the quarterback and ward off the other team’s advances, helping to secure his...
Feb 14, 2006
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
A Tu B’Shevat Prayer
A Tu B’Shevat Prayer
Sometimes I think I’ve been endowed with an overabundance of feelings. Things often seem to affect me more deeply than they do other people. I used to think this heightened sensitivity...
Feb 8, 2006
By By Yaffa Ganz

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