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A Very Very Simple Guide for Shavuot Celebration

This Year – Shavuot begins at Sunset on Thursday, May 28, 2020 – ends Saturday, May 30 after Nightfall. (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore

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May 25, 2020 No Comments

How the Impossible Dream of a Chinese Girl Turned Jewish Came True

“Don’t misplace humility, the universe depends on you. The universe depends on each one of us.” — Baal Shem Tov Sofya begins: When I shared

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May 21, 2020 No Comments

Memories of Homelessness (and Home) During COVID-19

These days, as we stay at home, many of us are feeling a wide range of emotions, including anxiety over the future and resentment about

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May 21, 2020 No Comments

49 Steps Towards a Kinder Heart

“Whatever knowledge a human being is given in this world, whatever wisdom, enlightenment or inspiration, it is all only and exclusively for one purpose: To

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May 21, 2020 No Comments
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A VERY VERY SIMPLE GUIDE TO THE PASSOVER SEDER CELEBRATION

This Year Passover Begins Wednesday April 8, 2020 before Sunset and Ends Thursday April 16th after Nightfall. (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore it may

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March 30, 2020 No Comments
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What One Child Learned From the Rebbe’s Visit to Camp

“The focus of all spiritual wisdom is to transform this world.” — The Lubavitcher Rebbe At the very beginning of creation, G‑d created the universe using the power of words,

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March 24, 2020 No Comments
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Confronting the Teacher Who Incited an Anti-Semitic Riot

As we celebrate the holiday of Passover and remember the Exodus from Egypt, I often wonder if the emotional pain of the Jews was amplified by the fact that

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March 24, 2020 No Comments
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The Doll That ‘Came Alive’ at My Birthday Party

“When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it

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March 16, 2020 No Comments
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The Day My Best Friend Called Me a ‘Dirty Jew’

I was born in another world, in a country that is no longer on the map. In a way, I am still a Soviet child

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March 10, 2020 No Comments
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A Very Very Simple Guide for Purim Celebration

The holidays begins at Sunset of March 9, 2020 and ends at nightfall of March 10, 2020 http://www.partnersintorah.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/purim.pdf (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore it

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March 3, 2020 No Comments
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