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Readers were shocked and saddened yesterday by the tragic passing of 12-year-old Jerusalem boy Eliyahu Shor. More details have now emerged, giving a terrifying glimpse into the final moments before Eliyahu’s death.
Mr. & Mrs. Shor awoke on Tuesday night to the sound of an explosion. They immediately ran to the hallway to investigate, where they found a large blaze and heavy smoke.
Blinded by the smokey air, Eliyahu’s parents yelled for him to jump from the top of his bunk bed, over the flames, to safety. The young boy called back in fear but was afraid to jump. Moments later, he passed away.

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Tragedy struck a Jerusalem family last night, after a fire tore through a Jerusalem apartment, killing a 12-year-old boy in the process.
Eliyahu’s father, who is wheelchair-bound, was miraculously saved from the blaze. Despite Mrs. Shor’s desperate screams to save her son, emergency responders were unable to resuscitate the child. 

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It was a typical Monday morning in the Wishinsky home. Chedva quickly scrambled up some eggs for Ayala and Yosef, tossed sandwiches into their school bags, and gave them a quick kiss on the cheek before sending them off to school and then hurrying to catch the Egged bus to make it to her own job on time. Chedva Wishinsky has been a single mother for four years now, so even if she gets sick, taking off work is never an option in her world. Not if she wants to keep her gorgeous children fed and pay rent for the tiny one-room studio in Ramot that they have called home for the past four years.
But when she came home from work that afternoon, Chedva noticed a horrifying letter on the peeling front door–
An eviction notice. 

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In some ways he could not have been further from the Torah: He was a young non-Jewish French boy, growing up in a world surrounded by secular culture. But somehow, deep down, Refael Ohayon knew that there was more to the story. And so he began searching for truth… and wound up immersing himself in Judaism.
Before long, Refael underwent a halachic conversion and became a Jew. Remarkably, his influence was so strong, his love for Torah so deep, that his mother and brother were inspired to convert as well.

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The Jewish news this week has been filled with reports of the passing of 32-year-old Chaya Maryan. Readers were moved by videos of the 5 little children she left behind, and her tragically young age.
When she was even younger, however, only 30, events took place which would lead to her death.
She was shortly after the birth of her fifth child, and was not feeling like herself. She was weak, exhausted, pale, and severely bloated. At this point we now know Chaya had liver cancer. Her doctors, however, chalked up her symptoms to “postpartum depression.” She was told to relax and give it time. By the time her cancer was diagnosed, it was already terminal.

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Readers around the world were shocked and saddened yesterday to hear of the passing of 32-year-old Mrs. Chayan Marian. Chaya fought an excruciating battle with cancer and left behind 5 young children.
A letter from Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Rav Naftali Nussbaum, and other notable rabbanim addresses the loss, calling it a “catastrophe”:
“Tears flow from our eyes in the face of the catastrophic passing of the young respected woman Chana Maryan of blessed memory, who leaves behind 5 young orphans.
Therefore we call on every person to come to save these young orphans, in substantial amounts, so it will be possible to raise them to Torah, chuppah, and good acts.

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Over the past several months, readers around the world have followed the story of 32-year old, mother of 5, Chaya Marian. Chaya was diagnosed with cancer shortly after the birth of her youngest child, and suffered rigorous treatments as well as the state of poverty that came with oppressive medical debt.

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It was so different this time.
Oriya sat in the dimly lit cafe, watching the cold sheets of rain slap onto the cobblestone ground and the palm trees sway violently in the wind. She wrapped her hands around her steaming mug of coffee, breathing in the warm, cozy feeling. She was sitting with her chosson in a cafe in Yerushalayim, where they had first met only one month prior. Oriya had always made fun of her friends who spoke this way, but after just minutes of speaking with Michoel, she knew deep down that he was her bashert.
Only this time, the numbers on the sheet on the paper in front of them wanted to prove otherwise.

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Professor Rina Mizrachi was in the middle of explaining the often-misconstrued difference between psychotherapy and behaviour therapy when a student hurried into the classroom and grabbed the last desk available. When she saw who it was, Rina was surprised. Even though the shy ultra-Orthodox girl was just a few weeks before her wedding, Oriya was still Oriya– Conscientious, driven, and always responsible.  But ever since a few days ago, something seemed…off. 
When Rina looked at Oriya’s face, she could see that the girl was on the verge of tears, and when she gently approached her after class to see what was wrong, she was almost brought to tears herself.