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Gila Eisenbach sat at the dimly lit dining room table with her husband, conversing with him in hushed tones. They had just deposited their monthly paychecks from work, yet their bank account was somehow in the minus. And not by just a few shekalim.
“We had to buy extra groceries this month, Shmuel Tzvi,” Gila said. “It’s the Yamim Tovim. That’s just what happens every year. But…”
Her voice broke. She looked up at her husband’s kind, caring face. Then back down at the bank statement.
“What in the world are we going to do about Chani?”
Shmuel Tzvi buried his face into his wrinkled hands as his wife Gila broke down into sobs.

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Raising kids after a divorce isn’t easy. Mrs. Levine did the best she could with what she had to give her kids what she needed. Leah, her sweet shy little preteen girl, was enrolled at a respected girls’ school. There, Mrs. Levine felt confident that her daughter would have the wholesome childhood she needed. She had no idea what her daughter witnessed in those halls.
From a lunch tray knocked to the floor to a shove in the hallway, the bullying began gradually. Statistically, kids from divorced homes are more likely to endure bullying. At this beloved school surrounded by nice frum girls, however, Leah had hoped for better.

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Today, Sunday October 10th at 8:00pm, join Lomdei HaDaf across the world to mark the completion of Maseches Beitza.
On the verge of starting the ninth Masechta, we’re already nearly one third of the way through Shas! 
‘Yoma Tova L’Rabonon’- It’s Yom Tov again as we celebrate the Siyum on Maseches Beitza- the Masechta which Chazal call Maseches Yom Tov. And as with the inspiration of Yom Tov, we hope that the inspiration aroused by this Siyum will accompany us into the next Zman, giving us increased passion for our Torah and Avodas Hashem.

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Tomorrow, Sunday October 10th at 8:00pm, join Lomdei HaDaf across the world to mark the completion of Maseches Beitza.
On the verge of starting the ninth Masechta, we’re already nearly one third of the way through Shas! 
‘Yoma Tova L’Rabonon’- It’s Yom Tov again as we celebrate the Siyum on Maseches Beitza- the Masechta which Chazal call Maseches Yom Tov. And as with the inspiration of Yom Tov, we hope that the inspiration aroused by this Siyum will accompany us into the next Zman, giving us increased passion for our Torah and Avodas Hashem.

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Teachers and students were shocked last year to hear of the near-passing of a 15-year-old 8th grader named Leah Levine.* Despite her young age, Leah had not had an easy life: Her parents had divorced when she was younger, and she grew up in a home full of severe mental health issues. The sweet little girl grew progressively more inward, but family members had no idea that she was enduring torturous levels of bullying at school.

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The studies and personal offices of the biggest rabbis in Israel are often communal spaces: During set hours of the day the nation’s spiritual leaders accept guests, who come to them with questions in Torah learning, or to ask for their blessing. One young woman who was brought to the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky had a story so dire, and tears so genuine, that she moved all who met her.
That young woman was Esther Levine. Esther is the child of two people with severe health issues. Having essentially “raised herself,” she often went to the homes of friends to eat dinner. She is now engaged to be married, but has nothing to her name.

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Readers across the globe were taken aback by the heartbreaking photos of Chaya, a little Israeli baby battling a severe heart defect called Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome. In her first appearance on several Jewish sites several weeks ago Chaya’s mother explained how their small family had left everything behind and flew from Israel to New York for emergency surgery as per their doctor’s insistence.
“We knew that we were leaving everything behind, and had very little money, but we would do anything to save our child,” she explained.

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Thousands of Jewish people have been joining the global effort in saving Chaya, a beautiful baby girl who was born with a severe heart defect. Her dedicated parents Miri and Dovid Rosenbaum have scrambled to raise the funds needed to fly to New York and pay for an expensive emergency surgery Chaya’s doctors have insisted upon and with thanks to the incredible generosity of supporters across the world, the Rosenbaums have raised $70,000 so far and are very close to raising the full amount needed to save their precious baby’s life. 
The only catch?
The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.
“We are just a few thousand dollars away from everything we are praying for.” wrote Miri on a crowdfunding page wrung with motherly love and concern.

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I’ve always been a pretty normal kid, but there’s one thing that makes me different: I’ve never met my Mom.
Just a few hours after my bris, she collapsed and passed away. She was only 34 years old.
So I never knew what it was like to have a Mom get me dressed in the morning, take me to school, or come to meetings with my teacher. The person who did all those things instead was my brother, Eliezer.

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Guests at an Ashdod engagement party were visibly emotional last week, and a brief look into the family’s history reveals why:
The last time many of the guests had celebrated with groom Eliezer Avraham had been at his bar mitzvah, just two weeks after the tragic passing of his mother, Yafit. Yafit was 34 and left behind 7 children, including a newborn. She collapsed shortly after the newborn’s bris, and died.
In the years that have passed since that tragic bris and bar mitzvah, Eliezer grew from a devastated young boy to a mature young man. He took over the responsibility of raising his younger siblings, so that his father could focus on supporting them. Those close to the family say that Eliezer does “everything” around the house.