It’s hard to believe that it’s almost a year since The Siyum. It’s even harder to believe that just a year ago we joined together—over 90,000 yidden at MetLife Stadium. There were no masks (well expect a few ski masks because of the cold) and there was no social distancing. On the contrary, we danced together as one in celebration of the Torah which unites us all.
Since The Siyum, tens of thousands have embarked on a journey through shas. And though it may have been hard at times, they’ve pressed on. With the words of Rabbi Frand ringing in their ears, “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”, they have persevered through Brachos, Shabbos and now Eruvin. No lockdown, distancing or pandemic can stop them.

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The famous adage says “It takes an entire village to raise a child.” For one family, it’s even simpler than that. All it takes is one back surgery.
 

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22-year-old Rivka Zuaretz has been in the news regularly for the past month, as readers have followed her shocking story: Zuaretz was part of a small group of religious Israeli girls who were tricked into travelling internationally with goods that are legal in Israel but illegal elsewhere. Much to the girls’ shock, they were arrested at the airport in Bulgaria and have since been imprisoned in difficult conditions. The Bulgarian legal system seeks to keep them for 15 years, an extremely harsh sentence.
 

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22-year-old Rivka Zuaretz has been in the news regularly for the past month, as readers have followed her shocking story: Zuaretz was part of a small group of religious Israeli girls who were tricked into travelling internationally with goods that are legal in Israel but illegal elsewhere. Much to the girls’ shock, they were arrested at the airport in Bulgaria and have since been imprisoned in difficult conditions. The Bulgarian legal system seeks to keep them for 15 years, an extremely harsh sentence.
 

When most people have an ‘off day’ at work, it can be a set back, but is mostly fixable. For the rabbanim of klal yisroel, however, the stakes are so much higher. In their hands is the literal survival of families who come to them in situations that are a matter of life and death. 

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“My name is Chaya, but my Mommy calls me Chayale. I am only 6 months old. I can’t speak yet, but I can think and right now, I am thinking about my favorite person; my Mommy. She is always so nice to me, plays with me and cuddles me when I feel sad. Best of all, she feeds me when I am hungry, even if she is tired. Even when I keep her up all night, she still gives me the love I need.

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DO YOU WISH THAT YOU COULD…
Feel closer to the people around you?
Understand yourself better?
Acquire deep inner happiness?
Give your children a confident, connected mother?
Help your students or others in their emotional struggles?
Sod Ha’adam, the secret of every one of us, helps you better understand yourself and others by revealing the truth:
AT OUR ESSENCE, EACH OF US IS PURE.

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It was a hot and sweaty day on the morning of Yehuda’s 8th grade graduation trip. He climbed onto the bus with his overnight bag and quickly found a saved seat next to his best friend Asher. Asher piped up the moment he saw him.
 
“Yehuda…Can we talk? I can’t believe you didn’t tell me. I’m so sorry.”
 
“What are you talking about?”
 
“My mother told me the terrible news this morning. I’m shocked…I can’t believe that your mother has cancer.”
 
The color drained from Yehuda’s face.
 
He didn’t know.