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translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for Five Towns Jewish Times To the Teachers of Torah, Roshei Yeshiva of our Holy Yeshivos, and Mashgichim Shlita, 2 Iyar, 5780 To our honorable
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Announcing plans to begin reopening his state, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster cited the ongoing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. “South Carolina’s business is business,” he declared this week
Dovid Berg exemplified the quality of serving hashem and others in the manner of b’hatzneah leches. He did tremendous acts of chesed, even for people he didn’t know, quietly and
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Nursing homes in New York must immediately report how they’ve complied with regulations for resident care during the coronavirus, and non-compliant facilities could face hefty fines or lose their licenses,
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Rav Yisroel Reisman, in whose Shul Rav Nachum delivered a popular Daf Yomi Shiur every night for many years, said that Rav Nachum “was one of the few true tzaddikim
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