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In the attached photo, HaGaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky is seen seated next to the Gerrer Rebbe at UTJ pre-election even in Yerushalayim on Monday, an unprecedented occurrence. Make sure to

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The Federal Reserve on Monday put forward two proposals to modify regulations put in place after the 2008 financial crisis that the banking industry complained were too restrictive. The proposed

Chayenu is committed to making Torah learning portable and accessible through weekly publications mailed directly to people’s houses. Each booklet contains easy to digest segments in a variety of Torah

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IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, asked to deliver President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a Democratic-controlled House panel, is facing off with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for the first

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