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Question Why are some people so much against single older men? My brother is my youngest sibling (he’s in his 30s), and I recently spoke to a shadchan regarding finding a shidduch for him....
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Advice
Wild Ride
Last week I looked at some of the decay in the way our society views our elected officials as evidenced by the way the media often omits proper titles of...
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Health / Nutrition
Out, Damned Spot!
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” cried Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, desperately trying to wash away an imaginary bloodstain from her hands. While her spots were a manifestation...
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Torah
Inseparable
Yitzchak is preparing to leave Israel. A famine has struck, and he considers following his father Avraham to Egypt, where food is more plentiful. But Hashem intervenes, instructing him to...
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Torah
Beneath The Surface
“And Isaac loved Esav because [his] game was in his mouth, but Rebecca loved Jacob (Bereishis 25:28).” Families are complex, and the families of our Matriarchs and Patriarchs were no exception....
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Torah
The Orthodox Union Fills a Critical Gap with Inaugural Chosson Rebbe Conference
For all the responsibility chosson rabbeim carry in preparing young men for marriage, they’ve long lacked something their counterparts who teach kallahs have had for years: a forum for professional development, collaboration, and peer support....
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Torah
November 9, 2026
Toldos: Sincerity
Festive gatherings at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters, located at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn are, and have always been...
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Torah
November 9, 2026
Respect And Self-Respect
Human beings have a deep, inherent need to feel accomplished and significant. Hashem instilled in us a desire to realize...
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Torah
November 9, 2026
The Honest Jeweler Brings Hebrew Words Of Faith For Chanukah
Some of the most meaningful gifts aren’t simply beautiful. They carry words worth holding onto every day. The Honest Jeweler...
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Uncategorized
November 5, 2026
WHAT IS J.D. VANCE’S PROBLEM?
Why Is Israel Being Blamed for the Republican Party’s Election Defeat? There are approximately 200 countries in the world. Some...
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Heard In The Bagel Store
November 4, 2026
Changing The World
Sometimes all it takes is one person, one idea, and one extraordinary vision to change the face of an entire...
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Inside Out
November 4, 2026
The Torah Of Conversation
“Yafa sichasan shel avdei avos lifnei haMakom miTorasan shel banim.” The conversation of the servants of the patriarchs is more...
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Health / Nutrition
November 4, 2026
The Impact Of Smoking On Hearing Loss
The negative impact of smoking on one’s health is widely known, yet its association with hearing loss is not. The...
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Home
November 4, 2026
The Votes Are In. Are We Ready To Listen?
The morning after an election forces a reckoning between the outcome we wanted and the political reality that we must...
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Torah
November 4, 2026
Reunited In Gratitude
Riki Siton sent me a message about a special gathering held in Ra’anana a couple of weeks ago: a thanksgiving...
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Torah
November 4, 2026
Chayei Sarah: Anything and Everything
So much has happened. The Lech Lecha journey that began with a childless, unknown, and untested Avraham has blossomed into a family, a...
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Home
November 4, 2026
The Top Ten Shabbos Board Games
Part I: The Games That Didn’t Make the Cut Like many important communal discussions, this one began at a wedding,...
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Islamist Domino Effect On Midterm Mayhem
The sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by hordes of Muslim immigrants and Hamas and Palestinian...
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Heard In The Bagel Store November 4, 2026
Changing The World
Sometimes all it takes is one person, one idea, and one extraordinary vision to change the face of an entire nation. Israel’s history is filled with such individuals. Think of David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Then there are the Nobel Prize winners, high-tech entrepreneurs, brilliant innovators, and battlefield heroes who have helped transform […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 28, 2026
My Tefillin Adventure
One of the temporary casualties of my mostly unusable right arm is how to get my tefillin on my left arm while in shul each morning. As I mentioned last week, I missed a step in a relative’s house and suffered a hairline fracture of the humerus bone, which is located between the elbow and the shoulder. […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026
Here We Go Again…
After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You see, last Sunday evening at a yahrzeit seudah for my bother Binyomin (his first), I attracted an inordinate amount of unwanted attention which I would have preferred not to. In short, I was walking into another room […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 14, 2026
Could We Live Here?
I’m enamored and intrigued by those Nefesh B’Nefesh ads that appear here on occasion promoting events that encourage and facilitate aliyah, promoting the idea that American Jews should emigrate to Israel. I literally love the idea of moving to Israel, but after spending ten days here on several occasions (I’m not saying that’s my limit), Esta […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 8, 2026
Jerusalem Diary
The streets are crowded—actually, they’re overcrowded unlike anything we’ve ever seen in Jerusalem. The last time I saw anything like this was during Shavuos several years ago when hordes of people began heading to the Kotel at 4 a.m. and earlier. So, this year we split the chag. That is, we were in New York for the first […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 23, 2026
Kosher Strike!
Three young men from the neighborhood decide to buy a bowling alley—no, that’s not the start of some joke. It’s a true story and I met the three people who recently bought Woodmere Lanes at 948 Broadway in Woodmere. And while I haven’t checked with ChatGPT, this might be the first glatt kosher Shomer Shabbosbowling emporium in […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 16, 2026
Four Soldiers
The painting “Four Soldiers” by the artist Chava Roth has been on the front page of the 5TJT issue prior to Rosh Hashanah last year as well as this year. As you may recall, it depicts two IDF soldiers wearing kippahs walking through the Old City alongside two Chassidic men wearing taleisim and shtreimels, and I always imagined it was Rosh Hashanah […]
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Islamist Domino Effect On Midterm Mayhem
The sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by hordes of Muslim immigrants and Hamas and Palestinian…
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Big Change For Foreign Buyers: You May Now Be Able To Borrow 75%
For years, one of the biggest challenges for foreign residents looking to buy property in Israel has been the amount…
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Could 2027 Be the Year Your Dream of Owning a Home in Israel Finally Comes True?
You’ve thought about it. You’ve talked about it. Israel is more than a place you visit; it is your home.…
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Israel
November 2, 2026
Jerusalem Is Building: What American Buyers Should Know Before Buying a Home
New construction, urban renewal and major transportation projects are changing Jerusalem’s residential landscape. For American Jewish families considering a home…
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Israel
October 28, 2026
As The Midterms Approach, So Does The Islamist Domino Effect
With the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, the sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by…
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Israel
October 21, 2026
Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today
I’ve just spent a week in America, speaking to people about buying property in Israel, and I came away thinking…
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Israel
September 9, 2026
Buying New Construction In Israel? Why Tivuch Shelly Is The Name Buyers Trust
For decades, buyers looking for property in Israel have turned to Tivuch Shelly Real Estate, not simply to find a…
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Israel
September 2, 2026
More Than 1,100 North American Olim Make Aliyah This August, Marking Record Month of Aliyah
Credit Sivan Shachor More than 1,100 North American olim have made aliyah in August, marking a record-breaking month of aliyah. Last week, close to 100 olim arrived…
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