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May 4, 2021 · 2 min read
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Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 2 min read

In The Arms of Rabi Shimon

Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time…

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May 4, 2021 · 2 min read

We’re Still Holding On

We’re holding on, Tatteh. Listen to the hespedim, listen to the anguished voices as they praise You

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May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

Avraham Daniel Embon, 21, Buenos Aires

When Hashem decided to take Avraham Daniel, we lost a pure neshamah

#16
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May 4, 2021 · 2 min read

Together in Tears     

We are a nation in mourning, a nation united by what we’ve lost

#13
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May 4, 2021 · 5 min read

Just Hold the Pain 

When the pain is unbearable, we know that it’s only Hashem’s existence and mercy that can fill that…

#14
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May 4, 2021 · 4 min read

Moshe Bergman, 22, Manchester

"Only now can I appreciate, when I reflect on the depth of my relationship with my talmid, the…

#15
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May 4, 2021 · 5 min read

Shragee Gestetner, 33, Monsey

If he had an ambition, it was to go bring simchah to as many cholei Yisrael as possible

#12
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May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

Pinchas Menachem Knoblowitz, 22, Boro Park

“He was like a diamond. He was gold”

#10
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May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

Speechless

When a day of glory turns into a day of unspeakable loss, there is only one reaction for…

#11
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 1 min read

45 Worlds

The losses are staggering — so many names, so many faces, so many shattered families and futures

#9
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May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

When I Cried

It struck me that those who perished in Meron gave us a parting gift

#8
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May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

Yossi Kohn, 22, Cleveland

With that joy, Yossi carried people. He lit up classrooms, yeshivos, and the gigantic world of the Mir

#7
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 4 min read

A Place of Tears

Forty years ago I learned the secret of the tears at Kever Rashbi. Now, as we cry together,…

#6
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

No Response

Faced with heartbreaking devastation, even the toughest seasoned first responders found themselves working on autopilot — and then…

#5
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 30 min read

From Across the Oceans

From Montreal and Manchester, Buenos Aires and Teaneck, each of these very different people had made their own…

#4
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May 4, 2021 · 2 min read

Darkness and Light      

The sun can shine while the sky weeps and we as Yidden can do the same

#3
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

I Want to Feel the Love

I glimpse the infinitely unknowable face of G-d and I tremble

#2
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 5 min read

Dovi Steinmetz, 21, Montreal

And if you know Dovi, you know that he will work there, as he did here, to “get…

#1
Issue 859
May 4, 2021 · 3 min read

Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi Joseph 27, Kiryas Joel

He had an urge to utilize every minute, as if he were aware that his journey in This…