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Tag Archives: Brooklyn
Leah Kleim Pictures
Here are the more tznious ones: Me pregnant with my first baby, at Astroland. Me and my sister Rivka Devora Kleim in camp Emunah. Me at 18 sucking down a 40 in Crown Heights. Me and my sister Rivka Devorah … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 years, astroland, botanical gardens, Brooklyn, brooklyn botanical gardens, camp emunah, cousin rachel, Crown Heights, gaby, parents
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Beit Shemesh Extremist Rabbi Shabsi Wigder Extremely Ill
This announcement in Hebrew asks for your prayers. Wigder is not from the Karlin Stolin sect. (They are moderates, politically and religiously speaking.) Bleich, his son-in-law, is from that sect. Wigder hung around Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, who was the Rosh … Continue reading
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Tagged azman, boarding school, Brooklyn, chesed, chicago illinois, chief rabbi, chief rabbis, dov, extremist, hebrew, jewish city, jewish day school, jewish orphanage, jewish revival, JTA, karlin, lubavitch, magazine focus, magen avot, prayers, predilections, rabbi bleich, rabbi shlomo, rabbinical ordination, rabbinical studies, religious organizations, rosh hayeshiva, semicha, social services network, stolin, ukraine, ukrainian community, welfare society, wikipedia, yakov
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I’m Finetuning My Cam Description
Currently it is: "Are you a sinner in need of G-d’s grace? I’m Luke Ford and I want to be Your Moral Leader! Watch me wrap tefillin, study Torah and engineer sweeping moral change. I write the website Lukeford.net and … Continue reading
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Tagged Acupuncture, acupuncturists, Brooklyn, dogs, dumb questions, Emma, engineer, faith healing, false prophet, Google, healer, how do you mend a broken heart, love song, luke ford, money, moral leader, nbsp, needles, porner, self belief, shiksas, sinner, superstition, tefillin, Torah
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Chabad Politics
Satmarer Chosid emails: There are three elected rabbiin the Chabad community in Crown Heights Brooklyn. Traditionally every year the three rabbis shared the "business" of selling the Chometz where the community members give money to the rabbi as a service … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, chometz, cli, community members, congregation lubavitch, court of appeals, Crown Heights, farbrengen, jealousy, merkos, money, nbsp, rabbi, Rabbis, reply, schwei
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658 Montgomery Street. 1K Brooklyn, NY 11225 Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5765 To whom it may concern; Recently a book was published with the title “Comrade: a gripping story of self-sacrifice and kiddush hashem” by Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser ????"?. After an … Continue reading
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Tagged brainchild, Brooklyn, compilation, comrade, countless requests, family members, farbrengen, forgery, inquiries, kiddush hashem, lubavitcher rebbe, manuscript, rabbi dovid goldwasser, relatives, revisio, rosh chodesh, self sacrifice, sentences, to tell the truth, utter dismay
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