“The Little Lantern”

circa 1909


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	“The Little Lantern” circa 1909
Efraim Steinmetz is a businessman from Caracas, Venezuela. He and his wife came to the Rebbe with concerns about their children’s Jewish education. The Rebbe answered with a story from his own childhood. (4:24)
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