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I Chose Shabbat Over a Rocket Launch
The Last Time I Drove on Shabbat
Spending Shabbat in the ER
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My Snowy Walk to Shul During the Blizzard of 2016
The Rebbe Inspired Me to Turn Down the Job
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Baseball on the Day of Atonement
One More Light
The New Year's Card
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It Should Again See Light
A Pair of Tefillin for Sandy Koufax
Kosher For Passover
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The Cabdriver
The Bulkhead
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Stories of the Holocaust
Stories of the Holocaust
Separated by the Holocaust, a Family Reunites
Ani Ma'amin
Leaviing Haditch: How I Survived the Nazi Killing Fields in Ukraine
How the 'Silver Torah' Survived the Nazis
How Our Family Escaped the Nazis
A Holocaust Chanukah Miracle
All She Remembered Was Her Name
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A Chabad Friendship Saved My Life
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My Life Was Saved by the Tefillin I Gave Away
Why Did Moshe Buy a Stroller?
Coma
The Seventh Year
Zeida
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Stories of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Stories of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
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The Stroke of a Pen
To Know and To Care Vol. 1
To Know and To Care Vol. 2
"The Rebbe Said"
A History Lesson
A Jew in Brooklyn
An Irish Kid with a Jewish Name
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Stories on Return
Stories on Return
How I Met My Jewish Self in a Temple in Bhutan
What Is the Secret of Chabad?
A Jew in a Jeep
A Mezuzah for Mama
Yisroel
Schreiber the Jew
An Emotional Wedding
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Stories in the Soviet Union
Under Soviet Rule
In Modern Times
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Stranded Because of a Canceled Flight … and Finding Community
A Random Door in Jerusalem
At the Western Wall
Road Work
The Holy Beggars of Safed
Check Out My Room
The Home Builder
Stories that Inspire
Stories that Inspire
Overcoming My Fear and Doing a Mitzvah for Our Hostages
The Empowering Legacy of a Young Athlete
Alone in the Cemetery Behind the Motel
A Birthday Present from Above
The 96-Year-Old Survivor Who Did a Last (and First) Mitzvah
The Story of Sam, Who Gives Out Blue Bracelets and Bike Helmets
Would You Give Your Car to a Stranger?
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Stories from Professor Greene, NASA Scientist
By Velvl Greene
What Happens When a Plant Grows in Orbit
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The Rebbe Encouraged Looking for Life on Mars
Jewish Education and Space Flight
What Is Life Anyway?
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A Matter of Importance
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