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Tamar & Gidon Ben Tzvi: 10 Years. 11 IVF Retrievals. 6 Miscarriages... Then a Miracle (opens the original)
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Ten years. Eleven IVF retrievals. Sixteen transfers. Six miscarriages. For a decade the answer was always no, and Tamar and Gidon Ben Tzvi never stopped holding on to each other and to Hashem. This is what waiting really looks like, and what it looks like when the wait finally ends. Please note: this conversation is intended for adults. Tamar and Gidon speak very openly about their infertility journey. IG: https://www.instagram.com/talesoftamar ✬ SPONSORS ✬ ► ATIME: You Are Not Alone ATIME was t
R' Mordachei Machlis: Feeding 470,000+ Strangers in My Jerusalem Home (opens the original)
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What happens when you open your front door and just never close it? For over 40 years, Rabbi Mordechai Machlis and his late wife Henny hosted Shabbos in Jerusalem for anyone who walked in. No invitations. No RSVPs. Forty years of Shabbosim plus every Yom Tov adds up to well over half a million meals, served to everyone from homeless men to the Archbishop of Canterbury. This is the story of the most open house in Jerusalem. Learn more and support the work: machlis.org ✬ SPONSORS ✬ ► Jwed: Find Yo
Rebetzin Sara Rigler: She Was a Hindu Nun for 15 Years Until a Rav Asked Her Real Name (opens the original)
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Rebbetzin Sara Yocheved Rigler spent 15 years living in an ashram. She meditated three times a day, taught Vedanta & Hindu philosophy, and served as personal secretary to the guru. She went east searching for God. Then one conversation with an Orthodox rabbi turned her whole world upside down. 8 months later, she was studying Torah in Jerusalem. Today she is one of the most widely read Jewish authors alive and a world class Torah teacher. We spoke about those 15 years in the ashram, a life alter
R' Yehoshua Zweig: We Went on a Family Vacation. We Came Home Without Our Children. (opens the original)
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This summer, Rabbi Yehoshua & Hadassa Zweig faced an unimaginable tragedy. After a terrible accident on Lake Michigan, their daughter Chana Malka and son Yosef both fought for their lives, but tragically, neither survived. R’ Yehoshua shares their story and somehow finds the strength to speak about grief, faith, who his children were, and the lessons they left behind. ✬ SPONSORS ✬ ► Colel Chabad: Start Your Tzedakah Streak The Colel Chabad Pushka App makes giving tzedakah every day incredibly si
R' Ken Spiro: Why They Really Hate Jews (opens the original)
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