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Chayei Sarah: Anything and Everything
So much has happened. The Lech Lecha journey that began with a childless, unknown, and untested Avraham has blossomed into a family, a legacy, and a dynasty. But even as his legacy is...
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Home
The Top Ten Shabbos Board Games
Part I: The Games That Didn’t Make the Cut Like many important communal discussions, this one began at a wedding, between a group of people at a table who had...
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Israel
Islamist Domino Effect On Midterm Mayhem
The sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by hordes of Muslim immigrants and Hamas and Palestinian supporters is no coincidence during midterm election season. While the...
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Food
Gear-Up For A Baby Food Kitchen
While most of my articles serve the great majority of Five Towns readers, this article is dedicated to the youngest members of the community—the babies who are too young to...
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Real Estate
Accessibility Apartments In The Five Towns
There has always been talk about the dearth of available apartments in the Five Towns and whether or not the apartment complexes have updated their amenities to cater to the...
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Israel
Big Change For Foreign Buyers: You May Now Be Able To Borrow 75%
For years, one of the biggest challenges for foreign residents looking to buy property in Israel has been the amount of cash you need to bring to the table. Now,...
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Dating
November 4, 2026
DATING FORUM
Question I’m a single guy who dedicates an extraordinary amount of time and energy to doing chesed for Klal Yisrael. Despite this, several...
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Torah
November 4, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim taking a selfie by the Noam Elimelech Rabbi Chaim standing outside the Rama Shul in Krakow Some things...
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Could 2027 Be the Year Your Dream of Owning a Home in Israel Finally Comes True?
You’ve thought about it. You’ve talked about it. Israel is more than a place you visit; it is your home....
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From the Editor
November 4, 2026
BLUE WAVE/BLOODBATH
This might be a good time to take a break—or at least tone down our addiction to the news and...
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Health / Nutrition
November 3, 2026
When SIBO Keeps Coming Back: A Guide To Healing The Root, Not Just The Symptoms
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a digestive disorder caused by bacterial overgrowth, when excess bacteria ferment food early, which...
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Advice
November 3, 2026
Putting the Market’s Last Few Years In Perspective
Over the last few years, the stock market has had a remarkable run, and every few weeks there seems to...
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Food
November 3, 2026
Dorot Gardens® Frozen Crushed Garlic Cubes Selected As A Good Housekeeping 2027 Kitchen Awards Winner
Sometimes the smallest kitchen innovations make the biggest difference. Dorot Gardens®, a leader in fresh, flash-frozen, pre-portioned garlic and herb...
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Advice
November 3, 2026
Dis-Entitled
Chazal say (Pirkei Avot 3:2) if not for fear of government, there would be anarchy and chaos. Whether we agree with government...
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Torah
November 3, 2026
Good And Bad Envy
As we have seen, the fourth perek of Avot identifies three traits that “take a person out of the world” (4:21). The first of...
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Torah
November 3, 2026
Leadership and Quiet Courage
Israel is in the midst of a collective hangover. The elections have come and gone, and our political system seems...
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Torah
November 3, 2026
Chayei Sarah: Everything
The Rebbe Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, zy’a, was a remarkable tzaddik and mystic, renowned for his Torah genius, righteousness, and charitable ways. He...
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Torah
November 3, 2026
How My Family History Search Turned Into A FOIA Request And A Much Larger Family Tree
Leslie Srolovits today Leslie Srolovits at Camp Kilmer In 2024, when I began researching my family tree, I had no...
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Current Issue
Heard In The Bagel Store November 4, 2026
Changing The World
Sometimes all it takes is one person, one idea, and one extraordinary vision to change the face of an entire nation. Israel’s history is filled with such individuals. Think of David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, and Benjamin Netanyahu. Then there are the Nobel Prize winners, high-tech entrepreneurs, brilliant innovators, and battlefield heroes who have helped transform […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 28, 2026
My Tefillin Adventure
One of the temporary casualties of my mostly unusable right arm is how to get my tefillin on my left arm while in shul each morning. As I mentioned last week, I missed a step in a relative’s house and suffered a hairline fracture of the humerus bone, which is located between the elbow and the shoulder. […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026
Here We Go Again…
After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You see, last Sunday evening at a yahrzeit seudah for my bother Binyomin (his first), I attracted an inordinate amount of unwanted attention which I would have preferred not to. In short, I was walking into another room […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 14, 2026
Could We Live Here?
I’m enamored and intrigued by those Nefesh B’Nefesh ads that appear here on occasion promoting events that encourage and facilitate aliyah, promoting the idea that American Jews should emigrate to Israel. I literally love the idea of moving to Israel, but after spending ten days here on several occasions (I’m not saying that’s my limit), Esta […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 8, 2026
Jerusalem Diary
The streets are crowded—actually, they’re overcrowded unlike anything we’ve ever seen in Jerusalem. The last time I saw anything like this was during Shavuos several years ago when hordes of people began heading to the Kotel at 4 a.m. and earlier. So, this year we split the chag. That is, we were in New York for the first […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 23, 2026
Kosher Strike!
Three young men from the neighborhood decide to buy a bowling alley—no, that’s not the start of some joke. It’s a true story and I met the three people who recently bought Woodmere Lanes at 948 Broadway in Woodmere. And while I haven’t checked with ChatGPT, this might be the first glatt kosher Shomer Shabbosbowling emporium in […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 16, 2026
Four Soldiers
The painting “Four Soldiers” by the artist Chava Roth has been on the front page of the 5TJT issue prior to Rosh Hashanah last year as well as this year. As you may recall, it depicts two IDF soldiers wearing kippahs walking through the Old City alongside two Chassidic men wearing taleisim and shtreimels, and I always imagined it was Rosh Hashanah […]
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Islamist Domino Effect On Midterm Mayhem
The sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by hordes of Muslim immigrants and Hamas and Palestinian…
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Big Change For Foreign Buyers: You May Now Be Able To Borrow 75%
For years, one of the biggest challenges for foreign residents looking to buy property in Israel has been the amount…
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Israel
November 4, 2026
Could 2027 Be the Year Your Dream of Owning a Home in Israel Finally Comes True?
You’ve thought about it. You’ve talked about it. Israel is more than a place you visit; it is your home.…
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Israel
November 2, 2026
Jerusalem Is Building: What American Buyers Should Know Before Buying a Home
www.jhomes.co.il New construction, urban renewal and major transportation projects are changing Jerusalem’s residential landscape. For American Jewish families considering a…
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Israel
October 28, 2026
As The Midterms Approach, So Does The Islamist Domino Effect
With the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, the sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by…
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Israel
October 21, 2026
Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today
I’ve just spent a week in America, speaking to people about buying property in Israel, and I came away thinking…
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Israel
September 9, 2026
Buying New Construction In Israel? Why Tivuch Shelly Is The Name Buyers Trust
For decades, buyers looking for property in Israel have turned to Tivuch Shelly Real Estate, not simply to find a…
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Israel
September 2, 2026
More Than 1,100 North American Olim Make Aliyah This August, Marking Record Month of Aliyah
Credit Sivan Shachor More than 1,100 North American olim have made aliyah in August, marking a record-breaking month of aliyah. Last week, close to 100 olim arrived…
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