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GPARENCY Commits $100K Minimum to 50 New Mortgage Broker Positions No Experience Required Aliza Kesserman Following a recent spike in growth, GPARENCY, founded in the Lakewood area and now spanning the nation, is expediting the process of hiring 50 new mortgage brokers. The company has seen rapid success since its launch, averaging a new contract […]
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A Roundtable on Chinuch Habanos from Primary through Seminary Elisheva Braun It’s the season of crisp uniforms and patent leather shoes, of ribbons and headbands and brand-new four-inch loose-leafs. Teachers, parents, and students of all ages are preparing for the new school year. No one is immune to the giddy nerves that permeate the still-hot […]
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Recipe, styling, and photography by Mirel Freylich With their intense flavor, these nuggets are sure to be a hit! Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: Nuggets: ¾ cup flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ cup water 1 tablespoon sugar 6 frozen garlic cubes 2 teaspoons basil 2 lbs. chicken nuggets Oil for frying Dipping sauce: ¼ cup […]
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Caramel is my favorite flavor of ice cream, so I decided to build a sundae around it. The best part is the crunch from the caramel popcorn. Yield: 2 servings Ingredients: 3 scoops vanilla ice cream Dairy caramel syrup ½ bar Ice Coffee chocolate ½ cup caramel popcorn Whipped cream 2 cappuccino-flavored wafer rolls Directions: […]
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For the love of kedushah The parshah includes the warning to avoid erasure of the Name of Hashem (see Rashi, Devarim 12:4). Rav Nachum Weidenfeld, rav of Dombrov, was presented with a painful halachic question by a man who was about to be hospitalized for treatment of a highly contagious infectious disease. He hoped to […]
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Meir Kass Petirah of Rav Shalom Cohen zt”l Rav Shalom Cohen, famed rosh yeshivah of Yeshivat Porat Yosef and nasi of the Shas Party’s Moetzes Chachmei HaTorah, was niftar on Sunday at the age of 91. R’ Shalom, born in 1931, was one of eight children of the mekubal Rav Ephraim HaKohen, who was a […]
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Lakewood Poskim and Rabbanim Seek to End a Spiraling Rental Crisis Elisheva Braun “My landlord just informed me that he is raising the rent by fifteen percent. Do I have to pay the increase?” “My tenants, who have been living in my basement for years at the same rental rate, are paying hundreds of dollars […]
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This tasty and easy French bread is delicious fresh out of the oven with dipping oil but can also easily serve as sandwich bread for a picnic or lunch on the go. Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients: Bread: 1¾ cups warm water 2 envelopes active dry yeast (4½ teaspoons) 1½ tablespoons oil 2¼ teaspoons salt 5½ […]
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Back to School How to Save Big on School Supplies Sefarim Capital Seforim is a great place to look for sefarim on the supply list. Sometimes, you can even find used sefarim that are already bound, saving binding fees and protecting the sefarim for the year. School supplies Stores such as Walgreens, Staples, Office Depot, […]
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Gematria Is Not a Game The Midrash tells us that Moshe davened 515 tefillos to be allowed to enter Eretz Yisrael, totaling the gematria of the word va’eschanan. How does the Midrash know that the number of tefillos equaled that particular word? The Pnei Yehoshua (Brachos 32a) explains that the gematria is not the Midrash’s […]
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