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is a beautiful collection of over twenty real-life stories of people who faced challenges yet managed to overcome them

he wends his way through the major Jewish communities of Europe

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The Making of a Minhag sw-com When you come to aThe Jewish year is filled with all types of minhagim. Did you ever wonder what the source, requirement, and obligation of these classical seasonal customs are? For example: Do you have to dip an apple in honey on Rosh HaShanah? What is the source and reason for masquerading on Purim? What is Lag BaOmer all about? How much do I really have to clean for Pesach? What are the limits on traveling during the Nine Days? In The Making of a Minhag, these