הוּא (שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק) הָיָה אוֹמֵר, עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד, עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים. (א:ב) He (Shimon Hatzadik) would say: The world
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to It happened the Tuesday before Shavuot in Petach Tikvah. A 30 year old man, the father of three, Reb Shmuel Katzenelbogen, was seriously injured
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