“He Who gives snow like fleece, He scatters frost like ashes. He hurls His ice like crumbs. Before his cold who can stand? He issues

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They had been waiting outside the classroom for over 20 minutes. They could see the parents that were huddled with Rabbi Jacobs by his desk, deep in

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