Editor’s note: This was a drasha delivered by Rabbi Schiowitz at Teaneck’s Congregation Shaare Tefillah on Shabbat, August 19.  I would like to begin with

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Over Kashrut of Contemporary Toothpaste May this special post be an ilui neshama (merit for the soul) of my dear mother, Mrs. Joan Maybruch, Yocheved

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Last week I had quite an unusual experience, which fortunately I was able to laugh about. The alternative would have been to cry, and I