About a year and a half ago I returned to the elementary school I attended, Yavneh Academy, to work as a substitute teacher. I found

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Part II We at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, were privileged to receive a gift of both Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam’s tefillin