From Rags to Knishes: A Quest for Torah Life and Chinuch in Depression-Era America

From Rags to Knishes: A Quest for Torah Life and Chinuch in Depression-Era AmericaHow did one man succeed in keeping his family frum? Yisroel Eliyahu Dubin, known as Ellis, considered himself a simple Jew, but he was determined to send his sons to yeshivah. However, none existed in Philadelphia in 1929, so, leaving behind a comfortable life surrounded by loved ones and a secure job as an upholsterer, he and his family moved to New Yorks Lower East Side. But the Great Depression as well as Elliss commitment to not working on Shabbos

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Once there was a library filled with Jewish books

but sometimes she worries

It covers the שרשים used in תורה

Will Avi discover the best way to cope with his weighty worries

G-d's generous gift to mankind

and veils are lifted as a new normal emerges

אינעם ארמיי פונעם רוסישן צאר

Camp means hikes

Via these first- person accounts

this invaluable guide offers parents a fantastic opportunity to give their children the gift of shemiras halashon - in a thoroughly enjoyable way