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  • The bar mitzvah cake at the bar mitzvah, 1965.(Courtesy of the author)
    The bar mitzvah cake at the bar mitzvah, 1965.(Courtesy of the author)
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    Throwing Out the Ten Commandments—the Ones That Once Sat Atop My Cake

    I found a memento from my bar mitzvah in my parents’ house. Was it finally time to let go of the past, or was it worth keeping?

    byLeonard Felson
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