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    Paying it Forward—With Chocolate

    An East Village confectionery has a ‘Mitzvah Wall,’ where people buy sweets for strangers who are having a hard time in life

    byMiranda Cooper
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    The Shock of Recognition

    As the ‘Daf Yomi’ cycle returns to a familiar anecdote about a camel causing a fire, it reveals the Talmud’s complex web of interlaced elements as more than a compendium of laws

    byAdam Kirsch
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    How a Purim Treat Turned Into a Purim Chore—and Finally a Source of Joy

    We publish a comic holiday newsletter for our friends. Recently it started to feel like work, until I learned the meaning of ‘mitzvah.’

    byRebecca Klempner
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    George Washington’s Mitzvah

    When to stand up, according to Washington, Obama, and the Talmud

    bySara Ivry
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    Strangers on the Sofa

    Hosting women about to have an abortion is the most direct, intimate mitzvah I’ve ever had the privilege to perform.

    byLynn Harris
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