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Of Black Shoes & Poor Cellphone Reception: Every Jew can Grow on the 17th of Tammuz (and throughout the 3 Weeks)

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shared at the close of Shiva Asar be-Tammuz; rooted in Rav Chaim Friedlander's Sifsei Chaim (Moadim vol. 3, p. 294)

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