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Gathering Sparks in Colorado

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr shares a heartwarming story from a Bais Yaakov summer camp tour in Colorado, where a chance encounter with a couple in the process of converting to Judaism led to a profound Shabbat experience. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JudaismShabbatCommunityConversionMiracleBais YaakovSummer CampColoradoJewish JourneyRebbetzin Esther Jungreis

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Colorado, United States
"touring the entire state of Colorado with about 50 other Bais Yaakov girls."

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