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JL;DR SUMMARY The tragic loss of four young men in Lakewood has left the community in shock, as they gather to honor their memories and the virtues of simchas hachayim, emes, and chesed that they embodied. 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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Simchas HachayimCommunityChesedReflectionGriefLakewoodTragedyYomim NoraimEmes

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Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
"The atmosphere at four consecutive levayos in Lakewood on Sunday was a mixture of agony and shock."
South Fallsburg, New York, United States
"The niftarim are Yaakov Kilberg, Aharon Nosson Lebovitz, and Shloimy Cohen from Lakewood; and Chaim Simcha Grossman of South Fallsburg."

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