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What the 18Forty Team is Reading After the Holidays

JL;DR SUMMARY After Sukkot in Israel, known as acharei hachagim, life resumes its routine, shedding the festive chaos for the calming consistency of daily patterns. 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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Rebbe NachmanShabbatJewish WomenEmpathyJ.R.R. TolkienReadingBooks18fortyEveryday LifeAcharei Hachagim

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"The period following Sukkot is known, at least here in Israel, as the dreaded acharei hachagimafter the holidays."

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