by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman Since 1999, the name Nevaeh (pronounced nah-VAY-uh) has become the 70th most post popular name for girls in the United States. Its meteoric rise in the charts is unprecedented, showing up only in 2001 as No. 266. Today there are some 4,457 newborns who have been given the name, according to
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by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman He who does not study the past is condemned to repeat it, said Santayana. And he who does study it, we might add, are condemned to regret it. Recent studies of the real Columbus behind the myth have exposed the brave voyager as a wayward navigator, an indefatigable opportunist, and a
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