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Stories & Memories of Rabbi Yudi Dukes

By: Altie Seigel January 31

What a beautiful smile and a beautiful person

I encountered Yudi once, when he read Magilla in a shul in Crown Heights. I thought he was a classmate from Toronto's brother but later realized the name is spelled differently. ...

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By: Shaina Wolff-Greene January 31

For yisroel in honor of your tatty

A screenshot of an Instagram post I wrote in honor of Yudi. Yisroel, I hope hashem gives you the strength you need during this time. I hope this message can bring a smile to your sweet face. Love your 3-year-old morah. Shaina Greene (Wolff)

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By: Rabbi Chaim Levi Goldstein January 28

Yudi's great work

Five (or more) years ago I was commissioned by Yudi to teach Tanya to yid you in Flatbush named ...

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By: Amy January 27

Jnet Opening Doors to Return

I joined Jnet in the summer of 2017 at the suggestion of a friend who introduced me to the chayenu newsletter and encouraged me to sign up and learn after I started lighting Shabbat candles again from the tea lights I received every Friday morning...

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By: Daniela Gaulan January 27

i don't know you ,I even don't know what Shelichot he did

Hello my mother tongue is Hebrew I live in Israel . ...

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By: E. R. January 27

Impact by Osmosis

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By: Dr. Jim Reynolds January 27

How Yudi touched my life

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By: Malka Forshner January 27

I've know Yudi Dukes for a loooong time...

About forty years ago, a rather newlywed Ba'al teshuva lady, just about due with her first child, wanted to sleep over at our "single girls" Ba'al teshuva apartment on Eastern Parkway. in Crown Heights. She was living in Morristown, NJ. but needed...

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By: Rachel Samuels January 27

Shabbos

I will never forget meeting Sarah almost 10 years ago at a music group in Crown Heights. We went on to enjoy many different gatherings together, some of them beautiful Shabbos meals at her home. I’ll never forget what a gentle, sweet father Yudi...

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By: Noah Goldman January 27

Pray Before Israel

I made a mistake. In the summer of 2019, I was to go to Israel with Birthright but I needed to get from Charlotte to New York. I had my flight to New York but a DAY EARLIER than I needed it. I reached out to Sarah Dukes asking if she knew of any...

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