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The grocery owner gave a yeshivah bachur a discount and a few encouraging words &#8212; and changed a life.<br \/>\nWhat a Story!<br \/>\nIn one enthralling story after another, Rabbi Yechiel Spero enlightens us, touching our hearts, opening our eyes, invigorating our neshamos. He finds untold determination in the steaming buildings of wartime Shanghai and breathtaking hashgachah pratis on a Haifa street.<br \/>\nIn these pages you will meet amazing people and read about fascinating and unexpected events. You\u2019ll discover hope, courage, and faith.<br \/>\nAnd as you finish reading each tale, you\u2019ll feel proud to be a Yid and wowed by the love of a Heavenly Father for his children .\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What heroism! For six years, a courageous mother hid fourteen Jews in the home of a kind Polish non-Jewish doctor &#8212; directly opposite Gestapo headquarters &#8230; What perseverance! He was a boy at the bottom third of his class. 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