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Chaim Zalman and his best friend Kalman are back again!
\nThis time, the boys are studying hard for their first test of the new school year. But while Chaim Zalman finds learning easy, for Kalman it?s a struggle.
\nYet Kalman doesn?t give up. With his friend?s help and encouragement, Kalman reviews what they learned and keeps trying to do well.
\nThat?s when Rebbi teaches the boys an all-important lesson about how Torah learning works!
\n?To always get it right is not our life?s mission.
\nHashem wants us to do our best with the heads we were given.?
\nAn adorable book, with a Torah-true message to match!
\nBy Chaya Fuchs<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chaim Zalman and his best friend Kalman are back again!
\nThis time, the boys are studying hard for their first test of the new school year. But while Chaim Zalman finds learning easy, for Kalman it?s a struggle.
\nYet Kalman doesn?t give up. With his friend?s help and encouragement, Kalman reviews what they learned and keeps trying to do well.
\nThat?s when Rebbi teaches the boys an all-important lesson about how Torah learning works!
\n?To always get it right is not our life?s mission.
\nHashem wants us to do our best with the heads we were given.?
\nAn adorable book, with a Torah-true message to match!
\nBy Chaya Fuchs
Chaim Zalman and his best friend Kalman are back again!
\nThis time, the boys are studying hard for their first test of the new school year. But while Chaim Zalman finds learning easy, for Kalman it?s a struggle.
\nYet Kalman doesn?t give up. With his friend?s help and encouragement, Kalman reviews what they learned and keeps trying to do well.
\nThat?s when Rebbi teaches the boys an all-important lesson about how Torah learning works!
\n?To always get it right is not our life?s mission.
\nHashem wants us to do our best with the heads we were given.?
\nAn adorable book, with a Torah-true message to match!
\nBy Chaya Fuchs<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2342713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[476,475,460],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-792065","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-children-children-teens-english","product_cat-children-teens-english","product_cat-english","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nChaim Zalman & His Best Friend Kalman Make the Grade - \u05e9\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05e1 \u2022 Shanky's<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shankysjudaica.com\/en\/product\/chaim-zalman-his-best-friend-kalman-make-the-grade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chaim Zalman & His Best Friend Kalman Make the Grade - \u05e9\u05e0\u05e7\u05d9\u05e1 \u2022 Shanky's\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chaim Zalman and his best friend Kalman are back again! 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