Eishes Chayil





Eishes Chayil

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Eishes Chayil is a pseudonym for a descendant of some of the main founders and leaders of Chassidut in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Poland. She was raised in a world of Chassidic schools, synagogues, and summer camps. She works as a journalist for two international orthodox papers located in Brooklyn, New York.


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“Sometimes we build such high walls for protection that we forget that our greatest enemy can grow from within.”
Eishes Chayil, Hush

“Can the dead hear our prayers? When the words come floating up, do they go straight to God's sacred domain, or does all of heaven know our desperation?”
Eishes Chayil, Hush

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