On Sunday evening, August 25, I joined neighborhood families for the annual Stahler Orchestra Music-A-Thon, now in its seventh year. The program attracted many locals who enjoyed a performance of classic Jewish tunes in the Hershkowitz family backyard on 68th Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills. As of this
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The Gemara cites a beraita (Bava Metsia 75b)1: Ribbi Shimon ben Yochai says that greeting someone who lent you money2, if