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Bais Chana is my Manna.
Bais Chana gets me through life and makes me better equipped to help those around me. I haven't been able to attend a retreat in almost 2 years, but I still use the things I learned there in my everyday life on a regular basis.

Just the other day, I experienced a really powerful example of this. Someone that I'm not particularly close with e-mailed me when a good friend of hers committed suicide. She was totally at a loss, she didn't know what to think or feel, and she didn't know how to find any comfort in Judaism- she was only hearing about seemingly harsh halachas. At first, I didn't know what to say. But then I remembered that Rabbi Manis Friedman had briefly spoken about this at the retreat I'd been at, so I rushed to find my notebook and sent her what he'd said. It really helped her in an intense way. We're closer now because of that incident, and have been corresponding on a regular basis ever since.

My memories of my time at Bais Chana are incredible ones that I cherish now. Writing this review is serving as a reminder that I need to get back there, asap. There is not doubt in my mind that I am a stronger and more capable woman and Jew because of the programs that I've had the good fortune to be able to attend.

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