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Take a Day Off: How Shabbos Forced Me to Turn Off, Have Family Time and Get a Fresh Start Each Week
By Zalmi Duchman — 2015
When I launched my company, The Fresh Diet , in 2005, I had a unique problem to solve: my business required my attention seven days per week, but my religion required me to take a day of rest.
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