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This morning, after shacharit, while walking to the makolet to pick up challot for Shabbat, I saw a mother cat lying on the side of the path surrounded by four or five really small, newborn kittens. As I approached, she stirred herself, and the tiny kittens quickly and nervously scattered. Instinct. Nature.
