The famed Yiddish theater and television star Fyvush Finkel performs a blessing and cuts a loaf of challah in New York

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(L-R) Ernest Wachtel, grandfather, Josh Lebewohl, Fyvush Finkel, and Jack Lebewohl. The famed Yiddish theater and television star Fyvush Finkel performs a blessing and cuts a loaf of challah at the opening of the 2nd Avenue Deli branch on the Upper East Side of New York on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. The new restaurant, carrying on the tradition of enormous portions of culturally Jewish deli food, is run by the late founder, Abe Lebewohl's nephews, Jeremy and Josh Lebewohl. (© Richard B. Levine)

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