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The video of Bibi Shapiro singing "Avinu Malkeinu" was played online during Yom Kippur services at New York's Central Synagogue. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Bibi Shapiro, the ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ kid, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl invited the 6-year-old viral sensation to join via video.

Former US Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump clashed during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 29, 2020. (Jim Watson, Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images)

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