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The Soapbox
Jackson Down, Many More to Go  
Rabbi Avi Schnall
The Rose Report
Bracing for Post-Netanyahu Upheaval
Binyamin Rose
Battle Bigotry at the Ballot Box  
Avi Greenstein
The Beat
Beware LinkedIn, Playground of Spies
Mishpacha Staff
In the Arms of Rabi Shimon
In The Arms of Rabi Shimon
Mishpacha Contributors
A Better You
A Better You
Water On a Rock
There’s a powerful chinuch message in the story of Rabi Akiva
Family First Contributors
Family First Feature
Choose Life    
I was engaged when I discovered that I was a carrier of the BRCA gene
Erin Stiebel
A Different Way
When there’s “another way,” no matter how hard — Rav Mattisyahu Salomon showed us that’s the road to take
Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
Family First Feature
In My Parents Home
Rav Chaim Ozer calmly said, “Go to America, Reb Avrohom, and ratevet, save as many people as you can”
Mina Englander
The Current
Firewall under fire
As Israeli-made offensive cyber-tech from the NSO Group is revealed to have targeted world leaders, will Israel’s own edge be blunted by foreign-sales restrictions?
Eliezer Shulman
A Few Minutes With
A Few Minutes with Shlomo Toaff, Head of the Iron Dome Directorate
"Iron Dome was something that people thought was impossible"
Gedalia Guttentag
The Current
Unintended Targets
"Trump’s tariff wars hit e-commerce hard — and sellers are scrambling to adapt"
Rafael Hoffman
Software Savvy
Software Savvy: Part 25
Empower your business with smart software choices
Yossi Brieger with Esther Kutz
Sit Down Comedy and Asher Yatzar | Take 2 with Yossi Hecht
How can you keep smiling when tragedy strikes… twice?
Yisroel Besser
Feature Videos
Soft Yesses and Blocked Numbers | Take Rabbi Tzadok Katz, Rabbi Meir Levi & Rabbi Shlomo Lewenstein
When your work puts you inside some of the most sensitive situations in our community, how can you keep from burning out?
Yisroel Besser
Recipes
Blooming Onion
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Faigy Grossmann
Recipes
Chanukah Roast
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Brynie Greisman
Sefiras Ha'Omer
Fundamentals
A Tale of Two Voices
On Pesach, Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim. During Sefiras Ha’omer, we take Mitzrayim out of us
Miriam Kosman
Parshah
Parshas Emor, 5785
Counting of the Omer mustn’t only be quantitatively complete, but also qualitatively complete
Faigy Peritzman
Chair
Expert Eye
Upholstery Check
How to choose fabrics for your home
Zisi Naimark
Plant by a window
Family Living
Houseplants for Beginners
Keeping houseplants is not a talent but a skill that can be learned
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
Feature Videos
WATCH! Stardust in Seagate
The next chapter of Yossi Green's musical journey!
Yisroel Besser
Feature Videos
Take 2 with Rabbi YY Jacobson
Yisroel Besser
Padlocks
Halachah
Top Secret
When is it okay to tell and when is it not?
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
LifeLines
New Brother, Old Brother
The brother we knew was never coming back
C. Saphir
Web Exclusive
Echoes From Lublin
Close to a century later, we're still singing the songs of a visionary scholar, builder, and leader.
EndNote
Still Coming Out of Mitzrayim
"Whenever Pharaoh knocks at my door, I sing the song to remind myself that I’ve got a little bit of Moses in me, too”
Riki Goldstein
Club Jr.
Club Jr. Episode 15: Season Finale!
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Jr. Contributors
Club Jr.
Club Jr. Special! A Trip to Beit Shemesh
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Jr. Contributors
Halachah
Which Bin?
Keep, toss, save, sell: A Pesach cleaning primer
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Magazine Feature
Not Giving Up on Uman 
Can thousands of Breslovers fuse spirituality with safety in the heart of Ukraine?
Ben Horodenker
Incredible Lab
Make your own tornado tube with Yochanan Ghoori!
Watch Yochanan Ghoori's homemade tornado!
Yochanan Ghoori
Incredible Lab
Make Your Own Tornado Tube!
Use colored Chanukah oil and some spinning power to create your own tornado vortex
Yochanan Ghoori
Fiction
The Anti-MILC Society
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Gila Arnold
Fiction
Out of Sorts
Tamar's life felt all wrong. Did the Sorting Sheitel make a mistake?
Gila Arnold
The Day After
Adjusting to The Day After: Chinuch
An expert panel featuring Rabbi Menachem Karmel, Rabbi Zvi Bender and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld, moderated by Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan WATCH / LISTEN TO THE PANEL HERE
Mishpacha Contributors
The Day After
Adjusting to The Day After: Children's Tech
An expert panel featuring Rabbi David Ozeri, Dr. Eli Shapiro, and Mrs. Aliza Feder, moderated by Mr. Alex Paskie WATCH / LISTEN TO THE PANEL HERE
Mishpacha Contributors
Sefiras Ha'Omer
Fundamentals
A Tale of Two Voices
On Pesach, Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim. During Sefiras Ha’omer, we take Mitzrayim out of us
Miriam Kosman
A Better You
A Better You
Water On a Rock
There’s a powerful chinuch message in the story of Rabi Akiva
Family First Contributors
On Site
WATCH: Live in Caesarea
Watch: Follow Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz on a virtual tour around the sites at Caesarea!
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Feature Videos
WATCH: On Site Live in Tzippori!
Follow Rabbi Schwartz around Tzipori and hear the amazing stories from the time of the mishna and gemara
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
bonfire
Deal or No Deal
Are you a Lag B’omer person?
"It’s a very powerful day and people are zocheh to tremendous nissim if they channel it"
Inbox
Family First Inbox
Inbox
"I always enjoy reading Sarah Chana Radcliffe’s columns. This time though, I was really taken aback"
Family First Readers
Connections
Connections
Performance Pressure
How can I stop worrying I’m going to fail at my new job?
Sarah Chana Radcliffe M. Ed. C. Psych.
A Better You
A Better You
Water On a Rock
There’s a powerful chinuch message in the story of Rabi Akiva
Family First Contributors
Reel Chronicles
Lipa's Super Seder Takeover
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Money Talks
Watch! Money Talks with Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Hands on Steering Wheel
Great Reads: Second Guessing
Carpool Conundrum
It's just a carpool. Do we need to be married to it?
Ariella Schiller
Musings
Forever Special Children 
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Brochie Wolfson
For the Record
Signed in Knyszyn, Sealed in Eternity
"A forgotten postcard from 1935 Knyszyn helped shape the future of Torah in America"
Dovid Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
The Long Gray Line Ends in Israel
An unexpected surprise awaits the casual visitor: the Jewish grave of the only officer in the entire cemetery who died fighting under another nation’s flag
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Family First Feature
Unleash Your Inner Artist
Here are step-by-step instructions to bring paint night to your home
Sarah Esral
Game On!
Long Drives, Late Nights, Lots of Laughs  
You can pull out an old game from the basement — but why not play one of these creative, curated games for even more fun?
Chanie Nayman
Fundamentals
Flashback: Fundamentals, Issue 760
On Succos, we're here because we want to be
Miriam Kosman
Flashback
Flashback: Lifetakes — Chasing Clarity, Issue 759       
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Toby Schorr
The Moment
Overheard: Issue 876
"What does Hashem want from us? He doesn’t want from us. He wants us"
Mishpacha Staff
The Moment
No Worries
"He looks like he did ten years ago and twenty years ago too…”
Mishpacha Staff
Magazine Feature
Turkish Trail Mix
Mile by mile, tweet by tweet, Rabbi Mendy Chitrik traipses through Turkey on the ultimate back-to-roots Jewish journey
Yochonon Donn
On Site
The Hills Are Alive
Sometimes to have a great trip, all you need is a Tanach
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Feature Videos
Sanhedrin Stopovers: Rabi Yehuda ben Bava's Kever
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Feature Videos
Sanhedrin Stopovers: Shefaram Synagogue
Lag B’Omer evening, 5781. After a year of lockdowns and loss, distance and division, it was finally time to rejoice — together — on the mountaintop magnet of eternal promises and salvation. And so we came by the tens of thousands to Rabi Shimon. There, at his gravesite, we would shake off a year of
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
TLC Talks
How can I, as a parent, best advocate for my son's therapy?
"Parents who hope to positively impact their children’s chinuch must build a strong foundation and collaborative relationship with the mechanchim"
Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld
Counter Point
All Our Children: The conversation continues
"When parents stop sacrificing their children upon the altars of self-image, we will have students who feel valued by, and love for, the systems they are in"
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The Pain is Unfathomable
I think about our family’s horrific experience, multiplied by 45, and the ripple effects felt around the world — and I know that no human can truly comprehend this, ever
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Death by WhatsApp 
Can we stem our urge to spread tragic news?
Hadas Afik
Metro & Beyond
Beating the Eviction Freeze
“This was the most important brief I ever filed in my career, and I was given 24 hours to draft and file it”
Yochonon Donn
The Current
The Tiktok Intifada   
TikTok isn’t the only digital media platform to have attracted the attention of Arab youth across the world
Lt. Col. (Res.) Yaakov Sabag
The Soapbox
Should The US Enact Strong Gun Control Measures?    
The US continues to transfix the world with its gun violence epidemic
Mishpacha Staff