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Inbox: Issue 864
Mishpacha Readers
Perspective
A Postwar Debriefing
Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder
Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 745
Family First Readers
The Soapbox
Kippah Wearing in America, an Extreme Sport 
Gedalia Guttentag
Inbox
Inbox: Issue 863
Mishpacha Readers
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
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
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
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
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
The Current
Unintended Targets
"Trump’s tariff wars hit e-commerce hard — and sellers are scrambling to adapt"
Rafael Hoffman
Hostage Poster
News Feature
House and Home
Rep. Josh Gottheimer's battle to bring Idan Alexander Back
Yitzchok Landa
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
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
Fiction
The Anti-MILC Society
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Gila Arnold
Fiction
Out of Sorts
Tamar's life felt all wrong. Did the Sorting Sheitel make a mistake?
Gila Arnold
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
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
Fundamentals
Flashback: Fundamentals, Issue 760
On Succos, we're here because we want to be
Miriam Kosman
Flashback
Flashback: Lifetakes — Chasing Clarity, Issue 759       
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Toby Schorr
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
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
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
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
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
Recipes
Quick Dough Dinner
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Rena Tuchinsky
Recipes
Charcuterie Ring
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Kosher.com
Club Jr.
Club Jr. Episode 15: Season Finale!
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Jr. Contributors
Club Jr.
Club Jr. Special! A Trip to Beit Shemesh
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Jr. Contributors
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 
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Brochie Wolfson
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
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
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
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
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
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"
Mishpacha Readers
Feature Videos
Sanhedrin Stopovers: Rabi Yehuda ben Bava's Kever
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Feature Videos
Sanhedrin Stopovers: Shefaram Synagogue
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Reel Chronicles
Lipa's Super Seder Takeover
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
Money Talks
Watch! Money Talks with Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
"If you’re in a position to have a not-yet-frum Shabbos guest or two for a Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, just do it"       How to React? [From Gaza with Hate / Issue 862] Thank you for Gedalia Guttentag’s excellent — and terrifying — exploration of the anti-Semitism that has metastasized as Israel defended itself
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Politics and Policy, the Next 100 Days
With Covid still rampant across much of the world, a Mideast flare-up, and progressive politics dominant in the US, what’s on in the next 100 days?
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Text Messages
Step Up and Be Counted
If this survey includes people who aren’t actually Jewish, it also excludes people who are
Eytan Kobre
Perspective
The Road Not Taken  
How would we have grown living the kind of spiritually permeated life that can only exist in Israel?
Alexandra Fleksher
Dialogue
A Time to Be Silent, a Time to Speak Out
Blame has no place among believing Jews. But responsibility does
Eliyahu Paley
Perspective
Sweeter Together    
Without a support system, a tzibbur, religion gets stale fast. Why?
Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger
The Soapbox
Jackson Down, Many More to Go  
While we celebrate the win, we also need to be mindful of the work that still lies before us
Rabbi Avi Schnall