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Family First Editor's Letter
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
Family First Editor's Letter
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
Catching up With
Falsely accused of espionage, David Tenenbaum is still seeking closure
Binyamin Rose
Catching up With
"Being an Orthodox Jew is not a burden. It’s a privilege and it gives a person a meaningful and fulfilling life”
Binyamin Rose
Family Room
Setting a beautiful table can be a spiritual act and a concrete way to welcome Shabbos.
Shoshana Batya Greenwald
Family Room
Tips and techniques to freshen up an older home
Miri Lichtman
The Gift of Forgiveness
“Mr. Goldberg, I’m sorry, but you broke our agreement. We cannot have you back anymore”
Malkie Schulman
The Gift of Forgiveness
On one of my last days at the company, I was shocked when Jack approached me and shook my hand
Dovid Green
Out of the Woods
"I just feel like someone’s staring at us,” he said, lowering his voice. “Strange, no?"
Rochel Samet
Out of the Woods
“We’ll be making a seudas hodaah together,” Avi said. His friends and Elchanan’s friends...somehow, it was all the same thing now
Rochel Samet
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D uring davening, your eyes might instinctively wander toward the aron kodesh, but what do you see there? It might be a pasuk, or a passage from davening — some word or phrase to keep mispallelim inspired. Here are some of my favorite inscriptions:   “V’atem teluktu l’achad echad, Bnei Yisrael — And you will be gathered

By Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

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The gabbai of the shul where you’ve davened for the last ten years walks up to you and says, “Did you recently move in?” You send a tuition payment to your child’s yeshivah and they thank you for paying for the Chumash siyum. You know there’s no urgent need to personally know the nusach for

By Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

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O nce in a while people may quietly ask themselves: Am I a gvir? It’s an uncomfortable question to ask and it can be even trickier to answer. Here’s a list that can help you figure out if you really have that coveted gvir status.   Shiur Klali You were invited to give a shiur

By Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

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Y ou’ve built your succah, you’ve bought arba minim — but you’re still not done. Time to dust off your succah posters and take out your power stapler. No succah is complete without decorative posters.   The Scribble Morah Chani has a lamination machine and she is not afraid to use it. No succah is complete

By Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

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Saying I’m sorry is never easy. Here are five phrases to avoid when apologizing so you don’t have to say I’m sorry again.

By Dovid Bashevkin

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Help me complete the Top 10. I’ll start with the first 5. Why stop with apples and pomegranates? In addition to the classic simanim there is a custom to develop new simanim that express your wishes for the coming year (See Magen Avraham 583:2) 1.Raisin and celery — Attributed to Rabbi Moshe Heinemann of Baltimore

By Dovid Bashevkin