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Gimmel-Dalet 
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Alef-Beis
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Building Blocks of Creation   
Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla
Family Reflections
Are You “Difficult”?
Do you have any of these “difficult” tendencies?
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Family Reflections
Mindset
We can change our automatic thoughts
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Kichels
Help Rochi Kichel find a Shidduch!
You may not be able to help Rochi but you can help real people
Bracha Stein and Chani Judowitz
Kichels
The Kichels’ Chometz Tracker
Before the world existed, Hashem set up the alef-beis — the building blocks of the universe   “Bereishis bara Elokim es...” Ask any elementary school student. They’ll readily translate this pasuk for you, they’ll even sing it in a cute chant. But the layers of meaning behind these opening words of the Torah fill volumes. I
Bracha Stein and Chani Judowitz
Text Messages
I'll Miss You More
Thank you, for both your honest feedback and your friendship-from-afar
Eytan Kobre
Text Messages
Deflection Election
It's the day when as a community, time and again we fail mightily in our designated role on this earth
Eytan Kobre
Podcast: The Rose Report
THE MAJOR STORIES OF 2022…YOU HEARD THEM HERE FIRST
I don’t like making predictions about the news. There are too many variables. Too many players. There’s the Hand of G-d who intervenes in ways that we can never forecast.  But I’ve been a newsman since the 1970s and I’ve covered comparable stories over many decades. Some stories blow up. Some blow over. Sometimes we see signs in advance, so I will suggest a few things to watch that may give us clarity for 2022.
Binyamin Rose
Podcast: The Rose Report
Barak Ravid's Book on Trump Did us a Favor
Before voting for Trump again, or welcoming his Orthodox Jewish advisors back with open arms, or even voting for Bibi again, their clumsy diplomacy should be held against them
Binyamin Rose
Hidden Heroes
Dealing with an Enchondroma Tumor
It’s a benign tumor (not cancer) that can grow inside bones
Tovy Mann
Hidden Heroes
Dealing with a Type of Mitochondrial Disease   
“You are not defined by your medical condition! Your neshamah is healthy even if your body is not”
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