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Back Where She Wouldn’t Go
Riki Goldstein
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The Rest of the (BT) Story?   
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At Every Juncture        
Rabbi Dovid Abenson
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Jabo’s Dream
Shlomo Cooperman
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More than You’ll Ever Know  
Boaz Bachrach
Cooks Compete
Nothing Short of A-Maze-ing
Corn salad is an easy side dish to turn to when you need something quick and easy
Family Table Readers
Cooks Compete
Sorbet
       This year, I’ll be thinking of Yitzy. I’ll be thinking of his Chanukah neis There is a machlokes haposkim about what to have in mind while lighting the menorah. Some say to have in mind the neis of the pach hashemen. Others say to have in mind the neis of the milchamah.
Family Table Readers
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the SHABBOS TABLE of 2010
       This year, I’ll be thinking of Yitzy. I’ll be thinking of his Chanukah neis There is a machlokes haposkim about what to have in mind while lighting the menorah. Some say to have in mind the neis of the pach hashemen. Others say to have in mind the neis of the milchamah.
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the KIRUV of 2010
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
Dinner Hour
Dinner hour with Rochie Laufer
When it’s time to eat, the youngest ones eat first, followed by the older children, who drift to the table as the smells draw them in
Rochie Laufer
Dinner Hour
Versatile and Delicious Béchamel Pasta 
A meal both adults and kids alike will enjoy!
Rochie Laufer
Pantry Makes Perfect
Corned Beef Topped Chicken
Something not too complex, yet flavorful enough to be special
Faigy Grossmann
Pantry Makes Perfect
Hasselback Salmon with Creamed Spinach
This fish dish takes just a few minutes to prepare — definitely appreciated when preparing so many Yom Tov dishes
Faigy Grossmann
Grab the Reins
Grab the Reins: Chapter 34
“These addicts give up everything to get clean. They leave their homes, their families, their jobs, they leave their creature comforts and everything else behind” ,Grab the Reins: Chapter 34,“These addicts give up everything to get clean. They leave their homes, their families, their jobs, they leave their creature comforts and everything else behind”
Shoshana Schwartz
Grab the Reins
Grab the Reins: Chapter 33
“When something really does bother you but you don’t let yourself feel it, that’s a problem. That’s what causes resentments”,Grab the Reins: Chapter 33,“When something really does bother you but you don’t let yourself feel it, that’s a problem. That’s what causes resentments”
Shoshana Schwartz
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Saving the Succah     

BLOOD! Had I made a mistake in coming? I didn’t know if I could bear seeing that

By Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier

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Holy Smokes

“Rabbi, I want to tell you a story that happened to me when I was boy, growing up in Eretz Yisrael”

By Ester Zirkind

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The Road Less Traveled

All she wants is a trip to Lancaster and not some designer bag that costs as much as a round trip ticket to Aruba

By Chashie Stern

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Bexhill

All we knew when we booked was that we were going to be wined and dined and our children would have fun

By Millie Samson

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My Pet Peeve   

I can survive this, I assure myself. It’s okay — by tomorrow, this fish will be gone

By Goldie Hirsch

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Calm Down

A tiny shadow of a little girl. Standing. On the outside of the open windowpane. On the sill as narrow as a tea biscuit.

By Leah Wachsler