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Rabbi Dovid Abenson
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Shlomo Cooperman
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Boaz Bachrach
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Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier
Connect Four
Tu B’Shevat is deeply rooted in the most important aspects of creation
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Connect Four
The holier a specific time is, the more desperately the opposing forces will seek to attack it
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
In the Balance
Our victory is that we don’t perpetuate the evil
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
In the Balance
Trust your doctor. But only believe in Hashem
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
Elevate
I asked my students to think about the words “Ein keitz l’yemei hara’ah — there’s no end to the days of evil”
Family First Contributors
Elevate
In Yedid Nefesh, “Kel na refa na lah” is a request for Hashem to heal our souls
Family First Contributors
My Miracle
Alight. Five stories of salvation
Mindel Kassorla
My Miracle
Five stories of salvation
Family First Contributors
True Account
 I had a problem: I had absolutely no recollection of ever hearing my father talk
Mickey Feldbaum
True Account
Would I be doomed to carry my traumatic childhood into the next generation?
Miriam Bloch
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“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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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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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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I can survive this, I assure myself. It’s okay — by tomorrow, this fish will be gone

By Goldie Hirsch

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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

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An honorable Japanese diplomat put his career on the line, granting more than 2,000 visas to Lithuanian Jews fleeing the Nazis — in defiance of orders from Tokyo

By Yosef Zoimen