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Split
People expected me to have a holy perspective about our children’s conditions from the beginning
Musia Slavin
Split
At nine days old — an incredibly young age for a child with both a cleft lip and a cleft palate! — they weaned Tali off the feeding tube
Musia Slavin
Halachah
Your playgroup and babysitting halachic dilemmas, solved
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Halachah
The spark that starts the week
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Second Guessing: Responses
“Klal Yisrael is a nation of gomlei chasadim, and our task in life is to stretch ourselves to strive higher”
Ariella Schiller
Second Guessing: Responses
“The answers are going to be different for every person, depending on their personal red lines and their relationship with the adult child in question”
Family First Readers
Fork in the Road
I notice suddenly that we’re the only couple in the store without a baby   B etzalel opens the door to our basement apartment just as the oven signals that supper is ready. I grin. My timing is great. I pull the pan of chicken and rice out of the oven, shut off the timer
Michal Frischman
Fork in the Road
I notice suddenly that we’re the only couple in the store without a baby   B etzalel opens the door to our basement apartment just as the oven signals that supper is ready. I grin. My timing is great. I pull the pan of chicken and rice out of the oven, shut off the timer
Rivki Rabinowitz
I'll Sing to Hashem
His colleagues, contemporaries, and younger fans all agree: The Jewish music world owes Yigal a tremendous debt of gratitude
Riki Goldstein
I'll Sing to Hashem
"I had recently joined Neginah Orchestra. When I realized how good Yigal and his choir were, I decided that we just had to collaborate"
Riki Goldstein
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