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Celebrating Life
Gitel Moses
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The Hug   
Tzivi Wagner
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Diamond in Disguise
Elisheva Halle
Words Unspoken
Dear Friend
Anonymous
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Second Guessing: Too Close for Comfort
Ariella Schiller
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Close Encounters
I run a hand over my face. I’m too old for this. I’m too tired for this. I’m too Lanni-phobic for this AM I totally biased if I say that my daughter is a sweetheart? I'm pretending to wash dishes as I watch the neighborhood clique split up for jump rope circles. Laykie Taub is
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Personal Accounts
The Year of the Song
This year, this niggun was an anthem because we showed it. He’s always there for us, but this year, we were there for Him too.
Yisroel Besser
5783: Year in Review
Halls of Power: 5783
A repeat of the 2020 election looks to be in store
Maury Litwack
5783: Year in Review
Worldview: 5783
Eight years after his rise, the fact that the Trump era hasn’t run its course is the biggest political story of the year
Gedalia Guttentag
From A to Z
From A to Z: Chapter 16
“You're my teacher?” she asked, incredulous. I took her little hand in mine
Rikki Baum
From A to Z
From A to Z: Chapter 15
“Why,” I demand, “do I have to go to stupid graduation?”
Rikki Baum
Made in Heaven
Parting Pointers 
Some of the myths, misconceptions, and mistaken beliefs that often accompany even stable marriages
Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
Made in Heaven
How Can I Not Feel Resentful When He Contributes So Little?
If you focus on what your husband is doing for you, you’ll find your resentment lessening rather quickly
Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
Care to Join
Care to Join: Chapter 9
Somehow, between labor and delivery, I’d learned that Nava is extremely left-wing secular. Now I commented, “Whoa, it must be really hard to work here in a snowstorm”
Leah Greene
Care to Join
Care to Join: Chapter 7
I checked the time. By now, my husband should have taken off. I dialed his number anyway. Of course, his phone was off
Leah Greene
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