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The Places We Call Home  
A celebration of the walls that surround, protect, and define us
Family First Contributors
The Places We Call Home  
Housing prices, mortgage rates, and inflation have skyrocketed. Yet many young couples are still buying homes. How are they doing it? And should they be?
Toby Berger
LifeTakes
“They say you talk a lot.” Ouch. I thought I was just being friendly
Mindel Kassorla
LifeTakes
 No milk, no coffee, no cookies, no cake. Simple math
Miriam Guttman
Why Is This Pesach Different?
“We’re used to huge numbers of deliveries for Pesach; we were prepared for that. We have extra vans. Delivery is not the issue. The issue is getting all those orders together."
Margie Pensak
Why Is This Pesach Different?
Do you have what it takes to say thank you Hashem when things aren’t going the way you hoped they would?
Yisroel Besser
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
The words leap off the page, suddenly so much more real than prayers mumbled
Sari Abraham
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
What were a few bothersome appointments if they were the key to the Land of Israel?
Yaffa Ganz
Yosef Chaim
I start to feel the belief again. It feels warm, protective, like I’ve relinquished control Supplications are sometimes refused; songs of connection never so. I start to feel the belief again. It feels warm, protective, like I’ve relinquished control. Like I have to hand myself over to a Higher Being and trust that not everything
Shira Yehudit Djalilmand
Yosef Chaim
"What period in Jewish history would you like to go back in time to — and what would you do differently if you were there?!”
Shira Yehudit Djalilmand
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Today I can choose to be the person I want to be

By Tzipora Fineman

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While clothing may become ripped, old, and worn, my neshamah remains impervious to that pain

By Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner

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“I picture myself holding a pretty pink balloon, and then I let it go”

By Renee Jaspan

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“As life unfolds, there are holes that appear”

By Rebbetzin Ruthy Assaf

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The amount of blessing will be directly proportionate to the depths of my heart

By Miriam Aflalo

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“Sometimes it’s good that there isn’t any key at all, that there’s no hint of salvation”

By Miriam Aflalo