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At the Core
The Only One
Baila Vorhand
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A Peace of a Whole
Rebbetzin Debbie Greenblatt
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The Force of Attraction
Rebbetzin Suri Gibber
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Focused Footsteps
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Moonlight
Constant Creation
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Dinner Diaries
Basic but Delicious       
Family First reader Shoshana Friedman shares her kid-friendly, health-minded meals
Riki Goldstein
Dinner Diaries
Easy Does It!
Real-world meal strategies from Family First reader Chani Klein
Riki Goldstein
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Timeless Elegance
For Rav Moshe every moment of life was precious; he certainly wasn’t the type to engage in nostalgia. So it came as a surprise when he shared a 30-year-old memory as I drove him home from shiur. “Do you remember when Yehoshua was Andy? And Gershon was Johnny? And Yerachmiel was Robbie? And Elazar was
Esther Ottensoser
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Pistachio Knafeh Delight
For Rav Moshe every moment of life was precious; he certainly wasn’t the type to engage in nostalgia. So it came as a surprise when he shared a 30-year-old memory as I drove him home from shiur. “Do you remember when Yehoshua was Andy? And Gershon was Johnny? And Yerachmiel was Robbie? And Elazar was
Chaya Surie Goldberger
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky — The House at the Bottom of the Hill   
Rav Yaakov’s house was the lodestar of our family’s spiritual identity
Mrs. Suri Cohen
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Shlomo Zalman Friedman — Holy Fire
And then, one Friday night before Succos, the Rav’s home was destroyed in a devastating fire
Moshe Benoliel
Shul of My Youth
Open House
Rabbi Paysach Krohn remembers the shul of his youth
Baila Rosenbaum
Shul of My Youth
Lined Up Around the Block
For some reason my father chose to become a member at Dukes Place, and that was our shul
Riki Goldstein
Motherboard
On Time   
Getting out in the morning with little kids can be nuts! What are your suggestions to ease the morning madness?
Mindel Kassorla
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Day of Peace

Day of Peace As an American expat living in Israel, I’ve encountered my fair share of Hebrew malapropisms, some more entertaining than others. But despite calling Yerushalayim my home for over two decades, there is one linguistic predicament I have yet to resolve that plagues me every Shabbos: the “Shabbat Shalom” versus “Gut Shabbos” dilemma.

By Mrs. Elana Moskowitz

At the Core
Instinctive Knowledge

Jewish babies are born knowing Hashem

By Baila Vorhand

Song at Sunrise
Stepping Forward

Thanking Him for shoes reminds us to walk in His ways

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Respect and Connect

See the good and respect will come

By Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner

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Day of Confinement

If Asarah B’Teves isn’t a day of destruction, why fast?

By Mrs. Elana Moskowitz

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From Home Run to Home One

Chanukah draws us back to our home

By Miriam Kosman