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Baila Vorhand
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Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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Mrs. Batya Weinberg
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Climbing Past the Pain
Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner
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"I Think Pull Is…"     
Protektzia is baked into our society. Should it be?
Family First Readers
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The Parents' Role in Homework Is…  
Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway?
Family First Readers
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Pink Tiles
Leah stood there with empty arms. As usual, everyone else seemed to get what they wanted
Esther Kurtz
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Where Peace Begins
“You listen to me, boys,” she said fiercely. “I’m coming back for you. This is only for now. Soon you’re coming home”
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
By the Numbers
All Accounted for: The Conversation Continues
Parental support: readers share their takes
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By the Numbers
All Accounted For
As children become adults, how much do they — and should they — rely on their parents for support? Over 800 parents and children weigh in
Mishpacha Readers
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Meeting Your Match: Part II    
The Conversation, as Mishpacha likes to say, “Continues.” When it comes to shidduchim, it continues, and continues
Batya Weinberg
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Meeting Your Match
This column is delivered with warmest blessings to anyone looking for their bashert, and their parents, too
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
Kovna Rewrite
Kovno Rewrite — Revisited
Stepping into the Moadon HaYehudi in Kaunas, Lithuania, feels like venturing up (down?) Penrose’s impossible staircase, stepping back in time while moving forward just the same. It’s been almost two years since we left, and we’re back as visiting lecturers.,Kovno Rewrite — Revisited,We’ve gone back in time in Lithuania
Esther Teichtal
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What thoughts should go through our minds during these auspicious moments?   It’s the most dramatic aspect of the most significant days of the year. Our lives are hanging in the balance. The baal tokeia ascends the bimah. Hashem is about to move from the Throne of Judgment to the Throne of Mercy. What thoughts should

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As we return to the mundane, Havdalah reminds us to differentiate 

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