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The Evaluation
Lea Pavel
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Mazel Tov! It’s a Fourth!
Esther Mandel
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A Long Way Home
Esther Kurtz
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Holding the Sweetness
Dini Schonbrun
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Trip to Self     
Malka Katzman
Stranger in a Strange Land
Finally, Home
“What about your second Pesach Seder? I usually have American bochurim. Come to me”
Shoshana Gross
Stranger in a Strange Land
Shift Down South 
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to raise our children in any other city”
Russy Tendler
Hostable
Lox Tartare with Michal Belen
This recipe is relatively easy to make and a great appetizer for Shabbos lunch. It looks pretty and tastes delicious, and is definitely a crowd-pleaser.
Michal Belen
Hostable
Minute Roast with Leah Hamaoui
Wonderful for Shabbat or Yom Tov, and for your in-laws in case they need a reminder of how lucky their son is... Just saying.
Leah Hamaoui
Halachah
Shatnez Sh'eilos
Can I rely on the salesperson (or the owner) if he tells me the item has no shatnez? And other questions
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Halachah
Let's Answer Amen!
When you’re required to respond to a brachah
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Balancing Act
Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
Family First Contributors
In His Own Words
Pick of the Day
Florist Amerique Ashear of Lakewood is happy to share his tips
Yosef Herz
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His brother reacted as if he’d seen a ghost: “The blanket!”

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I glanced around the room. I couldn’t describe the hundred women gathered there as losers. If anything, the opposite

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This generational tableau hit me like a physical blow. My heart seized. I was short of breath

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