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Slices of Life
He was just a man with calloused hands, shaping falafel balls, and making a parnassah
Shloimy Hoffman
Slices of Life
How did she get such remarkable blueberries, each one perfect?
Yaakov Rosenblatt
Flashes of Light: Chanukah Theme 5785
The person in your life whose radiance continues to shine. Eight accounts 
Mishpacha Contributors
Guests of Honor
Is it true that love is blind? Doesn’t it hurt her anew every time she thinks of how her son rejected the world she chose?
Rachel Newton
Guests of Honor
Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?
Sarah Moses Spero
Double Take
We can’t redo a whole school program around your daughter’s anxiety
Rochel Samet
Double Take
You got your precious vacation, but left us with a disaster
Rochel Samet
In the Numbers
Can’t they see how hard they’re making it for themselves? I vented to whoever was willing to listen When our first daughter was getting married, I was thrilled. Like all mothers, I hoped her life would be perfect. We wanted to buy the young couple an apartment and searched for something that would fit in
Boaz Bachrach
In the Numbers
“He said you will definitely have two children, maybe even three.”
Rabbi Akiva Fox
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