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A Promise Kept
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A Promise Kept
Cookies and Caring
We’d created a haven for them to unburden their hearts, and sent them away with the sweetness of home cooking
Millie Samson
Double Dance
Double Dance: Chapter 55
I thought Ta likes him to be homeschooled. What made him decide to send him?”
Bracha Rosman
Double Dance
Double Dance: Chapter 53
“Punishing her isn’t going to make her feel bad for what she did. It’s just going to make her feel bad that she was caught”
Bracha Rosman
To the Letter
Back to the Start
As we know in so many areas in Judaism, the end is really just the beginning of something new, something greater
Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
In the Spirit
In the Spirit of...Yom Kippur
What was the source of this cared-for feeling I got a whiff of every time I opened the pepper?   "Going to Walmart. Need anything?” The text popped up on my phone. “Thanks!!!!” I responded quickly because when your teen makes you a shopping offer, you have to respond within four minutes or he’s already
Chaya Rosen
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Yom Tov trivia
Chaya Rosen
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Sacred Route
Motti Levy’s been driving for Egged since 1969, when access to the Kosel was still a newly won thrill
Penina Steinbruch
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Eternal Wall: Editors' Letter
We hope you can savor this offering as we pray for the time when the Kosel will again be not a final destination, but a gateway to Hashem’s presence on earth
Nomee Shaingarten and Shoshana Friedman
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