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Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Every Moment Counts: Chanukah Theme 5783
As we prepare our wicks and count our candles, each day adding another level of light, do those numbers hold another special meaning for you? 
Mishpacha Contributors
Shul of My Youth
Rabbi Paysach Krohn remembers the shul of his youth
Baila Rosenbaum
Shul of My Youth
For some reason my father chose to become a member at Dukes Place, and that was our shul
Riki Goldstein
Bricks and Ladders
"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Ariella Schiller
Bricks and Ladders
Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
Ariella Schiller
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
“Please come with me,” she begged. “It’ll be a one-time thing — and the trip won’t last more than 24 hours”
Sarah Pardes
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
It wouldn’t be easy to both fast and care for my father the entire day. So, the zechus of the mitzvah fell on me
Sarah Pardes
Family First Editor's Letter
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
Family First Editor's Letter
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
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Map the Starlight

“To map a place you have never seen and will never see in your life, you need to harvest information from anywhere you might find it”

By Leah Gebber

Map the Starlight

It was to be the first item Aster hid in the small stone hut in the courtyard: that smooth speckled egg, covered in a mess of wool,Map the Starlight: Chapter 19,It was to be the first item Aster hid in the small stone hut in the courtyard: that smooth speckled egg, covered in a mess of wool

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“A map does not start with earth, Aster. I thought you would have known that. A map starts with the heavens”,Map the Starlight: Chapter 18,“A map does not start with earth, Aster. I thought you would have known that. A map starts with the heavens”

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Clara comes up to her, snatches the parchment from Aster’s sash, unfurls it. The strength is gone from Aster’s hands, otherwise she would snatch it back,Map the Starlight: Chapter 17,Clara comes up to her, snatches the parchment from Aster’s sash, unfurls it. The strength is gone from Aster’s hands, otherwise she would snatch it back

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Friar Pere runs through the night, arms lifted, a wail coming from the dark hollow of his mouth. Brother Francis comes with his rowan stick,Map the Starlight: Chapter 16,Friar Pere runs through the night, arms lifted, a wail coming from the dark hollow of his mouth. Brother Francis comes with his rowan stick

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It is night when the note is thrown in through the window of Papa’s study. Papa is sleeping, but Aster still prowls, restless, around the house,Map the Starlight: Chapter 15,It is night when the note is thrown in through the window of Papa’s study. Papa is sleeping, but Aster still prowls, restless, around the house

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