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The Power of Yizkor
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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Life and Death 
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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Home, Holy Home: Chanukas Habayis   
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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Sheva Brachos: Bottling the Joy
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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The Chuppah: Epicenter of a Marriage
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Looking Back Looking Forward
Lightbulbs
Read on for some cool info about the lightbulbs
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Looking Back Looking Forward
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Thermometers
What kind of thermometer(s) have you used this year?
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Press Pass
Press Pass: Featuring Amir Tibon, correspondent for Haaretz in Washington
“There is an urge to tweet or post on Facebook every small thought, every unverified development. It’s good entertainment, but it’s not good journalism”
Omri Nahmias
Hasty but Tasty
Let’s Do Dinner
Add some just-as-easy new ideas into your schedule to keep your family fed and happy, but never bored
Mishpacha Staff
Hasty but Tasty
Feel-Good Breakfasts and Lunches
Take the time to prepare yourself some quick, pick-me-up breakfasts and lunches
Mishpacha Staff
F is for Friendship
Why Work Hard?
“But, but….” I sounded like the sputtering last cup of soda in a slush machine. “That doesn’t make any sense,” I finally said
Ruchama Schnaidman
F is for Friendship
F is for Friendship
Tzivi wasn’t the writer, I thought. I glanced around the classroom. That left twenty-two other girls. Well, twenty-one because it wasn’t Penina
Ruchama Schnaidman
Year in Review
Year in Review: Metro and Beyond
5780 was probably the toughest year in decades in the US, but it was also a year full of heroes
Yochonon Donn
Year in Review
Year in Review: Eye on Europe
The pandemic hasn’t so much marked the dawning of a new age as accelerated pre-existing trends
Gedalia Guttentag
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Veiled Blessings: The Badeken

What is the significance of the badeken ceremony practiced in Ashkenazic communities?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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A Foundational Shabbos      

What makes the Shabbos before the wedding so special?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Birthdays

Happy birthday? How grown are you now?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Day of Light: Bar and Bas Mitzvah

The yoke of mitzvos is an adornment, not a burden

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Gratitude and Focus 

The pidyon haben ceremony underscores our special role as the chosen nation

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Upsheren    

What is the significance of this moment? What are some customs connected to this upsheren or chalakah ceremony?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles