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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
Win or Lose
Win or Lose: Chapter 42
How wrong had he been. Mr. Greenbaum was anything but a silly old man. He was actually one of the most brilliant and wealthy people around
Chaim Finkelstein
Win or Lose
Win or Lose: Chapter 41
Yitzy was shocked. Why on earth would Mr. Greenbaum ask him such a silly question? Was this a joke?
Chaim Finkelstein
Great Reads
The Grandest of Exits 
Mummy was a fighter, but this was a battle she couldn’t win
Ester Zirkind
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Driven Off Course  
Sometimes I feel like I’m ten again, a child they expect to behave in predictable ways
Bashie Lisker
For the Record
Jerusalem of the Balkans
Thessaloniki Jewry’s wealth made the city a major center of Sephardic Jewry in the Ottoman Empire
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Remarkably, many Jewish soldiers did manage to uphold their faith under fire
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Knowing and Growing
Preparing for Shavuos
The main point isn’t the fact that I enjoy the mitzvah, rather that Hashem wants me to do it
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Knowing and Growing
Growth Through Connection
The foundation of avodah isn’t motivation or geshmak, but obligation through connection
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Once upon a Story
Clean Slate
What a great resolution! What a great plan! And what a great year it was going to be!
Rochel Samet
Once upon a Story
Wholes and Holes
Maybe they were just dehydrated — they should go drink some of Mommy’s lemonade and they would stop seeing things 
Penina Steinbruch
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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