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Namesake
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Pact of Faith
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Peace and Protection
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The Angel’s Gift
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FYI
Five Things I Wish You Knew about Teens with Thinning Hair
Even though it’s not a medical condition, it’s not easy to be a teenager with hair getting thinner and thinner
Shoshana Itzkowitz
FYI
Five Things I Wish You Knew about Having a Sister with an Eating Disorder    
An eating disorder is a mental illness where a person refuses to eat or eats as minimally as they can
Shoshana Itzkowitz
Quick Q
"Do You Leave Your Dishes in the Sink Overnight?"
At the moment of birth, the angel leaves the child to begin his own journey in learning Torah A lit candle, the ability to see from one end of the world to the other, and an angel teaching the fetus the entire Torah — these are the environs of a child in his mother’s womb. At
Quick Q
"As a Woman, Do You Have a Rav, Rebbetzin, or Mentor?"
What happened to a trusted sibling or friend?
Perspective
Just Plain Chutzpah  
“Only what HaKadosh Baruch Hu says about me is important, anything else is absolutely insignificant”
Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
Perspective
Tefillah'ed Out 
Is it burnout, or something else? Or are we just all “tefillah’ed out”? I am afraid it is something else completely
Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
What a Year Can Do
The Trip That Wasn’t
As a new year dawns, what did we learn — and how have we changed?
Dean Robert Goldschmidt
What a Year Can Do
Beyond Space and Time
As a new year dawns, what did we learn — and how have we changed?
Adrian Garbacz
Second Dance
Second Dance: Chapter 45
Reuven needed someone to ask a real question. Was anyone gutsy enough?
Dov Haller
Second Dance
Second Dance: Chapter 43
“Oh, I don’t know, I imagine you have dreams, like every rosh yeshivah, and maybe this can help you realize them?”
Dov Haller
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Namesake

One of the most precious presents a person receives is given to her when she’s born: her name

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Pact of Faith

A bris is a reminder of our eternal covenant with Hashem, and our responsibility to act accordingly.

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Peace and Protection

The significance and meaning behind a shalom zachar

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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The Angel’s Gift

At the moment of birth, the angel leaves the child to begin his own journey in learning Torah

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles