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Raizy Friedman
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Chayale Saibil
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Esti Stein
My Lightning Flash
Six women share a moment that illuminated their path
Mishpacha Contributors
My Lightning Flash
As we stood at Har Sinai, we saw the thunder, heard the lightning. The lightning fades, but the sudden burst of clarity takes you forward. Six women share a moment that illuminated their path
Shoshana Schwartz
Win or Lose
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
Yitzy was shocked. Why on earth would Mr. Greenbaum ask him such a silly question? Was this a joke?
Chaim Finkelstein
Friendship
Would you rather be part of a large chevreh or have one special best friend? Many teens have asked themselves this question
Devora Zheutlin, MA, CAS
Friendship
When faced with hard moments, remember the following: Many meaningful conversations are “charged” with discomfort
Devora Zheutlin, MA, CAS
Shul with a View
With the hindsight of almost 60 years, I realize with sharp clarity how insightful and prescient my mother was
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Shul with a View
“Rabbi, I know you’re wondering why I came here on a random Shabbos”
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
More or Less
"If she’s done this with too many clients, my entire reputation is done. I’m too small, too new to rehabilitate from this"
Esther Kurtz
More or Less
No matter how much I realized I’d done wrong since I’d gotten married, how selfish and self-centered I’d been, this parallel just brought it all home
Esther Kurtz
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Who needs all these Things? And what better time to dispose of the Stuff than now? Isn’t this exactly what pre-Pesach decluttering is all about?

By Yaffa Ganz

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I have become one of those people. The only difference between me and the others is that most people have no idea that they are those people, while I’m acutely and mortifyingly aware that I’ve joined the club. You know people who say the dumbest things? Yes, you definitely know them. The ones people can write

By Estee Rabinovicz

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When I’m in a social situation and I feel uncomfortable, I regurgitate random facts. And when I say facts, I use this term loosely

By Adina Soclof

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The box of cigarettes and the car keys bear silent witness.

By Miriam Maggid

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I realized there was a drama being played out that had nothing to do with the music or the dancing or even the wedding

By Naomi Lobl

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It’s not like we’re talking about things that are unimportant, we’re just not talking about the things that so many people are scared to talk about

By Miriam Klein Adelman