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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Esther Mandel
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A Gifted Purim
Ahava Ehrenpreis
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Unlaunched  
Atara Leah Stein
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Adulting    
Ayelet Dresner
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DIY 101
Goldie Shulman
Concentric Circle
Concentrate
Already by Birchos haShachar I’ve remembered eight urgent things to do
Esther Sender
Concentric Circle
Siamese Souls
Separation is extremely complicated and highly dangerous in most cases — often one or both twins doesn’t make it.
In Sights
Five Years in the Making
Rav Meir Chodosh was the ultimate mashgiach, and never stopped looking for an opportunity to train and teach his students
Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
In Sights
Three Glimpses of Greatness
Some examples of lessons I’ve learned from three “eishes chavers” over the years
Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
bite the budget
One Fish, Two Fish
A few false starts, and then I felt like Rosie the Riveter, ready for anything Ican still imagine the exchange in the local emergency room: “Ma’am, why do you have a shoe on your hand?” “That’s precisely why I’m here.” To keep it brief, my daughter’s brand-new shoe lost its central rhinestone on the first
Elisheva Frankel
bite the budget
More on Chicken
A few false starts, and then I felt like Rosie the Riveter, ready for anything Ican still imagine the exchange in the local emergency room: “Ma’am, why do you have a shoe on your hand?” “That’s precisely why I’m here.” To keep it brief, my daughter’s brand-new shoe lost its central rhinestone on the first
Elisheva Frankel
The Places We Call Home  
8 Moments That Feel Like Home
A celebration of the walls that surround, protect, and define us
Family First Contributors
The Places We Call Home  
An Arm, a Leg, & 30 Years of Scrimping
Housing prices, mortgage rates, and inflation have skyrocketed. Yet many young couples are still buying homes. How are they doing it? And should they be?
Toby Berger
Family Living
Motherboard: Time Out
How to make the best of vacation and days off with your kids
Mindel Kassorla
Plant by a window
Family Living
Houseplants for Beginners
Keeping houseplants is not a talent but a skill that can be learned
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
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The Day the Rabbi Kept Score 

When I casually mentioned a Dodgers game, his entire face lit up. Not just his eyes — his whole face

By Seema Gersten

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Love and Distance

I felt that this was my one opportunity to introduce them to a bit of Judaism

By Esther Mandel

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Finding Comfort in the Darkness  

If he could talk to us now, what would he say?

By Rochel Burstyn

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Laid Low 

Use your foot! You crawl on all fours to the bathroom, in tears. Use your foot?

By Aliza Radin

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The Takeout Fiasco     

“Mmm. . .” he said, picking up his glass of water and taking a long swallow. “That’s really good”

By Lori Holzman Schwartz

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Gift Insurance  

As a parent, I like to think of teacher gifts as a bit of insurance

By Bashie Lisker