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The Compliment Game
Chavie Berg
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Playing It Safe 
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All that Glitters?
Russy Tendler
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Are You My Bashert?
Goldee Teller
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How Are You?
Chashie Stern
Family Matters
The Fading Light: Chapter 24
He always thought of everything, so I didn’t have to. Now it was my job, and it was daunting
Joan Zlotnick
Family Matters
A Fading Light: Chapter 23
At a particular stage of my husband’s illness, it became clear that the shul we were attending no longer met our needs
Joan Zlotnick
Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods: Epilogue   
"I just feel like someone’s staring at us,” he said, lowering his voice. “Strange, no?"
Rochel Samet
Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods: Chapter 34
“We’ll be making a seudas hodaah together,” Avi said. His friends and Elchanan’s friends...somehow, it was all the same thing now
Rochel Samet
Family First Feature
Smells Like Danger     
What it’s like living with an invisible allergy no one believes exists
Lori Holzman Schwartz
Family First Feature
Hi, It's the School Calling… Again   
How to partner with your child’s school with clarity and calm
Bayla Geberer
Every Moment Counts: Chanukah Theme 5783
Every Moment Counts
As we prepare our wicks and count our candles, each day adding another level of light, do those numbers hold another special meaning for you? 
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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.
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Then comes that Friday night. The night that I don’t make it in time….

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Just Give Me a Ring      

Your unpaid position as shidduch-call secretary will bring you into contact with a whole gamut of people

By Miri Lederman