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Choosing an Identity 
Rikki Silver
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Pseudonym Conundrums 
Tali Edelstein aka Chaya Rosen
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Mother Knows Best 
Rochel Samet
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I'll Miss You More
Thank you, for both your honest feedback and your friendship-from-afar
Eytan Kobre
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Deflection Election
It's the day when as a community, time and again we fail mightily in our designated role on this earth
Eytan Kobre
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
Part of Something Bigger: Be'er HaTorah, Gateshead 
The boys would go home for Pesach and Succos, and the place lost its energy; the town became a shadow of itself
Rivka Streicher
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
My Yeshivah — Home for Eternity: Shavuos 5782
Most of us are given our Jewish names at birth. But sometimes, we gain our name later in life. 3 accounts When a shidduch is meant to happen, it happens. The boy’s name had come up before — several times, in fact. The suggestion seemed to be spot-on; from the references, it sounded like he
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Counter Point
Yiddishe Gelt: Issue 881 — the conversation continues
Our Succos supplement Yiddishe Gelt, about the price of frum life today, drew significant and spirited feedback. Here is a sampling
Mishpacha Readers
Counter Point
Yiddishe Gelt: The conversation continues
"The discrepancy between the rebbeim and teachers’ gifts is definitely not warranted"
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The Lens
The Lens: Issue 968
Their departure from the dining room took well over an hour
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
The Lens
The Lens: Issue 961
While he has passed on to the Next World, the photo captures his otherworldly chein for posterity
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
Calculated Risk
"My Son Is Destroying Our Family!"
A confident parent isn’t afraid of the question and therefore doesn’t panic
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
Calculated Risk
What to Do When It Doesn’t Work
It’s not my responsibility to fix anyone — not even my child or my spouse
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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