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Ready to Trust Again
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Pick Your Battles
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Fantasy Freedom
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Breathe through It
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Sweet Pills
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Kitchen Encounters
Thinking Outside the Pickle Jar
It turns out that pickles can be anything you like: sweet, spicy, crunchy, soft, simple, complex, or even part of dessert!
Helen Shere
Kitchen Encounters
Make Your Own Gravlax
It’s not as hard as you think it is
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
Elevate
Fire and Spice  
If you’re running a kiruv shabbaton, Havdalah is the secret weapon to fire up neshamos
Family First Contributors
Elevate
Wrong Doctor 
Had we been waiting all these months for an appointment with the wrong doctor?
Family First Contributors
What I Reaped
Cool It
On Succos, we gather our crops, reflect on our harvest. In life, we gather our experiences, appreciate what we’ve gained
Rivki Silver
What I Reaped
Sweet Endings
On Succos, we gather our crops, reflect on our harvest. In life, we gather our experiences, appreciate what we’ve gained
Chana Marcus
Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 927
“End-of-life doulas are mostly lay people who want to make a difference”
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Family First Inbox: Issue 926
“It’s an open secret that most schools compensate their rebbeim better than their morahs”
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Namesakes
Make Me a Corner
"He made a neder that if he got out alive he would dedicate his life to avodas Hashem”
C.S. Teitelbaum
Namesakes
A Bridge Too Far
“I didn’t care how quickly it happened, I was thinking about the future. I wanted it for posterity so that Ari should be remembered every single minute and every single day.”
C.S. Teitelbaum
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