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Do We Realize What They’re Hearing?    
Rabbi Moshe Dov Heber
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Foil Pans and the Secret of Simchah
Shmuel Botnick
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No More Waiting Lists
Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
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Calming the Sea
Rabbi Meir Levi
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The Hazards of AI for Young People  
Dr. Michael Milgraum
Forever Grateful
Forever Grateful
A seudas hoda’ah is a celebration of gratitude on the anniversary of your personal miracle
Mishpacha Contributors
Forever Grateful
A Leg Up
Within minutes, the room was filled with more doctors and nurses — but no one knew how to proceed
Faige Kramer
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 8
“Something happened today and I need your advice. Would I be able to come over to your house and show you something?”
Faigy Gold
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 7
As I passed, I nodded hello and even ventured a “Chodesh tov.” He looked at me, and suddenly held up his hand. The whole line stopped
Faigy Gold
Teen Serial
Upper Class: Chapter 45
“Meeting Shan’s mother feels more like a job interview with a boss who already hates you”
Ariella Schiller
Teen Serial
Upper Class: Chapter 43   
Hashem, I whisper, please help me. I have no idea what to do. I don’t want to hurt anybody. And I’m just really, really tired
Ariella Schiller
FamilyTable Feature
Pesach Brunch
We can offer something better to our children than a pretend world with pretend love AT a recent therapy session I had with a young Jewish man, he told me he often ruminates about deep questions: Why are we here? Why did Hashem choose the Jewish People to give the Torah to? And why does
Danielle Renov
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Hot Pot
I served this soup to my guests last Succos, and it was a huge hit! It does require some advance prep work
Naomi Nachman
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Sacred Route
Motti Levy’s been driving for Egged since 1969, when access to the Kosel was still a newly won thrill
Penina Steinbruch
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Eternal Wall: Editors' Letter
We hope you can savor this offering as we pray for the time when the Kosel will again be not a final destination, but a gateway to Hashem’s presence on earth
Nomee Shaingarten and Shoshana Friedman
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This is a story about life. Your life. My life. And my son’s legacy

By Mark Newman

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Unhealthy Lapses       

Concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline should be of utmost importance, but does it have to come in a package of degrading human dignity?

By Shmuel Botnick