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Waiting with Yaakov  
Stephen Glicksman
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I Wish You Could See What I See      
Rabbi Elchanan Erlanger
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It’s 9 a.m. — Do You Know Where Your Bochur Is?
Rabbi Nesanel Volvey Rand
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Can I Get Your Attention, Please?   
Rabbi Yaakov Barr
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A Working Model for Paid Shadchanim
Rabbi Moshe Bender
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Life Links
Knowing where we come from gives us purpose and passion as we find our way forward
Mishpacha Contributors
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If I Could Ask You One Question
If you could ask a single special ancestor of yours to address one question that you face, who would you ask and which life experience would you tap?
Mishpacha Contributors
Like a Local
Baker’s Best
We heard about a French couple in Hallandale Beach who operate a true artisan patisserie, selling all kinds of French pastries
Chavi Feldman
Like a Local
The Challah Fairy
She puts her heart and soul into her work, making people happy with the fruits of her labor!
Faigy Grossman
Last Licks
Fork-Tender Brisket Reviewed by Esti Halpern
This recipe was originally published for Pesach, but I make it for all the Yamim Tovim!
Chanie Nayman
Last Licks
Leek Soup
How long can anyone keep up such a demanding schedule for almost no monetary compensation before they burn out?   S everal years ago, when my oldest children started shidduchim, I noticed right away that shadchanim are quite hard to reach. I’d leave a message; they wouldn’t call back. I’d try again. And again. It
Family Table Readers
One of the Flock
Small Shofar, Booming Call    
He had the smallest shofar I had ever seen, but the sound he produced was deafening
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
One of the Flock
One of the Flock
Which members of the flock still shape your Rosh Hashanah?
Mishpacha Contributors
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
On a Truck to Freedom
My parents had survived the Holocaust, but Communism in Hungary was a noose around our necks. Would that small crack during the uprising be the window for our escape?
Riki Goldstein
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
Theme Section: Wandering Jews    
Modern exiles of an ancient people: Four personal accounts of those seeking safer ground
Rachel Bachrach
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The Elusive Answer   

I’m going to answer the question that has been at the forefront of our communal consciousness for decades 

By Gitty Perl

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Remembering a Lost Friend     

NIMBY, or “Not in My Backyard.” It sums up the attitude of people who protest when those with disabilities move into their communities

By Stephen Glicksman PhD

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Shleyma’s Story

His is the story of the Jews who never had a chance

By Gedalia Guttentag

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The Four Sons Say Kinnos    

 By right of our awareness, we’ve shown up. We’re one of the four. The question is, which one?

By Yeshaya Kraus LCSW

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Constantly Rejected

Are our high standards causing us to ignore the young people in shidduchim who don’t fit our vision?

By Anonymous

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Status Symbol

Is it in the spirit of “hatzneia leches im Elokecha” to broadcast to the world what we ate for breakfast?

By Yosef Wartelsky