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Outside Chance: Chapter 28  
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 27
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 26
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 25 
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 24 
Esther Kurtz
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky — The House at the Bottom of the Hill   
Rav Yaakov’s house was the lodestar of our family’s spiritual identity
Mrs. Suri Cohen
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Shlomo Zalman Friedman — Holy Fire
And then, one Friday night before Succos, the Rav’s home was destroyed in a devastating fire
Moshe Benoliel
The Places We Call Home  
8 Moments That Feel Like Home
A celebration of the walls that surround, protect, and define us
Family First Contributors
The Places We Call Home  
An Arm, a Leg, & 30 Years of Scrimping
Housing prices, mortgage rates, and inflation have skyrocketed. Yet many young couples are still buying homes. How are they doing it? And should they be?
Toby Berger
FamilyTable Feature
Pesach Brunch
“You’re the worst Tatty ever.” Avrumi kept quiet. Tzvi scowled "Im not wearing it!” Tzvi burst through our bedroom door, threw a green and blue something in the air, and flung himself onto my bed. He grabbed at his shirt. “What’s wrong, Tzvik’ele?” I rushed to him and sat beside his prone body. “It’s itchy
Danielle Renov
FamilyTable Feature
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
School Daze
School Daze: Epilogue 
There are a lot of other ways to be successful than being academic. You are so much more than the grades you get!
Perel Stone
School Daze
School Daze: Teaching  
Who would guess that the girl who was making every teacher miserable had such talent!
Perel Stone
From Across The Oceans
Donny Morris, 19, Teaneck
“With that chein and smile, by taking three seconds to say good morning, he made an impact that was remembered years later”
Gedalia Guttentag
From Across The Oceans
Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, Monsey
“To lose such a talmid on Lag B’omer — how can we understand this?”
Yochonon Donn
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Outside Chance: Chapter 23  

Yup, she was definitely my daughter. There was a lull. I stayed quiet for as long as I could handle the silence

By Esther Kurtz

Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 22 

“You can do better, Chana. Yehudis, who made your community, deserves better. So does the shul”

By Esther Kurtz

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Outside Chance: Chapter 21 

I’d thought switching yeshivos was just a suggestion — now it was a threat

By Esther Kurtz

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Outside Chance: Chapter 20

“I know, but it’s so scary. The odds are slim, but they’re still there, my numbers were off, weren’t they?”

By Esther Kurtz

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Outside Chance: Chapter 19 

How funny and sad is it that I’m giving parenting advice and support to Shifra when I’m kinda muddling through it myself right now?

By Esther Kurtz

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Outside Chance: Chapter 18

“Who said I want to go back to the dorm?” Chaim interjected. What? That wasn’t in the script

By Esther Kurtz