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An Unappealing End
Ron Coleman
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Seizing The Moment
Ron Coleman
To the Letter
Back to the Start
As we know in so many areas in Judaism, the end is really just the beginning of something new, something greater
Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
By the Numbers
All Accounted for: The Conversation Continues
Parental support: readers share their takes
Family First Readers
By the Numbers
All Accounted For
As children become adults, how much do they — and should they — rely on their parents for support? Over 800 parents and children weigh in
Mishpacha Readers
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 28  
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 27
My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
Esther Kurtz
Encounters
Saving the Succah     
BLOOD! Had I made a mistake in coming? I didn’t know if I could bear seeing that
Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier
Encounters
Holy Smokes
“Rabbi, I want to tell you a story that happened to me when I was boy, growing up in Eretz Yisrael”
Ester Zirkind
Facets
Facets: Chapter 26
“You find it easy to make friends?” Chana asked me sincerely. “I know how to be friendly, but a friend… I haven’t made one in a long time”
Esther Kurtz
Facets
Facets: Chapter 24
Was it possible to make a friend in two weeks? Maybe I can get Rafi to change the terms. I really, really wanted to go
Esther Kurtz
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An Unappealing End

Litigation attorneys often feel as if their lives are bounded by lines drawn between points in time — filing deadlines that is. Due to a recent failure concerning one such line lawyers at one major law firm may be having professional “near death” experiences. They collectively missed a strict deadline to appeal a $40 million patent

By Ron Coleman

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Seizing The Moment

From the time the Jews in the Midbar arranged the doors of their tents to insure privacy thus bringing the Shechinah down among them the respect for privacy has been a Jewish value. Nearly a thousand years ago Rabbeinu Gershom issued a cherem prohibiting Jews from reading other people’s letters and other writings without permission.

By Ron Coleman