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Freedom  
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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Waiting All My Life 
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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Warriors Don’t Lose
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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The Third Partner
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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The Devil’s Test
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
Istanbul Airport: Yom Kippur 5772
“Please come with me,” she begged. “It’ll be a one-time thing — and the trip won’t last more than 24 hours”
Sarah Pardes
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
A Nursing Home in Yerushalayim: Yom Kippur 5761
It wouldn’t be easy to both fast and care for my father the entire day. So, the zechus of the mitzvah fell on me
Sarah Pardes
Milestones
The Power of Yizkor
The murmured words of Yizkor echo in the upper worlds
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Milestones
Life and Death 
At the moment of death, a soul is born
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Balancing Act
Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
Family First Contributors
Musings
Crafting Perspective  
But there’s also this part of me that says, You’re not good at this, no matter how much you enjoy it
Esther Kurtz
Musings
Quitting Time 
There was a method within the madness, and I was feeling complacent that all was under control
Tzippi Leibenson
tastes like shabbos
Shabbos with Bayla Katzman
Just the word itself brings waves of nostalgia for the beautiful Shabbosos of my childhood
Family Table Readers
tastes like shabbos
Chicken Soup for Hundreds — with Love and Joy
A teacher and a mother, Rebbetzin Machlis cooked for several hundred guests every Shabbos for decades
Sarah Faygie Berkowitz
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Calculated Risk  

Questions are honest, raw, and real. A question is a person being vulnerable

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You Chose to Be Here

“Please, you don’t understand. It’s assur. I’m not allowed to”

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He looked at me. For the first time, there was no hate in his eyes. Only panic. And fear

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“It’s not a dog you’re demanding I keep outside — it’s a part of your son”

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The Sign on the Door

“Yoni was strong and Danny was strong. Why couldn’t they overcome this challenge?”

By Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan

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He Fooled Them All

“You don’t know my father! If he finds out, he’ll kill himself and then me!”

By Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan