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A Heart Transplant
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Bless You!
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Rise and Fall, the Fall and Rise
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Going to the Dogs  
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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How Lapid Made All Of Us Pray
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Milestones
The Power of Yizkor
The murmured words of Yizkor echo in the upper worlds
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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Life and Death 
At the moment of death, a soul is born
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
The Current: Trump Strikes Back
The Return of Trump: Security Detail
The Secret Service has a storied past of triumph and tragedy
Yaakov Lipszyc
The Current: Trump Strikes Back
The Return of Trump: What Doesn't Kill 
Shaken, defiant, and now professing unity, Donald Trump takes center stage again
Gedalia Guttentag
Every Moment Counts: Chanukah Theme 5783
Every Moment Counts
As we prepare our wicks and count our candles, each day adding another level of light, do those numbers hold another special meaning for you? 
Mishpacha Contributors
A Heaping Scoop
A Heaping Scoop: Fresh Flowers
Do you have any tricks to keeping flowers fresh throughout Yom Tov?
Family Table Contributors
A Heaping Scoop
A Heaping Scoop: Quick-but-Special Dinner
What’s a quick-but-special dinner you make when you want to go all out, like on Rosh Chodesh?
Family Table Readers
Fork in the Road
Fork in the Road: Barnea Bistro
In all the furor, no one mentions that according to classic Jewish law, one becomes a Jew either by having a Jewish mother or by undergoing a proper conversion to Judaism.   The antireligious stance of the current Israeli government has created deep resentment and condemnation. The funding of the Arab sector and the defunding
Michal Frischman
Fork in the Road
Fork in the Road
In all the furor, no one mentions that according to classic Jewish law, one becomes a Jew either by having a Jewish mother or by undergoing a proper conversion to Judaism.   The antireligious stance of the current Israeli government has created deep resentment and condemnation. The funding of the Arab sector and the defunding
Rivki Rabinowitz
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The following reply from the distilleries to the Kiddush clubs has been leaked to this magazine

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Calendars can help us count the days, but only we can make the days count

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Is it this the kind of “innovative thinking” that Reform Judaism wishes to transfer to Israel?

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Our prison is of our own making, and if we really want to escape, we can do so

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The power of chesed to change attitudes

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Seven and eight: close companions but worlds apart

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman