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A Surprising Antidepressant
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Good Taste
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Wings of the Butterfly
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Solitary Note
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Who’s Bored? 
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Real Life
The Real Ring
We designed the perfect engagement ring — then he had a new proposal
Beth Perkel
Real Life
One Percent Chance
My baby was so close and yet still out of reach. All I could do was say Tehillim and beg Hashem to intercede
Racheli Goldner
My Corona Time Capsule
My Corona Time Capsule
Endless days blurred into months of upheaval. We strove to forge forward. Twenty-one readers reveal the single object that defined the tenor of these times
Family First Contributors
Works of Art
The Best Banner
“Maybe we’ll do it your way in the end, but if someone else has a different idea, they’re allowed to say it!”
Zivia Reischer
Works of Art
The Painting  
She looked down at the canvas, moving it in the moonlight until she could see the image it held
Malka Winner
Windows
My KFP Plan   
In the fraught season of pre-Pesach cleaning, some words of dubious wisdom
Hadassah Swerds
Windows
Circle of Dancing Bubbies  
I couldn’t understand why she wasn’t escorting the kallah to the chuppah
Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier
Booklists
Booklists: Issue 880
"Is there a peirush on Chumash you consider indispensable when learning the weekly parshah?"
Mishpacha Staff
Booklists
Booklists: Ashes to Renewal — The Story of a Nation’s Immortality
As a teenager, I found myself going back and referencing it again and again
Mishpacha Staff
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A Little Three-Letter Word

We are all united in our loneliness and in our faith that before long all this will be behind us

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Save Us from Proud Jews

Ultimately, such Jews will turn against the Jews themselves

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Two Jews: A Purim Fantasy

A Sanders-Bloomberg ticket! Dov-Ber and Michoel! Two nice Jewish boys with New York accents

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Naturally, a Miracle

Perhaps here we have a new meaning for the word shehecheyanu

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Mashiach at the Gates: A Fable for Today

Our Redemption will take place only when there is unity within Klal Yisrael

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Envy

Envy is not only a bad trait; it is actually bad for you, and could shorten one’s life

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman