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A Tale of Two Mountains
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Ultimate Selfie
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Lessons from the Classifieds
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Tale of Two Wives
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Follow the Leader or Follow the Follower?
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Spotlight
Man on a Mission   
Meet the young entrepreneurs who’ve made it their business to ratchet up your Yom Tov
Yosef Herz
Spotlight
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Meadows is considered one of Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress
Omri Nahmias
Between Brothers
Trio of Rebbes 
The Lev Simcha era could be called a period of consolidation
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Between Brothers
In Different Worlds
The story of the oldest and youngest children of the Netziv, Rav Chaim Berlin and Rav Meir (Berlin) Bar-Ilan
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Family Reflections
Estrangement
Popular culture considers this a coping tool, but it’s damaging
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Family Reflections
Normal Addictions
When does an obsession become an addiction?
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Bricks and Ladders
Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 60
"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Ariella Schiller
Bricks and Ladders
Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 56
Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
Ariella Schiller
Moonlight
Is He My Bashert?
If you’re not looking for Heavenly signs if the boy you’re dating is your zivug, what approach should you take?
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Fundamentals
Why We All Need a Hard (and a Soft) Heart
Why Elul needs a hard heart — and a soft one
Miriam Kosman
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The brave thing we did this past Pesach

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