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The Spy and the Dilemma
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Who Really Lost the Election?
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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David and Jonathan
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Words Not Heard
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Empty Stadiums and Empty Shuls
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Once upon a Story
Clean Slate
What a great resolution! What a great plan! And what a great year it was going to be!
Rochel Samet
Once upon a Story
Wholes and Holes
Maybe they were just dehydrated — they should go drink some of Mommy’s lemonade and they would stop seeing things 
Penina Steinbruch
Table Talk
Advocating for Klal Yisrael’s Children
Today, both parents and educators pursue special services. But costs can be astronomical, and the process confusing and frustrating. That’s where Leah Steinberg comes in.
Malky Lowinger
Perspectives
Two Exes and a "Why?"  
Why must the children bear the brunt of the conflict between their parents?
Dr Meir Wikler
Perspectives
Encouraging Signs
Is the siman of the rimon indeed only a repetition or reaffirmation? Or is there perhaps a deeper meaning to this siman?
Rabbi Dovid Gernetz
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
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Saved
Three doses of inspiration to lift the spirit and soul
Family First Contributors
Elevate
Inner Peace: Personal Development
Three doses of inspiration to lift the spirit and soul
Family First Contributors
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A Child’s Fable (but Adults May Eavesdrop)

Only one way remained open, and that happened to be the highway that led directly to the palace and the king

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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How to View a Circus

All this is unacceptable, and is a perversion of how mankind was meant to live

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Virtuosos of the Virtual

In this pandemic we continue to long for reality and an escape from make-believe, and we pray that we can continue to distinguish the real from the illusory

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Good Mourning and Bad Mourning

Even if you are not a sports fan, keep reading, because this might speak to you

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Surprising Antidepressant

Precisely because Tishah B’Av is approaching, I am not depressed, but encouraged

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Good Taste

Anything that cheapens or vulgarizes our connection with the Almighty is in religious bad taste

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman