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None of Your Business
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A Tasty Twist
Meat Me at the Grill
This summer, while you’re busy with everyday errands and need to quickly pull together a dinner that will wow the shvigger who’s in town visiting, grab a few kiwis and start marinating
Menachem Goodman
A Tasty Twist
Making Budget Cuts
Everyone I know loves to serve some kind of meat at the holiday meals, but with prices being so high, I present you with some ways to use a cheaper cut of meat and still get amazing results
Menachem Goodman
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes: Week 3
J ust before Succos here in Israel an anonymous e-mail informed me of the Talmudic comment that “whoever had not seen the simchas beis hashoeivah the Holy Temple’s water-drawing ceremony had never in his life seen a simchah”(Talmud Succah 51). Then it graciously reminded me that the season for simchas beis hashoeivah — the intermediate
Yael Wiesner
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes: Week 2
J ust before Succos here in Israel an anonymous e-mail informed me of the Talmudic comment that “whoever had not seen the simchas beis hashoeivah the Holy Temple’s water-drawing ceremony had never in his life seen a simchah”(Talmud Succah 51). Then it graciously reminded me that the season for simchas beis hashoeivah — the intermediate
Yael Wiesner
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
A Thousand Lifetimes of Waiting         
The words leap off the page, suddenly so much more real than prayers mumbled
Sari Abraham
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
Counting Down to Going Up    
What were a few bothersome appointments if they were the key to the Land of Israel?
Yaffa Ganz
Breakthrough
  Running the Show 
The girls fist-bumped and smiled smugly. Mali brandished a toothpick. “Kol chassan…” she stage-whispered. Elisheva giggled
Chaya Rosen
Breakthrough
Stop the Time  
If anyone ever wondered how different two brothers could be, they could come look at Nachi and Yudi for their answer
Rochel Samet
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Hold on to the Positive
LISTEN: How can we hold on to the positive aspects of the quarantine existence?
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The Defiant Teen
A mother asks Sarah Chana how to react when her defiant teen refuses to comply with the community lockdown.
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