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A Might-Have-Been, Almost-Was, Parable for Our Times
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Kapitel Tehillim
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Sheitel and the Shtreimel: a Hirsute Conversation
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Baruch Atah: Another Look
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Bank and a Brachah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Take 2
Heni and Raizy
All human beings crave connection but those connections don’t have to take place on muddy terrain
Mindy Rosenthal M.S., BCBA/LBA
Take 2
Miriam and Golda
I’m having a really hard time forgiving her, and I’m too embarrassed to talk to her about the conversation I overheard
Mindy Rosenthal M.S., BCBA/LBA
Pinpoint
The Story That Wasn’t
Stick a pin in the phonebook. See where it lands. Make the call. Does everyone have a story? Five writers find out
Musia Slavin
Pinpoint
Parallels and Perspective
Stick a pin in the phonebook. See where it lands. Make the call. Does everyone have a story? Five writers find out
Esther Kurtz
Man With a Pan
Letting the Creative Juices Flow
I love to cook, so pulling off a full Shabbos should be easy, right?
Rabbi Aharon Nikop
Man With a Pan
Two Is Better Than One
A true father-in-law/son-in-law bonding experience
Shia Klein and Zevi Berkovich
Embrace New Beginnings: Letters for Elul Zeman
Embrace New Beginnings: Letters for Elul Zeman
Letters of advice and uplift for the new Elul zeman
Mishpacha Contributors
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 8
“Something happened today and I need your advice. Would I be able to come over to your house and show you something?”
Faigy Gold
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 7
As I passed, I nodded hello and even ventured a “Chodesh tov.” He looked at me, and suddenly held up his hand. The whole line stopped
Faigy Gold
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Having felt the hand of G-d protecting His people and His land, can we simply go about our daily regimen as before?

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Today the title Gaon is loosely bandied about by ad writers and journalists

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It is precisely this emphasis on Jewish uniqueness and distinctiveness that makes many Jews uncomfortable

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Family Last: a Groundbreaking Purim Saga

In the spirit of Purim we present to our loyal readers our own version of venahafoch hu

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Minchah in the Seventh Inning

My position was that folks would have to make their own choices: either the minyan or the game

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Sign of the Times

I do not believe that this poster represents the views of most nonobservant Israelis

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman