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Things Change — but Then Again…
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Lounge Chair and Torah Study
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Pay as You Pray
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Dangling Brachah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Embers of Eternity
Even though six decades have passed, the brilliant shiurim and ma’amarim of Rav Aharon are speaking to a new generation
Shmuel Botnick
Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Blazing a Path
In Lakewood, “Torah iz di beste sechoirah” is not a lullaby to put a child to sleep. Rather, it is the clarion call that brought a revolution to America’s yeshivah world.
Nison Gordon
Teen Fiction
The Wonder in Wonderful
Honestly, I felt the world had enough color in it, and didn’t need me messing up its palette
Miriam Bodner
Teen Fiction
The Wanted Intruders 
We were the picture-perfect family, Mommy, Daddy, and me
Aliza Field
By the Letter
Shin-Tav
Why Torah study — in addition to being a crucial mitzvah — is so absorbing , intellectually stimulating, and all-consuming Teachers of English are always talking about dangling participles. This column is about a dangling brachah. I recently davened Shacharis for several days in a retirement residence here in Jerusalem. Many of the elderly men in this
Mindel Kassorla and Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
By the Letter
Kuf-Reish  
Life is a cycle — and a spiral that pushes us higher
Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla
Fire Fighters
Stop, Thief!
A small flicker, a smoldering ember. If left unchecked, it can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Fire Fighters
The Heat Is On
A flame left unchecked can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Devorah Grant
My Miracle
Happy Birthday
Alight. Five stories of salvation
Mindel Kassorla
My Miracle
My Miracle
Five stories of salvation
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