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Once Again
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Ode to the Carry-on
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Invincible and Vulnerable
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Last But Not Least
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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An Offer We Dare Not Refuse
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 890
“Let’s be realistic about the burden, and then we can say we are happy to take it”
Family First Readers
Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 889
“Why did Chelli agonize over a decision that wasn’t hers to make in a vacuum? She had 14 other people to consider”
Family First Readers
My COVID Hero
My COVID Hero
We asked you to introduce us to your COVID hero, one of those quiet individuals who moved heaven and earth to lighten your load during this very trying time
Mishpacha Readers
My COVID Hero
The Little Booklet That Could
As we mark one year since the pandemic changed our lives, we asked you to introduce us to your COVID heroes
T.G.
Making It
Making It
In a monthly series, Mishpacha speaks to real people in our communities who are struggling — and succeeding — to “make it.” Learn their strategies, secrets, fears, and dreams as they share the wealth of their hard-earned experience,
Chaia Frishman
Making It
Making It: Self-Supporting Singles
It was supposed to happen, but hasn’t yet
Chaia Frishman
Jr. Fiction
Tale of Treeo: Chapter 3
When all seems lost and we are convinced that there is no turning back, He offers us a precious gift, which He calls Teshuvah   IT is a blizzard in September. A blizzard of calendars for the new year: huge wall calendars, tiny, wallet-size calendars, desk calendars, pocket-size. They come in the mail every day,
Bashie Lisker
Jr. Fiction
Of Kittens and Counting  
Mendy stalks toward me, hand outstretched. I shriek until Mommy comes onto the porch to see what’s going on
Ariella Schiller
Sidekick
The Swerds Circus Goes Airborne    
This year our flight will be twice as long, and you had better believe that I double- and triple-checked our tickets
Hadassa Swerds
Sidekick
My Son, the Juvenile Delinquent
Okaaay. Somebody call the cops. This pack of five-year-olds is clearly up to no good
Hadassa Swerds
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The Embarrassed Zionist

Are the real Zionists those who pray hamachazir shechinaso leTzion three times a day, or those who never give a thought to prayer, to G-d, or to Zion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Weeping Without Cause

Is this not cynical, to use that in which you do not believe in order to further your political aims?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Top-Sacred Fable

The Messiah has come! Shops closed, crowds began lining the streets, musicians unwrapped their instruments, car horns blared. The Messiah has come!

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Only Thing

Is there, underneath it all, some kind of connection between sports and religion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Glutton-Free Wedding?

Is it somehow anti-halachic to have a wedding that is elegant and tasteful and avoids excesses?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Tale of Two Presidents

Their deeds and values speak for themselves and require no commentary

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman