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The Hiding Chanukah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Long Downhill Road
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Authentically Unethical and the Inauthentically Ethical
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Dancing Dilemma
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Dark and the Light
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Nourish to Flourish
"Welcome, Everyone, to Our Last Week!"
"The last week, already? But we never even spoke about food and nutrition!"
Bracha Kopstick
Nourish to Flourish
"What Does the Word ‘Exercise’ Conjure Up for You?”
“It’s finding ways to move your body that feel good, are enjoyable, and make you feel better, not worse, after doing it”
Bracha Kopstick
Guests of Honor
Blind Love 
Is it true that love is blind? Doesn’t it hurt her anew every time she thinks of how her son rejected the world she chose?
Rachel Newton
Guests of Honor
The Royalty Within   
Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?
Sarah Moses Spero
Family Farce: Purim 5783
To Be Honest — The (Much) Better Half 
If you’re a guy and you have a wife, you already know most of what I’m going to tell you
Esty Heller
Family Farce: Purim 5783
Parshah — True Confessions of a Peritzman Kid
Not everything my mother writes about Yitzi means that I actually did it
Yitzi Peritzman
Inbox
Inbox: Issue 1089
“Adopting a victim mentality is ultimately harmful to us — spiritually, emotionally, and communally”
Mishpacha Readers
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Inbox: Issue 1088
“If I pursue fleeting pleasures and passing thrills, I miss discovering the source of continuous joy: my own soul” — Hadar Goldin Hy"d
Mishpacha Readers
The Current
Venezuela’s Jews See No Way Out
As doors slam shut on Caracas, Venezuela’s Jews come to grips with their country’s mounting isolation
Yaacov Lipszyc
Knesset Channel
The Moment of Truth
With the draft bill on its way, the moment of truth is here
Avi Blum, ESQ
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A Kapitel Tehillim

Tehillim must be read not only with the heart, but also with the mind

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman