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Sadness and Gladness
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Strange Case of the Missing Money
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Champions and Also-rans
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Perils of Sloganeering
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The Un-Comfort Zone
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Booklists
Booklists: Issue 880
"Is there a peirush on Chumash you consider indispensable when learning the weekly parshah?"
Mishpacha Staff
Booklists
Booklists: Ashes to Renewal — The Story of a Nation’s Immortality
As a teenager, I found myself going back and referencing it again and again
Mishpacha Staff
Know This
What I Want You to Know about… Growing Up Without a Mother
My mother was involved in the shul, the school PTA, the Bikur Cholim… and she was also my mother
Leah Gross
Know This
What I Want You to Know about Misophonia  
It’s a lifetime condition that can be managed well
Sury Engel
Food that Packs
Ramen à la Vodka
It is precisely our fealty to mitzvos outside our natural comfort zone that defines us as Jews   WE Jews are very proud that our bris milah is favored by many physicians because of its health benefits. Similarly with the laws of kashrus: Good for us. And therapists are now counseling their harried patients to
Rivky Kleiman
Food that Packs
Grilled Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
It is precisely our fealty to mitzvos outside our natural comfort zone that defines us as Jews   WE Jews are very proud that our bris milah is favored by many physicians because of its health benefits. Similarly with the laws of kashrus: Good for us. And therapists are now counseling their harried patients to
Rivky Kleiman
Mesorah Quest
Savannah Seder
How did a clandestine Jewish community in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro stay under the radar for so many decades?
Ari Greenspan
Mesorah Quest
One Tribe Lost and Found   
High on isolated Indian cliffs, the Bnei Menashe are almost living Jewish
Ari Greenspan
Break the Chain: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
Silent No More
Oh, no, I thought, Will I allow Goldie to use the silent treatment as a weapon?
Sarah Nimarov
Break the Chain: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
The Price I Paid
Growing up, I knew that it was bad to spend money and sinful to buy things at full price
Rachel Jaffe
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I understood with greater clarity why the Torah cautions us to treat the pauper with dignity

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Beruchim anachnu, we are all blessed to be part of the adventure of being a Jew

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The contrast between the burial of Elizabeth II and those of contemporary Jewish religious leaders could not be more stark

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There is no single answer to the mystery of the shofar. But let us examine one approach

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Many Layers of Baruch Atah

It is the most widely used — and also the most widely mangled and least understood brachah

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman