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Hide and Seek
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Wondering Jew
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Taste of Forbidden Waters
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Balancing the Balance
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Spy and the Dilemma
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
Istanbul Airport: Yom Kippur 5772
“Please come with me,” she begged. “It’ll be a one-time thing — and the trip won’t last more than 24 hours”
Sarah Pardes
Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
A Nursing Home in Yerushalayim: Yom Kippur 5761
It wouldn’t be easy to both fast and care for my father the entire day. So, the zechus of the mitzvah fell on me
Sarah Pardes
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 8
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 7
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Send us your experiences, kabbalos, and activity ideas during the coronavirus lockdown, and watch this space!
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Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Send us your experiences, kabbalos, quips, and activity ideas during the coronavirus lockdown, and watch this space!
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One of the Flock
Small Shofar, Booming Call    
He had the smallest shofar I had ever seen, but the sound he produced was deafening
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
One of the Flock
One of the Flock
Which members of the flock still shape your Rosh Hashanah?
Mishpacha Contributors
Calculated Risk
"My Son Is Destroying Our Family!"
A confident parent isn’t afraid of the question and therefore doesn’t panic
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
Calculated Risk
What to Do When It Doesn’t Work
It’s not my responsibility to fix anyone — not even my child or my spouse
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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Who Really Lost the Election?

There is great encouragement to be found in the defeat of the pollsters. We are not robots. It is in our power to change our habits and our thinking

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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David and Jonathan

They lived in parallel universes, each with its own function: Rav Feinstein deepened the knowledge of Torah, while Rabbi Sacks broadened the knowledge of Torah

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Words Not Heard

The path followed by the Jews is the path to success for any downtrodden group

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Empty Stadiums and Empty Shuls

One can learn from everyone and from everything — even from baseball tycoons

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Child’s Fable (but Adults May Eavesdrop)

Only one way remained open, and that happened to be the highway that led directly to the palace and the king

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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How to View a Circus

All this is unacceptable, and is a perversion of how mankind was meant to live

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman