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Days of Hope 
Baila Gitty Vorhand
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Hidden Light
Baila Vorhand
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Tu B’Shevat Tefillos
Baila Vorhand
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Rising Above
Baila Vorhand
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Slow But Steady    
Baila Vorhand
Dreamscapes
Build a Community Library and Family Center  
Could I create a library to serve as my son’s living legacy?
Elisheva Appel
Dreamscapes
Enhance Kallah Training
Although the world of psychology has made huge strides, I was concerned that we, as kallah teachers, hadn’t yet caught up
Elisheva Appel
Akeida Moments
Giving Up Harry
Sometimes I’d believe I could slip into it, if I could just find the portal to enter. A place that would accept me, quirks and all.
Esther Kurtz
Akeida Moments
Riding the Waves
“I accept Your Will Hashem,” I whispered, “I accept this nisayon, please just give me the koach.”
Avigayil Wein
As They Grow
"Is This Normal Preteen-Teen Behavior?"
“Every little thing setting a little girl off” could be describing an emotionally dysregulated child
Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
As They Grow
Earner or Learner?
Rabbi Greenwald's column in Issue 1011, advising a mother with a daughter in shidduchim to clarify whether she wants a husband who learns or one who works, generated significant reader feedback. Two letters are presented here, along with Rabbi Greenwald's response.
Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald
For the Record
United We Stand for Yeshivos
How the spark of Torah learning persevered on American shores
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
The Krakover Illui
This Thursday, the 16th of Teves, marks the 23rd yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Kreiswirth
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
School Daze
School Daze: Epilogue 
There are a lot of other ways to be successful than being academic. You are so much more than the grades you get!
Perel Stone
School Daze
School Daze: Teaching  
Who would guess that the girl who was making every teacher miserable had such talent!
Perel Stone
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Awaiting Mashiach: Part 3 of 3

“Rebbe, the Shechinah is waiting, Klal Yisrael is waiting, the entire creation is waiting!”

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Waiting for Mashiach: Part 2 of 3

He’d been sick alone for weeks — would I have to leave him now?

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Waiting for Mashiach: Part 1

“The more bitter the heart of the singer, the sweeter his song”

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The letters of the Torah are like glasses: Through them we can see the Giver of the Torah

By Baila Vorhand

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And Now, for the Roots

The third period of teshuvah is during Sefirah, when we go all the way to the roots of our actions: to our middos

By Baila Vorhand

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Beautiful Beginnings

Capturing moments of joy gives us the strength to move forward

By Baila Vorhand