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Days of Hope 
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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
Risk Factor
Freedom  
"Freedom is earned. You’re the only person who can give it to yourself”
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
Risk Factor
Waiting All My Life 
“Every time I walk out, I’m trying to prove to myself that he doesn’t care if I leave"
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
20 Questions for 20 Years
20 Questions for Bracha Stein & Chani Judowitz
“It’s such a great feeling to hear about its impact, or to hear readers casually reference having a ‘Kichels moment’ or saying ‘we are the Kichels’”
20 Questions for 20 Years
20 questions for rachael lavon
“Considering every possible experience I’ve ever had lives somewhere in my subconscious, I usually manage to dig something up”
Every Song Has Its Story
Every Song Has Its Story
Do we ever think much about, or even know, what motivated our favorite song?
Riki Goldstein
Every Song Has Its Story
The Man from Vilna
“In place of a sefer Torah,” he told the group, “let us carry this child, who represents the future of the Jewish people”
Riki Goldstein
Podcast: The Rose Report
THE MAJOR STORIES OF 2022…YOU HEARD THEM HERE FIRST
I don’t like making predictions about the news. There are too many variables. Too many players. There’s the Hand of G-d who intervenes in ways that we can never forecast.  But I’ve been a newsman since the 1970s and I’ve covered comparable stories over many decades. Some stories blow up. Some blow over. Sometimes we see signs in advance, so I will suggest a few things to watch that may give us clarity for 2022.
Binyamin Rose
Podcast: The Rose Report
Barak Ravid's Book on Trump Did us a Favor
Before voting for Trump again, or welcoming his Orthodox Jewish advisors back with open arms, or even voting for Bibi again, their clumsy diplomacy should be held against them
Binyamin Rose
Balancing Act
Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
Family First Contributors
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“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”

By Baila Vorhand

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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