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Keep the Future in Focus
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
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Powerball Dreams     
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Inbox: Issue 1005
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Inbox: Issue 1004
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Seeing the Whole Picture
Rabbi Henoch Plotnik
Veiled Reference Podcast
Glikl Unveiled: Reading the Memoir through a Master's Lens (Feat. Dr. Elisheva Carlebach)
Glikl of Hameln is a familiar and beloved character to Jewish history enthusiasts. In this episode, we dive beneath the surface of Glikl’s words to deeply appreciate the forces at play for women of her era. In conversation with Professor Elisheva Carlebach. Dr. Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, at Columbia University.  
BONUS MINIPOD: Shabtai Zvi, Birkas Kohanim, and the Path Away from the Kosel
Tzipora Weinberg
Veiled Reference Podcast
Who was Joanna of Burgos? (Feat. Yael Krumbein)
The Silent Strength of Joanna of Burgos Joanna is a name most people won’t recognize, but her story is one for the ages. This episode describes one woman’s faith under fire, in the aftermath of the 1391 massacres in Spain, and the ways women kept their faith throughout the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In conversation with Yael Krumbein. Yael teaches European History at Touro College’s Lander College for Women in New York City and Jewish history at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora High School in Passaic, NJ   MINI-POD: The Rivash and the Chasid Yavetz on women's challenges and triumphs in Spain, 1391-1492
Tzipora Weinberg
Podcast: The Builders
The Chazon Ish, Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Part 1: The Quiet Lion of Vilna Part 2: Building the Chareidi World
Podcast: The Builders
The Builders: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
Klal Yisrael is Echad, they are rooted at the core, and the inability to see this means that you are disconnected from the “gantzkeit” perspective  Not unlike many of my born-and-bred American brethren, I grew up on a steady supply of soda pop. Pepsi was definitely my first choice, with Coke a not-too-distant second. Upon
Gedalia Guttentag and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky
I read it for you
I READ IT FOR YOU: THE TEN DAY MBA
I’m an anxious person, so I keep a pillow stuffed with eight months’ worth of living expenses. It’s a little stiff , and the crinkly sound drives my wife crazy, but it helps me sleep better.
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
I read it for you
I read it for you: Benjamin Graham
Each morning, Mr. Market knocks on the door and offers his stock at a different price.
Dovid Bashevkin
Top 5
Top 5 Eating Days on the Kosher Calendar   
In honor of Shavuos, my top five
Ahron Cohn
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Top 5 New Board Games We'd Love to See 
"This historically themed but very relevant train adventure puts you in the shoes of a shtetl Yid seeking a shidduch!"
Ahron Cohn
Building Dreams
Building Dreams: Chapter 44 
“So secretive,” she said. “Is this what you’ve been doing while I was away?”
Malka Grunhaus
Building Dreams
Building Dreams: Chapter 43 
“This is our country. Or it would be ours if we could just get rid of the dumb Brits”
Malka Grunhaus
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Dancing and Pleading

On Purim, we are meant to dance as we plead and to sing as we ask

By Yisroel Besser

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Inbox: Issue 1003

“I believe that parents are a lot more competent, caring, and understanding than Screen Safer is giving them credit for”

By Mishpacha Readers

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I Need Fear No Evil  

We have a tremendous capacity for resilience to endure difficulties when we believe they are providing purpose to our lives

By Rabbi Yonah Sklare

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Inbox: Issue 1002

“I have seen firsthand how the definition of the term ‘top’ has grown warped over the years, especially among girls”

By Mishpacha Readers

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Inbox: Issue 1001

“I walked to my car with such pride that I was living in the USA in 2024 and am an avid sports fan, and yet I totally forgot about the super game”

By Mishpacha Readers

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Never Complete

In some ways, this week’s issue — Number 1001 — is an even greater cause for celebration

By Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib