Calligraphy
“I did everything right,” she whispers at last. I believe her, I really do. Except for one giant, glaring detail: She chose to marry him
Calligraphy
After a long minute, Mommy had sighed and smiled and said, “Your father means well, Yechezkel, and he loves his family”
Calligraphy
“Perfect for your relationship with Stu?” Chavi’s face is stony. “I’m so glad to hear that. What about your relationship with me? Does that matter to you at all?”
Calligraphy
Chumie was… electric. She knew how to transform the mundane into the magical, she left a trail of glitter everywhere she went. Sometimes Dovi wondered what she saw in him
Calligraphy
“He felt that you weren’t invested enough,” she pronounces, as if she’s accusing Baily of a heinous crime. “As if you didn’t really care”
Calligraphy
When I turned back to Chesky — saw that faraway gleam in his eyes as he clomped across the warehouse mouthing numbers — I knew exactly what made this venture feel so sickening
Calligraphy
“Say no more,” Malky interrupted. “We just closed on my mother’s house, I have maaser money. Tell me who to write the check to"
Calligraphy
Sometimes I want to speak to her directly, ignore the worlds, class gulf, religious divides between us, and just talk, woman to woman
Point of View
Pesach brings a unique opportunity to take a deeper look at what our eyes are actually seeing
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
One by one, 15 teenagers fell into the embrace of the Al-mighty, their neshamos forever stretched
Jr. Feature
What happens before the matzah bakery, before the water and flour and 18 minutes
Parshah
Leaving Mitzrayim, then, was essentially about leaving the prison of materialism for spirituality
Text Messages
Each son must be viewed as his own entity, not compared with his brothers, or anyone else’s son either
Recipes
Try it — it really tastes like techinah. I even had my family fooled!
