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Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
I was the stereotypical newlywed, setting up my best friend with my husband’s kid brother

By Esty Heller

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
Disgust is really the only way to describe her facial expression. And the worst part is I know I deserve it

By Ariella Schiller

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
My heart squeezes because he’s captured the crux of his problem: It really may be too late

By Michal Marcus

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
WHY DOES MY SON CARE ABOUT A SPORTS TEAM, and WHY DID I SWITCH HIM OUT OF THE YESHIVISH CLASS?

By Esther Kurtz

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
She watches him fearfully as he goes to pieces berating himself: the self-blame, self-hatred, the regret, the desperation

By Rivka Streicher

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
“We can give Bayla a different role... Let the star role go to someone who deserves it”

By Rochel Samet

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
Ninth-grade bochurim would huddle in a corner, daring each other to make the plunge and ask Mordy a question

By Shmuel Botnick

Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
How could Yaakov, an ordinary bochur with ordinary interests (sports! grilling! power tools!), ever really understand someone who’s so different?

By Bashie Lisker

Inbox
“If parents are investing so much in seminary tuition, why can’t they use the year to really prepare girls for marriage?”

By Mishpacha Readers

Family First Serial
Dini scowled. “Just because you’re in a bad mood doesn’t mean you need to take it out on me”

By Gila Arnold

Stopover
Sivan Rahav-Meir finds common ground wherever she lands

By Sivan Rahav-Meir

Outlook
When it comes to looking toward the future, Israel is arguably the most optimistic country in the world

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Family Reflections
We can’t always be happy, but we can be “whole”

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Double Take
“I’m the one in touch with our parents’ needs — and this is what they needed to enjoy Yom Tov”

By Rochel Samet