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It doesn’t come easy, but that’s why we daven for it. Let us truly be in the succah

By Mishpacha Contributors

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Emboldened, and hoping he didn’t sound bitter, Ephraim persisted. “Yeah, but everyone has family and memories, there’s something else here”

By Dov Haller

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Too many compliments in one sentence. Shraga nods his thanks and waits for the other shoe to drop

By Rochel Samet

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“Sure.” I said yes because I was supposed to, but I really wanted to run away and vomit

By Elana Kirshenbaum

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JJ wouldn’t have schmoozed anyway. He would have grilled him. Worse, he would have said no to the boy right off the bat

By Rachael Lavon

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I liked spinning with Lily. She was my twin, and aside for her ugly hair and white skin, we looked exactly alike

By Chanie Spira

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Run for Refuah and Save a Life, the banner reads. Nice. I hover over the Click to Sponsor tab, and my eye catches something else

By Ariella Schiller

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“New York’s the place to be,” Shifra says innocuously, and as she’s saying it, she feels her heart accordion open, then close

By Rivka Streicher

Speechless Moments
I just stood there, crying, in front of 100 guests. I kept trying to speak, but I couldn’t do it

By Adina Lover

LifeTakes
"If not for my visits, they wouldn’t know about shul and Shabbos. They would know nothing"

By Roizy Baum

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The excitement, the energy, the… the sparkle. Who said it was reserved for twenty-year-olds?

By Esty Heller

Front Row Seat
Whenever Rabbi Whittow had to buy a new car, the Rosh Yeshivah told him to weigh only two considerations

By C.S. Teitelbaum

Second Thoughts
Our prison is of our own making, and if we really want to escape, we can do so

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Speechless Moments
All I could think about was the journey that had brought me to this moment

By Adina Lover