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

By Mishpacha Contributors

Calligraphy
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

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

By Rochel Samet

Calligraphy
“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

Calligraphy
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

Calligraphy
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

Calligraphy
“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

Guests of Honor
Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?

By Sarah Moses Spero

Family Tempo
Her husband was the mashgiach; she felt like the rebellious student

By Elana Rothberg

Front Row Seat
Wherever the Skulener Rebbe traveled, he always took along a pile of seforim as well as a reading lamp

By C.S. Teitelbaum

The Moment
"The world might see different camps and sectors, but they're all giants and they all inspire me"

By Mishpacha Staff

Speechless Moments
For the first time in my life, I was really down. I didn’t know how we’d move on from the fire and rebuild what we’d lost

By Adina Lover

Family Diary
“Aren’t you going to regret it one day? Once you come out as the face of a plus-sized brand, you can’t ever take it back”

By Musia Slavin and Rechama Jaffa