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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

On Our Own Terms
The first Alef-Binah was published in 1953. Nine editions have been printed since then

By Sarah Faygie Berkowitz

Light Years Away
“I should get excited that his honor, Raphael the sheigetz from Dresden, has graciously agreed to open a Gemara?”

By Ruti Kepler

Speechless Moments
I, on the other hand, hoped that my tone didn’t convey my disbelief at her naiveté

By Adina Lover

Fundamentals
On Succos, we're here because we want to be

By Miriam Kosman

Teen Feature
Some special teens take the message of Succos to heart by going out into the world of kiruv

By Rochel Samet

On Our Own Terms
The Klausenberger Rebbe’s vision for a hospital based on Torah values came to him during the Holocaust

By Sarah Faygie Berkowitz