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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

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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

Front Row Seat
“A groisse shkoyach. mamush, a groise mitzvah hot ir gehat”

By C.S. Teitelbaum

Speechless Moments
There was one moment when I could respond only with silence

By Adina Lover

Family Reflections
We don’t have to reprimand ourselves for our negative feelings

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Yiddishe Gelt
When it comes to the cost of life as a frum Jew in the 21st century, there’s so much to discuss, so much to analyze

By Shoshana Friedman

On Our Own Terms
Toms River has been listed multiple times as one of the top 20 safest cities in the US

By Sarah Faygie Berkowitz

Be My Guest
If you could invite one music personality into your succah this year, who would it be?

By Riki Goldstein