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Calligraphy: Succos 5784
Her Dovid has been relentlessly bullying Shmuli, and I’ve had enough of her, “Oh, Dovid doesn’t mean anything by it,” lackadaisical attitude

By Ariella Schiller

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
“I think we should call the police,” Mr. Laufer says, and Baila’s heart sinks with heavy, unsurprised disappointment. What accusations will they level against Mikki?

By Bashie Lisker

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
Sima bristles. You would think she was the one agitating her mother. She, who had taken the entire burden of care on her shoulders. Not that she’d had the choice

By Chanie Spira

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
“But what if he wants his wife to be everything?” Atara said. “I think that’s what he wants”

By Esther Kurtz

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
I reminded myself that I had no reason to worry. Maybe things would happen at the last minute, but my mother would help me pull this off, I knew I could rely on her

By Esty Heller

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
Honestly, I can’t keep track of Dalia’s wardrobe, even though she’s forever posting pictures of her new purchases on our family chat

By Rochel Samet

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
He didn’t want to work with this woman. But with another payment to Serenity Palms Recovery due next week, he could hardly afford to be choosy

By Michal Marcus

Calligraphy: Succos 5784
Through the phone, his mother’s sigh sounds like a storm wind. “I still don’t understand why you needed to do this trip over Succos, Zevi,” she says

By Rochel Samet

For the Record
Mesivta Rav Chaim Berlin was founded in the early ’30s by the rising star in the yeshivah world, Rav Yitzchok Hutner

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

A Better You
While nisyonos, like medication, are inherently for our benefit, Hashem also coats them in a capsule of kindness

By Family First Contributors

Connect Four
Four insights into various elements of Succos that come to light based on the words of the Vilna Gaon

By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

Teen Feature
Through the masterful notes and melodies of her music, Chayala Neuhaus offers a heartfelt soundtrack to our life’s journey.

By Rivki Silver

Magazine Feature
While others may see jeans and piercings, for Benjie and the other men behind Lev Teen Center, it’s always about neshamos

By Eytan Kobre

Jr. Fiction
Mendy stalks toward me, hand outstretched. I shriek until Mommy comes onto the porch to see what’s going on

By Ariella Schiller