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Leah straightens her back and lets the fabric slacken. “Ah, the Rebbe.” Her tone softens. “Der Tzaddik hot gezogt. Do I know better than the Tzaddik?”

By Esther Teichtal

LifeTakes
Before is your cookies and cupcakes, sesame chicken and sweet-and-sour meatballs, Wednesday night schnitzel. Roast on Yom Tov, a second potato kugel for Friday afternoon, and spel ...

By Shira Isenberg, RD, MPH

Profiles
When Chaya Levy was diagnosed with cancer, she resolved she'd give her unborn child the greatest gift: life. Throughout her illness, she fought to see only Hashem’s good — and to ...

By Ariella Schiller

Magazine Feature
Seemingly innocent baby toys and products may be harmful. Check out the research behind ten different baby products to see how you can minimize their risks or avoid them in the fi ...

By B. Gordon

Magazine Feature
I was feeling stuck, stuck, stuck when I saw the ad for the therapeutic writing workshop. I was leery — but intrigued. For six weeks, I wrote. And things began to shift.

By C.B. Lieber

Family Tempo
That was the truth, the decor was amazing — clean lines, but rounded edges for softness, fresh colors, big dressing rooms, room for Mommy and kid and carriage, a play area for lit ...

By Esther Kurtz

Windows
No principal, teacher, or mother ever behaved condescendingly because of my secular background. It was just the energy and concentration it took to keep up with all the nuances.

By Linda Hirschel

Center Stage
Boy, did she sound dumb now. Rushing to explain herself, she said quickly, “Okay, so why does an introvert with a capital ‘I’ try out for a role in a movie?”

By Gila Arnold

Words Unspoken
Please remove me from the shidduchim group chat.

By Anonymous

Family Reflections
When surrounded by negativity, remember that you can only change you.

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Parshah
If we believe we’re not in charge, then we allow Hashem to take charge.

By Faigy Peritzman

EndNote
The privilege of praying with tzaddikim.

By Riki Goldstein

Shul with a View
The Rosh Hashanah lesson in an aged yellow envelope

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

5 out of 10
No one said making conversation on dates would be easy…

By Dovid Bashevkin