I dare me
I grab my phone to open Evernote, but I decide against that; a cheshbon hanefesh needs good, old-fashioned pen and paper: tangible and indelible
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Three months after they married, Naomi Rivkah Most’s husband was diagnosed with cancer. For the next 11 years, the couple drew on their joy, hope, and emunah
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It’s something most of us can’t stop ourselves from doing — evaluating ourselves based on what others own or accomplish. How to finally get yourself out of this negative cycle
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Three accounts of women who made radical life changes and broke the patterns of decades… reminding us that it’s never too late to change
Family Tempo
Oh, the guilt of an only daughter. You feel bad when you’re single and making them wait. You feel bad when you’re married and leave them all alone
Windows
A message I’d heard over and over — that we don’t have forever to gather our dividends — suddenly became so real, I could touch it
Center Stage
“How nice! You’re so lucky!” Rina heard herself gushing. She always gushed when she was trying to mask jealousy
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
Will Motina sign? She’s been so odd and distant lately. She won’t like me going to Vilnius if we win — not if it means her being left alone
Day in the Life
Ezra Lubelsky’s NusachTefillah.com for baalei tefillah
On Site
Kfar Pines was founded in 1933 by new immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today, it’s home to more than 1,000 people, several thousand bees, and frum beekeeper Yehuda Kendal
Crisscross
Tears spring to my eyes. What kind of bar mitzvah will I have? I turn away, trying to hide my reaction to the judge’s words
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Reb Moshe Goldman a”h wrote hundreds of niggunim, but each one was more than a song — every tune was a tefillah, a supplication. And during these days there’s no stronger language ...
Catching up With
“I’m only here because my wife said let’s go,” said Rabbi Avraham Tanzer after 55 years as rosh yeshivah in South Africa. “People from Williamsburg and Telz don’t do Africa”
Story Time
“Yes, we already know you’re the best dancer around,” another person agreed as the crowd murmured their agreement. “We’re tired of trying to out-dance you”
