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Family First Feature
On January 1, thousands of Jewish men will dance in joyous celebration of the completion of Talmud Bavli. But they couldn’t have done it without the equal devotion of their wives

By Sandy Eller

Personal Accounts
Twelve writers share the messages they mined from months gone by

By Family First Contributors

Family First Feature
Four experts share their perspective on common parenting scenarios, and let us know when we have to act and when the best action is inaction

By Elisheva Appel

Family First Feature
She was fascinated by bees and dreamed of owning her own hive. Could that dream possibly come true in middle of the city? One family’s beekeeping adventures

By Naomi Elbinger

Family Matters
At a particular stage of my husband’s illness, it became clear that the shul we were attending no longer met our needs

By Joan Zlotnick

Family Tempo
I found them in the ER. The baby was flailing in my husband’s arms, an oxygen mask over his tiny face

By Shaina King

Windows
Can I, too, be created anew? Perhaps I can tap into the power of the day and become a new creation, sans impatience

By Elana Rothberg

Musings
I stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year

By Rivka Streicher

5 out of 10
Our texts try to create space for another but just cause more clutter

By Dovid Bashevkin

Yardsticks
Only I dragged leaden feet, my eyes darting fearfully to the door. If anyone discovered what I was doing, it was the end of me

By Esty Heller

Off the Couch
"Make sure they understand how important forgiveness is. We all need to do it — Hashem is waiting!"

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

Parshah
The power our Jewish matriarchs have bequeathed us

By Faigy Peritzman

Recipes
When low and slow are the way to go.

By Chavi Feldman

Behind the Book
It’s only once you’re mature and important and special that you understand the shame of being a sinner

By Riki Goldstein