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Musings
No, you’re not the only one who thought that a tablespoon of coffee meant the ground coffee and not the liquid stuff.

By Peshie Needleman

On your Mark
Tali Kleiner of Brooklyn, NY helps exhausted mothers restore calm to their homes.

By Elisheva Appel

Family First Feature
Going through the 12 Steps is the most painful, most difficult, and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. It’s not a magic fix, it’s a way of life.

By Rachael Lavon

Family First Feature
Flames flicker by the window, while inside your children smile proudly by their creations.

By Esti Vago

Windows
I pass my pekelach forward: Here, throw them. They’re for you. I’m just an outsider

By Batya Lisser

Family Tempo
My shoes! You’re wearing my shoes!

By Ora McCarthy

Family First Inbox
"Please, think about how it might feel to be undervalued, and often times, forgotten about."

By Family First Readers

Dream On
“Devoiry, tell me the truth, are you feeling okay?  Is this trip for some medical purpose?”

By Gila Arnold

On Site
You’ve been putting on tefillin for years, but what if someone told you your head placement is off, the knots aren’t made correctly, or the retzuos need a paint job? 

By Yosef Herz

Recipes

By Chavi Feldman

Second Thoughts
In all the furor, no one mentions that according to classic Jewish law, one becomes a Jew either by having a Jewish mother or by undergoing a proper conversion to Judaism.

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Bakeaways

By Faigy Grossmann

Light Years Away
After that, she lost all sense of structure. All the boundaries fell away, all the definitions. Inside. Outside. Reality. Imagination. Time. Mind. Body.

By Ruti Kepler

Family Diary
“This is a disaster,” I told my mother after one near-miss with a dress and bowl of batter.

By Musia Slavin and Rechama Jaffa