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Family First Feature
Keep Calm and Cheer Him On  
A mother’s guide to mesivta season

By Shaina King

Family First Inbox
Family First Inbox: Issue 821
“I need to find ways to be okay with the way I look and feel right now. Relegating happiness to the end of the process only breeds despair”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
White Knife
There was a woman at my door— with a knife

By Shterna Lazaroff

Windows
“Are You Together?”  
What is so different about us as a couple that elicits this reaction?

By Sherri Wise

A Better You
Brighter Perspective
What is the connection between shalom bayis and candle lighting?

By Family First Contributors

On your Mark
On Your Mark…with Esther Kurtz  
A down-to-earth podcast that aims for the heavens

By Rivki Silver

Musings
Laying Down My Warfare     
I now stand before You, G-d, and battle and wrestle on the next level.

By Chani Yaar

Sidekick
The Six Stages of Tears  
We’re all born crying. It’s a habit that sticks for life

By Esty Heller

Recipes
Pastrami Eggplant Sliders
With this piquant and saucy pulled pastrami, it's a finger-licking sensation

By Chavi Feldman

Spirit and Sparks
The Power of the Candles
The menorah brightens corners the Shabbos candles can't reach

By Baila Vorhand

TableScapes
Cozy Comfort
There’s no better time than Chanukah to unwrap new ideas (and presents), and I’m thrilled to bring this vision to life!

By Goldie Stern

Jr. Fiction
The Storytellers: Part 1
Her teacher’s criticism rang so true, it was an arrow piercing the center of the target

By Malka Winner

 
A Simple Story  
Yisroel Besser shares the backstory of the Reb Dovid Feinstein book 

By Yisroel Besser

Story Time
The Power of Tzedakah: Chapter 6
Leibel could only look at the man and nod once with a teary smile

By Y. Bromberg