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Family First Feature
Hadassa Swerds spills the secrets of personal chefs

By Hadassa Swerds

Family First Feature
Do dating coaches make shidduchim — or break them?

By Penina Steinbruch

Fiction
My husband is helping his parents — with my money

By Shaina Kovitz

A Better You
A carousel of meals, family time, Chol Hamoed excitement, differently paced schedules, late bedtimes, and traveling

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“Should we be encouraging financially clueless newlyweds to spend money they don’t have on such a huge investment?”

By Family First Readers

Musings
I blame my mother. She hated making dessert, too — and so she didn’t

By Esther Kurtz

Windows
You know what, maybe I am crying because of all this

By Dassa Landeur

Family Tempo
Was I the confident, popular principal — or Lulu the reject?

By Bashie Lisker

Vantage Point
Given what happened last year and since — can our observance of this day remain unchanged?

By Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Magazine Feature
Rav Asher Druk is an old-style maggid with a modern twist

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Open Mic
Simchas Torah — true, actual, authentic celebration of the Torah — is not as easy as it sounds

By Shmuel Botnick

In Sights
I did learn what it means to love mitzvos to such a degree that your entire body transforms itself

By Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg

Family First Serial
This was one of Akeres’s “full” weeks, with every last room taken. Time for Plan B

By Esty Heller

The Ring of Healing: Succos 5785
One year later, converging circles of heart and hope

By Rav Aaron Lopiansky