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Family First Feature
Rebbetzin Batya Barg’s faith echoed from the USSR to Eretz Yisrael

By Rivka Streicher

To Be Honest
Why are some seminaries asking girls if they've ever gone to therapy?

By Sarah Rivkah Kohn

Family First Inbox
“You see, MIL has so much to offer. And while Son and DIL don’t seem to want/appreciate it, others do”

By Family First Readers

Family Living
Using essential oils requires some knowledge, but once you get the hang of it, they’re a pleasure to use

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

Windows
She made me go out with a blockhead, but she can’t make me marry him

By Esther Shemtov

Family Tempo
The presence of a friend, she realized, made her feel less alone. A friend. My friend is here

By Zisi Naimark

Family First Serial
Had someone gone through the boxes? Someone who wouldn’t have known to put a Tanach at the top of the pile?

By Bashie Lisker

Family First Serial
“Did you make some sort of rent commitment with the Manns that I’m not aware of?”

By Esty Heller

Halachah
Boiling soup, chopping vegetables, using the microwave... halachos of household help 

By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt

A Better You
A disturbing phenomenon in marriage is that small infractions — especially recurring ones — can grow out of proportion

By Family First Contributors

Knesset Channel
In Israel, the power struggles rage on

By Avi Blum, ESQ

Halls of Power
Trump isn’t legally in charge now, Biden is. But in a practical sense, Trump appears to be

By Maury Litwack

Eye on Europe
To understand the turmoil facing French democracy, we spoke with French political analyst Jean-Yves Camus

By Yaacov Lipszyc

The Moment
The members of the kehillah in Tzfas are struggling to digest the loss

By Tzippy Yarom