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Family First Feature
What it’s like living with an invisible allergy no one believes exists

By Lori Holzman Schwartz

A Better You
Lately I’ve been hearing versions of the same question: Do I really need folic acid? Isn’t it synthetic? What about methylfolate?

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“If you have lettuce and greenhouse-grown lettuce, what is the difference? Nothing! So why is it different with diamonds?”

By Family First Readers

Living Room
New evidence shows us just how directly exercise helps the body fight cancer

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

Living Room
These compact, kid-approved picks make planes, cars, and cozy getaways a whole lot more fun!

By Adeena Frommer

Know This
When my world didn’t feel right, I found a new one that fit like a glove

By Shoshana Gross

Musings
Sometimes, being present means that I’m not present

By Racheli Lebovics

Windows
My mother was horrified. Her granddaughter still has no earrings?!

By Roizy Baum

The Moment
“I give you a brachah that you should never again have to leave Lakewood for Shabbos!”

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

On the Line
“Rabbi,” one of them finally reluctantly began, “I’m not exactly sure how to tell you this, but….”

By Mordechai Paretzky as told to Ruthie Paretzky

EndNote
Some are universally sung classics, others vintage Breslover, Skulen, or Vizhnitz niggunim

By Riki Goldstein

Screenshot
An unmet want will wither and disappear, while an unmet need will destroy you from the inside

By Shoshana Friedman

LifeTakes
 How typical? Baby + bus = midlife crisis

By Tzippy Goldhar

Halachah
Can I rely on the salesperson (or the owner) if he tells me the item has no shatnez? And other questions

By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt