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Family First Feature
What sleep deprivation does to your body and brain, and what you can do to get the rest you need

By Batya Sherizen

A Better You
While repairing doesn’t undo a rupture, it can rebuild safety and trust in the here and now

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“With all the talk these days about mental health, this is one piece I don’t hear people say out loud very often”

By Family First Readers

Living Room
Why cleaning products are the most impactful first nontoxic swap

By Adina Miller

Living Room
Malka Feder shows us how to make delicious food, without being enslaved to the stove

By Riki Goldstein

Musings
Was our midwinter outing a dream come true — or one big headache?

By Bashie Lisker

Windows
My three-year-old plays pretend shopping: She sits by a “computer” and orders on Amazon

By Brochy Ganeles

Great Reads: Real Life
I loved my son for each of the 23 million seconds we had with him

By Shoshana Gross

Impressions
 “Sharing a smile costs you absolutely nothing, and yet it is one of the most powerful acts of chesed”

By Rabbi Philip Moskowitz

Outlook
The return of Ran Gvili was like a huge boulder lifted from the collective heart of Israel

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Guestlines
Toameha is not a social gathering, an independent ritual, or an opportunity for indulgence

By Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner

FF Point of View
Is it healthy for young couples to start their marriage in Eretz Yisrael?

By Rochel Samet

Connections
My toddler has suddenly become frightened of everything

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Magazine Feature
The Rebbe Rayatz’s one-man war on Stalin’s killing machine

By Gedalia Guttentag