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Parshah
Sometimes, even being in second (or third or fourth) place is also vital to the health of the enterprise. Not everyone can stand on center stage. (It would get too crowded!)

By Yaffa Ganz

Family First Feature
It seems to come as naturally to Jewish women as gefilte fish and chicken soup. But unlike gefilte fish and chicken soup, guilt isn’t always wholesome or appetizing. How to distin ...

By Leah Fine

Family First Feature
Rav Yehudah Meir Shapiro, ztz”l, and Sarah Schenirer, of blessed memory, led parallel lives, both with a vision of Kavod Shamayim.

By Shaina Medwed

Parshah
Sometimes it seems as if the gates of Heaven are locked against our prayers. That’s the time to renew our efforts, as Yitzchak did.

By Miriam Aflalo

Adviceline
If your daughter’s torn, she should be speaking it out with her husband. The more the two of them learn to work things out on their own, the better off their marriage will be.

By Family First Contributors

LifeTakes
Just as Hashem Rolled away the light before the darkness, tomorrow He will Roll away the darkness before the light.

By KJ Hannah Greenberg

Family First Feature
Shalom bayis is precious enough to put on top of the priorities’ list
Adviceline

By Bassi Gruen

5 to 9
"Be prepared to take risks and do things people say you can’t do; they’re usually wrong"

By Moe Mernick

Know This
Selective mutism is a form of social anxiety. It’s not the same as being shy

By Mindel Kassorla

Day in the Life
Rabbi Yonason Rosenblum is the man behind The Mishmar Shaila, a weekly sh’eilah challenge. He’s based in Queens, New York

By Rachel Bachrach

Recipes
While wontons take ages to fill, I still find them to be convenient for a crowd, since you can do everything in advance and freeze them raw.

By Michal Frischman

Standing Ovation
“I would love to do this job, Mr. Dorfman. However, we are Orthodox Jews and we cannot take such a job”

By Dovid Nachman Golding

Bakeaways
They’re tastier than the store-bought versions and the flavor options are pretty much endless!

By Faigy Grossmann