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Point of View
Rav Shach asked us not to glorify the IDF or the government leaders, even though we were writing for a secular audie ...

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l

Outlook
Of those 110 e-mails, eight contained information that was top secret, the highest classification, a fact that was either ...

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Text Messages
Indeed, the more seemingly endless the universe is discovered to be, the more it puts into stark relief the singularity ...

By Eytan Kobre

Voice in the Crowd
Maybe the little, lonely man in the silk beketshe was running a legitimate Baal Shem Tov–style operation in his sorry l ...

By Yisroel Besser

Second Thoughts
How does one become a thinker or a theologian? Is there an examination before one can practice thinking? Does one ...

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

EndNote
Many people have thanked me for the song because it helps them connect to their deepest reserves of emunah during hard ...

By Riki Goldstein

Magazine Feature
While Israel is bracing for a third battle with Hezbollah a decade after the Second Lebanon War, is the country any ...

By Binyamin Rose

Profiles
On Rav Zalman Sorotzkin zt”l’s 50th yahrtzeit, Mishpacha opens a treasure trove of personal writings shedding light on what ...

By Menachem Pines

Personal Accounts
Week after week, we aim to inspire you. Now, you shared the stories of how Family First impacted you, from small exp ...

By Mishpacha Readers

Family Diary
It’s always the busiest right before the best, when the day culminates over steaming food and a clear head, my beloved ...

By Sima Rappaport

Learning Curve
Aviva’s sister is making an upsheren and she expects Aviva to contribute elaborate baked goods. Yael protests Aviva’s judgmen ...

By Gila Arnold

Jewish Geography
With four full months to Election Day, it’s too early to call the race, especially between two highly competitive people ...

By Binyamin Rose

LifeLines
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I was just three years old when my Bubby’s friend asked me the ques ...

By C. Saphir

C is for Courage
Almost four years have passed. Almost four years since that hot summer day when I was diagnosed with cancer. Who would’ ...

By Esty Bloom