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Mishpacha Writers reflect on the decade that was
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It’s easier to be comfortable with your decisions, or even comfortable with the lack of clarity, when you can breathe
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“We’re looking for someone who can write the kind of stuff that would be shared in WhatsApp groups"
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The rules have changed, and I’m saying it again loud and clear: be your son’s friend
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Bet Shemesh is not only a place to live, it’s a place to learn and grow
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Somehow we built up this entire tribe! Then I could just cry from all the nachas
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We’re closing a decade and Jewish music has stretched, expanded, blurred
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The past decade has multiplied the number of balls we mothers are trying to keep in the air
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It was a story out of one of their children’s books, but it was happening in real time