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Beth Rachael Shapiro
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Esther Mendelsohn
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Esther Malka Goldschmidt
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Yehudis Lieber
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Rivky Singer
Outside Chance
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
Esther Kurtz
Impressions
 “Sharing a smile costs you absolutely nothing, and yet it is one of the most powerful acts of chesed”
Rabbi Philip Moskowitz
Impressions
My grandfather never forgot that mountain. And now, neither will my precious son
Rebbetzin Yocheved Goldberg
The Search: Pesach 5782
Nine writers recount their search for chometz — and what they found
Shoshana Greenspan
The Search: Pesach 5782
Nine writers recount their search — and what they found
Esty Heller
Looking Back Looking Forward
Read on for some cool info about the lightbulbs
B.Deer
Looking Back Looking Forward
What kind of thermometer(s) have you used this year?
B.Deer
Win or Lose
How wrong had he been. Mr. Greenbaum was anything but a silly old man. He was actually one of the most brilliant and wealthy people around
Chaim Finkelstein
Win or Lose
Yitzy was shocked. Why on earth would Mr. Greenbaum ask him such a silly question? Was this a joke?
Chaim Finkelstein
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As her body waned, her spirituality came through. But it was hard to watch her memory fail, to see Bubby struggling with the simplest tasks,

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Then came the Shabbos I spent with a warm Moroccan family, where I realized I was insulting the couple by not trying their unique cholent

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When you buy a house, you purchase the place that will become a home. A headache arises from a place deep within, loaded with so many what-ifs,

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I remember waiting on the driveway for Zevi’s playgroup van when he was three, and his graduation to real school buses when he was five. I miss those moments of fun, when we’d wait for the bus as a family. I miss last year’s quiet, early morning talks. Doesn’t he?,

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Though nearly half a century had gone by, I could still picture high school Suri on the other end of the line

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