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The Power of Yizkor
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Life and Death 
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Home, Holy Home: Chanukas Habayis   
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Sheva Brachos: Bottling the Joy
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The Chuppah: Epicenter of a Marriage
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Build your best
Build Your Best: Lemonade
As two souls merge, the chuppah elevates the experience   Every Jewish ceremony is replete with different customs and layers of meaning. The chuppah is no exception. Physical Representation Technically a cloth held up by four poles, the chuppah represents a house. It’s customary to beautify the chuppah in honor of the Shechinah that rests
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Build Your Best: Schnitzel
Read these tips, and prepare to up your cutlet game.
Sarah Faygie Berkowitz
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Day One 
The new president has a Day One pen – here’s how he’ll wield it
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Friend in High Places 
Israel's wish list for Trump
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Lost and Found: Chanukah Theme 5783
Lost and Found
7 tales of treasures lost — and regained
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Newness in the Details
I often search for ways to add freshness to days that feel boring
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Becoming a Vessel
I want to become a vessel ready to catch and contain the brachah around me
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School Daze: Epilogue 
There are a lot of other ways to be successful than being academic. You are so much more than the grades you get!
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School Daze: Teaching  
Who would guess that the girl who was making every teacher miserable had such talent!
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Veiled Blessings: The Badeken

What is the significance of the badeken ceremony practiced in Ashkenazic communities?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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A Foundational Shabbos      

What makes the Shabbos before the wedding so special?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Birthdays

Happy birthday? How grown are you now?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Day of Light: Bar and Bas Mitzvah

The yoke of mitzvos is an adornment, not a burden

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Gratitude and Focus 

The pidyon haben ceremony underscores our special role as the chosen nation

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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Upsheren    

What is the significance of this moment? What are some customs connected to this upsheren or chalakah ceremony?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

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