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Smoke Screen

Yocheved Zerfman

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Like Son, Like Father

Rivka Streicher

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Leaning into a Miracle

Rivka Streicher

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Swindled

Rivka Streicher

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Planned with Love

Rivka Streicher

Reflections

The Mother Myth

Mothers get too much blame for their children’s issues

Sarah Chana Radcliffe

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Daytime Drama-Free Conflict

You shouldn’t follow the “don’t go to sleep angry at your spouse” rule

Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Freeze Frame

Newness in the Details

I often search for ways to add freshness to days that feel boring

Russy Tendler

Freeze Frame

Becoming a Vessel

I want to become a vessel ready to catch and contain the brachah around me

Russy Tendler

The Bavli Onion

The Bavli Onion: Issue 1065

As the universe’s most powerful man dukes it out with the highest-valued terrestrial, the only question is: What took so long?

Rafael Hoffman

The Bavli Onion

The Bavli Onion 2025

Daas balabatim you can trust

Mishpacha Contributors

Family First Inbox

Family First Inbox: Issue 985

“Hashem doesn’t judge us on the result — He’s looking, with loving eyes, at the effort”

Family First Readers

Family First Inbox

Family First Inbox: Issue 984

“Every one of us should start every day giving ourselves a standing ovation”

Family First Readers

Staff Room

How We Cholent

A dish that encapsulates generations of keeping Shabbos and following our Sages. And yet, no two cholents are the same

Mishpacha Staff

Staff Room

What will you be serving all day Erev Yom Kippur?

I always make a big brunch seudah in the morning — two big shakshukas, tons of fresh bread, and lots of fresh, cold grapes and watermelon to help everyone start to hydrate.

Family Table Contributors

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No Strings Attached

I was sure I could force a yes from Hashem if I proved myself worthy

By Mickey Feldbaum

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One Step Ahead of the Nazis

The war years meant being shunted from one hiding place to the next, never knowing if my brother and I would be discovered by the Nazis

By Tzivia Meth

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Where Baalei Teshuvah Stand

Unless a person works on himself to internalize and truly live Yiddishkeit, what does the fact that his parents were religious say about him?

By C. Saphir

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Fringe Benefits

Tzitzis transformed me into the man behind a movement

By Rivka Streicher

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Turbulence in My Sky

With my bipolar swings, would I ever land on middle ground?

By Rivka Streicher

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Chain of Blessing

I learned that with the Rebbe at the wheel, I’d reach my destination. But who knew that my friends could also come along for the ride?

By Rivka Streicher

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