Family First Feature
Children of BTs navigate life as the first generation of FFBs
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
I didn’t question our twice-yearly pilgrimage to Ner Israel during the Yamim Noraim. Tefillah should be done in the place you call your spiritual home
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
“If we don’t accept this bochur, he’ll probably go to work and abandon learning. I’m not willing for Am Yisrael to lose such a talmid chacham”
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
We found an apartment in Bnei Brak and headed to yeshivah. What I didn’t realize was that this would be an experience that would stay with me for years
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
I grew up in yeshivah. My earliest memories involve our family — including my married sisters — sleeping in the yeshivah once a month
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
Chayei Moshe is what introduced me to this youthful chassidus, and led me down this magical rabbit hole
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
The boys would go home for Pesach and Succos, and the place lost its energy; the town became a shadow of itself
Musings
I had to master the cheesecake— my honor as a normal Jewish woman depended on it
On Site
“I wanted to make these mitzvos as beautiful, as halachically acceptable, and as comfortable as possible”
LifeTakes
Can’t they see how hard they’re making it for themselves? I vented to whoever was willing to listen
The Lens
“I’m a firstborn son and I didn’t grow up religious. I’ve never heard of this. Can I still do it?”
Shul with a View
"The words of the Kaliver Rebbe penetrated my heart. If he could be b’simchah, so could I"
