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Freedom
"Freedom is earned. You’re the only person who can give it to yourself” I got to the coffee shop late. As a general rule, I’m usually late. I would love to claim it’s an occupational hazard, but the...
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Dear Seminary Teachers
They’re panicked about shidduchim. And the panic is contagious Dear Seminary Teachers, You’re the last in a truly impressive lineup. Baruch Hashem, I’m the mother of daughters, the oldest of whom is...
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Celebrate the Depth of Torah
Penimiyus in Torah doesn’t mean a new world. It means a deeper world The powerful simchah on Lag B’omer is uplifting, but it’s shrouded in mystery. Many of us find ourselves dancing around a bonfire,...
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If avodas Hashem were our business, we would do our best to make it flourish The Jewish world is reeling from the wave of tragedies that began on Lag B’omer. Even the biggest apikorus would have a...
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Overheard: The “Weaker” Brother
"They cried! And that makes all the difference” "I once heard from Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkovitz ztz”l that often, in his experience teaching generations of talmidim, he’d notice that one boy was...
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Still Our Children
Reb Gedalia Miller became a game changer in the way frum parents relate to their children, no matter how far they’ve gone Photos: shlomysphotos Gedalia Miller has been in the insurance and financial...
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As Mashiach approaches, Hashem will rouse us through the most painful wake-up call of all: the scattering of our children Having just read Rav Aaron Lopiansky’s excellent piece “Crumbling...
View ArticlePain is Only Part of the Picture
But this is wishful thinking. Because a certain percentage of teens — despite all the intervention in the world — simply opt out of frum life for something cooler. Rachel Ginsberg’s piece on the...
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Before You Send Your Son
If you want to take advantage of Eretz Yisrael, don’t bring America with you For American yeshivah bochurim, a year of learning in Eretz Yisrael has become an anticipated rite of passage. The famed...
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All Our Children: The conversation continues
"When parents stop sacrificing their children upon the altars of self-image, we will have students who feel valued by, and love for, the systems they are in" Unfairly Treated — Rabbi Meir B. Kahane,...
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