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A mother struggles to guide her daughter with a new, confusing set of moral anchors.
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Tzomo Lecha Nafshi,

Put away the book. Put it away and listen to Kiddush. Stand up, your father’s waiting. Shhh. Come on.  Nu. Nu!  We don’t talk before grape juice, you’re a big girl already. Kinderlach, let’s wash…

I hate weddings. And vorts and lechaims too.  I would have made some excuse, but the father is a friend of my husband’s and he’s some big macher in shul and so here I am sitting at a…

I take a deep breath. I mustn’t seem too excited. I run a comb through my sheitel again and check the car mirror. Pretty pearl earrings, neatly styled wig.  Modest, attractive, reasonable. Above all, I want to look…

The Chanukah candles burn and sputter in the darkness, casting a warm glow around the room. They are so beautiful, slowly melting, slowly making rainbow puddles of wax. Right now, I am tied to the coffee table in…