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Are you cool? Perhaps you are chilled. You might even be a real hood.

Fifty years ago, they called it `being hip.' Twenty years later, the `in thing' was to be `with it.' Perhaps, by the time this article is printed, there might be a new cliche to express someone's being a member of the `elite,' leading, trendsetting part of society -- or perhaps it might be more accurate to say the group of people who imagine that they are the elite, leading, trendsetting part of society.

The "Persistent" Child
by Masha Wolf M.A.

Persistence in adults is an admirable trait. Persistence helps a person to strive toward his goals and overcome obstacles. Children who are sometimes thought of as stubborn and defiant can alternatively be viewed as persistent.

Writing is Exciting
Some Impressions and Products of a Women's Writing Workshop

It's probably programmed into our genes, the gift of gab, of expression, of emotion, that extra-sensory sensitivity that the Torah calls bina yeseira and we call feminine intuition. With many of us women, it takes the form of written expression.

More on Weddings

Dear Editor,

You recently wrote about the problem of not having sufficient money to enable a shidduch to be concluded.

About 25 years ago, I had the same problem with the shidduch of one of my children. The total sum from the two sides was not enough. We took our problem to Maran Harav Shach ztvk'l.

Shabbos by the Sea
by L.M.W.

Two hundred and fifty women sat facing a glorious sunset at the seaside in Bat Yam, singing the "Lecho Dodi" to welcome the Shabbos Queen into their midst. They had traveled from all parts of Israel to spend a long Shabbos weekend together. Religious women from all circles and corners of Israel, ranging in age from 20 to 70-plus, they shared one situation in their lives: widowhood.

Whole, Holey, Holy Children
by M. Steinberg

Before I was married and became a mother, I was a teacher. I saw many things in my pupils of which I thoroughly disapproved.

BOOK REVIEW
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover --
and Other Advice on Finding The Right Mate
by Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

When can we definitely say that Hashem is the shadchan of any given match?

Implementing the Red Light System in shidduchim...

Your Medical Questions Answered!
by Joseph B. Leibman, MD

I decided to write a column about a part of the human body that is a cause of much worry and time in all humans, yet is essentially unimportant in medical terms. I am referring to hair.

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