January 21, 2009 • 25 Teves 5769Family First Issue 125

10Cover: You Gained a Daughter! by Malki Lowinger

Marrying off a son is a challenge unlike that of marrying off a daughter. Family First speaks with some mothers who have gone through this process.

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26The Highest Flames Gourmet Giving By Barbara Bensoussan

culinary conversations

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38“And His Name Shall Be Called …” by Shira Yehudit Djlilmand

I woke up with a jolt. There was no bris, no baby, no nothing; it was just a very weird dream. But my husband took it more seriously. “Eliyahu? That was my grandfather’s name.”

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40Breathe in the Darkness by Leah Gebber

Nothing changed when that letter was slipped into the mailbox. But on another level, everything changed. A kollel wife gets a lesson in emunah

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