Why Bring Children into this Cruel World? Rabbanit Yemima on Yom HaShoah

Who is still left today from the Shoah? In my class this week, a Holocaust survivor spoke. She was a 9-year-old girl when the Nazis arrived in her town. The only Holocaust survivors who are among us today are the ones who were little then. And their mothers sowed a seed. They planted within the […]
Read MoreMy Daughter, the IDF Soldier

Tonight, when the Memorial-Day siren blares in honor Israel’s 23,928 fallen soldiers, and a thick cloud of mourning settles over the people of Israel, I will be experiencing it differently than I ever have before. That’s because, in a few months, my 3rd daughter Maayan will be becoming the first member of our family to […]
Read MoreAn Amazing Shidduch Story (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

The remarkable story behind the engagement party I attended last week.
Read MoreComing Home

Coming home can mean returning to my house and my family. But not only. Coming home can also mean turning inwards, getting reacquainted with my truest self, my authentic purpose, my Divine soul.
Read MoreSelf-Care and a Dead Ambulance Passenger (1-Minute Rabbi YY Video)

I thought this was an awesome metaphor for how urgent it is that we moms make space in our lives to take care of ourselves. Especially now, as we recover from the most demanding holiday for the JewishMOM–Passover.
Read MoreMy Daughter’s Painting of a Pregnant Woman

21 years ago this week, I was anxiously awaiting the birth of my 2nd daughter, Hallel. I’d spent her entire pregnancy feverishly conducting interviews and writing my 1st book Expecting Miracles: Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Pregnancy Through Judaism. And today, 21-year-old Hallel sent me this, her exquisite painting of a pregnant woman. Seeing this […]
Read MoreAfter-Pesach Goals (8-Minute Mommy Peptalk)

Thoughts on transitioning from Passover to after-Passover.
Read MoreA Life-Altering Heart Attack and the Message of Matzah (9-Minute Charlie-Harary Video)

Amazing story! The power of NOW!
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