Rosh Hashana and 959 Failed Driver’s Tests
959 times. That’s how many times 69-year-old Korean grandmother Cha Sa-soon failed her driver’s test until she finally passed last November on her 960th try. “In my village, if you miss the bus,” Mrs. Cha explained, “you have to wait another two hours. Talk about frustration! But I was too busy raising my four children […]
Read MoreThe Race to Reproduce: One Mother's Struggle with Secondary Infertility
CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST A few weeks ago I received a heart wrenching letter from a young mom who has been married for 6 years and has one child. She wrote that she has suffered 2 miscarriages, and that her distress about those lost pregnancies is made worse by, what she describes […]
Read MoreMommy Peptalk: Rosh Hashana and the Missing Thousand
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Read MoreRosh Hashana: The Tipping Point
CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST Instead of my regular weekly peptalk, I am sending out this Aish.com Rosh Hashana video which gave me goosebumps and moved me deeply. A peptalk for the entire Jewish people. Enjoy and shana tova! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgQdBQj50Mw]
Read More10 Organizing Secrets for a 3-Day Yom Tov by Rivka Slatkin
A guest-posting by Rivka Slatkin of JewishLifeOrganized.com At the end of every summer, I find it intensely challenging to transition into Rosh Hashana “prep” mode. I don’t know if it’s the lazy days of summer, or just an initial feeling of overwhelm towards the tasks that must all get completed before Rosh Hashanah, but as […]
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