Mommy Peptalk: The 1% Solution

CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST The easy way to become a truly better person this Elul. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-3erl4N00]

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Rivka bat Yael Razel Update: More Mazal Tov! The Bris

CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST Now I know what it will feel like when Moshiach comes. I know what it will feel like when after 2000 years of crusades and pogroms and wars and at least one nearly successful attempt at genocide, the Jewish people will wake up one morning to discover that overnight […]

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The Steipler’s 4 Mothering Rules

Yoel’s new teacher, Ganenet Mindy, just passed out these 4 parenting tips from the Steipler Gaon (Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky): The Steipler Gaon taught: 1. Children who grow up in a home where the mother says every word of her prayers will understand Mishna and Gemara better than any other child. 2. If a mother […]

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Great Elul Videos

Eye to the Sky: An inspiring new video to get us moms into an Elul frame of mind, with music by Tsiona Achishena and images by Sheva Chaya (who designed the awe-inspiring graphic at the top of this blog). Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4MUwF7BzPI] Oy, does the song Oyfen Pripetchik make me cry, especially now that Yoel just […]

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Mommy Peptalk: Gorilla Thoughts

How to declaw the negative thoughts that can destroy our lives. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHlrnPFnOOI]

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