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The Gabbait of the Kotel’s Reaction to My Post
This morning at pilates class I saw Aviva for the first time since I posted about her. For those of you who missed it, last Friday I wrote about how this Yemenite woman in her 60s goes to the Kotel every weekday at 3 AM, and has been doing so for 30 years. The other women who come to the Kotel even nicknamed her the Gabbait of the Kotel. When I saw her I remembered that she had never seen the post, and I thought how I should show her. But then I reconsidered. Last week she’s told me, “Don’t write about me! I don’t want...
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read moreCharedi Reservist’s Emotional Reunion with Son
May Hashem guard over this father and all of our soldiers!
read moreHow Shulamit Got her Son to Lay Tefillin Every Day
Today Josh and I came to Jaffa to celebrate our 28th (!) anniversary later this month, and to buy a new table from the lovely woman in this photo, Shulamit. And while we were in her store, Shulamit shared with me the following incredible story: “I see that you are also a believer. Most people who come in here I don’t tell this to them because I don’t wan’t them to fill my ears with unkind words. But you will for sure understand. “I live my life with faith. I sit here and open up my Tikkun HaKlali and just say the...
read moreWar Olim: Why Over 7500 Jews Have Made Aliya Since October 7th
Since October 7th over 7500 Jews have made aliya. This video presents young professionals from Western countries who, after Simchat Torah, watched with admiration as they saw Israel unite and go to war against those determined to destroy us. And each of these young olim decided, this is it, it’s time to join the people of Israel in the Land of Israel. Welcome...
read moreWhen God Disappears Remember Queen Esther by Nissim Black
I needed to hear this now. What powerful chizuk. https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/e36c7149-1e60-4e22-bc3c-c446a5823e13.mp4
read more“Sorry Rabbi, This Year No Jews Allowed“
On Tuesday we hosted a group of Americans and Canadians on a dual-narrative tour of Israel. That means they go around to hear Israelis and Palestinians sharing their perspective on the war. Almost all of the tour participants were Jews, including several Reform rabbis. We were to be this group’s only unequivocally pro-Israel presenters, so our perspective was new for them. And hopefully, it was eye-opening. But at the meal I came to understand that this isn’t actually a dual narrative tour, it’s a triple narrative tour. The...
read moreAviva’s at the Kotel Every Weekday at 3 AM
This morning at pilates I noticed several women in a stir about something one participant, a Yemenite woman in her 60s named Aviva, had shared. “Every day?” one asked her. “When do you go to sleep?!” “Unbelievable!” another exclaimed. I asked the woman next to me what all the buzz was about, “For 30 years, Aviva and her husband have been waking up in the middle of the night to get to the Kotel to pray by 3 AM.” This was something I wanted to hear more about…So after the class, I asked Aviva...
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Moroccan Grandma’s Heartwarming Blessing to Soldier Grandson
Love this! This video went viral in Israel. Now in English too, special for you:) https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/d2b1eff4-2566-49b4-b79f-830087317cf4.mp4
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