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My Beautiful Kids in the Beautiful Land of Israel
Here’s some photos my husband took of our 3 youngest children, Tsofia, Yaakov and Yoni during our trip around the Golan and northern Israel. Like my kids, I would love Israel even if it wasn’t beautiful. Because it’s mine. But isnt it wonderful that in addition to being my beloved land, it’s beautiful too? Please Hashem bless Eretz Yisrael with security and true, long-lasting peace. Shabbat shalom...
read moreOur Family (We Can’t) Getaway
We are on a family vacation for a few days before school starts on Sunday.We decided (like thousands of other Israels) to travel to the safe parts of the North, relatively far from the Lebanese and Syrian borders (this is a photo of me yesterday at the tomb of Rebbe Meir Baal HaNes in Tiberias).It is so peaceful up here, in the home we are renting in a remote yishuv overlooking Mt. Gilboa. I could even forget I am living in a country at war.But Waze reminds me.The GPS doesn’t work in most of northern Israel, in order to prevent enemy...
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A Special Surprise for her Soldier Husband
https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/WhatsApp-Video-2024-08-27-at-11.59.35-PM.mp4 4 years ago a doctor told them they would never be able to conceive again without medical intervention…Thank You Hashem for stories like this, rays of sunshine through the cloud-filled skies.
read moreWhen I Don’t Want to Get out of Bed, I Sing This Song…
https://jewishmom.com/wp-content/uploads/WhatsApp-Video-2024-08-27-at-12.51.32-AM.mp4 There have been a few mornings this summer I would have rather just stayed in bed rather than get out of bed and face the day ahead. One such morning took place a few weeks ago when I was in Baltimore with my father who was hospitalized after a fall. My Dad was more than ready to be released to a rehab center, but instead of being released he was stuck lying in a hospital bed staring out the window (at a brick wall) because he was Covid+ so no rehab would...
read moreMy Husband, the Hostage by Tal Shoham
[Originally posted by Hanoch Daum, translated by JewishMOM.com]My husband, Tal Shoham (Tal ben Nitsa) is still a hostage in the hands of the Hamas.I came back from that place- along with my children, my mother, and a few other relatives.On October 7th I lost my father, my aunt, my handicapped uncle, and his caretaker.Four dead, nine kidnapped, one family.I wrote something- I hope you’ll see, I hope you’ll repost, I hope Tal will come back to us, safe and sound.If it was up to meIf it was up to me, I would take the car.Turn right before the...
read moreHappy Now or Never
I have an acquaintance named Sara* whose kids have been classmates with my kids over the years. After we moved to Kiryat Moshe 10 years ago, every time I would see Sara at school events she would say, “We’re living now in Ramot, but If you hear of any apartments in Kiryat Moshe, please tell me! I really want to move.” Around a year ago, Sara told me that they’d finally found an apartment and moved to Kiryat Moshe. I was happy for her, I had been beginning to wonder if she would ever move. And then, today, I ran ino...
read moreHanan Ben Ari’s Tribute to his future Ex-Wife
When singer Hanan Ben Ari and his wonderful wife of 16 years, Hadassah, announced this week that they are getting divorced, I and millions of other Israelis were in shock. Here was their announcement: “We are breaking up “With a broken and pained heart, but with a clear inner knowledge that we tried and fought and struggled until the end. There are moments when there is no choice but to look reality in the eyes and honestly admit that we have lost. We choose to lose with respect and love. “We got married at the age of...
read moreEvery Israeli’s on that Helicopter featuring Injured IDF Soldier, Eidan Amedi
Israel let out a collective gasp when the news was released this past January that Fauda star and popular singer Eidan Amedi had been critically injured while serving in Gaza. B”H, Amedi recovered from his injuries. The hopeful message in Amedi’s newest video is so much more powerful, knowing that he personally went through that storm and has made it through, on his helicopter, to the other side. Please God, may all of Israel get through this storm to the other side, to better days of secure borders and true...
read moreChizuk Blitz
320 days. We haven’t forgotten and won’t forget until you are home!🙏🇮🇱😔 Praying for their release in Cleveland. Camp t-shirts in...
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