A Prayer for the Earthquake’s Victims by Rabbi Reuven HaKohen Oriya (Rosh Yeshiva, Kfar Maimon)

Yesterday’s devastating earthquake and its aftershocks have affected 13 million people, leaving over 5000 dead, and 24,000 injured. B”H there were no injuries in Israel where the earthquake was also felt, but still this catastrophe, for me, feels very close to home. It made me feel immensely grateful today for what is: a home to […]
Read MoreMazal Tov, Mazal Tov

If you love JewishMOM.com, the person you should thank is the Hadas Eliana Weisberg, who, with her wondrous arrival into the world 25 years ago today, made me a Jewish mom. This photo was taken on a truly wonderful mother-daughter birthday trip we took today to Ein Gedi. 6Mazal tov, Hadas, on your 25th birthday, […]
Read MoreThe Neve Yaakov Attack’s Youngest Victim: 14-Year-Old Asher Natan HY”D (Ynet)

Natan was the oldest of 8 children. He went out on Friday night after dinner to attend a weekly Torah class when his parents heard the shots from their home, which is next to the synagogue. After finding out there had been a terror attack, they went looking for their son for about an hour, […]
Read MoreNatalie Mizrahi, Selfless Hospital Worker, Wife, and Daughter, Among Victims in Jerusalem Terror Attack

Right after Shabbat, during Havdalah, our phone rang. My daughter, who had been away for Shabbat, sounded upset, “Hi Eema, is everyone OK?” “Yes, we’re all fine…why, did something happen?” and that was how I heard the terrible news about the 2 terror attacks in Jerusalem this Shabbat, in the City of David and outside […]
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