The Student my Husband Didn’t Want to Meet

Last Friday my husband, Joshua, returned from a 2- week trip to North America where he taught at several synagogues and visited family. Over Shabbat Josh told me the following remarkable story: “A friend of mine who is also a teacher sent me a message when I first arrived in the US asking if I […]
Read MoreRuth’s Royalty by Rabbi Yakov Mizrahi

After I saw this I sent it out to almost every convert I know. Very powerful. Shavua tov!
Read MoreIf I Could Learn Torah with Anybody this Shavuot: Rabbi Eitan Feiner’s Heartbreaking Answer

Josh is teaching this Shavuot at a shul in California, and my little boys are begging me to learn with them on Shavuot so they will get Popsicles when they go back to school on Sunday. When they asked me I didn’t even look up from the pot I was stirring on the stove, “You […]
Read MoreA Surprising Question from our Chinese Guest

Last night we hosted a wonderful group of 28 Chinese tourists. We are learning that Chinese people ask very different questions than our guests from Western countries. Last night, for example, one guest stood up and asked, “In this country, is your family considered rich, poor, or middle class?” As though this is a question […]
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