Recite Tefilat HaShlah for Your Children TODAY!

Every year we say this gorgeous prayer (one of my all-time favorites) for our children on Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan. When Rosh Chodesh is on Sunday, as it is this year, we recite Tefilat HaShla the Thursday before Rosh Chodesh. TODAY. Please spread the word. Find the prayer with English translation at: https://artscroll.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/prayer.pdf
Read MoreA Surprising Reunion at the Travel Agency

Today Josh and I made a presentation about our home-hospitality business at a large travel agency near Tel Aviv. There were maybe 25 tour operators at the meeting, and afterwards everyone left the meeting room except for one petite woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing jeans and a t-shirt. “Chana, you look familiar to me, […]
Read MoreA Hug Out of Nowhere

Yesterday my daughter had an appointment in a quiet, remote neighborhood overlooking the Malcha Mall. The appointment was an hour long, so I looked around for a place to daven and chose a bench by a walking path sandwiched between rosemary bushes and grass on both sides. The freshly-mowed grass made it smell like Baltimore […]
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