My Daughter’s New Saying
My daughter Moriya is a national-service girl who travels all around Israel doing outward-bound type workshops with kids at risk. Often things don’t go exactly the way she planned. Often, in fact, things don’t go the way she planned AT ALL. So she made up a new saying, which she says to herself when things […]
Read MoreMother of Hostage Accidentally Killed by IDF: “And then Yotam Had to Go”
Iris Chaim’s comforting words to the IDF soldiers who accidentally killed her son left an entire nation in awe of this woman’s kind heart, her forgiveness, her greatness. I’m posting 2 videos here, the first is a remarkable short excerpt from the 6-minute interview conducted with Iris Chaim. This excerpt tells the story of a […]
Read MoreHafrashat Challah for the Hostages at the Western Wall
Last night I was at the Kotel when a young woman carrying a pot called out, “Hafrashat Challah for the Hostages!” Before long this young woman, whom I later found out is named Nili Grutman-Eshet, was surrounded by around 30 women prepared to respond Amen to her heartfelt prayer to release each hostage. Afterward Nili […]
Read MoreBreathe In, Breathe Out
For a few days I’ve been having a hard time breathing, like there’s a 70’s-style file cabinet sitting inside my chest, on top of my lungs. I keep on trying to visualize that I’m pulling that file cabinet out of my chest, and I can breathe freely for maybe a minute. But then, before I […]
Read MoreMourning Fallen IDF Major Yakir Hexter
When our firstborn, Hadas, was just a few months old I became friendly with a mother from my neighborhood named Chaya. One Shabbat, we joined Chaya and her husband, Josh, for Shabbat lunch. At that time, Chaya’s firstborn, Yakir, was around 10 months old, which made her, in my eyes, a Very Experienced Mother. I […]
Read MoreMy Kids’ Stomach Virus and Me by Elana Mizrachi
Elana Mizrahi is a Jewish wife and mother in addition to many other things! Learn more about her and her many initiatives to help and inspire Jewish women and moms at http://www.elanamizrahi.com This is the link for the newest updated hostage list for prayers, it is updated whenever there is a change. May we see them […]
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