Home with Kids this Yom Kippur?

Home with Kids this Yom Kippur?

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Where Does He Get his Strength? by a Soldierā€™s Wife

Where Does He Get his Strength? by a Soldierā€™s Wife

This is a photo of my husband and our 2-year-old daughter. The number of days my husband, the 8th-grade teacher/assistant battalion commander, spent with her during the second year of her life can be counted on one hand. Since October 7th, heā€™s been holding together complex military zones to prevent future terror attacks. Of course […]

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Tu b’Av Chizuk for Older Singles and their Mothers

Tu b’Av Chizuk for Older Singles and their Mothers

[After years of praying that this will finally be the year that my oldest daughter will find her husband and get married, Tu b’Av is getting harder every year. It’s getting harder to keep davening. It’s getting harder to attend the Tu b’Av simchas of couples younger than my daughter. With that said, I want […]

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The Third Bridal Gown by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi

The Third Bridal Gown by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi

What a time. Weā€™re all on alert. Hashem seems to be giving us that constant reminder, after we told Him we canā€™t wait any longer, to simply look: you certainly can. Look how you sit in anticipation of evil. Would that you did the same for redemption!Whatā€™s happening right now? אַף עַל פּ֓י שֶׁיּ֓×Ŗְמַהְמֵהַּ ā€“ […]

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This Sandwich is Me

This Sandwich is Me

Tomorrow (unless my flight is canceled because of a war) I return home to Israel after almost 3 weeks in the US. I have an elderly father in the US who needs his daughter. I have a house full of kids in Israel who need their mom. I’m a member of the Sandwich Generation. But […]

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Liora Argamani Aā€H: A Double Love Story

Liora Argamani Aā€H: A Double Love Story

Thereā€™s a lot of mystery around Liora Argamani Aā€H, the Chinese-Jewish mother of released hostage Noa who passed away today at the age of 61. I was curious to learn more about her, and my poking around revealed a remarkable woman who travelled across the world, leaving behind everything and everyone she knew (even giving […]

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