The Best Part of the Chumash Party
This past Friday, there were so many Chumash-party highlights. Yoni got to hold the microphone and sing “Tov li Torat Picha!” all by himself! And an important Rosh Yeshiva came special! And Yoni got to sit on his Abba’s lap the whole time! And wear a tall golden crown! And all the boys got to […]
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Part 2: My Last Chumash Party
I shared in yesterday’s post that I didn’t want to attend my son’s chumash party. Here’s why I changed my mind!
Read MoreMy Last Chumash Party
My youngest child, Yoni, is having his Chumash party on Friday. That means that Friday morning the boys will walk to the synagogue next to the school, and an important rabbi will arrive and all the boys and parents will stand up and the rabbi will bless our sons and then hand each one his […]
Read MoreThe Africans Who Came for Shabbos
This week we hosted the first guests I remember who had to lower their heads to get inside our front door. Averaging nearly 7 feet tall, this Friday night we hosted a group of professional volleyball players who were recruited from various African countries to play for an Israeli team. When we all stood for […]
Read MoreA Struggling Teenage Boy and Shema Yisrael
Today my friend Ilana was telling me about her teenage son who has a lot of issues at school and at home. Ilana and her husband have been trying to work with him, to help their son, for years. And it’s very tempting, she told me, after all these years, to just throw in the […]
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