The Best Part of the Chumash Party

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 21, 2022 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 8 comments

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 […]

Shavua tov!!✡️💕

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 19, 2022 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

Part 2: My Last Chumash Party

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 18, 2022 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 2 comments

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!

My Last Chumash Party

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 16, 2022 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 4 comments

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 […]

The Special Mother of a Special Child

Posted by JewishMom on Feb 6, 2022 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 3 comments

This past Friday night we hosted a group of American tourists http://www.chefrabbijosh.com and I had the pleasure of sitting next to Amy, a mother of 4 from Larchmont, New York. And this is the incredible story she shared with me over whole-wheat challah and salatim: “When my oldest son was a year old we discovered he […]

My Babies Grown Big

Posted by JewishMom on Jan 31, 2022 in Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Toddlers | 2 comments

This morning I was at my health fund and noticed a young mom with a newborn waiting for the pediatrician. Has it really been 24 years, I marveled, since I was the one sitting there, the first-time mom waiting outside of the office of that same pediatrician. I remember that, for some reason, I’d had […]