The Spanish Fireman Who Joined Us This Succot
On Shabbat Succot we hosted an unusual crowd–a Catholic Spanish fireman, his Russian-Orthodox girlfriend, and 2 evangelical Germans. If you’re wondering how this exotic assortment of people ended up in the Weisberg Succah, please let me explain. The Spanish fireman came to us through my husband’s new business hosting tourist groups for a home-cooked meal […]
Read MoreWhen I Stood on the Scale the Day After Simchat Torah
The day after Simchat Torah, I got on the scale to check out how bad my situation was. I’d gained 1.5 kilos, that’s 3.3 pounds, since Rosh HaShana. Which reminded me just how easy it is to gain weight, and just how tough it is to lose it again. This morning, as I exited Yoni’s […]
Read MoreHanan ben Ari and One Family: World Champion
Watch popular Israeli singer Hanan Ben Ari perform his hit song “World Champion” along with terror victims and their families in this chilling and emotional video featuring a few of the greatest modern-day heroes of Am Yisrael–who, despite their grief and pain, emotional and physical, get up out of their beds every single day and […]
Read MoreThe Viral Yom Kippur Song of Ricka Razel’s Daughter
I (and thousands of others) watched this incredibly uplifting song from the Yom Kippur service performed by Ricka Razel and her daughter Halleli right before Yom Kippur, and I sang it over and over during the fast. I’d heard Halleli was a good singer but I had no idea just HOW gifted she is! […]
Read MoreNoga’s Chesed for Her Missing Cousin
Today, my neighbor, Noga Malki, told me the following heart-wrenching as well as inspiring story: “I made aliya with my family when I was 10, and my aunt and uncle stayed in America, in Atlanta. Their daughter, my cousin Jenna, came to Israel several times. She was a sweet girl, on the autistic spectrum. She […]
Read MoreHow to Fix a Shattered Glass
On Shabbat Shuvah, a group of neighborhood mothers and their daughters had the honor of hearing a class given by Rabbanit Yael Eliyahu. And she shared an image that I can’t stop thinking about: “Imagine that you dropped a glass, and it shattered into a thousand pieces. You could use an entire bottle of glue, […]
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