Part 2: My Last Chumash Party

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!

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My Last Chumash Party

My 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 […]

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The Africans Who Came for Shabbos

The 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 […]

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6 Steps I’m Taking to a Happier Adar

6 Steps I’m Taking to a Happier Adar

Following an unthinkable tragedy, the Lubavitcher Rebbe instructed his Chassidim how to feel joy under any circumstances.

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Israeli ingenuity:

Israeli ingenuity:

A snow-virus! Shabbat shalom from my beloved Holy City blanketed in white  

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Snow in Jerusalem!

Snow in Jerusalem!

A meeting with an inspiring volunteer for blizzard-bound Israelis and thoughts on the incomparable contribution of the Jewish people’s most important volunteers–Mothers!

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