What I Hear on Yom HaShoah
On Rosh Hashanah we hear the shofar. On Chanukah? Maoz Tsur. Purim? Megilat Esther. Pesach? The Four Questions. And what is the sound we hear today, on Yom HaShoah? The primal scream of the 10 AM siren, when Israel stands silently honoring the inhumanly murdered 6 million: mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. But today […]
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Read MoreMy Triple-Scoop Ice Cream Cone
7:45 AM. Breakfast for 5-year-old Tsoofy, 3 year-old Yaakov, and 16-month-old Yonatan. Tsoofy recites “Shehakol nihyeh bdvaro” over her cornflakes, and midway through the bowl she launches into “Echad Mee Yodea.” Yaakov tells me that next year, he is going to a gan for BIG boys. In fact, he reminds me for the dozen-th time, […]
Read More72 Days of Lovingkindness Start this Week (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
This week is the beginning of an incredible annual opportunity to change your life with minimal effort.
Read MoreHow Much Money I Found While Cleaning for Pesach
Yesterday I set the timer for 40 minutes and cleaned out my “drawer of important things” (yes, that’s actually what we call it. In distinct contrast to the “box of important things” in an upper kitchen cupboard.) The drawer of important things had become so full of things that were anything but, that over the […]
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