Bye Bye Chanukah :(
Here’s a photo Josh took last night of our fully-lit chanukiah…Will be sorry to put it away until next year:(
Read MoreNo Mommy Peptalk this Week
I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’ll be posting a peptalk this week. Too crazy and noisy here to film one with all the kids home for Chanukah…IY”H next Sunday:)
Read MoreWhen Chanukah is Finally Over
By the end of Chanukah, I’ve had enough. Enough days spent with a house-full of bored, hungry, fighting children. And I don’t want it to end. The candle-lit family dinners of latkes and sufganiot, the fun of everyone together. The magic. This is why, the day after Chanukah, I always feel the exact same thing– […]
Read MoreWhat I Do Every Night of Chanukah
Every night of Chanukah, after I light my candles, I sit down and watch them for half an hour. Rabbanit Yemima, quoting the Chavat Yair, instructed us to do this many years ago…To stop the treadmill we’re on 305 days a year (365 minus 52 Shabbats and 8 days of Chanukah) and just sit. And […]
Read MoreMy Upside-Down House
One of my favorite things about our new house is that my daughter, Hallel, made some beautiful hand-painted tiles which we put up all over the kitchen and upstairs bathroom. My five-year-old Tsofia also painted her own tile, which the builders glued onto the back wall of our house. But, I guess, the builders didn’t […]
Read MoreGayle Sassoon’s 1st Public Statement: Even When We Feel Abandoned, Trust Hashem
This past March 21st, the entire Jewish people mourned after 7 children of Rabbi Gavriel and Gayle Sassoon were killed in a house fire. Gayle Sassoon was released from the hospital this past June, and last week she made her first public statement via the Chazak Hotline: This is Gila bat Francis. It’s hard for […]
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