Dear Hashem…
I think this video sums up pretty perfectly how I feel as I approach Rosh Hashana this year. Shavua tov and shana tova!!
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Jewish Women United, from Australia to Israel to New Orleans
My husband just got back from Canada after 3 weeks visiting family, and it’s been a very busy, draining summer vacation for me dealing with everything and everyone all on my own, so this week I took myself on an overnight to the North to finally have a chance to hear myself think. Yesterday, the […]
Read MoreGetting to Mikveh in Hurricane-Hit New Orleans by Bluma and Malki Rivkin of Chabad New Orleans
As most of you know, here in New Orleans, Louisiana, we are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. There is no power at all in the city. And due to various issues, there may be no power for at least a week or for a few weeks! Tonight we just took our first lady […]
Read MoreBuying PJs for My Soldier-to-Be
Yesterday afternoon my daughter made a party in the yard with some friends in honor of her enlistment into the IDF today, while I sat at the kitchen table furiously labeling markers and pencils “with Yoni W. 1st Grade” as if my life depended it. My tension level was more suited to a surgeon clamping […]
Read MoreWaiting 18 Years for a Baby, and Then…by Anonymous
(Reposted from the Jewish Press) Dear Mrs. Bluth, After discussing this with my husband, because we are extremely private people who do not publicly draw attention to ourselves, my husband saw how deeply I felt about this, agreed, to send this letter in hopes that everyone would read it and for the chizuk it may […]
Read MoreThe Kosher Bakery Staffed by Ex-Felons
The Kosher Bakery Staffed by Ex-Felons I’ve been learning about teshuva from a podcast on prisons. Shabbat Shalom!
Read MoreThe Miracle Hashem Made for Me on Monday
At the end of last week, the rabbanit I was supposed to have interviewed this week postponed until after the Chagim. So as of Monday morning I was stranded interviewee-less. But what I lacked in interviewees, I more than made up for with bored kids eager to make the most of every last moment of […]
Read MoreFeeling Your Best During Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Beyond
with Michal Finkelstein R.N. CNM
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