3 Life-Changing Sentences (3-Minute Rabbi Fanger Video)
As a special project for the elevation of Mom’s soul, welcome to “Mom’s Corner,” which will be be a new regular feature on JewishMOM.com. Mom’s Corner will include posts promoting happiness and wellbeing, which were things Mom considered so crucial she dedicated her professional life to them.
Read MoreMom’s Grit
We’ve all heard of IQ, but last night a friend introduced me to the concept AQ–Adversity Quotient, meaning a person’s ability to deal with adversity in life. And that, I think, is something my Mom had in abundance. On the surface, it might have appeared from the outside that Mom had everything going for her. […]
Read MoreSorra Landau: Midwife and Chevra Kadisha Member
Today I realized that the 1 month anniversary of Mom’s death falls on Yoni’s 6th birthday, the 18th of Kislev. Which reminded me of an unexpected call I received this week from Sorra Landau, a midwife I’ve known for over 20 years. Sorra called in response to my recent posts about Mom’s passing in order […]
Read MoreAfter Mom Died, What’s Left?
I spent this morning and early afternoon downtown running 3-weeks worth of errands that I hadn’t been able to do since mom died. I remember when I was pregnant, how I would notice all the other pregnant women walking down the street. And I experienced something similar today during my errands, but the people I […]
Read MoreA Divine Nod at Mom’s Burial
Mom loved reading the weekly parsha. And she wasn’t one of those fair-weather parsha readers, sticking it out through Bereishit and Shmot and then fizzling out. No, not Mom. She read every week. Through the sacrifices. And the construction of the tabernacle. And the countings of the Jewish people. And the stations in the desert. […]
Read MoreI Haven’t Left My House for 11 Days
3 weeks ago Mom died, and 11 days ago I came back home to Israel. That means I’m quarantined, not allowed to leave my home for at least one more day, depending on whether the corona test I did today comes out negative. It is no fun losing your mom, and it’s no fun either […]
Read MoreNot Simple
I’ve received so many beautiful, touching condolence notes since Mom passed away earlier this month. But today I received one that moved me to tears, from a neighbor who never even met my mom. In a text message which simultaneously said so little but yet managed to express everything, she wrote: “שולחת חיבוק. לא פשוט […]
Read MoreThe Lost Photo of Mom and Me
This summer, my cousin sent me this long-lost photo of mom holding me as a baby. Looking at this photo moved me deeply then, and breaks my heart now. Since nobody will ever love me as completely, as unconditionally, as a mother loves her child.
Read MoreMom’s Funeral and My Broken Necklace
Before mom died, I had been feeling for a few weeks like the world was random. That everything’s up for grabs. But after mom died, it was suddenly eminently clear to me that Hashem runs the world. So many otherwise inexplicable things were taking place, how could it be otherwise? For example, at mom’s funeral, […]
Read MoreThe Book on Mom’s Bedside Table when She Died
My mom’s sweetest childhood memories and her dearest lifelong friends came from her Zionist youth group–HaNoar HaTsioni. But by the time I was growing up, that wasn’t a side I saw so much of mom. I don’t remember Israel being a topic of conversation or much interest. But when I made aliya, all of a […]
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