Rebbetzin Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde
I once spoke with a mother who lamented the fact that when she was single she had been such a wonderful person. Always kind, patient, tolerant–perfect! And once she got married and especially after she became a mother, on a regular basis she would find herself turning from Rebbetzin Jekyll into Mrs. Hyde. From kind, […]
Read MoreThe Exciting Course I’m Starting Next Week: Rebbetzin Tukachinsky’s Sod Ha’adam
Last winter, one of my kids was going through a serious crisis. A friend told me about a simple tool she had learned from Rebbetzin Tukachinsky’s course, Sod Ha’adam. And thank God, after a few weeks, that daughter was doing great. And then I moved on to another child who was having a hard time, […]
Read MoreTake Me, Shabbos (4-Minute Music Video)
I love this newly-released video from Yosef Wildes. He manages to do something nearly impossible–capture the otherworldly magic of Shabbos:) I look forward to seeing more videos from him!
Read MoreMy Wondrous Simchat Torah in Belz
I don’t like big crowds, being squished, having to push my way through the masses to get where I (and everybody else) are trying to go. But once a year, for at least a decade, I’ve braved the crowds at the Belzer Rebbe’s Simchat Torah hakafot. Most years I arrive half an hour or so […]
Read MoreThe Spanish Fireman Who Joined Us This Succot
On Shabbat Succot we hosted an unusual crowd–a Catholic Spanish fireman, his Russian-Orthodox girlfriend, and 2 evangelical Germans. If you’re wondering how this exotic assortment of people ended up in the Weisberg Succah, please let me explain. The Spanish fireman came to us through my husband’s new business hosting tourist groups for a home-cooked meal […]
Read MoreWhen I Stood on the Scale the Day After Simchat Torah
The day after Simchat Torah, I got on the scale to check out how bad my situation was. I’d gained 1.5 kilos, that’s 3.3 pounds, since Rosh HaShana. Which reminded me just how easy it is to gain weight, and just how tough it is to lose it again. This morning, as I exited Yoni’s […]
Read MoreThe Chagim were Great! And Great They’re Finally Over…
Tishrei is an amazing, uplifting month, which requires a ton of very hard work from JewishMOMs. If you are feeling burnt out today, you are not alone! I posted this video last year, and have been singing the song it features to myself all week! May we all experience the hitchadshut, the renewal, the song […]
Read MoreHanan ben Ari and One Family: World Champion
Watch popular Israeli singer Hanan Ben Ari perform his hit song “World Champion” along with terror victims and their families in this chilling and emotional video featuring a few of the greatest modern-day heroes of Am Yisrael–who, despite their grief and pain, emotional and physical, get up out of their beds every single day and […]
Read MoreThe Viral Yom Kippur Song of Ricka Razel’s Daughter
I (and thousands of others) watched this incredibly uplifting song from the Yom Kippur service performed by Ricka Razel and her daughter Halleli right before Yom Kippur, and I sang it over and over during the fast. I’d heard Halleli was a good singer but I had no idea just HOW gifted she is! […]
Read MoreNoga’s Chesed for Her Missing Cousin
Today, my neighbor, Noga Malki, told me the following heart-wrenching as well as inspiring story: “I made aliya with my family when I was 10, and my aunt and uncle stayed in America, in Atlanta. Their daughter, my cousin Jenna, came to Israel several times. She was a sweet girl, on the autistic spectrum. She […]
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