There’s No Use Crying Over Spilt Soup

Posted by JewishMom on May 30, 2018 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, My life | 5 comments

I start working on my blog every day at 12:30 in the afternoon. So today, at 12:25, I went down to my kitchen to quickly heat up some soup to eat before I started writing for an hour before my boys’ pick-up time. But when I was returning the box of soup to the fridge, […]

My New Necklace Fury

Posted by JewishMom on May 29, 2018 in Inspiration, Israel, My life | 3 comments

A few weeks ago we had a guest who was wearing a stunning necklace–a Tree of Life. I asked her where she had bought it and she told me in Tsfat, but she didn’t remember the name of the store. And then, on Sunday morning, while walking around Tsfat’s Old City with my 18-year-old daughter, […]

A Moms-Eye View of Tsfat

Posted by JewishMom on May 28, 2018 in Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood, Uncategorized | 7 comments

You can choose whether to read this post or scroll down to watch me tell this same story in a 2-minute video (with footage of the places I mention). We spent this past Shabbat in the mystical city of Tsfat. Two highlights… I went on an underground tour of tunnels excavated by Livnot Ulehibanot from […]

The 33-Year Old Bride’s Secret to Happiness

Posted by JewishMom on May 24, 2018 in Inspiration, My life | 8 comments

(You have a choice: you can read this post or hear me tell the same story in the 2-minute video below) Over the last 8 years, my whole family has become extremely fond of our dental hygienist, Sara. And over the years, twice a year, we’ve seen this lovely, sweet-hearted woman getting older and older. […]

Royal-Wedding Shavuot (5 Photos from London)

Posted by JewishMom on May 23, 2018 in Current Events, Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Uncategorized | 4 comments

Tanya Garber of London and her family celebrated Shavuot this year with a special Royal-Wedding twist…I adored these photos! <

Ma’am, Do you Work?

Posted by JewishMom on May 23, 2018 in Inspiration, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 0 comments

Once a clerk asked a stay-at-home mother “Do you work?” She said, “I do. I co-direct an institution.” “Really?” the impressed clerk responded, “Did you get a special degree to prepare you for that position?” “Yes, I got a very special degree, I have an MA…Ma”

Why Children Misbehave by Harav Ovadia Yosef

Posted by JewishMom on May 22, 2018 in Inspiration, Uncategorized | 11 comments

There Will be No Mommy Peptalk this Week or Next

Posted by JewishMom on May 21, 2018 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Sorry, because of Shavuot and various adventures, I don’t plan to make a mommy peptalk until June 3…

The Royal Wedding-Shavuot Connection

Posted by JewishMom on May 21, 2018 in Current Events, Inspiration | 5 comments

This past Saturday, at the exact moment I lit candles to usher in the festival of Shavuot, the marriage of the Jewish people to the King of the Universe at Mt. Sinai, 2 billion people around the globe were watching a different kind of royal wedding. As we Jews prepared to learn all night from […]

The 1st Mitzvah Kiss

Posted by JewishMom on May 17, 2018 in Inspiration | 2 comments