You are the Roots of Your Family Tree by Rebbetzin Yitty Neustadt A”H
[I was very saddened to hear of the sudden passing yesterday of Rebbetzin Yitty Neustadt. Rebbetzin Neustadt devoted her life to empowering Jewish women and mothers, and she will be sorely missed by her family as well as by her many students. Yehee zichra baruch.] Here is one of her most unforgettable teachings: A Jewish […]
The Policeman’s Special Note
After searching for a parking spot, a family visiting the Kotel to celebrate their son’s Bar Mitzvah parked their car illegally and left a note on the windshield explaining their situation for the police. Upon their return, they found a ticket on the window with a nice Mazel Tov message instead of a fine. 😃 […]
My Final Shabbat of the Year at the Peace Retreat
My daughter invited me to join her this weekend at an Arab-Jewish silent-meditation peace retreat in the Arava. This wasn’t exactly the environment in which I wanted to spend my final Shabbat of the year. But I decided I wanted to have special time with my daughter. And I wanted a restorative vacation to rest-up […]
The Angry Taxi Driver
This morning in her Elul writing workshop, Yocheved Rottenberg shared the following story with us: “Yesterday I took a taxi, and at one point the driver got angry with me about something. And then, all of a sudden, he stopped himself and firmly said to himself: “Quiet!” “And then the driver proceeded to recite all […]
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Rabbanit Yemima said something in last week’s class that was obvious but yet had never even occurred to me. She pointed out that “Slichot” is a very strange name for the prayers we recite in these weeks leading up to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It’s strange because the word “Slicha,” means “Sorry” or “Forgive […]
My Failures this Year
In preparation for the new year, Rabbi Nivin suggested we write up 50 personal successes from this past year. I wrote up my successes a few weeks ago, and then read them over this past Shabbat. B”H this year I made meaningful headway on all sorts of personal goals: the healing of a strained relationship […]
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