To all the Women Living in Palaces by Yocheved Rottenberg
It’s Purim night and I need to go to sleep, but I just can’t. I can’t go to sleep, cuddle up in my world, while I know that other women are crying themselves to sleep tonight. I know Purim is a day of happiness. I know that we’re all trying to be happy, trying so […]
Haman’s 10 Sons=A Woman’s 10 Commandments by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi
Haman’s 10 sons got hung on a tree, and here are the 10 things every woman should hang on the tree in order to be done with them once and for all: 1. Parshandata. This literally means, “an interpreter of her religion” (Parshan-Dat-a) Parshandata is when we interpret another woman’s religious level based on her […]
A Wonderful Photo I Received Yesterday
My cousin Noah in Atlanta has been going through boxes of old family photos, and he’s been discovering all sorts of treasures like this one he sent yesterday of me as a baby with my parents and older brother, John. This photo reminds me the blessing of having parents. Such a normal, common blessing. Almost […]
Shocking Israeli Discovery: 1st Written Record of Queen Esther’s Father-in-Law
A few months ago, the International Media Advisor to Israel’s president was touring around the Tel Lachish archeological site when he discovered a pottery shard that said “Daryavesh” on it. King Daryevesh (also known as Darius) was the father of King Achashverosh from the Purim story. This advisor thought he must be at the receiving […]
Sister of Yagel and Hallel HY”D: My Great Grandmother Prepared Me for this Tragedy
This remarkable video of the sister of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv was made the day after they were murdered, Seeing this young girl, and her superhuman statement faith and trust, along with her high school classmates from Ulpanat Tzvia of Har Bracha, we are witnessing the secret of the survival of our ancient people through […]
What My Father Told Me Every Single Day of my High-Risk Pregnancy by Rebbetzin Rivkah Slonim
Relatively early in my pregnancy with our fifth child, the doctor announced that I had to go on complete bed rest. The pains I had been feeling were due to my uterus contracting prematurely, which could lead to a dangerously early delivery. When my beloved doctor pronounced her recommendation, I looked at her in total […]
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