I Lift My Eyes to the Hills by Ora Baranes Lilintal
This psalm has been sung to so many melodies, and this one, which I first heard 18 years ago, is my absolute favorite. This year I’ve been playing it often. It’s ancient words feel so current since October 7th: A song for ascents. I lift my eyes to the hills, from where will my help […]
Read MoreKreesmas Lights in Our Succah
Every Succot, we decorate our succah with these little colorful lights that growing up we–Josh as the son of a Catholic mother, and I as a student at a Christian prep-school–knew as Christmas lights.When Josh and I came to Israel over 30 years ago, we found it very entertaining that the Israelis selling these lights […]
Read MoreThe Song all of Israel is Singing: “You Always Love Me” by Elyatsur
Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por Chana Jenny Weisberg (@jewishmomcom) Everywhere I go this week, I hear people singing this song (based on the words of Rabbi Shalom Arush.) In succahs. On the radio. My kids (and me) in our kitchen. Enjoy and chag sameach!
Read MoreDead Car Battery, Dead Phone. and the Woman who Yelled at Me
A Dead Car, Dead Phone, and the Woman Who Yelled at Me A traumatic encounter and a Mobileye angel. Chag sameach!
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The Siren and My Tattooed Savior
My daughter’s starting an MA in psychology in Jaffa this November (this is the same daughter who was devastated after being rejected last year from all the programs she’d applied to, and b”H this year SHE GOT IN!!)* So this afternoon I drove her with her stuff for to her new apartment. Afterwards I went […]
Read MoreIDF Rabbi’s Powerful Prayer with Soldiers Entering Battle
This remarkable video has altered the way I think of IDF soldiers. At this prayer ceremony before entering battle, all machismo evaporates as the soldiers turn to Hashem with such vulnerability and sincerity. Like a personal Neila prayer, battle after battle. Today was a challenging day for Israel, 25 soldiers were injured in battles with […]
Read MoreSupermarket Tsaddikim
[Every day, my learning partner Ilana and I share moments of Divine Providence we experienced. Here is the wonderful story she shared with me this Friday…] Today at 12:30 I realized that I’d run out of oil for my Shabbat candles. So I ran to the mall. My regular oil guy was already closed. So […]
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