My Year of Cleaning Quietly
Before October 7th I would listen to lots of Torah classes, at least one a day. Rabbi YY, Rabbanit Yemima, Shira Smiles, Rabbi Fischel Schachter. I would go about my day listening to classes, and it infused my daily life with a lot of deeper meaning. But since October 7th I just haven’t had the […]
Read MoreA Miracle as Great as the Splitting of the Red Sea by Dr. Mordechai Abitbol
[Dr. Abitbol is an electro-optics engineer who received his doctorate in physics from the Hebrew University and has worked for Israel’s defense industry.] Many people have a feeling that we experienced a miracle this past Saturday night. I would like to go beyond that wide-spread feeling and share real, scientific evidence that on Saturday night […]
Read MoreThe Wedding of an Injured Hero
The image of this one-legged soldier figuring out how to break the glass under his chuppah is unforgettable. A picture of pure resilience. Of Am Yisrael Chai. This soldier reminds me of a quote I read in the wonderful booklet “Healing the Heart: Faith and Comfort in Times of Crisis,” a collection of essays […]
Read More1/320: An Unfathomable Miracle
To bring home the magnitude of last night’s miracle, here is one of the few missiles that managed to actually land in Israel by the Dead Sea. Imagine the catastrophe of historic proportions that could have resulted if a larger number of colossal projectiles like this actually reached Israel.According to the IDF, Iran sent around […]
Read MoreOn my Way to the Corner Store to Stockpile Water
Tonight, on my way to the corner store to stock up on water in case the Iranian attack damages Israel’s water system, I saw double-parked cars on both sides of the street. Everyone else, it turned out, was coming to stockpile water too. And then I saw a young couple walking by the corner store. […]
Read MoreWe are a Miracle by Yaakov Shwekey
Please Hashem, watch over and protect the people of Israel. And among the people of Israel, may He watch over Binyamin ben Miriam, a 14-year-old shepherd who went missing, and bring him home safe and sound to his family. Shabbat shalom
Read MoreThe Long-Awaited Sheva Brachot
To be honest, cooking and hosting a crowd wasn’t exactly my druthers yesterday, 10 short days before Passover. But Deborah and Moshe, in addition to being a very special couple (for all the reasons I mentioned in my previous post about them) are also new olim with little family in Israel. So it wasn’t easy […]
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To Believe by Yagel Oshri
As the war passes the 6 month mark, the message of this song is one we all need to hear right now. Nobody knows how long all of this will last. But we need to try to open our hearts, and believe.
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