My Husband Doesn’t Help in the House and That’s OK by Tamar Nizri
Over the last few weeks I’ve mentioned life coach and mother of 8 Tamar Nizri several times. This year, her community and home in Amona were destroyed, and since then (as she mentions in the article below) she and the other displaced families have been living together in dormitories while awaiting permanent housing. This article […]
Read MoreA Place to Call Home (6-Minute Rabbi Yoel Gold Video)
Get your tissues ready, this is really something. A reminder of what a gift we are granting our children by giving them a place to call home.
Read MoreMazal Tov, it’s Tisha b’Av
Yesterday I told my 7-year-old Tsofia that, no, for a few more days she and her siblings still can’t fill up the swimming pool in the backyard and take a dip. “Oh right,” she said, realizing her mistake, “now it’s the 9 months!” And I was reminded of something I read in Rabbanit Yemima’s book […]
Read MoreThe Power of Being You (9-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
One of the most powerful forms of Jewish outreach.
Read MoreMourning Solomon Family Invites Public to Today’s Bris
Following the brutal murder of 3 members of the Solomon family while celebrating the Shalom Zachar of a newborn grandson, the Solomon family has decided to open up the baby’s bris to the public. This week Am Yisrael has mourned with the Solomon family, and B”H today we will be able to celebrate with them […]
Read MoreInside the Home of ALS Patient Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz by Ellie
Every day each of us faces challenges we’d rather not. A challenging child, husband, relative, mood, or other situation. For most of us human beings, our natural reaction to these challenges is to grumble, to feel frustrated, to look accusingly up at the Heavens and say “Why is this happening to me?.” Which is what […]
Read MoreHow my Israeli Children are Different from Me
When I was growing up in Baltimore, I learned which neighborhoods were safe and which neighborhoods were dangerous. Which places I could go to, and which places I should carefully avoid. And since I moved to Israel 24 years ago, I’ve been doing the same thing. When I heard that 2 Israeli police officers had […]
Read MoreCute Parent-Child T-Shirt Buddies (6 Photos)
Thanks so much to Hadassah for sending these adorable photos my way! I love them! Please note: tsniut warning for male readers.
Read MoreWhen You’re Feeling Down (8-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Serving Hashem from a place of constricted consciousness.
Read MoreTo My Sister in Waiting from Anonymous
Dear Sister-in-waiting, I can relate to SO many things you said. I, too, have one child, and am waiting to be blessed with more. My diagnosis is somewhat different. The doctors have deemed my situation as hopeless, that I will never have another child. Yet they couldn’t explain how I had my first child with […]
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