The Miracle Playground
This past Shabbat I was walking by a playground full of children, and tears filled my eyes. 2500 years ago Zecharia prophesied after the destruction of the Temple that one wondrous day the streets of Jerusalem would no longer lay in ruins. He declared: כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת רְחֹבוֹת הָעִיר יִמָּלְאוּ יְלָדִים וִילָדוֹת מְשַׂחֲקִים בִּרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ…: […]
Read MoreSurviving Miserable Afternoons in Jerusalem: My Update
Here’s my 2-week update on the post Improving My Miserable Afternoons. While it’s still a challenge, my 4-7 situation has been improving somewhat. Here’s a few things that are helping: * I lock myself in my bedroom for 10 or 15 minutes to fully focus on something uninterrupted. For example, I read an article online […]
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Surviving Miserable Afternoons in Rhode Island by Sara G.
Here’s another wonderful response I just received to my post Improving My Miserable Afternoons from one of my most long-time JewishMOM.com readers, Sara G. from Providence. Sara writes: When I was about to give birth to my 4th child, Penina (I have 5 children now, BH), I made little chizuk cards on stock paper to […]
Read MoreMy Henny Machlis Grave Miracle
Last week I finished reading Emunah with Love and Chicken Soup. I don’t remember the last time I felt so sad to read the last page of a book. I guess because even though I didn’t know Henny well during her lifetime, through the book about her I felt like I got really close to […]
Read MoreSurviving Miserable Afternoons in Venezuela
Thank you so much to all of the JewishMOMs who wrote suggestions on how I can improve my challenging 4-7 time slot. Your ideas were so helpful to me! My favorite suggestion of all came from, of all places, Venezuela. JewishMOM Coty Benarroch wrote: I live in Venezuela. Probably you have heard about the state […]
Read MoreSomething Wonderful at the Gan Next Door
Last week I was picking up Yaakov from gan when I noticed something new and colorful inside the kindergarten next door. I took a closer peek, and tears filled my eyes. This was something I knew I had to share with you JewishMOMs. Here’s why. Thousands of years ago, G-d made a promise to a […]
Read MoreA Husband’s Love is Not Enough (13-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
How to find the support and encouragement you need to fill all of your emotional needs.
Read MoreI Had Post Partum Psychosis, Do Not Demonize Me by Anonymous
I just received this letter in response to the post My Postpartum Nightmare. The writer makes a very important point, which prompted me to clarify my wording in the original article. I also wanted to share her experience and insights with all of you. Hi Mrs. Weisberg, When I was studying in Israel around ten […]
Read MoreWhat My Husband Saw on his Way Home from Work
Yesterday my husband, Joshua, was on his way home from a yeshiva he teaches at in the Old City. A few of the students were accompanying him, and as they walked through the Old City’s main square, they continued their back-and-forth about the topic of Josh’s class–a Talmudic discussion in Tractate Brachot regarding whether a […]
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