Release Your Worries about Your Kids For 1 Day (6-Minute Inspirational Video)
All moms worry, right? Not necessarily. Don’t miss this awesome video by my friend and neighbor, Noga Hullman of www.UpsideDownParenting.com, which provides a simple but powerful technique to stop worrying about your kids. Way to go, Noga!!!
Read MoreMy Shabbos with the Amish (17-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Reflections on our special Shabbos guests this past week, as well as some thoughts on positive thinking.
Read MoreAmbulance Volunteer Delivers Wife’s Baby
Women’s intuition was right on this time… Throughout her pregnancy, Dafna Shechter was telling her husband, Mada ambulance volunteer Ro’ee Shechter, that she had a feeling that in the end, he was going to deliver their baby. And in the end, Dafna gave birth to their baby daughter on the way to the hospital, right […]
Read MoreRequired Viewing for Every Single JewishMOM: The Man from Vilna by Abie Rotenberg
Feeling uninspired in your JewishMOM life? Chana Jenny’s prescription: watch this video immediately and frequently! THE MAN FROM VILNA: Lyrics I met a man last Sunday, who was on his way back home From a wedding in Chicago, and was traveling alone He said he came from Vilna, a survivor I could tell And I […]
Read MoreOne Mother’s Final Wish: Celebrate Sons’ Birthday and Bar Mitzvah Before I Die
The following is a translated excerpt from the article “A Final Celebration, and a Farewell” by Goel Bano (Yediot Achronot, Feb 2, ’15) Until a year and a half ago, Yamit Karnet from Kfar Baruch led a completely regular life. And then troubles fell upon her family when she was diagnosed with cancer… In the […]
Read MoreWhen I Saw the Shabbos Bride–for Real by Peter Levavi
26 years ago my husband volunteered on a secular kibbutz, where he befriended Peter Levavi, a recent law-school graduate. Over the years, Peter and my husband have remained good friends. So this past December when Peter took a vacation from his job as a Senior Vice President to participate in the Pardes Executive Learning Seminar, […]
Read MoreThe Song I Listened to 8 Times Straight
One of the most popular new musicians among religious Israeli youth today is Binny Landau. I LOVE all of his music, but this song is my favorite. In fact, this past Saturday night while I was washing dishes and scrubbing burnt cholent off the bottom of a pot, I listened to this song 8 times […]
Read MoreYou and I are Rolling Stones (7-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
How the daily grind and challenges of motherhood ultimately perfect us.
Read MoreThe Sisterhood of Motherhood (2-Minute Important Video)
I wouldn’t have thought that a video made by Similac could so perfectly represent my personal hashkafa on mothers and motherhood, but this video manages to do just that…We talk all the time about the importance of Ahavat Yisrael– loving our fellow Jews– despite our differences. I think this video’s call to Ahavat Eemahot–loving our […]
Read MoreA Miracle! Arush Family Released from Hospital by Rachel Tzipporah Avrahami
Join Rachel Tzipporah Avrahami’s Facebook page to receive future updates on the Arush family. I have beyond incredible news – Reb Shimon Arush and his family – all four of them – left the hospital today (Wednesday)!!! Outright miracles!!! That being said, it is not easy. The family still needs treatments (I don’t know details) […]
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