Announcing our $100 “My Personal Exodus from Egypt” Pesach Contest!
I so love these contests, so I just couldn’t wait to do another one… Have you ever overcome an addiction or a behavior that was destructive to you or others? Please share the story of your own personal exodus from Egypt. I will be posting the semifinalists over the week of Passover and, if chosen, […]
Read MoreMy Pesach Cleaning Ceasefire
4 hours of Passover cleaning = a hamburger with a side order of onion rings and an hour curled up with a magazine. The first three days I actually enjoyed my daily hour of cleaning. How exciting to finally have a few hours to hammer away at this fossilized mountain of clutter—Mt. Weisberg—and whittle it […]
Read MoreWhen South Africa Kept Shabbos (11-Minute Inspirational Video)
This video is a sweet taste of Messianic times…A moving documentary about the time the majority of South African Jews of all types came together to keep one Shabbos. I can’t wait to see this in Israel!!! Tissue-alert.
Read MoreTips for Easier Passover Cleaning
A few ideas to take the stress out of and put more joy into Pesach cleaning.
Read MoreRebbetzin on the Front Lines: Kiev’s Elka Markovitch
Last month the Chabad shluchim to Kiev, Rabbi Yonasan and Elka Markovitch, had to move their daughter Malki’s wedding from Kiev to Jerusalem on a week’s notice when the Ukrainian authorities said they would be unable to provide security for such a large wedding (with over a thousand guests) in light of the recent political […]
Read MorePost-Purim Busy, Busy, Busy
I woke up today to life post-Purim. Purim was wonderful but I think it will take me about a week to recover… Not only to put away the costumes and sort through the candy and clean up the remaining mess. But, more importantly, to make up for the two days of preparing for Purim and […]
Read MoreAnd the Winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER, “THE NIGHT MIKVEH SAVED MY LIFE” BY ANONYMOUS…AND HONORABLE MENTION TO OUR 2ND PLACE WINNER “OUR WONDROUS CAR CRASH” BY DEVORAH ESTHER HAREL (WHO MISSED FIRST PLACE BY A SINGLE VOTE!) THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR INSPIRATIONAL AND AWESOME SEMIFINALISTS… The Blessing of a Broken Pinky by Atara (Semifinalist […]
Read MoreFeeling Hashem’s Love at Difficult Times (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
Invest just 5 minutes a day to transform your day and your life.
Read MoreThe Accident that Led me Back to Hashem by Karen (Purim Semifinalist #6)
During my freshman year of university, I was injured in a very serious car crash. My left arm was virtually crushed and it took three attempts at surgery and over two years of physical therapy to get my arm back to a decent functional level.It was a tremendously difficult period in my life. I was […]
Read MoreWhy Hashem Kicked Us Out of our Dream House by Shoshana Thaler (Purim Semifinalist #5)
We had been renting a home for 3 years and were looking forward to buying it. When I noticed that the toilet in the basement was leaking, I called a friend who fiddled with it and said it would be fine. But the problem just got worse and worse. Before we knew it, the main […]
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