10 Organizing Secrets for a 3-Day Yom Tov by Rivka Slatkin
A guest-posting by Rivka Slatkin of JewishLifeOrganized.com At the end of every summer, I find it intensely challenging to transition into Rosh Hashana “prep” mode. I don’t know if it’s the lazy days of summer, or just an initial feeling of overwhelm towards the tasks that must all get completed before Rosh Hashanah, but as […]
Read MoreFrom Cradle to Grave
I met two moms at the playground yesterday. One new, one old. The new mom was Sara. I met Sara for the first time about a year ago when I witnessed her sprinting for half an hour straight on the treadmill. Plodding along beside her, I felt like a carbon monoxide spewing VW Bug in […]
Read MoreMazal tov, Daniel Pereg!
CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST I can’t remember the last time a video made me cry that hard. Watching Daniel Pereg, the 16-year-old boy who stood up to an angry Arab anti-Israel mob in LA as he walked down the street holding an Israeli flag high and proud, was so phenomenally moving. And […]
Read MoreYoel's Terrible Threes
CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST Yoel started his terrible twos on his 3rd birthday. Emboldened by his brand-new peyos and big-boy kippa, this past spring Yoel suddenly discovered the untold joys of “NO!”, “I DO IT MYSELF!” and generally demanding that things be done exactly the way he wants, exactly when he wants […]
Read MoreMy Favorite 4 Back to School Tips from R. Yemima Mizrachi
This year, the newspaper Makor Rishon named my teacher and mentor Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi as the third most influential religious woman in Israel! Mazal tov, Harabbanit Yemima! (Although I’m still a bit upset about this whole third place thing… Rabbanit Yemima should have been number 1! I guess there’s always next year…) Here are Rabbanit […]
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CLICK TO JOIN OUR WEEKLY E-MAIL LIST Follow your passion.* Do what you love and do it with everything you’ve got. For me, inspiring you Jewish moms is my passion. My yeud. My mission in life. After I gave birth 2 months ago, I received a few really sweet, kind Emails from moms on my […]
Read MoreMommy Peptalk: The 1% Solution
CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST The easy way to become a truly better person this Elul. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-3erl4N00]
Read MoreRivka bat Yael Razel Update: More Mazal Tov! The Bris
CLICK TO JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST Now I know what it will feel like when Moshiach comes. I know what it will feel like when after 2000 years of crusades and pogroms and wars and at least one nearly successful attempt at genocide, the Jewish people will wake up one morning to discover that overnight […]
Read MoreThe Steipler’s 4 Mothering Rules
Yoel’s new teacher, Ganenet Mindy, just passed out these 4 parenting tips from the Steipler Gaon (Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky): The Steipler Gaon taught: 1. Children who grow up in a home where the mother says every word of her prayers will understand Mishna and Gemara better than any other child. 2. If a mother […]
Read MoreGreat Elul Videos
Eye to the Sky: An inspiring new video to get us moms into an Elul frame of mind, with music by Tsiona Achishena and images by Sheva Chaya (who designed the awe-inspiring graphic at the top of this blog). Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4MUwF7BzPI] Oy, does the song Oyfen Pripetchik make me cry, especially now that Yoel just […]
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