Positive=Po-zeh-tov by Rav Gav Friedman

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 9, 2023 in Inspiration | 1 comment

Positive isn’t really an English word, it’s a Hebrew word that’s an acronym for Poh Zeh Tov (literally: Here It’s Good). This here, right now, is good! Think to yourself, is it possible that Hashem knows more than I do? He loves me more than I could imagine, and only wants the best for me… […]

When a Mother of 6 Got Onto the Crowded Bus

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 7, 2023 in Current Events, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish Moms, Motherhood | 5 comments

We Weisbergs are ALWAYS home for Shabbat. Except this week. This Shabbat we Weisbergs are scattered across the globe, in Venice, in a cottage in the Ontario wilderness, in Tel Aviv… And me? I’m on my way to spend a quiet Shabbat with my 8-year-old Yoni by the Kinneret in Tiberias. I thought Shabbat in […]

Answered Prayers

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 7, 2023 in Inspiration | 1 comment

When You Go Through a Difficult Time

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 5, 2023 in Current Events, Inspiration | 2 comments

With blessings to all for a meaningful fast.  

When My Father was Rejected from Every Med School

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 5, 2023 in My life | 2 comments

I don’t like telling my Dad disappointing news, so it took me until today to tell him that his granddaughter didn’t get accepted to a single university. And then I had a niggling of a memory that my Dad had had a hard time himself getting into medical school. So I asked him to remind […]

Zoom Out

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 4, 2023 in Inspiration | 0 comments

My Daughter’s Rejection Letter

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 3, 2023 in Current Events, Jewish Moms, My life | 3 comments

This morning my daughter received a whopper of a disappointment. After years putting her all into her schoolwork and her university entrance exam, she applied to 4 universities, and amazingly made it to the final stage of the acceptance process at 2 of them. But today she found out that she hadn’t gotten into even […]

Counting

Posted by JewishMom on Jul 2, 2023 in Inspiration | 1 comment

Shavua tov

A Mother and Father’s Love Saves Jews from Bilam’s Curses

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 30, 2023 in Inspiration | 0 comments

In Parshat Balak, Bilam protests: “How can I damn whom God has not damned? “How can I doom when God has not doomed? “As I see [the Jewish people] from the mountain tops, “Gaze on them from the heights.” Rashi comments on the phrase “I see [the Jewish people] from the mountain tops” I look […]

My Chicken-Soup Smile

Posted by JewishMom on Jun 30, 2023 in Current Events, My life | 1 comment

A few weeks ago we hosted a group of journalists, and photographer Eyal Warshawsky came along too. The first time I saw this photo that Eyal took of me I didn’t like it. My smile is so huge, it looked unnatural to me. But now that I’ve had a chance to look at it more, […]