Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov
If you love JewishMOM.com, the person you should thank is the Hadas Eliana Weisberg, who, with her wondrous arrival into the world 25 years ago today, made me a Jewish mom. This photo was taken on a truly wonderful mother-daughter birthday trip we took today to Ein Gedi. 6Mazal tov, Hadas, on your 25th birthday, […]
Read MoreThe Neve Yaakov Attack’s Youngest Victim: 14-Year-Old Asher Natan HY”D (Ynet)
Natan was the oldest of 8 children. He went out on Friday night after dinner to attend a weekly Torah class when his parents heard the shots from their home, which is next to the synagogue. After finding out there had been a terror attack, they went looking for their son for about an hour, […]
Read MoreNatalie Mizrahi, Selfless Hospital Worker, Wife, and Daughter, Among Victims in Jerusalem Terror Attack
Right after Shabbat, during Havdalah, our phone rang. My daughter, who had been away for Shabbat, sounded upset, “Hi Eema, is everyone OK?” “Yes, we’re all fine…why, did something happen?” and that was how I heard the terrible news about the 2 terror attacks in Jerusalem this Shabbat, in the City of David and outside […]
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Routine Renewal by Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi
The Ramban has a very famous interpretation in this week’s Parasha. It’s so famous that it received a nickname: “Ramban at the end of Bo.” The Ramban says there that a person has no place in the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu until he believes with his whole being that everything around him is a miracle! […]
Read MoreMy Personal Parenting Journey
I gave a 40-minute talk this morning at the OU Israel Center about my own parenting journey. You can listen at this link below. Enjoy! https://www.ouisrael.org/video-library/?fbclid=IwAR0ipZFST8YKYFfIHQRGqi4dHpNKwKi591JCDxok9Kw2zi5zWuK1tMbXYko&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#sFOemuwR
Read MoreReb Zusha’s Holy Mama
I’m posting this today (the 2nd day of Shevat) in honor of the 223 yahrzeit of Reb Zusha Meshulam of Anipoli zts”l.
Read MoreThe Under-the-Bus Shidduch by Rav Chaim Zaid
If she hadn’t gotten stuck in the bus’ baggage compartment, she wouldn’t have met her husband.
Read MoreShabbat Kodesh by Joshua Weisberg
I adore this photo my husband took of me this past Friday for a bencher he’s publishing, and here’s why… This past Elul I set as a goal for myself that I want to feel connected with Hashem when I perform mitzvot. That is a lofty goal, and on a mitzvah connectedness scale of 1-10 […]
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