The Queen is in the Field by Rabbi YY Jacobson
I listened to all 2 hours of Rabbi YY’s incredible “Grand Pre-Selichos Farbrengen” full of moving pre-Rosh HaShana stories and heartfelt songs. This video is a delicious but only small taste. I cannot think of better background for your Rosh Hashana cooking than this farbrengen: at https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=206044
Read MoreThe Closely-Guarded Secret to 2nd Grade Success
I just came home from my 8th and final parent-teacher orientation for second grade. At the meeting (which I already heard a few years ago when my oldest son had the same rabbi and teacher that my youngest has now) I was computing how old I was when I attended my very first parent-teacher orientation […]
Read MoreUnder the Mailbox by Rabbi Yoel Gold
A 100 year old discovery in the crawlspace under a mailbox, finds its way back to the original owner. A remarkable story!
Read MoreThe Phone Call From an Angry Teacher
The blessing of getting criticized for a child’s misbehavior in the month of Elul
Read MorePresent Hardships, Future Blessings by R’ Elimelech Biderman
Share this with somebody who needs to hear it. I just did. Shavua tov and mevurach
Read MoreA Chassidic Wedding in Dubai
Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi to the UAE, and Lea Hadad celebrated their wedding in the country’s capital city, Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday surrounded by 1,500 guests from around the world. Guests included Emirati royals, prominent rabbis, dignitaries, and much of the country’s burgeoning Jewish community. The wedding is a landmark event marking a new era […]
Read MoreA 28-Year-Old Mom of 6 Kids
So many women in my neighborhood have given birth recently, our community chesed organization is having difficulty filling all the requests for post-partum meals. So today I brought a meal to one of those families. I’d read on the meal request that this mother just had her 6th child. But when the mother opened the […]
Read MoreJoy, Health, and Nachas
I probably don’t seem like a critical person to you, but that’s only because you’re not inside my head when I walk down the street. And the worst part is I’m especially critical (secretly, silently, as I walk down the street) of other mothers! So for a few months now, every time I pass another […]
Read MoreWhen the Jewish Boy Jumped onto the Carriage of King George
An incredible story told by Rabbi YY Jacobson about the father of Queen Elizabeth, King George, with a powerful message for each of us as we approach Rosh Hashanah.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth’s Mitzvah
A beautiful and supremely fitting tribute to the late Queen by an Orthodox member of Parliament. This reminds me of the importance, at times, of doing things not because I want to, or like to, or even understand why I should. Some times, as Queen Elizabeth exemplified, I should do things because it is my […]
Read More