Welcome Home, Mommy! Thank You, Hashem! by Goldie Grossbaum
Today is a big day for me. I pulled out my Little Yellow Notepad to make a list. My little yellow notepad that is my right hand man, my guide to my day, my trusty counterpart – has never been neglected for this long. Filled with joy, for the first time in over a month, […]
Read MoreMazal Tov, Mazal Tov! Twin Sisters Give Birth to Sons on Same Day
[And also mazal tov to my father who was released home today from the hospital, he is tired and weak but feeling much better, thank you for your prayers!!] The delivery-room nurses at Shaare Zedek Medical Center rubbed their eyes in disbelief: two sisters, identical twins, both in their fourth pregnancy, with the same due date, who […]
Read MoreOut on a Limb: A Tree Surgeon Delivers a Baby
When an Orthodox mom in Melbourne realized baby #5 wasn’t waiting for hospital, a tree surgeon helped out. Mazal tov and Chodesh tov
Read MoreThe Tefilat HaShlah Twist by Rabbi Elimelech Biderman
Make sure to watch til the end! Awesome punchline. Much nachas from ALL your children and chodesh tov!
Read MoreJerusalem of Gold performed by Yonina
I love Jerusalem Day. It’s an important day for me, since 29 years ago, when I first came to Israel to study at the Pardes Institute, I went downtown on Jerusalem Day and saw crowds of religious kids dancing with Israel flags. I was just starting to become religious at the time, but seeing those […]
Read MoreThe Empathic Wait by Rabbi Yoel Gold
The Empathic Wait by Rabbi Yoel Gold The remarkable story of an older single who decided to pray for childless couples. Shavua tov!
Read MoreShabbat Shalom from Rehab🩺🩻✡️
My father was supposed to go home a week ago the day after his surgery, but in the end things are more complicated than we’d expected and he’s going to be in rehab for at least another week. This quotation is prominently displayed at the rehab nurses’ station. A message for all in rehab who […]
Read MoreAn Anonymous Gift to Terror Widow for 4.5 years
4.5 years ago Yael Shevach’s husband Rav Raziel was brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist while driving home. I’ve never met Yael, but from hearing her speak and reading her disarmingly genuine book “W is for Widow” (https://jewishmom.com/2021/02/01/w-is-for-widow-by-yael-shevach/) she’s become a person I dream to meet one day! Recently Yael shared this photo of vegetables […]
Read MoreI Don’t Know How to Respond to the Massacre of Schoolchildren in Uvalde
19 young children and 2 teachers were slaughtered yesterday in a school classroom. I am shaken up, horrified. I don’t know how to respond to this unthinkable tragedy beyond caring, mourning. Let’s keep the innocent victims in our hearts and their bereft families in our prayers. When I saw this video by Bentzi Avtzon, I […]
Read MoreHow a Yeshiva 8th Grader Changed Mr. Berger’s Life
This moved me to tears. How a 13-year-old boy got his unaffiliated secular-studies teacher to start putting on tefillin.
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