Falafel, with a Side of Tefillin🇮🇱

Falafel, with a Side of Tefillin🇮🇱

I was getting my son a felafel when I noticed this sign: “Tefilin available for anybody who wants to put on, for the merit of the community.” Over the last year or so, many food stands, bakeries, and other stores have started keeping tefillin on the premises to lend out. My Gosh, I so love […]

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Hashem Knows I’m a Work in Progress

Hashem Knows I’m a Work in Progress

I needed to hear this message today… May we all have an easy transition back to routine and shavua tov!🥰

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My Sister’s Stillbirth and Her Song by R’ Shloimie Stilerman

My Sister’s Stillbirth and Her Song by R’ Shloimie Stilerman

An incredible story about Reb. Estee Yarmish’s personal tragedy and the song that got her throught it to the other side. Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!

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The Lubavitcher Rebbe on a Mother’s Avodat Hashem

The Lubavitcher Rebbe on a Mother’s Avodat Hashem Read More

When Rabbi Twerski Sacrificed his Matzahs for his Wife’s Nap by Rabbi Yehoshua Nissan

When Rabbi Twerski Sacrificed his Matzahs for his Wife’s Nap by Rabbi Yehoshua Nissan

 

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Pesach: The Ultimate Jealousy Cure by Rav Shlomo Wolbe

Pesach: The Ultimate Jealousy Cure by Rav Shlomo Wolbe

In honor of Rav Wolbe’s yahrzeit today, I’m posting this powerful quote I read in Rabbanit Yemima’s amazing new hagaddah available for download (HEBREW only:https://parasha.org/lp-book/) which made my seder night and is now (as I continue to read its delicious and uplifting commentary) making my Passover!

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A Visit to the Kotel under the Terror Wave

A Visit to the Kotel under the Terror Wave

Last night, I went to pray at the Kotel which was packed with celebrating families in their holiday best. I imagined the women’s section breathing a collective sigh of relief to have pre-Pesach behind us. Even the border control soldiers by the entrance to the Temple Mount, where there had been violent rioting by Palestinians […]

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Even if Your Seder is Disappointing😧 by Rav Judah Mischel

Even if Your Seder is Disappointing😧 by Rav Judah Mischel

Chag kasher v’sameach!!!

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Miss Erev Pesach at Home? Get I-Yay-Ay Robot!😂

Miss Erev Pesach at Home? Get I-Yay-Ay Robot!😂

For the non-Hebrew speakers, this is an ad for a robot vacuum for people who live alone that complains while it cleans so you can feel like you’re back at home.

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When Pesach is TOO Kosher by the Bostoner Rebbetzin

When Pesach is TOO Kosher by the Bostoner Rebbetzin Read More