A Call from Colleyville
Most days I look at most of the Jews around me and think they’re nothing like me at all. That woman’s not like me since she: wears a sheitl/ drives on Shabbat/wears heavy makeup/is to the right (or left) of me politically/eats crab-cake sandwiches. And that man’s definitely not like me since he: is Sephardi/is […]
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The Previous Rebbe’s Unusual Blessing for an American Boy
The Previous Rebbe’s Unusual Blessing for an American Boy In honor of the 10th of Shevat, the yahrzeit of Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, another mind-blowing excerpt from Rabbi YY Jacobson’s class “When Your Child is Struggling: Changing Your Paradigm.”
Read MoreThe Felafel Seller’s Surprise for My Daughter
Today my 16-year-old daughter was buying felafel in Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market when the seller said, “Oh, you finally came back!” And then he reached behind him and handed her a bag. “You were here in July, and forgot this!” Inside the bag were a beach volleyball, 2 pairs of goggles, 2 sun hats and […]
Read MoreWhen Your Child is Struggling: Changing Your Paradigm by Rabbi YY Jacobson
This is a short yet incredibly powerful excerpt from a class given at a shabbaton for parents of kids on their own derech. The entire class was 2 hours long and despite it’s length, I listened to it non-stop, completely mesmerized. 2 hours of heart-felt chizuk for parents like me, of kids marching to the […]
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