Persuaded – Chapter IV
Zahava’s private, locked-up grief and frustration seemed to keep her from reaching out to her sisters, who might have provided support.
Zishe Breitbart, Shtarker for the Ages
Breitbart became a great source of hope to all sorts of Jews, ranging from the wholly unaffiliated to Orthodox and Charedi rabbis, who could dream of a future of national empowerment and, ultimately, a Jewish state defended by Jewish strength.
Word Prompt – ARID – Chani Miller
In about thirty seconds, I had reconfigured our life. We would settle by the sea, my husband would become a Masada guide, and I would homeschool at the water’s edge.
Word Prompt – ARID – Ana Mandelbaum
We don’t have to wait until we feel inspired to reach for Hashem. We reach out because we feel dry, empty, arid. That’s the moment of connection – not after the storm, but during the drought.
Word Prompt – ARID – Moish Warsawsky
The medrash in Bamidbar Rabbah tells us that the Torah was given through three mediums: fire, water, and the desert. The commonality between these three is that they are all free and accessible. So too, the Torah costs nothing as it is available to anyone who seeks it.
Word Prompt – ARID – Sharona Halickman
When it comes to Israel we want as much rain as possible in the winter so that our crops will grow and the land will flourish.
Word Prompt – ARID – Stephen M. Flatow
Moisture for crops and vegetation? No problem; we had dew every morning. Water to drink for man and beast? No reliance on oases for us, we had be’erah shel Miriam. And so it went for 40 years.
I Tried Breathwork in Peru — Not Psychedelics
At different points, members in the group yelled out as they revisited difficult feelings in the body or memories in the mind.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 136
How is it possible that the earth still turns on its axis? Doesn’t everyone understand the void that now exists?
Persuaded – Chapter III
Recap from last week: Velvel and his daughter Zahava decide to ask their neighbor, Mrs. Shulamis Rosner, for advice about their huge debts.
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part XIV)
Anxiety and fear are distinct phenomena, each with unique origins and requiring different strategies for management. Anxiety prompts us to anticipate future dangers and imagine worst-case scenarios that might never occur. In contrast, fear is a reaction to a known threat that usually subsides once the threat is removed or conquered.
Navigating Therapy
Beyond the specific questions, pay close attention to how the therapist responds. Do they listen attentively? Do they answer your questions clearly and respectfully? Do you feel a sense of warmth and genuine interest?
Babe Ruth and the Year Everything Shifted
Without the Babe in April and May, the Yanks were close to the bottom and finished the season in seventh place in the eight team American League.
Shavuot At The Kotel In 1967
The Boston Globe reported that by the end of November 1967, more than 400,000 members of the Jewish faith are estimated to have observed the commandment to wear Phylacteries (tefillin) at the city’s Western Wall, formerly known as the Wailing Wall.
The Four Periods of Judgment
The Mishna (1:2) for Maseches Rosh Hashana states that there are four periods when Hashem sits in judgment: Pesach for grain, Shavuos for the fruit of trees, Sukkos for water, and Rosh Hashana for humanity.
Word Prompt – LECHEM – Yitzy Spinner
Everything we do in life requires sustenance, and it’s no coincidence that the Torah uses the word lechem to describe not only bread, but all food in general.
Word Prompt – LECHEM – Maayan Zik
Lechem with the Hebrew letters lamed-chet-mem means bread, but can also be a stand in for abundance, livelihood, and sustenance.
Word Prompt – LECHEM – Gershon Schusterman
It has been asked, aren’t there other foods that are tastier and more exciting than bread? Are we not instructed to consume “fat meat and old wine” to celebrate Yom Tov? Doesn’t bread seems so banal? Is that all that married life is, as exciting as bread?
Word Prompt – LECHEM – Asher Yablok
Trust in Hashem’s ability and desire to provide for us and focus our efforts on simply providing avenues for him to do so.
Word Prompt – LECHEM – David Curwin
The connection between war and welding becomes clearer when we consider that, in ancient times, combat involved close physical contact – just as welding fuses elements together.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 135
It seems to me that most people do not discuss the adjustment period after the death of a loved one. Hence, I am continuing to write this diary…just a bit longer.
Persuaded – Chapter II
Now if only Dina had been alive… an audible sigh escaped, and he glanced around to make sure Zahava hadn’t heard. Of all the people in this world, why Hashem had to pick his lovely, gentle wife to die young was a mystery to him.
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part XIII)
A narrow lens doesn’t just blur what matters—it warps scale. We lose the ability to gauge how much something matters.
Is Trump Good for the Jews? Notes From a Spirited Debate
Greenblatt said it was Trump’s intervention that resulted in hostage Edan Alexander being freed and added that sometimes you just have to do what you have to do, talk to the worst people in the world to actually make progress, that’s the reality.
Pitching for the Promised Land
As Jewish fans may know, Israel will field a team also. The WBC takes place every three years, and Israel did fairly well, but the roster was filled with Jewish minor leaguers, a couple of recently retired players, and the biggest Jewish stars stayed with their major league teams during spring training instead of representing Israel.
How Morris ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen Saved the Nascent State of Israel
According to Drage’s biography, Cohen was born in London in 1889 to a family that had just arrived from Poland, but most analysts agree that he was actually born in 1887 to a poor Jewish family in a Radzanów, Poland shtetl shortly before his family fled Eastern European pogroms and emigrated to London.
Word Prompt – ESTIMATION – Cheryl Kupfer
As the Yiddish saying goes, Man plans (estimates) and Hashem laughs. He does not give estimations.
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