A Yiddishe Mama. Definition: A woman who bakes homemade cookies for her hungry children while wearing an apron and worries if they ate them, or not. Or is it? No, I am not wearing an apron as I write this. Actually, I don’t think I even own an apron. I consider myself a “modern” woman:…
Tips & Inspiration
Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi’s 3 Tips for Pesach Prepping With Joy
Don’t think you can bring enjoyment to the Pesach cleaning preparation? Let’s turn that perspective around. If you read this title and thought to yourself, “What a paradox if there ever was one,” there’s hope for you. Even if the thought of scrubbing your house down doesn’t make your heart bubble up with excitement, here…
Turn Kislev into Your Own Personal Time for Miracles
The month of Kislev is an auspicious time for miracles. You can make a miracle happen for you. We heard this segulah from both Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi and Rabbi Alon Anava, and we thought it was so special that we had to share. It’s not the typical segulah that calls for an action that we might not…
What to Watch on Tisha B’av
UPDATED: Links are updated with this year’s videos and new ones are added. Have a meaningful fast. -BCP You’re home with the kids, but you’re still thirsty for inspiration. Make the day meaningful with these inspiring videos, shiurim, and stories you can watch now. For Children (and You) Tisha B’Av Tales featuring Rabbi Yitzy…
Ruth’s 3 Lessons on How to Treat Your Mother-in-Law
While Ruth, the heroine of Shavuos, serves as a role model for us in many ways, it’s interesting to explore her greatness when it comes to the contentious arena of mother/daughter-in-law relationships. Ruth not only afforded her mother-in-law Naomi great respect; she actually clung to her fiercely, refusing to part ways. How does that happen?…
What to Listen to While You Cook
Cooking marathon ahead? Listen to shiurim while you cook and the time will be so enjoyable. On Sukkot, on the night of Hoshanah Rabah, while the men were up all night learning, I was up all night cooking. But I didn’t feel so left out. TorahAnytime.com had a live video feed of shiurim, and…
How I Learned to Be Grateful for 100 Things Every Day
When you learn to be grateful, you also learn to be happy. By Carol Ungar The fitness cognoscenti famously claim that an early morning brisk walk gets the day off to a great start. But, when I started my day that way, I felt guilty. I loved the feeling of moving through the brisk…
Happy in the Havoc: How To Experience a Truly Joyous Purim
The exhilarating day can also be overwhelming and exhausting. Enjoy every minutes without the stress with these 4 tips. It’s meant to be the happiest day of the year, but it doesn’t take much for Purim to leave us women feeling stressed and irritable. With the house resembling an open air carnival (at closing time!)…
Do You Always Wonder What’s Shaimos and What’s Not? Here’s a Handy Guide.
What’s considered holy and shaimos and what can simply be thrown away? This is the Star K’s Guide to Shaimos. By The Star K The Torah forbids discarding holy objects by throwing them into the trash. Some objects always have kedusha and must be placed in Shaimos. Other objects gain kedusha once they are…
How Bitachon Changes Your Life…Even If Everything Looks the Same from the Outside
Outside, the world seems scary. But inside, we feel completely secure. A peak of Artscroll’s newest release, A Life of Bitachon, by Rabbi Yitzhak Dwek A Note from Victoria Dwek for Between Carpools readers: I really can’t get the image of those little 5-year-olds, jumping up and down, with hands pointed up to Shamayim, singing…