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Our Favorite Items for Boys Going to Yeshiva
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The zman just ended…but before you know it, they’ll be back off to yeshiva. You know what a mad dash it is when your son comes home from camp and heads right back out to the dorm. There’s barely a day or two between the time when mesivta and bais medrash age boys come home…
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Tried-and-True Travel Things
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, these gadgets make the travel a bit easier. Traveling can be a privilege or a chore, depending on who you ask. Some travel so often for business they wish they stayed home, while others feel lucky they get to travel for pleasure. For those traveling often some little comforts…
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Is Your Drying Rack Full? Try This!
The post nine-days laundry marathon is upon us! Another place to hang your clothes, here. Your drying rack is full, the shower rod is full, and you’re out of places to hang the laundry backlog. This hack (is it really a hack?) was born in my first apartment where I had no space for a…
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My Daughter Asks Daily “When is Moshiach Coming?”
When there’s so much pain, the only answer is to turn to Hashem, and ask, and anticipate. It was our first night in the children’s hospital and we were in a shared hospital room on the neuro ward. My daughter and I. My daughter was only 8-years-old and had an MRI that morning. Our family…
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Print and Read Inspiration for the Nine Days and Tisha B’av
We’ve featured lots of meaningful content that helps our readers reflect and use these days productively. But they’re not messages you can read and digest quickly. Find the aspect of the churban and galus that speaks to you below – and print and read so that it’s just not another week, and just not another…
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Best of Deodorants
We actually schvitzed to write this post. Surprisingly, so many deodorants do not work. All the products you see here are tried-and-true better-for-you deodorants that actually work well. When we shared our sunscreen roundup, several readers asked if we could include more options for those looking for products with simpler ingredient lists and fewer ingredients…
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Rosh Chodesh Av: Hear His Call in It All
It’s not about a sadness that leads us to despair. Av is about a sadness that leads us to a deeper connection with Hashem. All we need to do is fine-tune our hearing so we can really listen to the messages He sends. Month: Av Mazel: Lion Human Faculty: Hearing Mishenichnas Av mime’atin besimchah. When…
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Spilling the Tea on “Treatment” Gifts (From Someone Who Knows)
Someone you know is going through chemotherapy. You want to give her something to show that you care and that you’re thinking of her–but what items truly make things a bit easier? As this medical parsha entered my life without an invite, so did all the gifts that came with it! Some were great, and…
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Which Label Maker Is for You?
Yes, we love labeling. And you also want to start. But should you invest in a Phomemo Printer or a Brother Label Maker? Over the years, we’ve featured lots of labeling tips and hacks here on Between Carpools (see our labeling roundup below!). It’s one of the little things in life that makes a home…
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Do I Really Need to Label?
Is labeling actually important to keep things organized, or is it just for the looks? See more organizing tips from Devorah here. Want to know which label makers the BCP team likes and why? See our post coming tomorrow. Dear Devorah, Every organizing picture I see is full of labels, but I don’t really get…
Filed under: Organizing & CleaningTagged with: organizing
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