When you put on these glasses, mitzvos aren’t a list of obligations. They’re the most joyful way to acknowledge all the good. Ah, the sounds of Elul. No sooner have we washed the last forgotten beach towel and packed up the trendy knapsacks with shiny new 5-Star notebooks and bubble gum erasers, and suddenly we’re…
Inspiration
Echoes of Rabbi Wallerstein’s Words
What I learned from the most memorable of Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein’s zt”l shiurim. I am nowhere near able to capture or summarize who was Rabbi Wallerstein, what he did, nor even what we learn from him and the scope of what we have lost. I am just compelled to share some notes from my files…
Display the Hebrew Date on Your iPhone Calendar and Home Screen
Want to know the Hebrew date at any given time? It’s easy to have it show up right alongside the secular date on your iPhone calendar app. You can keep track of Jewish birthdays and Rosh Chodesh so much more easily when you can see the date on your calendar. And it’s such a simple…
Is It Possible to Budget for Pesach? These 8 Tips Might Help.
We nudged the most budget-conscious for tips on how they make Pesach while spending a minimum. Because of rising costs on just about everything – food to gas and everything in between, this year, perhaps more than other years, is tight for a lot of people. When we called up some budget-minded BCP friends for…
11 Ways to Conquer (and Enjoy) Cleaning for Pesach
Let’s put the joy, meaning and fulfillment into our Pesach cleaning. We are all doing it anyway, and getting so much sechar in the process, we may as well make the most of it and turn the experience into a positive one all around. I have surprisingly fond memories of Pesach cleaning growing up. This…
What Kind of Mask Do You Wear?
This Purim, let’s take a peak at ourselves beneath the facade. As Purim dawns, the young and young at heart will don their masks and transform their persona into the hero, villain or neutral character of their choice. And we of the more adult variety smile indulgently as they pretend to be someone they are…
Deep Meaningful Conversations: a Meaningful Minute podcast by frum women, for frum women!
Learn more about the new Deep Meaningful Conversations podcast, hosted by Alex Fleksher and Rivki Silver here! Join Alex and Rivki as they explore the topics that impact the lives of frum women through, you guessed it, deep meaningful conversations with normal frum women, just like you. I’m the first to admit that I’m a big…
Our Reaction After Seeing This Video? Wow. Powerful.
When we saw this video, produced by The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, we thought it was so powerful, we asked to share it here. Want to see more? This video is the first one produced by the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation as part of the “The Shalom Challenge.” The Shalom Challenge is 15 days with…
What Does a New Year for Trees Have to Do with Me?
What should we be thinking about and davening for on this day? Tu B’shvat It’s a minor holiday, barely acknowledged, moderately celebrated. For many of us, it passes us by without us even noticing. But what is it all about? “It’s the Rosh Hashanah for the trees,” we have been taught since first grade, maybe earlier. The…
21 Invaluable Tips on Doing Chesed
Did you ever think that there is a better and best way to help? ‘אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ה [Tehilim 41:2] The pasuk means that we need to use our wisdom to help people in the smartest way. Here are some thoughts and tips on helping wisely. Tzedakah versus Chesed Tzedaka is with…