Inspiration
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Do You Also Feel Uncomfortable at Simchas?
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The music is loud. You don’t know who to talk to. It looks like everyone else knows way more people. Did you know that we all feel self-conscious in some social situations? This was one of those topics that came up at a Between Carpools meeting – we’re not sure how we got started on…
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Why I Go Out of My Way to Make Others Feel Good
May the inspiration that comes from this post be an aliya for my sister I’ve been going back and forth in my mind how to write the following. My debate being, do I write this “story” in a conceptual third person way hoping that perhaps it won’t be as painful or write straight from my…
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How Changing One Simple Word Changes Everything
Have you ever felt stuck on the ‘I have to’ train? The busy frum woman has endless things to do, every single day and it’s far too easy to get bogged down. Read on for my favorite trick. ‘I have to get dinner in the oven, it’s almost time to eat and I have nothing…
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Uplifting Our Gifting, Eight Ways for Eight Days
With Chanukah about to begin, we are gearing up for a special week of menorah lighting and singing, latkes and donuts, parties, and possibly even presents. Chanukah gifts are heavily debated, and every family and every society feels differently about them. Some decry the fact that Chanukah has become all about the presents and we’ve…
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How to Apologize
It’s not always so easy to say “I’m Sorry,” (especially if you were right!) It’s that time of year, when we work toward cleaning our slate both bein adam l’Makom and bein adam l’chaveiro. And while hurts and grudges shouldn’t necessarily be left to fester until just before Yom Kippur, if you haven’t made up…
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Before You Daven Say Please and Thank You
Change the way you connect to Hashem over the Yomim Noraim. When Hadassa shared this concept on her platform, we were struck by how simple, yet life-changing, it could be. And we knew we wanted to share it with you. Before you even open your machzor for Rosh Hashanah, you should be thinking about what…
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Change Your Relationship with Hashem in One Step
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…
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Embracing Elul: Forty Different Ideas for Self-Improvement
What should I do to make the next forty days count? Some of these ideas might work for you. Rosh Chodesh Elul signals the beginning of the season of introspection. It’s hard, in the whirlwind of school beginning and the approaching yamim tovim, to set aside time and brain space for the true avodah of…
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How to Raise Children Who Feel Happiness in Their Torah Life
As mothers, the way we interact with our children can mean everything in the way they view life as a Torah Jew. One of most moving pieces I’ve read about the unforgettable Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein zt”l was a young woman’s account of how he radically changed her perspective on living a Torah life. He did…
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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…
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