It’s the perfect day to stop and think about who we are as Jewish women–and the task that we have before us. By JUDITH GRUNFELD-ROSENBAUM Editor’s Note: Almost 30 years ago, when I was in elementary school, the 1995 Asifa on the 60th Yahrzeit of Sarah Schenirer a”h took place at the The Brooklyn Armory….
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On Dealing with Peer Pressure
What happens when we turn our feelings inwards instead? Discomfort Alert: This article draws attention to an inner dimension that isn’t initially pleasant for us to acknowledge. If you’re courageous enough to read until the end, you’ll walk away feeling hopeful and encouraged, having absorbed the whole picture of truth. “What’s going on here?” I…
This Chanukah: Feel Hashem’s Love in Your Heart
You know in your mind that He loves you. But you can really, really feel it in your heart too. We Klal Yisrael are called by a very special name in the Maoz Tzur composition—one that warms the heart, especially for us women: We’re called shoshanim, roses. Uminosar kankanim na’asah neis lashoshanim. This fragrant flower…
8 Ways: You Are the One Who Lights Up This World
Small acts, and big acts, all those little things that you do bring warmth and happiness to this world. Read below and recognize the good that you do and have potential to do, every single day. The little lights flicker in our windows, bringing us back to a time where the world had gone dark…
Yes, You Can Live Your Life–with Gratitude
For Yidden, the “slap” ushers in the song of connection and gratitude to Hashem. Over the past half year or so, I had the tremendous pleasure and merit of teaching a series on Mesilas Yesharim on the Inspire By Wire phone line, titled “Journey Inward.” Over the spring and summer months, we moved through the…
4 Things Our Grandmothers Taught Us
It might be just one sentence. But they’re sentences that have impacted our lives. So, we have a few lines to share. And though the content in this post might be short, it doesn’t mean it’s less important. To the contrary. Below are some things grandmothers of BCP team members shared with us: My grandmother…
Why We Let Go and How to Move On
“Machul Lack,” you are forgiven! Why forgiveness benefits us more than it benefits them. As we beg Hashem for forgiveness for all that we have done over the past year, we seek as well to forgive those who have wronged us and to ask forgiveness from those we have wronged. The older we get, the…
Keeping Hashem in the Picture
How to get in the right frame of mind during the hustle and bustle of these days. Once again, we launch at dizzying speed into the September season. No sooner have we recovered from the between-camp-and-school maelstrom, then it’s school supplies and shoe-store mobs and Oh! What’s on the menu for Rosh Hashana this year? …
How to Teach Young Children the Meaning of Tisha B’Av
There are age appropriate ways to help our children tap into the meaning of the day. Tisha B’av as a young mother of children is challenging, to say the least. We are torn between our own hunger pangs, our guilt at not feeling what we are supposed to be feeling (okay, the guilt is my…
Your Quick Guide to Pre-Shavuos Inspiration
If you didn’t find the time to learn Pirke Avos over Sefirah, you can still bring the sparks of greatness into your Shavuos. Take in these highlights from the sixth Perek, also known as “Perek Kinyan Torah.” The Shabbos before Shavuos is the perfect time to learn and absorb these messages of the majesty of…