nine days
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My Daughter Asks Daily “When is Moshiach Coming?”
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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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9×13 Branzino: Baked In The Oven With Tomatoes And Olives
This summery dinner is the perfect way to enjoy your protein: Light, fresh, and delicious. Every time I stand at the fish counter, I remind myself that there are many fish in the sea, not just salmon and tuna. And then, once again, I buy tuna. Or salmon. So when a friend mentioned that she…
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Halachos of Washing Clothing During the Nine Days
We know the basics, but sometimes there are always unique circumstances too when it comes to washing clothing during the Nine Days. Download the Dinim of Clothes During the Nine Days here. This download is intended as a guide, and does not replace the guidance of your own Rav. Always ask your own Rav if…
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Simple, Wholesome Meals for the Nine Days
If your family enjoys dairy, it’s simple. The Nine Days is not a time that we want to be looking for new dairy recipes. Nope, we’re not looking for indulgent, dairy things like we do for Shavuos. That defeats the purpose. The days are long and hot, and we simply want to feed our families…
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Books to Read During the Nine Days
While we may not feel the churban in our everyday lives, reading about some of the tragedies of the Jewish Nation can help put perspective on the Nine Days. We go through the motions: no music, no meat, no swimming… but do we stop and think about what these days mean? Do we begin to…
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It’s a Time of Mourning. But what if I don’t feel sad about the churban?
How to realize what we’re missing…and genuinely feel sad and cry. The pool is closed, music speakers are stowed away, and meat is off the menu. In camp, our daughters chant, “The Nine Days, a time of tzarah; we don’t cheer, because we’re marah.” But what if we don’t feel that way? What if I’m…
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21 Reasons Why We Need Mashiach
During these three weeks of pain, there are three weeks of reasons why we need Mashiach. Deep into the summer routine, we take a break from our regular programming to tend to the business of mourning our long lost Beis Hamikdash, once again. But it’s only a slight break, really. We observe all of the…
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This is the Tomato Cream Sauce Pasta Your Kids Will Love Forever
Make a double batch. Make a triple batch. Just make enough so there’s always some of this pasta sauce ready in your freezer. There aren’t that many recipes that I’ve been making since I got married without stopping. With so many cookbooks, recipes and food trends, very few have been consistently part of my recipes…
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4 Ways You Can Learn to Get Along with Anyone
Does someone you know get on your nerves? Learn to move past it and love everyone. It’s easy to avoid some people. We don’t bump into them; we don’t live close by. For others though, it’s unavoidable. We have family, we have co-workers…for all those people that we see daily, or at all family occasions,…
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