While some say Parashas HaMahn daily, there is a special segulah to say it on the Tuesday of the week of Parashas BaShalach. We’ve included it here for your convenience with the English translation, courtesy of Artscroll’s Parashas HaMahn by Rabbi Dov Weller. Reciting Parashas HaMahn, the pesukim in the Torah that discuss the mahn,…
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Everything You Need to Know When Visiting a Cemetery
Planning a trip to kivrei tzaddikim or visiting a kever on a yahrtzeit? If you plan to visit a kever and want to understand what’s appropriate when visiting a cemetery, here’s a guide that breaks it all down simply and clearly. How Do I Daven at a Grave? Tefillos should always be directed to Hashem….
How to Find the Hope Beyond the Pain
You can turn the deepest, most difficult moments into your secret source of strength. Hope is easy when things are going well. But when life feels like an endless cycle of setbacks, disappointments, and closed doors, hope can feel impossible to grasp. It’s not just a challenge—it’s a battle. Some days, it feels like clinging…
How to Help Your Daughter Start Davening in Shul on the Yomim Noraim
The time is right for you and for your child, and we’re here to help you make that transition. Your babies won’t be babies forever and, eventually, it will be time for them to start davening in shul. Especially when the child is your baby and you can spend that time in shul together. I…
Women and Tefillah: What Is Our Obligation?
When a woman is busy caring for her children, what is she actually obligated to daven? And when time is limited, which part of tefillah should take priority? Women are exempt from mitzvas aseh shehazeman grama —time-bound mitzvos—such as tefillin, tzitzis, and sukkah. Yet the Mishnah (Berachos 20a) teaches that women are still obligated in tefillah. Why is tefillah different, and what does this obligation really entail? The answer depends on…
The One Most Important Thing to Pray for This Rosh Hashanah
What does Hashem want us to ask for on Rosh Hashanah as we start the new year? When we think of the many things we want for ourselves and our loved ones this coming year, the prayer checklist can become ridiculously long. Besides, our Sages teach that the theme of Rosh Hashanah is not about…
Mommy is Davening, but What Are the Kids Doing?
Keep your kids busy (and well fed) all day so you can concentrate on the davening. The men and teens may be out of the house all day, but as a mom of little kids, you have a double task when Yom Kippur comes. Your kids will need you and want you, but you also…
How Rebbetzin Kolodetsky Inspired Me to Daven Shacharis Every Day—Even on Purim Morning
Don’t have time to daven in the morning? Here’s how tefillah can save time…not take time A funny thing happened when I (almost) sat down to write this post. Because my usual davening slot got filled with sandwich-making, cucumber-peeling, and a trip to my son’s cheder down the block on this hectic erev Purim morning,…
