Chavi commented that it would be helpful if I’d write a review of the books I read, and I decided that that would be fun for me, too 🙂 . I have to say, this was a great reading month. Below are some comments about the books I read. Physical books were from the library, audiobooks via Hoopla. The …
As I’ve picked up a few more magazines than usual in the past several months, I couldn’t help but notice certain determined little advertisements denouncing the people who are “causing the shidduch crisis” (boys who start dating after age 21…) Honestly, I was intrigued when I saw a website listed and everything so I had to check it out. …
I just found a response by Debbie Greenblatt to the piece Mishpacha printed from my post, “The Third Option.” To ‘Name Withheld’: While I laud your perspective of rising above the fray to ‘choose you’, a more valid Torah-based approach would be to choose what Hashem would like of you in this difficult situation, as best as you can …
Elul is when I take stock of the previous year and think about the direction I want to go in the coming year, but January is also an opportune time to reflect on the past and plan for the future, if only because that’s what planners and calendars accommodate. While I haven’t made any resolutions per se (more of an …
Do you ever experience those fleeting moments of de ja vu, when you feel the wonder of being a kid again? I just got that feeling when I skimmed through the cutest book, The Happy Life Checklist: 654 Simple Ways to Find Your Bliss, by Amy Spencer. These are my favorite suggestions (and after the intense posts of the past …
Last week, I posted a list of things you can do as hishtadlus towards meeting your bashert. In response, a reader emailed me about something that was not mentioned on the list, and has never been addressed on this blog. That is, the topic of shidduch photos. Now, in general I have not written about what I call “shidduch logistics,” …
Hi, all. Happy zos Chanukah. I have to start off with a confession: at this point, I’m all-in as a Mishpacha reader — so many fires to put out… Several weeks ago, the magazine ran an essay written by a single woman. The gist of it was that just as idealistic young women will abandon the chinuch field …
Oh, Chanukah, you came so quickly (wasn’t it just Elul?!) and now you’re halfway over. You came so quickly, in fact, that I was utterly unprepared for you (I know, I know, I did think about presents, but not much else, to be honest). Well, I’ll think about you now. And this is what I’m thinking: darkness candle winter miracle …
One of my favorite books from the past year or so was Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s about creativity and authenticity and how to use your ideas, and I recommend it to anyone, not just creative types. This quote was particularly inspiring: “If you can’t do what you long to do, go do something …
Sometimes we have a grab bag at our family Chanukah parties and it’s so much fun. Basically, everyone brings a wrapped gift that cost less than $5 and puts it in a giant bag (you can separate adult and kid gifts if you’d like). The fun is mostly in getting to tear off the wrapping paper. It’s not really about …
