Hey, all, and happy Tu B’Shvat. I don’t have much to write about today but wanted to check in. I chose the theme word Seeds for 5784 as a reminder to myself to practice patience and let things take their own time, and b”H recently I’ve been in that headspace. I don’t know how this lands for people, but making …
Every year around Tu B’Shvat, I open up The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben for a bit of inspiration. Did you know that trees form social safety networks underground? Trees share nutrients with one another and care for elderly or sick members of their communities.
I can’t believe Rosh Hashana is in under six weeks. The Yomim Noraim always catch me by surprise; the summer seems to come to an abrupt end every year. Figuring out where I want to be for the Yomim Noraim is hard. I truly can’t believe it’s another year that I’m still having to figure this out. I was so …
I read this absolutely fascinating piece about Tu B’Av during the time of Sarah Schenirer and the original Bais Yaakov students.
Recently I dealt with a difficult situation and tried to stay detached and unemotional about it to help me cope. That worked for a time, but then something else happened on top of everything else, and that’s when I started to cry.
A year ago on Tisha B’Av I had my egg retrieval. It was a special experience — an act of building, of moving towards geulah on a day we mourn destruction and golus. We don’t know when the golus will end but we do know that each day and each mitzvah brings us closer. We don’t know when our personal …
My neighbors made a little bonfire for their kids (technically on the 32nd day of the Omer as it was about 6 pm) and I joined with a bunch of neighbors roasting marshmallows around the fire. Later I read this article with my Partner in Torah about the significance of Lag B’Omer and bonfires. It’s a beautiful article and I …
Good morning. Last night I listened to a beautiful shiur given by Rabbi Moshe Weinberger. It starts at 19 minutes. If you have time, I suggest giving it a listen. I hope you have a meaningful Tu B’Shvat and eat some wonderful fruits.
Hello, everyone. This week ran away from me — I had planned on posting something about the Nine Days but between schoolwork and my egg freezing cycle, I couldn’t make it happen. Just a quick thought from the Levush: Megillas Eichah is typically not written on the traditional parchment the way other megillos are because our hope is that we …
Thank you to those who completed the survey! Much appreciated. Hint, hint… Pesach this week! Let’s do it! I have an embarrassing obsession with Pesach shopping orders. Don’t ask. Back in the day, my mother used to do one giant grocery trip before she started cooking in the Pesach kitchen. Sometimes I would go with her and …
