I was just wondering what the best method of teaching a kid to give tzedaka is, to instill in them the love of this mitzva ( Read more... )

I got this forwarded to me in an email and thought it was cute. Wanted to share.

~ ELUL RECALL NOTICE ~

Regardless of make or year, all units known as "human beings" are being recalled by the Manufacturer. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named "Adam" and "Eve" ( Read more... )

I got together with some irreligious "1 boy 1 girl, raised by nannies, nice house in the suburbs 2 car family" relatives the other day and we had a good time, but afterward they commented to my father that they don't understand why I want to have kids already, what the draw is for me.

So I thought about it, and started making a list of reasons why I ( Read more... )

I have to say, I love Rav Shalom Arush's works ( Read more... )

This isn't going to be my typical type of blog post, so bear with me.
Speaking to people, I've heard said (and felt the same myself) that its hard to get "into the mood" of the three weeks, the nine days, tisha b'av, etc.
When I mentioned this difficulty to my husband, he shared a Breslov style insight on the matter, one that he read in Rav Arush's ( Read more... )

There are some ladies in my community that are obviously doing something very right in terms of their children's chinuch ( Read more... )

I try to not to share things that either on my blog or on message boards or even on facebook that would make other people jealous. My husband is very into not flaunting things, not setting yourself up for ayin horas. Its rubbed off on me somewhat, so I generally don't share the positive experiences in my life via the net (or anywhere else for that ( Read more... )

It always amazed me how in my "Toras HaChassidus" class in sem, we were constantly quoted lines, articles, and maamarim from Michtav Me'Eliyahu, Rav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, a non Chossid. Though a Litvak, his ideas were so in line with Chassidic thought that my teachers chose to quote his works when teaching us Chassidic thought. On Shabbos, we ( Read more... )

I love it how the second anyone says anything not so positive about Israel, be it the government, the culture, certain community norms, they're accused of Dibat Haaretz ( Read more... )